Hello veutoviper, I have had friends calling in to suss progress today lol, so missed this query. xx
Had that horrible Tramadol.. was ill and off balance. Lost a week away with the fairies. Now I am quite good. First full Physio session at the hospital yesterday. A bit stiff today, but I can feel I have recovered, although still a degree of discomfort. X ray is 5th March. Let us hope they have shortened the leg correctly, I have healed and don’t need a realignment.
All going well I should be walking unassisted in 4 to 6 more weeks, and driving Yahoo!! So additional time 6 weeks or so… not too bad.
Bless you, the long handled brush and shovel has been a real boon. Norman received an accidental knock to his ankle 10 days back and developed gout… uric acid is a curse. Well we have shared the walker walking stick and my codeine lol lol Thanks for thinking of me, though I think I’m the healthiest out of my Physio class. It is 4 weeks today.
Sorry, patricia – I had missed this reply. Wow, already four weeks, well more than that now. Pleased to hear things are improving and that they keep on doing so. And relieved that the long-handled broom etc has been useful. Re Norman’s gout, I definitely agree re uric acid over-production, I have that and am continually fighting uric acid kidney stones plus gout in ankles from time to time. Is he on Allopurinol?
Another old but good old remedy for uric acid problems is good old raw apple cider vinegar with the “Mother” in it – I have about two tbsp in about 4tbsp of water first thing in the morning and also often more before any meal with a high protein and/or carbohydrate content. ACV is part of my official medical treatment of both uric acid overproduction AND low hydrochloric acid – with the blessing of my specialists as I cannot take much Allopurinol. My local New World stocks about five different brands these days and a bottle lasts me about 5 -6 weeks at about $6 -7. Only thing to watch is your teeth as not good for enamel. Dental advice is to immediately rinse mouth with straight water and swallow to clean esophagus; and not to brush teeth for at least an hour as brushing pushes it into the enamel.
Mention the Raw Apple Cider Vinegar – and say you know someone who is under Urology at Wgtn Hospital and it is being used for their uric acid kidney stones and gouty arthritis with good success as they are not able to take more than 1-2 allopurinol per day if at all. Plenty on the internet (including scientific/medical articles) about raw ACV being a very old treatment for uric acid.
Re the hematoma, can understand why they won’t use Allopurinol because of that. Allopurinol tends to be a bit of a blood thinner like low dose Aspirin and that is one of the reasons I can only take max 2 per day (usual lowest dose is 3 per day). When I was on both As, I had continual bruises all over my body to the point a doctor asked me if someone was abusing me! Slightest touch and bruise LOL. And it would take an age to stop the bleeding from even the smallest cut etc. So no Aspirin now, and no more than 2 Allopurinol per day if that.
Thst’s an extremely attractive shot in the limited colours used. Obviously a precocious little animal whose expertise will know no bounds when older. I imagine it looking royal as underlings toil to its throne to ask questions of the
sphinx.
I notice some raised fur on the kitten’s back. Has it hopped inside the clothes basket as a safe haven while you scamper round and clean up which is creating brouhaha.
There is so much important relaxation time in thinking about animals to get away from thinking about fake news, and the general clot-worthy events around. So I give you this link – animals And fake news from Onion. I realise that i have not been paying proper attention to Onion, they are very clever and often right on the button with their satirising.
‘Breaking: Dogs running’ (and to add to the general air of foreboding, at the end she says ‘But where are the children’).
lol I remember one of ours decided that a convenient multi plug was a great place. He got quite a shock! Normally he was outside keeping the rabbits down. Lived to the ripe age of 22 and we had a 20th B’day party for him. BYO milk coz ur not getting any of his. It was quite an event.
I know that smell. More like a tangy mint than lavender. Think yourself lucky it wasn’t clean, pressed ready to wear clothes laid out on a bedroom cushion.
I highly recommend a mix of 1 part white vinegar/1 part water to clean cat accidents and remove smell. Old formula but good. Also Nilodor for the instant removal of associated smells – again an oldie but a goodie used by SPCAs, vets etc,
It comes in a spray bottle as per the images in this search link for Nilodor NZ:
BUT don’t get taken in by the ridiculous prices it is sold for by some outlets such as pet supplies shops and online sources, pharmacists etc = eg $17 !!!
Available at most New World supermarkets for $5.16.
PS – a little goes a long way (eg one quick puff) so one of those bottles lasts for ages; and it is also an excellent car freshener and antidote to cigarette smoke smells etc. And no I have no interest in the company etc!
Have much experience in cat accident. The tabby has had a few problems over the years. First and most important is to blot up as much as you can and soon as you can before you do anything else. If you do this, sometimes you don’t need to do anything else. Trust me, I lost a persian rug before I discovered this.
Please pass on my/our compliments on the photo. And keep them coming. Also liked the other photo of Mort in her photos!
I actually have taken a note of her facebook page and if I hear anyone looking for someone like Lyn, I will pass it on. And I really do recommend Nilodor. Far quicker/more effective that ordinary air fresheners.
When my best feline buddy ever got old and sick and the frequency of those issues went way up, the best thing I found was using a wet’n’dry vac first, then wetting the area with plain water, vaccing, wetting, vaccing, then using whatever chemicals du jour I had available.
Fair enough, but from decades of being an animal carer (dogs, cats, birds as well as wild animal R &R recovery carer), some chemicals can actually make things much worse by setting the stain rather than removing it.
The vinegar trick is a very old one and a good one – the right pH to not set urine etc and doesn’t usually require repeated treatments as using just straight water tends to. Not just for cat/dog urine but particularly for bird shit. Many people use bleach type cleaners (outside on roofs etc things like 30 Seconds) which actually just set it hard like concrete, whereas white vinegar will actually soften it and allow it to be washed away. White vinegar is also very cheap compared to commercial chemical cleaners and much safer for animals etc, and the recommended cleaner for aviaries etc,
But as Ankerawshark says quick blotting of urine on carpets etc without spreading is essential first.
I did not mean to start a thread on this! But Nilodor is such a good product I wanted to mention it. LOL.
If there are any volunteers to be the Open Mike scheduler, I’m sure LP and MS would be happy to consider it. I’m doing the ‘how to get there’ post and it’s reasonably straightforward to set up the future editions. Takes me about an hour once a month.
OM would be the same process, but a more regular time commitment.
TS is always looking for new authors, too. So if there is anyone keen to give it a try, sing out.
Thinking about it. A few pros and cons – will get back to you probably via the TS email as have very old computer/software, and good user skills but few IT tech skills. Or on second thoughts, happy for you (or lprent etc) to email me with a bit more detail of what is involved/needed etc (skills, software etc) via my TS sign-in email.
Maybe now the Democratic party will finally start to do some serious self analysis and soul searching in regards to their shocking and embarrassing loss in probably the most winnable election in modern US history, and prepare a solid platform to win the next election….but probably not.
You’re reading too much into it, Adrian. This does nothing to clear Trump, and merely confirms what we already know, which is that the smoking gun with Trump’s dabs on it hasn’t surfaced yet. And it tells us nothing about what Mueller knows.
As for the Democrats, they’re doing fine. They’re re-energised, did well at the mid terms, took the house back and are set fair to take the senate and Presidency in two years. And look at the new senators and Presidential hopefuls. Some great people there, including a couple who are proud to say that they are socialists. This is the party with all the momentum at the moment.
The Democrats are far from OK, my prediction is that the most interesting battle we will witness this year is not the imaginary battle some people have been led to believe will happen around the Trump/Russia conspiracy, but the much needed battle between the establishment Dems and the new Left wing progressives, much more interesting and much more relevant imo.
This is the guy whom (quite bizarrely ) so many smart people on the Left have aligned themselves with, pretty sure most will live to regret this obvious mistake in the future…and btw, just as a matter of interest, could you tell me when in the past, has the FBI ever been an ally of the Left?
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s History of Cover-Ups
‘After a 12-year stint leading the Bureau, the longest ever since J. Edgar Hoover, Mueller is now seen by many as an honest man serving the interest of the American public. However, that perception cannot be defended once one knows about Mueller’s past.’
Can you point out any time globalreseach has been an ally of the left? Or even made any sense at all? It really diminishes your argument when you use shit sites for your cites, Adrian.
And the point isn’t what Mueller did in the past, it’s what he’s tasked with doing now. That doesn’t mean the left is ‘aligned’ with him, but the American people are clearly stakeholders in his work. By extension, we all are.
If you believe global research to be a ‘shit site’, TRP…. then every link you’ve ever posted in any article you’ve ever written… has also come from a ‘shit site’….
Oh, and of course there is no collusion with Russia, nor is is Meullers job to ‘out’ any if there was…
Meullers job, just like every other…is as a gatekeeper of information…
An agent of the status quo…as you should be very well aware….
Mate, globalresearch is infowars without the tears and tantrums. I stick to sites that have a least some sense of sanity to them. I’ve been mulling over doing a post on ‘media you can trust’ for ages now. Maybe this weekend …
On Mueller, it’s probably worth remembering Mark Felt. Like Mueller, he was as a straight as a die, loyal and hardworking. Both men reached the top echelon of the FBI. When Felt was stymied in his work, he worked around the gatekeepers to do the right thing. And, ultimately, he bought Nixon down. Mueller may do the same to Trump.
The key point is that both men were extremely conservative, all American types. And when faced with a terrible truth about his President, Felt put America first. I suspect Mueller is made of the same stuff.
TRP, you don’t have any better discernment than anyone else does when it comes to understanding what ‘shit sites’ are…
In fact I would suggest that given some of the links you’ve used in articles have been entirely substandard, and some instances links to sites/blogs of those who are little more than shills for industry used as so called ‘experts’… (yes I will be explicit if you like)…in one instance you admitted to not having read the backgrounds, except superficially…and felt the credentials were good…
You write on some topics in an overly emotional, I could argue, irrational manner…links won’t help you…selecting ‘shit sites’…will continue…because it is subjective…and because you are biased…inflexible in your thoughts…at least in the articles you write on this site…
Mueller, Trump, Felt, Putin…they have more in common with each other than with any so called left leaning traits you feel good in yourself for believing in…
You reckon global research is on info-wars level…yeah…righto…that is not any surprise…if you had some discernment you would understand why not…
@ TRP, Sure OK it might be a pretty shit link I don’t know, ( article seemed legit enough to me) so fair enough, but my point still stands…just remember this old saying…you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas.
BTW surely you (we all) make a judgment on a person by our knowledge of their actions in the past, not what they say they will or won’t do in the future.
I totally agree with you about past performance. It’s use a good guide to future performance. My feeling with Mueller is that he won’t be blocked or bought off. That doesn’t mean I’m sure he’ll nail Trump, just that I’m confident he’ll be straight with the facts. If there is collusion he’ll say so. Same if there’s not.
So you mean you trust the man who lied right out in the open on Iraq, is therefore partly responsible for the death and misery of hundreds of thousands of human beings…this is the man you are waiting on to tell you the truth…holy shit.
It’s also worth noting TRP that that report was from the Republican controlled Senate Committee. The Democrats on the committee were not so convinced. Like we have here – if you want to cover something up, you have a committee investigate and do a whitewash of the whole thing, and this is just what happened here. The Republicans are proving to have little moral compass left and much like the Nats here, are more interested in maintaining their position than actually working for their country. Had they found a smoking gun what would that mean for the future of the GOP who have stood firmly behind Trump on almost all occasions? They tried very hard not to look for a smoking gun, and were successful in not finding it.
Meanwhile the Democrats in the House are in the process of setting up their own investigation into this whole sordid affair. I expect there will be a very different outcome. The Republican House investigation – lead by Nunes was appalling in its biased work.
With regard to collusion by Russia in US elections Laith Marouf, Beirut-based political analyst/media producer shows a perspective never given by msm.
Read it all
“I am against the theory of Israeli influence over US politics for the simple reason that Israel and Zionism are an Imperial tool to control and divide the Arab People; meaning the Empire is in control of Israel and the fate of the Jewish people, not the other way around.
Having said that, it doesn’t mean that Zionists are not interfering in US politics, in so far as developing the narrative needed to defend the abomination of Apartheid Israel in the media and giving the politicians the lingo that they need to follow when queried. And of course the politicians in the Empire are glad to take the money from AIPAC for a job they would have had to do anyways to maintain Imperial control of the Middle East. It is a symbiosis between components of the Empire that are at the core of the System.
Now about interference, you know where the whole story of Russian collusion with Trump started with? It started with the war on Syria, Obama and Palestine. If you remember, Obama and Kerry wanted to sign a treaty of end of hostilities with Russia at the end of their term. They faced a huge attack from Netanyahu, who even got himself invited to address the congress without a presidential invitation, a first. Obama went ahead and signed the deal with Russia anyways. Within 24hrs the Armed and Intelligence Forces of the US mutinied and launched an attack on Syrian forces defending the besieged city of Dier ezZor and coordinated with ISIS to attack the city simultaneously; stoping the war from ending in 2016.
Right after, a motion to condemn Apartheid Israel’s breach of international law was to be voted at the UNSC, as a punishment for Netanyahu, Obama asked his ambassador to abstain and allow the vote to go through; another first. Panicking, Netanyahu called on Trump, who was elected but not yet in power, to ask the Russians to veto instead. So Kushner and the Trumps tried to speak to the Russians, yes they did, but on behalf of the Zionist Israeli leadership. Trump and the Zionists were willing to undermine a sitting president to save Apartheid Israel from a vote at the UNSC. Russia voted for the motion, the US abstained, and Apartheid Israel was condemned.
Obama was furious when he found out and the story was made public. To cover up all of this Israeli interference in American politics, the Zionist media warped the story, dropped the crucial point of why the Trumps and Kushner where trying to speak to the Russians, and voila! The Russians are interfering said the headlines since 2017.”
No mention of the wages on offer – surely there sould be a rule that offered wages must be at least a premium over the living wage (say $26/h?) before such concessions are considered? How about it Labour – after all, you’ve got ‘Labour’ in the party name. Otherwise this scheme is just another mechanism for enforcing poverty wages.
What’s more Labour should be calling for willing workers presently unemployed whether registered or not, who want to take up these jobs and go through a program, not unreasonably hard, to get them fit. Then get them to the job, with better than just good-enough accommodation and let them get work at the fruitface or wherever. Get on with it you Minister of Labour (is there one?).
Fact –
Hon Willie Jackson
List MP
Minister of Employment
Associate Minister for Māori Development https://www.labour.org.nz/ourteam
It is unfortunate that there is a Labour Michael Wood and a National Woodhouse, Michael!
So will he Willie, or will he not, be a leading force in this government in moving people who are ready and want to be moved into a system where they are kept on the government’s books, a work-ready, keen workforce dedicated to doing the job? And I like the idea of having them registered as permanent members of the work team, and meeting regularly for gym sessions, and thinking of other work that they could do together, even form a band to do something when the seasonal work or temporary work is unavailable. Sports team, work team, both can provide regular interest and commitment and a feeling of satisfaction. Very positive from all aspects.
The keen ones will be there, despite being unappreciated, discouraged, picked up, pushed around, dropped, homeless, couchless, penniless at some times. And trying not to let the drugs get hold.
And when you do stuff for the unemployed Minister, and want to get them started in work on the unskilled level, then start having ranked teams, so that they progress up with higher wages and advantages as they move up the Team ladder. The tried and experienced who can be relied on are Team One, the others who will then want to come along will be Two, Three, to Five.
