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Comment:Open mike 10/04/2024
Date published: 3:31 pm, April 10th, 2024I would have thought the logic adopted by trans people.....on its literal and plain meaning. We have discussed ad nauseam the most egregious examples of this logic namely that some mechanism exists to change one's biologic sex from male to female. From ...
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Comment:Back on Track?
Date published: 9:52 pm, April 9th, 2024Not entirely correct. 'Underdone' (treatment/drying-wise) framing materials were also part along with the no eaves design, no adequate sub flooring/ventilation/drainage.
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Comment:Open mike 09/04/2024
Date published: 2:12 pm, April 9th, 2024I agree Robert. Incognito is on a roll. Please supply lots of material so he can continue. As usual, they’re trying to connect dots in the time-space continuum by digging wormholes that only exist in their pubescent little brains that boil over with ...
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Comment:Open mike 08/04/2024
Date published: 9:47 am, April 8th, 2024He's probably en(raptured) to be there. My biggest beef with this so-called Christian church is the belief in the Prosperity Gospel. The Prosperity Gospel (PG) is a fast-growing theologically conservative movement frequently associated with Pentecostalism,...
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Comment:Back on Track?
Date published: 9:42 pm, April 7th, 2024Agree with this. I find it OTT and creepy and worrying at the same time. Worrying because in many cases they've ruled by fiat without genuine select committee submissions /hearings etc. The excuse for doing this is that it was in the manifesto or the ...
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Comment:Back on Track?
Date published: 9:28 pm, April 7th, 2024Yes we did similar many moons ago when I was in one of the better iterations of the health reforms. We found that we needed time so staff in time-,staff- and cost- cut depts may not be able to do this. We also found that we needed to confidence build in ...
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Comment:Open mike 07/04/2024
Date published: 9:17 pm, April 7th, 2024The other arm I was meaning was the policy division of WINZ providing input to Govt on the appropriate levels of increases to benefits. Then interpreted by your case manager Am about to get over my WINZ PTSD and go to see if I can apply for the Accom suppl...
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Comment:Open mike 07/04/2024
Date published: 12:50 pm, April 7th, 2024They could up the cap on TAS of course, that probably wouldn't be too hard and would relief a lot of poverty in one go. I think this is the one I was meaning, the comment by Kay that they had taken $4.00 off because another arm of the same dept had ...
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Comment:Back on Track?
Date published: 12:40 pm, April 7th, 2024Agree with both Belladonna and Patricia.
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Comment:Back on Track?
Date published: 12:37 pm, April 7th, 2024Its not so much they didn't explain, but rather their explanations were too long and too academic in nature. Labour governments going back decades have tended to over estimate the ability of the average voter to absorb complex policy proposals. I agree ...
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Comment:Back on Track?
Date published: 12:22 pm, April 7th, 2024What I hope our lot don't do when they get back in in 2026 is to embark on the tiresome refrain of 'we're doing this because they did it'. I hope we don't have 3 monthly or 100 days of nasty creepy OTT stuff over innovations that may have been good for NZ,...
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Comment:Open mike 07/04/2024
Date published: 12:00 pm, April 7th, 2024Yes surely it wouldn't be so hard to increase supplements by the same percentage.....also doing it with tax brackets. They could do this easily enough, its not as if they are all working with abacuses to work these things out. However it does remind me of ...
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Comment:Open mike 07/04/2024
Date published: 11:46 am, April 7th, 2024So what was the concern again? The organisers knew, the students took the chance to protest about other things they were concerned about. Hopefully you were not trying to whip up hysteria about your straw man reckons. But you wouldn't be doing that would ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 12:18 pm, April 6th, 2024Robert do tell us how women are wrong in our understanding? How can we improve/expand the knowledge of what is affecting women of the Left.
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 12:12 pm, April 6th, 2024Lal a thinker? You must be joking. His tweets would disabuse anyone of that notion, his inability to recognise the views/rights of others, his unabashed violence of thought/speech. The claim to a be thinker falls by an examination of the content that I ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 12:10 pm, April 6th, 2024Well speaking very generally you can get a good idea of the cause by the people those espousing the cause choose as employees. This is not a Public Service employment but a time limited, hopefully, political employment.
