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Comment:This is no ordinary election (f*ck the polls)
Date published: 11:14 am, July 31st, 2017People are not responding to Little enough. Yes he's a good bloke lets see some fire. He needs to tel the msm to go fuck themselves! And for god's sake get someone sharp competent and with cojones into finance.Charismatic even you gotta get the masses ...
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Comment:This is no ordinary election (f*ck the polls)
Date published: 9:41 am, July 31st, 2017None of this surprises me. Labour only have themselves to blame. Dull uninteresting besuited managers. Blairites. I know Andrew's a decent bloke BUT he's boring. Jacinda is insipid and Grant Robertson is a waffling bag of hot air. Labour you dumped ...
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Comment:That's cold
Date published: 9:02 pm, July 14th, 2017We have 5 other households now using the phoneline the post office put in for us 38 years ago. And the contractors grumbled it was a waste of money. Every household on that line has fast broadband now making money for the private sector.It took 2 weeks ...
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Comment:That's cold
Date published: 8:58 pm, July 14th, 2017WRONG!@Richard Mcgrath. no cellphone coverage in my area(rural and the population keeps growing)There are NO plans to ever provide mobile coverage here or ultra fibre either. So yeah nah landlines are vital in rural areas.
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Comment:Peters posturing
Date published: 10:55 am, July 10th, 2017I am really disappointed in Turei. I would've thought she was above such blatant and pointless attempts at populism. Here's a heads up for all you urban voters the regions are gonna vote NZ First. The Greens have the lowest level of appeal in rural areas ...
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Comment:Greens to contest Nick Smith's seat in Nelson
Date published: 9:40 am, June 24th, 2017any chance of Labour standing down??
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Comment:Bill English is a liar not a leader
Date published: 8:42 am, June 21st, 2017Melanie Reid old school hard ass journo who does her job. And, isn't allergic to work. What a gem!
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Comment:Brownlee lying to the UN over Operation Burnham
Date published: 1:35 pm, June 12th, 2017Well Gossie they could always do the fucking job asked of them instead attempting yet another ham-fisted arse covering exercise led by an idiot.!
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Comment:Hosking hasn't aged well
Date published: 5:37 pm, June 11th, 2017There is no brighter future if we are constantly fed bullshit, hatred and ignorance by our media. These things do not just happen . Hosking is a propagandist. Who gives a fuck if he has a large audience? Meaningless numbers of mindless of muppets who will ...
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Comment:Hosking hasn't aged well
Date published: 3:13 pm, June 11th, 2017Hosking's opinions are never countered. He is not a journalist only a trained broadcaster. He has never worked anywhere other than the NZ media.He is an exceptionally ignorant uninformed toxic little man. I've worked in other parts of this world. I am ...
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Comment:Alone and forlorn
Date published: 11:01 am, June 2nd, 2017Winston has twice gone into coalition with Labour. Once with National. I live in the Far North and trust me when I say Winston knows which side his bread is buttered on. This government has fucked everyone over including the farming sector. He has survived...
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Comment:David Cunliffe's valedictory speech party
Date published: 9:35 am, April 12th, 2017So very sad. What a waste! Fuck Labour! Gutless market worshiping blinkered boring wimps.
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Comment:A tale of two valedictory speeches
Date published: 11:34 am, March 23rd, 2017I've spent the last 10 years muting the lisping, venomous, destructive, prick. (only ever read the transcripts of what he's said) so I'm sure as hell NOT going to bother listening to the mongrel piece of shit now!
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Comment:Fires are the new normal
Date published: 7:06 pm, February 18th, 2017Hardly unusual for the north mate. In fact the rain we've just had makes up for the lower than average November, December January rain fall. Didn't even flood the road in my neck of the woods even though the creek was about 1/5th up and the forests were ...
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Comment:Living without our fridge - 4-6C hotter
Date published: 2:13 pm, January 2nd, 2017chur bro!
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Comment:Living without our fridge - 4-6C hotter
Date published: 12:46 pm, January 2nd, 2017NZ grows the best oats in the world outside of Scotland. South Otago grows barley and rye extremely well.Amaranth and Spelt and buckwheat grow anywhere in NZ. NZ used have very good wheat production in Canterbury Otago and Southland. We now have Dairy ...
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Comment:Time for cross party accord on super
Date published: 7:45 am, December 13th, 2016Fuck off psycho! Disingenuous as ever! Not an argument an example of the realities of old age. Super takes the edge off living costs you moron! We have paid our effing taxes we have saved we continue to provide for ourselves etc etc. My argument is ...
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Comment:Time for cross party accord on super
Date published: 9:30 pm, December 12th, 2016Like fuck the age for super needs to be raised!! ANY party proposing that is toast and rightly so. That shithead Muldoon canned Bill Sutch's brilliant super scheme and this useless mongrel English has steadily strip mined the Cullen Fund. We can afford it!...
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Comment:Stand With Pike: You shall not pass
Date published: 10:45 pm, December 11th, 2016Feeling proud to be a Kiwi for the first time in ages!
