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Comment:Open mike 14/03/2021
Date published: 10:48 am, March 14th, 2021Yes Hekia Parata did really well as the Minister of Ed with her 'Learnings'.
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Comment:Open mike 08/03/2021
Date published: 10:44 am, March 8th, 2021I got one in Waiuku. It went straight in the recycling as I realised that there must be conservative religious money behind it.
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Comment:Who says cancel culture is a bad thing?
Date published: 3:37 pm, January 28th, 2021Banks would be a good fit with Brash, Bassett and Hide. I wonder why he wasn't asked to join them?
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Comment:Open mike 30/12/2020
Date published: 7:18 pm, December 30th, 2020Thanks for that Anne, a very interesting read.
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Comment:Open mike 16/12/2020
Date published: 10:39 am, December 16th, 2020Agree
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Comment:Open mike 10/12/2020
Date published: 8:36 am, December 10th, 2020You didn't mention Pike River. The accredited mine rescue crew were in all their gear ready to go in when they were stopped. Might have been a different outcome.
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Comment:Open mike 27/07/2020
Date published: 12:51 pm, July 27th, 2020No I did not confuse the difference, I am very aware of how MMP works and don't need patronising. What I was implying was that the Epsom sheep would go into the polling booth on automatic and habitually put a tick by Act, and again automatically put a tick...
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Comment:Open mike 27/07/2020
Date published: 8:43 am, July 27th, 2020The Epsom sheep are so used to being mustered into the polling booth to vote for ACT that if the NP withdraws support for ACT, Goldsmith will have to fight really hard to get the seat back and return to parliament.
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Comment:Jian Yang announces retirement so he can spend more time with his family
Date published: 12:02 pm, July 10th, 2020I think three terms give him a parliamentary pension, ex MP travel and other perks. Perhaps he is p****ed off because Boag kept him out of her loop, even after all his fund raising activities.
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Comment:Open mike 08/07/2020
Date published: 10:38 am, July 8th, 2020Wow that was quick. Her resignation just announced.
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Comment:Open mike 08/07/2020
Date published: 10:35 am, July 8th, 2020I guess if Nikki Kay keeps Boag on her re-election team, we will learn just how upset the NP is with her. Just the fact that Nikki employed her in the first place shows how entrenched Boag and her dirty politics is with the party.
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Comment:Open mike 02/07/2020
Date published: 8:32 am, July 2nd, 2020I'm confused about the Team NZ thing. I would have thought they would be selling TV rights, not paying for them. But then I am just an old lady.
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Comment:Open mike 27/06/2020
Date published: 4:17 pm, June 27th, 2020Speaking of rain and thunder; would all those people in Auckland who have been praying for rain, please stop now. Enough already!
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Comment:Open mike 19/06/2020
Date published: 3:24 pm, June 19th, 2020What about making sure you get your share of the deceased worldly goods?
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Comment:Open mike 19/06/2020
Date published: 3:11 pm, June 19th, 2020With their overseas jobs gone, a lot of them will be coming back to claim NZ benefits I guess. and probably some of them owe Foreign Affairs for their expensive airfares.
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Comment:Open mike 08/05/2020
Date published: 9:03 am, May 8th, 2020Thank you Kay.
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Comment:Open mike 08/05/2020
Date published: 8:29 am, May 8th, 2020Talking to a person who is part of the surgical team at Middlemore. The usual pre-op drugs are no longer available probably due to India being shut down. They are apparently having to use a barbiturate that dates back to the 1960s, which gives unpleasant ...
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Comment:Open mike 29/04/2020
Date published: 8:26 am, April 29th, 2020You missed "Get New Zealand working again".
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Comment:Open mike 27/04/2020
Date published: 8:30 am, April 27th, 2020So Auckland has a water crisis again. After the 1994 water shortage, we were told that the only thing to prevent this happening again was to set up a water treatment plant to take water from the Waikato River. I can't remember, but I assume that there was ...
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Comment:A little relief.
Date published: 4:06 pm, April 16th, 2020I'm looking for a couple of rollers to put in the front of my hair, put a scarf around my head and be in "Hilda Ogden" style. Worked for her.
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2020
Date published: 8:36 am, April 8th, 2020BTW when will the police stop Simon from his weekly family escape to Wellington on the basis that he is entitled as the leader of the opposition?
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2020
Date published: 8:34 am, April 8th, 2020I agree that RNZ is focusing on negative hearsay. This morning’s woman who didn’t get a test, I am sorry for that, but did people expect all systems and people running them to be up to speed immediately in this new era that nobody has been in before. The ...
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Comment:Open mike 31/03/2020
Date published: 8:39 am, March 31st, 2020Foodstuffs and Progressive are giving their employees a 10% pay rise, good on them. However, what about the medical staff getting extra pay as well? My daughter works in the recovery ward at Middlemore. Part of her work involves removing breathing and ...
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Comment:Open mike 16/03/2020
Date published: 3:40 pm, March 16th, 2020Of course Trump would stand by Pelosi, like most men of his ilk he needs a woman to clean up his mess.
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Comment:Open mike 24/12/2019
Date published: 3:47 pm, December 24th, 2019If the most popular party doesn't get into power under MMP, then more people voted against it than for it.
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Comment:Open mike 12/12/2019
Date published: 4:23 pm, December 12th, 2019I have often wondered which politician or CEO would be brave enough to give the call to evacuate all or part of Auckland, due to a possible volcanic activity warning. Just imagine the chaos on the motorways.
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Comment:Open mike 25/11/2019
Date published: 12:01 pm, November 25th, 2019Horrors! Just went to do the Herald crossword and now they want you to subscribe before you can.
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Comment:Open mike 24/11/2019
Date published: 11:21 am, November 24th, 2019Until Winston decides to block it.