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 12:05 pm, April 6th, 2024Thanks Weka, agree this is much better said than I would have said.
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 12:03 pm, April 6th, 2024Really? So how come the employment of Lal seems to have gone unremarked on? How come Hipkins was so gauche and surprised with the question from Plunket. His minders were so blind to the fact that 'something' was building up that they did not see the need ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 11:56 am, April 6th, 2024I'm joining you in your Farcebook-like response SPC to say 'Not necessarily'
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 11:51 am, April 6th, 2024This is not what I am meaning at all. How many thinkers are 'difficult' from the point of view of others? I'd venture to say that every single person who has made a foray into public life with beliefs that are not the bog standard stuff will have upset ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 11:40 am, April 6th, 2024Is there some reason you are missing the point here SPC? It has nothing to do with his sexuality but everything to with his character/personality which is wanting. Shaneel Lal was in large part responsible for the massing of people in Albert park in March ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 11:20 am, April 6th, 2024They also tend to show considerable weakness in debating of moral and ethical dilemmas with their one-size-fits-all approach to personal and corporate freedoms that is dichotomous and uncompromising by default. This was not always the approach of the ...
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Comment:Open mike 05/04/2024
Date published: 4:48 pm, April 5th, 2024Oh yes I remember this. Some of us had PS retirement savings, GSF, and/or other insurance premiums that may have had bonuses attached to them. Most of us were told we had to apply to withdraw GSF, actually some in redundancy times they forcibly paid us out...
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Comment:Open mike 05/04/2024
Date published: 4:39 pm, April 5th, 2024From my recollection this happened. Single clients who get over $160 gross a week have their benefit reduced by 70 cents for every $1.00 of income. DSW applied some sort of formula to draw down on the redundancy until we did not qualify. I had such ...
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Comment:Open mike 05/04/2024
Date published: 4:22 pm, April 5th, 2024Members of the PS in redundancy days gone by were actually not entitled to benefits if they had received a redudancy payment. It is not just 'people' saying this. I went several times to DSW to apply and was told that my redudancy money had to be minimised...
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Comment:Chris Hipkins - Values Matter
Date published: 10:00 am, March 26th, 2024Further to this Katrina Biggs comments below: https://open.substack.com/pub/aboldwoman/p/the-man-who-was-instrumental-in-whipping?r=wthj9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&comments=true A quote Besides being employed as an executive assistant for an MP, Lal...
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Comment:Chris Hipkins - Values Matter
Date published: 12:00 pm, March 25th, 2024All those thinking that Hipkins sounded good like I did, might like to reflect that according to Plunket & others , yes I know, Shaneel Lal is working in as an executive asst to either Labour party or a Labour MP. Hipkins didn't know what a woman was, Lal ...
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Comment:Open mike 25/03/2024
Date published: 11:26 am, March 25th, 2024Are you sure that the 'political' is the most important part. Often jobs that are in Parliament are more concerned with the skills you bring. I worked there for 4 years and for both parties as they were then, in Ministers offices. The Ministers concerned ...
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Comment:Open mike 23/03/2024
Date published: 10:52 am, March 24th, 2024Ha, ha love it Incognito.
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Comment:Open letter to Judge Glubb
Date published: 2:39 pm, March 7th, 2024I believe he should have been convicted and discharged, or possibly subject to extended supervision etc I think also that it could have innovative/creative for the Judge to place him doing good work at a place such as the Womens Rights Party or hosts of ...
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Comment:Open mike 07/03/2024
Date published: 1:58 pm, March 7th, 2024What open letter? (ETA presumably the thread on the letter to Judge Glubb) This was from an X account AFTER the sentencing. Are you speaking of the victim impact statement that she was not allowed to read in court and which was later released in a redacted...
- PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help
RNZ Pacific The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea’s highlands are still waiting for official help, more than 24 hours after the disaster. Hundreds are feared dead in Yambali village in Enga province after the landslide bulldozed homes and buried families alive early ...5 days ago - Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG landslideBy Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The United States has said it is “ready to lend a helping hand” to the people of Mulitaka, Enga province, after a devasting landslide swallowed an entire village in Papua New Guinea’s highlands yesterday. US President Joe Biden and his wife said in a ...6 days ago
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Bragg flags a coalition would use ‘coercion’ of the state...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Housing remains one of Australia’s most pressing issues in both state and federal politics. The RBA keeping rates up and high mortgage repayments have left many Australians struggling. For those Australians who don’t own a ...6 days ago
- Ours Not Mines Blasts Draft Minerals Plan Saying It Highlights The Current Government Lacks Economic...
This plan lacks any thought on how to drive New Zealand forward. Giving away rare minerals owned by every New Zealander for a measly return of 2.1% to the crown last year is simply ludicrous. ...6 days ago - Forest and Bird leader shut out of Shane Jones meeting by police
A West Coast conservation leader is lodging a complaint with Police after an officer barred her from a public meeting in Blackball, called by Resources Minister Shane Jones. The NZ First politician was in the historic coal-mining town on Thursday to launch the Government’s new draft minerals strategy, promising to ...6 days ago - The Weekend: Working through life regrets in real time
Editor Madeleine Chapman meets an old rival and wonders what could’ve been. Mōrena and welcome to The Weekend, where dreams and regrets have time and space to flower. What’s the thing in your life that you wish you had given more energy to? It could be a relationship, an exam, ...6 days ago - What it takes to be an Olympian and why you don’t have itThis year, Tori Peeters will compete at the Paris Olympics in the javelin. Ten years ago, Madeleine Chapman thought she might be in the same position. She talks to Peeters about what it takes to go all the way and mulls her own life decisions in the process. No New ...6 days ago
- ‘I was absolutely devastated’: Sara Wiseman on the moment she nearly quit actingThe star of High Country talks Tinkerbell, her love for Hawkeye Pierce and why a 98-year-old environmentalist is the most stylish man on television. Sara Wiseman has been a fixture on New Zealand television screens for nearly three decades. First appearing in Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess during the mid ...6 days ago
- At home with Brett and Angel, Married at First Sight NZ’s ‘fairytale’ coupleAlex Casey takes a trip to Lincoln to visit the only couple from the first season of Married at First Sight NZ that’s still together. To cross the threshold into Brett and Angel’s marital abode is to be greeted with a welcome that sums up the MAFSNZ season one golden ...6 days ago
- ‘There’s no better song to drink coffee to’: Troy Kingi’s perfect weekend playlistIn a new weekly interview series, we ask a different local artist to curate their dream weekend soundtrack. First up: Troy Kingi. Troy Kingi is a man on a well-documented mission to make 10 albums, in 10 genres, over 10 years. But finding himself creatively blocked while making his eighth ...6 days ago
- In the place I grew up, I am always lostReflections on a childhood split across Hong Kong and Auckland. The Sunday Essay is made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand. I arrive in Hong Kong with my mother in the middle of summer. t’s not a good time to travel here, she tells me. It’s June. We’re ...6 days ago
- Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awardsPacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue “press” vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media of Gaza who have suffered the highest death toll in any war. They staged the vigil at the Viaduct venue of NZ’s annual Voyager Media ...6 days ago
- Behind job cuts are people, and they’re hurtingOpinion: Outside my house, the autumn breeze blows crisp leaves off trees and leaks through the gap in my ranchslider while I slump on my couch listening to our CEO announcing our restructure. With many ums and ahs, he reads his script, talking of “prioritisation,” “working differently,” and “reconceiving the ...6 days ago
- Taiwan’s democratic challenge to ChinaJust days after Taiwan’s new president called on China to stop making threats, Beijing has launched “punishment” military drills around the island. Everyone was watching to see what China’s reaction to the swearing in of President William Lai Ching-te would be. On Thursday night we found out. China had already ...6 days ago