Then the triers will be keen to get right and in the program. That is the spirit we want from you Willie Jackson and the whole Labour Party. People who are committed to doing a good job at what is needed and stick at it till it is done!
I don’t know whether there is too much Wood or not enough. It’s a poor distribution system at fault – in names. I want to see some really striking men’s names coming up – enough of these Michaels, Johns, Peters.
Let’s go back to Vikings – Ethelred, Roman Julius, Thor sounds good, Theophilus, Xavier; what about ethnic diversity. Erik the half-bee, Vlad etc. – there is a vast store untouched.
Made worse by a far more exacting picking schedule of size and colour, no simple stripping of trees.
1996..when on an hourly rate pickers were on $7 – $9 at a time when the minimum wage for over 20’s was $6.35. ie above minimum wage
Hourly rate 2019…strictly minimum wage now.
Median Rent Hawkes Bay/Gisborne (1998) $150
Median Rent Flaxmere 2018 $350.00
And when you ask for higher wages you are on your own..the RSE workers are happy with their lot, they aren’t raising families or ‘living*’ in nz.
Though the best of them disappear to Australia for the season if they can.
Andrew Little, with Jacinda in tow, came down here and told us we needed to ‘improve productivity’ if we wanted higher wages. HA!! I guess there’s a reason the room was filled with orchardists and retired teachers, not a picker or warehouse worker in sight.
Thanks for that information, Siobhan. It pretty much confirms what I suspected and have seen hinted at. So no wonder that they have trouble getting local workers. Actually is it a problem of ‘getting’ locals to apply or is it a problem of the employers not ‘wanting’ to employ locals and instead preferring to employ RSE workers? i actually thin I know the answer! – but am interested in the views of those closer to the situation such as yourself.
Well, its both really.
The traditional workforce for seasonal work used to be ‘housewives’, which is simply not a ‘thing’ anymore, and the large local Maori population.
Anecdotally I can say there has been a mass exodus of Maori from the Bay over the last 20 years.
I’m still trying to find the stats on that one, but I do know that in the Central Hawke’s Bay District the Maori population had an increase of 9 people, or less than one percent since between the 2006 and 2013 Census.
The unemployed locals get frog marched out to the orchards every year, but that’s a very small pool of people now, and includes a large number of older people who are physically worn out, young mothers who do not have good child care, transport etc and young folk who are from highly dysfunctional situations and are often unable to be functional workers.
So workers will need to be imported, BUT that is no excuse not to be paying an actual livable wage. Maybe if we are relying on workers whose main place of residence is overseas we should have a ‘top-up’ payment for locals. It could be based on a simple calculation of weekly picking wage vs how much it costs per week for a family to live in Vanuatu compared to a family in the Hawkes Bay.
Labour and National both seem more than happy to top up landlords high rent expectations via the accommodation allowance, so maybe they should top up the low wages Orchardists insist on Paying 😉
China – who would have thunk we would have any problems with our big trading partner, who we are trying to milk – just can’t get past dairy 101 eh!
Now we have been caught in a huddle in the playground with that USA and all the wide-eyed 5-Eyes. So which gang do we want to be in? How do we handle the politics; eggs are precious, have we put too many in one basket. We must remember they are breakable. We’ll need eggs if we can save our bacon before breakfast, if not by lunchtime.
“We have recently faced administrative issues with our salmon exports to China, which have caused delays getting shipments cleared through Chinese ports,” he said.
“We have not been given a reason for this by local authorities.”
RNZ understands other seafood exporters have faced similar issues with exports into China.
Trade officials close to the issue, who did not want to be named, said New Zealand exporters often faced problems entering China, and the recent problems could be business as usual.
Well Sanford = National Party. One Peter Goodfellow effectively owns a good chunk of it, been on the board since 2006, and also happens to be gnat president.
But he is not driving those ideas in any way shape or form which is a real shame.
Got a neighbour who exports into China in quantity. He’s got a special affection for their bureaucrats. i dotty and t crossy doesn’t even come close, everything has to be perfect of the shipment stops.
More shit-making stuff. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has granted Coastal Resources Limited a 35-year marine consent to dispose of 250,000 cubic metres of dredged sediment each year.
The company already has permission to dump 50,000 cubic metres of sediment at the disposal site – known as the Northern Disposal Area – which is 25 kilometres east of Great Barrier Island.
In June last year, it applied to expand its operation.
Coastal Resources Limited dredges material from sites around Auckland and Waikato, including marinas.
The EPA received 76 submissions about the application and the vast majority of them opposed the granting of consent.
“Schneider compared the level of water pollution to what the United States has encountered in some areas of the country. In those cases, local fish populations were severely harmed by the pollutants, which is a major concern because the contamination levels in Tasmania are much higher.” https://inhabitat.com/mining-in-tasmania-raises-water-pollution-concerns-to-a-new-high/
In yesterdays news cycle Australians lost 1/2 a million cattle when flooding caused the Flinder’s river to swell to up to 60 km in width. That’s about a billion dollar hit on stock alone.
While this seems a completely freak event it is not. They’re calling it a 50 year event, which, with climate change, will become more frequent. This is not a few houses underwater and some dudes canoeing about, it is a 60 km wide swathe of destruction containing half a million dead cows.
They called the floodplains ideal grazing country.
They have been gazing in the channel country since the white fella turned up and the black fellas were using the channel country a lot longer for harvesting before the white fella turned up. As dad would say about living in the outback( Broken Hill) during the drought time, when it rains it pours down and when the ground is hard as concrete the water has nowhere to go but spread out.
This event in Nth and Nth West Qld has broken so many records it’s not funny including the the great floods of 74 which was caused a by the remains of a cyclone which it effected most of Qld including Brisbane and where as this event has been caused by the Monsoon trough pushing further Sth than usual.
Where I live atm in rural Darwin, it’s getting real scary for a large number of people who rely on the rain to refill water tanks or to refill bores etc and as a volunteer NT Bush Firefighter the ground is now starting to dry out very quickly atm which is not when you consider the average rainfall for our northern wet season for this time of the year is well over a metre and a half and we have had less than half by now (about 750mm). The outlook from now to the end of the wet season in April very bleak and this going to effect everyone in the community, Fisherman, cattle producers, fruit/ veggie producers and all the way down to those living in the long grass.
Yeah I did and was going to mention it here at how crazy things are getting in Oz IRT CC. I’ve seen some crazy weather related events/ stuff over the 20 odd years living here and as a kid on holidays since 81-82 summer, but this one is up there with most crazy one so far.
When Transpower started its latest work seven months ago, *Winitana says a 3.5 – 4 kW solar unit and a 6 kWh battery would have delivered power at a cost of about 28 cents.
“This time next year it will be under 20 cents,” he told BusinessDesk. Average delivered household power costs are about 28c/kWh.
“The Transpower report shows the value and potential of solar and batteries, however, this is yet to be fully acknowledged and actioned by the government and many in the incumbent industry,” Winitana said in a statement.
* Sustainable Energy Association of NZ
And shifted this resource-using stuff here. Is it good news – it does help to use waste that is being discarded.
Thanks for the link greywarshark. Not too sure what it means but our solar unit produces 20kw on a good day. So far we haven’t really considered battery storage but…
Dr Davis is highly credentialed. She was a senior scientist at the National Academy of Sciences, and a presidential appointee of the Clinton Administration and a member of the team awarded a Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007. She has been campaigning for the safer use of Wi-Fi technology, especially in children.
Case in point. The Rudd Government’s “education revolution” has led to the roll out of Wi-Fi in public schools across the country. Yet there’s never been a single study looking at people’s long-term health risks of Wi-Fi exposure.
“Millions of children are being exposed to something that has never been fully tested,” says Dr Davis. “We’re treating our children like lab rats in an experiment with no controls.”
Wifi is extremely low risk, the intensity of wifi signal is about 100,000 times less than a microwave oven. Similar risk profile is sunbathing at night under the full moon & having fear of skin cancer from that exposure. Maybe funding is running out for Dr Davis so need to whip up hysteria for continuation of public funding (taxpayer $). No doubt that Anti-vax, Flat Earth, Alien abductee, 9/11 conspiracists will run with this one. Time for them to roll up their tin foil hats to protect from Wi-fi radiation.
This sort of thing should not be discouraged as it is humorous good fun to see it all roll out.
Your response reads as fearful, most likely due to ignorance…extreme ignorance …
Bazza….
The things that scare you are already, a fact!
Edit: If you understood even the most elementary levels of a discussion about EMFs you could have written something, not quite as ridiculous…but that is your level…
Best to stay down there…despite personal growth being a solid endevour…comments such as yours have no interest in personal growth…
You are right I am very scared & chose not to venture out today, stayed under the blankets at home. I am also extremely ignorant as well. I do not understand anything elementary & failed to graduate primary school, but I was valedictorian at the country high school I attended, being no others on my level.
As regards personal growth you should read a bit more widely, not just the clowns who see risk in the most ridiculous things.
Risk, is not something which you understand…or you wouldn’t have written the nonsense you did …even you were joking…
If you had the remotest interest in a discussion you would not have written your initial comment…and you would understand why insurance underwriters and re-insurers, will not insure against damage caused by EMF/R…they will not insure the telco industry against it…
Not touching it…too risky…
If you would like to have a serious conversation about risk…and about the technical aspects of wireless networks, public health etc, the research available, the captured regulatory agencies, precautionary principle….go right ahead…
I offered DJ Ward the same option a few days ago….and similar to yourself (albeit with a slightly higher grade of ignorance and avoidance) did not take up the offer…
Published in 2009
No consensus reached on EMR’s effect on health
It may take two more decades to know if electromagnetic radio frequency energy is a significant liability issue for telecommunications companies, so, in the interim, insurers are treating the risk as cautiously as a downed power line after a storm.
Insurers often exclude the risk from commercial general liability policies, strictly limit the coverage or avoid policyholders in the wireless industry, brokers say.
The reason insurers exclude this is because it is unknown & if EMF was found to be the cause of human illness then the industry would suffer catastrophic loss.
As always, people read into this more than there really is – this is not evidence of EMF causing illness, but insurance companies saying this is unknown & we can’t quantify any risk, so we stay away.
In this internet age a lot of people take this as “what do the insurance companies know that we don’t know? It is just an unknown risk for them, but of course some people take this as confirmation that EMF causes illness, which has never been proven.
Your Doctor Davis has been criticised by scientists who consider her warnings re cellphone use to be bogus science. You might want to read: Skeptic North Devra Davis Disconnected from Science
An interesting read, you might like to reconsider your position?
You haven’t replied so I assume you are having dinner or have morphed into DJ Ward.
Was reading the economist yesterday. I see global warming is now referred to as climate change. Presumably to try & explain the record cold temperatures in US ?
Did you even read the post you made about insurers, when you posted it…do you understand the words in the post you made…
There is already two decades of research data, including the most recent decade of data, which was on top of the 4 decades of data that came before… That is why the insurers won’t touch it…because….risk….do you understand how the insurance business works ?
No, you don’t!
If you think that Dera Davis is represents ‘bogus science’ and have recommended me to ‘skeptic site’…well…your levels are lower than I suspected…
You can read the posts I will continue to make regarding the telco industry, wireless technology and EMF/R…posts that will have comments, quotes from industry big wigs from major tech companies, as well as world leading oncologists and neurosurgeons…
Feel free to comment, but I will not be replying to you…not until you have on-boarded some more information…and come up with something better than ad homs and skeptic sites while spouting industry sponsored terms such as ‘consensus, inconsistent’ etc…
You can use the links and comments I provide as a basis for up-lifting your capacity ….and go back over my comments the past week or so…will also help your learning…
Your response to this shows why I originally took the piss. People like you who believe rubbish get shown evidence that disagrees with their position & then you throw your toys out of the cot.
There isn’t 2 decades of research data that supports your position – the latest research refutes this, check out
I don’t think that you understand the insurance industry yourself. Like other clowns you read into that just because they won’t cover the liability that is evidence of there is something there. You’re probably too scared to read skeptic as it might pop your delusions, but better to keep your head in a paper & keep reciting EMF bad !
Guess you better keep your computer/ipad time to a minimum – don’t want those EMF’s to make you ill.
I guess you’re into homeopathy & astrology, anti-vaccination &
numerology too ?
Bazza64
I haven’t noticed you thinking too hard about anything you write about – more easy dissing in the ones I’ve seen. There is a lot to know, surely you don’t know everything scientific or human-related.
I don’t know everything science related, but the EMF thing is in with the Osama Bin Laden is still alive category. Happy to debate, but then others start frothing at the mouth, but that doesn’t surprise me.
Mate you’re a fool pretending to know stuff. Cellphone manufacturers are among the biggest companies on the planet. Now as you know, corporates have an exemplary track record for their treatment of science, scientists, the environment and people.
They never cover science AND they never smear scientists.
Must be me & a lot of other scientists who call out pseudoscience when they see it. There are researchers who have their own scientific charitable institutions (that no doubt pay them a decent salary) & it is in their interest to keep the research going on something that has no sound basis in science.
An EMF study on rats subjected them to significantly more exposure than humans would ever get, but used this data to continue their argument. Like you said it’s a perfect world, try reading these reports rather than using the “big corporate bad, therefore small battler good” mindset.
Must be me & a lot of other scientists who call out pseudoscience when they see it.
Bazza is a scientist ?
When commentators use ad homs, smears, words like pseudoscience while refering to 911, flat earth and aliens as a way to ‘engage’, there is no credibility to be found,,,by engaging with those who are not interested, or simple to restricted in their own capabilities to be worthwhile enaging with…
I see One Two is back, didn’t think was going to post again. 9/11? Seriously? And you wonder why people take the Mickey. None of that conspiracy stuff stacks up under closer scrutiny. Have you looked at http://www.popularmechanics.com ? Debunking the 9/11 myths, one of the most comprehensive rebuttals of the 9/11 claims that have been put out there.
Oh no that doesn’t fit your belief system so let’s ignore it ?
I would be too worried it will have a empty bomb bay, as we have had a few come through RAAF Darwin when I was still in and I use to pop out the BRA pad at RAAF Darwin to have a chat with Yanks. Also it’s probably conducting what it’s called a “Lone Ranger” Ex which is something that RNZAF use to do when 75SQN was a equip with Canberra Bombers so slight detour to a NZ Airshow isn’t that hard to squeeze in really and probably means additional AAR tanker refuel to come a bit further down Sth.
But will the US President provide the legally required assurances to the NZ PM that it won’t have nukes aboard?
Or do we not give a shit about the Nuclear Free act anymore?
My guess is that the diplomatic niceties have been already sorted out, or else it wouldn’t been released to the fourth estate that a B-52 is heading down Sth for WoW.
Most of the US Nuclear weapons are now Sub base or land base and its Bomber Fleet no longer routinely fly’s Nuclear Armed as it did during the Cold War. Plus one bomber and a couple supporting AAR Tankers is not an efficient way of carrying nuclear weapons when the main so-called threats are to the Nth West and to be honest one unarmed or armed bomber isn’t going to make a hell of a lot difference. When there is far more effective and efficient nuclear weapons platforms than a single B-52 on a jolly/ Lone Ranger to Australia via WoW or a non stop back to Guam.
Or put this way if 3 B52’s we’re heading to WoW, then I would wondering WTF is going on here and start breaking out the my “war stocks” and the tin foil hat.
Remember there are a enough buckets of instant sunshine around to the earth back into the ice age.
