The Daily Blog – A week of it

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Happy one-week anniversary to The Daily Blog. If you haven’t checked it out yet I highly recommend it.

I’ve been impressed with the launch and the first week. If Bradbury and crew can keep up the momentum over the long haul (and blogging is a long haul!) then The Daily Blog will be a force to reckon with.

I haven’t commented there yet (bit busy at the moment) – but how have folk found it? What do you make of the first week of TDB?

96 comments on “The Daily Blog – A week of it ”

  1. TheContrarian 1

    Commenting and moderation sucks.

    • fenderviper 1.1

      Yeah Pete George is everywhere.

      • lprent 1.1.1

        I did rather direct him there. Now he has a left-wing site to write comments in, then I might view less whining about how he isn’t allowed to comment here (and boring the hell out of everyone with his displays of how not to take a position that he is willing to argue).

        I’m just glad I don’t have to waste time moderating all of the irritating discussions about the lack of his debating skills he seem to be all that he can engender. Bad enough seeing it on my occasional sweeps through the sewer

        😈

        • fenderviper 1.1.1.1

          Yes I’m forever grateful he got his lifetime ban from here, hopefully he can slip up at TDB and get the same treatment. Both him and his bouffant pimp are as irrelevant as J.Banks and need to quietly f*** off for good!

    • r0b 1.2

      Commenting and moderation sucks.

      Can you be more specific?

      • TheContrarian 1.2.1

        The moderation is too tight

        • Pascal's bookie 1.2.1.1

          For what?

        • Jackal 1.2.1.2

          Don’t tell us you like heavy moderation TheComedian… Your extensive complaints about it show otherwise.

          • TheContrarian 1.2.1.2.1

            Not sure how comments mentioning the moderation is too tight would lead you to believe I was a fan of heavy moderation

            • felixviper 1.2.1.2.1.1

              I think he thought you said light, like a lemming. Not toight, like a toiger.

              • TheContrarian

                Anyway – asking if The Daily Blog is comparing itself to the likes of Hunter Thompson (as the linked article suggests) doesn’t make it through Bombers strict moderation.

                I envision no disagreements allowed. Perhaps not but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Bomber doesn’t like it when people disagree with his positions.

                • Jackal

                  Ah right, tight not light like a lemming. I suspect you would criticize any moderation of your comments in a similar way… However there’s a big difference between disagreeing and simply being antagonistic! What category do you usually fit into TC?

                  • TheContrarian

                    A little column A, a little from column B.

                    But Bomber is pretty well known for not being able to brook any disagreement.

                    • Jackal

                      You’ve said the same thing about myself, and 1prent for that matter… So that’s three moderators who you disagree with. Do I sense a pattern of too much antagonism and not enough reasoned debate, and could that be why you get moderated TC?

                    • higherstandard

                      All three of you are well known control freaks and aeolists.

                      [lprent: Can’t say that I have ever claimed to have “inspiration or spiritual insight” except in some rather specialised coding areas (that I largely don’t mention here). Certainly I am a “control freak” here as it is my role to be so. You only have to go back to reading the moronic comment sequences back in late 2007 and early 2008 to find out why the other authors allowed me to start moderating.

                      I just don’t brook any dickheads trying to divert or to control the debate, abuse authors, or just acting like fools – all of which I *have* to read. People who don’t like it can always find or create a site that fits what they want better. ]

                    • TheContrarian

                      You’re a fine one to talk about reasoned debate. You couldn’t reason yourself out of a decision on whether to put pants or shoes on first.

                    • Jackal

                      I can assure you that your comment about moi higherstandard, couldn’t be further from the truth. But I guess you fit well into category A, in that you’re simply trying to antagonize with ad homonyms. No wonder you’re backing up TheConformist then.

                • Pascal's bookie

                  Anyway – asking if The Daily Blog is comparing itself to the likes of Hunter Thompson (as the linked article suggests) doesn’t make it through Bombers strict moderation.

                  I envision no disagreements allowed. Perhaps not but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Bomber doesn’t like it when people disagree with his positions.

                  Yeah, well, to be honest I don’t think the world is much poorer for not seeing that comment then eh?

                  You’ve got abee in your bonnet about Bomber (fair enough) but that doesn’t mean he owes you a platform to snark at him, especially on ablog with 30+authors. It’s not really ‘Bomber’s place’ in that sense, from the looks of it.

                  • TheContrarian

                    “You’ve got abee in your bonnet about Bomber”

                    Because he is a complete knob as well as a liar and git. He probably chews with his mouth open too.

                    • TC:

                      You’re a fine one to talk about reasoned debate. You couldn’t reason yourself out of a decision on whether to put pants or shoes on first.

                      TC:

                      Because he is a complete knob as well as a liar and git. He probably chews with his mouth open too.

                      You were saying about “reasoned debate”?

                  • TheContrarian

                    “but that doesn’t mean he owes you a platform to snark at him”

                    Quite right, I’m not owed anything by anyone. However if you are going to be ‘the most opinionated man in NZ’ (as has been said about Bomber) you should have the courage of your convictions to allow and refute disagreement.

                    • Colonial Weka

                      Why? Allowing and refuting disagreement takes time and energy, hardly the priority of someone who is the most opinionated man in NZ.

                      ‘my blog, my rules’

                    • TheContrarian

                      ‘My blog, my rules’

                      Couldn’t agree more. Nothing wrong with that either but if you are going to be strident in your opinions you should also have the intellectual courage to defend said opinions and allow for reasoned disagreement.

                      Bomber display no courage in his convictions.

                    • As Colonial Weka said, “my blog, my rules”.

                      Some years back I posted a comment on a rightwing, pro-republican messageboard about Iraq’s non-existant WMDs. Despite the website stridently advocating free speech, my post was removed (it was a fairly polite and non-aggresive comment).

                      Fair enough.

                      Their website, their rules.

                      I didn’t waste time whinging about it. No one owes you or me anything, TC.

                    • TheContrarian

                      No, no one owes us anything, I agree.

                      But no one should pretend Bomber cares about anything else outside his own opinions and will brook no debate on said opinions even if shown to be wrong.

        • the pigman 1.2.1.3

          Completely agree with TC. I read a comment I had made on the Ardern interview, and thought something was missing. Then I remembered the entire paragraph directed to Bomber about the need for an editor because of the 15 odd spelling mistakes that made JA sound foolish. As I recall, the entire paragraph was ingratiatingly polite but.. *snip*.

