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Comment: Open mike 23/05/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 6:00 pm, May 23rd, 2024
Another Government attack on people with disabilities - this time school-age children. Rather than recognising and accepting that some of their specific needs might be relieved by attending out-of-school daytime programmes, the Government expects the ...Comment: Daily review 17/05/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 7:36 pm, May 17th, 2024
The Post article includes: "Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has also been unable to match the favourability rating of the past three elected prime ministers, six months into a new Government. His favourability, at 42%, falls short of the same rating for ...Comment: Open mike 13/05/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 6:33 pm, May 13th, 2024
How ludicrous for Matthew Hooton to suggest voters should blame Labour if they don't like the current Government. Voters have themselves to blame for choosing to believe National's lies about Maori being advantaged at the expense of other NZers, tax cuts ...Comment: Towards Banana Republic Status
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 3:31 pm, April 20th, 2024
In Vino: Following the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011, the teachers' unions had well over six years to take strike action against the National led Government.Comment: Towards Banana Republic Status
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 12:36 pm, April 18th, 2024
Why did teachers not strike under the National-led Government from 2008 to 2017? During that time teachers received minimal pay increases. In the 2009 budget National cut funding to all levels of education and training, from preschool up to and including ...Comment: Open mike 09/04/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 6:06 pm, April 9th, 2024
Yes, I realise questions are to be heard in silence. However Brownlee does not consistently apply this requirement when Government MPs ask questions. Their colleagues are at times speaking to each other during these questions.Comment: Open mike 09/04/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 4:42 pm, April 9th, 2024
I notice that Gerry Brownlee frequently interrupts Opposition MPs when they are starting to ask a question. He comments about supposedly "too much" background noise from other MPs, then asks the questioning Opposition MP to start again. I feel this is a ...Comment: Chris Hipkins – Values Matter
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 5:11 pm, March 25th, 2024
Corey: speak for yourself. Chris Hipkins gave a great speech yesterday. He has reflected on Labour's election loss and acknowledges that changes to tax policies are necessary, to address NZ's societal inequities. Evidently most people weren't voting for a ...Comment: Hoatu he tumanako ki a rātou
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 1:18 pm, March 22nd, 2024
Thank you Grant Robertson for your compassion and sincerity. Your clear, informative, often humorous communication skills will be missed. Alwyn: In this RNZ interview economist Shamubeel Eaqub advises that the Labour Government is not to blame for the ...Comment: Daily review 20/03/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 10:24 pm, March 20th, 2024
I watched Grant Robertson's valedictory speech. I'll miss his wit, his sense of humour and his great skills in the debating chamber.Comment: Open mike 19/03/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 5:01 pm, March 19th, 2024
The brief interview in this RNZ article shows the malice of this Government's actions. It is unfathomable that funding for people with disabilities cannot now be used to assist them in accessing various regular activities which require transport with ...Comment: Who is treating taxpayers as an ATM?
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 6:23 pm, March 1st, 2024
This is a very odd press conference by Christopher Luxon. While answering questions in Queenstown, about claiming the accommodation allowance to live in his mortgage-free Wellington apartment, he appears, by insinuation, to be blaming Chris Hipkins for he, ...Comment: Open mike 27/02/2024
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 5:34 pm, February 27th, 2024
This is a great interview by RNZ's Lisa Owen with University of Otago public health professor Janet Hoek. It confirms the Government's determination to ignore research and facts about the health benefits of Labour's planned anti-smoking law changes, and to ...Comment: RIP Efeso Collins
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 7:18 pm, February 22nd, 2024
Efeso Collins displayed compassion, commitment and sincerity. A very sad time for NZ.Comment: About the One News Poll
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 6:07 pm, February 20th, 2024
The relentless, negative campaign by the then Opposition against Labour, which clearly influenced voters, (along with the promise of unaffordable tax cuts, "getting tough on crime" and other poorly thought through policies), is continuing via MSM and ...Comment: Dirty Politics 2024?