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Comment:US Election Day Discussion Post 9/11/16
Date published: 9:05 pm, November 9th, 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFrTORta5MU
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Comment:US Election Day Discussion Post 9/11/16
Date published: 8:54 pm, November 9th, 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pADHLsECWxY
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Comment:David Cunliffe announces his retirement from politics
Date published: 3:20 pm, November 1st, 2016uh ha BM. Well as a former Labour voter I sure as hell don't trust a mediocre corporate bootlicker like Andrew Little to do anything worthwhile as a Labour leader and so won't be voting Labour anytime soon!
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Comment:Racist Nats Attack Chinese Grannies Shock!
Date published: 8:38 pm, October 12th, 2016And what about the number of ripped of young kiwis under the 90 day rule? ? The appallingly unsafe working conditions everywhere even in the hospo industry. (9hours no breaks not even for the toilet?) Two of my tertiary educated offspring had to emigrate ...
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Comment:Racist Nats Attack Chinese Grannies Shock!
Date published: 8:28 pm, October 12th, 2016Why a wall ??? CV??? Get real mate we can't afford to support these fuckers! Make them pay for their care. Simple as.
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Comment:Chloe King - John Key, I am a low waged worker, and neither “lazy” nor “drug addled”
Date published: 5:51 pm, September 9th, 2016The answer to your question in contained within my comment. Read it again and TRY processing the information instead going off half cock.
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Comment:Chloe King - John Key, I am a low waged worker, and neither “lazy” nor “drug addled”
Date published: 5:47 pm, September 9th, 2016She's a paid blogger you Tory shithead! That is she's a professional writer. Right now this is is her only income due to the inexcusable incompetence of her last employer. No doubt they were arsehole National voters just like you!
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Comment:Chloe King - John Key, I am a low waged worker, and neither “lazy” nor “drug addled”
Date published: 5:37 pm, September 9th, 2016My offspring all have bits of paper. Trades or degrees. They have been treated like shit under this government.No permanent full time jobs for the 2 with degrees. Teaching the only option for them. Both had the 90 day sacking no breaks low pay , RSI, back ...
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Comment:Chloe King - John Key, I am a low waged worker, and neither “lazy” nor “drug addled”
Date published: 5:32 pm, September 9th, 2016She's a single parent! She's a woman without the means to pay off a loan. Running a business while raising a young family is recipe for stress and serious health problems down the line. I have two offspring with serious anxiety/depression as a result of ...
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Comment:Chloe King - John Key, I am a low waged worker, and neither “lazy” nor “drug addled”
Date published: 5:24 pm, September 9th, 2016Key is piece shit stuck to the sole of our shoes. And we can't scrape him off!
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Comment:Taihoa on Immigration?
Date published: 10:51 am, June 7th, 2016Winston isn't doing and saying anything he hasn' t always said or done. Trump is an American phenomenon. A vile, clumsy and exceptionally moronic one at that. And if Trump wins it will be because the USA deserves him. Winston will finally get listened to ...
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Comment:Key to Homeless: You Can Stay at Mine
Date published: 12:28 pm, May 20th, 2016I have two spare bedrooms and two living areas and would love to take in a homeless Kiwi family but I live in Australia so I can't. I wouldn't make the same offer to an Australian family because ... well ... I'm racist.
- The Rings of Power: Season Two Teaser Trailer
I have hitherto been fairly quiet on the new season of Rings of Power, on the basis that the underwhelming first season did not exactly build excitement – and the rumours were fairly daft. The only real thing of substance to come out has been that they have re-cast Adar ...2 weeks ago - At a glance – What ended the Little ice Age?
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...2 weeks ago - Talking Reo with the PM
“The thing is,” Chris Luxon says, leaning forward to make his point, “this has always been my thing.”“This goes all the way back to the first multinational I worked for. I was saying exactly the same thing back then. The name of our business needs to be more clear; people ...2 weeks ago - Waitangi Tribunal’s authority in Chhour case is upheld – but bill’s introduction to Parliament...
