Buying Awaroa beach

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 1:16 pm, February 10th, 2016 - 50 comments
Categories: activism, Conservation, Public Private Partnerships, quality of life - Tags: abel tasman, awaroa beach, givealittle, public good

Great to see this campaign going so well:

Pristine beach in the heart of the Abel Tasman

There is a pristine piece of beach and bush in the heart of the Abel Tasman up for private sale. Together we can buy it and gift it to NZ. …

At time of writing there is $1,606,801.50 pledged for a $2,000,000.00 target. Technology enabling mass participation for the public good!

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Tautoko Mangō Mata 1

10 February 2016 at 1:26 pm

now $1,611,922.90
alwyn 2

10 February 2016 at 2:01 pm

Has Andrew announced how much Labour MPs have contributed out of their own pockets?
Or is he just good at giving away tax-payer’s money that is coughed up by compulsory levies on a lot of low income New Zealanders who will never be able to get near the place?
How much have you pledged from your own very high income Andrew?
The same question is applicable to Nick Smith. How much have you pledged Nick?
- dv 2.1
  
  10 February 2016 at 2:15 pm
  
  How much have you pledged alwyn?
  - alwyn 2.1.1
    
    10 February 2016 at 6:33 pm
    
    Nothing. I really don’t care about whether a little piece of beach which is inaccessible to all except a very few residents of the country is, or is not, part of the conservation estate.
    On the other hand I am NOT, as Andrew and Nick are, proposing that the tax-payer should pay through the nose to give those few people their own little patch of beach. Let them personally contribute if they think it is a good idea.
    - dv 2.1.1.1
      
      10 February 2016 at 6:54 pm
      
      I really don’t care about
      
      SFC
      Rio Tinto
      - alwyn 2.1.1.1.1
        
        10 February 2016 at 10:05 pm
        
        That is your business.
        Am I really entitled to demand that you should care about SFC or Rio Tinto?
        I don’t think so. You can only do a certain amount and you must choose your own priorities. If that doesn’t include those two organisations why should I complain?
        
        dv 2.1.1.1.1.1
        
        11 February 2016 at 7:59 am
        
        The tax payer bailed SFC and Rio out.
        I thought you would have been against that – are you?
        
        dv 2.1.1.1.1.2
        
        11 February 2016 at 8:14 am
        
        I really don’t care about
        were YOUR words quoted from comment 2.1.1
        
        Did YOU support the tax payer bail out of SCF and Rio?
        
        alwyn …
        
        11 February 2016 at 10:12 am
        
        “I really don’t care about
        were YOUR words quoted from comment 2.1.1”
        
        Well yes, I know that. I thought you had used the same words to tell me what YOU didn’t care about. Naturally enough they were different things.
        I still don’t think I can judge you though. You are quite entitled to not care about SCF of Rio.
        You don’t really think you need me to approve of your opinions before you are allowed to express them do you? That would show a massive inferiority complex on your part.
        
        Expat …
        
        11 February 2016 at 10:32 am
        
        Just try answering the question, just a simple yes or no would suffice, but I suspect your real view is YES, but don’t want to be contradicted.
        
        alwyn …
        
        11 February 2016 at 11:07 am
        
        I’m afraid that dv is going to have to make up his (or her) own mind about SCF or Rio.
        Anyone old enough to attempt to comment on this site has to be able to show at least a little independence. They cannot go on for ever relying on the opinions of their wiser brethren.
        
        So dv, and Expat, you are going to have to make a decision without using my opinion as your lead. If, as you said, you don’t care about SCF or Rio don’t just fluff around worrying about what I might think. If you don’t care stick to your view. If you have changed your mind then say you do care. Don’t keep relying on me to tell you what to think.
        GROW UP.
        
        While I was typing this I see that you have come to a decision. Good on you. Now why don’t you stop worrying and stick to it. You don’t really need my approval of your actions do you?
        
        dv …
        
        11 February 2016 at 11:05 am
        
        DUH.
        
        Because you had problems in reading an understanding what I wrote
        I don’t approve of the bailouts, and I certainly do not want or need your approval.
        
        Now answer the question
        
        Did YOU support the tax payer bail out of SCF and Rio?
        
        alwyn …
        
        11 February 2016 at 11:24 am
        
        Are you trying to get us all banned?
        The subject of this post is Awaroa Beach. If you want to reminisce about SCF or Rio shouldn’t you do it on Open Mike?
        I don’t see why I should be banned because you are going off topic.
        
        dv …
        
        11 February 2016 at 11:47 am
        
        Well SFC and RIO were using tax payer funds, as you were objecting to for Awaroa.
        I was trying to see if you are consistent in your views.
        
        LPENT if i am out of line let me know and I won’t embarrass Alwyn any more with the question about SFC and Rio.
        
        alwyn …
        
        11 February 2016 at 12:23 pm
        
        Is that what you were talking about?
        Why don’t you answer some trick questions of your own?
        
        Were you in favour of the state paying out the liabilities of SCF to the depositors?
        Are you in favour of a taxpayer funded health service?
        Are you consistent in your answers to these questions?
        
        And as a final one. As Expat suggests “A simple yes or no” please.
        Have you stopped beating your partner?
        
        dv …
        
        11 February 2016 at 12:40 pm
        
        s that what you were talking about?
        Why don’t you answer some trick questions of your own?
        
        “Were you in favour of the state paying out the liabilities of SCF to the depositors?
        NO
        Are you in favour of a taxpayer funded health service?
        YES
        Are you consistent in your answers to these questions?
        YES
        
        And as a final one. As Expat suggests “A simple yes or no” please.
        Have you stopped beating your partner?
        YES NO
        
        Working really hard to avoid answering my quest Alwyn
        
        alwyn …
        
        11 February 2016 at 12:56 pm
        
        @dv.
        I have read your answers, and your statement that they are consistent. I’ll, at this time, accept you believe you are being consistent with those responses.
        
        I see that what you want to know, as you stated it.
        “I was trying to see if you are consistent in your views”.
        By your standards I can assure you that I am entirely consistent in my views. There, that was what you wanted to know.
        
        As for the final one about beating your partner. Does the YES NO answer mean that you aren’t currently beating him or her but you reserve the right to do so again in the future?
        
        dv …
        
        11 February 2016 at 1:02 pm
        
        @Alwyn
        Lotsa word BUT still
        Did YOU support the tax payer bail out of SCF and Rio?
        Yes or No
- framu 2.2
  
  10 February 2016 at 3:47 pm
  
  WTF alwyn?
  
  even gossman makes more sense – and that his MO your using
- Incognito 2.3
  
  10 February 2016 at 6:40 pm
  
  “Little had personally contributed $250 to the Givealittle campaign, and his deputy Annette King had put in $150.”
  
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/76613070/the-sale-of-an-abel-tasman-beach-and-other-gaps-in-the-queens-chain
  - alwyn 2.3.1
    
    10 February 2016 at 10:21 pm
    
    How sweet. At least they put a little bit of their own money where their mouths are.
    Andrew gets a salary of about $282,000 and Annette around $202,000 don’t they?
    Plus about $56,000 and $40,000 each into their super funds.
    Plus about $17,000 each in “expenses”
    Plus a self drive car for Andrew.
    Plus lots of travel for their family.
    Plus chauffeur driven limos.
    Plus, plus, plus.
    Gee aren’t they generous?.
    That would be about $25 for someone on the average wage I suppose.
    Or did it come out of the Labour Party Leader’s, also known as slush fund?
    - marty mars 2.3.1.1
      
      11 February 2016 at 7:43 am
      
      right the politics of envy
      - alwyn 2.3.1.1.1
        
        11 February 2016 at 12:42 pm
        
        Envious? Of a politician?
        Envious of Little or King?
        You really must be joking.
        There used to be a weekly paper in New Zealand called Truth. It published quite a lot of stories no other media outlet would handle.
        The journalists who worked there were paid more money than those at other papers. It was called an odium allowance. I suspect that is the reason politicians are paid more now than they used to be. Everyone despises them.
- Chris 2.4
  
