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Male privilege is a fragile thing
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, October 28th, 2022 - 22 comments
Golriz Ghahraman wanted Parliament to condemn the Iranian Government’s oppression of women’s rights. David Seymour moved to block the motion because Golriz had raised points of order against him during a previous speech. Fancy putting your hurt feelings in front of making a statement of support and principle.
Why won’t Labour help disabled people out of poverty?
Written By: - Date published: 9:02 am, October 26th, 2022 - 92 comments
The sheer waste of so many people’s talent, energy and lives is staggering. It doesn’t have to be that way. So why is it?
Labour day
Written By: - Date published: 12:34 pm, October 24th, 2022 - 13 comments
Enjoying your weekend? Thank a unionist!
The Auckland Mayor’s powers
Written By: - Date published: 9:29 am, October 18th, 2022 - 72 comments
Wayne Brown has by Mayoral decree ordered Watercare to stop working on the Three Waters reform. But he should take legal advice because his decree has absolutely no legal force.
How Brexit Shanked Britain
Written By: - Date published: 8:05 am, October 17th, 2022 - 23 comments
The political and economic disasters now unfolding in Britain are the responsibility of the Conservative Party from their 2016 Brexit vote through to now.
Sunflower | Oil
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, October 16th, 2022 - 81 comments
Van Gogh and Picasso as climate action targets. Destroying beauty is an act of self harm. On one level it’s wrong, but when we are desperate, it’s also an act of power.
RNZ, Three Waters and partisan commentary
Written By: - Date published: 11:43 am, October 11th, 2022 - 55 comments
Yesterday on Radio New Zealand’s Political Commentator’s show Bridget Morten said that three waters is a toxic thing for the Government but then declared that her law firm represents a group currently taking the Government to Court over three waters. Should such clearly partisan views be given expression by RNZ?
The difference between Simon Wilson and Mike Hosking
Written By: - Date published: 9:28 am, October 3rd, 2022 - 47 comments
Wayne Brown’s mayoral campaign hit a really big pothole on the weekend when he was caught bad mouthing Herald reporter Simon Wilson. His comments received a lot of support from the right on social media who made comments about Wilson similar to the comments the left make about Mike Hosking. Are these examples of the same phenomenon, political bias against critical commentators?
Even more proof that Conservatives are not good economic managers
Written By: - Date published: 11:44 am, September 29th, 2022 - 61 comments
There has been this carefully crafted illusion that conservative politicians are somehow better with the finances than progressive politicians. Recent events in the United Kingdom suggest that this illusion is terribly misplaced.
Caption contest
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, September 29th, 2022 - 55 comments
Keep it seemly.
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 Very Bad Slightly Good Things About the Russian Invasion
Written By: - Date published: 8:49 pm, September 25th, 2022 - 8 comments
The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has cost tens of thousands of people their lives, millions of people their homes, seriously disrupted billions of people, and increased the threat of nuclear war but there are positive developments coming from it.
Russian roulette
Written By: - Date published: 8:53 am, September 23rd, 2022 - 277 comments
Vladimir Putin has effectively conceded that the Ukraine war is not going well for Russia by seeking to conscript 300,000 new soldiers, planning for referenda in Russian held areas and threatening the use of Nuclear weapons if Russia’s modified territorial integrity is threatened.
What is Paul Eagle doing?
Written By: - Date published: 12:33 pm, September 22nd, 2022 - 17 comments
Some concerning reports have emerged about Paul Eagle’s mayoral campaign. This week there have been reports that he snubbed a Labour Council candidate while endorsing a right wing candidate. And that he has been working behind the scenes supporting a team of independents.
Tāme
Written By: - Date published: 10:29 am, September 22nd, 2022 - 18 comments
Tāme Iti’s pitch perfect, political performance art sets activist hearts aflutter.
Luxon’s mishandling of the Uffindell report
Written By: - Date published: 8:11 am, September 21st, 2022 - 65 comments
The only word that I can think of is clusterfuck. I cannot understand how badly Christopher Luxon has handled the Maria Dew report into what Sam Uffindell may have done when he was a younger person.
Has Uffindell been cleared?
Written By: - Date published: 9:12 am, September 19th, 2022 - 98 comments
It appears that the Dew report may clear Sam Uffindell and he may be returned to National’s caucus.
The right’s last desperate throw of the dice in Auckland
Written By: - Date published: 12:50 pm, September 16th, 2022 - 18 comments
Even though her name is on the ballot paper and people can vote for her National aligned Mayoral candidate Viv Beck has purported to withdraw from the Auckland Mayoral race.
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.
Covid review due today
Written By: - Date published: 8:37 am, September 12th, 2022 - 45 comments
The Government is to make an announcement today on the future of covid mandates and the traffic light system. With infection numbers and hospitalisation and death rates plummeting it appears likely that these measures will not be renewed.
Freedom is Not Guaranteed: Sometimes You Must Fight
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, September 11th, 2022 - 177 comments
If we fail to support Ukraine’s struggle we all lose far more than self rule for 44 million people.
Re-Nationalise Electricity Generators Now
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, September 8th, 2022 - 60 comments
This COVID era is the decade in which the state is back, bigger and faster than ever before. But the one area this government won’t let the state expand again is the one area in which New Zealand is the most vulnerable: electricity generation. It needs to change.
Transition at the Limits of What People Can Cope With
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, September 7th, 2022 - 39 comments
Many European governments now face a perfect storm of threatened energy security, rising inflation, war-propelled refugee crisis, and climate objectives. New Zealand be warned.
Newshub’s incredibly bad gang take
Written By: - Date published: 8:40 am, September 6th, 2022 - 55 comments
Yesterday the Government announced a slate of new powers designed to address gang violence. Newshub chose that day to imply that Labour was soft on gangs because a gang member said on social media not to vote for National.
Viv Beck going full Trump backfires
Written By: - Date published: 10:48 am, August 31st, 2022 - 28 comments
Recent leaks and publicity have caused huge damage to Viv Beck’s campaign to become Auckland’s next mayor. They also highlight the stark difference between the left and the right in terms of campaigning.
Sharma keeps digging
Written By: - Date published: 10:10 am, August 30th, 2022 - 33 comments
Last night a 4,761 word rant was published on Gaurav Sharma’s facebook page. In it he details information which on the face of it may have breached confidentiality requirements. And the overwhelming effect of the allegations is Meh.
Mark Mitchell is Kim Hilled on National Radio
Written By: - Date published: 11:07 am, August 29th, 2022 - 35 comments
National should learn. They should never send an MP into an interview with Kim Hill unless they are completely prepared. As Mark Mitchell learned this morning.
Labour’s Ardern and Democrats’ Biden: Learnings
Written By: - Date published: 7:47 am, August 28th, 2022 - 47 comments
For those fishing around for a progressive playbook in this fractious world, Biden and Ardern are pretty similar. But Biden appears to be turning the fortunes of the Democrats around but Ardern is currently unrewarded. Is there anything to learn?