Buzz from the Beehive It’s been a momentous few days for Children’s Minister Karen Chhour. The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which blocked a summons order from the Waitangi Tribunal for her. And today she has announced the Government is putting children first by introducing to ...2 weeks ago - Australia jails another whistleblower
In 2014 former Australian army lawyer David McBride leaked classified military documents about Australian war crimes to the ABC. Dubbed "The Afghan Files", the documents led to an explosive report on Australian war crimes, the disbanding of an entire SAS unit, and multiple ongoing prosecutions. The journalist who wrote the ...2 weeks ago - Some “scrutiny”!Back in February I blogged about another secret OIA "consultation" by the Ministry of Justice. This one was on Aotearoa's commitment in its Open Government Partnership Action Plan to "strengthen scrutiny of Official Information Act exemption clauses in legislation" (AKA secrecy clauses). Their consultation paper on the issue focused on ...2 weeks ago
- TVNZ is loss-making, serves no public service due to bias, and should be liquidated
Rob MacCulloch writes – According to the respected Pew Research Centre, “In seven of eight [European] countries surveyed, the most trusted news outlet asked about is the public news organization in each country”. For example, “in Sweden, an overwhelming majority (90%) say they trust the public broadcaster SVT”. ...2 weeks ago - The conflicted Covid ChairDavid Farrar writes – Kata MacNamara reports: Details of Tony Blakely’s involvement in the New Zealand Government’s response to the pandemic raise serious questions about the work of the Covid-19 Royal Commission of Inquiry over which he presides. It has long been clear that Blakely, a ...2 weeks ago
- Attacking the smartest and most resilient people in the room is never a good ideaChris Trotter writes – Are you a Brahmin or a Merchant? Or, are you merely one of those whose lives are profoundly influenced by the decisions of Brahmins and Merchants? Those are the questions that are currently shaping the politics of New Zealand and the entire West. ...2 weeks ago
- A fortune-telling failure, surely, if the tarot cards can’t see a bulldozer comingRNZ reports – It’s supposed to be a haven of healing and spiritual awakening but residents of the Kawai Purapura community say they’ve been hurt and deceived. It’s the successor to the former Centrepoint commune, and has been on the bush block opposite Albany shopping centre since 2008. It ...2 weeks ago
- The climate battleground heats up
TL;DR : Here’s the top six items climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, as selected by Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent Cathrine Dyer. Usually we have a video chat to go with this wrap, but were unable to do one this week. We’ll be back next week.Several reports ...2 weeks ago - Bernard’ s Dawn Chorus & Pick ‘n’ Mix for Tuesday, May 14
The Transport Minister has set a hard 'fiscal envelope' of $6.54 billion for transport capital spending. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The economy is settling into a state of suspended animation as the Government’s funding freezes and job cuts chill confidence and combine with stubbornly high interest rates to ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on why anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitic
To be precise, the term “anti- Zionism” refers to (a) criticism of the political movement that created a modern Jewish state on the historical land of Israel, and to (b)the subjugation of Palestinians by the Israeli state. By contrast, the term “anti-Semitism” means bigotry and racism directed at Jewish people, ...2 weeks ago - Climate change is making hurricanes more destructiveThis is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Because hurricanes are one of the big-ticket weather disasters that humanity has to face, climate misinformers spend a lot of effort muddying the waters on whether climate change is making hurricanes more damaging. With the official start to the hurricane ...2 weeks ago
- Wayne Brown’s PT Plan
Yesterday the Mayor released what he calls his “plan to save public transport” which is part of his final proposal for the Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP). This comes following consultation on the draft version that occurred in March which showed, once again, that people want more done on transport, especially ...2 weeks ago - Potaka's Private Universe.
And it's a pleasure that I have knownAnd it's a treasure that I have gainedAotearoa’s coalition government is fragile. It’s held together by the obsequious sycophancy of Christopher Luxon, who willingly contorts his party into the fringe positions of his junior coalition partners and is unwilling to contradict them. The ...2 weeks ago - Our slow regional councilsThe Select Committee hearing submissions on the fast-track consenting legislation is starting to become a beat-up of regional councils. The inflexibility and slow workings of the Councils were prominent in two submissions yesterday. One, from the Coromandel Marine Farmers Association, simply said that the Waikato Regional Council’s planning decisions were ...2 weeks ago
- Ministers are not above the law after allBack in April, the High Court surprised everyone by ruling that Ministers are above the law, at least as far as the Waitangi Tribunal is concerned. The reason for this ruling was "comity" - the idea that the different branches of government shouldn't interfere with each other's functions. Which makes ...2 weeks ago
- NZTA takes the wheel after govt gives it the road map for regional roads (and puts a speed governor ...Buzz from the Beehive Tolling was mentioned when Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the government was re-introducing the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme, with 15 “crucial” projects to support economic growth and regional development across New Zealand. All RoNS would be four-laned, grade-separated highways, and all funding, financing, and ...2 weeks ago
- Change in Catalonia?or the past 14 years, ever since the Spanish government cheated on an autonomy deal, Catalonia has reliably given pro-independence parties a majority of seats in their regional parliament. But now that seems to be over. Catalans went to the polls yesterday, and stripped the Catalan parties of their majority. ...2 weeks ago
- Having an enrolment date is not depriving anyone of a voteDavid Farrar writes – Radio NZ report: Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins said the Electoral Commission should make sure the system ran smoothly and “taking away the right of thousands of people to vote” was not the answer. “Thousands of people enroled and voted on the day. If ...2 weeks ago
- Perhaps house prices don’t always go upDon Brash writes – There was a rather revealing headline in the Herald on Sunday today (12 May). It read “One in 8 Auckland homes on market were bought during boom, may now sell for loss”. The first line of text noted that “New data shows one in ...2 weeks ago
- Can’t read, can’t write, can’t comprehend – and won’t think…?Mike Grimshaw writes – At a time when universities are understandably nervous regarding the establishment of the University Advisory Group (UAG) and the Science System Advisory Group (SSAG) it may seem strange – or even fool-hardy – to state that there are long-standing issues in the tertiary sector ...2 weeks ago
- Time for some perspectiveLindsay Mitchell writes – A lack of perspective can make something quite large or important seem small or irrelevant. Against a backdrop of high-profile, negative statistics it is easy to overlook the positive. For instance, the fact that 64 percent of Maori are employed is rarely reported. For ...2 weeks ago
- Will NZ Herald’s ‘poor journalism’ cost lives?Earlier this year, the Herald ran a series of articles amounting to a sustained campaign against raised pedestrian crossings, by reporter Bernard Orsman. A key part of that campaign concerned the raised crossings being installed as part of the Pt Chevalier to Westmere project, with at least 10 articles over ...2 weeks ago
- The Kaka’s diary for the week to May 19 and beyond
TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to May 19 include:PM Christopher Luxon is expected to hold his weekly post-cabinet news conference at 4:00pm on Monday.Parliament is not sitting this week. It resumes next week for a two-week sitting session up to and ...2 weeks ago - Webworm Popup Photos!
