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Dumber
Written By: - Date published: 9:52 am, June 18th, 2023 - 34 comments
New Zealand is not an intellectual or innovation powerhouse but the rapid decline of our entire tertiary education is a tragedy.
The hypocrisy of the attacks on Michael Wood
Written By: - Date published: 1:20 pm, June 12th, 2023 - 13 comments
According to National holding a modest shareholding can open a Minister to allegations of conflict of interest but owning seven investment properties and proposing beneficial tax treatment of landlords does not.
Much ado about nothing
Written By: - Date published: 8:20 pm, June 6th, 2023 - 227 comments
Michael Wood has been attacked today for some slightly sloppy handling of personal paperwork and not getting rid of shares as quickly as he wanted to.
Superannuation policy becomes political
Written By: - Date published: 9:18 am, May 29th, 2023 - 68 comments
National’s promise to increase the age of retirement and likely cuts to Cullen fund contributions and state Kiwisaver payments have been seized on by Labour as evidence that National does not care about ordinary people.
Carmel Sepuloni – bring it on
Written By: - Date published: 8:05 pm, May 27th, 2023 - 49 comments
Carmel Sepuloni’s speech to the 2023 Labour Party Congress.
Government announces project that will significantly reduce coal consumption
Written By: - Date published: 8:47 am, May 22nd, 2023 - 102 comments
The Government has done a deal with the owners of New Zealand Steel that will see the company replace its coal fired furnace with a renewable energy supplied electric arc furnace and will significantly reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
National thinks tax cut good, reduction in Government charges bad
Written By: - Date published: 8:13 am, May 19th, 2023 - 77 comments
National has promised to reverse the removal of prescription charges even though it has a strong policy support and is an example of the state taking less of individuals’ private wealth.
Budget day
Written By: - Date published: 9:55 am, May 18th, 2023 - 49 comments
Today is Budget Day with the proceedings kicking off at 2 pm.
Luxon’s days are numbered
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 pm, May 14th, 2023 - 70 comments
The latest TV3 Newshub poll results are out. The major parties are neck and neck. No surprise there. But what is stark is the public response to Christopher Luxon. Basically he is tanking.
Iwi Kiwi 2.0
Written By: - Date published: 1:53 pm, May 10th, 2023 - 54 comments
In 2005 the National Party went full on racist with attacks on supposed Maori privilege which almost won the party power. Looks like they are going to try this tactic again.
Late Game Bench
Written By: - Date published: 8:52 am, May 6th, 2023 - 8 comments
Last minutes of this parliamentary term and all teams are subbing out.
How Labour Does Less And Still Wins
Written By: - Date published: 11:21 am, May 4th, 2023 - 21 comments
Prime Minister Hipkins has put Labour on course to win a third term. Here’s how.
Meka Whaitiri is moving to the Maori Party
Written By: - Date published: 10:15 am, May 3rd, 2023 - 138 comments
Meka Whaitiri has quit Labour and confirmed that she will stand for the Maori Party in this year’s election. She intends to stay on as an MP and sit with the Maori Party.
Poor Regulation Is Burning This Government Down
Written By: - Date published: 10:41 am, April 28th, 2023 - 37 comments
This government has within its power the ability to alter the crippling cost of living increases we now face. If they don’t do the political job they can do with prices, they will lose power at the election.
Why a Capital Gains tax is necessary
Written By: - Date published: 8:09 am, April 27th, 2023 - 186 comments
With the release by David Parker of a report showing that the wealthiest New Zealanders pay tax at much less than half the rate of other Kiwis is it time to again debate the virtue of a comprehensive Capital Gains Tax.
Three Waters becomes Affordable Water
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 am, April 14th, 2023 - 72 comments
Three Waters mark two has been announced. And Kieran McAnulty has given a text book example of clarity in political speak when making the announcement.
Greens: Three waters rebrand insufficient
Written By: - Date published: 6:14 am, April 14th, 2023 - 24 comments
Today the Government adopted a long held Green Party position to increase the number of water entities to ensure a closer connection with communities they serve. However, despite the rebrand, significant concerns remain.
