Of all the ills attributed to 5G, this is the only one that has any kind of actual basis.
The potential problem with interfering with weather-detecting satellites is easily avoided however. Simply don't use those specific frequency bands, those bands are a very small part of the spectrum 5G can use, so avoiding those bands won't be an impediment.
This is an issue that has come up before, where there's a potential clash between comms use of a frequency band and scientific use of that same band. As far as I know, once the existing scientific use of a particular frequency band gets publicised, the organisations that have proposed using it for other purposes usually back off and just use the nearest unused bands. Which will almost certainly happen in this case.
We have some of the most professional and experienced forecasters in the world and it is due to the vast array of weather conditions we are exposed to, sometimes on a daily basis. I imagine even a minor change in the calculations could throw the forecasting of weather events off course and cause major problems on land, at sea and in the air.
If the scientists are concerned then the government has to be concerned too.
Here's a piece that covers some of what goes on around protecting frequency bands for scientific observations. Two notable examples of organisations flipping off the international agreements have been the russian Glonass positioning system and the Iridium satellite phone system. When it comes to weather forecasting, those countries that allow 5g signals to fuck up their weather data are very likely to reap some of downsides of less reliable forecasts. As well as pissing off their immediate neighbours by fucking up their forecasts too. Because the terrestrial emissions of those signals will only fuck up the data in a small area overhead of the emitters.
edit: some weirdness going on with the first link I put up. Maybe this one will be better.
Oh goodness, that level of technology is way above my knowledge and understanding, but what it boils down to imo is yet another area of man-made pollution which adds to the catastrophic consequences for the planet.
But of course these people are just nit-picky scientists aren't they – a bunch of pointy heads sitting in their ivory towers who know 'nuffink' about the real word. So say the uneducated, ignorant nay-sayers – and the present US presidential incumbent is one of course.
A growing number of municipalities, counties and cities are halting or slowing deployments…as there is not one singe study to show that the shift to MIMO mmwv directed energy beaming is remotely safe…
There is however a plethora of studies evidencing damage to biology and dna at high enough levels of risk to be concerning to any human being…
The tech/telco companies admit themselves they don't know because they have not done any such research…
Blumenthal stated:
“If you go to the FDA website, there basically is a cursory and superficial citation to existing scientific data saying ‘The FDA has urged the cell phone industry to take a number of steps, including support additional research on possible biological effects of radio frequency fields for the type of signals emitted by cell phones.’ I believe that Americans deserve to know what the health effects are, not to pre-judge what scientific studies may show, and they also deserve a commitment to do the research on outstanding questions.”
“So my question for you: How much money has the industry committed to supporting additional independent research—I stress independent—research?
Is that independent research ongoing?
Has any been completed? Where can consumers look for it?
And we’re talking about research on the biological effects of this new technology.”
At the end of the exchange, Blumenthal concluded,
“So there really is no research ongoing. We’re kind of flying blind here, as far as health and safety is concerned.”
Senator Blumenthal was speaking to industry witnesses in the Senate hearing video:
Mr. Brad Gillen, Vice President, CTIA
Mr. Steve Berry, President and CEO, Competitive Carriers Association
Mr. Shailen Bhatt, President and CEO, Intelligent Transportation Society of America
Mr. Michael Wessel, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
There is no compelling evidence linking cellular networks cancer, but what about upcoming 5G technologies. Most of these frequencies occupy existing low frequency and Wi-Fi bands, so there aren’t really any new risks. Higher frequency mmWave technologies still don’t reach close to ionizing wavelengths and the technology actually extends further away from the maximum human RF absorption frequency of about 70MHz.
MmWave will mostly deploy in the 24 to 29GHz spectrum, which suffers from very high reflection rates. Therefore, energy absorption is confined to the surface layers of the skin rather than deeper tissue touched by lower frequencies. Penetrating bones or the skull is out of the question, so you can throw out those brain tumor arguments.
The FCC’s FR safety regulations apply all the way up to 100GHz, so mmWave 5G devices are bound by the same safety standards and energy limits as existing 4G LTE, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi products. According to research, a 60GHz mmWave outputting a whopping 50W/m2 of power (which wouldn’t be close to passing FCC regulations) only raises skin temperature by 0.8 degrees Celsius, which is below the IEEE standards temperature threshold of 1 degree Celsius for mmWave radiation guidelines.
Sacha, you've completed a cursory google search and come up with a poor link and low quality information, which is no way counters the comment you are responding to…
I highly doubt you understand the information you've linked to , which is why you are unable to identify the fallacies contained within it…
Gosh, some interesting information out there.
Except you don't understand it…do you.
Where are all the safety tests, sacha…and how old are the standards being used to sell the illusion of safety…off you go..there is the next google search for you…
I won’t be replying back to you either way…I’ve been through the issues here multiple times before…you can search my comments if you are looking for more information…
As you do not understand the issues, I am not going to spend more time….than I already have in replying to your poorly quoted comment..
If smart, well-educated people present you with inconvenient facts and your counter-argument is that those people lack your superior cognitive capability and therefore don't understand why those facts don't refute your thesis at all, you might generate a feeling of satisfaction within yourself but you haven't actually argued the facts and will persuade nobody other than yourself.
And yet it's your go-to response. Surely, someone with your vastly superior intellect should be capable of figuring out the fatal flaws of that response and modifying your approach to improve it?
Aww shit Milt, don't encourage One Two to prolong the threads by throwing out more bullshit that actually needs to be debunked.
Personally I'm quite happy to consider a thread done when One Two's response is a content-free assertion of their intellectual superiority that is so incoherent that its only persuasive value is convincing any rational observer that One Two is indeed a crank.
@ Morrissey , That is a really good interview, but as far as Andre goes, as soon as you don't agree with him, it is straight into the ad hominem attacks, it is like he just comes on here to have everyone affirm his positions and then acts like a big ol' baby when someone doesn't…
…maybe he needs some one on one time with Gabor and really get to the bottom of all the hurt.
BTW, the Russiagaters loons are still pushing this rubbish right here on The Standard..quite sad for them really, and definitely terrible for the left going forward overall.
Andre: my apologies – not only have I further encouraged OneTwo, but Morrissey has joined in with a lengthy and completely irrelevant video that we must agree with or accept that we're terrible people.
The inconvenient facts are what the available actual science has been saying, and the inconvenient facts as to why the industry and regulators have failed to provide actual scientific evidence in support of the their unscientific assurances of safety…
You and I have this conversation , milt, and you have multiple occasions you have torched yourself…no need to project yours, and others lack of knowledge on subject matter here…
As you should have read in my comment to sacha…i've posted numerous links to the available science and linked to examples of the scientific community who hold grave concerns about the technology…
So I will not excuse myself to you, or anyone else as to why I won't bother re-posting the links..go find them if you are so interested…
New additions to the club , eh marty…thing is, the only emotion that comes from hollow circlular bum pats, is a feeling of emptiness…which is unnecessary really…projecting onto other because of feelings of inadequacy is ugly whichever angle it is examined from..
And every single handle to can't resist the temptation to pile it on through a showing of together bro-ness… is a guy…a man…all of them…and you…
perhaps anger are issues too for one two.
As a contender for CEO of the AMC, you should avoid the hypocrisy of suggesting others share the same trait as yourself… I can re-post your numerous apologies to me if you like…and the comments you apologised for…
I was wondering if he was in jail is all.
Why would you wonder any such thing? Have you been to jail, marty ? To court of charges perhaps…juvenile detention as a youngster perhaps?
…so I'll not assume too much yet.
Best not to assume anything, marty…you and I have had enough discussions for you to know that all you need to do, is ask…
You didn't answer my questions…and you've come back with what can read like two of your own…possibly a conflation on your part, possibly just poorly written, as they could be two distinct and most often separate set of circumstances can be involved…anyway…
As a gesture, i'll go first…sorry is a word or an act which should only be undertaken/used in times of pure sincerity and contrition…which implies that the individual(s) issuing the apology must understand within their own self, that saying sorry is appropriate for them…being they genuinely are sorry for what they have done…
It is a word/action which has become so diminished and misused…when in reality it should be hardly used at all…as an exception…not as a regular feature of an adult like to be doled out as an excuse for not learning or growing…
…have you ever said and really felt sorry to another person…
that's what I did and yet you go all puffed chest on it. Try deep breathing when you get angry – count to 10 and THEN react. This is a good one for you to practice – go on try it now – see.
Still struggling I see. Look, try the deep breaths – what have you got to lose? – you can find gold even in a dirty place – self improvement is the minimum required surely.
but whatever
CEO you say – thanks – what is ALMC – perhaps AlwaysLovingMyselfConstantly I hope – that shit will heal the world!!!
You're not within vicinity to keep making those comments with a shred of credibility…least of all with your record of abusive outbursts…eh bro.
Your shit can't heal the world. I've explained that to you previously also…not matter what you believe…
The regular and repetitive insulting , angry outbursts in the anonymous online world, over such an extended time period, will be a mirror of your behaviour in the offline world…
The outbursts also undermine your recent attempts to feign self improvement…yeah it's that obvious…
And like a bus which runs late..your next outburst will eventually turn up.
Why be racist? What good does that do? You're not a bro to me so don't pretend you are – if you are tangata whenua then say so otherwise stfu and stop trying to be racist or even worse cool. Geddit sport.
You have been given many chances and have failed to deliver. I'm okay with your big bluff, I get it – it is difficult when we don't reach our own expectations. Everyone struggles with that not just you one two and it is hard.
You have not been effective tonight or today really – I hope you get some rest tonight and the screws don't bang on the bars 🙂
Being Tangata Whenua equates to a monopoly on use of the word bro…and that's the second time you've called me racist…
That is actually you being racist. you've been called out for by many others here…
You have been given many chances and have failed to deliver. I'm okay with your big bluff,
More projection and nonsense from you. You've been handed more than enough detail and information to have improved your level of knowledge…but you're still stuck in the mud…pointing fingers at some else who clearly has invested far more time into learning…
Simply it is this. If the level is above you..instead of climbing…you through rocks…
Yourself and all the other angry little men who pile in on top of others here…are only interested in attacking what you believe is a threat…
All very obvious and small minded.