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Comment:Daily review 20/09/2019
Date published: 8:54 am, September 21st, 2019Ask Northland what happened to their 10 bridges.
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Comment:Daily review 30/08/2019
Date published: 8:37 am, August 31st, 2019Indians will have to donate twice as much!
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Comment:Daily review 27/08/2019
Date published: 7:48 pm, August 27th, 2019I wonder how many godwits will return to NZ this spring after nesting in Alaska.
- The Hipkins bit of the conjecture about Labour’s leadership has been settled – now for the deput...
Buzz from the Beehive Because our hard-working Ministers of the Crown are engaged in Labour Party caucus stuff in Napier, no doubt jockeying to ensure they keep their jobs or get a better one, Point of Order was not surprised to find no fresh news on the Beehive website this ...1 week ago - Danyl Mclauchlan: The Visions of Jacinda Ardern
By the end of 2019, Jacinda Ardern was a political superstar heading towards an election defeat. She was an icon, internationally beloved, on track to be an ex-prime minister before the age of forty. It was the year of the Christchurch terror attack when Ardern’s response to the atrocity saw ...1 week ago - Bullshit Work
People complain about their jobs being meaningless. Does it matter?David Graeber, author of Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work and What We Can Do About It, would have smiled at Elon Musk’s sacking half the Twitter workforce. Musk seems to be confirming the main thesis of the book, that ...2 weeks ago - Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Jacinda Ardern’s resignation changes everything
Dr Bryce Edwards writes: Should New Zealand have a snap election? That’s one of the questions arising out of the chaos of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation. There’s an increased realisation that everything has changed, and the old plans and assumptions for election year have suddenly evaporated. ...2 weeks ago - A scourge of cockroaches might be among the culprits as commentators conjecture on the PM’s decisi...
Buzz from the Beehive There has been nothing fresh on the Beehive website, since Jacinda Ardern gave us a double whammy yesterday – the announcement of her resignation and the date (14 October) ... 2 weeks ago - Bryce Edwards: Why Jacinda Ardern’s resignation changes everythingShould New Zealand have a snap election? That’s one of the questions arising out of the chaos of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation. There’s an increased realisation that everything has changed, and the old plans and assumptions for election year have suddenly evaporated. So, although Ardern has named an ...2 weeks ago
- The west vs the rest – the world is changing
I warned about the trap of virtue signaling in my article Virtue signaling over Ukraine. This video is still relevant – but have we moved on since then? The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was universally condemned at the time. Or was it? Certainly, the political atmosphere ...2 weeks ago - In the face of China’s “coercive tendencies”, is it time for NZ to shape its own “Indo-Pac...
Earlier this week Point of Order carried a post by Geoffrey Miller on how Japan under a new security blueprint is doubling its defence spending. The plans see Japan buying up advanced weaponry – including long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US – and spending more on ...2 weeks ago - Weekly Roundup 20-January-2023
Anyone else suffering back-to-work-blues? We’re battling, but still upright. Haere tonu! Today’s cover image is of sunset over Tirohanga Whānui Bridge, sourced from Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Jolisa pondered the fate of AT’s ‘Statements of Imagination’. Tuesday’s post was a guest post by Grady ...2 weeks ago - Labour — nothing can be taken for granted
Labour’s inner circle will ideally want this Sunday’s caucus meeting to end with a sole nominee for party leader and their deputy. ...2 weeks ago - Skeptical Science New Research for Week #3 2023
Open access notables Bad news delivered by an all-star cast of familiar researchers: Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans. From the abstract: In 2022, the world’s oceans, as given by OHC, were again the hottest in the historical record and exceeded the previous 2021 record maximum. According to IAP/CAS data, ...2 weeks ago - PM makes NZ a world leader
The resignation of Jacinda Ardern has already made more global headlines than you might expect for that of the PM of a small commonwealth nation like say Sierra Leone (population 6.5 million) or Singapore (population 5.5 million). But international observers might not be too surprised by Ardern’s announcement that ...2 weeks ago - Into the Valley of Something Unexpected: The Resignation of Jacinda Ardern
One of my earliest political memories is the resignation of Prime Minister David Lange in August 1989. I remember this because of a brown felt-tipped pen drawing I did of the Beehive, the building that houses the Executive of the New Zealand Government. More than thirty years later, we ...2 weeks ago - Yes, the PM did have something to say in Napier – NZ will go to the polls on 14 October (without h...Buzz from the Beehive Hard on the heels of our Buzz from the Beehive earlier today, the PM has made two announcements – the 2023 general election will be held on Saturday 14 October and she will not be campaigning to win a third term as Prime Minister. She will ...2 weeks ago
- Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s outsized New Zealand foreign policy legacyJacinda Ardern had an outsized impact on New Zealand’s international relations. While all Prime Ministers travel internationally, Ardern’s calendar was fuller than most. Ardern’s first major foreign trip came within weeks of her election in 2017, to the APEC summit in Vietnam. The meeting gave Ardern her first in-person encounter ...2 weeks ago
- Jacinda
She gave it her all. No New Zealand Prime Minister has ever dominated the political scene at home as she has done, or has established an international profile to match hers. No New Zealand Prime Minister has had to confront such a sequence of domestic and international catastrophes – from ...2 weeks ago - An amazing disappointment
Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation announcement today has left a lot of us with a lot of complicated feelings. In my case, while I've been highly critical of Ardern's government, I'm still sorry to see her go. We've had far too many terrible things happen during her term as Prime Minister ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on Ardern, business confidence, and the worth of sanctionsThe decision by Jacinda Ardern to end her term as Prime Minister on February 7 has come as a stunning surprise. It turns the task of a centre-left government winning re-election this year from difficult to nigh on impossible. No-one else among the Labour caucus has Ardern’s ability to explain ...2 weeks ago
- Jacinda Ardern: “For me, it's time”. So how will she be remembered?
