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  • Welcome to the current welfare mess
    Michael Bassett writes – I’m not sure that it’s much comfort to anyone to know that the post-Covid surge in violent crimes, gang activity, ram raids, random shootings, thuggery and stabbings is occurring in other countries as well as New Zealand. These days, wagging school, out-of-control welfare and ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    50 mins ago

  • A shovel-ready autopsy
    Oliver Hartwich writes –  Cast your mind back to mid-December. A new Prime Minister had just been sworn in, the new Government started its 100-day programme, and Christmas was only days away.Amid all the haste, a report landed that would have deserved our attention.I am talking about the ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 hour ago

  • Australian Strategic Policy Institute warns AUKUS could 'crush' its defence industry
    An Australian Strategic Policy Institute report says Pillar Two could raise the industry to state of the art capability - or "crush" it "under the weight of the globe's biggest player". ...
    Radio NZ – political
    2 hours ago

  • Indigenous women are most affected by domestic violence but have struggled to be heard. It’s time ...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marlene Longbottom, Associate Professor, Indigenous Education & Research Centre, James Cook University Shutterstock This article contains information on deaths in custody and the violence experienced by First Nations people in encounters with the Australian carceral system. It also contains references to ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    3 hours ago

  • Why we almost blacked out and how to fix it
    TL;DR: An unseasonally early icy blast at the same time as some long-overdue maintenance almost caused Aotearoa-NZ’s electricity system to black out this week. That’s because a quadropoly of gentailers1 have prioritised paying dividends from their rising profits and adding debt over investing in 1.5 GigaWatts of new wind farms ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 hours ago

  • UN vote: NZ supports 'enhancing Palestine's status' – Peters
    New Zealand has voted in favour of a resolution to broaden the Palestinian role at the United Nations General Assembly. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    4 hours ago

  • Cold houses to blame for people needing to 'blast the heater' – Green Building Counc...
    New Zealand's housing building standards are decades behind most other countries in the OECD, green building advocates say. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    6 hours ago

  • Austerity For Everyone Except Weapons Dealers
    “Instead of following along countries that are investing in death and better ways of killing people faster, we need to invest in life and in making Aotearoa a fair, just and equitable place where everyone has what they need for a dignified life.” ...
    Scoop politics
    7 hours ago

  • What Is Instagram Trying To Sell Us?
    Hi,Before we crack into today’s Webworm, I wanted to acknowledge the fact that Israel is pushing into Rafah. Over 100,000 Palestinians are now attempting to flee the one place that was deemed “safe”.Trouble is, the place they’re fleeing to is already destroyed. Total annihilation is the end goal here.“Israel is ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    7 hours ago

  • The Secret Diary of .. Te Pāti Māori
    MARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI, TPM MP FOR TAI TOKERAU This Government will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori. CHRISTOPHER LUXON Oh well look you know I don’t think that hard-working Kiwis want to hear language like that. It’s just really unhelpful rhetoric. My Government is genuinely committed to advancing outcomes ...
    NewsroomBy Steve Braunias
    7 hours ago

  • When body positivity morphs into toxic masculinity
    The body positivity movement started with women confronting the unrealistic expectations and unrepresentative portrayals of them in media and advertising.  Men weren’t part of it … their bodies hadn’t been sexualised to the same extremes and they didn’t really need it.  But now that’s changed.  And in a warped sort ...
    NewsroomBy Davina Zimmer
    7 hours ago

  • New Zealand supports UN Palestine resolution
    New Zealand voted in favour of a resolution broadening Palestine’s participation at the United Nations General Assembly overnight, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.    “The resolution enhances the rights of Palestine to participate in the work of the UN General Assembly while stopping short of admitting Palestine as a full ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 hours ago

  • ‘A curse and a blessing’: Ginette McDonald on how Lyn of Tawa changed her life
    The New Zealand comedy legend takes us through her life in television, including the time she hugged Elton John and the unshakeable legacy of a girl named Lyn.   In 1981, Ginette McDonald stood on the stage of Auckland’s St James Theatre and directly addressed Queen Elizabeth II. It was a ...
    The SpinoffBy My Life in TV
    7 hours ago

  • ‘Mothering looked beautiful but also chaotic and stifling’: On flatting with a newborn
    An essay by Lily Duval from the just-released anthology Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child adjacent. I was 22 when my friend Alice gave birth in the living room of our pokey Addington flat. She laboured in the blow-up pool for hours. Garish fish swam along the inflated ...
    The SpinoffBy Lily Duval
    8 hours ago

