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Comment:The week of going backward
Date published: 3:32 pm, December 15th, 2023Did you honestly not see any of this coming during the campaign? Where the hell where were you?
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Comment:The week of going backward
Date published: 11:52 am, December 15th, 2023I understand and to a degree agree with your frustration and criticism. However all they are doing is what they promised to do in the campaign. It highlights how bad Labour's campaign was when we couldn't convince people that these promises were bad for ...
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Comment:About the Te Papa protest
Date published: 11:28 am, December 13th, 2023Yes I was going to question this clear principle of international law, but you have answered that for me. Thank you
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Comment:About the Te Papa protest
Date published: 4:24 pm, December 12th, 2023This is a profoundly difficult issue to both understand and reach a resolution on. I genuinely fear what will happen in the coming years as we work through these issues. I understand the interpretation issues. But regardless of what side of that argument ...
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Comment:Who leaked the Fair Pay Cabinet Paper?
Date published: 4:52 pm, December 7th, 2023Can you clarify your comment. Its abhorrent to those of us on the left. But this was a central plank of their campaign and something Labour and the Greens warned the electorate would happen if National was elected. Why do you think people who voted for ...
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Comment:Who leaked the Fair Pay Cabinet Paper?
Date published: 1:22 pm, December 7th, 2023I am not sure how she would suffer damage. This was a central policy of both ACT and National. They would only suffer damage if they had broken their promise to repeal it.
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Comment:What does National have against Te Reo?
Date published: 9:55 am, December 7th, 2023No - that would be: He reo motuhake ranei o te reo Maori, nei ra?
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Comment:What does National have against Te Reo?
Date published: 3:07 pm, December 6th, 2023Exactly There is a soft compulsion to learn Te Reo in my private oganisation. It is generally accepted and embraced by the staff. We have two one hour tutorials a week. We don't get a bonus. Its part of the job. We shouldn't expect to be paid to learn the ...
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Comment:What does National have against Te Reo?
Date published: 2:51 pm, December 6th, 2023Do you think that dropping Te Reo words into English sentences is actually speaking or understanding Te Reo? All you are doing is speaking a unique dialect of English. We are introducing new words to New Zealand English. For example one of the following ...
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Comment:What does National have against Te Reo?
Date published: 11:06 am, December 6th, 2023Its those types of payments that this government will say they have a mandate to reign in. It was what they campaigned against for six years. The argument being that if speaking Te Reo is part of the job, then your salary covers that training (just like it...
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Comment:Willis's budget analysis is either deeply cynical or evidence she does not know what she is talking about
Date published: 12:41 pm, December 5th, 2023Try explaining that to 99% of the population
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Comment:Willis's budget analysis is either deeply cynical or evidence she does not know what she is talking about
Date published: 10:51 am, December 5th, 2023Net Debt is $8b higher than forecast at the PREFU. Unfortunately this is exactly what National needs to justify what they are about to unleash.
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Comment:How not to make friends and influence people
Date published: 11:32 am, November 28th, 2023What do you mean he wasn't strong enough to decide? They are not in his party so had no right to decide. He has no control over them other than what was negotiated and agreed in the Coalition Agreements. There is a lot to criticise him about but lets be ...
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Comment:How not to make friends and influence people
Date published: 10:45 am, November 28th, 2023Winston is doing what Winston does. The Nats hated him when in government last time and when he sided with Labour in 2017. Key and Bridges both refused to ever work with him. He attacked the Nats in a way that got under their skin and was amusing to watch....
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Comment:Aotearoa the way you want it?
Date published: 8:45 am, November 27th, 2023I tend to agree with that sentiment that this government is simply an anti Labour government. National don't stand for any great cause. They didn't win off the back of any core policy. Nobody really knows what they want to do. They are there because for ...
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Comment:Mergers and acquisitions
Date published: 10:36 am, November 20th, 2023I tend to agree. The length of the negotiations does not give us a reason to think that there is a bad deal being struck. The type of deal which is spat out at the end, and whether it provides for a stable government for 3 years is all that matters. I'm ...
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Comment:Negotiation of chaos
Date published: 5:04 pm, November 15th, 2023That's what I meant by this one being a mirror. You just swap the Greens out for ACT. But I don't get the impression ACT will settle for C/S
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Comment:Negotiation of chaos
Date published: 3:59 pm, November 15th, 2023A Nat/NZF minority government. Is that even possible? Its certainly possible. It would mirror the 2017 arrangements. I just don't think ACT will allow it. Big disclaimer: I have no idea really. Just an observer, from Raglan.