          • felixviper 1.2.1.3.1

            Publishing edited comments without clearly marking them up as such is in my humble opinion far worse than not publishing them at all.

            • Colonial Viper 1.2.1.3.1.1

              These damn autocratic lefties!

            • Colonial Weka 1.2.1.3.1.2

              I think the rule ‘my blog, my rules’ generally applies, but I agree with you on that one felix. It’s extremely rude, plus it will put people off from commenting.

              There is a suggestion box btw, for anyone that wants to make suggestions about changes. That indicates a degree of openness and willingness to make changes for the better.

  2. Jackal 2

    The Daily Blog has just posted its first week’s stats as well… I’m jealous!

    • alex 2.1

      If I may, how does that compare to the Standard? I’m guessing TS is a fair way ahead still?

      • Jackal 2.1.1

        The optimum bit there is “I’m jealous” alex… Meaning The Jackal blogsite, which had considerably less views in its first week. In fact The Daily Blog has surpassed The Jackal’s current views in its first week, which is an achievement worth celebrating.

        I have no idea how many views The Standard had in its first week, and you’re correct that The Daily Blog still has a a fair way to go… But it’s a hell of a good start I must say.

        • alex 2.1.1.1

          Yes, I know you blog too. Incidentally, The Daily Blog has outstripped my now defunct blog by a factor of about 55000 times the number of views a week. I more meant it as a general question to springboard off yours, if anyone knows, it would be interesting information.

      • r0b 2.1.2

        If I may, how does that compare to the Standard? I’m guessing TS is a fair way ahead still?

        I dunno if we’re using the same tools or date range, but Google analytics for 1 March – 7 March has The Standard at 26,993 visits and 89,914 pageviews.

        So I’d say it’s a stunningly good start for The Daily Blog – as you’d expect with that kind of lineup (and The Standard featuring them probably didn’t hurt).

  3. ropata 3

    The problem with moderation there (and at tumeke!) is that you never know if/when your comment will be published, so conversation doesn’t flow. It feels like you’re controlled by a totalitarian regime.

    The policy here (and at KB/WO) is better, if someone makes a mess just clean up later 🙂

    [Bunji: oh the irony that this comment should end up delayed in moderation…]

    • lprent 3.1

      🙂

      Flow is exactly the reason I built the TS system as multi-layered like it is.

      Cloudflare looks at you to decide if it thinks you might be a problem. If your location or IP are potentially suspicious then it will get you to prove that you’re human through a captcha before it will let you read the site. It will then remember that ‘location’ for weeks.

      Akismet scans each comment’s content, email, url and IP to see if it thinks you’re a possible problem. If it thinks you might be then it asks for a conditional captcha and files whatever you pass through that into auto-moderation for human attention.

      Finally the local wordpress compares you against signatures for auto-moderation or blacklist (ie bans) and files you in moderation or spam.

      If none have issues then you comment goes straight through like over 99% of the human comments – which is what we’re after

      We see a relatively small number of moderation and a larger number of spam for human attention. Still have to scan all of the comments for behaviour, but we’d be lucky to see a few unwanted comments that sneak through in any day. And we have *time* to deal with the exceptions in the manner to which they should become accustomed to.

      It winds up as being a whole lot less work than moderating each comment. That mixture of scanning and database technology with operant conditioning is going to get a lot more common.

      • TheContrarian 3.1.1

        Yeah moderation and conversation flows here pretty well. Though moderation can be, at times, extremely inconsistent, it is never used to stifle dissent.

        At Tumeke I found posts that disagreed with Bomber’s personal narrative were often not approved.

      • Lprent – ditto.

  4. Jane 4

    I have been over to TDB a couple of times, I read the interview with Jacinda Arden, the impression I was left with was that it did seem to be mostly about Bombers view, i.e. stating his view then asking her to agree/disagree, I’d rather hear the interviewes view rather than have them comment on Bombers view. Maybe it’s just his style.

    • TheContrarian 4.1

      Yeah, he tried to lead Jacinda Ardern into slagging off Bennett three times but she wouldn’t take the bait.
      Very professional of Ardern I thought

    • Murray Olsen 4.2

      Whenever Bomber interviews someone about anything, he also hands them the answer he wants. He does not try to elicit information, but seeks reinforcement of his world view. I think he’s a shockingly bad interviewer and his writing has too much of “look at how clever I am” in it as well. But then, I am a baby boomer and we’re apparently responsible for all the ills of the world.

      • TheContrarian 4.2.1

        Agree Murray, 100%.

        (and I had a chortle at your baby boomer comment)

      • TheContrarian 4.2.2

        And I must say him using a Hunter Thompson quote as if somehow he and Bomber/TheDailyBlog were equivalent nearly made me cry.

        Hunter Thompson was a brilliant writer with a searing intellect who garnered respect from all sides of the political divide. From Sean Penn on the left to P.J. O’Rourke on the right….Bombert – not so much.

      • Really, Murray?

        And yet, Bomber is quite candid – for example – at the beginning of each episode of “Citizen A”; “we’re as fair and balanced as Fox News”.

        If any of his interviewees disagree with Bomber’s questions, I’m sure they have the brains to say so. Give them some measure of credit, eh?

      • Reading through Bomber’s interview with Jacinda Ardern, it occurs to me that he is not positing “seek[ing] reinforcement of his world view” at all.

        He is voicing a scenario and asking the person (Jacinda) to comment. And because of questions pose a scenario, any answers have to address said scenario, instead of just of simplistic answers based on rhetoric or generalisations.

        In turn, the interviewee can agree; amend; or refute his scenario as theydeems fit.

        MSM interviewiers use similar techniques.

        • just saying 4.2.4.1

          I wonder if the interviewees approve the questions in advance?

          Bomber seldom (if ever) challenges his interviewees in their responses to his questions, such as when the question has been waffled around but not answered. Although I find this frustrating, I think it is a valid interviewing technique, especially in the context of being the marginalised media. It’s very difficult to get politicians to answer to the left, and you can be sure that they won’t come again if they get pinned-down where they don’t want to. What they do come up with in response to questions from the left can be interesting in itself, and one day, if it happens often enough, they and the public might see left-wing framing to be as natural and ordinary as right-wing framing. And then MPs will be answerable to us.

