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Comment:Open mike 03/11/2021
Date published: 12:23 pm, November 3rd, 2021Lasted from Chris Martenson for anyone interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnB8Tep92Us
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Comment:Why vaccine mandates are needed
Date published: 5:44 pm, October 27th, 2021Sounds like you didn't watch. Not everyone is well versed in reading research, but Chris is.
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Comment:Why vaccine mandates are needed
Date published: 11:29 am, October 27th, 2021Except we are apparently missing confirmation that vaccination rates are linked with reduction in transmission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeSJWGSnN8A
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Comment:Open mike 25/08/2021
Date published: 10:38 am, August 25th, 2021First thought was that if health professionals who care for those with Covid have decided not to get vaccinated, then surely they have their own reasons? They are after all qualified in the area of healthcare. Making vaccination madatory seems to me like ...
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Comment:Open mike 24/08/2021
Date published: 9:19 am, August 24th, 2021Until it goes mainstream it's just a bunch of fringe idiots who have an empty life.
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Comment:Open mike 22/08/2021
Date published: 1:06 pm, August 22nd, 2021Stalking is still an issue in NZ, when it should be a priority for lawmakers. Who is more vulnerable than a stalking victim? Don't tell me murder victims. They are already dead. English police have the power to take out stalking protection orders without ...
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Comment:The Covid vaccine may not be the nirvana
Date published: 3:51 pm, August 21st, 2021Bhutan, Cyprus, Iceland, Gibraltar all have high rates of vaccination, although different versions. The data is not good on the effectiveness. Someone in our govt machine will know this already and is coming up with a Plan B because it is the best thing ...
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Comment:The Covid vaccine may not be the nirvana
Date published: 3:43 pm, August 21st, 2021Sad it's come to this. Complaint + onto the Media Council? Might be necessary to nip it in the bud
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Comment:The Covid vaccine may not be the nirvana
Date published: 3:39 pm, August 21st, 2021Repeating that the vaccine is safe doesn't make it safe - the long term effects are unknown. OpenVARS (this uses offical data from VARS and turns it into an understandable and easy to access form - no conspiracy as a recent hit piece has falsely claimed) ...
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Comment:Open mike 21/08/2021
Date published: 12:51 pm, August 21st, 2021Whaat?! That's very odd. Someone should be following this up, closely. Has the $$ been repurposed or are the conditions and pay so shit that it isn't worth working in NZ?
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Comment:Here again, but Delta gives less latitude. So give less latitude.
Date published: 8:42 am, August 19th, 2021Just a reminder that disability is often invisable Please don't attack disabled people for not wearing a face mask!! The MoH have an exemption card available but it is not compulsory. From the above link You also do not need to wear face coverings if: it ...
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Comment:Here again, but Delta gives less latitude. So give less latitude.
Date published: 9:35 am, August 18th, 2021The only real difference is that the infection doesn’t take as much of a hold on the vaccinated. The vaccinated rarely require hospitalisation or die from being infected with Delta. If only that were the case. Preprint finding that neutralising activity (...
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Comment:Daily review 17/08/2021
Date published: 9:38 pm, August 17th, 2021🤣🤣🤣
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Comment:Daily review 17/08/2021
Date published: 9:34 pm, August 17th, 2021When I think Blackrock I think of exploitation. VG won't be any different. With $20 trillion between them, Blackrock and Vanguard could own almost everything by 2028 Two towers of power are dominating the future of investing Imagine a world in which two ...
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Comment:Daily review 17/08/2021
Date published: 8:49 pm, August 17th, 2021The advice given needs to updating to include mouthwash/nasal rinse after going out in public, or for reducing viral load during illness (virus replicates in nose and mouth). I've given myself a rinse this evening including the nasel bit. Betadine or ...
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Comment:Daily review 17/08/2021
Date published: 8:39 pm, August 17th, 2021Holy crap! That is a freakin' big difference.
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Comment:Open mike 17/08/2021
Date published: 11:18 am, August 17th, 2021Oh. Thanks for the explanation.
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Comment:Open mike 17/08/2021
Date published: 9:36 am, August 17th, 2021This is probably a super naive question, but why don't they just talk it through with the appropriate minister(s) and see if they can get some compromise? Seems like it went from being an issue to an OTT response very quickly. What have I missed?
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Comment:Daily review 16/08/2021
Date published: 8:53 pm, August 16th, 2021Good call for the 16 who quit (guessing more will follow as soon as they have somewhere else to go). You couldn't pay me enough to do that shift. There's little hope of police intervention if you get booted to the ground and surrounded by drunks or ...
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Comment:The United States Retreat from Afghanistan
Date published: 7:33 pm, August 16th, 2021I can't believe the US troops left so much behind. Speed of exit seems to be a major factor in why so much is being left behind. The US Central Command said it had left no less than 17,074 pieces of equipment in Afghanistan. "Most of this equipment is not ...
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Comment:Open mike 13/08/2021
Date published: 9:18 am, August 13th, 2021For goodness sake While police are investigating several of the incidents, there appears to be no formal overall response by the agencies responsible for domestic anti-terrorism and online harm. Netsafe says most of the threats are too serious for its ...
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Comment:Daily review 12/08/2021
Date published: 7:22 pm, August 12th, 2021The PM already ruled that out. I think they have done some focus group shit and figured out it wouldn't be popular, or effective. I'd just not go out and order groceries online in a real life game of chicken, and honestly I'd be happy as and saving money ...
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Comment:Covid-19 and the risk-based border plan
Date published: 7:12 pm, August 12th, 2021I think it will be ok and am really pleased with the plan so far (apart from the over focus on vaccination). Q-ing at home is much better for moral and expenses are considerably lower. Probs just working out the kinks with a low risk group of smaller ...
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Comment:Open mike 11/08/2021
Date published: 12:50 pm, August 11th, 2021!!This post isn't intended as treason!! Our people are good, but a little bit behind the really rapid changes in data. Timestamp 31:13 through 35:40 Two experts + the one interpreting it ate stating we can't reach heard immunity with vaccines. Of course if...
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Comment:Daily review 10/08/2021
Date published: 9:47 pm, August 10th, 2021https://twitter.com/jjchamie/status/1425028596566052883
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Comment:Daily review 09/08/2021
Date published: 7:53 pm, August 9th, 2021Yep, no surprises. Use all the buzzwords you like, it's always going to be an uphill battle to gain trust where when it has been repeatedly betrayed by the MoH ignoring consultation recommendations. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/...
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Comment:Daily review 09/08/2021
Date published: 7:39 pm, August 9th, 2021Why does Labour look like it is pushing through an ACT welfare policy? Not much is known about what this might look like, beyond it being an “ACC-style” scheme. It would pay eligible people who meet the work history criteria and lose their jobs 80 per cent...
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Comment:Daily review 09/08/2021
Date published: 6:37 pm, August 9th, 2021Viral loads in vaccinated v unvaccinated are the same, therefore you should not consider that vaccinated people won't pass the virus on. Yes, it's the same if you work around vulnerable people and were vaccinated to protect them. What a pity MoH hasn't ...
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Comment:Open mike 07/08/2021
Date published: 1:12 pm, August 7th, 2021I am aware of that, and the helicopters. Can't see that trust will be anywhere near 100% given the neglect of the region for a number of years. Roading, schooling (which was an issue back in the 1980s), maternity well before the rest of the country had ...
