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Who will be National’s next leader?
Written By: - Date published: 7:57 am, February 14th, 2018 - 77 comments
Following Bill English’s resignation the question is who will be National’s next leaders. The Standard authors have put their heads together and come up with some suggestions.
- Welcome, Little Neve Te Aroha!
Britain’s post-war Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, was reputedly “a modest little man” who, as Churchill’s famous jibe had it, “had a great deal to be modest about.” But, as the years have passed, his reputation has grown, and ...2 hours ago - The Living WageAn American friend once shared with me the answer she had given to her family back home who wanted to know why she had decided to settle in New Zealand. “Because,” she had said, “in New Zealand, there is enough ...4 hours ago
- One Basket Or Two? Jeanette Fitzsimons Considers How To Treat Methane In The Zero Carbon Bill
The Government has started consultation on the Zero Carbon Bill and is seeking input on issues such as the targets, the role of the Commission, and who should be responsible for adaptation. One controversial issue is whether all gases should be ...4 hours ago - 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #25
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick 2018 Arctic sea ice melt season just got a big headstart Pack ice after sunset in East Greenland near Kulusuk. ...10 hours ago - Flashback Saturday: Why it’s not possible to build our way out of congestion
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was published in October 2014. Wired magazine recently published a good, succinct explanation of induced traffic. It’s worth reading in full as it hits upon an incredibly important, often ...1 day ago - New research, June 11-17, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change mitigation Climate change communication Climate Hypocrisies: A Comparative Study of News Discourse What makes them believe in the low-carbon energy transition? Exploring corporate perceptions of the credibility ...1 day ago - How’s the Government Doing?
Coming to office a month after the election, the new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised ‘transformative’ rather than incremental government. The promise contrasted with the record of the predecessor Key-English government which had some wins but I doubt that even ...2 days ago - The IGIS advisory panel mess
Back in April, Stuff published the news that our spies had been without proper oversight for over a year, due to the failure of the previous government to appoint members to the Inspector General of Intelligence and security's statutory advisory ...2 days ago - Protected: Guide to making a submission on the Zero Carbon Bill
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Guide to making a submission on the Zero Carbon Bill appeared first on Blog | Green Party of Aotearoa New ...2 days ago - Equality with the stars
It’s easy to have woman working and stay at home dad when the woman is being paid over $470,000 a year; but what about poor families? by Don Franks NZ Prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s bearing of a baby ...2 days ago - Talking Point: 2018 Budget a Green success
Originally published in the Hawke’s Bay Today The Budget was not perfect or hugely transformative, but it’s better than what we’ve had in the last nine years. I would say there are fair criticisms, and some are completely unfounded. Political ...2 days ago - How do we cope with fewer cows?Originally published in the Hawke’s Bay Today Simon Bridges recently lambasted Environment Minister David Parker in what is perhaps the worst floundering and platitude-filled interview I have ever seen. The only real criticism the National leader had (and repeated in ...2 days ago
- Uncapped
When they were in government, National stuck an arbitrary cap on the size of the public service, ostensibly to keep costs down. It was a dishonest sham: Ministers still expected agencies to do more and more work, and so they ...2 days ago - What the Greens needs in a co-leaderOriginally published on Newsroom (16 Feb 2018) Do the Greens need a Metiria Turei heir-apparent, or a more radical option? Damon Rusden examines a co-leadership race between two very “intelligent and charismatic” women If you happened to miss the 2017 election, one ...2 days ago
- Greens between a rock and a hard placeOriginally published in Newsroom There’s a line in a song from American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses that goes: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” And this is exactly what has happened with the Greens and their decision to give some of ...2 days ago
- New Zealand’s young conservatives
As the birth of Jacinda Ardern’s baby paints New Zealand as a truly progressive country, James Borrowdale meets the young Kiwis unimpressed by today’s socially liberal attitudes. “I don’t really understand what the feminist movement is advocating ...2 days ago - Staff meetings to take place on the future of ITPs
Tertiary Update – Vol 21 No 12 Staff at institutes of polytechnics and technology up and down the country will soon have an opportunity to shape the future of the sector, thanks to a series of meetings co-facilitated by the Tertiary ...2 days ago - Job cuts and library closure confirmed at University of AucklandSandra Grey, national president of the Tertiary Education Union, reflects on the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland to axe 45 full-time equivalent jobs from Libraries and Learning Services. With 40 people losing their jobs and a whole library ...2 days ago
- Increase in level 1 to 4 student numbersData released by the Tertiary Education Commission shows student numbers have increased over the last year for courses at levels 1 and 2, and the competitive component of levels 3 and 4. However, the overall number of equivalent full-time students (EFTS) declined by ...2 days ago
