Next time, could we have a PM that looks and sounds a bit more like a PM?

Written By: the sprout - Date published: 8:40 am, October 11th, 2010 - 37 comments
Categories: accountability, brand key, john key, leadership, Media, national, racism, tv - Tags: breakfast, paul henry, resignation, tvnz

Here’s John Key this morning on Breakfast, talking about Paul Henry’s resignation. Naturally he’s eager to downplay the influence of Kiwi-Indian business and diplomatic interests, and to deny any government involvement in the decision.

The most revealing part of the interview is when Key stammers:

“I have not spoke [sic] to Paul Henry”

Key says this with the same look and conviction as when he used to say “National will not raise GST”. Seems a bit unlikely Key wouldn’t give his old mate a ring during such times of sturm und drang.

Of course this whole shit storm could have been a positive for Key had he possessed the courage to condemn Henry’s racist comments against our Governor General at the time they were said. Had Key done so, Henry would be there this morning, New Zealand’s international reputation would not be damaged as CEO Rick Ellis has admitted, the TVNZ brand would not have been damaged, and Key would have looked like a statesman instead of a coward.

Instead we have this.

Next time, could we have a PM that looks and sounds a bit more like a PM?

37 comments on “Next time, could we have a PM that looks and sounds a bit more like a PM? ”

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Pascal's bookie 1

11 October 2010 at 8:54 am

“Seems a bit unlikely Key wouldn’t give his old mate a ring during such times of sturm und drang.”

Nah sprout. Ask Melissa Lee how close Key stands when doing so might make him look bad.
- The Voice of Reason 1.1
  
  11 October 2010 at 10:14 am
  
  Or John Banks, for that matter! Contrast how often Key was photo-opping with Parker in Chch in the last few weeks in an effort to see him get up when it suddenly became apparent he had a chance. Banksie, once it was clear he was a goner, was left to twist in the wind.
Tigger 2

11 October 2010 at 9:11 am

Been reading up on body language – especially how people mask lying with action. In my opinion, Key’s lying when he says he hasn’t ‘spoke’ to Henry.

I believe Henry’s resignation has been jacked up behind the scenes – National’s told him to fall on his sword.
- Carol 2.1
  
  11 October 2010 at 9:15 am
  
  hasn’t spoke, leaves a lot of room for other forms of communication… txt, email, via a third person…
- the sprout 2.2
  
  11 October 2010 at 10:42 am
  
  Tigger, that’s the Cognitive Loading theory of lie detection.
  It says that when you lie cognitive load increases while you’re processing two parallel realities (the truth scenario and the lie scenario) simultaneously. This results in an increased probability of error – resulting in mispronunciation and stammering in spoken lies, and misspellings and typos in written lie.
  It’s surprisingly reliable as an indicator.
- pollywog 2.3
  
  11 October 2010 at 10:50 am
  
  Key is such a bad liar. If you asked him an honest question his first instinct, i reckon, is to give you an honest answer, but as a politician it would be counter to what’s expected of him. Hence the feeble attempts at lying and the kid gloves approach of the MSM when interviewing him.
  
  I doubt we’ll ever see Key on Q+A, The Nation or Marae. They’d shred him in 3 questions or less.
  
  He’d do well to go on Media7 though cos good ol’ Rusty Brown has a soft heart and an eye for a spot in the arts and cultural funding trough, IMHO, so he’d softball Key some easy questions to bat away and claw back some media cred.
  
  And how about next time, could we have a PM that doesn’t sound too much like a dyed in the wool, backyard barbecueing, piss guzzling, slurring munter of a kiwi…eh ?
  
  …or one that sounds, walks and functions like a robot that’s past it’s use by date.
  - the sprout 2.3.1
    
    11 October 2010 at 10:58 am
    
    a dyed in the wool, backyard barbecueing, piss guzzling, slurring munter of a kiwi
    
    nice turn of phrase.
    reminds me of this spoof by the magnificent Boganette
    - pollywog 2.3.1.1
      
      11 October 2010 at 11:41 am
      
      Corr…she’s a bit spesh. i wonder if she’s up for a root…beer ?
      
      sounds like someone i’d like to make babies with !!!
  - Bored 2.3.2
    
    11 October 2010 at 11:08 am
    
    Polly, you big bad lefty lout, how can you say such terrible scurulous things about our beloved leader????? He does after all have a lovely pink shirt, saw it on TV last night, and he can laugh and joke, such a fabulous guy. I cant remember what he said, but hey, who can?
  - M 2.3.3
    
    11 October 2010 at 11:09 am
    
    LOL Polly
    
    What Key needs is Kim Hill – she’d give him the verbal rogering of his life.
- Lanthanide 2.4
  
  11 October 2010 at 11:09 am
  
  “I believe Henry’s resignation has been jacked up behind the scenes – National’s told him to fall on his sword.”
  
  Of course there must be something of benefit for Henry out of this. A cushy new role in 2-3 months time?
Bright Red 3

11 October 2010 at 9:23 am

I don’t think Key had anything to do with it. He’s all about standing clear of problems to protect himself.
tc 4

11 October 2010 at 10:39 am

Why bark when you have a dog……Ellis would’ve been ‘advised’ either via bover boy Joyce or Colonel Clutz Coleman to push Henry out the door, Sideshow’s paws will be sqeaky clean as per his PR mantra dictates.

