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Comment: Daily review 30/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 6:25 pm, January 30th, 2025
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360565095/winston-peters-backs-down-only-after-more-comments-target-immigrant-mps "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke........" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UHHc7POovgComment: Daily review 29/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 6:58 pm, January 29th, 2025
An insignificant has-been politician gets a stab at another fifteen minutes of fame........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4NNM3-Uzxg&t=531sComment: Daily review 28/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 12:05 pm, January 29th, 2025
Are you French...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBH1ruAT1ZYComment: Daily review 28/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 8:43 pm, January 28th, 2025
It was happening then....happening before..... and happening now on 45rpm.....I watch the 6 oclock news...."and if my thought-dreams could be seen They'd probably put my head in a guillotine...."Comment: Daily review 28/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 6:18 pm, January 28th, 2025
This should be compulsory viewing...............words even more relevant today..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNWkCsmqAYComment: Open mike 27/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 1:08 pm, January 27th, 2025
Expect guitars to be banned anytime soon................. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jANuVKeYezsComment: New Zealand’s worst leadership speech since 2008
Written By: Kat - Date published: 2:57 pm, January 24th, 2025
Where have all the real journos gone...... Come back Kim.......please....your formidable skills are needed....this pretense of a PM requires a talking too......Comment: The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump *
Written By: Kat - Date published: 10:13 pm, January 22nd, 2025
They may be a pair, but if not for the political vagaries that gerrymandered Seymour into parliament Luxon would most likely not be PM........Comment: America would never happen here!
Written By: Kat - Date published: 2:09 pm, January 22nd, 2025
Put simply this National party led (by the nose) coalition govt has to be voted out before too much more damage is done......I would bet the house that there is a real majority of ordinary Kiwi's that did not vote, and would not vote, for the unfolding ...Comment: The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump *
Written By: Kat - Date published: 12:58 pm, January 22nd, 2025
Democracy at work busy being eroded....... extreme partisan polarisation is one of the factors influencing what we are witnessing worldwide with the rise of pernicious far right political parties........Something to take on board here in New Zealand, our ...Comment: The future dystopia
Written By: Kat - Date published: 8:35 pm, January 21st, 2025
As always in history they rise......then they fall....don't be scared....keep control of your bowels......we will overcome......it just takes time and maybe some lives.......however.......we will never surrender......Comment: Luxon’s panicked reshuffle
Written By: Kat - Date published: 8:28 pm, January 20th, 2025
Yes Anne, sadly many will........Comment: Luxon’s panicked reshuffle
Written By: Kat - Date published: 7:09 pm, January 20th, 2025
Paul Reubens may not like the comparison either.....Comment: Luxon’s panicked reshuffle
Written By: Kat - Date published: 6:30 pm, January 20th, 2025
It was Michelle Obama that made that catch phrase.....but I am struggling to see the connection in the previous comment in relation to Pee Wee Herman a comic character.........was it because Brown is short on everything.......Michelle Obama is tall and ...Comment: Luxon’s panicked reshuffle
Written By: Kat - Date published: 2:31 pm, January 20th, 2025
If the situation for New Zealand wasn't so serious this would all be funny, like watching the Goons, Monty Python or Basil Fawlty doing a politics skit. Nicola Willis is as much qualified to drive economic growth as I am a Boeing 747. Simeon Brown couldn't ...Comment: Winston’s Next Job
Written By: Kat - Date published: 9:24 pm, January 10th, 2025
Meanwhile in Japan........ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/japan-poop-master-masana-izawa-gives-back-to-nature-by-forgoing-toilets/4KUURJQRBZA3ZLYGEBC53BXOEM/Comment: Winston’s Next Job
Written By: Kat - Date published: 9:16 pm, January 10th, 2025
A rabbit came across a bear in the woods...what are you doing asked the rabbit...taking a poop replied the bear....oh said the rabbit can I join you....sure said the bear...after awhile the bear said ...say rabbit do you ever have problems with poop ...Comment: Winston’s Next Job
Written By: Kat - Date published: 8:27 pm, January 10th, 2025
Yes I understand that commenting privileges may be enforced with particular offenders, however I have heard similar assertions from people who by all accounts appear educated but obviously have gone down a political rabbit hole full of whacko theories ...Comment: Winston’s Next Job
Written By: Kat - Date published: 3:00 pm, January 10th, 2025
Unfortunately 'Daverave' and his views mirror a fair proportion of voters who put the current abysmal Coalition on the govt benches. Asking him to up his game is akin to asking a bear to stop pooping in the woods. An excerpt from The Whitehouse records: ...Comment: Open mike 09/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 10:43 am, January 9th, 2025
This commentator thinks governing the country is just another version of Game of Thrones.........Star Wars even.......definitely not Get Smart......... https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360542182/verity-johnson-labour-dont-waste-crisisComment: Open mike 07/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 8:52 pm, January 8th, 2025