- MPs told to increase student and staff seats on councilsEarlier this week the Tertiary Education Union told MPs on the Education and Workforce Select Committee that restoring student and staff voice to tertiary education institution councils was a welcome step forward, but more needs to be done. Sandra Grey, national president ...2 days ago
- Breaking down the RLTP numbers
We were pretty excited back in April when we saw the outcome of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project, which will see significant development of our transport network, and especially our public transport system, over the next decade. That was backed ...2 days ago - The debate on imperialism. . .A number of participants in the Imperialism study/discussion group initiated by Redline have been involved in debating David Harvey’s view of imperialism recently through the Review of African Political Economy. Thanks to Walter Daum for sending us the links. We ...2 days ago
- New Zealand celebrates separation of child from mother
One country’s humanitarian tragedy is another country’s happy miracle. An historic day, said the media. A happy day, said Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters. Fine day across the South, said Metservice. Though Peters later clarified he wasn’t talking about the ...3 days ago - Hundreds of journalists rushed to hospital following major incident
Journalists are being treated with snacks, WiFi, and reachable power outlets. Several hundred journalists are in Auckland Hospital today following a major incident in the city. The journalists were admitted to the hospital early this morning, wearing tags and barcodes ...3 days ago - The EU needs to stand up against its racistsThe European Union is founded on values of "respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities". Those values are under threat from several of ...3 days ago
- Hard News: They want to blow it all up
In recent weeks, it has been more difficult than ever to assess and comprehend all the stupid, awful deeds and words of President Donald Trump. The tantrum and chaos of the G7 meeting bleeds into his preposterous accounts of the ...3 days ago - State of the Union: The ‘when a child is born’ versionAs Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters stand poised to fulfill very different dreams, neither of them will be terribly happy with where the government stands on the brink of this wee bit of history.read more ...3 days ago
- A childish tantrumThat's the only way to describe events in Parliament last night. Faced with the opposition filibustering two time-sensitive bills, the government moved urgency, then attempted to amend the instruction to the committee to prevent any debate on what was being ...3 days ago
- New Zealand’s Very Own Pinkertons.
3 days ago - Hard News: I Am: An authentic autism family experienceWatching this week's episode of TVNZ's new I Am strand, I Am Living With Aspergers, the story of David RS Greer and his family, pushed a lot of buttons for me.To be clear, neither of our ASD sons has ever ...3 days ago
- Is the middle class squeezed or spoilt?
If your household brings in $100,000 and you still struggle to make ends meet, is it your own fault or an indictment on today’s cost of living? Bonnie Sumner investigates The average New Zealand income is $100,000 but ...3 days ago - Can Auckland lead the world?
Last week I took a look at how public transport ridership in Auckland might grow over the next decade, if it continues current strong growth rates and lines up with the transport modelling predictions in ATAP. On a per ...3 days ago - The United States has gone rogue!
Under President Donald Trump (and his growing swamp of a government) the United States of America has now become a fully identifiable "rogue nation" that ignores basic human rights and international agreements.While the US constitution provides protections for civil and ...4 days ago - David Seymour asks why the government needs to provide holidays when you can already buy them online
Seymour suggested employees could choose to take all of their annual holidays on the same day, which could even have the added bonus of helping them not lose their job. ACT Party leader and star of recent Three mockumentary series ...4 days ago - As nation waits for baby, medical experts say it might just stay in there forever
Doctors say if the baby hasn’t arrived at the end of the week, it probably won’t. Three days have passed since Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was due to give birth to the greatest baby known to have ever been born ...4 days ago - Well done Canada. NZ? High time to move out of the Dark Ages for once…
Canada just sent a strong signal on recreational cannabis use. And in the UK, even the some of the most hard Conservative voices, yes, even those of Theresa May’s own Cabinet are urging serious reform, insofar as medical use ...4 days ago - Life after PhDThis is a re-post from ClimateSight To continue my tradition of trying out all the Commonwealth countries, since my last post I have moved to the UK and begun a postdoc at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge. The UK is far nicer than Australians will ...4 days ago
- NZ must speak out for its valuesAt the moment, the USA is separating children from their parents and putting them in concentration camps. This is utterly abhorrent to most New Zealanders. So what is our government saying about it? Nothing: Winston Peters is coming under pressure ...4 days ago
- Sanity in CanadaCanada has taken a major step towards ending America's insane "war on drugs", by legalising recreational cannabis use:Recreational cannabis use in Canada is to become legal after the Senate approved the legislation. The measure is expected to come into effect ...4 days ago
- A return to the banality of evil.
