Hypothetical Questions
By Chris Trotter
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and his White House staff are convinced America’s “Deep State” is out to get them. They’re probably right.
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Summer contribution drive
Folks – we need to lift our contributions if we are to stay on over Summer
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The list of cowards who voted against Chloe’s medical cannabis bill
So what Parliament is saying is that it’s okay to kill yourself if you are in pain, but it’s not ok to smoke a joint if you are in pain – what sort of a Circus Freak show of a Democracy is this? The double standards are sickening and outrageous!
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Pay the full Working for Families package to all low-income families on Apil 1
By Mike Treen
The government has announced goals to halve child poverty in three critical measures over the next decade. These are realistic and achievable targets that will be welcomed. However, it is wrong for the government to delay the introduction of their boost to working for families for a further five months until July.
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Pike River re-entry, Royal inquiry into state abuse and Child Poverty legislation – this is what political leadership looks like
…this is what real political leadership looks like and while there are concerns and legitimate criticisms to be made on some of these issues and we should voice those concerns, it is still an incredible achievement in 100 days.
However.
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On National’s Recent Leadership Rumblings
BBQ at Simon’s place – Bill English is on the menu
By Curwen Rolinson
I was thinking about the recent rumblings in the National Party towards their ‘leadership team’, and something didn’t quite add up.
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Handouts to the Racing Industry? So no more homeless then?!
By Frank Macskasy
Deputy PM, Racing Minister, and de facto godfather, Winston Peters announced on Sunday (28 January) that the New Zealand racing industry was due for tax-cuts for horse breeders and a taxpayer-funded all-weather horse racing track;
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Inside the moves against Bill English
The rumour mill has been running hot all month about the moves against Bill English, it’s finally spilled out to Barry Soper so it’s as close to official as it’s going to get.
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UPDATE: Our watchdogs are so underfunded they can’t afford teeth
…the Human Rights Review Tribunal is the only mechanism open to citizens of NZ to hold the Police (and the State) to account for their abuses of power. The Independent Police Conduct Authority only has the power to recommend or suggest resolutions, the HRRT can force the Police to comply.
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Hypothetical Questions
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and his White House staff are convinced America’s “Deep State” is out to get them. They’re probably right.
Read More →Pay the full Working for Families package to all low-income families on Apil 1
The government has announced goals to halve child poverty in three critical measures over the next decade. These are realistic and achievable targets that will be welcomed. However, it is wrong for the government to delay the introduction of their boost to working for families for a further five months until July.
Read More →On National’s Recent Leadership Rumblings
I was thinking about the recent rumblings in the National Party towards their ‘leadership team’, and something didn’t quite add up.
Read More →Handouts to the Racing Industry? So no more homeless then?!
Deputy PM, Racing Minister, and de facto godfather, Winston Peters announced on Sunday (28 January) that the New Zealand racing industry was due for tax-cuts for horse breeders and a taxpayer-funded all-weather horse racing track;
Read More →The big gaps between rhetoric and reality – Dr Liz Gordon
Essentially, the attitudes of staff heavily interfered with the welfare transaction. This is despite clear rules (which are NEVER displayed in WINZ offices) and a lot of money paid to consultants to bring about culture change in WINZ offices. The practice of putting down beneficiaries is alive and well at many of these sites (there were some exceptions).
Read More →MPs to vote on the Greens’ Medicinal Cannabis Bill next Wednesday 31st Jan
The Greens’ Medicinal Cannabis Bill will have it’s first vote in Parliament next Wednesday 31st Jan. This is sooner than we expected, so it’s really important to hit that keyboard and urge your MP to support the bill.
Read More →The proposed employment law changes
While these changes will make the unions job a little bit easier it will not significantly enhance workers power.
Read More →The zombie TPPA is back!
In other words, Canada’s government showed political backbone and it succeeded. Ours caved at the first post-election meeting and rationalises that as the best they could do.
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Pike River re-entry, Royal inquiry into state abuse and Child Poverty legislation – this is what political leadership looks like
…this is what real political leadership looks like and while there are concerns and legitimate criticisms to be made on some of these issues and we should voice those concerns, it is still an incredible achievement in 100 days.
However.
Read More →Why the latest political poll is not great news for the Left
Many were jumping with glee over the Newshub first poll of the year.
I think that joy is misplaced because the Poll is not great news for the Left.
Trump’s fake State of the Union
There were two things that stood out for me during Trump’s State of the Union address.
Read More →The list of cowards who voted against Chloe’s medical cannabis bill
So what Parliament is saying is that it’s okay to kill yourself if you are in pain, but it’s not ok to smoke a joint if you are in pain – what sort of a Circus Freak show of a Democracy is this? The double standards are sickening and outrageous!
Read More →So how easy would it be for Kim Dotcom to successfully sue the NZ Government for $6.8billion? Horrifically easy!
