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Will you put up the How to get There post? WtB and I can watch over it in the meantime, I will do so and I think WtB will do anyway, if you will be there as usual. Robert has said he has been very busy.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez certainly has them worried.
Do you think the Mercers will eventually fund 8 JCN billboards, one for each of the 8 Bermuda offshore tax avoidance vehicles they’ve been linked to in the Paradise Papers?https://t.co/nm2nrgVW51https://t.co/euD9L7pk2b
The Job Creators Network (JCN), a conservative advocacy group, put up the billboard in Times Square on Wednesday, blaming Ocasio-Cortez for “25,000 lost NYC jobs, $4 billion in lost wages,” and “$12 billion in lost economic activity for NY.”
“Thanks for nothing, AOC!” read the billboard, located on 42nd Street near Eighth Avenue.
In a separate statement, JCN asserted that Ocasio-Cortez and other “anti-business politicians” should be held responsible for Amazon’s decision, which they called a “major blow to the New York economy.”
Workers at Amazon get treated worse than the Asian sweatshop workers in China (the wages and conditions of which appear to be getting better even if it is slowly), which is is why I don’t use their site or purchase anything from them.
What a bloody let-down again today- I woke up at 7am and tuned into RNZ for some of today’s news and was so disappointed by hearing the same boring “Jim Mora” crap stumbling over his words while asking the US correspondent about the findings of the Robert Muller CIA enquiry.
When- for Gods sakes are they going to get rid of this awful man that reeks of “old National guard”
Mora must be in with the RW controllers at Radionz. I connect his voice with a
shallow interest in the world, enough to satisfy the RW brigade, real concerns might get an interested longer coverage because they are temporarily newsworthy or even worthy of a 3 minute coverage. Sunday morning was already going to a weekend coverage like a Sunday paper, but had items of real interest from around the world but with Wallace’s perspective which comes from a younger man with a thoughtful and socially aware background. I miss Wallace. Why waste him on the Panel of chatty people and Drivetime?
I think the answer to that question would be that the RNZ managers under the spell of hyper-modernisation where the future moves swiftly to be now, and financial futures have become the steering levers for our real future, or what we can perceive or conceive of it. Perhaps the managers and Board of RNZ have a desire that it be as anonymous as its codename; just a radio station with tech additions, measured to the same criteria as commercial stations. The management at all levels may want to get jobs in the commercial broadcasting side in the future, or may have financial interests there now, and they can point out their great efforts to hoist the Radionz figures in the competition for ears that is the rating game for them.
But Radionz dedicated listeners desire its valuable contribution as a public service and good. There are a large number of minds receiving the facts and thoughts of incisive, informed people broadcasting to them. There are thinking people who want to hear and learn the facts and truth of what is happening in New Zealand and the world. Radionz holds aside the Word Curtain that can hide the reality of our present life.
And if the numbers listening are less than commercial stations that should not be the main concern. But it should promote itself within its own broadcasting time, advising listeners of coming programs and services, which it does and that makes it more effective. And also by offering sponsorship for activities of interest, in sectors of low listener numbers, so that the various sectors know their interests and concerns are catered for, and I think this is done.
But that is enough, Radionz should not be more concerned about being top or near than it is about bringing information and culture of New Zealand to us, and telling us about the whole of the world so we aren’t ignorant and narrow-focussed on English speaking countries. One of the tactics used by incomers to a country who have invasive intent, is to sequester the intellectuals, the teachers. I suggest that we are at the receiving end of a soft thrust from the small and dominant percentage of money cultists, who cast the spell of the neolib freemarketeers.
They are destroying our human society, giving us TINA instead of options, and replacing us with machines – think 5G for instance. If you can still think that is. The Voice will say: It is not encouraged to think for yourself, you are a human and fallible!
(See Micky Savage post about Computer Overlords – it may be clearer then me about future problems that are on us.)
Ian Smith is without doubt the worst rugby gofer in the world.
However, this morning we saw an Englishwoman nearly as crass.
Wales 21-13 England, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Saturday 23/2/19
After this stirring match, the post-match interviews were for some unfathomable reason entrusted to a blonde woman who seems to have been chosen using the same criteria that Donald Trump chooses his cabinet members: she’s ignorant and she’s bumptious.
First “interview” was with the Welsh fullback, Owen Williams. Her first question was simply cretinous, as well as redundant: “Describe for us the emotions you are feeling right now.”
Next up was England’s Owen Farrell. If anything, the question to him was even stupider: “Why did you lose this match?”
Ian “Smithy” Smith is still the worst and most insulting and most ignorant rugby football gofer idiot on the planet, but this English woman is one to watch—assuming that Bein Sports has not fired her immediately following this performance.
I urge Nicolás Maduro to allow humanitarian aid inside Venezuela’s borders peacefully. People are in need of life-saving medicines, children are subsisting on one meal a day, and a peaceful delivery of food and supplies is to the benefit of all.
2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x2, lawyer, advocate for Elliott Abrams, fan of walks in the woods & weaponized “aid” & crushing democracy.
Jihadi Jack is the villain, is he? What about all those British politicians and their media parrots who encouraged him and his deluded friends to fight in Syria, and treated them like heroes?
Not if you actually read the comment. It may be useful for you to review the logical fallacy “straw man” and reflect on how to avoid its persistent appearance in your comments.
What about all those British politicians and their media parrots who encouraged him and his deluded friends to fight in Syria, and treated them like heroes?
What about, indeed… Better review “whataboutery” while you’re at it.
“Straw man”? So the British media did not back up its politicians (as always) and treat the likes of Jihadi Jack as heroes when they took their ignorant asses off to Syria after 2011? It’s a “straw man”, is it?
You’re adept at deflection—and there’s no better example of official deflection than the creation of “whataboutery”. It’s almost as effective at stifling criticism as bawling “anti-Semitism” at a critic of Israel, or “Godwins!” at someone who dares to compare modern state crimes to those of the Nazis. (In other words, no one with any sense takes it seriously.)
It’s hard to work out whether your almost-comical misrepresentation of the comments you reply to is deliberate, or just reflects poor reading comprehension.
Good for Dona Awatere for encouraging kids to go on strike as global kids network spreads across the globe.
“As adults, we should be ashamed at our inaction and wilful delusion as every climate change alarm screams at us that we must make immediate change. If it takes our children to shame us from our apathy, so be it”.
“I will join the children of Aotearoa on March 15th to stand in solidarity with their hope, their dreams and their future”.
Donna Awatere Huata
Māori Climate Commissioner
Our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, stated that climate change was her generations ‘nuclear-free moment’, yet when we consider actual environmental policy to date, we can conclude that this ‘moment’ is little more than a feel good nuclear free bumper sticker. This criticism is not just levelled at our Government, the latest research shows it can be made against almost every Government.
If our Labour coalition Government will not seriously go hard to ‘phase out the massive importation of increased annual increase of trucks’ – that are now increasing our carbon footprint even more – and finally and get serious about getting rail freight back on track; – we do need to show up the Labour Government as just sitting back without making the ‘decisive transport moves to reduce climate change emission targets in NZ!!!!
Wake up labour the world is melting = “Climate change; – is your generations ‘nuclear moment’.”
So good to wake this morning to the sound of rain on the roof. The trees and plants in my garden are starting to quietly sing. Really enjoying that it’s a Sunday as well so that I have the time to simply watch it forming puddles on the paths.
What did I misrepresent, Milt? I called you on your ridiculous “straw man” comment, and your enthusiastic support for the cynical “whataboutery” defence so beloved of the extreme right. How did I misrepresent you?
That would be terrible question if they had won morry. Had they won? What was the answer btw? Was it especially bad because of her hair colour? What colour is Ian Smith’s hair?
Card Carrying Democrat and Hillary Supporter trying to communicate with little humans and getting on board with the #revolution…
‘A group of about 20 middle and high school students organized by Sunrise Movement confronted the California Democrat in her San Francisco offices on Friday.
The children pleaded with the senator to sign the Green New Deal resolution championed by freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, telling Feinstein that they had heard from ‘scientists’ that the earth only has 12 years before cataclysm.
‘You know what’s interesting about this group? I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know what I’m doing,‘ Feinstein replied.
‘You come in here, and you say it has to be my way or the highway. I don’t respond to that,’ she continued.
‘I’ve gotten elected, I just ran. I was elected by almost a million vote plurality. And I know what I’m doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit.‘
Given that she was one of sixteen Democratic female senators to sign a letter endorsing Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic nominee, it seems fair to mention…thank goodness we have more women in politics…a kinder, more empathetic way of being…..
Don’t forget Tulsi Gabbard, and Ro Khanna and Ilhan Omar. There ARE decent and intelligent people in the Democratic Party, just not in the “leadership.”
Until 2015, there was the same problem in the British Labour Party.
The world is in a race to limit climate change. – To meet the urgent need to address climate change and to achieve the Paris agreement UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is convening a Summit in 2019, to raise ambition and climate change action.
‘The race is on, the race that we can win, it is a race we must win’.
CLIMATE SUMMIT, 23 SEPTEMBER 2019
Climate change is the defining issue of our time and now is the defining moment to do something about it. There is still time to tackle climate change, but it will require an unprecedented effort from all sectors of society. To boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to meet the climate challenge. The Summit will showcase a leap in collective national political ambition and it will demonstrate massive movements in the real economy in support of the agenda. Together, these developments will send strong market and political signals and inject momentum in the “race to the top” among countries, companies, cities and civil society that is needed to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Renewable energy offers new job opportunities and is crucial to creating more sustainable and inclusive communities.
• Shrinking biodiversity poses major risk to the future of global food and agriculture, landmark UN report shows
• With the biodiversity of plants cultivated for food shrinking, the global population’s health, livelihoods and environment are under severe threat. This warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) comes as the UN agency releases a new report – the first of its kind – on the state of the world’s biodiversity in food and agriculture
• UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action
• 2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the international community to take effective action on climate change, General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said on Thursday, during a briefing to announce the UN’s roadmap to the Climate Summit in September.
• Guterres underlines climate action urgency, as UN weather agency confirms record global warming
• In the wake of data released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), showing the past four years were officially the ‘four warmest on record,’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent climate action and increased ambition, ahead of his climate summit in September.
…by explaining that because of the partisan nature of politics and necessity of compromise she supports a plan written by experts that can actually be passed in a deeply divided legislature. And then she asked her aide to get copies for every child.
btw, the hacks who got their project veritas on in their attempt to portray Feinstein as dismissive of youth involvement in fighting climate change neglected to mention her recently introduced legislation to promote education on climate change.
