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Comrade Chris wants to solve Aotearoa’s housing crisis
Written By: - Date published: 9:05 am, September 28th, 2022 - 64 comments
Something unusual has happened. Chris Bishop, or as we should now call him Comrade Chris, has come out fully in favour of a vast expansion of the provision of social housing for kiwis.
The right is weirdly gleeful about the end of the mask mandate
Written By: - Date published: 6:59 am, September 14th, 2022 - 40 comments
National MPs and their supporters have been celebrating the removal of the mandate with weird levels of glee.
National tries to blame Labour for National’s tax flip flop flip
Written By: - Date published: 10:25 am, August 7th, 2022 - 13 comments
Chris Bishop has accused Labour of engaging in dirty politics for pointing out that this week National has changed its policy on income tax indexation twice.
Chris Bishop supports AND opposes vaccine mandates
Written By: - Date published: 8:28 am, August 3rd, 2022 - 51 comments
Remember when National’s Chris Bishop thought that Labour was not being staunch enough of mandates? He now thinks that Labour is being too staunch.
Wear your #$%^& mask properly
Written By: - Date published: 10:38 am, July 16th, 2022 - 90 comments
Although we still compare favourably to the vast majority of Western nations in terms of our Covid response our performance has been eclipsed by Japan and Singapore, two nations which strong mask mandates and cultural norms supporting the wearing of masks.
Chris Bishop – manipulated, lying, or just plain stupid?
Written By: - Date published: 12:55 pm, February 9th, 2022 - 24 comments
Roche, a major manufacturer of RATs, issued a statement to media on Tuesday night saying none of its stocks had been diverted or seized by the Government.
“RAT kits have been, and will continue to be, supplied to all New Zealand customers, including the Ministry of Health, in the sequence that purchase orders were placed,”. Chris Bishop MP is still claiming mythical evidence from local suppliers.
The problem with and the benefits of MIQ
Written By: - Date published: 9:04 am, February 1st, 2022 - 93 comments
It may not be apparent from the wall to wall sound emanating from the opposition and from the media but this Government’s Covid response has been exceptionally good and way better than that of pretty well every other major country in the world.
National’s caucus reshuffle
Written By: - Date published: 7:49 am, December 7th, 2021 - 140 comments
The deckchairs have been reshuffled. And Chris Luxon is confident that reorganising the pecking order of a deeply dysfunctional caucus will make all the difference.
Wanted: a new Leader of the Opposition
Written By: - Date published: 7:12 am, November 30th, 2021 - 70 comments
National needs a new leader of the opposition. The Standard has been leaked a list of the necessary qualifications …
National’s factional problem
Written By: - Date published: 9:18 am, November 28th, 2021 - 91 comments
National’s basic problem is that it has three discrete factions, christian conservatives, urban liberals and the country grouping. And no coherent vision to reconcile these totally disparate groupings.
National is being utterly irresponsible
Written By: - Date published: 7:46 am, November 19th, 2021 - 58 comments
In the middle of a pandemic where the numbers in hospital are increasing and a number of Kiwis have died from a virus that is spreading promising the loosening of current restrictions is the most irresponsible, stupid, foolhardy, idiotic, imbecile thing I could ever expect a political party to do.
Covid and the latest polls
Written By: - Date published: 8:13 am, November 12th, 2021 - 148 comments
The results of two polls were leaked recently both showing a drop in support for Labour. Clearly the Delta outbreak has rattled confidence. But National has not surged up in support and the Greens have picked up some of the former Labour vote.
The Covid vaccine rollout
Written By: - Date published: 10:48 am, October 30th, 2021 - 185 comments
Matt Nippert’s in depth article in the Herald this morning provides a well researched deep insight into the Government’s vaccine roll out. And as it progresses the New Zealand response places us mid table and improving in the OECD vaccination comparison and gives us some hope that the Delta outbreak may be controlled.
Time for Auckland to go back to level four?
Written By: - Date published: 7:55 am, October 15th, 2021 - 114 comments
With daily Covid infection rates in Tamaki Makaurau increasing it may be time for the Government to consider a short sharp lockdown to try and arrest this increase and to let vaccination rates improve.
National’s next leader?
Written By: - Date published: 8:28 am, September 3rd, 2021 - 60 comments
As the damage caused by Judith Collins’ leadership of the National Party intensifies it is inevitable that there will be internal discussions about who should replace her, and soon. And I think the best candidate is clear.
Covid and the media
Written By: - Date published: 10:42 am, August 29th, 2021 - 54 comments
This week there has been some argy bargy between the Twitterati including the Waitakerati and the media on coverage of Covid in Aotearoa with elements of the media complaining that the criticisms are unjustified. A brief review of some of the offerings this week would suggest otherwise.
Gumming up the works
Written By: - Date published: 9:05 am, August 28th, 2021 - 53 comments
Last night it was revealed that National and Act had refused to agree to a proposed virtual Parliament sitting where questions could be asked, and instead wanted face to face meetings, even though this would mean a third of the country’s MPs travelling regularly to Wellington from a Covid delta hotspot.
National used to be better than this
Written By: - Date published: 8:28 am, August 6th, 2021 - 59 comments
Back in the day National used to have a strong urban liberal wing that gave the impression that it was sympathetic to LGBTQI issues. Yesterday that impression was trashed.