Nonetheless its an active nuclear platform and we have a law requiring adequate guarantees be given and which for decades the US refused to submit to and a current US administration that happily breaks treaties, openly makes statements that they will not be restrained by international law or treaties.
The first question any journo should have asked when told a B-52 is coming is ‘did they provide the relevant guarantees?’
And the answer to that question should absolutely be part of the article.
Given the state journalism within the Fourth Estate IRT to Defence and Aviation on very basic matters “did they provide the relevant guarantees?’ might be a little bit hard for them, especially when some muppet from the Fourth Estate called a RNZAF Hercules a Hurricane when one landed at Nelson IRT the recent Tasman Forest Fires. The Herc’s have been a part of NZ’s Defence and Aviation scene for the 50 to 60 yrs.
So it might be a little to much for the Fourth Estate to understand the Nuclear Free Act IRT to Foreign Military Forces visiting NZ?
From my POV I don’t really see the B52 as an active Nuclear Platform these days, when land based ICBM’s, IRBM’s and Submarine launched ICBM’s and IRBM’s are more effective and efficient platforms than a Airborne delivery platform such as the B52.
Why should they need to refuel in the air?
According to Google it is around 6,800 km from Guam to NZ (Wellington actually) and then around 2,600 km on to Melbourne. Even with a bit of circling around I wouldn’t think they would get anywhere near the range of the plane. It is apparently around 14,000 km. Surely they will still get to Melbourne with 3,0000 km of fuel left?
Besides, where would they find a tanker to do the refuelling?
The B52 isn’t the most user friendly Aircraft on the ground btw of its design, size, age and the Yanks don’t like other people touching or handling their Aircraft etc. Unlike the British Commonwealth of Nations as we don’t usually give a toss, who handles the A/C atm. But this could be changing in the future IRT’s the Super Hornets, F35’s and P8’s etc with US enforced security protocols now in place for these Platforms?
The only USAF certify base in Australia to my knowledge that can handle the B52 is RAAF Darwin and maybe RAAF Townsville which has had the odd visit over the yrs.
Wherever a B52 or B1 and B2 Bomber goes it weather it’s a single Bomber or a section/ flight of Bombers it always has AAR Tanker support at either end.
Trump will sign bill to avoid shutdown, then declare national emergency to free billions for border wall, official says
By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Ted Barrett, Jim Acosta and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
…The initial news of Trump’s decision came via Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said Trump would sign the bill to avoid a shutdown and then declare a national emergency at the same time….
…..A separate White House official said Trump will both sign the funding bill and the paperwork for his executive actions, including the national emergency, at a 10 a.m. Friday event in the White House Rose Garden.
Personally I don’t like how you have framed it, But as the US under Trump embraces a more nakedly aggressive US first foreign policy, Mexico will pay, China will pay, the Middle East will pay, the EU will pay, Canada will pay. We will all pay.
Here you go whanau national used the maori fisheries settelment act in 1989 to stir up racial tensions to push Labour out of Power. Yes I Know that national finnished of the settelment but Labour could not spray WAI all over national for a prosess that they started that would be like spraying WAI into the wind you end up getting it in your face. That deal suited nationals wealthy greedy M8 the most but its the deal we have now and I can not see a system to replace it. Our new Coalition Goverment has reduced some quoters to more sustainable levels thats much better than shonkys goverment WHO just stuck there head in the sand and were to scared OR well paid to cut quoter to sustainable levels.
New Zealand law began to regulate commercial fisheries, so that Māori control was substantially eroded. To resolve this grievance, in[[[ 1989 an interim agreement was reached.]]] The Crown transferred 10 percent of New Zealand’s fishing quota (some 60,000 tonnes), together with shareholdings in fishing companies and $50 million in cash, to the Waitangi Fisheries Commission. This commission was responsible for holding the fisheries assets on behalf of Māori until an agreement was reached as to how the assets were to be shared among tribes. In 1992, a second part of the deal, referred to as the Sealord deal, marked full and final settlement of Māori commercial fishing claims under the Treaty of Waitangi. This included 50% of Sealord Fisheries and 20% of all new species brought under the quota
national shonky did the same with the foreshore and seabed act Hellen was provoked into giving shonky national a tool to steal POWER from Labour with the seabed act racial tensions Labour lost to shonky in 2008
The foreshore and seabed issue, as part of the larger race relations debate, was one of the most significant points of contention in New Zealand politics at the time, and remains a significant issue for many people. The Labour government’s popularity was severely damaged by the affair, although subsequent polls showed that it recovered its support and Labour was elected for a third term in September 2005.
While the Act was widely criticised by Māori,
The big picture is the common maori person gets nothing from national but A harder time paddleing one WAKA and the minority cultures common waka end up going in reverse WTF Ka kite ano. P.S I back our Coalition Goverment the national party just rips the minoritys cultures off and gives a kicking in doing IT and does not respect Tangaroa or Papatuanuku and there creatures.
Its is quite clear that news corp is being payed by the miners of that nasty substance coal. The don’t care that they news crap and the carbon barrons are going to leave a enviroment that has no wild life and not future the are neanderthals small minded FOOLS who need to be brought under control for ALL OUR MOKOPUNAS FUTURES. Ana to kai
Several prominent scientists have defended their peers from attacks by the Adanigroup and compliant media outlets, saying the smearing of experts is “morally reprehensible”.
On Friday, Adani launched a pre-emptive attack on the Queensland government and the authors of an independent review, which has not been finalised yet, into the company’s plans to protect the endangered black-throated finch at the Carmichael mine site.
On the same day, the company’s international mining chief, Jeyakumar Janakraj, told SBS Punjabi that the Carmichael mine would be “hugely beneficial” to global climate change.
But as debate on the Adani plan becomes hyperbolic, scientists say attacks on their credibility by vested interests are becoming increasingly common and problematic. In an open letter, signed by several leading researchers, they say “relentless, sustained and defamatory” attacks on scientists undermines the role of science in decision-making.
Calls for inquiry as Adani confirms it released contaminated water
“The attacks have consisted of unsubstantiated efforts to smear people instead of addressing the substantive issues,” the letter says.
“While the treatment of the scientists involved in the Adani review may seem shocking, it is one of many examples of people with vested interests undermining the role of experts in our discourse and decision making. Ka kite ano link below
Whanau when Eco Maori meets good people and they respect you and treat you FAIR well it,s tatu tatu.
I like the old maori ways we always tryed to give a better Taonga Koha than what we receved.
And when someone comes along and tries to spray wai on that great auhoaraa well A intelligent person starts asking Question’s as to what the motive of the negative tangata is and from were I am standing its about MANA .
So I disregard the negative tangata words and carrying treating the positive tangata with respect and I will receve the respect back.
It would appear the initial blocking of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from building a critically sensitive 5G network in New Zealand was largely viewed within China as a Five Eyes stitch-up, and it delivered a mild warning foreshadowing economic repercussions.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern maintains there is no diplomatic problem between New Zealand and China, but concedes the relationship is challenging.
It is clear, however, that it has deteriorated.
Given it’s a relationship based on $27 billion of two-way trade, that poses a big risk for exports, jobs, tourism and the wider economy. Links below ka kite ano P.S The Eco Maori effect is a privilege and I will use for the good of the many tangata and not the few 00.1 %
Kia ora Newshub That’s a person who only cares about number 1 and everyone and everything else is of no concern.
The awa rivers and lakes are in a bad way after they have been in shonkys national party’s care so out of touch O that’s correct they only care about the touch of money.
Another shooting under the a USA government who is backed by the NRA te tangata te tangata te tangata not MONEY That is what makes a great culture country .
Waiwera hot pools they were a old Maori tanonga we could use Aotearoa geo thermal resources a back up power supply to complement solar and wind power when we change to 100 % renewable energy.
That a cool story about the sling shot that is being designed to clean up the space debris around Papatuanukue that is going to be a major hindrance to OUR goals of space travelling.
Ben hackers can hack any wireless device and Internet connected devices.
Sorry what I have to say about chocolate food that is part of the cause of the world’s child obesity problem. Did you know that Maori and Pacific Islands people are the people who have got the most Mokopunas that are clinical over weight. Sugar need to be taxed hard and made into fuel.
Condolences to Dick Churchill whanau that was a great story of him and his m8 trying to break out of a World War 2 prison camp Ka kite ano
Kia ora R&R Aotearoa people have good humour and Kiwi wit combined.
Billy T James was a perfect example of classical Kiwi humour.
YEA it would be nice if our Brown stars get more exposure on MSM I get a sore face watching the Laughing Samoans. We make up about 30 % of the population and don’t get 3 % of positive exposure from MSM the negative EXPOSURE from MSM is Huge thanks. Ka kite ano PS my vision is excellent.?????
Kia ora R&R Homeless tangata is a phenomenon of colonialism take the whenua take the Mana take the culture take te reo Away put us in a world where only a white mans has all the power who only share the resources with themselves and you get a broken tangata.
national new there was a housing crisis they created it they shorted the housing markets so them and there rich m8s could make millions. The houseing market have be shorted in all the 5 country’s in the 5 eyes coincidences NO its a set up for the wealthy. Ka kite ano
The banks realestate companys insurence companys local goverment and central goverments are all make heaps off a housing crisses the housing markets are so easy to be shorted increase immigration make the local rules to build a house 20 * more expenceve and WALAR the wealthy are hogging all the money they bleed out of the common person ka kite ano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ZrjqCQRog
If someone else trys to justify nationals causing this housing crisis through ignorance they will get Eco Maori wrath
Kia ora Newshub Newshub That was a close call for the helicopter near miss in Tasman that was fighting the fire there.
That’s a good response from MPI for the fruit fly found in Auckland a ban on moving vegetables and fruits in a desensited air. That 16 million spent last time a fruit fly for 16 flys found is nothing compared to the billions lost from our horticultural industries in lost future earnings our food is the best in the WORLD.
The South Islands Helicopter farmers are crying foul because because there privatesation by stealth are using an excuse that they have put hard work in the whenua that’s just working for your money what about the common person who gets the minamim wage and still has no security for there futures. It’s cool that Te reo is getting popular and a app translating te reo into Mandarin.
Its shocking what’s has happen in Syria.
I DON’T KNOW the engineer who worked for Rocket lab who died in a motorcycle accident is a bit suspect I say he was very good motercyle rider.
I, It was cooler today. Ka kite ano
Some things up I could not edit my mahi our road are quite uneven and it does not take much to lose traction on a road bike I had a friend who brought a bike and crashed it it the first 2 days fix it and crashed again he did not hit anything just lost traction Ka kite ano P.S I have to be careful what I write so I retract the suspicious of the Rocket lab engineer accident
Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to July 27 were:1. The Minister for Ford Rangers strikes againTransport Minister Simeon Brown was again the busiest of the Cabinet ministers this week, announcing an ...
You got a fast carAnd I want a ticket to anywhereMaybe we make a dealMaybe together we can get somewhereAny place is betterYesterday’s newsletter, Trust In Me, on the report of abuse in state care, and by religious organisations, between 1950 and 2019, coupled with the hypocrisy of Christopher Luxon ...
New Zealand is again having to reconcile conflicting pressures from its military and its trade interests. Should we join Pillar Two of AUKUS and risk compromising our markets in China? For a century after New Zealand was founded in 1840, its external security arrangements and external economics arrangements were aligned. ...
The ‘50 Shades of Green’ farmers’ protest in 2019 was heavy on climate change denial, but five years on, scepticism and criticism about the idea that pine forests can save us is growing across the board. File photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: Here’s the top six news items of note in climate ...
This morning the sky was bright.The birds, in their usual joyous bliss. Nature doesn’t seem to feel the heat of what might angst humans.Their calls are clear and beautiful.Just some random thoughts:MāoriPaul Goldsmith has announced his government will roll back the judiciary’s rulings on Māori Customary Marine Title, which recognises ...
In 2003, the Court of Appeal delivered its decision in Ngati Apa v Attorney-General, ruling that Māori customary title over the foreshore and seabed had not been universally extinguished, and that the Māori Land Court could determine claims and confirm title if the facts supported it. This kicked off the ...
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1. What's not to love about the way the Harris campaign is turning things around?a. Nothingb. Love all of itc. God what a reliefd. Not that it will be by any means easye. All of the above 2. Documents released by the Ministry of Health show Associate Health Minister Casey ...
Trust in me in all you doHave the faith I have in youLove will see us through, if only you trust in meWhy don't you, you trust me?In a week that saw the release of the 3,000 page Abuse in Care report Christopher Luxon was being asked about Boot Camps. ...
TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers last night features co-hosts and talking about the Royal Commission Inquiry into Abuse in Carereport released this week, and with:The Kākā’s climate correspondent on a UN push to not recognise carbon offset markets and ...
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The northern expressway extension from Warkworth to Whangarei is likely to require radical changes to legislation if it is going to be built within the foreseeable future. The Government’s powers to purchase land, the planning process and current restrictions on road tolling are all going to need to be changed ...
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedFirst they came for the doctors But I was confused by the numbers and costs So I didn't speak up Then they came for our police and nurses And I didn't think we could afford those costs anyway So I ...
Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on UnsplashWe’re back again after our mid-winter break. We’re still with the ‘new’ day of the week (Thursday rather than Friday) when we have our ‘hoon’ webinar with paying subscribers to The Kākā for an hour at 5 pm.Jump on this link on YouTube Livestream ...
Notes: This is a free article. Abuse in Care themes are mentioned. Video is at the bottom.BackgroundYesterday’s report into Abuse in Care revealed that at least 1 in 3 of all who went through state and faith based care were abused - often horrifically. At least, because not all survivors ...
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About a decade ago I worked with a bloke called Steve. He was the grizzled veteran coder, a few years older than me, who knew where the bodies were buried - code wise. Despite his best efforts to be approachable and friendly he could be kind of gruff, through to ...
Some of the recent announcements from the government have reminded us of posts we’ve written in the past. Here’s one from early 2020. There were plenty of reactions to the government’s infrastructure announcement a few weeks ago which saw them fund a bunch of big roading projects. One of ...
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Hi,I felt a small wet tongue snaking through one of the holes in my Crocs. It explored my big toe, darting down one side, then the other. “He’s looking for some toe cheese,” said the woman next to me, words that still haunt me to this day.Growing up in New ...
Yesterday I happily quoted the Prime Minister without fact-checking him and sure enough, it turns out his numbers were all to hell. It’s not four kg of Royal Commission report, it’s fourteen.My friend and one-time colleague-in-comms Hazel Phillips gently alerted me to my error almost as soon as I’d hit ...
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Thursday, July 25, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day were:The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquirypublished its final report yesterday.PM Christopher Luxon and The Minister responsible for ...
The Official Information Act has always been a battle between requesters seeking information, and governments seeking to control it. Information is power, so Ministers and government agencies want to manage what is released and when, for their own convenience, and legality and democracy be damned. Their most recent tactic for ...
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I live my life (woo-ooh-ooh)With no control in my destinyYea-yeah, yea-yeah (woo-ooh-ooh)I can bleed when I want to bleedSo come on, come on (woo-ooh-ooh)You can bleed when you want to bleedYea-yeah, come on (woo-ooh-ooh)Everybody bleed when they want to bleedCome on and bleedGovernments face tough challenges. Selling unpopular decisions to ...
Please note:To skip directly to the- parliamentary footage in the video, scroll to 1:21 To skip to audio please click on the headphone iconon the left hand side of the screenThis video / audio section is under development. ...