Ellis/Flannery are the real culprits here, employ a shock jock with a mandate to be controversial, sit back whilst your competition (Sunrise – TV3) is seen off by this cheap ratings stunt then act contrite when he goes to far……yeah right, TVNZ’s rotten to it’s self serving egotistical core.
hellonearthis 5

11 October 2010 at 10:55 am

Why does the PM go in Breakfast and not Radio new Zealand. Could it be that on radio we would not see his happy smile and on TV they don’t ask him any hard questions. He fronts up on that crap show so he can say that he isn’t avoiding reporters, it’s a crock. Hey, why don’t they get Sean Plunket to be the new breakfast host, wow there would be some serious questions there and the PM well I bet he would get a bad case of the runs.
- the sprout 5.1
  
  11 October 2010 at 11:00 am
  
  true on all counts
- Sweetd 5.2
  
  11 October 2010 at 12:50 pm
  
  Key is on ZB (which is the highest rating breakfast show in the country) and Radio Live on Mondays as well hellonearthis
  - Pascal's bookie 5.2.1
    
    11 October 2010 at 1:06 pm
    
    “(which is the highest rating breakfast show in the country)”
    
    Do they still use the stupid diary system for getting ratings?
    - Lanthanide 5.2.1.1
      
      11 October 2010 at 1:17 pm
      
      Yes. It’s a lot better than how they do the TV ratings, though.
  - Lanthanide 5.2.2
    
    11 October 2010 at 1:16 pm
    
    “which is the highest rating commercial breakfast show in the country”
    Fixed that for you.
- David 5.3
  
  17 October 2010 at 11:20 am
  
  Until Henry fell on his sword or was pushed to fall on his sword more likely, Key was very happy to be interviewed by a fellow National Party member. Don’t let it be forgotten that Paul Henry stood for the National Party in the Wairarapa seat and got defeated by the first transvestite M.P. in the world, Gerorgina Beyer. Paul Henry has continued with soft interviewing of Key since before the last election and obviously this was allowed by the TVNZ bosses.In the past, such biased interviews would have stopped some months before a General Election.The comparison of Henry’s interviews between Key,Clark and Goff speak for themselves.
arandar 6

11 October 2010 at 12:01 pm

Sean Plunket, Mike Hosking, Kim Hill? Might even go back to watching Breakfast if one of them had the job. If not, nah, I’ll stay away.
freedom 7

11 October 2010 at 2:24 pm

Poor Mr Key, his memory has gone.
John Key lied this morning as to not speaking to Paul Henry.
Yesterday morning, during one of the ‘live from Eden Park’ interviews,
(i think it was on the Nation, not Q&A) he stated he had spoken to Paul Henry
- the sprout 7.1
  
  11 October 2010 at 4:11 pm
  
  anyone have a link for this?
  - freedom 7.1.1
    
    11 October 2010 at 5:40 pm
    
    couldn’t find a clip of the interview itself, and the TV3 videoplayer is spazzing out doing advertisement/promo loops instead of playing the selected video but you can keep trying this site
    http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/The-Nation-Saturday-October-10/tabid/59/articleID/1231/MCat/76/Default.aspx
    
    Duncan Garner is doing the interviews outside Eden Park with Len Brown and John Key.
    Key plainly refers to talking to Paul Henry, if memory serves his words were
    “I have spoken to Paul…” after an enquiry from Duncan Garner on the issue.
    - the sprout 7.1.1.1
      
      11 October 2010 at 10:02 pm
      
      interesting, i can’t get it to play either.
      i’m wondering if TV3 are holding it back so they can get a scoop on this tomorrow?
      will keep at it.
      thanks freedom.
Peter G 8

11 October 2010 at 2:40 pm

Maybe Paul’s reward will be to stand for National in the Epsom Electorate !
- Pascal's bookie 8.1
  
  11 October 2010 at 3:42 pm
  
  That’s been promised to banksie.
Irascible 9

11 October 2010 at 3:21 pm

Key is living up to his reputation: “Smile & wave, scuttle & run” the qualities of a great NACT leader.
- BLiP 9.1
  
  11 October 2010 at 5:51 pm
  
  Smile, wave, scuttle & run
  
  That’s the name of his lawyers, isn’t it?
KJT 10

11 October 2010 at 4:31 pm

No Thanks. had enough of Muldoon first time around!
freedom 11

11 October 2010 at 7:17 pm

‘Mr Key said he had replayed the event in his mind over the last week or so, and was comfortable with what occurred, and anyway “what’s done is done”, ‘

Booya, that’s told us !
indian 12

12 October 2010 at 12:32 am

These incidents have completely destroyed NZs media image; from sophisticated lefties you have become redneck buffoons OVERNIGHT thanks to Paul Henry. ROFLMAO. Kiwis are hilarious, I’m not even offended anymaore you guys are so funny!!!
Rharn 13

12 October 2010 at 5:07 pm

One of the signs of the ‘compulsive liar is that they often forget what lies they have told. Key admitting that he had spoken to Henry one day and the next denying that he had is confirmation of this. The man is an embarrassment.
- Jim MacDonald 13.1
  
  12 October 2010 at 5:13 pm
  
  I wish he would stop playing with the polls and voters like he might with the currency market.
- the sprout 13.2
  
  12 October 2010 at 5:18 pm
  
  yes i’m still waiting for TV3 to get their ondemand “The Nation” working.
  it’s been mysteriously unavailable
  - hellonearthis 13.2.1
    
    17 October 2010 at 11:44 am
    
    I too can’t see the Nation from 10th of October, it says I’m not a real New Zealander! http://bit.ly/aKTYuC

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Thomas Cranmer writes – ———— An unruly mob in Albert Park has catapulted New Zealand into the global headlines with ugly images that may become iconic in the debate about the dangers of transgenderism. ———— Bravo Kellie-Jay Keen. She did the job that needed to be done. For all the ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
3 days ago

Political Roundup: 28 March 2023
POSIE PARKER RALLY The Facts: New Zealanders are world leaders in respecting transgender men and women Chris Trotter (Interest): An ugly demonstration William Hewett (Newshub): Sir Peter Gluckman warns New Zealand’s social cohesion at risk, society needs to accept transgender people have rights Rachel Smalley (Today FM): How on earth did ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
3 days ago

Extreme heat waves in Europe may be linked to melting Arctic sea ice
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Global warming is melting the Arctic ice cap, and that’s having unforeseen effects on the world’s weather — even thousands of miles away from the North Pole. Some climate scientists have begun to link increasingly common heat waves in Europe to what is ...
Skeptical Science
3 days ago

