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Your Mindset and Your Money
Written By: - Date published: 1:29 pm, January 18th, 2023 - 48 comments
Mega property owning entrepreneur Graeme Fowler thinks we can all be rich if we just changed our attitude.
Luxon’s latest gaffes
Written By: - Date published: 9:48 am, August 4th, 2022 - 57 comments
Hot on his confusion of Hawaii with Te Puke Christopher Luxon’s has dropped a couple of new clangers by admitting then denying that National will not increase health funding at least by the rate of inflation and then by displaying his class prejudice by saying people are not going to get rich on welfare.
Class oppression and discrimination
Written By: - Date published: 12:45 pm, November 27th, 2021 - 79 comments
A brief analysis of power.
The 2022 We Are Heading Towards
Written By: - Date published: 11:13 am, November 13th, 2021 - 34 comments
Most of us have been diminished by COVID in 2020-21 so it’s time for everyone to prepare 2022 as an honest accounting of damage to our whole society.
We are all in this together
Written By: - Date published: 10:02 am, November 2nd, 2021 - 206 comments
Increasing levels of angst at the current lockdown can be related to privilege.
David Seymour is all class
Written By: - Date published: 8:35 am, October 12th, 2021 - 71 comments
David Seymour suggested that suburbs where the vaccination rate hit 90% should be allowed extra freedom. But an analysis suggests that the wealthiest parts of Auckland, including Remuera and Epsom would qualify, whereas the poorer parts of Auckland would struggle to qualify.
COVID, We Need To Talk About Class
Written By: - Date published: 9:51 am, September 14th, 2021 - 27 comments
We’ve never seen a nationwide disease illustrate class and deprivation like the future of the country depended on it. Not like this. This should change us.
Labour’s List
Written By: - Date published: 12:54 pm, June 15th, 2020 - 38 comments
The Labour Party has released its list lineup. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to refresh the caucus, and it’s down to one leader’s sacrifice and another’s steller performance.
Two Tier. Bull. Shit.
Written By: - Date published: 2:58 pm, May 25th, 2020 - 217 comments
I thought we were “in this together” or some such?
Should Parents and Teachers Defy the Government?
Written By: - Date published: 4:02 pm, May 16th, 2020 - 66 comments
School’s back on Monday, but the medical community is still struggling to understand covid 19
His work here is not yet done
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, May 1st, 2020 - 71 comments
Former Prime Minister John Key has said that under current conditions employers are going to sack 20 per cent of their workers even if the company is doing well and that employers should never waste a crisis.
The class politics of the Covid-19 pandemic response
Written By: - Date published: 7:35 am, April 28th, 2020 - 59 comments
National economics spokesperson Paul Goldsmith has advanced a plan to address the Covid 19 pandemic which includes union bashing and privatisation.
Eat the rich
Written By: - Date published: 9:06 am, April 22nd, 2020 - 47 comments
Richard Branson, who has arranged his affairs so that he pays tax to no government, is upset that Governments are not bailing his empire out. And an idea has been floated to allow billionaires to set up boltholes in New Zealand.
Generational astrology
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 am, March 25th, 2020 - 25 comments
In the time of coronavirus, we can move from blame to connection.
BREAKING NEWS: Simon Bridges Calls on Simon Bridges to Stand Down
Written By: - Date published: 6:30 pm, February 18th, 2020 - 5 comments
BREAKING NEWS: Simon Bridges calls on the leader of the opposition to stand down while the SFO case is before the courts.
Mike Moore
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, February 3rd, 2020 - 104 comments
It’s not often you find New Zealanders who give every single breath they have to the left and do it with resounding and even global success. Such a person was Mike Moore.
Results matter
Written By: - Date published: 9:34 am, June 21st, 2019 - 29 comments
Everyone knows that getting employers to increase rates of pay and improve conditions of work takes real pressure and the only real way working people can exert pressure, in the unbalanced relationship that exists between individual employees and employers, is by acting together; collectively. And that’s what we’ve been doing week in, week out and getting real results.
Bene bashing
Written By: - Date published: 11:27 am, June 1st, 2019 - 101 comments
National has engaged in the most crass form of beneficiary bashing in opposing Government changes to the benefit system announced in the budget and passed under urgency.
Budget commentary
Written By: - Date published: 12:23 pm, May 31st, 2019 - 65 comments
Has New Zealand’s social media spent too much time on gocha politics and not enough on the substance of the wellbeing budget?
New Child Poverty statistics will provide a sound baseline for reduction targets
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, April 4th, 2019 - 6 comments
Child Poverty Action Goup has provided comments about new child poverty measurements.
Spare a thought for our poor impoverished landlords
Written By: - Date published: 8:17 am, February 25th, 2019 - 225 comments
Spare a thought for poor landlords who are aghast at the thought that they should have to share capital gains on properties they have purchased with no intent of making a capital gain.
All hail our computer overlords
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, February 24th, 2019 - 34 comments
IBM has staged a debate between an IBM computer and the world debating champion. The human won but the debate suggests that it may be just a matter of time … and the computer had remarkable things to say about poverty.
Child poverty reduction
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, December 5th, 2018 - 65 comments
It’s likely that Labour’s new Child Poverty Reduction Bill will get through its third reading by the end of this year.
National forgets it apologised for Housing Corp meth hysteria
Written By: - Date published: 9:12 am, September 22nd, 2018 - 31 comments
Three months ago National apoligised for getting dud advice and evicting hundreds of state house tenants where miniscule amounts of methamphetamine were discovered. This week National backed off from that very proper apology.
We are failing kids from poor families
Written By: - Date published: 9:21 am, September 16th, 2018 - 77 comments
Kirsty Johnston has produced an in-depth analysis of the current rate of young people from poor backgrounds entering professional ranks. And the news is not good.
Period. End. Done.
Written By: - Date published: 12:12 pm, August 26th, 2018 - 42 comments
The Scottish government has just taken a massive step to eradicate period poverty. Why not here?
Nurses.
Written By: - Date published: 12:31 pm, July 27th, 2018 - 76 comments
There’s a sickness affecting our health system.
