Labour’s problem with homophobia
The Labour Party has a number of openly homosexual MPs, and it has promoted pro-homosexual law. MP Louisa Wall currently has a bill in progress that looks likely to increase marriage equality by...
View ArticleJohn Tamihere versus journalists
An attack by John Tamihere on a Herald journalists is getting significant criticism from other journalists, for example Russel Brown @publicaddress:: Despicable conduct by John Tamihere and his mates....
View ArticleWilly and JT keep roasting themselves
Willy Jackson and John Tamihere have been getting a lot of criticism for an interview they did yesterday with a girl about ‘Roast Busters’. I listened to it last night, I didn’t think it was quite as...
View ArticleRadioLive and rape culture
The RadioLive and rape culture repercussions continue. Jackson and Tamihere have an advertising free show today. RadioLIVE Newsroom @LIVENewsDesk Willie Jackson & John Tamihere’s show on RadioLIVE...
View ArticleFamilies package praise plus tax nonsense
John Tamihere praises the Families Package that was passed in Parliament just prior to Christmas, but repeats the ignorance or deliberate misrepresentation of the tax cuts that were scrapped in Tax...
View ArticleShift from targeting Maori to targeting the poverty
Bryce Edwards looks at a shift in Government shifting from race-based (Maori) targeting to a more universal approach to dealing with poverty, but they say that as Maori feature in the deprivation...
View ArticleTamihere on ‘a less equal society’
I think it is difficult to pin down just what equality or inequality mean. It can be quite misleading and misused. A country in which everyone lives in poverty have a form of equality. Generally,...
View ArticleMinister criticises two Cabinet colleagues over lack of interest in Whānau Ora
Peeni henare, Minister of Whānau Ora, has criticised Cabinet Ministers David Clark (Health) and Chris Hipkins (Education) for their lack of interest in progressing the Whānau Ora programme. Maori...
View ArticleTamihere/Fletcher Auckland mayoralty bid: “Shake it up and sort it out”
As widely indicated since yesterday, John Tamihere has launched a bid for the Auckland mayoralty, alongside current councillor Christine Fletcher. If Phil Goff stands for re-election this will be a...
View ArticleSmall party leaders’ debate
Five smaller party leaders had a debate on TV1 last night. It was for just an hour (the multiple Ardern v Collins debates are for one and a half hours) and with numerous advertising breaks there was...
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