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Toll by Stealth
Written By: - Date published: 4:17 pm, July 13th, 2019 - 52 comments
A tunnel is like a wormhole to another dimension. It changes people’s behaviour ever so slightly, ever so briefly, without them realising.
Government under FiveEyes
Written By: - Date published: 9:48 pm, June 7th, 2019 - 11 comments
Australian Federal Police chief Neil Gaughan told media after raiding the ABC that “if police did not investigate the leaking of classified information, Australia would no longer be entrusted by FiveEyes partners with intelligence that saves lives.” FiveEyes didn’t save Muslim lives in Christchurch.
Whale Oil – the book
Written By: - Date published: 11:45 am, May 29th, 2019 - 15 comments
Whale Oil by Margie Thomson is about the Blomfield vs Slater case. Lost by Cameron Slater because after 7 years of trying to delay it, he was unable to mount a credible defense before a judge. But there is a lot of detail behind that that is worrying in an internet age..
Simon Bridges – criminal receiver
Written By: - Date published: 11:48 pm, May 28th, 2019 - 216 comments
You have to wonder about what kind of law Simon Bridges, a former criminal prosecutor, actually practiced. Because given the events of today – it seems questionable if he understands the legal basis of our criminal laws about computers. Do we really want someone so incompetent at his chosen profession before entering politics (or have a criminal receiver of stolen goods) to run this country?
Bridges’ dodgy crime statistics
Written By: - Date published: 9:19 am, May 27th, 2019 - 26 comments
Simon Bridges is trumpeting some figures he has received from the Government as evidence that crime rates are increasing. But there is a slight problem. Police figures show that the number of reported offences is decreasing.
Reeferendum madness
Written By: - Date published: 7:39 am, May 8th, 2019 - 121 comments
The Government parties have all decided to support draft drug reform legislation should the referendum to be held at the next election succeed. But National is refusing to say what it will do.
Assange Must Be Extradited
Written By: - Date published: 11:57 am, April 14th, 2019 - 252 comments
There is no doubt that Julian Assange should be extradited when his UK jail sentence ends. Justice demands it.
MSSA Bill reported back
Written By: - Date published: 8:10 am, April 9th, 2019 - 10 comments
The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has reported back the Arms Amendment Bill which will ban the general availability of military style semi automatic weapons with only modest changes.
Dumb as a plank
Written By: - Date published: 1:18 pm, April 2nd, 2019 - 80 comments
Pro gun lobby groups are making some outlandish claims about the Government’s proposed gun law changes.
Walking the Human Rights Tightrope in NZ Prisons
Written By: - Date published: 8:45 pm, April 1st, 2019 - 114 comments
The question of prisoners’ rights has hit the news today. That’s rare because we don’t normally care.
A new Guest Post from Maggie puts the case that we walk a tightrope when we seek to simplify the complex issues at play in prison.
Lets ban assault weapons – now
Written By: - Date published: 7:45 am, March 18th, 2019 - 284 comments
The Government needs to urgently change the law to ban the sale of military style semi automatic weapons.
Christchurch Mosque Shooting
Written By: - Date published: 2:39 pm, March 15th, 2019 - 362 comments
There has been a shooting at a mosque in Central Christchurch. Injured people have been seen in the doorway and armed Police are out in force.
UPDATE: The Star is reporting that one person is dead, and there are reports of a second mosque in Linwood being attacked.
UPDATE: A shooter has posted a series of manifestos. It appears to be typical race hate. It also appears that the shooting was live streamed.
UPDATE: The WestPac rescue helicopter is flying over Papanui High School, with what appears to be armed Police leaning out the doors. Papanui is approx 5 kms from the Dean’s Ave mosque. There are also reports that an arrest has been made.
UPDATE: Police confirm an arrest has been made. However the city remains in lockdown until it is clear that there is no further danger. Police also confirm multiple fatalities.
Last UPDATE for the night: 49 dead, 48 injured, 4 fascists in custody. Today has been horrible and tomorrow is going to be a very hard day. Kia kaha, aroha and lets stick together. A people united will never be defeated.