Jacinda Ardern’s first press conference as Labour leader in August 2017 was a defining moment in the past decade of New Zealand politics. A young woman (by the standards of politics) who had long been tipped for higher office, she had underperformed as a minister and Andrew Little’s noble resignation ...2 weeks ago - Jacinda Resigns.
An Astonishing Rapport: Jacinda Ardern's "Politics of Kindness" raised so many progressive possibilities. Her own tragedy, and New Zealand's, is that so few of them were realised.MUCH WILL BE WRITTEN in the coming days about "The Ardern Years", some of it sympathetic and insightful, most of it spiteful and wrong.For ...2 weeks ago - Are the police following the law on DNA?Back in November, Newsroom reported that the police were racist in their collection of DNA samples from young people. The report came on the back of widespread police racism, illegality, and abuse of privacy in their policy of photographing and fingerprinting Māori youth. When I blogged about this, I highlighted ...2 weeks ago
- If you are looking for the PM, try Napier – and for good measure she might have something to sayBuzz from the Beehive We drew another blank, when we checked the Beehive website this morning for ministerial announcements, pronouncements or denouncements. Nothing has been posted since January 16, when Damien O’Connor announced he was travelling to Europe this week to discuss the role of agricultural trade in climate change ...2 weeks ago
- Few favourable economic signals in sight, but there’s a glimmer of light in GDT dairy export price...Kiwis returning to work after their summer breaks and scanning the economic horizon may find few encouraging signals. Even the agricultural sector, which proved to be the mainstay at the height of the Covid pandemic, is now having to navigate the inflation raging in the domestic sector. As well, ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 19 January 2022Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National reshuffle awaits, Labour and Nat MPs descend on Napier for awkward week (paywalled) Felix Desmarais (1News): Analysis: The three Government announcements pundits expect next week Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): No guarantee Māori-stacked cabinet will continue – Ardern Stuff: Wealthy donors ...2 weeks ago
- The rich are trying to buy the electionThe Herald this morning reports on the rich's efforts to buy this year's election. And you'll never guess who their chosen vehicle is: The National Party may start election year with a $2.3 million war chest raised from 24 big donors in 2022, while Labour has declared just $150,000 ...2 weeks ago
- No news (about missing children) might be good news – but who knows?Here’s more from the “no news today” file. Under the heading Wellbeing of missing Marokopa children huge question mark – psychologist, RNZ reminds us that three children have been missing with their father for a year. Marokopa father Thomas Phillips and his three children Jayda, Maverick, and Ember have not ...2 weeks ago
- No news is good newsBuzz from the Beehive Our visit to the Beehive website this morning found nothing new since Damien O’Connor posted the announcement of his journey to Europe this week to discuss the role of agricultural trade in climate change and food security, WTO reform and New Zealand agricultural innovation. No news, of ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victoryDR BRYCE EDWARDS writes – Christopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls in recent months, and have a firm coalition partner in Act, which is often polling about 10 per cent. Betting ...2 weeks ago
- Bryce Edwards: National can’t be allowed to sleepwalk to victoryChristopher Luxon’s National Party are the odds-on favourites to win the general election this year. They have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls in recent months, and have a firm coalition partner in Act, which is often polling about 10 per cent. Betting agencies can’t take bets on ...2 weeks ago
- Improving AT’s responses to PT disruptionDisruptions to public transport have long been a frustrating fact of life in Auckland, but the last year has taken this to a whole new level, with the ongoing longterm rail shutdowns with bus replacement services, plus thousands of bus cancellations a day becoming a regular occurrence. Things are currently so ...2 weeks ago
- Can induction stoves convince home cooks to give up gas?This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler You walk into your kitchen to make pasta. After filling a pot with water, you place a small silicone mat in the middle of your counter, then set the pot above it and open a stovetop app on your phone. ...2 weeks ago
- Dirty tricks in National Party candidate selectionThe extreme right-wing conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxer who was outed in Nicky Hagar’s “Dirty Politics”, Cameron “Whaleoil” Slater, has resurrected himself and is now promoting a campaign for his sometime-associate, Simon Lusk, to disrupt National’s candidate selection for the Tukituki electorate. ...2 weeks ago
- Tolkien-Related Stress II: Scanning the Oath of Fëanor
I have just taken a stab at scanning Tolkien’s famous Ring Verse: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/tolkien-related-stress-scanning-the-ring-verse/ I noted that the problem with the Verse is that it is too loose in its accentual nature: it is sometimes unclear where the four stresses are supposed to fall on a given line. I ...2 weeks ago - Tolkien-Related Stress: Scanning the Ring VerseYou know it as well as I, the famous Ring Verse from The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Three Rings for the Elven Kings under the sky Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die One ...2 weeks ago
- Looking ahead to voters opting for a progressive government, a reactionary one – or maybe somethin...Cabinet ministers obviously are enjoying the final days of their summer break while their desks back in Wellington are piled high with the problems of a country beset with raging inflation, labour shortages and a pandemic that refuses to go away. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had her ...2 weeks ago
