Supplied Content Auckland, September 28, 2017 Auckland Council and Airbnb are encouraging Aucklanders to work together in the event of an emergency and look after others in need. The call comes on the first anniversary of an agreement between Auckland Council and Airbnb which enables Airbnb hosts to open their homes free of charge. Airbnb’s Disaster Response Programme connects local…
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Government urged to probe abuse of children
New Plymouth, September 28, 2017 Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has paid tribute to three young women who have changed New Zealand history by making sure we remember our shared history. She also urged whoever formed the nations next Government to do the right thing and initiate an inquiry into historic state abuse. The following is an extract of…
Read MoreNegotiations should not try to settle old scores
Peter Dunne Wellington, September 28, 2017 In 1940, the notorious Labour politician John A Lee was expelled from the Labour Party after writing a sensational article, ‘Psycho-Pathology in Politics,’ a thinly veiled attack on the dying Labour Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage. The article’s essential argument, drawing on examples from the United States, Britain and New Zealand, was that ailing…
Read MoreNegotiations should not try to settle old scores
Peter Dunne Wellington, September 28, 2017 In 1940, the notorious Labour politician John A Lee was expelled from the Labour Party after writing a sensational article, ‘Psycho-Pathology in Politics,’ a thinly veiled attack on the dying Labour Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage. The article’s essential argument, drawing on examples from the United States, Britain and New Zealand, was that ailing…
Read MoreWenceslaus Anthony would have had a Diamond today
Remembering a Friend and a Brother Venkat Raman Auckland, September 28, 2017 Had he been alive today, Wenceslaus Anthony would have been flooded with phone calls, emails, and text messages wishing him ‘Happy Birthday.’ His house would have by now become a mini-garden with flowers and plants sent as gifts by people who had admired him. And by now, he…
Read MoreWenceslaus Anthony would have had a Diamond today
Remembering a Friend and a Brother Venkat Raman Auckland, September 28, 2017 Had he been alive today, Wenceslaus Anthony would have been flooded with phone calls, emails, and text messages wishing him ‘Happy Birthday.’ His house would have by now become a mini-garden with flowers and plants sent as gifts by people who had admired him. And by now, he…
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