Yeah, but remember what happened with the same zones on the South Island West Coast? All the good parts stayed open while the reserves were allocated the emptiest parts of the coast where the fishing was worst i.e. there was little to protect
As an ex EA at one of NZ's largest fishing companies…. I STRONGLY AGREE, re camera's on boats. They are definitely needed, am well and truly over the what goes on at sea stays at sea narrative. Dodgy industry.
Some of the dodgiest people I know fish commercially. A byword for it, at least to me. Along with secondhand car salesmen, who I don't know personally, and horticultural contractors, who I do.
The government has no will to enforce regulation, the camera scheme was an industry design to get rid of observers, who were in turn substitutes for fisheries officers who had the power to lay charges under the act.
It's no coincidence that our industry has failed to develop, a culture of evading regulation is not compatible with a quality driven or sustainable approach. NZ is one of the last countries producing fillet block, not because our fish is inferior, but because our companies are.
No surprise there – as a parent of a kid with a physical disability I can tell you that exclusionary bullying is totally rife. In my experience worse at the intermediate and primary school level. Also that teachers are unable to do anything about it, so seek to minimise it by using procedures that contain the assumption that everyone is to blame a little bit, and it's just an 'issue' that needs to be resolved through discussion.
My (completely unscientific) thoughts on this are the industrial-scale schools are a bad idea, with groups of un-managed feral kids roaming round at break times. They should be much smaller physically with much stronger cultural management and combined in a federated structure. Moreover the Boards of Trustees thing is a total failure due to capture by the aspirational middle class who seek to perpetuate inside the schools the very same hierarchies that benefit them in society at large.
Good points AB. I never saw a parent from a poorer family elected to the Board of Trustees at the local primary school situated in a part of town with many professionals and businesspeople. It doesn't matter how good a person, or a parent, or involved in the community, or trained in a useful occupation; you are not one of the levels of people of higher standing and will lose to an academic, professional or well-groomed madam in real estate. All materialists, and driven by style rather than substance.
Also that teachers are unable to do anything about it, so seek to minimise it by using procedures that contain the assumption that everyone is to blame a little bit, and it's just an 'issue' that needs to be resolved through discussion.
It sure is rife, Miss 14 came home from what should have been an amazing school camp in tears on Friday. She had been put down by the boys the whole time. Currently in communication with the school about it.
The boys say it's just banter, maybe that's normal in some homes, but it's not normal in ours. Anti bullying week this week, if you see anyone being bullied stand up and speak out, because ignoring it just condones it.
Is the idea to have schools lead societal change by making bullying unacceptable and having young citizens develop good attitudes to others so that bullying doesn't happen when they go out into the post-school world?
Or is it to simply deal with incidents of bullying when they happen. Then kids leave school not bullied and go into a world where they're going to find bullying makes the world go round.
I've found that bullying is even worse, in many other cultures and countries. Unlike NZ, though, it is not considered a problem. The "pecking order" especially at work, is the normal state of things.
Capital punishment a real possibility for woman in Texas and Georgia who go to a different state for an abortion. Unless the Supreme Court doesn't allow this to happen (and there is a good chance with anti-abortion majority of judges they would support the states' laws) then it could soon be reality
For God's sake! Poor women, poor people in Texas. Prating politicians and preachers. They seem a bloodthirsty lot there in Texas, and diseased by emotions of hate for people who break their pretended high moral codes.
I remember Texas for some males tying a black man to the back of their vehicle and dragging him around behind till he was dead. Now the authorities want to kill women who don't want to bring a baby into that world. There appears to be a knee jerk violent response to anyone who disturbs a male in Texas which may include death. Women who are unfortunate to have sex resulting in an unwanted pregnancy, are to be killed if they wish to terminate it? That seems a violent response from the he-men and preachy women of Texas, (There will always be women willing to sacrifice other women, even their daughters, to the male Rule.)
On checking about the murder referred to above I find that he was convicted in 1999 and only executed in 2019 – ten years later. But Texans have executed three this year out of the four for the whole of USA. And another violent murder in Texas was the basis for Obama's 2009 Hate Crimes Prevention Act. It seems that hating is something they are keen on in the good ole State of Texas in USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States
(Reuters) – A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious U.S. hate crimes of modern times was executed in Texas on Wednesday.John William “Bill” King, 44, was put to death by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m. (0008 GMT Thursday) at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said in a statement….
…King was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1999. He was a member of a white supremacist gang and spoke of starting a race war while in prison for a previous crime. He also talked about initiating new members by having them kidnap and murder black people, court documents showed.
King was the third inmate in Texas and the fourth in the United States to be executed in 2019, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
…The gruesome killing spurred the passing of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, strengthening punishments for hate crimes in Texas. The murder, along with that of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten and left to die tied to a fence, was also the genesis of the federal hate crimes prevention act passed in 2009….
It is worth following what is going on with the Venezuelan embassy in Georgetown Washington DC. Violent right wing opposition supporters and the US secret service and local police have laid siege to the embassy which is occupied by Code Pink protestors (invited in by the Venezuelan government who own the building).
This site is for all the "Climate Deniers" to observe the changing planet in the monthly satellite pictures since 2002 to 2016.
Our whole world changes from a light grey in 2002 to a bright red at 2016, and will wake up the most ardent "Cliate denier, try looking at this- I dare you to.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important heat-trapping (greenhouse) gas, which is released through human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, as well as natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions.
The first graph shows atmospheric CO2 levels measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, in recent years, with average seasonal cycle removed. The second graph shows CO2 levels during the last three glacial cycles, as reconstructed from ice cores. The time series below shows global distribution and variation of the concentration of mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide in parts per million (ppm).
The overall color of the map shifts toward the red with advancing time due to the annual increase of CO2. Missions that observe CO2 Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) DIRECT MEASUREMENTS: 2005-
PRESENT Data source: Monthly measurements (average seasonal cycle removed).
Credit: NOAA 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 YEAR 380 385 390 395 400 405 410 CO2 (parts per million) Click+drag to zoom RESET Get Data: FTP | Snapshot: PNG PROXY (INDIRECT) MEASUREMENTS
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TIME SERIES: 2002-2016 Data source: Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). Credit: NASA
You should hear the sad sounding (!) American on Jesse Mulligan's RNZ prog today recording our last chance for fighting climate change in the 80s when apparently it was all known. The first George Bush's chief of staff John Sununu, long before denialism, pulled America out of a global accord at the last minute. His diminuation of his crime, no one intended to carry out the requirements. It makes me call out to the God of our conjuring to help us.
The Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) 2012 report forms the basis of official advice on the safety of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields in the United Kingdom and has been relied upon by health protection agencies around the world.
This review describes incorrect and misleading statements from within the report, omissions and conflict of interest, which make it unsuitable for health risk assessment.
The executive summary and overall conclusions did not accurately reflect the scientific evidence available.
Independence is needed from the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the group that set the exposure guidelines being assessed.
This conflict of interest critically needs to be addressed for the forthcoming World Health Organisation (WHO) Environmental Health Criteria Monograph on Radiofrequency Fields.
Decision makers, organisations and individuals require accurate information about the safety of RF electromagnetic signals if they are to be able to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities and protect those for whom they have legal responsibility.
you're not seriously expecting some sort of remedy are you?.
last time I checked, RF management was under the Ministry for Everything (alongside things like building standards enforcement, employment standards enforcement, and ummigration.
They can't even handle basic radio interference on the bands we've had in use for years.
They can't even handle basic radio interference on the bands we've had in use for years.
Now, now….just the other night our household was suddenly blighted with the most awfullest of interference/static/alien invasion coming through our transistor radios. One is battery powered the other 240v. Seriously hideous and unbearable, especially for a household with no telly.
….and bugger me, techno moron moi managed, by following instructions and working my way through the very helpful sound clips, to identify the problem to a very wonky (that's techno speak for 'stuffed') modem.
Sorted.
I actually gasped when I looked at the top of the screen and saw MOBIE….who would have thought it?
you're not seriously expecting some sort of remedy are you?.
No. I expect for the baked in fraud perpetuated by regulatory entities which generate the so called safety levels of RF, will continue to be used against earths populations and the environment on behalf of industry which could not proceed with the experimentation without the fraudulant facade…of regulation…
Which fools enough folks…those who bother to pay attention…
As if you’re the only person who pays attention you pathetic windbag. You’ve come back to the standard purely because you’ve got nothing to feel good about IRL.
As we are talking about people being censored for opposing group think, have you noticed Rachel Stewart has left Twitter after outrageous online bullying.
As George Orwell said,
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”
It was recommended by Ed that Simon Doull go to Bangladesh to help build walls against the floods. That might prove to him climate change was real.
For some bizarre reason that earned a life ban.
Meanwhile today, Sacha compares Ed to industrial waste, dehumanising and hateful language at best and a lot more brutal than Ed ever wrote. Sacha might not be aware that the Hutus described the Tutsis as cockroaches. The consequence was genocide.
The reality is that voices like CV, Bill, One Two, Ed, Bomber Bradbury, Paul, Rachel Stewart and others are not welcome here as they challenge the centrist and complacent Labour position.
You’ll find that the biggest cheerleaders for such savage censorship are the voices of the right wing dwellers on this site.
Maui you are a rare voice of reason amongst ever more reactionary commentary.
Ha ha, yes that Daily Review sequence is pure Paul/Ed. Speaking of which, in the other link, how could the moderators bring back both Paul and Ed? Human cloning?
Having said that, I don't mind if the sockpuppets are sufficiently different. It's only irritatingly boring when their content is exactly the same and it's just the handle that's different.
Five days to go in the Aussie election and it’s interesting to see who is campaigning where.
Labor has gone on the offensive in seats that are usually solid for the Coalition and Morrison has been forced to defend seats that normally wouldn’t warrant a visit from the leader in an election campaign.