Openness and transparency
Written By: - Date published: 12:20 pm, June 8th, 2021 - 117 comments
On the weekend Andrea Vance gave the Government a bit of a serve about its record on openness and transparency. But a deeper dig into the issue suggests that the cause may have nothing to do with the Government’s preferences and everything to do with the volume of information requests made by the opposition.
Chris Bishop is tilting at Covid windmills
Written By: - Date published: 12:35 pm, May 26th, 2021 - 32 comments
Right now, in terms of our Covid response, New Zealand is in a unique position. It has no community spread of Covid and its level of restrictions is the most permissive in the world. But this does not stop Chris Bishop from trying to double guess the handling of the pandemic.
About Trevor Mallard
Written By: - Date published: 8:20 pm, May 5th, 2021 - 67 comments
- Trevor Mallard has made a concerted effort to change the tone of Parliament. But last night got caught in a bickering match with National.
The politics of the Covid vaccination roll out
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, April 12th, 2021 - 91 comments
Poor National. Faced with a Government response to Covid that has been superb it is reduced to criticising the Government for not rolling out the Covid vaccine quickly enough.
The Covid India issue
Written By: - 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.
Much ado about nothing
Written By: - 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.
Pandemic to endemic covid-19
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, February 13th, 2021 - 84 comments
Back in May, I wrote a post “Covid-19: may be endemic“. That is looking like it is more and more likely. The depth of infection in world populations means that recombinant variants are likely. Vaccines and previous immunity will reduce the death rates and infection rates. But won’t stop reinfection. Human behaviour will keep covid-19 as an endemic disease.
Chris Bishop goes woof woof on variant ‘B.1.1.7’
Written By: - Date published: 1:26 pm, December 28th, 2020 - 43 comments
I realise that this would normally be our silly season, but it seems a bit macabre with the northern winter death toll. But nothing really excuses Chris Bishop for being a complete dickhead in barking for immediate offshore testing for travellers from the UK. It is pointless. The government are a bit more sensible. They’re instituting an extra test at our border.
Banning Rambo weapons not a knee-jerk
Written By: - Date published: 5:35 am, March 21st, 2019 - 185 comments
Passing stringent gun controls is far from a knee-jerk reaction to the Christchurch massacre – our politicians of all stripes have procrastinated over this ever since the 1990 Aramoana massacre. We already have the 13 recommendations of the 2017 Law & Order committee that were rejected. Let us at the very least now accept those.
- The rich are trying to buy the election
The Herald this morning reports on the rich's efforts to buy this year's election. And you'll never guess who their chosen vehicle is: The National Party may start election year with a $2.3 million war chest raised from 24 big donors in 2022, while Labour has declared just $150,000 ...6 hours ago - Bryce Edwards: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victory
Christopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls in recent months, and have a firm coalition partner in Act, which is often polling about 10 per cent. Betting agencies can’t take bets on ...9 hours ago - Can induction stoves convince home cooks to give up gas?
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler You walk into your kitchen to make pasta. After filling a pot with water, you place a small silicone mat in the middle of your counter, then set the pot above it and open a stovetop app on your phone. ...12 hours ago - Tolkien-Related Stress II: Scanning the Oath of Fëanor
I have just taken a stab at scanning Tolkien’s famous Ring Verse: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/tolkien-related-stress-scanning-the-ring-verse/ I noted that the problem with the Verse is that it is too loose in its accentual nature: it is sometimes unclear where the four stresses are supposed to fall on a given line. I ...18 hours ago - Tolkien-Related Stress: Scanning the Ring VerseYou know it as well as I, the famous Ring Verse from The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Three Rings for the Elven Kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die One ...1 day ago
- Climate Change: A successful policyThe Herald has an annual roundup of electric vehicle stats this morning, and it shows us that the government's clean-car-discount - which sees buyers of dirty vehicles pay to subsidies purchases of clean ones - has been a hugely successful policy: New Zealand broke two records for electric vehicles ...1 day ago
- Westminster means hateWhen England was an empire, it used colonialism to spread bigotry and hate, leaving a legacy of homophobic legislation around the world. And now, they're using colonialism to force bigotry and hate on Scotland, by vetoing Scotland's gender recognition law: Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the ...1 day ago
- Is The Prime Minister “Evil”?
She’s Such A Scream! The Prime Minister’s enemies, those who want us to hate her, suffer from the not insubstantial handicap of being more than a little hateful themselves. Rendered nonsensical by their unwavering belief in the most absurd conspiracy theories, and dangerous by their relentless peddling of fake news ...1 day ago - Political Roundup: 17 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Gordon Campbell. On National’s fraught journey back to the centre Duncan Garner (TodayFM): Could National lose it from here? Simon Wilson (Herald): The 2023 election is a choice between the best Government yet, and the worst (paywalled) Peter Bale (North & South): Home, and Away Thomas Coughlan ...1 day ago
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- In Praise Of Individualism.Me, Myself, Eye: The great irony of individualism is that the nearer humanity comes to the point where every person can make their own life, the more doubtful many intellectuals become of its merit. But, before embracing the moral oblivion of collective identity; and the strictures of tribal tradition, they ...2 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on National’s fraught journey back to the centre
Ever since Christopher Luxon became leader, National has adopted a “small target” strategy. This consists of offering nothing to distract the media from its focus on the government’s shortcomings and the public’s discontent with its performance. In particular, the strategy involves releasing no policy alternatives whose own failings might then ...2 days ago - Geoffrey Miller: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New ZealandJapan is a country on the move. Since World War II, Tokyo has largely been happy to outsource its security needs to Washington. But this is now changing to a more equal partnership. On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called his country’s alliance with the United States ‘stronger than ...2 days ago
- 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 8, 2023 thru Sat, Jan 14, 2023. Story of the Week Relentless Rise of Ocean Heat Content Drives Deadly Extremes The heat of global warming will keep penetrating deeper into the oceans ...4 days ago
- The Economy in 2023?