I'll be posting on race targeted vaccine testing experiments, upcoming…
Then you'll actually be able to shout racism … and be correct…
I have to assume you've been to prison…or that you're bluffing something pathetic by using repeated references…
Funny thing is, I kind of think that 1-2 does meet all their expectations, and pities the poor fools who don't understand how everything fits together so nicely.
It's a riff on the old "sane man in an insane world" trope – is it better to conform and pretend to be inadequately insane in order to preserve some level of freedom or life (as Camus' Outsider refused to do), or just try to convert the society towards the direction of one's own sanity? Alternatively, what about just sitting in the asylum in a straight jacket, knowing they think you're mad but happy in the knowledge that you really know what's going on?
I mean, in 1-2's case their stupidity is evident on many levels, with huge gaps in their knowledge in areas that they proclaim forth upon with great confidence (not to mention the shite spelling – "ironising radiation" still makes me chuckle). But the concept is a fun one to kick around.
Of course there are gaps..it is impossible for me to know everything…won't stop me trying though…
As for the spelling comment…nice admission of defeat…same as you did with the HZ discussion…
I checked into Dunedin…found no evidence of vaccination data in the questionnaires…or that history was cross referenced against responses…
I’ll not have access to all detsils though and the web site looks info light…assume there is much more out there…
But as you seem to believe such a cohort study would expose vaccine issues…I agree that it could…then you've got the evidence of intent within the relevant study to prove there was an intention and use of such data sets..
Yes – 1,2 is so invested in their beliefs that it would be impossible to for them to adjust so I agree that they are probably meeting their expectations. It also seems that they enjoy the blowback – there are descriptive words for that – quite an interesting and destructive character old 1,2. Bit up themselves though but that's where the humour comes from for me anyway 🙂
In one day you go from having never heard of it to being able to access questionnaire data. Well beyond the usual public descriptions along the lines of "almost all aspects of their physical and mental health are examined".
I'm sure the fact that they forgot to include one of the most significant health interventions in history just got missed by peer review for 45 years. Not just for the Dunedin study, either – for every single cohort study in the world, nobody notice that nobody was recording vaccination status.
Your search skills are not as good as I’d have thought …
As well as spaces to record development, immunisation, height and weight, eyes and ears, and behaviour, there were general tips and guidelines for parents. [my bold]
Are you trying to pull of a long troll or something?
that was the most onanistic comment ever presented in the form of an argument.
Sacha found some quality rebuttals to your explicit points, displaying an understanding of the issues which you then decided didn’t as it contradicted what you’ve said.
If you know everything, why do you even bother presenting a position?
5g and mu-MIMO technology have the capacity to remove wasteful wired networks with all the associated cost and emissions from the entire world.
But some study found a tenuous link to cancer so you’ll hang on to that and everyone else is wrong.
Bolding is a highlight feature which you have used yourself at 1.2.1
Ask LP to remove the feature if you prefer others do not make use of the functions…
And yet you still will not shut up about it.
I will continue to respond when subject matter which is of interest to me, is posted…such as by A, earlier.
Are you seeking to censor comments, sacha ?
You certainly like to tell people how to use the highlight features…you do that on a regular basis…what’s with that…do you even understand what is behind your pedantry?
Search the archives, you will find numerous links and other information which I have posted.. I am not going to continue to re-post every time one you you guys, with little to no understanding…and most often no genuine interest in actual discussions…
If you were genuine, you would go and do the leg work…
Off you go…and once you have, I’ll be pleased to engage …
When Helen and Mickey ran the farm
And socialists made us red
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Helens hand was in strong control
When Mickey stole our bread
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Phil the magpie said.
Year in, year out they toiled away
Their schemes filled us with dread
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Phil the magpie said.
But all their lovely plans soon went
Johnny owns the farm instead
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Phil the magpie said.
WINZ is run by Paula now
And its books are in the red
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Phil the magpie said.
The client list was checked right through
Alarm bells they soon rang
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Phil the magpie said.
A fault was in the system too comfy was the nest
It was the crafty magpie had ripped it off the best
Early next monday morning a strident chime was heard
Get up you lazy magpie, get up, get out of bed
Oh bugger me its time for work
Phil the magpie said.
I must admit it is funny watching One Two not only call others out for name-calling but also his use of 'science' when it suits him then decrying that same science when it doesn't.
Yep. The writing style's completely different, as are the areas of interest. I also can't picture Phil U lecturing people on how their puny brains aren't up to the task of understanding his awesome arguments. For all that we disagree on a lot of things, Phil is a friendly and engaging commenter whose personality comes through strongly, and I always enjoy a conversation with him (or did – haven't seen anything from him for ages). The only thing in common with OneTwo is overuse of ellipses.
“According to research, a 60GHz mmWave outputting a whopping 50W/m2 of power (which wouldn’t be close to passing FCC regulations) only raises skin temperature by 0.8 degrees Celsius, which is below the IEEE standards temperature threshold of 1 degree Celsius for mmWave radiation guidelines.”
If we can limit the effects to 1.5 degrees of warming, then everything will be fine.
Big swing against the two dinosaur establishment parties! I liked this: "despite the dominance of Brexit as an issue since the 2016 referendum, there was a significant proportion of voters who did not know each party’s position on it. The poll reveals 36% are not aware of the Conservative party’s stance, while 38% say the same about Labour."
So more than a third of the electorate couldn't care less or finds trying to discern the mainstream party stances way too difficult.
"Marching from Portland Place to Whitehall, a diverse crowd chanted “Palestine will be free” and called for the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes, "
What silly people. Palestine is free. It's called Israel. It's a parliamentary democracy, where citizens can vote whatever their race or creed. It's a place where the economy is thriving, and Arab and Jew live side by side. Unfortunately, this country has neighbours run by terrorists, whose sole aim is to drive this modern nation into the sea. They won't succeed, but they are getting a lot of people killed while they fail.
God, no. Never been to Saudi Arabia either, nor to South Africa under Apartheid, nor Germany under fascism, nor the USSR, nor many other severely fucked-up places. I've been able to gain an informed opinion about those places regardless though, what with the invention of writing an' all that.
Yeah, people used to say that about Apartheid-era South Africa, too. Same principle as people saying Cuba has great health care, or Hitler built great autobahns – kind of missing the point.
New Zealand Immigration still on the rise appears Winston and NZF have not been able to pull back Labour's desire for more immigrants, so I guess we still have a Housing Crisis with few homes being built under the Kiwibuild Scheme ?
Of course, people back cutting greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases are bad, who would be pro more greenhouse gases?
What they won't back is what's required to achieve that.
People are travelling overseas more than at any time in history the size of peoples cars is getting larger, more electrical appliances, huge houses if you afford them.
Consumerism is still rampant and growing every year.
These are not the actions of a population that is serious about climate change.
Banning one-use plastic bags and straws is about the limit of sacrifice for most people.
I have to agree with you, over Easter I and a group of friends got together all men we do this once a year and we solve all the worlds problems over a bottle or two of whisky anyway the question of global warming came up.
1. Are you willing to give up your cars. Answer NO what about electric cars? to dear and none of them by new cars, also if you buy one and the batteries are on the way out you mite have to pay $15,000 for new batteries
2. Will you stop eating meat. Answer NO some are willing to cut back.
3. Will we stop cutting down trees around the world. Answer NO is it fare to ask people not to cut down trees and stay poor after we have cut down ours.
4. Should we stop using plastic. Answer NO its to useful a product but could be cut back a huge amount all agreed to that one.
5. Should we stop flying. Answer NO they all said they only fly at the most every 3 – 5 years so they don’t believe they make much of a difference.
As Christine Rose wrote over at the Daily Blog, “Heaven forbid that they might forego cell phones to save ancient rain forests in the Congo. Or products with palm oil to save Orangutans, or give up net caught fish for Māui and Hector’s dolphins.
Appealing to sensible centrists – a no-brainer, one would have thought. Political correct stances are proving too marginal to be politically effective. Watch for the copycat syndrome to kick in – contagion may render multicultural idealism irrelevant.
Balance in policies and behaviour is required more each day in our present troubles which will roll on and expand. So going beyond that would enable attacks on people who are different. That is a very serious matter and Denmark citizens with a cool brain would resist an unreasonable ban.
Wasn't there a story from WW2 about adopting the wearing of the yellow star identifier for Jews. (Sounded good, but it never got further than a comment from what I have read.) But the thought was there and Denmark registered in people's minds as superior people of integrity. But this report is alarming, maybe it is badly worded:
These include a law allowing jewellery to be stripped from refugees, a burqa and niqab ban, mandatory handshakes irrespective of religious sentiment at citizenship ceremonies, and a plan to house criminal asylum seekers on an island used for researching contagious animal diseases.
A law was passed in Denmark in 2018 dealing with the women's head covering so this is not a new measure, though mention of stripping jewellery does seem to be. I think this might arise from strict rules about religious symbols being banned in schools as introduced in France, which also has the full head covering ban. (That approach is a bit like us banning gang patches being displayed in public places of overt signs of divergent group identity.)
…in Denmark, Europe, a ban on wearing face veils in public came into force on 1 August 2018. It joins France and some other European countries to pass such a ban. Denmark's Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen said: "We must also be able to see each other's facial expressions, it's a value in Denmark." https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/24118241 What's the difference between a hijab, niqab and burka? 8/8/2019
The word 'stripping' is scary; mandatory handshakes is unreasonably autocratic, why not say joining hands, which would be indicate goodwill; why emphasise the ban on clothing* covering the face, without stating the acceptable which is hijab. The law should state that the ban is against clothing that makes the wearer anonymous which is not acceptable in a society that tries to be open and respectful of people facing up to others.
