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The Covid India issue

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:13 am, April 9th, 2021 - 29 comments

This is a desperately difficult issue. India is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases. And faced with the prospect of quarantine beds being overrun if current trends continue the Government has taken the step of banning people entering the country if they have been in India during the two weeks prior to travel.

Bridges is back?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:42 am, April 9th, 2021 - 16 comments

Judith Collins has more reasons to be worried. There is a rumour of a SImon Bridges-Chris Luxon leadership ticket potentially having a run for the leadership of the National Party.

Click bait frenzy

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:04 am, April 8th, 2021 - 69 comments

Media has been awash with discussion about Mike Hosking’s recent interaction with Jacinda Ardern. She was invited onto his show, agreed to appear, was grilled on isolation facility beds, and gave responses. End of story you would think.

Bubble bubble toil and trouble

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:43 am, April 6th, 2021 - 42 comments

An announcement on the Trans Tasman bubble is expected this afternoon.

The biggest grifter

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:21 pm, April 5th, 2021 - 17 comments

The New York Times is reporting that the Trump Campaign sucked in a whole lot of republican voters by asking for urgent donations but then treating them as regular rather than one off donations unless donors discovered and clicked on a well hidden check box.

Greta Thunberg is now 18

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:06 am, April 2nd, 2021 - 59 comments

Greta Thunberg is now aged 18. And her activism is still strong.

National’s leadership problem

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:48 am, March 30th, 2021 - 42 comments

Chris Luxon’s maiden speech last week and another example of multiple leaks of details of a caucus meeting highlight how precarious Judith Collins’ tenure as National Party leader is. But does someone have the numbers to replace her?

About Grant Robertson’s bright line tax statement

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:39 am, March 28th, 2021 - 217 comments

Media has been abuzz with comment about how last election Grant Robertson has backtracked on a promise on not extending the bright line test. Should politicians stick to their pronouncements no matter what? Or should they change their minds if circumstances demand a change in course?

The housing crisis and the Government’s response

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:28 am, March 25th, 2021 - 163 comments

The Government’s housing policy announcements have been attacked by the right and landlords as being an attack on rights and business, and by elements of the left for being too timid. Which suggests that the announcements are quite well pitched.

Something big but not like that

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:45 am, March 23rd, 2021 - 41 comments

I am going out on a limb here but I think that Comrade Chris Trotter suggesting that Jacinda Ardern may resign as Prime Minister may be overhashed.

Boris wants more bombs

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:05 am, March 19th, 2021 - 50 comments

Boris Johnson has announced that the United Kingdom will increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons and open up the possibility of using weapons against non nuclear nations, despite being a signatory to various treaties that prohibit both actions being taken.

Britain’s tin-ear ’tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 5:39 pm, March 18th, 2021 - 14 comments

In its new integrated defence and foreign policy strategy, Britain intends to raise its nuclear warheads on Trident from 180 to 240. What a waste. It also intends to “tilt” to the Indo-Pacific, sending the New HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier here later in the year to give a message to China. It should read its history.

Americas Cup is New Zealand’s cup?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:30 am, March 18th, 2021 - 80 comments

It appears that the Government and Auckland Council have spent $250 million on an event the organisers of which are now making plans to go overseas in pursuit of the big corporate dollars.

National and the Greens on how to solve the housing crisis

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:04 am, March 17th, 2021 - 71 comments

Over the past week National and the Greens have released housing policy designed to address the country’s current housing crisis. National’s are tired and either reflect what is already happening or reinforce their doctrinal view of the world. The Green’s proposals are more radical and reflect steps that Micky Savage and the First Labour Government took in 1935.

About the latest poll

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:42 pm, March 16th, 2021 - 45 comments

Media claims that Ardern’s support have peaked and are tanking are way too premature.

Remember March 15

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:16 pm, March 15th, 2021 - 5 comments

Today marks the second anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque shooting.

The Unbearable Lightness of the Bright-Line Test

Written By: Incognito - Date published: 4:20 pm, March 13th, 2021 - 96 comments

The bright-line test is a red herring and does nothing to deter housing speculation.

Much ado about nothing

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:39 am, March 13th, 2021 - 18 comments

Chris Bishop is claiming credit for Labour finishing a deal whereby the party rented premises to Parliamentary Services for the use of Gillian Anderson MP at a level well below market rates.

The trans Tasman bubble

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:31 am, March 11th, 2021 - 72 comments

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said New Zealanders have an unfettered ability to travel to Australia for a holiday. Reality would suggest that he is wrong.

Water Rights War Brewing

Written By: advantage - Date published: 3:30 pm, March 10th, 2021 - 6 comments

Minister Parker is firing an 18 inch gun round that he’s ready to take on all with his call-in of the Otago water rights plan change.

Disunity, leaks, and poor behaviour

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:35 am, March 10th, 2021 - 27 comments

National’s review of its 2020 election performance has been completed. And as an indication of the level of faith existing in the party MPs may not be given their own copy.

She might have saved us from Covid but she does not drink beer with Soper

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:45 am, March 9th, 2021 - 99 comments

Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking and Barry Soper are shocked, I tell you, shocked that Jacinda Ardern will no longer regularly appear on the Mike Hosking show.

Biden can reset with China

Written By: advantage - Date published: 10:36 am, March 5th, 2021 - 43 comments

New Zealand should resist China’s authoritarian ways, and U.S. President Biden should too. But it’s all in how he does it.

Senior Business Leaders Call Out To Government. Again

Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:12 am, March 3rd, 2021 - 41 comments

Senior business leaders have called for more openness and clarity from the Government on its plan for getting New Zealand to “COVID normal”. But have failed to say what they would do to contribute or what they are doing to help.

Amandla …

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:07 am, February 26th, 2021 - 5 comments

David Seymour and Act have likened the institutional suppression of people based on the colour of their skin with a desire to ensure local government representation for Tangata Whenua.

Who’s the wokester?

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:57 am, February 24th, 2021 - 41 comments

Simon Bridges has repeated claims that Police Commissioner Andy Coster is “wokester” and has underlined how weak National’s caucus discipline is.

Time to do something about poverty

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:40 am, February 23rd, 2021 - 77 comments

In recent news Standard and Poors has improved New Zealand’s credit rating because of its success in handling Covid, and a vast majority of kiwis support the Goverment increasing income support for those on low wages or not in paid work. The Government has the budget space and the majority’s backing to do something about poverty.

What if other countries had Jacinda as their president?

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:22 pm, February 22nd, 2021 - 39 comments

From Project Nightfall. Truth is, no government is perfect but Jacinda Ardern showed outstanding leadership in the recent years and put New Zealand on spotlight. There’s still a lot to do and she calls on her people to work with her and work together.

V for vaccine

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:18 am, February 22nd, 2021 - 30 comments

The Covid pandemic is entering into an interesting stage with vaccinations being administered at an increasing rate and infection rates declining. The opportunities for politicising the issue continue however.

We must resist US pressure on China that could lead to war

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 7:00 pm, February 20th, 2021 - 41 comments

In February 2002 I was at a union-NDP conference in Ottawa watching US television in my hotel room. Back home I reported on the conference to the Labour Party caucus and stated as an aside that the US was going to war with Iraq. Helen Clark stood up straightaway and said “we won’t be going with them.” Jacinda Ardern needs to do the same now.

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi …

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 7:30 am, February 17th, 2021 - 144 comments

Yesterday Jacinda Ardern chose to use decidedly undiplomatic speech to address Australia’s removal of its citizenship from a Jihadi bride leaving her as New Zealand’s problem, even though her link to New Zealand was tenuous and she was for all intents and purposes Australia’s problem. And even though Ardern had previously asked Scomo to be careful with the issue.

