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Use of Teach First (NZ) illegal
Written By: - Date published: 8:02 am, December 7th, 2015 - 113 comments
To date, TeachFirst(NZ) has received more than $6.4 million dollars of public money and, as a result, has infested 18 schools with dozens of so-called “teachers”.
A Labour Mayor for Wellington
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 am, December 3rd, 2015 - 47 comments
Deputy Mayor Justin Lester has announced his candidacy for the top job in the nation’s capital.
Mopping up the fossil fuels subsidy shame
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 am, December 3rd, 2015 - 17 comments
McClay said he could not answer the specific question because he had “been advised” no such data exists.
How convenient.
Good reviews for Little’s reshuffle
Written By: - Date published: 12:20 pm, December 2nd, 2015 - 80 comments
A couple of good reviews for Little’s reshuffle of the Labour lineup.
Labour’s reshuffle announced today
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, November 30th, 2015 - 250 comments
Who will be the big winners from Andrew Little’s caucus reshuffle – and who will be the big players taking Labour into the 2017 election?
UPDATED: With new rankings/portfolios and media release.
Standing in the Shadow of the Red Flag
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, November 25th, 2015 - 47 comments
“Why would Goff stand for the Auckland mayoralty as an independent candidate considering his life-long commitment to the Labour Party?”
Why indeed?
Is it time for Labour to stand candidates in local elections under the party banner? And can the party lift its profile and its general election prospects by being bolder in the provinces?
ABP Branch of Labour goes into recess; all Branch Officers to resign
Written By: - Date published: 7:39 pm, November 22nd, 2015 - 427 comments
Dunedin’s most active and most innovative Labour Party branch is going into recess.
Towards banana republic status
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, November 19th, 2015 - 43 comments
National has passed legislation with retrospective effect under urgency to change previous legislation also passed under urgency so that the law says what it thinks the law should have said, despite the existing law being abundantly clear.
Labour fundraising
Written By: - Date published: 12:04 pm, November 17th, 2015 - 63 comments
The Herald has a piece today on Labour’s finances. You can donate to Labour here, or better yet join and set up a regular donation here.
The Tide is High
Written By: - Date published: 6:39 pm, November 15th, 2015 - 91 comments
I’m pleased about the Roy Morgan result. The last RWC was worth 2-3% in the polls to National. This RWC … nothing. And in the days since that poll, John Key has overseen an astonishing attack on the women of Parliament. I think we’ve reached Peak Key.
Making the Opposition the Enemy –
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 am, November 13th, 2015 - 18 comments
It takes fortitude to admit you are wrong. That’s right, not weakness but, strength, courage, resilience, grit, determination, endurance, guts, and staying power. When you won’t admit you are wrong you end up having to justify wrong decisions. That takes time and energy (and money) away from what actually needs to be done for the greater good. John Key won’t admit he is wrong. Because of this he has to keep going down several paths of “wrongness”, and because he is Prime MInister, he is taking us all with him. Some people think he does admit he made mistakes. But when you examine the few instances closer (if you can find them), it looks like something else.
Inequality is a choice
Written By: - Date published: 7:10 am, November 10th, 2015 - 65 comments
Inequality is a choice. It isn’t a choice made by individuals, it is a choice made by governments. Check out Joseph Stiglitz’s new book Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity.
Labour, identity, class and winning
Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, November 9th, 2015 - 54 comments
The question of identity politics and Labour’s direction just never go away. But maybe we’re just thinking about it all wrong.
Andrew Little’s speech to the Labour 2015 conference
Written By: - Date published: 12:07 pm, November 8th, 2015 - 182 comments
Details of Andrew Little’s speech to be delivered today to the Labour Party conference.
Updated with the full text of the speech.
Grant Robertson’s speech to the 2015 Labour Conference
Written By: - Date published: 11:43 am, November 7th, 2015 - 68 comments
The text of Grant Robertson’s speech to the 2015 annual Labour Conference.
Which Labour Party Conference is Brook Sabin at?
