National knew trade war with China brewing – did nothing and now trade war is here
McClay’s extraordinary new version of events released yesterday is his fourth attempt now to explain what he knew about Chinese threats of a trade war and when.
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New Newshub Poll – National 45%-Labour/Green 44%
Now the big external polls are starting to show what has quietly been happening for months now, watch as National prepare for a blood letting over the Summer holidays. As the Polls continue to melt for National, Judith Collins will start making moves.
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A – cough, cough – very unique ‘view’ of the Saudi Sheep bribe
…that’s right folks, NZ didn’t bribe Saudi Businessman Al-Khalaf for reneging on live sheep exports in order to gain a free trade deal, oh no, apparently Al-Khalaf was actually doing NZ a huge favour by saving our ‘sheep crisis’.
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No more council sellouts before the election
With just two months before we elect a mayor and councillors it would be a travesty of democracy were the current mayor and council to sign off a new cost-sharing agreement with the government.
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MUST READ: Migration, chefs and essential skills
The top ten skilled migrant categories are chefs, dairy cattle farmer, cafe/restaurant manager, retail manager, carpenter, dairy cattle farm worker, retail supervisor, aged or disabled carer, truck driver, registered nurse (aged care).
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Oh, so the trade war with China has erupted and where are the NZ Media?
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.
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CYFs looking for a new name
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.
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Why you must protest the greed of The Block
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…
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Hung rape jury, Rugby bloke misogyny and hating strippers – not a good week for NZ
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.
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MUST READ: Land and Shelter: Unpacking the Crisis
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’.