Daily review 07/12/2022

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    • weka 1.1
      7 December 2022 at 6:21 pm

      it's been here for a while. As some of us keep banging on about 😉

      • Nic the NZer 1.2.1
        8 December 2022 at 8:02 am

        Correction, he described them as "pretty and small minded", according to the Herald. I think he might have been making a blonde joke actually.

    • Anker 1.3
      7 December 2022 at 7:11 pm

      https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018757712/the-science-of-transgender-women-in-sport

      And this by sports scienctist Ross Tucker.

      "The scientific biologicaldifference between men and women are so large they would render women irrelevant at elite level"

      "There are 10,000 men who are faster than the fastest woman in the world over 100 metres. That group of men includes 14 – 15 year olds"

      So just roll over sportswomen and accomodate these male bodied atheletes.

      • SPC 1.3.1
        8 December 2022 at 11:29 am

        The inclusion is at the community level, it might not even include domestic competition at the regional or inter-provincial level (as/when these are pathways for athletes to international competition).

    • Nic the NZer 1.4
      8 December 2022 at 8:15 am

      In sporting parlance this is known as a "hospital pass" onto the clubs and codes under sport-nz. Basically it'll be fine as long as any trans athletes taking this up are not very skilled, but if they are then there will be some media attention and protest on these codes and clubs which implemented the policy. And you'd be a bit daft as a code to push ahead with advertising your new participation policy, as that might attract some testing of the new entry threshold.

      • Anker 1.4.1
        8 December 2022 at 9:23 am

        Nic, I disagree that this will be fine as long as trans and non binary atheletes are not very skilled. A case in point is Kate Wetherley, a mountain biker who rode in the mens competition up until around 18 years.
        At local level even mediocre trans women are creating issues for women in sport. I know of two women who have left their chosen community sport because of sustaining injuries due to biological males being allowed to compete with them. I believe this will be the tip of the ice berg.

        To quote Kate "people said that we're coming in and ruining the sport, but there are way bigger isues that women in sport face" Thanks Kate for mansplaining to us that the cyclists who know they are being cheated out of a win, face far bigger issues. Kate was a mediocre cyclist when racing in the male category and now is robbing women of titles in the womens section. The arrogance and entitlement is astounding.

        Its hard to see how many of the left, who supposedly champion women's rights, are so firmly behind this and the message to women is, "come on be kind, don't be petty"

        https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-10944351/Kate-Weatherly-Transgender-mountain-biker-issues-message-haters.html

        • Nic the NZer 1.4.1.1
          8 December 2022 at 9:33 am

          By not very skilled, I mean not really capable of winning in women's events.

          • Anker 1.4.1.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 4:32 pm

            I might have misinterpreted what you were saying Nic. My apologies.

            • Nic the NZer 1.4.1.1.1.1
              9 December 2022 at 3:27 pm

              No apologies necessary. Its actually above my expectations when anybody pays attention to anything I say anyway, and in this case provided a pretty good example of what I was describing.

        • SPC 1.4.1.2
          8 December 2022 at 11:25 am

          At local level even mediocre trans women are creating issues for women in sport. I know of two women who have left their chosen community sport because of sustaining injuries due to biological males being allowed to compete with them. I believe this will be the tip of the ice berg.

          I have heard of a case in the UK of women being injured at rugby team training. The sport here will be able to take account of this in formulating policy. If they do not do so, this will impact how successfully they build the game at community level.

      • SPC 1.4.2
        8 December 2022 at 11:22 am

        The only obligation on sports clubs is to accept law as to "gender self ID", just as everyone else will have to. Clubs however are free to limit inclusion based on player safety – this would involve physical contact sport.

        • Nic the NZer 1.4.2.1
          8 December 2022 at 11:30 am

          So the only real obligation here is, if some male team decides its playing in the woman's grade this season, then they absolutely have to be believed as genuine when they say their players are all 'non-binary'?

          • SPC 1.4.2.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 11:49 am

            I would presume the constraints then would be

            1. they are identifying that way on the field and 24/7 52 weeks as well.
            2. the sport allows “transgender” women to compete in the sport (as regards to player safety).
            • Visubversa 1.4.2.1.1.1
              8 December 2022 at 12:57 pm

              Really? That is called "gatekeeping" these days. The only thing they have to do (under Self ID) is to open their mouths and recite the magic words "I identify as –". Look at Alex Drummond in the UK. No diagnosis, no hormones, no surgery – he does not even have to shave off his beard. Identifies as a woman – and as a lesbian.

              Alex Drummond

              • Nic the NZer …
                8 December 2022 at 1:13 pm

                This Alex Drummond looks like a budding Rhythmic Gymnast to me.

              • SPC …
                8 December 2022 at 1:16 pm

                No. The UK (maybe soon England and Wales and NI as Scotland is currently legislating self ID) does not have self ID as its legal standard (we do), so such a person would not be able to play in women's sports in England ….

                Even here, with self ID, sports could require some evidential proof (such as documentation of women's ID – drivers license/passport/changed birth certificate).

            • Nic the NZer 1.4.2.1.1.2
              8 December 2022 at 1:07 pm

              I mean it seems a bit onerous expecting sporting clubs to be monitoring their participants for a full year around competition. Couldn't they just, you know, like show the club their entire browser history, or something non invasive instead?

              • SPC …
                8 December 2022 at 1:19 pm

                Self ID law allows a person to obtain women's identity documentation such as drivers license/passport/changed birth certificate.

                • Nic the NZer …
                  8 December 2022 at 1:37 pm

                  Athletes will not need to “prove or otherwise justify their gender, sex or gender identity”, said Sport NZ in its release on Tuesday. – From the Stuff article at 1.

                  Hmmm, doesn't sound like Sports NZ is actually saying that. If they were saying that I think it would hardly be notable, because you have then some clear guide lines for sports codes and clubs to follow, e.g If they have a certificate/documentation then they can enter. But the way they are saying it seems more like the well known "don't ask, don't tell" army policy with sporting codes and clubs expected to wear any flak which results from that going wrong.

                  • SPC …
                    8 December 2022 at 2:00 pm

                    The change from test (medical – diagnosis and assisted transition etc) , to no test occurred with self ID. This is all the wording really refers to. It is the direction to them/sports bodies after the parliamentary legislation enabled self ID.

                    • Nic the NZer …
                      8 December 2022 at 2:22 pm

                      Really? Because one could clearly and simply say that as "sporting codes and clubs will not reject the gender recognition documentation issued by parliament".

                      I'm getting more of an "If they sign up for womans sport that shouldn't be challenged by anyone" vibe from the Sport NZ statement.

                      Actually I think my club might have had to ask if a couple of boys had been signed up for girls grades by accident, which they were (refunds were issued). Got a bit lucky there, I guess.

                    • SPC …
                      8 December 2022 at 4:05 pm

                      Not when the sporting bodies are free to decide on their own safety criteria.

                    • Nic the NZer …
                      8 December 2022 at 5:30 pm

                      That seems to confuse the issue further. Now the sporting codes are expected to create some kind of player safety statement to justify excluding trans women (and non-binary, whatever that actually means) from participating in the women's category. Apparently they should do this even if its just unfair, because Sport NZ doesn't present any other grounds for rejecting this participation (like maybe its considered unfair).

                      But somehow this still applies even though NZ parliament passed legislation allowing self ID and some of these potential participants can have documentation indicating they should be in that category.

    • SPC 1.5
      8 December 2022 at 11:12 am

      1. It's an acknowledgment that international level sport rules are set according to fair competition

      2. It's a direction to local sports administration as to community level sport – it speaks to how any participation is to be managed (self ID as is this is current government policy society wide).

      3. It allows individual sports to determine its own rules with regard to player safety.

      4. It does not make any sport funding conditional on allowing transgender players.

      Transgender athletes will be able to participate in sport in the gender they identify with, and will not need to “prove or … justify” their identity according to new guiding principles released by Sport New Zealand.

      The principles only apply to community level sport – not elite level sport – but it will be up to sports bodies to define where and how the trans athletes will participate.

      Sports bodies will not lose funding if they do not adopt the principles within their inclusion and diversity policies, and some organisations may have policies that reflect safety over inclusion, Sport New Zealand chief executive Raelene Castle said.

      • Craig H 1.5.1
        8 December 2022 at 1:39 pm

        Nicely put. Also, as a longtime sports administrator, the Human Rights Act does not automatically allow separate divisions within sports for women, nor for girls under 12 in any sport, so there will be sports e.g. motor racing where this debate doesn't really apply. That doesn't prevent having women's and girls' competitions/divisions in those sports/ages as measures to promote equality e.g. increase participation to equal levels, but it's not blanket by any means.

