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‘We must come to see that the end we seek is a society that is at peace with itself.’

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights leader 

Society is made up of groups with different practices, traditions, customs and attitudes. Issues of inequality, criminality, race, gender and class demand an empathetic and nuanced, but critical examination. Parliament and the courts are the final arbiters. 

What should voters make of organised crime’s endorsements of Labour? 

July 9, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam wants you to vote Labour for your electorate vote and Greens for the party vote.

National talks tough on crime

July 2, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

In New Zealand, crime is up but prison populations are down. The National Party wants to reverse the crime trend.

UN stokes voting age debate

June 19, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Should Kiwis care what the UN suggests about lowering the voting age?

National attempts to woo primary industry 

June 19, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

National’s agricultural emissions policy garners support from farmers and biotech firms.

Secondary school teachers ramp up strike activity, and get paid while doing it

June 19, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Recent offer rejected. Parents and students bear the brunt.

Bilingualism enters the culture wars this election year

June 11, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

If you’re not clamouring to have more te reo Māori, the Prime Minister and his media allies have a message for you. You’re racist!

NZ’s growing crime problem 

June 4, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

Labour is starting to admit crime is a problem.

Who is Julian Batchelor of “Stop Co-Governance”?

June 4, 2023 by NZ News Essentials

A lot of people are calling him racist, but what is he saying?

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