ECO MAORIs Kiwi Bank ac 389019048573100 Please help me to sort the nz police out
I decided against trying to use PayPal to receive donations .I decided to copy
Thestandards safe way of appealing and receiving donations I set up a Kiwi Bank AC
So he tangata the people of Aoteraoroa New Zealand who support ECO MAORI can use internet banking to make donations and know that there bank accounts are safe after they have made a donation . ECO MAORI will use the donations to SUE the nz police for all the breaches to mine and my Whano Privacy Rights & Human Rights a lot of people can see this has been happening to ECO MAORI when I win my case I will set up a
Charitable Trust and I will pay the money that I used and any extra donations into this Trust account and appeal to anyone else in Aoteraoroa who need help with finance to SUE the nz police for there in justices I will copy bank statements on this site to let he tangata the people know that ECO MAORI has Honest Honorable and transparent intentions to use your hard earned Putea Money. .
Kia Kaha Ka kite ano
The Lake Hayes problem has little to nothing to do with stock effluent, the catchment is effectively destocked, or stocked at such low levels the land can easily handle it. The lake has very low through flow and is quite deep so has an inherent dissolved oxygen issue. Most of the nitrogen and phosphorus comes from fertilisers, of which there’s not much going on now, apart from MIllbrook and Hills golf courses. But the algae seems to have changed this year, it used to be brown, and in the deeper parts of the lake, this year it’s orange or fluro green and in the shallow parts. And looks toxic. As usual the ORCs put up some signs and that’s about it, don’t want to upset the money machine.
The Manuherikia is totally dairy related. Lots of new dairy farms in the catchment combined with free draining soils. Pretty much instant shit in the river. Strange coincidence that a lot of said dairy farms are on the market.
Good morning the AM Show on TV3 I say all the mokos should be taught about finance all about loans an how credit works at school they would save heaps over there life time teach them if you save a dollar its like earning 2 dollars .
I support a wealth tax I did not mined paying more tax not that I’M wealth yet .
The wealthy get to enjoy all the pleasures the sea mountains the fine food I say they should a bit more tax so we have a happy healthy society for all the creatures of Aoteraroa .I know my flutes sound travels far and wide around Papatuanuku the World
I will use my gift to benefit all the beautiful human cultures around Papatuanuku the Worlds wealth and poor everyone needs a good environment social and mother earths environment and I will use this gift to benefit all the beautiful creatures on Mother Earth.
I detest bullies when I was about 7 years old I was at a school of mostly Maori pupils
one girl had a problem with one of her leggs it was skinny an she had a hard time walking. Some of the other kids started bulling her you know young kids they don’t think about the big picture they stopped bulling her when I finished with them .
A Indian girl from India turned up to school and the kids started bulling her I stopped that to . As it turned out her parents invited Mama and I to her birthday and her father became mine and Mama doctors actually he became the whanos Doctor .
I have not seen these people since I left Gisborne at 9 years old and moved to the Waiapu valley . I say the Black Caps did a good job against the Giants of world cricket red is a lucky colour . ka kite ano P.S You see if it was not for Ropata Wahawaha and Ngata us maori cultured would have a harder life than we have at the minute
Many thanks to the AM show for interviewing Uncle Jack Charlies a Native Australian.
It shows that Maori have Mana and that we have it a lot better than other Native minority cultures around Papatuanuku the World . But we still are getting the short end of the stick in NZ . So don’t back down from advocating for Maori and the common Kiwis Equal rights. Kia kaha ka kite ano
New Hub ECO MAORI is colorblind I say that color should be banned from political party’s some people will vote for a party just because of the color . it creates division among people rivalries ect all political partys should be aloud to use gray colors only .It would good for Aotearoa NZ if both OUR main political Partys worked together to improve everyones lives in
New Zealand instead of a _____fight that happens at the minute .Ka kaha Ka kite ano P.S I know you know that I had a direct connection with the Mow man your good M8 Duncan I just would not take the bait last time
Instead of colour just have a symbol and a words? People with still identify with a party name regardless of colour. I don’t think it is the colours that attract i.e. I don’t think anyone votes ACT because they like yellow.
Also as long as people have different points of view there’ll always be divisions in politics.
Te Kaea on Maori TV I have been studying our history and have a better view on the treaty of waitangi and the importance it has and the way it has shaped OUR society for the better here is some words from the Rev H J Fletcher .
When considering what material wealth in loyalty in strategical advantage when we reflect the cost to have conquered the country by force of arms then it is then we can see in the wisdom of Lord Normabys policy and wise Maori Chiefs. the strength of there statesmanship and we are all the winners with diplomacy instead of war.
That is what The Treaty of Waitangi represents good intelligent diplomacy instead of war
Prime news that was a good story on how the common people in California USA have to live in tents an cars rents $1800 a month that is were we are heading if we sign that ttp11 is signed .
And you had a interview of Elon Mus excellent his views on AI artificial intelligent is the same as Eco Maori ka pai kate ano P.S I will see how we go Prime News ???
Good evening 3 News Hub how is one to think about a organization that never admits that they are wrong how is one to defend his Mana when that organization that is never wrong has the power of the whole state working against him a common Maori cultured Kiwi . Would you bring up your Mokos like that teach them they are never wrong well not ECO MAORI I teach my children and mokos when they are wrong so they will have a better life .?????????? Kia kaha Ka kite ano
News Hub trump a giving a Chris a top job everyone has a different view on reality Chris is obviously business first .
Eco Maoris view is te tangata and creatures first business second a company cannot feel pain and suffering so people and creatures first companys last anyway look after the people and the business will flourish its comonsence .
Many thanks to the NZ Rugby Union for starting to make the ladys rugby team professional Ka pai Ka kite ano
The project TV3 a man cannot learn about te matariki and study his history??? us Maori cultured people have a lot of story’s and history associated with the stars .
At least in OUR beautiful country Aotearoa New Zealand we can see the stars on most nights my challenges continue ECO MAORI will never give up I will go through over under around move it what ever I will win in the END.
Ka kite ano
Thats the way The Project support OUR farmers they deserve the good publicity they work hard and make our country healthy and wealthy .
Its the Government that has to take the lead on environmentally friendly farming practices KNOW ka kite ano
Not for the faint of heart. Another in a series about women’s lives in west london. This one has a huge section about disability and the failures of the British health system.
Ramona’s story is recommended reading (very much). It is a first person witness to the deteriorating situation of low paid work and welfare in the UK (kind of like here).
I also charts changing demographics, racism, the triple burden many women on low incomes live with, and the poor support for those with disabilities and the elderly. She says the state provides better care for people in prison than they do for the elderly.
The article begins with a bit of theoretical framing. I disagree with the way it implicitly sets up middle class campaigning against sexual abuse and violence in opposition to the struggles of and campaigns for working class women. Both are campaigns where some women are abused in a system where others have more power – with the most powerful elites largely being men with patriarchal values.
We can focus on both. However, working class women do not have as much visibility or power within the mainstream media. So it is essential to enable working class women to speak for themselves.
Out of this evidence, by and for working class women, comes this conclusion in the framing part of the article:
In the current aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008 working class women have been squeezed between welfare cuts and the increased pressure to work more on one side, and the conservative backlash that promotes traditional family values on the other. This has a practical purpose: valorising the family sets it up as a safe haven or ideal antidote to these times of austerity and hardship – as well as the masculine uncertainties it invokes. But it is increasingly impossible to both bring in an extra-income and create a family haven. Instead, these conflicting pressures of modern life make the home into a place of tension, that can easily boil over into violence.
We need to address the main contradiction of women’s continued triple burden (of waged work, emotional labour and male violence) in an age of supposed equality. The role of a feminist movement and analysis is vital if we are to properly understand and respond to the worsening situation of the labour market in terms of real wages, precarisation, legal rights and the slashing of the social wage.
It is very important to follow adam’s link and read Romana’s account of her own experiences.
It is pleasing to see that our Climate Change Minister James Shaw is doing his very best to reduce our green house gas emissions.
In the October-December quarter he spent $26,712 on International travel!
I can see that the Foreign Affairs Minister, Peters, and the Trade Minister, Parker, need to do a lot of travel but Shaw?
Couldn’t he try video conferencing if he really wanted to reduce carbon emissions. Just give his speech, or whatever he did, while still sitting in New Zealand and having time to try and get the Census run properly.
On the other hand I can understand his passion to go to Paris, particularly if the Taxpayer will fund the jaunt. Paris is wonderful. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12009856
“Climate change is being deliberately induced by geoengineering, not politicians overseas trips.”
Really? You mean that the fuel being burnt in aircraft engines doesn’t produce any green house gases. They have been lying to us when they publish articles like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviation
Or like this? https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/air-travel-climate-change/
Perhaps I am misreading you though. Do you mean that we ordinary people cause the production of Green House gases but not our rulers, the great Cabinet Ministers, and particularly those with a Green tinge?
“Paris hasn’t been wonderful for some time now”
I suggest that you revisit Paris. I go there every year and although you do see occasional groups of soldiers around life goes on as normal.
I have only once been anywhere near a terrorist threat. Some fool tried to blow up a car on the Champs Elysees. It didn’t explode but merely caught fire and the driver was killed. It was hard to feel any sympathy. The only effect on us was that we were in the Grand Palais and weren’t allowed out for about half an hour. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40332532
I feel much more threatened and in danger in Courtney Place after dark than I ever do in Paris.
The greatest city on earth.
You would be much more likely to be killed on the Auckland roads than by Terrorist activity in Paris. There have been a total of 250 deaths in France from terrorist activity in the whole of this century. That is about 15/year and they weren’t all in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_France#21st_century
Wouldn’t you?
After all they are “entitled”.
