Daily Review 01/12/2015

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1. Sacha 1

   1 December 2015 at 6:06 pm

   Yes, govt does us proud on the world stage again and Blinglish tells #nzqt he isn’t embarrassed about it.
   #fossil
   • Sacha 1.1

     1 December 2015 at 6:08 pm

     found a Greens blog on the topic: https://blog.greens.org.nz/2015/12/01/day-1-new-zealand-wins-an-award/

     and the Guardian has some photos from Aus and NZ climate marches:
     http://www.theguardian.com/community/2015/nov/30/climate-change-march-your-photos-from-across-australia-and-new-zealand
     • Sacha 1.1.1

       1 December 2015 at 6:31 pm

       and photos from the rest of the world: https://avaaz.org/en/climate_march_report_back_loc/
       • BM 1.1.1.1

         1 December 2015 at 7:25 pm

         785,000 is pathetic.
         • infused 1.1.1.1.1

           2 December 2015 at 12:18 am

           On the global scale, yep.
   • Sacha 1.2

     1 December 2015 at 8:40 pm

     And a smart and focused backgrounder by Kennedy Graham: https://blog.greens.org.nz/2015/12/01/paris-testing-the-climate-taunting-the-gods/
     • Murray Simmonds 1.2.1

       2 December 2015 at 7:51 am

       Thanks for the links, Sacha. I had a good look at the Kennedy-Graham link.

       That is one of the clearest expositions of the current state of things that I’ve read everywhere. I’d encourage everyone to have a good look at what he is saying there.
   • Sacha 1.3

     1 December 2015 at 8:44 pm

     Govt’s response to questioning: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/291032/govt-defends-pm's-comments-in-paris
2. ianmac 2

   1 December 2015 at 6:35 pm

   I hope those beautiful shoes go to a good home afterwards.
3. Muttonbird 3

   1 December 2015 at 7:23 pm

   While National Party sycophants Tracey Watkins and hubby, Barry Soper, worry about police making inquiries on Heather Duplicity Allen’s forging of documents in the public interest, I’m left wondering why they don’t apply the same test to the raiding of Nicky Hager’s place.

   Nicky Hager was also working in the public interest.

   http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/74606265/when-having-a-nose-for-a-story-lands-a-journalist-in-trouble
   • Wainwright 3.1

     1 December 2015 at 9:40 pm

     Back at you – if you care so much about Nicky Hagar’s journalistic privilege being invaded by bullyboy cops, you should equally respect HDP is being intimidated because she pointed out the plod had been sitting on a dangerous loophole in the law for years.

     They might be hypocrites but we don’t need to borrow stupid nicknames from Maggie Barry and play their game.
4. Anne 4

   1 December 2015 at 7:39 pm

   http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/291024/senior-labour-mp-challenged-over-tweet

   So why didn’t the Labour Party lay a complaint to the privileges committee over John
   Key’s claim they were supporters of rapists and murderers?

   We know what the outcome would have been which in turn… could have been used to back up Dyson’s claim.
   • Lanthanide 4.1

     1 December 2015 at 9:32 pm

     Because he said that in the chamber during Question Time, so it comes under the speakers’ jurisdiction. The speaker chose not to impose any penalty on Key, so that’s the end of it.

     Dyson tweeted about the speaker, ie outside of Parliament. So it’s the privileges committee who deals with it.

     I’m not aware of there being a formal method of complaining about the speaker, except to do so in the house (eg, in debate or raising a motion of no confidence).
5. te reo putake 5

   1 December 2015 at 7:55 pm

   I’m interviewing a deportee from Oz for a post tomorrow. Anything you guys wanna know? Any questions?
   • Anne 5.1

     1 December 2015 at 8:00 pm

     I presume it is a deportee who ‘has done his time’ and turned his life around… so my question is:

     How have the police here in NZ been treating him?
   • Grindlebottom 5.2

     1 December 2015 at 8:05 pm

     Cool. I have a few

     How long living in Oz?
     What Oz conviction(s) & what sentence?
     If detained on completion of sentence, where?
     What contact allowed with family while detained?
     Appealed against deportation (& result if any)?
     Why not taken out Oz citizenship?
     What family still there?
     What family here in NZ?
     What education & where obtained?
     What occupation in Oz?
     What given by authorities in Oz for return to NZ (clothes/money/anything)?
     What support in NZ now here?
     Consider self Australian or NZer?

     Thanks TRP. Look forward to your post.
     • te reo putake 5.2.1

       1 December 2015 at 8:42 pm

       Cheers, G and Anne. I’m not going to identify the new chum, so some questions are out. He’s doing it pretty tough, as it is. He left as a toddler, and has never been back. It’s pretty depressing stuff.
       • Grindlebottom 5.2.1.1

         1 December 2015 at 8:58 pm

         Ok, thanks TRP. I didn’t mean to barrage him with questions, just some thoughts that occurred in a rush from someone curious. But I understand what you mean. Good luck, hope he can find some light on the horizon somewhere. And that he understands there are people here who sympathise with him and wish him well.
       • sabine 5.2.1.2

         1 December 2015 at 9:14 pm

         a. are you doing ok
         b. do you have any family or friends here
         c. have you got adequate housing
         d. have you got job prospects
         e. how is your family in oz doing – emotionally and financially
         f. do you need any help?
         g. does your family in oz need any help coping?

         I think these would be equally important question to ask of this person.
         • Atiawa 5.2.1.2.1

           1 December 2015 at 10:03 pm

           Despite knowing you were born in NZ were you ever made aware that you required Australian citizenship/residency if you weren’t to face possible deportation?
           When were you made aware of the Australians Governments intention to return you to NZ?
           • mpledger 5.2.1.2.1.1

             2 December 2015 at 1:35 pm

             I don’t think it matters about having dual citizenship because Oz can strip a person of their Oz citizenship – and then ship them back.
6. Gabby 6

   1 December 2015 at 8:23 pm

   Blimey, wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

   (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition.)
   • te reo putake 6.1

     1 December 2015 at 8:35 pm

     Heh!
   • Grindlebottom 6.2

     1 December 2015 at 8:35 pm

     TRP can just cross out the ones already on his list and add the leftovers.
7. Ergo Robertina 7

   1 December 2015 at 9:59 pm

   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3340565/Shocking-video-shows-New-Zealand-dairy-farmers-bashing-kicking-throwing-four-day-old-calves-regarded-trash-bloodied-concrete-floors.html

   The Daily Mail has published the dairy industry cruelty story. Good, it’s the only way to get the message through to this violent and blase industry.
   Theo Spierings should go – not just a couple of hopeless lackey thugs – as inadequate infrastructure has been built to at least mitigate the cruelty of taking the newborns away from their mothers.
   And there was Hosking tonight looking so desperate that our dirty little secret was about to get out and all but begging Hans Kriek not to tell anyone.
   He meant it when he said he wasn’t a journalist.
   • GregJ 7.1

     1 December 2015 at 10:15 pm

     Have you showered after watching Hosking?

     You probably deserve the New Zealand Cross for suffering through it though.
8. Robert Atack 8

   2 December 2015 at 4:45 pm

   GLOBAL IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION
   The changing numbers are just since you’ve been on this page!

   – See more at: https://www.trucklocator.co.uk/global-impact-of-transportation/#sthash.m3pQqKT1.dpuf

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