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Here’s how.</p> </div> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/a-guide-to-making-a-submission-on-the-treaty-principles-bill/"><img width="305" height="235" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Honour-the-treaty-toitu-te-tiriti-305x235.png" class="wp-image-3579448 attachment-sticky-post-thumbnail size-sticky-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></a> </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-25-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 25/11/2024">Daily review 25/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 25th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-25-11-2024/#respond">No comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-25-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 25/11/2024">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 25th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comments">13 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-24-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 24/11/2024">Open mike 24/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 24th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-24-11-2024/#comments">50 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-24-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-23-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 23/11/2024">Open mike 23/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 23rd, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-23-11-2024/#comments">26 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-23-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-22-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 22/11/2024">Daily review 22/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 22nd, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-22-11-2024/#comments">9 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-22-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-22-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 22/11/2024">Open mike 22/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 22nd, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-22-11-2024/#comments">45 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-22-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-21-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 21/11/2024">Daily review 21/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 21st, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-21-11-2024/#comments">15 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-21-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/the-left-trumped/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Left Trumped?">The Left Trumped?</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/nigel/" title="Posts by Nigel Haworth" rel="author">Nigel Haworth</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>9:42 am, November 21st, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-left-trumped/#comments">33 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-left-trumped/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-In-Hard-Hat-100x100.webp" class="wp-image-3579267 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-In-Hard-Hat-100x100.webp 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-In-Hard-Hat-144x144.webp 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>We woke up last week to the post-mortem on the US election. How and why Trump won, and their implications for political alignments everywhere, are front and centre. A fundamental issue, explicitly identified when Trump won in 2016, is the presence of large sections of the working class vote into the Trump camp. So why has that happened – again?</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-21-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 21/11/2024">Open mike 21/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 21st, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-21-11-2024/#comments">59 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-21-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/the-fast-death-of-our-major-forestry-mills/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Fast Death of Our Major Forestry Mills">The Fast Death of Our Major Forestry Mills</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/advantage/" title="Posts by advantage" rel="author">advantage</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>8:53 pm, November 20th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-fast-death-of-our-major-forestry-mills/#comments">14 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-fast-death-of-our-major-forestry-mills/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Kinleith-Mill-100x100.png" class="wp-image-3579216 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Kinleith-Mill-100x100.png 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Kinleith-Mill-144x144.png 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>2024 is the worst-ever year for our forest export industry as a whole, with most of our largest sawmills closing and the loss of hundreds of jobs.</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-20-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 20/11/2024">Daily review 20/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 20th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-20-11-2024/#comments">18 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-20-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/on-the-whining-and-treason-of-david-seymour/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to On the whining and treason of David Seymour">On the whining and treason of David Seymour</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/admin/" title="Posts by lprent" rel="author">lprent</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>10:27 am, November 20th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/on-the-whining-and-treason-of-david-seymour/#comments">50 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/on-the-whining-and-treason-of-david-seymour/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-Zealand-Land-Wars-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-3579165 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-Zealand-Land-Wars-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-Zealand-Land-Wars-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous. It also isn’t worth debating. Prepare against a dictatorship of the executive.</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-20-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 20/11/2024">Open mike 20/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 20th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-20-11-2024/#comments">52 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-20-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-19-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 19/11/2024">Daily review 19/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 19th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-19-11-2024/#comments">18 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-19-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/the-great-gaslighter/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The great gaslighter">The great gaslighter</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/mickysavage/" title="Posts by mickysavage" rel="author">mickysavage</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>11:26 am, November 19th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-great-gaslighter/#comments">44 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-great-gaslighter/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/David-Seymour-showing-off-his-ability-to-read-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-3213655 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/David-Seymour-showing-off-his-ability-to-read-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/David-Seymour-showing-off-his-ability-to-read-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>In the gaslight to end gaslights David Seymour is suggesting that anyone opposed to his Treaty Principles Bill is also opposed to fundamental human rights.</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-19-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 19/11/2024">Open mike 19/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 19th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-19-11-2024/#comments">73 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-19-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-18-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 18/11/2024">Daily review 18/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 18th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-18-11-2024/#comments">20 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-18-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-18-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 18/11/2024">Open mike 18/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 18th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-18-11-2024/#comments">82 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-18-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/blowout-in-costs-of-roads-of-national-significance/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Blowout in costs of Roads of National Significance">Blowout in costs of Roads of National Significance</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/mickysavage/" title="Posts by mickysavage" rel="author">mickysavage</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>10:06 am, November 17th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/blowout-in-costs-of-roads-of-national-significance/#comments">33 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/blowout-in-costs-of-roads-of-national-significance/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/National-Transport-policy-100x100.png" class="wp-image-3578903 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/National-Transport-policy-100x100.png 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/National-Transport-policy-144x144.png 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>There has been a major blowout in the cost of the Roads of National Significance with the cost being potentially $10 billion more than National claimed during last year’s campaign.</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-17-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 17/11/2024">Open mike 17/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 17th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-17-11-2024/#comments">40 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-17-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-16-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 16/11/2024">Open mike 16/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 16th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-16-11-2024/#comments">35 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-16-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-15-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 15/11/2024">Daily review 15/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 15th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-15-11-2024/#comments">3 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-15-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/justified-outrage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Justified outrage">Justified outrage</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/mickysavage/" title="Posts by mickysavage" rel="author">mickysavage</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>8:40 am, November 15th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/justified-outrage/#comments">46 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/justified-outrage/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hannah-Rawhiti-Clark-100x100.jpeg" class="wp-image-3578747 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hannah-Rawhiti-Clark-100x100.jpeg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Hannah-Rawhiti-Clark-144x144.jpeg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>There were some dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leading a fiery haka during the count of Act’s Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-15-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 15/11/2024">Open mike 15/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 15th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-15-11-2024/#comments">77 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-15-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-14-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 14/11/2024">Daily review 14/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 14th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-14-11-2024/#comments">10 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-14-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/this-governments-day-of-shame/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to This Government’s day of shame">This Government’s day of shame</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/mickysavage/" title="Posts by mickysavage" rel="author">mickysavage</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>10:33 am, November 14th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/this-governments-day-of-shame/#comments">63 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/this-governments-day-of-shame/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Treaty-protest2-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-3578679 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Treaty-protest2-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Treaty-protest2-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>David Seymour thinks that opponents to his bill cannot explain what it is they are opposed to but ignores the clear advice of 40 Kings Counsel who have written to the Government telling it that the bill is itself a breach of the treaty.