Remember when lefties complained that Bronagh Key went to some things overseas, like the Commonwealth HOG meetings. The seemed quite put out when Key revealed that he paid for her travel himself.
To be honest I don’t care about him travelling when it is expected. Some things require the attendance of a spouse. It was only what I perceived to be a sudden silence that struck me as interesting. I presume it is now the other side of politics who are complaining.
The one thing that would make me unhappy is if New Zealand On Air were to start putting money into his TV program.
You would have it that our Climate Change Minister not attend the international conference for Climate Change? Thereby weakening the position of those who want action to happen at those conferences?
I am certain that being Green, James Shaw offsets all of the air travel that he needs to do.
The census was fucked by the previous minister, with not enough time available to Shaw to unfuck it.
Alwyn suggests the climate change minister shouldn’t travel. (one person on an aeroplane)
Alwyn does not suggest that we should be starting to shut down our tourist industry because millions of people travel here on aeroplanes.
Q.)Why is Alwyn so selective about who should and shouldn’t travel due to climate change?
A.) Because Alwyn doesn’t actually care about climate change (or is maybe a denier, who knows) but is only interested in levelling bogus, childish accusations of hypocrisy at leftish politicians.
Q.) Why is Alwyn interested only in doing something so intellectually shabby?
A.) Because he is intellectually shabby.
It would be interesting to take this root cause analysis a bit further….
Get help, you clearly need it if these are typical of your fantasies.
My viewpoint is very simple. If climate change and carbon emissions are really such a problem as Shaw seems to believe he should really make an attempt to do something about it.
Flying around the world to attend a talkfest with thousands of other people merely shows that you don’t care to let anything interfere with your enjoyment of life.
I am only too willing to pay you what you are worth.
Having read your foolish babblings I must say that the amount is less than zero. I want to be paid for the time I wasted perusing the dribble you were spouting.
“The trouble at the moment is, we tend to judge everybody by a single standard.“Then you compound this with forms of simplistic testing which reduce even the most complex ideas to a series of bullet points … because it’s politically convenient and immensely profitable for the companies that sell these tests.” …
“A lot of governments tend to think that the answer to improving education lies in specifying the curriculum and then investing in standardised systems of testing. “But anybody who knows anything about education knows the real key to improving education is teaching.”
Contrast his experience with that of Paul McCartney, whose music with the Beatles was avidly followed by the young Sir Ken in Liverpool. “I can remember ‘Love Me Do’ exploding into the airwaves of Radio Luxembourg which is what we used to listen to at the time in Britain. I couldn’t believe how great this record was. I’d never heard anything like it.”
Decades later, interviewed for a book, McCartney told him he hadn’t enjoyed music at school and his music teacher didn’t think he had any talent. Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison was in the same music programme a couple of years later and the teacher didn’t think he had any talent either, McCartney said.
“I said, well look would it be reasonable to say this, that there was this one music teacher in Liverpool in the 1950s who had half the Beatles in his class and he missed it? And he said ‘yes’.”
‘Student numbers have jumped at three regional polytechnics – but the Government’s fees-free policy appears to have had no impact on universities, wānanga or apprenticeships.’
‘Education Minister Chris Hipkins put the cost of free fees and $50-a-week increases in student loans and allowances at up to $380 million in the financial year to this July. Labour has said its policy of three years’ free tertiary study will cost $1.2 billion a year by 2024.’
Maybe it’ll pick up later but at the moment its looking like, another, bust from Labour
The Unis are full – polytechnics are where you’d expect to see the increase.
Also, you’re saying this is a bust, but at the moment there’s been an extra $380 million spent on getting people into tertiary education prior to July, and it’s expected to increase in subsequent years. Uptake is already a third of what it is eventually intended to be. So the policy is doing exactly what it is intended to do, but you think it is a bust? Dense.
“It always was a bust because with interest free loans that you don’t have to pay back until you hit the threshold there was no barrier to learning”
I’m fairly sure that you understand that people still have to pay the loans back, so either you are pig ignorant about what debt means to many people, or you’re being disingenuous, or you’re one of those righties who thinks anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Or a combination of all three.
Pig ignorant covers it I think. The result of the high fees has been additional stress on many students, leading to less effective study; some becoming “student loan exiles” – if jobs don’t pan out (possibly due to stress, but we have been living in turbulant times) they cannot return to New Zealand without being trapped until they repay a loan. Some of our brightest and best left New Zealand, giving priority to high earnings to get rid of the debt – and have stayed overseas. Then there are the distortions in some professions. If you have visited a dentist in the last few years you will appreciate that fees have risen to ensure that high student loans can be repaid, with the result that for many low earners and beneficiaries, dentistry is a luxury that cannot often be afforded. Its been a windfall for dentists who went through with no or only a low loan, but delivering profits at the expense of the poor was never a problem for the previous government. (Another effect is that there has been a rise in dentistry companies – new dentists cannot afford to buy capital equipment – they already have a high personal loan – so they become employees for those with real capital that they can use to get a good return at the expense of those new professionals . . .
If the extra money has not had any beneficial effect then I guess chris73 will be consistent and accept that an increase in taxes for high income earners of a similar amount would also have no effect . . .
We’ve been told for years that the real need in NZ is for trained tradespeople, Chris. So more people are going to polytech? Great! Exactly what was needed!
Maybe it’ll pick up later but at the moment its looking like, another, bust from Labour
Meh – if there’d been a significant increase in university enrolments, you’d be running lines about Labour having enticed hordes of wasters to take a year off at the taxpayers’ expense.
I think it’s early days and many young people would have already made plans and even enrolled/registered when Government made the decision. In any case, there will be much less stress for those who could least afford it, which is a good thing IMO.
I also think it is a good move to weaken the (direct) link between (tertiary) education and money/cost for the students. Education has become a commodity, with a degree or diploma as the ‘proof of purchase’. Students are treated as fee-paying customers and, in turn, they have the expectations of fee-paying customers; they expect and customised service, with warranty and a complaint service, and a detailed ‘manual & user-guide’. In addition, tertiary education has become a highly competitive market in which the education providers have to spend much time & effort to attract ‘business’. This is the model that’s adored and pushed by National & ACT and luckily this Government realises how ineffective and counter-productive it is.
These guys just had a three day strike last month. I know it did not get any news. It was against anti-union practices. After the event, the union leader of the strike was suspended (still in dispute) on trumped up theft charges.
Show some solidarity – send them some words of encouragement.
Heeey in between being a cynical lefty posting cynical comments on here i do stand up comedy and have won a few awards, have my first solo show Armchair Revolutionary at the wellington fringe festival this week would love if any of you could make it or give it a share. Much love comrades https://m.facebook.com/events/561832590860369?tsid=0.054152682020651266&source=result
Did anyone hear Guyon on the Simon Bridges show this morning. What a joke. What a pompous little little prat Si is. He was certainly given a lot of air time. Something he’s not short of. Hot air that is. He also seems to be channelling the trump boys with his oily slick back. Not to mention P Bennett’s new copy cat hairstyle. Two slick tricks…..! And how the hell did Coleman get kept on? What’s going on there? Hasn’t he done enough damage? So needs to shuffle the deck again. All the jokers on front bench.
Smarty Simon has just lost some leadership credibility. He certainly won’t be able to tease Hipkins anymore…… A span too far for Mr Bridges.
And guess who did the backtracking after Leader Simon got off-side with #3 and # 4?
Was it the brave leader? When will he realise that, as Key and English and Joyce, you just can’t make it up on the fly, when the media are now spotting and writing about such gaffes.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats claimed the older generation were responsible for Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
Sir Vince then said the decision was “driven by nostalgia” as Brexit voters wanted a Britain where “faces were white”.
He said: “I confess that my own initial reaction to the referendum was to think there was little choice but to pursue Brexit. I thought ‘the public have voted to be poorer. That is their right.’
“What changed my mind was the evidence that Brexit had overwhelmingly been the choice of the older generation. 75 percent of under 25s voted to Remain. But 70 percent of over 65s voted for Brexit.
“Too many were driven by a nostalgia for a world where passports were blue, faces were white, and the map was coloured imperial pink.”
The quotes and points he uses are punchy. It’s pretty much true isn’t it? Maybe if the EU develops cracks the disaffected in the USA might want to follow suit.
Why would the northern East Coast want to be up tight and cosy with Alabama? The west coast has its own economy. The bible belt live about a foot off the ground in their own heavenly, yet hellish bubble.
It covers well the deception and lies from Nick Smith a long way back now, but misses the other reason why National wanted them to segment results to identify where there may be opportunities for the private sector to “compete”. [a probably apocryphal story is that Smith deliberately had the rate for middle-aged bikers put up due to a photo of Phil Goff (?) with a large motor-bike]. Since many of the most expensive benefits are “income related” there is some merit in the levies being able to be collected by the IRD – with considerable administrative savings.
In this new vision of the economy, workers can’t be seen as a specific class with shared interests. They didn’t even belong to a company … too communal. For sure, perhaps they weren’t even workers! Homo economicus qua human capital was instead somehow external to the firm, pursuing his interests alone and investing in his abilities to leverage the best deal. […] Peter Drucker even felt comfortable announcing the arrival of the ‘post-capitalist society’, labelling the US the most socialist country around because all workers owned some capital after all.
What isn’t a joking matter, however, is the brave new world of work that has followed in the wake of neoclassical ideas such as human capital theory. Only when the employee is framed in such an ultra-individualist manner could the regressive trend of on-demand (or ‘zero-hours’) employment contracts ever gain a foothold in the economy. What some have called the Uberisation of the workforce functions by reclassifying workers as independent business owners, thereby shifting all employment costs to the employee: training, uniforms, vehicles and almost everything else.
