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Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 8:40 pm, June 16th, 2025
Israel has no problem with Iran continuing to exist as a nation state... Less sure than you about "no problem", but fair enough. Whereas Israel's current government is not inclined to work to establish a Palestinian state... Yep, the State of Palestine ...Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 4:31 pm, June 16th, 2025
Israel wants to continue to exist. Iran would prefer it didn't. Iran (and Palestine) wants to continue to exist. Israel would (now) prefer it didn't, at least in its present form. There are people on all sides - not my people, but people nonetheless. Is ...Comment: Open mike 16/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 3:13 pm, June 16th, 2025
Forgot this one, submitted by PsyclingLeft.Always. https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-08-03-2025/#comment-2027893 Roxborough would not be drawn on how procedures in private facilities could be more affordable, saying the specifics were "commercially ...Comment: Open mike 16/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 2:51 pm, June 16th, 2025
Chief Ombudsman says stiffer penalties may be needed for OIA delays [19 March 2025] “Finally, I am increasingly concerned at legislative ‘carve-outs’ where other Acts are amended to avoid the need to comply with the OIA. This happens where there is a ...Comment: Open mike 16/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 1:18 pm, June 16th, 2025
Luxon not only allows but enables the coalition partners to play in their respective sandpits... Corruption at play? In NZ?! NO!!! Private capital and a free market will sort it.Comment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 11:22 am, June 16th, 2025
At the centre of that is the idea that science is independent of values somehow. I don't understand that - could you clarify, perhaps by way of example. But the problems you’re pointing to are different than why medicine ignores single person anecdotes. I ...Comment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 10:19 pm, June 15th, 2025
"I couldn't replicate this, therefore it doesn't exist" should just stop at "I can't replicate this." This comment brings to mind a couple of papers relating to the tension between (the reasonable expectation of) reproducibiity and genuine progress in ...Comment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 9:21 pm, June 15th, 2025
I prefer my relationship with rationality to be one where I recognise it as a useful tool but not the only tool in the toolbox. Me too. Intuition played a big part in my scientific career - such fun. https://fs.blog/intuition-rationality/ I was wrong more ...Comment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 9:06 pm, June 15th, 2025
Well that all depends who's paying for the science and funding the experts. Expertise, and expert opinion may be bought, but in my admittedly limited experience experts can arrive at objective and impartial evidence-based consensuses - they're not all in ...Comment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 8:18 pm, June 15th, 2025
I was referring to the many people who've been failed by science and the medical consensus and who found help elsewhere. That's human diversity for you. Evolving expert scientific/medical consensuses are products of human endeavour - they're not godlike. ...Comment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 5:51 pm, June 15th, 2025
I'm a fan of doing what works. So many people managing health issues this way, and science and the medical establishment are lagging behind. I'm also a fan of what works - for me it's science and expert medical consensusComment: Open mike 15/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 12:52 pm, June 15th, 2025
It works... Don't know about apples (An apple a day...), but no harm in trying diet modification. Are tomatoes bad for arthritis? [Arthritis NZ, 22 Dec 2022] Where did the rumour start? The reason for the distrust began when botanists classified tomatoes ...Comment: Open mike 13/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 8:46 am, June 13th, 2025
New Zealand Profit First - there's zero resistance to ACT ideology in our craven CoC.Comment: The other Jacinda Book
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 5:14 pm, June 12th, 2025
... move on. Dwelling on "all this wet leftie fangirl nonsense" smacks of resentment. Signs of resentment The problem with resentment is that if it’s left unchecked or if you feed into it for too long, it becomes harder to forgive or let go and move on ...Comment: The other Jacinda Book
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 4:48 pm, June 12th, 2025
I get you're pissed off, and I'm not defending Ardern's failures as PM. But I (still) miss her in that role, and that's unlikely to change. Let's agree to disagree.Comment: The other Jacinda Book
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 2:25 pm, June 12th, 2025
We haven't even gone near her failures to deliver. Ardern both failed to deliver and delivered much. I was sad (for NZ) to see her go, and wouldn't characterise her service as a failure - we can agree to disagree. A true stateswoman. https://en.wikipedia. ...Comment: The other Jacinda Book
