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: Comment:The Nation on housing
Date published: 5:26 pm, June 18th, 2017
... queenstown wanaka etc Here local authorities have not met their responsibilities...
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: Comment:Open Mike 17/06/2017
Date published: 6:49 pm, June 17th, 2017
... the stock from the local authority’s housing and homelessness duties... proposition. It weakened the local authority’s ability to deliver on... of the housing (the local authority) and the managing body. Elected...
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: Comment:London attack
Date published: 2:07 pm, March 23rd, 2017
... known to the counter terrorism authorities. The Germans are now invoking...
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: Comment:Open Mike 10/01/2017
Date published: 12:51 pm, January 10th, 2017
... Nustra are legitimate targets ,as authorized by the UN sc resolution...
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: Comment:Shit in the water
Date published: 5:44 pm, August 15th, 2016
.... The foremost problem with local authorities is their big noting,and...
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: Comment:Good News!
Date published: 5:10 pm, June 6th, 2016
... an aside one of the authors in your papers is a... co author of the study I provided...
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: Comment:Open mike 06/04/2016
Date published: 12:28 pm, April 6th, 2016
....S. to fines from international authorities,” he stressed. http://www.salon...
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: Comment:Open mike 06/04/2016
Date published: 12:23 pm, April 6th, 2016
....S. to fines from international authorities,” he stressed. http://www.salon...
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: Comment:The future is not going to be an Ecotopia
Date published: 1:48 pm, November 21st, 2015
... be more revealing of the author than the information intended by...
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: Comment:Open mike 29/08/2015
Date published: 3:45 pm, August 29th, 2015
... whether it has reserved the authority to do so. Background here...
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: Comment:Open mike 04/08/2013
Date published: 8:45 pm, August 4th, 2013
if the regulatory authority was the Min of Health ...
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: Comment:Open mike 29/06/2013
Date published: 6:56 pm, June 29th, 2013
... one state based on the authors observations of work practices in...
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: Comment:Open mike 16/05/2013
Date published: 12:45 pm, May 16th, 2013
...-14/statoil-raided-by-competition-authorities-in-oil-price-probe.html...
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: Comment:Nats in denial about education and poverty
Date published: 11:29 am, September 11th, 2012
... btw, one of the highest authorities on mental health at the... Milieu so on the same authority (see above) i have concurrence... sure gets hot around hare)(poission recurrence) sacred.pearls. Done...
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: Comment:Into Black-Scholes: where all the money went
Date published: 1:18 pm, May 2nd, 2012
... May is a co author,where the authors suggested that the "infected...
- Are indigenous people united under the United Nations?
[This originally appeared in the Spinoff Ātea on 29 April 2018] Law professor Valmaine Toki is purported to have described the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as a “huge Waitangi Tribunal.” Did she mean unpopular, underfunded and ignored ...5 hours ago - Ireland’s abortion referendum – interview with Eirígí activist Cat Inglis
Eirígí banner: “No freedom without the freedom of women; Cat Inglis is on right In 2015 the south of Ireland became the first state in which the people voted for gay marriage. In a referendum in May that year a ...8 hours ago - Spain lied
When Spain suspended Catalan democracy last year and imposed colonial rule from Madrid, it presented it as a temporary measure, to be ended once elections had been held and a new government was in place. But they lost those elections, ...9 hours ago - Making every house a warm, dry home
Every New Zealander should have a warm, dry, well-ventilated home. This is something the Greens have worked hard for, for decades – and in Government with Labour and New Zealand First, we’re going to finish the job. We know how ...9 hours ago - A pawn of the fishing industryDeep-sea trawling is an environmentally destructive practice which devastates vulnerable marine ecosystems for the private profit of a few fishing companies. The New Zealand government has been worried about this for a long time, and so they've been working through ...9 hours ago
- Improving Walking and Cycling in Henderson
Henderson is one of the key areas Panuku Development Auckland hope to unlock in the coming years. It’s a centre with a lot of potential, especially once the CRL drags it 10 minutes closer to town. As part of that, ...9 hours ago - Hard News: Protecting privilege in Epsom
One of the Act Party's founding conceits was that its ideas represented a better way for everyone. Yes, its financial support might come from the very rich, but classical liberalism meant opportunity for all. Roger Douglas came not to uphold ...11 hours ago - A Labour Code Worthy Of Inspection.
13 hours ago - Simon burns his Teal Coalition Bridges
. . Act I – Post-election, Dealing the Cards During the post-election coalition negotiations last year, there was much entrails-reading of which way NZ First would move to form a new government. Labour and NZ First? Or National and NZ ...14 hours ago - East West Link must be “revised”, not just “staged”
Shortly after taking office the government cancelled the horror show that was the East West Link project. Ahead of the election this was a major part of Labour’s transport platform, which promised a better value for money option that would ...15 hours ago - Accounting for the government
The 1989 the Public Finance Act adopted a new approach to the presentation of the government’s accounts. Its purpose was to enhance the government’s management of financial flows by combining them all into a single set of accounts. But as ...16 hours ago - Yes, EVs are green and global warming is raising sea levels
Last week, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held yet another climate science hearing similar to those from April 2017, February 2017, January 2016, May 2015, June 2014, December 2013, and so on. It seems as though disputing established climate science is House Republicans’ favorite ...1 day ago - Conspiring against transparencyRadio New Zealand has yet another story of the Auckland Council failing to meet its obligations under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, and having to be ordered to release material by the Ombudsman. This time its about ...1 day ago
- Why is Labour building houses for the rich?KiwiBuild - the promise to squash the housing bubble by building 100,000 new affordable homes - is Labour's core policy for this term. Pretty obviously, if they do that, it will help get more people into their own homes, rather ...1 day ago
- The Boy On The Tram.