* The niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear. However, it may be worn with a separate eye veil. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf. (The eye veil may cover the eyes, so it becomes like a short burka.)
The burka is the most concealing of all Islamic veils. It is a one-piece veil that covers the face and body, often leaving just a mesh screen to see through.
Fire in a timber yard at Mt Maunganui. Fire needs a lot of water to put out and if foam has to be used this leaves toxicity. Timber is a crucial resource in short supply. Fire, slackness about dealing with likely starters, and also arsonists whether stupid playing with matches – kids, or whether malicious or mentally disturbed, have to be curbed. Their damage to society is worse than murder.
Problem is land, materials, compliance costs and labour costs has make it too expensive to build affordable homes here in NZ, you can thank the previous National & Labour Governments for ramping up immigration and the wholesale sale of NZ real estate to overseas investors. No thought given to the lower, middle class New Zealanders and local home ownership.
I agree completely, it's been an utter disaster for New Zealand.
The problem we have is the career politicians that fill all political parties, policies and decisions are been made for career longevity not for what's good for the country.
Immigration is back around record levels, this is not what Labour and NZ First promised at the last election?
The government should be getting crucified for that by the media, but not a word
Like +100% interesting to see what plans Labour & NZF come up with in the near future, not much news on this front despite more migrants coming into NZ ?
As for the lack of skilled workers bullshit, NZ has probably the most overqualified baristas and service station attendants in the world.
The reason being is that New Zealand businesses are not interested in hiring Kiwi's when you can source overseas candidates at a far cheaper rate and with more skills than the locals
No business is interested in training either, so we're ending up in a situation where all the immigrants are taking the skilled jobs and young Kiwis have to either head overseas to get work in their qualified field or take some low paid low skilled position just to make some money so they can survive.
It would certainly be interesting to see more media focus on how our companies stopped training staff and expecting the state to do it for them instead.
Interesting decision by National and Nick Smith to get rid of the Apprenticeship Schemes here in NZ, we used to have some of the best tradesmen in the world, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, boilermakers etc
These trades were highly sought after particularly in Australia.
Now days employers do not want to train staff and would rather bring i trained migrants from overseas ?
Today the media is besotted with a PM who looks good but achieves almost nothing. Whatever happens, don't bite the hand that feeds you. That's their motto.
My pay has gone up with a new Prime Minister.
Also my super annuitant mother has received a winter warming allowance.
Not to forget I get a say about cannabis next election.
Also blame the selling of forests, our raw material for housing, and allowing big business to monopolise supplies and we were then made to compete with the export prices to buy our own resource back.
The big company owning it is practically foreign-owned though still presenting itself as a Kiwi-icon. Bah – it is poor strategic planning all along by people whose salary, assets and personal relationships would be boosted by selling out our sovereignty and control of our own resources to the gold-seeking men and women of the world. In return we got a golden shower!
Fletcher and Carter's (ie Graham Hart) oligopolies in the Building Trade screwing New Zealanders on timber and material prices, sanctioned by the Commerce Commission ?
For all those mothers in our NZ time zone it is mothers day; – so…. Press release by Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre. 12th May 2019.
Mother’s day edition. – “wellbeing” consensus, climate change – all in one here folks
Happy birthday to all mothers as we fight for our collective ‘wellbeing’.
Our HB/Gisborne community is still awaiting the Labour coalition promises made to us all in 2016 in the Gisborne Herald. Three parties all now in Labour coalition had promised restoration of our rail services that the National Government has allowed to become partly washed out in 2012 by a lack of funding for rail maintenance to keep the infrastructure free of damages from any storms.
This service was already under community restoration as industry was wanting more freight services then in 2011 when in December the HBRC had evidence that more freight was wanted to be carried on Gisborne rail in a press release 21st December 2011 entitled “At risk rail can’t cope”. (links are all provided below" http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6170590/At-risk-rail-line-can-t-cope-with-demand
We are claiming our right to have our rail services restored by this new Labour Coalition Government under the new “wellbeing budget policy. https://www.labour.org.nz/wellbeingbudget Benefits to our wellbeing;
This promise will see Government reducing carbon emissions and increasing infrastructure under two of the ‘five priorities’ using – Boosting Innovation, & Creating Opportunities . QUOTE; “Alongside GDP, we will measure ourselves against five key priorities that will make real improvements to the lives of New Zealanders.
We’ve used evidence to identify the five areas we can make the greatest difference. Boosting Innovation, Creating Opportunities, Backing Māori & Pasifika, Supporting Mental Health, Improving Child Wellbeing. Please Government give us in HB/Gisborne back our Gisbone Rail as you are doing already in most other provinces, such as Wairarapa, Tananaki, Canterbury, Otago, Westland, Waikato and Northland. –
Look, I don’t like most of the right wing pundits either, but if your ‘hate speech’ threshold is Mike Hosking, then you are the threat to democracy, not Mike bloody Hosking.
Thanks, but that didn’t answer my question except to add the name of Matthew Hooton to Martin Bradbury and The Chairman.
If this panel is indeed about censorship, as alleged by some, doesn’t it strike you as odd that the Classification Office, the Broadcasting Standards Authority, or the Human Rights Commission, for example, appear to be ‘excluded’ from the panel?
You asked, exactly who is creating this perception? And the link provided supplied those details. Clearly, it is coming from the top.
Jacinda said the global community should "speak with one voice" when it comes to blocking harmful content on social media platforms.
The problem, thus growing concern with that statement is what exactly does she deem to be harmful content? Couple that with the outbursts of the woke left within, people are becoming concerned.
If the Government weren't so out of touch they would know they have to tread more carefully if they don't want this negative perception to further grow.
If one wanted to circumvent human rights, current classifications and broadcasting standards to bring in a more profound form of censorship, it would make total sense. Which of course adds to the negative perception being created.
"Couple that with the outbursts of the woke left within, people are becoming concerned."
lol righties getting concerned – sure they are people, I'll grant you that, and yeah they may be YOUR kind of people, I think that is a given but their concern is as false as yours. It is whisper thin, this grave concern from people, and is really just another nailed bat to hit the left with. YOU and your mates are concerned? Good be very fucken concerned buddyboy, be very concerned rightie.
Posting snuff videos on facebook is not 'speech' that needs protecting. Certainly not a left/right thing.
The only people trying to turn this govt's proposed specific action against such stuff into cries of 'censorship' are histrionic manbabies who feel oppressed whenever an adult sets some boundaries.
It's the actions of the Government via the lack of diversity in the make up of its advisory group and the related uncertainty around what they deem to be hate speech/harmful content (coupled with the outbursts of the woke left) that is stirring concerns of wide ranging censorship.
Apparently the Government's either 'too cold' (not enough Kiwibuild homes), or 'too hot' (excessive censorship), but there must be some things they’ve got ‘just right’, right?
That looks like a rude remark from the computer. How long will it be until we get to the stage where the smart computer wants to enter into discussions?
The Cuban government announced Friday that it is launching widespread rationing of chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basic products in the face of a grave economic crisis.
Commerce Minister Betsy Diaz Velazquez told the state-run Cuban News Agency that various forms of rationing would be employed in order to deal with shortages of staple foods. She blamed the hardening of the U.S. trade embargo by the Trump administration.
From the early 1990s infants started to receive acellular pertussis vaccine combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (DTaP) before live vaccines such as measles, rubella, and mumps vaccines, which contained gelatin as a stabilizer.
Then, an increasing number of cases of anaphylactic/allergic reactions to those live vaccines were reported. Almost all these cases had a previous history of receiving three or four doses of DTaP containing gelatin.Anaphylactic/allergic reactions to live measles vaccine were analyzed using information obtained from the Reporting System, a retrospective study, as well as from the Monitoring System, a prospective study.
Dramatic decreases in anaphylactic/allergic reactions to live measles vaccines were observed immediately after each manufacturer marketed gelatin-free or gelatin (hypo-allergic)-containing live measles vaccine, and since the end of 1998 reports on anaphylactic/allergic reactions to live measles vaccine have almost ceased.
The IOM’s confirmation is the latest and most authoritative since Dr. Richet’s discovery.
Many vaccinesand injections contain food proteins. Many studies since 1940 have demonstrated that food proteins in vaccines causesensitization in humans.
Allergens in vaccines are not fully disclosed.
No safe dosage level for injected allergens hasbeen established. As a result, allergen quantities in vaccines and injections are not regulated.
Sheer fantasy – this is probably the most pathetic strike ever, because it lasts only one day. How does a strike of one pathetic day achieve anything?
The obedient media play along and sensationalise it, and naïve teacher unionists imagine that they have had a real impact.
Hasn't worked well in the past, and won't work well this time.
The problem is that teachers don't have the willpower or political understanding to make an effective strike. They dream up ways of making ineffective strikes that don't cost them too much salary.
That one day will affect a lot of people and will bring tremendous pressure to bear. Not sure if it will change anything sadly and I do wish we paid teachers much more because they deserve it.
The obedient media play along and sensationalise it, and naïve teacher unionists imagine that they have had a real impact.
Too true. Once the dust settles I think they might lose a lot of the goodwill that was previously theirs.
They know the reason for the situation is due to nine years of neglect under National.
They know there is only one size cake available and yet are demanding more than their fair share all at once – unlike other sectors whose needs are just as great but they have accepted that their claims can only be incrementally met over a period of two to three years.
If Justin Lester can include a 'wet house' for alcoholics which would enable them to have very limited alcohol available in controlled conditions, it would help with reducing homelessness for these poor people. Their lives, minds, motivations have been destroyed. If they could be kept sober, they might be able to undertake gardening, growing food for the facility, and gain some self-worth and value to society in their own small way. In 'dry houses' they tend to wander away and just deteriorate into drunken blobs, smelly ones too. Addicts of other drugs might also be helped.
