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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 8:22 am, September 4th, 2021Your lack of understanding of this means dialogue with you is pointless. So far you have missed the point Wi Spa is a trans space. A place for trans people. Women are welcome there, but need to understand its a trans space instead of kicking off when they ...
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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 8:21 am, September 4th, 2021Your lack of understanding of this means dialogue with you is pointless. So far you have missed the point Wi Spa is a trans space. A place for trans people. Women are welcome there, but need to understand its a trans space instead of kicking off when they ...
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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 9:12 pm, September 3rd, 2021Science says you are wrong. Again... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19155947/
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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 2:40 pm, September 3rd, 2021Your reading comprehension isn't that great is it. Where have I called you a Karen? Once again, look at the complainant in the Wi Spa. You are being used. It IS a trans space. The man in the Auckland gym was NOT posing as a woman. He also filmed men. He ...
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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 1:57 pm, September 3rd, 2021You obviously missed the point. It IS a pro-trans space. Which you "claim" to support. But you have allowed yourself to become a willing idiot of the right wing Christian bigots. The complainant very obviously went there to be outraged. As I said, look at...
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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 1:56 pm, September 3rd, 2021You obviously missed the point. It IS a pro-trans space. Which you "claim" to support. But you have allowed yourself to become a willing idiot of the right wing Christian bigots. The complainant very obviously went there to be outraged. As I said, look at...
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Comment:Open mike 03/09/2021
Date published: 12:53 pm, September 3rd, 2021Regarding Wi Spa. It has a long history as a pro trans space. This is well known by the areas trans community. The complainants online footprint is full of MAGA / Christian / anti-trans messaging. The whole affair is akin to someone going to a nude beach ...
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Comment:Daily review 06/07/2021
Date published: 12:17 am, July 7th, 2021So the spa in question is known for being trans inclusive... "a patron at the business went viral for posting a video complaining that “a biological male” was in the women’s section, misgendering a trans woman who was allowed in Wi Spa’s female section ...
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Comment:Open mike 27/05/2021
Date published: 10:43 am, May 28th, 2021Kia Ora Foreign Weka. Thank you for the kind words and offer of support. That event was actually nearly 5 years ago, I do have a job now thank goodness. As I stated, it was to give the willfully unenlightened "reckons" above some idea of the labour market....
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Comment:Open mike 27/05/2021
Date published: 8:09 pm, May 27th, 2021Greywarshark, I couldn't agree more. This "Arbeit macht frei" baloney above makes me sick, Along with the comments about the "Society" "We" make. Honestly, I would expect to hear this sort of stuff on Kiwiblog or from the shade of Margaret Thatcher. Seeing...
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Comment:His work here is not yet done
Date published: 12:59 pm, May 1st, 2020He always struck me as the sort of person that if you had arranged to "have a beer" with him, he would have shown up late. Not asked once how you are or how you are doing. Taken off to talk with the attractive woman / famous person at the bar and left you ...
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Comment:Open mike 18/04/2020
Date published: 1:43 pm, April 18th, 2020Please stop repeating this LIE Wayne. They only increased benefits for parents by a $25 per week. It was not universal. You have consistently LIED with regard to this fact. Just stop it.
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Comment:Open mike 10/01/2020
Date published: 6:14 pm, January 10th, 2020Now now... DF has worked in newsrooms don't you know. Give him half a chance and he will tell you again. [Changed your user name to the one you used before here]
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Comment:Daily review 05/03/2019
Date published: 9:01 pm, March 5th, 2019And you probably wouldn't believe the VERY credible rumours about why John Key resigned. Lets just say it involved a female called XXX XXXXX. And old workmates were able to confirm certain aspects of the story. Or am I skating on thin ice there?
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Comment:Open mike 23/02/2019
Date published: 11:54 pm, February 23rd, 2019And that was quite a put down of West Auckland, way to go Soimon. I assume his PR team didn't vet that tweet.
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Comment:Open Mike 16/10/2017
Date published: 12:19 pm, October 16th, 2017You may want to have a read of these links, especially the Popular Mechanics article for the source of such claims. "Back to The Hill article, which claims an EMP attack by North Korea would kill "9 of 10 Americans by starvation and societal collapse." The...
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Comment:Bryan Bruce's documentary 'Who Owns NZ Now?'
Date published: 2:21 pm, September 13th, 2017I meant more that "The Block" continues to drive belief in the NZ property sector as a "do up and flick on" economy. And you can't move on the Spinoff without hitting "The Block" this and "The Block" that. All bought to you by sponsored and partnered ...
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Comment:Bryan Bruce's documentary 'Who Owns NZ Now?'
Date published: 1:30 pm, September 13th, 2017I refer to "The Spinoff" as "The Suck Up" nowadays. It does come across as rather envious of the fact that his production company has had successive projects funded (18 projects over 18 years!). And do the sums Duncan. $4.5 million divided by 18 equals $...
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Comment:Dear Winston.