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 8:21 pm, January 11th, 2024
Anker: "But wheeling it out everytime someone on the left allegely stuff's up comes across as a little, well childish". Why do you consider it childish to raise this issue? Uffindell informed RNZ that his assault of the 13 year old was just one of his ...Comment: Dirty Politics 2024?
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 8:15 pm, January 11th, 2024
tsmithfield: Re your comment "And that was for an event that happened when he was a teenager". Some media have perpetuated the notion that Sam Uffindell's assault on the 13 year old was the only incident of him assaulting and bullying while at school. As ...Comment: Open mike 23/12/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 9:34 am, December 23rd, 2023
I agree with you Adrian. The treachery and moral bankruptcy of the new government is succinctly described by Paul Molloy, in response to a very informative Newsroom article "Threat to walking and cycling a threat to health" on 21.12.23 by Dr Kirsty Wild ...Comment: Open mike 15/12/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 4:39 pm, December 15th, 2023
Kelvin Davis and Andrew Little displayed sincerity, integrity and compassion. They will be missed from Parliament.Comment: Chris Bishop can’t count
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 11:26 am, December 4th, 2023
How does Shane Reti rationalise his support of the Government's decision to repeal Labour's smokefree legislation, in the face of international evidence of its effectiveness in reducing smoking? In his own electorate many doctors at Whangarei Hospital, 18 ...Comment: Open mike 25/11/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 7:58 pm, November 25th, 2023
Re news that National have dropped their overseas property buyers' tax policy and need to find revenue of $740 million p.a. from other sources for their planned tax cuts, it was widely reported that this amount was never accepted as realistic by various ...Comment: Open mike 18/11/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 1:47 pm, November 19th, 2023
Belladonna: The NZ Baby Boomer cohort covers people born from the end of World War Two up to the early 1970s. https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28730/baby-boom-generation-about-1969 NZ Boomers are aged from about 52 up to 78. It is incorrect to refer to ...Comment: Open mike 18/10/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 6:50 pm, October 18th, 2023
People blaming Chris Hipkins for Labour's election loss (not that you are Mike) seem to have a simplistic perspective. Evidently most people weren't voting for a wealth tax, or a tax exemption from the first $10,000 to $30,000 of income, because more would ...Comment: Open mike 12/10/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 3:36 pm, October 12th, 2023
Given that National and their supporters' typical way of communication is negative, dishonest and often abusive, hopefully the moderator on tonight's leaders' debate will have the professionalism to acknowledge this, and not persist with the false ...Comment: Labour surges in latest poll
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 3:50 pm, October 11th, 2023
Re Micky's comments: "And the final polls in 2005 had National 5 points ahead of where it ended up and Labour 3 points behind. That sized change could see Labour returned to power". This seems a real possibility, in light of the Guardian poll, covering ...Comment: Open mike 10/10/2023
Written By: vivie - Date published: 2:44 pm, October 10th, 2023
Re this comment by Chris Trotter: "Lacking Peters’ restraining influence, the resulting National-Act government would have free-rein to impose the swingeing austerity programme required to pay for Luxon’s under-funded tax-cuts. That so many of us are ...Comment: Open mike 05/10/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 2:39 pm, October 5th, 2023
It's a typical National strategy. Just tell a little bit of the truth - i.e. lying by omission. Here's the link. https://thespinoff.co.nz/live-updates/05-10-2023/nicola-willis-confirms-only-3000-households-will-get-full-250-a-fortnight-tax-cut Chris Bishop ...Comment: Daily review 04/10/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 7:48 pm, October 4th, 2023
Yes Anne. I saw that TV One news item. Luxon commented that the only positive thing Hipkins had done (I think he was referring to the campaign) was to get Covid. A tasteless, spiteful remark. Luxon repeatedly stated that the Labour Government has committed ...Comment: Open mike 01/10/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 1:55 pm, October 1st, 2023
I watched Q and A this morning. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/q-and-a About 20 minutes in Jack Tame interviewed James Shaw, and put forward a scenario of National forming a coalition with either Act, New Zealand First or the Greens. Tame commented a few ...Comment: Open mike 28/09/2023
Written By: Vivie - Date published: 5:34 pm, September 28th, 2023
National MPs seem to have stopped using the ludicrous term "the squeezed middle", with reference to their tax cuts policy, as it excludes people in the most need. Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis now claim that "low and middle income earners" will ...
