The thing about TERFs and their SWERF cousins is that they are essentially the 5th column for the Christian right. Family Fist has backed the local SWERF/TERF community for quite some time
Google: “Feminists with critical views have been referred to as “TERFs” (short for trans-exclusionary radical feminist). They generally object to the acronym and have called it a slur or even hate speech.”
Understandable. Lotsa folk hate being put in pigeon-holes, eh? But that one doesn’t quite capture the new form of hypocrisy that’s being invented in minority culture wars.
“That group of feminists that claims that trans women aren’t really women, as biological determinism is only a fallacy when it’s used against them, not when they use it against others.” https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TERF
“In a 1959 interview on BBC TV’s Showtime, Chico Marx was asked how his brother Groucho got his name. Referring to the times when marijuana was legal and the Marx Brothers were a Vaudeville act (around 1920), he replied, “We used to wear a little bag around our neck, called a Grouch bag. In this bag we would keep our pennies, some marbles, a couple of pieces of candy, a little marijuana, whatever we could get…(laughter from the audience)… “
Careful Dennis Frank
Women have had to put up with a lot of shit over the centuries right up to this second. The style changes but there are forces at work to reduce women’s standing in the community all the time. So they are not very happy that men have managed to undermine any sisterhood that exists, and wear the ‘feminine’ as if it was a decoration, or a passport.
Till now they have had a feeling of sanctuary if they have gone into the women’s toilets, but the bloody men have found a way to insert themselves into that little nook. Now it can be like Little Red Riding Hood going into Grandmama’s house and finding something with more bristles than Gran, and more everything than Gran including bigger teeth. It is very unsettling. Their anger is quite understandable. Men actually don’t want women hanging round their toilets either; in theory it may raise some feverish excitement, but in reality they should bloody stay out of this male enclave.
Tory MP George Freeman, who last year organised the Big Tent Ideas festival in Britain (“mercilessly lampooned last summer as the “Tory Glastonbury” – a paddock of largely male Conservative supporters in red chinos”), has lurched to the radical center for this year’s design: “I have made it non-party political so that MPs, peers and others from the centre left can also get involved”. He offers a sensible rationale: “for a generation under 40 the traditional party conference is as dead as a dodo”.
I think Breiveik should be executed on the grounds of incontrovertible evidence of brutal behaviour towards others that includes the following (murdering and worst of 9 other behaviours) which result in withdrawing human respect for him and his right to life.
James and his RW fundie friends no doubt blame Norway Labour for that – not enough security to stop a RW madman bombing parliament as a distraction and then proceeding to murder 75 teenagers.
They’ll always protect their own – in this case Anders Breivik.
True that, have to purge those fuckers right after the party purge, this is sounding better and better all the time, have to come up with a term other than ‘purge’ though, something a bit more benign ….don’t want to scare the public.
The Murdoch Times cynically describes the Blairite right as “moderates”. I don’t see anything funny about that. We will now be hearing RNZ National and our television autocue readers routinely describing Yenta Hodge and her discredited cronies as “moderates.”
Hopefully most people understand that without 1080 possums will annihilate native bush- trees, plants, birds, et cetera. 1080 protesters have no viable plan for possum controll because without 1080 there isn’t one.
Crap barfly theres plenty of alternatives to the use of 1080 and imo based on a lifetime of hunting them a moderate population of possums has zero effect on either flora or fauna .
Hunting them in bad terrain yeah sure mate – I have a bridge to sell you.
Being paid for skins I used to lay bait lines the catch was marginal economically but the area I was hunting in showed tons of damage from possums. – So that was a “controlled” area possum trapping won’t take out enough of them to reduce their damage to an acceptable level IMO.
ordinarily trapping is by far the most lethal long term barfly and possums dont really like “bad terrain ” they prefer more open bush and thats where they,ll build the biggest populations .I hunt with two good dogs an a rifle these days its far less cruel and even more effective than trapping .
How can you know weston. You haven’t lived long enough to know what the flora was like before the possums multiplied. Love the fur but shooters and trappers, hunters, are notorious for putting their own interests before
the forests which are vitally important now in this part of our life-cycle.
There are enormous amounts of difficult to access areas bad terrain for a start. As well how the heck does someone work to clear an area a couple of hours walk in? you try carrying 40-50 possum skins for any distance – I tell you they get bloody heavy!!
Sure greywarshark if possums are in big numbers thats a problem just as theres a problem if any animal is in too bigger numbers for its resources but human animals are ones that historically have done the most damage to our forests .By a country mile !!!
But, but, fluoroacetate is produced by plants. It’s natural pest control. Because it’s natural it’s gotta be good, right?
“Fluoroacetate containing plants grow worldwide and cause sudden death in livestock. The southern continents of Africa, Australia and South America are the common locations of these plants. All of the plants containing fluoroacetate belong to the families Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Bignoniaceae, Malpighiaceae and Dichapetalaceae [11].”
TVNZ ran a story on this in last night’s news: ” There’s a mind-boggling amount of trash in the world’s oceans, with much of it collected in five regions known as gyres. On September 8, a group called The Ocean Cleanup plans to deploy a plastic-cleanup system to the largest of those gyres, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The system was designed by Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old Dutch innovator.” https://www.businessinsider.com.au/boyan-slat-ocean-cleanup-launch-into-pacific-on-september-8-2018-7?r=US&IR=T
Thomas Paine The Rights of Man – clickbait for political junkies. This a story of challenge, told humorously. Education that takes the pain out of learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtlohotiqc
Another thought – from a helpful bystander.
This puts the Paine back in learning.
read the article on merkin richardson in todays Sunday Magazine. richardson claims he was tired of the Blackcaps but the truth is they had had enough of him.
A global crisis is unfolding. The rapid expansion of development projects on indigenous lands without their consent is driving a drastic increase in violence and legal harassment against Indigenous Peoples.
I’ve been alerted to hundreds of cases of “criminalization” from nearly every corner of the world. These attacks—whether physical or legal—are an attempt to silence Indigenous Peoples voicing their opposition to projects that threaten their livelihoods and cultures.
My new report finds a pattern of abuse, with the private sector often colluding with governments to force Indigenous Peoples from their lands by whatever means necessary to make way for infrastructure, agriculture, mining, and extractive projects.
According to Front Line Defenders, 67 percent of the 312 human rights defenders murdered in 2017 were defending their lands, the environment, or indigenous rights, nearly always in the context of private sector projects. Around 80 percent of killings took place in just four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and the Philippines.
[…]
At the same time that justice systems are wielded as weapons against Indigenous Peoples defending their rights, there is widespread impunity for those who commit violence against Indigenous Peoples.
At the root of this global crisis is systematic racism and the failure of governments to recognize and respect indigenous land rights. Indigenous Peoples and local communities customarily own more than 50 percent of the world’s land but only have legally recognized rights to 10 percent. This enables governments to declare them “illegal” on the lands they have lived on and protected for generations.
Greed of the 10% under the control of the 1%. Western people don’t seem to realise that the Holocaust was just a practice run. Cambodia is not good to look at, and Burma or Myanmar (or more correctly Theirinmar) are in the news.
Boat people have nowhere to go so remember that the west has trumpeted itself as ‘good clean democracy’ and full of Christian values, for years and find different sorts of sharks in Australian waters. The African movement fleeing over water caused by what? Disagreements over oil and perhaps land where corporates want to grow lettuce for the rich markets out of season or something?
West Papua occasionally mentioned, they have a copper hole there, the land passed round countries like ‘pass the parcel’, the people treated shamefully.
What Joe90 has put up is just an indication of the cold, anti-human behaviour of the top people. Roger Douglas and his buddies were just the start. Now we have people in poverty in shacks, people on the streets, corruption and mismanagement and management worship encouraging generic behaviour, which is machine-like so humans and machines can be integrated smoothly.
Certainly not in Whakatipu. Even though we’ve had frosts every morning for a week we haven’t needed to light a fire, it’s that warm through the day. And kowhais in full flower on a sunny face above Shotover Delta.
Her Auckland show was ruined by old men using the question-and-answer session to give their opinions, one attendee said….
Hmmmm
A very slanted report based around a single negative comment from one attendee, about the question and answer session at the end. But total silence about what was actually said by Manning in the main part of her address. It is telling that no Newshub reporter wanted to put their name to this piece of yellow journalism.
I also attended this event. And, I can tell you, it was great.
What shone through for me was Manning’s great humanitarianism.
Like Edward Snowden, or the Iraqi reporter, Muntadhar Al-Zaidi, who threw a shoe at George Bush. Chelsea Manning is one of the great iconic heroes of our time.
But it is quite clear that Manning is deeply hated and feared by the establishment, or those with something to hide.
And with good reason;
Because, there is a Manning, or a Snowden somewhere inside the DGSB or SIS.
Chelsea Manning like Eward Snowden is a polymath.
They are the geniuses the military and the secret services trust to hold all the strings.
As a child at school Manning could do complicated math in her head. She recalled her teachers, accusing her of cheating, and demanding that she show them her workings. She told them she couldn’t see the point. She said it was easier to do it in my head.
“Later”, she said, “in the army, I learnt the necessity of showing your workings. It is all about process.”
When she joined the US army as a data analyst, it was all still done on paper.
She said, “Literally a felt tip pen, and a big sheet of paper”.
This was someone who as a teenager had cut her teeth working in an IT start up.
When a militarised computer data analyst system was finally introduced. They handed it all over to Manning.
Manning made a joke.
Saying, “Uh Oh! I knew right then, that I would get into trouble.”