  10 February 2016 at 9:35 pm
  
  That’s not right. Look at Urupukapuka Island. Plenty of people from all over the place go there. It’s a DOC camp and very cheap. The government should do the same here and make this a DOC camp. Relying on private charity like this plays into Key’s hands. He’ll be lovin’ this. So will Labour. Just look at their monumental fuck up at Opoutama. Flippin’ criminal.
  - Chris 2.4.1
    
    10 February 2016 at 9:59 pm
    
    Key could make political capital from DOC buying Opoutama from the developers. Locals have poured cold water over it so Key’s sweet there. Could show Labour up as miserly wee charity workers pissing around with ‘givealittle’ to provide core services. He won’t, of course, but he’d come off looking good if he did.
  - Whispering Kate 2.4.2
    
    11 February 2016 at 1:54 pm
    
    Chris I remember Opoutama from when my family went camping there for many years when we were kids. We had a tent site right by the pathway to the beach, a darts board pinned up to a tree and a swing hanging from it as well. (OSH would have something to say about that now). Everybody would congregate at our site for a yarn and drinks of an evening. I had my first kiss there in 1960!! On New Year’s Eve we kids plus others went around pulling pegs out of tents and the usual mahem, the toilets were long drops and not so nice but the pine trees were fantastic for having the tents under. and on the beach we used to dig deep trenches and have sand ball fights at the other side in their deep trenches, plus we played soft ball as well. My Dad used to wander the beach at night with his lantern looking for us errant kids to come home and get to bed. Possibly got my first kiss on the beach on one of those nights. Wonderful memories.
    
    Then I went back on a nostalgic trip a few years back with my family and was horrified at the weed infested wreck of a partial subdivsion left to its own devices and reverting back to nature. Sad Sad day for me – a real blight on the landscape. Another wide-boy developer wrecking the lovely area, we seem to be strewn with them here.
    - Chris 2.4.2.1
      
      11 February 2016 at 11:19 pm
      
      It is a shame what the developers have done but I think it’s great what the locals did to stop it. I always make a point of driving around it as a salute to the direct action that’s potentially saved important part of NZ for future generations. Now government has to step up and put those greedy developers out of their misery.
Ad 3

10 February 2016 at 2:52 pm

People can do what they like with their own money – good luck to them all – but this sandspit will hardly last another 50 years. Why not let nature just take its course on this one?
- Anne 3.1
  
  10 February 2016 at 6:52 pm
  
  The thing is it’s there… and with the publicity it is getting then more people will want to visit the site – especially if it’s part of the DOC estate. Even if it only lasts another 50 years that’s better than seeing a part of our pristine estate (and with Climate Change there will be less and less of it available) end up in foreigners hands.
  - Ad 3.1.1
    
    10 February 2016 at 8:25 pm
    
    Current access is exclusively private, so foreign ownership immaterial.
    
    Abel Tasman is mostly foreigners already.
    
    One storm away from nothing left, but don’t let me stop you donating.
Lanthanide 4

10 February 2016 at 3:11 pm

Now they just have to win the tender. Of course any other private bidder knows exactly what $ figure the public campaign is going to put in, making them a sitting duck.

Would the vendors turn down an extra $200k over the crowd-funded figure, for example?
- Colonial Viper 4.1
  
  11 February 2016 at 11:04 am
  
  That’s a good point, Lanth.
Don't worry. Be happy 5

10 February 2016 at 3:38 pm

I just don’t get why it is a private beach. surely this is a contradiction in terms? Surely this “owner” is trying to sell so ething he does not own….the Queen’s .Chain?
- McFlock 5.1
  
  10 February 2016 at 4:08 pm
  
  There are a few exemptions to the Queens Chain.
  It’s one of those things that I think should have a small government fund invested to rectify as the properties come up for sale over time.
  - kendoll 5.1.1
    
    10 February 2016 at 8:05 pm
    
    No such thing as queens chain exists in NZ property law, go check…
    - Ad 5.1.1.1
      
      10 February 2016 at 8:28 pm
      
      Exactly. Foreshore and Seabed redux.
      
      I did this track on Labour Weekend. Many places you skirt private sections anyway. There’s no policy principke at stake here, just shifting sand.
    - Grant 5.1.1.2
      
      11 February 2016 at 12:54 am
      
      http://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/overseas-investment/making-application/technical-resources/benefit-new-zealand-factors-0
      
      ‘A range of existing legal arrangements, commonly referred to as the “Queen’s chain”, has resulted in approximately 70% of land abutting New Zealand’s coast, lakes and rivers being in some form of public ownership or subject to statutory access provisions.’
      
      The Q’sC refers to a 20m wide access strip running above and parallel to the high tide mark which gives public access to beaches and river banks.
      
      This does not apply at Awaroa beach. The current title gives the owner riparian rights (down to the water line). http://www.smithpartners.co.nz/library/articles/property-law/hobson-s-legacy-riparian-rights-and-the-queen-s-chain/
      
      The definition of riparian rights seems a little ambiguous. Apparently it can grant a property right to the land owner to either the high or low water mark depending on the particular title for the land in question.
  - greywarshark 5.1.2
    
    10 February 2016 at 9:09 pm
    
    Do you mean riparian rights?
    - McFlock 5.1.2.1
      
      10 February 2016 at 10:32 pm
      
      maybe. I have no idea, really.
indiana 6

10 February 2016 at 3:39 pm

I’m happy to make a pledge so long as my entire family for life gets 10 summer’s day on the best part of the beach where no one can come within 200m of us…
Chooky 7

10 February 2016 at 4:32 pm

It is good the family support public ownership

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/themes/beaches/76682219/buythisbeachnz-campaign-family-who-formerly-owned-awaroa-beach-support-campaign.html

…and Andrew Little and the Labour Party

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/76613070/the-sale-of-an-abel-tasman-beach-and-other-gaps-in-the-queens-chain
maui 8

10 February 2016 at 6:34 pm

Stinks really, the public shouldn’t be bailing out DoC who seem to be about bankrupt right now. I would have thought a fairly logical long-term plan for Abel Tasman would be for the Government to buy back the private land still remaining in the National Park. I did forget though that we don’t do planning or long term in NZ.
Roy 9

10 February 2016 at 6:55 pm

What the hell are we doing buying a beach anyway? All beaches are public in NZ, aren’t they? If not, confiscate the lot of them back and the “owners” can go suck a lemon!
- One Anonymous Bloke 9.1
  
  11 February 2016 at 7:35 am
  
  See 5.1.1.2
Bearded Git 10

10 February 2016 at 9:19 pm

This whole thing smacks too much of the right-wing landowners argument “if you want it protected then buy it” which they trot out at District Plan hearings all the time. Good planning can prevent beaches like this being developed while not needing the public to front up and buy it.
vto 11

10 February 2016 at 9:34 pm

Betcha nobody has thought about the sandflies lol
marty mars 12

10 February 2016 at 10:42 pm

I went past this beach last week – it is pretty. I’d get rid of all of the private ownership around that National Park and Kahurangi too btw. I saw someone bringing in their ratdog to one of the privately owned baches completely enclosed by the National Park – just fucking wrong.
- greywarshark 12.1
  
  11 February 2016 at 10:19 am
  
  I think it was Perrine Moncrieff who gave a lot of her land to the government to ensure it remained for NZs to enjoy, but not unreasonably wanted the right to use her own bach and have her holidays there as always enjoyed. And some arrangement was made, with her and some others that had baches there with conditions though.
  I have forgotten just which piece of land, somewhere in the Sounds I think.
  - marty mars 12.1.1
    
    11 February 2016 at 10:27 am
    
    It just felt wrong to me to be passing the bays – this one is private ownership, this one is in the park. Moncrieff did some outstanding protection work and that is not forgotten.
greywarshark 13

11 February 2016 at 10:35 am

I agree. But sometimes people living there are good watchdogs, keen outdoors types plus environmentalists, and could be brought on side by DOC, it could be a demand that is backed by law, that they co-operate or their tenure is gone.

