Little better get to work selling his softening of the bail laws the nodding heads on the am are working them selves into a lather.
All they will be waiting for is someone to die.
Yeah, I saw it also. It is a pity they did not have an in-depth discussion about Bennet and the unnecessary scare this lying person used to empty state houses so they could then be sold.
How can you have a strategy when Newshub makes it all up. The three strikes law will be repealed in two weeks, Newshub can reveal – and Justice Minister will also push for sentences shorter than two years to be served as home detention.
Thats the current legislation now. FOR SENTENCES LESS THAN 2 YEARS!
I personally liked the idea behind the three strikes law but, unfortunately, too many judges decided it was “manifestly unjust” and didn’t impose the maximum sentence
I think this is a big mistake by Labour and by carrying this out, without any real alternative, will see Labour hit in the polls and rightly so
Will be interesting to see what NZFirst have to say about it as well
Yes dear.
So pinching someones bottom while in prison earns 7 years?
And how does extending the imprisonment of someone by 7 years for pinching a bottom ensure the safety of society
“Toogood sentenced Campbell to seven years in prison, but Campbell is still able to apply for parole once a third of that term has passed.”
So he wont serve 7 years.
“Campbell had committed two violent offences previously – and was now on his third strike, meaning he would have to serve out the full term of the maximum available sentence.
The maximum for indecent assault is seven years.”
So this is a repeat violent offender, who committed a crime that carries a maximum 7 years sentence.
“As well as his aggravated robbery, Campbell had been convicted of robbery and demanding to steal in 2013 – offences that earned him a stage one warning to accompany his sentence of community work and supervision.”
Nasty piece of work.
So even you’re cherry picked example seems fair to me.
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Adam supports catch and release.
As at 31 December 2013, of the 24 second strike offenders for which we have information:
100% have numerous prior convictions as adults. And these are not for minor offences. They include burglary, male assaults female, possession of offensive weapons, robbery, aggravated robbery, indecent assault, theft and many others.
46% have prior convictions for ‘strike’ offences before Three Strikes taking effect on 1 June 2010. Because Three Strikes was not implemented ‘retrospectively’ these prior offences do not count as ‘strikes’ against their record.
The average age of second strikers is just under 26 years, and all but one are men. The youngest second striker is 19 years old, and the oldest 45 years old, at the time of second strike sentence.
67% received a sentence of imprisonment for their first strike offence/s. Of those imprisoned, the average term was 14% of the maximum available. The average term imposed was 20 months.
38% committed their first strike offence while on bail, parole or while still subject to sentence.
92% received a sentence of imprisonment for their second strike offence/s. Of those imprisoned for their second strike offence/s, the average term was 24% of the maximum available. The average term imposed was 35 months. The term imposed is served without parole or early release under the three strikes law.
67% committed their second strike offence while on bail, parole or while still subject to sentence.
Catch and release – nothing less than a lie from a hard right troll. That said.
Dumb, dumb, Dumb… I’d expect nothing less from you Baba Yaga
I like your response by the way, nothing about robbery, but more B.S to support a failed policy, backed by idiots who support corporate greed at the expense of society.
As you may have read unless your a complete idiot. I see it as the role of society to understand why people feel they have to offend, then offer viable solutions so they don’t offended again. Not lock them up and throw away the key so you can have some sort a revenge orgasim.
Thank goodness you have no power, It’s hard to have a conversation with someone who lets their inner two year old take over.
Have a read and see the sort of scum you’re suggesting we put out on the streets.
[lprent: I read your comments and wonder why I let morally repugnant insane and probably criminal* arseholes like you write comments here. I wonder if I should follow your advice and just lock you out. What do you think about that arbitrary rule?
* Moralistic wank hards like you in my experience are invariably commiserate hypocrites who will cheat on anything. It is just a matter of scratching the surface to find the arsehole beneath. Partners, taxes, disabled parking, customs declarations, traffic rules, whatever… I don’t think that such people should be able to be allowed in public. ]
Personally I think that the three strikes law should apply on this blog to RW nutjobs. Three comments a day and finish. Heaven. They would make sure that they said something pungent so as not to waste their opportunities to vent. And within the smelly stuff there would be something real and worth taking note of. Instead we get flaccid minds idly airing their prejudices that have done them so well during their lives.
No credit, at all, for Good Behaviour and Signs of Real Rehabilitation?
No reduction in Time Owed for changes in behaviour or realisations of responsibility – make them “see it out”, regardless of changes they have made to their lives and world-view?
Pucky, I hate to say it, but you come across as ..a fool.
Time off for good behaviour should be earned not a given. Rehabilitation is something that should have more money put towards but is separate to three strikes.
But if you’ve gotten upto the third strike it means changes in behaviour or realisations of responsibility hasn’t occurred so yeah you want to have that discussion on their first or second strike then I’m fine with that but third strike means they haven’t learnt so maximum sentence fully served should be what they get
So you think the third strike law is better at choosing the correct sentence length over a judge who has heard all the evidence and heard all the context?
But they do.
You just want them to do it without parole or supervision – serve the full sentence in an institution, then dump them on the street with no followup or evaluation as to whether they were actually rehabilitated.
Where’d you get that from? I want them to serve the full sentence yes but i also want them to recieve rehabilitation while they’re inside as I’m guessing a large majority probably don’t know how properly read, write or do basic arithmetic
However I believe you can have vocational training, basic literacy, social skills training while serving a full term, I don’t believe its a choice between one or the other
Part of good behaviour within a prison is the knowledge that good behaviour earns remission. Hope comes and is strengthened with that knowledge.
Age has a lot to do with the realisation that there has to be a better way than prison, crime, court, prison recycled.
So do good prison programmes.
I was lucky enough to facilitate nine such courses for inmates in three prisons including Paremoremo. The men I met were more motivated to do the course, and were not therefore typical. But they mostly made changes, understood a bit more, realised that people outside of prison had not abandoned them.
You propose that
” I’m guessing a large majority probably don’t know how properly read, write or do basic arithmetic”.
You would be right. From a recent speech from Mike Williams, who repented his sin of having been a Labour Party President and became CEO of the Howard League we are told –
“Tests of prisoners on entry show that as many as seven out of ten are functionally illiterate.
This means they cannot read or write well enough to comprehend basic texts like the Road Code or tenancy agreements. Illiteracy means that employment is difficult to find and it is, in itself, a driver of offending.”
NZ would benefit from more rehab and treatment centres with an emphasis on education/training and a focus on helping any with mental health difficulties.
Yes some should be locked up and throw away the key, but the majority need help.
Educate the people and lift our whole country up.
For example….
The person stealing cars, probably loves cars and knows a little bit about them, should be encouraged and supported to train as a mechanic.
Sure lock them up at night (via the big house or a tracking anklet), but don’t waste opportunities.
Wasted opportunities is a waste of taxpayer dollars (if you want to look at it from a monetary angle).
Good thoughts Cinny. I think too we need to put a large number through some sort of learning problem. That 80/20 mix often quoted is probably about the proportion of those who would be deflected from crime or be largely free from law-breaking except at the lower end. And then how many of us have done something wrong and never been caught out or officially ‘spoken to’?
Well worth a read…and the comments beneath offer a cross section of opinions.
Not quite a simple as ‘educating’. The twelve year old girl killed in the car chase the other day was supposed to be at her ‘course’. (As opposed to conventional school)
Can’t we have an evidenced based approach? Recently read a critique of psychological interventions for violent offenders in prison. We have strategies that work……
She couldn’t be any more demeaning than the 45th. Here he is in Nashville
“This is why we call the bloodthirsty MS-13 gang members exactly the name I used last week. What was the name? [Crowd: “Animals!”]
Trump has turned a controversy over his referring to people — even gang members — as “animals” into a call-and-response with the crowd at a campaign rally. This is politics in 2018.
But I get what you say Jenny.
Fortunately only the bigots (“Trumpians”) would vote for her. The top viewing of her show maxed out at around 27 million and was dropping off, and she would get no support from Afro-Americans. But the fact that she has no bigotry filter, and is a conspiracy theorist bar none, puts her right up there as a replacement for #45.
You really are imagining the worst of both worlds.
For her to be the 46th President when elected in 2024 would require that Trump be re-elected in 2020.
Please cheer yourself up a little. Imagine that she is elected in 2020 or that she becomes the 47th President. That would at least make Trump a single term POTUS.
Jen, she’s now blaming her racist tweet on sleeping pills.
Drug company has come out saying racism is not a known side effect of sleeping pills. Lmao… true story.
“A spokeswoman for Sanofi, the pharmaceutical company that makes Ambien, said in response to Barr’s tweets about taking the sedative:“While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”
I hope the person who thought up that response for the Drug company gets a pay raise. It is a truly beautiful reply, displaying just the right amount of scorn.
““While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”
Reduction of inhibitions is a well known side effect to many drugs – as in she may well believe what she tweeted but without a reduction in inhibitions via a drug source may never have tweeted it – /devils advocate
That temperature cannot be true.
In Vino assured me that it was a May was incredibly warm and would set records for the highest average temperature.
It is still May so it must be warmer than that?
Are you in the deep South by any chance?
You were banging on about that last week?
I tell you what though Sarah Dowie better hope she doesn’t have to face the people of Invercargill in 2020 promising them that National is going to scrap their recently acquired Winter Fuel Allowance.
The silly fool is already going to have to face the people of Invercargill in 2020 promising them that she’s going to tax them more to pay for Auckland’s roads…
Today is the 31st of May, which means there are 31 days in the month of May. Thus, it is entirely feasible that the monthly average is high despite the very last day being quite cold.
“Today is the 31st of May, which means there are 31 days in the month of May”.
My God. You are clearly a man who thinks he is a logician.
Actually, if that is all the information you have you cannot deduce the conclusion you so blithely trumpet.
The most you can say from the single fact that it is the 31st of May is that there are at least 31 days in May this year.
There could be 32, or 33 or more.
You would also need to say that “No month can have more than 31 days” and that “May always has the same number of days” and, and, and.
I really can’t be bothered explain all the flaws in your statement. You simply aren’t smart enough to understand.
I am tempted to say
“Lift your game Incognito, you can do it”.
Unfortunately you routinely demonstrate that you can’t do it.
I was so wrong, obviously; it is blatantly clear now that you cannot lift your game and you’re sliding deeper and deeper into a hole filled with self-absorbed gibberish and pseudo-witty ripostes. Quite sad, actually …
The point is that the May average is made up of 31 days – and it will always be 31 days – so the last day, or any single day for that matter, makes only a small contribution to the average.
The fact that we interact with obvious RW idiots and trolls, or both, gives an unfortunate appearance that we are on the same level. The old saying ‘Birds of same feather flock together’ applies. Every time they are responded to, it weakens the educational, informative standards of this blog.
“There could be 32, or 33 or more.”
I’d love to hear more about this; “32 or 33 or more”.
Seriously; I thought I knew my calendar but now…I’m not so sure…
He found his voice when Corina and her brother spoke of the need to keep raising problems with staff at Pukekohe’s Palms Lifecare rest home.
Nothing had been done about the flies, for example. As they spoke, Evan lifted his head and locked eyes with Corina.
“He said, ‘They know when you are coming, change your time.’ Then he put his head back down. My brother and I just looked at each other.”
When Corina’s brother arrived the next morning a nurse was soaking Evan’s feet. He groaned and cried as tweezers plucked maggots from under his big toenail and between his toes.
It was quite common for the Allied POW medical staff in the Japanese POW Camps to use maggots to treat wounds on their patients because of the treatment that the Japanese dished out to the poor bloody POW’s in camp or during force labour work like build the Thai Burma Railway etc.