The two most comprehensive forecasts of the New Zealand economy are by the Reserve Bank and the Treasury. They are especially important because they inform monetary and fiscal policy. What do they say?Shortly after the Reserve Bank and Treasury published their end-of-year forecasts, Statistics New Zealand announced a 2.0 percent ...5 days ago - ANPR should require a warrantOn Tuesday, the Herald broke the news of a massive increase in ANPR surveillance by police, from mere dozens of uses in 2020 to thousands in 2022, and that police had lied in their internal documentation when they said the system was audited to ensure use was legal. And today ...5 days ago
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- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #2 2023Open access notables The authors don't discuss it but folks who follow our GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry section will likely form some immediate connections from this paper and ask "what's this going to release?" Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada just published in The Cryosphere ...6 days ago
- Review: Lilith, by George MacDonald (1895)
There’s the joke that the difference between the Victorians and our current era is that the Victorians were obsessed with Death and acted as though Sex didn’t exist, whereas current modernity is the other way around. It’s not actually true, of course, but it’s still amusing. Today, I’m going ...6 days ago - Gordon Campbell on the cult of political boldnessThe next recession is shaping up as the most predicted event since the Second Coming. While we have to take it on faith that it will arrive someday, it is hard to say when it will happen, or how great/how bad it will be if and when it ever does. ...6 days ago
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- Trump’s toxic tail.
I was going to write about something else to start off the KP year but current events have intruded in the form of the craziness surrounding the selection of US House Speaker and the storming of the Brazilian seats of power (Congress, the Supreme Court and Presidential Palace) by (so-called ...1 week ago - Climate Change: End pollution subsidies now!Stuff reports that Tasman Steel - the latest name for what used to be NZ Steel - made a $340 million profit last year. The kicker? $117 million of that was from government pollution subsidies: New Zealand Steel’s holding company Tasman Steel increased its profit by 153% to a ...1 week ago
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- More wind, rain, flooding ahead for storm-battered CaliforniaThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bob Henson and Jeff Masters A series of Pacific storms that’s taken aim on California since late December is on track to continue into mid-January. Ferocious winds will slam much of the state on Wednesday and Thursday, accompanied by heavy rain likely ...1 week ago
- How woke anti-racism fuels anti-Semitism
In this article from the website Radicalism of Fools Daniel Ben-Ami looks at some of the limitations of the new anti-racism movement One of the key tasks I have set myself this year is to examine the arguments around anti-Semitism in more depth. That is both those used by anti-Semites ...1 week ago - Gordon Campbell on Fiji’s journey back to the futureFor wealthier New Zealanders and Australians, Fiji is just one option among many for their tourism resort experiences, poolside. Obviously, the country amounts to a lot more to the people who actually live there. It also happens to be the Pacific’s key diplomatic listening post, the home of the Pacific ...1 week ago
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- Old Phuul: Draft FinishedAbout half an hour ago, I became a very happy writer. My long-running effort at writing a sequel to Wise Phuul has finally borne fruit. Specifically, the draft manuscript for Old Phuul – starring Teltö’s elder sister, Rhea Phuul – is now complete at 102,172 words. This ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: Can the Greens keep it together in 2023?The Green Party has a habit of sabotaging their election-year campaigns, risking electoral oblivion. Could the same thing happen in 2023? The last two election campaigns were particularly painful for the party. In 2017 then co-leader Metiria Turei had her story about her past as a welfare beneficiary unravel during ...2 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #1 2023Open access notables In Conservation Biology, snapshots of two books that will probably launch a lot of objections, one by Vaclav Smil and the other yet more Bill Gates. Two doses of carbon budget realism review author Vojtech Novotny sums them up: "Sober assessments of our options for reducing carbon emissions in ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: The Big predictions for 2023Pundits have been making their political forecasts for the year ahead. Here are some of their predictions about what we can expect in 2023. The Big issues of 2023: Economy and ethnicity There’s a consensus that the political year, and especially the election campaign, will centre around the economy, with ...2 weeks ago
- My favourite details from Glass Onion, a comprehensive and incredibly spoiler heavy list
I watched this movie three times in two days so you wouldn’t have to (but should anyway, it’s exquisite). You should definitely watch it at least once before reading this even if you don’t care about spoilers because most of this doesn’t give much context. Note “Children ...2 weeks ago - State, local governments increasingly turn to zoning reformsThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States, and passenger vehicles — the cars most Americans rely on to meet their daily needs — account for more than half of transportation emissions. Conversations about reducing these ...2 weeks ago
- 2022 General Reading: The ListCompleted reads for 2022: On Providence, by Seneca the Younger On the Firmness of the Wise Man, by Seneca the Younger Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Passions of Saint Perpetua and Felicity Murder is Easy, by Agatha Christie The Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie The Bacchanals, ...2 weeks ago
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- Ukraine commemorates Nazi collaborators
Activists of various nationalist parties carry torches during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. The rally was organized to mark the birth anniversary of Stepan Bandera, founder of a rebel army that collaborated with Nazi Germany and murdered thousands of Jews, Poles, Russians and Ukrainians (AP Photo/Efrem ...2 weeks ago - Society itself will inevitably shift, so even if some try to stop it… they actually can’t (hence...