Jacqui Van Der Kaay: Integrity of politicians deserves scrutiny
Hot on the heels of the demotion of former police Minister Stuart Nash for breaching the Cabinet Manual, Radio New Zealand has revealed the close links between lobbyists and politicians- an area of New Zealand politics that is completely unregulated. The evidence in Guyon Espiner’s series Mate, Comrade, Brother, the ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
3 days ago

Warkworth and the Cost of Sprawl
At the Auckland Transport board meeting today a series of papers really highlight the cost of sprawl. For the last few years, the Supporting Growth work has been looking at designing the strategic transport networks for future greenfield areas in the South, Northwest, North (around Dairy flat) and in Warkworth. ...
Greater AucklandBy Matt L
3 days ago

How Michael Organ Weaponised the Family Court… and Sean Plunket
Hi,Today’s newsletter is something I’ve wanted to report for ages, but I have been waiting on a New Zealand judge to make a ruling. That ruling has been made — so here we go.Enjoy.A scene from Mister Organ.Two Police Officers Knock on My DoorOn November 4 last year, I was ...
David FarrierBy David Farrier
3 days ago

We couldn’t possibly comment
Only three days after Nanaia Mahuta had dinner with China’s Foreign Minister, New Zealand’s intelligence chiefs were talking about state actors interfering in New Zealand politics and using ethnic communities here for espionage purposes. Neither GSCB Director (and new SIS director) Andrew Hampton nor acting SIS CEO Phil McKee ...
PolitikBy Richard Harman
3 days ago

Mahuta’s talks succeed in warming up high-level relationships in Beijing, and she opens way for ...
In what has been one of her most important diplomatic mission, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has opened the door for a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins later this year. Such a mission is regarded as vital with a new Prime Minister Li Qiang settling into office. ...
Point of OrderBy tutere44
4 days ago

Marama Davidson was reminded of the Maori numbers – maybe – before admitting mistake about who c...
Buzz from the Beehive Marama Davidson, Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, has featured in media headlines after being hit by a motorcycle near the scene of the Posie Parker protest and for sharing an inflammatory opinion about the perpetrators of violence. On The Daily Blog, Martyn ...
Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
4 days ago

Taking sides
Saturday morning, we went to Albert Park.We were there to show support, to challenge words of demonisation.To repeat those words from Michèle A’Court:Making them sound “other” is a technique used by racists and homophobes to dehumanise whole groups of people who “aren’t like them”. If you dehumanise people, it is ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
4 days ago

Too Big To Punish.
Too Strong For The Law’s Web: But, if the USA is too big to punish, why isn’t the Russian Federation? Russia’s economy may be roughly the size of Italy’s, but it’s nuclear arsenal is more than capable of laying human civilisation to waste. Threatening to arrest Vladimir Putin - especially when ...
Bowalley Road
4 days ago

Posie Parker – Arsehole of the Week
Nobody likes a fascist, except other fascist’s of course. Thankfully they were completely outnumbered in Auckland last Saturday when a supposed advocate for women’s rights, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull aka Posie Parker, tried to give a public speech about how transgender people are worthy of persecution.You can understand why Parker and her ...
The Jackal
4 days ago

A Posie Parker Postscript, what have we learned?
On Friday I sent out a newsletter called Posie Parker vs Transgender Rights to provide information about the visit to our shores of Ms Parker. I attempted to show there were multiple points of view but on balance my sympathies were strongly with the counter protest group standing up for ...
Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
4 days ago

BRIAN EASTON: High performance instability in the financial sector
Brian Easton writes – 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 ...
Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
4 days ago

Gordon Campbell on the Keen-Minshull fallout, and the zombie revival of national standards
Oh, the irony. Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull has made a career out of inciting public hostility against the trans community, only to find herself on the receiving end of public hostility at her Auckland rally. In a further case of karmic justice, the people who brought her into the country ended up ...
Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
4 days ago

Justice for Liam Holden
In 1972, British soldiers tortured a false confession out of Liam Holden, resulting in him being given Britain's last death sentence. While it was commuted to life imprisonment, Holden was wrongly imprisoned for 17 years. Now, the courts have finally recognised that it was torture: In 1973 Liam Holden ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
4 days ago

A significant decision for transparency
On 19 November 2010 an explosion at the Pike River Mine killed 29 people. The explosion was caused by unsafe work practices; however the National government corruptly dropped charges against Pike River Coal CEO Peter Whittall in exchange for a $3.4 million payout to the families of the dead. This ...
No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
4 days ago

RBNZ paying billions to banks in interest, plus lending $19b cheaply to banks
Taxpayers are not only subsidising already-very-profitable private banks via the cheap ‘Funding For Lending’ loans that helped pumped up house prices in 2021, but are also paying the banks upwards of $2 billion a year in interest for cash kept with the Reserve Bank. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: ...
The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
4 days ago

Bryce Edwards: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year
This weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend their spaces. It’s a debate with huge passion, outrage and consequences. The figure at the centre of the clash was the British “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” Posie ...
Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
4 days ago

March-23 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board meet again. Here are some of the highlights from their board papers. The open session starts at 9am and can be watched on this Teams link. Closed Session The closed session is typically where the most interesting items are discussed. Items for Approval ...
Greater AucklandBy Matt L
4 days ago

All of Us, All of Us.
Mutual Support: Democracy in New Zealand will not be saved by pitting Pakeha against Māori, but by joining together with every other citizen who still understands the meaning of working together to build something good that will last. Call that co-governance if you like, or call it something else – ...
Bowalley Road
5 days ago

Tracking the KPIs of eight-year-olds
Imagine being a great big business success enjoying your lavish Waiheke island property with infinity pool and ballroom and riparian rights and heli-pad. Sweeeet. But imagine, also, having to take orders from some little bureaucratic oik about how often you can land a chopper on it.I can’t, really, but it ...
More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
5 days ago

Life Church Confirms its Leader Was Paid $10,000 For Investigating Sexual Misconduct at Hillsong Chu...
Hi,New Zealand’s Life megachurch has confirmed to Webworm it was paid $10,000 by Hillsong for investigating Brian Houston’s sexual misconduct allegations.Following Webworm publishing this piece about the $10,000 payment, Life’s Corporate Communications Manager Phil Irons has confirmed what it was for:Paul [de Jong] was engaged by Hillsong to assist in ...
David FarrierBy David Farrier
5 days ago