  5. Pascal's bookie 5

    On delayed commenting, it has it’s advantages. All depends on what you’re aiming for from comments.

    If you want lots of comments, and a free wheeling brawl, you want velocity. But if that’s not what you are after from your comment section, delayed comments stops flamewars dead. There’s no real point in starting a fight if you have to check back in 1/2 an hour to see what’s up..

  6. pollywog 6

    Won’t be going back as a comment in the “rape” section got denied, so why bother?

    • Colonial Weka 6.1

      I’m guessing from your other comments there getting little attention that you upped the ante and posted something even more supporting of rape culture than before?

    • QoT 6.2

      You asked for suggestions of what to do to fight rape culture, you ignored them and started musing about whether rapists were just “born that way”. Gosh, I can’t think why a moderator wouldn’t want more of that smeared all over their page.

      • pollywog 6.2.1

        Oh you know, a little thing like initiating frank discussion about causes, effects, solutions…Big picture stuff!

        And what I asked was what do you want me to do about it. Talk is cheap.

  7. pollywog 7

    Not at all. It was more on lack of identifying cause and just complaining about the effect without offering any solutions.

    And righteously calling someone a fucktard when they laugh it off, call bullshit and insult the commentator, namely me:)

    Don’t see the point in bitchmoaning about shit and not being specific about what they want individuals to do about it.

    All those grand notions of “we” the people and governments/corporates need to change wear a bit thin if all they want people to do is sit around and do nothing but read blogs.

    Speak truth to power, sure…but beware it can come off as glib lip service if that’s all you do.

    • pollywog 7.1

      ^^^Meant as reply to 6.1

    • Colonial Weka 7.2

      Ok, so you want someone to tell you what to do about rape culture, and when people don’t because they’re for the moment engaged in another aspect of the conversation (an important one IMO), you state that because no-one has told you what to do, you won’t be doing anything. My response to that was ‘fuck you’. It’s not my job to educate you, to your timeframe, on how you personally can respond to rape culture, especially if not getting you way means you are willing to allow rape culture to continue. There are shitloads of posts on the internet that answer your question, go look them up. Or ask again sometime when people aren’t so busy, just ask in a less snippy way.

      Then you post some shit about how rape is natural. You really want people to take you seriously?

      “Don’t see the point in bitchmoaning about shit and not being specific about what they want individuals to do about it.”

      Did you follow any of the links? Go have a read on QoT’s blog for some starting points. It’s not hard to find good commentary on why rape culture exists and what to do about it. btw, the point of QoT’s post wasn’t to lay it all out for you in the way you wanted.

  8. pollywog 8

    Meh…got better things to do.

    Thanks for your time but it comes across as you don’t know what to do about it either.

    And yeah maybe rape is natural. Look at animals in the natural world and maybe it’s unreasonable to expect we’re enlightened or evolved enough to move past it.

  9. Spanishbride 9

    Oh the Irony

    Martyn is now the Unions Bitch. Paid to Blog. Oh the humanity. His opinion is for sale.

  10. pollywog 10

    Yeah well, short of genetically engineering men to be less violent or sexually predative I don’t think there’s much can be done with education and lobbying.

    I think you’re fighting evolution and wishing enlightenment on others.

    Good luck with that. But I’ll do my bit to not trivialize the matter and show respect where it’s due.

    • pollywog 10.1

      ^^^meant as reply to 8.2 & 8. 2.1

    • Colonial Weka 10.2

      “Yeah well, short of genetically engineering men to be less violent or sexually predative I don’t think there’s much can be done with education and lobbying.

      I think you’re fighting evolution and wishing enlightenment on others.”

      Your >beliefs< support rape culture (and there is no evidence that rape is natural). Until you understand what rape culture is, and what can be done about it, you are in no position to present those beliefs as anything real.

      "But I’ll do my bit to not trivialize the matter and show respect where it’s due."

      I appreciate your attempt at kindness, but you are still nevertheless supporting rape culture. That's not respectful.

      • pollywog 10.2.1

        Wheres the evidence that it isn’t natural given its probably been going on since men/animals first learnt what a penis is actually for?

        And thanks for reinforcing the point that the safest thing to do is nothing but sit and nod quietly in agreement when the matter is raised by a woman or risk being an enabler of rape culture to perpetuate.

        As far as I’m concerned I’m not supporting anything apart from the status quo until someone proves what can be done to effect real change and asks me to do it.

        • pollywog 10.2.1.1

          Btw… this conversation highlights what’s wrong with the comments and moderation at the daily bog.

          And why I won’t be going back til it changes, or maybe until Efeso Collins proves Bombers claim to be an out spoken social commentator there.

          • Colonial Viper 10.2.1.1.1

            And thanks for reinforcing the point that the safest thing to do is nothing but sit and nod quietly in agreement when the matter is raised by a woman or risk being an enabler of rape culture to perpetuate.

            One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen at a political meeting is men being literally shouted down by women fully intent on being sole claimants to the moral highground. All your points are invalid and irrelevant in advance, in fact if you’re the guy in this scenario you’re pretty much fucked.

            Better off to bail on the discussion, grab your chainsaw and get a bit more firewood ready.

            • Colonial Weka 10.2.1.1.1.1

              “All your points are invalid and irrelevant in advance, in fact if you’re the guy in this scenario you’re pretty much fucked.”

              That is such bullshit. Go read the comments section on the blog in question and you will see men who get rape culture and are wiling to do something about it. I see men doing this on all sorts of issues that are important to women, and I can tell you that that is relatively new. I’m grateful for it myself – that there are men who get the issues and can front up in the important discussions.

              • Colonial Weka

                I’d also add that throughout this debate in the past few days pollywog has consistently presented themselves as hard done by, but has consistently refused to enter into the topic at hand in any meaningful way. Anyone who wants to turn up in a conversation about rape culture and have a little moan about themselves, and then post rape apologist shit like ‘rape is natural’ without being willing to examine their own beliefs deserves not to be taken seriously.

                Any time pollywog wants to engage seriously, I’ll start responding in an open and thoughtful manner.

                • just saying

                  I wouldn’t be bothered with this debate today. I think it’s kind of derisory to go to another website to bitch and continue a debate from another website, in which the commenter in question (Pollywog) is failing in his arguments against a number of active and informed commenters. Especially in an unrelated thread at that other website – this thread is not about rape culture.