The UN is shocked by NZ’s child poverty rates
Written By: - Date published: 11:40 am, July 22nd, 2018 - 89 comments
Earlier this year the United Nations expressed shock and concern at New Zealand’s rates of child poverty, homelessness, incarceration and violence. What is this Government doing to address these issues?
Killing Them Softly With…
Written By: - Date published: 10:24 am, June 11th, 2018 - 48 comments
In New Zealand there is sufficient evidence to show that poor peoples’ lives are cut short because of poverty related poor nutrition. While food banks are alleviating the worst impacts of hunger, their kindness may well be contributing to the problem. Food poverty is a systemic issue and requires a systemic response, a response that successive governments are able to avoid while charities continue to provide a buffer for the system.
Collins keeps Housing Corp P debacle in news cycle
Written By: - Date published: 7:53 am, June 7th, 2018 - 122 comments
Judith Collins has managed to keep the Housing Corp methamphetamine story alive for another news cycle by attacking poor people who take drugs.
Housing Band Aids
Written By: - Date published: 9:54 am, May 26th, 2018 - 54 comments
What lies behind the homelessness crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand? Is it a housing crisis or are the homeless to blame? If the problem is a housing crisis, why is there an assumption that the homeless themselves need extra services to secure and maintain rental housing?
- Gordon Campbell On The Shrinking Of Labour’s Vision
Labour has begun 2023 with the centre-left bloc behind in the polls and losing ground. That being so, did his colleagues choose Chris Hipkins as the replacement for Jacinda Ardern because they think he has a realistic shot at leading them to victory this year, or because he‘s the best ...2 hours ago - Political Roundup: 24 January 2023
Items of interest and importance today GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Simon Wilson (Herald): Chippy vs the donors de Luxe (paywalled) Rachel Smalley (Today FM): The power of vulnerability – Can Chris Hipkins heal our country? Henry Cooke: Nine thoughts on Prime Minister Chippy Branko Marcetic (Jacobin): Jacinda Ardern’s Leadership Was a Cautionary Tale ...4 hours ago - What Is Co-Governance?
Two Flags, Two Masters? Just as it required a full-scale military effort to destroy the first attempt at Māori self-government in the 1850s and 60s (an effort that divided Maoridom itself into supporters and opponents of the Crown) any second attempt to establish tino rangatiratanga, based on the confiscatory policies ...4 hours ago - Input to USDA about how to allocate IRA climate-smart agriculture funds
This is a re-post from the Citizens' Climate Lobby blog In last year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Congress included about $20 billion earmarked for natural climate solutions. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for deciding how those funds should be allocated to meet the climate ...9 hours ago - The real reason Jacinda Ardern resigned
You’ve really got to wonder at the introspection, or lack thereof, from much of the mainstream media post Jacinda Ardern stepping down. Some so-called journalists haven’t even taken a breath before once again putting the boot in, which clearly shows their inherent bias and lack of any misgivings about fueling ...21 hours ago - On the darkness behind the PM’s departure.
Over the weekend I was interviewed by a media outlet about the threats that Jacinda Ardern and her family have received while she has been PM and what can be expected now that she has resigned. I noted that the level of threat she has been exposed to is unprecedented ...21 hours ago - Does Chris Hipkins Have The Spinal Steel To Force A Change In Labour’s Course?A Different Kind Of Vibe: In the days and weeks ahead, as the Hipkins ministry takes shape, the only question that matters is whether New Zealand’s new prime minister possesses both the wisdom and the courage to correct his party’s currently suicidal political course. If Chris “Chippy” Hipkins is able to steer ...1 day ago
- Bryce Edwards: Labour shifts focus from Grey Lynn to West AucklandThe days of the Labour Government being associated with middle class social liberalism look to be numbered. Soon-to-be Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni are heralding a major shift in emphasis away from the constituencies and ideologies of liberal Grey Lynn and Wellington Central towards the ...1 day ago
- Mutterings about Musk
Going to try to get into the blogging thing again (ha!) what with an election coming up and all that. So today I thought I'd start small and simple, by merely tackling the world's (second) richest man.I'm no fan of Elon Musk. You don't want to know why, but I'll ...2 days ago - 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #3A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 15, 2023 thru Sat, Jan 21, 2023. Story of the Week State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2022 With a new year underway, most of the climate data for ...2 days ago
- The Revenge of the Managerialists: Hipkins It Is
Well, that was a disappointment. As of today, the New Zealand Labour Caucus opted for Chris Hipkins as our new Prime Minister, and I cannot help but let loose a cynical cackle. ... 3 days ago - Bryce Edwards: PM Hipkins resets Labour to the rightGet ready for a major political reset once Chris Hipkins is sworn in as Prime Minister this week. Labour’s new leader is likely to push the Government to the right economically, and do his best to jettison the damaging perceptions that Labour has become “too woke” on social issues. Overall, ...3 days ago
- 2023: a crucial year for Aotearoa already, fair thinking voters need to step up right now
Things have gone sideways… and it’s only the third week of January? It was political earthquake time. For some the Prime Minister made a truly significant announcement. For others – did you have this on your bingo card? – a body double did so (sit tight, you’ll understand later, ...3 days ago - Danyl Mclauchlan: The Visions of Jacinda ArdernBy the end of 2019, Jacinda Ardern was a political superstar heading towards an election defeat. She was an icon, internationally beloved, on track to be an ex-prime minister before the age of forty. It was the year of the Christchurch terror attack when Ardern’s response to the atrocity saw ...3 days ago
- Bullshit Work
People complain about their jobs being meaningless. Does it matter?David Graeber, author of Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work and What We Can Do About It, would have smiled at Elon Musk’s sacking half the Twitter workforce. Musk seems to be confirming the main thesis of the book, that ...4 days ago - Bryce Edwards: Why Jacinda Ardern’s resignation changes everythingShould New Zealand have a snap election? That’s one of the questions arising out of the chaos of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation. There’s an increased realisation that everything has changed, and the old plans and assumptions for election year have suddenly evaporated. So, although Ardern has named an ...4 days ago
- The west vs the rest – the world is changing
I warned about the trap of virtue signaling in my article Virtue signaling over Ukraine. This video is still relevant – but have we moved on since then? The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was universally condemned at the time. Or was it? Certainly, the political atmosphere ...4 days ago - Skeptical Science New Research for Week #3 2023Open access notables Bad news delivered by an all-star cast of familiar researchers: Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans. From the abstract: In 2022, the world’s oceans, as given by OHC, were again the hottest in the historical record and exceeded the previous 2021 record maximum. According to IAP/CAS data, ...5 days ago
- Into the Valley of Something Unexpected: The Resignation of Jacinda Ardern