</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-14-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 14/11/2024">Open mike 14/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 14th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-14-11-2024/#comments">81 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-14-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div> <div class="blk-article-preview"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-13-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Daily review 13/11/2024">Daily review 13/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>5:30 pm, November 13th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-13-11-2024/#comments">11 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/daily-review-13-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-304619 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="blk-article-row"> <div class="blk-article-preview first"> <h2><a href="//thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-13-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open mike 13/11/2024">Open mike 13/11/2024</a></h2> <p class="publish-information"> <span class="accessibility">Written </span>By: <span class='post-author'> <a href="//thestandard.org.nz/author/notices-and-features/" title="Posts by notices and features" rel="author">notices and features</a> </span> <br /> <span class="accessibility">Date published: </span>6:00 am, November 13th, 2024 - <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-13-11-2024/#comments">58 comments</a> </p> <a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-13-11-2024/"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg" class="wp-image-1159999 attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/open-mike-1-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <p>Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …</p> </div>  </div> <div class="navigation navigation-bottom"> <ul> <li class="alignleft nextpage"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/page/2/" >Older Entries</a></li> <li class="alignright prevpage"></li> </ul> </div> <div class="pagenumbers"></div> </div> <div id="str-column-right"> <div id="blk-controls"> <div id="fund-campaign-feature" class="promotion"> </div> <ul class="controls-buttons"> <li><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/wp-login.php">Log in</a></li> <li class="highlight"><a href="/donate">Donate</a></li> <li class="highlight"><a href="/contribute-post">Contribute post</a></li> </ul> <ul class="controls-links"> <li class="rss"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/feed/">Articles RSS</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class='dynamic_sidebar_controls'> <div id="search-4" class="widget widget_search"><div id='blk-search'><input type='hidden' id='suppress_filters' name='suppress_filters' value='1' /><form id='searchform' method='get' action='/'><div 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srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3fd19dac208b7da6df28e506cdfcfdc6?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22tWig%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>tWig</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018157">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd11f3657c28322e8375a65889bdef6b?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd11f3657c28322e8375a65889bdef6b?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a 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href='/?s=@author+%22SPC%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>SPC</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-24-11-2024/#comment-2018155">Open mike 24/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5287ff361baf0d43021bd1d6ee02e464?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5287ff361baf0d43021bd1d6ee02e464?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22thinker%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>thinker</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Chris%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Chris</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018154">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd11f3657c28322e8375a65889bdef6b?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd11f3657c28322e8375a65889bdef6b?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22observer%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>observer</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22koina%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>koina</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018153">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8b0bd1bbdc59bc630598baa2b31d1d9d?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8b0bd1bbdc59bc630598baa2b31d1d9d?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22joe90%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>joe90</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22roblogic%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>roblogic</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/what-happened-2/#comment-2018152">What happened?</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/77dfad01ddddd0445f206ee95468e19a?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/77dfad01ddddd0445f206ee95468e19a?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" 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class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018150">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/77dfad01ddddd0445f206ee95468e19a?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/77dfad01ddddd0445f206ee95468e19a?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22mikesh%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>mikesh</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22bwaghorn%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>bwaghorn</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-24-11-2024/#comment-2018149">Open mike 24/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22roblogic%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>roblogic</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018148">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22roblogic%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>roblogic</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Tom Hunter%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Tom Hunter</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/what-happened-2/#comment-2018147">What happened?</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018146">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22roblogic%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>roblogic</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Nigel Haworth%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Nigel Haworth</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/the-left-trumped/#comment-2018145">The Left Trumped?</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/172c48dcbb105b247185329f2bb36a8e?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22roblogic%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>roblogic</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018144">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74d27b0dc3cbb142f07167f9afc900e1?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74d27b0dc3cbb142f07167f9afc900e1?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Obtrectator%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Obtrectator</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Obtrectator%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Obtrectator</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018143">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/116a041ff90b2432249c76043229dcdb?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/116a041ff90b2432249c76043229dcdb?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jenny%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jenny</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018142">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/65688721054d4589080e2a07334bd88a?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/65688721054d4589080e2a07334bd88a?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22ianmac%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>ianmac</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018141">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74d27b0dc3cbb142f07167f9afc900e1?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74d27b0dc3cbb142f07167f9afc900e1?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Obtrectator%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Obtrectator</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Kay%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Kay</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018140">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84cb7f0b958941e187bc5fcc69d2dc36?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84cb7f0b958941e187bc5fcc69d2dc36?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Subliminal%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Subliminal</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018139">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jenny%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jenny</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018138">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/115251d249062092f3c10d0f8b67d7ae?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/115251d249062092f3c10d0f8b67d7ae?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22bwaghorn%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>bwaghorn</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22koina%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>koina</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018137">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f404f9b121af4f406245b6fcd0fb445?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f404f9b121af4f406245b6fcd0fb445?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Incognito%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Incognito</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jim Skeats%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jim Skeats</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/on-the-whining-and-treason-of-david-seymour/#comment-2018136">On the whining and treason of David Seymour</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22koina%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>koina</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018135">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d7bf8cd94cbbbc0e4b27455a84e6a7c7?