National’s $11Billion infrastructure promise as bullshit as their new water standards
…National are merely shuffling budgets around and adding them on top of things they’ve already promised to make it look significant.
New Zealand Politics
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Not Dead Yet: A Response to Rachel Stewart’s Musings on Democracy
I’M A BIG FAN of Rachel Stewart’s writing. Her column in the NZ Herald has quickly become one of those “must-read” contributions to the national conversation. She’s to be admired for her courage, too. Anyone who takes on Big Dairy in this country knows exactly what to expect – and it usually arrives. This weeks contribution, however, on the subject of democracy, was not one of her best.
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And almost on cue, NZ First does exactly what TDB suggested it would do
With this rhetoric, Winston is after National Party voters in the provinces, the challenge is how to decry Winston’s tactics without ruling out working with him after the heat and bluster of the campaign.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Anzac Day is a time to remember the ongoing impact of war on Maori
I find it difficult to not be frustrated, disappointed and a little angry every year when ANZAC Day comes along.
It’s not just the anguish of losing tens of thousands of our best and brightest in historic conflicts or the pain of the families they left behind or the damage these wars caused our communities and wider society.
It’s the way our Government treated so many Maori when they returned from war that still makes me angry all these many years later.
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Why blaming Immigrants won’t solve our problems: The one press release that highlights how tough this election could be for Labour & Greens
The truth is that the biggest challenge to our housing crisis is foreign speculators and domestic slum lords, allowing immigrants to become the focus ignores those doing the most damage and avoids the free market dynamics that are exacerbating issues in New Zealand.
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If this 12yr old NZ First war apologist is the result of kids at ANZAC Day, should we ban kids from ANZAC Day?
Can’t you hear your dead in their graves scream in fury that their deaths have taught us nothing?
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Moving Beyond Good and Evil: Can Gerry Brownlee Get Past America’s Moral Absolutes?
Notorious among journalists for his tendency towards tetchiness, the words “Gerry Brownlee” and “diplomat” seem particularly ill-matched. The truly great foreign ministers of our history have all been thoughtful, measured and principled individuals.
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If Gerry Brownlee and Nikki Kaye are the answer what the hell was the question?
All in all a pretty squalid and vapid revamp before the election to get Nick Smith off the telly and try to woo female voters back with Kaye.
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So what are we as activists going to do about the NZ Labour Party?
If you think change will come to NZ just by voting in September, you are grossly underprepared for the truth because the reality is that our fight only begins when they get in.
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How very Catholic of Jim Bolger – how do we save Unions in NZ?
Just like any good Catholic, Jim Bolger has managed to recant his free market neoliberalism on his political death bed and tell the nation that his Government’s hard right extermination of the union movement in NZ was ultimately deeply damaging to the country.