1 day ago - Palmerston North voters are racists tooSo, it turns out that Palmerston North voters are racists too, just like their hick cousins in Manawatū:Palmerston North people have spoken and more than two-thirds who voted were in opposition to creating separate Māori wards. Results from a binding ...1 day ago
- Is it too late to join the urban exodus?
The dream of buying cheap property in the regions is dwindling. Bonnie Sumner finds urban escapees having to down-size their dreams. Peter and his family were only able to buy their first home in the Hawke's Bay after ...1 day ago - Ali Jones rips right wing blogger a “new one” on Radio NZ’s “The Panel”. . Unexpected fireworks erupted on Jim Mora’s ‘The Panel’ on Radio NZ on Tuesday 15 May when PR consultant and former Christchurch City Councillor, Ali Jones, took on National Party apparatchik, pollster, wannabe Bond-villain, and right-wing ...2 days ago
- 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #20
Story of the Week... El Niño/La Niña Update... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... 97 Hours of Consensus... Story of the ...2 days ago - RONS Review – Part 1
The release of the new draft Government Policy Statement a month ago marked a major shift in government transport policy. Significantly it marks the end of the previous government’s ‘Roads of National Significance’ Policy. It is is therefore a good time ...2 days ago - Trump’s Shotgun Diplomacy Dominates
Ignorance, arrogance, dishonesty and denial have dominated Donald Trump's presidency and his responses to school shootings, that have occurred during his term, epitomise it. Trump speaks tough, uses popularism to maintain support and ignores evidence.His approach to world diplomacy is ...2 days ago - Amy’s “new” bag? Just more fast talking, and hoping people don’t notice the chaff…
Amy Adams, a National Party MP, it has been commented a lot lately, talks really fast. The reason, of course, that Amy talks fast is so as to not let anyone cut in and easily rebut her easily refuted “points”. It’s ...2 days ago - Auckland solidarity with Palestinians
by Daphna Whitmore Several hundred people turned out yesterday in Auckland to rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The vicious response of the Israeli army to the mass demonstrations at the Gaza prison fence has created a sense ...2 days ago - What does the Labour’s first budget tell us?
According to the Treasury forecasts – which do not differ greatly from those of any other reputable forecasters – the economy is in a sweet spot. Output is expected to grow at about 2.9 percent a year over the next ...2 days ago - Amy Adams: “Labour are completely wrong about everything in the whole world”
With the release of the budget this week, numbers have been on the front of everybody’s lips. MyThinks hooked up with new opposition finance spokesperson and Canterbury irrigation millionaire Amy Adams to find out her thoughts. MT: Hello Amy and ...3 days ago - 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick Urgent Climate Action Required to Protect Tens of Thousands of Species Worldwide, New Research Shows Limiting global warming to 2 degrees ...3 days ago - “This Day, We Fight!”: Aragorn, Bill McKibben, And Climate Change
by Melanie Vautier On Sunday the 6th of May I had the privilege of seeing climate change activist Bill McKibben speak at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. I cannot overstate what excitement this was for me – in my books ...3 days ago - “This Day, We Fight!”: Aragorn, Bill McKibben, And Climate Changeby Melanie Vautier On Sunday the 6th of May I had the privilege of seeing climate change activist Bill McKibben speak at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. I cannot overstate what excitement this was for me – in my books ...3 days ago
- Flashback Saturday: The Value of Well-Designed Cities
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in April 2016. When it comes to the debate about housing and development, there’s been plenty of discussion about the physical impacts of decisions we make, for ...4 days ago - New research, May 7-13, 2018A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change Temperature, precipitation, wind Comparing daily temperature averaging methods: the role of surface and atmosphere variables in determining spatial and seasonal variability Dynamical analysis of extreme precipitation in ...4 days ago
- Opinion: Recent experiences have led me to believe that text voting would be a wonderful thing for o...