  • Motherhood: A reading journey
    Ella Borrie on the best books about motherhood she’s come across so far. Over the past few years I’ve been drawn to books about motherhood. I’m fascinated by the joys and horrors of becoming a parent. The question of children also feels more pressing than it used to. It’s like ...
    The SpinoffBy Ella Borrie
    8 hours ago

  • The Steve Awards 2024: Honouring the year’s worst Mother’s Day marketing
    Out of gift ideas for mum? You can’t go wrong with a bottle of toilet cleaner and a new squeegee. Emily Writes is the writer and editor of Emily Writes Weekly. This week marks five years since I published a post on The Spinoff about Mother’s Day marketing titled ‘A ...
    The SpinoffBy Emily Writes
    8 hours ago

  • The Sunday Essay: A buzzy year
    My husband is posted overseas for 12 months and I’m armed with an expensive, newfangled vibrator. Will I miss him?  The Sunday Essay is made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand. A few days after my husband leaves, a new sex toy arrives at the front door. Nestled ...
    The SpinoffBy Penny Burrows
    8 hours ago

  • Tracing four decades of Wellington street art
    Jaimie Baird’s new book Here Today Gone Tomorrow is a record of four decades of graffiti and street art in Wellington, told through more than 1,200 photographs. He spoke with Joel MacManus about what inspired the book. How did you first get interested in photographing street art? I remember ...
    The SpinoffBy Joel MacManus
    8 hours ago

  • The Weekend: How the woke sausage is made
    Editor Madeleine Chapman looks back at a busy week where food of all political leanings dominated. Sometimes you’re just going about your week thinking you’ve got a good handle on what might be coming as far as news topics and then someone (usually a politician) says something so ridiculous that ...
    The SpinoffBy Madeleine Chapman
    8 hours ago

  • The Boy in the Water: Police caught in ‘zone of uncertainty’  
    In a week of cold rain and frost, the climate in courtroom four upstairs at the Invercargill courthouse was simmering with restrained indignation. At times it felt like the famous Mexican standoff scene from Reservoir Dogs, or, as someone watching the proceedings described it, there was so much throwing of ...
    NewsroomBy Bonnie Sumner
    8 hours ago

  • Short story: Message me, by Lucy O’Connor
    A banner notification alerts me to the fact that I’ve received an Instagram message from @felicity.loves. She always comments on my posts. I shouldn’t have opened the message, but clicked on the notification before rationalising this. OMG! Are you in Wellys? X I debate not replying, but Instagram will inform ...
    NewsroomBy Lucy O’Connor
    8 hours ago

  • Callum Donaldson has his head in the game
    In Melbourne’s hardscrabble western suburbs where AFL – Aussie rules football – is a state religion, Callum Donaldson has been quietly grafting away, four months into an odyssey that he hopes will take him to another promised land: the NRL. It was a solid 2023 for the softly spoken 20-year-old ...
    NewsroomBy Peter Malcouronne
    8 hours ago

  • TVNZ Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver awarded ONZM for investigative journalism
    Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to investigative journalism and Pacific communities in a ceremony at Government House, reports 1News. She has been the Pacific correspondent for 1News since 2002, breaking many ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    11 hours ago

  • Budget to pledge billions more in funds and fresh effort to tackle intractable housing crisis
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tuesday’s budget will respond to the deepening public agitation over Australia’s housing shortages by pouring new money into crisis accommodation for women and children, social housing and infrastructure. A specially-convened national cabinet late Friday ticked ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    12 hours ago

  • Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says EU envoy
    By Kaneta Naimatu in Suva Journalists in the Pacific region play an important role as the “eyes and ears on the ground” when it comes to reporting the climate crisis, says the European Union’s Pacific Ambassador Barbara Plinkert. Speaking at The University of the South Pacific (USP) on World Press ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    14 hours ago

  • Why the Defence Force has been calling for a Budget boost
    Failing accommodation, tarmac problems and a deteriorating naval base were all laid bare before a $571 million spend-up was unveiled today. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    15 hours ago

