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The law and order debate and the grade one tosser
Written By: - Date published: 7:43 am, May 22nd, 2018 - 36 comments
The Government has announced it will not proceed with the Waikeria mega prison as part of its policy to decrease the prison muster by 30%. And the called for public debate starts off with one of the major players using a study the author of which subsequently retracted because the data he relied on was wrong.
Democratic Party thunks on Gaza
Written By: - Date published: 12:25 pm, May 16th, 2018 - 65 comments
The “lesser of two evils” speaks its mind.
Algorithms are threatening our democracy
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, May 9th, 2018 - 36 comments
Algorithms are a form of fascism – yet a fascism from data manipulation rather than from the state. Are they a threat to our democracy?
The election year party donations returns
Written By: - Date published: 10:12 am, May 6th, 2018 - 40 comments
The election year donation returns have been released and show a surge of donations for Labour but National still well ahead.
New Zealand Is all right, at the end
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, April 28th, 2018 - 27 comments
Democracy’s permanence is not inevitable. Its imagining is not beyond imagining. And New Zealand is one of the shrinking number of democracies who really have it.
“Fight for your lives before it’s someone else’s job”
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 am, March 26th, 2018 - 32 comments
Two speakers from yesterday’s March for Our Lives.
Democracy, Faux Democracy and Terror.
Written By: - Date published: 11:27 am, March 19th, 2018 - 37 comments
Facebook, Putin, poisoning and Ghouta have all given fairly extensive media coverage of late. Nothing much on Afrin. Afrin has just fallen to terrorists backed by Turkey.
Update: the photo used for this post is of the The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (TQILA), who are part of the International Revolutionary People’s Guerrilla Forces fighting in Syria.
Green Party statements on giving their parliamentary Questions to the Opposition
Written By: - Date published: 11:03 am, March 19th, 2018 - 49 comments
“As Greens, we’ve always stood for modernising our democracy, making MPs more accountable and giving the public better access to the levers of power.”
Greens give National their primary questions for oral answer
Written By: - Date published: 9:48 am, March 19th, 2018 - 268 comments
The Greens have offered National their Primary Questions for oral answer in Parliament without conditions.
Is youth the new political divide?
Written By: - Date published: 9:21 am, March 11th, 2018 - 44 comments
There is evidence in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand that youth and not class may be the new political divide.
Genter and Davidson
Written By: - Date published: 6:08 am, March 2nd, 2018 - 51 comments
The Green female co-leader candidates did a Q and A last night with Stuff political reporter Henry Cooke. They covered a range of topics, including the Budget Responsibility Rules. The interview gives good insight into how the Green Party works and where they are headed, as well as into the two candidates themselves.
Nationwide public meetings: TPPA-11 update, and what we can do
Written By: - Date published: 6:30 am, February 14th, 2018 - 27 comments
Auckland 12 Feb – Wellington 14 Feb – Nelson 20 Feb – Christchurch 21 Feb – Dunedin 22 Feb
The Housing Crisis.
Written By: - Date published: 10:43 am, February 11th, 2018 - 154 comments
Can politics deliver?
The 2017 General Election electorate expense returns
Written By: - Date published: 12:49 pm, February 4th, 2018 - 25 comments
Last year’s electorate expense returns have now been made public.
Zen and the art of greening the government
Written By: - Date published: 6:25 am, February 3rd, 2018 - 65 comments
Democracy, protest, and what makes this the first ever progressive New Zealand MMP government.
What should happen at Waitangi
Written By: - Date published: 12:15 pm, January 23rd, 2018 - 6 comments
The ideal occurrences this year at Waitangi would be …
Join Marama for an Announcement February 4th
Written By: - Date published: 6:19 am, January 23rd, 2018 - 7 comments
Marama Davidson – Kia ora whānau! It would mean so much to me if you would all come and support my event on Sunday 04 Feb at 11am. We’ll be livestreaming the event so even if you can’t physically be there and you’d like to tautoko you can click ‘going’.
Solidarity
Written By: - Date published: 10:40 am, January 22nd, 2018 - 7 comments
History not forgotten.
Shock horror right wing think tank thinks NZ not very democratic
Written By: - Date published: 10:04 am, January 18th, 2018 - 74 comments
National’s cheerleaders are pushing an international report which suggests that New Zealand’s democratic system is only slightly better than average in world terms. But the organisation behind the report and the methodology used need some checking.
