Ardern effect taps pent-up mood for change
A week is a long time in politics, as the saying goes. The election has been turned upside down. The long pent-up mood for change has found its champion.
#ChangeTheGovt
Lefties on The Standard
An experimental post on The Standard, providing a discussion space for left-wing people only.
Messages for the Left
Kōrero Pono writes about the class divide within the parliamentary Left and the importance of the wider Left’s message in this election.
This is why we need the Greens in government
Metiria Turei speaks from the heart about how hard it is to be on welfare, and the need for a more compassionate, caring welfare system.
This is no ordinary election (f*ck the polls)
This isn’t a set in stone election, it’s one that is in the midst of change, quite possibly big change. The Greens opened a door, what can we do to step through?
Raging at Metiria is not about the fraud – it’s that she sided with the lepers
Graham Cameron cuts through the obsession over fraud to the cultural values of the last 30 years and the fear beneath.
Greens: Grandparents and children deserve better than National’s ‘penal welfare’
National’s ‘penal welfare’ approach is failing kids, failing caregivers and failing New Zealand.
The MoU and social intelligence
The deputy leader of the Labour Party wants to be the Minister for Children and to put a progressive government ahead of her own career. This is the kind of politician we need in government.
I am Metiria
If you’ve ever left a WINZ office crying because you asked for help and were humiliated instead #IamMetiria
Lefties on fire
The best of twitter from the weekend.
Labour coming in from the cold
Amongst all the hooha of the political week, Labour did something pretty cool with its winter heating announcement. They made a policy for all beneficiaries. We should be paying attention to what underpins that because there is potential here.
National’s plans for mining and development of conservation land
Forest and Bird: ““The Government is seeking to give themselves the powers to push through controversial and damaging projects that would otherwise fail because they breach environmental limits.”
Jesse Mulligan owned Bill English on national television
Getting very bloody angry and speaking truth to power.
Greens to contest Nick Smith’s seat in Nelson
Nelson city councillor Matt Lawrey is to run a two tick campaign with the full backing of the party.
The Greens respond to the Budget
James Shaw on National as the masters of the shell game.
Marama Fox on working with a Labour/Green government
Marama Fox opens the way for the Māori Party to work with Labour and the Greens.
It’s past time to be bold about water
Water is both the front line and the rallying cry.
“Our Plan to Change the Government”
The Green Party conference is on this weekend, with keynote speeches from Andrew Little and James Shaw on changing the government, and a centrepiece environmental campaign launch from Metiria Turei.