2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 19, 2023 thru Sat, Mar 25, 2023. Story of the Week Q&A: IPCC wraps up its most in-depth assessment of climate change The final part of the world’s most comprehensive assessment of ...
Skeptical Science
5 days ago

What I wanted to say before the mob stopped women speaking
by Daphna Whitmore I thought the #LetWomenSpeak meeting would be a good time to talk about free speech and why it is important for the left. Then the mob stampeded the open-air gathering and no one got to speak. Here’s what I was had prepared. Today I want to talk ...
RedlineBy Admin
6 days ago

Come on National, is that the best you can do?
A visionless National Party has stolen Government policy and rebranded it as their own. ...
Greens
2 hours ago

Waitematā Harbour crossing options not good enough
Rapid transit for the Waitematā Harbour crossing must be the priority - not more car lanes that will make congestion and climate change worse. ...
Greens
1 day ago

Greens celebrate passing of Organic Products and Production Bill
Following decades of work by the Green Party alongside the organics sector, people will finally be able to be confident that products labelled organic have met standards. ...
Greens
1 day ago

Greens back pay transparency open letter
The Green Party supports immediate Government action to close the pay gap as called for in an open letter released today by the Human Rights Commission and 50 other organisations. ...
Greens
2 days ago

Continued strikes show need for bold action
The Green Party backs the demands of thousands of secondary and area school teachers striking today. ...
Greens
2 days ago

Greens welcome waste strategy release and work
The Green Party is today welcoming the release of the Government’s waste strategy, but says it has a big gap without action on the container return scheme for beverage containers. ...
Greens
2 days 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
3 days 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
4 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
6 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
7 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
1 week 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
1 week 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
1 week ago

IPCC report shows 2023 is a ‘now or never’ climate election
“This is it; 2023 will be the last opportunity New Zealand has to get a government that will confront the climate emergency with the urgency it demands,” says the Green Party’s co-leader and climate change spokesperson, James Shaw. ...
Greens
1 week 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
3 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
3 weeks ago

Dates announced for 2023 Pacific language weeks
Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara Edmonds has announced the 2023 Pacific Language week series, highlighting the need to revitalise and sustain languages for future generations. “Pacific languages are a cornerstone of our health, wellbeing and identity as Pacific peoples. When our languages are spoken, heard and celebrated, our communities thrive,” ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 hours ago

Over a quarter of New Zealanders to get cost of living relief from tomorrow
880,000 pensioners to get a boost to Super, including 5000 veterans 52,000 students to see a bump in allowance or loan living costs Approximately 223,000 workers to receive a wage rise as a result of the minimum wage increasing to $22.70 8,000 community nurses to receive pay increase of up ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 hours ago

Thousands of community nurses getting April pay boost
Over 8000 community nurses will start receiving well-deserved pay rises of up to 15 percent over the next month as a Government initiative worth $200 million a year kicks in, says Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall. “The Government is committed to ensuring nurses are paid fairly and will receive ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
3 hours ago

Speech to Taranaki Chamber of Commerce and TOI Foundation breakfast
Tākiri mai ana te ata Ki runga o ngākau mārohirohi Kōrihi ana te manu kaupapa Ka ao, ka ao, ka awatea Tihei mauri ora Let the dawn break On the hearts and minds of those who stand resolute As the bird of action sings, it welcomes the dawn of a ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
5 hours ago

Government takes next step to lift artists’ incomes
The Government is introducing a scheme which will lift incomes for artists, support them beyond the current spike in cost of living and ensure they are properly recognised for their contribution to New Zealand’s economy and culture. “In line with New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with the UK, last ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
21 hours ago

NZ stands with Vanuatu on climate at UN
New Zealand is welcoming a decision by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice to consider countries’ international legal obligations on climate change. The United Nations has voted unanimously to adopt a resolution led by Vanuatu to ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion on ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
22 hours ago

More Police deployed to the frontline
More Police officers are being deployed to the frontline with the graduation of 59 new constables from the Royal New Zealand Police College today. “The graduation for recruit wing 364 was my first since becoming Police Minister last week,” Ginny Andersen said. “It was a real honour. I want to ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
22 hours ago

Aotearoa New Zealand committed to an enduring partnership with Vanuatu
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta met with Vanuatu Foreign Minister Jotham Napat in Port Vila, today, signing a new Statement of Partnership — Aotearoa New Zealand’s first with Vanuatu. “The Mauri Statement of Partnership is a joint expression of the values, priorities and principles that will guide the Aotearoa New Zealand–Vanuatu relationship into ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
24 hours ago

Government delivers levy change to support Fire and Emergency
The Government has passed new legislation amending the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) levy regime, ensuring the best balance between a fair and cost effective funding model. The Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy) Amendment Bill makes changes to the existing law to: charge the levy on contracts of ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Next steps for New Zealand’s organic regulations
The Government has passed the Organic Products and Production Bill through its third reading today in Parliament helping New Zealand’s organic sector to grow and lift export revenue. “The Organic Products and Production Bill will introduce robust and practical regulation to give businesses the certainty they need to continue to ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Govt helps to protect New Zealanders digital identities
The Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill, which will make it easier for New Zealanders to safely prove who they are digitally has passed its third and final reading today. “We know New Zealanders want control over their identity information and how it’s used by the companies and services they ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Cyclone Taskforce focused on locally-led recovery
The full Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery Taskforce has met formally for the first time as work continues to help the regions recover and rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle. The Taskforce, which includes representatives from business, local government, iwi and unions, covers all regions affected by the January and February floods and cyclone. ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Law changed to protect subcontractors
Changes have been made to legislation to give subcontractors the confidence they will be paid the retention money they are owed should the head contractor’s business fail, Minister for Building and Construction Megan Woods announced today. “These changes passed in the Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Act safeguard subcontractors who ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