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 2:00 pm, June 12th, 2025
... she wasn't up to the job. Agree and disagree. For five years she was up to the job, and then she wasn't. "It's that simple." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern#Prime_Minister_(2017%E2%80%932023)Comment: Daily review 11/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 9:38 pm, June 11th, 2025
Thanks Patricia - another good Mountain Tui read, in the 'Feeds' tab: David Seymour Does An Atlas Network Tour In London - Speaking At Junk Tanks Linked To "Money For Access To Politicians" [11 June 2025] NZ Deputy Prime Minister's Loyalties Laid BearComment: Open mike 11/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 8:31 pm, June 11th, 2025
A warming and higher rainfall New Zealand means even more dairy conversions... Hooray? https://maps.greenpeace.org/maps/aotearoa/know-your-nitrate/ Luxon’s War on the Climate – a deliberate effort to increase emissions [3 June 2025] I’ve gone through ...Comment: Open mike 11/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 4:26 pm, June 11th, 2025
Check out all our exceptionally confident agribusiness and horticultural business at Mystery Creek this week. Agribusiness confidence is fickle like the weather, which looks fine at Mystery Creek. Alas, not every cloud has a silver lining - we don't know ...Comment: Open mike 11/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 3:09 pm, June 11th, 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand is on a NActF fast track to a slow burn. Climate scientists decry govt's approach to methane [3 June 2025] The prime minister has dismissed international climate scientists as "worthies" for criticising the government's approach to ...Comment: Open mike 11/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 2:51 pm, June 11th, 2025
New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan [The Guardian, amended 11 June 2025] The government’s plan was “fundamentally unambitious” and a “dangerous regression” for the country, Jessica Palairet, the executive ...Comment: Meta Ardern
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 12:53 pm, June 11th, 2025
Do you have an opinion on why CGT wasnt progressed once NZ First were out of the picture? No, sorry. I doubt Cullen advised Ardern "that a CGT would be the kiss of death for the Party" - maybe others believed it and acted accordingly?Comment: The Thunberg dilemma
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 12:31 pm, June 11th, 2025
Btw, GT isn't a celebrity, she's a high profile activist. 'Celebrity' can be a pejorative label, as in this Israeli MFA press release: MFA Spokesperson Announcement regarding the “celebrities yacht” heading to Gaza [9 June 2025] With recent reports of a “ ...Comment: Meta Ardern
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 7:16 pm, June 10th, 2025
They can be different things - anything's possible, sans evidence Sir Michael Cullen: 'Vested interests' sank Capital Gains Tax idea [22 April 2019] As I [Cullen] warned on many occasions, it was always going to be hard to get Peters and his colleagues ...Comment: Open mike 10/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 12:00 pm, June 10th, 2025
The coalition created a Minister of Hunting and Fishing... that's just a facade. Meager offers meager comfort, and RMA 'reforms' less environmental protection.Comment: Open mike 10/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 10:47 am, June 10th, 2025
The settings now favour wealth accumulation for the already rich. Well said - self-interest rules the crowing CoC. They care not for 'bottom feeders' An Ode to .. Chris Bishop Bard Billot bowls The Bish. https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/an-ode-to-chris- ...Comment: Meta Ardern
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 9:34 pm, June 8th, 2025
The Tax Working Group unanimously agreed "that there should be an extension of the taxation of capital gains from residential rental investment properties", and eight members supported "the introduction of a broad[er] approach to the taxation of captial ...Comment: Open mike 08/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 2:42 pm, June 8th, 2025
These are the people who should be at the peak of their spending power. Those at the peak of their 'spending power' can still choose not to spend, thank planet.Comment: Open mike 08/06/2025
Written By: Drowsy M. Kram - Date published: 12:56 pm, June 8th, 2025
Rehabilitate the Rich But the rich have to want to be rehabilitated - to share the(ir) wealth. The Light Bulb Has to Want to Change [12 December 2012] Reflecting back on the joke about the psychologist and the light bulb, it may not be all that funny when ...
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- Waiting…
So when you hear themMake claims of progressTake a good lookAnd see who isn't thereWe need a seat nowAt the tableSo please invite usOr don't pretend to care.Songwriter: Gaelynn Lea.Today’s newsletter is on Disability Support Services (DSS). It follows last week’s announcement by the Minister for Disability Issues, Louise Upston, ...6 days ago - Pay Equity – what did New Zealand women lose under the cover of darkness and without any prior war...