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The science denial being taught in schools
This video produced in Seattle looks at the gender identity curriculum used in schools in the US. A thin veneer of pseudoscience is being used to indoctrinate children with an ideology based on scientific and medical inaccuracies. ...
RedlineBy Admin
4 hours ago

Legal Beagle: A draft submission on the Harmful Digital Communications (Unauthorised Posting of Inti...
For once, I have written my submission on a bill with enough time to spare to both enocurage any of you who wants to make a submission to do so as well, and to give you time to spot the typos in mine.Louisa Wall's Harmful Digital Communications (Unauthorised Posting of Intimate ...
Public Address
10 hours ago

Bryce Edwards: Political Roundup – Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges
Judith Collins’ National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher Luxon. For many commentators it’s just a question of “when” rather than “if” Collins is replaced. While others ponder whether Luxon really has what it takes ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
16 hours ago

The Slovakian Radio Hobbit (1989)
‘Tis the season for unearthing the rarest gems in Tolkien adaptation – which, considering that the fandom has been dominated by Peter Jackson for nigh on two decades, is a positively heart-warming development. It is why I have devoted so much blog space to the obscure and weirdly wonderful ...
A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
1 day ago

Trading Red Tape
Whatever the damage, especially to the British economy, Brexit has done us a service by illustrating the complexity of trade.Brexit is the only example we have of two closely integrated sophisticated economies severing trading ties. The European Union and Britain still do not have tariffs or import quotas between them ...
PunditBy Brian Easton
1 day ago

Overturning racism in Palmerston North
The Palmerston North City Council has voted for Māori wards: Palmerston North Māori will be guaranteed one or two seats on the city council from 2022, and this time, there is nothing opponents can do about it. The council decided by an 11-5 vote at its monthly meeting this ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 days ago

Totally out of touch
Kids are striking for the climate today, demanding a decent, liveable future. Meanwhile, the National Party, the reliable servant of the farm lobby and other polluting businesses, is calling for action to be delayed: National has written to Climate Change Minister James Shaw calling for him to extend the ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 days ago

Striking for a future again
Today tens of thousands of schoolkids have walked out of school to strike for a future free from climate change. And tens of thousands of older New Zealanders have joined them. Their demands are clear: eliminate fossil fuels, implement 100% renewable energy with a just transition, and support our Pacific ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 days ago

NZ Politics Daily: 9 April 2021
Covid: India travel ban Luke Malpass (Stuff): Is the the ‘temporary’ India travel ban proportional or a massive overreaction? Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): Is banning all arrivals from India, including New Zealand citizens, actually legal? Keith Lynch (Stuff): What the numbers say about the India travel ban 1News: Michael Baker says halting arrivals from India ‘absolutely right thing to do’ 1News: Temporarily halting ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
2 days ago

We Still Haven't Found What We're Looking For (With Apologies to U2)
The Gods That Failed.We studied the dialecticRead the whole of ‘Capital’So we could follow youSo we could follow youHow we shoutedHow we scrawledPainted slogans on city wallsOn prison wallsProof we had followed youBut, we still didn’t find what we’re looking forAnd we still haven’t found what we’re looking forWhen they ...
Bowalley Road
2 days ago

Be Woke – Or Go Politically Broke.
Conventional Wisdom? The Republican Right is convinced that to “go woke” is to “go broke”. It simply does not believe sufficient Americans feel strongly enough about social justice to make any kind of boycott remotely effective. Clearly, the Boards of Directors of more and more American corporations disagree. RECENT MOVES by ...
Bowalley Road
2 days ago

Skeptical Science to expand impact as 501(c)(3) non-profit
On November 25, 2020 Skeptical Science Inc. became a registered nonprofit organization and on March 17, 2021 our application to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)(3) status was approved. In this blog post, we’ll explain why we went down this path and what will come next. Since its ...
Skeptical Science
2 days ago

Mike Hosking “De-Platforms” The PM.
Blowing Hot And Cold: Mike Hosking’s bosses should, perhaps, ask themselves what message Newstalk-ZB (and NZME) is sending to the people of New Zealand if Mike Hosking, their self-appointed “People’s Prosecutor”, is accorded bragging rights for “cancelling” the democratically-elected Prime Minister of New Zealand. Especially when said Prime Minister’s only ...
Bowalley Road
2 days ago

Horses can recognise themselves in a mirror — new study
Ali Boyle, University of Cambridge If you ask people to list the most intelligent animals, they’ll name a few usual suspects. Chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants are often mentioned, as are crows, dogs and occasionally pigs. Horses don’t usually get a look in. So it might come as a surprise that ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
2 days ago

Media Link: “A View from Afar” on emerging multipolarity and rival blocs.
Selwyn Manning and I dedicated this week’s video podcast to the potential emergence of rival blocs within the transitional process involved in the move from a unipolar to a multipolar international system currently underway. However one characterises the phenomenon–autocracies versus democracies, East versus West, colonial versus post-colonial–the global order is ...
KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
2 days ago

The Complete (Screen) Tom Bombadil: 1971-1993
With the rediscovery of the lost Soviet Lord of the Rings, the time has come for the important things in life. Specifically, compiling the Tom Bombadil scenes from the three known screen adaptations that feature him: This is a collection of scenes from:– Sagan om Ringen (1971: ...
A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
3 days ago

Climate Change: Doing the minimum again
Back in February the Climate Change Commission recommended a ban on new coal-fired boilers, and a phase out of existing ones by 2037. And today, the government has said they will implement that policy, and backed it up with funding to help transition some of our large pollution sources: ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
3 days ago

Protecting journalists
Back in 2014, the police raided and searched journalist Nicky Hager's home over his book Dirty Politics, seizing his journalistic work in an effort to identify his sources to please their political masters in the National party. The raid - and much of the police's related investigative work - was ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
3 days ago

Charting our way back to normal
By Professor Tony Blakely, Dr Tim Wilson, Luke Thorburn and Professor Nathan Grills, University of Melbourne A new web tool, COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as Australia rolls out vaccines and considers opening borders. See here for an associated explanatory ...
SciBlogsBy Public Health Expert
3 days ago

NZ Politics Daily: 8 April 2021
Vaccinations and leaked figures Jason Walls (Herald): ‘Leaked’ document shows NZ vaccine rollout is ‘miles’ behind schedule, says National Party Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Government has vaccinated a third of its original target – leaked report Rachel Sadler (Newshub): How New Zealand’s vaccine programme will ramp up, why targets aren’t being hit Kate Newton (Stuff): What does data tell us about ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
3 days ago

“doing my own research” & the scientific method
This evening I was engaging in polite conversation (well, I was polite, anyway) on an RNZ Facebook post about – you guessed it! – the covid19 vaccination program. One of those present offered up a link to a blog post by Joseph Mercola to support a claim he was making ...
SciBlogsBy Alison Campbell
3 days ago

Gender ideology – a summing up part 1
by Jordan Levi (Contributed) I don’t remember when I first came across the concept of gender identity, but it was definitely before Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) came out as transgender because I’m sure that would’ve confused me way more if it was my first acquaintance with the phenomenon. The ...
RedlineBy Daphna
3 days ago

Those blind allegiances to Mammon – Profit over People, or a society where everyone has real chanc...
The fact that the much vaunted “most advanced, richest Nation on the planet, ever”, that being America, ran into a brick wall in its responses to the problems across the world of late is because, at its heart, of the economic system that we’ve all been largely forced to ...
exhALANtBy exhalantblog
3 days ago

I now pronounce you denewed
The EPA has commenced the 2021 “denewing” of new organisms. Their New Organisms team explain what this means, and ask you to put forward your proposals. The places we inhabit are shared with thousands of different kinds of organisms. They’re in the trees, flying in the sky, in our yoghurt, ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
3 days ago

COVID vaccine safety – adverse events vs. adverse reactions
As we roll out the COVID-19 vaccine across NZ there will inevitably be people who experience adverse events after getting their jab. Here are some super important things to keep in mind about adverse events following immunisation. Terminology – words matter Any event that is undesirable and follows administration of ...
SciBlogsBy Helen Petousis Harris
3 days ago

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #14, 2021
Nature Climate Change celebrates 10 years of obfuscation The Nature Publishing Group is distinguished not only by what we're told (most of us must take somebody's word for it) are exceptionally high quality research publications but also by what some might term an outlier, extremist policy on locked-down content. In many ...
Skeptical Science
3 days ago

One way of fixing it
How can we stop the Ministry of Health censoring and sanitising vital mental health statistics to make themselves (and Ministers) look good? Legislate for annual reporting: Green Party mental health spokeswoman Chlöe Swarbrick says the Ministry of Health should be legally required to produce a wide range of mental ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
3 days ago