Maggots for wound debridement, good? Confused elderly person with open wounds left daubed in shit, good?
Because, really….think about it for more than a minute. In conjunction with this guy being left in his own excrement….the maggot in the wound thing looks a deal less like a wound management decision and more like neglect.
Using Maggots as a treatment in a so called 1st world health system to be quite frankly bloody disgusting and is something I’ll expect to see on a Peacekeeping Op somewhere in the boonies before any of the NGO’s turn up like SMF etc. The likes Dr D Wearly that was all they had at Hell Fire Pass or in Changi Prison at the time.
I’m in no way condoning the action of what happen and quite frankly whoever authorise that treatment should get a kick up the ass followed by a notice to show cause! Also why wasn’t the RN’s or the other nurses etc speaking up at such a treatment plan???? Or was Palms Life using cheap imported labour because of the so-called labour shortage ie they were paying minimum wages that only overseas workers would work for?
Maggots – you are prejudiced against them. Why do you accept penicillin then? It’s a fungus isn’t it. Some of the beastly things around us do have uses for us. Now leeches, they are a bit like maggots. I think they are bred to a high standard for medical purposes and keep bleeding down in some crucial way.
Using maggots should be a last resort in any modern health care environment, but if that’s all you’re got like the poor buggers in those Japanese POW camps then people like Rosemary should be asking a hell of a lot of questions on what’s going on and she to know more about health issues than me where my basic medical training is CPR, plugging bullet/ slashing/ burns or explosive wounds etc, pulling the odd tooth, put an IV bag up your cracker and delivery the odd baby in a IDP camp/ Village.
You were doing wonders with what you knew. But researchers are looking at the use of measures that have fallen out of fashion. They have their uses, just as certain herbs are said to be good.
Have you heard of the curative powers of dock leaves? They are supposed to be a bushman’s friend. Some tough bird that I got talking to said so. I don’t know from other sources.
There is an ex chicken strangler by the name of Loffy Wiseman has all that in one his SAS survival books and it’s a ripping read, but I go by the teachings of the bush tucker man Les Higgins and lovely bush tucker maps.
One of the baby delivery episodes was done via the radio and between us five rock apes we managed to come up cunning plan to bring this wee tot into this crazy **** up world. The IDP camp happened was an interesting one as well as it was a breach birth anyway it was one those weird ones and luckily some medics from an NGO turned up to take over as we were way out of our depth with this one. But at least they did say thank you for doing a great job unlike some NGO’s I’ve work alongside and they offered us job after our tour if want one and the look on their face was priceless when we told them are not medics, but we are Airforce Infantry lol.
you may be taking the piss greywarshark, but to be really, really clear…
If maggots were there because of some well thought through wound management plan then I’d have no problem. I’ve had to deal with the odd obstinately sloughy wound on a limb with vascular deficiencies and sending in the tiny munchers (from a reputable source, not from the stinking rubbish bin!!!) sounds like a valid option.
BUT….this was NOT part of a well thought through wound care plan…the clue being the fact that this poor old sod was smeared with faeces…hopefully is own,because in those places you might never know.
This is shit poor care…pure and simple…and whoever is running that place should be keel hauled.
That’s the point Rosemary that you made, that we should be aware of. Faeces over the old person. The maggots were just the last straw from previous neglect. We just don’t realise how far the welfare system has been destroyed until people who know draw everyone’s attention to it. We are not thinking and talking about the policies needed to manage present day social problems, particularly from increases in population numbers of aged and bed-ridden people.
Thanks for bringing these things up. There is so much distraction all the time from Trump, crime, sexuality, technology and its constant changes, genetics, climate, weather bombs. People and their problems at an individual level get by-passed.
I heard, many years ago, of how it was the standard summer mealtime practice in a private dementia ‘care’ home to spray the residents with flyspray to deter the little black bastards. In their faces and onto their meals.
The whole place stank of urine and faeces…didn’t help that the carpet had a brown/cream/yellow pattern so it was damn near impossible to see when a clean up was required. Restrictions on incontinence supplies and shortage of spare bedding ensured mattresses were stained and added to the smell. The smell was atrocious first thing in the morning. Lino in the toilets and showers had bubbled up through poor installation. There were no gloves.
Some of the residents were sleeping four to a two person room… made possible only by them sleeping in short, narrow beds that were only slightly larger than camp stretchers.
Some of the staff…well…what can I say? Rough as fucking guts. When they did speak to the residents it was patronising baby talk at best. Not all the staff were like that…but enough to bring the standards down. Physical neglect and abuse were almost normal. And if a resident needed medical attention? You’d better have organised with management to pay the extra for a doctor to visit or Nana would have to wait until the routine visit day.
And the bastards thought they could get away with it because the residents were doolally.
But like Evan, some of them didn’t miss much. Like the enrolled nurse who thought it was ok to use the same toothbrush to clean the dentures of all four residents in the room. Took a few minutes to figure out what the howls were about. Or the residents who couldn’t speak but would fight off one particular staff member while being happy for others to do the cares.
Complain to management??? Hah! The shit staff were the ones who would work the extra shifts so they were practically immune to censure. Plus…they would find ways of exacting payback…
Back then,many of these outfits were owned by registered nurses who had trained or worked with the registered nurses who did the checks so the facility qualified for hospital board funding. Some of these people owned two or three…such good business it was.
Oh, and yes…knowing this, and working in one of these joints, I did compile a written report and handed it to the authorities who made a snap inspection. Shit got real and stuff had to be rectified and I was blacklisted from working in those particular homes when later I worked for a temp agency. Grudges were born. One of my former co workers, who trained as a registered nurse berated me for making this complaint…”You just don’t understand the realities of running a facility like this, the expenses, the tight budget…” Hah. Some tight fucking budget when the owner takes off on a six week European holiday with the family in the middle of expanding her second facility.
They did treat us staff like we were as bewildered as the residents.
The situation raised the question of whether traditional corporation tax models were still appropriate, or whether policymakers should instead resort to revenue-taxing to ensure a level playing field between digital and non-digital companies.
We should always be questioning the tax model and if it delivers what it needs to. ATM, I think it’s fairly safe to say that it doesn’t as it’s been designed to make a few people rich while keeping others down.
That will be helpful, i guess, given the amount of crap Saudi women are going to get from men once they legally start driving cars.
Which is kind of weird when only a few days ago, some of the most senior female activists in Saudi Arabia were arrested, identified, and called traitors to their country:
Saudi authorities continue to perform arbitrary arrests, trials, and convictions of peaceful dissidents. Dozens of human rights defenders and activists continue to serve long prison sentences for criticizing authorities or advocating political and rights reforms. Authorities continue to discriminate against women and religious minorities. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/saudi-arabia
There is almost zero freedom of expression, association or belief in Saudi Arabia. There is zero freedom of religion.
There’s no due process when you’re arrested. There’s no penal code. Children can be tried for capital crimes and sentenced as adults if there are signs of puberty.
It would be great to be able to separate their tyrannical monarchy from their tyrannical religion and its practices, but why bother? It’s one of the most vile theocracies on earth.
I am sure at some level we should all be grateful for any reform at all.
Or: the world should hold Saudi Arabia to account.
Though the monarchy are pretty powerful, they don’t control the religious police and in fact try to avoid stepping on their toes.
In some regions, like Jubail, you rarely see them. In the more conservative south they’re more common but perhaps also more in sync with the local populace. Riyadh is somewhat contested as they try to maintain influence without losing public support.
I see one of our former Prime Ministers is giving an extremely rose-tinted view of some of her actions when she was directly involved in New Zealand Politics.
She says, now she is retired, “abortion should be “simply a decision made between a woman and her doctor”.”
That is fine. However she then went on to claim that she fought this good fight for woman 30 years ago but was prevented from accomplishing it.
“she tried to update the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act when she was health minister in 1989, but met too much opposition. ”
Here she is claiming that she was unable to bring this about, implying that it was more senior MPs in the Cabinet who wouldn’t go along.
That may be but if she really believed in the policy why didn’t she implement it between 1999 and 2008, when she couldn’t have been stopped from doing whatever she wanted to do, particularly in the early years?
I suspect that her beliefs remained very well concealed at that time because she took the pragmatic view that it might hurt her popularity and in that she always took the line that her own preservation was always more important than doing the thing that was right.
At least she could now come out and admit this fact rather than try and pretend she really, truly, honestly tried to achieve the change but couldn’t persuade the people above her to go ahead with it. She stood well back from this for 9 years when PM and it is too late to claim anything else. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/104284178/helen-clark-says-abortion-laws-need-updating-something-she-failed-to-do-when-in-power
labour party was always a minority government then, as they do now. Of course in 1989 was before MMP when the government had a majority
Heres the numbers
1999: 49 out of 120
2002: 52 out of 120
2005 50 out of 121
Any fool like you can see that! N’est pas?
Sometimes even within labour there may a small number of ‘moral conservatives’ who wouldnt go along with any changes to abortion rules.
As far as I could find, and at that time I knew a number of MPs, there was no attempt to try to change the abortion laws during the Clark ascendancy. Maybe there was and they didn’t know about it but I doubt it. I was very disappointed at the time.
The impression I got about the Clark Government was that it was very cautious about getting ahead of public opinion. The primary aim seemed to be to maintain their power, not risk it doing things that they believed in.
This may have been caused by seeing how Roger Douglas worked. He thought a short term but a glorious one was much better than just sticking to the baubles of office.
Labour of course have fewer members of Parliament now than they did in any term of the Clark Government. Ardern appears willing to try and make a change that Clark was never willing to push for. Helen is of course willing to push it and try and claim some of the credit today. After all, what does she now have to lose?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12061895
Can we please scrap the waste of money involved in the Government and Auckland financing this ridiculous yacht race?
Why should we waste hundreds of millions of dollars on something the world is no longer interested in?
Dump Dalton, and the dinghy races he wants. Let someone else promote it somewhere else in the world if they want to but don’t make us pay.
It may put the nose of the Team New Zealand patron out of joint but it would leave the money available for far more important activities.
My God. A protest group.
I don’t know whether any of you are old enough to remember Arlo Guthrie’s song Alice’s Restaurant. It was a protest song about the Vietnam War and the Draft. Some of the lyrics in the song was an appeal to his audience to join in the protests.
He proposes that
“if your in a Situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into The shrink wherever you are, just walk in say “Shrink, You can get
Anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant. “. And walk out.
You know, if One person, just one person does it they may think he’s really sick and They won’t take him.
And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, They may think they’re both faggots and they won’t take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
Singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out. They may think it’s an
Organization.
And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said
Fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and
Walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement.
And that’s what it is, the Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
All you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come’s around on the
Guitar.”
I won’t give you the full song. It goes on for about 20 minutes. Great song and I recommend it if you’ve never heard it.
Well we are already up to four so we have an Organisation. Should we all turn up at Goff’s Office and start a Movement protesting the race?
So do I.
Even when I bought CDs in the 90s for almost every album I owned I could never make myself discard the vinyl or the old Pioneer direct-drive turntable and antique Shure cartridge I owned. The turntable is still reasonable although the cartridge is well out of date in its technology.
My living room therefore remains cluttered with about a thousand old LPs. I’m pretty lazy though and they hardly ever get played.
Very fashionable nowadays of course to have vinyl.
How on earth did the Ukranian state think they would help establish any truth about anything done by the Russians by faking someone’s death?
Did they think it would increase the standing of their Police forces compared to those of Russia?