- Short story: The End Was Wide Open, by James PasleyFor the past six weeks Annie has been sleeping with a teacher named Patrick Drury. Twice he has tried to call it an affair. Twice she has considered correcting him. But she likes how he looks when he says it. She likes that he’s older than her. That he’s recently ...6 days ago
- The Secret Diary of .. Fast-Track JonesMONDAY Fast-Track Jones stood in the shade beneath an awning of a train station and waited for the 3:10 to Blackball. He narrowed his eyes and studied the view. A water tower. A windmill. A cattle fence. All else was empty land. Locomotive smoke rose over the horizon. The 3:10 ...6 days ago
- Newsroom wins two leading honours at national journalism awardsA groundbreaking investigative podcast into the death of Gore three-year-old Lachie Jones has won Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner two notable awards at the Voyager Media Awards. Their in-depth reporting and nine-part first season of The Boy in the Water, which led to the case being reopened twice and preceded ...6 days ago
- Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New GuineaBy Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Scores of people have died in a huge landslide which has struck a remote village in the Papua New Guinean highlands. The landslide reportedly hit Yambali village in Enga Province, about 600 km north-west of Port Moresby. The landslip has buried homes and ...6 days ago
- Government extends Defence Force deployments to Middle East and Africa
The extended deployments include supporting UN efforts on contested Israel and Arab country borders. ...6 days ago - As COVID cases rise again, what do I need to know about the new FLiRT variants?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Red-Diamond/Shutterstock We’ve now been living with COVID for well over four years. Although there’s still much to learn about SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID) at least one thing seems ...6 days ago
- Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our i...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has found countries are obliged to protect the oceans from climate change impacts under the law of the ...6 days ago
- The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Thomas Currie, Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University Basilico Studio Stock, Shutterstock Australia has a new National Battery Strategy, unveiled this week as a key part of the government’s Future Made in Australia agenda. The vision ...6 days ago
- Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca McGirr, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Bernhard Staehli/Shutterstock Imagine you’re standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows ...6 days ago
- The Week in Politics: Willis sails against strong headwindsThe Finance Minister prepares to present one of the most difficult budgets, National MP David MacLeod gets himself into trouble and the First Home Buyers Grant is scrapped. ...7 days ago
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- Regional Development and Resources Minister's mine visits not publicisedShane Jones visited two mines on Thursday without revealing it until afterwards - then had a private lunch with mining industry representatives. ...7 days ago
- Iranian Solidarity Group New Zealand's Meeting With NZ Minister For Foreign Affairs Rt. Hon. Wi...The Iranian Solidarity Group NZ met with Minister For Foreign Affairs Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, urging the NZ government to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (the IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. The group continues to advocate for justice ...7 days ago
- 105 Silenced Journalists Of Gaza Honoured Outside Voyager Media AwardsOn 24th May, 6pm, Palestinian journalists covering Gaza will be honoured in a silent and visually impactful vigil outside Shed 10, 89 Quay Street, Auckland, where the Voyager Media Awards are being held. ...7 days ago
- The Matildas and Socceroos are soaring, while participation is growing – but the A-League is missi...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney This should be a golden age for Australian soccer. After all, the big picture is good: the Matildas are waltzing, the Socceroos are well supported and Australia was just awarded hosting ...7 days ago
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- Greens Justice Spokesperson Tamatha Paul To Join Protest Against Waikeria ‘Megaprison’ At Mount ...The community group People Against Prisons Aotearoa is holding a protest against mass incarceration tomorrow against the Government’s proposed expansion of Waikeria prison. ...7 days ago