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Comment:Open mike 07/08/2021
Date published: 10:40 am, August 7th, 2021Remember those communities in the Far North and East Cape that blocked access during the initial Covid scare? In some places there are no doctors. On the East Cape where my whanau are they have a nurse that travels the region and once a week those who need...
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Comment:Open mike 07/08/2021
Date published: 10:11 am, August 7th, 2021BLM in association with a Human Rights organisation in the US are starting a campaign due to the large discrepancies. Imagine 40% of your neighbourhood not able to buy groceries or socialize with everyone else? It's facilitated social disintergration and a...
- More solar
The other day I posted about the renewable energy challenge if Aotearoa is to meet its climate change goals, arguing that we can do it. Today, Christchurch Airport has stepped up, providing another big chunk of what we need to get to a greener 2035, in the form of a ...22 mins ago - When will we follow Barbados?Barbados became a republic last night, ending nearly 400 years of British colonialism: After 396 years, the sun has set on the British monarchy’s reign over the Caribbean island of Barbados, with a handover ceremony at midnight on Monday marking the birth of the world’s newest republic. As the ...2 hours ago
- What Else Do We Know About Luxon?What do we know so far about Christopher (or is it to be “Chris”?) Luxon? We have so far been allowed to know only that he was chief executive of Air New Zealand, that he is an evangelical Christian (that is, a proselytising, and not just your everyday,) Christian, and ...4 hours ago
- Something is missing from this pictureYesterday the National Party picked a new leader, who seems indistinguishable from the last-but-one. Today, Stuff has an article exploring where he stands on the "big issues", which looks at "faith and politics", "identity and housing", "three Waters and He Puapua", and "health and social investment". What's missing? Just climate ...5 hours ago
- Chris Luxon – Day Onea.image2.image-link.image2-549-728 { display: inline; padding-bottom: 75.41208791208791%; padding-bottom: min(75.41208791208791%, 549px); width: 100%; height: 0; } a.image2.image-link.image2-549-728 img { max-width: 728px; max-height: 549px; } "New Zealand is over it, the National Party members are over it, and the caucus is over it. So we want to turn the page and ...6 hours ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 1 December 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Leo Milani, Policy Advisor, Waimate District Council: “NZ Politics Daily offers an indispensable survey, and methodical analysis of, NZ media’s coverage of the most pertinent political issues of the day. Its format, content, and quality renders it a vital tool not only to the general reader, but also ...7 hours ago
- 2021 Reading Log: NovemberCompleted reads for November: Unfinished Tales, by J.R.R. TolkienMurder in Mesopotamia, by Agatha ChristieCreative Metal, by Len GaleThe Man in the Brown Suit, by Agatha ChristieEndless Night, by Agatha ChristieLord Edgware Dies, by Agatha Christie ...13 hours ago
- A strong start – but can Luxon last?The first thing Chris Luxon did publicly after being elected as the 15th leader of the National Party was thank his colleagues. It was the proper thing to do. For it is only thanks to the cloak and dagger politics that they’ve engaged in over the past three years that ...22 hours ago
- Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on jobA 51-year-old flight attendant has completed a swift and stunning rise to CEO of Air New Zealand. New Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, has expressed great enthusiasm in announcing its new CEO today: 51-year-old Nathan Guy, a flight attendant who has spent about 1200 hours on the job. Guy ...1 day ago
- A true storyby Daphna Whitmore In a recent debate on free speech I closed with a true story. A woman I know – a writer – tweeted a joke in response to a man having just insulted her on the platform. The joke featured some violent imagery, but it also featured absurdist ...1 day ago
- Māui Tikitiki a Tāranga inspires Māui Hudson’s research journeyMāui Hudson says the characteristics of his namesake, the Māori diety Māui Tikitiki a Tāranga, enables and inspires him to confidently walk into new spaces of research. He hails from Te Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine and Ngāpuhi. Māui is a trained physiotherapist but is well-known for his leadership in creating guidelines and ...1 day ago
- Driven to help the planet and humanity thriveMihi mai ki a Dr Te Kīpa Kēpa Morgan, a professional engineer, who’s inspiring a different value system that he says can help humanity thrive and safeguard the sustainability of our planet. Kēpa affiliates to Ngāti Pikiao (Te Arawa), Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu. For more than a decade, Kēpa’s main ...1 day ago
- Gordon Campbell on why an attack on Iran is back on the agendaReportedly, Christopher Luxon has the edge on Simon Bridges in National’s leadership contest although there is no firm evidence for that hunch. So, one hesitates about joining a media echo chamber that amplifies Luxon’s chances ahead of the 3pm caucus meeting today. You know how it goes: Luxon doesn’t quite ...1 day ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 30 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Dr David Bromell, Senior Associate, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies: “While working as a public policy advisor, NZ Politics Daily was a daily “must read” as it alerted me to wider public policy issues than workplace-based media scanning, which generally covered only subject areas that related directly to ...1 day ago
- Can genetically engineered seeds prevent a climate-driven food crisis?This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington When John Boelts sows acres of cotton seed on his farm in Yuma, Arizona, he does so knowing that the fields will be free of an invasive pest called pink bollworm. For nearly a century, the small pink striped ...1 day ago
- The Simple Thing That’s Hard To Do.1 day ago
- A Stay of Execution: The National Library of New Zealand Caves to AuthorsWell, well. Looks like Christmas has arrived early, with a victory over vandalism. You may recall this little furore about the future of the National Library of New Zealand’s Overseas Published Collection: https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/lack-of-public-service-announcement-the-national-library-of-new-zealand-internet-archive-and-alleged-digital-piracy/ Well, those outrageous plans to digitise and pirate copyrighted works have got enough negative attention ...2 days ago
- Climate Change: We can do it!RNZ reports on the other story to come out of the government's emissions budget Cabinet paper: the scale of the changes we need to make: The massive scale of the nationwide changes needed quickly to cut climate gas emissions is laid bare in newly-released government documents. [...] The number ...2 days ago
- Climate Change: Cold feet?Ministry for the Environment has dumped more cabinet papers related to its recent initial consultation on the emissions reduction plan. The key document is an August cabinet paper on Emissions Budgets for 2022-2025, 2026-2030 and 2031-2035, which made the dubious in-principle decision to increase the first period's emissions budget (which ...2 days ago
- Rating The Contenders.There Can Be Only One: Some might ask why National MPs would install yet another “successful business person” at the helm of their party? Isn’t one Todd Muller enough? Especially when Simon Bridges could become the first National politician of Māori descent to become Prime Minister.LET’S GET SOMETHING out of ...2 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on Omicron, and the Bridges/Luxon dilemmaAt this early stage, the Omicron variant seems to be more infectious, and more able to bypass the protection offered by vaccines and by the antibodies generated by previous infection. The fact that it is being spread around the globe by travellers who were all presumably fully immunised and had ...2 days ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 29 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Dr Kevin Moore, Associate Professor in Psychology & Tourism, Lincoln University: “For me, the big advantage of NZ Politics Daily is the breadth of opinion and sources it gathers. Together. There is always a mix of news reporting, news analysis, opinion pieces and blog posts. That breadth ...2 days ago
- National is still very much the same Party even without Collins leading it… that’s the real issu...Judith Collins regarded Thatcher as “a personal hero” of hers. But like her hero though, it took the UK Conservative Party and their ideological counterparts here to get rid of both of them, from the inside. There’s a sort of bizarre symmetry to that really. Both were rather messy ...3 days ago
- 2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, November 21, 2021 through Sat, November 27, 2021 The following articles sparked above average interest during the week: To Breed or Not to Breed?, The Vaccine for Fake News, Ten ways to confront the climate ...3 days ago
