The sandfly were that pissed off yesterday they had there muppets making plays right in the cul de sac were I live . They regularly get some of my intimidated clients to join in on their plays some star in them.
They have a vast network of contracted liars/informers/ NARKS that they use against us the people.
And this is what is wrong with the justice systems PEOPLE who have morals and wont NARK they get locked up and the NARKS they get to carry on shitting on OUR society
Lying stealing intimidation selling drugs all with the protection from the sandflies.
All they have to do to get there get out of jail free card is NARK on anyone be it WHANO or neighbour .These NARKS are spreading there Ideals bad behaviour and Infecting our YOUTH with this immoral behaviour and this is the main reason crime has keeped rising .The sandflies are locking up the wrong PEOPLE and letting there NARKS spread Anarchy .This will piss them right off they can go and get stuffed There is more that I will reveal about OUR justice systems at least the sandflies are to busy chasing me around to stuff with our innocent youths lives PS crime is dropping now the people know the justice system is corrupt Ana to kai
I love the morning Rumble show from the Rock radio station Ka pai real kiwis people. It was your show that gave me the song UNFUCK THE WORLD. Ka kite ano
You should post some of your vids from your website on the standard Eco, I’m sure many people would be interested in the recipes and ideas and me old chum Robert is always interested in peoples gardens.
You may ask your self why would the police put so much effort into trapping ECO Maori he must be a bad Bastard. First this is a personal vandeta from a cop from Gisborne and that red head dick from Tokoroa. Now they won’t leave me and my lawn clients be is because I only have to get ONE client to give evedince for me against the police and walar the police get burned and I will get 2 million and this fact makes most people in the justice system lose sleep can not having a heaven Maori make money out of our mistakes. Ana to kai PS stunned mullet don’t waste my time Boy. Kia kaha
Nothing wrong with being a silver back it commands respect Ka pai guys Thane and Duncan from the Rock radio station
Ka pai play a song I would like Ka kite ano
I went to pick up my son in law from the farm and pick up my granddaughter from another farm my daughter stuffed up the pick up places went to 4 different locations I was worried about my moko we found them in the end flat phone and bad reciption what a run around Ka kite ano
These people I’m talking about are not all gangster most are common folk and the sandflys use there narks to set up bait our Maori youth they have been trying to set me up and bait me look at that program bait car they just catch desperate people WTF Ana to kai
And thanks to this website I can defend myself and my children and wife from the attacks the sandflys use against US they are scared and desperate muppets who will use anything they can dream up they must have thought they were close to breaking me when I mentioned Australia they poured on the pressure. But Know its like water off a ducks back I seen 10 marked cars in 5 hours Ana to kai
Do you think that I would do anything stupid IE a dum thing and put myself in check m8 KNOW so if they con someone to make a false statement well you will know the police have cheated on that move Ana to kai
The crash is coming.
Yesterday I posted how senior IMF personnel thought this.
Now another senior banker says so.
Be prepared. This will be messy.
Here is the story from Stuff.
“’It is frankly scary’: World financial system as stretched as before 2008 crash
The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned.
Nine years of emergency money has had a string of perverse effects and lured emerging markets into debt dependency, without addressing the structural causes of the global disorder.
“All the market indicators right now look very similar to what we saw before the Lehman crisis, but the lesson has somehow been forgotten,” said Professor William White, the Swiss-based head of the OECD’s review board and ex-chief economist for the Bank for International Settlements.”
Yep, the person that starts every day with ‘The crash is coming’ will one day be right. Their ‘Told you so’ moment.
Are we better off to plant seeds in the hope that we’ll get one more season in before the crash or just leave the sacks of seed on the shelf because it’s just round the corner. I’m off sowing, later.
He has not gotten any better, unfortunately. While interviewing Luvvie Ajayi (blogger and “professional trouble maker”) yesterday he approvingly quoted this stupid and typically unfunny comment about rape uttered by “the American comedian Bill Mayer”….
Bill Mayer? “American comedian Bill Mayer”? Of course, he was talking about the disgusting faux-liberal “comedian” Bill Maher. His guest pronounced the name properly as she subtly criticized Mulligan for quoting someone so lacking in credibility: “Bill Maher says a lot of problematic things…”
Earlier in the afternoon, Mulligan informed his audience: “I don’t know anything about twentieth century British history” but in order to learn something about it, “I’ve watched all of season 2 of The Royals over the summer.”
Here, by the way, is Bill Maher getting his ignorant and complacent assss handed to him on his own show…..
You seem to have something against Mulligan, In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza?? I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ? To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable. Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
Yes, as I have delineated carefully in the past, Jesse Mulligan lacks the basic knowledge to be a credible interviewer. That’s because he does not read enough.
In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
He hadn’t heard of it because he hasn’t done enough serious reading about New Zealand culture in the 1980s.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza??
No, I had a go at him because he had not heard of John Philip Sousa.
I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ?
That indicates that you, and the people you asked this afternoon, have not done a lot of reading about the United States. Sousa is perhaps the most famous composer ever produced there.
To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable.
John Philip Sousa is hugely famous too. He is the most well known, and probably the most performed, American composer of all time.
Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
I don’t expect Mulligan or anyone else to have an expert knowledge of Sousa, or of crappy 1970s soap operas. But he had not even heard of him—“some guy called John Philip Sousa”—which shows an abysmal lack of basic knowledge.
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s [sic] in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer [sic] in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
You can’t? Maher, a friend of Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein, is pouring scorn on the Me Too movement, comparing it to McCarthyism. Mulligan foolishly quoted something from that rant, “given to me by my producer”, which horrified his guest Luvvie Ajayi, who pointed out how dodgy Maher is.
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
I take him at his word: he knows nothing about British history either. And watching a costume drama is not going to make him any more knowledgeable, unfortunately.
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
Listening to radio should make you smarter. Listening to Jesse Mulligan, who knows bugger all about anything, that’s not going to happen.
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
I’ve praised him before for his quick wit, and his facility for punning. But he’s just not erudite enough to do the job that he’s doing now.
Jesse Mulligan, I’m sorry to say , is the next generation, as RNZ decided. it’s vastly irritating for us who know the difference between our body-parts ,But no more than the portentous comments of the recent previous. Many a sigh.
So very tiring for our (hard) educated crowd: we wish to discuss in our language.
As bad as Mora was, Mulligan is worse. It’s inconceivable that Mora would be so ignorant as to utter something as ignorant as “some guy called John Philip Sousa.”
Mora would, though, given his history of citing people like David Brooks and Thomas Friedman, have been stupid enough and callous enough to cite Bill Maher’s idiocy.
What’s happened to intelligent, well read, well informed broadcasters? People like Sharon Crosby, Ian Fraser, and Chris Laidlaw?
Puke- making moment of the morning was hearing loan shark Julie Trott trying to convince Natrad listeners that they were providing a ‘service’…rather than acting like scavengers tearing meat from the not yet dead…
“Fees:
If you can’t find the info you need, just call us on 0800 232 788.
The friendly team at Fast Track are ready to help!
Secured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75% p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $395.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $300 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Repossession Warning Notices $6.00,
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00
Unsecured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75%p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $275.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $200 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00”
Personally I blame the schools who are shoving more and more costs onto parents as each year goes by. Forcing parents to buy fancy laptops is an insiduous example.
They are providing a service. Wheel clampers and paua poachers do too.
If I was their marketing manager I’d be trying to get little promo card holders mounted on pokie machines and brochures into the waiting areas of WINZ offices.
