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- 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #21
A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 21, 2023 thru Sat, May 27, 2023. This week, several shared articles did quite well on our Facebook page: The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns, At a ...3 hours ago - A Postscript to the Scribes Bookshop Closure
Back in December 2020, one of Dunedin’s local icons was closing its doors. Scribes Bookshop: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2020/12/03/dunedin-bookwormery-mourns-the-demise-of-scribes-bookshop/ It’s a strange thing to explain to people outside Dunedin – a secondhand bookshop, of all things, forming a part of North Dunedin cultural identity. But such was Scribes, and such is, ...7 hours ago - Essay competition winner might opt for the money and surrender the bag â but that would be to esch...
As the general election approaches, the Association of Former Members of the Parliament of New Zealand has organised an essay competition to to foster democracy. Secondary school students are being challenged to identify the important elements of a successful democracy, explain their value and consider whether they can be improved ...13 hours ago - Six things that mattered this week, plus my Sunday reads
Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: For paying subscribers, here's my pick of the week’s top six news developments, quotes and charts of the week with my personal reflections, plus my suggestions for Sunday reading and listening. There’s also one fun thing. In summary this week, my six takeaways were:Christopher ...16 hours ago - The Persistence Of Racism: Is the Anti-Racist Cause Winning or Losing?
With Open Arms: Is it at all reasonable to suppose that a colonial society in which whites traditionally occupied all the upper rungs of the ethnic hierarchy, and where the colonised were relegated to the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, will respond positively to a concerted indigenous push from below, ...17 hours ago - Webworm Wins “Best Team Investigation” at Voyagers
Hi,Just a quick online-only update that Webworm won “Best Team Investigation” last night at the Voyagers.This means a lot, especially considering we were up against giant newsrooms like Stuff and TVNZ:WINNER: David Farrier and Hayden Donnell | Webworm – The Downward Spiral of Arise ChurchJUDGES: Alan Sunderland and Ali Ikram“This ...18 hours ago - The Florida of the South Pacific.
May 28, 2025.Ladies and gentlemen. It’s a beautiful clear morning here in Auckland City. We’re heading for a maximum temperature of 14 degrees, and the local time is now 10:30am. Please remain seated if you’d like to, or get up and walk around the plane if you prefer. New regulations ...19 hours ago - Chose doing good things over doing nothing
Somebody has made a new survey and it tells us this little waterlogged nation of ours is rocketing up the misery charts. Maybe they took it before the sun came back out.Or maybe they took it any time in the last two years. Because negativity is quite surely the new ...20 hours ago - Thanks for the news about the UNESCO appointment, but has the new chair already taken up her job?The appointment of Elizabeth Longworth as Chair of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO was one of just two press statements on the governmentâs official website today. Perhaps thatâs because ministers have been busy preparing speeches for the Labour Party faithful who have gathered in Wellington for the party’s ...1 day ago
- THOMAS CRANMER: Department of Conservation hit by funding crisis
Alarm bells have been rung by the department after its Deputy Director-General for Operations warns, ‘the initial view shows that we do not have sufficient funding to cover our basic running costs’. Â Thomas Cranmer writes – Following last weekâs budget, alarm bells have been rung by the Department ...2 days ago - The Hoon: Luxon vs density; Budget 2023âs political fallout; the RBNZâs dovish hike; and Five Ey...Luxon went after the NIMBY vote, declaring National’s 2021 bipartisan deal with Labour to make it much easier to put three townhouses on a regular section ‘wrong’. File Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for subscribers included:The Labour ...2 days ago
- Kiwi Chris the Robot Politician and other misunderstandings
Hello! This is the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the week.Here’s what you may have missed.Last Sunday’s column was about the budget A big chunk of this year’s budget coverage was brought to us by the words crass, gauche and venal. The big questions ...2 days ago - A Weekend of Recommendations, a Surfeit of Skunks, and a Gaggle of Wonderful Worms
Hi,Usually Webworms are quite focussed — this one is the opposite. No rhyme or reason. A bit like my brain: sometimes ultra-focussed, other times utterly unable to settle on a goddamn thing. And as we head into the weekend, there are a bunch of things buzzing around in my head ...2 days ago - MICHAEL BASSETT: Mainstream Media and economic commentaryThe Mainstream Media, and especially the New Zealand Herald, regularly carry misinformed columns on the causes of the countryâs low-grade economic performance over recent years. One old codger, John Gascoigne, who describes himself as âa Cambridge-based economic commentatorâ (not the university, alas!) correctly told us early this week that New ...2 days ago
- The Economic Runup to the Election.
