Not good to wake up the the first report on RNZ Morning report today.
The interview was with a Ms Birt, a UK resident Kiwi who sounded as though she may be a self-entitled millenial. She has initiated a petition to reform the Managed Isolation and Quarantine booking system, increase capacity, and consider alternatives for returnees who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Admittedly, she made brief mention of 'dire cases' which will inevitably exist and should be dealt with more efficiently and raised the issue of the system being rorted by the IT manipulators. Both are legitimate issues that only the meanest would take exception too.
However, the overall impression was that are target for signatures are of a different demographic. People like herself who want to swan back home to see family then piss off back overseas, probably to well paid jobs and comfortable life styles, without having the grind of MIQ to contend with.
Her arguments included that she should be excused the inconvenience of MIQ because she has had covid and both injections. She seems to think that the experts should be guided by the science but what is the science? Just because she has been infected and vaccinated, does that ensure she is not a carrier? It is also a bit rich to imply that our world leading response is not being guided by science.
Of course, Ms Birt trumpeted the fact that returnees have to wait in line behind the likes of sports people and entertainers. Great God in heaven, haven't those who have remained in NZ, made compromises and acted in the good of all entitled to a bit of payback in the form of liver entertainment?
Lets hope that RNZ don't sit on their hands all day but seek a countervailing opinion to represent the bulk of NZers, not just the self-entitled who want to have a brief face to face catch-up when the same can be achieved with the help of a bit of technology.
Morning Report has become Moaning Report. Anything that shows the Government in a negative leads. They need a good clean out of producers and some reporters need to go as well.
Agreed Janice….far too much small-scale moaning and way too little important news such as events in the wider world…except the obsession with the USA of course.
And when is Moaning Report going to get rid of the weather forecast for every village in NZ at 7.30 and 8.30….I lose 2 minutes of my life every time this useless info comes on. Haven't RNZ realised yet that you can get a far better local forecast in 30 seconds on your phone? Replace it with feedback from listeners-often inciteful.
Haven't RNZ realised yet that you can get a far better local forecast in 30 seconds on your phone?
Hmmm…I'm no fan of Natrad, and I'll happily adopt the "Moaning" Report rename, but steady on there with the dismissal of the "village" forecasts.
Believe it or not, City Folk, there are live human being living out here in the comparative wop wops who are actually engaged with the rest of the country. It doesn't hurt one little bit have our national broadcaster acknowledge our existence once in a while. The weather forecast is just as important to us as it is to you urbanites…perhaps more so. Get rid of our forecast and you might as well ditch radio weather altogether.
As for the …30 seconds on your phone?… I'm so glad you added the question mark.
We had a power cut the other day, from Waiharara north to the end of the power lines at Te Paki. Six hours. No internet or 'landline' phone as these don't work in a power cut. Cellphone reception is rubbish most of the time…hence the Uber. The local Four Square had to close and there was no fuel available at the local self serve pumps. We do, however, keep a battery powered radio handy. Just to connect us with the rest of the world. Just in case.
Bearded Git, I made the comment, "She seems to think that the experts should be guided by the science but what is the science?" I have just come across this on Stuff.
Also noticed that I referred to 'liver' entertainment – poor editing eh. The mind boggles!
2 million vaccinations in NZ, still no community infections from the "just as contagious".
Should we let hundreds of thousands of people who actually have covid into the country to confirm your "just as contagious" theory?
Or do you mean "the minority of vaccinated people who become infected with covid after exposure and develop symptoms are as infectious as any other person who catches covid"?
Oh no! All they’re doing is collecting data, sitting on their hands, and doing nothing instead of taking action and making policies that are evidence-based. They’ve already ruled a Wealth Tax and a Capital Gains Tax and now we can kiss goodbye an Empty Homes Tax as well. Bloody useless and as bad as that other lot!
A new government project is investigating how to locate empty ‘ghost homes’, find their owners, and encourage them to bring them back to being occupied.
Stuff can reveal the Government has allocated $500,000 towards testing initiatives that aim to encourage owners to fill their empty properties.
It has been long in the making and as far as I can tell goes back to at least Census-2013. Obviously, the problem has become more urgent and perhaps we do also have slightly better politicians now although the mind boggles at that idea
Good. Another sign of the housing fubar: Stuff is touting some Auckland couple who made double their home value in five years.
Bought for $1mil, sold for $2mil.
BUT the thought occurs that if they could service an $800k mortgage, they actually probably did more than merely double their money in five years. Quintipling, more like.
Meanwhile, most of us rent (individuals, not homes with owner-occupants and maybe a renter). Gotta love class warfare.
Seems like interest rates are now going to rise faster than anticipated. ANZ predicting OCR to be 1.28% this time next year (currently 0.25%). I wonder how many landlords have budgeted for this or will there be numerous articles complaining when the mortgage rates are say 4%-5% (which is still very low historically).
This is how the moneyed folks do land grabs these days. Clearing out the natives is frowned upon but given a chance many would still do that too.
It's really simple. Get everyone buying in seemingly good conditions then jack up the interest rates and BOOM, just like that, mortgagee sales to pounce on. Not only do you knock people out of their properties but you can leave them with sizable debts to keep them down.
All it takes is a few suits in high places to decide to raise interest rates – because unemployment is low? Or is it those undesirable working class types are gaining ground. They'll waffle for days about how the real reasons are complex beyond mere mortals understanding.
Whenever the working classes begin to do well be rest assured some rich prick somewhere is planning a way to take what they have.
Not worried about the landlords, who chances are will simply roll these costs over to the tenants and of course to Winz – who of course will increase Accomodation Benefits if and where they can, just to keep a few of the poor sods in houses.
I am however worried for everyone who is not a speculator and who bought an over inflated house in the last year. These guys now have houses that will cost way more then many can afford.
A one percent rise in interest rates is not going to bring the world's financial system to its knees. It's a minor correction. Way too much air time is being given to this.
Now if interest rates were to go up 5-6 percent that might start to hurt.
1% interest on $900 000 (average NZ house price, June 2021) is $9 000 or paying an extra $180 pw ish – to banks, no gain at all for it. That's all it will take to completely smash the budgets of many.
Nobody said anything about bringing financial systems to their knees, you just made that up.
If an interest rate hike will smash heaps of budgets then the RBNZ won't hike. Your narrative requires the RBNZ to make a serious error in their judgement about this.
As per recently released information from ASB, we know that it is probable that it will hit at least 39% of their customers, who are at present living pay day to pay day if that increases either their mortgage or rental payments. It may also take in the other !8%, who are currently spending 80% of their income.
Re Collins, But she said this legislation has worked and can work.
Wasn't there just one car crushed as a photo-op for JC's successor. Pretty damned ineffective since the targeted behaviour has never diminished. More drivel from the 'ghost that walks' National leader. ACT must love it?
It's ironic that the DHB's are headed to the employment court about guaranteed staffing that yet another notice has been served around work conditions. What a fucking shit show in any other industry especially this would be completely unacceptable.
yet another notice has been served around work conditions
Any links about previous notices please? I like what the staff have done here (and would like to see more of it) but not aware it had been done before.
To elaborate a little, I have freind who is an ED nurse. She's been assaulted twice this year and has found herself in potentially dangerous situations on other occasions mainly due to a lack of staff on shift.
As she very eloquently puts it, extra money is nice but it doesn't stop the anxiety and fear that she feels when heading to a friday or sat night shift.
Nor does it compensate for the assualts or address the effect this has had on her ability to do her job.
The Dhbs and even the minister seem to be keen to make this about money, its not the real issue and everyone has the right to work in a safe environment.
I can echo that. I am very close to senior ED nurse. Who has been assaulted twice in the last 12 months after years of it not occuring.
In the last 2 months I have seen a calling with genuine passion, morph into a reluctant worker. Arriving to a full department, full waiting room in a full hospital.
The practice of 'ramping ambulances' is starting to occur. The ambulance is treated as a bed space and the ambos keep the patient stable. I am aware it is already happening in some of the bigger cities.
Incident report is a form that is filled out when something untoward occurs. Classically they are patient focussed. For the last three months they have started filling them out with the nurse in charge being the name on the form. When the department is unsafe eg staff/patient ratios, long wait times etc. All to no avail.
Last negotiation round, a traffic light system was introduced. It has made no difference to the powers that be.
Couple all this with a very high turnover rate, morale is at rock bottom. Social events have dwindled to nil. There was a business-house small bore shooting event organised. Low turnout. When asked about it staff were saying they didn't want to look at the staff FB page….
They used to be a formidably social, right and enthusiastic bunch. Now, not so much.
When does the governance/Ministry get held to account and by whom?
Essentially I think the unions aee going to have to seriously consider withdrawing their support and donations. They are getting taken for granted and the smoke screens the minister etc are throwing up are disgraceful.
Substance abuse + chronic understaffing make life pretty shit for a nurse these days.
Very galling to get taken to employment court to ensure safe staffing and just as galling having a minister who was a union leader no less, basically using obfuscation in public statements to make it sound like money is the issue and nurses are greedy.
Seems he’s using a playbook that the last Nat minister left in the bottom drawer.
I think as a society we are descending towards fuck-wittedness at a fairly disturbing rate. The fabric of community is unraveling strand by strand.
The family unit is not as strong nor paramount as it used to be. Community groups are dwindling.
Meanwhile a running down of the health system by under-funding, under delivery of mental health services, successive governments keeping the migration tap on providing the sugar hit to the economy.
Inequality growing in a FIRE economy where we rent houses to each other.
Add to the mix methamphetamine, a habit that is through every strata of society.
Nurses are the front line facing this, without body armour, tasers or a rifle in the boot.
Battery swap for electric cars got a brief moment of the limelight, and has since died out. But an Australian company is having a go at it for long-haul trucking.
Good article-thanks Andre. Some trucking companies in NZ should be looking at this.
I also agree about hydrogen. I have read that the benefits of hydrogen have been much-hyped and that the climate change benefits, as the technology currently exists, are minor or even negative (sorry I read this a while ago and have no link).
Ha I've been saying that for years (atleast a couple if your bored they'll be in my archives here somewhere)
That battery swapping was the way to go for evs
Think about it the vehicle owner wouldnt need to own the buttery, the company's that supply the batteries ould need to deal with the end of life batteries.
And it would keep service stations operating and providing jobs , and cookie time bikkies!!
Agreed. What I like most about this idea is that, with only a few operators having 'all the batteries' – the issue of dumping will be markedly less, and the issue of recycling will be worth pursuing.
Also, very high financial incentives to bring in solar, wind etc to make charging businesses more profitable, and relatively immune/resilient to the vagaries of weather smashing the grid.
My partner works for a transport company in Auckland that intends to be fully carbon-neutral (without carbon credits) by 2025, which by necessity regarding current electrical generation includes providing their own clean energy system to charge vehicles.
They are looking forward to doing the NZ trials for a couple of different model electric trucks next year. They took action to get on the waiting lists a few years ago, and have built relationships with the European manufacturers. All smaller work vehicles have been electric for about five years now.