BBC: "A number of gay rights activists have been arrested after clashing with police at an unauthorised pride march in Cuba's capital, Havana. Saturday's event followed the unexpected cancellation by the communist authorities of the country's 12th annual march against homophobia. Activists condemned the move and then organised their own demonstration, largely through social media. Marching in Cuba without permission can be met with a strong police response." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48242255
Protests supporting gay pride may seem inoffensive, but when leftists achieve a monopoly on state power and control, even the smallest misbehaviour by the masses can seem offensive to them.
"but when leftists achieve a monopoly on state power and control, even the smallest misbehaviour by the masses can seem offensive to them."
This should read:
"but when [anybody] achieves a monopoly of state [or private] power and control, even the smallest etc "
i.e. the problem is power itself. Non-leftists don't get off the hook on this one, nor do the holders of private economic power. And in well-functioning democracies (which are admittedly rare) state power can at least claim to be of democratic origin.
Correct exposition of the general principal that applies, well put. I was flagging the psychology that motivates people to align with the left, in the hope that someone will explain why it warps human nature. In respect of traditional mythology around the left – representing the people etc. What motivates them to victimise people when they get successful…
Dennis, I “align with the left” – might be something to do with the appeal of
"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs."
I do believe that there needs to be more wealth sharing (and not just in NZ society) than is presently the case – the increasing concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands feels unsustainable, and that's just one unsustainable aspect of how we are living now.
Maybe my feeling that too many 'things' are going skew-whiff is due to my warped nature – I sincerely hope so, because BAU would suit me down to the ground.
My SUV is a plug-in hybrid (Outlander). I've believed in more wealth-sharing all my life. I recall long ago when I read about the levellers, in the time of Cromwell's commonwealth, who took the extreme line of equality of wealth for all, and I agreed with that principle.
Age tends to shift idealism into pragmatism though, eh? Nowadays my inner idealist yields to my inner pragmatist usually, and the concept of meritocracy rates higher than the concept of democracy accordingly. Not as much as for Mark, who cited it in justification of China's regime yesterday, however!
Dennis Frank conflating being "left wing" with authoritarian Government, again. Who are the most enthusiastic about spies, restricting protest, corporate rights and State control in New Zealand, again? . Hint, it is not those of us of "leftish" persuasion.
Yeah, I know. I was using the notion as everyone else has always used it, as a term of consistent general meaning. As you imply, the meaning of left differs depending on the political context it is applied in. Such relativity is part of postmodernism – a part that is valid in my opinion…
Big downer on Gays from Castro on. 'Read a book'. Homosexuality popular in the country apparently. The author killed himself because his age prevented him from being attractive any longer. What the fuck did homosexuality have to do with anything? Except machismo?
… immediately after the party’s Central North Island conference in Hamilton, a meeting of electorate chairs made it clear to Party President, Peter Goodfellow, that they had questions about Bridges’ leadership.
POLITIK understands that Goodfellow, in turn, warned the chairs of the dangers of public shows of disunity.
…
And it would seem from public statements from Goodfellow and not-for-attribution comments from senior party officials attending the party’s South Island conference over the weekend in Invercargill that the party hierarchy not only backs Bridges but is opposed to any move to roll him.
“We’re really lucky,” Goodfellow told the conference. “We’ve got Simon Bridges as a very enthusiastic and decisive leader of our party.”
Goodfellow did not offer this endorsement at the Hamilton conference.
So much worse to the right fed by internet American views of reality. Thankfully without political or MSM entre. Something sounder about our country keeps out the Right Wing anti-rational views of America. Or, our elite can't speak conscious lies.
The U.N. climate chief says world leaders must recognize there is no option except to speed-up and scale-up action to tackle global warming, warning that continuing on the current path will lead to “a catastrophe.” Patricia Espinosa stressed in two recent interviews with the Associated Press that climate scientists are saying there’s still a chance to make things right “but the window of opportunity is closing very soon” and the world has 12 years until carbon emissions reach “a point of no return.” That means the world needs to accelerate all efforts to keep from reaching that level, “and therefore all efforts are absolutely indispensable” to cut carbon emissions and keep temperatures from rising, she said.
I thought you was actually a climate change advocate, – guess we are wrong?
We heard he was reported on (RNZ) on 'morning report' as saying the world is loosing the will to fight climate change.
If you read between the lines here you can reach that conclusion your self as the RNZ reporter did.
Also on Breakfast TV one he also hit hard at polluters to be taxed for their pollution and his words are angry to the ones who are not moving on climate change.
Check both press releases.
I believe he has sent that message that he believes some countries have given up and that is why he is coming out swinging.
UN chief forecasts 'total disaster' if global warming not stopped
World must change in 'transformative' ways to prevent climate change prompting 'total disaster',
Antonio Guterres says.
9 May 2019
Guterres said he would ask the world leaders to stop subsidising fossil fuels
[Mary Altaffer/AP] MORE ON UNITED NATIONS UN chief:
Climate change 'running faster than we are' today
The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible. The alternative "would mean a catastrophic situation for the whole world",
Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press news agency in an exclusive interview. Guterres said he was about to tour Pacific islands to see how climate change was devastating them as part of his renewed push to fight it.
He was summoning world leaders to the UN in September to tell them "they need to do much more in order for us to be able to reverse the present trends and to defeat the climate change".
That means, he said, the world had to change, not in small incremental ways but in big "transformative" ways, into a green economy with electric vehicles and "clean cities"
1 NEWS MORE FROM NEW ZEALAND CLIMATE CHANGE AUCKLAND PAUL HOBBS
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has met with the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw and a group of youth leaders at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Mr Guterres called for three initiatives to aid in the quest for carbon neutrality.
He said governments must shift taxes from salaries to carbon, meaning tax polluters not people.
He said we must stop subsidising fossil fuels and urged the world stop the construction of new coal plants by 2020.
Mr Guterres said we need green economies not grey economies.
One youth leader, who is part of the Blake Inspire group, presented the Secretary General with a pair of red socks and a sample of his own invention – an environmental substitute to "glad wrap".
Like everything you have posted today it contains not the slightest hint that the UN Secy General said the world is 'losing the will' to fight climate change.
If you want to make shit up, fill your boots – but do not claim that public figures or media said stuff that they didn't. And if you are incapable of making sense of what you read, perhaps best to stop flapping your gums in public. You're just wasting everyone's time.
I saw the same on RNZ at 5.30pm as the Auckland University meeting with the students were interviewing the Secretary of the UN and the statement was by the moderator that he has signalled in his discussions that he feels that most have given up on Climate change so go listen to the 5.30 news on channel 83 dick.
Yes I saw the Checkpoint report (see https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-13-05-2019/#comment-1616276) but you provided not one link earlier to back up your claims it had been said this morning. And I’m not familiar with this ‘channel 83 dick’ you mention. Is it a perfume for the privates?
Technology companies, similar to the vast majority (+/-100%) of profit driven corporations, have future roadmaps which earnings/profits have been used as leverage…
Captured regulators set the course and paid for legislators clear the barriers for business as usual…
Politicians answer to job creators, wealth creators …BAU…
It matters not what the UN says to politicians…
Politicians are not in control…they seemingly have no will…no courage to fight against corporate business as usual..
Ergo, saying the world is loosing the will to address climate change…is factually correct..
100% One Two; yes that is clear here, so the secretary general has placed a line in the sand, as far as we can see by championing Climate change when the piss weak 'politicians' won't and that is why the reporter claimed the UN secretary general has shown to believe that the world had given up on climate change.
I for one believe that the children will show how bloody weak many are including all the climate deniers are on TS also.
They use to call it Global warming, but now it is climate change. Is that because the temperatures weren't heating up as much as they were supposed to?
No, it's because far too many dull-witted literalists missed the point and were prone to posting mind-bogglingly stupid stuff like:
In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!
Trust well known moron and US President Donald J. Trump to provide us with a good example.
Report on climate change shows Canada warming at twice the rate of rest of world
JEFF LEWIS – ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
JANICE DICKSON
PUBLISHED APRIL 1, 2019UPDATED APRIL 2, 2019
The first month of 2019 was characterized by warmer-than-average conditions across much of the world's surface. The most notable warm temperature anomalies were present across much of Australia and across parts of northeastern and southwestern Asia, where temperature departures from average were 4.0°C (7.2°F) above average or higher. Record warm January surface temperatures were present across much of Australia and its surrounding Southern Ocean, southern Brazil, the ocean off the south coast of South Africa, and across parts of Africa, Asia, and the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Notable cool temperature departures from average were present across parts of northern North America, Europe, and central Asia, where temperatures were 1.0°C (1.8°F) below average or cooler. According to our analysis, no land or ocean surface had record cold January temperatures.
Averaged as a whole, the January 2019 global land and ocean surface temperature was 0.88°C (1.58°F) above the 20th century average and tied with 2007 as the third highest temperature since global records began in 1880. Only the years 2016 (+1.06°C / +1.91°F) and 2017 (+0.91°C / +1.64°F) were warmer. The ten warmest Januaries have all occurred since 2002, with the last five years (2015–2019) among the six warmest years in the 140-year record. January 1976 was the last time the January global land and ocean temperatures were below average at -0.02°C (-0.04°F).
There is no slowing in Global temperature rise – and it will continue to increase until humans stop increasing GHGs – and even then it will still continue to increase until the the energy the Earth releases in black body radiation equals the energy the Earth receives from the sun. With the current concentration of over 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere that peak temperature will be around 2 – 3 degrees C above average pre-industrial levels.
That the temperature rise has periods of peaks and then troughs does not mean that the planet is not warming – any investigation of recorded Global temperatures over the past century and a half will show that there is a distinct upward trend in averaged Global temperature. Indeed the graph is increasing in slope not slowing down as the above report from NOAA indicates. Those peaks and troughs are the natural occurrence of weather patterns. A sharp period of cold in one area, is quite possible even on an otherwise warming Earth and higher precipitation levels are simply to be expected as the atmosphere's ability hold more water vapour increases by around 4% with each degree C rise in temperature.