  2. weka 2
    7 December 2022 at 6:23 pm

    I'm not a parent, but it's hard to understand how parents would risk this child's life in this way. Even if they believe that blood from vaccinated people might cause harm to their child, this is still a far lesser harm than death.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480297/high-court-takes-guardianship-of-sick-baby-at-the-centre-of-dispute-over-donor-blood

    • Anne 2.1
      7 December 2022 at 6:40 pm

      Touché.

      I suppose the media will be out there in full force filming the inevitable protests of VFF and other attention seeking cults. Given they only represent around 1 to 2% of the population they should be ignored. Their views have been well and truly trashed.

    • gsays 2.2
      7 December 2022 at 6:48 pm

      Just having a wee korero with the 'health professional I see most often' about this issue.

      Jehova's Witnesses aren't down with blood transfusions. I understand they are able to 'bank' their own blood and use that. There is 'the precedent' already established that some naysayers, on this issue are keen to avoid.

      I figure this is a fairly complex and nuanced issue and I am wary of those with black and white views on it – from either side of the debate. Just another unintended consequence that is not on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission.

      • weka 2.2.1
        7 December 2022 at 7:23 pm

        and if anti-vaxers want to have that special privilege they need to do the mahi of lobbying the government to have that system set up (which also means making a coherent case). But individuals demanding this is problematic because of the precedent it sets for individuals demanding this.

        Do JW's have this concession because religious belief is protected in law?

        • gsays 2.2.1.1
          7 December 2022 at 7:35 pm

          TBF, the pfizer drug has been thrust upon us.

          Tad unfair of you to have expected them to organise and legitimise their position by now, in these turbulent times. They are parents of twins after all.

          As to the JW's I'm not sure how their 'privelege' come about.

          • pat 2.2.1.1.1
            7 December 2022 at 7:42 pm

            "They are parents of twins after all."

            ????

          • weka 2.2.1.1.2
            7 December 2022 at 8:05 pm

            Tad unfair of you to have expected them to organise and legitimise their position by now, in these turbulent times. They are parents of twins after all.

            I wasn't saying the parents should organise that. I'm saying that if antivaxers want this special provision they need to organise and lobby. Otherwise what is being suggested is that any time someone wants special treatment, they should get it.

            • Andy 2.2.1.1.2.1
              7 December 2022 at 8:53 pm

              They did organise and lobby, and they had their own blood donors available and ready.

              I was watching a presentation yesterday about Statins and how pharma pushes them. Some were even advocating for putting Statins in the public water supply at one point.

              Some day the public might actually thank these so-called "anti-vaxxers" for standing up to corporate tyranny.

              Apparently, according to this presenter I refer to, this dates back to Reagan liberalising the pharma industry and letting them conduct their own clinical trials.

              • weka …
                7 December 2022 at 9:55 pm

                They did organise and lobby, and they had their own blood donors available and ready.

                reread what I said. It's not what you are talking about.

                Funnily enough, I didn't see the anti-vaxxers organising around the statin all those years when overmedicalisation was happening.

              • Shanreagh …
                8 December 2022 at 10:02 am

                Having been a blood donor like my father, when we were both diagnosed as having familial high cholesterol, it was not the fact that we had both been placed on statins that was the reason why we were deemed unsuitable to continue as blood donors.

                The reason we were unsuitable was the fact of the diagnosis of familial high cholesterol. The medication we took to control it did not figure.

                In our diagnosis, and with my decision to have the vaccine there was no corporate tyranny exerted. I think you are drawing a long bow to suggest that I would ever have anything to thank anti vaxxers for.

                I always get all sides and make my own decisions on medical procedures and did not need tor read an array of conspiracy theories to get the other side.

                • weka …
                  8 December 2022 at 11:03 am

                  Andy wasn't talking about blood donation, he was referring to the overprescribing of statins generally.

                  • Shanreagh …
                    8 December 2022 at 12:48 pm

                    I realise that but having got it wrong about statins it was on the cards that he would say next that having statins is accepted in blood donations, so beware!

                    The myth making about what shows up, in our blood and for how long is something the anti vaxxers and gullible others are getting wrong, as the court case with the wee baby shows.

                    Statins are as a help against heart disease (CVD) .

                    Whether to take statins if prescribed and whether to have a vaccination is ultimately a personal decision to be made with the very best information on both sides.

                    I don't class scare tactics against the covid vaccine and statins as being the very best information.

                    I class as scare tactics unlinked statements saying that 'they' were thinking of putting statins in the water.

                    I have found several articles about statins and have linked to the latest

                    https://bigthink.com/health/statins-drinking-water-wonder-drugs/

                    • Andy …
                      8 December 2022 at 1:49 pm

                      <em> I realise that but having got it wrong about statins it was on the cards that he would say next that having statins is accepted in blood donations, so beware! </em>

                      Ahem are you referring to me? What did I get "wrong" about Statins, exactly?

                      I was relaying a claim made by someone else.

                    • weka []
                      8 December 2022 at 2:37 pm

                      Ahem are you referring to me? What did I get “wrong” about Statins, exactly?

                      You’ve been asked to provide evidence for your assertion that someone wanted to put statins in the water supply. Please prvice this evidence now. You will be in premod until both Incog and myself are satisfied. You’ve been here long enough to know two things. One is the standard of debate we expect (provide evidence for claims of fact). Two, mods hate our time being wasted by people who should know better.

                    • Andy …
                      8 December 2022 at 2:50 pm

                      @weka, the claim that "someone wanted to put Statins in the water" was made by Dr. Maryanne Demasi in this presentation:

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTjPuikhQE

                      She did some work for Australian ABC but her program was canned because of "misinformation"

                      I don't have any source for that claim, other than it came from Dr Demasi.

                      Particular points:

                      2:34 Debates about putting Statins in the water, and as condiments in burgers.

                      8:27, Statin Wars, Industry Bias

                      Take it or leave it. It's someone's presentation.

                    • weka []
                      8 December 2022 at 6:27 pm

                      thank-you. Next time please provide the link and points upfront. Making a note in the back end. You have a lot of form for this and the mods are sick of chasing it up.

                    • Incognito []
                      8 December 2022 at 6:58 pm

                      @ 3:00:

                      I’ve even interviewed people who’ve participated in debates in the US about putting statins in water supply.

                      Unnamed people [plural?] in unspecified debates [plural?] that is now put into a context to suit a narrative.

                      Take it or leave it. It’s someone’s presentation.

                      Nope, that’s not an option, as you used it to make and support your own conspiracy claims in this forum. You don’t get to wash your hands off this that easily and you’ll stay in Pre-Mod for a little longer.

                  • Andy …
                    8 December 2022 at 1:23 pm

                    Thank you Weka, that is correct.

                    I was also making the point that it was Reagan (allegedly) that introduced legislation to allow pharma to conduct their own clinical trials.

                    The conflict of interest should be clear.

                    My point specifically is nor pro/against statins or any other meds, but the regulatory capture that is exercised by pharma

                    • Shanreagh …
                      8 December 2022 at 1:57 pm

                      Can you actually link to what you were talking about please. It certainly read to me that you were critical of statins and was trying to link 'tyranny' in the pharma involvement in statins/vaccines. If you were not trying to make a point that big bad pharma was involved in vaccines and statins then what was the link/point?

                      I was watching a presentation yesterday about Statins and how pharma pushes them. Some were even advocating for putting Statins in the public water supply at one point.

                      Some day the public might actually thank these so-called "anti-vaxxers" for standing up to corporate tyranny.

                      Apparently, according to this presenter I refer to, this dates back to Reagan liberalising the pharma industry and letting them conduct their own clinical trials.

                    • Shanreagh …
                      8 December 2022 at 2:11 pm

                      Re the alleged conflict of interest with Reagan.

                      I was also making the point that it was Reagan (allegedly) that introduced legislation to allow pharma to conduct their own clinical trials.

                      The conflict of interest should be clear.

                      Why should this be clear? Did Reagan have shares in the pharmaceutical companies involved?

      • UncookedSelachimorpha 2.2.2
        7 December 2022 at 11:41 pm

        JWs also have their religious views bypassed by courts from time to time, for the benefit of their children.

    • UncookedSelachimorpha 2.3
      7 December 2022 at 11:42 pm

      Rational balancing of risk is the #1 thing antivaxxers aren't that good at, it seems to me.

      i.e.
      ‘Weird, evidence-free theory of possible danger(?) from blood products from vaccinated people, theory refuted by credible experts”

      vs

      “immediate danger of death without surgery, confirmed by all involved”

      Which to choose…??????

