Open Mike 22/07/2018

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  1. Tony Veitch (not etc.) 1
    22 July 2018 at 6:34 am

    Noam Chomsky on Trump – a salutary listen for a Sunday morning! 24 minutes. Particularly the first minutes about the orange powder-puff.

    The Republican Party the most dangerous organisation on earth!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=sDYIINbaKWs

    • Bill 1.1
      22 July 2018 at 10:26 am

      Google search “Pied Piper Democracts”.

      “Everything” is behind liberalism’s (arguably) fascist drift. In politics, you don’t create a space unless you intend to fill it. Pushing the Republicans to supposedly untenable positions, surely means the “lesser evil” intends to occupy the space they’ve cleared out – which by the traditional way of viewing politics, is ever further to the “right”.

      A cursory glance at the treatment meted out to the likes of Sanders, Corbyn or Melenchon shows various centres of power certainly don’t favour striking off in a social democratic direction.

      And (in line with the “pied piper” strategy) the amount of oxygen and arm waving around the Le Penns and Farages of the world, that then scares the horses back to the status quo and its inexorable drift….

      Footnote. Macron – the poster boy of liberalism – two of his body guards (Alexandre Benalla and Vincent Crase) disguised themselves as cops, and Benalla was filmed beating the crap out of protesters on May Day.

      Imagine the furore if that had been Le Penn’s body guards? And yet, here we are, nearly two months later, and all we have is disapproving “tsks” that the guys retained their employment.

  2. marty mars 2
    22 July 2018 at 8:15 am

    Why do we allow these disgraced wankers to come here and buy our country? – tell him to piss off I say – buy the land back – give it to Iwi and make the edges and tracks publicly accessible.

    “Taxpayers could be forced to pay millions of dollars in compensation to disgraced TV host Matt Lauer to guarantee public access to his high country station.”

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/105595864/controversial-tv-star-demands-millions-to-give-public-access-to-south-island-station

    • dV 2.1
      22 July 2018 at 8:35 am

      The land is still owned by NZ, he has the bought the lease,
      BUT obviously the principle of access is not a problem, its ONLY the money.

      AND why not cancel his visa as he is an undesirable.

      • James 2.1.1
        22 July 2018 at 9:52 am

        From what I have seen allegations have been made but none proven legally. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.

      • Bearded Git 2.1.2
        22 July 2018 at 10:55 am

        The lease will come up for renewal some time in the future…at this point the access available to the public can be improved by the government…lets hope the Greens are in government when the lease comes up.

        Meanwhile a little birdy tells me Peter Thiel is about to start building his mansion…since the Nats changed the RMA this can no longer be publicly notified so doubtless his unsightly development will be waved through in the Outstanding Natural Landscape his property is situated within by the pro-rich pro-development Queenstown Lakes District Council.

    • gsays 2.2
      22 July 2018 at 8:37 am

      I suppose he wasn’t known to be disgraced when he made the purchase.

      What I am curious about is what does it take to fail the good character test?
      From the article: November last year, the OIO is concerned about his character after being fired for alleged sexual misconduct and starts an inquiry.
      June this year OIO is happy and he ‘passes the test’.

      • OnceWasTim 2.2.1
        22 July 2018 at 8:58 am

        OIO probably should have been added to yesterday’s Open Mike 2.2 and below.

        I can hear the “buzz” now from ‘officials’ along the lines “we follow international best practice”; and “we make comprehensive checks with our international partners going forward”; and “good faith” thrown in a few times, and “we’re satisfied we’ve abided by our legal obligations and in compliance with the points system’ etc etc etc rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb

        money money money, foreign investment, what’s wrong with it, they can’t take the land with them (/sarc)

        Interesting RNZ’s Insight this morning http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight/audio/2018654295/insight-money-laundering-in-nz
        which kind of scratched the surface re the kinds of rackets going on

          • OnceWasTim 2.2.1.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 1:00 pm

            Oh, and ComCom that allowed a duopolistic supermarket supply chain that disadvantages the little players (such as the dairy producer also on RNZ Sunday this morning), or NZTA or or or.
            Again, let’s hope Skippy’s wish for reform goes a little deeper than window dressing.
            On the positive side, there are a few ministers who seem to be aware that they’ve been severely let down by various ‘deficiencies’ in our current ps model.

            (you should hear what I really think though – and not just me)

    • SaveNZ 2.3
      22 July 2018 at 10:05 am

      Why did they not put in full access when the granted the lease? Again very bad advice and paper work by the NZ government! Too much sensitive land is being sold and leased without enough provision for public access, it is even worse if it is public land in the first place!

      Although with public access there should be responsibilities for those using it, to behave reasonably and enforcement options strict, (no litter, no walking off paths, no noise and partying, fire risks respected, dogs under control, clear ideas on motorised use etc) and there should be instant penalties for those that can’t respect these public paths.

      Overseas public access is completely normal and people behave reasonably.

      In NZ there are problems of bad behaviour, hooning, dangerous and noisy ATV use with non licensed and registered vehicles destroying the sand dunes around Auckland and making forests dangerous to walk in with crazy ATV use and so forth. As Kiwis get more obese their ideas of public access are becoming motorised actually stopping people from walking with the amount of danger from this. People making fires and driving around drunk. Kauri forests and Kauri die back disease being spread. This is what frightens people about public access.

      Public access needs to be protected for everyone that includes safety and enforcement of those who abuse the public access. It is normal overseas for people to enjoy full public access, in NZ there needs to be a bit more thought about why with such small population we seem to not be able to get this right.

      Hopefully in remote areas people know how to behave, sadly around urban public areas many people don’t and the enforcement needs to be tightened as well as more access allowed.

    • Graeme 2.4
      22 July 2018 at 10:37 am

      Land access to the Hunter has always been severely restricted by the lessees going back a long way. The previous lessee (who’s still there as Lauer’s manager) was particuarly hard nosed about this. So there’s really been no change with the new ownership.

      How it’s going to pan out going forward as the owner discovers that owning the lease over Hunter Valley Station becomes a cashflow negative undertaking, and tenure review may not work out on that lease.

    • AsleepWhileWalking 2.5
      22 July 2018 at 10:41 am

      Taxpayers aren’t “forced” to do anything. Change the law and tell him to fuck off.

  3. gsays 3
    22 July 2018 at 8:22 am

    I had a wee epiphany yesterday.
    Listening to Venus Envy, a podcast from spinoff and RNZ.
    Talking about identity and multi cultural feminism intersectionality in the workplace.

    I must admit, in the past, to trying to understand and get my head around this and putting it in the too hard basket.

    What emerged from the conversation was that it is the practice of manaakitanga.

    “To how you bring people together, how you look after them inside a space, how you ensure that their mana, all peoples mana, is taken care of and looked after. Manaaki – to give mana to all sections. By the end of that a lot of people were a lot more comfortable with the term ‘Manaakitanga’, rather than intersectionalising their practice inside the workspace.”

    This really helped, ensuring someone’s mana is looked after seems a lot easier.

    https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/are-we-there-yet/21-07-2018/people-would-always-compare-us-to-the-boys-we-came-out-on-top/

  5. Carolyn_Nth 5
    22 July 2018 at 9:33 am

    human Rights Conference organisers denied visas to NZ. Thank goodness we have the Freeze peach Coalition to raise $90,000 to challenge these decisions!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105660382/humanists-conference-organisers-shocked-at-immigration-nz-denials-for-hero-members

    • Bill 5.1
      22 July 2018 at 10:05 am

      Hearing you, but thinking a campaign against NZ Immigration’s apparent racism would be more in order. And given that, expect “nuffin happenin”. 🙁

      From the link.

      A woman who campaigns for sex education in Uganda was denied entry because Immigration NZ deemed her at risk of overstaying, and a man who is part of a group starting schools in Uganda is still waiting to find out if he will be granted entry, months after applying. The idea the members would overstay here, when they were heavily invested in projects overseas was laughable, Passmore said.

      Nigerian Leo Igwe​ just finished a PhD in Germany, and arrived in the country this week. He said he was not given a reason his visa was declined initially, but after doing extensive international travel it was a surprise, and he believes it is likely because he holds a passport from a poor country.

    • SaveNZ 5.2
      22 July 2018 at 10:07 am

      Typical, human rights activists seem more ‘dangerous’ to immigration than the abusers of them, who are waived through.

  6. ianmac 6
    22 July 2018 at 10:17 am

    Seems odd to me that Bridges has opposed the setting up of a Review system for doubtful court cases. He concedes that there are miscarriages of justice but is against a system for investigation. Will this help him win friends?

    • dV 6.1
      22 July 2018 at 10:21 am

      AND he has discovered the Ellis case from ChCh.
      Shame he didn’t find it in the 9 years of Nat power.

      • SaveNZ 6.1.1
        22 July 2018 at 10:32 am

        Bridges trying to be relevant, but just hot air behind it, zero substance. Also sounds like the National party and ACT has repeatedly halted the Nepata brother’s requests for defence compensation. Then Pike River, nothing for the Ellis case either over their decade of rule… the National party record is truely despicable.

    • Graeme 6.2
      22 July 2018 at 10:43 am

      Maybe he’s a little concerned some of the work he did in his previous occupation might come under scrutiny.

