Koha given for something in return is not a gift but you may need to pay GST on this type of koha.
It's the same for money, goods or vouchers – koha – given to someone who does work for you. It is not a gift, as you got something in return. You will need to deduct PAYE on koha given this way.
Very likely. However wouldn't you consider that the IRD is a product of Colonialist Oppression and it is surely not the most appropriate source of a definition relating to Maori custom?
The last red flag to look out for is, is the information presented in a way that seems designed to make you angry or scared. Good information put out to help you make an informed choice won’t do that.
Indeed, and I apply this rule-of-thumb to comments on this site too, i.e. when there is much anger and/or other negative emotions in it – the opposite tone applies as well, of course.
And while the country waits patiently to get the vaccines to arrive, for invites to be send out, for those over 65 to finally get their jabs they should have gotten some weeks ago, we again discuss those that may not want it the jabs.
that in itself seems to become misinformation now, how many will actually not want a jab – for what ever reason?
But we are lucky, – good news, 150.000 doses arrived two days earlier. If we ration that properly to some 5000 doses a day delivered it might last till then next shipment and thus we don't run out 🙂 good news.
but yeah, you post that link Incognito as if you life depend on it. 🙂 It is still a meaningless link to those that are in groups that should have been vaccinated but aren't.
But lets discuss the few that may or may not refuse a vaccine that they will not get for another few month.
So what can be done about "those that are in groups that should have been vaccinated but aren't"? I can't do anything about vaccine supply, but maybe you can? Or maybe you have some ideas about what our Government can do, or coulda/shoulda done to ensure a better supply during this on-going pandemic?
Expect the tragic global COVID death toll on Worldometers to top 4 million on Tuesday/Wednesday, although the actual excess mortality is likely higher.
Only 26 tragic COVID deaths in NZ so far, the last one almost 5 months ago, so surely the team of nearly five million deserve a pat on the back for that – we don't know how lucky we are.
Personally I recommend the placebo moan – feeling better already
Major depression: an illness with objective physical signs Anxiety is a conspicuous and an integral element of affective state and may be expressed by severe restlessness and agitation. Muscle tension, wringing of hands, weeping and moaning, repeating over and over in a monotonous and stereotyped way phrases expressive of misery are all important clinical signs of major depression.
You have mentioned twice that we (??) need to “discuss” this but you don’t discuss anything!? You just put down and pull down without offering up anything, just meaningless ignorant vitriol.
Besides hijacking and diverting this thread to an imaginary discussion you’re pissing in the wind again, as usual.
I’ve got badly scratched broken old records that sound better than most of your comments because the professionalism and quality still come through. When will you stop screeching and start contributing something new and useful to the conversation?
One of the things I don't miss about working in the corporate world is being part of project teams that had talented, hard-working people busting themselves to get something difficult done. Then having to go and sit in front of lazy, entitled managers who wanted everything done yesterday and ignorantly impugned our competence and commitment – and took every issue, challenge and delay as evidence that these were lacking. I guess it's a more general human phenomenon than I realised.
Yes, one can get a little over the constant harping on about the smallest things when really the ship is sailing smoothly on very rough sea. All the crews asses are safe thanks to a great captain in charge. There are always a few stirrers on board though that are never happy.
I get very tired of the constant whingers, they must be a real joy(sarc alert) to live with. maybe they should take a look at the rest of the planet, and if they can find somewhere better, bugger off there . especially the moaners who dont have any solutions.
Although there was one Cook Strait crossing where B bought a dozen handles of speights just before the bar shut, and a particularly large roll took them all off the table. That was a damned tragic event mourned deeply by all present. 🙂
What beer we drink and what team we support really do define us, don't they, like an accent or style of clothing.
The pub I played in during the early Eighties was about the first pub to pour Mac's Real Ale. It broke the Lion/DB duopoly. The brewery had to go to Nelson and buy a cidery to be able to access beer bottles as the two had sewn up the supply through the ABC.
Now NZ has 200 breweries. Last night I we dined with my son-in-law and daughter next to a great local brewery. Schnitzel and sauerkraut, garlic bread and two craft beers, a hazelnut beertini and a porter, and a wee taste of a salty sour.
Unheard of food or ales when I was young, and a compensation for getting old!
yeah, tbh honest I tend to drink a pale ale these days. Still attached to speight's though.
The trouble is that the mainstream beers are but shadows of their former selves. Export gold tastes like wizz to me, but when they had their 50th they released original recipe export (maybe even export gold?). Really nice, layered, nuanced, a bloody nice beer.
Speights today isn't as bad as export (less uriny hue for a start), but I suspect it's still a shadow of what it was even in the mid-1990s (when the beernami happened).
I know Sabine and you are excited and can hardly contain yourselves with giddy glee but don’t you think you’re embarrassing yourselves just a tiny wee bit?
150.000 doses arrived two days earlier. If we ration that properly to some 5000 doses a day delivered it might last till then next shipment and thus we don't run out
The PM on tvnz's Breakfast show this morning said there is another 150,000 due in a week, then two more shipments that will take it to 1,000,000 for July.
David Seymour is on the rampage about the Human Rights Commission giving a $200 koha to the Waikato Mongrel Mob. Simon Brown and Judith Collins are into it boots and all.
The mob recently having members arrested on drug charges makes the payment appalling.
Seymour has Dilworth School in his electorate. I wonder if they get any assistance from government agencies. You know, the school with many cases and allegations of sexual assault on young people over years.
Considering the sexual assault report of the CHCH Girls School, rape in schools is as Kiwi as, and its not as if it were a hate crime or anything, so they get nothing. Also, its only kids, and kids in NZ can get abused at home, in schools or in government care and nothing much is done.
So i don't thing they would get monetary assistance. They can hold a bake sale though?
Dilworth is a private school and has its own ways of operating. My wondering is across the spectrum of activities, whether any Government agencies are contributing to their operation, or people working have received any contribution.
Did the Christchurch report say there'd been rape at a school? You intimated last week it did and touch on that again here.
(Typo in my first comment. It should have been 'Simeon" Brown. I hope he doesn't think he's being picked on.
mind these things might be considered a crime, or maybe not – maybe they just like rough and degrading sex
A survey of 725 Girls’ High students found more than half had been sexually harassed, a quarter saying it had happened on 10 occasions or more. Three have now laid formal police complaints, with another nine considering it.
