National announces receiving $1.8 million in recent donations

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:43 pm, April 1st, 2022 - 43 comments
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Last week I posted about how Act had within the past few weeks received $950,000 in donations. National has guzumped this and has just announced that it will shortly be filing declarations announcing that it has received $1.8 million in donations all of which were over $30,000 in value.

The breakdown is in this Herald article:

Donated $250,000
Graeme Hart
Murray Bolton
Nick Mowbray

Donated $100,000
Trevor Farmer
Bayley family
Craig Heatley
Graeme Harrison
Gary Lane
Ben Gough
Jim Speedy

Donated $40,000-$50,000
Mark Wyborn
Mike Thorburn
Jeff Douglas
Lani Hagaman
Peter Vela
Hugh Jones

Of those who donated to National Trevor Farmer, Graeme Hart, and Mike Thorburn also recently donated significant amounts to Act.

This shows how in lock with each other National and Act are. It looks like they were engaged in significant fund raising projects at the same time and even have some of the same donors helping them out.

And fancy having this amount of spare cash and thinking that the country was in a bad state and needed change.

It is a good idea to get this out of the way this year and have the publicity done and dusted now.

But be prepared. National and Act are well resourced and raring to go. Next year is going to be a really interesting year.

Update: I have just realised this article is in the Herald Premium section. Freaking typical. They have major news that affects the state of our democracy but they restrict access to it to those of us who can afford and are prepared to have an account.

Update 2: Labour has a fundraising campaign running because of the news. Details are here.

If someone wants to provide the Green Party details I will put them up too.

43 comments on “National announces receiving $1.8 million in recent donations ”

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Barfly 1

1 April 2022 at 2:50 pm

New Zealand – we have the finest democracy money can buy /sigh
Ad 2

1 April 2022 at 2:51 pm

Hopefully your "be prepared" message is heard primarily by the Labour Party and its leaders.

Any time someone wants to generate a decent Labour event with a useful ticket price …
Incognito 3

1 April 2022 at 2:58 pm

Looks like a bloody old boys club scratching each other’s backs.
- mickysavage 3.1
  
  1 April 2022 at 3:11 pm
  
  It is hard to understand why they are so aggrieved. I hate to say it but rich are still doing fine.
  - Anne 3.1.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 3:15 pm
    
    Yes, but they've lost most of their political power and influence micky. That means as much to them as making ship loads of loot.
  - Barfly 3.1.2
    
    1 April 2022 at 3:58 pm
    
    Well I think that 'wealth supremacists' take pleasure not only from their own somewhat obscene wealth but also from the degree of wealth that separates them from the 'unworthy' thus they not only seek to buy politicians that will help enrich themselves but also desire those politicians to more impoverish and reduce to penury those they deem 'unworthy'. The 'unworthy' must be kept in their place of misery.
  - Belladonna 3.1.3
    
    1 April 2022 at 8:29 pm
    
    I would say that there are several straws in the wind that are making big business very nervous.
    
    Labour's apparent commitment to Maori co-governance (though not declared as a policy, they appear to be implementing He Puapua) – with 3 waters being the first step along the road. I dont' think we can underestimate what a profound shift in our democracy this co-governance proposal is. And, business is very, very, nervous about it.
    
    What looks like an inability to get traction on any major infrastructure project. They've delivered or made progress on the ones already underway – but new projects seem to struggle to get off the drawing board – and announcing then walking back projects (Auckland cycle bridge), is just a disaster for business confidence.
    
    The apparent disdain for the tourism sector. The Covid-related flip-flopping around the border-closures; and lack of understanding that you can't just turn tourism off and on like a tap.
    
    And, in conjunction with the Greens, the contradictions around managing greenhouse gasses in the farming sector.
    
    A lot of this is uncertainty. And business hates uncertainty (yes, they can manage crises, but they don't like doing it).
    
    All of those things will be contributing to money going towards National/Act.
    
    We may not like it, but from their perspective it's eminently understandable.
    - solkta 3.1.3.1
      
      1 April 2022 at 8:45 pm
      
      Co-governance of fresh water is nothing new. The Waikato has been in co-management since 2010. Did National declare that as a policy in the 2008 elections?
      
      https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/your-community/iwi/waikato-river-co-management/
      - infused 3.1.3.1.1
        
        1 April 2022 at 10:03 pm
        
        3 waters is a little bit bigger. only a little though.
      - Gypsy 3.1.3.1.2
        
        2 April 2022 at 3:31 pm
        
        "Did National declare that as a policy in the 2008 elections?"
        
        I doubt it, because the WRA is a co-governance entity established out of the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010, a settlement that was signed in August 2008 under a Labour government.
        
        "Co-governance of fresh water is nothing new. "
        
        Co-governance of local natural resources is a very different proposition to co-governance over water systems across the entire country.
Anne 4

1 April 2022 at 3:11 pm

I note the original bank-roller of ACT into being, Alan Gibbs does not appear on either list athough his ex-wife is on ACT's big donor list.

Two other names once closely aligned to ACT and National, Michael Fay and David Richwhite have also disappeared. Both were fingered over the Winebox Affair so that may be why.

… be prepared. National and Act are well resourced and raring to go. Next year is going to be a really interesting year.

Hmmm, a lot of DP is planned? Costs money if you’re gonna do it properly.
Whispering Kate 5

1 April 2022 at 4:14 pm

Good God another Mortica has risen from the Crypt. Paula Benefit is doing a Michelle Boag and has been rattling the tin around the rich listers and brought all the dosh in for the National Party. I know one is not meant to get personal but she has a bit of a look of Mortica does our Paula. Happy days.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/national-party-donations-paula-bennett-organises-18-million-in-funds-from-wealthy-new-zealanders/X33SIFFZ2HEOH5VFWOMCAT6M4M/
- Barfly 5.1
  
  1 April 2022 at 4:19 pm
  
  I feel that is very much a slur upon the character of Morticia
  - Whispering Kate 5.1.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 4:51 pm
    
    Apologies to Mortica Barfly. You are correct. Both females were pretty ghastly and Mortica does not deserve their comparison.
  - Patricia Bremner 5.1.2
    
    1 April 2022 at 7:54 pm
    
    Agreed.
- Patricia 2 5.2
  
  1 April 2022 at 4:27 pm
  
  I wonder if Paula B is looking ahead to her future ? Maybe the next chair of the National Party ? Mr Goodfellow can't be there much longer ?
  - Patricia Bremner 5.2.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 7:55 pm
DukeEll 6

1 April 2022 at 5:23 pm

Nothing like a bit of good fashioned envy politics.

you should take it as a compliment to the current government that these people take them and their policies so seriously.

but maybe also wonder why there isn’t a left rich in New Zealand. Shouldn’t be simply a money thing.
- AB 6.1
  
  1 April 2022 at 6:36 pm
  
  Envy is when you want the thing someone else has for yourself. It's frustrated greed. Thinking that nobody should have that thing because it is disproportionate and gives the owner illegitimate power over others, isn't envy. It's something else. Maybe it's principle?
- NZSage 6.2
  
  2 April 2022 at 8:12 am
  
  Envy? Not at all.
  
  Motivation? Yes. I've just chipped into Labour as a result.
  
  A small gesture but I suspect Labour has strength in numbers.
  - Patricia Bremner 6.2.1
    
    2 April 2022 at 12:27 pm
    
    This is our strength. Little but often. I have put them on my payee list fortnightly.
DirkDirkin 7

1 April 2022 at 6:42 pm

And what will major donors want for their money
- mickysavage 7.1
  
  1 April 2022 at 6:44 pm
  
  We should start a list …
  - mac1 7.1.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 10:46 pm
    
    Power, access to power and profiting from power. Apart from that, money, wealth, fortunes, fame, recognition and at the end, large tombs.
    - JO 7.1.1.1
      
      2 April 2022 at 6:11 pm
      
      To the point as ever mac1. Your 'and at the end, large tombs' shows the fantasies buried under that list perfectly.
      