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- Bernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes on Wednesday, April 30
Briefly this morning: Nicola Willis rules out charities tax or any tax hike to reduce budget deficit. She’s focused instead on spending cuts. There are 1,000 at-risk kids without a social worker, NZ Herald reports.Housing shortages are a factor in high-risk sex offenders being put out early into uncontrolled community ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell On Our Austerity Fixation And Canada Staying Centre-left
Truly, these are tough times for our nation’s leaders. In future, how on earth are they going to find the sort of money they’ve been happy to throw at landlords, tobacco companies, and wealthier New Zealanders ever since they got elected? On Defence, how are they going to find those ...2 weeks ago
- Bad advice on public sector discount rates
A couple of months ago now I wrote a post about the new set of discount rates government agencies are supposed to use in undertaking cost-benefit analysis, whether for new spending projects or for regulatory initiatives. The new, radically altered, framework had come into effect from 1 October last year, ...2 weeks ago - Indonesia is hooked on Huawei
Huawei dominates Indonesia’s telecommunication network infrastructure. It won over Indonesia mainly through cost competitiveness and by generating favour through capacity-building programs and strategic relationships with the government, and telecommunication operators. But Huawei’s dominance poses risks. ...2 weeks ago
- Education Should be Led by Experts-Not Economists
Te Pāti Māori are appalled by Cabinet's decision to agree to 15 recommendations to the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector following the regulatory review by the Ministry of Regulation. We emphasise the need to prioritise tamariki Māori in Early Childhood Education, conducted by education experts- not economists. “Our mokopuna deserve ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Govt’s flagship cost of living policy a failure
After promising $250 a fortnight to many families, the Government has been forced to admit just a couple hundred families are receiving it. ...3 weeks ago - Release: Transparency needed on changes to early childhood education
The Government is putting children at risk in early childhood education (ECE) by proposing to loosen the requirement for qualified teachers. ...3 weeks ago
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- S. Shakthidharan’s ambitious play The Wrong Gods is a profound critique of progress and modernity
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niro Kandasamy, Lecturer in History, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir S. Shakthidharan is one of Australian theatre’s most prominent writers and directors. His Counting and Cracking (2019) and The Jungle and the Sea (2022) received critical acclaim and toured internationally. ...17 hours ago - Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Halpin, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Tasmania The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are hidden by deep ice. Merkushev Vasiliy/Shutterstock Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and ...17 hours ago
- Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckett’s classic play Happy Days
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Sydney Theatre Company Samuel Beckett is justly regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century – and unquestionably one of the most demanding. Few of ...18 hours ago
- As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynda Goldsworthy, Research Associate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Mozgova/Shutterstock President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his nation’s science and logistics on the icy continent. ...18 hours ago
- Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Here’s how to tell your fireballs apart
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University A blaze of light streaks across the sky, but what is it? Wendy Miller/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND There’s a blaze of light across the sky! A fireball is seen by thousands, and mobile ...19 hours ago
- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 12, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 12, 2025. Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threatSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute An aerial drone ...19 hours ago
- Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute An aerial drone view of northern Melbourne suburbs. Elias Bitar/Shutterstock The federal election campaign was dominated by the housing crisis. But the real power to solve it rests with the states. In ...19 hours ago
- Is ‘cunt’ still the worst thing a woman can call another woman?
