Open mike 15/02/2022

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  1. weka 1

    Please use the dedicated post for discussion about the anti-mandate Convoy protest rather than Open Mike.

    https://thestandard.org.nz/convoy-protest-15-2-22/

    • Jenny how to get there 1.1

      My apologies. Would have done that. Unfortunately for me, I didn't see the dedicated post for today when I started writing my comment in Open Mike.

      A little unprecedented to have my comment moved from Open Mike to a dedicated page. But Happy to have it moved there.

      • weka 1.1.1

        no worries, I hadn't put the bold comment above up when you commented.

        We can't move comments from OM to posts.

  2. Jenny how to get there 2

    1981 Right wing government in power, Left wing protesters trespass on football field, refuse to leave.

    The Right wing government has a decision, order the police to forcibly remove them, or let them be.

    Choose the former and the whole world will be shocked and sickened.

    Choose the latter and the game will have to be called off.

    2022 Left wing government in power, Right wing protesters trespass on Government forecourt, refuse to leave.

    The government has a decision, forcibly remove them, or let them be.

    What would be your choice?

    .

    • Herodotus 2.1

      Not sure those flying that United tribes flags would be considered right wing or many of those that from appearances are Māori or Pacific Islanders. but then that narrative would not well serve the strategy.
      https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/461363/covid-19-protesters-persist-at-parliament-for-fifth-day

      • Jenny how to get there 2.1.1

        Herodotus

        15 February 2022 at 7:19 am

        Not sure those flying that United tribes flags would be considered right wing….

        Not sure those Anglican churchmen carrying that large Christian cross would be considered left wing….

        Aren't churches generally considered to be conservative?

        There seem to be a hell of a lot of new ager and hippy types at this right wing protest.

        Aren't hippies and new agers generally considered to be liberal?

        Right wing government, Left wing government, Right wing protesters, Left wing protesters.

        Which side of the divide determines your definition of both.

        Slice it and dice it how you like, the moral dilemma is the same.

        The political decision to be made is the same.

      • solkta 2.1.2

        Anyone flying one of those flags at the protest obviously doesn't have enough understanding to actually formulate a cohesive political orientation. Most of the New Zealand flags are being flown upside down but none of the United Tribes flags. Yet Northern Iwi have been stauncher about mandates than the gummint.

    • Ad 2.2

      Editors:

      Could you do us a favour and shift this stuff onto the other post?

      • Jenny how to get there 2.2.1

        Yes please, let's do anything possible to prevent us discussing the ethical moral and political questions of the day.

        • Shanreagh 2.2.1.1

          There is a special thread for the protest discussing all manner of topics to do with the protest. Why don't you think it is a good idea to discuss views, etc over there?

          • Jenny how to get there 2.2.1.1.1

            I do think it is a good idea to discuss these issues over there.

            And would have written my comment into today's thread, If I had not started typing my comment before today's thread for this debate existed.

            You might ask me; why then didn't I put it in to yesterday's thread?

            I might answer; for the same reason The Standard felt they needed to start a new thread on the same topic today.

    • Shanreagh 2.3

      Can you not copy and paste your comment so we don't have two lots of posts about the protest?

      Weka is this not possible?

    • alwyn 2.4

      " Left wing protesters trespass on football field".

      That was possibly the case in Hamilton where the invasion of the pitch caused the game to be abandoned. I can't comment as I wasn't there.

      In terms of what happened at Wellington demonstrations it certainly wasn't true that the demonstrators were "left wing". There were people from all sides of politics there, including myself. I will feel insulted if you claim that taking part in those demonstrations makes me a left winger. There were lots like me as well. That particular cause was adopted by people from right across the spectrum.

  3. Blade 3

    People love being offended nowadays, especially the woke.

    The problem with wokisters is they want the world to be as they want it, and people who don't fit that description to be punished, cancelled or abused on social media.

    Take this feral tourist operator. If you find him obnoxious, write a bad review and get on with life. You have choices – each to their own.

    That he has a Trump poster on the wall puts him in my good books. I'm neutral on the confederate flag. In this link a woke reporter tells him he should get rid of the Trump poster.

    You couldn't make this shit up.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127720885/cowboy-paradise-but-a-tourists-hell–man-felt-so-unsafe-at-holiday-spot-he-considered-cycling-off-in-the-night

    • Blazer 3.1

      You appear to be offended by those you classify as 'woke'.-very good.

      • weka 3.1.1

        lol.

      • Blade 3.1.2

        Very offended. If I become a dictator in this country their fate will be grim.

        Starting with Re-education camps reading the masterpiece -''Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics, by George Reisman.''