  • Back in Black: Aldora’s year gets even better
    Aldora Itunu is back in the Black Ferns squad after a three-year absence. The last of her 24 internationals was an underwhelming loss to France (7-29) in Castres to conclude the disastrous 2021 Northern Tour. The powerhouse prop won a Rugby World Cup in 2017 and thought she was done. ...
    NewsroomBy Adam Julian
    15 hours ago

  • ‘Who’s actually governing this city?’
    The fight to control major transport policy and projects in Auckland has burst into the open again, with councillors rejecting Mayor Wayne Brown’s latest attempt to steer things more under his influence. Councillors from the left and right broke ranks on the mayor’s bid to control Auckland Transport more directly ...
    NewsroomBy Tim Murphy
    15 hours ago

  • The return of .. Raw Politics
    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAUKLYxWcaU?feature=oembed&w=1778&h=1000] Exhausted by the general election campaign, horrified by the twilight zone of coalition negotiations, distracted by the silly season and waiting for the honeymoon to begin, Raw Politics has been in hibernation since October. From today, we’re back. Our weekly political video show and podcast returns for ...
    NewsroomBy Tim Murphy
    15 hours ago

  • New Caledonia marks Armistice Day with new NZ war memorial
    By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Authorities in the small town of Boulouparis have commemorated Armistice Day on May 8 with a new memorial honouring New Zealand soldiers who were stationed in New Caledonia during World War II. The ceremony took place in the township on the ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    15 hours ago

  • High Court dismisses key challenge to indefinite immigration detention. What does it mean?
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, international migration and refugee law, University of Technology Sydney The High Court unanimously ruled today that the Australian government can keep asylum seekers in immigration detention indefinitely in cases where they do not “voluntarily” cooperate with their own ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    18 hours ago

  • A brief history of found footage video art – and where Macklemore’s Hind’s Hall fits in
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Munro, Lecturer, Creative Industries and Digital Media, University of South Australia Twenty-four hours after the release of Macklemore’s pro-Palestine protest song Hind’s Hall on social media on May 7, the video had already notched up over 24 million views. In ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    18 hours ago

  • Precious Little Excitement: Warner Brothers, Peter Jackson, and Gollum
    Back in February 2023, I made the cardinal mistake of getting my hopes up. Warner Brothers declared that fresh Middle-earth movies were in the works: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/02/24/it-never-rains-but-it-pours-warner-brothers-and-impending-tolkien-adaptations/ My assumption, based on which rights were available, and what had already been done, was that this was a stab at either the Angmar ...
    A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
    18 hours ago

  • Transmission Gully could need new bulider – Infrastructure Commission review
    Failing to anticipate the complexity of the consenting system is being cited as the the current builder's shortcomings, an Infrastructure Commission review says. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    19 hours ago

  • Transmission Gully could need new builder – Infrastructure Commission review
    Failing to anticipate the complexity of the consenting system is being cited as the the current builder's shortcomings, an Infrastructure Commission review says. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    19 hours ago

  • Proposed repeal of Oranga Tamariki Act section 7AA breaches Treaty of Waitangi – Tribunal
    The government is planning to repeal Treaty obligations from the Oranga Tamariki Act. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    19 hours ago

  • Committee Silences Majority Of Submitters On Fast-track Bill
    350 Aotearoa is calling the Environment Select Committee’s decision to allow oral submissions from just 40% of individual, unique submitters who asked to speak to the committee ‘a disgraceful blight to democracy’. ...
    Scoop politics
    19 hours ago

  • Do We Need a Population Census?
    ‘It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. I am quite sure that it is figures which show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.’ GoetheI was struck at a recent conference on equity for the elderly, how many presenters implicitly relied upon Statistics New Zealand. ...
    PunditBy Brian Easton
    19 hours ago

  • Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Helal, Assistant Dean (Sustainability), The University of Melbourne Dubai skyline AleksandarPasaric/Pexels Since ancient times, people have built structures that reach for the skies – from the steep spires of medieval towers to the grand domes of ancient cathedrals and mosques. Today ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    20 hours ago

  • How can we measure the size of Australia’s illegal cannabis market – and the billions in taxes t...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Williams, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne Canna Obscura/Shutterstock At the end of this month, a senate inquiry by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee is due to hand down its report on a bill to legalise cannabis. ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    20 hours ago