Futures snacks
Here’s a few short interesting developments or discussions I’ve seen recently. Loosely bundled together in a theme of “values.” Irregular labour Is the private sector the best provider and facilitator of “gig work”? That’s challenged in a New Yorker profile of Wingham Rowan, an English social entrepreneur. For many years ...
SciBlogsBy Robert Hickson
3 days ago

Self-interested arse covering
In 1997 the Law Commission reviewed the OIA. In the process, they identified a problem: decisions to transfer a request could not be investigated by the Ombudsman under the Act. They also identified a workaround: transfer decisions by agencies subject to the Ombudsmen Act could be investigated under that Act, ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
3 days ago

Bryce Edwards: Political Roundup – An overwhelming vote of no confidence in Labour’s mental heal...
The area of mental health has been a key strength for Jacinda Ardern and her Labour Government over the last few years. They campaigned strongly in 2017 on fixing up the dysfunctional system, and initially they made some vital strides forward in reforming the sector. An in-depth inquiry was instigated ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
4 days ago

Recreation Transition: low-carbon recreation in the mountains
By Jamie Stewart, Federated Mountain Clubs Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC), founded in 1931, represents 96 clubs, 22,000 members and 300,000 people that regularly recreate in the New Zealand backcountry. This article first appeared in the June 2020 issue of Backcountry magazine and is reproduced with permission. (Read the original article). ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
4 days ago

NZ Politics Daily: 7 April 2021
Travel bubble announced with Australia Luke Malpass (Stuff): Trans-Tasman bubble brings palpable relief to Parliament Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern manages expectations over transtasman bubble (paywalled) Herald: Editorial: Bubble a significant and welcome step Jo Moir (Newshub): The public handbrake on an Aussie bubble Hannah Martin (Stuff): Public health experts welcome ‘cautious’ trans-Tasman travel bubble Tess McClure (The Guardian): Trans-Tasman travel bubble between New Zealand ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
4 days ago

We should not subsidise a criminal industry
Fishing is a criminal and environmentally destructive industry which ignores the law while corrupting our democracy. Last year, their addiction to foreign slave-labour saw them bring Covid into the country. So naturally, they're expecting us to pay for an advertising campaign to recruit more people: Taxpayers are being asked ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
4 days ago

Hostile to transparency
Stuff had an appalling story on Sunday about the Ministry of Health's attempts to hide unflattering mental health statistics and sanitise a regular report. The report came out last week, and showed a massive increase in the use of "seclusion", a practice which has been condemned by the UN Committee ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
4 days ago

Send it back to Australia II
Another unpleasant surprise at Tiwai Point: in addition to the declared stockpiles of toxic waste, they may have tens of thousands of tons secretly buried in the early 1990's to avoid the RMA: Investigators are looking into claims highly toxic waste has been buried in unmapped sites at Tiwai ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
5 days ago

Afraid of a trans-Tasman bubble
This morning the government is deciding on the start-date for a trans-Tasman travel bubble. Note the way that that's phrased: the existence of such a bubble is taken as a given, and the only question is how to implement it. Obviously, we're going to have to re-open the borders eventually, ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
5 days ago

NZ Politics Daily: 6 April 2021
Mental health crisis Kyle MacDonald (Herald): Jacinda Ardern has failed us on mental health – and it’s only going to get worse(paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): ‘A lot of data and negative statistics’: Inside the battle behind dramatic edits and huge delays to a Government mental health report Tess McClure (The Guardian): New Zealand mental health crisis has worsened ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
5 days ago

Insufficiently Qualified To Object: Why Labour Ministers Can Be Lied To With Impunity.
Qualified To Give - And Take - Advice: Most Labour MPs are self-conscious members of the meritocracy, meaning they have succeeded where the vast majority of their fellow citizens have failed. The primary political obligation, understood by all members of the First Labour Government, was to listen to the people. ...
Bowalley Road
5 days ago

Suez Canal shutdown shows the vulnerability of the global economy to extreme events
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters, PhD A critical global shipping node – Egypt’s Suez Canal – was reopened on Monday, March 29, six days after being shut down when the 400-meter-long container ship Ever Given became lodged in the canal. A statement by the Suez ...
Skeptical Science
5 days ago

“Red, Red Whines” (With Apologies To Neil Diamond and UB40)
Red, red whines.That’s all you’ll hear.Not like those glory daysWhen we would cheer. Red, red whines.If it were up to us,We'd make a proper jobOf transforming the world. We would beMore than kind.Offer so much more than spin.Makes us sadWhen we findThere’s so much you won’t begin. Red, red whines.Now ...
Bowalley Road
6 days ago

A Bigger Impact: Class Still Trumps Race – At least In The UK.
Worlds Apart: According to the report of the British Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: “family structure and social class had a bigger impact than race on how people’s lives turned out”. These are not the sort of findings that New Zealand fighters against "White Supremacy" and "Colonisation" are eager ...
Bowalley Road
6 days ago

Chocolate’s secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste so good
Caitlin Clark, Colorado State University Whether baked as chips into a cookie, melted into a sweet warm drink or molded into the shape of a smiling bunny, chocolate is one of the world’s most universally consumed foods. Even the biggest chocolate lovers, though, might not recognize what this ancient food ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
6 days ago

The Game Is Afoot: Ranking Sherlock Holmes Stories
Since December 2020, I have been working my way through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s corpus of Sherlock Holmes stories, in order of publication. As of today I have managed to finish this adventure ...
A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
6 days ago

2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13
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Skeptical Science
6 days ago

Bloodlines.
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Bowalley Road
7 days ago

Minimum Wage? Property Investors? Don’t Touch Our Profits
It has never ceased to surprise me that those who profit at the expense of others are so unaware of the harm suffered by those they exploit, and are so convinced that they have a right to do the exploiting and that their profit is a proper and justifiable reward ...
Bryan GouldBy Bryan Gould
1 week ago

Taxing Questions About Taxing Housing
The government’s recent housing package may work; will it do enough?Trick Question: Does New Zealand have a capital gains tax on housing? If you ask the Prime Minister she will say not. It is true that her government is increasing the scope of the ‘bright-line test’ on non-family homes to ...
PunditBy Brian Easton
1 week ago

Clock is running on our reliance on vegetation as a steady 'carbon sink'
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Skeptical Science
1 week ago

In celebration of: Mr David Seymour
Today is the goodest of Fridays. What better way to celebrate a day off work when everything is closed to honour one of the greatest minds ever to nestle his parliamentary buttocks one of those gigantic green seats in the debating chamber. Ladies and gentlement I give you… Mr David ...
My ThinksBy boonman
1 week ago

Legal Beagle: A submission on the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Cla...
Below, for those interested, I copy my submission on the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Classification of Publications and Prevention of Online Harm) Amendment Bill.This is the government bill aiming to create a mandatory Internet filter. The bill is largely unnecessary, but in parts not as bad as people ...
Public Address
1 week ago

Five ways fish are more like humans than you realise
Matt Parker, University of Portsmouth You’ve probably heard that fish have a three-second memory, or that they’re incapable of feeling pain. Neither of these statements is true, but it’s telling that these misconceptions don’t crop up for other vertebrates. Perhaps it’s because fish appear so different from us. They don’t ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
1 week ago

This is on Ardern
So, corporate pillager Ron Brierley has plead guilty to possession of child pornography, and there are obvious calls for him to be stripped of his feudal honour (awarded in the 80's for services to his own banak balance). When faced with such calls in the past, the government has hidden ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
1 week ago

New Zealand The Way THEY Deserve It.
Rage, Rage, And The Crying Of The Right: Retributive populism is founded on the principle that the past was better than the present: and that unless there is a strong and unapologetic reassertion of the values and policies that dignified the past, then the nation’s steady decline will persist into ...
Bowalley Road
1 week ago

Bryce Edwards: Political Roundup – The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds
Jacinda Ardern can essentially say “kia kaha” as much as she wants to those at the bottom of the housing market, but it won’t help their plight. Eventually her government is going to have to take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis – especially ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
1 week ago

March ’21 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
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Open ParachuteBy Ken
1 week ago

2021 Reading Log: March (+ Writing Update)
Completed reads for March: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Valley of Fear, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Another quiet month ...
A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
1 week ago