Let’s see how many sleepy hobbits are laughing if Kim Dotcom wins at the Supreme Court.
Read More →Inside the moves against Bill English
The rumour mill has been running hot all month about the moves against Bill English, it’s finally spilled out to Barry Soper so it’s as close to official as it’s going to get.
Read More →Labour getting played by National over Child Poverty legislation
How many times does National need to spit directly into Jacinda’s face before someone realises that bi-partisianship simply makes the new Government look weak?
Read More →Cyclone Fonterra to hit NZ
Severe drought followed by severe rain fall followed by severe temperatures followed by a Tropical cyclone? That’s so many extreme weather events all in a row for NZ, it’s like ‘something’ is changing the climate or God is hugging the Earth extra tight
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Dear Israel – you are suing the wrong people!
You should be suing us instead! It’s unfair to give The Spinoff the privilege of being singled out when we despise what you do to the Palestinian people so much more than they do.
Read More →Has anyone worked out what the hell Meghan Markle ever did to Kate Hawkesby yet? WTF was that weird column about?
I know Kate Hawkesby as well as I know Meghan Markle so I don’t want to attribute bigotry unjustly but this is ugly at best and purposely cruel at worst.
Read More →Jeremy Wells to join Seven Sharp – finally a reason to watch Seven Sharp
Jeremy Wells is one of the funniest and sharpest broadcasters we have and if he is allowed to do what he does best, Seven Sharp will become unmissable.
Read More →UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack
Media freedom advocates claim that the Philippines is facing its worst free expression and security crisis since the Marcos dictatorship, with The New York Times denouncing the “ruthlessness” and “viciousness” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s disdain for democracy in his bid to close the critical Rappler.
Read More →I don’t remember the CEO of Mediaworks complaining when National bailed them out with mates rate loans (but criticism aimed at RNZ is legit)
The irony that Mediaworks are bitching about Labour’s broadcasting policy when it was John Key’s mate, Mark Weldon, who killed off Campbell Live for political reasons is eye rolling, but let’s put aside all the self interest and consider the argument against RNZ being the de facto public broadcaster because there are good reasons why Labour’s plan to drown RNZ in cash is a bad idea.
Read More →Is media coverage of Treaty payout race baiting or just ignorant?
Thankfully Māori are incredibly generous and patient with their selfish and hateful Pakeha neighbours, it’s not like this is the first time white people have signed a deal with Māori and then thrown a tantrum right?
Read More →The continued media lynching of Metiria
Metiria Turei in the news AGAIN for an act of political courage while Key’s mass surveillance lies, a Chinese spy inside National & how bad NZ was left after 9yrs of National rule go unchallenged – this is why fake news as a term works.
Read More →Instagram hit by fake advertiser scam
This is enormously damaging to Instagram who allowed a fake company to create a scam and advertise on their platform.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Busting the Cannabis ‘madness’ myth
The Green’s Bill was voted down but we should still use the opportunity to challenge the myths surrounding cannabis without the debate being dominated by the hysteria of the corporate media and the lobbyists for big pharma.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Happy Birthday Ahed Tamimi
Sixteen year old Ahed Tamimi ‘s birthday is on 31 January of this year. She will not be having a party. Instead she will still be alone, in an Israel prison.
Read More →UPDATE: Alvina Edwards – Fairfax manipulated my story for racist clickbait
I had agreed to be interviewed earlier for a piece on education, but it wasn’t conducted by either of the above mentioned journalists. Nor was it ever mentioned that my interview would be included in the article by Wall and Parahi.
What has unfolded, including the use of photographs of myself and my elderly mother without permission in the article, is something I’ve laid a complaint over. Below is my formal letter:
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Vanessa Kururangi – Going into Labour
People. It’s 20-fricken-18. Woman work. Women multitask. Women have choices. Women protest. Women celebrate. In New Zealand, women vote. Since the age of time, woman have given birth. I repeat: since the age of time woman have given birth. Some women do all of this and more simultaneously. It is not some new phenomenon.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Denis Tegg – Storm Surge and Sea Flood Firth of Thames – Jan 5 2018
Here is a short YouTube video and photo montage I have put together of the January 5 storm surge and sea flood event in Kaiaua, Thames and the Thames Coast. Why it happened, and some graphic not seen before footage of sea walls being overtopped, suburbs flooded, and roads wrecked.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – AND YET, NOT THE WORST THING HE’S SAID!
Sure Trump’s foul remarks re Haiti, El Salvador and African countries in general are raising ire around the world. I like the remarks coming from Norway about a ‘shithole’ of a country that does not have a decent publicly funded free health system .
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Apollo Taito – Why New Zealand should not have rodeos
On Saturday 13th of January Direct Animal Action (DAA) will hold their 2nd protest of 2018 outside the rodeo in Whangarei. The primary goal is to call on the government to ban rodeos across Aotearoa, New Zealand. Our first protest was held on New Years day outside Warkworth rodeo, and was well attended by over a hundred kiwis from different parts of the upper North Island.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Dr Liz Gordon – Men and their toys
Any research report on the planet Earth would come to some grim conclusions. Can you imagine it?
