“The dip in the dollar has increased the appetite for international buyers. Most recently we have been busy with wealthy Americans who can’t get enough of our perfect country.”
The sell off continues…………………..
Key’s legacy. A sold country.
Did you actually read the story?
You seem to be implying that being in “The Taxmans Club” is in some way desirable.
These are people who’s tax returns are going to be audited and explanations required for everything.
I wouldn’t wish this distinction on my worst enemy.
(Well my second worst enemy. The worst is a real A**H***.)
The fact that Michelle Boag has repulsive and abhorrent views is one thing.
The fact that corporate media provides her with various platforms to spew her vile ideas is one thing.
The fact she got invited on the Panel just after Key’s shameful behaviour in parliament was probably an unfortunate coincidence.
It is another thing totally, though, for our state broadcaster to promote her toxic opinions. That neither Brian Edwards, a token liberal from Herne Bay, nor Jim Mora challenged her degenerate victimisation was ghastly.
Mora was the host of the programme. And he was silent.
Boycott the Panel. Email Mora. Email his boss.
Tell your friends.
Resist.
The liberal class keep the sate in taxes, from that well-paid perch.
According to IRD, there are 212 individuals in NZ who control more than $50m in assets but have a declared income of less than $70,000.
Whereas those liberal salaried suckers …
Dear @ThePanelRNZ, please consider not inviting @michelleboag back on until she has apologised for her comments about “parading victimhood”.
@locked account
Can you people who don’t have locked accounts tell @ThePanelRNZ than having Michelle Boag on is giving platform to #RapeCulture. K, thanks.
She is shaming victims. She wants to silence victims. She wants us to put up with the PM making rape a political joke.
Were Key and Boag to apologise for their harmful comments which I OBJECT to, this is not enough. It shows me just how little they know about the effect/impact of sexual violence.
Why do you bother listening if it is that bad?
Are you tied in a chair with the radio, set at a high volume, out of reach?
Otherwise why not use the on/off switch.
I disagree, its not that Moro stinks its that the smell persists.
Victims of crime are revictimized by courts, by media, by the PM, on the basis that the strong brutal criminals must be punished and give no relief. Sadly I was taught better, that the weak the those that pander to evil, build evil up, evil for want of a better term. You see the PM is weak because he abused, Moro is weak because he isn’t raving on Boag, Boag is weak for her latest self victimizations, and criminals are the most weak and pathetic of all. Its not nice to want to help such pathetic individuals with our own liberal agendas its a form, far more potent, of punishments. The far right are just stupid children who just won’t be made to grow up.
And the media peddles their shit all the time, take our current farce, how Australia has harmed its economy by saying to every foreigner become one of us or we will expose to heavy risks where even the suspicion of gang membership, potential minor jail time, and unanswered charges of molestation can all add up to the minister arbitrarily keeping you from your kids, from your assests and help your spouse divorce you, etc. That’s the problem the sheer arbitrariness of state power that supposed libertarians like boag hooten farrer Hopkins etc should all be up it arms as it links liberty with economics and nationalism in perverse and unseemly ways thanks to the pm gaff.
Its just sad when the nation panel eg says Key dodged it all again while missing the ramifications not only to trade but to basics like economic competency of the chatter classes.
Everyone is hurt by arbitrary laws. Kiwis demand to know the bright line test that would see them or relatives dumped from Australia. It harms investment with Australia, it means the risks of carrying relatives returning because a spouse has been ejected, it means risks to doing trade less you find suddenly racism and nationalism is raised another level for internel weak minded weak pathetic far right senators and MPs who need yet another distraction from their abusive mentalities.
“Views like that should not be broadcast on public radio”
I sense that you are opposed to Free Speech and wish to censor those who don’t adhere wholeheartedly to your opinions.
End of story.
I don’t have any opinion on Boag’s views on anything.
I have far better things to do in the afternoon than listen to Jim Mora and his guests. I have never heard her talking about anything as far as I can recall.
Who are Cameron Partners – one of the two organisations commissioned to write reports recommending the privatisation of Auckland (Supercity for the 1%) assets?
“Welcome to Cameron Partners
Cameron Partners is a leading New Zealand investment banking firm providing M&A and corporate finance advisory services.
Our clients receive the attention of senior, experienced bankers operating from our Auckland and Wellington offices.
Our clients are in New Zealand and offshore and span listed and unlisted corporates, private equity funds, entrepreneurs and public sector organisations.
The common theme is that our clients seek market leading transaction execution and advisory services in the New Zealand market.
Cameron Partners is the New Zealand global alliance partner of Rothschild, one of the world’s leading investment banking houses with offices in 33 countries.”
I’m off to my fifth international anti-corruption conference tomorrow – where I shall be exposing whose interests have been served by this, in my view, corrupt corporate coup, this forced amalgamation of seven Councils in the Auckland region, and their replacement by seven ‘Council’ (CORPORATE) Controlled Organisations (CCOs).
We the people had NO say in this forced Auckland amalgamation.
We the people of Auckland, have been under direct corporate control for the last five years.
Billion$ of public monies are being transformed into private profit through the contracting out of Council services and regulatory functions to multi layers of private sector consultants, contractors and sub-contractors.
Yet – the ‘books’ are NOT open, and the public are not being given the ‘devilish detail’ explaining where EXACTLY where this public money is being spent, invested or borrowed.
While I’m at this Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference, I’ll be seeking to make contact with independent, professional forensic accountants / auditors.
Because when I’m elected Mayor of Auckland, I won’t have a team of ‘spin doctors’ attached to the Mayoral Office – but a team of independent, professional forensic accountants / auditors – who will go through the books with a fine tooth comb, and find out where every dollar of public money is being spent, borrowed and invested.
The ‘Rule of Law’ regarding the public’s LAWFUL rights to ‘open, transparent and democratically accountable’ local government in Auckland WILL be implemented and enforced – from the Mayoral Office.
For this 2016 Auckland Mayoral campaign – (unlike the 2010 and 2013 campaigns) I WILL have a team ‘on the ground’, and those who genuinely want to take back our Auckland region from what in my opinion, is corrupt corporate control, will be welcome to join.
This will be a full-on campaign against neo-liberal Rogernomics.
It’s time for the public majority to benefit from OUR public monies, and wrest back control of our assets, our resources and our communities from corporate control!
After 30 years of this crap – it’s ABOUT TIME!
Penny Bright
‘Anti- corruption / anti-privatisation Public Watchdog’
‘Cameron Partners is the New Zealand global alliance partner of Rothschild, one of the world’s leading independent investment banks with 45 offices in 33 countries.’
A rhetorical question for Auckland council.
In the past 30 years, have investment banks and financiers put the needs of people first? Or their banks’ bloated profits?
‘”You might think [about] what has happened since and that “just gets you bloody wild,” Smith said.
Bloody wild. Like so many people affected by Pike, ask Smith about what happened before and after the explosion and the temperature in the room rises – a dangerous mine blew up and nobody has been held to account for it.
“Just a waste of lives,” Smith said, “It should never have happened.”
“If you start thinking about it you just get angry. I honestly think the families of everybody should get together and prosecute the Government. It’s them that’s responsible for it.”
No, no. You misunderstand. That Poll was before this weeks Parliament.
John Key deliberately waited until after the poll before he had a go at Davis and his cohorts.
If the poll was to be taken now National would be down to about 15%, Labour would be up to at least 55% and the Green Party into the mid twenties.
Just wait till the next poll and you’ll see.
Or perhaps the one after that.
Or maybe the one after that.
Or the one after that.
Or the one after that.
Keep the faith Comrade! The Little man will prevail.
the only poll that matters is in 2017. And John Key has enough time till then to find a few other groups of people in this country to offend an to insult.