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Bryce Edwards: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year
This weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend their spaces. It’s a debate with huge passion, outrage and consequences. The figure at the centre of the clash was the British “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” Posie ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
2 days ago

March-23 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board meet again. Here are some of the highlights from their board papers. The open session starts at 9am and can be watched on this Teams link. Closed Session The closed session is typically where the most interesting items are discussed. Items for Approval ...
Greater AucklandBy Matt L
2 days ago

All of Us, All of Us.
Mutual Support: Democracy in New Zealand will not be saved by pitting Pakeha against Māori, but by joining together with every other citizen who still understands the meaning of working together to build something good that will last. Call that co-governance if you like, or call it something else – ...
Bowalley Road
3 days ago

Tracking the KPIs of eight-year-olds
Imagine being a great big business success enjoying your lavish Waiheke island property with infinity pool and ballroom and riparian rights and heli-pad. Sweeeet. But imagine, also, having to take orders from some little bureaucratic oik about how often you can land a chopper on it.I can’t, really, but it ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
3 days ago

Life Church Confirms its Leader Was Paid $10,000 For Investigating Sexual Misconduct at Hillsong Chu...
Hi,New Zealand’s Life megachurch has confirmed to Webworm it was paid $10,000 by Hillsong for investigating Brian Houston’s sexual misconduct allegations.Following Webworm publishing this piece about the $10,000 payment, Life’s Corporate Communications Manager Phil Irons has confirmed what it was for:Paul [de Jong] was engaged by Hillsong to assist in ...
David FarrierBy David Farrier
3 days ago

2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 19, 2023 thru Sat, Mar 25, 2023. Story of the Week Q&A: IPCC wraps up its most in-depth assessment of climate change The final part of the world’s most comprehensive assessment of ...
Skeptical Science
3 days ago

What I wanted to say before the mob stopped women speaking
by Daphna Whitmore I thought the #LetWomenSpeak meeting would be a good time to talk about free speech and why it is important for the left. Then the mob stampeded the open-air gathering and no one got to speak. Here’s what I was had prepared. Today I want to talk ...
RedlineBy Admin
4 days ago

Women’s rights meeting silenced
By Don Franks Today my friend Ani O’Briien went to a meeting in Auckland and wrote: “No sooner had Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull arrived at the Rotunda, a protestor (who had managed to get past the barrier) ran at her and threw a red substance all over her and a security ...
RedlineBy Admin
4 days ago

A serving of soup curbs Posie Parker’s appetite for speaking – and shows that might is right in ...
Jonathan Milne, managing editor for Newsroom Pro, has expressed his indignation about the outcome of a court decision yesterday in an article headed Posie Parker wins the beautiful freedom to make an ugly argument. Newsroom Pro laments: High Court Justice David Gendall has regretfully allowed an outspoken anti-trans activist to enter New ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
4 days ago

It’s official: National have an education policy
imagine my surprise this week when the National Party, in their infinite wisdom, decided to release an education policy. As you can imagine, this got us so riled up here in the office that we dusted off our Windows XP laptop, waiting 17 hours for all the updates to be ...
My ThinksBy boonman
4 days ago

Prosperity through Productivity.
Come on Jess thought Mr Evans come on. He watched the large clock on the wall tick closer to 8:40am. Come on girl.In two minutes he had to submit the class attendance report and with Jess having already been late once that term it’d mean an automatic visit from the ...
Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
4 days ago

The hoon for the week that was to March 25
This week’s UN IPCC report warned climate emissions will need to be cut by almost half by 2030, if warming is to be limited to 1.5°C. Bronwyn Hayward points out in The Hoon podcast how far behind NZ’s government and councils are now on climate action compared to the rest ...
The KakaBy Peter Bale
4 days ago

The big question for Labour: Will Hipkins have any more success than Ardern did with the top priorit...
Chris Hipkins, after he became prime minister, committed to defeating the cost-of- living crisis. He proceeded to make a bonfire of policies that were at the heart of Jacinda Ardern’s administration. But, as Richard Prebble pointed out this week, “the government has not just U-turned, it has repudiated the ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
5 days ago

Reality check.
There are some wellness, crystal-gazing, holistic spiritual guidance types in my disaster-hit coastal community who insist that the power of positive thinking will overcome the physical and material damages incurred by the community. They object to restrictions on road travel … Continue reading → ...
KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
5 days ago

High Performance Instability in the Financial Sector
Evaluating the recent crashes of Silicon Valley Bank in the US and Credit Suisse in Switzerland plus two other banks (perhaps more by the time you read this) needs to begin with a review of the inevitable instability in the financial sector. The financial sector is inherently unstable, like military ...
PunditBy Brian Easton
5 days ago

The week in review
1. We see here new police minister Ginny Andersen. Which larger than life NZ political figure was her great-uncle?a. Rob Muldoonb. Bill Andersenc. Richard John Seddond. Norman Kirk2. We see here archival footage of Ginny Andersen coming out of her electorate office to ask ex-tobacco lobbyist Chris Bishop if he ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
5 days ago

Nash splashes out with a $900,000 investment in the blue economy (or is it more corporate welfare?)
Buzz from the Beehive Stuart Nash, speaking as Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, one of his remaining portfolios after he was dropped down the Hipkins Government batting order, has drawn attention to the blue economy and its potential. Nash says the government is investing in the blue economy, or – ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
5 days ago

Ask Me Anything about the week to March 24
Photo by Josh Mills on UnsplashIt’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for the next hour, including:The runs on Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank on the west coast of the United States that forced the ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
5 days ago

Weekly Roundup 24-March-2023
Roundup is back! We skipped last week’s Friday post due to a shortage of person-power – did you notice? Lots going on out there… Our header image this week shows a green street that just happens to be Queen St, by @chamfy from Twitter. This week (and last) in ...
Greater AucklandBy Greater Auckland
5 days ago

Gordon Campbell on the Keen-Minshull visit
After threatening Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of consequences if he dared to bar her entry, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull has been given her visa, regardless. This will enable her to hold rallies in Auckland and Wellington this weekend, and spread her messages of hostility against an already marginalised trans community. Neo-Nazis may, ...
Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
5 days ago

BRYCE EDWARDS’ Political Roundup: NZ needs to distance itself from Australia’s anti-China nucl...
* Bryce Edwards writes – The New Zealand Government has been silent about Australia’s decision to commit up to $400bn acquiring nuclear submarines, even though this is a significant threat to peace and stability in the Asia Pacific. The deal was struck by the Albanese Labor Government as ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
5 days ago

Wayne Brown's #Auxit moment
Boomers voted him in, but Brown’s Trumpish moments might spook Aucklanders worried about what a change to National nationally might mean. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTL;DR: Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has become our version of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, except without any of the insatiable appetite for media appearances. He ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
5 days ago

Bryce Edwards: NZ needs to distance itself from Australia’s anti-China nuclear submarines
The New Zealand Government has been silent about Australia’s decision to commit up to $400bn acquiring nuclear submarines, even though this is a significant threat to peace and stability in the Asia Pacific. The deal was struck by the Albanese Labor Government as part of its Aukus pact with the ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
5 days ago

Posie Parker vs Transgender Rights.
Recently you might have heard of a person called Posie Parker and her visit to Aotearoa. Perhaps you’re not quite sure what it’s all about. So let’s start with who this person is, why their visit is controversial, and what on earth a TERF is.Posie Parker is the super villain ...
Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
5 days ago

Select Committee told slow down; you’re moving too fast
The chair of Parliament’s Select Committee looking at the Government’s resource management legislation wants the bills sent back for more public consultation. The proposal would effectively kill any chance of the bills making it into law before the election. Green MP, Eugenie Sage, stressing that she was speaking as ...
PolitikBy Richard Harman
5 days ago

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #12 2023
Open access notables The United States experienced some historical low temperature records during the just-concluded winter. It's a reminder that climate and weather are quite noisy; with regard to our warming climate,, as with a road ascending a mountain range we may steadily change our conditions but with lots of ...
Skeptical Science
6 days ago

