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Comment:Phil Goff's balls
Date published: 5:10 pm, October 29th, 2011Women who describe themselves as ballsy are saying they are like men. That's the point of using that term. Hence the post - Goff is deliberately using a term to that describes strength in terms of gender. He could just have easily used a gender-neutral ...
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Comment:Phil Goff's balls
Date published: 5:04 pm, October 29th, 2011Uppity wimmin with no sense of timing derailing faultless Labour on the Brink of a Brilliant Come Back. Next thing you know they'll be wanting wimmin's issues like abortion back on the agenda. Feck'n bad sports ruining everything. Why don't they just STFU ...
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Comment:This is how you win
Date published: 4:39 pm, October 29th, 2011I'm afraid I have to go with Matthew Hooten's assessment (see Dim Post): "National was deliberately trying to kill the audience for Labour and the Greens. Brilliant strategy, executed even better." Because nothing else makes sense.
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Comment:Opening addresses for your convenience
Date published: 4:37 pm, October 29th, 2011Yep all those no hoper solo teenage mums like Metiria Turei, sitting on their arses at the taxpayers expense, breeding for business. Wot they need is someone to crack down on them. (But seriously - the DPB is on a par with those who have been successful? ...
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Comment:Opening addresses for your convenience
Date published: 4:34 pm, October 29th, 2011His supporters don't care about the policy details, just so long as he promises to give young people and beneficiaries a hard time. I mean, if they cared about the details they would know it is illegal for any retailer to sell anyone under 20 alcohol and ...
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Comment:Undesirables for Banks
Date published: 8:24 pm, October 25th, 2011Why is everyone assuming these are by Labour/the left? I an just as easily see them being spread by a pissed-off Rodney Hide supporter, or a supporter of ACT who is annoyed at how their party has been taken over by Brash and Banks.
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Comment:Friends like these
Date published: 9:42 pm, October 24th, 2011Urm, back to Don Brash - scouting around for a new job at an international agency/bank?? Sees no future deserving of his talents in NZ?
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Comment:Downgrade aftershocks continue
Date published: 3:10 pm, October 4th, 2011They're both in the fulltime paid work force so the kid goes to daycare no matter who pays. Just now it's free - i.e. paid for by taxpayer - giving them a bit of extra money each week for their hobby of property speculation. Far better that money goes ...
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Comment:Downgrade aftershocks continue
Date published: 1:52 pm, October 4th, 2011"I don’t recall any middle income tax cut and I don’t recall any structural budget deficit (we were still paying off debt post 2005). It’s my understanding that our economic woes spring not from re-distributive policies, but from a speculative housing ...
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Comment:Caption contest
Date published: 2:55 pm, September 7th, 2011It's okay, I've had a vasectomy you know.
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Comment:A politician makes promises; a leader keeps them
Date published: 1:06 pm, September 7th, 2011Close the gap with Australia
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Comment:A politician makes promises; a leader keeps them
Date published: 1:05 pm, September 7th, 2011High standards for his ministers
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Comment:A politician makes promises; a leader keeps them
Date published: 12:54 pm, September 7th, 2011Not to cut any frontline public services
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Comment:The war on drugs is lost
Date published: 2:51 pm, June 17th, 2011Yep, because our approach to alcohol has been *such* a success!
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Comment:Rearranging the deck chairs
Date published: 11:12 am, June 1st, 2011Efficiency is desirable but not at the expense of effectiveness. Which is why each case needs to be looked at on its merits - there are some examples where small independent agencies have a purpose that is lost if they lose their size and independence* - ...
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Comment:Rearranging the deck chairs
Date published: 10:45 am, June 1st, 2011I think the problem here is one of ideology and fashion. First, it was fashionable to point out all the problems of scale and conglomeration. And the fashionable solution was to decentralise. Then the problems of decentralisation were identified and so ...
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Comment:I know it is picky - but it is Friday..
Date published: 3:24 pm, May 22nd, 2011Shame they didn't get him to say "interest rates"
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Comment:Caption Competition
Date published: 7:36 pm, May 9th, 2011What makes more noise than one dinosaur...?
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Comment:The Guantanamo files
Date published: 11:57 am, April 28th, 2011Thanks Wikileaks. Again.
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Comment:What next for Rodney?
Date published: 1:03 pm, April 27th, 2011Fran recommends he becomes the next Roger Kerr: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10721683 I'd vote for that!
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Comment:Waitangi up close
Date published: 1:57 am, February 8th, 2011The Waitangi Day celebration should be moved around the country. Every ten years back at Waitangi them off to a Marae in Invercargill, Hamilton, Christchurch, Napier, Dunedin, New Plymouth, Picton, Palmerston North, Greymouth before going back to Waitangi ...
- Ask Me Anything about the week to May 26
It’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for an hour from midday (my apologies for the late start today), including:the Government’s payment of $130 million of Climate Emergency Fund money to NZ Steel to help it cut ...1 week ago - NZ Politics Daily: 26 May 2023
1NEWS KANTAR POLL Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Poll: ‘If the Greens can’t get it together, the left will be in opposition’ Felix Desmarais (1News): Poll: National, ACT have numbers to govern, Luxon lags in preferred PM Felix Desmarais (1News): ‘Disastrous’: Greens on possible National-ACT coalition Claire Trevett (Herald): Whether the poll ...1 week ago - National Sorry Day.
Today in Australia it is National Sorry Day, where our cousins across the Tasman reflect on how Aborigines have been treated since Europeans arrived.An event held annually in Australia on 26 May, commemorating the Stolen Generations. It is part of the ongoing efforts towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.A ...1 week ago - Dawn Chorus: National/Act edge aheadNational/ACT would have 62 seats in a 120 seat Parliament if the latest poll results were replicated in the October election, but micro-movements around the median and the size of Te Pāti Māori’s caucus will decide who governs. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: National/ACT could govern alone after October ...1 week ago
- Weekly Roundup 26-May-2023
Welcome to Friday – again! Hard to believe we’re almost in June. Here’s our latest roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. The Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt covered the transport highlights from this year’s Budget. On Tuesday, Matt asked if the end is ...1 week ago - Reserve Bank governor in good company
What should one make of the Reserve Bank Governor’s extraordinary donation of a hostage to fortune in forecasting an end to interest rate hikes? Conspiracy theorists will be scratching their tinfoil hats and mumbling about positioning for a whacking great payoff on being forced out by a new government. ...1 week ago - Our Maori Future.
