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What Can Be Saved?
Written By: - Date published: 7:12 am, April 29th, 2022 - 157 comments
The tide of this government is running out. There’s 18 months left in the term. What would you save?
Luxon’s triple backward summersault on Labour Day
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, April 21st, 2022 - 72 comments
In the space of one day Chris Luxon called repeatedly for the scrapping of Labour Day as a holiday then confirmed that a future National Government would not do this and said that his earlier comment was facetious.
The battle lines for the next election
Written By: - Date published: 8:31 am, April 18th, 2022 - 79 comments
Despite Labour seeing the country through the biggest public health threat seen in the last century and despite improving numbers of houses and a reduction in child poverty some on the left are buying into National’s despair lines. And the issues on which the next election will be fought are becoming clearer.
Luxon’s strange Public Transport take
Written By: - Date published: 8:29 am, April 13th, 2022 - 66 comments
Yesterday Chris Luxon showed the sensitivity and sophistication of someone who owns seven properties and at one stage had 6.1 million Air New Zealand shares by stating that he believed that at least some public transport services should not be supported and that public transport needs to stand on its own feet.
Water and Money
Written By: - Date published: 7:26 am, April 7th, 2022 - 20 comments
If the 3 Waters reforms can survive its attacks and be implemented, a consequence will be that we are going to have a most enormous nationwide economic argument about the price of water and who pays for it all.
Change nothing
Written By: - Date published: 8:04 am, April 6th, 2022 - 15 comments
You get to a point – and Ardern must be close – where the most you can do is hang on.
Why in the middle of a pandemic an immediate change to Orange is magical thinking
Written By: - Date published: 9:27 am, April 5th, 2022 - 77 comments
National’s friends are in unison complaining that the Government should be announcing now when we will be back into Orange. But our exemplary performance compared to other nations suggests strongly that the Government should continue to respect the medical advice it is receiving.
Kia kaha Louisa Wall
Written By: - Date published: 8:25 pm, March 31st, 2022 - 10 comments
Earlier this week Louisa Wall announced that she is retiring as a Member of Parliament. History will confirm that she was one of our best Parliamentarians.
Covid and political capital
Written By: - Date published: 8:28 am, March 28th, 2022 - 141 comments
Jacinda Ardern has burned significant political capital on dealing with Covid. But it is something that a responsible Political leader, of which there are few, would do.
Can This Government Be Saved?
Written By: - Date published: 5:43 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 118 comments
Can Labour win a third term? Here are some pathways up, and some pathways down.
Government announces significant changes to traffic light settings and mandates
Written By: - Date published: 11:52 am, March 23rd, 2022 - 218 comments
The Government has announced changes to Covid policies relating to traffic light settings and mandates.
The difference between Labour and National
Written By: - Date published: 9:05 am, March 17th, 2022 - 141 comments
There has been the occasional criticism of Labour for not achieving enough progressive change by people who then propose supporting National. What are they thinking?
The Tauranga by election
Written By: - Date published: 7:55 am, March 16th, 2022 - 67 comments
By elections are at the best of times dramatic events. Given current circumstances and a well funded although deeply unpopular anti vaccine movement and the likely candidacy of Winston Peters the Tauranga by election is likely to be a circus.
The empire strikes back
Written By: - Date published: 8:53 am, March 15th, 2022 - 146 comments
Labour’s announcement of a temporary reduction in fuel excise duties and a halving of public transport fares ups the ante on the debate on how to alleviate hardship caused by overseas induced inflation.
“Labour… stop playing by this tired, neoliberal playbook”
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, March 11th, 2022 - 98 comments
Chloe Swarbrick, the cost of living crisis, and what the economy is for.
The latest poll
Written By: - Date published: 7:54 pm, March 10th, 2022 - 124 comments
National/Act (47%) would beat Labour/Greens (46%) if there were an election held tomorrow, according to the latest One News Kantar poll.
Why haven’t the police acted?
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, February 18th, 2022 - 474 comments
It is day 10 of the Anti vax protest on Parliament’s grounds. More cars are being parked illegally and despite considerable disruption to Wellington’s roading network so far not one car has been towed by the police.
Can this government get re-elected?
Written By: - Date published: 10:56 am, February 13th, 2022 - 34 comments
Where will the votes come from to get Labour a third term?