Not a single politician, not one of the people that regulate our finance industry, none of those that get fat on these schemes, not a single one of them would take on one of these loans, they’d guffaw at the prospect. Every single one of them would advise against a friend or relative ever touching such a line of credit.
Something is amiss when owners wouldn’t touch their product with a barge pole, it stinks like tobacco.
We need to kick these legit Mafia operations to the curb.
Are you really surprised that RNZ National gave her this free platform? After all, they still interview Garth McVicar and his gruesome offsiders, usually introducing them as a “victim’s advocate.”
Police seem to ignore this issue, maybe because it’s easier to fine between 8 – 6 pm than bother to get the boy racers who operate in the weekends and during the night, in less sociable police hours.
Well drunk driving was ‘a thing’ but has now been significantly reduced with fines and campaigns.
I’d prefer a rite of passage that didn’t involve cars as a means of expression for youth, just like we now don’t welcome drunk drivers driving off from the pubs.
Also some of these ‘youth’ are middle aged having mid life crisis and getting a road motorbike who apparently are a big group having accidents.
Then there is the motocross/quad bikes plus sized folks, hooning on beaches with 90+ decibels for anyone else in the vicinity and no license plates or police in sight, often with a few plus sized burger grasping children without a license or any road sense in tow. Why walk along beaches if you can drive?
I was impressed by a speech that Jacinda gave at an East cape saw milling operation whilst on the campaign trail.
She discussed the 100’s of jobs that had been lost in the industry in recent years. She put that down to knee-jerk reactions to prevailing market conditions and poor long-term planning. I’m inclined to agree with her.
Puckish Rogue, sorry, but I’ve put your comment into Moderation until I can look at it properly. I hear what you are saying about the current accusations about racism, and I will look at that as a moderator (I tend to agree you are being unfairly harassed).
But your comment also challenges an old moderation by directly criticising a moderator and given what happened last week where many people basically attacked an author I am reluctant to let that stuff have another round.
I’d prefer it if you just addressed the current issue as being a single commenter harassing you.
Hey thats cool, its just that Adam was using what Bill wrote as a reason to act like he is so I attempted to address the issue of what was written and not the person
I do understand some issues can be contentious so from this point on I’ll just ignore anything Adam says and I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway
Would you be ok if I put your first comment in Trash, and instead you point out the problem comments to me as they happen? When there is a clear pattern of behaviour it’s easier to moderate. That way we don’t have to revisit the old stuff and who was right/wrong etc.
(I’m aware that I also moderated in that set of events, and I think it’s way too complicated to revisit, so referring to it will take more time and effort than is needed in this case)
“I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway”
I think that’s a good idea. Moderators vary in their tolerance for derailment, so I think it’s certainly worth being more careful in how one comments especially where there is history of moderation (and you have a fair amount).
Hang on the moderation did ask him to explain, he did not at the time, now he trying to litigate it.
Sorry but racists rarely change their spots.
If puckish dishes it out, and he does regularly, then he needs to handle it back.
Just another crying rwnj when they get called on their shitty behaviour.
[and I’ve watched you calling him a racist in conversations that have nothing to do with racism, and not backing it up with anything. If a RWer was doing that there would be outcries of ‘troll!’. The moderation will kick in when the behaviour becomes a problem and often has nothing to do with the right/wrong of the comments. I think we’ve reached the point of it being a problem. By all means address racism if you see it in PR’s comments, but I’m asking you to stop with having a go across discussions that are completely unrelated to that. – weka]
As it is absorbed, consumer culture imposes numerous influences that weaken personality structures, undermine coping and lay the groundwork for eventual demoralization. Its driving features—individualism, materialism, hyper-competition, greed, over-complication, overwork, hurriedness and debt—all correlate negatively with psychological health and/or social wellbeing. The level of intimacy, trust and true friendship in people’s lives has plummeted. Sources of wisdom, social and community support, spiritual comfort, intellectual growth and life education have dried up. Passivity and choice have displaced creativity and mastery. Resilience traits such as patience, restraint and fortitude have given way to short attention spans, over-indulgence and a masturbatory approach to life.
I like when people say "communism doesn't work because people are selfish".So the solution is apparently to use a system that gives almost unlimited power to the most selfish people alive??— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) January 24, 2018
Capitalism rewards sociopathic behaviour and punishes useful work. Law of the jungle, Rex Lex. Humans only evolved successfully by working in community. Selfishness is a childish attribute— kapai te rewai (Rob) (@ropata) January 24, 2018
Slavery management practices were the precursors of modern business techniquesFrom human beings to human resources pic.twitter.com/PYWsDagnvS— Colin McKay (@DerorCurrency) May 2, 2016
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Very sorry to hear of the passing of Denise Yates.
She was a serving Waitakere Local Board member, previous Waitakere City Councillor, staunch Labour activist for decades, and had many hard-won fights behind her.
Dodgy Academics:
Immigration NZ should be warned to restrict entry to bigots like historians and commentators Gordon Craig, Fritz Stern, Norman Stone, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Timothy Garton-Ash and George Urban.
Here are some of their views on the Germans as fed to Margaret Thatcher prior to German Re-unification.
“Germans were said to be insensitive to the feelings of others, “most noticeable in their behaviour over the Polish border”, self-obsessed and “inclined to self-pity and a longing to be liked”.
The extraordinary accumulation of negative stereotypes continued: “Some even less flattering attributes were also mentioned as an abiding part of the German character: in alphabetical order, angst, aggressiveness, assertiveness, bullying, egotism, inferiority complex, sentimentality.” A capacity to “overdo things” and “over-estimate their own strengths and capabilities” was also added to the list.
Modern Germans “were very different from their predecessors”, it was acknowledged, but the fact that a “cultured and cultivated nation” had previously been “brainwashed into barbarism” meant it could happen again.”
Their students are the ones advising the current London government on Brexit!
IT isn’t really going to have any effect on anywhere except perhaps within a few hundred meters of the site. It is certainly not going to have any effect on the Pacific Ocean as a whole.
You do realise that there are about 4.5 billion tons of Uranium present in seawater.
That is there naturally.
According to you, I guess plutonium is ok as well plus the 85.000 cubic metres of radio active waste.
Which, as the article says, has a half life of over 24.000 years..
So, You Gov's MRP poll - the weird one that tries to reflect what will happen at a constituency level and which pretty much nailed the hung parliament in 2017 - is not looking too good for Labour:
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Writing in Stuff, Joel MacManus looks at what we need to do to meet the Zero Carbon Act's targets. The core of it:1. Convert 85 per cent of vehicles on the road to electric. 2. Eliminate fossil fuels from all industrial heating up to 300 degrees Celsius. 3. Double our ...
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“America the Beautiful!”, staunch defender of democracy, freedom and… a whole lot of despotic tyrants that play nice with what is called “the Washington Consensus.” America is indeed capable of immense good, but like any Nation, and most assuredly any aspirant to the mantle of Empire, great, immense evil. All ...
Image credit:The beginner’s guide to blogging I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If your blog is ...
1080 is used to control pests in NZ. Its use is contested by a noisy few. A new report claims high levels of 1080 in rats washed up on a beach. Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa (F&F) won’t name the laboratory that did their testing. It has sparked a hunt ...
What Kind Of Empire? The thing for Kiwis to decide is what kind of empire they want to belong to. The kind that, while offering its own citizens democratic rights, demands absolute obedience from its “friends”? Or, the kind that, while authoritarian at home, takes a relaxed attitude to the ...
