Category: New Zealand
Nine hundred and twenty six same sex couples were married in New Zealand in the year since the successful implementation of changes to the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act. Provisional figures released yesterday show 1 quarter of same sex marriages were Australian (237), 532 of the 926 were New Zealanders, more than 200 of this […]
Jacinda Ardern is the Labour Party candidate for Auckland Central. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Lack of affordable housing, low wages and not enough jobs, and the impact of rising inequality. What have you done thus far to help? We have a really fantastic […]
Kelly Ellis is the Labour Party candidate for Whangarei. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Inequality, greed and poor governance. What have you done thus far to help? I’ve been involved in shaping the law at appellate level for more than two decades. I led […]
Maryan Street is the Labour Party candidate for Nelson. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Finding decent jobs with fair wages, unaffordable and substandard housing, giving children the best start in life. Address these and we can all live with dignity and hope. What have […]
Kevin Hague is the Green Party candidate for West Coast-Tasman. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? The inequalities in our society are amongst the worst in the developed world, and getting worse, our environment is becoming rapidly degraded and put at more risk, and we […]
Richard Hills is the Labour Party candidate for Northcote. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Housing, Inequality and the lack of hope, services and opportunities for many young people. What have you done thus far to help? I’m not currently an MP, but have participated […]
Tamati Coffey is the Labour Party candidate for Rotorua. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? The three greatest issues facing New Zealand right now, are child poverty (250,000 Kids below the poverty line), Jobs and the un-affordability of healthcare, which encourages people not to go. […]
Barry Taylor, President of Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association Asia Pacific (GLISA Asia Pacific) announces Auckland New Zealand as the winning bid to host the 2016 Asia Pacific Outgames . The organiser behind the push for the bid to host the 2016 games Damien Strogen says the games would be a chance for Auckland to share […]