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Comment: Open mike 06/05/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 11:38 am, May 6th, 2025
I would add women in yr file name.Comment: Open mike 05/05/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 10:55 am, May 5th, 2025
I see this as an opportunity. TPM, Greens or Labour come up with a plan to appropriately recompense victims or their families. As the lawyer in the article suggests, there is a framework that exists. There may need to be a simplification for many ...Comment: Open mike 05/05/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 7:08 am, May 5th, 2025
It is sickening to see Luxon, Peters and (worse of all) Collins on the news, having a circle jerk over Navy helicopters. Billions of $ can be found for defense spending, because of *insert excuse here* overnight, meanwhile they offer peanuts, to state ...Comment: Open mike 03/05/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 9:39 pm, May 3rd, 2025
Man, what a grandstand finish! Only scoring 2 points in the second half. Thanks to Luxon's New Zealand, the crowd at Suncorp is half Kiwi.Comment: Open mike 03/05/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 9:43 am, May 3rd, 2025
For those with a maritime interest, while a little bit away from our usual topics, it's an intriguing insight to how corporations use rules to dodge responsibility. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-owner-and- ...Comment: Blind Spots When Playing for Big Stakes
Written By: gsays - Date published: 6:24 pm, May 2nd, 2025
Stop being disingenuous. She was speaking as Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence Minister. And this is in the context of male voters less likely to vote Green.Comment: Blind Spots When Playing for Big Stakes
Written By: gsays - Date published: 5:21 pm, May 2nd, 2025
Thanks Corey for saying that about blokes. I started to write a comment a couple of times but chickened out. Davidson's white straight males (I refuse to use another's words to define myself) cause all the violence summation really let a mask slip. And no, ...Comment: The Greens’ Industrial Strategy: Green Jobs Guarantee and Ministry of Green Works
Written By: gsays - Date published: 5:05 pm, May 2nd, 2025
This is great. This is what I like about the Greens, real hands on stuff that can be pointed at. Better than anything from this regime and better than what I have heard from labour. The Provincial Growth Fund was popular ...in the provinces. Although I ...Comment: The Greens’ Industrial Strategy: Green Jobs Guarantee and Ministry of Green Works
Written By: gsays - Date published: 1:58 pm, May 2nd, 2025
Ahh, got ya now. Well that is how a society is measured, by how it cares for it's most vulnerable. Something this country needs to pull it's socks up in regards it's performance.Comment: The Greens’ Industrial Strategy: Green Jobs Guarantee and Ministry of Green Works
Written By: gsays - Date published: 9:41 am, May 2nd, 2025
"Marsden point has been run down and sawmills closed. Timber is mostly used as raw logs for export." Yep, this is where we end up after the 40 year experiment. Sure, the closures can be justified through the shareholder's lens. However, if there was an ...Comment: The Greens’ Industrial Strategy: Green Jobs Guarantee and Ministry of Green Works
Written By: gsays - Date published: 9:36 am, May 2nd, 2025
"but isn't capable of doing it?" Again, for clarification, do you mean could be capable with some more training, education or support?Comment: Open mike 01/05/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 8:49 am, May 1st, 2025
This will have interesting ramifications. In a nutshell, an issue that sums up this government's attitude to tangata whenua, money over nature and it's gonna upset some skiers from outside of the region. It's unpleasant being taken for granted, let alone ...Comment: Tory Whanau leaves Wellington mayoral race for Māori ward
Written By: gsays - Date published: 10:07 pm, April 29th, 2025
I understand it to mean green on the outside, red on the inside...Comment: Open mike 29/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 9:29 pm, April 29th, 2025
That's not clear from the post. I should have mentioned that it is only Bomber's version of events.Comment: Open mike 29/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 5:05 pm, April 29th, 2025
That's a bit stink. https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/04/29/comrades-it-is-with-deep-sadness-that-i-announce-the-working-group-has-been-cancelled-by-the-political-right/ The Working Group will not be continuing. For those of us that can handle politics that ...Comment: Open mike 29/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 12:41 pm, April 29th, 2025
