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.
I ran across a recent essay from The Brothers Krynn, which attempts to map common horror monsters onto the Seven Deadly Sins: https://canadianculturecorner.substack.com/p/horror-monsters-and-vice My interest, however, is not in the meat of the piece, but rather the opening paragraph: It is an interesting fact that in recent decades, Vampires have ...
Buzz from the Beehive Transport Minister Simeon Brown dutifully issued advice to all road users to keep safe on our roads during the Easter weekend. He encouraged them to stay safe, plan their journeys ahead of time, and be patient with other drivers while travelling around this Easter long weekend. ...
Oliver Hartwich writes – New Zealanders recently learned about a new feature film. It will be about former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern – and taxpayers will subsidise it to the tune of NZ$800,000. Ardern had nothing personally to do with either the film or the subsidy. But her government’s ...
TL;DR: Here’s the top six news items of note in climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, and a discussion above that was recorded yesterday afternoon above between and The Kākā’s climate correspondent : An independent review panel into the emergency response to Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawkes Bayconcluded “that ...
There are now only a few days left to give feedback on the Draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport 2024-34 (see our earlier post this week on GPS submission guides). As we’ve reported, the GPS is a disaster for Local Government, so we were particularly interested to hear ...
Willis has pledged to go ahead with the debt-funded tax cuts, despite growing opposition from her own supporters worried about appearing fiscally irresponsible. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for ...
Open access notables A survey of interventions to actively conserve the frozen North, van Wijngaarden et al., Climatic Change:The frozen elements of the high North are thawing as the region warms much faster than the global mean. The dangers of sea level rise due to melting glacier ice, increased ...
Bryce Edwards writes – New Zealand’s biggest-ever political donations scandal is finally at an end. But what is the conclusion? No one can really be sure. The Court of Appeal released its judgement on Tuesday about the Serious Fraud Office case against the NZ First Foundation. On ...
In 2015, then-Prime Minister John Key announced plans for a huge ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands, banning fishing and mining from 15% of Aotearoa's EEZ. It was bold, it was ambitious, and it suggested that National might actually care about the environment. Except they fucked it up: Key failed ...
1. Who has just been given the accolade New Zealander of the Year?a. The Kokakob. The Cook Strait Ferryc. Fair God. Dr Jim Salinger 2. Which of these is an affront to decent society?a. Dame Edna Everageb. Mrs Doubtfire c. Dr. Frank-N-Furterd. Brian 3. Who is Penny Simmonds?a. The aspiring actress in Big ...
New Zealand’s biggest-ever political donations scandal is finally at an end. But what is the conclusion? No one can really be sure.The Court of Appeal released its judgement on Tuesday about the Serious Fraud Office case against the NZ First Foundation. On the face of it, the court found ...
Buzz from the Beehive Waves of rain are set to lash much of the North Island during Easter Weekend as a low-pressure system forms east of New Zealand, according to a weather forecast published in the past day or so. Niwa was warning of a “moisture-laden” long weekend, with rain expected ...
Look around us…Nicola Willis’ promises of balancing the books, of cutting spending without reducing services, and of delivering game changing tax cuts are disappearing before her eyes.Everyday we see stories of violent crime ending in horrific injuries, or worse. The cost of living worsens, whereas the PM claimed renters would ...
TL;DR: My top six news of note on the morning of Thursday, March 28 include:The Government will have to borrow between $10 billion to $15 billion more than previously expected in order to make up for a slowing economy and to pay for $14.9 billion of tax cuts, according to ...
This story by Naveena Sadasivam and Kate Yoder was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The long-awaited jobs board for the American Climate Corps, promised early in the Biden administration, will open next month, according to details shared exclusively ...
Should landlords be able to deduct the interest on the loans they take out to bankroll their property speculation? The US Senate Budget Committee and Bloomberg News don’t think this is a good idea, for reasons set out below. Regardless, our coalition government has been burning through a ton of ...
Treasury’s first report on the economy since the change of government presents a damning indictment of Labour’s economic management. The problem for National is that it is so damning that logically, coupled with a rapidly slowing economy, Finance Minister Nicola Willis should respond to it by postponing or even cancelling ...
Budget tensions are becoming evident within the Coalition Government. Winston Peters made numerous political points in his speech to the NZF annual conference. But the attack on his own government’s fiscal policies raised issues of substance. ‘Today in the Sunday Star Times, journalist and former advisor to the Labour ...