The Treasury released its budget economic forecasts. What do they say about the economy over the next four months?Let me begin me with an irritation. One post-budget headline was âTreasury optimistic over recession risk in Budget 2023'. Treasury being optimistic is almost an oxymoron. They fire down the centre.It is ...2 days ago - There are no tires on the current leader of the National Party
1. Who most likely gave LOTO Luxon the idea to pull the rug on the urban density policy?a. A leading thinker on affordable housing b. A leading thinker on 15 minute cities c. A leading thinker on sustainable urban planning d. National-Party-supporting property developers2 . With what was this illustration made?a. Artificial inseminationb. ...2 days ago - The latest $314.4m. of spending announcements include goodies to recognise tourist-sector bosses who...Buzz from the Beehive Point of Order tallied $314.4 million of spending in the latest ministerial statements posted on the governmentâs official website. This includes a lump of money to â yes, really â help identify businesses in tourism and hospitality which treat their staffs well and to fund the ...2 days ago
- Ask Me Anything about the week to May 26
It’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for an hour from midday (my apologies for the late start today), including:the Government’s payment of $130 million of Climate Emergency Fund money to NZ Steel to help it cut ...3 days ago - NZ Politics Daily: 26 May 2023
1NEWS KANTAR POLL Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Poll: ‘If the Greens canât get it together, the left will be in opposition’ Felix Desmarais (1News): Poll: National, ACT have numbers to govern, Luxon lags in preferred PM Felix Desmarais (1News): ‘Disastrous’: Greens on possible National-ACT coalition Claire Trevett (Herald):Â Whether the poll ...3 days ago - National Sorry Day.
Today in Australia it is National Sorry Day, where our cousins across the Tasman reflect on how Aborigines have been treated since Europeans arrived.An event held annually in Australia on 26 May, commemorating the Stolen Generations. It is part of the ongoing efforts towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.A ...3 days ago - Dawn Chorus: National/Act edge aheadNational/ACT would have 62 seats in a 120 seat Parliament if the latest poll results were replicated in the October election, but micro-movements around the median and the size of Te Pāti Māori’s caucus will decide who governs. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: National/ACT could govern alone after October ...3 days ago
- Weekly Roundup 26-May-2023
Welcome to Friday – again! Hard to believe we’re almost in June. Hereâs our latest roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. The Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt covered the transport highlights from this year’s Budget. On Tuesday, Matt asked if the end is ...3 days ago - Reserve Bank governor in good company
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- Too close to call
National will be buoyed, and Labour possibly slightly depressed after last night’s One News Kantar poll. National and ACT on 48 per cent with 62 seats between them, enough to form a Government. Meanwhile, Labour was down one per cent to 35, and the Greens dropped four per cent ...3 days ago - Skeptical Science New Research for Week #21 2023105 articles in 60 journals by 644 contributing authors Physical science of climate change, effects A Possible Hysteresis in the Arctic Ocean due to Release of Subsurface Heat during Sea Ice Retreat, Beer et al., Journal of Physical Oceanography 10.1175/jpo-d-22-0131.1 Connections between Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Circulation Responses to ...3 days ago
- Plenty to ponder on economy: while OCR stance softens, a widening current account deficit threatens ...
Itâs been an eventful week for the New Zealand economy. On one side, the Reserve Bank was seen as putting the brakes on the Official Cash Rate, with a 25 basis points increase heralded as good news for mortgage-holders. On another, NZâs record current account deficit is seen as posing ...3 days ago - Luxon kills the hopes of Townhouse NationLuxon told voters in Birkenhead yesterday that the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) that his deputy Nicola Willis shaped with Labour Housing Minister Megan Woods in 2021 were a mistake. File photo: Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: National Leader Christopher Luxon looks set to abandon within weeks the ...3 days ago
- We don't need another Zero
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Yesterday EECA launched its usual winter energy-saving campaign. Normally this is aimed at reducing energy usage, to reduce the risk of a blackout. If successful, it also reduces spot-market prices, so also reducing whining at the government from big corporate users. But this year, someone had the brilliant idea of ...3 days ago - Media Link: âA View from Afar:â Is Putin a dead man walking?
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- NZ Politics Daily: 25 May 2023ECONOMY, BUDGET, TAX Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Welcome to the age of the Bleurghget (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post0: Adrian Orr and his committee give Grant Robertson’s Budget a pass mark (paywalled) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Hipkins crowds Luxon’s post-budget space (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Orr v Willis; a credibility battle (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan and Rachel Sadler ...4 days ago
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- 'We Will Restore Law & Order'
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- Letter of apology from Zoo Miami
On behalf of everyone at Zoo Miami, please accept our most sincere apology to the New Zealand National Party of New Zealand and the proud people of the LinkedIn tribe. It stunned us all to learn that Kiwi Chris the Robot Politician was in fact an actual person.This was not at ...4 days ago - Letter of apology from Zoo MiamiOn behalf of everyone at Zoo Miami, please accept our most sincere apology to the New Zealand National Party of New Zealand and the proud people of the LinkedIn tribe. It stunned us all to learn that Kiwi Chris the Robot Politician was in fact an actual person.This was not at ...4 days ago
- Still rottenIn the early 2000's, we learned that the New Zealand Police had covered up rape and sexual assault by police officers, because the criminals were their own, part of the gang. The resulting scandal led to prosecutions, sackings, a commission of inquiry, and a promise by police to change. But ...4 days ago
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- Recycle the ETS cash++ into emissions cuts here
A much better alternative than cash in consumers’ pockets would be emissions-reducing vouchers or spending that effectively ‘buys’ even more emissions reductions through, for example, bigger discounts on public transport and electric bikes, solar panel installation vouchers and discounted energy-efficient appliances and lights. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / T… ...5 days ago - The Great Donkey Special.