Something we aren’t taught in schools – the different ways of showing love to others. It would be covered if we taught philosophy and then mixed civics in, which is how we manage to live together and combine our talents and our credits (money) to build physical systems – that is showing a form of love, acting to help each other. And we encourage community and respect so we can have a reasonably harmonious home area. All that takes co-operation to some level. With a respect for the regulations that set the pathways that we travel on physically and mentally.
But we need to have our own internal guidelines, and not only respect others, where they deserve it, and understand them when they don’t deserve respect, but we need to respect ourselves – to have an internal view of proper behaviour and standards that we try to keep to and don’t go beyond very often, and attempt to stop a repetition. Then we can respect ourselves, know personally that we try to be a good person, and forgive ourselves if mistakes aren’t too bad in our own judgment.
But underlying the respect must be an understanding and love for others, and when one can understand others and overlook their faults against your feeling self, then you learn to include yourself in your forgiveness. Self-hate and self-denigration can cause a lot of inner distress and outward aggression. So when you can understand, much of the hostility that can arise in yourself about others’ behaviour is lessened.
The understanding of the inner love and its outward expression is important, and is turned to a desire to be helpful and try to protect. (There was a news item recently about a dolphin with a dead calf. Observers saw her keeping it with her, carrying it on her back, dropping it and turning to pick it up again. Sad and poignant.) We need to bring kindness to our lives and dealings with others, but at the same time I think that kindness and practicality must go hand-in-hand. That mother dolphin will have to let her child go at some time. She might cry but practicality will move on, and so must she live, or die herself.
Wikipedia on the different forms of feeling love as described by the Greeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love Ancient Greek philosophers identified five forms of love: essentially,
familial love (in Greek, Storge),
friendly love or platonic love (Philia),
romantic love (Eros),
guest love (Xenia) and
divine love (Agape).
Another one is pragma (see below in Greek words for love)
Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of love: unrequited love, infatuated love, self-love, and courtly love. Asian cultures have also distinguished
Ren, Kama, Bhakti, Mettā, Ishq, Chesed, and other variants or symbioses of these states.[8][9] Love has additional religious or spiritual meaning. This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.
Auckland councillors bombarded by emails in support of the e-scooter company Lime say it’s a tactic other lobbyists have tried, such as in the 1080 debate.
Millennial idiots. All about the App, not the people.
So Hamish McKay is shocked by the behaviour of some stock agents in an unregulated industry.
I’m shocked he is shocked, quite frankly. This is what happens under National governments. They deregulate in the name of business growth and sooner or later people suffer.
Another thing for the Labour government to have to fix…
Nasty America firing upon Venezuelans and setting fire to their aid trucks from those other hopeless South American nations who don’t care about their neighbouring citizens
I guess the politicians who encouraged jihadi jaxie to go to Syria would be easy enough to name morry, who were they again?
In the U.K. it was the Rt. Dishonorable Blair, Benn (the chickenhawk son, not his admirable dad), Cameron, Johnson, May…
In the U.S.—hell, Gabby, you know perfectly well who rhetorically and diplomatically supported the headchoppers and heart-eaters in Syria. You need to stop playing silly games.
Is the Reply button broken?
I clicked on it and all it did was add #comment-(number) onto the end of the URL in the address bar instead of opening up the comment fields under the message like it used to. I use Firefox but swapped to Microsoft Edge to try commenting there and it did the same thing.
If you hear of the healthy homes narrative re flow on effect and increasing rents; or the cost to the government re bringing state housing ‘up to scratch’.
Please remind them of the flow on effect of healthy people… more productivity, eases up pressure on hospitals, dr’s etc, reduced stressed on ACC system (sick people are more likely to make a mistake), eases up pressure on educators (less sick kids at school) etc etc etc.
Thank you 🙂
It’s about well being; the earths, yours, mine, every ones. Am so looking forward to the budget 🙂
Any bitching landlords re the healthy homes are naught but greedy, there is no place for them here in NZ anymore. Time for them to ….. move along please…..
Looking forward to Cohen testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Southern District of New York: time to take the whole Trump family down. Cohen lets us follow the money. In one sense it’s the corroboration matters less than telling the story, which Cohen has been begging to do.
I liked this quote – it seemed to fit your comment Siobhan. Not having a reply button for a while makes a difference.
If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world. – Elaine S. Dalton
The quoter: Elaine Schwartz Dalton was the thirteenth president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2008 to 2013.
That is a Church that made a difference – and having a woman’s organisation within it was probably a groundbreaker too.
One thing I found notable: Prosecutors point out in their conclusion that Manafort's sentences in EDVA (guidelines range 235 to 293 months) and in DC (210 to 262 mos) could run consecutively, and they preserve the right to argue for it. Over 46 years in prison still on the table. pic.twitter.com/EyJLv5iFCa
The Government filed a redacted sentencing memo to the public docket, found here.
In the absence of a viable twitter account, I am going to do my best to drill down on the 25 page filing. One thing you should probably know is a defendant’s prior actions are a mitigating factor, meaning a Judge can use those in consideration of sentencing.
One page 1 the following recitation should be highlited. This sets forth a pretty damning predicate that any leniency the Judge might consider is wholly without merit. The relevant facts as argued by the Government in both substance and Manafort’s egregious decades long flouting of our laws should be a sobering reminder that this is WHO Donald Trump selected to be his campaign chairman:
[…]
The scope of Manafort’s decades long crime spree is stunning and vulgar. We are talking about a man who spent more than a decade committing crimes that ranged from Money Laundering, Loan & Wire Fraud. Lies about his lies. The Government aptly labels Manafort as a hardened criminal. I submit to you that Manafort isn’t just a criminal, he’s a mobbed up thug who acted in manner and means that he was above the law. It never made any sense to me why Manafort would act in such a deleterious manner beyond he already had assurances from Donald Trump that there would be a pardon(s) for Manafort provided he kept his mouth shut.
Here is the liberal centrist heart of the Democratic Party responding to some young peoples concerns about their future…and this is exactly why the Dems will lose in 2020 if they screw over Bernie again…but then again, it has been said that the establishment Dems would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie…unfortunately.I tend to agree.
Dianne Feinstein rebuffs young climate activists’ calls for Green New Deal
Everywhere has dramatic scenery, Toyotas and ball-sports. The only truly unique aspect of NZ is Maori, a few plants and critters. Culture wise, Maori are it.
I think Maori soul music is every bit as grand as anything that ever came out of Detroit. Nothing reminds me of home like those sweet Pacific-Motown tones. I’m surprised we’re yet to have a modern Maori Quartet or similar crack global fame. I think a number of them are world class.
1000’s of Aussies and Kiwis have partied together at Koi Boy Sunday afternoon shows at a Gold Coast beer garden….if they’re still doing it, it’ll be starting any minute now. Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, I don’t think the Koi Boys are wannabes, I think they are.
we need insulated homes. Especially with global warming and future proofing in mind, we actually now need to do this.
cause if we don’t, we are gonna subsidize slum landlords when the next government comes along, or when the shortage of insulated houses grows even larger and we are subsidizing slums as that is the only place to rent.
gosh, seriously, why can the landlord class not be taken to task as any other company that offers a service to the public is? Food businesses have to show that they run their businesses at no risk to he public, chemical companies have to uphold rules and regulations to make sure there are no spills etc, but he land lord class….oh noes, lets not upset some rich fuck who with the help of a bank managed to buy up some hovels that they now rent out to others to pay of the mortgage and the mortgage financed lifestyle.
whY? cause we seem to elect cowards.
Dunno why you’re whining about the Democratic Party in respect to Dianne Feinstein. Fact is, the California Democratic Party endorsed Kevin de Leon, not her. Feinstein did not get endorsed by any Democratic Party organisation of any kind. (Both candidates in the general election were Democrats due to California’s jungle primary system). It was the general public of the land of fruits and nuts that chose her over de Leon, not the Democratic Party.
To be sure, she attracted a lot more endorsements than de Leon did from individuals within the Democratic Party who would be considered “establishment”. But you do know how you get to become “establishment”, right? Hint: it has something to do with how many people you can get to vote for you versus how many people your opponent gets to vote for them.
Just for the record, I voted for de Leon because his positions were much more progressive than Feinstein’s, ie de Leon was much closer to Sanders’ positions than Feinstein was. And because Feinstein has form for shitty things like your clip shows.
Oddly enough though, de Leon was the one described as “more liberal”. But I s’pose that fits with your occasional assertions that liberalism is being rejected, just probably not the way you mean.
If this old v young/left v purest progressive/ liberal left v proper proper left shit isn’t put to bed sooner rather than later, then you know who is going to come around the outside and pip the lot of us at the post.
sigh/fuck
Pompous little twit. You don’t have a plan to grow food for 8 billion people without fossil fuels, or get the food into the cities. Horses? If fossil fuels were banned every tree in the world would be cut down for fuel for cooking and heating. You would bring about mass death.
Millsy
It would only make it harder for the tenants, or hopeful tenants. They find something that is near transport to their jobs and shops, but then they have to check whether it is insulation-approved. It takes a while to find the right person to check with and they find it is not right – no accommodation supplement – but it has been let to someone else in the meantime so it’s a nil score either way.
Try thinking of the people who will be affected immediately when you are assessing various possible policies eh! They aren’t just bits of plastic on a games board or avatars you can discard in seconds.
Patrick Moore
Pompous little twit-ter himself. And paid to be by the sounds of his fervent affirmation for fossil fuels. No ignore green plans, and all will come right, perhaps not for you and I but Patrick has a saint named after him.
Just read in MSM the perfumed steamroller has been communicating directly with the Chinese National Media, trying to undermine the current NZ Government, hopefully she will be questioned by the GCSB & the SIS ?
A couple of things.
1. Those links show nothing of UK mps calling people to join isis.
2. Obama’s involvement and subsequent aid to syrian rebels pre dates the rise of isis, you know, who sprung up after the russians got involved and introduced no flight zones and supplied the war criminal Assad with anti aircraft systems… But then you already knew that 😉
So it was the RUSSIANS that destroyed Iraq and supported the forces of ISIS in Syria? It wasn’t the U.S. and its junior lack–, errrr, partner. Thanks for that.
Assad was almost gone because of the Syrian opposition rebels. Nothing to do with isis, which came about because of the vacuum left by the scale back of the U.S involvement after the russians backed Assad.
And before you start changing theatres of war and pushing a fake chronology, let’s have those quotes and links to UK mps.
You haven’t “called me out”, you’ve simply posted up a load of fantasy—especially the part about the problem being that the U.S. was not involved enough. You’re way out of your depth.
You’re not getting any “treatment”, you’ve simply been dismissed.
Go on pretending that the Americans should be MORE involved in Syria, and that the U.K. did not support Al Nusra and ISIS. I don’t need to save face with you; what have you ever written that gives you any ascendancy on this forum over anyone?
