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Comment:Arise Sir John
Date published: 9:31 am, June 5th, 2017.... Love you bro (no homo) RRM
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Comment:Budget analysis and reaction - The One Dollar Bill budget
Date published: 8:20 am, May 26th, 2017You sound like a bludger to me.
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Comment:Budget analysis and reaction - The One Dollar Bill budget
Date published: 11:46 pm, May 25th, 2017Are you high? I don't sell stuff from asian sweat shops. Try again. Your strawman is in another castle ;-)
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Comment:Budget analysis and reaction - The One Dollar Bill budget
Date published: 9:20 pm, May 25th, 2017Everyone who's got a job and a house (and that's a lot of people) ISN'T bearing the drum online for more free shit. Only leftists with time on their hands. Maybe occupy a job or occupy a better one, instead of moaning that the government isnt delivering ...
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Comment:Budget analysis and reaction - The One Dollar Bill budget
Date published: 8:47 pm, May 25th, 2017I LOVE how you say "over paid CEOs" like it's somehow your business or anyone elses' business what a company agrees to pay their CEO! Classic labour bitter and twisted politics of envy. Someone somewhere has got more than me, it shouldn't be allowed, I ...
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Comment:Budget analysis and reaction - The One Dollar Bill budget
Date published: 6:44 pm, May 25th, 2017So the guts of it is: 1) if you work, here is a $20 tax cut. 2) if you are a useless good for nothing here is between $25 -$80 for your accommodation supplement so you can sit at home and drink more beer and have more kids. Definitely pays to be a bludger ...
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Comment:Land of the long white wash
Date published: 1:10 pm, April 4th, 2017*Enquiries *You're Badass??! Good on ya...
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Comment:Greenpeace got themselves a bigger boat...
Date published: 12:45 pm, April 4th, 2017Ok, so you think that the organisation that’s just built one of its main vessels as a green build (including some of the tech you suggested) didn’t think about this boat in terms of climate change? LOL what??? It's a POS old wooden motor launch with ...
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Comment:Land of the long white wash
Date published: 12:26 pm, April 4th, 2017that unsaid and very strong suspicion in the mind of the public Really? I'm more politically minded than most of my friends so I've canvassed a little bit. NOBODY in my household or at my work gives a flying rat's arse about these allegations. Hager is a ...
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Comment:Land of the long white wash
Date published: 12:04 pm, April 4th, 2017Why? Seriously. If the result of any inquiry isn't what Hager and his fans "know" in their little hearts to be true (i.e. some incompetent politician / soldier is at fault, and the others all covered it up for him, all should be sacked or re-educated in ...
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Comment:Land of the long white wash
Date published: 11:32 am, April 4th, 2017Nicky Hager: You have to listen to me! WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME? [Stamps foot] [1 month ban for flaming - weka]
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Comment:Unpopular PM
Date published: 8:46 am, March 22nd, 2017LOL - Key was 4x more popular than any other contender. English is "MERELY" 3x more popular than the next preferred PM, therefore, somehow, he's in trouble...? Dreams are free I guess.
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Comment:Great reaction to Jacinda move
Date published: 8:21 am, March 2nd, 2017The best reaction of all, comes from The Civilian: http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/talented-rising-star-finally-presented-with-career-ending-noose-she-always-wanted/ Quote: “It is such an honour,” she told reporters, as the leadership duo now stood separated ...
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Comment:Annette King standing down as deputy leader
Date published: 5:39 pm, March 1st, 2017PS and in the alternative history novel I read, Don Brash gave an inflammatory and polarizing speech at the orewa rotary club, got mud thrown at him, got endlessly bogged down explaining minutiae of his principled thinking to people who just wanted to know...
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Comment:Annette King standing down as deputy leader
Date published: 5:31 pm, March 1st, 2017Have a wee think about that PM. Are your technical and leadership skills the same as they were 15 years ago? Could Psycho Milt c.2002 have done the job you're doing today? Or have you learned a bit and grown a bit in that time? It's not a trick question.