<i>"The numbers are relatively small – they fluctuate between 50 and 70 – so we're going to build enough supportive living units so there's no good reason someone has to be on the streets."
I don't know if his figures include alcoholics etc. but there is no use in applying simple solutions like 'no good reason someone has to be on the streets'. Reason doesn't come into it; these people have been encouraged to drink by the NZ drinking culture, bars open 24 hours or till late, so their money can be drained from them. The outcome is the ruined life, and the habit-formed mind that drives the person to more Chateau Cardboard or his/her usual tipple.
They need more than supported living, they need supervision and regular meals, timetables, expectations and limits. Then the person still inside can emerge and find their legs and greet the day, get some life and cheer and do something they can find satisfactory.
(I don’t know why I have to be in moderation. I find the code very clunky – indicating a double space takes up a lot of code.)
totally cheesed off at yesterdays editorial in the dompost on saturday morning.
half the leader page given to dunkin garna to rubbish trevor mallard and accuse him of bias and being unfair.
nonsense.
I have watched the proceedings of the house for some time now and speaker mallard has bent over backwards to be fair to the nationals and give them directions.
It shows something about the nationals party after 9 long years they have forgotten the rules of debate, parliamentary procedure and good behaviour.
the last speaker was sly arrogant supercillious and a slimy toad.
it is a breath of fresh air to have someone like mallard who will give everyone a fair go.
We are appalled the government appears to be considering an even closer relationship with Israel despite the ongoing theft of Palestinian land, the ongoing brutal Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and the siege of Gaza while Israel continues to thumb its nose at international law and United Nations resolutions.
On 30 April pro-Zionist lobbyist Mark Jennings wrote an opinion piece on the Newsroom website in which he says:
“The new relationship comes as New Zealand and Israeli governments look close to signing an innovation agreement which will formalise the developing relationship”
(It seems to me that money is self-cleansing, teflon coated, self-laundered by any short exposure to light. And let us see if Winston Peters, the ambivalent, ambi-dextrous man who can work deals with both left and right hands at the same time, can break that old saying about 'the lefthand not knowing what the righthand is doing'. Can Peters put the kibosh on Callaghan innovation to stop this hutzpah?)
I would like to see that's study on dolphins catching a dease from cats and dieing from a dease from a cat washed down the waterways was the study conducted in NZ it needed to be reviewed. It is humans who are causing the loss of the Maui dolphin.
It will good the tech sites being retained to stop hate speach. It is a good idea the leaders summit in France hope they are taking about the real threat Artifical Intelligents
I say our Coalition Government is doing a good job cleaning up the mess left by others . They gave funding to students many other good changes to the system. I'm not commenting on the school strike.
Can't comment on the boxing story.
The last whare I had the rents went up 3 times in 2 years.
I say txing and driving is disrespectful you are disrespecting your own life and everyones life in your vicinity while driving life is presious.
I do look at my pH while driving but I pull over and answer it if its important.
Our Queen has been a monga for the common people of the Common Wealth I really like her championing forest canopies around the Papatuanukue.
Like I have said te Papatuanukue stars don't like someone I say that heaps of wealth people do what Felicity did to advance her tamariki future.?????.
Just so long a this site is not affected from the social media clamp down in Paris. I do agree that the footage of the Christchurch desaster should not have been played live on Facebook I did not believe it at first I heard it on a radio the next day my tamariki said it was on Facebook WTF.
That's the way m8 I say no more
Waitomo has good fuel to it was expensive for fuel when I was down in Wellington a few years ago the government needs to make sure no one gets a monopoly duopoly in any market in Aotearoa.
Vodafone being sold let Tau toko Vodafone if spark gets to big our cost will not come down as fast with spark getting a monopoly will be bad for Aotearoa. Ka kite ano
Sir Heke Poroporoake would have been good to hear the storys about Heke.
I will be going home to attend one very close to ECO Maori I will have a lot of good stories to tell.
I don't think that not having hot water in school hand washing for the toilet is a big issue where is all these negative issue coming from??? so long as there is soap it will be fine I have not heard of skin problems because of not having hot water.
Its good that people are going overseas to pay their respect to our fallen tipuna in war 1 and 2.
Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to July 27 were:1. The Minister for Ford Rangers strikes againTransport Minister Simeon Brown was again the busiest of the Cabinet ministers this week, announcing an ...
You got a fast carAnd I want a ticket to anywhereMaybe we make a dealMaybe together we can get somewhereAny place is betterYesterday’s newsletter, Trust In Me, on the report of abuse in state care, and by religious organisations, between 1950 and 2019, coupled with the hypocrisy of Christopher Luxon ...
New Zealand is again having to reconcile conflicting pressures from its military and its trade interests. Should we join Pillar Two of AUKUS and risk compromising our markets in China? For a century after New Zealand was founded in 1840, its external security arrangements and external economics arrangements were aligned. ...
The ‘50 Shades of Green’ farmers’ protest in 2019 was heavy on climate change denial, but five years on, scepticism and criticism about the idea that pine forests can save us is growing across the board. File photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: Here’s the top six news items of note in climate ...
This morning the sky was bright.The birds, in their usual joyous bliss. Nature doesn’t seem to feel the heat of what might angst humans.Their calls are clear and beautiful.Just some random thoughts:MāoriPaul Goldsmith has announced his government will roll back the judiciary’s rulings on Māori Customary Marine Title, which recognises ...
In 2003, the Court of Appeal delivered its decision in Ngati Apa v Attorney-General, ruling that Māori customary title over the foreshore and seabed had not been universally extinguished, and that the Māori Land Court could determine claims and confirm title if the facts supported it. This kicked off the ...
Earlier this week at Parliament, Labour leader Chris Hipkins was applauded for saying that the response to the final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care had to be “bigger than politics.” True, but the fine words, apologies and “we hear you” messages will soon ring ...
TL;DR: In news breaking this morning:The Ministry of Education is cutting $2 billion from its school building programme so the National-ACT-NZ First Coalition Government has enough money to deliver tax cuts; The Government has quietly lowered its child poverty reduction targets to make them easier to achieve;Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ’s ...
Kia ora. These are some stories that caught our eye this week – as always, feel free to share yours in the comments. Our header image this week (via Eke Panuku) shows the planned upgrade for the Karanga Plaza Tidal Swimming Steps. The week in Greater Auckland On ...
1. What's not to love about the way the Harris campaign is turning things around?a. Nothingb. Love all of itc. God what a reliefd. Not that it will be by any means easye. All of the above 2. Documents released by the Ministry of Health show Associate Health Minister Casey ...
Trust in me in all you doHave the faith I have in youLove will see us through, if only you trust in meWhy don't you, you trust me?In a week that saw the release of the 3,000 page Abuse in Care report Christopher Luxon was being asked about Boot Camps. ...
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers last night features co-hosts and talking about the Royal Commission Inquiry into Abuse in Carereport released this week, and with:The Kākā’s climate correspondent on a UN push to not recognise carbon offset markets and ...
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Friday, July 26, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:Transport: Simeon Brown announced$802.9 million in funding for 18 new trains on the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines, which ...
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 ...
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Friday, July 19, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:The PSAannounced the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) had ruled in the PSA’s favour in its case against the Ministry ...
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 ...
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Another reason to delay 5G rollout.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/112488442/forecasters-worry-thousands-at-risk-from-storms-due-to-5g-cellphone-network-disruption
Of all the ills attributed to 5G, this is the only one that has any kind of actual basis.
The potential problem with interfering with weather-detecting satellites is easily avoided however. Simply don't use those specific frequency bands, those bands are a very small part of the spectrum 5G can use, so avoiding those bands won't be an impediment.
This is an issue that has come up before, where there's a potential clash between comms use of a frequency band and scientific use of that same band. As far as I know, once the existing scientific use of a particular frequency band gets publicised, the organisations that have proposed using it for other purposes usually back off and just use the nearest unused bands. Which will almost certainly happen in this case.
Of all the ills attributed to 5G, this is the only one that has any kind of actual basis.
And how would you know that, when you have literally no idea about the technology…
Very interesting stuff. Thanks A and Andre.
We have some of the most professional and experienced forecasters in the world and it is due to the vast array of weather conditions we are exposed to, sometimes on a daily basis. I imagine even a minor change in the calculations could throw the forecasting of weather events off course and cause major problems on land, at sea and in the air.
If the scientists are concerned then the government has to be concerned too.
Here's a piece that covers some of what goes on around protecting frequency bands for scientific observations. Two notable examples of organisations flipping off the international agreements have been the russian Glonass positioning system and the Iridium satellite phone system. When it comes to weather forecasting, those countries that allow 5g signals to fuck up their weather data are very likely to reap some of downsides of less reliable forecasts. As well as pissing off their immediate neighbours by fucking up their forecasts too. Because the terrestrial emissions of those signals will only fuck up the data in a small area overhead of the emitters.
edit: some weirdness going on with the first link I put up. Maybe this one will be better.
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article-pdf/40/6/6.8/697543/40-6-6.8.pdf
Oh goodness, that level of technology is way above my knowledge and understanding, but what it boils down to imo is yet another area of man-made pollution which adds to the catastrophic consequences for the planet.
But of course these people are just nit-picky scientists aren't they – a bunch of pointy heads sitting in their ivory towers who know 'nuffink' about the real word. So say the uneducated, ignorant nay-sayers – and the present US presidential incumbent is one of course.
A growing number of municipalities, counties and cities are halting or slowing deployments…as there is not one singe study to show that the shift to MIMO mmwv directed energy beaming is remotely safe…
There is however a plethora of studies evidencing damage to biology and dna at high enough levels of risk to be concerning to any human being…
The tech/telco companies admit themselves they don't know because they have not done any such research…
Blumenthal stated:
Senator Blumenthal was speaking to industry witnesses in the Senate hearing video:
Gosh, some interesting information out there. I must highlight some of it for you. https://www.androidauthority.com/5g-dangers-895776/
Sacha, you've completed a cursory google search and come up with a poor link and low quality information, which is no way counters the comment you are responding to…
I highly doubt you understand the information you've linked to , which is why you are unable to identify the fallacies contained within it…
Except you don't understand it…do you.