Good point. I can only comment on what permeates through to me. Basically that is here (TS), RNZ and Stuff. The last time the Greens popped up on my radar was when Doyle came into the public eye. Which at the heart of it was more an issue of competency. ( ...Comment: Open mike 29/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 11:48 am, April 29th, 2025
I thought weka's language was fairly plain and easy to understand. What I took it to mean was less emphasis on identity politics. Not barking at every car with a culture war bumper sticker on it. Winston's recent interview on rnz for example. There are ...Comment: Open mike 27/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 8:45 am, April 27th, 2025
A wee update from the front lines of the health system. Setting aside the daily texts pleading for staff because the roster is three down (what a great state of being that is to start yr shift). The latest is 'bed blocking'. Here in Palmy, there is a ...Comment: Open mike 25/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 6:44 pm, April 25th, 2025
Jeez that's grim news. For a country that is a primary producer it's another fail for market driven politics.Comment: Open mike 23/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 8:31 am, April 25th, 2025
To SPC, now that's a level of debate that can be engaged with rather than the spray and walk away, possibly a remnant of the Denton Protocol. Most of what you say is accurate but far from the whole story. Posturing without impact hardly sums up the ...Comment: Open mike 23/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 7:46 am, April 25th, 2025
I can't help but feel, as times go by, there may be a bit of voter remorse in regards the unanimous vote for self I.D. Caught up in a wave of sympathy for sections of our rainbow community in the face of risk of vilification. As you have pointed out ...Comment: Open mike 23/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 7:30 am, April 25th, 2025
Well if virtue signalling makes it hard to reach consensus, what do you make of "indefensible populist nonsense" and "dehumanizing" especially when it isn't backed up? More than a faint whiff of misogyny.Comment: Open mike 23/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 3:05 pm, April 24th, 2025
Yep, it's all pot shots, vague language and virtue signalling. It makes it hard to work towards a consensus, which is what is needed.Comment: Open mike 23/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 7:53 am, April 24th, 2025
Cowardly, but OK then, care to define that "vulnerable minority"? I see lots of hand waving and virtue signalling but none of that protects or enshrines any party in law.Comment: Open mike 23/04/2025
Written By: gsays - Date published: 8:06 pm, April 23rd, 2025
"indefensible nonsense". So, I'll ask you, what is your definition of a woman?Comment: Did someone mention “class”?
Written By: gsays - Date published: 2:50 pm, April 23rd, 2025
While not answering yr whole question, I would observe that lots of women see themselves as a class, regardless of income/social standing. Especially in the context of sex based rights.Comment: Did someone mention “class”?
Written By: gsays - Date published: 2:12 pm, April 23rd, 2025
For those modest changes, they kept the >$1B Handout to Landlords Accommodation Supplement ticking over. Housing has to be one of the key areas for radical reform to curb poverty and inequality.Comment: 50501
Written By: gsays - Date published: 2:20 pm, April 21st, 2025
Yep, that was more of a different hyperbole I mentioned. Two of the three folk @ Parliament that I know, went nowhere near the outfit you describe. Nor any other 'dis-information' peddlers. Speaking of disinformation, I was working in a 'right to occupy' ...Comment: 50501
Written By: gsays - Date published: 2:02 pm, April 20th, 2025
You make a good point about the societal division and being up against business, money, politicians etc. I would argue a bigger deterrent is our fellow citizens whom, if we don't comply to their strict set of criteria, are more than happy to undermine and ...Comment: 50501
Written By: gsays - Date published: 10:55 am, April 20th, 2025
Once an idea of what is wanted that needs to be followed by direct action ie General Strike. Ignore the rules that say 'it's illegal'. It's not unlawful to take action to change, repeal or alter the status quo. Speaking domestically, we can't expect a ...
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I woke this morning to the shock news that Tory Whanau was no longer contesting the Wellington mayoralty, having stepped aside to leave the field clear for Andrew Little. Its like a perverse reversal of Little's 2017 decision to step aside for Jacinda - the stale, pale past rudely shoving ...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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- 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. ...12 hours 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. ...12 hours ago
- ‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back on Israel?
ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an eventual regional war is the ousting of the Israeli prime minister. US President Donald Trump has closed his line of communication with Israeli Prime Minister ...16 hours ago - View from The Hill: if Jacinta Nampijinpa Price became Liberal deputy it would be a wild ride
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s confirmation she will run for Liberal deputy has put the members of an already shell-shocked party into a new spin. Tuesday’s leadership contest, where the numbers are said to be tight, is ...21 hours ago
- Dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles ‘factional assassin’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Industry Minister Ed Husic, dumped from the frontbench ahead of Anthony Albanese’s announcement of his new ministry, has made an excoriating attack on Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, describing him as a “factional assassin”. ...1 day ago
- Social media ban for young people to be investigated – Luxon
The government says it will start investigating how to reduce harm to young people with potential new rules about social media access. ...1 day ago - Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election violence
Asia Pacific Report The Aotearoa Philippines Solidarity national assembly has condemned the National Party-led Coalition government in New Zealand over signing a “deplorable” visiting forces agreement with the Philippine government “Given the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ appalling human rights record and continuing attacks on activists in the Philippines, it ...1 day ago
- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 11, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 11, 2025. Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West PapuaANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to ...1 day ago
- Firearm Registry Is An “Expensive Illusion” Of Safety
COLFO recommends the Government reviews the registry each year, looking for a downward trend in firearm crime once half the licensed firearm owners are registered. This was the premise on which the registry was introduced; that registering firearms would ...1 day ago - Women’s Rights Party On The Pay Equity Issue
The Women’s Rights Party says that cutting back on pay equity for women workers will have a long-lasting effect. ...1 day ago
- ACT invokes ‘agree to disagree’ clause over firearms registry review
ACT has invoked its coalition agreement's "agree to disagree" clause, citing National's refusal to support a more thorough review of the firearms registry. ...1 day ago
- Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to cooperate with them on military training — a seemingly benign act of diplomacy that conceals a darker purpose. This strategic manoeuvre is the latest in ...1 day ago
- Council calls on Māori candidates to stand in local election
The Whanganui District Council is organising a candidate information evening with a Māori focus ahead of local body elections later this year. ...1 day ago
- The House: Labour’s ‘conviction politician’ waves Parliament goodbye
After over two decades, Labour stalwart David Parker is calling time on a long career with just a few things left unachieved. ...1 day ago
- Shouting out, singing in: Rockquest at Parliament
In Parliament, MPs were shouting in the House about pay equity and wildlife protection - next door, the mood was more upbeat and louder. ...1 day ago
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Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. ...2 days ago
- An Ode to … King Lux
There was bad news to deliverTo the lady peasants, the fishwives,The witches, the serving wenches, and the nuns.King Lux had to pay for his score of Grand Estates.Specifically, the ladies were to pay for his Grand EstatesOut of their meagre, hard-won kopecks.King Lux didn’t want to deliver the bad news ...2 days ago
- Pope Leo XIV, the least American of the Americans
Hailing from the diocese furthest away from the Vatican, the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin, patriotic Kiwi representation is not something you pray for when thinking of a new Pope. But I must admit that when I saw the headline ‘America’s first Pope’, I thought “Oh dear”. American representation was not ...2 days ago
- Charity donation tax incentives not as generous as we think
Analysis: Charitable giving feels good – it brings a sense of fulfilment and joy, knowing your contribution has made a positive difference in someone’s life. Governments support the idea too, offering tax incentives to encourage philanthropy. But here’s the catch: my recent research suggests these tax incentives may not be ...2 days ago
- Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed 214 Palestinian ...2 days ago
- Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The leader of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has reacted to the election of the new pope. Pope Leo XIV was elected by his fellow cardinals in the Conclave on Thursday evening, Rome time. Leo, 69, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is originally ...2 days ago
- Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment
By Gordon Campbell The calls by the Israel Institute of New Zealand for Peter Davis to resign from the Helen Clark Foundation because of comments he made with regard to an ugly, hateful piece of graffiti are absurd. The graffiti in question said “I hated Jews before it was cool!” ...2 days ago
- New cancer drugs get Pharmac boost
Cancer specialists and patients have welcomed news that three potentially life-saving skin cancer medicines are to be funded. ...2 days ago
- Wellington Queer Communities Protest Against NZ First’s Anti-Trans Bill
Now more than ever, trans communities need support. Join Queer Endurance in Defiance, or your local queer organisation, and help us demonstrate that we will not be defined out of existence. ...2 days ago
- Protests Against New Pay Equity Legislation Continue
The pay equity legislation backlash continues, with one march in Nelson on Saturday attracting 1500 protesters. ...2 days ago
- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 10, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 10, 2025. Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaignerSPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations ...2 days ago
- Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campai...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as such, they were the ancestral home to the people of the Marshall Islands. As part of a team of Greenpeace scientists and specialists from the ...2 days ago
- Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka assures outcome of Waitangi Tribunal review won’t be p...
