Open mike 11/05/2022

Written By: - Date published: 6:00 am, May 11th, 2022 - 59 comments
Categories: open mike - Tags:


Open mike is your post.

For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose.

The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).

Step up to the mike …

59 comments on “Open mike 11/05/2022 ”

  • Comments are now closed

  1. Jenny how to get there 1
    11 May 2022 at 8:59 am

    It must be hard for rebels after a life time of fighting the machine to find themselves on the side of the mainstream.

    Easier to go for some edgier conspiracy theory.

    From Common Dreams:

    There Is No Left Position That Justifies Putin's Attack on Ukraine

    David Ost, April 2, 2022 by Foreign Policy in Focus

    It is tough for leftists to be on the same side as the mainstream. We can easily feel at those times that we’re missing something, that we’re letting down the struggle, that by ganging up even on an admittedly bad actor we’re helping strengthen the nemesis at home,……

    ……for leftists to be more concerned with..

    …..a right-wing militarist power that supports itself almost entirely by the mining and selling of planet-killing fossil fuels—than with the desires of a small people hoping to secure their independence and not be invaded, is scandalous. Leftists never treat the peoples marginalized by western imperialism in such a dismissive way.

    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/02/there-no-left-position-justifies-putins-attack-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR10LlTRLRJOdGLwlJ5GqoI1WI2-XhRsWa1wpLsoPgP-_gArRCr5_imQSmA

  2. ianmac 2
    11 May 2022 at 9:20 am

    Interesting that yesterday, Luxon was adamant that Nicola Willis was going to be his Finance Minister when he wins the next Election. This morning on Morning Report he says that what he really meant was that Nicola would be a good Finance Minister but it is too soon to rule out David Seymour.

    A night is a long time in politics.

    • Macro 2.1
      11 May 2022 at 9:39 am

      Can you imagine either of them as the misery of finance.? Not sure who would be worse. Ruth R the second or Rodger reincarnate. *shudder *

      • Anne 2.1.1
        11 May 2022 at 11:10 am

        @ianmac and Macro

        Thank-you so much the both of you. You both are among my favourite standardistas. Not so sure now. angry

        The sun's shining and I was finally officially discharged from the local hospital this morning after a knee replacement. Had the thing 12 weeks ago.

        Finance minister David Seymour? Oh God preserve us. Back to the days of the cavemen. Will it be legal to drag women along the ground by their hair?

        • Patricia Bremner 2.1.1.1
          11 May 2022 at 3:45 pm

          Every good wish for your heartrecovery Anne.

          [The bug is bad today; this is the 4th instance. Please check and correct your user name in the next comment, thanks]

        • Patricia Bremner 2.1.1.2
          11 May 2022 at 3:57 pm

          Hello Anne. Hope you feel a great deal better and gain mobility again All the best.smiley.

          [Please check and correct your user name in the next comment, thanks]

          • Incognito 2.1.1.2.1
            11 May 2022 at 3:59 pm

            Mod note

          • Anne 2.1.1.2.2
            11 May 2022 at 5:28 pm

            Doing well thanks Patricia. Told my surgeon I had stopped all the exercises because I was sick of them. He said "you don't need to do exercises. You're one of those who heals naturally". Thanks Mum for your good genes. 🙂

        • Anne 2.1.1.3
          11 May 2022 at 6:20 pm

          Btw, my 2.1.1 were tongue in cheek ianmac and Macro. You're still on my 'fav' list. 🙂

    • Jenny how to get there 2.2
      11 May 2022 at 10:11 am

      A waking nightmare would be a very long time in politics

      There are 2 things everyone flirting with voting National need to recognise right now….

      …..You vote National, you get ACT Far Right Policy.

      …..Sure, male voters are pissed off with the Left, but they’re not fucking insane

      By Martyn Bradbury -May 10, 2022

      https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/05/10/why-yes-act-are-very-very-very-hard-right-how-the-left-defeat-national-and-why-theyll-screw-it-up/

      Hopefully by announcing that he is contemplating David Seymour as Finance Minister, Christopher Luxon has just made his biggest ever political mistake.

      Indelicately as Bomber may have put it, I agree with him, the majority of National voters and especially the Nat curious are not insane.

      Suggesting David Seymour as Finance Minister is just a step too far for the New Zealand voting public.

      I mean even in Epsom Seymour has to by given a charity hand up to get in to parliament, and this in the most conservative wealthiest blue rinse electorate in the country.

