One Union Letter to Mallard
Kia Ora Trevor, Rafael Gonzalez-Montero We have tried to resolve this matter confidentially for months. I don’t know what’s…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Don’t let politicians bury political donations’ scandals – put voters in the front seat!
This is the time of year when governments make unpopular announcements or issue media releases when they want to bury public discussion on a sensitive issue. This is sometimes accompanied by ineffectual howls of protest from the opposition but most public attention has shifted to Christmas parties, buying gifts and planning holidays.
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Dr Liz Gordon: An eventful year
I looked back twelve months to see what I was blogging. My last article in 2020 was about the methods…
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QUESTIONS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF PARLIAMENT MUST ANSWER
Mr Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, the Chief Executive of Parliamentary Services, is the legal employer of all staff at parliament. After an inquiry Nick Smith MP was found to have bullied a young staffer who was blameless. It was so serious Mr Smith resigned.
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Universal entitlements – the welfare “reform” we desperately need
Right-wingers oppose state-provided social programs like education, health, and welfare services on the grounds that they create powerful and wasteful new bureaucracies. But it’s means-tested benefits, not universal programs, that empower bureaucrats to act like petty tyrants.
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Luxon Vs Ardern: Spot the difference
The liberal middle class have spent two weeks attacking Chris Luxon as an appalling right winger and telling us how we should be very afraid of a Luxon-led government.
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EXCLUSIVE: ONE UNION CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES
ONE UNION has written to the Speaker of the House today requesting he take action against the chief executive of Parliamentary Services over his conduct relating to bullying by Mr Nick Smith MP.
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ICE CREAM BOSS IS A CROOK Where Is He?
His name is Chang Xi. We are hunting him. Chang is an owner of multiple Shake Shed & Co. ice cream parlours and serially exploits his workers. When in trouble, it seems he liquidates the affected companies, then transfers their assets to other companies he owns.
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Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days
After three decades of frustratingly slow progress but with a measure of quiet optimism over the decolonisation process unfolding under the Noumea Accord, Kanaky New Caledonia is again poised on the edge of a precipice.
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Media Ownership in Aotearoa New Zealand 2021
I co-direct, with Merja Myllylahti, the Journalism Media and Democracy (JMAD) research centre at the School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology. For 11 years, we have published yearly reports on national media ownership and related issues. As of 2020, they featured contributions from other researchers at the school. The 2021 report has just been released [put link here].