Hi,Thanks to all the beautiful Worms who came to the LA Webworm popup on Saturday.It was a way to celebrate the online store we launched last week — and it was super special.As I talk about a lot, I really value our community here — and it was a BLAST ...2 weeks ago - 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #19A listing of 35 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 5, 2024 thru Sat, May 11, 2024. (Unfortunate) Story of the week "Grief that stops at despair is an ending that I and many others, most notably ...2 weeks ago
- The Gods Must Be Woke.
Last night the largest solar storm in decades resulted in Aurorae being seen across Aotearoa, causing many to ask why?Why was the sky pink? What was all this stuff about the power grid? Have we, as so many have wondered since the election, reached the end of days?I had a ...2 weeks ago - More road
We have been on the road in England, squeezing down narrow lanes, flying up the M6, loving hedgerows and villages and cathedrals, liking the 21st century less.There have been moments when it’s felt like a movie trope. The pub in Exford, lovely seventeenth century bar, almost more dogs than people, ...2 weeks ago - Seeing the Aurora Australis
There’s a solar-storm on at the moment, and since the South Island is having a day and night with clear skies, that means Aurorae. I have just got back from a midnight visit to Tunnel Beach – southwards-looking over the Sea, and without the light pollution. Quite a few others ...2 weeks ago - Welcome to the current welfare messMichael Bassett writes – I’m not sure that it’s much comfort to anyone to know that the post-Covid surge in violent crimes, gang activity, ram raids, random shootings, thuggery and stabbings is occurring in other countries as well as New Zealand. These days, wagging school, out-of-control welfare and ...2 weeks ago
- A shovel-ready autopsyOliver Hartwich writes – Cast your mind back to mid-December. A new Prime Minister had just been sworn in, the new Government started its 100-day programme, and Christmas was only days away.Amid all the haste, a report landed that would have deserved our attention.I am talking about the ...2 weeks ago
- Why we almost blacked out and how to fix itTL;DR: An unseasonally early icy blast at the same time as some long-overdue maintenance almost caused Aotearoa-NZ’s electricity system to black out this week. That’s because a quadropoly of gentailers1 have prioritised paying dividends from their rising profits and adding debt over investing in 1.5 GigaWatts of new wind farms ...2 weeks ago
- What Is Instagram Trying To Sell Us?
Hi,Before we crack into today’s Webworm, I wanted to acknowledge the fact that Israel is pushing into Rafah. Over 100,000 Palestinians are now attempting to flee the one place that was deemed “safe”.Trouble is, the place they’re fleeing to is already destroyed. Total annihilation is the end goal here.“Israel is ...2 weeks ago - Precious Little Excitement: Warner Brothers, Peter Jackson, and GollumBack in February 2023, I made the cardinal mistake of getting my hopes up. Warner Brothers declared that fresh Middle-earth movies were in the works: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/02/24/it-never-rains-but-it-pours-warner-brothers-and-impending-tolkien-adaptations/ My assumption, based on which rights were available, and what had already been done, was that this was a stab at either the Angmar ...2 weeks ago
- Do We Need a Population Census?