Persecuting that poor Bangladeshi girl? Chuntering on like a NewstalkZzzzzzB host about “the Russians” and the way they run the world?
No clue, out of my depth and now dismissed – The holy trinity of Morrissey’s embarrassment.
To recap. What you posted above about UK mps urging people to join isis is a bit of a lie, then. There are no links to quotes of any UK mp saying what you claimed.
No wonder you’re left with posting judge Judy videos 😆
I’m no poster boy for anything the U.S does, far from it, but I haven’t just been caught out in a lie, like you just have.
That’s 1-0 in footie terms. Open goal. Couldn’t miss.
The UK drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Newsnight can reveal.
The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then most senior UK military officer, General Sir David Richards. It was considered by the PM and the National Security Council, as well as US officials, but was deemed too risky.
The UK government did not respond to a request for comment.
Lord Richards, as he is now, believed his proposal could stem the civilian bloodshed in Syria as rebels fought troops loyal to Mr Assad. The idea was considered by David Cameron and Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, and sent to the National Security Council, Whitehall sources said.
….With ministers having pledged not to commit British “boots on the ground”, his initiative proposed vetting and training a substantial army of moderate Syrian rebels at bases in Turkey and Jordan.
Mr Cameron was told the “extract, equip, train” plan would involve an international coalition. It would take a year, but this would buy time for an alternative Syrian government to be formed in exile, the PM was told. ….
Of course, that didn’t happen. Too expensive, too…. complicated. Now you’ll pretend that these “moderate rebels” were the equivalent of the Birkenhead branch of the Labour Party, I suppose.
Here’s the website Inside Airbnb mentioned in the article. A fascinating data record of Airbnb listings which should be the job of city councils to collect. Totally alarming is the concentration of entire houses/apartments listed as a proportion of the whole. Auckland data is not available but from Sydney’s numbers it looks to be about 8,000 listings, about 2/3rds of which will be entire houses/apartments.
I’m not going to pretend anything, least of all that that quote is anywhere near the same as the one you made earlier about UK mps urging people to join isis.
“the headchoppers and heart-eaters in Syria”
That’s not the Syrian rebels Assad was up against at the time.. And again, you know it.
You’re pretty much on the button there Al1en, but ISIS did increasingly swing west into Syria once they realized Assad was running a failed state and couldn’t muster nearly as much in the way of opposition as occupied Iraq.
It does seem to be an area where Morrisey is tender, and might do well to distinguish between fractions of aid captured or misdirected into extremist hands, and systematic funding.
Kia ora Newshub
Wow what happens O Air New Zealand has decided to stop price gouging it local Kiwi costumers people are becoming more environmental friendly and flying less ain’t nothing wrong with using the new Skype to conduct meetings to save money and burning less carbon.
Ka pai for the PEE bust but is still small fry compared to whats on the streets of NZ.
Of course our government in not going to put to much pressure on farmers and small businesses they are the back bone of Atoearoa.
YEA RIGHT Eco Maori knows what goes down in the fishing industry it just to easy to rip off with the Quoter system 1.2 million is just cump change he will carry on it just a little bump in the road to them. I know there history.
Congratulat to all the winners at the Oscar tonight Spike Lee finally Ka pai
Ka kite ano P.S whanau mahi
Kia ora James and Mulls from The Crowd Goes Wild.
Congratulat to the other host.
The Rome Roads are really narrow.
Super Rugby looks exciting this Year.
So the Netball and the
7s Rugby competition.
Cricket as well.
Did you see E I see it ECO see Alot of positives.
I seen one Golf putt two balls one hole one put sunk and next minute another ball comes in close to being sunken lol. Ka kite ano P.S The more they try and suppress Eco Maori te more Mana I receive lol
Kia ora The AM Show may is playing a silly game she knows that she has lossed control of brexit. She is risking the futures of the British people all to keep the 00.1 % of happy. Jeremy Corbin is risking the Labour Party by not backing a second referendum on brexit that show me how much control the 00.1 % have on the British Parliament. This lasts paragraph was written before It was announced that Labour UK is backing a second referendum about Time.
I see the Australian pollie has changed his stance against climate change. scotmo is mitigating climate change to little to late he will be warming the opposition seats soon.
Why should the provincial growth fund slow down because of the national propaganda economist says so and the media muppet. The last nine years millions of trees have been cut down little trees replanting has happened and the regions have been starved of capital. No need to slow down just a need for more research on the investments made from the fund.
May be your friend at Simplicity fund should stop gouging the fees they charge for managing tangata Kiwi Saver funds.
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have a sum and it flat lined for 2 years.???? Te monies muppets are aloud to charge g what they want with shonky the bankers puppet clearing the way for them to charge what they want.???????? Why are the gross figures not displayed a fund manager giving advice on a capital gains tax is like a oil barron giving advice about a carbon tax total conflict of interest.
XERO Will work the taxes out in a couple of key stroke sam stubs you know technology will make your job obsolete in the near future to.
ECO Maori won’t be flying anywhere anymore I DON’T TRUST THE SYSTEM.
That’s a good point Prime minister Air NZ flights being cheaper for the region will help boost the higher value tourism in Te tairawhiti have you been there at New years huge crouds and lines into supermarkets.
Talk about the bad effects of PEE I have seen A man turned into a muppet in 8 years crime is closely linked to HOOKED PEE users doing anything to get there next hit they will Rob there mother father grandparents children to get their fix.
Mark doing some math? If the number of tourists to the regions goes up from the over crowd other tourist destination than people will stay longer and the government will get more revenue that will offset the government but not sure about yours P.S the banks made bigger profits than Air NZ
Don’t be jealous of a bigger younger man if I was like that me and my son would have problems but we are cool.
I David if the other lot was still in charge we would be in billions more dept banks love Crown dept
Ka kite ano
The AM Show good interview on Whanau Ora.
I was doing some research on how the media treated Tangata Whenua I found a video of paul henry interviewing Ella Henry all he could bang on about was a big family 10 children and he was bashing Maoris Mana poor Dr Ella Henry did not look comfortable at all she looked happy last time I seen her on the show Ka pai Times have changed for the better P.S paul henry liked putting down Wahine to
by Daphna Whitmore Last week France passed a law that equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. It is based on a definition of anti-Semitism that includes criticism of Israel such as: “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist ...
Over the past year we've seen major bus problems in Hamilton and Wellington, as drivers have sought better wages and an end to the bullshit of split shifts, which basicly see them "married to the job". And now its Auckland's turn. When NZBus's drivers planned low-level strike action of not ...
The government has been congratulating itself over the passage of the Zero Carbon Act, which sets out long-term emissions targets. But those targets are insufficient. Meanwhile, Denmark is showing us how its done:Denmark’s parliament adopted a new climate law on Friday, committing to reach 70% below its 1990 emissions in ...
Another day, another piece of legislation with a secrecy clause. This time its the innocuous-seeming Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill, which (after establishing a new body and making it subject to the OIA in three different ways) includes the rapidly-becoming-standard clauses enabling it to request information from other public ...
The state of the United Kingdom is fractured, torn up, shredded. The Empire is gone, it died a long time ago. And yet, the country is still tracking with a lead in favour of the ones who play to the ingrained, class-bound division for political gain. It is a disgrace ...
On 27 September, Greta Thunberg addressed a crowd of 500,000 at the School Strike for Climate in Montreal, saying: “You are a nation that is allegedly a climate leader. And Sweden is also a nation that is allegedly a climate leader. And in both cases, it means absolutely nothing. Because ...
It should be obvious by now but let’s be clear: The same folk who regularly traffic in disinformation, misinformation and “fake news” are also those who most strongly claim that their freedom of expression rights are being violated when moves are made to curb hate speech (as opposed to protected ...
Michael SchulsonWhen Shane Burcaw flies on an airplane, he brings along a customized gel cushion, a car seat, and about 10 pieces of memory foam. The whole arsenal costs around $1,000, but for Burcaw it’s a necessity. The 27-year-old author and speaker — who, alongside his fiancée, Hannah ...
We are very pleased to publish this submission is from Lucinda Stoan. She is a social justice activist, mother, and educator, based in Washington State in the US. This detailed and comprehensive source-linked overview of trans issues and what is at stake will be useful for many people, especially in ...
New Zealand's Underarm Banker: It bears recalling that the “independence” of the Reserve Bank Governor was for decades held up by neoliberal capitalists as the most compelling justification for passing the Reserve Bank Act. Interesting, is it not, how the ruling class’s support for the Bank’s independence lasted no longer than ...
Rubbish In, Rubbish Out: Put all this together, and it’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that anyone who responds positively to a pollster’s request to “answer a few questions” is just ever-so-slightly weird. Desperately lonely? Some sort of psephological train-spotter? Political party member primed to skew the poll for or against ...
“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. A long and bitter court feud between former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig and Jordan Williams has been settled, with an apology and compensation from Williams. On Tuesday, Craig sent out ...
Some people seem to want to close down any critical discussion of the current research into the relationship between water fluoride and child IQ. They appear to argue that claims made by researchers should not be open to critical review and that the claims be accepted without proper consideration ...
The government has been congratulating itself over the passage of the Zero Carbon Act, which sets out long-term emissions targets. Meanwhile, Climate Action Tracker has the shameful reality: those targets are insufficient:While New Zealand is showing leadership by having passed the world’s second-ever Zero Carbon Act in November 2019, under ...
The government introduced a Racing Industry Bill today. As an urban who horse racing as pointless-to-cruel, and gambling as a tax on stupidity and/or hope, this isn't normally a bill which would interest me in the slightest, beyond grumpiness at more government money for a dying industry. But there is ...
Check. Check. One, two, three, four. Is this thing ON? Hello readers, I logged in last night (yeah, it’s been a while) to mark THE END of the landmark legal case, Jordan Williams v Colin Craig, which (gulp) reached The Supreme Court, in which New Zealand’s most-defamed man was suing the politician he ...
Before The Birth: Israel’s most fervent supporters set their clocks ticking in Biblical times. They cite the kingdoms of David and Solomon as proof that, in the words of the Exodus movie’s theme-song: “This land is mine.” The majority of Israel’s backers, however, start their clocks in 1933 – the year Adolf ...
In an unreliable, strange and confusing world, Public Address is proud to present a measure of comfort and stability by annually asking everyone what words or phrases sum up the year that's been – and then giving some of them consumer goods as prizes for being clever or simply lucky.Well, ...
Both my parents are pretty handy – and they seem to have the right tools for most jobs in the garage and they know how to fix practically anything. A similar story could be told about their generation’s experience in the workforce – being a generalist was not unusual and ...