- A professor without honour in his own countryMichael Corballis just three months before his death appeared in an interview on the Hui with Mihirangi Forbes. She made no effort to conceal her disdain for his defence of science and proceeded to lecture him on not knowing enough about mātauranga Maori to comment on it and accused him ...3 days ago
- Businessman – and Political NoviceThe drums are beating – see Heather Du Plessis-Allan in today’s Herald – for Christopher Luxon’s bid to become National’s new (and latest) leader. It is conceded that he is a political tyro but – such is National’s current plight – it is suggested that he is a risk worth ...3 days ago
- No, Elizabeth Stuart Would Not Have Stopped the English Civil War (Probably)As you might have noticed, A Phuulish Fellow is a fairly eclectic blog. Even an organic one. I have my interests, and write about them as the fit takes me. And sometimes I stumble across an article I feel the need to comment on. Today, I ran across a ...4 days ago
- Rumour Has It: A Númenórean Character List?Today we have another Amazon rumour on our hands. And for a change, it is not coming out of Fellowship of Fans. No, instead we have the following tweet doing the rounds, ostensibly listing (mostly) Númenórean characters and their code names. It’s an interesting leak, if true. And that’s ...5 days ago
- Covid as WarriorsThe book I am currently working on – tentative title ‘In Open Seas’ – looks at the current and future New Zealand. One chapter describes the policy towards Covid using the trope of warfare. It covers an important period in our history but show how policy evolves and why, as ...5 days ago
- COVID-19: the B.1.1.529 variant – what do we know?There’s a lot of news about a new variant originally reported in southern Africa. Early signs have prompted calls for immediate precautionary blocks on travel from the region to restrict its spread. The WHO has called an emergency conference on this variant. Here’s a round-up of what we know so ...5 days ago
- National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with SatanSources close to party president Peter Goodfellow say he was totally blindsided by Collins’ claims he was party to this particular satanic ritual. National Party president Peter Goodfellow is today issuing a strong denial on behalf of the party’s board, saying they did not, at any point, agree to the ...5 days ago
- The cost of optimismYesterday the National Party imploded in a messy knife-fight that cost it its leader and probably one of the contenders. So naturally, the government has taken the opportunity to do a dump of its pandemic advice, including the Cabinet papers on its controversial decisions to repeatedly lower the Auckland alert ...5 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on National’s less than stellar choicesAmid all the jostling in the National caucus ranks, spare a thought for Andrew Bayly. Who? Well might you ask. Plucked from obscurity by Judith Collin, elevated from number 18 to number 3 in the caucus rankings and given the Finance portfolio – a role in which he has been ...5 days ago
- Are New Zealand’s universities doing enough to define the limits of academic freedom?Matheson Russell, University of Auckland The news last week that University of Auckland public health researcher Simon Thornley was retracting a co-authored paper about supposed vaccination risks during pregnancy raised deeper questions about the limits of academic freedom. Thornley’s own head of department had called for the paper to ...5 days ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 26 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Jean Drage, Political scientist specialist in local government: “With 78 local authorities and central government currently intent on reform, local government is a challenging area of research to keep on top of. Thank goodness for Bryce’s NZ’s Politics Daily. It is a gem, especially as it also ...5 days ago
- Josh Van Veen: Bridges is not the oneSimon Bridges failed to bluff Judith Collins out of the leadership. A campaign to rehabilitate his image began shortly after the election and culminated in the publication of a memoir in August. There were persistent rumours of a deal with rival Christopher Luxon and MPs from the ‘liberal’ wing of ...5 days ago
- Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smokingRichard Edwards, Jude Ball, Janet Hoek, George Thomson, Nick Wilson* On November 28 new legislation to protect children from smoking and vaping in cars will come into force. This blog sets out the background and rationale for the new law, and discusses implementation, evaluation and the next steps to protect ...5 days ago
- Judith's Last Stand.5 days ago
- Act’s Precarious Ascendancy.On The Lookout: It is easy to imagine how closely Seymour has been watching the National Opposition for the slightest sign of a Clark figure emerging. A respected politician, who enjoys broad support across the party and, much more importantly, who impresses the ordinary centre-right voter as having what it ...5 days ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #47, 2021104 articles by 574 contributing authors Physical science of climate change, effects Delayed impacts of Arctic sea-ice loss on Eurasian severe cold winters Jang et al. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 10.1029/2021jd035286 Observations of climate change, effects Divergent responses of terrestrial carbon use efficiency to climate variation from 2000 ...5 days ago
- Labour’s Eyes Wide Shut To “Unruly Tenants”.5 days ago
- Is the mob coming for Charles Darwin?Richard Dawkins recently noted the giants of the past are being sanctimoniously judged by nonentities of the present whose only qualification is still being alive to do so. How will the future judge our own time when we are not around? Peter Franklin from Unherd examines whether the woke can ...6 days ago
- Blowing a Hole in Your Own Wall: Idiotic Tampering with MIQManaged Isolation/Quarantine has been a fact of life for New Zealand for eighteen months. It’s not popular – there are only so many spaces available at any given time, and the process is famously opaque – but it is the key to saving New Zealand from rampant Coronavirus. That, ...6 days ago
- Now Labour wants secret trialsToday, the government introduced the Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill to the House. The Bill would allow the government to use classified information in civil or criminal proceedings and keep it secret from the other party. So people suing the government for human rights abuses could lose, and defendants ...6 days ago
- The end of a toxic leader6 days ago
- A transformative government in GermanyBack in September Germans went to the polls, and handed the politicians a tough job, with no easy majorities for anyone. The Social Democrats, Free Democrats, and Greens agreed to work together in a "traffic light" coalition, but given their political differences (its basicly ACT/Greens/Labour), expectations for real change were ...6 days ago
- Political HarakiriThe National party must always have known that they were taking a risk when they elected Judith Collins as leader. There were, after all, good reasons why they repeatedly declined to accept her candidature when she offered herself – as she frequently did. She was always an inappropriate person to ...6 days ago
- Thanksgiving advice, 2021: How to deal with climate change-denying Uncle PeteThis is a re-post from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Richard Somerville “Birds of a feather flock together,” so I am sure that nearly all of those reading this article accept the main findings of climate science. Yet many people don’t. Instead, they believe a variety of climate ...6 days ago
- Gordon Campbell on the demotion of Simon BridgesSo Simon Bridges has been bounced from the front bench and stripped of his shadow portfolio responsibilities for the crudely “inappropriate” comments that he allegedly made to a female colleague, Jacqui Dean – and personally apologised for – about five years ago. After years of mocking Labour for its supposed ...6 days ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 25 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Dr Rosemary Wette, Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics, University of Auckland: “I’ve been browsing regularly through NZ Politics Daily for several months now. It gives me access to a range of views on current issues (helpfully organised by topic) that I wouldn’t otherwise have time to look up, or ...6 days ago
- The bizarre case of the Royal Society investigating academics defending scienceThe Royal Society has begun a disciplinary investigation against a group of academics. The academics were defending science and in the past would have expected support from the Royal Society. The Free Speech Union has launched a campaign to defend the academics and academic freedom. Māori professor under investigation for ...7 days ago
- Ian Powell: Unionism and nursing in New ZealandIn the around 35 years I worked for unions (over 30 with the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists and earlier with the New Zealand Educational Institute) I often cogitated over the distinction between unions and unionism. They are intertwined but not inseparable. I associate unionism with collective consciousness able to ...7 days ago