Date published: 1:30 pm, August 30th, 2017Sorry Weka, not sure if that is directed at me. I assume so given where is sits in the thread. Hate to be a bore, but I am not judging Winston, just interpreting what the point of Bill's post was while assuming that those letters were sent across the board...
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Comment:Dear Winston.
Date published: 12:40 pm, August 30th, 2017True that. Sorry, given my mother receives one yearly I thought it was across the board. It may be that she receives one annually because she is a HNZ tenant.
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Comment:Dear Winston.
Date published: 12:15 pm, August 30th, 2017No, its a standard yearly letter sent to all those receiving a pension. My mother receives one every 12 months like clockwork asking about changes to living circumstances. It is the same with beneficiaries who need to inform WINZ / MSD of any change to the...
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Comment:National is telling fibs on housing
Date published: 10:04 am, August 29th, 2017A couple of other things that struck me during that "debate". When Adam's was asked what we she defined as affordable houses, she replied with "around 30-35% of your income spent on accommodation". Got that? Not actually owning a house, just spending that ...
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Comment:The 50th anniversary of the Six Day War
Date published: 10:36 am, June 6th, 2017"So what DTB do you think the Jews should have done? Keep doing what they had done for the previous 19 centuries – wander from country to country facing persecution and slaughter where ever they tried to settle? Or maybe you think the Jews should just ‘die...
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Comment:The media prepares for Key's final hurrah
Date published: 2:56 pm, March 19th, 2017Well, he was the Minister holding the intelligence portfolio at the time. The GCSB report to them... So, it's his responsibility - Because it's his goddamn job. One he was supposed to do properly along with a lot of other jobs he didn't really do that well...
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Comment:Open Mike 14/03/2017
Date published: 5:57 pm, March 14th, 2017I got ID checked last month - I was expecting it, but thought I would see how I went presenting my Community Services Card. After all, that is a piece of ID actually issued by MSD which is accepted many places. It worked fine, which is just as well as I do...
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Comment:Bill's bigoted drug reckons vs the evidence
Date published: 8:28 pm, March 1st, 2017Righto, my truly sincere apologies to Weka and especially B Waghorn. I really should have put on my thinking cap before instigating this crap with a poorly arranged attacked on an innocent party (who like I am saying of myself doesn't really have voice in ...
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Comment:Bill's bigoted drug reckons vs the evidence
Date published: 4:03 pm, March 1st, 2017Sorry Waghorn, you and Weka are both getting in ahead of me regarding replies. If YOU had paid any attention, you would notice I am posting on The Standard for the first time this week. I read The Standard for content, not for the comments. So, yes I am ...
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Comment:Bill's bigoted drug reckons vs the evidence
Date published: 3:51 pm, March 1st, 2017Hiya Weka, more than happy to engage with you. It was not an intentional sidestep - I was actually more engaged / enraged by Mr B and his accusations or being the Labour whipping boy for right wingers.. First off, I have already acknowledged I was having ...
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Comment:Bill's bigoted drug reckons vs the evidence
Date published: 2:46 pm, March 1st, 2017Wait, you know people without employment contracts? And you have not gone to MBIE and the Labour Inspectorate? Because "they’re just working the rules to the extent they can to make their small businesses work". Nice to know Labour supporters are such keen...
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Comment:Bill's bigoted drug reckons vs the evidence
Date published: 2:44 pm, March 1st, 2017So, Billy Boy can make some pretty sweeping assertions a large segment of the population who lack a voice, are over represented in our suicide statistics, not present any evidence and you stay quiet. I can make assertions about someone who is part of a ...
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Comment:Bill's bigoted drug reckons vs the evidence
Date published: 6:25 pm, February 28th, 2017You can call it hate, but I think you are suffering from poor reading comprehension skills (that is a skill sadly lacking in lot of New Zealanders) 1: The author of this piece points out it is an appeal to employers who will agree with his BS. I point to ...