Labour’s new water infrastructure policy
Written By: - Date published: 3:36 pm, April 13th, 2023 - 42 comments
We’ve listened to the feedback from Local Government and today we’re announcing our new regionally-led plan to guarantee New Zealanders affordable water, for generations to come. – Labour
Go well Jacinda
Written By: - Date published: 12:06 pm, April 5th, 2023 - 91 comments
Today is Jacinda’s official last day on the job as a member of Parliament.
Nash is goneburger
Written By: - Date published: 8:11 am, March 29th, 2023 - 42 comments
Stuart Nash has been summarily sacked from Cabinet after an email to donors emerged indicating he had told them about sensitive Cabinet discussions on issues concerning them.
Climate change – the final final warning
Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, March 22nd, 2023 - 78 comments
The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change has synthesised reports on the climate crisis from hundreds of scientists over the past eight years and has boiled it down to one message: act now, or it will be too late.
The great policy bonfire
Written By: - Date published: 10:44 am, March 14th, 2023 - 45 comments
Chris Hipkins continues with his shock and awe campaign and has torched a number of policies that National and Act were using to foment unrest.
Luxon slumps in latest Colmar Brunton poll
Written By: - Date published: 6:18 pm, March 13th, 2023 - 57 comments
The latest One News Kantar Poll result has been released and it is a doozie.
Helen White wins Mount Albert selection
Written By: - Date published: 3:24 pm, March 11th, 2023 - 25 comments
In breaking news Helen White has won the selection for the Mt Albert seat over Camilla Belich. This is something of an upset as Belich was rumoured to have head office support.
Triangulating climate change
Written By: - Date published: 8:12 am, March 7th, 2023 - 78 comments
Yesterday morning there were suggestions that the Government would properly address climate change by placing greater emphasis on public transport and walking and cycling. But by the afternoon the proposition had been watered down.
How Activism Dies
Written By: - Date published: 9:33 am, March 4th, 2023 - 40 comments
If anything progressive is to come out of this current government other than disaster recovery, really focused protest must prevail. It isn’t.
Mt Albert Labour selection
Written By: - Date published: 12:24 pm, March 2nd, 2023 - 36 comments
The candidates for the Mt Albert Labour selection to replace Jacinda Ardern are Helen White MP and Camilla Belich MP. The selection meeting is on Saturday 11th March at 10am in the Western Springs School Hall. This is an important electorate for Labour which has held it since 1947 through changing demographics. I have my preference.
Climate change – do we mitigate or do we adapt?
Written By: - Date published: 1:32 pm, February 25th, 2023 - 21 comments
The political debate about climate change is coming to an end as the North Island is battered by the third huge climate change induced storm in a month. The focus will not be on what to do? Do we still mitigate the effects by reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Or do we dig in and adapt?
Is Labour heading for Muriwai-scale landslide win?
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, February 22nd, 2023 - 37 comments
Here’s my prediction: Labour will not just win the October election, but it will complete a landslide of similar proportions to the 2020 election. It has been Labour’s response to the cyclones that will be the decisive factor in October. Luxon’s low energy performance helps.
Towards National Recovery
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, February 20th, 2023 - 42 comments
Just over seven months from the election the Labour government has been granted as great a political momentum as that leading into the 2020 election.
Natural disasters test new leaders in New Zealand – some did better than others.
Written By: - Date published: 4:48 am, February 19th, 2023 - 1 comment
After the Auckland flood, Wayne Brown’s election will now be viewed as a cautionary tale. What can happen when someone who is inexperienced and unsuited to political office is elected to important political leadership roles. The blowback of this on the New Zealand right should not be understated, it is bad news for them.
- Apology approved: Apology bill not so much
With Parliament focused on polite apology without politics, two parties leaned more into angry and argued politics was unavoidable. ...1 day ago - Prime time for cicadas: what a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne Aussiepics / Shutterstock It’s a big year in America – for wildlife as well as for politics. I’m talking about periodical cicadas. These curious creatures spend most of their ...1 day ago - Australian workers hoard more than 160 million days of untaken leave. So could you be forced to take...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Rawpixel.com With the end of year holidays looming, it’s easy to imagine Australians are getting ready to check out of the workplace and head for ...1 day ago
- The Incas used mysterious stringy objects called ‘khipus’ to record data. We just got a step clo...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Thompson, Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a “khipu” (also spelled “quipu” and pronounced “key-poo”) to record and communicate information. Khipus were made with cords or strings ...1 day ago
- Who are the New Zealanders who can’t afford nourishing food?
