Open Mike 28/01/2018
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The planet needs women
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin discuss women’s friendship, sisterhood, equality, and the power of women to change the world.
Manaakitanga
Jacinda Ardern this week expressed the hope that this Government will bring back Manaakitanga, in other words to show respect, generosity and care for others.
Open Mike 27/01/2018
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Daily Review 26/01/2018
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Timeline announced for Green Party Female Co-leadership election
The Green Party will have a new Female Co-leader by April 9, following the announcement today of an early special election for the position and a truncated campaign period of two months.
Plastic Fantastic
Billions of disease laden pieces of plastic killing reefs. No effective solution offered.
Waitangi Day and Australia Day
Australia Day (January 26th), like Waitangi Day (February 6th) often divides our countries as much in its silence as anything else.
NRT: Not good enough
“The government today announced some employment relations reforms, including the restoration of meal breaks and the right to collective bargaining. But they also plan to retain 90 day trial periods for small businesses“
Open Mike 26/01/2018
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The Humanity.
Thoughtless thugs. Killers.
Daily Review 25/01/2018
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Employment Relations changes announced
The Government has announced changes to the Employment Relations law which on the whole are positive and beneficial for workers. But following New Zealand First lobbying the 90 day fire at will provision will be retained for small firms.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership
The positive aspects of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership.
Writehanded: The nature of gendered abuse
Sarah Wilson at writehanded.org writes “Amid accusations that our Prime Minister deliberately mislead the country by getting pregnant and will now be an unfit leader due to “baby brain” and motherhood, I’m reflecting on how it feels to be a woman in the public eye. You can almost always guarantee that when someone shouts “this isn’t a gender issue!” – it is. And the issues are many.”
Open Mike 25/01/2018
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Daily Review 24/01/2018
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No change to Green position on TPP
“…we still don’t believe there are sufficient safeguards for people and the environment that would enable us to support the deal” – James Shaw
There is a hole left in the world
Ursula K Le Guin has died.
Revised TPPA to be signed?
Radio New Zealand is reporting that Canadian concerns about the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement have been addressed and the agreement is scheduled to be signed in March.
Open Mike 24/01/2018
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Daily Review 23/01/2017
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What should happen at Waitangi
The ideal occurrences this year at Waitangi would be …
Jacinda to attend Waitangi day ceremony at Waitangi
Jacinda Ardern has announced that she will spend five days at Waitangi leading up to Waitangi day to make full use of the time when people are gathered there to meet together as a government that wants to form open transparent relationships.
Join Marama for an Announcement February 4th
Marama Davidson – Kia ora whānau! It would mean so much to me if you would all come and support my event on Sunday 04 Feb at 11am. We’ll be livestreaming the event so even if you can’t physically be there and you’d like to tautoko you can click ‘going’.
Open Mike 23/01/2018
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Daily Review 22/01/2018
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Auckland Council by election hypocrisy alert
The National candidate for the Maungakiekie Tamaki Auckland Council by election is complaining that if the Labour candidate wins it will trigger a costly by election. But he is ignoring the fact that the three current by elections have all been caused by National endorsed local government representatives resigning.
Solidarity
History not forgotten.
Open Mike 22/01/2018
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Women’s March Speech.
Sometimes, someone just knocks it out the park. Viola Davis just knocked it out the park. (h/t Carolyn_nth)
High Country selloff scandal laid bare
A feature in yesterday’s Domion Post Weekend lays bare the extent of the scandalous selloff of huge tracts of our high country. The tenure review of the high country has been conducted since 1992 to privatise some of the land and also bringing parts into the conservation estate. The process has been followed by both National and Labour governments.
Obstructionist losers
Despite controlling all three branches of the Government the Republicans have failed to get a funding bill passed and the US Government is facing shut down.
Open Mike 21/01/2018
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Cape Town
A 100 day count down.
States United.
On how states in conflict, have seemingly and nevertheless, managed to share in the likely or possible creation of one common goal.