What becomes of the broken hearted? Nanny State will step in to comfort them
Buzz from the Beehive The Nanny State has scored some wins (or claimed them) in the past day or two but it faltered when it came to protecting Kiwi citizens from being savaged by one woman armed with a sharp tongue. The wins are recorded by triumphant ministers on the ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
6 days ago

Acceptance, decency, road food.
Sometimes you see your friends making the case so well on social media you think: just copy and share.On acceptance and decency, from Michèle A’CourtA notable thing about anti-trans people is they way they talk about transgender women and men as though they are strangers “over there” when in fact ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
6 days ago

Climate Change: More Labour sabotage
Not that long ago, things were looking pretty good for climate change policy in Aotearoa. We finally had an ETS, and while it was full of pork and subsidies, it was delivering high and ever-rising carbon prices, sending a clear message to polluters to clean up or shut down. And ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
6 days ago

Is bundling restricting electricity competition?
Comparing (and switching) electricity providers has become easier, but bundling power up with broadband and/or gas makes it more challenging. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā TL;DR: The new Consumer Advocacy Council set up as a result of the Labour Government’s Electricity Price Review in 2019 has called on either ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
6 days ago

Westland Milk puts heat on competitors as global dairy demand remains softer for longer
Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products has put the heat on dairy giant Fonterra with a $120m profit turnaround in 2022, driven by record sales. Westland paid its suppliers a 10c premium above the forecast Fonterra price per kilo, contributing $535m to the West Coast and Canterbury economies. The dairy ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
6 days ago

BRYCE EDWARDS’ Political Roundup: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship
* Bryce Edwards writes – New Zealanders are uncomfortable with the high level of influence corporate lobbyists have in New Zealand politics, and demands are growing for greater regulation. A recent poll shows 62 per cent of the public support having a two-year cooling off period between ministers leaving public ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
6 days ago

Bryce Edwards: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship
New Zealanders are uncomfortable with the high level of influence corporate lobbyists have in New Zealand politics, and demands are growing for greater regulation. A recent poll shows 62 per cent of the public support having a two-year cooling off period between ministers leaving public office and becoming lobbyists and ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
6 days ago

A miracle pill for our transport ills
This is a guest post by accessibility and sustainable transport advocate Tim Adriaansen It originally appeared here. A friend calls you and asks for your help. They tell you that while out and about nearby, they slipped over and landed arms-first. Now their wrist is swollen, hurting like ...
Greater AucklandBy Guest Post
6 days ago

The Surprising Power of Floating Wind Turbines
Floating offshore wind turbines offer incredible opportunities to capture powerful winds far out at sea. By unlocking this wind energy potential, they could be a key weapon in our arsenal in the fight against climate change. But how developed are these climate fighting clean energy giants? And why do I ...
Skeptical Science
6 days ago

The next Maori challenge
Over the past two or three weeks, a procession of Maori iwi and hapu in a series of little-noticed appearances before two Select Committees have been asking for more say for Maori over resource management decisions along the co-governance lines of Three Waters. Their submissions and appearances run counter ...
PolitikBy Richard Harman
6 days ago

Secret “war-crime” warrants by International Criminal Court is mischief-making
The decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue war crimes arrest warrants for the Russian President and the Russia Children Ombudsman may have been welcomed by the ideologically committed but otherwise seems to have been greeted with widespread cynicism (see Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants ...
Open ParachuteBy Ken
7 days ago

How to answer Drunk Uncle Kevin's Climate Crisis reckons
Let’s say you’re clasping your drink at a wedding, or a 40th, or a King’s Birthday Weekend family reunion and Drunk Uncle Kevin has just got going.He’s in an expansive frame of mind because we’re finally rid of that silly girl. But he wants to ask an honest question about ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
7 days ago

National’s Luxon may be glum about his poll ratings but has he found a winner in promising to rai...
National Party leader Christopher Luxon may be feeling glum about his poll ratings, but he could be tapping into a rich political vein in describing the current state of education as “alarming”. Luxon said educational achievement has been declining, with a recent NCEA pilot exposing just how far it has ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
7 days ago

Climate Change: More Labour foot-dragging
Yesterday the IPCC released the final part of its Sixth Assessment Report, warning us that we have very little time left in which to act to prevent catastrophic climate change, but pointing out that it is a problem that we can solve, with existing technology, and that anything we do ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
7 days ago

Te Pāti Māori Are Revolutionaries – Not Reformists.
Way Beyond Reform: Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have no more interest in remaining permanent members of “New Zealand’s” House of Representatives than did Lenin and Trotsky in remaining permanent members of Tsar Nicolas II’s “democratically-elected” Duma. Like the Bolsheviks, Te Pāti Māori is a party of revolutionaries – not reformists.THE CROWN ...
Bowalley Road
7 days ago

When does history become “ancient”, on Tinetti’s watch as Minister of Education – and what o...
Buzz from the Beehive Auckland was wiped off the map, when Education Minister Jan Tinetti delivered her speech of welcome as host of the inaugural Conference of Pacific Education Ministers “here in Tāmaki Makaurau”. But – fair to say – a reference was made later in the speech to a ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
7 days ago

Climate Catastrophe, but first rugby.
Morning mate, how you going?Well, I was watching the news last night and they announced this scientific report on Climate Change. But before they got to it they had a story about the new All Blacks coach.Sounds like important news. It’s a bit of a worry really.Yeah, they were talking ...
Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
7 days ago

Mass arrivals legislation a breach of NZ’s values
The Government’s decision to introduce ‘mass arrivals’ legislation goes against the values we all share of Aotearoa as a place where all people are treated fairly, the Green Party says. ...
Greens
21 hours ago

Minster Davidson Must Resign After 'Violence' Comments
MINISTER DAVIDSON MUST RESIGN AFTER 'VIOLENCE' COMMENTS Marama Davidson should stand down as ‘Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence’ for the clear and outrageous statement she made at the Posie Parker protest that ‘white straight men’ are the cause of violence. Her offensive, racist, and sexist remarks ...
NZ First Press Release
2 days ago

In response to Newshub and Amelia Wade’s obvious and ham-fisted attempt at a typical and predicted...
In response to Newshub and Amelia Wade’s obvious and ham-fisted attempt at a typical and predicted political hit job. As any politically aware reporter would know, any Cabinet subcommittee has a duty and obligation as a part of any government to respond to any UN declaration, in this case ...
NZ First Press Release
4 days ago

‘The Real State of the Nation’
Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today and in your busy lives turning up to this meeting. Forty five years ago, in Howick, often described as racist, and where few Maori lived because it had been a ‘Fencible’ settlement at the time of the Anglo-Maori ...
NZ First Press Release
5 days ago

National’s education policy gets an F
The Green Party has marked the National Party’s new education policy and given it a fail, especially for its failure to address the underlying drivers of school performance. ...
Greens
6 days ago

Child poverty stats show need for action
The Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately provide more support to families doing it toughest. ...
Greens
6 days ago

Greens ask Auckland MPs across party lines to speak up on Council budget proposals
Auckland Central Green MP, Chlöe Swarbrick, has written to all Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland based Members of Parliament requesting their urgent attention to Auckland Council’s unprecedented slash-and-burn proposals. ...
Greens
6 days ago

Green Party co-leader James Shaw's State of the Planet speech, 2023
You will never truly understand, from the pictures you’ve seen in the newspapers or on the six o-clock news, the sheer scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle. ...
Greens
1 week ago

Enough slow progress, 2023 is a fight for our future
Political parties that want to negotiate with the Green Party must come to the table with much faster, bolder climate action, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson emphasised in their State of the Planet speech today. ...
Greens
1 week ago

Greens call time on slow progress
Political parties that want to negotiate with the Green Party after the election must come to the table with much faster, bolder climate action, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson emphasised today. ...
Greens
1 week ago

More cost of living support for Kiwis
We’re boosting incomes and helping ease cost of living pressures on Kiwis through a range of bread and butter support measures that will see pensioners, students, families, and those on main benefits better off from the start of next month. ...
Labour Blog
2 weeks ago