Buzz from the Beehive The media – sure enough – have been binging on Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ release of the Budget Policy Statement and a statement headed Government announces Budget priorities This assures us – or rather, this parrots the Luxon team mantra – that the Budget “will deliver ...
The Ides of March brought me COVID followed by a bereavement. No wonder they tell you to be careful of them.I’m home now and have resumed the interrupted recuperation. Very much looking forward to getting back to regular things. Meanwhile, some thoughts…OneThis new Prime Minister guy just keeps getting more dire. ...
News that the Chinese ATP 40 cyber-hacking unit penetrated parliamentary internet networks in 2021 has renewed concerns about the PRC’s malign intentions in Aotearoa. But is the hack that significant given the length of time that has passed since its … Continue reading → ...
When Parliament passed the Intelligence and security Act in 2017, they assured us all that it was full of safeguards. Any intrusive surveillance of New Zealanders would be subject to a "triple lock", requiring the approval of the Minister and (supposedly independent) Commissioner of Intelligence Warrants, as well as post-facto ...
Eric Crampton writes – Richard Harman’s Politik newsletter provides a bit of the context that ought to have been showing up in other media reports on potential reductions in public service staffing. Media has been reporting on staffing cuts on the order of about 7%. Is that ...
Mike Grimshaw writes – It’s becoming increasingly apparent that many perceive free speech to have become the preserve of the politically right wing, the religiously conservative, the libertarian fringe, the anti-trans, the anti-Māori and…. well, just fill in with whatever groups or individuals you don’t like and don’t ...
Don Brash writes – As everybody who is not blind and deaf is aware, there is a huge political preoccupation with climate change at the moment, a widespread (though by no means unanimous) belief that global temperatures are rising mainly as a result of the greenhouse gases created ...
TL;DR: My six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy on Wednesday, March 27 include:Chris Bishop laid out his vision for filling Aotearoa-NZ’s $100 billion infrastructure deficit in a speech yesterday, emphasising user pays and private funding, but failed to say how to achieve bipartisanship on population, public borrowing and ...
Bryce Edwards writes – Former Finance Minister Grant Robertson and former Prime Minister Chris Hipkins have been conveying how unhappy they are with the tax system. Last week in his valedictory speech, Robertson called for the introduction of a wealth or capital gains tax. And this week Hipkins ...
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 ...
Buzz from the Beehive China has loomed large in Beehive considerations over the past 24 hours, largely because of that country’s mischief-making in the cyber espionage department. Two media statements emerged on that subject hard on the heels of the PM baulking at questions put to him on RNZ’s Morning ...
Chris Trotter writes – WHY IS THE NATIONAL PARTY doing so much for landlords, property developers, trucking, and construction companies, and so little for everybody who isn’t already pretty well-off? It’s as if protecting landlords’ investments and building apartments and roads now constitute the whole of National’s ...
Bryce Edwards writes – When she was campaigning to be Minister of Finance last year, Nicola Willis pledged that she would resign from the job if she failed to deliver tax cuts in her first Budget. Now, it’s that pledge, along with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s ...
Robert MacCulloch writes – The Reserve Bank has doubled staff numbers in five years to 510, with personnel costs rising to $80 million in 2023 from $32 million in 2018 – up by a whopping 150%. I guess when you print $50 billion and flood markets with liquidity, ...
The furore. In case you didn’t notice there was a controversy in the weekend involving dolphins in a little town off the South Island. Don’t panic, they haven’t declared independence and resumed whaling, this was simply a sailing event.The problem began when racing was cancelled on the opening day of ...
For 20 years or more, the case for a meaningful capital tax gains has been mulled over and analysed to death, including by the tax working group chaired by Sir Michael Cullen. More than once, the International Monetary Fund has said a CGT would be a good idea for New ...
TL;DR: My top 10 news and analysis links this morning include:Today’s must-read: The Public Health Communications Centre (PHCC) call for urgent preventive action and a risk assessment survey of long covid in this briefing noteLocal scoop: NZ road deaths surpass OECD rates, so why is the govt reversing safety plans? ...
This story was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. This story is part of a collaboration with Grist and WABE to demystify the Georgia Public Service Commission, the small but powerful state-elected board that makes critical decisions about everything from raising ...
This is a guest post from Robert McLachlan Global warming is accelerating; 2023 was off the charts. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. In New Zealand, transport accounts for half of all fossil fuels burnt. In the Emissions Reduction Plan, transport emissions fall 41% by 2035. As the ...