Those of a more conservative bent seem even more hardened than ever against the shifts we are seeing taking place, because that’s the side whose pushing back against all this that has been most vocal, and the most outraged. Don’t pretend you can’t hear it every day on the ...2 weeks ago - 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Dec 25, 2022 thru Sat, Dec 31, 2022. Story of the Week Overshooting climate targets could significantly increase risk for tipping cascades 12/22/2022 - Temporarily overshooting the climate targets of 1.5-2 degrees Celsius ...3 weeks ago
- 2022 – Blog views by countryAs per my blog tradition, here is where my blog viewers came from in 2022: United States United Kingdom Canada New Zealand Australia The Philippines Germany France Brazil Spain The top five remain as in 2021. The Philippines rose from #15 to #6, France from #12 to ...3 weeks ago
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- Happy New Year.I have been pretty dormant as of late because the lead up to the end of 2022 involved household Covid, some work demands on me and stresses on my wife (she was caught up in that cluster-F of academic “reorganisation” at a certain NZ university) and the usual holiday preparations. ...3 weeks ago
- Sifting the Good from the Bad: A Quick and Dirty Evaluation of Clark Ashton Smith Stories
As noted in October, I spent a fair amount of my reading time coming back to the Big Three of 1930s Pulp Fantasy and Horror: H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard (https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/11/26/revisiting-the-big-three-of-weird-tales-h-p-lovecraft-c-a-smith-and-r-e-howard/). Well, in November and December, I have followed that up via reading all the ...3 weeks ago - Bryce Edwards: Labour’s terrible 2022 has been National’s opportunityPolitical commentators and journalists have nominated their politicians of the year, and it’s telling that the three main nominees are all from the political right: Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis, and David Seymour. The brickbats, in contrast, are almost universally for Labour Government Ministers – especially Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, deputy ...3 weeks ago
- Annus Horribilis.Trauma: The catastrophic conclusion to the anti-vaccination mandate protest in Parliament Grounds on 2 March 2022 is seared in the minds of New Zealanders. Those dramatic scenes were, however, easily eclipsed by the planetary violence of Climate Change, the biological violence of Covid-19, the political violence of Three Waters, and ...3 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #52 2022Open access notables Author Guy Dagan appropriately doesn't make the connection but armchair enthusiasts can: if the climate becomes more twitchy when the atmosphere is loaded with aerosols, what happens if we try solar geoengineering via aerosols at scale? Maybe we should make sure we've modeled that thoroughly before ...3 weeks ago
- Green MPs write directly to Grand Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran
Members of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand have today written to Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Khamenei to condemn the ongoing violence and killing of women’s rights and democracy protesters, and to call on him to intervene immediately. ...1 week ago
- Trade and Agriculture Minister to attend World Economic Forum and Global Forum for Food and Agricult...
The Government is maintaining its strong trade focus in 2023 with Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor visiting Europe this week to discuss the role of agricultural trade in climate change and food security, WTO reform and New Zealand agricultural innovation. Damien O’Connor will travel tomorrow to Switzerland to attend the ...2 days ago - Government funding relief for flood-affected Wairarapa farmers and growersThe Government has extended its medium-scale classification of Cyclone Hale to the Wairarapa after assessing storm damage to the eastern coastline of the region. “We’re making up to $80,000 available to the East Coast Rural Support Trust to help farmers and growers recover from the significant damage in the region,” ...2 days ago
- Government provides support to flooded Tairāwhiti communitiesThe Government is making an initial contribution of $150,000 to the Mayoral Relief Fund to help communities in Tairāwhiti following ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale, Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty announced. “While Cyclone Hale has caused widespread heavy rain, flooding and high winds across many parts of the North Island, Tairāwhiti ...5 days ago
- Government support for flood-affected Gisborne Tairāwhiti farmers and growersRural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has classified this week’s Cyclone Hale that caused significant flood damage across the Tairāwhiti/Gisborne District as a medium-scale adverse event, unlocking Government support for farmers and growers. “We’re making up to $100,000 available to help coordinate efforts as farmers and growers recover from the heavy ...5 days ago
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- Govt reminds international arrivals to test for CovidThe Government is reiterating its advice to all international travellers to do a Covid test if they become symptomatic after arrival, while also stepping up awareness of free RATs available at airports, Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says. “This follows growing global concerns, including from the World Health Organisation ...2 weeks ago
- Frontline workers to receive COVID-19 Response AwardThe government has confirmed the groups of frontline workers to receive a COVID-19 Response Recognition Award, a specific acknowledgement of the service given by so many to New Zealand during the pandemic, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “All New Zealanders, at home and abroad, played a part in our ...3 weeks ago