                  And the solidarity from another “oppressed” husband just seems sad.

                  But I want to give a bit of cheer to Weka for continuing to calmly and rationally represent my feelings despite all provocation. The response to QoT’s post at TDB, compared to previous occasions when she has posted something similar, shows that chipping away at this over the long haul, really can make a difference. And that difference, gathering momentum over time, could make spaces safer, and reduce the suffering of big numbers of people.

                  Kia ora Weka.

                • pollywog

                  Oh fuck off.

                  You talk yourselves in circles arguing over statistics and that’s meaningful?

                  I ask if it’s possibly genetic or related to evolution and suddenly im an apologist, enabler and supporter of rapists.

                  Seriously…go fuck yourself!

              • Colonial Viper

                You mean I didn’t see men getting shouted down by women? Men being sidelined as entirely irrelevant for the entirety of a meeting because of a remark they had made earlier on which was interpreted as being patriarchal/out of date?

                • Colonial Weka

                  CV, you know very well that I am talking about the conversation on TDB and here in the past few days. Your anecdote was a comment on that discussion. I don’t think that pollywog has been shouted down here. And they’re not being sidelined as irrelevant because they’re male, but because they’re posting stupid shit in a stupid way.

                  I’m sure your anecdote has truth in it – not the whole truth, but enough for me to listen to your point.

                  There are reasons why men get shouted down by women in those kinds of situations, irrespective of whether that’s ok or not. To suggest that taking your toys and going home is the most/only appropriate response just makes things worse IMO. And it tries to frame men as victims, where they are not.

                  • Colonial Viper

                    I agree my point was not really relevant to the thread of TDB comments.

                    To suggest that taking your toys and going home is the most/only appropriate response just makes things worse IMO. And it tries to frame men as victims, where they are not.

                    When women are excluded (via whatever methods or pressures) from participating in a discussion that they are the subject of, are they victims? Surely similar applies to men.

                    • QoT

                      See, the problem is that you say “(via whatever methods or pressures)” like everything’s equal and context doesn’t matter. As though women’s voices have not historically been suppressed in ways far more damaging and systemic than merely being shouted at.

                    • Colonial Viper

                      So because of that past historical context, additional leeway needs to be given to one gender compared to another in how discussions and meetings (and blogs) are conducted today?

                    • cv do you think the same in regards to racism? – That because of past historical context, additional leeway should not be given in how discussions and meetings (and posts on blogs) are conducted today.

                    • Colonial Viper

                      Good question. Right, so let’s use negotiations as a concrete example.

                      Should the side which has been historically disadvantaged now consistently have more chairs around the negotiation table than the historically powerful side? Consistently more speaking time than the other side? Consistently more power on setting the agenda? Consistently more power in selecting the meeting venue and timing? Consistently more say over the minutes? A consistently larger budget to get people to and from the meeting?

                      My answer is: it completely depends on the quality and type of outcomes you want between the sides for the future.

                    • “My answer is: it completely depends on the quality and type of outcomes you want between the sides for the future.”

                      based on what suits/supports/strengthens the oppressor whilst giving lip service to the oppressed.

                    • Colonial Viper

                      Nope. In truly difficult cases it will actually require negotiations to reach agreement about the format of negotiations.

                    • Nope, the oppressors will (nearly) always try to maintain their oppression by slanting whatever they are doing/saying for their advantage because without it they lose their privilege and that is a big no no. Sure they will couch it to seem like they are being fair or gracious but mostly they are bullshitting because the truth about themselves is so unpalatable that it must be hidden.

                      Actual good faith negotiations are based on humility from the oppressors and that requires a giving up of positions of privilege to allow the oppressed group the voice so long constrained.

                    • Colonial Viper

                      And so the oppressed should be given more speaking time? More influence over the writing of the meeting minutes and setting of agendas? More chairs around the table?

                      I don’t necessarily disagree with you but you also need to hold in mind the outcome, in terms of an ongoing relationship – if any, you want. As I said before.

                    • Short answer – yes, because the oppressed decide based on what they believe is the best way forward.

                      To actually have a relationship going forward requires a giving up of privilege from the oppressors including deciding how the negotiations are conducted and any so-called fairness of numbers, time and so on. I’d probably go further and say that a meaningful relationship cannot occur unless the structure relating to the oppressors is discarded.

                    • Colonial Viper

                      OK the old structure is discarded, but how is the replacement structure to be discussed and agreed upon?

                      By the way – discarding the power structures favouring one class (the oppressors) in favour of those favouring another class (the oppressed) has a very simple name: revolution.

                    • go back to here cv “One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen at a political meeting is men being literally shouted down by women fully intent on being sole claimants to the moral highground. All your points are invalid and irrelevant in advance, in fact if you’re the guy in this scenario you’re pretty much fucked.” and based on what I’ve just written where do you think that sits?

                    • Colonial Viper

                      In an echo chamber, talking to people who agree with you.

                    • It’s not an echo chamber just because the oppressors voice is discounted as it has to be to allow the oppressed voices to be heard.

                  • pollywog

                    Its cos im black innit 🙂

          • Colonial Viper 10.2.1.1.2

            And thanks for reinforcing the point that the safest thing to do is nothing but sit and nod quietly in agreement when the matter is raised by a woman

            Husbands all around the world have been practicing this for centuries mate, time you caught up 😈

        • Colonial Weka 10.2.1.2

          “Wheres the evidence that it isn’t natural given its probably been going on since men/animals first learnt what a penis is actually for?”

          You’re the one asserting that it’s natural. By all means put your evidence out there, and I’ll gladly demolish it.

          “And thanks for reinforcing the point that the safest thing to do is nothing but sit and nod quietly in agreement when the matter is raised by a woman or risk being an enabler of rape culture to perpetuate.”

          Why do you feel unsafe? Seriously, I’m interested.

          “As far as I’m concerned I’m not supporting anything apart from the status quo until someone proves what can be done to effect real change and asks me to do it.”

          I’ve offered you ways to find the proof. You’ve declined to take them. And yes, supporting the status quo is supporting rape culture. I would have thought that was self evident and precisely the point.

          • pollywog 10.2.1.2.1

            I’ve read your links and heard your rhetoric and you haven’t proven shit that any of it will, does or can effect real change.