When it was revealed that NZ First had tried to enrich itself from public office via the Provoncial Growth Fund, the Prime Minister assured us that everything was OK as Shane Jones, the Minister responsible for the fund, had recused himself. Except it seems that that recusal came very late ...
Today is a Member's Day, and probably the last one of the year. After the marathon of the End of Life Choice Act, most of the bills up for debate today are uncontentious. First up is the second reading of Chlöe Swarbrick's Election Access Fund Bill. This will be followed ...
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has reported back on the government's odious and tyrannical control orders bill. As expected, the fraudulent select committee process has made no significant changes (partly because they couldn't agree, but mostly because it was a stitch-up from the start, with no intention of ...
Yesterday, the government released its draft Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill, which will be put to a non-binding referendum at the next election. I'm not a drug policy expert, but Russell Brown is, and he thinks its pretty good. And pretty obviously, it will be a massive improvement on the ...
As you're probably aware, the draft bill outlining the proposed legal cannabis regime to be put to a referendum late next year was published yesterday, and has already attracted a flurry of comment. It's notable that a good deal of the comment is about proposals that aren't actually new.A minimum ...
One of the big problems in New Zealand climate change policy is the government working at cross-purposes with itself. It wants to reduce fossil fuel use, but encourages oil and gas exploration. It wants to reduce transport emissions, but then builds enormous new roads. The problem could be avoided if ...
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.nzAccording to the United Nations, food shortages are a threat ...
Last year, the government announced it was ending offshore oil exploration by no longer issuing new permits. The idea was that the industry would then die off as permits expired. Except almost immediately the government revealed its bad faith, by saying they would extend permits and alter conditions to keep ...
The government introduced the Education and Training Bill to Parliament yesterday. Its a massive bill, which replaces both existing Education Acts, as well as various other bits of legislation (including some which are still proceeding through the House). I'll leave the serious analysis to teachers and people who actually know ...
Amelia SharmanThere’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to micro-credentials, those bits of bite-sized learning that can help workers stay on top of technological change. What’s a micro-credential? While definitions vary, micro-credentials can be understood as short courses that allow people to learn new skills or have an existing competency recognised. ...
All Smiles Now: Claire Szabo is taking up her presidential role after serving as the CEO of Habitat For Humanity. Which is absolutely perfect! After KiwiBuild was so comprehensively mismanaged by Phil Twyford, the party has not only elected a new president from a thoroughly respectable not-for-profit, but one who ...
While much of the NZ left has transitioned to postmodern and identity politics in relation to transgender ideology, there are some very good articles about that deploy Marxist methodology in relation to this subject. The one below is from the British marxist group Counterfire and appeared on their site here ...
by Daphna Whitmore At Golden Oaks, a luxurious country retreat in the Hudson Valley, pregnant women have the best care money can buy. From the organic food, personalised exercise programmes, private yoga instruction and daily massages Golden Oaks looks like a country lodge for the upper class. Set some time ...
When Labour was running for election in 2017, it felt it needed to demonstrate "fiscal responsibility" and signed itself up to masochistic "budget responsibility rules". It was a fool's errand: the sorts of voters who demand fiscal responsibility are also the sorts of voters who believe that labour can never ...
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 ...
Professors Janet Hoek and Richard Edwards, Emeritus Professor Phil Gendall, Jude Ball, Dr Judith McCool, Anaru Waa, Dr Becky FreemanRecent media reports have presented conflicting evidence on youth vaping in NZ. While some NZ school principals report concerns about increasing vaping on school grounds and confiscating vapes, ASH Year ...
“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 ...
Tory manifesto: big on austerity, low on promise, non-existent on delivery. The Tories: the party so big on ambition they couldn't be arsed writing a manifesto. MLK: "I have a dream!"BJ: "I'll just have a nap." Labour: Broadband!Tories: Narrow minds! Labour have hope, dreams and ambition. The Tories will save ...
The Ministry of Health has announced that “people under the age of 50 travelling from New Zealand to Samoa, Tonga, Philippines and Fiji” are now on the list of national priorities for MMR vaccination. Given the outbreaks of measles in Samoa, Tonga, Philippines and Fiji, the Ministry of Health is ...
Hong Kong has been protesting for six months for, demanding democracy, human rights, and an end to police violence. Today, they went to the polls in district council elections - a low-level of government with virtually no power, similar to community boards in New Zealand. But while the positions themselves ...
Text and photos by Gearóid Ó Loingsigh On Friday 22nd of November a curfew came into effect and troops were deployed on the streets, here in Bogota. It was the first time since September 1977 that a curfew had been imposed on the city. The decision was a cynical pre-planned ...
Meanwhile, while the government is planning to restore voting rights to prisoners, National is promising to turn our prisons into US-style slave-labour camps:The Opposition is proposing compulsory education, training or employment for prisoners who are serving sentences of two years or more. [...] On Sunday, National Party Leader Simon Bridges ...
Excerpts from Being and Being Bought, by Kajsa Ekis Ekman Spinifex Press, 2013. Ekman, a Swedish journalist and critic, brings together a Marxist and feminist analysis of prostitution and surrogacy in this groundbreaking book. This is the second part of a synopsis and brief commentary of the book by Daphna ...
Dalmeet Singh ChawlaIn 2008, psychologists proposed that when humans are shown an unfamiliar face, they judge it on two main dimensions: trustworthiness and physical strength. These form the basis of first impressions, which may help people make important social decisions, from who to vote for to how long a ...
Claas Kirchhelle, University of Oxford; Adam Roberts, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and Andrew Singer, Centre for Ecology & HydrologyAntibiotics are among the most important medicines known to humankind, but we are running out of this crucial resource. Decisive action is needed if we are to retain access to ...
Things That Make You Go - Hmmmm: “All right. Let me come at this another way. I’m guessing that what you’ve got in that box contains names, dates, bank account numbers – all the details you need to put Winston Peters and Jacinda Ardern squarely in the cross-hairs. So, the first ...
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 ...
New Zealand First are celebrating the announcement of an investment of $3.5 million into five new trapping devices. These are a range of bait and trap devices, all designed to be left unattended for long periods of time. NZ First conservation spokesperson Jenny Marcroft says that this latest development will ...
Darroch Ball, Spokesperson for Police New Zealand First is proud to have delivered on a key Coalition Agreement commitment to adding 1800 new frontline police, with the graduation of Recruit Wing 332 in Porirua today. Law and Order Spokesperson Darroch Ball says increasing police numbers and boosting their resources was one ...
Jenny Marcroft, Spokesperson for Conservation New Zealand First is proud to announce the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) has allocated $3.5 million to develop innovative predator control approaches which will reduce the need for repeated 1080 use. $19.5 million of PGF funding was announced for Predator Free 2050 Limited in February ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the first reading of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 2021 (APEC 2021) Bill in Parliament today. The temporary bill supports New Zealand’s security preparations for hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum ...
Clayton Mitchell, Spokesperson for Consumer Affairs The ‘wheel clamping’ Bill that will cap clamper fees to $100 passed its third readinginParliament today. New Zealand First welcomes The Land Transport (Wheel Clamping) Amendment Bill to combat predatory wheel clamping behaviour in what is currently a largely unregulated business. Cowboy clampers are: gouging ...
Jenny Marcroft, Spokesperson for Health New Zealand First welcomes the passage of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill through its first reading in Parliament. “Today’s progress takes serious action on the mental health and addiction crisis the country is facing,” says New Zealand First Health Spokesperson Jenny Marcroft. “The re-establishment ...
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 ...
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 ...
Education Minister Chris Hipkins today announced the appointment of Māori education specialist Dr Wayne Ngata and Business NZ head Kirk Hope to the Board of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). Dr Alastair MacCormick has been reappointed for another term. “Wayne Ngata, Kirk Hope and Alastair MacCormick bring a great deal ...
The next phase of the Pike River Re-entry project is underway, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little says. “Fresh air will be pumped into the Pike River Mine drift this week, following acceptance of the plan for re-entry beyond the 170m barrier by New Zealand’s independent health and ...
New Zealand consumers will have greater certainty about their insurance cover when they need to make claims as a result of proposed government changes. “Insurance is vitally important in supporting consumers and businesses to be financially resilient when unexpected events happen,” Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Kris Faafoi said. ...
The Crown is providing an opportunity for the hapu of Ngāpuhi to rebuild its framework from the ground up for collective negotiations to deal with its historical Treaty claims, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little and Minister for Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta announced today. The Crown is also ...
A Bill enabling referendums to be held with the 2020 General Election has passed its third reading. Justice Minister Andrew Little says the Act is important for upholding the integrity of New Zealand’s electoral process. “The Government has committed to holding a referendum on legalising recreational cannabis at the next ...
The first release of public information on the two referendums to be held at next year’s General Election was made today with an informative new Government website going live. Additionally, the draft Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill has been released, showing the strict controls on cannabis that will apply if ...
The Government is taking action to protect New Zealand from foreign interference in our elections by banning foreign donations to political parties and candidates, Justice Minister Andrew Little announced today. Legislation will be introduced to Parliament this afternoon and passed under urgency. “There’s no need for anyone other than New ...
Governments and tech companies are holding a two-day workshop, hosted by YouTube/Google in Wellington, to test the Christchurch Call Shared Crisis Response Protocol. The workshop aims to refine and strengthen the response in the event of a terrorist attack with online implications. Companies, governments, civil society experts and NGOs will ...
The new independent Cancer Control Agency has formally opened today, delivering on the Government’s plan to improve cancer care in New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Health David Clark marked the occasion by announcing the membership of the Advisory Council that will be supporting ...
Small businesses who deal with government departments are set to be paid faster and have improved cash flow as a result, under a new strategy released today. The Government is backing recommendations from the Small Business Council (SBC) and has agreed to implement three initiatives immediately to support business and ...
The Education and Training Bill 2019, introduced in Parliament today, proposes the biggest education changes in decades and is an important step towards improving success for all our learners, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said. “The Bill’s rewrite of education legislation is long overdue. Indeed one Education Act, parts of which ...
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio will travel to Bali to represent New Zealand at the 12th Bali Democracy Forum that will be held on the 5-6 December. “The Forum is a valuable opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries to share experiences and best practice in building home-grown democracy and fostering ...
We don’t normally see these eruptions coming, no matter how much we would like to. Many systems are already ‘primed’ for such events, but the triggers are poorly understood, writes Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland.As of Monday night five people have been confirmed dead, 18 had been rescued ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland Five people have been confirmed dead, 23 have been rescued and several remain unaccounted for after a sudden volcanic eruption on Whakaari/White Island off the east coast of New Zealand. The island is ...
One person is dead, 23 have been rescued and potentially two dozen people are unaccounted for on Whakaari/White Island, after it erupted on Monday. ...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters are to be commended for their leadership on the Upper North Island port issue, Waterfront 2029 Spokesperson Michael Goldwater said today. The Prime Minister today announced that ...