NZ Politics Daily: 1 April 2021
Housing crisis John Bishop (Stuff): Are speculators really the problem? Isn’t it the lack of houses? Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): Here’s why rental controls aren’t the answer Hannah Kronast (Newshub): Government could implement rental hike caps if necessary but it’s unlikely to be anytime soon – expert Brian Fallow (Herald): Who’ll feel the property pinch from Govt’s tax changes? (paywalled) Ashley Church ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
1 week ago

Long-lost and Psychedelic: Khraniteli, the Soviet Fellowship of the Ring (1991)
It might just be me, but there are few things more exciting than the rediscovery of art previously thought lost. Even if it isn’t particularly great art, there is still the thrill of notching up a victory for human knowledge against the inevitable sands of time. There is a ...
A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
1 week ago

the strange case of the headless sea slug
Autotomy. There’s a word you don’t see every day – but those familiar with lizards may well have seen the result. For autotomy is the scientific name for what I suppose we could also call “self-amputation”: the process whereby an animal deliberately sheds a part of its body (a tail, ...
SciBlogsBy Alison Campbell
1 week ago

A Potemkin review
Nitrates are a serious public health threat, posing a risk of death for babies and a long-term risk of bowel cancer for adults. Farmers are currently spewing them into the water table via fertiliser and dirty dairying, poisoning drinking water across Canterbury and threatening the drinking water of our second-largest ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 weeks ago

Biden's executive orders on climate have broad public support
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Ben Santer, and Richard Richels Governing from the White House by executive actions – whether by executive orders or variations thereon – has its pluses and minuses. Executive orders, for instance, can help get past rigid partisan opposition and ...
Skeptical Science
2 weeks ago

NZ Politics Daily: 31 March 2021
Housing crisis Claire Robinson (The Guardian): Backlash to Labour’s housing policy has exposed signs of internal party disarray Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tactics Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): National’s failure on housing risks making the party irrelevant Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist hits new record of 22,803 as new builds slow in January Zane Small (Newshub): Have rents ‘tended to ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
2 weeks ago

Hiding In Plain Sight.
Massey's Cossacks: New Zealand's employer class didn't need the services of a Pinkerton Detective Agency – strike-breakers par excellence in the service of US industrial titans like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Not when the strapping sons of Waikato and Wairarapa cockies could be quietly trained and organised by ...
Bowalley Road
2 weeks ago

Think of the Kiwis: Boycotting Cadbury’s Chocolate
It’s an interesting one. Earlier this year, Cadbury’s Chocolate managed to get itself offside with religious fundamentalists over an advertisement showing gay men eating a creme egg: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/religious-group-calls-cadbury-boycott-19695916 Now, a cynic might suggest that ...
A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
2 weeks ago

The secret life of puddles: their value to nature is subtle, but hugely important
Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne It’s official: Australians endured the coldest, wettest summer in at least five years thanks to La Niña, a climate phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean. Before we knew it, autumn rolled in bringing more rain. Tragically, it led to widespread flooding across New South Wales, ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
2 weeks ago

MFAT has no conscience
RNZ reports that hot on the heels of approving weapons exports to saudi Arabia, MFAT was also approving weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia's partner in committing war crimes in Yemen: New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) approved export permits for military equipment ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 weeks ago

Ireland: People Before Profit Party society at university in Galway calls for ‘no-platforming’ o...
by Orla Ní Chomhraí In 1946 George Orwell wrote: “Fifteen years ago, when one defended the freedom of the intellect, one had to defend it against Conservatives, against Catholics, and to some extent — for they were not of great importance in England — against Fascists. Today one has to ...
RedlineBy Admin
2 weeks ago

Problematique: Immoral casting of a cis actor is violent, dangerous and evil but brings new awakenin...
SATIRE by Remy Beethey/them, demigender, queer, white priv. In a stunning and brave turn the Court Theatre in Christchurch has decided to completely change how it casts plays. The awakening came when Christchurch’s Court Theatre got called out by queer activist, agender Rosemary Mitford-Taylor after casting a cis actor to play ...
RedlineBy Admin
2 weeks ago

Graham Adams: Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tactics
The government shifts blame for its own failings onto landlords South Auckland councillor Efeso Collins remarked early this month that Jacinda Ardern had abandoned the collegiality of “the team of five million” and entered her “post-kindness phase” after she blamed South Aucklanders for sparking an unpopular week-long lockdown. Casting ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
2 weeks ago

To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel “green zone”, we need to reduce system failures at ...
Dr Leah Grout, Dr Jennifer Summers, Dr Amanda Kvalsvig, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Nick Wilson While succeeding very well with its elimination strategy, NZ still does not have optimal border control. We find since July 2020 there have been 13 identified border failures and at least 6 internal MIQ facility ...
SciBlogsBy Public Health Expert
2 weeks ago

Where are all the four-leaf clovers? And what does that have to do with learning to code?
By Monica Vallender, Master’s student with AgResearch Invermay and the University of Otago. A few months ago, while home for the Christmas break, my mother – out of the blue – turned to me and asked, “what made you actually decide you wanted to go to university and study science?” ...
SciBlogsBy Genomics Aotearoa
2 weeks ago

NZ Politics Daily: 30 March 2021
Housing: Crisis and government announcements Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Sasha Borissenko (Herald): What property does the PM and our MPs own? (paywalled) Chris Trotter (Interest): Has Labour embraced ‘Muldoonism’? Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Geof Nightingale (BusinessDesk): Housing: Of loopholes and unwelcome new rules Steven Cowan: Market madness and non solutions to the housing ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
2 weeks ago

Challenging climate change in the courts
One of the innovations of the Zero Carbon Act was a clause specifically allowing public bodies (or bodies performing public functions) to consider climate change targets and reduction plans in their decision-making. It was phrased as a "permissive consideration": they didn't have to. But as we've seen from the Thames-Coromandel ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 weeks ago

New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes
Jim Mann, University of Otago Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in New Zealand and will get much worse unless action is taken now, according to a new report on the economic and social cost of the disease. Already 228,000 New Zealanders (4.7% of the population) have type 2 ...
SciBlogsBy Guest Author
2 weeks ago

Another climate strike
School Strike 4 Climate has announced another climate strike for April 9th, and invited everyone to join them in standing up against climate change. As before there will be events all over the country, and you can find yours on their strike map. Personally, I'm nervous about protesting during a ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
2 weeks ago

Older posts

Boosting small businesses
Small businesses are not only the heart of our economy – they’re also the heart of our communities. They provide important goods and services, as well as great employment opportunities. They know and love their locals. And after a tough year, they need our support! ...
Labour Blog
1 day ago

Young Pasifika Leaders call for climate action: Greens
Green Party spokesperson for Pacific Peoples Teanau Tuiono MP, supports the demand from Pasifika communities fighting for climate action as their homelands are more at risk in the Pacific region. ...
Greens
2 days ago

Green Party supports climate strike demands
The Green Party supports the six demands for climate action put forward by School Strike for Climate NZ, who are striking across the country today. ...
Greens
2 days ago

Systemic racism rooted in Māori victimisation report
The Ministry of Justice Māori victimisation report, released today, reinforces what we already know about the impact of systemic racism in Aotearoa and that urgent action is needed. ...
Greens
2 days ago

Greens legacy bill to ensure a more inclusive and accessible Aotearoa to be debated in Parliament
Ricardo Menéndez March’s Members Bill to ensure that disabled New Zealanders do not face discrimination for having a disability assist dog was today pulled from the biscuit tin to be debated in Parliament. ...
Greens
3 days ago

More businesses switching to clean energy
More businesses are making the switch to cleaner, more sustainable energy, with support from our Government. ...
Labour Blog
3 days ago

More families better off, thanks to Labour
More than one million people will be better off from today, thanks to our Government’s changes to the minimum wage, main benefits and superannuation. ...
Labour Blog
1 week ago

We have a poverty crisis in New Zealand, we need to do more
The Green Party is calling for the Government to do more for New Zealanders who continue to miss out, as main benefits are set to rise by less than $8 a week tomorrow, Thursday 1 April (at the start of the financial year). ...
Greens
1 week ago

Auckland light rail back on track, Greens welcome engagement with community
The Green Party is welcoming the announcement today by the Minister of Transport that Auckland light rail is getting back on track. ...
Greens
1 week ago

