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Special Report by Selwyn Manning. A German language version of this report was published by Cicero.de magazine in Germany. Caution: This report contains detail that could be disturbing to many people.
THOSE VOTERS PLANNING to vote for Winston Peters should know they’ll also be voting for a National-led Government.
Brenton Tarrant’s trial, including the searing testimonies of survivors, families and friends, received superficial coverage in the mainstream media.
POLITICALLY SPEAKING, the Left is currently in a very awkward place.
Blackmailed – No Wages – $10,000 Extorted
Police Complaint Laid – Court Order filed
Labour’s shame – the government of kindness is protecting the incomes of middle-class landlords ahead of providing homes for those in desperate need.
Nevertheless, what has become clear is that large parts of the government bureaucracy is simply incapable of doing a job to protect working people. They appear institutionally paralyzed when it comes to seeing workers as anything other than an expense to manage rather than a power to enhance to get things done effectively.
Four and a half years after our son died while in the compulsory care of Waikato DHB’s Mental Health Unit, my family got the chance to have their say as part of an independent hearings process at the Coroner’s Court.
There’s some real meat buried in all this over-sweetened pastry. Translated into hard-core political-speak, Gillespie’s message reads like this:
I know I’m not the only one fed up with the constant whining and bleating from the Chief Executive of the Auckland Business Chamber of Commerce, Michael Barnett.
