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Comment: Open mike 15/12/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 10:09 am, December 15th, 2024
Brown is certainly creating a heap of resistance. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/13/such-a-load-of-s-speed-limits-test-tasman-mayors-patience/? It's all noise and 'look at me', while the Minister of Transport's need for speed exhausts our patience.Comment: Open mike 03/12/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 3:44 pm, December 3rd, 2024
To be a smart ass I thought I'd jokingly suggest "make your own peanut butter:." So I googled it. You can, Cheaply. Using a blender, a food processor, meat grinder or pestle and mortar. Think I'll give it a go...... just another kind of hummus, right?Comment: Caption contest
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:35 pm, December 2nd, 2024
"They put these in computers? Nah, they don't, do they really?Comment: Hipkins’ Conference speech
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 5:51 pm, December 1st, 2024
Dennis, Hipkins named about 12 areas where Labour would take action to improve matters. If that ain't part of the plan, what is? Details will come later, of course. :-)Comment: Open mike 22/11/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:00 am, November 22nd, 2024
An interesting alternative history scenario would be to consider what would have happened if Luxon during negotiations had totally rejected ACT's treaty bill then. Would ACT have accepted that or forced Luxon to call a snap election? How would both parties ...Comment: Open mike 16/11/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 8:42 am, November 22nd, 2024
And now, six days after SPC's comment Gaetz has withdrawn his nomination. Trump wishes him well. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/534493/matt-gaetz-withdraws-his-attorney-general-nominationComment: This Government’s day of shame
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 1:30 pm, November 14th, 2024
https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/kings-counsel-call-on-government-to-withdraw-proposed-treaty-principles-bill-citing-constitutional-concerns/ Letter text at end of this article.Comment: Nicola Willis Deflects As National Splurge On Roads
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 8:14 am, November 13th, 2024
On the subject of 'saving time' by faster road travel, the story was told of Albert Einstein who, when at dinner with friends in the US was informed by the son of the family that he had just travelled a distance in five minutes less time to get there, ...Comment: US Election 2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 11:22 am, November 6th, 2024
Obviously in states where Harris won the vote was rigged. Otherwise, where Trump won, justice was served and the natural order prevailed......Comment: US Election 2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 8:53 am, November 6th, 2024
Saying that Jesse Waters said "his wife secretly voting for Trump is equable to her "having an affair" is rather confusing, for a Fox News commentator especially, since he actually specified Harris instead of Trump in the first reference. I agree with your ...Comment: The 2024 US Election: A No-Win Scenario
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 2:05 pm, November 5th, 2024
The inspiring words of the Imam of the Auckland mosque as reported in the Herald, cf #12 above from Anne. “There are those who tried to harm us, to shake the very foundations of our sacred space. “Let us remember that the walls of a masjid are strong, but ...Comment: Open mike 02/11/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 12:23 pm, November 2nd, 2024
Very clever, well sung and sharp satire. Donald Trump gets Queened. Bohemian Rhapsody anew. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY_8WzcHqMQComment: Open mike 30/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 6:18 pm, October 30th, 2024
One verse of the song "When the Red Revolution Comes" went, "We're going to string Tom Shand from Mandy's brassiere x3 when the red revolution comes." Another verse went, "We'll nationalise the breweries and the beer will all be free x3 wtrrc." Tom Shand ...Comment: Open mike 26/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:20 pm, October 28th, 2024
I wonder how the Ancient Roman Times would have reported on the latest Colosseum games? In similar terms? Astute observation, DMK.Comment: Open mike 28/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 12:55 pm, October 28th, 2024
Part of a speech I wrote to commemorate Labour Day delivered by Samuel Duncan Parnell. "Well thank you ladies and gentlemen. First I'd like to say that though I came from London I was raised by my mother and my father was a gentleman but I never knew him ...Comment: Open mike 26/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:13 am, October 27th, 2024
