I’ve started getting a security error message on any browser on my mobile saying the name on the website security certificate doesn’t match the website. But when I check the certificate it appears to and the certifcate shows as verified on my PC browser. I have checked the issue on line and one suggestion was to browse to an https address not www but this doesn’t seem to help. Can anyone help here?
I suspect that it occurs when we try to access through a link from another site.
I used to access from bowalley road site until I started getting the error message. I now access direct.
Yep. However I was interested in getting HTTP2. The need to have a SSL cert was just a side effect of that intent because most (all?) browsers only support http2 with https.
It isn’t like we actually need security for man-in-the-middle attacks. The site security is structural and we aren’t transmitting payment info.
If you want to spend the sites money on costly and non-functional non-essentials, then perhaps you should reach into your wallet and donate for them.
When it comes down to John Minto running against Lianne Dalziel for the Christchurch mayoralty, I think Minto is the breath of fresh air Christchurch requires.
Who would you like to see become Christchurch’s next Mayor?
Minto hasn’t a hope. Dalziel will romp home and it will be a good thing. Christchurch is pretty worn out by the last few years – she is a good steady hand at the tiller, keeping the Council operating without much conflict, pushing the various good issues along.
In the Press today, Dalziel stated “Your average person is very happy with the way the city is going.” She’s not the first politician to be deluded with their contribution.
She has clearly confused fatigue, disillusionment and despair with happiness. Most people think the city has become a corrupt shithole and are waiting for the opportunity to leave.
Dalziel will win the mayoralty because people don’t care anymore.
“She has clearly confused fatigue, disillusionment and despair with happiness. Most people think the city has become a corrupt shithole and are waiting for the opportunity to leave.
Dalziel will win the mayoralty because people don’t care anymore.”
That would be a shame as a vote for Minto presents them with a potential opportunity for change.
Dalziel will win the mayoralty because people don’t care anymore.
IMO, people do care but, with the massive economic failure of the last few decades and the propaganda from the MSM and politicians, they’ve become fearful of the change necessary to bring about a better future and so they vote for the status quo.
As the negative impact of the status quo is more wider felt, surely it will only be a matter of time before people wear of more of the corporate status quo.
Chairman. Being a left winger doesn’t exclude one from 360 degree thinking. Voters need to think analytically, not in black and white. If anything left wingers demonstrate an ability to think critically, more so than…………others, in my observation.
To think candidate X = good
Candidate Y = bad or not so good
based on political orientation can only be a small part of a consideration for voting in something like local body elections. There are so many other factors that come into play like stability, track record, local knowledge, proof of advocacy etc.
“Voters need to think analytically, not in black and white”
Indeed, I totally agree, Rosie. However, I’m surprised you’ve seem to have concluded I’ve suggested otherwise.
To clarify, when taking into account what the two stand for, their experience, attributes, policy, goals and vision, etc… Minto must surely resonate more with a good number on the left (and those unimpressed with the current status quo) than Dalziel.
I like Dalziel. She’s a good person and reasonably left wing. i.e. has a social conscience, is experienced and intelligent.
I also like Minto. He’s courageous and has a super social conscience. Whenever I hear him speak he makes sense to me. i.e. Town ‘clerks’ shouldn’t be paid mega bucks ($6,000 a week or whatever it is).
I would vote for both of them.
On the other hand..Auckland’s choices ?…Oh Jeez! There’s only one choice.
Where’s Rodney Hide or John Banks when you need a laugh?
The Wizard wants the Cathedral restored ( I am sure he would support Minto)
…it is a disgrace how the Cathedral has been left to rot ( after the earthquakes many overseas were willing to donate to the restoration of the C athedral)
…a restoration could have been part of the healing process for Christchurch people
…the Cathedral belongs to the people of Christchurch and Canterbury…it is part of their heritage and part of their square
…it does not belong to the Canadian Bishop and it does not belong to a small select coterie in the the Anglican Church around the Bishop…who believe they have a God given right to dictate
+100 vto…totally agree!….but the Anglican Bishop of Christchurch is Canadian Victoria Matthews and as you indicate she does not fit well …lacks compassion and understanding of Christchurch people and Canterbury people and what THEIR Cathedral means to them…she does not listen…just goes on expensive overseas trips of investigation
Another point is that Brownlee also needs to explain why the Christchurch rebuild process is taking so long. Wouldn’t mind betting it’s become a cash cow for too many National cronies, making money from distress and misery!
@ The Chairman …yes I know people in Christchurch who formerly voted Dalziel but are very happy to vote Minto…they question Dalziel’s economics adviser ( say he is a friend of Jonkey)…and they don’t like the threat of sale of Council owned assets under Dalziel
I dont know whether their reasons are valid or not but I would vote John Minto if I was a Christchurch resident…Minto really is a person for the people and not big money…this is the way Christchurch used to be so he is a good fit for Mayor…and he wouldnt give Brownlee an easy ride
The same might have been said, with equal justice, about Tim Shadbolt. John Minto will make a great mayor, for he will always act in the interests of the majority of ChCh, not just those who live in Brownlee’s electorate.
yes I never liked Barry Soper …too full of sophistry and sophistries?…a tricky dicky PR type
sophistry
ˈsɒfɪstri/Submit
noun
the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
“trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry”
a fallacious argument.
plural noun: sophistries
synonyms: specious reasoning, the use of fallacious arguments, sophism, casuistry, quibbling, equivocation, fallaciousness
“to claim that patients differ in any more fundamental way is pure sophistry”
fallacious argument, sophism, fallacy, quibble;
paralogism
“he went along with this sophistry, but his heart clearly wasn’t in it”
Larry Kudlow and the Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Moore are Trump’s top men so dollars to donuts it’ll be the same old voodoo economics repackaged to allow the rich to pay even less tax, polluters to pollute and give energy companies the green light to burn the planet to a crisp.
