Posts by Metiria Turei

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    Praise, encouragement, and keeping our kids safe this Children’s Day



    It’s Children’s Day today, a great day to recommit to protecting and caring for not just our own babies but for children everywhere. This year is the 10th anniversary of Children’s Day in Aotearoa New Zealand, which aims to: • heighten awareness of the importance and needs of children in [...] read more
    March 7, 2010 11:18 am - 32 Comments
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    John Key, stop your attacks on whanau



    John Key’s unnecessary attack against Hone Harawira today was wrong on three accounts. First, Key is incorrect, simply repeating media stories. Hone Harawira is not making money from the tino rangatiratanga flag. At the very worst there is a perception of a conflict of interest. MPs as part of [...] read more
    February 4, 2010 10:31 pm - 25 Comments
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    Living Standards report shows the income gap for the poorest kids is not getting any better



    The Ministry for Social Development has put its NZ Living Standards 2008 report on to its website. The NZ Herald reported it, highlighting that the Labour Government’s Working for Families package cut the number of children in hardship from 26 per cent in 2004 to 19 per cent four years later. But this is still a [...] read more
    February 3, 2010 5:55 pm - 71 Comments
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    Trevor defriended me on FB and I’m a bit sad about that



    Trevor Mallard defriended me on Facebook last night and I have to tell you the story. He also defriended another person for asking the same questions I did. Not terribly sporting, I would have thought. Here are the clipped out comments between he and I: Trevor Mallard: 25c/hour. $10 week for 40 hours then minus tax, [...] read more
    January 28, 2010 1:11 pm - 58 Comments
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    The smacking lobby ignores 8 positive reviews of S59



    After the latest report on Section 59 from the Prime Minister’s taskforce you would think that the media would stop calling the circus performers whose only interest is in keeping the circus going. The review included Dr Nigel Latta – someone who had voted against the law in the recent referendum. However, to his credit Dr [...] read more
    December 8, 2009 7:13 pm - 22 Comments
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    Paula delivers a miserly sop to beneficiaries



    Social Development Minister Paula Bennett’s miserly sop to sole parents trying to get an education is just another slap in the face. It was bad enough that Paula abandoned her own community when she scrapped the Training Incentive Allowance. Now this new $500 loan is an insult to all those men and women who struggle everyday [...] read more
    December 2, 2009 2:00 pm - 39 Comments
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    Goff delivers wedge to split the left



    For all the indignation at the response to his speech , what did Goff expect whanau and hapu would hear in it? He starts with a criticism of Hone, he attacks the Maori Party, he promotes unjust treaty settlements and he defends the discriminatory foreshore legislation. And all delivered to a predominately Pakeha audience. How could [...] read more
    December 1, 2009 10:14 am - 50 Comments
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    Let’s take child social health seriously



    An important report was launched today about child health in Aotearoa New Zealand. The first ever Children’s Social Health monitor was launched today at the conference of the New Zealand Paediatric Society. This report is the baseline from which children’s social health will be measured in future, using a range of both economic and health [...] read more
    November 25, 2009 3:42 pm - 16 Comments
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    Green law is helping to keep children safe



    It was great to see the Ministry of Social Development report released yesterday confirming that our law to help keep children safe is working. read more
    November 12, 2009 12:11 pm - 26 Comments
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    Attack on invalids is a sick policy



    Last month one-time Act party candidate and full time crusader against the DPB Lindsay Mitchell released a statement criticising National for not implementing their draconian pre-election welfare policy.  According to Ms Mitchell, who writes from the leafy Wellington sea side suburb Eastbourne, what is needed is a bit more carrot and probably a rather large [...] read more
    November 4, 2009 9:00 am - 51 Comments
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