By David Seymour Hi. I’m David. Hello. You might know me by now, I’m on the TV occasionally, I pour my own beer in public, and I wear shirts that are handed to me. All good then. Well you must ...4 days ago - Investing in a green future
With the Green Party in Government, New Zealand has taken the most significant step yet to invest in becoming a net zero emissions country with the commitment in Budget 2018 to set-up a Green Investment Fund. That commitment sees the ...4 days ago - Why can’t we all just get along?4 days ago
- Midwives deserve better
Mothers and babies rely on and value the work of midwives, and the Green Party believes the Government should too. Budget 2018 provides additional support of over $100 million over the next four years for community midwifery services. As a ...4 days ago - What it’s like to be a solo mum searching for a rental
[This originally appeared in the Spinoff Ātea during their Rent Week series] It was reported in January that Tauranga now outranks Auckland as New Zealand’s most unaffordable city and in the city’s pressured rental market, landlords these days have their pick ...4 days ago - Ahmad Abdullah Abdullah al-Adaini, 1981-2018by Susanne Kemp It’s always problematic to point to this or that particular individual in the context of a massacre by state forces. All lives lost are to be mourned – and we should get angry about all ...4 days ago
- Ramzy Baroud national speaking tour in New Zealand, May 18-24Below we’re reprinting the official statement and itinerary for the speaking tour. Dr. Ramzy Baroud’s NZ speaking tour itinerary – 18 to 24 May 2018. Hosted by the NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Ramzy Baroud brings the authentic voices of the ...4 days ago
- The National Party’s official response to Grant Robertson’s first budgetDear New Zealand, The National Party are outraged and appalled at the budget announced by Grant Robertson. Labour’s first budget since we won the election is going to gut the country, kill children and livestock, and dismantle the very fabric ...5 days ago
- Rates, regional fuel taxes and fairness
In a couple of weeks Auckland Council will make probably its biggest decision since adopting the Unitary Plan, by either voting for or against adopting the Regional Fuel Tax that was recently consulted on (twice). In some respects the choice ...5 days ago - Barakat: Gaza massacre exposes true nature of Zionism and imperialism
5 days ago - BUDGET 2018: Labour to pass increased cost of health onto Mark Richardson
Mark Richardson will be paying several thousand dollars extra in tax next year, in a move that Finance Minister Grant Robertson calls “unfortunate but necessary.” In his first budget as Finance Minister, Grant Robertson announced today that the Labour Government ...5 days ago - Our 500,000th viewIn the first few minutes of today, Thursday, May 17, Redline had its 500,000th view. Not much compared with the big, well-funded right-wing blogs in this country, but not bad for a modest little unfunded/unresourced Marxist blog at the arse-end ...5 days ago
- Budget forgets that tertiary education is the foundation of the future
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s aspiration that this Budget provides a foundation for the future has been dealt a severe blow by the failure to invest further in tertiary education. Aspects of the Budget welcomed by the Tertiary Education Union include the commitment ...5 days ago - Hard News: Budget 2018: The broadcasting shamblesDuring last year's election campaign, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern pledged an additional $38 million – annually, it appeared – for a public broadcasting sector whose budget had been frozen for nine years of a National-led government. It was welcome news ...5 days ago
- A downpaymentI think that's the best way of describing today's budget. There were no huge policies, and no surprises - the first because they'd all been dealt with in December, the latter because of the now-usual process of pre-announcement. Neither was ...5 days ago
- Biggest ever boost for Conservation
New Zealanders love our unique birds, insects and plants and today’s new funding boost means we can start to really protect them. Budget 2018 provides the largest increase in the Department of Conservation’s budget since 2002 and delivers on our ...5 days ago - Angry losers who can’t get laid.
What do Islamic extremists, alt-Right adherents and the Incel movement have in common? Many people might say “nothing,” but the truth is that for all their differences when it comes to socio-economic, cultural and ethnic identity, these almost exclusively all-male ...5 days ago - The greenest budget ever
The Green Party has secured a historic suite of budget wins valued at $618 million that prioritises protecting nature and backing the transition to a green economy. We couldn’t be happier – it’s the greenest budget ever, a win for ...5 days ago - Budget Day 2018 will come and go, and then we’ll get back to the real work. It’s really… just ...
You do the real work. The ones who put the processes in place do the real work. Supporters of good systems and process (ie. Legislation that materially changes things) do the real work. Very ordinary people working day to day, ...5 days ago - Fairer fares
Some of the opposition to the Regional Fuel Tax has come from those concerned about the ability of low income households to afford the extra costs This article by Manukau Ward Councilor Efeso Collins lays out many of those concerns. ...5 days ago - The gift that keeps on givingRemember sheepgate? Murray McCully's amazing plan to avoid a nonexistent lawsuit by bribing a Saudi businessman with $10 million of public money? McCully may be gone, but his legacy lives on: now, MFAT is being sued over his corrupt deal, ...5 days ago
- Hard News: Budget 2018: The final tickWhen Grant Robertson stands up to deliver his first Budget today, he will already have won a battle that's gone largely unremarked: the battle for his image as a credible Minister of Finance.That might seem a low bar to meet. ...5 days ago
- Someone is breaking the Montreal ProtocolThe Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is one of the global community's most significant environmental achievements - the environment treaty that actually worked. But now, someone is apparently breaking it:Emissions of some ozone-depleting Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have ...5 days ago
- How Should One Deal With A Psychopathic State?
