Daily review 09/11/2023

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  1. Dennis Frank 1
    9 November 2023 at 6:23 pm

    Looks like Ginny did a Kiri: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/09/labours-ginny-andersen-subject-of-bullying-complaint/

    The complaint, which 1News has obtained, came from the mother of one the volunteers. It said Andersen yelled and screamed at her daughter and son on election night about them not doing enough volunteering and made them feel like they were to blame for her losing the Hutt South seat.

    The complainant said Andersen behaved aggressively towards her children and made them leave Labour's election venue.

    This surprises me considerably. She had been coming across well in public. sad

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  2. ianmac 2
    9 November 2023 at 7:16 pm

    NZ First leader Winston Peters today launched a broadside against the decision to allow people to enrol to vote on election day.Funny that. Has Winston forgotten?

    Another memory lapse? Funny that.

    The problem for Peters is that he is in large part responsible for the delay. He was a member of the Cabinet which decided on the change, a member of the Government that introduced the legislation making the change, and the leader of the NZ First Party which voted for it at all three stages of the legislative process throughout 2019 and 2020.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-blames-delayed-negotiations-on-decision-supported-by-winston-peters/T2J6B2EUKJETNJEXXIDGAZXK5Q/

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    • pat 2.1
      9 November 2023 at 7:27 pm

      Its like out running the lion…you dont have to, you only need to out run the alternative prey.

      Winston is relying on his supporters not knowing/remembering what he said (last week, nevermind some years ago)…if they ever knew.

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    • mikesh 2.2
      10 November 2023 at 7:50 am

      He may have been a member of that cabinet, but it doesn't mean he agreed with that particular decision.

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  3. observer 3
    9 November 2023 at 7:18 pm

    There's going to be a lot of this in the days and weeks ahead. Deny history, delete history. They never said it, never did it, pretend it never happened.

    Winston Peters, speaking today:

    "And here we are, with a three-week delay, because people decided to have people enrolling on election day … We had three weeks' delay as a consequence of that and I wish the media would focus on who caused that delay than the last few days, and we've been flat out all day and half the darn night trying to get the negotiations completed."

    The law was changed in 2020 to allow people to enrol to vote on election day – it was passed with New Zealand First's support.

    Winston Peters as coalition talks continue: 'Speed is of the essence' | RNZ News

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    • observer 3.1
      9 November 2023 at 7:21 pm

      Incidentally, the negotiations have now lasted longer than the 2017 negotiations, which Luxon has criticised.

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      • weka 3.1.1
        9 November 2023 at 8:23 pm

        Getting close to 1996 too. Who caused the delay then? Oh that's right, Winston fucking Peters, in our first MMP election establishing the skew towards macho and bullshit right at the start.

        It was widely expected that he would throw his support to Labour and make Labour leader Helen Clark New Zealand's first female prime minister. Peters had bitterly criticised his former National colleagues, and appeared to promise that he would not even consider a coalition with Bolger. However, after over a month of negotiations with both parties, Peters decided to enter into a coalition with National.[49] Michael Laws, then New Zealand First's campaign manager, later claimed that Peters had already decided to enter into an agreement with National and used his negotiations with Labour simply to win more concessions from Bolger.[50]

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Peters#Fourth_National_Government_(1993%E2%80%931999)

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        • mikesh 3.1.1.1
          10 November 2023 at 7:58 am

          New Zealand First's campaign manager, later claimed that Peters had already decided to enter into an agreement with National and used his negotiations with Labour simply to win more concessions from Bolger.

          A very rational tactic I would say.

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    • Barfly 3.2
      9 November 2023 at 8:17 pm

      I think that's just Winston speak for "it's not me holding things up"

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      • Incognito 3.2.1
        9 November 2023 at 8:52 pm

        An old man is driving his old car on the motorway. He hears on the radio a traffic warning about very slow traffic on the same road in the same direction as he’s going. He shakes his head in disbelief saying to himself that the road is perfectly clear and that those morons on the radio have no idea what they’re talking about and should all be fired.