‘It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. I am quite sure that it is figures which show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.’ GoetheI was struck at a recent conference on equity for the elderly, how many presenters implicitly relied upon Statistics New Zealand. ...2 weeks ago - No, the govt will not be cutting back on every budget – and the Defence vote is among those to be ...Buzz from the Beehive Reporting on defence spending late last year, RNZ said the coalition government will have to make some tough calls this term to help the force address staff shortages and ageing infrastructure. “These are huge, huge amounts of government spending. It’s a significant proportion of the government’s ...2 weeks ago
- The Treasury and productivityLate last week The Treasury released a new 40 page report on “The productivity slowdown: implications for the Treasury’s forecasts and projections” (productivity forecasts and projections that is, rather than any possible fiscal implications – the latter will, I guess, be articulated in the Budget documents). In short, if (as it has) ...2 weeks ago
- The Controller and Auditor-General’s rolePeter Dunne writes – I am always wary when I hear that the Controller and Auditor-General has commented on or made recommendations to the government about an issue of public policy that does not relate strictly to public expenditure. According to the legislation, the role of the Controller ...2 weeks ago
- More harm than goodHow Labour’s and National’s failure to move beyond neoliberalism has brought NZ to the brink of economic and cultural chaos Chris Trotter writes – TO START LOSING, so soon after you won, requires a special kind of political incompetence. At the heart of this Coalition ...2 weeks ago
- Real reason Waitangi Tribunal could not summons ChhourAnd why did the Crown not challenge the Tribunal’s jurisdiction? Gary Judd writes – Retired District Court Judge, David Harvey, has posted on his A Halflings View Substack an excellent summary of Justice Isacs’ judgment declining to uphold the witness summons issued by the Waitangi Tribunal ...2 weeks ago
- Losing confidence in the integrity of NZ electionsBryce Edwards writes – Do you believe New Zealand runs its general elections fairly and competently? As a voter, can you be confident that the votes on your ballot will be counted towards the final result?As a political scientist, I’ve been asked these questions many times and ...2 weeks ago
- Macklemore's Pro-Palestinian Protest.
Macklemore isn’t someone I’d usually think about. Sure I liked his big hit from a few years back, everybody did it was catchy and cool with some memorable lines. But if I was going to think of artists who might speak out on political matters or world events, he wouldn’t ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on miserly school lunches, and the banning of TikTok’s Gaza coverageAnother week goes by in the Luxon government’s efforts to roll back the past 70 years of social progress. The school lunches programme is to be downgraded by $107 million, and women need bother their heads no longer about pay equity, let alone expect ACC to provide adequate sexual violence ...2 weeks ago
- Weekly Roundup 10-May-2024Brrr, the first cold snap of the year. Hope you’re rugged up nice and warm. Here are some stories that caught our eye this week… This Week on Greater Auckland On Monday, we had a post from a new contributor, Connor Sharp, who dug into the public feedback ...2 weeks ago
- The Hoon around the week to May 10Almost all of the Wellington City Council’s recommended zoning changes to allow many more apartments and townhouses in its inner-suburbs have been approved.Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for subscribers features co-hosts and , along with regular guest on geopolitics, ...2 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #19 2024Open access notables A Global Increase in Nearshore Tropical Cyclone Intensification, Balaguru et al., Earth's Future: Tropical Cyclones (TCs) inflict substantial coastal damages, making it pertinent to understand changing storm characteristics in the important nearshore region. Past work examined several aspects of TCs relevant for impacts in coastal regions. However, ...3 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: Losing confidence in the integrity of NZ elections
Do you believe New Zealand runs its general elections fairly and competently? As a voter, can you be confident that the votes on your ballot will be counted towards the final result? As a political scientist, I’ve been asked these questions many times and always answered “yes”, with very few ...3 weeks ago - The Song of Saqua: Volume VIII
Thus far May has followed on from a quiet April in the blogging department, but in fairness, it has been another case of doing what I am supposed to be doing, namely writing original fiction. Plus reading. So don’t worry – I have been productive. But in order to reassure ...3 weeks ago - Pretending to talk other people’s languages
Fakes can come in many forms.A Rolex, for instance.A tan can be fake. Read more ...3 weeks ago - What’s new? A social agency with an emphasis on “investment” instead of “wellbeing” – b...Buzz from the Beehive A new government agency will open for business on July 1 – the Social Investment Agency. As a new standalone central agency effective from 1 July, it will lead the development of social investment across Government, helping ministers understand who they need to invest in, what ...3 weeks ago
- Following the political moneyBryce Edwards writes – “Follow the money” is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various New Zealand political parties and governments, it therefore pays to look at who is funding them. The ...3 weeks ago
- Hipkins would rather no one remember that he was Minister of EducationAlwyn Poole writes – After being elected to Parliament in 2008 the maiden speech of Hipkins was substantially around education policy. He was Labour’s spokesperson for education 2011 – 2017. He was Minister for Education from 2017 until February 2023. This is approximately 88% of the time Labour ...3 weeks ago
- Fashionable folliesEric Crampton writes – A fashion industry group is lobbying for protections. They make the usual arguments and a newer one. None of it makes sense. An industry group says it pumped $7.8 billion into the economy last year – that’s 1.9 percent of New Zealand’s GDP. ...3 weeks ago
- Justice for Bainimarama!In December 2006, Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama overthrew the elected government in a coup. He ruled Fiji for the next 16 years, first as dictator, then as "elected" Prime Minister. But now, he's finally been sent to jail where he belongs. Sadly, this isn't for his real crime of ...3 weeks ago
- March for Nature in JuneDon't like National's corrupt Muldoonist "fast-track" law? Aotearoa's environmental NGO's - Greenpeace, Forest & Bird, WWF, Coromandel Watchdog, Coal Action Network Aotearoa, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, and others - have announced a joint march against it in Auckland in June: When: 13:00, 8 June, 2024 Where: Aotea Square, Auckland You ...3 weeks ago
- Bernard’ s Dawn Chorus & Pick ‘n’ Mix for Thursday May 9Seymour describes sushi as too woke for school meals. There are no fish sushi meals recommended by the School Lunches programme. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / Getty ImagesTL;DR: The Government will swap out hot meals for packaged sandwiches to save $107 million on school lunches for poor kids. MSD has pulled ...3 weeks ago
- The non-woke $3 Lunch.