6 days ago - Aucklands appalling road safety reasons laid out
Auckland is in the midst of a road safety crisis with deaths and serious injuries in the region increasing by more than 70% in the three years since 2014. That’s more than five times the rate of travel and three ...6 days ago - Budget 2018: Backing empathy with steel?When Jacinda Ardern announced $37 million in urgent funding to help meet the needs of homeless people this winter, she made the unusually honest Prime Ministerial concession that this was not going to be enough. read more ...6 days ago
- ‘We need a revolution’: Carla Ravaioli interviews Guido Rossi
What follows is my translation of an interview that Marxist journalist and author Carla Ravaioli conducted with law scholar Guido Rossi in 2010, in the early stages of the eurozone’s crisis. Rossi was an unlikely person to call for Leninism ...6 days ago - Close the Israeli embassy, cut ties with Israelby Daphna Whitmore What other western country shoots demonstrators with snipers? Like a scene from Game of Thrones Israel continued its bloody killing spree on the Gaza border while celebrating the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Men, women ...6 days ago
- Wage thievesLast week, the Employment Court ruled that unpaid morning meetings held by Smiths City were work, and ordered the retailer to pay its workers for them. In the wake of the ruling there were hundreds of complaints alleging similar practices, ...6 days ago
- Manawatū voters are racistLast year the Manawatū District Council voted to introduce Māori wards to ensure representation for its Māori voters. But racist hate group Hobson's Choice organised a referendum against the wards, using a racist clause of our local government legislation which ...6 days ago
- A constitutional clusterfuckBrexit has been a huge clusterfuck for the UK, with the stupid decision of elderly racist tories leading to a self-cannibalising cabinet, a completely dysfunctional government, and a country sleepwalking towards international isolation. And that's without even looking at the ...6 days ago
- Kiwirail’s de-electrification decision questioned again
This is a guest post from Dr Roger Blakeley, former Secretary for the Environment; Bob Norman, former Commissioner of Works; Alex Gray, professional civil engineer and Senior Project Manager; and Keith Flinders, Electrical Services Consultant. On 10 May 2018, Radio ...6 days ago - Diary of a rural midwife
Why are midwives distressed about their workloads and pay? In the second instalment of our series, a rural midwife details her week caring for vulnerable mothers, tackling piles of paperwork and footing the cost of driving more than 400km. ...6 days ago - Deepfakes: When seeing is no longer believing
Tech agencies fear fake videos could be used to blackmail and ridicule powerful people and even alter the course of elections. Daisy Ridley is one of countless celebrities who have been the victim of deepfakes. Image source: Reddit ...6 days ago - Media bullsh*t vs the Bovine variety. . A case in point where the media can misrepresent what an elected representative has stated occurred immediately after Corin Dann interviewed Environment Minister, David Parker, on 6 May, on TVNZ’s Q+A; . . The interview itself was ...7 days ago
- NZTA proposes massive nationwide safety improvement project
The Draft Government Policy Statement released in early April signaled a major shift in government transport priorities. One part of this was the funding for Rapid Transit, which has enabled a quick start to Light Rail procurement. Another major policy ...7 days ago - Is the government Austerian?The neologism ‘Austerian’ is a portmanteau of ‘austerity’ and ‘Austrian’ (School of Economics). It became extensively used after the Global Financial Crisis. It describes the policies of those countries which had to restrain public and private spending because lenders were ...7 days ago
- SkS Analogy 12 – A Sinking ship reaches new heights
Tag Line A sinking ship reaches new heights. Elevator Statement For a sinking ship the stern may be unusually low, the bow unusually high, and on average, the whole thing is going down. We cannot infer what is happening to ...1 week ago - Heke Tangata, Māori in Markets and CitiesThe cover of the book captures its theme. On the back is Whina Cooper with her granddaughter starting out on a lonely dirt road that seems to be going nowhere. The front cover shows the 1975 Land March, which she ...1 week ago
- Why are employers arrogant enough to advertise that they pay below the minimum wage?
Yesterday, I decided I wanted to find some seasonal work picking fruit so I can make some casual cash while I am traveling Aotearoa on a road-trip. I’d heard that a lot of workers who take on seasonal fruit picking ...1 week ago - Catalonia has a government againSix months ago, in the wake of their violent repression of an independence referendum, the Spanish government dissolved Catalonia's regional government and forced new elections. Despite arresting several candidates and banning the colour yellow, their local quislings lost (apparently beating ...1 week ago
- Crazy motorway plan shows how far we’ve comeEvery now and then something so ridiculous comes along it’s hard to ignore. That came over the weekend courtesy of the ACT party’s candidate for the Northcote by-election, Stephen Berry. It start initially as a comment about what he’d rather ...1 week ago
- Fransplaining Science: Can vitamin C cure cancer?
Some New Zealanders are convinced IV vitamin C is the reason for their cancer regression - but what does the science say? Photo: Charles Deluvio / Unsplash Since my Fransplaining Science column about vitamin C and colds, ...1 week ago - The police break the lawIt turns out that the spies aren't the only coercive government agency seemingly incapable of following the rules. The police had been unlawfully accessing government data on people's travel for more than a year:Police broke the law by accessing Customs ...1 week ago
- A massacreThat is the only way to describe what is happening in Gaza at the moment:Gaza has had its bloodiest day in years after Israeli forces shot and killed 55 Palestinians and wounded at least 1,200 as tens of thousands protested ...1 week ago
- Making every house a warm, dry homeEvery New Zealander should have a warm, dry, well-ventilated home. This is something the Greens have worked hard for, for decades – and in Government with Labour and New Zealand First, we’re going to finish the job. We know how ...9 hours ago
- Investing in a green futureWith the Green Party in Government, New Zealand has taken the most significant step yet to invest in becoming a net zero emissions country with the commitment in Budget 2018 to set-up a Green Investment Fund. That commitment sees the ...4 days ago