Where are all the safety tests, sacha…and how old are the standards being used to sell the illusion of safety…off you go..there is the next google search for you…
I won’t be replying back to you either way…I’ve been through the issues here multiple times before…you can search my comments if you are looking for more information…
As you do not understand the issues, I am not going to spend more time….than I already have in replying to your poorly quoted comment..
If smart, well-educated people present you with inconvenient facts and your counter-argument is that those people lack your superior cognitive capability and therefore don't understand why those facts don't refute your thesis at all, you might generate a feeling of satisfaction within yourself but you haven't actually argued the facts and will persuade nobody other than yourself.
And yet it's your go-to response. Surely, someone with your vastly superior intellect should be capable of figuring out the fatal flaws of that response and modifying your approach to improve it?
Aww shit Milt, don't encourage One Two to prolong the threads by throwing out more bullshit that actually needs to be debunked.
Personally I'm quite happy to consider a thread done when One Two's response is a content-free assertion of their intellectual superiority that is so incoherent that its only persuasive value is convincing any rational observer that One Two is indeed a crank.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(person)
Its a good way for you to avoid being further exposed by your own failings, Andre…
What you call content free is links and information which openly expose your lack of knowledge and understanding…repeatedly…
And you have completely affirmed that position by going directly to the name calling insults…once again…
Through your comments, you’re at least mid fifties…and still calling people names…
Your level. Name Calling.
Intellect wasted on us puny hoomans.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-think-my-argument-is-so-powerful
You're calling people cranks? But you're one of those Russiagate fantasists. This might help you. ….
(The sane amongst us will be simultaneously horrified and amused by the old fool who starts ranting at the 10:09 mark.)
@ Morrissey , That is a really good interview, but as far as Andre goes, as soon as you don't agree with him, it is straight into the ad hominem attacks, it is like he just comes on here to have everyone affirm his positions and then acts like a big ol' baby when someone doesn't…
…maybe he needs some one on one time with Gabor and really get to the bottom of all the hurt.
BTW, the Russiagaters loons are still pushing this rubbish right here on The Standard..quite sad for them really, and definitely terrible for the left going forward overall.
Thanks Adrian. By the way, after Jerry Nadler's comical rant at 10:09, check out Rob "Meathead" Reiner straight after him. Simply hilarious.
Andre: my apologies – not only have I further encouraged OneTwo, but Morrissey has joined in with a lengthy and completely irrelevant video that we must agree with or accept that we're terrible people.
Another Russia Truther. How's the debunking of two years' fervent believing worked out for you, Milt?
Cut to the sounds of crickets…the silence is deafening.
I get that you probably don't realise this, but calling people "Russia Truther" doesn't alter any of the relevant facts, only your seratonin levels.
Could you present one of those "relevant facts" for us?
And thanks, but my serotonin levels are just fine. I think you and a whole lot of other fantasists could do with a boost though.
Oh we are. We are. I'll admit being terrible people – anything but please don't punish me. Everyone has their limits.
I'm very sad to hear that, greywarshark. If it helps at all, I find that drinking heavily works wonders.
" I find that drinking heavily works wonders." also an age old method of avoidance…just sayin’
The inconvenient facts are what the available actual science has been saying, and the inconvenient facts as to why the industry and regulators have failed to provide actual scientific evidence in support of the their unscientific assurances of safety…
You and I have this conversation , milt, and you have multiple occasions you have torched yourself…no need to project yours, and others lack of knowledge on subject matter here…
As you should have read in my comment to sacha…i've posted numerous links to the available science and linked to examples of the scientific community who hold grave concerns about the technology…
So I will not excuse myself to you, or anyone else as to why I won't bother re-posting the links..go find them if you are so interested…
are you lagging?
connection issues.
Yep I'm sure that and perhaps anger are issues too for one two.
I was wondering if he was in jail is all. No reply from one two so I'll not assume too much yet.
New additions to the club , eh marty…thing is, the only emotion that comes from hollow circlular bum pats, is a feeling of emptiness…which is unnecessary really…projecting onto other because of feelings of inadequacy is ugly whichever angle it is examined from..
And every single handle to can't resist the temptation to pile it on through a showing of together bro-ness… is a guy…a man…all of them…and you…
As a contender for CEO of the AMC, you should avoid the hypocrisy of suggesting others share the same trait as yourself… I can re-post your numerous apologies to me if you like…and the comments you apologised for…
Why would you wonder any such thing? Have you been to jail, marty ? To court of charges perhaps…juvenile detention as a youngster perhaps?
Best not to assume anything, marty…you and I have had enough discussions for you to know that all you need to do, is ask…
lol – have you ever said and really felt sorry to another person? It's sorta easy if you aren't an arsehole.
You didn't answer my questions…and you've come back with what can read like two of your own…possibly a conflation on your part, possibly just poorly written, as they could be two distinct and most often separate set of circumstances can be involved…anyway…
As a gesture, i'll go first…sorry is a word or an act which should only be undertaken/used in times of pure sincerity and contrition…which implies that the individual(s) issuing the apology must understand within their own self, that saying sorry is appropriate for them…being they genuinely are sorry for what they have done…
It is a word/action which has become so diminished and misused…when in reality it should be hardly used at all…as an exception…not as a regular feature of an adult like to be doled out as an excuse for not learning or growing…
Yes.
"all you need to do, is ask…"
that's what I did and yet you go all puffed chest on it. Try deep breathing when you get angry – count to 10 and THEN react. This is a good one for you to practice – go on try it now – see.
And you're still making the same fundamental mistakes ..they don't make you feel better…and you know why that is…they expose you…
As if I needed more opportunities handed on a silver platter from you…
You should stop with the infantile projections…they’re stunting your growth..
Also try figuring out how to deal with those chips in your shoulders could help.
You are CEO of the ALMC.
Still struggling I see. Look, try the deep breaths – what have you got to lose? – you can find gold even in a dirty place – self improvement is the minimum required surely.
but whatever
CEO you say – thanks – what is ALMC – perhaps AlwaysLovingMyselfConstantly I hope – that shit will heal the world!!!
No, marty. You don't see. As I had illustrated.
You're not within vicinity to keep making those comments with a shred of credibility…least of all with your record of abusive outbursts…eh bro.
Your shit can't heal the world. I've explained that to you previously also…not matter what you believe…
The regular and repetitive insulting , angry outbursts in the anonymous online world, over such an extended time period, will be a mirror of your behaviour in the offline world…
The outbursts also undermine your recent attempts to feign self improvement…yeah it's that obvious…
And like a bus which runs late..your next outburst will eventually turn up.
Why be racist? What good does that do? You're not a bro to me so don't pretend you are – if you are tangata whenua then say so otherwise stfu and stop trying to be racist or even worse cool. Geddit sport.
You have been given many chances and have failed to deliver. I'm okay with your big bluff, I get it – it is difficult when we don't reach our own expectations. Everyone struggles with that not just you one two and it is hard.
You have not been effective tonight or today really – I hope you get some rest tonight and the screws don't bang on the bars 🙂
Being Tangata Whenua equates to a monopoly on use of the word bro…and that's the second time you've called me racist…
That is actually you being racist. you've been called out for by many others here…
More projection and nonsense from you. You've been handed more than enough detail and information to have improved your level of knowledge…but you're still stuck in the mud…pointing fingers at some else who clearly has invested far more time into learning…
Simply it is this. If the level is above you..instead of climbing…you through rocks…
Yourself and all the other angry little men who pile in on top of others here…are only interested in attacking what you believe is a threat…
All very obvious and small minded.
I'll be posting on race targeted vaccine testing experiments, upcoming…
Then you'll actually be able to shout racism … and be correct…
I have to assume you've been to prison…or that you're bluffing something pathetic by using repeated references…
Funny thing is, I kind of think that 1-2 does meet all their expectations, and pities the poor fools who don't understand how everything fits together so nicely.
It's a riff on the old "sane man in an insane world" trope – is it better to conform and pretend to be inadequately insane in order to preserve some level of freedom or life (as Camus' Outsider refused to do), or just try to convert the society towards the direction of one's own sanity? Alternatively, what about just sitting in the asylum in a straight jacket, knowing they think you're mad but happy in the knowledge that you really know what's going on?
I mean, in 1-2's case their stupidity is evident on many levels, with huge gaps in their knowledge in areas that they proclaim forth upon with great confidence (not to mention the shite spelling – "ironising radiation" still makes me chuckle). But the concept is a fun one to kick around.
Of course there are gaps..it is impossible for me to know everything…won't stop me trying though…
As for the spelling comment…nice admission of defeat…same as you did with the HZ discussion…
I checked into Dunedin…found no evidence of vaccination data in the questionnaires…or that history was cross referenced against responses…
I’ll not have access to all detsils though and the web site looks info light…assume there is much more out there…
But as you seem to believe such a cohort study would expose vaccine issues…I agree that it could…then you've got the evidence of intent within the relevant study to prove there was an intention and use of such data sets..
Hand it over…or admit you’re speculating…
Yes – 1,2 is so invested in their beliefs that it would be impossible to for them to adjust so I agree that they are probably meeting their expectations. It also seems that they enjoy the blowback – there are descriptive words for that – quite an interesting and destructive character old 1,2. Bit up themselves though but that's where the humour comes from for me anyway 🙂
Lol
In one day you go from having never heard of it to being able to access questionnaire data. Well beyond the usual public descriptions along the lines of "almost all aspects of their physical and mental health are examined".
I'm sure the fact that they forgot to include one of the most significant health interventions in history just got missed by peer review for 45 years. Not just for the Dunedin study, either – for every single cohort study in the world, nobody notice that nobody was recording vaccination status.
Except you, because you're at such a high level.
