10th May 2021 Informants are making a reappearance in Myanmar. In all the previous uprisings informants have made a major impact. They are again leading the military to people they wish to abduct/intern and this has resulted in civilians being arrested and detained. Unlike the previous insurrections, the civilians
Public sector pay freeze Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Grant Robertson schedules union crisis meetings after failing to communicate public pay freeze properly Chris Trotter (Interest): Playing by a new set of rules RNZ: Government urged to rethink public sector pay freeze decision Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government in damage control over public
We’re focused on the issues that matter to Kiwis. Catch up on the latest in politics with our Week in Review below. * PM needs to give straight answers on He Puapua. * Labour’s union paymasters get their rewards. * Government vetoes mental health and prison violence inquiries. * Labour not interested
They hunted him down like he’s a terrorist. Police cars swarmed him as he drove home from his church. They ordered him out of his car and made him kneel down on a busy highway. Heavily-armed SWAT police arrested him. But he’s not a terrorist. He’s Artur
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9th May 2021 I scratched around for a suitable responsible heading for today’s second update but in the end, I can’t think of a better one than the one I have used. By closing down the internet and mobile phone services the military put great pressure on a
9th May 2021 First of all, my apologies for missing a couple of days of updates. Two of my sources have had section 505 orders issued against them and have gone into hiding. I just wanted to make sure they were ok and not push too hard for further information
Public sector pay freeze Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour Andrea Vance (Stuff): Why Jacinda Ardern needs to make a John Key-style u-turn on pay sector freeze Alexia Russell (RNZ): Pay freezing out your traditional voter base Liam Dann (Herald): Muldoon or Richardson?
6th May 2021 Nearly 200 Myanmar military troops, including a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, were killed in clashes between the regime’s troops and the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Karen State. Military tension has risen in Hpapun area, Shwe Kyin and Thaton Districts, in
Public sector pay freeze Stuff: Editorial – Pay freeze stretches public sector loyalty Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Pay freeze shows Government can’t manage the books Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Pay freeze controversy enters second day, with Greens and National pressing Labour Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Do people really earn more in
5th May 2021 After three months of the coup, I can do no better than to quote a complete article from the Irrawaddy which is as good a summary of the position that you will get anywhere. The Irrawaddy is struggling along, but still managing to get quality information out
Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard Henry Cooke (Stuff): National v Mallard: That atrocious late-night debate is the reason people hate politicians Barry Soper (Herald): Trevor Mallard’s outburst this week questions whether he understands what a serious sexual assault is Claire Trevett (Herald): The unedifying spectacle of the Speaker v
4th May 2021 The EAOs are ramping up action against the Junta. They have started to inflict casualties at officer level to the Tatmadaw and now the police. The Mansi Township police chief was killed in an attack by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on the central police station in
