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.
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GUEST BLOG: Vanessa Kururangi – There was an Old Woman who lived in a Shoebox, and other State Home stories…
There are good people here in Merivale. People who are resilient and proud and all embracing. They take you as you come and expect nothing in return besides the acceptance of who they are – loyal, passionate, and intimately connected to their community. I move amongst these people. I have come to know them well and they bring colour and light to my World.
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The hidden cost to children of the housing crisis
Last weekend’s New Zealand Housing Summit was an eye-opener to the heavy, hidden cost to our children of the housing crisis for low-income families.
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Dear NZ – remember dirty politics and how ‘it’s just politics’ allowed so many of you to turn a blind eye and vote National?
…listening to National voters defend Key’s record as honest and sincere and trustworthy when this ponytail hair pulling, Tax Haven building, mass surveillance lying, gutter tactics Politician has no moral high ground whatsoever would be amusing if it wasn’t so widespread.
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Peter Dunne’s pathetic cannabis reform
What’s the point in allowing the pharmaceutical industry create expensive cannabis synthetics when the natural product on its own can easily do what the expensive products can’t?
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What Bill English’s Big Brother Data Sharing will really do
Allowing other agencies access to false information only spreads that false information, it won’t correct it.
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China reminds us that economically depending upon a totalitarian Communist regime has some downsides
Key has been shown up for the smoke and mirror deal maker he really is. After putting all our cows in one Beijing Paddock, the meltdown of dairy intensification has simply made the farms China wanted cheaper for them to buy up.
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Let’s remind ourselves how Oravida are exploiting our water again
The close ties between the National Party and Chinese business has compromised our political system.
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Why Bernie Sanders isn’t calling it a day
Following Bernie Sanders’ defeat in New York, many pundits are asking why he doesn’t concede the nomination race to Hillary Clinton.
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Dear Z Energy – you pimp petrol, you aren’t in a position to lecture on morality
I think Wicked Campers are ugly and some of the offensive rape culture garbage sprayed on the side of them demands creative vandalism whenever one comes across their vile shuttles.