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- Sports stars and administers honouredThe New Year Honours List includes an array of sporting stars and grassroots administrators who reflect the best of Aotearoa’s sporting and recreation community. The appointment of Farah Palmer as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit acknowledges her enormous contribution to sport and rugby in particular. ...3 weeks ago
- Sports stars and administrators honouredThe New Year Honours List includes an array of sporting stars and grassroots administrators who reflect the best of Aotearoa’s sporting and recreation community. The appointment of Farah Palmer as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit acknowledges her enormous contribution to sport and rugby in particular. ...3 weeks ago
- New Year honours recipients highlight what makes NZ uniqueThe 183 recipients of New Year honours represent the best of New Zealand and what makes us unique in the world, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. “The 2023 New Year honours list is full of leaders and pioneers whose contribution has enriched us a country and helped make us unique ...3 weeks ago
- Christchurch council at odds over giving up extra salaries
Christchurch city councillors are divided on a contentious council policy which requires members who serve as directors of council-owned organisations to donate tens of thousands of dollars worth of fees to a hardship fund. ...1 hour ago - Retiring MPs reflect on their decision, look to the futureBoth major political parties will kick off election year with annual caucus retreats this week, and some MPs have already said it will be their last. ...2 hours ago
- Turns out we did curb our spending before Christmas – new figures
New Zealanders appear to have listened to the call from the Reserve Bank and cut down on our spending, at least according to new figures out today. Retail card spending fell $166 million – or 2.5% – in December 2022 compared with November 2022, when adjusted for seasonal effects. It ...3 hours ago - Alice Snedden’s Bad News: The omnibusSummer watch: All six episodes from the latest season of Alice Snedden’s Bad News together in a single tab. Episode one: Wealth What does the cost of living even mean and how do we close the wealth gap? Alice speaks to Grant Robertson, Bernard Hickey, Ngarimu Blair and ...3 hours ago
- Waharoa: An (indigenous) hero’s journey into the world of publishingSummer read: I wish I had remembered James George’s words before I hit send: ‘Beware of manifesting the stereotypes others put on you.‘ This story was first published on November 7, 2021, as part of The Sunday Essay series made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand. Original ...3 hours ago
- Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby An angry tirade on Papua New Guinea and Indonesia border issues in the PNG Parliament yesterday is likely to ignite an international uproar over the alleged behaviour of government officials. During yesterday’s session, Vanimo-Green MP and former soldier Belden Namah, asked why border liaison ...3 hours ago - Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concernsRNZ Pacific Fiji’s Home affairs Minister has held an urgent meeting with the nation’s military chief after he expressed concern about the new People’s Alliance-led government. The government, a three-party coalition led by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, has been in power for less than a month. Major-General Jone Kalouniwai yesterday ...3 hours ago
- From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this yearSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central ...4 hours ago
- ‘Braced myself’: Kiri Allan shares ‘kind note’ left on her truckDuring a special live podcast event for The Spinoff’s Gone by Lunchtime at the end of last year, cabinet minister Kiri Allan went into detail about the stress of being a politician in a post-Covid world. She explained how she, like many other politicians, was often subject to vile and ...5 hours ago
- ‘One disaster after another!’ Real Groovy’s big move isn’t quite going to planThe famous Auckland record store is once again on the move, making its biggest shift in decades. It’s expensive, difficult and entirely by choice. So why do it now? When Real Groovy was forced to move shops across Queen Street in 2016, Chris Hart wore a Fitbit. By midnight, the ...6 hours ago
- BBC sports show disrupted by ‘sex noise’ prankThere’s not much more to say about this but it’s the first week back and this feels like a worthy inclusion in the live updates. The BBC’s live coverage of the FA Cup was disrupted by loud, err, noise that appeared to be coming from within the studio. There’s ...6 hours ago
- Auckland’s Victoria Park ‘damaged’, music festival forced to shiftAn Auckland music festival has been forced to shift locations due to damage to its planned venue. The upcoming Gardens Music Festival, headlined by Fatboy Slim, was expected to take place at Victoria Park. However, it will now be held at the Auckland Domain on the same date, January 29. ...6 hours ago
- Please stop building cul-de-sacsThey’re an emblem of the suburban dream, but subdivisions full of no exit streets are actually a total nightmare. The cul-de-sac is a suburban trap. It’s virtually useless as a road, doesn’t support public transport, cycling or walking, and doesn’t work well as a play or gathering place. Its literal ...6 hours ago
- Plan, pack, tramp: Getting into (and safely out of) the bush this summerBad things can happen in the great outdoors. But with a little forethought, and a liberal supply of marshmallows, you can crown your summer with the beauty of the backcountry and a safe return. German philosopher and committed stroller Friedrich Nietzsche once said that all good stories start with quotes, ...6 hours ago
- No news (about missing children) might be good news – but who knows?