Prime Minister Ardern on Climate Change and the economy
Written By: - Date published: 12:27 pm, February 9th, 2022 - 33 comments
The full text is worth perusing across multiple areas, but Prime Minister Ardern’s speech in Parliament yesterday gave useful hints about how the economy and climate change are being integrated into a single economic strategy.
Luxon under pressure after latest Newshub Poll
Written By: - Date published: 10:08 pm, February 7th, 2022 - 93 comments
I am going to channel my Matthew Hooton left wing alter ego in the writing of this post. The latest Newshub poll shows a resounding level of support for the Labour Party and there are murmurs of discontent about Chris Luxon after support for the right plummets.
Prime Minister Ardern’s Waitangi Day speech
Written By: - Date published: 1:10 pm, February 6th, 2022 - 34 comments
The text of Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern’s Waitangi Day speech
How the Covid era changes us
Written By: - Date published: 3:42 pm, February 3rd, 2022 - 45 comments
With Prime Minister announcing effectively the beginning of the end of state control of COVID, the question that has to be asked is how will the end of COVID change us all?
And what have they done anyway?
Written By: - Date published: 7:41 am, February 2nd, 2022 - 107 comments
With Ardern getting a good-old media beat-down, remember here’s how to change a country for good like no one else but Labour can.
About the latest Colmar Brunton poll
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, January 28th, 2022 - 52 comments
The latest Colmar Brunton (now Kantar) poll has now been released and some of the commentary and analysis is pretty ordinary.
The importance of proper mask wearing
Written By: - Date published: 8:58 am, January 27th, 2022 - 55 comments
With an Omicron surge appearing to be inevitable the importance of proper mask wearing has never been more important.
Omicron is coming
Written By: - Date published: 10:54 am, January 21st, 2022 - 113 comments
So far the country has fought back and eliminated the original Covid infection, won a couple of skirmishes and then and fought and quelled the Delta incursion. But it looks like Omicron is coming …
A few random predictions for 2022
Written By: - Date published: 11:30 am, January 1st, 2022 - 117 comments
A few random predictions for 2022.
New Zealand 2 Covid 0 so far …
Written By: - Date published: 8:36 am, December 30th, 2021 - 280 comments
But Omicron may be loose.
The Standard’s 2021 political awards
Written By: - Date published: 7:34 am, December 28th, 2021 - 68 comments
It is that time of year where nostalgia kicks in and the desire to review current events dims. So much has happened this year. It has truly been twelve months of the praiseworthy and the absolutely pitiful. And it is time to reflect on the personalities who made us smile, made us frown and made us raise our eyebrows to breaking point.
Our Energy Upheaval
Written By: - Date published: 7:39 am, December 23rd, 2021 - 79 comments
Ministers Wood, Shaw and Parker (Energy, Climate Change, and RMA reform respectively), must pull their eyes downward from the misty clouds of climate change and stuff multiple decades away and down into the jagged, shadowy deal-by-deal path of the transition to clean energy.
V Day!
Written By: - Date published: 8:16 am, December 17th, 2021 - 319 comments
Yesterday was Aotearoa’s V day, the day that we reached the goal of having 90% of the target population vaccinated against Covid.
- Everything you need to know about Auckland’s new alcohol rules
A local alcohol policy in the works since 2015 has been given the final stamp of approval in Auckland, bringing new rules for off-licence premises and maximum trading hours – all in the hopes of reducing alcohol-related harm. Before you start fretting about never having another nightcap again or no ...5 days ago - Consultation on open banking, open electricity begins
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A US surveillance company says it had no access to New Zealand data that it collected under a contract with a big government ministry. ...5 days ago
- Truth telling or economic development? To deliver for Indigenous people, the government must do both
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the Garma Festival and announced the government’s new Indigenous policy direction. This agenda rises from the ashes ...5 days ago - ‘Room for everyone’: how Kīngi Tūheitia’s message of unity offered an alternative to divisiv...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Mouners gather at Turangawaewae Marae, August 30. Getty Images The numbers attending the tangihanga for Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero ...5 days ago
- Welcome back to one of the best dramas on television
The ‘just about perfect’ season one was a tough act to follow, but the new season of Sherwood pulls it off. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. When it comes to British drama, there’s no shortage of high quality, award-winning shows to ...5 days ago
- Newspoll remains tied at 50–50, but Albanese’s net approval slumps
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted August 26–30 from a sample of 1,263, had a 50–50 two-party tie between Labor and the Coalition, unchanged ...5 days ago
- Holidays Act overhaul runs into fresh delays
The existing legislation is so unworkable that hundreds of thousands of employees have gone underpaid by billions of dollars. ...5 days ago
- It’s never too late to be a lesbian
On average, lesbians take years longer to come out than gay men. Emily Draper looks into the late-bloomer phenomenon. For most of her life, Kalli Fox was convinced she was straight. Growing up in a religious family in the US Midwest, she joined the military and was deployed overseas, where ...5 days ago
- Jess Hong from 3 Body Problem on her rapid rise and being painfully shy
Growing up, Jess Hong thought she would be a ‘hermit, novelist or poet’ – now she’s a lead actor in one of Netflix’s buzziest shows. Hong joined Kiwibank’s This is Kiwi podcast to talk about her breakout moment, and what it’s like being back in Aotearoa after the wildness of ...5 days ago
- Is the government trying to build a wall between mātauranga Māori and science?
