I don’t “own” The Standard

Written By: - Date published: 5:20 pm, May 10th, 2016 - 44 comments
Categories: admin, The Standard - Tags:

Can I point out to the media, Cameron Slater, and for that matter the legal dimwits at the West Auckland site Lauda Finem.

I don’t own The Standard. I haven’t even owned the domain name for more than 6 years. I used to own the domain up until 2010. But that was signed over in that year to be the property of The Standard Trust.

Statements from Cameron Slater and repeated in the media like this are quite inaccurate

Slater sought a court order to keep his name and the details of this case secret forever. However Newshub and others, including the owner of The Standard, fought him in court and won.

Read the about.

Who are you?

We’re a cooperative who saw a gap in the New Zealand political blogosphere and decided that we should have a go at filling it here at The Standard blog site. We write here in our personal capacities and the opinions that are expressed on the blog are individual unless expressly stated otherwise (see the policy). We do not write on behalf of any organization. Legally this website is owned by The Standard Trust, an entity set up by the authors to own The Standard’s url and handle any advertising revenue.

This has essentially been the statement on the site since 2010 – read the Wayback Engine. The Standard Trust has Mike Smith and myself as trustees and was formed to take control of any revenue and donations on behalf of the site and for the authors and commenters who make up its community.

I am neither the publisher (except for my own posts and occasional comments) or even the editor of the site. We have a pile of ‘editors’. I am one of its two administrators with complete rights over the site itself. Since I run the hardware and software for the site, I am also its sysop or system operator or its ISP.

Now I know that Cameron Slater likes to present himself as some kind of an expert on The Standard. But to put it frankly, he has no idea about the site and appears to be guided more by paranoia and the morally repugnant way that he himself operates. He appears to have never even read the about.

After all he seems to think that there are secrets on my home server and in The Standard’s files that we keep concealed.

Sure we do. But we also say exactly what is concealed and why. The secrets and the reasons for them are described in our about and in our privacy policy which extends the same protection to the people who comment.

Why don’t you say who you are?

Some of the authors here use their real names, but others choose to blog under a pseudonym for a variety of reasons. Some of us have professional reasons for doing so, others of us are reluctant to expose ourselves to the kind of personal threats sometimes made online. Those of us using pseudonyms discussed this issue long and hard before we began and came down on the side of anonymity. We hope you can see why. You might also want to contemplate the implications of this link.

The link is to a post from back in 2008 describing Cameron Slater acting like a stupid anti-social arsehole disclosing peoples addresses. It followed a number of previous incidents and shows his path to subsequent incidents.

His repeated idiotic anti-social and often unlawful behaviours ultimately lead to 9 convictions for breaching name suppression. It also led directly to the book “Dirty Politics” after someone got pissed off enough at him to hack his computers after he gloated about the tragic death of a west coaster..

Of course this career criminal still hasn’t learnt. This morning, he breached name suppression again by issuing a statement early via the West Auckland website Lauda Finem.

In eight and half years neither The Standard Trust nor I have been convicted or taken diversion for anything in criminal or civil court. Unlike Cameron Slater and some other bloggers, we don’t deliberately or even by accident break any laws.

Sure I am for the first time having to deal with a legal fool in court who seems to think, like some media, that I am the site. Apparently this close mate of Cameron Slater’s also hasn’t read our about. Probably he was the one on Lauda Finem who was stupid enough to put up the name suppression violating notice from Cameron Slater this morning.

 

44 comments on “I don’t “own” The Standard ”

  • Comments are now closed

  1. Ad 1
    10 May 2016 at 6:04 pm

    Will you hold a specific fundraising event for the legal costs?

  2. lprent 2
    10 May 2016 at 6:28 pm

    Probably at some point if I and the lawyers wind up short after collecting court costs.

    But since the fool decided to make the allegations against me personally, I’ve been paying for it personally rather than running it through the site.

    The real costly part of it has been taking time off work to go to court to watch a legal fool trying to reach the legal intelligence of a chimpanzee. It has been rather funny.

    The last time I saw something quite this stupid was when I read the appeal court performance of Cameron Slater. It inspired me to write “Cameron Slater has a idiot for a lawyer” and its sequel “The comical farce of Cameron Slater et al”

    But I think that The Standard Trust probably needs to accumulate some funds. As well as the illegal attacks on the site, we seem to be having more legal exposure from the monkeys of the right.

