Monthly Archives: October 2014
Putting people at the centre of policy
Global Peace and Justice Auckland Hold Anti-War Rally
Global Peace and Justice Auckland held an anti-war rally in Aotea Square, Auckland, yesterday followed by a silent march downtown to Britomart.
We were there and pleasantly surprised to see ex Labour leader David Shearer speaking passionately about his experiences in Iraq and in Palestine.
Phil Goff from @nzlabour looking on as David Shearer talks about working in Iraq and Palestine #GPJA#nzpolpic.twitter.com/oFkYkHdDha
— Occupy Never Dies (@endarken) October 18, 2014
We were also able to snag a quick interview with another ex Labour leader, Phil Goff, about his past experiences in activism and his opinion of ISIS and of Islam.
Despite the short notice (we only heard about the event the night before) and the relentless pouring rain, the spirit of the rally was really good. Thousands of passersby on the city streets stopped to watch the march go past, with several cars tooting their support as we…
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Mr Key Goes To War: “The question is what we do, rather than whether we do something,”
The choice has been made (Or perhaps has been made far earlier than we where lead to believe). Mr Key will lead us to war. If he gets push back I reckon we’re going to see a false flag Operation “Plastic Sword” incident here in NZ and my bet is a raid on the Hamilton Mosque. Slap bank in the middle of Red Neck country!
A “domestic beheading” inspired by foreign fanatics is one of several threats New Zealand potentially faces from the so-called Islamic State, John Key said this morning.
Mr Key told The Nation a disproportionate number of Islamic State (IS) fighters were sourced from in and around Oceania. He said it was possible this would increase the likelihood of another “Bali bombing” terrorist act.
The Prime Minister said IS terrorists returning to New Zealand were another possible security risk. He said IS also posed a major risk…
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Post Script
Jared passed away this morning, peacefully, at home, surrounded by love. This final blog post was written on 25 September when it was clear to Jared and all close to him that his time was nearing an end. To those who have followed this blog from the beginning or picked up along the way – thank you for journeying with Jared, for your camaraderie and encouragement. Sharing this journey gave Jared more purpose and fulfilment than can be expressed in words. We are so proud of him in every way and grateful for the immense love he brought to our lives. We will miss him always. Hannah and Elise.
From Jared
On Wednesday 8th October 2014, I passed away at 1125 hours.
The time leading up to my death was mixed with days of feeling well and days of feeling pretty terrible. I am thankful that we only have to…
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Why Debating A National Voter Is Like Playing Baseball With Someone In A Wheel Chair
Make no mistake, I have many National voting friends. I love them dearly. For all intends and purposes they are good, hard working, loyal, salt of the Earth people and I am proud to call them friends. I am sure many of you are in the same situation.
I even find that I don’t always disagree with their political views and in many cases they don’t disagree with me either. In fact I am sure that if you ask your National voting friends if they want assets sold, nature reserves destroyed, banks plundering the country and the rich earning more and more while their wages stay stagnant they would agree with you that these are crazy politics!
So if, like me, you are at a loss as to why reason should fly out the door the moment you hit on the subjects of party politics here are four videos of…
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Statement by Nicky Hager on police seizing property
On Thursday, 2 October, five police arrived at my home with a warrant to search and seize property. I was in Auckland at the time for two days of lectures at the University of Auckland. The police spent over ten hours searching the house and removing property in an attempt to discover the identity of the person who provided information used in my book Dirty Politics.
Soon after the police arrived, the lead detective stated that I was not a suspect in their case, merely a witness. I spoke to him by phone and informed him that he would find no information in the house about my source. Nonetheless, he and his four colleagues seized a large collection of papers and electronic equipment belonging to my family, including computers, drives, phones, CDs, an IPOD and a camera.
I am confident that the police took nothing that will help them…
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If you didn’t vote you can still complain
The day after National’s resounding electoral victory, social media was awash with people blaming nonvoters for National’s victory. News feeds expressing sentiments like, “What’s wrong with you people?” came quick and fast.
Martyn Bradbury from the Daily Blogepitomizes this,
“I was wrong, horribly, horribly, horribly wrong. I honestly believed that the resources, the media attention, the vile toxic politics exposed by Dirty Politics and the mass surveillance lies would have seen NZers turn against Key. I thought 250 000 children in poverty, the lack of economic strategy beyond rebuilding from an earthquake and crony capitalism would sink Key.
It didn’t, people rallied around him and gave John Key his largest victory ever. I am speechless. I thought New Zealanders would react angrily at seeing the real Key, they didn’t.”
As if people voting needed Bradbury’s tick of approval!
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