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Labour Organising

Written By: Bill - Date published: 10:09 am, September 14th, 2016 - 39 comments

From the UK. Organising 101.

The trouble with polls

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:43 pm, September 13th, 2016 - 186 comments

Labour has released its latest UMR polling which shows a dramatically different result to that of the latest Colmar Brunton poll.

#ParkUpForGovernment

Written By: Ben Clark - Date published: 8:24 am, September 7th, 2016 - 10 comments

Despite the large number of people with terrible stories about homelessness to the Labour/Greens/Maori Homelessness Inquiry, this Government of Housing Inaction still thinks the problem should be ignored and the Inquiry ‘not needed’.

Kevin Hague to leave Parliament

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:28 pm, September 5th, 2016 - 26 comments

In breaking news Kevin Hague has announced that he is to leave Parliament to head Forest and Bird.

Will Shane Jones stand for NZ First in Whangarei?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:08 am, September 5th, 2016 - 53 comments

Rumours suggesting that Shane Jones will stand for New Zealand First in Whangarei at the next election have resurfaced.

Mt Roskill by election – cooperating parties cooperate shock!

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, August 31st, 2016 - 96 comments

If Phil Goff wins the Auckland mayoralty there will be a by-election in Mt Roskill. Building on their MOU, Labour and the Greens may cooperate. Good!

Roy Morgan August; Nat’s Down 7%

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 7:50 pm, August 29th, 2016 - 268 comments

The latest Roy Morgan is out. A solid 7% drop for National.

Fair and sustainable economics

Written By: weka - Date published: 12:42 pm, August 27th, 2016 - 168 comments

Green Party finance spokesperson Julie Anne Genter starts a conversation about post-neoliberal economics.

The cross-party inquiry into homelessness is under way

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 1:04 pm, August 22nd, 2016 - 48 comments

After National blocked a proposed official inquiry into homelessness, Labour, The Greens and The Maori Party went ahead with their own. It will no doubt come up with useful recommendations. But to see them implemented we will need to change the government.

Taonga tax

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:33 am, August 13th, 2016 - 77 comments

Tourists are coming for our “clean green” image (however undeserved), no reason why they shouldn’t be happy to help contributing to maintaining / strengthening it.

Green Party Bill to improve the rights of renters

Written By: weka - Date published: 6:55 pm, August 11th, 2016 - 92 comments

It’s time to stop viewing renting as second best, and put some decent laws in place to ensure everyone has the security of a home. The Green Party’s Member’s Bill aims to “strengthen tenants’ rights and promote secure, long-term tenancies.”

Newshub Poll: Key Stuffed

Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 6:50 pm, August 8th, 2016 - 113 comments

The latest Reid Research poll is grim reading for the Nats. Labour and the Greens are closing fast.

The Greens take a stand on the housing bubble

Written By: weka - Date published: 3:04 pm, July 27th, 2016 - 264 comments

“I want to be very clear that we are talking about a responsible, carefully managed reduction in house prices over a period of time like 10 to 15 years.”

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Metiria speaks the unspeakable – house prices should fall

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:10 am, July 27th, 2016 - 135 comments

Not often you’ll catch Metiria Turei and Don Brash in agreement!

Submit to the Cross-Party Homelessness Inquiry

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 4:41 pm, July 20th, 2016 - 1 comment

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More bold intervention needed

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:00 am, July 17th, 2016 - 71 comments

National Labour and the Greens are all proposing to intervene in the market to do something about the housing crisis. What other policy areas are there where the parties can agree on active state intervention?

The times they are a changing

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 3:51 pm, July 15th, 2016 - 84 comments

Dedicated to the latest UMR poll that Bomber reports has Labour on 33%, the Greens on 12% and National on 41% …

Public invited to have say on homelessness

Written By: weka - Date published: 5:40 pm, July 14th, 2016 - 16 comments

The Māori Party have joined Labour and the Greens’ Cross-party Homelessness Inquiry, which is now asking for public input into the crisis including from people directly affected.

RM: National Party support falls 2.5% to 43%

Written By: Colonial Viper - Date published: 7:02 pm, June 20th, 2016 - 138 comments

National support is down 2.5% to 43% in the latest Roy Morgan, just ahead of LAB/GR at 42.5% (up 1%).

Labour Green MOU well received in poll

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:28 am, June 8th, 2016 - 149 comments

A modest bump for the Labour Green block in the latest Colmar Brunton. And what appears to be a shift from NZF to Labour after the MOU announcement. That might wipe the smile off Winston’s dial.

Will National agree to make Peters PM?

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:10 am, June 6th, 2016 - 120 comments

Just a little thought experiment.

Livestream – LIVE UPDATES From LINCOLN

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:02 am, June 4th, 2016 - 53 comments

LIVE UPDATES from TS’s man in the Lincoln Event Centre, Te Reo Putake.

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“Our Plan to Change the Government”

Written By: weka - Date published: 11:07 pm, June 3rd, 2016 - 277 comments

The Green Party conference is on this weekend, with keynote speeches from Andrew Little and James Shaw on changing the government, and a centrepiece environmental campaign launch from Metiria Turei.

Why is it that?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:49 am, June 1st, 2016 - 205 comments

Why is it that elements of the media always claim that any sort of cooperation between Labour and the Greens will be disastrous for both parties?

Labour Green announcement – working together to change the government

Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 3:10 pm, May 31st, 2016 - 291 comments

Excellent! A memorandum of understanding – Labour and Greens to work together to change the government.

Latest Roy Morgan Poll

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 1:10 pm, May 23rd, 2016 - 105 comments

The Latest Roy Morgan poll result has been released with both National and Labour recording a significant improvement in support. But Winston is still the king maker …

Sprung! New Panama Papers dump confirm NZ is a tax haven

Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 7:33 am, May 9th, 2016 - 277 comments

A new release of Panama papers absolutely confirms New Zealand is a tax haven says Nicky Hager. And ironically, it is because of New Zealand’s squeaky clean reputation that tens of thousands of foreigners have come flooding here.
Rather than actually dealing with the issue, John Key is using his old classics “nothing to see here” coupled with “Labour did it too”, “nicky hager is a conspiracy nut”, and “wait for the (Shewan) whitewash enquiry” defenses.

Mossack Fonseca bites National on the arse

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:19 am, April 29th, 2016 - 348 comments

John Key is facing some problems describing how a Mossack Fonseca company ended up owning a New Zealand farm and how after his lawyer asked the Government not to change the rules surrounding foreign trusts the Government moved to make sure that no rule change would occur.