Greens back teachers’ demands
The Green Party backs the demands of the teachers’ strikers. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Greens will waste no time with Minister for Zero Waste
The error Labour Ministers made by stopping work on a beverage container return scheme will be reversed by the Greens at the earliest opportunity as part of the next Government. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Greens secure win for clean transport
The Green Party has made it easier for commuters to access e-bikes thanks to an amendment to tax rules. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Greens will always prioritise action on climate and inequality
“Cabinet needs to do better - and today has shown exactly why we need Green Ministers in cabinet, so we can prioritise action to cut climate pollution and support people to make ends meet,” says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Bold action needed to help people eat
Biggest increase in food prices for over three decades shows the need for an excess profit tax on corporations to help people put food on the table. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Another Green transport idea gets the green light
The Government’s announcement today that it will improve Christchurch’s bus system comes after Green and NGO pressure. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

Greens back teachers’ strike
The Green Party stands with teachers in their request for fair pay and decision to strike. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

Standard kerbside recycling part of new era for waste system
The Government today announced far-reaching changes to the way we make, use, recycle and dispose of waste, ushering in a new era for New Zealand’s waste system. The changes will ensure that where waste is recycled, for instance by households at the kerbside, it is less likely to be contaminated ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
54 mins ago

New laws will crack down on gang profits and criminal assets
New legislation passed by the Government today will make it harder for gangs and their leaders to benefit financially from crime that causes considerable harm in our communities, Minister of Justice Kiri Allan says. Since the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 came into effect police have been highly successful in ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
14 hours ago

Stuart Nash dismissed from Cabinet
This evening I have advised the Governor-General to dismiss Stuart Nash from all his ministerial portfolios. Late this afternoon I was made aware by a news outlet of an email Stuart Nash sent in March 2020 to two contacts regarding a commercial rent relief package that Cabinet had considered. In ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
15 hours ago

Tax incentive to boost housing passes third reading
Legislation to enable more build-to-rent developments has passed its third reading in Parliament, so this type of rental will be able to claim interest deductibility in perpetuity where it meets the requirements. Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods, says the changes will help unlock the potential of the build-to-rent sector and ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
16 hours ago

Law levels playing field for low-emissions commuting
A law passed by Parliament today exempts employers from paying fringe benefit tax on certain low emission commuting options they provide or subsidise for their staff. “Many employers already subsidise the commuting costs of their staff, for instance by providing car parks,” Environment Minister David Parker said. “This move supports ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
17 hours ago

40 years of Closer Economic Relations with Australia
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations (CER), our gold standard free trade agreement between New Zealand and Australia. “CER was a world-leading agreement in 1983, is still world-renowned today and is emblematic of both our countries’ commitment to free trade. The WTO has called it the world’s ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
20 hours ago

Amendments to mass arrivals legislation
The Government is making procedural changes to the Immigration Act to ensure that 2013 amendments operate as Parliament intended. The Government is also introducing a new community management approach for asylum seekers. “While it’s unlikely we’ll experience a mass arrival due to our remote positioning, there is no doubt New ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
22 hours ago

Progress on public service pay adjustment
The Government welcomes progress on public sector pay adjustment (PSPA) agreements, and the release of the updated public service pay guidance by the Public Service Commission today, Minister for the Public Service Andrew Little says. “More than a dozen collective agreements are now settled in the public service, Crown Agents, ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
23 hours ago

Further legislation introduced to support cyclone recovery
The Government has introduced the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill to further support the recovery and rebuild from the recent severe weather events in the North Island. “We know from our experiences following the Canterbury and Kaikōura earthquakes that it will take some time before we completely understand the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Duty relief for cyclone-affected businesses
Further assistance is now available to businesses impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, with Customs able to offer payment plans and to remit late-payments, Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri has announced. “This is part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to assist economic recovery in the regions,” Meka Whaitiri said. “Cabinet has approved the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Thousands of sole parents to be better off after child support changes
More than 41,000 sole parent families will be better off with a median gain of $20 a week Law change estimated to help lift up to 14,000 children out of poverty Child support payments will be passed on directly to people receiving a sole parent rate of main benefit, making ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Green investment fund delivers on climate action
A major investment by Government-owned New Zealand Green Investment Finance towards electrifying the public bus fleet is being welcomed by Climate Change Minister James Shaw. “Today’s announcement that NZGIF has signed a $50 million financing deal with Kinetic, the biggest bus operator in Australasia, to further decarbonise public transport is ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Tax credit boosts cash flow for Kiwi innovators
A world-leading payments system is expected to provide a significant cash flow boost for Kiwi innovators, Minister of Research, Science, and Innovation Ayesha Verrall says. Announcing that applications for ‘in-year’ payments of the Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) were open, Ayesha Verrall said it represented a win for businesses ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Te Awa shared path completed
Minister of Transport Michael Wood joined crowds of keen cyclists and walkers this morning to celebrate the completion of the Te Awa shared path in Hamilton. “The Government is upgrading New Zealand’s transport system to make it safer, greener, and more efficient for now and future generations to come,” Michael ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Crown apology to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has delivered the Crown apology to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua for its historic breaches of Te Tiriti of Waitangi today. The ceremony was held at Queen Elizabeth Park in Masterton, hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua, with several hundred ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Minister of Foreign Affairs meets with Chinese counterpart
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta has concluded her visit to China, the first by a New Zealand Foreign Minister since 2018. The Minister met her counterpart, newly appointed State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, who also hosted a working dinner. This was the first engagement between the two ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Government delivering world-class satellite positioning services
World-class satellite positioning services that will support much safer search and rescue, boost precision farming, and help safety on construction sites through greater accuracy are a significant step closer today, says Land Information Minister Damien O’Connor. Damien O’Connor marked the start of construction on New Zealand’s first uplink centre for ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

District Court Judges appointed
Attorney-General David Parker has announced the appointment of Christopher John Dellabarca of Wellington, Dr Katie Jane Elkin of Wellington, Caroline Mary Hickman of Napier, Ngaroma Tahana of Rotorua, Tania Rose Williams Blyth of Hamilton and Nicola Jan Wills of Wellington as District Court Judges. Chris Dellabarca Mr Dellabarca commenced his ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

Notes of an address to the Environmental Defence Society Conference, Auckland
Tēnā koutou katoa. Can I begin by thanking Gary Taylor, Raewyn Peart and others in the EDS team for their herculean work in support of the environment. I’d also like to acknowledge Hon Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, my parliamentary colleagues, and the many activists here who strive ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

New project set to supercharge ocean economy in Nelson Tasman
A new Government-backed project will help ocean-related businesses in the Nelson Tasman region to accelerate their growth and boost jobs. “The Nelson Tasman region is home to more than 400 blue economy businesses, accounting for more than 30 percent of New Zealand’s economic activity in fishing, aquaculture, and seafood processing,” ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

National’s education policy: where’s the funding?
After three years of COVID-19 disruptions schools are finally settling down and National want to throw that all in the air with major disruption to learning and underinvestment. “National’s education policy lacks the very thing teachers, parents and students need after a tough couple of years, certainty and stability,” Education ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Free programme to help older entrepreneurs and inventors
People aged over 50 with innovative business ideas will now be able to receive support to advance their ideas to the next stage of development, Minister for Seniors Ginny Andersen said today. “Seniors have some great entrepreneurial ideas, and this programme will give them the support to take that next ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Government target increased to keep powering up the Māori economy
A cross government target for relevant government procurement contracts for goods and services to be awarded to Māori businesses annually will increase to 8%, after the initial 5% target was exceeded. The progressive procurement policy was introduced in 2020 to increase supplier diversity, starting with Māori businesses, for the estimated ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Continued progress on reducing poverty in challenging times
77,000 fewer children living in low income households on the after-housing-costs primary measure since Labour took office Eight of the nine child poverty measures have seen a statistically significant reduction since 2018. All nine have reduced 28,700 fewer children experiencing material hardship since 2018 Measures taken by the Government during ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Speech at Fiji Investment and Trade Business Forum
Deputy Prime Minister Kamikamica; distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Tēnā koutou katoa, ni sa bula vinaka saka, namaste. Deputy Prime Minister, a very warm welcome to Aotearoa. I trust you have been enjoying your time here and thank you for joining us here today. To all delegates who have travelled to be ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Government investments boost and diversify local economies in lower South Island
$2.9 million convertible loan for Scapegrace Distillery to meet growing national and international demand $4.5m underwrite to support Silverlight Studios’ project to establish a film studio in Wanaka Gore’s James Cumming Community Centre and Library to be official opened tomorrow with support of $3m from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Pasifka Futures Whānau Ora Conference
[CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY] E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā tangata katoa, o moana-nui-a-kiwa, E ngā mate, haere, haere, haere atū ra, manuia lau Malaga. Thank you for the kind introduction and opportunity to join you this morning. It is always good to be here in Aukilani, where I ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Alzheimers New Zealand conference – Opening Address
E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi, tēnā koutou katoa. Talofa lava and thank you Catherine, for the warm welcome. I’m sorry that I can’t be there in person today but it’s great for the opportunity to contribute virtually. I’d like to start by acknowledging: Alzheimers New Zealand, ...
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6 days ago