      • RedLogix 2.3.1
        8 December 2022 at 12:16 am

        That is not the choice they are making. The parents appear to understand the risk to their child perfectly well – and seem to have made all reasonable efforts to organise an alternative donor source.

        • Nic the NZer 2.3.1.1
          8 December 2022 at 8:27 am

          I doubt they are thinking in terms of risk at all.

          1) The baby already received one transfusion from NZ blood during previous surgery.

          2) It really didn't need to be present in the court for the hearing (against medical advice).

          • RedLogix 2.3.1.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 8:37 am

            I doubt they are thinking in terms of risk at all.

            Having had two children who both required major surgery as infants I can viscerally relate to how they are thinking at the moment.

            If you have ever had to hand over your 18 month old baby daughter to a surgeon to have her eye removed (retina blastoma) you might have some inkling as to the anxiety and grief they are going through.

            Now toss in a gratuitously sadistic High Court proceeding for good measure, not to mention being shat on by armchair authoritarians all over social media – and the answer I come up with is trauma.

            • Ad 2.3.1.1.1.1
              8 December 2022 at 8:58 am

              Most real response I've seen all day.

              Today we also heard of a Maori woman who in the course of a 2 minute phone call was advised that she had Stage 3 cancer, would require fast aggressive surgery, and massively invasive chemo.

              It makes news frankly because the poor management can be couched in unimpeachable Maori values, and so the system sits up and takes notice. Good on her as well for getting the story.

              The fact that the child's surgery came to a court case indicates a massive relationship failure on the part of the health professionals. It is their job to take the intensely vulnerable couple through the procedure and care, not the other way round.

              • RedLogix …
                8 December 2022 at 9:10 am

                Thanks Ad. Typing that very personal comment above stirred up old memories – and I've been here long enough to know when I have said my piece and to leave it at this.

            • Rosemary McDonald 2.3.1.1.1.2
              8 December 2022 at 9:12 am

              Now toss in a gratuitously sadistic High Court proceeding featuring a King's Counsel who manages to conflate parents' valid concerns with racism…

              He suggested if such a request was granted, it opened the door to other requests that were theoretically possible to achieve – such as requesting blood from a specific ethnicity but ethically and clinically bankrupt.

              ”There’s also a slippery slope element to it,” he said. ”We have been there before as a society.”

              https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/donor-blood-battle-crowds-gather-outside-auckland-high-court-ahead-of-hearing/DSTVOUSPWBAF3FLGJAAR7Q6CBI/

              …we have more than trauma.

              Things have got seriously weird. It seems to have escaped the notice of the armchair authoritarians that NZ Blood Service does impose mandatory stand down periods after certain vaccines…up to 28 days…yet none for the new and novel Covid products whose long term effects are unknown.

              https://www.nzblood.co.nz/become-a-donor/am-i-eligible/detailed-eligibility-criteria/?filter=V#Vaccination

              You'd think that they would would be extra cautious wouldn't you?

              • Nic the NZer …
                8 December 2022 at 9:47 am

                NZ Blood Service imposes stand down periods following certain "live virus" vaccines. Those are known to pose a risk as for a period of time those viruses can end up in the blood stream, which could later cause complications for a recipient of blood.

                Were as the implementation of "extra cautious" your proposing would have resulted in highly limited blood collection for a period of months (probably years if Sue Gray gets to say whos blood to collect) and for no particular reason.

                I'm sure unnecessary blood shortages are not something NZ Blood Service considers a reasonable outcome.

                • Shanreagh …
                  8 December 2022 at 10:40 am

                  NZ Blood Service imposes stand down periods following certain "live virus" vaccines.

                  The Covid vaccine is not a live vaccine.

                  • Nic the NZer …
                    8 December 2022 at 10:53 am

                    Yes, that's correct. NZ Blood Service doesn't impose a stand-down period for vaccines in general, just the problematic ones for blood donation.

                • Rosemary McDonald …
                  8 December 2022 at 10:47 am

                  Blood shortages!!!

                  An intelligent medical/public health system could have anticipated this outcome and advised the government that the Pfizer product should be recommended only to those in the known 'at risk' categories for negative outcomes of Covid 19.

                  (Especially since the 'prevention of transmission' promise was…optimistic.)

                  Like the very elderly and those with co- morbidities. Most likely those who are not able to donate blood anyways.

                  https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/deaths

                  Leaving the rest of us to catch it and develop long lasting immunity.

                  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35380632/

                  Tragically, it is too late now. Its not as if they can suck the stuff out.

                  Way to go Science!

                  • Nic the NZer …
                    8 December 2022 at 11:05 am

                    Look, I have absolutely no doubt that if some nutter like yourself was put in charge of policy for NZ Blood Service (or other aspect of the NZ health system) you could quite capably run it into the ground within a year or so, causing massive harm and public health disaster. Fortunately for us there is no way that's happening.

                    That leaves this particular policy disaster as merely a product of your imagination, which I hope you will agree is a good thing.

        • AB 2.3.1.2
          8 December 2022 at 8:31 am

          The parents appear to understand the risk to their child perfectly well

          No they don't. They have vastly over-estimated the risk of their child receiving donated blood from a Covid vaccine recipient. This risk is near-zero and yet they are ranking it as the highest risk of all. Their risk-assessment has been poisoned by the deliberate politicisation of the pandemic. If they get their wish, it opens the door to unsustainable and unscientific cherry-picking of blood donors by recipients.

          • Tony Veitch 2.3.1.2.1
            8 December 2022 at 9:40 am

            yes

          • Francesca 2.3.1.2.2
            8 December 2022 at 10:00 am

            Wouldn't have happened if they'd just quietly acceded to the parent's wishes and got on with saving the baby, after all, that is the prime issue, isn't it?

            Who blew it up out of the water by stubbornly refusing a very simple and doable procedure that the parents were happy with

          • Rosemary McDonald 2.3.1.2.3
            8 December 2022 at 10:30 am

            This risk is near-zero

            I am sure you have evidence to support this? May we see it?

            • AB 2.3.1.2.3.1
              8 December 2022 at 10:51 am

              It's the absence of evidence to the contrary, bolstered by the consensus of expert medical opinion which is usually our most reliable guide in the face of uncertainty. Medical opinion is not infallible – I am not gullible about these things, having first-hand experience of wrong and (perhaps) deliberately deceptive medical advice. However, we discovered its deceptiveness by consulting other medical opinion, so the general rule of thumb remains a good one. Absolutists who demand impossible certainty usually end up in a deep hole.

              • RedLogix …
                8 December 2022 at 2:22 pm

                Absolutists who demand impossible certainty usually end up in a deep hole.

                Yes – while we are both coming from different angles here, I think we can both agree on this.

                As I get older I find myself listening to people who I know I do not agree with – but finding they have something worth listening to all the same.

      • Graeme 2.3.2
        8 December 2022 at 7:23 am

        There's also a whole lot of other evidence based items / products that go into the patient's body during surgery other than blood products.

        The actual risk from many of those is many times greater than than the actual demonstrated risk of mrna vaccines, let alone blood from someone vaccinated 12 months ago. Not to mention the probabilities of probably hundreds of potential adverse outcomes from the procedure the we mite is about to undergo to hopefully save and extent it's life.

        How the hell do we turn this mass hysteria around.

        • RedLogix 2.3.2.1
          8 December 2022 at 8:30 am

          If anyone gave more fucks for the wee mites life than protecting the 'safe and effective' vaccine narrative – the medics involved would have quietly accepted the parents donor offer and gotten the job done by now.

          • Incognito 2.3.2.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 8:45 am

            You’ve got your narratives all wrong.

            • RedLogix 2.3.2.1.1.1
              8 December 2022 at 8:50 am

              I am the one dealing with a serious, life threatening autoimmune condition – triggered by the vaccines. I don't demand anyone share my perspective, but equally I am not going to be lectured to by authoritarian ideologues who are motivated primarily to protect a political narrative.

              • Andy …
                8 December 2022 at 8:58 am

                @Redlogix I'm very sorry to hear of your condition and I wish you well for the future.

                I agree with you here. The government could have de-escalated this early on by agreeing to the parents demands early on, flew under the radar and got it all hushed up.

                Instead the authorities have opened up the wounds from 12 months ago and got the people all riled up.

                The mother (interviewed by Alex Jones, no less) stated that she is a midwife that was marched off her job because of the mandates, and that she is currently unable to leave the hospital ward with her baby.