Students described being grabbed on buses, offered money to allow them to be touched,
three allegations of gang rape, being slapped in the face when having sex against their will, and being forced to touch boys
We don't care as a society. We just don't. And the fact that these girls don't actually go to police or to anyone just shows how internalised that knowledge is. As evidenced by the Police and School stopping the protests against the sexual violence meeted out to them, rather then then asking themselves where they – our institutions in which these children should be safe – have failed.
added, these girls are between 13 – 18 years old. Schoolgirls.
Too many authority figures with out dated thinking when it comes to complainants. No money for legal aid either. Our children, adolescents and young adults are being failed.
I have never seen the Police Commissioner or the PM ever wear a red ribbon. A red ribbon is the ribbon for sexual violence. I will post them a few each once I can source them.
I have never seen the Police Commissioner or the PM ever wear a red ribbon. A red ribbon is the ribbon for sexual violence. I will post them a few each once I can source them.
I wasn't backing it up. Just providing a reference. I hadn't heard of it being associated either. Closest I could think of was red is also used for anti-genital mutilation in some places.
"There's not much more meaningless than wearing a ribbon."
I'm in that camp – I feel the same way about ribbons, badges, poppies, daffodils ……..
Except for Rick – the peoples poet. His badges are fine.
There's not much more meaningless than wearing a ribbon, John Key was part of the White Ribbon thing FFS. It's an imported American thing, like "hopes & prayers", meaningless.
Yes. Rape Crisis have the red one. Not sure whether the red one came before the white one. Both ribbons are about violence and sexual violence is not family or domestic violence.
I was not impressed with Ardern this morning on TV One speaking to Campbell. The subject came up of the March 15 2019 survivors who were excluded by not being covered for a mental injury with ACC when there was no physical injury. Ardern used an example of witnessing a murder. There is a difference with witnessing murder due to a terrorist attack.
Even if both were covered the number is not that high for witnessing a murder.
The subject came up of the March 15 2019 survivors who were excluded by not being covered for a mental injury with ACC when there was no physical injury.
The answer is clear and it has nothing to do with the PM or this Government. However, you could then argue that the Act needs to be changed to include mental injury arising from an act of terrorism. If so, then make that case.
Mental injury caused through witnessing a terrorist attack needs to have its own category for ACC cover. A terrorist event is rare in NZ. People who recieve cover for a physical injury get cover for that regardless of how they were injured.
If only the government had made cannabis legal, a lesser drug, and now also having good medicinal effect relieving the conditions of some people! There would have been something to do for the gangs looking for a profitable business. There needs to be inspired thinking about what should be done in times of trouble, what will work best, and let's improve the situation.
Perhaps do a flip and enable the gangs to make meth to a controlled strength? Prohibition when there is much money involved isn't an answer, nor is a prison sentence. The harm has been done, how can it be lessened. Not getting squillions of dosages from China et al would be a help to control drug crime.
Of course the other rarely mentioned point, is that if people would only care about their health and wellbeing and be wary of drugs, there would not be such a market for them.
Over 50% of public voted for cannabis not to be legal so govt just went with what the majority wanted. But what difference would it make anyway if it had been made legal? Gangs would still sell meth and P and stronger than legal cannabis.
Regardless of that, tax payer money should not go to gangs.
one mans' gang is another mans political party, or church. $200 to mongrel mob, meh, $50,000 to tax payers union(not a real union). an outrage…where was tinydancer then?
The $200 seems like a red herring. Has the Human Rights Commission said why they were meeting with the gang in the first place? I can imagine people disagreeing with that but it's really not about the money unless you're a hopeless rightie.
A group of Auckland lawyers are doing pro bono for historical Dilworth sexual assault cases as staff were the alleged offenders. Dilworth has a billion in assets so the lawyers will get paid.
Anyone else like the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit survivors will have to find funding which will delay justice and consume a complainants time and energy.
It's good that at least one MP is willing to speak out about forced labour (& organ harvesting) in China. It seems a valid point that; we are complicit if we profit from this, and perhaps our laws should be amended to reflect that (though prison labour would also be an issue for purchases from other countries too – USA springs to mind).
What happened with Wall at the last election anyway? I know the broad outline of the Manurewa seat being taken from her to be gifted to one of Robertson's allies (so she is list only now). But why?
Is she too inconvenient to party discipline in speaking her mind and putting forth controversial member's bills? Maybe just tainted by association with Cunliffe? There is obviously some background there that I missed by not paying attention (&/or being aware of the Auckland political scene).
‘Eat a bat and die’: Vile threats against Wuhan lab conspiracy-buster
Facebook’s decision to remove large amounts of misinformation about Covid-19 and replace it with fact-checked material, including Dr Anderson’s, infuriated extremist conspiracy websites so much that one published her email address.
The man dubbed America’s “most prolific” conspiracy theorist, Texan Alex Jones, named Dr Anderson as “the woman running projects with weaponised COVID” and claimed she “ran all the censorship for Facebook … and silences the president”.
Geelong-born Dr Anderson had no idea she was being targeted until a friend from New York asked: “Why am I seeing your face?”
The first email to hit her inbox read simply: “Eat a bat and die, bitch.”
It is sad to see scientists being targeted by right wing lunatic conspiracy theorists.
Further it is sad to see people being targeted and abused by others prepared to say horrible things to them. What gunge is in such people's head that they spew up at others – it must be awful in there. Get out in the sunlight and look for something to smile at, carry that good feeling for at least ten minutes, pass that smile to someone you encounter with a kind word that will make them feel good. Exercises for mental health!
She based that on findings from a recent independent tribunal chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice, a British QC, who previously worked with the International Criminal Court.
The MP, who is part of a global network of politicians monitoring the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), also says her own government needs to do more to counter what she calls the slave labour trade in China.
and this is the solution to what she said- based on the above linked comment about a 600 page report.
“What the UK and Canada have done is they've got modern slavery acts and they want to ensure the corporates who are taking those raw materials, actually ensure that the production of those raw materials complies with the modern slavery act. I like that mechanism.”