Rocketlab failing to properly consult with Hapū: Greens meet with ngā uri o Rongomaiwahine
Sunday 28th March 70 Rongomaiwahine descendants welcomed members of the Green Party’s Māori Caucus, Te Mātāwaka, Dr Elizabeth Kerekere and Teanau Tuiono, to discuss concerns about RocketLab’s operations on the Mahia Peninsula. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

How Labour is backing renters
We’ve worked hard to make life easier for renters, and ensure everyone has a healthy, secure place to live. ...
Labour Blog
2 weeks ago

Greens support calls for Dawn Raids apology
It has been 50 years since the Polynesian Panthers were formed, and now a call for a formal government apology for the Dawn Raids has come. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

Kāinga Ora borrowing ability should be increased, while ensuring a Te Tiriti o Waitangi based, comm...
The new homes enabled through additional borrowing capacity for Kāinga Ora announced by Government today must have a Te Tiriti o Waitangi lens, having Māori take the lead in developing homes ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

Housing plan a start, but much more needed to meet the scale of the crisis
The Government’s housing announcement is a very small start but it doesn’t go far enough to genuinely meet the scale of the crisis. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

The next steps in Labour’s housing plan
We’ve announced the next steps in our plan to tackle the housing crisis and help Kiwis into homes. ...
Labour Blog
3 weeks ago

Labour’s housing plan: Your questions answered
We’ve announced the next steps in our plan to tackle New Zealand’s housing crisis, as we take urgent action to help more Kiwis into homes. Here, we answer your questions about our plan to improve housing in New Zealand. ...
Labour Blog
3 weeks ago

Labour’s record on housing
We believe everyone deserves a warm, dry place to call home, which is why we’ve announced the next steps in our plan to tackle the housing crisis. The new policies we’ve announced build on the work we’ve already done to improve housing in New Zealand. Here’s a look at everything ...
Labour Blog
3 weeks ago

Greens welcome review of women’s prisons, calls for all prisons to be reviewed
The Green Party welcomes the announcement today from the Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis for an urgent review of women’s prisons. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

Greens call for walking and cycling priority for Auckland Harbour Bridge
The Green Party is calling for active transport access across the Auckland Harbour Bridge to be a priority as the future of the SkyPath remains uncertain. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

The Duke of Edinburgh
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today expressed New Zealand’s sorrow at the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “Our thoughts are with Her Majesty The Queen at this profoundly sad time. On behalf of the New Zealand people and the Government, I would like to express ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Five Country Ministerial Communiqué
We, the Home Affairs, Interior, Security and Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (the ‘Five Countries’) met via video conference on 7/8 April 2021, just over a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Guided by our shared ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Inspiring creativity through cultural installations and events
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni has today announced the opening of the first round of Ngā Puninga Toi ā-Ahurea me ngā Kaupapa Cultural Installations and Events. “Creating jobs and helping the arts sector rebuild and recover continues to be a key part of the Government’s COVID-19 response,” Carmel ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Drug-testing law to be made permanent
Interim legislation that is already proving to keep people safer from drugs will be made permanent, Health Minister Andrew Little says. Research by Victoria University, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, shows that the Government’s decision in December to make it legal for drug-checking services to operate at festivals ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Better rules proposed for freedom camping
Public consultation launched on ways to improve behaviour and reduce damage Tighter rules proposed for either camping vehicles or camping locations Increased penalties proposed, such as $1,000 fines or vehicle confiscation Rental companies may be required to collect fines from campers who hire vehicles Public feedback is sought on proposals ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Government backs Air New Zealand as Trans-Tasman bubble opens
The Government is continuing to support Air New Zealand while aviation markets stabilise and the world moves towards more normal border operations. The Crown loan facility made available to Air New Zealand in March 2020 has been extended to a debt facility of up to $1.5 billion (an additional $600 ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Building gifted for new community hub in Richmond red zone
Christchurch’s Richmond suburb will soon have a new community hub, following the gifting of a red-zoned property by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to the Richmond Community Gardens Trust. The Minister for Land Information, Damien O’Connor said that LINZ, on behalf of the Crown, will gift a Vogel Street house ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Pacific languages funding reopens
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio says the reopening of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ (MPP) Languages Funding in 2021 will make sure there is a future for Pacific languages. “Language is the key to the wellbeing for Pacific people. It affirms our identity as Pasifika and ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

ERANZ speech April 2021
It is a pleasure to be here tonight. Thank you Cameron for the introduction and thank you for ERANZ for also hosting this event. Last week in fact, we had one of the largest gatherings in our sector, Downstream 2021. I have heard from my officials that the discussion on ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Strengthening Māori knowledge in science and innovation
Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods has today announced the 16 projects that will together get $3.9 million through the 2021 round of Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund, further strengthening the Government’s commitment to Māori knowledge in science and innovation. “We received 78 proposals - the highest ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Government delivers next phase of climate action
The Government is delivering on a key election commitment to tackle climate change, by banning new low and medium temperature coal-fired boilers and partnering with the private sector to help it transition away from fossil fuels. This is the first major announcement to follow the release of the Climate Commission’s ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Continued investment in Central Otago schools supports roll growth
Six projects, collectively valued at over $70 million are delivering new schools, classrooms and refurbished buildings across Central Otago and are helping to ease the pressure of growing rolls in the area, says Education Minister Chris Hipkins. The National Education Growth Plan is making sure that sufficient capacity in the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Two more Christchurch schools complete
Two more schools are now complete as part of the Christchurch Schools Rebuild Programme, with work about to get under way on another, says Education Minister Chris Hipkins. Te Ara Koropiko – West Spreydon School will welcome students to their new buildings for the start of Term 2. The newly ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Independent experts to advise Government on post-vaccination future
The Government is acting to ensure decisions on responding to the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic are informed by the best available scientific evidence and strategic public health advice. “New Zealand has worked towards an elimination strategy which has been successful in keeping our people safe and our economy ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Supporting Māori success with Ngārimu Awards
Six Māori scholars have been awarded Ngārimu VC and the 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial scholarships for 2021, Associate Education Minister and Ngārimu Board Chair, Kelvin Davis announced today. The prestigious Manakura Award was also presented for the first time since 2018. “These awards are a tribute to the heroes of the 28th ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Global partnerships propel space tech research
New Zealand’s aerospace industry is getting a boost through the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), to grow the capability of the sector and potentially lead to joint space missions, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods has announced. 12 New Zealand organisations have been chosen to work with world-leading experts at ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Government backs more initiatives to boost food and fibre workforce
The Government is backing more initiatives to boost New Zealand’s food and fibre sector workforce, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today. “The Government and the food and fibres sector have been working hard to fill critical workforce needs. We've committed to getting 10,000 more Kiwis into the sector over the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Minister welcomes Bill to remove Subsequent Child Policy
Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni has welcomed the first reading of the Social Security (Subsequent Child Policy Removal) Amendment Bill in the House this evening. “Tonight’s first reading is another step on the way to removing excessive sanctions and obligations for people receiving a Main Benefit,” says ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Mental Health Amendment Bill passes first reading
The Government has taken a significant step towards delivering on its commitment to improve the legislation around mental health as recommended by He Ara Oranga – the report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, Health Minister Andrew Little says. The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Whenua Māori Rating Amendment Bill passes third reading
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has welcomed the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill passing its third reading today. “After nearly 100 years of a system that was not fit for Māori and did not reflect the partnership we have come to expect between Māori and the Crown, ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Trans-Tasman bubble to start 19 April
New Zealand’s successful management of COVID means quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start on Monday 19 April, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed the conditions for starting to open up quarantine free travel with Australia have ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill passes Third Reading
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little welcomed ngā uri o Ngāti Hinerangi to Parliament today to witness the third reading of their Treaty settlement legislation, the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. “I want to acknowledge ngā uri o Ngāti Hinerangi and the Crown negotiations teams for working tirelessly ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Independent group announced to advise on firearms matters
Minister of Police Poto Williams has announced the members of the Ministers Arms Advisory Group, established to ensure balanced advice to Government on firearms that is independent of Police. “The Ministers Arms Advisory Group is an important part of delivering on the Government’s commitment to ensure we maintain the balance ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

Kiri Allan to take leave of absence
Kiri Allan, Minister of Conservation and Emergency Management will undertake a leave of absence while she undergoes medical treatment for cervical cancer, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “I consider Kiri not just a colleague, but a friend. This news has been devastating. But I also know that Kiri is ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

