News stories and NZ rape culture
“Public nudity isn’t illegal, but offensive behaviour is.” – Thomas Beagle, Chair of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties
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Hello 2018
Ngā mihi o te tau hou.
Moving on after FJK
One year after resigning as Prime Minister and nine months since leaving parliament, a look at FJK’s fine legacy.
Another day, another piece of bullshit from someone in the MSM
Misleading the NZ public about a political party, its policy, and how government works actively harms democracy.
Thank-you Golriz
ffs NZ, get a grip. Then have a think about fairness and what kind of society we want.
Revisiting the Chinese-sounding-names story
Data journalist and former Herald reporter Harkanwal Singh talked recently about data literacy and diversity.
The Panel – how do I love thee?
RadioNZ seems to be diversifying its pool of political commentators.
Fair trade
Did the TPPA-11 negotiations just collapse? A breathing space to look at global economics in the context of sovereignty, democracy, fairness, social justice and ecological limits.
Bouquets for the new government
Mining, big data, social investment, paid parental leave, and pēpi in the House. The new government’s not mucking around remedying some of the previous government’s plunder and pillage policies.
Guns don’t shoot people, men do
Maybe it’s time to broach the elephant in the living room.
Trust, Labour and the TPPA
A look at Labour’s PR around the TPPA-11, and a campaign by Action Station to stop the signing.
The Green Party on 1080 and predator control
Let’s clear up some misconceptions about the Green Party’s Conservation Policy.
The new government and the TPPA-11
An update from Professor Jane Kelsey on the TPPA-11, a look at the issues for the new Labour-led government, and reasons why we still need to be concerned.
Overseas land sales, Landcorp land sales, and the environment
Our land needs threefold protection.
Lefties on The Standard – 2017 government edition
A dedicated space on The Standard for left-wing and progressive people.
James Shaw: “This is an historic moment”
While the Green Party delegates are debating a Confidence and Supply agreement in support of a Labour-led government, James Shaw made a speech to the press at parliament on Thurs night outlining the Greens’ response to the new Labour government and where the Greens might fit into that. UPDATE: the membership have endorsed the deal.
Otago University to start reducing fossil fuel use
The University has a 3 year plan to decrease its carbon fuel use.
Lefties on The Standard #3
Another post on The Standard providing a discussion space for left-wing and progressive people only.
First Past the Post nostalgia
A timely reminder that we replaced FPP for very good reasons.
Green options
If the Greens prioritise change over power, then the whole ‘they have no leverage’ rhetoric becomes less important than the fact that the Greens are necessary to form government but still have choices in how they participate in that.
Industrial dairying and blue babies
When you run an economy that sees harm to babies as acceptable risks that can be mitigated, then you are approaching society’s end game.
The Green Party’s coalition process
Important in the Green’s coalition deal-making process is the party’s political positioning, and the internal processes that the party is obligated to follow. Both of those things reflect deeper values around policy and decision making. Here’s a look at what processes the Greens will follow in the coming weeks and who will be involved.
Indigenous and green politics require changes in perspectives
One of our key political challenges now is to broaden the understanding of what matters.
The environmental open letter to political party leaders
Climate, water, conservation. Whoever forms government now has a citizenry with high expectations for the environment.
The Future of Food
A short film about a Wairarapa organic farm using Community Supported Agriculture to bypass agribusiness control of the market and sell direct to customers.
Dirty Politics 2017 style
The Greens aren’t going to support a National government, so why is there so much push to make it look like it might happen?
Metiria Turei’s legacy
What she did wasn’t a mistake.
How a National/Green coalition could work
A plan for how the Greens could save the election.
Where to now for the Greens?
Some post election thoughts on what James Shaw said last night, what the post-election options are, and that given the Left got a possible reprieve not an outright win, what are we going to do next?
Some election night notes
The timing of this election’s results, how NZ governments are formed, and election stress.
Election night coverage
Some places for lefties to follow the counting and take part in the talking.
Go Green – the twitter version
Who are you going to wake up with on Sunday morning?
Go Green
All the good reasons, and it comes down to values and what kind of government and country NZ now wants.
Anger and compassion
It seems that a man set himself on fire in parliament grounds today.
The poll that matters will be completed on Saturday
Poll results! And, the most important thing we can do now is vote, and get out the vote, and remind people that only Labour and the Greens have committed to changing the government.
The Green Party Policy Manifesto (fully costed and seriously progressive)
The Greens have a fully costed plan of their goals for New Zealand’s future. Anything but boring, this is bold vision, progressive values, and detailed planning as well as solid economics for the fiscal geeks.