James Shaw Assaulted
Written By: - Date published: 11:34 am, March 14th, 2019 - 188 comments
Green co-leader James Shaw has been assaulted near Parliament. The MP is in hospital and a man has been arrested.
The Gun Club 2
Written By: - Date published: 10:15 am, March 2nd, 2019 - 84 comments
Christchurch police have been ordered to carry guns until a wanted man is arrested. Is this a dry run for the permanent arming of our cops?
The handling of Pike River evidence was diabolical
Written By: - Date published: 7:39 am, February 21st, 2019 - 30 comments
The Pike River families have released an internal police document describing the handling of evidence from the crime scene as diabolical.
Liam Neeson Under the Cosh
Written By: - Date published: 9:35 am, February 5th, 2019 - 119 comments
Actor Liam Neeson has made a sensational confession to stalking black men with the intent to kill. No, that’s not the plot to his latest movie, it’s apparently a true story. But what is the wider truth?
UPDATE: Added video of a new Liam Neeson interview regarding the incident.
Roastbusters redux
Written By: - Date published: 9:46 am, January 27th, 2019 - 92 comments
One of the Roastbusters this week has talked publicly about what happened in an apparent attempt to start a music career. And John Tamihere has started his Mayoral campaign having to answer questions about his attitude to what happened.
Cops ♥ Chases
Written By: - Date published: 8:35 pm, January 14th, 2019 - 215 comments
The common factor in Police chases is adrenaline fueled driving. And not just by the kid in the stolen car. The Police strategy of chasing stolen cars is a bigger problem than the thefts themselves and it needs to stop. Now.
Julian Assange and the Streisand Effect.
Written By: - Date published: 6:45 pm, January 7th, 2019 - 161 comments
Wikileaks has tried to silence media organisations on behalf of Julian Assange. Why is a ‘transparency’ organisation opposed to free speech and have they made things worse for the Aussie hacker?
UPDATE: The list has been leaked. Link in post.
Praying for Grace
Written By: - Date published: 9:10 am, December 11th, 2018 - 153 comments
There will be vigils for murdered tourist Grace Millane over the next few days. The grief we have shown over her death reflects the best of NZ. However, the routine violence inflicted on so many other women and children here in Aotearoa is our real shame. What are Kiwi men going to do about it?
Modern Technology Is Eroding Our Society
Written By: - Date published: 11:12 pm, September 30th, 2018 - 52 comments
People are losing their people skills rapidly and it is having an effect on society.
Help identify a spy – who is Laurie Moore?
Written By: - Date published: 5:00 am, September 18th, 2018 - 30 comments
Yesterday, a piece by Stuff Circuit questioned whether an activist by the name of Laurie Moore was in fact a spy for the New Zealand Police or Thompson & Clark back in 2003. New Zealand is a really small place, and we figure that someone must be able to identify this man. Please share these photos far and wide and appeal to all your networks to identify this man.
Simon Bridges says the weirdest things – Criminal Justice
Written By: - Date published: 10:29 am, September 1st, 2018 - 30 comments
Simon Bridges has justified his claim that the three strikes law is working by releasing an Italian study that has not been peer reviewed on the effects on white collar criminals of a pardon system.
The Pope’s Letter to All Believers
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, August 22nd, 2018 - 64 comments
The pope missed a great recent chance to state that accused abusers should be walked to the nearest Police station, make written statements, face trial, hopefully jailed, then defrocked, and excommunicated.
National is jamming cannabis law reform
Written By: - Date published: 10:47 am, July 27th, 2018 - 82 comments
So National be getting pretty liberal with the Marijuana stuff.
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?
Where have our rights gone?
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, June 20th, 2018 - 49 comments
Great to see that the State Services Commissioner has widened the investigation into the use of private investigators hired by the state against its citizens. But. They should go further.
Dud advice
Written By: - Date published: 1:21 pm, June 6th, 2018 - 84 comments
The methamphetamine debacle continues with questions raised about if the Auckland District Health Board provided confidential information to Housing New Zealand about its tenants. And Simon Bridges directly contradicts Bill English by claiming that the last Government had no idea the guidelines were not fit for purpose.
