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Comment:Protect Ihumātao hīkoi to Jacinda Ardern today
Date published: 10:41 pm, August 22nd, 2019What laws are you talking about?
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Comment:Protect Ihumātao hīkoi to Jacinda Ardern today
Date published: 5:46 pm, August 22nd, 2019Weka I’m not sure of the relevance of your question but you seem to be saying that Maori are incapable of resolving the issue without Government intervention. Why not simply say that at the outset? Personally I’m not sure that the Government unilaterally ...
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Comment:Protect Ihumātao hīkoi to Jacinda Ardern today
Date published: 1:04 pm, August 22nd, 2019When Oranga Tamariki uplifted a child, Maori said that the Government should keep its hands off our tamariki. In other words, Maori could and should solve the issue. But here the Government is being asked to resolve the problem. That seems to be rather ...
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Comment:Cmon Aussie ...
Date published: 12:58 pm, August 19th, 2019Jones seems to have a thing about younger intelligent and articulate progressive women. Julia Gillard progressive? She was bitterly opposed to gay marriage and it took her departure from politics before she came to the realisation that gay marriage wasn’t ...
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Comment:Maybe we should take the plane
Date published: 11:04 am, August 7th, 2019It's also the rich who apparently are deeply concerned by climate change. In poor countries, they're concerned with getting adequate food and clean drinking water and not dying from diseases.
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Comment:Maybe we should take the plane
Date published: 9:00 am, August 7th, 2019Greta's presence anywhere could improve the future for all of us, therefore the emissions from here flight could be seen as worthwhile and an excellent investment. Bjorn Lomborg might say the same thing about all the flying he does. :) Apparently climate ...
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Comment:Maybe we should take the plane
Date published: 8:52 am, August 7th, 2019Apparently 100 companies account for 71% of the world's industrial greenhouse gas emissions. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change
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Comment:Open mike 06/08/2019
Date published: 9:00 am, August 6th, 2019Unproven allegations are just that. Maybe you believe all those allegations from Jami Lee Ross. Do try harder, James.
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Comment:Simon Bridges wants a new Digital Media advisor
Date published: 8:38 am, August 6th, 2019This is a busy, full-time role, at least until Simon gets rolled by Judith Thus it would be useful if you have a second job lined up at short notice as you may be fired without notice while being labelled an emotional junior staffer.
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Comment:Jacindamania
Date published: 8:05 am, July 29th, 2019There is no reform of the justice sector A Criminal Cases Review Commission is being established. That’s very significant after previous governments were under the impression that the justice system corrected its mistakes.
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Comment:Dunne reckons next election will be close
Date published: 1:07 pm, July 26th, 2019He correctly points out that no minor party that has gone into coalition or support has survived the next election. Really? Didn’t the Māori Party support National in 2008, 2011 and 2014? Sure they’re gone now but it took three elections! :) http://www....
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Comment:National's ranks are cracking about climate change
Date published: 8:48 am, July 22nd, 2019Robert Extreme weather has been with us for a long time. Canterbury has had it fair share of such events going back to the 1860s when there weren’t too many vehicle emissions. What do you think caused those extreme weather events? http://i.stuff.co.nz/the-...
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Comment:Submit or surrender
Date published: 10:33 am, July 11th, 2019As long as we don’t use the word emergency, we will be fine. “declarations of ‘climate emergency’ will bastardise real emergencies, corrupt real work to avert and adapt to climate change, and build disbelief and resentment between the public and leaders”. ...
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Comment:Clever visual satire on a millionaire beggar
Date published: 5:21 pm, July 6th, 2019Meanwhile, in the UK the Court of Appeal has upheld a university student's right to free speech. The student apparently referred to homosexuality as a "sin" and a "wicked act". The university subsequently removed him from his course of study. Interestingly...
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Comment:Clever visual satire on a millionaire beggar
Date published: 3:38 pm, July 6th, 2019when you wear the emblem of your employer Except he wasn't wearing the emblem of his employer - whatever that means. When Valerie Morse burnt a flag at a dawn parade several years ago, I'm not aware that she brought her employer into disrepute. Feel free ...