- Bryce Edwards: Today’s constitutional disgrace in ParliamentThis Government has a problem with urgency. Critics from both left and right have long complained about their lack of urgency on issues such as climate change, housing, and inequality. Likewise, in terms of the Covid response, there’s been a chorus of criticism that Labour has been complacent and sluggish ...7 days ago
- Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studiesNick Wilson, Janet Hoek, Jennifer Summers, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Andrew Waa, Richard Edwards, Tony Blakely* Two recent studies provide new insights into the impact vaping may have on public health. The first estimates that use of modern vaping devices could be around a third as harmful to health as smoking. ...1 week ago
- Strange Defeat: A Guest Post By Dr. Chris Harris.1 week ago
- More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network planFeature image by Luke Pilkinton-Ching, University of Otago Wellington Caroline Shaw, Anja Mizdrak, Ryan Gage* Wellington City Council is currently consulting on a cycle network for Wellington. This is a big deal. WCC are proposing a 147km cycle network around the city, the vast majority of which is new. ...1 week ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 24 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Liz Brown, Senior communications advisor, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists: “The NZ Politics Daily is a fabulous resource providing a comprehensive one stop shop on what’s making news and how stories are being covered. I look forward to seeing it pop into my inbox every morning.” Anyone can sign ...1 week ago
- Climate Change: Taking us for a rideAgricultural emissions has been an oozing sore in our climate change policy for over a decade. Exempted from the ETS in 2008, farmers were meant to be brought in and start paying for their emissions in 2012. Of course, National put a stop to that, and exempted them forever. When ...1 week ago
- Climate Change: An industry in denialOver the past few years it has become clear that coal has no future in Aotearoa. Rising carbon prices, a ban on new boilers and a legislated phase-out for existing infrastructure are going to drive it out of the market. To reinforce this, the government signed up for an anti-coal ...1 week ago
- The “most open and transparent government ever” againThe government is about to pass new vaccination mandate legislation under urgency. So obviously, they'd want to ensure it gets the best possible scrutiny in the limited time available by releasing the supporting policy documents, right? Of course not: On the eve of legislation to enable vaccination passes being ...1 week ago
- Gordon Campbell on farmers playing the victim, plus Chile’s right turnAmong the farming lobby groups, the good cop/bad cop routine has been working a treat. It suits Federated Farmers to keep daylight between itself and the Groundswell movement. Month in, year out the Federation continues to engage with the government over the very same water degradation/climate change regulations that Groundswell ...1 week ago
- Important PeopleThe Herald has returned to form with a vengeance. In today’s issue, Barry Soper snipes at Jacinda’s handling of her regular press conferences. It seems that she did not give him an early chance to ask his very important question and took no account of his need to depart immediately ...1 week ago
- Parliament, the Courts and the end of three strikes (for now)Last week, Parliament embarked on the process of repealing the so-called “three strikes” provisions in the Sentencing Act 2002. Given that Labour, the Greens and Te Paati Māori all supported this repeal Bill at first reading (and that NZ First no longer is in government to block the move), three strikes’ eventual legislative demise seems ...1 week ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 23 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Martyn Bradbury, Editor, The Daily Blog “’NZ Politics Daily’ is one of the most important news and political resources run in New Zealand. The expert collation of opinion and news makes it an invaluable day to day resource as well as an incredible treasure for researchers in the future. ...1 week ago
- New Zealand’s Emission Reduction PlanBy Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan Fifty years ago, on 26 November 1971, the film “Notes on a New Zealand City: Wellington”, directed by Paul Maunder, premiered on Wellington TV. The narrator asks if Wellington’s future will involve suburban sprawl, traffic, motorways, suburban shopping malls, and the decentralization of employment; ...1 week ago
- Dissing The Farmers.Neale vs The Revolting Farmers: One has to admire the way Capital Government Relations CEO, Neale Jones, covers-off all the bases of the current political zeitgeist. In a masterfully composed tweet, he lambasts the Groundswell protesters as sexists, racists and reactionaries, clinging for dear life to “a purely extractive economic ...1 week ago
- How will carbon pricing impact inflation?This is a re-post from the Citizens' Climate Lobby blog Inflation — the decline of purchasing power as prices rise — is currently at its highest level in 30 years. This has led to concern among the public and policymakers about the rising costs of many important products like food, shelter, gasoline, ...1 week ago
- (Lack of) Public Service Announcement: The National Library of New Zealand, Internet Archive, and Al...The National Library of New Zealand has not covered itself in glory in recent times. The decision to axe most of the Overseas Collection (some 600,000 books) in order to make way for more New Zealand items (which it collects already, and which amounts to some 3,000 items ...1 week ago
- Game over for the HRPPSince its election loss earlier this year, Samoa's Human Rights Protection Party has been pinning its hopes on the upcoming by-elections to regain power. That was a pretty forlorn hope - with 18 seats, they would have had to win all seven by-elections and have two additional women appointed to ...1 week ago
- Chinese influence and American hate diffusion.Over the last decade concerns have been raised about Chinese “influence operations” in NZ and elsewhere. Run by CCP-controlled “United Front” organisations, influence operations are designed to promote PRC interests and pro-PRC views within the economic and political elites of the targeted country as well as Chinese diaspora communities. The ...1 week ago
- Good riddanceIts official: the Marsden Point refinery, source of more than 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year, will be closing down from April: Refining NZ has confirmed its decision to close the Marsden Point oil refinery, which will shut down in April. The company announced on Monday that its ...1 week ago
- The Real Interests Of The Country.Off Message: Into the extremely fraught relationship between Town and Country, the Groundswell organisers have blundered like an Aberdeen-Angus steer in an organic vege-shop. Unreasonably proud of their rural economic virtues, and dangerously forthright in their enumeration of the cities’ political vices, these Kiwi equivalents of America’s “good ole boys” ...1 week ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 22 November 2021Today’s NZPD testimonial from Minna Reid, Law student, Victoria University of Wellington “As a Uni student, staying up to date with current affairs is always important. The Daily Politics & Democracy Project by Bryce Edwards is of great service for this. It offers varying news sources I would not have found myself ...1 week ago
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- 2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, November 14, 2021 through Sat, November 20, 2021 The following articles sparked above average interest during the week: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheeple? A.I. Maps 20 Years of Climate Conspiracies, COP Negotiators Demand Nations ...1 week ago
- Support needed for Auckland families and communities, not just tourismThe Green Party welcomes the additional support for Auckland this summer but said Labour needs to do more to ease the hardship many families in Tāmaki Makaurau are experiencing right now. ...5 hours ago
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- The next steps in our COVID-19 response planOver the past two years, keeping Kiwis safe from COVID-19 has been a key focus of the Government. As we move into a new phase of our COVID response, the traffic light system, protecting lives and livelihoods remains our priority. ...5 days ago
- Green Party seeks post-enactment review for COVID BillThe Green Party is calling on Labour to commit to a review of the COVID legislation that will pass through Parliament today under urgency. ...1 week ago
- Test and refine COVID traffic light system firstThe Green Party says Labour should test and refine the COVID Protection Framework before opening the Auckland border. ...1 week ago
- Auckland border should remain in place for nowThe Green Party says the Labour Government is making a mistake by committing to opening the Auckland border before vulnerable communities are ready. ...2 weeks ago