By calculating the weekly deficit in people’s budgets, a new report shows how those receiving benefits or working for minimum wage often can’t pay for food after the cost of fixed expenses. One in five working-age New Zealanders doesn’t earn enough to feed themselves and their family well, new ...1 day ago - New study suggests weight loss drugs like Ozempic could help with knee pain. Here’s why there may ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giovanni E. Ferreira, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney Pormezz/Shutterstock The drug semaglutide, commonly known by the brand names Ozempic or Wegovy, was originally developed to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their blood ...1 day ago
- You will soon be able to power your house with your electric car. Here’s how
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Syed M Nawazish Ali, Research Fellow in Transport Electrification, RMIT University 24K-Production/Shutterstock This year, dozens of new models of electric vehicles have hit the Australian market – and more are coming. New models of battery electric and plug-in hybrids come with bigger ...1 day ago
- Live: Day three and the hīkoi prepares to cross Auckland Harbour Bridge
Two lanes on the Harbour Bridge will be closed from 8.30am as well as some on and off ramps on the motorway network. ...2 days ago
- The Cost Of Silence: NZ’s Role In Standing Against Iran’s Repression
The piece highlights the recent execution of Jamshid Sharmahd by the Iranian government, discusses New Zealand's current approach (as well as that of other democracies) toward the regime's hostage-taking tactics, and suggests an alternative, more unified approach. ...2 days ago - Sex, abstinence and Trump: What is the 4B movement?
Some women say they are protesting Trump's re-election by swearing off men. Will the idea fizzle? ...2 days ago
- NZ’s food manufacturers are embracing the idea of a circular economy but are slow to implement it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sitong Michelle (Michelle) Chen, Senior Lecturer in International Business, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Around the world, the growth of industry and consumption has escalated environmental damage through increased emissions, waste and pollution from landfills. The current linear economic ...2 days ago
- Live: Day three and the hīkoi moves through Auckland
Two lanes on the Harbour Bridge will be closed from 8.30am as well as some on and off ramps on the motorway network. ...2 days ago
- Horrific, heartbreaking, wrong: Who apologised, and how
Politicians and public sector bosses say sorry, but victims of state abuse have something to say, too, writes Toby Manhire in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Sorrow and substance ...2 days ago
- NZ warned against ‘blood offsets’ from carbon credit breakthrough
The COP29 climate summit has already notched an early win, taking a step forward on settling rules for international carbon trading – but environmental groups have cried foul at the rush through of the policy and the substance of the standards for emissions removals.One of the issues which stalled negotiations ...2 days ago - As te reo Māori grows, so does the search for trilingual interpreters
Deaf Māori face exclusion from their whānau and cultural heritage due to an extreme shortage of trilingual interpreters. Imagine being deaf and at the tangi of a loved one. You stand when everyone else stands, sit when everyone else sits, and stare at the lips of speakers, trying to catch ...2 days ago
- We have the ratings for Stuff’s ThreeNews. What story do they tell?
Duncan Greive analyses three months’ worth of ratings data to get a sense of whether Stuff and Three’s big bet is paying off. When Three shocked the country by announcing it was shutting Newshub earlier this year, as many as 10 groups are thought to have canvassed the idea of ...2 days ago
- Daily crossword, Wednesday 13 November
The post Daily crossword, Wednesday 13 November appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- The politics of saying sorry
Comment: Christopher Luxon had the least baggage of almost anyone in senior positions in Parliament, going into his national apology for the abuse of children in state care.He just hadn’t been there. He only came into Parliament in 2020, became National’s leader in 2021 and Prime Minister in late 2023.The ...2 days ago
- A lot of talk but little help for Fijians facing rising sea levels
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa this year, climate change was high on the agenda, the big talking point for politicians and NGOs.After spending a week there, hearing how Pacific Island nations were worst affected, The Detail’s Sharon Brettkelly went to Fiji to see what was being ...2 days ago
- Xero hits record high on hopes of boost from pro-business Trump
Xero has its sights set on the large, but more competitive, US market The post Xero hits record high on hopes of boost from pro-business Trump appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Face-off against surveillance
Opinion: We are constantly being watched and recorded. Thanks to the proliferation of AI facial recognition technologies we are being watched even more: on the street, in the bank, in shopping malls, on public transport, at the supermarket check-out, even our phones are likely watching us. Are AI facial recognition ...2 days ago
- Where are we all going? Our population trends in 10 charts
Opinion: The shape of NZ’s changing regional population profile is always a popular point of discussion. Since we wrote on it last year, population growth has peaked and turned rapidly lower. Here, we take another tour of the regions to see how this slowing has been experienced, and what the impacts ...2 days ago
- Is there a worse way of discussing one of NZ’s founding documents?
