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Prime Ministerial
Written By: - Date published: 11:38 am, February 17th, 2023 - 31 comments
Chris Hipkins has so far not put a foot wrong. Since he became PM he has quickly and competently reformed the Cabinet and jettisoned policies that were for one reason or another causing problems. And he has quickly asserted control over two massive storms, the first which pummeled the country’s major city and the second which has caused massive floods to much of the East Coast of the North Island.
Climate Minister James Shaw: If we do not act, it will get worse
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, February 15th, 2023 - 155 comments
“There will be a certain crowd who say … let’s give up on stopping climate change and its focus entirely on responding to the effects of climate change and I cannot state enough what a catastrophic mistake that would be, because every tenth of a degree of warming increases the frequency and the severity of these events.”
Is it too early to talk about climate change?
Written By: - Date published: 8:58 am, February 13th, 2023 - 50 comments
Two unprecedented summertime storms in Auckland suggest that the threats posed by climate change are not in our future but are here now.
Protecting poor people: the call for a rent freeze in Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 10:47 am, February 3rd, 2023 - 187 comments
As property investors indicate an intention to raise rents, Renters United and 20+ community groups call for a rent freeze in Auckland.
Super City’s handling of the storm event
Written By: - Date published: 1:40 pm, January 29th, 2023 - 135 comments
As Auckland slowly recovers but ready itself for further storms there is some attention being given to review Council’s response to the super storm. The initial impression, and this is held widely is that the response was sub optimal.
Take Care Auckland and Northland
Written By: - Date published: 9:22 pm, January 27th, 2023 - 129 comments
Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in Auckland, leading to evacuations, power outages, and high risk warnings of sewerage on beaches.
People are being urged to stay home if safe, and stay off the roads. Please also check on neighbours and people who may be struggling especially disabled people, elderly, those on their own, and those with young children and pets.
German riot police defeated by some kind of mud wizard
Written By: - Date published: 6:09 am, January 16th, 2023 - 2 comments
Who said climate action can’t be funny?
The climate fight
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, January 15th, 2023 - 34 comments
What are we fighting exactly?
Dog whistling climate change
Written By: - Date published: 11:24 am, January 12th, 2023 - 30 comments
National MP Stuart Smith has tweeted suggesting that students should not be taught about climate change but should instead be taught the skills to decide for themselves if it exists.
The weather sucks
Written By: - Date published: 10:39 am, January 9th, 2023 - 48 comments
I’m back at work at my home office desk today and the weather sucked in Auckland and the north of the North Island over my break. Waiting for Luxon and minons blaming the government for not controlling La Niña – now in the third year of her current reign.It seems like all that National can do these days – blame the government for external events.
New Zealand is in a terrible state *
Written By: - Date published: 10:55 am, January 6th, 2023 - 116 comments
* or is it?
The Standard’s political awards for 2022
Written By: - Date published: 12:01 pm, December 30th, 2022 - 39 comments
It is that time of year again where the events of the year are reviewed and what was notable, noteworthy and notorious.
Federated Farmers – climate change “probably” exists
Written By: - Date published: 11:35 am, December 23rd, 2022 - 49 comments
Federated Farmers leader Andrew Hoggard thinks that climate change is probably happening but we will have to wait 50 to 100 years to see the effects.
Richard Heinberg: The Final Doubling
Written By: - Date published: 7:37 am, December 16th, 2022 - 80 comments
Can humans decouple resource overuse from economic growth?
Sustainability Sunday
Written By: - Date published: 2:47 pm, December 4th, 2022 - 6 comments
So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.
We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.
James Shaw, Climate Minister: before us lies a simple choice
Written By: - Date published: 11:35 am, November 17th, 2022 - 13 comments
New Zealand National Statement at COP27, and the call for all of us to act.
The power companies are rorting us
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, November 15th, 2022 - 25 comments
FIRST Union, NZCTU, and 350 Aotearoa have just released a joint report suggesting that the privatisation of our power companies by National were not only disastrous for the country’s finances but also disastrous for the planet.
The Year Skiing Died
Written By: - Date published: 4:47 pm, November 11th, 2022 - 13 comments
Climate change has ensured that this is the winter that broke skiing.
Kelvin Davis – if not now then when?
Written By: - Date published: 7:52 am, November 7th, 2022 - 32 comments
The text of an excellent speech given by Kelvin Davis to the Labour Party conference on climate change.
Democracy is on the Ballot – watershed US midterms this week.