"I am certainly not predetermined, and this government is not predetermined over this outcome," Tama Potaka told Saturday Morning. ...2 days ago
- Government puts $35m towards keeping drugs out of the country
In a pre-Budget announcement, Customs Minister Casey Costello says the extra funding would boost staffing and improve technology. ...2 days ago
- Daily Blog Backs Compulsory Military Service
While advertising itself as “liberal” and “left wing,” the Daily Blog promotes the same nationalist and militarist agenda as the entire parliamentary establishment, the union bureaucracy and the corporate media. ...2 days ago
- The Secret Diary of .. the pay equity reforms
Brooke van VeldenAs workplace minister, and more importantly as a woman, I am proud today to co-announce changes to pay equity legislation alongside finance minister Nicola Willis, who is also a woman.Nicola WillisYes. And we are joined by Judith Collins, Erica Stanford, Louise Upston and Nicola Grigg.Brooke van VeldenAll women.Nicola ...2 days ago
- Drilling for Auckland’s mythical harbour crossing
Is it a Pak’nSave for yachties, or maybe a new venue for manu competitions?The yellow platform on sticks in the Waitematā Harbour is the topic of discussion on a series of Reddit and Facebook threads.But instead of suppling everyday bargains or a big splash, this mysterious vessel is providing information ...2 days ago
- Short story: Another dumb school, by Shelley Burne-Field
The new physics teacher looked alright. He coached rugby too. Reuben ran to the end of the field, touched the upright, and jogged back in the rain. The teacher wore shorts and a long wet-weather jacket that made it look more like a dress. Damn, thought Reuben, Mister Butcher doesn’t ...2 days ago
- Paying women less won’t help the economy, stupid
Opinion: This week the National Party and its coalition partner Act, pushed through amendments to the Equal Pay Act under urgency. Those amendments will change fundamentally the way in which the New Zealand government addresses matters of pay equity.This legislation will make it more difficult for women to demonstrate historical ...2 days ago
- How to build Aotearoa’s first workshop for women and gender diverse folks
Cahoots began as a mobile queer tradie collective driven by Jade Musther. Now, she’s on the cusp of opening a workshop to further share her skills with other women and the trans community. Behind a roller door in Wellington’s Mount Cook – one of the queerest suburbs in Aotearoa’s queerest ...2 days ago - The Weekend: Please don’t say goodnight when you leave the office
Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was. Two days ago, I was sitting at my desk at 5.23pm, finishing my work so I could walk home to nearly set the kitchen on fire trying to make a very basic pasta. Since our office is a rare paradise where colleagues ...2 days ago
- On being my own mother this Mother’s Day
Sometimes, when you want something done well, you just have to do it yourself. I lower my gaze demurely, then look into my new therapist’s eyes, ready to astound and impress him. “My life right now feels like I’ve got this car – this beautiful car I’ve always wanted – ...2 days ago
- My weekend snooping around Ōtautahi’s most famous buildings
Alex Casey goes on an odyssey through some of the most important buildings in Christchurch. Moving to Ōtautahi in the 2020s is a bit like starting a prestige TV show about five seasons in. The budget is massive, the production values slick and shiny, and the reviews are positive, but ...3 days ago
- ‘I’m still that guy’: Why Jenny May Clarkson will never miss the 6pm news
The Breakfast broadcaster, former Silver Fern and now published author takes us through her life in television. Jenny May Clarkson has got a lot going on. On the day she chatted with The Spinoff, she had woken up at 3am to do Breakfast while battling a migraine, been in meetings ...3 days ago
- The story behind Ruapehu’s smashed summit stone
An edited excerpt from Hazel Phillips’ book, Fire & Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park. When we ascended Girdlestone Peak in 2023, the skies above Ruapehu’s massif stretched clear and starkly blue above us. Sun reflected off the volcanic rocks around us as we sweltered up ...3 days ago
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