Another middle finger?
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, December 22nd, 2017 - 3 comments
With just over half the votes counted, it looks like Catalonia has opted to ditch Spanish central rule.
Gareth Hughes: Passing a motion and other Parliamentary jargon
Written By: - Date published: 6:33 am, December 20th, 2017 - 10 comments
Democracy misunderstood is democracy denied.
Broadcasting Standards Authority finds Mike Hosking’s election comments about the Māori Party inaccurate and misleading
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 am, December 20th, 2017 - 56 comments
“Further, his comments the following evening were confusing and insufficient to correct the inaccurate information for viewers.”
NRT on submitting on the End of Life Choice Bill
Written By: - Date published: 1:05 pm, December 16th, 2017 - 259 comments
“If you care about the bill, I encourage you to speak up about it.”
Making official Information flow again
Written By: - Date published: 2:08 pm, December 4th, 2017 - 31 comments
“Ministers realised they had a device through which they could reduce the surprises they suffered. And, as it went on, the surprises ministers no longer wanted to experience became greater in number and smaller in significance.Increasingly, it placed on the public service a political imperative which it had never had to shoulder. “
Labour and rural voters
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, November 6th, 2017 - 94 comments
In recent years Labour has allowed National to dominate rural politics. Maybe it is time for Labour to think about reaching out to rural voters and suggest to them that a progressive vote is in their interests.
Remember, remember!
Written By: - Date published: 9:03 pm, November 1st, 2017 - 8 comments
Sunday the 5th of November from 12 O’Clock onwards, by the bandstand in Dunedin’s Botanic Gardens.
The new government and the TPPA-11
Written By: - Date published: 6:45 am, October 28th, 2017 - 149 comments
An update from Professor Jane Kelsey on the TPPA-11, a look at the issues for the new Labour-led government, and reasons why we still need to be concerned.
Begone, capitalism! You don’t own me
Written By: - Date published: 7:39 am, October 25th, 2017 - 73 comments
Do we want to be owned by capitalism and stay in its trap of wage and debt slavery, or do we want to boldly go to post-capitalism, whatever that might be.
This coming digital war
Written By: - Date published: 8:12 am, October 21st, 2017 - 67 comments
This is the first Labour Government of the digital age. How progressives respond to social media attacks may be crucial to its success.
“Reporters”.
Written By: - Date published: 8:44 am, October 17th, 2017 - 54 comments
“Once upon a time, in a world far away” we had these people called “reporters”.
An honourable profession, who considered it their job to keep the public accurately and completely informed.
Austria and Europe
Written By: - Date published: 2:07 pm, October 16th, 2017 - 20 comments
Europe is showing a worrying trend to the right as anti immigration parties are voted into office. Austria provides the latest example.
- Flashback Saturday: Is New Zealand getting public transport right?
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post, by Peter, was originally published in December 2014. Increasingly, the answer is yes – although we certainly can’t rest on our laurels yet. Read on if you want to know how ...2 hours ago - Testing The Speaker.
2 hours ago - New research, May 14-20, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change impacts Mankind Assessing the Impacts of Extreme Agricultural Droughts in China Under Climate and Socioeconomic Changes (open access) "Our simulations project a rise of 2.5~3.3% in average rice, ...2 hours ago - The Mendacities of Ms Amy Adams – “hidden borrowing”?!
