Why workers who are Pakeha benefit from positive action for Maori
Sometimes in my union job, I get asked why we are helping people from minority groups – like Maori or immigrants – when we should be looking after the majority.
New Zealand Politics
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TV Review: Te Ao with Moana – 5 stars
Why the living Christ do Māori continue to make the best current affairs in this country?
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Waatea News Column: Tracey Martin finally talks the talk & why Kelvin Davis must not resign from Corrections
Two major events occurred last week that require comment. Minister for Children, Tracey Martin, finally criticised Oranga Tamariki staff last…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Balanced Journalism
My apologies for not commenting much at the moment. I’m working on two big projects that are gobbling my time . One is the Trade Secrets doco which has become such a multi-headed monster and another I can’t talk about for a few months.
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UPDATE: Duncan Garner’s simplistic crap gets punched in the face
Your first job as a Producer is to ensure your host doesn’t make a fool of themselves, The AM Show Producer failed horribly at that this morning.
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Why would you trust the neoliberal Wellington Bureaucratic elites to cost political promises?
The job of Politicians is to control bureaucrats, not empower them to simply veto policy ideas during an election.
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Jacinda steals from Hone to pay Wiremu – shocking betrayal of Whanau Ora & Māoridom
Māori won the 2017 election for Labour, that this is their reward is jaw dropping.
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Surprise, surprise – the bloody pigs clear themselves over illegal Hager raid
If only the media spent as much time on this as they are on Celebrity Treasure Island.
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Green Party shocked WINZ are lying maggots when it comes to drug testing – who is actually running this Government? The elected MPs or Wellington Bureaucrats?
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.
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Just because the Prime Minister is embarrassed is not a good enough reason to suddenly change the law
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.