                I can't see this ending well

                • Shanreagh …
                  8 December 2022 at 10:31 am

                  Why would the authoritie have agreed to something like this had huge risks for the supply of blood for the future.

                  I actually don't think that it is up to parents to impose their will on a person who is too young to make their own decisions. The parents should be making a separate decision, based on different facts for their child not blindly following their own views. These may be fine for an adult to rationalise but another person…….no. Children are not 'owned' by their parents.

                  We have discussed this before
                  .https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-02-12-2022/#comment-1924279

                  ” It is one thing to have these beliefs as an adult with only one adult, you, to look after but once you have another person who is totally reliant on you and no voice of their own it is quite another thing. The ethical questions need framing differently.

                  The fact that she is a health professional makes it even more concerning. Is she also a follower of Andrew Wakefield and will the baby be vaccinated against measles/mumps/rubella?”

                • AB …
                  8 December 2022 at 11:08 am

                  If someone of Maori descent turns up and demands no blood from Pakeha donors, will you support them too Andy? Should this be quietly resolved and their wishes accommodated? What if a gay person demands no blood from straight donors, or an anti-5G activist demands no blood from people living near cellphone towers, a Labour voter demands no blood from Nat voters? Should we let a thousand forms of such nuttiness bloom – will you pay more tax to fund the army of loathed 'bureaucrats' making it all work?

                  Now sure – that's a slippery slope argument and nobody has actually done those things yet. But big, critical systems can't open themselves up to precedents that might compromise their operability.

                  • Andy …
                    8 December 2022 at 3:44 pm

                    In response to your concerns, NZ Blood did have a procedure whereby you could fill in a form and apply for Directed Blood Donation

                    (i.e a specific person/persons for the donation)

                    I provided a link from Web Archive in this comment

                    .https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-07-12-2022/#comment-1925050

                    I should also add that the archive also has a page that discourages this.

                    I have no idea why the page was deleted from NZ Blood. perhaps cost cutting.

                    Presumably there is cost and time associated with screening blood, but I have blood tests every 6 months or so as a regular health check, so it can't be that hard or require a huge infrastructure to support it.

                  • Shanreagh …
                    8 December 2022 at 12:59 pm

                    The couple with the guy speaking must be some of the most unhealthy pale looking people I have seen for a while. Are they ill?

                    • joe90 …
                      8 December 2022 at 1:11 pm

                      Are they ill?

                      They certainly look like they've been in a very dark rabbit hole for quite some time.

                    • Shanreagh …
                      8 December 2022 at 1:11 pm

                      Those are the parents. Good grief they both look like they need a course of YIM, my mother's oft used go to for 'peaky' children.

                    • Andy …
                      8 December 2022 at 2:06 pm

                      "The couple with the guy"

                      You mean Baby W's parents talking with Alex Jones?

                    • Shanreagh …
                      8 December 2022 at 3:08 pm

                      Yes, very poorly looking. Yes Andy I now find these are the baby's parents.

                    • swordfish …
                      8 December 2022 at 4:25 pm

                      .
                      @Shanreagh

                      (In reply to your reply to me below)

                      just being able watch.

                      That sentence means remarkably little to me, I'm afraid.

                      Normally I'd respond to your key point but I remember … not all that long ago … two very reasonable women on this site politely took issue with a line of argument you were pursuing … and, it seems, you were left in shock, felt violated & invalidated … in fact you went as far as suggesting you'd been personally 'Colonised' by these two very respectful (indeed remarkably restrained) women & there was some implication that you felt you'd metaphorically been kidnapped, thrown onto a sailing ship & then subsequently sold into white slavery among 17th century Moroccan Sultans on the Barbary Coast.

                      I wouldn't want to put you through that sort of Emotional Genocide all over again by taking issue with something you’ve said.

                      It’s clearly a tragic life of eternal Martyrdom for affluent Woke [… deleted]

                      [lprent: If you’d like me to make some comments about your parents, who I don’t know, then please carry on the the way of that last paragraph. I suspect you didn’t know Shanreagh’s parents any more than I know yours. But I suspect that your parents would have something to say about raising an arsehole who’d sneer at someone you don’t know, about something you have no idea about. Apparently because you have a some (probably pommy) weird class presumptions about boarding schools in NZ. ]

                    • Andy …
                      8 December 2022 at 4:50 pm

                      They might look unwell for a number of reasons

                      (a) they are parents of young twins

                      (b) one of the twins has a serous heart condition

                      (c) they claim to be locked in the hospital (unlikely but they won't leave their baby)

                      (d) there are undergoing a court case

                      (e) there is intense media scrutiny

                      It might also be the lighting in the hospital room.

                      So whatever you think of this couple, they have reasonable grounds to look unhealthy.

                    • Incognito []
                      8 December 2022 at 6:46 pm

                      It could be the infamous hospital food 😉

                  • swordfish …
                    8 December 2022 at 2:30 pm

                    .

                    Spare me the moral lecturing from a wannabe terrorist like Kemara. Dubious AF.

                    • Shanreagh …
                      8 December 2022 at 3:06 pm

                      He's not supporting these crazies. His coverage of the protest at parliament was very informative, just being able watch.

                    • Shanreagh …
                      8 December 2022 at 11:23 pm

                      The coverage of the protest by Te Taipo went most days and the ability to see action, 'just be able to watch' as I put it, as it happened with minimal 'interpretation' was valuable. But I guess that such is your long standing (personal?) animus for the guy that anything valid and valuable like this is not valid and valuable in your eyes.

                      My comment was very mild and not deserving of a response such as yours.

              • Ad …
                8 December 2022 at 9:07 am

                Yes and respect.

                You are and have been for many years one of the most thoughtful and principled commentators we have had here.

                I've noticed you do less of the long form responses and of course no posts, but still continue anyway.

                You carry a lot of grief, but still have a lot of dignity anyway.

                I sincerely hope you get to wind back from full time work as soon as you can so you can focus on taking care of yourself and t hose immediately around you.

                Our family are in the similar position of providing massively for an older relative and doing it for years.

                You are a good person and you have my full support.

                • Shanreagh …
                  8 December 2022 at 11:15 pm

                  @Swordfish

                  Can you please stop the ad hominems.

                  I am not sure what the paragraph below is all about. I have only ever said I went to boarding school. You know nothing about my personal financial circumstances, I always get confused with your rendering of woke, My dad never lived in the UK to vote Tory and the tax reference is head scratching.

                  These flights of fantasy of yours that seem for some reason to have me in their sights are uncalled for.

                  It’s clearly a tragic life of eternal Martyrdom for affluent Woke ex-boarding school girls who’s fathers voted Tory because they had to put tax concessions first.

                  • Shanreagh …
                    11 December 2022 at 10:43 am

                    @Swordfish

                    I am sill awaiting your response on this posting, preferably you have thought better of these ad hominem attacks on me. Could you please confirm. You said, when this was raised earlier, that you had looked at your posts and some were troll-like.

                    I do not know what I have done to cause this personal invective, apart from existing. Could you please let me know. I post views.

                    It is as if you have some personal animus against me and/or my family. As my father died in 1993 and my mother in 2010 is is longstanding. I cannot conceive of either of them doing anything to cause this. I have always been respectful of you and your views.

              • Anker …
                8 December 2022 at 9:27 am

                Sorry to hear that RL.

                That is bloody awlful. I hope you are doing o.k.

                Really value your contribution on the Standard, particularly your expertise when it comes to discussing Three Waters

                • RedLogix …
                  8 December 2022 at 9:40 am

                  Thanks. None of us are getting younger and I am not alone here at TS in dealing with the challenges that tend to come along with it.

                  Although this is a condition I will likely have to manage the rest of my life, thanks to working with an excellent Functional Medicine specialist here in Australia (all via telehealth) things have stabilised for the time being.

                  I have a good science education, worked in heavy industry technical roles all my life, and have defended the scientific method here many, many times from those who would undermine or misrepresent it. Yet at the same time I would counsel others to be aware that such a powerful tool is also prey to being misused – and that it is a mistake to imagine that everything science tells us must always be correct or complete.

                  Especially not in medicine.

              • Francesca …
                8 December 2022 at 9:42 am

                All the best to you Red, one of the least ideologically captured writers here, always with a fair and open mind

                I wish the best of outcomes for you

              • Patricia Bremner …
                8 December 2022 at 11:37 am

                That is very sad Red and bad luck. I also had a reaction severe enough to need a hospital admission for my second different vaccine. To protect many, some of us have lasting damage. Mine breathlessness after myocardia, but your auto immune reaction would be far more serious and dangerous. Kind regards for good control, and I must add the Aussie health system does great work. Perhaps we need Medicare, though the tech bungle has been awful.