This guy is an idiot. Was he speaking before or after the Greek Euro crisis? If it was before then that should have highlighted that the rules in place in the Eurozone allowed massive State spending in member countries (up to a point) and there was little penalty for breaching them. If it was after he should know the massive danger of unrestricted State spending and how the Eurozone countries had to bail out those that attempted to spend their way to prosperity.
I've never known any genuine left leaning voter go from left to ultra right because the government isn't left enough. It's completely illogical and counter productive.
Nobody goes from protesting against what isn't left enough to voting for the far right, well, not unless they're phoney to begin with, like I believe you to be.
"[Jacinda Ardern] also has areas where she is very strong performer, and people will be making a mistake if they under-estimate her abilities. I certainly won’t be."
That's from arch-tory, RWNJ, Dirty Politics blogger etc etc, David Farrar…
Well, I supported Minnie Cooper shoes before they closed, I also support Ziera shoes ( I think they are a NZ company but I am going to check now!!), and I have a fabulous pair of McKinlay boots made in Dunedin. Is that enough?
This is Fonterra. A NZ company that has no interest in value added, and keeping strategic NZ assets within the country. $380 million? Now more of our national earnings flowing over the border – must be like a financial waterfall now. They're spending money like water. Oh no, water is like money but we haven't caught up with the rest of the smart world yet. 'Perhaps they never will'.
they have changed a few talking heads at RNZ lately but the still have the same old drugs on THE PANEL. worst of all is mould old fig jock anderson stilll raking in pro rata payments for sitting there and dishing the PM and the NZLP every time he gets the chance. time to ditch him and get some new blood.
But the UN Secretary-General sounded a disappointed note when confessing that many of his ilk have all but given up.
"It is clear my generation is having enormous difficulties in assuming responsibilities in relation to climate change."
He said current leaders have lost the political will – and they won't be around to suffer what he called 'the catastrophe' of a global temperature rise higher than 1.5 degrees by the end of the century.
Though it's worth noting that he said leaders of his generation have lost the will, not that 'the world' has. This situation is serious enough; it does not need any exaggeration and hype from us.
We need some larger kiwi mainstream company to go against Tip Top so we can pick icecream up at every dairy and supermarket.like we did with Chocolate Cadbury vs Whittakers.
So some of these anti climate change folks here may be global operators who are used to interfere with our discussions about climate change, and now this may be a foreign based lobby group working for Oil Companies?
We have already seen the phony front called “Galileo movement”
Galileo Movement Learn more from the Center for Media and Democracy's research on climate change.
This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's spotlight on front groups and corporate spin.
This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of Global Energy Monitor and the Center for Media and Democracy.
See here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm. The Galileo Movement is a a climate denier lobby group set up to oppose carbon pricing, based in Australia. On its website the group states that "our objective is to expose misrepresentations pushing a 'price on carbon dioxide.
[1] In August 2011, the Scientific American magazine openly derided the group, describing it as "drawing from a deep history of denial and distortion" and relying on irrelevant facts while omitting pertinent ones.
[2][3] Founded ostensibly by retirees John Smeed, an engineer, and Case Smit, a hygienist, the group launched its website in May, 2011.
The group's patron is conservative Australian broadcaster Alan Jones.
[4] The group blames global warming on anything but man-made emissions: variations in solar radiation, ocean-atmosphere oscillations, deviations in the Earth's orbit, and mountain-building continental drift and associated volcanic eruptions — all dismissed by mainstream science.[5] It warns of "climate police" having the right to intrude into people's lives in Australia,
It's interesting to see the high opinion about NZ living standards that this Kiwi chap living in Los Angeles has. I think that homosexual couples who don't want children take a simpler view, bypassing concerns about parenting, social welfare, education etc.
"I'd like to say I will live in New Zealand again," he says. "It seems to be much more desirable and progressive than most other countries right now – especially the USA!"
Ryan has come to feel that Kiwis can take the relatively high standard of living in New Zealand for granted.
"Even though New Zealand is far from perfect, it really is the lucky land. Living in a city where an estimated 50,000 people are homeless, you see people struggling with mental health and no social support on a daily basis. I'm regularly asked by my American friends why I would choose to live here when I could be back home. It's so important to me that I never become desensitised to this reality and it makes me grateful for my Kiwi roots."
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A listing of 26 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 28, 2024 thru Sat, May 4, 2024. Story of the week "It’s straight out of Big Tobacco’s playbook. In fact, research by John Cook and his colleagues ...
Yesterday I received come lovely feedback following my Star Wars themed newsletter. A few people mentioned they’d enjoyed reading the personal part at the beginning.I often begin newsletters with some memories, or general thoughts, before commencing the main topic. This hopefully sets the mood and provides some context in which ...
April 30 was going to be the day we’d be calling Mum from London to wish her a happy birthday. Then it became the day we would be going to St. Paul's at Evensong to remember her. The aim of the cathedral builders was to find a way to make their ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – Can’t remember the last book by a Kiwi author you read? Think the NZ government should spend less on the arts in favor of helping the homeless? If so, as far as Newsroom is concerned, you probably deserve to be called a cultural ignoramus ...
Eric Crampton writes – Grudges are bad. Better to move on. But it can be fun to keep a couple of really trivial ones, so you’re not tempted to have other ones. For example, because of the rootkit fiasco of 2005, no Sony products in our household. ...
A new report warns an estimated third of the adult population have unmet need for health care.Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāHere’s the six key things I learned about Aotaroa’s political economy this week around housing, climate and poverty:Politics - Three opinion polls confirmed support for PM Christopher Luxon ...
Today is May the fourth. Which was just a regular day when my mother took me to see the newly released Star Wars at the Odeon in Rotorua. The queue was right around the corner. Some years later this day became known as Star Wars Day, the date being a ...
Buzz from the Beehive Much more media attention is being paid to something Winston Peters said about former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr than to a speech he delivered to the New Zealand China Council. One word is missing from the speech: AUKUS. But AUKUS loomed large in his considerations ...
Is the economy in another long stagnation? If so, why?This is about the time that the Treasury will be locking up its economic forecasts to be published in the 2024 Budget Economic and Fiscal Update (BEFU) on budget day, 30 May. I am not privy to what they will be ...
The annual list of who's been bribing our politicians is out, and journalists will no doubt be poring over it to find the juiciest and dirtiest bribes. The government's fast-track invite list is likely to be a particular focus, and we already know of one company on the list which ...
In the weeks after the October 7 Hamas attacks on Southern Israel I wrote about the possible 2nd, 3rd and even 4th order effects of the conflict. These included new fronts being opened in the West Bank (with Hamas), Golan … Continue reading → ...
Peter Dunne writes – It is one of the oldest truisms that there is never a good time for MPs to get a pay rise. This week’s announcement of pay raises of around 2.8% backdated to last October could hardly have come at a worse time, with the ...
David Farrar writes – Newshub reports: Newshub can reveal a fresh allegation of intimidation against Green MP Julie-Anne Genter. Genter is subject to a disciplinary process for aggressively waving a book in the face of National Minister Matt Doocey in the House – but it’s not the first time ...
The Treasury has published a paper today on the global productivity slowdown and how it is playing out in New Zealand: The productivity slowdown: implications for the Treasury’s forecasts and projections. The Treasury Paper examines recent trends in productivity and the potential drivers of the slowdown. Productivity for the whole economy ...
Winston Peters’ comments about former Australian foreign minister look set to be an ongoing headache for both him and Luxon. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for subscribers features co-hosts and , along with regular guests on Gaza and ...
These puppet strings don't pull themselvesYou're thinking thoughts from someone elseHow much time do you think you have?Are you prepared for what comes next?The debating chamber can be a trying place for an opposition MP. What with the person in charge, the speaker, typically being an MP from the governing ...
The land around Lyme Regis, where Meryl Streep once stood, in a hood, on the Cobb, is falling into the sea.MerylThe land around Lyme Regis, around the Cobb that made it rich, has always been falling slowly but surely into the sea. Read more ...
Buzz from the Beehive Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was bound to win headlines when he set out his thinking about AUKUS in his speech to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. The headlines became bigger when – during an interview on RNZ’s Morning Report today – he criticised ...
The Post reports on how the government is refusing to release its advice on its corrupt Muldoonist fast-track law, instead using the "soon to be publicly available" refusal ground to hide it until after select committee submissions on the bill have closed. Fast-track Minister Chris Bishop's excuse? “It's not ...
As pressure on it grows, the livestock industry’s approach to the transition to Net Zero is increasingly being compared to that of fossil fuel interests. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / Getty ImagesTL;DR: Here’s the top five news items of note in climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, and a discussion above ...
The New Zealand Herald reports – Stats NZ has offered a voluntary redundancy scheme to all of its workers as a way to give staff some control over their “future” amidst widespread job losses in the public sector. In an update to staff this morning, seen by the Herald, Statistics New Zealand ...
On Werewolf/Scoop, I usually do two long form political columns a week. From now on, there will be an extra column each week about music and movies. But first, some late-breaking political events:The rise in unemployment numbers for the March quarter was bigger than expected – and especially sharp ...
David Farrar writes – The Herald reports: TVNZ says it is dealing with about 50 formal complaints over its coverage of the latest 1News-Verian political poll, with some viewers – as well as the Prime Minister and a former senior Labour MP – critical of the tone of the 6pm report. ...
Muriel Newman writes – When Meridian Energy was seeking resource consents for a West Coast hydro dam proposal in 2010, local Maori “strenuously” objected, claiming their mana was inextricably linked to ‘their’ river and could be damaged. After receiving a financial payment from the company, however, the Ngai Tahu ...
Alwyn Poole writes – “An SEP,’ he said, ‘is something that we can’t see, or don’t see, or our brain doesn’t let us see, because we think that it’s somebody else’s problem. That’s what SEP means. Somebody Else’s Problem. The brain just edits it out, it’s like a ...
Our trust in our political institutions is fast eroding, according to a Maxim Institute discussion paper, Shaky Foundations: Why our democracy needs trust. The paper – released today – raises concerns about declining trust in New Zealand’s political institutions and democratic processes, and the role that the overuse of Parliamentary urgency ...