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Comment:Negotiation of chaos
Date published: 9:56 am, November 15th, 2023The other key difference from 2017 is ACT is not willing to walk away from Cabinet like the Greens were in 2017 The Greens agreed to support the government from outside Cabinet to ensure Bill English was not PM. ACT it appears will not concede that ...
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Comment:Open mike 18/10/2023
Date published: 11:51 am, October 19th, 2023MW was stripped of ministerial warrants. AB wasn't a minister so that wasn't an option.
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Comment:Open mike 18/10/2023
Date published: 4:57 pm, October 18th, 2023Short answer. One was a Minister, One was not a Minister. Both were entitled to run in their electorates. Both did.
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Comment:Open mike 18/10/2023
Date published: 2:59 pm, October 18th, 2023I find it baffling that National has out polled Labour in 5 of the past 6 elections. Why is this the case when National never does a damn thing for the benefit of the country. For me that is a real concern because it is difficult to form a government when ...
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Comment:Open mike 13/10/2023
Date published: 3:47 pm, October 13th, 2023My prediction is Nact failing by 1 so your number with Nat giving 1 to Labour. I predict a National NZF minority government with Winston as DP and Foreign Minister. ACT will get two ministers outside of government in consideration for abstaining.
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Comment:Labour surges in latest poll
Date published: 4:53 pm, October 11th, 2023Its been my concern throughout the campaign. The strategy seems to have been setting out reasons why not to vote for National, rather than reason why to vote for Labour, which should simply be look at our record and allow us to keep going with this. It may...
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Comment:Winston Peters? I barely know him
Date published: 4:17 pm, October 9th, 2023I don't think it will get to that situation. Winston doesn't share power with either ACT or the Greens. Never has, never will. We will have one of two things: a minority Nat NZF government, with C&S support from ACT; or a minority Lab NZ First government ...
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Comment:Winston Peters? I barely know him
Date published: 4:01 pm, October 9th, 2023Gives us hope though. Thanks
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Comment:Winston Peters? I barely know him
Date published: 11:16 am, October 9th, 2023There is no real path to victory for either left or right without Winston's seal of approval. Very depressing state of affairs really.
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Comment:Hipkins goes on the offensive
Date published: 9:55 am, September 29th, 2023I think that will be seen as a mistake regardless of the election result. It is is now indisputable that a wealth tax is favoured by the majority. The numbers show that even those voting for right wing parties, want the tax.
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Comment:Hipkins goes on the offensive
Date published: 9:03 am, September 29th, 2023Hipkins, the guy that was a senior minister in a Labour/NZF government, 3 years ago, is now realising that NZF are racist? Good grief politics is sinical.
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Comment:Tax or quality public services - which is more important to NZ voters?
Date published: 12:05 pm, September 28th, 2023I don't think Parker and Robertson are too far away from the Green tax position. They are aligned on some form of wealth tax. However I don't see either of them sticking around for a term or 2 on the opposition benches so that is the challenge.
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Comment:Tax or quality public services - which is more important to NZ voters?
Date published: 10:38 am, September 28th, 2023In a perverse kind of a way, that may be a silver lining to the election loss. Major tax reform is not only needed, it is wanted by a strong majority of New Zealanders. We won’t see that reform under a Hipkins lead government. The loss of power and ...
