China ratcheting up tension with Australia
Well, that escalated quickly…
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BOG: Chris Leitch – Banks, Borrowing, Bonds, Silly Statements and Raging House Fires
Former NZ Prime Minister, John Key, while touring an engineering factory shortly after the Christchurch earthquake said ”If printing money…
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – The lengths corrections will go to keep prisoners ignorant of their rights
Was going through some old records from Pare looking for stuff for my book when I came across this…how Corrections used to do its utmost to restrict my contact with other prisoners so I couldn’t educate them.
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To Apologise For Your Country’s History, Is To Admit You Do Not Understand It.
THE DECISION BY STUFF to publish an all-purpose mea culpa for its racism towards Maori will be regretted.
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Waatea News Column: New Oranga Tamariki Footage and censorship a shock – Jacinda must step in now
Explosive new Oranga Tamariki footage was released on Newsroom late last week and before the weekend, Oranga Tamariki had a…
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Let them rent cake??? Jacinda is blaming US for the housing crisis???
What on earth is she doing???
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The Empty Gesture of the Climate Emergency declaration
Yes. Finally. Thank the little Baby Jesus that this Labour-Green Government had ended their trite incrementalism and were actually fucking doing something real and meaningful about the existential crisis of our time – Global Warming.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Reform Parliament now!
I noticed there was a significant amount of quite patronising racism in the response to the co-leaders, which is pretty typical. Whenever Māori speak up from their cultural perspective, there is an unfortunate tendency to label them as ignorant, or troublemakers, or not understanding protocol or blah blah blah.
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Understanding the friction between Kelvin Davis and Peeni Henare over Oranga Tamariki
This looming backlash will make the Orewa Speech look well reasoned and intelligent.
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Wait – what? Migrant workers paid living wage but domestic workers NOT paid a living wage?
This can only happen because we don’t have universal unionism that is able to ensure everyone is getting the same rates and benefits.