      History lurches with such turning points, in which systemic corruption, or the reaction against it, changed the course of world events.
      This story begins in Afghanistan before going back five centuries to zoom in on one of the great 'epoch-making' hinges of history, before coming nearer to where we wait and watch as our era's hinges creak ajar…
      
      ' 'They preach only human doctrines’ – not Holy Writ – ‘who say that as soon as the money clinks in the money chest, the soul flies out of purgatory.’ So reads Thesis 27 in a carefully sequenced series of statements that a law student-turned-priest and theology professor named Martin Luther wrote in 1517. At the time, the Catholic Church, […] was engaged in a vast extortion racket. Worshippers could avoid the torments of a ghastly pre-Judgement Day refugee camp called Purgatory, if they just shelled out the price of an ‘indulgence’, a papal safe-conduct.
      
      In 1517, a sales push was launched in Germany. Half the proceeds were earmarked to cover the staggering debt a young cleric had taken on to buy a powerful archbishopric from the pope. A bling-loving scion of the Medici dynasty, that pope routinely auctioned off Church offices and waivers of canon law. The rest of the return on indulgence sales would go straight to Leo X himself, to help pay for a gaudy piece of real estate.
      
      Thesis 66: ‘The treasures of indulgences are nets with which one now fishes for the wealth of men.' Why, wonders Luther’s Thesis 86, did the stupendously rich pope not ‘build this one basilica of St Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?’
      
      Nearly all 95 of those epoch-making premises are taken up with aspects of what we would call corruption: harnessing public office to the purpose of self-enrichment. In this egregious case, the offices in question were sacred and the stakes eternal. Public indignation burst across Europe in a shockwave that dramatically reshaped the continent’s politics, culture and economy.
      
      https://aeon.co/essays/corruption-has-shaped-history-why-do-we-still-ignore-it
      - mac1 7.1.1.1.1
        
        3 April 2022 at 2:27 pm
        
        Great article, JO. It may well have influenced my somewhat more than jaundiced musings today here. It is as it is, but does it have to be?
- Incognito 7.2
  
  1 April 2022 at 6:48 pm
  
  Tax cuts, for starters, and the Bright Line Test gone by lunchtime.
  - solkta 7.2.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 7:41 pm
    
    Interest deductibility on investment properties.
- Barfly 7.3
  
  1 April 2022 at 8:40 pm
  
  I am sure some want to called "Sir"
Belladonna 8

1 April 2022 at 7:32 pm

Looking at this article – especially table number 1

"Big donors, big donations: descriptive statistics of party donations in excess of theanonymity disclosure thresholds, 1996–2019, in real 2020 dollars"

https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/download/6818/5966/9542

It doesn't seem that there is a significant difference between Nat + Labour (12 million vs 10 million) in large donations.

[NB: this is a once-over-lightly glance at the article – I'm perfectly willing to be corrected on any misunderstanding of the statistics involved]
- mickysavage 8.1
  
  1 April 2022 at 8:03 pm
  
  I think you need to reread it. Anonymous donations definition has changed over the years. The current donations are massive ones that need to be declared pretty well immediately.
  
  There is also this passage:
  
  "[T]his data suggests that individually anonymous donations may be on the increase, as they have risen in successive elections. They have also flowed disproportionately to National over this shorter period ($14 million compared to $4 million for Labour, for example). Such anonymous aggregate donations account for two thirds of National’s donations. The large amount of reported donations beneath the disclosure threshold received by the National Party has also been rising over time. Either there is growth in the number of people willing to donate to National under the threshold or they are increasingly avoiding the disclosure threshold."
  - Belladonna 8.1.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 8:14 pm
    
    Yes, I did read that section. However, it was in relation to the below-the-threshold donations, rather than the headline grabbing large ones, which were referenced in the OP.
    
    Referring back to Table 1 – it appears to me that N & L are on the same playing field, with major donations.
    - mickysavage 8.1.1.1
      
      1 April 2022 at 8:47 pm
      
      No they are not. Total up the $30k plus donations for both parties over the past decade then come back and argue the point.
      - Belladonna 8.1.1.1.1
        
        1 April 2022 at 10:55 pm
        
        Well those figures are the aggregates from 1996–2019, in real 2020 dollars – for above-the-threshold donations.
        So that does cover the last decade.
        
        If you think that there is something wrong about the table or the calculation, then just explain what it is.
- Patricia Bremner 8.2
  
  1 April 2022 at 8:10 pm
  
  The difference is a few really wealthy and many quite poor people on the left giving regularly over years, against the big funders of the right gathering to try to defeat any laws or changes they see as slowing their ability to gather in wealth.
  
  This means the Government is actually making an impression!!
  
  Some of the wealthy donators listed under National and Act may have received Government covid subsidies.
  
  Hope they paid them back.
  - Belladonna 8.2.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 8:17 pm
    
    I read the list as pretty much the 'usual suspects' in terms of donations to National.
    They're all (I gather) pretty regular donors.
    
    And some (at least) donate to both Labour and National.
    
    To me, this all seems pretty much business as usual in the murky area of political fundraising.
    - mickysavage 8.2.1.1
      
      1 April 2022 at 8:48 pm
      
      So list the donors that gave more than $30k to Labour. Here is your chance.
      - Belladonna 8.2.1.1.1
        
        1 April 2022 at 10:51 pm
        
        Really? It's publicly available information via the elections NZ website:
        
        https://elections.nz/assets/Party-donations-and-loans/2021-returns/Labour-Party-Annual-Return-2020.pdf
        
        From 2020: Robert Smellie & Mark Todd, as individuals, various unions, and what looks like trusts, etc.
Pataua4life 9

1 April 2022 at 8:45 pm

Just like the Unions on the left. No big deal
- mickysavage 9.1
  
  1 April 2022 at 8:49 pm
  
  Yep the Unions have given Labour $1.8 million in the past year and $950k to the Greens. Are you embarrassed that you have said something that is so clearly untrue?
  - Barfly 9.1.1
    
    1 April 2022 at 9:26 pm
    
    Lol "embarrassed" he'd probably have to look it up – I suspect the concept is foreign to him.
infused 10

1 April 2022 at 10:02 pm

Labour took 1.6m in 2017 and 1.5m last year. What's your point?
SPC 11

2 April 2022 at 1:19 pm

The Tories too have donors.