When Hannah Arendt wrote about the “banality of evil” in Nazi Germany, she was referring not to the leaders but to the thousands of bureaucrats, soldiers, civil servants, cops, tax collectors and everyday citizens who went along with the Nazi ...4 days ago - Can Auckland just ‘do a Christchurch’ to solve the Housing Crisis?
Fresh from saying there is no crisis in Auckland housing now Steven Joyce is saying it’s just like post-earthquke Christchurch: “In Christchurch you had a shock in the market. There’s a real shortage of housing, a real shortage of land, ...4 days ago - HealthCarePlus Newsletter Winter 2018HealthCarePlus is a not-for-profit incorporated society that assists participating union members and their families access to competitive health cover. Read the latest HealthCarePlus newsletter here. ...4 days ago
- One way of fixing itThe USA - which is currently kidnapping the children of refugees and sticking them in concentration camps - has consistently complained that the UN Human Rights Council is not fit for purpose. For a start, it criticises Israeli human rights ...4 days ago
- Mycoplasma bovis, foot and mouth, National Party, and other nasty germs
. . Intro The Mycoplasma bovis crisis confronting New Zealand is a story that will be dissected and commented on for decades to come. This was not simply a matter of a bacteria infecting cattle. This was a story ...4 days ago - Midweek Reading 20 June 2018
There were a couple of news articles that caught my attention over the weekend. Public Transport in Christchurch The Press ran a great piece on Saturday about the trade-off between driving and public transport. Commuting by bus could save Christchurch ...4 days ago - Are NZ’s “breaking news” cycles showing disturbing, partisan tendencies at present, and far le...
Are certain Media outlets almost bitter that National lost the election? For some observers, based on the screaming headlines coming out, it really does come across that way… But there’s also a deeper strain of stilted and constrained debate, commentary ...5 days ago - Cosy corruptionSince Thompson and Clark have been in the news over their undemocratic and bullying behaviour around Southern Response, people have been looking hard at what parts of government they've been doing business with and what exactly they're doing. And the ...5 days ago
- Who will help the helplines?
While Youthline and Lifeline struggle to stay afloat, leaving calls for help unanswered, the government is funding a brand new helpline. Illustration: Lee Smith-Gibbons / The Wireless A teenage girl sends a text to 234. She's suicidal. The ...5 days ago - Guest Post: Co-Housing Part One
This is a guest post by Biddy Livesey who is a housing policy analyst, researcher, and future resident of Cohaus. Part One: Introduction to collective housing development: Cohousing Our cities are changing. The cost of land is increasing, the way we ...5 days ago - Time for the government to pay upYesterday, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation voted to take strike action. While they'd been offered a half billion dollar pay package by DHBs, this was mostly focused on divide and rule and raising salaries for those already at the top ...5 days ago
- Can The Nurses Win On Their Own?