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Comment:Annette King standing down as deputy leader
Date published: 2:11 pm, March 1st, 2017I don't think trading in a former cabinet minister with decades of experience, for someone who knows how to fry a scoop of chips, is the kind of rejuvenation Labour needs? Key was a game-changer for National when they needed one the most. When they were as...
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Comment:English hammered on 'druggies' smear
Date published: 7:47 am, March 1st, 2017Yeah that's the way... even as Greens and Labour combined are polling less than Nats, the problem is the voters are dumb sheeple who can't think properly. Please, don't change anything. Your attitude is good for National and, therefore, good for the ...
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Comment:English hammered on 'druggies' smear
Date published: 7:43 am, March 1st, 2017English hammered? Really? Mr Roy Morgan suggests the transition from Key to English has cost Nats nothing.
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Comment:Open Mike 28/02/2017
Date published: 9:38 pm, February 28th, 2017Smile :-) National 48.0% (+2.0%) Labour 26.0% (-1.0%) Green 13.0% (+0.5%) Projected Seats National 59 Labour 32 Green 16 ACT 1 Maori 2 United Future 1 NZ First 10 Total 121
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Comment:Out with the old - in with the old
Date published: 1:50 pm, December 12th, 2016Good! NZ could shut everything down, cut its emissions down to zero, and a few DAYS' worth of of China's growth in emissions would replace all of that. Why should this country flog itself to death for nothing, on the altar of "climate change is the issue ...
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Comment:Out with the old - in with the old
Date published: 1:44 pm, December 12th, 2016"...Mr 21%..." He and Andy Little should have lots in common then eh? Two chumps who inherited defeated and broken parties at rock bottom. Bill English went on from there to become the best Minister of Finance in a lifetime, keeping all of Labour's lefty ...
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Comment:Key's gone ...
Date published: 1:48 pm, December 5th, 2016We are incredibly lucky to have had his service at the time when we most needed a smart, competent business guy to keep us afloat. Most other OECD countries never recovered from the 2009 GFC and today are wracked with civil strife, divided by hyper-...
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Comment:Key's gone ...
Date published: 1:24 pm, December 5th, 2016After ten years of wondering which stumbling fool of a leftist was going to ask me whether I stood by my statements today, I'd be ready for a break too. Best PM ever. Andy "gravedigger" Little might be in with a chance of raising labour in the polls now...
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Comment:Labour landslide - media roundup
Date published: 12:40 pm, December 5th, 2016Congratulations Michael Wood and Andrew Little. The people of Mt Roskill have spoken, and a Labour Party Apparatchik who's never done anything outside of politics is who they want representing them. Fair enough, it's Auckland. On the back of this famous ...
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Comment:Clearing the decks
Date published: 12:40 pm, December 1st, 2016Speaking of "clearing the decks"... what about that Roy Morgan eh? Labour 23%, Nat 49.5% That's 1 list MP for Labour... Little survives by the skin of his teeth... Mallard GONE... "Future PM" Jacinda GONE... On Kiwiblog we're calling Andy Little "...
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Comment:Fidel Castro has died
Date published: 9:27 pm, November 27th, 2016RIP Fidel Castro. I shall remember you as a RELATIVELY benign murdering communist despot, in that you only murdered a few tens of thousands of dissidents and bourgeois in order to cement your hold on power, at a time when most other communist despots were ...
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Comment:US Election Day Discussion Post 9/11/16
Date published: 8:19 pm, November 9th, 2016This election result proves the pollsters' "shy tory" principle... ...and also shows that ten years of wall-to-wall virtue signalling, bullying and shaming on social media does NOT convince people to vote - or think - the way you lefties tell them they ...
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Comment:Another millionaire businessman launches political party
Date published: 1:29 pm, November 8th, 2016I approve of this. Fracture and divide the young-leftie-know-it-all vote even further. Way to Go Gareth!