1 week ago - Too close to call
National will be buoyed, and Labour possibly slightly depressed after last night’s One News Kantar poll. National and ACT on 48 per cent with 62 seats between them, enough to form a Government. Meanwhile, Labour was down one per cent to 35, and the Greens dropped four per cent ...1 week ago - Skeptical Science New Research for Week #21 2023
105 articles in 60 journals by 644 contributing authors Physical science of climate change, effects A Possible Hysteresis in the Arctic Ocean due to Release of Subsurface Heat during Sea Ice Retreat, Beer et al., Journal of Physical Oceanography 10.1175/jpo-d-22-0131.1 Connections between Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Circulation Responses to ...1 week ago - Plenty to ponder on economy: while OCR stance softens, a widening current account deficit threatens ...
It’s been an eventful week for the New Zealand economy. On one side, the Reserve Bank was seen as putting the brakes on the Official Cash Rate, with a 25 basis points increase heralded as good news for mortgage-holders. On another, NZ’s record current account deficit is seen as posing ...1 week ago - Luxon kills the hopes of Townhouse NationLuxon told voters in Birkenhead yesterday that the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) that his deputy Nicola Willis shaped with Labour Housing Minister Megan Woods in 2021 were a mistake. File photo: Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: National Leader Christopher Luxon looks set to abandon within weeks the ...1 week ago
- We don't need another Zero
I have already found four different reasons today to walk down into the village, enjoy the blue sky and belated Autumn sun and put off writing, again, about the leader of the opposition. But here it comes anyway, because this guy —this policy dimwit on issues ranging from universality to ...1 week ago - Labour lectures rather than acts
Yesterday EECA launched its usual winter energy-saving campaign. Normally this is aimed at reducing energy usage, to reduce the risk of a blackout. If successful, it also reduces spot-market prices, so also reducing whining at the government from big corporate users. But this year, someone had the brilliant idea of ...1 week ago - Media Link: “A View from Afar:” Is Putin a dead man walking?
In the second episode of our podcast this year, Selwyn Manning and I discuss the stability and near-term future prospects for Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia. All is not well. ...1 week ago - THOMAS CRANMER: The state of Stuff – media ownership and transparency under scrutiny
Yesterday marked the third anniversary of Sinead Boucher’s acquisition of Stuff but questions still remain unanswered about the media group’s governance structure and the identity of its backers. Thomas Cranmer writes – As the general election looms, the media will play an increasingly critical role in presenting ...1 week ago - Past Budget spending shows up as Bushmasters arrive – and govt will hope to make a bang with $8m f...
Buzz from the Beehive Budget 2023 continues to provide grist for the mills of ministerial spin doctors charged with drawing favourable attention to the government’s largesse. Goodies generated by Defence appropriations in budgets past are winning headlines today, too. Defence Minister Andrew Little has been enthusing about the arrival of ...1 week ago - Gordon Campbell on America’s plunge into religious extremismYikes. If either Donald Trump or Florida governor Ron De Santis win next year’s presidential contest with Joe Biden, the commander-in-chief of the world’s greatest nuclear arsenal will be beholden to millions of voters who expect Armageddon to occur during their lifetimes. Unfortunately, the Republican Party is being led by ...1 week ago
- Hurrell’s message to Fonterra’s shareholders should also be encouraging to those who chart NZ’...It’s been a hard season for New Zealand’s dairy farmers, on which the country’s export economy so heavily depends, but the big co-op Fonterra has delivered a cheering message to the cowsheds this week. The news on the payout for the season just ending may not be so cheerful, ...1 week ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 25 May 2023ECONOMY, BUDGET, TAX Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Welcome to the age of the Bleurghget (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post0: Adrian Orr and his committee give Grant Robertson’s Budget a pass mark (paywalled) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Hipkins crowds Luxon’s post-budget space (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Orr v Willis; a credibility battle (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan and Rachel Sadler ...1 week ago
- Spring wildfires in the eastern US got off to a roaring start this yearThis story by Katie Myers was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Spring fire season is a regular occurrence in the eastern U.S. It’s not nearly as dramatic as what’s seen ...1 week ago
- CRL Delay Implications for Other ProjectsBack in March we learnt about the change in cost and timeline for the City Rail Link. An article in the Herald the other day brought the issue of the timeline back up again Auckland’s $5.5 billion City Rail Link (CRL) will not open until sometime in 2026 or later, ...1 week ago
- 'We Will Restore Law & Order'
If I asked you what was likely to be on the news tonight what would you say?Something about the cost of living, could be. Or the war in the Ukraine, probably. A report of terrible weather on the way - yeah, that’s a good bet too. How about one on ...1 week ago - Orr v Willis; a credibility battleReserve Bank Governor and the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee yesterday ended up at odds with National’s Finance spokesperson, Nicola Willis, over whether the Budget was inflationary. Willis said it was. The exchange is looking like a significant test of Willis’s economic credibility. The MPS statement and the Governor’s media ...1 week ago
- Go to Galatea, if you want to differ from other schools and be inspired by a celebrated Dutch artistA bit of googling was necessary to find out about Galatea School – Te Kura o Kuhawaea. Its website says it is a small rural school, opened in 1935 and nestled under the Te Urewera Ranges, opened in 1935, among lush green dairy farms and beside various forest plantations. It ...1 week ago
- Letter of apology from Zoo Miami
On behalf of everyone at Zoo Miami, please accept our most sincere apology to the New Zealand National Party of New Zealand and the proud people of the LinkedIn tribe. It stunned us all to learn that Kiwi Chris the Robot Politician was in fact an actual person.This was not at ...1 week ago - Letter of apology from Zoo MiamiOn behalf of everyone at Zoo Miami, please accept our most sincere apology to the New Zealand National Party of New Zealand and the proud people of the LinkedIn tribe. It stunned us all to learn that Kiwi Chris the Robot Politician was in fact an actual person.This was not at ...1 week ago
- Still rottenIn the early 2000's, we learned that the New Zealand Police had covered up rape and sexual assault by police officers, because the criminals were their own, part of the gang. The resulting scandal led to prosecutions, sackings, a commission of inquiry, and a promise by police to change. But ...1 week ago
- Dogs decision delayed – but the horse-racing industry looks like a good bet (at least for now) aft...Buzz from the Beehive Money was profusely flowing or generously being committed in a raft of ministerial announcements and speeches over the past 24 hours. If we tallied all the dollar signs in all the new press statements on the government’s official website, billions would be involved. But in some ...1 week ago
- Recycle the ETS cash++ into emissions cuts here
A much better alternative than cash in consumers’ pockets would be emissions-reducing vouchers or spending that effectively ‘buys’ even more emissions reductions through, for example, bigger discounts on public transport and electric bikes, solar panel installation vouchers and discounted energy-efficient appliances and lights. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / T… ...1 week ago - The Great Donkey Special.
