submissions Archive

  • frog

    Only one week left for submissions to Welfare Working Group - by frog



    There is just one week to go to make submissions on the Government’s Welfare Working Group’s Options Paper – submissions close on Christmas Eve, unless the Welfare Working Group heed Catherine Delahunty’s call for an extension of the submission date. It really is ridiculous that such a short time is provided for public submissions on [...] read more
    December 17, 2010 2:01 pm - 18 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Welfare Working Group: Submit, submit, submit - by Catherine Delahunty



    It’s great to see the lively discussion continuing on my post last week about the future directions of welfare policy. There is a view being circulated by some that the Government’s Welfare Working Group’s Options Paper doesn’t deserve much attention; that it follows the Brash 2025 Taskforce formula of misrepresenting the issue as some massive [...] read more
    December 1, 2010 4:28 pm - 122 Comments
  • frog

    Urgent: Tell the Govt that air quality matters! - by frog



    If you are concerned about the fact that 49% of New Zealanders live in areas where the quality of the air is dangerous because of avoidable particulates – submit by Friday this week on Nick Smith’s proposed changes to air quality standards! The Government is proposing to lower and delay air quality standards, which will [...] read more
    July 6, 2010 1:53 pm - 23 Comments
  • David Clendon

    Auckland Supercity – Rogernomics Round 2 - by David Clendon



    The Super (Monster?) City meetings we are hosting along with Labour are well under way, and we are getting good numbers attending.  What is coming through loudly and clearly is that people are angry and frustrated at the blatant attack on democracy and the underlying agenda of ‘Rogernomics Round 2’. Waiheke last Thursday attracted 40-odd [...] read more
    February 4, 2010 2:19 pm - 1 Comment
  • frog

    Submissions required urgently for Urbantramper’s new album - by frog



    Urbantramper, who this old frog had never heard of before today, has announced that they will produce their next recording ‘under urgency’. read more
    October 16, 2009 12:45 pm - 11 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Super-City Hearings Day Two: The Elephant in the Room - by Catherine Delahunty



    Phil Twyford and I both agreed that there could only be one title for our blogs today. The emerging elephant is the shadow of the yellow power jacket beneath the sweetness and light at the Select Committee. Today we heard another series of passionate and coherent submissions. The committee is receiving these as if there [...] read more
    July 8, 2009 9:27 am - 49 Comments