. . National is at it again; indulging in rank hypocrisy by criticising the Labour-NZ First- Green Coalition Government of policies that they themselves carried out. This time, the National Party’s finance spokesperson, Amy Adams, has accused the Coalition Government ...3 hours ago - It’s easy to be friends with one who shares the same opinions
15 hours ago - Spain’s corrupt government
Key figures in Spain's ruling party have just been jailed for corruption:Spain’s ruling party has suffered a major blow after one of its former treasurers was jailed for 33 years for fraud and money laundering, and the party itself was ...19 hours ago - Of Foxes and HedgehogsThe archaic Greek poet Archilochus (680-645BCE?) wrote ‘a fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one important thing’ which is, presumably, why they survive.read more ...19 hours ago
- ‘He’s the one who came home’
[This originally appeared in E-Tangata on 6 May 2018] There’s a photo of my great-grandparents, Erueti Bidois and Ataraira Edwards, on the day they got married, in 1917. They sit uncomfortably: Erueti is in his best suit and Ataraira is ...19 hours ago - This is corruptOne of the unstated rules of New Zealand society is that when you deal with the government, you get treated equally, regardless of whether you are rich or poor. Or at least, that's the ideal, and we'd be disturbed to ...21 hours ago
- Total captureIn 2011, MPI uncovered systematic and sustained fraud by multiple fishing companies, which undermined the entire Quota Management System. The fraud was a serious crime with a penalty of five years imprisonment, but MPI didn't prosecute. Why not? Because they ...22 hours ago
- At Last – A Republican Who Tells It Like It Is
As President Trump stumbles from one bungle to the next, particularly in the field of diplomacy, the mystery is that the Republicans have stayed silent, and have offered no dissent or criticism in response to Trump’s many failings – not ...24 hours ago - House of Pain.
I am on the mend, sort of. Or better said, I am out of surgery and convalescing after having my left hip replaced. It was an interesting experience. They decided to give me a spinal with a light sedative, so ...24 hours ago - Speaking For The Don.
1 day ago - RONS Review Part 2
Part 1 of this series summarised the history and progress of the 4 RONS projects in Auckland and the Waikato, while this post will cover Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch. 5. Tauranga Eastern Corridor The Tauranga Eastern Link was another of the ...1 day ago - Climate Science websites around the world
Skeptical Science is not alone when it comes to sharing reliable information about climate science. There are many websites around the world which regularly write about the latest studies or set the record straight when misinformation gets spread. Our website ...2 days ago - Sexism in music: ‘What guitar does your boyfriend have?’
How hard is it for New Zealand women to rock the music world? Ahead of a Music Month Summit on issues in the industry, The Wireless explores sexism in song. While buying guitar strings, the shop assistant asked ...2 days ago - Reflections on the Education Summit
Experts from the tertiary education sector attended the Government’s recent Education Summit in Auckland. Here, a couple of the Tertiary Education Union members that were there reflect on how the summit went. Bill Rogers, Te Tumu Arataki, TEU National Vice ...2 days ago - University bargaining underwayNegotiations are underway concerning future pay and conditions for staff working under collective agreements at five universities. The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has initiated bargaining at the University of Otago, Lincoln University, the University of Canterbury, the University of Waikato and the ...2 days ago
- VCs risk opting out of government’s vision, Otago cuts showVice-Chancellors need to accept that cutting jobs to meet narrow performance metrics will do nothing to help rebuild an inclusive tertiary education sector that meets the needs of all New Zealanders, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) said. The TEU is calling on Vice-Chancellors ...2 days ago
- Time to break the rulesSandra Grey, national president of the Tertiary Education Union, reflects on last week’s Budget and calls on the Government to change its fiscal responsibility rules so we can better pool our nation’s resources to meet the needs of all New Zealanders. When I ...2 days ago
- Minister commits to fixing tertiary funding modelTertiary Update – Vol 21 No 10 Education Minister Chris Hipkins has committed to fixing the failed funding model of the previous National Government. Commenting after last week’s Budget, Hipkins said the government knows “the funding systems in tertiary education aren’t fit for ...2 days ago
- VCs at risk of opting out of government’s vision, Otago uni cuts showVice-Chancellors need to accept that cutting jobs to meet narrow performance metrics will do nothing to help rebuild an inclusive tertiary education sector that meets the needs of all New Zealanders, the Tertiary Education Union said today. The TEU is calling ...2 days ago
- Cannabis, cash and a community’s dream
A region disproportionately affected by weed now wants to profit from it. Hikurangi Enterprises wants to be front and centre in the medicinal cannabis industry. Photo: Supplied Earlier this month, Pohatu Poutu made the short trip ...2 days ago - The police put themselves above the law, againAnother day, another IPCA report about police abuse of tasers. In this case, a police officer tasered someone in the back while they were running away and knocked him unconscious - an action the IPCA found to be unlawful and ...2 days ago
- Pervasive criminality IIMore evidence this morning that fishing is a criminal industry, from yet another suppressed MPI report:Some of the country's biggest fishing companies have been under-reporting their hoki catch by hundreds of tonnes, according to a leaked fisheries report. The report ...2 days ago
- Bad faithThat's the only way to describe the Prime Minister's refusal to commit to being bound by the result of the marijuana referendum if people vote to legalise it for recreational use. Firstly, its bad faith with the people of New ...2 days ago
- Is it time to move past “travel time savings”?
