Occupy WINZ office in your area.

I didn’t write this…it was written by Bomber Bradbury of The Daily Blog: but it expresses exactly my present feelings. 

He asks the question: Is it time for a new mass civil disobedience movement to create momentum against the National Party of NZ?

 Answer: Yes.

This Government and their mainstream media enablers continue to govern because of an unholy alliance between crony corporate welfare benefactors,  property bubble seduced middle classes and the negative egalitarian anti-intellectual sleepy hobbits who uncritically view the world with vacant aspiration.

A plague on all their investment properties.

The poor, Maori, Environmentalists, Gen X and Y are all being destroyed by John Key and his Government.

Do we allow the poor to continue living as tenants in their own nation?

Rental nightmare: Are our tenants second-class citizens?

Do we shrug at the 305 000 kids in poverty?

Survey shows low and middle decile schools using their resources to help feed hungry pupils.

Do we accept the draconian way in which welfare is being limited so the Government can manufacture a surplus while they borrow billions in tax cuts for the rich?

Stoush erupts over benefit figures – good news, or bad news?

Do we accept a do nothing approach to global warming when the planet is on track for a dangerous and catastrophic climate change?

Key told not to attend Paris and to pull NZ delegation

Do we accept a generational theft on a level never seen before in politics as Gen Y and X continue to be drowned in debt while other generations get subsidised from cradle to grave?

Housing, hope and ideology

Renters much worse off than owners

Do we accept a system that continues to prejudice Maori?

Stats show Maori still facing discrimination

Do we accept the poor and sick to be lower class citizens?

Cancer Society attacks ‘ludicrous’ benefit requirements for cancer patients

Do we accept a corrupt global economics set to once again meltdown?

Short Squeeze, Liquidity, Margin Debt and Deflation

Home Flipping Frenzy in Sydney Sparks Warnings on Housing Risks

Do we accept a Government spying on its own citizens for America?

Julian Assange compares his situation to Kim Dotcom’s extradition case

Do we accept allowing our Government to be usurped by transnational corporations via a Forced Trade deal like the TPPA?

TPP fine print needed on land sales

Jane Kelsey: Govt spin won’t stop TPP facts emerging

Grant Robertson: TPP adds to housing problem

Fewer investor checks under TPP

Bryan Gould: Dairy tariffs still in place – why did we sign TPP?

I say no more.

Progressive change in this country has only ever occurred when people are prepared to step up and fight. Our political ‘opposition’ is full of people wanting to work with John Key – I say that you can’t work with anyone who abuses political power in the manner John Key and his mass surveillance state have established.

You can’t work with a Government who colludes with the Secret Intelligence Services to smear political opponents.

You can’t work with a Government that manipulates and lies in conjunction with far right hate bloggers.

You can’t work with a Government hell bent on silencing critical voices in the media.

You can’t work with a Government that hates Unions and the poor with the passion they do.

All you can do is resist and fight.

I think no department highlights the Governments contempt for us as citizens better than WINZ. This department cuts off the poor from welfare by raising thresholds, they terrify and bully beneficiaries and they are the sharp end of policy aimed at punishing the poor.

So how can we fight back when almost the entire political spectrum of opposition wants to work with Key?

We fight on our own.

Imagine if throughout the country at different times, spontaneously, environmentalists, beneficiaries, the poor, Gen X and Y and Maori all converged on WINZ Offices throughout NZ and occupied outside them. That every cell group organise and then take to social media with #occupyWINZ. That we call for a real benefit to live on, that we call for serious momentum on climate change, affordable houses and jobs with dignity. That we occupy the outside of as many WINZ Offices as we can for as long as we can and start shutting them down. That we take a stand and use social media to promote the protests.

Share this post around, pass it to friends – if all those NZers being impacted negatively by this Government made a stand, they couldn’t keep pretending there are no issues? What do you have to lose if you are Maori other than a system that is biased against you? What do you have to lose if you are Gen X or Y other than that debt cycle that locks you out of home ownership. What do you have to lose if you are a beneficiary who is already being traumatised by WINZ? What do you have to lose as an environmentalist other than forcing the Government to listen?

