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Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 7:17 pm, July 11th, 2025
those who made decisions that affected the whole country undergo public scrutiny for the information they provided and the decisions they made? Stan. Have you read any of this Post and its links? It has been well established here..and elsewhere, that our ...Comment: Open Mike 11/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 4:14 pm, July 11th, 2025
Better Wellington : Some interesting commonality/personnel with other RW conspiracist groups... Who’s behind Better Wellington, and why are they trying to influence local politics in the capital? https://thespinoff.co.nz/wellington/12-08-2024/windbag-the- ...Comment: The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025. Part 1: French State Terrorism and the end of innocence.
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 7:52 am, July 10th, 2025
"And I think the really good thing was the stamina of Greenpeace and other activists to get back up and carry on." https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566469/rainbow-warrior-bombing-40th-anniversary-advocates-warn-of-expanding-nuclearism-in-pacific ...Comment: Open Mike 09/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 1:46 pm, July 9th, 2025
Tama push-up Potaka : Not necessarily.... Homelessness increase not necessarily due to government policy changes - minister The minister in charge of emergency housing has been unable to say whether homelessness has increased under this government, saying ...Comment: Open Mike 09/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 12:02 pm, July 9th, 2025
small-time, provincial, politely 'Kiwi' mafia IMO you could substitute town for time, and be also on the money as it were. As I (and others) are well aware, these hidden 1%er gangs really run them.Very lucrative. Membership ? Those who know the reality of ...Comment: Open Mike 09/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 8:18 am, July 9th, 2025
Conflict of Interest? We don' need no steenkin' conflict of interest ! (fyi : blazing saddles bandits) New KiwiRail director Scott O'Donnell linked to NZ First donation, government loan Scott O'Donnell is one of the four directors of Dynes Transport ...Comment: Daily review 08/07/2025
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 7:48 am, July 9th, 2025
Winston Peters' inquiry, which, imo, is a witch hunt. Not only you Louis. There is also the dreadful known characterising of Jacinda as witch.... With this, I am put in mind of the Witchfinder General and the evil he wrought on innocent people... “Witch ...Comment: Daily review 08/07/2025
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 6:01 pm, July 8th, 2025
Jacinda had the arrogant prick sussed....Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 12:28 pm, July 8th, 2025
I found those images...physical and mental (nooses, gallows, rats), of Jacinda Ardern and Dr Bloomfield et al; to be very disturbing. Dr Bloomfield in his updates, always struck me (and IMO many thousands of other NZers) as the least rat-like person I ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 12:21 pm, July 8th, 2025
not act wisely Emphasis on ACT : )Comment: Open Mike 08/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 12:18 pm, July 8th, 2025
There are commonalities (as we who are aware..are aware) throughout our Earth with all of this. I link DeSmog here (I've been reading DeSmog for many years) with Tom Green of the David Suzuki Foundation....A good article covering a bit on carbon capture ...Comment: Open Mike 07/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 1:44 pm, July 7th, 2025
From Obtrectators comment... "I'm not a scientist, and I don't plan to be." In other words, a nice, tame, untroublesome choice by and for the CoCs. Coming in after Dr Rod Carr? I sincerely hope Dame Patsy..is no patsy... The formidable inaugural ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 1:28 pm, July 7th, 2025
I’d say if this lot get a second term most of what made NZ good will have been stripped down and sold for scrap. Its my fear. Not so much for myself (always been pretty self sufficient/able to fix/make do/survive) but for Family..and those others who are ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 10:50 am, July 7th, 2025
Having a sense of humour ? While taking nothing from the intrinsic darkness revealed (Nuremberg gallows FFS!), IMO essential to this..and most of Life. Gets me through : )Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 10:21 am, July 7th, 2025
NZ First connections.....Inwood also Astroturfs (Not sure if its in his spare time. he's a busy guy..) Glenn Inwood, who has worked for both the Japanese whaling and tobacco industries Inwood, a long-time friend of NZF deputy leader Shane Jones, who ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 9:39 am, July 7th, 2025
