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Comment:Click bait frenzy
Date published: 10:11 pm, April 8th, 2021Do you mind posting this in English? And giving some relevance? As it is utterly off-topic Thanks
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 7:54 pm, April 8th, 2021Or the mental health report on here and expect justification for it's "tinkering"
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 3:52 pm, April 8th, 2021Where have I been outraged over it my simple minded friend? I agree with doing it.
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 3:46 pm, April 8th, 2021Of course. I apologise for for not including the time at the beginning. Now can I please get some apologies from all those that didn't ake into account some travellers from places in India can take over 24 hours and even more if they are travelling by boat...
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 3:35 pm, April 8th, 2021I deeply apologise for any offence I may have caused by saying end of month and not 2 days before the end of the month. But if we are going to get pedantic about it, some flights from India take 24 hours, so presumably they will stop them going 24 hours ...
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 3:18 pm, April 8th, 2021Oh my god! I shorten it by 2 days to make it easier to write!
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 2:56 pm, April 8th, 2021It will start arguments about it being against international law......yadda yadda yadda. At leat she was at pains to highlight the "temporarily" bit, so may not be that bad. That and they look a bit stupid given Megan Woods comments the other day when ...
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 2:47 pm, April 8th, 2021Ardern has just announced that there will be no entry by kiwis from India till the end of the month. This will turn ugly
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Comment:Click bait frenzy
Date published: 10:04 am, April 8th, 2021" No one has said that an earthquake is the reason for 'spaces' …theres lots of reasons but you havent been listening" Ardern did in her interview with Hosking. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/24837692/episode/80563473/?embed=true
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Comment:Click bait frenzy
Date published: 9:38 am, April 8th, 2021Given she will now only go on the show if she has good news, I am thinking it is quite the reality. Especially given she is the first PM to hide from the segment in more than 20 years (according to Soper) https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/jacinda-...
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Comment:Click bait frenzy
Date published: 9:14 am, April 8th, 2021Indeed As I said, she did a runner as the questions being asked were too tough.
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Comment:Click bait frenzy
Date published: 8:53 am, April 8th, 2021Given it is all about name recognition and the dude fronts the most listened to show on the radio in the country quite a lot I would imagine.
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Comment:Click bait frenzy
Date published: 8:52 am, April 8th, 2021TBF, it isn't exactly one sided. Hosking's petulant childish fit is embarrassing, but Ardern didn't exactly cover her self in glory when she decided his interviews were too tough to take and she did a runner.
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 8:40 am, April 8th, 2021And where exactly is every on supposed to go at the end of the Motorway? “I’m envisioning the centre city, not just the Golden Mile, but Cuba St, Vivian St, Dixon St, all the main streets,” she said.
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2021
Date published: 7:57 am, April 8th, 2021Fr out this mental health hiding stats from the normal report thing is looking a bit of a joke. Andrew Little is getting reamed on the AM show and Garner usually spends most of his interviews with this government sucking up. I haven't seen so many bullshit...
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Comment:Daily review 07/04/2021
Date published: 11:38 pm, April 7th, 2021I rhink the point is why have Ardern on Hosking if she has said no umless good news, Tbh he is a pick, but the only one to ask her hard questions. If this is the case and it seems to be, then why would you be arsed?, why bother? It isn't like Ardern can ...
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Comment:Daily review 07/04/2021
Date published: 11:00 pm, April 7th, 2021But they will ride it out. No matter how much the vaccine roll out is shit and everyone seems to stick up g forr it on here. Think it is a herd mentality thing, mixed with Arden is a godess.
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Comment:Open mike 07/04/2021
Date published: 10:48 pm, April 7th, 2021TBF. She doesn't actually say anything when asked direct questions. Shame, but it will bite her own arse in the end.
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Comment:Daily review 07/04/2021
Date published: 7:43 pm, April 7th, 2021But yet no comment on the actual situation.
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 9:18 pm, April 5th, 2021In fact your diligently trapsing your way to a library to read about NZ sounds a shit load more bollocks than me just not living here.
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 9:15 pm, April 5th, 2021And yes Most interest when it came to politics.
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 9:14 pm, April 5th, 2021In Vino Good for you. But not everyone does this. In my 10 ears overseas in Europe I didn't really give a shit about NZ power bills
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 8:42 pm, April 5th, 2021OK Admittedly the envy vomment was probably harsh to Millsy. I apologise. Your other speil I don't get. Why would I keep track of prices while not living here?
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 8:21 pm, April 5th, 2021But feel free to accuse me of being whatever you want with no evidence. It is funny, some people would call accusations like that bullying these days, as you have no knowledge of my mental state. I could be fragile and you could be harrassing me, while ...
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 8:15 pm, April 5th, 2021I just wasn't living in NZ in the 90's. There is a thing called an OE. I had a long one
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Comment:The biggest grifter
Date published: 6:19 pm, April 5th, 2021Fact is the dude now has as much relevance as a pretty bad fart in a jar, so who cares?