- How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide Robbie Porter, OzFish Unlimited Around Australia, hundreds of people are coming together to help a once-prized, but decimated and largely forgotten marine ecosystem. They’re busy restoring Australia’s native oyster and mussel reefs. ...5 days ago - Official 2023 election result final check done in a few hours, under extreme pressure
The rushed assessment, which failed to identify multiple errors in the official results, would normally take two days. ...5 days ago - Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Austin Human/Unsplash How does Earth stop meteors from hitting Earth and hurting people? –Asher, 6 years 11 months, New South Wales Alright, let’s embark on a meteor ...5 days ago
- From pride rounds to rainbow guernseys, sports can be smarter when it comes to diversity and inclusi...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rory Mulcahy, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of the Sunshine Coast Professional sports organisations regularly promote and develop initiatives to support diversity, equity and inclusion. While sport has the power to change attitudes by sparking conversations about political issues and social ...5 days ago
- Grand designs? Why many Australian architects say their career makes them unhappySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Stead, Director of the Design and Creative Practice Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT, RMIT University SORN340 Studio Images/Shutterstock For years there have been suggestions of widespread poor wellbeing among architects. In many ways this is not surprising. It’s well established the ...5 days ago
- Don’t embarrass the boss
Comment: The weekly Monday post-Cabinet press conference is a useful forum for observing Christopher Luxon and how he is developing into the job of Prime Minister. He attempts to convey the impression of a man of action, speaking fast, delivering memorised National Party strategies in a connect-the-slogans kind of way, ...5 days ago - Green MP Julie Anne Genter referred to Privileges CommitteeGerry Brownlee referred her to the Privileges Committee over complaints about her behaviour in the House. ...5 days ago
- Six telling tidbits from the review of vote-counting errors at the 2023 election
Double votes, missing ballot boxes, tired tech and stressed staff: how tick-tallying went astray at last year’s election. Cast your mind back to November 2023, that bleary-eyed post-election period during which we waited, and waited, for a coalition deal to be hammered out. A distraction from the hotel-hopping of our ...5 days ago - Government begins weekly reporting of school attendance figuresSchools should aim to have 94 percent of their pupils in class every day, David Seymour says. ...5 days ago
- A ‘blistering’ ‘tour de force’: Australia loves After the Party tooInternational audiences are starting to discover what New Zealand already knew about After the Party. When After the Party aired in New Zealand last year, the response was fast and furious. In his preview for Rec Room, Duncan Greive said it was a “gritty, wrenching and highly confronting” series. By ...5 days ago
- Iran is gaining credibility in the Muslim world and feeling emboldened. This doesn’t bode well for...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Acting Director the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Iran’s leadership has been a direct beneficiary of the months-long war in Gaza. With every missile that Israel fires ...5 days ago
- ‘Uncanny notes that plague this place’: Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson, reviewedClaire Mabey reviews the haunting and sexy debut novel from Sinéad Gleeson, who is about to touch down in Aotearoa for a string of live events. When Irish writer Sinéad Gleeson was in Aotearoa in 2018 with her spectacular collection of essays, Constellations, she told me she was working on ...5 days ago
- Bougainville ‘other avenues’ report ‘sensationalised’, claims MakibaPNG Post-Courier Bougainville Affairs Minister Manasseh Makiba has described the Post-Courier’s front page story yesterday regarding a meeting between Bougainville and national government leaders as “sensationalised” and without substance. The Autonomous Bougainville Government (AGB) had warned it might use “other avenues to gain its independence” should the PNG government “continue ...5 days ago
- Government on track for increased deficit despite fall in spending – TreasuryThe government books are worsening as a fall in tax outpaces cuts to spending, leaving it on course to post a sizable deficit. ...5 days ago
- Luxon and Mitchell weren’t mixed up, they were using girl mathsWhere some saw the worst press conference given by the government to date, Anna Rawhiti-Connell recognised girl maths game. Nicola Willis, recently exasperated by comparisons to Ruth Richardson, said she was “a bit sick of being compared with every female finance minister that’s ever been out there.” Some think that’s ...5 days ago
- Interim Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Nine Months Ended 31 March 20...