The law on pay equity was changed without any prior warning during the election campaign, without any select committee process. It has shocked New Zealand women and gutted fundamental rights Come and hear from pay equity experts including women whose claims have been cancelled and what the plan is from ...6 days ago
- David Seymour Does An Atlas Network Tour In London – Speaking For Junk Tanks Linked To “...
For paid subscribersIt’s 2023, and National have won the most votes in the New Zealand election. Their long cultivated coalition with ACT is assured, and to the chagrin of Christopher Luxon and David Seymour, their respective party leaders, they will have to invite NZ First along for the ride.Government party ...6 days ago - Australia and the EU should work with the South Pacific on AI
Australia and the European Union need to collaborate to promote the adoption of inclusive, safe and sustainable AI in the South Pacific. While the United States and China compete for global AI leadership, the EU ...6 days ago
- Another Bunch of Rightwing Propagandists
In New Zealand’s murky right-wing scene, a cast of propagandists peddles fear and division. From anti-vax crusaders to culture war stirrers, these figures exploit distrust, offering noise over solutions. Here’s another rundown of some key and bit players, exposing their tactics and selective outrage in New Zealand's polarised political landscape. Alia ...6 days ago
- How digital identities challenge traditional espionage
It used to be so simple. An intelligence officer could fly to a country, change passports and, with a false identity, emerge as a completely different person. But those days are long since over. Biometrics ...6 days ago
- Smoke in Little Tokyo
Hi,Late yesterday afternoon — after leaving the Metropolitan Detention Centre with puffy eyes and a scratchy throat — I’d wandered to Little Tokyo to get a cold drink. It tasted awesome.Tonight at around 9pm I went back there to find a very different scene. Little Tokyo was closed and the ...6 days ago - Nuclear war in Asia would be Australia’s problem, too. We must prepare
Australia must be prepared for limited nuclear war in the Indo-Pacific, be it over Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, or beyond. It should understand what such a conflict would mean for regional and global security, and ...6 days ago
- Sending in the Marines.
One of the basic foundations of democratic civil-military relations is that the active duty military is organised and trained to fight and defeat foreign enemies in combat–that is, by using organised lethal force until the enemy is defeated. Domestic security is a matter of national/federal, state and local law enforcement. ...7 days ago
- Sick Leave is a Right, Not a Reward- Ngarewa-Packer
Te Pāti Māori is calling out the Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements as a cruel step backwards that punishes low-income, part-time, single parents and essential workers. We staunchly support the concerns raised by PSA National Secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons, that this move will disproportionately harm wāhine, who are most ...11 hours ago
- Concern over signs Govt will reduce sick leave for workers
The Green Party is calling on the Prime Minister to stand up for workers’ rights for once and rule out reducing sick leave entitlements. ...18 hours ago - Out of Sight, Out of Mana- Rotorua Lakes Council’s Callous Attack on Homeless Whānau
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi, has slammed the Rotorua Lakes Council’s treatment of homeless whānau as “inhumane and disgraceful,” following the forced police removal of people sleeping outside the Salvation Army on Amohia Street yesterday. “Our most vulnerable whānau were woken by police, trespassed like ...4 days ago
- Biodiversity credit won’t fix damage done by Luxon Govt
The Green Party says the Government’s newly announced Biodiversity Credit scheme is a tiny positive that doesn’t undo the biodiversity harm caused by the Luxon Government. ...5 days ago
- New report confirms Oranga Tamariki is failing tamariki and Government is failing Māori
A new report, ‘Outcomes for tamariki and rangatahi Māori and their whānau in the oranga tamariki system 2023/24,’ has confirmed that Oranga Tamariki is severely failing our most vulnerable Māori youth. ...6 days ago
- Government rightfully sued over illegal climate ‘plan’
Last week, world-leading climate scientists called out the Government’s approach to agricultural emissions. This week, climate lawyers have sued the Government because its Emissions Reductions Plans do not add up. ...7 days ago
- Te Pāti Māori Demands Safe Passage of Madleen to Gaza
Te Pāti Māori condemns the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel carrying food, medical supplies, and international activists to Gaza, including Greta Thunberg. Communications of the Madleen have been cut, and there is no knowing if the crew are safe and unharmed. This is the ...1 week ago
- Greens call for safe passage of Madleen and Government to sanction Israel
The Green Party is calling for the safe passage of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel on course to Gaza, following the Freedom Flotilla being seized by the Israeli Military and urging the New Zealand Government to sanction Israel for its illegal occupation of Palestine. ...1 week ago
- Rich get much richer, driving inequality and poverty
The 2025 NBR Rich List makes immediately obvious the need for a fair tax system, says the Green Party. ...1 week ago