In partnership with the JR McKenzie Trust and University of Otago, Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft has today released the annual Child Poverty Monitor at childpoverty.org.nz which shows more bold and sustainable action is needed. ...
Today’s child poverty figures , revealing that nearly 150,000 children are living in material hardship in New Zealand, show the need for tax relief says the Taxpayers’ Union . ...
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the 2019 Child Poverty Monitor report , and says more can be done to help families who have need of welfare assistance. ...
A rescue operation is under way on Whakaari/White Island in the Bay of Plenty, with reports of up to 20 people injured, some critical.What’s going on?Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand’s most active cone volcano, located 48km off the eastern coast of the Bay of Plenty, is erupting. Large plumes of steam ...
Auckland bus operators are enraged at the inconvenience to passengers affected by continued bus driver strike action. Even those operators not directly affected by strikes are appalled at the behaviour of First Union and Tramways Union and their ...
The publication of the Child Poverty Monitor 2019, released today, is a reminder of the need to accelerate efforts to lift our children / tamariki out of poverty. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Kaleva, Associate Head Research and Scholarship, Australian Institute of Music Review: Farnace, composed by Vivaldi, Pinchgut Opera When a performance of Farnace was cancelled at the theatre of Ferrara after the artistic failure of Vivaldi’s opera Siroe re di Persia in ...
OPINION: In the fifth part of the series with our partners at Flick Electric Co to help you make better energy choices, Flick’s Nikki Cockburn breaks down the sources of our electricity.So we know that regardless of which power company we’re with, the electricity we use is at the mercy ...
The recent accident near Kaikoura, where two Malaysian children and their parents were killed in a head-on collision with a truck, was easily preventable, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . ...
Former Auditor-General Martin Matthews is petitioning Parliament to reopen his case, claiming MPs "held a gun to his head" to force his resignation. ...
Auckland Council recently announced a citywide food scrap collection scheme that will be kicking off in 2021. Most of us already know the main gist of composting, but what’s happening to this waste? What will I have to pay? And can I opt out if I don’t need it?New Zealanders ...
Central and local government, including Auckland Council, have been debating the future of the Ports of Auckland but there seems to be something missing in the debate - how much more greenhouse gases will Aotearoa emit if we move the port from the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Westpac can expect a bumper turnout of shareholders at its annual general meeting in Sydney on Thursday, many of them angry at its alleged role in facilitating child exploitation in the Philippines, its 23 million ...
More than a billion dollars has wiped off the value of New Zealand's biggest company this morning following the surprise resignation of A2 Milk's chief executive. ...
Cindy Baxter is at COP25 – her 17th climate change conference – and for the first time, New Zealand is one of the good guys. But are we?As we head into the second week of the climate talks in Madrid, I’ve been reflecting over the first week, and the strange ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Growing up, no one ever gave me the rundown on how or what I should do to keep my penis clean […] I’ve never read any reliable answer beyond washing it with water. ...
You’ve probably never heard of him, but an artist called Cavetown is coming to Auckland in January for a show that’s already sold out. We explain where he came from, how this happened, and why you should be listening.What, pray tell, is a Cavetown?Cavetown is the stage name of Robin ...
Three glaze recipes to take your festive feast from ho-hum to ham-azing.In the middle of November, my aunt suggested in our family WhatsApp group that Christmas lunch should go meat-free in acknowledgement of climate change. I froze at my desk where I’d taken a moment to procrastinate. While I support ...
The Climate Change Minister James Shaw says he is hopeful the final hurdles can be cleared for fixing the final rules of Paris Agreement before it kicks in next year. ...
"Youllbefine, Rockmaster, Cossack Warrior and now Valtteri are the four horses who have been killed on New Zealand race tracks in just three weeks" said Frances Baker, Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) spokesperson. ...
Former finance minister Steve Joyce says an NBR journalist told him its columnist Matthew Hooton had ‘gone completely troppo’ in a column about to be published by the business website about the MP. ...
A truly ambitious solution would keep jobs in Southland, delivering on the promise of the Zero Carbon Act to make NZ all but carbon neutral by 2050, writes Nicola Gaston in a post co-authored with Sally Brooker, Justin Hodgkiss and David Williams of The MacDiarmid Institute.Tiwai Point is in the ...
The housing market is heating up ahead of the holidays, with positive signs of growth, according to ASB's latest quarterly housing confidence survey. ...
The New Zealand Maori Council has called the latest childhood poverty statistics released by the Children’s Commissioner as appalling for a first world nation and has called upon the Government to do more. Matthew Tukaki, the Councils Executive ...
The next phase in the Democrats’ plan to impeach US President Donald Trump begins at 9am Monday morning Washington DC when the House judiciary committee meets to consider a report from the intelligence committee – and hear academic argument on the way forward. The judiciary committee is expected to draft ...
It’s been a Sunday morning staple for Kiwi kids for decades, but What Now may be facing new challenges in the era of social media. New Zealand children’s show What Now has utilised many different ways of engaging with its young audience over the past 38 years. Whether it was getting ...
New Zealand Police has taken delivery of three Armoured Special Purpose Vehicles. The vehicles are unmarked and look like standard Toyota Land cruisers. ...
Polystyrene meat trays, cups and takeaway food containers are the next targets in the battle to phase out single-use plastics, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced. ...
All workers contracted by InterGroup to carry out street cleaning and litter control for Hutt City Council are now receiving the living wage as a minimum. ...
Kris Faafoi apologises to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, does not offer to resign; and Government moves to ban plastic fruit stickers, cutlery, and cotton buds. ...
We may be called fuckwits. We may be called idiots. But the optimism keeps on, writes Chris Cessford.As spring lurches into summer, Wellington wakes up to another day of a crazy-making gusty northerly gale. Or, as we cyclists in the southern suburbs call it, a head wind.I fasten my helmet ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Kewley, Director, ARC Centre for Excellence in All-Sky Astrophysics in 3D, Australian National University Australian astronomy punches well above its weight, in terms of the research it leads and the facilities it houses. We have made remarkable discoveries in the past ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Lowik, PhD candidate, CQUniversity Australia This article is the first in a series exploring gender and Christianity. Jane* was a member of Australia’s evangelical Christian community, and throughout her marriage she heard many sermons on honouring a husband’s authority. These sermons ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yousuf Mohammed, Dermatology researcher, The University of Queensland If you’ve ever Googled the causes of a skin complaint or damaged hair, chances are someone on the internet has pointed the finger at SLS, or sodium lauryl (or laureth) sulfate, a common ingredient ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Household electricity bills in Australia have increased sharply in the past decade. But new official figures show they are projected to fall markedly – in some cases by 20%. In-house modelling we conducted at ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute Education news in Australia last week was dominated by Australia’s worst ever showing in the OECD’s PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests. The mathematical literacy of our students has fallen to the OECD ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Davies, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University This is the first article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan. —- The 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan was perhaps the most influential planning policy ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Backhouse, Research Fellow, Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN), University of Melbourne Public libraries embody the values of democracy by offering free access to knowledge. But the role of contemporary public libraries extends far beyond access to books. Libraries are places ...
Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Long term consequences from heavy weekend weather, hospitality giant apologises for many mishandled complaints, and Auckland traffic chaos looms.There will be long term consequences from the weather that hammered the country over the weekend. Chief among them is a massive slip ...
A new report from the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Adviser envisages a future with much less plastic, all of it recycled or dealt with responsibly within New Zealand borders. ...
America's Cup defenders Emirates Team New Zealand have done things differently by building their own boats for the first time, and so far, it's paying off ...
Liam Hehir makes a plea to education minister Chris Hipkins not to discriminate against integrated schools when it comes to school funding.The government’s announcement of a big maintenance funding boost for schools was greetedwarmly by many principals, teachers and parents. Excluded ...
In the wake of the OFLC report Breaking Down Porn, an academic studying the gendered influence of pornography urges people not to panic, but to be aware of when – and why – pornography becomes problematic.Contemporary pornography is immensely popular, accessible and mostly free via pornographic ‘tube’ sites such as ...
Sustainable New Zealand Welcomes the Government’s Announcement on Phasing Out Waste But Wants to See More Action on Building and Construction Waste ...
Our Seas Our Future welcomes Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s announcement that the Government is aiming to phase out another round of single-use hard plastics, made of PVC and Polystyrene. ...
The Fraudster exposes the life and crimes of a million dollar conwoman Award-winning investigative team Stuff Circuit’s latest documentary exposes the cautionary tale of a woman who ripped off New Zealand businesses and government agencies, and a justice ...
Press Release 8 December 2019 Auckland, 8 December 2019 : The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Juliet Gerrard, presented the 262-page report on ‘Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand’ to the Prime Minister on Sunday ...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Cabinet should make a policy decision tomorrow that Auckland’s car and container port must close by 31 December 2029, Waterfront 2029 Spokesperson Michael Goldwater said today. ...
In light of increasing public concern over the harmful effects of plastic pollution, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Juliet Gerrard, is presenting the Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand report to the Prime Minister on Sunday ...
Open mike 24/02/2019 
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Nationals Blue-green policy revealed:
“We’re going to undone what we done”.
TRP
Will you put up the How to get There post? WtB and I can watch over it in the meantime, I will do so and I think WtB will do anyway, if you will be there as usual. Robert has said he has been very busy.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez certainly has them worried.
The Job Creators Network (JCN), a conservative advocacy group, put up the billboard in Times Square on Wednesday, blaming Ocasio-Cortez for “25,000 lost NYC jobs, $4 billion in lost wages,” and “$12 billion in lost economic activity for NY.”
“Thanks for nothing, AOC!” read the billboard, located on 42nd Street near Eighth Avenue.
In a separate statement, JCN asserted that Ocasio-Cortez and other “anti-business politicians” should be held responsible for Amazon’s decision, which they called a “major blow to the New York economy.”
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fires-back-critics-over-wack-amazon-billboard-isnt-1338613
Workers at Amazon get treated worse than the Asian sweatshop workers in China (the wages and conditions of which appear to be getting better even if it is slowly), which is is why I don’t use their site or purchase anything from them.
National = fudging it again, while lying.
What a bloody let-down again today- I woke up at 7am and tuned into RNZ for some of today’s news and was so disappointed by hearing the same boring “Jim Mora” crap stumbling over his words while asking the US correspondent about the findings of the Robert Muller CIA enquiry.
When- for Gods sakes are they going to get rid of this awful man that reeks of “old National guard”
Mora must be in with the RW controllers at Radionz. I connect his voice with a
shallow interest in the world, enough to satisfy the RW brigade, real concerns might get an interested longer coverage because they are temporarily newsworthy or even worthy of a 3 minute coverage. Sunday morning was already going to a weekend coverage like a Sunday paper, but had items of real interest from around the world but with Wallace’s perspective which comes from a younger man with a thoughtful and socially aware background. I miss Wallace. Why waste him on the Panel of chatty people and Drivetime?