It hasn't been a good week for the Conservatives, pollwise. All major recent polls are showing their lead shrinking.Comparing each pollster's current (between 29/11 and 22/11) and previous most recent poll.Com Res - Conservative lead down 3 points.You Gov - Conservative lead down 1 point.Kantar - Conservative lead down 4 ...
Within quick succession, Countdown maths wizard and twitterer Rachel Riley, alleged comedian David Baddiel and prominent lawyer Andrew Julius have all expressed very similar opinions / ideas:
These #3billboards are going round London today, organised by ex-Labour people, horrified by what their party has become. Their principles haven’t changed, they’re ...
So, there have been a bunch of bad polls out for Labour, and even the Leftie's friend, Survation, have recently given the Conservatives a rip-snorting 11% lead. You Gov's much vaunted MRP poll - which pretty much nailed the result in 2015 - is currently predicting a comfortable majority for ...
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to declare a climate emergency:The European parliament has declared a global “climate and environmental emergency” as it urged all EU countries to commit to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The vote came as scientists warned that the world may have already crossed ...
Pure Fear: Worse than Heroin, this drug’s addictive power was terrifying. People under its influence didn’t drift off to Elysium. Nor did it persuade inadequate individuals that they could conquer the world. No, this drug – pure crystal methamphetamine, “P” for short – unlocked the gates of Hell itself. It ...
As the rate of measles infection, and of deaths, continues to climb in Samoa, antivaccination activists infectious disease proponents seem intent on doubling down on their claims about vaccination. (Check pretty much any news-media FB post about measles & you’ll see exactly what I mean.) Unfortunately, some of them have ...
Samoa are experiencing a devastating measles epidemic. It is possible that 2-3% of the population will ultimately be infected by the time it is over. Hopefully the mass immunisation campaign currently under way can mitigate some of this, for many it is too late. The first question many people ask ...
Meghan Murphy is a Canadian writer and journalist She runs the Feminist Current website which she founded in 2012. She was a keynote speaker for the Feminism2020 conference in Wellington this month. When Massey University cancelled the original venue booking Feminism2020 was hosted in Parliament by MP David Seymour. Meghan ...
Text and photos by Gearóid Ó Loingsigh Colombia has lived through one week of protests against the economic measures taken by president Duque. What looked like a protest that would fizzle out after its first day on November 21st is still going strong. Part of the reason for the continuance ...
Around a million billion pass through you each second, almost all originating from our sun, but few of them are likely to interact with you enroute. I was reading in a physics magazine earlier in the week about the nature of neutrinos. These are extremely numerous elementary particles, but only ...
By Pallab GhoshThere’s value in covering new research advances, even when the underlying science is unsettled. But there are also risks.The recent announcement that scientists discovered water on the planet K2-18b, 110 light years away, prompted a media swoon. News stories, including a piece written by me, billed ...
I wrote this review a couple of years ago when I was still in the process of getting my head around the politics of transgenderism, and specifically the claim that intersex conditions lend support to the notion that sex is ‘socially constructed’. Since writing this review I have come across ...
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nzHow much does our use of air travel contribute to the ...
Minor planet/asteroid (2309) Mr. Spock is named not for the character in Star Trek, but for a cat that was itself imperturbable, logical, intelligent and had pointed ears. In a preceding blog post I introduced one of my favourite asteroids, (2472) Bradman, and also mentioned (6581) Sobers amongst a few ...
Today the death toll from measles in Samoa rose to 32. All but four of the dead were less than 5 years old. Absolutely terrible, heartbreaking, news. That statistic alone should be enough to give the lie to the common claim by antivaccination activists plague enthusiasts that “measles is a ...
by Gearóid Ó Loingsigh It is late here in Bogotá, almost 11.30pm on Monday the 25th of November as I write this. The day began full of hope with yet more massive marches throughout the country, a mix of the International Day of Non-Violence Against Women and the National Strike. ...
Anti-fluoride activists are rubbing their hands in glee over what they claim is “yet another study” showing fluoride harms the brains of children. But their promotion relies on IQ relationships which the paper’s authors acknowledge disappearing when outliers or other factors are considered. And they completely ignore other relationships ...
The feature below is the conclusion of A History of Economic Thought, whose author was a leading Marxist economist in Russia in the early 20th century, Isaac Ilyich Rubin. The book arose from a course he ran at Moscow University following the Russian Revolution. First published in Russian in 1929, ...
There are many thousands of asteroids with formal names, some humdrum but other more noteworthy (depending on your predilections). One of my favourites, the name of which I was involved in suggesting, is (2472) Bradman, named for the Australian cricketing great. As a minor planet (synonym: asteroid) spotter, I have ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said that New Zealand's Cook Islands High Commissioner, Tessa Temata, has died over the weekend. Ms Temata, 52, died in Palmerston North and had returned to New Zealand for medical treatment. She was the first New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands of Cook Island ...
A new defence report has mapped out how New Zealand's soldiers will navigate rising seas, and a year after the Defence Force announced its need to prepare for climate change. In the “Responding to the Climate Crisis” report, the Force restates its operational plan and sets goals to tackle climate ...
Mark Patterson, Spokesperson for Primary Industries New Zealand First spokesperson for Primary Industries, Mark Patterson, has called for awareness to be raised and more stringent biosecurity checks to be put in place for African Swine Fever (ASF), a widespread virus that is uncontrolled in most of Asia and a serious ...
Jenny Marcroft MP, Spokesperson for Human Rights A critical step has been taken to end gender based violence against women and girls in Parliament this evening. New Zealand First Spokesperson for Human Rights Jenny Marcroft MP has welcomed the passing of the first reading of the Crimes (Definition of Female ...
New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says it's time to recognise market forces haven't led to the expected reduction in Māori smoking rates and try a new approach. The Party had recently invoked the agree to disagree clause in their Coalition Agreement with the Labour Party, and will not support ...
Live from the Whanganui Opera House, on the final day of the 2019 Labour Party Conference, Jacinda Ardern announced the largest investment in school property in 25 years. ...
The Coalition Government will be banning foreign donations to political parties and candidates, ahead of next year’s general elections. Legislation will be introduced to Parliament and passed under urgency – emphasising the need for such restrictions to safeguard our democracy. The bill introduces a new requirement that party secretaries and ...
Associate Transport Minister Shane Jones opened Taipā's $19 million bridge recently, improving transport infrastructure in the Northland region. The two-lane bridge is 107m long with a 2.5m-wide shared walking and cycling path, and will reduce the congestion that the old one-lane bridge was notorious for. The project had also included ...
The Overseas Investment Office have rejected the application of Mercury Agriculture LP, which is 92 per cent controlled by Canadian interests, to purchase more than 2000 hectares of South Canterbury and Otago land. Mercury wanted to buy 2000ha at Rangitata, 1494ha near Ashburton, 816ha near Cromwell and 212ha near Temuka. ...
This weekend was Labour's 103rd Party Conference! We welcomed over 500 of our Labour whānau in red to Whanganui, where we reflected on the last two years in Government, and looked ahead to 2020 and beyond. We know the long-term challenges facing New Zealand won't be tackled overnight, but we're making ...
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced that the Provincial Growth Fund will invest $9.6 million to seal the final unsealed section of State Highway 43 from Stratford to Taumarunui. The Minister said sealing the 12-kilometre gravel section of the highway – also called the “Forgotten World Highway” - through ...
Former Finance Minister and former chair of the Tax Working Group, Sir Michael Cullen, has voiced his support for New Zealand First’s decision to oppose the planned increase in tobacco excise tax. In an interview with The Weekend Collective, he said that increasing the price was no longer effective in ...