The Ukranians may well be fighting fire with fire when it comes to parodic investigative theatre, but setting the fire this way is only going to burn their house down.
Not quite getting the thought process behind the “pre-emptive murder” of a journalist, unless we’re looking at reporting from beyond the grave. Who knows – an exclusive with Houdini? That would be a scoop. 🙂
What sort of journalist would even agree to work with state agencies on something like this.
Maybe the sort of journalist that has been working with state agencies…
Journalist of no particular note (is he?) get’s “murdered” in the Ukraine. Media immediately grabs it and does its usual Russian angle. So far, so nothing.
It’s the number of reasonably detailed stories they managed to spin off within the 24 hours of his death being revised that has me raising my eyebrows.
Either they are very good at their job of gathering and collating good quality info very fast – except when reporting a murder that wasn’t even a death – or stories were somewhat prepped.
Ad since 2012 12 Russian journalists have been killed in suspicious circumstances (one as recently as April this year). All of those killed have been openly critical of Putin. Babchenko has also been critical of Putin in his reporting and fled from Russia to the Ukraine in 2017 following a massive protest against him demanding the withdrawal of his Russian citizenship.
I can understand his desire to assist the Ukrainian authorities to apprehend the people responsible for the planned assassination – it is said that there were up to 30 other targets.
So some think this was a foolish act – if it really was done as a sting operation and the person behind the planned murders has been apprehended – then is that not a good thing?
I gather that the man arranging the proposed murders has been arrested.
The middleman was now in custody, Hrytsak said, showing video of a middle-aged, white-haired man being bundled by officers into a van. Hrytsak added that phone intercepts had revealed his contacts in Moscow. Dozens of contract killings had been averted, he suggested, claiming that the list of potential victims in Ukraine stretched to 30 names.
The Ukrainian suspect was supposed to buy a large quantity of weapons and explosive, including 300 AK-47 rifles and “hundreds of kilos of explosives”, Hrytsak alleged.
The general prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, appeared alongside Babchenko, who was dressed at Wednesday’s press conference in a black hoodie. Lutsenko said it was necessary to fake the journalist’s death so the organisers of the plot to kill him would believe they had succeeded.
With the complicated, often violent and at times even genocidal relationship between the Ukraine and Russia since the early 18th century I’m surprised that anyone is surprised with these kind of goings on.
What is clear is that both countries relations are appalling at present and the level of distrust and hatred and unlikely to improve under the current leadership of either country.
The mid 1600s the Coassack Hetmahate ( the precusor to Ukriane)was in conflict with the Tsardom of Moscovy, the Ottomans, and the Lithuanian-polish Commonwealth.
It essentially came under Russian control by the late 1600s. I dont know what you mean by ‘since early 18th century’
And, the Germans in mass did settle in Ukraine years ago also we all know.
So we knew German settlement heritage groups in Ukrane were behind the past uprisings against the russian backed administration.
So here we have two seperate high powered political movements Russia/Germany fighting for control theren historically.
We shouldnt forget that the wife of Nicolas Romanoff the ruling famly leader of Russia till 1917 was murdered with his german born wife by the Communist movement.
So again perhaps the germans always hated Russians for murdering one of their own who was the wife of the ruling leader of Russia.
33,300 Germans lived in Ukraine (2001 census).[10]
In the Russian Empire, Germans were strongly represented among royalty, aristocracy, large land owners, military officers and the upper echelons of the imperial service, engineers, scientists, artists, physicians and the bourgeoisie in general. The Germans of Russia did not necessarily speak Russian; many spoke German,
I love this video, it shows how to smartly respond to continued attacks by right wing loon bags. I’ll let the tagline from youTube do the explaining the video – 9 minutes long.
Playboy recently attacked Ana Kasparian and The Young Turks, Ana responds to the article, discusses being Armenian and working at The Young Turks
The cat (micoplasma bovis) is completely out of the bag for good ‘looks like’
Why are we now spending a Billion + on stoppingit when no one slse has been able to?????
That billion could have saved the whole regional NZ Rail system and they did not care to commit to Winstons NZF “Rails of National Importance” (RONI) policy did they?
So much for promises from Labour towards their coalition partners.
Anyway they need to take the case for saving the most of NZ from micoplasma bovis should be handed by the environment ministry as they are a agency that does a better job.
We callled MPI today to suggest that they begin a “hotline” for farmers and citizens to call to advise of issues and cows looking sick or truck loads of cows going everywhere unchecked. MPI’s reply was “Have you heard of the privacy Act”?????????
We are truly fucked aren’t we just? -See the map of affected abd under suspicion sites spreading here.
here is a very responsible “Farmers Federation” website qwhere they warn to contain the animals in the same farm now and not send them outside to other regions to spread it!!!!!!
There will be no calves at school calf club day this year, or perhaps never again. The older children don’t want to go back to lambs as they are for the little kids. Very sad end of an era, but what farmer would let his prime stock off the farm.
A troubling news report this morning on Radionz about suicides and bullying at Tauranga. It’s on The Wireless in full.. http://shorthand.radionz.co.nz/tauranga-hospital-investigation/index.html Avis spent years working in hospitals in the UK and travelling Europe helping perform heart valve replacements. Eventually he decided to move home, closer to his aging parents.
In 2013, Avis landed a job at Tauranga Hospital. By the time he left in early 2016, he was a shell of his former self, his family say.
In his first year, Avis was hit across the face by a coworker. When he complained, his family say the Bay of Plenty District Health Board (DHB), which runs the hospital, told him the coworker had a medical problem and nothing else was done.
In 2015, Avis felt punished after foregoing normal protocol to save a man’s life. He was put on supervision for six months, during which, his family say, he felt belittled and bullied by management. In an email to a former colleague before he died, Avis said he was avoiding his manager “like the plague”.
“I could see he was losing confidence in himself,” says Mary. “He became distant,” adds Jim.
On 26 July 2016, nearly 11 years to the day of the London bombing, Avis committed suicide.
Why does our Min of Housing dis areas like Pokeno, I thought an area that can provide a 3-4 bedroom house for $600-$650k would be an ideal area that fits into the “affordable housing” parameters ? “If you don’t want to have affordable housing or quality density housing in your neighbourhood, you go and live in Pokeno or Dairy Flat,” he said.”
And I see it is on the main rail line that can service all Auckland stations to Britomart, so ready made public transport exists without additional infrastructure required. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12060628
Most of the talk around affordable housing relates to appartments , not the traditional stand alone land and house package, and with the volume that the govt talks about should not the “economies of scale” reduce the retail cost dramatically down further ?
Then why is a 200m2 4 bedroom place on 650m2 section at the same price or cheaper than an apartment. try searching on trade me. If what you say is the case- why are appartments delivering less than a traditional land and house package ?? https://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categoryattributesearchresults.aspx?cid=5748&search=1&134=1&rsqid=4655cb6148294d118e85
Also who is paying the price for Auckland inner city ‘s infrastructure to be brought up to date?We all are, whilst the inner city still is able to send sewage into the waterways.
Who pays for the suburbs ? Developers ensure our waterways are kept in their pristine state, water, gas etc upgrades.
Then why is a 200m2 4 bedroom place on 650m2 section at the same price or cheaper than an apartment.
That would be the market being wrong.
Also who is paying the price for Auckland inner city ‘s infrastructure to be brought up to date?We all are
That’s how a city works. Higher density drops the charges person.
And that’s also why low density suburbs are more expensive. They cost more per person.
whilst the inner city still is able to send sewage into the waterways.
Citation needed for this tripe.
Who pays for the suburbs ?
Mostly the city.
Developers ensure our waterways are kept in their pristine state, water, gas etc upgrades.
not only that, but the apartment also normally has body corps which suck the person dry in fees, going up 5 -10% like clockwork yearly with not much to show for it in many cases. Then there is what happens when it leaks or needs repairs, generally starts costing a lot more than traditional houses, takes much longer etc etc.
Highrises cost a lot more per square meter to build as so much more to plan for fire, repairs, floods, security, etc etc, there is a lot more complexity.
Terraced housing is the best way to go if you want to intensify. Have a look at cities like London, a lot of terraced housing and much better for families too.
not only that, but the apartment also normally has body corps which suck the person dry in fees, going up 5 -10% like clockwork yearly with not much to show for it in many cases.
Yes. They need proper regulating which NZ doesn’t have.
You’ll note though that apartments are still more popular than stand alone housing.
. Then there is what happens when it leaks or needs repairs, generally starts costing a lot more than traditional houses, takes much longer etc etc.
Which is why you have insurance.
Highrises cost a lot more per square meter to build as so much more to plan for fire, repairs, floods, security, etc etc, there is a lot more complexity.
And despite all that are still cheaper per person.
Terraced housing is the best way to go if you want to intensify. Have a look at cities like London, a lot of terraced housing and much better for families too.
Lots of high-rise apartments as well and that latter part is just you talking out your arse.
Actually, all of what you wrote was you simply talking out your arse.
The commuter trains stop at Pukekohe. There has been a push to get them to Pokeno but no luck. Perhaps if they start going to Hamilton it will be better.
I sometimes wonder why plants both in producing O2🤢
Developers have to ensure thru off line ponds that NO waterways are adversely affected by runoff.
Have a look with he help from google to see where stormwater and sewerage combine during rain events.
Good morning The AM Show many thanks to the Auckland Council for introducing Aotearoa first true carbon tax it will be a bit harder for some but it will benefit the region emencly when the grid lock traffic jam are minimised money will be saved. On the way into Auckland we have 2ks of 70 kl a hour and 2 km of 30 kl this is not on all the fuel wasted in traffic jams is not very efficient is it. It took me 1 1/2 hours to get to Hamilton last Friday.????????????.
John Thurston does not mince words does he come on guys have some respect for the man.
An toa kai to Harvey Weinstein he is getting pay backs for his bad Karma. Everyone needs to respect the Neighbours we are one race the human race and treat Lady’s equally.
Jispy Day was a day that was very busy for my whano you have to book moving trucks a month in advance it was hectic.
With global warming our highs and low will be getting more extreme this was predictabted by OUR scientist and so has sea level rising it was good to see one new house in Tauranga orientated /in the right way to getting the best sun in winter and shading in summer turn a house just a 50 to a 100 degrees and your in the sunshine and money saving are great. Ka kite ano
The AM Show Nice shirt Mark Duncan the NZ property market will be fine and it will carry on getting more expensive for property over time every intelligent person knows this Ka kite ano
The AM Show I agree with William Jackson Paula Bennett should be grovelling and asking people for forgiveness.
I can say what Garth Morgan said to Paula Bennett and not get a back lash so that’s what I’m implying trying to take more right from people just to try and get her poll rates up. Ka kite ano P.S good to see that Labour made a good call with the guest of the AM Show
This is a good article on 3 scenarios for US and Papatuanukue mother earth here’s the link it’s a eye opener for those man made Climate change especially the one who is suppressing the words Climate change in Papatuanukue Media.
Ka kite ano.
Different sandflys but they play the same intimerdation games so easy to see. Ana to kai here’s a link below to show how OUR justice system works link below
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The Government’s proposed changes to Firearms Prohibition Orders (FPO) add almost nothing new and are merely an attempt to distract from its plans to loosen gun laws, police spokesperson Ginny Andersen and justice spokesperson Dr Duncan Webb said. ...
The great Victorian era English politician Lord Macauley stood in the British House of Parliament and said, "The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm".He understood and outlined even way back then, the significant role and influence media have in a democracy. ...