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Comment:Open mike 05/04/2021
Date published: 6:04 pm, April 5th, 2021I disagree.
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Comment:The biggest grifter
Date published: 6:02 pm, April 5th, 2021I wouldn't have elected the dude in the first place
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Comment:The biggest grifter
Date published: 4:25 pm, April 5th, 2021Who cares tbh. The dude is a nutter that is nicely confined to foot note as an embarrassing blip in US political history. They shouldn't give the bloke oxygen.
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 3:21 pm, April 5th, 20213,4,5 no we didn't. Slightly too young Power prices I have no idea. They were included in my first rent, so probably yes, or they would have made us pay it. Edit: I am in between the people you envy and you, presumably
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Comment:What is Socialism - a primer for idiots
Date published: 2:06 pm, April 5th, 2021"A union is an organisation that supports employees in the workplace by acting as an advocate for them collectively (and with the consent of the employee," No it isn't https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/union
- Five ways fish are more like humans than you realise
Matt Parker, University of Portsmouth You’ve probably heard that fish have a three-second memory, or that they’re incapable of feeling pain. Neither of these statements is true, but it’s telling that these misconceptions don’t crop up for other vertebrates. Perhaps it’s because fish appear so different from us. They don’t ...2 weeks ago - This is on Ardern
So, corporate pillager Ron Brierley has plead guilty to possession of child pornography, and there are obvious calls for him to be stripped of his feudal honour (awarded in the 80's for services to his own banak balance). When faced with such calls in the past, the government has hidden ...2 weeks ago - New Zealand The Way THEY Deserve It.
Rage, Rage, And The Crying Of The Right: Retributive populism is founded on the principle that the past was better than the present: and that unless there is a strong and unapologetic reassertion of the values and policies that dignified the past, then the nation’s steady decline will persist into ...2 weeks ago - Bryce Edwards: Political Roundup – The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds
Jacinda Ardern can essentially say “kia kaha” as much as she wants to those at the bottom of the housing market, but it won’t help their plight. Eventually her government is going to have to take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis – especially ...2 weeks ago - March ’21 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
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Completed reads for March: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Valley of Fear, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #12, 2021
Short sharp slap In the world of child psychology it's agreed that smacking youngsters isn't productive even as a slap certainly fixes attention. Our planet is notionally governed by proclaimed adults however and perhaps the psychology is different in this context. Perhaps an unmistakable signal will help to change attitudes. In ...2 weeks ago - Long-lost and Psychedelic: Khraniteli, the Soviet Fellowship of the Ring (1991)
It might just be me, but there are few things more exciting than the rediscovery of art previously thought lost. Even if it isn’t particularly great art, there is still the thrill of notching up a victory for human knowledge against the inevitable sands of time. There is a ...2 weeks ago - the strange case of the headless sea slugAutotomy. There’s a word you don’t see every day – but those familiar with lizards may well have seen the result. For autotomy is the scientific name for what I suppose we could also call “self-amputation”: the process whereby an animal deliberately sheds a part of its body (a tail, ...2 weeks ago
- A Potemkin reviewNitrates are a serious public health threat, posing a risk of death for babies and a long-term risk of bowel cancer for adults. Farmers are currently spewing them into the water table via fertiliser and dirty dairying, poisoning drinking water across Canterbury and threatening the drinking water of our second-largest ...2 weeks ago
- Biden's executive orders on climate have broad public supportThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Ben Santer, and Richard Richels Governing from the White House by executive actions – whether by executive orders or variations thereon – has its pluses and minuses. Executive orders, for instance, can help get past rigid partisan opposition and ...2 weeks ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 31 March 2021Housing crisis Claire Robinson (The Guardian): Backlash to Labour’s housing policy has exposed signs of internal party disarray Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tactics Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): National’s failure on housing risks making the party irrelevant Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist hits new record of 22,803 as new builds slow in January Zane Small (Newshub): Have rents ‘tended to ...2 weeks ago
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- Think of the Kiwis: Boycotting Cadbury’s Chocolate
It’s an interesting one. Earlier this year, Cadbury’s Chocolate managed to get itself offside with religious fundamentalists over an advertisement showing gay men eating a creme egg: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/religious-group-calls-cadbury-boycott-19695916 Now, a cynic might suggest that ... 2 weeks ago - The secret life of puddles: their value to nature is subtle, but hugely importantGregory Moore, The University of Melbourne It’s official: Australians endured the coldest, wettest summer in at least five years thanks to La Niña, a climate phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean. Before we knew it, autumn rolled in bringing more rain. Tragically, it led to widespread flooding across New South Wales, ...2 weeks ago
- MFAT has no conscienceRNZ reports that hot on the heels of approving weapons exports to saudi Arabia, MFAT was also approving weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia's partner in committing war crimes in Yemen: New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) approved export permits for military equipment ...2 weeks ago
- Ireland: People Before Profit Party society at university in Galway calls for ‘no-platforming’ o...