Māori are natural storytellers. On the marae we use stories to tell our history, to teach the next generation life lessons and to let people know, in our most creative of ways, who we are and where we have come from. ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters, New Zealand First Leader New Zealand First has invoked the ‘Agree to Disagree’ provisions of the Coalition Agreement because it cannot support the announced 11.46 percent increase in the tobacco excise from 1 January 2020. “Studies show that the automatic tobacco excise increases are having less effect ...
Taupō-based company Geo40 has made a breakthrough in extracting near battery-grade lithium from geothermal fluid which its says could be a gamechanger. Its chief executive John Worth said the earth mineral was highly prized, with battery-grade lithium selling for US$10,000 (NZ$15,600) a tonne. Geo40 was founded in 2010 to find ...
Crown research institute AgResearch Ltd, as part of its Future Footprint plan, had intended to relocate top scientists and support staff — particularly those focused on sheep genetics and genomics — from Invermay to Lincoln. However, those plans seem to have been shelved at the request of the Coalition Government. ...
Ten engineering firms in Southland are receiving a total of $2.13 million in Provincial Growth Fund funding to lift productivity and create new jobs. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced in Invercargill that the 10 engineering and manufacturing firms would receive funding to assist them with buying equipment that ...
The number of new residents to New Zealand is the lowest it has been in nearly two decades and it has earned the ire of the immigration industry. The industry alleges that 'Trump-style extreme vetting' is being put in place aimed at keeping a lid on immigration numbers. June Ranson, ...
The Royal New Zealand Air Force is one step closer to modernising its fleet after the United States State Department recently approved the sale of five new C-130J Hercules aircraft to New Zealand. Arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin, in Fort Worth, Texas, will provide the aircraft, but as a "foreign military ...
Forestry Minister Shane Jones wants to create a log barging facility at Hicks Bay and turn the area into a Special Economic Zone. The move would be part of protecting New Zealand's forests from being depleted by India and China, he said. It follows his announcement last week to strengthen ...
New Zealand First supports the changes recommended by the Winter Grazing Taskforce to improve animal welfare outcomes through the winter months, and the establishment of a pan-sector action group to implement them. New Zealand First Primary Industries Spokesperson Mark Patterson says the report highlights areas of concern about the animal ...
Former prime ministers Helen Clark and Sir John Key, formerly from the Labour and National parties respectively, have joined forces in support of New Zealand First’s plan to relocate Auckland's port to Whangārei. While Ms Clark and Sir John spent their political careers on opposite sides of the political divide, ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in Japan for the Foreign Ministers' meeting of the G20 grouping of countries as one of nine "invited" countries. He has used the opportunity to cast a spotlight on the plight of Pacific countries, calling out countries which still offered subsidies or Government assistance to ...
It's been a great week of progress: we've celebrated Children's Day, we've made communities safer with 1800 new police, and we've seen almost 90% of eligible schools take up Government funding to scrap school donations - taking pressure off the families of more than 416,000 students. ...
Hon Shane Jones, Minister of Forestry The Government will further strengthen New Zealand’s wood processing sector as part of our focus on ‘value over volume’ in our forestry industry, Forestry Minister Shane Jones says. Minister Jones will today meet with forestry representatives in Northland to signal new measures to help the ...
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e ngā rau rangatira mā. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Señora Presidenta, Excellencies, Delegates. International action A common thread that runs through the Paris Agreement is the commitment we have made to each other to do what we can to ...
The Government is lifting capital investment to the highest level in more than 20 years as it takes the next step to future-proof New Zealand. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced $12 billion of new investment, with $8 billion for specific capital projects and $4 billion to be added to ...
The Government is forecast to run $12 billion worth of surpluses across the four years to 2023/24 as the economy continues to grow. The surpluses will help fund day-to-day capital requirements each year. These include fixing leaky hospitals, building new classrooms to cover population growth and take pressure off class ...
Budget 2020 will continue the Coalition Government’s focus on tackling the long-term challenges facing New Zealand while also investing to future-proof the economy. When the Government took office in 2017 it was left with crumbling infrastructure, severe underinvestment in public services, degraded rivers and lakes, a housing crisis and rising ...
The Minister responsible for the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (te Takutai Moana Act 2011), Andrew Little has welcomed the launch of an online geospatial tool that provides data-rich, dynamic coastline maps that will significantly boost research and evidence-gathering under the Act. Te Kete Kōrero a Te ...
The Chief Victims Advisor to Government Dr Kim McGregor, QSO, has been reappointed in her role for a further two years. Dr McGregor has held the role since it was established in November 2015. She provides independent advice to government on how to improve the criminal justice system for victims. ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare have today announced the deployment of a network of DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys. “New Zealand and the Pacific region are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. It is vital we have adequate warning systems in place,” ...
DART Buoys Announcement Aotea Wharf, 9.30am 11 December 2019 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements to Minister for Civil Defence Hon Peeni Henare also here today. White Island It is with regret that this event shadows the tragic natural disaster two days ago. The volcanic eruptions on White Island have claimed 5 lives, ...
Racing Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the first reading of the Racing Industry Bill in parliament today. This is the second of two Bills that have been introduced this year to revitalise New Zealand’s racing industry. “Our domestic racing industry has been in serious decline. The Government is committed to ...
Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni, is pleased to announce that $291,321 is to be awarded to national and local community initiatives to maintain and promote the use of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). “New Zealand is one of the few countries in the world where Sign Language is an ...
Minister for Veterans Ron Mark has announced today the Coalition Government’s initial response to work completed by the independent statutory body, the Veterans’ Advisory Board. “When Professor Ron Paterson completed his review of the Veterans’ Support Act in 2018, he made a number of recommendations, including one which I referred ...
The Government will fund the bulk of the cost of a rural water supply for the Ohakea community affected by PFAS contamination, Environment Minister David Parker announced today at a meeting of local residents. This new water scheme will provide a reliable and clean source of drinking water to the ...
I have had the opportunity to be briefed on the details of the volcanic eruption of Whakaari/White Island, off the coast of Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty. The eruption happened at 2.11pm today. It continues to be an evolving situation. We know that there were a number of tourists ...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare have today confirmed initial Government support of $100,000 for communities affected by the severe weather that swept across the South Island and lower North Island over the weekend. The contribution will be made to Mayoral relief funds across the ...
New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Tessa Temata, died in Palmerston North over the weekend, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today. Ms Temata, 52, had recently returned to New Zealand for medical treatment. "On behalf of the Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, we extend ...
Transport Minister Phil Twyford today announced construction is underway on Wellington commuter rail upgrades which will mean more frequent services and fewer breakdowns. The upgrades include converting the Trentham to Upper Hutt single track section to a double track, with a new signalling system, upgraded stations and level crossings, and ...
Minister of Defence Ron Mark and Minister for Climate Change James Shaw have announced the release of a Defence Climate Change Implementation Work Plan, titled Responding to the Climate Crisis: An Implementation Plan. The plan sets out a series of recommendations based on the 2018 New Zealand Defence Assessment, The ...
A medium-scale adverse event has been declared for the South Canterbury district, which will see up to $50,000 in funding made available to support farming communities which have been significantly affected by recent heavy rain and flooding in the area, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor. “Two weeks of solid rain ...
Thank you Professor Juliet Gerrard and your team for the comprehensive and extremely helpful report and recommendations. Thank you too to all the stakeholders and interested parties who have contributed ideas and thinking to it. “Making best practice, standard practice” is a great framework for change and the action plan ...
The Government will phase out more single-use plastics following the success of its single-use plastic bag ban earlier this year and the release today of a pivotal report for dealing with waste. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has welcomed the Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealandreport, released by her Chief Science Advisor ...