No, I saw a bunch of precious blow hards choose to be offended and over Interpret a put down for thier own political gain I have seen jk be accused of far more by LWNJ with out having a tantrum akin to the left put on last week, which would put a 2 year old to shame
Only problem Draco as what you consider delusions are beliefs of majority, thus reality for all intent and purpose, a problem for the minority that occupy your little space
do you actually have beliefs and principles? all i see is a jumped-up prick blowing his own trumpet and laughing as he sells out NZ to bankster cartels
so if the rest of the country jumped off a cliff, reddelusion would say that anyone who pointed out that it was a bloody stupid idea was the one who was delusional…
“The World Health Organization director-general has criticized the Trans-Pacific Partnership for its impact on drug costs.
“Margaret Chan said she has “some very serious concerns” about the TPP and that, “If these agreements open trade yet close the door to affordable medicines we have to ask the question: is this really progress at all”. She added, “Can you bear the cost of $1,000 for a pill to treat Hepatitis C? Unless we get these prices down many millions of people will be left behind.”
Council of Canadians health care campaigner Michael Butler has noted, “It is estimated that changes to patent protection for pharmaceutical drugs in CETA alone could end up costing our public health care system anywhere between $850 million to $1.65 billion annually. Our costs will increase for biologics under the TPP too. In 2010, biologics comprised over 14 percent of the Canadian pharmaceutical market and cost the Canadian health care system more than $3 billion a year; biologics are expected to grow to approximately 20 percent of the market over the next decade.”
From website “itsourfuture”
“US FTA was costing their (Australian) Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme $200
million more a year for drugs and warned against repeating the mistake in the TPPA.
There are also risks that drug companies would threaten or bring disputes under the TPPA’s investment chapter over decisions about patents by the Patent Office or the courts. US drug company Eli Lilly has just claimed
$500 million in compensation from Canada under the investment chapter in NAFTA, the model for the TPPA. Canada’s Supreme Court refused to grant patents for medicines because Eli Lilly had not shown the drugs would have the benefits that they asserted. Such claims aim to
frighten governments and courts to find in the drug companies’ favour.”
“http://itsourfuture.org.nz/resources/
In Blenheim today a small group is meeting in Seymour Square at midday to discuss the future actions. All welcome
golf courses maybe OK to sell but definitely NOT water, ports, or airport FFS!! capitalism in NZ = stealing public assets
No surprises: consultants who specialise in recommending council asset sales have recommended Ak council sell assets
https://t.co/73KrXMx1Sb— Robin Campbell (@robellcampbin) November 12, 2015
Capitalism has always been about stealing public assets. It is through the control of the publics resources that the capitalists get rich and become rentiers/bludgers.
2 Paris arrondissements under attack. Gunman has shot people in at least one restaurant. 2 explosions at a sports stadium, up to 100 being held hostage in a concert hall. Police saying 26 dead, Story still unfolding on Al Jazeera news, they’re showing footage of police cordons etc.
That’s not a quote btw. The line is actually How good it would be to find we have a Prime Minister who is big enough to acknowledge those who seem genuinely hurt and say simply, “I didn’t mean it, I’m sorry”?
Problem is, Key did mean it, and doesn’t give a shit. He can trot out a PR spun apology now, but I won’t believe him.
Key’s comment is a new low, the PM is the person rape survivors need protecting from. Key’s attitude, just may explain why sexual assault survivors get treated the way the do by ACC.
In Blenheim 29 turned out to a little march through town and we chanted in the approved style regarding TPP. Pretty good for 2 days notice. Great resources on http://itsourfuture.org.nz/
500 + in Hamilton. Long walk along SH1 in the hot sun. Lots of toots from cars driving past on their way to the usual Saturday display of consumerism at the Base.
One of our signs said SAY SORRY KEY
Lots of women pointed at the sign, gave the thumbs up….
Much talk amoungst the politically irrelevant about the Key/Carter shitstorm in the House…and much pride at the women making their stand.
“Having exposed the world yesterday to the 2-mile long line of tankers-full’o’crude heading from Iraq to the US, several weeks after reporting that China has run out of oil storage space we can now confirm that the global crude “in transit” glut is becoming gargantuan and is starting to have adverse consequences on the price of oil.
While the crude oil tanker backlog in Houston reaches an almost unprecedented 39 (with combined capacity of 28.4 million barrels), as The FT reports that from China to the Gulf of Mexico, the growing flotilla of stationary supertankers is evidence that the oil price crash may still have further to run, as more than 100m barrels of crude oil and heavy fuels are being held on ships at sea (as the year-long supply glut fills up available storage on land). The storage problems are so severe in fact, that traders asking ships to go slow, and that is where we see something very strange occurring off the coast near Galveston, TX.”
It means that despite all the frothy optimistic financial engineering going on, the global real economy is failing, driving down fossil fuel consumption (and reducing GHG emissions).
In general the economic and physical structures we have created won’t allow well or rig operations to stop.
For instance, forward supply contracts still need to be fulfilled, and no drilling company is going to have two hundred people on a deep sea rig take a day or two off in the middle of the North Sea.
For many wells, it is technically difficult and time consuming to arbitrarily “turn on” or “turn off” the flow of crude as it is coming out of the ground at very high pressure (example was the Deep Sea Horizon well).
Also, while a drilling operation may be losing a tonne of money at $40 per barrel of oil, they are still getting $40 to offset their costs which is better than getting $0.
TL:DR the economy we have created and entrenched means that it ‘makes sense’ NOT to be responsible with our resources.
I was about to post a reply very like this and after typing a bit you beat me to it.
Yours is much better worded than mine would be so I don’t need to bother.
Because in capitalism a capital asset that’s not in use is losing money and profit. It appears better, financially, to keep pumping and lower the price so that consumption goes up.
People don’t have money, so they don’t drive or consume as much as they used too.
People don’t have jobs, so they don’t drive or consume as much as they used too.
People spend over 50% on rent, so they don’t drive or consume as they used too.
Nah, consumption can’t be the ticket, at least not the consumption of ordinary people as literally they can’t afford it anymore, or don’t need it anymore, or out of choice will not use anymore.
Might the reason for stock piling is that unrest and disruption is anticipated?
Scoop has put up Part 2 of the Hager Files. Found the Hager papers fascinating.
KEB [Key Evidence Bundle] Vol 1 (Applicant’s Affidavits)
The Deputy Commissioner actioned the Hager inquiry promptly. Mmmm
The evidence was locked up yet within days Vodafone 2degrees were being asked for info from the Hager sim card seized.
Masses of stuff far away from Dirty Tricks were seized. One was an enquiry Nicky was pursuing about some practice within the Police. Fascinating.
Thanks Scoop. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1511/S00046/inside-the-hunt-for-rawshark-hager-raid-court-file-part-2.htm
Papantonio: Civil Justice System Taken Over By Corporations
This post originally appeared on RingofFireRadio.com.
Republicans like to tell us that the private sector can always do a better job than the government, and that’s why we should privatize everything. The latest target of privatization is the judicial system, where arbitrators are taking the place of our trial system.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, discusses this with attorney Howard Nations.
This is a funny article that i found re Christmas Island and the response of National to the question from Kelvyn Davis. Now this article is from August 2015, obviously as per the article everyone knew that the deportation would happen, and have happened.
So why the need to now throw people into prisons of shore by the Ozzies, and why the need by the PM to turn into a screeching harpie?
“A report prepared for Justice Minister Amy Adams earlier this year noted there was no reliable system of monitoring deported offenders or obtaining reliable information on their risk before they returned.