by Orla Ní Chomhraí In 1946 George Orwell wrote: “Fifteen years ago, when one defended the freedom of the intellect, one had to defend it against Conservatives, against Catholics, and to some extent — for they were not of great importance in England — against Fascists. Today one has to ...2 weeks ago - Problematique: Immoral casting of a cis actor is violent, dangerous and evil but brings new awakenin...SATIRE by Remy Beethey/them, demigender, queer, white priv. In a stunning and brave turn the Court Theatre in Christchurch has decided to completely change how it casts plays. The awakening came when Christchurch’s Court Theatre got called out by queer activist, agender Rosemary Mitford-Taylor after casting a cis actor to play ...2 weeks ago
- Graham Adams: Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tacticsThe government shifts blame for its own failings onto landlords South Auckland councillor Efeso Collins remarked early this month that Jacinda Ardern had abandoned the collegiality of “the team of five million” and entered her “post-kindness phase” after she blamed South Aucklanders for sparking an unpopular week-long lockdown. Casting ...2 weeks ago
- To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel “green zone”, we need to reduce system failures at ...Dr Leah Grout, Dr Jennifer Summers, Dr Amanda Kvalsvig, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Nick Wilson While succeeding very well with its elimination strategy, NZ still does not have optimal border control. We find since July 2020 there have been 13 identified border failures and at least 6 internal MIQ facility ...2 weeks ago
- Where are all the four-leaf clovers? And what does that have to do with learning to code?By Monica Vallender, Master’s student with AgResearch Invermay and the University of Otago. A few months ago, while home for the Christmas break, my mother – out of the blue – turned to me and asked, “what made you actually decide you wanted to go to university and study science?” ...2 weeks ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 30 March 2021Housing: Crisis and government announcements Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Sasha Borissenko (Herald): What property does the PM and our MPs own? (paywalled) Chris Trotter (Interest): Has Labour embraced ‘Muldoonism’? Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Geof Nightingale (BusinessDesk): Housing: Of loopholes and unwelcome new rules Steven Cowan: Market madness and non solutions to the housing ...2 weeks ago
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- New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetesJim Mann, University of Otago Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in New Zealand and will get much worse unless action is taken now, according to a new report on the economic and social cost of the disease. Already 228,000 New Zealanders (4.7% of the population) have type 2 ...2 weeks ago
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- Infiltrating extremism.
Preamble When I got my Ph.D. I was given an extraordinary opportunity to create a Latin American Studies program for US intelligence officers. My then father-in-law (a retired FBI agent and Legal Attache) knew a retired CIA guy who had links to the Naval Postgraduate School, where the program was ...2 weeks ago - The Adventures of Annalax: Volume XX
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- But what about the poor, poor property investors????
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- Open Modelling Climate Change Policies
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Luxon says he’s a “happy camper” and will wait for Collins to do “whatever it is she still has to do.” Brand new National MP and former Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon has spent much of the past week standing at the front of a one-man line outside leader ...3 weeks ago - Press Release 25 March 2021 – The Government’s Response to the Current Housing Crisis in NZ – ...
I don’t think there is anybody in NZ who doesn’t agree that there is a serious housing crisis in New Zealand right now. The present Government has made some good moves in the right direction but mostly not enough. There are more things they could have done which would have ...3 weeks ago - Why We (Don't) Fight.The Grand Narrative Of Progressivism: Touchstone of post-war progressivism was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in December 1948. Though the nations of the Soviet bloc (along with Saudi Arabia and South Africa) abstained from voting to ratify the Declaration, they did not, ...3 weeks ago
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- Juking the statsWhen Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission introduced its OIA statistics in 2017, one of the concerns was that agencies would start managing to what was measured, rather than obeying the law. In particular, the focus on raw timeliness and the lack of statistics on average and median response time ...3 weeks ago
- The Concentration of Media Ownership
I was recently asked by the Fabian Society in the UK for an article about our Prime Minister. The piece I wrote and that has now been published can be found at https://bryangould.com/jacinda-for-a-british-readership/. I am satisfied that the piece is reasonably balanced, but – on reflection – I realise that ...3 weeks ago - DrawnA ballot for four member's bills was held today, and the following bills were drawn: Crimes (Robbery) Amendment Bill (Erica Stanford) Synthetic Urine (Prohibition on Importation, Supply and Acquisition to Pass a Workplace Drug Test) Bill (Matt Doocey) Biosecurity (Information for Incoming Passengers) Amendment Bill (Steph ...3 weeks ago
- Today’s bad OIA storyBack in 2017 Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission (or SSC as it used to be known) began to publish OIA statistics. The problem is that they're pretty shit, giving information only on timeliness and complaint numbers, when other countries give a full range of information on response times, extensions, ...3 weeks ago