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- Continued growth in volume of new home consentsIn the year ended October 2021, 47,715 new homes were consented, up 26 per cent from the October 2020 year. In October 2021, 4,043 new dwellings were consented Canterbury’s new homes consented numbers rose 31% to higher than post-earthquake peak. New home consents continue to reach remarkable levels of growth, ...2 hours ago
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- New Zealand provides additional funding to COVAX for vaccine deliveryForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced additional funding will be provided to COVAX to support vaccine delivery in developing countries. “New Zealand remains cognisant of the dangers of COVID-19, especially as new variants continue to emerge. No one is safe from this virus until we all are and this ...4 hours ago
- COVID-19 Community fund providing support for 160 organisations focused on women and girlsMinister for Women Jan Tinetti today announced financial support will be allocated to the 160 successful applicants for the COVID-19 Community Fund, to support organisations helping women/wāhine and girls/kōtiro in Aotearoa New Zealand affected by the pandemic. “COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on women around the world including in ...5 hours ago
- Government delivers reactivation package as Aucklanders reconnect for summerA new support package will help revive economic, social and cultural activities in our largest city over summer, and ensure those in hardship also get relief. The Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni and the Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash have announced a Reactivating Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland ...5 hours ago
- Mobile services and broadband come to Chatham Islands for first timeWorld class mobile and broadband services have been switched on for the 663 residents of the Chatham Islands, Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications, David Clark and Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Stuart Nash announced today. “This eagerly awaited network will provide fast broadband and mobile services to ...6 hours ago
- Crown accounts reflect strong economy amid pandemicThe Government’s financial accounts continue to reflect an economy that has performed better than expected, despite the latest Delta COVID-19 outbreak. The Crown accounts for the four months to the end of October factors in the improved starting position for the new financial year. Core Crown tax revenue was $2.5 ...7 hours ago
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- Government commits to international effort to ban and regulate killer robotsMinister of Disarmament and Arms Control Phil Twyford announced today that New Zealand will push for new international law to ban and regulate autonomous weapons systems (AWS), which once activated can select and engage targets without further human intervention. “While the evidence suggests fully autonomous weapons systems are not yet ...1 day ago
- New freedom camping rules – right vehicle, right placeTougher freedom camping laws will be introduced to prevent abuse which has placed an unfair burden on small communities and damaged our reputation as a high quality visitor destination. Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has confirmed that new legislation will be introduced to Parliament following an extensive round of public consultation ...1 day ago
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- Grace period for expired driver licences cruises into 2022Due to the ongoing Delta outbreak and extended lockdowns, all New Zealand driver licences and licence endorsements that expired on or after 21 July 2021 will now be valid until 31 May 2022, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today. “This further extension to the validity of driver licenses recognises that ...1 day ago
- Delivered: 1,000 extra transitional homesA further 1,000 transitional homes delivered New housing development starts in Flaxmere, Hastings The Government has delivered the next 1,000 transitional housing places it promised, as part of its work to reduce homelessness. Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods is marking the milestone in Hastings at a new development that includes ...1 day ago
- Traffic light levels announcedThe levels at which different parts of New Zealand will move forward into the COVID-19 Protection Framework this Friday have been announced. Northland, Auckland, Taupō and Rotorua Lakes Districts, Kawerau, Whakatane, Ōpōtiki Districts, Gisborne District, Wairoa District, Rangitikei, Whanganui and Ruapehu Districts will move in at Red The rest of ...2 days ago
- Financial support to move to traffic light systemA new transition payment will be made available particularly for affected businesses in Auckland, Waikato and Northland to acknowledge the restrictions they have faced under the higher Alert Levels. Transition payment of up to $24,000 as businesses move into traffic light system Leave Support Scheme and Short Term Absence Payment ...2 days ago
- New Ambassador to Russia announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of Sarah Walsh as New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Russia. “Aotearoa New Zealand and Russia have a long-standing relationship, engaging on a range of regional and global interests including disarmament and Antarctica issues. We also work together as members of the East ...2 days ago
- New Permanent Representative to the UN announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of Carolyn Schwalger as Permanent Representative to the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. “Aotearoa New Zealand is a founding member of the UN and we have worked hard to ensure our stance on human rights, ...2 days ago
- Further COVID-19 economic support for Cook Islands and Fiji announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced a further package of support for the Cook Islands and Fiji for COVID-19 economic support and recovery. “Aotearoa New Zealand remains committed to supporting our Pacific fanau and vuvale to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 on their economies, and move towards long-term ...3 days ago
- New law will clear the air for tamariki in vehiclesFrom today, it’s illegal to smoke or vape in most vehicles carrying children aged under 18 years old - whether the vehicle is moving or not. “Second-hand smoke poses an unacceptable risk to our tamariki and rangatahi,” Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall said. “We know children in vehicles ...3 days ago
- Nine countries designated very high riskNine southern African countries are being added to the very high risk countries list following public health advice around the newly discovered COVID-19 variant Omicron, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said. This afternoon, a public health risk assessment was carried out to assess the emerging evidence and any risk to ...3 days ago
- Foreign Affairs Minister concludes final stage of world tripForeign Affairs Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta today departed North America to return home to Aotearoa, concluding the last stage of her 17-day world trip. The final leg of her trip saw her visit the United States of America and Canada for a number of high-level discussions. While in Washington D.C., ...4 days ago
- Milestone launch of Pacific Languages UnitToday’s official launch of the Pacific Languages Unit is a milestone for our Pacific communities, the Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio said. The Pacific Languages Unit brings together a new set of language supports within the Ministry for Pacific Peoples to provide advice, commission research, maintain standards, promote ...4 days ago
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- New Zealand statement on situation in Honiara, Solomon IslandsAotearoa New Zealand is deeply concerned by the events which have been unfolding in Honiara, Solomon Islands, since Wednesday. “New Zealand is a long-standing partner of Solomon Islands, and there are deep and enduring connections between our two countries,” Acting Foreign Affairs Minister David Parker said. “Our engagement in Solomon ...5 days ago
- Nailed it! Over 500 apprentices get jobs boostOver 500 apprentices and cadets have been placed into work across New Zealand thanks to the Government’s booming build programme, that’s both constructing public houses, and maintaining older homes. Housing Minister Megan Woods announced the milestone today at a public housing construction site in Riccarton, Christchurch. “This Government’s investment in ...5 days ago
- Investment to support maternal mental healthAssociate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has announced an investment to help expand maternal mental health services in five District Health Boards. “Supporting parent’s mental wellbeing during their child’s first 1000 days, from conception to two years of age, is critical to the long-term emotional, mental and physical wellbeing ...5 days ago