I personallly believe it is the agility of a small family owned firm that has allowed them to look forward and implement in such a decisive manner.
The interesting aspect is that the family members that run the firm are dedicated car and motorcycle enthusiasts. They retain their love of motors, but have the foresight to know that change is necessary and have embraced it wholeheartedly.
You know I had some clown stand on his feet in a cafe and start jabbing his finger at me while stating exactly this fact(indonesian coal); only last Sunday. That has me believe yours is hardly an original thought, but is, in fact, a Newstalk ZB talking point for manly men who hate this government and will only ever see a glass nearly 20% empty.
This loud and aggressive know-all had also "been told by an electrician" EV's will crash the power grid. Thoughts, sparky?
It's about time some folks get over themselves and get the hell out of the way of the people progressing toward change. feedback is fine, a horde of idiots spreading the same old shit for the sake of it is boring, BORING.
The assumption seems to be the system changes overnight flawlessly, or Labour are (insert string of invectives, accusations of falsehoods and paranoid delusions here).
Instead of patrolling for places to insert your talkback talking points, how about you stop resisting the inevitable, and look how it might advantage you and yours.
The NZ Battery Project, that's pumped hydro at Lake Onslow. If it goes ahead it'll provide dry year storage and peak load capacity, effectively eliminating Huntly. Still some questions about how it will be integrated into the current electricity market, it's huge and whoever owns it will dominate the market.
Also the proposals to produce hydrogen form electricity currently used at Tiwai. Lots of questions about hydrogen but a lot of big players are very keen.
The Dunedin quarry’s XCMG electric mining dump truck, the first of its kind in New Zealand, carried a 30-tonne load, compared with 20 tonnes on the diesel equivalents, Mr Hunter said.
The electric vehicle was slower and it had presented some headaches, but it did the job, he said.
"I don’t know how ‘saviour of the world’ they are, but for us it works because we get so much regeneration coming down the hill, we power it ourselves essentially, it’s just a bit of top-up.
"We’re using 5% or 6% battery on the way up and then we’re gaining about 5% or 6% on the way down."
Every three days, when the battery dropped to 50%, it would be charged at the quarry’s on-site charging station for the cost of about $12.
Compared with the diesel trucks on site that were running through about 90 litres of diesel a day, it was a noteworthy saving.
In an unusual swerve from his Covid-vaccines-all- good narrative, top UK Youtube nurse educator expresses some concern regarding the push to vaccinate British Young People.
The vaccine of choice for the UK kids is the Pfizer/BioNTech offering, perceived to be safer than the more common Astra Zeneca because of the unfortunate TTP safety signal.
Unfortunately, the Pfizer jab is not without it's issues, especially in young men, and the Good Doctor of Nursing advises young men to refrain from sports etc for a week after after having the vaccine and seek medical help immediately if symptoms of myocarditis or pericarditis appear.
And although there are soothing noises from the FDA and CDC regarding the 'short-lived-and -transient' nature of these side effects Dr Campbell notes that viral induced myocarditis is one of the most common causes of heart failure requiring transplant.
Campbell examines the stats for Covid infections, hospitalisations and fatalities in children and young people (Survival rate after testing positive = 99·995% , 40% of under 18s already have Covid antibodies. etc)
Campbell also spends some time discussing the practice, or not, of aspirating before giving an intramuscular injection. This used to be SOP…to draw back a little to check the needle hasn't inadvertently found a blood vessel…but seems to have fallen by the wayside. Failure to perform this basic precautionary procedure could place the vaccine into the bloodstream rather than into the muscle, thereby facilitating the circulation of the vaccine throughout the body.
I've heard (from someone who wrote to MoH/DHB) that aspiration isn't taught as part of the MoH training for those giving the shots. One more reason to worry.
A “fit and healthy” 42-year-old who loved climbing mountains and lifting weights has died of Covid-19 after refusing to get vaccinated, leaving his twin sister and mother heartbroken.
The two women warned others not to think they are invulnerable to the dangers of the virus.
The father of one, John Eyers, a construction expert from Southport in Merseyside, was described by his sister Jenny McCann as “the fittest, healthiest person I know”.
She added that her brother had been climbing Welsh mountains and camping in the wild four weeks before his death.
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Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, a senior intensive care registrar, said she had come across only one patient in critical care who had received both vaccination doses, and that the “vast majority” of people she was seeing were “completely unvaccinated”.
Batt-Rawden said it was difficult to witness the look of regret on patients’ faces when they became unwell and needed to go on a ventilator.
“You can see it dawn on them that they potentially made the biggest mistake of their lives [in not getting the vaccine], which is really hard,” she said, adding that she had overheard people telling family members about their remorse.
A woman whose fiance died after having the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is urging people not to be "fobbed off" when reporting side effects.
Former rock singer Zion, 48, of Alston, Cumbria, had an "excruciating" headache eight days after his injection.
Vikki Spit said a paramedic "completely dismissed" any connection, saying it had developed too long after the jab.
The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) said it could not comment until it had investigated what happened.
Zion's interim fact-of-death certificate lists complications of the vaccine as a possible factor.
Zion was healthy and fit and she believes he would have had a good chance of survival if he had received treatment earlier.
"I don't want to scare people off from being vaccinated because I know this is an extremely rare side effect," she said.
"I also know, if it's caught early, the chances of survival are extremely high.
"But, for whatever reason, the paramedic didn't pick up on it.
"So what I want is for all people to be aware, if you have a headache or you have some sort of symptom after having a vaccine, don't be fobbed off."
Zion took painkillers but, after two further days, looked so unwell Ms Spit called an ambulance.
The first responder noted Zion had recently been vaccinated but the paramedic did not think it was relevant, Ms Spit said.
"She was adamant – it's nothing to do with that, it was too long ago – and she diagnosed a migraine," she said.
Zion stayed at home but, when he began to slur his words and had a seizure two days later, Ms Spit called an ambulance again.
"He couldn't speak. At this point, he couldn't put three words together," she said.
Zion was taken to hospital, had surgery, but "didn't wake up".
We all know about the deaths from Covid…they are very highly publicised in our mainstream media.
It is equally important that we do not dismiss or minimise serious adverse effects or deaths following the Covid vaccines. For each tragic vaccine outcome there are family and friends who are affected. Having the powers that be adopt a 'nothing to see here move on' tone, even with 19 deaths reported to CARM since the roll out began, is merely fueling vaccine hesitancy.
We all know about the deaths from Covid…they are very highly publicised in our mainstream media.
It is equally important that we do not dismiss or minimise serious adverse effects or deaths following the Covid vaccines. For each tragic vaccine outcome there are family and friends who are affected. Having the powers that be adopt a 'nothing to see here move on' tone, even with 19 deaths reported to CARM since the roll out began, is merely fueling [sic] vaccine hesitancy.
Fortunately, the NZ media know better than to spread rumours and unsubstantiated facts that could stoke fear and anger. Your own link contradicts you and they clearly are monitoring and reporting everything. In addition, when Medsafe approved the Pfizer it was conditional with a whole string of requirements. You know this.
Your ignorant misinformation and fearmongering are becoming beyond tedious. I will start moderating your comments if you don’t improve your comments related to Covid vaccination.
Rosemary, the article has not given any evidence that the man's death could be attributed to the vaccine. It's a dreadful piece, full of innuendo. It's clickbait Rosemary.
Your own declaration that the death was 'an adverse effect of the covid jab' isn't supported unless you're referring to this: "Vikki Spit said she did not understand why the paramedic dismissed possible vaccine side effects". Which of course is just demonstrating how arrogant the ignorant are.
Why did she assume a paramedic would take her advice?
Severe headache, between 4 and 28 days post vaccination, seizures, etc.
When recognized early, VITT can be successfully treated.
And… Zion's interim fact-of-death certificate lists complications of the vaccine as a possible factor.
And I highlighted where the woman states that she knew it was a very rare side effect and she didn't want to put folks off being vaccinated. Why is it automatically assumed that this is an anti-vaxx induced article?
I find it very strange that folks continue to deny, to the peril of some, that that these rare but serious adverse effects are real. This is not some batshit crazy conspiracy theory.
What the BBC article is trying to convey to the Covid Vaccine Serious Side Effects deniers is that early recognition and treatment of VITT (and any other side effects) is vital.
Continued denial that shit can go horribly wrong for some vaccine recipients is costing lives.
Continued claims that even suggesting a Covid vaccine can cause serious side effects (and death) in a few very unlucky people is 'spreading vaccine disinformation/misinformation' is just so utterly fucking bizarre that I am not at all surprised that some are falling headfirst down the rabbit hole of hardcore conspiracy theory.
Simply…anaphylaxis (to the vaccine) is a known possible adverse effect and can be treated on site by medical staff. No one has a problem with this being discussed. Lives are saved.
VITT, myocardidtis and pericarditis are also know adverse effects of the vaccine(s) which can be successfully treated if recognised early. Discussing this is not acceptable. Lives are lost.
The interim fact-of-death certificate is issued to establish the fact that death has occurred. It does not state cause of death.
It lists factors that may have contributed to the death. What other factors were listed? We aren't told.
"Zion was taken to hospital, had surgery," What surgery? We aren't told that either.
The only person interviewed was Zion's fiancee. Why were the doctors and nurses who attended him not questioned?
The writer has deliberately led the reader to believe the cause of death is a serious, deadly, reaction to the vaccine. And it seems that you believe that. But there's no evidence of that and until the coroner's report is released no body knows what the cause was.
There is no doubt that some will react badly to the vaccine; any vaccine for the matter. This article has not established that that was the case in this instant.
What bothers me is this sort of unfounded fear mongering designed to alarm those whose bullshit metre is sorely out of whack.
I find it very strange that folks continue to deny, to the peril of some, that that these rare but serious adverse effects are real. This is not some batshit crazy conspiracy theory.
Rosemary, the relevant "very strange" "batshit crazy conspiracy theory" is that "folks continue to to deny… that these rare but serious adverse effects are real."
WHO, for goodness sake, are these "folks" who are denying that serious adverse effects are real? It's "just so utterly fucking bizarre".
C'mon, don't keep us in suspense – who are these folks; these "Covid Vaccine Serious Side Effects deniers"? Who is promulgating this fanciful "Continued denial that shit can go horribly wrong…" shit? Have you got a link?
Muscle contains and recruits immune cells called dendritic cells, which take up antigens quickly and stick them on their surface, like a flag.
Dendritic cells then migrate to and slip into lymph nodes, "which are like large meeting places for the immune system", Dr Groom says.
There, they encounter T cells and B cells — white blood cells that help defend our body against specific pathogens.
A dendritic cell will present its flag to T and B cells until it finds those that recognise the antigen, then gives them the signal to multiply and, in the case of B cells, start manufacturing antibodies.
"In the case of COVID-19 vaccines, that amplification means they can block SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins so that the virus can no longer get into a cell," Dr Groom says.
"But they also start to form that pool of long-lived memory, which is really what we want from an outcome of a vaccine."
Muscle is a bit of a Goldilocks tissue for doling out vaccines to our immune cells: not too slow, but not too fast either.