        Then we move to the water board.devil

      • joe90 3.1.3

        . I'm neutral on the confederate flag.

        You're a RWNJ. Of course you're neutral on the obscene symbol of the treasonous losers who waged war on their own countrymen in defence of their peculiar institution.

        /

        • Blade 3.1.3.1

          Someone needs to give you a history lesson, Hoser.sad

          • joe90 3.1.3.1.1

            Go on then chump, give me an history lesson.

            • Blade 3.1.3.1.1.1

              Champ…you gave me the history lesson. You can now give yourself one.

              Punch this into the YT search engine.

              US History for Kids | Social Studies for Grade 3 | Kids Academy

              • Macro

                Well now we see why you aren't the sharpest tool in the shed. Relying on kids youtube for your education 🙄

                So here is someone who really does understand what that flag represents thinks of it:

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtu56jcx1hI

                • Blade

                  Marco, I have always admired your shades. However, I didn't know that behind them you where blind as a bat.. and that if we took your shades off there would be two vacant holes where your grey matter should be.

                  Now, of course, talking about these bad southern state arseholes and their history of slavery…people forget to mention the NORTH were also slave owners. Sure their slaves were more up market and well dress, and they weren't recorded in animal stock books, but they were slaves all the same.

                  ''Deeper Roots of Northern Slavery Unearthed – HISTORYhttps://www.history.com › news › deeper-roots-of-nort…

                  '' Although often associated with the South, slavery was part of Colonial life in the North as well. Northern merchants profited from the …''

                  Now if we follow your flawed line of reasoning, why aren't you jumping up and down about the NZ flag…and why was John Key dissed for wanting a new flag?surprise

                  This is how sly and vicious and dumb Liberals are dealt with:

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpMZ8A3qVrs

                  • Puckish Rogue

                    The Democrats are still pissed the Republicans freed the slaves wink

                  • Macro

                    I don't need you, or Faux News , to give me a distorted interpretation of American History. Yes there were slave owners in the North, but you might also be aware (but choose to ignore) that the North ran the Underground Railroad and that one of the main causes of the Civil war was over the matter of abolition.

                    And as for my preference wrt to the NZ Flag or otherwise how do you know what I think? Sure as a serving Naval Officer I saluted it every time I was Officer of the Day and on Parade – but actually I am ambivalent about the use of the Union Jack despite the fact that my commission is from Her Majesty, not the New Zealand Govt. I think the design placed before the people in the referendum would make a nice tea towel, but much prefer a more indigenous design for when the time is right. I don't think that time is now for a number of different reasons.

                    Nevertheless there is a distinct difference between the colonization of America and New Zealand, that we in NZ need to face up to and recognize.

                    With the abolition of slavery in the early 19th C there needed to be a change in the way imperialist powers went about settling new lands viz NZ. The Treaty Hobson had drawn up did not come out of thin air – it had its origins in Britain, and the influencing forces behind the tenor of the Treaty were those who had been the instigators of the Abolition of Slavery.

                    Previously the British, had shown little respect for the peoples they would subjugate and often turn into slaves, but in the early 19th C a new conscience had entered public thinking, ahead of any colonial plans for New Zealand. New Zealand, if colonised at all, was to be done differently, in partnership with the indigenous people.

                    Several decades before the Treaty was signed, slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce, and others who were part of the humanitarian Clapham Sect were influential in the British Parliament of the early 19th C. The humanitarian attitude, championed in part by Wilberforce and his legal counsel, friend and later brother-in-law James Stephen, (who together bought an end to the slave trade), extended to the new generation of influential humanitarian Christians. In particular James Stephen’s son, was British Colonial Secretary. It was he who gave the instructions to Lord Normanby to ensure Hobson set out the mutually beneficial principals of agreements that became known as the Treaty of Waitangi.

                    Stephen was well aware of the atrocities that had been perpetuated on the indigenous people of other nations by the process of British colonisation and was determined that this was never to happen in New Zealand.

                    Maori land and resources were to be protected by law and they were to be treated as equal rights citizens with the British. Coincidentally indigenous Australians were only granted citizenship of Australia in 1967.

                    So the relationship between tangata whenua and the Crown is an important one because it is a covenant between the Crown and Maori.

                    Sadly it was only a matter of a few years from the signing of the Treaty and the passing of these humanitarian Christians from the British Colonial Office that Maori were faced with clear evidence that they had been betrayed.

                  • Craig H

                    What kind of nonsense what-aboutism did I just have the misfortune to read?

                    The fact that the North also had slaveowners doesn't change the well-researched conclusion that the Confederacy attempted to secede in order to maintain the institution of slavery of "negroes". We know that because they said so at the time.

