“What an Alternative & Progressive Trade Strategy Should Look Like”
Event will be live streamed on The Daily Blog
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When will we get our holiday pay money? Are MBIE part of the problem?
By Mike Treen
Information released to the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) by the Ministry of Business, Industry and Enterprise (MBIE) reveals a massive series of problems that could leave most workers missing out on receiving money they are owed.
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Rethinking the trade and investment agenda in turbulent times ‘What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy Should Look Like’,
By Prof Jane Kelsey
These days I feel depressed, cautiously optimistic, and frustrated at the same time.
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If you think what has been exposed so far inside National is brutal, trust me, it gets medieval from here on in
Vampire ebola zombies are kinder to open veins than what we are about to see – I don’t honestly know if they can back down.
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My first experience of Parliament
By 44 year old mum
I came to the conclusion that if we lowered the standard in school and only expected our kids to behave to the level of maturity of our MPs then school would be a heck of a lot easier for our special kids. In the mere hour I was there multiple MPs left the chambers for short times ….. we expect 6 year olds to go to the toilet in break times so surely the people discussing issues that impact real lives could do likewise!
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Soooooooo about China trying to, you know, buy 2 MPs
At some point we are going to move on from JLR being an arsehole to women and you know, ask questions about the Chinese Government buying 2 MPs right? Like that’s coming up eh? Like that’s a direct threat to our fucking sovereignty eh, we aren’t this easily distracted right?
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Creepy McCreep Pants aka Jami-Lee Ross leaves parliament today
By Darren Watson
Creepy McCreep Pants aka Jami-Lee Ross leaves parliament today. So I’ve knocked up a quick wee video to say goodbye.
Bye!
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A Quick Update
By Chris Trotter
REDACTED: Well, as REDACTED predicted, SB’s refusal to grant JLR everything he asked for back in February sent him into a black fury and made him extremely receptive to the idea of getting his own back. It really was very clever of you, REDACTED, to identify JLR’s acute sensitivity to even the slightest of slights. I’ve seldom encountered anyone more willing to allow their passion to over-rule their reason.
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One Indian Worth More Than Bridges’ & Ross’ Brainpower Combined
By Curwen Rolinson
Now while, to be sure, it is possible that this may have been meant as a direct comment on how National’s two Indian MPs are seen within the party as individuals … I think given the surrounding context of the conversation that it is quite clear the National Party does not see the Indian communities within New Zealand in a particularly positive light.
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Canada legalizes cannabis – where is New Zealand?
I swear brothers and sisters, on the day prohibition is finally crushed and the cops and the spineless politicians defeated, we should gather around every major police station and spark up the minute after its legalised in memory of the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders these politicians and cops have damaged and burnt and broken because of their bullshit cannabis laws.
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No Country For Dishonourable Men
By Chris Trotter
NICKY HAGER’S latest revelations concerning the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) could not be more timely. In the year of #MeToo, he has exposed a culture of toxic masculinity extending from the top to the bottom of New Zealand’s armed forces.
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Setting The Agenda View All →
When will we get our holiday pay money? Are MBIE part of the problem?
Information released to the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) by the Ministry of Business, Industry and Enterprise (MBIE) reveals a massive series of problems that could leave most workers missing out on receiving money they are owed.
Read More →Rethinking the trade and investment agenda in turbulent times ‘What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy Should Look Like’,
These days I feel depressed, cautiously optimistic, and frustrated at the same time.
Read More →Israel’s self-imposed isolation
In its fight against supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and other defenders of Palestinian human rights, the Israel Law Centre, Shurat HaDin, claims it is “working with Western intelligence agencies across the globe to file legal actions.”
Read More →One Indian Worth More Than Bridges’ & Ross’ Brainpower Combined
Now while, to be sure, it is possible that this may have been meant as a direct comment on how National’s two Indian MPs are seen within the party as individuals … I think given the surrounding context of the conversation that it is quite clear the National Party does not see the Indian communities within New Zealand in a particularly positive light.