Does anyone else see, in the comments above, the crazy juxtaposition of bread and circuses, which we willingly consume, with the madness of emperors and generals? Aotearoa/New Zealand has won recently cricket and netball series, rugby tests, won sailing ...Comment: David Seymour Chooses School Lunches Provider With Questionable Record: Listeria, Horse Meat & Poor Quality
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 3:46 pm, October 26th, 2024
Exactement! It was Seymour who made the reference to woke food when advocating for his changes- sushi and the like. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/08/is-sushi-mainstream-foodies-on-seymours-woke-foods-remark/ These French meals cost $3 Canadian, according ...Comment: David Seymour Chooses School Lunches Provider With Questionable Record: Listeria, Horse Meat & Poor Quality
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 11:06 am, October 26th, 2024
For you, the menu for schools in the 17th arrondissement in Paris for a week. Zut alors! Monday, September 30th Salad: Lentil Salad with tomatoes Main: Roast pork or turkey, with peas and carrots Cheese/Dairy:Brie Dessert: A kiwi Tuesday, October 1st Salad ...Comment: David Seymour Chooses School Lunches Provider With Questionable Record: Listeria, Horse Meat & Poor Quality
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 8:59 am, October 26th, 2024
And then, here's how the French do it. https://karenlebillon.com/tag/french-kids-school-lunch-project/ Subsidised meals, based on family income, municipal oversight, carefully designed menus (far fewer fat kids in France), served at table in the canteen, ...Comment: Is the Epsom seat goneburger?
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 8:51 am, October 25th, 2024
Bring back the country quota, I say. "The country quota was a part of the New Zealand electoral system from 1881 until 1945, when it was abolished by the First Labour Government. Its effect was to make urban electoral districts (electorates) more populous ...Comment: Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 4:04 pm, October 24th, 2024
for all of the time, but not all of the people all the time...... hopefully. A better explanation for Bayly's conduct is the 'aspergers syndrome ' defence proposed by Farrar as reported by Muttonbird at #6 on Daily Review 23/10.24. It actually seems to ...Comment: Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:41 am, October 24th, 2024
" I expect a fulsome apology to them which he did and he also fulsomely apologised to me and reassured me it wouldn’t happen again." Luxon on Bayly's apology, above in the post. There's a letter in today's The Press congratulating Luxon for "his courage in ...Comment: Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 12:50 pm, October 22nd, 2024
The bully's modus operandi. First deny; then minimise; then attack and finally blame. Saw it all the time at school when interviewing bullies. "I didn't do it, sir. I was only kidding. He just can't take a joke. Anyway, he asked for it." The sociopaths ...Comment: Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 10:21 am, October 22nd, 2024
Stuart Smith, MP for Kaikoura, has not been asked about his version of events by the media. Perhaps they could suggest that he might take over the disgraced Minister Bayly's portfolio.....Comment: Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 10:16 am, October 22nd, 2024
Yes, David, I remember the designer shirt. I had a laugh about this at the time with the visiting Geoffrey Palmer, saying the local Labour candidate was a clothing store owner who could have sold the student teacher a business shirt for far less.Comment: Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:59 am, October 22nd, 2024
'Gold standard' is I believe the current Natspeak, along with 'green shoots'.Comment: Tana is waka jumped
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 9:28 am, October 18th, 2024
List MPs are there because of affiliation to the party they espoused when they went into the election. If they leave, or are asked to leave, then that changes the situation. In either event, the voters have the say at the next election as to whether things ...Comment: Open mike 09/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 6:04 pm, October 9th, 2024
Good article with a clear message about mysogyny. I looked up how many shipwrecks have occurred so far this year- some 141 so far. I would hazard a guess that 140 were captained by men. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_2024Comment: Open mike 06/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 12:28 pm, October 6th, 2024
So, according to that outstanding logic, all other shipping disasters can be blamed on heterosexual men, for reason of their gender and/or sexuality?Comment: Open mike 06/10/2024
Written By: Mac1 - Date published: 11:58 am, October 6th, 2024
Enough with the science and the logic already! Wish I knew that when I made my submission, or asked to appear so I could reiterate that. However, I'm sure that far better advocates will appear before the committee but whether they're heard is another thing ...