      I know of a case he prosecuted that has many of the elements of the Ellis case.

      • gsays 6.2.1
        22 July 2018 at 10:58 am

        “I know of a case he prosecuted that has many of the elements of the Ellis case.”
        Intriguing.
        Can you give another clue please.

        By elements of the Ellis case I am keen to know what you mean.

        Evidence obtained by leading questioning by ‘experts’- a discredited method from the ’80s?
        Selective quoting of children?
        The senior investigating officer having ‘relationships’ with the mother of the main witness?
        An underworked, over excited police ‘child sex ring’ investigation unit, looking for its first scalp?

        Do share.

        • Graeme 6.2.1.1
          22 July 2018 at 11:48 am

          You could remove “The senior investigating officer having ‘relationships’ with the mother of the main witness?” The other aspects appear to be common.

          The prosecutor’s personal beliefs may have clouded objectivity as well.

          I don’t want to say too much here, the guy was convicted, served society’s sanction and now is trying to get on with some sort of life. I’ve only heard that side of it, but knowing both the accuser and convicted I am very sceptical.

          The Ellis case would make an interesting interview topic for Mr Bridges, and leading into his time as a prosecutor.

          • Gabby 6.2.1.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 12:30 pm

            Does Ministerial connivance fit into the picture as well?

          • gsays 6.2.1.1.2
            22 July 2018 at 3:49 pm

            Thanks Graeme for your response.
            I’d be curious as to how much Mr Bridges would reveal and how clearly he would state his position or beliefs.

  7. SaveNZ 7
    22 July 2018 at 10:23 am

    More inequality in NZ
    …now you need $60k for ‘experts’ to have your say in court under the new RMA rules trickled in by the Natz to stack the decks to keep the rich getting richer and creating an expensive system to have your say (only a micro amount of ‘issues’ are allowed to be considered all stacked towards industry and excess) .

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/07/dargaville-group-falls-short-of-funds-to-oppose-tegel-factory-build.html

    • SaveNZ 7.1
      22 July 2018 at 11:45 am

      Considering you can go to most tribunals in NZ like disputes tribunal for under $100 and get a ruling, interesting when it comes to land, taking from communities and plundering of our resources and pushing risks onto others, it’s now taking $60,000+ to have your say…. which is very revealing of where our power interest lie.

      We are no longer an equal country but one that is wink wink, open for exploitation to the right sorts…and our legal system has been changed to allow for this.

      • Rosemary McDonald 7.1.1
        22 July 2018 at 9:41 pm

        “… interesting when it comes to land, taking from communities and plundering of our resources and pushing risks onto others, it’s now taking $60,000+ to have your say…. ”

        https://www.nzgeo.com/audio/avocado-growers-water-take-divides-northland-communities/

        The local activists who stepped up and spoke at the consent hearings in Kaitaia cost bugger all. The hard ground work was done by a few staunch locals who found and dug up their greatest assets. Long term locals with generations of living with the Aquifer. Locals with degrees and engineering experience. Locals who were wise and knowledgeable and one outstanding woman who had taken her legal qualifications around the world.

        The $$$ spent by the opposition was from DOC, who sent in a Team to speak on behalf of the vulnerable Kaimaumau wetlands.

        Despite presenting a staunch opposition at the hearings (which were heavily weighted in favour of the applicants, with some seriously dubious shit going on) the consents were granted…https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/359123/suck-it-and-see-avo-water-consents-worry-conservationists

        And after a pause for breath….DOC, bless them, are taking the bastards to the Environment Court.

        https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/360455/doc-challenge-council-over-water-consent-for-growers

        Those folk rightfully objecting to the Super Chook Farm need to take a breath or two before spending hard won $$$ on ‘experts’. They should go have a chat with others who have run interference on such plans without going into hock. NZ environmental activist history is peppered with cautionary tales of groups that have formed to fight this kind of shit who have ended up in financial crap because they have tried to fight the moneyed enemy with extremely limited resources.

        I’ll be watching closely for when the hearing is….they need to make sure supporters know. So we can plan to be there.

    • Ed 7.2
      22 July 2018 at 12:46 pm

      How convenient for corporate interests.
      1.3 million chickens in concentration camp conditions.
      And Tegels profit from torture, misery and environmental degradation.
      The dice are stacked folks.

      • Patricia Bremner 7.2.1
        22 July 2018 at 8:49 pm

        Yes and they bought out Inghams.

        • Ed 7.2.1.1
          22 July 2018 at 9:00 pm

          So the torture and killing of the vast majority of chickens in NZ, the degradation of our environment, the dehumanising of some of our workers all occurs to make a profit for overseas owners.

          It leaves you speechless.
          We are owned.
          And far too many New Zealanders are ignorant, apathetic and too self absorbed.

  8. SaveNZ 8
    22 July 2018 at 1:23 pm

    Ed, stinking out an entire community including Marae, having incinerators burning waste daily, needing copious amounts of water, clogging up and making the ratepayers pay to repair the roads between Dargarville and West Auckland as well as add to the Auckland congestion and increase risks like bird flu with intensive farming like we have never seen before in NZ , while destroying the tourist opportunities of a town so that a Chinese firm can profit, is all in a days work for our RMA, free “rich” market approach and their champions the ‘environmental’ lawyers NZ resource asset stripping.

    • Ed 8.1
      22 July 2018 at 1:54 pm

      I never knew that Tegel was owned by China.

      “Tegel Foods Limited is a poultry company based in New Zealand. It employs approximately 1,700 people at locations across New Zealand. Pacific Equity Partners acquired the company from Heinz in 2005, and sold it to Affinity Equity Partners in 2011.

      Affinity Equity Partners is one of the largest dedicated Asian private equity firms and focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions.

      Affinity operates as a Pan-Asian firm focusing on investment opportunities in Korea, Australia and New Zealand, Greater China and Southeast Asia.

      The firm is led by Kok-Yew Tang (Founding Chairman and Managing Partner), Young-Taeg Park (Chairman and Managing Partner) and Chul-Joo Lee (Managing Partner). It has over 60 employees with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, South Korea, Sydney, Australia, Jakarta, Indonesia and Beijing, China“

      Now I do.

      Is anything in New Zealand still owned by New Zealand companies or New Zealanders?

  9. Sacha 9
    22 July 2018 at 1:50 pm

    The smartest parts of the NZ economy have been strangled over recent years, says Global Innovation Index: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12091676

    For example, the number of locally generated patents per billion dollars of GDP fell to 6.1 – it was 13.1 in the 2012 survey.

    Cultural and creative services exports have slipped from 0.5 per cent of total trade to just 0.3 per cent.

    High-tech exports as a percentage of total trade have fallen from 2 per cent to 1.4 per cent.

    The growth rate of GDP per knowledge and technology sector worker has slipped from 1.6 per cent to -0.6 per cent.

    We’re going backwards on almost every measure.

    • SaveNZ 9.1
      22 July 2018 at 2:03 pm

      @Sacha, interesting stats. We seem to have been going towards a scary path under National hopefully the rot starts being reversed…

      • Sacha 9.1.1
        22 July 2018 at 2:31 pm

        Can’t afford not to improve or we will just be a low-wage economy owned from overseas.

  10. Ed 10
    22 July 2018 at 2:30 pm

    The Herald sinks to another new low, publishing this ignorant. Ill-informed piece of war mongering. The level of propaganda emanating from western media atm is McCarthyesque.
    The Herald’s owners and editors should enlist for service in Lithuania as they are so keen for World War 3.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12093282

    • joe90 10.1
      22 July 2018 at 2:51 pm

      Invaded by Russia in 1918, again in 1940, and annexed in 1944 to endure Stalin’s reign of terror as tens of thousands were deported to the far east to make way for ethnic Russians.

      So yeah, 50 years worth of oppressive Soviet rule gives Lithuanians a fucking good reason to be terrified by Putin’s posturing.

      • weston 10.1.1
        22 July 2018 at 4:06 pm

        Dictators come and go and stalins brutality is well documented but its worth remembering it was that same brutality and that same dictators willingness to sacrifice millions of his countrymans lives that led to the eventual defeat of nazism in europe .What has that got to do with putin ?

        • joe90 10.1.1.1
          22 July 2018 at 4:18 pm

          A falling out between thieves [Molotov–Ribbentrop/Unternehmen Barbarossa] doesn’t change the fact that Putin believes he’s destined to make Russia great again by reunifying the Soviet Union.

          Lithuanians believe him, and so do I.

          • Ed 10.1.1.1.2
            22 July 2018 at 4:55 pm

            You should join Stuart and enlist. Then grab your tin hat and race to the Suwalki Gap, where John Roughan and the rest of the Herald warmongers are scrambling to head off the Russian beast.

            Or you could just stop talking utter crap.

            https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12093282

            • joe90 10.1.1.1.2.1
              22 July 2018 at 5:00 pm

              Oh look, wee Eddies a cowardly appeaser of an imperialist thug.

              • Ed …
                22 July 2018 at 5:05 pm

                I never supported the imperialist thuggery of the US in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Laos, Chile,…….
                Did you?