In her role she saw and knew everything.
All the Army’s secrets.
As well as being a math and IT genius Manning also had a didactic memory.
The detail of the data she had on Iraq was incredible. She knew by name every family in Baghdad, their street address, their profession, their hobbies, whether they might be sympathetic to the resistance to the US occupation, or not.
As she was being moved from place to place, passing wrecked houses, she knew exactly who had lived in that house, in that street. And also how they had died and who killed them.
The whole information technology system is reliant on these talented individuals.
This is its greatest weakness.
Chelsea Manning was a good soldier, and is still a good soldier.
She said that America is terrible right now. But despite that she is determined to remain, and has dedicated her life to political activism to make things better.
As a soldier Manning recounted how she worked 14 hour days straight for weeks without weekends. And said that is just what you do.
Someone from the audience asked her; “Do you feel that your life is in danger”
“The detail of the data she had on Iraq was incredible. She knew by name every family in Baghdad, their street address, their profession, their hobbies, whether they might be sympathetic to the resistance to the US occupation, or not.
As she was being moved from place to place, passing wrecked houses, she knew exactly who had lived in that house, in that street. And also how they had died and who killed them.
Someone from the audience asked her; “Do you feel that your life is in danger”
I’m interested in the opportunity Claire Curran’s resignation might provide others and the government.
A lot of talent came in at the last election, but has to wait it’s turn.
My worry is that too many of the current lot will get settled in and the new lot won’t get promoted. Curran’s push helps free up at least one place.
Who do people see possibly ready for an opportunity.
I’m particularly interested in possible new women cabinet ministers.
Deborah Russell; Kiri Allan; Ginny Anderson?
Ultimately it will be 2020 when Labour gets 45% of the vote that will really a big shift in faces, but in the meantime, who do people think the government would benefit from giving an opportunity to?
In some businesses and organisations staff will be circulated throughout the business departments learning stuff on the way and preventing boredom. It may be a way to take people off a repetitive job and give them a real idea of how such work fits into the matrix of the organisation.
Do the MPs have aides from the List who can become skilled political thinkers and organisers? And then have a chance to caretake a seat that is won by the Opposition, or to stand for a seat themselves.
How leftist entitlement works in Britain: “you get elected candidate for the Labour Party in a safe Labour seat and its assumed its a job for life, for 40 or 50 years,” says Steve Howell, who worked as Labour’s deputy director of political strategy and communications during the 2017 election, and tells the story of it in his book, Game Changer.”
“He has brought into the party hundreds of thousands of new supporters. In a general election that caught the party somewhat by surprise, he nevertheless managed to win 13 million votes, and gain seats when annihilation was predicted by all. He has also transformed the party into a vast social movement unlike any that has been seen in British politics before.”
Career electorate MPs aren’t leftist entitlement, they span all countries with electorate representatives of political parties.
The number of people looking to become active in local party branches is a tiny proportion of the population, and can become small fiefdoms. The candidate in a safe electorate doesn’t need to persuade the electorate, just the candidate selection committee of their party. And if they win, any party member wanting to take a tilt at the electorate needs to prove they’re better than an already successful candidate.
In a safe seat, you really need to fuck up hard to lose the job – either piss off the electorate committee (or take it for granted for too long), or otherwise “bug” people, lol.
Yes, fair point. In case you didn’t get around to checking it out, here’s another interesting bit: “What Momentum has correctly identified is that people who want to be involved in politics don’t necessarily want to be involved in the minutiae of local party organisation, the procedural stuff. And also, people don’t necessarily find that their local party is the place for them. “Manchester Momentum puts on a disco every month,” Ms Parker says. “Bristol Momentum meetings have campaign stalls from every kind of campaign group right across the city. You do not get that from a local Labour Party meeting. We are a bridge to something beyond the party.
It’s about innovation.”
Minister of Housing Phil Twyford announces 10,000 houses to be built in Mt Roskill on existing HNZ land, with no additional funding required from the government.
The Nats would sort this out wouldn’t they BM. Don’t build more houses, just build more motorway overpasses. The dirty poor people can sleep under them and Auckland gets more cars and trucks on the roads. It’s a win win in National’s eyes.
In the same areas as those people that Labour has imported mmmmm https://www.labour.org.nz/immigration
Without these changes there would be up to 10,000 more houses needed and up to 20,000 more vehicles on our roads annually. https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/annual-net-migration-down-7400-from-peak-in-2017
So with a drop of ONLY 7,400 on last year, only had 13,00 more cars on the road and additional need of 7,000 houses !!!
Thanks for the successful implementation of last year’s election policy. And we are being told that nz requires additional immigrates to make up for a shortage in the workforce.
You total arse hat you know full well that national had a whole new dimension of importing unskilled workers – you know this you useless prick and chose to lie about you vile filthy piece of distended rectum
(credit to Red Dwarf)
BM doesn’t genuinely believe what he wrtes. His/Her comments are designed to be provocative and disagreeable, even when they are clearly irrational and nonsensical. There is a description for this behavior in the DSM-5, which may be helful for BM to understand his/her behavior. (Just some friendly advice).
Moving essay on history, settlers, genocide, epigenetics, and crickets.
I grew up both knowing and not knowing the pain of my heritage; I was raised to consider myself white, and learned about Native Americans in school. I remember stumbling across nameless familiarities that I could not explain, resonances that did not touch my classmates. In those moments, I recognized my kinship and my history, though I had been told it was not mine. My training as a biologist assures me that there are no memories hidden in my DNA. And yet I feel them.
“A loosely-defined network of Russian state actors, state-controlled media, and armies of social media bots and trolls is said to work in unison to spread and amplify multiple narratives and conspiracies around cases like the Skripal poisoning. The goal is no longer to deny or disprove an official version of events, it is to flood the zone with so many competing versions that nothing seems to make sense.
“What is really striking is that you no longer see the Russian machine pushing a single message, it pushes dozens of messages,” said Ben Nimmo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who studies Russian disinformation. “The idea is to confuse people.”
Other theories circulating on Wednesday included a claim that the suspects were British actors, stars of a (non-existent) KGB Spy series broadcast on British television in the 2000s. Another suggested the attempted assassination in Salisbury, and the deaths of other Russian nationals in Britain, were part of an MI6 plot. “Why do all these horrible events only happen in Britain?” asked Andrei Klimov, a Russian member of parliament, on state TV.”
It’s becoming clearer that the mass detentions in Xinjiang are one half of the campaign, while the other is a no-stone-unturned push to investigate overseas Uighurs for potential extremist links. Here’s what our reporting has found (1/x)https://t.co/bxzb7rDqlUpic.twitter.com/fVnT6RAp5p— Eva Dou (@evadou) September 1, 2018
Uighurs in a number of countries report their passport renewal requests have been denied by Chinese consulates over the past year. They are issued one-time travel documents back to China, with three-month validity. This is what it looks like pic.twitter.com/3lomZzslaB— Eva Dou (@evadou) September 1, 2018
Misdirection is correct…but I’m not providing the misdirection…
How will you know what I know if I go into it, Marty ? … Do you understand even basic networking/security models in a commercial sense?
What about at ‘intelligence’ levels ?
Read the snowden releases from a few years ago about the technologies that had were made public…
Keep in mind the nations with the most powerful military and intelligence agencies ‘have tech’…that very few humam beings would have any idea existed…myself included…
Without a certain level…you can’t even begin to imagine…
Disinformation, multiple lies, half truths, innuendo, pretend caring. And then into the deeper dirty tricks, and then deeper…
the toolbox is full of this shit, and the toolbox is used extensively – in fact disproving anything is a fools game – just create murk, and mud and blood too truth be told.
the tools to do this range from hu mans to everything else
now as we are on a public space – say whatever you want or don’t – the space is yours for a moment…
NZ’s Jacinda should be involved with this, for any number of good reasons (which means by default is perhaps totally lost by a good portion of the local myopic ruling classes that are pre-eminently political.)
A rare and extreme tsunami ripped across an Alaska fjord three years ago after 180 million tons of mountain rock fell into the water, driving a devastating wave that stripped shorelines of trees and reached heights over 600 feet, a large team of scientists documented Thursday.
The October 2015 cataclysm in Taan Fiord in Southeast Alaska appears to have been the fourth highest tsunami recorded in the past century, and its origins – tied to the retreat of a glacier – suggest it’s the kind of event we may see more of due to a warming climate.
The new study even bluntly calls it a “a hazard occasioned by climate change.”
“More such landslides are likely to occur as mountain glaciers continue to shrink and alpine permafrost thaws,” the authors, led by geologist Bretwood Higman of Ground Truth Trekking, write in Nature Scientific Reports.
It seems that Israel is doing the same thing we are. Overcrowding the country beyond its capacities apparently on purpose. Who started that then?
They are encouraging Jewish immigrants who face a housing shortage, low wages, and a fairly lacklustre economy. Professional people can’t even afford apartments and simply working doesn’t rate. Like us they have become techno-snobs and professionally obsessed and physical work is passe’. Like the USA standard tv joke ‘My son the doctor’ I guess.
Currently around 2.7 million people suffer from dementia in Japan, but that number is set to rise to around 7.3 million by 2025. Japan has the world’s oldest population, with one in four people over 65.
Euthanasia: THE best way to deal to an aging population. Unquestionably.
One question though: who will do the killing? Doctors are bound by the Hippocratic Oath, so will it be the Army? A special Police death squad? Perhaps we could bring back the hangman, not employed in this country since 1957….