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Comment:Why do they hate us?
Date published: 8:56 pm, July 21st, 2016The first muslim attempt to subjugate western europe was repulsed in 732 at the Battle of Tours by Charles Martel and his army. So this has been going on since long before US Drone strikes were a thing. It is manifest destiny that the true faith will ...
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Comment:The plot to hack The Standard
Date published: 11:41 pm, May 10th, 2016It's "public interest" when the left does it pete.
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Comment:Key Derangement Syndrome
Date published: 6:56 pm, March 4th, 2016LOL - say what you like.. you lot were demonizing Key for no real reason before he even made PM and you know it. (You can't trust John Key, he's a rich prick / jew / banker / lizard person... no I haven't got a study to back that up, I don't need one, you ...
- Disentangling the claims around census data and Te Pāti Māori
Are the existing probes sufficient to address such a swarm of allegations? Eleven agencies were summoned by the public service commissioner for a meeting on Friday to discuss “action” to address a series of allegations involving Manurewa marae and Te Pāti Māori, the most serious of which centres on misuse ...6 days ago - Labor slumps in Newspoll to a tie with Coalition, with Albanese also down
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Newspoll, conducted June 3–7 from a sample of 1,232, had Labor and the Coalition tied at 50–50, a two-point gain ...6 days ago - Sir Julius Chan ‘alive and well’ response to fake PNG media postBy Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby New Ireland Governor and a former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Julius Chan told the PNG Post-Courier in a “last man standing” interview at the weekend that this “media crime” should stop. He was responding to a fake press release allegedly released by ...6 days ago
- ‘I felt sorry for him’: Reconsidering the Southern ManAvi Duckor-Jones’ Max is a coming-of-age novel about a teenage boy who struggles to come to terms with his sexuality, and where he fits into his family and the world beyond school. Here he explores the pervasive brand of masculinity that he grew up with. At university, there was a ...6 days ago
- Environment Not Threatened By Fast-track Bill
The notion that the Fast-track Approvals Bill somehow paves the way to destroy the environment, with vast swathes of the countryside turned into mines, is way off track, says Straterra chief executive, Josie Vidal. ...6 days ago - LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Colonial Blowback and Global ConflictThe LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm June 10, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:30pm (USEST). Today, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will examine: At a micro level, how ‘Post-Colonial Blowback’ has impacted on New Caledonia, Gaza, South ...6 days ago
- The Government Must Scrap Taxpayer Funding For EV Charging RortThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling the Government to scrap its EV charging rort that will see millions of taxpayer dollars funnelled into the hands of private companies despite the policy doing absolutely nothing to reduce New Zealand’s net emissions. ...6 days ago
- No Country for Cheese Scones: A love letter to the elusive Kiwi delicacyWould you still move to Melbourne or London knowing it’d be a cheese-scone-less life? Bryer Oden talks to New Zealanders abroad pining for a Kiwi cafe favourite. In Wellington, to call cheese scones elusive would be to call the wind elusive, or rich ladies in quilted jackets, or psych students, ...6 days ago
- Will AI accelerate or relegate New Zealand’s tech sector?Artificial intelligence (AI) presents both a risk and an opportunity to New Zealand’s tech sector, which is now the country’s second biggest offshore earner. Will the industry struggle to keep up? Or are we about to experience a massive boost that will finally break our decades-long productivity slump? “AI has ...6 days ago
- Accommodation Assistance extended for homeowners hit by Auckland floods, Cyclone Gabrielle
The government will continue weekly accommodation payments until June 2025 to help bridge the gap for homeowners until a decision is made on the future of their property. ...6 days ago - Wellington’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewedClaire Mabey assesses the browsing merits of the capital’s secondhand bookstores. Secondhand bookstores are extremely dangerous places for someone like myself. My house has become so overrun with book piles that if I crafted a hand-painted sign and hung it on the gate it could easily pass for a homely ...6 days ago
