National plan for 2000 extra Kiwis in prison per year
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Date published: 9:01 am, September 17th, 2024 - 20 comments
The government plans to put up to 2000 more Kiwis behind bars by 2034 at a potential cost of up to $1.2bn per budget in today’s money. Meanwhile crime, including violent crime is increasing across all of NZ.
Open mike 17/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 17th, 2024 - 57 comments
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Daily review 16/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 16th, 2024 - 6 comments
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Open mike 16/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 16th, 2024 - 75 comments
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Open mike 15/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 15th, 2024 - 24 comments
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Open mike 14/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 14th, 2024 - 33 comments
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Daily review 13/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 13th, 2024 - 11 comments
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Free School lunches have a profound beneficial effect on learning
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Date published: 11:23 am, September 13th, 2024 - 23 comments
This is what David Seymour was told. But he and the Government still chose to push through significant cuts to the scheme.
Open mike 13/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 13th, 2024 - 23 comments
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Daily review 12/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 12th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Trouble at Mill
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Date published: 1:00 pm, September 12th, 2024 - 25 comments
It seems clear that the Government refused to do anything to stop Winston Pulp from closing its mills. And the Government’s plans to address price volatility by the use of LPG is counterproductive, especially when the cost of renewable energy is considered.
Attorney General’s constitutional advice on Treaty Principles bill will be interesting
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Date published: 10:13 am, September 12th, 2024 - 46 comments
David Seymour finally released some hard information about Act’s coalition bone – Treaty Principles bill. The regulatory impact statement is damning and points to the status quo as being preferable. It will provide an interesting scope for Judith Collins in her non-partisan role as Attorney-General.
Open mike 12/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 12th, 2024 - 48 comments
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Daily review 11/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 11th, 2024 - 4 comments
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Open mike 11/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 11th, 2024 - 108 comments
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Daily review 10/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 10th, 2024 - 5 comments
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Towards the abyss
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Date published: 12:34 pm, September 10th, 2024 - 37 comments
Yesterday it was confirmed that Act’s Treaty Principles Bill had been approved by Cabinet for drafting and introduction into Parliament in November this year. Get ready for the circus to start.
Open mike 10/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 10th, 2024 - 49 comments
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Daily review 09/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 9th, 2024 - 11 comments
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A new Labour electricity policy
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Date published: 10:19 am, September 9th, 2024 - 70 comments
Proposed policy for the Labour Party. New Zealand’s power system should empower the people in their lives and systems, secure electricity use and production for New Zealand in perpetuity, and make the electricity system serve New Zealand not the other way round. How do we achieve this?
Open mike 09/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 9th, 2024 - 13 comments
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Open mike 08/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 8th, 2024 - 25 comments
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Unions are still relevant
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Date published: 5:50 pm, September 7th, 2024 - 26 comments
Unions have fought for the rights of employees in the past, present, and future.
Open mike 07/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 7th, 2024 - 48 comments
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Daily review 06/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 6th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Gormless Government releases confidential legal advice on Charter School law
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Date published: 9:30 am, September 6th, 2024 - 31 comments
The Government has mistakenly released confidential legal advice confirming that the Charter School legislation breaches ILO conventions, free trade agreements and potentially the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
Open mike 06/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 6th, 2024 - 48 comments
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Daily review 05/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 5th, 2024 - 7 comments
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Guess who needs help with his literacy and numeracy?
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Date published: 10:37 am, September 5th, 2024 - 76 comments
Remember when Christopher Luxon told the National Party that we had a maths teaching crisis? Experts have concluded that the statement is misleading. And an OIA dump suggests that behind the scenes there is an attempt to radically rewrite the existing curriculum.
Open mike 05/09/2024
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 5th, 2024 - 51 comments
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Daily review 04/09/2024
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 4th, 2024 - 17 comments
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- Biggest Ever Community Petition, With Over 200,000 Signatures, Opposes Treaty Principles Bill
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- To build support, it might be time for the Greens to hang up their movement-style approach to politi...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University State and territory elections held in 2024 have not delivered the electoral and legislative gains the Greens would have hoped for or expected. Of the elections conducted this year, the Greens’ performance was, ...5 days ago - Australia’s new anti-vaping program in schools is a good step – but education is only part of th...