- Jacinda For A British ReadershipI was recently asked by the Fabian Society in the UK to write a piece about our Prime Minister for their annual publication. Here is the piece that has now been published. “ Jacinda Ardern is the most popular leader New Zealand has ever had. She established her domestic popularity ...3 weeks ago
- Submit! Submit! Submit!Yes, it’s time to submit to the Climate Change Commission on their draft advice to the government, if you haven’t done so already. Submissions close on 28 March 2021. Rod Carr / Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ilya Repin @NZAHParallels pic.twitter.com/enU91wnhVJ ...3 weeks ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 25 March 2021Housing: Rental market Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Forget first-home buyers, the metric of success in the housing crisis is rental prices Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): New Zealanders react after Finance Minister Grant Robertson says tenants will ‘go looking elsewhere’ if landlords hike rents Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Housing crisis: Social media users attack Jacinda Ardern over Government’s new housing plans RNZ: Housing package opens ...3 weeks ago
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- Increased support for youth impacted by COVID-19Around 4,000 young New Zealanders negatively impacted by COVID-19 will get support to stay engaged or re-engage in their education journey, Minister for Youth Priyanca Radhakrishnan announced today. The Ākonga Youth Development Community Fund – Strengthening Ākonga Resilience to Achieve Better Outcomes was set up in November last year as ...2 weeks ago
- STEM success sees growth in Toloa programmeMore Pasifika are embracing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) opportunities, paving a pathway to educational success, says Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio. Now in its sixth year, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) Toloa Programme is achieving its goal of helping Pacific Aotearoa to thrive. “Our aim ...2 weeks ago
- 2021 Waitangi Tribunal Members’ Conference Speech*** please check against delivery *** Commitment resolute during a challenging time Tēnā rā koutou katoa, it is my honour to be here today to address members of the Waitangi Tribunal. Since my fellow colleague, Minister Nanaia Mahuta, stood before you three years ago no one would have imagined a ...2 weeks ago
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- Speech to Palmerston North Housing Forum 2021Tena koutou te hau kainga Rangitāne tena koutou Nga mate huhua o te waa, haere haere haere atu ra Hoki mai kia tatou te kanohi ora e tau nei, Tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa. Tēnā koutou i runga i te kaupapa o te Rā. No reira, tēnā ...2 weeks ago
- Government supports new programme to lead New Zealand’s plant protein sector developmentThe Government is partnering with Leaft Foods on a $20 million research and development programme that could put New Zealand on the map as a leading leaf protein concentrate producer. Through its Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures fund, the Ministry for Primary Industries is contributing $8 million to the five-year ...2 weeks ago
- Government backs waste tyre initiativeA manufacturing plant upgrade that uses waste tyres as fuel will have a big impact on one of New Zealand’s waste problems. Environment Minister David Parker today officially opens the plant at Golden Bay Cement in Whangarei, which uses old tyres to fuel Golden Bay Cement's kiln. The Government has ...2 weeks ago
- Boosting Māori and Pasifika midwifery workforceA new initiative that aims to retain and attract more Māori and Pasifika midwives into the profession has been launched. Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall made the announcement at the Auckland University of Technology campus today. “There is undoubtedly pressure on midwives around the country. For too long ...2 weeks ago
- NZIIA Welcome to Cook Islands Prime Minister BrownBanquet Hall, 29 March 2021 [CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY] Tēnā tātou katoa e tae mai nei i tēnei pō E ngā rangatira nongā motu i Kuki Airani, nau mai haere mai ki Aotearoa Ko te tūmanako e whai mai nei te mana o te wāhi-ngaro ki runga ki tō tātou ...2 weeks ago
- National memorial to recognise Pacific wartime serviceA new Memorial to acknowledge the contribution of Pacific nations to military conflicts and the bonds shared with New Zealand was unveiled by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today. “The Pacific Islands Memorial Te Reo Hotunui o te Moana nui a Kiwa recognises the close relationship between Aotearoa New Zealand and ...3 weeks ago
- Customs Launches Border Protect CampaignMinister of Customs Meka Whaitiri officially launched Customs’ new outreach campaign, Border Protect, in Opua today. This campaign encourages members of the public to report potential suspicious activities to Customs and help protect New Zealand. Border Protect is an information campaign that Customs will run across the country that ...3 weeks ago
- Auckland schools benefit from investment boostThree Auckland schools in urgent need of an upgrade are benefitting from a $1.3 billion nationwide school redevelopment programme, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says. May Road School, Onehunga Primary School and Albany Primary School are getting new classrooms to replace those in poor condition, and will benefit from investment in ...3 weeks ago
- Learning Support, Curriculum, Attendance – NZPF Moot SpeechTuhia ki te rangi Tuhia ki te whenua Tuhia ki te ngakau o ngā tangata Ko te mea nui Ko te aroha Tihei Mauri Ora! Kia tau mai te aroha Ngā manaakitanga o te Atua Kia ora koutou, Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou Thanks for having me today. It’s ...3 weeks ago
- Inaugural Tagaloa scholarships announcedAmelia Setefano and Marina McCartney have been selected as inaugural recipients of the Ministry of Education’s Tagaloa scholarship which supports Pacific Doctorate and Masters study, Associate Education Minister, Aupito William Sio announced today. These scholarships are part of the Ministry’s wider Talanoa Ako response to the Pacific PowerUP evaluations 2016–2019 ...3 weeks ago