- Ministers Safeguard Tourism Sector’s Role As Driver Of Economic GrowthTourism ministers from the APEC member economies are coordinating their policies in a bid to make the industry more accessible, inclusive and sustainable. ...6 days ago
- How the government plans to give certainty to gas investorsInvestors are still scared to get back into the market in the event of another ban. ...6 days ago
- Questions swirling after allegations against three political partiesA look at the claims, and how they’ve been responded to, in this extract from The Bulletin by Stewart Sowman-Lund. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Multiple agencies called in to ...6 days ago
- Australia's hardening stance on 501 deportees is 'devastating', detainee saysHaley Rukuwai has lived in Australia since she was 6, but may be sent back to NZ. The policy is "destroying lives", she says. ...6 days ago
- Te reo Māori in public sector Waitangi Tribunal inquiry gets underwayNgāi Te Rangi filed the application last year after the government told departments with dual Māori-English names to lead with their English title first. ...6 days ago
- Act rallies the troops for 2026
What a difference eight months in Government makes. Act staged its first major political rally since the election and was back in confident mood. The party’s chutzpah was dented on election night when it underperformed its own, and most political commentators’, expectations. After rising to record highs in opinion ...6 days ago - Fact-checking artificial intelligenceIs AI one big step towards a more productive life, or one giant leap into the realm of misinformation? This incredible development is being forced on the tech world, with plenty of potholes on the way. Cats on the moon, anyone? Establishing a daily rock-eating habit? Cooking with gasoline … ...6 days ago
- Luxon cuts frequency of post-Cabinet press conferencePrime Minister Christopher Luxon has ended the convention of regularly holding a post-Cabinet press conference even in weeks where Parliament is not sitting. Of the six recess (non-sitting) blocks so far this year, Luxon has only helmed the Monday press conference in two of them. A spokesperson confirmed there is ...6 days ago
- ACT leader David Seymour brushes off claims party has a 'culture of fear'The reported complaints are not representative of the party as a whole, ACT leader says. ...6 days ago
- How DoC’s boss removed a seat from her top tableIt was called a “proposed functional model”. In October 2023, the Department of Conservation issued a consultation document to staff, released to Newsroom under an official information request. It was a year on from its “organisational reset”, which, among other things, brought together its policy, legal and Treaty of Waitangi ...6 days ago
- The future of Aotearoa is entwined with the future of MāoriNearly one in three under-25s are Māori, the latest census data revealed. How can New Zealand plan for this huge demographic shift today? The latest census data has revealed that Māori make up almost one in five of the country’s population, and the Māori population is growing at double the ...6 days ago
- Wellington desperately needs the Golden Mile upgradeWellington’s central streets are in dire need of a spruce-up. Efforts to cancel the Golden Mile upgrade would doom the city to another decade of stagnation. Windbag is The Spinoff’s Wellington issues column, written by Wellington editor Joel MacManus. It’s made possible thanks to the support of The Spinoff Members. ...6 days ago
- In search of ‘progressive capitalism’Opinion: We would gain by seeing social progress as a balance between ‘freedom from’ perspectives and ‘freedom to’ which is resolved by the people and the planet The post In search of ‘progressive capitalism’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Free-market approaches do not sit well with scienceOpinion: In recent years, the phrases “world-leading” and “for the first time in New Zealand” have frequently appeared in press releases and announcements related to research projects or scientific achievements. Many in the science community might contemplate the whakatauki “Kāore te kumara e kōrero ana mo tōna ake reka” (the ...6 days ago