The Conversion Practice Prohibition Act: what does it mean for counsellors, parents and teachers?
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, August 26th, 2022 - 3 comments
Will the Act catch counsellors or parents who don’t offer automatic affirmation for a young person who declares a gender identity?
Labour poised to resolve housing supply crisis
Written By: - Date published: 12:25 pm, August 25th, 2022 - 89 comments
It is possible that within the next year New Zealand’s housing supply crisis will be resolved.
Labour’s “tenant tax” is neither a tax nor for tenants
Written By: - Date published: 10:16 am, August 22nd, 2022 - 33 comments
National’s media spin team is at it again claiming that removing interest rate deductibility for landlords is a “tenant tax” when it is neither a new tax nor for tenants.
- 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Oct 23, 2022 thru Sat, Oct 29, 2022. Story of the Week Global Energy Report: Pain at the Pump, High Energy Costs Could Create a Silver Lining for Climate and Security Russia’s invasion ...3 hours ago - The Empire Strikes Back.
From The Periphery To The Metropole: Beyond its personal dimensions, Rishi Sunak’s rise speaks to the extraordinary dynamism and diversity of global capitalism. Brexiteer though Sunak may be, his rise to the prime-ministership of Britain will strike many Brexit voters as yet further proof that, like the guests at the ...19 hours ago - Eliminating The Racism Virus.Mistaking Metaphors For Reality: The experience of the public fight against Covid-19 has revealed just how injurious to social cohesion and the public peace draconian levels of medical intervention can be. And, let’s not forget, Covid-19 was an real virus! Arming the state with equivalent powers against a metaphorical virus ...20 hours ago
- More Than One Way To Skin A Cat.A woke government, served by a woke broadcaster, might just be persuaded to embark on a bold new broadcasting journey.NOBODY HAS YET come up with a credible case for amalgamating Radio New Zealand and Television New Zealand. Even so, the merger proceeds apace, costing the taxpayer a ridiculous amount of ...20 hours ago
- How Are We Covered for Earthquakes?
Given that it is increasingly difficult to get affordable earthquake insurance, we may have to radically revise the system. Suppose you are exposed to a risk that you cannot protect yourself from. You might set aside a capital sum which would cover the loss if the event occurred. But if ...2 days ago - Climate Change: Bad news and hope
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference begins next weekend, and in the run-up we have the usual series of UN reports reminding us how bad things are getting, and that our leaders are essentially fiddling while the planet burns. Greenhouse gas levels are at record highs, and still rising. ...2 days ago - Media Link: The Era of Restive Politics.
In the latest “A View from Afar” podcast Selwyn Manning and I explore what can be called the era of restive politics in national and international affairs. We review recent political dynamics in the US, UK, Brazil, Italy, Iran and the PRC to highlight that in the post-pandemic world, public ...2 days ago - Political Roundup: 28 October 2022
Items of interest and importance today ECONOMY, BUSINESS Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Election 2023 – it’ll be the economy again, stupid! Matthew Hooton (Herald): Why aren’t politicians taking frightening challenges seriously?(paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Calls grow for monthly inflation update, to reduce risk of interest rate blunder Liam Dann (Herald): Adrian ...2 days ago - Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2022Burgess, Pielke Jr. & Ritchie: Doomsayers? We recently highlighted a paper by Kemp et al., Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios. We noted that with a title avoiding euphemisms, the work might attract attention despite making reasoned points well grounded in supporting research, with a notable degree of calm. Sure enough, here ...3 days ago
- About Bloody Time: New Zealand Gets Fair Pay Agreements
I have long criticised New Zealand’s Sixth Labour Government as fundamentally useless. And for good reason. Apart from managing Covid in 2020 – itself a matter of letting the Ministry of Health de facto run the country – it has been a Government defined by its inactivity ...3 days ago - There’s more than one way to tame inflationANZ bank today reported a record profit of $2.3 billion - 0.6% of our total GDP going straight into the pockets of the rich. Meanwhile, their pet economists are explicitly demanding that thousands of people be thrown out of work to limit inflation: New Zealand’s unemployment rate needs to ...3 days ago
- This is not how you build trustOne of the recommendations of the Operation Burnham inquiry into the killing of civillians in Afhganistan by the SAS was the establishment of a new Inspector-General of Defence to conduct such inquiries in future. Two years on, the government has finally gotten around to introducing the required legislation to the ...3 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on being rich, white and detained in Iran
One admirable thing about New Zealanders is that if we blunder into the bush in bad weather without proper food, clothing or a locator beacon, dozens of volunteers will still selflessly go in and do their best to bring us back alive. Ditto if we are a brainless couple who ...3 days ago - Political Roundup: 27 October 2022Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT Jonathan Hill (Stuff): Lobbying: slow our own revolving door Peter Dunne: PM must make a call on her future Duncan Garner (Today FM): Jacinda Ardern ain’t dead yet Rachel Smalley, just a bit closer… Toby Manhire (Spinoff): About those rumours that ...3 days ago
- Battling heat waves: The silent killerThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by James Arnott and Greg Alvarez Millions of TV viewers watched minute-by-minute coverage of Hurricane Ian blasting its path of destruction in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. But while hurricanes are scary and deadly, extreme heat is a stealthy killer that causes more deaths than ...3 days ago
- Passing The Tests.Professional Failure: New Zealand’s education system – once celebrated as one of the most successful in the world – is in free-fall. By all the recognised international comparators, we are failing – and failing fast. So bad have things become that it is increasingly difficult to find a sufficient number ...3 days ago
- Labour actually achieves something!Well, it finally happened: two years into its term, the Labour government finally achieved something: The Fair Pay Agreements Bill has passed its third reading in Parliament, with the support of Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori. The bill provides a framework for collective bargaining across occupations - ...3 days ago
- Bryce Edwards: Why the Uber court ruling is a major victory against worker exploitationDo you believe that workers deserve basic employment rights and protections against exploitation? Do you think that workers should be entitled to the minimum wage, have protection from unjust dismissal, have the right to sick leave, holiday pay and KiwiSaver contributions, and the right to unionise and collectively bargain? If ...4 days ago
- World rocked by 29 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2022This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters At least 29 billion-dollar weather disasters have rocked the planet so far in 2022, said insurance broker Aon in its quarterly disaster report issued October 18. Heat waves in Europe killed more than 16,000 people and nearly 1,700 died as a ...4 days ago
- A victory for worker’s rightsThe Employment Court has ruled that four Uber drivers are employees rather than "independent contractors": Uber drivers in New Zealand have won an employment case ruling they were employees of the global ridesharing provider and not contractors. [...] As employees, the four drivers were entitled to the rights and ...5 days ago
- Mahuta, cosyism, and ethical standardsThe Herald this morning has another episode in its campaign against Nanaia Mahuta, this time focusing on her role in appointing a young relative to a government job. There is no question that Mahuta is being targeted because of her race - no-one would ask questions about her actions if ...5 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on Britain’s latest Prime Minister du jourRishi Sunak has vowed to unite his party and the country. Given the rightwards drift of the Conservative Party since David Cameron and Brexit, those two goals are bound to be contradictory. Especially since Sunak has no democratic mandate for the tough medicine that he says he’ll soon have to ...5 days ago
- Bryce Edwards: The Increasing speculation about Jacinda Ardern quittingPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern flies to Antarctica today, and her media spin doctors will be hoping for some good photo opportunities to lift the leader’s popularity. But they will be asking a lot. Tomorrow it will be five years since Ardern was sworn in as Prime Minister. At that time ...5 days ago
- Climate change made 2022’s northern-hemisphere droughts ‘at least 20 times’ more likelyThis is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Ayesha Tandon The droughts seen across the northern hemisphere this summer were made “at least 20 times more likely” by human-caused climate change, according to a new “rapid-attribution” study. The summer of 2022 saw Europe’s worst drought in 500 years. A combination of record-breaking temperatures and ...5 days ago
- 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #42A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Oct 16, 2022 thru Sat, Oct 22, 2022. Mother Nature Always Bats Last! ‘Nature is striking back’: flooding around the world, from Australia to Venezuela It has been a drenched 2022 for many ...7 days ago
- Jackson's Trap.Tight Spot: Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson has been left holding a draft implementation plan for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which is too radical to present to Cabinet, but which its authors refuse to re-write. Much broader public consultation has been promised once the plan ...7 days ago
- The Language Of Those With Nothing Left To Say.Running Wild: Three of the more than 100 young people who trashed and burned a Wawa convenience store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, earlier this year. This degree of lawlessness, akin to, but a whole order of magnitude greater than, our own ram-raids, is indicative of a society that has lost ...7 days ago
- What State is the Economy In?