Labour productivity has been receding rapidly over the past two years, reversing a post-lockdown rise. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy as at 6:26am on Tuesday, March 26 include:Workers have been treading water in output per hour worked for 12 years, ...
TL;DR: The key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to April 2 include:Today, Parliament resumes sitting at 2pm for the second week of a two-week session. Officials for SIS and GCSB report their annual reviews in public to the Intelligence and Security Select Committee from 5.10pm.Tomorrow, ...
Faced with a barrage of criticism over the promised tax cuts from usually supportive commentators, Finance Minister Nicola Willis yesterday reaffirmed her intention to include them in this year’s Budget. The Government is up against it over the cuts just about every way it turns. Commentators like Fran O’Sullivan, Matthew ...
Here’s my pick of today’s substack posts as of 6:26pm on Monday, March 25: writes via his substack that Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper writes via his substack about the problems talking to double-cab ute (truck) drivers about their vehicles. today about moments of radicalisation in ...
Buzz from the Beehive Just before Christmas, Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered something that was pitched as a mini-budget and brayed about the decisive action being taken to repair the Government books and support income tax relief in Budget 2024. In a statement headed Fiscal repair job underway. she introduced ...
My sister Belinda asked Dad yesterday what one word would describe Mum best. He said: vivacious.If you only knew her from the photos on the slideshow we've made for today,you might wonder about that, because the camera tended to lie with Mum.If ever she saw a camera pointed at her, she ...
There are two major public consultations closing in the next week, Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP), and the draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS). Closing dates and times: LTP closes Thursday 28 February, at 11.59pm – a minute to midnight! GPS closes Tuesday 2 April, at 12pm noon – note that’s ...
From Kiwiblog’s David Farrar – Bryce Wilkinson writes: Senior Fellow Bryce Wilkinson’s analysis reveals that since March 2009, New Zealand has spent $158 billion more overseas than it has earned, but its NIIP has only fallen by $32 billion.Statistics New Zealand shows that receipts from overseas reinsurers have ...
Is she hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition? Brian Easton writes – The Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, is telling an evolving story about her fiscal challenges. In Opposition she was confident that she could ...
Dear Nicola Willis,Right now you’ve probably got lots of competing demands coming at you. Ministers who’ve inherited quite a mess, or so you’ve told us, looking for money in the budget to improve things. I imagine that’s why they came to parliament - to make things better.You’ll have to make ...
The Local Government, Transport and Auckland Minister hasthreatened councils with intervention if they don’t merge water assets to take them off balance sheet, just as the now-repealed Three Waters plan directed. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My six things of note this morning for Monday, March 25 include:Simeon ...
A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 17, 2024 thru Sat, March 23, 2024. Story of the week Thanks to John Mason having the stamina to sit down to watch "Climate - the Movie" ...
This morning the Q&A programme had Simeon Brown on to talk about National’s replacement for Three Waters. In case anyone’s forgotten the three are - drinking water, waste water, and sewerage. It’s quite important not to get them mixed up. In much the same way that you wouldn’t want to ...
Today’s newsletter comes with a mini-podcast conversation between me and my buddy Liv Tennet, talking about her time as a child actor in Lord of the Rings. It’s a conversation with a lot of giggles as she talks about falling off a horse, and becoming a meme. Read ...
The Desmog Climate Disinformation Database documents, "individuals and organisations that have helped to delay and distract the public and our elected leaders from taking needed action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and fight global warming." It's a who's who of the organised climate change denial movement, in other words. In ...
Bob Edlin writes – A High Court judge has decided miscreants who have mana – or who claim to have mana – should be treated differently from miscreants who have none. It’s a ruling that suggests indigenous law-breakers have a better chance of securing a discharge without conviction ...
Welcome to the first, and possibly last, edition of Brickbats, Bouquets and Bull’s Wool. In which I’ll take a look at the events of the last week or so, and rate them.In such ratings the numbers usually have more to do with the opinions of the reviewer, than the actual ...
Roger Partridge writes – My earlier column this month, New Zealand’s highest court could be facing a turning point, prompted a flood of feedback from business readers and lawyers alike. A common query was what Parliament can do to restrain an overreaching judiciary. This week I discuss two steps Parliament ...
TL;DR: In today’s ‘six-stack’ of substacks at 6.16pm on Friday, March 22: writes about New Zealand's Building Boom—And What the World Must Learn From It over at his substack. challenges the Auckland Council’s use of a 3.8 degrees of warming forecast to oppose a wave-park and data centre project ...
