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RNZ, Three Waters and partisan commentary
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:43 am, October 11th, 2022 - 55 comments
Categories: Environment, labour, Media, spin, taxpayers union, uncategorized
Tags:Yesterday on Radio New Zealand’s Political Commentator’s show Bridget Morten said that three waters is a toxic thing for the Government but then declared that her law firm represents a group currently taking the Government to Court over three waters. Should such clearly partisan views be given expression by RNZ?
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Climate Commision Chair: it’s time to reform the “plant and pollute” Emissions Trading Scheme
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:39 am, September 20th, 2022 - 32 comments
Categories: climate change, Economy, ETS
Tags: Climate Change Comission, powerdown, Rodd CarrThis good news bodes well.
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We Need A Proper Constitution
Written By: advantage - Date published: 8:26 am, September 20th, 2022 - 41 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, democracy under attack, jacinda ardern
Tags:She’s in the ground and it’s time.
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What is This We Feel?
Written By: advantage - Date published: 6:58 am, September 15th, 2022 - 52 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, International, uk politics
Tags:When Queen Elizabeth is buried it will be the last time we say goodbye to her. More than her.
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Viv Beck going full Trump backfires
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:48 am, August 31st, 2022 - 28 comments
Categories: auckland supercity, elections, local government, national, racism, same old national, supercity
Tags:Recent leaks and publicity have caused huge damage to Viv Beck’s campaign to become Auckland’s next mayor. They also highlight the stark difference between the left and the right in terms of campaigning.
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Govt public media reform performance makes AB’s look good
Written By: Simon Louisson - Date published: 9:15 am, August 31st, 2022 - 7 comments
Categories: broadcasting, Media, public services, radio, tv, willie jackson
Tags: All Blacks, RNZ, tvnzThe government’s reform of public broadcasting has made Ian Foster’s quest for rugby’s World Cup look like a cinch.
The way the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill is drafted, suggests worse calamities than the All Blacks loom for the public broadcasting sector, according to leading media critics. -
Poverty is a political choice, why are Labour choosing it?
Written By: weka - Date published: 1:30 pm, August 1st, 2022 - 54 comments
Categories: benefits, greens, labour, poverty
Tags: Cost of Living payment, Winter Energy PaymentLabour announced earlier in the year that it would give a $350 cash transfer to all New Zealanders earning less than $70,000.
Except beneficiaries.
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James Shaw and the Green Party co-leadership
Written By: weka - Date published: 11:38 am, July 24th, 2022 - 189 comments
Categories: activism, greens, james shaw
Tags:The tension in the Green Party is between pragmatism and the need for urgent system change.
For the public, there’s no need to panic. Dissent is valuable and healthy in politics. It sits alongside trusting that the Greens know how to manage their internal processes even if the public at large doesn’t understand them well.
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Rage and the Woke
Written By: advantage - Date published: 12:31 pm, June 14th, 2022 - 69 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, racism, treaty settlements, water
Tags:The past couple of years has seen a significant increase in far right activity and rapidly increasing racism.
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Gang Control Policy Is Back Big Time
Written By: advantage - Date published: 6:08 pm, June 12th, 2022 - 16 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, Deep stuff, labour, law, law and "order", national, same old national
Tags:We are about to have a proper gang control policy contest. It’s about time.
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He Waka Eke Noa?
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:02 am, June 10th, 2022 - 16 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, climate change, Environment, ETS, farming, james shaw, labour, national, science
Tags:The He Waka Eke Noa report recommends the introduction of farm-level split-gas levy on agricultural emissions. The anticipated savings are very small and reliant on Government proposals for the sector to reaching the Government target of 10% methane reduction. Are we really all in this together?
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Climate politics
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:10 am, June 2nd, 2022 - 5 comments
Categories: climate change, election 2020, election 2023, ETS, greens, labour, sustainability
Tags: Emissions Reduction PlanQuick quiz on which New Zealand politicians led well on climate action in the past 15 years. Which New Zealand town is in a climate emergency today? And how our focus and voting matters if we want to avert climate disaster.
