President Trump has just finished speaking and now the crowd is moving off down Pennsylvania Ave. Vice President Mike Pence announced he would not try to decertify the electoral college votes for President-elect Joe Biden during Wednesday’s joint session of Congress. Congress is now working through certifying the
Waikeria prison riot Te Aorewa Rolleston and Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Police fired rubber bullets at men during Waikeria Prison standoff Alexander Gillespie (RNZ): Waikeria inmates’ protest: a symptom of a much larger problem ODT: Editorial – Thorough Waikeria review needed Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): Waikeria prison protest prompts calls for H?
Green list MP Golriz Ghahraman has tweeted a fake headline which can only be described as a modern-day iteration of the old Jewish blood libel. This is not her first anti-Semitic action and sadly it won’t be her last. She has been called out on her demonisation
Housing Financial Times: New Zealand’s housing crisis poses big test for Jacinda Ardern Jean Bell (RNZ): Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic Dan Satherley (Newshub): House prices kept going up through December, Government and investors blamed David Chaston (Interest): History repeating
Waikeria prison riot Chris Trotter: A Powerful political metaphor Polly Gillespie (Stuff): The prison riot that didn’t need to happen Ani O’Brien: Waikeria Prison riots and calls for prison abolition Don Franks (Redline): Reflections after Waikeria incident Cathy Odgers: Maori activists do not run prisons – time to clear
Christopher Ruthe waikanaewatch.org Update: The date of the quoted NZ Listener article was incorrect. It has been corrected from the 12th of December to the 19th. This was written as a riposte to an article in The NZ Listener — but it refused to publish it. “The great enemy of
New Year’s Honours 2021 list announced Amber Allott (Stuff): Christchurch’s new knight reflects on nearly 30 years in politics Rahul Bhattarai (RNZ): David Carter on knighthood: Speaker’s role vital in a democracy Bridie Witton (Stuff): Wellington epidemiologist who pushed for lockdown honoured John Weekes (Herald): New Year
Housing Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): What would actually happen if *shock horror* house prices fell? Rob Stock (Stuff): House prices set to rise further in first half of 2021 Brendon Harre: Depoliticising Housing Greg Ninness (Interest): Rising house prices more than offsetting benefits of lower interest rates on mortgage payments Parliament,
Parliament, and end of year reviews Bryce Edwards (Guardian): The secret of Jacinda Ardern’s success lies in her conservatism Chris Trotter (Interest): Jacinda Ardern knows that it’s restoration people want – not revolution Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): New Zealand’s 2020 report card: doing well but could try harder
December 23rd 2020 The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) recently conducted a survey of their members’ views on the subject of taking the knee before all professional football games in the UK. Over 400 players responded to the survey and around 80% expressed their support for taking the knee. This was
Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter: 2021 will be about brown poverty and white guilt Steve Braunias (Guardian): Photos of New Zealand politicians and their bookcases are creepily revealing Claire Trevett (Herald): The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020 (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Fact or Fiction: the
Housing Dan Satherley and Rosie Gordon (Newshub): Housing crisis: Rents up everywhere, as demand far outstrips supply Miriam Bell (RNZ): Median rent now 21 per cent higher than in 2015, Trade Me data shows Marta Steeman (Stuff): Construction sector slump forecast with calls for Government action Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Auckland
Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter (Interest): How the state was reclaimed for the people Richard Shaw (The Conversation): 2020 hindsight: can New Zealand apply the political lessons of COVID-19 in the year ahead? ‘Stuff political reporters’ (Stuff): How good were our political predictions for 2020? Well