Hi all,I’ve been getting lots of nice feedback about my newsletter from yesterday, Laughing with Donkeys. Which is nice, but feels a bit sad considering most people can only read the first part of it. I was particularly keen to share the end of Jacinda’s WHO speech as it summed ...1 week ago - NZ Politics Daily: 24 May 2023ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (Stuff): National using AI for attack ads: The AI political campaign has arrived Jenna Lynch (Newshub): National uses realistic-looking AI-generated health workers, scared woman to front attack ads Herald: National Party uses AI in attack ads: Christopher Luxon ‘not aware’ Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): National leader Christopher ...1 week ago
- Miami Zoo Says it Will Immediately Stop Deranged Treatment of its Kiwi Bird
Hi,I’ve been on the phone to Miami all morning. After a bunch of emails overnight, I called Miami Zoo’s media department first thing, who told me I needed to talk to the mayor of Miami. Apparently “big” zoo business was dealt with by the mayor. So I called the City ...1 week ago - At a glance – Global cooling – is global warming still happening?On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...1 week ago
- Feeding that dark flame in men
1 week ago - Working from home and the paucity of GDPPaul Krugman's column today talks about the economics of increased working from home. The primary benefit? People don't have to waste a huge portion of their lives commuting. And while this is difficult to quantify, the impact is huge: it’s not hard to make the case that the overall ...1 week ago
- THOMAS CRANMER: New Zealand’s Thin Blue LineThe Parliament Protests and the Posie Parker Rally have exposed the extent to which the Police frontline is under-resourced and under-funded. Thomas Cranmer writes – Soaring levels of crime and high profile protests at Parliament and the Posie Parker rally have made policing a political hot topic ...1 week ago
- Rachel Brooking hates waste – and she wants us to know about a $20m trough (funded by levies) to h...Buzz from the Beehive It was tempting – for a moment – to suggest Rachel Brooking become an Associate Minister of Finance to keep Grant Robertson on the straight and narrow. The temptation was triggered by Brooking’s speech (as Associate Minister for the Environment) to the WasteMINZ conference in Hamilton, ...1 week ago
- Why Budget 2023 is more austere than it appearsIf net migration keeps pounding along at a rate of over 100,000 per year the implications for the economy, residential land prices, interest rates and Government borrowing will be profound. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Stronger-than-forecast net migration and population growth looks set to make Labour’s last Budget before ...1 week ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 23 May 2023CLIMATE CHANGE, NZ STEEL DEAL Simon Wilson (Herald): Christopher Luxon gets it right and terribly wrong on NZ Steel deal (paywalled) Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Why did we give $140m to a shady Australian corporate? Because we had no choice Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): The NZ Steel carbon deal: shape of things to ...1 week ago
- The end in sight for bus disruption?It’s been a tough year for public transport users who have had to suffer through thousands of service cancellations, delays and rail network closures.
... 1 week ago - Geoffrey Miller: How successful was Chris Hipkins’ trip to Papua New Guinea?Chris Hipkins is blazing his way through New Zealand’s foreign policy. The New Zealand Prime Minister’s fast-but-furious visit to Papua New Guinea this week – which saw Hipkins spend just 23 hours in Port Moresby, the PNG capital – was the PM’s fourth such rapid international trip since he took ...1 week ago
- Laughing with Donkeys.
