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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.
Tell the Health Committee: Make our cannabis law fair for those in pain
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, March 18th, 2018 - 10 comments
“The Health Select Committee is about to consider the government’s changes to medicinal cannabis law. This is your chance to tell politicians they have not gone far enough.”
The Greens have a handy online submission form that you can send as is or add your own thoughts. Submissions close on Wednesday.
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.
James Shaw’s speech to the Green Summer Policy Conference
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 am, March 4th, 2018 - 8 comments
Alongside announcing the Greens’ new transparency measures, James Shaw talks about being in government and having the ability to influence, as well as staying true to the Green Party’s values.
Green Party announces new transparency measures
Written By: - Date published: 6:10 am, March 4th, 2018 - 28 comments
Green Party Co-leader James Shaw has today announced two important new transparency measures, which will apply to Green Party Ministers, MPs and staff, to help counter the influence of money in politics.
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.
Golriz Ghahraman in the House on the TPPA
Written By: - Date published: 6:04 am, March 1st, 2018 - 177 comments
“As Greens, what’s particularly chilling to us is that we know elsewhere in the world where ISDS clauses have been accessed to sue Governments, corporates have used them to stop environmental protection.” … “The Indonesian environmental Minister had to admit, ‘If we shut them down, they will need compensation and Indonesia can’t afford it.’ That is chilling.”
Respecting our Rights and the New Zealand Constitution
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, February 27th, 2018 - 35 comments
The Minister of Justice and the Prime Minister teased a little bit of constitutional change yesterday. Let’s look at what that could actually mean, and how it could upon up old laws for review by Parliament.
Poll Watch: Colmar Brunton Poll 2018-2-19
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, February 20th, 2018 - 47 comments
In this second edition of Pollwatch, we note the impact of Jacinda Ardern at the height of her powers, track the likelyhood of current government support partners of clearing our high Party Vote threshold, and note the small likelyhood that English’s eventual successor will have of sneaking into the Beehive even if we held a snap election right now.
TPPA-11 update and actions
Written By: - Date published: 6:23 am, February 16th, 2018 - 70 comments
The TPPA-11 is set to be signed on March 8. There are still huge problems with the agreement for NZ. Jane Kelsey provides an update.
And we’re off to the races!
Written By: - Date published: 5:12 pm, February 8th, 2018 - 123 comments
With Julie Anne Genter, Minister for Women, entering the co-leadership race, there’s now a real contest on our hands as to who joins James Shaw as co-leader of the Green Party. What does that mean for the Greens, and for New Zealand politics in general?
National claims credit for Waitangi Day
Written By: - Date published: 8:21 am, February 7th, 2018 - 58 comments
National is claiming some credit for the success of Waitangi day. But the things they claim credit for are because of decisions of others, not the National Government.
Waihopai and North Korea
Written By: - Date published: 7:44 am, February 5th, 2018 - 14 comments
It’s worth asking ourselves what Goriz Gharaman was doing protesting at Waihopai. It’s the right place to protest.
Marama Davidson’s campaign launch – Boots Theory
Written By: - Date published: 6:21 am, February 5th, 2018 - 111 comments
Stephanie Rodgers’ progressive communications analysis of how Marama Davidson is hitting all the right notes.
The 2017 General Election electorate expense returns
Written By: - Date published: 12:49 pm, February 4th, 2018 - 27 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.
Poll Watch: Reid Research Poll 2018-1-31
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, February 1st, 2018 - 158 comments
Newshub recently released the latest poll they commissioned from Reid Research. Let’s dive into some analysis of what this means.
National’s drug conscience
Written By: - Date published: 7:06 am, January 31st, 2018 - 35 comments
Helen Kelly championed the liberalisation of drug law to allow those suffering from significant ill health to have access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. National is still struggling with the concept despite it having overwhelming public support.
It’s time to change our cannabis laws (sign the petition)
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, January 31st, 2018 - 42 comments
“Sick New Zealanders deserve access to medicinal cannabis which is legal and affordable.”
Greening the government: economics
Written By: - Date published: 7:39 am, January 29th, 2018 - 92 comments
In his State of the Planet speech, James Shaw lays out the Green Party’s bold vision and plan for a truly sustainable economy to replace the crumbling architecture of the last 30 years.
(image from Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics)
The Standard under a Labour led Government
Written By: - Date published: 9:58 am, January 28th, 2018 - 109 comments
How should the Standard adapt to the new Government?
