I saw our State lie to steal a baby – I don’t trust them with Euthanasia
This won’t be about personal freedom, this will be about the State culling the weakest amongst us.
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Nature vs Nurture
Deciding whether or not to step into the character changing booth is another one of those questions that can peel back the layers of your attitudes, opinions and beliefs once you start to unpack it.
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Dr Liz Gordon: The killers of my grandson were sentenced in the High Court last week
The killers of my grandson, Bradley Lomax, were sentenced in the High Court last week. They each got 16-17 years non-parole period. Some of the family were there, and it is reported that they said they did not forgive the two men who killed Brad.
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MUST READ: Auckland, transport, cycling gentrification and class bias
Transport inequity is a class, racist (and gendered) issue that perpetuates economic inequality. Transport benefits are felt most by the already privileged, and costs are borne by the already poor and disempowered.
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The real issue the media missed in the Burnham Inquiry this week
Our top spook agency has misled the only civilian oversight they are forced to comply with and actively attempted to prevent that only check and balance from seeing the full scope of evidence over an alleged war crime. This is an extraordinary abuse of power, yet the opportunity paint Hager out as a liar seemed more important to news producers.
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Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: THIS WEEK: David Hisco, Police over reaction, Luxon, Boris Johnson, ACTs freedom of speech play & girls playing rugby
THIS WEEK: David Hisco, Police over reaction, Luxon, Boris Johnson, ACTs freedom of speech play & girls playing rugby
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When Christine Rankin is defending Oranga Tamariki, it’s time to burn Oranga Tamariki to the ground
We know that the Ministry for Vulnerable Children was a simplistic neoliberal solution to the complexity of poverty and child abuse. Focusing on rescuing children from environments that big data predict are abusive rather than the wrap around services a whanau requires to keep their child is a cost cutting measure.
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Trump was going to launch a strike against Iran? What madness is this?
Iran is not our enemy. American foreign policy is.
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A Newspaper Is A Dangerous Mind-Altering Substance
You ever get the feeling that your news media’s attempting to push a particular narrative that’s … not really all that concerned with the truth?