- Climate Change: A successful policyThe Herald has an annual roundup of electric vehicle stats this morning, and it shows us that the government's clean-car-discount - which sees buyers of dirty vehicles pay to subsidies purchases of clean ones - has been a hugely successful policy: New Zealand broke two records for electric vehicles ...2 weeks ago
- Westminster means hateWhen England was an empire, it used colonialism to spread bigotry and hate, leaving a legacy of homophobic legislation around the world. And now, they're using colonialism to force bigotry and hate on Scotland, by vetoing Scotland's gender recognition law: Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the ...2 weeks ago
- Reform of the WTO, food security and climate change are on the agenda as O’Connor heads for EuropeBuzz from the Beehive Just as soon as he was back on duty, Damien O’Connor was packing his bags for a journey to Europe. But first he announced a second dollop of dollars for flood-ravaged farmers, this time in the Wairarapa. Government funding relief for flood-affected Wairarapa farmers and growers ...2 weeks ago
- Is The Prime Minister “Evil”?She’s Such A Scream! The Prime Minister’s enemies, those who want us to hate her, suffer from the not insubstantial handicap of being more than a little hateful themselves. Rendered nonsensical by their unwavering belief in the most absurd conspiracy theories, and dangerous by their relentless peddling of fake news ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 17 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Gordon Campbell. On National’s fraught journey back to the centre Duncan Garner (TodayFM): Could National lose it from here? Simon Wilson (Herald): The 2023 election is a choice between the best Government yet, and the worst (paywalled) Peter Bale (North & South): Home, and Away Thomas Coughlan ...2 weeks ago
- Rail buses are a pain – but they don’t have to beThis is a guest post by reader Grady Connell. It was originally published (in October 2022) on Today FM. Road closed ahead. It’s a dreaded sign to see during any journey on the roading network. Seeing this sign usually means bumper-to-bumper traffic and a 10-minute or more longer detour ...2 weeks ago
- New paper: Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projectionsThis is a quick summary about the newly published paper "Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections" by Professor of Environmental Science and Policy Geoffrey Supran, Professor of Physics of the Oceans Stefan Rahmstorf and Professor of the History of Science Naomi Oreskes. It leverages a thread tweeted by Geoffrey Supran shortly after ...2 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New ZealandGeoffrey Miller writes: Japan is a country on the move. Since World War II, Tokyo has largely been happy to outsource its security needs to Washington. But this is now changing to a more equal partnership. On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called his country’s alliance with ...2 weeks ago
- While O’Connor and McAnulty bring succour to flood victims, ACT unleashes a stream of warnings to ...Buzz from the Beehive The government is still in holiday mode if the Beehive website serves as a guide. ACT politicians, in contrast, are busy beating the law-and-order drum. The Minister for Emergency Management, Kieran McAnulty, has announced Government help for communities in Tairāwhiti that were battered by Cyclone Hale. ...2 weeks ago
- In Praise Of Individualism.Me, Myself, Eye: The great irony of individualism is that the nearer humanity comes to the point where every person can make their own life, the more doubtful many intellectuals become of its merit. But, before embracing the moral oblivion of collective identity; and the strictures of tribal tradition, they ...2 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on National’s fraught journey back to the centreEver since Christopher Luxon became leader, National has adopted a “small target” strategy. This consists of offering nothing to distract the media from its focus on the government’s shortcomings and the public’s discontent with its performance. In particular, the strategy involves releasing no policy alternatives whose own failings might then ...2 weeks ago
- Whatever happened to AT’s “Statements of Imagination”?Once upon a time, our city dared to dream – and dared us all to dream, with the encouragement and examples of other cities just like ours – of what Auckland could be. If we slipped free of old shackles and bad habits. If we were creative, adaptive, and a little ...2 weeks ago
- Geoffrey Miller: What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for New ZealandJapan is a country on the move. Since World War II, Tokyo has largely been happy to outsource its security needs to Washington. But this is now changing to a more equal partnership. On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called his country’s alliance with the United States ‘stronger than ...2 weeks ago
- 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 8, 2023 thru Sat, Jan 14, 2023. Story of the Week Relentless Rise of Ocean Heat Content Drives Deadly Extremes The heat of global warming will keep penetrating deeper into the oceans ...2 weeks ago
- 2022 updates to the temperature records
Another January, another annual data point. As in years past, the annual rollout of the GISTEMP, NOAA, HadCRUT and Berkeley Earth analyses of the surface temperature record have brought forth many stories about the long term trends and specific events of 2022 – mostly focused on the impacts ...2 weeks ago - Flashback Saturday: How to fund the CFN and save $14 billionMost Saturdays we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was first published in September 2013 (note: you can now dig into our archives yourself by scrolling down and looking on the right hand side of the page). On the topic of the Congestion Free Network, we frequently get ...2 weeks ago
- The Economy in 2023?