    • Ad 2.1
      10 May 2016 at 6:30 pm

      Would be good to organise an event.
      Mickey would set one up in Auckland I’m sure. 😊

    • Visubversa 2.2
      10 May 2016 at 7:57 pm

      You could have sold tickets to the Court hearings!

    • greywarshark 2.3
      11 May 2016 at 1:23 pm

      lprent
      I take it that the Standard Trust would be pleased to receive some donations through the usual donation button? So as to build a useful amount for future need.

      • r0b 2.3.1
        11 May 2016 at 1:30 pm

        Just in case lprent doesn’t catch this comment, I will reply that I’m sure the Trust greatly appreciates any and all donations.

  3. Richardrawshark 3
    10 May 2016 at 6:31 pm

    You may not own it lprent but your kind of chief whip cracker here and possession is 9/10th law or something.

    I see your statement is to stop this sort of assumption. I hope it works for you, I feel however a severe thrashing with a rather heavy piece of wood wouldn’t drum anything into the mixed up fools head. he’s got mental health issues, the sad thing is he actually has an audience for his warped opinions, it’s all sad.

    If someone kept doing that I suppose i’d end up taking a restraining order if possible, or talking to the police and see if they can if he continues place up in front of the judge for contempt judges tend to not like being ignored or disobeyed.

    He’ll learn, eventually. Till then, smile at the world of pain he keeps digging himself into there is only him to blame.

    • lprent 3.1
      10 May 2016 at 6:38 pm

      You may not own it lprent but your kind of chief whip cracker here and possession is 9/10th law or something.

      That may be the case. But most of that gets exerted at the technical side from the server, software and defenses against spambots and hackers.

      I deliberately seldom interfere very often in the operations of the site outside of offering my opinions and moderating out the worst of behaviour. I haven’t done so for 8 and half years. Most of the complaints from authors are that I don’t exert the power that I could do (on their behalf). There are even recent posts the effectively bemoan that, along with aggravated twittering.

      Hopefully my now very occasional posts and comments do have some influence. And I know that my comments sometimes do. I can see the effects over time in the million plus comments.

      Cameron hasn’t learnt in the more than eight years since I became aware of him.

      He is still a stupid idiotic hypocrite who declaims the things that are done to him that he does to others.

  4. NZJester 4
    10 May 2016 at 6:43 pm

    The only time I think Cameron reads things is when he is poring over his site looking to delete old comments that contradict his current assertions about past events .
    Unfortunately for him there are ways to retrieve his old comments that he tries to hide. Well unless he tries to pull off a Cactus Kate and get his old posting removed from public viewing on caches storing copies of old internet websites and documents.

  5. One Anonymous Bloke 5
    10 May 2016 at 6:50 pm

    I’d like to say that I own The Standard, and that everything you’ve ever read here is true. All of it.

    In the meantime here are Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra.

    • joe90 5.1
      10 May 2016 at 8:42 pm

      The melody’s dumb, repeat and repeat
      But if you can swing, it’s got a good beat
      And that’s the main thing, to make it complete
      ‘Cause everyone’s swingin’ today

  6. Richardrawshark 6
    10 May 2016 at 6:57 pm

    Thanks Lprent I realized your sysop status, having been a sysop many times I know how you can get caught up being taken for the site owner and responsible for it’s content. Sysops are but not to the degree some seem to think.

    My opinion of Cameron is that, as he suffers from depression, he’s battling his own depressed beliefs and until he finds the right combination of medication and starts taking them properly he won’t get better.

    I see a little of how I was in him before we finally found a med that hit the right neural receptors and I snapped out of it. Somehow his anger and frustrations even though directed badly it reminds me of how twisted and sick I can get as a manic – depressive.

    god knows why I have sympathy for him. his ramblings are sick. am I ok?

  7. infused 7
    10 May 2016 at 7:20 pm

    From a legal point of view, I’d say you likely own it since it’s hosted at your house, off your own internet connection on a linux box you have root access too, replacing parts of the server that you have bought. Unless all that has changed recently?

    whoa unbanned… sure that won’t last long.

    • Hanswurst 7.1
      10 May 2016 at 7:22 pm

      Is “The Standard” the server hardware, or the content?

      • infused 7.1.1
        10 May 2016 at 7:27 pm

        thats a good point. I see it as the server and whatever is on it. That’s generally how the police see if. For instance, if illegal material was uploaded to thestandard, they’d be hitting lprent up as that’s how the police see it.