The March results are reported against forecasts based on the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2023 (HYEFU 2023), published on 20 December 2023 and the results for the same period for the previous year. ...5 days ago - NZ First MP Jamie Arbuckle, who wanted to keep his pay as councillor pay too, changes his mindJamie Arbuckle, the district councillor who became an MP but decided to keep getting paid for both roles, will instead donate one salary to charity. ...5 days ago
- Jamie Arbuckle MP – Re: My Position As Marlborough District CouncillorThis is my fifth term as a Marlborough District Councillor, I am passionate about local issues, and I will continue to work hard for my community. ...5 days ago
- Adding gender to the Human Rights Act – what’s the big deal?Adding gender to the Human Rights Act would simply make the implicit explicit. So why is it so controversial? Paul Thistoll explain. At present, Aotearoa’s 1993 Human Rights Act (HRA) includes sex, marital status, religious belief, ethical belief (meaning a lack of religious belief), colour, race, ethnicity or national origin, ...5 days ago
- Carmel Sepuloni believed to be contestant on new season's Celebrity Treasure IslandThe new season of Celebrity Treasure Island is due to hit New Zealand screens later this year. ...5 days ago
- The cost of being: A flatting student who’s saving for more tattoosAs part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, an 18-year-old who’s studying and working in hospo shares their approach to spending and saving. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Transmasc Age: 18 Ethnicity: Pākehā/Māori Role: Student, ...5 days ago
- 'He got it mixed up' – PM backs Corrections Minister despite announcement muddleThe prime minister is backing Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell, saying he "quickly clarified" a confusing media conference announcement. ...5 days ago
- How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputesSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Resources Minister Shane Jones has reportedly asked officials for advice on whether oil and gas companies could be offered “bonds” as compensation if drilling rights offered by ...5 days ago
- Crisis of faith: why Australian women have so little trust in religious institutionsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Gleeson, Associate Professor of Law, Macquarie University Shutterstock The Albanese government is weighing up the costs of delivering an election promise to protect religious people from discrimination in Commonwealth law. Such protections were relatively uncontroversial when included in state anti-discrimination ...5 days ago
- Terminal lucidity: why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio Dementia is often described as “the long goodbye”. Although the person is still alive, dementia slowly and irreversibly chips away at their memories and the ...5 days ago
- Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weedsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Bush, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Adam Calaitzis/Shutterstock I met with a friend for a walk beside Merri Creek, in inner Melbourne. She had lived in the area for a few years, and as we walked ...5 days ago
- This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the w...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Graham, DECRA Fellow, University of Wollongong Lekali Studio/Shutterstock Privet is a popular garden hedge. It grows quickly and responds well to being pruned. But in natural areas, privet is a problem. Like 72% of weeds in Australia, privet escaped ...5 days ago
- Australian artists only earn $23,200 a year from their art – and are key financial investors in ke...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University Arts companies and individual artists in Australia are supported by government arts agencies, philanthropists, industry bodies, private donors and patrons. However, it is frequently overlooked that a major source of support for the arts ...5 days ago
- Experts Sign Open Letter To Legalise Drugs In New ZealandHarm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa, a new incorporated society dedicated to ending harmful drug policies, officially launched today, seeks a new fit-for-purpose drug law for Aotearoa New Zealand, rooted in science, experience and evidence. ...5 days ago
- Politics live: Mark Mitchell, Christopher Luxon face questions after Corrections confusionThe Corrections Minister admits he "muddied the water" after he and the Prime Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about a $1.9 billion prison spend-up. ...5 days ago
- Messy press conference prompts correction over Corrections fundingIt took a post-post-cabinet statement to confirm that 810 new beds will be built at Waikeria, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund in this extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...5 days ago
- Politics live: Mark Mitchell, Christopher Luxon face questions after confusion CorrectionsThe Prime Minister and Corrections Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about their $1.9 billion planned prison spend-up. ...5 days ago
- Young Star burns bright for her Fiji familyLili Tokaduadua was only 15 when she left her family in Fiji to pursue her netball dream in New Zealand. She’d been playing the sport for 10 years and was offered a netball scholarship at Auckland’s Howick College. Now, in her first year out of high school, the 19-year-old defender ...6 days ago
- Plucky Foodstuffs crushed by the iron fist of big bicycleThe beloved local grocers lost a legal challenge to stop a new cycleway outside their store. Joel MacManus reports. In the annals of New Zealand legal history, there are a few brave people who have dared to stand up to the powers that be, no matter how bleak the odds ...6 days ago
- Seven graphs that show where New Zealand’s food comes from… and where it goesHow what we produce and what we eat connects us to the world beyond our shores, visualised. Walking around a supermarket or vege shop, it might be obvious that everything on the shelves came from somewhere. But you might ...6 days ago
- Q&A – avian influenza H5N1Professor Jemma Geoghegan, of the University of Otago, Otakou Whakaihu Waka, co-leads a Te Niwha project aimed at understanding how and where avian influenza could affect Aotearoa New Zealand, as the highly infectious H5N1 virus spreads globally. The virus has now spread to all continents except Oceania and was recently ...6 days ago
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- World shines a light on NZ’s human rights breachesOpinion: Last week, important recommendations for our criminal justice system were made by the international community. Every five years, each member of the United Nations has its human rights practices reviewed. This rolling event – the Universal Periodic Review – is the culmination of a government reporting on its human ...6 days ago
