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MEDIA RELEASE – 20th March 2015 – Healthy Homes and food in schools bills

Mar 22, 2015
by Peter Malcolm
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The government continues to ignore inequality in New Zealand, this week shamefully defeating three bills designed to help those at the lower end of the socio-economic scale, says equality advocacy group Closing the Gap. The Healthy Homes Bill was intended to ensure that every rental h
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Teachers aren’t magicians, and we shouldn’t ask them to be

Sep 08, 2014
by Nick Wright
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MEDIA RELEASE: 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 Teachers aren’t magicians, and we shouldn’t ask them to be Throughout New Zealand, schools are shouldering the burden of increasing inequality. Breakfast and lunch programmes, school fee waivers, clothing and shoes donations. And that’s before the class
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Robin Hood tax and other clever ways to help our kids

Aug 29, 2014
by Nick Wright
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MEDIA RELEASE: 28th AUGUST 2014 “Robin Hood tax and other clever ways to help our kids” It’s time to talk about tax. Not just income tax but other kinds of tax too. It’s time to talk about Capital Gains Tax, inheritance tax and the financial transactions tax. It’s time to get serious
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