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The truth behind job numbers
Written By: - Date published: 7:04 am, July 25th, 2017 - 25 comments
Bruce Munro’s excellent piece in the ODT, looks in to the truth behind the Nats’ job numbers: “It does not take much digging in Statistics New Zealand’s latest Household Labour Force Survey to uncover a growing world of low-paid work, insufficient working hours, financial struggles and unfulfilled lives”.
Nats’ shameful surrender on suicide
Written By: - Date published: 11:31 am, July 18th, 2017 - 16 comments
The Nats know all about the importance of monitoring and goals when it comes to effecting change. So naturally: “A goal of reducing New Zealand’s total suicide rate by 20 per cent over 10 years was rejected over fears the Government would be held accountable if the rate didn’t drop.”
The Greens – Budget for All Mothers
Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, May 22nd, 2017 - 33 comments
Some great ideas in The Greens “Budget for All Mothers”. Surely no “data driven” “social investment” party could be opposed?
Suicide, Mike King, and mental health services
Written By: - Date published: 7:59 am, May 19th, 2017 - 38 comments
On the issues of suicide and mental health, the choice is pretty clear. Bungling and abuse from National, a positive plan for action from Labour.
Mental health problems are a figment of our imagination and the work of anti government protesters
Written By: - Date published: 11:33 am, May 10th, 2017 - 17 comments
according to Health Minister Jonathan Coleman
A legacy of poisoned water
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, April 28th, 2017 - 66 comments
We won’t be able to say that we didn’t have ample warning, with a another detailed and damning report on water quality out yesterday. Does National really want to be remembered for allowing the poisoning of our water?
Reducing substance abuse – what actually works
Written By: - Date published: 8:25 am, March 18th, 2017 - 66 comments
If, instead of macho posturing (like the “War on P”), we wanted to actually tackle substance abuse, we would be looking at what actually works. Interesting case study in Iceland.
Can we even afford to be tenants in our own country?
Written By: - Date published: 9:29 am, February 25th, 2017 - 93 comments
Being tenants in our own country is starting to look like the good old days.
Just allow more shit – a metaphor for this government
Written By: - Date published: 4:21 pm, February 23rd, 2017 - 125 comments
So National’s great plan for swimmable rivers by 2040 is to allow twice as much shit in them and still call them “swimmable.”
Living wage rises to $20.20 an hour
Written By: - Date published: 9:34 am, February 21st, 2017 - 30 comments
The living wage rises, and an odd argument for abolishing the minimum wage.
Rocketwerkz – an enlightened employer
Written By: - Date published: 8:27 pm, February 20th, 2017 - 8 comments
We sometimes give employers a bit of a hard time on this blog, so it’s nice to occasionally celebrate a good one. Dunedin gaming company Rocketwerkz is in the headlines for all the right reasons.
More Multi-millionaires than ever!
Written By: - Date published: 11:59 am, January 16th, 2017 - 98 comments
In this glorious ‘go ahead’, ‘get ahead’ land of opportunity…
Briefing Papers: And so this is Christmas…
Written By: - Date published: 6:10 am, December 23rd, 2016 - 107 comments
Alicia Sudden reflects on Christmas at The Briefing Papers: “Yet this brief annual window excludes the elephant in the room: that this poverty is a consequence of our welfare system failing to provide the support it was intended to.”
Another postcard from the Brighter Future
Written By: - Date published: 2:42 pm, November 11th, 2016 - 13 comments
In the midst of the cataclysmic big stories, we should not lose sight of the small personal ones.
Nothing’s Going to Happen.
Written By: - Date published: 3:00 pm, October 11th, 2016 - 104 comments
A wee reflection on our psychological fuck-edness.
Fortress NZ
Written By: - Date published: 11:25 am, September 16th, 2016 - 120 comments
TS regular Tony Veitch has some practical ideas as to how we insulate NZ from the ravages of neoliberalism and climate change. Readers may agree with some, none or all of the suggestions. However, whichever way you look at it, the time for hand wringing is over. It’s time for action.
Hollowing out the regions
Written By: - Date published: 10:58 am, August 28th, 2016 - 44 comments
The closure of 19 mostly rural Westpac branches is indicative of the ongoing hollowing out the regions. Neglecting Northland cost the Nats the last by election. Neglecting regional NZ as a whole might cost them the next general.
Bregman: Socialism is a great product
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 am, August 21st, 2016 - 147 comments
Extracts from a long piece by Rutger Bregman in The Guardian. Plenty to disagree with perhaps, but plenty to ponder too.
NZ in the international news again
Written By: - Date published: 3:35 pm, July 30th, 2016 - 59 comments
CYF massively underfunded
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, July 26th, 2016 - 28 comments
National pays electoral homage to our vulnerable children. They talk a big game about putting “the needs of our most vulnerable children and families at the centre of decisions”. Their actions tell a different story – of under-funding at CYF and falling numbers of social workers.
Helen Kelly – still speaking out
Written By: - Date published: 9:51 am, July 23rd, 2016 - 60 comments
“Pain debilitates you and makes you depressed and you can sort of let the depression seep over you, but if you can, get out and live your life.”
NZ wins nuclear war
Written By: - Date published: 12:45 pm, July 21st, 2016 - 19 comments
Nothing like a good clickbait headline eh!
WINZ sends families to live in garages
Written By: - Date published: 7:05 am, July 21st, 2016 - 204 comments
The government is demolishing and selling state house while WINZ sends families to live in garages. This is New Zealand in the Eighth Year of the Brighter Future.
Another Lifeline cut
Written By: - Date published: 7:07 am, July 1st, 2016 - 45 comments
— Deborah Russell
Parental leave – did English know or care what he was vetoing?
Written By: - Date published: 7:02 am, June 30th, 2016 - 84 comments
Bill English didn’t know the cost of the parental leave bill that he vetoed on the grounds of cost, and he didn’t care enough about it to speak to the matter in Parliament last night.
Four personal stories
Written By: - Date published: 10:24 am, June 23rd, 2016 - 38 comments
From the “Brighter Future”, four personal stories published recently are all well worth reading.