Written By: - Date published: 7:07 am, November 7th, 2015 - 148 comments
Brook Sabin has suggested that the Labour Party conference is in crisis following the release of the TPP text. He must be at a different conference to the one that I am at.
Labour – clearing the decks
Written By: - Date published: 6:47 am, November 7th, 2015 - 54 comments
Labour has positioned itself astutely in the run up to and early stages of its conference. Best news, there will be proper cooperation with The Greens next election.
Labour’s conference
Written By: - Date published: 1:36 pm, November 6th, 2015 - 118 comments
Labour’s conference will be in full swing this weekend. Don’t expect any policy fireworks.
David Cunliffe on the state of the media in New Zealand
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, November 5th, 2015 - 111 comments
In Parliament yesterday David Cunliffe spoke about the state of the country’s Media and how in rugby terms the right have effectively screwed the scrum..
The left in Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, October 25th, 2015 - 15 comments
Ad comments on the change of National’s approach to local government in Auckland and suggests that there should be cooperation amongst the parties on the left locally and between the central organisations of the parties.
Have a Drink Hoss!
Written By: - Date published: 10:26 am, October 21st, 2015 - 55 comments
So, by my understanding, in ‘three party’* Canada, the New Democratic Party sought the center and nosedived. Simultaneously, the Liberals moved left and soared. In ‘two party’ England and Wales, Labour sought the center and bumbled and scraped the ground looking for lift off. Meanwhile, in the very same election in ‘three party’ Scotland where […]
TVOne’s reporting of the latest Colmar Brunton Poll result
Written By: - Date published: 8:16 am, October 20th, 2015 - 90 comments
The latest Colmar Brunton poll shows that the opposition block is solidly ahead of National. Yet One News chose to concentrate only on the preferred Prime Minister result and attack Andrew Little because of marginal change.
Labour’s position on TPPA
Written By: - Date published: 11:01 am, October 18th, 2015 - 186 comments
The last fortnight has not been a great time for Labour when it comes to the TPPA. But a couple of imprecisely worded comments may have had far too much read into them. And the left and the media may have fallen into a trap set by the right.
Labour’s deputy
Written By: - Date published: 10:08 am, October 15th, 2015 - 85 comments
An anonymous editorial in The Herald this morning is a mostly well balanced discussion of the issue of Labour’s deputy leader.
Anat Shenker-Osorio on the creation of left metaphors
Written By: - Date published: 11:50 am, October 11th, 2015 - 69 comments
Communications Anat Shenker-Osorio has some simple messages for Labour in its quest for Government. The left’s strongest advantage is its care for people rather than the economy and the message that will resonate is a positive one emphasising the care of people and the environment.
Even Catherine Isaac thinks Parata has no idea
Written By: - Date published: 5:15 pm, October 8th, 2015 - 18 comments
When Catherine Isaac (wife of Roger Kerr (deceased) of the former Business Round-table and ACT party stalwart) is at odds with Parata, something must be amiss.
Labour to defy TPP on property ownership?
Written By: - Date published: 9:46 am, October 7th, 2015 - 165 comments
If this report is accurate it opens an interesting can of worms!
It Came From the North
Written By: - Date published: 4:41 pm, September 29th, 2015 - 54 comments
How Corbyn gets taken out.
From out of the Shadows
Written By: - Date published: 9:58 am, September 28th, 2015 - 20 comments
Goff has attempted to throw a fire-cracker into the notion of the National Party leadership and caucus being one big happy family. Is this the Labour Party’s way of sowing seeds of discontent without tainting the image of their leader? It is NOT Dirty Politics by any normal understanding of that term as captured in the book of the same name. Is this Goff’s role now? To box from the shadows?
The political machinations of the flag debate
Written By: - Date published: 7:23 am, September 25th, 2015 - 276 comments
The Green’s agreement with National to allow for Red Peak to be a referendum candidate potentially helps John Key out of a major difficulty and raises issues about the state of the Labour-Green relationship.
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