Any self-respecting country would most definitely not sign an agreement that cedes power & control to borderless and faceless corporations and most definitely not encourage these large business conglomerates to erode & corrode away the last cohesive that keeps together its society as well as the last strands of fabric that stands between civilisation as we know it and complete and utter atomisation of society into a mass of nameless consumers & obedient workers, which is arguable a critical step towards totalitarianism. Apologies for the long sentence but this is not an essay for NCEA.
Newsroom has learnt that one of the camp’s organisers has been in touch with the victims and informed them the incident had been reported to Labour’s Head Office.
She is understood to have apologised on behalf of Young Labour and offered to support them in any way she could.
Sources have told Newsroom that Young Labour has pledged it can do more to ensure the safety of young people at its camps and is reviewing its event management.
Newsroom has heard that some of those attending the event are upset the response and offers of support have not come quickly enough.
Labour’s General Secretary, Andrew Kirton said he was aware of the incident and was currently, “working through it”.
Im guessing that ‘somebody’ has tried to keep it quiet and thats how it has made it to the media – prob pissed off parents.
But yes – I agree – lets hope it gets investigated thoroughly – although I do not think that this should be handled ‘in house’ – if 4 young kids have been sexually assaulted at a Labour camp – this should be a matter for the police not labour to investigate.
Kirton was asked that by John Campbell on Checkpoint. He said they were following a victim led process, and they wouldn’t notify the police until the victim/s were happy with that.
well its news to me but Id suggest that if Ian’ knows all about it’ then Alison Mau will be able to easily track down any alleged transgressor….I will be surprised if that happens.
The message ,I suppose is that # me too can bite you on the arse. Not a good look for Jacinda being the life and times of the party. Lets do this can mean lots of strokes for different folks.
Excellent article about the problems facing Fonterra.
‘Rod Oram delves behind the scenes of Fonterra’s Beingmate debacle in this week’s column. He finds the board will have to make a momentous decision that has parallels with Fletcher Building’s eventual removal of its CEO and Chairman.’
Took the bastards at New Zealand Rugby this long to actually get women on the payroll. And if your not a marquee player, then the wages are more than a bit shit.
Whilst I’m glad the women’s team is finally getting paid for all their hard work. A organisation which makes Millions of dollars off rugby, offering such crap wages should be called out!
It’s a bloody insult. It’s bloody disgusting, and once again it’s bloody typical of this country.
“New Zealand Rugby has announced it will contract its top 30 women’s players with the contracts ranging from $12,500 to $20,000 a year.
Players will also get a $2000 a week assembly fee with leading players able to earn a maximum of $45,000 a year.”
Men’s rugby.
New Zealand’s five Super Rugby franchises are allowed to contract 32 players each year. The maximum retainer is $195,000 and minimum $75,000.
Beyond that are what used to be known as wider contract players. Now called Draft New Zealand Contract Players, teams are permitted to sign six on retainers of $50,000.
Women’s rugby 50 days per year (7 weeks) lowest pay $26500 = $3785 per week
Super 15 19 weeks lowest pay $75,000 = $3947 per week.
Add in some pre season training for the super 15 players and the lowest rate would seem to be similar.
At the top end seems to be more of a problem which should be improved
Women $6428 per week
Men $10263 per week
Plus I’d give women some extra pay for representing their country and not just their franchise.
Probably the minimum all should get should be the $50,000-00 per annum retainer.
“Probably the minimum all should get should be the $50,000-00 per annum retainer.”
Well no, the women don’t bring in even close to what the men do so no they shouldn’t be paid equally
Not saying they shouldn’t be paid and not saying they can’t be paid more in the future but the men are bringing in the money and its the money they generate that pays the wages
That is always spouted when women’s sports going professional, and it always turns out that every other country goes fully professional first, and New Zealand slips back in the world rankings.
If you want professional athletes with professional results these days, you’ve got to pay them a full time salary.
When someone has an accident and a person is killed is the surviving driver a criminal?
Or just misunderstood.
Shirley Way said Mr Stretch’s behaviour spiralled out of control after the crash that killed a young woman in 2001, for which he was jailed on a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol, causing death.
“His life was never, ever the same after that.”
“Because he was so young himself, it wasn’t something I think that was managed or dealt with very well,” Ms Way said.
Mr Stretch did not stop drinking or doing drugs, she said.
“If anything, it escalated out of control.”
It was no excuse for what had happened yesterday which was an awful tragedy, Ms Way said.
Other friends of Mr Tairakena and Mr Stretch expressed their sorrow and grief on social media.
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The northern expressway extension from Warkworth to Whangarei is likely to require radical changes to legislation if it is going to be built within the foreseeable future. The Government’s powers to purchase land, the planning process and current restrictions on road tolling are all going to need to be changed ...
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedFirst they came for the doctors But I was confused by the numbers and costs So I didn't speak up Then they came for our police and nurses And I didn't think we could afford those costs anyway So I ...
Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on UnsplashWe’re back again after our mid-winter break. We’re still with the ‘new’ day of the week (Thursday rather than Friday) when we have our ‘hoon’ webinar with paying subscribers to The Kākā for an hour at 5 pm.Jump on this link on YouTube Livestream ...
Notes: This is a free article. Abuse in Care themes are mentioned. Video is at the bottom.BackgroundYesterday’s report into Abuse in Care revealed that at least 1 in 3 of all who went through state and faith based care were abused - often horrifically. At least, because not all survivors ...
Luxon speaks in Parliament yesterday about the Abuse in Care report. Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesTL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy today are:PM Christopher Luxon said yesterday in tabling the Abuse in Carereport in Parliament he wanted to ‘do the ...
About a decade ago I worked with a bloke called Steve. He was the grizzled veteran coder, a few years older than me, who knew where the bodies were buried - code wise. Despite his best efforts to be approachable and friendly he could be kind of gruff, through to ...
Some of the recent announcements from the government have reminded us of posts we’ve written in the past. Here’s one from early 2020. There were plenty of reactions to the government’s infrastructure announcement a few weeks ago which saw them fund a bunch of big roading projects. One of ...
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 7:00 am on Thursday, July 25 are:News: Why Electric Kiwi is closing to new customers - and why it matters RNZ’s Susan EdmundsScoop: Government drops ...
Hi,I felt a small wet tongue snaking through one of the holes in my Crocs. It explored my big toe, darting down one side, then the other. “He’s looking for some toe cheese,” said the woman next to me, words that still haunt me to this day.Growing up in New ...
Yesterday I happily quoted the Prime Minister without fact-checking him and sure enough, it turns out his numbers were all to hell. It’s not four kg of Royal Commission report, it’s fourteen.My friend and one-time colleague-in-comms Hazel Phillips gently alerted me to my error almost as soon as I’d hit ...
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Thursday, July 25, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day were:The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquirypublished its final report yesterday.PM Christopher Luxon and The Minister responsible for ...
The Official Information Act has always been a battle between requesters seeking information, and governments seeking to control it. Information is power, so Ministers and government agencies want to manage what is released and when, for their own convenience, and legality and democracy be damned. Their most recent tactic for ...
TL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy today are:Transport and Energy Minister Simeon Brown is accelerating plans to spend at least $10 billion through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to extend State Highway One as a four-lane ‘Expressway’ from Warkworth to Whangarei ...
I live my life (woo-ooh-ooh)With no control in my destinyYea-yeah, yea-yeah (woo-ooh-ooh)I can bleed when I want to bleedSo come on, come on (woo-ooh-ooh)You can bleed when you want to bleedYea-yeah, come on (woo-ooh-ooh)Everybody bleed when they want to bleedCome on and bleedGovernments face tough challenges. Selling unpopular decisions to ...
Please note:To skip directly to the- parliamentary footage in the video, scroll to 1:21 To skip to audio please click on the headphone iconon the left hand side of the screenThis video / audio section is under development. ...
Given the crackdown on wasteful government spending, it behooves me to point to a high profile example of spending by the Luxon government that looks like a big, fat waste of time and money. I’m talking about the deployment of NZDF personnel to support the US-led coalition in the Red ...
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 7:40 am on Wednesday, July 24 are:Deep Dive: Chipping away at the housing crisis, including my comments RNZ/Newsroom’s The DetailNews: Government softens on asset sales, ...
As I reported about the city centre, Auckland’s rail network is also going through a difficult and disruptive period which is rapidly approaching a culmination, this will result in a significant upgrade to the whole network. Hallelujah. Also like the city centre this is an upgrade predicated on the City ...
Today, a 4 kilogram report will be delivered to Parliament. We know this is what the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care weighs, because our Prime Minister told us so.Some reporter had blindsided him by asking a question about something done by ...
TL;DR: As of 7:00 am on Wednesday, July 24, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:Beehive:Transport Minister Simeon Brownannounced plans to use PPPs to fund, build and run a four-lane expressway between Auckland ...
NewstalkZB host Mike Hosking, who can usually be relied on to give Prime Minister Christopher Luxon an easy run, did not do so yesterday when he interviewed him about the HealthNZ deficit. Luxon is trying to use a deficit reported last year by HealthNZ as yet another example of the ...
Back in January a StatsNZ employee gave a speech at Rātana on behalf of tangata whenua in which he insulted and criticised the government. The speech clearly violated the principle of a neutral public service, and StatsNZ started an investigation. Part of that was getting an external consultant to examine ...
Renting for life: Shared ownership initiatives are unlikely to slow the slide in home ownership by much. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy today are:A Deloittereport for Westpac has projected Aotearoa’s home-ownership rate will ...
You're broken down and tiredOf living life on a merry go roundAnd you can't find the fighterBut I see it in you so we gonna walk it outAnd move mountainsWe gonna walk it outAnd move mountainsAnd I'll rise upI'll rise like the dayI'll rise upI'll rise unafraidI'll rise upAnd I'll ...