Your search skills are not as good as I’d have thought …
https://www.otago.ac.nz/profiles/otago045632.html
Edit: it took me about 20 sec
And yet, strangely, when one types 'immunisation' into the keywords box only a single, and very solitary paper emerges.
https://dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/publications?keyword=immunisation&year=
Indeed.
They must have suppressed the researcher who discovered a massive difference in allergy rates between immunised and non-immunised people.
It all makes sense now.
Email them and ask them why…
Are you trying to pull of a long troll or something?
that was the most onanistic comment ever presented in the form of an argument.
Sacha found some quality rebuttals to your explicit points, displaying an understanding of the issues which you then decided didn’t as it contradicted what you’ve said.
If you know everything, why do you even bother presenting a position?
5g and mu-MIMO technology have the capacity to remove wasteful wired networks with all the associated cost and emissions from the entire world.
But some study found a tenuous link to cancer so you’ll hang on to that and everyone else is wrong.
"I’ve been through the issues here multiple times before"
And yet you still will not shut up about it. Or cease bolding stuff as if that will make people listen to you any more.
Bolding is a highlight feature which you have used yourself at 1.2.1
Ask LP to remove the feature if you prefer others do not make use of the functions…
I will continue to respond when subject matter which is of interest to me, is posted…such as by A, earlier.
Are you seeking to censor comments, sacha ?
You certainly like to tell people how to use the highlight features…you do that on a regular basis…what’s with that…do you even understand what is behind your pedantry?
Search the archives, you will find numerous links and other information which I have posted.. I am not going to continue to re-post every time one you you guys, with little to no understanding…and most often no genuine interest in actual discussions…
If you were genuine, you would go and do the leg work…
Off you go…and once you have, I’ll be pleased to engage …
See ya.
Like pearls before swine….
Ode to PhilU (aka The Magpies) – John Boy 2013
The Magpies
When Helen and Mickey ran the farm
And socialists made us red
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
Helens hand was in strong control
When Mickey stole our bread
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
Year in, year out they toiled away
Their schemes filled us with dread
Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
Phil the magpie said.
But all their lovely plans soon went
Johnny owns the farm instead
Quardle oodle ardle wardle squawk
Phil the magpie said.
WINZ is run by Paula now
And its books are in the red
Quardle oodle ardle squawk choke
Phil the magpie said.
The client list was checked right through
Alarm bells they soon rang
Quardle oodle squawk choke gulp
Phil the magpie said.
A fault was in the system too comfy was the nest
It was the crafty magpie had ripped it off the best
Early next monday morning a strident chime was heard
Get up you lazy magpie, get up, get out of bed
Oh bugger me its time for work
Phil the magpie said.
Phil's last appearance at TS was shortly after his blog shut down.
And although he has his own obsessions, veganism, animal rights, weed, etc, I doubt Phil's quiet the chump Señor Poo appears to be.
*quite*
one two is not philu – phil is 100 times more coherent, likable and respected than one two.
Both elliptic …
I must admit it is funny watching One Two not only call others out for name-calling but also his use of 'science' when it suits him then decrying that same science when it doesn't.
The cognitive dissonance is strong in this one
Yep. The writing style's completely different, as are the areas of interest. I also can't picture Phil U lecturing people on how their puny brains aren't up to the task of understanding his awesome arguments. For all that we disagree on a lot of things, Phil is a friendly and engaging commenter whose personality comes through strongly, and I always enjoy a conversation with him (or did – haven't seen anything from him for ages). The only thing in common with OneTwo is overuse of ellipses.
Give us a nice long break to do our legwork and we won't see ya.
Said portentuously – We are going out, and may be some time.
“According to research, a 60GHz mmWave outputting a whopping 50W/m2 of power (which wouldn’t be close to passing FCC regulations) only raises skin temperature by 0.8 degrees Celsius, which is below the IEEE standards temperature threshold of 1 degree Celsius for mmWave radiation guidelines.”
If we can limit the effects to 1.5 degrees of warming, then everything will be fine.
Afternoon Drowsy…
The so called standards and safety limits used globally are decades old…
As you highlight in the quote, only refer to the outdated and unscientifically derived standards in the context of IR.
Deliberately ignoring NIR
Phone manufacturers have been outed by their handsets which generate radiation levels above the SAR limits…IR
It is undeniable that the industry is deeply compromised.
The 1.5 degree figure is a guess, as are the so called wireless safety limits…so I'll assume you were tongue in cheek with that comment![wink wink](https://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.11.3/full-all/plugins/smiley/images/wink_smile.png)
Many folk on this site who proclaim science are comfortable with industy use of unscientific methods so long as it endorses their bias…
Have a good one.
Why doesn't our Super fund or Acc fund buy our stock market darlings rather than let foreign hedge funds do that?
Their policies on investment and local weighting are all on their site for you to read:
https://www.nzsuperfund.nz
Farage seem to have the Brexit election in the bag (on current polling)
and is starting to look very good for any potential general election.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/brexit-party-may-get-more-eu-election-votes-than-tories-and-labour-combined-poll
Excellent news.
"Excellent news." For whom? Satirists? Info Wars fans? Fellow authoritarian nationalists?
That poll has the split Brexit 49% Remain 48% (3%?) when you add the parties up.
My guess is it when people vote it will swing back to something like Brexit 44% Remain 53% (3%?)
That is the trend in other polls recently.
Big swing against the two dinosaur establishment parties! I liked this: "despite the dominance of Brexit as an issue since the 2016 referendum, there was a significant proportion of voters who did not know each party’s position on it. The poll reveals 36% are not aware of the Conservative party’s stance, while 38% say the same about Labour."
So more than a third of the electorate couldn't care less or finds trying to discern the mainstream party stances way too difficult.
Great support for the Palestinians today in London.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/11/israel-end-attacks-on-palestine-london-protest-demands
I recommend those who support civil rights read John Wight’s letter to an Israeli soldier.
https://t.co/Zz7xo8inMz
"Marching from Portland Place to Whitehall, a diverse crowd chanted “Palestine will be free” and called for the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes, "
What silly people. Palestine is free. It's called Israel. It's a parliamentary democracy, where citizens can vote whatever their race or creed. It's a place where the economy is thriving, and Arab and Jew live side by side. Unfortunately, this country has neighbours run by terrorists, whose sole aim is to drive this modern nation into the sea. They won't succeed, but they are getting a lot of people killed while they fail.
Always great to see someone enjoying a rich fantasy life.
Ever been to Israel?
God, no. Never been to Saudi Arabia either, nor to South Africa under Apartheid, nor Germany under fascism, nor the USSR, nor many other severely fucked-up places. I've been able to gain an informed opinion about those places regardless though, what with the invention of writing an' all that.
Israel is an amazing country. Vibrant. Prosperous. Free. Unlike some of it's neighbours.
Yeah, people used to say that about Apartheid-era South Africa, too. Same principle as people saying Cuba has great health care, or Hitler built great autobahns – kind of missing the point.
Israel is an incredibly successful country, despite efforts by some of its neighbours to destroy it. Not sure what your beef is.
New Zealand Immigration still on the rise appears Winston and NZF have not been able to pull back Labour's desire for more immigrants, so I guess we still have a Housing Crisis with few homes being built under the Kiwibuild Scheme ?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12229305
The biggest housing problem is foreign money not foreign people. Govt needs to take action against finance sector. But will they?
They have and it seems to be working.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/112597363/foreign-house-buyer-approvals-drop-sharply-under-new-rules
59% of the UK’s population support radical action to mitigate climate change..
8% oppose it.
I’d call that a strong mandate!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/climate-change-greenhouse-gasses-public-support-poll-greta-thunberg-a8909641.html
Of course, people back cutting greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases are bad, who would be pro more greenhouse gases?
What they won't back is what's required to achieve that.
People are travelling overseas more than at any time in history the size of peoples cars is getting larger, more electrical appliances, huge houses if you afford them.
Consumerism is still rampant and growing every year.
These are not the actions of a population that is serious about climate change.
Banning one-use plastic bags and straws is about the limit of sacrifice for most people.
sad but largely accurate
I have to agree with you, over Easter I and a group of friends got together all men we do this once a year and we solve all the worlds problems over a bottle or two of whisky anyway the question of global warming came up.
1. Are you willing to give up your cars. Answer NO what about electric cars? to dear and none of them by new cars, also if you buy one and the batteries are on the way out you mite have to pay $15,000 for new batteries
2. Will you stop eating meat. Answer NO some are willing to cut back.
3. Will we stop cutting down trees around the world. Answer NO is it fare to ask people not to cut down trees and stay poor after we have cut down ours.
4. Should we stop using plastic. Answer NO its to useful a product but could be cut back a huge amount all agreed to that one.
5. Should we stop flying. Answer NO they all said they only fly at the most every 3 – 5 years so they don’t believe they make much of a difference.
Not looking good is it.
By the way most of then are Tories.
I don’t imagine people will be given the choice soon.
The world will not tolerate the middle class’s refusal to make sacrifices over their luxuries while our future is forfeited.
I agree with you about our reckless consumerism.
As Christine Rose wrote over at the Daily Blog, “Heaven forbid that they might forego cell phones to save ancient rain forests in the Congo. Or products with palm oil to save Orangutans, or give up net caught fish for Māui and Hector’s dolphins.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/05/12/fragile-finite-fucked/
The solution of course may not be popular for liberals.
It requires emergency laws, as were set during wartime, to enforce rationing and sacrifice.
The solution won’t be popular for the rich.
It will require the appropriation of their land and assets for the common good.
System change.
Not climate change.
Wonderful, thank you Milly.
Finally the Danish left figure out how to get back in to power:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/denmark-election-matte-frederiksen-leftwing-immigration
Appealing to sensible centrists – a no-brainer, one would have thought. Political correct stances are proving too marginal to be politically effective. Watch for the copycat syndrome to kick in – contagion may render multicultural idealism irrelevant.