In a recent post, Harriet questioned whether our business cases are being founded on a lie. That lie relates to the issue of travel time savings, which form the heart of the “cost benefit analysis process” that guides NZTA’s transport ...2 days ago - Inferno XVI: Dante’s Tomb
The full text of the canto in Italian/English It is heartening for the mortal to learn that not even Dante Alighieri got everything always right, and that the sixteenth canto of the Divine Comedy is something of a dud; little ...3 days ago - Global warming made Hurricane Harvey more destructiveLast summer, the United states was pummeled with three severe hurricanes in rapid succession. It was a truly awesome display of the power of weather and the country is still reeling from the effects. In the climate community, there has been ...3 days ago
- Another shonky OPCW chemical incident report on Syria
3 days ago - Help let businesses help with PT costs
With petrol prices on the rise, it is once again raising suggestions that the government should cut fuel taxes to ease the burden on the public. The National Party in particular are pushing this line, although they don’t say how ...3 days ago - A victory for freedom of the press in FijiFor the past three weeks, Fiji Times executives and journalists have been on trial for sedition over a letter to the editor that they published. Today, they were acquitted:Fiji's High Court has found three executives of The Fiji Times newspaper ...3 days ago
- Why New Zealand made fashion is hanging by a thread
World provoked outrage when it was caught selling foreign-produced T-shirts as New Zealand made. But has it become too hard to manufacture in this country? Katie Ruscoe investigates. New Zealand made fashion is becoming increasingly rare. ...3 days ago - Budget 2018: Labour’s Pre-Emptive Capitulation To Kiwi Capitalism’s Discontent.
3 days ago - Matakana Link Road plated in gold?
The Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) and the draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) represent a significant improvement over previous plans, having a much greater focus on walking and cycling projects. There are however still a lot of projects unfunded. ...3 days ago - Climate change is already making droughts worse
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Benjamin Cook Dr Benjamin Cook is a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Few areas of the world are completely immune to droughts and their often-devastating impacts on ...4 days ago - Are indigenous people united under the United Nations?
[This originally appeared in the Spinoff Ātea on 29 April 2018] Law professor Valmaine Toki is purported to have described the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as a “huge Waitangi Tribunal.” Did she mean unpopular, underfunded and ignored ...4 days ago - Ireland’s abortion referendum – interview with Eirígí activist Cat Inglis
Eirígí banner: “No freedom without the freedom of women; Cat Inglis is on right In 2015 the south of Ireland became the first state in which the people voted for gay marriage. In a referendum in May that year a ...4 days ago - Spain liedWhen Spain suspended Catalan democracy last year and imposed colonial rule from Madrid, it presented it as a temporary measure, to be ended once elections had been held and a new government was in place. But they lost those elections, ...4 days ago
- Making every house a warm, dry home
Every New Zealander should have a warm, dry, well-ventilated home. This is something the Greens have worked hard for, for decades – and in Government with Labour and New Zealand First, we’re going to finish the job. We know how ...4 days ago - A pawn of the fishing industryDeep-sea trawling is an environmentally destructive practice which devastates vulnerable marine ecosystems for the private profit of a few fishing companies. The New Zealand government has been worried about this for a long time, and so they've been working through ...4 days ago
- Improving Walking and Cycling in Henderson
Henderson is one of the key areas Panuku Development Auckland hope to unlock in the coming years. It’s a centre with a lot of potential, especially once the CRL drags it 10 minutes closer to town. As part of that, ...4 days ago - Hard News: Protecting privilege in Epsom
One of the Act Party's founding conceits was that its ideas represented a better way for everyone. Yes, its financial support might come from the very rich, but classical liberalism meant opportunity for all. Roger Douglas came not to uphold ...4 days ago - A Labour Code Worthy Of Inspection.