‘There is little doubt we face a fully-fledged economic crisis, beyond the current cost of living crisis.’ (Matthew Hooton, New Zealand Herald , 30 September 2022) It is unwise to be certain about the state of the economy. Experience and research has long taught us that the only certainty about ...1 week ago - Climate Change: Why farmers should pay their wayNewsroom's Marc Daalder has a look today at agricultural emissions, and concludes that pricing livestock pollution is reasonable, rooted in science and will see global greenhouse emissions fall. But that bit that really gets me is right at the front: Just 1.16 percent of the population are farmers, but ...1 week ago
- Brutality as a Russian fighting characteristic–and a mistake.One of my intellectual interests is the study of fighting cultures—Asian (in all of its varieties), Arab (same), European (same), North American, Israeli and, more broadly, Maori, Zulu, Greek, Roman and Persian back in the day. I do not consider myself a warfare expert but I have garnered enough knowledge ...1 week ago
- Who Is Pulling Sharma’s Strings?Plaything Of The Right? Just how decisively the Right is shaping our politics will become clear in the run-up to the Hamilton West by-election. Though National may consider the by-election outcome a foregone conclusion, it is likely to be disabused of any such notion relatively quickly.GAURAV SHARMA’S DEATH-DIVE into the ...1 week ago
- Liz Truss must be the next British PM
Britain is looking for another Prime Minister. Thankfully, there is a candidate waiting in the wings with all the right credentials. ...1 week ago - Political Roundup: 21 October 2022Items of interest and importance today GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT Damien Venuto (Herald): Five years in, have Labour and Jacinda Ardern lost their stardust? Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s path to victory in 2023 (paywalled) Peter Dunne (Newshub): Rules on political conflicts of interests must be updated urgently Thomas Cranmer: Sidestepping ...1 week ago
- The Two Vladimirs.First Time As Tragedy, Second Time as ... Tragedy: The Leninist will-to-power is also there in Putin, but the dream is different. Not a speculative blueprint for humanity’s future, but a necromancer’s resurrection of Russia’s obscurantist past. Not the white-hot ripples of modernist self-confidence, but the poisonous fogs and vapours ...1 week ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #42 2022Eyes North This summer the Wilson Center Polar Institute convened a workshop Arctic Methane — Situational Awareness, Assessment & Policy Directions "focusing on a stocktake of current and planned Arctic methane measurement, monitoring and modeling capabilities, and the challenges of bringing these components together in an integrated system that is positioned to inform future policy ...1 week ago
- A Land of No Milk and No Honey: A Reply to No Right Turn
New Zealand political blogger, No Right Turn, is a particular type of Leftist. Not my sort of Leftist, but it takes all sorts to make a world. His fixation on the Official Information Act 1982 can be both interesting and charming. Some of the other stuff he comes out ...1 week ago - A problem of oversightLast week, RNZ had a horrifying story about MBIE hiring a firm of Israeli cyber-mercenaries for intelligence collection, including on people's religion and political beliefs. Today, they have a followup about MBIE's failure to consult the Privacy Commissioner about the spying: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) ...1 week ago
- Farmers need to earn their social licenceLast week, Labour grovelled to the sacred cow, releasing an agricultural emissions plan which was basicly a plan to subsidise their emissions (and so keep them emitting) for a century. But even that was too much for farmers, and so today they sent their tractors into our cities again in ...1 week ago
- Political Roundup: 20 October 2022Items of interest and importance today HAMILTON WEST BY-ELECTION Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Who is pulling Sharma’s strings? Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Wealthy businessman Roshan Nauhria willing to financially back Gaurav Sharma Peter Dunne: Will Sharma have the last laugh? Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Gaurav Sharma has left Parliament, but did he ...1 week ago
- Josh Van Veen: Racial separatism is not the path to victory for NZ First‘Racial separatism’ is the cause célèbre of those who feel marginalised by cultural change in New Zealand. They yearn for a simpler time when race relations were about who you played rugby with and not much else. One didn’t ask moral questions about colonisation. The distribution of wealth and power ...1 week ago
- Building a better hurricane ‘cone of uncertainty’This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bob Henson The now widely familiar “cone of uncertainty” for hurricanes in some ways is a victim of its own success. Introduced in 2002, the cone was innovative in its day. Up till then, forecasts from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) ...1 week ago
- Bryce Edwards: Here comes an unpredictable and intense by-electionGet ready for a hard-fought and intense by-election in Hamilton West, triggered by the resignation from Parliament of former Labour MP Gaurav Sharma. Both Labour and National are going to throw everything at winning this by-election. Complicating matters, there will be a number of minor parties and fringe elements – ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: A slow victory over coalThe climate movement has a lot of strands, with different philosophies of action and targets for change. Some target governments, some push for individual change. Some use lobbying, others use protest at varying levels of disruption. One strand has focused on targeting the money that allows fossil fuels to be ...2 weeks ago
- Dear Sirs
In which one adopts a certain mayoral style. ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on why wages and jobs shouldn’t be inflation cannon fodderHearing Don Brash being wheeled out on RNZ as an expert on taming inflation must have caused whiplash among some listeners. Contrary to myth, Brash‘s track record is definitely not one to emulate. In reality, he took up the reins at the RBNZ in September 1988 long after the dreaded ...2 weeks ago
- Member’s DayToday is a Member's Day, but once again looks to be a boring one. First up there is a pair of third readings for Rachel Boyack's Plain Language Bill and Steph Lewis' Biosecurity (Information for Incoming Passengers) Amendment Bill. Following that is the second reading of Ginny Andersen's Crimes (Child ...2 weeks ago
- Jacqui Van Der Kaay: The Barbara Kuriger controversy raises further questions about political integr...It seems beyond belief that a three-term MP could not have understood that there was a clear conflict of interest in being the shadow Minister of Agriculture Biosecurity and Food Safety, while having a personal dispute with the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI). National MP for Taranaki – King Country ...2 weeks ago
- The Carbon Brief Quiz 2022This is a re-post from Carbon Brief. Skeptical Science has regularly participated in the quiz and came out with a respectable showing this year, in the middle of the pack. Carbon Brief hosted its eighth annual quiz on 14 October 2022, welcoming almost 200 scientists, civil servants, journalists and climate ...2 weeks ago
- Coming home to roostLabour is a status quo party. Like National, they're committed to low debt, low taxes, and absolutely no wealth taxes on rich people like them. And yesterday, we saw the result of that: a major hospital emergency department which kills people: The emergency department of one of New Zealand's ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: Lobbyists use the revolving door into mayoral officesLobbyists are currently facing increased scrutiny, especially in terms of their propensity to shift back and forwards through Parliament’s “revolving door” – most starkly illustrated by former Cabinet Minister Kris Faafoi setting up a lobbying company only months after leaving the Beehive, where his former Government colleagues still hold power. ...2 weeks ago
- What Fools These Mortals Be: The New Zealand Shakespeare Controversy