Balance in policies and behaviour is required more each day in our present troubles which will roll on and expand. So going beyond that would enable attacks on people who are different. That is a very serious matter and Denmark citizens with a cool brain would resist an unreasonable ban.
Wasn't there a story from WW2 about adopting the wearing of the yellow star identifier for Jews. (Sounded good, but it never got further than a comment from what I have read.) But the thought was there and Denmark registered in people's minds as superior people of integrity. But this report is alarming, maybe it is badly worded:
These include a law allowing jewellery to be stripped from refugees, a burqa and niqab ban, mandatory handshakes irrespective of religious sentiment at citizenship ceremonies, and a plan to house criminal asylum seekers on an island used for researching contagious animal diseases.
A law was passed in Denmark in 2018 dealing with the women's head covering so this is not a new measure, though mention of stripping jewellery does seem to be. I think this might arise from strict rules about religious symbols being banned in schools as introduced in France, which also has the full head covering ban. (That approach is a bit like us banning gang patches being displayed in public places of overt signs of divergent group identity.)
…in Denmark, Europe, a ban on wearing face veils in public came into force on 1 August 2018. It joins France and some other European countries to pass such a ban. Denmark's Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen said: "We must also be able to see each other's facial expressions, it's a value in Denmark."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/24118241 What's the difference between a hijab, niqab and burka? 8/8/2019
The word 'stripping' is scary; mandatory handshakes is unreasonably autocratic, why not say joining hands, which would be indicate goodwill; why emphasise the ban on clothing* covering the face, without stating the acceptable which is hijab. The law should state that the ban is against clothing that makes the wearer anonymous which is not acceptable in a society that tries to be open and respectful of people facing up to others.
Here are links relating to legislation introduced by the French. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-forbidden-to-wear-any-religious-objects-in-France and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering
also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laicite‘
* The niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear. However, it may be worn with a separate eye veil. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf. (The eye veil may cover the eyes, so it becomes like a short burka.)
The burka is the most concealing of all Islamic veils. It is a one-piece veil that covers the face and body, often leaving just a mesh screen to see through.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/389014/big-fire-at-mount-maunganui
Fire in a timber yard at Mt Maunganui. Fire needs a lot of water to put out and if foam has to be used this leaves toxicity. Timber is a crucial resource in short supply. Fire, slackness about dealing with likely starters, and also arsonists whether stupid playing with matches – kids, or whether malicious or mentally disturbed, have to be curbed. Their damage to society is worse than murder.
Any fire at a timber yard will leave toxins from the treated timber.
If anyone is interested in keeping updated with what's happening with the Kiwi Build debacle
http://www.prefabnz.com/Projects/Detail/kiwibuild-updates
It's a date sorted list of every article/press realease that's been written about Kiwibuild.
Problem is land, materials, compliance costs and labour costs has make it too expensive to build affordable homes here in NZ, you can thank the previous National & Labour Governments for ramping up immigration and the wholesale sale of NZ real estate to overseas investors. No thought given to the lower, middle class New Zealanders and local home ownership.
I agree completely, it's been an utter disaster for New Zealand.
The problem we have is the career politicians that fill all political parties, policies and decisions are been made for career longevity not for what's good for the country.
Immigration is back around record levels, this is not what Labour and NZ First promised at the last election?
The government should be getting crucified for that by the media, but not a word
Like +100% interesting to see what plans Labour & NZF come up with in the near future, not much news on this front despite more migrants coming into NZ ?
Why do we need more immigrants?
As for the lack of skilled workers bullshit, NZ has probably the most overqualified baristas and service station attendants in the world.
The reason being is that New Zealand businesses are not interested in hiring Kiwi's when you can source overseas candidates at a far cheaper rate and with more skills than the locals
No business is interested in training either, so we're ending up in a situation where all the immigrants are taking the skilled jobs and young Kiwis have to either head overseas to get work in their qualified field or take some low paid low skilled position just to make some money so they can survive.
It would certainly be interesting to see more media focus on how our companies stopped training staff and expecting the state to do it for them instead.
Interesting decision by National and Nick Smith to get rid of the Apprenticeship Schemes here in NZ, we used to have some of the best tradesmen in the world, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, boilermakers etc
These trades were highly sought after particularly in Australia.
Now days employers do not want to train staff and would rather bring i trained migrants from overseas ?
BM yes we saw the Media not ever attacking National either when they made the same deep damaging decisions 2008 to 2017.
So the media is crap today ,and is just another lapdog run by corporations for their financial gains only.
Today the media is besotted with a PM who looks good but achieves almost nothing. Whatever happens, don't bite the hand that feeds you. That's their motto.
…achieves almost nothing..
My pay has gone up with a new Prime Minister.
Also my super annuitant mother has received a winter warming allowance.
Not to forget I get a say about cannabis next election.
Pay rates went up under the last government. And the previous one to that. So what? Do you think JA pays you wages now?
I guess that's an advance on 2008-16, in that the current prime minister looks good.
Well you might say that, but I couldn't possibly comment.
Also blame the selling of forests, our raw material for housing, and allowing big business to monopolise supplies and we were then made to compete with the export prices to buy our own resource back.
The big company owning it is practically foreign-owned though still presenting itself as a Kiwi-icon. Bah – it is poor strategic planning all along by people whose salary, assets and personal relationships would be boosted by selling out our sovereignty and control of our own resources to the gold-seeking men and women of the world. In return we got a golden shower!
Fletcher and Carter's (ie Graham Hart) oligopolies in the Building Trade screwing New Zealanders on timber and material prices, sanctioned by the Commerce Commission ?
100% skunk weed bang on correct.![smiley smiley](https://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.11.3/full-all/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png)
Simple economics of foreign money has shafted us all.
For all those mothers in our NZ time zone it is mothers day; – so…. Press release by Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre. 12th May 2019.
Mother’s day edition. – “wellbeing” consensus, climate change – all in one here folks
Happy birthday to all mothers as we fight for our collective ‘wellbeing’.
Our HB/Gisborne community is still awaiting the Labour coalition promises made to us all in 2016 in the Gisborne Herald. Three parties all now in Labour coalition had promised restoration of our rail services that the National Government has allowed to become partly washed out in 2012 by a lack of funding for rail maintenance to keep the infrastructure free of damages from any storms.
This service was already under community restoration as industry was wanting more freight services then in 2011 when in December the HBRC had evidence that more freight was wanted to be carried on Gisborne rail in a press release 21st December 2011 entitled “At risk rail can’t cope”. (links are all provided below" http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6170590/At-risk-rail-line-can-t-cope-with-demand
We are claiming our right to have our rail services restored by this new Labour Coalition Government under the new “wellbeing budget policy. https://www.labour.org.nz/wellbeingbudget Benefits to our wellbeing;
This promise will see Government reducing carbon emissions and increasing infrastructure under two of the ‘five priorities’ using – Boosting Innovation, & Creating Opportunities . QUOTE; “Alongside GDP, we will measure ourselves against five key priorities that will make real improvements to the lives of New Zealanders.
We’ve used evidence to identify the five areas we can make the greatest difference. Boosting Innovation, Creating Opportunities, Backing Māori & Pasifika, Supporting Mental Health, Improving Child Wellbeing. Please Government give us in HB/Gisborne back our Gisbone Rail as you are doing already in most other provinces, such as Wairarapa, Tananaki, Canterbury, Otago, Westland, Waikato and Northland. –
So we await your response in the new GPS called "wellbeing budget" https://www.labour.org.nz/wellbeingbudget http://www.scoop.co.nz/…/PA1302/S00183/kiwirail-admits-lack-of-maintenance-led-to-wash-out.htm
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2535803-135/three-parties-say-fix-rail
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6170590/At-risk-rail-line-can-t-cope-with-demand end.
Good article on the numbers behind the Nat party's leadership troubles:
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/05/06/567083/who-is-the-national-party
Not convinced ?![smiley smiley](https://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.11.3/full-all/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png)
Macron stormtroopers march.
https://twitter.com/SimplyBeautific/status/1093627594187173893
PM Ardern's op-ed in the New York Times backgrounding the Christchurch call to action she is convening in Paris: https://nyti.ms/2VhtdqG
Who is attending? https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112632770/who-is-and-isnt-coming-to-jacinda-arderns-paris-summit-on-social-media
Some are astounded that Hooters was not on the list, given his keen recent interest.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/05/12/the-pms-censorship-panel-highlights-all-thats-wrong-with-the-current-social-media-free-speech-debate/
A censorship panel? Ok …
Yes, seems that is a growing perception Labour is creating. And they've only just started.
Uhhmmm, exactly who is creating this perception?
More details can be found here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/10025/response/34319/attach/3/2019%2005%2010%20Letter%20to%20Matthew%20Hooton.pdf
Thanks, but that didn’t answer my question except to add the name of Matthew Hooton to Martin Bradbury and The Chairman.
If this panel is indeed about censorship, as alleged by some, doesn’t it strike you as odd that the Classification Office, the Broadcasting Standards Authority, or the Human Rights Commission, for example, appear to be ‘excluded’ from the panel?
You asked, exactly who is creating this perception? And the link provided supplied those details. Clearly, it is coming from the top.
Jacinda said the global community should "speak with one voice" when it comes to blocking harmful content on social media platforms.
The problem, thus growing concern with that statement is what exactly does she deem to be harmful content? Couple that with the outbursts of the woke left within, people are becoming concerned.
If the Government weren't so out of touch they would know they have to tread more carefully if they don't want this negative perception to further grow.
If one wanted to circumvent human rights, current classifications and broadcasting standards to bring in a more profound form of censorship, it would make total sense. Which of course adds to the negative perception being created.
"Couple that with the outbursts of the woke left within, people are becoming concerned."
lol righties getting concerned – sure they are people, I'll grant you that, and yeah they may be YOUR kind of people, I think that is a given but their concern is as false as yours. It is whisper thin, this grave concern from people, and is really just another nailed bat to hit the left with. YOU and your mates are concerned? Good be very fucken concerned buddyboy, be very concerned rightie.
