"Hua". Definition of "hooer" from Harry Orsman's "Dictionary of NZ English": "A dial. or variant pronunciation of whore... also [used] freq. in the familiar speech of modern New Zealanders but rarely associated with whore, and often thought to be of Maori ...
The Panel recommendee was Tau Henare...
No Right Turn has details of Astle's donations: $165,000 to the National Party in 2010-1011: http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2014/03/out-of-blue.html Then an OMNZ one year later.
Pressure's on Wellington too. A few days ago a couple started living out of a tent they pitched in a park down the road.
Thanks - I stand corrected.
This is an appalling low. Yet didn't PM Helen Clark - I think - also call some West Coasters "feral" a few years back? That was also a bit of a low point. [lprent: Nope. That was Cameron and other idiots carefully misquoting. ]
Yes, and please see my reply above. I would also remark that the content of jokes may both engage and disengage people, depending on their what is being used as the comic grist of the matter. This joke initially made me laugh, then cringe when I thought ...
Of course humour is way of engaging people with pressing issues. But this in itself does not justify the specific humourous content used, which may - as in this case - happen to reinforce negative stereotypes.
While I approve of much more scrutiny of the GCSB's activities, that "The GCSB – the only government department that really listens" line is a bit of a cheap shot. It harks back to a whole lot of NR myths about the public service being inefficient and ...
The reply: "Thank you for your query regarding our vegetables and whether the organic standards would allow mining waste. We have checked with BioGro, the major organic certifier, and the answer is ‘Definitely Not!’"
Ok - presumably if you don't want your family or friends (or anyone) to consume food produced on farms that practice "land farming", best go organic. Have just emailed Common Sense Organics whether any of their suppliers "land farm" and will post their ...
Totally agree. I couldn't believe yesterday's 'Dominion post' headline: 'Police roasted over sex saga'. The phrase 'sex saga' is for discussing some All Black or movie star having an affair. This is a rape case. In other words, the 'Dominion post' ...
So it emerges that one of the ringleaders is the son of a police officer: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11151474 Wonder if he bragged about this to his victims to stop them complaining to police? Another reason why none of ...
[Apologies if posted already...] The 1913 Great Strike – class war 100 years ago Labour Weekend this year coincided with the centenary of the early stages of one of the largest and most violent strikes in New Zealand’s history. The Great Strike of 1913 has...
Yes, indeed. That is good to see and I thank The Standard for this. Also the Labour history Project and Auckland Labour History Group (thanks aspasia). But I would still contend that the Left is suffering a major collective memory loss. Political and ...
Lee's "Simple on a soapbox" and "The Scrim-Lee papers", if that's what you are referring to, are both good. But strictly speaking they're more about Lee's political career than the Depression. His novels - "Children of the poor", "Delinquent Days" and "The...
I also think "weak people" is a bit harsh. But one of the lessons of the last 25 years is surely that we must learn to remember better. Where has the collective memory of NZ Depression experiences gone? As far as I know there are a grand total of two NZ ...
I keep seeing quadruple for some new posts appear on the "Feeds" sidebar... just looks a bit messy.
Yes, but high power prices - with 49% profits going to private interests - are also going to piss off a large proportion of the electrorate (i.e. those too poor to become investors). So the issue will become political both ways.
10:45am: and nothing yet on the Stuff website about the new emails. Must be hard getting the pro-government spin worked out this morning...
Congratulations to Dame Anne Salmond: New Zealander of the Year. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8366898/Dame-Anne-wins-NZer-of-the-Year A good choice.
And if they weren't immune, they would perhaps take a bit more care around what their investment is used for... Personally, I don't see why the stockholders in the hypothetical railroad company cited above shouldn't have to pay for the town catching fire.
+1 There are non-intensive dairy farmers out there whose farms are just as productive as the intensive kind. Difference being they farm in high-rainful areas (and don't need to take water from rivers; lakes; aquifers); and they are good farmers.
Good article - thanks.
Welcome to New Zealand's very own "Love Canal". The water in Lake Horowhenua is now so toxic "that a mouthful could kill a child": http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1301/S00049/supreme-court-to-rule-on-lake-horowhenua.htm As one report summarises, the chief...
The article "Exposure of sex-for-fees web site underscores UK student poverty" discusses the growth of prositution among UK students struggling to meet rising fees and living costs: http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/15/stud-j15.html 'The Independent ...
I'm not nearly so confident about the much vaunted "political will" of the Chinese. A story on Stuff today reports that air pollution - mainly resulting from vehicle emissions - has reached appalling new levels in Beijing: www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/...
Today is one hundred years since the killing of Frederick Evans on 12 November 1912. Evans was the first trade unionist to be killed in a labour dispute in New Zealand: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3e10/1 This weekend there was a conference at ...
Such celebrity rape cases are indeed disturbing. But the Savile case would be par for the course in a country like NZ, where there is an appallingly low conviction rate for sexual crimes generally. As this 2009 article notes: "Only 13 per cent of sexual ...
Just saw The Spooky Men's Chorale at the Wellington Folk Festival yesterday. Brilliant. Best thing I have seen in ages. They still have a few more NZ concerts and I would recommend checking them out...
"Gladiators" by the Irish folksing Andy Irvine. An inspiring song about the IWW activist the UK-born Tom Barker, who was in NZ during the 1912 Waihi strike and then moved to Australia where he fought conscription during WWI. He was deported and eventually ...
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