Here’s more from the “no news today” file. Under the heading Wellbeing of missing Marokopa children huge question mark – psychologist, RNZ reminds us that three children have been missing with their father for a year. Marokopa father Thomas Phillips and his three children Jayda, Maverick, and Ember have not ...7 hours ago - Garage Project warns it could soon run out of beerThere’s nothing quite like a craft beer on a hot summer’s day – but Wellington brewery Garage Project has announced it could soon be out of stock following a CO2 shortage. In a tweet, the company revealed that one of its sites was completely out of CO2, with over 60,000 ...7 hours ago
- A reality TV star in our midstJane, Alex and Duncan are BACK! We discuss what’s been going on in our lives over the break – Jane is on the verge of TV stardom, Alex moved cities and Duncan… Went camping. Plus, we look at the enormous buffet of reality TV we’ll be devouring in 2023. ...7 hours ago
- ‘A voice like cigarettes rolled in honey’: celebrating Renée Geyer, Australia’s queen of soulSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney AAP Renée Geyer’s name is often in histories of Australian music. A pioneering artist, her iconic soul sound opened up the local conversation about what “sounding Australian” meant. Go-Betweens icon ...7 hours ago
- People with disabilities in group homes are suffering shocking abuse. New housing models could preve...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University Unsplash/Jon Tyson, CC BY The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers. The NDIS Quality and ...8 hours ago
- No news is good newsBuzz from the Beehive Our visit to the Beehive website this morning found nothing new since Damien O’Connor posted the announcement of his journey to Europe this week to discuss the role of agricultural trade in climate change and food security, WTO reform and New Zealand agricultural innovation. No news, of ...9 hours ago
- Aotearoa’s Housing Often Unsuited To Pacific Families
Often Pacific peoples live in large households, which can have benefits for language transmission and loneliness, but due to the affordability and availability of suitable housing, in 2018 nearly 40 percent lived in a home that required additional bedrooms ...9 hours ago - Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victory
DR BRYCE EDWARDS writes – Christopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls in recent months, and have a firm coalition partner in Act, which is often polling about 10 per cent. Betting ...9 hours ago - Better Pay For Good Teachers? We Hear Ya!“Good teachers play a huge role in childrens’ upbringing and deserve to be appropriately remunerated. ACT has a plan to ensure the best teachers get paid more,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Teachers play a such an important role in ...9 hours ago
- Is it time to douse our passion for cooking with gas?Our love of preparing food over fire burns bright. But are modern and less romantic induction stoves better for our health, our planet, and even our cooking? Hot, hefty and ablaze – there’s a specific kind of culinary grandeur associated with the gas stove. They’re as much an emblem of ...10 hours ago
- National’s donors set party up for strong election campaignElection season may only just be getting started, but we’re already starting to get hints about the political year ahead. The Herald’s Thomas Coughlan has broken down the 2022 Electoral Commission returns, revealing how much money each party pulled in via donations over the past year. It showed that National ...10 hours ago
- The Bulletin: Free dental care ‘a political dream and a financial nightmare’Newsroom’s Jo Moir put the question of free dental care to prime minister Jacinda Ardern and writes that while it’s “an easy political win, given absolutely nobody would ever oppose it… it doesn’t stack up financially.” While Ardern wasn’t prepared to rule in or out any further changes to the ...10 hours ago
- Swimming in choppy waters against a tide of protectionism and conflictTrade minister Damien O’Connor is at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos this week. The summit is being impacted by the same geopolitical fractures that will frame global affairs for us this year, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each ...10 hours ago
- China’s COVID cases may have hit 900 million. What’s headed our way?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute Over the weekend, Peking University released a study that estimated 900 million Chinese had been infected with COVID up until January 11, representing 64% of the population. This compares with 43% of Australians ...11 hours ago
- 20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra’s suburbs – and bushfire science was never the sameSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gissing, CEO, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation’s bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people ...11 hours ago
- 9 in 10 landlord tax returns are wrong. Does this make landlords champion tax dodgers?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s “tax gap” – the gap between what is collected and what would be collected if the law was applied properly – amounts to A$33 billion per year according to Tax ...11 hours ago
- Here comes the first really big day of the political yearDraw a chunky circle around next Wednesday. Astrange breed of species is about to congregate across the bucolic pastures of Hawke’s Bay. Members of parliament. The fates have mischievously placed both Labour and National in wine country for their annual caucus retreats, clustered around the boards to plot out election ...12 hours ago
- A hisssstory of snake headlines in AotearoaThe snake in the spa pool is just the latest in our proud, bizarre history of snake-based news stories. Alex Casey takes a look back at some of the best. It feels like every other week there’s a story about snake popping up somewhere it shouldn’t be in Aotearoa. On ...12 hours ago
- Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks anxietyPacific Media Watch Fiji’s military commander stirred a wave of anxiety today with an extraordinary statement claiming concern over the “ambition and speed” of political changes since last month’s election that could have “fateful” security consequences. Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai, commander-in-chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), said ...18 hours ago
- Fears over China influence leads US to reopen Solomon Islands embassyRNZ Pacific Washington has announced plans to reopen the United States Embassy in Solomon Islands. Inside the Games reports that the move is a bid to counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the region, which has seen Beijing fund infrastructure for this year’s Pacific Games which take place later this year. ...23 hours ago
- Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stanceA new book about one of New Zealand’s foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance. REVIEW: By Pat Baskett In the days before mobile phones and emails, there were telephone trees. They grew and spread messages like leaves, ...1 day ago
- Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stanceA new book about one of New Zealand’s foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance. REVIEW: By Pat Baskett In the days before mobile phones and emails, there were telephone trees. They grew and spread messages like leaves, ...1 day ago
- Murray Valley encephalitis has been detected in mozzies in NSW and Victoria. Here’s what you need ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Where there’s water, you’ll find mosquitoes – including some that transmit viruses that can make us seriously ill. Authorities have been on alert after an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis ...1 day ago
- Looking ahead to voters opting for a progressive government, a reactionary one – or maybe somethin...
