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Revisiting the Chinese-sounding-names story
Written By: - Date published: 6:15 am, November 25th, 2017 - 249 comments
Data journalist and former Herald reporter Harkanwal Singh talked recently about data literacy and diversity.
Labour accelerates action on Pike River re-entry
Written By: - Date published: 8:31 am, November 21st, 2017 - 182 comments
National is trying to spin that Labour has adopted its position on re-entry of the Pike River mine. But the Pike River families are having nothing of this.
Can Ben Mack please make his mind up
Written By: - Date published: 7:35 am, November 12th, 2017 - 84 comments
Herald lifestyle columnist has published two recent opinion pieces, the first wondering if Jacinda Ardern will be able to address the many and varied problems the country faces and the second suggesting that the Government is under the control of the extreme right. Can he please make up his mind.
“Reporters”.
Written By: - Date published: 8:44 am, October 17th, 2017 - 56 comments
“Once upon a time, in a world far away” we had these people called “reporters”.
An honourable profession, who considered it their job to keep the public accurately and completely informed.
Coalition of liars
Written By: - Date published: 6:34 am, October 7th, 2017 - 35 comments
The right wing clobbering machine is already calling a possible Labour Green NZF a “coalition of losers”. Well under MMP a coalition of losers can be the winners. But however you cut it a coalition of liars will always be liars.
Cameron Slater makes valuable contribution to blog defamation jurisprudence
Written By: - Date published: 9:04 am, October 5th, 2017 - 55 comments
Cameron Slater and friends and clients are in the High Court defending a claim that he defamed three health researchers. They tried to have the case kicked out but failed. The judgment makes for an interesting read.
Dirty Politics 2017 style
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, September 28th, 2017 - 168 comments
The Greens aren’t going to support a National government, so why is there so much push to make it look like it might happen?
#sheepgate: National paid out money to settle a non existing dispute without legal advice
Written By: - Date published: 9:57 am, September 15th, 2017 - 26 comments
In a case of extraordinarily bad timing for National it has been confirmed that despite claims to the contrary MFAT never provided National legal advice about the merits of any possible claim made concerning New Zealand’s banning of live sheep exports.
The Bullshit
Written By: - Date published: 8:37 pm, September 12th, 2017 - 84 comments
National up, NZ Labour down, Greens dead? Really!?
Joyce keeps digging
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 am, September 6th, 2017 - 11 comments
Steven Joyce is spinning furiously and is now claiming that Labour has set aside no money for budget increases for many Government Departments. But when Labour’s figures are compared to PREFU it is clear that Labour is planning to maintain or exceed National’s propose future spend.
Joyce and English now laughing stock
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, September 6th, 2017 - 148 comments
Post John Key all National ever had going for it was an undeserved reputation for financial competence. Now that is gone too. It doesn’t get any worse than this 3 weeks out from an election.
Even Kiwiblog won’t defend Joyce’s $11.7 billion claim
Written By: - Date published: 11:58 am, September 5th, 2017 - 15 comments
David Farrar has put up and then amended a post suggesting that there is a $11.7 billion hole in Labour’s policy financials. It appears that even he does not believe there is a $11.7 billion discrepancy in Labour’s accounts.
National plays the lauranorda card
Written By: - Date published: 8:47 am, September 4th, 2017 - 42 comments
National is panicking and Paula Bennett has gone full dog whistle in claiming that gang members should have less rights than others.
Rachel Smalley stop telling lies about Labour
Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, August 31st, 2017 - 65 comments
I know I shouldn’t sweat the small stuff, but this piece by Rachel Smalley is full of lies about Labour. We deserve better journalism than this.
National does u turn on paid parental leave
Written By: - Date published: 12:16 pm, August 29th, 2017 - 16 comments
National has announced a policy of increasing paid parental leave after complaining last year that it was unaffordable.
Hosking to apologise to Maori Party
Written By: - Date published: 3:16 pm, August 24th, 2017 - 36 comments
Was it stupid or was it malicious? Either way, Mike Hosking is to apologise to the Maori Party.
Strewth Cobbah
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, August 16th, 2017 - 163 comments
Over the ditch the Australian Government has accused New Zealand Labour of using Parliament to undermine Barnaby Joyce. But an analysis of the claim suggests that anyone claiming this should be regarded as being a whacka because the media was onto the claim two days before the questions were asked.