As well as providing a ready pool of dendritic cells, muscle acts as a "deposit", where the vaccine can linger a while and be used over a longer period.
This allows for an extended immune system training session, Dr Groom says, which "is thought to result in maximal activation of the immune system".
A vaccine injected directly into the bloodstream, on the other hand, is vulnerable to destruction.
"There are other nonspecific immune cells that can mop up the vaccine and degrade it before it has the opportunity to get to the lymph node," Dr Groom says.
"Then it doesn't have the opportunity for this information to be shared with B and T cells."
As well as being easier to do, injecting vaccines into muscle also has very few severe side effects, and overall invokes less inflammation than a vaccine in a vein.
Well, I thought that since you had listened, read, and watched The Gospel of Dr Campbell about this that you would know these things and could explain it in your own words and in simple terms. Instead, you parrot a certain Dr Groom in a nice copy & paste job demonstrating that you know how to use a device but not that you know anything about what you’re talking about. Go figure.
I still don’t know why it would be a bad thing if you don’t aspirate when injecting the Covid vaccine into the muscle and why some of it ending up in the circulation would or could be considered bad. The official advice is not to aspirate. The chances of hitting a larger blood vessel in the upper arm are low but it also depends on the person doing the injection and whether they’re properly trained and skilled. But you already know this, obviously.
Meanwhile, others here seem to think that this is “[o]ne more reason to worry”. FFS.
Is that the same Dr Campbell who favours dosing with ivermectin to combat Covid?
Presumably vaccination of anyone against anything (including young people against Covid-19) remains a matter of choice in the UK, even with 130,000+ dead from Covid, and Covid deaths currently averaging ~80 per day. What is the good doctor’s problem?
Meanwhile, in the US of A, with 631,000 tragic deaths from Covid (only ~340 of which were in the 0-17 age range, i.e. ~0.05%, or 1 in 2000), 5.5 million currently active cases, and Covid deaths averaging ~400 per day, regrettably it looks like at least some of the population won't be getting back to "Normal life" anytime soon.
But I do want to give a shout out to those who are stoking vaccine hesitancy in NZ – without you, public health initiatives such as this one simply wouldn't be possible.
This is a one off opportunity and is open to anyone, but please make sure you phone to book and if they fill their numbers you may not get in this time.
Mid Central District Health Board’s COVID vaccination team have vacancies for COVID19 vaccinations this Friday 6th, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th . Vaccinations will take place at the COVID19 vaccination clinic 38, Fitzherbert Ave (behind Toy World), in Palmerston North. There are no restrictions on who can be vaccinated on these days.
Phone 0800 634 2829 to book.
We don't know how lucky we are – to live in this country of ours.
Charlie Kirk, Unsurprisingly, Is Out Here Stoking Vaccine Hesitancy -29 July
Turning Point USA is apparently teaching young people the best tactics in rejecting the covid-19 vaccine Joe Biden and Olivia Rodrigo have teamed up to promote the covid vaccine among Americans under 25, but now they’re up against the youthful energy and persuasive powers of *checks notes* Charlie Kirk. The battle for the upper arms of America’s youth continues as one side is encouraging teens and newly minted adults to get vaccinated and the other is actively working to instruct high school and college students on how to reject the vaccine and sound like an utter douchebag while doing it.
Campbell is not "stoking vaccine hesitancy". He is, as a highly qualified and experienced health professional, giving information and advice (in the case of young male vaccine recipients not doing sport for a week after being jabbed) so as to try and prevent serious negative outcomes to what is an known safety signal for the Pfizer vaccine.
Campbell has been the loudest and most enthusiastic cheerleader for the Covid vaccine rollout in the UK. To the point that as side effects from the vaccines have been increasing in number, he has copped some criticism from his adoring fans for failing to discuss vaccine harm.
I posted this particular clip today because it is a significant departure from his usual spiel.
I don't watch telly…I guess there have been warnings from our Ministry of Health that myocarditis is a known safety signal with the Pfizer vaccine? What with them vaccinating schoolkids in Whanganui at the moment.
Campbell is not “stoking vaccine hesitancy”.
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I posted this particular clip today because it is a significant departure from his usual spiel.
Didn’t consider the possibility that Dr Campbell was/is "stoking vaccine hesitancy", so thanks Rosemary for explaining why you chose to post this particular clip today.
I don't watch telly…I guess there have been warnings from our Ministry of Health that myocarditis is a known safety signal with the Pfizer vaccine?
Don't watch much tele either, but do know that Medsafe issued a warning:
Alert communication21 July 2021
Myocarditis and pericarditis – rare adverse reactions to Comirnaty (Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine) The benefits of vaccination with Comirnaty continue to outweigh the risk of experiencing a side effect for people of all ages in the approved indication.
Good to know there wasn’t a cover-up eh – that really would have put the 'Pfizer cat' amongst the 'pro-vaccine hesitancy pigeons'.
The very few unfortunates that do develop myocarditis after vaccination are at much lower risk of a severe case than those that get myocarditis following a viral infection. So far, I have yet to see any reliable reports of a death from myocarditis after vaccination, whereas as death from myocarditis following a viral infection is a genuine risk.
Vaccine Safety Datalink findings in 12- to 39-year-olds revealed an overall myocarditis rate of 12.6 cases per million in the 3 weeks after the second dose, though most occurred within 5 days of vaccination, Shimabukuro reported.
He concluded that overall the condition was highly treatable and most patients recovered well.
That's very different from when myocarditis is caused by a viral infection, Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital Philadelphia (CHOP), told STAT News. When myocarditis is caused by coxsackie or parvovirus, for instance, "it's a serious disease, often involving ICU admission, and occasionally fatal. It can require a heart transplant. That's not this. This is often transient, lasting 2 or 3 days, and resolves on its own for the most part or can be treated with anti-inflammatories."
I can deal with the CNN crews that chase me by car while I bicycle from my home. I feel sorry for the people in media that have to follow the orders they are given.
It is easy to dismiss the media pawns, but the most powerful individual on the planet has targeted me as his primary obstacle that must be removed. Every three letter agency is at his disposal, and the executive powers have grown beyond what an individual American's rights can protect against.
A dissenter of medical mandates is now a target and obstacle to be removed. I know – that's 25 years' worth of blood, sweat and tears coming down.
I can hardly believe these words are coming out of my mouth. It's a testament of just how radical things have degenerated in the recent past. However, I will continue to publish new articles, BUT going forward, each article I publish will be available for only 48 hours and will then be removed from the website.
We are at the crossroad where change is unavoidable. We all must make choices that determine our future. To many, this looks like a war … but what we need to find is peace. I am going to find peace through this sacrifice.
“If benefits are increased by $50 per week, they would generally be around $25 per week higher than equivalent rates of student support. This would have significant implications for the benefit and student interface and would likely reduce the financial incentives to study,” they wrote.
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“While financial incentives are only one factor that affect people’s decisions to work, increasing out-of-work incomes without a subsequent increase to in-work incomes reduces the financial return from work. This can have implications for broader income adequacy objectives, as encouraging paid work is an important tool for alleviating poverty,” they wrote.
“There are already relatively weak financial incentives to work full-time for some people, such as sole parents and secondary earners in couples with children on low wages/earning the minimum wage. These benefit increases will weaken these incentives further.”
I mean, maybe they could also increase student support and the minimum wage by $25/wk…
so a likely once in a generation MMP majority Labour Govt. takes the advice of filthy neolib managerialists above service to vulnerable working class children
Well, she still ignored the "disincentive to work" angle.
The decider might well have been the extra cost to education if they increased student allowances (or whatever they're called now) to match – especially if the plan is continuing to transition to full allowances.
The Fast-Track Approvals Bill enables cabinet ministers to circumvent key environmental planning and protection processes for infrastructure projects. Its difficulties have been well canvassed. This column suggests a different way of thinking about the proposal. I am going to explore the Bill from the perspective of its proponents with their ...
New Zealand First Cabinet Minister Shane Jones has become the best advertisement against the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill. In selling the radical new resource consenting processes, in which ministers can green light any mine, dam, or other major development, Jones seems to be shooting the proposal in the foot. ...
Buzz from the Beehive Associate Education Minister David Seymour is urging the PostPrimary Teachers Association to put learning ahead of ideology. He wants the union leaders to call off their teachers meetings around the country where they hope to muster the strength to undo the government’s plans to establish several ...
What are police for? "Fighting crime" is the obvious answer. If there's a burglary, they should show up and investigate. Ditto if there's a murder or sexual assault. Speeding or drunk or dangerous driving is a crime, so obviously they should respond to that. And obviously, they should respond to ...
Michael Reddell writes – I got curious yesterday about how the Australia/New Zealand real exchange rate had changed over the last decade, and so dug out the data on the changes in the two countries’ CPIs. Over the 10 years from March 2014 to March 2024, New Zealand’s ...
Graham Adams writes that 20 years after the land march, judges are quietly awarding a swathe of coastal rights to iwi. Early this month, an hour-long documentary was released by TVNZ to mark the 20th anniversary of the land-rights march to oppose Helen Clark’s Foreshore and Seabed Act. The account ...
David Farrar writes – The Herald reports: Suspended Green MP Darleen Tana has passed an unpleasant milestone: she has now been absent for as many parliamentary sitting days as she has been present for this year. Tana is on full pay while she is suspended, and will benefit from a ...
Peter Dunne writes – It is no coincidence that two Labour should-have-been MPs are making the most noise about public sector cuts. As assistant general secretary of the Public Service Association, Fleur Fitzsimons has been at the forefront of revealing where the next round of state sector job ...
Bryce Edwards writes – It’s becoming a classic case study for why lobbying deals with politicians need greater scrutiny. Former National Minister Steven Joyce runs a lobbying company with a major client – the University of Waikato. The University desperately wants $300m+ of taxpayer funding to establish a ...
This is one of the (extra) weekly columns on music or movies. Plenty of solid analyses of Possession exist online and most of them – inevitably – contain spoilers. This column is more in the way of a first-timer’s aid to getting your initial bearings. You don’t need to have ...
I am painting in oil, a portrait of a manWho has taken all the heart aches,And all the pain he can stand.I am using all the colors of blue,I have here on my stand.I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man.This has been an interesting week for me. ...
Helen Clark joins the Hoon as a special guest talking whether Aotearoa should join Aukus II, and her views on the fast track legislation and how Luxon and the new Government are performing. File Photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for subscribers features co-hosts ...
With an election due in less than nine months, Britain’s embattled PM, Rishi Sunak, gave a useful speech earlier this week. He made a substantial case for his government, perhaps as compelling as is possible in the current environment. Quite an achievement. His overall theme was security, first pulling ...
Open access notablesPublicly expressed climate scepticism is greatest in regions with high CO2 emissions, Pearson et al., Climatic Change:We analysed a recently released corpus of climate-related tweets to examine the macro-level factors associated with public declarations of climate change scepticism. Analyses of over 2 million geo-located tweets in the U.S. showed that climate ...