4 days ago - Simon burns his Teal Coalition Bridges. . Act I – Post-election, Dealing the Cards During the post-election coalition negotiations last year, there was much entrails-reading of which way NZ First would move to form a new government. Labour and NZ First? Or National and NZ ...4 days ago
- East West Link must be “revised”, not just “staged”
Shortly after taking office the government cancelled the horror show that was the East West Link project. Ahead of the election this was a major part of Labour’s transport platform, which promised a better value for money option that would ...4 days ago - Accounting for the government
The 1989 the Public Finance Act adopted a new approach to the presentation of the government’s accounts. Its purpose was to enhance the government’s management of financial flows by combining them all into a single set of accounts. But as ...4 days ago - Yes, EVs are green and global warming is raising sea levelsLast week, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held yet another climate science hearing similar to those from April 2017, February 2017, January 2016, May 2015, June 2014, December 2013, and so on. It seems as though disputing established climate science is House Republicans’ favorite ...5 days ago
- Conspiring against transparencyRadio New Zealand has yet another story of the Auckland Council failing to meet its obligations under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, and having to be ordered to release material by the Ombudsman. This time its about ...5 days ago
- Why is Labour building houses for the rich?KiwiBuild - the promise to squash the housing bubble by building 100,000 new affordable homes - is Labour's core policy for this term. Pretty obviously, if they do that, it will help get more people into their own homes, rather ...5 days ago
- The Boy On The Tram.
5 days ago - Palmerston North voters are racists tooSo, it turns out that Palmerston North voters are racists too, just like their hick cousins in Manawatū:Palmerston North people have spoken and more than two-thirds who voted were in opposition to creating separate Māori wards. Results from a binding ...5 days ago
- Is it too late to join the urban exodus?
The dream of buying cheap property in the regions is dwindling. Bonnie Sumner finds urban escapees having to down-size their dreams. Peter and his family were only able to buy their first home in the Hawke's Bay after ...5 days ago - Ali Jones rips right wing blogger a “new one” on Radio NZ’s “The Panel”. . Unexpected fireworks erupted on Jim Mora’s ‘The Panel’ on Radio NZ on Tuesday 15 May when PR consultant and former Christchurch City Councillor, Ali Jones, took on National Party apparatchik, pollster, wannabe Bond-villain, and right-wing ...5 days ago
- 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #20
Story of the Week... El Niño/La Niña Update... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... 97 Hours of Consensus... Story of the ...5 days ago - RONS Review – Part 1
The release of the new draft Government Policy Statement a month ago marked a major shift in government transport policy. Significantly it marks the end of the previous government’s ‘Roads of National Significance’ Policy. It is is therefore a good time ...5 days ago - Trump’s Shotgun Diplomacy Dominates
Ignorance, arrogance, dishonesty and denial have dominated Donald Trump's presidency and his responses to school shootings, that have occurred during his term, epitomise it. Trump speaks tough, uses popularism to maintain support and ignores evidence.His approach to world diplomacy is ...5 days ago - Amy’s “new” bag? Just more fast talking, and hoping people don’t notice the chaff…
Amy Adams, a National Party MP, it has been commented a lot lately, talks really fast. The reason, of course, that Amy talks fast is so as to not let anyone cut in and easily rebut her easily refuted “points”. It’s ...6 days ago - Auckland solidarity with Palestinians
by Daphna Whitmore Several hundred people turned out yesterday in Auckland to rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The vicious response of the Israeli army to the mass demonstrations at the Gaza prison fence has created a sense ...6 days ago - What does the Labour’s first budget tell us?According to the Treasury forecasts – which do not differ greatly from those of any other reputable forecasters – the economy is in a sweet spot. Output is expected to grow at about 2.9 percent a year over the next ...6 days ago
- Amy Adams: “Labour are completely wrong about everything in the whole world”
With the release of the budget this week, numbers have been on the front of everybody’s lips. MyThinks hooked up with new opposition finance spokesperson and Canterbury irrigation millionaire Amy Adams to find out her thoughts. MT: Hello Amy and ...6 days ago - 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick Urgent Climate Action Required to Protect Tens of Thousands of Species Worldwide, New Research Shows Limiting global warming to 2 degrees ...6 days ago - “This Day, We Fight!”: Aragorn, Bill McKibben, And Climate Change
by Melanie Vautier On Sunday the 6th of May I had the privilege of seeing climate change activist Bill McKibben speak at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. I cannot overstate what excitement this was for me – in my books ...7 days ago - “This Day, We Fight!”: Aragorn, Bill McKibben, And Climate Changeby Melanie Vautier On Sunday the 6th of May I had the privilege of seeing climate change activist Bill McKibben speak at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. I cannot overstate what excitement this was for me – in my books ...7 days ago
- Flashback Saturday: The Value of Well-Designed Cities
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in April 2016. When it comes to the debate about housing and development, there’s been plenty of discussion about the physical impacts of decisions we make, for ...1 week ago - New research, May 7-13, 2018A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change Temperature, precipitation, wind Comparing daily temperature averaging methods: the role of surface and atmosphere variables in determining spatial and seasonal variability Dynamical analysis of extreme precipitation in ...1 week ago
- Opinion: Recent experiences have led me to believe that text voting would be a wonderful thing for o...
