These war mongerers are making a big mistake. By going after Assange they are bringing attention to their sordid war crimes which will very likely end up being their undoing and lead to their own prosecution. The US elecorate and world are waking up. It is more than Assange. It is our freedom s being eroded by sordid war criminals. The people will rise up against any act to incarcerate Assange. One Love.
Jamarl, have you heard the news that Assange is unresponsive in Belmarsh hospital? Stranger Than Fiction News is saying he was poisoned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6_6WitHlK0
The doctors wrote, “experience tells us that the prolonged uncertainty of indefinite detention inflicts profound psychological and physical trauma above and beyond the expected stressors of incarceration. These can include severe anxiety, pathological levels of stress, dissociation, depression, suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, among others.”
A source close to Assange confirmed the reports about his health to The Gateway Pundit.
“We have been watching the slow-motion assassination of Julian Assange. They have been choking him to death by tactical psyops, siege tactics, and wilful neglect as surely as if they placed a noose tied around his neck, not just in Belmarsh Prison but in the embassy as well. The only difference between his execution and someone on death row is the same as the difference between covert and overt warfare, which makes sense because the intelligence, judicial and military agencies who are carrying out his death sentence operate within the same power structure which carries out war. First came the smears (propaganda), then came the siege (sanctions), and they staged their coup (dragged him out of the embassy) and now they’ve got him in their clutches and they can do what they want behind closed doors. That’s how you kill a nation while still looking like a nice guy, and that’s how they’re killing Assange,” independent journalist Caitlin Johnstone wrote of his conditions.
The oracle Mike Hosking has saved me considerable listening, watching, reading, discussion and pondering time today and over coming weeks.
I see his Herald headline has it, "This will be a waffle budget, not a well being budget."
Thanks Mike, I know I can rely on you for intelligent analysis. Is there somewhere I can contribute, a sort of paywallthinkingwallontoeverythingwall thing so I can acknowledge your contribution to my life and its style?
Better than sliced bread, better than instant coffee and even betterer than really soft toilet tissue!
I wouldnt get too excited about the Budget if I were anyone around here. Its going to be a fizzer just like the last one. And that is without reading the spoilers.
"Wellbeing" is just another meaningless buzzword, kinda like "Oppurtunity".
Should Peters step down for his performance in this?
Well, he most certainly got out his biggest spoon and gave the pot a good old stir.
Can find it on Stuff, but Anne quoted on Daily Review….
"From the Stuff ‘live’ news site. (A pity you didn't provide a link Anne)
Winston Peters’ take on the hacking scandal. Reckon he’s right on the money:
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, is claiming he knows how National got the ‘leaked’ documents but not revealing details.
He told reporters what they were saying was wrong – the facts were different.
“Are you saying the cleaner got hold of stuff, I don’t think so … the facts are different to that. The facts are very, very bad for the National party.”
“The information came to them in circumstances where the behaviour was totally illegal and they should have known it. That’s all I can say right now … it’s my job to know.”
He said Bridges was being “thoroughly unethical” and cashed in on the material.
“He has been found out and made a right fool of himself.”
Bridges should have called up Minister of Finance Grant Robertson to warn him about the documents and tell him something untoward was going on, Peters said.
“He’s [Bridges] gone-burger now because of this. He had a chance to show that he had ethical views, that he was fit to be a leader …”
“The information came to them in circumstances where the behaviour was totally illegal and they should have known it. That’s all I can say right now … it’s my job to know.”
But he didn't know, did he? Egg all over his face now.
Actually no. Some high profile lawyers have since come out and agreed with Peters' claim of illegality. Indeed Bridges and co. were warned that the info. was illegally obtained and they chose to ignore it.
Some high profile lawyers? More like some attention hungry sharks wanting their 5 minutes of fame. I'll go with the decision of the Police to throw this right back at Treasury. Peter's is a blowhard. Mind you, he's way smarter than the PM.
When health and safety is so strictly enforced in most work places why do we not enforce it on our roads with sensible sentences for those who kill or maim ?
I can now understand why there are so many fatal accidents every day that we read about in the news – because no one is taking this seriously," she said.
Sia Mosaferi lost her two young boys who were killed in the back seat of their car by a truck driver who did not stop.
It would be appropriate (and novel) if those at the top of the chain: directors, CEO 's etc, were in the dock too, if it can be demonstrated they allowed 'unreasonable' pressure come to bear on the poorly renumerated driver.
Education – it is the advisors, head stuffed with inadequate precepts and administrative strictures, and the politicians with no clear idea of what its for or its uses to everyone, that need re-educating. We would like something different than the way it happened in China. They had to turn themselves around, so do we. But in a kind and practical way with outcomes of people who can think widely and not seize some policy being done 'overseas' in a bigger country.
Now we have special needs teachers telling us the present provision doesn't match up to the vaunted possibilities and ideals. The meat in the sandwich is potted fishy paste. When someone suffers permanent nerve damage because the education system turns special needs classes into a sort of ultimate fight arena, unmatched volunteers of 6 foot and 5 foot; it wouldn't be allowed if it was animal animals but when it is human animals yes the Department has said that's okay, get on with it.
She said she had been left with permanent nerve damage after a 15-year-old with severe autism punched her in the back last October.
"He came up behind me, raised his arm – he's six-foot tall, I'm five-foot-one and a bit; dropped his arm into the centre of my back; I face-planted into the desk with horrific pain and the outcome is permanent nerve-damage now from the impact of the punch."
The attack happened last October and she was still having physiotherapy, Mrs Dickson said.
But it's not the first time she has been injured by an agitated student.
"Eighteen months ago, another (severely) autistic child lost the plot a little bit; he was over-sensitised in the room, lost it and just started punching and kicking me and just managed to get me on the side, dislocated my knee-cap and put me on crutches."
Another of her students is a child who is non-verbal and used a wheelchair, who had seizures up to 50 times a day, sometimes requiring an ambulance.
"She's at school for 32 hours a week and she gets 18 hours of teacher-aid funding, and the ministry say it's OK for her to be in my classroom with me, with two high-needs autistic boys that can kick off, and at times I have to deal with all that with no teacher aid. "
She said special education students needed more teacher-aid hours, and better-designed classrooms to keep them calm and teachers and students safe.
This is what adam’s above link is about – and basically it is about government delegating its authority as the people's representatives to unaccountable yoiks and pirates who are selling up the people's assets to people they feel a deep closeness to, united by recognising their type by the $ signs in others' eyeballs.
Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere is supporting a move by Councillor Mike Lee to halt the sale of the primely located 18 storey Civic Administration Building in Aotea Square until a complete commercial report is publicly tabled and discussed by elected council members.
Lee, Waitemata ward Councillor, has tabled a Notice of Motion at today’s governing body meeting demanding the council suspend any sale or transfer of ownership of the building. Lee wants a full report made public of any commercial details of the proposed transaction, including price and how heritage concerns of the listed building are resolved before full council discussion.
Tamihere said the cloak and dagger approach by Panuku – the council’s property arm – is a disgrace and as Mayor, he will ensure Council Controlled Organisations are more transparent.
This is another bad look on Wellbeing Budget day. How could the Housing Minister not be on top of this sort of thing. Everyone in Labour Coalition should know that the civil service isn't; the managers have been generically trained in best practice for shuffling people to the sidelines out of the way of their grand schemes. (The Arthur Dent method.)
The students said their families were forced to pay more for private rentals in South Auckland on top of extra costs for travel and they're families are now struggling even more than they were before.
National's Simon O'Connor, the MP for Tamaki, is urging families who have been forced out of his electorate due to housing redevelopment to come to him, saying they shouldn't have been forced out.
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.South Auckland people have been stuck with private rentals, a housing problem for poor people shifted away after spending a generation in their locale and community. But it's a mistake says Housing NZ boss; (it was a wrong move on the chess board, perhaps the pawns can move back).
About 365 state-owned homes in the Auckland suburb of Oranga are being converted into a mix of 1000 affordable dwellings, homes for sale and social housing.
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward councillor Josephine Bartley said families living in Oranga Housing New Zealand homes were recently given 90-day eviction notices and were told they could not stay in the area….
Telling families they had to leave the area went "against [HNZ's] public commitment", Bartley said.
She was later told by HNZ chief executive Andrew McKenzie there had been a "staff mistake and they are re-training their staff to help families stay in this area", Bartley said.
National's Simon O'Connor, the MP for Tamaki, is urging families who have been forced out of his electorate due to housing redevelopment to come to him, saying they shouldn't have been forced out.
"Everyone in Labour Coalition should know that the civil service isn't; the managers have been generically trained in best practice for shuffling people to the sidelines out of the way of their grand schemes. (The Arthur Dent method.)"
It's something I've been wondering about for quite a while @grey. We're talking about the Senior and Muddle management of course, and NOT the little peons at the coalface usually, although there are one or two in the lower ranks that should be in uniform.
About the only thing I've ever agreed with Mathew Hooter over is the comments he made once on RNZ N2N – they have a vested interest in preserving the status quo. From memory it was with regard to MBIE's Post Election Briefing.
I continue to wonder whether some Ministers aren't that good a judge of character, or whether they're just masochists.
One down though (James Casson), hopefully a few more to follow
Blair is talking a lot about being honest and dealing with people's real concerns. He sounds so wise. Pity that he didn't take the whole Dorian Gray package. He kept his mindset but didn't take up the facial option. If he still looked fresh, young and relatively innocent (or simple) people might be able to overlook his malpractices and believe his utterings. But he is aged and now is just an ageing would-be statesman, who isn't sure what state he's in. But he sounds confident and knowledgable and with integrity, and BY God, wealthy men like integrity and are willing to buy it.
Can't imagine Tone would be entirely on board with the prospect of BlobbyJobby having to front up in court and account for his 350m per week lies. What's the world coming to when you have to be truthful?