There’s been a change in Myers Park. Down the steps from St. Kevin’s Arcade, past the grassy slopes, the children’s playground, the benches and that goat statue, there has been a transformation. The underpass for Mayoral Drive has gone from a barren, grey, concrete tunnel, to a place that thrums ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Global society may have finally slammed on the brakes for climate-warming pollution released by human fossil fuel combustion. According to the Carbon Monitor Project, the total global climate pollution released between February and May 2024 declined slightly from the amount released during the same ...
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 7:00 am on Tuesday, July 23 are:Deep Dive: Penlink: where tolling rhetoric meets reality BusinessDesk-$$$’sOliver LewisScoop:Te Pūkenga plans for regional polytechs leak out ...
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Tuesday, July 23, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:Health: Shane Reti announcedthe Board of Te Whatu Ora-Health New Zealand was being replaced with Commissioner Lester Levy ...
Health NZ warned the Government at the end of March that it was running over Budget. But the reasons it gave were very different to those offered by the Prime Minister yesterday. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon blamed the “botched merger” of the 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) to create Health ...
Long ReadKey Summary: Although National increased the health budget by $1.4 billion in May, they used an old funding model to project health system costs, and never bothered to update their pre-election numbers. They were told during the Health Select Committees earlier in the year their budget amount was deficient, ...
As a momentous, historic weekend in US politics unfolded, analysts and commentators grasped for precedents and comparisons to help explain the significance and power of the choice Joe Biden had made. The 46th president had swept the Democratic party’s primaries but just over 100 days from the election had chosen ...
TL;DR: I’m casting around for new ideas and ways of thinking about Aotearoa’s political economy to find a few solutions to our cascading and self-reinforcing housing, poverty and climate crises.Associate Professor runs an online masters degree in the economics of sustainability at Torrens University in Australia and is organising ...
The Finance and Expenditure Committee has reported back on National's Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill. The bill sets up water for privatisation, and was introduced under urgency, then rammed through select committee with no time even for local councils to make a proper submission. Naturally, national's select committee ...
Some years ago, I bought a book at Dunedin’s Regent Booksale for $1.50. As one does. Vandrad the Viking (1898), by J. Storer Clouston, is an obscure book these days – I cannot find a proper online review – but soon it was sitting on my shelf, gathering dust alongside ...
History is not on the side of the centre-left, when Democratic presidents fall behind in the polls and choose not to run for re-election. On both previous occasions in the past 75 years (Harry Truman in 1952, Lyndon Johnson in 1968) the Democrats proceeded to then lose the White House ...
This is a free articleCoverageThis morning, US President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the Presidential race. And that is genuinely newsworthy. Thanks for your service, President Biden, and all the best to you and yours.However, the media in New Zealand, particularly the 1News nightly bulletin, has been breathlessly covering ...
A homeless person’s camp beside a blocked-off slipped damage walkway in Freeman’s Bay: we are chasing our tail on our worsening and inter-related housing, poverty and climate crises. Photo: Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy ...
What has happened to it all?Crazy, some'd sayWhere is the life that I recognise?(Gone away)But I won't cry for yesterdayThere's an ordinary worldSomehow I have to findAnd as I try to make my wayTo the ordinary worldYesterday morning began as many others - what to write about today? I began ...
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 7:00 am on Monday, July 22 are:Today’s Must Read: Father and son live in a tent, and have done for four years, in a million ...
TL;DR: As of 7:00 am on Monday, July 22, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:US President Joe Biden announced via X this morning he would not stand for a second term.Multinational professional services firm ...
A listing of 32 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, July 14, 2024 thru Sat, July 20, 2024. Story of the week As reflected by preponderance of coverage, our Story of the Week is Project 2025. Until now traveling ...
This weekend, a friend pointed out someone who said they’d like to read my posts, but didn’t want to pay. And my first reaction was sympathy.I’ve already told folks that if they can’t comfortably subscribe, and would like to read, I’d be happy to offer free subscriptions. I don’t want ...
National: The Party of ‘Law and Order’ IntroductionThis weekend, the Government formally kicked off one of their flagship policy programs: a military style boot camp that New Zealand has experimented with over the past 50 years. Cartoon credit: Guy BodyIt’s very popular with the National Party’s Law and Orderimage, ...
Day one of the solo leg of my long journey home begins with my favourite sound: footfalls in an empty street. 5.00 am and it’s already light and already too warm, almost.If I can make the train that leaves Budapest later this hour I could be in Belgrade by nightfall; ...
Do you remember Y2K, the threat that hung over humanity in the closing days of the twentieth century? Horror scenarios of planes falling from the sky, electronic payments failing and ATMs refusing to dispense cash. As for your VCR following instructions and recording your favourite show - forget about it.All ...
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts being questioned by The Kākā’s Bernard Hickey.TL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to July 20 were:1. A strategy that fails Zero Carbon Act & Paris targetsThe National-ACT-NZ First Coalition Government finally unveiled ...
Summary:As New Zealand loses at least 12 leaders in the public service space of health, climate, and pharmaceuticals, this month alone, directly in response to the Government’s policies and budget choices, what lies ahead may be darker than it appears. Tui examines some of those departures and draws a long ...
The Minister of Housing’s ambition is to reduce markedly the ratio of house prices to household incomes. If his strategy works it would transform the housing market, dramatically changing the prospects of housing as an investment.Leaving aside the Minister’s metaphor of ‘flooding the market’ I do not see how the ...
As previously noted, my historical fantasy piece, set in the fifth-century Mediterranean, was accepted for a Pirate Horror anthology, only for the anthology to later fall through. But in a good bit of news, it turned out that the story could indeed be re-marketed as sword and sorcery. As of ...
An employee of tobacco company Philip Morris International demonstrates a heated tobacco device. Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy on Friday, July 19 are:At a time when the Coalition Government is cutting spending on health, infrastructure, education, housing ...
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 8:30 am on Friday, July 19 are:Scoop: NZ First Minister Casey Costello orders 50% cut to excise tax on heated tobacco products. The minister has ...
Kia ora, it’s time for another Friday roundup, in which we pull together some of the links and stories that caught our eye this week. Feel free to add more in the comments! Our header image this week shows a foggy day in Auckland town, captured by Patrick Reynolds. ...
TL;DR : Here’s the top six items climate news for Aotearoa this week, as selected by Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent Cathrine Dyer. A discussion recorded yesterday is in the video above and the audio of that sent onto the podcast feed.The Government released its draft Emissions Reduction ...
Save some money, get rich and old, bring it back to Tobacco Road.Bring that dynamite and a crane, blow it up, start all over again.Roll up. Roll up. Or tailor made, if you prefer...Whether you’re selling ciggies, digging for gold, catching dolphins in your nets, or encouraging folks to flutter ...
Waiting In The Wings:For truly, if Trump is America’s un-assassinated Caesar, then J.D. Vance is America’s Octavian, the Republic’s youthful undertaker – and its first Emperor.DONALD TRUMP’S SELECTION of James D. Vance as his running-mate bodes ill for the American republic. A fervent supporter of Viktor Orban, the “illiberal” prime ...
Te Rangi e tu nei (The sky above us) Te Papa e takoto nei (The land beneath us) Tatou katoa te hunga ora (To us all the living) Tena koutou katoa (Greetings) ...
A late change to charter school legislation will cheat educators out of fair pay and negotiating power proving charter schools are just a vehicle to make profit out of our education system. ...
In 2004 te iwi Māori rallied against the Crown’s attempt to confiscate our coastlines and moana with the Foreshore and Seabed Act. This led to the largest hīkoi of a generation and the birth of Te Pāti Māori. 20 years later, history is repeating itself. Today the government has announced ...
It has been five and a half years since the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care was established to investigate the abuse of children, young people, and vulnerable adults within state and faith-based institutions. Yesterday, the final report - Whanaketia through pain and trauma, from darkness to light ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to take action off the back of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. ...
On Friday the International Court of Justice reaffirmed what Palestinian’s have been telling us for decades: that the occupation and colonisation of Palestinian lands by Israel is illegal and must end immediately. They also called for reparations for Palestinian’s who have lived under Israeli occupation since it began in 1967. ...
Labour calls on the Government to act after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territories is illegal. ...
The 53.7 percent rise in benefit sanctions over the last year is more proof of this Government’s disdain for our communities most in need of support. ...
Aotearoa could be a country where every child grows up feeling safe, loved and with a sense of belonging in their whānau and community. But for some of our children, this is far from reality. Instead, they are trapped in a maze of intergenerational harm that they can’t escape on ...
Te Pāti Māori are calling for David Seymour to resign as Associate Health Minister in response to his call for Pharmac to ignore the Treaty of Waitangi. “This announcement is just another example of the government’s anti-Tiriti, anti-Māori agenda.” Said Co-leader and spokesperson for health, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “Seymour thinks it ...
The soaring price of renting is driving the rise of inflation in this country - with latest figures from Stats NZ showing rents are up 4.8 per cent on average while annual inflation is at 3.3 per cent. ...
National’s Emissions Reduction Plan will take New Zealand further from the economy we need to ensure the next generation has a stable climate and secure livelihoods. ...
Following consultation with named parties and thorough consideration of privacy interests, the Green Party is in a position to release the Executive Summary of the final report from the independent investigation into Darleen Tana. ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should be asking serious questions of his Minister for Resources Shane Jones now it’s been revealed he misled the public about a dinner with mining companies that he didn’t declare and said wasn’t pre-arranged. ...
Te Pāti Māori have submitted to the Justice Select Committee against the Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill. The bill will further entrench racism in our justice system and fails to focus on rehabilitation. “Reinstating Three Strikes will empower a systematically racist system and exacerbate the overrepresentation of Māori in ...