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Many of the Wall Street donors to former Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush have thrown their weight behind Clinton, since their preferred candidates dropped out of the race.
More than 500 donors, including many Wall Street executives, who gave money to a Republican presidential candidate who dropped out have since given money to Clinton, according to analysis by the nonpartisan organization Crowdpac cited by the Journal.
Moreover, the super PAC backing Clinton, Priorities USA Action, “is also heavily backed by Wall Street donors,” the newspaper wrote. Wall Street has poured $18.7 million into the pro-Clinton Super PAC. “No other industry has given more,” the Wall Street Journal added.
Trump, on the other hand, has never gotten more than 1 percent of Wall Street contributions, in any month through March.
So the King of Debt’s proposed Wall Street reforms – we have to get rid of Dodd-Frank. The banks aren’t loaning money to people that need it…. The regulators are running the banks – are freebies.
btw, as opposed to Clinton and despite his promises there’s nothing concrete on Trump’s site about Wall Street reform
And let’s remember that Bill Clinton repealed Glass Steagal at the behest of the big banks, and all the House Democrats were very happy to support him.
Really? The political party that wants to make it harder for me to tell which beer, wine or whiskey I’m buying needn’t ask me to vote for it – I’d be willing to help its opponents, though.
“which beer, wine or whiskey I’m buying “.
What do you mean “which beer”?
We will go completely plain package. Opaque glass in a standard size. The only label will be “contains alcohol”. It will only be after you open it that you will discover what sort of product you are getting. Too bad if you discover you bought beer when you only drink fine wines.
I’m sure that approach would cut the consumption of the demon drink by a huge amount.
What I’d like is to see $/ml alcohol.
Resurrecting fourth form algebra just to find the best value for money still makes my head hurt.
As for plain packaging, having Label5 look like a bottle of Talisker (or Mt Gay look like Appleton’s 18yo, or fosters look like emersons) would lead to great sorrow and hardship throughout the land.
Resurrecting fourth form algebra just to find the best value for money still makes my head hurt.
Visiting the bottle store with my girlfriend and her mate used to be a humiliating lesson in how little attention I’d paid at school. They could whip through the most-alcohol-for-least-dollars calculations in a small fraction of the time it took me. I blame the teachers – not one of them ever used this as an example.
Hopefully the speakers will be addressing TISA as well as the shaky looking TPPA (and TTIP).
I like the; “Protestival”, angle. As having a range of ages and a bit of colour plays better in the media than a grim threatening mass. I will be heading down there with the kids in Dunedin at 1pm. So have to get them making a placard after kindy today.
Important story on RNZ today – the proportion of income poorer people spend on accommodation has almost doubled since the late 1980’s. I don’t think this is because there has been a doubling in the quality of housing in the poorer end of town!
And it goes against the lies of the Nats, that things haven’t got worse for the poor in this neoliberal nightmare – we all sense it has got worse, and here is some more solid evidence.
This is superb re the Colon Craig/Jordan Williams case. I especially like:
“I make no bones about it: I long ago formed a personal view that Jordan Williams is a shallow puppet and nasty, vacuous, sleaze bag who, like Slater Jnr, will hypocritically use other people as weapons to attack his elders’ enemies.”
Other than that he is a great guy (sarc). Have a read:
Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study
“What is critical about this paper is when you erode these wildernesses, they don’t come back, you can’t restore them. They will come back as something else, but you can’t restore them,” he said.”
“Our Paris pledge on deforestation is shamefully weak – we are comformed with ending only illegal deforestation only by 2030 and only in Amazonia – and we don’t even have a plan for achieving that little. Brazil will ratify the Paris agreement next Monday. If the government is serious about meeting the deal’s long-term goal, it should be talking about zero deforestation.”
Sobering indeed. Left unsaid (and, as always, there is no criticism intended in noting a research paper not going outside its parameters) is why so little has been done to head off a looming global catastrophe. Free of constraints, it is not difficult to quantify those “powerful societal forces” as the biggest industrialists and financiers in the world capitalist system. As long as we have an economic system that allows private capital to accumulate without limit on a finite planet, and externalize the costs, in a system that requires endless growth, there is no real prospect of making the drastic changes necessary to head off a very painful future.
Continuing to believe that capitalism is the only way to do anything is both delusional and a recipe for disaster.
Clinton used a total of 8 Blackberries and 5 iPads during her time as Sec State. These were items that she knew were not secure, and suitable for conducting classified business on.
Reports now indicate that at least some were smashed with hammers, and most went missing and could not be found be investigators wanting access to check her statements regarding her handling of official emails.
Basically, the evidence wanted by the FBI went missing.
and if any had been found with data still accessible, you’d have been decrying the massive security lapse in failing to thoroughly sanitise and dispose of electronic hardware. And in that case, you’d have a point.
Well if they could prove she stored classified data on the blackberries, then they don’t need the blackberries to mount a case in the first place and it’s good that they were securely disposed of.
BUT if the blackberries were securely disposed of and nobody knows whether classified information was stored on them or not… what basis do you have to claim that she was covering it up?
She might just have been concerned that the blackberries could have been hacked for personal data that would be misrepresented or used as a package for conspiracy theories invented by monomaniacal obsessives who are happy to lie about her willy-nilly.