It sometimes occurs to me. When I’m thinking what to write about. That I spend an awful lot of time reading about idiotic things that idiots have said.The radio, the news, social media. You look at the content coming out and it makes you remember not to swim at a ...1 week ago - Yoga diplomacyThirty-six years ago, almost to the day, after he launched Fiji’s first military coup in 1987, the now-elected Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, yesterday awarded the Prime Minister of India Fiji’s highest honour. That 1987 coup was targeted against a Labour government which contained Indian Ministers and led to fears ...1 week ago
- The Song of Saqua: Back to D&D
It has been a while since I last did a write up of my D&D shenanigans. Part of it has been motivation, part of it has been that the more interesting stuff has been in the form of one-shots, rather than long campaigns. I actually DMed a three session ...1 week ago - Can Climate Change spark (zombie) Pandemics?This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). The Last of Us tells the story of a fungal zombie apocalypse... triggered by climate change. So could this kind of ...2 weeks ago
- ‘No one cares’: 25-year-old with extensive family cancer history can’t access genetic testing That’s the headline on a Stuff report which alerted the public to the experiences of a woman who was pregnant with her first baby when she found out she was likely to be at higher risk of ...2 weeks ago
- Maybe I'm amazed and maybe I'm not
A short list of some of the fastest things in the world:Cat versus snakeUsain BoltPeople who claim to support climate action, coming up with their objection to any goddam specific action whatsoeverYesterday was a good day — a very good day — in the short history of decarbonising ourselves.We were told ...2 weeks ago - The dirty power of culture wars.A few decades ago I wrote an essay about the impact of state terror on Argentine society. One of my points was that terrorism was used by the military dictatorship known as the “Proceso” not because it was particularly effective … Continue reading ...2 weeks ago
- Megan Woods stays mum about levy-fetching energy bill – but she brings out megaphone for news of m...Buzz from the Beehive Point of Order looked again on the government’s official website for statements from Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods about two energy-related bills that were rushed into law last week. We can’t say she has been silent, because she had lots to say in parliament ...2 weeks ago
- Labour chickens out on the voting age againThe Justice Committee has reported back on the declaration of inconsistency on the voting age. Sadly, the recommendations won't surprise anybody: the Labour-majority committee recommended that Parliament immediately lower the voting age for local government, and that it "investigate" lowering it for general elections (while remembering to fix a bunch ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: The uncertainty problemWhen the government announced its $140 million carbon-reduction subsidy for NZ Steel yesterday, practically everyone's first thought was "why aren't they paying for it themselves?" The National Party based their entire response on this, denouncing the deal as corporate welfare, and arguing that the ETS should incentivise companies to reduce ...2 weeks ago
- BRIAN EASTON: Crises!A conversation between a minister and advisor. Brian Easton writes – Come in, Sit down. Thank you Minister. We have to deal with the current crisis. You know what a crisis is? No, actually I don’t, Minister. I looked it up in a dictionary. None of its ...2 weeks ago
- National Must Learn To Be Kind – Or Remain In Opposition.2 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on the NZ Steel dealGoodness gracious: The National Party has come out against corporate welfare! Or at least it is dead against the government’s $140 million subsidy deal with New Zealand Steel. The deal will enable the installation of a new electric arc furnace, will reduce the company’s reliance on coal, and will mark ...2 weeks ago
- CMIP6: Not-so-sudden stratospheric cooling
As predicted in 1967 by Manabe and Wetherald, the stratosphere has been cooling. A new paper by Ben Santer and colleagues has appeared in PNAS where they extend their previous work on the detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate change to include the upper stratosphere, using observations from the ...2 weeks ago - $140m well spent at $16.20/tonneAfter the PM donned NZ Steel-branded hi-vis and announced funding towards a new electric arc furnace, National has accused the Government of paying ‘corporate welfare’ to NZ Steel’s ASX-listed Australian owner, BlueScope Steel. But has Luxon just fallen (again) into a trap set by Labour? Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The ...2 weeks ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 22 May 2023ELECTION Andrea Vance (Stuff): National has got much bigger problems than an unpopular leader Chris Trotter (Interest): National must learn to be kind – or remain in opposition 1New: Q+A: Luxon’s polls ‘abysmal’ but National leadership change unlikely – panel Philip Burdon (Post): The challenges mounting against Luxon and National (pawyalled) ...2 weeks ago
- Budget 2023 HighlightsLast week the government released their latest budget. By in large it seems to have been fairly well received and one thing that strikes me about it is there was not one large headline grabbing initiative but lots of little ones that added up. It’s a shame the government can’t ...2 weeks ago
- Finally, Europe embraces BrexitThey say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So Brexiteers who have been banging on about European over-regulation for years will be delighted at the Damascene call from France’s President Macron for a “European regulatory pause” – particularly it seems for green regulation. Sounding like someone else, he ...2 weeks ago
- The scale of petty reactionism perhaps makes the biggest impression on Budget 2023
The sheer arrogance of the assumptions that went flying out, the insolence of the ignorance of it all, it’s sometimes breathtaking, at other times so sadly, infuriatingly predictable. Like the sun coming up, one can almost set your watch to it. But not only was the reaction from ...2 weeks ago - 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 7, 2023 thru Sat, May 13, 2023. This week, several shared articles did quite well on our Facebook page: 10 year anniversary of 97% consensus study, Solving Climate Change - ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: A big dealIf you thought about Aotearoa's non-agricultural emissions a few years ago, four mega-emitters stood out: the Marsden Point oil refinery, the Huntly power station, the Glenbrook steel mill, and the Motunui methanol plant. Marsden Point shut down last year and is being dismantled; Huntly has been scheduled for shutdown for ...2 weeks ago
- Luxomania!
In a suburban Botany home, a lego McMansion, a bare chested middle aged man stared closely into the mirror. He scowled, clenched his fists in front of his thighs, and tightened his chest muscles.Looking the reflection intently in the eye he growled “what are you going to do when Luxomania ...2 weeks ago - Dreaming of some shining city
A big chunk of this year’s budget coverage was brought to us by the words crass, gauche and venal. The big questions being put were what's in it for me, what's in it for you, and did you get something, or were you a loser?It fell to the audience to ...2 weeks ago - I'll Never Know Why Dark Tourist Died
Hi,I have no idea how many people watched Dark Tourist, and when we didn’t get a second season all I could really do was shrug and go “I wonder why that happened.” An exec told me that Netflix wasn’t doing any more travel shows, but then Netflix gave Zac Efron ...2 weeks ago - GRAHAM ADAMS: Te Pāti Māori – Kingmaker or Labour’s albatross?Graham Adams writes – Chris Hipkins must be fast realising that with friends like Te Pāti Māori he really doesn’t need enemies. In fact, the strong possibility Labour will require its support to form a government is looking like a real threat to its chances of re-election in ...2 weeks ago
- The number of the world’s farms to halve by 2100New University of Colorado Boulder research shows the number of farms globally will shrink in half as the size of the average existing farms doubles by the end of the 21st century, posing significant risks to the world’s food systems. Published this week in the journal Nature Sustainability, the study ...2 weeks ago
- Universality vs User Pays.