            Sorry but I don’t have much faith in your ability to  demolish anything.

            Sometimes good men do do something and evil still persists.

            As for feeling unsafe? I rarely do and not in the least here and now.

  11. millsy 11

    To be honest, there are some really good articles on TDB.

    Shame the layout is crap.

    And it is a total nightmare trying to navigate on a smartphone, and this is the type of stuff that I can read during my smoko and lunch breaks.

    And perhaps you could find a way of emailing the posts out. Would reach a whole new audience (especially given that people (like me) pick their emails up on their smartphones). Surely it just takes a few lines of code…

  12. Tiger Mountain 12

    Good on Bomber for giving it a go.

    He may be a little lacking in emotional intelligence and the “lighter touch”, I have met Trotskyites with a gentler demeanor.

    BUT he has things than cannot be “bought” sincerity, distaste for the self employed “Chev” contractors self importance, a solid left wing class analysis (go find a few more of those at Starbucks if you can), no love for the state forces and is a hard worker.

    It is also about the collective that builds around TDB where we teach and learn together.

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    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    15 hours ago
  • Pure class warfare
    National unveiled its fiscal policy today, announcing all the usual things which business cares about and I don't. But it did finally tell us how National plans to pay for its handouts to landlords: by effectively cutting benefits: The biggest saving announced on Friday was $2b cut from the ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    15 hours ago
  • Ask Me Anything about the week to Sept 29
    Photo by Anna Ogiienko on UnsplashIt’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for an hour, including:duelling fiscal plans from National and Labour;Labour cutting cycling spending while accusing National of being weak on climate;Research showing the need for ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    18 hours ago
  • Weekly Roundup 29-September-2023
    Welcome to Friday and the last one for September. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt highlighted at the latest with the City Rail Link. On Tuesday, Matt covered the interesting items from Auckland Transport’s latest board meeting agendas. On Thursday, a guest post from Darren Davis ...
    Greater AucklandBy Greater Auckland
    22 hours ago
  • Protest at Parliament: The Reunion.
    Brian’s god spoke to him. He, for of course the Lord in Tamaki’s mind was a male god, with a mighty rod, and probably some black leathers. He, told Brian - “you must put a stop to all this love, hope, and kindness”. And it did please the Brian.He said ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    23 hours ago
  • Labour cuts $50m from cycleway spending
    Labour is cutting spending on cycling infrastructure while still trying to claim the higher ground on climate. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The Labour Government released a climate manifesto this week to try to claim the high ground against National, despite having ignored the Climate Commission’s advice to toughen ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    23 hours ago
  • The Greater Of Two Evils.
    Not Labour: If you’re out to punish the government you once loved, then the last thing you need is to be shown evidence that the opposition parties are much, much worse.THE GREATEST VIRTUE of being the Opposition is not being the Government. Only very rarely is an opposition party elected ...
    24 hours ago
  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #39 2023
    Open access notables "Net zero is only a distraction— we just have to end fossil fuel emissions." The latter is true but the former isn't, or  not in the real world as it's likely to be in the immediate future. And "just" just doesn't enter into it; we don't have ...
    1 day ago
  • Chris Trotter: Losing the Left
    IN THE CURRENT MIX of electoral alternatives, there is no longer a credible left-wing party. Not when “a credible left-wing party” is defined as: a class-oriented, mass-based, democratically-structured political organisation; dedicated to promoting ideas sharply critical of laissez-faire capitalism; and committed to advancing democratic, egalitarian and emancipatory ideals across the ...
    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    2 days ago
  • Road rage at Kia Kaha Primary School
    It is not the school holidays yet at Kia Kaha Primary School!It can be any time when you are telling a story.Telling stories about things that happened in the past is how we learn from our mistakes.If we want to.Anyway, it is not the school holidays yet at Kia Kaha ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    2 days ago
  • Road rage at Kia Kaha Primary School
    It is not the school holidays yet at Kia Kaha Primary School!It can be any time when you are telling a story.Telling stories about things that happened in the past is how we learn from our mistakes.If we want to.Anyway, it is not the school holidays yet at Kia Kaha ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    2 days ago
  • Road rage at Kia Kaha Primary School
    It is not the school holidays yet at Kia Kaha Primary School!It can be any time when you are telling a story.Telling stories about things that happened in the past is how we learn from our mistakes.If we want to.Anyway, it is not the school holidays yet at Kia Kaha ...
    More than a fieldingBy David Slack
    2 days ago
  • Hipkins fires up in leaders’ debate, but has the curtain already fallen on the Labour-led coalitio...
    Labour’s  Chris Hipkins came out firing, in the  leaders’ debate  on Newshub’s evening programme, and most of  the pundits  rated  him the winner against National’s  Christopher Luxon. But will this make any difference when New  Zealanders  start casting their ballots? The problem  for  Hipkins is  that  voters are  all too ...
    Point of OrderBy tutere44
    2 days ago
  • Govt is energising housing projects with solar power – and fuelling the public’s concept of a di...
    Buzz from the Beehive  Not long after Point of Order published data which show the substantial number of New Zealanders (77%) who believe NZ is becoming more divided, government ministers were braying about a programme which distributes some money to “the public” and some to “Maori”. The ministers were dishing ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    2 days ago
  • MIKE GRIMSHAW: Election 2023 – a totemic & charisma failure?
    The D&W analysis Michael Grimshaw writes –  Given the apathy, disengagement, disillusionment, and all-round ennui of this year’s general election, it was considered time to bring in those noted political operatives and spin doctors D&W, the long-established consultancy firm run by Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Known for ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago
  • FROM BFD: Will Winston be the spectre we think?
    Kissy kissy. Cartoon credit BoomSlang. The BFD. JC writes-  Allow me to preface this contribution with the following statement: If I were asked to express a preference between a National/ACT coalition or a National/ACT/NZF coalition then it would be the former. This week Luxon declared his position, ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    2 days ago
  • California’s climate disclosure bill could have a huge impact across the U.S.
    This re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Andy Furillo was originally published by Capital & Main and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The California Legislature took a step last week that has the potential to accelerate the fight against climate ...
    2 days ago
  • Untangling South East Queensland’s Public Transport
    This is a cross post Adventures in Transitland by Darren Davis. I recently visited Brisbane and South East Queensland and came away both impressed while also pondering some key changes to make public transport even better in the region. Here goes with my take on things. A bit of ...
    Greater AucklandBy Guest Post
    2 days ago
  • Try A Little Kindness.
    My daughter arrived home from the supermarket yesterday and she seemed a bit worried about something. It turned out she wanted to know if someone could get her bank number from a receipt.We wound the story back.She was in the store and there was a man there who was distressed, ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    2 days ago
  • What makes NZFirst tick
    New Zealand’s longest-running political roadshow rolled into Opotiki yesterday, with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters knowing another poll last night showed he would make it back to Parliament and National would need him and his party if they wanted to form a government. The Newshub Reid Research poll ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    2 days ago
  • September AMA
    Hi,As September draws to a close — I feel it’s probably time to do an Ask Me Anything. You know how it goes: If you have any burning questions, fire away in the comments and I will do my best to answer. You might have questions about Webworm, or podcast ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    2 days ago
  • Bludgers lying in the scratcher making fools of us all
    The mediocrity who stands to be a Prime Minister has a litany.He uses it a bit like a Koru Lounge card. He will brandish it to say: these people are eligible. And more than that, too: These people are deserving. They have earned this policy.They have a right to this policy. What ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    3 days ago
  • More “partnerships” (by the look of it) and redress of over $30 million in Treaty settlement wit...