When ones life is a litany of lies and corruption dating back decades, including scandals when she was first lady, there is no positivity which can cover up for such a bankrupt life path
That people can make excuses for treachary that The Hillarys and Bills of this world have enacted, is a sad reflection of a lemming like mentality
This is an organisation that censors pictures of women breastfeeding. Sorry, but we really shouldn’t have left ICT and social media development to the geek boys.
Interesting comments from Sarah. Treated well at Work and Income, although I’d say that would’ve happened only after they knew she’d needed to go through Women’s Refuge as well as being lucky enough to come across a worker who was perhaps a bit better than most.
Bennett says millions spent on emergency housing. I wonder how much of that they’re claiming back through the debts they’ve set up that are for some people are up to $80k, $100k? each?
John Batchelor interviews Stephen Cohen on Russia and USA at the G20
Batchelor’s regular interview with Prof Stephen Cohen, NYU/Princeton University, America’s pre-eminent expert on Russian affairs.
– How Obama missed an opportunity at the G20 “pull aside” with Putin in Hangzhou to increase the safety margin preventing nuclear war with Russia to over 14 minutes, by coming to a “de-alerting” “no first use” nuclear agreement.
– Weakness of Merkel’s political position in Germany due to mishandling of Ukraine and the immigrant issue.
– Ukraine unilaterally re-writing and hence destroying the Minsk Accords; Poroshenko under influence of hard right in Kiev.
– Putin as a central figure at the G20 in China.
– Inability for the US and Russia to agree on even a brief ceasefire in Syria
– How the US national security establishment consistently refuses to work with Russia and instead chose to fuel a new Cold War.
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Buzz from the Beehive Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones relishes spatting and eagerly takes issue with environmentalists who criticise his enthusiasm for resource development. He relishes helping the fishing industry too. And so today, while the media are making much of the latest culling in the public service to ...
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Eric Crampton writes – Kainga Ora is the government’s house building agency. It’s been building a lot of social housing. Kainga Ora has its own (but independent) consenting authority, Consentium. It’s a neat idea. Rather than have to deal with building consents across each different territorial authority, Kainga Ora ...
Muriel Newman writes – The Coalition Government says it is moving with speed to deliver campaign promises and reverse the damage done by Labour. One of their key commitments is to “defend the principle that New Zealanders are equal before the law.” To achieve this, they have pledged they “will not advance ...
Chris Trotter writes – The absence of anything resembling a fightback from the public servants currently losing their jobs is interesting. State-sector workers’ collective fatalism in the face of Coalition cutbacks indicates a surprisingly broad acceptance of impermanence in the workplace. Fifty years ago, lay-offs in the thousands ...
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. ...
The Government must commit to the Maitai School building project for students with high and complex needs, to ensure disabled students from the top of the South Island have somewhere to learn. ...
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and his Government colleagues have made a meal of their mental health commitments, showing how flimsy their efforts to champion the issue truly are, says Labour Mental Health spokesperson Ingrid Leary. ...
Māori are yet to see anything from this Government except cuts, reversals and taking our people backwards, Māori Development spokesperson Willie Jackson said. ...
The Coalition Government’s refusal to commit to ongoing funding for social housing is seeing the sector pull back on developments and families watch their dreams of securing a home fade away, says Labour Housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty. ...
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, ...
Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
Trade, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has concluded productive discussions with ministerial counterparts in Beijing today, in support of the New Zealand-China trade and economic relationship. “My meeting with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reaffirmed the complementary nature of the bilateral trade relationship, with our Free Trade Agreement at its ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today paid tribute to Singapore’s outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Meeting in Singapore today immediately before Prime Minister Lee announced he was stepping down, Prime Minister Luxon warmly acknowledged his counterpart’s almost twenty years as leader, and the enduring legacy he has left for Singapore and South East ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While in Singapore as part of his visit to South East Asia this week, Prime Minister Luxon also met with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made further appointments to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand as part of a continued effort to ensure the Scott Base Redevelopment project is delivered in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The Minister has appointed Neville Harris as a new member of the Board. Mr ...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will travel to the United States on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Five Finance Ministers group, with counterparts from Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. “I am looking forward to meeting with our Five Finance partners on how we can work ...
The coalition Government has today announced purrfect and pawsitive changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to give tenants with pets greater choice when looking for a rental property, says Housing Minister Chris Bishop. “Pets are important members of many Kiwi families. It’s estimated that around 64 per cent of New ...
State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the Government has also asked NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to consider and provide advice on a Long Tunnel option, Transport Minister Simeon Brown ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have condemned Iran’s shocking and illegal strikes against Israel. “These attacks are a major challenge to peace and stability in a region already under enormous pressure," Mr Luxon says. "We are deeply concerned that miscalculation on any side could ...
Hundreds of people in little over a week have turned out in Northland to hear Regional Development Minister Shane Jones speak about plans for boosting the regional economy through infrastructure. About 200 people from the infrastructure and associated sectors attended an event headlined by Mr Jones in Whangarei today. Last ...
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has today thanked outgoing Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Chair Dame Karen Poutasi for her service on the Board. “Dame Karen tendered her resignation as Chair and as a member of the Board today,” says Dr Reti. “I have asked her to ...
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has signalled their proposed delivery approach for the Government’s 15 Roads of National Significance (RoNS), with the release of the State Highway Investment Proposal (SHIP) today, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Boosting economic growth and productivity is a key part of the Government’s plan to ...