Given the crackdown on wasteful government spending, it behooves me to point to a high profile example of spending by the Luxon government that looks like a big, fat waste of time and money. I’m talking about the deployment of NZDF personnel to support the US-led coalition in the Red ...
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As I reported about the city centre, Auckland’s rail network is also going through a difficult and disruptive period which is rapidly approaching a culmination, this will result in a significant upgrade to the whole network. Hallelujah. Also like the city centre this is an upgrade predicated on the City ...
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You're broken down and tiredOf living life on a merry go roundAnd you can't find the fighterBut I see it in you so we gonna walk it outAnd move mountainsWe gonna walk it outAnd move mountainsAnd I'll rise upI'll rise like the dayI'll rise upI'll rise unafraidI'll rise upAnd I'll ...
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Day one of the solo leg of my long journey home begins with my favourite sound: footfalls in an empty street. 5.00 am and it’s already light and already too warm, almost.If I can make the train that leaves Budapest later this hour I could be in Belgrade by nightfall; ...
Do you remember Y2K, the threat that hung over humanity in the closing days of the twentieth century? Horror scenarios of planes falling from the sky, electronic payments failing and ATMs refusing to dispense cash. As for your VCR following instructions and recording your favourite show - forget about it.All ...
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts being questioned by The Kākā’s Bernard Hickey.TL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to July 20 were:1. A strategy that fails Zero Carbon Act & Paris targetsThe National-ACT-NZ First Coalition Government finally unveiled ...
Summary:As New Zealand loses at least 12 leaders in the public service space of health, climate, and pharmaceuticals, this month alone, directly in response to the Government’s policies and budget choices, what lies ahead may be darker than it appears. Tui examines some of those departures and draws a long ...
The Minister of Housing’s ambition is to reduce markedly the ratio of house prices to household incomes. If his strategy works it would transform the housing market, dramatically changing the prospects of housing as an investment.Leaving aside the Minister’s metaphor of ‘flooding the market’ I do not see how the ...
As previously noted, my historical fantasy piece, set in the fifth-century Mediterranean, was accepted for a Pirate Horror anthology, only for the anthology to later fall through. But in a good bit of news, it turned out that the story could indeed be re-marketed as sword and sorcery. As of ...
An employee of tobacco company Philip Morris International demonstrates a heated tobacco device. Photo: Getty ImagesTL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy on Friday, July 19 are:At a time when the Coalition Government is cutting spending on health, infrastructure, education, housing ...
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 8:30 am on Friday, July 19 are:Scoop: NZ First Minister Casey Costello orders 50% cut to excise tax on heated tobacco products. The minister has ...
Kia ora, it’s time for another Friday roundup, in which we pull together some of the links and stories that caught our eye this week. Feel free to add more in the comments! Our header image this week shows a foggy day in Auckland town, captured by Patrick Reynolds. ...
TL;DR : Here’s the top six items climate news for Aotearoa this week, as selected by Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent Cathrine Dyer. A discussion recorded yesterday is in the video above and the audio of that sent onto the podcast feed.The Government released its draft Emissions Reduction ...
Save some money, get rich and old, bring it back to Tobacco Road.Bring that dynamite and a crane, blow it up, start all over again.Roll up. Roll up. Or tailor made, if you prefer...Whether you’re selling ciggies, digging for gold, catching dolphins in your nets, or encouraging folks to flutter ...
Waiting In The Wings:For truly, if Trump is America’s un-assassinated Caesar, then J.D. Vance is America’s Octavian, the Republic’s youthful undertaker – and its first Emperor.DONALD TRUMP’S SELECTION of James D. Vance as his running-mate bodes ill for the American republic. A fervent supporter of Viktor Orban, the “illiberal” prime ...
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Friday, July 19, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:The PSAannounced the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) had ruled in the PSA’s favour in its case against the Ministry ...
Te Rangi e tu nei (The sky above us) Te Papa e takoto nei (The land beneath us) Tatou katoa te hunga ora (To us all the living) Tena koutou katoa (Greetings) ...
A late change to charter school legislation will cheat educators out of fair pay and negotiating power proving charter schools are just a vehicle to make profit out of our education system. ...
In 2004 te iwi Māori rallied against the Crown’s attempt to confiscate our coastlines and moana with the Foreshore and Seabed Act. This led to the largest hīkoi of a generation and the birth of Te Pāti Māori. 20 years later, history is repeating itself. Today the government has announced ...
It has been five and a half years since the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care was established to investigate the abuse of children, young people, and vulnerable adults within state and faith-based institutions. Yesterday, the final report - Whanaketia through pain and trauma, from darkness to light ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to take action off the back of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. ...
On Friday the International Court of Justice reaffirmed what Palestinian’s have been telling us for decades: that the occupation and colonisation of Palestinian lands by Israel is illegal and must end immediately. They also called for reparations for Palestinian’s who have lived under Israeli occupation since it began in 1967. ...
Labour calls on the Government to act after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territories is illegal. ...
The 53.7 percent rise in benefit sanctions over the last year is more proof of this Government’s disdain for our communities most in need of support. ...
Aotearoa could be a country where every child grows up feeling safe, loved and with a sense of belonging in their whānau and community. But for some of our children, this is far from reality. Instead, they are trapped in a maze of intergenerational harm that they can’t escape on ...
Te Pāti Māori are calling for David Seymour to resign as Associate Health Minister in response to his call for Pharmac to ignore the Treaty of Waitangi. “This announcement is just another example of the government’s anti-Tiriti, anti-Māori agenda.” Said Co-leader and spokesperson for health, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “Seymour thinks it ...
The soaring price of renting is driving the rise of inflation in this country - with latest figures from Stats NZ showing rents are up 4.8 per cent on average while annual inflation is at 3.3 per cent. ...
National’s Emissions Reduction Plan will take New Zealand further from the economy we need to ensure the next generation has a stable climate and secure livelihoods. ...
Following consultation with named parties and thorough consideration of privacy interests, the Green Party is in a position to release the Executive Summary of the final report from the independent investigation into Darleen Tana. ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should be asking serious questions of his Minister for Resources Shane Jones now it’s been revealed he misled the public about a dinner with mining companies that he didn’t declare and said wasn’t pre-arranged. ...
Te Pāti Māori have submitted to the Justice Select Committee against the Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill. The bill will further entrench racism in our justice system and fails to focus on rehabilitation. “Reinstating Three Strikes will empower a systematically racist system and exacerbate the overrepresentation of Māori in ...
The Transport and Infrastructure Committee is set to make a determination on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (RTA) Bill in the coming weeks. “This legislation will give landlords the power to kick our whānau out onto the street for no reason” said Housing spokesperson, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “Their solution to the housing ...
“National’s campaign was about tackling crime and the best they can do is a two-year long Ministerial Advisory Group,” Labour justice spokesperson Duncan Webb said. ...
“There are more examples of charter schools failing their students than there are success stories. The coalition Government is driving to dismantle our public school system and instead promote a privatised, competitive structure that puts profits before kids,” Jan Tinetti said. ...
“This government is choosing to deliberately mislead and withhold information, keeping our people in the dark about this government’s agenda and the future of our mokopuna,” said co-leader and spokesperson for Health, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. The call comes after the demand from the Chief Ombudsman that Associate Minister of Health, Casey ...
“Today’s climate announcement by Simon Watts makes clear the National Government is simply paying lip service to meeting its climate change targets,” Megan Woods said. ...
National is choosing to make life harder for workers by taking away the rights our communities have fought hard for. Here's how they’re taking workers backwards. ...
Australia, Canada and New Zealand today issued the following statement on the need for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and the risk of expanded conflict between Hizballah and Israel. The situation in Gaza is catastrophic. The human suffering is unacceptable. It cannot continue. We remain unequivocal in our condemnation of ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today reminded all State and faith-based institutions of their legal obligation to preserve records relevant to the safety and wellbeing of those in its care. “The Abuse in Care Inquiry’s report has found cases where records of the most vulnerable people in State and faith‑based institutions were ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says the Government’s online safety website for children and young people has reached one million page views. “It is great to see so many young people and their families accessing the site Keep It Real Online to learn how to stay safe online, and manage ...
Tēnā tātou katoa, Ngā mihi te rangi, ngā mihi te whenua, ngā mihi ki a koutou, kia ora mai koutou. Thank you for the opportunity to be here and the invitation to speak at this 50th anniversary conference. I acknowledge all those who have gone before us and paved the ...
New Zealand’s payroll providers have successfully prepared to ensure 3.5 million individuals will, from Wednesday next week, be able to keep more of what they earn each pay, says Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Revenue Minister Simon Watts. “The Government's tax policy changes are legally effective from Wednesday. Delivering this tax ...
An experimental vineyard which will help futureproof the wine sector has been opened in Blenheim by Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson. The covered vineyard, based at the New Zealand Wine Centre – Te Pokapū Wāina o Aotearoa, enables controlled environmental conditions. “The research that will be produced at the Experimental ...
The Coalition Government has confirmed the indicative regional breakdown of North Island Weather Event (NIWE) funding for state highway recovery projects funded through Budget 2024, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Regions in the North Island suffered extensive and devastating damage from Cyclone Gabrielle and the 2023 Auckland Anniversary Floods, and ...
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, will visit New Zealand next week, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. “Indonesia is important to New Zealand’s security and economic interests and is our closest South East Asian neighbour,” says Mr Peters, who is currently in Laos to engage with South East Asian partners. ...
He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. The government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the aspirations of Ngāti Maniapoto, Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka says. “My thanks to Te Nehenehenui Trust – Ngāti Maniapoto for bringing their important kōrero to a ministerial ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has thanked outgoing Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority, Janice Fredric, for her service to the board.“I have received Ms Fredric’s resignation from the role of Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority,” Mr Brown says.“On behalf of the Government, I want to thank Ms Fredric for ...
The Government is proposing legislation to overturn a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act in order to restore Parliament’s test for Customary Marine Title, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Section 58 required an applicant group to prove they have exclusively used and occupied ...
Regulation Minister David Seymour says that opposition parties have united in bad faith, opposing what they claim are ‘dangerous changes’ to the Early Childhood Education sector, despite no changes even being proposed yet. “Issues with affordability and availability of early childhood education, and the complexity of its regulation, has led ...
After receiving more than 740 submissions in the first 20 days, Regulation Minister David Seymour is asking the Ministry for Regulation to extend engagement on the early childhood education regulation review by an extra two weeks. “The level of interest has been very high, and from the conversations I’ve been ...
The Coalition Government is investing $802.9 million into the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines as part of a funding agreement with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA), KiwiRail, and the Greater Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils to deliver more reliable services for commuters in the lower North Island, Transport Minister Simeon ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced his intention to appoint a Crown Manager to both Hawke’s Bay Regional and Wairoa District Councils to speed up the delivery of flood protection work in Wairoa."Recent severe weather events in Wairoa this year, combined with damage from Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023 have ...
Mr Speaker, this is a day that many New Zealanders who were abused in State care never thought would come. It’s the day that this Parliament accepts, with deep sorrow and regret, the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. At the heart of this report are the ...
For the first time, the Government is formally acknowledging some children and young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital experienced torture. The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care “Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light,” was tabled in Parliament ...
The Government has acknowledged the nearly 2,400 courageous survivors who shared their experiences during the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State and Faith-Based Care. The final report from the largest and most complex public inquiry ever held in New Zealand, the Royal Commission Inquiry “Whanaketia – through ...
With a week to go before hard-working New Zealanders see personal income tax relief for the first time in fourteen years, 513,000 people have used the Budget tax calculator to see how much they will benefit, says Finance Minister Nicola Willis. “Tax relief is long overdue. From next Wednesday, personal income ...
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says a bill that has passed its first reading will improve parental leave settings and give non-biological parents more flexibility as primary carer for their child. The Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill (No3), passed its first reading this morning. “It includes a change ...
Two Bills designed to improve regulation and make it easier to do business have passed their first reading in Parliament, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. The Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Bill and Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Bill make key changes to legislation administered by the Ministry ...
New legislation paves the way for greater competition in sectors such as banking and electricity, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says. “Competitive markets boost productivity, create employment opportunities and lift living standards. To support competition, we need good quality regulation but, unfortunately, a recent OECD report ranked New ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says lotteries for charitable purposes, such as those run by the Heart Foundation, Coastguard NZ, and local hospices, will soon be allowed to operate online permanently. “Under current laws, these fundraising lotteries are only allowed to operate online until October 2024, after which ...
The Coalition Government is accelerating work on the new four-lane expressway between Auckland and Whangārei as part of its Roads of National Significance programme, with an accelerated delivery model to deliver this project faster and more efficiently, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “For too long, the lack of resilient transport connections ...
Sir Don McKinnon will travel to Viet Nam this week as a Special Envoy of the Government, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. “It is important that the Government give due recognition to the significant contributions that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong made to New Zealand-Viet Nam relations,” Mr ...
Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says newly appointed Commissioner, Grant Illingworth KC, will help deliver the report for the first phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons, due on 28 November 2024. “I am pleased to announce that Mr Illingworth will commence his appointment as ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters travels to Laos this week to participate in a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-led Ministerial meetings in Vientiane. “ASEAN plays an important role in supporting a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” Mr Peters says. “This will be our third visit to ...
Construction of a new mental health facility at Te Nikau Grey Hospital in Greymouth is today one step closer, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says. “This $27 million facility shows this Government is delivering on its promise to boost mental health care and improve front line services,” Mr Doocey says. ...
New Zealand is committing nearly $50 million to a package supporting sustainable Pacific fisheries development over the next four years, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones announced today. “This support consisting of a range of initiatives demonstrates New Zealand’s commitment to assisting our Pacific partners ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says proposed changes to the Education and Training Amendment Bill will ensure charter schools have more flexibility to negotiate employment agreements and are equipped with the right teaching resources. “Cabinet has agreed to progress an amendment which means unions will not be able to initiate ...
In response to serious concerns around oversight, overspend and a significant deterioration in financial outlook, the Board of Health New Zealand will be replaced with a Commissioner, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti announced today. “The previous government’s botched health reforms have created significant financial challenges at Health NZ that, without ...
Minister for Space and Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins will travel to Adelaide tomorrow for space and science engagements, including speaking at the Australian Space Forum. While there she will also have meetings and visits with a focus on space, biotechnology and innovation. “New Zealand has a thriving space ...
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts will travel to China on Saturday to attend the Ministerial on Climate Action meeting held in Wuhan. “Attending the Ministerial on Climate Action is an opportunity to advocate for New Zealand climate priorities and engage with our key partners on climate action,” Mr Watts says. ...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is travelling to the Solomon Islands tomorrow for meetings with his counterparts from around the Pacific supporting collective management of the region’s fisheries. The 23rd Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Committee and the 5th Regional Fisheries Ministers’ Meeting in Honiara from 23 to 26 July ...
The Government today launched the Military Style Academy Pilot at Te Au rere a te Tonga Youth Justice residence in Palmerston North, an important part of the Government’s plan to crackdown on youth crime and getting youth offenders back on track, Minister for Children, Karen Chhour said today. “On the ...
The Government has welcomed news the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has begun work to replace nine priority bridges across the country to ensure our state highway network remains resilient, reliable, and efficient for road users, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“Increasing productivity and economic growth is a key priority for the ...