One of my earliest political memories is the resignation of Prime Minister David Lange in August 1989. I remember this because of a brown felt-tipped pen drawing I did of the Beehive, the building that houses the Executive of the New Zealand Government. More than thirty years later, we ...5 days ago - Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s outsized New Zealand foreign policy legacyJacinda Ardern had an outsized impact on New Zealand’s international relations. While all Prime Ministers travel internationally, Ardern’s calendar was fuller than most. Ardern’s first major foreign trip came within weeks of her election in 2017, to the APEC summit in Vietnam. The meeting gave Ardern her first in-person encounter ...5 days ago
- Jacinda
She gave it her all. No New Zealand Prime Minister has ever dominated the political scene at home as she has done, or has established an international profile to match hers. No New Zealand Prime Minister has had to confront such a sequence of domestic and international catastrophes – from ...5 days ago - An amazing disappointment
Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation announcement today has left a lot of us with a lot of complicated feelings. In my case, while I've been highly critical of Ardern's government, I'm still sorry to see her go. We've had far too many terrible things happen during her term as Prime Minister ...5 days ago - Gordon Campbell on Ardern, business confidence, and the worth of sanctionsThe decision by Jacinda Ardern to end her term as Prime Minister on February 7 has come as a stunning surprise. It turns the task of a centre-left government winning re-election this year from difficult to nigh on impossible. No-one else among the Labour caucus has Ardern’s ability to explain ...5 days ago
- Jacinda Ardern: “For me, it's time”. So how will she be remembered?
Jacinda Ardern’s first press conference as Labour leader in August 2017 was a defining moment in the past decade of New Zealand politics. A young woman (by the standards of politics) who had long been tipped for higher office, she had underperformed as a minister and Andrew Little’s noble resignation ...5 days ago - Jacinda Resigns.An Astonishing Rapport: Jacinda Ardern's "Politics of Kindness" raised so many progressive possibilities. Her own tragedy, and New Zealand's, is that so few of them were realised.MUCH WILL BE WRITTEN in the coming days about "The Ardern Years", some of it sympathetic and insightful, most of it spiteful and wrong.For ...5 days ago
- Are the police following the law on DNA?Back in November, Newsroom reported that the police were racist in their collection of DNA samples from young people. The report came on the back of widespread police racism, illegality, and abuse of privacy in their policy of photographing and fingerprinting Māori youth. When I blogged about this, I highlighted ...5 days ago
- Political Roundup: 19 January 2022Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National reshuffle awaits, Labour and Nat MPs descend on Napier for awkward week (paywalled) Felix Desmarais (1News): Analysis: The three Government announcements pundits expect next week Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): No guarantee Māori-stacked cabinet will continue – Ardern Stuff: Wealthy donors ...5 days ago
- The rich are trying to buy the electionThe Herald this morning reports on the rich's efforts to buy this year's election. And you'll never guess who their chosen vehicle is: The National Party may start election year with a $2.3 million war chest raised from 24 big donors in 2022, while Labour has declared just $150,000 ...6 days ago
- Bryce Edwards: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victoryChristopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls in recent months, and have a firm coalition partner in Act, which is often polling about 10 per cent. Betting agencies can’t take bets on ...6 days ago
- Can induction stoves convince home cooks to give up gas?This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler You walk into your kitchen to make pasta. After filling a pot with water, you place a small silicone mat in the middle of your counter, then set the pot above it and open a stovetop app on your phone. ...6 days ago
- Tolkien-Related Stress II: Scanning the Oath of Fëanor
I have just taken a stab at scanning Tolkien’s famous Ring Verse: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/tolkien-related-stress-scanning-the-ring-verse/ I noted that the problem with the Verse is that it is too loose in its accentual nature: it is sometimes unclear where the four stresses are supposed to fall on a given line. I ...6 days ago - Tolkien-Related Stress: Scanning the Ring VerseYou know it as well as I, the famous Ring Verse from The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Three Rings for the Elven Kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die One ...7 days ago
- Climate Change: A successful policyThe Herald has an annual roundup of electric vehicle stats this morning, and it shows us that the government's clean-car-discount - which sees buyers of dirty vehicles pay to subsidies purchases of clean ones - has been a hugely successful policy: New Zealand broke two records for electric vehicles ...7 days ago
- Westminster means hateWhen England was an empire, it used colonialism to spread bigotry and hate, leaving a legacy of homophobic legislation around the world. And now, they're using colonialism to force bigotry and hate on Scotland, by vetoing Scotland's gender recognition law: Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the ...1 week ago
- Is The Prime Minister “Evil”?She’s Such A Scream! The Prime Minister’s enemies, those who want us to hate her, suffer from the not insubstantial handicap of being more than a little hateful themselves. Rendered nonsensical by their unwavering belief in the most absurd conspiracy theories, and dangerous by their relentless peddling of fake news ...1 week ago
- Political Roundup: 17 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Gordon Campbell. On National’s fraught journey back to the centre Duncan Garner (TodayFM): Could National lose it from here? Simon Wilson (Herald): The 2023 election is a choice between the best Government yet, and the worst (paywalled) Peter Bale (North & South): Home, and Away Thomas Coughlan ...1 week ago
- New paper: Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projectionsThis is a quick summary about the newly published paper "Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections" by Professor of Environmental Science and Policy Geoffrey Supran, Professor of Physics of the Oceans Stefan Rahmstorf and Professor of the History of Science Naomi Oreskes. It leverages a thread tweeted by Geoffrey Supran shortly after ...1 week ago
- In Praise Of Individualism.Me, Myself, Eye: The great irony of individualism is that the nearer humanity comes to the point where every person can make their own life, the more doubtful many intellectuals become of its merit. But, before embracing the moral oblivion of collective identity; and the strictures of tribal tradition, they ...1 week ago
- Gordon Campbell on National’s fraught journey back to the centreEver since Christopher Luxon became leader, National has adopted a “small target” strategy. This consists of offering nothing to distract the media from its focus on the government’s shortcomings and the public’s discontent with its performance. In particular, the strategy involves releasing no policy alternatives whose own failings might then ...1 week ago
- Geoffrey Miller: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New ZealandJapan is a country on the move. Since World War II, Tokyo has largely been happy to outsource its security needs to Washington. But this is now changing to a more equal partnership. On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called his country’s alliance with the United States ‘stronger than ...1 week ago
- 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 8, 2023 thru Sat, Jan 14, 2023. Story of the Week Relentless Rise of Ocean Heat Content Drives Deadly Extremes The heat of global warming will keep penetrating deeper into the oceans ...1 week ago
- The Economy in 2023?
