I disagree with many people on the left who blame crime on poverty. I believe it is a product of the breakdown in human solidarity. Sometimes that is associated with periods of social crisis, unemployment and poverty – but not always. And it is not a simple matter of cause and effect.
To protect their privacy we won’t publish any of their details, but ACT might want to hire someone to make their database secure.
As a collective Political Party you should not only be ashamed of the mental health system you have overseen for 9 years, but you should also be deeply ashamed by your response to the truth and the way you have spat in these New Zealanders faces.
Would the National Government of NZ consider NZ had a Housing Crisis if…
These National Party slumlords who own 201 fucking properties between them attempted to stop this report from coming out because it shows Millennial’s and Gen Xers are now locked out of home ownership forever and they were concerned about the political fall out?
The claim we have a surplus when there is so much social deficit is a game of smoke and mirrors played by the National Government. The question is are New Zealanders smart enough to see through this illusion?
It is not acceptable that hard working Kiwis must face violence and abuse at work and it is not acceptable that our youth are so lost they think smashing up shops for no more than a couple of bucks is a good idea.
Bill English lecturing the world on the comedic value of John Oliver is like him telling the Italians how to make pizza.
Another term of office of this government would see exploitation of our remaining natural resources and environmental damage on a larger scale, all in the name of short term profits for a few. There are better alternatives. We need a change of direction towards a fairer and more sustainable economy. We need a new government, with the Greens at its heart.
Don’t for one second think that was a gaffe by a Health Minister embarrassed by a damning mental health report, because Health Minister’s don’t gaffe. The specific use of those trigger words have already been poll tested and National know that by writing the criticism off as coming from ‘left wing anti-Government protestors’ that their rump electorate will ignore the urgency of what the report has found.