Acting Prime Minister David Seymour has been in contact throughout the evening with senior officials who have coordinated a whole of government response to the global IT outage and can provide an update. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has designated the National Emergency Management Agency as the ...
New Zealand and Japan will continue to step up their shared engagement with the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “New Zealand and Japan have a strong, shared interest in a free, open and stable Pacific Islands region,” Mr Peters says. “We are pleased to be finding more ways ...
New developments in the heart of North Island forestry country will reinvigorate their communities and boost economic development, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones visited Kaingaroa and Kawerau in Bay of Plenty today to open a landmark community centre in the former and a new connecting road in ...
President Adeang, fellow Ministers, honourable Diet Member Horii, Ambassadors, distinguished guests. Minasama, konnichiwa, and good afternoon, everyone. Distinguished guests, it’s a pleasure to be here with you today to talk about New Zealand’s foreign policy reset, the reasons for it, the values that underpin it, and how it ...
Last summer when Matairangi burned, Ginny and Tom stood at the window of their lounge, watching kākā shoot skyward from the burning trees. From the distance, they looked to Ginny like pages torn from books and thrown into a bonfire. It was Tom, voice tight, who told her it was ...
Opinion: The Canadian short story writer Alice Munro – winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 – died in May at the age of 92. Her work was about “the damage people inflict on one another in the name of love”, Deborah Treisman wrote in the New Yorker. ...
This month marks two years since the most powerful telescope ever built sent its first pictures back to earth. From its lofty vantage point, beyond the moon in orbit around the sun, the James Webb Space Telescope was tuned to observe the first stars and galaxies being born soon after ...
Comment: After Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ preview several weeks ago, I had some optimism about the Government’s emissions reduction plan. Now I’ve read the discussion document, that hope has been dashed. How can the Government propose a plan that wants to take New Zealand taxpayers’ hard-earned money, and spend ...
Christopher Luxon: hurdles The little man from National jumps hurdles in his sleep. He’s quite good at it in his dreams and even though the reality doesn’t quite match up you have to give him credit for getting up every morning and crashing into the very first hurdle of the ...
Comment: It was a good two hours into the conversation when Tyrone Marks raised the most basic of questions when I first spoke to him in 2017. “They didn’t explain the things they did to me. They never told me why. And they still haven’t. There’s no explanation for it. ...
Madeleine Chapman rounds out Death Week on The Spinoff with a final recommendation. You can read all of our Death Week coverage here. Nothing forces you to reflect on your life and relationships quite like proximity to death. For those whose nearest and dearest have died, there are reasonably obvious ...
Whitney Greene takes us through her life in television, including the TV character she’d like to plan a funeral for and her cow lung catastrophe on The Traitors NZ. “If the phone rings, I have to answer it,” Whitney Greene from The Traitors NZ warns as we begin our My ...
Maddie Ballard reviews the debut essay collection of Pōneke writer Flora Feltham.In ‘The Raw Material’, the longest essay in Flora Feltham’s dazzling debut collection, the author heads out for a run after hours of weaving and sees the world turn to textile. “Pounding along the Parade, I saw the ...
Andy Christiansen, one half of the experimental rock-pop duo TRiPS, shares the tunes inspiring the band’s perfect weekend and new release. “Good speakers, good food, good music, no distractions”: that’s all you need to enjoy the psychedelic stylings of TRiPS, a new band formed by Fly My Pretties’ Barnaby Weir ...
Celebrating our quadrennial opportunity to become experts in a bunch of sports we never normally watch.The games of the XXXIII Olympiad are upon us. Paris will host this year’s showcase of sporting and athletic prowess, which means some late-night and early-morning viewing for us in Aotearoa.But what sports ...
The photograph is striking and beautiful, but also disturbing – a reminder that my love for John was often entangled in shame.The Sunday Essay is made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand.In the spring of 1980, in Dunedin, shortly before his death, someone took a photograph ...
Get to know Babushka, our latest Dog of the Month. This feature was offered as a reward during our What’s Eating Aotearoa PledgeMe campaign. Thank you to Babu’s humans, Jo and Isabel, for their support. Dog name: Babushka (Babu for short) Age: 2Breed: Border Collie X poodleIf rescued, ...
Pacific Media Watch A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris this week in honour of her peers who have been wounded and killed in the field — especially in Gaza and Lebanon. Christina Assi of Agence ...
The first report in a five-part web series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week.SPECIAL REPORT:By Netani Rika in Majuro Women continue to fight for justice 70 years after the first nuclear tests by the United States caused ...
Christopher Luxon has joined with Australia and Canada's leaders in voicing support for US President Joe Biden's ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The 2022 election brought the “teal wave” into parliament. The next election will test whether teals, who occupy what were Liberal seats, and other independents can maintain their momentum. Joining us on the Podcast ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Pixavri/Shutterstock A major Federal Court class action has been dismissed this week after Justice Michael Lee ruled there was not enough evidence to prove the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Plaintiff Kelvin ...
In The Week in Politics: politicians have to decide what to do about child abuse, Health NZ is booked in for major surgery and Darleen Tana returns. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University Mainstream media are surprisingly muted at the prospect of the world’s most powerful nation being led for the first time by a woman – specifically a woman of colour, Vice President Kamala ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bennett, PhD Student, Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University Last week, a drone delivery company called Wing (owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet) started operating in Melbourne. Some 250,000 residents in parts of the city’s eastern suburbs can now order food from ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Foo, Lecturer, Physiotherapy, Monash University pikselstock/Shutterstock In the next 40 years in Australia, it’s predicted the number of Australians aged 65 and over will more than double, while the number of people aged 85 and over will more than triple. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Grant, Research Associate, Power Institute for Arts and Visual Culture, University of Sydney Jonas Åkerström’s 1790 work, Session of the Accademia dell’Arcadia on August 17 1788.Nationalmuseum/Cecilia Heisser Ever wondered whether you’d have a better chance at winning an Olympic gold ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Jones, Program Lead, Food Governance, George Institute for Global Health wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock On Thursday, Australian and New Zealand food ministers at state, federal and national levels met to thrash out what’s next for health star ratings on packaged foods. Now, after ...
The Abuse in Care report found many Pacific survivors lost their connections to their culture and language, resulting in trauma that has been carried from generation to generation. ...
In the regulatory review, ECC intends to suggest that ERO focus on curriculum delivery reviews rather than the Ministry, because it’s not efficient or effective to have two agencies with radically different approaches climbing over each other. ...
Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori invites the current government to work in partnership with them to develop a pathway forward, including the development of a parallel pathway and meaningful policy and strategy for Kura Kaupapa Māori ...
If you haven’t started watching yet, Tara Ward begs you to reconsider. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. In the world of New Zealand reality television, we have many gems in our crown. There’s the delicious second season of the Celebrity Treasure ...
A new poem by Fiona Kidman. The clothes of the dead I did not keep my mother’s furry red beret for long nor the stringy scarves that adorned the necks of my aunts, although I have kept tag ends of gold, the rings and trinkets they wore, the brooches no ...
The government’s announcement that it will re-open the foreshore and seabed controversy by changing the rules on recognising centuries-old Māori customary title for a third time goes against the rule of law and New Zealand values,” Mr Tipa says. ...
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1 Lioness by Emily Perkins (Bloomsbury, $25) Roarrrr! Perkins’ brilliant, award-winning, Marian-Keyes anointed, darkly funny, long ...
The 2004 Act vested ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown, extinguishing any Māori claims to ownership and causing widespread outrage and protests among Māori communities. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antje Deckert, Associate Professor (Criminology), Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Despite the connection between institutional harm and gang membership made clear in this week’s mammoth royal commission abuse-in care report, the government seems unlikely to soften its “get tough on ...
From Lewis Clareburt in the swimming to the start of the rowing – the first seven days of Paris 2024 promise to be big for New Zealand. There are few events that bring the country together quite like an Olympic Games. Nothing quite matches the excitement of getting up in ...
Groundbreaking local science just showed up in the most surprising of places: the season finale of The Kardashians. In the season five finale of The Kardashians last night, several members of the family gathered together in one of their signature empty, cream-coloured rooms to hear test results that had been ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University The Middle East is on the brink of a possibly devastating regional war, with hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reaching an extremely dangerous level. Washington has engaged in ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Elizabeth Eades, Rheumatologist, Monash University Lupus is an inflammatory autoimmune illness, where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks itself. Lupus can affect virtually any part of the body, although it most commonly affects the skin, joints and kidneys. The symptoms ...
A law firm that specialises in working with survivors of abuse in State care is disappointed that the Government fails to recognise that its boot camps can be directly compared to previous boot camps from the 1990s and 2000s. ...
Dying is a natural part of life, like updating your Wof or seeing your hairdresser, but without the word-of-mouth recs that help guarantee a good service. What if we changed that? Dying Reviews received by The Spinoff have had the names of organisations redacted while Hospice NZ collects further data. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Mike Lewinski/Flickr, CC BY On any clear night, if you gaze skywards long enough, chances are you’ll see a meteor streaking through the sky. Some nights, however, are better than others. At ...
Despite having no bars or other designated spaces for lesbians, Auckland boasts a small but mighty lesbian museum. So how did it get here? The past 18 months has brought increasing hostility towards the queer community across Aotearoa. Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull’s anti-trans rally in Tamaki Makaurau last March led to a ...
Poneke Antifascist Coalition has invited Wellingtonians to stand in solidarity with the Kanak people at 12pm today outside the French Embassy in Wellington. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University Drones are the signature technology of the Ukraine war. A few miniature aircraft designs were used in the war’s early days, but an incredible array of drones have now evolved. There are different types, ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Slee, Associate Professor, Clinical Academic Neurologist, Flinders University Francisco Gonzelez/Unsplash Migraine is many things, but one thing it’s not is “just a headache”. “Migraine” comes from the Greek word “hemicrania”, referring to the common experience of migraine being predominantly ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee White, Senior Lecturer and Horizon Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney Australia was slow to introduce minimum building standards for energy efficiency. The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) only came into force in 2003. Older homes ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Sherwood, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney The past century of human-induced warming has increased rainfall variability over 75% of the Earth’s land area – particularly over Australia, Europe and eastern North America, new research shows. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Heynen, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Energy, The University of Queensland A temporary stadium in the Champ-de-Mars, ParisEkaterina Pokrovsky/Shutterstock As Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sustainability of the event is coming under scrutiny. The organisers have promoted ...
A night of karaoke and community in a pub that feels like a memory. You’d barely even notice it, unless you knew to look. Tucked away behind a liquor store on busy Constable Street is the capital’s last great pub. Newtown Sports Bar is an emblem of the pub culture ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Professor in Marine Geology, University of Canterbury Louise Corcoran/Getty Images The decline in the number of doctoral candidates at New Zealand universities is a worrying sign for the country’s effort to build a knowledge-based economy. Aotearoa New Zealand’s ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurie Berg, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney defotoberg/Shutterstock Migrant worker exploitation is entrenched in workplaces across Australia. Tragically, a deep fear of immigration consequences means most unlawful employer conduct goes unreported. On Wednesday, however, the government officially launched a ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Paris is about to host its third summer Olympics. While we don’t yet know what the legacy of this year’s games will be, let’s take the opportunity to reflect on ...
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Many thanks lprent, mickysavage and all at the back end.
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@mickysavage, Thanks for your good work pal.
Cheers comrade.
No apologies needed etc. My biggest concern is that everyone involved is OK and we don’t need to send an ambulance or a search team!
Same xx
How is that hip and fracture now, patricia? Have you had the xrays?
Hello veutoviper, I have had friends calling in to suss progress today lol, so missed this query. xx
Had that horrible Tramadol.. was ill and off balance. Lost a week away with the fairies. Now I am quite good. First full Physio session at the hospital yesterday. A bit stiff today, but I can feel I have recovered, although still a degree of discomfort. X ray is 5th March. Let us hope they have shortened the leg correctly, I have healed and don’t need a realignment.
All going well I should be walking unassisted in 4 to 6 more weeks, and driving Yahoo!! So additional time 6 weeks or so… not too bad.
Bless you, the long handled brush and shovel has been a real boon. Norman received an accidental knock to his ankle 10 days back and developed gout… uric acid is a curse. Well we have shared the walker walking stick and my codeine lol lol Thanks for thinking of me, though I think I’m the healthiest out of my Physio class. It is 4 weeks today.
Sorry, patricia – I had missed this reply. Wow, already four weeks, well more than that now. Pleased to hear things are improving and that they keep on doing so. And relieved that the long-handled broom etc has been useful. Re Norman’s gout, I definitely agree re uric acid over-production, I have that and am continually fighting uric acid kidney stones plus gout in ankles from time to time. Is he on Allopurinol?
Another old but good old remedy for uric acid problems is good old raw apple cider vinegar with the “Mother” in it – I have about two tbsp in about 4tbsp of water first thing in the morning and also often more before any meal with a high protein and/or carbohydrate content. ACV is part of my official medical treatment of both uric acid overproduction AND low hydrochloric acid – with the blessing of my specialists as I cannot take much Allopurinol. My local New World stocks about five different brands these days and a bottle lasts me about 5 -6 weeks at about $6 -7. Only thing to watch is your teeth as not good for enamel. Dental advice is to immediately rinse mouth with straight water and swallow to clean esophagus; and not to brush teeth for at least an hour as brushing pushes it into the enamel.
No Our son is on it, but they are reluctant to give Norm that.. other meds?? We intend to ask. Turns out he has a hematoma. Can’t win.
Wow, problems are never easily solved are they? All the best.
Mention the Raw Apple Cider Vinegar – and say you know someone who is under Urology at Wgtn Hospital and it is being used for their uric acid kidney stones and gouty arthritis with good success as they are not able to take more than 1-2 allopurinol per day if at all. Plenty on the internet (including scientific/medical articles) about raw ACV being a very old treatment for uric acid.
Re the hematoma, can understand why they won’t use Allopurinol because of that. Allopurinol tends to be a bit of a blood thinner like low dose Aspirin and that is one of the reasons I can only take max 2 per day (usual lowest dose is 3 per day). When I was on both As, I had continual bruises all over my body to the point a doctor asked me if someone was abusing me! Slightest touch and bruise LOL. And it would take an age to stop the bleeding from even the smallest cut etc. So no Aspirin now, and no more than 2 Allopurinol per day if that.
That wasn’t a potentially serious problem for The Standard this morning..
This was…
https://www.facebook.com/craftmediaworkshop/photos/a.839445026263466/1056660164541950/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCId2l0Tog6h6LRMnSGsXjx-hNsBDfzVgY3EoXcg4vN-x21M-F2lLu5B_R6RgclBudW9qpghkTojZxrTyJSatAPH4c33MfymEsSsElGdOJWjEns-pORbDb07TtaUiz0nanpksTWbmNZjCXkMjLHa0hGjTEZEYDzuBvOJELj44Xg0dmMnIQODS5gMjZBWlAUAT7EVtQYaD_8gDqTHDG6z8Aq9rRQm1G7FoegNYrTpeVl5r8u_RT_h8VBQxyd1H8nlnip2M9cK4jk039Tsq4u8edXVNUEpsvO86f06hSbuUSGr9HcQpiFOaAYgwLlb_eN_PZNd33YiCMuouRXcVtfTdC6vTGwcPXDJ3_G22w_Q8btl0TRWv4zoxYU&__tn__=-R
The apartment now features a lavender smell.