Guys, please. It's not all doom and gloom. Robertson is on track to average 3% growth, 4% unemployment, 20% debt. Wtf??? That's good as. The dollars doing well against the U.S as everyone else is talking about China vs America. The only ones that care about there tiny whinny little mounds of paper is Simon bridges. Iv had traffic fines more serious that I just toor up and threw in the bin.
Mmhmm. So let's not let Simons little bit of paper over shadow the big picture. For 20 years the mantra of finance ministers has been a little bit of pain for some gains. Today's budget has a lot to deliver over the next 12 months.
You're asking a guy who once imagined a proposal to disband WINZ so to bring in a UBI. Ask away. I'd demote the head of treasury straight out. Robertson didn't stab anyone in the back so nothing really to get upset at him. I'd much prefer Jacinda seek her revenge like any other independent woman would – by succeeding.
I support a UBI as a structure for our so-called safety net, making benefits similar to obtaining a pension at a similar or above (for those deemed more in need) rate.
At this stage their is no concrete evidence Robertson knew the so-called hack was merely the constant use of a search feature, but it is highly unlikely he wasn't informed being in his position. Moreover, we know he overreached when he inferred National was in possession of hacked material. Further suggesting he was in on painting this as a hack. Making him a liability. Jacinda can't afford to have the mess laying around her, thus needs to show leadership and tidy it up.
Robertson increased the governments operating expenditure by 3.2 billion that's on top of last years 2 billion increase. Think of all that money and opportunities to grab some. Robertson ain't going no where.
Does Labour want to keep him around for a bullseye? Can they handle the barrage he will attract. There will be further questions on how dirty are his hands.
Robertson increased the governments operating expenditure by 3.2 billion that's on top of last years 2 billion increase.
Can't see that being enough to address our many urgent needs.
The greater the need the greater the work ethic. So like, you'd reform taxes, okay that should be done. New Zealand is a small to medium sized business haven anyway so all those guys you despise can go into a gulag. Oops did I say that?
And are further undermining themselves by doing little to correct it.
And the perception is not looking good. For example, this is what Martyn Bradbury says, if Grant doesn’t sack someone immediately from Treasury, Jacinda should sack Grant.
Maybe nat voters, a few nat party hacks in the press, perhaps even a tv presenter or two,
See that's plenty more just there and I've already shown the comments of one left leaner. Thus, I'm confident there will be more. Only the one eyed left will have trouble seeing it for what it was/is.
And course when you and others have no argument you roll out the old fake concern troll crap.
As for your assertion there will be no free dentist visits or doubling of the benefit in this budget, as I said before, it is expected to be a let down, thus fall short.
The amount and content of my anti govt comments dictates how badly our government is performing. So your accusation is still crap and you continue to state it cause plainly you still have no argument.
3000 of my brothers and sisters watching each others backs while we look after the people let down, and sentenced, by society is what makes me feel better
You say that, but then most people couldn't manage to stay awake in a 45 minute meeting where the topic of debate was which circumstances required writers to use an em-dash, a hyphen, or an en-dash, respectively. Feel my pain.
To gsays thats a very good question, I don't know how accurate this will be but at the moment:
I think the most important attribute is the ability to keep your cool and not panic when the pressure goes on (might be two different attributes in hindsight) like its one thing to think you can handle it but its another when you have a heavily tattooed gangster in your face threatening/yelling at you
If you're attacked by a prisoner the prisoner may get extra time added to their sentence, may get sent to maximum security, may lose privileges but if a CO is found to have attacked a prisoner, no matter the provocation, then you'll find yourself in court and, if found guilty, lose your job, probably go to prison and find it harder to find a new job once out so the repercussions are much worse for a CO
Another useful attribute is being able to "go with the flow" in that in Corrections its rare when things go to plan because you're with people, the very worst people this country has so while we have schedules and such like things can and do change rapidly so if you like having a set schedule and knowing what will happen at any given time then you probably won't find Corrections a good fit
Next up would be a good memory because Corrections still seems to be stuck in the "throw them in deep end" mode of training people. By this I mean you will be given roles where you haven't had any specific training in or given a hand over or indeed any explanation of what to actually do and you'll be expected to do it so you'll have to ask around of what to do so being able to remember what people tell you would be very advantageous (I wish I was making this up)
The ability to "let it go" would be a fantastic attribute as well, the things you'll hear, the things people will say to you directly, the frustration, the fear, the adrenaline and everything else that builds up over a day is huge so being able to "shake it off" when it happens or when your shifts over would be very helpful
I always found "letting it go" (which helps avoid attacking people, too) was pretty simple as a bouncer. All that abuse was just irrelevant to me, because they would have aimed it at anyone who was dealing with them.
The two big differences in prisons are the highly structured environment and the ability for the prisoners to observe/connect with their COs over extended periods of time and find the chinks in the emotional armour, e.g. young kids or cancer or whatever.
Prisoners are generally, by their very nature, manipulative and self-centered so yeah 'getting got' is a big thing but fortunately you just have to remember that they're in prison for a reason
so sad that locking people up makes you feel better.
The money wasted on the prison walls, your 'brothers and sisters' and people like Judith – Crusher of one car, would be better spend in prevention of crime rather.
Mind to an extend you and all your brothers and sister jailers are equally locked up. You just get to go home at the end of the shift.
well…………
A corrections officer is an officer responsible for the custody, safety, security, and supervision of inmates in a prison or any other correctional facility. Traditionally, terms such as jailer, jail guard, prison guard, and turnkey were used to refer to a corrections officer.
never mind, i am sure Judith likes a man in uniform. 🙂 irrespective of the uniform.
Back in the day when being a Prison Officer was akin to being in the services, P/Os held rank and went on parade for inspection, management was a quasi officer class, the F/O was akin to an RSM and ruled the roost. F/Os were directly answerable to the Superintendent and were both an inmate's best friend and worst enemy and responsible for all boob discipline. They were fucking martinets and any P/O who ran afoul of the F/O was in deep shit, too.
There are good and bad Corrections Officers. I'd like to think you are a good one, but your unwavering support for that nasty woman Collins who has an unpleasant punitive attitude towards prisoners causes me to have doubt.
you might call yourself as you wish, but at the end of the day no matter how much sugar coating you want to use to make it palatable you are a prisoners guard.
You guard people that are locked up. You are a turn key. You keep people locked up in cells, and you open the cells for recreation or something. In fact, the saddest thing about our society is that people like you have that job in the first place. If our society would do its job right we would not need you in the numbers that we obviously have atm. But then i guess for profit prisons need the beds occupied……:) or else there is no profit? right?
nothing to do with ignorance, just a different term. And frankly, if the guys and girls hate it so much they could get a different job, right? Free market and such.
I might have this wrong but you either seem to be looking for a reaction or you seem to be trying to convince yourself of what you're saying or maybe you just want to get something off your chest
I am proud to be a Corrections Officer, I'm proud to be doing a job that contributes to NZ, I'm proud of being part of a group that, mostly, runs towards danger rather than away from, metaphorically but also physically, that I've found a way to use the experiences in my life to, in some small way, correct (hence the name) someones negative behaviour
I understand that some people don't like the idea of prisons and therefore Corrections Officers, I get that people don't like the idea of people wearing uniforms and locking people away and curtailing freedom and I get that some people will think that can lead to abuse, I get all that
Nothing I say will change your mind about anything I'm sure but believe me when I say that if I could wave a magic wand and make prisons obsolete I would, I will celebrate the day I'm made redundant from Corrections because theres no more prisoners
I'll enjoy not having shift work, I'll enjoy not driving to work and then getting a text or phone call telling me I'm going to a different prison, I'll enjoy not being threatened, I'll enjoy my family not being threatened, I'll enjoy not having to worry if its my day to be assaulted at work and who knows there maybe a day when I call it quits but until that time comes there'll be a need for men and women like me to do what we do because someone has to do it (I will miss working with a great bunch of people)
Also before you start making assumptions you should check your facts, I don't work for Serco, I work for the Dept of Corrections so whatever your point was about prison profit it completely missed it
Many years ago I spent 3 evenings at the old Mt Eden Prison interviewing CO’s as part of the switch over to Serco for the facility. I was, and remain, incredibly impressed by the dedication of these people to the well being and care of those who would more often than not literally stab them in the back with little or no reason. At other times I have been involved in physical works inside AWRCF (Wiri) and Pare, and have been close up to those that inhabit these places. I doubt I’d be brave enough to do your job, and am certain that none of the keyboard warriors here would last more than a day. Ironic really, as it’s their misguided and destructive social policies/ideology that ensure high levels of dangerous criminality in our society. It should be compulsory for all lefties to see close up what they do to human behaviour. Big ups to you.
Its more like I just had a vague idea of wanting to help, of wanting to help make NZ a better place (or at least leave no worse off after I'm gone) and looking at what I can do and am willing to do Corrections seems the best place for me
I mean I couldn't do what nurses do, to me thats a really tough job. I couldn't be a teacher (who wants to hang around kids all day) and I can't be arsed getting my fitness up to join the police but I can do this so I do it
Since you've already seen the worst Corrections has to offer I reckon you would be able to handle it
The shift work and rosters are a big pain in the butt though to be fair…
We must do more to help our Pacific cousins survive sea level rising cause by Global warming climate change the Papatuanuku owes them as they have not caused as much damage to our environment as the advanced economies of Papatuanuku have to be fair .
Before, the sand used to stretch out far, and when we swam we could see the sea floor, and the coral. Now, it is cloudy all the time, and the coral is dead. Tuvalu is sinking.”
“Tuvalu is sinking” is the local catch-all phrase for the effects of climate change on this tiny island archipelago on the frontline of global warming. A Polynesian country situated in Oceania, Tuvalu is no more than a speck in the Pacific ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia.