If police were informed an offender was being deported they would meet them upon arrival at the airport and request a DNA sample and fingerprints, but that was voluntary.
This week Adams said officials had worked at “some pace” in recent months to get better systems in place to protect the public.
“I recognise [the system] at the moment this is not nearly robust enough for those people deported back to New Zealand and I want to change that.”
Last month, Adams announced the creation of a new register that would list people who had been, or were about to be, sent back to New Zealand after being convicted of a crime.
Before the end of the year, she hopes to have legislation before Parliament that would see monitoring and conditions imposed on criminals returning to New Zealand similar to those that would have applied had their sentence been served here.
A system for sharing information about offenders with Australia is also being developed.
“In the meantime I’m comfortable police have adequate processes to deal with those that are arriving now and over the next few months,” Adams said.”
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Today’s newsletter comes with a mini-podcast conversation between me and my buddy Liv Tennet, talking about her time as a child actor in Lord of the Rings. It’s a conversation with a lot of giggles as she talks about falling off a horse, and becoming a meme. Read ...
The Desmog Climate Disinformation Database documents, "individuals and organisations that have helped to delay and distract the public and our elected leaders from taking needed action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and fight global warming." It's a who's who of the organised climate change denial movement, in other words. In ...
Bob Edlin writes – A High Court judge has decided miscreants who have mana – or who claim to have mana – should be treated differently from miscreants who have none. It’s a ruling that suggests indigenous law-breakers have a better chance of securing a discharge without conviction ...
Welcome to the first, and possibly last, edition of Brickbats, Bouquets and Bull’s Wool. In which I’ll take a look at the events of the last week or so, and rate them.In such ratings the numbers usually have more to do with the opinions of the reviewer, than the actual ...
Roger Partridge writes – My earlier column this month, New Zealand’s highest court could be facing a turning point, prompted a flood of feedback from business readers and lawyers alike. A common query was what Parliament can do to restrain an overreaching judiciary. This week I discuss two steps Parliament ...
TL;DR: In today’s ‘six-stack’ of substacks at 6.16pm on Friday, March 22: writes about New Zealand's Building Boom—And What the World Must Learn From It over at his substack. challenges the Auckland Council’s use of a 3.8 degrees of warming forecast to oppose a wave-park and data centre project ...
Is she hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition?The Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, is telling an evolving story about her fiscal challenges. In Opposition she was confident that she could deliver her promised income tax cuts. Appointed minister, she ...
Buzz from the Beehive Ministers of the Crown have drawn attention to one sector of the science sector which is unlikely to be subjected to heavy spending cuts, a state-funded broadcaster which is doing nicely, thank you, and a sporting event that had $5.4 million from the public purse puffed ...
Abbott’s Freestyle Libre sensors allow continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The sensor is applied to the back of the patient’s arm, with a thin filament under the skin measuring glucose levels constantly. But it costs around $100 per sensor and must be replaced once every 14 days. Photo by BSIP/Universal Images ...
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) recently released a report in which he exposes the existence of a foreign intelligence partner-controlled technological “capability” inside the headquarters of the GCSB, NZ’s 5 Eyes-affiliated signals intelligence collection and analysis agency. … Continue reading → ...
Peter Dunne writes – Nearly three decades after the introduction of MMP and multiparty governments there should be a greater level of understanding about their finer points than often appears to be the case. The reaction to the despicable outburst from the Deputy Prime Minister at the weekend highlights ...
The sweet kisses from fruit of summerHave slowly been turning dullerYou say, "those times"And "remember the daysWhen we went outside and there still was the shade?"Taking no reason into play…Autumn. Clear, blue days shortening to longer nights, growing colder. Aotearoa.That’s us. The temperature dropping, the looming car crash - so ...
Bryce Edwards writes – “It is often said that behind every great man is a great woman”. This is the pitch by the National Party Botany electorate branch to attend their “Ladies Afternoon Tea with Amanda Luxon”. For $110 including GST, you can turn up on Saturday 20 April ...
David Farrar writes – The Electoral Commission has published the expense returns for political parties for the 2023 election. I’ve put them in a table with how many votes a party got so we can see the spend per vote. National only spent $3.34 for every vote they got, almost ...
Winston Peters’ headline-making actions over the past week may have been a show of political power intended to strengthen his hand in Budget negotiations. It was no accident that his State of the Nation speech was as it was. He made it as New Zealand First Leader, not as Deputy ...
Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribers in the last week included:Former Labour Finance Minister Grant Robertson bowed out of politics this week, giving a series of exit ...
Graham Adams writes — If you love the law or sausages, as the saying goes, best not to look too closely at how they are made. And after watching the orgy of self-pity when Newshub’s closure was announced on February 28, television journalism should definitely be added to the list of those ...
Venerable New Zealand political commentator, Chris Trotter (https://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/), is a sad creature these days. Once one of the most reliable Leftist writers out there – Economic Left at that – Trotter seems to have absorbed the worldview of Auckland culture-war obsessives. It is not for me to categorise what he ...
The Coalition Government’s plan to ‘get Auckland moving’ is a cuts cover-up that will ultimately cost Aucklanders more to move around the city, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
Slashing the Ministry of Pacific Peoples by 40% will have a devastating impact on pacific communities and further highlights how little this government cares about anything other than cutting taxes for the wealthiest few. ...
Labour has proposed an urgent inquiry to investigate the ever-increasing profits of supermarkets, aiming to lower costs for shoppers and food producers alike, says Labour Spokesperson for Commerce and Consumer Affairs Arena Williams and Primary Production Spokesperson Cushla Tangaere-Manuel. ...
With 14% of jobs on the line at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, the responsible Minister Melissa Lee is failing to stand up for the very communities she’s meant to be representing. ...
COURT OF APPEAL: TRIFECTA OF VICTORY FOR NZ FIRST, TRIFECTA OF FAILURE FOR OPPONENTS For the third time since April 2020, New Zealand First has defeated the Serious Fraud Office and all those complicit in a malicious attack against a political party going about its lawful business in a lawful ...
The Green Party stands with people who live in public housing, people in dire housing need, experts and advocates in demanding better than the Government’s archaic approach to housing those who need our support the most. ...
New Zealand has recently lost the hosting rights of some major international sporting events including the America’s Cup, the Rugby Championship, Netball World Cup, and the Wellington Sevens. We are now at a huge risk of losing SailGP as well. And it won’t stop there. The recent issues with SailGP ...
A Member’s Bill drawn this week would modernise insurance law and make things fairer and more transparent for consumers, Christchurch Central MP Duncan Webb said. ...
The Minister for Disability Issues has confirmed she was aware of funding issues in mid-December and did nothing to stop it. On 14 March, she signed off on changes that were announced and implemented on 18 March without any consultation with disability communities. ...
Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter says her members' bill is an opportunity for the coalition government to plug the gap in electric vehicle incentives. ...
The National Government continues to talk about irresponsible tax cuts that will only drive up inflation, despite the country entering a technical recession. ...
The Minister for Disability Issues must act urgently to reinstate flexibility around the funding for disability support and apologise to disabled carers. ...
This story has been initiated by a leftie shill reporter who proactively sought to call a member of a former band, which disbanded twelve years ago, give their biased appraisal of what was said in my speech, and concocted a ham-fisted attempt at a story that does nothing but show ...
The Government has accepted Labour’s change to the Road User Charge (RUC) discount for hybrid vehicles, meaning there will still be some incentive for people to buy greener vehicles. ...
Many in the mainstream media have taken what was said in New Zealand First’s State of the Nation Speech in Palmerston North on Sunday and deliberately, deceitfully, and ignorantly misrepresented what I said and why I said it. The headlines and commentary on the news stated that I compared ‘co-governance ...