                    The North can own its fair share of opprobrium, but it doesn't make the various confederate flags and standards any less symbolic of white supremacy or the institution of slavery at all costs.

                    • Blade

                      Yeah, I know. I was just adding a little balance to the argument.

                      A piece of cloth does not regulate the morality of people. Nor does it represent all people who live under its auspice.

                      Balance, and a live and let live attitude, is a commodity many posters on this blog lack.

                    • McFlock

                      "balance".

                      Relating to the confederacy. 🙄

                • Puckish Rogue

                  Check his political party out:

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Wesley_Evans

    • weka 3.2

      Take this feral tourist operator. If you find him obnoxious, write a bad review and get on with life. You have choices – each to their own.

      He sounds like an arsehole. Not law against that, but neither is there in talking to the MSM about how he is an arsehole.

      The fact that people are there with no phone or power, and the only option is to cycle out, is a problem. Mostly I think people should research where they stay but that's pretty OTT if someone is being abusive as well.

      • Blade 3.2.1

        The guy is a feral alright. Just one look at him paints a picture.

        Yep, research before you go.. and don't always rely on reviews.

      • alwyn 3.2.2

        When you do your research and decide where to go you should make sure you avoid the West Coast at all costs. The people are a feral, inbred Kentucky-like lynch mob.

        Or so, then PM, Helen Clark said back in 2000.

        https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0005/S00067/helen-clark-insults-west-coasters-again.htm

        • weka 3.2.2.1

          Lying again awlyn 🙄

          mickysavage

          This is one of those urban legends that spring up from time to time.

          Helen never said all West Coasters were “feral imbreds”. From the information that you supplied she said that only some pro logging coasters who advocated for the “shooting of conservationists up trees like possums caught in car headlights” were “feral”. One would presume that only a small minority of coasters would feel this way.

          So Helen makes some quite justified comments about a rabid minority and it gets twisted so that all West Coasters get upset …

          Mod prerogative, not going to link to KB, a phrase search will bring it up.

          I googled "a Kentucky-like lynch mob" + "helen clark" and got your link and the KB post that micky is commenting under. It's really not that hard to check things that sound daft.

          • alwyn 3.2.2.1.1

            I never thought I would be shown a string of comments from Mickysavage on Kiwiblog! Amazing. And what was he claiming? "Helen never said all West Coasters were “feral inbreds”.

            Well that's good to know. It was just some of them says Micky. And he says that her comments were quite justified. And Phil Goff supported Micky. Right I shall remember that in future and say "Some people" instead of "The people"

            As far as Micky and Phil denying things on Helen's behalf I shall defer to the immortal words used by Mandy Rice Davies when Lord Astor's denied having had an affair with her. Of the fact that he had denied it she simply stated "Well he would, wouldn't he".

    • Shanreagh 3.3

      Thanks for the warning.

      I am not neutral on the Confederate flag, it is a present day racist symbol of a past days political racist system.

      • Blade 3.3.1

        ''I am not neutral on the Confederate flag, it is a present day racist symbol of a past days political racist system.''

        I don't see it that way. It was a symbol of a people and their way of life. Just like the violent black and racist fist of the BLM movement.

        I have a demarcation line between Trump the man…and what he did as president.

        If that offends you, have your say, as you have…and move on.

        • McFlock 3.3.1.1

          It was a symbol of a people and their way of life.

          Yup. That way of life primarily based around slavery.

      • Robert Guyton 3.3.2

        We have to know what the bearer of the flag believes the flag to represent.

        • Shanreagh 3.3.2.1

          On another MB I did explore this with people who saw no harm in the flag. Most believed it was a flag 'to stick to da man', whoever 'da man' was ie authority. Most were truly horrified when I posted the history of it.

          I have seen it at events that can only be described as those of the good ol boys (involving guns) where it is very definitely flown in full knowledge of its racist meaning. It surely is offensive to have it flown alongside all the Maori flags at this protest.

          There were a couple of showings of the yellow Gadsden flag, I think on Sunday, also from the US and now also with a less than stellar modern representation

          'The Gadsden flag has appeared at other political protests, too, such as those opposing restrictions on gun ownership and objecting to rules imposed in 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Most recently the flag has been flown and displayed at some post-election protests, including events where demonstrators called for officials to stop counting votes – and both inside and outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., during the counting of the electoral votes on Jan. 6.

          Because of its creator’s history and because it is commonly flown alongside “Trump 2020” flags, the Confederate battle flag and other white-supremacist flags, some may now see the Gadsden flag as a symbol of intolerance and hate – or even racism. If so, its original meaning is then forever lost, but one theme remains.