Simon Bridges, the three strikes law and the Bill of Rights
Written By: - Date published: 8:04 am, June 2nd, 2018 - 17 comments
National obviously desperately want to divert attention away from the Housing Corp methamphetamine fiasco. After five days of continuous bad news who can blame them.
Labour does not want to let them all out
Written By: - Date published: 11:48 am, June 1st, 2018 - 170 comments
Andrew Little has proposed the repeal of the irrational three strikes law. But signs are that National will not engage in a reasoned debate about what the law should be.
Autonomy.
Written By: - Date published: 11:13 am, May 27th, 2018 - 29 comments
So women in ‘half’ of an island have bodily autonomy.
- Nuclear Ukraine: Budapest Memorandum – what it says and is it relevant?
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, and British Prime Minister John Major signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in ... 3 weeks ago - A Palate Cleanser
Edit: The original story said “Palette Cleanser” in both the story, and the headline. I am never, ever going to live this down. Chain me up, throw me into the pit.Hi,With the world burning — literally and figuratively — I felt like Webworm needed a little palate cleanser at the ...3 weeks ago - Do Americans really want urban sprawl?
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler (Image credit: Antonio Huerta) Growing up in suburban Ohio, I was used to seeing farmland and woods disappear to make room for new subdivisions, strip malls, and big box stores. I didn’t usually welcome the changes, but I assumed others ...3 weeks ago - Myanmar’s desperate condition: fragmentation, drugs, money-laundering and more
Myanmar was a key global site for criminal activity well before the 2021 military coup. Today, illicit industry, especially heroin and methamphetamine production, still defines much of the economy. Nowhere, not even the leafiest districts ...3 weeks ago - Myanmar’s desperate condition: fragmentation, drugs, money-laundering and more
Myanmar was a key global site for criminal activity well before the 2021 military coup. Today, illicit industry, especially heroin and methamphetamine production, still defines much of the economy. Nowhere, not even the leafiest districts ...3 weeks ago
- The Hardest Word
What've I gotta do to make you love me?What've I gotta do to make you care?What do I do when lightning strikes me?And I wake up and find that you're not thereWhat've I gotta do to make you want me?Mmm hmm, what've I gotta do to be heard?What do I ...3 weeks ago - Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Tuesday, March 18
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Whenever Christopher Luxon drops a classically fatuous clanger or whenever the government has a bad poll – i.e. every week – the talk resumes that he is about to be rolled. This is unlikely for several reasons. For starters, there is no successor. Nicola Willis? Chris Bishop? Simeon Brown? Mark ...3 weeks ago - Feedback on work with engineered stone and materials containing crystalline silica
The NZCTU remains strongly committed to banning engineered stone in New Zealand and implementing better occupational health protections for all workers working with silica-containing materials. In this submission to MBIE, the NZCTU outlines that we have an opportunity to learn from Australia’s experience by implementing a full ban of engineered ...3 weeks ago - Big deal
The Prime Minister has announced a big win in trade negotiations with India.It’s huge, he told reporters. We didn't get everything we came for but we were able to agree on free trade in clothing, fabrics, car components, software, IT consulting, spices, tea, rice, and leather goods.He said that for ...3 weeks ago - A Return to a US Gilded Age?