- Release: Manawatū Gorge replacement opens toll-free
Thanks to a successful community-led campaign backed by Labour, Lower North Island locals are today celebrating the toll-free opening of Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway. ...1 week ago - Govt parent boost changes prioritise rich over poor
The Green Party is calling out the Government’s parent boost changes that benefit a wealthier minority while doing nothing to help reunite thousands of migrant families. ...1 week ago
- Release: Timid tariff response fails New Zealanders
The Government is failing New Zealanders by ‘being comfortable’ with a 10 percent tariff on all goods going into the US. ...2 weeks ago
- Green Party condemns decision to suspend Te Pāti Māori MPs
The Green Party condemns the unprecedented decision to suspend Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi for 21 days, and MP for Hauraki-Waikato Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke for 7 days. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Reserve Bank predicts more job losses
The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Statement predicts a sluggish economy with higher inflation and more job losses. ...2 weeks ago
- Luxon must end climate denial speculation
The Greens welcome the open letter from world-leading climate scientists to the Prime Minister, urging his Government to abandon any plan to water down climate targets. ...2 weeks ago
- Govt’s budget balanced on the backs of low-income families
The Government is quietly leaving some of our poorest families hundreds of dollars worse off, ignoring warnings that changes to the accommodation supplement and public housing subsidies will disproportionately target disabled, older, Māori, Pasifika, and young people. ...3 weeks ago
- Democracy Denied: Te Pāti Māori Slam Govt for Silencing Māori and Tangata Tiriti on the Regulator...
Today, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi slammed the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee’s refusal to extend the public submission period for the Regulatory Standards Bill, calling it a deliberate act to silence whānau, hapū, iwi, and community voices. Waititi had urged the Committee to extend the submission period by ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Mental health cuts lead to overwhelmed EDs
Workforce shortages that mental health Minister Matt Doocey tried to hide are now resulting in increasing pressure on our emergency departments as people needing help have nowhere else to go. ...3 weeks ago
- Te Pāti Māori Call on Te Whatu Ora to immediately Publish Gender Affirming Care Guidelines
Te Pāti Māori join health professionals, medical bodies, and community organisations across Aotearoa in calling on Te Whatu Ora to immediately release the updated Guidelines for Gender Affirming Healthcare. The guidelines were developed by medical professionals with expertise in this form of care and approved by Te Whatu Ora’s National ...3 weeks ago
- National direction changes mark dark day for people and planet
Today’s sweeping changes to environmental protections paint a damning picture of a government hellbent on profit at all costs, openly allowing more environmentally harmful activities under the guise of progress. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: National caves to ACT to ram through Regulatory Standards Bill
Once again National has caved to ACT by today agreeing to shorten the select committee process for the Regulatory Standards Bill. ...3 weeks ago
- Pay parity back pedal a kick in the teeth for ECE kaiako
The Government’s latest move to unwind the ‘pay parity’ regime carefully negotiated between government and the sector is a kick in the teeth for already undervalued and underpaid kaiako. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Govt continues to undermine women
The Government is continuing its attack on women, this time targeting the pay of early childhood education (ECE) teachers. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Charter school failures clocking up
Public schools aren’t converting to charter schools at the rate David Seymour claimed they would. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Govt driving away Kiwi innovators and scientists
The Government continues to obliterate science and innovation in New Zealand. ...3 weeks ago
- Greens call on Government to release gender affirming care guidelines
The Green Party echoes the call from health professionals, medical bodies, and community organisations for Te Whatu Ora to urgently release the guidelines for gender affirming care. ...3 weeks ago
- Indonesia Press Remarks – Remarks to media alongside Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono
Good Morning. It is a pleasure to be in Jakarta again today. Indonesia is an absolute priority for the New Zealand government, which is why we have now visited here four times since re-taking office as New Zealand Foreign Minister in late 2023. Indonesia is one of New Zealand’s oldest friends ...4 days ago - Foreign Minister visit strengthens ties with Indonesia
Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ visit to Indonesia today has secured tangible progress in New Zealand’s relationship with Southeast Asia’s most populous nation. “Indonesia is an indispensable partner for New Zealand,” Mr Peters says. “Demonstrating our commitment to the relationship, this is our fourth visit to Indonesia in the past 18 ...4 days ago
- Joint Statement: By the Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Indonesia and New Zealand at the 12th J...