I have previously covered the National Library of New Zealand axing its Overseas Published Collection, an act of cultural vandalism if ever there was. New Zealand is part of this world too, and small-minded Pacific Parochialism will get us nowhere. Well, the New Zealand literary scene is ...2 weeks ago - What can YOU do about climate change? Take this quiz to find outThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Kathleen Dean Moore and SueEllen Campbell Two climate writers set out to create a useful, realistic response to all the good folks who ask them how to find their best place in the climate struggle. Street demonstrations aren’t for everyone; climate action ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 17 October 2022Items of interest and importance today NZ FIRST CONFERENCE Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Never write off Winston Peters Adam Pearse (Herald): How NZ First’s new guard evolved amid political oblivion(paywalled) Adam Pearse (Herald): Can NZ First work with Labour and who will be on Winston’s team? RNZ: Winston Peters puts ...2 weeks ago
- User-pays democracy for some, but not for othersBack in September, the Wellington City Council effectively killed the School Strike for Climate march by demanding they pay an unaffordable "traffic management fee" to a council crony. I was curious about the council's practice in this area, so I asked the obvious question about another high-profile protest: Destiny Church's ...2 weeks ago
- Keep chokepoint capitalism out of our justice systemRNZ this morning has a significnat story about the police's plans to shift all their criminal case evidence into a cloud service owned by predatory US provider Axon: Police are looking to a hugely profitable US taser maker for new ways to capture sensitive criminal case evidence and store ...2 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on why rugby may be a health riskWhile it is old news that the men who play top level rugby union are a heavier (and taller) lot than they used to be, the details can still be illuminating. Here, for example, are the comparative heights and weights of the All Blacks who played in the first test ...2 weeks ago
- Cancelling Shakespeare.2 weeks ago
- The Greens’ Politics Of Fear.2 weeks ago
- The Grapes Aren’t Sour – They’re Just Not The Centre-Left’s.The Grapes Of Wrath: The resounding defeat of Efeso Collins is all it took for the Auckland centre-left (and its more combustible fellow-travellers) to denounce the entire electoral process as a rort, and to strongly insinuate that the victorious mayoral candidate, Wayne Brown, is lacking in democratic legitimacy. If this ...2 weeks ago
- Jacinda’s Hijab.Iconic Image: Surely it cannot be? No! The very thought is outrageous! That Ms Ardern, so sensitive to the power of images, is unwilling to devalue what is surely the most potent image of her entire prime-ministership; the image projected a kilometre-high against the imposing walls of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa; ...2 weeks ago
- Looking Fair and Feeling Foul: A Review and Analysis of The Rings of Power, Episode 8
And thus concludes the first season of The Rings of Power, with a curious episode to end a curious first year. Episode 8 is such a strange instalment that I am genuinely unsure about how I feel about it. On one hand, my inherently charitable attitude towards this show ...2 weeks ago - Truss and Luxon
Students of international politics will have registered the disaster created by the new British Prime Minister, Liz Truss – a disaster which she has now had to disown and reverse. In what was apparently a feeble attempt to emulate “the Iron Lady”, Liz Truss proclaimed that she would cut taxes ...2 weeks ago - 2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #41A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Oct 9, 2022 thru Sat, Oct 15, 2022. The Glass is Half Full Here are all the positive environmental stories from 2022 so far Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash Eco-anxiety, climate ...2 weeks ago
- Before Islamism
Daniel Ben Ami looks at the relatively recent emergence of Islamism as a political force (from https://www.radicalismoffools.com/) It is easy to make the mistake of assuming that Islamism has existed since the emergence of Islam as a religion in the seventh century. Iran’s theocratic leadership, for example, ostentatiously dresses as ...2 weeks ago - No Comment?Today’s issue of the Herald is a classic. There is, as is always to be expected, the usual swathe of anti-government commentators – in this case, John Roughan, Claire Trevett, Steven Joyce, but – surprisingly – no report or comment on the resignation from the front bench of National MP, ...2 weeks ago
- Nuclear war? Maybe, but it might not be all bad
Putin's threat to use nukes is horrifying, but a detonation would also really annoy the libs. ...2 weeks ago - The Belt and Road Initiative
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- Bryce Edwards: Can NZ First once again fill the vacuum at the centre of politics?They don’t get much media coverage at the moment, but the New Zealand First party could be central to the next year in politics, and determine the shape of the next government. The latest opinion survey out yesterday – leaked from Labour-aligned pollsters Talbot-Mills – has New Zealand First on ...2 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #41 2022Getting along with "we're doomed." Recently Climatic Change published an essay The existential risk space of climate change by Huggel et al., who suggested that "a clearer and more precise definition and framing of existential risks of climate change ... facilitates scientific analysis as well societal and political discourse and action." They ...2 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell On The Battle Over Emissions PricingAccording to the leader of the National Party, farmers are this country’s true conservationists, and tireless in their efforts to protect the environment on which their livelihood depends. Hmm. This must mean that some other bunch – trolls, aliens, the gangs? – is polluting our waterways, draining our aquifers, poisoning ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 13 October 2022Items of interest and importance today GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT Ernie Newman (Stuff): Kris Faafoi’s unwelcome move into lobbying Herald: Editorial: Kris Faafoi from Cabinet Minister to lobbyist – when is too soon?(paywalled) Ben Thomas (Stuff): Business should be wary of thinking it can predict a future without Labour Ripu Bhatia ...2 weeks ago
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- Labour’s response to police racism: legalise it!Last month, the the Privacy Commissioner and Independent Police Conduct Authority issued a joint report on their investigation into the police's practice of coercing "voluntary" photographs from young Māori on the street. The report uncovered illegality, systematic racism, and widespread ignorance among police officers of the limits on their behaviour, ...3 weeks ago
- Still unfit to governYesterday the government announced its plan to reduce agricultural emissions. The plan is weak bullshit, but because it involves them taking the slightest responsibility for the pollution they cause (even at massively subsidised rates, offset by even more subsidies), farmers hate it. So naturally, the National Party hates it too, ...3 weeks ago
- Govt adopts Green alcohol harm solutions
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- Huge win for oceans against deepsea miningThe Green Party is today celebrating a landmark decision by the Government to support a moratorium on seabed mining in international waters. ...3 days ago
- Backing workers with Fair Pay Agreements
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- Green pressure helps keep check on commercial fishingThanks to political pressure from the Green Party, environmental NGOs and recreational fishers, the Government has changed plans that would have baked into law rules that shut out the public from important fisheries decisions. ...5 days ago
- Greens call for sanctions on Iranian regimeThe Green Party is calling for Aotearoa New Zealand to follow the EU, UK, and Canada by imposing sanctions and restrictions on the organisations and people responsible for ongoing human rights abuses in Iran. ...1 week ago