It’s angry, powerful and shocking, but any reaction to its use is steeped in gender politics. Earlier this year, education minister Erica Stanford allegedly called Labour’s Jan Tinetti a “stupid bitch” in parliament. She apologised, but for a few days after, chat among many women I know focused on why ...19 hours ago - New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week
We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+ Homebound 3.0 (ThreeNow, May 15) The uber-talented writer and performer Sam Wang is back with a second season of his groundbreaking local romcom Homebound 3.0. Wang and Michelle ...20 hours ago
- Footy’s ‘code wars’ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney NRL Photos, Matt Turner/AAP, Wikimedia, The Conversation, CC BY Every now and then, so-called “code wars” erupt between the major Australia winter football codes: the National Rugby League (NRL) and ...20 hours ago
- A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Winter, Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s recent announcement that the government would reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting was in keeping with the coalition’s overall tough-on-crime approach. ...20 hours ago
- ‘We’re just doing our best’ – cultural backlash hits Auckland kava business
By Coco Lance, A new Auckland-based kava business has found itself at the heart of a cultural debate, with critics raising concerns about appropriation, authenticity, and the future of kava as a deeply rooted Pacific tradition. Vibes Kava, co-founded by Charles Byram and Derek Hillen, operates ...20 hours ago
- ‘Fighting more frequent now’ – researcher warns of escalating West Papua conflict
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict over the past six decades, a human rights researcher says. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims that Indonesia killed at least one ...21 hours ago
- Review: Atomic 2.0 was just what we needed
The local femme rock supergroup, reviewed in two cities. Alex Casey in Christchurch I peeped the posters for last year’s Atomic concert and was thrilled by the novelty concept: some of the most talented women in New Zealand music, rocking out to the likes of Blondie, Hole, Alanis Morissette and ...22 hours ago
- India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making fut...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania A member of the Indian Border Security Force stands guard near the India-Pakistan border. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images India and Pakistan have seen the scenario play out before: a terror ...22 hours ago
- Homer’s Iliad is a rap battle
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Forstenzer, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centre for Engaged Philosophy, University of Sheffield The Anger of Achilles by Jacques-Louis David (1819). Kimbell Art Museum Homer’s Iliad is one of the foundational stories of European civilisation. The Iliad is ...22 hours ago
- Major brands don’t need to kowtow to Trump: they have the power to bring people together
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Beverland, Professor of Brand Management, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex Whatever you think of his personality or politics, it’s impossible to deny the success of Donald Trump as a brand. Supporters and detractors across the world are transfixed ...22 hours ago
- What it’s like to watch a stranger sleep
The audacious art of Kalisolaite ‘Uhila’s Mohe. When was the last time you watched someone sleep? I peeked into my niece’s room to check if she was breathing while babysitting last weekend, but I didn’t stay or look at her for long. Occasionally, I stare at my husband sleeping, ...23 hours ago
- Luxon on the phone with global leaders about Ukraine talks
The prime minister said Russia started the conflict, and it needed to agree to a new ceasefire proposal so negotiations could begin. ...23 hours ago - Christopher Luxon won’t say if Ministry for Women consulted on pay equity changes rushed into ...
The PM says advice was received from several officials but he won't say who they represented. ...24 hours ago
- Police minister Mark Mitchell says second firearms registry review not needed
It comes after the ACT Party formally invoked its "agree to disagree" clause in its coalition agreement with National over the firearms registry on Sunday. ...1 day ago
- Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the Red Planet
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hrvoje Tkalčić, Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University UAESA / MBRSC / Hope Mars Mission / EXI / Andrea Luck, CC BY Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, ...1 day ago
- Why doesn’t Australia make more medicines? Wouldn’t that fix drug shortages?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Coomber, PhD Candidate, Pharmaceutical Supply Chains, The University of Queensland IM Imagery/Shutterstock About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. Of these, about 30 are categorised as critical. These are ones with a life-threatening or serious impact on ...1 day ago
- Culturally unsafe healthcare is unsafe healthcare – we cannot pretend otherwise
As a doctor, medical educator and iwi health advocate, Mataroria Lyndon has seen how cultural safety transforms health outcomes. The government’s proposal to remove cultural requirements from workforce regulation, he writes, risks undoing decades of progress and putting lives at risk. As a doctor and medical educator, I teach clinicians ...1 day ago
- Nearly $3m Wasted On Consultants Hired To Plan Axing Of Health Workers
The public health system has been starved of money by this government. It should have been expanding the Health NZ workforce and not paying expensive consultants to help lay off so many loyal workers. It’s a slap in the face for those shown ...1 day ago - Farmers fear dingoes are eating their livestock – but predator poo tells an unexpected story
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Mason, PhD candidate in Conservation Biology, Deakin University Kristian Bell/Shutterstock Killing carnivores to protect livestock, wildlife and people is an emotive and controversial issue that can cause community conflict. Difficult decisions about managing predators must be supported by strong scientific ...1 day ago
- Australian politician who sparked social media ban says it’s ‘worth it’ even if ki...