News reports seem to have it that it’s normally done by underpaid age-caregivers, at least in some countries. Could be my suspicious mind reading too much into that. As for me, if I was incapacitated by pain I’d take an exit pill for sure. Mind you, if I had Alzheimers as well, I’d keep forgetting to…
In a 30-minute speech, Putin diluted the government’s plans, saying the national retirement age for women should be increased from 55 to 60, instead of 63, as previously proposed. “In our country, there is a special, gentle attitude to women,” he said.
The national retirement age for men, however, would still rise by five years, from 60 to 65.
The president also said laws should be introduced to make it an offence for employers to fire workers who are approaching pension age, as well as to clamp down on age discrimination in the workplace.
Putin said he had always been against the “painful” changes to the pension system and reminded Russians that he had pledged in 2005 that there would be no alteration to the age at which Russians can retire and claim a state pension while he was president. But he said “serious demographic problems” meant there was no alternative to the increase, which would represent the first adjustment to national retirement ages established under Joseph Stalin.
[…]
Putin said a failure to adopt the pension changes would lead to a rise in poverty and catastrophic consequences for the economy, which would leave the government unable to guarantee national security.
Barking Yenta Dame Margaret (Hodge) Tells Packed News Conference: “I Obey My … Uh … I mean… Israel’s Leader: I’m leaving for the Philippines.” The Guardian, 5 September 2018
At a packed news conference, Barking Yenta Margaret Hodge praised Prime Minister Netanyahu’s embrace of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte.
She then shocked reporters: “I’m auto-deporting to the Philippines.”
A reporter asked if she felt safe going there after Duterte said “As long as there are many beautiful women, there will be more rape cases.”
Acknowledging that she would probably be a prime target (disrespectful guffaws could be heard in the room), the Barking Yenta continued.
“You see, Duterte visited Yad Vashem, and my family are Holocaust survivors.”
But as a hush swept over the crowd, a reporter challenged her….
US to add 1500 troops to their occupation of Germany.
While Germany build 9 nuclear weaponed submarines for militant nationalist gangsters in Israel.
It does me sorrow for the refugees having to pretend they want to integrate. One Iraqi was killed for his cigarettes on the German streets of Chemnitz; causing the lefties to fall-out-of-bed. Where were the lefties and Die Toten Hosen playing as German geo-politics helped take the lives of one million Iraqis?
Good evening Newshub Yaa the start of Maori language week
I say that people should learn maori language. Why they will learn the facts about OUR history and learn the wrongs that have been forced on to maori. The reason why over half our schools don’t even have any maori curriculum is these old men don’t want the mokopunas to have a positive view of maori there are many thing that our maori tipunas have done that the rest of Papatuanuku Admire .These people would prefer that the MYTH stays with mokopunas reality of . You maori sold your land for (blankets and guns) in reality our land was taken through deceit full tactics that our society frown’s on that bad behavior at the minuet .
World suicide day that’s cool this need’s to be highlighted as a major problem in our society .
Nanain Mahuta you handled Duncan really well Mana Wahine .
Is that your problem Duncan farting or is it what comes out the whatu think of what Eco can do if I had no morels or manners .
Ka kite ano Mark the reason our sports stadiam are not full is the people have no money to pay for the tickets thats it
This is our reality in Aotearoa not just Australia the measures of our prosperity should just have house holds income performance and we should be getting house hold’s confidence as a Gauge of our country’s economic forecast . The power has been taken from the house hold and given to big banks and big business employers . Its the people the people that drive a economy policys should be made to give that Mana back to the people link below .
Ka kite ano
Australia new Prime minister is a human caused climate change Green house warming denier he deserves what he gets he carryed a lump of coal into there Parliament and backed the coal industry over his offsprings & mokopunas future Kia kaha to the protesters link is below ka kite ano
This is how shonky changed the legal frame work from serving te tangata to serving the best interest of the cheats in state services he made legal aid near impossible for the common man to get a fair trial thats a breach of Human rights ka kite ano link is below.
Eco Maori will see if the state systems work,s I have tryed again to get any lawyer rang 5 and againt the NZ Police have interfered .I will send a complanit to the Ombudsmen and see what happeneds link is below ka kite ano.
Good evening Newshub Looks like Greg O Conner has a very low IQ typical.
Ka pai to Whanganui conical for doing the correct thing including the H in its spelling of Whanganui .
I back the banning of 1080 poison this a dumb method of pest control by DOC .
I still have some links for the facts on round up you see the manufactures do the study on there poison so all the facts are skewered to suit the company’s profits who cares about the harm caused to Papatuanuku her creates or humanity.
Well come Rain Bow Warrior lll thanks for the tou toka of OUR carbon free future of Aotearoa.
The Kakapo Sir Roko he looks quite cheeky little bird he went off grid for 2 years I will go off Grid Asap .
With Sweden election results swing to the Far Right show me that they are using the internet to change people’s opinions to suit there snicking into power the left needs to start a campaign on the internet to counter there ——-.
Ka kite ano
Good evening The Crowd Goes Wild James and Wairangi Discrimination is rife look at how the Wahines Rugby team were treated by there host not very respectful.
Its was a good game by the Warriors Its a pity that there Australian host have no morels or manners .In the Aotearoa tangata whenua Papatuanuku we treat OUR guest with the utmost respect .
The Wahine Warriors had a win
Ka kite ano P.S Wai you mite have to put on a te reo teachers potai
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Buzz from the Beehive Reactions to news of the government’s readiness to make urgent changes to “the resource management system” through a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) suggest a balanced approach is being taken. The Taxpayers’ Union says the proposed changes don’t go far enough. Greenpeace says ...
I’m starting to wonder if Anna Burns-Francis might be the best political interviewer we’ve got. That might sound unlikely to you, it came as a bit of a surprise to me.Jack Tame can be excellent, but has some pretty average days. I like Rebecca Wright on Newshub, she asks good ...
Chris Trotter writes – Willie Jackson is said to be planning a “media summit” to discuss “the state of the media and how to protect Fourth Estate Journalism”. Not only does the Editor of The Daily Blog, Martyn Bradbury, think this is a good idea, but he has also ...
Graeme Edgeler writes – This morning [April 21], the Wellington High Court is hearing a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is unusual, judicial reviews are much more likely to brought against ministers, rather than ...
Both of Parliament’s watchdogs have now ripped into the Government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāMy pick of the six newsey things to know from Aotearoa’s political economy and beyond on the morning of Tuesday, April 23 are:The Lead: The Auditor General,John Ryan, has joined the ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah SpengemanPeople wait to board an electric bus in Pune, India. (Image credit: courtesy of ITDP) Public transportation riders in Pune, India, love the city’s new electric buses so much they will actually skip an older diesel bus that ...
The infrastructure industry yesterday issued a “hurry up” message to the Government, telling it to get cracking on developing a pipeline of infrastructure projects.The hiatus around the change of Government has seen some major projects cancelled and others delayed, and there is uncertainty about what will happen with the new ...
Hi,Over the weekend I revisited a podcast I really adore, Dead Eyes. It’s about a guy who got fired from Band of Brothers over two decades ago because Tom Hanks said he had “dead eyes”.If you don’t recall — 2001’s Band of Brothers was part of the emerging trend of ...
Buzz from the Beehive The 180 or so recipients of letters from the Government telling them how to submit infrastructure projects for “fast track” consideration includes some whose project applications previously have been rejected by the courts. News media were quick to feature these in their reports after RMA Reform Minister Chris ...
It would not be a desirable way to start your holiday by breaking your back, your head, or your wrist, but on our first hour in Singapore I gave it a try.We were chatting, last week, before we started a meeting of Hazel’s Enviro Trust, about the things that can ...
Calling all journalists, academics, planners, lawyers, political activists, environmentalists, and other members of the public who believe that the relationships between vested interests and politicians need to be scrutinised. We need to work together to make sure that the new Fast-Track Approvals Bill – currently being pushed through by the ...
Feel worried. Shane Jones and a couple of his Cabinet colleagues are about to be granted the power to override any and all objections to projects like dams, mines, roads etc even if: said projects will harm biodiversity, increase global warming and cause other environmental harms, and even if ...
Bryce Edwards writes- The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the new National-led Government. Yesterday it introduced to Parliament one of its most significant reforms, the Fast Track Approvals Bill. ...
Michael Bassett writes – If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to create a parallel system of government to the one that we elect at our triennial elections, you aren’t wrong. Over the last few days we have ...
Without a corresponding drop in interest rates, it’s doubtful any changes to the CCCFA will unleash a massive rush of home buyers. Photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: The six things that stood out to me in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Monday, April 22 included:The Government making a ...
Sunday was a lazy day. I started watching Jack Tame on Q&A, the interviews are usually good for something to write about. Saying the things that the politicians won’t, but are quite possibly thinking. Things that are true and need to be extracted from between the lines.As you might know ...
In our Weekly Roundup last week we covered news from Auckland Transport that the WX1 Western Express is going to get an upgrade next year with double decker electric buses. As part of the announcement, AT also said “Since we introduced the WX1 Western Express last November we have seen ...
TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to April 29 include:PM Christopher Luxon is scheduled to hold a post-Cabinet news conference at 4 pm today. Stats NZ releases its statutory report on Census 2023 tomorrow.Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers a pre-Budget speech at ...
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 14, 2024 thru Sat, April 20, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week hinges on these words from the abstract of a fresh academic ...
The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the new National-led Government. Yesterday it introduced to Parliament one of its most significant reforms, the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The Government says this will ...