Excellent progress at new Waikeria prison build
Excellent progress has been made at the new prison development at Waikeria, which will boost mental health services and improve rehabilitation opportunities for people in prison, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says. Kelvin Davis was onsite at the new build to meet with staff and see the construction first-hand, following a ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

Expert panel proposes criminal limits for drug driving
To reduce the trauma of road crashes caused by drug impaired drivers, an Independent Expert Panel on Drug Driving has proposed criminal limits and blood infringement thresholds for 25 impairing drugs, Minister of Police Poto Williams and Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today. The Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

Covid-19 immigration powers to be extended
Temporary COVID-19 immigration powers will be extended to May 2023, providing continued flexibility to support migrants, manage the border, and help industries facing labour shortages, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi announced today. “Over the past year, we have had to make rapid decisions to vary visa conditions, extend expiry dates, and ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

Covid-19 imgration powers to be extended
Temporary COVID-19 immigration powers will be extended to May 2023, providing continued flexibility to support migrants, manage the border, and help industries facing labour shortages, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi announced today. “Over the past year, we have had to make rapid decisions to vary visa conditions, extend expiry dates, and ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

More support for mums and whānau struggling with alcohol and other drugs
The Government is expanding its Pregnancy and Parenting Programme so more women and whānau can access specialist support to minimise harm from alcohol and other drugs, Health Minister Andrew Little says. “We know these supports help improve wellbeing and have helped to reduce addiction, reduced risk for children, and helped ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

Ahuwhenua Trophy Competition Field Day – Tātaiwhetū Trust at Tauarau Marae, Rūātoki
*** Please check against delivery *** It’s an honour to be here in Rūātoki today, a rohe with such a proud and dynamic history of resilience, excellence and mana. Tūhoe moumou kai, moumou taonga, moumou tangata ki te pō. The Ahuwhenua Trophy competition is the legacy of a seed planted ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

Crown accounts again better than forecast
The economic recovery from COVID-19 continues to be reflected in the Government’s books, which are again better than expected. The Crown accounts for the eight months to the end of February 2021 showed both OBEGAL and the operating balance remain better than forecast in the Half Year Economic and Fiscal ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup to open in New Zealand
Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson and Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash have welcomed confirmation New Zealand will host the opening ceremony and match, and one of the semi-finals, of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. Grant Robertson says matches will be held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin, ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

1 April changes raise incomes for 1.4 million New Zealanders
Changes to the minimum wage, main benefit levels and superannuation rates that come into force today will raise the incomes for around 1.4 million New Zealanders. “This Government is committed to raising the incomes for all New Zealanders as part of laying the foundations for a better future,” Minister for ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

New Dunedin Hospital – Whakatuputupu approved for fast track consenting process
The New Dunedin Hospital – Whakatuputupu has been approved for consideration under the fast track consenting legislation. The decision by Environment Minister David Parker signifies the importance of the project to the health of the people of Otago-Southland and to the economy of the region. “This project ticks all the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 week ago

Next steps for Auckland light rail
Transport Minister Michael Wood is getting Auckland light rail back on track with the announcement of an establishment unit to progress this important city-shaping project and engage with Aucklanders. Michael Wood said the previous process didn’t involve Aucklanders enough. ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 weeks ago

Tourism fund to prioritise hard-hit regions
The Minister of Tourism is to re-open a government fund that supports councils to build infrastructure for visitors, with a specific focus on regions hardest hit by the loss of overseas tourists. “Round Five of the Tourism Infrastructure Fund will open for applications next month,” said Stuart Nash. It ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 weeks ago

Governance Group to lead next phase of work on a potential new public media entity
A Governance Group of eight experts has been appointed to lead the next phase of work on a potential new public media entity, Minister for Broadcasting and Media Kris Faafoi announced today. “The Governance Group will oversee the development of a business case to consider the viability of a new ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 weeks ago

New funding to keep tamariki and rangatahi Māori active
Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson today helped launch a new fund to provide direct financial support for tamariki and rangatahi Māori throughout the South Island who is experiencing financial hardship and missing out on physical activity opportunities. “Through Te Kīwai Fund, we can offer more opportunities for Māori to ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 weeks ago

Single tāne, sole parent dads supported into papakāinga housing
Six whānau in Pāpāmoa receive the keys to their brand-new rental homes today, in stage four of a papakāinga project providing safe and affordable housing in the regions. Minister for Māori Development, Willie Jackson congratulates Mangatawa Pāpāmoa Blocks Incorporated on the opening of three affordable rentals and three social housing ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 weeks ago

Speech to Disarmament and Security Centre
Kia ora tatou. It’s great to be here today and to get a conversation going on the disarmament issues of greatest interest to you, and to the Government. I’m thrilled to be standing here as a dedicated Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, which I hope reinforces for you all ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 weeks ago

Older posts

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Political scientist, Dr Bryce Edwards. Judith Collins’ National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher Luxon. For many commentators it’s just a question of “when” rather than “if” Collins is replaced. While ...
Evening ReportBy Bryce Edwards
4 hours ago

Kiwi Seafarers Endangered By Vaccine Policy
Kiwi Seafarers continue to feel shortchanged by the New Zealand Government. On the 1st of December 2020 the UN general Assembly called for all Seafarers to be designated as Key Workers . International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack ...
Scoop politics
8 hours ago

Trading Military Equipment With Israel Is A Human Rights Outrage
Revelations that foreign affairs officials have approved the sale of military equipment to a host of human-rights-abusing countries, including Israel, is an outrage. In recent years foreign affairs has been dominated by trade priorities with concerns ...
Scoop politics
13 hours ago

Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Senior Staff Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital. Honorary, Australian National University A sizeable chunk of Northern Territory’s doctors are thinking about leaving the territory because of climate change, our new research shows. Our study, just published in The Lancet Planetary Health, ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
15 hours ago

A tale of two terminals – splitting Auckland Airport in half
With the trans-Tasman bubble on the way, Auckland Airport has undertaken the unique challenge of splitting one airport into two. Matthew Scott went along to see what the parallel worlds look like. Birdsong is piped into an empty hallway. A message to nobody plays on the intercom. Luxury stores ...
Newsroom
19 hours ago

College Of General Practitioners Marks Death Of Patron
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is today marking the death of their patron, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Phillip had been patron of the College for 47 years, since he formally handed over ...
Scoop politics
20 hours ago

Short story: Tunnel Beach, by Rebecca Styles
"People are walking up the hill, as we walk down, with their hands on their hips, their faces red, or looking directly at the path, not game enough to look up to see how far they’ve got to go": a portrait of a relationship set in a Dunedin landmark, by ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

Public Statement By The Governor-General – For HRH Prince Philip
It was with great sadness that I received notification from Buckingham Palace that His Royal Highness Prince Philip has died at Windsor Castle. The death of His Royal Highness is a great loss to Her Majesty the Queen, the members of the Royal Family ...
Scoop politics
20 hours ago

RCS Statement On The Passing Of HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh
The Royal Commonwealth Society expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal Commonwealth Society expresses its deepest sympathy and condolences to our Patron, Her Majesty ...
Scoop politics
20 hours ago

MNZ Expresses Sadness At Passing Of Prince Philip
9 April 2021 Monarchy New Zealand today expresses its sadness at the passing of Queen of New Zealand’s consort, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Prince Philip died aged 99. Prince Philip is the longest-serving consort in New Zealand’s history. ...
Scoop politics
21 hours ago

Seymour Statement On Prince Philip
"On behalf of ACT, I would like to express sincere condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family. "Prince Philip will be remembered for his long dedication to public service. He has selflessly contributed to a long period of stability ...
Scoop politics
21 hours ago

Newsroom daily quiz, Saturday 10 April
Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. ...
Newsroom
21 hours ago

Newsroom's daily sudoku, Saturday 10 April
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Newsroom
21 hours ago

Voyeurism beyond Hitchcock's wildest dreams
Critic's Chair: Guy Somerset salutes Losing Alice, a compelling eight-part psychological thriller showing on Apple TV+ Who doesn’t like a compliment, a bit of flattery? But, unless you happen to be Donald J Trump, when the flattery spills over into sycophancy you tend to get suspicious. Alice Ginor (Ayelet Zurer) ...
Newsroom
21 hours ago