Kicking the most vulnerable people out of state housing and pushing them towards homelessness will result in a proliferation of poverty and trauma across our most vulnerable communities. ...
Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi has penned a letter asking MPs to support his members bill to remove GST from all food. The bill is expected to go through its first reading in parliament this Wednesday. “I’m calling on all political parties to support my ...
Good afternoon. Thank you for, in your very busy lives, turning up to this meeting today. On October 14th last year New Zealanders overwhelmingly voted for change. That is exactly what this new government is bringing. New Zealand First campaigned to ‘take back our country’ and stop the disastrous economic ...
This year is about getting real with Kiwis and discussing the tough issues, as the National Government exacerbates inequality and divides New Zealand, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said ...
The Government adding Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) to its already roaring environmental policy bonfire is an assault on the future of wildlife that makes Aotearoa unique. ...
After 12 years of fighting to protect our moana we are finding ourselves back at square one and back at court. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is sitting in Hawera to reconsider an application from Trans-Tasman Resources to dig up 50 million tonnes of the seabed in South Taranaki. This ...
Minister Shane Jones’ decision to step away from a seabed mining project is evidence of the murky waters surrounding the Government’s fast-track legislation. ...
The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last government in a bid to get greater coherence in the publicservice on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there ...
The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last government in a bid to get greater coherence in the publicservice on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there ...
The Coalition Government’s miscalculation saga continues as it has forgotten an eyewatering $90 million gap in its interest deductibility cost figures, say Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds and Revenue Spokesperson Deborah Russell. ...
He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission has today released advice that says if the Government doesn’t act now New Zealand is at risk of not meeting its climate goals. ...
The Coalition Government has today confirmed it is abandoning first home buyers who are struggling to get ahead, says Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds. ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed the passing of legislation to move light electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) into the road user charges system from 1 April. “It was always intended that EVs and PHEVs would be exempt from road user charges until they reached two ...
New Zealand is strengthening its ability to combat illegal fishing outside its domestic waters and beef up regulation for its own commercial fishers in international waters through a Bill which had its first reading in Parliament today. The Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2023 sets out stronger ...
Economists Carl Hansen and Professor Prasanna Gai have been appointed to the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is the independent decision-making body that sets the Official Cash Rate which determines interest rates. Carl Hansen, the executive director of Capital ...
Apartment owners and buyers will soon have greater protections as further changes to the law on unit titles come into effect, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “The Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Act had already introduced some changes in December 2022 and May 2023, and ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Egypt and Europe from this weekend. “This travel will focus on a range of New Zealand’s traditional diplomatic and security partnerships while enabling broad engagement on the urgent situation in Gaza,” Mr Peters says. Mr Peters will attend the NATO Foreign ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown is encouraging all road users to stay safe, plan their journeys ahead of time, and be patient with other drivers while travelling around this Easter long weekend. “Road safety is a responsibility we all share, and with increased traffic on our roads expected this Easter we ...
About 1.4 million New Zealanders will receive cost of living relief through increased government assistance from April 1 909,000 pensioners get a boost to Superannuation, including 5000 veterans 371,000 working-age beneficiaries will get higher payments 45,000 students will see an increase in their allowance Over a quarter of New Zealanders ...
Ensuring social housing is being provided to those with the greatest needs is front of mind as the Government restarts social housing tenancy reviews, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. “Our relentless focus on building a strong economy is to ensure we can deliver better public services such as social ...
The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary will not go ahead, with Cabinet deciding to stop work on the proposed reserve and remove the Bill that would have established it from Parliament’s order paper. “The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill would have created a 620,000 sq km economic no-go zone,” Oceans and Fisheries Minister ...
Dam safety regulations are being amended so that smaller dams won’t be subject to excessive compliance costs, Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk says. “The coalition Government is focused on reducing costs and removing unnecessary red tape so we can get the economy back on track. “Dam safety regulations ...
The coalition Government is expanding the medium-scale adverse event classification to parts of the North Island as dry weather conditions persist, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced today. “I have made the decision to expand the medium-scale adverse event classification already in place for parts of the South Island to also cover the ...
The passing of legislation giving effect to coalition Government tax commitments has been welcomed by Finance Minister Nicola Willis. “The Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill will help place New Zealand on a more secure economic footing, improve outcomes for New Zealanders, and make our tax system ...
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins and Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds today announced plans to transform our science and university sectors to boost the economy. Two advisory groups, chaired by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, will advise the Government on how these sectors can play a greater ...
The Budget will deliver urgently-needed tax relief to hard-working New Zealanders while putting the government’s finances back on a sustainable track, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The Finance Minister made the comments at the release of the Budget Policy Statement setting out the Government’s Budget objectives. “The coalition Government intends ...
The coalition Government will look at options to address a zoning issue that limits how much financial support Queenstown residents can get for accommodation. Cabinet has agreed on a response to the Petitions Committee, which had recommended the geographic information MSD uses to determine how much accommodation supplement can be ...
Cabinet has agreed to a short extension to the final reporting timeframe for the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care from 28 March 2024 to 26 June 2024, Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says. “The Royal Commission wrote to me on 16 February 2024, requesting that I consider an ...
The coalition Government is delivering an $18 million boost to New Zealanders needing to travel for specialist health treatment, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says. “These changes are long overdue – the National Travel Assistance (NTA) scheme saw its last increase to mileage and accommodation rates way back in 2009. ...
The Government is recognising the innovative and rising talent in New Zealand’s growing space sector, with the Prime Minister and Space Minister Judith Collins announcing the new Prime Minister’s Prizes for Space today. “New Zealand has a growing reputation as a high-value partner for space missions and research. I am ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand’s concerns about cyber activity have been conveyed directly to the Chinese Government. “The Prime Minister and Minister Collins have expressed concerns today about malicious cyber activity, attributed to groups sponsored by the Chinese Government, targeting democratic institutions in both New ...
Independent Reviewers appointed for School Property Inquiry Education Minister Erica Stanford today announced the appointment of three independent reviewers to lead the Ministerial Inquiry into the Ministry of Education’s School Property Function. The Inquiry will be led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully. “There is a clear need ...
State Highway 1 across the Brynderwyns will be open for Easter weekend, with work currently underway to ensure the resilience of this critical route being paused for Easter Weekend to allow holiday makers to travel north, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Today I visited the Brynderwyn Hills construction site, where ...
Introduction Good morning to you all, and thanks for having me bright and early today. I am absolutely delighted to be the Minister for Infrastructure alongside the Minister of Housing and Resource Management Reform. I know the Prime Minister sees the three roles as closely connected and he wants me ...
New Zealand stands with the United Kingdom in its condemnation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-backed malicious cyber activity impacting its Electoral Commission and targeting Members of the UK Parliament. “The use of cyber-enabled espionage operations to interfere with democratic institutions and processes anywhere is unacceptable,” Minister Responsible for ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins today announced New Zealand will provide logistics support for the upcoming Solomon Islands election. “We’re sending a team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel and two NH90 helicopters to provide logistics support for the election on 17 April, at the request ...
The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill received Royal Assent today, completing the process for New Zealand’s ratification of its free trade agreement with the European Union. “I am pleased to announce that today, in a small ceremony at the Beehive, New Zealand notified the European Union ...
Public consultation on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into COVID-19 Lessons has concluded, Internal Affairs Minister Hon Brooke van Velden says. “I have been advised that there were over 11,000 submissions made through the Royal Commission’s online consultation portal.” Expanding the scope of the Royal Commission of ...
Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education (ECE) costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From 1 July, parents and caregivers of young children will be supported to manage the rising cost of living with a partial reimbursement of their ...