The fourth smallest nation in the world, Tuvalu is home to just 11,000 people, most of whom live on the largest island of Fongafale, where they are packed in and fighting for space. Tuvalu’s total land area accounts for less than 26 sq km.
Already, two of Tuvalu’s nine islands are on the verge of going under, the government says, swallowed by sea-rise and coastal erosion. Most of the islands sit barely three metres above sea level, and at its narrowest point, Fongafale stretches just 20m across
During storms, waves batter the island from the east and the west, “swallowing” the country, in the words of the locals. Many say they have nightmares that the sea will soon gobble them up for good, and not just as a distant fear in their slumber – but by the next generation. Scientists predict Tuvalu could become uninhabitable in the next 50 to 100 years. Locals say they feel it could be much sooner Ka kite ano link below.
I think it a bad joke fossil fuel being subsidized by the many tangata TAX dollars giving hundreds of billions to billionaire oil barons so they can mount propaganda campaigns to turn lies into their realities. The neanderthal are climate change deniers. They don't care about the 99. % of tangata wellbeing. It's all about the power and money first in there World.
The head of the United Nations has reiterated his call to end fossil fuel subsidies after first spelling out the idea during his Pacific tour earlier this month.
Antonio Guterres was speaking in Vienna at the world summit of the environmental group, the R20 Coalition
There is a problem of bullies at some schools it not on tamariki being hit by their pears.
That shows me how much trump likes to control things making requests to have the SSSMcain hidden to keep him happy.
The Rantan 2 crew were lucky to be rescued. I seen a story about a billionaire super yacht dropping off a container ship and floating close to the surface lost to Tangaroa.
shane its good investment in the region is well over due they have been forgotten for the last ten years.
The wellbeing budget is awesome for the people but I agree totally immersion Maori language tamariki needed more.
Papatuanuku smoke free day cool
I say that's correct the East coast has higher rates of smoking than the rest of the motu that also tells me that East coast has higher poverty rates than the rest of the country that is sad because 20 years ago that was not the case.
Cool Maori Radio station getting a extra million for content that will help tau toko te reo and Maori Culture
Congratulations to Mrs King becoming a judge were needed all the tangata whenua we can get in the justice system to give the organization a way to respect tangata whenua ka kite ano
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Time To Choose: Like it or not, the Kiwis are either going into AUKUS’s “Pillar 2” – or they are going to China.HAD ZHENG HE’S FLEET sailed east, not west, in the early Fifteenth Century, how different our world would be. There is little reason to suppose that the sea-going junks ...
Henry Ergas writes – When in Randall Jarrell’s Pictures from an Institution, a college president is accused of being a hypocrite, the novel’s narrator retorts that the description is grossly unfair. After all, the man is still far from the stage of moral development at which the charge ...
David Farrar writes – Radio NZ reports: The Education Review Office says too many new teachers feel poorly prepared for their jobs. In a report published on Monday, the review office said 60 percent of the principals it interviewed said their new teachers were not ready. ...
New Zealand’s economic performance and the PM’s vision Michael Reddell writes – When I wrote yesterday morning’s post, highlighting how poorly both New Zealand and its Anglo peer countries have been doing in respect of productivity in recent times (ie, in the case of New ...
Hi all,Firstly - thank you! You guys are awesome. The response I’ve received to last night’s mail has been quite overwhelming. It’s a ghastly day outside, but there are no clouds in here.In case you didn’t read my email and are wondering what on earth I’m talking about you can ...
If there was still any doubt as to who is actually running this government – and it isn’t the buffoon from Botany – then this week’s announcement of a huge spend up on charter schools has settled the matter. While jobs and public services continue to be cut in the ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gaye Taylor As widespread drought raises expectations for a repeat of last year’s ferocious wildfire season, response teams across Canada are grappling with the rapidly changing face of fire in a warming climate. No longer quenched by winter, nor quelled by the ...
Half of Christchurch City Holdings Ltd’s directors and its chair resigned en masse last night in protest at Christchurch City Council’s demand to front-load dividends File Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The chair of Christchurch City Council’s investment company and four of its independent directors resigned in protest last ...
The University of Waikato has reworded an advertisement that begins the tender process for its new $300 million-plus medical school even though the Government still needs to approve it. However, even the reworded ad contains an architect’s visualisations of what the school might look like. ACT leader David Seymour told ...
As a follow-up to the Rings of Power trailer discussion, I thought I needed to add something. There has been some online mockery about the use of the same actor for both the Halbrand and Annatar incarnations of Sauron. The reasoning is that Halbrand with a shave and a new ...
This isn’t quite as dramatic as the title might suggest. I’m not going anywhere, but there is something I wanted to talk to you about.Let’s start with a typical day.Most days I send out a newsletter in the morning. If I’ve written a lot the previous evening it might be ...
Buzz from the Beehive The promise of tax relief loomed large in his considerations when the PM delivered a pre-Budget speech to the Auckland Business Chamber. The job back in Wellington is getting government spending back under control, he said, bandying figures which show that in per capita terms, the ...
Yesterday de facto Prime Minister David Seymour announced that his glove puppet government would be re-introducing charter schools, throwing $150 million at his pet quacks, donors and cronies and introducing an entire new government agency to oversee them (the existing Education Review Office, which actually knows how to review schools, ...
Seeing that, in order to discredit the figures and achieve moral superiority while attempting to deflect attention away from the military assault on Rafa, Israel supporters in NZ have seized on reports that casualty numbers in Gaza may be inflated … Continue reading → ...
David Farrar writes – Newstalk ZB report: The man responsible for a horror hit and run in central Wellington last year was on a suspended licence and was so drunk he later asked police, “Did I kill someone?” Jason Tuitama injured two women when he ran a red ...
Muriel Newman writes – Former US President Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.” The fight for ...
Why Courts should have said Waitangi Tribunal could not summons Karen Chhour Gary Judd writes – In the High Court, Justice Isacs declined to uphold the witness summons issued by the Waitangi Tribunal to compel Minister for Children, Karen Chhour, to appear before it to be ...
Bryce Edwards writes – The number of voices raising concerns about the Government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill is rapidly growing. This is especially apparent now that Parliament’s select committee is listening to submissions from the public to evaluate the proposed legislation. Twenty-seven thousand submissions have been made to Parliament ...
An average of 166 New Zealand citizens left the country every day during the March quarter, up 54% from a year ago.Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The economy and housing market is sinking into a longer recession through the winter after a slump in business and consumer confidence in ...
The government has made it abundantly clear they’re addicted to the smell of new asphalt. On Tuesday they introduced a new term to the country’s roading lexicon, the Roads of Regional Significance (RoRS), a little brother for the Roads of National (Party) Significance (RoNS). Driving ahead with Roads of Regional ...
School is outAnd I walk the empty hallwaysI walk aloneAlone as alwaysThere's so many lucky penniesLying on the floorBut where the hell are all the lucky peopleI can't see them any moreYesterday morning, I’d just sent out my newsletter on Tama Potaka, and I was struggling to make the coffee. ...
Hi,I wanted to check in and ask how you’re doing.This is perhaps a selfish act, of attempting to find others feeling a similar way to me — that is to say, a little hopeless at the moment.Misery loves company, that sort of deal.Some context.I wish I could say I got ...
I have hitherto been fairly quiet on the new season of Rings of Power, on the basis that the underwhelming first season did not exactly build excitement – and the rumours were fairly daft. The only real thing of substance to come out has been that they have re-cast Adar ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
“The thing is,” Chris Luxon says, leaning forward to make his point, “this has always been my thing.”“This goes all the way back to the first multinational I worked for. I was saying exactly the same thing back then. The name of our business needs to be more clear; people ...
Buzz from the Beehive It’s been a momentous few days for Children’s Minister Karen Chhour. The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which blocked a summons order from the Waitangi Tribunal for her. And today she has announced the Government is putting children first by introducing to ...
In 2014 former Australian army lawyer David McBride leaked classified military documents about Australian war crimes to the ABC. Dubbed "The Afghan Files", the documents led to an explosive report on Australian war crimes, the disbanding of an entire SAS unit, and multiple ongoing prosecutions. The journalist who wrote the ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – According to the respected Pew Research Centre, “In seven of eight [European] countries surveyed, the most trusted news outlet asked about is the public news organization in each country”. For example, “in Sweden, an overwhelming majority (90%) say they trust the public broadcaster SVT”. ...
David Farrar writes – Kata MacNamara reports: Details of Tony Blakely’s involvement in the New Zealand Government’s response to the pandemic raise serious questions about the work of the Covid-19 Royal Commission of Inquiry over which he presides. It has long been clear that Blakely, a ...
Chris Trotter writes – Are you a Brahmin or a Merchant? Or, are you merely one of those whose lives are profoundly influenced by the decisions of Brahmins and Merchants? Those are the questions that are currently shaping the politics of New Zealand and the entire West. ...
RNZ reports – It’s supposed to be a haven of healing and spiritual awakening but residents of the Kawai Purapura community say they’ve been hurt and deceived. It’s the successor to the former Centrepoint commune, and has been on the bush block opposite Albany shopping centre since 2008. It ...
TL;DR : Here’s the top six items climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, as selected by Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent Cathrine Dyer. Usually we have a video chat to go with this wrap, but were unable to do one this week. We’ll be back next week.Several reports ...
The Transport Minister has set a hard 'fiscal envelope' of $6.54 billion for transport capital spending. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The economy is settling into a state of suspended animation as the Government’s funding freezes and job cuts chill confidence and combine with stubbornly high interest rates to ...
To be precise, the term “anti- Zionism” refers to (a) criticism of the political movement that created a modern Jewish state on the historical land of Israel, and to (b)the subjugation of Palestinians by the Israeli state. By contrast, the term “anti-Semitism” means bigotry and racism directed at Jewish people, ...