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d7bf8cd94cbbbc0e4b27455a84e6a7c7?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jim Skeats%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jim Skeats</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/on-the-whining-and-treason-of-david-seymour/#comment-2018133">On the whining and treason of David Seymour</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0962bb3de5cc0f769ea040bbc2044f99?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0962bb3de5cc0f769ea040bbc2044f99?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22gsays%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>gsays</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22koina%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>koina</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018132">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aaf1d8ebc9c52b5a616050df0398e2cc?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aaf1d8ebc9c52b5a616050df0398e2cc?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jilly Bee%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jilly Bee</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22koina%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>koina</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018131">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/57e8bf69b6ba2354d5c5eea873092165?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/57e8bf69b6ba2354d5c5eea873092165?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Chris%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Chris</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Kay%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Kay</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018130">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/11927e4643373ccfdc56c3fa250c73b0?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/11927e4643373ccfdc56c3fa250c73b0?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22koina%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>koina</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018129">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5287ff361baf0d43021bd1d6ee02e464?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5287ff361baf0d43021bd1d6ee02e464?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22thinker%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>thinker</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Kay%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Kay</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018128">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07c61670c65e9c504d0db00592f83982?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Mike the Lefty%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Mike the Lefty</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018127">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8357300c29f45540607ed1bd30d6dd17?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8357300c29f45540607ed1bd30d6dd17?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Kay%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Kay</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018126">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/116a041ff90b2432249c76043229dcdb?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/116a041ff90b2432249c76043229dcdb?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jenny%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jenny</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-11-2024/#comment-2018125">Open mike 25/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/116a041ff90b2432249c76043229dcdb?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/116a041ff90b2432249c76043229dcdb?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jenny%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jenny</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22alwyn%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>alwyn</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-23-11-2024/#comment-2018124">Open mike 23/11/2024</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5287ff361baf0d43021bd1d6ee02e464?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5287ff361baf0d43021bd1d6ee02e464?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22thinker%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>thinker</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018123">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/08226a62330a6865d4a9f3eddcd82a92?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/08226a62330a6865d4a9f3eddcd82a92?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Jack%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Jack</a> to <a class="parent-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Patricia Bremner%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Patricia Bremner</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018122">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0d7b7e259a34fd8da3097a302ef71f02?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0d7b7e259a34fd8da3097a302ef71f02?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Drowsy M. Kram%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Drowsy M. Kram</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018121">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8155281629b9231217b904c58be48846?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8155281629b9231217b904c58be48846?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="cmt-author-blk"><a class="comment-author-link" href='/?s=@author+%22Patricia Bremner%22&search_posts=true&search_comments=true&search_sortby=date'>Patricia Bremner</a> on</div> <div class="comment-link"><a href="https://thestandard.org.nz/end-game/#comment-2018120">END GAME</a></div> </li> <li class="recentcomments"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14545b129eb346567592ecb88a8e2f0a?s=32&d=identicon&r=g' srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14545b129eb346567592ecb88a8e2f0a?s=64&d=identicon&r=g 2x" 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This day reminds us of the urgent need to <a href="https://www.together.org.nz/ratify_c190">take action against gender-based violence in workplaces across Aotearoa</a> and the globe. <strong>C190 is the Path to Safer Workplaces</strong> ILO Convention ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://union.org.nz/">NZCTU</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Jeremiah Boniface</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/pm-luxon-is-house-proud-as-david">PM Luxon is house proud as David Seymour continues to push the edges of social division</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/pm-luxon-is-house-proud-as-david'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/68b6ee0d-c682-4a1b-9f4e-1-fbcf8e38fbdd0f0724c0d5c3a5a9087acb92a362/285497374.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68b6ee0d-c682-4a1b-9f4e-1c5e8db65764_1000x621.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5039755f-70cd-4fc5-a93e-79941c48094e_2048x1284.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>Mountain Tui is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Luxon Is That Job Interviewee That’s All Sunshine And RainbowsCraig McCulloch (RNZ) has an <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534703/the-government-turns-one-pm-christopher-luxon-talks-coalition-dynamics-differences-and-deals">unbeatable report this morning</a> on Luxon’s reflections of his first year as PM.Allow me to replicate:On ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/">Mountain Tui</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Mountain Tui</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://union.org.nz/monday-25-november-2024/">Monday 25 November 2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://union.org.nz/monday-25-november-2024/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/union.org.nz/togehter-star-twitter-pro-0895b3e0458ac9de3934329b01f8e6a3bd0fd1d8/2746952763.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><strong>Maritime workers are joining opposition to the government’s plans for resuming live animal exports on the basis that the country “would benefit from being seen as a kind of modern and progressive exporter”. The TEU is slamming a proposal that would end an invaluable timber machining apprenticeship programme, while the</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://union.org.nz/">NZCTU</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Jeremiah Boniface</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/pm-constructively-dissatisfied-with">PM ‘constructively dissatisfied’ with himself</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/pm-constructively-dissatisfied-with'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/860490194.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb01b752-ad8d-4ea5-b004-ac54d4d8d530_2047x1365.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>“Look, I don’t really live with regrets,” Luxon said in one of the interviews marking his first year as PM. File photo: Lynn Grieveson/TheKaka<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on <strong>Monday, November 25</strong>: <strong>The news: COP29</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">8 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/team-of-one">Team of One</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/team-of-one'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/e8dc287f-e6a0-45d3-bd72-1-1c8a3550c1d75e9a0db037b0ba54b12b4a1d5b1d/345314485.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>Oh, it's a mystery to me We have a greed, with which we have agreed And you think you have to want more than you need Until you have it all, you won't be free</em>Songwriter: Eddie Vedder<strong>Today is the last day to subscribe to Nick’s Kōrero at the original price</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/">Nick’s Kōrero</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Nick Rockel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">8 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/badday">A Bad Day</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.webworm.co/p/badday'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/613d7f43-d724-4ee5-9ca3-d-fc91c4e28ded6731ddcdbb421b2d4004fcab1a09/3008469956.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Hi,Let me gripe about my day, and maybe you can gripe about yours, too.The washing machine and dryer in our apartment building are coin operated. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62dab1b8-8649-4756-a170-1295b4c1b22b_3366x2502.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>That means in order to do a load of washing, you load eight quarters into the machine and hit “GO”. Sometimes the quarters jam, and ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.webworm.co/">David Farrier</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Farrier</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/25/a-visitor-from-the-hawkes-bay-rides-ats-buses-trains/">A visitor from the Hawkes Bay rides AT’s buses & trains.</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/25/a-visitor-from-the-hawkes-bay-rides-ats-buses-trains/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>This is a guest post from longtime supporter Mr Plod, whose previous contributions include a proposal that <a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2016/12/22/guest-post-hamilton-trumps-wellington/">Hamilton become New Zealand’s capital city</a>, an examination on <a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/07/22/a-speed-limit-is-not-a-target-and-yet/">cruise control and speed limits</a>, and that we should <a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2022/06/13/switching-sides-sweden-did-it-should-we/">switch</a> which side of the road we drive on.