The more people join and start occupying their own local WINZ Office, the bigger the movement becomes.

The reality is that this Government won’t do a damned thing and the media will remain deaf dumb and blind unless we are prepared to fight.

Turning up with tents, sleeping bags and occupying outside the local WINZ office handing out information to beneficiaries on how the Government is hurting them and updating your protest action on social media could cause a momentum to force change. Shutting down WINZ Offices until they start looking after the poor rather than bully and punish them would force the Government to address the real concerns of those on the bottom of society, and while we have their attention allow us to take them to task for intergenerational theft and climate change denial.

Bernard Hickey makes the case for an uprising here…

Only in 2029 would the enormity of what happened to the nation’s finances in the previous 30 years have dawned on voters in their 30s, 40s and 50s.

Only 49 per cent of those aged 18-29 voted in 2014. By 2029, that proportion will be much higher. When they look back over those decades of political decisions leading up to 2029, what will they see?

They will have seen a raft of policies stretching from the 1980s onwards that repeatedly blocked the building of new houses and infrastructure, particularly public transport.

They will have seen the dismantling of free tertiary education by a generation that benefited from it. They will have seen the results of a superannuation set-up that loaded the costs on to the workers of 2015-2030, not on the retirees.

That’s because contributions to Super were turned off in 2009 and not turned back on until 2023. That will have cost more than $121b by 2029.

Superannuation spending will have risen from $9.9b this year to $23.4b by 2029, and Treasury is forecasting a rise to $100b by 2060. That’s on top of a surge in health costs as the population aged and got fatter.

By 2029, taxpaying voters in their 30, 40s and 50s will be facing massive pressures on public finances, potentially forcing tax increases and cuts in social spending without changes to the pension and health settings.

It will be too late to extend the retirement age by then, but there will be a big push to means test superannuation and health spending for the aged.

The unfair link of Super to wages, rather than price inflation, will be revisited.

There will be talk of widening taxes on capital and land to hoover up some of the wealth those retirees held in property.

The inevitable results of climate change will be clear for all to see.

 …we could wait until 2029 or we could start fighting now". Martyn Bradbury ends here:

Please share this message...check out the WINZ offices nearest you and consider making a plan of action...it is time to stop talking and doing...

Here is a list of every street address of every WINZ Office in NZ.

