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Workers, unions and the Labour party
Convincing workers not to organise in their own best interests is one of the great successes of right-wing politics.
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Vincent O’Malley: wars we choose to remember and forget
Vincent O’Malley writes at The Guardian about how we should, or don’t, remember the New Zealand wars.
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Government announces watered down version of Labour’s Kiwibuild policy
bill english, labour, national, phil twyford, Politics, same old national, the praiseworthy and the pitifulNational is borrowing another Labour-Green policy and has announced a lite version of Labour’s Kiwibuild policy.
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Racist Nats Attack Chinese Grannies Shock!
China, class war, David Farrar, discrimination, flip-flop, Politics, racism, same old national, SatireNational have slammed the door shut on the parents of already settled migrants who wish to move to NZ to complete the family unit. Minister Michael Woodhouse accuses elderly Asians of bludging off the NZ taxpayer. You won’t believe the howls of outrage from the right!
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The best you can hope for, after the Local Government elections
accountability, activism, auckland supercity, Economy, local body elections, local government, PoliticsNow that the local government elections have been completed what is the best that local communities can expect of their elected representatives?
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Cross-Party Inquiry into Homelessness releases report – Government must act
Labour, the Green Party and the Māori Party are have released their Ending Homelessness in New Zealand report and are calling on the Government to immediately adopt the 20 recommendations.
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Water and cultural values
capitalism, Conservation, disaster, Economy, Environment, farming, maori party, national, sustainability, waterDay one of the International Days of Prayer and Action with Standing Rock. Here’s a post on NZ’s relationship with water, and whether water is a resource or a taonga.
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Our most effective Prime Minister
Ad ranks post second world war according to criteria which produces some interesting result.
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He isn’t a racist because his ex wife is from Singapore
don brash, Maori seats, MMP, national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upDon Brash and a group of other predominately privileged white males are complaining that Maori may also be receiving some privilege.
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The Kermadecs and racist environmentalism
This week has been a revelation in how willing Pākehā are to throw Māori under the bus for the sake of environmentalism.
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#ParkUpForGovernment
Despite the large number of people with terrible stories about homelessness to the Labour/Greens/Maori Homelessness Inquiry, this Government of Housing Inaction still thinks the problem should be ignored and the Inquiry ‘not needed’.
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Guest Post: Beth Houston for Senior Vice President
The Standard’s authors have offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. Beth Houston has been nominated for the position of Senior Vice President. Here’s her vision for the role and the party.
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Can a national park be a person?
While New Zealand trashes its water and argues over whether we are allow to say ‘dairy cow’ at the same time, this 1 min video on The Guardian Facebook page about the Rights of Nature in NZ gets 2.4 million views
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Labour’s Auckland Push
Andrew Little, class war, election 2017, labour, mana, maori party, national, Politics, workers' rightsMatt McCarten is to head a new Labour party office in Auckland. The party is going to take to fight to National in the city that decides the election. Yet another bold step from Andrew Little, who is looking more and more like the next PM.
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Robertson: Lessons from the Future of Work Commission
Robertson: “What is the economic paradigm that will meet the challenge of world of less secure work, more automation?”
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Homeless crisis – Nats in full denial
New research on homelessness from Otago University sheds light on the depth and breadth of the problem. Naturally Paula Bennett says she doesn’t believe it, and that she won’t read it. Because of course.
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Things other than States
What are the New Zealand institutions other than the State who can achieve good for New Zealanders?
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The cross-party inquiry into homelessness is under way
After National blocked a proposed official inquiry into homelessness, Labour, The Greens and The Maori Party went ahead with their own. It will no doubt come up with useful recommendations. But to see them implemented we will need to change the government.
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What if there were only 34 more whitebait harvests left?
activism, Conservation, disaster, Environment, farming, Maori Issues, science, sustainability, waterWater is life not merely wadeable.
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Left Militant
With wars breaking out at an alarming rate and democracy going backwards in much of the world what should a leftie foreign policy be?
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John Key’s Lies Since the 2014 Election (UPDATED)
There is one item on the list concerning whether John Key knew about the brewing trade squabble with China regarding the dumping of cheap steel on the local market.
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Wahine toa
Nanaia Mahuta will tomorrow become the first woman MP to wear the moko in Parliament.
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Guest post: Eva Hartshorn-Sanders for Senior Vice President
The Standard’s authors have offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. Eva Hartshorn-Sanders has been nominated for the position of Senior Vice President. Here’s her vision for the role and the party.
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Unitary Plan – affordability requirements removed
What are the Nats doing removing a proposed requirement for affordable housing – exactly the housing that Auckland desperately needs!?
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Public invited to have say on homelessness
The Māori Party have joined Labour and the Greens’ Cross-party Homelessness Inquiry, which is now asking for public input into the crisis including from people directly affected.
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Andrew Little’s speech: Backing the Kiwi dream of home ownership
Text from Andrew Little’s speech today given in New Lynn to announce Labour’s latest housing policy.
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“Post-truth” politics (and false equivalences)
Interesting pieces recently on “post-truth” politics. They rightly tear strips off Key and a government that lies and denies reflexively and at all levels, and has been doing so for eight long years.
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Mana 2.0
Hone’s back! The leader of the Mana party has announced he’s re-forming the Mana Movement and will stand again in Te Tai Tokerau. Is there a chance of a deal with Labour to strengthen the next Government?
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Scottish Parliament votes to ban fracking.
Imagine a country where the political divide is over whether to ban fracking outright or to be opposed to fracking but have a moratorium first in order to gather more evidence.
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There is no housing crisis in New Zealand *
Andrew Little, housing, Media, national, newspapers, paula bennett, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up* according to Nick Smith and Paula Bennett.
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Boots Theory: On the M.O.U.
The M.O.U. had to happen. And the sooner the better.
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Latest Roy Morgan Poll
The Latest Roy Morgan poll result has been released with both National and Labour recording a significant improvement in support. But Winston is still the king maker …
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National standards – a failed crusade
National told us “New Zealand elected a Government that promised to introduce national standards so that every single child could read, write, and do maths when they left school.”
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Return of the living dead
act, discrimination, Maori Issues, national, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upDon Brash has been resuscitated and is complaining about privilege and preferential treatment. Not of rich old white people like himself but because Maori rights to Taonga may be recognised.
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Labour’s Ten Big Ideas
National’s only idea this term has just been shot down by the public. Meanwhile Labour has been thinking about the future and the issues that confront NZ.
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What the flag vote means
Here are some reckons, for what they’re worth.