Hi all,I’ve been getting lots of nice feedback about my newsletter from yesterday, Laughing with Donkeys. Which is nice, but feels a bit sad considering most people can only read the first part of it. I was particularly keen to share the end of Jacinda’s WHO speech as it summed ...5 days ago - NZ Politics Daily: 24 May 2023ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (Stuff): National using AI for attack ads: The AI political campaign has arrived Jenna Lynch (Newshub): National uses realistic-looking AI-generated health workers, scared woman to front attack ads Herald: National Party uses AI in attack ads: Christopher Luxon ânot awareâ Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): National leader Christopher ...5 days ago
- Miami Zoo Says it Will Immediately Stop Deranged Treatment of its Kiwi Bird
Hi,I’ve been on the phone to Miami all morning. After a bunch of emails overnight, I called Miami Zoo’s media department first thing, who told me I needed to talk to the mayor of Miami. Apparently “big” zoo business was dealt with by the mayor. So I called the City ...5 days ago - At a glance – Global cooling – is global warming still happening?On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...5 days ago
- Feeding that dark flame in men
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- THOMAS CRANMER: New Zealandâs Thin Blue LineThe Parliament Protests and the Posie Parker Rally have exposed the extent to which the Police frontline is under-resourced and under-funded. Thomas Cranmer writes – Soaring levels of crime and high profile protests at Parliament and the Posie Parker rally have made policing a political hot topic ...5 days ago
- Rachel Brooking hates waste â and she wants us to know about a $20m trough (funded by levies) to h...Buzz from the Beehive It was tempting â for a moment â to suggest Rachel Brooking become an Associate Minister of Finance to keep Grant Robertson on the straight and narrow. The temptation was triggered by Brooking’s speech (as Associate Minister for the Environment) to the WasteMINZ conference in Hamilton, ...5 days ago
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- NZ Politics Daily: 23 May 2023CLIMATE CHANGE, NZ STEEL DEAL Simon Wilson (Herald): Christopher Luxon gets it right and terribly wrong on NZ Steel deal (paywalled) Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Why did we give $140m to a shady Australian corporate? Because we had no choice Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): The NZ Steel carbon deal: shape of things to ...6 days ago
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- Laughing with Donkeys.
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- Maybe I'm amazed and maybe I'm not
A short list of some of the fastest things in the world:Cat versus snakeUsain BoltPeople who claim to support climate action, coming up with their objection to any goddam specific action whatsoeverYesterday was a good day — a very good day — in the short history of decarbonising ourselves.We were told ...6 days ago - The dirty power of culture wars.A few decades ago I wrote an essay about the impact of state terror on Argentine society. One of my points was that terrorism was used by the military dictatorship known as the “Proceso” not because it was particularly effective … Continue reading ...6 days ago
- Megan Woods stays mum about levy-fetching energy bill â but she brings out megaphone for news of m...Buzz from the Beehive Point of Order looked again on the governmentâs official website for statements from Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods about two energy-related bills that were rushed into law last week. We canât say she has been silent, because she had lots to say in parliament ...6 days ago
- Labour chickens out on the voting age againThe Justice Committee has reported back on the declaration of inconsistency on the voting age. Sadly, the recommendations won't surprise anybody: the Labour-majority committee recommended that Parliament immediately lower the voting age for local government, and that it "investigate" lowering it for general elections (while remembering to fix a bunch ...6 days ago
- Climate Change: The uncertainty problemWhen the government announced its $140 million carbon-reduction subsidy for NZ Steel yesterday, practically everyone's first thought was "why aren't they paying for it themselves?" The National Party based their entire response on this, denouncing the deal as corporate welfare, and arguing that the ETS should incentivise companies to reduce ...6 days ago
- BRIAN EASTON: Crises!A conversation between a minister and advisor. Brian Easton writes – Come in, Sit down. Thank you Minister. We have to deal with the current crisis. You know what a crisis is? No, actually I donât, Minister. I looked it up in a dictionary. None of its ...7 days ago
- National Must Learn To Be Kind â Or Remain In Opposition.7 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on the NZ Steel dealGoodness gracious: The National Party has come out against corporate welfare! Or at least it is dead against the governmentâs $140 million subsidy deal with New Zealand Steel. The deal will enable the installation of a new electric arc furnace, will reduce the companyâs reliance on coal, and will mark ...7 days ago
- CMIP6: Not-so-sudden stratospheric cooling
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- NZ Politics Daily: 22 May 2023ELECTION Andrea Vance (Stuff): National has got much bigger problems than an unpopular leader Chris Trotter (Interest): National must learn to be kind â or remain in opposition 1New: Q+A: Luxon’s polls ‘abysmal’ but National leadership change unlikely – panel Philip Burdon (Post): The challenges mounting against Luxon and National (pawyalled) ...7 days ago
- Budget 2023 HighlightsLast week the government released their latest budget. By in large it seems to have been fairly well received and one thing that strikes me about it is there was not one large headline grabbing initiative but lots of little ones that added up. It’s a shame the government can’t ...7 days ago
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- Nationalâs backtrack forces another visionless, shambolic policy
The National Party has released another confused and rushed policy that will only further worsen the inequality that is driven by unaffordable housing. ...15 hours ago - Grant Robertson: Speech to the Labour Party Congress 2023