      In the rest of the country the ACT Seymour brand is electoral poison.

      A cleverer Right Wing politician than Luxon, even if he was considering David Seymour as Finance Minister, would never have announced it before the election.

      Let us hope that Luxon does not try to walk back that he is contemplating David Seymour as Finance Minister, and belatedly try to rule it out.

      Biggest fail ever.

      • Jenny how to get there 2.2.1
        11 May 2022 at 10:24 am

        Worst Fail Ever.

        Christopher (Comicbook Guy) Luxon.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_xu8f43QUk

        [Please check & correct your user name in the next comment, thanks]

        • Incognito 2.2.1.1
          11 May 2022 at 1:01 pm

          Mod note

          • Jenny how to get there 2.2.1.1.1
            11 May 2022 at 1:46 pm

            FFS, (Fat finger syndrome), strikes again.

            Thanks for the heads up.

            Interesting fact.

            My current non-de-plume is the result of such an accident. I left it in place, cos I kinda liked it.

            But have been thinking about changing it again, to something shorter, and more in line with my political outlook, but still recognisable as me.

            What do you think?

            Would that be OK?

      • Incognito 2.2.2
        11 May 2022 at 1:51 pm

        If a Party polls well over 5% they’re likely to get into Parliament even without (winning) an electorate seat. Likely, in 2023 National will need ACT, at least, to form a Government with at least 61 seats. In the latest Newshub-Reid poll ACT got 6.4%, which translates to 8 seats in Parliament. Thus, Seymour is likely to get in regardless of National’s “charity hand up”.

    • JeremyB 2.3
      11 May 2022 at 10:44 am

      .

  3. Chris T 3
    11 May 2022 at 10:56 am

    Was looking at countdowns site

    Block of butter $8.90

    Holy shit.

    • Jimmy 3.1
      11 May 2022 at 12:06 pm

      But they will freeze it at that price….how nice.

      • Chris T 3.1.1
        11 May 2022 at 12:19 pm

        Lol

        I did find that report quite funny!

        Don't worry people. We are keeping these stupidly high prices!

    • Sabine 3.2
      11 May 2022 at 12:11 pm

      well you don't need butter, right, margarine will do for the poor peeps.

      • Chris T 3.2.1
        11 May 2022 at 12:40 pm

        Guess that depends on whether it happens to be the poor peeps kids birthday and it happens to be the one day a year the parents want to give the kid a cake as a luxury

        • Sabine 3.2.1.1
          11 May 2022 at 12:47 pm

          Really should they actually eat cake with butter and not just eat cake made with cheap margarine?

          • Chris T 3.2.1.1.1
            11 May 2022 at 12:59 pm

            Yes.

            Because cake made without butter is frankly crap.

            Like icing without sugar

            Or bacon and eggs made with tofu and some weird vegan soya milk

          • Chris T 3.2.1.1.2
            11 May 2022 at 1:02 pm

            It is kind of like people who go to KFC or McDonalds and buy salad.

            Admittedly I did go to KFC once and just brought potato and gravy.

            But it was a one off.

          • Jenny how to get there 3.2.1.1.3
            11 May 2022 at 2:30 pm

            Margarine is not very good for cake making. It melts at a lower temperature, making it a bit runny and hard to mix into a proper cake mix with the other ingredients.

            I have found that a workaround is to put the marge in the freezer to try and firm it up.

            But previous commenters are right, for taste and texture, a cake made with margarine is still a second rate cake.

            • Stuart Munro 3.2.1.1.3.1
              11 May 2022 at 6:11 pm

              Oil is better than margarine for some cakes – carrot cakes and brownies made with oil turn out reasonably well. Margarine is okay for pastry, but I wouldn't cook with it in general.

          • Sabine 3.2.1.1.4
            11 May 2022 at 3:09 pm

            i am very sorry that i forgot the s/ tag.

            btw, margarine is something a lot of people eat, cook with and bake with. Because they are too poor to afford butter.

            • gsays 3.2.1.1.4.1
              11 May 2022 at 6:03 pm

              A food scientist buddy once quipped margarine is one molecule off being plastic.

            • Belladonna 3.2.1.1.4.2
              11 May 2022 at 7:06 pm

              If baking on a budget, oil is a much better substitute than marge. – and a heck of a lot cheaper.
              Butter is best. But some excellent carrot cake or bran muffin recipes use oil.
              My best-of-all-time chocolate cake, cooked religiously for every birthday I bake for, uses oil….