Read More →A Quick Update
REDACTED: Well, as REDACTED predicted, SB’s refusal to grant JLR everything he asked for back in February sent him into a black fury and made him extremely receptive to the idea of getting his own back. It really was very clever of you, REDACTED, to identify JLR’s acute sensitivity to even the slightest of slights. I’ve seldom encountered anyone more willing to allow their passion to over-rule their reason.
Read More →How Much Damage Has Jamie Lee Ross Really Done?
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING inside the National Party Caucus? Are we witnessing a genuine intra-party meltdown or merely the political and personal disintegration of a single individual? When all the dust has settled, will very much have changed?
Read More →Post-TPPA, we have to make the changes happen
Our unprecedented protests against the TPPA, from small rural towns to the main cities, moved the political ground on secretly negotiated international treaties that entrench corporate rights, handcuff elected governments and disempower peoples. Politicians were shaken. The Holy Grail of free trade agreements was now a political liability.
Read More →Dr Liz Gordon – Ructions in the national caucus
I bet Simon Bridges wishes he had been born a Smith, Jones or almost anything rather than bridges. After Winston’s little musical stunt “Burning Bridges”, and extremely punny headlines in the Press two days running, he will be sick of his own name.
Read More →Deconstructing Headlines View All →
The Jami-Lee Ross strategy and endgame: Possible impacts for the 2020 election
What we are witnessing is a political hit job of bewildering savagery and maliciousness. I understand the moment Simon Bridges won the leadership, dented egos started plotting.
Read More →If you think what has been exposed so far inside National is brutal, trust me, it gets medieval from here on in
Vampire ebola zombies are kinder to open veins than what we are about to see – I don’t honestly know if they can back down.
Read More →Soooooooo about China trying to, you know, buy 2 MPs
At some point we are going to move on from JLR being an arsehole to women and you know, ask questions about the Chinese Government buying 2 MPs right? Like that’s coming up eh? Like that’s a direct threat to our fucking sovereignty eh, we aren’t this easily distracted right?
Read More →Canada legalizes cannabis – where is New Zealand?
I swear brothers and sisters, on the day prohibition is finally crushed and the cops and the spineless politicians defeated, we should gather around every major police station and spark up the minute after its legalised in memory of the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders these politicians and cops have damaged and burnt and broken because of their bullshit cannabis laws.
Read More →The Jami-Lee Ross audio tapes are damning
Jami-Lee Ross wasn’t lying was he – those tapes are pretty damaging and news today that Lusk is advising him is as much evidence as we’re going to get that this is dirty politics and an attempted coup to remove Bridges – the question is who is the puppet master?
Read More →Well, well, well – Aaron Bhatnagar and Dirty Politics is back inside the National Party
This is getting dirtier and nastier but this time around the sleepy hobbits of muddle Nu Zilind don’t have the laid back anti-intellectualism of John Key to absolve their conscience and ignore corruption, they have bumbling Simon Bridges. Key could look down the barrel of the camera and lie to our faces and the sleepy hobbits loved him for it, Simon can’t lie convincingly and they will turn on him.
National Party voters love a good liar, they detest a weak one.
Read More →“inappropriate behaviour that is unacceptable from a married Member of Parliament.” – I’m sorry what?
If National are going to stand by that new ethical line in the sand, then should we start applying it to other National Party MPs?
Read More →National looks less like a political party and more like a front for Chinese business interests
As China regresses into a censorship totalitarian state, we need to ask how much influence our largest Political Party is under from Beijing and in whose interest does National rule? New Zealand’s or the People’s Republic of China?
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Waatea News Column – The Politics of Kindness
Imagine a world where the politics of kindness was our shared value as a country, imagine how much further we could go to give everyone the true agency they deserve and overcome the selfishly induced corruptions atet plague us.
Read More →TWITTER WATCH: Better luck next time Mr Bishop
TWITTER WATCH: Better luck next time Mr Bishop
Read More →So when will the NZ Herald call for Simon Bridges to stand down?