Dargaville

Street address:
68-72 Normanby Street

Kaikohe Community Link

Street address:
7 Memorial Avenue

Kaitaia Community Link

Street address:
Shops 1, 2 + 3
34-36 Commerce St

Kamo Community Link

Street Address
424 Kamo Road
Whangarei

Kawakawa Community Link

Street address:
62 Gillies Street

Kerikeri

Street address:
Keri Centre
Fairway Drive

Onerahi

Street address:
Shop 6, Onerahi Mall
116 Onerahi Road

Whangarei Community Link

Street address:
Walton Plaza
3-5 Albert Street

Albany Community Link

Street address:
44 Corinthian Drive

Avondale Community Link

Street address:
44-48 Rosebank Road

Birkenhead Community Link

Street address:
87 Birkenhead Avenue

Browns Bay

Street address:
97 Clyde Road

Clendon

Street address:
Clendon Shopping Centre
Corner Palmers Road and Roscommon Road

Glenfield

Street address:
1 Peach Road

Glenmall Community Link

Street address:
20 Oates Road

Grey Lynn Community Link

Street address:
562 Richmond Road

Helensville

Street address:
34-38 Commercial Road

Highland Park Community Link

Street address:
491 Pakuranga Road

Hunters Corner Community Link

Street address:
139 Great South Road

Mangere Community Link

Street address:
93 Mascot Avenue

Manukau Community Link

Street address:
18 Amersham Way
Manukau City

Manurewa Community Link

Street address:
12 Selwyn Road

Mount Albert Community Link

Street address:
Shop 2 and 3
945a New North Road

Mount Eden Community Link

Street address:
191 – 193 Dominion Rd

New Lynn Community Link

Street address:
5-9 Hugh Brown Drive

Onehunga Community Link

Street address:
201-211 Onehunga Mall

Orewa

Street address:
27 Florence Ave
Orewa

Otahuhu Community Link

Street address:
4 Fairburn Road

Otara

Street address:
52-60 Lovegrove Crescent

Papakura Community Link

Street address:
20-22 Queen Street

Papatoetoe Community Link

Street address:
17 Shirley Road

Pukekohe Community Link

Street address:
9 – 11 Tobin Street

Queen Street Community Link

Street address:
Level 3
450 Queen Street

Takapuna

Street address:
519 Lake Road

Tamaki Community Link

Street address:
Unit 1
40 – 42 Mayfair Place
Glen Innes
Auckland 1072

Three Kings Community Link

Street address:
Three Kings Plaza 536
Mt Albert Road

Waiheke Island Community Link

Street address:
Shop 1
116 Ocean View Road
Oneroa

Waitakere Community Link

Street address:
36-44 Sel Peacock Drive
Waitakere

Waitakere Outreach Community Link

Street address:
4 Pioneer Street
Henderson

Waiuku Community Link

Street address:
57B Queen Street

Warkworth Community Link

Street address:
Winscombe Mall
37 Queen Street

Westgate Community Link

Street address:
22-24 Cabernet Crescent
Westgate
Auckland 0614

Cambridge

Street address:
69 Duke Street

Dinsdale Community Link

Street address:
Shop 14
Dinsdale Shopping Centre

Five Cross Roads Community Link

Street address:
3 Fifth Avenue

Glenview

Street address:
Glenview Shopping Centre
Ohaupo Road

Hamilton Central Community Link

Street address:
317 Victoria Street

Hamilton East Community Link

Street address:
126 Grey Street

Hamilton Outreach

Street address:
468 Anglesea Street
Hamilton

Huntly Community Link

Street address:
160 Main Street

Matamata Community Link

Street address:
78 Arawa Street

Morrinsville

Street address:
239 Thames Street

Ngaruawahia Community Link

Street address:
Corner Newcastle and Gallileo Street

Paeroa Community Link

Street address:
Corner Te Aroha and Rotokohu Roads

Te Awamutu Community Link

Street address:
105 Sloane Street

Thames Community Link

Street address:
646 Pollen Street

Waihi Community Link

8am – 5.00pm daily except Wed 9.30am – 5.00pm

Street address:
16 Seddon Street

Greerton

Street address:
53 Courtney Road
Gate Pa

Kawerau

Street address:
Tarawera Mall
Plunket Street

Mt. Maunganui

Street address:
9 Owens Place
Bayfair

Murupara

Street address:
41 Pine Drive

Opotiki

Street address:
93 Church Street

Rotorua Community Link

Street address:
Ground floor
1207 Pukuatua Street
Rotorua 3010

Taupo Community Link (Heartlands)

Street address:
77 Heuheu Street

Tauranga

Street address:
Corner Durham Street and Springs Street

Te Puke

Street address:
99 Jellicoe Street

Tokoroa Community Link

Street address:
8-10 Torphin Crescent

Turangi Community Link

Street address:
Ohuanga Road

Whakatane Community Link

Street address:
24 Pyne Street

Flaxmere Community Link

Street address:
8 Swansea Road

Gisborne

Street address:
Tangata Rite Building
Lowe Street

Hastings Community Link

Street address:
506 Eastbourne Street West
Hastings 4122

Kaiti

Street address:
Kaiti Mall
Wainui Road

Napier

Street address:
Working age clients – Ground Floor,
Vautier House, corner Dalton and Vautier Street