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4 days ago

The big question for Labour: Will Hipkins have any more success than Ardern did with the top priorit...
Chris Hipkins, after he became prime minister, committed to defeating the cost-of- living crisis. He proceeded to make a bonfire of policies that were at the heart of Jacinda Ardern’s administration. But, as Richard Prebble pointed out this week, “the government has not just U-turned, it has repudiated the ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
4 days ago

Reality check.
There are some wellness, crystal-gazing, holistic spiritual guidance types in my disaster-hit coastal community who insist that the power of positive thinking will overcome the physical and material damages incurred by the community. They object to restrictions on road travel … Continue reading → ...
KiwipoliticoBy Pablo
4 days ago

High Performance Instability in the Financial Sector
Evaluating the recent crashes of Silicon Valley Bank in the US and Credit Suisse in Switzerland plus two other banks (perhaps more by the time you read this) needs to begin with a review of the inevitable instability in the financial sector. The financial sector is inherently unstable, like military ...
PunditBy Brian Easton
4 days ago

The week in review
1. We see here new police minister Ginny Andersen. Which larger than life NZ political figure was her great-uncle?a. Rob Muldoonb. Bill Andersenc. Richard John Seddond. Norman Kirk2. We see here archival footage of Ginny Andersen coming out of her electorate office to ask ex-tobacco lobbyist Chris Bishop if he ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
4 days ago

Nash splashes out with a $900,000 investment in the blue economy (or is it more corporate welfare?)
Buzz from the Beehive Stuart Nash, speaking as Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, one of his remaining portfolios after he was dropped down the Hipkins Government batting order, has drawn attention to the blue economy and its potential. Nash says the government is investing in the blue economy, or – ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
4 days ago

Ask Me Anything about the week to March 24
Photo by Josh Mills on UnsplashIt’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for the next hour, including:The runs on Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank on the west coast of the United States that forced the ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
5 days ago

Weekly Roundup 24-March-2023
Roundup is back! We skipped last week’s Friday post due to a shortage of person-power – did you notice? Lots going on out there… Our header image this week shows a green street that just happens to be Queen St, by @chamfy from Twitter. This week (and last) in ...
Greater AucklandBy Greater Auckland
5 days ago

Gordon Campbell on the Keen-Minshull visit
After threatening Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of consequences if he dared to bar her entry, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull has been given her visa, regardless. This will enable her to hold rallies in Auckland and Wellington this weekend, and spread her messages of hostility against an already marginalised trans community. Neo-Nazis may, ...
Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
5 days ago

BRYCE EDWARDS’ Political Roundup: NZ needs to distance itself from Australia’s anti-China nucl...
* Bryce Edwards writes – The New Zealand Government has been silent about Australia’s decision to commit up to $400bn acquiring nuclear submarines, even though this is a significant threat to peace and stability in the Asia Pacific. The deal was struck by the Albanese Labor Government as ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
5 days ago

Wayne Brown's #Auxit moment
Boomers voted him in, but Brown’s Trumpish moments might spook Aucklanders worried about what a change to National nationally might mean. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTL;DR: Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has become our version of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, except without any of the insatiable appetite for media appearances. He ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
5 days ago

Bryce Edwards: NZ needs to distance itself from Australia’s anti-China nuclear submarines
The New Zealand Government has been silent about Australia’s decision to commit up to $400bn acquiring nuclear submarines, even though this is a significant threat to peace and stability in the Asia Pacific. The deal was struck by the Albanese Labor Government as part of its Aukus pact with the ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
5 days ago

Posie Parker vs Transgender Rights.
Recently you might have heard of a person called Posie Parker and her visit to Aotearoa. Perhaps you’re not quite sure what it’s all about. So let’s start with who this person is, why their visit is controversial, and what on earth a TERF is.Posie Parker is the super villain ...
Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
5 days ago

Select Committee told slow down; you’re moving too fast
The chair of Parliament’s Select Committee looking at the Government’s resource management legislation wants the bills sent back for more public consultation. The proposal would effectively kill any chance of the bills making it into law before the election. Green MP, Eugenie Sage, stressing that she was speaking as ...
PolitikBy Richard Harman
5 days ago

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #12 2023
Open access notables The United States experienced some historical low temperature records during the just-concluded winter. It's a reminder that climate and weather are quite noisy; with regard to our warming climate,, as with a road ascending a mountain range we may steadily change our conditions but with lots of ...
Skeptical Science
5 days ago

What becomes of the broken hearted? Nanny State will step in to comfort them
Buzz from the Beehive The Nanny State has scored some wins (or claimed them) in the past day or two but it faltered when it came to protecting Kiwi citizens from being savaged by one woman armed with a sharp tongue. The wins are recorded by triumphant ministers on the ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
5 days ago

Acceptance, decency, road food.
Sometimes you see your friends making the case so well on social media you think: just copy and share.On acceptance and decency, from Michèle A’CourtA notable thing about anti-trans people is they way they talk about transgender women and men as though they are strangers “over there” when in fact ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
5 days ago

Climate Change: More Labour sabotage
Not that long ago, things were looking pretty good for climate change policy in Aotearoa. We finally had an ETS, and while it was full of pork and subsidies, it was delivering high and ever-rising carbon prices, sending a clear message to polluters to clean up or shut down. And ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
5 days ago

Is bundling restricting electricity competition?
Comparing (and switching) electricity providers has become easier, but bundling power up with broadband and/or gas makes it more challenging. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā TL;DR: The new Consumer Advocacy Council set up as a result of the Labour Government’s Electricity Price Review in 2019 has called on either ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
5 days ago

Westland Milk puts heat on competitors as global dairy demand remains softer for longer
Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products has put the heat on dairy giant Fonterra with a $120m profit turnaround in 2022, driven by record sales. Westland paid its suppliers a 10c premium above the forecast Fonterra price per kilo, contributing $535m to the West Coast and Canterbury economies. The dairy ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
6 days ago

BRYCE EDWARDS’ Political Roundup: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship
* Bryce Edwards writes – New Zealanders are uncomfortable with the high level of influence corporate lobbyists have in New Zealand politics, and demands are growing for greater regulation. A recent poll shows 62 per cent of the public support having a two-year cooling off period between ministers leaving public ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
6 days ago

Bryce Edwards: The Beehive’s revolving door and corporate mateship
New Zealanders are uncomfortable with the high level of influence corporate lobbyists have in New Zealand politics, and demands are growing for greater regulation. A recent poll shows 62 per cent of the public support having a two-year cooling off period between ministers leaving public office and becoming lobbyists and ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
6 days ago

A miracle pill for our transport ills
This is a guest post by accessibility and sustainable transport advocate Tim Adriaansen It originally appeared here. A friend calls you and asks for your help. They tell you that while out and about nearby, they slipped over and landed arms-first. Now their wrist is swollen, hurting like ...
Greater AucklandBy Guest Post
6 days ago

The Surprising Power of Floating Wind Turbines
Floating offshore wind turbines offer incredible opportunities to capture powerful winds far out at sea. By unlocking this wind energy potential, they could be a key weapon in our arsenal in the fight against climate change. But how developed are these climate fighting clean energy giants? And why do I ...
Skeptical Science
6 days ago

The next Maori challenge
Over the past two or three weeks, a procession of Maori iwi and hapu in a series of little-noticed appearances before two Select Committees have been asking for more say for Maori over resource management decisions along the co-governance lines of Three Waters. Their submissions and appearances run counter ...
PolitikBy Richard Harman
6 days ago

Secret “war-crime” warrants by International Criminal Court is mischief-making
The decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue war crimes arrest warrants for the Russian President and the Russia Children Ombudsman may have been welcomed by the ideologically committed but otherwise seems to have been greeted with widespread cynicism (see Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants ...
Open ParachuteBy Ken
6 days ago

How to answer Drunk Uncle Kevin's Climate Crisis reckons
Let’s say you’re clasping your drink at a wedding, or a 40th, or a King’s Birthday Weekend family reunion and Drunk Uncle Kevin has just got going.He’s in an expansive frame of mind because we’re finally rid of that silly girl. But he wants to ask an honest question about ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
6 days ago

National’s Luxon may be glum about his poll ratings but has he found a winner in promising to rai...
National Party leader Christopher Luxon may be feeling glum about his poll ratings, but he could be tapping into a rich political vein in describing the current state of education as “alarming”. Luxon said educational achievement has been declining, with a recent NCEA pilot exposing just how far it has ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
6 days ago

