Koroneihana may be a Tainui event but it’s a chance for politicians to speak directly to Maori and Tangata Tiriti - some spoke volumes by their absence, others said all the right words - but there should be trepidation, because the racist calls are coming from inside the house!

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It’s a PR trick from way back, dumping unpleasant news on a Friday knowing it will probably have left the public conversation by Monday - and our Government has a history of doing this… a lot!

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Join us for the 90 minute premier episode of our new series, Behind the Walls of Parliament!

This week we discuss regressive changes to Whaikaha announced during the week with disability advocates Dr Rebekah Graham and Nick Ruane, we take a look at the news of the week and catch up with Labour Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni and Labour spokesperson for Rainbow issues and Auckland, Shanan Halbert.

The Full video version of this is available at at https://youtube.com/live/9jyr8qAQtRU?feature=share

Behind the Walls of Parliament is a weekly show streamed direct to YouTube and Facebook, hosted by Paul Barlow and Blake Forbes.

The Waitangi Tribunal has released it’s interim report into David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill and in the most polite and professional way possible, they called it a piece of crap. Not that it will make any difference sadly…

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In the first episode of our new live show, Blake and I sat down and chatted with Labour Party deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni and Auckland Spokesperson Shanan Halbert about the road back to power for Labour, the changes the government are ramming through and who gets hit the hardest by them.

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In one day we got the police Minister not able to provide evidence about the NZDF again, the Gun nut, sorry reform Minister Minister found to be actively trying to silence police in her review of gun laws, the PM overseas again, Te Whatu Ors slashing service provider support and the massive changes to Whaikaha. It’s all too much to deal with in one go so how about you join Blake and I tonight on a live stream on Facebook and YouTube to with some expert guests!

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Arrrgh I hate economics - it’s so complicated and changing the OCR is like the Ross and Rachel will they or won't they storyline for economists. And naturally our Prime Minister, who is good at business apparently, took credit for it - which isn’t entirely false, just not in the way he wants everyone to think. 

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Not everything always goes according to plan - like our scheduled time for this weeks Live Stream - so we’re bringing it forward half an hour! 

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The polling must be bad or the racism has been really public or one of the coalition partners must be playing up - either way, National rolled out again this week it’s latest round of blunt instruments to beat beneficiaries with. And of course, all of them go against what the research and evidence shows actually work…

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Politicians and media are symbiotic - and sometimes parasitic. This past couple of weeks we’ve seen how media can influence policy and policy can influence media - and how media illiteracy can make both worse.

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