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- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #22 2025
Open access notables A new indicator can assess absorption capacity for carbon dioxide and ocean acidification, Wang et al., Communications Earth & Environment: The ocean has absorbed 25% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions over the past 40 years, effectively slowing atmospheric carbon dioxide growth but causing ocean acidification. As acidification ...3 weeks ago
- Healing
Coz money’s not God, money’s just food,and money’s out here making a fool out of you.He's gonna work you like a dog for the rest of ya life,and doggies don’t live long, so doggy don’t think twice.Amble by Casual Healing.Evening all, I figured I’d better send out a quick note ...3 weeks ago - Motivation shouldn’t be in the criminal definition of terrorism
Australia’s legal definition of terrorism needs revision. It should be shorn of ideological, political, or religious motivation as a necessary part of the crime. Instead, showing that the defendant’s violent act was intended to intimidate ...3 weeks ago
- Quite the package you’ve got there, minister
Chris Bishop is the almost-there voice in this government, the almost-reasonable one.When he tells you that this hella huge package they've just announced is a quick and easy way to unclog growth arteries he's pointing his miner's torch towards the gold.Would we all like more money? Would we all like ...3 weeks ago - Getting what they paid for
So, having stolen $13 billion from New Zealand women by shitcanning pay equity negotiations, the National government is again attacking women - this time by reversing long-standing pay equity provisions for ECE teachers and allowing ECE providers to go back to paying them minimum wage: The Associate Education Minister ...3 weeks ago
- The five-domains update
Sea state The Australian government donated drones and operator training worth just under $1 million to the Philippine coast guard in early May. The gift of 20 aerial drones and training by drone operators from ...3 weeks ago
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- Expel The Israeli Ambassador Now
PSNA Co-Chair, John Minto says our government must shoulder some of the blame for Israel feeling it can safely launch attacks on Iran. ...3 days ago - News of the Air India plane crash is traumatic. Here’s how to make sense of the risk
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University simonkr/Getty Images On Thursday afternoon local time, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. There were reportedly 242 people onboard, including two ...3 days ago - Selwyn Manning Analysis: Israel clearly saw an opportunity to strike Iran. Here’s the trip-wire…...
Analysis and Notes by Selwyn Manning: Prep for Radio New Zealand – Israel Strikes Against Iran – June 13, 2025. Listen to the audio from 3:00 minutes in. Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz. Over the last 24 hours, the atomic control agency IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) formed a ...3 days ago
- Selwyn Manning Analysis: Israel clearly saw an opportunity to strike Iran. Here’s the trip-wire…
Analysis and Notes by Selwyn Manning: Prep for Radio New Zealand – Israel Strikes Against Iran – June 13, 2025. Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz. Over the last 24 hours, the atomic control agency IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) formed a view at its UN Geneva meeting, that there was ...3 days ago
- Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major war – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University Alarmed by an intelligence assessment that Iran will be able to produce nuclear weapons within months if not weeks, Israel has ...3 days ago
- Just one man survived the Air India crash. What’s it like to survive a mass disaster?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British citizen returning from a trip to India, has been confirmed as the only survivor of Thursday’s deadly Air India crash. “I don’t know how I am alive,” ...3 days ago
- New North Island classrooms ease pressure on teaching space
Education Minister Erica Stanford admitted using libraries as classrooms would be concerning. ...3 days ago - Police watchdog’s view on police handling of toddler death questioned
A Coroner has referred the police handling of the case of three-year-old Lachlan Jones back to the Independent Police Conduct Authority, alongside a scathing commentary of the original investigation into the Gore boy’s death. This comes after the IPCA already reviewed – of its own volition – the two previous ...3 days ago - The legal underpinnings of coroner’s findings in Lachie case
The coronial jurisdiction The three purposes of a coronial inquiry are set out in s 57 of the Coroners Act 2006. The first purpose is to establish factual matters about the death including the cause of death and the circumstances of death. The second purpose is to make recommendations or ...3 days ago