Remember when the NZ Herald called for David Cunliffe to stand down over an allegation of a $100000 donation that never existed…
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BREAKING TWITTER WATCH: Jami-Lee Ross goes full Trump
In the last 20 minutes, Jami-Lee Ross, who is on home leave for a ‘stressful personal issue’, has gone full blown Trump and suddenly unleashed Twitter war on Simon Bridges…
Read More →Open Letter to Mediaworks to withdraw Sodastream sponsorship of “Married and First Sight” or face boycott
Our request is made as part of the international BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign which was launched in 2005 by Palestinian civil society groups to bring pressure to end Israeli apartheid. Israeli-made products such as Sodastream are one focus of the campaign.
Read More →Koru Lounge Carnage and Mosgiel as a town – why the media are letting us down
It is time we stood against these fools and their distractions and fought back to reclaim a media that actually challenges and provides insight rather than the vacant infotainment we are served up at 7pm and on the front pages of our newspapers.
Read More →TWITTER WATCH: The sick hatred Golriz Ghahraman puts up with makes me question our humanity sometimes
We may disagree on politics and culture and economics and philosophy and we may argue our causes passionately and we may be blunt, rude and self righteous in the pursuit of that argument, but who the Christ gets off on making fun of something like this?
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GUEST BLOG: 44year old mum – my first experience of Parliament
I came to the conclusion that if we lowered the standard in school and only expected our kids to behave to the level of maturity of our MPs then school would be a heck of a lot easier for our special kids. In the mere hour I was there multiple MPs left the chambers for short times ….. we expect 6 year olds to go to the toilet in break times so surely the people discussing issues that impact real lives could do likewise!
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Hone Harawira – RACISM STILL RULES
The best answer gets an iceblock. The brainiest answer gets the wrapper.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Latest updates on double bunking legal challenge
Corrections only gave me an hours notice of the AVL High Court callover at 9.30am today where Justice Lang would hear arguments from myself and the Crown on timetabling of disclosures and the Hearing on the “double bunking at Waikeria” case
Read More →Creepy McCreep Pants aka Jami-Lee Ross leaves parliament today – Darren Watson
Creepy McCreep Pants aka Jami-Lee Ross leaves parliament today. So I’ve knocked up a quick wee video to say goodbye.
Bye!
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Better Red than Dead
Capitalism is on its last legs and can only survive by making us, the vast majority of working people the world over, pay for it by giving up our livelihoods and our lives. For that reason, we have to get over our magical thinking that capitalism can be saved from itself, and fight for survival socialism.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Penny Bright’s funeral
It was a privilege to go to Penny Bright’s funeral this afternoon, there was a lot of great kōrero.
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Why my latest case is in the public interest and an example of the petty tyranny of Prison staff
Justice Anne Hinton was a fearless advocate for womens’ rights in matrimonial property cases during her career as a QC, so I was surprised how hard I had to fight at the Case Management hearing this morning to persuade her my case against Corrections involved Public Interest & I should not have to pay Security […]
Read More →GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – What charter schools mean to Māori and why NZ needs to listen
Now that the charter schools have transitioned into mainstream as character or state integrated schools, I want to explain why I supported them and helped build one on my marae, Ngā Whare Waatea.
Read More →The Liberal Agenda View All →
The Liberal Agenda – “What an Alternative & Progressive Trade Strategy Should Look Like” agenda
Event will be live streamed on The Daily Blog
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Cuckoo’s Nest 2 takes place this week for Mental Health Awareness week
Cuckoo’s Nest 2
Friday 12 October 7:00PM
Ding Dong Lounge, 26 Wyndham St, Auckland
The Liberal Agenda – AAAP to rally at Government’s South Auckland welfare consultation meetings
AAAP to rally at Government’s South Auckland welfare consultation meetings
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Time For A Serious Train Solution To Auckland Airport
PUBLIC MEETING 9th OCTOBER:
The public meeting is this Tuesday night (9th October), 7pm, Mt Eden War Memorial Hall, 487 Dominion Road.