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        • Anne 3.2.1.1
          9 November 2023 at 9:44 pm

          Reminds me of an incident – err umm – caused by me on the North Shore motorway leading to the bridge. It occurred when the then Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were off out west to attend some function. The North West motorway was closed to all traffic but the convoy of police and other personnel who were on their way to escort the royal motorcade decided to have a practice run on the lead up to the bridge.

          All traffic was stopped but I failed to pick up the signal and continued on my merry way. Suddenly to the left of me a large convoy of white vans came streaming past me at breakneck speed while to the right of me a bunch of well spruced cops came roaring past on shiny motor bikes gesticulating and shouting at me in what seemed to be quite offensive language. It was at that point it dawned on me I was the sole car on the entire motorway and I had to reverse back nearly a kilometre before I reached the multiple lines of cars patiently waiting to resume their journeys. I sat in front of them in my little Toyota Yaris for all the world looking like the leading helms-woman before a battle charge.

          I bet there were a few giggles amongst those fellow travellers as they watched the pantomime occurring in front of them.

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    • Ad 3.3
      9 November 2023 at 10:09 pm

      Winston Peters just ran the left down, and got into power, and you're complaining.

      Not sure you're too good at remembering history yourself. Maybe that 78 year old remembers how power is attained and deployed better than most.

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      • observer 3.3.1
        9 November 2023 at 10:55 pm

        If you define "complaining" as correctly pointing out that he is misleading the public, then sure, guilty as charged. I note you do not dispute that he is doing this.

        Should we be admiring these constant memory lapses (to be generous) or outright falsehoods? No thanks.

        History? It tells us power can be attained in many ways, from coups to revolutions to lying at elections. Only the morally bankrupt would assess them all by ends, not means.

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        • Ad 3.3.1.1
          9 November 2023 at 11:01 pm

          You're guilty of whining about trivia and neglecting the actual transfer of power that Peters has gained.

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        • mikesh 3.3.1.2
          10 November 2023 at 8:13 am

          I don't think that Peters has said that he would go with National; I think that that is an an assumption made by Luxon, the National Party, and the general public. Peters has always said that he would decide which party he would support only after the voting public had spoken.

          I remember election night 2017 when Bill English announced that he would be forming a government with NZ1st's support.

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          • Belladonna 3.3.1.2.1
            10 November 2023 at 9:27 am

            I agree that Peters has not said that he would go into coalition with National.

            Although he's prepared to negotiate with Luxon to that effect – there is no guarantee that the negotiations will bear fruit.

            However, his alternative is to be on the cross-benches. Both he and Hipkins have ruled out a coalition with Labour.

            So, in this instance, Peters is not as free to negotiate with both parties, as he has been in the past.

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  4. georgecom 4
    9 November 2023 at 8:16 pm

    I saw on the news tonight how Waka Kotahi was swamped with emails via the hobsons pledge website complaining about the idea of road signs being bilingual. Should anyone not know, Don Brash is behind hobsons pledge. I checked out the page intending to send the message below to Waka Kotahi via brash's page. sadly the links to making submissions/comments has been removed. however, if another occasion presents itself I might use brash's own webpage to send a message along the following lines:

    kia ora

    I urge you to ignore submissions or feedback sent via the Hobsons Pledge (thereafter HP) website. HP is heavily influenced by Don Brash who, if you are not aware, is far from an average 'concerned citizen' he might like to portray himself as. Brash has a lengthy political history, stretching back to the 1980s, rooted in right wing free market ideology that has been termed over the years neo-liberalism, libertarian or 'the new right'.

    Brash claims that he believes in equality however his idea of equality means an unregulated free market. In such a free market people are not equal, some have more power, wealth and privilege than others. When the type of free market reforms Brash likes were instituted in NZ during the 1980s and 1990s, those who benefited most were those who already had power, wealth and privilege and it allowed them to accumulate more. A majority of such people were white males. So Brash's view of equality is essentially a free market that entrenches power wealth and privilege for people like him, white males.

    Don Brash also hs a political history which is worth knowing about. I think it says something about him and his modus operandi. Brash was the leader of the National Party back in 2005. Around that time a group of Business men approached Brash offring to spend $1.5 million dollars to help get Brash and his party elected to Government. The business men were Exclusive Brethren who, ironically abstain from voting in elections, but who wanted a goverment more favourable to their interests.

