Daily review 31/01/2024
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- Police Perpetuate Siege on Ōpōtiki
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- Release: Govt cuts school lunches even further
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- Time to shut down failed Youth Justice Residences
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- Tell Luxon to Kill the Treaty Principles Bill
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- Release: Appalling process on three strikes law
The Government is subverting parliamentary process on laws the evidence already shows don’t work. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Labour calls for investigation into tobacco tax cut
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- Release: Delay to retirement village review won’t help residents
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- New Child Centre will improve mental health outcomes in Tauranga
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- Social Investment Board appointed
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- Poroporoaki: Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies
E te Ikanui a Whiro kua mau nei i te kupenga a Aitua. Kua turakina e te hoariri e kore nei e tāea te karo, mōrehu mutunga o te hokowhitu a Tū ki te Riri Tuarua o te Ao, unuhia tō kōuma, whakairihia tō patu ki tara-ā-whare, whītikihia te tatua ...4 hours ago
- New Zealand and Irish Governments partner to support farming through research
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- Rail Network Rebuild to be delivered ahead of City Rail Link opening
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- Foreign Minister to visit Latin America
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- $340m NZ-China trade boost through 24 key partnerships
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- Prime Minister pays tribute to Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies
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- Bringing Crown director fees closer to market rate
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- Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament
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- Results reinforce importance of growth
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- Suicide Prevention Action Plan Next Steps
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- Police & Immigration work together to tackle gangs
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- Prime Minister congratulates Donald J. Trump on election win
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- Efficiencies found to deliver two further NIWE recovery projects
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- Safe, secure digital identity services on the way
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- Base Woodbourne resolution with Kurahaupō Iwi
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- Home-based ECE care made easier
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- Beefing up red meat marketing in China
The Government is joining the next phase of the ‘Taste Pure Nature’ campaign that will position New Zealand beef and lamb as the highest-quality red meats of choice for Chinese consumers, Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay announced at a signing ceremony in China today. “Today I am announcing that ...3 days ago
- Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill passes first reading
Legislation to strengthen oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system has passed its first reading in Parliament today, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “These changes will build on New Zealand’s current child protection system by clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the agencies that oversee it, including greater ...3 days ago
- NZTA confirms preferred option for second Mt Vic Tunnel and SH1 upgrades
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Board has confirmed next steps on the SH1 Wellington Improvements Road of National Significance (RoNS), including an expanded package to reduce Wellington’s gridlock and support economic growth, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Our Government is committed to delivering a second Mt Victoria Tunnel for Wellington to ...3 days ago
- Appointments strengthen Conservation Boards
The latest Conservation Board appointments will help to strengthen environmental efforts across Aotearoa New Zealand, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says. Mr Potaka today announced 64 appointments to the country’s 14 Conservation Boards. “Conservation Boards play a vital role as liaison between DOC with their regions, making their community’s voice heard ...3 days ago
- First steps towards National Infrastructure Plan
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has welcomed the first steps from the Infrastructure Commission in developing New Zealand’s 30-year National Infrastructure Plan. The Commission today released a discussion document which outlines the Commission’s thinking in developing the 30-year plan, including looking at what’s needed over the next 30 years, what our ...3 days ago
- Stats show Medsafe accelerates approval assessments
Associate Health Minister David Seymour says that Medsafe’s annual performance statistics released today show that Medsafe are accelerating their approval process. “The data produced in Medsafe’s annual statistics show that in 2023/2024 Medsafe expedited their assessment process for almost every category of medicine,” says Mr Seymour. For innovative new medicines ...3 days ago
- New rules mean faster payment times for small businesses
New requirements for government agencies to pay their invoices faster and adopt labour-saving technology are an important part of our plan to rebuild the economy and support small businesses, Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Andrew Bayly and Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee say. “The Government is ambitious about lifting New ...3 days ago
- Speech – Diwali 2024
Namaste. Namaskar. Namaskaram. Vanakkam. Sat Sri Akal. Kem chho. Greetings to you all. It is my great privilege, as Minister for Ethnic Communities, to host this year’s Diwali Celebration at Parliament. I am truly excited to be with you all for Diwali as your Minister, and I warmly welcome each ...4 days ago
- Accelerating maths achievement for Kiwi kids
The Government is continuing to transform maths education, by trialling a targeted maths acceleration programme to give more Kiwi kids confidence in mathematics. “After discovering just 22 per cent of Year 8 students are at the expected standard for maths, we launched our Make it Count Action Plan to give our ...4 days ago
- Government’s creative sector strategy released
The Government’s creative sector strategy is designed to increase Kiwis’ engagement with culture and creativity and to boost its economic contribution, Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Amplify has been released for public consultation and I encourage people to read the strategy and to share their feedback. “There’s an opportunity to ...4 days ago
- On-sold programme changes bring resolution to homeowners and taxpayers
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- Todd McClay to lead large trade mission to China
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- New Charter to guarantee better access for hunting and fishing
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- Pou Whenua blessing honours Tongariro
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- New members appointed to the NZTA Board
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- Welcome relief from new oestradiol gel funding
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- Deputy Prime Minister visit to Australia
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- Applications now open for new training pathway
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- Increased medicines access continues following budget boost
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- New Zealand concludes high quality trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
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- Government seeks views on remote court attendance
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- Further US election analysis: Hispanics and young men swung big to Trump
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Know what I think about the standard of the responses but interested in the views of others. With respect to Luxon's response to James Shaw et al, he's already had to walk it back and admit he was wrong.