Welcome to sunny and calm Wellington, which I know those of you who are visiting would of course expect to be the case. Itâs been a busy week since we put forward the 2023 Budget. Labour MPs have been out across the motu giving the good oil on the Budget. ...1 day ago - Carmel Sepuloni: Speech to the Labour Party Congress 2023Kia orana, Talofa lava, MÄlo e lelei, Taloha ni, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Noaâia e mauri, Ni sa bula vinaka, Kia ora, Tena Koutou Katoa. Labour Party President Jill Day, Prime Minister Hipkins, Party faithful, delegates and comrades, whÄnau and friends, itâs a privilege to be here today. I begin my ...2 days ago
- Kelvin Davis: Speech to the Labour Party Congress 2023One of my kaumÄtua up North stood before the Waitangi Tribunal and said: âHe aha kÄ ahau, te tangata kore hara i mua i te Atua, e tu nei kia whakawaatia e koe, te tangata tÄhae, te tangata hara, te tangata kore tikanga? Ko koe kÄ te tika, kia tĆ« ...2 days ago
- W.H.O. Director General Seeking Powers To Override Sovereign States
New Zealanders will be highly concerned that the World Health Organisation proposes to effectively take control of independent decision making away from sovereign countries and place control with the Director General. W.H.O International Health Regulations on future outbreaks of disease aim to give the Director General extraordinary and wide-sweeping powers. ...3 days ago - We donât need to engineer a recession, Government can tax wealthThe Green Party is calling on the Government to take responsibility for reducing inflation by taxing wealth instead of leaving RBNZ to continue hiking the Official Cash Rate. ...4 days ago
- Enough posturing, letâs get on and build enough public housingThe Green Party is urging the Government to take its own advice and come up with a long-term plan to build thousands more public homes. ...5 days ago
- Green Party unveils its list for the 2023 electionThe Green Party has released its list of candidates for the 2023 election. With a mix of familiar faces, fresh new talent, and strong tangata whenua voices, this exceptional group of candidates are ready to set the direction of the next Government. ...1 week ago
- Beyond the Farm Gate Lurks SeparatismThank you for your invitation to be here, after yesterday's budget, and for the opportunity to talk with you. In the economic and social turmoil following the arrival of COVID 19 in New Zealand many concerns emerged. How would we keep our economy going and maintain our exports which are ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023: More cost of living supportAt the heart of Budget 2023 is a cost of living package, designed to ease the pressure on New Zealanders in the face of global inflation and the challenges of rebuilding from extreme weather events. It provides practical cost of living relief across some of the core expenses facing Kiwis ...1 week ago
- Highlights of Budget 2023Budget 2023 delivers practical cost of living support for New Zealanders today and makes targeted investments to build a better future. ...1 week ago
- Greens welcome much needed investment but Labour can go further for Te Ao MÄori & Pasifika in t...Today the Green Partyâs Te MÄtÄwaka (MÄori and Pasifika) caucus supported the 2023 Budget, but thereâs still room for improvement. ...1 week ago
- Free prescriptions important step forwardThe Green Party is today welcoming free prescriptions. ...1 week ago
- Long-term commitment needed on public housingBudget 2023âs investment in public housing falls short of whatâs needed. ...1 week ago
- Green initiative addresses both climate and inequalityA long standing Green Party policy has been extended yet again in this yearâs Budget. This will deliver warmer homes for thousands of people, lower power bills, and cut climate pollution. ...1 week ago
- Greens on board with more affordable buses and trainsThe Green Party is fully on board with free bus and train travel for under 12s and half price travel for under 25s - next stop, free travel for all under 18s, students, and apprentices. ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023 falls short of whatâs neededTodayâs Budget makes good progress on climate and inequality, but falls short of whatâs needed to fix both. ...1 week ago
- Forestry sector must compensate for slash damageThe Green Party welcomes todayâs release of the report of the Ministerial Inquiry into slash and sediment, and are clear that the forestry industry must foot more of the bill. ...2 weeks ago
- Winston Peters – why mess with the magic of the monarchy?When Chris Hipkins appeared on the BBCâs Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, he described himself as a âtechnical republicanâ. At least it was clearer than when he stumbled over what a woman is. In the blue corner, the other âChrisâ said, âNew Zealand will become a republic, eventually.â Of course, they both supported ...2 weeks ago
- Govt must break up supermarketsThe Government needs to do much more to address supermarket profiteering, which is driving high food prices. ...2 weeks ago
- Grant Robertson: Pre-Budget speech to BNZ business breakfastThis morning, the Minister of Finance Grant Robertson delivered a pre-Budget speech in Auckland. ...2 weeks ago
- Action to support people to put food on the table more urgent than everYet another increase in food prices shows the urgent need for the Government to tax wealth and use the money to help people put food on the table. ...3 weeks ago
- Grant Robertson: Pre-Budget speech to Wellington Chamber of CommerceThis morning, the Minister of Finance Grant Robertson delivered a pre-Budget speech in Wellington. ...3 weeks ago
- Our preoccupation with MÄori theatrics while sacrificing economic realismMay is significant in the New Zealand parliamentary calendar, given the Minister of Finance delivers the Budget - a whopping $128 billion last year, over a third of our GDP. This year Grant Robertson is riding a unicycle on a tightrope. The sugar rush is over but will he still ...3 weeks ago
- Labour left floundering on seabed healthLabour has once again avoided taking decisions to protect ocean health and shown exactly why we need more Green MPs. ...3 weeks ago
- Whaitiri Fiasco A Multi-Party DeceptionâOh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceiveâ Itâs now revealed that Meka Whaitiri consulted with the Speaker before her resignation announcement and sought guidance on the process. So the Speaker knew before Meka sent the letter to him of her intent to defect to ...3 weeks ago
- Agreement between Indo-Pacific partners for supply chain resilience
Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien OâConnor joined ministerial representatives at a meeting in Detroit, USA today to announce substantial conclusion of negotiations of a new regional supply chains agreement among 14 Indo-Pacific countries. The Supply Chains agreement is one of four pillars being negotiated within the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework ...16 hours ago - Celebrating Samoa Language Week 2023Our most spoken Pacific language is taking centre stage this week with Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa â Samoa Language Week kicking off around the country. âUnderstanding and using the Samoan language across our nation is vital to its survival,â Barbara Edmonds said. âThe Samoan population in New Zealand are ...17 hours ago
- Nationwide test of Emergency Mobile Alert systemOver 90 per cent of New Zealanders are expected to receive this yearâs nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system tonight between 6-7pm. âEmergency Mobile Alert is a tool that can alert people when their life, health, or property, is in danger,â Kieran McAnulty said. âThe annual nationwide test ...17 hours ago
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- New Chair appointed to New Zealand National Commission for UNESCOElizabeth Longworth has been appointed as the Chair of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, Associate Minister of Education Jo Luxton announced today. UNESCO is the United Nations agency responsible for promoting cooperative action among member states in the areas of education, science, culture, social science (including peace and ...2 days ago
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- Te ao MÄori health services cheaper and more accessible for whÄnau Greater access to primary care, including 193 more front line clinical staff More hauora services and increased mental health support Boost for maternity and early years programmes Funding for cancers, HIV and longer term conditions  Greater access to primary care, improved maternity care and mental health support are ...3 days ago
- Te ao MÄori health services more accessible for whÄnau Greater access to primary care, including 193 more front line clinical staff More hauora services and increased mental health support Boost for maternity and early years programmes Funding for cancers, HIV and longer term conditions  Greater access to primary care, improved maternity care and mental health support are ...3 days ago
- Governmentâs work for survivors of abuse in care continuesThe Government continues progress on the survivor-led independent redress system for historic abuse in care, with the announcement of the design and advisory group members today. âThe main recommendation of the Royal Commission of Inquiryâs Abuse in Care interim redress report was for a survivor-led independent redress system, and the ...3 days ago
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- Government invests more than $24 million in regional projectsThe Government is continuing to invest in our regional economies by announcing another $24 million worth of investment into ten diverse projects, Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan says. âOur regions are the backbone of our economy and todayâs announcement continues to build on the Governmentâs investment to boost regional economic ...4 days ago
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- First Bushmasters ready to rollDefence Minister Andrew Little has marked the arrival of the first 18 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles for the New Zealand Army, alongside personnel at Trentham Military Camp today. âThe arrival of the Bushmaster fleet represents a significant uplift in capability and protection for defence force personnel, and a milestone in ...4 days ago
- Humanitarian support for the people of SudanAotearoa New Zealand is providing NZ$3.5 million to help meet urgent humanitarian needs in Sudan, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today. The severe fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has had devastating impacts for civilians. At least 705 people have been killed and 5,287 injured. ...5 days ago
- Clean-up at Hawkes Bay facility to help region deal with cyclone wasteRepairing a Hawkeâs Bay organic composting facility devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle is among the latest waste reduction projects getting Government backing, Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking announced today. âHelping communities get back on their feet after the devastating weather that hit the northern parts of the country this year is ...5 days ago
- 8% pay boosts for GP & community nursesAbout 6,100 more GP, community nurses and kaiÄwhina will be eligible for pay rises of 8% on average to reduce pay disparities with nurses in hospitals, Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today. The top up comes from a $200 million fund established to remove pay disparities between nurses ...5 days ago
- Govt turns the sod on new Jobs and Skills Hub for Hawkeâs BayNew Jobs and Skills Hub to begin construction in Hawkeâs Bay The Hub will support the building of $1.1billion worth of homes in the region and support Cyclone Gabrielle rebuild and recovery. Over 2,200 people have been supported into industry specific employment, apprenticeships and training, by these Hubs across NZ ...5 days ago
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- New mental health tool launched for small business owner-operatorsThe Government has launched a new tool to help small business owner-operators manage and improve their mental wellbeing, Small Business Minister Ginny Andersen announced today. The Brave in Business e-Learning series is another tool the Government has delivered to support small businesses with their mental health and wellbeing. âA pandemic, ...5 days ago
- TAB partnership helps secure future of racing industryMinister for Racing Kieran McAnulty has announced the approval of a 25-year partnership between TAB NZ and UK betting company Entain that delivers at least $900 million in guaranteed funding for the racing industry over the next five years. Entain, a UK based group that operates multiple sports betting providers ...5 days ago
- Government project delivers more reliable and resilient water source to NorthlandThe Government has delivered the first of three significant water security projects in Northland, boosting regional business and climate resilience, with the opening of Matawii reservoir today, Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan announced. A $68 million Government investment supported the construction of the reservoir, along with two other water storage ...5 days ago
- Trade Minister to US to attend Ministerial meetingsTrade and Export Growth Minister Damien OâConnor will travel to Detroit tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the annual APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting from 24 â 29 May. Whilst in Detroit, Damien OâConnor will also host a meeting of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Ministers ...5 days ago
