Archive for November, 2009
NZ’s capitalists dream of absolute power
Written By: - Date published: 6:49 am, November 5th, 2009 - 20 comments
From Stuff: “Richlister Alan Gibbs will host former National Party leader Don Brash and ACT founder Sir Roger Douglas to discuss what they would do as “New Zealand’s dictator for a year” That New Zealand’s rich and powerful have invited their political hirelings from ACT and National to fantasise about eliminating any last shreds of democracy that […]
Open mike 05/11/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, November 5th, 2009 - 12 comments
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Maybe not very social, but definitely networking
Written By: - Date published: 9:12 pm, November 4th, 2009 - 13 comments
And so my nomination for the 2009 Best Named Site Award goes to a fan club for our beloved Mayor of Whanganui Mr Lhaws: Michael Laws is a complete twat Probably unduly flattering when you think about it, but hey in the overall scheme of things you’ve earned it Mick. More than 3000 members and […]
New Generation Labour
Written By: - Date published: 3:30 pm, November 4th, 2009 - 12 comments
From Phil Twyford over at Red Alert on pig farming. This is Red Alert’s first video blog. Twyford manages to impress me on two of my favourite topics all in one post – technology and animal welfare. Hopefully on both topics this signals Labour moving forward. As the title of his post says: Time for […]
Key & English lose us $21mil in 3 months
Written By: - Date published: 3:23 pm, November 4th, 2009 - 40 comments
Back in February, former currency speculator John Key and former Treasury adviser Bill English started talking about suspending contributions to the Cullen Fund, which was set up to help fund superannuation. ‘It’s losing so much money’, they wailed. Some people pointed out that the markets were already recovering, that investments could now be bought at […]
Bomber’s War on News
Written By: - Date published: 2:03 pm, November 4th, 2009 - 9 comments
If you didn’t take my last hint to keep watching this, here’s your chance to catch up. I think it’s genuinely good. It’s like TV, only true.
Preserving your stake in NZ
Written By: - Date published: 12:05 pm, November 4th, 2009 - 64 comments
As Marty G has pointed out Bill English is looking into killing the tax advantages for investing in housing. Good. But it’s not nearly enough. Every person in New Zealand should have the right to exist somewhere without having to pay for it. And yet as the Herald reports today, house prices continue to increase: […]
Closed for tax evasion
Written By: - Date published: 11:17 am, November 4th, 2009 - 7 comments
I see the BNZ’s got itself a new PR campaign: On 4 November, most BNZ people will be working on projects around New Zealand to help our communities be better off – we’re calling it Closed for Good. Um, thanks all the same, but why don’t you just pay your f*cking tax bill instead? Update: […]
Shamed by Africa
Written By: - Date published: 10:12 am, November 4th, 2009 - 9 comments
On Monday climate change negotiations got under way in Barcelona – “the final chance for negotiators to hammer out a text before December’s Copenhagen summit”. It seems that these vital talks may have failed already. Geoff Keey reports: It’s been a dramatic first day at the climate change negotiations here in Barcelona and […]
A good reform, but a minor one
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, November 4th, 2009 - 37 comments
I watched Terminator 3 last night. It’s the worst in the series but that’s still better than watching another Guyon-National lovefest*. Which is a long way of saying I didn’t see the Bill English ‘debate’ on TVNZ7 last night. But apparently the most interesting part of it was English didn’t rule out changes to taxation […]
Herald Hacker did us all a favour
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, November 4th, 2009 - 27 comments
The New Zealand Herald have disabled all online polls on their website until further notice, after a hacker (or hackers) severely skewed the results of three polls. I say well done, and I’m sure I’m not the only one sick of online polls being carried out by the media and reported as news. Firstly there’s […]
Open mike 04/11/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, November 4th, 2009 - 2 comments
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
The myth of objective journalism
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, November 4th, 2009 - 68 comments
IrishBill: It’s never an easy decision to pull another poster’s work but after some reflection I’ve decided this post constitutes an unwarranted personal attack and is out of line with the Standard’s policies and direction and have therefore removed it.
Destroying Auckland city
Written By: - Date published: 4:49 pm, November 3rd, 2009 - 3 comments
Yesterday the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA) released its draft structure for the new Auckland council. Fortunately for the staff, and service levels in the new Auckland council, the ATA has a ‘commitment to maintaining or enhancing council service delivery.’ This means: ‘A prudent approach will be taken to staff reduction where services are reorganised to […]
A weak leader
Written By: - Date published: 2:32 pm, November 3rd, 2009 - 16 comments
John Key is a weak leader. Currently popular (he’s such a “nice guy” you know) – but weak. Like a school teacher who has lost the respect of their pupils, Key has lost control over his MPs. And like naughty kids, Key’s MPs are starting to run wild. The problem is a lack of accountability. […]
Where’s Paula?
