The BBC has efeso Collins on to comment on the flooding
The trope that NZ farmer's are the most carbon efficient in the world is not accurate, and the DairyNZ research which that claim was based on has been updated, showing we are in the middle of the international pack. The original calculations also excluded ...
Isn’t Waitangi Day a uniquely New Zealand holiday? And also the various provincial anniversaries? [I have deleted your surname from your user handle in case this was a mistake, as you previously had not included it - Incognito]
Info about risk to penguins here, but there was also something recently about South Coast penguins being wiped out this season in trawlers. I'll post it if I can find it. I wasn't just speculating but reporting on credible evidence http://www.newshub.co.nz...
I'm definitely still not convinced a pause is the right response given the reduced observer coverage. As you say above, there's no commensurate increase in physical observers, no time line committed to resolution, no addressing the capture of monitoring ...
He said the smaller vessel concerns were part of his concern, and 'technology and privacy' issues, so failing to address any of the issues NGOs raised as problems, just those identified by the fishing industry. Certainly the past National government made ...
Delaying the implementation until the fishing industry is happy with it will be interminable. This is just caving in - when it has already been going very very slowly. Of course Trident shouldn't be monitoring the information, but the Minister isn't ...
I am not Christine Rankin - or Wayne - or Tony ...
If the Herald doesn't want Winston to go with Labour, then Winston going with Labour is probably the best option.
Hey Wild Katipo - not condescension, that's squandering energy and spirit, and they're not worth it, they are nothings, and whether or not they know that, doesn't really warrant wasting time on either. Cockroaches take care of themselves. Crayfish are from...
Were I a desperate Nat - and there is something profoundly and tragically pathetic about all desperate persons - I am not sure that Paula B would have been my first choice for Green-wooing. Paula appears not particularly distinguished by circumspection, ...
No, they don't rely on the socialists to survive, they rely on the poor, that's how capitalism tends to work, the poor paying at every level, for the rich, who squeal like slaughterhouse pigs at dirty words like 'minimum wage' 'trade union, 'benefit' and ...
As a moderate sort of Green supporter I am irritated with the red-green label. Anyone in NZ who criticises the National Party is immediately labelled red, Greenie, socialist, leftie, Labourite, Marxist, communist etc by far right zealots who assume all the...
I love eco Maori/kiwi and his comments and I wish the men in my family were as kind and him and my splendid sisters !
English's dopey comments about Kelvin Davis on TV3, comparing him with Paula Bennett for heavens sake, are yet another new low because everybody in N Z - except apparently English - knows that Kelvin Davis is a very good man - and I voted Green !
Mike Joy is a courageous man considering the fate of other govt critics, and given the current threats to academic freedom in NZ Universities, it is imperative that Massey continues to support Dr Joy and makes this clear to a government which has been ...
Two aspects of CGT to consider that I havent seen discussed so far: Firstly, if CGT is going to apply to all assets other than the family home, it will apply to everyone's Kiwisaver shares. If the CGT is applied only on realised assets then it will occur ...
You too can prevent the spread of ACT-related sexual diseases.
Me too :) but being on minimum wage there's just not enough to go around...
Bwahahha Happy April Fools! As if Labour has any real money behind it while it is peddling tea towels to try and raise election funding, unlike the National Party who has no worries about BUYING media due to big business funding it.
Yet another law change. They're coming through thick and fast now. Thank you for the heads up Mick Savage. They'll be pushing them through before the elections and before TPPA kicks in, in 2018. So NZ will be teed up to match USA Corporation policies. ...
Thanks! You're worth it!
Absolutely Mandy Hager, you have hit the nail on the head. The ideas you have put forward in your open letter to Andrew Little are ideas my boarder and I have been discussing for months now and we fully agree. It is time the Labour party showed some teeth ...
Responding to all those discussing the problems of being employed for seasonal work in orchards, vineyards etc, I suggest you look at the latest list (2014) of employers who are part of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Policy and the spread of ...
People buying and selling through the shadow economy aka the cash economy is not being included in the extensive conversation about inequality and tax bludgers. The seller benefits because the income earned is 'tax free'. The buyer benefits because the ...
There's no land for tree planting in South Auckland or Porirua either. I had assumed the people you are talking about who are keen to do tree planting will be prepared to move to pick up those jobs.
If you believe that the "average unemployed person" will be willing to take up work anywhere as a tree planters, can you explain why those same people are not willing to work in horticulture? The lack of interest of New Zealanders working in vineyards and ...
One of the arguments against the changes to GCSB Act is 'why do it, NZ isn't likely to be the centre of an international crime such as a terrorist attack or have a NZer being a contributor to an attack' so why should we all be subject to the risk of ...
I dont think anyone clearly defines mainstream New Zealanders. It is fluffy term like 'the ordinary New Zealander' which always annoys me because we all have special qualities that dont match with being defined as 'ordinary'. Who really knows what are ...
Not at all, I accept MMP. All I'm saying is that I think a government that has a majority of seats from one party supported by a mix of minor parties is more likely to be stable and to push its programme through. For a left wing government I am assuming ...
I dont want any hungry children either, I dont think any New Zealander does. Taking you literally, are you saying that one of purposes of Labour is to stop the misallocation of capital, fraud and tax evasion? And if successful there would be no hungry ...
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