        • lprent 7.1.1.1
          10 May 2016 at 9:14 pm

          Hard for them to do so when I made it perfectly clear that the reason I was making a statement and complaining was because it was my PERSONAL server.

      • infused 7.1.2
        10 May 2016 at 7:34 pm

        Also note, lprent posted this on the other thread:

        “I really wasn’t aware that there were any arseholes around willing to pay for trying to hack into my home computer.”

        Hacking TheStandard… think that’s enough there tbh.

        • lprent 7.1.2.1
          10 May 2016 at 7:47 pm

          For Cameron to be sure he’d gotten what he was after, he’d have had to have gone far deeper than the website. For a starter there wasn’t anything there. And Cameron is a paranoid sociopath. He truly believes that everyone else is an arsehole like he is

          He would have kept looking outside of the 120 GB of TS into the 8 terabytes of the rest of that server, and the 4 terabytes of my workstation.

          • infused 7.1.2.1.1
            10 May 2016 at 7:52 pm

            linux isos? 😉

            • lprent 7.1.2.1.1.1
              10 May 2016 at 7:56 pm

              Of course. That is where I usually do most of my work. Windows actually works well in vmware workstation.

          • greywarshark 7.1.2.1.2
            10 May 2016 at 9:06 pm

            About Cameron. I blame the parents. Fancy having National Party officials or mutant followers as parents. CYF should be intervening at an early age to avoid the continuance of this vicious inhuman cycle of poverty of intellect and civility.

      • lprent 7.1.3
        10 May 2016 at 8:48 pm

        Is “The Standard” the server hardware, or the content?

        The content and some software.

        The only hardware that The Standard has ever brought was some offsite backup SSDs. The software is all free open source except for some wordpress plugins.

        The site pays a major contribution to my UFB data. That is because it both uses most of the data and requires the headroom data when the site peaks in periods like election month.

        I had this server and its ancestors for decades before I put The Standard on it (several times).

        The storage on it consists of 8192 GB for me, and 120 GB for The Standard.

        What do you think?

        • Hanswurst 7.1.3.1
          10 May 2016 at 10:41 pm

          I would have assumed that “The Standard” was, as you say, the content (hadn’t occurred to me to include the software, although it’s obvious now that you mention it). That’s why I put it as a rhetorical question to Infused. Insofar as I’m not versed in the legal side of it, it was also an honest question, to which you revised a very clear answer, thank you.

    • millsy 7.2
      11 May 2016 at 12:14 am

      Who’s to say that LP doesnt lease his server space/equipment to the Standard Trust for a pepper corn rate?

      The same as people leasing server space?

  8. alwyn 8
    10 May 2016 at 7:23 pm

    There has been so much posted here about trusts I may have got completely confused. On the other hand someone who doesn’t actually know the law may have posted something that has stuck hardest in my memory. I am certainly not a lawyer.

    If Mike Smith and yourself are the trustees of The Standard Trust doesn’t that make you both, in law, the owners of whatever is in the trust?
    If so, are you both not, in law, the owners of the website “The Standard”?

    [lprent: No and No. The ‘owners’ of any trust are the beneficiaries. In this case some software, content and the people who contribute to it as authors. ]

    • infused 8.1
      10 May 2016 at 7:29 pm

      That’s why trusts can be good protection.

    • One Anonymous Bloke 8.2
      10 May 2016 at 7:40 pm

      Don’t worry: help is at hand. Say goodbye to your ignorance (if not your confusion) with all new* Google Search.

      *terms and conditions apply

      • alwyn 8.2.1
        10 May 2016 at 7:46 pm

        I am neither more knowledgeable nor less ignorant from that link.
        Thanks, but no thanks. I see why Geoff Palmer liked being on the Law Commission so much. You could talk and talk and talk and talk ……

    • lprent 8.3
      10 May 2016 at 7:59 pm

      The Trust itself is a legal entity in its own right. We don’t have a publisher or prime editor role except for what people post themselves.

      One of the crucial things to do with legal entities to to actually take actions against the right one.

      The Standard Trust wasn’t set up to fight off legal challenges. But it appears that when dealing with a fool who doesn’t read, it does a pretty good job.

    • alwyn 8.4
      10 May 2016 at 11:42 pm

      Thank you for the response.
      I’ll accept your word for it. I simply get confused when I read things like the second sentence in this comment
      “A trust is a legal structure where the person setting it up (settlor) settles assets or property, which are to be applied for the benefit of beneficiaries. Trust assets are owned and managed by trustees on behalf of the beneficiaries”
      This is from http://www.streetsmartgroup.co.nz/smart_services/business/smart_questions/decide_if_i_need_a_family_trust_
      and seemed to be saying the trustees “Owned” the assets, not the beneficiaries.