I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadenceBut I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled, yeahBut it's on the table, the fire's cookin'And they're farmin' babies, while slaves are workin'The blood is on the table and the mouths are chokin'But I'm goin' hungry, yeahSome ...3 weeks ago - Labour’s chickens come home to roostThe Ardern Government’s chickens came home to roost yesterday with the news that the country is short of natural gas. In 2018, Labour banned offshore petroleum exploration, and industry executives say that the attendant loss of confidence by the industry impacted overall investment in onshore gas fields. Energy Resources Minister ...3 weeks ago
- Calvin Reviews Lord of The Rings3 weeks ago
- Climate Adam: How to visualise Climate Change (ft. Katharine Hayhoe)This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Climate change is everywhere. And when something's everywhere it can feel like it's nowhere. So how do we get our heads ...3 weeks ago
- The wrong directionSome good news on climate change today: the energy transition away from fossil fuels is picking up speed, and renewables now make up 30% of global electricity supply. Meanwhile, in Aotearoa, we're moving in the opposite direction, with Genesis Energy announcing that it will resume importing Indonesian coal. Their official ...3 weeks ago
- National hates democracyIts a law like gravity: whenever a right-wing government is elected, they start attacking democracy. And now, after talking to their Republican and Tory and Fidesz chums at the International Democracy Union forum in Wellington, National is doing it here, announcing plans to remove election-day enrolment. Or, to put it ...3 weeks ago
- No Tikanga Please, We're Lawyers.
Yesterday Winston Peters focussed his attention on the important matter at hand. Tweeting. Like the former, and quite possibly next, orange POTUS, from whom he takes much of his political strategy, Winston is an avid X’er.His message didn’t resemble an historic address this time. In fact it was more reminiscent ...3 weeks ago - Member’s DayToday is a Member's Day, and it seems we've entered the slowdown as things emerge from select committee. First up is the committee stage of Greg O'Connor's Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) (Overseas Travel Reporting) Amendment Bill, which will be followed by the second readings of Stuart ...3 weeks ago
- Hurrah for coal – Shane Jones welcomes Genesis Energy’s import plans as natural gas production s...Buzz from the Beehive A significant decline in natural gas production has given Resources Minister Shane Jones an opportunity to reiterate his enthusiasm for the mining and burning of coal. For good measure, he has praised an announcement from Genesis Energy that it will resume importing coal. He and Energy ...3 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: Following the political money“Follow the money” is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various New Zealand political parties and governments, it therefore pays to look at who is funding them. The political parties are legally obliged to make ...3 weeks ago
- A Left-Right ranking of universities in NZ: a practical guide for students and parentsRob MacCullough writes – Here is my subjective ranking on a “most-left” to “most-right” scale of most of our major NZ Universities, with some anecdotal (and at times amusing) evidence to back up the claim. Extreme Left Auckland University of Technology Evidence The ...3 weeks ago
- Inflation and GST thresholdsEric Crampton writes – I hadn’t thought about this one until a helpful email showed up in my inbox.It’s pretty obvious that income tax thresholds should automatically index with inflation – whether to anchor the thresholds in percentiles of the income distribution, or to anchor against a real ...3 weeks ago
- Green Party grapples with persistent scandalsJacqui Van Der Kaay writes – Parliament’s speaker had no option but to refer Green MP Julie Anne Genter to the Privileges Committee for her behaviour in the House last Wednesday evening. The incident, in which she crossed the floor to wave a book and yell at National ...3 weeks ago
- A law school to be avoided – Auckland University of TechnologyGary Judd writes – The Dean of the law school at the Auckland University of Technology is someone called Khylee Quince. I have been sent her social media posting in which she has, over the LawNews headline “Senior King’s Counsel files complaint about compulsory tikanga Maori studies for ...3 weeks ago
- 17 people in Malaita stand in way of China’s takeover of the SolomonsCleo Paskal writes – WASHINGTON, D.C.: ‘Many of us have received phone calls from [the opposing camp] telling them if they join the camp they will be given projects for their wards and $300,000 [around US$35,000] each’, says former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani. The elections in Solomon Islands aren’t ...3 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on the Hamas Ceasefire Offer, and Mark Mitchell’s IncompetenceWith hindsight, it was inevitable that (a) Hamas would agree to the ceasefire deal brokered by Egypt and Qatar and that ( b) Israel would then immediately launch attacks on Rafah, regardless. We might have hoped the concessions made by Hamas would cause Israel to desist from slaughtering thousands more ...3 weeks ago
- Bernard’ s Dawn Chorus & Pick ‘n’ Mix for Wednesday May 8Placards and mourners outside the Kilbirnie Mosque following the Christchurch terror attack: MSD has terminated the Kaiwhakaoranga service, which has been used by 415 families since the attacks. Photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: The Government’s pledge to only cut ‘back office’ staff rather than ‘frontline’ services is on increasingly shaky ground, with ...3 weeks ago
- First Home Grants scrapped: Hopes for ownership dwindle
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- Critical minerals for the world – or just for the US? Turning Australia into a green minerals po...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Panga Media/Shutterstock Globalisation is on shaky ground. As China rises, the United States and its allies are moving to reduce their reliance on the world’s factory. The rivalry between the US ...4 days ago