A specialised Independent Technical Advisory Group (ITAG) tasked with preparing and publishing independent non-binding advice on the design of a "green" (sustainable finance) taxonomy rulebook is being established, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “Comprising experts and market participants, the ITAG's primary goal is to deliver comprehensive recommendations to the ...
Defence Minister Judith Collins has thanked the Chief of Army, Major General John Boswell, DSD, for his service as he leaves the Army after 40 years. “I would like to thank Major General Boswell for his contribution to the Army and the wider New Zealand Defence Force, undertaking many different ...
25 March 2024 Minister to meet Australian counterparts and Manufacturing Industry Leaders Small Business, Manufacturing, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly will travel to Australia for a series of bi-lateral meetings and manufacturing visits. During the visit, Minister Bayly will meet with his Australian counterparts, Senator Tim Ayres, Ed ...
Government commits almost $3 million for period products in schools The Coalition Government has committed $2.9 million to ensure intermediate and secondary schools continue providing period products to those who need them, Minister of Education Erica Stanford announced today. “This is an issue of dignity and ensuring young women don’t ...
Good morning, it’s great to be here. First, I would like to acknowledge the New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors and thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning. I would like to use this opportunity to outline the Government’s ambitious plan and what we hope to ...
Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti has announced the Government’s commitment to the Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, more commonly known as Polyfest. “The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is a longtime supporter of Polyfest and, as it celebrates 49 years in 2024, I’m proud to ...
Before moving onto the substance of today’s address, I want to recognise the very significant and ongoing contribution the Breast Cancer Foundation makes to support the lives of New Zealand women and their families living with breast cancer. I very much enjoy working with you. I also want to recognise ...
New Zealand has notched up a first with the launch of University of Canterbury research to the International Space Station, Science, Innovation and Technology and Space Minister Judith Collins says. The hardware, developed by Dr Sarah Kessans, is designed to operate autonomously in orbit, allowing scientists on Earth to study ...
Introduction Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today and I’m sorry I can’t be there in person. Yesterday I started in Wellington for Breakfast TV, spoke to a property conference in Auckland, and finished the day speaking to local government in Christchurch, so it would have been ...
The Coalition Government is contributing more than $1 million to support the establishment of an emergency multi-agency coordination centre in Northland. Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell announced the contribution today during a visit of the Whangārei site where the facility will be constructed. “Northland has faced a number ...
New Zealanders have enjoyed a broader range of voices telling the story of Aotearoa thanks to the creation of Whakaata Māori 20 years ago, says Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka. The minister spoke at a celebration marking the national indigenous media organisation’s 20th anniversary at their studio in Auckland on ...
Commercial catch limits for some fisheries have been increased following a review showing stocks are healthy and abundant, Ocean and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The changes, along with some other catch limit changes and management settings, begin coming into effect from 1 April 2024. "Regular biannual reviews of fish ...
COMMENTARY:By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute force of Indonesia’s army in early February, shocking tactics deployed by those in power to silence critics has been unfolding. Nowhere is this more evident ...
Analysis - Nicola Willis is holding firm on tax cuts despite the economic outlook being worse than forecast and critics urging her to wait, writes Peter Wilson for The Week In Politics. ...
Opposition MPs and unions are criticising a proposal by New Zealand’s Ministry of Pacific Peoples to cut staff by 40 percent. The country’s largest trade union — The Public Service Association — says the ministry has informed staff that it is looking to shed 63 of 156 positions. Opposition MPs ...
A poem by Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2024 featured poet Carin Smeaton. Daughtr of the 90s when she gets promoted to usherette a baby blu eel carries her all the way up to mothership she’s hovering high she lets the underaged in to see keanu reeves she lets the only lonely ...
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. My earlier article – Can ‘Good’ be the Greater Evil? – looked at the issue of how wars should end, and how Good versus Evil ...
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1 AMMA by Saraid de Silva (Moa Press, $38)A stunning debut novel reviewed by Brannavan ...
From Steve Martin to Ricky Stanicky, a pick’n’mix of things worth watching and listening to this long weekend. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. If you’re at a loss for something to occupy yourself with this Easter, don’t panic: The Spinoff’s got ...
Jesus had dinner with his 12 disciples right before he died. Noted historian Madeleine Chapman finds out who really deserved to be there.First published in 2018 but let’s be honest, the subject is timeless. As you sit on your couch this Easter Sunday, eating a chocolate egg you know ...
The newly-promoted Northern League club is on a mission to return to the National League for the first time in two decades. Plenty about domestic football in New Zealand has changed in that time – but the sense that this amateur competition is not an entirely level playing field remains. ...
NONFICTION 1 BBQ Economics by Liam Dann (Penguin Random House, $40) “It’s official,” wrote Dann nine days ago in the Herald, where he works as business editor at large, “we’re in recession.” Yeah, great. He delivered the bad stats: “GDP fell 0.1 percent in the December 2023 quarter, compared with ...
Comment: Every year on February 2, a dozen men in tuxedos and top hats approach the burrow of a groundhog in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania and entice the beaver-like rodent to emerge and predict the weather. If the groundhog, named Punxsutawney Phil, sees its own shadow when it is summoned, legend ...
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Auckland Council has put a deadline on new weather-impacted property owners applying for categorisation as government funding looks set to run out. Councillors have voted to support a deadline of September 30 for property owners who haven’t accessed support to come forward and engage with the council’s recovery office. It ...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter A petition urging the New Zealand government to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people has been tabled in the House. More than 200 people gathered on Parliament’s forecourt today and they were met by MPs from Labour, the Greens and Te ...
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog RSF (Reporters Without Borders) has appealed for information about the “disappearance” of Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan. She was reportedly last seen on March 19 among people “sequestered” in this week’s raid and siege of Al Shifa hospital by Israeli troops in ...
EDITORIAL:The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with videos on social media showing a Papuan man being tortured by a group of plainclothes men alleged to be the Indonesian Military (TNI) members. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity A strange and eclectic range of activities takes place across these few weeks of the year. Some ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Panizza Allmark, Professor Visual & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University It’s Easter weekend, which means many of us will be kicking back with the greatest hits on repeat. But whether you’re a boomer, or an ‘80s or ’90s kid, you might be ...
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Acting Public Prosecutor has filed an appeal against the sentences of former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho in their corruption case. Bainimarama was granted an absolute discharge for attempting to pervert the course of justice while Qiliho received a conditional discharge with ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arosha Weerakoon, Senior Lecturer and General Dentist, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland Casezy idea/Shutterstock How does toothpaste work? What did people use before toothpaste was invented? – Amelia, age 7, Meanjin (Brisbane) Thanks for your ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Hallam, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney IM Imagery/Shutterstock Solar SunShot is well named. The Australian government announced today it would plough A$1 billion into bringing back solar manufacturing to Australia, boosting energy security, swapping coal and gas jobs for those ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Dix, Research Fellow in Nutrition & Dietetics, The University of Queensland Easter is the time for chocolate. The shops are full of fantastically packaged and shiny chocolates in all shapes and sizes, making trips to the supermarket with children more challenging ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Felton, Adjunct Senior Researcher, University of South Australia Even in a stubborn cost-of-living crisis, it seems there’s one luxury most Australians won’t sacrifice – their daily cup of coffee. Coffee sales have largely remained stable, even as financial pressures have ...
Mining company Trans-Tasman Resources has unexpectedly withdrawn its application for a consent to suck the valuable metals vanadium and titanium from the Taranaki seafloor, as it apparently wagers on the Government’s new fast-track process. It had spent two-and-a-half days putting its case to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision-making committee, at ...
