The rise of NZ First
Over the weekend, the new Colmar-Brunton poll came out. It codified one truth, and revealed others:
politics
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The latest One Poll: the Green slump, why NZ First is rising and the slow Labour Party crawl to victory
Labour, NZ First and the Greens have every opportunity to form a Government, but with NZ First gaining at Green expense, the progressive clout of a new Government will be economic, it won’t be cultural or environmental.
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Michael Joseph Savage and Universal Welfare Reform
The capstone achievement of the Savage-led ‘social security’ reform was a genuinely ‘universal’ superannuation that caught the imagination of middle New Zealand; the world’s first explicit demogrant, a ‘universal basic income’ for all older New Zealanders.
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Boo! Richie McCaw won NZer of the Year – Boo!
That pink dildo thrown at Steven Joyce deserves to be NZer of the Year over & above Richie McCaw. It has more personality than him too.
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Blind faith in Government a threat to our democracy
I read Steven Joyce’s “open letter to the TPPA protesters” with a great sense of incredulity.
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Better Public Service Targets Require Independent Auditing – NZ First Private Members’ Bill Series Part Two
Yesterday morning, we woke up to news that government agencies are quite literally “inventing numbers” in order to make themselves seem competent and measure up to the government’s public service performance targets.
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Who leaked from inside the National Party?
The back stabbing in the once united National Party has begun.
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Dancing With The Devil: How China and India made their elites richer by impoverishing their people
ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN the wonders of modern Chinese architecture might easily be persuaded that “neoliberalism with Chinese characteristics” is a spectacular success. But the skylines of Shanghai and Beijing testify not to the emancipation of the Chinese masses, but to the burgeoning power of the Chinese elites.
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EXCLUSIVE: Death threats & Right wing extremists in NZ – Why aren’t the Police protecting activists?
At a time when the far right are organising in NZ, unemployment and lack of opportunity is slowing making parts of NZ society rot from the inside out and those daring to challenge these broken interests are getting beaten while the Police force turns a blind eye.
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Keep Our Assets picket Wednesday 17th February
This is the latest KOA picket of either City Care depots or the Christchurch City Council Building (including in the debating chamber durign a Council meeting).