New Zealand is renewing its connections with a world facing urgent challenges by pursuing an active, energetic foreign policy, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “Our country faces the most unstable global environment in decades,” Mr Peters says at the conclusion of two weeks of engagements in Egypt, Europe and the United States. “We cannot afford to sit back in splendid ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Australian Governor-General, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley and his wife Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley, will make a State visit to New Zealand from Tuesday 16 April to Thursday 18 April. The visit reciprocates the State visit of former Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy ...
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced that Medsafe has approved 11 cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Pharmaceutical suppliers have indicated they may be able to supply the first products in June. “This is much earlier than the original expectation of medicines being available by 2025. The Government recognised ...
New Zealand and the United States have recommitted to their strategic partnership in Washington DC today, pledging to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “The strategic environment that New Zealand and the United States face is considerably more ...
April 11, 2024 Joint Declaration by United States Secretary of State the Honorable Antony J. Blinken and New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs the Right Honourable Winston Peters We met today in Washington, D.C. to recommit to the historic partnership between our two countries and the principles that underpin it—rule ...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara Solomon Islands’ incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected in the East Choiseul constituency. It is the opening move in the political chess match to form the country’s next government. Returning officer Christopher Makoni made the declaration late last night after ...
Headline: The moment of friction. – 36th Parallel Assessments In strategic studies “friction” is a term that it is used to describe the moment when military action encounters adversary resistance. “Friction” is one of four (along with an unofficial fifth) “F’s” in military strategy, which includes force (kinetic mass), ...
The Fast-track Bill, if passed, would allow three Ministers, unchallenged and unchecked, to approve the immediate extraction and exhaustion of one-off resources. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne iamharin/Shutterstock For many people, the term “bulk billed” refers to a GP visit they don’t have to pay ...
Emmas Hislop, Sidnam and Wehipeihana discuss what’s in a name. Emma Sidnam: Hello Emmas! Thank you so much for agreeing to do this with me. My first question for you is related to what’s been on my mind for a while. It’s very important. You see we’ve recently had some ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Sievers, Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University Chris Brown Humans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, ...
Josh Thomson on the 80s milk ad jingle he can’t stop singing, the beauty of The Simpsons, why Jersey Shore is as good as Shakespeare and more. For someone who spends a lot of time on our screens, popping up in everything from 7 Days to Taskmaster, Educators to Good ...
In apparent defiance of the Biden administration, the Netanyahu government has now initiated missile strikes against Iran. Last Saturday night (Sunday morning in New Zealand) Iran launched more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles against Israeli military targets. With the assistance of US, UK and possibly French forces, ...
Māori representation brings a perspective that encompasses not only the interests of Māori communities but also a broader, holistic approach to environmental stewardship and community well-being, principles deeply embedded in Te Ao Māori (the Māori ...
This week in Auckland, a group of young people took over the microphone at a ministerial press conference, to explain why they oppose the Fast-Track Approvals Bill. One young woman said, ‘We’re here because we love Aotearoa New Zealand. We want to raise our children in an environment that’s thriving, ...
The summer was wonderful. Evie was wonderful, too; finally a teenager, finally worthy of long, hot days. She shaved her legs for the first time and bought cut-off shorts from the op-shop that made them look long. She got a Warehouse singlet so tight on her new shape that her ...
When Thomas James was on his solo camp as part of Outward Bound, the keen outdoorsman didn’t find it too challenging, as others often do. In what might just be the perfect illustration of his character, he saw it as a great opportunity to solve a few problems. “I thought, ...
From the unstable and drippy to the hi-tech and pretty, here’s our ranking of all the tunnels you can drive through in this country. The first tunnel seems to have been built in 2200BC in Babylonia, kicking off a global phenomenon for digging holes in order to get places more ...
Lucinda Bennett on the art of being greedy but resourceful. This is an excerpt from our weekly food newsletter, The Boil Up. When I picture the market, it is always this time of year. Crisp air, dripping nose, counting coins with cold fingers. Sunlight pale, filtered through specks of dew still ...
Zoë Colling’s favourite piece in the ‘That’s So Last Century’ collection is a lubrication chart for a sewing machine from the ’60s. It’s about the size of a postcard, and carefully maintained. “I like it that this piece of ephemera highlights that manual and technical side of the skill involved ...
Kia Ora Gaza A passionate haka reverberated through Auckland International Airport as a medical team of three New Zealand doctors received an emotional farewell from a big crowd of supporters before flying to Turkey to join the international Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. The doctors, who left Auckland yesterday, hope to ...
With submissions closing today, Macassey-Pickard says groups around the country have been supporting a huge range of people to make their submissions. ...
Our response to the new legislation is informed by targeted conversations with practitioners working in the system and through an implementation lens. ...
The new ‘Fast-track Approvals Bill’ would give just three Ministers the power to approve or deny development projects. They would avoid the usual checks and balances that are in place to protect rivers, land, the ocean, and communities. ...
COMMENTARY:By Eugene Doyle Helen Clark, how I miss you. The former New Zealand Prime Minister — the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory — gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when she spoke at an AUKUS symposium held ...
The government's released the list of organisations provided with information on how to apply - just hours before public submissions on the bill close. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Before climate change really got going, eastern Australia’s flash floods tended to concentrate on our coastal regions, east of the Great Dividing Range. But that’s changing. Now ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Finkel, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Sia Duff / South Australian Museum In February, the South Australian Museum “re-imagined” itself. In the face of rising costs and inadequate government funds, CEO David Gaimster, who took the reins last June, declared ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Pearce, Professor, School of Allied Heath, Human Services & Sport, La Trobe University, La Trobe University This week, Collingwood AFL player Nathan Murphy announced his retirement, brought on by his concussion history and ongoing issues. The 24-year-old’s seemingly sudden retirement, ...