Newsroom daily crossword, Saturday 10 April
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Newsroom
21 hours ago

Pure As: Monica Falkner
WATCH: Silver Ferns shooter Monica Falkner talks about the pain of losing her dad, then fighting back from injury in part three of Pure As. Monica Falkner knows her dad, David, would have shed tears watching her finally play for the Silver Ferns against England last year - after five harrowing ...
Newsroom
21 hours ago

The laughable quest of saving a first home deposit in 2021
Rampant house prices mean saving money for a deposit on a home is becoming increasingly fruitless. But just how long does it take in today’s market compared to a few years ago?Of all the essential and obscure pecuniary concepts that we learn throughout life, saving is one of those things ...
The SpinoffBy Michael Andrew
21 hours ago

Moving on while looking back: How I dealt with unspeakable grief
From the trauma of loss, Jean Sergent built a stage production that offers an invitation to others to embrace the radical possibility that things can get better.I’ve always been interested in death and dying – not the mechanics of it, but the social conditions. How death is prepared for, announced, ...
The SpinoffBy Jean Sergent
21 hours ago

Whatever happened to Onzo bikes?
For almost three years, Onzo’s black and yellow fleet littered New Zealand’s streets with an accessible and affordable two-wheel option. Then it vanished, leaving behind a trail of angry and perplexed customers. Auckland’s first dockless bike-share scheme has disappeared in much the same way it first arrived – quietly, mysteriously and ...
The SpinoffBy Jihee Junn
1 day ago

Brian Turner and the open space
Ardent disciple of mountain, valley, river and sky, Brian Turner is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. Michelle Langstone travelled to his central Otago home to meet and hear the man who commands the language of the landscape.The landscape starts speaking to you from the turnoff on to the ...
The SpinoffBy Michelle Langstone
1 day ago

An introvert’s ultimate birthday party: 24 hours alone in Invercargill
George Driver heads to the end of the Earth to spend his birthday alone in New Zealand’s forgotten city.“Don’t go to Invercargill.”I’d spent most of my life a couple of hours’ drive from Invercargill. But every time I considered going I was confronted with this advice: “Don’t go, it’s not ...
The SpinoffBy George Driver
1 day ago

We found methane-eating bacteria living in a common Australian tree. It could be a game changer for ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Jeffrey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it’s ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

View from The Hill: Voters could wreak vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on track
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Last week, people were falling over themselves to get vaccination appointments and had to be told, by their doctors and their government, to be patient. Patience is still needed — indeed, more than ever — ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

View from The Hill: Voters could extract vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on tra...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A week ago, people were falling over themselves to get vaccination appointments and had to be told, by their doctors and their government, to be patient. Patience is still needed — indeed, more than ever ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

A balancing act between benefits and risks: making sense of the latest vaccine news
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Last night, the federal government announced substantially revised plans for the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia. Due to concerns about the vaccine’s possible links to a rare blood-clotting disorder, and following advice from ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

There’s a long and devastating history behind the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in South Austr...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Aigner, PhD candidate Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy, Australian National University On Saturday at the Adelaide Festival there will a public showing of Australian Atomic Confessions, a documentary I co-directed about the tragic and long-lasting effects of the atomic weapons testing ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

Transparency Needed On Temporary Suspension Of Travel Says Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission is calling for more information on the justification behind the temporary suspension of travel from India. “Temporarily banning New Zealanders from returning home from India is a significant limitation on their freedom ...
Scoop politics
1 day ago

Resort developers found guilty over Fiji island disaster
The Chinese developers who caused an environmental disaster on an idyllic Fijian island have been found guilty on two counts of undertaking unauthorised developments in relation to a planned 370-bure resort and casino. The Suva Magistrates Court delivered its verdict against Freesoul Real Estate today, after the ruling date was pushed out twice with no ...
Newsroom
1 day ago

Australian vaccine rollout needs all hands on deck after the latest AstraZeneca news, mass vaccinati...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Hanly, Research Fellow, UNSW Australia’s vaccine rollout is due to be reset after the news last night the AstraZeneca vaccine would not be recommended for people under 50. Instead, this age group will be offered the Pfizer vaccine, with the federal ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

Australia’s bungled COVID vaccine rollout suffers another setback. Here’s how we can get it back...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Australia’s vaccine rollout is in chaos. The news last night the AstraZeneca vaccine, the only one Australia has guaranteed supply of, would not be recommended for people under 50 due to ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reali...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Golembiewski, Researcher, University of Technology Sydney The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its recommendations into effect. Most of these recommendations relate to the models of care and levels ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

We should brace for the boiler ban – but $22.88m has been handed out to help businesses decarbonis...
Our Beehive bulletin The Government’s ban on new low and medium temperature coal-fired boilers and partnering with the private sector to help it transition away from fossil fuels perhaps ranked as the most important Beehive announcement yesterday. It was the first major announcement to follow the release of the Climate ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
1 day ago

Vaccination alone will not provide full protection. When borders open, NZ will still be managing COV...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki Turner, Professor, University of Auckland From next week, unvaccinated staff working at managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities will be moved to low-risk jobs, following a case of a worker who missed vaccination appointments and then tested positive for COVID-19. The ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
1 day ago

Efforts To Improve Quality Of Law-making Welcomed
The proposed Regulatory Standards Bill has been welcomed by Energy Resources Aotearoa as a useful tool in developing better public policy. The Bill was drawn from the members ballot at Parliament on Thursday. "This should help deliver better policy ...
Scoop politics
1 day ago

Golriz Ghahraman: Why NZ South Asian communities are so nervous about the halt on all arrivals from ...
Division and social discord has undermined Covid-19 responses in other western nations. We must do everything we can to prevent that taking seed here, writes Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman. The Ministry of Health has done a stellar job in keeping us all safe. I have no doubt that the latest ...
The SpinoffBy Golriz Ghahraman
1 day ago

The Unity Books bestseller list for the week ending April 9
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1 The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw (Vintage, $38)Excerpt from Emma Espiner’s fantastic Spinoff review of this fantastic ...
The SpinoffBy The Spinoff Review of Books
1 day ago

Capital thinking on decolonisation – give voting rights to tribal appointees on council committee...
Eight Wellington City Councillors – given the critical constitutional choice of Treaty partnership or democracy – yesterday voted in favour of further undermining the council’s democratic election and decision-making structures by granting voting rights to the representatives appointed by Maori tribes to sit on council committees. Only six councillors voted ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
1 day ago

Yesterdaze: Bailing, running and waffling at the wheel
Mike Hosking did, didn’t, does, doesn’t, will and won’t want to have the PM on his radio show, while simultaneously accusing the New Zealand media of being asleep at the wheel, writes James Elliott It was reported in the news this week that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere ...
Newsroom
2 days ago

Green Party Mp “Attack Dog” Comment Prime Example Of Loopy Left’s Logic
Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez March’s labelling of police dogs as being “attack dogs” is as out of touch as it is insulting to our entire police force, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “A bill seeking to increase the maximum ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Here’s why the Coalition favours optional preferential voting: it would devastate Labor
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Reilly, Professor, University of Western Australia Could a change be afoot in the way Australians vote in federal elections? The Coalition government may be eyeing a shift to optional preferential voting — as used in New South Wales — which allows ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Kiwi Who Allegedly Ripped Off German Taxpayers Must Face Justice
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is urging action in the case against New Zealand-born Paul Mora, who allegedly fraudulently claimed €113 million in German tax credits. Paul Mora is wanted by Interpol in relation to the Cum-Ex tax affair after failing ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

The Haka Party Incident masterfully brings to life a bold act of resistance
An almost forgotten moment in our history, brought into the spotlight by a gutsy new theatre show, reveals uncomfortable truths about the history of race relations in Aotearoa.In a country that has until very recently avoided teaching its own history in schools, it’s perhaps unsurprising that a confrontation between university ...
The SpinoffBy Charlotte Muru-Lanning
2 days ago

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on India travel suspension: 'I want people to be safe in their jo...
Jacinda Ardern spoke to media a day after announcing a suspension of travel from India because of high numbers of Covid-19 cases. ...
Radio NZ – political
2 days ago