She said the Government also needs to pass new laws to stop New Zealanders getting organ transplants sourced from China or from any country that cannot verify the integrity of its organ donor programme.
China sources some organs from political prisoners, she said.
I think she is quite confident that the gold on the goose is just paint.
She is a victim of the anti everything China brigade, they have no substantiated proof, just mud speak to help the Imperialist infowar which shows up the death throes of the American Empire whos dreams of hegemony is crumbling.
And the questions that Garner didn't ask? "What fault does a leader share in National's fault-ridden performance; and who could do it better?"
For me, the leader and the performance of the party are intertwined. Before she became leader, she was a senior MP, experienced and even had been disciplined by her Leader. She helped form the culture- mean, dysfunctional, narrow, mysogynistic. She revelled in a nickname, the Crusher- undeserved except of her own in actuality, but indicative. She is snarky, smirky and her practice is the norm, the usual, the National way. She is divisive, and her party is divided.
New Zealand is blighted by a culture of poor middle management. National's problem is that this cadre of poor managers has elevated into the leadership at party and parliamentary level.
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Good one FNDC – Far North District Council. Is this in accordance with Hone Carter’s wishes? Or is it Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai and Deputy Greg Innes who find it hard to come up with practical and simple necessities of life for those in need?
FNDC has shown courageous leadership as it strives towards the goal of being the very best Council in New Zealand. Their journey started four years ago when the Council undertook its first CouncilMARK™ assessment which helped FNDC establish a baseline of performance. From there, a comprehensive work programme was created that centered around continuous improvement.
Despite this? What about the children! Further than that cliche' – what about ordinary people being photoshopped out of the picture?
This week, RNZ revealed new figures showing the city's homeless population had increased from 21 people in 2018 to 293 in 2020. The figures were part of a Northland District Health Board report released this week.
It said "a very high proportion" of homeless were Māori and that was "reinforcing and extending existing inequities" but it was "unlikely there is sufficient transitional housing in Northland to meet the need".
The report also said he kainga ora was an "unreachable dream" for too many people in Te Tai Tokerau and that most homeless people in Whangārei were living in vehicles or around bridges and toilets. On Wednesday, two homeless people illegally living in a park were trespassed by the Whangārei District Council and warned they could be fined up to $1000 or imprisoned for up to three months if they returned within two years.
On Wednesday, two homeless people illegally living in a park were trespassed by the Whangārei District Council and warned they could be fined up to $1000 or imprisoned for up to three months if they returned within two years
The dross has left Mataura. And put in a place where it can't get wet and release ammonia. I seem to remember a lot of talk about 'dries' in economic terms a while back. Perhaps it has been sent to their headquarter to join the other dross, or scum as it's sometimes called.
don't know that the people responsible for the storing of highly toxic material, that becomes active when wet, on the banks of a river, have been held to account yet.
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On Friday the government announced it would double the number of toll roads in New Zealand as well as make a few other changes to how toll roads are used in the country. The real issue though is not that tolling is being used but the suggestion it will make ...
The Prime Minister yesterday engaged in what looked like a pre-emptive strike designed to counter what is likely to be a series of depressing economic statistics expected before the end of the week. He opened his weekly post-Cabinet press conference with a recitation of the Government’s achievements. “It certainly has ...
This whooping cough story from south Auckland is a good example of the coalition government’s approach to social need – spend money on urging people to get vaccinated but only after you’ve cut the funding to where they could get vaccinated. This has been the case all year with public ...
And if there is a GodI know he likes to rockHe likes his loud guitarsHis spiders from MarsAnd if there is a GodI know he's watching meHe likes what he seesBut there's trouble on the breezeSongwriter: William Patrick Corgan Read more ...
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Iain Rennie, CNZMSecretary and Chief Executive to the TreasuryDear Secretary, Undue restrictions on restricted briefings This week, the Treasury barred representatives from four organisations, including the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi, from attending the restricted briefing for the Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update. We had been ...
This is a guest post by Tim Adriaansen, a community, climate, and accessibility advocate.I won’t shut up about climate breakdown, and whenever possible I try to shift the focus of a climate conversation towards solutions. But you’ll almost never hear me give more than a passing nod to ...
A grassroots backlash has forced a backdown from Brown, but he is still eyeing up plenty of tolls for other new roads. And the pressure is on Willis to ramp up the Government’s austerity strategy. Photo: Getty ImagesMōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy ...
Hi all,I'm pretty overwhelmed by all your messages and emails today; thank you so very much.As much as my newsletter this morning was about money, and we all need to earn money, it was mostly about world domination if I'm honest. 😉I really hate what’s happening to our country, and ...
A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 8, 2024 thru Sat, December 14, 2024. Listing by Category Like last week's summary this one contains the list of articles twice: based on categories and based on ...
I started writing this morning about Hobson’s Pledge, examining the claims they and their supporters make, basically ripping into them. But I kept getting notifications coming through, and not good ones.Each time I looked up, there was another un-subscription message, and I felt a bit sicker at the thought of ...
Once, long before there was Harry and Meghan and Dodi and all those episodes of The Crown, they came to spend some time with us, Charles and Diana. Was there anyone in the world more glamorous than the Princess of Wales?Dazzled as everyone was by their company, the leader of ...
The collective right have a problem.The entire foundation for their world view is antiscientific. Their preferred economic strategies have been disproven. Their whole neoliberal model faces accusations of corporate corruption and worsening inequality. Climate change not only definitely exists, its rapid progression demands an immediate and expensive response in order ...
Just ten days ago, South Korea's president attempted a self-coup, declaring martial law and attempting to have opposition MPs murdered or arrested in an effort to seize unconstrained power. The attempt was rapidly defeated by the national assembly voting it down and the people flooding the streets to defend democracy. ...
National has only been in power for a year, but everywhere you look, its choices are taking New Zealand a long way backwards. In no particular order, here are the National Government's Top 50 Greatest Misses of its first year in power. ...
The Government is quietly undertaking consultation on the dangerous Regulatory Standards Bill over the Christmas period to avoid too much attention. ...
The Government’s planned changes to the freedom of speech obligations of universities is little more than a front for stoking the political fires of disinformation and fear, placing teachers and students in the crosshairs. ...