- Fonterra’s consumer sell-off a setback for NZ innovationOpinion: Fonterra’s decision to sell off its consumer products could undermine the ‘value add’ movement The post Fonterra’s consumer sell-off a setback for NZ innovation appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- EV sales yet to pick up as rest of auto market joins declineClean cars made up just 6 percent of new vehicles sold in May, well down from the 2023 average share of 20 percent The post EV sales yet to pick up as rest of auto market joins decline appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Niwa to disestablish air quality teamRegional councils urged Niwa not to cut its Air Quality Team in a letter in May, but Newsroom understands the cuts are going ahead The post Niwa to disestablish air quality team appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Court costs and fees set to rise as part of Govt savings exerciseHigher costs to have the Ministry of Justice collect fines on behalf of other agencies could see organisations choose to use private debt collection companies instead The post Court costs and fees set to rise as part of Govt savings exercise appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Kiwi author’s work celebrated at TribecaOne of the best New Zealand novels of the past 20 years – almost certainly the smartest, and most exactingly crafted – has just had its movie adaptation premiered at the Tribeca Film festival in New York to good reviews. The Mistake by Wellington writer Carl Shuker is directed by ...6 days ago
- Daily crossword, Monday 10 JuneThe post Daily crossword, Monday 10 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 10 JuneLoading…(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){var ql=document.querySelectorAll('A,DIV,A[data-quiz],DIV[data-quiz]'); if(ql){if(ql.length){for(var k=0;k<ql.length;k++){ql[k].id='quiz-embed-'+k;ql[k].href="javascript:var i=document.getElementById('quiz-embed-"+k+"');try{qz.startQuiz(i)}catch(e){i.start=1;i.style.cursor='wait';i.style.opacity='0.5'};void(0);"}}};i['QP']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,'script','https://take.quiz-maker.com/3012/CDN/quiz-embed-v1.js','qp'); Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. The post Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 10 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- NZ name-dropped in scathing international fisheries reportGreenpeace report says ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty will avoid repeats of New Zealand blocking high seas conservation The post NZ name-dropped in scathing international fisheries report appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Industry thrilled at lifting of ban on oil and gas explorationA secure gas supply will support the transition towards renewable energy, industry group says. ...7 days ago
- David Seymour sets 2026 election target of 15 percentSeymour on Sunday addressed ACT's 'Change Makers' rally, casting it as a victory lap for ACT's entry into government. ...7 days ago
- Unfunded roads and an unfinished tax: Treasury's fiscal risksTreasury warnings point to a range of risks that could come back to bite future government Budgets. Here's nine areas of concern. ...7 days ago
- Dr. Eric Chuah Pulls Out Of Tauranga Mayoral And Councillor Race And Joins The National Party Of NZDr. Eric Chuah who stood for centrist party Rock the Vote NZ in the 2023 October NZ Parliamentary elections for the electorate seat of Maungakiekie and was also Immigration Spokesperson for Honorable peter Dunne's United NZ Party and Party strategist have ...7 days ago
- Watch live: ACT leader David Seymour gives speech at party rallyDavid Seymour is giving a speech at an ACT party rally in Auckland. ...7 days ago
- Shane Jones Fires Damp Squib In Response To Giant Backlash Against Luxon’s War On NatureGreenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Niamh O’Flynn says, "Shane Jones is dreaming. The oil exploration industry won’t risk coming back to Aotearoa because they know that it’s not worth coming all this way to fail again. ...7 days ago
- Bill to resume oil and gas exploration set for later this yearThe government will reverse its ban on oil and gas exploration, Minister for Resources Shane Jones has confirmed. ...7 days ago
- Auckland floods: Some homeowners left waiting until 2025 for buyout newsAuthorities say the wait is necessary to get the decisions right, but an advocate says community members feel "let down" by the delay. ...7 days ago
- MBIE ends contract with spyware company – but is looking for a replacementThe ministry initially tried to keep the Cobwebs deal, and why it was set up and then not renewed, secret. ...7 days ago