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- Taking mental health seriouslyWe believe that all New Zealanders should be able to access support when and where they need it. That’s why we’re laying the foundation for a whole new mental health system. It’s a big job, but there’s already been huge change and it’s making a real difference for thousands of ...1 week ago
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- Urgent support needed to help people eatAs another month goes by with record high food prices, the Government needs to urgently increase support for people struggling to put food on the table. ...2 weeks ago
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- Minister Hipkins way off the mark on unlawful Police actionThe Green Party is calling on Minister Hipkins to address the underlying causes of crime, rather than to allow for abusive, American-style policing which makes our communities less safe. ...3 weeks ago
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- Redesign tax to work for everyoneEvidence that shows Aotearoa has one of the worst tax systems in the world for reducing inequality needs urgent attention, the Green Party says. ...3 weeks ago
- Crown apology delivered to Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) | Kua tukuna te whakapāha a te Karauna ki a Ngāt...
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has delivered the Crown Apology to Ngāti Maru for its historic breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. A ceremony was held at Te Upoko o te Whenua Marae at Tarata, hosted by Ngāti Maru, where the Crown also returned land titles to the ...21 hours ago - Local government review panel releases independent draft reportThe local government sector has taken the next step in its work on the future shape it wants for regional, district and city councils, with the release of the second report by an independent panel, says Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta. “The Government acknowledges the work of the Independent Panel ...2 days ago
- Toitū Builtsmart to deliver homes and jobs to TairāwhitiToitū Tairāwhiti Builtsmart facility to create 18 full-time jobs The new facility will have the capacity to build up to 24 homes simultaneously The facility to become a training site for Toitū Tairāwhiti Māori trades training Delivering over 50 homes, creating 18 full-time jobs, while providing a site for Toitū ...2 days ago
- Summer with international tourists off to a strong startAround 145,250 overseas visitors arrived in the four weeks to 26 October Over 10,000 Working Holiday Visa holders have now arrived in New Zealand International card spend at 88% of pre-COVID levels (from 26 August to 22 September 2019) in the four weeks to 25 September (i.e. 29 August ...2 days ago
- Government supports better drinking water for rural kāinga and communitiesLocal Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced applications are open for a programme to support rural access to clean and safe drinking water. “The Government is committed to keeping a lid on rate rises by addressing the rising costs of water on households and fixing our critical water infrastructure,” Nanaia ...2 days ago
- PR LITTLE AND HENARE: First nationwide health plan to deliver healthy futures for New Zealanders | T...Health Minister Andrew Little welcomes Te Pae Tata | the Interim New Zealand Health Plan jointly developed by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority. “We have consolidated the public health system and now we have a plan to achieve national ...2 days ago
- First nationwide health plan to deliver healthy futures for New Zealanders | Te Rautaki Hauora ā-mo...Health Minister Andrew Little welcomes Te Pae Tata | the Interim New Zealand Health Plan jointly developed by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority. “We have consolidated the public health system and now we have a plan to achieve national ...2 days ago
- Inspector-General of Defence Bill introducedThe Government has today introduced the Inspector-General of Defence Bill designed to provide independent oversight of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). This was a recommendation from the Operation Burnham Inquiry which identified significant shortcomings in the way NZDF dealt with allegations of civilian casualties, resulting in a series ...3 days ago
- Next High Commissioner to the United KingdomThe Government today announced the appointment of former Auckland Mayor, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, and Labour Party Leader Phil Goff as the next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. “Aotearoa New Zealand has an exceptionally strong relationship with the UK based on shared values, history and culture. We are ...3 days ago
- Government backs strategy to improve water quality in Amuri BasinThe Government continues to deliver on efforts to restore waterways through the backing of a farmer-led strategy in North Canterbury’s Amuri Basin to boost water quality, Agriculture and Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor announced. “Our goal is to restore our waterways within a generation and this project will help farmers ...3 days ago
- NZ backs conditional moratorium on seabed mining in international watersThe Government has announced Aotearoa New Zealand will back a conditional moratorium on deep sea mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction, until strong environmental rules can be agreed and backed up by robust science. The decision follows a review of progress on regulations for deep sea mining in the area managed ...3 days ago
- And we’re rolling on Government’s Screen Sector ReviewThe Government is taking action to secure the long-term future of the film and television industry through proposals released today for public consultation as part of the New Zealand Screen Production Grant review. “New Zealanders can be very proud of our reputation, stories, culture and home-grown talent and content that ...3 days ago
- Govt launches new chapter for 18,000 social servicesFaster, clearer and more effective delivery of social support to communities Strengthening of social sector’s ability to respond to communities needs Government agencies to develop transformational plans about how to work more effectively with social services Governance group for social sector commissioning to drive transformation of commissioning The Government has ...3 days ago
- Awapuni on track for regional racing boostA new synthetic track surface at Awapuni Racecourse has set the course for a regional economic boost with a great summer of events now on the cards at the Palmerston North racing centre. “Upgrading regional and sporting facilities is an important part of supporting communities to sustain their economies and ...3 days ago
- Aotearoa puts preparedness to the testMinister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty will be joining students at Waimea Intermediate School in Nelson this morning to practice what to do when an earthquake or tsunami hits, as part of ShakeOut. “ShakeOut is New Zealand’s annual earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi and is a chance to put your ...3 days ago
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- Backing communities to drive social cohesionThe Government is supporting more opportunities for communities to come together and build on the values we share, strengthening New Zealand’s social cohesion. Today Te Korowai Whetū Social Cohesion has been released, including a community fund supporting initiatives that bring out the best of our communities. “We are delivering on ...3 days ago
- Historic day for everyday workers as Fair Pay Agreements Bill passes third readingThe Government has delivered on its election promise to support the lifting of incomes and working conditions of everyday kiwis with the passing of the Fair Pay Agreements Bill through Parliament, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood announced today. “At the heart of the Government’s economic recovery plan is ...4 days ago
- Acting PM congratulates new United Kingdom PMActing Prime Minister Grant Robertson has congratulated Rishi Sunak on his appointment as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “New Zealand’s relationship with the UK is very strong, based on shared values, history and people-to-people connections,” Grant Robertson said. “I’ve had the opportunity to speak with ...4 days ago