The Ministry of Regulation’s report into Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Aotearoa raises serious concerns about the possibility of lowering qualification requirements, undermining quality and risking worse outcomes for tamariki, whānau, and kaiako. ...
A Bill to modernise the role of Justices of the Peace (JP), ensuring they remain active in their communities and connected with other JPs, has been put into the ballot. ...
Labour will continue to fight unsustainable and destructive projects that are able to leap-frog environment protection under National’s Fast-track Approvals Bill. ...
The Green Party has warned that a Green Government will revoke the consents of companies who override environmental protections as part of Fast-Track legislation being passed today. ...
The Green Party says the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update shows how the Government is failing to address the massive social and infrastructure deficits our country faces. ...
The Government’s latest move to reduce the earnings of migrant workers will not only hurt migrants but it will drive down the wages of Kiwi workers. ...
Te Pāti Māori has this morning issued a stern warning to Fast-Track applicants with interests in mining, pledging to hold them accountable through retrospective liability and to immediately revoke Fast-Track consents under a future Te Pāti Māori government. This warning comes ahead of today’s third reading of the Fast-Track Approvals ...
The Government’s announcement today of a 1.5 per cent increase to minimum wage is another blow for workers, with inflation projected to exceed the increase, meaning it’s a real terms pay reduction for many. ...
All the Government has achieved from its announcement today is to continue to push responsibility back on councils for its own lack of action to help bring down skyrocketing rates. ...
The Government has used its final post-Cabinet press conference of the year to punch down on local government without offering any credible solutions to the issues our councils are facing. ...
The Government has failed to keep its promise to ‘super charge’ the EV network, delivering just 292 chargers - less than half of the 670 chargers needed to meet its target. ...
The Green Party is calling for the Government to stop subsidising the largest user of the country’s gas supplies, Methanex, following a report highlighting the multi-national’s disproportionate influence on energy prices in Aotearoa. ...
The Green Party is appalled with the Government’s new child poverty targets that are based on a new ‘persistent poverty’ measure that could be met even with an increase in child poverty. ...
New independent analysis has revealed that the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) will reduce emissions by a measly 1 per cent by 2030, failing to set us up for the future and meeting upcoming targets. ...
The loss of 27 kaimahi at Whakaata Māori and the end of its daily news bulletin is a sad day for Māori media and another step backwards for Te Tiriti o Waitangi justice. ...
Yesterday the Government passed cruel legislation through first reading to establish a new beneficiary sanction regime that will ultimately mean more households cannot afford the basic essentials. ...
Today's passing of the Government's Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill–which allows landlords to end tenancies with no reason–ignores the voice of the people and leaves renters in limbo ahead of the festive season. ...
After wasting a year, Nicola Willis has delivered a worse deal for the Cook Strait ferries that will end up being more expensive and take longer to arrive. ...
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has today launched a Member’s Bill to sanction Israel for its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as the All Out For Gaza rally reaches Parliament. ...
After years of advocacy, the Green Party is very happy to hear the Government has listened to our collective voices and announced the closure of the greyhound racing industry, by 1 August 2026. ...
In response to a new report from ERO, the Government has acknowledged the urgent need for consistency across the curriculum for Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in schools. ...
The Green Party is appalled at the Government introducing legislation that will make it easier to penalise workers fighting for better pay and conditions. ...
Thank you for the invitation to speak with you tonight on behalf of the political party I belong to - which is New Zealand First. As we have heard before this evening the Kinleith Mill is proposing to reduce operations by focusing on pulp and discontinuing “lossmaking paper production”. They say that they are currently consulting on the plan to permanently shut ...
Auckland Central MP, Chlöe Swarbrick, has written to Mayor Wayne Brown requesting he stop the unnecessary delays on St James Theatre’s restoration. ...
Kiwis planning a swim or heading out on a boat this summer should remember to stop and think about water safety, Sport & Recreation Minister Chris Bishop and ACC and Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey say. “New Zealand’s beaches, lakes and rivers are some of the most beautiful in the ...
The Government is urging Kiwis to drive safely this summer and reminding motorists that Police will be out in force to enforce the road rules, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“This time of year can be stressful and result in poor decision-making on our roads. Whether you are travelling to see ...
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says Health New Zealand will move swiftly to support dozens of internationally-trained doctors already in New Zealand on their journey to employment here, after a tripling of sought-after examination places. “The Medical Council has delivered great news for hardworking overseas doctors who want to contribute ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has appointed Sarah Ottrey to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). “At my first APEC Summit in Lima, I experienced firsthand the role that ABAC plays in guaranteeing political leaders hear the voice of business,” Mr Luxon says. “New Zealand’s ABAC representatives are very well respected and ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced four appointments to New Zealand’s intelligence oversight functions. The Honourable Robert Dobson KC has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Intelligence Warrants, and the Honourable Brendan Brown KC has been appointed as a Commissioner of Intelligence Warrants. The appointments of Hon Robert Dobson and Hon ...
Improvements in the average time it takes to process survey and title applications means housing developments can progress more quickly, Minister for Land Information Chris Penk says. “The government is resolutely focused on improving the building and construction pipeline,” Mr Penk says. “Applications to issue titles and subdivide land are ...
The Government’s measures to reduce airport wait times, and better transparency around flight disruptions is delivering encouraging early results for passengers ahead of the busy summer period, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Improving the efficiency of air travel is a priority for the Government to give passengers a smoother, more reliable ...
The Government today announced the intended closure of the Apollo Hotel as Contracted Emergency Housing (CEH) in Rotorua, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. This follows a 30 per cent reduction in the number of households in CEH in Rotorua since National came into Government. “Our focus is on ending CEH in the Whakarewarewa area starting ...
The Government will reshape vocational education and training to return decision making to regions and enable greater industry input into work-based learning Tertiary Education and Skills Minister, Penny Simmonds says. “The redesigned system will better meet the needs of learners, industry, and the economy. It includes re-establishing regional polytechnics that ...
The Government is taking action to better manage synthetic refrigerants and reduce emissions caused by greenhouse gases found in heating and cooling products, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds says. “Regulations will be drafted to support a product stewardship scheme for synthetic refrigerants, Ms. Simmonds says. “Synthetic refrigerants are found in a ...