On the surface, these are fights over curriculums, the borders of academic disciplines and how to allocate constrained research budgets. But there are deeper issues at play, writes Tama Nako*. It appears a dramatic reversal is getting under way. Led by National Party minister of science Judith Collins, Cabinet is ...5 days ago
- The NDIS is failing profoundly disabled people who are stuck in group homes. Here’s how to fix thi...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is transforming the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians with disability. For the first time, many can get the help they need to live more independently ...5 days ago
- ‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahea...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Heavy winds struck south-east Australia over the weekend as a series of cold fronts moved across the continent. It followed a high fire danger in Sydney and other parts of New ...5 days ago
- We found teenage girls don’t know vulvas from vaginas or when their menstrual cycle starts
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Roux, Researcher, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University ClareM/Shutterstock , CC BY It is important for everyone – but especially girls, women and people who menstruate – to understand how ovulation and menstruation work. The menstrual cycle is a key ...5 days ago
- Military veterans with PTSD face an agonising choice: the stigma of declaring it to employers or bei...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard O’Quinn, Lecturer in Management & Leadership, The University of Queensland Australia is home to almost half a million military veterans, most of whom are in the workforce. But most – around 60% – live with long-term health problems. About ...5 days ago
- Without sanctions, making companies disclose their environmental and social impacts has limited effe...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charl de Villiers, Professor of Accounting, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau As of last year, New Zealand’s largest companies and financial institutions have been required to disclose their climate-related risks and opportunities in their annual reports and regulatory filings. This ...5 days ago
- The 10 most chaotic moments from the Celebrity Treasure Island teaser
Tara Ward reacts to the new preview of the upcoming season of Celebrity Treasure Island. Less than a week before Celebrity Treasure Island returns for its sixth glorious year, TVNZ have released a supertease of the season ahead. Against the stunning new backdrop of Te Whanganui-o-Hei in the Coromandel, 18 ...5 days ago
- The rule of Christchurch
Christchurch! Gosh it’s good looking. Its downtown looks shinier, smoother, more interesting with every visit – it looks a hell of a lot better than downtown Auckland, that shambles of cones and 2m-high mesh barriers, crews digging up the road, streets squeezed into one narrow lane, all of it looking ...5 days ago - Korean diplomat’s assault on Kiwi shades Luxon’s visit
Delayed prosecution and botched diplomacy became the worst-ever point of friction between the two countries, documents show The post Korean diplomat’s assault on Kiwi shades Luxon’s visit appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- On little sleep, NZ sprinter snares silver
Fatigue got the better of world champion Kiwi sprinter Danielle Aitchison in the final dash to the finish line of the Stade de France, and yet she still hung on for a silver medal – New Zealand’s third podium finish at the Paralympic Games in Paris.Para cyclist Anna Taylor had ...5 days ago
- Understanding the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the Treaty Principles Bill
In the first of a three-part series on Ngā Mātāpono, the Waitangi Tribunal’s interim report on the proposed Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty provisions review, Luke Fitzmaurice Brown explains what was said about the proposed text of the bill. Earlier this month the Waitangi Tribunal released its long-awaited report on ...5 days ago
- What happened to the Ministry of Health’s ‘evidence brief’ on puberty blockers?
