It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.
The Independent (UK) has an article about the aid distribution efforts in tsunami affected regions.
I am appalled at the level of undelivered, committed funds and would really like to know how NZ is doing. I know we’re usually pretty good at delivering what we promise but in this situation, I would like to see [...]
Iraq has just become the first country to make the endangered cultural sites list. That is, the ENTIRE FUCKING COUNTRY. Not just a few monuments or places. This is unprecendented.
Givent that Iraq is the geographical location for one of the oldest civilisations in the whole world, and home to many historically significant [...]
Apologies for the lack of posting, think posting will be a bit less frequent for a while..
Anyhoo, some stuff…
Did you see this on Thursday night? It was cool!
Big ups to Tze Ming Mok yet another brilliantly written piece. I’ve been finding her posts incredibly interesting, informative and damn funny!
Left and Lefter has some [...]
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Was AGM day and I won’t go into that cause it was either a) boring business stuff or b) none of your business ;o) Was great to re-elect Rod and Jeanette, marking 10 years of their leadership was pretty exciting. They’re two of my biggest heroes and I damn glad [...]
The highlight of Saturday for me was the launch of the Green Student Support Policy and eCard campaign. I must say, I’m so impressed with it. The policy was rewritten for this election to reflect the progress in student support policy over the last few years. In 1999 and 2002 when the [...]
Here it is finally, my report from the AGM. I’ll do it in parts as it is a bit of a lengthy report, starting with Friday.
We had an awesome flight down, checking out the awesome scenery of the South Island. Thanks to the wonderful people at Origin Pacific I got to sit next [...]
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Today is World Oceans Day, when we can all celebrate the wonderful world that lives out of our sight beneath the level of the sea. It is also a time to acknowledge how little we, as humans, know about what lives beneath the waves.
Given that we know so little, today is [...]
There is an interesting conversation going on at Just Left regarding the punish/reform debate so thought it might be timely to point people towards an article that Nandor wrote for the Herald earlier this year called ‘Lot more to it than longer sentences.’ It’s a good thought-provoking article, I recommend a read.
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The Green Party has managed a major win over the last 24 hours with the Prisoners and Victims Claims Bill. It sounds like United Future had the Government over the barrel and wanted them to remove the Prisoner part of the bill out. The Government weren’t having a bar of it so they went to [...]
"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