I have been trying to figure out the logic of Trump’s tariff policies and apparent desire for a global trade war. Although he does not appear to comprehend that tariffs are a tax on consumers in the country doing the tariffing, I can (sort of) understand that he may think ...3 weeks ago - France is prominent in efforts to shape Syria’s future, again
As Syria and international partners negotiate the country’s future, France has sought to be a convening power. While France has a history of influence in the Middle East, it will have to balance competing Syrian ...3 weeks ago
- France is prominent in efforts to shape Syria’s future, again
As Syria and international partners negotiate the country’s future, France has sought to be a convening power. While France has a history of influence in the Middle East, it will have to balance competing Syrian ...3 weeks ago
- “Capital poor”
One of the eternal truths about Aotearoa's economy is that we are "capital poor": there's not enough money sloshing around here to fund the expansion of local businesses, or to build the things we want to. Which gets used as an excuse for all sorts of things, like setting up ...3 weeks ago - Pictures Tell The Story
National held its ground until late 2023 Verion, Talbot Mills & Curia Polls (Red = Labour, Blue = National)If we remove outlier results from Curia (National Party November 2023) National started trending down in October 2024.Verion Polls (Red = Labour, Blue = National)Verian alone shows a clearer deterioration in early ...3 weeks ago - Daddy
Daddy, are you out there?Daddy, won't you come and play?Daddy, do you not care?Is there nothing that you want to say?Songwriters: Mark Batson / Beyonce Giselle Knowles.This morning, a look at the much-maligned NZ Herald. Despised by many on the left as little more than a mouthpiece for the National ...3 weeks ago - Monday 17 March
Employers, unions and health and safety advocates are calling for engineered stone to be banned, a day before consultation on regulations closes. On Friday the PSA lodged a pay equity claim for library assistants with the Employment Relations Authority, after the stalling of a claim lodged with six councils in ...3 weeks ago
- Luxon announces start of India trade deal talks
Long stories shortest in Aotearoa’s political economy: Christopher Luxon surprises by announcing trade deal talks with India will start next month, and include beef and dairy. Napier is set to join Whakatane, Dunedin and Westport in staging a protest march against health spending restraints hitting their hospital services. Winston Peters ...3 weeks ago - In a divided world, momentum behind negotiations grows
At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and deepening global fragmentation, the Ukraine war has proved particularly divisive. From the start, the battle lines were clearly drawn: Russia on one side, Ukraine and the West ...3 weeks ago
- In a divided world, momentum behind negotiations grows
At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and deepening global fragmentation, the Ukraine war has proved particularly divisive. From the start, the battle lines were clearly drawn: Russia on one side, Ukraine and the West ...3 weeks ago
- Mercury Lane, and Auckland Transport’s habitual failure
When the City Rail Link opens (circa 2026), all signs point to it immediately being a huge success. It will be transformational for Auckland, with ripple effects across the city. Thousands of people an hour will pour in and out of the new and upgraded stations. So, as well as ...3 weeks ago - Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on March 17
Here’s my selection1 of scoops, breaking news, news, analyses, deep-dives, features, interviews, Op-Eds, editorials and cartoons from around Aotearoa’s political economy on housing, climate and poverty from RNZ, 1News, The Post-$2, The Press−$, Newsroom3, NZ Herald, Stuff, BusinessDesk-$, Newsroom-$, Politik-$, NBR-$, Reuters, FT-$, WSJ-$, Bloomberg-$, New York Times-$, The Atlantic-$, ...3 weeks ago - 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11
A listing of 26 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 9, 2025 thru Sat, March 15, 2025. This week's roundup is again published by category and sorted by number of articles included in each. We are still interested ...3 weeks ago
- Te Pāti Māori’s stand-off with the Privileges Committee, explained
The three MPs whose rule-breaking haka caught the world’s attention didn’t attend their scheduled hearing yesterday. Constitutional law expert Andrew Geddis has the rundown of what happened, why, and what’s likely to come next. I see Te Pāti Māori and the privileges committee are in some sort of stand-off – ...2 days ago - New research reveals chemical secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Turner, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University The Eurasian and North American tectonic plates in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. Nido Huebl/Shutterstock Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of ...2 days ago - Australian beef targeted by Donald Trump in ‘Liberation Day’ trade crackdown
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef trade for special mention in his announcement that the United States would impose a 10% global tariff as well as “reciprocal tariffs” on many countries. In ...2 days ago
- What happens to taonga Māori in the age of AI?