The two most comprehensive forecasts of the New Zealand economy are by the Reserve Bank and the Treasury. They are especially important because they inform monetary and fiscal policy. What do they say?Shortly after the Reserve Bank and Treasury published their end-of-year forecasts, Statistics New Zealand announced a 2.0 percent ...2 weeks ago - ANPR should require a warrantOn Tuesday, the Herald broke the news of a massive increase in ANPR surveillance by police, from mere dozens of uses in 2020 to thousands in 2022, and that police had lied in their internal documentation when they said the system was audited to ensure use was legal. And today ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 13 January 2023Items of interest and importance today HEALTH, COVID Rachel Thomas (Stuff): Move to police financial interests in healthcare desperately needed, radiologists say Rachel Maher (Herald): 90-year-old left bleeding on bathroom floor with head injury for two hours while waiting for ambulance Selah Hart (Herald): Empowering communities to effectively combat alcohol ...2 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #2 2023Open access notables The authors don't discuss it but folks who follow our GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry section will likely form some immediate connections from this paper and ask "what's this going to release?" Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada just published in The Cryosphere ...2 weeks ago
- Review: Lilith, by George MacDonald (1895)
There’s the joke that the difference between the Victorians and our current era is that the Victorians were obsessed with Death and acted as though Sex didn’t exist, whereas current modernity is the other way around. It’s not actually true, of course, but it’s still amusing. Today, I’m going ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on the cult of political boldnessThe next recession is shaping up as the most predicted event since the Second Coming. While we have to take it on faith that it will arrive someday, it is hard to say when it will happen, or how great/how bad it will be if and when it ever does. ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 12 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Henry Cooke: Who are Labour’s lost voters? Anna Whyte (Stuff): Green Party lay down priorities for 2023 – ‘more influence over the next government’ Anna Whyte (Stuff): Summer off politics: James Shaw wants to make it past chapter one Glenn McConnel (Stuff): Summer ...2 weeks ago
- Trump’s toxic tail.I was going to write about something else to start off the KP year but current events have intruded in the form of the craziness surrounding the selection of US House Speaker and the storming of the Brazilian seats of power (Congress, the Supreme Court and Presidential Palace) by (so-called ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: End pollution subsidies now!Stuff reports that Tasman Steel - the latest name for what used to be NZ Steel - made a $340 million profit last year. The kicker? $117 million of that was from government pollution subsidies: New Zealand Steel’s holding company Tasman Steel increased its profit by 153% to a ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 11 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori plans for a big 2023, but happy to stay cross bench Toby Manhire (Spinoff): In which we earnestly predict the date of the 2023 New Zealand general election Anna Whyte (Stuff): Summer off politics: Marama Davidson heads ...2 weeks ago
- More wind, rain, flooding ahead for storm-battered CaliforniaThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bob Henson and Jeff Masters A series of Pacific storms that’s taken aim on California since late December is on track to continue into mid-January. Ferocious winds will slam much of the state on Wednesday and Thursday, accompanied by heavy rain likely ...2 weeks ago
- How woke anti-racism fuels anti-Semitism
In this article from the website Radicalism of Fools Daniel Ben-Ami looks at some of the limitations of the new anti-racism movement One of the key tasks I have set myself this year is to examine the arguments around anti-Semitism in more depth. That is both those used by anti-Semites ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on Fiji’s journey back to the futureFor wealthier New Zealanders and Australians, Fiji is just one option among many for their tourism resort experiences, poolside. Obviously, the country amounts to a lot more to the people who actually live there. It also happens to be the Pacific’s key diplomatic listening post, the home of the Pacific ...2 weeks ago
- Prince Harry’s ProblemWhat is it with Prince Harry?. Most of us would probably acknowledge that he has a legitimate cause for complaint at the way he and his wife have been treated by the British media. But there is more to it than that. Harry seems to harbour resentment against the media ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: MPs set for a big post-election pay increaseOne of the most popular moves Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ever made was the pay freeze her government imposed on politicians back in 2018. The freeze may have only been grudgingly agreed to by other MPs and parties, but it had universal public support. The pay freeze is due to ...2 weeks ago
- 2022 was a remarkable year for the climate. Here’s what to expect in 2023This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The past year was full of milestones in the worlds of climate science and policy. The year 2022 saw one of the strongest La Niña events in the past half-century, second only to that in 2011. La Niña events draw cold water up to the ...2 weeks ago
- This is what the right stands for nowTwo years ago, supporters of failed presidential candidate Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to overthrow America's democracy and overturn the results of an election they had lost. And today, just a few days after the anniversary of that event, supporters of Trump's ally Jair Bolsonaro did ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 9 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Claire Trevett and Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Predictions: The NZ Herald politics team predicts the next year in politics (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): Party to shore up its position for the 2023 election Sasha Borissenko (Herald): ‘Now that’s what I call legislation vol. 1′ (paywalled) ...2 weeks ago
- 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #1A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 1, 2023 thru Sat, Jan 7, 2023. Story of the Week Scientists Report a Dramatic Drop in the Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice Links between global warming and the decline of sea ...2 weeks ago
- Old Phuul: Draft FinishedAbout half an hour ago, I became a very happy writer. My long-running effort at writing a sequel to Wise Phuul has finally borne fruit. Specifically, the draft manuscript for Old Phuul – starring Teltö’s elder sister, Rhea Phuul – is now complete at 102,172 words. This ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: Can the Greens keep it together in 2023?The Green Party has a habit of sabotaging their election-year campaigns, risking electoral oblivion. Could the same thing happen in 2023? The last two election campaigns were particularly painful for the party. In 2017 then co-leader Metiria Turei had her story about her past as a welfare beneficiary unravel during ...3 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #1 2023Open access notables In Conservation Biology, snapshots of two books that will probably launch a lot of objections, one by Vaclav Smil and the other yet more Bill Gates. Two doses of carbon budget realism review author Vojtech Novotny sums them up: "Sober assessments of our options for reducing carbon emissions in ...3 weeks ago
- Green Party looks forward to working with Chris Hipkins
The Green Party welcomes Chris Hipkins as the sole nominee for leader of the Labour Party, and the next Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand. ...3 days ago - Greens recognise Prime Minister Ardern’s serviceThe Green Party is today acknowledging Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s service to Aotearoa. ...5 days ago
