Any chance of a link, or quote?
Very troubling development, since the natural next step is deep into the hundred-million contracts for construction in road, rail, education, health, transpower, defence, and many more: te reo and tikanga are a core part of how Non Priced Attributes are ...
She's going to deliver a tax break of some kind by March 2024 or make National look total idiots.
She'll win the week looking shocked, but wait for mini budget.
Shoutout to all those marching today. You are our partners, brothers and sisters. Looking forward to more.
Nothing to do with climate change. Everything to do with large scale septic tank use destroying a massive ecosystem over multiple decades. Instead of facing up to their own environmental damage over decades, they have to pay the bill now in a lump. Time to...
Shoutout to Todd Niall who is retiring from journalism after 46 years. Todd IMHO you should have got the Morning Report job instead of the lightweights we have now. That year you did the Christmas holiday shift was the best one I've had the pleasure of ...
Hmmm. Were you asleep during Cyclone Gabrielle or Auckland Anniversary storms? The threat assessment is here: https://www.defence.govt.nz/publications/publication/defence-policy-review-defence-policy-and-strategy-statement-2023 The interrelationship ...
Defence is mentioned not once in either the NZFirst or Act coalition agreements. Will be watching for any mention in the upcoming Speech from the Throne or mini-budget. It's 24 years since Helen Clark was first elected and things have changed as they do.
+100 Adrian
The new minister confirmed on RNZ on Thursday that after his talks with Mayor Brown he is having to get urgent advice on funding for existing projects that were relying on this funding. Cyclone patch-ups have caused massive overspend on that fund now. Also...
Shoutout to Bearded Git for the post idea.
That Chatham Rise decision was really tough. It had the potential to decrease our massive vulnerability to imports out of Spanish Sahara. There's research going on into seaweed as fertiliser alternative - and some commercialisation - but it will take many ...
Her admission that actually she's she asshole is a pretty good place for her to start.
The only way Tory Whanau is going to be more than an embarrassing footnote in Wellington's civic history is if she fixes something difficult. The Wellington Town Hall funding debacle was not an auspicious start. More than 40% of Wellington's water is lost ...
What has Tory Whanau done that shows she is an effective mayor?
Tough gig Maharey you were a 25-year true hard core beltway survivor. From Minister in the Clark government to Massey Uni VC to ACC and Pharmac Chair you did a lot of good and led well. Smart to jump before being dumped.
Her time to shine is just days away now. She is going to have a grand time against Robertson with the initial reveal - which I would expect would be drip fed for maximum damage. Then to the mini-budget. The momentum is all hers.
The reduced speeds programme will be a particular loss that Simeon Brown should be held to account when the 2024 road toll is published. They have already measured any changes to journey times on the Napier-Taupo SH6 journey and it is negligible. As ...
Yeah it's tempting. But let's wait for Speech from the Throne next week and mini-budget week after that.
Not aware of any in international public health. But I claim no expertise in this field.
Nothing to fear from a national interest test for signing up to such multilateral agreements. It's how NZ has and continues to function for over a century, and those tests are routine. What Verrall etc will need to be vigilant over is crappy public health ...
Estimate number of months it will take to put out Shane McGowan's cremation.
All good activists are now going to burrow deep into volunteer groups. Burrow deep people and volunteer into activism in your locality. Once Speech from the Throne and the legislative bulldozer starts there's no turning this beast. Aroha out those who tend...
If you've ever seen a hospital ward, engineering company, aid organisation, or local charity, know that they are all chock full of Christians doing the work for you. Default atheism is so useful in understanding the politics of south Auckland, west ...
Presumably they're going to have to do most of this under Parliamentary urgency given there's so few sitting days until the end of the year, and I haven't seen a Parliamentary calendar for 2024 Jan and Feb yet. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2311/S00025...
Will things really change there? The work testing is already pretty strong.
Thanks that's a strong recommendation will check it out tonight.
Since we are likely to get a cyclone this season and the tropical systems are already forming, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/third-tropical-cyclone-could-form-next-week-no-indication-of-risk-to-nz/42TYXI3ZUZBFVOWMZ7SQNXSAIM/ I have a certain degree of ...
RUC for all vehicles is an excellent move. Helps show the truth of where and when roads are generally used. Also a really easy step from that to broader fleet tracking (eg taxis, Uber, trucks, rentals, corporate cars), and then on to point-to-point cameras...
The internal Wellington contest about who will lead the new Infrastructure Agency is not limited to Simeon Brown taking out Shane Jones for the governance oversight lead role. Note its an Agency so the emphasis is on delivery and its powers and capacity to...
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