Yep, its so strange...and bizarre. So quick to leap down the rabbit holes. If not able to Critical Think..where is their inner voice of..Reason? The one that should be saying yelling "This makes no sense" !Comment: Open Mike 07/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 9:14 am, July 7th, 2025
Huzzah. More icecream and movies? Watch live: FamilyBoost changes announced, Nicola Willis says thousands will benefit The Finance Minister promised to review the scheme which provides rebates for early childhood education, after government figures showed ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 8:39 am, July 7th, 2025
Oh, what a tangled web knitting pattern....VFF, racism.... Libby Jonson (a friend of Buscke) Buscke later appeared on an American podcast called Unsafe Space, saying that golliwogs were not racial stereotypes but a tradition from Turkey, and that “social ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 8:29 am, July 7th, 2025
Nuremburg 2.0....Very disturbing. Strange, twisted people. on the day Ashley Bloomfield resigns. We know where you live you little weasel, you are a targeted lowlife. You can’t run and hide, justice will get you. Vile disgusting creature. - MM He probably ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 5:49 pm, July 6th, 2025
Aye Louis ! An alternate NZ we escaped. Thankyou Team !Comment: Open Mike 06/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 5:44 pm, July 6th, 2025
Maybe exhaustion/temporary ? 89 Years. Although, we have his Senior, another David : 99..Not out ! David Attenborough: Ocean comes out on the beloved presenter's 99th birthday, and it's a furious call to arms https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens/tv/david- ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 5:14 pm, July 6th, 2025
I am referring to public servants, aka Ashley Bloomfield. Are you...taking the piss? New Zealands Director-General of Health...Literally responsible during a pandemic is portrayed (by you) as an unwilling expert ? Idiot Oh if you truly dont know ( ima ...Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 4:44 pm, July 6th, 2025
portraying the public servants as the experts Who exactly are you referring to? The Professors, Doctors, Scientists, Medical Experts ? This was a pandemic. Those mentioned ( and many others) freely gave of their Knowledge...and themselves. Were/Are you a ...Comment: The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025. Part 1: French State Terrorism and the end of innocence.
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 3:56 pm, July 6th, 2025
Read at school..always remembered. Should be a compulsory maxim for State Leaders, but could you imagine Trump/Putin/Nyetanehu/Modi... et al ? They'd laugh....Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 3:47 pm, July 6th, 2025
Aye MS ! Thankyou for your clear diligence shown in this Post. An interesting Inquiry would be the connections behind...... Reality Check Radio is owned by Clair Deeks, Alia Bland and Elizabeth Jonson. They were also the founders of Voices for Freedom and ...Comment: The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025. Part 1: French State Terrorism and the end of innocence.
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 12:43 pm, July 6th, 2025
Aye, PB. George Santayana quote w/added Magritte art. : ) “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/those-who-cannot-remember-past-are-condemned-repeat-it-george-santayana-life-reason-1905Comment: The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025. Part 1: French State Terrorism and the end of innocence.
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 9:30 am, July 6th, 2025
Eugene, Re : "You cannot sink a rainbow." Also a lot of Info : ) The Rainbow Warrior III https://www.greenpeace.org.au/about-us/greenpeace-ships/rainbow-warrior/Comment: The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025. Part 1: French State Terrorism and the end of innocence.
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 9:22 am, July 6th, 2025
Most of NZs truly activist left collapsed after this terror attack Link?Comment: Open Mike 06/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 9:18 am, July 6th, 2025
"A few loons" ? Well, thats your opinion. Did you read any of the links? Particularly V.F.F? Massively funded mis/disinformation. However....I do respect Mountain Tui : )Comment: Open Mike 06/07/25
Written By: PsyclingLeft.Always - Date published: 9:10 am, July 6th, 2025
Aye, PB. MT is indeed a gem for all the effort. IMO...Outstanding : )
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- Submission on the Public Finance Amendment Bill
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- Legislating For Liberty.