International education continues to thrive as the Government focuses on quality over quantity, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said. The tuition revenue from international education increased to $1.16 billion last year with the average tuition fee per student increasing by $960. The total number of international students enrolled in New Zealand ...
I want to talk about one of the most pressing issues in our national life: the housing crisis and the poor performance of our cities. The argument I want to make to you is that generations of urban land use policy have lacked a decent grounding in economics. The consequences ...
Health Minister Dr David Clark says new appointments to DHBs represent a significant changing of the guard, with 13 new chairs including four Māori chairs. Today 76 appointments have been announced to complement elected board members, as well as eight elected members appointed as either chair or deputy chair. Four ...
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Fletcher Tabuteau, is travelling to Germany, Poland, Austria, and Spain next week to bolster New Zealand’s political and trade relationships in Europe. While in Spain, Mr Tabuteau will represent New Zealand at the 14th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Madrid. “New Zealand strongly supports ...
“I’ve spoken to Minister Faafoi, who has apologised for his poor handling of this issue,” Jacinda Ardern said. “I have confidence in Kris as a hardworking and effective Minister, but this should have been dealt with in a much clearer manner, and I’ve made my views on that very clear ...
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters met with Tongan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa in Wellington today. The pair signed a Statement of Partnership setting out joint priorities for cooperation out to 2023. “We welcomed Prime Minister Tu'i'onetoa on his first visit to New Zealand as Prime Minister. Tonga ...
The Minister of Police Stuart Nash says his sympathies are with the family of a man who died after being shot by Police in Kurow. “Initial reports are that Police were called by a family member to help the man who was threatening to harm himself,” Mr Nash says. “However ...
Ethnic communities will be able to plan and deliver more community initiatives thanks to an increase in Government funding, Minister for Ethnic Communities Hon Jenny Salesa said today. “Ensuring Aotearoa New Zealand is a place we can all be proud to call home has been a key priority of our ...
Healthier waterways, better productivity and farmer wellbeing are front and centre in a new project involving more than 1000 Southland farmers and growers. Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor today announced that the Thriving Southland Change and Innovation Project is the first region-wide extension programme supported by the $229 million Sustainable ...
Work to look after nature and restore freshwater quality in Te Hoiere/Pelorus River catchment is getting a significant boost, thanks to new Government funding support Minister for Conservation Eugenie Sage announced in Canvastown today. “Every New Zealander should be able to swim in their local river without getting sick, and ...
Eight Queen’s Counsel have been appointed under a process that includes the new criterion of a commitment to improving access to justice, Attorney-General David Parker announced today. “The new criterion was included this year. It emphasises that excellence and leadership in the profession can be seen through a wider, community ...
Onslow College in Wellington will get 20 new classrooms for more than 400 students, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. The much-needed investment will relieve growth pressure the school has been experiencing for some time. Seven existing classrooms which have deteriorated over time will also be replaced, bringing the total ...
More than 250 young New Zealanders will add international experience to their education, thanks to the latest Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia (PMSA) and Latin America (PMSLA), Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. This round of scholarships supports 252 recent graduates or current students to undertake study, research or internships ...
Consumers will benefit from a more competitive, transparent retail fuel market as a result of changes the Government will be making in response to the findings of the Commerce Commission’s study of the fuel sector. “We accept the Commission’s findings and, as the Prime Minister has said, we’re ready to ...
Five new cancer medicines have now been funded this year, meaning thousands of people have more treatment options PHARMAC has today announced that it has approved two new medicines for funding – fulvestrant for breast cancer and olaparib for ovarian cancer. This follows earlier decisions on advanced lung cancer treatment alectinib, ...
The Minister of Local Government, Hon Nanaia Mahuta says the Government will consider making changes to local electoral legislation before the 2022 elections to fix the problems that have arisen where elections are settled by a coin toss. The Minister says the recount process in the Murupara- Galatea ward at ...
New Zealand will sign up to new international maritime regulations to reduce ship emissions and lift air quality around ports and harbours, Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter announced today. Subject to completion of the Parliamentary treaty examination process, New Zealand will sign up to Annex VI of MARPOL, an ...
New legislation to transform our urban areas and create sustainable, inclusive and thriving communities will tomorrow be introduced to Parliament, Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford said. “The Urban Development Bill gives Kāinga Ora-Homes and Communities the tools it needs to partner with councils, communities, mana whenua and private developers to ...
Today’s launch of He taonga te Tamaiti: Every child a taonga: The Early Learning Action Plan 2019-2029 provides the foundation for long-lasting changes to early learning, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says. “Early learning will be one of the Government’s top education priorities going into 2020,” Chris Hipkins said. ...
Major decisions made by the Government will now be considered under a climate change lens, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw announced today. “Cabinet routinely considers the effects of its decisions on human rights, the Treaty of Waitangi, rural communities, the disability community, and gender – now climate change will ...
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is placing greater controls on the use of the herbicide paraquat. Paraquat is the first active ingredient on our priority chemicals list, announced in October 2018, to be reassessed. ...
Today the Government revealed its plan to spend an extra $12bn on infrastructure projects following public pressure for them to do more. Irrigation New Zealand supports government investment to ensure New Zealand is future-ready however, the organisation ...
The grim statistics set out in the Child Poverty Monitor report issued this week underscore yet again the need for bolder action to reduce entrenched inequality, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said ...
The Public Service Association strongly supports Labour MP Ginny Andersen’s bill to give three days paid leave to parents who experience a miscarriage or stillbirth. ...
From Waipukurau to Waipawa, Hastings to Havelock North, how did a humble crumbed meatball reach cult status? Fiona Fraser investigates the origins of this east coast delicacy.I was halfway out the door of a client’s premises when he bellowed “Have you had lunch? I’m just nipping out to get some ...
Back in September, when the NZ Herald issued its supplement “Mood of the Boardroom”, Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi featured as the politician who most impressed top chief executives on ministerial performance. The newspaper reported it was the first time in the history of the Mood of the Boardroom survey that ...
"The Government’s announcement that an additional $12 billion capital will be available to address backlogs in our deteriorating schools, hospitals and rail infrastructure and for regional development is welcome news and sensible policy", ...
Whether tourists should have been allowed to visit Whakaari-White Island in the past and whether tourists should be allowed to visit in future are among the questions inevitably raised in the aftermath of the tragic volcanic eruption this week. Concerns have extended beyond the operations of White Island Tours, which ...
Government books are now expected to go into the red this financial year with a forecast deficit of $900 million, down from a Budget forecast surplus of $1.3 billion. ...
Responding to the Minister of Finance’s Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update , which includes a $900 million deficit for the next financial year, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “At at time of high commodity ...
The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board (MMTB) is pleased the Waitangi Tribunal’s report has agreed that the Crown was correct to recognise it as the appropriate body to hold the settlement mandate for Maniapoto. ...
Government books are now expected to go into the red this financial year with a forecast deficit of $900 million, down from a Budget forecast surplus of $1.3 billion. ...
Government books are now expected to go into the red this financial year with a forecast deficit of $900 million, down from a Budget forecast surplus of $1.3 billion. ...
In this hard-hitting episode of current affairs show OTR 24/7, lady journalist Leonie Hayden comes face to face with one of society’s most elusive figures.“Hey baby, show us ya [insert weird word for body part here]!”To many women and non-binary folks this is a common greeting, usually delivered with great ...