- Taskforce emphasises sustainable tourismThe need to prioritise sustainable tourism that enhances community wellbeing is the central theme of the Tourism Futures Taskforce report, released today. The Taskforce was established in May 2020 as an independent public-private partnership to consider the future of tourism. Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says the Taskforce report sets out ...3 weeks ago
- Jobs for Nature to deliver jobs and environmental benefits through four new projects with Ngā Papat...The Government is investing nearly $9 million in four iwi-led projects in the South Island through its Jobs for Nature programme. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has developed four strategic projects with Papatipu Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu as part of its biosecurity and biodiversity programme. “These projects will create enduring ...3 weeks ago
- Milestone for kōkako as population soarsRecovery efforts over more than two decades have seen the North Island kōkako, one of Aotearoa’s most iconic birds, brought back from the brink of extinction, Conservation Minister Kiri Allan says. “Protection of this species began in the late 1990s, after the kōkako population dropped to as few as 330 ...3 weeks ago
- $4M to reduce homelessness in five locationsAssociate Housing Minister Marama Davidson today announced funding support for new initiatives that will prevent and reduce homelessness in Whangarei, Auckland, Napier/Hastings, Rotorua and the Hutt Valley. “Over $4 million has been allocated to projects that address homelessness in local communities,” Marama Davidson said. “This is the first round of ...3 weeks ago
- Keynote Speech to the NZ Planning Institute Conference 2021Nelson, Friday 26th March {The Minister spoke off-the-cuff with opening remarks reflecting on COVID-19 and the current context for the Government.} As you know on 10 February we announced our intention to transform the ways in which we plan for and with our communities. Today I will give you an ...3 weeks ago
- Third Reading Speech – Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment BillI move, that the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill now be read a third time. I was shocked, but not surprised, to find that the law relating to rating Māori land is largely unchanged since 1924. Apart from the prohibition on selling Māori land for unpaid rates, ...3 weeks ago
- 2021 ANZSOG First Peoples conference final session speechTēnā rā koutou katoa, thank you for the invitation to speak about the importance of the relationship between indigenous people and the government. This is an area I am passionate about. I’ve spent decades inside and outside the Government fighting for transitional change for Māori. An indigenous perspective is more ...3 weeks ago
- Learning Support Coordinators forum – SpeechTēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa I’m delighted to be speaking with you about a subject that is so close to all our hearts – strengthening supports in schools and kura for the one in five children and young people who need additional support to learn. I was looking through the ...3 weeks ago
- All Aboard Hamilton To Auckland Commuter TrainPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Transport Minister Michael Wood today joined the official launch of the Te Huia commuter rail service, which connects Waikato and Auckland. The Government has invested $85.8 million in the service through Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Local authorities have provided $12.2 million. “Te Huia has ...3 weeks ago
- Abolition of property investor tax break a blunt tool – tax expert
A tax expert wants the government to consider allowing some deductibility of interest payments for property investors. ...1 day ago - Smokefree Action Plan Must Elevate Vaping As A Safe Switch
A leading vaping advocate has joined mounting pressure on the Government to take all the necessary steps available to achieve the country’s decade-old smokefree ambition. This comes as Associate Health Minster Dr Ayesha Verrall prepares to release ...1 day ago - ECE Needs Flight Plan Overhaul, Not Flying SquadsNews the Ministry of Education is bringing back a Provider Assessment Group, a ‘surprise visit’ investigation unit that shut down 17 early learning services will only add to providers’ woes. There’s no question safety and quality comes first, and we ...1 day ago
- Prime Minister and Governor-General sign book of condolences for Prince PhilipPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has signed the book of condolences for Prince Philip, paying tribute to his life of service. ...1 day ago
- Remembering New Zealand’s greatest talent show performances
With Popstars returning to our screens tonight, we turn back the clock and relive some of New Zealand’s most memorable talent show stars.Being the country that essentially invented the reality talent show, New Zealand has no shortage of memorable performers from the last 22 years of the genre. Ben Lummis. ...1 day ago - Māori Party undeclared donations referred to policeThe Electoral Commission has referred the Māori Party to the police after it failed to declare more than $300,000 in donations. ...1 day ago
- Indian flight ban passes muster with many lawyers but human rights chief wants more information
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt is championing the rights of New Zealand citizens and residents who are being inconvenienced by the Government’s decision to suspend travel from India for two weeks. The Government needs to be more transparent about the decision, which took effect yesterday and will remain until ...1 day ago - New Zealand’s new housing policy is really just a new tax package — and it’s a shambles