    There is nothing in itself sinister of even fundamentally wrong in that. Has Brash been open and clear about that connection and properly recorded the $1.5 million spent on his behalf all would have been transparent and above board. Brash however tried to keep that funding and connection hidden and did all he could over a number of weeks to deny any link to him. In essence, he told anything but the truth. That saga is one of the most significant political deceptions in modern NZ political history.

    Thank you

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    • Ad 4.1
      9 November 2023 at 10:05 pm

      Whatever the Cabinet coalition agreement, even without a referendum Peters and Seymour are at least prepared to have a more open conversation about the Treaty of Waitangi than anything the last government tried.

      Imagine if the Green Party and Maori Party and Labour Maori caucus had travelled together in a roadshow up and down the country explaining how the Treaty relationship works in practise, instead of leaving travelling roadshows up to the likes of John Batchelor.

      Quite possibly it would have been a different election outcome entirely.

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  5. Barfly 5
    9 November 2023 at 8:21 pm

    Standard readers may want to check out the reddit /Newzealand they have over 500,000k members and there is a lot of left wing commenting there

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  6. georgecom 6
    9 November 2023 at 8:39 pm

    I was also pleased to hear on the new tonight an story that Fonterra announced plans for a 30 percent intensity reduction in on-farm emissions from 2018 levels by 2030. This was a result of pressure put on Fonterra by the likes of Nestle who buy Fonterra products. This plan by Fonterra is not perfect by any means, but neither is He Waka Eke Noa which is about starting to drive down farming based GHG emissions. Not perfect but is is better than doing nothing.

    What particularly pleased me is that for farmers who take climate change seriously and are making meaningful changes, things should not change markedly. Those who have gone regenerative/organic/natural farming for example are already ahead of the game and are reducing emissions AND building climate resilience into their farming.

    For the likes of the grassroots movement however it's a good kick up the rse. That 'movement' includes the types who don't think CC is serious or who think they should be permitted to continue BAU. The type who moan about the 'pace of change' with government plans to reduce CHG or improve water quality, who think 9 years of do nothing under a John Key National Goverment was acceptable, who welcome another 5 years of doing nothing under a Luxon National Goverment. They think they will get their way electing a National Govt and then the market turns round and says to them "think again mate". That's pleasing.

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    • Ad 6.1
      9 November 2023 at 9:57 pm

      Did Fonterra say there would be any price premium for compliance? Or tariff for non-compliance? Nope

      Did Fonterra or their advocacy arm DairyNZ support Three Waters – which was code for strong water and wastewater regulation of dairy? Nope

      Did Fonterra announce a hard target with a date they promise to meet? Nope

      Did Fonterra reconcile their proposal to any – and there were a few – any legislation Labour and the Greens had brought in? Or indeed any government policy the previous government had introduced over 6 years? Nope

      Did they invite other dairy industry players to join with them in industry or national interest? Nope

      Did they apologise to Hipkins or Ardern for throwing out and trashing the on-farm gas emissions agreement they'd spent 5 years working on with everyone? Nope

      https://www.fonterra.com/nz/en/our-stories/media/fonterra-announces-climate-plans-for-the-future.html#:~:text=The%20Co%2Doperative%20is%20targeting,emissions%20profile%20of%20its%20products.

      Fonterra now have their previous Tier 3 product manager and government relations expert ready for a major seat right in the heart of government: Nicola Willis.

      Fonterra and their dairy farmers won this election against Labour. Today's Fonterra announcement is setting out tea, scones and jam to eat off the table of your political opponents' corpse.

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      • georgecom 6.1.1
        10 November 2023 at 8:21 am

        likely no to all of your questions. farming should be having a price on their GHGs by next year, instead they will have a 5 year 'cup of tea' from a government who seemingly cannot grasp the urgency that climate change requires. The climate isn't going to stop warming for 5 years whilst the govt and farmers sort their shite out. This stuff should have been in place 15 years ago but instead we got a do nothing john key government. the Fonterra announcement is basically a repudiation to those who want BAU and reinforces what was said many times by the likes of James Shaw and Damien O'Connor that foreign markets will demand action regardless of what the NZ govt demands.

