Daily review 17/08/2023
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- Haul from the 2025 Regent Booksale
As noted, early March has been about moving house, and I have had little chance to partake in all things internet. But now that everything is more or less sorted, I can finally give a belated report on my visit to the annual Regent Booksale (28th February and 1st March). ...50 minutes ago - The threat spectrum
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- How to fight back against Trump’s tariffs
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Troy Bowker’s Caniwi Capital’s Desmond Gittings, former TradeMe and Warehouse executive Simon West, former anonymous right wing blogger / Labour attacker & now NZ On Air Board member / Waitangi Tribunal member Philip Crump, Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon who used to run vaccine critical, Treaty of Waitangi critical, and trans-rights ...7 hours ago - Fixing school lunches
The free school lunch program was one of Labour's few actual achievements in government. Decent food, made locally, providing local employment. So naturally, National had to get rid of it. Their replacement - run by Compass, a multinational which had already been thrown out of our hospitals for producing inedible ...7 hours ago
- New procurement rules hurt low-income workers
New draft government procurement guidelines will remove living wage protections for thousands of low-paid workers in Aotearoa New Zealand, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff. “The Minister of Finance Nicola Willis has proposed a new rule saying that the Living Wage no longer needs to be paid in ...7 hours ago - Member’s Day
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- The US dividing Russia from China? Forget about it
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- Wednesday 12 March
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- Power of persistence: Australian technology addresses challenge of space monitoring
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- All in all another brick in the wall of money
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- This is why we have juries
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- Luxon’s economy focus at odds with voters
Luxon’s popularity continues to fall, and a new survey shows voters rank fixing the health system as the top priority. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / Getty ImagesLong stories shortest in Aotearoa’s political economy this morning: National’s pollster finds Christopher Luxon has fallen behind Chris Hipkins as preferred PM for the first ...1 day ago - Tuesday 11 March
The CTU is calling for an apology from Nicola Willis after her office made a false characterisation of CTU statements, which ultimately saw him blocked from future Treasury briefings. New data shows that Māori make up 83% of those charged under new gang laws. Financial incentives are being offered to ...1 day ago
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- Australia needs to prevent cybercrime, not just react to it
Australia’s cyber capabilities have evolved rapidly, but they are still largely reactive, not preventative. Rather than responding to cyber incidents, Australian law enforcement agencies should focus on dismantling underlying criminal networks. On 11 December, Europol ...1 day ago
- The National Hurricane Center set an all-time record for forecast accuracy in 2024
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters Finally, there’s some good news to report from NOAA, the parent organization of the National Hurricane Center, or NHC: During the highly active 2o24 Atlantic hurricane season, the NHC made record-accurate track forecasts at every time interval (12-, ...2 days ago - Societal resilience is the best answer to Chinese warships
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- Upper Habour Bus change a step towards rapid transit
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- Friday 7 March
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- Today’s fake news
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- Thursday 6 March
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- Release: Chris Hipkins’ State of the Nation address
Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa It is a great pleasure to be here with you this morning. ...5 days ago
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- Release: Refreshed team to drive Labour’s 2026 priorities
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- Release: Labour calls for end to police referrals to Destiny programmes
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Te Pāti Māori welcomes the resignation of Richard Prebble from the Waitangi Tribunal. His appointment in October 2024 was a disgrace- another example of this government undermining Te Tiriti o Waitangi by appointing a former ACT leader who has spent his career attacking Māori rights. “Regardless of the reason for ...1 week ago
- Release: Labour calls on Govt to condemn Israel’s aid blockade
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- Release: Mark Mitchell missing in action
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- Release: Fewer houses, consents down under National
The number of building consents issued under this Government continues to spiral, taking a toll on the infrastructure sector, tradies, and future generations of Kiwi homeowners. ...1 week ago
- Govt urged to rule out any involvement in AUKUS
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- Release: PSA survey proves Govt’s cuts are hurting patients
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- Government levels another blow at kaupapa Māori education
The Green Party is appalled by the Government’s plan to disestablish Resource Teachers of Māori (RTM) roles, a move that takes another swing at kaupapa Māori education. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Labour PR: More clarity needed for homebuyers
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- Release: More clarity needed for homebuyers
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- Greens welcome pause of works at Lake Rotokākahi and call for council to work constructively with m...