You can be all negative about these charter schools if you want, but I’m here to accentuate the positive. You can get all worked up, if you want to, by the contradiction of Luxon saying We’re going to make sure that every school in the country is teaching exactly the same ...
Losing The Room: One can only speculate about what has persuaded the Coalition Government that it will pay no electoral price for unreasonably pushing ahead with policies that are so clearly against the national interest. They seem quite oblivious to the risk that by doing so they will convince an increasing ...
Name suppression decisions can be tough sometimes. No matter your views on free speech, you have to be hard-hearted not to be torn by the tug of the competing arguments. I think you can feel the Supreme Court wrestling with that in M v The King. The case for ...
The Merchants of Menace: The Coalition Government has convinced itself that the “Brahmins’” emollient functions have become much too irksome and expensive. Those who see themselves as the best hope of rebuilding New Zealand’s ailing capitalist system, appear to have convinced themselves that a little bit of blunt trauma is what their mollycoddled ...
When National first proposed its Muldoonist "fast-track" law, they were warned that it would inevitably lead to corruption. And that is exactly what has happened, with Resources Minister Shane Jones taking secret meetings with potential applicants:On Tuesday, in a Newsroom story, questions were raised about a dinner Jones ...
Buzz from the Beehive One day – hopefully – we will push that Russian rascal, Vladimir Putin, beyond breaking point. Perhaps it will happen today, when he learns that Foreign Minister Winston Peters is again tightening the thumbscrews. Peters announced further sanctions, this time on 28 individuals and 14 entities ...
How Labour’s and National’s failure to move beyond neoliberalism has brought New Zealand to the brink of economic and cultural chaos.TO START LOSING, so soon after you won, requires a special kind of political incompetence. At the heart of this Coalition Government’s failure to retain, and build upon, the public ...
“Members of Parliament don’t work for us, they represent us, an entirely different thing. As with so much that has turned out badly, the re-organising of MPs’ responsibilities began with the Fourth Labour Government. That’s when they began to be treated like employees – public servants – whose diaries had ...
It’s becoming a classic case study for why lobbying deals with politicians need greater scrutiny. Former National Minister Steven Joyce runs a lobbying company with a major client – the University of Waikato. The University desperately wants $300m+ of taxpayer funding to establish a third medical school in New Zealand, ...
Time To Choose: Like it or not, the Kiwis are either going into AUKUS’s “Pillar 2” – or they are going to China.HAD ZHENG HE’S FLEET sailed east, not west, in the early Fifteenth Century, how different our world would be. There is little reason to suppose that the sea-going junks ...
Henry Ergas writes – When in Randall Jarrell’s Pictures from an Institution, a college president is accused of being a hypocrite, the novel’s narrator retorts that the description is grossly unfair. After all, the man is still far from the stage of moral development at which the charge ...
David Farrar writes – Radio NZ reports: The Education Review Office says too many new teachers feel poorly prepared for their jobs. In a report published on Monday, the review office said 60 percent of the principals it interviewed said their new teachers were not ready. ...
New Zealand’s economic performance and the PM’s vision Michael Reddell writes – When I wrote yesterday morning’s post, highlighting how poorly both New Zealand and its Anglo peer countries have been doing in respect of productivity in recent times (ie, in the case of New ...
Hi all,Firstly - thank you! You guys are awesome. The response I’ve received to last night’s mail has been quite overwhelming. It’s a ghastly day outside, but there are no clouds in here.In case you didn’t read my email and are wondering what on earth I’m talking about you can ...
If there was still any doubt as to who is actually running this government – and it isn’t the buffoon from Botany – then this week’s announcement of a huge spend up on charter schools has settled the matter. While jobs and public services continue to be cut in the ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gaye Taylor As widespread drought raises expectations for a repeat of last year’s ferocious wildfire season, response teams across Canada are grappling with the rapidly changing face of fire in a warming climate. No longer quenched by winter, nor quelled by the ...
Half of Christchurch City Holdings Ltd’s directors and its chair resigned en masse last night in protest at Christchurch City Council’s demand to front-load dividends File Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The chair of Christchurch City Council’s investment company and four of its independent directors resigned in protest last ...
The University of Waikato has reworded an advertisement that begins the tender process for its new $300 million-plus medical school even though the Government still needs to approve it. However, even the reworded ad contains an architect’s visualisations of what the school might look like. ACT leader David Seymour told ...
As a follow-up to the Rings of Power trailer discussion, I thought I needed to add something. There has been some online mockery about the use of the same actor for both the Halbrand and Annatar incarnations of Sauron. The reasoning is that Halbrand with a shave and a new ...
This isn’t quite as dramatic as the title might suggest. I’m not going anywhere, but there is something I wanted to talk to you about.Let’s start with a typical day.Most days I send out a newsletter in the morning. If I’ve written a lot the previous evening it might be ...
Buzz from the Beehive The promise of tax relief loomed large in his considerations when the PM delivered a pre-Budget speech to the Auckland Business Chamber. The job back in Wellington is getting government spending back under control, he said, bandying figures which show that in per capita terms, the ...
Yesterday de facto Prime Minister David Seymour announced that his glove puppet government would be re-introducing charter schools, throwing $150 million at his pet quacks, donors and cronies and introducing an entire new government agency to oversee them (the existing Education Review Office, which actually knows how to review schools, ...
Seeing that, in order to discredit the figures and achieve moral superiority while attempting to deflect attention away from the military assault on Rafa, Israel supporters in NZ have seized on reports that casualty numbers in Gaza may be inflated … Continue reading → ...
David Farrar writes – Newstalk ZB report: The man responsible for a horror hit and run in central Wellington last year was on a suspended licence and was so drunk he later asked police, “Did I kill someone?” Jason Tuitama injured two women when he ran a red ...
Muriel Newman writes – Former US President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.” The fight for ...
Why Courts should have said Waitangi Tribunal could not summons Karen Chhour Gary Judd writes – In the High Court, Justice Isacs declined to uphold the witness summons issued by the Waitangi Tribunal to compel Minister for Children, Karen Chhour, to appear before it to be ...
Bryce Edwards writes – The number of voices raising concerns about the Government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill is rapidly growing. This is especially apparent now that Parliament’s select committee is listening to submissions from the public to evaluate the proposed legislation. Twenty-seven thousand submissions have been made to Parliament ...
An average of 166 New Zealand citizens left the country every day during the March quarter, up 54% from a year ago.Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The economy and housing market is sinking into a longer recession through the winter after a slump in business and consumer confidence in ...
The government has made it abundantly clear they’re addicted to the smell of new asphalt. On Tuesday they introduced a new term to the country’s roading lexicon, the Roads of Regional Significance (RoRS), a little brother for the Roads of National (Party) Significance (RoNS). Driving ahead with Roads of Regional ...
School is outAnd I walk the empty hallwaysI walk aloneAlone as alwaysThere's so many lucky penniesLying on the floorBut where the hell are all the lucky peopleI can't see them any moreYesterday morning, I’d just sent out my newsletter on Tama Potaka, and I was struggling to make the coffee. ...
Hi,I wanted to check in and ask how you’re doing.This is perhaps a selfish act, of attempting to find others feeling a similar way to me — that is to say, a little hopeless at the moment.Misery loves company, that sort of deal.Some context.I wish I could say I got ...
I have hitherto been fairly quiet on the new season of Rings of Power, on the basis that the underwhelming first season did not exactly build excitement – and the rumours were fairly daft. The only real thing of substance to come out has been that they have re-cast Adar ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
“The thing is,” Chris Luxon says, leaning forward to make his point, “this has always been my thing.”“This goes all the way back to the first multinational I worked for. I was saying exactly the same thing back then. The name of our business needs to be more clear; people ...
Buzz from the Beehive It’s been a momentous few days for Children’s Minister Karen Chhour. The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which blocked a summons order from the Waitangi Tribunal for her. And today she has announced the Government is putting children first by introducing to ...
In 2014 former Australian army lawyer David McBride leaked classified military documents about Australian war crimes to the ABC. Dubbed "The Afghan Files", the documents led to an explosive report on Australian war crimes, the disbanding of an entire SAS unit, and multiple ongoing prosecutions. The journalist who wrote the ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – According to the respected Pew Research Centre, “In seven of eight [European] countries surveyed, the most trusted news outlet asked about is the public news organization in each country”. For example, “in Sweden, an overwhelming majority (90%) say they trust the public broadcaster SVT”. ...
David Farrar writes – Kata MacNamara reports: Details of Tony Blakely’s involvement in the New Zealand Government’s response to the pandemic raise serious questions about the work of the Covid-19 Royal Commission of Inquiry over which he presides. It has long been clear that Blakely, a ...
Chris Trotter writes – Are you a Brahmin or a Merchant? Or, are you merely one of those whose lives are profoundly influenced by the decisions of Brahmins and Merchants? Those are the questions that are currently shaping the politics of New Zealand and the entire West. ...
RNZ reports – It’s supposed to be a haven of healing and spiritual awakening but residents of the Kawai Purapura community say they’ve been hurt and deceived. It’s the successor to the former Centrepoint commune, and has been on the bush block opposite Albany shopping centre since 2008. It ...
TL;DR : Here’s the top six items climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, as selected by Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent Cathrine Dyer. Usually we have a video chat to go with this wrap, but were unable to do one this week. We’ll be back next week.Several reports ...
The Transport Minister has set a hard 'fiscal envelope' of $6.54 billion for transport capital spending. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The economy is settling into a state of suspended animation as the Government’s funding freezes and job cuts chill confidence and combine with stubbornly high interest rates to ...
To be precise, the term “anti- Zionism” refers to (a) criticism of the political movement that created a modern Jewish state on the historical land of Israel, and to (b)the subjugation of Palestinians by the Israeli state. By contrast, the term “anti-Semitism” means bigotry and racism directed at Jewish people, ...
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Because hurricanes are one of the big-ticket weather disasters that humanity has to face, climate misinformers spend a lot of effort muddying the waters on whether climate change is making hurricanes more damaging. With the official start to the hurricane ...
Yesterday the Mayor released what he calls his “plan to save public transport” which is part of his final proposal for the Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP). This comes following consultation on the draft version that occurred in March which showed, once again, that people want more done on transport, especially ...
And it's a pleasure that I have knownAnd it's a treasure that I have gainedAotearoa’s coalition government is fragile. It’s held together by the obsequious sycophancy of Christopher Luxon, who willingly contorts his party into the fringe positions of his junior coalition partners and is unwilling to contradict them. The ...
The Select Committee hearing submissions on the fast-track consenting legislation is starting to become a beat-up of regional councils. The inflexibility and slow workings of the Councils were prominent in two submissions yesterday. One, from the Coromandel Marine Farmers Association, simply said that the Waikato Regional Council’s planning decisions were ...
Back in April, the High Court surprised everyone by ruling that Ministers are above the law, at least as far as the Waitangi Tribunal is concerned. The reason for this ruling was "comity" - the idea that the different branches of government shouldn't interfere with each other's functions. Which makes ...