                • McFlock …
                  22 July 2018 at 5:11 pm

                  so you’re an inconsistent cowardly appeaser of an imperialist thug…

                  • Ed …
                    22 July 2018 at 5:19 pm

                    Sadly for you name calling, no.
                    Unlike you though, I support attempts for detente and lowering of tensions between nations.
                    Jaw jaw beats war war.
                    If the 2 countries with the biggest stockpiles of nuclear weapons sit down to talk , what is wrong with that.
                    Russia is not about to invade Europe. Get real.
                    And be honest about NATO.
                    It is the expansionist side. The west promised it would not move NATO east in the 1980s .
                    It lied.

                    Why are you so keen for war?
                    Are you mad?

                    • Morrissey …
                      22 July 2018 at 5:22 pm

                      Ed, just ignore him. Before you know it, he’ll be calling you an anti-Semite.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 5:29 pm

                      Some reading for him.

                      How the Bill Clinton administration successfully meddled in Russia’s 1996 election, elevating Boris Yeltsin to the presidency.
                      Irony: Yeltsin would later appoint a successor – a then little known former KGB agent by the name of Vladimir Putin.

                      In 1996, not only did the Clinton team influence Russia’s election to Boris Yeltsin (who collapsed their economy and made the life expectancy go down by 5 years), they bragged about it in Time Magazine. “

                      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dh9sJHhWkAA3Kt3?format=jpg

                    • McFlock …
                      22 July 2018 at 5:30 pm

                      Russia has no further territorial demands in Europe? Good to know.

                      Edit: ed, the point isn’t that the US is wonderful and Russia is bad. The point is that Russia is as bad as the US, and maybe even quite a bit worse..

              • Gabby …
                22 July 2018 at 5:11 pm

                Shootin’ all the bad guys, one, two, three, four.

                • Ed …
                  22 July 2018 at 5:32 pm

                  Too many Rambo films when young , I fear.

                  • Morrissey …
                    22 July 2018 at 5:42 pm

                    As for the Kiwi Rambo, spreading death and destruction in Afghanistan….

                    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3255254/Apiata-picture-may-mean-changes-to-SAS-operations

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 5:45 pm

                      Yes until Jon Stephenson investigated, we were given a John Wayne version of our involvement in another people’s country.

                    • Morrissey …
                      22 July 2018 at 5:58 pm

                      Actually the government—-first Clark’s administration and then Key’s—-pretended we were over there “helping the Afghan people to rebuild.”

                      John Wayne killing Native Americans is in fact pretty much like it was, and is.

                      By the way, did you hear Paula Penfold on Mora’s show a few weeks ago calling out the retiring head of the “Defence” force? She reminded listeners of how he had consistently refused to answer questions about reports of New Zealand troops committing war crimes in Afghanistan. She called him a “coward”. To my knowledge, he still hasn’t answered the allegations.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 6:14 pm

                      Penfold is another with courage.
                      I did hear that – but can’t temember how Mora coped.

            • Stuart Munro 10.1.1.1.2.2
              22 July 2018 at 6:04 pm

              I haven’t enlisted Ed.

              That’s just another facet of your puerile fantasy.

      • Ed 10.1.2
        22 July 2018 at 5:02 pm

        Swearing really adds to the strength of your argument.

        • joe90 10.1.2.1
          22 July 2018 at 5:14 pm

          Anytime there’s mention of resisting the imperialist thug, Putin, wee Eddies loses his head, runs around squealing war! war!.

          • marty mars 10.1.2.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 5:29 pm

            Yep this – ‘go to the front’ really shows the low calibre of the man. He’s done fuck all yet he’ll encourage people to war and death. Anti hero.

          • Ed 10.1.2.1.2
            22 July 2018 at 5:36 pm

            Most of the world sees the US as the imperialist thug.
            You are in the minority that regards Russia as a clear and present threat.
            Does calling me ‘wee’ add strength to your argument?
            You seem a very angry person joe.
            Give peace a chance.
            There is no Planet B.

            • marty mars 10.1.2.1.2.1
              22 July 2018 at 6:13 pm

              Give peace a chance while encouraging people to go and kill and die in war is sorta creepily sick mate – you should reread some of 5the he heinous encouragement to war that you are doing – pull your head out your arse ed.

          • mauī 10.1.2.1.3
            22 July 2018 at 6:37 pm

            Resistance against Putin? What’s he done this time? Apart from solving the west’s terrorism problem in Syria.

    • Stuart Munro 10.2
      22 July 2018 at 4:25 pm

      You need to refresh your understanding of McCarthy Ed – try this if books don’t appeal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck McCarthy was domestic policy hounding moderates while ostensibly hunting down sympathisers like the Rosenbergs.

      Resurgent Russian militarism is a problem for lots of countries. But they won’t lie down and let it happen again.

      • Ed 10.2.1
        22 July 2018 at 4:48 pm

        It’s Stuart, posting from the Donbass.
        How’s your tin hat?

        • Stuart Munro 10.2.1.1
          22 July 2018 at 6:00 pm

          Geez Ed – you backward fuck.

          Inform yourself on these issues – you’re an embarrassment.

          • mauī 10.2.1.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 6:48 pm

            Ed follows independent and decent journalists/commentators. You follow the corporate propamediaz.

            • Ed 10.2.1.1.1.1
              22 July 2018 at 6:59 pm

              I provide my sources transparently.
              To call Pilger, Chomsky, Greenwald, Fisk, Cockburn, Bartlett and Bealey uninformed is quite a statement by you Stuart.
              What are your sources?

              And again swearing doesn’t strengthen your argument.
              You seem very angry.

              Give peace a chance.
              In your own world.
              And the whole world.

              • marty mars …
                22 July 2018 at 7:11 pm

                Tell him to go to war why dont you eh ed. Go on warmonger send another body to the front line to kill and die.

                • Ed …
                  22 July 2018 at 7:20 pm

                  I’m not telling them. They just seem so keen for war that these armchair warriors should back up theirs views rather than forcing others to die for their Russophobia.

                  • marty mars …
                    22 July 2018 at 7:28 pm

                    You are inciting killing – SHAME SHAME SHAME

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 7:32 pm

                      I’m not actually.
                      I want Russia and the US to be at peace.

                    • marty mars …
                      22 July 2018 at 7:35 pm

                      I can’t be bothered cutting and pasting all of your incitements – they are many and they are obvious.

                    • joe90 …
                      22 July 2018 at 7:35 pm

                      I want Russia and the US to be at peace.

                      They’re at war?

                      /
                      detentedeɪˈtɑːnt/nounnoun: detente; plural noun: detentes; noun: détente; plural noun: détentes

                      1. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries
            • Stuart Munro 10.2.1.1.1.2
              22 July 2018 at 7:37 pm

              Ed follows third rate propagandists with no journalistic standards whatsoever. And he follows them inconsistently.

              • Ed …
                22 July 2018 at 7:41 pm

                Cockburn.
                Chomsky.
                Greenwald.
                Pilger.
                Fisk.

                Third rate propagandists?

                • Stuart Munro …
                  22 July 2018 at 7:48 pm

                  Sometimes, yes.

                  I know you can barely read, but journalists produce a lot of material. Some of it is professional, it goes to multiple and original sources and takes care to uncover the position of local people.

                  And some doesn’t.

                  But you argue from authority – as if the journalist is an authority in their own right, rather than according to how assiduously they make sure that they have the real facts.

                  You might want to consider how it is with such a list of luminaries supposedly informing you, you consistently manage to be completely wrong on everything pertaining to Russia and Syria.

                  So that you – a self-styled progressive, have become a vociferous apologist for the murdering and invading Putin regime.

        • Bewildered 10.2.1.2
          22 July 2018 at 6:07 pm

          Love it Ed quoting Tin hats, the world is crazy

      • Morrissey 10.2.2
        22 July 2018 at 5:21 pm

        Resurgent Russian militarism is a problem for lots of countries.

        And what about the militarism of the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., and Israel? And what about the Al Qaeda-linked forces they support in Syria?

        • Ed 10.2.2.1
          22 July 2018 at 5:39 pm

          A question joe90 and Stuart ignore.
          For some reason the only places in the world to suffer imperialist advances are the Nations on Russia’s borders…..

          I don’t understand their world view. Do you?

          • Stuart Munro 10.2.2.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 5:58 pm

            Yeah You’re right – Chechenya, Georgia, the Ukraine – bordering Russia is a really dangerous place to be. Because of Russia, though of course the extremity of your biases won’t let you see that.

            Russian murder is good, US murder is bad – politics according to Ed.

            Six year old stuff.

            • mauī 10.2.2.1.1.1
              22 July 2018 at 6:39 pm

              Extremity of your biases.. on the other hand I don’t think you’re biased at all Stuart.. though somehow I doubt it.

              • Stuart Munro …
                22 July 2018 at 6:49 pm

                On the day that Ed begins to recognize ANY flaw whatsoever in his totalitarian crush I might entertain such critiques.

                But he never has and probably never will.

                Which is why I correct him with such frequency.

        • Stuart Munro 10.2.2.2
          22 July 2018 at 5:55 pm

          Although that’s a problem too, Russian militarism doesn’t make it go away.

          • Morrissey 10.2.2.2.1
            22 July 2018 at 6:01 pm

            “Although that’s a problem too”.

            ???