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Economists like to talk about “optimal policy instruments” — essentially, policies that achieve their objectives more effectively or efficiently than the alternatives, and have minimal unintended consequences. Judged ...1 day ago - Australia is failing to recognise an urgent need: recruiting more Chinese-Australians into public se...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yun Jiang, Managing Editor, Australian National University A powerful and assertive China poses significant policy challenges for Australia. Many of our most pressing policy issues have crucially important China angles, from freedom of speech on university campuses to scientific research collaboration and ...1 day ago
- The knife-edge election in Sāmoa – and what happens nextThe battle for political control is not yet resolved, but what is clear is this is the dawn of a new chapter for Sāmoan parliamentary democracy, writes Mata’afa Keni Lesa from Apia.Nobody could have scripted the preliminary results. Although the signs had been ominous for the powerful Human Rights Protection ...1 day ago
- How Covid-19 Impacted NZ’s Community SectorAs New Zealand’s community and voluntary sector played a street-by-street, home-by-home role in our COVID-19 response, the sector came under more pressure than ever before. Growing threats to the sector’s sustainability, and new insights on how Government ...2 days ago
- Hamilton City Council Must Investigate LGOIMA And Spin Doctor CostsThe Taxpayers’ Union is stunned a Hamilton City Councillor is using inflated official information costs to pursue ‘utu’ on the Union for a series of exposés relating to the Council. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams said: “There ...2 days ago
- Government Needs To Come Clean On Foreign Buy-ups Of NZThe current government needs to instigate far stricter controls on foreigners buying up New Zealand’s countryside says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations as well as keeping the New Zealand public informed of the extent of outsiders buying ...2 days ago
- Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 12 2021Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Covid: India travel ban Sandeep Singh (RNZ): Indian travel ban leaves Kiwis stateless Audrey ...2 days ago
- Yuri Gagarin’s boomerang: the tale of the first person to return from space, and his brief encount...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Sixty years ago, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space when he completed his historic orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961. Out of respect for ...2 days ago
- As Australia’s vaccination bungle becomes clear, Morrison’s political pain is only just beginnin...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Among many surprising things about 2020 was how a novel coronavirus drove an equally novel upending of Australia’s political orthodoxy. The hackneyed election straightener, “it’s the economy, stupid”, got shoved aside for a ...2 days ago
- Has a backlash against political correctness made sexual misbehaviour more acceptable?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Last week’s Essential poll, conducted March 24-28 from a sample of 1,100, showed a striking difference by gender over approval of Scott Morrison. With men, Morrison’s approval since February ...2 days ago
- More coal-fired power or 100% renewables? For the next few decades, both paths are wrongSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ha, Associate, Grattan Institute The big question facing Australia’s National Electricity Market is how to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 without disrupted energy supplies or skyrocketing prices. Some say coal-fired power will be needed. Others say 100% renewable electricity is the ...2 days ago
- Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream. Here’s how journal editors and reviewe...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University In the world of research and scholarship, being published in academic journals is crucial to both the advancement of knowledge and the careers of those involved. In particular, the peer review process that ...2 days ago
- ‘She’s a slut’: sexual bullying among girls contributes to cultural misogyny. We need to take ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Spears, Director: Wellbeing Research Group, Centre for Research in Education School of Education, University of South Australia In an online petition launched by Chanel Contos in February, thousands of women have now disclosed instances of sexual harrassment and assault when at ...2 days ago
- If I could go anywhere: Japanese art island Chichu, a meditation and an educationSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. The Chichu Art Museum is located on the tiny island of ...2 days ago
- Live updates, April 12: Four locations of interest after third MIQ worker tests positive for Covid-1...Welcome to The Spinoff’s live updates for April 12, bringing you the latest news throughout the day. Get in touch at stewart@thespinoff.co.nzThe Spinoff can’t exist without our members. If you want to help us stay curious and keep our team across New Zealand’s breaking stories, please donate today. 8.00am: ...2 days ago
- The Bulletin: Change looms in Samoa after knife-edge electionGood morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Change looms in Samoa after knife-edge election, another border worker has tested positive for Covid-19, and dozens of organisations call for Misuse of Drugs Act to be scrapped.The balance of power could be shifting in an important country in our ...2 days ago
- Police, Defence Force and Transport Agency contractor spending up by at least 15%Private contractors and consultants are doing well out of government spending propelled by the pandemic and big IT projects. ...2 days ago
- Investor optimism pushes US markets higher
Business & Investing: Fear levels are down and optimism up in the US markets, Plus: Kiwi cancer diagnostic company Pacific Edge boosted by approval from US insurer ...2 days ago - National calls for all unvaccinated border workers to be removedThe National Party wants all border workers who aren't vaccinated against Covid-19 to be removed from the front line immediately. ...2 days ago
- Newsroom's daily sudoku, Monday 12 April