This is a column to say thank you. So many of have been in touch since Mum died to say so many kind and thoughtful things. You’re wonderful, all of you. You’ve asked how we’re doing, how Dad’s doing. A little more realisation each day, of the irretrievable finality of ...
Identifying the engine type in your car is crucial for various reasons, including maintenance, repairs, and performance upgrades. Knowing the specific engine model allows you to access detailed technical information, locate compatible parts, and make informed decisions about modifications. This comprehensive guide will provide you with a step-by-step approach to ...
Introduction: The allure of racing is undeniable. The thrill of speed, the roar of engines, and the exhilaration of competition all contribute to the allure of this adrenaline-driven sport. For those who yearn to experience the pinnacle of racing, becoming a race car driver is the ultimate dream. However, the ...
Introduction Automobiles have become ubiquitous in modern society, serving as a primary mode of transportation and a symbol of economic growth and personal mobility. With countless vehicles traversing roads and highways worldwide, it begs the question: how many cars are there in the world? Determining the precise number is a ...
Maintaining a safe and reliable vehicle requires regular inspections. Whether it’s a routine maintenance checkup or a safety inspection, knowing how long the process will take can help you plan your day accordingly. This article delves into the factors that influence the duration of a car inspection and provides an ...
Mazda Motor Corporation, commonly known as Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The company was founded in 1920 as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd., and began producing vehicles in 1931. Mazda is primarily known for its production of passenger cars, but ...
Your car battery is an essential component that provides power to start your engine, operate your electrical systems, and store energy. Over time, batteries can weaken and lose their ability to hold a charge, which can lead to starting problems, power failures, and other issues. Replacing your battery before it ...
In most states, you cannot register a car without a valid driver’s license. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule. Exceptions to the RuleIf you are under 18 years old: In some states, you can register a car in your name even if you do not ...
Mazda, a Japanese automotive manufacturer with a rich history of innovation and engineering excellence, has emerged as a formidable player in the global car market. Known for its reputation of producing high-quality, fuel-efficient, and driver-oriented vehicles, Mazda has consistently garnered praise from industry experts and consumers alike. In this article, ...
Struts are an essential part of a car’s suspension system. They are responsible for supporting the weight of the car and damping the oscillations of the springs. Struts are typically made of steel or aluminum and are filled with hydraulic fluid. How Do Struts Work? Struts work by transferring the ...
Car registration is a mandatory process that all vehicle owners must complete annually. This process involves registering your car with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and paying an associated fee. The registration process ensures that your vehicle is properly licensed and insured, and helps law enforcement and other authorities ...
Zoom is a video conferencing service that allows you to share your screen, webcam, and audio with other participants. In addition to sharing your own audio, you can also share the audio from your computer with other participants. This can be useful for playing music, sharing presentations with audio, or ...
Building your own computer can be a rewarding and cost-effective way to get a high-performance machine tailored to your specific needs. However, it also requires careful planning and execution, and one of the most important factors to consider is the time it will take. The exact time it takes to ...
Sleep mode is a power-saving state that allows your computer to quickly resume operation without having to boot up from scratch. This can be useful if you need to step away from your computer for a short period of time but don’t want to shut it down completely. There are ...
Introduction Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) has revolutionized the field of translation by harnessing the power of technology to assist human translators in their work. This innovative approach combines specialized software with human expertise to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of translations. In this comprehensive article, we will delve into the ...
In today’s digital age, mobile devices have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. Among the vast array of portable computing options available, iPads and tablet computers stand out as two prominent contenders. While both offer similar functionalities, there are subtle yet significant differences between these two devices. This ...
A computer is an electronic device that can be programmed to carry out a set of instructions. The basic components of a computer are the processor, memory, storage, input devices, and output devices. The Processor The processor, also known as the central processing unit (CPU), is the brain of the ...
Voice Memos is a convenient app on your iPhone that allows you to quickly record and store audio snippets. These recordings can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as taking notes, capturing ideas, or recording interviews. While you can listen to your voice memos on your iPhone, you ...
Laptop screens are essential for interacting with our devices and accessing information. However, when lines appear on the screen, it can be frustrating and disrupt productivity. Understanding the underlying causes of these lines is crucial for finding effective solutions. Types of Screen Lines Horizontal lines: Also known as scan ...
Right-clicking is a common and essential computer operation that allows users to access additional options and settings. While most desktop computers have dedicated right-click buttons on their mice, laptops often do not have these buttons due to space limitations. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on how to right-click ...
Powering up and shutting down your ASUS laptop is an essential task for any laptop user. Locating the power button can sometimes be a hassle, especially if you’re new to ASUS laptops. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on where to find the power button on different ASUS laptop ...
Dell laptops are renowned for their reliability, performance, and versatility. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who needs a reliable computing device, a Dell laptop can meet your needs. However, if you’re new to Dell laptops, you may be wondering how to get started. In this comprehensive ...
Two-thirds of the country think that “New Zealand’s economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful”. They also believe that “New Zealand needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful”. These are just two of a handful of stunning new survey results released ...
In today’s digital world, screenshots have become an indispensable tool for communication and documentation. Whether you need to capture an important email, preserve a website page, or share an error message, screenshots allow you to quickly and easily preserve digital information. If you’re an Asus laptop user, there are several ...
A factory reset restores your Gateway laptop to its original factory settings, erasing all data, apps, and personalizations. This can be necessary to resolve software issues, remove viruses, or prepare your laptop for sale or transfer. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to factory reset your Gateway laptop: Method 1: ...
“You talking about me?”The neoliberal denigration of the past was nowhere more unrelenting than in its depiction of the public service. The Post Office and the Railways were held up as being both irremediably inefficient and scandalously over-manned. Playwright Roger Hall’s “Glide Time” caricatures were presented as accurate depictions of ...
Roger Partridge writes – When the Coalition Government took office last October, it inherited a country on a precipice. With persistent inflation, decades of insipid productivity growth and crises in healthcare, education, housing and law and order, it is no exaggeration to suggest New Zealand’s first-world status was ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – In 2022, the Curriculum Centre at the Ministry of Education employed 308 staff, according to an Official Information Request. Earlier this week it was announced 202 of those staff were being cut. When you look up “The New Zealand Curriculum” on the Ministry of ...
Chris Bishop’s bill has stirred up a hornets nest of opposition. Photo: Lynn Grieveson for The KākāTL;DR: The six things that stood out to me in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate from the last day included:A crescendo of opposition to the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill is ...
Monday left me brokenTuesday, I was through with hopingWednesday, my empty arms were openThursday, waiting for love, waiting for loveThe end of another week that left many of us asking WTF? What on earth has NZ gotten itself into and how on earth could people have voluntarily signed up for ...
Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.State of humanity, 20242024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?Full story Share ...
Determining the hardest sport in the world is a subjective matter, as the difficulty level can vary depending on individual abilities, physical attributes, and experience. However, based on various factors including physical demands, technical skills, mental fortitude, and overall accomplishment, here is an exploration of some of the most challenging ...
Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix it, Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. ...
Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxon’s management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
It appears Nicola Willis is about to pull the rug out from under the feet of local communities still dealing with the aftermath of last year’s severe weather, and local councils relying on funding to build back from these disasters. ...
The Government is making short-sighted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will take away environmental protection in favour of short-term profits, Labour’s environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
Labour welcomes the release of the report into the North Island weather events and looks forward to working with the Government to ensure that New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster. ...
The Labour Party has called for the New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine, as a material step towards progressing the two-State solution needed to achieve a lasting peace in the region. ...
Some of our country’s most important work, stopping the sexual exploitation of children and violent extremism could go along with staff on the frontline at ports and airports. ...
The Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a ‘get out of jail free’ card to wreak havoc on the environment, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said today. ...
Cuts to frontline hospital staff are not only a broken election promise, it shows the reckless tax cuts have well and truly hit the frontline of the health system, says Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. ...
The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. ...
New Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s lack of ambition and scrapping programmes that were making a difference, Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said today. ...
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find out whether they're in line to lose their jobs. ...
The Government is trying to bring in a law that will allow Ministers to cut corners and kill off native species, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said. ...
Cancelling urgently needed new Cook Strait ferries and hiking the cost of public transport for many Kiwis so that National can announce the prospect of another tunnel for Wellington is not making good choices, Labour Transport Spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. ...
A laundry list of additional costs for Tāmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live there, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
The Green Party has today launched a step-by-step guide to help New Zealanders make their voice heard on the Government’s democracy dodging and anti-environment fast track legislation. ...
The National Government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will mean tenants can be turfed from their homes by landlords with little notice, Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. ...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is calling on all parties to support a common-sense change that’s great for the planet and great for consumers after her member’s bill was drawn from the ballot today. ...
A significant milestone has been reached in the fight to strike an anti-Pasifika and unfair law from the country’s books after Teanau Tuiono’s members’ bill passed its first reading. ...
New Zealand has today missed the opportunity to uphold the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, says James Shaw after his member’s bill was voted down in its first reading. ...
Today’s advice from the Climate Change Commission paints a sobering reality of the challenge we face in combating climate change, especially in light of recent Government policy announcements. ...
Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds appears to have delayed a report back to Cabinet on the progress New Zealand is making against international obligations for disabled New Zealanders. ...
The Government’s newly announced review of methane emissions reduction targets hints at its desire to delay Aotearoa New Zealand’s urgent transition to a climate safe future, the Green Party said. ...
Distinguished guests - It is an honour to return once again to this site which, as the resting place for so many of our war-dead, has become a sacred place for generations of New Zealanders. Our presence here and at the other special spaces of Gallipoli is made ...
