The damage caused by Pharmac changing Logem demands media attention
Heads. Must. Roll.
New Zealand Politics
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This is now the New Zealand dream? The promise of democracy never looked so broken.
Every aspect of our existence is monetarised for big data to sell us more stuff we can’t afford. We are alienated and anesthetized by a consumer culture that keeps us neurotic and disconnected. Our work, our existence, every move we make are all built to suck money to a minority class that sits above us while under neoliberalism, globalization, financialization, and automation, our existence as individuals has only become more disposable.
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How Powerful Is Labour’s Maori Caucus?
THAT LABOUR’S MAORI CAUCUS is potentially powerful cannot be doubted. It is large, has a strong leader in Willie Jackson, and is surrounded by well-meaning Pakeha progressives who struggle to say “No” to its demands. For Maori, it is difficult to imagine a more encouraging political environment.
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Cough – as TDB was pointing out, why trust Rio Tinto with pollution costs?
Cough – as TDB was pointing out in July of last year, why trust Rio Tinto with pollution costs? Tiwai…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – New Zealanders gave a mandate to Labour to be transformative.
Four years ago I made a documentary about what was causing the housing crisis and one of the conclusions I…
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Yay – Greens get to criminalise Christians – but who are we arresting?
Look, we all want to criminalise Christians, and it’s wonderful that the Greens and Labour are teaming up to do that…
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Auckland prison conditions ‘cruel’ & ‘inhumane’ – this is what NZ State does when it doesn’t think anyone is watching
I’ve said it once, I’ll keep saying it, the NZ State is the biggest abuser of human rights in NZ…
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Dr Liz Gordon: Some are NOT in the team
The ‘team of five million’ is an important concept for getting Aotearoa through the pandemic. It implies that we are all in this together, and together we can fix it. The team approach is a strong statement of both political leadership and social cohesion.