Waatea 5th Estate – the Te Ture Whenua Amendment ACT
Joining us tonight to discuss Te Ture Whenua Amendment ACT…
politics
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Time to talk about families
The Child, Youth & Family (CYF) review is positive, but more work needs to be done.
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An Opposition Worthy Of The Name?
The bitter truth is that if a beneficent angel were to uplift the best politicians from Labour, the Alliance (before it disappeared) the Greens and the Mana Party, and drop them into a divinely crafted political entity that might – or might not – continue to exploit the still potent Labour brand, then the Government of John Key would be in real trouble.
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The horror of New Zealand’s racist private prison system
…this is apartheid era bigotry. We are so bloody casual in this country we don’t ever seem to trip over the truth even when it hits us in the face. It is inexcusably racist that our justice system has produced such a cultural massacre within the poorest communities.
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What the latest Roy Morgan Poll suggests and clues for Labour
Latest Roy Morgan shows National plummeting to 42.5% and NZ First soaring to 12.5%. These are pretty huge swings and might explain why National are so nervous they need to talk about a Land Tax.
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That pain you are feeling is neoliberalism and that sound you are hearing are speculator boomers laughing – why house prices won’t drop until 2023
If you are a Gen X or Y, that pain you feel, that lack of job security, real wages, stake hold in society – that’s neoliberalism and that laughing you hear are property speculating boomers refusing to give up their illusionary wealth.
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Is it time to burn WINZ and Probations down to the ground and can CYFs & Corrections be saved?
As believers of the power for good a well funded state sector can create, we on the Left are big supporters of the state, so what do we do when we realise that some functions of state are not only broken and deformed, they are actually creating counter productive damage that demands a radical amputation and regrowth?
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Can CYFs save children?
I have contemplated the place of children in our lives for more than 30 years. How do we assist children to realise their aspirations? What models of teaching opens their minds to the infinite possibilities for their future? What are the values that we need to exhibit to ensure young people are able to build that future on a strong foundation?
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GUEST BLOG: Ruby Joy – A place to belong
I grew up in church and consider myself to be a Christian yet finding a church that resembles anything I…
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Why Key is suddenly talking about a land tax
Meanwhile the property speculator boomers laugh and the rich lock Gen X, Y, millennials and the poor out of ever owning a home in their own country.