- Midwives deserve betterMothers and babies rely on and value the work of midwives, and the Green Party believes the Government should too. Budget 2018 provides additional support of over $100 million over the next four years for community midwifery services. As a ...4 days ago
- Biggest ever boost for ConservationNew Zealanders love our unique birds, insects and plants and today’s new funding boost means we can start to really protect them. Budget 2018 provides the largest increase in the Department of Conservation’s budget since 2002 and delivers on our ...5 days ago
- The greenest budget everThe Green Party has secured a historic suite of budget wins valued at $618 million that prioritises protecting nature and backing the transition to a green economy. We couldn’t be happier – it’s the greenest budget ever, a win for ...5 days ago
- Pare Hauraki Collective Redress extension
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has given settlement groups more time to provide him with any additional information before he makes a decision regarding the signing of the Pare Hauraki Collective Redress Deed. ...6 days ago - Government releases review of organisational culture and processes at the Human Rights CommissionJustice Minister Andrew Little today released the Ministerial Review of the Human Rights Commission in relation to the internal handling of sexual harassment claims and its organisational culture. ...1 week ago
- Native birds beat rats in Budget 2018
I’m really proud as a Green Minister that there is significant new funding in Budget 2018 to save our wildlife from predators like rats, stoats and possums. An extra $81.28 million over four years will protect New Zealand’s precious native ...1 week ago - Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou moana first readingThe Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2) passed its first reading in Parliament today, says Minister for Treaty Negotiations Andrew Little. ...2 weeks ago
- New leadership for Māori Television board...2 weeks ago
- Black Tears for Pike RiverA provocative choral work called Black Tears by Fraser Bremner has premiered in New Plymouth showcasing an important reminder that New Zealand is still thinking about the tragedy which took 29 lives, says Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-Entry Andrew ...2 weeks ago
- Otago transitions from coal to wood fuel
The Bioenergy Association says that Otago is well placed to transition from using coal for heating. ...6 hours ago - Bill to improve LGOIMA welcomed22 MAY 2018 The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Maungakiekie MP Denise Lee’s private members bill to increase local representatives’ access to official information. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “We have been ...8 hours ago
- Director-General of Health appointedDirector-General of Health appointed The Deputy State Services Commissioner has today announced the appointment of Dr Ashley Bloomfield as Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health. “The Director-General of Health is a pivotal ...8 hours ago
- New Zealand judiciary give two fingered saluteNew Zealand judiciary give two fingered salute to Parliament - again 22nd May 2018 The Sensible Sentencing Trust is appalled at the Judiciary’s cavalier attitude to implementing Parliament’s clear intention on criminal sentencing. Trust founder, ...8 hours ago
- Three Strikes Law Is About The Public, Not OffenderFamily First NZ is slamming a decision to bypass the effect of the Three Strikes Law, labeling it as flawed and dangerous. Dylyn Davis brutally attacked and murdered his partner before leaving her to die on their garage floor, but ...8 hours ago
- E tū: labour reforms long over-dueE tū says proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act are long over-due and essential to addressing widespread labour abuses in New Zealand. ...8 hours ago
- High country advisory group a step forward – FedsA new high country advisory group could boost constructive discussions among stakeholders and increase the wider public’s understanding of tenure review, Federated Farmers says. ...9 hours ago
- Govt Pushes Abortion Over Weightier Law Commission IssuesFamily First NZ is questioning why the government is pushing the Law Commission to consider abortion laws over far weightier issues of property relationships, trust law reforms and the use of DNA in criminal investigations. ...10 hours ago
- Have your say on the prohibition of nuclear weaponsNew Zealand Parliament is now seeking public submissions on an international treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. ...11 hours ago
- Money summit tackles barriers to wealthThe risk of many New Zealanders reaching retirement with little or nothing will be addressed at the New Zealand Financial Capability Summit on June 12. ...12 hours ago
- WGTN landlord first to be awarded tenant’s Airbnb profitsFor what is likely the first time to occur in New Zealand, a landlord has successfully been awarded the profits earned by a tenant illegally sub-leasing a rental property on Airbnb. The tenant had been sub-leasing his rented Bellagio Apartment ...12 hours ago
- Easter Sunday a success but national rules needed: reportA new report by Retail NZ (attached) shows that Easter Sunday trading was a success this year in those Council districts where shops were allowed to open, with the rights of shop workers and customers well-protected if they didn't want ...12 hours ago
- ACT’s Free Press May 21Politicians have a tendency to accuse others of their own worst faults. Finance Minister Grant Robertson in the Budget quoted Albert Einstein: " No problem can be solved by the same kind of thinking that created it." That is exactly ...1 day ago
- Conservation Reform at EDS’s 2018 ConferenceGreen Light or Light Green? The Government’s environmental reforms 1-2 August 2018, Grand Millennium Auckland ...1 day ago
- Max Harris: Reclaiming an Independent Foreign Policy 31 MayNew Zealand has drifted from its commitment to independent foreign policy in recent years. This talk explains that recent history - and sets out the elements of an effective, independent foreign policy. It then makes some practical suggestions about new ...1 day ago
- Lack of Budget funding is a setback for Digital Inclusion20/20 Trust today expressed disappointment over the absence of a Budget announcement restoring funding for Computers in Homes (CiH). ...1 day ago
- Taxpayers’ Union welcomes end of Callaghan Growth GrantsThe decision by Megan Woods to end Callaghan Innovation’s Growth Grants is fantastic news for taxpayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . ...1 day ago
- Government ignoring blight of fiscal dragGrant Robertson’s statement on Q&A that lifting tax thresholds is not on the Government’s agenda is bad news, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . ...1 day ago