Casey Costello's performance was too bad to link to here.
A Minister of the Crown presents NZF Party policy to a ministry of the Crown. What next, the people who sponsored it get to sit in on the next meeting?
A Minister acts on behalf of government, and its cabinet policy is the only matter a Minister can draw to the attention of ministry.
The PM may regret use of the term arsonist, because the beehive matchstick box is gonna get lit at question time if this lack of standards is the confabulation practice.
From now on every Minister is going to get asked, whether they present their own party policy, or only that of the coalition government to their Ministry.
The public service works for government and taxpayer, not the members of political parties and their sponsors.
I couldn't get to the end of either clip.
A bit like seeing a sausage get made. We all love our democracy but that behaviour (from both sides of the house) is enough to make a vegan out of most folk.
Luxon's body language, just wanted to be anywhere else. Looked angry, floundering. Not his gig, can't see him lasting 3yrs
James Shaws' questions around fisheries to the Prime Minister in the House today revealed a very stupid man, and that man is our Prime Minister.
What appalled me is that he didn't seem to understand some of the questioning let alone able to answer them. He is reliant on his ministers to do the heavy lifting and that leaves him to float around delivering platitudes that mean precisely nothing.
I never thought I needed to hear John Williams conducting violinists Peter Schickele and Itzhak Perlman.
"At least two dozen locations around the country are headed for record or near-record hot temperature records in January."
Nah worries, mate!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350145168/nz-weather-live-warm-oceans-behind-our-hot-humid-weather
A known, those who leave prison without housing are more likely to re-offend.
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Having a job before early release allows saving money for a landlord bond. Then with a home sorted, then comes prison release (allowed out of a bracelet home arrangement during the work week till sentence is completed).
Otherwise community housing on prison release. Providers funded to provide both housing and support into work.
Going to W and I and their interface with beneficiaries, emergency housing and or Kainga Ora, – most would rather go back inside by the next winter and they did not like being there.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/work-and-incomes-lack-of-empathy-sending-people-back-to-jail-criminologist/Q5IQSYCDQZDNHFVBC3S64PJMLA/
Prisoners should have the option to work while in prison, get paid minimum wage, pay rent , get kiwisaver and build up a little leaving jail fund, must be fucking hard to reintegrate landing on the street after a year or 2 or 20 not working , ,broke and homeless,
Member of prominent family of Māori rights activists on trial, accused of child molestation . No name suppression here, but a political party figure accused of a similar crime has been suppressed for over 6 months. Why the difference?
https://x.com/feijoa_chutney/status/1752573001806348749
a pamphlet got inserted into my local free newspaper this week. "The Treaty Of Waitangi An Explanation" its called, published by the NZ Centre for Political Research. That is put together by ex ACT MP Muriel Newman, an ACTesque lobby political group. Going in the recycling as some ACT type crap. Alternate use would be as emergency toilet paper.
Did you take the trouble to read any of it, George? It's actually a reprint of a booklet written just over a century ago by Sir Apirana Ngata and translated from the original Maori by Michael Rotohiko Jones (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rotohiko_Jones for his credentials). So hardly "put together" by Ms Newman.
That said, one does have to wonder what the NZCPR is up to in distributing it like this, at no little expense. Some of Sir Apirana's views seem to me (but correct me if I'm wrong) not very acceptable in Te Ao Maori of today.