Buzz from the BeehiveTolling was mentioned when Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the government was re-introducing the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme, with 15 “crucial” projects to support economic growth and regional development across New Zealand. All RoNS would be four-laned, grade-separated highways, and all funding, financing, and ...
or the past 14 years, ever since the Spanish government cheated on an autonomy deal, Catalonia has reliably given pro-independence parties a majority of seats in their regional parliament. But now that seems to be over. Catalans went to the polls yesterday, and stripped the Catalan parties of their majority. ...
David Farrar writes – Radio NZ report: Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins said the Electoral Commission should make sure the system ran smoothly and “taking away the right of thousands of people to vote” was not the answer. “Thousands of people enroled and voted on the day. If ...
Don Brash writes – There was a rather revealing headline in the Herald on Sunday today (12 May). It read “One in 8 Auckland homes on market were bought during boom, may now sell for loss”. The first line of text noted that “New data shows one in ...
Mike Grimshaw writes – At a time when universities are understandably nervous regarding the establishment of the University Advisory Group (UAG) and the Science System Advisory Group (SSAG) it may seem strange – or even fool-hardy – to state that there are long-standing issues in the tertiary sector ...
Lindsay Mitchell writes – A lack of perspective can make something quite large or important seem small or irrelevant. Against a backdrop of high-profile, negative statistics it is easy to overlook the positive. For instance, the fact that 64 percent of Maori are employed is rarely reported. For ...
Earlier this year, the Herald ran a series of articles amounting to a sustained campaign against raised pedestrian crossings, by reporter Bernard Orsman. A key part of that campaign concerned the raised crossings being installed as part of the Pt Chevalier to Westmere project, with at least 10 articles over ...
TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to May 19 include:PM Christopher Luxon is expected to hold his weekly post-cabinet news conference at 4:00pm on Monday.Parliament is not sitting this week. It resumes next week for a two-week sitting session up to and ...
Hi,Thanks to all the beautiful Worms who came to the LA Webworm popup on Saturday.It was a way to celebrate the online store we launched last week — and it was super special.As I talk about a lot, I really value our community here — and it was a BLAST ...
A listing of 35 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 5, 2024 thru Sat, May 11, 2024. (Unfortunate) Story of the week "Grief that stops at despair is an ending that I and many others, most notably ...
The Government’s introduction of legislation that would enable landlords to end tenancies with no reason marks a dark day for the 1.4 million people who rent their home in Aotearoa. ...
The Minister for Mental Health has found the Suicide Prevention Office and mental health support for 111 calls slipping through his fingers, says Labour spokesperson for Mental Health Ingrid Leary. ...
Today’s justification from the Minister for Children for scrapping protections for our tamariki was either a case of ignorance or deliberate deception. ...
The Green Party says the Government’s misguided policy on gangs will fail, following the announcement of the establishment of a national gang unit and district gang disruption units to target gang activities. ...
“With Police pay negotiations still unresolved after six months in Government, Mark Mitchell has today rolled the Commissioner out for a rebrand of their approach to gang crime,” Labour police spokesperson Ginny Andersen said. ...
The Government bringing back 50 charter schools will not increase achievement and is a distraction from the core mission of the education system, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. ...
Te Pāti Māori is showing extreme concern over the Environment Select Committees adoption of a lucky dip draw to determine hearings for the Fast Track Approvals bill. Of the 27,000 submissions, 2,900 requested to present. All organisations will be heard; however, the remaining 2,350 submitters will be subject to a ...
Today New Zealand First will introduce a Member’s Bill that will protect women’s spaces. The ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls, that all new non-domestic publicly accessible buildings provide separate, clearly demarcated, unisex and single sex bathrooms. This Bill ...
The Green Party is welcoming Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ continuation of Hon. James Shaw’s cross-party work on climate adaptation, now in the form of a Finance and Expenditure Committee Inquiry. ...
The National Government plans to cut 390 jobs at ACC, including roles in the areas of prevention of sexual violence, road safety and workplace safety. ...
The Government has been caught in opposition to evidence once again as it looks to usher in tried, tested and failed work seminar obligations for job-seeking beneficiaries. ...
The Green Party is welcoming the announcement by the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform Chris Bishop to approve most of the Wellington City Council’s District Plan recommendations. ...
David Seymour has failed to get the sweeping cuts he wanted to the free and healthy school lunch programme, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. ...
Hon Willie Jackson has been invited by the Oxford Union to debate the motion “This House Believes British Museums are not Very British’ on May 23rd. ...
Green Party MP Hūhana Lyndon says her Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill is an opportunity to right some past wrongs around the alienation of Māori land. ...
A senior, highly respected King’s Counsel with decades of experience in our law courts, Gary Judd KC, has filed a complaint about compulsory tikanga Māori studies for law students - highlighting the utter depths of absurdity this woke cultural madness has taken our society. The tikanga regulations will compel law ...
The Government needs to be clear with the people of the Nelson Marlborough region about the changes it is considering for the Nelson Hospital rebuild, Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said. ...
Ministers must front up about which projects it will push through under its Fast Track Approvals legislation, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
The Government is again adding to New Zealand’s growing unemployment, this time cutting jobs at the agencies responsible for urban development and growing much needed housing stock. ...
With Minister Karen Chhour indicating in the House today that she either doesn’t know or care about the frontline cuts she’s making to Oranga Tamariki, we risk seeing more and more of our children falling through the cracks. ...
The Labour Party is saddened to learn of the death of Sir Robert Martin, a globally renowned disability advocate who led the way for disability rights both in New Zealand and internationally. ...
Labour is calling for the Government to urgently rethink its coalition commitment to restart live animal exports, Labour animal welfare spokesperson Rachel Boyack said. ...
Today’s Financial Stability Report has once again highlighted that poverty and deep inequality are political choices - and this Government is choosing to make them worse. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to do more for our households in most need as unemployment rises and the cost of living crisis endures. ...
Unemployment is on the rise and it’s only going to get worse under this Government, Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate grew to 4.3 percent in the March quarter from 4 percent in the December quarter. “This is the second rise in unemployment ...
The New Zealand Labour Party welcomes the entering into force of the European Union and New Zealand free trade agreement. This agreement opens the door for a huge increase in trade opportunities with a market of 450 million people who are high value discerning consumers of New Zealand goods and ...
The National-led Government continues its fiscal jiggery pokery with its Pharmac announcement today, Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall says. “The government has increased Pharmac funding but conceded it will only make minimal increases in access to medicine”, said Ayesha Verrall “This is far from the bold promises made to fund ...
This afternoon’s interim Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime. ...
"On the 27th of March, I sought assurances from the Chief Executive, Department of Internal Affairs, that the Department’s correct processes and policies had been followed in regards to a passport application which received media attention,” says Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden. “I raised my concerns after being ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced the appointment of three new District Court Judges, to replace Judges who have recently retired. Peter James Davey of Auckland has been appointed a District Court Judge with a jury jurisdiction to be based at Whangarei. Mr Davey initially started work as a law clerk/solicitor with ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour is calling on the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) to put ideology to the side and focus on students’ learning, in reaction to the union holding paid teacher meetings across New Zealand about charter schools. “The PPTA is disrupting schools up and down the ...
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly today announced the appointment of Craig Stobo as the new chair of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). Mr Stobo takes over from Mark Todd, whose term expired at the end of April. Mr Stobo’s appointment is for a five-year term. “The FMA plays ...
Surf Life Saving New Zealand and Coastguard New Zealand will continue to be able to keep people safe in, on, and around the water following a funding boost of $63.644 million over four years, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey say. “Heading to the beach for ...
New Zealand and Tuvalu have reaffirmed their close relationship, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “New Zealand is committed to working with Tuvalu on a shared vision of resilience, prosperity and security, in close concert with Australia,” says Mr Peters, who last visited Tuvalu in 2019. “It is my pleasure ...
New Zealand is gravely concerned about the situation in New Caledonia, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “The escalating situation and violent protests in Nouméa are of serious concern across the Pacific Islands region,” Mr Peters says. “The immediate priority must be for all sides to take steps to de-escalate the ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met today with Samoa’s O le Ao o le Malo, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, who is making a State Visit to New Zealand. “His Highness and I reflected on our two countries’ extensive community links, with Samoan–New Zealanders contributing to all areas of our national ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has announced that he has approved Waiheke Island ferry operator Island Direct to be eligible for SuperGold Card funding, paving the way for a commercial agreement to bring the operator into the scheme. “Island Direct started operating in November 2023, offering an additional option for people ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced further sanctions on 28 individuals and 14 entities providing military and strategic support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russia is directly supported by its military-industrial complex in its illegal aggression against Ukraine, attacking its sovereignty and territorial integrity. New Zealand condemns all entities and ...
A year on from the tragedy at Loafers Lodge, the Government is working hard to improve building fire safety, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “I want to share my sincere condolences with the families and friends of the victims on the anniversary of the tragic fire at Loafers ...
Ka nui te mihi kia koutou. Kia ora and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for having me here in the lead up to my Government’s first Budget. Before I get started can I acknowledge: Simon Bridges – Auckland Business Chamber CEO. Steve Jurkovich – Kiwibank CEO. Kids born ...
New Zealand and Vanuatu will enhance collaboration on issues of mutual interest, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “It is important to return to Port Vila this week with a broad, high-level political delegation which demonstrates our deep commitment to New Zealand’s relationship with Vanuatu,” Mr Peters says. “This ...
Minister for Land Information, Chris Penk will travel to Peru this week to represent New Zealand at a meeting of trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific region on behalf of Trade Minister Todd McClay. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting will be held on 17-18 May ...
Minister of Education Erica Stanford will head to the United Kingdom this week to participate in the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) and the 2024 Education World Forum (EWF). “I am looking forward to sharing this Government’s education priorities, such as introducing a knowledge-rich curriculum, implementing an evidence-based ...
Minister of Education Erica Stanford has today thanked outgoing New Zealand Qualifications Authority Chair, Hon Tracey Martin. “Tracey Martin tendered her resignation late last month in order to take up a new role,” Ms Stanford says. Ms Martin will relinquish the role of Chair on 10 May and current Deputy ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and President Emmanuel Macron of France today announced a new non-governmental organisation, the Christchurch Call Foundation, to coordinate the Christchurch Call’s work to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. This change gives effect to the outcomes of the November 2023 Call Leaders’ Summit, ...
Distinguished public servant and former diplomat Sir Maarten Wevers will lead the independent review into the disability support services administered by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha. The review was announced by Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston a fortnight ago to examine what could be done to strengthen the ...
Today’s announcement by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of a National Gang Unit and district Gang Disruption Units will help deliver on the coalition Government’s pledge to restore law and order and crack down on criminal gangs, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says. “The National Gang Unit and Gang Disruption Units will ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today expressed regret at North Korea’s aggressive rhetoric towards New Zealand and its international partners. “New Zealand proudly stands with the international community in upholding the rules-based order through its monitoring and surveillance deployments, which it has been regularly doing alongside partners since 2018,” Mr ...
Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies MNZM is the new Chief of Defence Force, Defence Minister Judith Collins announced today. The Chief of Defence Force commands the Navy, Army and Air Force and is the principal military advisor to the Defence Minister and other Ministers with relevant portfolio responsibilities in the defence ...
Legislation to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act has been introduced to Parliament. The Bill’s introduction reaffirms the Coalition Government’s commitment to the safety of children in care, says Minister for Children, Karen Chhour. “While section 7AA was introduced with good intentions, it creates a conflict for Oranga ...
Defence Minister Judith Collins will this week travel to the UK and Italy to meet with her defence counterparts, and to attend Battles of Cassino commemorations. “I am humbled to be able to represent the New Zealand Government in Italy at the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of what was ...
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Not good to wake up the the first report on RNZ Morning report today.
The interview was with a Ms Birt, a UK resident Kiwi who sounded as though she may be a self-entitled millenial. She has initiated a petition to reform the Managed Isolation and Quarantine booking system, increase capacity, and consider alternatives for returnees who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Admittedly, she made brief mention of 'dire cases' which will inevitably exist and should be dealt with more efficiently and raised the issue of the system being rorted by the IT manipulators. Both are legitimate issues that only the meanest would take exception too.
However, the overall impression was that are target for signatures are of a different demographic. People like herself who want to swan back home to see family then piss off back overseas, probably to well paid jobs and comfortable life styles, without having the grind of MIQ to contend with.
Her arguments included that she should be excused the inconvenience of MIQ because she has had covid and both injections. She seems to think that the experts should be guided by the science but what is the science? Just because she has been infected and vaccinated, does that ensure she is not a carrier? It is also a bit rich to imply that our world leading response is not being guided by science.
Of course, Ms Birt trumpeted the fact that returnees have to wait in line behind the likes of sports people and entertainers. Great God in heaven, haven't those who have remained in NZ, made compromises and acted in the good of all entitled to a bit of payback in the form of liver entertainment?
Lets hope that RNZ don't sit on their hands all day but seek a countervailing opinion to represent the bulk of NZers, not just the self-entitled who want to have a brief face to face catch-up when the same can be achieved with the help of a bit of technology.
She should write a letter to The Listener.
Morning Report has become Moaning Report. Anything that shows the Government in a negative leads. They need a good clean out of producers and some reporters need to go as well.
Agreed Janice….far too much small-scale moaning and way too little important news such as events in the wider world…except the obsession with the USA of course.
And when is Moaning Report going to get rid of the weather forecast for every village in NZ at 7.30 and 8.30….I lose 2 minutes of my life every time this useless info comes on. Haven't RNZ realised yet that you can get a far better local forecast in 30 seconds on your phone? Replace it with feedback from listeners-often inciteful.
Haven't RNZ realised yet that you can get a far better local forecast in 30 seconds on your phone?
Hmmm…I'm no fan of Natrad, and I'll happily adopt the "Moaning" Report rename, but steady on there with the dismissal of the "village" forecasts.
Believe it or not, City Folk, there are live human being living out here in the comparative wop wops who are actually engaged with the rest of the country. It doesn't hurt one little bit have our national broadcaster acknowledge our existence once in a while. The weather forecast is just as important to us as it is to you urbanites…perhaps more so. Get rid of our forecast and you might as well ditch radio weather altogether.
As for the …30 seconds on your phone?… I'm so glad you added the question mark.
We had a power cut the other day, from Waiharara north to the end of the power lines at Te Paki. Six hours. No internet or 'landline' phone as these don't work in a power cut. Cellphone reception is rubbish most of the time…hence the Uber. The local Four Square had to close and there was no fuel available at the local self serve pumps. We do, however, keep a battery powered radio handy. Just to connect us with the rest of the world. Just in case.
Quaint, I know, but it is what is is.
there are live human being living out here in the comparative wop wops who are actually engaged with the rest of the country.
Hence the popularity of Peter Godfrey's incomparable The New Zealand Weather Forecast (A metrical Psalm)
Author:Peter Godfrey; St. Mary's Cathedral (Auckland, N.Z.). Choir
You mean insightful I think ? although sometime listen feedback is inciteful.
haha AJ …yes I screwed up there big time. Agreed though that feedback often does incite.
If we are to edit MR, keep the weather and ditch the reports on the 'markets'. Replace it with a horoscope, far more accurate.
gsays
Like that's ever happening with this centralist govt.
Janice I agree!!
+100 aom……heard her interviewed a few days ago and got exactly the same impression. Self-entitled rich kid.
Bearded Git, I made the comment, "She seems to think that the experts should be guided by the science but what is the science?" I have just come across this on Stuff.
Also noticed that I referred to 'liver' entertainment – poor editing eh. The mind boggles!
Back in the day, I used to indulge in quite a lot of 'liver entertainment', till the rest of my body started complaining…
Love it Molly!!!
I still do
oh yes!! Red red wine!!
Yep….somehow drank a whole bottle while watching NZ do so brilliantly in the cycling last night.
I suspect more than a few have watched the elite sports while having a few drinks 🙂
Agree with her apart from giving vaccinated people more options. They carry the same viral load as unvaccinated, and are just as contagious.
The idea that vaccinated people are safer to be around is possibly the worst misrepresentation of this entire pandemic.
Edit: Reference for that claim https://youtu.be/NRP-_2v8mSQ?t=2718
Agreed KSays. Boris and friends are spinning this as an excuse to open up the economy….29,000 cases of Covid in UK today.
2 million vaccinations in NZ, still no community infections from the "just as contagious".
Should we let hundreds of thousands of people who actually have covid into the country to confirm your "just as contagious" theory?
Or do you mean "the minority of vaccinated people who become infected with covid after exposure and develop symptoms are as infectious as any other person who catches covid"?
Thank you. Some BS should not be allowed to fly.
Oh no! All they’re doing is collecting data, sitting on their hands, and doing nothing instead of taking action and making policies that are evidence-based. They’ve already ruled a Wealth Tax and a Capital Gains Tax and now we can kiss goodbye an Empty Homes Tax as well. Bloody useless and as bad as that other lot!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/housing-affordability/300373992/government-project-targets-ghost-houses-to-encourage-owners-to-fill-empty-homes
that is truly encouraging.
It has been long in the making and as far as I can tell goes back to at least Census-2013. Obviously, the problem has become more urgent and perhaps we do also have slightly better politicians now although the mind boggles at that idea
encourage how?
well i guess that is 'encouraging'?
Stuff can reveal the Government has allocated $500,000 towards testing initiatives that aim to encourage owners to fill their empty properties.
I'm guessing some of that will be spent on surveys.
Just got one in my inbox today.
Meme time.
You know I can't live in your ghost houses bro.
Good. Another sign of the housing fubar: Stuff is touting some Auckland couple who made double their home value in five years.
Bought for $1mil, sold for $2mil.
BUT the thought occurs that if they could service an $800k mortgage, they actually probably did more than merely double their money in five years. Quintipling, more like.
Meanwhile, most of us rent (individuals, not homes with owner-occupants and maybe a renter). Gotta love class warfare.
Seems like interest rates are now going to rise faster than anticipated. ANZ predicting OCR to be 1.28% this time next year (currently 0.25%). I wonder how many landlords have budgeted for this or will there be numerous articles complaining when the mortgage rates are say 4%-5% (which is still very low historically).
This is how the moneyed folks do land grabs these days. Clearing out the natives is frowned upon but given a chance many would still do that too.
It's really simple. Get everyone buying in seemingly good conditions then jack up the interest rates and BOOM, just like that, mortgagee sales to pounce on. Not only do you knock people out of their properties but you can leave them with sizable debts to keep them down.
All it takes is a few suits in high places to decide to raise interest rates – because unemployment is low? Or is it those undesirable working class types are gaining ground. They'll waffle for days about how the real reasons are complex beyond mere mortals understanding.
Whenever the working classes begin to do well be rest assured some rich prick somewhere is planning a way to take what they have.
Not worried about the landlords, who chances are will simply roll these costs over to the tenants and of course to Winz – who of course will increase Accomodation Benefits if and where they can, just to keep a few of the poor sods in houses.
I am however worried for everyone who is not a speculator and who bought an over inflated house in the last year. These guys now have houses that will cost way more then many can afford.
A one percent rise in interest rates is not going to bring the world's financial system to its knees. It's a minor correction. Way too much air time is being given to this.
Now if interest rates were to go up 5-6 percent that might start to hurt.
1% interest on $900 000 (average NZ house price, June 2021) is $9 000 or paying an extra $180 pw ish – to banks, no gain at all for it. That's all it will take to completely smash the budgets of many.
Nobody said anything about bringing financial systems to their knees, you just made that up.
If an interest rate hike will smash heaps of budgets then the RBNZ won't hike. Your narrative requires the RBNZ to make a serious error in their judgement about this.
As per recently released information from ASB, we know that it is probable that it will hit at least 39% of their customers, who are at present living pay day to pay day if that increases either their mortgage or rental payments. It may also take in the other !8%, who are currently spending 80% of their income.
Geedy banksters and their ilk!!
Judith Collins is back and focussing on matters that matter to Kiwis such as crushing cars of boy & girl racers.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125964113/crushing-a-car-is-a-good-way-to-remind-street-racers-of-the-law–collins
Re Collins, But she said this legislation has worked and can work.
Wasn't there just one car crushed as a photo-op for JC's successor. Pretty damned ineffective since the targeted behaviour has never diminished. More drivel from the 'ghost that walks' National leader. ACT must love it?
Nicole McKee sounded as the more reasonable one.
'The ghost that talks' would fit as well aom.
It's ironic that the DHB's are headed to the employment court about guaranteed staffing that yet another notice has been served around work conditions. What a fucking shit show in any other industry especially this would be completely unacceptable.
'Someone will die': ED staff take legal action on work conditions | Otago Daily Times Online News (odt.co.nz)
Any links about previous notices please? I like what the staff have done here (and would like to see more of it) but not aware it had been done before.
On mobile so cant link atm. Offhand similar was issued at Palmerston North hospital on or about the 15th of July. A quick google will find it.
This? Emergency Department Nurses issue notice to fix workplace safety risks
Thats the one, thanks Molly
More grist to their elbow!!
Thank you. It is a great tactic.
Nothing can screw with management like well-filed paperwork.
And the bosses cannot insure their way out of personal liability either. Love it.
To elaborate a little, I have freind who is an ED nurse. She's been assaulted twice this year and has found herself in potentially dangerous situations on other occasions mainly due to a lack of staff on shift.
As she very eloquently puts it, extra money is nice but it doesn't stop the anxiety and fear that she feels when heading to a friday or sat night shift.
Nor does it compensate for the assualts or address the effect this has had on her ability to do her job.
The Dhbs and even the minister seem to be keen to make this about money, its not the real issue and everyone has the right to work in a safe environment.
I can echo that. I am very close to senior ED nurse. Who has been assaulted twice in the last 12 months after years of it not occuring.
In the last 2 months I have seen a calling with genuine passion, morph into a reluctant worker. Arriving to a full department, full waiting room in a full hospital.