His Excellency Sugiono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, and Rt Hon Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, convened the 12th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) on 13th June 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Ministers welcomed meeting in person, underscoring the importance ...4 days ago
- New modular units will expand bed capacity during hospital upgrades
At least four new rapidly deployable relocatable inpatient units will be rolled out across the country to ensure hospitals can continue delivering care to patients while major infrastructure projects are underway, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “These new inpatient units – part of the Government’s $1 billion Budget 2025 investment ...4 days ago
- Skilled trades on fast track to residence
The Government is tackling talent shortages in manufacturing and boosting New Zealand’s economic recovery by fast-tracking residency for skilled tradespeople. “We know how important skilled workers are to the resilience of the manufacturing sector. When we don’t have enough people to fill these roles, productivity slows, business growth stalls and the ...4 days ago
- High Court Associate Judge appointed
Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Liz Gellert as an Associate Judge of the High Court. Associate Judge Gellert graduated from the University of Auckland in 2003 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts. She was a law clerk with David Williams KC before ...4 days ago
- $33 million into more classrooms for Central North Island Schools
The Government is delivering 32 more safe, warm and dry classrooms and a major school redevelopment for Kiwi kids living in the Central North Island. “As communities continue to grow, we remain committed to future-proofing our education system so parents have certainty about where to send their child to school. ...4 days ago
- Supercharging residential solar power generation
The Government is expanding the permitted voltage range for electricity networks, so Kiwis with solar panels can send more power back to the grid. Changes are being made to clarify that a building consent is not needed to install rooftop solar panels on existing buildings. Councils will be required to ...4 days ago
- Successful childhood immunisation programme delivering results
A successful programme to help Māori health providers lift childhood immunisation rates will be renewed, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. "The Immunising our Tamariki programme, originally launched in 2023 by Hon Dr Shane Reti, invested $50 million in Māori health providers to deliver targeted, community-based immunisation outreach. It aims to ...4 days ago
- Stronger forestry ties with India driving export growth
Forestry, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay, today announced at the Fieldays Forestry Hub, both inbound and outbound forestry trade missions with India this year, aimed at strengthening trade links, deepening industry ties, and unlocking greater value for both countries’ forestry and wood processing sectors. “India is one of the ...4 days ago
- Judicial Conduct Panel to inquire into Judge’s conduct
A Judicial Conduct Panel will inquire into and report on the alleged conduct of acting District Court Judge Ema Aitken, Acting Attorney-General Paul Goldsmith says. “Judge Aitken’s alleged conduct at the Northern Club on 22 November 2024 was the subject of a preliminary examination by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner. “The ...4 days ago
- Prime Minister to visit China and Europe
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will travel to China and Europe next week. He will be joined in Shanghai and Beijing with a delegation of senior New Zealand business leaders. “China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner and a vital part of our economic story,” Mr Luxon says. The visit will focus on ...4 days ago
- Backing New Zealand’s native forest champions
Forestry Minister Todd McClay today congratulated the winners of the inaugural Growing Native Forests Champions Awards for driving real progress in native forest establishment and land use innovation. “This is what good land management looks like — native forests that support both the environment and the rural economy,” Mr McClay ...5 days ago
- Operation Gallant Phoenix deployment extended
New Zealand has extended its commitment the Operation Gallant Phoenix multinational intelligence mission in Jordan, the Government announced today. The deployment of up to 10 New Zealand Defence Force and Police personnel has been extended for two years until June 2027. “This operation is essential to our commitment to a ...5 days ago
- New and improved radiology services for Auckland City Hospital
Health Minister Simeon Brown has today announced funding for the first stage of a major project to upgrade and expand interventional radiology services at Auckland City Hospital. “This project will significantly improve access to radiology services for patients across Auckland and beyond,” Mr Brown says. “A $41.2 million investment will ...5 days ago
- Wool carpets for state houses a win-win
The return of wool carpets to state homes has been welcomed by Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis and Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson. State housing agency Kāinga Ora announced today that from next month, a new supplier agreement will deliver woollen carpets for the fit-out of new state homes. “The ...5 days ago
- Government backs voluntary nature credits