    Buzz from the Beehive Point of Order has waited until now – 3.45pm – for today’s officially posted government announcements.  There have been none. The only addition to the news on the Beehive’s website was posted later yesterday, after we had published our September 26 Buzz report. It came from ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    3 days ago
  • ALEX HOLLAND: Labour’s spending
    Alex Holland writes –  In 2017 when Labour came to power, crown spending was $76 billion per year. Now in 2023 it is $139 billion per year, which equates to a $63 billion annual increase (over $1 billion extra spend every week!) In 2017, New Zealand’s government debt ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago
  • If not now, then when?
    Labour released its fiscal plan today, promising the same old, same old: "responsibility", balanced books, and of course no new taxes: "Labour will maintain income tax settings to provide consistency and certainty in these volatile times. Now is not the time for additional taxes or to promise billions of ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    3 days ago
  • THE FACTS:  77% of Kiwis believe NZ is becoming more divided
    The Facts has posted –        KEY INSIGHTSOf New Zealander’s polled: Social unity/division 77%believe NZ is becoming more divided (42% ‘much more’ + 35% ‘a little more’) 3%believe NZ is becoming less divided (1% ‘much less’ + 2% ‘a little less’) ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    3 days ago
  • Gordon Campbell on the cynical brutality of the centre-right’s welfare policies
    The centre-right’s enthusiasm for forcing people off the benefit and into paid work is matched only by the enthusiasm (shared by Treasury and the Reserve Bank) for throwing people out of paid work to curb inflation, and achieve the optimal balance of workers to job seekers deemed to be desirable ...
    3 days ago
  • Wednesday’s Chorus: Arthur Grimes on why building many, many more social houses is so critical
    New research shows that tenants in social housing - such as these Wellington apartments - are just as happy as home owners and much happier than private tenants. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The election campaign took an ugly turn yesterday, and in completely the wrong direction. All three ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    3 days ago
  • Old habits
    Media awareness about global warming and climate change has grown fairly steadily since 2004. My impression is that journalists today tend to possess a higher climate literacy than before. This increasing awareness and improved knowledge is encouraging, but there are also some common interpretations which could be more nuanced. ...
    Real ClimateBy rasmus
    3 days ago
  • Bennie Bashing.
    If there’s one thing the mob loves more than keeping Māori in their place, more than getting tough on the gangs, maybe even more than tax cuts. It’s a good old round of beneficiary bashing.Are those meanies in the ACT party stealing your votes because they think David Seymour is ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    3 days ago
  • The kindest cuts
    Labour kicks off the fiscal credibility battle today with the release of its fiscal plan. National is expected to follow, possibly as soon as Thursday, with its own plan, which may (or may not) address the large hole that the problems with its foreign buyers’ ban might open up. ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    3 days ago
  • Green right turn in Britain? Well, a start
    While it may be unlikely to register in New Zealand’s general election, Britain’s PM Rishi Sunak has done something which might just be important in the long run. He’s announced a far-reaching change in his Conservative government’s approach to environmental, and particularly net zero, policy. The starting point – ...
    Point of OrderBy xtrdnry
    3 days ago
  • At a glance – How do human CO2 emissions compare to natural CO2 emissions?
    On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
    3 days ago
  • How could this happen?
    Canada is in uproar after the exposure that its parliament on September 22 provided a standing ovation to a Nazi veteran who had been invited into the chamber to participate in the parliamentary welcome to Ukrainian President Zelensky. Yaroslav Hunka, 98, a Ukrainian man who volunteered for service in ...
    4 days ago
  • Always Be Campaigning
    The big screen is a great place to lay out the ways of the salesman. He comes ready-made for Panto, ripe for lampooning.This is not to disparage that life. I have known many good people of that kind. But there is a type, brazen as all get out. The camera ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago
  • STEPHEN FRANKS: Press seek to publicly shame doctor – we must push back
    The following is a message sent yesterday from lawyer Stephen Franks on behalf of the Free Speech Union. I don’t like to interrupt first thing Monday morning, but we’ve just become aware of a case where we think immediate and overwhelming attention could help turn the tide. It involves someone ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago
  • Competing on cruelty
    The right-wing message calendar is clearly reading "cruelty" today, because both National and NZ First have released beneficiary-bashing policies. National is promising a "traffic light" system to police and kick beneficiaries, which will no doubt be accompanied by arbitrary internal targets to classify people as "orange" or "red" to keep ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    4 days ago
  • Further funding for Pharmac (forgotten in the Budget?) looks like a $1bn appeal from a PM in need of...
    Buzz from the Beehive One Labour plan  – for 3000 more public homes by 2025 – is the most recent to be posted on the government’s official website. Another – a prime ministerial promise of more funding for Pharmac – has been released as a Labour Party press statement. Who ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago
  • Bryce Edwards: The Vested interests shaping National Party policies
    As the National Party gets closer to government, lobbyists and business interests will be lining up for influence and to get policies adopted. It’s therefore in the public interest to have much more scrutiny and transparency about potential conflicts of interests that might arise. One of the key individuals of ...
    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    4 days ago
  • Labour may be on way out of power and NZ First back in – but will Peters go into coalition with Na...
    Voters  are deserting Labour in droves, despite Chris  Hipkins’  valiant  rearguard  action.  So  where  are they  heading?  Clearly  not all of them are going to vote National, which concedes that  the  outcome  will be “close”. To the Right of National, the ACT party just a  few weeks  ago  was ...
    Point of OrderBy tutere44
    4 days ago
  • GRAHAM ADAMS: Will the racists please stand up?
    Accusations of racism by journalists and MPs are being called out. Graham Adams writes –    With the election less than three weeks away, what co-governance means in practice — including in water management, education, planning law and local government — remains largely obscure. Which is hardly ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago
  • Gordon Campbell on whether Winston Peters can be a moderating influence
    As the centre-right has (finally!) been subjected to media interrogation, the polls are indicating that some voters may be starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of giving National and ACT the power to govern alone. That’s why yesterday’s Newshub/Reid Research poll had the National/ACT combo dropping to 60 ...
    4 days ago
  • Tuesday’s Chorus: RBNZ set to rain on National's victory parade
    ANZ has increased its forecast for house inflation later this year on signs of growing momentum in the market ahead of the election. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: National has campaigned against the Labour Government’s record on inflation and mortgage rates, but there’s now a growing chance the Reserve ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago
  • After a Pittsburgh coal processing plant closed, ER visits plummeted
    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Katie Myers. This story was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Pittsburgh, in its founding, was blessed and cursed with two abundant natural resources: free-flowing rivers and a nearby coal seam. ...
    4 days ago
  • September-23 AT Board Meeting
    Today the AT board meet again and once again I’ve taken a look at what’s on the agenda to find the most interesting items. Closed Agenda Interestingly when I first looked at the agendas this paper was there but at the time of writing this post it had been ...
    4 days ago
  • Electorate Watch: West Coast-Tasman
    Continuing my series on interesting electorates, today it’s West Coast-Tasman.A long thin electorate running down the northern half of the west coast of the South Island. Think sand flies, beautiful landscapes, lots of rain, Pike River, alternative lifestylers, whitebaiting, and the spiritual home of the Labour Party. A brief word ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago
  • Big money brings Winston back
    National leader Christopher Luxon yesterday morning conceded it and last night’s Newshub poll confirmed it; Winston Peters and NZ First are not only back but highly likely to be part of the next government. It is a remarkable comeback for a party that was tossed out of Parliament in ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    4 days ago
  • 20 days until Election Day, 7 until early voting begins… but what changes will we really see here?
    As this blogger, alongside many others, has already posited in another forum: we all know the National Party’s “budget” (meaning this concept of even adding up numbers properly is doing a lot of heavy, heavy lifting right now) is utter and complete bunk (read hung, drawn and quartered and ...