The Transport and Infrastructure Committee is set to make a determination on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (RTA) Bill in the coming weeks. “This legislation will give landlords the power to kick our whānau out onto the street for no reason” said Housing spokesperson, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “Their solution to the housing ...
“National’s campaign was about tackling crime and the best they can do is a two-year long Ministerial Advisory Group,” Labour justice spokesperson Duncan Webb said. ...
“There are more examples of charter schools failing their students than there are success stories. The coalition Government is driving to dismantle our public school system and instead promote a privatised, competitive structure that puts profits before kids,” Jan Tinetti said. ...
“This government is choosing to deliberately mislead and withhold information, keeping our people in the dark about this government’s agenda and the future of our mokopuna,” said co-leader and spokesperson for Health, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. The call comes after the demand from the Chief Ombudsman that Associate Minister of Health, Casey ...
“Today’s climate announcement by Simon Watts makes clear the National Government is simply paying lip service to meeting its climate change targets,” Megan Woods said. ...
National is choosing to make life harder for workers by taking away the rights our communities have fought hard for. Here's how they’re taking workers backwards. ...
Australia, Canada and New Zealand today issued the following statement on the need for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and the risk of expanded conflict between Hizballah and Israel. The situation in Gaza is catastrophic. The human suffering is unacceptable. It cannot continue. We remain unequivocal in our condemnation of ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today reminded all State and faith-based institutions of their legal obligation to preserve records relevant to the safety and wellbeing of those in its care. “The Abuse in Care Inquiry’s report has found cases where records of the most vulnerable people in State and faith‑based institutions were ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says the Government’s online safety website for children and young people has reached one million page views. “It is great to see so many young people and their families accessing the site Keep It Real Online to learn how to stay safe online, and manage ...
Tēnā tātou katoa, Ngā mihi te rangi, ngā mihi te whenua, ngā mihi ki a koutou, kia ora mai koutou. Thank you for the opportunity to be here and the invitation to speak at this 50th anniversary conference. I acknowledge all those who have gone before us and paved the ...
New Zealand’s payroll providers have successfully prepared to ensure 3.5 million individuals will, from Wednesday next week, be able to keep more of what they earn each pay, says Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Revenue Minister Simon Watts. “The Government's tax policy changes are legally effective from Wednesday. Delivering this tax ...
An experimental vineyard which will help futureproof the wine sector has been opened in Blenheim by Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson. The covered vineyard, based at the New Zealand Wine Centre – Te Pokapū Wāina o Aotearoa, enables controlled environmental conditions. “The research that will be produced at the Experimental ...
The Coalition Government has confirmed the indicative regional breakdown of North Island Weather Event (NIWE) funding for state highway recovery projects funded through Budget 2024, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Regions in the North Island suffered extensive and devastating damage from Cyclone Gabrielle and the 2023 Auckland Anniversary Floods, and ...
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, will visit New Zealand next week, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. “Indonesia is important to New Zealand’s security and economic interests and is our closest South East Asian neighbour,” says Mr Peters, who is currently in Laos to engage with South East Asian partners. ...
He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. The government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the aspirations of Ngāti Maniapoto, Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka says. “My thanks to Te Nehenehenui Trust – Ngāti Maniapoto for bringing their important kōrero to a ministerial ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has thanked outgoing Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority, Janice Fredric, for her service to the board.“I have received Ms Fredric’s resignation from the role of Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority,” Mr Brown says.“On behalf of the Government, I want to thank Ms Fredric for ...
The Government is proposing legislation to overturn a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act in order to restore Parliament’s test for Customary Marine Title, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Section 58 required an applicant group to prove they have exclusively used and occupied ...
Regulation Minister David Seymour says that opposition parties have united in bad faith, opposing what they claim are ‘dangerous changes’ to the Early Childhood Education sector, despite no changes even being proposed yet. “Issues with affordability and availability of early childhood education, and the complexity of its regulation, has led ...
After receiving more than 740 submissions in the first 20 days, Regulation Minister David Seymour is asking the Ministry for Regulation to extend engagement on the early childhood education regulation review by an extra two weeks. “The level of interest has been very high, and from the conversations I’ve been ...
The Coalition Government is investing $802.9 million into the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines as part of a funding agreement with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA), KiwiRail, and the Greater Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils to deliver more reliable services for commuters in the lower North Island, Transport Minister Simeon ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced his intention to appoint a Crown Manager to both Hawke’s Bay Regional and Wairoa District Councils to speed up the delivery of flood protection work in Wairoa."Recent severe weather events in Wairoa this year, combined with damage from Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023 have ...
Mr Speaker, this is a day that many New Zealanders who were abused in State care never thought would come. It’s the day that this Parliament accepts, with deep sorrow and regret, the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. At the heart of this report are the ...
For the first time, the Government is formally acknowledging some children and young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital experienced torture. The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care “Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light,” was tabled in Parliament ...
The Government has acknowledged the nearly 2,400 courageous survivors who shared their experiences during the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State and Faith-Based Care. The final report from the largest and most complex public inquiry ever held in New Zealand, the Royal Commission Inquiry “Whanaketia – through ...
With a week to go before hard-working New Zealanders see personal income tax relief for the first time in fourteen years, 513,000 people have used the Budget tax calculator to see how much they will benefit, says Finance Minister Nicola Willis. “Tax relief is long overdue. From next Wednesday, personal income ...
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says a bill that has passed its first reading will improve parental leave settings and give non-biological parents more flexibility as primary carer for their child. The Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill (No3), passed its first reading this morning. “It includes a change ...
Two Bills designed to improve regulation and make it easier to do business have passed their first reading in Parliament, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. The Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Bill and Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Bill make key changes to legislation administered by the Ministry ...
New legislation paves the way for greater competition in sectors such as banking and electricity, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says. “Competitive markets boost productivity, create employment opportunities and lift living standards. To support competition, we need good quality regulation but, unfortunately, a recent OECD report ranked New ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says lotteries for charitable purposes, such as those run by the Heart Foundation, Coastguard NZ, and local hospices, will soon be allowed to operate online permanently. “Under current laws, these fundraising lotteries are only allowed to operate online until October 2024, after which ...
The Coalition Government is accelerating work on the new four-lane expressway between Auckland and Whangārei as part of its Roads of National Significance programme, with an accelerated delivery model to deliver this project faster and more efficiently, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “For too long, the lack of resilient transport connections ...
Sir Don McKinnon will travel to Viet Nam this week as a Special Envoy of the Government, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. “It is important that the Government give due recognition to the significant contributions that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong made to New Zealand-Viet Nam relations,” Mr ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says newly appointed Commissioner, Grant Illingworth KC, will help deliver the report for the first phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons, due on 28 November 2024. “I am pleased to announce that Mr Illingworth will commence his appointment as ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters travels to Laos this week to participate in a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-led Ministerial meetings in Vientiane. “ASEAN plays an important role in supporting a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” Mr Peters says. “This will be our third visit to ...
Construction of a new mental health facility at Te Nikau Grey Hospital in Greymouth is today one step closer, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says. “This $27 million facility shows this Government is delivering on its promise to boost mental health care and improve front line services,” Mr Doocey says. ...
New Zealand is committing nearly $50 million to a package supporting sustainable Pacific fisheries development over the next four years, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones announced today. “This support consisting of a range of initiatives demonstrates New Zealand’s commitment to assisting our Pacific partners ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says proposed changes to the Education and Training Amendment Bill will ensure charter schools have more flexibility to negotiate employment agreements and are equipped with the right teaching resources. “Cabinet has agreed to progress an amendment which means unions will not be able to initiate ...
In response to serious concerns around oversight, overspend and a significant deterioration in financial outlook, the Board of Health New Zealand will be replaced with a Commissioner, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti announced today. “The previous government’s botched health reforms have created significant financial challenges at Health NZ that, without ...
Minister for Space and Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins will travel to Adelaide tomorrow for space and science engagements, including speaking at the Australian Space Forum. While there she will also have meetings and visits with a focus on space, biotechnology and innovation. “New Zealand has a thriving space ...
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts will travel to China on Saturday to attend the Ministerial on Climate Action meeting held in Wuhan. “Attending the Ministerial on Climate Action is an opportunity to advocate for New Zealand climate priorities and engage with our key partners on climate action,” Mr Watts says. ...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is travelling to the Solomon Islands tomorrow for meetings with his counterparts from around the Pacific supporting collective management of the region’s fisheries. The 23rd Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee and the 5th Regional Fisheries Ministers’ Meeting in Honiara from 23 to 26 July ...
The Government today launched the Military Style Academy Pilot at Te Au rere a te Tonga Youth Justice residence in Palmerston North, an important part of the Government’s plan to crackdown on youth crime and getting youth offenders back on track, Minister for Children, Karen Chhour said today. “On the ...
The Government has welcomed news the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has begun work to replace nine priority bridges across the country to ensure our state highway network remains resilient, reliable, and efficient for road users, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“Increasing productivity and economic growth is a key priority for the ...
Acting Prime Minister David Seymour has been in contact throughout the evening with senior officials who have coordinated a whole of government response to the global IT outage and can provide an update. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has designated the National Emergency Management Agency as the ...
New Zealand and Japan will continue to step up their shared engagement with the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “New Zealand and Japan have a strong, shared interest in a free, open and stable Pacific Islands region,” Mr Peters says. “We are pleased to be finding more ways ...
New developments in the heart of North Island forestry country will reinvigorate their communities and boost economic development, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones visited Kaingaroa and Kawerau in Bay of Plenty today to open a landmark community centre in the former and a new connecting road in ...