In the hours after the budget I saw headlines saying National would cancel free prescription fees, making them user pays again. I was really annoyed.It seemed like an obvious joke to make after the budget, an absurd satirical take. Suggesting the National Party would respond to the budget by cancelling ...2 weeks ago - The Hoon: Budget 2023, the $5 prescription fee, market studies, Luxon’s (un)popularity and two cur...This week was dominated by the release of Grant Robertson’s sixth Budget. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for paying subscribers included:All the key details from Budget 2023 on Thursday, where I travelled to Wellington for the Budget ...2 weeks ago
- Fire, rain, and budgets
Welcome to the inaugural Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding. It has two purposes. One is to give subscribers who don’t have time to read every newsletter an omnibus edition to catch up. The second is to give free subscribers a sampler of the past week. Here’s what happened ...2 weeks ago - Crises!
A discussion between a minister and advisor.Come in, Sit down.Thankyou Minister.We have to deal with the current crisis. You know what a crisis is? No, actually I don’t, Minister. I looked it up in a dictionary. None of its answers matched the way the term is used in public.Exactly. It’s ...2 weeks ago - Energy levy bills are being rushed into law while NZ focuses on the Budget – “fair” taxing bil...Buzz from the Beehive While journalists have been feverishly informing us about the Budget over the past 24 hours, they have paid scant heed to other matters on the Parliamentary agenda. This includes the Government’s introduction of four bills under urgency. The Order Paper shows a motion to accord urgency ...2 weeks ago
- Hamilton next week under this useless Labour Government
1. Offering her considered opinion on the budget yesterday, Rachel Smalley wrote:Middle class and wealthy New Zealanders don’t need the taxpayer to fund their $5 antibiotics prescription. This is madness. Why is she so wrong?a. Because she has a black belt in simplistic wrongnessb. Because she’s concurring with the National Partyc. ...2 weeks ago - Ask Me Anything about the week to May 19
It’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for an hour from midday (my apologies for the late start today), including:Budget 2023’s inflationary impulse and what that might mean for mortgage rates and the election result;Wayne Brown’s capitulation ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on the BudgetHeaven help us, but this year’s Budget is what a “targeted” and “no frills” response to the financial hardship facing hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders looks like. Good to know that the government has deliberately avoided grappling with the bigger picture. So to be grateful for small mercies… No ...2 weeks ago
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- Budget 23 supports the growth of Māori tourism
An $8 million boost to New Zealand Māori Tourism will help operators insulate themselves for the future. Spread over the next four years, the investment acknowledges the on-going challenges faced by the industry and the significant contribution Māori make to tourism in Aotearoa. It builds on the $15 million invested ...1 week ago - First Bushmasters ready to rollDefence Minister Andrew Little has marked the arrival of the first 18 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles for the New Zealand Army, alongside personnel at Trentham Military Camp today. “The arrival of the Bushmaster fleet represents a significant uplift in capability and protection for defence force personnel, and a milestone in ...1 week ago
- Humanitarian support for the people of SudanAotearoa New Zealand is providing NZ$3.5 million to help meet urgent humanitarian needs in Sudan, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today. The severe fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has had devastating impacts for civilians. At least 705 people have been killed and 5,287 injured. ...1 week ago
- Clean-up at Hawkes Bay facility to help region deal with cyclone wasteRepairing a Hawke’s Bay organic composting facility devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle is among the latest waste reduction projects getting Government backing, Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking announced today. “Helping communities get back on their feet after the devastating weather that hit the northern parts of the country this year is ...1 week ago
- 8% pay boosts for GP & community nursesAbout 6,100 more GP, community nurses and kaiāwhina will be eligible for pay rises of 8% on average to reduce pay disparities with nurses in hospitals, Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today. The top up comes from a $200 million fund established to remove pay disparities between nurses ...1 week ago
- Govt turns the sod on new Jobs and Skills Hub for Hawke’s BayNew Jobs and Skills Hub to begin construction in Hawke’s Bay The Hub will support the building of $1.1billion worth of homes in the region and support Cyclone Gabrielle rebuild and recovery. Over 2,200 people have been supported into industry specific employment, apprenticeships and training, by these Hubs across NZ ...1 week ago
- Community Housing Aotearoa Conference SpeechTēnā koutou e nga maata waka. Kia koutou te mana whenua tēnā koutou Ngā mate huhua o te waa, haere, haere, haere atu ra. Hoki mai kia tātou te kanohi ora e tau nei, Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. Tēnā koutou i runga i te kaupapa o te ...1 week ago
- New mental health tool launched for small business owner-operatorsThe Government has launched a new tool to help small business owner-operators manage and improve their mental wellbeing, Small Business Minister Ginny Andersen announced today. The Brave in Business e-Learning series is another tool the Government has delivered to support small businesses with their mental health and wellbeing. “A pandemic, ...1 week ago
- TAB partnership helps secure future of racing industryMinister for Racing Kieran McAnulty has announced the approval of a 25-year partnership between TAB NZ and UK betting company Entain that delivers at least $900 million in guaranteed funding for the racing industry over the next five years. Entain, a UK based group that operates multiple sports betting providers ...1 week ago
- Government project delivers more reliable and resilient water source to NorthlandThe Government has delivered the first of three significant water security projects in Northland, boosting regional business and climate resilience, with the opening of Matawii reservoir today, Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan announced. A $68 million Government investment supported the construction of the reservoir, along with two other water storage ...1 week ago
- Trade Minister to US to attend Ministerial meetingsTrade and Export Growth Minister Damien O’Connor will travel to Detroit tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the annual APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting from 24 – 29 May. Whilst in Detroit, Damien O’Connor will also host a meeting of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Ministers ...1 week ago
- Murihiku Regeneration energy and innovation wānangaI want to start by thanking Ngāi Tahu and the Murihiku Regeneration Collective for hosting us here today. Back at the Science and Innovation Wananga in 2021, I said that a just transition in New Zealand must ensure Iwi are at the table. This is just as true now as ...1 week ago