By David Seymour Hi. I’m David. Hello. You might know me by now, I’m on the TV occasionally, I pour my own beer in public, and I wear shirts that are handed to me. All good then. Well you must ...1 week ago - Investing in a green future
With the Green Party in Government, New Zealand has taken the most significant step yet to invest in becoming a net zero emissions country with the commitment in Budget 2018 to set-up a Green Investment Fund. That commitment sees the ...1 week ago - Why can’t we all just get along?1 week ago
- Midwives deserve better
Mothers and babies rely on and value the work of midwives, and the Green Party believes the Government should too. Budget 2018 provides additional support of over $100 million over the next four years for community midwifery services. As a ...1 week ago - What it’s like to be a solo mum searching for a rental
[This originally appeared in the Spinoff Ātea during their Rent Week series] It was reported in January that Tauranga now outranks Auckland as New Zealand’s most unaffordable city and in the city’s pressured rental market, landlords these days have their pick ...1 week ago - Ahmad Abdullah Abdullah al-Adaini, 1981-2018by Susanne Kemp It’s always problematic to point to this or that particular individual in the context of a massacre by state forces. All lives lost are to be mourned – and we should get angry about all ...1 week ago
- Ramzy Baroud national speaking tour in New Zealand, May 18-24Below we’re reprinting the official statement and itinerary for the speaking tour. Dr. Ramzy Baroud’s NZ speaking tour itinerary – 18 to 24 May 2018. Hosted by the NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Ramzy Baroud brings the authentic voices of the ...1 week ago
- The National Party’s official response to Grant Robertson’s first budgetDear New Zealand, The National Party are outraged and appalled at the budget announced by Grant Robertson. Labour’s first budget since we won the election is going to gut the country, kill children and livestock, and dismantle the very fabric ...1 week ago
- Rates, regional fuel taxes and fairness
In a couple of weeks Auckland Council will make probably its biggest decision since adopting the Unitary Plan, by either voting for or against adopting the Regional Fuel Tax that was recently consulted on (twice). In some respects the choice ...1 week ago
- Roadshows outline help for small business
Small Business Minister Stuart Nash will next week launch the 2018 series of small business roadshows. The roadshows give business owners the opportunity to learn more about assistance available from the Government. Taking Care of Business is a series of ...21 hours ago - Next step to improve fairness of tax systemNew legislation to improve the fairness of the tax system and prevent large multinationals from exploiting rules in order to shift their profits offshore has passed another step closer to becoming law. Revenue Minister Stuart Nash has taken the Taxation ...2 days ago
- Fisheries NZ has new focus on innovationFisheries Minister Stuart Nash says the creation of a new specialist organisation dedicated to the sector will lead to greater innovation in the way we fish and the way we manage the resource. “Today marks the first full day for ...3 days ago
- Cracking down on tax dodgers and restoring fairnessNew initiatives to make the tax system fairer and a crackdown on tax dodgers are expected to provide the Government with an extra $726.3 million of revenue over the next four years, says Revenue Minister Stuart Nash. “The Coalition Government ...3 days ago
- Focusing on community safety and targeting organised crimeNew investment in police will lift the number of officers, see an unprecedented push to disrupt organised crime and make our families and communities safer, says Police Minister Stuart Nash. “The Coalition Government’s police package, when fully rolled out, will ...3 days ago
- Making every house a warm, dry homeEvery New Zealander should have a warm, dry, well-ventilated home. This is something the Greens have worked hard for, for decades – and in Government with Labour and New Zealand First, we’re going to finish the job. We know how ...4 days ago
- Investing in a green futureWith the Green Party in Government, New Zealand has taken the most significant step yet to invest in becoming a net zero emissions country with the commitment in Budget 2018 to set-up a Green Investment Fund. That commitment sees the ...1 week ago
- Midwives deserve betterMothers and babies rely on and value the work of midwives, and the Green Party believes the Government should too. Budget 2018 provides additional support of over $100 million over the next four years for community midwifery services. As a ...1 week ago
