Waatea News Column: Dear Labour – keep the Police on a short leash or the people will turn on Jacinda
This week we found out the NZ Police were using questionable mass surveillance facial recognition without any permission whatsoever.
New Zealand Politics
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Trump & China suddenly ratchet up tensions
One of the fears I’ve had since the pandemic broke out was how quickly conflict with an external enemy would benefit both China and Trump.
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On National On Labour On Human Rights In (A) Crisis
So let me get this straight. The National Party is objecting to the Government’s recent Public Health Response bill … because of its deeply held stances around the protection of human rights, opposition to warrantless searches, and scrupulously consistent abject horror at the concept of abrogation (or expedition) of democracy.
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Dr Liz Gordon – Adult and Community Education and the end of neoliberalism
It was the smallest little announcement and the biggest thing in the world that caught my attention during the budget.
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2pm today on MagicTalk Radio THE THUNDERDOME OF TALKBACK
This show was the first to call the severity of this pandemic – find out where we believe things go now.
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Is there even a pointing having the Greens anymore?
I don’t wish to be rude, but is there a point to even having the Greens?
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The Day Labour Came Home.
THIS WAS THE DAY my old comrades Bruce Jesson and Gerry Hill never got to see.
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An extraordinarily underwhelming budget
Despite the large numbers my feelings after reading it and the accompanying news reports is one of extreme disappointment at a missed opportunity.
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Budget 2020 state housing rebuild deeply disappointing
The budget announcement that the government will deliver 6000 additional public houses (and 2000 transitional houses) over the next four to five years is deeply disappointing
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GUEST BLOG: John Tamihere – A Generational Opportunity Lost
This budget has failed to meet the lofty budgets bought down by Michael Joseph Savage and David Lange.