People travelling on State Highway 1 north of Hamilton will be relieved that remedial works and safety improvements on the Ngāruawāhia section of the Waikato Expressway were finished today, with all lanes now open to traffic, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“I would like to acknowledge the patience of road users ...
Tertiary Education and Skills Minister, Penny Simmonds, has announced a new appointment to the board of Education New Zealand (ENZ). Dr Erik Lithander has been appointed as a new member of the ENZ board for a three-year term until 30 January 2028. “I would like to welcome Dr Erik Lithander to the ...
The Government will have senior representatives at Waitangi Day events around the country, including at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, but next year Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has chosen to take part in celebrations elsewhere. “It has always been my intention to celebrate Waitangi Day around the country with different ...
Two more criminal gangs will be subject to the raft of laws passed by the Coalition Government that give Police more powers to disrupt gang activity, and the intimidation they impose in our communities, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says. Following an Order passed by Cabinet, from 3 February 2025 the ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Justice Christian Whata as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Whata’s appointment as a Judge of the Court of Appeal will take effect on 1 August 2025 and fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Hon Justice David Goddard on ...
The latest economic figures highlight the importance of the steps the Government has taken to restore respect for taxpayers’ money and drive economic growth, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. Data released today by Stats NZ shows Gross Domestic Product fell 1 per cent in the September quarter. “Treasury and most ...
Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds and Associate Minister of Education David Seymour today announced legislation changes to strengthen freedom of speech obligations on universities. “Freedom of speech is fundamental to the concept of academic freedom and there is concern that universities seem to be taking a more risk-averse ...
Police Minister, Mark Mitchell, and Internal Affairs Minister, Brooke van Velden, today launched a further Public Safety Network cellular service that alongside last year’s Cellular Roaming roll-out, puts globally-leading cellular communications capability into the hands of our emergency responders. The Public Safety Network’s new Cellular Priority service means Police, Wellington ...
State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge has officially reopened today, providing a critical link for Northlanders and offering much-needed relief ahead of the busy summer period, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“The Mangamuka Gorge is a vital route for Northland, carrying around 1,300 vehicles per day and connecting the Far ...
The Government has welcomed decisions by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) and Ashburton District Council confirming funding to boost resilience in the Canterbury region, with construction on a second Ashburton Bridge expected to begin in 2026, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Delivering a second Ashburton Bridge to improve resilience and ...
The Government is backing the response into high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Otago, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says. “Cabinet has approved new funding of $20 million to enable MPI to meet unbudgeted ongoing expenses associated with the H7N6 response including rigorous scientific testing of samples at the enhanced PC3 ...
Legislation that will repeal all advertising restrictions for broadcasters on Sundays and public holidays has passed through first reading in Parliament today, Media Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “As a growing share of audiences get their news and entertainment from streaming services, these restrictions have become increasingly redundant. New Zealand on ...
Today the House agreed to Brendan Horsley being appointed Inspector-General of Defence, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Mr Horsley’s experience will be invaluable in overseeing the establishment of the new office and its support networks. “He is currently Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, having held that role since June 2020. ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says the Government has agreed to the final regulations for the levy on insurance contracts that will fund Fire and Emergency New Zealand from July 2026. “Earlier this year the Government agreed to a 2.2 percent increase to the rate of levy. Fire ...
The Government is delivering regulatory relief for New Zealand businesses through changes to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act. “The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Amendment Bill, which was introduced today, is the second Bill – the other being the Statutes Amendment Bill - that ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed further progress on the Hawke’s Bay Expressway Road of National Significance (RoNS), with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Board approving funding for the detailed design of Stage 1, paving the way for main works construction to begin in late 2025.“The Government is moving at ...
The Government today released a request for information (RFI) to seeking interest in partnerships to plant trees on Crown-owned land with low farming and conservation value (excluding National Parks) Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced. “Planting trees on Crown-owned land will drive economic growth by creating more forestry jobs in our regions, providing more wood ...
Court timeliness, access to justice, and improving the quality of existing regulation are the focus of a series of law changes introduced to Parliament today by Associate Minister of Justice Nicole McKee. The three Bills in the Regulatory Systems (Justice) Amendment Bill package each improve a different part of the ...
A total of 41 appointments and reappointments have been made to the 12 community trusts around New Zealand that serve their regions, Associate Finance Minister Shane Jones says. “These trusts, and the communities they serve from the Far North to the deep south, will benefit from the rich experience, knowledge, ...
The Government has confirmed how it will provide redress to survivors who were tortured at the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit (the Lake Alice Unit). “The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care found that many of the 362 children who went through the Lake Alice Unit between 1972 and ...
It has been a busy, productive year in the House as the coalition Government works hard to get New Zealand back on track, Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. “This Government promised to rebuild the economy, restore law and order and reduce the cost of living. Our record this ...
“Accelerated silicosis is an emerging occupational disease caused by unsafe work such as engineered stone benchtops. I am running a standalone consultation on engineered stone to understand what the industry is currently doing to manage the risks, and whether further regulatory intervention is needed,” says Workplace Relations and Safety Minister ...
Mehemea he pai mō te tangata, mahia – if it’s good for the people, get on with it. Enhanced reporting on the public sector’s delivery of Treaty settlement commitments will help improve outcomes for Māori and all New Zealanders, Māori Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka says. Compiled together for the ...
Mr Roger Holmes Miller and Ms Tarita Hutchinson have been appointed to the Charities Registration Board, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Louise Upston says. “I would like to welcome the new members joining the Charities Registration Board. “The appointment of Ms Hutchinson and Mr Miller will strengthen the Board’s capacity ...
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The Government welcomes the Commerce Commission’s plan to reduce card fees for Kiwis by an estimated $260 million a year, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says.“The Government is relentlessly focused on reducing the cost of living, so Kiwis can keep more of their hard-earned income and live a ...
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The Government‘s Offshore Renewable Energy Bill to create a new regulatory regime that will enable firms to construct offshore wind generation has passed its first reading in Parliament, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says.“New Zealand currently does not have a regulatory regime for offshore renewable energy as the previous government failed ...
A separate passport, citizenship and membership of the United Nations are only available to fully independent nations, Winston Peters' office says. ...