Ruatoria

Street address:
32 Barry Avenue

Taradale Community Link

Street address:
15 Lee Road

Waipukurau

Street address:
1 Marlborough Street

Wairoa Community Link

Street address:
236 Marine Parade

Hawera Community Link

Street address:
Unit 1, 15 Union Street

Marton

Street address:
238-248 Broadway

New Plymouth Community Link

Street address:
Duncan Dovico House
Gill Street

Stratford

Street address:
65-67 Miranda Street
Stratford 4332

Taihape

Street address:
58 Tui Street

Taumarunui

Street address:
Meredith House
Marae Street

Te Kuiti Community Link

Street address:
45 Taupiri Street

Waitara

Street address:
25 Queen Street

Whanganui

Street address:
133 Wicksteed Street
Whanganui 4500

Dannevirke Community Link

Street address:
79 High Street

Feilding Community Link

Street address:
110-114 Manchester Street

Foxton

Street address:
Corner Wharf and Main Streets

Horowhenua Community Link

Street address:
Corner Salisbury & Durham Streets

Kapiti Coastlands

Street address:
Coastlands Shopping Complex
Rimu Road
Paraparaumu

Otaki

Street address:
84 Mill Street

Palmerston North Main Street

Street address:
521 Main Street

Wairarapa / Masterton Community Link

Street address:
49-51 Lincoln Road

Johnsonville

Street address:
33-39 Johnsonville Road

Kilbirnie Community Link

Street address:
32-34 Bay Road

Lower Hutt / Lower Hutt Super

Street address:
317-327 High Street

Naenae Community Link

Street address:
2 Vogel Street

Newtown Community Link

Street address:
94-96 Riddiford Street

Porirua Community Link

Street address:
4 Lydney Place

Upper Hutt / Upper Hutt Super

Street address:
162-164 Main Street

Wainuiomata Community Link

Street address:
Shop 6, The Mall

Wellington / Wellington Super

Street address:
Ground Floor
Freemason House
195 Willis Street
Wellington

Blenheim Community Link

Street address:
Riverview House
3 Alfred Street

Greymouth Community Link

Street address:
112-116 Mackay Street
Greymouth 7805

Hokitika

Street address:
Heartlands Centre
49 Tancred Street
Hokitika 7810

Kaikoura

Street address:
Heartlands Centre
Unit 3
78 Beach Road

Motueka Community Link

Street address:
236 High Street
Moteuka 7120

Nelson City

Street address:
Level 1, 22 Bridge Street
Nelson 7010

Richmond Community Link

Street address:
275-279 Queen Street
Richmond 7020

Stoke Community Link

Street address:
Central Mall
Corner Songer Road and Main Road Stoke

Takaka

Street and Postal address:
Heartlands Centre
65B Commercial Street

Westport

Street address:
50-52 Russell Street

Hornby

Street address:
25 Shands Road
Hornby

Kaiapoi Community Link

Street address:
Unit 9
The Crossings
77 Hilton Street

Linwood Community Link

Street address:
154 Aldwins Road
Linwood

New Brighton

Street Address
26 Beresford Street
New Brighton

Papanui

Street address:
7 Winston Avenue

Rangiora

Street address:
4 High Street

Riccarton / Riccarton Super

Street address:
76-78 Riccarton Road

Shirley

Street address:
203-205 Hills Road
Shirley

Sydenham

Street Address:
39 Durham Street
Sydenham

Alexandra

Street address:
57 Tarbert Street

Balclutha

Street address:
Corner George Street and Charlotte Street

Dunedin Community Link

Street address:
Corner Cumberland, Castle Street and St Andrews Street

Dunedin South

Street address:
127 Hillside Road

Gore Community Link

Street address:
24 Traford Street

Invercargill Community Link

Street address:
33 Gala Street

Mosgiel

Street address:
22 Factory Road

Oamaru Community Link

Street address:
23 Coquet Street

Queenstown Community Link

Street address:
Ground Floor, Building 11,
Remarkables Park Town Centre
Frankton

Timaru Community Link

Street address:
14 Strathallan Street

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