Opinion: The select committee needs to call for submissions from people who have constitutional, legal and Indigenous rights expertise The post Is there a worse way of discussing one of NZ’s founding documents? appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Where is the global leadership fighting climate change now?
Opinion: World leaders from more than 100 countries are gathering this week at the United Nations climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, at COP29, to discuss the threats of a rapidly warming world.Under the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, which has been signed by almost every country in the world, there is a requirement ...2 days ago
- Trump has won, but are there any winners in the Middle East?
A week after the ‘shock’ re-election of Donald Trump to the Whitehouse and over a year into one of the most blood-soaked periods of the Middle East’s tortured modern history, the question is, what has been lost and has anything been won, and what impact might Trump II have on ...2 days ago
- Majority of landlords reject Government’s no-cause evictions
Though a majority of landlords oppose no-cause evictions, their return will be celebrated by the few large property investors who called for them The post Majority of landlords reject Government’s no-cause evictions appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 13 November
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- Trump’s shadow looms over major summit
As the PM prepares to attend a major summit for the first time, the most important figure in discussions will be far away The post Trump’s shadow looms over major summit appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series
ABC Radio Australia and RNZ You probably know about the last moments of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985. But what do you know about the environmental campaign ship’s last voyage before it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand on 10 July 1985? Where had it ...2 days ago
- Jim Chalmers to announce $900 million fund for states to boost competition and productivity
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers will announce a fund of up to $900 million for states and territories to improve productivity and competition, in a Wednesday speech urging an all-out effort to tackle one of Australia’s biggest ...2 days ago
- Despite the national apology, abuse in state care is still happening – only systemic change wi...
Tuesday marks a long-awaited milestone for survivors of the state care system, writes Jennifer Montgomery of Victoria University of Wellington. ...2 days ago
- View from The Hill: Albanese plays ‘captain’s pick’ to maximise Labor’s election prospects i...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese prides himself on his eye for a good candidate. In 2020, when he was opposition leader, he drafted Kristy McBain to run for a byelection in the marginal NSW seat of Eden-Monaro. If ...2 days ago
- The Treaty Principles Bill
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- Predictably, domestic airfares surged after the collapse of Rex. There aren’t many good solutions
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia Australia’s airline industry is famously duopolistic. Just two companies – Qantas and Virgin Australia – service 98% of the domestic passenger market. That’s not for a lack of other companies having tried to secure a ...2 days ago
- NZ abuse in care apology called PR stunt,’tokenistic’ by some survivors
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter Survivors of abuse in care arrived at Parliament today to hear the formal apology from the state which oversaw and inflicted harm on children. Public sector leaders from Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry of Health, New Zealand Police, and Ministry of Education also apologised, ...2 days ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy-Leigh Rowe, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mental Health and Substance Abuse, University of Sydney sergey koleskinov/Shutterstock If you experience trauma during childhood, there’s a greater chance you’ll use substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other drugs later. But what does the evidence ...2 days ago
- Survivors Must Receive Redress To Have The Opportunity To Heal: Save The Children
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- How the federal government’s misinformation bill might impede freedom of speech
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The federal government’s proposed legislation on misinformation and disinformation has passed the House of Representatives, but faces a rocky time in the Senate. Opponents have dubbed it the MAD Bill, and ...2 days ago
- As it happened: Hīkoi mō te Tiriti leaves Dargaville, headed for Auckland
Kaipara Māori Ward councillor Pera Paniora urged locals to join the hikoi and take the fight for their rights to Parliament.. ...2 days ago
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