Climate Change: More Labour foot-dragging
Yesterday the IPCC released the final part of its Sixth Assessment Report, warning us that we have very little time left in which to act to prevent catastrophic climate change, but pointing out that it is a problem that we can solve, with existing technology, and that anything we do ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
6 days ago

Te Pāti Māori Are Revolutionaries – Not Reformists.
Way Beyond Reform: Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have no more interest in remaining permanent members of “New Zealand’s” House of Representatives than did Lenin and Trotsky in remaining permanent members of Tsar Nicolas II’s “democratically-elected” Duma. Like the Bolsheviks, Te Pāti Māori is a party of revolutionaries – not reformists.THE CROWN ...
Bowalley Road
6 days ago

When does history become “ancient”, on Tinetti’s watch as Minister of Education – and what o...
Buzz from the Beehive Auckland was wiped off the map, when Education Minister Jan Tinetti delivered her speech of welcome as host of the inaugural Conference of Pacific Education Ministers “here in Tāmaki Makaurau”. But – fair to say – a reference was made later in the speech to a ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
7 days ago

Climate Catastrophe, but first rugby.
Morning mate, how you going?Well, I was watching the news last night and they announced this scientific report on Climate Change. But before they got to it they had a story about the new All Blacks coach.Sounds like important news. It’s a bit of a worry really.Yeah, they were talking ...
Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
7 days ago

What the US and European bank rescues mean for us
Always a bailout: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Government would fully guarantee all savers in all smaller US banks if needed. Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: No wonder an entire generation of investors are used to ‘buying the dip’ and ‘holding on for dear life’. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
7 days ago

Bryce Edwards: Who will drain Wellington’s lobbying swamp?
Wealthy vested interests have an oversized influence on political decisions in New Zealand. Partly that’s due to their use of corporate lobbyists. Fortunately, the influence lobbyists can have on decisions made by politicians is currently under scrutiny in Guyon Espiner’s in-depth series published by RNZ. Two of Espiner’s research exposés ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
7 days ago

It’s Raining Congestion
Yesterday afternoon it rained and traffic around the region ground to a halt, once again highlighting why it is so important that our city gets on with improving the alternatives to driving. For additional irony, this happened on the same day the IPCC synthesis report landed, putting the focus on ...
Greater AucklandBy Matt L
7 days ago

Checking The Left: The Dreadful Logic Of Fascism.
The Beginning: Anti-Co-Governance agitator, Julian Batchelor, addresses the Dargaville stop of his travelling roadshow across New Zealand . Fascism almost always starts small. Sadly, it doesn’t always stay that way. Especially when the Left helps it to grow.THERE IS A DREADFUL LOGIC to the growth of fascism. To begin with, it ...
Bowalley Road
7 days ago

Good Friends and Terrible Food
Hi,From an incredibly rainy day in Los Angeles, I just wanted to check in. I guess this is the day Trump may or may not end up in cuffs? I’m attempting a somewhat slower, less frenzied week. I’ve had Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s new record on non-stop, and it’s been a ...
David FarrierBy David Farrier
7 days ago

At a glance – What evidence is there for the hockey stick?
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 ...
Skeptical Science
1 week ago

Mass arrivals legislation a breach of NZ’s values
The Government’s decision to introduce ‘mass arrivals’ legislation goes against the values we all share of Aotearoa as a place where all people are treated fairly, the Green Party says. ...
Greens
12 hours ago

Minster Davidson Must Resign After 'Violence' Comments
MINISTER DAVIDSON MUST RESIGN AFTER 'VIOLENCE' COMMENTS Marama Davidson should stand down as ‘Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence’ for the clear and outrageous statement she made at the Posie Parker protest that ‘white straight men’ are the cause of violence. Her offensive, racist, and sexist remarks ...
NZ First Press Release
2 days ago

In response to Newshub and Amelia Wade’s obvious and ham-fisted attempt at a typical and predicted...
In response to Newshub and Amelia Wade’s obvious and ham-fisted attempt at a typical and predicted political hit job. As any politically aware reporter would know, any Cabinet subcommittee has a duty and obligation as a part of any government to respond to any UN declaration, in this case ...
NZ First Press Release
4 days ago

‘The Real State of the Nation’
Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today and in your busy lives turning up to this meeting. Forty five years ago, in Howick, often described as racist, and where few Maori lived because it had been a ‘Fencible’ settlement at the time of the Anglo-Maori ...
NZ First Press Release
4 days ago

National’s education policy gets an F
The Green Party has marked the National Party’s new education policy and given it a fail, especially for its failure to address the underlying drivers of school performance. ...
Greens
5 days ago

Child poverty stats show need for action
The Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately provide more support to families doing it toughest. ...
Greens
6 days ago

Greens ask Auckland MPs across party lines to speak up on Council budget proposals
Auckland Central Green MP, Chlöe Swarbrick, has written to all Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland based Members of Parliament requesting their urgent attention to Auckland Council’s unprecedented slash-and-burn proposals. ...
Greens
6 days ago

Enough slow progress, 2023 is a fight for our future
Political parties that want to negotiate with the Green Party must come to the table with much faster, bolder climate action, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson emphasised in their State of the Planet speech today. ...
Greens
1 week ago

Greens call time on slow progress
Political parties that want to negotiate with the Green Party after the election must come to the table with much faster, bolder climate action, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson emphasised today. ...
Greens
1 week ago

Green Party co-leader James Shaw's State of the Planet speech, 2023
You will never truly understand, from the pictures you’ve seen in the newspapers or on the six o-clock news, the sheer scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle. ...
Greens
1 week ago

More cost of living support for Kiwis
We’re boosting incomes and helping ease cost of living pressures on Kiwis through a range of bread and butter support measures that will see pensioners, students, families, and those on main benefits better off from the start of next month. ...
Labour Blog
2 weeks ago

Greens back teachers’ demands
The Green Party backs the demands of the teachers’ strikers. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Greens will waste no time with Minister for Zero Waste
The error Labour Ministers made by stopping work on a beverage container return scheme will be reversed by the Greens at the earliest opportunity as part of the next Government. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Greens secure win for clean transport
The Green Party has made it easier for commuters to access e-bikes thanks to an amendment to tax rules. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Greens will always prioritise action on climate and inequality
“Cabinet needs to do better - and today has shown exactly why we need Green Ministers in cabinet, so we can prioritise action to cut climate pollution and support people to make ends meet,” says Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Bold action needed to help people eat
Biggest increase in food prices for over three decades shows the need for an excess profit tax on corporations to help people put food on the table. ...
Greens
2 weeks ago

Another Green transport idea gets the green light
The Government’s announcement today that it will improve Christchurch’s bus system comes after Green and NGO pressure. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

Greens back teachers’ strike
The Green Party stands with teachers in their request for fair pay and decision to strike. ...
Greens
3 weeks ago

New laws will crack down on gang profits and criminal assets
New legislation passed by the Government today will make it harder for gangs and their leaders to benefit financially from crime that causes considerable harm in our communities, Minister of Justice Kiri Allan says. Since the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 came into effect police have been highly successful in ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 hours ago

Stuart Nash dismissed from Cabinet
This evening I have advised the Governor-General to dismiss Stuart Nash from all his ministerial portfolios. Late this afternoon I was made aware by a news outlet of an email Stuart Nash sent in March 2020 to two contacts regarding a commercial rent relief package that Cabinet had considered. In ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 hours ago

Tax incentive to boost housing passes third reading
Legislation to enable more build-to-rent developments has passed its third reading in Parliament, so this type of rental will be able to claim interest deductibility in perpetuity where it meets the requirements. Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods, says the changes will help unlock the potential of the build-to-rent sector and ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
8 hours ago