Breaking: calls for Paddy Gower’s resignation as MSM slips in its own bullshit
Written By: - Date published: 7:05 am, August 9th, 2017 - 24 comments
Last night all the excitement finally caught up with them, leading to calls for Paddy Gower to resign and for MSM organisations to delete their social media accounts.
“It’s still the same Labour Party”
Written By: - Date published: 12:28 pm, August 3rd, 2017 - 58 comments
Steven Joyce wouldn’t front yesterday, but today National have worked out their attack lines. Leave popular Jacinda alone and attack Labour as tired and lacking in new ideas (projection, much?). Labour has a raft of new policy, to go with needed older one’s like 2013’s Kiwibuild of 100,000 affordable homes. Journos need to learn their policy so they don’t let National’s fake news through…
Helen Clark burns Matthew Hooton
Written By: - Date published: 6:20 pm, August 1st, 2017 - 65 comments
Matthew Hooton has been incinerated by a former leader of the Labour Party.
Election 2017: the battle lines are drawn
Written By: - Date published: 8:57 am, July 17th, 2017 - 77 comments
The 2017 election campaign has been set alight by the Greens adopting brave policies that Jeremy Corbyn would be proud of and NZ First adopting policies that would meet with Donald Trump’s approval.
Two polls
Written By: - Date published: 8:38 pm, July 14th, 2017 - 147 comments
Two recent polls, both suggestion that Labour+Green is within touching distance of National.
Counterfeit Bill
Written By: - Date published: 10:04 am, July 2nd, 2017 - 31 comments
Bill English has an active social media strategy, likely well funded and professional. While most commentators are cringing at it, plenty of people are probably buying the counterfeit Bill.
Barclay debacle recap
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, June 21st, 2017 - 73 comments
From twitter, Holy shit, someone in NZ did some journalism and all hell breaks loose.
Dirty Politics 2017 style
Written By: - Date published: 4:05 pm, June 8th, 2017 - 27 comments
Latest polls and some anecdotal evidence from the doorstep are showing a move back to the Tories in Britain. If so it may in part be due to last-minute dark and dirty personally targeted Facebook advertising to voters in marginal seats. They cost so will need to be watched later on here.
How much information is being withheld from us?
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 am, May 13th, 2017 - 13 comments
Covering up inconvenient truths is an old pattern for this government. What percentage of their effort goes in to obfuscating and hiding the facts?
Billions of lies
Written By: - Date published: 7:49 am, April 29th, 2017 - 41 comments
The Nats are settling in to election mode – smoke and mirrors. Steven Joyce feeds us billions of dollars worth of lies.
The sure fire way that a young person can own a house in Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 9:53 am, April 3rd, 2017 - 36 comments
The Standard has on your behalf read the Herald’s latest article on how young people in Auckland can own their home and worked out the most important thing a young person can do to buy a home in Auckland.
Dirty Politics done in the Netsafe style.
Written By: - Date published: 9:29 am, March 30th, 2017 - 48 comments
I just got sent a notice of complaint from Netsafe under the HDCA (Harmful Digital Communications Act). It appears to me that Netsafe still either hasn’t read the act or that they are cooperating with the perpetrators of Dirty Politics. Either way, I don’t have time to deal with people who don’t put in the information required by the act for me and the unknown author to make a decision. Updated
Mosul and Aleppo. They’re spelled differently.
Written By: - Date published: 2:05 pm, March 26th, 2017 - 17 comments
Not so much a tale of two cities as the tales we were spun in relation to one.
When right-wing hacks confess the damage that they do
Written By: - Date published: 9:11 am, March 26th, 2017 - 20 comments
Some right-wing hacks (like Glenn Beck) are recanting their rants and apologising for the damage that they’ve done. I reckon a few more should follow their brave lead.
- Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Reyes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Pavel Gabzdyl / Shutterstock The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal ...5 days ago - State of the states: six politics experts explain the key seats across the country
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney The five-week election campaign is now in full swing throughout the nation. Amid the flurry of photo opportunities and press conferences, candidates campaign in specific areas for a reason: to shore ...5 days ago
- People are getting costly stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis. But we don’t know if they ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Whittle, ANZMUSC Practitioner Fellow, Monash University Marinesea/Shutterstock More than 500 million people around the world live with osteoarthritis. The knee is affected more often than any other joint, with symptoms (such as pain, stiffness and reduced movement) affecting work, sleep, ...5 days ago
- Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and huma...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cornelia Sattler, Research Fellow in Ecology, Macquarie University Samantha Terrell/Shutterstock If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you’re seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat. But there’s ...5 days ago
- ‘How was school today?’ How to help kids open up and say more than ‘fine’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine Fraser, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Australian Catholic University One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is “how was your day?” We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school. ...5 days ago
- Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Johnston, Director of Learning and Teaching at Excelsia University College and Research Affiliate, University of Sydney As Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young waved a decapitated salmon dripping with blood in parliament last week, you could feel the election coming. Hanson-Young ...5 days ago
- One more reason Trump won’t be raising a glass to celebrate his tariff triumph
Bottles of wine signed by Trump and his vintner son are in a discount bin; NZ winemakers pray he won’t put the whole industry there The post One more reason Trump won’t be raising a glass to celebrate his tariff triumph appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago - How multinational dairy companies convinced ministers to back away from new rules for baby formula
Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake. ...5 days ago - Girl wrongly injected with drugs highlights need for law change, Mental Health Foundation says
The head of the Mental Health Foundation says he is not confident there will not be a repeat of a mistake that saw an 11-year-old girl wrongly identified as an adult mental health patient. ...5 days ago
- MP says another 500 jobs to go as Kāinga Ora roles ‘reset’ looms
Staff at Kāinga Ora face restructuring, with a Green MP claiming another 500 jobs are set to go and staff are worried front line housing services will suffer. ...5 days ago
- ‘Rule of two’ set to end Medsafe’s sluggish approval process
The government is scheduled to announce reforms to fast-track new drugs based on prior overseas approvals, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Quicker drug approvals on their way The government is expected to unveil reforms today that ...5 days ago - A ‘monumental step’ for NZ customers as Consumer Data Right takes effect
Comment: The Consumer Data Right is now part of New Zealand law. The CDR is intended to give customers (including consumers and business customers) greater control over the data that certain service providers hold about them.The introduction of the CDR was confirmed by the enactment of the Customer and Product ...5 days ago
- HealthNZ response to Nelson Hospital woes just window dressing – union
HealthNZ was only aware of one of the cases of patients becoming sicker during delays at the hospital before media reports surfaced. ...5 days ago
- Live: Who wins and who loses? Trump’s tariff reveal as it happens
The President’s guest list in the Rose Garden includes steel workers, autoworkers, oil and gas workers, steam fitters, truck drivers, and hardworking Americans from a variety of trades, the White House says Donald Trump wants to punish countries for national drug-buying schemes like Pharmac, by imposing tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported ...5 days ago
- Rotokākahi protectors vow fight isn’t over as court greenlights controversial pipeline
A legal bid to stop Rotorua Lakes Council’s controversial sewerage pipeline near Lake Rotokākahi has failed, with the Environment Court saying the project is in the public’s interest. But opponents call it a desecration and are not giving up. The Environment Court has dismissed a legal bid to stop Rotorua ...5 days ago
- Disabled passengers allege ‘continued pattern’ of mistreatment by Metlink staff
From ‘general rudeness and condescension’ to leaving a sexual harassment victim stranded and another wheelchair user concussed, a litany of complaints has led to Wellington’s public transport provider promising to revamp its staff training. Metlink has pledged to revamp its staff accessibility awareness training following numerous complaints from disabled passengers, ...5 days ago
- Book of the Week: Māori vs Māori
The New Zealand Wars from 1841 to 1884 were not a series of conflicts solely between Crown and Māori. They were far more complex than that, involving complex alignments or alliances amongst Māori which often varied over time. The new lavishly illustrated book Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume ...5 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 3 April
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- Declarations might improve water quality, environment group says
Improving the health of waterways and ecosystems is a useful purpose for declarations being sought in the High Court, an environmental group says.South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu has taken the Attorney-General to court, seeking a series of declarations with the aim of overhauling the freshwater management regime, in partnership with ...5 days ago