          At its core, the flag is a simple warning – but to whom, and from whom, has clearly changed. Gone is the original intent to unite the states to fight an outside oppressor. Instead, for those who fly it today, the government is the oppressor."

          https://theconversation.com/yellow-gadsden-flag-prominent-in-capitol-takeover-carries-a-long-and-shifting-history-145142

        • Psycho Milt 3.3.2.2

          Oh, they know what it represents alright.

    • vto 3.4

      Blade: "People love being offended nowadays, especially the woke.

      The problem with wokisters is they want the world to be as they want it, and people who don't fit that description to be punished, cancelled or abused on social media"

      I call complete bullshit.

      In the recent past, people used to call this "PC gone mad".

      In fact what it is, is people who are tired of being abused standing up for themselves. I say good on them. If you find someone offensive, frikkin' tell them to lay off I say. It is called standing up to bullies and arseholes Blade. Yous have succumbed to the bullies and arseholes not liking being told to naff off and so calling the abused even more names, like wokesters.

      And no, those standing up to crass arseholes aren't seeking to censor or cancel or any such nonsense, what they are saying is "not in my house". As an example, see Neil Young / Joe Rogan – aint no cancellation, just Neil Young exercising his right to not associate with said arsehole. Another example is your link – the tourists are simply exercising their freedoms to not associate and encourage others to do the same.

      It aint woke

      It aint PC gone mad

      It is people standing up to arseholes and bullies. Good on them I say. It is very long overdue

      • Blade 3.4.1

        That's a reasonable post. I'll wait and see if others want to comment on your post before replying to you.

      • GreenBus 3.4.2

        vto – completely agree with you. Misogynists, racists, bullies, troublemakers and heaps of other behaviours need to be called out. It's not woke at all.

      • Robert Guyton 3.4.3

        vto – yours is a reasonable response to Blade provocation.

        My view about the on-going dissembling of convention is that it's inevitable and increasing in speed greatly.

        The "anti-wokes" will be left choking in their own dust.

        That said, we all have dusty corners. We will all be challenged by having to face-up to these essential questions and challenges.

        Negotiating the reefs and clashing cliffs of the realisation that full consciousness means addressing every disturbance to our thus-established-reality, will be and is difficult.

        Some fall at the first jump (Blade, Hide etc.) others will surge forward, mis-stepping now and then, but the path ahead is clear.

        Good on you for speaking up.

        • Blade 3.4.3.1

          Just for the record, Robert.

          Do you consider this provocation?’

          ”I don’t see it that way. It was a symbol of a people and their way of life. Just like the violent black and racist fist of the BLM movement.

          I have a demarcation line between Trump the man…and what he did as president.

          ''That he has a Trump poster on the wall puts him in my good books. I'm neutral on the confederate flag. In this link a woke reporter tells him he should get rid of the Trump poster.''

          I forgot about the reporter /interviewer…telling a man what he should do in his own house?

      • Patricia Bremner 3.4.4

        Agree with you vto. smiley Those who provoke for their own amusement can take a hike.devil

        • Blade 3.4.4.1

          I have followed your comments and come to the conclusion you understand little of what you think you know.

      • Subliminal 3.4.5

        Awesome vto. Blade is just another bullying dickhead who believes his own bullshit

  4. Guy Smiley 4

    Could someone please direct me to a statement by the New Zealand Green Party or any of their MP's, about Russia's upcoming invasion of the Ukraine, the world doesnt need another war, yet I cant find anything from the Greens.

  5. Corey Humm 6

    My issue with big tech listening to the police and refunding fundraising is , if big tech had of been around and listened to the local cops they would have banned the miners from being able to fundraise during their fight against Thatcher.

    Big tech would have helped govts track down draft dodgers. They would have banned MLK, the industrial strikers after the great depression.

    This is not just about these anti mandate protesters it's about American tech companies picking and choosing which protests are legit and listening to the govt they are protesting against.

    Seeing western countries use big tech to hurt protest movements will just embolden actual authoritarian regimes.

    I've donated to heaps of protest movements overseas because of left wing solidarity.

    It's not about this protest it's about future protest movements being squashed out by big tech and govt collusion.

    Think of all the protests movements in the last hundred years, the sit ins the rallys the occupations that would have been stamped out by corporate tech and govt.

    If the powers that be decide to go to war and call a draft will anti war anti draft protesters be attacked in the media, deplatformed in social media?

    If there's another great depression will working class protesters who do a sit in outside parliament have fundraising banned by tech, which is how everything is done these days.

