There is a new Reid Research poll out tonight. Labour is up 2.7% to 52.7%. National is also up 1.4% to 27%. The Greens are down 0.8% and ACT down 0.7%. The minor parties have also decreased. NZ First is down to 1.9%. Advance NZ…
The past couple of weeks in Israel has seen a descent into chaos in the Middle East. What started as shooting of Palestinians on the west bank and an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site has blown out into a full…
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The past 15 months have been dread filled yet fascinating. First there was news of a mysterious virus that was spreading in China and causing all sorts of chaos. Then it started to spread to other parts of the world. Italy was hammered. America started…
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By Sandra Grey, National Secretary of Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union Outrage at suggestions that nurses, teachers, social workers, and doctors were not worthy of a pay rise this year has been swift. Harnessed, this outrage led to an agreement between unions and…
There were dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday. Judith Collins chose to again attack Jacinda Ardern about the He Puapua report. I watched the video and my initial reaction was concern that Jacinda was showing human weakness and frailty in trying to address a very complex…
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Some good news from yesterday. The Government has decided to walk back earlier comments suggesting a wage freeze for teachers and nurses. Yesterday there was an attempt to discredit the media analysis that had been applied to the earlier announcement and a claim that what…
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Who would be leader of the opposition? It is quite a unique position in New Zealand politics. You are handed a bull horn. Comments are sought from you daily about all sorts of positions and the media convention is that agreement with the proposal will…
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