5 days ago - Let’s do thisWestpac has been modelling the effects of the government's proposed capital gains tax, and concluded that it would be effective in lowering house prices:House prices would fall, rents would rise but home ownership would improve if a capital gains or ...5 days ago
- If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itselfWhen lawyers read news like Sir Bob Jones threatening defamation proceedings because a tweet called him a racist we feel a strange mix of emotions. read more ...5 days ago
- Cycling is on the rise
Every year Auckland Transport have an independent company survey Aucklanders about walking and cycling. They’ve just released the 2018 numbers and they’re fantastic. In total 1,459 took part in this year’s survey and are said to be representative of the Auckland ...5 days ago - A choice of master
Two decades ago New Zealand uncoupled the security and trade strands in its foreign policy. The decision stemmed from the removal of New Zealand’s preferential trade status with the UK in the early 1970s and the fallout to the embrace ...5 days ago - Due to nationwide shortage of buzzy bee toys, New Plymouth sends Prime Minister actual bees
The bees are reportedly “not calm, not calm at all.” Sort-of-but-not-technically-husband to the Prime Minister Clarke Gayford has confirmed that he and Jacinda Ardern have received a “lovely” gift to the tune of some 600 live bees from the town ...6 days ago 
by Daphna Whitmore This deceptively slim book covers a lot of ground. The author, Ilan Pappe, is a well-known expatriate Israeli historian, critic and social activist. He is one of the ‘new historians’ arising in Israel who have challenged the ...6 days ago- Not achievedBack in 2010, the then-National government sacked the elected Canterbury Regional Council and replaced it with a group of unelected dictators. One of the key tasks of National's dictators was to implement the Canterbury Water Management Strategy, a collaboratively developed ...6 days ago
- The RMA and deterrenceOur environment is under threat. We have farmers polluting our rivers and sucking aquifers dry. Our own "defence" force is poisoning people's drinking water. Greedy property developers cut down protected native trees. And that's just a few recent examples. In ...6 days ago
- Stopping the orcs in their tracksWhen the government was elected, they promised to end mining on conservation land. And they're delivering:An application to mine coal on public conservation land near Te Kuha in the Buller District has been declined, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage and ...6 days ago
- Victoria Quarter walking & cycling improvements coming
The Victoria Quarter in the western city centre is an area that is rapidly developing and will be home to thousands more residents in the coming years. Yet despite this, there had been little planned to improve the appalling state ...6 days ago - 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #24
Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... El Niño/La Niña Update... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... Poster of the Week... Story of the ...6 days ago - It’s not easy being Green and even harder being a Green Minister
Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage was subjected to some angry comments from party members on social media after her decision to allow (in principle) a large Chinese water bottling company to purchase land to extend their plant. The decision by ...7 days ago - MyThinks: newer and improveded
From time to time in the world of pseudojournalism, there comes a point when a lack of funds forces one to take stock and reassess one’s place in the world. Recently the crew at MyThinks has been doing a lot ...1 week ago - Judith Collins wins a Hypocrisy Award. . On 8 June, Coalition government minister, Phil Twyford announced the formation of a new Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. In a media statement, Minister Twyford said; “Addressing the national housing crisis is one of the biggest challenges ...1 week ago
- 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #24
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick In a Warming World, Deadly Bacteria Are More Resistant to Antibiotics E. coli bacteria. Source: NIAID Tom Patterson became ill in 2015 ...1 week ago - Pregnant Auckland women hopeful their babies will be accidentally switched with the Prime Minister...
Pregnant women all around Auckland are crossing their fingers and hoping to experience the great miracle of medical malpractice Pregnant Auckland women due to give birth this weekend are excited at the possibility that their baby may be accidentally switched ...1 week ago - Mass rallies, occupations, protests in Argentina for women’s right to abortionThe Congress in Argentina has been discussing abortion law reform in that country. Mass action in support of reform has taken place in the streets, there have been school occuaptions and other action. Below is the mass march and rally ...1 week ago
- Burger King workers’ strike, June 15The strike at Burger King in Queen Street, Auckland, Friday, June 15: ...1 week ago
- Shortland Street special to depict the hospital scrambling to deliver Prime Minister’s baby
PICTURED: A still from Monday night’s highly anticipated special Beloved New Zealand soap opera and renowned hospital show, Shortland Street, will commemorate the birth of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s baby with a special, feature-length episode in which the eponymous hospital ...1 week ago - Rally behind Burger King workersBurger King workers are taking on their bosses over pay and conditions, with strike action on Friday (June 15) and continuing pickets and protests. The following was sent out by Unions Otago earlier today: Unions Otago calls on all members ...1 week ago
- Te Kuha protection a “victory for the people, climate change, and great spotted kiwi”
PRESS RELEASE 16 June 2018 The decision to protect a section of the West Coast’s Mt Rochfort Conservation area from becoming a coal mine – announced today by the Government – will come as an enormous relief to a lot ...1 week ago - If Labour Wants Fewer Prisoners, Then It Needs To Create More Prison Space – Not Less.