"The Government is moving quickly to realise an additional $46 million in tariff savings in the EU market this season for Kiwi exporters,” Minister for Trade and Agriculture, Todd McClay says. Parliament is set, this week, to complete the final legislative processes required to bring the New Zealand – European ...
New Zealand’s social workers are qualified, experienced, and more representative of the communities they serve, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “I want to acknowledge and applaud New Zealand’s social workers for the hard work they do, providing invaluable support for our most vulnerable. “To coincide with World ...
Cabinet has agreed to a reduced road user charge (RUC) rate for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. Owners of PHEVs will be eligible for a reduced rate of $38 per 1,000km once all light electric vehicles (EVs) move into the RUC system from 1 April. ...
Minister of Agriculture and Trade, Todd McClay, says that today’s opening of Riverland Foods manufacturing plant in Christchurch is a great example of how trade access to overseas markets creates jobs in New Zealand. Speaking at the official opening of this state-of-the-art pet food factory the Minister noted that exports ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Wellington today. “It was a pleasure to host Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his first official visit to New Zealand since 2017. Our discussions were wide-ranging and enabled engagement on many facets of New Zealand’s relationship with China, including trade, ...
Kāinga Ora – Homes & Communities has been instructed to end the Sustaining Tenancies Framework and take stronger measures against persistent antisocial behaviour by tenants, says Housing Minister Chris Bishop. “Earlier today Finance Minister Nicola Willis and I sent an interim Letter of Expectations to the Board of Kāinga Ora. ...
Tēna koutou katoa. Greetings everyone. Thank you to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and the Honourable Simon Bridges for hosting this address today. I acknowledge the business leaders in this room, the leaders and governors, the employers, the entrepreneurs, the investors, and the wealth creators. The coalition Government shares your ...
Minister Winston Peters completed the final leg of his visit to South and South East Asia in Singapore today, where he focused on enhancing one of New Zealand’s indispensable strategic partnerships. “Singapore is our most important defence partner in South East Asia, our fourth-largest trading partner and a ...
Minister of Internal Affairs and Workplace Relations and Safety, Hon. Brooke van Velden, will travel to the Republic of Korea to represent New Zealand at the Third Summit for Democracy on 18 March. The summit, hosted by the Republic of Korea, was first convened by the United States in 2021, ...
ICNZ Speech 7 March 2024, Auckland Acknowledgements and opening Mōrena, ngā mihi nui. Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Nor Whanganui aho. Good morning, it’s a privilege to be here to open the ICNZ annual conference, thank you to Mark for the Mihi Whakatau My thanks to Tim Grafton for inviting me ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Lead Coordination Minister Judith Collins have expressed their deepest sympathy on the five-year anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks. “March 15, 2019, was a day when families, communities and the country came together both in sorrow and solidarity,” Mr Luxon says. “Today we pay our respects to the 51 shuhada ...
Speech for Financial Advice NZ Conference 5 March 2024 Acknowledgements and opening Morena, Nga Mihi Nui. Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Nor Whanganui aho. Thanks Nate for your Mihi Whakatau Good morning. It’s a pleasure to formally open your conference this morning. What a lovely day in Wellington, What a great ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters held discussions in Jakarta today about the future of relations between New Zealand and South East Asia’s most populous country. “We are in Jakarta so early in our new government’s term to reflect the huge importance we place on our relationship with Indonesia and South ...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters has announced that the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, will visit New Zealand next week. “We look forward to re-engaging with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discussing the full breadth of the bilateral relationship, which is one of New Zealand’s ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has today opened the new Auckland Rail Operations Centre, which will bring together KiwiRail, Auckland Transport, and Auckland One Rail to improve service reliability for Aucklanders. “The recent train disruptions in Auckland have highlighted how important it is KiwiRail and Auckland’s rail agencies work together to ...
The Government is proud to support the 10th edition of Crankworx Rotorua as the Crankworx World Tour returns to Rotorua from 16-24 March 2024, says Minister for Economic Development Melissa Lee. “Over the past 10 years as Crankworx Rotorua has grown, so too have the economic and social benefits that ...
Legislation implementing coalition Government tax commitments and addressing long-standing tax anomalies will be progressed in Parliament next week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The legislation is contained in an Amendment Paper to the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill issued today. “The Amendment Paper represents ...
Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard has today announced that the Government has agreed to suspend the requirement for councils to comply with the Significant Natural Areas (SNA) provisions of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity for three years, while it replaces the Resource Management Act (RMA).“As it stands, SNAs ...
Agriculture Minister Todd McClay has classified the drought conditions in the Marlborough, Tasman, and Nelson districts as a medium-scale adverse event, acknowledging the challenging conditions facing farmers and growers in the district. “Parts of Marlborough, Tasman, and Nelson districts are in the grip of an intense dry spell. I know ...
The Government is helping farmers eradicate the significant impact of facial eczema (FE) in pastoral animals, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced. “A $20 million partnership jointly funded by Beef + Lamb NZ, the Government, and the primary sector will save farmers an estimated NZD$332 million per year, and aims to ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has completed a successful visit to India, saying it was an important step in taking the relationship between the two countries to the next level. “We have laid a strong foundation for the Coalition Government’s priority of enhancing New Zealand-India relations to generate significant future benefit for both countries,” says Mr Peters, ...
Cabinet has agreed to provide $7 million to ensure the 2024 ski season can go ahead on the Whakapapa ski field in the central North Island but has told the operator Ruapehu Alpine Lifts it is the last financial support it will receive from taxpayers. Cabinet also agreed to provide ...
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says the launch of a new mobile breast screening unit in Counties Manukau reinforces the coalition Government’s commitment to drive better cancer services for all New Zealanders. Speaking at the launch of the new mobile clinic, Dr Reti says it’s a great example of taking ...
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says the launch of a new mobile breast screening unit in Counties Manukau reinforces the coalition Government’s commitment to drive better cancer services for all New Zealanders. Speaking at the launch of the new mobile clinic, Dr Reti says it’s a great example of taking ...
Unlocking economic growth and land for housing are critical elements of the Government’s plan for our transport network, and planned upgrades to State Highway 29 (SH29) near Tauriko will deliver strongly on those priorities, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “The SH29 upgrades near Tauriko will improve safety at the intersections ...
Unlocking economic growth and land for housing are critical elements of the Government’s plan for our transport network, and planned upgrades to State Highway 29 (SH29) near Tauriko will deliver strongly on those priorities, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “The SH29 upgrades near Tauriko will improve safety at the intersections ...
Lower fruit and vegetable prices are welcome news for New Zealanders who have been doing it tough at the supermarket, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. Stats NZ reported today the price of fruit and vegetables has dropped 9.3 percent in the 12 months to February 2024. “Lower fruit and vege ...
Tēnā koutou katoa and greetings to you all. Chair, I am honoured to address the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women. I acknowledge the many crises impacting the rights of women and girls. Heightened global tensions, war, climate related and humanitarian disasters, and price inflation all ...
Tēnā koutou katoa and greetings to you all. Chair, I am honoured to address the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. I acknowledge the many crises impacting the rights of women and girls. Heightened global tensions, war, climate related and humanitarian disasters, and price inflation all ...
The coalition Government is supporting farmers to enhance land management practices by investing $3.3 million in locally led catchment groups, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced. “Farmers and growers deliver significant prosperity for New Zealand and it’s vital their ongoing efforts to improve land management practices and water quality are supported,” ...
Good evening everyone and thank you for that lovely introduction. Thank you also to the Honourable Simon Bridges for the invitation to address your members. Since being sworn in, this coalition Government has hit the ground running with our 100-day plan, delivering the changes that New Zealanders expect of us. ...
Recommendations from the Climate Change Commission for New Zealand on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) auction and unit limit settings for the next five years have been tabled in Parliament, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “The Commission provides advice on the ETS annually. This is the third time the ...
The coalition Government is beginning its fight to lower building costs and reduce red tape by exempting minor building work from paying the building levy, says Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk. “Currently, any building project worth $20,444 including GST or more is subject to the building levy which is ...
Proposed changes to tax legislation to prevent the over-taxation of low-earning trusts are welcome, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The changes have been recommended by Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee following consideration of submissions on the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill. “One of the ...
Assalaamu alaikum. السَّلَام عليكم In light of the holy month of Ramadan, I want to extend my warmest wishes to our Muslim community in New Zealand. Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection, renewed devotion, perseverance, generosity, and forgiveness. It’s a time to strengthen our bonds and appreciate the diversity ...
Former Transport Minister and CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber Hon Simon Bridges has been appointed as the new Board Chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) for a three-year term, Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced today. “Simon brings extensive experience and knowledge in transport policy and governance to the role. He will ...
Good morning all, it is a pleasure to be here as Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology. It is fantastic to see how connected and collaborative the life science and biotechnology industry is here in New Zealand. I would like to thank BioTechNZ and NZTech for the invitation to address ...
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says he is looking forward to the day when three key water projects in Northland are up and running, unlocking the full potential of land in the region. Mr Jones attended a community event at the site of the Otawere reservoir near Kerikeri on Friday. ...
Associate Finance Minister David Seymour has today announced that the Government has agreed to restore deductibility for mortgage interest on residential investment properties. “Help is on the way for landlords and renters alike. The Government’s restoration of interest deductibility will ease pressure on rents and simplify the tax code,” says ...
Sport and Recreation Minister Chris Bishop will travel to Switzerland today to attend an Executive Committee meeting and Symposium of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Mr Bishop will then travel on to London where he will attend a series of meetings in his capacity as Infrastructure Minister. “New Zealanders believe ...
Pacific Media Watch Earthwise hosts Lois and Martin Griffiths. Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths on Plains FM 96.9 community radio talk to Dr David Robie, a New Zealand author, independent journalist and media educator with a passion for the Asia-Pacific region. David talks about the struggle to raise awareness ...
Pacific Media Watch Ismail al-Ghoul, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who was held for 12 hours at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, says Israeli forces rounded up Palestinian journalists at the facility and made them kneel on the ground for hours, while naked and blindfolded. “The occupation forces handcuffed and blindfolded us ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute chinasong, Shutterstock Electricity customers in four Australian states can breathe a sigh of relief. After two years in a row of 20% price increases, power prices have finally stabilised. In many places they’re ...
Chumbawamba have reportedly issued the deputy PM a cease-and-desist notice after he used their song 'Tubthumping' before his state of the nation speech. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney kitzcorner/Shutterstock The assertion from Queensland’s chief health officer John Gerrard that ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Why are musicians so keen to get played on the radio? It can’t be because of the money. In Australia they are paid at rates so low they ...
"Farmers make a point not to tell our urban cousins how to live, yet Chlöe from central Auckland is hell-bent on having her say about farmers," says ACT Rural Communities spokesman Mark Cameron. “On her first day in the House as Green ...
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz)Political scientist, Dr Bryce Edwards. It’s been a tumultuous time in politics in recent months, as the new National-led Government has driven through its “First 100 Day programme”. During this period there’s been a handful of opinion polls, which overall just ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Curran, Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images/Gerald Corsi In the latest move to reform environmental laws in New Zealand, the coalition government has introduced a bill to fast-track consenting processes for projects deemed to ...
Uber has argued it does not have as much control over drivers as the unions suggest, and wants a judgment ruling that drivers are employees and not contractors set aside and sent back to the Employment Court. The 2022 ruling followed a three-week hearing in which four drivers sought to ...
What can and can’t be purchased by disabled people or their carers has been slashed in an effort by the Ministry of Disabled People Whaikaha to save money. The purchasing guidelines, a set of rules that sets out what can be purchased using the various streams of Government disability funding, ...