            You seem to be implying that U.S. militarism is comparable to Russia’s. It’s far, far more widespread, and far more lethal. The U.S. is directly responsible for massive destruction in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine and much of the African continent.

            Russia’s aggression is, by comparison, negligible.

            Just compare each country’s “defence” spending.

            • Stuart Munro 10.2.2.2.1.1
              22 July 2018 at 6:06 pm

              Right – so two wrongs eh?

              You can ignore Putin’s murders because of America’s.

              Actually both are a concern.

              • Morrissey …
                22 July 2018 at 6:14 pm

                Not at all. That’s not what I said and not what I implied. What I did point out—and I’m sure you already knew it anyway—was that if Russia is bad, and I acknowledge that it is bad, then the United States and its vassals like the U.K. are off the scale.

                • Ed …
                  22 July 2018 at 6:18 pm

                  And you won’t ever hear an admission of that from Stuart.
                  Humans rights and independence for the Ukrainians, the Latvians, the Poles, the Georgians…
                  Yemenis, Palestinians, Iraqis, Chileans……not so much.

                  • Stuart Munro …
                    22 July 2018 at 6:24 pm

                    Right back at you Putinella.

                    It’s fine for Putin to murder these people – Ed says so.

                    Ed is like a third rate Lord Haw Haw – a tireless promoter of murderous totalitarian dictators.

                    And with fuckwits like him contaminating the discourse, no discussion will ever get anywhere.

                    The Rohingya will never get a kindly word on the Standard because Ed will use that space to promote his murderous buddy Putin.

                    You’re a disgrace, Ed.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 6:34 pm

                      Calm down.
                      Did you not read my last comment.
                      I agree with Morrissey on this statement.

                      “What I did point out—and I’m sure you already knew it anyway—was that if Russia is bad, and I acknowledge that it is bad, then the United States and its vassals like the U.K. are off the scale.”

                      So I guess what we would like to see a more balanced critique by you on joe. You seem to see the world In a simple goody/ baddy framing, whereas – even in the Ukraine, Lithuania etc its a lot more complex than that.
                      Crimea voted to rejoin Russia.
                      The present Ukrainian government was established by an anti democratic coup, aided by fascists.
                      NATO, not Russia, has expanded since the Reagan Gorbachev agreements.
                      We were lied to abt it chemical weapons in Syria by our western governments.
                      We were lied to about Salisbury.
                      It’s not that simple Stuart.
                      We are not living in a Bruce Willis film.

                • Stuart Munro …
                  22 July 2018 at 6:19 pm

                  If that were true we could be forgiven for misunderstanding you.

                  That’s exactly what Ed is saying, and you’re endorsing him.

                  • Ed …
                    22 July 2018 at 6:20 pm

                    Incorrect.
                    I am saying the same as Morrissey, whose views I respect.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 July 2018 at 6:26 pm

                      Rubbish.

                      You’re just grasping at the only friendly straw you can find.

                      You need to straighten up, my little totalitarian fellow-traveler – you’re not fooling anyone.

                  • Ed …
                    22 July 2018 at 7:43 pm

                    Most people on this thread are for peace with Russia.

                    • mauī …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:02 pm

                      Absolutely correct, and we don’t work for the Tzar either.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:06 pm

                      You can support Trump talking with Putin and not be a sopportercof either.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 July 2018 at 11:40 pm

                      “You can support Trump talking with Putin and not be a sopportercof either.”

                      It’s certainly possible.

                      But you have established time and again that you are nothing more a lickspittle lackey of Putin without an independent thought in your head.

                      I’m for peace with Russia Ed – but that doesn’t license them to murder Chechens, Georgians, Ukranians, journalists, political opponents or former spys. Or Syrians come to that.

                      Your conspicuous silence on those issues looks a lot like guilt.

              • In Vino …
                22 July 2018 at 6:21 pm

                Yet it seems to me that you and others seem to bleat only about one side, not both.

                • Stuart Munro …
                  22 July 2018 at 7:39 pm

                  That would be because I’m not posting pro-US comments, I’m merely trying to contain Ed’s most egregious failures.

                  • One Two …
                    22 July 2018 at 8:42 pm

                    You’re a self avowed ‘russophobe’, Stuart..
                    You and J90 both…

                    Focus on containing your own egregious failures, eh…

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 8:46 pm

                      Thanks for the support.
                      I have copped a lot abuse for simply pointing out the Herald’s propaganda this morning !

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:08 pm

                      How about you lift your game One Two – instead of boosting Ed’s dysfunction.

                      I come here for progressive views and by golly Putin is not the revolution I’m looking for.

                      Any more than Stalin was. But you could excuse the Old Reds to some degree – they didn’t know what they were dealing with.

                      We do. There is no excuse.

            • Ed 10.2.2.2.1.2
              22 July 2018 at 6:54 pm

              +100

  12. Ed 12
    22 July 2018 at 5:23 pm

    “Democratic Institutions?” – 10 Lessons from history that will destroy your trust in the CIA”

    https://off-guardian.org/2018/07/20/democratic-institutions-10-lessons-from-history-that-will-destroy-your-trust-in-the-cia/

  13. joe90 13
    22 July 2018 at 5:28 pm

    So, long time US allies Canada, Germany, and Japan’s aluminum and steel is lumbered with tariffs because national security threat, but Russia’s off the hook because…..oh, oligarch mates.

    You couldn’t make this shit up.

    SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury is open to removing Russian aluminum producer Rusal from a U.S. sanctions list, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, adding the objective was “not to put Rusal out of business.”

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-argentina-mnuchin-rusal-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-open-to-lifting-sanctions-off-aluminum-giant-rusal-mnuchin-idUSKBN1KA2VS

    • Morrissey 13.1
      22 July 2018 at 5:29 pm

      The U.S. had no right to place sanctions on Russia in the first place.

      • Stuart Munro 13.1.1
        22 July 2018 at 5:59 pm

        Russian soldiers have no business being in the Ukraine either.

        • Morrissey 13.1.1.1
          22 July 2018 at 6:26 pm

          They have more right to be there than the U.S. and U.K. have to be in Iraq or Afghanistan or Yemen.

          Russia should be sanctioned straight after the U.S. and U.K. are sanctioned.

          • Stuart Munro 13.1.1.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 6:28 pm

            I don’t think the Ukrainians would agree.

            And it’s for the Ukrainians to decide.

            • Ed 13.1.1.1.1.1
              22 July 2018 at 6:38 pm

              West Ukraine or East Ukraine.
              They are quite different ethnically.
              Most of the country voted for the government which was ousted by an anti democratic coup, supported by the CIA and fascist groups in west Ukraine.

              You see, it’s complicated Stuart….

              • McFlock …
                22 July 2018 at 6:46 pm

                Only if you need to reconcile the contradictory ramblings if RT.

                Otherwise, it’s pretty simple: Russia sent Russian troops into part of the Ukraine.

                  • McFlock …
                    22 July 2018 at 6:55 pm

                    awww you’re sweet.

                    Thanks. The map is clearly labelled “ukraine”. where did Russia send it’s troops?

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 7:16 pm

                      Here is some more help.

                      “Yanukovych was elected President in 2010, defeating Yulia Tymoshenko. The election was judged free and fair by international observers.”

                      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2010

                      Seamus Milne in 2014.

                      “The attempt to lever Kiev into the western camp by ousting an elected leader made conflict certain. It could be a threat to us all

                      The threat of war in Ukraine is growing. As the unelected government in Kiev declares itself unable to control the rebellion in the country’s east, John Kerry brands Russia a rogue state. The US and the European Union step up sanctions against the Kremlin, accusing it of destabilising Ukraine. The White House is reported to be set on a new cold war policy with the aim of turning Russia into a “pariah state”.

                      That might be more explicable if what is going on in eastern Ukraine now were not the mirror image of what took place in Kiev a couple of months ago. Then, it was armed protesters in Maidan Square seizing government buildings and demanding a change of government and constitution. US and European leaders championed the “masked militants” and denounced the elected government for its crackdown, just as they now back the unelected government’s use of force against rebels occupying police stations and town halls in cities such as Slavyansk and Donetsk.

                      https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflict

                      It’s not simple.
                      It’s complex.

                    • McFlock …
                      22 July 2018 at 7:21 pm

                      So that map you supplied that was labelled “Ukraine”. Were Russian troops sent there?

                      Is that a map of part of Europe?

              • Stuart Munro …
                22 July 2018 at 6:59 pm

                And you are not sufficiently informed to unravel that complexity Ed.

                And neither is Putin, which is why he tried to unravel it with tanks.

                By all means get into the complexities – astound us with something not pasted from RT for a change.

                • Ed …
                  22 July 2018 at 7:07 pm

                  Have you read Patrick Cockburn on these matters?
                  I have.

                  Have you read John Pilger on these matters?
                  I have.

                  Have you read Robert Fisk on these matters?
                  I have.

                  Have you read Glenn Greenwald on these matters?
                  I have.

                  Have you read Eva Bartlett on these matters?
                  I have.

                  Have you read Craig Murray on these matters?
                  I have.

                  Have you read l Vanessa Beeley on these matters?
                  I have.