</em> <em>Greater Auckland is brought to you by a</em> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Guest Post</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">10 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/luxon-and-the-us-and-aukus/">Bridges challenges Luxon’s foreign policy</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.politik.co.nz/luxon-and-the-us-and-aukus/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Politik_square-ec215c41c9ac6fd6765c209767a404390adab1ee/2972508956.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Prime Minister Christopher Luxon last Friday appeared to be starting to moderate his pivot to the United States under the foreign policy reset. Back in August he had told Australia’s Lowy Institute last August that New Zealand’s independent foreign policy was a “nonsense”. But in his latest foreign policy speech, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/">Politik</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Richard Harman</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">13 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/2024-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_47.html">2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/2024-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_47.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A listing of 25 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 17, 2024 thru Sat, November 23, 2024. Story of the week This week, we again asked Gemini to create a topical summary of the articles we shared during ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">19 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/end-game">End Game</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/end-game'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/91e3efe7-0367-42ab-9409-0-b902bc4228c8d2c7b26db59d61244456bc6d936a/2726359955.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91e3efe7-0367-42ab-9409-06950d2d4158_3500x1968.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a><em>Related articles below</em>IntroductionRecently, I’ve been having some delays in putting pen to paper.It’s not because I’m short on words -Verbosity seems to be one of the banes of my life. And it’s not because there isn’t enough content: <a href="https://substack.com/@mountaintui/p-152047750">I just whipped up a long list from the past few days</a>.So, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/">Mountain Tui</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Mountain Tui</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 day ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/p/rowdy-scrappers-beautiful-birds">Rowdy scrappers, beautiful birds</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://subslack.substack.com/p/rowdy-scrappers-beautiful-birds'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/008d08e7-fc83-48d7-9e7f-d-53177107004908943ae5e0f682fb98f0c93124a5/781128842.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Who doesn't love to watch Tūī? Who doesn't love those colours, almost too good to be true - the deepest, glossiest, most lustrous of deep blue, the iridescent turquoise, the crisp-as-a-vicar's-collar white tuft?Who doesn't love the way they move, swooping as swift as a jet or occasionally bashing the hell ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/">More Than A Feilding</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Slack</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 day ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/fact-brief-extreme.html">Fact brief – Has human-caused climate change increased extreme weather?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/fact-brief-extreme.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Skeptical Science is partnering with <a href="https://gigafact.org/" target="_blank">Gigafact</a> to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park from the Gigafact team in collaboration with members from our team. You can submit claims you think need checking via <a href="https://gigafact.org/tipline?org_id=1813" target="_blank">the tipline</a>. Has human-caused climate ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/whats-been-happening-political-roundup">What’s Been Happening? Political Roundup</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/whats-been-happening-political-roundup'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/4049712122.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>For paid subscribers</em>I’m currently writing an article in response to a promise to Bill about where everything is heading - and I included a ‘<em>quick’</em> snapshot of political updates.However, as that list of updates got longer, I thought it made sense to send out as a separate article.So here it ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/">Mountain Tui</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Mountain Tui</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/bitch">Bitch</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/bitch'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/1c39e59d-3a50-4dad-ac19-e-6a7e5021e795df2075630562ba50c7e1aa546a25/427663379.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>I'm a bitch, I'm a loverI'm a child, I'm a motherI'm a sinner, I'm a saintI do not feel ashamedI'm your Hell, I'm your dreamI'm nothing in betweenYou know you wouldn't want it any other way</em>Writers: Shelly Peiken, Meredith BrooksGood morning, all you lovely people. 🙂 A newsletter this morning ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/">Nick’s Kōrero</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Nick Rockel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/property-rights-and-the-treaty-principles-bill">Property Rights and the Treaty Principles Bill</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/property-rights-and-the-treaty-principles-bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/images.squarespace-cdn.com/TPBill-58cf030a9b7550ee65045e506708c48c02bc0368/4013529741.jpg?format=1500w' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>Property rights – which enable decisions over tangible and intangible assets – are critical to an economy as </em><a href="https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/our-thousand-year-struggle-over-technology-and-prosperity">Why Nations Fail</a><em> pointed out.</em> Not just private property rights for, as we shall see, they are more complicated than that. Neoliberals argue that private property rights lead to the maximum economic ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.pundit.co.nz/">Pundit</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Brian Easton</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/the-hoon-around-the-week-to-november-0ce">The Hoon around the week to November 22</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/the-hoon-around-the-week-to-november-0ce'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/default-thumbnail-f7e02ce48f632c64dab2b0f90f04625bf43e75d5/1903188142.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa922207d-478e-471b-90b5-b44fdb1b1c1d_2175x1265.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{"name":"Bernard Hickey","id":492952,"type":"user","url":null,"photo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85f4e334-2972-4620-9c59-202ce3e81cde_800x500.jpeg","uuid":"912be8d0-53be-4e52-945c-2ec7af51db58"}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> & <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{"name":"Peter Bale","id":1321734,"type":"user","url":null,"photo_url":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/48111e93-6296-4cdd-9401-9d19fdf64186_225x225.jpeg","uuid":"9fb7645b-15bf-4953-8600-231a3e7da5c9"}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> talking about the week’s news with:<span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{"name":"Robert Patman","id":10255227,"type":"user","url":null,"photo_url":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6b3dc75f-dc5f-44fe-a0e0-287313f5bb0b_1232x821.jpeg","uuid":"b2c4198a-3bc3-46ca-a9dd-0a97475a6b10"}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> on the US Presidential elections, Israel vs Gaza/Iran/Lebanon, Ukraine/Nato vs Russia/North Korea and whether NZ now joins AUKUS;Special guest Helen Clark on the issues above, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/justice-in-brazil.html">Justice in Brazil</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/justice-in-brazil.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Following the <a HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Brazilian_general_election">2022 Brazilian general election</a>, election loser Jair Bolsonaro tried to do a Trump, <a HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Brazilian_coup_plot">attempting a coup to overturn the election</a>. It failed. But unlike his American friend, he <a HREF="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/jair-bolsonaro-charged-coup-plot">hasn't been allowed to get away with it</a>: <i>The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest</i> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/treasury-warns-deeper-recession-worsening">Treasury warns deeper recession worsening Budget deficit</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/treasury-warns-deeper-recession-worsening'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/default-thumbnail-f7e02ce48f632c64dab2b0f90f04625bf43e75d5/1903188142.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc95a9efe-e63e-4abd-8fad-28e2298f5b97_2048x1365.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>The gift that keeps giving: David Seymour has now opened a split in the coalition over the future of National’s promise to build a new medical school. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / TheKaka<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/22/weekly-roundup-22-november-2024/">Weekly Roundup 22-November-2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/22/weekly-roundup-22-november-2024/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">It’s another Friday and we’re inching closer to the end of the year. Here’s some of the stories that have caught our attention this week. This post, like all our work, is brought to you by a largely volunteer crew and made possible by generous donations from our readers and ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Greater Auckland</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2024/11/beyond-question.html">Beyond Question?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2024/11/beyond-question.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Trotter-ffb862675a9c3dac6030e619d2c1b2953f9d574b/1397507085.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6qHF0Ypjqq8vvICBXcjkAysJpkaDMeFCnUO-ryLdkVRQ35mRHddJPx5kvXp2f-3qsNx0_t6cN20Mk0UjJb1go9K0cD8tqr6zVCmZb3K4vykxJcgLgX5tj4mm_qb12bFOAgsKFj7ci_pzweO9R8FfyWTVf43cNKpVUDqUo5OuPPVPnR0KX6K7OnE2WF4/s763/Hikoi%20of%2019-11-24%20Drone%20Shot.JPG" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto"></a><i><b>Record Numbers:</b> T<span style="text-align: start">he Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which began at the tip of the North, and the tail of the South, on 11 November, culminated outside Parliament on Tuesday, 19 November 2024, in one of the largest demonstrations in New Zealand’s political history.</span></i><b>ACCORDING TO <i>TE ARA</i></b>, the Ministry of Culture ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/">Bowalley Road</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://sapphia.substack.com/p/the-rush-to-blame-the-activists">The Rush To Blame “The Activists”</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://sapphia.substack.com/p/the-rush-to-blame-the-activists'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/6ed5f771-798e-409e-9866-8-f4903d73a870c96f13d544bf7398b3d8e8e2bd9e/3406015561.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Activists are such easy scapegoats. The right and center have been conditioned for decades to roll their eyes at all protests. The left are easily aggravated over students leading movements they see as belonging to grownups, who have more important concerns like the economy and whether the trains come on ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://sapphia.substack.com/">Sapphi’s Substack</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Sapphi</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/haka">Cutting Through An Inundation of Dipshit Racists</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.webworm.co/p/haka'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/87791249.