- The mutant bird flu lurking on our bordersHighly pathogenic avian influenza – H5N1, or bird flu – has been flying around the world since the late 1990s. New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands are so far free of it, but now it’s been discovered in mainland Antarctica and scientists say it’s only a matter of time ...6 days ago
- Meridian Energy: no need to ‘engage’ locals ahead of fast-track applicationsFor projects of national significance, the energy giant recommends applicants need only “notify” those potentially affected The post Meridian Energy: no need to ‘engage’ locals ahead of fast-track applications appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- How Kiwis are getting their families out of PalestineMohammed paid $70,000 to get his 10 family members into Egypt. They still don’t have a clear way into New Zealand. The post How Kiwis are getting their families out of Palestine appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
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- The economic case against conscriptionOpinion: How economists helped to end slavery and conscription in the US and elsewhere The post The economic case against conscription appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Can Pharmac do more with the same pot of money?A $1.8b funding boost for Pharmac still won’t enable it to buy more drugs, raising questions about the Government’s approach to the agency The post Can Pharmac do more with the same pot of money? appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- National progressing changes to NZ Super’s ownership rulesLabour early last year introduced a bill to allow New Zealand’s pension fund to own more than half of a company or asset The post National progressing changes to NZ Super’s ownership rules appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Stokan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County If you live in one of the most economically deprived neighborhoods in your city, you might think the government is directing a smaller share of public funds to your community. ...6 days ago
- Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedomWansolwara The news media’s crucial role in climate change and environment journalism was the focus of The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme 2024 World Press Freedom Day celebrations. The European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert, and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna were the chief ...6 days ago
- QANTAS has finally settled its ‘ghost flights’ lawsuit for $120 million. What’s next?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Academic Director of UNE Sydney campus, University of New England Last August, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal proceedings against Qantas. The consumer watchdog accused the airline of selling thousands of tickets ...6 days ago
- Contradictions and confusion: More questions than answers at government press conferenceThe Prime Minister and Corrections Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about their $1.9 billion planned prison spend-up. ...6 days ago
- A View from Afar: Buchanan and Manning – A moment of frictionThis episode of A View From Afar was recorded LIVE on May 6, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, May 5, 2024 at 8:30pm (USEST). In an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan wrote how we are living within a decisive moment ...6 days ago
- Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bot...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Linus Zoll / Google DeepMind / Unsplash You might have seen viral videos of Wendy’s drive-thru customers in the United States ordering their fast food from the ...6 days ago
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- The Australian public service is letting Indigenous people down. How do we fix it?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Stewart, Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW Sydney For years, First Nations people have been telling governments they want to be listened to. In particular, they want more ownership of the programs and services that are supposed to help them. ...6 days ago
- Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Why do trees have bark? Julien, age 6, Melbourne. This is a great question, Julien. We are so familiar with bark on trees, that most of us ...6 days ago
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces $1.9 billion plan to make NZ saferThe Prime Minister says there will be a "significant investment" in funding for frontline Corrections staffing and services. ...6 days ago
- Surgery is the default treatment for ACL injuries in Australia. But it’s not the only waySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Nasser, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament in the knee. It runs from the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) and helps stabilise ...6 days ago
- Inflation, education and productivity: Some of the problems NZ needs to fix, according to the OECDThe country is being told it needs to get inflation under control, balance the books, raise educational achievement, and lift productivity. ...6 days ago
- Live: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's post-Cabinet updateWatch RNZ's livestream of the press conference and follow our blog for all the latest updates. ...6 days ago
- Voluntary redundancies at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment bring its tally of job los...The latest round of voluntary redundancies at the ministry has lifted RNZ's count of public sector job cuts to more than 4000. ...6 days ago
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- Hundreds of cities have achieved zero road deaths in a year. Here’s how they did itSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Matthew Mclaughlin It’s National Road Safety Week and it comes on the back of a year in which 1,286 people died on Australian roads. The rising road toll – up 8.2% ...6 days ago
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- Education, productivity and emissions: Three big problems NZ needs to fix, according to the OECDEconomic growth is sluggish - and the problems are a familiar list. ...6 days ago
- New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this weekWe round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+. If you love a dark comedy: Bodkin (Netflix, May 9) An English podcaster, an Irish podcaster and American podcaster walk into a pub and…make a TV show? ...6 days ago
- ‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS quietness’ as support for NZ, says academicBy Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for the Pacific region”. Auckland University of Technology academic Dr Marco de Jong ...6 days ago
- Labour says Government's water plan will see some councils 'left out in the cold'Meanwhile, the party and National are also odds about whose plan to fix the pipes will cost more. ...6 days ago
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