  • Wearable devices can now harvest our brain data. Australia needs urgent privacy reforms
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Musole, PhD Law Student, University of New England Girts Ragelis/Shutterstock Recent trends show Australians are increasingly buying wearables such as smartwatches and fitness trackers. These electronics track our body movements or vital signs to provide data throughout the day, with ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    21 hours ago

  • No, the govt will not be cutting back on every budget – and the Defence vote is among those to be ...
    Buzz from the Beehive Reporting on defence spending late last year, RNZ said the coalition government will have to make some tough calls this term to help the force address staff shortages and ageing infrastructure. “These are huge, huge amounts of government spending. It’s a significant proportion of the government’s ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    21 hours ago

  • Labour Up, Greens Down But Centre-Right Remains Ahead
    This is the first time since February that voters have had a net positive view of the country direction. ...
    Scoop politics
    21 hours ago

  • RNZAF Hercules, NZDF Personnel Arrive In Papua New Guinea To Help Distribute Relief Supplies
    Papua New Guinea experienced a significant earthquake on 24 March in East Sepik and there has also been recent flooding there and in surrounding provinces. ...
    Scoop politics
    22 hours ago

  • Speech to the 2024 Infrastructure Symposium
    Introduction Good morning. It’s a great privilege to be here at the 2024 Infrastructure Symposium. I was extremely happy when the Prime Minister asked me to be his Minister for Infrastructure. It is one of the great barriers holding the New Zealand economy back from achieving its potential. Building high ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    22 hours ago

  • Sleep wrinkles are real. Here’s how they leave their mark
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yousuf Mohammed, Dermatology researcher, The University of Queensland Maridav/Shutterstock You wake up, stagger to the bathroom and gaze into the mirror. No, you’re not imagining it. You’ve developed face wrinkles overnight. They’re sleep wrinkles. Sleep wrinkles are temporary. But as your ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    22 hours ago

  • Week in Politics: Triumph and disaster, but no austerity
    Analysis - A big announcement about Auckland's water woes was overshadowed by a chaotic press conference about prisons, Peter Wilson writes. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    22 hours ago

  • Community Groups Furious That Government Silencing Hundreds In Fast-Track Hearings
    The Environment Select Committee has just announced that 60 percent of individuals who asked to speak at the hearings will not be heard. This equates to almost 700 people who made individual submissions and more than 1000 more who made a form submission. ...
    Scoop politics
    23 hours ago

  • Review: Swan Lake is a reminder of how much work it takes to look effortless
    The Royal New Zealand Ballet is performing Swan Lake around the country. What kind of dream does the ballet sell? Before going to see the Royal New Zealand Ballet perform Swan Lake, I had about as much familiarity with the plot of this ballet as could be expected from having ...
    The SpinoffBy Shanti Mathias
    23 hours ago

  • The Friday Poem: ‘High Tide at Local Maxima’ by Eamonn Tee
    A new poem by Auckland poet Eamonn Tee. High Tide at Local Maxima         It is only going to get worse. The streams will be narrow and fickle. The week will bend and buckle like a pot-bellied waist. You will make it to the weekend with one ...
    The SpinoffBy Eamonn Tee
    23 hours ago

  • The plastic-heavy drinks industry is in for a shake-up
    The New Zealand entrepreneur behind beauty business Ethique is gearing up to launch a new eco-venture. This is an excerpt from our weekly environmental newsletter Future Proof. Sign up here. Our thirst for a tasty bevvy is insatiable, but it comes with a hefty plastic price for the planet: 580 billion ...
    The SpinoffBy Ellen Rykers
    23 hours ago

  • The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 10
    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. AUCKLAND 1  James by Percival Everett (Mantle, $38) A retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from ...
    The SpinoffBy The Spinoff Review of Books
    23 hours ago

  • New Zealand First Member’s Bill to protect women’s spaces
    Today New Zealand First will introduce a Member’s Bill that will protect women’s spaces. The ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls, that all new non-domestic publicly accessible buildings provide separate, clearly demarcated, unisex and single sex bathrooms. This Bill ...
    NZ First Press Release
    23 hours ago

  • Puna calls for Pacific ‘journalistic vigilance’ in face of climate crisis
    By Kamna Kumar in Suva Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna stressed the importance of media freedom and its link to the climate and environmental crisis at the 2024 World Press Freedom Day event organised by the University of the South Pacific’s journalism programme. Under the theme “A Planet for ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    23 hours ago