              • swordfish …
                8 December 2022 at 2:25 pm

                .

                but equally I am not going to be lectured to by authoritarian ideologues who are motivated primarily to protect a political narrative.

                Spot on.

                • Shanreagh …
                  8 December 2022 at 11:39 pm

                  Hard to know, SF what it refers to though. When I first read it it seemed an overreaction to the discussion and rereading I still don't understand it.

                  The ideologues in this case are the Gunns and Greys and the family of Baby W of this world. Most of the rest of us are agog/angry/sick at the lengths that a family would put the youngest and most sick person in their family through to make a point.

                  One of the Drs involved said that Baby W could have had the op by now. We find now that he has already had a blood transfusion with the so-called concerning blood.

                  I really hope that the baby will not be affected by the delay or the jaunts to the court.

                  Personally I find the actions of the parents not brave or thoughtful but unspeakably cruel and deluded. The child is not their property to be used to further their own views or those of Gunn/Grey.

                  Grey/Gunn who are the ones to be concerned about, not fellow posters, whatever their views, on TS.

              • Incognito …
                8 December 2022 at 6:27 pm

                “Nobody knows the risk of a little delay in the heart surgery as against the risk of providing blood which the parties now all agree may contain some residual traces of mRNA from the vaccine… or the spike protein or the other factors that we know… can cause myocarditis and death,” she [Sue Grey] said.

                https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/12/06/decision-in-baby-blood-guardianship-case-reserved/

                This is the counter-narrative that makes one’s blood boil [pun intended], that somehow blood and blood products provided through NZBS are unsafe. This is plain fearmongering and a NZ Court ruled it was unfounded and baseless, as it was not supported by medical/scientific evidence.

                • mauī …
                  9 December 2022 at 7:29 pm

                  I'm not sure why it would make your blood boil.. There are still many questions surrounding how blood is affected by the vaccine, the science is not hard to track down. There's every reason for caution, and every reason to investigate what is happening in blood.

                  As they say the "truth" doesn't mind being questioned. However there's little of that occurring within the NZBS or Starship.

                  • Robert Guyton …
                    9 December 2022 at 7:40 pm

                    There are questions surrounding everything. Should we call a halt on every level while we sort this stuff out?

                    No.

                    • RedLogix …
                      9 December 2022 at 8:17 pm

                      I guess the answer depends on whether anyone is willing to take responsibility some years down the track if it turns out there is a problem.

                      It isn't as if Big Pharma has not had a history of disasters, litigation and fines – often decades after the product was first released.

                    • Robert Guyton …
                      9 December 2022 at 8:30 pm

                      "Big Pharma has not had a history of disasters, litigation and fines "

                      Yes, they have. Also, they have a history of marvellous success and the saving of lives uncounted, as I'm sure you, Red Logix, as a promoter of the technological, will attest.

                      Your truculence around the situation of the heart-baby and her flakey-as-fek parents is..incongruous with your previously elegantly-explained position, imo.

    • gsays 2.4
      8 December 2022 at 9:13 am

      The other question I have is how come we are talking about this?

      By that, which party put this is the open?

      Is it any of yours or my business?

      • Anker 2.4.1
        8 December 2022 at 9:31 am

        gsays that is a reasonable question.

        I particularly wondered how the media got hold of information that the parents took an anti vaxer, who spouted consiracy theories at the medics.

        • Andy 2.4.1.1
          8 December 2022 at 11:41 am

          I read on Stuff yesterday that "cell phones emitting radiation" is a conspiracy theory.

          I'm wondering how two way radio communication works, but I don't like to ask too many questions .

          [Given your history of spreading mis- and dis-information on this forum I have to ask you to provide a link to Stuff and explain the context of your selective quoting and the relevance to this discussion thread. You are in Pre-Moderation until I have seen a satisfactory response from you – Incognito]

          • Shanreagh 2.4.1.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 1:04 pm

            I think you can help yourself re radiation by wearing a tinfoil hat as they did at the protest where the rebar in the concrete blocks was emitting radiation.

            As far as two way radio communication is concerned if you get out of the way of direct rays emitted by people speaking on phones to other people you will be OK.

            Going along Lambton Quay at lunchtime while others are walking along having catch-ups on their phones may be problematic with all the ducking and diving but I am sure it can be avoided by staggering your lunch hour to 4.00pm or similar. Or staggering the lunch hour PLUS wearing a tinfoil hat might solve the problem?

            wink

          • Incognito 2.4.1.1.2
            8 December 2022 at 2:05 pm

            Mod note

          • Andy 2.4.1.1.3
            8 December 2022 at 2:12 pm

            Here is the quote I was referring to

            The sovereign citizen phenomenon has different factions, but its followers generally believe they can pick and choose which laws apply to them. This only seemed to get her in trouble in early 2021, when Rayner, who believed the unfounded conspiracy theories that cellphones emitted radiation and 5G towers were “death towers”, refused to display a QR code at her cafe for Covid-19 contact tracing

            https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/130672251/fivestar-coffee-one-day-behind-bars-the-next-whys-this-cafe-owner-in-jail

            EDIT – the relevance to the thread is that the media’s definition of “conspiracy theories” seems pretty ill-defined.
            Like, actual facts are now “conspiracy theories”

            [Thank you for the link and the context, which makes things a lot clearer and much less ambiguous than your lazy comment.

            This thread is not about the media’s definition of “conspiracy theories”, pharma, statins, or cell phone emissions. Your comments amount to diversion trolling – Like, actual facts are now “conspiracy theories” – which is disrupting the discussion of the topic started by weka @ 2. If you want to start a new topic, then do so and see how far you get and how long you’ll last. This is your warning, and you stay in Pre-Mod for now to make sure that you’ve understood this – Incognito]

      • Shanreagh 2.4.2
        8 December 2022 at 10:51 am

        This is a case of intense and singular public interest as it is a challenge to the ethos that the NZ Blood Transfusion Service works under. It is this that keeps all of us safe should we need blood transfusions as donations are able to be sourced according to demand, in relatively short time frames etc.

        I totally support it being out in the open (subject to the not naming of the child/parents).

      • weka 2.4.3
        8 December 2022 at 2:35 pm

        The other question I have is how come we are talking about this?

        By that, which party put this is the open?

        Is it any of yours or my business?

        That shouldn't be too hard to look up, but almost certainly it's the parents that went to the media.

        There are reasonably high public interest reasons for us to be discussing the issue in public.

    • Shanreagh 2.5
      8 December 2022 at 10:11 am

      The baby has already had one transfusion with so-called 'bad' blood.

      My concern is with the future and these parents. With their child now possibly getting another transfusion and that even though there is thorough screening will these parents treat their child differently ie because of their belief that the blood is unclean and that therefore that he is unclean of something?

      I would hate for this to happen but we have stories of parents who treat children badly as they believe they have bad spirits or are evil.

      The child has already had their surgery delayed.

      • Nic the NZer 2.5.1
        8 December 2022 at 10:16 am

        They should definitely keep the child away from baby lambs and other household pets until its fully recovered.

        • Shanreagh 2.5.1.1
          8 December 2022 at 2:02 pm

          I was always advised that babies should not be going out and about until after they had had the first vaccines on the immunisation schcdule.

          This baby has been trotted around to the court etc. I would not think the courthouse with the many different types of people and differing health status would have been a good place for a sick baby to be.

          • Belladonna 2.5.1.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 6:38 pm

            Mmmm. I see lots of very young babies at crowded venues with lots of potentially infectious people around them. And, last week saw a baby/toddler with a nasal gastric tube (so presumably with a significant medical issue) at a local food court.

            I think that different people have different perceptions of risk. Much like the co-sleeping debate….

  3. Roy Cartland 3
    7 December 2022 at 6:33 pm

    Reply to 1.

    Why can't it just be another category? "Other" or"prefer not to say", like on a census form? Everyone's happy.

    (ps, I know how the reply button works, thanks; but on a mobile, the comment area won't let me input text for some reason.)

  4. gsays 4
    7 December 2022 at 7:02 pm

    Minister Megan Woods, chickens and roosting.

    Despite the Minister being in favour of supporting the refinery by underwriting a deal to keep it going for 5-10 years, "But it is understood Woods’ idea for those negotiations was not ultimately endorsed by fellow ministers."