Kiaora Matariki Puaka
Written By: - Date published: 4:20 pm, June 17th, 2016 - 27 comments
It’s been a hard week, and many of us could do with some kindness and good news. Let’s take a moment to remember Matariki. What would Standardistas and other politically progressive people like to see for the coming year?
Has NZ hit this milestone too?
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 am, June 6th, 2016 - 30 comments
For the first time in 130 years, more young adults (18 – 34) in America live with their parents than with a partner. How long before we pass the same milestone – or have we done so already?
The Mother Budget
Written By: - Date published: 6:21 pm, May 26th, 2016 - 89 comments
There are budgets and there are budgets. And for all the presence or absence of bright ideas, there’s a budget that threatens to subsume all others…
Paid parental leave bill progress towards anti-democratic veto
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, May 26th, 2016 - 49 comments
Sue Moroney’s bill to extend paid parental leave passed its second reading last night – bravo to all those who supported it! The Nats’ threat to veto is profoundly anti-democratic, overriding the will of Parliament.
Petition to forgive emergency accommodation debt
Written By: - Date published: 11:30 am, May 20th, 2016 - 18 comments
A petition: “As Minister of Social Development we call upon Minister Anne Tolley to urgently forgive all debts incurred by people who have been forced to stay in Motels as emergency accommodation….”
- Midwives pay equity proposal at last is posted on the Beehive website – but not, yet, the good new...
Buzz from the Beehive Hurrah. Someone in the Beehive has posted a ministerial announcement, the first since Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta last Thursday announced New Zealand will provide humanitarian support to those affected by last week’s earthquake in Morocco. It is somewhat stale news, dated 15 September 2023. It was ...1 week ago - Tuesday’s Chorus: Landlords lick their lips
1 week ago - MICHAEL BASSETT: Our media still don’t get it
* Michael Bassett writes – If Labour ministers and our left-leaning media knew more about New Zealand’s political history they would stop giving so much publicity to National’s tax-cut plans, ill-advised though they might be. The attacks are only increasing the likelihood that National will be elected. In one ...1 week ago - Gordon Campbell on National’s (lack of) plans for El Nino
Debate time: In contrast to most debates, political debates aren’t simply about winning on points of logic, but are also about looking likeable on television – which is why good political debaters often have to pull their punches on TV, lest they seem unkind to dumb animals. Chris Hipkins is ...1 week ago - Climate change is destroying reefs, but the effects are more than ecological
This article by Michele Currie Navakas Professor of English, Miami University is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Aug. 30, 2023, bringing surging seas and winds over 100 mph. Meanwhile, another climate emergency has been unfolding along ...1 week ago - Electorate Watch: Hamilton East.
Before New Zealand changed to MMP in 1996 there was a lot more interest in certain local contests. First past the post elections were won and lost in key marginal electorate battles, rendering the votes of those in safe seats largely obsolete.These days local contests have little impact on the ...1 week ago - Luxon moderatesBoth National and ACT are starting to back off some of their hardline positions on tax and spending. And finally, National leader Christopher Luxon has softened his stance on doing a deal with Winston Peters and NZ First. Their moves are subtle and wrapped up in sound-byte-friendly media standup ...1 week ago
- Mate, it's a 2 billion dollar hole and you are just chock full of it
In Art, we find meaning.From Art, we draw deeper understanding of what the hell it’s all about.Kindly now mute your cellphones and please remain behind the velvet ropes as we move through the gallery.She might be contemplating a secret, she might be enjoying a private joke. Perhaps she is simply ...1 week ago - Mate, it's a 2 billion dollar hole and you are just chock full of itIn Art, we find meaning.From Art, we draw deeper understanding of what the hell it’s all about.Kindly now mute your cellphones and please remain behind the velvet ropes as we move through the gallery.She might be contemplating a secret, she might be enjoying a private joke. Perhaps she is simply ...1 week ago
- A pallid shade of Green II
Last month, the Greens introduced their clean power policy, promising loans and grants to upgrade homes to add solar panels and be energy efficient. Two weeks ago Labour released their response - a weak "pilot scheme" of energy efficiency grants, which I described as a pallid shade of Green. Today, ...1 week ago - National’s cooker problemThe right has a problem with brainwormed conspiracy theorists. They've thoroughly infiltrated NZFirst and ACT, and now it seems they've infiltrated National as well: The National Party candidate favoured to win the Hamilton East electorate held views directly opposed to the party's leader on fluoridation of water and vaccine ...1 week ago
- CHRIS TROTTER: Act’s message – cheerfully libertarian? Or, radically right-wing?Pushed by the need for votes, Act’s leader, David Seymour, like Richard Prebble before him, has reached out to the dark side of the New Zealand electorate. Much as he would prefer to pull in support on the strength of Act’s sunny libertarianism, there just ain’t enough Eighteenth Century liberals ...1 week ago
- Govt found $1m for humanitarian support after Moroccan earthquake – but what about the victims of ...Buzz from the Beehive Again, no news has been posted on the government’s official website over the past 24 hours. Indeed, no news has been posted since Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta last Thursday announced New Zealand would be providing $1 million humanitarian support to Morocco to those affected by ...1 week ago
- BRIAN EASTON: What is PREFU 2023 really telling us?Despite the headlines, things are not much worse than at the time of the 2023 budget, but fiscal management is always difficult. Brian Easton writes- The Treasury is required by law to publish a Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) a few weeks before a general election, ...1 week ago
- Monday’s Chorus: National's tax hole widens to $2.44b1 week ago
- The Mayor and the Auckland Manifesto
Once upon a time, manifestos were a key feature of the election period, arriving in letterboxes in solid printed form, and full of details of what each party proposed to do and why. These days, we get a little pledge card with a few bullet points on it. So it’s interesting ...1 week ago - Geoffrey Miller: Who will be New Zealand’s next foreign minister?