New congestion busting harbour crossing options unveiled
Transport Minister Michael Wood has unveiled five scenarios for one of the most significant city-shaping projects for Tāmaki Makaurau in coming decades, the additional Waitematā Harbour crossing. “Aucklanders and businesses have made it clear that the biggest barriers to the success of Auckland is persistent congestion and after years of ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

New law enhances safety and security in the aviation sector
The Government has passed new legislation that ensures New Zealand’s civil aviation rules are fit for purpose in the 21st century, Associate Transport Minister Kiri Allan says. The Civil Aviation Bill repeals and replaces the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and the Airport Authorities Act 1966 with a single modern law ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
1 day ago

Coroners Amendment Bill passes third reading
A Bill aimed at helping to reduce delays in the coronial jurisdiction passed its third reading today. The Coroners Amendment Bill, amongst other things, will establish new coronial positions, known as Associate Coroners, who will be able to perform most of the functions, powers, and duties of Coroners. The new ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Review into Stuart Nash’s communications with donors
The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Secretary to conduct a review into communications between Stuart Nash and his donors. The review will take place over the next two months. The review will look at whether there have been any other breaches of cabinet collective responsibility or confidentiality, or whether ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

600 more workers to support recovery
The new Recovery Visa to help bring in additional migrant workers to support cyclone and flooding recovery has attracted over 600 successful applicants within its first month. “The Government is moving quickly to support businesses bring in the workers needed to recover from Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods,” Michael ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Bills to vet school boards, contractors pass first reading
Bills to ensure non-teaching employees and contractors at schools, and unlicensed childcare services like mall crèches are vetted by police, and provide safeguards for school board appointments have passed their first reading today. The Education and Training Amendment Bill (No. 3) and the Regulatory Systems (Education) Amendment Bill have now ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Bill recognises unique role and contribution of Wānanga and Kura Kaupapa Māori
Wānanga will gain increased flexibility and autonomy that recognises the unique role they fill in the tertiary education sector, Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis has announced. The Education and Training Amendment Bill (No.3), that had its first reading today, proposes a new Wānanga enabling framework for the three current ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Foreign Affairs Minister talks to the Vanuatu Government on Pacific issues
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will travel to Vanuatu today, announcing that Aotearoa New Zealand will provide further relief and recovery assistance there, following the recent destruction caused by Cyclones Judy and Kevin. While in Vanuatu, Minister Mahuta will meet with Vanuatu Acting Prime Minister Sato Kilman, Foreign Minister Jotham ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Major investment to support the safety of frontline Police and communities
The Government is backing Police and making communities safer with the roll-out of state-of-the-art tools and training to frontline staff, Police Minister Ginny Andersen said today. “Frontline staff face high-risk situations daily as they increasingly respond to sophisticated organised crime, gang-violence and the availability of illegal firearms,” Ginny Andersen said. ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Further laws passed to keep communities safe from gang offending
The Government has provided Police with more tools to crack down on gang offending with the passing of new legislation today which will further improve public safety, Justice Minister Kiri Allan says. The Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill amends existing law to: create new targeted warrant and additional search powers ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days ago

Standard kerbside recycling part of new era for waste system
The Government today announced far-reaching changes to the way we make, use, recycle and dispose of waste, ushering in a new era for New Zealand’s waste system. The changes will ensure that where waste is recycled, for instance by households at the kerbside, it is less likely to be contaminated ...
BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
2 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
3 days 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
4 days 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
4 days 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
4 days 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
4 days 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
4 days 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
5 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
6 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
6 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
7 days ago

Kiwis May Not Be As Fraud Savvy As They Think: Visa Study
As the move to digital commerce continues, fraudsters are counting on consumers to let their guard down and to supply personal information. And according to new research released today by global payments technology company Visa (NYSE: V), which ...
Scoop politics
1 hour ago

EPA Seeks Feedback On Tapping Into Global Information
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is asking for views on which overseas regulators it will draw on for some hazardous substance assessments and reassessments. The recognised international regulators must regulate hazardous substances in a similar ...
Scoop politics
2 hours ago

What does Trump’s indictment mean for his political future – and the strength of US democracy?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Lecturer, RMIT University Alex Brandon/AP Events often seem inevitable in hindsight. The indictment of former US President Donald Trump on criminal charges has been a possibility since the start of his presidency – arguably, since close to the ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 hours ago

Te Pūkenga Leadership Have Failed
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is ready to fight for every job at Te Pūkenga, as members digest a series of shocking statements from their Chief Executive on RNZ’s Nine To Noon programme today. Peter Winder stated, amongst other things, ...
Scoop politics
2 hours ago

Clout-lighting: pranking your partner for likes is a surefire way to get dumped this April Fools’ ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Media Whale Stock/Shutterstock What would you do to get more likes or shares on your favourite social media platform this April Fool’s Day? Would you blast an airhorn ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 hours ago

Newsletter: March 31 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. Today’s content STUART NASH, OIA Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Stuart Nash scandal boils down to cock-up vs ‘conspiracy’ (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): The opaque transparency of the ...
Evening ReportBy Bryce Edwards
2 hours ago

Indigenous knowledge offers solutions, but its use must be based on meaningful collaboration with In...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara McAllister, Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Guy Hasler As global environmental challenges grow, people and societies are increasingly looking to Indigenous knowledge for solutions. Indigenous knowledge is particularly appealing for addressing climate change because ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
2 hours ago

Law change allows Māori to more easily switch electoral rolls
Tommy de Silva explains an interesting new legal shift: Māori can now switch between the Māori and general electoral rolls more easily thanks to a law change. These new rules allow anyone of Māori descent to switch between the rolls whenever they please until three months before an election. That ...
The SpinoffBy Tommy de Silva
2 hours ago

Rule Change For Overseas Voting
The rules for overseas voting are changing from today for this year’s General Election to recognise the effect the pandemic has had on international travel. ‘This is a temporary change made by Parliament for New Zealanders living overseas who have ...
Scoop politics
2 hours ago