Written By: - Date published: 1:46 am, November 7th, 2022 - 3 comments
At a campaign event last week President Biden said that in these mid-term elections “democracy is on the ballot”. This is absolutely true, and the outcome will be decided by those who show up to vote.
Holy Sh*t, Overshoot! Don’t Dither; Do
Written By: - Date published: 9:04 am, November 1st, 2022 - 24 comments
July 28 was EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY. On July 29 we went into ecological deficit. Humans have used the entire annual budget of resources that can replenished by nature
There are of course many things we can do.
The most important election in the world this year
Written By: - Date published: 8:40 am, October 31st, 2022 - 25 comments
With the future of the Amazon rain forest at stake the people of Brazil go to the polls today to vote on who will be their next President in an election that may profoundly affect the world’s future.
Wind Farms Need Mines
Written By: - Date published: 9:57 am, October 21st, 2022 - 32 comments
We need more mines if we are to transition to low carbon. There’s a field of industry that National and Labour could readily agree to if they put their minds to it, and it’s one of the highest paid industries in the world: mining. Electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels are made with a […]
Groundswell or Deep Earth?
Written By: - Date published: 10:22 am, October 20th, 2022 - 42 comments
Groundswell want degenerative agriculture.
Wayne Brown’s letters
Written By: - Date published: 8:52 am, October 20th, 2022 - 50 comments
Wayne Brown (or is that Matthew Hooton) has over the past few days released a series of letters that are astonishing in their audacity. His latest on transport proposes business as usual at a time when dramatic change is required.
Stand up and fight
Written By: - Date published: 11:19 am, October 19th, 2022 - 19 comments
Don’t give up. Don’t retrench into reactionary blocking politics. We have more choices for action and transition, and creating regenerative and sustainable systems, than ever before.
Sunflower | Oil
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, October 16th, 2022 - 81 comments
Van Gogh and Picasso as climate action targets. Destroying beauty is an act of self harm. On one level it’s wrong, but when we are desperate, it’s also an act of power.
Climate change: I think that we are f&*ked
Written By: - Date published: 11:02 am, October 13th, 2022 - 88 comments
This week the Government announced plans to bring in a scheme for pricing farming emissions in 2025. National’s response suggests the prospects of political consensus are non existent.
What if we had a Transition Enabling Act?
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, October 4th, 2022 - 74 comments
At a time when we are inundated with news of the end of the world, ideas of the way through are crucial. This one is brilliant – legislation that would enable all the things we need for Transition to happen. The great potential here is for change in a climate-meaningful timeframe.
The world needs more Izzy Cooks and fewer Heather Du Plessis-Allans
Written By: - Date published: 10:42 am, September 26th, 2022 - 92 comments
Just when you thought that talk back radio could not be worse there has been a recent incident where Heather Du Plessis-Allan basically bullied a young woman who wants to make the world a better place.
Climate Commision Chair: it’s time to reform the “plant and pollute” Emissions Trading Scheme
Written By: - Date published: 11:39 am, September 20th, 2022 - 32 comments
This good news bodes well.
- Politics live: Chris Hipkins admits two mega ferries ‘wasn’t the wisest decision’
But NZ First's leader is rejecting claims he was responsible, calling it "a bare-faced lie". ...2 days ago - Rail-enabled ferries are coming to Cook Strait – eventually
The ferries will now be delivered in 2029, writes Alice Neville in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ‘Yes to affordability, no to extravagance’: Winston Peters unveils his ‘pragmatic’ ferry plan After December’s anticlimactic announcement of an announcement, Winston Peters’ long-awaited ...2 days ago - New poll results: A week of few distractions pays off for the coalition
Analysis: The first RNZ-Reid Research poll shows how powerful a good week of headlines devoid of distractions can be for the coalition government in a razor-sharp electoral landscape, writes RNZ political editor Jo Moir. ...2 days ago
- RNZ-Reid Research poll: Coalition in front as Labour gains ground
National, ACT and NZ First would be able to form a government, but Labour is nipping at their heels, a new RNZ-Reid Research Poll shows . ...2 days ago
- RNZ-Reid Research poll: View all results and charts
Just looking for the numbers? Check out RNZ's interactive charts. ...2 days ago
- Politics live: Nicola Willis on the cost of Cook Strait ferries
The Finance Minister is insisting the overall cost of replacing the ferries will be cheaper than the previous government's plan. ...2 days ago
- Windbag: Is Labour trying to freeze out its strongest Yimby?