Start learning te reo Māori anywhere in Aotearoa with this list of introductory, part-time classes.‘Learn te reo Māori’ is at the top of a lot of people’s New Year’s resolutions. The problem is, it can be hard to enrol after the new year, which is typically when resolutions are meant ...
Last year, we published the anonymous account of a Koru Club member who was denied their mandated birthright entry into the Koru Club. This Koru Club member returns to give us their harrowing, haunting account of the day the Koru Lounge went dry.“Bye, bye miss American Pie. Drove the Chevy ...
A Labour MP’s private members bill which allowed for bereavement leave for a miscarriage has been withdrawn and resubmitted , in seemingly a deliberate attempt to exclude post-abortive women who may also be suffering grief and loss. It will receive its ...
The police are not ruling out starting the recovery operation today for eight people missing after the Whakaari / White Island eruption but say safety comes first ...
Power Play - The latest report on moving the bulk of Auckland's port operations to Northport will be released tomorrow, but Jane Patterson asks whether it will be possible for Cabinet to press ahead prior to next year's election. ...
Toby Manhire gazes back at the last almost-10 years in New Zealand politics, leadership and tragedy.When I returned to New Zealand after 11 years away in 2010, John Key had been prime minister for a couple of years and it felt like he’d been prime minister forever. He was a ...
The Chief Ombudsman is launching a new inquiry into whether central government agencies have addressed any weaknesses identified in a landmark investigation five years ago. ...
Op-Ed by Kaveh Zahedi and Van NguyenKaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary for Sustainable Development, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).“The 2030 Agenda is coming to life”, declared the Secretary General at the opening of the first SDG Summit, a quadrennial event for ...
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.New Zealand Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand.Whakaari/White Island eruption Gordon Campbell: On the Whakaari/White Island eruption MIchael Lueck (Stuff): Should NZ look again at risky adventure tourism? Brook ...
The senior doctors’ union, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, is welcoming a report from the Medical Protection Society which provides further evidence of doctor burnout and high workload pressures. ...
Responding to reports of New Plymouth District Council’s $1.6 million rates surplus, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “A rates surplus means the Council has taken more from the people of New Plymouth than it needs. It ...
The fatal eruption on Whakaari on Monday may force the tourism industry to review its current rules, writes tourism professor Michael Lueck.The official death toll is six and eight people are still missing, presumed to have died, in Monday’s volcanic eruption at Whakaari/White Island. The people on the island were ...
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) is calling out Police for stepping up their intimidation campaign of licenced firearms owners as the deadline for firearms compensation draws near. ...
Belong Aotearoa alongside leading organisations working in the resettlement (refugee background) sector is calling on the New Zealand Government to play a greater role in responding to the international refugee crisis, ahead of the Global Refugee Forum ...
Protest groups and human rights supporters are preparing to “unwelcome” bulk carrying cargo ship ‘Federal Crimson’ as it arrives in Dunedin on Wednesday. The ship has carried over 50,000 tonnes of ‘conflict phosphate’ from the non-self ...
Tower boss quits after turning around $6.3m loss with risk-based insurance pricing strategy; and Prime Minister meets with rescuers of Whakaari / White Island survivors. ...
Should we modify the process of government formation to ensure no future incoming PM has the authority and mana of their office compromised from the outset? ...
A petition to Government that would see e-scooters and other personal transport devices banned from New Zealand footpaths is to be presented to the Honorable Tracey Martin, Minister for Children and Seniors on Thursday, 12th December, at 1.00 pm on the steps ...
All eyes today will be on Treasury and Finance Minister Grant Robertson when he releases his "significant infrastructure spending package" at 1pm today. ...
The Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group Incorporated (ARFGI) is marking today’s International Human Rights Day to draw attention to the NZ Government’s discriminatory policy of only supporting selective Pacific Island languages. ...
Western Australia’s move to legalise voluntary assisted dying continues a worldwide trend supported by a clear majority of New Zealanders, the End-of-Life Choice Society’s President, Dr Mary Panko, said on Wednesday. ...
School support staff have voted to accept collective agreement offers from the Ministry of Education, with the Living Wage of $21.15 as the new minimum pay rate. ...
Our pop culture superfans at The Real Pod look back at the local celebrities who defined the last decade in Aotearoa.If there’s any group of people we can turn to in these uncertain times, it’s celebrities. And lucky for us, New Zealand suddenly seems to have heaps of them. The ...
Wellington’s newest local body political party, the Wellington Party , welcomes the news that if returned to Government, the National Party will accelerate the construction work on the proposed duplicate Mt Victoria tunnel. Party President, David Lloyd, ...
Sweeping law changes proposed by an official inquiry into last year's election and foreign interference have taken too long to be of use for next year's election. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Mosquito-borne disease is a concern for health authorities around Australia. Each year, thousands fall ill to Ross River virus disease caused by mosquito bites. Tracking mosquito populations can help us respond ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elaine Pearson, Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW As we approach the last days of the decade, it’s important to reflect on the fight for human rights, the setbacks and successes over the past year in Australia and around the world. Our list ...
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology CC BY-NDClimate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.If you have a question you’d like an expert to ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Butt, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University This is the third article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan. Like the modernist plans of its time, the 1969 Melbourne Metropolitan Transportation ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Review: Water, GOMA, Brisbane. As I write these lines, bushfires rage through the ancient forests of New South Wales and our cities are choked with smoke. The severity of these fires is fuelled by ...
Parliament's Justice Select Committee has released its results of its inquiry into the 2017 General and 2016 Local elections and it covers issues around combating foreign interference in elections. ...
Questions remain over who had the power to stop tour companies visiting Whakaari / White Island after the volcanic alert level was raised in recent weeks. ...
Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: How the Whakaari eruption will be investigated, Greens ditch Budget Responsibility Rules, and more controversy for Crimson Education.There has been a lot of confusion about what investigations will take place after the Whakaari eruption, and what they will focus on. As ...
A defamation case involving former National minister Steven Joyce, the NBR website and its publisher focuses on what columnist Matthew Hooton meant by particular words he used in a "ruthless, spiteful, repugnant" column. ...
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A decade of austerity and four elections in five years have scarred rather than soothed Britain. John Morgan wonders if the electoral barometer might yet swing to change. ...
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As controversy including a $10m lawsuit and ‘ghost’ offices continues to swirl around Jamie Beaton, his fellow Rhodes scholars have slammed him for trying to recruit them.Those who gain a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship must display “truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and ...
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Open Mike 24/01/2018 
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The sandfly were that pissed off yesterday they had there muppets making plays right in the cul de sac were I live . They regularly get some of my intimidated clients to join in on their plays some star in them.
They have a vast network of contracted liars/informers/ NARKS that they use against us the people.
And this is what is wrong with the justice systems PEOPLE who have morals and wont NARK they get locked up and the NARKS they get to carry on shitting on OUR society
Lying stealing intimidation selling drugs all with the protection from the sandflies.
All they have to do to get there get out of jail free card is NARK on anyone be it WHANO or neighbour .These NARKS are spreading there Ideals bad behaviour and Infecting our YOUTH with this immoral behaviour and this is the main reason crime has keeped rising .The sandflies are locking up the wrong PEOPLE and letting there NARKS spread Anarchy .This will piss them right off they can go and get stuffed There is more that I will reveal about OUR justice systems at least the sandflies are to busy chasing me around to stuff with our innocent youths lives PS crime is dropping now the people know the justice system is corrupt Ana to kai
I can see you reading my post this is all true.
Good on you Mike king you tell it like it is KA pai
Yes Eco Maori,
Mike is a king, – and should be in a left wing political party as he has mana and respect for his work over the years.