- Workplace vaccination requirements extended to cover Police and NZ Defence ForceWith the support of the organisations, additional vaccination requirements will cover sworn members, recruits and authorised officers of the New Zealand Police, and all New Zealand Defence Force staff. First doses of the vaccine for workers in these organisations are required by 17 January 2022, and second doses by 1 ...5 days ago
- Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada to pursue greater Indigenous collaborationDuring her visit to Ottawa, the Honourable Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Associate Minister for Māori Development, met with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Canadian Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Marc Miller, Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, to further expand and develop the positive relationship ...5 days ago
- Māori vaccination rates reach 80% first doseAssociate Minister of Health (Māori) Hon Peeni Henare today confirmed that Māori across the motu have now reached 80 percent for first doses of the COVID-19 vaccination nationally. “We have seen a huge increase in vaccinations for Māori throughout November, since the beginning of the month the increase for first ...6 days ago
- Subsequent Children legislation to changeThe Government has today introduced legislation that will reverse provisions in the Oranga Tamariki Act as part of a path to rebuild trust and confidence in the organisation. “The Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill makes a number of changes but by far the most important is the partial repeal of the ...6 days ago
- Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill introduced to ParliamentThe Minister of Justice has confirmed the introduction of the Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill to Parliament. National security information is information which, if disclosed, would be likely to prejudice New Zealand’s security, defence, or international relations. “This Bill adds to the Government’s work to strengthen New Zealand’s protections ...6 days ago
- Shortcomings revealed in power cut investigationNo household should have had their power disconnected 18 recommendations, mostly EA and Transpower related The EA must strengthen its oversight of the system operator An investigation into power cuts that left more than 34,000 households without electricity on one of the coldest nights of the year has found that ...6 days ago
- COVID-19 Protection Framework supported by new testing and contact tracing strategyWider use of rapid antigen testing from 1 December Increasing daily laboratory capacity to 60,000 PCR tests Q1 2022 A new national telehealth case investigation service with 475 investigators A nearly $1 billion investment in testing, contact tracing and case investigation A new national testing strategy will provide better protection ...6 days ago
- Supporting New Zealanders to recover from COVID-19 in the community$300 million boost to Pharmac to buy new medicines to treat COVID-19 Care in the Community approach will see most cases receive initial contact from a healthcare provider wiithin 24 hours Support pack provided within 48 hours Regular health checks throughout recovery The Government is increasing the support for New ...6 days ago
- Additional support for people isolating at homeNew regional MSD COVID-19 welfare teams to coordinate social service support for those isolating at home Regional teams working alongside other government agencies, iwi/Māori and community providers for housing, food and income support Government investment of $204.1m into welfare system support for Care in the Community Minister for Social Development ...6 days ago
- Tax bill provides vital support for familiesA boost to Working for Families tax credits, as part of a package of financial support that will see 346,000 families better off, has been passed into law late last night. Revenue Minister David Parker said the measures would lift the incomes of those receiving the Family Tax Credit, the ...6 days ago
- New text service to support disabled peoples’ vaccinationsEfforts to support disabled peoples’ vaccinations go from strength-to-strength with the launch of a new text service, Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni announced today. The service, run by Whakarongorau Aotearoa on behalf of the Ministry of Health, is in response to feedback from the disability community and is an ...6 days ago
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- Pacific community reach vaccination milestonePacific communities across the nation have rolled up their sleeves and played their part to reach a major vaccination milestone, 90 percent have now had their first vaccination, Aupito William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Health said. “Reaching this milestone reflects the work Pacific Health Providers ...1 week ago
- LIVE@MIDDAY: Buchanan and Manning Consider the Global Issues that Define 2021A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will consider and analyse the most significant global issues that define 2021. The topics will include: – Leadership: Trump, Putin, Xi, Biden, – Pandemic: Impact of Covid-19 & variants on global security – Security: ...30 mins ago
- Women play a critical role in diplomacy and security, so why aren’t more in positions of power?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Federica Caso, Sessional Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland In recent years, Australia has put an emphasis on bringing more women into its defence, foreign affairs and diplomacy ranks. But a new global index shows the country ...41 mins ago
- Ethics and avoiding conflicts of interest are vital in the public service – can New Zealanders be ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Allen, Senior Lecturer in Public Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock New Zealand has a reputation for being transparent and free from corruption – but how true is this really? Recent events suggest there could ...1 hour ago
- Low bar for ‘genuine consultation’ set by UWA case feeds into crisis of legitimacy for Australia...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tauel Harper, Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, The University of Western Australia Scott Lewis/Flickr, CC BY When Martin Forsey was presented with a proposal for change at his workplace that lacked a logical argument and used flawed data, he ...1 hour ago
- 3 reasons the announcement to dump radioactive waste in South Australia is extremely prematureSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Radioactive waste from nuclear medicine facilities around Australia will be trucked to and buried near the South Australian town of Kimba, the federal government announced this week. The site, Napandee, comprises 211 ...1 hour ago
- IHC Demands Government Response To Widely Known Abuse Experienced By Disabled PeopleIHC wants to congratulate the Human Rights Commission for drawing attention to the staggeringly high rates of abuse and neglect that disabled people experience in Aotearoa. Trish Grant, IHC Director of Advocacy, says disabled people are significantly more ...2 hours ago
- Timaru Port Workers Issue Second Strike NoticeMembers of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) working at the Port of Timaru have this afternoon issued a second strike notice following on from the one issued yesterday. RMTU South Island Organiser John Kerr says this gives notice of a further ...2 hours ago
- Willis promises to be balancing force as National's new deputy leaderNational's new deputy leader Nicola Willis says she brings a centrist, moderate perspective of a parent of four, along with a familiarity with Parliament that balances out the new leader. ...2 hours ago
- Ministers merrily dispense more millions while Crown accounts show big above-budget lifts in Covid c...Monitoring the Ministers While Finance Minister Grant Robertson was noting an above-forecast increase in government spending in the first few months of the year, his colleagues were delighting in announcing even more spending. The biggie was the announcement of a support package intended to help revive economic, social and cultural ...2 hours ago
- Stephen Sondheim showed me the beauty, terror and exquisite pain of being aliveSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonya Suares, Guest Lecturer, WAAPA, Edith Cowan University Nick Simpson-Deeks, Vidya Makan and company in the Watch This production of Sunday in the Park With George, 2019. Watch This/Jodie Hutchinson, Author provided What did Stephen Sondheim mean to me? This is ...2 hours ago
- Covid-19 briefing: Children aged 5-11 may be able to get vaccine doses from end of JanuaryChildren aged 5-11 may be able to receive a vaccine dose from the end of January, pending official approval. Watch the government's latest briefing here. ...3 hours ago
- Waitangi commemorations cancelled under Covid's shadowAll commemoration events at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds have been cancelled and the gates will be closed to the public on February 6, writes political editor Jo Moir The decision to can all in-person events during Waitangi week next year wasn’t taken lightly, says Waitangi National Trust chair Pita Tipene. “It’s very ...3 hours ago