The Treasury has published today a new Analytical Note by Tod Wright and Hien Nguyen, Fiscal incidence in New Zealand: The effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes in tax year 2018/19 . Analyses of the distributional impact of taxation and government ...
The Treasury has published today a new Analytical Note by Cory Davis, Boston Hart and Benjamin Stubbing, Household cost-of-living impacts from the Emissions Trading Scheme and using transfers to mitigate regressive outcomes . This Analytical Note ...
A coalition of public transport and climate organisations, united as ‘Transport for All’, is actively opposing the government’s transport proposals. The draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) includes plans for higher fares for public transport, ...
Greater Wellington is inviting feedback on proposed changes to its Revenue and Financing Policy. The Revenue and Financing Policy covers the Council’s various sources of funding, and how the cost of services is shared across the region. This includes ...
Labour has conceded it could have done more to deal with disruptive state housing tenants while in government but says the current coalition is going too far. ...
The band has asked their record label to issue a cease and desist to stop the NZ First leader using their 1997 hit to support his ‘misguided political views’. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” blared through the speakers on Sunday as Winston Peters took the stage ...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Food rationing is underway in remote areas in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands following torrential rain and flash flooding. More than 20 people have been reported dead in Chimbu Province. In nearby Enga Province, the centre of last month’s massacre, a 15-year-old boy has been ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University After months of debate and intrigue, the AFL’s 19th and newest team, the Tasmania Devils, finally launched its jumper, logo and colours in Devonport this week. The Devils will wear green, ...
Brannavan Gnanalingam reviews the debut novel by Saraid de Silva.One of the most baffling things for children who move to a new country is what their parents’ (or grandparents’) lives were like prior to moving – for kids in particular, they’re too busy trying to fit in in their ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University Narelle Portanier/Binge “If you don’t know who your mob are, you don’t know who you are,” Detective Andrea “Andie” Whitford (played by Leah Purcell) is told early into the new crime ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Associate professor, Australian National University It’s commonly accepted that women do the vast majority of caregiving in Australian society. But less appreciated is that Indigenous women do larger amounts of unpaid care than any other group. Working with the Aboriginal ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both secured their parties’ nominations for the November 5 United States general election by winning a ...
Comment: There has been a striking contrast in trans-Tasman interest about Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to New Zealand and Australia. While the Australian press has been full of articles about the visit – including his curious decision to meet with former prime minister and China booster Paul Keating ...
After years of pressuring banks and other institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels, climate campaigners are making some progress. So how does divestment work?For years, climate activists have been pushing banks and other big institutions to divest from fossil fuels. New research from climate advocacy group 350 Aotearoa ...
For Boba, Ethan and Ashley, K-pop is a place to belong, a way to express themselves, and a bridge to connect with others. The three young Polynesians are part of a K-pop fan community in Tāmaki Makaurau. It’s one of many that have sprung up worldwide as K-pop has gone ...
For Boba, Ethan and Ashley, K-pop is a place to belong, a way to express themselves, and a bridge to connect with others. This one-off documentary presents three intimate portraits of young Polynesians who are pulled into a Korean cultural phenomenon. K-POLYS is directed by Litia Tuiburelevu, Produced by Hex ...
There’s ample evidence demonstrating free school lunch programmes provide wide benefits across schools, households and communities according to public health researchers. ACT Minister David Seymour wants to reduce the spending on Aotearoa New Zealand’s ...
By Wata Shaw in Suva Fiji is facing an exodus of Fijians as many are leaving for overseas seeking employment and education and others are migrating, says Opposition MP Viliame Naupoto. Speaking in Parliament, he said: “His Excellency’s speech (Ratu Wiliame Katonivere) comes after a little over one year of ...
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming comments from Christopher Luxon this morning recommitting to ‘no new taxes’ as part of Budget 2024. “Mr Luxon’s refusal at the Post-Cabinet press conference yesterday to repeat the ‘no new taxes’ promise ...
SAFE is urgently calling on the Environment Committee to reject the Government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill, and is urging New Zealanders to rally behind the call. The proposed Bill, currently under consideration with the Environment select committee, ...
Teammates who spend all their time picking fights with spectators are only helpful for the other team, writes Madeleine Chapman. Anyone who has ever played a team sport competitively, particularly as a child and particularly, for some reason, basketball, will know that there’s a lot of politics involved. While there ...
The long-running Wellington music festival is too focused on the Jim Beam-ness and not enough on the Homegrown-ness.There is something about Homegrown that’s difficult to place. A barely perceptible-ness. Like feeling a ghost is watching you from the corner of the room but when you look, there’s nothing there. ...
The latest Ipsos New Zealand Issues Monitor reveals that fewer New Zealanders believe crime / law and order is one of the top issues facing our country. In 2018, Ipsos New Zealand started tracking the key issues facing New Zealand. In this wave ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute Australia’s political donations rules are woefully inadequate, but donations reform is finally on the agenda. The federal government has signalled its interest in reform and will soon begin briefing MPs on its ...
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Global climate records were shattered in 2023, from air and sea temperatures to sea-level rise and sea-ice extent. Scores of countries recorded their hottest year ...
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a teacher explains why he and his partner are in frugal mode – and how they’re making it work. Gender: Male Age: 35Ethnicity: Pākehā Role: I am an intermediate school teacher and my partner is ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bendall, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Binge Mary & George, the new British television drama series, depicts the real-life story of Mary Villiers and her son George, and their social climbing at the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Nassios, Associate Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. Australian state and federal governments spend money in many ways to ...
The finance minister is denying that there’s a $5.6b shortfall in paying for the government’s campaign promises, including tax cuts. At his post-cabinet press conference yesterday, the PM refused to rule out new taxes to pay for the cuts, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s ...
Kāinga Ora tenants abused by their neighbours are doubting the government's crackdown on disruptive tenants will make a difference on their behaviour. ...
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Opinion: We are fast approaching a fundamental change in prisons. As the number of people on custodial remand looks set to overtake the number of sentenced prisoners, the main function of prisons in New Zealand may become incarcerating un-sentenced people who may not be guilty of offending. We have already ...
A huge seven months lies in store for the White Ferns, beginning this week with the visit of England and culminating with the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in September and October. Starting on Tuesday in Dunedin, the world ranked No. 2 visitors will play five T20s and three ODIs, ...
Opinion: In a move that has shocked road safety advocates across the country, the new Minister of Transport, Simeon Brown, is poised to abandon the previous government’s speed limit reduction policy, particularly around schools. Even more alarmingly, he wants school speed limits to be variable rather than full-time, arguing ...
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Little better get to work selling his softening of the bail laws the nodding heads on the am are working them selves into a lather.
All they will be waiting for is someone to die.
Saw that too. No balance, no perspective, just mindless lock him up stuff. Then he moved onto pointlessly bagging Russia.
Oh well maybe someone who wants to make nz a better place will get his platform one day.
Yeah, I saw it also. It is a pity they did not have an in-depth discussion about Bennet and the unnecessary scare this lying person used to empty state houses so they could then be sold.
There doesn’t appear to be any communication strategy across any government department whatsoever. It’s making me fearful for the future.
How can you have a strategy when Newshub makes it all up.
The three strikes law will be repealed in two weeks, Newshub can reveal – and Justice Minister will also push for sentences shorter than two years to be served as home detention.
Thats the current legislation now. FOR SENTENCES LESS THAN 2 YEARS!
I personally liked the idea behind the three strikes law but, unfortunately, too many judges decided it was “manifestly unjust” and didn’t impose the maximum sentence
I think this is a big mistake by Labour and by carrying this out, without any real alternative, will see Labour hit in the polls and rightly so
Will be interesting to see what NZFirst have to say about it as well
Puckish Rogue said: “I personally liked the idea behind the three strikes law”
Shudder
Its not unreasonable to expect someone that commits a serious crime for the third time to be sentenced for the full length allowable for that crime
Yes it is.
Why?
No, it isn’t. The strikes only apply to serious crime. Three offences is more than enough.
Yes dear.
So pinching someones bottom while in prison earns 7 years?
And how does extending the imprisonment of someone by 7 years for pinching a bottom ensure the safety of society
You’d have to provide an actual example of such an offence contributing to the three strikes rule.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/86818649/seven-years-jail-for-prison-bum-grab
“Toogood sentenced Campbell to seven years in prison, but Campbell is still able to apply for parole once a third of that term has passed.”
So he wont serve 7 years.
“Campbell had committed two violent offences previously – and was now on his third strike, meaning he would have to serve out the full term of the maximum available sentence.
The maximum for indecent assault is seven years.”
So this is a repeat violent offender, who committed a crime that carries a maximum 7 years sentence.
“As well as his aggravated robbery, Campbell had been convicted of robbery and demanding to steal in 2013 – offences that earned him a stage one warning to accompany his sentence of community work and supervision.”
Nasty piece of work.
So even you’re cherry picked example seems fair to me.
So how come the hits law didn’t stop this guy?
I thought that was the idea.
I wouldn’t have expected otherwise.
Dumb, dumb, Dumb…
Baba Yaga thinks robbery is a serious crime….
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Adam supports catch and release.
As at 31 December 2013, of the 24 second strike offenders for which we have information:
100% have numerous prior convictions as adults. And these are not for minor offences. They include burglary, male assaults female, possession of offensive weapons, robbery, aggravated robbery, indecent assault, theft and many others.
46% have prior convictions for ‘strike’ offences before Three Strikes taking effect on 1 June 2010. Because Three Strikes was not implemented ‘retrospectively’ these prior offences do not count as ‘strikes’ against their record.
The average age of second strikers is just under 26 years, and all but one are men. The youngest second striker is 19 years old, and the oldest 45 years old, at the time of second strike sentence.
67% received a sentence of imprisonment for their first strike offence/s. Of those imprisoned, the average term was 14% of the maximum available. The average term imposed was 20 months.
38% committed their first strike offence while on bail, parole or while still subject to sentence.
92% received a sentence of imprisonment for their second strike offence/s. Of those imprisoned for their second strike offence/s, the average term was 24% of the maximum available. The average term imposed was 35 months. The term imposed is served without parole or early release under the three strikes law.
67% committed their second strike offence while on bail, parole or while still subject to sentence.
http://sst.org.nz/our-aims/sst-three-strikes-policy/
No prizes for making stuff up.
Catch and release – nothing less than a lie from a hard right troll. That said.
Dumb, dumb, Dumb… I’d expect nothing less from you Baba Yaga
I like your response by the way, nothing about robbery, but more B.S to support a failed policy, backed by idiots who support corporate greed at the expense of society.
As you may have read unless your a complete idiot. I see it as the role of society to understand why people feel they have to offend, then offer viable solutions so they don’t offended again. Not lock them up and throw away the key so you can have some sort a revenge orgasim.
Thank goodness you have no power, It’s hard to have a conversation with someone who lets their inner two year old take over.
https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2018/05/meet_a_second_striker.html
Have a read and see the sort of scum you’re suggesting we put out on the streets.
[lprent: I read your comments and wonder why I let morally repugnant insane and probably criminal* arseholes like you write comments here. I wonder if I should follow your advice and just lock you out. What do you think about that arbitrary rule?
* Moralistic wank hards like you in my experience are invariably commiserate hypocrites who will cheat on anything. It is just a matter of scratching the surface to find the arsehole beneath. Partners, taxes, disabled parking, customs declarations, traffic rules, whatever… I don’t think that such people should be able to be allowed in public. ]
Except that’s not how three strikes actually worked and you know it.
