IRD, Treasury and MSD – Does the tail wag the dog?
The long overdue review of Working for Families has been signalled as part of the Government welfare overhaul work programme.
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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What Sort Of Technology Requires Clear Images Of People’s Faces – And Are The Police Still Operating It?
IT SEEMS PERFECTLY OBVIOUS to me why the Police are stopping and photographing young Maori and Pasifika New Zealanders.
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Will The Much-Criticised SIS Have The Last Laugh?
LEFT-WING NAIVETY is nothing new, but its power to astound and enrage has not diminished. The scorn heaped upon the…
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International women’s day? How are the worst off mothers and their kids doing?
So today is International womens day. Before we celebrate, spare a thought for the mothers stuck under the lowest of all povery lines.
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The beginning of the end to Israel’s impunity for war crimes against Palestinians?
We should all welcome last week’s International Criminal Court decision to formally open an investigation into allegations of Israeli war…
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The Man in The Iron Masquerade
Still top of the Propaganda Pops after thirty weeks in the Media’s hit parade is Russian lawyer, activist and political…
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Sadistic inhumanity – shameless silence
On Wednesday, 3 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed the “initiation of an investigation respecting the…
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The Revolution All Around Us.
The clearest description of this revolution and its ultimate objectives that I have read so far is contained in a tweet posted in the name of Maori Party co-leader, Rawiri Waititi. To describe the tweet as jarring would be something of an understatement:
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Dr Liz Gordon: Gloriavale: the sequel
I have been going on about Gloriavale for years. When I launched a campaign a few years ago to force…
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When It Comes to Covid, the “Little People” Cast a Big Shadow.
The moment kindness stops working, the world will be amazed at how cruel ordinary New Zealanders can be.