Change is coming. A shakeup of the ministers responsible for New Zealand’s international relations seems almost guaranteed, irrespective of the country’s election result on October 14. Coalition politics are likely to play a key role in appointments related to foreign affairs. On current opinion polling, a government led by the ...1 week ago - Not since the depression have we seen a proposal like thisACT leader David Seymour has declared war on the public service with his promise to sack 15,000 of them. This is probably four times more than National want given the boot under its promise to cut all budgets by 6.5 per cent. But Seymour may have got a foretaste ...1 week ago
- Of Golf Balls and War Spoils: The One Ring and Property Law Squabbles
It has been a while since I engaged in meaty Tolkien analysis, so I deem it time to delve into one of the most pressing issues of our age. Namely, the vexed property law issues governing the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. I was prompted to offer some ...1 week ago - “Thanks for attending the job interview process Mr Luxon… we’ve some more questions though?”
We, the public, are making a hiring decision. That’s what this is. As silly as it is to have things like those utterly infernal “Most preferred Prime Minister” polls, largely an outcome of the “presidential style” of politics that has no basis in our system because we simply do ...1 week ago - Russell Brand Screams “Conspiracy” To Avoid Rape Allegations
Hi,Webworm was birthed over three years ago, as New Zealand went into its first Covid lockdown. Back then I wrote a lot about the conspiratorial madness that erupted from the sewers, the world very quickly becoming infected with brain worms. I have all those Webworms archived here, for anyone interested.As ...1 week ago - My Sunday Pick ’n’ Mix for Sept 17
1 week ago - Up the Wahs!
“Suppose big ‘ol Luxon will be there”, said my middle lad Johnny, watching the game with me.“Doubt it”, I replied, remembering John Key being soundly booed at games in the past. “League is a working man’s game, West Auckland, South Auckland, this is Labour territory”.Getty images.It’s true. I remember the ...1 week ago - Do you wish to continue?
I always smile when my supermarket checkout offers me a moment of existential angst. Do you wish to continue? a kindly woman’s voice asks, meaning: you're standing in front of a card-only machine and cash money’s no good here.Do you wish to continue? What’s not to like about some Hamlet ...1 week ago - 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #37A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Sep 10, 2023 thru Sat, Sep 16, 2023. Story of the Week Humans Have Crossed 6 of 9 ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Scientists analyzed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently ...1 week ago
- Act’s Message: Cheerfully Libertarian? Or, Radically Right-Wing?
Mr Pushmepullyou: Pushed by the need for votes, Act's leader, David Seymour, like Richard Prebble before him, has reached out to the dark side of the New Zealand electorate. Much as he would prefer to pull in support on the strength of Act's sunny libertarianism, there just ain't enough Eighteenth ...2 weeks ago - Socialist Equality Group is bothered by Māori Party thinking on racial superiority – but it oppos...Buzz from the Beehive Your Point of Order writers, again starved of news when they visited the government’s official website this morning, found something fascinating while surfing the worldwide web. Our attention was drawn to a TVNZ interview last Sunday, when Rawiri Waititi, co-leader of the Māori Party defended the ...2 weeks ago
- The Kākā Project: An interview with ACT's David Seymour about housing
TL;DR: I interviewed ACT Leader David Seymour this week after the party released its housing policy1, which includes:an aim to build 51,000 new houses a year, which relies on a migration forecast of around 28,000 per year (there was 96,200 net migration in the year to the end of July);sharing ...2 weeks ago - The Hoon around the week to Sept 16Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribers in the last week included:Treasury published the Pre Election Fiscal Update (PREFU) on Tuesday, including a one-year delay in Labour returning ...2 weeks ago
- Willy, Molly, Mandy, and Brooke.
“Can you guys hear me?”, said Nicola, feeling her body shrink into the corner of the sofa.She moved her head, which for some reason turned incredibly slowly. Her eyes took even longer to follow.A man was sitting at the far end of the sofa with one foot resting on the ...2 weeks ago - More Squeezed Muddle
Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the week.MONDAY Craig Renney has their numbers. They do not balance.Fact and number-checking the bureaucracy-hatersSome of the clearest commentary this election has been coming from CTU economist Craig Renney.Yesterday he helpfully translated the ACT party’s ...2 weeks ago - What is PREFU 2023 really telling us?
Despite the headlines, things are not much worse than at the time of the 2023 budget, but fiscal management is always difficult.The Treasury is required by law to publish a Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) a few weeks before a general election, just as it is required to publish ...2 weeks ago - Another week of the Squeezed Muddle
2 weeks ago - The magic of mātauranga Māori in decolonising our science – “STEM” has been transformed to e...Jerry Coyne has been writing again about mātauranga Māori, this time in an article prompted by the University of Auckland’s “going full steam ahead pushing the scientific value of MM while criticizing modern science”. MM is an abbreviation of Mātauranga Māori, which Coyne describes as “… a gemisch of some ...2 weeks ago
- Verrall is curiously shy about the Govt’s injecting $12.3 million into a birthing unit in the Wait...Buzz from the Beehive Uh, oh. The Government has nothing to declare – or rather, it had posted no news on the Government’s official website when Point of Order checked at 1pm. Thus it looked like ministers have had nothing to announce since Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta yesterday said ...2 weeks ago
- Garrick Tremain’s view…...2 weeks ago
- ERIC CRAMPTON: Foreign buyer taxesThe problem with taking GST off of food has little to do with the revenue cost of the policy, it’s that it’s just dumb to begin with. Any gains to households are smaller than those that could be achieved through other instruments, and there’s long-term cost to the integrity of ...2 weeks ago
- Friday’s Chorus: 'Show us the costings, Nicola!'Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: In the 2011 and 2014 election campaigns then-National PM John Key shredded Labour Opposition leaders Phil Goff and David Cunliffe with the simple challenge to their tax revenue estimates: ‘Show me the money.’Finance Minister Grant Robertson did the same last night in the finance ...2 weeks ago
- National, ACT & NZ First: Delivering the sun or just beach cricket?