Contrary to the Associate Minister of Education’s claims, analysis of Healthy School Lunches Programme - Ka Ora, Ka Ako assessments has revealed it provides excellent value for the taxpayer dollar, as a groundswell of public opposition to Government ...
Greenpeace says wannabe Taranaki seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources is likely banking on Christopher Luxon’s fast-track process to side-step proper scrutiny of its Taranaki seabed mining proposal by bailing out of the Environmental Protection Agency hearing ...
Kiwis Against Seabed mining today slammed Australian owned would-be seabed miner Trans Tasman Resources (TTR) for abandoning its application to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to mine the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight. The company ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Ground Picture/Shutterstock Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dzurak, Scientia Professor Andrew Dzurak, CEO and Founder of Diraq, UNSW Sydney Diraq For decades, the pursuit of quantum computing has struggled with the need for extremely low temperatures, mere fractions of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin or ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Essential poll, conducted March 20–24 from a sample of 1,150, gave the Coalition a 50–44 lead including undecided, a reversal ...
The Taxpayers’ Union has today made a formal request under the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Open Government Information () for information held about how New Zealand Members of Parliament are spending taxpayer ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Nelson, Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne A Byzantine depiction of the Eucharist in Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv.Jacek555/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA A nasty quarrel arose in the 11th century over what kind of bread should be used in holy ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Hesp, Professor, Flinders University Patrick Hesp In some parts of Australia, coastal dunes are retreating from the ocean at an alarming rate, as waves carve up the beach and wind blows the sand inland. But coastal communities are largely ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer, Digital, Political, Media, Deakin University With an impressive 60% of the US smartphone market, Apple is undeniably big, but not a clear monopoly. Yet, years of innovation by Apple have effectively given the company its own exclusive ...
Whether you’re facing layoffs or are just an emotional junior staffer, it’s always a good idea to scout out a good crying place before you need it. It’s an incredibly hard time for Wellington. Across the city, thousands of public servants are hearing tough news about redundancies and layoffs. Government ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Miller-Jones, Professor, Curtin University Nuclear explosions on a neutron star feed its jets. Danielle Futselaar and Nathalie Degenaar, Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam, CC BY-SA How fast can a neutron star drive powerful jets into space? The answer, it ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Earlier this week, independent MP Andrew Wilkie accused the AFL of conducting “off the books” illicit drug testing to identify players using substances of abuse, then inappropriately withdrawing them from matches ...
The Government’s announcement that it will scrap plans for a vast marine sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands is ‘shameful’ and will make it impossible for Aotearoa New Zealand to meet its international commitments, says the World Wide Fund for Nature ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The federal government has bowed to pressure from the car industry, announcing it will relax proposed emissions rules for utes and vans and delay enforcement of the new standards ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Rutland, Professor Emerita, University of Sydney In his latest book, Jewish Life in Medieval Spain, Jonathan Ray focuses on the tumult of the 14th century in Spain – a time of the plague, civil strife and war between the two largest ...
While creating a slate of world-class shows, Whakaata Māori also developed a generation of world-class creatives. Television is an odd word. It mixes the Ancient Greek and Latin languages, and its most literal meaning is “far-off sight”. In the contemporary and living language of te reo Māori, “whakaata” as a ...
Yesterday the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. This significant step and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza prompted an urgent debate in the New Zealand Parliament. Leader ...
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The PeeEmms club.
Super-rich welcomed to Taxmans Club
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11545108
“The dip in the dollar has increased the appetite for international buyers. Most recently we have been busy with wealthy Americans who can’t get enough of our perfect country.”
The sell off continues…………………..
Key’s legacy. A sold country.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11545045
Did you actually read the story?
You seem to be implying that being in “The Taxmans Club” is in some way desirable.
These are people who’s tax returns are going to be audited and explanations required for everything.
I wouldn’t wish this distinction on my worst enemy.
(Well my second worst enemy. The worst is a real A**H***.)
The fact that Michelle Boag has repulsive and abhorrent views is one thing.
The fact that corporate media provides her with various platforms to spew her vile ideas is one thing.
The fact she got invited on the Panel just after Key’s shameful behaviour in parliament was probably an unfortunate coincidence.
It is another thing totally, though, for our state broadcaster to promote her toxic opinions. That neither Brian Edwards, a token liberal from Herne Bay, nor Jim Mora challenged her degenerate victimisation was ghastly.
Mora was the host of the programme. And he was silent.
Boycott the Panel. Email Mora. Email his boss.
Tell your friends.
Resist.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thepanel/audio/201778485/the-panel-with-brian-edwards-and-michelle-boag-part-1
Chris Hedges, in his book ‘Death of the Liberal Class’
“The liberal class refuses to recognize the obvious because it does not want to lose its comfortable and often well-paid perch.”
Sums up Mora and his ilk.
The liberal class keep the sate in taxes, from that well-paid perch.
According to IRD, there are 212 individuals in NZ who control more than $50m in assets but have a declared income of less than $70,000.
Whereas those liberal salaried suckers …
The Panel, on Radio NZ may as well be on the shittiest commercial radio station.
I call it the Afternoon Giggle Session with Jim.
Trivial tripe.
Once…they had Dita Di Boni and another woman (sorry, didn’t catch her name) and the two women were brilliant….Jim was way out of his depth.
An hour of wasted air time when so much of real significance could be discussed.
I suppose its how Natrad keeps its funding.
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Were Key and Boag to apologise for their harmful comments which I OBJECT to, this is not enough. It shows me just how little they know about the effect/impact of sexual violence.
I agree. Any apology that comes now is going to look like what it is, PR management. They’re both very arrogant and as you say ignorant.
Why do you bother listening if it is that bad?
Are you tied in a chair with the radio, set at a high volume, out of reach?
Otherwise why not use the on/off switch.
Views like that should not be broadcast on public radio.
End of story.
I sense you rather admire Boag’s extreme views.
I disagree, its not that Moro stinks its that the smell persists.
Victims of crime are revictimized by courts, by media, by the PM, on the basis that the strong brutal criminals must be punished and give no relief. Sadly I was taught better, that the weak the those that pander to evil, build evil up, evil for want of a better term. You see the PM is weak because he abused, Moro is weak because he isn’t raving on Boag, Boag is weak for her latest self victimizations, and criminals are the most weak and pathetic of all. Its not nice to want to help such pathetic individuals with our own liberal agendas its a form, far more potent, of punishments. The far right are just stupid children who just won’t be made to grow up.
And the media peddles their shit all the time, take our current farce, how Australia has harmed its economy by saying to every foreigner become one of us or we will expose to heavy risks where even the suspicion of gang membership, potential minor jail time, and unanswered charges of molestation can all add up to the minister arbitrarily keeping you from your kids, from your assests and help your spouse divorce you, etc. That’s the problem the sheer arbitrariness of state power that supposed libertarians like boag hooten farrer Hopkins etc should all be up it arms as it links liberty with economics and nationalism in perverse and unseemly ways thanks to the pm gaff.
Its just sad when the nation panel eg says Key dodged it all again while missing the ramifications not only to trade but to basics like economic competency of the chatter classes.
Everyone is hurt by arbitrary laws. Kiwis demand to know the bright line test that would see them or relatives dumped from Australia. It harms investment with Australia, it means the risks of carrying relatives returning because a spouse has been ejected, it means risks to doing trade less you find suddenly racism and nationalism is raised another level for internel weak minded weak pathetic far right senators and MPs who need yet another distraction from their abusive mentalities.
“Views like that should not be broadcast on public radio”
I sense that you are opposed to Free Speech and wish to censor those who don’t adhere wholeheartedly to your opinions.