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Because hurricanes are one of the big-ticket weather disasters that humanity has to face, climate misinformers spend a lot of effort muddying the waters on whether climate change is making hurricanes more damaging. With the official start to the hurricane ...
Yesterday the Mayor released what he calls his “plan to save public transport” which is part of his final proposal for the Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP). This comes following consultation on the draft version that occurred in March which showed, once again, that people want more done on transport, especially ...
And it's a pleasure that I have knownAnd it's a treasure that I have gainedAotearoa’s coalition government is fragile. It’s held together by the obsequious sycophancy of Christopher Luxon, who willingly contorts his party into the fringe positions of his junior coalition partners and is unwilling to contradict them. The ...
The Select Committee hearing submissions on the fast-track consenting legislation is starting to become a beat-up of regional councils. The inflexibility and slow workings of the Councils were prominent in two submissions yesterday. One, from the Coromandel Marine Farmers Association, simply said that the Waikato Regional Council’s planning decisions were ...
Back in April, the High Court surprised everyone by ruling that Ministers are above the law, at least as far as the Waitangi Tribunal is concerned. The reason for this ruling was "comity" - the idea that the different branches of government shouldn't interfere with each other's functions. Which makes ...
Buzz from the BeehiveTolling was mentioned when Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the government was re-introducing the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme, with 15 “crucial” projects to support economic growth and regional development across New Zealand. All RoNS would be four-laned, grade-separated highways, and all funding, financing, and ...
or the past 14 years, ever since the Spanish government cheated on an autonomy deal, Catalonia has reliably given pro-independence parties a majority of seats in their regional parliament. But now that seems to be over. Catalans went to the polls yesterday, and stripped the Catalan parties of their majority. ...
David Farrar writes – Radio NZ report: Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins said the Electoral Commission should make sure the system ran smoothly and “taking away the right of thousands of people to vote” was not the answer. “Thousands of people enroled and voted on the day. If ...
Don Brash writes – There was a rather revealing headline in the Herald on Sunday today (12 May). It read “One in 8 Auckland homes on market were bought during boom, may now sell for loss”. The first line of text noted that “New data shows one in ...
Mike Grimshaw writes – At a time when universities are understandably nervous regarding the establishment of the University Advisory Group (UAG) and the Science System Advisory Group (SSAG) it may seem strange – or even fool-hardy – to state that there are long-standing issues in the tertiary sector ...
Lindsay Mitchell writes – A lack of perspective can make something quite large or important seem small or irrelevant. Against a backdrop of high-profile, negative statistics it is easy to overlook the positive. For instance, the fact that 64 percent of Maori are employed is rarely reported. For ...
The Government’s introduction of legislation that would enable landlords to end tenancies with no reason marks a dark day for the 1.4 million people who rent their home in Aotearoa. ...
The Minister for Mental Health has found the Suicide Prevention Office and mental health support for 111 calls slipping through his fingers, says Labour spokesperson for Mental Health Ingrid Leary. ...
Today’s justification from the Minister for Children for scrapping protections for our tamariki was either a case of ignorance or deliberate deception. ...
The Green Party says the Government’s misguided policy on gangs will fail, following the announcement of the establishment of a national gang unit and district gang disruption units to target gang activities. ...
“With Police pay negotiations still unresolved after six months in Government, Mark Mitchell has today rolled the Commissioner out for a rebrand of their approach to gang crime,” Labour police spokesperson Ginny Andersen said. ...
The Government bringing back 50 charter schools will not increase achievement and is a distraction from the core mission of the education system, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. ...
Te Pāti Māori is showing extreme concern over the Environment Select Committees adoption of a lucky dip draw to determine hearings for the Fast Track Approvals bill. Of the 27,000 submissions, 2,900 requested to present. All organisations will be heard; however, the remaining 2,350 submitters will be subject to a ...
Today New Zealand First will introduce a Member’s Bill that will protect women’s spaces. The ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls, that all new non-domestic publicly accessible buildings provide separate, clearly demarcated, unisex and single sex bathrooms. This Bill ...
The Green Party is welcoming Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ continuation of Hon. James Shaw’s cross-party work on climate adaptation, now in the form of a Finance and Expenditure Committee Inquiry. ...
The National Government plans to cut 390 jobs at ACC, including roles in the areas of prevention of sexual violence, road safety and workplace safety. ...
The Government has been caught in opposition to evidence once again as it looks to usher in tried, tested and failed work seminar obligations for job-seeking beneficiaries. ...
The Green Party is welcoming the announcement by the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform Chris Bishop to approve most of the Wellington City Council’s District Plan recommendations. ...
David Seymour has failed to get the sweeping cuts he wanted to the free and healthy school lunch programme, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. ...
Hon Willie Jackson has been invited by the Oxford Union to debate the motion “This House Believes British Museums are not Very British’ on May 23rd. ...
Green Party MP Hūhana Lyndon says her Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill is an opportunity to right some past wrongs around the alienation of Māori land. ...
A senior, highly respected King’s Counsel with decades of experience in our law courts, Gary Judd KC, has filed a complaint about compulsory tikanga Māori studies for law students - highlighting the utter depths of absurdity this woke cultural madness has taken our society. The tikanga regulations will compel law ...
The Government needs to be clear with the people of the Nelson Marlborough region about the changes it is considering for the Nelson Hospital rebuild, Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said. ...
Ministers must front up about which projects it will push through under its Fast Track Approvals legislation, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
The Government is again adding to New Zealand’s growing unemployment, this time cutting jobs at the agencies responsible for urban development and growing much needed housing stock. ...
With Minister Karen Chhour indicating in the House today that she either doesn’t know or care about the frontline cuts she’s making to Oranga Tamariki, we risk seeing more and more of our children falling through the cracks. ...
The Labour Party is saddened to learn of the death of Sir Robert Martin, a globally renowned disability advocate who led the way for disability rights both in New Zealand and internationally. ...
Labour is calling for the Government to urgently rethink its coalition commitment to restart live animal exports, Labour animal welfare spokesperson Rachel Boyack said. ...
Today’s Financial Stability Report has once again highlighted that poverty and deep inequality are political choices - and this Government is choosing to make them worse. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to do more for our households in most need as unemployment rises and the cost of living crisis endures. ...
Unemployment is on the rise and it’s only going to get worse under this Government, Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate grew to 4.3 percent in the March quarter from 4 percent in the December quarter. “This is the second rise in unemployment ...
The New Zealand Labour Party welcomes the entering into force of the European Union and New Zealand free trade agreement. This agreement opens the door for a huge increase in trade opportunities with a market of 450 million people who are high value discerning consumers of New Zealand goods and ...
The National-led Government continues its fiscal jiggery pokery with its Pharmac announcement today, Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall says. “The government has increased Pharmac funding but conceded it will only make minimal increases in access to medicine”, said Ayesha Verrall “This is far from the bold promises made to fund ...
This afternoon’s interim Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime. ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has announced that the Government will make it easier for lines firms to take action to remove vegetation from obstructing local powerlines. The change will ensure greater security of electricity supply in local communities, particularly during severe weather events. “Trees or parts of trees falling on ...
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani were the top winners at this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy awards recognising the best in Māori dairy farming. Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced the winners and congratulated runners-up, Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board, at an awards celebration also attended by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister ...
"On the 27th of March, I sought assurances from the Chief Executive, Department of Internal Affairs, that the Department’s correct processes and policies had been followed in regards to a passport application which received media attention,” says Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden. “I raised my concerns after being ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced the appointment of three new District Court Judges, to replace Judges who have recently retired. Peter James Davey of Auckland has been appointed a District Court Judge with a jury jurisdiction to be based at Whangarei. Mr Davey initially started work as a law clerk/solicitor with ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour is calling on the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) to put ideology to the side and focus on students’ learning, in reaction to the union holding paid teacher meetings across New Zealand about charter schools. “The PPTA is disrupting schools up and down the ...
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly today announced the appointment of Craig Stobo as the new chair of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). Mr Stobo takes over from Mark Todd, whose term expired at the end of April. Mr Stobo’s appointment is for a five-year term. “The FMA plays ...
Surf Life Saving New Zealand and Coastguard New Zealand will continue to be able to keep people safe in, on, and around the water following a funding boost of $63.644 million over four years, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey say. “Heading to the beach for ...
New Zealand and Tuvalu have reaffirmed their close relationship, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “New Zealand is committed to working with Tuvalu on a shared vision of resilience, prosperity and security, in close concert with Australia,” says Mr Peters, who last visited Tuvalu in 2019. “It is my pleasure ...
New Zealand is gravely concerned about the situation in New Caledonia, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “The escalating situation and violent protests in Nouméa are of serious concern across the Pacific Islands region,” Mr Peters says. “The immediate priority must be for all sides to take steps to de-escalate the ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met today with Samoa’s O le Ao o le Malo, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, who is making a State Visit to New Zealand. “His Highness and I reflected on our two countries’ extensive community links, with Samoan–New Zealanders contributing to all areas of our national ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has announced that he has approved Waiheke Island ferry operator Island Direct to be eligible for SuperGold Card funding, paving the way for a commercial agreement to bring the operator into the scheme. “Island Direct started operating in November 2023, offering an additional option for people ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced further sanctions on 28 individuals and 14 entities providing military and strategic support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russia is directly supported by its military-industrial complex in its illegal aggression against Ukraine, attacking its sovereignty and territorial integrity. New Zealand condemns all entities and ...
A year on from the tragedy at Loafers Lodge, the Government is working hard to improve building fire safety, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “I want to share my sincere condolences with the families and friends of the victims on the anniversary of the tragic fire at Loafers ...
Ka nui te mihi kia koutou. Kia ora and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for having me here in the lead up to my Government’s first Budget. Before I get started can I acknowledge: Simon Bridges – Auckland Business Chamber CEO. Steve Jurkovich – Kiwibank CEO. Kids born ...