      I really don’t understand how someone who didn’t provide them or benefit from them can “own” them.
      I can’t really say I am that interested in the subject. I have no interest in setting up a trust for anything so I haven’t really wasted any time on the topic.

      • lprent 8.4.1
        11 May 2016 at 7:24 pm

        The ownership of the assets of the trust resides in the beneficiaries. The trust exercises the ownership rights and management of them on their behalf. The trustees must operate according to the trust rules laid down when it was set up or amended in accordance to those rules.

        The classic instance is with under age children. You really don’t want to give them ownership of a million dollars unless you really want to see some interesting spending.

        What is hard to understand about that?

        In our case it was recognized that the domain name and the site were of value both as an asset and as a source of potential revenue to run an increasingly expensive site. Rather than leaving the ownership residing solely in my hands, I donated them to the authors of The Standard and we set up a trust to hold and manage those assets.

        The authors of the time (some are still active) grabbed Mike Smith as a trustee as he had retired as the long serving General Secretary or the Labour Party. I gather that the general feeling at the time was that anyone who had done that was capable of corralling cats (and me). Plus we were mature enough to hang around for a while.

        😈 The authors in the early years were pretty young by my standards 7 years ago.

  9. adam 9
    10 May 2016 at 9:01 pm

    All this is proving to me is that the establishment is more interested in punishing whistle-blowers rather than criminals.

    I thought paying to have someone preform crime was a serious offence, did not know you could get diversion for it, actually hard pressed to remember anyone getting diversion with a crime that has a minimum sentence of 7 years. Hard pressed. If anyone can tell me of another case I would be interested.

    On the plus side, we did learn today that nepotism is alive and well in New Zealand. That if Daddy is connected, you can be the criminal you always wanted to be.

    Remember this is the only person our PM has apologised too. This is the guy who joked about having a journalist killed, and the guy who just walked free from a minimum of 7 years in prison – because police management felt if he apologised for paying for a crime to hack the standard, then that was OK.

    The irony is slug boy brought this upon himself with the ugly comment about the pike river family members son who died tragically in an accident. Has anyone thought about that, thought about all the families this guy has hurt? What about the police?

    Were is the police union in all this? Are they not worried that once again, when things like this go down, it just makes them look like a joke? How can the police do their job when there is obviously two laws – one law for the majority, and the other were certain cops (management), are they to intercede – handing out free passes to rich daddies boys? And how are the police doing with their pathetic, and criminally low pay rise over the last two years? Oh and your bosses let a criminal walk, how does that make you feel?

    • DoublePlusGood 9.1
      10 May 2016 at 10:16 pm

      Someone at my school some time ago was making fake IDs for cash, was busted and could have done up to seven years, but got diversion for it.

      • adam 9.1.1
        11 May 2016 at 8:52 pm

        Thanks for that DoublePlusGood.

        If your young and it’s your first offence, then I’m more than happy to see diversion used.

        But, I’m at a loss to anyone with a criminal record as long as Slaters – getting diversion on such a serious charge – still open to hearing more people offering cases.

    • greywarshark 9.2
      11 May 2016 at 10:50 am

      “Were is the police union in all this? Are they not worried that once again, when things like this go down, it just makes them look like a joke?

      Wrong word adam. This is far more serious than that phrase ‘look like a joke”. Being laughed at or scorned is for slipping on a banana skin when in uniform. This is a flagrant and serious screwing of our justice system with police misusing their discretion.

      • adam 9.2.1
        11 May 2016 at 8:49 pm

        At that point I tried to tone it down a bit. But I agree greywarshark, this undermines trust in the system – which is brittle at best.

        I do wonder at the factions inside the police though – some are peeved at this, others are elated, and more still just want to do their job and go home for the night.

  10. Too funny 10
    10 May 2016 at 9:30 pm

    You have such an over inflated opinion of yourself it’s not even funny.

  11. Philj 11
    11 May 2016 at 8:24 am

    Thank you Iprent for all your work. Peace, truth and justice for all.

  12. Rich 12
    11 May 2016 at 10:02 am

    Who is the beneficiary of this trust and who is the executor/so?