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- We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating flo...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Song Shi, Associate Professor, Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney If you’re buying a house near a river or on a floodplain, you will likely come up against the question of flood risk. We usually talk about this in terms of chance. ...5 days ago
- What was the deal with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra’s ‘situationship’?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania Carl Gottlieb Venig/Wikimedia The Egyptian queen Cleopatra is often associated with glamorous beauty routines, deadly snake bites, lavish banquets and torrid affairs with some of the most notorious men in Roman history. ...5 days ago
- The cost of being: An ‘anti-capitalist’ barista and tutor renting in Wellington
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hallam Stevens, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, James Cook University On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former ...5 days ago
- AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good
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- Live updates: Toitū Te Tiriti hīkoi marches to parliament
Tens of thousands are expected to gather in Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui today, as the nationwide Toitū Te Tiriti hīkoi prepares to arrive at parliament. Follow this blog for up-to-date coverage and reaction. ...5 days ago
- NZ media’s second wave of doom
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- With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming ‘news deserts’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images When media company NZME proposed the closure of 14 community newspapers last week, the so-called “news desert” encroached a little further into the local information landscape. The term refers ...5 days ago
- New Zealand’s new ‘anti-scam czar’ gets to work
Millions of dollars are lost to scams each year. Should more attention be on the social media giants that platform them? Stewart Sowman-Lund writes in today’s edition of The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...5 days ago
- Dunedin Hospital rebuild: Rally stirs more opposition to cutbacks
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- Thousands expected at Parliament as hīkoi moves towards the capital
This article first appeared at rnz.co.nz and is republished with permission.Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at Parliament today as the final leg of the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti reaches its last destination – but organisers and participants are saying it will not end there.At Takupūwāhia Marae ...5 days ago
- Treaty hīkoi: Commuter disruption expected as protest reaches Wellington
People on foot and in cars began making their way into central Wellington from the early hours of this morning. ...5 days ago
- Press Gallery 101: The House chats with Jason Walls
After an abuse apology kerfuffle in Parliament last week, The House spoke to Press Gallery chair Jason Walls about how the Press Gallery works, and who gets to join. ...5 days ago
- COP29: Surprise at lack of reaction to US elections
The first week of the global COP29 climate summit was remarkable for the wrong reasons, but with the second week now underway, a veteran NZ diplomat says the event is making constructive progress. ...5 days ago
- Pupils join hīkoi as te Tiriti is removed from curriculum framework
As a Wellington school leader takes 100 of his junior college pupils onto Parliament’s forecourt today alongside the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, he is freshly motivated to protest.The pupils are officially there to learn – the trip comes under ‘education outside the classroom’ – but Onslow College deputy principal Connor ...5 days ago
- Hīkoi heads into Wellington: ‘This is a opportunity to stand up and have a voice’
Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at Parliament today as the final leg of the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti reaches its last destination - but organisers and participants are saying it will not end there. ...5 days ago
- Treaty hīkoi: Commuter disruption expected as huge protest reaches Wellington
People on foot and in cars began making their way into central Wellington from the early hours of this morning. ...5 days ago
- Live: Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off for capital, tens of thousands expected at Parliament
Tens of thousands are expected to congregate at Parliament this morning. Follow the latest with RNZ's live updates. ...5 days ago
- Windbag: On the City to Sea Bridge and the power of letting go
It’s a Wellington icon, but we must say goodbye. It is time to demolish the bridge, argues Joel MacManus. Wellington’s City to Sea Bridge is beautiful and weird. Its design says something about what Wellington is and the way the city sees itself. It’s been the home of many late ...5 days ago
- Who gets to have an opinion on the hīkoi and who must remain ‘impartial’?
Newsrooms of old were apparently more impartial. But that’s only because everyone shared the same biases, argues Madeleine Chapman. Last week, the Herald’s Media Insider (AKA editor-at-large Shayne Currie) reported on some shocking news. Top TVNZ executive Nevak Rogers had taken annual leave from her job as chief content officer ...5 days ago
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- Whitewashing te Tiriti out of education
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 19 November
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- Poor outcomes for poverty
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- Council looking into controversial post on hīkoi
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- ‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about Israel’s relentless Gaza g...
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- The Coalition will block the student caps bill. Brace yourself for more uncertainty over internation...
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- Treaty Principles bill hīkoi pauses to gather steam, before march to Parliament
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Pia Johnson Melbourne Theatre Company’s My Brilliant Career is a musical re-imagining of Miles Franklin’s classic 1901 novel of the same name. It follows a young woman, Sybylla Melvyn, as she ...6 days ago
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