New Zealand and Vanuatu will enhance collaboration on issues of mutual interest, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “It is important to return to Port Vila this week with a broad, high-level political delegation which demonstrates our deep commitment to New Zealand’s relationship with Vanuatu,” Mr Peters says. “This ...
Minister for Land Information, Chris Penk will travel to Peru this week to represent New Zealand at a meeting of trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific region on behalf of Trade Minister Todd McClay. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting will be held on 17-18 May ...
Minister of Education Erica Stanford will head to the United Kingdom this week to participate in the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) and the 2024 Education World Forum (EWF). “I am looking forward to sharing this Government’s education priorities, such as introducing a knowledge-rich curriculum, implementing an evidence-based ...
Minister of Education Erica Stanford has today thanked outgoing New Zealand Qualifications Authority Chair, Hon Tracey Martin. “Tracey Martin tendered her resignation late last month in order to take up a new role,” Ms Stanford says. Ms Martin will relinquish the role of Chair on 10 May and current Deputy ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and President Emmanuel Macron of France today announced a new non-governmental organisation, the Christchurch Call Foundation, to coordinate the Christchurch Call’s work to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. This change gives effect to the outcomes of the November 2023 Call Leaders’ Summit, ...
Distinguished public servant and former diplomat Sir Maarten Wevers will lead the independent review into the disability support services administered by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha. The review was announced by Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston a fortnight ago to examine what could be done to strengthen the ...
Today’s announcement by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of a National Gang Unit and district Gang Disruption Units will help deliver on the coalition Government’s pledge to restore law and order and crack down on criminal gangs, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says. “The National Gang Unit and Gang Disruption Units will ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today expressed regret at North Korea’s aggressive rhetoric towards New Zealand and its international partners. “New Zealand proudly stands with the international community in upholding the rules-based order through its monitoring and surveillance deployments, which it has been regularly doing alongside partners since 2018,” Mr ...
Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies MNZM is the new Chief of Defence Force, Defence Minister Judith Collins announced today. The Chief of Defence Force commands the Navy, Army and Air Force and is the principal military advisor to the Defence Minister and other Ministers with relevant portfolio responsibilities in the defence ...
Legislation to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act has been introduced to Parliament. The Bill’s introduction reaffirms the Coalition Government’s commitment to the safety of children in care, says Minister for Children, Karen Chhour. “While section 7AA was introduced with good intentions, it creates a conflict for Oranga ...
Defence Minister Judith Collins will this week travel to the UK and Italy to meet with her defence counterparts, and to attend Battles of Cassino commemorations. “I am humbled to be able to represent the New Zealand Government in Italy at the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of what was ...
The upcoming Budget will include funding for up to 50 charter schools to help lift declining educational performance, Associate Education Minister David Seymour announced today. $153 million in new funding will be provided over four years to establish and operate up to 15 new charter schools and convert 35 state ...
“The results of the public consultation on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into COVID-19 Lessons has now been received, with results indicating over 13,000 submissions were made from members of the public,” Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says. “We heard feedback about the extended lockdowns in ...
Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, other Members of Parliament Acting Chief of Defence Force, Secretary of Defence Distinguished Guests Defence and Diplomatic Colleagues Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon, tēna koutou, apinun tru It’s a pleasure to be back in Port Moresby today, and to speak here at the Kumul Leadership ...
Health, infrastructure, renewable energy, and stability are among the themes of the current visit to Papua New Guinea by a New Zealand political delegation, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “Papua New Guinea carries serious weight in the Pacific, and New Zealand deeply values our relationship with it,” Mr Peters ...
The coalition Government is launching Roads of Regional Significance to sit alongside Roads of National Significance as part of its plan to deliver priority roading projects across the country, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “The Roads of National Significance (RoNS) built by the previous National Government are some of New Zealand’s ...
A high-level New Zealand political delegation in Honiara today congratulated the new Government of Solomon Islands, led by Jeremiah Manele, on taking office. “We are privileged to meet the new Prime Minister and members of his Cabinet during his government’s first ten days in office,” Deputy Prime Minister and ...
New Zealand voted in favour of a resolution broadening Palestine’s participation at the United Nations General Assembly overnight, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “The resolution enhances the rights of Palestine to participate in the work of the UN General Assembly while stopping short of admitting Palestine as a full ...
Introduction Good morning. It’s a great privilege to be here at the 2024 Infrastructure Symposium. I was extremely happy when the Prime Minister asked me to be his Minister for Infrastructure. It is one of the great barriers holding the New Zealand economy back from achieving its potential. Building high ...
Defence Minister Judith Collins today announced the upcoming Budget will include new funding of $571 million for Defence Force pay and projects. “Our servicemen and women do New Zealand proud throughout the world and this funding will help ensure we retain their services and expertise as we navigate an increasingly ...
New Zealand’s ability to cope with climate change will be strengthened as part of the Government’s focus to build resilience as we rebuild the economy, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “An enduring and long-term approach is needed to provide New Zealanders and the economy with certainty as the climate ...
Jobseeker beneficiaries who have work obligations must now meet with MSD within two weeks of their benefit starting to determine their next step towards finding a job, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “A key part of the coalition Government’s plan to have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker ...
A new standalone Social Investment Agency will power-up the social investment approach, driving positive change for our most vulnerable New Zealanders, Social Investment Minister Nicola Willis says. “Despite the Government currently investing more than $70 billion every year into social services, we are not seeing the outcomes we want for ...
Check against delivery Good morning. It is a pleasure to be with you to outline the Coalition Government’s approach to our first Budget. Thank you Mark Skelly, President of the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce, together with your Board and team, for hosting me. I’d like to acknowledge His Worship ...
Your Excellency Ambassador Meredith, Members of the Diplomatic Corps and Ambassadors from European Union Member States, Ministerial colleagues, Members of Parliament, and other distinguished guests, Thank you everyone for joining us. Ladies and gentlemen - In diplomacy, we often speak of ‘close’ and ‘long-standing’ relations. ...
The Therapeutic Products Act (TPA) will be repealed this year so that a better regime can be put in place to provide New Zealanders safe and timely access to medicines, medical devices and health products, Associate Health Minister Casey Costello announced today. “The medicines and products we are talking about ...
Asia Pacific ReportThe global human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on France to not “misuse” a crackdown in the ongoing unrest in the non-self-governing French Pacific territory of Kanaky New Caledonia in the wake of a controversial vote by the French Parliament to adopt a bill changing the territory’s ...
A major provider of school lunches fears the government's new $3 limit for most students will see them eating more pre-packaged and processed food. ...
The star of Dark City: The Cleaner takes us through his life in TV, including the VHS revolution and the John Campbell impression that started it all. Best known for his comedic roles, Cohen Holloway says he struggled at times to maintain the stone cold facade of serial killer on ...
David Hill remembers an old friend, who you’ve probably never heard of. My friend Doug never travelled; he had little interest in the world beyond his own tiny rural town. I’ve rarely known anyone who radiated such contentment. Doug (I’ll call him that) died in March. You won’t know him. ...
Some of the earliest photos of life in Aotearoa are on display at Auckland Museum right now – but the identities of some of the people in them are a mystery.What was it like to be one of the first people in New Zealand to have their photo taken? ...
Since its founding almost a decade ago, Featherston Booktown has grown into one of the country’s most interesting and idiosyncratic literary events. Erin Banks reports from the audience. “Come in, have you had lunch? I’m about to make a cheese toastie.” Mary Biggs, operations manager of Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival, ...
After 33 years abroad, Loveni Enari recently returned to Aotearoa and Samoa in what a friend joked was an “existential crisis”. He learnt and re-learnt so much about his family, friends and both countries. Almost as an afterthought, he got a Samoan tatau. This is his story. (Accompanying it are ...
Nearly 30 years ago, two people told me they’d killed a woman they knew. I thought the truth would come out, that others would tell it. In the end, I had to. The Sunday Essay is made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand.Fact: in 1995, Angela Blackmoore ...
Editor Madeleine Chapman looks back at the week and shines a light on some increasingly rare longform journalism. Mōrena and welcome to The Weekend where there will sadly be no aurora to see. After a busy week last week of short, sharp pieces, this week we swung the other way, ...
ANALYSIS:By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific political activists across Oceania, just like Tongan anthropologist and writer Epeli Hao’ofa was to cultural advocates. Tragically, he was assassinated in 1989 by an opponent within the independence movement during ...
Forget thin is in, apparently now bigger is better … or is it? After over a decade of body positivity, girls, teens and women are even more confused about what body positivity actually is. The movement began with women confronting unrealistic expectations of how their bodies should look. But sub-strands ...
Grace always sat at the bar at the back of The Cambridge, where she could watch who came in. A huge mirror ran the length of the pub, so you could sometimes watch people without them knowing. The mirror made the place seem a lot bigger than it really was. ...
MONDAY Sheriff Mark Mitchell rose at dawn. He had a long day’s ride ahead of him. He was headed for Waikeria. Waikeria! Even the name itself stirred his blood, and set root in his imagination. There was nothing and no one in Waikeria. But he would bend it to his ...
The first phase of the inquest into the death of Gore toddler Lachlan Jones finished this week, turning up plenty of revelations and few answers. But through all the confusion, heartbreak and antipathy on display, the simple fact at the heart of this case remains: if little Lachie’s body had ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Benjamin, Professor in Art History, University of Sydney “She’s no oil painting”. Those were the unkind words of a colleague commenting on the subject of Vincent Namatjira’s acrylic painting, Gina. Every one of the prominent Australians and cultural heroes in Namatjira’s ...
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https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1133778119767330816?s=21
Assange reportedly gravely ill, but court refuses reschedule
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John Dickerson 2 hours ago
These war mongerers are making a big mistake. By going after Assange they are bringing attention to their sordid war crimes which will very likely end up being their undoing and lead to their own prosecution. The US elecorate and world are waking up. It is more than Assange. It is our freedom s being eroded by sordid war criminals. The people will rise up against any act to incarcerate Assange. One Love.