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I actually have to agree with David Seymour for once!
Revealed: The Human Rights Commission's donation to the Waikato Mongrel Mob – NZ Herald
The Herald says it was a Koha at a meeting, so the headline is wrong
https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax/income-tax-for-businesses-and-organisations/types-of-business-income/donations-koha
By definition isn't koha a gift that is not intended as payment in exchange for goods and services?
Work and Income won't accept a koha as a legit expense.
That def is from IRD.
"That def is from IRD".
Very likely. However wouldn't you consider that the IRD is a product of Colonialist Oppression and it is surely not the most appropriate source of a definition relating to Maori custom?
Indeed, and I apply this rule-of-thumb to comments on this site too, i.e. when there is much anger and/or other negative emotions in it – the opposite tone applies as well, of course.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300347048/how-to-spot-covid19-misinformation
And while the country waits patiently to get the vaccines to arrive, for invites to be send out, for those over 65 to finally get their jabs they should have gotten some weeks ago, we again discuss those that may not want it the jabs.
that in itself seems to become misinformation now, how many will actually not want a jab – for what ever reason?
But we are lucky, – good news, 150.000 doses arrived two days earlier. If we ration that properly to some 5000 doses a day delivered it might last till then next shipment and thus we don't run out 🙂 good news.
Take it away, Sabine! We know you can do it!
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/charting-new-zealands-vaccine-rollout
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-group-4-vaccination-rollout-start-date-wording-changed-on-government-website/XOCYASHL22RFHM5RHCBV3HXHPM/
but yeah, you post that link Incognito as if you life depend on it. 🙂 It is still a meaningless link to those that are in groups that should have been vaccinated but aren't.
But lets discuss the few that may or may not refuse a vaccine that they will not get for another few month.
https://covid19.govt.nz/
So what can be done about "those that are in groups that should have been vaccinated but aren't"? I can't do anything about vaccine supply, but maybe you can? Or maybe you have some ideas about what our Government can do, or coulda/shoulda done to ensure a better supply during this on-going pandemic?
Expect the tragic global COVID death toll on Worldometers to top 4 million on Tuesday/Wednesday, although the actual excess mortality is likely higher.
Only 26 tragic COVID deaths in NZ so far, the last one almost 5 months ago, so surely the team of nearly five million deserve a pat on the back for that – we don't know how lucky we are.
Personally I recommend the placebo moan – feeling better already
And a response/critique:
Of course they're only experts – really not worth my time.
You have mentioned twice that we (??) need to “discuss” this but you don’t discuss anything!? You just put down and pull down without offering up anything, just meaningless ignorant vitriol.
Besides hijacking and diverting this thread to an imaginary discussion you’re pissing in the wind again, as usual.
I’ve got badly scratched broken old records that sound better than most of your comments because the professionalism and quality still come through. When will you stop screeching and start contributing something new and useful to the conversation?
One of the things I don't miss about working in the corporate world is being part of project teams that had talented, hard-working people busting themselves to get something difficult done. Then having to go and sit in front of lazy, entitled managers who wanted everything done yesterday and ignorantly impugned our competence and commitment – and took every issue, challenge and delay as evidence that these were lacking. I guess it's a more general human phenomenon than I realised.
Yes, one can get a little over the constant harping on about the smallest things when really the ship is sailing smoothly on very rough sea. All the crews asses are safe thanks to a great captain in charge. There are always a few stirrers on board though that are never happy.
I get very tired of the constant whingers, they must be a real joy(sarc alert) to live with. maybe they should take a look at the rest of the planet, and if they can find somewhere better, bugger off there . especially the moaners who dont have any solutions.
Like 'If you knows of a better 'ole go to it.'? Fine comment on WW1 by Bruce Bairnsfather, what a fine name too.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Well,_if_you_know_of_a_better_%27ole,_go_to_it.jpg
Although there was one Cook Strait crossing where B bought a dozen handles of speights just before the bar shut, and a particularly large roll took them all off the table. That was a damned tragic event mourned deeply by all present. 🙂
You call that a tragedy? A tragedy would have been having beer spilt. 🙂
them's fighting words 🙂
What beer we drink and what team we support really do define us, don't they, like an accent or style of clothing.
The pub I played in during the early Eighties was about the first pub to pour Mac's Real Ale. It broke the Lion/DB duopoly. The brewery had to go to Nelson and buy a cidery to be able to access beer bottles as the two had sewn up the supply through the ABC.
Now NZ has 200 breweries. Last night I we dined with my son-in-law and daughter next to a great local brewery. Schnitzel and sauerkraut, garlic bread and two craft beers, a hazelnut beertini and a porter, and a wee taste of a salty sour.
Unheard of food or ales when I was young, and a compensation for getting old!
yeah, tbh honest I tend to drink a pale ale these days. Still attached to speight's though.
The trouble is that the mainstream beers are but shadows of their former selves. Export gold tastes like wizz to me, but when they had their 50th they released original recipe export (maybe even export gold?). Really nice, layered, nuanced, a bloody nice beer.
Speights today isn't as bad as export (less uriny hue for a start), but I suspect it's still a shadow of what it was even in the mid-1990s (when the beernami happened).
Spilt Speights is a blessing
That's wonderful. We are now at 122nd place in the world for percentage of the population who have been vaccinated.
That is really at the front of the queue isn't it?
I know Sabine and you are excited and can hardly contain yourselves with giddy glee but don’t you think you’re embarrassing yourselves just a tiny wee bit?
you have to be self-aware to be embarrassed. being self-aware is NOT being self-important..
I wasn’t aware of that, thank you.
or have something in the line of integrity or shame.
Everyone has their own malfunction, but some are more serious [or tragic] than others.
The PM on tvnz's Breakfast show this morning said there is another 150,000 due in a week, then two more shipments that will take it to 1,000,000 for July.
Best find some other angle to whinge about.
David Seymour is on the rampage about the Human Rights Commission giving a $200 koha to the Waikato Mongrel Mob. Simon Brown and Judith Collins are into it boots and all.
The mob recently having members arrested on drug charges makes the payment appalling.
Seymour has Dilworth School in his electorate. I wonder if they get any assistance from government agencies. You know, the school with many cases and allegations of sexual assault on young people over years.