This article was prepared for publication yesterday. More ministerial announcements have been posted on the government’s official website since it was written. We will report on these later today …. Buzz from the BeehiveThere we were, thinking the environment is in trouble, when along came Jones. Shane Jones. ...
New Zealand now has the fourth most depressed construction sector in the world behind China, Qatar and Hong Kong. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy at 8:46am on Thursday, May 2:The Lead: ...
Hi,I am just going to state something very obvious: American police are fucking crazy.That was a photo gracing the New York Times this morning, showing New York City police “entering Columbia University last night after receiving a request from the school.”Apparently in America, protesting the deaths of tens of thousands ...
Winston Peters’ much anticipated foreign policy speech last night was a work of two halves. Much of it was a standard “boilerplate” Foreign Ministry overview of the state of the world. There was some hardening up of rhetoric with talk of “benign” becoming “malign” and old truths giving way to ...
Graham Adams assesses the fallout of the Cass Review — The press release last Thursday from the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls didn’t make the mainstream news in New Zealand but it really should have. The startling title of Reem Alsalem’s statement — “Implementation of ‘Cass ...
This open-for-business, under-new-management cliché-pockmarked government of Christopher Luxon is not the thing of beauty he imagines it to be. It is not the powerful expression of the will of the people that he asserts it to be. It is not a soaring eagle, it is a malodorous vulture. This newest poll should make ...
The latest labour market statistics, showing a rise in unemployment. There are now 134,000 unemployed - 14,000 more than when the National government took office. Which is I guess what happens when the Reserve Bank causes a recession in an effort to Keep Wages Low. The previous government saw a ...
Three opinion polls have been released in the last two days, all showing that the new government is failing to hold their popular support. The usual honeymoon experienced during the first year of a first term government is entirely absent. The political mood is still gloomy and discontented, mainly due ...
National's Finance Minister once met a poor person.A scornful interview with National's finance guru who knows next to nothing about economics or people.There might have been something a bit familiar if that was the headline I’d gone with today. It would of course have been in tribute to the article ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – Throughout the pandemic, the new Vice-Chancellor-of-Otago-University-on-$629,000 per annum-Can-you-believe-it-and-Former-Finance-Minister Grant Robertson repeated the mantra over and over that he saved “lives and livelihoods”.As we update how this claim is faring over the course of time, the facts are increasingly speaking differently. NZ ...
Chris Trotter writes – IT’S A COMMONPLACE of political speeches, especially those delivered in acknowledgement of electoral victory: “We’ll govern for all New Zealanders.” On the face of it, the pledge is a strange one. Why would any political leader govern in ways that advantaged the huge ...
Bryce Edwards writes – The list of former National Party Ministers being given plum and important roles got longer this week with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett as the chair of Pharmac. The Christopher Luxon-led Government has now made key appointments to Bill ...
TL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy at 10:06am on Wednesday, May 1:The Lead: Business confidence fell across the board in April, falling in some areas to levels last seen during the lockdowns because of a collapse in ...
Over the past 36 hours, Christopher Luxon has been dong his best to portray the centre-right’s plummeting poll numbers as a mark of virtue. Allegedly, the negative verdicts are the result of hard economic times, and of a government bravely set out on a perilous rescue mission from which not ...
Auckland Transport have started rolling out new HOP card readers around the network and over the next three months, all of them on buses, at train stations and ferry wharves will be replaced. The change itself is not that remarkable, with the new readers looking similar to what is already ...
Completed reads for April: The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Carnival of Saints, by George Herman The Snow Spider, by Jenny Nimmo Emlyn’s Moon, by Jenny Nimmo The Chestnut Soldier, by Jenny Nimmo Death Comes As the End, by Agatha Christie Lord of the Flies, by ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
Have a story to share about St Paul’s, but today just picturesPopular novels written at this desk by a young man who managed to bootstrap himself out of father’s imprisonment and his own young life in a workhouse Read more ...
The list of former National Party Ministers being given plum and important roles got longer this week with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett as the chair of Pharmac. The Christopher Luxon-led Government has now made key appointments to Bill English, Simon Bridges, Steven Joyce, Roger Sowry, ...
Newsroom has a story today about National's (fortunately failed) effort to disestablish the newly-created Inspector-General of Defence. The creation of this agency was the key recommendation of the Inquiry into Operation Burnham, and a vital means of restoring credibility and social licence to an agency which had been caught lying ...
Holding On To The Present:The moment a political movement arises that attacks the whole idea of social progress, and announces its intention to wind back the hands of History’s clock, then democracy, along with its unwritten rules, is in mortal danger.IT’S A COMMONPLACE of political speeches, especially those delivered in ...
Stuck In The Middle With You:As Christopher Luxon feels the hot breath of Act’s and NZ First’s extremists on the back of his neck and, as he reckons with the damage their policies are already inflicting upon a country he’s described as “fragile”, is there not some merit in reaching out ...
The unpopular coalition government is currently rushing to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. The clause is Oranga Tamariki's Treaty clause, and was inserted after its systematic stealing of Māori children became a public scandal and resulted in physical resistance to further abductions. The clause created clear obligations ...
Buzz from the Beehive The government’s official website – which Point of Order monitors daily – not for the first time has nothing much to say today about political happenings that are grabbing media headlines. It makes no mention of the latest 1News-Verian poll, for example. This shows National down ...
It Takes A Train To Cry:Surely, there is nothing lonelier in all this world than the long wail of a distant steam locomotive on a cold Winter’s night.AS A CHILD, I would lie awake in my grandfather’s house and listen to the traffic. The big wooden house was only a ...
Packing A Punch: The election of the present government, including in its ranks politicians dedicated to reasserting the rights of the legislature in shaping and determining the future of Māori and Pakeha in New Zealand, should have alerted the judiciary – including its anomalous appendage, the Waitangi Tribunal – that its ...
Dead Woman Walking: New Zealand’s media industry had been moving steadily towards disaster for all the years Melissa Lee had been National’s media and communications policy spokesperson, and yet, when the crisis finally broke, on her watch, she had nothing intelligent to offer. Christopher Luxon is a patient man - but he’s not ...
Chris Trotter writes – New Zealand politics is remarkably easy-going: dangerously so, one might even say. With the notable exception of John Key’s flat ruling-out of the NZ First Party in 2008, all parties capable of clearing MMP’s five-percent threshold, or winning one or more electorate seats, tend ...
Ministers must front up about which projects it will push through under its Fast Track Approvals legislation, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
The Government is again adding to New Zealand’s growing unemployment, this time cutting jobs at the agencies responsible for urban development and growing much needed housing stock. ...
With Minister Karen Chhour indicating in the House today that she either doesn’t know or care about the frontline cuts she’s making to Oranga Tamariki, we risk seeing more and more of our children falling through the cracks. ...
The Labour Party is saddened to learn of the death of Sir Robert Martin, a globally renowned disability advocate who led the way for disability rights both in New Zealand and internationally. ...
Labour is calling for the Government to urgently rethink its coalition commitment to restart live animal exports, Labour animal welfare spokesperson Rachel Boyack said. ...
Today’s Financial Stability Report has once again highlighted that poverty and deep inequality are political choices - and this Government is choosing to make them worse. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to do more for our households in most need as unemployment rises and the cost of living crisis endures. ...
Unemployment is on the rise and it’s only going to get worse under this Government, Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate grew to 4.3 percent in the March quarter from 4 percent in the December quarter. “This is the second rise in unemployment ...
The New Zealand Labour Party welcomes the entering into force of the European Union and New Zealand free trade agreement. This agreement opens the door for a huge increase in trade opportunities with a market of 450 million people who are high value discerning consumers of New Zealand goods and ...
The National-led Government continues its fiscal jiggery pokery with its Pharmac announcement today, Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall says. “The government has increased Pharmac funding but conceded it will only make minimal increases in access to medicine”, said Ayesha Verrall “This is far from the bold promises made to fund ...
This afternoon’s interim Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime. ...
Te Pāti Māori are demanding the New Zealand Government support an international independent investigation into mass graves that have been uncovered at two hospitals on the Gaza strip, following weeks of assault by Israeli troops. Among the 392 bodies that have been recovered, are children and elderly civilians. Many of ...
Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix it, Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. ...
Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxon’s management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
Tonight’s court decision to overturn the summons of the Children’s Minister has enabled the Crown to continue making decisions about Māori without evidence, says Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Children, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “The judicial system has this evening told the nation that this government can do whatever they want when ...
It appears Nicola Willis is about to pull the rug out from under the feet of local communities still dealing with the aftermath of last year’s severe weather, and local councils relying on funding to build back from these disasters. ...
The Government is making short-sighted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will take away environmental protection in favour of short-term profits, Labour’s environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
Labour welcomes the release of the report into the North Island weather events and looks forward to working with the Government to ensure that New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster. ...
The Labour Party has called for the New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine, as a material step towards progressing the two-State solution needed to achieve a lasting peace in the region. ...
Some of our country’s most important work, stopping the sexual exploitation of children and violent extremism could go along with staff on the frontline at ports and airports. ...
The Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a ‘get out of jail free’ card to wreak havoc on the environment, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said today. ...
The government's decision to reintroduce Three Strikes is a destructive and ineffective piece of law-making that will only exacerbate an inherently biased and racist criminal justice system, said Te Pāti Māori Justice Spokesperson, Tākuta Ferris, today. During the time Three Strikes was in place in Aotearoa, Māori and Pasifika received ...
Cuts to frontline hospital staff are not only a broken election promise, it shows the reckless tax cuts have well and truly hit the frontline of the health system, says Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. ...
The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. ...
New Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s lack of ambition and scrapping programmes that were making a difference, Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said today. ...
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find out whether they're in line to lose their jobs. ...
Te Pāti Māori is disgusted at the confirmation that hundreds are set to lose their jobs at Oranga Tamariki, and the disestablishment of the Treaty Response Unit. “This act of absolute carelessness and out of touch decision making is committing tamariki to state abuse.” Said Te Pāti Māori Oranga Tamariki ...
