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David Seymour and his relationship to Atlas Network – Could this affect the fate of 7AA?
Seymour was once called the “most dangerous man in Aotearoa right now.” But is he just misunderstood? Let’s revisit Section 7AA and Karen Chhour’s tears too.
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Mountain Tui: New Zealanders are now dying from an underfunded health system
After months of warnings from doctors, nurses and hospitals, a Northland patient is dead after no doctors were present at the hospital. The budget cuts and chosen austerity measures are hurting us all. Here’s more.
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About Karen Chhour’s future
Act minister Karen Chhour has recently adopted the mantle of victimhood and claimed that she has been under attack and feels unsafe in Parliament. But the attacks are not personal and are motivated by the damage her party is causing to Oranga Tamariki as well as to the country’s race relations.
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The Abuse in Care report and the Government’s boot camp proposal
The Royal Commission’s recently released report into abuse in care has highlighted how unsuccessful and how damaging boot camps can be at the time the Government is celebrating the opening of its latest attempted version of a boot camp.
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A nation reinvented: 40 years on from its 1984 victory, the Fourth Labour Government still defines NZ
“After nine years of economic nationalism and social conservatism under National prime minister Robert Muldoon, David Lange’s new broom left no corner unswept. In the space of a few short years, fuelled by a high-octane blend of neoliberal theory and neoclassical state minimalism, it reinvented the nation.”
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Mountain Tui: Trump’s shooting reveals a hidden danger for New Zealand too
Trump’s shooting has left the world shocked and bewildered. But what, if anything, does it mean for us here in New Zealand?
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Respect existence or expect resistance
act, chris bishop, climate change, Environment, national, nz first, politicans, same old national, science, Shane JonesYesterday’s Greenpeace’s War on Nature protest in Tamaki Makaurau suggests growing unity on the left and an increasing determination to stop the Fast Track Projects Bill from being passed.
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The Budget Day Protests
Protests by Māori and Tangata Tiriti against government policy are underway on the day of the National government’s first budget. Carkoi and Hikoi are taking place in many locations across the country.
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Is Shane Jones Right About Mining?
Maybe Shane Jones is at least partially right about mining.
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Speech time
In the past week Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins have both delivered future vision themed speeches. With some dramatic contrasts.
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The Waitangi Tribunal v Karen Chhour
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing interim decision relating to the Government’s intention to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.
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2.5C and our choices: the bad news and the good news
The Guardian published a major report yesterday on what top climate scientists are saying about the climate crisis.
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Three waters lite
The Government has announced the reaching of an agreement with Auckland Council about Watercare which will over time be more expensive than Labour’s Tree Water alternative.
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A one term Government?
The Government is less than 12 months away from a change in the Deputy Prime Ministership and the transition will be a smooth one. Labour needs to be getting ready now. Because for the first time in this Country’s history this could be a one term National led Government.
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The Treaty of Waitangi and Oranga Tamariki
act, child welfare, david seymour, Maori Issues, Politics, Shane Jones, Social issues, treaty settlements, uncategorizedMinister for Children Karen Chhour has resisted attempts by the Waitangi Tribunal to get her to explain how removing requirements to improve outcomes for Māori children is not a breach of the Treaty.
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It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war, and the left should be naming it as such
The culture wars exist, and they are a tool weaponised in the class war.
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The list
Making a major infrastructure deal happen takes years of planning, exceptionally qualified people on all sides, and in New Zealand it takes about ten years of your life. Until now.
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The Liz Truss of the South Seas
Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Economy, nicola willis, Shane Jones, treasury, treaty settlements, uk politics, uncategorizedLiz Truss’s short reign as UK Prime Minister foundered after her budget requiring borrowing to fund tax cuts was released. The budget tanked the UK economy and caused Truss’s resignation. This week amongst announcements of massive cuts it has emerged that the Government is also planning borrowing for tax cuts.
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Chris Hipkins – Values Matter
Text of the speech delivered by Chris Hipkins delivered in Auckland today.