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Jacinda Ardern’s Harvard University Commencement speech
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 11:17 am, May 27th, 2022 - 51 comments
Categories: jacinda ardern
Tags: harvardVideo and transcript of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s speech at Harvard.
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Why Is New Zealand So Strong?
Written By: advantage - Date published: 7:00 am, May 25th, 2022 - 36 comments
Categories: economy, Environment, food, Maori Issues, transport, treaty settlements
Tags:As New Zealand signs up to another alliance to shore up our economic security in the face of fast retreats in economic globalisation, it’s worth taking stock of why New Zealand’s economy is so strong.
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How to get the progressive government we want
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:59 am, May 23rd, 2022 - 95 comments
Categories: democratic participation, election 2023, greens, labour, maori party
Tags: doughnut economics, how things change, kate raworthWhat if instead of waiting for a new left wing party to arise, the left worked with the three progressive parties we already have in parliament?
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The Goldilocks budget
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:25 am, May 20th, 2022 - 24 comments
Categories: budget 2022, Economy, grant robertson, labour, treasury
Tags:How was the 2022 budget? Was it the worst since Ruth Richardson’s mother of all budgets or the best since the first Labour Government gave everyone a Christmas bonus in 1935?
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Budget Day: there are real alternatives
Written By: weka - Date published: 9:34 am, May 19th, 2022 - 9 comments
Categories: budget 2022, economy
Tags: doughnut economics, Teina Boasa-Dean, what if...?Budget Day, where our centre left neoliberal government straddles the line between compassion and BAU. Given the pressures of climate, the pandemic and global instability, what are the real alternatives?
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The Emissions Reduction Plan we voted for
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:05 am, May 17th, 2022 - 33 comments
Categories: climate change, ETS, greens, james shaw, julie anne genter, labour, sustainability
Tags: Emissions Reduction Plan, regenag, Thomas Nashwhat kind of climate action do we want?
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Announcing New Zealand’s low carbon future
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:05 am, May 10th, 2022 - 33 comments
Categories: climate change, james shaw
Tags: Emissions Reduction Plan, how change happensThe climate crisis is no longer something that’s happening to someone else, somewhere else, at some point in the future. It’s happening to us. It’s happening here. It’s happening now. – James Shaw
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National’s diversity problem
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:03 am, April 30th, 2022 - 71 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, national, same old national, Simon Bridges
Tags:National’s short list of candidates for the Tauranga seat has been released. And it is clear that its gender and ethnic representation problems will be made worse after the selection process is completed.
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Who Will Protect Us From Media Power Now?
Written By: advantage - Date published: 6:28 pm, April 26th, 2022 - 9 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, internet, Media, Politics, radio, twitter, uncategorized
Tags:With RNZ and TVNZ now in full merger mode, we have yet another untested state megalith upon us. But where is the power that will hold it to account?
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Why trust in the media is declining
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 2:09 pm, April 10th, 2022 - 47 comments
Categories: covid-19, Deep stuff, health, Media, Politics, uncategorized
Tags:A recent study into New Zealand’s media suggests that trust in what the media says is declining and that views of what is good and bad media is more and more dependent on the participant’s world view.
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Greens call for rent freeze
Written By: weka - Date published: 12:56 pm, April 7th, 2022 - 151 comments
Categories: greens, tenants' rights
Tags: rent controls, rent freezeThe Green Party has published a reasonable plan to make renting more affordable for low income New Zealanders. There’s nothing extreme-communist-scary here, it’s well within the values of the NZ electorate.
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Water and Money
Written By: advantage - Date published: 7:26 am, April 7th, 2022 - 20 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, Environment, labour, Nanaia Mahuta, water
Tags:If the 3 Waters reforms can survive its attacks and be implemented, a consequence will be that we are going to have a most enormous nationwide economic argument about the price of water and who pays for it all.
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3 Waters Reform Must Happen
Written By: advantage - Date published: 5:22 pm, April 3rd, 2022 - 147 comments
Categories: auckland supercity, local government, Nanaia Mahuta, Politics, supercity, treaty settlements, water
Tags:If you’re out there in ZB land and believe that water management should be democratically elected, you won’t find respite here. Local Government has done a terrible job dealing with water and change is urgently needed.