      • Tricledrown 3.2.2
        11 May 2022 at 11:27 pm

        because of vegetable oil shortages that to is rising in price rapidly.If David Clark really wants to make a difference he would force Foodstuffs and Progressive to divest their 10% holding they each have in The Warehouse, allowing them to operate competitive supermarkets within their existing stores which are struggling against online retailers.The Cosy Duopoly must be broken at all levels.

        • Sabine 3.2.2.1
          12 May 2022 at 8:19 am

          Warehouse is already 'competitive' in some foods.

          2 ltr Dairy Dale Milk is 3 NZD for example. And they are aggressively pushing into the food market and i hope they continue to do so without any 'assistance' of the Government.

      • Sabine 3.3.1
        11 May 2022 at 12:50 pm

        Salted butter will not taste nice in sweet stuff, and can actually affect your baking/cooking due to the salt. Hence why it is generally cheaper then the unsalted butter.

        but salt was used in the old days to give shelf live in the same sense as sugar was used, both bind water and thus prevent mold and spoiling.

        .

        • Belladonna 3.3.1.1
          11 May 2022 at 7:08 pm

          Most Kiwi baking recipes use salted butter (and skip adding the pinch of salt usual in overseas cookbooks).
          Unless baking something very delicate in flavour – you're not going to notice the difference between salted and unsalted butter, by the time you've baked the cake.

          • Sabine 3.3.1.1.1
            11 May 2022 at 10:48 pm

            yeah, nah nah. I love salted butter on fresh bread with cheese, but i would never use it in baking, and fwiw, i also don't use the 'pinch' of salt in my baking.

            • Belladonna 3.3.1.1.1.1
              12 May 2022 at 9:38 am

              I think it's a Kiwi (as in brought up in NZ) thing– by-and-large we use a fair amount of salt in our cooking, salted butter is just one example.

              Certainly, when I was growing up (and learning to bake from my Nana) – all butter was salted. I expect that unsalted existed- but it would have been a very niche product – not on the main aisles of the supermarket.

              And, even today, shopping in Countdown, the bulk of the butter on sale is salted.

        • pat 3.3.1.2
          11 May 2022 at 7:08 pm

          If I recall correctly you have a cafe….how does wholesale price of butter compare?

          • Sabine 3.3.1.2.1
            11 May 2022 at 9:52 pm

            Not a cafe, I make confections – i have a Chocolate Shop. And the price of dairy is horrendous and getting worse. Luckily for those bakers that need butter they buy imported french butter which is cheaper. Yes…isn't it ironic. Imagine, all the carbon credits n footprints n stuff that could be prevented by selling butter for the price of imported french butter. lol

            • pat 3.3.1.2.1.1
              11 May 2022 at 10:04 pm

              we import butter!…good grief

              • Sabine …
                11 May 2022 at 10:47 pm

                To be fair french butter has less water content then kiwi butter and it is the best butter to use in pasty making.

                We import butter and its cheaper. Go figure.

    • theotherpat 3.4
      11 May 2022 at 4:25 pm

      but 5.80 for the countdown brand……………..

      • Chris T 3.4.1
        11 May 2022 at 4:49 pm

        Which is probably just Anchor or Westgold wrapped in a different wrapper, like most own brand things.

        Have to admit I have been buying more and more own brand stuff.

        Especially when the wrapping is obviously done by the same machine, but just different branding printed on it.

        • theotherpat 3.4.1.1
          12 May 2022 at 3:45 pm

          exactly i buy butter but mostly now nuttlex from coconut oil….saturated fat is good for you

  4. Chris T 4
    11 May 2022 at 11:00 am

    That will be me going for the Flora

    • Patricia Bremner 4.1
      11 May 2022 at 12:13 pm

      Nutlex oliveoil butter is $3.50. It is able to be used in place of dairy.

      • Chris T 4.1.1
        11 May 2022 at 12:23 pm

        Yeah, but lets face it. Oliveoil butter is shite.

        If I wanted a piece of toast with some bland hippy thing on it I would just pour olive oil on it, while cutting up bits of tofu and doing yoga.

        • Sabine 4.1.1.1
          11 May 2022 at 12:27 pm

          rather use lard, still at 6 NZD per container, but at least it has flavor and can be used for baking.