Is she hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition?The Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, is telling an evolving story about her fiscal challenges. In Opposition she was confident that she could deliver her promised income tax cuts. Appointed minister, she ...
Buzz from the Beehive Ministers of the Crown have drawn attention to one sector of the science sector which is unlikely to be subjected to heavy spending cuts, a state-funded broadcaster which is doing nicely, thank you, and a sporting event that had $5.4 million from the public purse puffed ...
Abbott’s Freestyle Libre sensors allow continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The sensor is applied to the back of the patient’s arm, with a thin filament under the skin measuring glucose levels constantly. But it costs around $100 per sensor and must be replaced once every 14 days. Photo by BSIP/Universal Images ...
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) recently released a report in which he exposes the existence of a foreign intelligence partner-controlled technological “capability” inside the headquarters of the GCSB, NZ’s 5 Eyes-affiliated signals intelligence collection and analysis agency. … Continue reading → ...
Peter Dunne writes – Nearly three decades after the introduction of MMP and multiparty governments there should be a greater level of understanding about their finer points than often appears to be the case. The reaction to the despicable outburst from the Deputy Prime Minister at the weekend highlights ...
The sweet kisses from fruit of summerHave slowly been turning dullerYou say, "those times"And "remember the daysWhen we went outside and there still was the shade?"Taking no reason into play…Autumn. Clear, blue days shortening to longer nights, growing colder. Aotearoa.That’s us. The temperature dropping, the looming car crash - so ...
Bryce Edwards writes – “It is often said that behind every great man is a great woman”. This is the pitch by the National Party Botany electorate branch to attend their “Ladies Afternoon Tea with Amanda Luxon”. For $110 including GST, you can turn up on Saturday 20 April ...
David Farrar writes – The Electoral Commission has published the expense returns for political parties for the 2023 election. I’ve put them in a table with how many votes a party got so we can see the spend per vote. National only spent $3.34 for every vote they got, almost ...
Winston Peters’ headline-making actions over the past week may have been a show of political power intended to strengthen his hand in Budget negotiations. It was no accident that his State of the Nation speech was as it was. He made it as New Zealand First Leader, not as Deputy ...
Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribers in the last week included:Former Labour Finance Minister Grant Robertson bowed out of politics this week, giving a series of exit ...
Graham Adams writes — If you love the law or sausages, as the saying goes, best not to look too closely at how they are made. And after watching the orgy of self-pity when Newshub’s closure was announced on February 28, television journalism should definitely be added to the list of those ...
Venerable New Zealand political commentator, Chris Trotter (https://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/), is a sad creature these days. Once one of the most reliable Leftist writers out there – Economic Left at that – Trotter seems to have absorbed the worldview of Auckland culture-war obsessives. It is not for me to categorise what he ...
The Coalition Government’s plan to ‘get Auckland moving’ is a cuts cover-up that will ultimately cost Aucklanders more to move around the city, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
Slashing the Ministry of Pacific Peoples by 40% will have a devastating impact on pacific communities and further highlights how little this government cares about anything other than cutting taxes for the wealthiest few. ...
Labour has proposed an urgent inquiry to investigate the ever-increasing profits of supermarkets, aiming to lower costs for shoppers and food producers alike, says Labour Spokesperson for Commerce and Consumer Affairs Arena Williams and Primary Production Spokesperson Cushla Tangaere-Manuel. ...
With 14% of jobs on the line at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, the responsible Minister Melissa Lee is failing to stand up for the very communities she’s meant to be representing. ...
COURT OF APPEAL: TRIFECTA OF VICTORY FOR NZ FIRST, TRIFECTA OF FAILURE FOR OPPONENTS For the third time since April 2020, New Zealand First has defeated the Serious Fraud Office and all those complicit in a malicious attack against a political party going about its lawful business in a lawful ...
The Green Party stands with people who live in public housing, people in dire housing need, experts and advocates in demanding better than the Government’s archaic approach to housing those who need our support the most. ...
New Zealand has recently lost the hosting rights of some major international sporting events including the America’s Cup, the Rugby Championship, Netball World Cup, and the Wellington Sevens. We are now at a huge risk of losing SailGP as well. And it won’t stop there. The recent issues with SailGP ...
A Member’s Bill drawn this week would modernise insurance law and make things fairer and more transparent for consumers, Christchurch Central MP Duncan Webb said. ...
