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NZ Police to spy on people in pubs?
By Martyn Bradbury:
This has all the ingredients for gross abuses of power at a time when the NZ Police Force have hardly shown themselves to be well equipped to handle such enormous discretion. Entrapment, abuse of power, unwelcome sexual advances all mixed within an alpha male Police Culture of denial that sees loyalty first and the law second is about as advisable as NZ launching a solitary re-invasion of Iraq. MORE >>
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Animal abuse unacceptable for pigs and consumers
Concerns about pig welfare go back to at least the 1960s, but the Ministry for Primary Industries, its precursors and the Pork Industry Board justify the systematic ill treatment of pigs ‘because it’s more productive’, ‘leads to less piglet mortality’, or because of ‘the long lead in time for modifications to piggeries’.
Read More →A better Canterbury and a better NZ
Labour’s first 100 days is going to be a busy time – we’ve got a lot to change! Kick-starting the Canterbury recovery is going to be a crucial part of those first 100 days. Labour has announced several Canterbury specific policies that put people first.
Read More →Positive and Solution Based Politics
The challenge for you, dear reader, is to not buy into this fog of distraction. Demand and seek out the policy ideas for our country. Bring these discussions to your family and friends, and do not fall for the pre-determined narrative.
Read More →Just chiming in on this Cunliffe apologising issue – get it together NZ
Guys tell your peeps and please stop nit-picking about an apology that shows respect and comes from the heart. Because when you reveal your priorities to be more focused on personal offense than a problem of this scale, you are being part of the problem
Read More →Something In The Air: Examining the precursors of past Labour victories.
Let’s flesh out this proposition by examining the three periods immediately preceding the decisive Labour victories of 1972, 1984 and 1999.
Read More →Why Labour’s Red has a deeper tinge of Green on climate change
Labour will, as a priority, begin the transition away from an economy heavily reliant on fossil fuels with ever-increasing gross greenhouse gas emissions to one that is based on clean energy, green technology, and is low-carbon.
Read More →Putting some lead in Labour’s pencil
This last few weeks shows just how important it is for people who want real change in New Zealand, rather than just a change of government, to vote for parties like Internet Mana which will put some lead in Labour’s pencil.
Read More →Behind the damning State Services Commission report on our spy agencies
Last week the State Service Commission issued a strongly critical report on our spy agencies. It concluded that there is ”urgency” for “a huge amount of change to be undertaken”. The agencies’ “national security and intelligence priorities are inadequately defined”; vetting systems are not up to scratch, and the public is kept too much in the dark about what the spies do.
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7 reasons why online voting isn’t a solution
Online voting is being waved around again as a means to increase participation. Here are the 7 reasons why I think online voting is a bad idea.
Read More →Police sweeping domestic violence under the carpet?
There seems to be a trend here where the pain committed to women is some sort of acceptable collateral damage
Read More →Dear Leader loves you! Our cult of no personality
It was inevitable. The poll-rated ‘popularity’ of Prime Minister has evolved into a full-blown, carefully-choreographed, Cult of Personality the likes of which this country has never before seen.
Read More →NZ Police to spy on people in pubs? We like our fascism casual thanks
This has all the ingredients for gross abuses of power at a time when the NZ Police Force have hardly shown themselves to be well equipped to handle such enormous discretion. Entrapment, abuse of power, unwelcome sexual advances all mixed within an alpha male Police Culture of denial that sees loyalty first and the law second is about as advisable as NZ launching a solitary re-invasion of Iraq.
Read More →Let’s be honest about National’s education policy and ‘lolly scrambles’
Why it is so offensive when conservative media blowhards like those on Firstline this morning attempt to paint smaller class sizes, donation free schools and every child having access to a tablet as a lolly scramble election bribe.
Read More →TV3 News on Polling Cellphone Users – Only A Year Late
Over a year ago, in March 2013, I raised the issue of cellphone users not being polled by the major polling companies, with the exception of Roy Morgan. To polling companies such as Reid Research, UMR, Ipsos, Colmar Brunton, Digipoll, etc, people who rely solely on cellphones are “invisible” when it comes to surveying.
Read More →The Maori King’s son – what’s worse than a 19 year old dickhead? A judgmental society of dickheads
This crying out against Korotangi Paki’s leniency in terms of sentencing has nothing to do with injustice, it’s just blatant racism.