The Mental Health Foundation provides support and resources for those facing the loss of their job, so it’s wrong in the very week the Government adds another 1000 jobs to its tally of cuts, that this is happening. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely performed play The President. The Austrian is one of the greatest ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says threats by ministers Shane Jones and David Seymour to reform or close down the Waitangi Tribunal were “ill-considered”, as legal experts say the ministers may have breached Cabinet Manual conventions. “I think those comments are ill-considered and we expect all ministers to actually exercise good ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Postdoctoral Research Associate at School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back ten ...
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A new poem by Evangeline Riddiford Graham. Mitochondrial Problem I. It was long drive to Kansas for the man and his dog but you have to understand he said She doesn’t fly. Which calls to mind not carsick shitting barking or whining but a dog who chooses not to as ...
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1 Hemingway’s Goblet by Dermot Ross (Mary Egan Publishing, $38)Hot off the press, this debut ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Wajnryb McDonald, PhD candidate in Criminology, University of Sydney Less than 24 hours after Ashlee Good was murdered in Bondi Junction, her family released a statement requesting the media take down photographs they had reproduced of Ashlee and her family without ...
Chief executive Shaun Robinson said it has not had any government funding cut, but government-funded contracts have not kept pace with rising costs. ...
The Ministry of Health has delayed the release of its evidence brief on the safety, reversibility and mental health and wellbeing outcomes for puberty blockers. While we wait, Julia de Bres speaks to those with firsthand experience. Best practice gender-affirming healthcare is based on trans people’s self-determination and agency. The ...
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Student groups ‘Climate Action VUW’, Schools Strike 4 Climate and VUWSA will be on the street in Wellington today, the last day for submissions on the Fast-track Approvals Bill, with a message that the fight against the Government’s ‘War on ...
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct) & Senior Manager (BCE), Charles Sturt University During COVID almost all Australian students and their families experienced online learning. But while schools have long since gone back to in-person teaching, online learning has not gone ...
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“It will cause significant harm to our environment and communities. It is completely at odds with New Zealanders’ relationship with nature and our need for a low-carbon, sustainable economic future." ...
The Chair of the National Maori Authority, Matthew Tukaki, has warned a Parliamentary Select Committee that fast-tracking legislation is a perilous practice that undermines the core tenets of democracy, transparency, and accountability. ...
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I’ve started getting a security error message on any browser on my mobile saying the name on the website security certificate doesn’t match the website. But when I check the certificate it appears to and the certifcate shows as verified on my PC browser. I have checked the issue on line and one suggestion was to browse to an https address not www but this doesn’t seem to help. Can anyone help here?
I am also getting it on my Galaxy Tab A
But not on my PC or Laptop
I get the error on my Android tablet, not on the desktop PC (Win8).
The desktop displays the url as https://thestandard etc etc
The tablet shows
https://thestandard etc etcThe struck out portion is shown in red.
“…security certificate not trusted…”
Hope this helps.
I suspect that it occurs when we try to access through a link from another site.
I used to access from bowalley road site until I started getting the error message. I now access direct.
I only access direct and I get it. And I’ve tried altering the address and that didn’t help.
lprent using shitty ssl’s without the root certs being added in the chain 😉
Yep. However I was interested in getting HTTP2. The need to have a SSL cert was just a side effect of that intent because most (all?) browsers only support http2 with https.
It isn’t like we actually need security for man-in-the-middle attacks. The site security is structural and we aren’t transmitting payment info.
If you want to spend the sites money on costly and non-functional non-essentials, then perhaps you should reach into your wallet and donate for them.
I got that yesterday but seems sorted today…. I did nothing
Ongoing for me.
Keep getting the message (in bold RED) that TS is a security risk.
Now only affecting my Galaxy S5.
Still, tells me I need to spend less time commenting.
When it comes down to John Minto running against Lianne Dalziel for the Christchurch mayoralty, I think Minto is the breath of fresh air Christchurch requires.
Who would you like to see become Christchurch’s next Mayor?
Has the Wizard been approached?
Many times I’m sure…
Minto hasn’t a hope. Dalziel will romp home and it will be a good thing. Christchurch is pretty worn out by the last few years – she is a good steady hand at the tiller, keeping the Council operating without much conflict, pushing the various good issues along.
Dalziel is th best choice
The fact that the Right have not put up any credible candidate shows that LD is a shoo-in.
The fact that the Right have not put up a candidate indicates they feel Lianne Dalziel represents them.
While Minto may not win, his running has already had some positive impact.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1609/S00033/another-win-on-the-campaign-trail-minto.htm
Dalziel is a good steady hand for the status quo. However, don’t we on the left want change?
but is she “a good steady hand for the status quo”?….some say she is compromised and has lost her edge
“Some say she is compromised and has lost her edge”
In what way is she said to be compromised and is this why some believe she has lost her edge?
“But is she a good steady hand for the status quo?”
The fact the Right have not put up a candidate would suggest they believe so.
In the Press today, Dalziel stated “Your average person is very happy with the way the city is going.” She’s not the first politician to be deluded with their contribution.
She has clearly confused fatigue, disillusionment and despair with happiness. Most people think the city has become a corrupt shithole and are waiting for the opportunity to leave.
Dalziel will win the mayoralty because people don’t care anymore.