After months of mana whenua protecting their wāhi tapu, the Green Party welcomes the pause of works at Lake Rotokākahi and calls for the Rotorua Lakes Council to work constructively with Tūhourangi and Ngāti Tumatawera on the pathway forward. ...2 weeks ago
- The week in review
New Zealand First continues to bring balance, experience, and commonsense to Government. This week we've made progress on many of our promises to New Zealand. Winston representing New Zealand Winston Peters is overseas this week, with stops across the Middle East and North Asia. Winston's stops include Saudi Arabia, the ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Govt abandons retailers with citizen’s arrests
The Government’s expansion of citizen’s arrest powers leaves retailers on their own to deal with crime on their premises. ...2 weeks ago
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Green Party Co-Leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick have announced the party’s plans to deliver a Green Budget this year to offer an alternative vision to the Government’s trickle-down economics and austerity politics. ...2 weeks ago
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- Release: Millions spent to rehash bad ideas on retail crime
The Government has spent $3.6 million dollars on a retail crime advisory group, including paying its chair $920 a day, to come up with ideas already dismissed as dangerous by police. ...2 weeks ago
- Greens stand in solidarity with mana whenua of Lake Rotokākahi
The Green Party supports the peaceful occupation at Lake Rotokākahi and are calling for the controversial sewerage project on the lake to be stopped until the Environment Court has made a decision. ...2 weeks ago
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- Release: Overhaul of Overseas Investment Act a Fire Sale of Kiwi Assets
The Government’s reckless overhaul of the Overseas Investment Act is a fast track for foreign investment at the expense of Kiwi interests. ...2 weeks ago
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- Release: Call for Destiny Church to lose charity status
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- New Zealand stands with Ukraine, three years after illegal Russian invasion
As the world marks three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced additional sanctions on Russian entities and support for Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction. “Russia’s illegal invasion has brought three years of devastation to Ukraine’s people, environment, and infrastructure,” Mr Peters says. “These additional sanctions target 52 ...2 weeks ago - Going for Growth: Overseas investment changes to drive higher wages
Associate Finance Minister David Seymour has today announced the Government’s plan to reform the Overseas Investment Act and make it easier for New Zealand businesses to receive new investment, grow and pay higher wages. “New Zealand is one of the hardest countries in the developed world for overseas people to ...2 weeks ago
- Minister going to Australia for aged care meetings
Associate Health Minister Hon Casey Costello is traveling to Australia for meetings with the aged care sector in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney next week. “Australia is our closest partner, so as we consider the changes necessary to make our system more effective and sustainable it makes sense to learn from ...3 weeks ago
- More funding for biodiversity protection
The Government is boosting investment in the QEII National Trust to reinforce the protection of Aotearoa New Zealand's biodiversity on private land, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says. The Government today announced an additional $4.5 million for conservation body QEII National Trust over three years. QEII Trust works with farmers and ...3 weeks ago
- Closure of the Ava Bridge Walkway postponed
The closure of the Ava Bridge walkway will be delayed so Hutt City Council have more time to develop options for a new footbridge, says Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Mayor of Lower Hutt, Campbell Barry. “The Hutt River paths are one of the Hutt’s most beloved features. Hutt locals ...3 weeks ago
- Speech to Committee for Auckland
Good afternoon. Can I acknowledge Ngāti Whātua for their warm welcome, Simpson Grierson for hosting us here today, and of course the Committee for Auckland for putting on today’s event. I suspect some of you are sitting there wondering what a boy from the Hutt would know about Auckland, our ...3 weeks ago
- Removal of level crossings a win for Aucklanders
The Government will invest funding to remove the level crossings in Takanini and Glen Innes and replace them with grade-separated crossings, to maximise the City Rail Link’s ability to speed up journey times by rail and road and boost Auckland’s productivity, Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Auckland Minister Simeon Brown ...3 weeks ago
