NZ and world academics stand with Turkish scholars – TEU
A coalition of twenty tertiary education networks and associations from around the world are expressing grave concern over recent reports…
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State Services Commission Must Make Effort to Pay Women 100% – PSA
New figures show the government’s failing to lead by example in making sure female public servants are paid the same…
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Arrest Sends Chilling Message – NZUSA
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) is warning that the recent arrest of a student loan borrower as…
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TheDailyBlog.nz Top 5 News Headlines Saturday 23rd January 2016
Police Officer sentenced to 263 years for rapes, life threatening storm hits America, dozens drown, bloody scenes at Somali beach, NZers fear coming home
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 23rd January 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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If Key and the Police want a riot at TPPA – they’ll create one
Muldoon green lighted the Springbok tour in part to divide the country and harden his support base, by agreeing to a signing 2 days before Waitangi Day, Key is playing the same divide and rule politics.
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Let’s Not Lose Our Tempers: If John Key wants a riot outside Sky City – don’t give him one
I’m suspicious. Because John Key is not prone to making tactical blunders. Which raises the worrying possibility that the readily predictable consequences of his decision – mass protest action outside Sky City, with a high probability of violence and property damage – may be exactly what he wants to happen.
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First Otara, now Ashburton
The smiling assassin was back at her best yesterday with an incentivised plan to lure Samoan and Tongan families out of Auckland to places where those communities were supposedly growing and strong.
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The Economics of the TPPA – #TPPANoWay
The fifth in a series of expert peer reviewed papers on the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) for New Zealand was posted on the TPP Legal website today.
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Inequality kills
The Oxfam report says that just 62 people own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population. This number has fallen from 388 five years ago. The wealth of those 62 people increased by 44% in those five years to US$1.76 trillion. The rich are certainly getting richer.