Trianabfine 1 hour ago
Jamarl, have you heard the news that Assange is unresponsive in Belmarsh hospital? Stranger Than Fiction News is saying he was poisoned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6_6WitHlK0
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/julian-assange-now-in-hospital-wing-of-british-prison-in-such-bad-shape-that-he-cant-conduct-normal-conversations/
The doctors wrote, “experience tells us that the prolonged uncertainty of indefinite detention inflicts profound psychological and physical trauma above and beyond the expected stressors of incarceration. These can include severe anxiety, pathological levels of stress, dissociation, depression, suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, among others.”
A source close to Assange confirmed the reports about his health to The Gateway Pundit.
There would be very few of us able to withstand the constant and universal smearing and character assassination that Assange has undergone.
The slight shift in the media conglomerate's attitude towards Assange's predicament is too little , too late.
They are complicit in his decline
The circle completes.
https://twitter.com/dmkoffler/status/870963759556243456
The oracle Mike Hosking has saved me considerable listening, watching, reading, discussion and pondering time today and over coming weeks.
I see his Herald headline has it, "This will be a waffle budget, not a well being budget."
Thanks Mike, I know I can rely on you for intelligent analysis. Is there somewhere I can contribute, a sort of paywallthinkingwallontoeverythingwall thing so I can acknowledge your contribution to my life and its style?
Better than sliced bread, better than instant coffee and even betterer than really soft toilet tissue!
I wouldnt get too excited about the Budget if I were anyone around here. Its going to be a fizzer just like the last one. And that is without reading the spoilers.
"Wellbeing" is just another meaningless buzzword, kinda like "Oppurtunity".
I'm expecting "aspirational", "forward thinking" and "foundation".
In other words….SSDD
Going forward Horeskin isn't top of mind but ennathaday he's probably right. Robbo seems comfortable with a bit of poverty among low types.
….seems comfortable with a bit of poverty among low types.
'Because, like, if the poor worked as hard as me they could drive a flash car….'
Meritocracy Mike.
If Hosking was paid according to his effort and usefulness, he couldn't afford a bicycle.
This is our song for now. The Beatles performance was a historic occasion.
So is this one for NZs. Don't talk it down anyone, look for the positives. National want to shoot it down. Don't let us on the left be sitting ducks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y
The 'left' want this lot dealt to…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nloJuu2rCk
And it seems that the Current Lot are as inclined to do this as the last.
@millsy (at 4)
I’m expecting it will be another failure to deliver, with the Government falling short as usual.
Robertson says he is "very disappointed" with Treasury but doesn't call for resignation nor did he offer his.
I'm guessing Jacinda backs him.
Should Peters step down for his performance in this?
Should Peters step down for his performance in this?
Well, he most certainly got out his biggest spoon and gave the pot a good old stir.
Can find it on Stuff, but Anne quoted on Daily Review….
"From the Stuff ‘live’ news site. (A pity you didn't provide a link Anne)
Winston Peters’ take on the hacking scandal. Reckon he’s right on the money:
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, is claiming he knows how National got the ‘leaked’ documents but not revealing details.
He told reporters what they were saying was wrong – the facts were different.
“Are you saying the cleaner got hold of stuff, I don’t think so … the facts are different to that. The facts are very, very bad for the National party.”
“The information came to them in circumstances where the behaviour was totally illegal and they should have known it. That’s all I can say right now … it’s my job to know.”
He said Bridges was being “thoroughly unethical” and cashed in on the material.
“He has been found out and made a right fool of himself.”
Bridges should have called up Minister of Finance Grant Robertson to warn him about the documents and tell him something untoward was going on, Peters said.
“He’s [Bridges] gone-burger now because of this. He had a chance to show that he had ethical views, that he was fit to be a leader …”
He had no doubt the police would investigate.
https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-29-05-2019/#comment-1622405"
I reckon he may have stirred so enthusiastically a little slopped over onto the stove top. Going to be a bugger to get the burnt bits off.
Never mind….I'll bet the lollies in the Budget will be of comfort.
He did indeed, Rosemary. And you're right, the burnt bits will be hard to get off.
As Winston said, it's his job to know and it is now evident his assertion (re how National obtained the info) was an outright lie.
I reckon he may have stirred so enthusiastically a little slopped over onto the stove top.
I readily concede he did.
Sorry about no link. Was tired at end of a busy day.
Btw. Thanks for lols @ 4.1
Think I might make a list of all the cliches this arvo.
The only worry about you not putting the link up last night is that now I can't find it…maybe lost in the live steam thingy?
“The information came to them in circumstances where the behaviour was totally illegal and they should have known it. That’s all I can say right now … it’s my job to know.”
But he didn't know, did he? Egg all over his face now.
Or worse, he did and he lied.
Actually no. Some high profile lawyers have since come out and agreed with Peters' claim of illegality. Indeed Bridges and co. were warned that the info. was illegally obtained and they chose to ignore it.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/113111605/nationals-budget-leaks-go-against-security-agencys-advice-and-treasury-breach-was-unlawful-lawyers-say
So, he just might end up having the last laugh after-all.
Some high profile lawyers? More like some attention hungry sharks wanting their 5 minutes of fame. I'll go with the decision of the Police to throw this right back at Treasury. Peter's is a blowhard. Mind you, he's way smarter than the PM.
You are forgetting the burnt bits are only a hassle when there is no Teflon involved…
When health and safety is so strictly enforced in most work places why do we not enforce it on our roads with sensible sentences for those who kill or maim ?
I can now understand why there are so many fatal accidents every day that we read about in the news – because no one is taking this seriously," she said.
Sia Mosaferi lost her two young boys who were killed in the back seat of their car by a truck driver who did not stop.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018697328/it-s-made-the-pain-all-so-much-worse
It would be appropriate (and novel) if those at the top of the chain: directors, CEO 's etc, were in the dock too, if it can be demonstrated they allowed 'unreasonable' pressure come to bear on the poorly renumerated driver.
We're not blessed with a high quality judiciary.
Education – it is the advisors, head stuffed with inadequate precepts and administrative strictures, and the politicians with no clear idea of what its for or its uses to everyone, that need re-educating. We would like something different than the way it happened in China. They had to turn themselves around, so do we. But in a kind and practical way with outcomes of people who can think widely and not seize some policy being done 'overseas' in a bigger country.
Now we have special needs teachers telling us the present provision doesn't match up to the vaunted possibilities and ideals. The meat in the sandwich is potted fishy paste. When someone suffers permanent nerve damage because the education system turns special needs classes into a sort of ultimate fight arena, unmatched volunteers of 6 foot and 5 foot; it wouldn't be allowed if it was animal animals but when it is human animals yes the Department has said that's okay, get on with it.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/390860/special-needs-teacher-suffers-permanent-damage-after-incident
She said she had been left with permanent nerve damage after a 15-year-old with severe autism punched her in the back last October.
"He came up behind me, raised his arm – he's six-foot tall, I'm five-foot-one and a bit; dropped his arm into the centre of my back; I face-planted into the desk with horrific pain and the outcome is permanent nerve-damage now from the impact of the punch."
The attack happened last October and she was still having physiotherapy, Mrs Dickson said.
But it's not the first time she has been injured by an agitated student.
"Eighteen months ago, another (severely) autistic child lost the plot a little bit; he was over-sensitised in the room, lost it and just started punching and kicking me and just managed to get me on the side, dislocated my knee-cap and put me on crutches."
Another of her students is a child who is non-verbal and used a wheelchair, who had seizures up to 50 times a day, sometimes requiring an ambulance.
"She's at school for 32 hours a week and she gets 18 hours of teacher-aid funding, and the ministry say it's OK for her to be in my classroom with me, with two high-needs autistic boys that can kick off, and at times I have to deal with all that with no teacher aid. "
She said special education students needed more teacher-aid hours, and better-designed classrooms to keep them calm and teachers and students safe.
I see business as usual for the beige revolution – selling out Aucklanders asap.
https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE4MzI/National%20News/Stop-Panuku-%E2%80%9Cfire-sale%E2%80%9D
Thank goodness there is a mayoral race on, otherwise the old boys network would have done this dirty deal already.
This is what adam’s above link is about – and basically it is about government delegating its authority as the people's representatives to unaccountable yoiks and pirates who are selling up the people's assets to people they feel a deep closeness to, united by recognising their type by the $ signs in others' eyeballs.
Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere is supporting a move by Councillor Mike Lee to halt the sale of the primely located 18 storey Civic Administration Building in Aotea Square until a complete commercial report is publicly tabled and discussed by elected council members.
Lee, Waitemata ward Councillor, has tabled a Notice of Motion at today’s governing body meeting demanding the council suspend any sale or transfer of ownership of the building. Lee wants a full report made public of any commercial details of the proposed transaction, including price and how heritage concerns of the listed building are resolved before full council discussion.
Tamihere said the cloak and dagger approach by Panuku – the council’s property arm – is a disgrace and as Mayor, he will ensure Council Controlled Organisations are more transparent.
This is another bad look on Wellbeing Budget day. How could the Housing Minister not be on top of this sort of thing. Everyone in Labour Coalition should know that the civil service isn't; the managers have been generically trained in best practice for shuffling people to the sidelines out of the way of their grand schemes. (The Arthur Dent method.)
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/first-up/audio/2018697388/wellbeing-budget-tamaki-residents-don-t-have-time-to-wait-for-discussion-debate-and-promises
The students said their families were forced to pay more for private rentals in South Auckland on top of extra costs for travel and they're families are now struggling even more than they were before.
National's Simon O'Connor, the MP for Tamaki, is urging families who have been forced out of his electorate due to housing redevelopment to come to him, saying they shouldn't have been forced out.