- Julia Steenson resigns as Commissioner of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in S...Julia Steenson, Commissioner of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care, resigned from her role on 17 October 2022. Ms Steenson was appointed to the Royal Commission on 17 June 2020 by the then Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy. The Royal Commission of Historical Abuse in State ...4 days ago
- Assessing chemical substances now more efficientThe Government has reformed the approval process for the use of chemicals in New Zealand, making their assessment more efficient without compromising the safety of New Zealanders or the environment. Amendments to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO Act), passed by Parliament today, enable the Environmental Protection Authority ...4 days ago
- Govt delivers boost for Rainbow wellbeing initiativesAnother 15 organisations providing Rainbow wellbeing support will receive funding to advance their work with Rainbow young people and communities, thanks to the Government’s Rainbow mental wellbeing investment. Health Minister Andrew Little made the announcement at the International Initiative for Mental Health Leaders conference in Christchurch today and said the ...4 days ago
- Updated travel advice for IranThe Government has updated travel warnings for Iran and is urging New Zealanders currently in that country to depart. “The new advice for Iran reiterates the existing “Do Not Travel” warning, and adds that due to the potential for violent civil unrest, the risk of arrest or detention and the ...4 days ago
- Medicines budget boost protecting more peoplePlans to protect thousands more people against meningococcal disease and shingles shows how the Government’s big boost to health spending is helping New Zealanders, Health Minister Andrew Little says. “We inherited a mess. When we came into Government, the health system – including the medicines budget – had been starved ...4 days ago
- Government takes pay equity action for Social WorkersThe Government has agreed to address a long-standing pay gap for community social workers, boosting the wages of almost 500 employees. The pay equity claim means people working for organisation such as iwi social services, kaupapa Māori services and NGOs who perform social work tasks out in the community will ...5 days ago
- Bill modernises fisheries managementThe Fisheries Amendment Bill that passed its final reading today will strengthen and modernise the management of New Zealand's fisheries. “In New Zealand, oceans define our way of life – they contribute to our climate and shape this country culturally, recreationally, and economically,” Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker said. ...5 days ago
- Aotearoa New Zealand Statement to the WHO Western Pacific Regional Committee – ManilaChair, Director-General, Dr Jakab, fellow Ministers and colleagues – Greetings, Tēnā koutou katoa and Warm Pacific Greetings It is a pleasure to reconnect kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face), at this important Regional Committee Meeting - the first Aotearoa New Zealand has attended in-person since the onset of the ...5 days ago
- Aotearoa New Zealand Statement to the WHO Western Pacific RCM, Manila, PhilippinesChair, Director-General, Dr Jakab, fellow Ministers and colleagues – Greetings, Tēnā koutou katoa and Warm Pacific Greetings It is a pleasure to reconnect kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face), at this important Regional Committee Meeting - the first Aotearoa New Zealand has attended in-person since the onset of ...5 days ago
- Aotearoa New Zealand Statement to the WHO Western Pacific RCM Aotearoa New Zealand Statement to the WHO Western Pacific RCM I’m sorry that’s a bit long? Location: World Health Organisation Western Pacific Regional Committee Meeting; Manila, Philippines ...5 days ago
- Celebrating fairer work this Labour DayNew Zealanders can be proud this Labour Day, as working conditions and pay continue to improve across the country, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood has reflected. “Over the last year, our Government has continued to support and improve working conditions for everyday New Zealanders, despite global economic uncertainty,” ...6 days ago
- Understanding the past helps Gagana TokelauThe past will be the key to building and sustaining Gagana Tokelau, said Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio. This year’s theme for Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau – Tokelau Language Week 2022 focuses on Halahala ki vavau, kae ke mau ki pale o Tokelau or translated to English, ...1 week ago
- Ngāti Hāua and Crown sign Agreement in Principle – Ka waitohu a Ngāti Hāua me te Karauna i...Kua oti i a Ngāti Hāua me te Karauna tētahi Whakaaetanga ā-Mātāpono te waitohu ki Taumarunui, ki Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae i te rā nei, he tohu o te ekenga o tētahi taumata nunui o te whakataunga o ngā kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi hītori a Ngāti Hāua. “Ko te waitohunga nei he ...1 week ago
- Progress continues on Homelessness Action PlanThe latest progress report for the Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan shows milestones continue to be met as the Government works hard to address homelessness. This is the fifth progress report on the plan which first launched in February 2020. “The last six months has seen solid progress against ...1 week ago
- Pūhoro STEMM expansion for Te Tai TokerauAssociate Education (Māori Education) Minister Kelvin Davis has welcomed the expansion of Pūhoro Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga (STEMM) Academy in Te Tai Tokerau. Pūhoro was established in response to low engagement of Māori in STEMM related career pathways. It supports rangatahi Māori with a pathway into high-value careers, ...1 week ago
- Waikato-Tainui and Ngāi Tahu receive Treaty Settlement adjustmentAn adjustment payment has been made to Waikato-Tainui and Ngāi Tahu under the relativity mechanisms in their 1995 and 1997 Treaty of Waitangi settlements. The payments have been guided by the awards of previous arbitrations, and have reduced the number of future arbitration hearings required to resolve remaining disputes. Waikato-Tainui ...1 week ago
- Minister Sio to attend WHO Western Pacific Regional Committee meetingAssociate Health Minister Aupito William Sio will travel to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Committee meeting in Manila to represent Aotearoa New Zealand. This is the first time Aotearoa New Zealand will be at the meeting in person since the pandemic. Minister Sio will take the ...1 week ago
- New Ambassador to Seoul announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of Dawn Bennett as New Zealand’s next ambassador to Seoul, South Korea. “Aotearoa New Zealand and the Republic of Korea share a close, wide-ranging relationship that dates back to our shared sacrifice during the Korean War,” Nanaia Mahuta said. “As we celebrate 60 ...1 week ago
- Stage set for Government’s landmark energy strategyThe Government has published the terms of reference for its landmark New Zealand Energy Strategy, setting out the ambitions and next steps for transitioning the energy system to a high performing, low emissions future, says the Minister of Energy and Resources Megan Woods. “In 2020, emissions from energy made up ...1 week ago
- One stop ticketing solution for public transportWhether it’s on the bus, train or ferry, New Zealanders will soon be able to use a singlepayment system across Aotearoa, with today’s signing of the National Ticketing Solution contract with supplier Cubic, Transport Minister Michael Wood has announced. “This is a key milestone in the journey to grow public ...1 week ago
- Speech to the Niue Constitution Day flag-raising ceremonyLilifu he matua Palemia, Honorable Dalton Tagelagi and Mrs Tanya Tagelagi Lilifu he fakatonu fono, Speaker of Parliament Hima Douglas and Mrs Pat Douglas Lilifu he tau Ikipule, Honorable Ministers Lilifu he tau Ekepule, Members of the Assembly Matua Pelesiteni he Ekalesia Niue and representatives of all the churches on ...1 week ago
- Crown apologises to Taranaki iwi Ngāti Maru for 'horrific' actions
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- Review team which favours privileges for mana whenua is doing what local govt wants, says Mahuta (w...