- Gordon Campbell on Luxon in the NATO pressure cooker
New Zealand is one of six countries invited as onlookers to this week’s NATO summit in Washington. As such, PM Christopher Luxon will be made aware of the pressure on the 32 NATO member states (a) to increase their Defence spending (b) to become less militarily dependent on the US ...2 weeks ago - Bernard’s Dawn Chorus for Thursday July 11
TL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so on the morning of July 11 are:Climate: Climate Change Minister Simon Watts issued the National-ACT-NZ First Coalition Government’s climate strategy yesterday, including a three-page document with five bullet ...2 weeks ago - By George! Splendid streets take shape down south
The revitalisation of Auckland city centre, especially around Wynyard Quarter, Te Komititanga, and Queen Street, is top of mind for Greater Auckland readers – but other cities around Aotearoa New Zealandare installing people-friendly streets. This guest post by Jessica de Heij, who grew up in the Netherlands and is an ...2 weeks ago
- Bernard's Pick 'n' Mix for Thursday, July 11
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 7:30 am on July 11 are:Scoop: NZ First Minister acted 'contrary to law’. Casey Costello has been severely reprimanded by the Chief Ombudsman and forced ...2 weeks ago - The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Thursday, July 11
TL;DR: The top six announcements, rulings, reports, surveys, statistics and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the day to 6:00 am on Thursday, July 11 are:Economy: Te Pūtea Matua The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced its Monetary Policy Committee decided to hold the ...2 weeks ago - Farmers’ revenge meets Green resistance
If there was one issue that united farmers in opposition to the Labour Government, it was the battle of the waterways between farmers and Environment Minister David Parker. Parker won the first round with his 2020 National Policy Standard on Freshwater Management (NPSFM) which imposed tough new standards on waterways ...2 weeks ago
- Personal Reflections: 10th July
Please note: This is a personal reflection and does not refer to politics. These entries are not sent to subscribers.Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedHubris and Pride Out of the fire and into the frying pan? Swimming with the big sharks Tonight, I am excited. ...2 weeks ago - Oh Vienna
2 weeks ago - Geoffrey Miller: New Zealand forges deeper ties with NATO
Christopher Luxon is finding his foreign policy feet. Now eight months into the job, New Zealand’s Prime Minister is in Washington DC this week to attend the NATO summit. It is the third year in a row that Wellington has been invited to the annual gathering of the North Atlantic ...2 weeks ago - Climate Change: National’s carbon capture fantasy
As the climate crisis has grown worse, the tactics of the polluting industries have shifted. From denying climate change, they then moved on to pushing "carbon capture" - dumping their emissions underground rather than in the atmosphere. It's a PR scam, intended to prolong the life of the industry we ...2 weeks ago - Harsh Truths.
2 weeks ago - Explainer: Simeon Brown's CCUS Announcement
Sources for the data and research:Peter Milne: Time’s up on Gorgon’s five years of carbon storage failureSimon Holmes a Court: "Does best CCS power station in world provide model for Australia?" Chris Vanderstock: "The truth about Carbon Capture and Storage" "Sunk Costs": documenting CCS's failure to meet every, single, target, ...2 weeks ago
- The Kiwirail Interislander saga continues
This morning, 1 News is reporting that the cancellation of the i-Rex ferries has so far cost taxpayers $484 million.That's almost half a billion dollars. That could probably fund thousands of new doctors, maybe complete a few hospital rebuilds, or how about money for our experienced police so they don’t ...2 weeks ago - Bernard’s Chorus for Wednesday, July 10
As foreshadowed in legislation passed quietly under urgency just before Christmas, the Transport Minister has personally watered down standards for car imports in a way expected to add millions of tonnes to our climate emissions Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate ...2 weeks ago - Christopher Luxon's business acumen
It’s April, and the relatively new Prime Minister of New Zealand is on his first overseas mission to South East Asia.Christopher Luxon walks into the room. A warm smile on his face. A hand extended to his counterpart.“We are open for business,” he says confidently. “New Zealand is under new ...2 weeks ago - Meet New Zealand's Russell Brand?
Hi,There is an all too common story within the guru community, and we see it play out again and again. The end is nearly always the same — a trail of victims and confusion left in the guru’s wake.As seen in the recent case of Russell Brand, the guru simply ...2 weeks ago - Why is the Government flooring it on unsafe speeds?
Feedback closes midnight Thursday 11 July, on the draft speed-setting rule. See our previous post on the subject for details, and guidance on having your say. Among other things, it proposes to raise speeds in cities back up to a universal 50km/h (with no option of 30km/h), and will restrict safe ...2 weeks ago - American Boy
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some dayTake me to New York, I'd love to see LAI really want to come kick it with youYou'll be my American boy…Love letters straight from the heart. Hmm, I think that’s a different tune, but that’s where we’ll begin. With ...2 weeks ago - Bernard's Pick 'n' Mix for Wednesday, July 10
Photo by Jannis Brandt on UnsplashTL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 7:00 am are:Investigation: Benefitting from the misery of others. Over 40% of emergency housing funding went to a concentrated group ...2 weeks ago - The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Wednesday, July 10
Photo by Mr Cup / Fabien Barral on UnsplashTL;DR: The top six announcements, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the day to 6:30 am on Wednesday, July 10 are:Climate: Minister for Transport Simeon Brown announced changes to the Clean Car Importer Standard that ...2 weeks ago - How rural families are saving thousands with electric vehicles
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daisy Simmons (Photo credit: Automotive Rhythms / CC BY-NC 2.0) Some people thought Juliana Dockery and her husband Sean were being impractical when they bought an electric vehicle in 2022. Why? Like one in five Americans, they live in a rural area ...2 weeks ago - Climate Change: What’s left of the Emissions Reduction Plan?
In 2019, Parliament, in a supposed bipartisan consensus, passed the Zero Carbon Act. The Act established long-term emissions reduction targets, and a cycle of five-yearly budgets and emissions reduction plans to meet them, with monitoring by the independent Climate Change Commission. In theory this was meant to ensure that the ...3 weeks ago
- The President They Have Got.