Read More →The Liberal Agenda View All →
The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – The Egg and Sperm Race
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – The Egg and Sperm Race
WHEN: Fri 23 Feb – Sat 24 Feb & Sat 3 Mar; 8pm
WHERE: Coal Bunker Studio, Pumphouse Theatre (23-24 Feb) The Vic Lounge (3 Mar)
The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – The Rude Awakening
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – The Rude Awakening
WHEN: Thu 1 Mar – Sat 3 Mar 9:45pm
WHERE: Vault, Q Theatre
The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – Toxic Mas
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – Toxic Mas
WHEN: Fri 2 Mar – Sat 3 Mar 7pm
WHERE: Garnet Station
The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – It’s a trial
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – It’s a Trial
WHEN: Thu 22 Feb 7pm
WHERE: Samoa House – Basement & Beyond
The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette
WHEN: Tue 20 Feb – Sat 24 Feb 7pm
WHERE: Vault, Q Theatre
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – Ding!
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – Ding!
WHEN: Thu 22 Feb – Sat 24 Feb 7:30pm
WHERE: TAPAC
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Auckland Fringe Festival – Shot Bro: Confessions of a depressed bullet
WHAT: Auckland Fringe Festival – Shot Bro: Confessions of a depressed bullet
WHEN: Thu 1 Mar- Sat 3 Mar 7:30pm
WHERE: Pumphouse Theatre
The Liberal Agenda – Free Ahed Tamimi protest this Saturday 3rd February
Saturday 3 February will see a nationwide day of rallies in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom & focussing on the campaign to free all Palestinian children from Israeli prisons and strengthening the international boycott movement and divestment of Apartheid Israel.
Read More →The Daily Gallery View All →
Political Caption Competition
Spot the difference: One is a muppet with a hand up its arse and the other is Sam the Eagle
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 2nd February 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Read More →Political Caption Competition
A former Tobacco lobbyist votes against cannabis reform – attach your most vicious comments here
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 1st February 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 31st January 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Read More →Raw News feed View All →
Statement for general release from Nadia and Justine
Yesterday we heard rumours we were allegedly being sued by Israeli law firm Shurat HaDin. We believed this was a hoax, after receiving the news secondhand from a journalist. We have not received any summons or other formal notice. On this basis, as far as we are concerned, this “case” has no legitimacy. Our […]
Read More →It’s finally real! – Pike Families – Stand with Pike
Pike River families are stoked with the opening of the Pike River Recovery Agency office. Sonya Rockhouse, whose son Ben died in the Pike explosion, says the opening of the office is a watershed moment. “To be standing here, in the heart of an operation to recover Pike is simply amazing. When we were […]
Read More →Child poverty targets realistic, but income needs urgent – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the ten year targets set by the Government last night to reduce child poverty are both appropriate and realistic. They are also consistent with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of halving child poverty by 2030. “Ten years may seem like a long time but the reality is that poverty […]
Read More →Amnesty International – Manus Island: Australia abandons refugees to a life of uncertainty and peril
Manus Island: Australia abandons refugees to a life of uncertainty and peril New facilities unsafe and do not meet basic needs Refugees say they live with constant fear of violence Australia must end policy of cruelty and neglect The Australian Government has abandoned hundreds of men, leaving them in a situation that more […]
Read More →Budget Policy shows some progress, but more work is needed – Child Poverty Action Group
Treasury’s Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2018 indicates some real progress in terms of social wellbeing, but there are still outstanding issues that need to be urgently considered ahead of the upcoming Budget, says Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). While Government has committed significant additional spending to reverse the deliberate reductions and neglect of Working for […]
Read More →TOP MEDIA RELEASE – The myth of the lazy poor – Gareth Morgan
I always think twice before diving into the weird and wonderful world that is the comments thread on Stuff, but after a recent article that linked the increase in food parcel deliveries to growing inequality in NZ I felt compelled. My optimism that perhaps the notion of 300,000 kids living in poverty in NZ would […]
Read More →Report: Solitary Confinement in New Zealand Prisons – People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Kia ora whānau, I’m pleased to announce that, alongside Economic and Social Research Aotearoa (ESRA), today we launched our report Solitary Confinement in New Zealand Prisons. The report examines the conditions of solitary in New Zealand, as well as its devastating effects on people who experience it. It is written in mostly simple and clear […]
Read More →Child Poverty Measures Bill must provide a commitment to eradicate poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Labour led Government to address the causes of child poverty by taking meaningful action to massively increase the income of adults in poverty. “While the commitment by Labour to make this Government and future Governments accountable for tracking child poverty reduction progress through the Child Poverty Measures […]
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