The disconnect between the Left and middle NZ has grown even more wide with the latest TVNZ Poll showing Labour tumble 4 points and National jump 3 points.
Beyond the sycophantic praise of the CYFs report from pundits who have been won over by Anne Tolley’s spin lines, the reality is that this latest CYFs whitewash reform will begin the next stolen generation of Maori and Pacific Island children.
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The hypocrisy is absolutely breathtaking and shows the lack of moral compass of this “government”.
THAT THE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SIS) has failed to protect the privacy of the people it has “vetted” is no surprise. Information is power, and what is the SIS if not the official gatherer of the information by which the power of the state is protected?
After all the ‘everyone will get to have a say on the TPPA’ promises, the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee have decided to cut the time to consider submissions against the TPPA from a month to 5 days
I don’t think this latest evidence of abuse of political power by Key will be so easily shrugged off.
The fourth Palestine Marathon took place in Bethlehem last Friday and I was lucky enough to be among the 4,300 participants running a 10km, a full marathon or a half-marathon in my case. The event is organised by the Palestine Olympic Committee and a group called Right to Movement,
Another privatisation of a State Asset to prop up charter schools, irrigation for failed dairy intensification and the barest infrastructure investment possible.
Nothing sums NZ up better than beggars outside luxury stores on Queen Street