Mike King is simply a wonderful person and should be honoured for this.
Thanks cleangreen birds of a feather flock together Ka pai
I love the morning Rumble show from the Rock radio station Ka pai real kiwis people. It was your show that gave me the song UNFUCK THE WORLD. Ka kite ano
You should post some of your vids from your website on the standard Eco, I’m sure many people would be interested in the recipes and ideas and me old chum Robert is always interested in peoples gardens.
You may ask your self why would the police put so much effort into trapping ECO Maori he must be a bad Bastard. First this is a personal vandeta from a cop from Gisborne and that red head dick from Tokoroa. Now they won’t leave me and my lawn clients be is because I only have to get ONE client to give evedince for me against the police and walar the police get burned and I will get 2 million and this fact makes most people in the justice system lose sleep can not having a heaven Maori make money out of our mistakes. Ana to kai PS stunned mullet don’t waste my time Boy. Kia kaha
Nothing wrong with being a silver back it commands respect Ka pai guys Thane and Duncan from the Rock radio station
Ka pai play a song I would like Ka kite ano
I went to pick up my son in law from the farm and pick up my granddaughter from another farm my daughter stuffed up the pick up places went to 4 different locations I was worried about my moko we found them in the end flat phone and bad reciption what a run around Ka kite ano
Not trying to waste your time Eco, just think some more positive posts covering your recipes and architectural musings would be welcomed here.
https://www.ecomaori.com
These people I’m talking about are not all gangster most are common folk and the sandflys use there narks to set up bait our Maori youth they have been trying to set me up and bait me look at that program bait car they just catch desperate people WTF Ana to kai
And thanks to this website I can defend myself and my children and wife from the attacks the sandflys use against US they are scared and desperate muppets who will use anything they can dream up they must have thought they were close to breaking me when I mentioned Australia they poured on the pressure. But Know its like water off a ducks back I seen 10 marked cars in 5 hours Ana to kai
Do you think that I would do anything stupid IE a dum thing and put myself in check m8 KNOW so if they con someone to make a false statement well you will know the police have cheated on that move Ana to kai
The crash is coming.
Yesterday I posted how senior IMF personnel thought this.
Now another senior banker says so.
Be prepared. This will be messy.
Here is the story from Stuff.
“’It is frankly scary’: World financial system as stretched as before 2008 crash
The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned.
Nine years of emergency money has had a string of perverse effects and lured emerging markets into debt dependency, without addressing the structural causes of the global disorder.
“All the market indicators right now look very similar to what we saw before the Lehman crisis, but the lesson has somehow been forgotten,” said Professor William White, the Swiss-based head of the OECD’s review board and ex-chief economist for the Bank for International Settlements.”
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/world/100831022/it-is-frankly-scary-world-financial-system-as-stretched-as-before-2008-crash
‘The next crash’ is always pending, Ed
You didn’t call it, nor did anyone in the links you post…
The IMF is a key component in creating the problems faced….paying heed to IMF is pointless….
Yep, the person that starts every day with ‘The crash is coming’ will one day be right. Their ‘Told you so’ moment.
Are we better off to plant seeds in the hope that we’ll get one more season in before the crash or just leave the sacks of seed on the shelf because it’s just round the corner. I’m off sowing, later.
The problem isn’t the ‘planting of seeds’ but the rot of the banking sector that eats those seeds for the benefit only of the rot.
It wasn’t forgotten – it was ignored so as to keep the rich rich rather than letting them crash and burn as required.
Jesse Mulligan approvingly quoted one of Harvey
Weinstein’s obnoxious woman-hating pals yesterday.
RNZ National, Tuesday 23 Jan. 2018, 3:20 p.m.
We’ve encountered Jesse Mulligan’s lack of smarts before….
He has not gotten any better, unfortunately. While interviewing Luvvie Ajayi (blogger and “professional trouble maker”) yesterday he approvingly quoted this stupid and typically unfunny comment about rape uttered by “the American comedian Bill Mayer”….
Bill Mayer? “American comedian Bill Mayer”? Of course, he was talking about the disgusting faux-liberal “comedian” Bill Maher. His guest pronounced the name properly as she subtly criticized Mulligan for quoting someone so lacking in credibility: “Bill Maher says a lot of problematic things…”
Earlier in the afternoon, Mulligan informed his audience: “I don’t know anything about twentieth century British history” but in order to learn something about it, “I’ve watched all of season 2 of The Royals over the summer.”
Here, by the way, is Bill Maher getting his ignorant and complacent assss handed to him on his own show…..
You seem to have something against Mulligan, In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza?? I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ? To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable. Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
You seem to have something against Mulligan,
Yes, as I have delineated carefully in the past, Jesse Mulligan lacks the basic knowledge to be a credible interviewer. That’s because he does not read enough.
In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
He hadn’t heard of it because he hasn’t done enough serious reading about New Zealand culture in the 1980s.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza??
No, I had a go at him because he had not heard of John Philip Sousa.
I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ?
That indicates that you, and the people you asked this afternoon, have not done a lot of reading about the United States. Sousa is perhaps the most famous composer ever produced there.
To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable.
John Philip Sousa is hugely famous too. He is the most well known, and probably the most performed, American composer of all time.
Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
I don’t expect Mulligan or anyone else to have an expert knowledge of Sousa, or of crappy 1970s soap operas. But he had not even heard of him—“some guy called John Philip Sousa”—which shows an abysmal lack of basic knowledge.
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s [sic] in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer [sic] in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
You can’t? Maher, a friend of Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein, is pouring scorn on the Me Too movement, comparing it to McCarthyism. Mulligan foolishly quoted something from that rant, “given to me by my producer”, which horrified his guest Luvvie Ajayi, who pointed out how dodgy Maher is.
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
I take him at his word: he knows nothing about British history either. And watching a costume drama is not going to make him any more knowledgeable, unfortunately.
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
Listening to radio should make you smarter. Listening to Jesse Mulligan, who knows bugger all about anything, that’s not going to happen.
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
I’ve praised him before for his quick wit, and his facility for punning. But he’s just not erudite enough to do the job that he’s doing now.
Jesse Mulligan, I’m sorry to say , is the next generation, as RNZ decided. it’s vastly irritating for us who know the difference between our body-parts ,But no more than the portentous comments of the recent previous. Many a sigh.
So very tiring for our (hard) educated crowd: we wish to discuss in our language.
As bad as Mora was, Mulligan is worse. It’s inconceivable that Mora would be so ignorant as to utter something as ignorant as “some guy called John Philip Sousa.”
Mora would, though, given his history of citing people like David Brooks and Thomas Friedman, have been stupid enough and callous enough to cite Bill Maher’s idiocy.
What’s happened to intelligent, well read, well informed broadcasters? People like Sharon Crosby, Ian Fraser, and Chris Laidlaw?
Puke- making moment of the morning was hearing loan shark Julie Trott trying to convince Natrad listeners that they were providing a ‘service’…rather than acting like scavengers tearing meat from the not yet dead…
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/348763/loan-sharks-target-back-to-school-families-it-s-appalling
http://www.fasttrackfinance.co.nz/fees.html
“Fees:
If you can’t find the info you need, just call us on 0800 232 788.
The friendly team at Fast Track are ready to help!
Secured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75% p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $395.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $300 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Repossession Warning Notices $6.00,
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00
Unsecured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75%p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $275.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $200 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00”
@Rosemary – shocking! Should not be allowed to rip off, legally!
Such organisations should be forced out of business
Personally I blame the schools who are shoving more and more costs onto parents as each year goes by. Forcing parents to buy fancy laptops is an insiduous example.