The Government is supporting the expansion of a voluntary credits nature market through the running of pilot projects across New Zealand. Establishing a market that is durable, measurable and transparent will help farmers, landowners, iwi, and conservation groups unlock new income streams for looking after nature on their land, Associate ...5 days ago
- New Zealand food and fibre exports on track to break new records
Farmers, growers, foresters, fishers and primary processors are driving New Zealand’s economic recovery with export revenue on track to surpass $60 billion for the first time, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced today at Fieldays. “The latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries (SOPI) report forecasts export earnings of ...5 days ago
- New Zealand hits digital economy milestone
A key milestone in the push for a more connected digital economy has been reached, with over one million businesses now registered with a New Zealand Business Number (NZBN), Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Chris Penk says. “The NZBN is a simple idea with a big impact. It gives each ...5 days ago
- Double-digit growth for aquaculture exports
New Zealand’s aquaculture sector has experienced double-digit growth in export revenue over the past year, sending a clear signal that more is to come from the enormously promising sector, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The forecast export results were released today as part of the latest Situation and ...5 days ago
- Elective boost delivers over 9,500 additional procedures so far
More than 9,500 additional procedures have now been delivered as part of the Government’s elective boost, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “This is what putting patients first looks like. We are focused on increasing delivery of elective treatments – across both public and private hospitals – to reduce wait times ...5 days ago
- Foreign Minister strengthens relationship with Italy
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has concluded a constructive visit to Italy, marking 75 years of diplomatic relations. Mr Peters and Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met in Rome overnight and confirmed the strength of the bilateral relationship that New Zealand and Italy share. “New Zealand and Italy are long-standing ...5 days ago
- Partnership approach to FMD signed and sealed
A new agreement between the Government and key livestock industry groups marks a major milestone in New Zealand’s readiness for a potential foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard announced today. “The Foot and Mouth Disease Operational Agreement confirms how Government and industry will jointly prepare for, ...6 days ago
- Public consultation begins on legal aid review
Public consultation begins today aimed at improving the legal aid scheme for those who cannot afford advice and representation, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “We have a duty to ensure all New Zealanders have access to justice by means of a fair and open process. “To do so, we need ...6 days ago
- Solar on Farms: Unlocking farm cost savings
Energy Minister Simon Watts has announced the Government’s new Solar on Farms initiative, which will support farmers in taking the next step towards installing solar and battery systems, helping them reduce energy costs, increase on-farm resilience, and allow farmers to gain greater control over their power use, leading to increased ...6 days ago
- New Zealand Grass-Fed certification to take on global competitors
New Zealand is raising its game on the global stage with a new Grass-Fed certification scheme to help our red meat and dairy producers go head-to-head with competitors in premium international markets, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced today at Fieldays. “International consumers are increasingly willing ...6 days ago
- Innovative pasture project to drive farmgate returns
The Government is backing a $17 million partnership with farmers to boost productivity, profitability, and sustainability by identifying the most resilient, high-performing pastures for New Zealand conditions, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced today at Fieldays. Minister McClay confirmed the Government will invest $8.269 million in the Resilient Pastures project through ...6 days ago
- Radiology backlog cleared at Taranaki Base Hospital
Health Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed the clearance of a significant radiology backlog at Taranaki Base Hospital, calling it a practical outcome that puts patients first. “In March, more than 6,000 x-ray reports were sitting unprocessed at Taranaki Base Hospital. That was causing unacceptable delays for patients needing diagnosis and ...6 days ago
- Saying yes to more housing
City-shaping changes are coming to New Zealand’s largest city, ensuring that Auckland can fully harness the economic growth benefits of the new City Rail Link, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Auckland Minister Simeon Brown say. The Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill (the Bill) has been ...6 days ago
- Primary Sector-Government partnership to boost rural health and resilience
The Government is stepping up support for rural New Zealand with a $4 million Rural Wellbeing Fund to expand investment in community-based initiatives, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced today at Fieldays. “The establishment of this fund is a result of advocacy by Federated Farmers Chair, Wayne Langford, who ...6 days ago
- Applications open for $30 million Coastal Shipping Resilience Fund