“This cannot be real life!” Confronted with the choice of recommitting themselves to the myth of Joe Biden, or believing the evidence of their own eyes, those Americans not already committed to Donald Trump will reach out instinctively for the President they wish they had – blind to the President they ...3 weeks ago
- Has Progressivism Peaked?
Let’s Go Crazy! AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) rarks-up the voters of New York’s 16th Congressional District.HAVE WE MOVED past peak progressivism? Across the planet, there are signs that the surge of support for left-wing causes and personalities, exemplified by the election of the democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC) to the US House ...3 weeks ago
- The Kākā’s Dawn Chorus for July 9
TL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:Labour may be looking at signing up for an Irish style 33% inheritance tax instead of or as well as a capital gains tax;Sam Stubbs has proposed the Government sell ...3 weeks ago - Mr Luxon goes to Washington.
Once fastened servile now your getting sharpMoving oh so swiftly with such disarmI pulled the covers over him shoulda' pulled the alarmTurned to my nemesis a fool no fucking godTuesday morning usually provides something to write about with a regular round of interviews for the Prime Minister across Newshub, TVNZ, ...3 weeks ago - Kiwirail at Councils Transport & Infrastructure Committee
Last week at the Council’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee, Kiwirail gave an update about the state of the network and the work they’re doing to get it ready for the opening of the City Rail Link. There were a few aspects that stood out to me so I’ve pulled them ...3 weeks ago
- Bernard's Pick 'n' Mix for Tuesday, July 9
Photo by City Church Christchurch on UnsplashTL;DR: The top six links elsewhere I’ve spotted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day to 8:00 am are:Scoop: Waipareira Trust political donations probe referred to Charities Registration Board NZ Herald-$$$’s Matt NippertScoop: Migrant whistleblowers speak out after ...3 weeks ago - What’s next after Supreme Court curbs regulatory power: More focus on laws’ wording, less on the...
This article by Robin Kundis Craig, Professor of Law, University of Kansas is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Federal Chevron deference is dead. On June 28, 2024, in a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old legal tenet that when a federal ...3 weeks ago
- The Parent Zone
Hi,I am about to wing my way back to New Zealand for the Webworm popup this Saturday in Auckland — can’t wait to see some of you there! In the meantime, I highly recommend the latest pet thread over on the Webworm app. All I’ll say is that readers here ...3 weeks ago - Tuesday: The Kākā’s Journal of Record for July 9
Photo by Alex Zaj on UnsplashTL;DR: The top six announcements, speeches, news conferences reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the day to 6:00 am on Tuesday, July 9 are:Politics: Full news conference: 'Please resign', Chloe Swarbrick tells Darleen Tana RNZ VideoPaper: Increasing speed ...3 weeks ago - Breaking up is so hard to do
The fundamental weakness of the waka jumping legislation is once again on display, as the Greens seem reluctant to trigger it to remove Darleen Tana from Parliament altogether. Tana has been suspended from the Greens Caucus while it had barrister Rachel Burt investigate allegations that she had been involved in ...3 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on the elections in France, Iran and Britain
As Werewolf predicted a week ago, it was premature to call Emmanuel Macron’s snap election call “a bitter failure” and “a humiliating defeat” purely on the basis of the first round results. In fact, it is the far-right that has suffered a crushing defeat. It has come in third in ...3 weeks ago
- The UK needs proportional representation
Like a lot of people, I spent Friday watching the UK election. There's the obvious joy at seeing the end of 14 years of Tory chaos, but at the same time the new government does not greatly enthuse me. In order to win over the establishment, Starmer has moved UK ...3 weeks ago
- Bernard's Chorus for Monday, July 8
TL;DR: Thanks for the break, and now I’m back. These are the top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so:Chris Bishop’s pledge to ‘flood the market’ with land to build new houses both out and up remains dependent ...3 weeks ago - French Left Wins Big
Usually I start with some lyrics from the song at the end of the newsletter, to set the mood. But today I’m going to begin with a bit of a plea. About six weeks ago I decided to make more of my writing public with the hope that people would ...3 weeks ago - Going for Housing Growth: Filling the housing donut?