- Green MPs write directly to Grand Ayatollah Khamenei of IranMembers of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand have today written to Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Khamenei to condemn the ongoing violence and killing of women’s rights and democracy protesters, and to call on him to intervene immediately. ...2 weeks ago
- General Election to be held on 14 October 2023
The 2023 General Election will be held on Saturday 14 October 2023, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “Announcing the election date early in the year provides New Zealanders with certainty and has become the practice of this Government and the previous one, and I believe is best practice,” Jacinda ...5 days ago - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces resignationJacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. Her resignation will take effect on the appointment of a new Prime Minister. A caucus vote to elect a new Party Leader will occur in 3 days’ time on Sunday the 22nd of ...5 days ago
- Trade and Agriculture Minister to attend World Economic Forum and Global Forum for Food and Agricult...The Government is maintaining its strong trade focus in 2023 with Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor visiting Europe this week to discuss the role of agricultural trade in climate change and food security, WTO reform and New Zealand agricultural innovation. Damien O’Connor will travel tomorrow to Switzerland to attend the ...1 week ago
- Government funding relief for flood-affected Wairarapa farmers and growersThe Government has extended its medium-scale classification of Cyclone Hale to the Wairarapa after assessing storm damage to the eastern coastline of the region. “We’re making up to $80,000 available to the East Coast Rural Support Trust to help farmers and growers recover from the significant damage in the region,” ...1 week ago
- Government provides support to flooded Tairāwhiti communitiesThe Government is making an initial contribution of $150,000 to the Mayoral Relief Fund to help communities in Tairāwhiti following ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale, Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty announced. “While Cyclone Hale has caused widespread heavy rain, flooding and high winds across many parts of the North Island, Tairāwhiti ...2 weeks ago
- Government support for flood-affected Gisborne Tairāwhiti farmers and growersRural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has classified this week’s Cyclone Hale that caused significant flood damage across the Tairāwhiti/Gisborne District as a medium-scale adverse event, unlocking Government support for farmers and growers. “We’re making up to $100,000 available to help coordinate efforts as farmers and growers recover from the heavy ...2 weeks ago
- Monkeypox vaccination available to eligible people from next week A vaccine for people at risk of mpox (Monkeypox) will be available if prescribed by a medical practitioner to people who meet eligibility criteria from Monday 16 January, says Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall. 5,000 vials of the vaccine have been obtained, enough for up to 20,000 ...2 weeks ago
- Stronger measures proposed to tackle youth vapingThe Government is seeking feedback on measures to help reduce the number of young people vaping. “Youth vaping is becoming increasingly popular, with many choosing to vape despite never having smoked,” Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said. “Alongside our efforts to reduce tobacco smoking, we want to ensure vaping ...3 weeks ago
- Govt reminds international arrivals to test for CovidThe Government is reiterating its advice to all international travellers to do a Covid test if they become symptomatic after arrival, while also stepping up awareness of free RATs available at airports, Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says. “This follows growing global concerns, including from the World Health Organisation ...3 weeks ago
- How Hipkins Can Easily Scrap Three Waters
With the vast majority of Kiwis seeing Three Waters for what it is – Higher water costs, more bureaucracy, no local control, and less democracy – Mr Hipkins should scrap it, says the Taxpayers’ Union. “Thee Waters is not implemented, and there ...54 mins ago - Newsletter: January 24 2023 – Items of interest and importance today
New 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 GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Simon Wilson (Herald): Chippy vs the donors de Luxe (paywalled) Rachel Smalley (Today FM): The power of vulnerability ...1 hour ago - Political leaders converge on Rātana
It’s Tuesday, January 24 and welcome along to The Spinoff’s live updates. I’m Stewart Sowman-Lund and you can reach me via email on [email protected] The agenda Today is Jacinda Ardern’s final full day as prime minister. She will attend Rātana commemorations alongside incoming leader Chris Hipkins. First ...1 hour ago - Why New Zealand needs an e-bike rebateThe Clean Car Discount has helped record numbers into more sustainable transport. But what about those who can’t afford a hybrid or EV? Since 2021, the government’s Clean Car Discount scheme has gotten record numbers of New Zealanders out of gas guzzlers and into electric vehicles. Thanks to the discount, ...1 hour ago
- The Laneway map is hereWe’re counting down the days until Laneway Festival 2023. You can read all about the festival’s upscale from Albert Park to Western Springs here, but if you’re just after the event day map, look no further. Weather predictions for Monday are looking a bit shaky at this point, though a ...1 hour ago
- Rushed Law Should Be BinnedThe Government should bin proposed changes to the Crown Minerals Act as it jeopardises investment in mining, including in critical minerals needed to fuel a low emissions future, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal. Straterra has made a submission on the Crown ...2 hours ago
- FSC Welcomes Renewed Focus From Incoming Prime Minister And Deputy Prime MinisterThe Financial Services Council of New Zealand (FSC) congratulates the incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni and welcomes their commitment to focussing on the cost of living and inflation. FSC CEO, Richard Klipin, ...2 hours ago
- An exclusive tour of Laneway’s new home, where everything is doubling in sizeBigger stages, better sound, more food and bars and twice the crowd capacity. Everything at Laneway’s first event in three years is going to be bigger than before. It doesn’t look like much. Watercare has a major project underway in the middle of the field and graffiti covers its hoardings. ...2 hours ago
- The Bulletin: Academics are worried about ChatGPTIt’s probably time we covered ChatGPT in the Bulletin. ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool driven by artificial intelligence (AI) technology. AI is one of those things that either inspires a panic spiral of foreboding or wildly unfounded enthusiasm. The truth probably lies in the middle. Dylan Reeve asked ...2 hours ago
- Changing of the guard: Jacinda Ardern’s final day as prime ministerToday marks the final day of Jacinda Ardern’s premiership, as she prepares to formally pass the baton to incoming leader Chris Hipkins. The pair will both head to Rātana today for what’s anticipated to be an emotional farewell for Ardern. It’s the first in-person Rātana event since the Covid-19 pandemic ...3 hours ago
- What was achieved on climate under Ardern and what challenges remain?Described as a generation’s nuclear free moment by Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins says it’s a major intergenerational challenge. Progress on climate was made under Ardern but a long list remains, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday morning, sign up here. ...3 hours ago
- Chris Hipkins as PM: What Christchurch's swing voters think
Three Waters, the Covid-19 response and the needs of rural communities are top of mind. ...4 hours ago - Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study findsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fred Jourdan, Professor, Curtin University Itokawa, image taken by Hayabusa in 2005. JAXA A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent ...4 hours ago
- Why can’t the West agree on how much military support to send to Ukraine?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Michael Sohn/AP German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under tremendous pressure to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has long argued it desperately needs them to ...4 hours ago