- Carbon capture one step closer
The Government has made key decisions on a Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) framework to enable businesses to benefit from storing carbon underground, which will support New Zealand’s businesses to continue operating while reducing net carbon emissions, Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “Economic growth is a ...3 weeks ago
- Industrial hemp regulations to be reviewed
Minister for Regulation David Seymour says that outdated and burdensome regulations surrounding industrial hemp (iHemp) production are set to be reviewed by the Ministry for Regulation. Industrial hemp is currently classified as a Class C controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act, despite containing minimal THC and posing little ...3 weeks ago
- Advisory group on organised crime appointed
The Ministerial Advisory Group on transnational and serious organised crime was appointed by Cabinet on Monday and met for the first time today, Associate Police Minister Casey Costello announced. “The group will provide independent advice to ensure we have a better cross-government response to fighting the increasing threat posed to ...3 weeks ago
- With Australian steel and aluminium set to incur US tariffs, global uncertainty will be our next cha...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Toohey, Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney “Unjustified” and “not the way that friends and allies should be treated”. That’s how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have described the latest shot in United States President Trump’s trade war. ...59 minutes ago - Fictional fiscal cliffs – misinterpreting budgets for political gain
The prime minister's much-repeated claim that he "saved school lunches" is nonsense, and relies on us not understanding how budgets actually work. ...1 hour ago - Manaaki Rangatahi Invites Christopher Luxon To Attend Regional Hui To Address Youth Homelessness
We look forward to hosting him in a few weeks time to talk about how everyone has the right to housing, and what we can do to work together to ensure that housing and peoples well-being, and the well-being of our children are human rights. ...1 hour ago - PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of Gaza humanitarian aid
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has launched an open letter calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to take action on the future of the besieged enclave of Gaza. The network is asking Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak up for the people of New Zealand ...1 hour ago
- Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that af...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Over the past two years, there has been some progress in improving the JobSeeker payment. But payment levels remain below the poverty line. That’s according to Australia’s Economic Inclusion Advisory ...2 hours ago
- Peters Needs To Tell Trump To Stop The Israeli Bullies
“We want Mr Peters to remind the US administration that the rules apply to Gaza as well” says PSNA Co-chair John Minto. “Mr Peters should be suggesting to the US that it should stand up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu” ...3 hours ago
- Ice baths are popular for exercise recovery and general wellness. But what does the science say?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Michele Ursi/Shutterstock Ice baths have become increasingly popular over the past few years. Fitness enthusiasts and casual exercisers around the world are embracing this trend that was once reserved for elite ...3 hours ago
- New play The Robot Dog reminds us there are some knowledges we hold that AI will never have
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Tiffany Garvie/MTC Set in 2042, new play The Robot Dog revolves around Janelle (Kristie Nguy), of Cantonese heritage, and her partner Harry (Ari Maza Long), a First Nations man. Janelle’s ...3 hours ago
- Dannevirke High School cooking up its own, tasty school lunches
Amid the horror stories of school lunches too hot to handle and inedible School Lunch Collective meals, some schools are going it alone. Dannevirke High School in the lower North ...4 hours ago
- Devastating landslides have hit Milford Sound in the past – if it happened today, the impact would...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Davies, Adjunct Professor of Disaster Risk and Resilience, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/danish4888 The 2019 volcanic explosion on Whakaari/White Island, which killed 22 people touring the crater and severely injured 25, is one of New Zealand’s worst disasters. But an even ...4 hours ago
- ‘Shoot it like Steph’: why young athletes shouldn’t try to copy the world’s best
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan Hicks, Lecturer Active Communities & Social Impact / PhD Sports Biomechanics, Flinders University For decades, sport coaching has been built on the idea that there is one correct way to perform a skill. This has often been referred to as a ...4 hours ago