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- Minister of Health told to front up on staff safety concerns at MiddlemoreThe health minister needs to front up and answer questions about staff safety in the country's emergency departments, the opposition health spokesperson says. ...1 day ago
- Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran crackdown
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- PNG’s Education Department faces lockout over K39m unpaid rentBy Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Education Department headquarters in Waigani, National Capital District (NCD), will be locked by 5pm on Monday if the state fails to pay K39 million (NZ$19 million) in unpaid rent. The arrears — accumulating since 2017 — are owed to Grand Columbia ...1 day ago
- PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violenceBy Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Eight policemen attached to Mt Hagen police division have been identified as suspects in an election-related shooting that resulted in four people killed and several others wounded on 6 August 2022. The shooting took place in Anglimp-South Waghi electorate in Jiwaka province and investigations ...1 day ago
- Just don’t call it creative destruction, Rishi
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- Week in Politics: National charges in over hospital waiting timesAnalysis - Another week of bad news for the government as hospital waiting times hit the headlines and National charges in, fair pay legislation is passed won't last long if Labour loses the next election, writes Peter Wilson*. ...2 days ago
- Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edgar Liu, Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory / City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In response to the horror stories of abuse and neglect from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, the new federal Labor government ...2 days ago
- Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talksSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University With progressive members of the US Congress recently calling for a resumption of direct talks between the West and Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it’s a good time to consider how such talks could look and what ...2 days ago
- We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here’s what they need when th...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle People living in the Hunter region of New South Wales know all too well the devastation disasters can bring. After enduring the 2019-2020 horror bushfire season, La Niña settled in for three wet summers and ...2 days ago
- Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokiesSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the ...2 days ago
- THOMAS CRANMER: PM’s urge to get to Antarctica reminds us of NZ’s connections with the ice (my...
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- Regional And Unitary Councils Welcome Progress On Future Of Local Government Review
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- Mahuta was finding a job for Goff and keeping miners off the seabed – so what does she make of fur...Buzz from the Beehive The news we expected to hear from Nanaia Mahuta, as Minister of Local Government, was not to be found on the Beehive website when we checked around noon. We refer to the far-from-surprising but nevertheless deeply disturbing news that the Government-appointed review of local government is ...2 days ago
- Coffin? Casket? Cremation? How to make your death more environmentally friendlySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Shutterstock We can all agree humans need to reduce their impact on the environment. And while most of us think of this in terms of daily activities – such as eating ...2 days ago
- Labor retains large lead in Victorian Resolve poll four weeks from election; also leads in NSWSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne David Crosling/AAP The Victorian state election will be held in four weeks, on November 26. A Resolve poll for The ...2 days ago
- What’s in the mud? Flood victims’ fears eased by early test resultsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Flooding stirs up river sediments, which can spread contaminants in our waterways and floodplains. Flood water can carry sediments bearing contaminants from a range of sources, both historical and new, such ...2 days ago
- Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy challenges facing NZSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Jacinda Ardern addressing the UN General Assembly in September 2022. Getty Images Since Jacinda Ardern described the state of world affairs as “bloody messy” earlier this year there have been few, if any, ...2 days ago
- ‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Lunnay, Post-doctoral researcher in Public Health , Torrens University Australia Shutterstock Up to one in ten cases of breast cancer in Australia is linked to drinking alcohol. Midlife women are already at increased risk for breast cancer because of ...2 days ago
- New Zealand's role in Antarctica 'incredibly important', says PMJacinda Ardern has stressed the importance of New Zealand maintaining its strong connection with Antarctica as other countries contest territory in the region. ...2 days ago
- Draft Review Must Be The Catalyst For Councils To Think Big – LGNZLocal Government New Zealand (LGNZ) is calling on councils to use the recently released Future for Local Government draft report as licence to ‘think big’ if the country wants to see meaningful and long-lasting change. “This review ...2 days ago
- Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reformSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects a fact acknowledged by both the Morrison ...2 days ago
- Future Of Local Government Review Recommends Lowering The Voting Age To 16Today the Future of Local Government Review released its draft report aimed at reforming local government in Aotearoa. It includes a recommendation to make the voting age 16 for local government elections. “This sends a strong signal to the Government ...2 days ago
- Review Proposes Significant Changes To Strengthen Local Government SystemThe Review into the Future for Local Government has published its draft report, He mata whāriki, he matawhānui The draft report poses recommendations and key questions to shape a more community-focused, citizen-centred local governance system Submissions ...2 days ago
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- Goff relaxed on political nature of new UK roleThe former politician and Auckland mayor says his appointment as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is being positively received. ...2 days ago
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- Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 28, 2022New 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 ECONOMY, BUSINESS Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Election 2023 – it’ll be the economy again, stupid! Matthew Hooton (Herald): Why aren’t ...2 days ago
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- Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budgetSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Wyangala Dam AAP Image/Lukas Coch A story from the early days of the Abbott government still circulates in the halls of Parliament House. The government’s Expenditure Review Committee apparently supported ...2 days ago
- How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beachSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cormac Purcell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided, Author provided Australian surf lifesavers are increasingly using drones to spot sharks at the beach before they get too close to swimmers. But ...2 days ago
- Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing government from the equation might helpSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zack Dorner, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Waikato Getty Images The most important part of the government’s proposed agricultural emissions pricing scheme is the price. This may seem obvious – but the government has failed to provide a ...2 days ago
- We took away due dates for university assignments … here’s what we foundSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia Eliott Reyna/Unsplash As university students around the country finish their final exams and assessments for the year, the idea of removing due dates might seem incredibly appealing. Being more open-ended ...2 days ago
- Abuse in Care Inquiry commissioner Julia Steenson departsOne of the five commissioners investigating historical abuse in care has left the inquiry just eight months before it is expected to wrap up and will not be replaced. ...2 days ago