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126866243/government-decided-not-to-follow-through-on-idea-of-talks-to-save-refinery

    In an RNZ interview, she accepted the advice of 'advisors' so job done. Refinery closed.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018833819/energy-minister-megan-woods-on-nz-s-fuel-security

    A refinery, by the way, that we used to own, till the 4th Labour Government sold it off.

    Who are these advisors? Is there a consequence for their shit advice?

    • Peter 4.2
      7 December 2022 at 8:29 pm

      Was the 4th Labour Government the one with Douglas and Prebble in it? So I expect we'll see a Herald column from Prebble rubbishing the closure of Marsden Point and blaming the Government for it.

      And no doubt their Act mates will be on about how the Government should have done this and done that.

      • gsays 4.2.1
        7 December 2022 at 8:38 pm

        I care less about those pollies we could name.

        I wanna see some mandarins get squeezed.

        • Shanreagh 4.2.1.1
          8 December 2022 at 9:43 am

          Really those 'mandarins' who carry out Govt Policy? Those ones?

          Those 'mandarins who work with legislation that does not give discretion? Those ones?

          Why would we want to change our Westminister style of govt so you could take a pot shot at someone doing their job?

          You have the wrong targets in your sights.

          • gsays 4.2.1.1.1
            8 December 2022 at 10:20 am

            That’s my point, these folk are far from sight.
            In this example they are not following Govt. Policy, they are advising the minister. Advising her to lessen our resilience and independence.

            • Shanreagh 4.2.1.1.1.1
              8 December 2022 at 10:46 am

              Advice is one thing and good PS always give a range of options, but decision making by a Minister is another process.

              It is a complete 'no-no' for single option advice to go up to a Minister.

              It is different if the Minister is acting under explicit legislation, here to give advice outside of what is contemplated by the legislation is a 'no-no'

              '

  5. arkie 5
    7 December 2022 at 7:08 pm

    Julie Anne Genter lays out the inequities of our current economic system and highlights some policy alternatives:

    https://vimeo.com/778716671

  6. SPC 6
    7 December 2022 at 7:48 pm

    The 2020 Abrahamic Accords – restoring relations between the governments of the nations Morocco, UAE and Bahrain and Israel and a reality check at the World Cup with the people of ME.

    Recent polling shows that ordinary citizens in many Arab countries, including those that participated in the Abraham Accords, disapprove of formalizing ties with Israel.

    “There is clearly not much love in the Arab world for Israel,” wrote the CEO of Gulf State Analytics, a Washington-based risk consultancy that focuses on the region. “The decades of humiliation, resentment, and anger which many Arabs feel toward Israel cannot simply vanish with the signing of such normalization agreements.”

    The present

    For years, most Arab governments conditioned normalization with Israel on the advent of a separate Palestinian state. But the process to create that state has effectively collapsed, while Israel’s new far-right government contains numerous politicians who oppose any scenarios in which Palestinian statehood could ever be viable.

    The Israeli perspective

    That’s a view recognized by some in Israel. “After the Abraham Accords were signed with several Arab countries in 2020, rightist pundits claimed that the Palestinians’ fate no longer interests other Arabs,” wrote Uzi Baram in left-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “They didn’t bother to read the article in the agreement stating that their fulfillment requires establishing a Palestinian state.”

    The Arab

    “Ordinary Arabs are against this occupation and see it as inhuman and unacceptable,” said Mahjoob Zweiri, a professor of history and contemporary politics at Qatar University.

    Zweiri said the political tenor of the tournament in Qatar has offered a clear message not just to the United States and Israel, but to Arab governments that also seem intent on obscuring the political priorities of Palestinians. The presence of Palestinian flags at stadiums was “not organized by states, but something genuine from within the people themselves,” he said.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/06/world-cup-arab-world-rallies-palestinian-cause/

    It was sort of inevitable since the recent restoration of Netanyahu to power in the most right wing government in their nations history, ending the brief period of coalition governance including an Arab party for the first time. In some ways, it's a bit like the let diplomatic down after the failure of the 2000 peace talks (followed by Israeli disengagement and Palestinian intifada).

  7. SPC 7
    7 December 2022 at 8:34 pm

    Taiwan based TMS is tripling its planned investment in Arizona to $60B (chip production).

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63883047

  8. gsays 8
    7 December 2022 at 8:41 pm

    Now that I am 3 home bruise deep, this is jolly entertaining.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kopKWvpEfs

  9. joe90 9
    7 December 2022 at 8:43 pm

    DPR separatist Igor Strelkov (Girkin), sentenced to life in prison by the ICC for the downing of MH17 and the deaths of all 298 passengers and crew, went to Moscow.

    .

    Strelkov Igor Ivanovich I am in Moscow. Attempt No. 3 to take a direct part in the hostilities against the armed forces of respected Kyiv partners (they are now referred to in the reports of the Ministry of Defense as some kind of "militants") did not end in success, although it was very close to that. Briefly, without details:

    […]

    https://t.me/strelkovii/3492

    google translate

    […]

    https://t.me/strelkovii/3493

    google translate

    Strelkov Igor Ivanovich

    And now also briefly on the impressions of the trip, which was fruitless, but not without benefit (since my eyes and ears remained with me, and my head is also still working).

    Naturally, I intend to keep the vast majority of my impressions and conclusions to myself. In order, so to speak, "not to discredit". Positive impressions – I will share in the upcoming (hopefully) video conferences. But there are not too many of them – in relation to the negative ones.

    And now I will only note that the basis of all our "increasing victories" on the fronts and directions of the NMD is the deepest crisis of strategic planning. Simply put, the troops are fighting "by inertia", not having the slightest idea of the ultimate strategic goals of the current military campaign and only guessing about the vague plans of the command for such grandiose senseless gestures as the construction of a completely insane in uselessness (but wildly expensive in terms of execution cost) Surovikin Lines.

    In most parts of the RF Armed Forces, soldiers and officers do not understand: for what, for what and for what purposes they are fighting in general. For them, a mystery – what is the condition for victory or just a condition for ending the war? And the authorities of the Russian Federation are not able to explain this to them, since setting a clear goal for the NWO means "limiting room for maneuver" – that is, losing the opportunity to declare the goals of the NWO as achieved at any moment that the Kremlin leaders consider convenient. (For the thousand and first time, I remind you that the passionately desired “reconciliation with partners,” for which many steps are being taken to this day that demoralize society and the army, is unattainable in principle, but the Kremlin and Staraya Square do not want to believe in it).

    Such sentiments specifically in the troops lead to apathy. Apathy, on the other hand, leads to a drop in morale and the fulfillment of the tasks set "for show" and "slip of the sleeves", without a real interest in their successful result. So – in the army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (and parts of the Armed Forces of the LDNR, although there the fighters have much more motivation) apathy prevails.

    The absence of a clear military-political strategy does not allow the military to develop tactics that will contribute to its implementation. In the meantime – "on a whim" – the RF Armed Forces are preparing for a protracted positional war, building long-term structures along the entire front in the style of "a la the Mannerheim Line" (does not pull on the "Maginot Line"). The fact that following the strategy of a protracted war is suicide for the Russian Federation (and its authorities and elites, too, by the way) – I wrote back in 2014, but I said (more than once or twice) – from the very beginning of the current campaign.

    Therefore, watching how the enemy slowly (and without encountering any opposition) implements his own strategic tasks with the complete passivity of the military and political authorities of the Russian Federation, I do not expect anything good at the front in the coming weeks.

    And, yes, – the so-called. "Ukraine" will NOT freeze in winter, will NOT rebel and will NOT fight worse. Vice versa. Its soldiers, who have already believed in their strength as a result of the autumn victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are fully supported by NATO, will only fight harder and harder against the "Muscovites", avenging the hardships that their relatives and friends in the rear are forced to bear. And they will be met only by apathetic performance of duty, behind which many fighters and commanders have long been looming the unresolved question: "What are we doing here, if Moscow is most concerned with the implementation of" grain deals ", the unhindered pumping of ammonia through Odessa and the" price ceiling " on gas and oil supplied to numerous Western partners?

    https://t.me/strelkovii/3495

    google translate

  10. Blazer 10
    8 December 2022 at 9:06 pm

    Today is the 8th of December 2022….WTF!

