NZ faces some very rough economic times if China decides to make an example of us for questioning the quality of their mass produced cheapest capitalism model exports they have dumped upon us, and the NZ public seems ill aware of the ramifications.
We have underfunded CYFs and that’s why it fails to stop children getting killed, privatising most of the Ministry and giving it a new name is like wallpapering a pedophiles house and calling it a kindergarten.
The Maori Party’s announcement that they won’t endorse Clark should at the very least force us to look a bit more closely at the love fest. Notwithstanding the furious reaction of #Helen4SG fans across the political and media spectrums, with accusations of stupidity, betrayal, and even treason, the Maori Party has given us all permission to have a more real conversation
There is something deeply morally wrong about a small minority in our society making huge profits from non productive speculation, setting the economy up for a crash, whilst hard working people struggle to keep up with rack renting…
After dropping my beloved daughter off at school, I walk home via Krd in Auckland. The coffee is good, the people are my kind of people and the bustle of the day carries a momentum with it that puts a skip in ones step.
Shelter is a human right, not a privilege. Private ownership of land is a privilege, not a human right. The debate is framed about getting ‘first-home buyers’ on the ‘property ladder’. Framing this as a right makes no more sense than having a debate about how to get people onto the ‘sharemarket ladder’.
In a post on The Daily Blog, Chris Trotter has taken “Bernie’s die-hard supporters” to task for being “ridiculous”, but he seems to be ignorant of some of the reasons behind the behaviour of the people he criticises. Not only is their response valid, the circumstances that lead them to it have a significance even broader than this US general election.
BLACK LIVES MATTER (BLM) just got serious about political change. Casting aside the Occupy Wall Street model of structureless confusion, it has announced its intention to become a nationwide movement presenting a coherent political agenda for the radical transformation of American society.
The surprise and angry denunciation of the Maori Party for taking the stance they did suggests to me that most NZers, many Labour Party supporters included, don’t fully appreciate the naked manipulation of power Helen conducted to maintain her leadership. Rather than challenging the centre’s ignorance, she gave into it.
We need to ban foreign ownership, bring in a capital gains tax and build 100 000 affordable houses for first time buyers and 10 000 state homes to be built in Auckland alongside an urban intensification to solve this Housing Crisis.