The practice of 'ramping ambulances' is starting to occur. The ambulance is treated as a bed space and the ambos keep the patient stable. I am aware it is already happening in some of the bigger cities.
Incident report is a form that is filled out when something untoward occurs. Classically they are patient focussed. For the last three months they have started filling them out with the nurse in charge being the name on the form. When the department is unsafe eg staff/patient ratios, long wait times etc. All to no avail.
Last negotiation round, a traffic light system was introduced. It has made no difference to the powers that be.
Couple all this with a very high turnover rate, morale is at rock bottom. Social events have dwindled to nil. There was a business-house small bore shooting event organised. Low turnout. When asked about it staff were saying they didn't want to look at the staff FB page….
They used to be a formidably social, right and enthusiastic bunch. Now, not so much.
When does the governance/Ministry get held to account and by whom?
Rant over.
Essentially I think the unions aee going to have to seriously consider withdrawing their support and donations. They are getting taken for granted and the smoke screens the minister etc are throwing up are disgraceful.
Shocking situation for ED nurses. Pscyh nurses also at risk of assault.
I visited local hospital recently and there were numerous signs that abuse of staff wouldn't be tolerated.
WTF is going on……………………
We should be bending over backwards to treat health professionals with the greatest respect.
Substance abuse + chronic understaffing make life pretty shit for a nurse these days.
Very galling to get taken to employment court to ensure safe staffing and just as galling having a minister who was a union leader no less, basically using obfuscation in public statements to make it sound like money is the issue and nurses are greedy.
Seems he’s using a playbook that the last Nat minister left in the bottom drawer.
As to wtf is going on…
I think as a society we are descending towards fuck-wittedness at a fairly disturbing rate. The fabric of community is unraveling strand by strand.
The family unit is not as strong nor paramount as it used to be. Community groups are dwindling.
Meanwhile a running down of the health system by under-funding, under delivery of mental health services, successive governments keeping the migration tap on providing the sugar hit to the economy.
Inequality growing in a FIRE economy where we rent houses to each other.
Add to the mix methamphetamine, a habit that is through every strata of society.
Nurses are the front line facing this, without body armour, tasers or a rifle in the boot.
Battery swap for electric cars got a brief moment of the limelight, and has since died out. But an Australian company is having a go at it for long-haul trucking.
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/08/03/truckies-going-electric-in-australia/
It makes a helluva lot more sense to me than hydrogen.
That's outstanding. So much practical (and forward) thinking. Impressed.
The fuel savings must be huge.
I'm impressed too, both the battery swap and the retrofitting diesel to ev.
Good article-thanks Andre. Some trucking companies in NZ should be looking at this.
I also agree about hydrogen. I have read that the benefits of hydrogen have been much-hyped and that the climate change benefits, as the technology currently exists, are minor or even negative (sorry I read this a while ago and have no link).
I've seen an electric truck on the motorway in Auckland recently one of these ones same battery swap tech.
https://etrucks.co.nz/
Ha I've been saying that for years (atleast a couple if your bored they'll be in my archives here somewhere)
That battery swapping was the way to go for evs
Think about it the vehicle owner wouldnt need to own the buttery, the company's that supply the batteries ould need to deal with the end of life batteries.
And it would keep service stations operating and providing jobs , and cookie time bikkies!!
Agreed. What I like most about this idea is that, with only a few operators having 'all the batteries' – the issue of dumping will be markedly less, and the issue of recycling will be worth pursuing.
Also, very high financial incentives to bring in solar, wind etc to make charging businesses more profitable, and relatively immune/resilient to the vagaries of weather smashing the grid.
My partner works for a transport company in Auckland that intends to be fully carbon-neutral (without carbon credits) by 2025, which by necessity regarding current electrical generation includes providing their own clean energy system to charge vehicles.
They are looking forward to doing the NZ trials for a couple of different model electric trucks next year. They took action to get on the waiting lists a few years ago, and have built relationships with the European manufacturers. All smaller work vehicles have been electric for about five years now.
I personallly believe it is the agility of a small family owned firm that has allowed them to look forward and implement in such a decisive manner.
The interesting aspect is that the family members that run the firm are dedicated car and motorcycle enthusiasts. They retain their love of motors, but have the foresight to know that change is necessary and have embraced it wholeheartedly.
How will they manage this without buying carbon credits when only 80 something per cent of the electricity supply is from renewable sources?
Their warehouse roof will be constructed from solar panels, which provides them enough capacity to charge the return to base vehicles.
(Using carbon credits they are already considered carbon neutral).
"only 80 something percent" – the glass is nearly 20% empty – do you not see!
It's the fact that we're topping it up with 20% and increasing dodgy Indonesian coal that's the problem
As mentioned, they will be charging from their own solar system.
You know I had some clown stand on his feet in a cafe and start jabbing his finger at me while stating exactly this fact(indonesian coal); only last Sunday. That has me believe yours is hardly an original thought, but is, in fact, a Newstalk ZB talking point for manly men who hate this government and will only ever see a glass nearly 20% empty.
This loud and aggressive know-all had also "been told by an electrician" EV's will crash the power grid. Thoughts, sparky?
It's about time some folks get over themselves and get the hell out of the way of the people progressing toward change. feedback is fine, a horde of idiots spreading the same old shit for the sake of it is boring, BORING.
The assumption seems to be the system changes overnight flawlessly, or Labour are (insert string of invectives, accusations of falsehoods and paranoid delusions here).
Instead of patrolling for places to insert your talkback talking points, how about you stop resisting the inevitable, and look how it might advantage you and yours.
So just sweep it under the carpet a?
Doesnt fit with meme that nz is taking climate change seriously.
Can you point me to the solid plan the gets us off coal . ?
Look, if you are really concerned with using 20% coal just put some solar on your roof and get on with it.
Your concern is as fake as the angry man in the cafe.
We wean off coal as we increase renewable capacity. That'd be my plan, anyway.
I don't own roof
The NZ Battery Project, that's pumped hydro at Lake Onslow. If it goes ahead it'll provide dry year storage and peak load capacity, effectively eliminating Huntly. Still some questions about how it will be integrated into the current electricity market, it's huge and whoever owns it will dominate the market.
Also the proposals to produce hydrogen form electricity currently used at Tiwai. Lots of questions about hydrogen but a lot of big players are very keen.
Fonterra are going pretty hard on changing from coal to biomass too.
Probably wouldn't be putting any investment into the coal mine right now…
Thanks – hadn't thought of that.
Dunners leading the charge…
The Dunedin quarry’s XCMG electric mining dump truck, the first of its kind in New Zealand, carried a 30-tonne load, compared with 20 tonnes on the diesel equivalents, Mr Hunter said.
The electric vehicle was slower and it had presented some headaches, but it did the job, he said.
"I don’t know how ‘saviour of the world’ they are, but for us it works because we get so much regeneration coming down the hill, we power it ourselves essentially, it’s just a bit of top-up.
"We’re using 5% or 6% battery on the way up and then we’re gaining about 5% or 6% on the way down."
Every three days, when the battery dropped to 50%, it would be charged at the quarry’s on-site charging station for the cost of about $12.
Compared with the diesel trucks on site that were running through about 90 litres of diesel a day, it was a noteworthy saving.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/electric-truck-has-plenty-muscle
"Billionaire Google co-founder Larry Page visited New Zealand amid Covid-19border restrictions after his child fell ill in Fiji, Stuff can reveal…
Page, who founded Google with Sergey Brin in the 1990s, is the sixth-richest person in the world with a reported wealth of US$121b (NZ$171b).
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300373505/google-billionaire-larry-page-travelled-to-nz-amid-covid-border-restrictions
May this year: "Locally, Google NZ paid NZ$3.6m in income tax in its last earnings year, off a profit of $10.6m and revenues of $36.2m, according to financial statements filed with the Companies Office.
Revenue Minister David Parker was somewhat scathing of Google's reticence to pay more tax – and of its claims to already be paying its fair share.
Google was estimated to take $800m per annum out of the New Zealand economy, he said."
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/budget-google-is-not-paying-fair-share-of-tax-says-government
So we're a chickenshit country to be treated with contempt – until they need us.
Did his extreme wealth inoculate him against the need to isolate?
Yes, and he's not the only one thats had a um special exemption…
It would probably be an invasion of privacy to ask whether Citizen Thiel has been popping in and out to see to his estate.
In an unusual swerve from his Covid-vaccines-all- good narrative, top UK Youtube nurse educator expresses some concern regarding the push to vaccinate British Young People.
The vaccine of choice for the UK kids is the Pfizer/BioNTech offering, perceived to be safer than the more common Astra Zeneca because of the unfortunate TTP safety signal.
Unfortunately, the Pfizer jab is not without it's issues, especially in young men, and the Good Doctor of Nursing advises young men to refrain from sports etc for a week after after having the vaccine and seek medical help immediately if symptoms of myocarditis or pericarditis appear.
And although there are soothing noises from the FDA and CDC regarding the 'short-lived-and -transient' nature of these side effects Dr Campbell notes that viral induced myocarditis is one of the most common causes of heart failure requiring transplant.
Campbell examines the stats for Covid infections, hospitalisations and fatalities in children and young people (Survival rate after testing positive = 99·995% , 40% of under 18s already have Covid antibodies. etc)
Campbell also spends some time discussing the practice, or not, of aspirating before giving an intramuscular injection. This used to be SOP…to draw back a little to check the needle hasn't inadvertently found a blood vessel…but seems to have fallen by the wayside. Failure to perform this basic precautionary procedure could place the vaccine into the bloodstream rather than into the muscle, thereby facilitating the circulation of the vaccine throughout the body.
I've heard (from someone who wrote to MoH/DHB) that aspiration isn't taught as part of the MoH training for those giving the shots. One more reason to worry.
Here is one very good reason for those who think that this virus does not pose a threat to them to think again.
And here's just one good reason to avoid dismissing and discounting adverse effects from Covid jabs.
A woman whose fiance died after having the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is urging people not to be "fobbed off" when reporting side effects.
Former rock singer Zion, 48, of Alston, Cumbria, had an "excruciating" headache eight days after his injection.
Vikki Spit said a paramedic "completely dismissed" any connection, saying it had developed too long after the jab.
The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) said it could not comment until it had investigated what happened.
Zion's interim fact-of-death certificate lists complications of the vaccine as a possible factor.
Zion was healthy and fit and she believes he would have had a good chance of survival if he had received treatment earlier.
"I don't want to scare people off from being vaccinated because I know this is an extremely rare side effect," she said.
"I also know, if it's caught early, the chances of survival are extremely high.
"But, for whatever reason, the paramedic didn't pick up on it.
"So what I want is for all people to be aware, if you have a headache or you have some sort of symptom after having a vaccine, don't be fobbed off."
Zion took painkillers but, after two further days, looked so unwell Ms Spit called an ambulance.
The first responder noted Zion had recently been vaccinated but the paramedic did not think it was relevant, Ms Spit said.
"She was adamant – it's nothing to do with that, it was too long ago – and she diagnosed a migraine," she said.
Zion stayed at home but, when he began to slur his words and had a seizure two days later, Ms Spit called an ambulance again.