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  • How to Factory Reset iPhone without Computer: A Comprehensive Guide to Restoring your Device
    Life throws curveballs, and sometimes, those curveballs necessitate wiping your iPhone clean and starting anew. Whether you’re facing persistent software glitches, preparing to sell your device, or simply wanting a fresh start, knowing how to factory reset iPhone without a computer is a valuable skill. While using a computer with ...
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  • How to Call Someone on a Computer: A Guide to Voice and Video Communication in the Digital Age
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    15 hours ago

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #16 2024
    Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost, Creel et al., Nature Communications: Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8 million km2 of Arctic continental shelf, with thicknesses in places exceeding 700 m. Sea-level variations over glacial-interglacial cycles control ...
    Skeptical Science
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  • Where on a Computer is the Operating System Generally Stored? Delving into the Digital Home of your ...
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    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
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  • How Many Watts Does a Laptop Use? Understanding Power Consumption and Efficiency
    Laptops have become essential tools for work, entertainment, and communication, offering portability and functionality. However, with rising energy costs and growing environmental concerns, understanding a laptop’s power consumption is more important than ever. So, how many watts does a laptop use? The answer, unfortunately, isn’t straightforward. It depends on several ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    15 hours ago

  • How to Screen Record on a Dell Laptop A Guide to Capturing Your Screen with Ease
    Screen recording has become an essential tool for various purposes, such as creating tutorials, capturing gameplay footage, recording online meetings, or sharing information with others. Fortunately, Dell laptops offer several built-in and external options for screen recording, catering to different needs and preferences. This guide will explore various methods on ...
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    15 hours ago

  • How Much Does it Cost to Fix a Laptop Screen? Navigating Repair Options and Costs
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    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    16 hours ago

  • How Long Do Gaming Laptops Last? Demystifying Lifespan and Maximizing Longevity
    Gaming laptops represent a significant investment for passionate gamers, offering portability and powerful performance for immersive gaming experiences. However, a common concern among potential buyers is their lifespan. Unlike desktop PCs, which allow for easier component upgrades, gaming laptops have inherent limitations due to their compact and integrated design. This ...
    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    16 hours ago

  • Climate Change: Turning the tide
    The annual inventory report of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions has been released, showing that gross emissions have dropped for the third year in a row, to 78.4 million tons: All-told gross emissions have decreased by over 6 million tons since the Zero Carbon Act was passed in 2019. ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    17 hours ago

  • How to Unlock Your Computer A Comprehensive Guide to Regaining Access
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    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    18 hours ago

  • Faxing from Your Computer A Modern Guide to Sending Documents Digitally
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    18 hours ago

  • Protecting Your Home Computer A Guide to Cyber Awareness
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    18 hours ago

  • Server-Based Computing Powering the Modern Digital Landscape
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    18 hours ago

  • Vroom vroom go the big red trucks
    The absolute brass neck of this guy.We want more medical doctors, not more spin doctors, Luxon was saying a couple of weeks ago, and now we’re told the guy has seven salaried adults on TikTok duty. Sorry, doing social media. The absolute brass neck of it. The irony that the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    18 hours ago

  • Jones finds $410,000 to help the government muscle in on a spat project
    Buzz from the Beehive Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones relishes spatting and eagerly takes issue with environmentalists who criticise his enthusiasm for resource development. He relishes helping the fishing industry too. And so today, while the media are making much of the latest culling in the public service to ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    19 hours ago

  • Again, hate crimes are not necessarily terrorism.
    Having written, taught and worked for the US government on issues involving unconventional warfare and terrorism for 30-odd years, two things irritate me the most when the subject is discussed in public. The first is the Johnny-come-lately academics-turned-media commentators who … Continue reading → ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    22 hours ago

  • Despair – construction consenting edition
    Eric Crampton writes – Kainga Ora is the government’s house building agency. It’s been building a lot of social housing. Kainga Ora has its own (but independent) consenting authority, Consentium. It’s a neat idea. Rather than have to deal with building consents across each different territorial authority, Kainga Ora ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    22 hours ago

  • Coalition promises – will the Govt keep the commitment to keep Kiwis equal before the law?
    Muriel Newman writes – The Coalition Government says it is moving with speed to deliver campaign promises and reverse the damage done by Labour. One of their key commitments is to “defend the principle that New Zealanders are equal before the law.” To achieve this, they have pledged they “will not advance ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    22 hours ago

  • An impermanent public service is a guarantee of very little else but failure
    Chris Trotter writes –  The absence of anything resembling a fightback from the public servants currently losing their jobs is interesting. State-sector workers’ collective fatalism in the face of Coalition cutbacks indicates a surprisingly broad acceptance of impermanence in the workplace. Fifty years ago, lay-offs in the thousands ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    23 hours ago

  • What happens after the war – Mariupol
    Mariupol, on the Azov Sea coast, was one of the first cities to suffer almost complete destruction after the start of the Ukraine War started in late February 2022. We remember the scenes of absolute destruction of the houses and city structures. The deaths of innocent civilians – many of ...
    Open ParachuteBy Ken
    24 hours ago

  • Babies and benefits – no good news
    Lindsay Mitchell writes – Ten years ago, I wrote the following in a Listener column: Every year around one in five new-born babies will be reliant on their caregivers benefit by Christmas. This pattern has persisted from at least 1993. For Maori the number jumps to over one in three.  ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • Should the RBNZ be looking through climate inflation?
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links
    The top six news links I’ve seen elsewhere in the last 24 hours, as of 9:16 am on Thursday, April 18 are:Housing: Tauranga residents living in boats, vans RNZ Checkpoint Louise TernouthHousing: Waikato councillor says wastewater plant issues could hold up Sleepyhead building a massive company town Waikato Times Stephen ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Gordon Campbell on the public sector carnage, and misogyny as terrorism
    It’s a simple deal. We pay taxes in order to finance the social services we want and need. The carnage now occurring across the public sector though, is breaking that contract. Over 3,000 jobs have been lost so far. Many are in crucial areas like Education where the impact of ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    1 day ago

  • Meeting the Master Baiters
    Hi,A friend had their 40th over the weekend and decided to theme it after Curb Your Enthusiasm fashion icon Susie Greene. Captured in my tiny kitchen before I left the house, I ending up evoking a mix of old lesbian and Hillary Clinton — both unintentional.Me vs Hillary ClintonIf you’re ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    1 day ago

  • How extreme was the Earth's temperature in 2023
    This is a re-post from Andrew Dessler at the Climate Brink blog In 2023, the Earth reached temperature levels unprecedented in modern times. Given that, it’s reasonable to ask: What’s going on? There’s been lots of discussions by scientists about whether this is just the normal progression of global warming or if something ...
    Skeptical Science
    1 day ago

  • Backbone, revisited
    The schools are on holiday and the sun is shining in the seaside village and all day long I have been seeing bunches of bikes; Mums, Dads, teens and toddlers chattering, laughing, happy, having a bloody great time together. Cheers, AT, for the bits of lane you’ve added lately around the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    2 days ago

  • Ministers are not above the law
    Today in our National-led authoritarian nightmare: Shane Jones thinks Ministers should be above the law: New Zealand First MP Shane Jones is accusing the Waitangi Tribunal of over-stepping its mandate by subpoenaing a minister for its urgent hearing on the Oranga Tamariki claim. The tribunal is looking into the ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    2 days ago

  • What’s the outfit you can hear going down the gurgler? Probably it’s David Parker’s Oceans Sec...
    Buzz from the Beehive Point  of Order first heard of the Oceans Secretariat in June 2021, when David Parker (remember him?) announced a multi-agency approach to protecting New Zealand’s marine ecosystems and fisheries. Parker (holding the Environment, and Oceans and Fisheries portfolios) broke the news at the annual Forest & ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    2 days ago

  • Will politicians let democracy die in the darkness?
    Bryce Edwards writes  – Politicians across the political spectrum are implicated in the New Zealand media’s failing health. Either through neglect or incompetent interventions, successive governments have failed to regulate, foster, and allow a healthy Fourth Estate that can adequately hold politicians and the powerful to account. ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • Matt Doocey doubles down on trans “healthcare”
    Citizen Science writes –  Last week saw two significant developments in the debate over the treatment of trans-identifying children and young people – the release in Britain of the final report of Dr Hilary Cass’s review into gender healthcare, and here in New Zealand, the news that the ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • A TikTok Prime Minister.
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    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    2 days ago

  • Texas Lessons
    This is a guest post by Oscar Simms who is a housing activist, volunteer for the Coalition for More Homes, and was the Labour Party candidate for Auckland Central at the last election. ...
    Greater AucklandBy Guest Post
    2 days ago