- Winston Peters to ‘fix’ MFAT job listing for tikanga lead
Winston Peters says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade advertising a job for a 'tikanga lead' is a case of a bad idea getting "dug in deeper than ticks on a hound". ...4 hours ago
- Infrastructure Summit Should Prioritise Environmental Outcomes
New Zealanders want high environmental standards to be met. Despite the Government’s efforts to derail good environmental outcomes with the shameful Fast-track Approvals Act. ...5 hours ago
- Erica Stanford and David Seymour meet over free school lunches programme fiasco
Erica Stanford and David Seymour have met to talk about the school lunches programme. The Education Minister and her associate were set for one of their regular meetings last Tuesday ...5 hours ago
- Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Scientists are finally learning ho...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Stannard, Senior Lecturer in Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Charles Sturt University A kultarr. ptrybyrnes/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA In Australia’s arid and semi-arid zones lives a highly elusive predator. It’s small but fierce and feisty, with big eyes, long hind legs and a ...5 hours ago
- How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval
With the sudden departure of New Zealand’s Reserve Bank Governor, one has to ask whether there is a pattern here — of a succession of public sector leaders leaving their posts in uncertain circumstances and a series of decisions being made without much regard for due process. It brings to ...5 hours ago
- Indian community awaits major announcements during Luxon’s India trip
The Indian community in New Zealand is anticipating deepening ties between the two countries as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon takes one of the largest ever delegations to India next week. ...6 hours ago
- Government Plan To Scrap The Living Wage For Contracts “abhorrent”
Currently, contractors who deliver cleaning, security, and catering services for government agencies are required to pay at least the Living Wage ($27.80 at present time) to all their workers. In a media release today, Nicola Willis has announced ...6 hours ago
- Tax reforms needed to bolster economic growth – IMF report
The government needs to get control of its finances and make broad based tax and regulatory changes, according to the International Monetary Fund. ...6 hours ago
- Sad Day For Low Paid Workers As Govt Rolls Back Living Wage Requirement
"The Government again shows it doesn’t care about the most vulnerable workers in New Zealand," said PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. ...6 hours ago
- Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission
By Reza Azam of Greenpeace Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has arrived back in the Marshall Islands yesterday for a six-week mission around the Pacific nation to support independent scientific research into the impact of decades-long nuclear weapons testing by the US government. Forty years ago in May 1985, its namesake, ...6 hours ago
- Does conflict with friends make you squirm? Doing it right might make the relationship stronger
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Research Supervisor, University of Technology Sydney, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland and Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock Some friendships outlast romantic connections and can prove to be more meaningful. Friends help us get through ...7 hours ago
- ‘It’s such a gift to read something out loud’: Nafanua Percell Kersel’s life in books
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Nafanoa Purcell Kersel, author of new collection of poetry Black Sugarcane. The book I wish I’d written I’ve had the feeling of wishing I had written something before, ...7 hours ago - Government knew for ‘weeks’ school lunch provider was in financial strife
But David Seymour says they did not know the full extent. ...7 hours ago
- Greenpeace accuses government climate panel of only listening to ‘vested interests’
The panel only met with two groups when it was preparing its findings. ...7 hours ago
- Last-minute reprieve for parts of Callaghan Innovation
The government is ramping up its science changes, with major shake-ups now due to happen this year. ...8 hours ago
- Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia has failed to win an exemption from Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on aluminium and steel, but the government has vowed to fight on for a carve out. The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, ...8 hours ago
- Opinion Analysis by Keith Rankin – Dodgy Democracy, the Fiscal Double Standard, and the applicatio...