- New Ambassador to Mongolia announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of diplomat Dr James Waite as Aotearoa New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Mongolia. He is currently the Deputy Head of Mission at the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing, a role he will continue to hold. “New Zealand and Mongolia share a warm and ...1 week ago
- Government commitment to Māori Education continuesBiggest-ever investment in property with more money for new sites and modernisation Roll-out of learning support coordination in kaupapa Māori and Māori Medium Schooling Boost in funding for iwi and schools to work together on Local Histories content Substantial support for Māori Education has continued in Budget 2023, including ...1 week ago
- More students to benefit from next round of Creatives in SchoolsApplications for the next round of Creatives in Schools will open on Friday 16 June 2023, Minister of Education Jan Tinetti and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced today during a visit at Te Wharekura o Mauao in Tauranga. “The Creatives in Schools programme funds schools and ...1 week ago
- Speech to WasteMINZ conference, HamiltonTena koutou katoa and thank you all for being here and welcoming me to your annual conference. I want to acknowledge being here in Tainui’s rohe, and the mana of Kingi Tuheitia. I hate waste. So much so that when we built our home in Dunedin, I banned the use ...1 week ago
- Extra boost for Southland’s Just TransitionSouthland’s Just Transition is getting a further boost to help future-proof the region and build its economic resilience, Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods announced today. “This Government is committed to supporting Southland’s just transition and reducing the region’s reliance on the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter at Tiwai Point,” Megan ...1 week ago
- PM concludes successful Pacific visit, confirms intention to visit IndiaPrime Minister Chris Hipkins has concluded a series of successful international meetings with Pacific region leaders in Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister Hipkins secured constructive bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, PNG Prime Minister James Marape, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and United States Secretary of ...1 week ago
- Agreed statement from NZEI, PPTA and the Minister of EducationOn Friday 19th May, Minister Tinetti facilitated a meeting between NZEI and PPTA with the Ministry of Education to discuss options for finding a way forward in the current stalled collective bargaining. The meeting was constructive, and the parties shared a willingness to work towards a solution. The following was ...2 weeks ago
- Five community energy projects kick startEighty-nine households will soon benefit from secure, renewable, and more affordable energy as five community-level energy projects are about to get underway, Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods announced today. Five solar projects – in Whangārei, Tauranga, Palmerston North and Christchurch – are the first to receive funding from the ...2 weeks ago
- New Zealand confirms recovery support for Cook IslandsPrime Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed New Zealand will provide NZ$15 million in emergency budget support for Cook Islands in its ongoing recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. New Zealand’s support was confirmed during a meeting with the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Papua New Guinea today. “New ...2 weeks ago
- Budget 2023 provides significant investment in kapa hakaThe Government’s continued recognition of and support for the important place Kapa Haka has in Aotearoa was evident today at a celebration at Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Willow-Jean Prime said. “Our investment of $34 million over two years ensures that this kaupapa is ...2 weeks ago
- NZ’s biggest ever emissions reduction project unveiledThe Government is partnering with New Zealand Steel to deliver New Zealand’s largest emissions reduction project to date, with half of the coal being used at Glenbrook steel to be replaced with electricity to recycle scrap steel. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins made the announcement alongside Energy and Resources Minister Megan ...2 weeks ago
- New Zealand Century Farms and Station Awards DinnerKia ora koutou. Thank you for your warm welcome. It’s my pleasure to be here in Lawrence to present tonight’s New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the efforts of the awards committee. The committee has put in a lot of ...2 weeks ago
- Government welcome Waitangi Tribunal Wai 2750 report into homelessnessThe Government has welcomed the Stage One Waitangi Tribunal Wai 2750 – Housing and Housing Services Kaupapa Inquiry report into homelessness released today. Minister of Housing Hon Megan Woods and Associate Minister of Housing (Māori) Hon Willie Jackson as Co-Leads for the government, with Associate Minister of Housing (homelessness) Hon ...2 weeks ago
- PM confirms details of Papua New Guinea visitPrime Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed his upcoming visit to Papua New Guinea. The Prime Minister travels to Port Moresby on Sunday May 21, and will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PNG Prime Minister James Marape and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. He has also been invited ...2 weeks ago
- Bill ensures ongoing reporting on tax system fairnessA Bill requiring facts about the fairness and efficiency of New Zealand’s tax system to be reported and published annually has been tabled in Parliament today. Revenue Minister David Parker said the Taxation Principles Reporting Bill would ensure that tax information is reported against a set of fundamental tax principles. ...2 weeks ago
- Tax bill improves fairness at home and abroadNZ joins global effort to ensure multinationals pay a minimum rate of tax Tax on ACC, MSD lump sum payments changed to reduce amounts owing for some KiwiSaver topups for child carers taking paid parental leave Implementing changes to trustee tax and tax relief for flood-hit businesses Several measures ...2 weeks ago
- New approach on law and order deliversSuccessful ‘circuit breaker’ pilot targeting repeat child offenders to be expanded to Hamilton, Christchurch and Auckland City Funding to maintain Police to population ratio achieved after 1800 extra Police officers added Creation of NZ’s first comprehensive digital Firearms Registry Modernising frontline police processes to free up time for officers Budget ...2 weeks ago
- Government increases support to disabled peopleBudget 2023 increases support for disabled people to access disability services and continues our crucial transformation of disability support services. “Budget 2023 will provide $863.6 million to help ease cost pressures on Government disability support services,” Priyanca Radhakrishnan said. “This support will ensure we can meet price increases due to ...2 weeks ago
- Budget delivers support for tertiary education and trainingExtending the Apprenticeship Boost initiative Biggest boost to tertiary subsidies in 20 years Additional funds to support forecast enrolments Supporting Te Pūkenga’s IT integration Budget 2023 ensures New Zealand’s tertiary education and training institutions are in the best possible position to prepare Kiwis for the future. Extending the Apprenticeship Boost ...2 weeks ago