President Adeang, fellow Ministers, honourable Diet Member Horii, Ambassadors, distinguished guests. Minasama, konnichiwa, and good afternoon, everyone. Distinguished guests, it’s a pleasure to be here with you today to talk about New Zealand’s foreign policy reset, the reasons for it, the values that underpin it, and how it ...
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland. He was holding a press conference yesterday after a walkabout with police to discuss concerns with businesses in the CBD. Luxon was talking with media when one of his security ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne There has never been an opening ceremony quite like it. For the first time in Olympic Games history, the ceremony took place outside a stadium arena. Despite a rainy and miserable Paris ...
Last summer when Matairangi burned, Ginny and Tom stood at the window of their lounge, watching kākā shoot skyward from the burning trees. From the distance, they looked to Ginny like pages torn from books and thrown into a bonfire. It was Tom, voice tight, who told her it was ...
Opinion: The Canadian short story writer Alice Munro – winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 – died in May at the age of 92. Her work was about “the damage people inflict on one another in the name of love”, Deborah Treisman wrote in the New Yorker. ...
This month marks two years since the most powerful telescope ever built sent its first pictures back to earth. From its lofty vantage point, beyond the moon in orbit around the sun, the James Webb Space Telescope was tuned to observe the first stars and galaxies being born soon after ...
Comment: After Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ preview several weeks ago, I had some optimism about the Government’s emissions reduction plan. Now I’ve read the discussion document, that hope has been dashed. How can the Government propose a plan that wants to take New Zealand taxpayers’ hard-earned money, and spend ...
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ECO MAORIs Kiwi Bank ac 389019048573100 Please help me to sort the nz police out
I decided against trying to use PayPal to receive donations .I decided to copy
Thestandards safe way of appealing and receiving donations I set up a Kiwi Bank AC
So he tangata the people of Aoteraoroa New Zealand who support ECO MAORI can use internet banking to make donations and know that there bank accounts are safe after they have made a donation . ECO MAORI will use the donations to SUE the nz police for all the breaches to mine and my Whano Privacy Rights & Human Rights a lot of people can see this has been happening to ECO MAORI when I win my case I will set up a
Charitable Trust and I will pay the money that I used and any extra donations into this Trust account and appeal to anyone else in Aoteraoroa who need help with finance to SUE the nz police for there in justices I will copy bank statements on this site to let he tangata the people know that ECO MAORI has Honest Honorable and transparent intentions to use your hard earned Putea Money. .
Kia Kaha Ka kite ano
When are we going to place the environment and our health above farmers’ profits?
Clean.
Green.
100.
%.
Pure.
What a load of cow manure.
And nitrogen.
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/swimming-limits-again
The Lake Hayes problem has little to nothing to do with stock effluent, the catchment is effectively destocked, or stocked at such low levels the land can easily handle it. The lake has very low through flow and is quite deep so has an inherent dissolved oxygen issue. Most of the nitrogen and phosphorus comes from fertilisers, of which there’s not much going on now, apart from MIllbrook and Hills golf courses. But the algae seems to have changed this year, it used to be brown, and in the deeper parts of the lake, this year it’s orange or fluro green and in the shallow parts. And looks toxic. As usual the ORCs put up some signs and that’s about it, don’t want to upset the money machine.
The Manuherikia is totally dairy related. Lots of new dairy farms in the catchment combined with free draining soils. Pretty much instant shit in the river. Strange coincidence that a lot of said dairy farms are on the market.
Good morning the AM Show on TV3 I say all the mokos should be taught about finance all about loans an how credit works at school they would save heaps over there life time teach them if you save a dollar its like earning 2 dollars .
I support a wealth tax I did not mined paying more tax not that I’M wealth yet .
The wealthy get to enjoy all the pleasures the sea mountains the fine food I say they should a bit more tax so we have a happy healthy society for all the creatures of Aoteraroa .I know my flutes sound travels far and wide around Papatuanuku the World
I will use my gift to benefit all the beautiful human cultures around Papatuanuku the Worlds wealth and poor everyone needs a good environment social and mother earths environment and I will use this gift to benefit all the beautiful creatures on Mother Earth.
I detest bullies when I was about 7 years old I was at a school of mostly Maori pupils
one girl had a problem with one of her leggs it was skinny an she had a hard time walking. Some of the other kids started bulling her you know young kids they don’t think about the big picture they stopped bulling her when I finished with them .
A Indian girl from India turned up to school and the kids started bulling her I stopped that to . As it turned out her parents invited Mama and I to her birthday and her father became mine and Mama doctors actually he became the whanos Doctor .
I have not seen these people since I left Gisborne at 9 years old and moved to the Waiapu valley . I say the Black Caps did a good job against the Giants of world cricket red is a lucky colour . ka kite ano P.S You see if it was not for Ropata Wahawaha and Ngata us maori cultured would have a harder life than we have at the minute
Many thanks to the AM show for interviewing Uncle Jack Charlies a Native Australian.
It shows that Maori have Mana and that we have it a lot better than other Native minority cultures around Papatuanuku the World . But we still are getting the short end of the stick in NZ . So don’t back down from advocating for Maori and the common Kiwis Equal rights. Kia kaha ka kite ano
New Hub ECO MAORI is colorblind I say that color should be banned from political party’s some people will vote for a party just because of the color . it creates division among people rivalries ect all political partys should be aloud to use gray colors only .It would good for Aotearoa NZ if both OUR main political Partys worked together to improve everyones lives in
New Zealand instead of a _____fight that happens at the minute .Ka kaha Ka kite ano P.S I know you know that I had a direct connection with the Mow man your good M8 Duncan I just would not take the bait last time
Instead of colour just have a symbol and a words? People with still identify with a party name regardless of colour. I don’t think it is the colours that attract i.e. I don’t think anyone votes ACT because they like yellow.
Also as long as people have different points of view there’ll always be divisions in politics.
Te Kaea on Maori TV I have been studying our history and have a better view on the treaty of waitangi and the importance it has and the way it has shaped OUR society for the better here is some words from the Rev H J Fletcher .
When considering what material wealth in loyalty in strategical advantage when we reflect the cost to have conquered the country by force of arms then it is then we can see in the wisdom of Lord Normabys policy and wise Maori Chiefs. the strength of there statesmanship and we are all the winners with diplomacy instead of war.
That is what The Treaty of Waitangi represents good intelligent diplomacy instead of war
ka pai ka kite ano.
Prime news that was a good story on how the common people in California USA have to live in tents an cars rents $1800 a month that is were we are heading if we sign that ttp11 is signed .
And you had a interview of Elon Mus excellent his views on AI artificial intelligent is the same as Eco Maori ka pai kate ano P.S I will see how we go Prime News ???
Good evening 3 News Hub how is one to think about a organization that never admits that they are wrong how is one to defend his Mana when that organization that is never wrong has the power of the whole state working against him a common Maori cultured Kiwi . Would you bring up your Mokos like that teach them they are never wrong well not ECO MAORI I teach my children and mokos when they are wrong so they will have a better life .?????????? Kia kaha Ka kite ano
News Hub trump a giving a Chris a top job everyone has a different view on reality Chris is obviously business first .
Eco Maoris view is te tangata and creatures first business second a company cannot feel pain and suffering so people and creatures first companys last anyway look after the people and the business will flourish its comonsence .
Many thanks to the NZ Rugby Union for starting to make the ladys rugby team professional Ka pai Ka kite ano
The project TV3 a man cannot learn about te matariki and study his history??? us Maori cultured people have a lot of story’s and history associated with the stars .
At least in OUR beautiful country Aotearoa New Zealand we can see the stars on most nights my challenges continue ECO MAORI will never give up I will go through over under around move it what ever I will win in the END.
Ka kite ano
Thats the way The Project support OUR farmers they deserve the good publicity they work hard and make our country healthy and wealthy .
Its the Government that has to take the lead on environmentally friendly farming practices KNOW ka kite ano
For laughs, shits and giggles. SNL take on it all….
Not for the faint of heart. Another in a series about women’s lives in west london. This one has a huge section about disability and the failures of the British health system.
https://libcom.org/blog/series-interviews-working-class-women-west-london-part-2-11032018
Ramona’s story is recommended reading (very much). It is a first person witness to the deteriorating situation of low paid work and welfare in the UK (kind of like here).
I also charts changing demographics, racism, the triple burden many women on low incomes live with, and the poor support for those with disabilities and the elderly. She says the state provides better care for people in prison than they do for the elderly.
The article begins with a bit of theoretical framing. I disagree with the way it implicitly sets up middle class campaigning against sexual abuse and violence in opposition to the struggles of and campaigns for working class women. Both are campaigns where some women are abused in a system where others have more power – with the most powerful elites largely being men with patriarchal values.
We can focus on both. However, working class women do not have as much visibility or power within the mainstream media. So it is essential to enable working class women to speak for themselves.
Out of this evidence, by and for working class women, comes this conclusion in the framing part of the article:
It is very important to follow adam’s link and read Romana’s account of her own experiences.
It is pleasing to see that our Climate Change Minister James Shaw is doing his very best to reduce our green house gas emissions.
In the October-December quarter he spent $26,712 on International travel!
I can see that the Foreign Affairs Minister, Peters, and the Trade Minister, Parker, need to do a lot of travel but Shaw?
Couldn’t he try video conferencing if he really wanted to reduce carbon emissions. Just give his speech, or whatever he did, while still sitting in New Zealand and having time to try and get the Census run properly.
On the other hand I can understand his passion to go to Paris, particularly if the Taxpayer will fund the jaunt. Paris is wonderful.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12009856
Climate change is being deliberately induced by geoengineering, not politicians overseas trips.
Paris hasn’t been wonderful for some time now. Its streets are overrun with with a small army of heavily armed police/military.