Mai ia tawhiti pamamao, te moana nui a Kiwa, kua tae whakaiti mai matou, ki to koutou papa whenua. No koutou te tapuwae, no matou te tapuwae, kua honoa pumautia. Ko nga toa kua hinga nei, o te Waipounamu, o te Ika a Maui, he okioki tahi me o ...
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. “Our Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. “I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has today outlined the first RMA Amendment ...
Overseas models for regulating the oil and gas sector, including their decommissioning regimes, are being carefully scrutinised as a potential template for New Zealand’s own sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Coalition Government is focused on rebuilding investor confidence in New Zealand’s energy sector as it looks to strengthen ...
Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has today released the Report of the Government Inquiry into the response to the North Island Severe Weather Events. “The report shows that New Zealand’s emergency management system is not fit-for-purpose and there are some significant gaps we need to address,” Mr Mitchell ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is today travelling to Europe where he’ll update the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Government’s work to restore law and order. “Attending the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva provides us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while ...
Associate Agriculture Minister, Mark Patterson, formally reopened the world’s largest wool processing facility today in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild and refurbishment project. “The reopening of this facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealand’s wool sector, which already accounts for 20 per cent of ...
Hon Andrew Bayly, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing At the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective (SOREC) Summit, 18 April, Dunedin Ngā mihi nui, Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Ko Whanganui aho Good Afternoon and thank you for inviting me to open your summit today. I am delighted ...
The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced today. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today announced four new diplomatic appointments for New Zealand’s overseas missions. “Our diplomats have a vital role in maintaining and protecting New Zealand’s interests around the world,” Mr Peters says. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the ...
New Zealand is contributing NZ$7 million to support communities affected by severe food insecurity and other urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and Somalia, Foreign Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters announced today. “Over 21 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia, with a further 6.9 million people ...
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith is congratulating Mataaho Collective for winning the Golden Lion for best participant in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale. "Congratulations to the Mataaho Collective for winning one of the world's most prestigious art prizes at the Venice Biennale. “It is good ...
The Government is reforming financial services to improve access to home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly and Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced today. “Our coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are ...
“China remains a strong commercial opportunity for Kiwi exporters as Chinese businesses and consumers continue to value our high-quality safe produce,” Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says. Mr McClay has returned to New Zealand following visits to Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai where he met ministers, governors and mayors and engaged in trade and agricultural events with the New ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful trip to Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, deepening relationships and capitalising on opportunities. Mr Luxon was accompanied by a business delegation and says the choice of countries represents the priority the New Zealand Government places on South East Asia, and our relationships in ...
New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. “Recently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa. The summit is co-hosted ...
A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul. “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners. “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Our Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. “New Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
Today’s announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector. "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
Asia Pacific Report Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in istanbul as the ships prepare to sail for Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. Mandela is also the ambassador for the Global Campaign to Return to ...
Pacific Media Watch Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders. According to the tally kept by RSF, 200 journalists have been subjected to threats and physical violence, including murder, in the past 10 years because they were ...
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz)Political scientist, Dr Bryce Edwards. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has surprised everyone with his ruthlessness in sacking two of his ministers from their crucial portfolios. Removing ministers for poor performance after only five months in the job just doesn’t normally happen in ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra BagzhanSadvakassov/Upsplash, CC BY-SA Australia’s inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and it’s now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. ...
ACT's Rural Communities and Veterans spokesman Mark Cameron responds to cancellations and protests of ANZAC Day commemorations in Wellington. He says, "These pitiful attempts to detract from ANZAC Day are not at all indicative of the feelings of mainstream ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meighen McCrae, Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University American and Australian stretcher bearers working together near the front line during the Battle of Hamel in 1918.Australian War Memorial While the AUKUS alliance is new, the Australian-American partnership ...
Pōneke based peace activists staged a silent protest at the ANZAC day service to highlight New Zealand’s complicity in war and genocide, and urge the government to take concrete steps to stop the genocide in Palestine. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalena M.E. Bunbury, Postdoctoral Researcher, James Cook University Burial with a horse at the Rákóczifalva site, Hungary (8th century AD).Sándor Hegedűs, Hungarian National Museum, CC BY How do we understand past societies? For centuries, our main sources of information have been ...
Amanda Thompson doesn’t really do Anzac Day. But what she does do is remember the people she knew who had a lifetime to remember stuff they didn’t really want to, because of a war they didn’t ask for. And she does make Anzac biscuits.First published in 2021.All my ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Willis, Postdoctoral Researcher, CSIRO Xavier Boulenger/Shutterstock In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon ...
With our collective remembrance, and steadfast belief in our common humanity, we strengthen our hope and resolve to do what we can to foster dialogue and understanding, and to heal divisions in our pursuit of peace. ...
Principal reasons for the opposition is the loss of the public’s democratic right to have “a fair say” and the vital need for a government free from corruption, said Casey Cravens of Dunedin, president of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater ...
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“Trans exclusionary radical feminists, they’re called TERFs, and they’re telling us we’re not who we say we are. It’s a real threat to our existence.”
Quite a revealing interview with Chelsea Manning, by Simon Wilson: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12121279
TERF’s?….we must be running out of pidgeonholes by now ,surely?
The thing about TERFs and their SWERF cousins is that they are essentially the 5th column for the Christian right. Family Fist has backed the local SWERF/TERF community for quite some time
What has to happen to someone to make them so nasty?
Chelsea in contrast sounds fascinating.
Google: “Feminists with critical views have been referred to as “TERFs” (short for trans-exclusionary radical feminist). They generally object to the acronym and have called it a slur or even hate speech.”
Understandable. Lotsa folk hate being put in pigeon-holes, eh? But that one doesn’t quite capture the new form of hypocrisy that’s being invented in minority culture wars.
“That group of feminists that claims that trans women aren’t really women, as biological determinism is only a fallacy when it’s used against them, not when they use it against others.” https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TERF
“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member”
Groucho Marx
“In a 1959 interview on BBC TV’s Showtime, Chico Marx was asked how his brother Groucho got his name. Referring to the times when marijuana was legal and the Marx Brothers were a Vaudeville act (around 1920), he replied, “We used to wear a little bag around our neck, called a Grouch bag. In this bag we would keep our pennies, some marbles, a couple of pieces of candy, a little marijuana, whatever we could get…(laughter from the audience)… “
Careful Dennis Frank
Women have had to put up with a lot of shit over the centuries right up to this second. The style changes but there are forces at work to reduce women’s standing in the community all the time. So they are not very happy that men have managed to undermine any sisterhood that exists, and wear the ‘feminine’ as if it was a decoration, or a passport.
Till now they have had a feeling of sanctuary if they have gone into the women’s toilets, but the bloody men have found a way to insert themselves into that little nook. Now it can be like Little Red Riding Hood going into Grandmama’s house and finding something with more bristles than Gran, and more everything than Gran including bigger teeth. It is very unsettling. Their anger is quite understandable. Men actually don’t want women hanging round their toilets either; in theory it may raise some feverish excitement, but in reality they should bloody stay out of this male enclave.
However, taking this matter further than you may want to go.
https://www.quora.com/Would-guys-use-an-open-urinal-in-a-public-unisex-restroom
Nah, I’d rather let Chelsea speak for herself. I find the culture war in the minorities an interesting part of identity politics.
Political festivals could be a viable way to recombine fun & politics, a social alchemy not seen in Aotearoa since Shadbolt almost 50 years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/08/you-can-have-a-voice-political-festivals-on-rise-uk
Tory MP George Freeman, who last year organised the Big Tent Ideas festival in Britain (“mercilessly lampooned last summer as the “Tory Glastonbury” – a paddock of largely male Conservative supporters in red chinos”), has lurched to the radical center for this year’s design: “I have made it non-party political so that MPs, peers and others from the centre left can also get involved”. He offers a sensible rationale: “for a generation under 40 the traditional party conference is as dead as a dodo”.
Hell we saw the tragic outcome of the labour youth camp – can you imagine the damage of an entire festival???
I doubt you will be getting an invite anyway. So it’s a win/win.
I’m sure you can.
I think Breiveik should be executed on the grounds of incontrovertible evidence of brutal behaviour towards others that includes the following (murdering and worst of 9 other behaviours) which result in withdrawing human respect for him and his right to life.
James and his RW fundie friends no doubt blame Norway Labour for that – not enough security to stop a RW madman bombing parliament as a distraction and then proceeding to murder 75 teenagers.
They’ll always protect their own – in this case Anders Breivik.
Just don’t invite James he will slaughter and roast a sentient beast and proceed to gorge himself with his mates.
Put his dog on the spit and watch him squeal then.
Labour UK start the long awaited purge of the liberal Blairite cancer from the party…
“Purge of the Labour moderates: Jeremy Corbyn’s allies ‘draw up hitlist of 50 MPs’ as hard-Left Momentum campaigners tighten grip on the party’
Yeh, sounds good..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5293373/Purge-Labour-moderates.html
“Labour’s new masters prepare to purge the moderates”
Loving it…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labours-new-masters-prepare-to-purge-the-moderates-32sfkjskw
“Labour’s review of candidates is not a purge: it’s what’s known as democracy”
That doesn’t sound like so much fun…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/28/labour-review-candidates-not-purge-democracy-momentum
“Labour’s leading pro-Israel MP loses vote of no confidence as latest purge is broadcast by banned Iranian TV station”
That’s better, more hysterical, that’s more like it…
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/09/07/labour-mp-joan-ryan-blasts-trots-stalinists-losing-confidence/
I just hope I live long enough to witness our very own purge… ah we live in hope…someday.