Law levels playing field for low-emissions commuting
A law passed by Parliament today exempts employers from paying fringe benefit tax on certain low emission commuting options they provide or subsidise for their staff. “Many employers already subsidise the commuting costs of their staff, for instance by providing car parks,” Environment Minister David Parker said. “This move supports ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
8 hours ago

40 years of Closer Economic Relations with Australia
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations (CER), our gold standard free trade agreement between New Zealand and Australia. “CER was a world-leading agreement in 1983, is still world-renowned today and is emblematic of both our countries’ commitment to free trade. The WTO has called it the world’s ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
12 hours ago

Amendments to mass arrivals legislation
The Government is making procedural changes to the Immigration Act to ensure that 2013 amendments operate as Parliament intended. The Government is also introducing a new community management approach for asylum seekers. “While it’s unlikely we’ll experience a mass arrival due to our remote positioning, there is no doubt New ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
13 hours ago

Progress on public service pay adjustment
The Government welcomes progress on public sector pay adjustment (PSPA) agreements, and the release of the updated public service pay guidance by the Public Service Commission today, Minister for the Public Service Andrew Little says. “More than a dozen collective agreements are now settled in the public service, Crown Agents, ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
14 hours ago

Further legislation introduced to support cyclone recovery
The Government has introduced the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill to further support the recovery and rebuild from the recent severe weather events in the North Island. “We know from our experiences following the Canterbury and Kaikōura earthquakes that it will take some time before we completely understand the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Duty relief for cyclone-affected businesses
Further assistance is now available to businesses impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, with Customs able to offer payment plans and to remit late-payments, Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri has announced. “This is part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to assist economic recovery in the regions,” Meka Whaitiri said. “Cabinet has approved the ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Thousands of sole parents to be better off after child support changes
More than 41,000 sole parent families will be better off with a median gain of $20 a week Law change estimated to help lift up to 14,000 children out of poverty Child support payments will be passed on directly to people receiving a sole parent rate of main benefit, making ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Green investment fund delivers on climate action
A major investment by Government-owned New Zealand Green Investment Finance towards electrifying the public bus fleet is being welcomed by Climate Change Minister James Shaw. “Today’s announcement that NZGIF has signed a $50 million financing deal with Kinetic, the biggest bus operator in Australasia, to further decarbonise public transport is ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Tax credit boosts cash flow for Kiwi innovators
A world-leading payments system is expected to provide a significant cash flow boost for Kiwi innovators, Minister of Research, Science, and Innovation Ayesha Verrall says. Announcing that applications for ‘in-year’ payments of the Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) were open, Ayesha Verrall said it represented a win for businesses ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Te Awa shared path completed
Minister of Transport Michael Wood joined crowds of keen cyclists and walkers this morning to celebrate the completion of the Te Awa shared path in Hamilton. “The Government is upgrading New Zealand’s transport system to make it safer, greener, and more efficient for now and future generations to come,” Michael ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 days ago

Crown apology to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has delivered the Crown apology to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua for its historic breaches of Te Tiriti of Waitangi today. The ceremony was held at Queen Elizabeth Park in Masterton, hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua, with several hundred ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Minister of Foreign Affairs meets with Chinese counterpart
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta has concluded her visit to China, the first by a New Zealand Foreign Minister since 2018. The Minister met her counterpart, newly appointed State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, who also hosted a working dinner. This was the first engagement between the two ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Government delivering world-class satellite positioning services
World-class satellite positioning services that will support much safer search and rescue, boost precision farming, and help safety on construction sites through greater accuracy are a significant step closer today, says Land Information Minister Damien O’Connor. Damien O’Connor marked the start of construction on New Zealand’s first uplink centre for ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

District Court Judges appointed
Attorney-General David Parker has announced the appointment of Christopher John Dellabarca of Wellington, Dr Katie Jane Elkin of Wellington, Caroline Mary Hickman of Napier, Ngaroma Tahana of Rotorua, Tania Rose Williams Blyth of Hamilton and Nicola Jan Wills of Wellington as District Court Judges. Chris Dellabarca Mr Dellabarca commenced his ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

Notes of an address to the Environmental Defence Society Conference, Auckland
Tēnā koutou katoa. Can I begin by thanking Gary Taylor, Raewyn Peart and others in the EDS team for their herculean work in support of the environment. I’d also like to acknowledge Hon Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, my parliamentary colleagues, and the many activists here who strive ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
4 days ago

New project set to supercharge ocean economy in Nelson Tasman
A new Government-backed project will help ocean-related businesses in the Nelson Tasman region to accelerate their growth and boost jobs. “The Nelson Tasman region is home to more than 400 blue economy businesses, accounting for more than 30 percent of New Zealand’s economic activity in fishing, aquaculture, and seafood processing,” ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

National’s education policy: where’s the funding?
After three years of COVID-19 disruptions schools are finally settling down and National want to throw that all in the air with major disruption to learning and underinvestment. “National’s education policy lacks the very thing teachers, parents and students need after a tough couple of years, certainty and stability,” Education ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

Free programme to help older entrepreneurs and inventors
People aged over 50 with innovative business ideas will now be able to receive support to advance their ideas to the next stage of development, Minister for Seniors Ginny Andersen said today. “Seniors have some great entrepreneurial ideas, and this programme will give them the support to take that next ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 days ago

Government target increased to keep powering up the Māori economy
A cross government target for relevant government procurement contracts for goods and services to be awarded to Māori businesses annually will increase to 8%, after the initial 5% target was exceeded. The progressive procurement policy was introduced in 2020 to increase supplier diversity, starting with Māori businesses, for the estimated ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Continued progress on reducing poverty in challenging times
77,000 fewer children living in low income households on the after-housing-costs primary measure since Labour took office Eight of the nine child poverty measures have seen a statistically significant reduction since 2018. All nine have reduced 28,700 fewer children experiencing material hardship since 2018 Measures taken by the Government during ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Speech at Fiji Investment and Trade Business Forum
Deputy Prime Minister Kamikamica; distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Tēnā koutou katoa, ni sa bula vinaka saka, namaste. Deputy Prime Minister, a very warm welcome to Aotearoa. I trust you have been enjoying your time here and thank you for joining us here today. To all delegates who have travelled to be ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Government investments boost and diversify local economies in lower South Island
$2.9 million convertible loan for Scapegrace Distillery to meet growing national and international demand $4.5m underwrite to support Silverlight Studios’ project to establish a film studio in Wanaka Gore’s James Cumming Community Centre and Library to be official opened tomorrow with support of $3m from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Pasifka Futures Whānau Ora Conference
[CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY] E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā tangata katoa, o moana-nui-a-kiwa, E ngā mate, haere, haere, haere atū ra, manuia lau Malaga. Thank you for the kind introduction and opportunity to join you this morning. It is always good to be here in Aukilani, where I ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Alzheimers New Zealand conference – Opening Address
E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi, tēnā koutou katoa. Talofa lava and thank you Catherine, for the warm welcome. I’m sorry that I can’t be there in person today but it’s great for the opportunity to contribute virtually. I’d like to start by acknowledging: Alzheimers New Zealand, ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Government future-proofs EV charging
Transport Minister Michael Wood has today launched the first national EV (electric vehicle) charging strategy, Charging Our Future, which includes plans to provide EV charging stations in almost every town in New Zealand. “Our vision is for Aotearoa New Zealand to have world-class EV charging infrastructure that is accessible, affordable, ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