Hot take: it should be affordable to live in Auckland. You may not be surprised to learn I’m not the only one with this hot take. Indeed, the Minister of Housing recently took the notable step of saying house prices should come down, something common wisdom says should be a politically ...3 weeks ago
- Bernard's Pick 'n' Mix for Monday July 9
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Monday, July 9, the top six links elsewhere I’ve spotted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so are:Scoop: Probation officer sacked for snooping is linked to alleged spy Jian Yang. Corrections dismissed Xu Shan over his ...3 weeks ago - The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Monday, July 8
Photo by Amador Loureiro on UnsplashTL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Monday, July 8, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last three days were:Local Government Minister Simeon Brown announced the Coalition Government would not be responding to ...3 weeks ago - The Kākā’s diary for the week to July 15 and beyond
TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to July 15 include:PM Christopher Luxon is travelling to Washington this week to attend a NATO meeting running from Tuesday to Thursday. Parliament is not sitting this week.The RBNZ is expected to hold the OCR on ...3 weeks ago - 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #27
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 30, 2024 thru Sat, July 6, 2024. Story of the week Our Story of the Week is brought to us by Dr. Ella Gilbert, a researcher with the British ...3 weeks ago
- The Great Splintering: Thoughts on the British Election
I can remember 1997. Even living on the other side of the world, having a Scottish father and Welsh grandfather meant I acquired a childhood knowledge of British politics via family connections (and general geekery). And yes, I inherited the dark legends of that evil folk-devil, Margaret Thatcher. So when ...3 weeks ago
- Carbon capture framework to reduce emissions
A Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) framework has been released by the Coalition Government for consultation, providing an opportunity for industry to reduce net CO2 emissions from gas use and production, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says. “Our Government is committed to reducing red tape and removing barriers to drive investment ...3 weeks ago - Faster consenting with remote inspections
The Government is progressing a requirement for building consent authorities to use remote inspections as the default approach so building a home is easier and cheaper, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Building anything in New Zealand is too expensive and takes too long. Building costs have increased by ...3 weeks ago
- Revision programme presented to Parliament
A new revision programme enabling the Government to continue the progressive revision of Acts in New Zealand has been presented to Parliament, Attorney-General Judith Collins announced today. “Revision targets our older and outdated or much-amended Acts to make them more accessible and readable without changing their substance,” Ms Collins says. ...3 weeks ago
- Government aligns Clean Car Importer Standard with Australia to reduce vehicle prices for Kiwis
The Government will be aligning the Clean Car Importer Standard with Australia in order to provide the vehicle import market with certainty and ease cost of living pressures on Kiwis the next time they need to purchase a vehicle, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“The Government supports the Clean Car Importer ...3 weeks ago
- NZQA Board appointments
Education Minister Erica Stanford has today announced three appointments to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). Kevin Jenkins has been appointed as the new Chair of the NZQA Board while Bill Moran MNZM has been appointed as the Deputy Chair, replacing Pania Gray who remains on the Board as a ...3 weeks ago
- Offshore wind farms avoid ‘unpopular’ fast-track for fear of taint
The contested South Taranaki Bight is eyed up by two industries: renewable energy want to work with locals, but seabed mining wants to speed past them on the fast-track The post Offshore wind farms avoid ‘unpopular’ fast-track for fear of taint appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 days ago - Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response
By Brooke Tindall, Queensland University of Technology With more than 50 Fijian villages earmarked for potential relocation in the next five to 10 years due to the climate crisis, Fijian journalists are committing themselves to amplifying the voices of those who face the challenges of climate change in their everyday ...3 days ago - ANZ is embroiled in allegations it manipulated government bond sales – what exactly does that mean...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney ANZ is being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) amid serious allegations the bank manipulated markets when it facilitated a A$14 billion sale of government bonds in April last year. ...3 days ago
- Māori survivors of abuse in state care want transformative action now
Gary Gerbes suffered horrific abuse in the 1950s and passed away in May, one of many who did not live to see the acknowledgement or apology. ...3 days ago - Abuse in care survivors hikoi to Parliament ahead of report release
The Chief Children's Commissioner is acknowledging the harm experienced by tamariki in the Abuse in Care report, but says abuse is still happening. ...3 days ago
- The twist in Twisters: for a film that doesn’t mention climate change, the latest disaster flick i...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Troon, Research Assistant and Sessional Teaching Associate, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University For decades, the “disaster” film genre has been critically overlooked yet perennially popular. These movies, which usually depict some kind of global catastrophe, deal with a ...3 days ago
- Cranberry juice really can help with UTIs – and reduce reliance on antibiotics
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Julie Falk/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Cranberry juice has been used medicinally for centuries. Our new research indicates it should be a normal aspect of urinary tract infection (UTI) management today. While some ...3 days ago
- Abuse In Care Inquiry Final Report Made Public, Commissioners Call For Reform And Redress
The report found abuse was rife in state and faith-based care settings and the state failed to respond to signs of systemic abuse and neglect. ...3 days ago - Abuse in Care: Changes recommended by the inquiry
Its 138 recommendations provide a clear pathway to help put right the deep harm done to survivors. ...3 days ago