Opinion Analysis by Keith Rankin. This story, Germany to ease government debt limits in major step aimed at boosting economy, defense spending,AP, 6 March 2015, reflects my comments in Germany’s Election 2025. (And note Reforming the debt brake: Now or never! Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, 28 Feb 2025. And Germany’s election victor ...8 hours ago
- Christopher Luxon struggles as cost-of-living gloom lingers
Analysis: There's a lot of bad news around for a government holding out for a change in economic fortunes to turn the polls. ...8 hours ago
- Nicola Willis plans to scrap sweep of procurement rules
Currently, government agencies must follow 71 rules when tendering contracts. ...9 hours ago
- Look who’s coming to Auckland Writers Festival 2025
The Southern Hemisphere’s best attended literary festival (per capita) has just unveiled a packed 2025 programme. Here are books editor Claire Mabey’s picks of the very big bunch. I couldn’t contain it to the traditional top 10 this year. And why would I with over 170 events to choose from? ...9 hours ago
- Prime Minister Fails To Address Concerns Over Young Children Identifying As Gender Neutral
The Conservative Party is the only political party that has consistently and strongly urged caution against the widespread adoption of "gender affirming" policies in schools. ...9 hours ago
- Bank profits soar to record $7.2b amid litany of concerns
They've come through the recession and edged to a record high despite rising costs, flat margins, and regulatory pressures. ...9 hours ago
- Echo Chamber: Christopher Luxon and the merry gang of frickin’ lame-os
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- Five Biotechnology Teams Saved At Callaghan Innovation, But Hundreds Of Redundancies Still Expected
"This whole approach has been clumsy from the get-go with job cuts last year coming ahead of the science system reform plan this year, causing unnecessary distress and uncertainty for many Callaghan workers and their families." ...10 hours ago
- New Zealand Diplomat Sacked After Criticizing Trump
Goff, appointed in 2022, is a former Labour Party leader, foreign affairs minister and Auckland mayor. The position is one of NZ’s most important diplomatic posts. ...10 hours ago
- Asia New Zealand Foundation Joins Prime Minister’s Visit To India
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- Fresh fruit down, junk food up: our modelling suggests Australians’ diets will get worse by 2030
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ryan, Postdoctoral CERC Fellow, Human Health, CSIRO Farknot Architect/Shutterstock The age-old saying “you are what you eat” rings true – diet quality affects our health from the inside out. While a healthy diet can improve health and wellbeing, a poor ...11 hours ago
- ‘Benevolent’ bosses are also more generous with their company tax information
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock For over a decade, there has been an increase in calls for multinational corporations to be forced to disclose tax information publicly. The idea ...11 hours ago
- ‘Nonsense’: Hipkins and Peters clash over ‘wokeness’ in public sector
The New Zealand First leader is adamant diversity is being preferred over merit for people getting jobs in the public sector. ...12 hours ago
All he ever really wanted to do was to ride a Wallaby at Flemington, because it was all about timing the run.
https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/6/g/h/y/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1240×700.271mu6.png/1692247958154.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium
Asked to explain his selection and coaching philosophy for the World Cup rugby, he said it was 24 more years to get a second chance to win on home soil.
For Paris it was all about how they wore their Akubra hats, saying digging himself out of a form slump hole was what all great stand up comedians did when they were only an outside fringe chance of getting a laugh from the toughest meanest critics he had ever faced down while hiding behind a microphone – and he loved it.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby-world-cup-2023/132765918/worst-press-conference-ever-wallabies-coach-eddie-jones-bizarre-media-rant-even-by-his-standards
Paris in the Springtime.
If Oz fail to qualify out of the group sages – Jones can be back for the King Charles 111 Stakes (Group 1) 1600m at Randwick. Lose the quarter-final, and Jones can be back for the Caulfield Cup. If they lose in the semi-finals, back for the Cox Plate at Flemington.
Which business organisations wanted hundreds (known of)/thousands? of foreign nationals on accredited employment work visas (AEWV) based on the promise of employment when they arrived – but no actual jobs. These people are allowed to pay money to an agent "for the promise of jobs" so they qualify.
It's a scam and the country should be downgraded by Transparency International and other organisations for allowing this corruption.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/08/immigration-new-zealand-reveals-115-migrants-six-auckland-properties-at-centre-of-exploitation-probe-after-newshub-uncovers-horrific-conditions.html
Sort of inevitable. But this is why regulation should prevent any avenue for corruption.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/immigration/300952610/review-ordered-into-migrant-work-visas-after-115-workers-crammed-into-6-houses
Buscatastrophe over in Auckland, coming to an end in Wellington.