The two most comprehensive forecasts of the New Zealand economy are by the Reserve Bank and the Treasury. They are especially important because they inform monetary and fiscal policy. What do they say?Shortly after the Reserve Bank and Treasury published their end-of-year forecasts, Statistics New Zealand announced a 2.0 percent ...3 weeks ago - ANPR should require a warrantOn Tuesday, the Herald broke the news of a massive increase in ANPR surveillance by police, from mere dozens of uses in 2020 to thousands in 2022, and that police had lied in their internal documentation when they said the system was audited to ensure use was legal. And today ...3 weeks ago
- Flooding and logging -Homepaddock wonders if there’s one rule for forestry and another for the re...Homepaddock reports – Friends who farm inland from Gisborne have lost power and their roads are impassable. The damage is worse than it would otherwise have been because forestry slash has been washed down rivers. A Tairāwhiti resident says her home would not have flooded if it wasn’t for a ...3 weeks ago
- The rain came down – and so did the debris from logging operations in the flood-damaged Gisborne r...Buzz from the Beehive Damien O’Connor, as Minister for Rural Communities, has broken his 2023 duck and issued his first press statement of the year to announce government support for flood-affected farmers and growers in the Gisborne region. We have yet to hear from Forestry Minister Stuart Nash, but he ...3 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 13 January 2023Items of interest and importance today HEALTH, COVID Rachel Thomas (Stuff): Move to police financial interests in healthcare desperately needed, radiologists say Rachel Maher (Herald): 90-year-old left bleeding on bathroom floor with head injury for two hours while waiting for ambulance Selah Hart (Herald): Empowering communities to effectively combat alcohol ...3 weeks ago
- Weekly Roundup 13-January-2023Welcome back to our Weekly Roundup, where we cover some of the many stories from home and abroad that caught our eyes recently. This week’s header image is courtesy of @ScootFoundation on Twitter, and pretty accurately captures the vibe and the weather of early 2023. The week in Greater ...3 weeks ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #2 2023Open access notables The authors don't discuss it but folks who follow our GHG sources & sinks, flux, related geochemistry section will likely form some immediate connections from this paper and ask "what's this going to release?" Significant underestimation of peatland permafrost along the Labrador Sea coastline in northern Canada just published in The Cryosphere ...3 weeks ago
- Review: Lilith, by George MacDonald (1895)
There’s the joke that the difference between the Victorians and our current era is that the Victorians were obsessed with Death and acted as though Sex didn’t exist, whereas current modernity is the other way around. It’s not actually true, of course, but it’s still amusing. Today, I’m going ...3 weeks ago - While the Beehive is silent, Seymour steals a march by railing against the Ardern team’s law-and-o...Buzz from the Beehive Sorry, folks (although – on second thoughts – you might regard this as good news). There has been no buzz from the Beehive since January 9, when Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall announced that a vaccine for people at risk of mpox (or monkeypox) will be ...3 weeks ago
- Gordon Campbell on the cult of political boldnessThe next recession is shaping up as the most predicted event since the Second Coming. While we have to take it on faith that it will arrive someday, it is hard to say when it will happen, or how great/how bad it will be if and when it ever does. ...3 weeks ago
- Lindsay Mitchell: PM more self-delusional by the dayLindsay Mitchell writes: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is heading into the 2023 election campaign stating: “Our record is growing Māori housing. Our record is growing Māori employment opportunities. Now our record is growing the Māori economy. I will happily campaign on our record.” I really don’t have a lot ...3 weeks ago
- Political Roundup: 12 January 2023Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Henry Cooke: Who are Labour’s lost voters? Anna Whyte (Stuff): Green Party lay down priorities for 2023 – ‘more influence over the next government’ Anna Whyte (Stuff): Summer off politics: James Shaw wants to make it past chapter one Glenn McConnel (Stuff): Summer ...3 weeks ago
- Streaming platforms will soon be required to invest more in Australian TV and films, which could be ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Eklund, PhD Candidate in Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology Unsplash Streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ will soon face regulations to invest in Australian content, as Australian regulations catch up to other world players. ...23 hours ago - ‘Discriminatory impact on First Nations people’: coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronic...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Indigenous community members outside the Victorian coroners court ahead of the release of a report into the death of Veronica Nelson. Tamati Smith/Getty Images Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...23 hours ago
- Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says GreenpeaceAsia Pacific Report Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand’s extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a “climate disaster”. “As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the North Island have been battered by unprecedented rain and flooding, it’s a visceral reminder that ...1 day ago
- Sacked FBC chief ‘earning more than PM’, says new broadcaster chairBy Wata Shaw in Suva Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) chief executive officer Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s employment status has been terminated, new board chair Ajay Bhal Amrit confirmed today. Amrit said in a statement that chief financial officer Vimlesh Sagar would act in the position until the board could “confidently appoint” a ...1 day ago
- NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwatersRNZ News A fourth person has been found dead as a result of New Zealand’s catastrophic floods on Friday, which have now spread to other parts of the country. Police said in a statement that Search and Rescue, who had been looking for a person swept away by floodwaters in ...1 day ago
- 3rd Of March School Strike For Climate
This year, politicians will stand for the leadership of our country. As young people today, we are accustomed to doomsday climate headlines and “once in 100 year” phenomena. We have heard all the big kōrero, but where is all the meaningful action? ...1 day ago - What You Will Be Asked In The 2023 CensusEveryone in Aotearoa New Zealand on Census Day, 7 March 2023, will be asked to answer questions about themselves in the census. As a household there will also be questions about where you live, Stats NZ said today. “There will be a lot that is familiar ...1 day ago
- New Zealand’s tax system is under the spotlight (again). What needs to change to make it fair?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington GettyImages Aotearoa New Zealand’s new Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, has said we should look at ways to make the tax system fairer. Finance associate minister David Parker made ...1 day ago
- Catastrophic Deluge Should Be Named A Climate Disaster Says GreenpeaceGreenpeace is today calling for the North Island’s extreme rain and flooding event to be named as a climate disaster. "As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the North Island have been battered by unprecedented rain and flooding, ...1 day ago
- Now is the time to re-think EQC