Timeline announced for Green Party Female Co-leadership election
Written By: - Date published: 11:40 am, January 26th, 2018 - 18 comments
The Green Party will have a new Female Co-leader by April 9, following the announcement today of an early special election for the position and a truncated campaign period of two months.
Revised TPPA to be signed?
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 am, January 24th, 2018 - 218 comments
Radio New Zealand is reporting that Canadian concerns about the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement have been addressed and the agreement is scheduled to be signed in March.
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’.
Auckland Council by election hypocrisy alert
Written By: - Date published: 11:03 am, January 22nd, 2018 - 13 comments
The National candidate for the Maungakiekie Tamaki Auckland Council by election is complaining that if the Labour candidate wins it will trigger a costly by election. But he is ignoring the fact that the three current by elections have all been caused by National endorsed local government representatives resigning.
Can This Government Regain Power on Its Policies?
Written By: - Date published: 11:46 am, January 17th, 2018 - 82 comments
The sixth Labour led Government has made a good start to its term. But what policy results will New Zealand have to vote for and campaign on in 2020?
Is it OK for a woman with an opinion to host TVNZ’s Breakfast?
Written By: - Date published: 11:03 am, January 16th, 2018 - 128 comments
It’s great news that Hayley Holt has landed a cool new gig hosting TVNZ’s Breakfast show. It’s not so great that before she even gets on the air we have to endure the pontification of some pundits about whether or not it’s “OK”, given she stood as a Green Party candidate in the 2017 election. […]
Climate Change and the New Zealand Defence Forces
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, January 12th, 2018 - 74 comments
It’s always bugged me that our military forces are under-used in New Zealand. It’s time we invited them to protect us from climate change.
What will 2018 bring for National?
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, January 4th, 2018 - 179 comments
What are National’s prospects this year? Will Bill English survive as leader? Will there be resignations and a clean out of the front bench? Stay tuned …
The Medicinal Marijuana Bill
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, December 21st, 2017 - 40 comments
Will the Medical Marijuana Bill just introduced into Parliament be as effective as proponents wish?
The Herald is obsessed with the latest Colmar Brunton poll
Written By: - Date published: 10:17 am, December 17th, 2017 - 47 comments
The Herald’s weekend political comment includes detailed analysis of the Colmar Brunton poll, now a week old, but ignored the details of the mini budget.
- A gift guide for people who really don’t want to buy shit
Gifts can be a source of joy this Christmas even if you hate capitalism. It can get very tiring buying stuff and yet giving people gifts is also a joy and Christmas is a time when one is expected to do a lot of it. But while snazzy and expensive ...2 weeks ago - The cost of being: A 30-something dad with a mortgage and a bike
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, an engineer with a toddler shares how he spends and saves. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Male. Age: 34. Ethnicity: Māori/European. Role: Engineer, husband and dad. ...2 weeks ago
- $115m public loan secured against a solar power illusion
Analysis: When NZGIF chair Cecilia Tarrant emerged from her Beehive ‘please explain’ meeting last week, she insisted the Govt green investment bank’s lending was “against the installation of equipment at customers homes”.The experienced business leader’s statement was intended to reassure ministers Nicola Willis and Simon Watts, and the taxpaying public ...2 weeks ago - Rugby: Black Ferns Sevens win big at national awards
This article first appeared at rnz.co.nz and is republished with permission.The Black Ferns Sevens have swept the 2024 New Zealand Rugby Awards picking up team and individual accolades.Twenty-year-old Jorja Miller claimed the player of the year title, Black Ferns Sevens coach Cory Sweeney was named coach of the year and ...2 weeks ago
- The week in two minutes and 10 stories
Toby Manhire takes a whistlestop tour through a big week in the news. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. That sound you can hear is logs, logs upon logs upon logs, ...2 weeks ago
- Pouākai win with mum’s Cann-do attitude
It’s a decision most mums would stew over.But Mikhaela Cann had no qualms about bringing her three young daughters to live in New Zealand; to take care of them on her own, while she played professional basketball.It’s a decision the Mainland Pouākai point guard made earlier this year with her ...2 weeks ago
- All those recent political polls: a quick recap
ICYMI: that festive pileup of opinion polling, in one snapshot. It’s just like London buses. You wait for ages for a poll to arrive and then a rush of them arrive at once. In the blur of December you might well have missed them. What, you’re probably asking, is the ...2 weeks ago
- Ministers block Kāinga Ora bid to develop housing in Tauranga growth zone
No special treatment for Tauranga’s Western Corridor, but the city’s mayor says the Govt’s new tools might work better The post Ministers block Kāinga Ora bid to develop housing in Tauranga growth zone appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Ranking the Dunedin malls that are actually one mall
One mall to rule them all, one mall to find them, one mall to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them; in the Meridian where the shadows lie. This is the fifth and final instalment in our Malls of New Zealand ranking series. In order to answer the ...2 weeks ago
- The most memorable local television moments of 2024
From Chris Warner’s beard to Newshub’s tearful goodbye, here are the TV moments that gripped the nation this year. We’re not going to lie, it has been a tough year for television in Aotearoa. We’ve lost current affairs institutions that have been around for decades and likely seen the end ...2 weeks ago
- The bestselling books at Xmas
We have given away oh probably like 40 books this year in our weekly contest published every Friday within the Nielsen BookScan bestseller chart. We have one final book up for grabs in 2024. Simply identify one book in this week’s chart – and get into the spirit of Xmas ...2 weeks ago
- Is the economy responding to interest rate cuts?