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    • UncookedSelachimorpha 6.2
      10 November 2023 at 2:15 am

      "30 percent intensity reduction "

      Another loophole there – this is only CO2eq per tonne of production. So if production goes up by 30% – guess what, no actual emissions reduction at all.

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      • georgecom 6.2.1
        10 November 2023 at 8:24 am

        yes. a "30% reduction" would occur if production remains static but be less if production increases. Any reduction is useful but the Fonterra announcement is not the silver bullet by any means. Much more is needed.

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  7. adam 7
    9 November 2023 at 8:59 pm

    Great video on West Antarctic by realist climate scientists.

    Look if you want good news then don't bother with video or read the report.

    More for the adults in the room.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_BoZDS1gjU

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x

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    Nicola Willis’ first move was ‘spilling the tea’ on what she called the ‘sobering’ state of the nation’s books, but she had better be able to back that up in the HYEFU. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Here’s my pick of top 10 news links elsewhere at 10 am ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • PT use up but fare increases coming
    Yesterday Auckland Transport were celebrating, as the most recent Sunday was the busiest Sunday they’ve ever had. That’s a great outcome and I’m sure the ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    3 days ago

  • The very opposite of social investment
    Nicola Willis (in blue) at the signing of the coalition agreement, before being sworn in as both Finance Minister and Social Investment Minister. National’s plan to unwind anti-smoking measures will benefit her in the first role, but how does it stack up from a social investment viewpoint? Photo: Lynn Grieveson ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago

  • Giving Tuesday
    For the first time "in history" we decided to jump on the "Giving Tuesday" bandwagon in order to make you aware of the options you have to contribute to our work! Projects supported by Skeptical Science Inc. Skeptical Science Skeptical Science is an all-volunteer organization but ...
    Skeptical Science
    4 days ago

  • Let's open the books with Nicotine Willis
    Let’s say it’s 1984,and there's a dreary little nation at the bottom of the Pacific whose name rhymes with New Zealand,and they've just had an election.Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, will you look at the state of these books we’ve opened,cries the incoming government, will you look at all this mountain ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • Climate Change: Stopping oil
    National is promising to bring back offshore oil and gas drilling. Naturally, the Greens have organised a petition campaign to try and stop them. You should sign it - every little bit helps, and as the struggle over mining conservation land showed, even National can be deterred if enough people ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    4 days ago

  • Don’t accept Human Rights Commission reading of data on Treaty partnership – read the survey fin...
    Wellington is braced for a “massive impact’ from the new government’s cutting public service jobs, The Post somewhat grimly reported today. Expectations of an economic and social jolt are based on the National-Act coalition agreement to cut public service numbers in each government agency in a cost-trimming exercise  “informed by” head ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • The stupidest of stupid reasons
    One of the threats in the National - ACT - NZ First coalition agreements was to extend the term of Parliament to four years, reducing our opportunities to throw a bad government out. The justification? Apparently, the government thinks "elections are expensive". This is the stupidest of stupid reasons for ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    4 days ago