- Labels won’t reduce alcohol harmThe NZ Alcohol Beverages Council has rejected the call for mandatory labelling on alcohol bottles, in light of a new survey by the University of Otago. ...1 day ago
- Progress on Watchdog For Oranga Tamariki WelcomedIn documents just released by the Ministry of Social Development, they have echoed the concerns previously raised by Family First NZ, saying, “ Independent oversight contributes to building transparency, public trust and confidence... Where government ...1 day ago
- More migrants head back overseasAnnual net migration is down 4,800 from a high point a year ago, largely because more non-New Zealand citizens are leaving the country, Stats NZ said today. ...1 day ago
- Launch of the UpStarters – NZ tech and innovation storyThe New Zealand Tech and Innovation Story, the UpStarters, launched this morning by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Techweek ’18, is a key milestone in supporting our tech and innovation companies to promote themselves on the world stage. ...1 day ago
- The People Have SpokenDemocracy Action is applauding the decision made by citizens to reject the introduction of Maori ward seats. Chairman of Democracy Action, Lee Short, say ...1 day ago
- iHemp Summit aims to kick-start industrial hemp economyWELLINGTON, N.Z., May 21, 2018 – New Zealand’s first iHemp Summit will be held in July with the aim of kick-starting a home-grown iHemp (industrial hemp) economy. Building on global interest in hemp business opportunities and fuelled by changing ...1 day ago
- Justice Committee to visit Regions for End of Life ChoiceThe report back date for the End of Life Choice Bill has been extended to Wednesday, 27 March 2019. This is largely due to the record high number of submissions received on this bill. To date, the Justice Committee has ...1 day ago
- Rents rocket across the countryNew Zealand’s national median rent reached a record-breaking $475 per week in April after a 5.6 per cent jump on last year, according to the latest Trade Me Property Rental Index. ...1 day ago
- Fiscal responsibility but can we wait for wellbeing – BERLBudget 2018 oozed fiscal responsibility, but for many a shift to a truly wellbeing Budget cannot come quick enough, BERL chief economist Dr Ganesh Nana says. ...2 days ago
- Budget ’18: a mixed bag for the young people of AotearoaLast week's budget announcements are a mixed bag for young people, according to the youth development sector. ...2 days ago
- NZ hosts emergency communications conferenceNew Zealand emergency service organisations are hosting the National Emergency Communications Working Group – Australia and New Zealand (NECWG-A/NZ) bi-annual conference in Christchurch. ...2 days ago
- Brash: Respect ‘No’ votes on Maori wardsPoliticians and media should respect the substantial votes against Maori wards in four districts, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. ...2 days ago
- Gene editing kits are creating a new riskGene editing kits are creating a new biosecurity and public health risk for New Zealand that needs to be addressed. ...2 days ago
- Q+A: Amy Adams interviewed by Corin DannQ+A: Amy Adams interviewed by Corin Dann National Finance Spokesperson: tax cuts should still be on the agenda ...2 days ago
- Q+A: Grant Robertson interviewed by Corin DannFinance Minister: we need to do better on biosecurity Finance Minister Grant Robertson is considering a fund to front foot an increasing number of bio security issues like the bacterial infection to cattle, mycoplasma bovis. ...2 days ago
- No to World War III! For a socialist anti-war movement!The endless wars waged by the US and its allies against Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria have claimed more than a million lives. Now Washington is threatening Iran and confronting nuclear-armed Russia and China. The drive to World War III ...3 days ago
- The Nation: Finance Minister Grant RobertsonSimon Shepherd: On the eve of the Finance Minister’s first budget, he described it as the first part of a transformational trilogy, but reviews have been mixed; it’s been praised as solid and sensible, while critics say it was boring ...3 days ago
- The Nation: Council of Trade Unions Economist Bill RosenbergSimon Shepherd: The government’s stuck fast to its fiscal responsibility rules in this year’s budget in a bid to boost business confidence, but has that come at a cost? It was aiming to be transformational, but critics say this year’s ...3 days ago
- Israel Institute seeks balance in conflict reportingIsrael Institute seeks balance in conflict reporting Over the past few days there has been significant coverage of the current conflict developing between Israel and Palestine. Sadly, much of this coverage has been one-sided and factually incorrect ...3 days ago
- Israeli Embassy accused of hypocrisyThe Palestine Solidarity Network is accusing the Israeli Embassy in Wellington of hypocrisy in its verbal attacks on the Prime Minister. ...3 days ago
- PSA statement on remarks by Housing Minister Phil Twyford"The PSA is disappointed that the Minister of Housing has chosen to make personalised comments in this way. ...4 days ago
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- More could have been done to tackle urgent social challengesThe Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) welcomes many of the measures contained in the government’s budget, but believes that more could have been done to tackle some of the most urgent social challenges in the country. ...4 days ago
- CTU: Independent Budget AnalysisBill Rosenberg and Ganesh Nana deliver independent Budget analysis Reflecting on the Coalition Government’s first Budget yesterday, Dr Bill Rosenberg posed the question why the Government won’t increase spending to 30 percent of GDP, at least. ...4 days ago
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- Budget 2018 and Māori HousingTe Matapihi would like to congratulate Minister for Māori Development Nanania Māhuta on the announcement of additional new Māori housing resources to support whānau, hapū and iwi across the motu. ...4 days ago
- Budget 2018 and Māori HousingTe Matapihi would like to congratulate Minister for Māori Development Nanania Māhuta on the announcement of additional new Māori housing resources to support whānau, hapū and iwi across the motu. ...4 days ago
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- Community to Take a Stand for IhumātaoThe clock is ticking against SHA 62 and, SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape) is proud to announce a new public demonstration rejecting Fletcher plans to build high-cost housing on this confiscated land at Ihumātao . Take a Stand on the ...4 days ago