So why not use it as it was supposed to be used instead of getting rid of it
Why don’t you ask a few professional lawyers who work with the current batshit crazy law to find out?
Because it has no useful purpose.
I think its very useful, if you’ve broken three of the three strikes laws then you get to be taken out of society for a good number of years
Thats quite useful
No it’s not – it’s a waste of human potential.
And it costs you and I around $100,000 per year for each person incarcerated.
He’s saying it’s good for the corporations he worships. Who cares about society in Puck’s world.
Personally I think that the three strikes law should apply on this blog to RW nutjobs. Three comments a day and finish. Heaven. They would make sure that they said something pungent so as not to waste their opportunities to vent. And within the smelly stuff there would be something real and worth taking note of. Instead we get flaccid minds idly airing their prejudices that have done them so well during their lives.
There’s probably a job for you on a redneck breakfast tv show. Like tv3.
My natural reticence, humbleness and lack of ego precludes me from a career in television 🙂
You could probably tweet in though.
I’m sure you have a great face for radio though
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTa3-K7IcAANuuY.jpg
I sure do 🙂
The Sentencing Act 2002 still has the option for Preventive Detention.
You personally like the idea of a manifestly unjust justice system?
How odd.
Yes I am in favour of criminals serving their entire sentences
No credit, at all, for Good Behaviour and Signs of Real Rehabilitation?
No reduction in Time Owed for changes in behaviour or realisations of responsibility – make them “see it out”, regardless of changes they have made to their lives and world-view?
Pucky, I hate to say it, but you come across as ..a fool.
Time off for good behaviour should be earned not a given. Rehabilitation is something that should have more money put towards but is separate to three strikes.
But if you’ve gotten upto the third strike it means changes in behaviour or realisations of responsibility hasn’t occurred so yeah you want to have that discussion on their first or second strike then I’m fine with that but third strike means they haven’t learnt so maximum sentence fully served should be what they get
So you think the third strike law is better at choosing the correct sentence length over a judge who has heard all the evidence and heard all the context?
But they do.
You just want them to do it without parole or supervision – serve the full sentence in an institution, then dump them on the street with no followup or evaluation as to whether they were actually rehabilitated.
Where’d you get that from? I want them to serve the full sentence yes but i also want them to recieve rehabilitation while they’re inside as I’m guessing a large majority probably don’t know how properly read, write or do basic arithmetic
However I believe you can have vocational training, basic literacy, social skills training while serving a full term, I don’t believe its a choice between one or the other
Part of rehabilitation is learning to live in society.
I think you can have rehabilitation and the three strikes rule
Part of rehabilitation is hope.
Part of good behaviour within a prison is the knowledge that good behaviour earns remission. Hope comes and is strengthened with that knowledge.
Age has a lot to do with the realisation that there has to be a better way than prison, crime, court, prison recycled.
So do good prison programmes.
I was lucky enough to facilitate nine such courses for inmates in three prisons including Paremoremo. The men I met were more motivated to do the course, and were not therefore typical. But they mostly made changes, understood a bit more, realised that people outside of prison had not abandoned them.
I can’t see three strikes helping those men.
All well and good while they’re inside (except for them), until you put them back into society without the supervision given by parole.
Sort of like teaching someone to swim right up until they enter the water.
You propose that
” I’m guessing a large majority probably don’t know how properly read, write or do basic arithmetic”.
You would be right. From a recent speech from Mike Williams, who repented his sin of having been a Labour Party President and became CEO of the Howard League we are told –
“Tests of prisoners on entry show that as many as seven out of ten are functionally illiterate.
This means they cannot read or write well enough to comprehend basic texts like the Road Code or tenancy agreements. Illiteracy means that employment is difficult to find and it is, in itself, a driver of offending.”
That was in March this year
https://www.adls.org.nz/for-the-profession/news-and-opinion/2018/3/23/the-new-zealand-howard-league-%E2%80%93-driving-down-illiteracy-in-our-prisons/
The other thing the League concentrates on is getting the prisoners a driving licence.
Basically if you can’t read and can’t drive you have no chance at all of getting work.
NZ would benefit from more rehab and treatment centres with an emphasis on education/training and a focus on helping any with mental health difficulties.
Yes some should be locked up and throw away the key, but the majority need help.
Educate the people and lift our whole country up.
For example….
The person stealing cars, probably loves cars and knows a little bit about them, should be encouraged and supported to train as a mechanic.
Sure lock them up at night (via the big house or a tracking anklet), but don’t waste opportunities.
Wasted opportunities is a waste of taxpayer dollars (if you want to look at it from a monetary angle).
Or perhaps they could train as a racing car driver as they obviously like to drive fast….
Good thoughts Cinny. I think too we need to put a large number through some sort of learning problem. That 80/20 mix often quoted is probably about the proportion of those who would be deflected from crime or be largely free from law-breaking except at the lower end. And then how many of us have done something wrong and never been caught out or officially ‘spoken to’?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/104327451/lock-em-up-overlooks-the-reality-of-my-neighbour-the-future-gang-member
Well worth a read…and the comments beneath offer a cross section of opinions.
Not quite a simple as ‘educating’. The twelve year old girl killed in the car chase the other day was supposed to be at her ‘course’. (As opposed to conventional school)
Can’t we have an evidenced based approach? Recently read a critique of psychological interventions for violent offenders in prison. We have strategies that work……
Just woke from a terrible nightmare
2019, After her losing her popular ratings topping show in 2018, Roseanne Barr enters politics.
2024, Roseanne Barr becomes the 46th President of the United States of America
She couldn’t be any more demeaning than the 45th. Here he is in Nashville
But I get what you say Jenny.
Fortunately only the bigots (“Trumpians”) would vote for her. The top viewing of her show maxed out at around 27 million and was dropping off, and she would get no support from Afro-Americans. But the fact that she has no bigotry filter, and is a conspiracy theorist bar none, puts her right up there as a replacement for #45.
You really are imagining the worst of both worlds.
For her to be the 46th President when elected in 2024 would require that Trump be re-elected in 2020.
Please cheer yourself up a little. Imagine that she is elected in 2020 or that she becomes the 47th President. That would at least make Trump a single term POTUS.
Jen, she’s now blaming her racist tweet on sleeping pills.
Drug company has come out saying racism is not a known side effect of sleeping pills. Lmao… true story.
“A spokeswoman for Sanofi, the pharmaceutical company that makes Ambien, said in response to Barr’s tweets about taking the sedative:“While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/358603/roseanne-barr-blames-racist-tweet-on-sleeping-pills
I hope the person who thought up that response for the Drug company gets a pay raise. It is a truly beautiful reply, displaying just the right amount of scorn.
Hear hear. That’s pure gold.
Cinny
ROL
““While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”
Reduction of inhibitions is a well known side effect to many drugs – as in she may well believe what she tweeted but without a reduction in inhibitions via a drug source may never have tweeted it – /devils advocate
Regrettably this wasn’t the first instance of racist comments by Roseanne Barr – nor is it likely to be the last.
https://twitter.com/GRYKING/status/1001517073900679168
Minus 6 at my place this morning. A pretty impressive frost going on outside this morning.
That temperature cannot be true.
In Vino assured me that it was a May was incredibly warm and would set records for the highest average temperature.
It is still May so it must be warmer than that?
Are you in the deep South by any chance?
You were banging on about that last week?
I tell you what though Sarah Dowie better hope she doesn’t have to face the people of Invercargill in 2020 promising them that National is going to scrap their recently acquired Winter Fuel Allowance.
The silly fool is already going to have to face the people of Invercargill in 2020 promising them that she’s going to tax them more to pay for Auckland’s roads…
Today is the 31st of May, which means there are 31 days in the month of May. Thus, it is entirely feasible that the monthly average is high despite the very last day being quite cold.
Lift your game, Alwyn, you can do it!
“Today is the 31st of May, which means there are 31 days in the month of May”.
My God. You are clearly a man who thinks he is a logician.
Actually, if that is all the information you have you cannot deduce the conclusion you so blithely trumpet.
The most you can say from the single fact that it is the 31st of May is that there are at least 31 days in May this year.
There could be 32, or 33 or more.
You would also need to say that “No month can have more than 31 days” and that “May always has the same number of days” and, and, and.
I really can’t be bothered explain all the flaws in your statement. You simply aren’t smart enough to understand.
I am tempted to say
“Lift your game Incognito, you can do it”.
Unfortunately you routinely demonstrate that you can’t do it.
I was so wrong, obviously; it is blatantly clear now that you cannot lift your game and you’re sliding deeper and deeper into a hole filled with self-absorbed gibberish and pseudo-witty ripostes. Quite sad, actually …
The point is that the May average is made up of 31 days – and it will always be 31 days – so the last day, or any single day for that matter, makes only a small contribution to the average.
The fact that we interact with obvious RW idiots and trolls, or both, gives an unfortunate appearance that we are on the same level. The old saying ‘Birds of same feather flock together’ applies. Every time they are responded to, it weakens the educational, informative standards of this blog.
“There could be 32, or 33 or more.”
I’d love to hear more about this; “32 or 33 or more”.
Seriously; I thought I knew my calendar but now…I’m not so sure…
Another rest home maggot story.
Palms Lifecare, Pukekohe
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12060058
He found his voice when Corina and her brother spoke of the need to keep raising problems with staff at Pukekohe’s Palms Lifecare rest home.
Nothing had been done about the flies, for example. As they spoke, Evan lifted his head and locked eyes with Corina.
“He said, ‘They know when you are coming, change your time.’ Then he put his head back down. My brother and I just looked at each other.”
When Corina’s brother arrived the next morning a nurse was soaking Evan’s feet. He groaned and cried as tweezers plucked maggots from under his big toenail and between his toes.
Maggots, best known treatment for painless debridement of necrotic tissue, Palms Lifecare should be praised for their innovation.
“Maggots, best known treatment for painless debridement of necrotic tissue, Palms Lifecare should be praised for their innovation.”
I can just imagine the wound care meeting….carefully documented plan…and oh! So cheap!
It was quite common for the Allied POW medical staff in the Japanese POW Camps to use maggots to treat wounds on their patients because of the treatment that the Japanese dished out to the poor bloody POW’s in camp or during force labour work like build the Thai Burma Railway etc.
Well, that’s all ok then?
Maggots for wound debridement, good? Confused elderly person with open wounds left daubed in shit, good?
Because, really….think about it for more than a minute. In conjunction with this guy being left in his own excrement….the maggot in the wound thing looks a deal less like a wound management decision and more like neglect.
Using Maggots as a treatment in a so called 1st world health system to be quite frankly bloody disgusting and is something I’ll expect to see on a Peacekeeping Op somewhere in the boonies before any of the NGO’s turn up like SMF etc. The likes Dr D Wearly that was all they had at Hell Fire Pass or in Changi Prison at the time.
I’m in no way condoning the action of what happen and quite frankly whoever authorise that treatment should get a kick up the ass followed by a notice to show cause! Also why wasn’t the RN’s or the other nurses etc speaking up at such a treatment plan???? Or was Palms Life using cheap imported labour because of the so-called labour shortage ie they were paying minimum wages that only overseas workers would work for?
Maggots – you are prejudiced against them. Why do you accept penicillin then? It’s a fungus isn’t it. Some of the beastly things around us do have uses for us. Now leeches, they are a bit like maggots. I think they are bred to a high standard for medical purposes and keep bleeding down in some crucial way.