A document intended to outline the ministry’s position on the hormone treatment has been delayed multiple times since its intended release date, reports Stewart Sowman-Lund. This is an extended edition of The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s free daily news wrap. To receive The Bulletin in your inbox every weekday morning, sign ...5 days ago
- Economy of choice: Australia v NZ
As more New Zealanders head to Australia seeking better pay and conditions the contrast between the two economies becomes starker. Australia’s bubbling along nicely and ours in the dreary doldrums.UBS economist Nic Guesnon says our economies are “drifting apart”, in terms of how they are managed by governments and central ...5 days ago
- Cabinet hardened fast-track with ministerial over-ride, before u-turn
New ministers’ bold attempt to claim final decision-making authority back-fired, and they were forced to revert to NZ First’s original proposal The post Cabinet hardened fast-track with ministerial over-ride, before u-turn appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- Downed tools leave Auckland’s Seascape an empty shell
It is being marketed as the “very best lifestyle imaginable” by Sotheby’s real estate, an architectural masterpiece due for completion by “Q2 2024”.But that date has come and gone and the Seascape tower in downtown Auckland sits unfinished after work was shut down last month over a dispute between the ...5 days ago
- Police Minister and Commissioner at odds over systemic bias
Mark Mitchell believes systemic bias doesn’t exist in the police force. Andrew Coster thinks the opposite The post Police Minister and Commissioner at odds over systemic bias appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 2 September
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- Daily crossword, Monday 2 September
The post Daily crossword, Monday 2 September appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- Framing NZ as a first world country leads to unrealistic ambitions
Opinion: We are often held back from achieving goals by limitations in our thinking that we impose on ourselves. This is true for individuals, whānau, firms and other organisations as well as countries. For sure, we also have limitations of both physical and social kinds on what we can achieve. ...5 days ago
- Fletcher Building share price rallies following leaky pipes agreement
Analysis: Fletcher Building shareholders will be feeling somewhat relieved the company has finally reached a multi-million dollar settlement over the issue of leaky pipes that has resulted in significant damage for hundreds of affected homeowners in Western Australia.Establishing responsibility for the leaky pipes has been a point of contention between the ...5 days ago
- ‘Out of date’ charter school documents removed from website ahead of policy announcement
The Greens are questioning the timing of the removal of documents about past charter school efforts, but David Seymour says that's gotcha politics. ...6 days ago
- Marine consents change to bring security to aquaculture sector, but environmental concerns remain
Mussel farmer Johnny Arbuckle is among those welcoming the new law: "The certainty behind it is just huge." ...6 days ago
- Is Iran’s anti-Israel and American rhetoric all bark and no bite?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University On August 27, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the newly elected president, ...6 days ago
- Petitioner reveals NZ First’s original fast track bill, with hidden projects
The House - Petitions often touch on very human stories, or on tricky philosophical issues. This week, one threw explosive new information into an already contentious debate. ...6 days ago
- Dad Astra: My father, the moon and me
When I got the call to say my dad was on his final breaths, the moment felt personal yet framed in a very specific genre. My father was a moon man. He wasn’t an astronaut. He didn’t have the right stuff for that. No, he marketed the moon to Americans ...6 days ago
- ‘They are us’ loses its lustre
Opinion: A claim recently hit headlines that Wellington City Council wanted the capital’s six mosques to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer across town. The claim was included in a pamphlet produced by lobby group Better Wellington and came to light after the city’s posties refused to deliver the pamphlet, ...6 days ago
- An Ode to .. to the Minister of Cutting Red Tape, Seymour of the Grand Scissors
In a small, badly lit room in a large grey buildingSits a middle aged lady by the name of Bev,In charge of keeping count of band aidsIn the hospitals of the nation.Hovering over her shoulder and noting her hourly outputIs an Assistant Watcher of Back Office Band Aid CountersObserving both ...6 days ago
- Breaking news: It’s still winter
It’s the first day of September, meaning thousands of New Zealanders will mistakenly assume it’s also the first day of spring. Lyric Waiwiri-Smith sets the record straight. Across the nation, millions of New Zealanders will be waking up this morning with a renewed sense of wonder, a sprinkling of hope ...6 days ago
- Is New Zealand pulling its weight on climate change in the Pacific?
Analysis - The question has been left lingering after the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum, with Aotearoa taking a back seat on a climate and disaster resilience fund and a new report pointing the finger. ...7 days ago
- Sovereignty debate sees major parties weighing in for first time
The question of whether Māori ceded sovereignty has seen major parties taking stronger positions on the topic than ever before. ...7 days ago
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