    I'm not defending these protesters but the idea of govts of the day and big tech working together to shut down protests is scary

    And it's the left and working class and oppressed groups that will be stomped on

    So think before you cheer on big tech deciding to ban fundraising for a protest movement, it's a slippery slope, could be climate activists next, unemployment activists, unions, the working class, amnesty international?

    If you give govt and big tech an inch to crack down on protest movements and their fundraising they'll take a ten miles.

    Big tech and Governments are not friends of progressive movements.

  6. Puckish Rogue 7

    Pop culture round up time

    The Rings Of Power trailer dropped and, in conjunction with the pics released of the characters, has proven my prediction (of being shite) absolutely correct (again)

    Having said that if they'd just named it something, anything, else I might have been bothered to watch it but the issue is they're saying Lord Of The Rings, they're using character names and settings and they're ruining it

    Why is there a black, beardless dwarf, what are hobbits Harfoots doing there, why are Harfoots black, why are elves black, why is Galadriel running around swinging a sword

    Why does the trailer look like Game Of Thrones but sound like Star Wars

    The first season is reported to cost 400 million and the total for the series 1 billion, whereas the trilogy movies cost something like 450 million (adjusted for inflation)

    I really want to be wrong about this and I will gladly eat some humble pie on here if it turns out to be good because I like a bit of fantasy

    But it won't, unfortunately

    If you really want to check it out:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCLoZI-FOYA

      • Puckish Rogue 8.1.1

        Steele dossier, Hunter Biden, this…sooner or later the truth will out

        • joe90 8.1.1.1

          Trump's accountants quitting and admitting that the accounts they've been producing for years are fraudulent and inaccurate sounds awfully like more than a few truths are outing themselves.

          Donald J. Trump’s longtime accounting firm cut ties with him and his family business last week, saying it could no longer stand behind a decade of annual financial statements it prepared for the Trump Organization, court documents show.

          The decision, which was disclosed to the company in a Feb. 9 letter from the accounting firm, comes amid criminal and civil investigations into whether Mr. Trump illegally inflated the value of his assets. The firm, Mazars USA, compiled the financial statements based on information the former president and his company provided.

          The letter instructed the Trump Organization to essentially retract the documents, known as statements of financial condition, from 2011 to 2020. In the letter, Mazars noted that the firm had not “as a whole” found material discrepancies between the information the Trump Organization provided and the actual value of Mr. Trump’s assets. But given what it called “the totality of circumstances” — including Mazars’ own investigation — the letter directed the Trump Organization to notify anyone who received the statements that they should no longer rely on them.

          https://archive.li/mHjcN (nyt)

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  • Trade relationship with China remains strong
    “China remains a strong commercial opportunity for Kiwi exporters as Chinese businesses and consumers continue to value our high-quality safe produce,” Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says.   Mr McClay has returned to New Zealand following visits to Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai where he met ministers, governors and mayors and engaged in trade and agricultural events with the New ...
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  • PM’s South East Asia mission does the business
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful trip to Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, deepening relationships and capitalising on opportunities. Mr Luxon was accompanied by a business delegation and says the choice of countries represents the priority the New Zealand Government places on South East Asia, and our relationships in ...
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    6 days ago
  • $41m to support clean energy in South East Asia
    New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
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    6 days ago
  • Minister releases Fast-track stakeholder list
    The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. “Recently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
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    6 days ago
  • Judicial appointments announced
    Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
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  • Education Minister heads to major teaching summit in Singapore
    Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa.  The summit is co-hosted ...
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  • Value of stopbank project proven during cyclone
    A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
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    6 days ago
  • Anzac commemorations, Türkiye relationship focus of visit
    Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul.    “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
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    7 days ago
  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
    Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
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  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
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    1 week ago
  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
    The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
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    1 week ago
  • Taupō takes pole position
    The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
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    1 week ago
  • Cost of living support for low-income homeowners
    Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners.  “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
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    1 week ago
  • Government backing mussel spat project
    The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
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  • Government focused on getting people into work
    Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
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    1 week ago
  • Clean energy key driver to reducing emissions
    The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
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    1 week ago
  • Earthquake-prone buildings review brought forward
    The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Our Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
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    1 week ago
  • Thailand and NZ to agree to Strategic Partnership
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. “New Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
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    1 week ago
  • Government consults on extending coastal permits for ports
    RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
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  • Inflation coming down, but more work to do
    Today’s announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
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    1 week ago
  • School attendance restored as a priority in health advice
    Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
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    1 week ago
  • Unnecessary bureaucracy cut in oceans sector
    Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
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    1 week ago
  • Patterson promoting NZ’s wool sector at International Congress
    Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector.    "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
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  • Removing red tape to help early learners thrive
    The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
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    1 week ago

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