World-leading family harm prevention campaign supports young NZers
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Priyanca Radhakrishnan has today launched the Love Better campaign in a world-leading approach to family harm prevention. Love Better will initially support young people through their experience of break-ups, developing positive and life-long attitudes to dealing with hurt. “Over 1,200 young kiwis told ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

First Chief Clinical Advisor welcomed into Coroners Court
Hon Rino Tirikatene, Minister for Courts, welcomes the Ministry of Justice’s appointment of Dr Garry Clearwater as New Zealand’s first Chief Clinical Advisor working with the Coroners Court. “This appointment is significant for the Coroners Court and New Zealand’s wider coronial system.” Minister Tirikatene said. Through Budget 2022, the Government ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

Next steps for affected properties post Cyclone and floods
The Government via the Cyclone Taskforce is working with local government and insurance companies to build a picture of high-risk areas following Cyclone Gabrielle and January floods. “The Taskforce, led by Sir Brian Roche, has been working with insurance companies to undertake an assessment of high-risk areas so we can ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
6 days ago

New appointment to Māori Land Court bench
E te huia kaimanawa, ko Ngāpuhi e whakahari ana i tau aupikinga ki te tihi o te maunga. Ko te Ao Māori hoki e whakanui ana i a koe te whakaihu waka o te reo Māori i roto i te Ao Ture. (To the prized treasure, it is Ngāpuhi who ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
7 days ago

Government focus on jobs sees record number of New Zealanders move from Benefits into work
113,400 exits into work in the year to June 2022 Young people are moving off Benefit faster than after the Global Financial Crisis Two reports released today by the Ministry of Social Development show the Government’s investment in the COVID-19 response helped drive record numbers of people off Benefits and ...
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7 days ago

Vertical farming partnership has upward momentum
The Government’s priority to keep New Zealand at the cutting edge of food production and lift our sustainability credentials continues by backing the next steps of a hi-tech vertical farming venture that uses up to 95 per cent less water, is climate resilient, and pesticide-free. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor visited ...
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1 week ago

Conference of Pacific Education Ministers – Keynote Address
E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, e nga hau e wha, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou kātoa. Warm Pacific greetings to all. It is an honour to host the inaugural Conference of Pacific Education Ministers here in Tāmaki Makaurau. Aotearoa is delighted to be hosting you ...
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1 week ago

New $13m renal unit supports Taranaki patients
The new renal unit at Taranaki Base Hospital has been officially opened by the Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall this afternoon. Te Huhi Raupō received around $13 million in government funding as part of Project Maunga Stage 2, the redevelopment of the Taranaki Base Hospital campus. “It’s an honour ...
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1 week ago

Second Poseidon aircraft on home soil
Defence Minister Andrew Little has marked the arrival of the country’s second P-8A Poseidon aircraft alongside personnel at the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Base at Ohakea today. “With two of the four P-8A Poseidons now on home soil this marks another significant milestone in the Government’s historic investment in ...
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1 week ago

Further humanitarian aid for Türkiye and Syria
Aotearoa New Zealand will provide further humanitarian support to those seriously affected by last month’s deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, says Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta. “The 6 February earthquakes have had devastating consequences, with almost 18 million people affected. More than 53,000 people have died and tens of thousands more ...
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1 week ago

Community voice to help shape immigration policy
Migrant communities across New Zealand are represented in the new Migrant Community Reference Group that will help shape immigration policy going forward, Immigration Minister Michael Wood announced today. “Since becoming Minister, a reoccurring message I have heard from migrants is the feeling their voice has often been missing around policy ...
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1 week ago

State Highway 3 project to deliver safer journeys, better travel connections for Taranaki
Construction has begun on major works that will deliver significant safety improvements on State Highway 3 from Waitara to Bell Block, Associate Minister of Transport Kiri Allan announced today. “This is an important route for communities, freight and visitors to Taranaki but too many people have lost their lives or ...
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1 week ago

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage, RNZ Pacific can confirm. The operation was launched at 1am local time ...
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3 hours ago

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage, RNZ Pacific can confirm. The operation was launched at 1am local time ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
3 hours ago

Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister
By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the police in managing law and order issues. There are only 6832 policemen and women serving the country currently, according to reports. Internal Security Minister Peter ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
3 hours ago

Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister
By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the police in managing law and order issues. There are only 6832 policemen and women serving the country currently, according to reports. Internal Security Minister Peter ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
3 hours ago

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023. Image: RNZ Pacific/Jim Watson/AFP “But it is what it is,” he said of the tripartite arrangement. ‘Escalation of ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
3 hours ago

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023. Image: RNZ Pacific/Jim Watson/AFP “But it is what it is,” he said of the tripartite arrangement. ‘Escalation of ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
3 hours ago

Ankit Bansal Selected As National’s Candidate In Palmerston North
Procurement professional Ankit Bansal has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Palmerston North for the 2023 General Election. “I’d like to thank our local party members for endorsing me to campaign in Palmerston ...
Scoop politics
3 hours ago

Rima Nakhle Selected As National’s Candidate In Takanini
Executive Manager of Te Mahia Community Village Rima Nakhle has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Takanini for the 2023 General Election. “The Takanini electorate is my home and I’m really excited to have the opportunity ...
Scoop politics
3 hours ago

Dr Carlos Cheung Selected As National’s Candidate In Mt Roskill
Property management company director Dr Carlos Cheung has been selected as National’s candidate in Mt Roskill for the 2023 General Election. “Mt Roskill is my home and I’m grateful for the opportunity to campaign here for a National Government that ...
Scoop politics
3 hours ago

Have Your Say On The Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill
The Chairperson of the Governance and Administration Committee is calling for submissions on the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill The Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill is the second bill in response to Cyclone Gabriel. The ...
Scoop politics
3 hours ago

In full: The PM’s statement on Nash sacking
Prime minister Chris Hipkins’ full statement, as shared to media, on the decision to remove Stuart Nash from cabinet: This evening I have advised the Governor-General to dismiss Stuart Nash from all his ministerial portfolios. Late this afternoon I was made aware by a news outlet of an email Stuart ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
5 hours ago

Fresh revelations of Cabinet rule breach leads to Stuart Nash's sacking
The Prime Minister has sacked Stuart Nash from all of his ministerial portfolios, following another breach of the Cabinet Manual. ...
Radio NZ – political
6 hours ago

Fresh revelation of Cabinet rule breach leads to Stuart Nash's sacking
The Prime Minister has sacked Stuart Nash from all of his ministerial portfolios, following another breach of the Cabinet Manual. ...
Radio NZ – political
6 hours ago

‘Conduct is inexcusable’: Four strikes and Stuart Nash is gone
Four strikes and Stuart Nash has been ousted from cabinet. It follows revelations this evening that he shared private cabinet discussions with business leaders and criticised decisions made in a 2020 email, according to reporting by Stuff. In the email, Nash set out his opposition to a decision cabinet had ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
6 hours ago

Chris Hipkins mulling future of Stuart Nash, already on ‘final warning’
The future of Stuart Nash, recently demoted to the bottom rung of cabinet, hangs in the balance following reports that he shared private cabinet discussions with business leaders and criticised decisions made in a 2020 email, according to reporting by Stuff. It follows Nash losing his police portfolio for breaching ...
The SpinoffBy Toby Manhire
6 hours ago

Citizens Advice Bureau delivers petition to Auckland Council in effort to halt budget cuts
A petition with 20,000 signatures was handed to Auckland Council in a last-ditch effort to halt budget cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau. ...
Radio NZ – political
6 hours ago

Australia’s safeguard mechanism deal is only a half-win for the Greens, and for the climate
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions. But the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
7 hours ago