- End to emergency housing motels 'first step' in taking Rotorua back, MP saysPeople don't need to be "dumped" in motels, MP says: "It's time for us to restore Rotorua's reputation as a holiday spot." ...1 week ago
- Anne Salmond: Undermining democracyComment: Corruption has long been recognised as the enemy of democracy. As the Greek playwright Aristophanes once said, ‘Look at the orators in our republic; once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.” In Aotearoa ...1 week ago
- More Than 1000 People Rally Against Cuts To Public And Community ServicesThe People Over Profits: Stop the Cuts! rally attracted people representing, iwi, unions, advocacy and community organisations and their supporters who marched from Pukeahu War Memorial Park to Te Papa. ...1 week ago
- Thousands March Against Austerity In WellingtonThousands rallied in Wellington today, furious at the coalition Government’s cuts to public services, and what is being called a ‘mass transfer of wealth’ from the public sector to private interests. ...1 week ago
- Thousands protest Fast-track Approvals Bill in central AucklandRallies have been held around the country to oppose the bill, which gives three ministers the final say over major infrastructure and development projects. ...1 week ago
- Giant March For Nature Fills Queen Street To Oppose Luxon’s Fast Track BillOver 20,000 people have turned out in Auckland today for the March for Nature to protest the Luxon Government’s fast-track bill and ‘war on nature’. ...1 week ago
- Christopher Luxon's Pacific tour: Investments, politics and laughs at his own expenseAnalysis - Pacific trips are not ones where the PM can expect to face particularly tough challenges. Instead, they are heavy on the vibe. ...1 week ago
- Petition started to oppose 'flawed' ram raid billCommunity leaders and youth advocates are gathering signatures for a petition against the ram raid bill, saying it will cause more harm than good. ...1 week ago
- Focus on Politics: National in triage mode over cancer drugs promiseGovernment ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow have instead been tamping down the backlash from a big broken promise. ...1 week ago
- Believing in Magic for 25 yearsAmigene Metcalfe, Magic netballer No.1, will sit on the shoulders of the latest band of Waikato-Bay of Plenty players this weekend. At least, in a symbolic way. The present-day Magic will wear a one-of-a-kind red dress in their 25th-anniversary celebration match against the Tactix in Hamilton on Sunday – ...1 week ago
- Protests against fast-track bill, public service cuts to be held around NZThose travelling around the motu are being warned to allow time for their journey, with disruption possible in many centres. ...1 week ago
- The Secret Diaries of .. Lotto’s $50m jackpotCHRISTOPHER LUXON Would I like to win Saturday night’s Lotto Powerball $50 million jackpot? Well look okay I mean the thing is that it would certainly come in handy around the house, there’s always something that needs doing, you know, at my house in Auckland, and my apartment in Wellington, ...1 week ago
- Ageism is not always a bad thingOpinion: Plastered across every online student course site at the University of Auckland is a striking graphic: ‘ZERO tolerance for discrimination.’ A red cross overlays words including racism, sexism, and ageism. Who, in their right mind, would question this prohibition of bias? Well, me, for one. Of course, I’d denounce ...1 week ago
- The Weekend: The Spinoff won some awards!Editor Madeleine Chapman reflects on some lovely recognition. Mōrena and welcome to The Weekend, a short one. Given the short week I thought I’d take the opportunity to toot a few horns as The Spinoff was recognised at the Voyager Media Awards a couple of weeks ago. The Voyagers are ...1 week ago
- ‘I asked them point blank’: Dai Henwood on busting open a conspiracy on 7 DaysThe comedian, TV presenter and author looks back on his most memorable TV moments, including a traumatic Taskmaster task, a cursed celebrity interview and a slippery zoo escape scandal. Dai Henwood’s first brush with fame came early. Growing up on the set of Gliding On, a 1980s sitcom starring his ...1 week ago
- ‘Compulsory for the pre-drinks’: SPYCC from SWIDT’s perfect weekend playlistSPYCC from SWIDT shares the perfect playlist to accompany his dream weekend of cooking, vortexing and Sunday hangxiety. We called them the most electrifying rap group in the country way back in 2019, but SWIDT have just wrapped up their most ambitious project yet: releasing new music every second day ...1 week ago
