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Comment: Open mike 22/05/2025
Written By: William - Date published: 8:51 am, May 22nd, 2025
A reminder about today's protest at parliament. From the PSA: ---------- If you're in Wellington, join us on Budget Day to show the Government we don’t accept their Budget coming at the cost of fair pay for health, education, and community workers. When: 1 ...Comment: Open mike 19/05/2025
Written By: William - Date published: 10:33 am, May 19th, 2025
From the PSA: If you're in Wellington, join us on Budget Day to show the Government we don’t accept their Budget coming at the cost of fair pay for health, education, and community workers. When: 1-2pm, Thursday 22 May Where: Parliament Lawn, WellingtonComment: Winston’s war on wokeness
Written By: William - Date published: 10:49 am, March 25th, 2025
... to historical figures such as William Wilberforce who as a British ...Comment: Open mike 30/12/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 3:17 pm, December 30th, 2024
Regulations are secondary legislation. If you have an idea of the regulation name I usually use the 'advanced search' accessed from the tab at the top of Matiri's linked page, and select from acts, bills , secondary legislation, or other instruments. ...Comment: Open mike 01/10/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 5:47 pm, October 1st, 2024
Luxon bragging about his wealth. Up thread there's a link to a stuff interview with Key also published today. Key is sitting in front of his helicopter, another demonstration of wealth. To obtain a pilot's license there's quite a bit of science study ...Comment: Open mike 30/07/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 1:28 pm, July 30th, 2024
They have a long history of being overly optimistic. From 2008 there's this story which included; "It forms part of the airline's plan to source 10% of its fuel from sustainable sources by 2013." That plan crashed because it was reliant on growing a crop ...Comment: Open mike 30/07/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 9:37 am, July 30th, 2024
And let's not forget Chris Bishop's former employment at Philip Morris. From wikipedia "Bishop's work for Philip Morris attracted headlines and comments when he stood for parliament for the National Party, given he worked against the party's plans to ...Comment: Daily review 25/07/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 9:35 am, July 26th, 2024
From that link "What we're trying to do is balance the fact that all New Zealanders have an interest in what goes on on the coast..." Except when the Fast Track Legislation removes our ability to influence what goes on on the coast. Hypocrites!Comment: Open mike 10/07/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 11:59 pm, July 10th, 2024
I suspect you already know this but Te Ara Tupua between Petone & Ngauranga is primarily a seawall to improve the resilience of the rail lines & road along that section of SH2. In 2013 there was a severe southerly storm that washed away parts of the rail ...Comment: Ferry sweary
Written By: William - Date published: 3:12 pm, June 27th, 2024
Lyttelton port is about 11 or 12 hours sailing time from Wellington, so to provide the same capacity there would need to be maybe three times as many ships, or much larger ships. That's a big extra capital outlay that is merely duplicating the existing ...Comment: How Northland Became New Zealand’s Deepest Shame
Written By: William - Date published: 12:18 am, June 26th, 2024
Thanks for the link. Have you found a way to search their static.transpower.co.nz/ ? After finding the docs I linked to I tried going up the directory levels to see the directory structure & files but it always returns 'access denied'. The pylon risk ...Comment: How Northland Became New Zealand’s Deepest Shame
Written By: William - Date published: 6:51 pm, June 25th, 2024
You've already claimed they were built in the sixties so I'll take your word for that. The fact you haven't refuted my point by giving the other information leads me to think you don't have it. Transpower are currently replacing some pylons near Wellington ...Comment: How Northland Became New Zealand’s Deepest Shame
Written By: William - Date published: 1:37 pm, June 25th, 2024
"The neglect of power pylons installed during the 1960s is just another signal that Northland is the New Zealand we’d like to suppress:" But the pylon didn't fail due to neglect, it seems routine maintenance to ensure its reliability was being done ...Comment: C Listers and tag alongs
Written By: William - Date published: 11:32 am, June 19th, 2024
While you're correcting that section, Government House is where the GG lives, the PM gets to use Premier House. He's a tosser. C listers, bottom feeders, his frequently expressed opinion of people is atrocious. [Right you are. Corrected - MS]Comment: Open mike 17/04/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 9:47 am, April 17th, 2024