Government future-proofs EV charging
Transport Minister Michael Wood has today launched the first national EV (electric vehicle) charging strategy, Charging Our Future, which includes plans to provide EV charging stations in almost every town in New Zealand. “Our vision is for Aotearoa New Zealand to have world-class EV charging infrastructure that is accessible, affordable, ...
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7 days ago

World-leading family harm prevention campaign supports young NZers
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Priyanca Radhakrishnan has today launched the Love Better campaign in a world-leading approach to family harm prevention. Love Better will initially support young people through their experience of break-ups, developing positive and life-long attitudes to dealing with hurt. “Over 1,200 young kiwis told ...
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7 days ago

First Chief Clinical Advisor welcomed into Coroners Court
Hon Rino Tirikatene, Minister for Courts, welcomes the Ministry of Justice’s appointment of Dr Garry Clearwater as New Zealand’s first Chief Clinical Advisor working with the Coroners Court. “This appointment is significant for the Coroners Court and New Zealand’s wider coronial system.” Minister Tirikatene said. Through Budget 2022, the Government ...
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7 days ago

Next steps for affected properties post Cyclone and floods
The Government via the Cyclone Taskforce is working with local government and insurance companies to build a picture of high-risk areas following Cyclone Gabrielle and January floods. “The Taskforce, led by Sir Brian Roche, has been working with insurance companies to undertake an assessment of high-risk areas so we can ...
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7 days ago

New appointment to Māori Land Court bench
E te huia kaimanawa, ko Ngāpuhi e whakahari ana i tau aupikinga ki te tihi o te maunga. Ko te Ao Māori hoki e whakanui ana i a koe te whakaihu waka o te reo Māori i roto i te Ao Ture. (To the prized treasure, it is Ngāpuhi who ...
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7 days ago

Government focus on jobs sees record number of New Zealanders move from Benefits into work
113,400 exits into work in the year to June 2022 Young people are moving off Benefit faster than after the Global Financial Crisis Two reports released today by the Ministry of Social Development show the Government’s investment in the COVID-19 response helped drive record numbers of people off Benefits and ...
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1 week ago

Vertical farming partnership has upward momentum
The Government’s priority to keep New Zealand at the cutting edge of food production and lift our sustainability credentials continues by backing the next steps of a hi-tech vertical farming venture that uses up to 95 per cent less water, is climate resilient, and pesticide-free. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor visited ...
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1 week ago

Conference of Pacific Education Ministers – Keynote Address
E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, e nga hau e wha, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou kātoa. Warm Pacific greetings to all. It is an honour to host the inaugural Conference of Pacific Education Ministers here in Tāmaki Makaurau. Aotearoa is delighted to be hosting you ...
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1 week ago

New $13m renal unit supports Taranaki patients
The new renal unit at Taranaki Base Hospital has been officially opened by the Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall this afternoon. Te Huhi Raupō received around $13 million in government funding as part of Project Maunga Stage 2, the redevelopment of the Taranaki Base Hospital campus. “It’s an honour ...
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1 week ago

Second Poseidon aircraft on home soil
Defence Minister Andrew Little has marked the arrival of the country’s second P-8A Poseidon aircraft alongside personnel at the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Base at Ohakea today. “With two of the four P-8A Poseidons now on home soil this marks another significant milestone in the Government’s historic investment in ...
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1 week ago

Further humanitarian aid for Türkiye and Syria
Aotearoa New Zealand will provide further humanitarian support to those seriously affected by last month’s deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, says Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta. “The 6 February earthquakes have had devastating consequences, with almost 18 million people affected. More than 53,000 people have died and tens of thousands more ...
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1 week ago

Community voice to help shape immigration policy
Migrant communities across New Zealand are represented in the new Migrant Community Reference Group that will help shape immigration policy going forward, Immigration Minister Michael Wood announced today. “Since becoming Minister, a reoccurring message I have heard from migrants is the feeling their voice has often been missing around policy ...
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1 week ago

52 Organisations Sign Open Letter Demanding Action On Ethnic, Gender And Disability Pay Gaps
A strong coalition of organisations, unions and employers across the country are calling on the Government to take immediate action to close ethnic, gender and disability pay gaps in the workplace. In support of this call, an open letter ...
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35 mins ago

Secondary school teachers striking again around the country
Secondary school teachers are taking to the streets today, less than two weeks after the last strike saw 50,000 teachers walk off the job. ...
Radio NZ – political
46 mins ago

A rare video of wombats having sex sideways offers a glimpse into the bizarre realm of animal reprod...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Old, Associate Professor, Biology, Zoology, Animal Science, Western Sydney University Shutterstock If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realise they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics. It has always amazed me to see wombat ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 hour ago

The Voice: what is it, where did it come from, and what can it achieve?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney This is the first article in our three-part series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth. This week, the government will introduce a constitutional amendment into parliament to establish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 hour ago

Part-time work is valuable to people with disability – but full time is more likely to attract gov...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Work isn’t just about getting paid. Employment can provide a number of benefits for people in terms of health, wellbeing, social, economic and financial inclusion. It can also reduce reliance on ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 hour ago

Our new study provides a potential breakthrough on school bullying
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Herb Marsh, Distinguished Professor of educational psychology, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Your child comes home from school and tells you three classmates are teasing her constantly. One even put chewed gum in her hair as she was listening to the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 hour ago

Green juice, microdosing, cupping and … cocaine? Netflix’s Wellmania takes a humorous dive into ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate lecturer, Flinders University Netflix Review: Wellmania, Netflix. What does it mean to be well? Wellmania, inspired by Brigid Delaney’s book of the same name, attempts to answer this question. Liv (Celeste Barber) is stranded in ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 hour ago

Davidson ‘badly bruised’ and ‘shook up’ after motorcycle incident
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson was “horrified” and in shock after being hit by a motorcycle before attending a rally against an anti-trans speaker over the weekend. For the first time, Davidson, who was this week asked to clarify comments she made at the rally about “white cis men”, has ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
2 hours ago

Low vaccination and immunity rates mean NZ faces a harsh whooping cough winter – what needs to hap...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Petousis-Harris, Associate Professor Primary Health, University of Auckland Bastiaan Beentjes/Getty Images Following the deaths of two infants, doctors and scientists worry New Zealand’s whooping cough epidemic could be the worst in years. Known as pertussis or the 100-day ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 hours ago

Why Stuart Nash had to go and what comes next
Nash’s career is over after being sacked by the prime minister but questions about outsider access to cabinet decisions and perceptions of influence remain, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. The last ...
The SpinoffBy Anna Rawhiti-Connell
2 hours ago

'No by-election': Stuart Nash says he plans to stay in Napier seat after sacking
The National Party has been quick to call for a by-election in the Napier electorate after Stuart Nash was sacked as a minister over a breach of Cabinet rules. ...
Radio NZ – political
4 hours ago