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.South Auckland people have been stuck with private rentals, a housing problem for poor people shifted away after spending a generation in their locale and community. But it's a mistake says Housing NZ boss; (it was a wrong move on the chess board, perhaps the pawns can move back).
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/112513739/councillor-says-families-misadvised-over-moving-home-by-housing-new-zealand
About 365 state-owned homes in the Auckland suburb of Oranga are being converted into a mix of 1000 affordable dwellings, homes for sale and social housing.
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward councillor Josephine Bartley said families living in Oranga Housing New Zealand homes were recently given 90-day eviction notices and were told they could not stay in the area….
Telling families they had to leave the area went "against [HNZ's] public commitment", Bartley said.
She was later told by HNZ chief executive Andrew McKenzie there had been a "staff mistake and they are re-training their staff to help families stay in this area", Bartley said.
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"Everyone in Labour Coalition should know that the civil service isn't; the managers have been generically trained in best practice for shuffling people to the sidelines out of the way of their grand schemes. (The Arthur Dent method.)"
It's something I've been wondering about for quite a while @grey. We're talking about the Senior and Muddle management of course, and NOT the little peons at the coalface usually, although there are one or two in the lower ranks that should be in uniform.
About the only thing I've ever agreed with Mathew Hooter over is the comments he made once on RNZ N2N – they have a vested interest in preserving the status quo. From memory it was with regard to MBIE's Post Election Briefing.
I continue to wonder whether some Ministers aren't that good a judge of character, or whether they're just masochists.
One down though (James Casson), hopefully a few more to follow
Try not to vomit
Blair is talking a lot about being honest and dealing with people's real concerns. He sounds so wise. Pity that he didn't take the whole Dorian Gray package. He kept his mindset but didn't take up the facial option. If he still looked fresh, young and relatively innocent (or simple) people might be able to overlook his malpractices and believe his utterings. But he is aged and now is just an ageing would-be statesman, who isn't sure what state he's in. But he sounds confident and knowledgable and with integrity, and BY God, wealthy men like integrity and are willing to buy it.
One can sound confident and knowledgable and with integrity and still end up on the wrong side of history.
Can't imagine Tone would be entirely on board with the prospect of BlobbyJobby having to front up in court and account for his 350m per week lies. What's the world coming to when you have to be truthful?
What are you going to do Grant Robertson, defamation case or stand down?
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/05/vicious-and-orchestrated-attempt-by-grant-robertson-to-gag-opposition-matthew-hooton.html
Option 3: Ignore
Pretty safe to ignore Matthew Hooton, I think.
Ignoring it will merely confirm (in the general public's eye) the negative perception being painted.
Nah. People recognise Matthew Hooton as a shrill Nimby agitator. A RWNJ, and he has described that beautifully today.
No-one listens to him.
Perhaps on here, but he's generally accepted out in the real world.
And I'm guessing he won't be the only one beating this drum. Grant is going to have to make a move, or Jacinda may have to do it for him.
I think you are over-estimating Hooton's reach. Or, perhaps he does resonate in the circles you move in..?
"ignore" – pretty much.
Guys, please. It's not all doom and gloom. Robertson is on track to average 3% growth, 4% unemployment, 20% debt. Wtf??? That's good as. The dollars doing well against the U.S as everyone else is talking about China vs America. The only ones that care about there tiny whinny little mounds of paper is Simon bridges. Iv had traffic fines more serious that I just toor up and threw in the bin.
Yet, as a Nation we struggle to feed and house the poor and sufficiently care for the ill and well being of many.
Mmhmm. So let's not let Simons little bit of paper over shadow the big picture. For 20 years the mantra of finance ministers has been a little bit of pain for some gains. Today's budget has a lot to deliver over the next 12 months.
We can discuss the Budget once it has been released. In the meantime, people are wondering who's heads will roll?
Will Jacinda show leadership and demand accountability before the public start demanding it of her?
No one apart from nats are demanding heads.
No one apart from nats are demanding accountability off the PM.
No one apart from nats are pushing the issue on The Standard.
Total rubbish. And I have proven all three in this thread discussion.
Now you are resorting to lying.
@Chairman
You're asking a guy who once imagined a proposal to disband WINZ so to bring in a UBI. Ask away. I'd demote the head of treasury straight out. Robertson didn't stab anyone in the back so nothing really to get upset at him. I'd much prefer Jacinda seek her revenge like any other independent woman would – by succeeding.
I support a UBI as a structure for our so-called safety net, making benefits similar to obtaining a pension at a similar or above (for those deemed more in need) rate.
At this stage their is no concrete evidence Robertson knew the so-called hack was merely the constant use of a search feature, but it is highly unlikely he wasn't informed being in his position. Moreover, we know he overreached when he inferred National was in possession of hacked material. Further suggesting he was in on painting this as a hack. Making him a liability. Jacinda can't afford to have the mess laying around her, thus needs to show leadership and tidy it up.
Robertson increased the governments operating expenditure by 3.2 billion that's on top of last years 2 billion increase. Think of all that money and opportunities to grab some. Robertson ain't going no where.
Does Labour want to keep him around for a bullseye? Can they handle the barrage he will attract. There will be further questions on how dirty are his hands.
Can't see that being enough to address our many urgent needs.
The greater the need the greater the work ethic. So like, you'd reform taxes, okay that should be done. New Zealand is a small to medium sized business haven anyway so all those guys you despise can go into a gulag. Oops did I say that?
With this negative perception now being painted in the public domain, it looks like Robertson is now becoming a liability, what will Jacinda do?
Jizz proof shorts – Check.
All good to go for another day of playing at concerted effort to undermine the government.
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The Government undermined themselves.
And are further undermining themselves by doing little to correct it.
And the perception is not looking good. For example, this is what Martyn Bradbury says, if Grant doesn’t sack someone immediately from Treasury, Jacinda should sack Grant.
And this is from a left leaning commentator.
In your and Hooton's opinion.
After what has been revealed, I'm positive plenty more will agree.
Couple this with the let down I'm sure the Budget will produce, come the end of the day, it's not going to be a good day for Labour.
The Budget is of their own doing and they should have owned this mishap re the Budget info from day one.
Maybe nat voters, a few nat party hacks in the press, perhaps even a tv presenter or two, but no left wingers – Well, not real left wingers anyway.
Again, you're not fooling anyone here in what you're up to with a clear and obvious anti government, anti left agenda. 100% fake concern troll.
No free dentist visits or doubling of the benefit in this budget. You're gonna need more vitamin e, stat.
See that's plenty more just there and I've already shown the comments of one left leaner. Thus, I'm confident there will be more. Only the one eyed left will have trouble seeing it for what it was/is.
And course when you and others have no argument you roll out the old fake concern troll crap.
As for your assertion there will be no free dentist visits or doubling of the benefit in this budget, as I said before, it is expected to be a let down, thus fall short.
Yeah, the amount and content of your anti govt comments dictate it's not a crap accusation.
You can't kid a kidder, Kiddo. Really, you can't.
My prediction for the budget – You'll make dozens of post slagging the government, labour and the green party.
Yep the marechin will have got a brand new 3 pack of ankle socks for this occasion – gonna be a looong night.
The amount and content of my anti govt comments dictates how badly our government is performing. So your accusation is still crap and you continue to state it cause plainly you still have no argument.
hah
Mallard will be pleased about all this budget leak / hacking news as everyone has forgotten he accused a person of rape
Fascinating story behind the cover shot of the Wellbeing Budget.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12235798
"I would vote Greens because I'm a bit of gypsy and I don't get into what's going on."
I'm sure shes representative of a lot of Green voters 🙂
Single issue voter? Nothing wrong with that.
Perhaps you’d like people to pass a test before becoming eligible for the electoral roll?
Shes probably a very nice person but in the interview shes comes across as a bit of a dingbat
I wonder what people make of you, a prison guard.
I'm sorry I don't know what a prison guard is as there is no such thing as a prison guard in NZ
There are Corrections Officers though 🙂
Whatever makes you feel better. 😆
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Association_of_New_Zealand
3000 of my brothers and sisters watching each others backs while we look after the people let down, and sentenced, by society is what makes me feel better
Oops, sorry if I offended you.
😂
I don't mind taking any opportunity to point out that I have chosen to take on a role that most people couldn't, or wouldn't, be able to handle
Yourself included
How could you possibly know that?
You say that, but then most people couldn't manage to stay awake in a 45 minute meeting where the topic of debate was which circumstances required writers to use an em-dash, a hyphen, or an en-dash, respectively. Feel my pain.
Hey don't get me wrong, its not a bad thing you just don't seem the type to be able to handle the pressure,
If I am wrong and you think you can handle it then think about applying
https://corrections.nga.net.nz/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.listJobs&jobListid=9C635771-AA94-5ACC-5AB1-9AFBFE2CE8C2
Plenty of roles available all over the country especially in Auckland, Waikato and Canterbury
Hey PR, I am keen to know what you reckon the top three attributes/skills of a good corrections officer are.
Thats true McFlock and I do feel your pain 🙂
I'd make a fine Prison Guard.
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See, easy!
To gsays thats a very good question, I don't know how accurate this will be but at the moment:
I think the most important attribute is the ability to keep your cool and not panic when the pressure goes on (might be two different attributes in hindsight) like its one thing to think you can handle it but its another when you have a heavily tattooed gangster in your face threatening/yelling at you
If you're attacked by a prisoner the prisoner may get extra time added to their sentence, may get sent to maximum security, may lose privileges but if a CO is found to have attacked a prisoner, no matter the provocation, then you'll find yourself in court and, if found guilty, lose your job, probably go to prison and find it harder to find a new job once out so the repercussions are much worse for a CO
Another useful attribute is being able to "go with the flow" in that in Corrections its rare when things go to plan because you're with people, the very worst people this country has so while we have schedules and such like things can and do change rapidly so if you like having a set schedule and knowing what will happen at any given time then you probably won't find Corrections a good fit
Next up would be a good memory because Corrections still seems to be stuck in the "throw them in deep end" mode of training people. By this I mean you will be given roles where you haven't had any specific training in or given a hand over or indeed any explanation of what to actually do and you'll be expected to do it so you'll have to ask around of what to do so being able to remember what people tell you would be very advantageous (I wish I was making this up)
The ability to "let it go" would be a fantastic attribute as well, the things you'll hear, the things people will say to you directly, the frustration, the fear, the adrenaline and everything else that builds up over a day is huge so being able to "shake it off" when it happens or when your shifts over would be very helpful
Good question
So on par with septic tank cleaners. Thanks.