  • Downsizing Of ERO Inconsistent With Govt Priority Of Lifting Student Achievement
    The PSA is concerned that Government spending cuts have forced ERO to downsize at a time when student achievement is a significant challenge. ...
    Scoop politics
    23 hours ago

  • Education Review Office set to cut 13 jobs, union says
    The Education Review Office is set to cut 13 jobs, the Public Service Association says. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    23 hours ago

  • The Treasury and productivity
    Late last week The Treasury released a new 40 page report on “The productivity slowdown: implications for the Treasury’s forecasts and projections” (productivity forecasts and projections that is, rather than any possible fiscal implications – the latter will, I guess, be articulated in the Budget documents). In short, if (as it has) ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    24 hours ago

  • The Controller and Auditor-General’s role
    Peter Dunne writes –  I am always wary when I hear that the Controller and Auditor-General has commented on or made recommendations to the government about an issue of public policy that does not relate strictly to public expenditure. According to the legislation, the role of the Controller ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    24 hours ago

  • More harm than good
    How Labour’s and National’s failure to move beyond neoliberalism has brought NZ to the brink of economic and cultural chaos   Chris Trotter writes –  TO START LOSING, so soon after you won, requires a special kind of political incompetence. At the heart of this Coalition ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    24 hours ago

  • Judith Collins announces $571 million Defence spend-up
    An extra half a billion dollars is going to Defence in this year's Budget for pay and equipment upgrades, the Defence Minister has announced. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Real reason Waitangi Tribunal could not summons Chhour
    And why did the Crown not challenge the Tribunal’s jurisdiction?   Gary Judd writes –  Retired District Court Judge, David Harvey, has posted on his A Halflings View Substack an excellent summary of Justice Isacs’ judgment declining to uphold the witness summons issued by the Waitangi Tribunal ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • This new TVNZ anthology is Motherhood as you’ve never seen it before
    Tara Ward previews a new local TV series offering alternative visions of motherhood. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here.  A woman is clambering up the side of her two-story house, clinging desperately to a drainpipe. Nearby, her child is perched on the ...
    The SpinoffBy Tara Ward
    1 day ago

  • LGNZ Supportive Of Cross-party Approach To Climate Adaptation
    Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) is supportive of the cross-party approach to climate adaptation announced by the Minister of Climate Change today. ...
    Scoop politics
    1 day ago

  • Losing confidence in the integrity of NZ elections
    Bryce Edwards writes – Do you believe New Zealand runs its general elections fairly and competently? As a voter, can you be confident that the votes on your ballot will be counted towards the final result?As a political scientist, I’ve been asked these questions many times and ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • SBC And CLC Welcome Bipartisan Climate Adaptation Inquiry
    The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) welcome today’s announcement from Government around a bipartisan inquiry into an enduring climate adaptation framework for New Zealand. ...
    Scoop politics
    1 day ago

  • Another Victory For Free Speech: DIA Abandons Proposals For Online Censorship
    The Free Speech Union welcomes the decision by the Department of Internal Affairs, and Minister Brooke Van Velden, to abandon proposals to further regulate online speech. ...
    Scoop politics
    1 day ago

  • Macklemore's Pro-Palestinian Protest.
    Macklemore isn’t someone I’d usually think about. Sure I liked his big hit from a few years back, everybody did it was catchy and cool with some memorable lines. But if I was going to think of artists who might speak out on political matters or world events, he wouldn’t ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 day ago

  • Confused or playing for time? 3 possible reasons NZ is taking so long to make a call on AUKUS
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Getty Images New Zealand governments have been actively exploring the option of joining pillar two of AUKUS for over a year now. But according to foreign minister Winston Peters, the government ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • Release: Support for climate adaptation inquiry
    Labour supports a Notice of Motion in the House today to move the Finance and Expenditure Committee to conduct an inquiry on climate adaptation. ...
    Labour Blog
    1 day ago

  • Archives NZ says it has enough space – for now
    Its new building in Wellington will not be nearly big enough for all its records, and it has also run out of money to build its new storage facility in Levin. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Consensus Welcomed
    BusinessNZ is congratulating the Minister of Climate Change for his work in achieving cross-party consensus for a way forward on climate adaptation. ...
    Scoop politics
    1 day ago