Cabinet ministers obviously are enjoying the final days of their summer break while their desks back in Wellington are piled high with the problems of a country beset with raging inflation, labour shortages and a pandemic that refuses to go away. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had her ...1 day ago - Welcome to HomeGround: the building that changes livesSam Brooks reviews a remarkable book about a remarkable building – one that took 20 years to conceive and a community to build. I see HomeGround, the new home of the Auckland City Mission, every day. I’ve seen it go from the last stages of construction to being fully open. ...1 day ago
- Sky reveals price increase to sport packages – and a Sky Box updateIf you’re a Sky Sport customer, get ready: that subscription is about to increase. In a year when five world cups will be held, the local pay TV provider today told customers its prices would rise from March 1, with Sky Sport going up by $3 a month, and Sky ...1 day ago
- How to be a rich boyA prolific property investor says being wealthy is simply a matter of the mind. Emily Writes has a few other suggestions for getting rich. This story was first published on the author’s newsletter, Emily Writes Weekly. Is being wealthy just a matter of mindset? That’s the headline that greeted Stuff readers a ...1 day ago
- The Last of Us is as good as the reviews suggestI’ve never played The Last of Us games but I’ve heard a lot about them and so I was fairly dubious about HBO’s big budget adaptation that started airing this week. How wrong was I? Debuting with an almost perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, the nine-episode post-apocalyptic drama is probably ...1 day ago
- As heatwaves and floods hit cities worldwide, these places are pioneering solutionsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thami Croeser, Research Officer, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent ...1 day ago
- Can The Last of Us TV series finally break the bad video game adaptation curse?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Burgess, Associate Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast HBO Even if you’re not a video game player, you might have heard about the just released and highly anticipated television series based on beloved and acclaimed video ...1 day ago
- Newsletter: January 17 2023 – Items of interest and importance todayNew Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Gordon Campbell. On National’s fraught journey back to the centre Duncan Garner (TodayFM): Could National lose it from ...1 day ago
- One million species face extinction, but saving the Māui dolphin still matters to meIt might be selfish to focus on one species when entire ecosystems are under threat. But I was worried about the Māui dolphin when I did a speech about them at intermediate school, and I’m still worried now. Extinction is all-consuming and eternal. When an animal, plant or fungi goes ...1 day ago
- Businesses expecting economy to worsen in 2023A new survey from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has revealed almost three quarters of business expect the economy to get worse across 2023. It’s the weakest result on record, with a net 73% of business expecting economic conditions to get tougher. National’s finance spokesperson Nicola Willis said ...1 day ago
- Efeso Collins poised to join Green Party – reportFormer Auckland mayoral hopeful Efeso Collins could be joining the Green Party, the Herald has reported. Collins, who was endorsed by both Labour and the Greens at the 2022 local election, would have a good chance of getting a high list ranking, making his journey into parliament significantly easier. According ...1 day ago
- The Last of Us is everything The Walking Dead wishes it could beIf you’re craving zombie carnage, look elsewhere – HBO’s excellent new apocalypse show isn’t really about the undead at all. This review was first published on The Spinoff’s weekly pop culture and entertainment newsletter Rec Room – sign up here. In the abandoned foyer of a five-star hotel, nature has ...1 day ago
- Start planning your Laneway scheduleIt’s Tuesday, January 17 and welcome to The Spinoff’s live updates. I’m Stewart Sowman-Lund. You can get in touch with me at [email protected] ...1 day ago
- Physicists have used entanglement to ‘stretch’ the uncertainty principle, improving quantum meas...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorcan Conlon, PhD student, Quantum Science & Technology, Australian National University Shutterstock Almost a century ago, German physicist Werner Heisenberg realised the laws of quantum mechanics placed some fundamental limits on how accurately we can measure certain properties of microscopic ...1 day ago
- Strep A cases are rising. We must remember our earliest hygiene lessons as vaccine trials continueSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Good, Professor and NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Shutterstock Group A streptococci, also known as “strep A”, were the first organisms ever identified to be the cause of a disease. In the mid-1800s, Hungarian physician ...1 day ago
- Plunging Business Confidence Sees NZ Job Ads In FreefallFears of a recession, rising interest rates and the increased cost of living alongside the inability to find skilled staff have the potential to see New Zealand’s employment landscape shift dramatically over the coming 12 months. RCSA’s latest Jobs Report ...1 day ago
- Reform of the WTO, food security and climate change are on the agenda as O’Connor heads for EuropeBuzz from the Beehive Just as soon as he was back on duty, Damien O’Connor was packing his bags for a journey to Europe. But first he announced a second dollop of dollars for flood-ravaged farmers, this time in the Wairarapa. Government funding relief for flood-affected Wairarapa farmers and growers ...1 day ago
- Fred Again or Haim? Laneway’s set times have landedYard Act or Fazerdaze? Slowthai or Fontaines DC? Mallrat or The Beths? And Phoebe Bridgers or Turnstile? These are some of the questions Laneway fans are being forced to answer today as the set times drop for summer’s biggest festival yet. This year’s Laneway, the first in three years and ...1 day ago
- Astronomers reveal the most detailed radio image yet of the Milky Way’s galactic planeSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy, Macquarie University Combined images from the ASKAP and Parkes radio telescopes. R. Kothes (NRC) and the PEGASUS team, Author provided Two major astronomy research programs, called EMU and PEGASUS, have joined forces to resolve one of the ...1 day ago
- The enduring legacy of the tino rangatiratanga flagSummer read: The last surviving kaitiaki of the tino rangatiratanga flag, Linda Munn (Ngāi Pōtiki, Ngāpuhi) wants people to ask first before capitalising on its symbolic imagery. First published February 6, 2022 With the striking red and black background and bold white koru in the centre, the tino rangatiratanga ...1 day ago