Wellington City councillor Rebecca Matthews is one of New Zealand’s most effective advocates for housing reform. But it appears the Labour Party doesn’t want her any more. On Sunday, April 6, the Wellington Labour Party will vote to confirm its nominees for council candidates in the local body election later ...2 days ago
- ‘I was too careful’: How the retirement commissioner would save differently now
Retirement commissioner Jane Wrightson talks to Frances Cook about her money regrets, and the changes she’d like to see for New Zealanders. Even people whose job it is to think about money all day can have money regrets. For retirement commissioner Jane Wrightson, she knows exactly what hers is: she didn’t ...2 days ago
- Govt embarks on sale of 900 state houses, old and new
Kāinga Ora sells rundown one bedroom demo-job for $1.37m in now-affluent seaside suburb of Pt Chev The post Govt embarks on sale of 900 state houses, old and new appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago - Germany’s post-election theatre of the absurd
Comment: Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has delivered everything he campaigned against The post Germany’s post-election theatre of the absurd appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Let’s dance: Moving together in a dislocated world
Researchers and artists are discovering amazing things about the power of dance to promote collaboration and social inclusion. And it’s not just about community – there’s incredible stuff going on in your brain tooBack in the early 1990s, Nicholas Rowe was an up-and-coming dancer performing the role of a peasant ...2 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 1 April
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- How many beautiful kitchens have come at the expense of workers’ lives?
Analysis: The recent debate surrounding the need for a potential ban on engineered stone (often used in benchtops) has brought to light the serious health risks such as accelerated silicosis, lung cancer and chronic pulmonary diseases associated with inhaling the dust from the cutting and grinding of this product. However, ...2 days ago
- To stop the killing in Gaza, words matter
Israeli-Palestinian relations have always been more complex than the usual naratives.Before the fateful UN decision to partition Palestine in 1947, leftwing binationalist parties, going back decades, sought a Jewish-Arab working class alliance against Arab feudalism, Jewish bourgeoisie, and British imperialism.In mid-2023 I heard similar ‘idealist’ alternative beliefs among progressive Israelis ...2 days ago
- ‘Interveners’ clash over freshwater court claim
It was the battle of the interveners.On Monday, Federated Farmers and Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust, parties that joined Ngāi Tahu’s freshwater claim against the Attorney-General, gave their closing legal arguments before Justice Melanie Harland in Christchurch’s High Court.The positions were almost polar opposites.All declarations sought by Ngāi Tahu ...2 days ago
- National vaccination database unexpected casualty of health funding cuts
Officials warned the Health Minister his cuts would ‘act as a drag on workforce productivity’ and leave hospitals reliant on paper systems The post National vaccination database unexpected casualty of health funding cuts appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Reforming the reforms – the RMA is up for debate, again
“The RMA is broken, and everyone knows it.”“The RMA is akin to a gale-force head wind, battling any attempts to develop anything, anywhere.”“The RMA has enabled a cottage industry of lawyers and consultants, drafting thousands of pages of papers and reports, all designed to block new roads, new wind farms, ...2 days ago
- Regulator to allow sale of ‘free-range’ barn eggs in a bird flu outbreak
An H5N1 outbreak in New Zealand would disproportionately impact free range hens, meaning they may need to be brought indoors The post Regulator to allow sale of ‘free-range’ barn eggs in a bird flu outbreak appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- The house that Jenny plumbed
About 40 years ago we bought a bach at Paekākāriki. It sat atop a sand dune looking out to Kāpiti Island. A pipe brought water up to the house, and in the so-called kitchen a garden tap could pour cold water into a sink which then emptied onto the sand ...2 days ago
- Election diary: Energy is in the foreground – but climate change is ‘in the shadows’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This election is already shaping up as very much about energy. But notably, ambitions for and debate about combatting climate change have receded in recent times. Peter Dutton has his proposal for an east ...2 days ago - How should police officers use force? The Kristian White case is an insight into what the community ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Ryan, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University When a jury in the New South Wales Supreme Court found Kristian White guilty of manslaughter, it was the first verdict of its kind in recent Australian history. The verdict is significant because it ...3 days ago
- Why have supermarkets around Australia recalled bagged salad products? A gastroenterologist explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock People are being asked to check the use-by dates of bagged salad products they’ve purchased recently after a number of Australian supermarkets issued recalls due to potential bacterial ...3 days ago