- Watch live: Chris Hipkins and Ashley Bloomfield provide Covid-19 updateCovid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield are providing an update. ...4 hours ago
- Relief For Auckland Council Venues Is InsultingThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the newly-announced voucher scheme for Auckland Council venues as a slap in the face for private businesses and families that have risked financial ruin during lockdown. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke ...4 hours ago
- GCSB offers new cyber defence service to private security providersThe new service will help private cybersecurity providers protect clients' networks, says the Government Communications Security Bureau. ...4 hours ago
- Young New Zealand First Calls On Universities To Honour The Principles Of Equal Access To EducationYoung New Zealand First is concerned with the increasing number of tertiary institutes that are requiring vaccination as a condition to attend on campus learning. Auckland University, Waikato University, and as announced today, Otago University will all ...4 hours ago
- Waitangi WeekThe Waitangi National Trust has decided there will be no in-person events at Waitangi Treaty Grounds during Waitangi Week 2022. Under the COVID-19 Protection Framework it would be practically impossible to safely proceed with the usual events of Waitangi ...4 hours ago
- Milk price forecasts are being lifted ahead of critical vote on Fonterra’s capital structureAs dairy farmers prepare for the critical decision they have to make on the capital shape of the big co-operative Fonterra, they will be buoyed by the strong markets across the globe for dairy products — so strong that economists are revising their forecasts for this season’s payout. Fonterra itself ...4 hours ago
- Tāmaki Makaurau Welcomes Government’s Support PackageMayor Phil Goff welcomes the government’s Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Stimulus Package, which will help Aucklanders enjoy their region this summer and boost the city’s economic recovery after 106 days in lockdown. The $25.5-milllion funding will support ...4 hours ago
- Backpacking Industry Demanding Sweeping Changes As Industry Teeters On The Edge Of Total Collapse.The Backpacking Youth Travel Association of New Zealand (BYATA) is demanding sweeping changes to the governments recently announced plans to reopen New Zealand to the world, calling the plans impotent in revitalising the youth sector, pointing to the ...4 hours ago
- Millions being spent to 'reactivate economic activity, enhance wellbeing' in AucklandThe government is pumping $37.5 million this summer to promote travel around Auckland for Aucklanders in a bid to bring back the buzz that quietened over the months-long Covid-19 restrictions. ...5 hours ago
- Kiwis Dump CigarettesThe New Zealand Health Survey, just released, shows that the rate of Kiwis smoking daily has plummeted to 9.4% from 11.9%. This is the largest decline in smoking ever recorded by the Survey and a significant drop from the 2019-2020 survey which had ...5 hours ago
- Consents Remain At Record LevelsThere were 47,715 new homes consented in the year ended October 2021, up 26 percent compared with the year ended October 2020, Stats NZ said today. “The year ended October 2021 marks another record for the annual number of new homes consented,” ...6 hours ago
- Public Service Is Building Capability To Engage With MāoriPublic servants are building their capability to engage with Māori and are supported by their agencies to do so, according to data from New Zealand’s inaugural Public Service Census. Carried out earlier this year, 40,000 public servants responded to ...6 hours ago
- Financial Statements Of The Government For The 4 Months Ended 31 October 2021Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the 4 months ended 31 October 2021. https://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/2112/FSG_4_months_to_31_Oct_2021.pdf ...6 hours ago
- Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 01 2021Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content National Party Luke Malpass (Stuff): National Party leadership: ...7 hours ago
- Tis The Season For Supply Chain Issues And CybercrimeSupply chain issues have positioned cybercriminals to feast this holiday season. And the toys that top the hot lists will no doubt be the most dangerous deals to shop. Anyone looking for deals on everything from Rainbowcorns to Pixie Dolls to ...7 hours ago
- Human Error Leading Cause Of Privacy BreachesHuman error is the leading cause of serious privacy breaches, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC). “We are seeing clear patterns emerging since mandatory reporting of serious privacy breaches ...7 hours ago
- Rotongaro Chicken Workers’ Wages Now Well Ahead Of The FlockFIRST Union and Cobb Vantress New Zealand (CVNZ) have settled a collective agreement that will see workers’ starting wages at the chicken farm and hatchery in Rotongaro increase by 17%, to a minimum of $24.50 per hour; $1.75 above the current Living ...7 hours ago
- Covid-19: National Party leader Chris Luxon wants risk-based home isolation to startNational Party leader Chris Luxon says the current managed isolation system (MIQ) for returnees does not make sense and the borders should open with risk management. ...7 hours ago
- Not again … how to protect your mental health in the face of uncertainty and another COVID variantSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Julie Ji, Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia Unsplash/Niklas Hamann, CC BY Reports about the latest COVID variant of concern, Omicron, have exploded all over the news. No sooner had we learned its ...8 hours ago
- More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the bigg...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer ...8 hours ago
- Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Della Bosca, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney Julie Favell, Author provided In the rocky upland wilderness of Wiradjuri Country two hours west of Sydney lies a new protected area with a nine-decade-long ...8 hours ago
- Students who cheat don’t just have to worry about getting caught. They risk blackmail and extortio...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristina Nicholls, Director, Academic Integrity, Torrens University Australia Shutterstock When students use a commercial contract cheating service, getting caught by their lecturers is just one of many serious consequences that could damage them and those who trust them. They also ...8 hours ago
- The ostentatious story of the ‘young pope’ Leo X: his pet elephant, the cardinal he killed and h...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry/Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi, circa 1518 The Capodimonte Museum/Wikimedia Commons Giovanni di Lorenzo ...8 hours ago
- National Party’s New Conscience Not Representative Of Aotearoa’s ValuesALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa notes the appointment of Christopher Luxon as new leader for the National Party, and Nicola Willis as deputy leader. ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa spokesperson Dr Tracy Morison said “Christopher Luxon’s well-publicised ...10 hours ago
- Who is the new National Party leader Christopher Luxon?Analysis - Christopher Luxon is considered both an unknown quantity and something of a messiah for the National Party. ...10 hours ago
- Push for today's digital banks to pay to maintain yesterday's banknotesBanks are welcoming a move towards digital money – but officials suggest they should pay to maintain cold hard cash ...10 hours ago
- The anointed oneThere's a new face at the head of the National Party - but he's the fifth new face since John Key resigned five years ago. Is his the one that will stick? “We are the reset.” Two fresh faces at the podium, National pushing a clean slate message in electing ...10 hours ago
- The new housing crisis: Banks won't lend against coastal propertiesWaterfront property prices are holding up in spite of all the evidence that they will soon be underwater, creating new a housing shortage just as the country is building its way out of the existing one. Coastal home and bach owners will soon be having "awkward discussions" with their banks, which ...10 hours ago
- National gambles on political novice to reunite caucusA bruising four years has left National's caucus broken and divided - but they are striving for unity. ...11 hours ago
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- Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’By David Robie Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to its flawed rule in “the land of Papua”. Critics have intensified their condemnation of the intransigent “no negotiations” stance of authorities as West Papuans mark ...11 hours ago
- National's new leader prises open medium-density housing pactChristopher Luxon vocally opposes 'plonking down' apartment blocks in his own electorate ...11 hours ago
- Snap decision time: National's new leader prises open 3-storey housing pactChristopher Luxon vocally opposed 'plonking down' apartment blocks in his electorate, and now he wants to give back power to city councils to decide where to build medium-density housing Analysis: Less than 24 hours into his leadership, Christopher Luxon must make a snap decision about stamping his authority on Parliament more firmly than any ...11 hours ago