Recent Comments

Recent Posts

  • PM announces changes to portfolios
    Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. “Our Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    11 hours ago

  • New catch limits for unique fishery areas
    Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    15 hours ago

  • Minister welcomes hydrogen milestone
    Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. “I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Urgent changes to system through first RMA Amendment Bill
    The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has today outlined the first RMA Amendment ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Overseas decommissioning models considered
    Overseas models for regulating the oil and gas sector, including their decommissioning regimes, are being carefully scrutinised as a potential template for New Zealand’s own sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Coalition Government is focused on rebuilding investor confidence in New Zealand’s energy sector as it looks to strengthen ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Release of North Island Severe Weather Event Inquiry
    Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has today released the Report of the Government Inquiry into the response to the North Island Severe Weather Events. “The report shows that New Zealand’s emergency management system is not fit-for-purpose and there are some significant gaps we need to address,” Mr Mitchell ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Justice Minister to attend Human Rights Council
    Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is today travelling to Europe where he’ll update the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Government’s work to restore law and order.  “Attending the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva provides us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Patterson reopens world’s largest wool scouring facility
    Associate Agriculture Minister, Mark Patterson, formally reopened the world’s largest wool processing facility today in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild and refurbishment project. “The reopening of this facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealand’s wool sector, which already accounts for 20 per cent of ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Speech to the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective Summit, 18 April 2024
    Hon Andrew Bayly, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing  At the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective (SOREC) Summit, 18 April, Dunedin    Ngā mihi nui, Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Ko Whanganui aho    Good Afternoon and thank you for inviting me to open your summit today.    I am delighted ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Government to introduce revised Three Strikes law
    The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced today. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • New diplomatic appointments
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today announced four new diplomatic appointments for New Zealand’s overseas missions.   “Our diplomats have a vital role in maintaining and protecting New Zealand’s interests around the world,” Mr Peters says.    “I am pleased to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Humanitarian support for Ethiopia and Somalia
    New Zealand is contributing NZ$7 million to support communities affected by severe food insecurity and other urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and Somalia, Foreign Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters announced today.   “Over 21 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia, with a further 6.9 million people ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Arts Minister congratulates Mataaho Collective
    Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith is congratulating Mataaho Collective for winning the Golden Lion for best participant in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale. "Congratulations to the Mataaho Collective for winning one of the world's most prestigious art prizes at the Venice Biennale.  “It is good ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • Supporting better financial outcomes for Kiwis
    The Government is reforming financial services to improve access to home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly and Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced today. “Our coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Trade relationship with China remains strong
    “China remains a strong commercial opportunity for Kiwi exporters as Chinese businesses and consumers continue to value our high-quality safe produce,” Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says.   Mr McClay has returned to New Zealand following visits to Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai where he met ministers, governors and mayors and engaged in trade and agricultural events with the New ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • PM’s South East Asia mission does the business
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful trip to Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, deepening relationships and capitalising on opportunities. Mr Luxon was accompanied by a business delegation and says the choice of countries represents the priority the New Zealand Government places on South East Asia, and our relationships in ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • $41m to support clean energy in South East Asia
    New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Minister releases Fast-track stakeholder list
    The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. “Recently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Judicial appointments announced
    Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Education Minister heads to major teaching summit in Singapore
    Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa.  The summit is co-hosted ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Value of stopbank project proven during cyclone
    A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Anzac commemorations, Türkiye relationship focus of visit
    Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul.    “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
    Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
    The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Taupō takes pole position
    The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Cost of living support for low-income homeowners
    Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners.  “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Government backing mussel spat project
    The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Government focused on getting people into work
    Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago

  • Clean energy key driver to reducing emissions
    The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago

  • Earthquake-prone buildings review brought forward
    The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Our Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago

  • Thailand and NZ to agree to Strategic Partnership
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. “New Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Government consults on extending coastal permits for ports
    RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Inflation coming down, but more work to do
    Today’s announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • School attendance restored as a priority in health advice
    Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Unnecessary bureaucracy cut in oceans sector
    Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Patterson promoting NZ’s wool sector at International Congress
    Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector.    "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Removing red tape to help early learners thrive
    The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • RMA changes to cut coal mining consent red tape
    Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • McClay reaffirms strong NZ-China trade relationship
    Trade, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has concluded productive discussions with ministerial counterparts in Beijing today, in support of the New Zealand-China trade and economic relationship. “My meeting with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reaffirmed the complementary nature of the bilateral trade relationship, with our Free Trade Agreement at its ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

Page generated in The Standard by Wordpress at 2024-04-24T11:42:11+00:00