                  • Morrissey …
                    22 July 2018 at 7:33 pm

                    Ed, you’re in an environment now where reading and understanding something is a liability. This site is more and more being dominated by the sorts of people who would normally have only posted on Whaleoil or Kiwiblog, or spent their time ringing up Leighton Smith to agree with him.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 8:02 pm

                      I’m realising this.
                      Stuart Munro is an out and out bully boy.
                      He doesn’t debate, doesn’t actually read my links: he just attacks like a pit bull with lies about me.
                      I shall give up replying to him.
                      There is no point.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 July 2018 at 8:05 pm

                      Good – on your bike you vile apologist for totalitarian dictators.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 8:27 pm

                      This excellent article I recommend to you Morrissey,
                      It is by Craig Murray. He is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010.

                      https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/07/detente-bad-cold-war-good/

                  • Stuart Munro …
                    22 July 2018 at 7:52 pm

                    Have you talked to real Ukranians Ed?

                    Have you read anyone outside your RT circle-jerk?

                    Because you don’t come across as being well-informed so much as a blatantly ignorant and partisan supporter of Putin’s military ambitions.

      • Macro 13.1.2
        22 July 2018 at 6:25 pm

        And Russia had no place meddling in US elections.
        And yes there is plenty of evidence.

        • Morrissey 13.1.2.1
          22 July 2018 at 6:27 pm

          No there’s not. You can’t supply us with it, any more than the hapless and doomed Democratic Party “leaders” can.

          • mauī 13.1.2.1.1
            22 July 2018 at 6:42 pm

            lol we’ve got another one who’s been watching too much Rachel Maddow and CNN.

            • Morrissey 13.1.2.1.1.1
              22 July 2018 at 6:46 pm

              The embarrassingly bad Rachel Maddow is, sorry to say, a conspiracy theorist.

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t9dn2YjK7Y

            • marty mars 13.1.2.1.1.2
              22 July 2018 at 7:00 pm

              Everyone knows it even your man t.rump. Didn’t you get the memo?

              • Morrissey …
                22 July 2018 at 7:28 pm

                My man is Trump, is it? When did that happen?

                Oh, I SEE now! If you point out the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the Democrats and their media megaphones like Rachel Maddow, that makes you a Trump supporter.

                Got it.

                • marty mars …
                  22 July 2018 at 7:36 pm

                  Check out who i replyed to fuckwit and apologise again.

                • Ed …
                  22 July 2018 at 8:07 pm

                  Why are joe90, Munro and mars so anti Russia?
                  Why are they so angry?
                  And why are they make things up up what we say.

                  And to prove my point, I receive this hate speeech from Munro.
                  “Good – on your bike you vile apologist for totalitarian dictators.”

                  How does one respond without being banned?

                  • McFlock …
                    22 July 2018 at 8:25 pm

                    Change your behaviour and apply your cynicism to Russia as well as the west. That might help.

                  • Stuart Munro …
                    22 July 2018 at 8:44 pm

                    “How does one respond”

                    Learn, you ignorant muppet.

                    Learn from the people occupied by the last Russian empire.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 8:48 pm

                      I was asking Morrissey.
                      I tend not to listen or learn from people who routinely abuse people for a differing point of view.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 July 2018 at 8:59 pm

                      So you don’t listen to yourself.

                      You abuse me all the time.

                      Lay off the Putin boosting. This is not a Putin fan site.

                      Learn to make real arguments and learn a bit of 20th century history. Your position is no better than that of neo-Nazis.

                  • mauī …
                    22 July 2018 at 8:58 pm

                    Yes another ghastly comment from Munro.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:00 pm

                      Another piece of empty Ed echoing from Maui.

                      Got anything intelligent to say?

                      I guess not.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:04 pm

                      Maui, how would you respond to the litany of abuse Munro throws at me? Quite a list today. The most recent being a neoNazi.

                      I wish to avoid being banned and I want to keep sharing well written articles by journalists I respect.

                    • mauī …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:09 pm

                      Sorry, I don’t feel like reliving the cold war right now.

                    • mauī …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:21 pm

                      Not sure Ed, it has turned into quite a harsh winter with all this rhetoric flying around. Maybe just hunker down and wait them out.

                    • Ed …
                      22 July 2018 at 9:26 pm

                      Ok. Thank you for your usual kind words and wisdom.
                      You are a breath of fresh air and enlightenment on this site.

                  • Stuart Munro …
                    22 July 2018 at 11:53 pm

                    “Why are they so angry?”

                    Half a million murdered Chechens Ed. Can you tell me how many Georgians?

                    I’ll bet you don’t care enough to find out.

                    Because all your pretensions to progressive values are empty.

          • Ed 13.1.2.1.2
            22 July 2018 at 6:48 pm

            What’s wrong with all these people?
            Surely Iraq in 2003 made them start to look at what their governments, ‘intelligence’ agencies and media told them with a touch of critical thinking and skepticism.

        • Ed 13.1.2.2
          22 July 2018 at 6:42 pm

          You saw the link to US meddling in Ruusia’s elections in the 1990s.
          Bill was so proud he bragged about it.
          And of course US interference in other countries ‘ democratic processes – we ignore all that, don’t we.

          And we beat the war drums……

          Russia bad.
          Putin bad.
          Russia bad.
          Putin bad.
          Russia bad.
          Putin bad……..

    • Ed 13.2
      22 July 2018 at 5:30 pm

      The three times daily beat of the Cold War drum……..

  14. Andre 14
    22 July 2018 at 6:51 pm

    Michelle Wolf’s recruitment video for ICE.

    https://youtu.be/dNF6sVurAuI

  15. joe90 15
    22 July 2018 at 7:43 pm

    Soros funds Soros.

    Who’s funding Bannon?

    LONDON—Steve Bannon plans to go toe-to-toe with George Soros and spark a right-wing revolution in Europe.

    Trump’s former White House chief advisor told The Daily Beast that he is setting up a foundation in Europe called The Movement which he hopes will lead a right-wing populist revolt across the continent starting with the European Parliament elections next spring.

    The non-profit will be a central source of polling, advice on messaging, data targeting, and think-tank research for a ragtag band of right-wingers who are surging all over Europe, in many cases without professional political structures or significant budgets.

    Bannon’s ambition is for his organization ultimately to rival the impact of Soros’s Open Society, which has given away $32 billion to largely liberal causes since it was established in 1984.

    Over the past year, Bannon has held talks with right-wing groups across the continent from Nigel Farage and members of Marine Le Pen’s Front National (recently renamed Rassemblement National) in the West, to Hungary’s Viktor Orban and the Polish populists in the East.

    He envisions a right-wing “supergroup” within the European Parliament that could attract as many as a third of the lawmakers after next May’s Europe-wide elections. A united populist bloc of that size would have the ability to seriously disrupt parliamentary proceedings, potentially granting Bannon huge power within the populist movement.

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-bannons-plan-to-hijack-europe-for-the-far-right

  16. Ed 16
    22 July 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Thought provoking and worthy of a post.

    “The Useful Altruists: How NGOs Serve Capitalism and Imperialism
    Global imperialism doesn’t just give NGOs a reason to exist, but involves them actively in the project of imperialist domination.”

    https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/20/the-useful-altruists-how-ngos-serve-capitalism-and-imperialism/

  17. Ed 17
    22 July 2018 at 9:21 pm

    James Renwick tweets with reference to an article about Arizona.
    “The water that we can’t see, the groundwater, is quietly disappearing.”
    Capitalism + disregard for environmental limits = disaster. Is the Mackenzie any different?”

    The New York Times article.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/magazine/the-water-wars-of-arizona.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmagazine

    A follows up tweet from Peter Harkess nail it.
    “It’s almost as if our economic system will simply not allow humanity to avoid complete global catastrophe.”

    We have a choice.
    Capitalism or a sustainable planet.

  19. eco maori 19
    23 July 2018 at 12:34 pm

    The Wealthy business owner’s are having a tangi because there hoiho tripped up on the last leg of te race and ended up with ———- on there faces .
    They poured te putea into backing this hoiho .
    Business confidence has no correlation to economic performance its just a trick to get the .99% to let business get there way with employment laws that are inhumane.
    The 90 day trial is a farce the employer can sack some one with no reason no paper work given .??????????????????? it could be because one is brown or many reason that have nothing to do with the employee work performance . It could be that the employer only wanted the employee for 89 days and did not tell the employee this because if he did the employee would not take the job as it would put them in hardship at the end of the job.
    Employers think that employees are not human that they don’t deserve to be treated with respect and dignity . What they have to know is that employment is a major part of ones life and if one loses a job for bullshit reasons they are placing the employee in hardship they are placing the person whole whano in hardship. The hardship is even greater if your a Dairy-farm worker as you lose your house . But are it doesn’t matter they are not humans .
    I my eyes employees should be treated like diamonds if you look after them and polish them the will make you putea if you don’t well you lose your daimond and your putea .
    Yes I know there are some bad employees out there its up to the employer to find the correct employee and train them to be productive employees and a bit of polishing will go a long in improving the prospects of this relationship being positive for the employer and the employee. ANY WAY Eco Maori says the 90 day clause is a breach of the human rights act.
    link is below ka kite ano

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/105665923/minister-says-campaign-against-labour-law-reform-is-deliberately-misleading