The OECD’s latest report on New Zealand reinforces the importance of bringing Government spending under control, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The OECD conducts country surveys every two years to review its members’ economic policies. The 2024 New Zealand survey was presented in Wellington today by OECD Chief Economist Clare Lombardelli. ...
The Government has delivered on its election promise to provide a financially sustainable model for Auckland under its Local Water Done Well plan. The plan, which has been unanimously endorsed by Auckland Council’s Governing Body, will see Aucklanders avoid the previously projected 25.8 per cent water rates increases while retaining ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and enhanced cooperation in the Pacific with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during her first official visit to New Zealand today. "New Zealand and Germany enjoy shared interests and values, including the rule of law, democracy, respect for the international system ...
The Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, Chris Bishop today released his decision on four recommendations referred to him by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council, opening the door to housing growth in the area. The Council’s Plan Change 92 allows more homes to be built in existing and new ...
Thank you, John McKinnon and the New Zealand China Council for the invitation to speak to you today. Thank you too, all members of the China Council. Your effort has played an essential role in helping to build, shape, and grow a balanced and resilient relationship between our two ...
The Government is modernising insurance law to better protect Kiwis and provide security in the event of a disaster, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly announced today. “These reforms are long overdue. New Zealand’s insurance law is complicated and dated, some of which is more than 100 years old. ...
The coalition Government is refreshing its approach to supporting pay equity claims as time-limited funding for the Pay Equity Taskforce comes to an end, Public Service Minister Nicola Willis says. “Three years ago, the then-government introduced changes to the Equal Pay Act to support pay equity bargaining. The changes were ...
Structured literacy will change the way New Zealand children learn to read - improving achievement and setting students up for success, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. “Being able to read and write is a fundamental life skill that too many young people are missing out on. Recent data shows that ...
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Canada’s refusal to comply in full with a CPTPP trade dispute ruling in our favour over dairy trade is cynical and New Zealand has no intention of backing down. Mr McClay said he has asked for urgent legal advice in respect of our ‘next move’ ...
The rights of our children and young people will be enhanced by changes the coalition Government will make to strengthen oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system, including restoring a single Children’s Commissioner. “The Government is committed to delivering better public services that care for our most at-risk young people and ...
The Government is making it easier for minor changes to be made to a building consent so building a home is easier and more affordable, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “The coalition Government is focused on making it easier and cheaper to build homes so we can ...
New Zealand lost a true legend when internationally renowned disability advocate Sir Robert Martin (KNZM) passed away at his home in Whanganui last night, Disabilities Issues Minister Louise Upston says. “Our Government’s thoughts are with his wife Lynda, family and community, those he has worked with, the disability community in ...
Good evening – Before discussing the challenges and opportunities facing New Zealand’s foreign policy, we’d like to first acknowledge the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. You have contributed to debates about New Zealand foreign policy over a long period of time, and we thank you for hosting us. ...
From today, passengers travelling internationally from Auckland Airport will be able to keep laptops and liquids in their carry-on bags for security screening thanks to new technology, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Creating a more efficient and seamless travel experience is important for holidaymakers and businesses, enabling faster movement through ...
People with an interest in the health of Northland’s marine ecosystems are invited to a public meeting to discuss how to deal with kina barrens, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones will lead the discussion, which will take place on Friday, 10 May, at Awanui Hotel in ...
Kiwi exporters are $100 million better off today with the NZ EU FTA entering into force says Trade Minister Todd McClay. “This is all part of our plan to grow the economy. New Zealand's prosperity depends on international trade, making up 60 per cent of the country’s total economic activity. ...
There are heartening signs that the extractive sector is once again becoming an attractive prospect for investors and a source of economic prosperity for New Zealand, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The beginnings of a resurgence in extractive industries are apparent in media reports of the sector in the past ...
The return of the historic Ō-Rākau battle site to the descendants of those who fought there moved one step closer today with the first reading of Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara / The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill. The Bill will entrust the 9.7-hectare battle site, five kilometres west ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has announced 25 new high-speed EV charging hubs along key routes between major urban centres and outlined the Government’s plan to supercharge New Zealand’s EV infrastructure. The hubs will each have several chargers and be capable of charging at least four – and up to 10 ...
The coalition Government will not proceed with the previous Government’s plans to regulate residential property managers, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “I have written to the Chairperson of the Social Services and Community Committee to inform him that the Government does not intend to support the Residential Property Managers Bill ...
The Government has announced an independent review into the disability support system funded by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha. Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston says the review will look at what can be done to strengthen the long-term sustainability of Disability Support Services to provide disabled people and ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has attended the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva and outlined the Government’s plan to restore law and order. “Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council provided us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while responding to issues and ...
The Government and Rotorua Lakes Council are committed to working closely together to end the use of contracted emergency housing motels in Rotorua. Associate Minister of Housing (Social Housing) Tama Potaka says the Government remains committed to ending the long-term use of contracted emergency housing motels in Rotorua by the ...
Trade Minister Todd McClay heads overseas today for high-level trade talks in the Gulf region, and a key OECD meeting in Paris. Mr McClay will travel to Riyadh to meet with counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). “New Zealand’s goods and services exports to the Gulf region ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford has outlined six education priorities to deliver a world-leading education system that sets Kiwi kids up for future success. “I’m putting ambition, achievement and outcomes at the heart of our education system. I want every child to be inspired and engaged in their learning so they ...
The new NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) App is a secure ‘one stop shop’ to provide the services drivers need, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Digitising Government Minister Judith Collins say. “The NZTA App will enable an easier way for Kiwis to pay for Vehicle Registration and Road User Charges (RUC). ...
Whānau with tamariki growing up in emergency housing motels will be prioritised for social housing starting this week, says Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka. “Giving these whānau a better opportunity to build healthy stable lives for themselves and future generations is an essential part of the Government’s goal of reducing ...
Racing Minister Winston Peters has paid tribute to an icon of the industry with the recent passing of Dave O’Sullivan (OBE). “Our sympathies are with the O’Sullivan family with the sad news of Dave O’Sullivan’s recent passing,” Mr Peters says. “His contribution to racing, initially as a jockey and then ...
Assalaamu alaikum, greetings to you all. Eid Mubarak, everyone! I want to extend my warmest wishes to you and everyone celebrating this joyous occasion. It is a pleasure to be here. I have enjoyed Eid celebrations at Parliament before, but this is my first time joining you as the Minister ...
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced Pharmac’s largest ever budget of $6.294 billion over four years, fixing a $1.774 billion fiscal cliff. “Access to medicines is a crucial part of many Kiwis’ lives. We’ve committed to a budget allocation of $1.774 billion over four years so Kiwis are ...
Hon Paula Bennett has been appointed as member and chair of the Pharmac board, Associate Health Minister David Seymour announced today. "Pharmac is a critical part of New Zealand's health system and plays a significant role in ensuring that Kiwis have the best possible access to medicines,” says Mr Seymour. ...
Hundreds of New Zealand families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will benefit from a new Government focus on prevention and treatment, says Health Minister Dr Shane Reti. “We know FASD is a leading cause of preventable intellectual and neurodevelopmental disability in New Zealand,” Dr Reti says. “Every day, ...
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones today attended the official opening of Kaikohe’s new $14.7 million sports complex. “The completion of the Kaikohe Multi Sports Complex is a fantastic achievement for the Far North,” Mr Jones says. “This facility not only fulfils a long-held dream for local athletes, but also creates ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ engagements in Türkiye this week underlined the importance of diplomacy to meet growing global challenges. “Returning to the Gallipoli Peninsula to represent New Zealand at Anzac commemorations was a sombre reminder of the critical importance of diplomacy for de-escalating conflicts and easing tensions,” Mr Peters ...
Ambassador Millar, Burgemeester, Vandepitte, Excellencies, military representatives, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen – good morning and welcome to this sacred Anzac Day dawn service. It is an honour to be here on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood – a deeply ...
Distinguished guests - It is an honour to return once again to this site which, as the resting place for so many of our war-dead, has become a sacred place for generations of New Zealanders. Our presence here and at the other special spaces of Gallipoli is made ...
Mai ia tawhiti pamamao, te moana nui a Kiwa, kua tae whakaiti mai matou, ki to koutou papa whenua. No koutou te tapuwae, no matou te tapuwae, kua honoa pumautia. Ko nga toa kua hinga nei, o te Waipounamu, o te Ika a Maui, he okioki tahi me o ...
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. “Our Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. “I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Nasser, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament in the knee. It runs from the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) and helps stabilise ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne I covered the May 2 United Kingdom local government elections for The Poll Bludger. The Blackpool South parliamentary byelection was also held, ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Grant-Smith, Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast The federal government has announced a “Commonwealth Prac Payment” to support selected groups of students doing mandatory work placements. Those who are studying to be a teacher, nurse, midwife or social ...
We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+. If you love a dark comedy: Bodkin (Netflix, May 9)An English podcaster, an Irish podcaster and American podcaster walk into a pub and…make a TV show? ...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for the Pacific region”. Auckland University of Technology academic Dr Marco de Jong ...
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Dragons!
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/05/11yo-tries-and-fails-to-bribe-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-into-funding-dragon-research.html
The bribe was a nice touch 🙂
Big ups to Sage and Nash for their massive conservation zone proposals on the coast from Timaru to the Otago heads.
Yeah, but remember what happened with the same zones on the South Island West Coast? All the good parts stayed open while the reserves were allocated the emptiest parts of the coast where the fishing was worst i.e. there was little to protect
Lets talk about cameras on the boats…then I might take nashy a bit more seriously
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-02-2019/russel-norman-nash-and-jones-are-leading-nz-fishing-into-rotten-waters/
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018681117/stuart-nash-defends-govt-fishing-policy
Lets talk about your cat infecting rare species.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401712005675
As an ex EA at one of NZ's largest fishing companies…. I STRONGLY AGREE, re camera's on boats. They are definitely needed, am well and truly over the what goes on at sea stays at sea narrative. Dodgy industry.