- PSA Comment On DOC Cuts
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- French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activistBy Adam Gifford of Waatea News A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jesse Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and betrayal at the way France is attempting to “snuff out” any prospect of independence for its Pacific territory. France invaded New Caledonia in 1853 and ...4 days ago
- Ministry of Social Development job losses top 700 after more cuts announcedThe Ministry of Social Development's workforce is set to drop by more than 700 now, and the Department of Conservation has confirmed it's cutting 124 jobs. ...4 days ago
- Resources Minister Shane Jones unveils mineral mining strategyThe strategy aims to double the sector's export value to $2 billion by 2035 and boost jobs. ...4 days ago
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- Need a side hustle in these tough times? Here are your National-approved options
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- How to end the wasteful boom-bust cycle driving NZ’s infrastructure gap: new reportSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Debates about infrastructure often turn around money – with good reason. It’s estimated New Zealand’s infrastructure deficit – the amount we would need to spend to ...4 days ago
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- What can disabled people expect in the budget?The finance minister says Whaikaha is in line for a funding boost, but disabled people won’t be holding their breath, writes Robyn Hunt. The mother of all budgets in 1991 was the last time I remember feeling pessimistic, or anything much, about a budget announcement. Disabled people are used to ...4 days ago
- ETS Tinkering: Willis Plunging Into Waters Too Deep For HerThe price signalling that ETS auction floor and CCR settings might be lowered is redolent of economic, political, legal and climate risks. Minister of Finance and Associate Minister of Climate Change, Nicola Willis, appears oblivious to all these. ...4 days ago
- ETS Tinkering: Willis Plunging Into Waters Too Deep For HerThe price signalling that ETS auction floor and CCR settings might be lowered is redolent of economic, political, legal and climate risks. Minister of Finance and Associate Minister of Climate Change, Nicola Willis, appears oblivious to all these. ...4 days ago
- ‘Facebook probably knows I sell drugs’ – how young people’s digital footprints can threaten ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin van der Sanden, Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health, SHORE & Whāriki Research Centre, Massey University Marco Piunti/Getty Images Social media and messaging apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Messenger are increasingly used to buy and sell drugs in many countries. ...4 days ago
- What it's like to be a renting MPMarama Davidson is in a minority in Parliament - one of just a handful who do not own a home. ...4 days ago
- Community housing providers welcome fund to 'crack on' with building stalled projectsAbout 500 homes have been in limbo due to a lack of funding, a community housing group says. ...4 days ago
- Five data points that show the New Zealand economy may be in worse shape than you thinkAnalysis - It's bad, but could it be worse than it looks? ...4 days ago
- Parenting a perfectionist? Here’s how you can respondSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University Annie Spratt/Unsplash Some children show signs of perfectionism from early on. Young children might become frustrated and rip up their drawing if it’s not quite right. Older children might avoid or refuse to ...4 days ago
- New research suggests girls in single-sex schools do slightly better in exams than girls in co-ed en...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Charles, Senior Lecturer in Education (Pedagogy and Curriculum), Deakin University Mary Taylor/Pexels , CC BY Students at all-girls’ schools do slightly better in their exams than girls at co-educational schools, according to new research from the United Kingdom. This ...4 days ago
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- A rare find in ancient Timorese mud may rewrite the history of human settlement in AustralasiaSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike W. Morley, Associate Professor and Director, Flinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Flinders University View of the Lailea River from on top of the hill containing Laili rockshelter. Mike Morley Humans arrived in Australia at least 65,000 years ago, according to archaeological evidence. These ...4 days ago
- Peter Dutton wants to cut migration for the sake of housing. Here’s why that’s not a good ideaSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McDonald, Honorary Professor of Demography, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has suggested the level of Australia’s permanent migration program be reduced from 185,000 – as proposed by the government in the budget – to ...4 days ago
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- War in space: US assesses NZ's ability to quickly launch satellitesThe United States has been assessing New Zealand's capability to help with rapid rocket and satellite launches if war breaks out in space. ...4 days ago
- Businesses and directors could face multi-million dollar penalties if they fail to disclose their cl...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pamela Hanrahan, Emerita Professor, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney Large businesses will have to publicly disclose detailed information about what they are doing to reduce carbon emissions and other climate-related financial information under legislation before federal parliament. Under the new legislation companies ...4 days ago