- Rural communities to benefit from education and transport funding in Budget 2023Top up funding for emergency repairs and renewals to the transport network resulting from increasingly severe and frequent weather events Up to 1000 new EV chargers in smaller rural communities An additional 175 rural schools to get special funding for property improvements A top up of funding for emergency ...2 weeks ago
- Budget 2023 invests in Pacific wellbeing and prosperityBudget 2023 delivers new targeted initiatives so more Pacific communities are supported to succeed in education, jobs, business, language skills, and culture. “The package of initiatives is focused on getting the basics right, with a particular focus on youth, skills and learning, and promoting cultural connections,” Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara ...2 weeks ago
- Whānau Ora system strengthened in Budget 2023Budget 2023 reflects the critical importance of Whānau Ora. “More and more whānau are using Whānau Ora services in the wake of Cyclone devastation and increases to the cost of living. In the first half of this financial year, 30,000 whānau had already used Whānau Ora services,” Peeni Henare ...2 weeks ago
- Māori Budget continues investment in whānau, whare and whakapapaExtra funding to build and repair more homes Boost for Te Matatini and ensuring Matariki is funded into the future More funding for Whānau Ora to provide more services Increased funding for hauora providers, Iwi-Māori Partnerships Boards, rongoā practitioners, and more prevention funding More support in Māori education for kura, ...2 weeks ago
- Budget 2023 delivers 3000 additional public homesAn extra 3,000 public homes by June 2025, on top of 14,050 funded to June 2024 Support for Māori housing – 322 more homes for Māori and 400 relocatable cabins to assist people and whānau displaced by extreme weather events across the North Island through ‘by-Māori, for Māori’ programmes Bolstering ...2 weeks ago
- Government tackles winter, waitlists and workforceMore than $1 billion allocated to increase health workforce pay rates and boost staff numbers Investment to allow for 500 new nurses Major investment to reduce waiting lists $20 million to lift immunisation and screening coverage for Māori and Pacific peoples The Chris Hipkins Government is tackling pay and workforce pressures ...2 weeks ago
- Tackling the cost of living and climate change togetherFree public transport for children Half price fares for people under 25 Major expansion of nationwide EV charging network Accelerating the uptake low-emission heavy vehicles like trucks and buses Reducing energy bills with 100,000 more insulation and heating retrofits Renewable energy system for Chatham Island to halve household electricity bills ...2 weeks ago
- Reducing power bills: 100,000 more insulation and heating retrofits100,000 additional heating & insulation retrofits that reduce electricity use by 16 percent on average Five million LED lights to help reduce energy costs Halving power bills on Chatham Island with a renewable energy system Kick-starting hydrogen use for just transition to displace fossil fuels Budget 2023 will help reduce power ...2 weeks ago
- New National Resilience Plan to rebuild better$6 billion initial funding for a National Resilience Plan to focus on building back better from recent weather events $100 million for the new infrastructure delivery agency - Rau Paenga Ensuring New Zealand’s infrastructure is resilient and safe Government’s Infrastructure Action Plan released The Government is setting aside $6 billion ...2 weeks ago
- Smaller power providers on top in new Consumer survey
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- Use Of Police Dog In Respect Of Two Men In Whanganui
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- “Animals Deserve Respect” – National Animal Rights Day This SundayThis Sunday, 4 June, Wellington and Christchurch will join over 300 cities worldwide in observing the National Animal Rights Day. The events remember the billions of animals who lose their lives each year due to human actions, and acknowledge the ...1 day ago
- EDS Opposes Renewables PlanEDS has lodged its submission on “ Strengthening National Direction on Renewable Electricity Generation and Electricity Transmission ”, a consultation document prepared by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment and the Ministry ...1 day ago
- Only ‘select’ media invited to council budget launchAuckland’s mayor snubbed most journalists from a morning launch of his new budget. While the Herald was among a select few allowed in the room, reporters from outlets like Stuff weren’t sent an invitation. In a story headlined “Wayne Brown snubs Stuff readers on major Auckland Council budget update”, a ...1 day ago
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- Wayne Brown’s budget proposal: Rates pegged to inflation, but airport shares must goWayne Brown’s proposed budget will see rates increases pegged to inflation – but it requires his desired sell-off of Auckland Airport shores. The mayor is presenting his budget in Auckland today. Few were invited to witness the moment live, with media like Stuff reportedly left out (The Spinoff was not ...1 day ago
- Dunne's Weekly: Still Overpromising And UnderdeliveringWhen it was first unveiled, the government’s extension in this year’s Budget of 20 hours free early childhood education to 2-year-olds from next March was hailed as a masterstroke. The Minister of Finance said it would save qualifying households ...1 day ago
- The Bulletin: Prescription fees remain a political battlegroundI didn’t know this but because we have reciprocal health agreements with Australia and the United Kingdom, visitors from those countries will not have to pay for prescriptions once the $5 fee is removed here in July. Naturally that means New Zealanders enjoy reciprocity in their experience of local health ...1 day ago
- Why you'll be paying more interest on your mortgage – likely forever
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- Have we got the brain all wrong? A new study shows its shape is more important than its wiring
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- It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer f...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven J Lade, Resilience researcher at Australian National University, Australian National University Shutterstock People once believed the planet could always accommodate us. That the resilience of the Earth system meant nature would always provide. But we now know this is ...1 day ago
- ‘An exciting possibility’: scientists discover markedly different kangaroos on either side of Au...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Weisbecker, Associate Professor, Flinders University Shutterstock Australia’s dingo fence is an internationally renowned mega-structure. Stretching more than 5,600 kilometres, it was completed in the 1950s to keep sheep safe from dingoes. But it also inadvertently protects some native ...1 day ago
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- Making NZ’s tax system fairer is a good idea – but this proposed new law isn’t the answerSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images It’s no secret that Revenue Minister David Parker has long been interested in tax reform in New Zealand. In 2022, he ...1 day ago