Using maggots should be a last resort in any modern health care environment, but if that’s all you’re got like the poor buggers in those Japanese POW camps then people like Rosemary should be asking a hell of a lot of questions on what’s going on and she to know more about health issues than me where my basic medical training is CPR, plugging bullet/ slashing/ burns or explosive wounds etc, pulling the odd tooth, put an IV bag up your cracker and delivery the odd baby in a IDP camp/ Village.
Sounds like MASH. Did you see it?
You were doing wonders with what you knew. But researchers are looking at the use of measures that have fallen out of fashion. They have their uses, just as certain herbs are said to be good.
Have you heard of the curative powers of dock leaves? They are supposed to be a bushman’s friend. Some tough bird that I got talking to said so. I don’t know from other sources.
There is an ex chicken strangler by the name of Loffy Wiseman has all that in one his SAS survival books and it’s a ripping read, but I go by the teachings of the bush tucker man Les Higgins and lovely bush tucker maps.
One of the baby delivery episodes was done via the radio and between us five rock apes we managed to come up cunning plan to bring this wee tot into this crazy **** up world. The IDP camp happened was an interesting one as well as it was a breach birth anyway it was one those weird ones and luckily some medics from an NGO turned up to take over as we were way out of our depth with this one. But at least they did say thank you for doing a great job unlike some NGO’s I’ve work alongside and they offered us job after our tour if want one and the look on their face was priceless when we told them are not medics, but we are Airforce Infantry lol.
you may be taking the piss greywarshark, but to be really, really clear…
If maggots were there because of some well thought through wound management plan then I’d have no problem. I’ve had to deal with the odd obstinately sloughy wound on a limb with vascular deficiencies and sending in the tiny munchers (from a reputable source, not from the stinking rubbish bin!!!) sounds like a valid option.
BUT….this was NOT part of a well thought through wound care plan…the clue being the fact that this poor old sod was smeared with faeces…hopefully is own,because in those places you might never know.
This is shit poor care…pure and simple…and whoever is running that place should be keel hauled.
That’s the point Rosemary that you made, that we should be aware of. Faeces over the old person. The maggots were just the last straw from previous neglect. We just don’t realise how far the welfare system has been destroyed until people who know draw everyone’s attention to it. We are not thinking and talking about the policies needed to manage present day social problems, particularly from increases in population numbers of aged and bed-ridden people.
Thanks for bringing these things up. There is so much distraction all the time from Trump, crime, sexuality, technology and its constant changes, genetics, climate, weather bombs. People and their problems at an individual level get by-passed.
I heard, many years ago, of how it was the standard summer mealtime practice in a private dementia ‘care’ home to spray the residents with flyspray to deter the little black bastards. In their faces and onto their meals.
The whole place stank of urine and faeces…didn’t help that the carpet had a brown/cream/yellow pattern so it was damn near impossible to see when a clean up was required. Restrictions on incontinence supplies and shortage of spare bedding ensured mattresses were stained and added to the smell. The smell was atrocious first thing in the morning. Lino in the toilets and showers had bubbled up through poor installation. There were no gloves.
Some of the residents were sleeping four to a two person room… made possible only by them sleeping in short, narrow beds that were only slightly larger than camp stretchers.
Some of the staff…well…what can I say? Rough as fucking guts. When they did speak to the residents it was patronising baby talk at best. Not all the staff were like that…but enough to bring the standards down. Physical neglect and abuse were almost normal. And if a resident needed medical attention? You’d better have organised with management to pay the extra for a doctor to visit or Nana would have to wait until the routine visit day.
And the bastards thought they could get away with it because the residents were doolally.
But like Evan, some of them didn’t miss much. Like the enrolled nurse who thought it was ok to use the same toothbrush to clean the dentures of all four residents in the room. Took a few minutes to figure out what the howls were about. Or the residents who couldn’t speak but would fight off one particular staff member while being happy for others to do the cares.
Complain to management??? Hah! The shit staff were the ones who would work the extra shifts so they were practically immune to censure. Plus…they would find ways of exacting payback…
Back then,many of these outfits were owned by registered nurses who had trained or worked with the registered nurses who did the checks so the facility qualified for hospital board funding. Some of these people owned two or three…such good business it was.
Oh, and yes…knowing this, and working in one of these joints, I did compile a written report and handed it to the authorities who made a snap inspection. Shit got real and stuff had to be rectified and I was blacklisted from working in those particular homes when later I worked for a temp agency. Grudges were born. One of my former co workers, who trained as a registered nurse berated me for making this complaint…”You just don’t understand the realities of running a facility like this, the expenses, the tight budget…” Hah. Some tight fucking budget when the owner takes off on a six week European holiday with the family in the middle of expanding her second facility.
They did treat us staff like we were as bewildered as the residents.
And this happened thirty years ago.
SSDD
Angela Merkel speaks in favour of taxing the use of data, calls for suggestions on how to make it practicable.
We should always be questioning the tax model and if it delivers what it needs to. ATM, I think it’s fairly safe to say that it doesn’t as it’s been designed to make a few people rich while keeping others down.
Saudi Arabia is passing a law banning sexual harassment:
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/saudi-arabia-seeks-criminalise-sexual-harassment-doc-15g6q52
That will be helpful, i guess, given the amount of crap Saudi women are going to get from men once they legally start driving cars.
Which is kind of weird when only a few days ago, some of the most senior female activists in Saudi Arabia were arrested, identified, and called traitors to their country:
http://www.dw.com/en/international-rights-groups-condemn-arrests-of-saudi-women-activists/a-43855027
Four of those detainees were freed last week.
Saudi authorities continue to perform arbitrary arrests, trials, and convictions of peaceful dissidents. Dozens of human rights defenders and activists continue to serve long prison sentences for criticizing authorities or advocating political and rights reforms. Authorities continue to discriminate against women and religious minorities.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/saudi-arabia
There is almost zero freedom of expression, association or belief in Saudi Arabia. There is zero freedom of religion.
There’s no due process when you’re arrested. There’s no penal code. Children can be tried for capital crimes and sentenced as adults if there are signs of puberty.
It would be great to be able to separate their tyrannical monarchy from their tyrannical religion and its practices, but why bother? It’s one of the most vile theocracies on earth.
I am sure at some level we should all be grateful for any reform at all.
Or: the world should hold Saudi Arabia to account.
It’s complicated.
Though the monarchy are pretty powerful, they don’t control the religious police and in fact try to avoid stepping on their toes.
In some regions, like Jubail, you rarely see them. In the more conservative south they’re more common but perhaps also more in sync with the local populace. Riyadh is somewhat contested as they try to maintain influence without losing public support.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-religious-police-riyadh-islam-mohammed-bin-salman-vision-2030-a7808796.html
I see one of our former Prime Ministers is giving an extremely rose-tinted view of some of her actions when she was directly involved in New Zealand Politics.
She says, now she is retired, “abortion should be “simply a decision made between a woman and her doctor”.”
That is fine. However she then went on to claim that she fought this good fight for woman 30 years ago but was prevented from accomplishing it.
“she tried to update the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act when she was health minister in 1989, but met too much opposition. ”
Here she is claiming that she was unable to bring this about, implying that it was more senior MPs in the Cabinet who wouldn’t go along.
That may be but if she really believed in the policy why didn’t she implement it between 1999 and 2008, when she couldn’t have been stopped from doing whatever she wanted to do, particularly in the early years?
I suspect that her beliefs remained very well concealed at that time because she took the pragmatic view that it might hurt her popularity and in that she always took the line that her own preservation was always more important than doing the thing that was right.
At least she could now come out and admit this fact rather than try and pretend she really, truly, honestly tried to achieve the change but couldn’t persuade the people above her to go ahead with it. She stood well back from this for 9 years when PM and it is too late to claim anything else.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/104284178/helen-clark-says-abortion-laws-need-updating-something-she-failed-to-do-when-in-power
labour party was always a minority government then, as they do now. Of course in 1989 was before MMP when the government had a majority
Heres the numbers
1999: 49 out of 120
2002: 52 out of 120
2005 50 out of 121
Any fool like you can see that! N’est pas?
Sometimes even within labour there may a small number of ‘moral conservatives’ who wouldnt go along with any changes to abortion rules.
As far as I could find, and at that time I knew a number of MPs, there was no attempt to try to change the abortion laws during the Clark ascendancy. Maybe there was and they didn’t know about it but I doubt it. I was very disappointed at the time.
The impression I got about the Clark Government was that it was very cautious about getting ahead of public opinion. The primary aim seemed to be to maintain their power, not risk it doing things that they believed in.
This may have been caused by seeing how Roger Douglas worked. He thought a short term but a glorious one was much better than just sticking to the baubles of office.
Labour of course have fewer members of Parliament now than they did in any term of the Clark Government. Ardern appears willing to try and make a change that Clark was never willing to push for. Helen is of course willing to push it and try and claim some of the credit today. After all, what does she now have to lose?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12061895
Can we please scrap the waste of money involved in the Government and Auckland financing this ridiculous yacht race?
Why should we waste hundreds of millions of dollars on something the world is no longer interested in?
Dump Dalton, and the dinghy races he wants. Let someone else promote it somewhere else in the world if they want to but don’t make us pay.
It may put the nose of the Team New Zealand patron out of joint but it would leave the money available for far more important activities.
Alwyn,
for oce I heartily agree with you on this one 100%.
This was a vain attempt to show “the rich folks sport” using public money!!!
So where the hell is “the user pays” ideology.?????
Now it seems the best way is to ‘rort’ the system and get the poor taxpayer to fund their vain sport.
Look at that, something we can all agree on 🙂
Me too!!!
My God. A protest group.
I don’t know whether any of you are old enough to remember Arlo Guthrie’s song Alice’s Restaurant. It was a protest song about the Vietnam War and the Draft. Some of the lyrics in the song was an appeal to his audience to join in the protests.
He proposes that
“if your in a Situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into The shrink wherever you are, just walk in say “Shrink, You can get
Anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant. “. And walk out.
You know, if One person, just one person does it they may think he’s really sick and They won’t take him.
And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, They may think they’re both faggots and they won’t take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
Singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out. They may think it’s an
Organization.
And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said
Fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and
Walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement.
And that’s what it is, the Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
All you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come’s around on the
Guitar.”
I won’t give you the full song. It goes on for about 20 minutes. Great song and I recommend it if you’ve never heard it.
Well we are already up to four so we have an Organisation. Should we all turn up at Goff’s Office and start a Movement protesting the race?
Well I’m in the South Island so while I won’t be there in body i’ll be supporting you in spirit 🙂
alwyn
I dont think you realise just how popular yachting is in NZ.
https://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/fact-file-new-zealand-a-sailing-nation/
I still have the vinyl
So do I.
Even when I bought CDs in the 90s for almost every album I owned I could never make myself discard the vinyl or the old Pioneer direct-drive turntable and antique Shure cartridge I owned. The turntable is still reasonable although the cartridge is well out of date in its technology.
My living room therefore remains cluttered with about a thousand old LPs. I’m pretty lazy though and they hardly ever get played.
Very fashionable nowadays of course to have vinyl.
User pays was only ever to apply to poor people. In fact, it was an ideology used to get the poor paying more to the rich for nothing.
Yes Draco, – quite true sadly.
it’s always the poor that get shafted.
National had committed to it , plus APEC before the election. Thats why
Im over these sort of circuses, they dont even rate as a blip on the world radar.
For the first time I can remember I couldn’t agree with you more Alwyn (8). Well said and spot on.
Babchenko unmurdered the day after headlines about his murder, and Bill Browder unarrested because Interpol won’t execute his arrest warrant because they deem it political – or something not to do with an arrest warrant at all.