    exhALANtBy exhalantblog
    4 days ago
  • A night out
    Everyone was asking, Are you nervous? and my response was various forms of God, yes.I've written more speeches than I can count; not much surprises me when the speaker gets to their feet and the room goes quiet.But a play? Never.YOU CAME! THANK YOU! Read more ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago
  • A pallid shade of Green III
    Clearly Labour's focus groups are telling it that it needs to pay more attention to climate change - because hot on the heels of their weaksauce energy efficiency pilot programme and not-great-but-better-than-nothing solar grants, they've released a full climate manifesto. Unfortunately, the core policies in it - a second Emissions ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    5 days ago
  • A coalition of racism, cruelty, and chaos
    Today's big political news is that after months of wibbling, National's Chris Luxon has finally confirmed that he is willing to work with Winston Peters to become Prime Minister. Which is expected, but I guess it tells us something about which way the polls are going. Which raises the question: ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    5 days ago
  • More migrant workers should help generate the tax income needed to provide benefits for job seekers
    Buzz from the Beehive Under something described as a “rebalance” of its immigration rules, the Government has adopted four of five recommendations made in an independent review released in July, The fifth, which called on the government to specify criteria for out-of-hours compliance visits similar to those used during ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    5 days ago
  • Letter To Luxon.
    Some of you might know Gerard Otto (G), and his G News platform. This morning he wrote a letter to Christopher Luxon which I particularly enjoyed, and with his agreement I’m sharing it with you in this guest newsletter.If you’d like to make a contribution to support Gerard’s work you ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    5 days ago
  • LINDSAY MITCHELL: Alarming trend in benefit numbers
    Lindsay Mitchell writes –  While there will not be another quarterly release of benefit numbers prior to the election, limited weekly reporting continues and is showing an alarming trend. Because there is a seasonal component to benefit number fluctuations it is crucial to compare like with like. In ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    5 days ago
  • BRIAN EASTON: Has there been external structural change?
    A close analysis of the Treasury assessment of the Medium Term in its PREFU 2023 suggests the economy may be entering a new phase.   Brian Easton writes –  Last week I explained that the forecasts in the just published Treasury Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU 2023) was ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    5 days ago
  • CRL Progress – Sep-23
    It’s been a while since we looked at the latest with the City Rail Link and there’s been some fantastic milestones recently. To start with, and most recently, CRL have released an awesome video showing a full fly-through of one of the tunnels. Come fly with us! You asked for ...
    5 days ago
  • Monday’s Chorus: Not building nearly enough
    We are heading into another period of fast population growth without matching increased home building or infrastructure investment.Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Labour and National detailed their house building and migration approaches over the weekend, with both pledging fast population growth policies without enough house building or infrastructure investment ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    5 days ago
  • Game on; Hipkins comes out punching
    Labour leader Chris Hipkins yesterday took the gloves off and laid into National and its leader Christopher Luxon. For many in Labour – and particularly for some at the top of the caucus and the party — it would not have been a moment too soon. POLITIK is aware ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    5 days ago
  • Tax Cut Austerity Blues.
    The leaders have had their go, they’ve told us the “what?” and the “why?” of their promises. Now it’s the turn of the would be Finance Ministers to tell us the “how?”, the “how much?”, and the “when?”A chance for those competing for the second most powerful job in the ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    6 days ago
  • MIKE GRIMSHAW:  It’s the economy – and the spirit – Stupid…
    Mike Grimshaw writes – Over the past 30-odd years it’s become almost an orthodoxy to blame or invoke neoliberalism for the failures of New Zealand society. On the left the usual response goes something like, neoliberalism is the cause of everything that’s gone wrong and the answer ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    6 days ago
  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38
    A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Sep 17, 2023 thru Sat, Sep 23, 2023. Story of the Week  Opinion: Let’s free ourselves from the story of economic growth A relentless focus on economic growth has ushered in ...
    6 days ago
  • The End Of The World.
    Have you been looking out of your window for signs of the apocalypse? Don’t worry, you haven’t been door knocked by a representative of the Brian Tamaki party. They’re probably a bit busy this morning spruiking salvation, or getting ready to march on our parliament, which is closed. No, I’ve ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    7 days ago
  • Climate Town: The Brainwashing Of America's Children
    Climate Town is the YouTube channel of Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians. They examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you. The latest ...
    1 week ago
  • Has There Been External Structural Change?
    A close analysis of the Treasury assessment of the Medium Term in its PREFU 2023 suggests the economy may be entering a new phase. Last week I explained that the forecasts in the just published Treasury Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU 2023) was similar to the May Budget BEFU, ...
    PunditBy Brian Easton
    1 week ago
  • Another Labour bully
    Back in June, we learned that Kiri Allan was a Parliamentary bully. And now there's another one: Labour MP Shanan Halbert: The Labour Party was alerted to concerns about [Halbert's] alleged behaviour a year ago but because staffers wanted to remain anonymous, no formal process was undertaken [...] The ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    1 week ago
  • Climate Change: Ignoring our biggest problem
    Its that time in the election season where the status quo parties are busy accusing each other of having fiscal holes in a desperate effort to appear more "responsible" (but not, you understand, by promising to tax wealth or land to give the government the revenue it needs to do ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    1 week ago
  • JERRY COYNE: A good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
    JERRY COYNE writes –  If you want to see what the government of New Zealand is up to with respect to science education, you can’t do better than listening to this video/slideshow by two exponents of the “we-need-two-knowledge-systems” view. I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 week ago
  • Good news on the GDP front is accompanied by news of a $5m govt boost for Supercars (but what about ...
    Buzz from the Beehive First, we were treated to the news (from Finance Minister Grant Robertson) that the economy has turned a corner and New Zealand never was in recession.  This was triggered by statistics which showed the economy expanded 0.9 per cent in the June quarter, twice as much as ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    1 week ago
  • The Scafetta Saga
    It has taken 17 months to get a comment published pointing out the obvious errors in the Scafetta (2022) paper in GRL. Back in March 2022, Nicola Scafetta published a short paper in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) purporting to show through ‘advanced’ means that ‘all models with ECS > ...
    Real ClimateBy Gavin
    1 week ago
  • Friday's Chorus: Penny wise and pound foolish
    TL;DR: In the middle of a climate emergency and in a city prone to earthquakes, Victoria University of Wellington announced yesterday it would stop teaching geophysics, geographic information science and physical geography to save $22 million a year and repay debt. Climate change damage in Aotearoa this year is already ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 week ago
  • CHRIS TROTTER: Calling the big dog’s bluff
      For nearly thirty years the pundits have been telling the minor parties that they must be good little puppies and let the big dogs decide. The parties with a plurality of the votes cast must be allowed to govern – even if that means ignoring the ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 week ago
  • The electorate swing, Labour limbo and Luxon-Hipkins two-step
     Another poll, another 27 for Labour. It was July the last time one of the reputable TV company polls had Labour's poll percentage starting with a three, so the limbo question is now being asked: how low can you go?It seems such an unlikely question because this doesn't feel like the kind ...
    PunditBy Tim Watkin
    1 week ago
  • A Womance, and a Nomance.
    After the trench warfare of Tuesday night, when the two major parties went head to head, last night was the turn of the minor parties. Hosts Newshub termed it “the Powerbrokers' Debate”.Based on the latest polls the four parties taking part - ACT, the Greens, New Zealand First, and Te ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 week ago