Well then what do you think your belief is worth...in the big picture....I would say zero on this platform....I know that I am sure of what I am sure of......Comment: Open mike 07/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 6:54 pm, January 8th, 2025
If you ever get the opportunity to talk with Karyn Hay you can ask her what was spoken live.......what is apparent is how misinformed Tariana was and her conflating progressive socialism with Nazism and the seabed/foreshore protest with a global pandemic, ...Comment: Open mike 07/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 9:30 pm, January 7th, 2025
I heard that interview live with Karyn Hay and she specifically asked Tariana Turia if she really thought Jacinda was a Nazi....and she replied yes......what was reported in the Herald is not verbatim.....RNZ had it on file..........just saying...Comment: Open mike 07/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 5:18 pm, January 7th, 2025
So does calling Jacinda Ardern a "Nazi" on RNZ.........Comment: Costello hands out free vapes
Written By: Kat - Date published: 2:21 pm, January 6th, 2025
More bad news for vapers........will our broken health system cope......more than parliamentary questions required...........C'mon Labour, it's now 2025 please stand and fight..........loudly!!!!!! https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360539722/sydneys-top- ...Comment: Costello hands out free vapes
Written By: Kat - Date published: 7:26 pm, January 5th, 2025
This 'associate health minister' is definitely a few sandwiches short of a picnic and should be kept well away from our fragile health system.........along with Dr Cigareti....... https://www.cancer.org.nz/about-us/our-advocacy-work/position-statements/ ...Comment: Open mike 03/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 12:46 pm, January 3rd, 2025
Tried to resize above image with no luck...Comment: Open mike 03/01/2025
Written By: Kat - Date published: 12:35 pm, January 3rd, 2025
This 'associate health minister' is a pawn....or just plain stupid.......Comment: The absurdity of National’s Gang Patch ban
Written By: Kat - Date published: 1:06 pm, December 29th, 2024
Probably a cheaper, quicker way to scrap (all) the madness, than tying up the courts with endless judicial review, is to have an early election......is Chippie and co ready.......Comment: Open mike 27/12/2024
Written By: Kat - Date published: 8:28 pm, December 27th, 2024
Agree, but they were elected by one means or another...to be a govt....they have failed in such a catastrophic way in such a short time...12 months......for our survival they need to be voted out......in 2025.....otherwise I fear the worst.....
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A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 6, 2025 thru Sat, April 12, 2025. This week's roundup is again published by category and sorted by number of articles included in each. The formatting is a ...2 weeks ago
- World Domination
Just one year of loveIs better than a lifetime aloneOne sentimental moment in your armsIs like a shooting star right through my heartIt's always a rainy day without youI'm a prisoner of love inside youI'm falling apart all around you, yeahSongwriter: John Deacon.Morena folks, it feels like it’s been quite ...2 weeks ago - “I think I was, at that time, the only girl in Taranaki who ever wrote a line”
“It's a history of colonial ruin, not a history of colonial progress,” says Michele Leggott, of the Harris family.We’re talking about Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris, in which she and Catherine Field-Dodgson recall a near-forgotten and fascinating life, the female speck in the history of texts.Emily’s ...2 weeks ago
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- Inside the elaborate farewell to Pope Francis
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carole Cusack, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Sydney ➡️ View the full interactive version of this article here. Carole Cusack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from ...2 days ago - Nicola Willis confirms FamilyBoost eligibility to be expanded
The Finance Minister says the leftover funding from the unexpectedly low uptake of the FamilyBoost policy will be redistributed to families who need it. ...2 days ago - 5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney People who apply for asylum in Australia face significant delays in having their claims processed. These delays undermine the integrity of the asylum system, erode ...2 days ago
- Preference deals can decide the outcome of a seat in an election – but not always
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 Every election cycle the media becomes infatuated, even if temporarily, with preference deals between parties. The 2025 election is no exception, with ...2 days ago
- What is preferential voting and how does it work? Your guide to making your vote count
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania For each Australian federal election, there are two different ways you get to vote. Whether you vote early, by post or on polling day on May 3, each eligible voter will be ...2 days ago
- Back to the fuel guzzlers? Coalition plans to end EV tax breaks would hobble the clean transport tra...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Mortimore, Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University wedmoment.stock/Shutterstock If elected, the Coalition has pledged to end Labor’s substantial tax break for new zero- or low-emissions vehicles. This, combined with an earlier promise to roll back new fuel efficiency standards, ...2 days ago