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Hoatu he tumanako ki a rātou
Grant Robertson has given his valedictory speech in Parliament.
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News and New Zealand Democracy
accountability, broadcasting, Culture wars, Deep stuff, facebook, internet, interweb, journalism, Media, newspapers, Politics, Propaganda, radio, youtubeHow do we prevent the decline of broadcast tv news being a deep wound to our democracy?
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Who is treating taxpayers as an ATM?
It has been revealed that Christopher Luxon receives $52,000 a year from the taxpayer to pay for him staying in his own apartment. Update within the space of an hour he has said that it was his entitlement but then said that he will pay the money back.
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What’s Left?
Andrew Little, chris hipkins, david parker, grant robertson, greens, james shaw, Kelvin Davis, labour, Left, michael wood, Nanaia Mahuta, Politics, stuart nash, uncategorizedFrom Election 2023’s result through to February 2024 there has been massive loss and damage to the Parliamentary capacity of Labour and Greens. Who still has the capacity to lead? What’s left?
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Get ready for your water to be privatised
The National Government’s repeal of the Three Waters Legislation and its pursuit of “new forms of infrastructure funding and financing” suggests that privatisation of water is on the drawing board.
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National and the Gutting of Local Democracy
auckland supercity, community democracy, democracy under attack, democratic participation, local government, supercityWe have remarkably little democracy left in New Zealand.
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Toitu te Tiriti
Recent events have shown overwhelming support for the treaty among Iwi, the willingness for David Seymour to create chaos for political advantage, and that Christopher Luxton is not in control of the Government.
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Ratana and The Treaty of Waitangi
“My understanding is a guy came out as a prophet of his own religious movement in the 1870s. And politicians feel a strange obligation to be there every year. I’ve never felt that.” David Seymour is shallow as a birdbath.
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A modest proposal on Waitangi day
While the Treaty of Waitangi continues to be battered back and forth, the clear reality is that Maori, after signing the infuriating Treaty, were systematically dispossessed of their land. Any reading of the history of colonial treaties shows that treaties were the primary method of dispossession and were designed to be broken. And invariably they were.
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Shaw stands down as Greens co-leader
James Shaw has announced that he is standing down as co-leader of the Green Party and a leadership process will be triggered. He will stay on in Parliament in the meantime.
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The week Luxon lost his moral mandate to lead
The last week has shown how Christopher Luxon has no understanding of New Zealand’s history and no appreciation about how dangerous Act’s proposed Treaty Principles Bill is.
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Which side are you on?
act, david seymour, Maori Issues, national, racism, same old national, Shane Jones, treaty settlements, winston petersThe Act Party is seeking to undermine te Tiriti o Waitangi and ferment racial hatred and division while nominally seeking unity. And National clearly has no idea what to do about the situation.
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The best Electoral System that money can buy
act, democracy under attack, democratic participation, election 2023, elections, labour, maori party, national, political parties, Politics, same old nationalThe Independent Electoral Review Panel has recommended changes to the electoral system including the banning of any donations unless made by enrolled voters, a cap on the size of those donations and a requirement that third parties disclose all large donations that they receive.
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NZ First does not want National to have good relations with Kiingi Tuuheitia
The day after Christopher Luxon made the pilgrimage to meet with Kiingi Tuuheitia and try and calm feelings ahead of the Weekend’s hui at Ngaruwahia to discuss the Government’s attacks on Te Tiriti and Te Reo Shane Jones went onto Morning Report and applied the blowtorch to Luxon’s attempt to keep matters calm.
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Peak NZ Liberal
climate change, Deep stuff, Environment, health, jacinda ardern, labour, maori party, national, science, waterAs National dismantles with speed some of the institutional reforms made by the last Labour Government the concern is that we may have witnessed the peak in progressive influence.
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The New Zealand’s New Neo-Authoritarian Coalition Government
The coalition government has hijacked the democratic process for its own partisan and nefarious agenda.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive? The Treaty of Waitangi
Is the Treaty a contemporary guide or an archaic historical document?