- Anglican Church Response To Royal Commission Report On Abuse In State Care
We call on all who identify as Anglican; whether churches, schools or agencies to study this report and its recommendations and to commit themselves to the principles and practices that ensure the highest standards of pastoral care. ...3 days ago
- Migrants forced to 'spill their guts' to the media – Green Party
Migrants wronged by the system shouldn't have to go through media campaigns to be heard, the party says. ...3 days ago
- More time given for submissions on Education and Training Amendment Bill
It comes after some last-minute changes by associate minister of education David Seymour. ...3 days ago
- When it comes to political advertising, is AI ever OK?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in communication, Griffith University The Conversation, Tiktok,Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock The Liberal National Party Queensland (LNP) has recently taken a bold step in its political strategy by employing artificial intelligence (AI) to shape public perception of the current premier, Steven ...3 days ago
- Russia’s war in Ukraine has been devastating for animals – but they’ve also given the nation r...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iryna Skubii, Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused immense suffering to the civilian population. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed, though an exact ...3 days ago
- IHC Slams Winston Peters' Use Of Retard As An Insult In Parliament
We must have a more thoughtful, inclusive, and empathetic approach to language. ...3 days ago
- Lawyers For Survivors Support Royal Commission’s Call For Urgent Action
Christopher Luxon and his Government have the opportunity to do what no Government has done to date and provide the redress and support for survivors that they are entitled to. ...3 days ago
- ‘I’m even more concerned’: a survivor’s response to the final abuse in care report
Despite the many, many recommendations in today’s final inquiry report, there’s still some glaring omissions, writes Steve Goodlass. I’ve previously been critical about the abuse in care inquiry’s productivity and the actual independence of the inquiry process. The final report and its recommendations haven’t shifted that viewpoint – in fact, ...3 days ago - Let’s Honour The Survivors Of Abuse In Care By Making Real Change
Chief Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad says the decades of abuse and pain experienced by children and young people while in the care of the State and faith-based institutions is a national shame. ...3 days ago
- The Health & Disability Commissioner Acknowledges The Final Report Of The Royal Commission Of In...
Many of the recommendations are consistent with the Code of Rights which gives people using health and disability services the right to complain, and requires providers to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy resolution of complaints. ...3 days ago
- Anglican Trust For Women And Children Acknowledges Abuse In Care Royal Commission Report
ATWC will take time to work through the report and its recommendations, and encourages anyone with an historic abuse claim or complaint to come forward, this can be done confidentially through our website. ...3 days ago
- Catholic Church Thanks Royal Commissioners For Their Final Report
We acknowledge that the abuse of people in the care of the Church is real & the failures of Church leaders in responding to reports are real. The impacts of these are present today; for survivors, their whānau, for faith communities, & for society. This is ...3 days ago
- ‘It’s a national disgrace’: responses to the abuse in care inquiry’s final report
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- Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant
RNZ Pacific About 4500 Bougainvillean residents now back a lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto. This is an additional 1500 people from the autonomous Papua New Guinea region joining the action since it was filed in May this year. Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama said the lawsuit was disappointing and was ...3 days ago
- Watch: PM Christopher Luxon, lead Minister Erica Stanford respond to Abuse in Care report
The government has acknowledged that what happened at Lake Alice was torture, as the much broader 3000-page report on abuse in care is made public. ...3 days ago
- Righting the wrongs of the past: The abuse in care inquiry’s key recommendations
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has released its final report on the abuse and neglect of an estimated 200,000 people while in state or faith-based care in Aotearoa. It makes 138 recommendations that, if accepted, could have far-reaching consequences. After six years and many delays, the ...3 days ago
- A long list of ministers and leaders found at fault for allowing abuse in care
The 112 politicians and senior public servants who oversaw decades of harm and neglect, plus those who have been asked to apologise. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care final report finds that a successive list of senior ministers and public servants were at fault for allowing, or ...3 days ago
- Govt takes blame, will apologise to children abused and tortured in state care
Warning: this story contains details about sexual and physical abuse, including of children After decades of abuse and cover-ups the Government has formally acknowledged children were tortured at the hands of the state. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has found that over the course of five ...3 days ago
- Government bill dumped after minister fails to shows up in Parliament
The bill was supposed to have its first reading at Parliament on Wednesday, but Social Development Minister Louise Upston was absent from the House when it was called. ...3 days ago
- Yes, Australia’s environment is on a depressing path – but $7 billion a year would transform it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University The condition of Australia’s environment continues to decline. Many Australians wonder if it’s possible to reverse this depressing trajectory – and our landmark assessment released today shows the answer is ...3 days ago
- TikTok users are now using grassroots fundraising to help people in Gaza
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Lewis, Research Fellow in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), and the Emerging Technologies Lab, Monash University As Israel’s military assault and siege of Gaza continues, Palestinians face increasingly hostile and inhumane conditions. Israel ...3 days ago
- New Northland expressway plan gets thumbs-up from businesses
This week's announcement has given one business leader hope it will be completed during his lifetime. ...3 days ago