David Seymour is usually more a talker than a fighter, an ideas man; but he's been flexing his political muscles during this election campaign. Running as high 13 percent in major media polls this year (and even 18 percent in one Roy Morgan), ACT has been threatening to become the ...2 weeks ago - Weekly Roundup 15-September-2023It’s Friday again so here are a handful of articles that caught our attention this week. The week in Greater Auckland On Monday we asked how will AT work with the council over the RLTP On Wednesday Matt covered the latest in the debate about a new stadium ...2 weeks ago
- Grinch To Steal Xmas.
I saw this headline yesterday. Initially I thought it was referring to tax cuts, but it’s not. The cuts that Nicola Willis promises by Christmas, are to people’s jobs.Let’s for the moment ignore the enormous holes economists across the board have spotted in National’s plan to tax people overseas on ...2 weeks ago - Willis under pressure in QueenstownOnce again, last night at the ASB Great Debate in Queenstown, National’s economic management credentials came under question. Ordinarily questioning National’s economic credibility would be like questioning the Greens’ sincerity on climate change or arguing that Te Paati Maori was not putting enough emphasis on the Treaty. The Guardian-Essential ...2 weeks ago
- Coyotes & Crows, and Arise Loses (again)
Hi,A friend sent me this text the other day:I have to agree.My buddy was talking about the comments going on under the Webworm I sent out about Danny Masterson. The conversations going on came from so many smart angles, it reminded me that half the reason I write Webworm is ...2 weeks ago - Patrick Brown's recycled hallucination of climate scienceCreating external costs Coming off very much as a disgruntled ex-academic, the Breakthrough Institute's Patrick Brown recently blew his top over what some might interpret as frustration about failure to place enough articles on their own merit into "prestige" journals and how Brown decided to deal with that by tactical ...2 weeks ago
- This is the first More Than A Feilding Readers Party and it would be mighty to see you there
The Saturday after this one, Kia Kaha Primary School comes to life. That is to say: 10 days from now.A great big thank you to all you wonderful people who have already booked your tickets. An especially big thank you to those of you who are coming from far away. ...2 weeks ago - Decline and Foundation: Asimov vs. Spengler
Some time ago, I took a look at potential Spenglerian influences in Tolkien: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/writing-decline-tolkien-vs-spengler-and-michael-potts/ My conclusion? That J.R.R. Tolkien’s notion of history (at least as expressed in his fiction) bears little resemblance to the cyclic interpretation offered by Oswald Spengler’s Decline of the West (1918-1923). Then ...2 weeks ago - Govt contributes $1m for humanitarian work in Morocco – it will invest much more in buttressing it...Buzz from the Beehive All three new ministerial announcements on the government’s official website today provide information which shows us how some of our taxes are being spent (or misspent). In one case, the money involved is a modest $1 million, to be spent on providing humanitarian support to the ...2 weeks ago
- ACT: the party of climate change denialOver the weekend, a no-longer rare "medicane" flooded the city of Derna in Libya. The confirmed death toll is already over 5,000, and could go as high as 20,000. But according to ACT's climate change spokesperson, there is no climate emergency: The Act Party’s climate change spokesman says there ...2 weeks ago
- Poll gives a measure of the mood for toughening on law and order (except among Green voters)Support for bringing back the ‘Three Strikes’ legislation is four times greater than opposition to its restoration, according to a poll of 1,000 New Zealand voters commissioned by Family First New Zealand and run by Curia Market Research last month. The National-led Government introduced the Three Strikes Law ...2 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on the centre-right’s credibility problemsSupposedly, people get the governments they deserve, but what on earth did we do in our past lives to deserve an Opposition as shambolic as the one on offer this election, on the centre-right? Surely these days, no-one in their right mind would take the risk of buying a used ...2 weeks ago
- The Masterplan.
Take the time to make some senseOf what you want to sayAnd cast your words away upon the wavesSail them home with AcquiesceOn a ship of hope todayAnd as they land upon the shoreTell them not to fear no moreSay it loud and sing it proud today“We have a plan ...2 weeks ago - Shape of incoming government becoming more visible, but will it be ready to cope with economic heada...
If current polling trends work out on October 14, what sort of government might NZ electors land themselves with? Take, for example, the latest Newshub-Reid poll which has National on 40.9% and ACT on 10.1%. If that is the measure of support on election day, the Right-of-Centre parties would ...2 weeks ago - National still working on fiscal planNicola Willis is questioned by Bernard at yesterday’s standup. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: National Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis has signalled a National Government would produce a lower debt track than Labour, but has yet to say what it is forecasting or how it would pay for infrastructure investment ...2 weeks ago
- Thursday’s Chorus: Brace for a 20% price jumpThe election may mark the definitive finish line for the house price slump, with already-rising prices expected to jump dramatically if National-ACT win. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: First home buyers and landlords are staring down the barrel of an immediate 20% jump in residential land values on October ...2 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #37 2023Open access notables In this week's government/NGO section we have a survey from IPSOS gauging experience of climate change in the day-to-day by persons in the US, One in four Americans say climate change will make it harder to live in their area. Many people struggle to separate their sensory perceptions from matters of metaphysics, ...2 weeks ago
- It takes an election campaignIt has taken an election campaign to see both major parties propose solutions to one of the country’s most serious challenges- finding enough doctors. For at least the past six years, both National and Labour have stalled on training more doctors. Now, we need at least an extra 1700. ...2 weeks ago
- Right-wing incoherence, tepid straw clutching from Centrists and the Left being pilloried outright? ...
It’s been hard to pin down what’s happening right now because things are literally all over the place. And on several fronts. The issues. People’s emotional reactions to them. And as for those politicians and their answers? Hoo-boy, there’s a damn sorry, sorry tale to tell you ...2 weeks ago - Climate Adam: If we stop emitting… then what..?This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Burning fossil fuels is heating the planet. But if we quit our fossil fuel habit and stop emitting greenhouse gases... what ...2 weeks ago
- The facts just keep ruining a good bad story, but is anyone noticing?