Applications have opened for a $30 million fund for projects that will enhance the resilience of New Zealand’s coastal shipping connections and help boost economic growth, Associate Transport Minister James Meager has announced. The Coastal Shipping Resilience Fund was established through the Government Policy Statement on land transport. Funding will ...6 days ago
- Foreign Minister focuses on Pacific resilience during visit to France
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has taken part in two major international events in Nice, France this week, focused on Pacific resilience, prosperity and security. The sixth Pacific-France Summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, took place in Nice overnight. “The Summit brought together Pacific countries for discussions with France on ...6 days ago
- NZ places travel ban on extremist Israeli politicians
New Zealand has joined Australia, Canada, the UK and Norway in placing travel bans on two extremist Israeli politicians, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. The bans will prevent Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from travelling to New Zealand. “Our action today is not against ...6 days ago
- 6th Pacific-France Summit – Intervention by New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs
6th Pacific-France Summit Intervention by New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston Peters Nice, France, Tuesday 10 June 2025 Thank you, President Macron, for convening this meeting today, the sixth Pacific-France Summit. We were privileged to have also been at the second Pacific-France Summit, during the Presidency of ...6 days ago
- Tourism Growth Roadmap speech to Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA)
Tēnā koutou katoa. Thank you for the warm welcome. It is my pleasure to welcome you all to MEETINGS 2025. First, I would like to acknowledge Mayor Wayne Brown attending MEETINGS 2025 today and a special acknowledgment to Ngāti Whatua Orakei for their pōwhiri and welcome. I would also like ...6 days ago
- More funding to grow international tourism
The Government is increasing funding for attracting overseas visitors and investing in tourism infrastructure as part of its new Tourism Growth Roadmap, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says. “We’re investing $35 million to deliver the first stage of the Roadmap, which sets out the Government’s plan to double the ...6 days ago
- Major changes to proposed anti-stalking law
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is welcoming changes to toughen up the proposed anti-stalking law, including being triggered after two specified acts within 24 months. “This change better recognises patterns in stalking behaviour and time that can pass between incidents. For example, stalking that occurs around anniversaries would not be covered ...7 days ago
- Speech: APAC energy capital assembly, Singapore
I am delighted to be here in Singapore once again, to speak to you in my capacity as New Zealand’s Minister for Resources and Associate Minister for Energy. If you haven’t heard of me before today, I’m proud to declare myself the champion of New Zealand’s petroleum and minerals sector. ...7 days ago
- Speech to the Law Association 2025
Thank you all for the invitation to speak with you this morning. I have been looking forward to this opportunity. May is a busy month for the Government, and it is always a relief to have the Budget delivered. Today, I would like to speak about what I see as ...7 days ago
- Government backing rural resilience and wellbeing
The government is boosting support for rural resilience and wellbeing announced by Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson. “We’re backing Rural Support Trusts by committing $3 million over the next four years, to help improve rural communities’ access to primary mental health services and specialist ...7 days ago
- The healer and the shrink
Grace was 11 when she started hearing voices and seeing visions. She heard a man’s voice telling her to harm herself and had repeated visions of a man watching her. She’d begun suffering flashbacks, nightmares and disturbed sleep after watching her father assault her mother nine months early. A chapter ...15 minutes ago - Daily crossword, Tuesday 17 June
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- Mini crossword, Tuesday 17 June
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- ‘If not now, when?’ – Uyghur woman asks PM to help get her brother back
During the PM’s first official trip to China, NZ citizen Riz NurMuhammad is asking Luxon to call for the release of her brother – arbitrarily detained since 2017 The post ‘If not now, when?’ – Uyghur woman asks PM to help get her brother back appeared first on Newsroom. ...15 minutes ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 17 June
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- This land is your land to make the best use of
Comment: Land Use Capability classifications grade land based on its suitability for primary production The post This land is your land to make the best use of appeared first on Newsroom. ...15 minutes ago
- Karen Walker wins fast fashion trademark spat
Australian resort wear brand Runaway the Label has been denied trademark registration for its name after opposition from Karen Walker The post Karen Walker wins fast fashion trademark spat appeared first on Newsroom. ...15 minutes ago
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Jeffery To was twiddling his thumbs at home during Covid lockdown when he came up with the idea of a robot that could scour our waterways and collect pollution data.
