Key’s shameful support of Fiji arrests
Key’s posture is that human rights don’t really matter, or at least are secondary to maintaining warm relations with repressive governments.
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If it takes a 19yr old rich lister kid getting a lenient sentence for you to think the Justice system is racist, you’re not paying attention
Let’s be clear, I respect and support the leniency shown this privileged and spoilt brat who bashed a Police Officer.
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Parliamentary Services are spying on MPs emails??? What the actual?
…this is unbelievable. Why the hell are Parliamentary Services spying on MPs emails? Why are they in effect censoring those emails and why are they blocking them?
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Looking tough on crime won’t solve Domestic Violence in NZ
The only people happy with this will be the Private Prison at Wiri. Did ACC who have 30% stake holdings in Serco’s prison have a hand in shaping these laws?
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Reinventing Auckland, Simon? If Only We Could!
Aucklanders elected representatives turned out to be equally mischaracterised. Far from being the people’s democratic tribunes, Auckland’s elected councillors proved to be little more than powerless pawns. The real game was controlled by legally cocooned CCO boards of directors – over whom the so-called “Governing Body” (including the Mayor) exercised no effective control whatsoever.
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Economic lies about the “rock star economy”
The business media is all in an excited state over the fact that the headline growth rate for the New Zealand economy is going to around 3.5% for the year ending June. What they don’t tell you is that because of the artificial boost to the population as a result of the government opening the taps for new migrants the actual annual per capita growth rate is only 0.6%.
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New TVNZ Poll highlights how hard 2017 election will be
The latest TVNZ poll is a stark reminder to those who oppose this Government that 2017 will be a hard fight.
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Helen Clark media statement on next SG straw poll
The UN Security Council has held its fourth straw poll on the candidates for UN Secretary-General. Helen Clark is pleased…
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If the Government want to protect WINZ workers – change their draconian welfare policies – not turn offices into a fortress
Beneficiaries are treated little better than cattle by a large number of burnt out frontline WINZ Staff, and adding to that underfunded hopelessness are counter-productive policies driven by ideology and not empirical evidence.
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EXCLUSIVE: The truth about migration (Part 2 of 4)
In the last six years, there have been on average 166,000 temporary work visas issued each year. These consist of people on working holidays, seasonal workers, essential skills workers and migrant family members.