Government announces plan to electronically tag asylum seekers who may pose risk
Courts would be able to order that anyone claiming refugee status be monitored, with other conditions such as residency requirements and curfews. ...
Radio NZ – political
8 hours ago

Native Kea Parrot’s Days Numbered By Poison Drops – Wildlife Advocate
The native parrot the kea is under siege from aerial spread 1080 poison drops says a West Coast wildlife advocate Laurie Collins of Westport. While it is accepted that a good proportion of New Zealanders are opposed to aerial 1080 poison drops used ...
Scoop politics
8 hours ago

Coast council sends ‘action man’ packing
West Coasters might have a taste for the gung-ho but pragmatism has taken a turn for the cautious at an extraordinary Greymouth council meeting Outspoken West Coast Regional Council chair Allan Birchfield has been rolled by his colleagues in a bid to make peace with the government and stem the ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

The Posie Parker Stouche: Some Positive Lessons For Our Election
By Tim Wilson, Executive Director, Maxim Institute* What does politics produce when mixed with violence and intimidation? Sadly nothing constructive, plus a humungous helping of anger, division, recrimination, spleen and confusion. Oh, and headlines. ...
Scoop politics
8 hours ago

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous comm...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Senator Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens changed the power dynamic in the Senate. Now the government needs two crossbenchers (and the Greens) to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie and ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
8 hours ago

Australia’s safeguard mechanism deal is only half a win for the Greens, and for the climate
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions. But the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
8 hours ago

Excitement As Security Guards Initiate For Fair Pay Agreement
Security guards have made their voices heard and now have enough signatures to initiate a Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) for workers in their occupation. Since the Fair Pay Agreements Bill was passed in October 2022, more than 1000 security guards across Aotearoa New ...
Scoop politics
8 hours ago

Tertiary Education Institutions: 2021 Audit Results And What We Saw In 2022
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Scoop politics
8 hours ago

‘The reporting process was more traumatising than the assault itself’: LGBTQ+ survivors on acces...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Fileborn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The following article discusses sexual violence, self-harm and suicide. Gender and sexuality diverse (LGBTQ+) people experience disproportionately high levels of sexual violence, but we still know very little about ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
9 hours ago

The First Nations Voice to parliament could get us to revisit conversations about Australia becoming...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse J. Fleay, Republic Constitutional Scholar, Federalist, Co-Author of the Uluru Statement, University of Notre Dame Australia Australia is preparing for a referendum to decide on the proposed Voice to parliament for First Nations people. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
10 hours ago

Toni Collette was ‘totally inspired’ by Jacinda Ardern for new sci-fi series The Power
Toni Collette and John Leguizamo tell Tara Ward about the electric drama set in a world where gender equality becomes a sudden and shocking reality. There’s a moment halfway through in The Power when it seems Toni Collette could be channeling Jacinda Ardern. A mysterious medical event is sweeping the ...
The SpinoffBy Tara Ward
10 hours ago

Don’t let financial shame be your ruin: open conversations can help ease the burden of personal de...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Nearly two-thirds of New Zealanders are worried about the cost of living, and a quarter are worried about putting food on the table. But ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
10 hours ago

Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Charlson, Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world’s most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report and “final warning” about the climate crisis. It ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
10 hours ago

Government's security arm works on addressing spread of disinformation
The government's national security arm says it is working on how to address the spread of disinformation and this is not directed specifically at the general election. ...
Radio NZ – political
11 hours ago

How to take a book apart: on compiling a poet’s life so far
Poet Ash Davida Jane talks with poet Andrew Johnston about his Selected Poems, which spans 23 years of his published work. I’ve started writing this review in the notes app on my phone from the backseat of my friend’s car, which feels a far cry from the world of Andrew ...
The SpinoffBy Ash Davida Jane
11 hours ago

National Party leader Christopher Luxon demands Marama Davidson apologise to cis white men
National is demanding Marama Davidson apologise to cis white men over her comments from Saturday. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he considers the matter closed. ...
Radio NZ – political
11 hours ago

The ABC’s In Our Blood shines a light on lesbian activism during the AIDS crisis – but there’s...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Manlik, Casual Academic and PhD Candidate, Macquarie University ABC The recent ABC mini-series, In Our Blood, offers a fictionalised account of Australia’s response to AIDS, focusing on the development of a partnership between impacted communities, health professionals and government. ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
11 hours ago

Submissions on Auckland budget close tonight
Aucklanders – it’s your last chance to have a say on the council’s upcoming budget. Submissions close at 11pm tonight, after which they will be collated and considered by councillors before a final proposal’s released by the end of June. As my colleague Tommy de Silva explained earlier this month, ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
12 hours ago

Submissions on Auckland budget close tonight
Aucklanders – it’s your last chance to have a say on the council’s upcoming budget. Submissions close at 11pm tonight, after which they will be collated and considered by councillors before a final proposal’s released by the end of June. As my colleague Tommy de Silva explained earlier this month, ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
12 hours ago

NZ pushes China on lethal aid concerns over Ukraine war
After breaking a years-long gap between New Zealand ministerial visits to China, Nanaia Mahuta says the relationship is in good shape but the Government will keep discussing differences of opinion between the countries - including support for Ukraine New Zealand will keep pushing China to use its influence to help end ...
Newsroom
12 hours ago

An environmental disaster was waiting to happen in Tolaga Bay. No one listened
The government has commissioned an inquiry after forestry waste caused widespread devastation in Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. But records show experts have been sounding the alarm for decades – why did no one hear them? This story was first published on Stuff. Ten minutes into the grey wasteland of the Mangatokerau ...
The SpinoffBy Kirsty Johnston
12 hours ago

What is a paraben and why are so many products advertised as ‘paraben-free’?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver A.H. Jones, Professor, RMIT University Shutterstock You might have noticed many skin and haircare products are advertised as “paraben-free”, or come across online influencers warning parabens are terrible for your health. But what is a paraben? And could a ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
13 hours ago

‘Comments were… offensive’: Davidson should say sorry to white men – Luxon
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson should apologise to white men over the “sweeping generalisation” she made ahead of the Posie Parker counter-protest on Saturday. That’s according to National’s leader Christopher Luxon who was questioned on the comments this morning at parliament. Davidson was caught on camera blaming “cis white men” ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
13 hours ago

What you need to know about the deadly fungus detected in New Zealand
Candida auris is more likely to infect those who are already ill or immunocompromised and is fatal for 30-60% of those infected. What is Candida auris? Candida auris (also known as C. auris) is a type of fungus called a yeast. It was first identified in 2009 from the ear ...
The SpinoffBy Siouxsie Wiles
14 hours ago

What’s Lorde up to next?
Lorde’s always been mysterious and her latest newsletter to fans does nothing to change that. The New Zealand singer has just wrapped up her lengthy Solar Power tour in support of her third album released at the height of the delta Covid wave back in 2021. And while reports have ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
14 hours ago

Newsletter: March 27 2023 – Items of interest and importance today
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Other items of interest and importance today POSIE PARKER RALLY The Facts: New Zealanders are world leaders in respecting transgender men and women Chris ...
Evening ReportBy Bryce Edwards
14 hours ago

Greens call for universal Covid vaccine availabilty after nearly 2500 children under 5 hospitalised
The Green Party says the number of under 5s hospitalised for Covid-19 is "horrendously high". ...
Radio NZ – political
14 hours ago

Just 3% of $500m 'drawn down' to improve or build mental health hospital facilities
New figures show the government has called on just 3 percent of the half a billion dollars approved to build or expand mental health hospital facilities. ...
Radio NZ – political
14 hours ago