- The sudden death of the first home grantThe agency was found to be underperforming and ‘not financially viable’, explains Stewart Sowman-Lund in this extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Well that didn’t take long. On Tuesday night, Newshub’s Jenna Lynch reported that the government was poised to scrap the first home ...4 days ago
- Budget 2024: A novice's guide and what to expectWith one week to go, this handy-dandy cheat sheet will bring you up to speed on Budget jargon and allow you to impress all your friends. ...4 days ago
- Successful city parks make diverse communities feel safe and welcome − this Minnesota park is an e...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Trudeau, Professor of Geography, Macalester College ‘Meditation,’ by Lei Yixin, near the picnic pavilion in Lake Phalen Regional Park City of Saint Paul, CC BY-ND What makes a city a good place to live? Practical features are important, such as well-maintained ...4 days ago
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- Christchurch homeowner's house featured in social housing postA Christchurch homeowner was shocked to see her house featured in an Instagram post by Housing Minister Chris Bishiop and other National MPs about building more social housing. ...5 days ago
- Dozens of free budgeting services face closure after missing out on fundingA third of the country's free budgeting services face closure during a cost of living crisis, after missing out on the latest round of government funding. ...5 days ago
- The real meaning of tax reliefThere’s a reason why National prefers the phrase to the more standard – and accurate – ‘tax cuts’, writes Max Rashbrooke. The American pollster and strategist Frank Luntz is famous – or infamous, depending on your point of view – for coining the phrase “death tax” to describe estate duties. ...5 days ago
- Jemaine Clement’s new comedy band could be great – but opening night was a disasterReview: Goth 2 A Flame, the new musical comedy act by Jemaine Clement and Jonny Brugh, shares the same magic that made Flight of the Conchords world famous. But their debut performance fell well short. Twenty-eight years ago, Jemaine Clement first performed at Wellington’s BATS Theatre alongside Bret McKenzie in ...5 days ago
- Government accidentally killed off loan sharks, review finds
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- Solidarity action group calls on NZ to support Kanak, Papuan independenceAsia Pacific Report A New Zealand solidarity action group has called on the New Zealand government to back indigenous independence calls in the Pacific and press both France to grant Kanaks sovereignty and Indonesia to end its rule in West Papua. Catherine Delahunty, a former Green Party MP and spokesperson ...5 days ago
- Journalists challenge PNG government over ‘media control’ policyBy Stephen Wright of BenarNews The Papua New Guinea government’s push for news organisations to become its cheer-leading squad is under further scrutiny this week as Parliament hears testimony from journalists and top officials. The effort to wield influence over the news, first announced last year as a “media development ...5 days ago
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- How risky is turbulence on a plane? How worried should I be?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock The Singapore Airlines turbulence incident that has sadly left one person dead and others hospitalised has made many of us think about the risks of air travel. We’ll hear more in coming ...5 days ago
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- Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is knocking on Australia’s doorSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne A dangerous strain of avian influenza (bird flu) is now wreaking havoc on every continent except Australia and the rest of Oceania. While we remain free from this virus for now, it’s only ...5 days ago
- Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is everywhere but Australia, for nowSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne A dangerous strain of avian influenza (bird flu) is now wreaking havoc on every continent except Australia and the rest of Oceania. While we remain free from this virus for now, it’s only ...5 days ago
- NZ Students Join Global Campus ProtestsThis nationwide protest expresses our unapologetic solidarity with Palestinians and our commitment to the Palestinian struggle for liberation. We refuse to be silent or complicit in genocide, and we reject all forms of cooperation between our institutions ...5 days ago
- Oranga Tamariki warned of legal action if job cuts delay release of victims' recordsA law firm that works with survivors of abuse in state care says job cuts will further slow down the release of victims' records. ...5 days ago
- Age verification for social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they actually...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Shutterstock This month the Australian government announced a A$6.5 million commitment to trial an age-verification program that will restrict children’s exposure to inappropriate online content, including pornography and potentially social media. ...5 days ago
- Age verification for porn and social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Humphry, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney Shutterstock This month the Australian government announced a A$6.5 million commitment to trial an age-verification program that will restrict children’s exposure to inappropriate online content, including pornography and potentially social media. ...5 days ago
- ‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riotsBy Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across the French Pacific territories. Journalist David Robie was arrested at gunpoint by French police in January 1987, and is no stranger to ...5 days ago
- Someone must front cost of land-use changes to protect environment, report warnsSomeone will have to front the cost of land-use changes necessary to protect the environment, the government's top environmental advisor warns. ...5 days ago
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