My immediate thought on hearing that "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it."Comment: Open mike 01/04/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 2:07 pm, April 1st, 2024
While I too found drivers in Canada very courteous to pedestrians, that is not the case everywhere. The bricks system is likely an ironic take on the flags made available in some places on that continent. Just a few years ago NZ consulted on a range of ...Comment: Catherine, Princess of Wales
Written By: William - Date published: 10:38 pm, March 13th, 2024
I don't take much interest in the royals, but the ppm figures shown don't seem correct. Supposing the short fella on the left is the youngest, surely his ppm should be greater than for his taller sister, not less as is shown. Also, the figure for the boy ...Comment: Catherine, Princess of Wales
Written By: William - Date published: 12:01 pm, March 13th, 2024
That CO2 calculator only allows birth dates back to 1958!! For those of us older than that, use this one. For me it was 311.9 ppm.Comment: Newshub Closes
Written By: William - Date published: 9:33 am, February 29th, 2024
In 2019 Newshub itself reported on the court case resulting from the massacre. The problem you describe is possibly due to your own narrow focus and memory failings.Comment: Open mike 14/02/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 12:21 pm, February 14th, 2024
Clicking the first link gets me a page not found. Removing the " at the end solves it.Comment: Open mike 08/02/2024
Written By: William - Date published: 6:53 pm, February 8th, 2024
From Seymour's Wikipedia page "Seymour worked in Canada as a policy analyst for five years for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Manning Centre." The first is what got him to the Atlas crowd, both of them seem to be the type of right wing ...Comment: Open mike 19/12/2023
Written By: William - Date published: 12:50 pm, December 19th, 2023
I don't think she's being honest describing the coming mini budget as starting a new chapter. A whole new fantasy novel will probably be a more fitting description.Comment: The baubles of office
Written By: William - Date published: 5:16 pm, November 22nd, 2023
Hopefully it means ACT have had to swallow many policy dead rats, now Seymour's just reduced to trying to shaft Winston on the Deputy PM role to maintain some self respect.Comment: The baubles of office
Written By: William - Date published: 1:39 pm, November 22nd, 2023
Seymours campaign to be Deputy PM shows what a hypocrite he is. Back in June he was quoted by the Herald as saying; “The one thing Act is very clear on is that we won’t go for the baubles,” says Seymour. “Other people have done that and it’s got them ...Comment: How the special votes may work out
Written By: William - Date published: 1:52 pm, October 17th, 2023
I suspect National might be quietly happy to lose some electorate seats once the specials are counted, so long as their total number of seats doesn't fall too much. On the preliminary results they will only have five list members! While some of the public ...Comment: That was not as good as was hoped for
Written By: William - Date published: 2:21 pm, October 15th, 2023
In both Wellington Central & Rongotai electorates National have come third in the Electorate MP vote and the Party Vote! Of the only two seats in the region where they had some success (Ohariu with the party vote & Hutt South with the party vote & ...Comment: Open mike 19/09/2023
Written By: William - Date published: 5:37 pm, September 19th, 2023
That's depressingly familiar. The changes I've been interested in are the Accessible Streets regulatory changes. They would make changes for pedestrians, cyclists & other mobility devices. That paper seeks approval to put it out to consultation, which did ...Comment: Open mike 19/09/2023
Written By: William - Date published: 3:48 pm, September 19th, 2023
I fully agree, but I think it would be best to put most consideration into areas where the largest reduction in harm could be achieved. 248 deaths is a number that could be significantly reduced using tools we already know work. Maybe RNZ are monitoring TS ...Comment: Open mike 19/09/2023
Written By: William - Date published: 3:38 pm, September 19th, 2023
Yesterday's incident at the Albany Bus Station also involved someone who seriously breached the current law, but that act has led to media spin that public transport should be feared. One of the first roads to have it's speed limit reduced was SH6 between ...Comment: Open mike 19/09/2023
Written By: William - Date published: 10:25 am, September 19th, 2023
You want to know something that are really not isolated incidents? The road deaths to date stands at 248 killed so far this year! Yet they are just normalised, and instead apparently people should be fearful on public transport. According to current ...
