GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Penny Bright’s funeral
It was a privilege to go to Penny Bright’s funeral this afternoon, there was a lot of great kōrero.
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Why my latest case is in the public interest and an example of the petty tyranny of Prison staff
Justice Anne Hinton was a fearless advocate for womens’ rights in matrimonial property cases during her career as a QC,…
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Koru Lounge Carnage and Mosgiel as a town – why the media are letting us down
It is time we stood against these fools and their distractions and fought back to reclaim a media that actually challenges and provides insight rather than the vacant infotainment we are served up at 7pm and on the front pages of our newspapers.
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TWITTER WATCH: The sick hatred Golriz Ghahraman puts up with makes me question our humanity sometimes
We may disagree on politics and culture and economics and philosophy and we may argue our causes passionately and we may be blunt, rude and self righteous in the pursuit of that argument, but who the Christ gets off on making fun of something like this?
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The 1080 hysteria has been debunked – what does it tell us about the state of activist debate?
The venom, self righteousness and utterly misplaced perceptions that 1080 is poisoning human beings and vast amounts of unintentional wildlife has been an eye opening reality check of how poorly understood science is in todays activist world.
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For those claiming Jacinda’s UN appearance with Neve was meaningless – here are the stats
Those images of Jacinda at the UN with Clarke and Neve have given us more value for money than the entire Hobbit Trilogy.
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Steven Joyce digs himself deeper into his $11.7b hole while Grant Robertson produces $5.5billion surplus
If you ask 10 NZers who is the best manger of the economy, despite all the evidence that shows National only looks after the rich and wealthy, 9 out of 10 all claim National do. This is why the lie Joyce used during the election almost won it for them, National must lie and must keep the lie alive at all times if they ever hope to win back the Treasury Benches.
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National Party MP Simeon Brown is a shit stain killing NZers
Simeon Brown has blood all over his hands.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – What charter schools mean to Māori and why NZ needs to listen
Now that the charter schools have transitioned into mainstream as character or state integrated schools, I want to explain why I supported them and helped build one on my marae, Ngā Whare Waatea.
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Capping loan sharks is great – now what about the debt the State agencies load onto beneficiaries?
It’s just another feel good promise that hasn’t even been implemented while the Government continues to act just as cruelly as the behaviour they are legislating against.