  20. eco maori 20
    23 July 2018 at 1:34 pm

    This is why I say the 90 day trial breaches the Human Rights ACT .
    ACT 27 The rights to justices . When a employer can sack a employee without giving a written warning or reason in writing during the 90 day trial . This employment act breaches the employee rights to justice or a fair trial they can not defend there employment rights fairly if the employer does not give a written reason why they sacked the employee.
    No written evidence and the employer can change the facts they uses to suit there dismissal of the employee employer wins case .Thats it in a karaka shell. link below. ka kite ano

    http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0109/latest/DLM225529.html?search=sw_096be8ed80b62589_27_25_se&p=1&sr=1

  21. eco maori 21
    23 July 2018 at 6:51 pm

    Good evening Newshub Mike I will have to chose my words wisely .
    Winston handles te media in his unique way he is Maori ka pai some will have
    nightmares because of this fact. Who wants to get involved with that circus in America at the minute .
    Condolences to the whanau of the boy who died in Tokomaru Bay of a heart attack .
    With our homeless this is still the tsunami of the inhumane policy’s that national have imposed on us for the last nine years thats a fact . Helen Kelly will be smiling at the humane changes that the Coalition Government has made to our society ka pai.
    One day our beaches could like the Cuban beaches if we keep putting our head in Papatuanuku on this subject of waste its everyones problem and we should all pay to get rubbish recycled in a sustainable way manufactures and consumers .
    Ka kite ano

  22. eco maori 22
    23 July 2018 at 7:21 pm

    The Crowd Goes Wild James and Mulls Congratulations to our AllBlack 7 teams win in the Rugby Papatuanuku Cup Kia Kaha .
    I will preform a Haka for one person I tautoko who is on the up.
    Some people still have to learn to stop spraying on Eco Maori.
    Mulls how the guys at the Rock Radio going I heard you when you first come back to the Rock you were a bit quite for the first 2 days then you got your hilarious mojoe going the first week I thought you were James till my Son in law corrected my mistake .
    Ka kite ano i would not like those ear warmers

  23. eco maori 23
    24 July 2018 at 7:46 am

    Good morning Newshub The block Mark is a unfair contest to be fair each team should have one person who is qualified In a trade in the construction industry per team the way it is at the minute you have two teams with a big advantage over the other teams.
    And that creates tensions was that the plan.
    Aotearoa produces some of the best meat in Papatuanuku grass feed Meat has properties beneficial to the consumer . The animals get to live a life close to what they would in the wild they are less stressed =better meat quality less stress = more humane way of farming. I see some organization is still scare mongering saying meat prouduction is going to wreck our environment YEA RIGHT .. These studys are conducted in country’s were the have to irrigate grow harvest and feed the stock in feed lots . 1 This is not a natural environment for the animals 2 they have to use alot of carbon to produce this meat they probably have to pump the water from hundreds of miles away as well’.
    Were as in Aotearoa most farms the wai falls from tawhiri for free the stock harvest the grass for free they get a wider variety of fodder . Producing meat in Aotearoa has a lot less carbon input and more humane that meat produced else were . And I know that Aotearoa farmers can reduce there carbon foot print they just need to be guided in correct direction to achieve that goal of lowering our farming foot print .
    Its so hypercritical the Tsunami of home less people. people who are living in squalor mokopunas going hungry is still growing .This phenomenon has been created by nationals policy’s of the last nine years and they decide to kick sand in the common persons face who cares who these statements hurt so long as they mite get a lift in there poles so primitive .
    The problem with OUR employment is wages to the common tangata has only risen by %50 in 30 years this is lower for contracted piece rates 30% mean while the cost of living has risen 300% .Rents were $60 now they are $400 to $600 so with these facts poking us in the eyes any intelligent person can predict from the math that there was going to be big problems but O tangata its better to rent than buy a house YEA RIGHT. Mark a common person most likely pays more tax than you they don’t have the fancy accountant that you have to minimizes your tax bill O we will not raise GST whose are those words . Ka kite ano .P.S I have been missing your right clawed guest Duncan I will sort them out in good time

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    On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
    Skeptical Science
    19 hours ago

  • New Zealaders  have  high expectations of  new  government:  now let’s see if it can deliver?
    The electorate has high expectations of the  new  government.  The question is: can  it  deliver?    Some  might  say  the  signs are not  promising. Protestors   are  already marching in the streets. The  new  Prime Minister has had  little experience of managing  very diverse politicians  in coalition. The economy he  ...
    Point of OrderBy tutere44
    22 hours ago

  • You won't believe some of the numbers you have to pull when you're a Finance Minister
    Nicola of Marsden:Yo, normies! We will fix your cost of living worries by giving you a tax cut of 150 dollars. 150! Cash money! Vote National.Various people who can read and count:Actually that's 150 over a fortnight. Not a week, which is how you usually express these things.And actually, it looks ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    22 hours ago

  • Pushback
    When this government came to power, it did so on an explicitly white supremacist platform. Undermining the Waitangi Tribunal, removing Māori representation in local government, over-riding the courts which had tried to make their foreshore and seabed legislation work, eradicating te reo from public life, and ultimately trying to repudiate ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    23 hours ago

  • Defence ministerial meeting meant Collins missed the Maori Party’s mischief-making capers in Parli...
    Buzz from the Beehive Maybe this is not the best time for our Minister of Defence to have gone overseas. Not when the Maori Party is inviting (or should that be inciting?) its followers to join a revolution in a post which promoted its protest plans with a picture of ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    24 hours ago

  • Threats of war have been followed by an invitation to join the revolution – now let’s see how th...
     A Maori Party post on Instagram invited party followers to ….  Tangata Whenua, Tangata Tiriti, Join the REVOLUTION! & make a stand!  Nationwide Action Day, All details in tiles swipe to see locations.  • This is our 1st hit out and tomorrow Tuesday the 5th is the opening ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 day ago

  • Top 10 for Tuesday, December 4
    The RBNZ governor is citing high net migration and profit-led inflation as factors in the bank’s hawkish stance. Photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: Here’s my pick of the top 10 news and analysis links elsewhere on the morning of Tuesday, December 5, including:Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says high net migration and ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Nicola Willis' 'show me the money' moment
    Willis has accused labour of “economic vandalism’, while Robertson described her comments as a “desperate diversion from somebody who can't make their tax package add up”. There will now be an intense focus on December 20 to see whether her hyperbole is backed up by true surprises. Photo montage: Lynn ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • CRL costs money but also provides huge benefits
    The City Rail Link has been in the headlines a bit recently so I thought I’d look at some of them. First up, yesterday the NZ Herald ran this piece about the ongoing costs of the CRL. Auckland ratepayers will be saddled with an estimated bill of $220 million each ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    1 day ago

  • And I don't want the world to see us.
    Is this the most shambolic government in the history of New Zealand? Given that parliament hasn’t even opened they’ve managed quite a list of achievements to date.The Smokefree debacle trading lives for tax cuts, the Trumpian claims of bribery in the Media, an International award for indifference, and today the ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 day ago

  • Cooking the books
    Finance Minister Nicola Willis late yesterday stopped only slightly short of accusing her predecessor Grant Robertson of cooking the books. She complained that the Half Yearly Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU), due to be made public on December 20, would show “fiscal cliffs” that would amount to “billions of ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    1 day ago

  • Most people don’t realize how much progress we’ve made on climate change
    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The year was 2015. ‘Uptown Funk’ with Bruno Mars was at the top of the music charts. Jurassic World was the most popular new movie in theaters. And decades of futility in international climate negotiations was about to come to an end in ...
    Skeptical Science
    2 days ago

  • Of Parliamentary Oaths and Clive Boonham
    As a heads-up, I am not one of those people who stay awake at night thinking about weird Culture War nonsense. At least so far as the current Maori/Constitutional arrangements go. In fact, I actually consider it the least important issue facing the day to day lives of New ...
    A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
    2 days ago

  • Bearing True Allegiance?
    Strong Words: “We do not consent, we do not surrender, we do not cede, we do not submit; we, the indigenous, are rising. We do not buy into the colonial fictions this House is built upon. Te Pāti Māori pledges allegiance to our mokopuna, our whenua, and Te Tiriti o ...
    Bowalley Road
    2 days ago

  • You cannot be serious
    Some days it feels like the only thing to say is: Seriously? No, really. Seriously?OneSomeone has used their health department access to share data about vaccinations and patients, and inform the world that New Zealanders have been dying in their hundreds of thousands from the evil vaccine. This of course is pure ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    2 days ago

  • A promise kept: govt pulls the plug on Lake Onslow scheme – but this saving of $16bn is denounced...
    Buzz from the Beehive After $21.8 million was spent on investigations, the plug has been pulled on the Lake Onslow pumped-hydro electricity scheme, The scheme –  that technically could have solved New Zealand’s looming energy shortage, according to its champions – was a key part of the defeated Labour government’s ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    2 days ago

  • CHRIS TROTTER: The Maori Party and Oath of Allegiance
    If those elected to the Māori Seats refuse to take them, then what possible reason could the country have for retaining them?   Chris Trotter writes – Christmas is fast approaching, which, as it does every year, means gearing up for an abstruse general knowledge question. “Who was ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    2 days ago