I always found "letting it go" (which helps avoid attacking people, too) was pretty simple as a bouncer. All that abuse was just irrelevant to me, because they would have aimed it at anyone who was dealing with them.
The two big differences in prisons are the highly structured environment and the ability for the prisoners to observe/connect with their COs over extended periods of time and find the chinks in the emotional armour, e.g. young kids or cancer or whatever.
To McFlock
Prisoners are generally, by their very nature, manipulative and self-centered so yeah 'getting got' is a big thing but fortunately you just have to remember that they're in prison for a reason
Andy Dufresne is fictional for a reason
so sad that locking people up makes you feel better.
The money wasted on the prison walls, your 'brothers and sisters' and people like Judith – Crusher of one car, would be better spend in prevention of crime rather.
Mind to an extend you and all your brothers and sister jailers are equally locked up. You just get to go home at the end of the shift.
well…………
A corrections officer is an officer responsible for the custody, safety, security, and supervision of inmates in a prison or any other correctional facility. Traditionally, terms such as jailer, jail guard, prison guard, and turnkey were used to refer to a corrections officer.
never mind, i am sure Judith likes a man in uniform. 🙂 irrespective of the uniform.
https://www.correctionsone.com/careers/articles/180412187-Why-COs-hate-being-called-guard/
I do need to point out I don't hate being called a guard because the person saying it is most likely is saying it out of ignorance rather than malice
You're a screw/screw cunt/fucking screw.
Still am according to some prisoners
Is the F/O still a thing?
Whats F/O?
First Officer.
Back in the day when being a Prison Officer was akin to being in the services, P/Os held rank and went on parade for inspection, management was a quasi officer class, the F/O was akin to an RSM and ruled the roost. F/Os were directly answerable to the Superintendent and were both an inmate's best friend and worst enemy and responsible for all boob discipline. They were fucking martinets and any P/O who ran afoul of the F/O was in deep shit, too.
Now called PCO (principle corrections officer)
There are good and bad Corrections Officers. I'd like to think you are a good one, but your unwavering support for that nasty woman Collins who has an unpleasant punitive attitude towards prisoners causes me to have doubt.
Chur for up thread.
I'’d imagine having each other'(?)s back would be big part of the role.
you might call yourself as you wish, but at the end of the day no matter how much sugar coating you want to use to make it palatable you are a prisoners guard.
You guard people that are locked up. You are a turn key. You keep people locked up in cells, and you open the cells for recreation or something. In fact, the saddest thing about our society is that people like you have that job in the first place. If our society would do its job right we would not need you in the numbers that we obviously have atm. But then i guess for profit prisons need the beds occupied……:) or else there is no profit? right?
nothing to do with ignorance, just a different term. And frankly, if the guys and girls hate it so much they could get a different job, right? Free market and such.
But you are no officer of anything, you are a prison guard. Heck, according to the Corrections absolutely anyone who can sign on the dotted line can be a jailer. https://www.corrections.govt.nz/careers/types_of_careers/offender_facing_roles/corrections_officer2.html
I might have this wrong but you either seem to be looking for a reaction or you seem to be trying to convince yourself of what you're saying or maybe you just want to get something off your chest
I am proud to be a Corrections Officer, I'm proud to be doing a job that contributes to NZ, I'm proud of being part of a group that, mostly, runs towards danger rather than away from, metaphorically but also physically, that I've found a way to use the experiences in my life to, in some small way, correct (hence the name) someones negative behaviour
I understand that some people don't like the idea of prisons and therefore Corrections Officers, I get that people don't like the idea of people wearing uniforms and locking people away and curtailing freedom and I get that some people will think that can lead to abuse, I get all that
Nothing I say will change your mind about anything I'm sure but believe me when I say that if I could wave a magic wand and make prisons obsolete I would, I will celebrate the day I'm made redundant from Corrections because theres no more prisoners
I'll enjoy not having shift work, I'll enjoy not driving to work and then getting a text or phone call telling me I'm going to a different prison, I'll enjoy not being threatened, I'll enjoy my family not being threatened, I'll enjoy not having to worry if its my day to be assaulted at work and who knows there maybe a day when I call it quits but until that time comes there'll be a need for men and women like me to do what we do because someone has to do it (I will miss working with a great bunch of people)
Also before you start making assumptions you should check your facts, I don't work for Serco, I work for the Dept of Corrections so whatever your point was about prison profit it completely missed it
Good on you PR.
Many years ago I spent 3 evenings at the old Mt Eden Prison interviewing CO’s as part of the switch over to Serco for the facility. I was, and remain, incredibly impressed by the dedication of these people to the well being and care of those who would more often than not literally stab them in the back with little or no reason. At other times I have been involved in physical works inside AWRCF (Wiri) and Pare, and have been close up to those that inhabit these places. I doubt I’d be brave enough to do your job, and am certain that none of the keyboard warriors here would last more than a day. Ironic really, as it’s their misguided and destructive social policies/ideology that ensure high levels of dangerous criminality in our society. It should be compulsory for all lefties to see close up what they do to human behaviour. Big ups to you.
Its more like I just had a vague idea of wanting to help, of wanting to help make NZ a better place (or at least leave no worse off after I'm gone) and looking at what I can do and am willing to do Corrections seems the best place for me
I mean I couldn't do what nurses do, to me thats a really tough job. I couldn't be a teacher (who wants to hang around kids all day) and I can't be arsed getting my fitness up to join the police but I can do this so I do it
Since you've already seen the worst Corrections has to offer I reckon you would be able to handle it
The shift work and rosters are a big pain in the butt though to be fair…
mfinhamburg. You started off ok, then just a massive train crash.
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I thought some good points were made 🙂
mfinhamburg – "It should be compulsory for all lefties to see close up what they do to human behaviour. "
Yes, just look at the marxist, communist USA for example. Huge crime rate… cause Bernie… or something.
Some Eco Maori music for the minute.
https://youtu.be/DgGr_n4fgyI
We must do more to help our Pacific cousins survive sea level rising cause by Global warming climate change the Papatuanuku owes them as they have not caused as much damage to our environment as the advanced economies of Papatuanuku have to be fair .
Before, the sand used to stretch out far, and when we swam we could see the sea floor, and the coral. Now, it is cloudy all the time, and the coral is dead. Tuvalu is sinking.”
“Tuvalu is sinking” is the local catch-all phrase for the effects of climate change on this tiny island archipelago on the frontline of global warming. A Polynesian country situated in Oceania, Tuvalu is no more than a speck in the Pacific ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia.
The fourth smallest nation in the world, Tuvalu is home to just 11,000 people, most of whom live on the largest island of Fongafale, where they are packed in and fighting for space. Tuvalu’s total land area accounts for less than 26 sq km.
Already, two of Tuvalu’s nine islands are on the verge of going under, the government says, swallowed by sea-rise and coastal erosion. Most of the islands sit barely three metres above sea level, and at its narrowest point, Fongafale stretches just 20m across
During storms, waves batter the island from the east and the west, “swallowing” the country, in the words of the locals. Many say they have nightmares that the sea will soon gobble them up for good, and not just as a distant fear in their slumber – but by the next generation. Scientists predict Tuvalu could become uninhabitable in the next 50 to 100 years. Locals say they feel it could be much sooner Ka kite ano link below.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/may/16/one-day-disappear-tuvalu-sinking-islands-rising-seas-climate-change
I think it a bad joke fossil fuel being subsidized by the many tangata TAX dollars giving hundreds of billions to billionaire oil barons so they can mount propaganda campaigns to turn lies into their realities. The neanderthal are climate change deniers. They don't care about the 99. % of tangata wellbeing. It's all about the power and money first in there World.
The head of the United Nations has reiterated his call to end fossil fuel subsidies after first spelling out the idea during his Pacific tour earlier this month.
Antonio Guterres was speaking in Vienna at the world summit of the environmental group, the R20 Coalition
Ka kite ano link below.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/390964/un-head-calls-again-for-end-to-fossil-fuel-subsidies
Kia ora Newshub.
The snow looks heavy down the south island .
There is a problem of bullies at some schools it not on tamariki being hit by their pears.
That shows me how much trump likes to control things making requests to have the SSSMcain hidden to keep him happy.
The Rantan 2 crew were lucky to be rescued. I seen a story about a billionaire super yacht dropping off a container ship and floating close to the surface lost to Tangaroa.
Ka kite ano
Kia ora te ao Maori news.
shane its good investment in the region is well over due they have been forgotten for the last ten years.
The wellbeing budget is awesome for the people but I agree totally immersion Maori language tamariki needed more.
Papatuanuku smoke free day cool
I say that's correct the East coast has higher rates of smoking than the rest of the motu that also tells me that East coast has higher poverty rates than the rest of the country that is sad because 20 years ago that was not the case.
Cool Maori Radio station getting a extra million for content that will help tau toko te reo and Maori Culture
Congratulations to Mrs King becoming a judge were needed all the tangata whenua we can get in the justice system to give the organization a way to respect tangata whenua ka kite ano
Some Eco Maori music for the minute.
https://youtu.be/h4DFXUndvbw
I'm having the day off