- Ozempic helps people lose weight. But who should be able to use it?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Shutterstock Semaglutide, sold in the forms of Ozempic and Wegovy, shot into public consciousness as an effective weight-loss medication last year, thanks to spruiking from social media influencers and people such as ...4 hours ago
- The world’s carbon price is a fraction of what we need – because only a fifth of global emission...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bei Cui, Research fellow, Monash University Shutterstock At the end of last year, the world’s average price to emit one tonne of greenhouse gases was around US$5.29 (AU$7.77). For pricing to work as we want – to wean us off ...4 hours ago
- Photos from the field: our voyage investigating Australia’s submarine landslides and deep-marine c...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Power, Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Science, University of Newcastle Ali Jam Productions Photography, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their ...4 hours ago
- Why the tween years are a ‘golden opportunity’ to set up the way you parent teenagersSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Wade, Research Affiliate, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Shutterstock The teenage years can be among the trickiest times for a parent. You have been used to being your child’s voice of reason. Then, all of a sudden, ...4 hours ago
- It’s not all about gender or ethnicity: a blind spot in diversity programs is holding equality bac...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Diversity, inclusion and equity policies are now broadly endorsed in Australian organisations. But not all diversities are equal. Our research suggests while programs for women and some racial minorities ...4 hours ago
- Fashion, sex and drag: Vivienne Westwood’s queer legacySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Wellington, Associate professor, Australian National University Vivienne Westwood I was 13 years old when I discovered Vivienne Westwood. The music came first. From the moment I heard the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, I ...4 hours ago
- How Garage Project pioneered the craft beer boomWhen Pete Gillespie co-founded Garage Project in 2011, over 50% of craft beer in New Zealand was consumed in Wellington. Now, his passion for beer is shared nationwide. Pete talks us through how Garage Project brewed their way to success through constant experimentation. ...4 hours ago
- Jacinda Ardern impressed on the big issues, says Alastair CampbellFormer British PM Tony Blair's ex spin doctor says Jacinda Ardern has become one of the most respected political leaders in the world. ...5 hours ago
- The Side Eye: The Stink AThe Side Eye zooms in a tiny but telling detail: the glitchy macron. The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read the rest of the series here. ...6 hours ago
- Hope for tomato growers: they will arrive, but they will be lateThe wild and wet summer weather has wreaked havoc in our gardens with bees staying home and beans going mouldy on the vine. As for those precious tomatoes, seasoned grower Brit Stembridge tells Olivia Sisson not all hope is lost. La Niña is messing with us. We’ve had serious flooding. ...6 hours ago
- Rātana ceremonies mark Labour's changing leadership with Jacinda Ardern's final speech as...Today's Rātana festivities will mark a major changing of the guard for Labour and a potential change in the party's relationship with Māori. ...6 hours ago
- Federal Labor MP warns Alice Springs crime crisis is impeding Voice debateSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The debate over enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution is being impeded by the Alice Springs crime crisis, according to the Indigenous Labor member for the Northern Territory seat of Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour. ...14 hours ago
- Quickfire Q&A: Getting to know Chris HipkinsIncoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins intends to be an "ordinary Kiwi" as much as his new role allows - but how many homes does he own, and what was his biggest achievement of the summer? ...16 hours ago
- Better to 'bite the bullet' and get rail work done quickly, Transport Minister saysAuckland's rail network is "neglected", says the Transport Minister, who was given a guided tour of the south Auckland sites today. ...18 hours ago
- ‘Claims a serious matter’ – lawyer Richard Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum’s attackANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu Who’s broken the law? “Separation of powers” and all that stuff. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s hour-long news conference on Saturday, January 21, seems mostly to have followed the usual FijiFirst party format. He pontificated at length while his party’s MPs stood silently behind him. From what I could ...18 hours ago
- ‘Claims a serious matter’ – lawyer Richard Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum’s attackANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu Who’s broken the law? “Separation of powers” and all that stuff. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s hour-long news conference on Saturday, January 21, seems mostly to have followed the usual FijiFirst party format. He pontificated at length while his party’s MPs stood silently behind him. From what I could ...18 hours ago
- Chris Hipkins’ Trust ChallengeThey say a week is a long time in politics—what a week it’s been. Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as Prime Minister shocked many, given that she said she had “no plans to quit her job.” Her resignation wasn’t the only surprise; now we have a new ...19 hours ago
- Nine out of 10 hateful posts tracked in darkest corners of the internet targeted Ardern – new ...An online hate tracker found Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was the target of 93 percent of toxic posts against seven high profile politicians and officials, with a total of 5438 abusive messages. ...20 hours ago
- Two months before NSW election, a new poll gives Labor a big leadSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A new poll has given Labor a sizeable 56% to 44% two-party preferred lead over the Coalition, two months ahead of the ...20 hours ago
- An imaginative unfolding of a life, a new play asks: would Sidney Nolan have become the artist he be...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Pia Johnson/Melbourne Theatre Company Review: Sunday, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Melbourne Theatre Company Sunday is a glimpse into the private world of the philanthropist and art patron Sunday Reed. Sunday, ...21 hours ago
- Everything we learnt from the return of AM and BreakfastOur morning news shows are back for another year. Tara Ward tuned in bright and early to bring us these highlights. There’s only one place to turn for your life lessons these days, and that is breakfast television. It’s the only show where you can learn about inflation and ...21 hours ago
- FYI: No Covid numbers todayFor those of you wondering where the typical Monday Covid stat release is, you’re a day early. Due to Wellington Anniversary Day, the Ministry of Health has held off publishing the weekly Covid numbers. They should be released tomorrow at the usual time of 1pm. Last week saw close to ...21 hours ago
- Reading recommendations for the soon-to-be-former prime ministerBooks editor Claire Mabey offers some bibliotherapy for when Jacinda Ardern can flick on her out of office and enjoy a cuppa tea and a lie down. If anyone deserves to lounge in a deckchair by the pool with a tangy cocktail and a stack of books, it’s soon-to-be-former prime ...21 hours ago
- New Zealand isn’t ready for a Māori prime ministerWe have allowed a prime minister to be subjected to an unprecedented level of violent, sexist attacks – it would only be worse if they were Māori, writes Tina Ngata. A version of this article was first published on the author’s website. When I first heard that prime minister Ardern ...21 hours ago
- When Sepuloni finds time to check on the latest benefit stats, perhaps she will explain what has bee...