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Hi,Watching New Zealand from afar offers a strange perspective. It can be a good thing — distance from Aotearoa helped keep me sane while I reported on <a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/downwardspiral">abuse at New Zealand’s biggest megachurch</a> over the course of a year. It <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bk4p95kgcw&t=3705s">helps fuel my silly podcast</a>. But it can also be ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.webworm.co/">David Farrier</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Farrier</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/this-is-bad-news/">This is bad news</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.politik.co.nz/this-is-bad-news/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Politik_square-ec215c41c9ac6fd6765c209767a404390adab1ee/2972508956.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The speech yesterday by Treasury’s Chief Economic Advisor warning that the books are in worse shape than forecasted looks like it’s part of a softening-up process for either more cuts or a longer wait to get back into surplus. The speech was a highly unusual public preview of Treasury’s Half-Yearly ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/">Politik</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Richard Harman</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/new_research_2024_47.html">Skeptical Science New Research for Week #47 2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/new_research_2024_47.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Open access notables <strong><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq7856" target="_blank">Projected increase in the frequency of extremely active Atlantic hurricane seasons</a><span>, </span></strong>Lopez et al., <em>Science Advances:</em> <em><span>Future changes to the year-to-year swings between active and inactive North Atlantic tropical cyclone (TC) seasons have received little attention, yet may have great societal implications in areas prone to hurricane</em></span> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/p/chicken-kiev">Chicken Kiev</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://subslack.substack.com/p/chicken-kiev'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/62e32835-450a-427a-8e1c-5-2ee3a7008e1ee4aeb186586fded1bae3f278875b/2003269230.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Chatting in the supermarket this morning, I found I needed to lunge for the chicken drumsticks.Coping mechanisms: who hasn’t felt a greater need for them lately?When it all gets too much, I turn to demonstrating handy butchery hacks.It wasn’t that she’d said anything wrong, our friend, not at all. We ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/">More Than A Feilding</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Slack</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://sapphia.substack.com/p/the-year-is-2024-and-its-1984">The year is 2024 and it’s 1984</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://sapphia.substack.com/p/the-year-is-2024-and-its-1984'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/91835301-bc2f-431d-bb3d-d-5dbe0a4d4ebd339d8604f7ed91843553c44595bf/2591213568.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em><strong>This is written in response to the <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/ganeshnana/p/economists-call-for-immediate-suspension?r=8ggpj&utm_medium=ios">highly significant open letter from a group of economists that was today addressed to Christopher Luxon</a>. </strong></em><strong>The year is 2024, and it’s 1984. </strong>The country is reeling from a <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350369809/new-zealand-breaks-gold-medal-record-los-angeles-1984-2024-paris-olympics">record Olympic medal gold haul</a>, while the globe grapples with the choice of the ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://sapphia.substack.com/">Sapphi’s Substack</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Sapphi</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-ipca-has-failed.html">The IPCA has failed</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-ipca-has-failed.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Back in 2022, <i>RNZ</i> took an in-depth look at the "Independent" Police Conduct Authority and its handling of killings by police. These are the most serious test of oversight, and you would expect the police's use of lethal force to receive the most severe scrutiny. But despite the police regularly ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://union.org.nz/thursday-21-november-2024/">Thursday 21 November 2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://union.org.nz/thursday-21-november-2024/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/union.org.nz/togehter-star-twitter-pro-0895b3e0458ac9de3934329b01f8e6a3bd0fd1d8/2746952763.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><strong>The Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti arrived at Parliament on Tuesday – the size is being debated but estimates range from 42,000 to 100,000. The Prime Minister is defending not attending due to some of the organisers being affiliated with Te Pāti Māori. The national gang patch ban came into force</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://union.org.nz/">NZCTU</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Jeremiah Boniface</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/these-budget-cuts-are-counter-productive">‘These budget cuts are counter-productive and make no sense’</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/these-budget-cuts-are-counter-productive'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/default-thumbnail-f7e02ce48f632c64dab2b0f90f04625bf43e75d5/1903188142.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">I spoke to former Productivity Chair <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{"name":"Ganesh R Ahirao","id":193821489,"type":"user","url":null,"photo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F017683ef-d853-4ecd-ab7c-189eb5c663e7_4608x2240.jpeg","uuid":"821d64d8-cf1f-472e-943a-b83aa1f32dfb"}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> Nana this morning about the <a href="https://ganeshnana.substack.com/p/economists-call-for-immediate-suspension">letter</a> he and a group of other economists sent to <strong>PM Christopher Luxon</strong> to urge the Government to urgently suspend cuts to spending and investment for the sake of the economy, struggling businesses and the wellbeing of vulnerable ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/acts-astroturfing-and-a-co-ordinated">ACT’s Astroturfing & A Co-ordinated Attack on Te Pati Māori</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/acts-astroturfing-and-a-co-ordinated'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/1570996391.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Unity on the Streets / Unity at the TableAfter the Hīkoi, all three right wing Coalition leaders came together to push the idea that the 42,000 - <a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/20-11-2024/was-the-hikoi-new-zealands-largest-ever-protest">50,000 +</a> strong Hikoi was somehow less potent and brave, and more illegitimate than the energy and crowd displayed.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc90475df-cc13-4bf3-96d7-a8654edc5532_2000x1333.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a><strong>Prime Minister Christopher Luxon </strong><em>20-November:</em> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/">Mountain Tui</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Mountain Tui</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/co2-removal-durability-critical.html">Durability of carbon dioxide removal is critical for stabilizing temperatures</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/co2-removal-durability-critical.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">This is a <a href="https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/durability-of-carbon-dioxide-removal">re-post from the Climate Brink</a> <span>The world is emitting over 40 gigatons of CO2 per year, contributing to an </span><a rel="" href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-the-recent-acceleration-in-global-warming-is-what-scientists-expect/">accelerating warming</a><span> of the planet. The world needs to cut emissions rapidly to be remotely on track to meet our Paris Agreement goals of limiting warming to well-below 2C, and we</span> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/i-love-my-leather-jacket">I Love My Leather Jacket</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/i-love-my-leather-jacket'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/e29ac6ac-4c1f-4273-bd02-5-32343a3fa85f40d22695acf45552eedd54730302/1875174908.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>I wear my leather jacket like a great big hugRadiating charm - a living cloak of luckIt's the only concrete link with an absent friendIt's a symbol I can wear 'till we meet againOr it's a weight around my neck while the owner's freeBoth protector and reminder of mortalityIt's a</em> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/">Nick’s Kōrero</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Nick Rockel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/21/throwback-thursday-will-auckland-transport-survive/">Throwback Thursday: Will “Auckland Transport” Survive?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/21/throwback-thursday-will-auckland-transport-survive/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>With <a href="https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2024/11/mayor-proposes-to-make-council-more-democratic-with-major-reforms/">Auckland Transport’s future up in the air under Mayor Wayne Brown’s proposed CCO reform</a>, we’ve dug way back into the archives, to unearth<a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2010/03/08/will-auckland-transport-survive/"> this post originally published in March 2010.</a> </em> <em>As you’ll see, many of the debates that were being had when AT was first proposed continue to</em> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Greater Auckland</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/economists-call-on-pm-to-suspend">Economists call on PM to suspend budget cuts for the sake of the economy</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/economists-call-on-pm-to-suspend'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/default-thumbnail-f7e02ce48f632c64dab2b0f90f04625bf43e75d5/1903188142.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38507542-be42-4a3c-bb5a-ca8de7a0fb92_2048x1365.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>Nicola Willis’ budget cuts are under fire from economists for having no clear rationale and worsening the recession. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on <strong>Thursday, November 21</strong>: <strong>The news at</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-end-of-policing-by-consent.html">The end of policing by consent</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-end-of-policing-by-consent.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">National has appointed a new police commissioner. And he <a HREF="https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360479625/new-zealands-next-top-cop-chosen">explicitly rejects policing by consent</a>: <i>Asked if he subscribed to policing by consent, he said he did not. “I don’t talk about policing by consent. I talk about trust and confidence, and it is fundamentally important that the police have</i> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/p/the-treaty-principles-bill-a-whos">The Treaty Principles Bill: A Who’s Who</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://subslack.substack.com/p/the-treaty-principles-bill-a-whos'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/3609b42f-9cd2-46a7-9423-e-212749ddc690a7277e005806a1625ce5e275e80e/1843387906.