        • DB Brown 4.1.1.2
          11 May 2022 at 5:51 pm

          I bought some hippy shite (aka vegan faux butter – spread) recently and it was even more expensive at $6 for 250 grams.

          It's actually really nice, very similar to butter in taste, but wallet says ouch!

          I'm kinda laughing at dairy prices skyrocketing now as I feel slightly less shafted with my sanctimonious spread spend.

          I do the yoga with carrot greens hanging out of my ears, symbolic reins for the shagging you think you're giving vegans. cheeky

          • Chris T 4.1.1.2.1
            11 May 2022 at 6:09 pm

            Lol

            Apologies. I have an odd sense of humour!

            Too much watching Neil on the Young Ones.

  5. ianmac 5
    11 May 2022 at 3:52 pm

    Just noticed that just as so many National males look physically alike, so do the National's Nicola Willis and Nicola Stanford (and Acts Brooke van de Veldon?) also look (and sound?) interchangeable.

    Is there some sort of Genetic selection process going on here?

  6. Robert Guyton 6
    11 May 2022 at 5:13 pm

    The Spinoff has this:

    "How long till we hear that climate change, like Covid, isn’t a real threat, and that it’s just another elaborate conspiracy cooked up by the government and the media to take our jobs and rip away our livelihoods, all for their own evil ends?

    These, too, are tohu. The pandemic is not separate from climate change, but part of the powder keg of environmental forces that has given rise to it. It’s a warning. Unless the government seriously engages with the parallel universe that Māori occupy within the prism of climate change, and gives us the resource to speak to our own, whether we reside in cities or valleys or papakāinga, Māori will yet again be left out and left behind."

    https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/11-05-2022/riding-the-tide-home

    “Storytelling is not only the means of communicating the deep interconnectedness of our diverse realities, it’s also the instruction telling us what to do about it. Hardly “myths”, as Elsdon Best liked to call them, pūrākau are our original sources of knowledge and wisdom. These stories, embedded in and derived from the whenua, passed faithfully down the generations, are the templates that tell us how to live and adapt with and within the dynamic, ever-shifting environment. It’s in our whakapapa. And unlike the NAP, our most important stories do not subconsciously instruct us to sleep. “

    • Anne 6.1
      11 May 2022 at 8:26 pm

      The pandemic is not separate from climate change, but part of the powder keg of environmental forces that has given rise to it. It’s a warning.

      Absolutely. Yet neither governments (anywhere), nor the ‘go to’ experts or the media ever refer to it as such. Why? Are they afraid to tell the truth? Are they still living in a world of make believe?

Recent Comments

Recent Posts

  • PM announces changes to portfolios
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 hours ago

  • New catch limits for unique fishery areas
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    9 hours ago

  • Minister welcomes hydrogen milestone
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Urgent changes to system through first RMA Amendment Bill
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Overseas decommissioning models considered
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Release of North Island Severe Weather Event Inquiry
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Justice Minister to attend Human Rights Council
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Patterson reopens world’s largest wool scouring facility
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Speech to the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective Summit, 18 April 2024
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Government to introduce revised Three Strikes law
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • New diplomatic appointments
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Humanitarian support for Ethiopia and Somalia
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Arts Minister congratulates Mataaho Collective
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • Supporting better financial outcomes for Kiwis
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • Trade relationship with China remains strong
    “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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • PM’s South East Asia mission does the business
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • $41m to support clean energy in South East Asia
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Minister releases Fast-track stakeholder list
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Judicial appointments announced
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Education Minister heads to major teaching summit in Singapore
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Value of stopbank project proven during cyclone
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Anzac commemorations, Türkiye relationship focus of visit
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Taupō takes pole position
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Cost of living support for low-income homeowners
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Government backing mussel spat project
    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 - ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Government focused on getting people into work
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Clean energy key driver to reducing emissions
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Earthquake-prone buildings review brought forward
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago

  • Thailand and NZ to agree to Strategic Partnership
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Government consults on extending coastal permits for ports
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Inflation coming down, but more work to do
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • School attendance restored as a priority in health advice
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Unnecessary bureaucracy cut in oceans sector
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Patterson promoting NZ’s wool sector at International Congress
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Removing red tape to help early learners thrive
    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, ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • RMA changes to cut coal mining consent red tape
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • McClay reaffirms strong NZ-China trade relationship
    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 ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

Page generated in The Standard by Wordpress at 2024-04-24T05:55:35+00:00