1 week ago - The Symptom … And The Cure?
1 week ago - Flashback Saturday – Cycling: the benefits of complete networks
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was published in October 2014. A group of New Zealand researchers recently published an excellent paper on the costs and benefits of investing in a complete cycle network and ...1 week ago
- Protected: Guide to making a submission on the Zero Carbon Bill
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Guide to making a submission on the Zero Carbon Bill appeared first on Blog | Green Party of Aotearoa New ...2 days ago - Heretaunga Tamatea Claims Settlement Bill
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little has welcomed and acknowledged rangatira of Heretaunga Tamatea iwi who attended Parliament today to hear the third reading of their Treaty settlement legislation. ...3 days ago - Aquaculture drives seafood export earningsNew Zealand’s export earnings from seafood are on the rise, with aquaculture leading the way, says Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash. The Ministry for Primary Industries’ Situation and Outlook report for June 2018 predicts New Zealand’s seafood export earnings will grow ...1 week ago
- Consent granted for overseas purchase of Whakatane water bottling plantAs Land Information Minister I and the Associate Finance Minister are sometimes required to decide whether or not overseas persons, including overseas owned companies, can buy areas of rural land in New Zealand of more than five hectares. The law ...2 weeks ago
- Three Strikes repeal not going to CabinetA proposal to repeal Three Strikes is not going before Cabinet today on the basis that New Zealand First have indicated they would be unlikely to support it, says Justice Minister Andrew Little. ...2 weeks ago
- Largest intake of Police recruits in decadePolice recruitment has stepped up a gear with the largest intake of recruits in more than a decade beginning training at the Royal New Zealand Police College near Porirua. “I offer congratulations and welcome to the 100 new recruits who ...3 weeks ago
- Māori Party mourns the loss of Hon Koro Wētere CBE
E ai ki te kōrero, ka whiti te rā ki tua o Rehua, ka ara a Kaiwhare i te rua. Kua tō te rā ki te rangatira o Ngāti Maniapoto, ki a Koro Wētere. Nō reira e te Pāpā, e ...34 mins ago - Q+A: Finance Minister Grant Robertson Interview‘I think what we are dealing with here is an issue around perception’ – Finance Minister Grant Robertson on business confidence In response to the latest business confidence survey from the Auckland Chamber of Commerce which suggests business confidence ...1 hour ago
- Fisheries Minister urged to drop marine protection challengeFirst steps by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to protect the Otaiti/Astrolabe Reef are at risk, unless a court case challenging Resource Management Act (RMA) management of our coastal marine area is dropped. Following a High Court judicial ruling ...22 hours ago
- The Nation: Housing Minister Phil TwyfordLisa Owen: Auckland Council has just announced plans to count the number of homeless in the city, around six weeks after the government said it would create an extra 1500 social housing places by the end of winter. That’s one ...1 day ago
- The Nation: Lisa Owen interviews prison inmate Arthur TaylorLisa Owen: Arthur Taylor told me he'd never met David Tamihere when he decided to prosecute Roberto Conchie Harris for perjury. Harris was one of three jailhouse informants in Tamihere’s trial, known for many years as Witnesses A, B and ...1 day ago
- A Village for Every Wee One...2 days ago
- Joint media statement NZNO and DHBsThe New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation and District Health Boards met in Wellington today for mediation to try and settle the current employment negotiations. ...2 days ago
- Minister Martin’s proposed intervention strategyThe Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) supports Minister for Children Tracey Martin’s strategy of intensive intervention to lower the number of children being placed in care. ...2 days ago
- Labour bids farewell to General SecretaryThe New Zealand Labour Party’s General Secretary, Andrew Kirton, has today announced he is moving on from his role with the party to take up a senior position with Air New Zealand in August. ...2 days ago
- Government delivers election promiseAfter a year of uncertainty, community mental health and addictions service providers congratulate the Government on agreeing to bring wage rates for support workers in line with those in the aged care, disability and home and community care sector. ...2 days ago
- Mental health and addiction support workers get equal payMental health and addiction support workers have been rewarded for their patience - with their long fight for equal pay finally over. ...2 days ago
- Government and unions right the wrongCouncil of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff today congratulated the Government, the Public Service Association and E tū - and also providers - on a deal that rightly puts mental health and addiction support workers back into the pay equity ...2 days ago