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><strong>David Horatio Waterbed Seymour</strong><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3609b42f-9cd2-46a7-9423-e83ce8c19310_514x620.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>Fringe politician and dweeb transformed successfully by ThinkTank money into a well-oiled soundbite robot.Currently programmed to say<strong>: Equal rights for all New Zealanders Equal rights for all New Zealanders Equal rights for all New Zealanders </strong>Was previously programmed to say:<strong>I am a proud libertarian </strong>and<strong>I am a</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/">More Than A Feilding</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Slack</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://union.org.nz/kinleith-mill-closure-shows-need-for-industrial-strategy/">Kinleith mill closure shows need for industrial strategy</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://union.org.nz/kinleith-mill-closure-shows-need-for-industrial-strategy/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/union.org.nz/togehter-star-twitter-pro-0895b3e0458ac9de3934329b01f8e6a3bd0fd1d8/2746952763.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><strong>NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to deliver an economic and industrial strategy for regional manufacturing, rather than just expressing sympathy for job losses, following the announced closure of Kinleith mill in Tokoroa.</strong> “The closure Kinleith mill in Tokoroa is not just devastating for ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://union.org.nz/">NZCTU</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Jeremiah Boniface</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/27-of-kids-going-hungry-up-from-21">27% of kids going hungry, up from 21% in a year</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/27-of-kids-going-hungry-up-from-21'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/2425419532.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b168b9b-e313-4a08-bbf7-d0a9974459f4_2119x1415.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>One in four Kiwi children live in households where food runs out often or sometimes. Photo: Getty Images<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on <strong>Wednesday, November 20</strong>: <strong>The lead</strong>: The official annual <a href="https://www.health.govt.nz/publications/annual-update-of-key-results-202324-new-zealand-health-survey">Health Survey</a> found sharp ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/20/transport-modelling-is-an-illusion/">Transport modelling is an illusion</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/20/transport-modelling-is-an-illusion/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>This guest post by Tim Adriaansen, an advocate for accessibility and sustainable transport, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transport-modelling-illusion-tim-adriaansen-bdywc/">originally published on LinkedIn</a> and cross posted here with permission.</em> People prefer cars, right? Probably not. Here’s why. Granted, most people in English-speaking countries use a car to get around. This simple reality underpins our transport ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Guest Post</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/young-maori-take-over/">Young Maori take over</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.politik.co.nz/young-maori-take-over/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Politik_square-ec215c41c9ac6fd6765c209767a404390adab1ee/2972508956.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Neither Wellington nor Parliament has ever seen anything like it before. The Police said there were more than 40,000 but however many there were, yesterday’s Hikoi to Parliament was a monumental event. It was almost three times the Foreshore and Seabed martch of 2004 and many,many times bigger than ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/">Politik</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Richard Harman</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://werewolf.co.nz/2024/11/gordon-campbell-on-the-hikoi-aftermath/">Gordon Campbell On The Hikoi Aftermath</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://werewolf.co.nz/2024/11/gordon-campbell-on-the-hikoi-aftermath/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/werewolf-727a780c7d85b1e6967754b79dd48922e9bdab60/2170393114.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The euphoria from yesterday’s hikoi may be transitory, but is no less valuable for that. It is pretty rare for the left to feel itself to be in the overwhelming majority, and speaking as the voice of the people. Lest that momentum be lost, the organisers will no doubt be ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://werewolf.co.nz/">Werewolf</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By ScoopEditor</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/sabin33-03-are-solar-panels-generating-too-much-waste.html">Sabin 33 #3 – Solar panels generate too much waste and will overwhelm landfills</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/sabin33-03-are-solar-panels-generating-too-much-waste.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">On November 1, 2024 we announced <a href="https://skepticalscience.com/rebutting-33-false-claims-about-solar-wind-ev.html" target="_blank">the publication of 33 rebuttals</a> based on the report "<a href="https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/217/" target="_blank">Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles</a>" written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the <a href="https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/about-us" target="_blank">Sabin Center for Climate Change Law</a> at Columbia ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/whats-the-time-mr-seymour">What’s the time Mr Seymour?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/whats-the-time-mr-seymour'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/41c74e8f-6cfb-425a-8aa3-f-85b545f5373223995e7b962b7123d902f861a312/3807920136.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>Mr David Seymour crawling up to the ceilingThe sun don't shine the sun don't shine the sun don't shine at allMamma Pappa say you should go to school, I don't know what forNow that I've grown up and seen the world and all its lies</em>Song: Southside of Bombay<em><strong>"Ake, ake, ake"</em></strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/">Nick’s Kōrero</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Nick Rockel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/submit-to-defend-te-tiriti.html">Submit to defend te Tiriti!</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/submit-to-defend-te-tiriti.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Justice Committee has <a HREF="https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCJUST_SCF_227E6D0B-E632-42EB-CFFE-08DCFEB826C6/principles-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-bill">called for submissions</a> on National's racist and constitutionally radical <a HREF="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2024/0094/latest/LMS1003433.html">Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill</a>. Submissions can be made at the link above or by post, and are due by <b>Tuesday, 7 January 2025</b>. But I'd get in quick, in case National grows a spine ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin">We need to talk about Kevin</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://subslack.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/7e3745bb-cb83-4653-b8bf-0-bb0b05ff089c3ee4c3ffe2198689d5eaafd8670c/4111228526.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">All happy families are alike; each unhappy family has a Drunk Uncle Kevin in there somewhere. If your Kevin is anything like the ones I know, he was getting along happily enough without having to think too much about the Treaty Principles Bill apart from <em>bloody good job, onya guys</em> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/">More Than A Feilding</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Slack</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-hikoi.html">The hikoi</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-hikoi.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Like everyone else (everyone who wasn't there, anyway), I've spent the morning watching the hikoi march on Parliament. The pictures are astounding: parliament grounds and the surrounding streets are full, and there are <i>still</i> people backed up along Lambton Quay. The police are estimating 35,000 people, and that's a floor ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/why-govt-and-nz-inc-should-boycott">Why Govt & NZ Inc should boycott & regulate Facebook</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/why-govt-and-nz-inc-should-boycott'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/920412060.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e23a658-690d-43bf-8f9c-f66fb017351d_2048x1365.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>The CEOs of Westpac NZ and Kiwibank say Facebook is rife with fraud but reporting scam ads gets no response. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on <strong>Tuesday, November 19</strong>: <strong>The</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/19/how-should-we-talk-about-change/">How should we talk about change?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/19/how-should-we-talk-about-change/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A better world isn’t just possible, it’s desirable. And that’s how we should frame a lot of our conversations around making a greater Auckland. As an example take urban climate action. A climate friendly Auckland: Is free from congestion Enables people to travel how they choose Is filled with ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Connor Sharp</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/ama-holiday-webworm-merch">AMA + Holiday Webworm Merch!</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.webworm.co/p/ama-holiday-webworm-merch'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/388b39cf-835e-4966-a0b7-3-77e28aad75af4dd5c1f37ebccc318c0f074a2137/2665062754.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Hi,It’s AMA time again — so anything that’s on your mind that you wanna ask, ask away in the comments. This is one of my favourite things to do with <a href="https://www.webworm.co/subscribe">full </a><em><a href="https://www.webworm.co/subscribe">Webworm</a></em><a href="https://www.webworm.co/subscribe"> members</a>, who are the heart of this community of Worms. <em>Journalism? Documentary making? Short Poppies? Cats? Podcasting? What</em> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.webworm.co/">David Farrier</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Farrier</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/holidaydiscountcode">Discount Code for Webworm Merch!</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.webworm.co/p/holidaydiscountcode'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/b847fa73-8196-4a7a-a6ad-b-ba34a16b3b7829b006b42b36f150d07d0b5b8f34/1638261760.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Hi,So there’s a bunch of new stuff on the <em>Webworm</em> store (<strong><a href="https://www.webworm.store/">www.webworm.store</a></strong>) — just in time for the Holidays. <a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/holidaydiscountcode"> Read more </a> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.webworm.co/">David Farrier</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Farrier</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/trying-to-defuse-the-tension/">Trying to defuse the tension</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.politik.co.nz/trying-to-defuse-the-tension/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Politik_square-ec215c41c9ac6fd6765c209767a404390adab1ee/2972508956.