The Minister for Disability Issues has confirmed she was aware of funding issues in mid-December and did nothing to stop it. On 14 March, she signed off on changes that were announced and implemented on 18 March without any consultation with disability communities. ...
Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter says her members' bill is an opportunity for the coalition government to plug the gap in electric vehicle incentives. ...
The National Government continues to talk about irresponsible tax cuts that will only drive up inflation, despite the country entering a technical recession. ...
The Minister for Disability Issues must act urgently to reinstate flexibility around the funding for disability support and apologise to disabled carers. ...
This story has been initiated by a leftie shill reporter who proactively sought to call a member of a former band, which disbanded twelve years ago, give their biased appraisal of what was said in my speech, and concocted a ham-fisted attempt at a story that does nothing but show ...
The Government has accepted Labour’s change to the Road User Charge (RUC) discount for hybrid vehicles, meaning there will still be some incentive for people to buy greener vehicles. ...
Many in the mainstream media have taken what was said in New Zealand First’s State of the Nation Speech in Palmerston North on Sunday and deliberately, deceitfully, and ignorantly misrepresented what I said and why I said it. The headlines and commentary on the news stated that I compared ‘co-governance ...
Kicking the most vulnerable people out of state housing and pushing them towards homelessness will result in a proliferation of poverty and trauma across our most vulnerable communities. ...
Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi has penned a letter asking MPs to support his members bill to remove GST from all food. The bill is expected to go through its first reading in parliament this Wednesday. “I’m calling on all political parties to support my ...
Good afternoon. Thank you for, in your very busy lives, turning up to this meeting today. On October 14th last year New Zealanders overwhelmingly voted for change. That is exactly what this new government is bringing. New Zealand First campaigned to ‘take back our country’ and stop the disastrous economic ...
This year is about getting real with Kiwis and discussing the tough issues, as the National Government exacerbates inequality and divides New Zealand, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said ...
The Government adding Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) to its already roaring environmental policy bonfire is an assault on the future of wildlife that makes Aotearoa unique. ...
After 12 years of fighting to protect our moana we are finding ourselves back at square one and back at court. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is sitting in Hawera to reconsider an application from Trans-Tasman Resources to dig up 50 million tonnes of the seabed in South Taranaki. This ...
Minister Shane Jones’ decision to step away from a seabed mining project is evidence of the murky waters surrounding the Government’s fast-track legislation. ...
The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last government in a bid to get greater coherence in the publicservice on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there ...
The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last government in a bid to get greater coherence in the publicservice on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there ...
The Coalition Government’s miscalculation saga continues as it has forgotten an eyewatering $90 million gap in its interest deductibility cost figures, say Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds and Revenue Spokesperson Deborah Russell. ...
He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission has today released advice that says if the Government doesn’t act now New Zealand is at risk of not meeting its climate goals. ...
The Coalition Government has today confirmed it is abandoning first home buyers who are struggling to get ahead, says Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds. ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed the passing of legislation to move light electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) into the road user charges system from 1 April. “It was always intended that EVs and PHEVs would be exempt from road user charges until they reached two ...
New Zealand is strengthening its ability to combat illegal fishing outside its domestic waters and beef up regulation for its own commercial fishers in international waters through a Bill which had its first reading in Parliament today. The Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2023 sets out stronger ...
Economists Carl Hansen and Professor Prasanna Gai have been appointed to the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is the independent decision-making body that sets the Official Cash Rate which determines interest rates. Carl Hansen, the executive director of Capital ...
Apartment owners and buyers will soon have greater protections as further changes to the law on unit titles come into effect, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “The Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Act had already introduced some changes in December 2022 and May 2023, and ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Egypt and Europe from this weekend. “This travel will focus on a range of New Zealand’s traditional diplomatic and security partnerships while enabling broad engagement on the urgent situation in Gaza,” Mr Peters says. Mr Peters will attend the NATO Foreign ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown is encouraging all road users to stay safe, plan their journeys ahead of time, and be patient with other drivers while travelling around this Easter long weekend. “Road safety is a responsibility we all share, and with increased traffic on our roads expected this Easter we ...
About 1.4 million New Zealanders will receive cost of living relief through increased government assistance from April 1 909,000 pensioners get a boost to Superannuation, including 5000 veterans 371,000 working-age beneficiaries will get higher payments 45,000 students will see an increase in their allowance Over a quarter of New Zealanders ...
Ensuring social housing is being provided to those with the greatest needs is front of mind as the Government restarts social housing tenancy reviews, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. “Our relentless focus on building a strong economy is to ensure we can deliver better public services such as social ...