A text arrives from a friend:Just now at the chemist picking up a script…Pharmacist: No fee thanks to the present government.Me: Oh right, maybe not for long, huh?Pharmacist: Right, but we need a change, got to get us back on track and out of debt.Me: 😐The man who thinks it's ...2 weeks ago - DAVID BARBER: Humour in politics? Don’t make me laughDavid Barber writes – David Seymour, the ACT leader whose throwaway line reprising Guy Fawkes backfired on him, effectively setting a “No jokes, please – we’re politicians” benchmark for the election campaign, deplored people “who drain all the joy from life”. Well, there is not much joy in ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: How to voteClimate change is a big problem, and it often seems overwhelming. While individual action will help - every little bit helps - a lot of the changes we need to make are at a level far above that of individual action. Changes to the global energy system, or to farm ...2 weeks ago
- You are looking for Nanaia Mahuta? She is bound for Suva, to engage in talanoa and help build PIF c...Buzz from the Beehive While politicians of all colours were digesting the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update, and looking for the interpretation that best validates their campaign promises, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta was packing her bags for a trip to Fiji. She will attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) ...2 weeks ago
- Wednesday’s Chorus: The PREFU's missing debtYet again, Treasury has not included the liabilities being stored up for future generations in the form of higher public health, climate, education and housing spending because of the systematic and ongoing underinvestment in infrastructure, relative to population growth. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Treasury published a PREFU yesterday ...2 weeks ago
- CITIZEN SCIENCE: Social justice warriorsCitizen Science writes – One of the strangest aspects of entering Transworld, as a parent, is the absolute prohibition on not only discussion or analysis, but even thought, on whether it is a good idea to agree with small ...2 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on the fictions about reckless government spendingYesterday, the Treasury’s pre-election portrait was significantly out of whack with National’s repeated claims of rampant government mis-management of the economy. Instead, it seems that the recession has been averted, inflation is falling, unemployment is rising but still at historically low levels, wages are running ahead of inflation, government debt ...2 weeks ago
- Indigenous Rights
One of the sorriest aspects if the government is to change this election will be the role that race, and the willingness of politicians to play to ignorance and bigotry, has had.Much of it has been more subtle than a Don Brash style “rivers of blood” Orewa sermon. But the ...2 weeks ago - The Stadium Debate AgainAuckland’s seemingly ever ongoing stadium debate is about to kick off again with the council putting out a Request for Expressions of Interest for what they call “Auckland Main Stadium”. This isn’t actually about building something but is part of efforts of a council working group to narrow down the ...2 weeks ago
- To cut or not to cutNational leader Christopher Luxon emerged from his PREFU press conference yesterday, casting doubt on its fiscal projections but maintaining National would still cut taxes. ACT Leader David Seymour was more circumspect, saying his Caucus would hold a meeting next week to consider whether to continue to offer tax cuts. ...2 weeks ago
- At a glance – Does cold weather disprove global warming?On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...2 weeks ago
- Who Cares About Facts and Figures?
Who cares about facts and figures – especially if they don’t back up political prejudices? In the light of today’s Prefu forecasts as to where the economy is heading, which showed a pretty positive picture of the economic future, National’s Luxon and Willis were not to be deterred. “Labour has ...2 weeks ago - The PREFU can be interpreted to support this party – or that one – but in the upshot, whatever w...There was nothing new, when Point of Order checked out the government’s official website around noon, but Finance Minister Grant Robertson has posted good news since then. At least, he shared with us the best of the news in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update, released today. He said it ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: Reducing emissions makes us better offBack in 2020, the Auckland Council committed to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and reduce them to net-zero by 2050. At the time this was seen as enormously expensive. But it turns out that it will make Aucklanders much better off: Auckland could be more than $100 billion ...2 weeks ago
- Unlawful secrecy in Rotorua IILast year, in an effort to improve Māori representation, the Rotorua Lakes District Council attempted to advance the Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) Bill. The bill was controversial, violating the Bill of Rights Act, and the mayor’s efforts to have a secret discussion about it caused one councillor to resign. ...2 weeks ago
- Opinion polls signal Labour stumbling to defeat, but tough times await a new Right-of-Centre coali...Three different opinion polls in quick succession have signalled the Hipkins Labour-led government is crashing to defeat at next month’s election. As many as 34 of its members could lose their seats. All three polls — the Post-Freshwater, Morgan, and Newshub-Reid— showed Labour below 30%. Moreover, the Newshub-Reid had National reaching ...2 weeks ago
- It ain't over 'til it's over.
For many last night’s Newshub poll will have made for grim reading. It suggested a result with National and ACT having sufficient support to form a coalition, without the need for a third party.Image: One News.The nightmare scenario for Christopher Luxon which has been hanging over him, is that he’ll ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Coalition of Cuts and Chaos would be NZ’s most unstable government
Statements from David Seymour and Winston Peters have called into question whether National would be able to lead a functional government if they were in a position to do so after the election. ...2 weeks ago - Healthy Ocean Act – Marama Davidson Speech
He mōhio ō tātou tīpuna ki te tirotiro taiao. ...2 weeks ago - Greens will demand Minister for Oceans and Fisheries to lead ocean rescue planThe Green Party will protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, create an independent Ocean Commission to advise the government, and put a Green Minister for Oceans and Fisheries in charge of making it happen. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: National's dodgy tax scheme couldn't be done – according to John KeyNational's shaky tax scheme has received a further blow after it’s been revealed that John Key received advice when he was Prime Minister that the scheme being proposed by National couldn’t be done, Labour Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson says. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: No new funding, no timelines – National’s empty housing policyThe National Party’s housing policy is vacant; with no new funding and no timelines attached to its delivery says Labour Housing Spokesperson Megan Woods. ...2 weeks ago
- Bills lower, climate happier under Green Party planLabour’s announcement of an energy rebate is a step in the right direction, but the Greens’ Clean Power Payment would do much more for households. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Household rebates for energy efficient homes under LabourA re-elected Labour Government will help Kiwi households to be more energy efficient and reduce emissions from household energy use, Labour Spokesperson for Building and Construction and Energy and Resources, Megan Woods, announced today. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Labour will deliver largest Police service in historyA Labour Government will deliver a further increase of 300 additional frontline Police officers, new ways to crackdown on gangs and strengthen legal protections against stalking and harassment. ...3 weeks ago
- Live Election 2023 updates: All the latest developments on 26 September
The latest Newshub Reid Research poll indicates National and ACT would have 60 seats, just short of the 61 needed to form a government ...21 hours ago - Sparks fly at youth debate as candidates forced to defend policiesAnalysis - A fast-paced election debate focused on young voters got heated as it drilled into parties' answers to the cost of living, housing, climate change and rainbow issues. ...24 hours ago
- What would the different parties’ policies mean for disabled people?