Meta has stolen millions of books to train its AI, including books by kaituhi Māori. What does that mean for mātauranga and its status as taonga? New Zealand authors are among the millions whose books have been pirated and scraped by Meta to train its AI. The New Zealand Society of ...2 days ago
- NZ markets thud, not bounce on tariff reveal
Some hoped the open of the New Zealand markets would open with a bounce as certain tariffs fell short of the worst-case scenario, but investors were met with a deflated thud.The New Zealand market fell immediately as stock market darling Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s shares were punished, with no update ...2 days ago - Echo Chamber: Nelson hospital scandal puts Luxon and Brown on the back foot
Healthcare dominated the debate in an unusually sober and serious question time. “Hey David!” a group of high school students in the public gallery called out as Act leader David Seymour entered the debating chamber. Standing in the middle of the floor, before any other MPs had arrived, he happily ...2 days ago
- Access to new drugs to speed up if approval given by some countries
Cabinet has approved a streamlined pathway in which some medicines will be approved in less than 30 days. ...2 days ago - Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The 8 Months Ended 28 February 2025
Net worth at $187.6 billion (43.9% of GDP) was $3.1 billion higher than forecast largely reflecting the year-to-date operating balance result. ...2 days ago - What these new landing barges can tell us about China’s plans to invade Taiwan
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Heaslip, Senior Lecturer in Naval History, University of Portsmouth How the Shuqiao barges may be used to ferry troops ashore. X (formerly Twitter) China’s intentions when it comes to Taiwan have been at the centre of intense discussion for years. ...2 days ago
- Babe at 30: why this much-loved film is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s boo...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kiera Vaclavik, Professor of Children’s Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London This spring, Babe is returning to cinemas to mark the 30th anniversary of its release in 1995. The much-loved family film tells the deceptively simple but emotionally powerful ...2 days ago
- Adolescence in schools: TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie King-Hill, Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham Netflix television series Adolescence follows a 13-year-old boy accused of the murder of his female classmate. It touches upon incel online hate groups, toxic influencers and the misogynistic online ...2 days ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Tucker, Professor of History, Wesleyan University A portrait of President Donald Trump in the ‘America’s Presidents’ exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. Win McNamee/Getty Images I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where ...2 days ago
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- About a quarter of people feel more safe than a year ago – poll
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- Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Reyes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Pavel Gabzdyl / Shutterstock The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal ...2 days ago
- State of the states: six politics experts explain the key seats across the country
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney The five-week election campaign is now in full swing throughout the nation. Amid the flurry of photo opportunities and press conferences, candidates campaign in specific areas for a reason: to shore ...2 days ago
- People are getting costly stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis. But we don’t know if they ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Whittle, ANZMUSC Practitioner Fellow, Monash University Marinesea/Shutterstock More than 500 million people around the world live with osteoarthritis. The knee is affected more often than any other joint, with symptoms (such as pain, stiffness and reduced movement) affecting work, sleep, ...2 days ago
- Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and huma...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cornelia Sattler, Research Fellow in Ecology, Macquarie University Samantha Terrell/Shutterstock If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you’re seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat. But there’s ...2 days ago
- ‘How was school today?’ How to help kids open up and say more than ‘fine’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine Fraser, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Australian Catholic University One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is “how was your day?” We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school. ...2 days ago
- Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of...