In these threatening times, a broad discussion about the role of EQC is imperative, writes Chris Nicoll In Aotearoa we are good at dealing with catastrophes when they occur. We see (otherwise rare) social unity in the minute-by-minute responses. People seem happy to help one another without hope of reward ...1 day ago - What’s driving the potato chip shortage and when will it pass?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Potatoes are among Australia’s favourite vegetables. However, we are facing a shortage of processed potatoes, especially of frozen chips. Coles introduced a two-item limit for shoppers ...1 day ago
- What is Jane Yee from Treasure Island’s podcast? Introducing The Real Pod
The breakout star of Treasure Island: Fans vs Faves is The Spinoff’s own head of podcasting, Jane Yee. Here’s everything you need to know about her show, The Real Pod. What is The Real Pod? A weekly podcast which recaps the biggest reality TV shows screening in New Zealand, The ...1 day ago - Counting The Ways Auckland Was Failed By Its MayorIn some alternative universe, Auckland mayor Efeso Collins readily grasped the scale of Friday’s deluge, and quickly made the emergency declaration that enabled central government to immediately throw its resources behind the rescue and remediation effort. ...1 day ago
- Jayden Daniels and Bree Tomasel are Treasure Island’s strongest fan/fave allianceThe Treasure Island: Fans v Faves co-hosts talk fans, faves and making their new hosting partnership work. When Treasure Island: Fans v Faves premieres tonight and a new group of castaways wash ashore on a Fijian beach in the hopes of winning $50,000 for charity, they’ll be wrangled by a ...1 day ago
- Severe weather continues in North Island: What you need to know
*This story was originally published on RNZ and is republished with permission* Landslips, road closures, homes and businesses flooded and more heavy rain on the way. Here is what you need to know as the severe weather continues. Landslips and homes without water Northern suburbs of Auckland and Titirangi appear ...1 day ago - Revisiting an old food foeChesdale cheese slices were one of the banes of Charlotte Muru-Lanning’s childhood. Can she learn to love them as an adult? This is an excerpt from our weekly food newsletter, The Boil Up. For most of my childhood, Chesdale cheese slices were a mainstay in the fridge. Much to my disappointment. ...1 day ago
- Prime Minister Chris Hipkins: 'Still a very challenging time' for Auckland
Auckland has a big clean-up job and faces uncertainty with severe weather forecast, but the prime minister would not be drawn on the Auckland mayor's handling of the flood response. ...1 day ago - Food Exports Increase In 2022Total exports saw a growth of $8.7 billion (14 percent) to $72.2 billion in the year ended December 2022 compared with 2021, Stats NZ said today. Annual imports also rose sharply to $86.7 billion, up $16.1 billion (23 percent). “Price inflation ...1 day ago
- Glen Kyne on Warner Bros. Discovery’s future in New ZealandMeet the kiwi in charge of some of the worlds biggest brands across Japan, Australia and Aotearoa. Glen Kyne went from running the commercial team at Mediaworks to fostering brands like CNN and HBO in the blink of an eye. He chats with Duncan about the future of the streaming ...1 day ago
- Free Speech Union Welcomes Select Committee Report On Public Media Bill, But Media Independence Stil...The report by the Economic Development, Science, and Innovation Committee has suggested essential changes to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill. Many of these changes are straight out of the Free Speech Union submission on this Bill and we are glad ...1 day ago
- Power Play: Flooding disaster showed up major failures in local Auckland leadershipPower Play - Aucklanders did not get the political leadership they deserve as they face the aftermath of Friday night's devastating floods, writes Jane Patterson. ...1 day ago
- 3 in 4 people experience abuse on dating apps. How do we balance prevention with policing?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock A 2022 survey by the Australian Institute of Criminology found three in four app users surveyed ...1 day ago
- Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Farrelly, Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention outside the country. The democratic opposition, fronted by the National ...1 day ago
- Nope, coffee won’t give you extra energy. It’ll just borrow a bit that you’ll pay for laterSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer (Food Science and Human Nutrition), School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Pexels, CC BY Many of us want (or should I say need?) our morning coffee to give us our “get up and ...1 day ago
- Toxic pollutants can build up inside our homes. Here are 8 ways to reduce the risksSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Victoria’s Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock We know everything in our homes gathers dust. What you probably don’t know is whether there are toxic contaminants in your house ...1 day ago
- It’s hot, and your local river looks enticing. But is too germy for swimming?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Dan Himbrechts/AAP Swimming in rivers, creeks and lakes can be a fun way to cool off in summer. But contamination in natural waterways can pose a risk to human ...1 day ago
- A message to anxious parents as 320,000 Australian children start schoolSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Highfield, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of School (ACT and regional NSW), Australian Catholic University Erik Anderson/AAP Around Australia, about 320,000 children are starting school for the first time. As an early childhood researcher, former kindergarten teacher, and parent of ...1 day ago
- As students return to school, small-group tutoring can help those who are falling behindSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Principal Advisor Education, Grattan Institute Shutterstock More than four million students around Australia are heading back to school. While this will be a year of achievement and learning growth for many students, others will struggle to keep up. ...1 day ago
- Tár isn’t just about gender, sexuality and power – it is also a story of class in the elite wor...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne This article contains spoilers. Todd Field’s new, multi-Academy Award nominated feature film Tár is generating considerable commentary – and not a little controversy. For some, its storyline allows ...1 day ago
- Auckland floods: Residents take stock after extreme downpours
*This story was originally published on RNZ and is republished with permission* Aucklanders whose homes and businesses were inundated during Friday's deluge have begun cleaning up as the threat of further wild weather lingers. Some of them told First Up how the unprecedented rain event had impacted them. 'It's just ...1 day ago - It’s time to ditch New Zealand’s outdated regional anniversary daysMost of them commemorate early Pākehā arrival. Some are based on obsolete provincial borders. One celebrates an A&P show. But most importantly, none of them have any meaning to the vast majority of us, writes historian André Brett. First published in 2021 Last Monday was the Wellington Anniversary Day public ...1 day ago
- An uphill battle for Chris Hipkins
In the final part of a series on Labour's leadership transition, Elliot Crossan argues that the idealistic vision Jacinda Ardern espoused of a kind, empathetic and fair society is possible – but not with a less-inspiring new leader. Read part one here, and part two here Opinion: Jacindamania ended in ...1 day ago - Bookstores hanging in
A progress report on booksellers Last week's shock news that Vic Books in Wellington is set to close – it's open for nine more trading weeks, shutting its doors for good on March 31 – has been felt deeply by Kiwi booksellers. "It happens to them, it happens to all ...1 day ago - Hipkins needs a new plan for TVNZ and RNZ
A focus on “bread and butter” issues likely signals the end of the RNZ/TVNZ merger, writes Mark Jennings Opinion: It is highly probable new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has decided to scrap the plan to create a new public media entity, he just hasn’t announced it yet. His election-year pitch ...1 day ago - 'It's a Catch-22': How dangerous is it getting aid into Ukraine?