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- New Ambassador to Mongolia announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of diplomat Dr James Waite as Aotearoa New Zealandâs next Ambassador to Mongolia. He is currently the Deputy Head of Mission at the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing, a role he will continue to hold. âNew Zealand and Mongolia share a warm and ...6 days ago
- Government commitment to MÄori Education continuesBiggest-ever investment in property with more money for new sites and modernisation Roll-out of learning support coordination in kaupapa MÄori and MÄori Medium Schooling Boost in funding for iwi and schools to work together on Local Histories content Substantial support for MÄori Education has continued in Budget 2023, including ...6 days ago
- More students to benefit from next round of Creatives in SchoolsApplications for the next round of Creatives in Schools will open on Friday 16 June 2023, Minister of Education Jan Tinetti and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced today during a visit at Te Wharekura o Mauao in Tauranga. âThe Creatives in Schools programme funds schools and ...6 days ago
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- Extra boost for Southlandâs Just TransitionSouthlandâs Just Transition is getting a further boost to help future-proof the region and build its economic resilience, Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods announced today. Â âThis Government is committed to supporting Southlandâs just transition and reducing the regionâs reliance on the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter at Tiwai Point,â Megan ...6 days ago
- PM concludes successful Pacific visit, confirms intention to visit IndiaPrime Minister Chris Hipkins has concluded a series of successful international meetings with Pacific region leaders in Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister Hipkins secured constructive bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, PNG Prime Minister James Marape, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and United States Secretary of ...6 days ago
- Agreed statement from NZEI, PPTA and the Minister of EducationOn Friday 19th May, Minister Tinetti facilitated a meeting between NZEI and PPTA with the Ministry of Education to discuss options for finding a way forward in the current stalled collective bargaining. The meeting was constructive, and the parties shared a willingness to work towards a solution. The following was ...6 days ago
- Five community energy projects kick startEighty-nine households will soon benefit from secure, renewable, and more affordable energy as five community-level energy projects are about to get underway, Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods announced today.âŻÂ  Five solar projects â in WhangÄrei, Tauranga, Palmerston North and Christchurch â are the first to receive funding from the ...7 days ago
- New Zealand confirms recovery support for Cook IslandsPrime Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed New Zealand will provide NZ$15 million in emergency budget support for Cook Islands in its ongoing recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. New Zealandâs support was confirmed during a meeting with the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Papua New Guinea today. âNew ...7 days ago
- Budget 2023 provides significant investment in kapa hakaThe Governmentâs continued recognition of and support for the important place Kapa Haka has in Aotearoa was evident today at a celebration at Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Willow-Jean Prime said. âOur investment of $34 million over two years ensures that this kaupapa is ...7 days ago
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- Bill ensures ongoing reporting on tax system fairnessA Bill requiring facts about the fairness and efficiency of New Zealandâs tax system to be reported and published annually has been tabled in Parliament today. Revenue Minister David Parker said the Taxation Principles Reporting Bill would ensure that tax information is reported against a set of fundamental tax principles. ...1 week ago
- Tax bill improves fairness at home and abroad NZ joins global effort to ensure multinationals pay a minimum rate of tax Tax on ACC, MSD lump sum payments changed to reduce amounts owing for some KiwiSaver topups for child carers taking paid parental leave Implementing changes to trustee tax and tax relief for flood-hit businesses Several measures ...1 week ago
- Albanese says nearly 90% of Indigenous people support the Voice, which embodies the âspirit of the...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Voice to Parliament is supported by nearly 90% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and provides an opportunity for an intergenerational solution to Indigenous problems, Anthony Albanese will say in a Monday address. ...1 hour ago - 'Zone for 30 years of growth' – National proposes housing growth policy
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- Labour Backing Apprentices And EmployersLabour will back employers and guarantee a pipeline of skilled tradespeople by making the successful Apprenticeship Boost scheme a permanent feature of New Zealandâs tertiary education system, Labour leader Chris Hipkins has committed today. The programme ...11 hours ago
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- Indo-Pacific Economic Framework finish negotiations on improving supply chain resilienceFourteen Indo-Pacific countries have finished negotiations about improving supply chain resilience as part of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. ...12 hours ago
- Indo-Pacific Economic Framework finish negotiations on improving supply chain resilienceFourteen Indo-Pacific countries have finished negotiations about improving supply chain resilience as part of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. ...12 hours ago
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- Disability access 'a work in progress' for ParliamentEfforts are underway to make Parliament more accessible for people who live with disability. ...16 hours ago
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- OPM call for PNGâs James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilotâs safe passageAsia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a âneutral intermediaryâ to negotiate between the Indonesian government and the West Papuan rebels holding a New Zealand pilot hostage for his release. He has called in a ...1 day ago