Written By: - Date published: 12:39 pm, November 3rd, 2009 - 23 comments
The Herald’s creepy lovefest with the National Party continues today with Simon Collins’ profile of Paula Bennett, who is apparently “one of us”* Unlike Danyl over at the Dim Post who seems to have finally realised that *gasp* the Herald might be a little pro-National, I’ve not really been troubled by this “first year of […]
It’s wrong but I’ll do it anyway
Written By: - Date published: 12:00 pm, November 3rd, 2009 - 24 comments
Just saw this in the SST. Hide on the spousal travel allowance: This perk is wrong, I’ve never agreed with it So why claim it? If you don’t think it’s right, it’s not ethical to do it. ‘Meat is murder, but as you’ve killed the animals anyway…’ I had the opportunity for this trip and […]
Kiwis should be free-riders – NZIER
Written By: - Date published: 10:42 am, November 3rd, 2009 - 15 comments
A nice attempt at wedge politics from rightwing economic think-tank NZIER today. They say we should be concentrating on water quality, air quality, and saving native species, rather than climate change – a transparent attempt to divide conservationists from environmentalists. The entire substance of this ‘report‘ is a table on page 17 that doesn’t actually […]
The slippery standards of Mr Key
Written By: - Date published: 9:23 am, November 3rd, 2009 - 21 comments
Yesterday, John Key cleverly tried to reframe his ministers’ failure to obey his standards on use of perks: “You don’t want 120 Members of Parliament who have the financial independence to be able to make the financial decisions that I make. “It wouldn’t be the House of Representatives, we need people from all walks of […]
Restoring the right to a day in court
Written By: - Date published: 7:41 am, November 3rd, 2009 - 49 comments
I see that repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act is finally a foregone conclusion. There’s going to be some dithering about what to put in its place but there shouldn’t be. Instead the Act should be repealed, nothing should be put in place and Maori should get their day in court. I’m not alone […]
Open mike 03/11/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, November 3rd, 2009 - 14 comments
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Over to you…
Oops some people got cached…
Written By: - Date published: 11:56 pm, November 2nd, 2009 - 13 comments
Sorry to anyone who thought that The Standard hadn’t published anything today. The site had in fact been pretty active for a Monday. You got caught by a wee mistake by me* I moved the site to a more accessible location on the server in preparation for updates in the free time between now and […]
Code given “top priority†by Minister delayed – pigs continue to suffer
Written By: - Date published: 9:57 pm, November 2nd, 2009 - 18 comments
Tonight Campbell Live showed new footage recently shot by animal rights activists on four farms in Ashburton, Greytown, Blenheim and Kumeu. Six months on from the Mike King and Sunday exposé and it’s clear nothing has changed in the appalling treatment of pigs in this country. Not surprisingly, spokesperson for the Pork Board Sam McIvor […]
Blame it on the genes
Written By: - Date published: 8:56 pm, November 2nd, 2009 - 4 comments
The American asks: Who are smarter, liberals or conservatives? This is the kind of question that could spark fierce and endless debates between political opponents, but what if we could know, scientifically, that one side has the edge in brainpower? Should that change how we think about political issues? This interesting article points out that […]
David Farrar’s echo chamber fail
Written By: - Date published: 5:40 pm, November 2nd, 2009 - 45 comments
There’s some massive FAIL going on over at Kiwiblog. Farrar’s got this new green-bashing post up where he breathlessly mocks Al Gore for saying sea levels could rise by 67 metres because of climate change. “67 metres in ten years!” wails Farrar. “I think politicians like Al Gore actually damage the very cause they purport […]
Granny’s waterworks
Written By: - Date published: 1:30 pm, November 2nd, 2009 - 17 comments
I think Granny Herald must have shares in Infratil, based on her rubbish editorial today: Particular fervour is reserved for private-sector participation in this sector, perhaps because water is one of life’s necessities. Rarely is it conceded that, in reality, it occupies the same utility bag as electricity, which in this country and elsewhere has […]
Brash’s mea culpa
Written By: - Date published: 12:00 pm, November 2nd, 2009 - 17 comments
Strange mea culpa from Don Brash on the foreshore and seabed in today’s Dom. He doesn’t go as far as to apologise for National’s cynical and deliberate attempt to ignite racial conflict in the leadup to the 2005 election, but he does admit that National “got it wrong” on the foreshore and seabed. Wonder what […]
English’s strange priorities
Written By: - Date published: 10:49 am, November 2nd, 2009 - 51 comments
Talk about bereft of ideas, the currency is yo-yoing, the housing bubble is re-inflating, wages are falling, jobs are still being lost in large numbers, the oil price is back above $80 but what’s the Finance Minister Bill English spending his time on? Some good old-fashioned beneficiary bashing. English announced there will be new measures […]
New road user laws
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, November 2nd, 2009 - 20 comments
Remember John Key’s Nanny State rant?: I’ve had nine years of being told what lightbulb I can screw into the house, what shower I can take, what food I can eat, what things I can do, what thoughts I am allowed to have. Ahh, those were the days! Footloose and fancy free in opposition, he […]
Open mike 02/11/09
Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, November 2nd, 2009 - 16 comments
Topics of interest, announcements, general discussion. The usual rules apply. Over to you…
- When and where does a ‘bach’ become a ‘crib’?