"He couldn't speak. At this point, he couldn't put three words together," she said.
Zion was taken to hospital, had surgery, but "didn't wake up".
We all know about the deaths from Covid…they are very highly publicised in our mainstream media.
It is equally important that we do not dismiss or minimise serious adverse effects or deaths following the Covid vaccines. For each tragic vaccine outcome there are family and friends who are affected. Having the powers that be adopt a 'nothing to see here move on' tone, even with 19 deaths reported to CARM since the roll out began, is merely fueling vaccine hesitancy.
Fortunately, the NZ media know better than to spread rumours and unsubstantiated facts that could stoke fear and anger. Your own link contradicts you and they clearly are monitoring and reporting everything. In addition, when Medsafe approved the Pfizer it was conditional with a whole string of requirements. You know this.
Your ignorant misinformation and fearmongering are becoming beyond tedious. I will start moderating your comments if you don’t improve your comments related to Covid vaccination.
Rosemary, the article has not given any evidence that the man's death could be attributed to the vaccine. It's a dreadful piece, full of innuendo. It's clickbait Rosemary.
Your own declaration that the death was 'an adverse effect of the covid jab' isn't supported unless you're referring to this: "Vikki Spit said she did not understand why the paramedic dismissed possible vaccine side effects". Which of course is just demonstrating how arrogant the ignorant are.
Why did she assume a paramedic would take her advice?
Why did she assume a paramedic would take her advice?
Because her man had symptoms as described on the page linked to below.
(These symptoms are quite well known in countries where the Astra Zeneca vaccine is widely used.)
https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/vaccine-induced-immune-thrombotic-thrombocytopenia-vitt-following-adenovirus-vector-covid-19-vaccination/ ( Don't panic. This is a site for the Ontario Covid Advisory, and there's an easy to understand flow-chart as well.)
Severe headache, between 4 and 28 days post vaccination, seizures, etc.
When recognized early, VITT can be successfully treated.
And… Zion's interim fact-of-death certificate lists complications of the vaccine as a possible factor.
And I highlighted where the woman states that she knew it was a very rare side effect and she didn't want to put folks off being vaccinated. Why is it automatically assumed that this is an anti-vaxx induced article?
I find it very strange that folks continue to deny, to the peril of some, that that these rare but serious adverse effects are real. This is not some batshit crazy conspiracy theory.
What the BBC article is trying to convey to the Covid Vaccine Serious Side Effects deniers is that early recognition and treatment of VITT (and any other side effects) is vital.
Continued denial that shit can go horribly wrong for some vaccine recipients is costing lives.
Continued claims that even suggesting a Covid vaccine can cause serious side effects (and death) in a few very unlucky people is 'spreading vaccine disinformation/misinformation' is just so utterly fucking bizarre that I am not at all surprised that some are falling headfirst down the rabbit hole of hardcore conspiracy theory.
Simply…anaphylaxis (to the vaccine) is a known possible adverse effect and can be treated on site by medical staff. No one has a problem with this being discussed. Lives are saved.
VITT, myocardidtis and pericarditis are also know adverse effects of the vaccine(s) which can be successfully treated if recognised early. Discussing this is not acceptable. Lives are lost.
The interim fact-of-death certificate is issued to establish the fact that death has occurred. It does not state cause of death.
It lists factors that may have contributed to the death. What other factors were listed? We aren't told.
"Zion was taken to hospital, had surgery," What surgery? We aren't told that either.
The only person interviewed was Zion's fiancee. Why were the doctors and nurses who attended him not questioned?
The writer has deliberately led the reader to believe the cause of death is a serious, deadly, reaction to the vaccine. And it seems that you believe that. But there's no evidence of that and until the coroner's report is released no body knows what the cause was.
There is no doubt that some will react badly to the vaccine; any vaccine for the matter. This article has not established that that was the case in this instant.
What bothers me is this sort of unfounded fear mongering designed to alarm those whose bullshit metre is sorely out of whack.
Rosemary, the relevant "very strange" "batshit crazy conspiracy theory" is that "folks continue to to deny… that these rare but serious adverse effects are real."
WHO, for goodness sake, are these "folks" who are denying that serious adverse effects are real? It's "just so utterly fucking bizarre".
C'mon, don't keep us in suspense – who are these folks; these "Covid Vaccine Serious Side Effects deniers"? Who is promulgating this fanciful "Continued denial that shit can go horribly wrong…" shit? Have you got a link?
I smell a rat.
Just to clear up any confusion:
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‘kay
To what should a vacinator aspire to.
What’s so bad about the vaccine circulating throughout the body? Isn’t that what you’d want?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-08/covid-19-vaccine-injection-upper-arm-muscle-deltoid-immune/13031918
Muscle contains and recruits immune cells called dendritic cells, which take up antigens quickly and stick them on their surface, like a flag.
Dendritic cells then migrate to and slip into lymph nodes, "which are like large meeting places for the immune system", Dr Groom says.
There, they encounter T cells and B cells — white blood cells that help defend our body against specific pathogens.
A dendritic cell will present its flag to T and B cells until it finds those that recognise the antigen, then gives them the signal to multiply and, in the case of B cells, start manufacturing antibodies.
"In the case of COVID-19 vaccines, that amplification means they can block SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins so that the virus can no longer get into a cell," Dr Groom says.
"But they also start to form that pool of long-lived memory, which is really what we want from an outcome of a vaccine."
Muscle is a bit of a Goldilocks tissue for doling out vaccines to our immune cells: not too slow, but not too fast either.
As well as providing a ready pool of dendritic cells, muscle acts as a "deposit", where the vaccine can linger a while and be used over a longer period.
This allows for an extended immune system training session, Dr Groom says, which "is thought to result in maximal activation of the immune system".
A vaccine injected directly into the bloodstream, on the other hand, is vulnerable to destruction.
"There are other nonspecific immune cells that can mop up the vaccine and degrade it before it has the opportunity to get to the lymph node," Dr Groom says.
"Then it doesn't have the opportunity for this information to be shared with B and T cells."
As well as being easier to do, injecting vaccines into muscle also has very few severe side effects, and overall invokes less inflammation than a vaccine in a vein.
In other words, you don't know.
Err… you asked. I provided information from a reasonably respected source that is written in 'fuckwit's guide' language.
What is your problem?
Well, I thought that since you had listened, read, and watched The Gospel of Dr Campbell about this that you would know these things and could explain it in your own words and in simple terms. Instead, you parrot a certain Dr Groom in a nice copy & paste job demonstrating that you know how to use a device but not that you know anything about what you’re talking about. Go figure.
I still don’t know why it would be a bad thing if you don’t aspirate when injecting the Covid vaccine into the muscle and why some of it ending up in the circulation would or could be considered bad. The official advice is not to aspirate. The chances of hitting a larger blood vessel in the upper arm are low but it also depends on the person doing the injection and whether they’re properly trained and skilled. But you already know this, obviously.
Meanwhile, others here seem to think that this is “[o]ne more reason to worry”. FFS.
SSDD
That's why they factor degradation factors into the size of the dosage.
Is that the same Dr Campbell who favours dosing with ivermectin to combat Covid?
Presumably vaccination of anyone against anything (including young people against Covid-19) remains a matter of choice in the UK, even with 130,000+ dead from Covid, and Covid deaths currently averaging ~80 per day. What is the good doctor’s problem?
Meanwhile, in the US of A, with 631,000 tragic deaths from Covid (only ~340 of which were in the 0-17 age range, i.e. ~0.05%, or 1 in 2000), 5.5 million currently active cases, and Covid deaths averaging ~400 per day, regrettably it looks like at least some of the population won't be getting back to "Normal life" anytime soon.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/
But I do want to give a shout out to those who are stoking vaccine hesitancy in NZ – without you, public health initiatives such as this one simply wouldn't be possible.
We don't know how lucky we are – to live in this country of ours.
Campbell is not "stoking vaccine hesitancy". He is, as a highly qualified and experienced health professional, giving information and advice (in the case of young male vaccine recipients not doing sport for a week after being jabbed) so as to try and prevent serious negative outcomes to what is an known safety signal for the Pfizer vaccine.
Campbell has been the loudest and most enthusiastic cheerleader for the Covid vaccine rollout in the UK. To the point that as side effects from the vaccines have been increasing in number, he has copped some criticism from his adoring fans for failing to discuss vaccine harm.
I posted this particular clip today because it is a significant departure from his usual spiel.
I don't watch telly…I guess there have been warnings from our Ministry of Health that myocarditis is a known safety signal with the Pfizer vaccine? What with them vaccinating schoolkids in Whanganui at the moment.
Didn’t consider the possibility that Dr Campbell was/is "stoking vaccine hesitancy", so thanks Rosemary for explaining why you chose to post this particular clip today.
Don't watch much tele either, but do know that Medsafe issued a warning:
Good to know there wasn’t a cover-up eh – that really would have put the 'Pfizer cat' amongst the 'pro-vaccine hesitancy pigeons'.
Myocarditis after vaccination against covid happens at about 1/6 the rate of myocarditis after actual covid.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133462-800-myocarditis-is-more-common-after-covid-19-infection-than-vaccination/
The very few unfortunates that do develop myocarditis after vaccination are at much lower risk of a severe case than those that get myocarditis following a viral infection. So far, I have yet to see any reliable reports of a death from myocarditis after vaccination, whereas as death from myocarditis following a viral infection is a genuine risk.
It is outright tyranny at this point. Medicine is becoming homogenised much like our free speech.
Whatever you think of Mercola he did provide a well researched perspective, ALL of which is about to be lost as it is mass deleted.
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/08/04/why-im-deleting-all-content-after-48-hours.aspx
From Mercola's latest post.
Dude suggested huffing peroxide.
Screw that guy.
Actually there's a long list of chemicals that will kill covid.
The problem is that they all kill the patient too.
Please fix your username on next comment, thanks.
Well researched indeed. On how to grift millions and millions from the gullible, that is.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/joe-mercola-an-antivaccine-quack-tycoon-pivots-effortlessly-to-profit-from-spreading-covid-19-misinformation/
Shocking situation for ED nurses. Pscyh nurses also at risk of assault.
I visited local hospital recently and there were numerous signs that abuse of staff wouldn't be tolerated.
WTF is going on……………………
We should be bending over backwards to treat health professionals with the greatest respect.
So according to Henry cooke @ stuff, the govt only raised benefits by $25 (matching drop in accommo supplement notwithstanding) because the ministry said people might not want to work or study.
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I mean, maybe they could also increase student support and the minimum wage by $25/wk…
No workers, no economy…..and how then will the rentiers get a return on their capital.
The Benefits of Labour
by their actions…
so a likely once in a generation MMP majority Labour Govt. takes the advice of filthy neolib managerialists above service to vulnerable working class children
Well, she still ignored the "disincentive to work" angle.
The decider might well have been the extra cost to education if they increased student allowances (or whatever they're called now) to match – especially if the plan is continuing to transition to full allowances.
If.
Robertson does seem to love kissing Treasury ass.