“Climate change is being deliberately induced by geoengineering, not politicians overseas trips.”
Really? You mean that the fuel being burnt in aircraft engines doesn’t produce any green house gases. They have been lying to us when they publish articles like this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviation
Or like this?
https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/air-travel-climate-change/
Perhaps I am misreading you though. Do you mean that we ordinary people cause the production of Green House gases but not our rulers, the great Cabinet Ministers, and particularly those with a Green tinge?
“Paris hasn’t been wonderful for some time now”
I suggest that you revisit Paris. I go there every year and although you do see occasional groups of soldiers around life goes on as normal.
I have only once been anywhere near a terrorist threat. Some fool tried to blow up a car on the Champs Elysees. It didn’t explode but merely caught fire and the driver was killed. It was hard to feel any sympathy. The only effect on us was that we were in the Grand Palais and weren’t allowed out for about half an hour.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40332532
I feel much more threatened and in danger in Courtney Place after dark than I ever do in Paris.
The greatest city on earth.
You would be much more likely to be killed on the Auckland roads than by Terrorist activity in Paris. There have been a total of 250 deaths in France from terrorist activity in the whole of this century. That is about 15/year and they weren’t all in Paris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_France#21st_century
‘People in glasshouses’ – lol
Parliamentarians gorging at the trough, hardly surprising.
Wouldn’t you?
After all they are “entitled”.
Remember when lefties complained that Bronagh Key went to some things overseas, like the Commonwealth HOG meetings. The seemed quite put out when Key revealed that he paid for her travel himself.
Look at the lather Bryce Edwards got himself into a few years ago about politicians perks, and in particular travel.
http://liberation.typepad.com/liberation/2010/11/10-pertinent-questions-and-answers-about-axing-the-mp-international-travel-perk.html
Now it is different. Why does Mr Gayford travel at our expense and the same people don’t complain about that?
There have been plenty of snide comments about Gayford travelling with Ardern recently. Open your ears, ears (and mind), alwyn.
To be honest I don’t care about him travelling when it is expected. Some things require the attendance of a spouse. It was only what I perceived to be a sudden silence that struck me as interesting. I presume it is now the other side of politics who are complaining.
The one thing that would make me unhappy is if New Zealand On Air were to start putting money into his TV program.
You would have it that our Climate Change Minister not attend the international conference for Climate Change? Thereby weakening the position of those who want action to happen at those conferences?
I am certain that being Green, James Shaw offsets all of the air travel that he needs to do.
The census was fucked by the previous minister, with not enough time available to Shaw to unfuck it.
Alwyn suggests the climate change minister shouldn’t travel. (one person on an aeroplane)
Alwyn does not suggest that we should be starting to shut down our tourist industry because millions of people travel here on aeroplanes.
Q.)Why is Alwyn so selective about who should and shouldn’t travel due to climate change?
A.) Because Alwyn doesn’t actually care about climate change (or is maybe a denier, who knows) but is only interested in levelling bogus, childish accusations of hypocrisy at leftish politicians.
Q.) Why is Alwyn interested only in doing something so intellectually shabby?
A.) Because he is intellectually shabby.
It would be interesting to take this root cause analysis a bit further….
Get help, you clearly need it if these are typical of your fantasies.
My viewpoint is very simple. If climate change and carbon emissions are really such a problem as Shaw seems to believe he should really make an attempt to do something about it.
Flying around the world to attend a talkfest with thousands of other people merely shows that you don’t care to let anything interfere with your enjoyment of life.
My line of work is to give help Alwyn, not receive it. And I will not charge you.
I am only too willing to pay you what you are worth.
Having read your foolish babblings I must say that the amount is less than zero. I want to be paid for the time I wasted perusing the dribble you were spouting.
Our education – an overseas look at how things were where he comes from which seems to be similar here, though about to change we hope.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018634594/sir-ken-robinson-creative-thought-leader-in-education
“The trouble at the moment is, we tend to judge everybody by a single standard.“Then you compound this with forms of simplistic testing which reduce even the most complex ideas to a series of bullet points … because it’s politically convenient and immensely profitable for the companies that sell these tests.” …
“A lot of governments tend to think that the answer to improving education lies in specifying the curriculum and then investing in standardised systems of testing. “But anybody who knows anything about education knows the real key to improving education is teaching.”
Contrast his experience with that of Paul McCartney, whose music with the Beatles was avidly followed by the young Sir Ken in Liverpool. “I can remember ‘Love Me Do’ exploding into the airwaves of Radio Luxembourg which is what we used to listen to at the time in Britain. I couldn’t believe how great this record was. I’d never heard anything like it.”
Decades later, interviewed for a book, McCartney told him he hadn’t enjoyed music at school and his music teacher didn’t think he had any talent. Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison was in the same music programme a couple of years later and the teacher didn’t think he had any talent either, McCartney said.
“I said, well look would it be reasonable to say this, that there was this one music teacher in Liverpool in the 1950s who had half the Beatles in his class and he missed it? And he said ‘yes’.”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12008838
‘Student numbers have jumped at three regional polytechnics – but the Government’s fees-free policy appears to have had no impact on universities, wānanga or apprenticeships.’
‘Education Minister Chris Hipkins put the cost of free fees and $50-a-week increases in student loans and allowances at up to $380 million in the financial year to this July. Labour has said its policy of three years’ free tertiary study will cost $1.2 billion a year by 2024.’
Maybe it’ll pick up later but at the moment its looking like, another, bust from Labour
🙂
The Unis are full – polytechnics are where you’d expect to see the increase.
Also, you’re saying this is a bust, but at the moment there’s been an extra $380 million spent on getting people into tertiary education prior to July, and it’s expected to increase in subsequent years. Uptake is already a third of what it is eventually intended to be. So the policy is doing exactly what it is intended to do, but you think it is a bust? Dense.
It always was a bust because with interest free loans that you don’t have to pay back until you hit the threshold there was no barrier to learning
There should never be any “barrier to learning..”
Thats my point, interest free loans meant there was no barrier to learning
“It always was a bust because with interest free loans that you don’t have to pay back until you hit the threshold there was no barrier to learning”
I’m fairly sure that you understand that people still have to pay the loans back, so either you are pig ignorant about what debt means to many people, or you’re being disingenuous, or you’re one of those righties who thinks anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Or a combination of all three.
Pig ignorant covers it I think. The result of the high fees has been additional stress on many students, leading to less effective study; some becoming “student loan exiles” – if jobs don’t pan out (possibly due to stress, but we have been living in turbulant times) they cannot return to New Zealand without being trapped until they repay a loan. Some of our brightest and best left New Zealand, giving priority to high earnings to get rid of the debt – and have stayed overseas. Then there are the distortions in some professions. If you have visited a dentist in the last few years you will appreciate that fees have risen to ensure that high student loans can be repaid, with the result that for many low earners and beneficiaries, dentistry is a luxury that cannot often be afforded. Its been a windfall for dentists who went through with no or only a low loan, but delivering profits at the expense of the poor was never a problem for the previous government. (Another effect is that there has been a rise in dentistry companies – new dentists cannot afford to buy capital equipment – they already have a high personal loan – so they become employees for those with real capital that they can use to get a good return at the expense of those new professionals . . .
If the extra money has not had any beneficial effect then I guess chris73 will be consistent and accept that an increase in taxes for high income earners of a similar amount would also have no effect . . .
We’ve been told for years that the real need in NZ is for trained tradespeople, Chris. So more people are going to polytech? Great! Exactly what was needed!
Maybe it’ll pick up later but at the moment its looking like, another, bust from Labour
Meh – if there’d been a significant increase in university enrolments, you’d be running lines about Labour having enticed hordes of wasters to take a year off at the taxpayers’ expense.
I don’t know what you’re talking about 🙂
‘bust from Labour’? What are you talking about?
Are you assuming that because there are no fees student numbers will rise?
If so why?
Certainly disarms all the complaining about how young people will take useless university courses…
I think it’s early days and many young people would have already made plans and even enrolled/registered when Government made the decision. In any case, there will be much less stress for those who could least afford it, which is a good thing IMO.
I also think it is a good move to weaken the (direct) link between (tertiary) education and money/cost for the students. Education has become a commodity, with a degree or diploma as the ‘proof of purchase’. Students are treated as fee-paying customers and, in turn, they have the expectations of fee-paying customers; they expect and customised service, with warranty and a complaint service, and a detailed ‘manual & user-guide’. In addition, tertiary education has become a highly competitive market in which the education providers have to spend much time & effort to attract ‘business’. This is the model that’s adored and pushed by National & ACT and luckily this Government realises how ineffective and counter-productive it is.
https://www.facebook.com/burgervilleworkersunion
These guys just had a three day strike last month. I know it did not get any news. It was against anti-union practices. After the event, the union leader of the strike was suspended (still in dispute) on trumped up theft charges.
Show some solidarity – send them some words of encouragement.
Heeey in between being a cynical lefty posting cynical comments on here i do stand up comedy and have won a few awards, have my first solo show Armchair Revolutionary at the wellington fringe festival this week would love if any of you could make it or give it a share. Much love comrades https://m.facebook.com/events/561832590860369?tsid=0.054152682020651266&source=result
Did anyone hear Guyon on the Simon Bridges show this morning. What a joke. What a pompous little little prat Si is. He was certainly given a lot of air time. Something he’s not short of. Hot air that is. He also seems to be channelling the trump boys with his oily slick back. Not to mention P Bennett’s new copy cat hairstyle. Two slick tricks…..! And how the hell did Coleman get kept on? What’s going on there? Hasn’t he done enough damage? So needs to shuffle the deck again. All the jokers on front bench.
So true.
Did Gluon pin him or just provide a soapbox as per usual RNZ MO for national polititians ?
