A smart approach to the cannabis referendum, and medicinal cannabis
We need a well-funded public education campaign ahead of the cannabis referendum, and a model based on social equity, social retail enterprises and social clubs.
New Zealand Politics
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The real problem with our Cannabis laws that no Politician or Party is actually addressing
The politicians were wrong on cannabis all along and watching them bicker amongst themselves while refusing to admit they were wrong sickens me.
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The terrible misreading of political populism as white supremacy in the Trump & Brexit results & why Bishop Brian Tamaki will fail to make it happen in NZ
Yes the Coalition Party will sound like alt-right populism, but it won’t embody the economic security those working classes who have been damaged by neoliberalism are seeking. Trump attacked the TPPA and Brexit focused on economic sovereignty, the Bishop is just promising more divisiveness.
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Well, well, well – more evidence of white supremacy intelligence failure
Isn’t it sad that not one of these organisations can spy on white supremacists with the ease they spy on Greenpeace, Nicky Hager, Māori protesting big oil, the Green Party, the MANA Party and Muslims?
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We will spend $208m buying back guns, but not $35m to support victims mental suffering?
This exclusive by Newsroom is not only an outstanding piece of journalism, but it raises serious questions about the motives of not allowing the victims of the Christchurch atrocity to access ACC payments…
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The Toxic culture of WINZ & MSD laid bare
Someone needs to suggest kindly to Carmel Sepuloni that attacking an organisation with the mana of Auckland Action Against Poverty is deeply troubling as their advocacy against the toxicity of MSD is essential to this debate.
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The plastic bag ban is virtue signalling garbage
The low, low, low, low threshold of ‘transformative’ that so many on the Left are prepared to accept is why change is glacial.
The time for ‘it’s a step in the right direction’ was in 1980. Leaps are required now.
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A Bit Pointless: Jam TV’s “That’s A Bit Racist” Treats It’s Subject Matter Far Too Lightly
THE TRAILERS for “That’s A Bit Racist” had not filled me with confidence. There was a tone that positively yelled: “Anyone who doesn’t like the sound of this programme is almost certainly part of the problem.” In other words, the programme showed every sign of making huge assumptions about the history, nature and extent of racism in New Zealand. The dumbed-down script, delivered in the overly-familiar diction of the contemporary radio and television host, only deepened my suspicions.
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A shiny new Easter egg – but its hollow!
I’m always in two minds about making submissions on parliamentary legislation. Is the time spent worthwhile when the government of the day won’t want to change the legislation anyway?
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Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban
Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: Berm parking, Westland Milk & Chinese big money & plastic bag ban