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- One more reason Trump won’t be raising a glass to celebrate his tariff triumph
Bottles of wine signed by Trump and his vintner son are in a discount bin; NZ winemakers pray he won’t put the whole industry there The post One more reason Trump won’t be raising a glass to celebrate his tariff triumph appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- How multinational dairy companies convinced ministers to back away from new rules for baby formula
Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake. ...2 days ago
- Girl wrongly injected with drugs highlights need for law change, Mental Health Foundation says
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- MP says another 500 jobs to go as Kāinga Ora roles ‘reset’ looms
Staff at Kāinga Ora face restructuring, with a Green MP claiming another 500 jobs are set to go and staff are worried front line housing services will suffer. ...2 days ago
- ‘Rule of two’ set to end Medsafe’s sluggish approval process
The government is scheduled to announce reforms to fast-track new drugs based on prior overseas approvals, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Quicker drug approvals on their way The government is expected to unveil reforms today that ...2 days ago
- A ‘monumental step’ for NZ customers as Consumer Data Right takes effect
Comment: The Consumer Data Right is now part of New Zealand law. The CDR is intended to give customers (including consumers and business customers) greater control over the data that certain service providers hold about them.The introduction of the CDR was confirmed by the enactment of the Customer and Product ...2 days ago
- HealthNZ response to Nelson Hospital woes just window dressing – union
HealthNZ was only aware of one of the cases of patients becoming sicker during delays at the hospital before media reports surfaced. ...2 days ago
- Live: Who wins and who loses? Trump’s tariff reveal as it happens
The President’s guest list in the Rose Garden includes steel workers, autoworkers, oil and gas workers, steam fitters, truck drivers, and hardworking Americans from a variety of trades, the White House says Donald Trump wants to punish countries for national drug-buying schemes like Pharmac, by imposing tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported ...2 days ago
- Rotokākahi protectors vow fight isn’t over as court greenlights controversial pipeline
A legal bid to stop Rotorua Lakes Council’s controversial sewerage pipeline near Lake Rotokākahi has failed, with the Environment Court saying the project is in the public’s interest. But opponents call it a desecration and are not giving up. The Environment Court has dismissed a legal bid to stop Rotorua ...2 days ago
- Disabled passengers allege ‘continued pattern’ of mistreatment by Metlink staff
From ‘general rudeness and condescension’ to leaving a sexual harassment victim stranded and another wheelchair user concussed, a litany of complaints has led to Wellington’s public transport provider promising to revamp its staff training. Metlink has pledged to revamp its staff accessibility awareness training following numerous complaints from disabled passengers, ...2 days ago
- NZ wants carve-out from China beef investigation
As China suspends beef imports from several countries, NZ asks to be left out of an investigation into oversupply The post NZ wants carve-out from China beef investigation appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- I was overjoyed to move from the US health system to NZ’s. But then I could see the cracks
Comment: I arrived in New Zealand in 2022, fresh from the trauma and heartbreak of caring for patients through the American Covid nightmare. The wounds on my soul and conscience were still raw, but, more than healing, I came in search of hope.The pandemic had, with great efficiency, stripped away ...2 days ago
- Auckland Transport stops measuring its climate emission cuts
The success of public transport emissions cuts in Auckland will no longer be measured, deemed too difficult to calculate and replaced by a simple number for electric buses in the fleet.Auckland Transport is deleting emissions reduction from its list of operational performance measures. At the same time, it’s also pledging ...2 days ago
- Road cone tattle line won’t help, say traffic bosses
Industry leaders agree road cones need to be scaled back, but say the new hotline undermines efforts to do exactly that The post Road cone tattle line won’t help, say traffic bosses appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Book of the Week: Māori vs Māori
The New Zealand Wars from 1841 to 1884 were not a series of conflicts solely between Crown and Māori. They were far more complex than that, involving complex alignments or alliances amongst Māori which often varied over time. The new lavishly illustrated book Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume ...2 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 3 April
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- Declarations might improve water quality, environment group says
Improving the health of waterways and ecosystems is a useful purpose for declarations being sought in the High Court, an environmental group says.South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu has taken the Attorney-General to court, seeking a series of declarations with the aim of overhauling the freshwater management regime, in partnership with ...2 days ago
- The known unknowns of Trump’s tariff plans
New Zealand, are you ready for your liberation? “The only thing being liberated is my sanity from my mind at the moment,” Sense Partners economist John Ballingall tells Newsroom ahead of United States President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated announcement on the tariffs he will levy against various countries – a moment Trump ...2 days ago
- Revealed: Senior doctors told PM Gisborne Hospital is on ‘brink of collapse’
Two explosive letters to ministers warned services would have to be cut and patients flown to other regions as the staffing shortage worsens The post Revealed: Senior doctors told PM Gisborne Hospital is on ‘brink of collapse’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago
- Super Rugby Pacific, back and better than ever
Super Rugby Pacific has been called boring and predictable by its many critics but even Australian commentators are gushing about the competition this year.Halfway through the 16-week competition, rugby fans have been watching history in the making with the Queensland Reds topping the table for the first time in more ...2 days ago
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