WINZ are a neoliberal welfare agency focused on punishing the poor and beating them with a bloody great big stick, all Labour have done is put a small cushion on the stick.
The existing law works fine, Corrections need a kick up the arse and told to do a better job of vetting this Prisoner’s communications, but to change the entire law and allow the state to vet prisoners political views sounds like a terrible step backwards, not forwards.
ONE OF THE MOST puzzling features of contemporary New Zealand fascism is its self-imposed failure. When fascist groups are discussed,…
Some might suggest fringe Christian fanatics Family Fist have pumped out propaganda and that has changed things, but I don’t for one second think it’s God squad or their moronic whining, I think it’s something far more damaged.
Bryce Edwards thinks as little as 30% will vote in local body elections.
I think he’s being optimistic.
We are seeing the last canary die in the coal mine. Catastrophic climate change is here, we have run out of time. Our collective denial has made it impossible to stop climate change, our only hope now is radical adaptation.
It is great that the Government intends paying attention at last to the broken welfare system. But has it left its run too late?
Anyone that says it will bankrupt the city is simply not telling the truth. The choice is very clear you can wallow in the present failing status quo or change tomorrow.
The Government has to restructure the economic modelling of the media so that they can independently continue without needing to curry favour with the Government of the day.
Well folks, this is the new look TDB. It’s taken us months to get to this stage, we haven’t had a re-vamp of the blog since we launched 6 years ago.