- Many experienced tradies don’t have formal qualifications. Could fast-tracked recognition ease the...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Once again, housing affordability is at the forefront of an Australian federal election. Both major parties have put housing policies at the centre of their respective campaigns. But there are still ...2 days ago
- Our piping hot first reactions to Lorde’s brand new single ‘What Was That’
After a nearly four year hiatus, New Zealand’s premiere popstar is back with a brand new single. It’s been a thrilling few weeks of breadcrumbing for Lorde fans, as the New Zealand popstar has been teasing her return to the zeitgeist through mysterious silver duct tape on her shoes, rainbow ...2 days ago - This may be as good as it gets: NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermar...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Daria Nipot/Shutterstock With ongoing cost of living pressures, the Australian and New Zealand supermarket sectors are attracting renewed political attention on both sides of the Tasman. ...2 days ago
- The phrase ‘fuzzy wuzzy angels’ is far from affectionate – it reflects 500 years of racism
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erika K. Smith, Associate Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University This article contains mention of racist terms in historical context. Every Anzac Day, Australians are presented with narratives that re-inscribe particular versions of our national story. One such narrative persistently ...2 days ago
- ‘Never Again’ Anzac Day Peace Picnic
“Anzac Day is portrayed as a day where the country can reflect on the horrors of war, the costs in human lives and commit collectively to never again allowing genocidal mass murder. We have to ask, is that really happening?” said Valerie Morse, member ...2 days ago - Why AUKUS remains the right strategy for the future defence of Australia
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra, and Expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University Australian strategic thinking has long struggled to move beyond a narrow view of defence that focuses solely on protecting our shores. However, in today’s ...2 days ago
- Election meme hits and duds – we’ve graded some of the best (and worst) of the campaign so far
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University As Australia begins voting in the federal election, we’re awash with political messages. While this of course includes the typical paid ads in newspapers and on TV (those ones ...2 days ago
- Markets are choppy. What should you do with your super if you are near retirement?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Peng, Lecturer in Accounting, The University of Queensland Shutterstock For Australians approaching retirement, recent market volatility may feel like more than just a bump in the road. Unlike younger investors, who have time on their side, retirees don’t have ...2 days ago
- No virginity testing and amending alcohol licensing rules on Indian origin MPs agenda
Labour's Priyanca Radhakrishnan and ACT's Parmjeet Parmar claim support for their respective members' bills. ...2 days ago
- Provocative, progressive and fearless: why Beatrice Faust’s views still resonate in Australia
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Beatrice Faust is best remembered as the founder, early in 1972, of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL). Women’s Liberation was already well under way. Betty Friedan had published The Feminine Mystique in 1962, ...2 days ago
- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for April 24, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 24, 2025. The ocean can look deceptively calm – until it isn’t. Here’s what ‘hazardous surf’ really meansSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, Beach Safety Research Group, School of Population ...2 days ago
- Fewer than 50 families to get National’s full tax package, says CTU
The rebate for families was a key plank of National's tax package last year. ...3 days ago
- The ocean can look deceptively calm – until it isn’t. Here’s what ‘hazardous surf’ really ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, Beach Safety Research Group, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Over the Easter weekend, seven people drowned along the Australian coast. Most were swept off rock platforms – extremely dangerous locations that are increasingly prevalent in Australia’s coastal ...3 days ago
- Event noticeboard: traffic-inspired theatre, kōkōwai and experimental jewels
The Spinoff’s top picks of events from around the motu. Wow lucky us, it’s time to kiss the wheelie office chairs goodbye and begin another(!) long weekend. As tempting as I know it is to lean into the phone addiction and do just about nothing, you should make the most ...3 days ago
- Disregarding safety in raising speed limits is ‘highly unusual’ – transport agency
Higher speeds are being restored on 81 stretches of state highway, after ministers barred officials from considering safety and environmental concerns The post Disregarding safety in raising speed limits is ‘highly unusual’ – transport agency appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago - The major parties have announced their plans to address domestic and family violence. How do they st...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University In the past week, at least seven women have been killed in Australia, allegedly by men. These deaths have occurred in different contexts – across state borders, communities and relationships. But ...3 days ago
- Tolling an option for Mill Road project planned for south Auckland – Bishop
The Transport Minister is welcoming NZTA's approval of the investment case, saying the new road would improve safety and cut congestion. ...3 days ago
