Posts by Sacha
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Found an even more straight-up post from the ever-smart Graham Cameron who I enjoyed in the old Native Affairs twitter-whanau.
I don’t normally write so bluntly, but today I will do so: the historical confiscation of my ancestors’ land was an abuse that has negative effects today. The people who did so abused my ancestors. The Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 was a modern act of confiscation and an act of abuse and has ongoing negative effects today. The people who wrote and voted for that piece of legislation have abused my whānau, hapū and iwi. That nefarious act of the Parliament of 2004 is comparable to the nefarious acts of the Parliaments of the 1860s.
I marched on 5 May 2004. I carried my eldest daughter on my shoulders alongside my wife in amongst the largest protest in my living memory. I stood on Parliament grounds with my brothers and sisters as we were accused by Helen Clark of being “haters and wreckers.”
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Morgan Godfery's article in Australian journal Overland pulls no punches.
This distinction between ‘them’ and ‘us’, between Māori and the nation, is more than hypothetical. Māori activist and writer Tim Selwyn, who threw an axe through Clark’s electorate office window in the middle of the night as a symbolic act of dissent against the foreshore and seabed law, was convicted on a charge of sedition. Understood in this context, the accusation that Marama Fox is a ‘traitor’ takes on a sinister edge.
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Maiki Sherman offers a concise summary of historic motivations.
That's not very long ago in Maori terms, but there is also current jockeying by the Maori Party against Labour in the Maori electorates. Recent changes that may have fed repositioning on this matter? Electing Tukuroirangi Morgan as party president.
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Haven't had time to read much about the Lowe ruling, but this NZ First media release touches on a root cause.
“Mrs Lowe was receiving a paltry $3 an hour for the respite care she provided. Under the latest Appeal Court hearing this would be a legal payment considered only to be a subsidy and not a wage.
As with family carers, people are meant to do this sort of work mainly out of love or charity, and the govt congratulates itself for giving them a token of appreciation. Real 19th century thinking.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
hazardous goods are likely to be transported in vehicles that then take passengers in the same spaces. Maybe even at the same time.
discount if you hold this bubbling flask of chemicals
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Juha Saarinen notes another wrinkle.
Meanwhile, Uber has eased into deliveries, using the same drivers who move passengers around. There's no reason to think that business expansion will be anything but a success for Uber.
Anyone who can't or doesn't want to open up accounts with courier companies will love Uber deliveries. If I was the boss of a large courier company that I wanted to keep alive over the next year or so, I'd have a quick chat with Uber about co-operation if it isn't too late already.
Probably planning on undercutting by ignoring restrictions on driving hours etc. What could possibly go wrong?
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Hard News: Understanding the Audiences, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I don't see that story as problematic, given that the announcement was consistently presented as being about research rather than income support or service eligibility.
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Speaker: What we think and how we vote, in reply to David Hood,
Great work. The Maori Party's positioning is an interesting reminder why they are not likely to merge with Mana any time soon. Any way to make those party name labels bigger?
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Hard News: Understanding the Audiences, in reply to izogi,
oh I suspect some may realise they're better off not turning up.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Certainly hope not. Just don't threaten to sue any Amerkins. :)