Lester Levy: “Significant, Not Painless” Changes Needed
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Date published: 10:08 am, August 16th, 2024 - 14 comments
Lester Levy gave a keynote address this weak signalling painful, strong medicine is needed for Health NZ. But his claims contradict frontline staff and experts.
Open mike 16/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 16th, 2024 - 35 comments
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Daily review 15/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 15th, 2024 - 36 comments
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Open mike 15/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 15th, 2024 - 77 comments
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Daily review 14/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 14th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Mountain Tui: Luxon’s $1000 A Week Is His “Entitlement”. Just Not Yours.
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Date published: 1:06 pm, August 14th, 2024 - 32 comments
When Luxon claimed $1000 a week of tax-free, taxpayers money for accommodation, because he didn’t want the 2 free properties he was offered, he said he was entitled to it. But according to the government, all beneficiaries now require harsher rules or risk having their entitlements stripped. Yet only ~5% aren’t compliant and last quarter, 1500 were cut off. What do the numbers say?
Open mike 14/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 14th, 2024 - 87 comments
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Daily review 13/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 13th, 2024 - 31 comments
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Mountain Tui: Beneficiary sanctions & targets don’t add up
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Date published: 1:23 pm, August 13th, 2024 - 9 comments
The jobseeker beneficiary sanctions and targets are not adding up. It also inflicts a lack of dignity and shame on recipients at a time when austerity is actively increasing unemployment.
Calculated cruelty
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Date published: 12:44 pm, August 13th, 2024 - 36 comments
National has engaged in more performative and calculated cruelty designed to make some poor people’s lives worse and all so that the Government can feed its base.
Open mike 13/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 13th, 2024 - 56 comments
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Daily review 12/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 12th, 2024 - 20 comments
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NZ not attending Nagasaki event, insists decision unrelated to Israel invite snub
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Date published: 1:41 pm, August 12th, 2024 - 27 comments
New Zealand’s decision to stay away from the event in Nagasaki paying tribute to victims of the city’s 1945 nuclear bombing called outrageous.
Open mike 12/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 12th, 2024 - 38 comments
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What does this Government have against Te Ao Māori?
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Date published: 10:24 am, August 11th, 2024 - 28 comments
Te Ao Māori forms an increasingly important part of our cultural identity. And most of us realise this and celebrate it. This Government’s stance is at odds with this increasingly strong consensus.
Open mike 11/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 11th, 2024 - 62 comments
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Gender Essentialists Hate the Olympics
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Date published: 9:53 am, August 10th, 2024 - 157 comments
The Olympics are a real persistent problem for gender essentialists.
Open mike 10/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 10th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Daily review 09/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 9th, 2024 - 24 comments
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We should have kept the power company shares
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Date published: 8:19 am, August 9th, 2024 - 29 comments
Shane Jones, went onto radio yesterday and pledged a solution to high power prices. What are his chances and why are we in this mess?
Open mike 09/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 9th, 2024 - 18 comments
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Daily review 08/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 8th, 2024 - 10 comments
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English rising anti-fascism
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Date published: 10:55 am, August 8th, 2024 - 68 comments
This is more hope than I have felt about humans in a long time
Open mike 08/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 8th, 2024 - 53 comments
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Daily review 07/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 7th, 2024 - 54 comments
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Maritime Union v Willis
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Date published: 12:16 pm, August 7th, 2024 - 49 comments
National’s decision to cancel the replacement Cook Strait ferry project is developing into a full blown political crisis for the Government with estimates that it could cost the Crown up to a billion dollars and with further costs to come.
Don’t give me culture, I’m not hearing you Chris
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Date published: 11:19 am, August 7th, 2024 - 18 comments
“Don’t give me culture, I’m not hearing you Rob. I can buzz around like a Beehive boy, but I’d like to see you do my job”
Luxon is numerically illiterate
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Date published: 8:45 am, August 7th, 2024 - 5 comments
National has been caught out yet again using dubious analysis of data to justify policy.