- China’s NZ embassy expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction’ over MPs visit to Taiwan
China's embassy in New Zealand has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" over a visit to Taiwan by a cross-Parliamentary group of MPs. ...3 days ago
- An ode to Shihad’s Killjoy, the best album by the greatest band in the world
National MP and diehard Shihad fan Chris Bishop sings the praises of his favourite band’s classic 1995 album. Last week I went to my first ever Taite Music Prize ceremony, the annual bash to honour independent music in New Zealand. I’d love to say I was invited, but I wasn’t ...3 days ago
- The biggest losers: how Australians became the world’s most enthusiastic gamblers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wayne Peake, Adjunct research fellow, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University The story goes that the late billionaire Australian media magnate Kerry Packer once visited a Las Vegas casino, where a Texan was bragging about his ranch and how ...3 days ago
- Why protesters spent Easter weekend suspended in coal carts
Coal mine expansion into the West Coast’s Denniston plateau attracted more than 70 protesters over the Easter weekend. Climate activists say this is only the first step in resisting the Bathurst mining company. “Oh yeah – right there is where we’re digging trenches to keep tents from getting flooded,” said ...3 days ago
- REVEALED: $310k Spent On Cars For Ex-PMs
The Department of Internal Affairs buys and replaces these cars for ex PMs and/or spouses, with the exception of Chris Hipkins, who wasn’t in the job more than two years, and John Key, who declined the entitlement. ...3 days ago
- Confused Minister Announces Privatisation Plans
Te Pūkenga divisions are going to be trusted to take new apprentices and trainees but the ones they currently care for and teach are going to be ripped away from them in a messy transition. ...3 days ago
- Tolling an option for $91m Mill Road project planned for south Auckland – Bishop
The Transport Minister is welcoming NZTA's approval of the investment case, saying the new road would improve safety and cut congestion. ...3 days ago
- New Zealand Senior Doctors Vote For National Strike
The strike is part of a growing rebellion by health workers internationally against attacks by capitalist governments, led by the US Trump administration, on public health services. ...3 days ago
- How Letterboxd’s ‘Four Favourites’ took over the internet
Alex Casey talks to Aaron Yap, the New Zealander behind the viral interview format adored by movie fans worldwide. For the last few years, the showbiz publicity circuit has become dominated by novelty interview formats. Celebrities now answer questions while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings, or playing with puppies, or ...3 days ago
- Kiwi travellers blown away by chance meeting with NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon
Christopher Luxon was attending a wreath-laying service in London's Hyde Park. ...3 days ago
- A golden era for personalized medicine is approaching, but are we ready?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nazia Pathan, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University Biobanks have become some of the most transformative tools in medical research, enabling scientists to study the relationships between genes, health and disease on an unprecedented scale (Piqsels/Siyya) If there’s a ...3 days ago
- The billions spent on NZ’s accommodation supplement is failing to make rent affordable – so what...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Yiu, Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Pixelbliss/Shutterstock New Zealand’s unaffordable housing market has left many low and middle-income families reliant on the accommodation supplement to cover rent and mortgage payments. But our new ...3 days ago
- Help Me Hera: How do I cope with ‘that one person’ in my friend group?
I’ve just realised that I dislike one of my friends. What do I do? Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to helpme@thespinoff.co.nz Hi Hera, I have figured out that I just… don’t like someone in my extended friend group. They’re the kind of person who comes with the warning label, ...3 days ago
- Three-day hospital stay bill will result in unintended consequences, NZ College of Midwives says
The bill proposes the 48 hours of funded inpatient post-natal care currently available, be upped to 72 hours. ...3 days ago
- Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Laurikainen Gaete, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong Chris Laurikainen Gaete Large kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in mobs to find new food when pickings are slim. But not all kangaroos have ...3 days ago
- The billions spent on NZ’s accomodation supplement is failing to make rent affordable – so what ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Yiu, Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Pixelbliss/Shutterstock New Zealand’s unaffordable housing market has left many low and middle-income families reliant on the accommodation supplement to cover rent and mortgage payments. But our new ...3 days ago
- The gambling industry has women in its sights. Why aren’t policymakers paying attention?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone McCarthy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Commercial Determinants of Health, Deakin University Wpadington/Shutterstock Whatever the code, whatever the season, Australian sports fans are bombarded with gambling ads. Drawing on Australians’ passion, loyalty and pride for sport, the devastating health ...3 days ago
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