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">There were urgent moves yesterday at Parliament to try and defuse the tension building up over ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill. The Bill’s author, ACT leader David Seymour, told reporters that he understood the Justice Select Committee met yesterday to discuss how long it should take to consider submissions on the ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/">Politik</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Richard Harman</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/an-irritable-nz-pawn-david-seymour">An Irritable NZ Pawn – David Seymour Admits Treaty Principles Bill will clear the way for deve...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/an-irritable-nz-pawn-david-seymour'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/8241a3c6-004c-414e-9985-4-197397ea34034bc4352c009c08ba5820575d0b75/691837368.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">This morning I discovered a post I’d written 10-11 months ago, lamenting how New Zealand’s ACT Party and their foreign and local surrogates would play out anti-Māori propaganda - which I believe they have long prepared for.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8241a3c6-004c-414e-9985-4d5e24e2fc09_1440x960.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>At the time, it was a plea for action and readiness from my fellow ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/">Mountain Tui</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Mountain Tui</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://werewolf.co.nz/2024/11/gordon-campbell-on-the-hikoi-arrival-and-taylor-childers/">Gordon Campbell On The Hikoi Arrival, And Tyler Childers</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://werewolf.co.nz/2024/11/gordon-campbell-on-the-hikoi-arrival-and-taylor-childers/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/werewolf-727a780c7d85b1e6967754b79dd48922e9bdab60/2170393114.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Politicians like to bang on all about the need to heal society’s racial/economic divisions, but in their <i>actions </i>they’re more keen on stoking those divisions, with the Treaty Principles Bill being the classic example. The Bill seeks to dilute the Crown’s responsibilities to Māori at the same time as it ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://werewolf.co.nz/">Werewolf</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By ScoopEditor</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://sapphia.substack.com/p/socially-backwards-and-fiscally-forwards">Socially Backwards and Fiscally Forwards: the False Ideological Divide and the “Conservative” Li...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://sapphia.substack.com/p/socially-backwards-and-fiscally-forwards'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/23a75a61-149a-48ac-9e27-8-170cf7992809f360516babcc3d27b1ac43dc250d/785649273.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Nearly two weeks on from the US election, and we are still mentally wrangling with the results. How did this happen? Which voter demographics went where? What did the Democrats do wrong? <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3372c18-6d45-4dbf-a17c-5ff24d19505a_445x267.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>Meanwhile here in New Zealand, we’re left wondering how this will apply to us and what this means ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://sapphia.substack.com/">Sapphi’s Substack</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Sapphi</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/kaamos-accepted/">Kaamos: Accepted</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/kaamos-accepted/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/6596122521_986ae02acd_z1-efb76e5f2e9e9433b0677c3290df73c76b3774f7/3765932337.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">I appreciate that A Phuulish Fellow has been fairly quiet recently. That’s a combination of two things – comparatively little in the way of relevant material to discuss (at least until The War of the Rohirrim comes out next month), and my general work on The Secret Non-Fiction Writing Project. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/">A Phuulish Fellow</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By strda221</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/fix-paris-failures.html">Here’s how governments could fix their Paris climate commitment failures</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/fix-paris-failures.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">This is a <a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/heres-how-governments-could-fix-their-paris-climate-commitment-failures/">re-post from Yale Climate Connections</a> Governments around the world face a conundrum. <a href="https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/">Virtually none are on track</a> to meet their Paris climate commitments. That includes the United States, which committed to cut its emissions at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 but is <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/13345138">only on track</a> for 32-43% cuts ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2024/11/unstoppable.html">Unstoppable.</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2024/11/unstoppable.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Trotter-ffb862675a9c3dac6030e619d2c1b2953f9d574b/1397507085.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf4UhXVMAmU73KTVgtVo0FN6Ofphcyx0eHqMIjqdpAwkR3ZDH5ZlOHFix30pGEzNc_-NDjAnayHBFgKQUYq8tC7AkvmjeYe17p6IvfbXroT6FCXunpi5T8ExE6P79Yrd22vNILoKCLNbsYWu736YhZkqbs7LEUGCLDT32tqoy2HDL23rGE7xmCXsuhco/s816/Protect%20The%20Treaty%20National%20Protest.JPG" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto"></a><i><b>Too Big To Fail: </b>Forty-three years after the 1981 Springbok Tour protests, Maori defenders of te Tiriti, by their own efforts, and using their own resources, are poised to descend on the capital with upwards of 100,000 followers at their back, and no force in front of them even remotely</i> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/">Bowalley Road</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.fabians.org.nz/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=75&reset=1&id=670">Katherine Trebeck – An Alternative Economic Narrative</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.fabians.org.nz/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=75&reset=1&id=670'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Fabians-a474627d7439d79b093bfd3240947f99009c1f03/547628379.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The era of neoliberalism has been destructive on so many levels, with a huge growth in wealth and privilege for the one percent. A hollowing out of the state; fraying of the safety net; inadequate government investment in infrastructure; and continued environmental degradation has resulted in damage on a vast ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.fabians.org.nz/">Fabians</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/in-a-manner-of-speaking">In a Manner of Speaking</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/in-a-manner-of-speaking'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/8dc01d61-2e08-4ae6-b346-2-119238e5c51746be54c5634ec538230308619663/1930529374.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>In a manner of speakingI just want to sayThat I could never forget the wayYou told me everythingBy saying nothing</em><em>Oh, give me the wordsGive me the wordsThat tell me nothingOh, give me the wordsGive me the wordsThat tell me everything</em>Songwriter: Winston Tong<strong>Next Tuesday, the subscription price for Nick’s Kōrero will</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/">Nick’s Kōrero</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Nick Rockel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://union.org.nz/monday-18-november-2024/">Monday 18 November 2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://union.org.nz/monday-18-november-2024/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/union.org.nz/togehter-star-twitter-pro-0895b3e0458ac9de3934329b01f8e6a3bd0fd1d8/2746952763.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><strong>The NZNO have announced a nationwide strike for December over its pay dispute with Health NZ, who have put a 1 per cent cap on pay rises. The Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti and Treaty Principles Bill remain front and centre in the media, with the impacts of the Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke-led</strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://union.org.nz/">NZCTU</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Jeremiah Boniface</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/shipley-warns-seymours-bill-is-inviting">Shipley warns Seymour’s bill is ‘inviting civil war’</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/shipley-warns-seymours-bill-is-inviting'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/613780515.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57ae266-6b02-46b2-a99c-557489fa5296_1024x683.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>The divisive Treaty Principles Bill is not just a risk for the National Party, it’s a risk to civil order and unity, warns a National Party grandee. Photo: Getty Images<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/18/a-clearer-network-for-the-city-rail-link/">A clearer network for the City Rail Link?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/18/a-clearer-network-for-the-city-rail-link/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">T<em>his post was <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clearer-network-city-rail-link-nicolas-reid-to8qe/?trackingId=Dh9uk3yqScGwKJ%2BqTnOHtA%3D%3D">originally published on Linked In</a> by Nicolas Reid. It is republished here with permission.</em> Auckland is now just a year or so away from having the keystone of its urban rail network complete. <a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aucklands-city-rail-link-fail-immediately-best-possible-nicolas-reid-f1uxe/?trackingId=MWMiRq9%2FSRCQFbRHBYNdQA%3D%3D" target="_self" rel="noopener" data-test-app-aware-link="">As I wrote about here</a>, the City Rail Link will be a literal game changer for ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Guest Post</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/nationals-support-base-is-wobbling/">National’s support base is wobbling</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.politik.co.nz/nationals-support-base-is-wobbling/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Politik_square-ec215c41c9ac6fd6765c209767a404390adab1ee/2972508956.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">If ACT leader David Seymour intended the Treaty Principles Bill to drive a wedge into National’s support base, he may well already be succeeding. By midnight on Thursday after the Maori Party haka in Parliament, National MPs were being deluged with emails and messages from their members calling them out ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.politik.co.nz/">Politik</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Richard Harman</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/2024-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_46.html">2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #46</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://skepticalscience.com/2024-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_46.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/SkepticalScience-37ea14514da7a15124489ad9e500ac19157d71e0/557432051.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A listing of 33 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 10, 2024 thru Sat, November 16, 2024. Story of the week Our <strong>Story of the Week</strong> is completely "meta" (no, not <em>that</em> Meta). It's about our exploring how ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/">Skeptical Science</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://frankmacskasy.substack.com/p/grifter-eftpos-tamaki-at-it-again">Grifter Eftpos Tamaki at it again</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://frankmacskasy.substack.com/p/grifter-eftpos-tamaki-at-it-again'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/598a5765-b56c-4700-8e48-0-fe0bd87cfc2ab618c5ba2e1091612042ac03c0bb/915305215.