Thst’s an extremely attractive shot in the limited colours used. Obviously a precocious little animal whose expertise will know no bounds when older. I imagine it looking royal as underlings toil to its throne to ask questions of the
sphinx.
I notice some raised fur on the kitten’s back. Has it hopped inside the clothes basket as a safe haven while you scamper round and clean up which is creating brouhaha.
There is so much important relaxation time in thinking about animals to get away from thinking about fake news, and the general clot-worthy events around. So I give you this link – animals And fake news from Onion. I realise that i have not been paying proper attention to Onion, they are very clever and often right on the button with their satirising.
‘Breaking: Dogs running’ (and to add to the general air of foreboding, at the end she says ‘But where are the children’).
Not me taking the shot. I care about functionality far more than aesthetics.
lol I remember one of ours decided that a convenient multi plug was a great place. He got quite a shock! Normally he was outside keeping the rabbits down. Lived to the ripe age of 22 and we had a 20th B’day party for him. BYO milk coz ur not getting any of his. It was quite an event.
I know that smell. More like a tangy mint than lavender. Think yourself lucky it wasn’t clean, pressed ready to wear clothes laid out on a bedroom cushion.
Beautiful photo, well done – Lynn or Lyn?
I highly recommend a mix of 1 part white vinegar/1 part water to clean cat accidents and remove smell. Old formula but good. Also Nilodor for the instant removal of associated smells – again an oldie but a goodie used by SPCAs, vets etc,
It comes in a spray bottle as per the images in this search link for Nilodor NZ:
https://www.google.com/search?q=nilodor+nz&rlz=1C1LDJZ_enNZ499&oq=nilodor&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j35i39l2j0l2.10529j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
BUT don’t get taken in by the ridiculous prices it is sold for by some outlets such as pet supplies shops and online sources, pharmacists etc = eg $17 !!!
Available at most New World supermarkets for $5.16.
PS – a little goes a long way (eg one quick puff) so one of those bottles lasts for ages; and it is also an excellent car freshener and antidote to cigarette smoke smells etc. And no I have no interest in the company etc!
Lynn is our sysop and Lyn our friend supporting the blog idea and is Lynn’s partner.
I know that, grey. I was querying which one took the great photo. I think it was probably Lyn because of where it was first posted.
Well the info won’t be wasted – everybody gets the spelling now. Lyn
certainly has the eye and technique for her great camera work.
Have much experience in cat accident. The tabby has had a few problems over the years. First and most important is to blot up as much as you can and soon as you can before you do anything else. If you do this, sometimes you don’t need to do anything else. Trust me, I lost a persian rug before I discovered this.
Lyn. She is the artistic one.
Please pass on my/our compliments on the photo. And keep them coming. Also liked the other photo of Mort in her photos!
I actually have taken a note of her facebook page and if I hear anyone looking for someone like Lyn, I will pass it on. And I really do recommend Nilodor. Far quicker/more effective that ordinary air fresheners.
When my best feline buddy ever got old and sick and the frequency of those issues went way up, the best thing I found was using a wet’n’dry vac first, then wetting the area with plain water, vaccing, wetting, vaccing, then using whatever chemicals du jour I had available.
Fair enough, but from decades of being an animal carer (dogs, cats, birds as well as wild animal R &R recovery carer), some chemicals can actually make things much worse by setting the stain rather than removing it.
The vinegar trick is a very old one and a good one – the right pH to not set urine etc and doesn’t usually require repeated treatments as using just straight water tends to. Not just for cat/dog urine but particularly for bird shit. Many people use bleach type cleaners (outside on roofs etc things like 30 Seconds) which actually just set it hard like concrete, whereas white vinegar will actually soften it and allow it to be washed away. White vinegar is also very cheap compared to commercial chemical cleaners and much safer for animals etc, and the recommended cleaner for aviaries etc,
But as Ankerawshark says quick blotting of urine on carpets etc without spreading is essential first.
I did not mean to start a thread on this! But Nilodor is such a good product I wanted to mention it. LOL.
If there are any volunteers to be the Open Mike scheduler, I’m sure LP and MS would be happy to consider it. I’m doing the ‘how to get there’ post and it’s reasonably straightforward to set up the future editions. Takes me about an hour once a month.
OM would be the same process, but a more regular time commitment.
TS is always looking for new authors, too. So if there is anyone keen to give it a try, sing out.
Thinking about it. A few pros and cons – will get back to you probably via the TS email as have very old computer/software, and good user skills but few IT tech skills. Or on second thoughts, happy for you (or lprent etc) to email me with a bit more detail of what is involved/needed etc (skills, software etc) via my TS sign-in email.
You don’t need too many tech skills on this site. I do them and rocky backs me up.
‘Senate has uncovered no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia’
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-has-uncovered-no-direct-evidence-conspiracy-between-trump-campaign-n970536
Maybe now the Democratic party will finally start to do some serious self analysis and soul searching in regards to their shocking and embarrassing loss in probably the most winnable election in modern US history, and prepare a solid platform to win the next election….but probably not.
You’re reading too much into it, Adrian. This does nothing to clear Trump, and merely confirms what we already know, which is that the smoking gun with Trump’s dabs on it hasn’t surfaced yet. And it tells us nothing about what Mueller knows.
As for the Democrats, they’re doing fine. They’re re-energised, did well at the mid terms, took the house back and are set fair to take the senate and Presidency in two years. And look at the new senators and Presidential hopefuls. Some great people there, including a couple who are proud to say that they are socialists. This is the party with all the momentum at the moment.
Mueller has nothing, because there is nothing it is as simple as that, just smoke and mirrors.
Mueller report PSA: Prepare for disappointment
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/mueller-investigation-findings-914754
The Democrats are far from OK, my prediction is that the most interesting battle we will witness this year is not the imaginary battle some people have been led to believe will happen around the Trump/Russia conspiracy, but the much needed battle between the establishment Dems and the new Left wing progressives, much more interesting and much more relevant imo.
Mueller may have nothing specific however all the work his team has done is yet to make it’s full impact.
He stuck to his brief, not risking it’s findings and left plenty for others to follow up on. Slowly slowly catchee monkey.
This is the guy whom (quite bizarrely ) so many smart people on the Left have aligned themselves with, pretty sure most will live to regret this obvious mistake in the future…and btw, just as a matter of interest, could you tell me when in the past, has the FBI ever been an ally of the Left?
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s History of Cover-Ups
‘After a 12-year stint leading the Bureau, the longest ever since J. Edgar Hoover, Mueller is now seen by many as an honest man serving the interest of the American public. However, that perception cannot be defended once one knows about Mueller’s past.’
https://www.globalresearch.ca/former-fbi-director-robert-muellers-history-of-cover-ups/5635272
Can you point out any time globalreseach has been an ally of the left? Or even made any sense at all? It really diminishes your argument when you use shit sites for your cites, Adrian.
And the point isn’t what Mueller did in the past, it’s what he’s tasked with doing now. That doesn’t mean the left is ‘aligned’ with him, but the American people are clearly stakeholders in his work. By extension, we all are.
If you believe global research to be a ‘shit site’, TRP…. then every link you’ve ever posted in any article you’ve ever written… has also come from a ‘shit site’….
Oh, and of course there is no collusion with Russia, nor is is Meullers job to ‘out’ any if there was…
Meullers job, just like every other…is as a gatekeeper of information…
An agent of the status quo…as you should be very well aware….
Mate, globalresearch is infowars without the tears and tantrums. I stick to sites that have a least some sense of sanity to them. I’ve been mulling over doing a post on ‘media you can trust’ for ages now. Maybe this weekend …
On Mueller, it’s probably worth remembering Mark Felt. Like Mueller, he was as a straight as a die, loyal and hardworking. Both men reached the top echelon of the FBI. When Felt was stymied in his work, he worked around the gatekeepers to do the right thing. And, ultimately, he bought Nixon down. Mueller may do the same to Trump.
The key point is that both men were extremely conservative, all American types. And when faced with a terrible truth about his President, Felt put America first. I suspect Mueller is made of the same stuff.
TRP, you don’t have any better discernment than anyone else does when it comes to understanding what ‘shit sites’ are…
In fact I would suggest that given some of the links you’ve used in articles have been entirely substandard, and some instances links to sites/blogs of those who are little more than shills for industry used as so called ‘experts’… (yes I will be explicit if you like)…in one instance you admitted to not having read the backgrounds, except superficially…and felt the credentials were good…
You write on some topics in an overly emotional, I could argue, irrational manner…links won’t help you…selecting ‘shit sites’…will continue…because it is subjective…and because you are biased…inflexible in your thoughts…at least in the articles you write on this site…
Mueller, Trump, Felt, Putin…they have more in common with each other than with any so called left leaning traits you feel good in yourself for believing in…
You reckon global research is on info-wars level…yeah…righto…that is not any surprise…if you had some discernment you would understand why not…
If you write the article…I’ll read it….
Special list of the charges and guilty pleas arising out of Mueller’s investigations.
From that paranoiac site Wikipedia. All full of links to court documents, which almost all have pleaded down to lesser charges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charges_brought_in_the_Special_Counsel_investigation_(2017–present)#Table_of_charges
Don’t worry about the emotions.
It’s the actions agains the law that they are guilty of that matter.
@ TRP, Sure OK it might be a pretty shit link I don’t know, ( article seemed legit enough to me) so fair enough, but my point still stands…just remember this old saying…you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas.
BTW surely you (we all) make a judgment on a person by our knowledge of their actions in the past, not what they say they will or won’t do in the future.
I totally agree with you about past performance. It’s use a good guide to future performance. My feeling with Mueller is that he won’t be blocked or bought off. That doesn’t mean I’m sure he’ll nail Trump, just that I’m confident he’ll be straight with the facts. If there is collusion he’ll say so. Same if there’s not.
So you mean you trust the man who lied right out in the open on Iraq, is therefore partly responsible for the death and misery of hundreds of thousands of human beings…this is the man you are waiting on to tell you the truth…holy shit.
Yep. That’s exactly why. He’ll put duty above all other considerations.
Here’s the list of the charges and guilty pleas from Mueller’s investigation, so far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charges_brought_in_the_Special_Counsel_investigation_(2017–present)#Table_of_charges
By a long, long way the largest political conspiracy in the history of the White House, Senate or Congress.
And still going.
Why would you expect him to be an Ally Of The Left? You a fan of partisan law enforcement Ady?
everyone who is not an ally of the right must be an ally of the left.
its simple black and white thinking, there is no grey only black or white.
Now choose your color.
colour…please.When in Rome etc
i thought i was in rotorua …..go figure!
You can’t not say not, when there is something that’s not or not.
Yep, knotty one that.
It’s also worth noting TRP that that report was from the Republican controlled Senate Committee. The Democrats on the committee were not so convinced. Like we have here – if you want to cover something up, you have a committee investigate and do a whitewash of the whole thing, and this is just what happened here. The Republicans are proving to have little moral compass left and much like the Nats here, are more interested in maintaining their position than actually working for their country. Had they found a smoking gun what would that mean for the future of the GOP who have stood firmly behind Trump on almost all occasions? They tried very hard not to look for a smoking gun, and were successful in not finding it.
Meanwhile the Democrats in the House are in the process of setting up their own investigation into this whole sordid affair. I expect there will be a very different outcome. The Republican House investigation – lead by Nunes was appalling in its biased work.
+1000 Macro.
Anyone who believes that Senate report was anything but a Republican initiated whitewash has got one hell of a lot of learning to do.
But … but … Hill-a-reeeee
…and the Dems
With regard to collusion by Russia in US elections Laith Marouf, Beirut-based political analyst/media producer shows a perspective never given by msm.
Read it all
“I am against the theory of Israeli influence over US politics for the simple reason that Israel and Zionism are an Imperial tool to control and divide the Arab People; meaning the Empire is in control of Israel and the fate of the Jewish people, not the other way around.
Having said that, it doesn’t mean that Zionists are not interfering in US politics, in so far as developing the narrative needed to defend the abomination of Apartheid Israel in the media and giving the politicians the lingo that they need to follow when queried. And of course the politicians in the Empire are glad to take the money from AIPAC for a job they would have had to do anyways to maintain Imperial control of the Middle East. It is a symbiosis between components of the Empire that are at the core of the System.
Now about interference, you know where the whole story of Russian collusion with Trump started with? It started with the war on Syria, Obama and Palestine. If you remember, Obama and Kerry wanted to sign a treaty of end of hostilities with Russia at the end of their term. They faced a huge attack from Netanyahu, who even got himself invited to address the congress without a presidential invitation, a first. Obama went ahead and signed the deal with Russia anyways. Within 24hrs the Armed and Intelligence Forces of the US mutinied and launched an attack on Syrian forces defending the besieged city of Dier ezZor and coordinated with ISIS to attack the city simultaneously; stoping the war from ending in 2016.
Right after, a motion to condemn Apartheid Israel’s breach of international law was to be voted at the UNSC, as a punishment for Netanyahu, Obama asked his ambassador to abstain and allow the vote to go through; another first. Panicking, Netanyahu called on Trump, who was elected but not yet in power, to ask the Russians to veto instead. So Kushner and the Trumps tried to speak to the Russians, yes they did, but on behalf of the Zionist Israeli leadership. Trump and the Zionists were willing to undermine a sitting president to save Apartheid Israel from a vote at the UNSC. Russia voted for the motion, the US abstained, and Apartheid Israel was condemned.
Obama was furious when he found out and the story was made public. To cover up all of this Israeli interference in American politics, the Zionist media warped the story, dropped the crucial point of why the Trumps and Kushner where trying to speak to the Russians, and voila! The Russians are interfering said the headlines since 2017.”
and you can link to some of that stuff you just wrote? Just a few links to support this?
t’would be interesting.
You forgot Soros.
There’s no Zionist conspiracy without George Soros.
Hawkes Bay declared a ‘worker shortage’ area allowing fast tracking of non-resident labour.
No mention of the wages on offer – surely there sould be a rule that offered wages must be at least a premium over the living wage (say $26/h?) before such concessions are considered? How about it Labour – after all, you’ve got ‘Labour’ in the party name. Otherwise this scheme is just another mechanism for enforcing poverty wages.
What’s more Labour should be calling for willing workers presently unemployed whether registered or not, who want to take up these jobs and go through a program, not unreasonably hard, to get them fit. Then get them to the job, with better than just good-enough accommodation and let them get work at the fruitface or wherever. Get on with it you Minister of Labour (is there one?).
Fact –
Hon Willie Jackson
List MP
Minister of Employment
Associate Minister for Māori Development
https://www.labour.org.nz/ourteam
It is unfortunate that there is a Labour Michael Wood and a National Woodhouse, Michael!
So will he Willie, or will he not, be a leading force in this government in moving people who are ready and want to be moved into a system where they are kept on the government’s books, a work-ready, keen workforce dedicated to doing the job? And I like the idea of having them registered as permanent members of the work team, and meeting regularly for gym sessions, and thinking of other work that they could do together, even form a band to do something when the seasonal work or temporary work is unavailable. Sports team, work team, both can provide regular interest and commitment and a feeling of satisfaction. Very positive from all aspects.
The keen ones will be there, despite being unappreciated, discouraged, picked up, pushed around, dropped, homeless, couchless, penniless at some times. And trying not to let the drugs get hold.
And when you do stuff for the unemployed Minister, and want to get them started in work on the unskilled level, then start having ranked teams, so that they progress up with higher wages and advantages as they move up the Team ladder. The tried and experienced who can be relied on are Team One, the others who will then want to come along will be Two, Three, to Five.