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Tensions are rising from Northland farmers as there is a sense of inevitability that farms in the region will test positive to Mycoplasma bovis at some stage. ...3 hours ago - Fiji newspaper sedition trial – Fiji Times Four found not guilty
Not guilty … a Fiji Times celebration huddle outside the High Court in Suva today. Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley is on the right. Image: The Fiji Times Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The High Court in Suva has found ...4 hours ago - Trade agreement with EU: ‘one of the best deals that we could do’The government is expecting a final decision overnight about whether the European Union will formally approve free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand. ...4 hours ago
- Peters to travel to meet Chinese counterpartForeign Minister Winston Peters will travel to China on Thursday to meet his counterpart, China's state councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. ...6 hours ago
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Air New Zealand’s profitability on international routes could take a buffeting as oil prices hit near three-and-a-half year highs, analysts say. The Auckland-based airline last week raised its domestic airfares 5 percent in response rising costs, including labour, fuel, goods ...6 hours ago - The stars at the centre of TVNZ’s web series contest winner, Oddly Even
Last year, Oddly Even won TVNZ’s inaugural New Blood web series competition. This year and $100K later, the series launches. Sam Brooks talks to Oddly Even’s three lead actresses about the experience so far. Oddly Even is a cute web ...6 hours ago - US looks at defence, foreign policy and impact of Chinese aid in Micronesia
Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll … implications for American defence and foreign policy interests of China’s economic aid in island nations under review. Image: RNZ Pacific RNZ Pacific The US Defense Department is to report to the US ...7 hours ago - Tommy Suharto: Indonesians are ‘longing’ for return to Suharto rule
Talk to Al Jazeera in the Field programme features Tommy Suharto. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Suharto political dynasty is being revived in Indonesia, reports Al Jazeera. Twenty years after the fall of the country’s notorious former President Mohamed Suharto, ...7 hours ago - Surrogacy in the age of The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale portrays surrogacy as an act of violent exploitation. Surrogacy researcher Hannah Gibson considers how the show affects our understanding of surrogacy in New Zealand and asks: are women here being exploited?Recently, I sat down with popcorn to ...7 hours ago - Why New Zealand can’t accept South African farmers in the refugee quota
The new government needs to roll back a policy that stops Africans claiming refugee status – and undermines the human rights at the foundation of our refugee policy, argues Murdoch Stephens.Politics make strange bedfellows and the campaign to double New ...8 hours ago - EU-NZ/Aus free-trade agreement decision expected overnightThe government is expecting a final decision overnight about whether the European Union will formally approve free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand. ...8 hours ago
- Govt won’t pick up the tab in OZ – PMThe Prime Minister will continue to push for young New Zealanders living in Australia to get the financial help they need but has ruled out picking up the tab. ...8 hours ago
- HNZ needs to change policy on bailed offenders – LittleHousing New Zealand will be asked to consider changing its policy so offenders on bail or parole can stay in state houses. ...9 hours ago
- Papercuts podcast: The great Auckland Writers Festival wrap-upKiran, Jenna and Louisa bunker down on level 5 of the Aotea Centre to record on-the-ground reactions from three days at the Auckland Writers Festival. In this episode, we talk about the Ockhams, the Festival Gala, Jenny Zhang, Ella Yelich ...9 hours ago
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An intensive self-defence and empowerment workshop puts young women in stressful roleplays of power dynamics and attempted assault. Don Rowe visits the Stand Up programme at Rodney College. “You fucking bitch, I’ll kill you!”Dragging the girl backwards, the armoured man ranted and ...10 hours ago - A taste of Newsroom Pro from Budget day
Newsroom Pro is Newsroom's twin publication - an online subscription news service based in Wellington, reporting on politics, business and the economy from around the Beehive. The Newsroom Pro team is headed by Bernard Hickey and publishes news, analysis, commentary, ...10 hours ago - Phil Goff is running Auckland council like he’s a minister, not a mayorCouncillor outrage over a secret stadium report shows how much the mayor needs to learn about consensus building, writes RNZ’s Auckland correspondent Todd Niall.What’s the difference between being the Minister of Auckland, and the Mayor of Auckland? It’s something Auckland ...10 hours ago
- Social media under fire in Irish abortion vote
In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country's decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal banners declare: "Her choice: vote yes." Anti-abortion placards warn against a "license to kill". Online, the ...10 hours ago - Auckland, as seen by a visitor from outer space (Wellington)
Auckland – glassy, dusty, unfinished, trying its best – is captured in a new art book by Wellington photographer Mary Macpherson.Big, vibrant, empty, fucked-up, under-construction Auckland. The city looms and loiters in a beautiful new art book – and exhibition, at The Pah Homestead – by ...10 hours ago - Humans insignificant despite footprint
When you weigh all life on Earth, billions of humans don't amount to much compared to trees, earthworms or even viruses. But we really know how to throw what little weight we have around, according to a first-of-its-kind global census ...10 hours ago - Bullying in schools is a crisis for queer students, and ‘be nicer’ is no solutionThe bullying and suicide rates among queer youth are dramatically higher than than for non-queer youth. Joel Bateman and Henry Yuen on how NZ schools can provide targeted support for LGBTQ+ students.The years of growing up and stepping through adolescence ...10 hours ago
- Euthanasia bill a ‘Clayton’s choice for disabled people’The Disability Rights Commissioner has clashed with MPs over a proposed euthanasia law, claiming it could apply to people with intellectual disabilities. ...11 hours ago
- PM: ‘We don’t favour mega-prisons’A decision over the future of Waikeria prison will be made soon but the government does not want a mega-prison, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. ...11 hours ago
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13 hours ago - The Bulletin: Government turns focus on bovis
Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: PM steps in to cattle disease response, spotlight put on possible worker abuse in strip clubs, and a big win for local game company Grinding Gears.The bill for combatting cattle disease ...15 hours ago - Waikeria decision reopens painful debate
There will be no mega-prison, so where will all the inmates go? Shane Cowlishaw explores the alternative options, and the potential political fallout, of the Government’s decision. It was always one of the most perplexing decisions facing the Government on ...15 hours ago - Online genius or tailspin troll? Meet Todd Scott, NBR boss and tweeter-in-chiefNew Zealand’s blue-chip business newspaper is these days chiefly an online operation, and its ownwer has plans to boost the subscriber base to 100,000. Against a backdrop of social media grenades and staff disquiet, Spinoff business editor Rebecca Stevenson talks ...16 hours ago
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She’s represented her country in three sports, and has been a rugby sevens world champion. But Honey Hireme, a legend with the oval ball, rates one of her greatest achievements as helping a teenager in a wheelchair to play basketball. Hireme has ...16 hours ago - Hot off the press – Wansolwara marks USP’s 50th anniversary
Wansolwara supervising editor-in-chief Geraldine Panapasa, broadcast teaching assistant Eliki Drugunalevu and USP journalism programme co-ordinator Dr Shailendra Singh browse through the latest edition of Wansolwara alongside students Elizabeth Osifelo and Kritika Rukmani (right). Image: Koroi Tadulala/Wansolwara By Elizabeth Osifelo ...1 day ago - Dancing with the Stars, week four: Life in a post-Naz hellscape
Amazingly, Dancing with the Stars NZ continues despite Naz’s untimely and controversial departure from the show. And as surely as the sun rises and sets, the power rankings come in.ELIMINATED: Zac Franich (and Kristie) – Paso Doble At least you know that’s ...1 day ago - Electoral Commission looking into ad in horse racing magThe Electoral Commission is looking into an ad placed by the horse racing stalwart Sir Patrick Hogan during last year's election campaign. ...1 day ago
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Fishing company Sanford has joined forces with nanotechnology company Revolution Fibres to produce a high-tech nanofibre facepack made from discarded hoki skins. The product, almost 10 years in the making, will go on sale tomorrow. And the companies hope the ...1 day ago - Indonesian military joint plan for greater role in counterterrorism
1 day ago - 100% renewable poses risk to heavy industry
Energy-intensive heavy industry has a long term future in New Zealand, but only if policies to decarbonise the economy can deliver a secure energy supply, says the outgoing chief executive of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, Gretta Stephens. Stephens starts a ...1 day ago - Ozone-eating chemical sets strange trend
Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth's protective ozone layer: Scientists say there's more of it — not less — going into the atmosphere and they don't know where it is coming from. When ...1 day ago - SBW: I love rugby – but there are far more important things in life
Is hype around the All Blacks out of all proportion in this country? Alex Braae went along to the first squad naming of the year to see just how big a deal it all is, and talk to a player ...1 day ago - Please ban festival audiences from asking questions forever
Madeleine Chapman asks, “Has there ever been a good question asked by an audience member at a literary festival?” Her experience at the Auckland Writers Festival suggests the answer is no, uh-uh, never.The first question I heard at the Auckland ...1 day ago - Dysfunctional HRC Targets Hate Speech
Green MP Golriz Grahraman is a high profile advocate for controlled speech, A ministerial report from retired Employment Court judge… The post Dysfunctional HRC Targets Hate Speech appeared first on ZagZigger. ...1 day ago - Where the Wild Things Aren’t: on the exclusion of children from public placesEvery parent has probably felt the disapproving eyes of others at some point when out with their offspring. Linda Jane Keegan challenges that feeling that kids just aren’t welcome anywhere.“It’s not working,” she said. And I thought, no, it’s not ...1 day ago
- Courtney Barnett wants you to tell her how you really feel
After touring the world and releasing an album with Kurt Vile last year, Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett is back with her second solo release, trading wry and acerbic for something a little more earnest.Courtney Barnett wants you to tell her ...1 day ago - Memes, dress-up parties and pranks: finding the funny in Gloriavale
Hopeful Christian’s death might flatten the spirit at Gloriavale but it has spiked their potential for mockery – and celebrity. Can something so discomforting also be humorous, asks Anke RichterOnly a PR God could have made this happen: the patriarch ...1 day ago - The prime-time TV trick that’s encouraging gambling addiction in NZJackpotCity gets around NZ laws to advertise on television in a scheme that grooms gamblers, including the young and vulnerable. Authorities need to show the moral muscle to tackle it, writes Paula Snowden.Read Don Rowe’s investigation for the Spinoff hereJackpotCity ...1 day ago
- Tongan PM seeks royal audience after lawyer’s constitutional advice on law
1 day ago - US-China trade war on hold
The United States and China are pulling back from the brink of a trade war after the world's two biggest economies reported progress in talks aimed at bringing down America's massive trade deficit with Beijing. "We are putting the trade ...1 day ago - Why I only saw women at this year’s comedy festival
Sam Brooks explains his decision to cut all men out of his comedy festival diet.Yeah, that’s a clickbaity headline.The fact is, this year I saw a fraction of the comedy festival shows I usually see. Last year, when I was ...1 day ago - Survivor NZ recap, week 5: Two men reunite, one man goes home
As we entered week five of Survivor we were yet to see a man go home. Would this finally be the week? Yes, yes it would. Luke Harries recaps.We’ve made it to week five of Survivor NZ, and I’m starting ...2 days ago - Waikato mega-prison off the table – GovtPlans to build a new mega-prison at Waikeria have been dropped, but the government has yet to decide what to do instead. ...2 days ago
- The Bulletin: No mega–prison, but what will Waikeria be?
Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: The government has partly made up its mind on the mega–prison, Māori wards fall short in regional votes, and midwives say the budget boost was too little, too late.The government has ...2 days ago
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