Bus driver numbers are improving and they still had enough buses for drivers. And they had plans to expand the network into Kapiti and Horowhenua – and prove that TG was not required.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wellington/300952524/bustastrophe-no-more-council-to-return-all-suspended-bus-routes
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-ferries-suspended-birkenhead-te-onewa-northcote-pt-bayswater-to-stop-running/YNWSKOZI3VBILFAYO5CAR4BYK4/
It's a pity that there are no trained ferry crew in the rest of the world to recruit to keep services operating. We just got lucky with there being roads with buses on them overseas.
Pacific Islanders seek refuge from global warming.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/132763925/new-report-finds-labour-migration-a-key-economic-sector-for-the-pacific
lol
Rudy Giuliani's indictment on a racketeering charge has New York City mafiosos gleeful at the prospect that, if convicted, the former federal prosecutor could be brought down by the same law he wielded against La Cosa Nostra.
Veteran mob lawyer Murray Richman told The Messenger that he's "spoken to several of my clients" since Giuliani, former President Donald Trump and 17 co-defendants were charged with violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
"You can quote me to say, 'They're f—— thrilled,'" Richman said Wednesday.
"I don’t want to say the language, but they really ripped Rudy a new a——."
[…]
Civil rights lawyer Ron Kuby, who represented reputed Gambino associate Stephen "Sigmund the Sea Monster" Sergio during the 1990s, said he hadn't spoken with any "alleged members of organized crime" since Giuliani was indicted.
"I have noted the reactions from some family members of alleged organized crime people, and they are thrilled and delighted," he said.
Kuby also said he wanted to call Monday's indictment, which alleges a sprawling conspiracy to illegally overturn Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia, "a sad day in America" but couldn't keep himself from laughing.
"I will spare you the fake sanctimony," he said.
"It is just delightful to watch the guy who expanded RICO prosecutions well beyond their original intent, and did so grasping for the biggest headlines, to watch him be indicted by the very law that he championed."
https://themessenger.com/news/wiseguys-rejoice-at-seeing-nyc-mafia-buster-rudy-giuliani-indicted-on-trump-rico-charge
RG has placed his Manhattan apartment up for sale.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300952041/rudy-giuliani-forced-to-sell-new-york-flat-to-cover-legal-bills-linked-to-trump
Maybe it will save the area, as it has declined relative to Brooklyn.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-brooklyn-became-richer-popular-pandemic-millennials-brownstoners-gentrification-2022-4
Rudy's digs.
https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-1182-s4lfjd/45-east-66th-street-10w-upper-east-side-new-york-ny-10065
He could rent a place in Hells Kitchen.
Bill Nelson talks about the moons south pole being the next confrontation between China and the USA – iced water being the commodity.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3230675/nasa-chief-warns-moons-south-pole-may-become-another-south-china-sea
But India and Russia will be there first – within a week their race will be decided.
India is expected to get there on the 23rd and Russia on 21st or 22nd. Pipped.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66530022
Whatever the result of the race a new era in moon tea is set to begin.
https://moonwatersynergy.com/moon-water-tea-using-moon-water-to-brew-your-tea/
So instead of taxing the uber rich more to pay for infrastructure and other societal benefits.
PM Hipkins decides to hit everyone with 12c per litre in fuel taxes over the next three years.
This is how you lose elections people. Is he really this thick, or is his heart just not in it anymore?
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/08/17/petrol-taxes-would-go-up-12c-per-litre-under-new-govt-proposal/
Chippy is not thick…..egalitarianism is the focus, the principle being that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
A petrol spreads the load, and is fair.
That should read a petrol tax spreads the load which is fair….
it's not egalitarianism when some people have made hundreds of thousands of dollars in capital gains while others cannot afford food because of their high rent (a direct result of the system that gives people such large amounts of wealth tax free).
50% of NZ has less than 4% of the wealth – egalitarianism in action, a la Labour and National.
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https://news.sky.com/story/sir-michael-parkinson-former-talk-show-host-and-journalist-has-died-12933785