Luxon takes aim at red tape in ambitious plan to boost renewable energy production
The National Party says its new renewable energy policy will double the amount of electricity produced from solar, wind and geothermal plants. ...
Radio NZ – political
2 hours ago

Trump to be arrested over porn star hush money
It’s a headline I never quite expected to write but in recent days have been wondering if I would have to. Former US president Donald Trump will be arrested after a New York grand jury voted to indict him over alleged hush money paid to former adult film star Stormy ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
3 hours ago

Lawsuits, NFTs and super-mad Swifties: Ticketmaster’s problems, explained
Everything you need to know about the ticketing agency’s ongoing debacles. So Ticketmaster’s back in the news. Why is the company that should be spitting out concert tickets calmly and quietly sparking so many headlines? Where do you want to start? The lawsuits, the NFTs or the super-mad Swifties? It’s ...
The SpinoffBy Chris Schulz
3 hours ago

Auckland Council Admits It Doesn’t Know The Impact Of Its Own Budget Cuts
Auckland Council has proposed significant budget cuts without assessing the potential impacts on the region’s environment and climate change efforts, an official response reveals. No assessment was made as Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown never asked for one, ...
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3 hours ago

Greenpeace Welcomes National’s Renewable Energy Policy, But Fossil Fuel Exploration And Agricultur...
Greenpeace is welcoming the National Party’s new renewable energy policy - ‘Electrify NZ’ - with its focus on increasing renewable electricity generation to replace coal, gas and petrol-fuelled transport. But the organisation is calling on National ...
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3 hours ago

National promises to double renewable energy supply
The National Party has pledged to “cut red tape” in the electricity sector through a new policy that it claims will double New Zealand’s supply of renewable energy. Dubbed “Electrify NZ”, the policy was unveiled this morning by party leader Christopher Luxon. “National wants a future where buses and trains ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
3 hours ago

The Opportunities Party Launches A Petition To Establish An Anti-Corruption Commission
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Scoop politics
3 hours ago

New Zealand High School Teachers Hold Second One-day Strike
By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 30 March 2023 Original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/30/jspf-m30.html About 20,000 secondary teachers at public schools in New Zealand held a nationwide strike on March 29. It followed a much larger one-day strike on March 16 involving ...
Scoop politics
3 hours ago

Dunne's Weekly: The Week The PM Lost Control Of The Agenda
In his first two months as Prime Minister Chris Hipkins impressed for his directness, clarity and determination, and the assured way in which he transitioned into his new role. His everyman style, from the hoodie to the more than occasional meat pie, ...
Scoop politics
3 hours ago

Maritime NZ: Skippers Need To Be Alert And Pay Attention At All Times
Recreational craft users are being reminded of their skipper responsibilities following the sentencing of a boatie in Invercargill this week. A skipper was this week sentenced in the Invercargill District Court in relation to a grounding of their vessel on ...
Scoop politics
4 hours ago

Political editors panel: Nash's email calamity, and cis white men
Morning Report - RNZ and the NZ Herald's political editors discuss potential law-breaking by a now-sacked minister, and Marama Davidson's comments. ...
Radio NZ – political
4 hours ago

Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Hayward, Molecular Biologist, The University of Queensland Shutterstock If you’re like me, you’ve managed to kill even the hardiest of indoor plants (yes, despite a doctorate in plant biology). But imagine a world where your plants actually told you ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
4 hours ago

Telehealth has much to offer First Nations people. But technical glitches and a lack of rapport can ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Centaine Snoswell, Senior Research Fellow Health Economics, The University of Queensland Di Vincenzo/Shutterstock Telehealth has been a game changer for many First Nations people globally, including in Australia. It has allowed First Nations people to access health care close to ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
4 hours ago

The Millionaires’ Factory lays bare the good and bad about Australia’s millionaire manufacturer ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne Allen & Unwin The Millionaires’ Factory, subtitled “the inside story of how Macquarie Bank became a global giant” by financial journalists Joyce Moullakis and Chris Wright is an impressive, informative ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
4 hours ago

A horse died on the set of The Rings of Power: more needs to be done to ensure the welfare of horses...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Luke, PhD candidate, CQUniversity Australia Amazon The recent death of a horse on the set of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is the latest incident raising questions about how humans use horses for entertainment ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
4 hours ago

More Pacific rugby league stars are opting to play for their homelands over Australia or NZ – that...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sierra Keung, Lecturer in Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology With this year’s National Rugby League (NRL) season now up and running, the prevalence of Pacific players in the tournament is again obvious to see. All NRL teams now feature stars ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
4 hours ago

Listen: Will climate change wipe out your insurance?
Since the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle, insurers have begun rapidly repricing the land beneath homes for flood risk, creating a Wild West for home owners impatient to find out if their land is going to continue to be insurable. In the new episode of When the Facts Change, Bernard Hickey talks ...
The SpinoffBy The Spinoff
4 hours ago

Meet the 2023 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
Dr Rangi Mātāmua has been announced as the 2023 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year for his work in communicating the importance of mātauranga Māori. Aotearoa boasts an exceptionally rich cultural heritage, with our indigenous Māori population contributing significantly to our unique identity. It hasn’t always been a celebrated part ...
The SpinoffBy Liam Rātana
4 hours ago

The Bulletin: Questions raised over Nash’s ‘out of scope’ email
The 2020 email to donors that prompted Nash’s firing had not been turned over following an OIA request for correspondence between Nash and his donors, Newsroom reports. The email had been deemed “out of scope” by the prime minister’s office (PMO) because it was not written in Nash’s ministerial responsibility. Writes Toby Manhire ...
The SpinoffBy Catherine McGregor
5 hours ago

Could ousted Today FM staff take legal action?
Today FM isn’t on air today after it’s sudden closure at about 9.30am yesterday morning. A document leaked to media has confirmed Mediaworks’ plans to shut the station down, leaving key on-air staff like Tova O’Brien without a job. Interestingly, the document also confirmed the swift timeframe put in place ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
5 hours ago