Opinion: There is a general expectation that cuts in interest rates will eventually pull the economy out of recession. The Official Cash Rate (OCR) has been slashed 125bps since August. It’s early days, but folk are starting to ask if we’re seeing a response.Below, we check in on some of ...2 weeks ago
- ‘No rehabilitation, no parole’ bill enters lock-up
The Parole Board has ‘grave concerns’ about a draft law tying parole eligibility to rehabilitation The post ‘No rehabilitation, no parole’ bill enters lock-up appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Parliament fraying at the seams in final weeks
Tempers are fraying as under-pressure MPs get through a final punishing fortnight of the year The post Parliament fraying at the seams in final weeks appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- ‘Unprecedented’ fast-track ruling bulldozes past a tricky question
Speaker pushes past argument over the public v private benefits of a law fast-tracking 149 named projects The post ‘Unprecedented’ fast-track ruling bulldozes past a tricky question appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 13 December
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- The year in Detail
Sharon Brettkelly is a serious journalist, formerly specialising in finance, who beavers away explaining the top news stories of the moment for The Detail.But her favourite episodes this year, she says, shows how shallow she really is.“Married at First Sight … that was a lot of fun … Shortland Street ...2 weeks ago
- Daily crossword, Friday 13 December
The post Daily crossword, Friday 13 December appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Two steps forward on pay gaps – let’s make it three
Opinion: Next step is for businesses to report their gender and ethnic pay gaps The post Two steps forward on pay gaps – let’s make it three appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- The way NZ treats animals is a race to the bottom
Racing Minister Winston Peters’ decision to ban greyhound racing from 2026 was both courageous and evidence-led. It is a rare good news story for anyone who cares about the interests of animals, and warrants celebration. It was also astonishingly overdue, and successive governments’ delay in arriving at the only logical ...2 weeks ago
- New Zealand COVID-19 Inquiry Endorses Abandonment Of Elimination Strategy
The scientific knowledge & resources exist that could eliminate COVID-19 & other preventable diseases. If the elimination strategy initially adopted in New Zealand & China had been implemented on a global scale, the COVID pandemic could have been ...2 weeks ago - New Sex Education Curriculum Should Be Age Appropriate And Scientifically Accurate, Women’s Rights...
The current guidelines, which cover 1-10 yrs, are to be replaced by a refreshed curriculum that would define the core knowledge & skills students should learn at each age, & will look at extending compulsory relationships & sexuality education to senior ...2 weeks ago
- Raw Politics picks the best and worst of 2024 – and 2025
Four different MPs are nominated by our four Raw Politics panelists for the honour of standout politician of 2024 – and consensus is hard to come by for many of our other accolades.The Raw Politics podcast weighs the good and bad for 2024 – leaders, new MPs, policy pushes, controversies and cringeworthy ...2 weeks ago
- What we should have done with Candace Owens is nothing
Immigration NZ could have made any decision on the controversial speaker’s visa and it would’ve been better than a minister intervening. It’s happened again. As the world turned and things progressed in their natural way, we as a country have managed to trip over our own feet, face first into ...2 weeks ago
- Minister Reverses Visa Denial, Allows Candace Owens Access To New Zealand: Massive Win For Kiwis’ ...