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Can This Government Be Saved?
Written By: advantage - Date published: 5:43 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 118 comments
Categories: act, covid-19, economy, elections, grant robertson, greens, jacinda ardern, labour, maori party, national
Tags:Can Labour win a third term? Here are some pathways up, and some pathways down.
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“Labour… stop playing by this tired, neoliberal playbook”
Written By: weka - Date published: 6:05 am, March 11th, 2022 - 98 comments
Categories: Chlöe Swarbrick, Economy, greens, labour, maori party, poverty
Tags: neoliberalismChloe Swarbrick, the cost of living crisis, and what the economy is for.
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Why the Wellington protestors are wrong
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:52 am, February 20th, 2022 - 72 comments
Categories: covid-19, Deep stuff, human rights
Tags:The Wellington protest has exceeded any moral mandate to protest.
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Convoy protest 20/2/22
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:05 am, February 20th, 2022 - 160 comments
Categories: covid-19
Tags: anti-mandate, convoy protest discussion posts, convoy2022nz, protestA general discussion post.
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Convoy protest 19/2/22
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:05 am, February 19th, 2022 - 294 comments
Categories: covid-19
Tags: anti-mandate, convoy protest discussion posts, convoy2022nz, protestA general discussion post.
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Convoy protest 17/2/22
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:10 am, February 17th, 2022 - 197 comments
Categories: covid-19
Tags: anti-mandate, convoy protest discussion posts, convoy2022nz, protestA general discussion post.
- Air is an overlooked source of nutrients – evidence shows we can inhale some vitamins
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flávia Fayet-Moore, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Ground Pictures/Shutterstock You know that feeling you get when you take a breath of fresh air in nature? There may be more to it than a simple lack ...6 days ago - Hikoī day 8: Te Pāti Māori co-leader speaks of ‘sense of betrayal’ over bill
ACT leader David Seymour has spoken out on Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s haka in Parliament as a Hīkoi against his controversial Treaty Principles Bill converges on Wellington. The Te Pāti Māori MP was suspended for 24 hours and “named” for leading the haka during the first reading of the bill last Thursday. ...6 days ago
- Statement From Palestinian Leaders: Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti Is A Historic Moment For All In Aotearoa
Inspired by the kotahitanga of te ao Māori, we draw on our own political tradition of nurturing a unified Palestinian people despite exile and separation. We unify here for te Tiriti. ...6 days ago - What is ‘doll therapy’ for people with dementia? And is it backed by science?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW Sydney Jack Cronkhite/Shutterstock The way people living with dementia experience the world can change as the disease progresses. Their sense of reality or place in time can become distorted, which ...6 days ago
- As Australia privatises nature repair, the cheapest approach won’t save our threatened species
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University Shutterstock Australia is a world-leader in species extinction and environmental decline. So great is the problem, the federal government now wants to harness ...6 days ago
- Dozens of refugees are still stranded in precarious situations in PNG – and support from Australia...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Nethery, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Policy Studies, Deakin University After nearly a year without basic income and support services, 42 refugees and asylum seekers remaining in Papua New Guinea will soon begin receiving a meagre allowance of 900 kina (A$338) ...6 days ago
- David Seymour criticises Maipi-Clarke’s haka on eve of Treaty hīkoi’s arrival at Parlia...
The ACT leader and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have spoken to reporters as a hīkoi against his controversial Treaty Principles Bill converges on Wellington. ...6 days ago - Financial stress and cultural differences make migrants particularly vulnerable to gambling harms. H...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Himanshu Gupta, Senior Research Fellow (Lived Experience), Rural and Remote Health, Flinders University Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock Australians lose around A$25 billion on legal forms of gambling each year, representing the largest per person losses in the world. Gambling harms – including financial, ...6 days ago
- New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week
We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+. If you like big-budget sci-fi: Dune Prophecy (Neon, November 18) Set 10,000 years before Denis Villeneuve’s awe-inspiring Dune, the mysterious all-female sect the Bene Gesserit take centre-stage ...6 days ago - Select committee calls for repeal of Section 7AA of OT Act to be softened
A select committee led by coalition MPs has called for the proposed repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act to be softened. ...6 days ago
- What can we really expect from an expanded mining industry?