- What’s the difference between ‘strep throat’ and a sore throat? We’re developing a vaccine f...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Davis, General paediatrician and paediatric infectious diseases specialist, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Prostock-studio/Shutterstock What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they matter. It’s ...3 days ago
- ‘You can revoke my citizenship now’: the classic NZ novel Sue Copsey didn’t finish
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: children’s author and editor Sue Copsey (who is also the novelist Olivia Hayfield). The book I wish I’d written Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall series, in particular The Mirror ...3 days ago
- Live: Abuse in care survivors hikoi to Parliament ahead of report release
Dozens are taking part in the hīkoi ahead of the release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry's final report. ...3 days ago
- Government bill dumped after no one shows up in Parliament
The bill was supposed to have its first reading at Parliament on Wednesday, but Social Development Minister Louise Upston was absent from the House when it was called. ...3 days ago
- ‘Kamala IS brat’: how the power of pop music has influenced 60 years of US elections
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Hours after United States President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, British musician Charli XCX endorsed Vice President Kamala ...3 days ago
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ANALYSIS: By Sara Oscar, University of Technology Sydney The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who were standing at the stage before the shooting commenced. The most widely circulated photograph of this event was taken by Evan Vucci, a Pulitzer Prize ...3 days ago
- Paid parental leave changes 'would help blended families'
The Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament, and would offer more flexibility for paid parental leave. ...3 days ago
- Treasury data shows insurers honing in on flood-risk properties
Homes in high-risk flood areas are copping hundreds and even thousands of dollars in extra premiums as insurers start to factor in individual addresses, new data shows. ...3 days ago
- FraudGPT and other malicious AIs are the new frontier of online threats. What can we do?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bayu Anggorojati, Assistant Professor, Cyber Security, Monash University The internet, a vast and indispensable resource for modern society, has a darker side where malicious activities thrive. From identity theft to sophisticated malware attacks, cyber criminals keep coming up with new scam ...3 days ago
- Cyclone Gabrielle: Review finds major failings in Hawke's Bay Regional Council response
Serious concerns have been raised about a lack of planning for floods that exceeded stopbanks in a 260-page report. ...3 days ago
- Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces
By Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite the appointment of Fiji and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers to negotiate the visit. Pacific Island leaders have for more than a decade requested the ...3 days ago
- ‘We have one’: The local landmark Jemaine Clement tried to get in Time Bandits
Alex Casey talks to Jemaine Clement, executive producer, writer and star of Apple TV’s Time Bandits reboot, about bringing the beloved fantasy film home. Jemaine Clement was just seven years old when he mooched along to Masterton’s Regent 3 Cinemas to watch Terry Gilliam’s 1981 time travel adventure film Time ...3 days ago
- Ferry-Tale Reporting Of Poll Misrepresents True Cost Of iReX
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the reporting of a Talbot Mills poll claiming that there is more opposition than support for the government’s decision to cancel the iReX ferry project. ...3 days ago
- Acceleration Of Expressway Will Be Transformative For Northland Economy Says EMA
The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says the Government’s decision to accelerate the delivery of a new expressway to Whangārei is welcome news for businesses across the region and will help transform the Northland economy. ...3 days ago
- Who will win Olympic rugby sevens gold? Our algorithm uses 10,000 simulations to rank the teams
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The speed, skill and flair on display in rugby sevens makes it an ideal Olympic sport. The Paris games should be no exception, especially given France’s own great rugby tradition. ...3 days ago
- Lawyers For Survivors Welcome The Royal Commission’s Final Report
Cooper Legal celebrates and welcomes the tabling of the Royal Commission’s final report, Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light (“Whanaketia”), but also remembers those survivors who have died waiting for accountability. ...3 days ago
- Māori Wards: Govt Putting Racism Before Rational Decisions – ActionStation
Advocates from ActionStation say the Coalition Government is putting their political agenda of racism ahead of rational decisions when it comes to Māori wards and local decision making. ...3 days ago
- Taxpayers And Ratepayers Must Stop Funding ‘Rebel Business School’ Rort
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on councils and government agencies to cease funding of Rebel Business School after it was revealed using offical information laws that almost $2 million of taxpayer and ratepayer money has been spent on the scheme. ...3 days ago
- New Health NZ commissioner hesitates to express confidence in CEO
Analysis: Does Lester Levy have confidence in his chief executive, after two years in which she hasn’t balanced the books? ‘Fair question,’ he says. The post New Health NZ commissioner hesitates to express confidence in CEO appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Emissions Trading Scheme Could Put Remaining Greenhouse Growers Out Of Business
Changes to industrial allocation under the Emissions Trading Scheme could put remaining greenhouse tomato, cucumber and capsicum growers out of business. ...3 days ago
- Tensions flare, arrest as developer starts work on land subject to Treaty claim
Police have been called to a protest where opponents of a housing development say three people were trespassed and one was taken away in handcuffs. ...3 days ago
- Ten important things the first ever Where Are The Māori Audiences report tells us
The report commissioned by NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho shows a hunger for reo Māori content, despite Māori not using the platforms where that content is. The first ever Where Are The Māori Audiences report has been produced, providing an independent snapshot into the media behaviours, preferences, and ...3 days ago
- Chris Hipkins says Shane Reti should have acted earlier if 'farcical' Health NZ claims wer...
