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Parenting and politics just don’t mix!

This week, we’ve seen some really clear examples of how parenting and politics don’t mix. Nanaia Mahuta, MP for Hauraki-Waikato, had to take her five-month-old baby into the debating chamber late on a Friday night because 8 of her Labour … Continue reading

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And ye shall know him by his key messages

The Greens have released a housing policy around progressive ownership – government builds houses, low-income families rent houses for nominal cost-recovering rent, and extra rent paid goes towards purchasing equity in the house. As a bonus, rich people’s kids don’t … Continue reading

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Child Poverty Action Group needs your help

Via Holly Walker, who gets to make kickass statements on the topic since she wasn’t a key advocate of a discriminatory, beneficiary-hating policy in the first place: Children have the same needs, whether their parents are in work or not. … Continue reading

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