  • A website bereft of buzz
    Buzz from the Beehive The new government was being  sworn in, at time of writing , and when Point of Order checked the Beehive website for the latest ministerial statements and re-visit some of the old ones we drew a blank. We found ….  Nowt. Nothing. Zilch. Not a ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • MICHAEL BASSETT: A new Ministry – at last
    Michael Bassett writes – Like most people, I was getting heartily sick of all the time being wasted over the coalition negotiations. During the first three weeks Winston grinned like a Cheshire cat, certain he’d be needed; Chris Luxon wasted time in lifting the phone to Winston ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Luxon's Breakfast.
    The Prime Minister elect had his silver fern badge on. He wore it to remind viewers he was supporting New Zealand, that was his team. Despite the fact it made him look like a concierge, or a welcomer in a Koru lounge. Anna Burns-Francis, the Breakfast presenter, asked if he ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • LINDSAY MITCHELL:  Oranga Tamariki faces major upheaval under coalition agreement
     Lindsay Mitchell writes – A hugely significant gain for ACT is somewhat camouflaged by legislative jargon. Under the heading ‘Oranga Tamariki’ ACT’s coalition agreement contains the following item:   Remove Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 According to Oranga Tamariki:     “Section ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • BRIAN EASTON:  Peters as Minister
    A previous column looked at Winston Peters biographically. This one takes a closer look at his record as a minister, especially his policy record. Brian Easton writes – 1990-1991: Minister of Māori Affairs. Few remember Ka Awatea as a major document on the future of Māori policy; there is ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Cathrine Dyer's guide to watching COP 28 from the bottom of a warming planet
    Is COP28 largely smoke and mirrors and a plan so cunning, you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel? Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: COP28 kicks off on November 30 and up for negotiation are issues like the role of fossil fuels in the energy transition, contributions to ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • Top 10 news links at 10 am for Monday, Nov 27
    PM Elect Christopher Luxon was challenged this morning on whether he would sack Adrian Orr and Andrew Coster.TL;DR: Here’s my pick of top 10 news links elsewhere at 10 am on Monday November 27, including:Signs councils are putting planning and capital spending on hold, given a lack of clear guidance ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell on the new government’s policies of yesteryear
    This column expands on a Werewolf column published by Scoop on Friday Routinely, Winston Peters is described as the kingmaker who gets to decide when the centre right or the centre-left has a turn at running this country. He also plays a less heralded but equally important role as the ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    4 days ago

  • The New Government’s Agreements
    Last Friday, almost six weeks after election day, National finally came to an agreement with ACT and NZ First to form a government. They also released the agreements between each party and looking through them, here are the things I thought were the most interesting (and often concerning) from the. ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    4 days ago

  • How many smokers will die to fund the tax cuts?
    Maori and Pasifika smoking rates are already over twice the ‘all adult’ rate. Now the revenue that generates will be used to fund National’s tax cuts. Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: The devil is always in the detail and it emerged over the weekend from the guts of the policy agreements National ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • How the culture will change in the Beehive
    Perhaps the biggest change that will come to the Beehive as the new government settles in will be a fundamental culture change. The era of endless consultation will be over. This looks like a government that knows what it wants to do, and that means it knows what outcomes ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    4 days ago

  • No More Winnie Blues.
    So what do you think of the coalition’s decision to cancel Smokefree measures intended to stop young people, including an over representation of Māori, from taking up smoking? Enabling them to use the tax revenue to give other people a tax cut?David Cormack summed it up well:It seems not only ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    5 days ago

  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47
    A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science  Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 19, 2023 thru Sat, Nov 25, 2023.  Story of the Week World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief  Exclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop ...
    Skeptical Science
    5 days ago

  • Some of it is mad, some of it is bad and some of it is clearly the work of people who are dangerous ...
    On announcement morning my mate texted:Typical of this cut-price, fake-deal government to announce itself on Black Friday.What a deal. We lose Kim Hill, we gain an empty, jargonising prime minister, a belligerent conspiracist, and a heartless Ayn Rand fanboy. One door closes, another gets slammed repeatedly in your face.It seems pretty ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago

  • “Revolution” is the threat as the Māori Party smarts at coalition government’s Treaty directi...
    Buzz from the Beehive Having found no fresh announcements on the government’s official website, Point of Order turned today to Scoop’s Latest Parliament Headlines  for its buzz. This provided us with evidence that the Māori Party has been soured by the the coalition agreement announced yesterday by the new PM. “Soured” ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    6 days ago

  • The Good, the Bad, and the even Worse.
    Yesterday the trio that will lead our country unveiled their vision for New Zealand.Seymour looking surprisingly statesmanlike, refusing to rise to barbs about his previous comments on Winston Peters. Almost as if they had just been slapstick for the crowd.Winston was mostly focussed on settling scores with the media, making ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    6 days ago

  • When it Comes to Palestine – Free Speech is Under Threat
    Hi,Thanks for getting amongst Mister Organ on digital — thanks to you, we hit the #1 doc spot on iTunes this week. This response goes a long way to helping us break even.I feel good about that. Other things — not so much.New Zealand finally has a new government, and ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    6 days ago