The media is to be reformed as well.
True that, have to purge those fuckers right after the party purge, this is sounding better and better all the time, have to come up with a term other than ‘purge’ though, something a bit more benign ….don’t want to scare the public.
what, so you can get 15% of the vote at the next election?
Careful there pal…might have you send you off for some ‘reeducation’.
The Murdoch Times cynically describes the Blairite right as “moderates”. I don’t see anything funny about that. We will now be hearing RNZ National and our television autocue readers routinely describing Yenta Hodge and her discredited cronies as “moderates.”
Not much coverage of 1080 Protests in the MSM, I guess all the reporters and journalists are pro 1080 and know where their bread is buttered ?
Hopefully most people understand that without 1080 possums will annihilate native bush- trees, plants, birds, et cetera. 1080 protesters have no viable plan for possum controll because without 1080 there isn’t one.
Yes Barfly, that is the problem.. they talked of possum control through pheromones, but I haven’t seen any other news on that front.
Crap barfly theres plenty of alternatives to the use of 1080 and imo based on a lifetime of hunting them a moderate population of possums has zero effect on either flora or fauna .
Hunting them in bad terrain yeah sure mate – I have a bridge to sell you.
Being paid for skins I used to lay bait lines the catch was marginal economically but the area I was hunting in showed tons of damage from possums. – So that was a “controlled” area possum trapping won’t take out enough of them to reduce their damage to an acceptable level IMO.
ordinarily trapping is by far the most lethal long term barfly and possums dont really like “bad terrain ” they prefer more open bush and thats where they,ll build the biggest populations .I hunt with two good dogs an a rifle these days its far less cruel and even more effective than trapping .
my nephew owned a good late model ute from pelts and plucked fur before he was 18.
long weekends staying in huts and bivouac.
really character and resilience building.
cant have youngsters doing that.
I don’t believe you – based on my personal experience
How can you know weston. You haven’t lived long enough to know what the flora was like before the possums multiplied. Love the fur but shooters and trappers, hunters, are notorious for putting their own interests before
the forests which are vitally important now in this part of our life-cycle.
There are enormous amounts of difficult to access areas bad terrain for a start. As well how the heck does someone work to clear an area a couple of hours walk in? you try carrying 40-50 possum skins for any distance – I tell you they get bloody heavy!!
+ 1 Yep I have rellies who still are possum trappers – hard, hard work.
Sure greywarshark if possums are in big numbers thats a problem just as theres a problem if any animal is in too bigger numbers for its resources but human animals are ones that historically have done the most damage to our forests .By a country mile !!!
Barfly ,,,” no viable plan for possum controll because without 1080 there isn’t one.”
There is …. Look on TDB site – read through the comments following yesterdays 1080 article
Maybe not much coverage of the protests, but this just popped up on the RNZ News website –
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/366035/court-delays-1080-drop-in-the-hunua-ranges
There are also links to other recent RNZ articles on 1080 to the right of the article.
I’ve seen plenty about it.
1080 or native species, I’ll take the birds every time, thanks.
Sadly it’s 1080 or possums – which will kill more native birds?
But, but, fluoroacetate is produced by plants. It’s natural pest control. Because it’s natural it’s gotta be good, right?
“Fluoroacetate containing plants grow worldwide and cause sudden death in livestock. The southern continents of Africa, Australia and South America are the common locations of these plants. All of the plants containing fluoroacetate belong to the families Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Bignoniaceae, Malpighiaceae and Dichapetalaceae [11].”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485738/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_fluoroacetate
bills post on the tale of two protests was interesting didnt u think Ngungukai ?
Would suggest they’re much wiser …
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/92620150/national-portrait-1080-author-dave-hansford
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1809/S00050/maori-environmentalists-and-activists-release-1080-statement.htm
TVNZ ran a story on this in last night’s news: ” There’s a mind-boggling amount of trash in the world’s oceans, with much of it collected in five regions known as gyres. On September 8, a group called The Ocean Cleanup plans to deploy a plastic-cleanup system to the largest of those gyres, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The system was designed by Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old Dutch innovator.”
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/boyan-slat-ocean-cleanup-launch-into-pacific-on-september-8-2018-7?r=US&IR=T
The operation has a website providing this excellent backgrounder: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
And watch the launch live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkC0h1CcHJs
Great news. Bright innovation from the young.
Thomas Paine The Rights of Man – clickbait for political junkies. This a story of challenge, told humorously. Education that takes the pain out of learning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtlohotiqc
Another thought – from a helpful bystander.
This puts the Paine back in learning.
Nice one
” “There was nothing wrong with him, he’d just been stuck in an apartment, with no friends around and he’d been vegetating basically.
“He was an amazing guy who just had such a wealth of knowledge .. all he needed was some male company, some people who he could share his time with. ”
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/105961039/the-shed-that-saved-clarrie-merrick
Yup great story that one – quite encouraging
read the article on merkin richardson in todays Sunday Magazine. richardson claims he was tired of the Blackcaps but the truth is they had had enough of him.
Misanthropy running hot today.
A global crisis is unfolding. The rapid expansion of development projects on indigenous lands without their consent is driving a drastic increase in violence and legal harassment against Indigenous Peoples.
I’ve been alerted to hundreds of cases of “criminalization” from nearly every corner of the world. These attacks—whether physical or legal—are an attempt to silence Indigenous Peoples voicing their opposition to projects that threaten their livelihoods and cultures.
My new report finds a pattern of abuse, with the private sector often colluding with governments to force Indigenous Peoples from their lands by whatever means necessary to make way for infrastructure, agriculture, mining, and extractive projects.
According to Front Line Defenders, 67 percent of the 312 human rights defenders murdered in 2017 were defending their lands, the environment, or indigenous rights, nearly always in the context of private sector projects. Around 80 percent of killings took place in just four countries: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and the Philippines.
[…]
At the same time that justice systems are wielded as weapons against Indigenous Peoples defending their rights, there is widespread impunity for those who commit violence against Indigenous Peoples.
At the root of this global crisis is systematic racism and the failure of governments to recognize and respect indigenous land rights. Indigenous Peoples and local communities customarily own more than 50 percent of the world’s land but only have legally recognized rights to 10 percent. This enables governments to declare them “illegal” on the lands they have lived on and protected for generations.
https://www.theyshouldhaveknownbetter.com/
Greed of the 10% under the control of the 1%. Western people don’t seem to realise that the Holocaust was just a practice run. Cambodia is not good to look at, and Burma or Myanmar (or more correctly Theirinmar) are in the news.
Boat people have nowhere to go so remember that the west has trumpeted itself as ‘good clean democracy’ and full of Christian values, for years and find different sorts of sharks in Australian waters. The African movement fleeing over water caused by what? Disagreements over oil and perhaps land where corporates want to grow lettuce for the rich markets out of season or something?
West Papua occasionally mentioned, they have a copper hole there, the land passed round countries like ‘pass the parcel’, the people treated shamefully.
What Joe90 has put up is just an indication of the cold, anti-human behaviour of the top people. Roger Douglas and his buddies were just the start. Now we have people in poverty in shacks, people on the streets, corruption and mismanagement and management worship encouraging generic behaviour, which is machine-like so humans and machines can be integrated smoothly.
Good God this is a cold spring.
With Auckland-north excepted, look like we’ll be most of the way through September before any improvement.
https://www.windy.com/-Temperature-temp?temp,2018-09-18-06,-36.867,174.767,5
Spring will be starting after the Spring Equinox on Sunday the 23rd of September. So in two more weeks.
It’s still winter.
Acting in accord with nature rather than convention, rather a green nonconformist kind of behaviour eh? Nicely authoritative too. I like it.
Sounds like you don’t garden then.
Certainly not in Whakatipu. Even though we’ve had frosts every morning for a week we haven’t needed to light a fire, it’s that warm through the day. And kowhais in full flower on a sunny face above Shotover Delta.
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‘An Evening with Chelsea Manning’ leaves audience frustrated
Newshub Staff
Hmmmm
A very slanted report based around a single negative comment from one attendee, about the question and answer session at the end. But total silence about what was actually said by Manning in the main part of her address. It is telling that no Newshub reporter wanted to put their name to this piece of yellow journalism.
I also attended this event. And, I can tell you, it was great.
What shone through for me was Manning’s great humanitarianism.
Like Edward Snowden, or the Iraqi reporter, Muntadhar Al-Zaidi, who threw a shoe at George Bush. Chelsea Manning is one of the great iconic heroes of our time.
But it is quite clear that Manning is deeply hated and feared by the establishment, or those with something to hide.
And with good reason;
Because, there is a Manning, or a Snowden somewhere inside the DGSB or SIS.
Chelsea Manning like Eward Snowden is a polymath.
They are the geniuses the military and the secret services trust to hold all the strings.
As a child at school Manning could do complicated math in her head. She recalled her teachers, accusing her of cheating, and demanding that she show them her workings. She told them she couldn’t see the point. She said it was easier to do it in my head.
“Later”, she said, “in the army, I learnt the necessity of showing your workings. It is all about process.”
When she joined the US army as a data analyst, it was all still done on paper.
She said, “Literally a felt tip pen, and a big sheet of paper”.
This was someone who as a teenager had cut her teeth working in an IT start up.
When a militarised computer data analyst system was finally introduced. They handed it all over to Manning.
Manning made a joke.
Saying, “Uh Oh! I knew right then, that I would get into trouble.”