The minerals sector is highly volatile, highly competitive and changing rapidly, and the most obvious rationale for expansion – that it will provide a boost to national and regional economies – is certainly not a given. Shane Jones’s mining boosterism has regenerated a seemingly perennial debate around the industry and ...6 days ago
- Pacific profiles: Meet the Southside Aiga Midwives, who serve whānau in the heart of Māngere
The Pacific profiles series shines a light on Pacific people in Aotearoa doing interesting and important work in their communities, as nominated by members of the public. Today, Dinah Otukolo and Dianne Wihoni, two Southside Aiga Midwives. All photos by Geoffery Matautia. Tucked away at the edges of the Māngere ...6 days ago
- Federated Mountain Clubs Of New Zealand Stand Firm: Conservation Access For All, Not Just The Wealth...
On access issues, FMC represent Aotearoa’s passionate outdoor and conservation communities, dedicated to keeping natural spaces open for everyone—regardless of income or background. ...6 days ago
- Fiji’s mainstream media fight for survival in social media era
By Georgia Brown, Queensland University of Technology Fijian newsrooms are under pressure to adapt as audiences shift away from traditional media such as newspapers, radio, and television, in favour of Facebook and other social media platforms. Asia Foundation research showed that Fijians ranked Facebook as their third most significant source ...6 days ago
- MFAT Decision To Ship $4 Million To Vanuatu Out-Of-Touch
The comments made by NZ’s delegation to COP 29, Mr. Croad discussing additional ‘pathways’ to forfeit more NZ tax dollars to Vanuatu are both out-of-touch & disrespectful to hardworking taxpayers, says Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes. ...6 days ago
- Public pressure mounts for Kiwisaver funds to invest ethically
A new campaign is targeting ASB due to its Kiwisaver funds having investments in Motorola, a company that supplies Israel’s military. Over three million New Zealanders have Kiwisavers across 350 funds, each with their own investment portfolio. According to the latest Kiwisaver annual report, the highest and fastest growing investment ...6 days ago
- The government wants to count blue carbon towards climate targets. But ocean carbon could cut both w...
NZ's enormous exclusive economic zone contains a huge amount of carbon in its ocean sediments, and releasing even a tiny proportion could undo any other climate benefits. ...6 days ago
- As AI and megaplatforms take over, the hyperlinks that built the web may face extinction
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University Jakub Krechowicz / Shutterstock The original idea for the world wide web emerged in a flurry of scientific thought around the end of World War II. It began with a hypothetical ...6 days ago
- The latest COVID booster will soon be available. Should I get one? Am I eligible?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Bartlett, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle Towfiqu barbhuiya/Pexels Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently approved a new COVID booster. The shot was developed by Pfizer and targets the JN.1 sub-variant of Omicron. This ...6 days ago
- Traditional owners and scientists worked together on ‘coral IVF’ projects. Here’s what we foun...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Randall, Senior Research Scientist, Benthic and Restoration Ecology, Australian Institute of Marine Science Coral Brunner/Shutterstock The Great Barrier Reef, which supports an estimated 64,000 jobs and has a social and economic value of around A$6.4 billion, is under threat due ...6 days ago
- Waiting for exam results can be awful. Our research shows how best to manage the stress
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Kalokerinos, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Melbourne Jan Faukner/Shutterstock It’s that time of year when students are waiting for school and university results that could change the course of their lives. Uncertain waiting periods are among ...6 days ago
- Would a mandatory five-day working week solve construction’s work-life balance woes?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Working practices in the construction industry have been labelled a relic of a bygone era – 64% of employees work more than 50 hours per week. Long working hours can ...6 days ago
- Another rushed migration bill would give the government sweeping powers to deport potentially thousa...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Associate Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney The Albanese government is looking to introduce laws that would give it unprecedented powers to forcibly remove non-citizens from Australia. The newly introduced Migration ...6 days ago
- We need a minister for big tech, and we need one now