- ECan Backtracks On Te Waihora Leadership, Fish & Game Doubles Down On Harm
At a public forum presentation to ECan on 26 March 2025, AJP raised urgent questions about both environmental and animal welfare impacts of duck shooting. ...3 days ago
- Speculation about the cause of Air India crash is rife. An aviation expert explains why it’s a pro...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Heap, Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation, University of Southern Queensland It has only been a few hours since Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing more than 260 people, yet public speculation about the causes of the disaster ...3 days ago
- What do we know about the Air India crash? How did one man survive? What now? An aviation safety exp...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University The back of Air India flight 171 after it crashed into a residential building in Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky / AFP via Getty Images An Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad ...3 days ago
- Police directed to reinvestigate Boy in the Water case – just no local cops
A coroner wants police from outside Southland to reinvestigate the death of Gore toddler Lachie Jones after being unable to establish how he ended up in an oxidation pond – or determine his cause of death. Assistant Police Commissioner Mike Johnson said police would now undertake this third investigation into ...3 days ago
- Editor calls for NZ to immediately expel Israeli envoy for unprovoked attack on Iran
EDITORIAL: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog The madness has begun. We should have suspected something when the cloud strike shut down occurred. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to continue war so that he is never held to account. This madness is the last straw. NZ must ...3 days ago
- Trump may push Albanese on defence spending, but Australia has leverage it can use, too
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Corben, Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence, University of Sydney Ahead of a prospective meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit Canada, two key developments have bumped defence issues to the top of ...3 days ago
- How long is a vagina? And how do I know if mine is ‘short’?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keersten Fitzgerald, Lecturer in General Practice, University of Sydney Jarrod Simpson/Getty We often use the word vagina to describe everything “down there”, but that’s not actually anatomically correct. The vagina is the stretchy, muscular tube that connects the external genitalia, ...3 days ago
- ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for June 13, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 13, 2025. As Antarctic sea ice shrinks, iconic emperor penguins are in more peril than we thoughtSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Honorary Senior Fellow in Ecology, University of Wollongong When ...3 days ago
- Two fast-tracked mines delay applications
Bathurst Resources Limited doesn’t expect to file a fast-track application for its West Coast coal project until November, instead of the original estimate of mid-June. CEO Richard Tacon said the decision was made to ensure the company put its “best foot forward” and ticked all boxes on the first go. ...3 days ago
- The Friday Poem: ‘How to build a roadside stall’ by Airini Beautrais
A new poem by Airini Beautrais. How to build a roadside stall First, go to Home Depot and buy some wood and get your husband, whose name is Landon, to cut it to length for you. This will be a great place to sell the eggs from your backyard ducks ...3 days ago - The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 13
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 A Different kind Of Power by Jacinda Ardern (Penguin Random House, $60) The former prime minister’s ...3 days ago
- As Antarctic sea ice shrinks, iconic emperor penguins are in more peril than we thought
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Honorary Senior Fellow in Ecology, University of Wollongong When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ice. But emperor penguins stay put. The existence of ...3 days ago
- Govt Cuts Will Undermine Access To New Zealand’s History
The proposal to cut historians threatens the existence of Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, which is a vital online resource for New Zealanders and a window to the rest of the world to learn about our rich history. ...3 days ago
- Kahungunu Submission Rejects The Regulatory Standards Bill In Its Entirety
The bill's numerous flaws and its potential for far-reaching negative consequences, as highlighted by extensive expert analysis, necessitate its withdrawal. ...3 days ago