The Friday Poem: Ode to Mons Pubis, by Claudia Jardine
A new poem from Ōtautahi-based poet Claudia Jardine.Ode to Mons Pubisfatty tissue, edifice of overturesjoints, ligaments, bones, cartilagedark turns to stars when I think aboutthe buttress of pubic symphysisyes! paths of faery lights, yes! brambly wadsyes! tracks of calligraphic gastropodsyes! tender grasses, yes! boxed bedsclippings from a crooner’s greenhousetopiary of ...
The SpinoffBy Claudia Jardine
2 days ago

Watch live: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is speaking to media a day after announcing a suspension of travel from India because of high numbers of Covid-19 cases. ...
Radio NZ – political
2 days ago

Govt increases Air NZ loan by $600m
The government has increased how much money Air New Zealand can borrow, as it defers its plan for a capital raise until September. ...
Radio NZ – political
2 days ago

Educators' Union Supports Tamariki Striking For Climate Action
The country's largest education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, is backing the school students striking for climate action across the country today. NZEI Te Riu Roa President Liam Rutherford says the organisation "fully supports tamariki and educators who ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

We Can Fix Housing By Changing New Zealand’s Perspective On How We Live
At its core, Aotearoa New Zealand’s housing crisis is not about houses, but about the way we think about wealth, community, ourselves and our neighbours, the economy, education system, and much more. The only solutions to this problem involve everyone. ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Marking 1 Year Of MIQ
One year ago today managed isolation became mandatory for travellers arriving into New Zealand. The joint heads of Managed Isolation and Quarantine, Megan Main and Brigadier Jim Bliss, have paid tribute to the efforts of those who’ve contributed ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Freedom Camping: Have Your Say
Public feedback is now invited to improve freedom camping in New Zealand. To support the public consultation, the first of a series of public meetings throughout Aotearoa is being held at the Ellen Melville Centre in central Auckland from 2pm – 4pm on ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 9 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Covid: India travel ban Luke Malpass (Stuff): Is the the ‘temporary’ India travel ban proportional ...
Evening ReportBy Bryce Edwards
2 days ago

The battle for gender-inclusive language in healthcare
Hospitals should be a place of welcome and healing. But for gender-diverse people and their families, going to the hospital can feel like walking into a linguistic minefield. While a child was being treated at a New Zealand hospital last month, a health professional kept using the wrong gender pronouns ...
The SpinoffBy Julia de Bres
2 days ago

Opportunity To Lift Freedom Camping Burden From Ratepayers Welcomed
Local Government New Zealand welcomes the long overdue review of self-contained freedom camping rules announced by Tourism Minister Stuart Nash today. “Many councils across the country welcome the contribution freedom campers make to local economies,” ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Taranaki Community Transition Plan Wants Fossil Fuel Phase Out By 2030
A new just transition plan released today by Climate Justice Taranaki calls for a major shift towards a domestic economy and away from exports and imports in a phase out of fossil fuels by 2030. The document focuses on Aotearoa’s three main greenhouse ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Renters United Calls For Rent Control In Their New Campaign For #RentControlsNow
Today Renters United launches their campaign for #RentControlsNow. This comes just weeks after the Government announced it’s housing package, a package that Renters United said “fell short of delivering any change to over one third of New Zealanders ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Are rocket launches rubbishing our backyard?
Three… two… one… blast-off! They’re an incredible sight, but what’s the impact of rocket launches on the environment? Mirjam Guesgen investigates.Commercial space flights, moon colonies and missions to Mars are all exciting prospects. Some of them are even being helped along by New Zealand companies. Rocket launches are loud, ground-shaking, smoggy ...
The SpinoffBy Mirjam Guesgen
2 days ago

Bills On Tax Creep And Sound Law-making Deserve Public Debate – Feds
A government committed to fairness and responsible law-making should not allow two bills recently drawn from the Member’s Ballot to sink without debate, Federated Farmers says. "At the very least the Regulatory Standards Bill and the Income ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Phone wet and won’t turn on? Here’s how to deal with water damage (hint: soaking it in rice won�...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia If you’ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you’re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Workplace whistleblowers deserve more protection than NZ’s new law will deliver
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Macaulay, Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Following a number of high-profile inquiries into workplace misconduct — including within parliament, the police and fire service — it became clear people who report such behaviour in ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Most Australians support First Nations Voice to parliament: survey
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Deem, Lecturer – Law, CQUniversity Australia The deaths in custody of five Indigenous Australians since March highlight the treatment of First Nations peoples as one of the most pressing policy issues facing the Australian government. They also come at a time ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Pictures of COVID injections can scare the pants off people with needle phobias. Use these instead
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW This year is shaping up as the year of the COVID-19 vaccination photo, with the pandemic providing seemingly endless photo opportunities. We’ve seen stock photos of people getting vaccinated in news reports, images of the prime minister ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

In an AI world we need to teach students how to work with robot writers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda McKnight, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University Robots are writing more of what we read on the internet. And artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools are becoming freely available for anyone, including students, to use. In a period of rapid ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Vital signs: to fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis, negative gearing must go
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW House prices are back in the news, and out of control. In the past three months the median house price in Sydney has risen by more than A$100,000 to A$1.12 million. Sydney’s median residential property price ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Friday essay: truth telling, Return to Uluru and reckoning with the sins of fathers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Return to Uluru is the latest book from respected historian Mark McKenna. It is one of a few history books published recently that explicitly engage with the Uluru Statement from the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 days ago

Live updates, April 9: Indian community reacts to temporary travel ban
Welcome to The Spinoff’s live updates for April 9, bringing you the latest news throughout the day. For one day only, Stewart is off, so to get in touch email Bulletin editor Alex Braae at thebulletin@thespinoff.co.nz.The Spinoff can’t exist without our members. If you want to help us stay ...
The SpinoffBy Alex Braae
2 days ago

The Bulletin: Four key questions for the climate strikers
Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Four key questions for the climate strikers, unvaccinated border worker tests positive, and big implications of ban on arrivals from India.We’re going to start today’s Bulletin with something different – a short interview. Because today teenagers across the country will once ...
The SpinoffBy Alex Braae
2 days ago

Today, We Strike. – SS4C Auckland
The climate strikes are finally back! It’s been a turbulent year-and-a-half since our last strike, with two cancellations due to COVID-19, but finally we’re back with our fourth Intergenerational Strike 4 Climate. Christina Sieberhagen, 15, is ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

SAFE Walks Off The Job To March With School Strike 4 Climate NZ
Staff from the animal rights organisation SAFE are going on strike today and will be marching with School Strike 4 Climate NZ in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. SAFE CEO Debra Ashton said the strike is especially important to SAFE because farming ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

“Aotearoa Is At A Crisis Point” Feminist Coalitions March To End Sexual Violence
From: Auckland Feminist Action and Migrant Zine Collective Feminist coalitions across Tāmaki Makaurau are calling on elected leaders to put an end to sexual violence in Aotearoa. The coalitions on Saturday, April 10 at 2pm, will march down Queen Street ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Live Export Protests Planned For Both Islands This Weekend
Locals in Timaru and Ahuriri preparing for protests this Saturday and Sunday respectively due to the influx of live export ships Aotearoa has seen this week. Two live export ships arrived at Ahuriri this week, with another two arriving this weekend. Thousands ...
Scoop politics
2 days ago

Scott Technology reports strong half year
Scott Technology reports strong half year ...
Newsroom
2 days ago

India travel suspension: 'Suddenly you're left to fend for yourself'
New Zealanders in India are devastated the government has taken the unprecedented step of suspending all travel from the Covid-19 hot spot leaving them stranded. ...
Radio NZ – political
2 days ago

Fidgeting brings the world into focus for people with ADHD
New research has shown a link between fidgeting and decision-making ability, especially amongst people with ADHD. Could this explain why some of us can’t seem to sit still? Matthew Scott investigates The hardest part was moving while keeping still. Dr Justin Fernandez had tasked himself with measuring the effect of ...
Newsroom
2 days ago

Newsroom's daily sudoku, Friday 9 April
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Newsroom
2 days ago

Why moving Auckland Port would be an environmental disaster
Moving port operations from Auckland to Whangarei could result in a 700-800 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions - a consequence completely opposed to the Government's climate change policy, writes David Grinlinton. In December last year, the diversion of just one container ship bound for Auckland to unload in Whangarei ...
Newsroom
2 days ago

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