And still it was Russia that what done it, though what it is, is nebulous and murky as all hell – something bad. Anything will do. Keep the faith.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/arkady-babchenko-reveals-he-faked-his-death-to-thwart-moscow-plot
The Russia bot’s did it!!?!
Putin is watching YOU!
How on earth did the Ukranian state think they would help establish any truth about anything done by the Russians by faking someone’s death?
Did they think it would increase the standing of their Police forces compared to those of Russia?
The Ukranians may well be fighting fire with fire when it comes to parodic investigative theatre, but setting the fire this way is only going to burn their house down.
What next? Competitive mime?
Not quite getting the thought process behind the “pre-emptive murder” of a journalist, unless we’re looking at reporting from beyond the grave. Who knows – an exclusive with Houdini? That would be a scoop. 🙂
What sort of journalist would even agree to work with state agencies on something like this.
Maybe the sort of journalist that has been working with state agencies…
Journalist of no particular note (is he?) get’s “murdered” in the Ukraine. Media immediately grabs it and does its usual Russian angle. So far, so nothing.
It’s the number of reasonably detailed stories they managed to spin off within the 24 hours of his death being revised that has me raising my eyebrows.
Either they are very good at their job of gathering and collating good quality info very fast – except when reporting a murder that wasn’t even a death – or stories were somewhat prepped.
Ad since 2012 12 Russian journalists have been killed in suspicious circumstances (one as recently as April this year). All of those killed have been openly critical of Putin. Babchenko has also been critical of Putin in his reporting and fled from Russia to the Ukraine in 2017 following a massive protest against him demanding the withdrawal of his Russian citizenship.
I can understand his desire to assist the Ukrainian authorities to apprehend the people responsible for the planned assassination – it is said that there were up to 30 other targets.
So some think this was a foolish act – if it really was done as a sting operation and the person behind the planned murders has been apprehended – then is that not a good thing?
Any arrests?
You won’t see me supporting Russia, because they are a rogue, unconstrained and unaccountable military-intelligence state.
But that doesn’t make Ukraine’s action sensible.
I gather that the man arranging the proposed murders has been arrested.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/arkady-babchenko-reveals-he-faked-his-death-to-thwart-moscow-plot
With the complicated, often violent and at times even genocidal relationship between the Ukraine and Russia since the early 18th century I’m surprised that anyone is surprised with these kind of goings on.
What is clear is that both countries relations are appalling at present and the level of distrust and hatred and unlikely to improve under the current leadership of either country.
The mid 1600s the Coassack Hetmahate ( the precusor to Ukriane)was in conflict with the Tsardom of Moscovy, the Ottomans, and the Lithuanian-polish Commonwealth.
It essentially came under Russian control by the late 1600s. I dont know what you mean by ‘since early 18th century’
I should’ve written early 1800s, early 19th century when they started to stop any teaching of Ukranian in schools in the region.
Yes maybe;
And, the Germans in mass did settle in Ukraine years ago also we all know.
So we knew German settlement heritage groups in Ukrane were behind the past uprisings against the russian backed administration.
So here we have two seperate high powered political movements Russia/Germany fighting for control theren historically.
We shouldnt forget that the wife of Nicolas Romanoff the ruling famly leader of Russia till 1917 was murdered with his german born wife by the Communist movement.
So again perhaps the germans always hated Russians for murdering one of their own who was the wife of the ruling leader of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germans_in_Russia,_Ukraine_and_the_Soviet_Union
33,300 Germans lived in Ukraine (2001 census).[10]
In the Russian Empire, Germans were strongly represented among royalty, aristocracy, large land owners, military officers and the upper echelons of the imperial service, engineers, scientists, artists, physicians and the bourgeoisie in general. The Germans of Russia did not necessarily speak Russian; many spoke German,
I love this video, it shows how to smartly respond to continued attacks by right wing loon bags. I’ll let the tagline from youTube do the explaining the video – 9 minutes long.
Playboy recently attacked Ana Kasparian and The Young Turks, Ana responds to the article, discusses being Armenian and working at The Young Turks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDwFdp58-Q&ab_channel=TheYoungTurks
The cat (micoplasma bovis) is completely out of the bag for good ‘looks like’
Why are we now spending a Billion + on stoppingit when no one slse has been able to?????
That billion could have saved the whole regional NZ Rail system and they did not care to commit to Winstons NZF “Rails of National Importance” (RONI) policy did they?
So much for promises from Labour towards their coalition partners.
Anyway they need to take the case for saving the most of NZ from micoplasma bovis should be handed by the environment ministry as they are a agency that does a better job.
We callled MPI today to suggest that they begin a “hotline” for farmers and citizens to call to advise of issues and cows looking sick or truck loads of cows going everywhere unchecked. MPI’s reply was “Have you heard of the privacy Act”?????????
We are truly fucked aren’t we just? -See the map of affected abd under suspicion sites spreading here.
https://mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/28785/loggedIn
here is a very responsible “Farmers Federation” website qwhere they warn to contain the animals in the same farm now and not send them outside to other regions to spread it!!!!!!
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/28488/loggedIn
MPI are intentionally killing our export meat indiustry and our economy now.
There will be no calves at school calf club day this year, or perhaps never again. The older children don’t want to go back to lambs as they are for the little kids. Very sad end of an era, but what farmer would let his prime stock off the farm.
A troubling news report this morning on Radionz about suicides and bullying at Tauranga. It’s on The Wireless in full..
http://shorthand.radionz.co.nz/tauranga-hospital-investigation/index.html
Avis spent years working in hospitals in the UK and travelling Europe helping perform heart valve replacements. Eventually he decided to move home, closer to his aging parents.
In 2013, Avis landed a job at Tauranga Hospital. By the time he left in early 2016, he was a shell of his former self, his family say.
In his first year, Avis was hit across the face by a coworker. When he complained, his family say the Bay of Plenty District Health Board (DHB), which runs the hospital, told him the coworker had a medical problem and nothing else was done.
In 2015, Avis felt punished after foregoing normal protocol to save a man’s life. He was put on supervision for six months, during which, his family say, he felt belittled and bullied by management. In an email to a former colleague before he died, Avis said he was avoiding his manager “like the plague”.
“I could see he was losing confidence in himself,” says Mary. “He became distant,” adds Jim.
On 26 July 2016, nearly 11 years to the day of the London bombing, Avis committed suicide.
For other news of a less important type –
http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/craft-beer-or-bust
Why does our Min of Housing dis areas like Pokeno, I thought an area that can provide a 3-4 bedroom house for $600-$650k would be an ideal area that fits into the “affordable housing” parameters ? “If you don’t want to have affordable housing or quality density housing in your neighbourhood, you go and live in Pokeno or Dairy Flat,” he said.”
And I see it is on the main rail line that can service all Auckland stations to Britomart, so ready made public transport exists without additional infrastructure required.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12060628
Most of the talk around affordable housing relates to appartments , not the traditional stand alone land and house package, and with the volume that the govt talks about should not the “economies of scale” reduce the retail cost dramatically down further ?
That may be because the ‘traditional’ stand-alone house is remarkably expensive and inefficient. The ‘suburb’ was always a bloody stupid idea.
Then why is a 200m2 4 bedroom place on 650m2 section at the same price or cheaper than an apartment. try searching on trade me. If what you say is the case- why are appartments delivering less than a traditional land and house package ??
https://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categoryattributesearchresults.aspx?cid=5748&search=1&134=1&rsqid=4655cb6148294d118e85
Also who is paying the price for Auckland inner city ‘s infrastructure to be brought up to date?We all are, whilst the inner city still is able to send sewage into the waterways.
Who pays for the suburbs ? Developers ensure our waterways are kept in their pristine state, water, gas etc upgrades.
That would be the market being wrong.
That’s how a city works. Higher density drops the charges person.
And that’s also why low density suburbs are more expensive. They cost more per person.
Citation needed for this tripe.
Mostly the city.
No they don’t.
@ Herodotus,
not only that, but the apartment also normally has body corps which suck the person dry in fees, going up 5 -10% like clockwork yearly with not much to show for it in many cases. Then there is what happens when it leaks or needs repairs, generally starts costing a lot more than traditional houses, takes much longer etc etc.
Highrises cost a lot more per square meter to build as so much more to plan for fire, repairs, floods, security, etc etc, there is a lot more complexity.
Terraced housing is the best way to go if you want to intensify. Have a look at cities like London, a lot of terraced housing and much better for families too.
Yes. They need proper regulating which NZ doesn’t have.
You’ll note though that apartments are still more popular than stand alone housing.
Which is why you have insurance.
And despite all that are still cheaper per person.
Lots of high-rise apartments as well and that latter part is just you talking out your arse.
Actually, all of what you wrote was you simply talking out your arse.
The commuter trains stop at Pukekohe. There has been a push to get them to Pokeno but no luck. Perhaps if they start going to Hamilton it will be better.
Twyford has nothing to lose attacking Remuera and Epsom.They will never vote for Labour.
He’s coming for the Remuera Golf Course …
…and hell’s coming with him.
That would be amazing to watch. The Remuera golf course is the biggest waste of space. It’s used by elites and inaccessible to 99% of Aucklanders.
Ouch; – Hit a nerve there!!!!!
I sometimes wonder why plants both in producing O2🤢
Developers have to ensure thru off line ponds that NO waterways are adversely affected by runoff.
Have a look with he help from google to see where stormwater and sewerage combine during rain events.
Must be missing something here… What is stopping HNZ tenants affected by the METH scare going to the tenancy tribunal or similar for compensation?
Surely the State is not immune.
Very nice interview with artist Stan Yarramunua on ABC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0DQgohTEcw
7 mins.
Good morning The AM Show many thanks to the Auckland Council for introducing Aotearoa first true carbon tax it will be a bit harder for some but it will benefit the region emencly when the grid lock traffic jam are minimised money will be saved. On the way into Auckland we have 2ks of 70 kl a hour and 2 km of 30 kl this is not on all the fuel wasted in traffic jams is not very efficient is it. It took me 1 1/2 hours to get to Hamilton last Friday.????????????.
John Thurston does not mince words does he come on guys have some respect for the man.
An toa kai to Harvey Weinstein he is getting pay backs for his bad Karma. Everyone needs to respect the Neighbours we are one race the human race and treat Lady’s equally.
Jispy Day was a day that was very busy for my whano you have to book moving trucks a month in advance it was hectic.
With global warming our highs and low will be getting more extreme this was predictabted by OUR scientist and so has sea level rising it was good to see one new house in Tauranga orientated /in the right way to getting the best sun in winter and shading in summer turn a house just a 50 to a 100 degrees and your in the sunshine and money saving are great. Ka kite ano
The AM Show Nice shirt Mark Duncan the NZ property market will be fine and it will carry on getting more expensive for property over time every intelligent person knows this Ka kite ano
The AM Show I agree with William Jackson Paula Bennett should be grovelling and asking people for forgiveness.
I can say what Garth Morgan said to Paula Bennett and not get a back lash so that’s what I’m implying trying to take more right from people just to try and get her poll rates up. Ka kite ano P.S good to see that Labour made a good call with the guest of the AM Show
This is a good article on 3 scenarios for US and Papatuanukue mother earth here’s the link it’s a eye opener for those man made Climate change especially the one who is suppressing the words Climate change in Papatuanukue Media.
Ka kite ano.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12062544 this is Reality
Different sandflys but they play the same intimerdation games so easy to see. Ana to kai here’s a link below to show how OUR justice system works link below
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/104355347/christchurch-mens-prison-illegal-spying-a-can-of-worms
Ka kite ano