Labour finally on board?
I was shocked but not surprised to hear that National are considering opening our National Parks up for mining. At the same time, […]
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A really crappy day
I hadn’t been to a protest in months. After everything I’ve been through, activist stuff tends to make me more than a little […]
Still lying, Still spying
A media release yesterday from the Justice NOW collective! shows how both police and corporate spies are still taking a major interest in […]
Incentive to leave school?
I disagreed with Helen Clark in 2007 when she first suggested raising the school leaving age, as I don’t believe the mainstream school […]
Not Yours To Sell
Labour MP Phil Twyford is launching a campaign around his bill to protect Auckland’s community assets. www.notyourstosell.co.nz Phil Twyford’s private members bill, the […]
MAF investigation report released
MAF has released the final report of their investigation into the pig farm owned by former Pork Board Director Colin Kay, exposed on […]
Tax Payer funded hypocrisy
Remember the hip-hop tours ‘scandal’ the National Party used over and over and over again to attack the previous Labour-led government? They went […]
What is campaigning?
As widely predicted, Christine Rankin is continuing to cause embarrassment for the government. She is now succeeding in making the Prime Minister look […]
Pigs, kiwis… and a king!
From SAFE: Join Mike King, one of New Zealand’s leading comedians and pig campaigners, launch an exciting new pig-friendly initiative to help end […]
National still hate women
Despite women being 51% of the population, and it being women who won National the last election, they are still showing their contempt […]
Media irresponsible to name her
I haven’t really wanted to get involved in the whole debate surrounding Richard Worth. It’s horrible and messy, and makes me feel sick […]
Live blogging from Backbenchers
Jarbury is live blogging from backbenchers tonight 🙂
Cameron Slater gets it wrong
Cameron Slater (WhaleOil) gets it wrong again in his post about me today. On the upside he managed to write his post today […]
It’s called sovereignty, stupid!
The Minister of Agriculture David Carter really outdid himself in the house last week. First he completely dodged and didn’t address the question […]
Pork Board desperation and farm tour success
Animal Liberation Aotearoa (ALA) have for the past year or so been running a series of farm tours, taking members of the public onto factory farms to see for themselves how they work. They do these openly and in broad daylight, accepting the possible risk of minor criminal charges that may result (though thus far none have).
Minister of Agriculture misled the public
It seems the Minister of Agriculture David Carter misled the public regarding his knowledge of the use of sow crates in pig farming, […]
Pork Board engages in doublespeak
Chair of the NZ Pork Industry Board Chris Trengrove told Campbell Live last night, “The industry is changing and has been changing since […]
Government and Industry response to factory farming pathetic
When Mike King, comedian, celebrity, and front-man for the pork industry’s advertisements for the past few years found out the truth about the […]