The big changes coming on April 1
A pinch and a punch for the first of the month – and for higher minimum wages, increased benefits, new Covid boosters and more, writes Catherine McGregor in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...
The SpinoffBy Catherine McGregor
6 hours ago

The raw of the crowd
Welcome to Newsroom's new weekly video and podcast, Raw Politics. ...
Newsroom
7 hours ago

Bivalent Covid boosters are here – and if you’re 30+, you can probably get one
As of tomorrow, everyone in Aotearoa aged in their 30s or 40s is eligible for a second booster shot – and it’s a new variety. A good deal of the population will struggle to remember when they had their first Covid-19 booster (hint: if you were quick off the mark, ...
The SpinoffBy Charlotte Muru-Lanning
8 hours ago

The five Auckland harbour crossing proposals, explained
Aucklanders, would you like a tunnel, two tunnels or a tunnel and a bridge? My nana was one of the first people ever to cross Te Waitematā on foot. In 1959, as a schoolgirl, she walked across the newly constructed Auckland Harbour Bridge before it opened to traffic. Back ...
The SpinoffBy Tommy de Silva
8 hours ago

Finally, water’s health is being put first
Two water-first decisions, 1000km apart, suggest the country is turning a corner ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

NZ's uneasy stability with China
New Zealanders, especially NZ businesses, should temper their expectations of a strong relationship with China Opinion: Last week, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta made the first ministerial visit since 2019 to the People’s Republic of China for high-level meetings. With few concrete deliverables announced, the key achievement was stabilising bilateral relations ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

The opaque transparency of the OIA system
The latest revelations in the Stuart Nash saga extend Chris Hipkins' political headache but also spotlight the lack of transparency on freedom of information decisions, Marc Daalder writes Analysis: For Chris Hipkins, Stuart Nash's many and varied indiscretions are the headache that just won't stop. We're now more than two weeks ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Māori-led solutions tackle housing inequities
A conference on Māori housing held in Rotorua was attended by over 900 people who are on the front line of dealing with homelessness and providing solutions. By Aaron Smale. Speakers at a conference on Māori housing highlighted how major events like Covid-19 and Cyclone Gabrielle have exposed serious housing ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Yesterday, radio was such an easy game to play
The sudden closure of Today FM is recognition by MediaWorks that it doesn’t have the resources to stay in the fight with Newstalk ZB. The on-air disaster that saw an emotional Tova O’Brien lower the curtain on Today FM can be traced back to its owners – fund managers and ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Daylight saving gives us jet lag for a few days – get over it
Because many of us find it hard to adjust, the idea of abandoning daylight saving gets attention every year, but it's shift workers and teenagers we should be concerned about, who live with this type of jet lag all the time Opinion: Much of the population is likely to feel a ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

The new food baddie on the block
Evidence is piling up that the prevalence of our packaged food offerings is not just damaging our health, but shortening our lives. Almost 70 percent of the packaged foods in our supermarkets are classed as ultra-processed - and in some food categories, nearly all products are. They're high in ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Defence Minister: 'Independence is not isolationism'
Defence Minister on turning around high attrition and rethinking the risks around us. ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Winning streak overtakes Olympian's tough year
After injury put her on the back foot last year, Olympic triathlete Nicole van der Kaay is on a stirring winning streak to start her journey to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Suzanne McFadden writes. In the days since Nicole van der Kaay won the first World Cup gold medal of her ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

This week's bestselling books
The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias (plus giveaway of a $75 masterpiece) FICTION 1 Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38) Number one for the seventh consecutive week; but, I think, maybe for the last time, or at least ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Ideology trumps evidence at the Ministry of Education
The Govt’s new teaching model should have signalled to primary schools the importance of an evidence-based approach to reading and writing ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Standing up for people standing up to power
The Posie Parker campaign, and a surprise bill this week dramatically extending possible asylum seeker detentions, show it's critical to keep fighting for human rights ...
Newsroom
8 hours ago

Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 31 March
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Newsroom
9 hours ago

Daily crossword, Friday 31 March
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Newsroom
9 hours ago

Up to 50 Today FM staff in line to lose jobs, leaked document reveals
In addition to 30 roles being disestablished, another 20 Today FM staff are under review following the abrupt closure of the Mediaworks talk station. A confidential internal Mediaworks document leaked to media has confirmed that Today FM’s production and leadership host teams, which includes high-profile broadcasters such as Tova O’Brien ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
15 hours ago

Grattan on Friday: We need more tax revenue, but don’t ask the major parties how we’ll get it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Teal candidates again fell short in the NSW election. Only one who was so labelled was successful, and she rejects the terminology. This followed the Victorian state election in which no teal won. Inevitably, ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
15 hours ago

Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests
Asia Pacific Report Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura, the Papuan provincial capital, reports a West Papuan advocacy group. “This was a peaceful, compassionate action, with Papuans taking to the streets to raise money ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
15 hours ago

Today FM hosts abruptly taken off air and told ‘play music’ in radio shock
RNZ News The Mediaworks’ radio station Today FM abandoned scheduling today when presenters broke from programming to question the future of their employer. Broadcasters told their audience they were going off air and had been instructed to play music. Today FM hosts Duncan Garner and Tova O’Brien told listeners before ...
Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
15 hours ago

Māori free to switch voting rolls from Friday after law change
From Friday Māori are free to switch their enrolment choice at any time except in the three months before an election. ...
Radio NZ – political
16 hours ago

Measles has been identified in NSW, Qld and SA. 5 things to know about the virus
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Gibney, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Shutterstock New South Wales health authorities have issued a measles alert after a baby who recently returned from overseas, and subsequently visited several sites in Western Sydney, ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
17 hours ago

What is the National School Reform Agreement and what does it have to do with school funding?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn C. Savage, Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne This week, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare announced an expert panel to advise on “key targets and specific reforms” that should be tied to funding ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
18 hours ago

Paulo Garcia Selected As National’s Candidate In New Lynn
Self-employed lawyer and Filipino community advocate Paulo Garcia has been selected as National’s candidate in New Lynn for the 2023 General Election. “I’m excited to get to work campaigning in New Lynn for a National Government that will strengthen ...
Scoop politics
19 hours ago