I don’t blame the schools.
I do think there is room for more education in schools regarding basic finance/accounting/managing money for students in their later years.
The whole neoliberal system is based on the rapid expansion of credit.
I would change the word “neoliberal” for monetary.
They are providing a service. Wheel clampers and paua poachers do too.
If I was their marketing manager I’d be trying to get little promo card holders mounted on pokie machines and brochures into the waiting areas of WINZ offices.
Not a single politician, not one of the people that regulate our finance industry, none of those that get fat on these schemes, not a single one of them would take on one of these loans, they’d guffaw at the prospect. Every single one of them would advise against a friend or relative ever touching such a line of credit.
Something is amiss when owners wouldn’t touch their product with a barge pole, it stinks like tobacco.
We need to kick these legit Mafia operations to the curb.
I agree Rosemary, the rates and fees are appalling.
Many of the rates from ‘reputable’ institutions are almost as bad.
https://www.interest.co.nz/borrowing/credit-cards
Are you really surprised that RNZ National gave her this free platform? After all, they still interview Garth McVicar and his gruesome offsiders, usually introducing them as a “victim’s advocate.”
Rachel Stewart: Snotty-nosed, pimply-faced little males racing at rocket speeds drive me mad
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11980133
Police seem to ignore this issue, maybe because it’s easier to fine between 8 – 6 pm than bother to get the boy racers who operate in the weekends and during the night, in less sociable police hours.
Double standards.
It’s been a thing forever. 100 years ago the papers led with ’12 intoxicated youths galloped through Timaru last night.’
We do seem to be increasing the danger component with our rites of passage for young men. I yahoo’d in a 37 horsepower car.
They should have crushed the horses ..that would’ve showed them !
Well drunk driving was ‘a thing’ but has now been significantly reduced with fines and campaigns.
I’d prefer a rite of passage that didn’t involve cars as a means of expression for youth, just like we now don’t welcome drunk drivers driving off from the pubs.
Also some of these ‘youth’ are middle aged having mid life crisis and getting a road motorbike who apparently are a big group having accidents.
Then there is the motocross/quad bikes plus sized folks, hooning on beaches with 90+ decibels for anyone else in the vicinity and no license plates or police in sight, often with a few plus sized burger grasping children without a license or any road sense in tow. Why walk along beaches if you can drive?
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/01/forestry-minister-shane-jones-extremely-disappointed-by-proposed-job-losses.html
I would have thought the governments “billion trees” would have solved this kind of problem.
/sarc
… but then some might suggest you’re the one who can’t see the wood for the trees …
/sarc
Looking more like NZF fails so badly to deliver that Labour runs out of 2020 support partners.
I was impressed by a speech that Jacinda gave at an East cape saw milling operation whilst on the campaign trail.
She discussed the 100’s of jobs that had been lost in the industry in recent years. She put that down to knee-jerk reactions to prevailing market conditions and poor long-term planning. I’m inclined to agree with her.
I support Pucky on this. Please let it go, Adam.
Let what go – introducing puckish as a racist?
Puckish Rogue, sorry, but I’ve put your comment into Moderation until I can look at it properly. I hear what you are saying about the current accusations about racism, and I will look at that as a moderator (I tend to agree you are being unfairly harassed).
But your comment also challenges an old moderation by directly criticising a moderator and given what happened last week where many people basically attacked an author I am reluctant to let that stuff have another round.
I’d prefer it if you just addressed the current issue as being a single commenter harassing you.
Hey thats cool, its just that Adam was using what Bill wrote as a reason to act like he is so I attempted to address the issue of what was written and not the person
I do understand some issues can be contentious so from this point on I’ll just ignore anything Adam says and I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway
Cheers
Would you be ok if I put your first comment in Trash, and instead you point out the problem comments to me as they happen? When there is a clear pattern of behaviour it’s easier to moderate. That way we don’t have to revisit the old stuff and who was right/wrong etc.
(I’m aware that I also moderated in that set of events, and I think it’s way too complicated to revisit, so referring to it will take more time and effort than is needed in this case)
“I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway”
I think that’s a good idea. Moderators vary in their tolerance for derailment, so I think it’s certainly worth being more careful in how one comments especially where there is history of moderation (and you have a fair amount).
Not a problem, whatever you think is best. As I say i’ll just ignore it from here on in so you won’t hear anything from me over this in future
Cheers
Hang on the moderation did ask him to explain, he did not at the time, now he trying to litigate it.
Sorry but racists rarely change their spots.
If puckish dishes it out, and he does regularly, then he needs to handle it back.
Just another crying rwnj when they get called on their shitty behaviour.
[and I’ve watched you calling him a racist in conversations that have nothing to do with racism, and not backing it up with anything. If a RWer was doing that there would be outcries of ‘troll!’. The moderation will kick in when the behaviour becomes a problem and often has nothing to do with the right/wrong of the comments. I think we’ve reached the point of it being a problem. By all means address racism if you see it in PR’s comments, but I’m asking you to stop with having a go across discussions that are completely unrelated to that. – weka]
They might not change their spots, but at least PR changes the broken record from time to time.
He tried to derail a thread in a lazy way over a year ago, and picked up a six month ban. Get over it dude.
Lest we forget…
By using that phrase you just equated your little harrassment campaign with remembering the deaths of millions of people.
Get a life.
moderation note for you adam.
Read.
The demoralized mind
Capitalism: Destroying life, culture and people.
Exactly.
Furthermore:
Very sorry to hear of the passing of Denise Yates.
She was a serving Waitakere Local Board member, previous Waitakere City Councillor, staunch Labour activist for decades, and had many hard-won fights behind her.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11980946
This is just funny, otherwise you’d just cry.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/23/donald-trump-tariffs-solar-panels
https://www.ft.com/content/288cac76-000c-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5
So much for jobs, for Americans.
Dodgy Academics:
Immigration NZ should be warned to restrict entry to bigots like historians and commentators Gordon Craig, Fritz Stern, Norman Stone, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Timothy Garton-Ash and George Urban.
Here are some of their views on the Germans as fed to Margaret Thatcher prior to German Re-unification.
“Germans were said to be insensitive to the feelings of others, “most noticeable in their behaviour over the Polish border”, self-obsessed and “inclined to self-pity and a longing to be liked”.
The extraordinary accumulation of negative stereotypes continued: “Some even less flattering attributes were also mentioned as an abiding part of the German character: in alphabetical order, angst, aggressiveness, assertiveness, bullying, egotism, inferiority complex, sentimentality.” A capacity to “overdo things” and “over-estimate their own strengths and capabilities” was also added to the list.
Modern Germans “were very different from their predecessors”, it was acknowledged, but the fact that a “cultured and cultivated nation” had previously been “brainwashed into barbarism” meant it could happen again.”
Their students are the ones advising the current London government on Brexit!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/30/helmut-kohl-margaret-thatcher-reunification-plans-national-archives-files
I hope this is the correct place, to place this.
Just another American cock up .
And an Enviromental disaster in the making for the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Islands.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-27/the-dome-runit-island-nuclear-test-leaking-due-to-climate-change/9161442
IT isn’t really going to have any effect on anywhere except perhaps within a few hundred meters of the site. It is certainly not going to have any effect on the Pacific Ocean as a whole.
You do realise that there are about 4.5 billion tons of Uranium present in seawater.
That is there naturally.
Certainly a lot more to it than Uranium.
According to you, I guess plutonium is ok as well plus the 85.000 cubic metres of radio active waste.
Which, as the article says, has a half life of over 24.000 years..