Then the triers will be keen to get right and in the program. That is the spirit we want from you Willie Jackson and the whole Labour Party. People who are committed to doing a good job at what is needed and stick at it till it is done!
“It is unfortunate that there is a Labour Michael Wood and a National Woodhouse, Michael!”
So the labour guy does not have the house ,where as the national guy does.
I don’t know whether there is too much Wood or not enough. It’s a poor distribution system at fault – in names. I want to see some really striking men’s names coming up – enough of these Michaels, Johns, Peters.
Let’s go back to Vikings – Ethelred, Roman Julius, Thor sounds good, Theophilus, Xavier; what about ethnic diversity. Erik the half-bee, Vlad etc. – there is a vast store untouched.
Young Monty Pythons in 1972.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlrsqGal64w
Yes, though the living wage with no employer deductions would probably do it. Should be advertised locally first .
1996…binn rate $20 – $25
2019…$25 – $30
Made worse by a far more exacting picking schedule of size and colour, no simple stripping of trees.
1996..when on an hourly rate pickers were on $7 – $9 at a time when the minimum wage for over 20’s was $6.35. ie above minimum wage
Hourly rate 2019…strictly minimum wage now.
Median Rent Hawkes Bay/Gisborne (1998) $150
Median Rent Flaxmere 2018 $350.00
And when you ask for higher wages you are on your own..the RSE workers are happy with their lot, they aren’t raising families or ‘living*’ in nz.
Though the best of them disappear to Australia for the season if they can.
Andrew Little, with Jacinda in tow, came down here and told us we needed to ‘improve productivity’ if we wanted higher wages. HA!! I guess there’s a reason the room was filled with orchardists and retired teachers, not a picker or warehouse worker in sight.
*They are living packed into rooms like sardines.
Thanks for that information, Siobhan. It pretty much confirms what I suspected and have seen hinted at. So no wonder that they have trouble getting local workers. Actually is it a problem of ‘getting’ locals to apply or is it a problem of the employers not ‘wanting’ to employ locals and instead preferring to employ RSE workers? i actually thin I know the answer! – but am interested in the views of those closer to the situation such as yourself.
Well, its both really.
The traditional workforce for seasonal work used to be ‘housewives’, which is simply not a ‘thing’ anymore, and the large local Maori population.
Anecdotally I can say there has been a mass exodus of Maori from the Bay over the last 20 years.
I’m still trying to find the stats on that one, but I do know that in the Central Hawke’s Bay District the Maori population had an increase of 9 people, or less than one percent since between the 2006 and 2013 Census.
The unemployed locals get frog marched out to the orchards every year, but that’s a very small pool of people now, and includes a large number of older people who are physically worn out, young mothers who do not have good child care, transport etc and young folk who are from highly dysfunctional situations and are often unable to be functional workers.
So workers will need to be imported, BUT that is no excuse not to be paying an actual livable wage. Maybe if we are relying on workers whose main place of residence is overseas we should have a ‘top-up’ payment for locals. It could be based on a simple calculation of weekly picking wage vs how much it costs per week for a family to live in Vanuatu compared to a family in the Hawkes Bay.
Labour and National both seem more than happy to top up landlords high rent expectations via the accommodation allowance, so maybe they should top up the low wages Orchardists insist on Paying 😉
China – who would have thunk we would have any problems with our big trading partner, who we are trying to milk – just can’t get past dairy 101 eh!
Now we have been caught in a huddle in the playground with that USA and all the wide-eyed 5-Eyes. So which gang do we want to be in? How do we handle the politics; eggs are precious, have we put too many in one basket. We must remember they are breakable. We’ll need eggs if we can save our bacon before breakfast, if not by lunchtime.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/382560/sanford-shipments-delayed-at-china-ports
“We have recently faced administrative issues with our salmon exports to China, which have caused delays getting shipments cleared through Chinese ports,” he said.
“We have not been given a reason for this by local authorities.”
RNZ understands other seafood exporters have faced similar issues with exports into China.
Trade officials close to the issue, who did not want to be named, said New Zealand exporters often faced problems entering China, and the recent problems could be business as usual.
Fonterra is experiencing difficulties with added value products into china.
Well Sanford = National Party. One Peter Goodfellow effectively owns a good chunk of it, been on the board since 2006, and also happens to be gnat president.
But he is not driving those ideas in any way shape or form which is a real shame.
Got a neighbour who exports into China in quantity. He’s got a special affection for their bureaucrats. i dotty and t crossy doesn’t even come close, everything has to be perfect of the shipment stops.
Just to put a different spin on it……..
Wondering if simon has stuffed things up for NZ re China, with his proclamations of wanting to side with the USA re Venezuela.
If the Chinese government cared a sniff about what the opposition thinks, they would have had a problem with Labour’s Chinese sounding names debacle.
there ha been a bit of discussion about the merging of polytechs and i saw this on Radionz so for those in the groove here a few more bars.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/382507/the-devil-is-in-the-details-for-the-new-mega-polytechnic
More shit-making stuff.
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has granted Coastal Resources Limited a 35-year marine consent to dispose of 250,000 cubic metres of dredged sediment each year.
The company already has permission to dump 50,000 cubic metres of sediment at the disposal site – known as the Northern Disposal Area – which is 25 kilometres east of Great Barrier Island.
In June last year, it applied to expand its operation.
Coastal Resources Limited dredges material from sites around Auckland and Waikato, including marinas.
The EPA received 76 submissions about the application and the vast majority of them opposed the granting of consent.
Opponents included the Great Barrier Local Board and the Department of Conservation.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/382563/green-light-to-dump-more-sludge-near-great-barrier-island
What about someone giving us a list of who is on the EPA – it could be good to know your enemy.
Despite increasing awareness that this tiny planet cannot accomodate human ‘productivity’, the “cult of economics and the ‘growth’ god” holds sway.
http://anticapitalists.org/2012/05/21/the-cult-of-economics-and-the-growth-god/
“The only other flooding event in modern memory with comparable scale to impact on the reef was from Cyclone Oswald in 2013, Dr Kroon said.
“At the time, that was unheard of and so to have that happen again not that long afterwards is highly unusual,” Dr Kroon said.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-15/great-barrier-reef-muddy-flood-plume-fears/10812910
“Sydney Water has advised of a sewage overflow in Kiama on 13 February 2019 which may affect Easts Beach. As a precaution, swimming should be avoided at Easts Beach due to the possibility of pollution.”
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/beachapp/IllawarraBulletin.aspx?NoMobile
“Schneider compared the level of water pollution to what the United States has encountered in some areas of the country. In those cases, local fish populations were severely harmed by the pollutants, which is a major concern because the contamination levels in Tasmania are much higher.”
https://inhabitat.com/mining-in-tasmania-raises-water-pollution-concerns-to-a-new-high/
“Environment America clean-water advocate Bart Johnsen-Harris says the EPA plan lacks a clear, health-based limit on PFAS compounds in water supplies.
https://www.wthr.com/article/latest-environmentalists-criticize-water-pollution-plan
“Officials have warned locals off using water from the Paraopeba river — pictured days after the disaster — for drinking, watering animals or irrigation.”
https://vietnamnews.vn/world/505342/ten-towns-hit-by-river-pollution-from-brazil-dam-disaster.html
“More intensification, more people, more tourists – more impacts come from that.” – Mike Joy
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12197922
Too much ‘pee’ in the ‘pool’ !
http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/economicstube/clips/pee_in_pool.wmv/view
It’s the one site to use in the top half of the North Island for this kind of fill, and it’s been in use for decades.
We can get back in their good books by selling some more political patronage in the form of seats in Parliment, worked for national.
In yesterdays news cycle Australians lost 1/2 a million cattle when flooding caused the Flinder’s river to swell to up to 60 km in width. That’s about a billion dollar hit on stock alone.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/floodwater-swells-queenslands-flinders-river-into-a-60kmwide-mega-river/news-story/f7adf2e8850b05fc084764d3767c88a3
While this seems a completely freak event it is not. They’re calling it a 50 year event, which, with climate change, will become more frequent. This is not a few houses underwater and some dudes canoeing about, it is a 60 km wide swathe of destruction containing half a million dead cows.
They called the floodplains ideal grazing country.
Are we still making such calls here?
They have been gazing in the channel country since the white fella turned up and the black fellas were using the channel country a lot longer for harvesting before the white fella turned up. As dad would say about living in the outback( Broken Hill) during the drought time, when it rains it pours down and when the ground is hard as concrete the water has nowhere to go but spread out.
This event in Nth and Nth West Qld has broken so many records it’s not funny including the the great floods of 74 which was caused a by the remains of a cyclone which it effected most of Qld including Brisbane and where as this event has been caused by the Monsoon trough pushing further Sth than usual.
Where I live atm in rural Darwin, it’s getting real scary for a large number of people who rely on the rain to refill water tanks or to refill bores etc and as a volunteer NT Bush Firefighter the ground is now starting to dry out very quickly atm which is not when you consider the average rainfall for our northern wet season for this time of the year is well over a metre and a half and we have had less than half by now (about 750mm). The outlook from now to the end of the wet season in April very bleak and this going to effect everyone in the community, Fisherman, cattle producers, fruit/ veggie producers and all the way down to those living in the long grass.
You saw that farmers ground on fire?
Yeah I did and was going to mention it here at how crazy things are getting in Oz IRT CC. I’ve seen some crazy weather related events/ stuff over the 20 odd years living here and as a kid on holidays since 81-82 summer, but this one is up there with most crazy one so far.
Batteries – energy source change.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1902/S00261/falling-battery-costs-may-outstrip-transpower-projections.htm
When Transpower started its latest work seven months ago, *Winitana says a 3.5 – 4 kW solar unit and a 6 kWh battery would have delivered power at a cost of about 28 cents.
“This time next year it will be under 20 cents,” he told BusinessDesk. Average delivered household power costs are about 28c/kWh.
“The Transpower report shows the value and potential of solar and batteries, however, this is yet to be fully acknowledged and actioned by the government and many in the incumbent industry,” Winitana said in a statement.
* Sustainable Energy Association of NZ
And shifted this resource-using stuff here. Is it good news – it does help to use waste that is being discarded.
More interesting stuff.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018682293/innovative-ways-to-reuse-rubbish
Tyres as part of steel making.
Thanks for the link greywarshark. Not too sure what it means but our solar unit produces 20kw on a good day. So far we haven’t really considered battery storage but…
What are we debating here?” says Dr Davis. “Do you really want to see proof that we’ve got millions of people with cancer, like we did with tobacco and asbestos? Is there any question we should have acted sooner?
Dr Davis is highly credentialed. She was a senior scientist at the National Academy of Sciences, and a presidential appointee of the Clinton Administration and a member of the team awarded a Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007. She has been campaigning for the safer use of Wi-Fi technology, especially in children.
Case in point. The Rudd Government’s “education revolution” has led to the roll out of Wi-Fi in public schools across the country. Yet there’s never been a single study looking at people’s long-term health risks of Wi-Fi exposure.
“Millions of children are being exposed to something that has never been fully tested,” says Dr Davis. “We’re treating our children like lab rats in an experiment with no controls.”
Wifi is extremely low risk, the intensity of wifi signal is about 100,000 times less than a microwave oven. Similar risk profile is sunbathing at night under the full moon & having fear of skin cancer from that exposure. Maybe funding is running out for Dr Davis so need to whip up hysteria for continuation of public funding (taxpayer $). No doubt that Anti-vax, Flat Earth, Alien abductee, 9/11 conspiracists will run with this one. Time for them to roll up their tin foil hats to protect from Wi-fi radiation.
This sort of thing should not be discouraged as it is humorous good fun to see it all roll out.
Your response reads as fearful, most likely due to ignorance…extreme ignorance …
Bazza….
The things that scare you are already, a fact!
Edit: If you understood even the most elementary levels of a discussion about EMFs you could have written something, not quite as ridiculous…but that is your level…
Best to stay down there…despite personal growth being a solid endevour…comments such as yours have no interest in personal growth…
You are right I am very scared & chose not to venture out today, stayed under the blankets at home. I am also extremely ignorant as well. I do not understand anything elementary & failed to graduate primary school, but I was valedictorian at the country high school I attended, being no others on my level.
As regards personal growth you should read a bit more widely, not just the clowns who see risk in the most ridiculous things.
That’s fantastic Bazza…well done…
Risk, is not something which you understand…or you wouldn’t have written the nonsense you did …even you were joking…
If you had the remotest interest in a discussion you would not have written your initial comment…and you would understand why insurance underwriters and re-insurers, will not insure against damage caused by EMF/R…they will not insure the telco industry against it…
Not touching it…too risky…
If you would like to have a serious conversation about risk…and about the technical aspects of wireless networks, public health etc, the research available, the captured regulatory agencies, precautionary principle….go right ahead…
I offered DJ Ward the same option a few days ago….and similar to yourself (albeit with a slightly higher grade of ignorance and avoidance) did not take up the offer…
Only too happy to have a serious conversation
See:
https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20090526/STORY/585/Sector-Briefing-Telecommunications
Published in 2009
No consensus reached on EMR’s effect on health
It may take two more decades to know if electromagnetic radio frequency energy is a significant liability issue for telecommunications companies, so, in the interim, insurers are treating the risk as cautiously as a downed power line after a storm.
Insurers often exclude the risk from commercial general liability policies, strictly limit the coverage or avoid policyholders in the wireless industry, brokers say.
The reason insurers exclude this is because it is unknown & if EMF was found to be the cause of human illness then the industry would suffer catastrophic loss.
As always, people read into this more than there really is – this is not evidence of EMF causing illness, but insurance companies saying this is unknown & we can’t quantify any risk, so we stay away.
In this internet age a lot of people take this as “what do the insurance companies know that we don’t know? It is just an unknown risk for them, but of course some people take this as confirmation that EMF causes illness, which has never been proven.
Your Doctor Davis has been criticised by scientists who consider her warnings re cellphone use to be bogus science. You might want to read: Skeptic North Devra Davis Disconnected from Science
An interesting read, you might like to reconsider your position?
You haven’t replied so I assume you are having dinner or have morphed into DJ Ward.
Was reading the economist yesterday. I see global warming is now referred to as climate change. Presumably to try & explain the record cold temperatures in US ?
Did you even read the post you made about insurers, when you posted it…do you understand the words in the post you made…
There is already two decades of research data, including the most recent decade of data, which was on top of the 4 decades of data that came before… That is why the insurers won’t touch it…because….risk….do you understand how the insurance business works ?
No, you don’t!
If you think that Dera Davis is represents ‘bogus science’ and have recommended me to ‘skeptic site’…well…your levels are lower than I suspected…
You can read the posts I will continue to make regarding the telco industry, wireless technology and EMF/R…posts that will have comments, quotes from industry big wigs from major tech companies, as well as world leading oncologists and neurosurgeons…
Feel free to comment, but I will not be replying to you…not until you have on-boarded some more information…and come up with something better than ad homs and skeptic sites while spouting industry sponsored terms such as ‘consensus, inconsistent’ etc…
You can use the links and comments I provide as a basis for up-lifting your capacity ….and go back over my comments the past week or so…will also help your learning…
Your response to this shows why I originally took the piss. People like you who believe rubbish get shown evidence that disagrees with their position & then you throw your toys out of the cot.