- Jeremy Clarkson’s career on the line after Meghan Markle columnThere’s that saying… actions have consequences. Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has found himself in very hot and increasingly deep water over an incendiary column he wrote about Meghan Markle. In the column, published in the Sun before Christmas, Clarkson suggested the Duchess of Sussex be made to “parade ...1 day ago
- The Bulletin: Will the He Waka Eke Noa legislation get through before the election?Farmer’s Weekly reports that speculation is growing about whether the government will have enough time to pass the legislative framework required to price agricultural emissions before the government’s legislative programme wraps up ahead of the election. Just before everyone headed off on holiday, the government outlined several changes to the proposed emissions pricing ...1 day ago
- Hello Fresh accused of charging customers for cancelled food boxesConsumer NZ has come to the rescue after receiving numerous complaints about food box service Hello Fresh. The watchdog says it has been made aware of Hello Fresh customers being charged for boxes they opted not to receive, though the food delivery company claims not to be in the wrong. ...1 day ago
- What is New Zealand’s brand?How do you go from being a local comedian to becoming CEO of the government agency charged with growing the country’s global brand? Hear from David Downs, business leader, cancer survivor and CEO of The NZ Story Group. ...1 day ago
- Definitely not a sideshow, but could it be a sidecar election?It’s an election year and consistent polling numbers from Act and the Greens creates a potentially interesting dynamic, while next week could provide a roaring start to the political year, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday morning, sign up here. ...1 day ago
- Where does Australia’s relationship with PNG go next? Less talk about China, more about our neighb...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Prime Minister’s Office/PR Handout Image Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Papua New Guinea last week put the media spotlight on one of Australia’s most important ...1 day ago
- The last 5 kilos really are the hardest to lose. Here’s why, and what you can do about itSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney farhad ibrahimzade/unsplash, CC BY-SA Anyone who has tried to lose weight will be familiar with these nine frustrating words: the last five kilos are the hardest to lose. You’re ...1 day ago
- At Fitzroy Crossing and around Australia, community radio empowers local responses to climate impact...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Backhaus, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies, Griffith University As rain poured down and rivers rose, the radio buzzed with static where you’d usually find Fitzroy Crossing’s community radio station, Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio. The station was off air, but not ...1 day ago
- Why is Austin Butler still speaking in his Elvis voice? It could be a case of ‘role spill’Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luzita Fereday, Lecturer in Voice at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts., Edith Cowan University Warner Bros. Pictures If you’ve seen any of the videos or interviews with Austin Butler at the recent Golden Globes you may have noticed ...1 day ago
- The new Ashley Bloomfield is heaps less fun than the old Ashley BloomfieldAdrian Orr is the new Ashley Bloomfield, whether you like it or not, says Duncan Greive. On December 30, in one of the last set-piece news stories of the year, we learned Ashley Bloomfield was to be knighted. The former director general of health rose from anonymity to become an ...2 days ago
- Toasted buns: A first-timer on why you should go naked this summerEver been curious about nudism? Maisie Nhao braves the beach naked for the first time, and explains why you should, too. First published January 12, 2022 I like being naked. Who doesn’t? From the relief of taking your bra off after a long day, to the feeling of warm water ...2 days ago
- NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of helpers in war zonesANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The humanitarian aid worker Andrew Bagshaw, who has dual New Zealand and British citizenship, has been missing in Ukraine for more than 10 days. Bagshaw and his British colleague Christopher Parry worked as part of a team of Ukrainian and international volunteers delivering ...2 days ago
- Rabuka clarifies on retirement savings in bid to stem Fiji’s ‘brain drain’By Felix Chaudhary in Suva The retirement age in Fiji is now 60 but people can withdraw their superannuation savings when they turn 55, says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. He said this in response to queries from the media in Suva. People who were leaning towards retiring at 55 posted ...2 days ago
- US to boost aid to Micronesia in exchange for broader military roleBy Mar-Vic Cagurangan, editor-in-chief of the Pacific Island Times The Federated States of Micronesia will receive more US economic assistance under the Compact of Free Association in exchange for the Pacific nation’s broader role in regional security that entails expanded military use of its land, water and air. “Of paramount ...2 days ago
- John Mitchell: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji TimesBy John Mitchell in Suva In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so that they can make educated and well-informed choices. The role of politicians is to represent those who elected them. They are to make decisions that ...2 days ago
- Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruptionRNZ Pacific Churches across Tonga have commemorated the victims and the struggles endured as a result of the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022. The eruption, the largest atmospheric explosion recorded during modern history, was estimated to be hundreds of times more powerful than the ...2 days ago
- Why does Nepal’s aviation industry have safety issues? An expert explainsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrystal Zhang, Associate professor, RMIT University A Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 aircraft crashed in Pokhara in central Nepal on January 15 2023, killing at least 68 passengers on board. The aircraft was en route from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, the country’s ...2 days ago
- Act Party goes hundies on summer releasesIf there were a prize for the most indefatigable of New Zealand’s political parties, Act would win by a landslide. The fastest and most prolific press-release slingers of all the parties in parliament kept it up through the summer break, sending out a staggering 27 of the things between Saturday ...2 days ago
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