Ummm, did Bill Liu/William Yan just buy his own justice?
…the 5th most wanted on China’s top 10 most wanted and a huge donor to National and Labour has just paid the cops $42.85 million and he’s off all his charges?
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Three and a half years jail for growing cannabis
While there is much to celebrate about those who manage to leave the country and fly back in with prescription cannabis, this loop hole is open to those who can afford it and it ignores the continued criminalisation of those involved in growing it and those who can’t travel.
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What the media are not making clear regarding the new spy powers
The mainstream media have fallen over themselves to declare that the new spying powers by the GCSB are all fine…
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The Treaty Settlement Process: Neoliberalism with Maori characteristics
The transfer of wealth (in the form of Crown cash and resources) from the poorest Maori communities to wealthy tribal elites (the Iwi Leadership Group) mirrors neatly the transfer of wealth from the 99 percent to the top 1 percent of income earners that is the hallmark of neoliberalism globally.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – How racist are NZ prisons?
You’ve all heard about the massive over representation of Maori in prisons, but you may not know the further you go into the Belly of the Beast the higher that representation gets.
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Victoria’s got a secret, and it’s not lingerie, and it’s not “super comfy and super sexy.”
The underwear manufacturer has a much bigger secret, a real secret: they’re hiding workers.
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Minto for Mayor Campaign Launch
For a people’s Christchurch rather than a corporate Christchurch – decisions by us, for us, made here!
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Local Government: Seldom Sexy but Always Essential
The importance of local government is usually overlooked, except in complaint. Conservative voters moan they get nothing for their rates. That the council should do more with less, that there’s no accountability, that councils take money for nothing and rates are too high.
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Political Caption Competition
One more inch to the right, just one more…
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How far are we going to go in denying poverty exists in NZ?
The economic growth rate is as illusionary as middle class property wealth, we are needing to massage the stats to make unemployment look better and tens of thousands of migrant workers are being lured to NZ to be paid less for jobs NZers demand real wages for.