- Newsroom wins three national media awards
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- Author-poet condemns rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talksAsia Pacific Report An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage pilot, Philip Mehrtens, held by Papuan liberation fighters and appealed to them to âkeep Philip safeâ. Jim Aubrey, a human rights activist who has campaigned ...1 day ago
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- Labour goes negative on National-ACT 'cuts'
Labour kept up its attacks on the Opposition's proposed tax cuts but fumbled its own number-crunching at a party congress, Marc Daalder reports Analysis: Going on the attack is a new strategy for a Labour Party with fresh leadership. Jacinda Ardern promised "relentless positivity" after her election victory in 2020 and ...1 day ago - Labour Congress 2023 Speech: Grant RobertsonWelcome to sunny and calm Wellington, which I know those of you who are visiting would of course expect to be the case. Itâs been a busy week since we put forward the 2023 Budget. Labour MPs have been out across the motu giving the good oil on ...1 day ago
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- Labour promises not to change superannuation age if re-electedDeputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni says a re-elected Labour government led by Chris Hipkins would not raise the pension age from 65. ...1 day ago
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- Cheesecakes, brownies and cookies â she did it all for the mochiCathy Fan started baking to heal herself. Now, her designer cheesecakes and cookies are in demand all over Auckland â and beyond. On a recent Wednesday, Cathy Fan caused a bit of a scene. The part-time baker was setting up her stall at Britomartâs regular food truck lunch event when ...2 days ago
- Cheesecakes, brownies and cookies â she did it all for the mochiCathy Fan started baking to heal herself. Now, her designer cheesecakes and cookies are in demand all over Auckland â and beyond. On a recent Wednesday, Cathy Fan caused a bit of a scene. The part-time baker was setting up her stall at Britomartâs regular food truck lunch event when ...2 days ago
- Crunchy, spicy and delicious: Seven Indian snacks you need to tryBeyond that bland bag of supermarket bhuja, an exciting new snacking world awaits. In 2002 when we moved to Auckland, my mumâs favourite shop was the lonely old Moshimâs Indian store near Pakuranga Plaza out east. It was the only place that sold the spices and ingredients she needed to ...2 days ago
- Labour faithful gather for election-year conference – what might they have in store?The Labour Party faithful are gathering in Wellington this weekend for the party's annual congress. ...2 days ago
- Black Ferns' fitness weapon – the 'bomb squad'
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is rubbing shoulders this weekend with mayors from cities like New Orleans, Santiago and Mombasa at the World Climate Industry Expo in Busan Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has touched down in Busan, South Korea on an independently-funded trip to participate in the World Climate Industry Expo. ...2 days ago - Depth of focus
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- Ranked: the grotesque images and bleak prompts behind Nationalâs AI adsThe first AI-generated political attack ads arrived this week. Duncan Greive assesses the disturbing contents. The first political scandal of the generative AI era in New Zealand politics could not have fit our countryâs bumpkin brand better. 1Newsâ Justin Hu had the terrific scoop earlier this week, heading to the ...2 days ago
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- Everyone we saw at the NZ International Comedy Festival 2023, part twoGuy Montgomery, Maria Williams, Guy Williams and more shows from the second half of the festival, reviewed. Abby Howells: La Soupco Oh the joy of seeing someone as weird as you just be happily weird in public. Off the top: I loved La Soupco. Having known little about Howells beyond ...2 days ago
- The countryâs âhighest barâ is about to openAucklandâs Sky Tower will soon have a new bar â situated on the 50th floor. Thatâs just below the observation deck and the Orbit restaurant. A press release revealed the new Skybar, which will be the countryâs âhighest barâ, will be launching on June 23, in partnership with champagne producers MoĂ«t ...2 days ago
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- A Gore-y assignment for Linda Clark
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Two clues: he looks like a kangaroo and was last seen sitting on Lord Ashcroft’s lap.
d4j?
I’m thinking Barnsley Bill…
Oh and Tim? I’m an ass not a kangaroo!
A Kangaroo……… Tim give yourself an uppercut.
I’m from Taranaki…Hawera no less… It was probably old man Johnson, he was two doors down from where my parents used to live. He always looked a bit suss…
Dad4J’s from Christchurch, and Barnsley Bill has had his heart stopped and restarted, so both of those are wrong.
Why not ask Lynn to go through his banning list – he could give us an answer by, hmm, this time next week, ‘cos it’s a long list!
Actually it isn’t that long at present. Tane and Irish increased it substantially today.
The blacklist is moderately chunky and very permanent (and a spam trap). But those were the people that didn’t treat this place with any respect at all. Even that isn’t particularly long. Most people either learn to live within the policy limits, or they don’t return after a banning.
BTW: Isn’t BB from northland?
As much as I hate to stick up for FD he is from Christchurch (not Taranaki) and from what I’ve heard he’s younger than 61.
I don’t think this was meant to be a genuine witch hunt guys, IB was just having a laugh at the expense of the Kiwiblog Right.
Doubtless IB will be fronting up with the evidence that this fruitloop was from the Kiwiblog Right. No? Thought not đ
Otherwise it just looks like another opportunistic smear…
I think that’s why it’s labelled under ‘humour’. Besides, the KBR isn’t a formal organisation, more a tag to describe a certain brand of right-wing politics…
Bet he’s from Inglewood.
Doubtless JK will be fronting up with the evidence that the Helensville rubbish-raider was from the Labour Party. No? Thought not.
Otherwise it just looks like another opportunistic smear
opportunitstic smear is national party territory…they specialise in it.
Yep, will check the IP addresses of posters who may have posted similarly to frogblog or g.blog but it ain’t one of ours!
Where’s d4j?