- Covid-19: Modelling for the futureAs the pandemic races towards an unenviable two-year milestone, the Otago Global Health Institute’s Covid-19 Masterclass Series is bringing together a network of experts to discuss key Covid-19 topics. We'll be running a piece daily until December 5. Dr Matthew Parry explains what Covid-19 modelling is and how we ...11 hours ago
- Immigration plugs hole after unlawfully misinterpreting its policyImmigration NZ unlawfully paused visa processing of a group of Afghan nationals after misinterpreting its policy, the New Zealand High Court found. ...11 hours ago
- Friend or foe – Seymour welcomes Luxon challengeFormer neighbours, ACT's David Seymour and new National Party leader Chris Luxon each say they don't see a need to compete with one another for votes. ...11 hours ago
- Nicola Willis' rapid rise to the topNational's new deputy leader has long been talked about as one of the party's stars in waiting - but her rise to the top has not come without controversy, Sam Sachdeva reports The life of a deputy leader is a relatively thankless one. In Chris Luxon’s first press conference atop ...11 hours ago
- Time for NZ to act on 'forever chemicals'There's another public health emergency and it revolves around 'forever chemicals' found in many things commonly used in everyday life and linked to serious health concerns, writes Lokesh Padhye of the University of Auckland ...11 hours ago
- The rebrand challenge for National’s new chiefJennifer Lees-Marshment examines the differences between business and political leadership, arguing new National leader Christopher Luxon is going to have to build a positive brand personality instead of just attacking Labour Comment: Back in 2020 when Todd Muller became leader of the National Party I cautioned that National didn’t need a John ...11 hours ago
- The land of plenty, just not for manyNZ produces enough food to feed 40 million people, yet there are Kiwis without enough on their plate - and the extended lockdown isn't helping On the streets of Vietnam, apples are a premium fruit. In a land where tropical fare such as pineapples and mangos are a dime ...11 hours ago
- From ocean to alps: Coach conquers her fearsRefusing to play the gender card, our emerging women coaches are building their confidence and facing their fears in Te Hāpaitanga - a project to grow the country's female coaching talent pool. Jonelle Quane is at home on the ocean. A national champion surf lifesaver in her competitive days, Quane is still ...11 hours ago
- Self-portrait: Samuel Te KaniThe journey of a sex-obsessed little boy in Northland to an author of sex-obsessed fiction I would’ve been nine or 10 when Ms Barnes contacted my parents with the disheartening news. Up to that point I had matriculated as a model student, a brown-nosing if slightly obsessive-neurotic book-worm with a ...11 hours ago
- Jo Cribb: Think beyond the 1pm pressersWhen it comes to Covid, Jo Cribb urges us to consider the messes we create for our future selves by taking care of today at the expense of thinking longer term. ...11 hours ago
- Parliamentary inquiry to put behaviour of ‘big tech’ under scrutinySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is setting up a parliamentary inquiry to put big tech companies “under the microscope” over dangers posed to people’s wellbeing by toxic material on their sites. In its latest strike against ...15 hours ago
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Politicians condemn bad behaviour, and then behave badlySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with ...15 hours ago
- Ex-Air NZ chief Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leaderFormer business executive Christopher Luxon has been voted the new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party after main rival Simon Bridges moved to support him. It followed Judith Collins’ tumultuous exit as leader last week, after she summarily demoted Bridges last week. Shellshocked, MPs went into a hastily called ...16 hours ago
- 50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara securityAsia Pacific Report newsdesk A contingent of 50 Republic of Fiji Military Forces troops flew to Honiara today to help restore security and stability in the Solomon Islands after three days of rioting last week. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama had pledged Fijian support for his Solomon Islands counterpart Manasseh Sogavare. ...16 hours ago
- South Korea as the global exemplar? Think about itSelf criticism is a Good Thing. It’s usually kinder than the external version, and you get a chance to revise your argument. So what to make of the mea culpa in the Financial Times from Jim O’Neill – the man self-credited with coining the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and ...17 hours ago
- Can Christopher Luxon survive long enough for his party to unite?Analysis - It is only thanks to the cloak and dagger politics Luxon's colleagues engaged in over the past three years that someone with barely a year in parliament can take the helm, writes Tim Watkin. ...20 hours ago
- National's new leader discusses abortion and gay conversion therapyChristopher Luxon told Checkpoint he is in favour of banning gay conversion therapy but was steadfast in his views on abortion. ...20 hours ago
- Word from The Hill: Politicians condemn bad behaviour, and then behave badlySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with ...20 hours ago
- 'Your mission, should you choose to accept it…'Chris Luxon and Nicola Willis certainly appeared a united front on their first public outing on Tuesday. But with three former leaders and a bunch of Team Bridges’ MPs sat in the caucus, there are plenty of cracks still to be plastered over, writes political editor Jo Moir. ANALYSIS: The former ...20 hours ago
- The Jenkins review has 28 recommendations to fix parliament’s toxic culture – will our leaders l...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Palmieri, Gender Policy Fellow, Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP In the wake of Brittany Higgins’ shocking allegations about being raped in a ministers’ office by a colleague, Prime Minister Scott Morrison initiated multiple inquiries. Arguably, the most significant was ...21 hours ago
- Watch live: Party People episode 4Party People evaluates National's new leader, Nanaia Mahuta's performance as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the move to the traffic light system. ...21 hours ago
- What’s the secret to making sure AI doesn’t steal your job? Work with it, not against itSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecile Paris, Chief Research Scientist, Knowledge Discovery & Management, CSIRO Shutterstock Whether it’s athletes on a sporting field or celebrities in the jungle, nothing holds our attention like the drama of vying for a single prize. And when it comes ...22 hours ago
- We shouldn’t lift all COVID public health measures until kids are vaccinated. Here’s whySource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Australia’s vaccination rollout got off to a slow start, but we’ve since become one of the most vaccinated countries in the world. More than 86% of Australians aged over 16 ...23 hours ago
- Wealthy nations starved the developing world of vaccines. Omicron shows the cost of this greedSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University Themba Hadebe/AP We don’t yet know how dangerous the new Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 will turn out to be. Early evidence suggests it may be more transmissible than other variants, ...23 hours ago
- GDP is like a heart rate monitor: it tells us about life, but not about our livesSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock How much cash would you need to be paid to agree to live without a smartphone for a year? If you are like the typical American, the ...23 hours ago
- His spirit will return to Country. Vale David Dalaithngu, the actor who shaped Australian cinemaSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University AAP Image/Terry Trewin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article includes names and images of people who have died. I ...23 hours ago
- ‘Strollout’ has gathered pace, romping home as the Macquarie word of the year. I’d have gone f...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In a break from the usual tradition, Macquarie asked the public to choose their word of the year in advance of the committee’s decision. The pundits were betting on a COVID-19 ...23 hours ago
- Watch: National Party's new leader Chris Luxon and deputy Nicola Willis speak after voteMP for Botany Christopher Luxon has become the National Party's new leader, and Nicola Willis the deputy after MPs voted this afternoon. ...24 hours ago
- Who decides when parliament sits and what happens if it doesn’t?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP Complaints have been ringing out about how few days the federal parliament is proposed to sit in the first half of next year. The parliamentary sitting calendar for ...24 hours ago
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