Some of the dodgiest people I know fish commercially. A byword for it, at least to me. Along with secondhand car salesmen, who I don't know personally, and horticultural contractors, who I do.
The government has no will to enforce regulation, the camera scheme was an industry design to get rid of observers, who were in turn substitutes for fisheries officers who had the power to lay charges under the act.
It's no coincidence that our industry has failed to develop, a culture of evading regulation is not compatible with a quality driven or sustainable approach. NZ is one of the last countries producing fillet block, not because our fish is inferior, but because our companies are.
Bullying rife across our schools: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12230188
No surprise there – as a parent of a kid with a physical disability I can tell you that exclusionary bullying is totally rife. In my experience worse at the intermediate and primary school level. Also that teachers are unable to do anything about it, so seek to minimise it by using procedures that contain the assumption that everyone is to blame a little bit, and it's just an 'issue' that needs to be resolved through discussion.
My (completely unscientific) thoughts on this are the industrial-scale schools are a bad idea, with groups of un-managed feral kids roaming round at break times. They should be much smaller physically with much stronger cultural management and combined in a federated structure. Moreover the Boards of Trustees thing is a total failure due to capture by the aspirational middle class who seek to perpetuate inside the schools the very same hierarchies that benefit them in society at large.
Good points AB. I never saw a parent from a poorer family elected to the Board of Trustees at the local primary school situated in a part of town with many professionals and businesspeople. It doesn't matter how good a person, or a parent, or involved in the community, or trained in a useful occupation; you are not one of the levels of people of higher standing and will lose to an academic, professional or well-groomed madam in real estate. All materialists, and driven by style rather than substance.
This bit AB…
I strongly agree with you.
Entirely accurate summation.
It sure is rife, Miss 14 came home from what should have been an amazing school camp in tears on Friday. She had been put down by the boys the whole time. Currently in communication with the school about it.
The boys say it's just banter, maybe that's normal in some homes, but it's not normal in ours. Anti bullying week this week, if you see anyone being bullied stand up and speak out, because ignoring it just condones it.
Is the idea to have schools lead societal change by making bullying unacceptable and having young citizens develop good attitudes to others so that bullying doesn't happen when they go out into the post-school world?
Or is it to simply deal with incidents of bullying when they happen. Then kids leave school not bullied and go into a world where they're going to find bullying makes the world go round.
I've found that bullying is even worse, in many other cultures and countries. Unlike NZ, though, it is not considered a problem. The "pecking order" especially at work, is the normal state of things.
At least we are trying to reduce it.
Capital punishment a real possibility for woman in Texas and Georgia who go to a different state for an abortion. Unless the Supreme Court doesn't allow this to happen (and there is a good chance with anti-abortion majority of judges they would support the states' laws) then it could soon be reality
For God's sake! Poor women, poor people in Texas. Prating politicians and preachers. They seem a bloodthirsty lot there in Texas, and diseased by emotions of hate for people who break their pretended high moral codes.
I remember Texas for some males tying a black man to the back of their vehicle and dragging him around behind till he was dead. Now the authorities want to kill women who don't want to bring a baby into that world. There appears to be a knee jerk violent response to anyone who disturbs a male in Texas which may include death. Women who are unfortunate to have sex resulting in an unwanted pregnancy, are to be killed if they wish to terminate it? That seems a violent response from the he-men and preachy women of Texas, (There will always be women willing to sacrifice other women, even their daughters, to the male Rule.)
On checking about the murder referred to above I find that he was convicted in 1999 and only executed in 2019 – ten years later. But Texans have executed three this year out of the four for the whole of USA. And another violent murder in Texas was the basis for Obama's 2009 Hate Crimes Prevention Act. It seems that hating is something they are keen on in the good ole State of Texas in USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution/white-supremacist-to-be-executed-in-texas-for-dragging-death-of-black-man-idUSKCN1S01BY
(Reuters) – A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious U.S. hate crimes of modern times was executed in Texas on Wednesday.John William “Bill” King, 44, was put to death by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m. (0008 GMT Thursday) at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said in a statement….
…King was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1999. He was a member of a white supremacist gang and spoke of starting a race war while in prison for a previous crime. He also talked about initiating new members by having them kidnap and murder black people, court documents showed.
King was the third inmate in Texas and the fourth in the United States to be executed in 2019, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
…The gruesome killing spurred the passing of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, strengthening punishments for hate crimes in Texas. The murder, along with that of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten and left to die tied to a fence, was also the genesis of the federal hate crimes prevention act passed in 2009….
Isn't this proposed anti-abortion law in the USA something similar to rigid Sharia law?
White House revokes huge number of press passes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-white-house-has-revoked-my-press-pass-its-not-just-me–its-curtailing-access-for-all-journalists/2019/05/08/bb9794b4-71c0-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.62a03c162fd1
Did Trump traffic in cocaine? Pulitzer prize-winning journalist thinks so
It is worth following what is going on with the Venezuelan embassy in Georgetown Washington DC. Violent right wing opposition supporters and the US secret service and local police have laid siege to the embassy which is occupied by Code Pink protestors (invited in by the Venezuelan government who own the building).
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Codepink-US-Govt-Turns-Off-Water-in-Venezuela-Embassy-20190511-0012.html
This site is for all the "Climate Deniers" to observe the changing planet in the monthly satellite pictures since 2002 to 2016.
Our whole world changes from a light grey in 2002 to a bright red at 2016, and will wake up the most ardent "Cliate denier, try looking at this- I dare you to.
https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/
• CARBON DIOXIDE • GLOBAL TEMPERATURE • ARCTIC SEA ICE MINIMUM • ICE SHEETS • SEA LEVEL Carbon Dioxide LATEST MEASUREMENT:
March 2019 410 ppm
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important heat-trapping (greenhouse) gas, which is released through human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, as well as natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions.
The first graph shows atmospheric CO2 levels measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, in recent years, with average seasonal cycle removed. The second graph shows CO2 levels during the last three glacial cycles, as reconstructed from ice cores. The time series below shows global distribution and variation of the concentration of mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide in parts per million (ppm).
The overall color of the map shifts toward the red with advancing time due to the annual increase of CO2. Missions that observe CO2 Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) DIRECT MEASUREMENTS: 2005-
PRESENT Data source: Monthly measurements (average seasonal cycle removed).
Credit: NOAA 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 YEAR 380 385 390 395 400 405 410 CO2 (parts per million) Click+drag to zoom RESET Get Data: FTP | Snapshot: PNG PROXY (INDIRECT) MEASUREMENTS
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TIME SERIES: 2002-2016 Data source: Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). Credit: NASA
You should hear the sad sounding (!) American on Jesse Mulligan's RNZ prog today recording our last chance for fighting climate change in the 80s when apparently it was all known. The first George Bush's chief of staff John Sununu, long before denialism, pulled America out of a global accord at the last minute. His diminuation of his crime, no one intended to carry out the requirements. It makes me call out to the God of our conjuring to help us.
Inaccurate official assessment of radiofrequency safety by the Advisory Group on Non ionising Radiation
Critique of ARPANSA TRS164 Report
PDF page 7. Maps to the linked document above (9).
Inaccurate official assessment of radiofrequency safety by the Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation.
Conflicts of Interest decide safety levels which corporations seek to adhere to.
When entry and exit criteria are flawed, faulty and governed by conflicted actors at the highest point filtering to subsidiary governing entities
…There can be no confidence in any downstream activity selling the faulty statistics and method as safe.
you're not seriously expecting some sort of remedy are you?.
last time I checked, RF management was under the Ministry for Everything (alongside things like building standards enforcement, employment standards enforcement, and ummigration.
They can't even handle basic radio interference on the bands we've had in use for years.
They can't even handle basic radio interference on the bands we've had in use for years.
Now, now….just the other night our household was suddenly blighted with the most awfullest of interference/static/alien invasion coming through our transistor radios. One is battery powered the other 240v. Seriously hideous and unbearable, especially for a household with no telly.
But we do have the google and a quick search 'what the hell is causing this 'orrible, 'orrible noise on my tranny…' took me straight to…https://www.rsm.govt.nz/consumers/what-is-interference/radio-interference/how-can-i-fix-my-radio-interference
….and bugger me, techno moron moi managed, by following instructions and working my way through the very helpful sound clips, to identify the problem to a very wonky (that's techno speak for 'stuffed') modem.
Sorted.
I actually gasped when I looked at the top of the screen and saw MOBIE….who would have thought it?
No. I expect for the baked in fraud perpetuated by regulatory entities which generate the so called safety levels of RF, will continue to be used against earths populations and the environment on behalf of industry which could not proceed with the experimentation without the fraudulant facade…of regulation…
Which fools enough folks…those who bother to pay attention…
It’s not PhilU,
its fucking Ed behind one twos moniker.
As if you’re the only person who pays attention you pathetic windbag. You’ve come back to the standard purely because you’ve got nothing to feel good about IRL.
Surely the site moderators can use IP mapping to sniff out industrial waste like Ed trying to sneak back in.
You refer to another human being who was quite likely trying to do his best to contribute…and that is banned and unable to defend himself …
As industrial waste.
Have a stern word with yourself…if you’re capable.
Enough people know Ed's track record, including the sneaking back repeatedly like a feeble dirt-licker.
And now making excuses for yourself, dragging in others and doubling down on the insult.
There is no excuse for such cowardice.
Regardless what you believe.
I wondered why One Two had the letter E on the tinfoil hat he wears !!
Classic Ed!!
Telling others to be ashamed based on his judgement of their behaviour that completely ignores his own exact same behaviour.
Thank you One Two well said.
As we are talking about people being censored for opposing group think, have you noticed Rachel Stewart has left Twitter after outrageous online bullying.
As George Orwell said,
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”
First they came for Colonial Viper,……
Ummm, it was Ed who wanted people sent to labour camps for having thoughts.
Soltka your memory betrays you.
