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  • Wellington event: 2011 Year of the protester

    2011 Year of the Protester: What Next?5pm, Monday March 12thSU19, Student Union BuildingVictoria University of Wellington Read more

  • Leaflet: No to asset sales

    If assets are in private hands, whether foreign or New Zealand owned, they only care about three things – (1) profit, (2) profit and (3) profit. -Hone Harawira State-owned enterprises, originally introduced under Rogernomics, are a backdoor to privatisation. Run primarily for profit, they don’t care about: Cost of living: cutting your power off if Read more

  • Auckland hui on asset sales: “One million non-voters is not a mandate”

    Mike Kay The Auckland Māori consultation hui on state asset sales took place yesterday at Tainui’s Airport Novotel under heavy police and Māori warden presence. The hui revealed universal dissatisfaction from Māori about the government’s plans, but also exposed important class divisions within Māoridom itself. In his opening presentation, Minister for SOEs Tony Ryall stated Read more

  • Rally: For Public Assets

    If assets are in private hands, whether foreign or New Zealand owned, they only care about three things – (1) profit, (2) profit and (3) profit. -Hone Harawira 2pm Wednesday, February 15 Te Puni Kokiri – Ministry of Maori Development Corner of Lambton Quay & Stout Street, Wellington Read more

  • Mega Conspiracy: Kim Dotcom, SOPA and capitalism

    Byron Clark A large section of the world wide web went dark earlier this year. Websites including Wikipedia (4th most visted site in the world) removed access to content for 24 hours in protest of two bills on their way though the US congress- the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Read more

  • The Treaty, The Foreshore & Seabed and Tino Rangatiratanga

    The emergence of the Mana Movement has given an urgency to our drive to renew our perspective on Māori liberation. Furthermore, the departure of the Redline group has given us cause to re-examine our past positions on a number of matters, including indigenous issues. In order for us to begin that work, I have tried Read more