  • Bernard's pick 'n' mix of the news links at 6:06 am
    The top six news links I’ve seen elsewhere in the last 24 hours as of 6:06 am on Wednesday, April 17 are:Must read: Secrecy shrouds which projects might be fast-tracked RNZ Farah HancockScoop: Revealed: Luxon has seven staffers working on social media content - partly paid for by taxpayer Newshub ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    2 days ago

  • Fighting poverty on the holiday highway
    Turning what Labour called the “holiday highway” into a four-lane expressway from Auckland to Whangarei could bring at least an economic benefit of nearly two billion a year for Northland each year. And it could help bring an end to poverty in one of New Zealand’s most deprived regions. The ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    2 days ago

  • Bernard's six-stack of substacks at 6:26 pm
    Tonight’s six-stack includes: launching his substack with a bunch of his previous documentaries, including this 1992 interview with Dame Whina Cooper. and here crew give climate activists plenty to do, including this call to submit against the Fast Track Approvals bill. writes brilliantly here on his substack ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • At a glance – Is the science settled?
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    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • Apposite Quotations.
    How Long Is Long Enough? Gaza under Israeli bombardment, July 2014. This posting is exclusive to Bowalley Road. ...
    Bowalley Road
    3 days ago

  • What’s a life worth now?
    You're in the mall when you hear it: some kind of popping sound in the distance, kids with fireworks, maybe. But then a moment of eerie stillness is followed by more of the fireworks sound and there’s also screaming and shrieking and now here come people running for their lives.Does ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    3 days ago

  • Howling at the Moon
    Karl du Fresne writes –  There’s a crisis in the news media and the media are blaming it on everyone except themselves. Culpability is being deflected elsewhere – mainly to the hapless Minister of Communications, Melissa Lee, and the big social media platforms that are accused of hoovering ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • Newshub is Dead.
    I don’t normally send out two newsletters in a day but I figured I’d say something about… the news. If two newsletters is a bit much then maybe just skip one, I don’t want to overload people. Alternatively if you’d be interested in sometimes receiving multiple, smaller updates from me, ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • Seymour is chuffed about cutting early-learning red tape – but we hear, too, that Jones has loose...
    Buzz from the Beehive David Seymour and Winston Peters today signalled that at least two ministers of the Crown might be in Wellington today. Seymour (as Associate Minister of Education) announced the removal of more red tape, this time to make it easier for new early learning services to be ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    3 days ago

  • Bryce Edwards: Will politicians let democracy die in the darkness?
    Politicians across the political spectrum are implicated in the New Zealand media’s failing health. Either through neglect or incompetent interventions, successive governments have failed to regulate, foster, and allow a healthy Fourth Estate that can adequately hold politicians and the powerful to account. Our political system is suffering from the ...
    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    3 days ago

  • Was Hawkesby entirely wrong?
    David Farrar  writes –  The Broadcasting Standards Authority ruled: Comments by radio host Kate Hawkesby suggesting Māori and Pacific patients were being prioritised for surgery due to their ethnicity were misleading and discriminatory, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. It is a fact such patients are prioritised. ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • PRC shadow looms as the Solomons head for election
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago

  • Climate Change: Criminal ecocide
    We are in the middle of a climate crisis. Last year was (again) the hottest year on record. NOAA has just announced another global coral bleaching event. Floods are threatening UK food security. So naturally, Shane Jones wants to make it easier to mine coal: Resources Minister Shane Jones ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    3 days ago

  • Is saving one minute of a politician's time worth nearly $1 billion?
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • Long Tunnel or Long Con?
    Yesterday it was revealed that Transport Minister had asked Waka Kotahi to look at the options for a long tunnel through Wellington. State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    3 days ago

  • Smoke And Mirrors.
    You're a fraud, and you know itBut it's too good to throw it all awayAnyone would do the sameYou've got 'em goingAnd you're careful not to show itSometimes you even fool yourself a bitIt's like magicBut it's always been a smoke and mirrors gameAnyone would do the sameForty six billion ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • What is Mexico doing about climate change?
    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the ...
    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • State of humanity, 2024
    2024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?When I say 2024 I really mean the state of humanity in 2024.Saturday night, we watched Civil War because that is one terrifying cliff we've ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • Govt’s Wellington tunnel vision aims to ease the way to the airport (but zealous promoters of cycl...
    Buzz from the Beehive A pet project and governmental tunnel vision jump out from the latest batch of ministerial announcements. The government is keen to assure us of its concern for the wellbeing of our pets. It will be introducing pet bonds in a change to the Residential Tenancies Act ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • The case for cultural connectedness
    A recent report generated from a Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) survey of 1,224 rangatahi Māori aged 11-12 found: Cultural connectedness was associated with fewer depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and better quality of life. That sounds cut and dry. But further into the report the following appears: Cultural connectedness is ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Useful context on public sector job cuts
    David Farrar writes –    The Herald reports: From the gory details of job-cuts news, you’d think the public service was being eviscerated.   While the media’s view of the cuts is incomplete, it’s also true that departments have been leaking the particulars faster than a Wellington ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism
    Remember the good old days, back when New Zealand had a PM who could think and speak calmly and intelligently in whole sentences without blustering? Even while Iran’s drones and missiles were still being launched, Helen Clark was live on TVNZ expertly summing up the latest crisis in the Middle ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    4 days ago

  • Govt ignored economic analysis of smokefree reversal
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • True Blue.
    True loveYou're the one I'm dreaming ofYour heart fits me like a gloveAnd I'm gonna be true blueBaby, I love youI’ve written about the job cuts in our news media last week. The impact on individuals, and the loss to Aotearoa of voices covering our news from different angles.That by ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?
    While commentators, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark, are noting a subtle shift in New Zealand’s foreign policy, which now places more emphasis on the United States, many have missed a key element of the shift. What National said before the election is not what the government is doing now. ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    4 days ago

  • 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
    A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 7, 2024 thru Sat, April 13, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of ...
    Skeptical Science
    5 days ago

  • Feline Friends and Fragile Fauna The Complexities of Cats in New Zealand’s Conservation Efforts

    Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...

    Gareth’s WorldBy admin
    5 days ago

  • Or is that just they want us to think?
    Nice guy, that Peter Williams. Amiable, a calm air of no-nonsense capability, a winning smile. Everything you look for in a TV presenter and newsreader.I used to see him sometimes when I went to TVNZ to be a talking head or a panellist and we would yarn. Nice guy, that ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago

  • Fact Brief – Did global warming stop in 1998?
    Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Did global warming stop in ...
    Skeptical Science
    6 days ago

  • Arguing over a moot point.
    I have been following recent debates in the corporate and social media about whether it is a good idea for NZ to join what is known as “AUKUS Pillar Two.” AUKUS is the Australian-UK-US nuclear submarine building agreement in which … Continue reading → ...
    KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
    6 days ago

  • No Longer Trusted: Ageing Boomers, Laurie & Les, Talk Politics.
    Turning Point: “What has turned me away from the mainstream news media is the very strong message that its been sending out for the last few years.” “And what message might that be?” “That the people who own it, the people who run it, and the people who provide its content, really don’t ...
    Bowalley Road
    6 days ago

  • Mortgage rates at 10% anyone?
    No – nothing about that in PM Luxon’s nine-point plan to improve the lives of New Zealanders. But beyond our shores Jamie Dimon, the long-serving head of global bank J.P. Morgan Chase, reckons that the chances of a goldilocks soft landing for the economy are “a lot lower” than the ...
    Point of OrderBy xtrdnry
    6 days ago

  • Sad tales from the left
    Michael Bassett writes –  Have you noticed the odd way in which the media are handling the government’s crackdown on surplus employees in the Public Service? Very few reporters mention the crazy way in which State Service numbers rocketed ahead by more than 16,000 during Labour’s six years, ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    6 days ago

  • In Whose Best Interests?
    On The Spot: The question Q+A host, Jack Tame, put to the Workplace & Safety Minister, Act’s Brooke van Velden, was disarmingly simple: “Are income tax cuts right now in the best interests of lowering inflation?”JACK TAME has tested another MP on his Sunday morning current affairs show, Q+A. Minister for Workplace ...
    Bowalley Road
    6 days ago

  • Don’t Question, Don’t Complain.
    It has to start somewhereIt has to start sometimeWhat better place than here?What better time than now?So it turns out that I owe you all an apology.It seems that all of the terrible things this government is doing, impacting the lives of many, aren’t necessarily ‘bad’ per se. Those things ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    6 days ago

  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
    Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    47 mins ago

  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    12 hours ago

  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
    The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    18 hours ago

  • Taupō takes pole position
    The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    19 hours ago

  • Cost of living support for low-income homeowners
    Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners.  “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
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