Bridges is used to not being challenged so how about it MSM ? Bet he goes straight to the nasty file.
Guyon is a corporate puppet.
Under no circumstance can he be described as a journalist.
Oh dear.
Smarty Simon has just lost some leadership credibility. He certainly won’t be able to tease Hipkins anymore…… A span too far for Mr Bridges.
And guess who did the backtracking after Leader Simon got off-side with #3 and # 4?
Was it the brave leader? When will he realise that, as Key and English and Joyce, you just can’t make it up on the fly, when the media are now spotting and writing about such gaffes.
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/03/bridges-at-odds-with-party-on-infrastructure-tax.html
Apoplectic brexiters ahoy.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats claimed the older generation were responsible for Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
Sir Vince then said the decision was “driven by nostalgia” as Brexit voters wanted a Britain where “faces were white”.
He said: “I confess that my own initial reaction to the referendum was to think there was little choice but to pursue Brexit. I thought ‘the public have voted to be poorer. That is their right.’
“What changed my mind was the evidence that Brexit had overwhelmingly been the choice of the older generation. 75 percent of under 25s voted to Remain. But 70 percent of over 65s voted for Brexit.
“Too many were driven by a nostalgia for a world where passports were blue, faces were white, and the map was coloured imperial pink.”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/930185/Brexit-news-UK-EU-voters-European-Union-Sir-Vince-Cable-Liberal-Democrat-conference
The quotes and points he uses are punchy. It’s pretty much true isn’t it? Maybe if the EU develops cracks the disaffected in the USA might want to follow suit.
Why would the northern East Coast want to be up tight and cosy with Alabama? The west coast has its own economy. The bible belt live about a foot off the ground in their own heavenly, yet hellish bubble.
I’ve just read:
http://werewolf.co.nz/2017/11/is-it-time-to-take-acc-back-to-first-principles/
It covers well the deception and lies from Nick Smith a long way back now, but misses the other reason why National wanted them to segment results to identify where there may be opportunities for the private sector to “compete”. [a probably apocryphal story is that Smith deliberately had the rate for middle-aged bikers put up due to a photo of Phil Goff (?) with a large motor-bike]. Since many of the most expensive benefits are “income related” there is some merit in the levies being able to be collected by the IRD – with considerable administrative savings.
On the Uberisation of work and its roots in ‘Human Capital’ theory:
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-cold-war-led-the-cia-to-promote-human-capital-theory
In this new vision of the economy, workers can’t be seen as a specific class with shared interests. They didn’t even belong to a company … too communal. For sure, perhaps they weren’t even workers! Homo economicus qua human capital was instead somehow external to the firm, pursuing his interests alone and investing in his abilities to leverage the best deal. […] Peter Drucker even felt comfortable announcing the arrival of the ‘post-capitalist society’, labelling the US the most socialist country around because all workers owned some capital after all.
What isn’t a joking matter, however, is the brave new world of work that has followed in the wake of neoclassical ideas such as human capital theory. Only when the employee is framed in such an ultra-individualist manner could the regressive trend of on-demand (or ‘zero-hours’) employment contracts ever gain a foothold in the economy. What some have called the Uberisation of the workforce functions by reclassifying workers as independent business owners, thereby shifting all employment costs to the employee: training, uniforms, vehicles and almost everything else.
The solution for any self respecting country is to boot these tax dodging organisations out.
Just requires will and courage.
Any self-respecting country would most definitely not sign an agreement that cedes power & control to borderless and faceless corporations and most definitely not encourage these large business conglomerates to erode & corrode away the last cohesive that keeps together its society as well as the last strands of fabric that stands between civilisation as we know it and complete and utter atomisation of society into a mass of nameless consumers & obedient workers, which is arguable a critical step towards totalitarianism. Apologies for the long sentence but this is not an essay for NCEA.
Totally agree.
The main 2 parties in NZ are both neoliberal and globalist, which means the citizens of this country are screwed.
RNZ reported in the 5pm news there’s allegations of sexual harassment at the Young Labour camp last
weekmonth.Is this malicious or for real?
Ah. It’s coming from Mark Jennings on Newsroom
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/03/12/96033/labour-summer-school-claims
Looks like it’s going viral across the mediaz. Be interesting to see if the story changes at all.
I wonder why something as serious as this didnt make it to Jacinda?
“Newsroom has been told the man was intoxicated and put his hand down the pants of at least three of the four young people.”
If so – do people on here think that should have resulted in a call to the police not just the Labour office?
Trying to make political capital out of a story like this is low, even for you.
Let us all hope, whatever political persuasion we have, that is investigated thoroughly.
They are reasonable questions
Im guessing that ‘somebody’ has tried to keep it quiet and thats how it has made it to the media – prob pissed off parents.
But yes – I agree – lets hope it gets investigated thoroughly – although I do not think that this should be handled ‘in house’ – if 4 young kids have been sexually assaulted at a Labour camp – this should be a matter for the police not labour to investigate.
I agree.
It is a police matter.
For once we are in total agreement.
Well, hope it is investigated thoroughly
The question that needs to be asked is why it wasn’t a police matter when it happened, these are serious allegations.
It would be concerning if pressure was applied to these young victims to not contact the police.
Kirton was asked that by John Campbell on Checkpoint. He said they were following a victim led process, and they wouldn’t notify the police until the victim/s were happy with that.
Really? that sounds like damage control and trying to sweep it all under the carpet and hope it all disappears to me.
This sexual assault happened over a month ago
A bit late now. Its in the media and the Police no doubt will come door knocking to find out what the deal is.
Should have been done the week after the camp finished – not a month later.
I hope Jacinda doesn’t do an Annette king
whats ‘doing an Annette King’ involve?
Getting the offender an air ticket away from questions from Ally Mau and her # me too team.
Oh, explicit allegations aren’t how tories smear.
You’re supposed to join the dots* yourself, because if Ian said what he meant, I suspect he’d get an immediate ban.
*by “dots” I mean “random sick fantasies parroted from WO or KB”
well its news to me but Id suggest that if Ian’ knows all about it’ then Alison Mau will be able to easily track down any alleged transgressor….I will be surprised if that happens.
The message ,I suppose is that # me too can bite you on the arse. Not a good look for Jacinda being the life and times of the party. Lets do this can mean lots of strokes for different folks.
Make an explicit allegation, you slime-merchant.
Jacinda “life and times of the party”, and whatever you’re gobbing on about with King. You’re a goddamn coward.
Excellent article about the problems facing Fonterra.
‘Rod Oram delves behind the scenes of Fonterra’s Beingmate debacle in this week’s column. He finds the board will have to make a momentous decision that has parallels with Fletcher Building’s eventual removal of its CEO and Chairman.’
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/03/10/95465/rod-oram-fonterras-big-big-beingmate-problems
Took the bastards at New Zealand Rugby this long to actually get women on the payroll. And if your not a marquee player, then the wages are more than a bit shit.
Whilst I’m glad the women’s team is finally getting paid for all their hard work. A organisation which makes Millions of dollars off rugby, offering such crap wages should be called out!
It’s a bloody insult. It’s bloody disgusting, and once again it’s bloody typical of this country.
http://www.noted.co.nz/life/sport/black-ferns-go-on-the-nzr-payroll/
My guess is were all supposed to celebrate how underwhelming this all is.
No doubt people will celebrate – just remember – it’s years late and the pay is shit.
The sheeple accept the premises and framing that the corporate media gives them.
Thank you for presenting the true picture.
Women’s rugby.
“New Zealand Rugby has announced it will contract its top 30 women’s players with the contracts ranging from $12,500 to $20,000 a year.
Players will also get a $2000 a week assembly fee with leading players able to earn a maximum of $45,000 a year.”
Men’s rugby.
New Zealand’s five Super Rugby franchises are allowed to contract 32 players each year. The maximum retainer is $195,000 and minimum $75,000.
Beyond that are what used to be known as wider contract players. Now called Draft New Zealand Contract Players, teams are permitted to sign six on retainers of $50,000.
Women’s rugby 50 days per year (7 weeks) lowest pay $26500 = $3785 per week
Super 15 19 weeks lowest pay $75,000 = $3947 per week.
Add in some pre season training for the super 15 players and the lowest rate would seem to be similar.
At the top end seems to be more of a problem which should be improved
Women $6428 per week
Men $10263 per week
Plus I’d give women some extra pay for representing their country and not just their franchise.
Probably the minimum all should get should be the $50,000-00 per annum retainer.
“Probably the minimum all should get should be the $50,000-00 per annum retainer.”
Well no, the women don’t bring in even close to what the men do so no they shouldn’t be paid equally
Not saying they shouldn’t be paid and not saying they can’t be paid more in the future but the men are bringing in the money and its the money they generate that pays the wages
That is always spouted when women’s sports going professional, and it always turns out that every other country goes fully professional first, and New Zealand slips back in the world rankings.
If you want professional athletes with professional results these days, you’ve got to pay them a full time salary.
When someone has an accident and a person is killed is the surviving driver a criminal?
Or just misunderstood.
Shirley Way said Mr Stretch’s behaviour spiralled out of control after the crash that killed a young woman in 2001, for which he was jailed on a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol, causing death.
“His life was never, ever the same after that.”
“Because he was so young himself, it wasn’t something I think that was managed or dealt with very well,” Ms Way said.
Mr Stretch did not stop drinking or doing drugs, she said.
“If anything, it escalated out of control.”
It was no excuse for what had happened yesterday which was an awful tragedy, Ms Way said.
Other friends of Mr Tairakena and Mr Stretch expressed their sorrow and grief on social media.
Some were also angry, saying the men had been portrayed as criminals without considering how that might affect their families.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/352328/triple-fatality-crash-his-life-was-never-ever-the-same