The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary will not go ahead, with Cabinet deciding to stop work on the proposed reserve and remove the Bill that would have established it from Parliament’s order paper. “The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill would have created a 620,000 sq km economic no-go zone,” Oceans and Fisheries Minister ...
Dam safety regulations are being amended so that smaller dams won’t be subject to excessive compliance costs, Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk says. “The coalition Government is focused on reducing costs and removing unnecessary red tape so we can get the economy back on track. “Dam safety regulations ...
The coalition Government is expanding the medium-scale adverse event classification to parts of the North Island as dry weather conditions persist, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced today. “I have made the decision to expand the medium-scale adverse event classification already in place for parts of the South Island to also cover the ...
The passing of legislation giving effect to coalition Government tax commitments has been welcomed by Finance Minister Nicola Willis. “The Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill will help place New Zealand on a more secure economic footing, improve outcomes for New Zealanders, and make our tax system ...
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins and Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds today announced plans to transform our science and university sectors to boost the economy. Two advisory groups, chaired by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, will advise the Government on how these sectors can play a greater ...
The Budget will deliver urgently-needed tax relief to hard-working New Zealanders while putting the government’s finances back on a sustainable track, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The Finance Minister made the comments at the release of the Budget Policy Statement setting out the Government’s Budget objectives. “The coalition Government intends ...
The coalition Government will look at options to address a zoning issue that limits how much financial support Queenstown residents can get for accommodation. Cabinet has agreed on a response to the Petitions Committee, which had recommended the geographic information MSD uses to determine how much accommodation supplement can be ...
Cabinet has agreed to a short extension to the final reporting timeframe for the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care from 28 March 2024 to 26 June 2024, Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says. “The Royal Commission wrote to me on 16 February 2024, requesting that I consider an ...
The coalition Government is delivering an $18 million boost to New Zealanders needing to travel for specialist health treatment, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says. “These changes are long overdue – the National Travel Assistance (NTA) scheme saw its last increase to mileage and accommodation rates way back in 2009. ...
The Government is recognising the innovative and rising talent in New Zealand’s growing space sector, with the Prime Minister and Space Minister Judith Collins announcing the new Prime Minister’s Prizes for Space today. “New Zealand has a growing reputation as a high-value partner for space missions and research. I am ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand’s concerns about cyber activity have been conveyed directly to the Chinese Government. “The Prime Minister and Minister Collins have expressed concerns today about malicious cyber activity, attributed to groups sponsored by the Chinese Government, targeting democratic institutions in both New ...
Independent Reviewers appointed for School Property Inquiry Education Minister Erica Stanford today announced the appointment of three independent reviewers to lead the Ministerial Inquiry into the Ministry of Education’s School Property Function. The Inquiry will be led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully. “There is a clear need ...
State Highway 1 across the Brynderwyns will be open for Easter weekend, with work currently underway to ensure the resilience of this critical route being paused for Easter Weekend to allow holiday makers to travel north, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Today I visited the Brynderwyn Hills construction site, where ...
Introduction Good morning to you all, and thanks for having me bright and early today. I am absolutely delighted to be the Minister for Infrastructure alongside the Minister of Housing and Resource Management Reform. I know the Prime Minister sees the three roles as closely connected and he wants me ...
New Zealand stands with the United Kingdom in its condemnation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-backed malicious cyber activity impacting its Electoral Commission and targeting Members of the UK Parliament. “The use of cyber-enabled espionage operations to interfere with democratic institutions and processes anywhere is unacceptable,” Minister Responsible for ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins today announced New Zealand will provide logistics support for the upcoming Solomon Islands election. “We’re sending a team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel and two NH90 helicopters to provide logistics support for the election on 17 April, at the request ...
The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill received Royal Assent today, completing the process for New Zealand’s ratification of its free trade agreement with the European Union. “I am pleased to announce that today, in a small ceremony at the Beehive, New Zealand notified the European Union ...
Public consultation on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into COVID-19 Lessons has concluded, Internal Affairs Minister Hon Brooke van Velden says. “I have been advised that there were over 11,000 submissions made through the Royal Commission’s online consultation portal.” Expanding the scope of the Royal Commission of ...
Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education (ECE) costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From 1 July, parents and caregivers of young children will be supported to manage the rising cost of living with a partial reimbursement of their ...
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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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv9IEBa2B14
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.