  • BRIAN EASTON:  Forward to 2017
    The coalition party agreements are mainly about returning to 2017 when National lost power. They show commonalities but also some serious divergencies. Brian Easton writes – The two coalition agreements – one National and ACT, the other National and New Zealand First – are more than policy documents. ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • Climate Change: Fossils
    When the new government promised to allow new offshore oil and gas exploration, they were warned that there would be international criticism and reputational damage. Naturally, they arrogantly denied any possibility that that would happen. And then they finally turned up at COP, to criticism from Palau, and a "fossil ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    2 days ago

  • GEOFFREY MILLER:  NZ’s foreign policy resets on AUKUS, Gaza and Ukraine
    Geoffrey Miller writes – New Zealand’s international relations are under new management. And Winston Peters, the new foreign minister, is already setting a change agenda. As expected, this includes a more pro-US positioning when it comes to the Pacific – where Peters will be picking up where he ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell on the government’s smokefree laws debacle
    The most charitable explanation for National’s behaviour over the smokefree legislation is that they have dutifully fulfilled the wishes of the Big Tobacco lobby and then cast around – incompetently, as it turns out – for excuses that might sell this health policy U-turn to the public. The less charitable ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    2 days ago

  • Top 10 links at 10 am for Monday, December 4
    As Deb Te Kawa writes in an op-ed, the new Government seems to have immediately bought itself fights with just about everyone. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Here’s my pick of the top 10 news and analysis links elsewhere as of 10 am on Monday December 4, including:Palau’s President ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    2 days ago

  • Be Honest.
    Let’s begin today by thinking about job interviews.During my career in Software Development I must have interviewed hundreds of people, hired at least a hundred, but few stick in the memory.I remember one guy who was so laid back he was practically horizontal, leaning back in his chair until his ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    2 days ago

  • Geoffrey Miller: New Zealand’s foreign policy resets on AUKUS, Gaza and Ukraine
    New Zealand’s international relations are under new management. And Winston Peters, the new foreign minister, is already setting a change agenda. As expected, this includes a more pro-US positioning when it comes to the Pacific – where Peters will be picking up where he left off. Peters sought to align ...
    Democracy ProjectBy Geoffrey Miller
    2 days ago

  • Auckland rail tunnel the world’s most expensive
    Auckland’s city rail link is the most expensive rail project in the world per km, and the CRL boss has described the cost of infrastructure construction in Aotearoa as a crisis. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The 3.5 km City Rail Link (CRL) tunnel under Auckland’s CBD has cost ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    2 days ago

  • First big test coming
    The first big test of the new Government’s approach to Treaty matters is likely to be seen in the return of the Resource Management Act. RMA Minister Chris Bishop has confirmed that he intends to introduce legislation to repeal Labour’s recently passed Natural and Built Environments Act and its ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    2 days ago

  • The Song of Saqua: Volume III
    Time to revisit something I haven’t covered in a while: the D&D campaign, with Saqua the aquatic half-vampire. Last seen in July: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/07/27/the-song-of-saqua-volume-ii/ The delay is understandable, once one realises that the interim saw our DM come down with a life-threatening medical situation. They have since survived to make ...
    A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
    2 days ago

  • Chris Bishop: Smokin’
    Yes. Correct. It was an election result. And now we are the elected government. ...
    My ThinksBy boonman
    3 days ago

  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48
    A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science  Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Nov 26, 2023 thru Dec 2, 2023. Story of the Week CO2 readings from Mauna Loa show failure to combat climate change Daily atmospheric carbon dioxide data from Hawaiian volcano more ...
    Skeptical Science
    3 days ago

  • Affirmative Action.
    Affirmative Action was a key theme at this election, although I don’t recall anyone using those particular words during the campaign.They’re positive words, and the way the topic was talked about was anything but. It certainly wasn’t a campaign of saying that Affirmative Action was a good thing, but that, ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago

  • 100 days of something
    It was at the end of the Foxton straights, at the end of 1978, at 100km/h, that someone tried to grab me from behind on my Yamaha.They seemed to be yanking my backpack. My first thought was outrage. My second was: but how? Where have they come from? And my ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    3 days ago

  • Look who’s stepped up to champion Winston
    There’s no news to be gleaned from the government’s official website today  – it contains nothing more than the message about the site being under maintenance. The time this maintenance job is taking and the costs being incurred have us musing on the government’s commitment to an assault on inflation. ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • What's The Story?
    Don’t you sometimes wish they’d just tell the truth? No matter how abhorrent or ugly, just straight up tell us the truth?C’mon guys, what you’re doing is bad enough anyway, pretending you’re not is only adding insult to injury.Instead of all this bollocks about the Smokefree changes being to do ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • The longest of weeks
    Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.Friday Under New Management Week in review, quiz style1. Which of these best describes Aotearoa?a. Progressive nation, proud of its egalitarian spirit and belief in a fair go b. Best little country on the planet c. ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • Suggested sessions of EGU24 to submit abstracts to
    Like earlier this year, members from our team will be involved with next year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The conference will take place on premise in Vienna as well as online from April 14 to 19, 2024. The session catalog has been available since November 1 ...
    Skeptical Science
    5 days ago

  • Under New Management
    1. Which of these best describes Aotearoa?a. Progressive nation, proud of its egalitarian spirit and belief in a fair go b. Best little country on the planet c. Under New Management 2. Which of these best describes the 100 days of action announced this week by the new government?a. Petulantb. Simplistic and wrongheaded c. ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago

  • While we wait patiently, our new Minister of Education is up and going with a 100-day action plan
    Sorry to say, the government’s official website is still out of action. When Point of Order paid its daily visit, the message was the same as it has been for the past week: Site under maintenance Beehive.govt.nz is currently under maintenance. We will be back shortly. Thank you for your ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    5 days ago

  • DAVID FARRAR: Hysterical bullshit
    Radio NZ reports: Te Pāti Māori’s co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has accused the new government of “deliberate .. systemic genocide” over its policies to roll back the smokefree policy and the Māori Health Authority. The left love hysterical language. If you oppose racial quotas in laws, you are a racist. And now if you sack ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    5 days ago

  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #48 2023
    Open access notables From this week's government/NGO section, longitudinal data is gold and Leisorowitz, Maibachi et al. continue to mine ore from the US public with Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2023: Drawing on a representative sample of the U.S. adult population, the authors describe how registered ...
    Skeptical Science
    5 days ago

  • ELE LUDEMANN: It wasn’t just $55 million
    Ele Ludemann writes –  Winston Peters reckons media outlets were bribed by the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund. He is not the first to make such an accusation. Last year, the Platform outlined conditions media signed up to in return for funds from the PJIF: . . . ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    5 days ago

  • Weekly Roundup 1-December-2023
    Wow, it’s December already, and it’s a Friday. So here are few things that caught our attention recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt covered the new government’s coalition agreements and what they mean for transport. On Tuesday Matt looked at AT’s plans for fare increases ...
    Greater AucklandBy Greater Auckland
    5 days ago

  • Shane MacGowan Is Gone.
    Late 1996, The Dogs Bollix, Tamaki Makaurau.I’m at the front of the bar yelling my order to the bartender, jostling with other thirsty punters on a Friday night, keen to piss their wages up against a wall letting loose. The black stuff, long luscious pints of creamy goodness. Back down ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    5 days ago

  • The Hoon around the week to Dec 1
    Nicola Willis, Chris Bishop and other National, ACT and NZ First MPs applaud the signing of the coalition agreements, which included the reversal of anti-smoking measures while accelerating tax cuts for landlords. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    5 days ago

  • 2023 More Reading: November (+ Writing Update)
    Completed reads for November: A Modern Utopia, by H.G. Wells The Vampire (poem), by Heinrich August Ossenfelder The Corpus Hermeticum The Corpus Hermeticum is Mead’s translation. Now, this is indeed a very quiet month for reading. But there is a reason for that… You see, ...
    A Phuulish FellowBy strda221
    6 days ago

  • Forward to 2017
    The coalition party agreements are mainly about returning to 2017 when National lost power. They show commonalities but also some serious divergencies.The two coalition agreements – one National and ACT, the other National and New Zealand First – are more than policy documents. They also describe the processes of the ...
    PunditBy Brian Easton
    6 days ago

  • Questions a nine year old might ask the new Prime Minister
    First QuestionYou’re going to crack down on people ram-raiding dairies, because you say hard-working dairy owners shouldn’t have to worry about getting ram-raided.But once the chemist shops have pseudoephedrine in them again, they're going to get ram-raided all the time. Do chemists not work as hard as dairy owners?Second QuestionYou ...
    More than a fieldingBy David Slack
    6 days ago

  • Questions a nine year old might ask the new Prime Minister
    First QuestionYou’re going to crack down on people ram-raiding dairies, because you say hard-working dairy owners shouldn’t have to worry about getting ram-raided.But once the chemist shops have pseudoephedrine in them again, they're going to get ram-raided all the time. Do chemists not work as hard as dairy owners?Second QuestionYou ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    6 days ago

  • Finally
    Henry Kissinger is finally dead. Good fucking riddance. While Americans loved him, he was a war criminal, responsible for most of the atrocities of the final quarter of the twentieth century. Cambodia. Bangladesh. Chile. East Timor. All Kissinger. Because of these crimes, Americans revere him as a "statesman" (which says ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    6 days ago