Considering the sexual assault report of the CHCH Girls School, rape in schools is as Kiwi as, and its not as if it were a hate crime or anything, so they get nothing. Also, its only kids, and kids in NZ can get abused at home, in schools or in government care and nothing much is done.
So i don't thing they would get monetary assistance. They can hold a bake sale though?
Dilworth is a private school and has its own ways of operating. My wondering is across the spectrum of activities, whether any Government agencies are contributing to their operation, or people working have received any contribution.
Did the Christchurch report say there'd been rape at a school? You intimated last week it did and touch on that again here.
(Typo in my first comment. It should have been 'Simeon" Brown. I hope he doesn't think he's being picked on.
'Twenty students at a Christchurch girls school say they have been raped,'
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125579548/christchurch-girls-school-students-seek-end-to-abuse-after-revealing-harassment-and-rape
Thanks, I was aware of all that. What I tried to get at was an intimation that rape happened at school.
aah missed the distinction…
sorry if i worded that incorrectly.
What i intimated (correct term?) at is that:
sexual violence, physical violence, verbal violence directed at children in NZ is kiwi as.
Yes, at least 20 girls came forward, at least three have allegations of 'gang rape' or 'having a train run over them'.
this is from the women who ran the review.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2021/06/29/exclusive-dr-liz-gordon-sexual-harassment-silence-and-power/
The police and school initially stopped the girls from protesting the boy school in question – truancy, for their own safety blablablah
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/124657314/students-protesting-sexual-harassment-turned-back-from-boys-school-by-police
but then
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-girls-high-schools-sexual-harassment-survey-police-meeting-with-students-after-20-say-they-have-been-raped/VWD2TPTKNGLTFDRGJ5VNQ33UNI/
mind these things might be considered a crime, or maybe not – maybe they just like rough and degrading sex
We don't care as a society. We just don't. And the fact that these girls don't actually go to police or to anyone just shows how internalised that knowledge is. As evidenced by the Police and School stopping the protests against the sexual violence meeted out to them, rather then then asking themselves where they – our institutions in which these children should be safe – have failed.
added, these girls are between 13 – 18 years old. Schoolgirls.
Too many authority figures with out dated thinking when it comes to complainants. No money for legal aid either. Our children, adolescents and young adults are being failed.
I have never seen the Police Commissioner or the PM ever wear a red ribbon. A red ribbon is the ribbon for sexual violence. I will post them a few each once I can source them.
Huh??
Like the white ribbon.
The red ribbon is like the white ribbon!?
Here's a list of ribbons and causes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons
Treetop said this:
This is news to me and not backed up on your Wikipedia page either, as far as I can tell.
I will search for when the red ribbon was used by rape crisis. It could have been taken over by the white ribbon.
I wasn't backing it up. Just providing a reference. I hadn't heard of it being associated either. Closest I could think of was red is also used for anti-genital mutilation in some places.
"There's not much more meaningless than wearing a ribbon."
I'm in that camp – I feel the same way about ribbons, badges, poppies, daffodils ……..
Except for Rick – the peoples poet. His badges are fine.
Tattoos, bumper stickers, SM accounts, fridge magnets, all meaningless attributes to show you’re a unique member of a specific tribe.
Thanks for the list.
There's not much more meaningless than wearing a ribbon, John Key was part of the White Ribbon thing FFS. It's an imported American thing, like "hopes & prayers", meaningless.
That’s Sir John for you and he fully deserved that knighthood!
To paraphrase –
Do not go gentle into that good knight,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Yes. Rape Crisis have the red one. Not sure whether the red one came before the white one. Both ribbons are about violence and sexual violence is not family or domestic violence.
I was not impressed with Ardern this morning on TV One speaking to Campbell. The subject came up of the March 15 2019 survivors who were excluded by not being covered for a mental injury with ACC when there was no physical injury. Ardern used an example of witnessing a murder. There is a difference with witnessing murder due to a terrorist attack.
Even if both were covered the number is not that high for witnessing a murder.
https://www.acc.co.nz/assets/provider/edb599d6ad/mental-injury-assessment-guide.pdf
It is not in the PM's hands, so there's little point in blaming her for this, least of all for her trying to explain the situation.
It is in the government's hand to take responsibility and to not exclude people who were not physically injured due to a terrorist attack.
The Jade ribbon is now used.
The goal posts are moving.
This was the issue:
The answer is clear and it has nothing to do with the PM or this Government. However, you could then argue that the Act needs to be changed to include mental injury arising from an act of terrorism. If so, then make that case.
Mental injury caused through witnessing a terrorist attack needs to have its own category for ACC cover. A terrorist event is rare in NZ. People who recieve cover for a physical injury get cover for that regardless of how they were injured.
https://www.supportstore.com/awareness-sexual-assault.html
Jade ribbon Sexual assault/sexual abuse including Military, sexual trauma.
I will check by email as to when the red ribbon ceased.
It would appear that the red ribbon has been used for many things….but not sexual assault/abuse
Good on Seymour. Gangs like Mongrel Mob should not be given ANY tax payer money whether it be called a "donation" or "koha".
These gangs distribute meth and other drugs and should not be supported. It's not like they contribute anything good to society.
If only the government had made cannabis legal, a lesser drug, and now also having good medicinal effect relieving the conditions of some people! There would have been something to do for the gangs looking for a profitable business. There needs to be inspired thinking about what should be done in times of trouble, what will work best, and let's improve the situation.
Perhaps do a flip and enable the gangs to make meth to a controlled strength? Prohibition when there is much money involved isn't an answer, nor is a prison sentence. The harm has been done, how can it be lessened. Not getting squillions of dosages from China et al would be a help to control drug crime.
Of course the other rarely mentioned point, is that if people would only care about their health and wellbeing and be wary of drugs, there would not be such a market for them.
Over 50% of public voted for cannabis not to be legal so govt just went with what the majority wanted. But what difference would it make anyway if it had been made legal? Gangs would still sell meth and P and stronger than legal cannabis.
Regardless of that, tax payer money should not go to gangs.
Seymour ruled out returning donations from a man who threatened to destroy mosque after mosque till I am taken out but you're pissy over a couple a hundy going to these losers.
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Righto….