- More cuts proposed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The axe is hovering over historians and staff who create digital content used by schools and the public. ...3 days ago
- Government moves to boost household solar power
Households with solar panels on their roofs will be able to send more power back to the grid - and get faster building consents - under changes announced by the government. ...3 days ago
- Stop conflating being transgender with being sick
This week a tragic death was reported. Media handling of the story has only increased the harm. News broke on Thursday that V, a transgender (trans) teenager, had died alone in emergency accommodation in 2023, in the late stages of an eating disorder. It is always a tragedy when a ...3 days ago
- Manufacturing reversal shows economy could ‘come to a grinding halt’ – economist
The recovery in the manufacturing sector has hit a wall, with one economist saying it can't be blamed all on Trump's tariffs. ...3 days ago
- Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy
RNZ Pacific The Department of Justice and Legal Services in Bougainville is aiming to craft a government policy to deal with violence related to sorcery accusations. The Post-Courier reports that a forum, which wrapped up on Wednesday, aimed to dissect the roots of sorcery/witchcraft beliefs and the severe violence stemming ...3 days ago
- What you need to know about the Parent Boost Visa
All the answers to questions you might have about the new parent visa that commences from September. ...3 days ago
- Huge news: Chris Warner has made it to Brokenwood
Michael Galvin kills it in the new season of The Brokenwood Mysteries. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. If you’re a fan of murder, small towns and Chris Warner, then the return of The Brokenwood Mysteries is all your dreams come true. ...3 days ago
- Fury of the Small: Buy, sell and swap secrets at the Goblin Market
In episode five, our hero goblins gather with their kinfolk and try to piece together why their home was razed to the ground. Fury of the Small blends radio drama, improv comedy and tabletop roleplaying into a unique audio experience. In our story, four stalwart heroes delve into a ...3 days ago
- NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Conrad Pilditch, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For the past fortnight, the city of Nice in France has been the global epicentre of ocean science and politics. Last week’s One Ocean Science Congress ...3 days ago
- One of Wellington’s most creative kitchens runs on a single charcoal-fired oven
At Supra, chef Thom Millot proves that brilliance doesn’t need endless equipment – just fire, guts and pure creativity. Table Service is a column about food and hospitality in Wellington, by Nick Iles. Ever since the rise of molecular gastronomy and the orchestral slow-mo reverence of Netflix’s Chef’s Table, we’ve ...3 days ago
- Judge Ema Aitken’s behaviour at NZ First event to be reviewed by Judicial Conduct Panel
A Judicial Conduct Panel will look into the behaviour of Acting District Court judge Ema Aitken, after she allegedly accused Winston Peters of lying. ...3 days ago
- New ute owners warned of looming ‘tax grenade’
Farmers and tradies buying utes under the government's Investment Boost initiative may inadvertently end up owing thousands of dollars in fringe benefit taxes. ...3 days ago
- Don’t you know who Neil Quigley is?
Calls for resignation of Reserve Bank chair who championed transparency – but objects to uncomfortable questions about being personally accountable The post Don’t you know who Neil Quigley is? appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Why haven’t we noticed our KiwiSaver recovering?
Markets are at record levels, but no one believes it, one fund manager says ...3 days ago
- Christopher Luxon to meet Xi Jinping in visit to China
The Prime Minister will head to China next week - his first visit as prime minister before going on to the NATO summit. ...3 days ago
- US Army’s image of power and flag-waving rings false to Gen Z weary of gun violence − and long-t...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Ware, Adjunct Professor of Domestic Terrorism, Georgetown University A recruit participates in the Army’s future soldier prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., on Sept. 25, 2024. AP Photo/Chris Carlson The U.S. Army will celebrate its 250th birthday on ...3 days ago
- The cost of being: A public servant who took voluntary redundancy
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a public servant describes how gastric bypass surgery, a traumatic brain injury and taking voluntary redundancy have affected their finances. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Female. ...3 days ago
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