I think the answer to that question would be that the RNZ managers under the spell of hyper-modernisation where the future moves swiftly to be now, and financial futures have become the steering levers for our real future, or what we can perceive or conceive of it. Perhaps the managers and Board of RNZ have a desire that it be as anonymous as its codename; just a radio station with tech additions, measured to the same criteria as commercial stations. The management at all levels may want to get jobs in the commercial broadcasting side in the future, or may have financial interests there now, and they can point out their great efforts to hoist the Radionz figures in the competition for ears that is the rating game for them.
But Radionz dedicated listeners desire its valuable contribution as a public service and good. There are a large number of minds receiving the facts and thoughts of incisive, informed people broadcasting to them. There are thinking people who want to hear and learn the facts and truth of what is happening in New Zealand and the world. Radionz holds aside the Word Curtain that can hide the reality of our present life.
And if the numbers listening are less than commercial stations that should not be the main concern. But it should promote itself within its own broadcasting time, advising listeners of coming programs and services, which it does and that makes it more effective. And also by offering sponsorship for activities of interest, in sectors of low listener numbers, so that the various sectors know their interests and concerns are catered for, and I think this is done.
But that is enough, Radionz should not be more concerned about being top or near than it is about bringing information and culture of New Zealand to us, and telling us about the whole of the world so we aren’t ignorant and narrow-focussed on English speaking countries. One of the tactics used by incomers to a country who have invasive intent, is to sequester the intellectuals, the teachers. I suggest that we are at the receiving end of a soft thrust from the small and dominant percentage of money cultists, who cast the spell of the neolib freemarketeers.
They are destroying our human society, giving us TINA instead of options, and replacing us with machines – think 5G for instance. If you can still think that is. The Voice will say: It is not encouraged to think for yourself, you are a human and fallible!
(See Micky Savage post about Computer Overlords – it may be clearer then me about future problems that are on us.)
Ian Smith is without doubt the worst rugby gofer in the world.
However, this morning we saw an Englishwoman nearly as crass.
Wales 21-13 England, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Saturday 23/2/19
After this stirring match, the post-match interviews were for some unfathomable reason entrusted to a blonde woman who seems to have been chosen using the same criteria that Donald Trump chooses his cabinet members: she’s ignorant and she’s bumptious.
First “interview” was with the Welsh fullback, Owen Williams. Her first question was simply cretinous, as well as redundant: “Describe for us the emotions you are feeling right now.”
Next up was England’s Owen Farrell. If anything, the question to him was even stupider: “Why did you lose this match?”
Ian “Smithy” Smith is still the worst and most insulting and most ignorant rugby football gofer idiot on the planet, but this English woman is one to watch—assuming that Bein Sports has not fired her immediately following this performance.
The Voice of Compassion backs up President Trump
Just like Iraq, eh Killer?
With hidden weapons for the opposition, like Argentina?
Tens of thousands of Syrians are missing bits of themselves, their families, and their lives too, Jack, so go to the back of the queue, sport.
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-02-22/jihadi-jack-interview-jack-letts-itv-news-syria/
Jihadi Jack is the villain, is he? What about all those British politicians and their media parrots who encouraged him and his deluded friends to fight in Syria, and treated them like heroes?
Jihadi Jack is the villain, is he?
Not if you actually read the comment. It may be useful for you to review the logical fallacy “straw man” and reflect on how to avoid its persistent appearance in your comments.
What about all those British politicians and their media parrots who encouraged him and his deluded friends to fight in Syria, and treated them like heroes?
What about, indeed… Better review “whataboutery” while you’re at it.
“Straw man”? So the British media did not back up its politicians (as always) and treat the likes of Jihadi Jack as heroes when they took their ignorant asses off to Syria after 2011? It’s a “straw man”, is it?
You’re adept at deflection—and there’s no better example of official deflection than the creation of “whataboutery”. It’s almost as effective at stifling criticism as bawling “anti-Semitism” at a critic of Israel, or “Godwins!” at someone who dares to compare modern state crimes to those of the Nazis. (In other words, no one with any sense takes it seriously.)
It’s hard to work out whether your almost-comical misrepresentation of the comments you reply to is deliberate, or just reflects poor reading comprehension.
Pompous gas baggery and an ability to discern villainy in the same breath.
You’re a fucking wonder, Moz.
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Good for Dona Awatere for encouraging kids to go on strike as global kids network spreads across the globe.
“As adults, we should be ashamed at our inaction and wilful delusion as every climate change alarm screams at us that we must make immediate change. If it takes our children to shame us from our apathy, so be it”.
“I will join the children of Aotearoa on March 15th to stand in solidarity with their hope, their dreams and their future”.
Donna Awatere Huata
Māori Climate Commissioner
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/02/20/maori-climate-commissioner-its-time-nz-children-went-on-strike-to-shame-adults-over-climate-change-inaction/
Our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, stated that climate change was her generations ‘nuclear-free moment’, yet when we consider actual environmental policy to date, we can conclude that this ‘moment’ is little more than a feel good nuclear free bumper sticker. This criticism is not just levelled at our Government, the latest research shows it can be made against almost every Government.
If our Labour coalition Government will not seriously go hard to ‘phase out the massive importation of increased annual increase of trucks’ – that are now increasing our carbon footprint even more – and finally and get serious about getting rail freight back on track; – we do need to show up the Labour Government as just sitting back without making the ‘decisive transport moves to reduce climate change emission targets in NZ!!!!
Wake up labour the world is melting = “Climate change; – is your generations ‘nuclear moment’.”
Donna Awatere? Who the hell appointed that fraud and ACT cultist a “climate commissioner”?
The shameful Trump backed regime change is shamefully weaponizing of humanitarian aid,
“This Is Not Humanitarian Aid: A Maduro Critic in Venezuela Slams U.S. Plan to Push Regime Change”
Wooo hooooo it’s RAINING 🙂 Proper rain for the first time in months 🙂
There’s going to be some happy people across the Tasman region.
So good to wake this morning to the sound of rain on the roof. The trees and plants in my garden are starting to quietly sing. Really enjoying that it’s a Sunday as well so that I have the time to simply watch it forming puddles on the paths.
What did I misrepresent, Milt? I called you on your ridiculous “straw man” comment, and your enthusiastic support for the cynical “whataboutery” defence so beloved of the extreme right. How did I misrepresent you?
Tony Benn was scathing in his dismissal of Labour’s traitors.
(Pity about his chickenhawk son.)
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2019/02/19/inspiring-footage-of-tony-benn-emerges-thats-devastating-for-labours-quitters/
That would be terrible question if they had won morry. Had they won? What was the answer btw? Was it especially bad because of her hair colour? What colour is Ian Smith’s hair?
They can all stay in Syria too morry.
Gabby: That would be terrible question if they had won morry. Had they won?
MORRY: No, they’d lost.
Gabby: What was the answer btw?
MORRY: He was staggered by the question and struggled to formulate an answer. There was a lot of commotion all round, so it was hard to communicate.
Gabby: Was it especially bad because of her hair colour?
MORRY: Ahhh! I see the import of your questions now! Touché, Gabbers, touché!
Gabby: What colour is Ian Smith’s hair?
MORRY: Blond. It bleached as his brain was fried over all those years standing in the sun mouthing his witless “sledging” comments.
Card Carrying Democrat and Hillary Supporter trying to communicate with little humans and getting on board with the #revolution…
‘A group of about 20 middle and high school students organized by Sunrise Movement confronted the California Democrat in her San Francisco offices on Friday.
The children pleaded with the senator to sign the Green New Deal resolution championed by freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, telling Feinstein that they had heard from ‘scientists’ that the earth only has 12 years before cataclysm.
‘You know what’s interesting about this group? I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know what I’m doing,‘ Feinstein replied.
‘You come in here, and you say it has to be my way or the highway. I don’t respond to that,’ she continued.
‘I’ve gotten elected, I just ran. I was elected by almost a million vote plurality. And I know what I’m doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit.‘
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/22/dianne-feinstein-sunrise-movement-green-new-deal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein
Given that she was one of sixteen Democratic female senators to sign a letter endorsing Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic nominee, it seems fair to mention…thank goodness we have more women in politics…a kinder, more empathetic way of being…..
Gabby: They can all stay in Syria too morry.
MORRY: I think every U.K. and U.S. politician who funded and supported the destruction of Syria should be made to stand trial there.
Feinstein is a joke. A vicious, nasty joke.
All I can say is, I hope the Saunders, Warrens, and Cortez’s, gain ascendancy in the USA, or we are stuffed.
Don’t forget Tulsi Gabbard, and Ro Khanna and Ilhan Omar. There ARE decent and intelligent people in the Democratic Party, just not in the “leadership.”
Until 2015, there was the same problem in the British Labour Party.
What a dumb arse lot ‘Local Government NZ is as they said “Climate Change agreement in Paris was only an inspirational thing”
Maybe they need to wake up for our sakes as they profess to be ‘responsible’ for our health and wellbeing’.
I don’t think so at all its just hollow words again and again.
http://www.un.org/en/climatechange/index.shtml
The world is in a race to limit climate change. – To meet the urgent need to address climate change and to achieve the Paris agreement UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is convening a Summit in 2019, to raise ambition and climate change action.
‘The race is on, the race that we can win, it is a race we must win’.
CLIMATE SUMMIT, 23 SEPTEMBER 2019
Climate change is the defining issue of our time and now is the defining moment to do something about it. There is still time to tackle climate change, but it will require an unprecedented effort from all sectors of society. To boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Summit on 23 September to meet the climate challenge. The Summit will showcase a leap in collective national political ambition and it will demonstrate massive movements in the real economy in support of the agenda. Together, these developments will send strong market and political signals and inject momentum in the “race to the top” among countries, companies, cities and civil society that is needed to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Renewable energy offers new job opportunities and is crucial to creating more sustainable and inclusive communities.
• Shrinking biodiversity poses major risk to the future of global food and agriculture, landmark UN report shows
• With the biodiversity of plants cultivated for food shrinking, the global population’s health, livelihoods and environment are under severe threat. This warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) comes as the UN agency releases a new report – the first of its kind – on the state of the world’s biodiversity in food and agriculture
• UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action
• 2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the international community to take effective action on climate change, General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said on Thursday, during a briefing to announce the UN’s roadmap to the Climate Summit in September.
• Guterres underlines climate action urgency, as UN weather agency confirms record global warming
• In the wake of data released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), showing the past four years were officially the ‘four warmest on record,’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent climate action and increased ambition, ahead of his climate summit in September.