Looking at the election policies stacked in front of the New Zealand public this year, I feel as though I have time-travelled back to the 1980s, writes disability advocate Colleen Brown. I’ve always thought New Zealand was a a decent place to live, and a country based on “fairness”. I ...24 hours ago - It’s the tail that directs the fish: The political heft of Te Tai TokerauWill Labour deputy leader Kelvin Davis retain his grip on the northernmost Māori electorate, or will strategic voting see a new name follow in the footsteps of Matiu Rata and Hone Harawira as a strong Māori voice for Te Tai Tokerau? Some elders in the north say that when the ...24 hours ago
- Who’s who in the Election Fringe Festival
While most focus is on the prospects of four or five major parties, a range of smaller parties are fighting for the vote from the edges ...24 hours ago - The Sure Things: Lan Pham goes from hermit life to public life
Lan Pham relishes being catapulted into this 'crazy political thing' ...24 hours ago - Daily crossword, Tuesday 26 September
...24 hours ago - Election's climate denialism isn’t just reckless, it's disrespectful
We cannot give up on the communities who have already been severely impacted by climate change, or the communities who will be impacted by it in the years to come ...24 hours ago - Needs assessment services under fire from families
People with disabilities are waiting longer to have their needs assessed ...24 hours ago - Peters, 78 not out, reaches towards history
Winston Peters is on the brink of parliamentary history if re-elected, becoming one of the oldest leaders ever and primed to surpass great names of NZ politics. Tim Murphy reports. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters joked at a public meeting of mainly older people that, unlike his questioner, "I don't ...24 hours ago - Recycling the wrong ideas about climate change
Did you catch public transport to work today? Choose a meal that didn't involve beef? If you said 'Yes', you're doing better than either of our two main party leaders when it comes to your personal efforts over climate change. There was an answer to a question in the ...24 hours ago - Pseudoregulation: the failure to stop meth production
Ban on the only cold medicine that seems to work never seemed likely to work ...24 hours ago - Grocery reforms do nothing for cost of living, says early adopter Huckleberry
The organic grocer Huckleberry was first to sign up, but now says its plans are cramped by political uncertainty ...24 hours ago - Where is she now? Penny Whiting
Major surgery hasn't slowed down sailing trailblazer Penny Whiting - still racing yachts at 75. Now NZ's most noted yacht club has honoured her for always going that extra mile, Suzanne McFadden writes. Penny Whiting sensed something was up. She just couldn't decipher what. Sitting among the crowd in the ballroom of the Royal ...24 hours ago - Disrupting trades education an expensive game
Stability is essential if 'the Te Pūkenga disaster' gets reversed ...24 hours ago - Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 26 September
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By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific youth climate champion Suluafi Brianna Fruean has likened her first time in the United Nations building to primary school. “It was my first time being in the [UN] General Assembly space,” Suluafi said. “I sat there and I was watching everyone and it ...1 day ago - View from The Hill: ‘Player’ Mike Pezzullo undone by power playSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mike Pezzullo, one of Canberra’s most powerful and certainly most controversial public servants, cannot survive the revelation of the trove of text messages showing him blatantly inserting himself into the political process. Pezzullo, the ...1 day ago
- Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public ServiceSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about ...1 day ago
- Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University The Wallabies have suffered a record-breaking defeat to Wales at the Rugby World Cup. This represents Australia’s worst result in a World Cup match and its biggest-ever losing margin to Wales. And it will ...1 day ago
- Greens the winners in latest poll
The Green Party is eating up the vote on the left in a new poll, and for the third time this month National needs Winston Peters to form a government Monday night’s Newshub-Reid Research poll has the Greens on the up, hitting 14.2 percent. It’s reminiscent of the 15 percent ...1 day ago - NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debateBy Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties — an amnesty for overstayers. The Dawn Raids apology was two years ago, and weeks out from the election, the Labour Party has announced it would ...1 day ago
- Sir John Key to Luxon – 'I would advise him to rule Winston in'Former PM John Key says it is pragmatic for Christopher Luxon to not rule out working with NZ First's Winston Peters, despite having done the same himself in the past. ...1 day ago
- National and Act would need NZ First to govern according to latest pollJust this morning, Christopher Luxon announced he would work with NZ First to form a government after the election and would make the call to Winston Peters on election night if he had to. He later revealed to reporters he wasn’t sure if he even had Peters’ phone number. According ...1 day ago
- Peters returns as Kingmaker under Newshub-Reid Research pollNational and ACT would need Winston Peters' support to form a government under the latest Newshub-Reid Research poll. ...1 day ago
- Labour to consider 2.1 million hectares of native reforestation
Labour released the first ever climate-specific policy manifesto from a political party in New Zealand on Monday but not everything in the document was new, Marc Daalder reports Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the climate manifesto released at a campaign stop in Taranaki on Monday is the first such document ...1 day ago - 1 in 5 Australian workers are either underemployed or out of work: white paperSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Commonwealth Treasury Today’s employment white paper has adopted the broadest-ever definition of what “full employment” means for Australia. The new paper says closer to 2.8 million ...1 day ago
- 1 in 5 Australian workers are either underemployed or out of work: white paperSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Commonwealth Treasury Today’s employment white paper has adopted the broadest-ever definition of what “full employment” means for Australia. The new paper says closer to 2.8 million ...1 day ago
- Winston Peters vs David Seymour: their 15 most venomous insults, ranked Is it loathing, or is it love? Love, as was so astutely observed by Pat Benatar, is a battlefield. So while the Chris and Chris Show was a balm for the soul, there is another great romance at play in New Zealand politics, waged in the verbal fisticuffs of Winston ...1 day ago
- How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic StateSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014. In response, ...1 day ago
- The RMA is dead, long live the RMA: why NZ’s resource laws won’t change overnight after this ele...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Senior Lecturer in Resource & Environmental Planning, Massey University RMA – three letters that have struck fear into a generation of farmers, developers, politicians and anyone building a house. Or so legend would have it. Whatever its original goal of ...2 days ago