Summer reissue: Alex Casey goes on a linguistic journey to find the true difference between who’s using ‘bach’ and ‘crib’ across our fair nation. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign ...2 weeks ago - ‘Everything I do in life, I do it for my donor’: Inside Aotearoa’s struggling organ donation s...
Summer reissue: We don’t have enough organ donors in New Zealand. The Spinoff investigates the problem – and how we might fix it. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up ...2 weeks ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 30 December
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- An ode to the weird bach DVD collection
Summer reissue: There’s no better feeling than arriving at a bach and seeing that dusty little pile of random DVDs beneath the television, writes Alex Casey. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter ...2 weeks ago
- In defence of Sally Rooney’s skinny protagonists
Summer reissue: If you want to read a book that makes you feel good about your body, I beg you to look elsewhere. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up ...2 weeks ago
- Does The Bear suck now? A hater and an enthusiast argue about season three
Summer reissue: Season three of the critically-acclaimed darling The Bear was released in late June. Two fans of the show watched the full season over the weekend – only one emerged still a fan. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these ...2 weeks ago
- Seizure of Cook Islands-registered ship over alleged sabotage ‘creates a bad look’ for N...
"Everyone associates the Cook Islands with New Zealand", so a Cooks vessel possibly aiding Russia's shadow fleet isn't ideal, international law professor Al Gillespie says. ...2 weeks ago - Meet the unsung icon behind the primary school hit ‘Fish and Chips’
Summer reissue: Play it at breakfast, lunch or tea, the song ‘Fish and Chips’ is almost as famous in Aotearoa as the dish itself. So why is the woman who wrote it virtually unknown? First published October 7, 2024. Update, December 27: Claudia Mushin, 78, died peacefully and surrounded ...2 weeks ago
- Should I buy the murder house?
Summer reissue: Realising she can afford to buy a house, but only one that contained meth use or murder, Kristin Kelly reflects on the true value of a home. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read ...2 weeks ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Sunday 29 December
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- Daily crossword, Sunday 29 December
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- Black Ferns Sevens coach learns more from his players
When Cory Sweeney was named coach of the year at the New Zealand Rugby Awards he equalled Sir Steve Hansen as a five-time winner of that honour.The Black Ferns Sevens coach successfully defended the Olympic title won in Toyko in 2021 in Paris in July. Recently the 46-year-old celebrated his ...2 weeks ago
- My robot waiter reminds us what really matters
Comment: Those who have been reading or listening to my commentaries in recent months will note that I have a pretty bleak view of the immediate future. The New Zealand economy is struggling to grow, the economy of our major export market is not doing much better, we have wars ...2 weeks ago
- New Zealand not responsible for ship seized by Finland – MFAT
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says New Zealand is not responsible for a Cook Islands-registered vessel carrying Russian oil seized in Finland. ...2 weeks ago
- Government Coy On Police Plan To Target ‘At Risk’ Children For Social Investment
The "prevention support" would be targeted at primary school-age children, but the police minister will not say if the idea is being progressed. ...2 weeks ago - Hui, protests, kōtahitanga, and a new Kuini – A historic year for Māoridom
A hīkoi, a haka, and the rise of a new generation - RNZ unpacks a contentious and momentous year for Māoridom. ...2 weeks ago
- There are lots of reasons to eat insects. Will we ever overcome the ‘yuck’ factor?