- A kiss to detect wine on her breath: the violent policing of women drinking in Ancient RomeSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Moore, PhD Candidate in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne A Woman Drinking, Andrea Mantegna. about 1495-1506 The National Gallery, London. The ancient Romans venerated wine. It was accessible to the masses, a fundamental staple of mainstream life ...1 day ago
- ‘Do the right thing’: Mayor Brown’s last ditch effort to get support for airport share sell-of...Auckland’s mayor Wayne Brown is making a list ditch appeal to councillors he claims are holding up a potential sell-off of airport shares. The Herald’s reported that councillors were called to two confidential meetings yesterday, one on the sale of the airport shares and another to discuss a draft of ...1 day ago
- Running down the clock on agri-emissions pricingTime is running out to nail down an alternative pricing scheme before the election. Ministers are said to be fed up with the lack of movement and the sector is calling for a delay, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive ...1 day ago
- Public ‘flying blind’ on Tarras proposal
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- All the books vying for the 2023 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young AdultsWelcome to the authors, illustrators and publishers on the shortlist for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Books editor Claire Mabey offers her thoughts, alongside comments from student readers. It’s hard to write a great children’s book. The kind that will be reprinted and re-gifted ...1 day ago
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- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 1 June
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- NZ comedy couple behind The Office AustraliaLocal comedy veteran couple Jackie Van Beek and Jesse Griffin’s next TV project has been revealed – and it’s an Australian version of the British-turned-American comedy institution The Office. The series, confirmed for 2024, will see David Brent and Michael Scott replaced by a female lead for the first time. ...2 days ago
- Couples Therapy is NZ’s realest reality TVThree’s take on the overseas hit format is one of the year’s bravest shows, writes Chris Schulz. This is an excerpt from The Spinoff’s weekly Friday newsletter Rec Room. Sign up for regular instalments here. Emma wants Parrish to be more romantic. She doesn’t want to have to keep telling ...2 days ago
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- Jen Cloher on finding their waiFor the last few years, Jen Cloher has been on a journey into their whakapapa. Their latest album, I am the River, the River is Me, is the culmination of the knowledge they’ve gained since. I meet Jen Cloher at a wine bar in Ponsonby with menus written in both ...2 days ago
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- Stuff’s ‘Fact Checking’ Is StuffedPress Release: Rt Hon Winston Peters Katie Kenny from Stuff published an article today with a lazy attempt at so-called ‘fact checking’ my recent comments on the World Health Organisation’s concerning new regulations being developed. What ...2 days ago
- Australia’s modern slavery law is woefully inadequate – this is how we can hold companies accoun...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyla Raby, PhD candidate researching the role of consumers in eradicating modern slavery in supply chains, University of South Australia PR handout/Mindaroo A highly anticipated independent review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act has found it has not brought “meaningful change” ...2 days ago
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- Former National MP switches allegiance to ActFormer National Party MP Parmjeet Parmar will stand for the Act Party in this year’s election. Parmar was a list MP first elected in 2014, before missing out on a spot back in parliament after National’s 2020 election performance. She had also previously contested the Mount Roskill electorate. “I expect ...2 days ago
- Newsletter: May 31 2023 – Items of interest and importance todayNew Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content BILINGUAL ROAD SIGNS, TE REO MĀORI Jo Moir (Newsroom): National getting sucked into regressive race debate Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Luxon’s familiar issue: Another ...2 days ago
- Introducing… Sir Ashley BloomfieldThe former director general of health Ashley Bloomfield has been knighted at a ceremony in Wellington today. Bloomfield helped shepherd New Zealand through the Covid-19 pandemic, until deciding to step away from the high profile role last year. His appearances at dozens of press conferences alongside former PM Jacinda Ardern ...2 days ago
- Former National MP Parmjeet Parmar switches to ACT for 2023 electionParmjeet Parmar, a former National list MP voted out in 2020, will stand for the ACT Party in this year's election. ...2 days ago
- Lessons for New Zealand from California’s cataclysmic housing crisisThe California experience shows why giving councils more freedom to write their own housing rules can be a recipe for disaster, writes San Francisco-based expat Sarah Hoffman. Nine years ago, my husband and I moved from New Zealand to San Francisco, where we live now. When we decided to build ...2 days ago
- Press Statement From Students Against CutsStudents against Cuts are holding a public emergency meeting on Friday the 2nd of June at 12pm at Victoria University, Kelburn campus to protest the proposed cuts to staff and programs at the University. Students against cuts (SAC) is a coalition ...2 days ago
- Law Commission Seeks Feedback On High-risk Offender RestrictionsTe Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission is considering whether reform is needed to the laws that keep the community safe from people at high risk of serious sexual and violent offending. The Commission has today published an Issues Paper for public ...2 days ago
- 2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardonBy Vijay Narayan in Suva Fiji’s 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied for a presidential pardon so he can be released. When questioned by Fijivillage News, Attorney-General and Chair of the Mercy Commission, Siromi Turaga confirmed that ...2 days ago
- Newly described enormous marsupial wandered great distances across Australia 3.5 million years agoSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob van Zoelen, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Jacob van Zoelen, Author provided Today, 80% of Australia is arid, but it was not always that way. In the early Pliocene, 5.4 to 3.6 million years ago, Australia had a greenhouse climate, ...2 days ago
- With so many people speaking ‘their truth’, how do we know what the truth really is?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Wyatt, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato Getty Images When Academy Awards boss Bill Kramer recently applauded comedian Chris Rock for speaking “his truth” about being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars ceremony, he used a ...2 days ago
- A Call For Allies To ‘Sweat With Pride’ During International Pride MonthThis June, hundreds of passionate Kiwis will once again be moving for at least 21 minutes a day to support Rainbow people across Aotearoa. Sweat with Pride is an annual fundraiser by Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation) ...2 days ago
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