- No loss of momentum despite exit of Abuse in Care Inquiry commissioner, Minister saysOne of the five commissioners investigating historical abuse in care has left the inquiry just eight months before it is expected to wrap up and will not be replaced. ...2 days ago
- Grattan on Friday: Cost of living goes from a winner for Albanese in May to a weapon for Dutton in O...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An opposition leader has a tricky task when delivering a first budget reply after an election rout. But circumstances played into the hands of Peter Dutton for his big parliamentary occasion on Thursday night. ...2 days ago
- Cheaper gas and electricity prices are within Australia’s grasp – here’s what to doSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Virtually every country in the world is facing a crisis in energy costs, yet while other countries can’t do much ...3 days ago
- Will your energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with the gas majorsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock Over the next two years, energy prices are expected to rise by a whopping 56%. That’s the dismal forecast in this week’s federal budget. The rise will be extremely painful, ...3 days ago
- Why was the Lehrmann trial aborted and what happens next?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Livings, Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence, University of South Australia The trial of Bruce Lehrmann, accused of raping former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins, has been aborted after a juror was found in possession of material that had not ...3 days ago
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- David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformationMediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French ...3 days ago
- ECC Calls On The Government To Play Its Part On Early Learning Fair PayThe Early Childhood Council says government must step up on Fair Pay Agreement legislation by funding it properly, if we’re to see sustainable change. “The early learning sector provides public good through choice in quality early learning for our children, ...3 days ago
- Why has a UN torture prevention subcommittee suspended its visit to Australia?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney This week, a United Nations torture prevention subcommittee delegation suspended its visit to Australia. The delegation arrived on October 16 and was due to end its visit on October 27, but suspended the visit ...3 days ago
- ANZ (while chalking up a $2bn net profit) says it is helping build future prosperity and security fo...
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- Without free-to-air, we wouldn’t have Doctor Who in the archives. What will we lose when it moves ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland The announcement the BBC will move the global streaming of Doctor Who from free to air channels to Disney+ will change the viewing habits for millions of people internationally. In Australia, ...3 days ago
- Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist A ni-Vanuatu and Melanesian advocate in New Zealand says the country’s Pacific ministry has overlooked Melanesian communities in its language strategy. In an opinion piece in E-Tagata, Leina Isno said from the consultation to the launch the 10-year Pacific Languages Strategy was a “major ...3 days ago
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- Phil Goff appointed New Zealand's next High Commissioner to the United KingdomFormer Auckland mayor Phil Goff has been appointed as New Zealand's next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. ...3 days ago
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- Auditor-General’s Mid-term Review PublishedThe Auditor-General’s mid-term review was presented to the House of Representatives today. Earlier this year, I reached the mid-point of my seven-year term as Auditor-General. I commissioned a review to reflect on where we are as an Office, identify the challenges ...3 days ago
- Drone delivery is a thing now. But how feasible is having it everywhere, and would we even want it?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology Wing In recent years, cafes, supermarkets and online shops have started to trial drone delivery in a handful of locations around the world. More than a dozen drone delivery companies are ...3 days ago
- A new trough is set up to foster social cohesion – but we aren’t told the cost of the swill or w...Buzz from the Beehive Another initiative which stems from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019 was announced today in a statement strong on extolling the virtues of social cohesion but sparse on detailing what we can expect to happen. Nor was there any mention ...3 days ago
- 10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibilitySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images Recent news that thousands of charges have been filed in the Waikato and Auckland youth courts in the past nine months once again put a spotlight on youth crime and ...3 days ago
- New Zealand’s Support For Deep Sea Mining Moratorium A Win For Ocean ProtectionThe environmental movement is celebrating the New Zealand Government’s decision to back a conditional global moratorium on deep sea mining as a win for the ocean and people power, saying it’s a vital step in protecting the ocean from the destructive ...3 days ago
- Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own informationSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The jury in the Lehrmann trial has been discharged after it was discovered a juror had obtained information outside the evidence presented. ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said it was unfortunate but indicated she ...3 days ago
- The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could failSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney Seiichiro/Unsplash This week’s federal budget reiterated the government’s plan to establish a new scheme for encouraging private investment in conservation, called a biodiversity market (now, rebranded to a “nature ...3 days ago
- Curious Kids: why do people get old?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Buys, Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University SHVETS production/Pexels Why do people get old? – Emily, 8 years old, Victoria That’s a great question, Emily! Who do you think is old? Is it anyone older ...3 days ago
- Prime Minister's electorate office in Morningside damagedA woman has been arrested after the Prime Minister's electorate office in Morningside was damaged this morning. ...3 days ago
- NZ Government Lags On Support For MineralsYesterday’s Australian Federal Budget allocated more than AU$100 million to critical minerals, leaving New Zealand in its dust, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal. "The budget includes AU$50.5 million over four years to establish the Australian Critical ...3 days ago
- Restore Passenger Rail Supporters Have Left The Gantry Above Johnsonville MotorwayThis morning, Restore Passenger Rail supporters attempted to deliver their submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee by Zoom from the top of a signage gantry above the Johnsonville Motorway, at the end of Disraeli Street. They were ...3 days ago
- A constitutional Voice to Parliament: ensuring parliament is in charge, not the courtsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Morris, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab, Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University Australians will soon vote in a referendum on a First Nations Voice – a constitutionally guaranteed body empowering Indigenous communities to advise parliament and ...3 days ago
- Fair Pay Agreements WelcomedThe New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) joins many others welcoming the passing of the Fair Pay Agreement Bill. NZCCSS Kaiwhakahaere |Executive Officer Nikki Hurst says that the Bill will mean a real chance for adequate pay for ...3 days ago
- Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand's presence in Antarctica at 'critical juncture'The PM's trip comes after her government committed $344 million to its redevelopment, and is set against a backdrop of today's climate change. ...3 days ago
- Restore Passenger Rail Supporters Deliver Submission To Parliament From Motorway Signage GantryThis morning, Restore Passenger Rail supporters are delivering their submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee by Zoom from the top of a signage gantry above the Johnsonville Motorway, at the end of Disraeli Street. Three Restore ...3 days ago
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