- Labour MP Willie Jackson becomes first Māori to take part in Oxford Union debateHe is the first MP since former prime minister David Lange to be asked to debate at Oxford. ...7 days ago
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- All surface, no substance. Kids will probably love Beings at ACMI. Pity about the rest of usSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic Redfern, Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University We Are All Unique by Universal Everything commissioned by Hyundai Motorstudio Senayan Park in Beings at ACMI. Image by Michelle Tran At this week’s launch of Beings by Universal Everything, ACMI board member ...7 days ago
- ‘People need to buckle up’: The experts reveal what to expect in MAFS NZAs Married at First Sight New Zealand returns to our screens this Sunday, Tara Ward speaks to the show’s new relationship experts about what lies ahead. This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. John Aiken is teasing Jo Robertson about her cup of ...7 days ago
- The Friday Poem: ‘The body’s score’ by Erin DonohueA new poem by Wellington writer Erin Donohue. The body’s score Here is what happens if you starve yourself for years. Your body will forget herself. She will have to learn new how a heart beats and she will not get it right. She will need MRIs and a quiet ...7 days ago
- The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending May 24The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Picador, $25) A charming, smash-hit book about ...7 days ago
- Select Committee aged care inquiry to begin by JulyThe coalition has confirmed the Health Select Committee will carry out an inquiry into aged care. ...7 days ago
- Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggleCOMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle “Only the struggle counts . . . death is nothing.” Éloi Machoro — “the Che Guevara of the Pacific” — said this shortly before he was gunned down by a French sniper on 12 January 1985. Machoro, one of the leaders of the newly-formed FLNKS (Kanak ...7 days ago
- Kids or no kids, Don’t Lick That is ‘masterful’ mum comedy you need to seeLana Walters’ new show is playing in Auckland for the NZ International Comedy Festival. Madeleine Holden (a parent) and Liv Sisson (not) went along to review. I hadn’t heard of comedian Lana Walters until a colleague posted the following message in one of The Spinoff’s Slack channels: “Has anyone been ...7 days ago
- Will Lost ETS Revenue Result In $800 Million Hole In Tax Cut Plan And New Borrowing?Recent price falls in the New Zealand market for carbon credits leaves the Government facing the prospect of a significant loss of revenue from carbon auctions this year. The March financial statements from Treasury highlight lower-than-expected revenue ...7 days ago
- MFAT cuts spending by less than 1 percentThe ministry has found $15 million a year in back-office savings, but is putting an equal amount in new spending for refurbishments. ...7 days ago
- Pacific diplomatic posts to get $60m infrastructure upgradeThe ministry has also found $15 million a year in back-office savings, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. ...7 days ago
- Govt's Mineral Strategy An Environmental Disaster In The Making"The government's 'Draft Mineral Strategy' released this week by Minister for Resources Shane Jones is a disaster in the making for the environment, the climate and people as more and more rural communities will have to battle these companies ...7 days ago
- A rescue plan for an oddball native plantBehind the pretty flower beds at Auckland Botanic Gardens, conservation mahi is under way for the region’s 357 threatened plants. This is an excerpt from our weekly environmental newsletter Future Proof. Sign up here. At Auckland Botanic Gardens, conservation specialist Ella Rawcliffe has been trying to plant a seed that’s smaller ...7 days ago
- Ministers give more detail on new social housing plansHousing Ministers Chris Bishop and Tama Potaka have given more detail on how new social housing places will be contracted ...7 days ago
- Political editors panel: MP's donations, housing dramasRNZ Political Editor Jo Moir and Political Reporter Katie Scotcher discuss messy housing announcements and donations drama. ...7 days ago
- What I learned about money from scrutinising where MPs hold theirsOne financial hopeful looks to MPs for inspiration on how to be savvy with money. As a person whose search history includes “easy ways to make money” and “what should I do with $1,000 savings”, my interest was piqued when parliament released the pecuniary interests register this week. Since 2005, ...7 days ago
- Mike King was unaware of chairperson's links to National PartyThe comedian says Naomi Ballantyne can donate money to whoever she wants. ...7 days ago
- Watch live: Ministers give more detail on new social housing plansHousing Ministers Chris Bishop and Tama Potaka have given more detail on how new social housing places will be contracted. ...7 days ago
