Labour’s Shame!
Labour’s shame – the government of kindness is protecting the incomes of middle-class landlords ahead of providing homes for those in desperate need.
New Zealand Politics
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The Waterstone 2020 Election Podcast – special guest John Tamihere
Well, we are now 53 days away until the 2020 election. This week, Level 3 was extended, Judith Collins praised the Prime Minister, David Seymour warned our species was in danger, Winston was caught out helping his UK spin doctors get in and out of the South Pacific and Chloe Swarbrick kept managing to outshine the entire rest of the Green Party.
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Te Ao with MOANA – To our non-Maori allies
We see you. We thank you.
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Level 3 Extension – Winners & Losers
Jacinda has made the call to extend the level 3 until Sunday.
Predictably there are winners and losers.
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When will Kris Faafoi & Labour wake up on Public Broadcasting and stop sitting on their hands?
…The reform of public broadcasting which Kris Faafoi and Labour have been doing sweet bugger all with is now eroding the actual democracy it is supposed to be protecting.
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Thank you Michael Morrah – the state is not our friend.
Nevertheless, what has become clear is that large parts of the government bureaucracy is simply incapable of doing a job to protect working people. They appear institutionally paralyzed when it comes to seeing workers as anything other than an expense to manage rather than a power to enhance to get things done effectively.
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Dave Macpherson: Huge delays, and high legal costs in Coroners’ Hearings for suicide cases are indefensible
Four and a half years after our son died while in the compulsory care of Waikato DHB’s Mental Health Unit, my family got the chance to have their say as part of an independent hearings process at the Coroner’s Court.
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Keeping Us Listening
There’s some real meat buried in all this over-sweetened pastry. Translated into hard-core political-speak, Gillespie’s message reads like this:
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Waatea News Column: When is a Political debate NOT a political debate?
With the Election pushed out to October 17th, TVNZ has a chance to reflect upon its decision to ban the Māori Party from the minor leader debates between ACT, Green and NZ First.