It was recommended by Ed that Simon Doull go to Bangladesh to help build walls against the floods. That might prove to him climate change was real.
For some bizarre reason that earned a life ban.
Meanwhile today, Sacha compares Ed to industrial waste, dehumanising and hateful language at best and a lot more brutal than Ed ever wrote. Sacha might not be aware that the Hutus described the Tutsis as cockroaches. The consequence was genocide.
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/73836
The reality is that voices like CV, Bill, One Two, Ed, Bomber Bradbury, Paul, Rachel Stewart and others are not welcome here as they challenge the centrist and complacent Labour position.
You’ll find that the biggest cheerleaders for such savage censorship are the voices of the right wing dwellers on this site.
Maui you are a rare voice of reason amongst ever more reactionary commentary.
No, Ed said that Simon and others should be sent there and forced to labour. If you can't see a problem with that you should probably leave too.
Or be made to, again lol
Do you have as strong an opinion on people being called ‘cockroaches’ or ‘industrial waste.’ ?
Just wondering how selective your outrage is.
Calling people names versus sending them to labour camps? Oh gosh it's a hard one.
Absolutely correct yet again Milly. The central elites get so caught up on the littlest things.
First they came for Colonial Viper,……
Is it any coincidence that the best commenters are disappeared…
Ol Eddie was banned for good reason.
Labour camps for Climate Change denialists. Classic stuff.
As a matter of interest, what do you believe the punishment should have been handed out to war criminals in WW2 for genocide?
Seems like a completely unrelated question.
Sending wayward youth on an LSV course is the equivalent of a war crime in a centrists world. Go figure.
yes he also wished people to war to suffer the consequences. a sad fellow indeed
I'd put money on Milly. Behaviour's a bit modified, but sometimes it looks like the control slips.
Ha ha, yes that Daily Review sequence is pure Paul/Ed. Speaking of which, in the other link, how could the moderators bring back both Paul and Ed? Human cloning?
Human cloning? Sockpuppets should be that hard.
Having said that, I don't mind if the sockpuppets are sufficiently different. It's only irritatingly boring when their content is exactly the same and it's just the handle that's different.
at least this iteration of Ed isn’t spamming boring links with Tenuous validity from the same site and demanding everyone bow down and agree.
oh wait
Apparently dissing a vexatious commenter banned many times for spouting pools of verbal sewage is 'genocide'. Will someone think of the children!
Aussies are stupid. This scheme will ensure the pain of falling house prices is shared amongst more of the population. Ugh. #ScoMo
What scheme?
Five days to go in the Aussie election and it’s interesting to see who is campaigning where.
Labor has gone on the offensive in seats that are usually solid for the Coalition and Morrison has been forced to defend seats that normally wouldn’t warrant a visit from the leader in an election campaign.
BBC: "A number of gay rights activists have been arrested after clashing with police at an unauthorised pride march in Cuba's capital, Havana. Saturday's event followed the unexpected cancellation by the communist authorities of the country's 12th annual march against homophobia. Activists condemned the move and then organised their own demonstration, largely through social media. Marching in Cuba without permission can be met with a strong police response." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48242255
Defiance of the edict of the one-party state is as futile in Cuba as in China: " Cuba has had a communist political system since 1959 based on the "one state – one party" principle. Cuba is constitutionally defined as a Marxist–Leninist socialist state guided by the political ideas of Karl Marx, one of the fathers of historical materialism, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin. The present Constitution also ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba to be the "leading force of society and of the state" and as such has the capability of setting national policy."
Protests supporting gay pride may seem inoffensive, but when leftists achieve a monopoly on state power and control, even the smallest misbehaviour by the masses can seem offensive to them.
"but when leftists achieve a monopoly on state power and control, even the smallest misbehaviour by the masses can seem offensive to them."
This should read:
"but when [anybody] achieves a monopoly of state [or private] power and control, even the smallest etc "
i.e. the problem is power itself. Non-leftists don't get off the hook on this one, nor do the holders of private economic power. And in well-functioning democracies (which are admittedly rare) state power can at least claim to be of democratic origin.
Correct exposition of the general principal that applies, well put. I was flagging the psychology that motivates people to align with the left, in the hope that someone will explain why it warps human nature. In respect of traditional mythology around the left – representing the people etc. What motivates them to victimise people when they get successful…
Dennis, I “align with the left” – might be something to do with the appeal of
"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs."
I do believe that there needs to be more wealth sharing (and not just in NZ society) than is presently the case – the increasing concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands feels unsustainable, and that's just one unsustainable aspect of how we are living now.
Maybe my feeling that too many 'things' are going skew-whiff is due to my warped nature – I sincerely hope so, because BAU would suit me down to the ground.
I’m ready for my SUV, Mr. DeMille!
My SUV is a plug-in hybrid (Outlander). I've believed in more wealth-sharing all my life. I recall long ago when I read about the levellers, in the time of Cromwell's commonwealth, who took the extreme line of equality of wealth for all, and I agreed with that principle.
Age tends to shift idealism into pragmatism though, eh? Nowadays my inner idealist yields to my inner pragmatist usually, and the concept of meritocracy rates higher than the concept of democracy accordingly. Not as much as for Mark, who cited it in justification of China's regime yesterday, however!
Pragmatism (IMHO) owes too much to short-term (age-related) self interest to steer us away from increasing 'skew-whiffedness' – we are in a bind.
"Don't worry, be happy." is my take on pragmatism – skew-whiffedness isn't my problem, what can I do? But "I have such doubts."
Same as motivates the right. Greed, and lust for power.
Which is why genuine democracy, is essential.
Dennis Frank conflating being "left wing" with authoritarian Government, again. Who are the most enthusiastic about spies, restricting protest, corporate rights and State control in New Zealand, again? . Hint, it is not those of us of "leftish" persuasion.
Yeah, I know. I was using the notion as everyone else has always used it, as a term of consistent general meaning. As you imply, the meaning of left differs depending on the political context it is applied in. Such relativity is part of postmodernism – a part that is valid in my opinion…
Yes we know that you know that you talk through your arse.
Still failing to grow up, I see. Or is it intentional, to prove that leftists really are as inadequate as people think they are?
Right, cause you all mature and all saying things you know to be bullshit just to try and get a rise.
Big downer on Gays from Castro on. 'Read a book'. Homosexuality popular in the country apparently. The author killed himself because his age prevented him from being attractive any longer. What the fuck did homosexuality have to do with anything? Except machismo?
Less ironic radiation, that's what we need!
Richard Harman says the party boss has applied pressure inside the Nats to back Bridges. From http://politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/1560/ for our review, criticism, etc:
So much worse to the right fed by internet American views of reality. Thankfully without political or MSM entre. Something sounder about our country keeps out the Right Wing anti-rational views of America. Or, our elite can't speak conscious lies.
UN Climate change Leader is today warning that the world is loosing the will to address climate change?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/un-climate-chief-warns-of-catastrophe-if-world-leaders-continue-to-dawdle-2019-04-25 UNITED NATIONS —
The U.N. climate chief says world leaders must recognize there is no option except to speed-up and scale-up action to tackle global warming, warning that continuing on the current path will lead to “a catastrophe.” Patricia Espinosa stressed in two recent interviews with the Associated Press that climate scientists are saying there’s still a chance to make things right “but the window of opportunity is closing very soon” and the world has 12 years until carbon emissions reach “a point of no return.” That means the world needs to accelerate all efforts to keep from reaching that level, “and therefore all efforts are absolutely indispensable” to cut carbon emissions and keep temperatures from rising, she said.
"the world is loosing the will to address climate change"
Nothing in the article supports that statement.
Ah Another climate denier eh Sasha?
I thought you was actually a climate change advocate, – guess we are wrong?
We heard he was reported on (RNZ) on 'morning report' as saying the world is loosing the will to fight climate change.
If you read between the lines here you can reach that conclusion your self as the RNZ reporter did.
Also on Breakfast TV one he also hit hard at polluters to be taxed for their pollution and his words are angry to the ones who are not moving on climate change.
Check both press releases.
I believe he has sent that message that he believes some countries have given up and that is why he is coming out swinging.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/un-secretary-general-calls-initiatives-carbon-neutrality-during-auckland-visit
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/chief-forecasts-total-disaster-global-warming-stopped-190509054543572.html
UN chief forecasts 'total disaster' if global warming not stopped
World must change in 'transformative' ways to prevent climate change prompting 'total disaster',
Antonio Guterres says.
9 May 2019
Guterres said he would ask the world leaders to stop subsidising fossil fuels
[Mary Altaffer/AP] MORE ON UNITED NATIONS UN chief:
Climate change 'running faster than we are' today
The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible. The alternative "would mean a catastrophic situation for the whole world",
Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press news agency in an exclusive interview. Guterres said he was about to tour Pacific islands to see how climate change was devastating them as part of his renewed push to fight it.
He was summoning world leaders to the UN in September to tell them "they need to do much more in order for us to be able to reverse the present trends and to defeat the climate change".
That means, he said, the world had to change, not in small incremental ways but in big "transformative" ways, into a green economy with electric vehicles and "clean cities"
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/un-secretary-general-calls-initiatives-carbon-neutrality-during-auckland-visit UN Secretary General urges governments to tax polluters in bid to cut carbon emissions
PAUL HOBBS 1 NEWS REPORTER 9:56AM
1 NEWS MORE FROM NEW ZEALAND CLIMATE CHANGE AUCKLAND PAUL HOBBS
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has met with the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw and a group of youth leaders at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Mr Guterres called for three initiatives to aid in the quest for carbon neutrality.
He said governments must shift taxes from salaries to carbon, meaning tax polluters not people.
He said we must stop subsidising fossil fuels and urged the world stop the construction of new coal plants by 2020.
Mr Guterres said we need green economies not grey economies.
One youth leader, who is part of the Blake Inspire group, presented the Secretary General with a pair of red socks and a sample of his own invention – an environmental substitute to "glad wrap".
