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The 'R' word is back – Recession! |
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By Graham Day
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Sunday, 06 July 2008 |
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Statistics
New Zealand (SNZ) confirmed what most of us have known for sometime
that indeed we are at the beginning of a recession.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 July 2008 )
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Labour Government Re-nationalises Railways |
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By Graham Day
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
The Labour led government is to re-nationalise the railways after reaching an
agreement to purchase Australian owned Toll Holdings rail and ferry operating
business for $665 million, thus completing the wholesale re-nationalisation of
all aspects of the rail and ferry network.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 May 2008 )
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The Scandal that is NZ Telecom |
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By Jesse Read
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
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Privatisation, the embrace of the free market and the New Right idealogy in New Zealand. These were the policies of sucessive New Zealand governments during the 1980's and 1990's. First under Labour's "Rogernomics", and later continued under National. Telecom was one of many of New Zealand's important assets which were privatised in this era and has come to epitomise the disasterous consequences we are now facing. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 April 2008 )
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Nationalise Auckland Airport |
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By Graham Day
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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Finance Minister Michael Cullen announcement that the Labour coalition government was immediately tightening the country's overseas investment rules with regard to stopping strategic assets falling into foreign ownership was an initial setback to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in its attempt to take over Auckland Airport: the country's international gateway. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 March 2008 )
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100% Pure New Zealand -- Or is it? |
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By Jesse Read
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
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A damning 450 page government endorsed report released about the state of the environment in New Zealand, unveils shocking details about environmental degradation. It fully exposed the farce of "100% Pure" New Zealand, which this country has been trying to present to the world. The report mentions that a fifth of all ground water is now unsafe to drink, 15% of fish stocks have been over-fished, and more than half the population is breathing sub-standard air. The country's roads are increasingly being clogged by more, older vehicles. In a young country of only 4.2 million people, why is it this bad? |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 February 2008 )
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By Socialist Appeal NZ Editorial Board
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 |
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These perspectives constitute an analysis of the deepening social, political and economic crises of New Zealand capitalism. Such perspectives applies the method of Marxism to these developments, seeking to uncover the trends and processes within and serve as a guide to action for all workers and youth who want to struggle for the socialist transformation of society.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 19 May 2008 )
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Home Thoughts, From Abroad - A Kiwi in Slovenia |
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By Jesse Read
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
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A New Zealand comrade's experiences and lessons learned living in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 May 2008 )
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Terrorism Suppression Act used against activists in New Zealand |
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By Graham Day
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
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At the beginning of the week New Zealand woke up to the news that there was a serious terrorist threat to the Prime Minister and that the police were carrying out militaristic armed raids (something unheard of in New Zealand) across the nation to apprehend the suspected terrorists under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (TSA). |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 May 2008 )
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By Graham Day
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
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Earlier this month there was a very militant 48-hour strike of the New Zealand dockworkers over pay and conditions. As usual, the bosses, while getting fat salaries themselves, claim the dockworkers are already well paid! |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 27 October 2007 )
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Locked out SFWU workers say 'We Beat the boss'! |
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By Graham Day
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |
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First ever national lockout in public hospitals ends in victory |
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By Graham Day
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |
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NZ Labour's Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, delivered his 8th budget in the 'Beehive' |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 September 2007 )
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The price of a life in New Zealand? - NZ$168.40 |
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By Graham Day
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Wednesday, 06 June 2007 |
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An Auckland woman, Folole Muliaga, recently died in New Zealand because she could no longer run her oxygen machine which kept her alive, the reason being the electricity company Mighty River Power cut off her supply because of a NZ$168.40 arrears. A clear example that services run for profit kill! |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 September 2007 )
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