Summer reissue: Insects have been the ‘next big thing’ in food for the last decade, but will we ever have an appetite for them? Shanti Mathias investigates – and tastes some bugs. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of ...2 weeks ago
- ‘I’ve never lived it down’: The Breakfast live cross that still haunts Jack Tame
Summer reissue: The TVNZ broadcaster reflects on his life in television, including a full circle moment with David Attenborough, his favourite politicians to interview and why he’ll never watch Game of Thrones. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of ...2 weeks ago
- The mystery of the killer bike lane
Summer reissue: A chain of three cafes closed down and the owner blamed cycleways. But none of the cafes were anywhere near one. What is happening? Joel MacManus investigates. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read ...2 weeks ago
- The beginning of a book
Summer reissue: Claire Mabey’s early brush with evangelical Christianity sparked a life’s fascination with the power of stories – and the fuel to write her own. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open ...2 weeks ago
- A treat within a treat: How the Trumpet got its chocolate tip
Alex Casey uncovers the story behind that perfect final bite. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. In the first episode of Snackmasters NZ, in ...2 weeks ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Saturday 28 December
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- Daily crossword, Saturday 28 December
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- Time to get off the literacy lobotomy train
Opinion: A few months ago, The Times of London reported that an Oxford professor of English, Shakespearean scholar Sir Jonathan Bate, warned that his present-day students had trouble reading long books. A Kiwi perspective was added a few weeks later, when a sociologist at the University of Canterbury, Mike Grimshaw, told ...2 weeks ago
- The Secret Diary of .. 2024
Twas very heaven in 2024 to write as a satirist. Credit where credit is due: Christopher Luxon just got funnier and funnier, more determinedly ridiculous, a David Brent for our times, the embarrassing boss who is at once inept and bombastic. Stuff writer Verity Johnson came up with a widely ...2 weeks ago
- School support staff work through holidays to make ends meet
On an average weekday Jan Monds drives into the carpark at Knighton Normal School, in Hamilton, just before 7.30am to run a pre-school programme for students. This wraps up at 8.45am, when she heads from the hall to the main part of the school to start her primary job as a ...2 weeks ago
- Black Saturday Protest At Devonport Naval Base, Tāmaki Makaurau, 28 December 2024
The protest action isn't only to mark the historical acts of violence the NZ govt has enacted against Sāmoans but also to highlight the responsibility this current govt and navy have for the environmental and societal impacts of the Manawanui shipwreck. ...2 weeks ago
- ‘One hell of a shock’: Why not everyone wants flowers from David Lomas
Alex Casey chats to David Lomas about the art of finding needles in haystacks. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. There are around 100 ...2 weeks ago
- What I write about when I write about mermaids
Summer reissue: Megan Dunn’s mer-moir, The Mermaid Chronicles, is an immersive, moving and funny search for the meaning of mermaids and the anchors of interests and family in the ebb and flow of life. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these ...2 weeks ago
- Reviewing the very first episode of bro’Town, 20 years on
Summer reissue: The groundbreaking show has had mixed reviews over the past two decades. Madeleine Chapman revisits a classic. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member ...2 weeks ago
- Can NYC ever live up to the hype?
Summer reissue: After three decades of inhaling American-dominated, disproportionately New York-based media, Sharon Lam’s first time in the city became a traipse through a collage of movie sets rather than any real place. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds ...2 weeks ago
- Selling security, delivering anxiety: The rise of home surveillance cameras
Summer reissue: Why do so many of us install security cameras – and are they breaching other people’s rights? The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member ...2 weeks ago
- Daily crossword, Friday 27 December
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 27 December
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- Hopes versus expectations for ALL survivors
This year has been a big one for me personally and professionally. The firm won the Litigation and Disputes Resolution Firm of the year award on November 28 and I was an Excellence Finalist in the category of firm leader for a firm with under 100 staff. I was also ...2 weeks ago
- 2024, the year of the election
Opinion: In 2024, 64 countries were scheduled to hold different types of national elections this year for an array of offices.Some of these, of course, were more democratic than others, but it made for a bumper year for election nerds like me.Incumbents had a bad year – more than three ...2 weeks ago
- All 29 road tunnels in New Zealand ranked from worst to best
Summer reissue: From the unstable and drippy to the hi-tech and pretty, here’s our ranking of all the tunnels you can drive through in this country. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter ...2 weeks ago
- A life story
Summer reissue: David Hill remembers an old friend, who you’ve probably never heard of. The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. Doug (I’ll call him ...2 weeks ago
- ‘The mission is clearly possible’: On watching every single Tom Cruise movie ever made
Summer reissue: I watched all 46 of Tom Cruise’s films over the past 12 months. The question on everyone’s lips: why? The Spinoff needs to double the number of paying members we have to continue telling these kinds of stories. Please read our open letter and sign up to be ...2 weeks ago
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