- $2 billion Kāinga Ora programme buys three pieces of land, but no construction confirmedThe sites include a 95-hectare Tauranga farm and a site on Wellington's busy Adelaide Road. ...7 days ago
- Our mental health crisis, and the $24m questionsGumboot Friday pocketed a significant budget boost this week, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund in this extract from The Bulletin, but concerns have been raised over transparency. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...7 days ago
- Politicians vs farmers in fundraiser rugby match in GisbornePoliticians and farmers are aiming to raise $300,000 to help farmers affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. ...7 days ago
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- Where is she now? Lorraine MollerIt’s 40 years since Lorraine Moller and her peers broke a glass ceiling at the Los Angeles Olympics. The Games in 1984 saw the inclusion of the women’s marathon for the first time and for Moller, then 29, it was the first of four consecutive appearances in the Olympic race ...1 week ago
- Government's mining proposal an attack on NZ environment – Forest and BirdThe plan could harm Aotearoa's biodiversity and clean green image, environmental group says. ...1 week ago
- Why are book festivals thriving while the publishing industry is struggling?While New Zealand writers festivals are reporting record audiences, booksellers and publishers are struggling under financial pressure. Books editor Claire Mabey looks at the challenges faced by the industry, and what can be done about it. Last week the Auckland Writers Festival broke all attendance records with more than 85,000 ...1 week ago
- The media is in crisis… and I just bought a magazineWhen the publisher of NZ Lifestyle Block announced it was closing down, its editor had a scary decision to make. Michael Andrew tells what happened next. At three in the morning a few months ago, I sat at my desk with two windows open on my computer. One was a ...1 week ago
- Daily crossword, Friday 24 MayThe post Daily crossword, Friday 24 May appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
- Government looks to scrap tax incentive for utesRevenue Minister Simon Watts has asked tax officials to work to remove a perceived tax incentive for double-cab utes as part of a larger re-working of fringe benefit tax (FBT). In a briefing released to Newsroom under the Official Information Act, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) laid out two options ...1 week ago
- Defence Force slashes study support schemeThe NZDF has cut funding in half for a scheme to help personnel study on the job The post Defence Force slashes study support scheme appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
- Outgoing ERA member shreds ‘unstuck’ restaurant owners in 19-year firstIn a stunning summary of what appears to have been one of the worst hearings of his 19 years as an ERA member, Michael Loftus has ordered a $100k penalty against the owners of a Hamilton restaurant The post Outgoing ERA member shreds ‘unstuck’ restaurant owners in 19-year first appeared ...1 week ago
- This week’s bestselling books – May 24FICTION 1 The Bone Tree by Airana Ngarewa (Hachette, $37,99) Sales of the author’s 2023 novel went through the roof after he appeared at the Auckland Writers Festival in the weekend. A witness at Ngarewa’s event commented, “It’s the schools and adult combo – not many authors traverse both. Airana ...1 week ago
- French claws in the PacificFrench President Emmanuel Macron’s priority on his rush visit to New Caledonia is to quell the unrest that has been tearing at the territory for nearly two weeks. But what is he likely to achieve in his 24 hours on the ground? A Pacific leader here says France is in ...1 week ago
- Luxon: No excuse for NZ not to do ‘incredibly well’It’s tempting to host a lolly scramble on Budget Day, but the Prime Minister says he’s making ‘tough calls’ needed to get the fundamentals right. The post Luxon: No excuse for NZ not to do ‘incredibly well’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
- Raw Politics: Is that a tax boost in your pocket?National promised a “back pocket boost” when it unveiled a tax package before the election, and now in Government in tough economic times its Budget next week will sort the easy promises from reality. The tax bracket changes and other in-work and family payment adjustments might need to land with ...1 week ago
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- Wellington’s urban density balancing actOpinion: Wellington recently passed a new ambitious district plan, which paves the way for increased housing density in the city. But as Wellington embraces opportunities for urban intensification, it also needs to consider how this shift will affect residents’ lives. Key to ensuring urban development does not adversely affect health ...1 week ago
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