Sorry, I didn't realise you were a gang supporter, I'll be more careful in future.
I don’t believe any of the gangs should receive any money.
What about me, I'm not a gang. If I come with my hand out and a sobstory I'm okay no matter what?
one mans' gang is another mans political party, or church. $200 to mongrel mob, meh, $50,000 to tax payers union(not a real union). an outrage…where was tinydancer then?
Tiptoeing Through the Tulips?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9TtUjZVTJ
The $200 seems like a red herring. Has the Human Rights Commission said why they were meeting with the gang in the first place? I can imagine people disagreeing with that but it's really not about the money unless you're a hopeless rightie.
A group of Auckland lawyers are doing pro bono for historical Dilworth sexual assault cases as staff were the alleged offenders. Dilworth has a billion in assets so the lawyers will get paid.
Anyone else like the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit survivors will have to find funding which will delay justice and consume a complainants time and energy.
It's good that at least one MP is willing to speak out about forced labour (& organ harvesting) in China. It seems a valid point that; we are complicit if we profit from this, and perhaps our laws should be amended to reflect that (though prison labour would also be an issue for purchases from other countries too – USA springs to mind).
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/446189/labour-mp-breaks-ranks-to-accuse-china-of-organ-harvesting
What happened with Wall at the last election anyway? I know the broad outline of the Manurewa seat being taken from her to be gifted to one of Robertson's allies (so she is list only now). But why?
Is she too inconvenient to party discipline in speaking her mind and putting forth controversial member's bills? Maybe just tainted by association with Cunliffe? There is obviously some background there that I missed by not paying attention (&/or being aware of the Auckland political scene).
It is sad to see scientists being targeted by right wing lunatic conspiracy theorists.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health … racybuster
Further it is sad to see people being targeted and abused by others prepared to say horrible things to them. What gunge is in such people's head that they spew up at others – it must be awful in there. Get out in the sunlight and look for something to smile at, carry that good feeling for at least ten minutes, pass that smile to someone you encounter with a kind word that will make them feel good. Exercises for mental health!
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300349366/labour-mp-breaks-ranks-to-accuse-china-of-organ-harvesting
I hope Wall can prove it cause shes probably just killed the golden goose!
Edit no delete function I see this is posted above
from the article.
this is why is is saying what she says
and this is the solution to what she said- based on the above linked comment about a 600 page report.
I think she is quite confident that the gold on the goose is just paint.
She is a victim of the anti everything China brigade, they have no substantiated proof, just mud speak to help the Imperialist infowar which shows up the death throes of the American Empire whos dreams of hegemony is crumbling.
Can you support that assertion?
they have no substantiated proof, just mud speak.
It is mo that the American Empire push for World Domination is crumbling.
That's a no?
Lol, Duncs is firmly in the Collins camp. Couldn't make it more obvious if he tried. Everybody's fault but the leader's, he cries:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/duncan-garner-the-national-party-is-in-complete-disarray-here-s-who-needs-to-go.html
If the Nats had any sense, they would get rid of Goodfellow.
and the money he brings
And the questions that Garner didn't ask? "What fault does a leader share in National's fault-ridden performance; and who could do it better?"
For me, the leader and the performance of the party are intertwined. Before she became leader, she was a senior MP, experienced and even had been disciplined by her Leader. She helped form the culture- mean, dysfunctional, narrow, mysogynistic. She revelled in a nickname, the Crusher- undeserved except of her own in actuality, but indicative. She is snarky, smirky and her practice is the norm, the usual, the National way. She is divisive, and her party is divided.
New Zealand is blighted by a culture of poor middle management. National's problem is that this cadre of poor managers has elevated into the leadership at party and parliamentary level.
nailed it mac1. collins has been there for years. part of the furniture. no amount of praying will wash her hands clean.
They played team tag to destroy Lees-Galloway. Garner was probably disappointed he didn't get to maul Muller with Collins too.
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Good one FNDC – Far North District Council. Is this in accordance with Hone Carter’s wishes? Or is it Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai and Deputy Greg Innes who find it hard to come up with practical and simple necessities of life for those in need?
FNDC has shown courageous leadership as it strives towards the goal of being the very best Council in New Zealand. Their journey started four years ago when the Council undertook its first CouncilMARK™ assessment which helped FNDC establish a baseline of performance. From there, a comprehensive work programme was created that centered around continuous improvement.
Despite this? What about the children! Further than that cliche' – what about ordinary people being photoshopped out of the picture?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/446072/whangarei-pair-living-in-park-trespassed-as-homelessness-skyrockets 3 July 2021
Whangārei rough sleepers are facing trespass notices amid a rapid rise in homelessness.
This week, RNZ revealed new figures showing the city's homeless population had increased from 21 people in 2018 to 293 in 2020.
The figures were part of a Northland District Health Board report released this week.
It said "a very high proportion" of homeless were Māori and that was "reinforcing and extending existing inequities" but it was "unlikely there is sufficient transitional housing in Northland to meet the need".
The report also said he kainga ora was an "unreachable dream" for too many people in Te Tai Tokerau and that most homeless people in Whangārei were living in vehicles or around bridges and toilets.
On Wednesday, two homeless people illegally living in a park were trespassed by the Whangārei District Council and warned they could be fined up to $1000 or imprisoned for up to three months if they returned within two years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCs1rkAXZ9o – Easy to be Hard
ah, well that will fix it.
linky?
in #8.
sometimes it's is weird, I am sure i hit reply but it posts as a freestanding comment. Usually i catch it, but did not this time.
the comment is in response to Greywarshark above.
ta. Yes, I notice this happens randomly to people, not sure what's that about. Are you on a phone?
nope desktop, don't have a mobile phone at all.
The dross has left Mataura. And put in a place where it can't get wet and release ammonia. I seem to remember a lot of talk about 'dries' in economic terms a while back. Perhaps it has been sent to their headquarter to join the other dross, or scum as it's sometimes called.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/446228/tiwai-point-by-product-completely-removed-from-southland-town
Central Otago?
Gone back to Tiwai, so still in Southland.
why did it ever leave?…and what about the rest of it?
don't know that the people responsible for the storing of highly toxic material, that becomes active when wet, on the banks of a river, have been held to account yet.