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- An update on Winston’s War on Woke & June wrap up
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- OPED – Jenny Marcroft: Supporting our oyster farmers
Most of us who live in the Mahurangi region are well aware of the ongoing challenges faced by oyster farmers because of multiple significant sewage spills into Mahurangi Harbour. Watercare’s sewerage network in Warkworth is infiltrated with stormwater following rainfall, resulting in overflows into the Mahurangi River and the wider ...3 days ago
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- Serious Response to Serious Problems
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- NZ First Bill: Only Official New Zealand Flag to Fly on Government Buildings
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- Healthy Homes standards need more teeth
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- Green Party pays tribute to Takutai Tarsh Kemp
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- Government Sabotages Settlement: Te Pāti Māori Backs Te Whānau-Ā-Apanui
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Simeon Brown needs to be honest about how much more money he expects Health New Zealand to cut from its budget to get back in the black. ...3 weeks ago - Greens call on Govt to condemn US for attack on Iran
The Green Party is calling on the Government to condemn the United States for its illegal bombing of Iran and inflaming tensions across the Middle East. ...3 weeks ago
- Luxon’s Complicity Puts Aotearoa at Risk: Te Pāti Māori Stands Against Global Military Aggressio...
Te Pāti Māori stands firmly against the rising tide of global military aggression. While the Luxon scrambles to appease Trump and Israel, we choose peace, sovereignty, and an independent foreign policy grounded in justice and truth. More than 56,000 Palestinians have been murdered by Israel over the past 20 months. ...3 weeks ago
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- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 12, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 12, 2025. NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibitionAsia Pacific Report Nuclear-free and independent Pacific advocates are treating Aucklanders to a lively week-long exhibition dedicated to the struggle for nuclear justice in the region. It ...8 hours ago - No need for bill protecting campus free speech, unis and legal experts say
But supporters of the Education and Training Amendment Bill say universities can't be trusted to uphold freedom of expression. ...10 hours ago - ‘It is an interesting time’ – Tania Simpson takes over as chair of Waitangi Trust
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MONDAY Thank you everyone for coming along to this excellent use of public spending. As head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19, I shall investigate, and investigate fully, the claims of those who say the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was a crime against humanity and was ...17 hours ago
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Terry Voss (born 1975) is the author of the story collection The Boring Aurora, which was shortlisted for the Sunday Supplement’s best first book award in 2001. His poems and stories have been published in many print and online journals, including Visigoths, 2B/X2B, Sundown and Herringbone. He is currently working ...17 hours ago
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Bow down bitches, the true divas are in town. This week in attention economy news, JoJo Siwa is threatening to release her cover of ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ on Spotify. In the short video she’s already released, she sounds like she’s swallowed three packets of cigs and auto tuned the raspy ...18 hours ago
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As we wrap up Outrageous Week, actor Siobhan Marshall takes us through her life in television. It’s been 20 years since Outrageous Fortune first stormed onto New Zealand television screens, but Siobhan Marshall still meets a “terrifying” number of people who think she’s Pascalle West. Whether they’re from overseas viewers ...18 hours ago
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- NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibition
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- A new exhibition is a thoughtful examination of the lasting relationship between Asia and Australia
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- Hendra virus has killed a horse in Queensland. Should we be worried?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vinod Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor (Molecular Virology), Monash University CJKPhoto/Getty The death of an unvaccinated horse from Hendra virus this week in southeast Queensland is the state’s first reported case in three years. Before that, Australia’s last case was in July ...1 day ago
- The ACT wants dog owners to spend 3 hours a day with their pet. But quality, not quantity, matters m...
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- Oranga Tamariki paying nearly $2m a year to communications staff
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- Guests at a feast in Iran’s Zagros Mountains 11,000 years ago brought wild boars from all across t...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Petra Vaiglova, Lecturer in Archaeological Science, Australian National University Kathryn Killackey Have you ever stopped by the grocery store on your way to a dinner party to grab a bottle of wine? Did you grab the first one you saw, or ...1 day ago
- Lessons For New Zealand – The Arson Attack Of Melbourne Synagogue
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Health NZ is offering a 3 percent pay rise over two years, plus two payments of $325. ...1 day ago
- What is cannabis use disorder? And how do you know if you have a problem?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Dawson, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology and National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland Around 41% of Australians report they’ve used cannabis at some point in their life. Research estimates that 22% of recreational cannabis consumers ...1 day ago
- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 11, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 11, 2025. ‘Storm clouds are gathering’: 40 years on from the bombing of the Rainbow WarriorFrom the prologue of the 40th anniversary edition of David Robie’s seminal book on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, former New ...1 day ago
- The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 11
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- PSNA Condemns The NZ Govt’s Silence Over US Sanctions Against United Nations Special Rapporteu...
