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From the "you have to be joking" file, the police set up a breath testing station outside a public meeting where assisted suicide was being discussed so it could collect personal details of people attending the meeting. It is not the first time that possible…
Abuse of power death with dignity police you couldn't make this shit up
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Key's "War on P" is going so swimmingly well that there's a lot of it about. But in this context, is it just being used as an excuse? - Methamphetamine blamed for empty Housing New Zealand houses Methamphetamine is keeping people out of state homes,…
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For me, internet based activism is primarily about shifting people's thoughts and perceptions. Done well, people can find themselves asking new questions and entertaining new ideas. Done badly, people become entrenched and incurious. Good activism always presents a pathway or avenue to walk down, or…
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Which would be the better use of the money? The Herald poses a fair question: https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/791028860817068032
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No, not in NZ, of course - Zac Goldsmith quits as MP over 'doomed' Heathrow expansion decision. But it did make me wonder how long it has been since any government MP here made a stand on principle? Labour has had splits that were instrumental…
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Need a distraction from poverty, the housing crisis, and the slow collapse of the health and education systems? Why not go with an old favourite, fear mongering - Foreign fighters in the Middle East could return to New Zealand as Islamic State crumbles - John…
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The government is proud of their surplus, which at 0.7% of GDP isn’t quite as dramatic as the 9% of GDP deficit they had in 2011. But as soon as we have a surplus, National starts salivating over tax cuts. Continuing where I left off, here's…
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Barry Coates is the new Green Party MP following Kevin Hague's departure to head up Forest and Bird. From the Green Party website, this is Coates' report on his first few weeks, along with his maiden speech. Week one in Parliament has been quite an…
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From the movement that brought you equal pay, the weekend, minimum wages, child protection laws, injury prevention, the right to organise …
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Convincing workers not to organise in their own best interests is one of the great successes of right-wing politics. Bryce Edwards looks at some of the issues - The future of the unions Unions are struggling to survive amid public perceptions that they are irrelevant,…
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Korean War veteran turned anarchist, folk singer, organiser and Wobbly, philosopher and one time US presidential candidate. In one of a series of interviews in 2004, Utah Phillips talks with deep ethical intelligence about the folk music movement in the US but much of what he…
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The following is a Guest Post from Robert Guyton and is part of a series appearing over 12 Sundays. Other parts can be seen here. Robert is a sustainability pioneer who along with his family grows the oldest food forest in NZ. A long time organic gardener, permaculturist and heritage orchardist,…
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The All Blacks are good at what they do, and lately never better. There are many reasons for that success, but here's one of them - New Zealand’s supremacy a testament to All Blacks ideal of shared ownership They have not lost in the tournament…
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It has been many decades since I have read anything about Karl Marx but a recent Guardian article made me think about his writing again. The article by John Harris was about the failure of British political leadership and suggested, perhaps unfairly in the case of…
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Originally posted at Tangerina. This is in response to an earlier column Society, not rugby, needs to change its culture by Peter Jackson, Editor of the Northland Age. Mr Jackson is right; society does need to change its culture. Rugby doesn’t exist in a vacuum – it’s…
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Yesterday, the twelfth annual TIN100 (Technology Investment Network top 100 NZ Tech companies) report was released. Press release here. I've worked exclusively in the sector as an ancient coder for decades, so as usual I was vaguely interested. Of course I'm far more interested in…