There isn’t 2 decades of research data that supports your position – the latest research refutes this, check out
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phones.html – No doubt you won’t accept this as it is from the mainstream
I don’t think that you understand the insurance industry yourself. Like other clowns you read into that just because they won’t cover the liability that is evidence of there is something there. You’re probably too scared to read skeptic as it might pop your delusions, but better to keep your head in a paper & keep reciting EMF bad !
Guess you better keep your computer/ipad time to a minimum – don’t want those EMF’s to make you ill.
I guess you’re into homeopathy & astrology, anti-vaccination &
numerology too ?
Bazza64
I haven’t noticed you thinking too hard about anything you write about – more easy dissing in the ones I’ve seen. There is a lot to know, surely you don’t know everything scientific or human-related.
I don’t know everything science related, but the EMF thing is in with the Osama Bin Laden is still alive category. Happy to debate, but then others start frothing at the mouth, but that doesn’t surprise me.
Mate you’re a fool pretending to know stuff. Cellphone manufacturers are among the biggest companies on the planet. Now as you know, corporates have an exemplary track record for their treatment of science, scientists, the environment and people.
They never cover science AND they never smear scientists.
It’s a perfect world. You numpty muppet.
Must be me & a lot of other scientists who call out pseudoscience when they see it. There are researchers who have their own scientific charitable institutions (that no doubt pay them a decent salary) & it is in their interest to keep the research going on something that has no sound basis in science.
An EMF study on rats subjected them to significantly more exposure than humans would ever get, but used this data to continue their argument. Like you said it’s a perfect world, try reading these reports rather than using the “big corporate bad, therefore small battler good” mindset.
Must be me & a lot of other scientists who call out pseudoscience when they see it.
Bazza is a scientist ?
When commentators use ad homs, smears, words like pseudoscience while refering to 911, flat earth and aliens as a way to ‘engage’, there is no credibility to be found,,,by engaging with those who are not interested, or simple to restricted in their own capabilities to be worthwhile enaging with…
I see One Two is back, didn’t think was going to post again. 9/11? Seriously? And you wonder why people take the Mickey. None of that conspiracy stuff stacks up under closer scrutiny. Have you looked at http://www.popularmechanics.com ? Debunking the 9/11 myths, one of the most comprehensive rebuttals of the 9/11 claims that have been put out there.
Oh no that doesn’t fit your belief system so let’s ignore it ?
If you think the skeptic site is unscientific you are dumber than I thought
Well I am dumb to even enter this exchange. You both go at each other like a bunch of schoolgirls, firing insults and pulling each others’ pigtails.
But it was fun !
B-52 coming to NZ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=12203889
Has Trump provided relevant ‘no nukes’ guarantees to Jacinda?
I would be too worried it will have a empty bomb bay, as we have had a few come through RAAF Darwin when I was still in and I use to pop out the BRA pad at RAAF Darwin to have a chat with Yanks. Also it’s probably conducting what it’s called a “Lone Ranger” Ex which is something that RNZAF use to do when 75SQN was a equip with Canberra Bombers so slight detour to a NZ Airshow isn’t that hard to squeeze in really and probably means additional AAR tanker refuel to come a bit further down Sth.
But will the US President provide the legally required assurances to the NZ PM that it won’t have nukes aboard?
Or do we not give a shit about the Nuclear Free act anymore?
My guess is that the diplomatic niceties have been already sorted out, or else it wouldn’t been released to the fourth estate that a B-52 is heading down Sth for WoW.
Most of the US Nuclear weapons are now Sub base or land base and its Bomber Fleet no longer routinely fly’s Nuclear Armed as it did during the Cold War. Plus one bomber and a couple supporting AAR Tankers is not an efficient way of carrying nuclear weapons when the main so-called threats are to the Nth West and to be honest one unarmed or armed bomber isn’t going to make a hell of a lot difference. When there is far more effective and efficient nuclear weapons platforms than a single B-52 on a jolly/ Lone Ranger to Australia via WoW or a non stop back to Guam.
Or put this way if 3 B52’s we’re heading to WoW, then I would wondering WTF is going on here and start breaking out the my “war stocks” and the tin foil hat.
Remember there are a enough buckets of instant sunshine around to the earth back into the ice age.
Nonetheless its an active nuclear platform and we have a law requiring adequate guarantees be given and which for decades the US refused to submit to and a current US administration that happily breaks treaties, openly makes statements that they will not be restrained by international law or treaties.
The first question any journo should have asked when told a B-52 is coming is ‘did they provide the relevant guarantees?’
And the answer to that question should absolutely be part of the article.
Given the state journalism within the Fourth Estate IRT to Defence and Aviation on very basic matters “did they provide the relevant guarantees?’ might be a little bit hard for them, especially when some muppet from the Fourth Estate called a RNZAF Hercules a Hurricane when one landed at Nelson IRT the recent Tasman Forest Fires. The Herc’s have been a part of NZ’s Defence and Aviation scene for the 50 to 60 yrs.
So it might be a little to much for the Fourth Estate to understand the Nuclear Free Act IRT to Foreign Military Forces visiting NZ?
From my POV I don’t really see the B52 as an active Nuclear Platform these days, when land based ICBM’s, IRBM’s and Submarine launched ICBM’s and IRBM’s are more effective and efficient platforms than a Airborne delivery platform such as the B52.
Why should they need to refuel in the air?
According to Google it is around 6,800 km from Guam to NZ (Wellington actually) and then around 2,600 km on to Melbourne. Even with a bit of circling around I wouldn’t think they would get anywhere near the range of the plane. It is apparently around 14,000 km. Surely they will still get to Melbourne with 3,0000 km of fuel left?
Besides, where would they find a tanker to do the refuelling?
The B52 isn’t the most user friendly Aircraft on the ground btw of its design, size, age and the Yanks don’t like other people touching or handling their Aircraft etc. Unlike the British Commonwealth of Nations as we don’t usually give a toss, who handles the A/C atm. But this could be changing in the future IRT’s the Super Hornets, F35’s and P8’s etc with US enforced security protocols now in place for these Platforms?
The only USAF certify base in Australia to my knowledge that can handle the B52 is RAAF Darwin and maybe RAAF Townsville which has had the odd visit over the yrs.
Wherever a B52 or B1 and B2 Bomber goes it weather it’s a single Bomber or a section/ flight of Bombers it always has AAR Tanker support at either end.
I hope this answers your question?
Reasons to be optimistic about America’s future.
No. 1: ILHAN OMAR
http://normanfinkelstein.com/2019/02/14/in-praise-of-greatness-2-2/
10am EST
Trump to tell Congress,
‘You’re fired!’
Trump will sign bill to avoid shutdown, then declare national emergency to free billions for border wall, official says
By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Ted Barrett, Jim Acosta and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 0347 GMT (1147 HKT) February 15, 2019
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/14/politics/donald-trump-wall-funding-bill/index.html
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
so you are saying that Mexico, the country of murderers and rapists is not paying for the wall.
oh well, who would have known.
Personally I don’t like how you have framed it, But as the US under Trump embraces a more nakedly aggressive US first foreign policy, Mexico will pay, China will pay, the Middle East will pay, the EU will pay, Canada will pay. We will all pay.
Vitamin C explored.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1902/S00031/vitamin-c-cancer-and-infection-expert-qa.htm
Meeting was this week.
I feel that there is a lot to know about it and good to come.
Here you go whanau national used the maori fisheries settelment act in 1989 to stir up racial tensions to push Labour out of Power. Yes I Know that national finnished of the settelment but Labour could not spray WAI all over national for a prosess that they started that would be like spraying WAI into the wind you end up getting it in your face. That deal suited nationals wealthy greedy M8 the most but its the deal we have now and I can not see a system to replace it. Our new Coalition Goverment has reduced some quoters to more sustainable levels thats much better than shonkys goverment WHO just stuck there head in the sand and were to scared OR well paid to cut quoter to sustainable levels.
New Zealand law began to regulate commercial fisheries, so that Māori control was substantially eroded. To resolve this grievance, in[[[ 1989 an interim agreement was reached.]]] The Crown transferred 10 percent of New Zealand’s fishing quota (some 60,000 tonnes), together with shareholdings in fishing companies and $50 million in cash, to the Waitangi Fisheries Commission. This commission was responsible for holding the fisheries assets on behalf of Māori until an agreement was reached as to how the assets were to be shared among tribes. In 1992, a second part of the deal, referred to as the Sealord deal, marked full and final settlement of Māori commercial fishing claims under the Treaty of Waitangi. This included 50% of Sealord Fisheries and 20% of all new species brought under the quota
national shonky did the same with the foreshore and seabed act Hellen was provoked into giving shonky national a tool to steal POWER from Labour with the seabed act racial tensions Labour lost to shonky in 2008
The foreshore and seabed issue, as part of the larger race relations debate, was one of the most significant points of contention in New Zealand politics at the time, and remains a significant issue for many people. The Labour government’s popularity was severely damaged by the affair, although subsequent polls showed that it recovered its support and Labour was elected for a third term in September 2005.
While the Act was widely criticised by Māori,
The big picture is the common maori person gets nothing from national but A harder time paddleing one WAKA and the minority cultures common waka end up going in reverse WTF Ka kite ano. P.S I back our Coalition Goverment the national party just rips the minoritys cultures off and gives a kicking in doing IT and does not respect Tangaroa or Papatuanuku and there creatures.
Yes shonky is still pulling nationals puppets strings
Its is quite clear that news corp is being payed by the miners of that nasty substance coal. The don’t care that they news crap and the carbon barrons are going to leave a enviroment that has no wild life and not future the are neanderthals small minded FOOLS who need to be brought under control for ALL OUR MOKOPUNAS FUTURES. Ana to kai
Several prominent scientists have defended their peers from attacks by the Adanigroup and compliant media outlets, saying the smearing of experts is “morally reprehensible”.
On Friday, Adani launched a pre-emptive attack on the Queensland government and the authors of an independent review, which has not been finalised yet, into the company’s plans to protect the endangered black-throated finch at the Carmichael mine site.
On the same day, the company’s international mining chief, Jeyakumar Janakraj, told SBS Punjabi that the Carmichael mine would be “hugely beneficial” to global climate change.
But as debate on the Adani plan becomes hyperbolic, scientists say attacks on their credibility by vested interests are becoming increasingly common and problematic. In an open letter, signed by several leading researchers, they say “relentless, sustained and defamatory” attacks on scientists undermines the role of science in decision-making.
Calls for inquiry as Adani confirms it released contaminated water
“The attacks have consisted of unsubstantiated efforts to smear people instead of addressing the substantive issues,” the letter says.
“While the treatment of the scientists involved in the Adani review may seem shocking, it is one of many examples of people with vested interests undermining the role of experts in our discourse and decision making. Ka kite ano link below
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/16/scientists-unite-against-adani-attack-on-report-into-endangered-finch P.S The tipping point of the % of people who know climate change is here and NOW
Whanau when Eco Maori meets good people and they respect you and treat you FAIR well it,s tatu tatu.
I like the old maori ways we always tryed to give a better Taonga Koha than what we receved.
And when someone comes along and tries to spray wai on that great auhoaraa well A intelligent person starts asking Question’s as to what the motive of the negative tangata is and from were I am standing its about MANA .
So I disregard the negative tangata words and carrying treating the positive tangata with respect and I will receve the respect back.
It would appear the initial blocking of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from building a critically sensitive 5G network in New Zealand was largely viewed within China as a Five Eyes stitch-up, and it delivered a mild warning foreshadowing economic repercussions.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern maintains there is no diplomatic problem between New Zealand and China, but concedes the relationship is challenging.
It is clear, however, that it has deteriorated.
Given it’s a relationship based on $27 billion of two-way trade, that poses a big risk for exports, jobs, tourism and the wider economy. Links below ka kite ano P.S The Eco Maori effect is a privilege and I will use for the good of the many tangata and not the few 00.1 %
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/110534208/fork-in-the-road–dead-ahead–in-nzchina-relationship
Kia ora Newshub That’s a person who only cares about number 1 and everyone and everything else is of no concern.
The awa rivers and lakes are in a bad way after they have been in shonkys national party’s care so out of touch O that’s correct they only care about the touch of money.
Another shooting under the a USA government who is backed by the NRA te tangata te tangata te tangata not MONEY That is what makes a great culture country .
Waiwera hot pools they were a old Maori tanonga we could use Aotearoa geo thermal resources a back up power supply to complement solar and wind power when we change to 100 % renewable energy.
That a cool story about the sling shot that is being designed to clean up the space debris around Papatuanukue that is going to be a major hindrance to OUR goals of space travelling.
Ben hackers can hack any wireless device and Internet connected devices.
Sorry what I have to say about chocolate food that is part of the cause of the world’s child obesity problem. Did you know that Maori and Pacific Islands people are the people who have got the most Mokopunas that are clinical over weight. Sugar need to be taxed hard and made into fuel.
Condolences to Dick Churchill whanau that was a great story of him and his m8 trying to break out of a World War 2 prison camp Ka kite ano
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute.
Kia ora R&R Aotearoa people have good humour and Kiwi wit combined.
Billy T James was a perfect example of classical Kiwi humour.
YEA it would be nice if our Brown stars get more exposure on MSM I get a sore face watching the Laughing Samoans. We make up about 30 % of the population and don’t get 3 % of positive exposure from MSM the negative EXPOSURE from MSM is Huge thanks. Ka kite ano PS my vision is excellent.?????
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute
Kia ora R&R Homeless tangata is a phenomenon of colonialism take the whenua take the Mana take the culture take te reo Away put us in a world where only a white mans has all the power who only share the resources with themselves and you get a broken tangata.
national new there was a housing crisis they created it they shorted the housing markets so them and there rich m8s could make millions. The houseing market have be shorted in all the 5 country’s in the 5 eyes coincidences NO its a set up for the wealthy. Ka kite ano
High Houses prices = housing shortage = homeless tangata
The banks realestate companys insurence companys local goverment and central goverments are all make heaps off a housing crisses the housing markets are so easy to be shorted increase immigration make the local rules to build a house 20 * more expenceve and WALAR the wealthy are hogging all the money they bleed out of the common person ka kite ano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ZrjqCQRog
If someone else trys to justify nationals causing this housing crisis through ignorance they will get Eco Maori wrath
Some Eco Maori Music for the minute.
Kia ora Newshub Newshub That was a close call for the helicopter near miss in Tasman that was fighting the fire there.
That’s a good response from MPI for the fruit fly found in Auckland a ban on moving vegetables and fruits in a desensited air. That 16 million spent last time a fruit fly for 16 flys found is nothing compared to the billions lost from our horticultural industries in lost future earnings our food is the best in the WORLD.
The South Islands Helicopter farmers are crying foul because because there privatesation by stealth are using an excuse that they have put hard work in the whenua that’s just working for your money what about the common person who gets the minamim wage and still has no security for there futures. It’s cool that Te reo is getting popular and a app translating te reo into Mandarin.
Its shocking what’s has happen in Syria.
I DON’T KNOW the engineer who worked for Rocket lab who died in a motorcycle accident is a bit suspect I say he was very good motercyle rider.
I, It was cooler today. Ka kite ano
Some things up I could not edit my mahi our road are quite uneven and it does not take much to lose traction on a road bike I had a friend who brought a bike and crashed it it the first 2 days fix it and crashed again he did not hit anything just lost traction Ka kite ano P.S I have to be careful what I write so I retract the suspicious of the Rocket lab engineer accident