- Ultrawilding: Aotearoa and the tech revolution giving nature a leg-upSteve Mushin’s book Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City On Earth is on the shortlist for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Here’s why he thinks Aotearoa is leading an ultrawilding revolution. No one imagined we’d lead the world in filmmaking or building ...1 week ago
- A chat with Phil Spencer, television’s most irresistibly likeable chapThe icon behind Location, Location, Location and Love It or List It came and shot a show for TVNZ over summer. Duncan Greive could not believe his luck. Even in person, Phil Spencer doesn’t seem real. He’s like a living fossil, a perfectly preserved specimen of linear TV’s glory days, ...1 week ago
- Fleeced – the raw injustice of perpetual leases on Māori landFrom Opotiki around to Manutuke just north of Gisborne, Highway 35 winds through some of Aotearoa’s most exquisite and remote settlements. Tina Olsen-Ratana describes the bays of Tai Rāwhiti as magical but says her hometown of Tokomaru Bay is the jewel in the East Coast crown. But ...1 week ago
- I survived in another country without a smartphone – this is my storyAlex Casey spends the weekend in a new city without her trusty iPhone, and lives to tell the tale. The flip phone was fucked, and apparently so was I. In the line for customs at Melbourne airport, I flipped open my ancient bright orange Alcatel to reveal an alarming number ...1 week ago
- The Sunday Essay: Silly little chumpOn the comfort we can find in co-opting uncharitable descriptions of ourselves. For as long as I can remember, my siblings and I have called our mum “Chump”, a term of endearment she uses for us as well. Chump isn’t the only slightly off-kilter nickname in our family lexicon. Old ...1 week ago
- Behind Boy in the WaterInvestigative journalist Melanie Reid is approached most days by someone asking for help on a case of bad justice because they can’t afford a lawyer. “There’s a whole lot of people who come to us who don’t go to lawyers and I think it’s because justice is not accessible to ...1 week ago
- Wellington Rallying For People Over ProfitsCommunities, unions, and advocacy organisations will hit the streets in Wellington on Saturday (8 June) rallying against cuts to public and community services and in support of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. ...1 week ago
- Hawke's Bay flood resilience projects get faster consenting processThe scheme means stop banks and spillways can get underway sooner, the government says. ...1 week ago
- Represent New Zealand At Commonwealth Youth ParliamentWe are looking for two enthusiastic young people passionate about democracy and diplomacy, to take part in Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) 2024. ...1 week ago
- Fast Track Bill, Already Mired In Corruption Scandal, Should Be PulledGreenpeace says that National MP David MacLeod being referred to the police for undeclared donations has undermined public confidence in the process for examining the Fast Track Bill and the bill must be dumped. ...1 week ago
- Nine agency bosses meet over Te Pāti Māori data allegationsAllegations of misuse of personal data by Te Pāti Māori have triggered a high-level meeting of department heads, with four agencies now looking into the matter. ...1 week ago
- The Week in Politics: Government struggles to explain the inexplicableAnalysis - National's broken promise to deliver new cancer drugs raises a firestorm of anger in The Week in Politics. ...1 week ago
- Lifeline for some First Home GrantsExemptions will be made available for a small number of buyers who might have otherwise missed out. ...1 week ago
- Andrew Giles issues replacement to 'direction 99' which he says prioritises community safe...It effectively reneges on a commitment Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made to the government of New Zealand in 2022. ...1 week ago
- Trust And Confidence Critical In Probe Into Use Of DataActing Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott said today that action is underway to ensure the serious allegations involving the misuse of personal data during last year's general election are thoroughly investigated. ...1 week ago
- Te Pāti Māori seeks investigation, president John Tamihere retaliates over data accusationsTe Pāti Māori's president earlier hit back at allegations his party misused private information to help its election campaign. ...1 week ago
- National MP David MacLeod's donations referred to policeThe Electoral Commission has handed investigation of National MP for New Plymouth David MacLeod's failure to report $178,394 in donations to police. ...1 week ago
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