Open your other eye, marty. This concern is also coming from the left. As shown in my post at 14 today.
The woke left are a small subset doing more damage to the left than good.
People on the left tend to value freedom of speech just as much as those on the right tend too. So it’s not a left vs right fight.
Posting snuff videos on facebook is not 'speech' that needs protecting. Certainly not a left/right thing.
The only people trying to turn this govt's proposed specific action against such stuff into cries of 'censorship' are histrionic manbabies who feel oppressed whenever an adult sets some boundaries.
Let’s not coddle them any further.
It's the actions of the Government via the lack of diversity in the make up of its advisory group and the related uncertainty around what they deem to be hate speech/harmful content (coupled with the outbursts of the woke left) that is stirring concerns of wide ranging censorship.
fuck you and your 'woke left' you bullshit artist – go away with your right wing mates and have a wankathon you dim
Apparently the Government's either 'too cold' (not enough Kiwibuild homes), or 'too hot' (excessive censorship), but there must be some things they’ve got ‘just right’, right?
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That looks like a rude remark from the computer. How long will it be until we get to the stage where the smart computer wants to enter into discussions?
A smart computer is an oxymoron.
It came from the WordPress Editor.
This "smart computer" is off to go have dinner with me lovely mum, thus will have to leave entering into further discussions till later.
Ta ta.
No thanks!
Apologies!
Goodwill has been created by the promises made by "The wellbeing Budget".?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1905/S00023/well-being-budget-approach-not-new-but-could-shift-issues.htm
No Right Turn notes Peter Dunne spluttering about the lack of commitment from the government to cannabis reform.
http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2019/05/pure-sophistic-bollocks.html
Could've been worse, apparently.
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The Cuban government announced Friday that it is launching widespread rationing of chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basic products in the face of a grave economic crisis.
Commerce Minister Betsy Diaz Velazquez told the state-run Cuban News Agency that various forms of rationing would be employed in order to deal with shortages of staple foods. She blamed the hardening of the U.S. trade embargo by the Trump administration.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-food-shortage-rationing-1.5132297
So the Americans are intentionally starving people, like they claim North Korea does.
The USA is out of control – a completely rogue state, kicking, lying and bullying its way around the world. What a bunch of c%#&s
You must be joking ?
You might be embargoed if you rock the boat! And not allowed any toast and cheese till you reneg.
Removal of gelatin from live vaccines and DTaP—an ultimate solution for vaccine-related gelatin allergy
Evidence that Food Proteins in Vaccines Cause the Development of Food Allergies and Its Implications for Vaccine Policy
Excipients Included in U.S. Vaccines
Excipient animal derived products and National Immunisation Schedule vaccines (updated August 2017) – NZ
Teachers call biggest strike in NZ history as govt refuses any more than $300m/yr between all of them. https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/389027/nz-primary-and-secondary-teachers-vote-for-largest-ever-strike
Must be part of the year of delivery. No other government has been able to deliver strikes of this magnitude.
Sheer fantasy – this is probably the most pathetic strike ever, because it lasts only one day. How does a strike of one pathetic day achieve anything?
The obedient media play along and sensationalise it, and naïve teacher unionists imagine that they have had a real impact.
Hasn't worked well in the past, and won't work well this time.
The problem is that teachers don't have the willpower or political understanding to make an effective strike. They dream up ways of making ineffective strikes that don't cost them too much salary.
Lol. Empty classrooms for a week or two would have everyone sit up and notice, that's for sure.
That one day will affect a lot of people and will bring tremendous pressure to bear. Not sure if it will change anything sadly and I do wish we paid teachers much more because they deserve it.
The obedient media play along and sensationalise it, and naïve teacher unionists imagine that they have had a real impact.
Too true. Once the dust settles I think they might lose a lot of the goodwill that was previously theirs.
They know the reason for the situation is due to nine years of neglect under National.
They know there is only one size cake available and yet are demanding more than their fair share all at once – unlike other sectors whose needs are just as great but they have accepted that their claims can only be incrementally met over a period of two to three years.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/389036/wellington-mayor-makes-three-re-election-promises
If Justin Lester can include a 'wet house' for alcoholics which would enable them to have very limited alcohol available in controlled conditions, it would help with reducing homelessness for these poor people. Their lives, minds, motivations have been destroyed. If they could be kept sober, they might be able to undertake gardening, growing food for the facility, and gain some self-worth and value to society in their own small way. In 'dry houses' they tend to wander away and just deteriorate into drunken blobs, smelly ones too. Addicts of other drugs might also be helped.
<i>"The numbers are relatively small – they fluctuate between 50 and 70 – so we're going to build enough supportive living units so there's no good reason someone has to be on the streets."
Earlier this year the council announced 40 supported living units would be part of a development built in partnership with Housing New Zealand.</i>
I don't know if his figures include alcoholics etc. but there is no use in applying simple solutions like 'no good reason someone has to be on the streets'. Reason doesn't come into it; these people have been encouraged to drink by the NZ drinking culture, bars open 24 hours or till late, so their money can be drained from them. The outcome is the ruined life, and the habit-formed mind that drives the person to more Chateau Cardboard or his/her usual tipple.
They need more than supported living, they need supervision and regular meals, timetables, expectations and limits. Then the person still inside can emerge and find their legs and greet the day, get some life and cheer and do something they can find satisfactory.
(I don’t know why I have to be in moderation. I find the code very clunky – indicating a double space takes up a lot of code.)
Bing back Roman numerals!.
https://twitter.com/jdcivicscience/status/1127285936977522688
lol…if it wernt so sad
knee jerking jerks
Biological Effects of Low Intensity Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation
Radio Frequency Exposure Risk Assessment and Communication Critique of ARPANSA TRS-164 Report: Do we have a problem?
Note: Reference to C564:2011. Succeeded by C564:2018
I’ll post a link to a document from ARPANSA representatives another time.
totally cheesed off at yesterdays editorial in the dompost on saturday morning.
half the leader page given to dunkin garna to rubbish trevor mallard and accuse him of bias and being unfair.
nonsense.
I have watched the proceedings of the house for some time now and speaker mallard has bent over backwards to be fair to the nationals and give them directions.
It shows something about the nationals party after 9 long years they have forgotten the rules of debate, parliamentary procedure and good behaviour.
the last speaker was sly arrogant supercillious and a slimy toad.
it is a breath of fresh air to have someone like mallard who will give everyone a fair go.
Karma,lady.
https://blavity.com/author-called-out-black-wmata-worker-for-eating-on-train-book-distributor-cancels-upcoming-novel
TDB has more current hotties up at the moment than you could poke a stick at.
Here is one. from John Minto: Open Letter to Winston Peters. https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/05/10/open-letter-to-winston-peters/
We are appalled the government appears to be considering an even closer relationship with Israel despite the ongoing theft of Palestinian land, the ongoing brutal Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and the siege of Gaza while Israel continues to thumb its nose at international law and United Nations resolutions.
On 30 April pro-Zionist lobbyist Mark Jennings wrote an opinion piece on the Newsroom website in which he says:
(It seems to me that money is self-cleansing, teflon coated, self-laundered by any short exposure to light. And let us see if Winston Peters, the ambivalent, ambi-dextrous man who can work deals with both left and right hands at the same time, can break that old saying about 'the lefthand not knowing what the righthand is doing'. Can Peters put the kibosh on Callaghan innovation to stop this hutzpah?)
Kia ora The AM Show.
I would like to see that's study on dolphins catching a dease from cats and dieing from a dease from a cat washed down the waterways was the study conducted in NZ it needed to be reviewed. It is humans who are causing the loss of the Maui dolphin.
It will good the tech sites being retained to stop hate speach. It is a good idea the leaders summit in France hope they are taking about the real threat Artifical Intelligents
I say our Coalition Government is doing a good job cleaning up the mess left by others . They gave funding to students many other good changes to the system. I'm not commenting on the school strike.
Can't comment on the boxing story.
The last whare I had the rents went up 3 times in 2 years.
I say txing and driving is disrespectful you are disrespecting your own life and everyones life in your vicinity while driving life is presious.
I do look at my pH while driving but I pull over and answer it if its important.
Our Queen has been a monga for the common people of the Common Wealth I really like her championing forest canopies around the Papatuanukue.
Like I have said te Papatuanukue stars don't like someone I say that heaps of wealth people do what Felicity did to advance her tamariki future.?????.
Ka kite ano
https://youtu.be/QAB6aXOfUmU
Ka kite ano Bro
https://youtu.be/Xo7WjnC8ekQ
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute.
https://youtu.be/HIqQTrxc15E
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute.
https://youtu.be/0TYMz3mmAKw
Kia ora Newshub.
Just so long a this site is not affected from the social media clamp down in Paris. I do agree that the footage of the Christchurch desaster should not have been played live on Facebook I did not believe it at first I heard it on a radio the next day my tamariki said it was on Facebook WTF.
That's the way m8 I say no more
Waitomo has good fuel to it was expensive for fuel when I was down in Wellington a few years ago the government needs to make sure no one gets a monopoly duopoly in any market in Aotearoa.
Vodafone being sold let Tau toko Vodafone if spark gets to big our cost will not come down as fast with spark getting a monopoly will be bad for Aotearoa. Ka kite ano
My Internet link keeps going down?????
Kia ora Te ao Maori News.
Sir Heke Poroporoake would have been good to hear the storys about Heke.
I will be going home to attend one very close to ECO Maori I will have a lot of good stories to tell.
I don't think that not having hot water in school hand washing for the toilet is a big issue where is all these negative issue coming from??? so long as there is soap it will be fine I have not heard of skin problems because of not having hot water.
Its good that people are going overseas to pay their respect to our fallen tipuna in war 1 and 2.
Ka kite ano