Auckland’s northwestern motorway is broken, and no one is coming to fix it
Daily traffic chaos is the norm on one of the city’s major arterial routes. This week, it got even worse. About a week ago, almost all the overhead signs heading into Auckland on the northwestern motorway disappeared. Covered by what appeared to be thick green tape, anyone using State Highway ...
The SpinoffBy Chris Schulz
5 hours ago

The four must-haves to reduce Pacific child poverty in Aotearoa
Pacific child poverty rates haven’t budged since 2019, despite government attention. A new report suggests some key areas to focus on. The Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand is young. A third of Pacific people are under the age of 15, compared to 20% of the total population of New ...
The SpinoffBy Sela Jane Hopgood
5 hours ago

Walking the diplomatic line
Australia has drawn closer to traditional allies the US and UK by inking its nuclear submarine deal. Meanwhile our foreign minister's just returned from China where some delicate diplomacy has been deployed. The geopolitical chess game in the Indo-Pacific has become increasingly complicated in recent weeks. In the latest ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

Hawkes Bay residents want to know where the Red Cross is
Only 10 percent of the Red Cross relief fund for post-Gabrielle recovery in Hawkes Bay has been given out - so what’s the hold-up? Matthew Scott finds out. Volunteer organisers in the post-cyclone Hawkes Bay recovery are asking where the millions of dollars donated to the recovery effort is going as people are ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

Perception problems hang over PM after inevitable Nash sacking
Chris Hipkins spent a huge amount of political capital when he gave Stuart Nash a fourth chance in his Cabinet. Now the Prime Minister faces big questions as to how much confidential Cabinet information has been leaked and the influence it’s had. Political editor Jo Moir explains. It has barely ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

NZ deep tech VC fund opens capital raise for small investors
Investors with $1000 to spare and an interest in Kiwi deep tech can get into the market ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

Thousands of dairy farms aren’t reporting fertiliser use
The cap on the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is being breached without consequences ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

An index of the middle class
Who are the middle classes and what do they want? The book launch for Megan Nicol Reed's novel One of Those Mothers was not the kind of quiet, low-key, scantily catered book launch that takes place in quiet, low-key, scantily catered ways every week in New Zealand publishing. ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

A crisis we just can't seem to fix
Mandating domestic violence training for family court judges to ensure they have the evidence-based expertise to do their jobs appropriately does not threaten judicial independence - it enhances it, argues Carrie Leonetti Opinion: Since their inception about 50 years ago, family courts around the world have been subject to the nearly universal ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

Backstroker happy to stay in the Bay to reach Paris
Emma Godwin aims to be just the second Kiwi female from the provinces to swim at a senior long course world champs, and become an Aquablack. And she's determined to get to the Paris Olympics, but not to move to a big city to do so. It’s not often a swimmer from ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

‘I was duped’: The discovery I was paid tens of thousands less than a man
Bigger employers should have to publish their pay gaps ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

Crackdown on diesel pollution could save billions
A heavy diesel truck costs society $1 in health and productivity losses due to air pollution for every km it drives. ...
Newsroom
5 hours ago

Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 29 March
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6 hours ago

Daily crossword, Wednesday 29 March
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6 hours ago

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage, RNZ Pacific can confirm. The operation was launched at 1am local time ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
11 hours ago

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage, RNZ Pacific can confirm. The operation was launched at 1am local time ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
11 hours ago

Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister
By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the police in managing law and order issues. There are only 6832 policemen and women serving the country currently, according to reports. Internal Security Minister Peter ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
11 hours ago

Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister
By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the police in managing law and order issues. There are only 6832 policemen and women serving the country currently, according to reports. Internal Security Minister Peter ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
11 hours ago

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023. Image: RNZ Pacific/Jim Watson/AFP “But it is what it is,” he said of the tripartite arrangement. ‘Escalation of ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
11 hours ago

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023. Image: RNZ Pacific/Jim Watson/AFP “But it is what it is,” he said of the tripartite arrangement. ‘Escalation of ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
11 hours ago

Ankit Bansal Selected As National’s Candidate In Palmerston North
Procurement professional Ankit Bansal has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Palmerston North for the 2023 General Election. “I’d like to thank our local party members for endorsing me to campaign in Palmerston ...
Scoop politics
12 hours ago

Rima Nakhle Selected As National’s Candidate In Takanini
Executive Manager of Te Mahia Community Village Rima Nakhle has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Takanini for the 2023 General Election. “The Takanini electorate is my home and I’m really excited to have the opportunity ...
Scoop politics
12 hours ago

Dr Carlos Cheung Selected As National’s Candidate In Mt Roskill
Property management company director Dr Carlos Cheung has been selected as National’s candidate in Mt Roskill for the 2023 General Election. “Mt Roskill is my home and I’m grateful for the opportunity to campaign here for a National Government that ...
Scoop politics
12 hours ago

Have Your Say On The Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill
The Chairperson of the Governance and Administration Committee is calling for submissions on the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill The Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill is the second bill in response to Cyclone Gabriel. The ...
Scoop politics
12 hours ago

In full: The PM’s statement on Nash sacking
Prime minister Chris Hipkins’ full statement, as shared to media, on the decision to remove Stuart Nash from cabinet: This evening I have advised the Governor-General to dismiss Stuart Nash from all his ministerial portfolios. Late this afternoon I was made aware by a news outlet of an email Stuart ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
14 hours ago

Fresh revelations of Cabinet rule breach leads to Stuart Nash's sacking
The Prime Minister has sacked Stuart Nash from all of his ministerial portfolios, following another breach of the Cabinet Manual. ...
Radio NZ – political
15 hours ago

Fresh revelation of Cabinet rule breach leads to Stuart Nash's sacking
The Prime Minister has sacked Stuart Nash from all of his ministerial portfolios, following another breach of the Cabinet Manual. ...
Radio NZ – political
15 hours ago

‘Conduct is inexcusable’: Four strikes and Stuart Nash is gone
Four strikes and Stuart Nash has been ousted from cabinet. It follows revelations this evening that he shared private cabinet discussions with business leaders and criticised decisions made in a 2020 email, according to reporting by Stuff. In the email, Nash set out his opposition to a decision cabinet had ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
15 hours ago

Chris Hipkins mulling future of Stuart Nash, already on ‘final warning’
The future of Stuart Nash, recently demoted to the bottom rung of cabinet, hangs in the balance following reports that he shared private cabinet discussions with business leaders and criticised decisions made in a 2020 email, according to reporting by Stuff. It follows Nash losing his police portfolio for breaching ...
The SpinoffBy Toby Manhire
15 hours ago

Citizens Advice Bureau delivers petition to Auckland Council in effort to halt budget cuts
A petition with 20,000 signatures was handed to Auckland Council in a last-ditch effort to halt budget cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau. ...
Radio NZ – political
15 hours ago

Australia’s safeguard mechanism deal is only a half-win for the Greens, and for the climate
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions. But the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
16 hours ago

Government announces plan to electronically tag asylum seekers who may pose risk
Courts would be able to order that anyone claiming refugee status be monitored, with other conditions such as residency requirements and curfews. ...
Radio NZ – political
16 hours ago

Native Kea Parrot’s Days Numbered By Poison Drops – Wildlife Advocate
The native parrot the kea is under siege from aerial spread 1080 poison drops says a West Coast wildlife advocate Laurie Collins of Westport. While it is accepted that a good proportion of New Zealanders are opposed to aerial 1080 poison drops used ...
Scoop politics
17 hours ago

Coast council sends ‘action man’ packing
West Coasters might have a taste for the gung-ho but pragmatism has taken a turn for the cautious at an extraordinary Greymouth council meeting Outspoken West Coast Regional Council chair Allan Birchfield has been rolled by his colleagues in a bid to make peace with the government and stem the ...
Newsroom
17 hours ago

The Posie Parker Stouche: Some Positive Lessons For Our Election
By Tim Wilson, Executive Director, Maxim Institute* What does politics produce when mixed with violence and intimidation? Sadly nothing constructive, plus a humungous helping of anger, division, recrimination, spleen and confusion. Oh, and headlines. ...
Scoop politics
17 hours ago