- Luxon confident he could make three-way coalition workChristopher Luxon has told reporters on the campaign trail in Matamata that he could manage a multi-party coalition with both Act and New Zealand First, if needed. In a social media video this morning, Luxon finally revealed that he was open to working with Winston Peters if the votes fell ...2 days ago
- Newsletter: September 25 2023 – Items of interest and importance todayNew Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. NZ Politics Daily: 25 September 2023 NZ FIRST, COALITION WITH NATIONAL 1News: National’s Christopher Luxon would work with NZ First if he has to ...2 days ago
- Rt Hon Winston Peters RE: The Call For Corporate Manslaughter Legislation
This matter begins with the Pike River investigation being inadequate, inexplicably lengthy, and after millions of dollars, the evidence that should have been placed before the public still has not been. We have always believed that Pike River is ...2 days ago - Election 2023: Labour releases climate manifesto with more policy plansLabour has revealed policies for a second emissions reduction plan, a new ministerial role, and increasing renewable electricity generation. ...2 days ago
- Election 2023: The tertiary education policies in two minutesHundreds of thousands of New Zealanders engage with the tertiary education sector each year. Here’s everything you need to know about funding, governance, student allowances, fees and research in two minutes. See more from our policy in two minutes series here. More than 300,000 New Zealanders are enrolled in programmes ...2 days ago
- Government’s employment white paper commits to jobs for all who want them – and help to get themSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The employment white paper, released on Monday, has outlined multiple measures the Albanese government will implement to assist the about three million people who want jobs or more hours of work. They include making ...2 days ago
- Government’s employment white paper commits to jobs for all who want them – and help to get themSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The employment white paper, released on Monday, has outlined multiple measures the Albanese government will implement to assist the about three million people who want jobs or more hours of work. They include making ...2 days ago
- What it’s like to wear the most expensive diamond ring in New ZealandThe biggest and most expensive diamond ring to be auctioned in New Zealand went under the hammer in Auckland on Sunday. In the name of luxury, Gabi Lardies went and tried it on. The bubbles are on ice, the scented candles are lit and I am quite explicit about not ...2 days ago
- Do blue-light glasses really work? Can they reduce eye strain or help me sleep?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Downie, Associate Professor in Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Blue-light glasses are said to reduce eye strain when using computers, improve your sleep and protect your eye health. You can buy them yourself or your ...2 days ago
- Do blue-light glasses really work? Can they reduce eye strain or help me sleep?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Downie, Associate Professor in Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Blue-light glasses are said to reduce eye strain when using computers, improve your sleep and protect your eye health. You can buy them yourself or your ...2 days ago
- Labour’s Climate Manifesto – Commendable Condiments But Missing The ‘main Meal’Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Labour Party’s Climate Manifesto, launched today, reads like a shopping list of condiments that has missed off the main meal: action on New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter, intensive dairy. "There are many ...2 days ago
- Labour’s Climate Announcement Is Economically And Scientifically IlliterateResponding to the release of Labour’s Climate Manifesto, Taxpayers’ Union Deputy Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: "Yet again, we are seeing a swathe of policies that fail to recognise the genius and effectiveness of our existing Emissions ...2 days ago
- National-Act-NZ First government would be ‘rightwing circus’, says HipkinsAt his press conference to launch Labour’s climate manifesto in New Plymouth today, Chris Hipkins was quick to offer his thoughts on Christopher Luxon finally admitting National would work with New Zealand First to form the next government if it needed to. “I want to for once in my life ...2 days ago
- Labour and National bicker over climate policy as Hipkins releases manifestoChris Hipkins has released Labour’s “climate manifesto”, which brings together a range of existing policies plus adds a handful of new ones. These include a plan for a “minister for just transitions” to oversee New Zealand’s transition to a low-emissions economy, and to a plan to invest an additional $300 ...2 days ago
- New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekWhat are you going to be watching this week? We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+. The biggies Neighbours: The Return (on Prime Video from September 25) Neighbours is back, baby. The long-running Australian soap that ended ...2 days ago
- Luxon's call on NZ First could come back to bite him
Christopher Luxon has given the voters what they wanted – transparency on who National will work with. But, in doing so, some of his supporters worry he may have given New Zealand First a boost. Comment: National Party supporters at a meet and greet in Matamata with Christopher Luxon were ...2 days ago - Te Whatu Ora Must Stand By Employees’ Rights To Freedom Of Thought And Speech25 September 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Te Whatu Ora must stand by employees’ rights to freedom of thought and speech The Free Speech Union insists that Te Whatu Ora stand by their employees’ rights of freedom of thought and speech ...2 days ago
- Te Whatu Ora Must Stand By Employees’ Rights To Freedom Of Thought And Speech...2 days ago
- NZ election 2023: Bryce Edwards: The most hollow campaign in living memoryThe 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is positive or attractive about the electoral options on offer. This is an election without inspiration. There is a definite gloominess among the public right now — with a perception that not ...2 days ago
- Severe Weather Demands Voters' AttentionMore severe weather and floods in regions demand voters’ attention. Floods in Queenstown and Southland, wildfires in South Canterbury, and further risk of flood in Gisborne, are a warning that the biggest issue in this election has to be climate ...2 days ago
- Labor and Albanese recover in Newspoll as Dutton falls, but the Voice’s slump continuesSource: 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 national Newspoll, conducted September 18–22 from a sample of 1,239, gave Labor a 54–46 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since ...2 days ago
- Peters defends decision on 2017 coalition and repeats Bill English claimsWinston Peters has repeated his claim that Bill English said he was about to be rolled as National leader during negotiations after the 2017 election. According to the New Zealand First leader, English said during post-election negotiations that he was about to lose his position as leader of National. It’s ...2 days ago