Given the ill judged, self serving ignorant opposition to, even, a long term measure such as stopping new oil exploration permits.
I don’t think we are going to do very much about AGW, within the next 30 years.
…by explaining that because of the partisan nature of politics and necessity of compromise she supports a plan written by experts that can actually be passed in a deeply divided legislature. And then she asked her aide to get copies for every child.
btw, the hacks who got their project veritas on in their attempt to portray Feinstein as dismissive of youth involvement in fighting climate change neglected to mention her recently introduced legislation to promote education on climate change.
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=8ED67027-4EF0-41D9-8433-357F0C6F5E38
Something we aren’t taught in schools – the different ways of showing love to others. It would be covered if we taught philosophy and then mixed civics in, which is how we manage to live together and combine our talents and our credits (money) to build physical systems – that is showing a form of love, acting to help each other. And we encourage community and respect so we can have a reasonably harmonious home area. All that takes co-operation to some level. With a respect for the regulations that set the pathways that we travel on physically and mentally.
But we need to have our own internal guidelines, and not only respect others, where they deserve it, and understand them when they don’t deserve respect, but we need to respect ourselves – to have an internal view of proper behaviour and standards that we try to keep to and don’t go beyond very often, and attempt to stop a repetition. Then we can respect ourselves, know personally that we try to be a good person, and forgive ourselves if mistakes aren’t too bad in our own judgment.
But underlying the respect must be an understanding and love for others, and when one can understand others and overlook their faults against your feeling self, then you learn to include yourself in your forgiveness. Self-hate and self-denigration can cause a lot of inner distress and outward aggression. So when you can understand, much of the hostility that can arise in yourself about others’ behaviour is lessened.
The understanding of the inner love and its outward expression is important, and is turned to a desire to be helpful and try to protect. (There was a news item recently about a dolphin with a dead calf. Observers saw her keeping it with her, carrying it on her back, dropping it and turning to pick it up again. Sad and poignant.) We need to bring kindness to our lives and dealings with others, but at the same time I think that kindness and practicality must go hand-in-hand. That mother dolphin will have to let her child go at some time. She might cry but practicality will move on, and so must she live, or die herself.
Wikipedia on the different forms of feeling love as described by the Greeks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love
Ancient Greek philosophers identified five forms of love: essentially,
familial love (in Greek, Storge),
friendly love or platonic love (Philia),
romantic love (Eros),
guest love (Xenia) and
divine love (Agape).
Another one is pragma (see below in Greek words for love)
Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of love: unrequited love, infatuated love, self-love, and courtly love. Asian cultures have also distinguished
Ren, Kama, Bhakti, Mettā, Ishq, Chesed, and other variants or symbioses of these states.[8][9] Love has additional religious or spiritual meaning. This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love
This goes into more details to describe each type of love and where and how it might be shown.
Is it just me or is “Reply” not currently working for other people as well?
I am on a PC using Chrome.
Reply’s broken for me, too.
Ummm testing..
Works for me on chrome on a mobile.
Probably caching. There was a update to wordpress 5.1 yesterday. I will glushbthe cache.
Ok. Forced the cache to get a new media string and flushed the page cache. That looks like it fixed it
Unfortunately I was lying on my back reading a backlog of magazines all day when bored with a book on the language kotlin.
Well, the “Reply” button is working again for me on the latest version of Firefox on a PC. So yep all seems to be working again.
I haven’t been able to use Reply just lately either. I am on Firefox.
Reply function is not working for me either. I tried MS Edge and Chrome with & without logging in and it made no difference.
Interesting – millsy in a reply to Joe90 at 2.1 at 11.29am has obviously been able to do a Reply.
millsy – what are you using?
Chrome on Android 5.1.1. Huawei y6 smartphone.
I’m viewing the desktop version, of the site.
Test!
[Edit: OK, clearly an issue, I’ll have a look and see if it’s something obvious. If not, I hope LPrent is around to sort it. ]
test 2
[Nesting/threading is on, but not active. May be a plugin issue, and fixing those is something way above my pay grade.]
Buuurn!
Millennial idiots. All about the App, not the people.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/383230/councillors-bite-back-at-lime-s-email-blitz
Huawei you say, Millsy?
It’s started already!
Tried the reply function on Chrome on my Win 7 desktop, and was a no go.
Lasted 2 years, a bit slow, but takes the knocks and splashes.
So Hamish McKay is shocked by the behaviour of some stock agents in an unregulated industry.
I’m shocked he is shocked, quite frankly. This is what happens under National governments. They deregulate in the name of business growth and sooner or later people suffer.
Another thing for the Labour government to have to fix…
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/02/absolute-bollocks-rural-exchange-host-s-shock-at-rogue-stock-agents-behaviour.html
How VERY DARE she suggest people could just listen a bit.
I take it that Lime have some sort of parking fine waiver?
I guess the politicians who encouraged jihadi jaxie to go to Syria would be easy enough to name morry, who were they again?
Common sense on Venezuela
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/venezuela-crisis-coup-maduro-guaido-us-troops-un-iraq-a8767506.html
Nasty America firing upon Venezuelans and setting fire to their aid trucks from those other hopeless South American nations who don’t care about their neighbouring citizens
I guess the politicians who encouraged jihadi jaxie to go to Syria would be easy enough to name morry, who were they again?
In the U.K. it was the Rt. Dishonorable Blair, Benn (the chickenhawk son, not his admirable dad), Cameron, Johnson, May…
In the U.S.—hell, Gabby, you know perfectly well who rhetorically and diplomatically supported the headchoppers and heart-eaters in Syria. You need to stop playing silly games.
Lime, the “faceless” company.
No care, no responsibility.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/110664625/christchurch-man-charged-for-111-lime-scooter-rides-he-did-not-take
Is the Reply button broken?
I clicked on it and all it did was add #comment-(number) onto the end of the URL in the address bar instead of opening up the comment fields under the message like it used to. I use Firefox but swapped to Microsoft Edge to try commenting there and it did the same thing.
Replies broken. Firefox.
Hackers?
The ACTiod, Shadrack seems to be able to keep repeating BS.
Don’t worry, So long as it blocks BM, James and a few other undesirables it’s all good!
Having no immediate ‘reply’ option makes for interesting conversations…its like a weird flow of consciousness debate…i like it…
If you hear of the healthy homes narrative re flow on effect and increasing rents; or the cost to the government re bringing state housing ‘up to scratch’.
Please remind them of the flow on effect of healthy people… more productivity, eases up pressure on hospitals, dr’s etc, reduced stressed on ACC system (sick people are more likely to make a mistake), eases up pressure on educators (less sick kids at school) etc etc etc.
Thank you 🙂
It’s about well being; the earths, yours, mine, every ones. Am so looking forward to the budget 🙂
Any bitching landlords re the healthy homes are naught but greedy, there is no place for them here in NZ anymore. Time for them to ….. move along please…..
Looking forward to Cohen testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Southern District of New York: time to take the whole Trump family down. Cohen lets us follow the money. In one sense it’s the corroboration matters less than telling the story, which Cohen has been begging to do.
I liked this quote – it seemed to fit your comment Siobhan. Not having a reply button for a while makes a difference.
The quoter: Elaine Schwartz Dalton was the thirteenth president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2008 to 2013.
That is a Church that made a difference – and having a woman’s organisation within it was probably a groundbreaker too.
Manafort’s going to die in prison.
Manafort – decades long crime spree
The Government filed a redacted sentencing memo to the public docket, found here.
In the absence of a viable twitter account, I am going to do my best to drill down on the 25 page filing. One thing you should probably know is a defendant’s prior actions are a mitigating factor, meaning a Judge can use those in consideration of sentencing.
One page 1 the following recitation should be highlited. This sets forth a pretty damning predicate that any leniency the Judge might consider is wholly without merit. The relevant facts as argued by the Government in both substance and Manafort’s egregious decades long flouting of our laws should be a sobering reminder that this is WHO Donald Trump selected to be his campaign chairman:
[…]
The scope of Manafort’s decades long crime spree is stunning and vulgar. We are talking about a man who spent more than a decade committing crimes that ranged from Money Laundering, Loan & Wire Fraud. Lies about his lies. The Government aptly labels Manafort as a hardened criminal. I submit to you that Manafort isn’t just a criminal, he’s a mobbed up thug who acted in manner and means that he was above the law. It never made any sense to me why Manafort would act in such a deleterious manner beyond he already had assurances from Donald Trump that there would be a pardon(s) for Manafort provided he kept his mouth shut.
https://maddogpac.com/blogs/spicy-files/sco-sentencing-memo-manafort-ddc-case
There is an elegant solution to the healthy homes debate.
Have it voluntary, but make the accommodation supplement conditional on homes meeting those standards (or any other MSD funding,
Here is the liberal centrist heart of the Democratic Party responding to some young peoples concerns about their future…and this is exactly why the Dems will lose in 2020 if they screw over Bernie again…but then again, it has been said that the establishment Dems would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie…unfortunately.I tend to agree.
Dianne Feinstein rebuffs young climate activists’ calls for Green New Deal
Everywhere has dramatic scenery, Toyotas and ball-sports. The only truly unique aspect of NZ is Maori, a few plants and critters. Culture wise, Maori are it.
I think Maori soul music is every bit as grand as anything that ever came out of Detroit. Nothing reminds me of home like those sweet Pacific-Motown tones. I’m surprised we’re yet to have a modern Maori Quartet or similar crack global fame. I think a number of them are world class.
Millsy, that just might work, it makes sense.
1000’s of Aussies and Kiwis have partied together at Koi Boy Sunday afternoon shows at a Gold Coast beer garden….if they’re still doing it, it’ll be starting any minute now. Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, I don’t think the Koi Boys are wannabes, I think they are.
David Mac at 54 that was excellent. So great. Shine!
Yeah cool hey. I believe all Dads love their little girls very very much. Sometimes our wheels can fall off really bad.
millsy 52
just make it mandatory.
we need insulated homes. Especially with global warming and future proofing in mind, we actually now need to do this.
cause if we don’t, we are gonna subsidize slum landlords when the next government comes along, or when the shortage of insulated houses grows even larger and we are subsidizing slums as that is the only place to rent.
gosh, seriously, why can the landlord class not be taken to task as any other company that offers a service to the public is? Food businesses have to show that they run their businesses at no risk to he public, chemical companies have to uphold rules and regulations to make sure there are no spills etc, but he land lord class….oh noes, lets not upset some rich fuck who with the help of a bank managed to buy up some hovels that they now rent out to others to pay of the mortgage and the mortgage financed lifestyle.
whY? cause we seem to elect cowards.