  • New community-level energy projects to support more than 800 Māori households
    Seven more innovative community-scale energy projects will receive government funding through the Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund to bring more affordable, locally generated clean energy to more than 800 Māori households, Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods says. “We’ve already funded 42 small-scale clean energy projects that ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • Huge boost to Te Tai Tokerau flood resilience
    The Government has approved new funding that will boost resilience and greatly reduce the risk of major flood damage across Te Tai Tokerau. Significant weather events this year caused severe flooding and damage across the region. The $8.9m will be used to provide some of the smaller communities and maraes ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • Napier’s largest public housing development comes with solar
    The largest public housing development in Napier for many years has been recently completed and has the added benefit of innovative solar technology, thanks to Government programmes, says Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods. The 24 warm, dry homes are in Seddon Crescent, Marewa and Megan Woods says the whanau living ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Te Whānau a Apanui and the Crown initial Deed of Settlement I Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me...
    Māori: Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me te Karauna te Whakaaetanga Whakataunga Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me te Karauna i tētahi Whakaaetanga Whakataunga hei whakamihi i ō rātou tāhuhu kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi. E tekau mā rua ngā hapū o roto mai o Te Whānau ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago
  • Plan for 3,000 more public homes by 2025 – regions set to benefit
    Regions around the country will get significant boosts of public housing in the next two years, as outlined in the latest public housing plan update, released by the Housing Minister, Dr Megan Woods. “We’re delivering the most public homes each year since the Nash government of the 1950s with one ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago
  • Immigration settings updates
    Judicial warrant process for out-of-hours compliance visits 2023/24 Recognised Seasonal Employer cap increased by 500 Additional roles for Construction and Infrastructure Sector Agreement More roles added to Green List Three-month extension for onshore Recovery Visa holders The Government has confirmed a number of updates to immigration settings as part of ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago
  • Poroporoaki: Tā Patrick (Patu) Wahanga Hohepa
    Tangi ngunguru ana ngā tai ki te wahapō o Hokianga Whakapau Karakia. Tārehu ana ngā pae maunga ki Te Puna o te Ao Marama. Korihi tangi ana ngā manu, kua hinga he kauri nui ki te Wao Nui o Tāne. He Toa. He Pou. He Ahorangi. E papaki tō ana ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
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  • Renewable energy fund to support community resilience
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