Read More →New double standard beneficiary bashing laws come into power today
Part of this Governments most essential policy platforms is to attack and denigrate beneficiaries. Everytime the Government requires a media distraction, Paula pops onto the mainstream news with another vile policy aimed at dog whistling attention away from whatever it is Key doesn’t want to get questions on.
Read More →Media Watch View All →
#TeamKey vs #ForABetterNZ – what’s in a hashtag?
#TeamKey is our first cult of no personality.
Read More →Coalition for Better Broadcasting – Whose Spectrum Is It Anyway?
The current NZ government has as much regard for public service television as Australian governments have for boat people
Read More →June blog rankings – The Daily Blog, largest left wing blog in NZ
June 2014 blog rankings
Read More →USP’s attempted gag over media freedom issues stirs international protests
Beleaguered journalism academics Pat Craddock, the acting regional media programme leader who is a New Zealand broadcaster and has long experience at USP and is widely respected on campus, and Australian author, educator and journalist Dr Matt Thompson, have stirred a hornet’s nest in administration circles over the past week because of their frank and defiant talking about media and freedom of speech issues in Fiji.
Read More →This magazine cover doesn’t just redefine beauty standards, it shatters them
Pitt’s cover girl image on the front of a glossy magazine, usually reserved for ridiculing famous women’s bodies or idealising them, will challenge beauty standards, everywhere.
Read More →Granny needs a new bag
The NZ Herald – and in particular Savage, Armstrong and Roughan – have been such willing conduits of the National Party’s re-election campaign that old Granny Herald risks being taken to court for failing to be declared as a political advertisement.
Read More →Guest Herald on Sunday column – David can still stone the National Goliath
Here is my latest guest column in the Herald on Sunday on how Cunliffe can win the election.
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GUEST BLOG: Greg Presland – National and Pacifica
John Key and National have recently been claiming that Pacifica are leaving Labour en masse and are heading towards National. I am sorry John but there is no chance of this happening. But Key and co have been able to get the media to report their spin as if it is reality which is probably the intent.
Read More →GUEST POST: Michael Wood – Just Structures
David Parker’s “I am an egalitarian politician” speech drew together the threads of thinking and policy development that have occurred over the past six years in opposition and showed how the sixth Labour government will differ not only from National, but also from the fifth Labour government.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Curwen Ares Rolinson – A Monstrous Government for Women
This government’s issues with failing to properly support Kiwi women go far further and deeper than one sorry diplomatic and legal snafu.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: James Papali’i – Mangere Peace Festival
Mangere Mana branch are organizing the Mangere Peace Festival in response to the two stabbings that occurred on the same day injuring local youth several weeks ago. One happened outside my son’s school and I remember ringing home after hearing sketchy information about the incident on the radio, to see if he was ok.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Farmwatch: Pig farming exposed – Now it’s up to you
If you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ll notice that pig farming is under the biggest spotlight it’s seen in over 5 years
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Anjum Rahman – #ForABetterNZ
I’ve spent the day at Labour Party Congress, with a bunch of other candidates, organisers and activists. We’ve listened to speeches, learned tips, shared ideas. What an inspiring bunch of people these are.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Miriam Pierard – Dreams become reality when we take action – A response to the NZ Women’s Refuge Symposium and the attacks on David Cunliffe
I am often frustrated by the obvious bias of the NZ Herald and Stuff.co.nz, but yesterday’s tabloid style journalism made me furious.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Kelly Ellis – The smell of freedom
Her whole life smelled of him, right down to the inside of her car
Read More →The Liberal Agenda View All →
The Liberal Agenda – What’s on: 7th-13th July.
Voicing Dissent The Voicing Dissent exhibition is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography. Jos Wheeler’s photographs provide a counter-narrative to the images shown in mainstream media. “Approaching his subjects with sensitivity, Wheeler works with a close empathy and appreciation for local communities, landscapes and political interests. His images advocate for voices that are often […]
Read More →NZIFF 2014 opening night review: Locke – 5 stars
This years beautiful, exciting and impressive cinema is a mouthwatering spread of cultural delights and We’ve barely begun delving into this years festival guide. We’ll have TDBs picks up by the end of the week.
Read More →David Cunliffe’s keynote speech at the 2014 Labour Party Congress
Expect big policy announcements and big vision statements.