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Paper Planes: Theatre Magic from a First-Time Playwright
Dates: 2nd – 6th October, 6.30pm
Venue: Studio, Basement Theatre
Tickets: $18 – $25
Bookings: www.basementtheatre.co.nz
The Liberal Agenda – Frontline housing worker to give 2018 Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture
He will deliver the 2018 Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture in the Old Government House Lecture Theatre (102-G36) at the University of Auckland at 6pm on Tuesday 23 October.
Read More →The Liberal Agenda – Enabling Communities
Disability & Community Well Being
Thursday 13th September
The Liberal Agenda – Ding Dong Lounge presents Cuckoo’s Nest
Cuckoo’s Nest presents an opportunity to network, socialize and find guidance and support if you require it, or simply come and enjoy the acts.
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Political Caption Competition
JACINDA: I drank an enormous amount of scotch with Winston, this better pay off
GRANT: Did I leave the oven on?
JACINDA: YEEEEEEEEEES
GRANT: I have to leave, I’ve left the oven on
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 19th October 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 – Friday 19th October 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Read More →The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 18th October 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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AMP is the first financial organisation to become Living Wage accredited
Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand is excited to announce the first financial sector business to become a Living Wage Employer. AMP, the financial services company with a wide range of operations, has over 450 employees in New Zealand. Those workers will now all be receiving at least the Living Wage rate of $20.55 per hour, […]
Read More →It’s time for the punitive, stigmatising nature of welfare to change – CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Privacy Commissioner inquiry into the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) investigative practices and joins the AAAP’s call for the department to end cruel and invasive practices that can have devastating impacts on children. “In particular, the watchdog approach that MSD encourages of the public fosters a culture of […]
Read More →Toothless rodeo recommendations bowing to animal abusers – SAFE
SAFE is furious at the “toothless tweaks” put forward in new recommendations for rodeo. The animal charity says the long-awaited report by the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee is extremely disappointing and fails to implement any meaningful changes. The major recommendation is for the development of a “rodeo animal welfare forum” comprising of rodeo participants, […]
Read More →Record numbers needing hardship assistance from WINZ
The latestMSD quarterly report shows that over $100 million was granted for hardshipassistance to almost 350,000 people by Work and Income in the September 2018quarter, an increase of almost $30 million from the same quarter last year.While hardship assistance has been steadily increasing over time, core benefit levels and numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit […]
Read More →Housing Charity backs call for Progressive Home Ownership option in KiwiBuild
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand agrees with the Salvation Army’s call for expanding access to home ownership through a form of Progressive Home Ownership as part of the government’s KiwiBuild scheme. The housing charity, which has assisted hundreds of families in New Zealand into home ownership since 1993, believes this would allow families who find […]
Read More →Alternative trade strategy hui starts today, aims to set agenda for change
A 2-day hui to explore what an alternative and progressive trade strategy should look like starts today at 9am at the Fale Pasifika at Auckland University, and will be livestreamed on itsourfuture.org.nz/hui-2018/. Co-sponsors include The NZ Council of Trade Unions, It’s Our Future, Doctors for Healthy Trade, Ora Taiao: New Zealand Climate and Health Council, […]
Read More →NZNO supports NZEI, says urgent negotiations should continue
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) supports the New Zealand Educational Institute’s (NZEI’s) strong stand over pay that may result in regional primary school teacher strikes in November. However, it is encouraging all parties to resolve issues urgently in a way that reflects the true value of New Zealand teachers and avoids the need for […]
Read More →AAAP welcomes Privacy Commissioner Inquiry into MSD
The Privacy Commissioner has launched an inquiry under the Privacy Act 1993 into the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) investigative practises. This comes almost a month after Auckland Action Against Poverty released an OIA report which highlighted MSD’s invasive investigation practises, that allows the Ministry to pry into people’s sex life. People on the benefit […]
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