  • How many lives is that tax cut worth?
    Recent research reveals the repeal of smokefree measures is not only bad for our health, but also the economy. The Government has repealed various smokefree measures to ensure it keeps collecting $1.2 billion a year in tobacco taxes, in order to pay for tax cuts already being delivered to ...
    The SpinoffBy When the Facts Change
    1 day ago

  • How the Phoenix went from wooden spoon favourites to title contenders
    The club’s surprisingly good season is built on the desire to prove a random A-League YouTuber wrong… and a few other factors. “There’s no way that Wellington Phoenix play finals this year. I can’t see it happening at all.”  Those are the words of Lachlan Raeside, an Australian football content ...
    The SpinoffBy Mathew Nash
    1 day ago

  • $571 million for Defence pay and projects
    Defence Minister Judith Collins today announced the upcoming Budget will include new funding of $571 million for Defence Force pay and projects. “Our servicemen and women do New Zealand proud throughout the world and this funding will help ensure we retain their services and expertise as we navigate an increasingly ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Ministry cuts will harm Pacific health, wellbeing – union
    The PSA is warning cuts at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will have severe consequences for the health and wellbeing of Pasifika families. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Power shortages: What's being done to keep the lights on?
    Officials are looking at better ways of choosing who gets the power during shortages amid relentlessly growing demands. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Climate change – mitigating the risks and costs
    New Zealand’s ability to cope with climate change will be strengthened as part of the Government’s focus to build resilience as we rebuild the economy, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “An enduring and long-term approach is needed to provide New Zealanders and the economy with certainty as the climate ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Gordon Campbell on miserly school lunches, and the banning of TikTok’s Gaza coverage
    Another week goes by in the Luxon government’s efforts to roll back the past 70 years of social progress. The school lunches programme is to be downgraded by $107 million, and women need bother their heads no longer about pay equity, let alone expect ACC to provide adequate sexual violence ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    1 day ago

  • No more bad accents, stereotypes or cringe: why the rise of multilingual TV is good news for everyon...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By César Albarrán-Torres, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology Apple TV+ As one of billions of bilingual individuals in the world, it disappoints me when a film or TV show with characters of a non-English-speaking background is ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • It’s time to ditch Berhampore Golf Course
    The under-utilised course is a waste of space, and with a little political will, it could be turned into something better. For the duration of her stay in Wellington, my long-suffering cousin listened to me rant about golf courses. They’re bad for the environment: water intensive and pesticide heavy. They ...
    The SpinoffBy Kristin Kelly
    1 day ago

  • Women in rich countries are having fewer kids, or none at all. What’s going on?
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock A recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows US fertility rates dropped 2% in ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • We looked at over 166,000 psychiatric records. Over half showed people were admitted against their w...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Corderoy, Medical doctor and PhD candidate studying involuntary psychiatric treatment, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney shop_py/Shutterstock Picture two people, both suffering from a serious mental illness requiring hospital admission. One was born in Australia, the other in Asia. Hopefully, ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • Feral horses in Australia’s high country are damaging peatlands, decreasing carbon stores
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Treby, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University P.j.Hickox, Shutterstock Peatlands store more carbon per square metre than any other ecosystem on Earth. These waterlogged, mossy bogs beat even dense rainforests for their ability to act as carbon reservoirs. Under the ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • Andrew Tate’s extreme views about women are infiltrating Australian schools. We need a zero-tolera...
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Education, Monash University RDNE Stock Project/ Pexels , CC BY Earlier this week, two students were expelled from a Melbourne private school for their involvement in creating a spreadsheet that ranked girls using sexist and violent categories ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • Yes, spending on health is growing, but new research shows we’re getting more for it
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Goss, Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra Government spending on health has been growing so rapidly that a decade ago the then health minister Peter Dutton called it “unmanageable” and “unsustainable”. Health spending grew in real terms by ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    1 day ago

  • Weekly Roundup 10-May-2024
    Brrr, the first cold snap of the year. Hope you’re rugged up nice and warm. Here are some stories that caught our eye this week… This Week on Greater Auckland On Monday, we had a post from a new contributor, Connor Sharp, who dug into the public feedback ...
    Greater AucklandBy Greater Auckland
    1 day ago

  • Govt must regulate to smooth EVs and data centres' demand on power grids – Vector
    New Zealand's largest electricity distributor is warning the country to hurry up with controls around charging electric vehicles or face unnecessary bills running into the billions. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Could you be about to lose your power?
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