In her role she saw and knew everything.
All the Army’s secrets.
As well as being a math and IT genius Manning also had a didactic memory.
The detail of the data she had on Iraq was incredible. She knew by name every family in Baghdad, their street address, their profession, their hobbies, whether they might be sympathetic to the resistance to the US occupation, or not.
As she was being moved from place to place, passing wrecked houses, she knew exactly who had lived in that house, in that street. And also how they had died and who killed them.
The whole information technology system is reliant on these talented individuals.
This is its greatest weakness.
Chelsea Manning was a good soldier, and is still a good soldier.
She said that America is terrible right now. But despite that she is determined to remain, and has dedicated her life to political activism to make things better.
As a soldier Manning recounted how she worked 14 hour days straight for weeks without weekends. And said that is just what you do.
Someone from the audience asked her; “Do you feel that your life is in danger”
“All our lives are in danger” she replied
Thank You Jenny.
“The detail of the data she had on Iraq was incredible. She knew by name every family in Baghdad, their street address, their profession, their hobbies, whether they might be sympathetic to the resistance to the US occupation, or not.
As she was being moved from place to place, passing wrecked houses, she knew exactly who had lived in that house, in that street. And also how they had died and who killed them.
Someone from the audience asked her; “Do you feel that your life is in danger”
“All our lives are in danger” she replied.” …..
I’m interested in the opportunity Claire Curran’s resignation might provide others and the government.
A lot of talent came in at the last election, but has to wait it’s turn.
My worry is that too many of the current lot will get settled in and the new lot won’t get promoted. Curran’s push helps free up at least one place.
Who do people see possibly ready for an opportunity.
I’m particularly interested in possible new women cabinet ministers.
Deborah Russell; Kiri Allan; Ginny Anderson?
Ultimately it will be 2020 when Labour gets 45% of the vote that will really a big shift in faces, but in the meantime, who do people think the government would benefit from giving an opportunity to?
In some businesses and organisations staff will be circulated throughout the business departments learning stuff on the way and preventing boredom. It may be a way to take people off a repetitive job and give them a real idea of how such work fits into the matrix of the organisation.
Do the MPs have aides from the List who can become skilled political thinkers and organisers? And then have a chance to caretake a seat that is won by the Opposition, or to stand for a seat themselves.
How leftist entitlement works in Britain: “you get elected candidate for the Labour Party in a safe Labour seat and its assumed its a job for life, for 40 or 50 years,” says Steve Howell, who worked as Labour’s deputy director of political strategy and communications during the 2017 election, and tells the story of it in his book, Game Changer.”
Taken from a very good review of the Corbyn insurgency, three years after the grass-roots revolt began. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-labour-party-leadership-antisemitism-election-momentum-a8528811.html
“He has brought into the party hundreds of thousands of new supporters. In a general election that caught the party somewhat by surprise, he nevertheless managed to win 13 million votes, and gain seats when annihilation was predicted by all. He has also transformed the party into a vast social movement unlike any that has been seen in British politics before.”
Career electorate MPs aren’t leftist entitlement, they span all countries with electorate representatives of political parties.
The number of people looking to become active in local party branches is a tiny proportion of the population, and can become small fiefdoms. The candidate in a safe electorate doesn’t need to persuade the electorate, just the candidate selection committee of their party. And if they win, any party member wanting to take a tilt at the electorate needs to prove they’re better than an already successful candidate.
In a safe seat, you really need to fuck up hard to lose the job – either piss off the electorate committee (or take it for granted for too long), or otherwise “bug” people, lol.
Yes, fair point. In case you didn’t get around to checking it out, here’s another interesting bit: “What Momentum has correctly identified is that people who want to be involved in politics don’t necessarily want to be involved in the minutiae of local party organisation, the procedural stuff. And also, people don’t necessarily find that their local party is the place for them. “Manchester Momentum puts on a disco every month,” Ms Parker says. “Bristol Momentum meetings have campaign stalls from every kind of campaign group right across the city. You do not get that from a local Labour Party meeting. We are a bridge to something beyond the party.
It’s about innovation.”
Minister of Housing Phil Twyford announces 10,000 houses to be built in Mt Roskill on existing HNZ land, with no additional funding required from the government.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1809/S00113/thousands-of-new-homes-in-mt-roskill-redevelopment.htm
This government would get along fine if it kept Ardern, Peters and Twyford and just told everyone else to go home.
This is Labour land, what do the locals think about shoving another 10,000 homes into their community?
Has Labour canvased the locals? what’s the feedback?
Personally, if it was me I’d be pretty fucked off having my community trashed and years and years of disruption and annoyance.
Watch National heavily target Mt Roskill in 2020.
Where do you house the bloody people that the Nats IMPORTED?
Yeah, they are going to love it. BM is so out of touch he thinks everyone in Mt Roskill is a NIMBY like him.
The Nats would sort this out wouldn’t they BM. Don’t build more houses, just build more motorway overpasses. The dirty poor people can sleep under them and Auckland gets more cars and trucks on the roads. It’s a win win in National’s eyes.
Same place all the bloody people that the Labour IMPORTED
In the same areas as those people that Labour has imported mmmmm
https://www.labour.org.nz/immigration
Without these changes there would be up to 10,000 more houses needed and up to 20,000 more vehicles on our roads annually.
https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/annual-net-migration-down-7400-from-peak-in-2017
So with a drop of ONLY 7,400 on last year, only had 13,00 more cars on the road and additional need of 7,000 houses !!!
Thanks for the successful implementation of last year’s election policy. And we are being told that nz requires additional immigrates to make up for a shortage in the workforce.
I was meaning 1999-2008.
You total arse hat you know full well that national had a whole new dimension of importing unskilled workers – you know this you useless prick and chose to lie about you vile filthy piece of distended rectum
(credit to Red Dwarf)
BM doesn’t genuinely believe what he wrtes. His/Her comments are designed to be provocative and disagreeable, even when they are clearly irrational and nonsensical. There is a description for this behavior in the DSM-5, which may be helful for BM to understand his/her behavior. (Just some friendly advice).
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/91921252/net-migration-gain-near-72000-as-arrivals-continue-to-climb
Check out the graph.
It’s only the last year or two where it all went a bit crazy and most of that was expats returning from OZ.
Moving essay on history, settlers, genocide, epigenetics, and crickets.
I grew up both knowing and not knowing the pain of my heritage; I was raised to consider myself white, and learned about Native Americans in school. I remember stumbling across nameless familiarities that I could not explain, resonances that did not touch my classmates. In those moments, I recognized my kinship and my history, though I had been told it was not mine. My training as a biologist assures me that there are no memories hidden in my DNA. And yet I feel them.
http://carte-blanche.org/hiyoge-owisisi-tanga-ita-cricket-egg-stories/
how it is done
“A loosely-defined network of Russian state actors, state-controlled media, and armies of social media bots and trolls is said to work in unison to spread and amplify multiple narratives and conspiracies around cases like the Skripal poisoning. The goal is no longer to deny or disprove an official version of events, it is to flood the zone with so many competing versions that nothing seems to make sense.
“What is really striking is that you no longer see the Russian machine pushing a single message, it pushes dozens of messages,” said Ben Nimmo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who studies Russian disinformation. “The idea is to confuse people.”
Other theories circulating on Wednesday included a claim that the suspects were British actors, stars of a (non-existent) KGB Spy series broadcast on British television in the 2000s. Another suggested the attempted assassination in Salisbury, and the deaths of other Russian nationals in Britain, were part of an MI6 plot. “Why do all these horrible events only happen in Britain?” asked Andrei Klimov, a Russian member of parliament, on state TV.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45454142
It’s almost like the Chekists had a plan.
https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/34-years-ago-a-kgb-defector-described-america-today
The camps, the camps,
https://twitter.com/MaxAbrahms/status/1038578895803559942
Pretty damned sinister goings on.
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https://twitter.com/evadou/status/1035687850598002688
Yes it’s stunning how much damage a single propaganda tv station and the 13 trolls from the troll factory can do.
Vlad is happy with you.
That is only one possible strategy, of ‘many’…
Another, is to direct attention away from the actual provocateurs…
Requires an understanding of highly technical environments and techniques to begin to understand how that is possible…
The most ‘powerful’ cyber nations are…
The most ‘powerful’ media nations/corporations are…
Look…over there…
that is just a misdirection
from what?
to whom?
answer those and then we will really see what you know, you know.
Misdirection is correct…but I’m not providing the misdirection…
How will you know what I know if I go into it, Marty ? … Do you understand even basic networking/security models in a commercial sense?
What about at ‘intelligence’ levels ?
Read the snowden releases from a few years ago about the technologies that had were made public…
Keep in mind the nations with the most powerful military and intelligence agencies ‘have tech’…that very few humam beings would have any idea existed…myself included…
Without a certain level…you can’t even begin to imagine…
How will you know that I know what you know? These unanswerable questions are not necessary.
If you think this is a ‘networking/security’ issue or anything at all to do with ‘security’ then best we just don’t carry on this conversation.
If you had comprehended my comment, you would have understood I don’t think any such thing, Marty ?
We need a starting point of reference…I made a suggestion…
Yes it is about technology…it is also about manipulation of the political and media platforms…
You’ve stated ‘how it’s done’…then gave a bbc opinion piece in support…
I call BS on that… perhaps you believe ‘how it’s done’…
Do you?
Could there be other possibilities in your mind?
yes I stated that and put a link up and a quote.