Chris Hipkins says polarising debate in wake of Posie Parker visit not helpful
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins believes the polarising debate in the wake of British gender activist Posie Parker's New Zealand visit has not been helpful, nor was it helpful to bring ethnicity and race into the debate. ...
Radio NZ – political
14 hours ago

Meet three local heroes helping their communities thrive
The Kiwibank Local Hero of the Year will be announced this Thursday. The judges have had their work cut out for them choosing a winner from these finalists. There are hundreds of New Zealanders across the motu who devote time to their communities. Those people who go the extra mile ...
The SpinoffBy Liam Rātana
15 hours ago

David Farrier v Sean Plunket v the Family Court
Late last year, at the time David Farrier was readying to release his new documentary Mister Organ, broadcaster Sean Plunket started tweeting out what appeared to be court documents. As we detailed in our extensive timeline of the Mister Organ saga, the tweets included claims that Farrier had been served ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
15 hours ago

PM’s media round dominated by Davidson remarks
Prime minister Chris Hipkins’ morning media round has been largely dominated by remarks made by one of his ministers over the weekend. Marama Davidson, who is also co-leader of the Green Party, was caught on capture at a counter-protest to anti-trans speaker Posie Parker stating: “I am the prevention violence ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
16 hours ago

In the face of more extreme weather, how and where we build needs to change. Here’s how the insura...
If insurers aren’t involved in discussions on how New Zealand adapts to climate change, we risk whole sections of the country becoming uninsurable. As New Zealand considers how to better prepare for a future affected by climate change, the insurance sector needs to be part the discussion on where and ...
The SpinoffBy Michael Naylor
16 hours ago

Zero speed camera warning signs set up since policy announced in 2019
The new police minister says she has recently been made aware of the lack of progress - and has asked for more information. ...
Radio NZ – political
16 hours ago

The Bulletin: No fix for Coromandel highway before Christmas
It will also be a couple of months before a decision is made on what approach will be taken with Coromandel’s SH25A which has been closed since cracks appeared on January 27 in the wake of ex-Cyclone Hale. Any fix will take nine to 12 months to implement. Access in ...
The SpinoffBy Anna Rawhiti-Connell
16 hours ago

The ‘dubious’ green claims at the supermarket
Consumer NZ has warned customers to be aware of “unsubstantiated” or “misleading” eco-friendly claims made at the supermarket. The watchdog has taken a closer look at several items including a supposedly “planet conscious” air freshener, “ocean plastic” bags and “industrial compostable” teabags. But Gemma Rasmussen, Consumer’s head of research and ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
17 hours ago

For the first time, astronomers have linked a mysterious fast radio burst with gravitational waves
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clancy William James, Senior Lecturer (astronomy and astroparticle physics), Curtin University ASKAP. CSIRO We have just published evidence in Nature Astronomy for what might be producing mysterious bursts of radio waves coming from distant galaxies, known as fast radio bursts or FRBs. ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

‘The media normalises war-mongering’: how Chinese Australians respond to talk of war in mainstre...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Early this month, the Daily Mail published a story online implying three Chinese men taking photos at the Avalon Airshow in Melbourne were spies. After complaints and ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

What causes hiccups and how can you get rid of them?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Shutterstock We all get hiccups from time to time, and sometimes they just won’t seem to go away. Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm – the muscle ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

2022 was a good year for nature in Australia – but three nasty problems remain
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock A new report card on Australia’s environment reveals 2022 was a bumper year for our rivers and vegetation – but it ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

Ghost rodents: get ready to fall in love with Australia’s albino rats and mice
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.) It’s easy to see why ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

Students’ mental health is a big issue for schools – but teachers should only be part of the sol...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Moore, Lecturer, Educational Psychology & Child Development, School of Education, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock Schools are an obvious place to do mental health work with young people. This is important, as about one in seven young Australians are diagnosed ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

At chocolate time, we’ve discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the enviro...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Dumay, Professor – Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University Pxfuel What distinguishes a company that makes “good” chocolate (chocolate untainted by child labour, modern slavery, deforestation and the overuse of agrichemicals) from one that merely makes chocolate? ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

IVF heist: Romantic Getaway on Binge explores the desperation couples can feel during the costly IVF...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle de Souza, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Binge British comedy Romantic Getaway recently dropped on streaming service Binge. The show stars Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan as Alison and Deacon, a couple desperate for a child. Alison ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

Secret agencies step into the light
The GCSB and NZSIS revealed concerns about the growing threat of foreign interference yesterday as RNZ launches new Chinese language news service and the national security system faces reform, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign ...
The SpinoffBy Anna Rawhiti-Connell
17 hours ago

How Allbirds made the first zero carbon shoe
Tim Brown is an ex-professional footballer turned co-founder of internationally recognised, Wellington-based footwear company Allbirds. They have just announced a world-first zero carbon shoe that Tim hopes can change the industry for good. He chats with Simon Pound about Allbirds’ kaupapa, growing a business overseas, and the reality of sustainable ...
The SpinoffBy Calum Henderson
18 hours ago

Lobbyist Holly Bennett is lobbying her own colleagues to be more accountable to the public
A lobbyist has written to industry peers arguing "there's no accountability to the public" in what they do. ...
Radio NZ – political
18 hours ago

Lawyers bridle at claim court delays are to make money
They say it's not representative and should be treated with caution ...
Newsroom
19 hours ago

The high stakes of an obscure but very tense battle between TVNZ and Sky
For the first time in decades, a major new piece of Sky hardware launches without TVNZ’s channels alongside all the others. Duncan Greive explains why this is a big deal for the future of television. This week marks a landmark for Sky NZ – the debut of a piece of ...
The SpinoffBy Duncan Greive
20 hours ago

How NZ conspiracy groups latched on to the Posie Parker controversy
She may not agree with them all. They may not agree with each other. But they found common cause. In New Zealand, as across much of the world, many of the groups that espouse anti-vaccine, conspiracy-aligned and rightwing extremist ideas have hitched their wagons to anti-trans-rights movements. Little surprise, therefore, ...
The SpinoffBy Toby Manhire
20 hours ago

Tractor sales: a warning sign for rural recession
Economists consider sales of tractors and other machinery an economic bellwether. ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

Minister weighs Auckland housing density delay
Environment Minister considers an Auckland Council request to delay planning changes for more intense housing in the city. ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

RNZ enters Chinese-language news amid censorship concerns
The state broadcaster is set to launch an Asia unit amid concerns about foreign influence. ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

Let's make more of the four regional health system groupings
We cannot expect to be unaffected by the new health system restructure but the problems we face are eminently fixable ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

We must embrace Māori renaming
In NZ the long shadow of colonial overlay is reflected in the endurance of names with little bearing to the land, its stories or people Opinion: Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board (Pou Taunaha) has made decisions that were confirmed by the Minister for Land Information on ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

'Middle-aged women are eager for sexually explicit material'
An author on her desire to write a book with plenty of sex in it There is sweet FA equal division of labour in my house: I do the lion’s share of cooking and cleaning and my husband brings home the bacon. To our children I willingly gave his ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

The Football Fern legend and the washed-up medal
Auckland's floods unearthed a precious medal for Kiwi football great Michele Cox, carrying special memories of her professional career. Suzanne McFadden was there when she saved it from the skip bin. Michele Cox wears a delicate medal around her neck. A reminder of an important era in her footballing past. But ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

Assessing Labour's record on climate change
The world's been given yet another stark warning about the state of the climate - is New Zealand doing enough to bring its emissions down? The Detail takes a closer look at Labour's record on climate change. During the 2017 election campaign, then-Labour leader Jacinda Ardern made a bold statement: "We will ...
Newsroom
20 hours ago

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