“She has clearly confused fatigue, disillusionment and despair with happiness. Most people think the city has become a corrupt shithole and are waiting for the opportunity to leave.
Dalziel will win the mayoralty because people don’t care anymore.”
That would be a shame as a vote for Minto presents them with a potential opportunity for change.
+100 Southern Man
Dalziel was a capable Labour Cabinet Minister. I’m sure she is well in touch with the state of affairs of the common household.
yes she WAS a capable Labour Cabinet Minister
…but Minto would be better as Christchurch Mayor !
…Christchurch needs cleaning up in more ways than one!
…Christchurch needs a new broom, new energy and commitment to this clean up and clean restoration and clean growth
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/308571/minto-to-stand-for-christchurch-mayoralty
I think Dalziel herself recognises this:
‘Lianne Dalziel’s possible second term would be her last’
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/84089123/lianne-dalziels-possible-second-term-would-be-her-last
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/78825384/christchurch-mayor-lianne-dalziel-mentally-exhausted
IMO, people do care but, with the massive economic failure of the last few decades and the propaganda from the MSM and politicians, they’ve become fearful of the change necessary to bring about a better future and so they vote for the status quo.
As the negative impact of the status quo is more wider felt, surely it will only be a matter of time before people wear of more of the corporate status quo.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/76090400/john-minto-christchurch-rebuild-is-a-corporateled-stranglehold
“Most people think the city has become a corrupt shithole and are waiting for the opportunity to leave.”
That I doubt!… your evidence is…?
The Wizard?
And here I was thinking most from the left here would be behind Minto.
@ The Chairman…sadly this place is not a nest of Left wingers…if you want that you are better to go to The Daily Blog
“Sadly this place is not a nest of Left wingers”
I realise that, Chooky. Nevertheless, there are a number here.
As you know, many who see themselves as “left” are in actual fact not too much more than pro-status quo establishmntarians
Chairman. Being a left winger doesn’t exclude one from 360 degree thinking. Voters need to think analytically, not in black and white. If anything left wingers demonstrate an ability to think critically, more so than…………others, in my observation.
To think candidate X = good
Candidate Y = bad or not so good
based on political orientation can only be a small part of a consideration for voting in something like local body elections. There are so many other factors that come into play like stability, track record, local knowledge, proof of advocacy etc.
“Voters need to think analytically, not in black and white”
Indeed, I totally agree, Rosie. However, I’m surprised you’ve seem to have concluded I’ve suggested otherwise.
To clarify, when taking into account what the two stand for, their experience, attributes, policy, goals and vision, etc… Minto must surely resonate more with a good number on the left (and those unimpressed with the current status quo) than Dalziel.
I like Dalziel. She’s a good person and reasonably left wing. i.e. has a social conscience, is experienced and intelligent.
I also like Minto. He’s courageous and has a super social conscience. Whenever I hear him speak he makes sense to me. i.e. Town ‘clerks’ shouldn’t be paid mega bucks ($6,000 a week or whatever it is).
I would vote for both of them.
On the other hand..Auckland’s choices ?…Oh Jeez! There’s only one choice.
Where’s Rodney Hide or John Banks when you need a laugh?
Yeah.. Where is John Banks anyway?
Is it preferential voting or FPP?
The answer to that may be the answer as to why people are disinclined to vote for Minto.
FPP
The Wizard wants the Cathedral restored ( I am sure he would support Minto)
…it is a disgrace how the Cathedral has been left to rot ( after the earthquakes many overseas were willing to donate to the restoration of the C athedral)
…a restoration could have been part of the healing process for Christchurch people
…the Cathedral belongs to the people of Christchurch and Canterbury…it is part of their heritage and part of their square
…it does not belong to the Canadian Bishop and it does not belong to a small select coterie in the the Anglican Church around the Bishop…who believe they have a God given right to dictate
+100. The cathedral and its handling by the Bishop has been appalling. She needs to take personal responsibility for its dismal and dying state.
It is a disgrace
It looks terrible
It is a blight on the central city
Shame on Bishop Verco
Man up Verco, get the restoration underway. Doesn’t matter if it takes 100 years, just get done what can be afforded each year.
You
have
let
the
city
down
down
down
resign you should
+100 vto…totally agree!….but the Anglican Bishop of Christchurch is Canadian Victoria Matthews and as you indicate she does not fit well …lacks compassion and understanding of Christchurch people and Canterbury people and what THEIR Cathedral means to them…she does not listen…just goes on expensive overseas trips of investigation
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8517544/The-Anglican-iron-lady
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/84081001/Cathedral-working-group-investigating-how-to-restore-historic-Christchurch-building
I doubt that JM has a chance.
I’d like to see Minto rip the top off that eqc/Brownlee can of worms, an audit trail of where all the money has gone would be a good start.
+1
@ YNWA (3.3) … Agree 100%.
Another point is that Brownlee also needs to explain why the Christchurch rebuild process is taking so long. Wouldn’t mind betting it’s become a cash cow for too many National cronies, making money from distress and misery!
@ The Chairman …yes I know people in Christchurch who formerly voted Dalziel but are very happy to vote Minto…they question Dalziel’s economics adviser ( say he is a friend of Jonkey)…and they don’t like the threat of sale of Council owned assets under Dalziel
I dont know whether their reasons are valid or not but I would vote John Minto if I was a Christchurch resident…Minto really is a person for the people and not big money…this is the way Christchurch used to be so he is a good fit for Mayor…and he wouldnt give Brownlee an easy ride
“Minto really is a person for the people”
Indeed, Chooky.