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History haunts Solomon Islands. More than two decades after the end of the Tensions of 1998 to 2003, the fractures that prompted ethnic conflict between Guadalcanal and Malaita communities remain deep in politics, society and ...6 days ago
- Winston Peters & Barriers To A Fairer Tax System
For paid subscribersSharing this proposal on a light work day -Winston Peters “reamed the pension” and then tried to sue once it was found out - costing taxpayers at least $1m in legal fees Read more ...6 days ago - Climate legal action necessary response to Government inaction
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes the legal action taken against the Minister of Climate Change by a coalition of legal experts as an important step in ensuring that Aotearoa meets its climate action obligations. “We strongly support legal action to ensure that the Government ...6 days 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. ...4 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. ...4 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. ...5 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. ...6 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 ...7 days 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. ...7 days 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. ...1 week 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. ...2 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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. ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...3 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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 ...4 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, ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...5 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 ...6 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. ...6 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 ...6 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 ...6 days ago
- War On Women Intensifies As Govt Takes Axe To Sick Leave For Part-Time Workers
This latest attack on women comes just six weeks after the Government ripped up the pay equity rules, depriving 150,000 women of the pay they deserve and making it harder to lodge claims in the future. ...2 hours ago - The Boy in the Water Season 4 open now
The latest episode in the new season of hit podcast The Boy in the Water is now available for non-subscribers, with subsequent episodes to follow every few days. The Boy in the Water is an award-winning investigative podcast about a small town harbouring a big mystery, led by Newsroom’s investigations ...2 hours ago - ‘No kings!’: like the LA protesters, the early Romans hated kings, too
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Protesters across the United States have brandished placards declaring “no kings!” in recent days, keen to send a message one-man rule is not acceptable. The defeat of the forces of King George ...2 hours ago - Keith Rankin Analysis – Clio: Whose side is ‘History’ on?
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Is history binary? A judge of past behaviour with just two available options: thumbs-up, or thumbs-down? If you are not on the ‘right side’ of ...3 hours ago
- Government Requisition Plans For Greyhound Money Revealed
GRNZ CEO Edward Rennell said a grab for money rightly owned by the sport and its participants would be contemptible. ...3 hours ago
- ‘Dear Maurice, I miss you’: tributes to Maurice Gee, 1931 – 2025
The great New Zealand writer Maurice Gee has died. The literary community pays tribute. Maurice was one of the most honest and brave men I’ve known. Honest about his craft – because he saw it as craft, equal to any art; there was absolutely no bullshit about Maurice when he ...3 hours ago - No plan to halve sick leave, minister says after Christopher Luxon’s comments
But Brooke van Velden says there might be other changes coming. ...4 hours ago - Will a voluntary ‘nature credits’ market really help biodiversity?
The idea is for businesses to fund conservation projects and benefit from the eco-friendly association. The government sees potential and wants to get involved, but how much difference can such a scheme actually make? Late last week, associate minister for the environment Andrew Hoggard announced the government was “supporting the ...4 hours ago
- Millions rally against authoritarianism, while the White House portrays protests as threats – a po...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Pressman, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut Protesters parade through the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans as part of the nationwide No Kings protest against President Donald Trump, on June 14, 2025. Patt Little/Anadolu via Getty Images At the ...6 hours ago
- A 3-tonne, $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Petrie, Earth Observation Researcher, Swinburne University of Technology Artist’s concept of the NISAR satellite in orbit over Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech In a few days, a new satellite that can detect changes on Earth’s surface down to the centimetre, in almost real ...6 hours ago
- Decades on from the Royal Commission, why are Indigenous people still dying in custody?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. The recent deaths in custody of two Indigenous men ...6 hours ago
- Need to see a specialist? You might have to choose between high costs and a long wait. Here’s what...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute If you have cancer, a disease such as diabetes or dementia, or need to manage other complex health conditions, you often need expert care from a specialist doctor. But as our ...6 hours ago
- Small businesses are an innovation powerhouse. For many, it’s still too hard to raise the funds th...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colette Southam, Associate Professor of Finance, Bond University The federal government wants to boost Australia’s productivity levels – as a matter of national priority. It’s impossible to have that conversation without also talking about innovation. We can be proud of (and perhaps ...6 hours ago
- Government looking at cutting sick leave entitlements, Christopher Luxon says
The prime minister has hinted changes to the law could be coming. ...6 hours ago
- Lights at a hut are like togs in a sauna