Albanese released a damning report identifying companies complicit in Israel’s mass killing and mass starvation of civilians in Gaza, provoking the US to sanction her. ...1 day ago
- NZ Jewish Council And Holocaust Centre Of NZ Urge Govt Action Following Australia’s Landmark Antis...
Australia’s plan, announced by Prime Minister Albanese, Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke, and Special Envoy on Antisemitism Jillian Segal, introduces strong, decisive measures aimed at tackling anti-Jewish hate across multiple sectors of society. ...1 day ago
- Dawn service held 40 years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing
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- What is the Strait of Hormuz and why is it so important for global shipping?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Clarence, Law Lecturer, RMIT University During the recent conflict between Iran and Israel, Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s major shipping routes. Would that be possible, and what effects would it have? The Strait of ...1 day ago
- Twenty years on, Outrageous Fortune remains as relevant as ever
Tara Ward reflects on an Outrageous week on The Spinoff. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. On 12 July, 2005, Outrageous Fortune burst onto our screens and transformed the landscape of New Zealand television. Created by Rachel Lang and James Griffin, the ...1 day ago
- Reviewers of legislation Treaty clauses expected to report back in months
The creation of the group has been led by Justice and Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith. ...1 day ago
- We shouldn’t have to fight this hard to prove our mana in Tāmaki
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei deputy chair Ngarimu Blair reflects on a hard-fought Environment Court battle, and what the ruling on Westhaven Marina really means for tangata whenua. While there was major gratitude for the success of my iwi in the recent decision from the Environment Court regarding the Westhaven Marina, it ...1 day ago
- Rugby headgear can’t prevent concussion – but new materials could soften the blows over a career
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Draper, Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Canterbury The widely held view among rugby players, coaches and officials is that headgear can’t prevent concussion. If so, why wear it? It’s hot, it can block vision and hearing, and it ...1 day ago
- Mental Health Worker Numbers Don’t Tell Full Story Of Service Under Stress And Strain
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- How do you follow up a Wellington icon like KC Cafe?
For owner and chef Michael Chan, the answer is Hei – the restaurant he always dreamed of opening. One of the many problems with modern TV cooking shows is the obsession with “elevating” food from non-Western cultures. You’ll recognise the kind of moment I mean: a contestant on Masterchef, My ...2 days ago
- Tāmaki Makaurau by-election throws up curious quirk of MMP
Analysis: Te Pāti Māori has two overhang seats. The Independent Electoral Review recommended abolishing overhang seats. The post Tāmaki Makaurau by-election throws up curious quirk of MMP appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Watch live: Focus turns to vaccines and mandates at Covid-19 Royal Commission
The hearings will include testimonies from mandated industries, nursing and midwifery sectors and researchers. ...2 days ago
- Trump has flagged 200% tariffs on Australian pharmaceuticals. What do we produce here, and what’s ...
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- ‘Fashion helped the pride come out’: First Nations fashion as resistance, culture and connection
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images of deceased people. First Nations garments have always held deep meaning. What we wear tells ...2 days ago
- The cost of being: A lawyer and solo mum paying off the mortgage as fast as possible
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a lawyer and mum of two explains where their money goes. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Female. Age: 41. Ethnicity: Pākehā. Role: Lawyer. Salary/income/assets: Salary of ...2 days ago
- Does AI actually boost productivity? The evidence is murky
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Whittle, Director, Data61, CSIRO Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock There’s been much talk recently – especially among politicians – about productivity. And for good reason: Australia’s labour productivity growth sits at a 60-year low. To address this, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ...2 days ago
- Albanese’s China mission – managing a complex relationship in a world of shifting alliances
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for China on Saturday, confident most Australians back the government’s handling of relations with our most important economic partner and the leading strategic power ...2 days ago
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