According to a damning coroner’s report released yesterday agencies should have picked up on a series of red flags before 5-year-old autistic schoolboy Leon Jayet-Cole was brutally killed in the care of a violent drug addict step-father. Read the full article here. Comment on it on The BFD.
Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Peter Dunne: Waititi wins Caroline Daley (The Conversation): The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Maori cultural identity Jason Walls (Herald): I spy with my little tie: Which MPs embraced the new tie-optional rules in Parliament? Jessica Mutch-McKay (1News): Hei-tiki in
10th February 2021 The demonstrations have yet to become an uprising, but it is becoming clear that events are following the 8888 uprising which resulted in wholesale slaughter, illegal imprisonment, and many deaths in prison. The Military was hoping that the usual political adage that most protests fade after 7
Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Speaker rules tie requirement to be dropped from Parliament Scott Palmer (Newshub): Ties no longer required in Parliament as ‘appropriate business attire’ – Speaker Trevor Mallard Claire Trevett (Herald): Parliament’s great tie-breaker and why Rawiri Waititi got no support from Labour’s Maori
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Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Rawiri Waititi (Herald): It’s not about a tie – it’s about Pakeha power Amelia Wade (Herald): Tiki vs tie: Parliament neck-tie stoush soon to be tied-up Henry Cooke (Stuff): Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi kicked out of House for refusal to wear a tie Jason
Air NZ work for Saudi Arabia military Benedict Collins (1News): Air NZ has been secretly helping Saudi Arabian military despite its role in Yemen humanitarian crisis RNZ: Air NZ apologises after revelations it helped Saudi Arabian military Herald: The Green Party slams Air NZ after Saudi Arabian military revelations Waitangi
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7th February 2021 It is becoming clear that the coup was planned well in advance and is running according to plan for the military. They had all the likely reactions assessed and shut down means of communication to slow down the planning of internal resistance and to prevent pictures/videos
Housing and inequality Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Reserve Bank repeatedly warned Government money printing would lead to house price inflation Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Revealed: The official advice Robertson ignored on how QE boosts house prices Talia Marshall (Stuff): Not having secure housing has begun to undo my head Bernard Hickey (Stuff)
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5th February 2021 Things are certainly on the move in Myanmar. Health professionals, doctors, nurses and ancillary workers have withdrawn their support from the military government. They will still treat the populace, delivering the rudimentary health care available to an ordinary Burmese as best they can, but adopting a policy
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Another dispatch from the Reproductive Revolution. BioEdge, MercatorNet’s associate site about bioethics, has been tracking the generosity of sperm donor dads for several years. Some men have fathered dozens of children, a few may have fathered hundreds. But in the case of Detroit gynaecologist and