- Biggest ever boost for Conservation
New Zealanders love our unique birds, insects and plants and today’s new funding boost means we can start to really protect them. Budget 2018 provides the largest increase in the Department of Conservation’s budget since 2002 and delivers on our ...1 week ago - The greenest budget ever
The Green Party has secured a historic suite of budget wins valued at $618 million that prioritises protecting nature and backing the transition to a green economy. We couldn’t be happier – it’s the greenest budget ever, a win for ...1 week ago - Pare Hauraki Collective Redress extensionTreaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has given settlement groups more time to provide him with any additional information before he makes a decision regarding the signing of the Pare Hauraki Collective Redress Deed. ...1 week ago
- Government releases review of organisational culture and processes at the Human Rights CommissionJustice Minister Andrew Little today released the Ministerial Review of the Human Rights Commission in relation to the internal handling of sexual harassment claims and its organisational culture. ...2 weeks ago
- Native birds beat rats in Budget 2018
I’m really proud as a Green Minister that there is significant new funding in Budget 2018 to save our wildlife from predators like rats, stoats and possums. An extra $81.28 million over four years will protect New Zealand’s precious native ...2 weeks ago - Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou moana first readingThe Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2) passed its first reading in Parliament today, says Minister for Treaty Negotiations Andrew Little. ...2 weeks ago
- New leadership for Māori Television board...3 weeks ago
- Kids and quads a lethal combination
A young boy had a lucky escape after he fell from a quad bike and was run over by the equipment being towed behind it. WorkSafe says it is a reminder for farmers and families to ensure they are keeping ...19 hours ago - E tū media statement“E tū supports the Government’s commitment to a Just Transition as it moves the country to a non-carbon future. ...19 hours ago
- New Zealand featured in new report on child soldiers“In many countries the popular myth of the army as a benevolent institution which “saves” disadvantaged and vulnerable young people from an uncertain future remains pervasive. This report deconstructs that myth, the research clearly shows that military ...19 hours ago
- Federated Farmers drop legal action around GMOsFollowing years of court action for a precautionary approach to genetically modified organisms (GMO), the Soil & Health Association today welcomed Federated Farmers’ decision to drop legal challenges to several local council resource management plans ...19 hours ago
- More Kōtuitui Places needed please – CHACommunity Housing Aotearoa says it is vital communities don’t have to wait six more years for another development like Manukau’s Kōtuitui Place to kick off. ...19 hours ago
- Seymour shows a lack of understandingAuckland community housing providers are urging communities to show greater understanding of their neighbours, rather than greeting people living in social housing with ill-founded condemnation. ...20 hours ago
- Bidois identifies priority park and ride sitesNational’s Northcote candidate Dan Bidois is calling for Auckland Council to commit to building new park and ride facilities in the electorate, to ease residents’ congestion woes. ...20 hours ago
- PSA response to Human Rights Commission appointments"The PSA looks forward to establishing a constructive working relationship with the Acting Chief Commissioner, Paula Tesoriero and the Chief Executive. ...20 hours ago
- Re-entry tender process moves to next stageRe-entry tender process moves to next stage 25 May 2018 A number of suppliers who responded to a recent procurement process to recover the Pike River Mine drift access tunnel will next be selected to submit full proposals to the ...20 hours ago
- Hoki MSC certification based on illegal fish dumpingThe fishing industry has serious questions to answer after a report from 2012 revealed alleged illegal fish dumping by hoki fishers was ignored by MPI fisheries managers, while the fishery continued to be certified internationally as sustainable. ...20 hours ago
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- Tony Alexander’s Weekly Economic Overview – 24 May 2018
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