Labour says it would be "astounding" if the Health Minister did not respond urgently to being refused information by Health NZ. ...3 days ago
- Far North mayor wants work to begin on new mega-project road as soon as possible
Moko Tepania says an expressway link with Auckland was already too late. ...3 days ago
- Is your child’s photo on their school Facebook page? What does this mean for their privacy?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karley Beckman, Senior Lecturer in Digital Technologies for Learning, University of Wollongong Karolina Kaboompics/ Pexels, CC BY If you search most primary or high school websites, you will likely find a images of happy, smiling children. Students images are also ...3 days ago
- The mana of digging a grave
On learning an underappreciated but vitally important skill. It has been almost a decade since I was called on to help dig my first grave. By my count I’m up to six now, but it could possibly be more. I was 19 years old and in my second year at ...3 days ago
- People with disability know bodies can be funny – so it’s OK that you’re laughing at the Paral...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Clifton, Associate Professor of Practice, School of Health Sciences and the Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Our bodies are delightfully ridiculous. When God created humanity, they knew our short lives would be full of pain, hardship ...3 days ago
- Nude athletes and fights to the death: what really happened at the ancient Olympics
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne The first recorded victor at the Olympics was Coroebus of Elis. A cook by profession, Coroebus won the event called the “stadion” – a footrace of just under 200 metres, run in a ...3 days ago
- Small modular reactors have promise. But we found they’re unlikely to help Australia hit net zero ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Golden Sikorka/Shutterstock Australia’s clean energy transition is already underway, driven by solar, wind, batteries and new transmission lines. But what about nuclear? Opposition leader Peter Dutton last month committed ...3 days ago
- Interislander: More opposition than support for ferry project cancellation, poll finds
A new poll by Talbot Mills suggests more New Zealanders oppose the decision to cancel the ferry contract than support it. ...3 days ago
- What you need to know ahead of the abuse in care inquiry report
The report comes to about 3,000 pages and contains dozens of heartbreaking stories, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund in this extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. At 4pm today, ...3 days ago
- Social robot or digital avatar, users interact with this AI technology as if it’s real
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigitte Viljoen, Psychotherapist and Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology Humans are interacting more than ever with artificial intelligence (AI) – from the development of the first “social robots” (a robot with a physical body programmed to interact and engage with humans) like ...3 days ago
- Andrew Little on the Biden backdown: 'Ego is important, but it can't be everything'
The decision by Joe Biden to back out of the US presidential race shows Biden is able to put the good of the country above his own ego, says former NZ Labour Party leader Andrew Little. ...3 days ago
- The Gen X-ers taking over Parliament, boardrooms and our biggest arts institutions
A majority of our MPs, and listed chief executives are now Gen X. How has this generational coup changed the country? ...3 days ago
- The lonely grief of baby loss and infertility
For those who lose a baby pre-birth or shortly after, grief is often unacknowledged. Those who know are trying to change things. Roses surround the balcony outside Kelly’s bedroom. There’s five rose bushes, each planted with the remains of a lost baby. For four years she and her partner have ...3 days ago
- What the hell’s going on with St John?
Frontline ambulance officers at ‘breaking point’ are stepping up strike action, but their employer says everything’s fine. So how is our national ambulance provider funded, what are the workers’ concerns, and whose job is it to fix them? This week, First Union ambulance officers are intensifying strike action around the ...3 days ago
- Unexpected success hiring nurses drives Health NZ deficit
Health NZ’s chief executive says nurse recruitment will need to be reined in to stay within future Budgets, suggesting at least a degree of underfunding The post Unexpected success hiring nurses drives Health NZ deficit appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Former head transport advisor calls speed limit plan ‘mystifying’
Transport expert Simon Kingham has slammed the plan to lift speed limits as anti-evidence, anti-communities and anti-safety The post Former head transport advisor calls speed limit plan ‘mystifying’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Animal welfare committee must consider more than just animal welfare
The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee may support the plan to bring back live exports The post Animal welfare committee must consider more than just animal welfare appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Unexpected success hiring nurses drove Health NZ deficit
Health NZ’s chief executive says nurse recruitment will need to be reined in to stay within future Budgets, suggesting at least a degree of underfunding The post Unexpected success hiring nurses drove Health NZ deficit appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- When tech fails, we need to rely on each other much more
Opinion: As with natural disasters, technological vulnerabilities should make us realise how vital it is to know our neighbours The post When tech fails, we need to rely on each other much more appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 24 July
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- Time to think about ageing
In five years’ time, one in five New Zealanders will be over retirement age. But there are concerns that older people still seem to be invisible citizens. We are currently in the middle of what’s been designated the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing, which has prompted organisations in the sector ...3 days ago
- Daily crossword, Wednesday 24 July
The post Daily crossword, Wednesday 24 July appeared first on Newsroom. ...3 days ago
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