Insulation is mandatory from 1 July 2019,am I missing something?
https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/insulationdeadline/
@Adrian Thornton 53
Dunno why you’re whining about the Democratic Party in respect to Dianne Feinstein. Fact is, the California Democratic Party endorsed Kevin de Leon, not her. Feinstein did not get endorsed by any Democratic Party organisation of any kind. (Both candidates in the general election were Democrats due to California’s jungle primary system). It was the general public of the land of fruits and nuts that chose her over de Leon, not the Democratic Party.
To be sure, she attracted a lot more endorsements than de Leon did from individuals within the Democratic Party who would be considered “establishment”. But you do know how you get to become “establishment”, right? Hint: it has something to do with how many people you can get to vote for you versus how many people your opponent gets to vote for them.
Just for the record, I voted for de Leon because his positions were much more progressive than Feinstein’s, ie de Leon was much closer to Sanders’ positions than Feinstein was. And because Feinstein has form for shitty things like your clip shows.
Oddly enough though, de Leon was the one described as “more liberal”. But I s’pose that fits with your occasional assertions that liberalism is being rejected, just probably not the way you mean.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12206721
Nice take down of a hag wanting free labour.
If this old v young/left v purest progressive/ liberal left v proper proper left shit isn’t put to bed sooner rather than later, then you know who is going to come around the outside and pip the lot of us at the post.
sigh/fuck
I don’t recall any of them calling for anyone to go and join ISIS morry, no doubt you have some quotes at your fingertips?
Millsy
It would only make it harder for the tenants, or hopeful tenants. They find something that is near transport to their jobs and shops, but then they have to check whether it is insulation-approved. It takes a while to find the right person to check with and they find it is not right – no accommodation supplement – but it has been let to someone else in the meantime so it’s a nil score either way.
Try thinking of the people who will be affected immediately when you are assessing various possible policies eh! They aren’t just bits of plastic on a games board or avatars you can discard in seconds.
Patrick Moore
Pompous little twit-ter himself. And paid to be by the sounds of his fervent affirmation for fossil fuels. No ignore green plans, and all will come right, perhaps not for you and I but Patrick has a saint named after him.
Just read in MSM the perfumed steamroller has been communicating directly with the Chinese National Media, trying to undermine the current NZ Government, hopefully she will be questioned by the GCSB & the SIS ?
One “Tuppence Shrewsbury” writes in apparent seriousness of the “aid trucks” the Trump gang is trying to foist on Venezuela.
If that’s aid, then why has it been denounced by the Red Cross?
Our friend Gabby continues to play the naïf:
I don’t recall any of them calling for anyone to go and join ISIS morry, no doubt you have some quotes at your fingertips?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/08/20128264510724249.html
https://www.rollcall.com/video/-236455-1.html
Backtracking are you morry ? Nothing there from Bliar n Co urging jack n the jihadis to go forth and isis.
A couple of things.
1. Those links show nothing of UK mps calling people to join isis.
2. Obama’s involvement and subsequent aid to syrian rebels pre dates the rise of isis, you know, who sprung up after the russians got involved and introduced no flight zones and supplied the war criminal Assad with anti aircraft systems… But then you already knew that 😉
So it was the RUSSIANS that destroyed Iraq and supported the forces of ISIS in Syria? It wasn’t the U.S. and its junior lack–, errrr, partner. Thanks for that.
Assad was almost gone because of the Syrian opposition rebels. Nothing to do with isis, which came about because of the vacuum left by the scale back of the U.S involvement after the russians backed Assad.
And before you start changing theatres of war and pushing a fake chronology, let’s have those quotes and links to UK mps.
Good lad.
Adrian Thornton at No. 53.
Feinstein doesn’t simply rebuff them, Adrian, she overtalks them and condescends and suggests that they are dupes (“tell whoever sent you here….”).
This is a grotesque and horrible scene. She gives them as much respect as Trump would.
As the Brazilians would say: Fora Feinstein, Schumer, Pelosi, e o resto de sua gangue vil.!
Al1en, you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.
Of course, your standard repost to those who call you out for the fake you are.
Badge of honour, really.
Those quotes, any luck yet?
You haven’t “called me out”, you’ve simply posted up a load of fantasy—especially the part about the problem being that the U.S. was not involved enough. You’re way out of your depth.
It sure looks like you were called out.
No clue and out of my depth… I’m really getting the you caught me ‘treatment’ now 😆
Do the cred saving quote. The one where UK mps urged people to join isis.
You’re not getting any “treatment”, you’ve simply been dismissed.
Go on pretending that the Americans should be MORE involved in Syria, and that the U.K. did not support Al Nusra and ISIS. I don’t need to save face with you; what have you ever written that gives you any ascendancy on this forum over anyone?
Persecuting that poor Bangladeshi girl? Chuntering on like a NewstalkZzzzzzB host about “the Russians” and the way they run the world?
Judge Judy sums you up best, methinks….
No clue, out of my depth and now dismissed – The holy trinity of Morrissey’s embarrassment.
To recap. What you posted above about UK mps urging people to join isis is a bit of a lie, then. There are no links to quotes of any UK mp saying what you claimed.
No wonder you’re left with posting judge Judy videos 😆
I’m no poster boy for anything the U.S does, far from it, but I haven’t just been caught out in a lie, like you just have.
That’s 1-0 in footie terms. Open goal. Couldn’t miss.
There you go Al1en:
Of course, that didn’t happen. Too expensive, too…. complicated. Now you’ll pretend that these “moderate rebels” were the equivalent of the Birkenhead branch of the Labour Party, I suppose.
Airbnb is disruptive alright, but not to the hotel industry which it purports to be. Instead it is disruptive to communities.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/110826780/illegal-hotels-at-the-expense-of-housing-the-truth-about-airbnb-in-sydney
Here’s the website Inside Airbnb mentioned in the article. A fascinating data record of Airbnb listings which should be the job of city councils to collect. Totally alarming is the concentration of entire houses/apartments listed as a proportion of the whole. Auckland data is not available but from Sydney’s numbers it looks to be about 8,000 listings, about 2/3rds of which will be entire houses/apartments.
http://insideairbnb.com
“There you go Al1en”
I’m not going to pretend anything, least of all that that quote is anywhere near the same as the one you made earlier about UK mps urging people to join isis.
“the headchoppers and heart-eaters in Syria”
That’s not the Syrian rebels Assad was up against at the time.. And again, you know it.
Want another go?
“Having no immediate ‘reply’ option makes for interesting conversations”
Dilutes the willy-waving a little, at least.
You’re pretty much on the button there Al1en, but ISIS did increasingly swing west into Syria once they realized Assad was running a failed state and couldn’t muster nearly as much in the way of opposition as occupied Iraq.
It does seem to be an area where Morrisey is tender, and might do well to distinguish between fractions of aid captured or misdirected into extremist hands, and systematic funding.
Isis sure did swing into Syria, as we know, but after the date of the 3/7/14 bbc link posted above, with gains made largely in 2015.
Morrissey’s fake news.
He’s not bad on other matters, but the deep state narrative seems to have knocked him a little off course.
Kia ora Newshub
Wow what happens O Air New Zealand has decided to stop price gouging it local Kiwi costumers people are becoming more environmental friendly and flying less ain’t nothing wrong with using the new Skype to conduct meetings to save money and burning less carbon.
Ka pai for the PEE bust but is still small fry compared to whats on the streets of NZ.
Of course our government in not going to put to much pressure on farmers and small businesses they are the back bone of Atoearoa.
YEA RIGHT Eco Maori knows what goes down in the fishing industry it just to easy to rip off with the Quoter system 1.2 million is just cump change he will carry on it just a little bump in the road to them. I know there history.
Congratulat to all the winners at the Oscar tonight Spike Lee finally Ka pai
Ka kite ano P.S whanau mahi
False journey someone else did the chore
Kia ora James and Mulls from The Crowd Goes Wild.
Congratulat to the other host.
The Rome Roads are really narrow.
Super Rugby looks exciting this Year.
So the Netball and the
7s Rugby competition.
Cricket as well.
Did you see E I see it ECO see Alot of positives.
I seen one Golf putt two balls one hole one put sunk and next minute another ball comes in close to being sunken lol. Ka kite ano P.S The more they try and suppress Eco Maori te more Mana I receive lol
Kia ora The AM Show may is playing a silly game she knows that she has lossed control of brexit. She is risking the futures of the British people all to keep the 00.1 % of happy. Jeremy Corbin is risking the Labour Party by not backing a second referendum on brexit that show me how much control the 00.1 % have on the British Parliament. This lasts paragraph was written before It was announced that Labour UK is backing a second referendum about Time.
I see the Australian pollie has changed his stance against climate change. scotmo is mitigating climate change to little to late he will be warming the opposition seats soon.
Why should the provincial growth fund slow down because of the national propaganda economist says so and the media muppet. The last nine years millions of trees have been cut down little trees replanting has happened and the regions have been starved of capital. No need to slow down just a need for more research on the investments made from the fund.
May be your friend at Simplicity fund should stop gouging the fees they charge for managing tangata Kiwi Saver funds.
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have a sum and it flat lined for 2 years.???? Te monies muppets are aloud to charge g what they want with shonky the bankers puppet clearing the way for them to charge what they want.???????? Why are the gross figures not displayed a fund manager giving advice on a capital gains tax is like a oil barron giving advice about a carbon tax total conflict of interest.
XERO Will work the taxes out in a couple of key stroke sam stubs you know technology will make your job obsolete in the near future to.
ECO Maori won’t be flying anywhere anymore I DON’T TRUST THE SYSTEM.
That’s a good point Prime minister Air NZ flights being cheaper for the region will help boost the higher value tourism in Te tairawhiti have you been there at New years huge crouds and lines into supermarkets.
Talk about the bad effects of PEE I have seen A man turned into a muppet in 8 years crime is closely linked to HOOKED PEE users doing anything to get there next hit they will Rob there mother father grandparents children to get their fix.
Mark doing some math? If the number of tourists to the regions goes up from the over crowd other tourist destination than people will stay longer and the government will get more revenue that will offset the government but not sure about yours P.S the banks made bigger profits than Air NZ
Don’t be jealous of a bigger younger man if I was like that me and my son would have problems but we are cool.
I David if the other lot was still in charge we would be in billions more dept banks love Crown dept
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This edit pH program is stuffed up can not edit my mahi
The AM Show good interview on Whanau Ora.
I was doing some research on how the media treated Tangata Whenua I found a video of paul henry interviewing Ella Henry all he could bang on about was a big family 10 children and he was bashing Maoris Mana poor Dr Ella Henry did not look comfortable at all she looked happy last time I seen her on the show Ka pai Times have changed for the better P.S paul henry liked putting down Wahine to