  • Thank you Captain Luxon. Was that a landing, or were we shot down?
    Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.Also in More Than A FeildingFriday The unboxing And so this is Friday and what have we gone and done to ourselves?In the same way that a Christmas present can look lovely under the ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    6 days ago

  • Cans of Worms.
    “And there’ll be no shortage of ‘events’ to test Luxon’s political skills. David Seymour wants a referendum on the Treaty. Winston wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Labour’s handling of the Covid crisis. Talk about cans of worms!”LAURIE AND LES were very fond of their local. It was nothing ...
    Bowalley Road
    6 days ago

  • Disinformation campaigns are undermining democracy. Here’s how we can fight back
    This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Misinformation is debated everywhere and has justifiably sparked concerns. It can polarise the public, reduce health-protective behaviours such as mask wearing and vaccination, and erode trust in science. Much of misinformation is spread not ...
    Skeptical Science
    6 days ago

  • Peters as Minister
    A previous column looked at Winston Peters biographically. This one takes a closer look at his record as a minister, especially his policy record.1990-1991: Minister of Māori Affairs. Few remember Ka Awatea as a major document on the future of Māori policy; there is not even an entry in Wikipedia. ...
    PunditBy Brian Easton
    7 days ago

  • The New Government: 2023 Edition
    So New Zealand has a brand-spanking new right-wing government. Not just any new government either. A formal majority coalition, of the sort last seen in 1996-1998 (our governmental arrangements for the past quarter of a century have been varying flavours of minority coalition or single-party minority, with great emphasis ...
    A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
    7 days ago

  • The unboxing
    And so this is Friday and what have we gone and done to ourselves?In the same way that a Christmas present can look lovely under the tree with its gold ribbon but can turn out to be nothing more than a big box holding a voucher for socks, so it ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    7 days ago

  • A cruel, vicious, nasty government
    So, after weeks of negotiations, we finally have a government, with a three-party cabinet and a time-sharing deputy PM arrangement. Newsroom's Marc Daalder has put the various coalition documents online, and I've been reading through them. A few things stand out: Luxon doesn't want to do any work, ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    1 week ago

  • Hurrah – we have a new government (National, ACT and New Zealand First commit “to deliver for al...
    Buzz from the Beehive Sorry, there has been  no fresh news on the government’s official website since the caretaker trade minister’s press statement about the European Parliament vote on the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement. But the capital is abuzz with news – and media comment is quickly flowing – after ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    1 week ago

  • Christopher Luxon – NZ PM #42.
    Nothing says strong and stable like having your government announcement delayed by a day because one of your deputies wants to remind everyone, but mostly you, who wears the trousers. It was all a bit embarrassing yesterday with the parties descending on Wellington before pulling out of proceedings. There are ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 week ago

  • Coalition Government details policies & ministers
    Winston Peters will be Deputy PM for the first half of the Coalition Government’s three-year term, with David Seymour being Deputy PM for the second half. Photo montage by Lynn Grieveson for The KākāTL;DR: PM-Elect Christopher Luxon has announced the formation of a joint National-ACT-NZ First coalition Government with a ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 week ago

  • “Old Coat” by Peter, Paul & Mary.
     THERE ARE SOME SONGS that seem to come from a place that is at once in and out of the world. Written by men and women who, for a brief moment, are granted access to that strange, collective compendium of human experience that comes from, and belongs to, all the ...
    Bowalley Road
    1 week ago

  • New Zealand welcomes European Parliament vote on the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement
    A significant milestone in ratifying the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was reached last night, with 524 of the 705 member European Parliament voting in favour to approve the agreement. “I’m delighted to hear of the successful vote to approve the NZ-EU FTA in the European Parliament overnight. This is ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Further humanitarian support for Gaza, the West Bank and Israel
    The Government is contributing a further $5 million to support the response to urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, bringing New Zealand’s total contribution to the humanitarian response so far to $10 million. “New Zealand is deeply saddened by the loss of civilian life and the ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 weeks ago

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