End of story.
I don’t have any opinion on Boag’s views on anything.
I have far better things to do in the afternoon than listen to Jim Mora and his guests. I have never heard her talking about anything as far as I can recall.
Well bully for you then.
Actually, one of us IS in a wheelchair…and often can’t reach the switch.
However…there is still some excellent material broadcast on Natrad, and there is the occasional gem.
Michele Boag must be one of the most pretentious and arrogant individuals in the country. Her ego and sense of entitlement are breathtaking.
She adds nothing to the Panel, other than vitriol and dated prejudices.
A friend needs to whisper in her ear that she is way past her best by date as a commentor on just about everything.
Natrad can surely do better.
Who are Cameron Partners – one of the two organisations commissioned to write reports recommending the privatisation of Auckland (Supercity for the 1%) assets?
“Welcome to Cameron Partners
Cameron Partners is a leading New Zealand investment banking firm providing M&A and corporate finance advisory services.
Our clients receive the attention of senior, experienced bankers operating from our Auckland and Wellington offices.
Our clients are in New Zealand and offshore and span listed and unlisted corporates, private equity funds, entrepreneurs and public sector organisations.
The common theme is that our clients seek market leading transaction execution and advisory services in the New Zealand market.
Cameron Partners is the New Zealand global alliance partner of Rothschild, one of the world’s leading investment banking houses with offices in 33 countries.”
I’m off to my fifth international anti-corruption conference tomorrow – where I shall be exposing whose interests have been served by this, in my view, corrupt corporate coup, this forced amalgamation of seven Councils in the Auckland region, and their replacement by seven ‘Council’ (CORPORATE) Controlled Organisations (CCOs).
We the people had NO say in this forced Auckland amalgamation.
We the people of Auckland, have been under direct corporate control for the last five years.
Billion$ of public monies are being transformed into private profit through the contracting out of Council services and regulatory functions to multi layers of private sector consultants, contractors and sub-contractors.
Yet – the ‘books’ are NOT open, and the public are not being given the ‘devilish detail’ explaining where EXACTLY where this public money is being spent, invested or borrowed.
While I’m at this Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference, I’ll be seeking to make contact with independent, professional forensic accountants / auditors.
Because when I’m elected Mayor of Auckland, I won’t have a team of ‘spin doctors’ attached to the Mayoral Office – but a team of independent, professional forensic accountants / auditors – who will go through the books with a fine tooth comb, and find out where every dollar of public money is being spent, borrowed and invested.
The ‘Rule of Law’ regarding the public’s LAWFUL rights to ‘open, transparent and democratically accountable’ local government in Auckland WILL be implemented and enforced – from the Mayoral Office.
For this 2016 Auckland Mayoral campaign – (unlike the 2010 and 2013 campaigns) I WILL have a team ‘on the ground’, and those who genuinely want to take back our Auckland region from what in my opinion, is corrupt corporate control, will be welcome to join.
This will be a full-on campaign against neo-liberal Rogernomics.
It’s time for the public majority to benefit from OUR public monies, and wrest back control of our assets, our resources and our communities from corporate control!
After 30 years of this crap – it’s ABOUT TIME!
Penny Bright
‘Anti- corruption / anti-privatisation Public Watchdog’
2016 Auckland Mayoral candidate
From Scoop in 2010
‘Cameron Partners is the New Zealand global alliance partner of Rothschild, one of the world’s leading independent investment banks with 45 offices in 33 countries.’
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00500/cameron-partners-announces-four-new-partners.htm
A rhetorical question for Auckland council.
In the past 30 years, have investment banks and financiers put the needs of people first? Or their banks’ bloated profits?
Pike River Survivor….Five Years On
http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73995752/Pike-River-survivor-five-years-on-I-m-alive-Thats-the-way-to-look-at-it
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From the article.
‘”You might think [about] what has happened since and that “just gets you bloody wild,” Smith said.
Bloody wild. Like so many people affected by Pike, ask Smith about what happened before and after the explosion and the temperature in the room rises – a dangerous mine blew up and nobody has been held to account for it.
“Just a waste of lives,” Smith said, “It should never have happened.”
“If you start thinking about it you just get angry. I honestly think the families of everybody should get together and prosecute the Government. It’s them that’s responsible for it.”
Is the Standard planning on marking the anniversary….perhaps a themed post?
Breaking …
The second part of the Inside the Hunt for Rawshark – Hager Raid court files released by the High Court to Scoop Indepenent News is now up on Scoop.
https://t.co/howcqrZhQl
Another poor Roy Morgan poll for labour, suggest 29pc overstated after this weeks silly stunts and throwing toys out of cot in mock outrage
please go to christmas island & see how you like it
do you have any clue about the world around you?
No, no. You misunderstand. That Poll was before this weeks Parliament.
John Key deliberately waited until after the poll before he had a go at Davis and his cohorts.
If the poll was to be taken now National would be down to about 15%, Labour would be up to at least 55% and the Green Party into the mid twenties.
Just wait till the next poll and you’ll see.
Or perhaps the one after that.
Or maybe the one after that.
Or the one after that.
Or the one after that.
Keep the faith Comrade! The Little man will prevail.
If you still support Key after his repulsive antics this week,you have no shame.
the only poll that matters is in 2017. And John Key has enough time till then to find a few other groups of people in this country to offend an to insult.
Drip Drip Drip
🙂
did you see keys unwarranted insults and the nats’ foul behaviour to sex abuse victims?
No, I saw a bunch of precious blow hards choose to be offended and over Interpret a put down for thier own political gain I have seen jk be accused of far more by LWNJ with out having a tantrum akin to the left put on last week, which would put a 2 year old to shame
Man, you RWNJs really do know how to twist things so that they fit your delusions.
Only problem Draco as what you consider delusions are beliefs of majority, thus reality for all intent and purpose, a problem for the minority that occupy your little space
do you actually have beliefs and principles? all i see is a jumped-up prick blowing his own trumpet and laughing as he sells out NZ to bankster cartels
Beliefs != reality.
It is you RWNJs going round treating your beliefs as real that makes you delusional.
so if the rest of the country jumped off a cliff, reddelusion would say that anyone who pointed out that it was a bloody stupid idea was the one who was delusional…
Don’t forget to March for your rights today for TPP. People are against it world wide!
http://canadians.org/blog/who-director-general-criticizes-trans-pacific-partnership
“The World Health Organization director-general has criticized the Trans-Pacific Partnership for its impact on drug costs.
“Margaret Chan said she has “some very serious concerns” about the TPP and that, “If these agreements open trade yet close the door to affordable medicines we have to ask the question: is this really progress at all”. She added, “Can you bear the cost of $1,000 for a pill to treat Hepatitis C? Unless we get these prices down many millions of people will be left behind.”
Council of Canadians health care campaigner Michael Butler has noted, “It is estimated that changes to patent protection for pharmaceutical drugs in CETA alone could end up costing our public health care system anywhere between $850 million to $1.65 billion annually. Our costs will increase for biologics under the TPP too. In 2010, biologics comprised over 14 percent of the Canadian pharmaceutical market and cost the Canadian health care system more than $3 billion a year; biologics are expected to grow to approximately 20 percent of the market over the next decade.”
From website “itsourfuture”
“US FTA was costing their (Australian) Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme $200
million more a year for drugs and warned against repeating the mistake in the TPPA.
There are also risks that drug companies would threaten or bring disputes under the TPPA’s investment chapter over decisions about patents by the Patent Office or the courts. US drug company Eli Lilly has just claimed
$500 million in compensation from Canada under the investment chapter in NAFTA, the model for the TPPA. Canada’s Supreme Court refused to grant patents for medicines because Eli Lilly had not shown the drugs would have the benefits that they asserted. Such claims aim to
frighten governments and courts to find in the drug companies’ favour.”