I think he’s a far better fit than Dalziel for those on the left and for those unimpressed with the current status quo.
Minto is a good bloke who has, consistently throughout his life fought for the underdog.
I am working for him in ChCh (in that I have volunteered to deliver pamphlets around where I live.)
John Minto is part of the anti-establishment represented by Brexit, Bernie and (God help us all) Donald. He has a real chance in CHCH.
Yes Minto is a good bloke out there fighting the many good fights… and he should keep at it…
but Mayor?? Not a position for someone with his talents, skills or experience in my view. He is better occupying other positions within society.
The same might have been said, with equal justice, about Tim Shadbolt. John Minto will make a great mayor, for he will always act in the interests of the majority of ChCh, not just those who live in Brownlee’s electorate.
Many people don’t know that MInto when he live up North was a good professional teacher and a very dedicated rugby coach of young kids.
Just saying….
Barry Soper plumbing the depths again by lobbying for the tobacco companies http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11706147
yes I never liked Barry Soper …too full of sophistry and sophistries?…a tricky dicky PR type
sophistry
ˈsɒfɪstri/Submit
noun
the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
“trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry”
a fallacious argument.
plural noun: sophistries
synonyms: specious reasoning, the use of fallacious arguments, sophism, casuistry, quibbling, equivocation, fallaciousness
“to claim that patients differ in any more fundamental way is pure sophistry”
fallacious argument, sophism, fallacy, quibble;
paralogism
“he went along with this sophistry, but his heart clearly wasn’t in it”
‘Trump’s economic plan vs. Hillary’s — The experts weigh in’
https://www.rt.com/shows/politicking-larry-king/356544-trumps-economic-plan-vs-hillarys/
Larry Kudlow and the Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Moore are Trump’s top men so dollars to donuts it’ll be the same old voodoo economics repackaged to allow the rich to pay even less tax, polluters to pollute and give energy companies the green light to burn the planet to a crisp.
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http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/05/12/what-media-need-know-about-trump-economic-policy-advisers-steve-moore-and-larry-kudlow/210380
How is this different from Obama’s Goldman Sachs bankster led economic team?
Obama isn’t a candidate.
“Hedge fund money has vastly favoured Clinton over Trump” – Wall St Journal.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hedge-fund-money-has-vastly-favored-clinton-over-trump-1469784601
+100 CV…says it all imo
Who’s on whose side.
https://ballotpedia.org/2016_presidential_candidates_on_Wall_Street_and_banking_policy
salon covers it nicely
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/09/hillary_clinton_is_wall_streets_preferred_candidate_financial_execs_pouring_millions_into_her_campaign_to_defeat_trum/
So the King of Debt’s proposed Wall Street reforms – we have to get rid of Dodd-Frank. The banks aren’t loaning money to people that need it…. The regulators are running the banks – are freebies.
btw, as opposed to Clinton and despite his promises there’s nothing concrete on Trump’s site about Wall Street reform
And let’s remember that Bill Clinton repealed Glass Steagal at the behest of the big banks, and all the House Democrats were very happy to support him.
Great idea, Barry Soper: plain packaging and warning labels for booze. Definitely worth trying.
Especially so, seeing as people can (and on some occasions do) overdose and die from drinking alcohol.
Would make 0 difference to my drinking.
While it may make 0 difference to your drinking, it may save a young life or two.
Was reading a piece the other day stating a study that found plain packaging and warning labels for sugary drinks did have an impact.
Exactly. Plain packaging including standardised plain bottles and cans.
Definitely worth trying.
Really? The political party that wants to make it harder for me to tell which beer, wine or whiskey I’m buying needn’t ask me to vote for it – I’d be willing to help its opponents, though.
“which beer, wine or whiskey I’m buying “.
What do you mean “which beer”?
We will go completely plain package. Opaque glass in a standard size. The only label will be “contains alcohol”. It will only be after you open it that you will discover what sort of product you are getting. Too bad if you discover you bought beer when you only drink fine wines.
I’m sure that approach would cut the consumption of the demon drink by a huge amount.
Please don’t ever talk to Doug Sellman, I don’t want him getting ideas.
I promise.
How about food? So much easier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axq71RFAYgo
Stupid idea, I’d expect Labour to pick it up and run with it though.
What I’d like is to see $/ml alcohol.
Resurrecting fourth form algebra just to find the best value for money still makes my head hurt.
As for plain packaging, having Label5 look like a bottle of Talisker (or Mt Gay look like Appleton’s 18yo, or fosters look like emersons) would lead to great sorrow and hardship throughout the land.
Resurrecting fourth form algebra just to find the best value for money still makes my head hurt.
Visiting the bottle store with my girlfriend and her mate used to be a humiliating lesson in how little attention I’d paid at school. They could whip through the most-alcohol-for-least-dollars calculations in a small fraction of the time it took me. I blame the teachers – not one of them ever used this as an example.
We’d always resort to Kristov. Watered down vodka in a plastic bottle. Classy.
A link with details about tomorrow’s antiTPPA day of action in your area:
https://itsourfuture.org.nz/day-of-action-across-aotearoa/
Hopefully the speakers will be addressing TISA as well as the shaky looking TPPA (and TTIP).
I like the; “Protestival”, angle. As having a range of ages and a bit of colour plays better in the media than a grim threatening mass. I will be heading down there with the kids in Dunedin at 1pm. So have to get them making a placard after kindy today.
Another Prince gone….