- Hosting the UN climate summit is far from ‘madness’ – here’s how Australia stands to benefit
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would withdraw Australia’s bid to co-host next year’s global climate summit if the Coalition wins the federal election. Australia has lobbied hard for the right ...3 days ago
- Crown Apologises For Bringing ‘Death And Division’ To Ngāti Hāua
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith delivered an apology to some 400 people at the marae, for Crown actions he said had caused harm and prejudiced Ngāti Hāua for over a century. ...3 days ago - Democracy At Risk
Decision-makers need to consider who needs to be around the table at the earliest stages of policy development and think more creatively about how the policy process can work to truly empower people and communities. ...3 days ago
- Dutton says it would cost too much to host UN climate summit, but pulling out would cost Australia e...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would withdraw Australia’s bid to co-host next year’s global climate summit if the Coalition wins the federal election. Australia has lobbied hard for the right ...3 days ago
- These 3 arguments are part of the long game in Trump’s trade wars
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Wagner, Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong Since returning to office in January, US President Donald Trump has doubled down on using trade measures – mostly tariffs – to reshape global ...3 days ago
- In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kitty Smith, PhD Candidate in Classical Greek and Roman History, University of Sydney Krikkiat / Shutterstock.com Once yelled at women seen to be pestering or annoying – or at feminists questioning and threatening the status quo – “harpy” has long been ...3 days ago
- Health And Safety Changes Driven By ACT Party Ideology, Not Evidence Said NZCTU President Richard Wa...
“It’s disappointing to see the Minister has ignored the widespread consensus on what New Zealand needs to do to improve its poor track record and instead has chosen to carve out small businesses from good health and safety practices,” Wagstaff ...3 days ago
- Govt to cut health and safety requirements for smaller businesses
The minister for workplace relations says she is looking to cut health and safety red tape for low-risk businesses and create a hotline to enable reporting of overzealous road cone use. ...3 days ago
- The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney ESA / Gaia / DPAC, CC BY-SA On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down ...3 days ago
- New ferries will have rail but no frills, says Peters
Two new rail-enabled ferries will arrive by the end of 2029, says Minister for Rail Winston Peters.The new plan aims to undercut Labour’s scrapped iRex project by billions, largely by delaying, scrapping or scaling down portside infrastructure costs. Peters admits many of those costs cut from his new plan will ...3 days ago
- Sell The Interislander Before Taxpayers Go Down With It
“If the Government cared about value for money, it would separate the Interislander from KiwiRail and let private operators do what they do best—run safe, efficient, unsubsidised services.” ...3 days ago
- ANZMES Calls For Equitable Tax Policies To Sustain Charitable Impact
“ANZMES exists to bridge gaps in understanding, support, and research for ME/CFS,” said Fiona Charlton, President. “We rely on innovative, mission-aligned funding solutions to fulfil our purpose. Taxing these e orts would divert resources away ...3 days ago
- Walk Without Fear Trust Welcomes New Sentencing Reforms Aimed At Restoring Public Safety
Chairman Eugene Bareman says the measures will go a long way toward shifting the balance back in favour of victims and those impacted by violence. ...3 days ago
- School phone ban one year on: our student survey reveals mixed feelings about its success
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cara Swit, Associate professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury DavideAngelini/Shutterstock One year after the government banned cellphones from schools to help students focus and reduce distractions in class, we’re beginning to see how it has been implemented and how ...3 days ago
- New details of Cook Strait ferry replacement plan unveiled
Winston Peters has unveiled details about the Interislander replacement plan, including a new timeline. ...3 days ago
- Peters’ attack on Doyle is vile – and the Greens should have seen it coming
There is no excusing the deputy prime minister’s unfounded attacks on Benjamin Doyle, but the Green Party should have done more to protect its newest MP. This morning I listened to Sean Plunket ask the deputy prime minister Winston Peters if he believed an opposition MP was promoting paedophilia. Such ...3 days ago
- New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week
We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+. Happiness (ThreeNow, April 3) In Happiness, Aotearoa’s first musical sitcom, Shortland Street’s Harry McNaughton is Charlie Summers, a Broadway director who reluctantly returns to his sun-kissed hometown ...3 days ago
- Lawyers Join Calls For Declarations Of Torture Outside Of Lake Alice Hospital
Since the Government’s announcement last year that those placed at the Lake Alice Child & Adolescent Unit within a small window of time would receive significant compensation, Cooper Legal has called on Government to extend the settlement framework to cover ...3 days ago
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