- Luxon left looking ‘slow and expedient’ after Peters rule-in announcementWe’ve been waiting weeks months for a captain’s call from Christopher Luxon on whether or not he’d work with Winston Peters – and that finally came today. As I detailed this morning, Luxon, in a video shared to social media, finally admitted he would work with Peters if necessary after ...2 days ago
- Are fish oil supplements as healthy as we think? And is eating fish better?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Fish oil, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, is promoted for a number of health benefits – from boosting our heart health, protecting our brain from dementia, ...2 days ago
- What lies behind Luxon’s change of heart on NZ First?The 11th-hour decision to rule in Winston Peters if necessary leaves the National leader looking slow and expedient. When Chris Hipkins declared last week that National’s polling was beyond its peak, it seemed born more of hope than data. It is hard to avoid concluding, however, that Christopher Luxon has ...2 days ago
- Watch live: Election debate – Parties questioned on policies affecting PasifikaRNZ Pacific has partnered with Pacific Media Network to question major parties on how their policies will affect Pacific peoples. ...2 days ago
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- A teenager’s OCD journeyA 17-year-old shares their reality living with the ‘doubting disease’. A version of this essay was first published on Emily Writes’ Substack. Every day I return to my house, gently closing the door behind me. Each time I unpack my bag, wash my lunch box and water bottle, place my ...2 days ago
- The ‘community of care’ improving the wellbeing of Sāmoan teachersAn ambitious initiative in Sāmoan early childhood centres is improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and teachers across Auckland – with aspirations to extend nationwide. The Seugagogo Aoga Amata Pre-School had humble beginnings. Situated close to the town centre of Auckland’s Ōtāhuhu and founded as a playgroup ...2 days ago
- National would work with NZ FirstWelcome to The Spinoff’s election live updates for Monday, September 25. I’m Stewart Sowman-Lund: on deck today from the mighty Manawatū. Get in touch with me on [email protected] Find out more about the political parties at Policy.nz The agenda Christopher Luxon has confirmed he would work with Winston ...2 days ago
- Election 2023: National Party confirms it could work with NZ FirstChristopher Luxon says his preference is to work with ACT in government, but could work with New Zealand First too. ...2 days ago
- Is it ethical non-Indigenous people get to decide on the Voice? Is it OK for one group to have right...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Formosa, Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Macquire University Ethics & Agency Research Centre, Macquarie University Australians will soon be asked to vote on whether we should “alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples ...2 days ago
- America’s leaders are older than they’ve ever been. Why didn’t the founding fathers foresee th...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Mondschein, Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney The US Congress has had no shortage of viral moments in recent months. Senator Dianne Feinstein seemingly became confused over how to vote. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell experienced two extended ...2 days ago
- We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heatSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renée M Prokopavicius, Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology, Western Sydney University Torychemistry, Shutterstock Australians are bracing for a hot spring and summer. The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared El Niño is underway, making warmer and drier conditions more likely for ...2 days ago
- How to manage exam season: don’t forget to take regular breaks and breatheSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Ginns, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, University of Sydney Oleksandr P/Pexels Around Australia, Year 12 students are heading into the final stretch of study before exams start in early term 4. This is typically seen as a very intense ...2 days ago
- ‘An insatiable and unrestrained desire for passionate love’: the holy slut-shaming of Mary of Eg...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olympia Nelson, PhD Candidate in Modern Greek & Byzantine Studies specialising in Byzantine art and literature, University of Sydney Mary of Egypt, The Pantanassa Monastery, Mystras, Peloponnese, Greece Olympia Nelson, CC BY-ND Mary of Egypt, a fourth-century saint with a large ...2 days ago
- How Māngere plans to become the cycling capital of the PacificA beloved community group is shifting transport habits in this Manukau suburb. As I biked down Coronation Road in Māngere, a driver beeped and yelled, “Get off the road and onto the footpath!” When I didn’t get out of their way, they yelled again, telling me it was for my ...2 days ago
- It’s poll dayNewshub’s next poll will be revealed at 6pm tonight, teased by political editor Jenna Lynch as one that shows the face of the election is “changing in more ways than one”. Is that a reference to New Zealand First, especially given National’s decision to commit to working with them (if ...2 days ago
- The Bulletin: Where’s the urgency on drinking water?Andrea Vance has been on a tear of late, publishing a series of fired up columns about the dire state of political discourse as we head towards the election. This week’s Sunday Star-Times column (paywalled) is on the “stonking great elephant in the room” that none of the party leaders want to ...2 days ago
- Gloves come off as Robertson and Willis show their leaders how it’s doneThe finance chiefs’ Q&A debate was some of the most compelling TV of the election season so far, writes Catherine McGregor in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Tempers flare in the TVNZ studios Grant ...2 days ago
- Act And National A Coalition For Change“ACT and National are on the same page about a future coalition Government, with both parties working together in a strong coalition to overcome the significant challenges New Zealand faces,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Christopher Luxon confirmed ...2 days ago
- Political Leaders Must Back Corporate Manslaughter Law – Pike FamiliesPike River family members Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse have called on political leaders to agree to introduce a corporate manslaughter law following charges for Whakaari deaths being dropped. Anna Osborne, who lost her husband Milton in the Pike ...2 days ago
- Providing Real Choice In Education“We need to get the politics and bureaucracy out of New Zealand’s education system, bring high standards for attendance and learning in, and treat the profession with respect. While Labour is responsible for lowering the bar and leaving kids even ...2 days ago
- National would work with NZ First, confirms LuxonAfter months of speculation and countless questions from journalists, Christopher Luxon has confirmed he would work with Winston Peters – if required to. In a video posted to social media, Luxon made it clear that his preference was for “strong and stable” two-party coalition between National and Act. “I believe ...2 days ago
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