...2 days ago - Black Sticks relieved to have Sam Charlton back
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The nationwide rallies of students and other New Zealanders are showing the Government there's a mandate for climate action and changing the strikers themselves. ...2 days ago - High-tech tool to help scientists see the wood for the trees
Decision-makers faced with environmental issues now have an artificial intelligence tool to make the science more accessible than ever Jim McLeod first used aerial images to see what was happening in the bush in 1995. “You could probably make out a house on it, but nothing smaller,” said the Waikato Regional ...2 days ago - Choose your kaimoana wisely
Just because you don't have to know the origin of your food doesn't mean you shouldn’t. Veronica Rotman provides a guide on what decisions we can make at the supermarket to avoid harming the oceans. Fifty years ago, we understood the ocean to be an infinite bowl of sashimi and snapper. The ...2 days ago - The book everybody is talking about
We devote much of this week to the Charlotte Grimshaw memoir that everyone is talking about. Today: an excerpt from The Mirror Book It was those banal, mundane life events that changed everything for me. My marriage blew up, I found myself alone, and in the aftermath I lost some ...2 days ago - Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 12 April
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...2 days ago - New Website To Hear Housing Stories“A flood of stories about the likely impacts of new interest deductibility rules has necessitated a new website to hear them all,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Labour’s interest deductibility changes represent a stealth ...2 days ago
- Fed up with NZ’s out-of-control housing market? Come to AustraliaWatching from the other side of the Tasman as housing back home goes from bad to worse, Paul Davies has one thing to say to his fellow New Zealanders: where the bloody hell are ya?It’s impossible to ignore the headlines. They keep revolving but seldom evolving. Derelict houses selling for ...2 days ago
- Grams on the ’gram: Why drug dealers are plying their wares on InstaInstagram was once a place for holiday snaps and influencers’ brunch pics. These days, accounts galore are dedicated to drug dealing – and they’re advertising to the masses.Dealing drugs online is not new. The dark web has been a hive of illicit content for years: hosting child pornography, as a ...2 days ago
- The Contact Tracer app just got gamified. Here’s what that means for youPokémon Go it’s not. But from swirly success icons and live stats to a flashlight option, Andrew Chen explains what’s changed, and why. Last week, the Ministry of Health released a new version of the NZ Covid Tracer app. After a lot of public debate and discussion in ...2 days ago
- Siouxsie Wiles: The data behind the decision to suspend arrivals from India in NZThe temporary halt on travel from India to New Zealand is unprecedented. But so is the state of Covid-19 in India, writes Siouxsie Wiles.As of yesterday, travellers from India are prohibited from entering Aotearoa New Zealand. The ban is temporary and due to be lifted at the end of April. ...2 days ago
- Govt’s First Home Loan scheme 'totally redundant'
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The Green Party is embarking on a big conversation about whether its co-leadership model is fit for purpose. ...2 days ago - Study: School streaming destroys kids' self-belief
Pressure mounts to end academic streaming as a report reveals the practice disadvantages Māori ...2 days ago - Social platforms should be captured in new media regulations – officials
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- Rawiri Waititi: “Rotorua Council Needs To Clean It’s Shit Up”, After Sewerage CatastropheThis week MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi was invited to attend a community hui at Hurungaterangi Marae in Ngapuna, Rotorua - where locals spoke of the physical and psychological suffering they are experiencing, caused by faulty sewerage plant ...2 days ago
- An ode to … Mike Hosking
Dunedin writer Victor resumes his Sunday odes to public figures. Today: Mike Hosking The Hosky and Cindy Show I want you on my show. And then I do not. I’ve fired you again. You’ve had your shot. You cancelled yourself. You’re on the shelf. But now ...3 days ago - Newsroom daily quiz, Sunday 11 April
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...3 days ago - The sexiest lines from New Zealand’s sexiest new book, Devil’s TrumpetSex is life in acclaimed Waikato writer Tracey Slaughter’s latest short story collection. Of course it’s there in Slaughter’s stories about affairs. In those pieces sex thumps and pants and dominates, it goes so hard it knocks grit off the ceiling and onto the bed, it sets fire to a marriage, ...3 days ago
- The Sunday Essay: What to get rid ofBathroom, kitchen, sitting room, bookshelves, friends, memories – Linda Burgess ponders the decluttering of life. Made possible thanks to the support of Creative New ZealandOriginal illustrations by Gary Venn Go to the second drawer down in your bathroom. Open it. In it are countless small bottles of shampoo and skin cream ...3 days ago
- Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and BridgesAnalysis by Bryce Edwards. Political scientist, Dr Bryce Edwards. Judith Collins’ National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher Luxon. For many commentators it’s just a question of “when” rather than “if” Collins is replaced. While ...3 days ago
- Kiwi Seafarers Endangered By Vaccine PolicyKiwi Seafarers continue to feel shortchanged by the New Zealand Government. On the 1st of December 2020 the UN general Assembly called for all Seafarers to be designated as Key Workers . International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack ...3 days ago
- Trading Military Equipment With Israel Is A Human Rights OutrageRevelations that foreign affairs officials have approved the sale of military equipment to a host of human-rights-abusing countries, including Israel, is an outrage. In recent years foreign affairs has been dominated by trade priorities with concerns ...3 days ago
- Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NTSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Quilty, Senior Staff Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital. Honorary, Australian National University A sizeable chunk of Northern Territory’s doctors are thinking about leaving the territory because of climate change, our new research shows. Our study, just published in The Lancet Planetary Health, ...4 days ago
- A tale of two terminals – splitting Auckland Airport in half
With the trans-Tasman bubble on the way, Auckland Airport has undertaken the unique challenge of splitting one airport into two. Matthew Scott went along to see what the parallel worlds look like. Birdsong is piped into an empty hallway. A message to nobody plays on the intercom. Luxury stores ...4 days ago - College Of General Practitioners Marks Death Of PatronThe Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is today marking the death of their patron, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Phillip had been patron of the College for 47 years, since he formally handed over ...4 days ago
- Short story: Tunnel Beach, by Rebecca Styles
"People are walking up the hill, as we walk down, with their hands on their hips, their faces red, or looking directly at the path, not game enough to look up to see how far they’ve got to go": a portrait of a relationship set in a Dunedin landmark, by ...4 days ago - Public Statement By The Governor-General – For HRH Prince PhilipIt was with great sadness that I received notification from Buckingham Palace that His Royal Highness Prince Philip has died at Windsor Castle. The death of His Royal Highness is a great loss to Her Majesty the Queen, the members of the Royal Family ...4 days ago
- RCS Statement On The Passing Of HRH The Duke Of EdinburghThe Royal Commonwealth Society expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal Commonwealth Society expresses its deepest sympathy and condolences to our Patron, Her Majesty ...4 days ago
- MNZ Expresses Sadness At Passing Of Prince Philip9 April 2021 Monarchy New Zealand today expresses its sadness at the passing of Queen of New Zealand’s consort, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Prince Philip died aged 99. Prince Philip is the longest-serving consort in New Zealand’s history. ...4 days ago
- Seymour Statement On Prince Philip"On behalf of ACT, I would like to express sincere condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family. "Prince Philip will be remembered for his long dedication to public service. He has selflessly contributed to a long period of stability ...4 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Saturday 10 April
Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. ...4 days ago - Newsroom's daily sudoku, Saturday 10 April
...4 days ago - Voyeurism beyond Hitchcock's wildest dreams
Critic's Chair: Guy Somerset salutes Losing Alice, a compelling eight-part psychological thriller showing on Apple TV+ Who doesn’t like a compliment, a bit of flattery? But, unless you happen to be Donald J Trump, when the flattery spills over into sycophancy you tend to get suspicious. Alice Ginor (Ayelet Zurer) ...4 days ago - Newsroom daily crossword, Saturday 10 April
...4 days ago - Pure As: Monica Falkner
WATCH: Silver Ferns shooter Monica Falkner talks about the pain of losing her dad, then fighting back from injury in part three of Pure As. Monica Falkner knows her dad, David, would have shed tears watching her finally play for the Silver Ferns against England last year - after five harrowing ...4 days ago - The laughable quest of saving a first home deposit in 2021Rampant house prices mean saving money for a deposit on a home is becoming increasingly fruitless. But just how long does it take in today’s market compared to a few years ago?Of all the essential and obscure pecuniary concepts that we learn throughout life, saving is one of those things ...4 days ago
- Moving on while looking back: How I dealt with unspeakable griefFrom the trauma of loss, Jean Sergent built a stage production that offers an invitation to others to embrace the radical possibility that things can get better.I’ve always been interested in death and dying – not the mechanics of it, but the social conditions. How death is prepared for, announced, ...4 days ago
- Whatever happened to Onzo bikes?For almost three years, Onzo’s black and yellow fleet littered New Zealand’s streets with an accessible and affordable two-wheel option. Then it vanished, leaving behind a trail of angry and perplexed customers. Auckland’s first dockless bike-share scheme has disappeared in much the same way it first arrived – quietly, mysteriously and ...4 days ago
- Brian Turner and the open spaceArdent disciple of mountain, valley, river and sky, Brian Turner is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated poets. Michelle Langstone travelled to his central Otago home to meet and hear the man who commands the language of the landscape.The landscape starts speaking to you from the turnoff on to the ...4 days ago
- An introvert’s ultimate birthday party: 24 hours alone in InvercargillGeorge Driver heads to the end of the Earth to spend his birthday alone in New Zealand’s forgotten city.“Don’t go to Invercargill.”I’d spent most of my life a couple of hours’ drive from Invercargill. But every time I considered going I was confronted with this advice: “Don’t go, it’s not ...4 days ago
- We found methane-eating bacteria living in a common Australian tree. It could be a game changer for ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Jeffrey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it’s ...4 days ago
- View from The Hill: Voters could wreak vengeance if Scott Morrison can’t get rollout back on trackSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Last week, people were falling over themselves to get vaccination appointments and had to be told, by their doctors and their government, to be patient. Patience is still needed — indeed, more than ever — ...4 days ago
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