- The known unknowns of Trump’s tariff plans
New Zealand, are you ready for your liberation? “The only thing being liberated is my sanity from my mind at the moment,” Sense Partners economist John Ballingall tells Newsroom ahead of United States President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated announcement on the tariffs he will levy against various countries – a moment Trump ...5 days ago
- Revealed: Senior doctors told PM Gisborne Hospital is on ‘brink of collapse’
Two explosive letters to ministers warned services would have to be cut and patients flown to other regions as the staffing shortage worsens The post Revealed: Senior doctors told PM Gisborne Hospital is on ‘brink of collapse’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- Super Rugby Pacific, back and better than ever
Super Rugby Pacific has been called boring and predictable by its many critics but even Australian commentators are gushing about the competition this year.Halfway through the 16-week competition, rugby fans have been watching history in the making with the Queensland Reds topping the table for the first time in more ...5 days ago
- NZ wants carve-out from China beef investigation
As China suspends beef imports from several countries, NZ asks to be left out of an investigation into oversupply The post NZ wants carve-out from China beef investigation appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- I was overjoyed to move from the US health system to NZ’s. But then I could see the cracks
Comment: I arrived in New Zealand in 2022, fresh from the trauma and heartbreak of caring for patients through the American Covid nightmare. The wounds on my soul and conscience were still raw, but, more than healing, I came in search of hope.The pandemic had, with great efficiency, stripped away ...5 days ago
- Auckland Transport stops measuring its climate emission cuts
The success of public transport emissions cuts in Auckland will no longer be measured, deemed too difficult to calculate and replaced by a simple number for electric buses in the fleet.Auckland Transport is deleting emissions reduction from its list of operational performance measures. At the same time, it’s also pledging ...5 days ago
- Road cone tattle line won’t help, say traffic bosses
Industry leaders agree road cones need to be scaled back, but say the new hotline undermines efforts to do exactly that The post Road cone tattle line won’t help, say traffic bosses appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 days ago
- Chief Human Rights Commissioner apologises to Muslim community
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is standing by Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow, despite calls for him to be sacked for remarks characterised as Islamophobic by some groups. ...6 days ago
- Labor wants to give the minimum wage a real boost. The benefits would likely outweigh any downsides
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris F. Wright, Professor of Work and Labour Market Policy, University of Sydney Labor has called for an “economically sustainable real wage increase” for almost 3 million workers who depend on the award system for their wages. In a submission to the ...6 days ago
- Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Humphrey, Lecturer, Media and Digital Humanities, University of Adelaide Leading man of 1990s Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our film screens for most of this ...6 days ago
- Chinese Ship Granted Consent From Government To Undertake Research
The Australian Prime Minister said he would prefer not to have the ship in his country's waters. ...6 days ago - Threats without consequences: Parliament’s ‘schoolyard stupidity’
Gerry Brownlee was a teacher when the cane ruled the classroom. As Parliament's Speaker, he is reluctant to use the punishments options available. ...6 days ago
- Te Pāti Māori to hold own hearing after boycotting Privileges Committee
Te Pāti Māori says it will hold its own "alternative independent hearing". ...6 days ago
- Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Ahead of Donald Trump’s tariff announcement early Thursday (Australian time), the United States president has become a serious and increasing worry for Peter Dutton’s campaign. Even apart from Labor’s obvious and constant “Trump-whistling”, many voters ...6 days ago
- Jewish Groups Call For Resignation Or Removal Of Stephen Rainbow As Chief Human Rights Commissioner
“I have written to Paul Goldsmith, the Minister of Justice, asking for an independent investigation into Dr Rainbow’s fitness for the job. This is the first step to remove him from the role,” says Philippa Yasbek. ...6 days ago
- Govt investment sought for Eden Park upgrade plan – CEO
The chief executive of Eden Park, Nick Sautner, says he has approached the government to try to secure funds for the stadium's upgrade. ...6 days ago
- New research lays bare the harsh realities facing artists and arts workers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace McQuilten, Associate professor, RMIT University Australia’s visual arts and craft workers are facing increasingly deteriorating conditions, according to research published today. Our four-year study reveals workers are abandoning the visual art sector, largely because of unstable employment, below-average salaries and ...6 days ago
- One third of New Zealanders waiting more than two weeks to see GP – poll
More than one in six people wait three or four weeks, or even longer, according to the first RNZ-Reid Research poll. ...6 days ago
- Privileges Committee hearing to go ahead without Te Pāti Māori MPs
Rawiri Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke say they are being denied natural justice, ...6 days ago
- Māoriland: When Ōtaki becomes a destination
The small town on the Kāpiti Coast shines every March with Māoriland. “We give out gloves with this one,” she said, handing me a pair of blue surgical gloves alongside what I thought would be an ordinary cheeseburger. I shouldn’t have even ordered a cheeseburger given I was standing at ...6 days ago
- KiwiRail’s $8m bill for consultants is unacceptable – minister
KiwiRail did not tell the government it had contracted the firm until two months after engaging them, says Winston Peters. ...6 days ago
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