“http://itsourfuture.org.nz/resources/
In Blenheim today a small group is meeting in Seymour Square at midday to discuss the future actions. All welcome
Farewell to a beautiful native species, allowed to die by useless Govt
Christmas Island cartoon
golf courses maybe OK to sell but definitely NOT water, ports, or airport FFS!! capitalism in NZ = stealing public assets
Capitalism has always been about stealing public assets. It is through the control of the publics resources that the capitalists get rich and become rentiers/bludgers.
2 Paris arrondissements under attack. Gunman has shot people in at least one restaurant. 2 explosions at a sports stadium, up to 100 being held hostage in a concert hall. Police saying 26 dead, Story still unfolding on Al Jazeera news, they’re showing footage of police cordons etc.
Herald is saying the PM should apologise for “hurting MPs’ feelings”.
Editorial: Why John Key should say sorry
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11545022
“hurting MPs’ feelings”
That’s not a quote btw. The line is actually How good it would be to find we have a Prime Minister who is big enough to acknowledge those who seem genuinely hurt and say simply, “I didn’t mean it, I’m sorry”?
Problem is, Key did mean it, and doesn’t give a shit. He can trot out a PR spun apology now, but I won’t believe him.
Key’s comment is a new low, the PM is the person rape survivors need protecting from. Key’s attitude, just may explain why sexual assault survivors get treated the way the do by ACC.
In Blenheim 29 turned out to a little march through town and we chanted in the approved style regarding TPP. Pretty good for 2 days notice. Great resources on
http://itsourfuture.org.nz/
500 + in Hamilton. Long walk along SH1 in the hot sun. Lots of toots from cars driving past on their way to the usual Saturday display of consumerism at the Base.
One of our signs said SAY SORRY KEY
Lots of women pointed at the sign, gave the thumbs up….
Much talk amoungst the politically irrelevant about the Key/Carter shitstorm in the House…and much pride at the women making their stand.
Text of Phil Wallington’s John O’Shea Memorial Address to the 2015 SPADA Conference.
http://www.screenz.co.nz/spada15-the-john-oshea-address/
Well worth reading. The fourth estate is one of the pillars of democracy and it no longer functions as such.
wonder what this is about?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-12/something-very-strange-taking-place-coast-galveston
“Having exposed the world yesterday to the 2-mile long line of tankers-full’o’crude heading from Iraq to the US, several weeks after reporting that China has run out of oil storage space we can now confirm that the global crude “in transit” glut is becoming gargantuan and is starting to have adverse consequences on the price of oil.
While the crude oil tanker backlog in Houston reaches an almost unprecedented 39 (with combined capacity of 28.4 million barrels), as The FT reports that from China to the Gulf of Mexico, the growing flotilla of stationary supertankers is evidence that the oil price crash may still have further to run, as more than 100m barrels of crude oil and heavy fuels are being held on ships at sea (as the year-long supply glut fills up available storage on land). The storage problems are so severe in fact, that traders asking ships to go slow, and that is where we see something very strange occurring off the coast near Galveston, TX.”
It means that despite all the frothy optimistic financial engineering going on, the global real economy is failing, driving down fossil fuel consumption (and reducing GHG emissions).
why continue pumping then? would it not better to make a virtue out of being responsible with our resources?
In general the economic and physical structures we have created won’t allow well or rig operations to stop.
For instance, forward supply contracts still need to be fulfilled, and no drilling company is going to have two hundred people on a deep sea rig take a day or two off in the middle of the North Sea.
For many wells, it is technically difficult and time consuming to arbitrarily “turn on” or “turn off” the flow of crude as it is coming out of the ground at very high pressure (example was the Deep Sea Horizon well).
Also, while a drilling operation may be losing a tonne of money at $40 per barrel of oil, they are still getting $40 to offset their costs which is better than getting $0.
TL:DR the economy we have created and entrenched means that it ‘makes sense’ NOT to be responsible with our resources.
I was about to post a reply very like this and after typing a bit you beat me to it.
Yours is much better worded than mine would be so I don’t need to bother.
we’re pretty much locked on course: even if the activity is harmful the system makes it logical to continue…
It neither makes sense nor is it responsible.
But I guess it allows for certain businesses and people to clip the ticket and make a living.
And I am sure the drill baby drill crowd here in NZ is very keen and intend on clipping the ticket.
Because in capitalism a capital asset that’s not in use is losing money and profit. It appears better, financially, to keep pumping and lower the price so that consumption goes up.
People don’t have money, so they don’t drive or consume as much as they used too.
People don’t have jobs, so they don’t drive or consume as much as they used too.
People spend over 50% on rent, so they don’t drive or consume as they used too.
Nah, consumption can’t be the ticket, at least not the consumption of ordinary people as literally they can’t afford it anymore, or don’t need it anymore, or out of choice will not use anymore.
Might the reason for stock piling is that unrest and disruption is anticipated?
Scoop has put up Part 2 of the Hager Files. Found the Hager papers fascinating.
KEB [Key Evidence Bundle] Vol 1 (Applicant’s Affidavits)
The Deputy Commissioner actioned the Hager inquiry promptly. Mmmm
The evidence was locked up yet within days Vodafone 2degrees were being asked for info from the Hager sim card seized.
Masses of stuff far away from Dirty Tricks were seized. One was an enquiry Nicky was pursuing about some practice within the Police. Fascinating.
Thanks Scoop.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1511/S00046/inside-the-hunt-for-rawshark-hager-raid-court-file-part-2.htm
https://www.freespeech.org/video/papantonio-civil-justice-system-taken-over-corporations
Papantonio: Civil Justice System Taken Over By Corporations
This post originally appeared on RingofFireRadio.com.
Republicans like to tell us that the private sector can always do a better job than the government, and that’s why we should privatize everything. The latest target of privatization is the judicial system, where arbitrators are taking the place of our trial system.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, discusses this with attorney Howard Nations.
A bit of light relief, funny and clever,
http://33.media.tumblr.com/8cc91a262beda2d4f5672f3998a67e1c/tumblr_nxm9h7e9nG1uluepno1_400.gif
This is a funny article that i found re Christmas Island and the response of National to the question from Kelvyn Davis. Now this article is from August 2015, obviously as per the article everyone knew that the deportation would happen, and have happened.
So why the need to now throw people into prisons of shore by the Ozzies, and why the need by the PM to turn into a screeching harpie?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/71091542/Hundreds-of-criminals-face-deportation-to-New-Zealand
“A report prepared for Justice Minister Amy Adams earlier this year noted there was no reliable system of monitoring deported offenders or obtaining reliable information on their risk before they returned.
If police were informed an offender was being deported they would meet them upon arrival at the airport and request a DNA sample and fingerprints, but that was voluntary.
This week Adams said officials had worked at “some pace” in recent months to get better systems in place to protect the public.
“I recognise [the system] at the moment this is not nearly robust enough for those people deported back to New Zealand and I want to change that.”
Last month, Adams announced the creation of a new register that would list people who had been, or were about to be, sent back to New Zealand after being convicted of a crime.
Before the end of the year, she hopes to have legislation before Parliament that would see monitoring and conditions imposed on criminals returning to New Zealand similar to those that would have applied had their sentence been served here.
A system for sharing information about offenders with Australia is also being developed.
“In the meantime I’m comfortable police have adequate processes to deal with those that are arriving now and over the next few months,” Adams said.”
http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2015/11/13/gordon-campbell-on-john-keys-detainee-dos-and-donts-list/#more-4142