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Comment:Clever visual satire on a millionaire beggar
Date published: 2:08 pm, July 6th, 2019His side lost? Yeah nah his is the side of free speech, and the satirist probably missed the irony here by the proverbial mile. Free speech is a minority's friend. Just ask Frank Kameny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXbSx-mqm8
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 8:50 am, July 5th, 2019I am a National voter? You should stick to climate change. I voted Green at the last election and Labour for electorate. History has shown us that we really shouldn’t be making predictions around climate change. http://www.aei.org/publication/18-...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 8:12 am, July 5th, 2019I don't think I've missed the point - I simply don't give it the same weight you do. Again, there's nothing to stop the people of Southland from taking action. Communities can take action. Individuals can take action. They don't need the approval of ...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 8:06 am, July 5th, 2019I suspect that FR is one of those who would welcome D Trump's nomination for leadership of the National Party. I can't stand the guy which you should know if you've seen me comment here LOL
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 8:02 am, July 5th, 2019Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering ...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 7:56 am, July 5th, 2019The Southland community would be glowing with pride...Southland District councillors would have an excellent relationship with their constituents, having made them almost famous Robert, responding to climate change isn't a popularity contest. Being proud ...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 5:02 pm, July 4th, 2019I suspect you're being facetious You suspect wrong, Robert. I'll ask my question in a different way: let's say Southland District Council had declared an emergency 5 years ago. In what way(s) would Southland be different today? Would its sea level be lower...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 1:36 pm, July 4th, 2019According to a recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, “Federal funding for climate change research, technology, international assistance, and adaptation has increased from $2.4 billion in 1993 to $11.6 billion in 2014, with an ...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 1:20 pm, July 4th, 2019Sacha ”It would have”. Indeed it could have if everyone had sat on their hands. Is everyone sitting on their hands re climate change?
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 1:18 pm, July 4th, 2019Robert You may wish to explain what these other councils have achieved by declaring an emergency. Have temperatures and weather phenomenon changed as a result of such a declaration? Is there expected to be a change in weather and temperatures long term? If...
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Comment:Southland and Thames think they don't have climate crises
Date published: 10:23 am, July 4th, 2019Yeah scaring the shit out of people has been tried before. People will think twice before accepting it. We had the Y2K bug which was going to cause untold harm. We have had moral panics around various things. Children in childcare centres being sexually ...
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Comment:Folau's rights to free speech are not being attacked
Date published: 10:13 am, July 2nd, 2019That's correct, Tim. Folau had already posted at least one comment about gays before his contract was renewed for four years. Apparently RA tried to insert social media clauses into his contract but he rejected those clauses. And there was no indication ...
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Comment:Folau's rights to free speech are not being attacked
Date published: 9:51 am, July 2nd, 2019Mark Latham, former leader of the ALP, has ...
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Comment:Folau's rights to free speech are not being attacked
Date published: 1:49 pm, July 1st, 2019... a cake. Why didn't her former employer simply accept she had...
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Comment:Folau's rights to free speech are not being attacked
Date published: 1:24 pm, July 1st, 2019.... Hammond was pursued by her former employer because they didn't like... employment by FinancePoint. So, her former employer wanted her current employer...
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Comment:Open mike 01/07/2019
Date published: 9:56 am, July 1st, 2019Then the question becomes why spend 7 million dollars of taxpayer money when that could have been done without the inquiry. A long running and expensive inquiry feels good. The government can say "we did everything asked of us, we went the extra mile and ...
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- Public service cuts: Education ministry prepares to use consultantsThe Ministry of Education is already preparing consultants to do the work of the people it is laying off, say staff. ...6 days ago
- ‘Eat the bugs’: a short history of yet another global conspiracy
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- Fanning the sparks of dying languages
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- The politics behind pending health appointmentComment: ‘An outsider planted inside’ the health system is likely to assume one of its top roles The post The politics behind pending health appointment appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
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- DoC responsible for $87.5m Ruapehu remediationRemediating Mt Ruapehu if things go pear-shaped could cost more than $80m – and the new operators aren’t on the hook for any of it The post DoC responsible for $87.5m Ruapehu remediation appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Where the ‘woke’ word fits in a history of racismOpinion: Unfortunately, the term ‘woke’ is back in the news and for the most stupid of reasons: Act leader David Seymour is now designating certain types of food as ‘woke’ or not. As the Government makes cuts to school lunches, let us consider what ‘woke’ might mean here. ...6 days ago
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- Leadership In An Insecure World: Urgent Need To Increase NZ’s Official Development Assistance At T...
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- Court of Appeal overturns decision that blocked Children's Minister from Waitangi Tribunal summ...But a bill has been introduced to Parliament, meaning the Tribunal no longer has jurisdiction over the case. ...1 week ago
- Snap Protest Against Archive Cuts On Tuesday 14 MayThe PSA is holding a snap protest at 8am, Tuesday 14 May outside the National Library in Wellington against the decision to not continue funding digitising the national archives. ...1 week ago
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