Buzz from the Beehive Again we must report that nothing fresh has been posted on the Beehive website since 19 January, when Jacinda Ardern announced the General Election will be held on 14 October and her resignation as Prime Minister. But we are eagerly awaiting the posting of a statement ...22 hours ago - One man’s quest to get 10,000 pairs of NZ-made wool socks to UkraineAlex Casey speaks to the driving force behind Send Our Socks about his “audacious” goal to send thousands of NZ-made wool socks to Ukraine. Last year Wellington advertising creative Chris Childerhouse was reading news from Ukraine and, like many of us, feeling a deep sense of despair. “I just couldn’t ...22 hours ago
- Jacinda Ardern and the mediaIn the wake of Thursday’s astonishing announcement, Duncan Greive sits down with Jacinda Ardern biographer Mad Chapman and Gone By Lunchtime host Toby Manhire to discuss Ardern’s complicated relationship with both mainstream and social media. ...22 hours ago
- Australia’s iconic black swans have a worrying immune system deficiency, new genome study findsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia Conor O’Reagan/Unsplash For years, scientists have known bird flu kills every black swan it infects. This means if the disease made it to the Australian continent, ...22 hours ago
- Want your child to eat more veggies? Talk to them about ‘eating the rainbow’Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer (Food Science and Human Nutrition), School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Parents of young children today were raised during some of the most damaging periods of diet culture. From diet and “lite” ...23 hours ago
- Bright Sky NZ: How apps could help address our family violence problemIn the digital age, online activity can be a conduit for abusive behaviours. But secure digital tools can also offer a lifeline for victims. It’s no secret that New Zealand has a family violence epidemic, with one third of women physically or sexually assaulted by a partner over their lifetimes. ...23 hours ago
- Don’t kill the curl grubs in your garden – they could be native beetle babiesSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate professor, University of Sydney Shutterstock Have you ever been in the garden and found a large, white, C-shaped grub with a distinctive brown head and six legs clustered near the head? If so, you’ve had an ...23 hours ago
- NZ’s incoming PM Chris Hipkins singles out ‘global inflation pandemic’ as priorityRNZ News Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of Aotearoa New Zealand has signalled tackling the “inflation pandemic” will be a top priority for his cabinet’s slimmed-down work programme. Hipkins and new Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni — the first with a Pasifika heritage — will take the reins on Wednesday, ...23 hours ago
- Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear testsBy Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist More than 100 activist groups, including Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace, and the Arms Control Association have signed a letter calling on US President Joe Biden to apologise for nuclear tests conducted in the Marshall Islands. The letter urges Biden to deliver on promises his ...23 hours ago
- Carmel Sepuloni's deputy PM appointment symbolic for NZ, Pacific leaders sayLeaders in the Pacific community are singing the praises of the country's first deputy prime minister of Pacific descent. ...1 day ago
- Get ready for more M3GAN! Sequel secures 2025 release dateSome major (to some of you, anyway) news that understandably got buried during the flurry at the end of last week: M3GAN will officially have a sequel. The comedy-horror film was helmed by New Zealand’s own Gerard Johnstone, with local young actress Amie Donald in the starring role as killer ...1 day ago
- Hipkins had a heads up that Ardern was considering resignationChris Hipkins has revealed he had a bit of forewarning that the prime minister was considering her future. It came as a shock to many when Jacinda Ardern announced she would be stepping down as PM on Thursday last week. While she formally told her caucus earlier that day, Hipkins, ...1 day ago
- I grew up in a crowded home and I’m grateful for itNew statistics reveal that nearly 40% of Pasifika people live in a home that’s short on bedrooms. Sela Jane Hopgood takes you into her overcrowded family home and asks whether it’s large extended families that are the problem. It’s no secret in Aotearoa that the majority of Pasifika people come ...1 day ago
- Another New Year, another group of festival-goers saved by NZ’s frontline drug heroesWhile we wait for sensible drug law reform, we can thank our lucky stars for the NZ Drug Foundation and the lifesaving – or at the very least, bad-trip-preventing – work they do testing drugs at music festivals. Aotearoa’s summers are typically marked by an influx of sketchy party drugs ...1 day ago
- The Bulletin: ‘New leader, same story’, says LuxonNational party leader Christopher Luxon responded to the news of Labour’s leadership change by saying that the new prime minister has been part of a government which has not delivered. Speaking to media yesterday, Luxon said he sent his congratulations to the new PM by text. “There is not change, it is ...1 day ago
- New Labour leadership much of the same, opposition saysNew Zealand needs a government who "can get things done" but Christopher Luxon wouldn't go as far as to say he would beat the new prime minister in this year's election. ...1 day ago
- Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour shifts focus from Grey Lynn to West Auckland
Dr Bryce Edwards writes: The days of the Labour Government being associated with middle class social liberalism look to be numbered. Soon-to-be Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni are heralding a major shift in emphasis away from the constituencies and ideologies of liberal Grey ...1 day ago - Hutt mayors back Chris Hipkins' working-class appeal: 'He's one of them'Hutt Valley mayors are excited a local lad has risen through the ranks to the highest political office in the land. ...1 day ago
- Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour shifts focus from Grey Lynn to West AucklandAnalysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour shifts focus from Grey Lynn to West Auckland Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education, speaking at NZEI Te Riu Roa strike rally on the steps of the New Zealand Parliament, 15th August 2018. Then, Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Davis looks on. Image; Wiki ...1 day ago