Nearly 18 million people in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian assistance. The Detail talks to one aid worker who's seen the devastation wreaked by Russia's invasion and the toll it's taken on Ukrainians. When New Zealand aid worker Anne Bulley knocked on the door of two elderly women living in a ...2 days ago - Daily crossword, Monday 30 January
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- Auckland floods: Where to get help and how to helpAn inexhaustive list of community assistance in the Auckland area. Kai, clothing, bedding Auckland City Mission A flood response fund has been set up by the mission. Both Vodafone and Te Rourou, Vodafone Aotearoa Foundation will match donations up to $35,000 each. So, for every $10 donated, $30 will go ...2 days ago
- Emergency mobile alert sent warning of heavy rainAuckland Emergency Management have issued an emergency mobile alert ahead of the potential for extremely heavy rain to hit the Auckland region. The alert warned Aucklanders of MetService’s orange heavy rain warning between now and Monday. The Met Service issued an orange heavy rain warning due to an active line of thunderstorms ...2 days ago
- Flood-hit Māngere family thanks community support in disasterBy Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent The Moungavalu family in Aotearoa New Zealand are grateful to be alive. Their Māngere home in Auckland, along with others in their street, was hit hard by flooding with chest-deep water sweeping down the road. Mohe Mougavalu says the water went down their no ...2 days ago
- Wayne Brown on flood reaction: 'There may have been some incorrect decisions'Auckland's mayor says lessons have been learned following the region's highest ever rainfall over 24 hours, which left four people dead and forced hundreds of people out of their homes. ...2 days ago
- Why the north and east have had such a dreadful summer
Oceans are at their warmest state ever and that has consequences, Kevin Trenberth writes I am a climate scientist who has been around watching the climate crisis grow from one of little concern to one where enough extremes of weather have grabbed the attention of the public. It is now ...2 days ago - The forecast for todayThe deputy prime minister, Carmel Sepuloni, and transport minister Michael Woods spoke Sunday afternoon and updated on the government’s response to the state of local emergency in Auckland. Today there will be 70-80 case managers supporting those calling the MSD helpline for assistance. Sepuloni encouraged anyone needing any assistance (food, ...2 days ago
- Deputy PM on flooding response: ‘We do have each other's backs’
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni says it has been "incredibly heartening" to see the way Aucklanders had helped each other out over the past few days. Sepuloni and Transport Minister Michael Wood have provided today's government update on the ongoing state of emergency in Auckland. Sepuloni thanked the many organisations ...2 days ago - Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni on flooding response: 'We do have each other's backs'The deputy prime minister says it has been "incredibly heartening" to see the way Aucklanders had helped each other out over the past few days. Watch the latest government update here. ...2 days ago
- Watch live: Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni provides government update on flood responseThe deputy prime minister and the transport minister are providing today's government update on the ongoing state of emergency in Auckland. Watch it live here. ...2 days ago
- Auckland floods: even stormwater reform won’t be enough – we need a ‘sponge city’ to avoid f...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Getty Images We’ve built our cities to be vulnerable to – and exacerbate – major weather events such as the one we saw in Auckland on Friday. While almost no ...2 days ago
- Recipe: Wafer per eeduIf you’ve managed to secure some eggs, here’s a tasty dish from the Parsi cuisine which essentially revolves around eggs… Even if they were an acquired taste for Perzen Patel. I’ve always been mentally allergic to eggs. I’ll eat cakes that have eggs and dishes where I can’t see or ...2 days ago
- PNG rural agency condemns ‘ghost projects’ in K1 billion delivery cash cowPNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Service Improvement Programme worth more than K1 billion (NZ$440 million) has become a major cash cow for “irresponsible” leaders, says the monitoring agency. In the past decade, the Provincial and District Services Improvement Programme has delivered much but has not achieved what it set out ...2 days ago
- Heavy metal lovers: A night rehearsing with the St Matthew’s bellringersTwice a week, church bells ring out through Auckland’s CBD. Sam Brooks meets the people who make it happen. If you happen to be on the Victoria Park side of the CBD on a Tuesday night or a Sunday morning, you’ll hear the sound of eight bells ringing clear as, ...2 days ago
- When storytellers ruled the world – and how stories rule usAn excerpt from a keynote speech delivered in November last year to mark Ben Brown’s time as Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador. We imagine ourselves into existence and a universe comes with us. This is the first and most important function of language, revealed to us ideally ...2 days ago
- Wayne Brown pens sternly worded letter to the rainOr if he did, it might read something like this Vexed, defensive, shouty, Mayor Brown the Second wore the countenance of a man who had just discovered, to his irritation and horror, that he is, you know, the mayor of Auckland. At Saturday’s press conference in response to the record-breaking, ...2 days ago
- Essay on Sunday: The sense-defying magic of the Pitcairn IslandsWhen you consider their remote location, perilous terrain and dark, sometimes ugly history, it seems incredible that anyone still lives on Pitcairn Island. But almost 50 people do and, as Graeme Lay discovers, they live very well. The supply ship Claymore II stands off the north coast of Pitcairn Island. ...2 days ago
- Slips and floods close state highways, more rain on way
Heavy rain has hit Bay of Plenty and Coromandel overnight and there's more rain on the way for Auckland, but people are beginning to take stock of the damage. A home has collapsed in Tauranga and residents have been evacuated. There are a number of road closures mainly in the ...2 days ago - Ardern squandered her chance at transformational change at every turn
In the second of a three-part series on Labour's leadership transition, Elliot Crossan focuses on how Labour's economic handling of the Covid crisis created an explosion in inequality. Read part one here. Opinion: In her emotional resignation speech, Jacinda Ardern described how she no longer had “enough in the tank to do ...2 days ago - Auckland floods a future sign – city needs stormwater systems fit for climate changeANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the eve of the city’s anniversary weekend, was caused by rainfall that was literally off the chart. Over 24 hours, 249mm of rain fell — well ...3 days ago
- ‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland flood damageRNZ News Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the way Aucklanders have come together and opened their homes to those in need, with the New Zealand government focused on providing the resources needed to get the city back up and running. The new prime minister — just four days into ...3 days ago
- Auckland thunderstorm: Furore over unsent Civil Defence warning textsRNZ News Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty has asked for communication on support after the severe thunderstorm in Auckland to be stepped up. It comes after a Civil Defence warning text failed to be sent out, and Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown told RNZ they will be reviewing the response, ...3 days ago
- Three dead, at least one missing, and airport closes in Auckland floodsRNZ News Three people are dead and at least one person is missing following the flooding overnight in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. About 1000 people were still stranded today after Auckland Airport was closed last night because of flooding of the arrival and departure foyers. Flights were cancelled for ...3 days ago
- Three deaths linked to floods; Brown defends emergency responsePrime minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed there are three deaths linked to the extreme weather event in Auckland over the past 24 hours. There is also at least one person missing. Speaking at a press conference in Auckland, Hipkins said the priority was to make sure Aucklanders were safe, housed ...3 days ago
- ‘You have to communicate facts’: Brown criticises councillors for speaking outWayne Brown has doubled down on his decision last night to shun the media until close to midnight and only order a state of emergency at 9.30pm. In a defensive display to the media this afternoon, the Auckland mayor was questioned on comments other councillors made last night, including some ...3 days ago
- The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come
*This story was first published on The Conversation and is republished with permission* Until New Zealand's stormwater drain system adapts to our rising climate, it will never be able to cope with the level of flooding seen in Auckland on Friday night, writes James Renwick The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced ...3 days ago - Watch live: PM Hipkins to speak after surveying Auckland damageChris Hipkins has experienced his first major event as prime minister, just days into his tenure. He’s spent the day in Auckland alongside emergency services, surveying the damage and assessing next steps. He’s due to speak at 3.15pm alongside Auckland mayor Wayne Brown. Thanks to Stuff, here is a livestream. ...3 days ago
- ‘Heartbreaking decision’: Laneway Festival officially cancelledDue to the “unprecedented weather event” in Auckland, organisers have confirmed the “heartbreaking decision” to cancel this year’s Laneway Festival. “We were so excited to deliver this show to our biggest crowd ever in New Zealand, our team has been working around the clock to do everything they can to ...3 days ago
- How to clean up after a floodWith the rain easing for a moment, many will be beginning the arduous task of cleaning out their flooded property. Auckland council has release advice for cleaning up after a flood. Cleaning up after a flood It is important to clean and dry your house and everything in it. Floodwater ...3 days ago
- Air NZ: ‘It might take a few days to get everything back on track’Air New Zealand Chief Operational Integrity and Safety Officer Captain David Morgan says the airline’s domestic flights in and out of Auckland resumed from 12pm today as Auckland Airport re-opens. But he said with a backlog of flights and customers, the priority is those who need to travel urgently. “Those ...3 days ago
- No decision on Auckland’s Laneway FestivalFestival-goers holding on hope for Laneway, set to take place at Western Springs on Monday, will have to wait a bit longer for an official update. A brief post on Facebook this afternoon stated: “Safety is Laneway Festival’s number one priority. With the large weather event Auckland is currently experiencing, ...3 days ago
- ‘Will be interesting to see how well prepared Wellington is when the earthquake strikes’ – Way...Wayne Brown has defended the timing of a declaration of a state of emergency last night following record rainfall in Auckland. “The state of emergency is a prescribed process, it’s quite formal, and I had to wait until I had the official request from the emergency management centre. The moment ...3 days ago
- ‘I’m so sorry’: Elton John cancels Auckland showsAfter the 11th hour cancellation last night, Elton John has cancelled the second concert of his farewell tour at Mt Smart, which had been scheduled for this evening. In a statement, John said: “Following the instruction of the emergency services, we have no option but to cancel tonight’s show in ...3 days ago
- Jacinda Ardern posts message to constituentsThe member of parliament for Mt Albert, Jacinda Ardern, has posted a message on Facebook following the flooding in Auckland. “I’m very conscious that it’s been a while since I posted, and there have been a few big things happening. But today the most important thing is everyone’s wellbeing and ...3 days ago
- No international arrivals at Auckland Airport todayFlooding of the runway, the check-in and arrivals areas on the ground floor and surrounding roads has disrupted operations at Auckland International, halting all departures until at least 5pm today, with no arrivals before 4:30am tomorrow. “People are asked not to come to the International Terminal at this time for ...3 days ago
- The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come – the city needs stormwater systems fit for clima...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Victoria Park near the Auckland CBD on January 27. Getty Images The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the eve of the ...3 days ago
- Insurance claims in Auckland already top 1,000New Zealand’s largest insurance group, IAG, says it is on track to receive more than 1,100 claims from Aucklanders by lunchtime after the city was deluged in the wettest day on record. Those claims, said the group which includes AMI, State and NZI Insurance, span property damage to homes and ...3 days ago
- What’s happening with Elton John, Laneway, Festival One and One Love?The rampant flooding in Auckland didn’t just detonate its provincial public holiday weekend – it coincided with the biggest weekend of the year to date for live events. A pair of Elton John concerts at Mt Smart stadium had a combined capacity of over 80,000, while both Laneway at Western ...3 days ago
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