Not that she didn’t value the job. It wasn’t all that taxing and the pay was great. But is this what a degree in Political Science and English Literature got you? Managing “Paulabots” in a National Party troll farm?
This isn’t social policy, it’s counterproductive bullshit and serves only to excite malicious voters to the ballot box.
We must never allow the perfect to defeat the good, but the fact that it’s taken 138 years to formally apologise for the tragedy of Parihaka speaks volumes about the cultural denial of the negative effects of colonialism.
Skycity workers have been striking to bring back time and a half weekend and night rates for over two months now, not just for themselves but for all workers in New Zealand.
I think we need roving para-military Police as an immediate response to white lone gun men, but beyond that, I fear the same old bias and racial profiling will slip in and the usual targets who aren’t armed will get shot.
After watching the way Oranga Tamariki lied, manipulated, deceived and attempted to trick the family so that they could uplift the infant, why, why, why would any member of their family legitimise this whitewash with their participation?
Gun regulation is happening, accept it.
There is a belief on the Right that Simon Bridges should simply rule Winston out and by denying him his Kingmaker role, blunt NZ First into irrelevance.
There has been a lot of handwringing from Fairfax about MPs passing the buck on Cannabis and Euthanasia to referendums.
Once again it is Māori and indigenous peoples who are leading the war on climate change.