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfvXrMnJu0
Didn’t know him and what a shame I didn’t. That was a scorching track thanks TRP. Was wondering why Radio Active was playing ska all morning.
Important story on RNZ today – the proportion of income poorer people spend on accommodation has almost doubled since the late 1980’s. I don’t think this is because there has been a doubling in the quality of housing in the poorer end of town!
And it goes against the lies of the Nats, that things haven’t got worse for the poor in this neoliberal nightmare – we all sense it has got worse, and here is some more solid evidence.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/312895/nz's-poorest-spend-half-their-pay-on-housing
This is superb re the Colon Craig/Jordan Williams case. I especially like:
“I make no bones about it: I long ago formed a personal view that Jordan Williams is a shallow puppet and nasty, vacuous, sleaze bag who, like Slater Jnr, will hypocritically use other people as weapons to attack his elders’ enemies.”
Other than that he is a great guy (sarc). Have a read:
http://www.thepaepae.com/why-does-jordan-williams-expose-himself-to-so-much-loathing-contempt-and-ridicule/37233/
My prediction: Williams will crash and burn in this case. Ouch that is expensive.
Lets hope he takes the other nasty pieces of work (including Rankin) with him.
Even so, I do feel a teensy weensy bit sorry for Colin Craig. But only a teensy bit.
Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study
“What is critical about this paper is when you erode these wildernesses, they don’t come back, you can’t restore them. They will come back as something else, but you can’t restore them,” he said.”
“Our Paris pledge on deforestation is shamefully weak – we are comformed with ending only illegal deforestation only by 2030 and only in Amazonia – and we don’t even have a plan for achieving that little. Brazil will ratify the Paris agreement next Monday. If the government is serious about meeting the deal’s long-term goal, it should be talking about zero deforestation.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/08/humans-have-destroyed-a-tenth-of-earths-wilderness-in-25-years-study
As forecast back in 1972 we’re still en-route to total collapse:
Continuing to believe that capitalism is the only way to do anything is both delusional and a recipe for disaster.
Steve Braunias is SO good.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11706430
Given all the negative commentary about Hillary Clinton this item is of interest:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/312848/why-is-hillary-clinton-really-under-attack
We’ve seen it all in operation in NZ so it makes sense to me.
Clinton used a total of 8 Blackberries and 5 iPads during her time as Sec State. These were items that she knew were not secure, and suitable for conducting classified business on.
Reports now indicate that at least some were smashed with hammers, and most went missing and could not be found be investigators wanting access to check her statements regarding her handling of official emails.
Basically, the evidence wanted by the FBI went missing.
and if any had been found with data still accessible, you’d have been decrying the massive security lapse in failing to thoroughly sanitise and dispose of electronic hardware. And in that case, you’d have a point.
you don’t get it McFlock, the security breach occurred when she used the Blackberries. Smashing them with a hammer was just her cover up.
lol
Well if they could prove she stored classified data on the blackberries, then they don’t need the blackberries to mount a case in the first place and it’s good that they were securely disposed of.
BUT if the blackberries were securely disposed of and nobody knows whether classified information was stored on them or not… what basis do you have to claim that she was covering it up?
She might just have been concerned that the blackberries could have been hacked for personal data that would be misrepresented or used as a package for conspiracy theories invented by monomaniacal obsessives who are happy to lie about her willy-nilly.
You’re correct of course, if you do it right there’s no evidence left of evidence being destroyed, when you destroy all the evidence first.
In other words, absence of evidence isn’t evidence of anything.
Doesn’t stop you making bold claims as if there was evidence.
Anyway, to put servers into perspective…
When ones life is a litany of lies and corruption dating back decades, including scandals when she was first lady, there is no positivity which can cover up for such a bankrupt life path
That people can make excuses for treachary that The Hillarys and Bills of this world have enacted, is a sad reflection of a lemming like mentality
More editing of history and freedom of speech…
Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after row over ‘napalm girl’ photo
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/08/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-napalm-girl-photo-vietnam-war
This is an organisation that censors pictures of women breastfeeding. Sorry, but we really shouldn’t have left ICT and social media development to the geek boys.
Interesting comments from Sarah. Treated well at Work and Income, although I’d say that would’ve happened only after they knew she’d needed to go through Women’s Refuge as well as being lucky enough to come across a worker who was perhaps a bit better than most.
Bennett says millions spent on emergency housing. I wonder how much of that they’re claiming back through the debts they’ve set up that are for some people are up to $80k, $100k? each?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/83941349/kiwi-mother-of-five-shares-struggle-with-homelessness-after-addressing-mps
John Batchelor interviews Stephen Cohen on Russia and USA at the G20
Batchelor’s regular interview with Prof Stephen Cohen, NYU/Princeton University, America’s pre-eminent expert on Russian affairs.
– How Obama missed an opportunity at the G20 “pull aside” with Putin in Hangzhou to increase the safety margin preventing nuclear war with Russia to over 14 minutes, by coming to a “de-alerting” “no first use” nuclear agreement.
– Weakness of Merkel’s political position in Germany due to mishandling of Ukraine and the immigrant issue.
– Ukraine unilaterally re-writing and hence destroying the Minsk Accords; Poroshenko under influence of hard right in Kiev.
– Putin as a central figure at the G20 in China.
– Inability for the US and Russia to agree on even a brief ceasefire in Syria
– How the US national security establishment consistently refuses to work with Russia and instead chose to fuel a new Cold War.
https://audioboom.com/boos/5019279-g-20-stare-down-in-the-new-cold-war-stephen-f-cohen-nyu-princeton-university-eastwestaccord-com