No comment as big day at the Courthouse. My, my Toad Hall is concerned with my where bouts, please call the feds. Fuck it just dropped me bowl of flour over the cat, must go mess everywhere. Yes I am banned from kiwiblog, nearly completed a 2 month remand in custody, oh well such is life.
The accused person (and of course, innocent until etc.) has now been named as Doug Hancock, 61, a Taranaki farmer.
OK, here we go … *types slowly, breathes fast*
Your search – “doug hancock” “big fat secret donation” “john key” – did not match any documents.
Bugger!
Actually, d4j, I think Roger Nome’s got the longest finite Key wee-blog suspension at the moment.
Go clean your cat up!
WHIP IT GOOD
Toad, speaking of rogered nome, is he not due back on kiwiblog tomorrow?
My cat just finished a delicious Toad Stew.
d4j… you’re mixture of sublime writing – genius puns, great use of rhetocrial devices but, sometimes, you’re insane. This is why people suspect you’re a project of the Chch surealist art movement. almost credible but the extremmes are too extreme.
IrishBill Says: Dad, you’ve been banned until next Tuesday, remember?
Geez, dad4justice and Roger Nome, you’re only part timers in the banning stakes over at Kiwiblog, I’ve been banned ‘indefinitely’.
And I don’t even get a t-shirt.
Let’s face it it could only be the ‘right’ who would send anything resembling white-powder through the post. The ‘left’ would be too busy taking it up their noses… ‘For the Revolution’ of course….
Or so I have heard…
Wrong way around MB, pure cocaine still the last great elitist drug – a fond friend of National party stalwarts like the market trader and high flying lawyer.
An interesting comment by Jafapete on his blog
“Update: That said, whipping up hate and pandering to extremists doesn’t just apply to the right, as Redbaiter points out in a comment below.”
I think we could all, righties AND lefties,accept JP’s wisdom đ
SP, I find it equally surreal that people like Irish call him “Dad”, while giving him a good telling off. When I was growing up, it was the other way around.
wasn’t me, but I haven’t figured out how to send white powder by E-mail?
Any hints?
Barnsley Bill!!… Robinsod, you should be working on your ranter’s block rather than spraying accusations.
This is more likely to be like mallard suggesting a waterfront stadium to help Helen off the canvas over the 850k they trousered at election 2005 than some nappy wearing right wing nutjob.
Classic diversionary tactics, something taught in the poli science degree course at Auckland Uni in the 60’s and 70’s perhaps?
Oh, and Rob, why no new posts on your blog? Me and your other two regular visitors are missing it đ
Oh, and yes IP… Sunny Bay of Islands is the current seat for the Barnsley famiglia.
sr that does not make any sense? I think?
Barnsley Bill: one minute on the internet will tell you the accused’s name, location, age, occupation etc, all in the public domain. If you want to check out your conspiracy fantasies, just pick up the phone.
BB,
There is a wealth of new and insightful material at ‘sodblog. Well, a picture of a donkey and a Lord, anyway.
And that’s probably about as insightful as we need to get before noon.
I like reading sodblog, the real humour and polite comments are the complete opposite of what we have come to expect when he is in other people’s homes. I have been offline for almost a week and missed the white powder arrest story. I only found this because my new VRWC server was delivered by Lord Ashcroft to kerikeri airport at the weekend. We had a great time, shared a few roast babies and spent an hour or two throwing litter out of the car window.
Barnsley Bill, I’m surprised to hear that you righties have started littering as well.
littering, polluting, plotting. The only thing we have yet to master is lying in unison and getting the media to not ask the real questions.
Here’s an update on the “white powder” story:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4678735a6002.html
Credit to the Taranaki Daily News for following it up. And to the cops.
Surely I win something for this prediction:
http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=2897#comment-84322
And I don’t want any of that useless class consciousness.
Sorry, wrong link:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4694892a6000.html
Billy, brilliant. A triumph spoiled only by your failure to enter the correct link at the crucial moment.
Billy,
How about your own gold-painted statuette of ‘Sod?
Why would he need another one of them?
My current statuette is not anotomically correct.
Fcuk:
“anatomically”
Taranaki Daily News:
“Inside the letter, that told the PM to get out of the country “while you still can”, the defendant had stapled a fold and filled it with a teaspoon of flour.
Two days later the letter was opened in the Beehive mail room on the eighth floor.
On discovery of the white powder a full-scale emergency operation commenced that included the floor being sealed, emergency services called and the four staff who had come into contact with the letter were isolated and subject to a decontamination shower.
The powder was sent to ESR for examination.
The floor remained in lockdown until the following morning, preventing staff from working and the mail room was sealed for a further four days until the powder was confirmed as flour.”
Still, it’s not like he did anything EVIL like say, a Google joke. If he’d done that he’d have been a real Menace To Society, and would have to be Exposed by the Fearless Media.
But Taranaki’s such a long drive, and reporters might get their shoes dirty. Let’s just do stories on people who live in Auckland.
Fcuk: “anatomically’
How else?
Brilliant call by Billy though.
Yeah, I want a job on that Sensing Murder.
Is your statuette of a kangaroo?
I think the full costs of the cleanup operation, the lost productivity and the police work should be charged to the culprit. These righties do, after all, believe in being tough on crime.
Tim. he’s an ass, reading a book about asses.. i think it’s deep somehow
Deep??? WTF is deep about that??? You’re all asses and this ass loves you for it!