Disinformation, multiple lies, half truths, innuendo, pretend caring. And then into the deeper dirty tricks, and then deeper…
the toolbox is full of this shit, and the toolbox is used extensively – in fact disproving anything is a fools game – just create murk, and mud and blood too truth be told.
the tools to do this range from hu mans to everything else
now as we are on a public space – say whatever you want or don’t – the space is yours for a moment…
Reads to me like we’re on a similar page with this one, Marty…
sounds good…
Classy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ua7MyGLotI
NZ’s Jacinda should be involved with this, for any number of good reasons (which means by default is perhaps totally lost by a good portion of the local myopic ruling classes that are pre-eminently political.)
The planet’s out to get us.
A rare and extreme tsunami ripped across an Alaska fjord three years ago after 180 million tons of mountain rock fell into the water, driving a devastating wave that stripped shorelines of trees and reached heights over 600 feet, a large team of scientists documented Thursday.
The October 2015 cataclysm in Taan Fiord in Southeast Alaska appears to have been the fourth highest tsunami recorded in the past century, and its origins – tied to the retreat of a glacier – suggest it’s the kind of event we may see more of due to a warming climate.
The new study even bluntly calls it a “a hazard occasioned by climate change.”
“More such landslides are likely to occur as mountain glaciers continue to shrink and alpine permafrost thaws,” the authors, led by geologist Bretwood Higman of Ground Truth Trekking, write in Nature Scientific Reports.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2018/09/07/one-of-biggest-tsunamis-ever-recorded-was-set-off-in-alaska-by-a-melting-glacier/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sure-you-can-make-it-in-israel-if-your-parents-help-say-economists/
It seems that Israel is doing the same thing we are. Overcrowding the country beyond its capacities apparently on purpose. Who started that then?
They are encouraging Jewish immigrants who face a housing shortage, low wages, and a fairly lacklustre economy. Professional people can’t even afford apartments and simply working doesn’t rate. Like us they have become techno-snobs and professionally obsessed and physical work is passe’. Like the USA standard tv joke ‘My son the doctor’ I guess.
Can I have my euthanasia Bill now please, or in the near future? Is anyone listening to reason out there?
https://www.newsweek.com/japan-ageing-dementia-caregivers-shortage-621431
Currently around 2.7 million people suffer from dementia in Japan, but that number is set to rise to around 7.3 million by 2025. Japan has the world’s oldest population, with one in four people over 65.
Euthanasia: THE best way to deal to an aging population. Unquestionably.
One question though: who will do the killing? Doctors are bound by the Hippocratic Oath, so will it be the Army? A special Police death squad? Perhaps we could bring back the hangman, not employed in this country since 1957….
News reports seem to have it that it’s normally done by underpaid age-caregivers, at least in some countries. Could be my suspicious mind reading too much into that. As for me, if I was incapacitated by pain I’d take an exit pill for sure. Mind you, if I had Alzheimers as well, I’d keep forgetting to…
Your forgetfulness might be helpfully allowed for franky.
You’d be fresh out of luck, chuck.
Every permutation of assisted dying legislation I’ve seen requires the prospective exiter to be of sound mind.
Better hope for a magic anti- bewildered pill.
“Assisted dying”. That means killing someone.
All so very progressive…
Problem
Reaction
Solution
Rinse and repeat until the ‘progessives/liberala’ beg for the solution to be implemented…as it was already planned to be…
Putin doubles down on his slippery, neo-lib TINA schickt.
In a 30-minute speech, Putin diluted the government’s plans, saying the national retirement age for women should be increased from 55 to 60, instead of 63, as previously proposed. “In our country, there is a special, gentle attitude to women,” he said.
The national retirement age for men, however, would still rise by five years, from 60 to 65.
The president also said laws should be introduced to make it an offence for employers to fire workers who are approaching pension age, as well as to clamp down on age discrimination in the workplace.
Putin said he had always been against the “painful” changes to the pension system and reminded Russians that he had pledged in 2005 that there would be no alteration to the age at which Russians can retire and claim a state pension while he was president. But he said “serious demographic problems” meant there was no alternative to the increase, which would represent the first adjustment to national retirement ages established under Joseph Stalin.
[…]
Putin said a failure to adopt the pension changes would lead to a rise in poverty and catastrophic consequences for the economy, which would leave the government unable to guarantee national security.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/29/vladimir-putin-russia-pension-reforms-retirement
Barking Yenta Dame Margaret (Hodge) Tells Packed News Conference: “I Obey My … Uh … I mean… Israel’s Leader: I’m leaving for the Philippines.”
The Guardian, 5 September 2018
At a packed news conference, Barking Yenta Margaret Hodge praised Prime Minister Netanyahu’s embrace of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte.
She then shocked reporters: “I’m auto-deporting to the Philippines.”
A reporter asked if she felt safe going there after Duterte said “As long as there are many beautiful women, there will be more rape cases.”
Acknowledging that she would probably be a prime target (disrespectful guffaws could be heard in the room), the Barking Yenta continued.
“You see, Duterte visited Yad Vashem, and my family are Holocaust survivors.”
But as a hush swept over the crowd, a reporter challenged her….
Read more….
http://normanfinkelstein.com/2018/09/06/barking-yenta-dame-margaret-hodge-tells-packed-news-conference-i-obey-my-uh-i-mean-israels-leader-im-leaving-for-the-philippines/
US to add 1500 troops to their occupation of Germany.
While Germany build 9 nuclear weaponed submarines for militant nationalist gangsters in Israel.
It does me sorrow for the refugees having to pretend they want to integrate. One Iraqi was killed for his cigarettes on the German streets of Chemnitz; causing the lefties to fall-out-of-bed. Where were the lefties and Die Toten Hosen playing as German geo-politics helped take the lives of one million Iraqis?
https://www.rt.com/newsline/437910-us-military-soldiers-germany/
https://www.rt.com/news/429547-netanyahu-questioned-submarine-affair/
Good luck trying to find that news in the Frankfurt censored press.
Good to see RWNJs being more honest about their beliefs:
https://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2018/09/sunday-nightcap-290/
Good evening Newshub Yaa the start of Maori language week
I say that people should learn maori language. Why they will learn the facts about OUR history and learn the wrongs that have been forced on to maori. The reason why over half our schools don’t even have any maori curriculum is these old men don’t want the mokopunas to have a positive view of maori there are many thing that our maori tipunas have done that the rest of Papatuanuku Admire .These people would prefer that the MYTH stays with mokopunas reality of . You maori sold your land for (blankets and guns) in reality our land was taken through deceit full tactics that our society frown’s on that bad behavior at the minuet .
World suicide day that’s cool this need’s to be highlighted as a major problem in our society .
Nanain Mahuta you handled Duncan really well Mana Wahine .
Is that your problem Duncan farting or is it what comes out the whatu think of what Eco can do if I had no morels or manners .
Ka kite ano Mark the reason our sports stadiam are not full is the people have no money to pay for the tickets thats it
This is our reality in Aotearoa not just Australia the measures of our prosperity should just have house holds income performance and we should be getting house hold’s confidence as a Gauge of our country’s economic forecast . The power has been taken from the house hold and given to big banks and big business employers . Its the people the people that drive a economy policys should be made to give that Mana back to the people link below .
Ka kite ano
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2018/sep/09/big-banks-and-employers-do-what-they-like-because-they-can
Australia new Prime minister is a human caused climate change Green house warming denier he deserves what he gets he carryed a lump of coal into there Parliament and backed the coal industry over his offsprings & mokopunas future Kia kaha to the protesters link is below ka kite ano
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2018/sep/10/scott-morrison-bill-shorten-coalition-labor-dutton-politics-live
This is how shonky changed the legal frame work from serving te tangata to serving the best interest of the cheats in state services he made legal aid near impossible for the common man to get a fair trial thats a breach of Human rights ka kite ano link is below.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11706555 P.S I went to make a complaint to the police department and what do you know you have to go down load a form and then email it in The un justice system serves the wealthy to rob the poor common person Boycott The ANZ BANK
Eco Maori will see if the state systems work,s I have tryed again to get any lawyer rang 5 and againt the NZ Police have interfered .I will send a complanit to the Ombudsmen and see what happeneds link is below ka kite ano.
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources-and-publications/case-notes/official-information-case-notes
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/366005/ombudsman-tackling-increase-in-complaints-about-oia-requests
Good evening Newshub Looks like Greg O Conner has a very low IQ typical.
Ka pai to Whanganui conical for doing the correct thing including the H in its spelling of Whanganui .
I back the banning of 1080 poison this a dumb method of pest control by DOC .
I still have some links for the facts on round up you see the manufactures do the study on there poison so all the facts are skewered to suit the company’s profits who cares about the harm caused to Papatuanuku her creates or humanity.
Well come Rain Bow Warrior lll thanks for the tou toka of OUR carbon free future of Aotearoa.
The Kakapo Sir Roko he looks quite cheeky little bird he went off grid for 2 years I will go off Grid Asap .
With Sweden election results swing to the Far Right show me that they are using the internet to change people’s opinions to suit there snicking into power the left needs to start a campaign on the internet to counter there ——-.
Ka kite ano
Good evening The Crowd Goes Wild James and Wairangi Discrimination is rife look at how the Wahines Rugby team were treated by there host not very respectful.
Its was a good game by the Warriors Its a pity that there Australian host have no morels or manners .In the Aotearoa tangata whenua Papatuanuku we treat OUR guest with the utmost respect .
The Wahine Warriors had a win
Ka kite ano P.S Wai you mite have to put on a te reo teachers potai