- Comment an example of rape cultureIn response to: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104891606/supreme-court-rules-in-favour-of-kaiteriteri-bikinisnapper ...2 days ago
- Bloated consultant spending is National’s legacyResponding to the Government’s decision to ditch the cap on public servants due to high spending on consultants, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “The half-billion dollar spend on contractors is the result of National’s ...2 days ago
- 2017 State of Volunteering Report ReleasedLow recruitment rates, funding issues and decreasing time given to volunteering are the greatest issues facing volunteering, according to Volunteering New Zealand. Their 2017 State of Volunteering 2017 report was released in Parliament yesterday ...2 days ago
- Marriage Celebrants Will Be Sacked Despite AssurancesFamily First NZ says that marriage celebrants will be sacked if they refuse to marry a same-sex couple, despite the fact that it goes against their personal convictions, despite the fact that they may have been registered well before the ...2 days ago
- Who is the “nutter” – Garth McVicar or Andrew Little?At a recent meeting in Parliament, Justice Minister Andrew Little congratulated Sensible Sentencing Trust founder Garth McVicar for giving Victims’ a voice and for forcing the justice system to make Victims’ a prominent part of the process. But in public, ...2 days ago
- Two migrant arrivals for every departureAnnual net migration in the May 2018 year was 66,200, Stats NZ said today. Migrant arrivals were 130,200 and migrant departures were 64,000. ...2 days ago
- Human Capital and the Living Standards FrameworkSpeech delivered to the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) by the Secretary to the Treasury, Gabriel Makhlouf, 21 June 2018. ...2 days ago
- Zionists claim NZ sided with terroristsPress Release: Leslie Bravery – Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa New Zealand www.palestine.org.nz ...2 days ago
- EPA: public views sought on persistent organic pollutantsThe Environmental Protection Authority is seeking public views into a proposal that New Zealand ratify international agreements on banning and controlling some of the world’s most toxic and persistent substances. ...2 days ago
- Public service cap “relegated to the dustbin of history”The public sector staffing cap is gone for good - and will not be mourned by PSA members. ...2 days ago
- He Iti KahurangiNau mai e noti i te kūnenga mai o te aroha. Ko te Pāti Māori e mihi nei, ko te motu tēnei e whakanui ana i tō putanga ki te ao tūroa nei. ...2 days ago
- Smokefree 2025: An opportunity for big scores by the GovtA group of tobacco control experts published an open letter this week in the New Zealand Medical Journal calling for bold new actions from the New Zealand Government to achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal. ...2 days ago
- A day of universal pride for NZers – Taxpayers’ Union21 JUNE 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Responding to the reported delivery of the Prime Minister's baby girl, New Zealand Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: ...3 days ago
- “Trade for All” in the EU NZ FTA Offers No New Direction‘As negotiations begin on the first free trade agreement that this Government has not inherited from National, Trade Minister David Parker will count his blessings that he can share the stage with the seemingly benign European Union’, says University ...3 days ago
- ‘Successive parliaments have stifled student voice’ – NZUSA‘Successive parliaments have stifled student voice’ – NZUSA Students have told MPs that they have an opportunity to turn the tide on previous laws which have stifled the student voice in tertiary education. This comes as Parliament debates ...3 days ago
- Lifewise response to Minister of Children’s visionAlleluia! Lifewise completely endorses Minister Tracey Martin's vision of fewer children in state care. ...3 days ago
- Learning from examplesThe Auditor-General’s report Digital access to information and services: Learning from examples was presented to the House of Representatives today. ...3 days ago
- Legalising cannabis in Canada is good for public healthAnchorCanada’s landmark decision to introduce a strictly regulated legal cannabis market is a public health win, and something the New Zealand government should look to emulate. ...3 days ago
- Councils across country must confirm stance on fuel taxThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on every council in New Zealand to confirm where it stands on regional fuel tax, after 14 councils were revealed to be discussing implementing one. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Jordan Williams says, ...3 days ago