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous comm...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Senator Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens changed the power dynamic in the Senate. Now the government needs two crossbenchers (and the Greens) to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie and ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

Australia’s safeguard mechanism deal is only half a win for the Greens, and for the climate
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions. But the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

Excitement As Security Guards Initiate For Fair Pay Agreement
Security guards have made their voices heard and now have enough signatures to initiate a Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) for workers in their occupation. Since the Fair Pay Agreements Bill was passed in October 2022, more than 1000 security guards across Aotearoa New ...
Scoop politics
17 hours ago

Tertiary Education Institutions: 2021 Audit Results And What We Saw In 2022
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Scoop politics
17 hours ago

‘The reporting process was more traumatising than the assault itself’: LGBTQ+ survivors on acces...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Fileborn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The following article discusses sexual violence, self-harm and suicide. Gender and sexuality diverse (LGBTQ+) people experience disproportionately high levels of sexual violence, but we still know very little about ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

The First Nations Voice to parliament could get us to revisit conversations about Australia becoming...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse J. Fleay, Republic Constitutional Scholar, Federalist, Co-Author of the Uluru Statement, University of Notre Dame Australia Australia is preparing for a referendum to decide on the proposed Voice to parliament for First Nations people. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
19 hours ago

Toni Collette was ‘totally inspired’ by Jacinda Ardern for new sci-fi series The Power
Toni Collette and John Leguizamo tell Tara Ward about the electric drama set in a world where gender equality becomes a sudden and shocking reality. There’s a moment halfway through in The Power when it seems Toni Collette could be channeling Jacinda Ardern. A mysterious medical event is sweeping the ...
The SpinoffBy Tara Ward
19 hours ago

Don’t let financial shame be your ruin: open conversations can help ease the burden of personal de...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Nearly two-thirds of New Zealanders are worried about the cost of living, and a quarter are worried about putting food on the table. But ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
19 hours ago

Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Charlson, Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world’s most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report and “final warning” about the climate crisis. It ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
19 hours ago

Government's security arm works on addressing spread of disinformation
The government's national security arm says it is working on how to address the spread of disinformation and this is not directed specifically at the general election. ...
Radio NZ – political
19 hours ago

How to take a book apart: on compiling a poet’s life so far
Poet Ash Davida Jane talks with poet Andrew Johnston about his Selected Poems, which spans 23 years of his published work. I’ve started writing this review in the notes app on my phone from the backseat of my friend’s car, which feels a far cry from the world of Andrew ...
The SpinoffBy Ash Davida Jane
19 hours ago

National Party leader Christopher Luxon demands Marama Davidson apologise to cis white men
National is demanding Marama Davidson apologise to cis white men over her comments from Saturday. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he considers the matter closed. ...
Radio NZ – political
20 hours ago

The ABC’s In Our Blood shines a light on lesbian activism during the AIDS crisis – but there’s...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Manlik, Casual Academic and PhD Candidate, Macquarie University ABC The recent ABC mini-series, In Our Blood, offers a fictionalised account of Australia’s response to AIDS, focusing on the development of a partnership between impacted communities, health professionals and government. ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
20 hours ago

Submissions on Auckland budget close tonight
Aucklanders – it’s your last chance to have a say on the council’s upcoming budget. Submissions close at 11pm tonight, after which they will be collated and considered by councillors before a final proposal’s released by the end of June. As my colleague Tommy de Silva explained earlier this month, ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
20 hours ago

Submissions on Auckland budget close tonight
Aucklanders – it’s your last chance to have a say on the council’s upcoming budget. Submissions close at 11pm tonight, after which they will be collated and considered by councillors before a final proposal’s released by the end of June. As my colleague Tommy de Silva explained earlier this month, ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
20 hours ago

NZ pushes China on lethal aid concerns over Ukraine war
After breaking a years-long gap between New Zealand ministerial visits to China, Nanaia Mahuta says the relationship is in good shape but the Government will keep discussing differences of opinion between the countries - including support for Ukraine New Zealand will keep pushing China to use its influence to help end ...
Newsroom
21 hours ago

An environmental disaster was waiting to happen in Tolaga Bay. No one listened
The government has commissioned an inquiry after forestry waste caused widespread devastation in Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. But records show experts have been sounding the alarm for decades – why did no one hear them? This story was first published on Stuff. Ten minutes into the grey wasteland of the Mangatokerau ...
The SpinoffBy Kirsty Johnston
21 hours ago

What is a paraben and why are so many products advertised as ‘paraben-free’?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver A.H. Jones, Professor, RMIT University Shutterstock You might have noticed many skin and haircare products are advertised as “paraben-free”, or come across online influencers warning parabens are terrible for your health. But what is a paraben? And could a ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
22 hours ago

‘Comments were… offensive’: Davidson should say sorry to white men – Luxon
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson should apologise to white men over the “sweeping generalisation” she made ahead of the Posie Parker counter-protest on Saturday. That’s according to National’s leader Christopher Luxon who was questioned on the comments this morning at parliament. Davidson was caught on camera blaming “cis white men” ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
22 hours ago

What you need to know about the deadly fungus detected in New Zealand
Candida auris is more likely to infect those who are already ill or immunocompromised and is fatal for 30-60% of those infected. What is Candida auris? Candida auris (also known as C. auris) is a type of fungus called a yeast. It was first identified in 2009 from the ear ...
The SpinoffBy Siouxsie Wiles
22 hours ago

What’s Lorde up to next?
Lorde’s always been mysterious and her latest newsletter to fans does nothing to change that. The New Zealand singer has just wrapped up her lengthy Solar Power tour in support of her third album released at the height of the delta Covid wave back in 2021. And while reports have ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
23 hours ago

Newsletter: March 27 2023 – Items of interest and importance today
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Other items of interest and importance today POSIE PARKER RALLY The Facts: New Zealanders are world leaders in respecting transgender men and women Chris ...
Evening ReportBy Bryce Edwards
23 hours ago

Greens call for universal Covid vaccine availabilty after nearly 2500 children under 5 hospitalised
The Green Party says the number of under 5s hospitalised for Covid-19 is "horrendously high". ...
Radio NZ – political
23 hours ago

Just 3% of $500m 'drawn down' to improve or build mental health hospital facilities
New figures show the government has called on just 3 percent of the half a billion dollars approved to build or expand mental health hospital facilities. ...
Radio NZ – political
23 hours ago

Chris Hipkins says polarising debate in wake of Posie Parker visit not helpful
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins believes the polarising debate in the wake of British gender activist Posie Parker's New Zealand visit has not been helpful, nor was it helpful to bring ethnicity and race into the debate. ...
Radio NZ – political
23 hours ago

Meet three local heroes helping their communities thrive
The Kiwibank Local Hero of the Year will be announced this Thursday. The judges have had their work cut out for them choosing a winner from these finalists. There are hundreds of New Zealanders across the motu who devote time to their communities. Those people who go the extra mile ...
The SpinoffBy Liam Rātana
23 hours ago

David Farrier v Sean Plunket v the Family Court
Late last year, at the time David Farrier was readying to release his new documentary Mister Organ, broadcaster Sean Plunket started tweeting out what appeared to be court documents. As we detailed in our extensive timeline of the Mister Organ saga, the tweets included claims that Farrier had been served ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
23 hours ago

PM’s media round dominated by Davidson remarks
Prime minister Chris Hipkins’ morning media round has been largely dominated by remarks made by one of his ministers over the weekend. Marama Davidson, who is also co-leader of the Green Party, was caught on capture at a counter-protest to anti-trans speaker Posie Parker stating: “I am the prevention violence ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
1 day ago

In the face of more extreme weather, how and where we build needs to change. Here’s how the insura...
If insurers aren’t involved in discussions on how New Zealand adapts to climate change, we risk whole sections of the country becoming uninsurable. As New Zealand considers how to better prepare for a future affected by climate change, the insurance sector needs to be part the discussion on where and ...
The SpinoffBy Michael Naylor
1 day ago

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