Big Brother in your supermarket shopping trolly
Allowing one side of our Supermarket duopoly to harvest data from facial recognition that can be on-sold to others or collected by State agencies is beyond Orwellian.
New Zealand Politics
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Israeli massacre of Palestinian protestors a war crime
One thing is for certain, Lorde made the right call.
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The Boy On The Tram
When the state-owned railways Prebble had pledged to save were being “corporatized” (i.e. readied for sale to private buyers) a story began doing the rounds which Labour insiders always insisted came from Prebble’s Office. It was “The Story of the Disappearing Bulldozer”.
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Budget 2018: Best opportunity to benefit all children
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says Budget 2018 is an opportunity for the new Government to take further bold action…
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GUEST BLOG: Joe Trinder – The lies of Hobsons Pledge
Just to clear up the racist lies and propaganda that Hobsons Pledge are spreading about our founding national document the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Pampered landlords – our biggest beneficiaries
Pampering landlords has been a consistent feature of New Zealand economic policy by successive governments. Leaving housing to the market has meant plenty of quality homes and good choices for higher-income tenants and families but the reverse for everyone on modest and low incomes. Today’s housing crisis means impossibly high rents and steadily reducing quality for private-sector tenants.
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The case against light rail
The Government’s announcements that they are to accelerate the procurement process for light rail to the airport and to the NorthWest including Kumeu, had some pundits and young transport enthusiasts breathless with excitement.
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Q+A Review
Labour are too frightened to do anything meaningful with Industrial Relations – strong unions are the only mechanism for better equality & Labour recoil at waking the sleeping dogs of the free market debate.
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This interview by Simon Wilson is devastatingly good journalism
There are points during this interview you actually think Dan Bidois is a bot caught out in an AI test…
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Reclaiming Marx
A famous dead white man indulges us by coming back from the grave on his 200th birthday for a bit of celebrity haunting.