  • Government in a hurry – Luxon lists 49 priorities in 100-day plan while Peters pledges to strength...
    Buzz from the Beehive Yes, ministers in the new government are delivering speeches and releasing press statements. But the message on the government’s official website was the same as it has been for the past several days, when Point of Order went looking for news from the Beehive that had ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    6 days ago

  • DAVID FARRAR: Luxon is absolutely right
    David Farrar writes  –  1 News reports: Christopher Luxon says he was told by some Kiwis on the campaign trail they “didn’t know” the difference between Waka Kotahi, Te Pūkenga and Te Whatu Ora. Speaking to Breakfast, the incoming prime minister said having English first on government agencies will “make sure” ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    6 days ago

  • Top 10 at 10 am for Thursday, Nov 30
    There are fears that mooted changes to building consent liability could end up driving the building industry into an uninsured hole. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Here’s my pick of the top 10 news and analysis links elsewhere as of 10 am on Thursday, November 30, including:The new Government’s ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    6 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell on how climate change threatens cricket‘s future
    Well that didn’t last long, did it? Mere days after taking on what he called the “awesome responsibility” of being Prime Minister, M Christopher Luxon has started blaming everyone else, and complaining that he has inherited “economic vandalism on an unprecedented scale” – which is how most of us are ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    6 days ago

  • We need to talk about Tory.
    The first I knew of the news about Tory Whanau was when a tweet came up in my feed.The sort of tweet that makes you question humanity, or at least why you bother with Twitter. Which is increasingly a cesspit of vile inhabitants who lurk spreading negativity, hate, and every ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    6 days ago

  • Dangling Transport Solutions
    Cable Cars, Gondolas, Ropeways and Aerial Trams are all names for essentially the same technology and the world’s biggest maker of them are here to sell them as an public transport solution. Stuff reports: Austrian cable car company Doppelmayr has launched its case for adding aerial cable cars to New ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    6 days ago

  • November AMA
    Hi,It’s been awhile since I’ve done an Ask-Me-Anything on here, so today’s the day. Ask anything you like in the comments section, and I’ll be checking in today and tomorrow to answer.Leave a commentNext week I’ll be giving away a bunch of these Mister Organ blu-rays for readers in New ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    6 days ago

  • National’s early moves adding to cost of living pressure
    The cost of living grind continues, and the economic and inflation honeymoon is over before it began. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: PM Christopher Luxon unveiled his 100 day plan yesterday with an avowed focus of reducing cost-of-living pressures, but his Government’s initial moves and promises are actually elevating ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    6 days ago

  • Backwards to the future
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed that it will be back to the future on planning legislation. This will be just one of a number of moves which will see the new government go backwards as it repeals and cost-cuts its way into power. They will completely repeal one ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    6 days ago

  • New initiatives in science and technology could point the way ahead for Luxon government
    As the new government settles into the Beehive, expectations are high that it can sort out some  of  the  economic issues  confronting  New Zealand. It may take time for some new  ministers to get to grips with the range of their portfolio work and responsibilities before they can launch the  changes that  ...
    Point of OrderBy tutere44
    7 days ago

  • Treaty pledge to secure funding is contentious – but is Peters being pursued by a lynch mob after ...
    TV3 political editor Jenna Lynch was among the corps of political reporters who bridled, when Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters told them what he thinks of them (which is not much). She was unabashed about letting her audience know she had bridled. More usefully, she drew attention to something which ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    7 days ago

  • How long does this last?
    I have a clear memory of every election since 1969 in this plucky little nation of ours. I swear I cannot recall a single one where the question being asked repeatedly in the first week of the new government was: how long do you reckon they’ll last? And that includes all ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    7 days ago

  • National’s giveaway politics
    We already know that national plans to boost smoking rates to collect more tobacco tax so they can give huge tax-cuts to mega-landlords. But this morning that policy got even more obscene - because it turns out that the tax cut is retrospective: Residential landlords will be able to ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    7 days ago

  • CHRIS TROTTER: Who’s driving the right-wing bus?
    Who’s At The Wheel? The electorate’s message, as aggregated in the polling booths on 14 October, turned out to be a conservative political agenda stronger than anything New Zealand has seen in five decades. In 1975, Bill Rowling was run over by just one bus, with Rob Muldoon at the wheel. In 2023, ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 week ago

  • GRAHAM ADAMS:  Media knives flashing for Luxon’s government
    The fear and loathing among legacy journalists is astonishing Graham Adams writes – No one is going to die wondering how some of the nation’s most influential journalists personally view the new National-led government. It has become abundantly clear within a few days of the coalition agreements ...
    Point of OrderBy gadams1000
    1 week ago

  • Top 10 news links for Wednesday, Nov 29
    TL;DR: Here’s my pick of top 10 news links elsewhere for Wednesday November 29, including:The early return of interest deductibility for landlords could see rebates paid on previous taxes and the cost increase to $3 billion from National’s initial estimate of $2.1 billion, CTU Economist Craig Renney estimated here last ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 week ago

  • Smokefree Fallout and a High Profile Resignation.
    The day after being sworn in the new cabinet met yesterday, to enjoy their honeymoon phase. You remember, that period after a new government takes power where the country, and the media, are optimistic about them, because they haven’t had a chance to stuff anything about yet.Sadly the nuptials complete ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 week ago

  • As Cabinet revs up, building plans go on hold
    Wellington Council hoardings proclaim its preparations for population growth, but around the country councils are putting things on hold in the absence of clear funding pathways for infrastructure, and despite exploding migrant numbers. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Cabinet meets in earnest today to consider the new Government’s 100-day ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 week ago

  • National takes over infrastructure
    Though New Zealand First may have had ambitions to run the infrastructure portfolios, National would seem to have ended up firmly in control of them.  POLITIK has obtained a private memo to members of Infrastructure NZ yesterday, which shows that the peak organisation for infrastructure sees  National MPs Chris ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    1 week ago

  • At a glance – Evidence for global warming
    On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
    Skeptical Science
    1 week ago

  • Who’s Driving The Right-Wing Bus?
    Who’s At The Wheel? The electorate’s message, as aggregated in the polling booths on 14 October, turned out to be a conservative political agenda stronger than anything New Zealand has seen in five decades. In 1975, Bill Rowling was run over by just one bus, with Rob Muldoon at the wheel. In ...
    Bowalley Road
    1 week ago

  • PISA results show urgent need to teach the basics
    With 2022 PISA results showing a decline in achievement, Education Minister Erica Stanford is confident that the Coalition Government’s 100-day plan for education will improve outcomes for Kiwi kids.  The 2022 PISA results show a significant decline in the performance of 15-year-old students in maths compared to 2018 and confirms ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    17 hours ago

  • Collins leaves for Pacific defence meeting
    Defence Minister Judith Collins today departed for New Caledonia to attend the 8th annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ meeting (SPDMM). “This meeting is an excellent opportunity to meet face-to-face with my Pacific counterparts to discuss regional security matters and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the Pacific,” Judith Collins says. ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Working for Families gets cost of living boost
    Putting more money in the pockets of hard-working families is a priority of this Coalition Government, starting with an increase to Working for Families, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says. “We are starting our 100-day plan with a laser focus on bringing down the cost of living, because that is what ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme scrapped
    The Government has axed the $16 billion Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme championed by the previous government, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says. “This hugely wasteful project was pouring money down the drain at a time when we need to be reining in spending and focussing on rebuilding the economy and ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • NZ welcomes further pause in fighting in Gaza
    New Zealand welcomes the further one-day extension of the pause in fighting, which will allow the delivery of more urgently-needed humanitarian aid into Gaza and the release of more hostages, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said. “The human cost of the conflict is horrific, and New Zealand wants to see the violence ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Condolences on passing of Henry Kissinger
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters today expressed on behalf of the New Zealand Government his condolences to the family of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who has passed away at the age of 100 at his home in Connecticut. “While opinions on his legacy are varied, Secretary Kissinger was ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Backing our kids to learn the basics
    Every child deserves a world-leading education, and the Coalition Government is making that a priority as part of its 100-day plan. Education Minister Erica Stanford says that will start with banning cellphone use at school and ensuring all primary students spend one hour on reading, writing, and maths each day. ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • US Business Summit Speech – Regional stability through trade
    I would like to begin by echoing the Prime Minister’s thanks to the organisers of this Summit, Fran O’Sullivan and the Auckland Business Chamber.  I want to also acknowledge the many leading exporters, sector representatives, diplomats, and other leaders we have joining us in the room. In particular, I would like ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Keynote Address to the United States Business Summit, Auckland
    Good morning. Thank you, Rosemary, for your warm introduction, and to Fran and Simon for this opportunity to make some brief comments about New Zealand’s relationship with the United States.  This is also a chance to acknowledge my colleague, Minister for Trade Todd McClay, Ambassador Tom Udall, Secretary of Foreign ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • India New Zealand Business Council Speech, India as a Strategic Priority
    Good morning, tēnā koutou and namaskar. Many thanks, Michael, for your warm welcome. I would like to acknowledge the work of the India New Zealand Business Council in facilitating today’s event and for the Council’s broader work in supporting a coordinated approach for lifting New Zealand-India relations. I want to also ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
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