Whether you’re a snorkeller or CEO, you can help save our vital kelp forests
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Eger, Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock What if we told you the world has forests harbouring creatures with three hearts and where the canopy can grow by a foot a day? What if we told you it was ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
20 hours ago

‘We were robbed’: Deleted statement appears to confirm end of Today FM
A candid – but now-deleted – statement on Today FM’s Facebook page appeared to confirm the end of the Mediaworks talk station. A message from the head of the digital team blamed the “harsh reality of cold corporate decisions” for the sudden closure of the radio station. “As I type ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
20 hours ago

Today FM fate due at 5pm; Tova O’Brien ‘devastated’
The fate of Mediaworks’ talk station Today FM is due in under 10 minutes time. A banner on the station’s website states that a full update will be revealed at 5pm. What that update is, or whether it will be delivered by the radio, is still unclear – though it’s ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
20 hours ago

‘There is no blueprint’: how Australian theatre companies are facing the climate crisis
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Hassall, Senior Lecturer Humanities, Griffith University At the launch of the new national cultural policy earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said we must lift the arts beyond the economic debate, and see it as a vital part of Australia’s ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
20 hours ago

3 reasons you should never view or share videos showing children being assaulted – even if you thi...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominique Moritz, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock Australians have been shocked by an incident on the Sunshine Coast this month in which a 13-year-old girl was imprisoned, assaulted and tortured over many hours, allegedly by ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
21 hours ago

Keith Rankin Analysis – Sex, Gender, Demography and Culture Wars
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Sex Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Whoever would have predicted that the definition of ‘male’ and ‘female’ could ever become a matter of contention? My professional life has been in ...
Evening ReportBy Keith Rankin
21 hours ago

Nash saga leaves Hipkins facing deeper questions of a stink in the Beehive
Just how often are official information requests to ministers unscrupulously denied, ruled out of scope, for sheer, naked, political expediency? Few words have haunted the sixth Labour government quite like those uttered by Clare Curran, then minister for open government, in November 2017, when she pledged “the most open, most ...
The SpinoffBy Toby Manhire
21 hours ago

Stuart Nash accused of trying to hide email which shared Cabinet information
Disgraced former minister Stuart Nash has been accused of breaking the law by trying to cover up the email which ended his career. ...
Radio NZ – political
22 hours ago

Political Leadership Needed To Reverse Extinction Trends
Forest & Bird says environmental indicator reporting today by Stats NZ is sobering, and shows how a whole-of-Government approach is needed to prevent New Zealand from remaining the extinction capital of the world. “This is a damning report and, ...
Scoop politics
22 hours ago

Today FM staff coming to terms with ‘shock’ network shutdown
The departure of key station management in recent weeks was an ominous sign – but staff were still blindsided by the way Today FM’s fate was delivered, reports Stewart Sowman-Lund. If you tune into Today FM right now, the only voice you’ll hear, spliced between classic hits from the likes ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
22 hours ago

Traveller dies from rabies, but ministry says ‘no risk to public’
An overseas traveller to New Zealand died from rabies last week – but the public is being told there’s no risk of further spread. It’s New Zealand’s first confirmed case of the disease, contracted overseas and then diagnosed on our shores. Director of public health Dr Nick Jones said person ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
22 hours ago

Australia will have a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action across ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Australia is about to take a big, constructive step on climate change policy: we will have a carbon price for ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
22 hours ago

What happened to the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy McQuire, Indigenous Post-Doctoral Fellow: Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice, School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology Family members with Debbie Kilroy at coronial inquest into the murder of Ms Constance Watcho Photo supplied by: ‘Charandev Singh, Immigrant/Occupier, ...
Evening ReportBy The Conversation
23 hours ago

Listen: The final minutes of Today FM
A banner on Today FM’s website has signalled an update on the at-risk news network will come at 5pm. All signs point to a full station closure – meaning this morning’s bombshell broadcast featuring Tova O’Brien and Duncan Garner may be the final minutes of Today FM. Here is how ...
The SpinoffBy Stewart Sowman-Lund
23 hours ago

Mixed reactions to second Auckland harbour crossing proposals
None of the five proposed options would reduce climate pollution or car congestion and would in fact likely make both worse, Greens transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter says. ...
Radio NZ – political
23 hours ago

Remember To Pehia Te Button | Press The Patene To Check Your Smoke Alarms This Daylight Saving
This daylight saving, Sunday 2 April, Fire and Emergency New Zealand is encouraging everyone to remember to pehia te button | press the patene to check their smoke alarms are in working order. "You and your family are more likely to survive a house ...
Scoop politics
23 hours ago

Auckland’s Skyworld is on the market – so what should the new owner do with it?
Renovate and rebuild, or knock it down and start again? Here’s what some experts think. It is, probably, one of Trade Me’s most expensive listings. Skyworld, the nine-storey entertainment mecca covering 3,486 square metres in the heart of Auckland’s CBD is, for the first time since 2011, up for sale. ...
The SpinoffBy Chris Schulz
23 hours ago

PM’s staff apologise for ‘error of judgment’ over withheld Stuart Nash email
The 2020 email that saw Stuart Nash sacked from cabinet had been identified, and deemed out of scope, despite directly requesting communications between Nash and a list of donors, the prime minister’s office has now acknowledged. The request was discussed with staff in the prime minister’s office on three occasions. ...
The SpinoffBy Toby Manhire
23 hours ago

Auditor-General: NZDF Still Has Much Work To Do On Operation Respect
The Auditor-General’s report on progress by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) on implementing Operation Respect has found NZDF needs to act with urgency to create a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all its personnel. Introduced in ...
Scoop politics
23 hours ago

Human Rights Fundamental In Disaster Response
A critical checklist to ensure human rights are prioritised during relief and recovery efforts has been released today by Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission. It follows the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle and the January floods in Auckland, ...
Scoop politics
23 hours ago

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