New Zealand will be a "fast follower" because "immense harm" is being done, the Education Minister says. ...1 day ago
- Government’s political gamble backfires as backlash to pay equity reform grows
Nationwide protests and a wave of critical commentary have followed the government’s sudden overhaul of pay equity legislation, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Anger spills into the streets Hundreds of people turned out across the country ...1 day ago
- Kiwi aims to bring the world to our snooker tables
Agnes Kimura is fundraising hard to head to China for the 2025 World Women’s Snooker Championship, but playing against her peers isn’t the most important part of the trip. Instead, she has a much bigger goal in mind.With the men’s world championships just completed in England, it’s less than a ...1 day ago - Budget 2025: What’s in it for the youth?
Hamilton has been the country's youngest city since 1998. RNZ spoke to the young, and the young adjacent, in the city to find out what they would like to see in Budget 2025. ...1 day ago
- Wellington mayoral race: Who wants the top job?
Andrew Little is a high profile entrant in the battle for the capital's mayoral chains - so who are the other contenders? ...1 day ago
- US cuts back on generals to boost ‘lethality’ – should NZDF follow suit?
Critics say the NZ Defence Force is top heavy and combat light. ...1 day ago
- In the wings: Desley Simpson is biding her time
Will she or won’t she? Desley Simpson is still waiting to say whether she will run for the mayorality in October. Only 3.2% of The Spinoff’s readership supports us financially. We need to grow that to 4% this year to keep creating the work you love. Sign up to be ...1 day ago
- Lessons from a very wet day in Christchurch
Floods in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula earlier this month closed roads and damaged businesses. Shanti Mathias explores how local authorities have been preparing for extreme weather events, and whether it made any difference. Between April 30 and May 1, Christchurch had its fourth-heaviest day of rainfall on record. More than ...1 day ago
- The bra-stealing rascals of Aquinas
In 1956 Aquinas students raided Knox College and stole the cutlery and cooking utensils before dumping them at Selwyn and Arana halls. The police were called and the culprits eventually confessed. James Ng, a resident from 1954 to 1958, described a recurring prank that involved fishing line to pull the ...1 day ago
- ‘Substantial progress’ in US-China trade talks but no details
Business & investing: Gulf between countries will make finalising a meaningful agreement particularly difficult The post ‘Substantial progress’ in US-China trade talks but no details appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- Never mind ‘big investors’, regular workers crave stability too
Comment: Let’s think about those who are simply investing their lives in their families and communities The post Never mind ‘big investors’, regular workers crave stability too appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive
Then-energy minister Simeon Brown pushed back against efforts to introduce new climate policies in ministerial discussions last year, new documents reveal The post Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- Daily crossword, Monday 12 May
The post Daily crossword, Monday 12 May appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 day ago
- Vocational education hit with ‘change fatigue’
It’s been called ‘change fatigue’ and the tertiary sector covering vocational education is exhausted by the meddling of successive governments.Since 2020 there have been major upheavals with vocational training and polytechnics, and the key word for those in the industry is uncertainty.There’s also frustration at the amount of money spent ...1 day ago
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