Here is the story from Morning Report: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018694766/un-leader-in-nz-talking-climate-change-social-media-terrorism
Like everything you have posted today it contains not the slightest hint that the UN Secy General said the world is 'losing the will' to fight climate change.
If you want to make shit up, fill your boots – but do not claim that public figures or media said stuff that they didn't. And if you are incapable of making sense of what you read, perhaps best to stop flapping your gums in public. You're just wasting everyone's time.
I saw the same on RNZ at 5.30pm as the Auckland University meeting with the students were interviewing the Secretary of the UN and the statement was by the moderator that he has signalled in his discussions that he feels that most have given up on Climate change so go listen to the 5.30 news on channel 83 dick.
Yes I saw the Checkpoint report (see https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-13-05-2019/#comment-1616276) but you provided not one link earlier to back up your claims it had been said this morning. And I’m not familiar with this ‘channel 83 dick’ you mention. Is it a perfume for the privates?
Meanwhile over in the Huawei thread…
Technology companies, similar to the vast majority (+/-100%) of profit driven corporations, have future roadmaps which earnings/profits have been used as leverage…
Captured regulators set the course and paid for legislators clear the barriers for business as usual…
Politicians answer to job creators, wealth creators …BAU…
It matters not what the UN says to politicians…
Politicians are not in control…they seemingly have no will…no courage to fight against corporate business as usual..
Ergo, saying the world is loosing the will to address climate change…is factually correct..
From a political perspective.
Nothing in the article supports that statement.
100% One Two; yes that is clear here, so the secretary general has placed a line in the sand, as far as we can see by championing Climate change when the piss weak 'politicians' won't and that is why the reporter claimed the UN secretary general has shown to believe that the world had given up on climate change.
I for one believe that the children will show how bloody weak many are including all the climate deniers are on TS also.
"that is why the reporter claimed the UN secretary general has shown to believe that the world had given up on climate change."
Please stop lying.
Watch the RNZ on Channel 83 at 5.30 dick and see it there. dickhead.
See below, tosser: https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-13-05-2019/#comment-1616276
They use to call it Global warming, but now it is climate change. Is that because the temperatures weren't heating up as much as they were supposed to?
No, it's because far too many dull-witted literalists missed the point and were prone to posting mind-bogglingly stupid stuff like:
In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!
Trust well known moron and US President Donald J. Trump to provide us with a good example.
Bazza64 watch this I dare you.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-report-on-climate-change-shows-canada-warming-at-twice-the-rate-of/
Report on climate change shows Canada warming at twice the rate of rest of world
JEFF LEWIS – ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
JANICE DICKSON
PUBLISHED APRIL 1, 2019UPDATED APRIL 2, 2019
Canada is bloody freezing & could do with a bit more warmth.
What planet are you on?
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201901
There is no slowing in Global temperature rise – and it will continue to increase until humans stop increasing GHGs – and even then it will still continue to increase until the the energy the Earth releases in black body radiation equals the energy the Earth receives from the sun. With the current concentration of over 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere that peak temperature will be around 2 – 3 degrees C above average pre-industrial levels.
That the temperature rise has periods of peaks and then troughs does not mean that the planet is not warming – any investigation of recorded Global temperatures over the past century and a half will show that there is a distinct upward trend in averaged Global temperature. Indeed the graph is increasing in slope not slowing down as the above report from NOAA indicates. Those peaks and troughs are the natural occurrence of weather patterns. A sharp period of cold in one area, is quite possible even on an otherwise warming Earth and higher precipitation levels are simply to be expected as the atmosphere's ability hold more water vapour increases by around 4% with each degree C rise in temperature.
A little dated but still extremely relevant. Authoritarian Neoliberalism
This guy is an idiot. Was he speaking before or after the Greek Euro crisis? If it was before then that should have highlighted that the rules in place in the Eurozone allowed massive State spending in member countries (up to a point) and there was little penalty for breaching them. If it was after he should know the massive danger of unrestricted State spending and how the Eurozone countries had to bail out those that attempted to spend their way to prosperity.
It was after. And he wasn't advocating irresponsible spending.
He was demonstrating how socialist policy options are being outlawed while neoliberal policies are being enshrined in law, subverting democracy.
@ gossy This guy is an idiot, well as the saying goes, it takes one to recognise one. Well done Gasman, we already knew that.
Ponder this, rod: with socialist policy options being outlawed, what will become of supporters?
Well according to you, full on lefties unhappy change isn't occurring fast enough under labour, will go off, spin 180, and then vote act 😆
That seems (anecdotal) to already be happening.
I've never known any genuine left leaning voter go from left to ultra right because the government isn't left enough. It's completely illogical and counter productive.
Nobody goes from protesting against what isn't left enough to voting for the far right, well, not unless they're phoney to begin with, like I believe you to be.
Or they may see Anarchism is the only option, when so called left wing governments embrace far right economics.
Sure, Rick, but probably not if they work for a living.
Lame, lame, lame quote of the week!
Yeah, get back to me when your anarchist posse number more than the hours you work in a week.
In Epsom?
I thought you all might enjoy this:
"[Jacinda Ardern] also has areas where she is very strong performer, and people will be making a mistake if they under-estimate her abilities. I certainly won’t be."
That's from arch-tory, RWNJ, Dirty Politics blogger etc etc, David Farrar…
https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2019/05/why_national_shouldnt_fall_into_labours_trap_of_under-estimating_the_prime_minister_of_the_day.html
He is saying 'know the enemy' He is warning those in National not to underestimate her ability.
Tip Top ice cream has been sold to an overseas buyer
A sad day
My loyalty to the brand will switch to a NZ company
fiejoa,
“A sad day – My loyalty to the brand will switch to a NZ company”
I agree ‘Mine to’ let us know what the best NZ owned brands are when you find them please?
Tip Top ice cream is rather average.
If I do feel the need for some ice cream I buy this brand (NZ Made)
http://www.muchmoore.co.nz/
Yeah not bad, But Deep South is my preferred indulgence
Passionfruit cheesecake 🍦 is simply yummy
https://www.deepsouthicecream.co.nz/
Did you do the same thing when Bata, the NZ shoe manufacturer sold to Skellerup?
Well, I supported Minnie Cooper shoes before they closed, I also support Ziera shoes ( I think they are a NZ company but I am going to check now!!), and I have a fabulous pair of McKinlay boots made in Dunedin. Is that enough?
Lastrite boots in Whangarei. Will tailor to your feet.
This is Fonterra. A NZ company that has no interest in value added, and keeping strategic NZ assets within the country. $380 million? Now more of our national earnings flowing over the border – must be like a financial waterfall now. They're spending money like water. Oh no, water is like money but we haven't caught up with the rest of the smart world yet. 'Perhaps they never will'.
Deep South…is a better ice cream anyway
YES and they may also lose a third of their value, as Cadbury did.
hey i cant post from my tablet android n chrome browser
I cannot get focus in the comment box (altho i can type in the name and email field) is this just me ?
they have changed a few talking heads at RNZ lately but the still have the same old drugs on THE PANEL. worst of all is mould old fig jock anderson stilll raking in pro rata payments for sitting there and dishing the PM and the NZLP every time he gets the chance. time to ditch him and get some new blood.
At last, the UN leader is reported saying what people here claimed without evidence earlier – at 1m28: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018694859/un-secretary-general-tax-pollution-not-people
Though it's worth noting that he said leaders of his generation have lost the will, not that 'the world' has. This situation is serious enough; it does not need any exaggeration and hype from us.
We need some larger kiwi mainstream company to go against Tip Top so we can pick icecream up at every dairy and supermarket.like we did with Chocolate Cadbury vs Whittakers.
So some of these anti climate change folks here may be global operators who are used to interfere with our discussions about climate change, and now this may be a foreign based lobby group working for Oil Companies?
We have already seen the phony front called “Galileo movement”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/galileo-movement-fuels-australia-climate-change-divide/
National’s Dirty politics beginning again we see?
Program on TV One news tonight at 5.30pm about this today groups using algorithms to undermine our political system they suggested.
More proof of clandestine climate deniers here in Australia
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Galileo_Movement
Galileo Movement Learn more from the Center for Media and Democracy's research on climate change.
This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's spotlight on front groups and corporate spin.
This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of Global Energy Monitor and the Center for Media and Democracy.
See here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm. The Galileo Movement is a a climate denier lobby group set up to oppose carbon pricing, based in Australia. On its website the group states that "our objective is to expose misrepresentations pushing a 'price on carbon dioxide.
[1] In August 2011, the Scientific American magazine openly derided the group, describing it as "drawing from a deep history of denial and distortion" and relying on irrelevant facts while omitting pertinent ones.
[2][3] Founded ostensibly by retirees John Smeed, an engineer, and Case Smit, a hygienist, the group launched its website in May, 2011.
The group's patron is conservative Australian broadcaster Alan Jones.
[4] The group blames global warming on anything but man-made emissions: variations in solar radiation, ocean-atmosphere oscillations, deviations in the Earth's orbit, and mountain-building continental drift and associated volcanic eruptions — all dismissed by mainstream science.[5] It warns of "climate police" having the right to intrude into people's lives in Australia,
It's interesting to see the high opinion about NZ living standards that this Kiwi chap living in Los Angeles has. I think that homosexual couples who don't want children take a simpler view, bypassing concerns about parenting, social welfare, education etc.
"I'd like to say I will live in New Zealand again," he says. "It seems to be much more desirable and progressive than most other countries right now – especially the USA!"
Ryan has come to feel that Kiwis can take the relatively high standard of living in New Zealand for granted.
"Even though New Zealand is far from perfect, it really is the lucky land. Living in a city where an estimated 50,000 people are homeless, you see people struggling with mental health and no social support on a daily basis. I'm regularly asked by my American friends why I would choose to live here when I could be back home. It's so important to me that I never become desensitised to this reality and it makes me grateful for my Kiwi roots."
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/kiwi-traveller/112632518/the-truth-about-life-in-los-angeles-according-to-kiwi-expats