- EU and New Zealand launch trade negotiationsToday, in the New Zealand capital of Wellington, EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and New Zealand's Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker officially launched negotiations today for a comprehensive and ambitious trade agreement. ...3 days ago
- GDP growth eases slightlyGross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.5 percent in the March 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This followed a 0.6 percent increase in the December 2017 quarter. Growth in service industries more than offset a fall in construction activity. ...3 days ago
- NZ Q1 GDP ReleasThe NZ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q1 has just been released. ...3 days ago
- Post Budget health analysis shows reverse in downwards trendCouncil of Trade Unions Economist Dr Bill Rosenberg and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Director of Policy Lyndon Keene today jointly released detailed analysis of the 2018/2019 health budget which shows $2.5 billion would need to be ...3 days ago
- University Library Restructures condemnedA New University, a group committed to the democratisation of the University of Auckland, strongly condemns the decision made by Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, to restructure the University's Libraries and Learning ...3 days ago
- “Winston’s Dowry” – policy costing trackerWith Winston Peters now the Prime Minister, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is launching a new policy cost tracking project – to calculate the cost of Mr Peters and his Party in forming the coalition Government. ...3 days ago
- Dunne Speaks: I am almost feeling sorry for the GreensI am almost feeling sorry for the Greens. The self-proclaimed party of principle has struggled with the reality of Government, ever since it joined the unholy alliance with Labour and New Zealand First last October. They are the awkward members ...3 days ago
- $91,000 spent to kill zero goatsAuckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes responds to Auckland Council’s spend of $91,000 on a goat hunt that didn’t kill any goats : ...4 days ago
- DHBs across the country prepare for industrial actionDistrict Health Boards have begun implementing contingency plans following notice to strike by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. ...4 days ago
- Honouring our refugeesREFUGEES who have resettled in New Zealand should be acknowledged as some of the bravest, kindest and most resilient people amongst us, Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy says. ...4 days ago
- ANZASW celebrates World Refugee DayToday we honour the invaluable work that social workers across the world do to assist refugees to overcome trauma, build self-esteem and develop their lives. Social workers are active both in camps for the displaced and in the nations to ...4 days ago
- Regional Fuel Tax becomes contagiousIt comes as no surprise to learn that 14 councils around the country are seeking a regional fuel tax similar to Auckland’s, says Road Transport Forum Chief Executive Ken Shirley. ...4 days ago
- Majority support all-party action on climate changeA majority of New Zealanders support all parties in Parliament agreeing on plans to act on climate change. ...4 days ago
- One in Three Teens Keep Abortion A SecretMEDIA RELEASE 20 June 2018 EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 20TH One in Three Teens Keep Abortion A Secret SELECT COMMITTEE AND ABORTION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE MISLED PUBLIC ...4 days ago
- Abortion Stats Show Rate Continues to DecreaseALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa MEDIA RELEASE 19 June 2018 Abortion Stats Show Rate Continues to Decrease Statistics New Zealand reports 13,285 induced abortions were provided in 2017, compared with 12,823 in 2016. ...4 days ago
- Significant Interest in Abortion Law ReviewAccording to information received from the Law Commission by Family First under the Official Information Act, the Law Commission has received almost 3,500 submissions regarding the abortion law review. 58 submissions were from organisations and the ...4 days ago
- Research shows Swim Reaper cutting throughNew research by Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) shows the Swim Reaper water safety campaign appears to be changing attitudes and behaviour. ...4 days ago
- New report: Wage data debunks public sector union claimsOver the last 25 years, public sector incomes have grown much faster than the private sector, while public sector employees also enjoy a higher rate of sick leave costing taxpayers $173 million, according to Public Sector Wage Gap: The taxpayer-funded ...4 days ago
- Red Cross urges action on refugee quota on World Refugee DayNew Zealand Red Cross urges action on refugee quota on World Refugee Day, 20 June This World Refugee Day, New Zealand Red Cross is acknowledging the resilience of the 22.5 million refugees across the world. Of those, less than 1% ...5 days ago
- Remembering Pantera’s Vinnie Paul
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