- ‘We’ll be making haste’: Hipkins to ‘run ruler’ over government projectsChris Hipkins as doubled down on his intentions to rein in government projects and “run a ruler” over the work programme. It’s the day after Hipkins was officially voted in as Labour Party leader and presumptive prime minister. He’ll officially be sworn in on Wednesday, following attendance – alongside Jacinda ...1 day ago
- The incoming prime minister hits resetYesterday’s press conference from Chris Hipkins sent some very clear signals as New Zealand’s new prime minister hits the ground running this week, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday morning, sign up here. Chris Hipkins, prime minister ...1 day ago
- Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins singles out 'global inflation pandemic' as priorityIncoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has signalled tackling the "inflation pandemic" will be a top priority. ...1 day ago
- We can still see these 5 traces of ancestor species in all human bodies todaySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Clement, Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Elia Pellegrini/Unsplash Many of us are returning to work or school after spending time with relatives over the summer period. Sometimes we can be left wondering how on ...1 day ago
- When it comes to finding Australia’s future leaders, both the Liberals and Labor have a women prob...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan McDonnell, Professor of Politics, Griffith University Shutterstock The Liberal Party’s recently published review of the 2022 federal election defeat does not mince words: the party has a problem with women. The party has struggled to connect with women voters in ...1 day ago
- My teen’s vaping. What should I say? 3 expert tips on how to approach ‘the talk’Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Trigg, Research Fellow in Public Health, Flinders University Olena Bohovyk/Pexels You’ve dropped your daughter off at her friend’s house and while cleaning the car, you find what looks like a USB drive on the passenger seat. It’s a disposable vape. ...1 day ago
- Exploding carp numbers are ‘like a house of horrors’ for our rivers. Is it time to unleash carp ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ivor Stuart, Fisheries ecologist, Charles Sturt University Ivor Stuart/The Conversation With widespread La Niña flooding in the Murray-Darling Basin, common carp (Cyprinus carpio) populations are having a boom year. Videos of writhing masses of both adult and young fish illustrate ...1 day ago
- If you haven’t joined a union, it’s time you paid to benefit from union dealsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney A long overdue public debate has started in Australia about “free riding” in industrial relations – when non-union members benefit from collective agreements ...1 day ago
- Power Play: Speedy transfer of power a show of caucus unityThe Labour Party has entered a new era with the election of Chris Hipkins as prime minister and Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy, writes Jane Patterson. ...1 day ago
- ‘Stop trashing New Zealand!’ Inside the abandoned shopping trolley backlashThe stand-off continues, a petition is underway and one expert is fired up. The abandoned trolley situation appears to be worse than anyone realised. Ellen Schindler has a good life. From her Sandringham home, she doesn’t work, instead spending most of her time volunteering at local organisations and tending to ...1 day ago
- Chris Hipkins and the focus projectOn Wednesday a new prime minister will be sworn in, but he promises to have hit the ground running already. And the tone was palpably reset yesterday, writes Toby Manhire from parliament. When parties vote in a new leader, there is sometimes a push to fill the stage with MPs, ...1 day ago
- Fiji’s Imrana Jalal awarded Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg medal for defending rule of lawBy Rashika Kumar in Suva Fijian national, jurist and lawyer Imrana Jalal has been awarded the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honour by the World Jurists Association. The award is given in recognition of inspiring women jurists who fight to defend and strengthen the rule of law, and to consolidate ...1 day ago
- Poor court etiquette, lack of respect ‘show drop in Fiji lawyer ethics’By Pekai Kotoisuva in Suva Arriving late to court, poor court etiquette and lack of respect are signs that the level of ethics among Fiji lawyers has dropped over the years, says the Attorney-General. Attorney-General Siromi Turaga highlighted this during a panel discussion at the Fiji Law Society (FLS) convention ...1 day ago
- Jacinda Ardern will need 'more ongoing protection than any PM in NZ's history'A former intelligence worker says the PM faces an "unprecedented level of threat," driven by the enroachment of US-style politics and conspiracies. ...2 days ago
- Chris Hipkins’ ‘Hutt-issue headgear’ and shades go up for auctionThe Labour Party has leapt on board the meme-wagon by offering up for auction the cap and sunglasses worn by Chris Hipkins in the interview with Newshub’s Amelia Wade on the streets of Napier Friday morning. It quickly went viral, mostly because of an ensemble that, if nothing else, confirmed ...2 days ago
- Chris Hipkins appeals for his family's privacy to be respectedThe new leader of the Labour Party has asked New Zealanders to respect his family's privacy as he prepares to be sworn-in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister next week. ...2 days ago
- A beginner’s guide to Carmel Sepuloni, our new deputy prime ministerNew Zealand has a new deputy prime minister. What’s her deal? New prime minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed that Carmel Sepuloni will take up the role of deputy prime minister. Here’s the backstory. New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister Sepuloni has a Sāmoan-Tongan father and Pākehā mother. She has ...2 days ago
- Te Pāti Māori: Tangata whenua ‘overlooked’ by Labour Party againTe Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have expressed disappointment that tangata whenua were “overlooked” in the deciding and naming of the new prime minister and deputy prime minister. At 3pm, Chris Hipkins said that he was unanimously supported by Labour’s caucus and confirmed Carmel Sepuloni as the ...2 days ago
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