Around the country, DOC is upgrading backcountry huts with solar panels and electric lights. But as technology evolves, what are we losing? Dan Keane writes the newsletter american.nz, where a version of this essay was first published. Years ago – the early aughts, must’ve been – I was drinking ...6 hours ago
- A solar panel recycling scheme would help reduce waste, but please repair and reuse first
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deepika Mathur, Senior Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University tolobalaguer.com, Shutterstock Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the growing problem of solar panel waste. Only about 10% of panels are currently ...7 hours ago
- Huge rise in surgery outsourcing prompts alarm among doctors
The government’s focus on elective surgery wait times has driven thousands of outsourced operations – and fresh warnings about the risks of draining public sector expertise, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Health targets to be enshrined ...8 hours ago
- Parliament Rejects Proposal To Address Critical Workforce Shortages
Despite being presented with an evidence-based solution and widespread public support, the Select Committee concluded: “the issue is complex, and we do not consider there is an immediate solution to it.” ...8 hours ago
- How to destroy 500,000 books
The trucks and the industrial strength paper shredders with rows of 330 sharp-toothed knives on spherical roller bearings operated by hydraulic drives are set to roll out this week and destroy 500,000 books from the National Library—an end point in a long, controversial policy which will forever be regarded by ...8 hours ago
- Abuse in care: Cabinet considered limiting gang members’ redress
The government ultimately chose to treat gang members the same as any other survivor, but one former gang member was 'stunned' it considered the idea at all. ...9 hours ago
- Cabinet considered limiting gang members’ abuse in care redress
The government ultimately chose to treat gang members like other survivors, but a former gang member is 'stunned' it was even considered. ...9 hours ago
- What Chris Bishop’s decision on Plan Change 14 means for Christchurch
Minister of RMA reform Chris Bishop has responded to Christchurch City Council’s alternative proposals around its district plan. His decisions have consequences for transport and house prices as the southern city grows. Where will future housing growth in Christchurch go? Will new houses be built on the outskirts of ...10 hours ago
- A counsellor reviews ChatGPT’s counselling advice
Face-to-face therapy is prohibitively expensive for most New Zealanders. Could ChatGPT fill the void? It’s June. It’s dark, wet and cold. It’s a month of remembering loved ones lost to suicide. I am housebound. My physiotherapist placed a short-term ban on my hiking life while I strengthen my 61-year-old knees. Having ...10 hours ago
- Nurses set to test equal pay system as others lose trust
One union is set to test viability of new pay equity rules – but another has no confidence in the system The post Nurses set to test equal pay system as others lose trust appeared first on Newsroom. ...10 hours ago
- What New Zealand can learn from Spain’s war on Airbnb
NZ’s local and central governments pass the buck between them as each say the other is better-placed to regulate the likes of Airbnb The post What New Zealand can learn from Spain’s war on Airbnb appeared first on Newsroom. ...10 hours ago
- Mini crossword, Monday 16 June
The post Mini crossword, Monday 16 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...10 hours ago
- Daily crossword, Monday 16 June
The post Daily crossword, Monday 16 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...10 hours ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 16 June
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- Van Velden steers WorkSafe toward a softer touch
WorkSafe is being urged to soften its tone, sharpen its focus, and become an enabler of safe work, not just an enforcer of compliance, as part of significant changes to New Zealand’s health and safety regime. Under direction from Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden, the regulator is ...10 hours ago
- Mystic connection: Rookie steps up for her injured idol
If there’s one player in world netball right now who Sophia Lafaiali’i looks up to, it’s Australian Diamond Donnell Wallam. Up until now, she’s always admired the strong, agile, sharp shooter from afar. “I love watching her play – she’s a beast, she’s so strong. I’d watch her in the ...10 hours ago
- Trump’s southern neighbour on how to weather his worst
New Zealand may be thousands of kilometres away from the United States, but at times that distance feels like precious little insulation from Donald Trump. Spare a thought, then, for the United States’ southern neighbour as it is buffeted by Trump’s every decree. “Whether it is economics, trade, border, migration, ...10 hours ago
- PM fears ‘miscalculation’ could lead to tension in NZ’s backyard
Christopher Luxon will make his first official trip to China this week, amid rising geopolitical tensions that place the superpower right at the centre The post PM fears ‘miscalculation’ could lead to tension in NZ’s backyard appeared first on Newsroom. ...10 hours ago
- NZ’s carbon forestry offsets on trial in High Court case
A world-first legal challenge targets the decades-long reliance of successive NZ governments on planting trees to offset emissions from burning fossil fuels The post NZ’s carbon forestry offsets on trial in High Court case appeared first on Newsroom. ...10 hours ago
- Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost the war
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein War is good for business and geopolitical posturing. Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in early February for his first visit to the US following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, he issued a bold statement on the strategic position of Israel. “The decisions we ...18 hours ago
- Netanyahu has two war aims: destroying Iran’s nuclear program and regime change. Are either achiev...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities could last for at least two weeks. His timing seems precise for a reason. The Israel Defence Forces and ...18 hours ago
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