Our position on National’s 2017 Budget
Around Parliament, Budget time is one of the busiest times of the year. Last week, things were hectic. A number of people were left with Read More
Category: THE GAME
A different type of game-playing at Parliament
This week, MPs were playing games at Parliament. What’s new, you ask? Not the usual, name-calling and point-scoring political games. Instead, they played Kiwi-designed video Read More
Point England: An almighty mess in the making
A special joint blog from Marama Davidson, Green Party social housing spokesperson and Eugenie Sage, Green Party environment spokesperson. A Treaty settlement, environmental planning, affordable Read More
Journalism Matters: Interesting the public in the public interest
Last week I launched two policies to support Kiwi journalism because as Bill Moyers put it, “the quality of democracy and the quality of journalism Read More
Do you know where your money goes?
Voluntary calls for Kiwisaver funds to clean up their portfolios and get out of funding weapons that cause massive suffering and fatalities hasn’t worked. The Read More
Crack down on dirty money
There was widespread applause when a Transparency International report rated New Zealand equal highest in the world for financial integrity, but the report was derived Read More
Ruataniwha Redux: Defending Nature from the Conservation Minister
Right now, Forest and Bird are in the Supreme Court defending a challenge from the Minister of Conservation, Maggie Barry. The Minister wants to remove Read More
Ending homelessness (again)
Homelessness is a disgrace. It’s ugly and dehumanising and I can’t bear to see it every day in my home town of Wellington. Unlike Sir Read More
New energy strategy a missed opportunity
You’d be forgiven for not noticing that the Government published a new draft energy strategy this week. It’s basically the same as the old energy Read More
RCEP trade deal risks repeating TPPA mistakes
The lesson from the demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) should have been that it is time to re-think this type of so-called trade Read More