Read More →Annie (4 stars)
I somehow managed to go through my entire childhood without ever watching the Annie movies. The few songs I knew kind of bugged me. Annie, generally described as plucky seemed like an annoying upstart. So I wasn’t super-enthused about heading to the show last night, but my 4 year old step-daughter has been singing […]
Read More →Shadowland 4 stars
It’s a simple enough trick. Project the actors shadows onto a large screen and let the viewer do the rest.
Read More →Guerrilla Girls call bullshit on Pharrell
The Guerrilla Girls, an all-female anonymous feminist artist collective, were invited to form part of an exhibition at the Galerie Perrotin in Paris called G I R L S, curated by pop singer Pharrell himself which opened on Tuesday. The show claims to “celebrate women who are above all free, liberated by artists and their boundless, unfettered imagination”.
Read More →The Drone’s Lament – A poem for the Prime Minister (with respects to James K Baxter’s The Gunner’s Lament)
A poem for the Prime Minister (with respect to James K Baxter’s The Gunner’s Lament)
Read More →The Daily Blog Documentary Edge Festival 2014 Picks
Here are The Daily Blog picks for the 2014 Documentary Edge Festival…
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Jeremy Wells’ Mike Hosking rant on Radio Hauraki: Today, Cunliffe vs Key
Jeremy Wells’ Mike Hosking rant on Radio Hauraki: Today, Cunliffe vs Key
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Jeremy Wells’ Mike Hosking rant on Radio Hauraki: Today, poor people
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Jeremy Wells’ Mike Hosking rant on Radio Hauraki: Today, breastfeeding
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Read More →The Fifth Estate View All →
Invite: AGM & Political Forum
MIL OSI – Source: Child Poverty Action Group – Headline: Invite: AGM & Political Forum CPAG AGM & Election Year Political Forum 08 July 2014 When: Wednesday 30 July Where: St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby, Auckland RSVP here! Please join us on Wednesday 30 July for: CPAG’s Annual General Meeting (6.30pm) AGM Agenda […]
Read More →Housing figures National’s shame
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Headline: Housing figures National’s shame Monday, 07 Jul 2014 | Press Release “These figures are a shame on the Government. All New Zealanders deserve secure housing, whether renting or owning.” The number of Auckland households in urgent and serious need of housing has increased tenfold since March 2012, […]
Read More →QV figures show two-track housing market
MIL OSI – Source: Labour Party – Headline: QV figures show two-track housing market The two-track housing market that has developed under National is underlined in QV’s latest report, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “QV’s index shows many homeowners in the regions are facing declining equity in their properties, while in Auckland and Canterbury […]
Read More →Low income families hit hardest by global crisis and high housing costs
MIL OSI – Source: CTU – Headline: Low income families hit hardest by global crisis and high housing costs “The effects on families of the global financial crisis, lack of adjustment of the accommodation supplement and high housing costs show up in the latest Household Incomes Report from the Ministry of Social Development,” says CTU Economist Bill […]
Read More →Low income families hit hard
MIL OSI – Source: Unite Union – Headline: Low income families hit hard Council of Trade Unions – Media Release Low income families hit hardest by global crisis and high housing costs “The effects on families of the global financial crisis, lack of adjustment of the accommodation supplement and high housing costs show up in […]
Read More →Number of children in severe poverty reaches record high
MIL OSI – Source: Labour Party – Headline: Number of children in severe poverty reaches record high There’s no cause for celebration with the latest Household Incomes Report showing the number of children living in severe poverty has reached its highest level this century, Labour’s Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. “New Zealand once valued itself […]
Read More →Government in denial over income inequality
MIL OSI – Source: Labour Party – Headline: Government in denial over income inequality Today’s Household Incomes Report from MSD underscores National’s continued failure to recognise inequality is a problem and is getting worse, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker says. “The report shows income inequality has increased over the past year and remains higher than […]
Read More →Canterbury hit hard by National’s cuts to night classes
MIL OSI – Source: Labour Party – Headline: Canterbury hit hard by National’s cuts to night classes National’s decision to cut nearly $2.5 million from adult and community education in Canterbury over the past five years was short-sighted and Labour is committed to restoring funding for the sector, Labour’s Associate Tertiary Education spokesperson Megan Woods […]
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