Those calling for censorship should take note: denying Owens’ entry into the country has simply widened interest in her. Those who disagree with Owens should channel that into counter speech and peaceful protest – cancellation won’t get us anywhere. ...2 weeks ago
- Gone By Lunchtime: A plan to have a plan about some ferries
Ready the lifeboats: the coalition boat appears to be listing. Twelve months after the coalition government torpedoed the new ferry plan it had inherited, along with a wild cost blowout, from the previous government, a much heralded announcement finally arrived on Wednesday, and it provided plenty more questions that it ...2 weeks ago
- Govt Acting With Too Much Haste To Upend Established Flexible Work Practices
Te Kawa Mataaho today issued new flexible work guidelines just days after the PSA filed action with the Employment Relations Authority challenging the Government’s legal right to do so. ...2 weeks ago
- A love letter to community newspapers
Bethany Rolston looks back at the three years she wrote for the Te Awamutu Courier, one of the 14 NZME community newspapers set to close before Christmas. Looking back at the three years I was a journalist at the Te Awamutu Courier feels like a happy sort of fever ...2 weeks ago
- The Spinoff’s best NZ book covers of 2024
In which Claire Mabey judges this year’s New Zealand books by their covers. Among a sea of books some are more alluring than others, like tropical fishes glinting. The art of the book cover is a serious matter: the cover has to help the book stand out as well as ...2 weeks ago
- Will Taxpayer Bailouts Of Failing Skifield Never End?
“It’s time for the abuse of taxpayer money to stop, and start investing in things that will actually benefit hardworking Kiwis.” ...2 weeks ago
- Modern Slavery Legislation Drafted To Drive Cross Party Political Support For NZ Law
A team of independent experts has drafted legislation ready for immediate introduction to Parliament in a bid to fast-track progress on modern slavery laws with cross-party backing. ...2 weeks ago
- A brief history of celebrity cameos on Shortland Street
Ahead of Conan O’Brien’s Shortland Street cameo tonight, Alex Casey looks back at some of the more memorable cameos to grace Ferndale. Nothing signals the festive season better than a tall redhead American late show host visiting our favourite fictional hospital. Tonight, Conan O’Brien will don a pair of grape ...2 weeks ago
- Help Me Hera: How do I navigate Auckland traffic without going insane?
The selfishness of this city’s drivers never fails to ruin my day. How do I get from A to B without wishing punishment and retribution on my fellow commuters? Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to helpme@thespinoff.co.nz Help Me Hera! Why do I see Auckland driver behaviour (not letting people merge, tailgating, etc) ...2 weeks ago
- Own goal? Govt sets new $4b goalpost for ferries
This new Number of the Day is based on 42 very, very costly words in an old Treasury report, and some ‘spotty’ costings out of China and Korea The post Own goal? Govt sets new $4b goalpost for ferries appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- An ‘announcement of an announcement’ of two new boats
The wait for replacement Interislander ferries will drag on until 2029, as ministers reveal a plan to buy two smaller ships, reports Joel MacManus reports from parliament. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Crown company created to procure two new Interislander ferries by 2029 The long-awaited ...2 weeks ago
- National Iwi Chairs Forum Open Letter To King Charles
Signatories hope the letter will resonate with King Charles’s sense of justice and intervene to support a peaceful resolution to the damage this government is creating across communities. ...2 weeks ago
- The world in 2024, in one sentence
From ‘testing’ to ‘tiring’, there’s a clear theme. As 2024 draws to a close, we asked our pantheon of politics watchers to describe the world this year in one sentence, or even a single word. Here’s what they came up with. Madeleine Chapman (editor, The Spinoff) Relentless. Eric Crampton (chief ...2 weeks ago
- The inside story of Auckland’s Korean culinary boom
From fried chicken and franchises to fusion and fine dining, Korean cuisine has taken over Tāmaki Makaurau, fuelled by the same ‘soft power’ that made K-pop go global and mukbang go viral. Jihee Junn charts the rise. In 1991, Il Mee on Auckland’s Queen Street became the first Korean ...2 weeks ago
- The finalised second Emissions Reduction Plan is out – what’s in it and what’s not?
New Zealand’s second Emissions Reduction Plan has just been finalised, with eight key policies and a ‘technology-led’ approach. Shanti Mathias takes a look. This is an updated version of a piece that was published in July, when the draft Emissions Reduction Plan was released OK, so… what’s an Emissions Reduction ...2 weeks ago
- Final Emissions Reduction Plan ‘Woefully Inadequate’ – WWF-New Zealand
WWF-New Zealand’s CEO, Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb, says the utter lack of ambition in the plan shows the Government is not serious about tackling emissions in line with New Zealand’s international commitments and the Prime Minister’s own ‘performance ...2 weeks ago
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