We have a minister for racing, and for space. It’s utterly indefensible that we don’t have one in sole charge of dealing with large technology platforms. When you start looking, it’s all you see. Just last week, the Commerce Commission announced criminal charges against One NZ for advertisements around its ...6 days ago
- Live: Māori Queen to join hīkoi mō Te Tiriti to Parliament
The Treaty Principles Bill jeopardises Māori rights and sends a clear message Māori don't matter, Lady Tureiti Moxon says. ...6 days ago
- Maaori Queen Brings Message Of Kotahitanga To The Nation
Te Arikinui is urging all New Zealanders to embrace our shared identity and collective strengths to move forward together. will join the people of the nation as they Hiikoi to Parliament on Tuesday under the protection of Te Kahu o te Raukura, which represents ...6 days ago
- Treaties, truth and equality: how NZ, Australia and Canada are all struggling with colonial politics
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University The hīkoi (march) to protest NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill crosses Auckland Harbour Bridge, November 13. Getty Images With the ACT ...6 days ago
- The haka that circled the globe
A polarising haka has chalked up some gobsmacking numbers around the world, and it even pursued the NZ prime minister to Peru, writes Toby Manhire in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Half a billion views and counting On Thursday afternoon ...6 days ago
- The mistakes, inaccuracies and unchecked claims that led to Oranga Tamariki permanently uplifting a ...
Anna's granddaughter was taken from her by social workers in a matter of minutes. It took years for Oranga Tamariki to admit it should never have happened. ...6 days ago
- NZ to sign $4m climate reparations deal with Vanuatu
Vanuatu hopes funding from NZ will unlock additional money towards its anticipated loss and damage needs of US$177 million over the next decade The post NZ to sign $4m climate reparations deal with Vanuatu appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago - Committee draws short straw to work on Treaty Principles Bill
The Treaty Principles Bill has been handed over to the Justice Select Committee. It’s now up to them to shepherd it through a six-month debate. The post Committee draws short straw to work on Treaty Principles Bill appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- Govt to ramp up anti-scam efforts, bringing public sector and banking industry together
New Zealanders have lost nearly $200m in the last year to scammers, it has been revealed. ...6 days ago
- Hīkoi mō te Tiriti: Wellington commuters warned to expect hours-long delays when protest march arr...
There will be extra buses and train carriages to ease congestion, but it will still be "super busy". ...6 days ago
- Non-Māori lend their voices of support to the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti
Pākehā and tauiwi "need to make our stand clear about Te Tiriti", supporters say. ...6 days ago
- Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, ACT both claim victory over response to haka in Parliament
A video of MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing 'Ka Mate' has now been viewed hundreds of millions of times. ...6 days ago
- Ka tuku te rākau: Handing over the baton of protest to a new generation
As tens of thousands show their support for the hīkoi to parliament, the organisers are busy behind the scenes ensuring things run smoothly. For many, this is their first time leading a kaupapa of this scale – and it hasn’t all been easy. On August 31, an extraordinary hui was ...6 days ago
- Banks are grappling with a scam ‘crisis’ while Facebook profits from it
The CEOs of two major New Zealand banks say Facebook is rife with fraud – and that Meta is too busy making money from scam ads to try and stop them. Duncan Greive reports. The story would have been dystopian a few years ago, but is now routine, almost unremarkable. ...6 days ago
- Luxon faced with superpower struggle
Comment: The PM has left Lima with headaches waiting for him at home – and diplomatic challenges with China and the US to be navigated The post Luxon faced with superpower struggle appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
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Business & investing: Fonterra ramps up case to farmers to divest its consumer brands The post Is Fonterra selling up or selling out? appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
- No special treatment for NZ casinos in online gambling rules
‘Faceless’ offshore firms may outbid local casinos for online licences but minister says there’s nothing to be done The post No special treatment for NZ casinos in online gambling rules appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 days ago
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