Israel is in Serious Trouble
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Date published: 8:36 am, August 7th, 2024 - 18 comments
Israel’s failure to solve its own problems, its weakening democratic institutions, fraying civil patience, massive wastage of global patience and U.S. aid, and inability to plan for civic success following military conflict, point to a country in very serious trouble with no apparent way out.
Open mike 07/08/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 7th, 2024 - 44 comments
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Daily review 06/08/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, August 6th, 2024 - 5 comments
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- The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 15
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 Zest: Climbing From Depression to Philosophy by Daniel Kalderimis (Ugly Hill Press, $40) Kalderimis ...1 week ago - The rebuilding of Fazerdaze
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- Where does kai come from? Learning in the māra
Lucinda Bennet reflects on appreciating vegetables and learning through doing. This is an excerpt from our food newsletter, The Boil Up. When you pull a carrot from the ground, there’s a certain sound it makes, a kind of “pop” as the tip detaches from the root cap. It’s something you can ...1 week ago
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As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a 42-year-old lawyer shares how he and his family approach their finances. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Male. Age: 42. Ethnicity: Pākehā. Role: Lawyer with two ...1 week ago
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- Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National’s relationship with Māori – former minister
This article first appeared at rnz.co.nz and is republished with permission.There is no doubt the Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National’s relationship with Māori, former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson says.The legislation passed its first reading on Wednesday afternoon, but not before extraordinary scenes of opposition that led to the Speaker suspending ...1 week ago - How the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill played out
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- Carol Hirschfeld could be in line for top TVNZ role
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- A House divided, a leader nowhere in sight
Analysis: When David Seymour started talking about the democratisation of Te Tiriti he seemed sure the conversation wouldn’t divide the nation.“I wouldn’t underestimate people’s ability to engage in a high-quality conversation,” Seymour told Newsroom back in August.On Thursday, during the first reading of his Treaty Principles Bill, the division was ...1 week ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 15 November
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- NZ to restart oil and gas exploration one month after COP
While New Zealand diplomats at the COP29 climate summit are pushing for a global phase-out of fossil fuels, legislators at home plan to repeal the 2018 ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling within a month of the conference’s end.A spokesperson for Resources Minister Shane Jones confirmed the legislation, ...1 week ago
- This week’s bestselling books – November 15
FICTION1 The Songbirds of Florence by Olivia Spooner (Hachette, $37.99)A free copy of the author’s latest historical novel – set in 1942, in Egypt, where Kiwi women are sent to provide respite to weary soldiers returning from the front line – was up for grabs in last week’s giveaway contest. Readers were asked to say ...1 week ago
- Havana’s clean sweep in memory of dad
As Havana Hopman walked off the gymnastics floor, her ribbon trailing behind her, she turned her tear-filled eyes to the roof and whispered: ‘Thank you’.It was the final day of the national gymnastics championships in Palmerston North, and for Hopman – New Zealand’s top rhythmic gymnast for the past four ...1 week ago
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A ‘vicious cycle’ sees Pacific nations take on debt to recover from disasters, underinvest in resilience and suffer more damage as a result The post Pacific staring down ‘twin storms’ of debt and climate disaster appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
- Daily crossword, Friday 15 November
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- Rocketlab’s Māhia launches linked to Israeli military intelligence
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How do I end this cycle of misery, once and for all? Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to helpme@thespinoff.co.nz Dear Hera How do I break a lifelong pattern of forming close friendships with people that nobody else can stand? Ever since I was about 12, I have had a succession of very ...2 weeks ago
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- You’re gonna miss the post office when it’s gone
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 14 November
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- Labour needs to learn the art of the deal
Opinion: Unless the Democrats and Labour trim their policy sails accordingly, they will lose elections that matter The post Labour needs to learn the art of the deal appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Trump II and the coming ‘golden age’ of tyranny in the Middle East
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