Jeffery To showing The Detail’s Sharon Brettkelly the MĀKI boat V2 ... 15 minutes ago - Green Party’s fiscal strategy is radical and they know it
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- Future of trades training ‘similar if not worse’ than pre-Pūkenga – Treasury
Report raises concerns over how impending changes will impact students and employers of key industries such as health and construction The post Future of trades training ‘similar if not worse’ than pre-Pūkenga – Treasury appeared first on Newsroom. ...15 minutes ago
- ‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC
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RNZ Pacific A renowned Samoan fashion designer was fatally shot at the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, the Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) has confirmed. Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, known as Afa Ah Loo, an “innocent bystander” at the protest, died despite efforts by paramedics ...6 hours ago
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Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but that Israeli support for the war may wane if the destruction continues. “I think it’s going to continue escalating because we are just in the ...9 hours ago
- What is uranium enrichment and how is it used for nuclear bombs? A scientist explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaitlin Cook, DECRA Fellow, Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Australian National University Uranium ore. RHJPhtotos/Shutterstock Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily ...9 hours ago
- Minister Brooke van Velden says sick leave cuts for part-timers is what businesses want
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But Rohan O'Neill-Stevens says he hasn't ruled out a return to local politics in the future. ...9 hours ago
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RNZ News Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance against Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The settlements are illegal under international law — and a record 45 were established last year ...10 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Israeli defence systems intercept Iranian missiles over the city of Haifa Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty Images Late last week, Israel began a wave of attacks on Iran under the banner ...10 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating the Palestinian Liberation Organisation was to assassinate its then-leader Yasser Arafat. The elimination of ...10 hours ago
- Homelessness increase not necessarily due to government policy changes – minister
Tama Potaka says victims of sexual or domestic violence should not be turned away from emergency housing. ...11 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kaufman, Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute South_agency/Getty Images Last week, the Australian government announced a new National Immunisation Strategy for 2025–30. This strategy sets out the government’s priorities for improving vaccine uptake for children, adolescents and ...11 hours ago
- The historic High Seas Treaty is almost reality. Here’s what it would mean for ocean conservation
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lothian, Senior Lecturer in Maritime Law and Academic Barrister, University of Wollongong J Nel/Shutterstock The high seas are set to gain a greater level of protection when a long-sought after treaty finally enters into force. For almost 20 years, ...11 hours ago
- ‘Now no discretion’ over police recruitment standards – Minister Mitchell
The Police Commissioner and Police Minister have answered claims of falling standards at Police College ...12 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Conquet, PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave. Lucy Parakhina/Rising I first came across the work of Argentinian underground enfant terrible Marina Otero in 2022, seeing her work Fuck Me ...12 hours ago
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The coalition continues to show us who and what they value. It’s very clear that they’re continuing to completely under-value the workers, and especially the women workers, who prop up the system to serve New Zealand whānau when they need it most. ...12 hours ago
- Minister Brooke van Velden on possible sick leave cuts for part-timers
The government is looking at changes that would make leave proportionate to the number of hours worked. ...12 hours ago
- New Zealand knew of potential attack on Iran by Israel before in happened, Winston Peters says
Winston Peters says the current state of global affairs is probably the worst he remembers. ...13 hours ago
- New Zealand knew of potential attack on Iran by Israel before it happened, Winston Peters says
Winston Peters says the current state of global affairs is probably the worst he remembers. ...13 hours ago
- NZ ‘surprised but not totally surprised’ by Israeli attack on Iran, Winston Peters says
Winston Peters says the current state of global affairs is probably the worst he remembers. ...13 hours ago
- ‘They were justifying his actions’: what women say about men’s behaviour change programs
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