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F598a5765-b56c-4700-8e48-04b50d3331b6_873x1000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>.Thanks for reading Frankly Speaking ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Self-appointed “Bishop” and proto-fascist, Brian Tamaki was at it again on 16 November, <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/533952/brian-tamaki-convoy-causes-traffic-woes-in-auckland">blocking Auckland’s southern motorway, SH1</a>.This time, the target of his ire wasn’t the <a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0408/S00249/images-views-and-counter-views-at-destiny-protest.htm">Civil Unions Act</a>; covid lock-downs; mask mandates; or ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source">Frankly Speaking</span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Frank Macskasy</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/p/rip-up-a-bill-lead-a-haka-are-words">Rip up a bill, lead a haka are words to live by</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://subslack.substack.com/p/rip-up-a-bill-lead-a-haka-are-words'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/e7571852-b7c9-472e-94df-c-d848af1c20be0962d79f053f07cd425dac540ce0/1377323238.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">I cannot stop grabbing people by the lapels, or shoulders, or similar, and raving at them about the tiny miracles in my ears.<em>I can hear again!</em> There could not be a more satisfied customer in all the world.In a noisy cafe I am even catching words that Karren cannot, she ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://subslack.substack.com/">More Than A Feilding</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Slack</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/unintended-consequences">Unintended Consequences</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/unintended-consequences'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/fd9735e6-739a-4d90-a9fb-1-7b207525bf7d9070fc4e47c9b305c89d0d35188d/351583351.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><em>Take the baitYou pay the priceIt's much too lateFor good adviceYou know and I know that our good things' throughBecause there's consequences for what we doConsequences for me and you</em>Writers: Kevin Robert Hayes, David Nagier, Bonnie Adele Hayes.Fallout from the first readingOne News began last night by saying that tens ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://nickrockel.substack.com/">Nick’s Kōrero</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Nick Rockel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/16/thank-you-driver/">Thank you, driver!</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/16/thank-you-driver/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/i0.wp.com/cropped-Blog-Logo-a3e1c04653fc8573c759cde3458dbcd3224febb8/2796749737.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Today, <a href="https://at.govt.nz/about-us/news-events/media-centre/2024-media-releases/show-you-appreciate-bus-drivers-new-zealand">Saturday 16th of November, is Auckland Transport’s Bus Driver Appreciation Day!</a> Saturday 16 November marks the third annual Auckland Transport (AT) ‘Bus Driver Appreciation Day’, and this year we are encouraging all of New Zealand to thank their driver or let the bus go first if you are in ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/">Greater Auckland</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Greater Auckland</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.webworm.co/p/totallynormal31">Totally Normal: Holiday Edition</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.webworm.co/p/totallynormal31'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/f49f8008-8a40-407a-9189-7-79e00c594b72dd6927735fc2f9d10bcc34c3fa9d/3826689341.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Hi,If I was to accurately sum up my mental state over the week, I’d just say that I got a huge fright from my own shadow.I’d nipped out for an 11pm neighborhood stroll, just to calm down after a day of stress and screens. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx9SVAtMkJM">The Cure</a> and Fazerdaze’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6CTw5u8BXTze72mbMcah1s?si=K2nNr_x3SWm-EsElHO7D_Q">new record</a> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.webworm.co/">David Farrier</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By David Farrier</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/ijetebackyc4o53oed69wiyv8xych3">We Are Not Listening</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/ijetebackyc4o53oed69wiyv8xych3'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/images.squarespace-cdn.com/populism-57cb73f1e1d6cd5c1133513d7974ef029c36d702/2593585279.jpg?format=1500w' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"> <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""><em>The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.</em>We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.pundit.co.nz/">Pundit</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Brian Easton</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/more-lawlessness-from-national.html">More lawlessness from National</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/more-lawlessness-from-national.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">On Tuesday, sick of government stonewalling, the Waitangi Tribunal <a HREF="https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360485584/rare-move-waitangi-tribunal-orders-release-maori-health-authority-documents">issued a rare court order</a>, ordering the Minister of Health to release unredacted documents within 48 hours showing its reasoning for disestablishing Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. The government's response to the lawful order of a court? <a HREF="https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360488042/government-only-partially-adheres-tribunal-order-tensions-heat">Yeah,</a> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/nationals-tyrannical-foreign.html">National’s tyrannical “foreign interference” law</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/11/nationals-tyrannical-foreign.html'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/no-right-turn-thumb-1610ea25364676fa81e256e6925c9611855a6cd4/1408061535.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Yesterday, under cover the the biggest political fight of the year, National quietly - covertly, even - <a HREF="https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360487117/government-criminalise-harming-nz-foreign-power">introduced anti-foreign interference legislation</a>. The <a HREF="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2024/0093/latest/LMS1003049.html">bill</a> is the product of a years-long work-program aimed at countering shit like <a HREF="https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350423709/we-dont-feel-safe-here-new-zealand-call-urgent-inquiry-foreign-interference">this</a> and <a HREF="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/16/nz-police-investigate-after-prominent-china-critic-says-car-sabotaged">this</a>, and there's unquestionably a need to do something to counter foreign states' ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/">No Right Turn</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Idiot/Savant</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/the-haka-represents-the-best-of-us">The Haka Represents The Best Of Us</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/the-haka-represents-the-best-of-us'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/default-thumbnail-f7e02ce48f632c64dab2b0f90f04625bf43e75d5/1903188142.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A few months ago, I was in an audience watching a Haka-Kapa and as I watched children dance and sing and sway and shout and beat, I couldn’t help but think <em>“The Haka represents the best of us.”</em>Yes, yes - there will be a thousand voices that rush forth to ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://mountaintui.substack.com/">Mountain Tui</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Mountain Tui</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/adding-up-the-climate-cost">Adding up the climate cost</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/adding-up-the-climate-cost'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/default-thumbnail-f7e02ce48f632c64dab2b0f90f04625bf43e75d5/1903188142.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F01381164-e6d7-40e2-88a9-84b590359fb0_2048x1343.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>St Mary’s Bay housing left hanging: Climate risk is systemically underestimated in the climate scenarios used by central banks, and a new report warns 10,000 houses are set to become uninsurable in Aotearoa. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā<strong>Long stories short, </strong>here’s the top six news items of note in ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/p/auckland-chafing-at-bishops-housing">Auckland chafing at Bishop’s housing intensification orders</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thekaka.substack.com/p/auckland-chafing-at-bishops-housing'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/substackcdn.com/2397367857.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-imag" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f6b6c76-e4e9-415b-8121-506d4fd4abd4_2048x1365.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"></a>One of the major problems the Government has in implementing its ‘going for housing growth’ strategy is that it isn’t giving much funding help to councils. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā<strong>Kia ora</strong>. Long stories short, here’s my top things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thekaka.substack.com/">The Kaka</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Bernard Hickey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> </ul> <p>  </div> </div> <div class="su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim" data-title="Party"> <div class="community-box" id="party_box"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=629802223740065"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk"));</script></p> <ul class="rss-aggregator"> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-government_should_be_transparent_on_live_exports">Release: Government should be transparent on live exports</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-government_should_be_transparent_on_live_exports'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Targeted consultation on reinstating live cattle exports by sea won’t allow the New Zealand public to have their say. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/nz_s_global_climate_rankings_plummet_as_govt_removes_agriculture_from_ets">NZ’s global climate rankings plummet as Govt removes agriculture from ETS</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/nz_s_global_climate_rankings_plummet_as_govt_removes_agriculture_from_ets'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government has passed legislation to remove agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) while Aotearoa’s reputation on climate action plummets. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/failed_boot_camp_experiment_must_end">Failed boot camp experiment must end</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/failed_boot_camp_experiment_must_end'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">As legislation to set up boot camps passed its first reading, the Green Party urged the Government to abandon this failed policy experiment for the good of our rangatahi. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/gender_affirming_care_must_centre_evidence_and_health_needs_not_political_posturing">Gender-affirming care must centre evidence and health needs, not political posturing</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/gender_affirming_care_must_centre_evidence_and_health_needs_not_political_posturing'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Ministry of Health has today released an evidence brief regarding the use of puberty blockers in gender-affirming healthcare, amid moves by the government to limit access. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_national_doesn_t_care_about_manufacturing">Release: National doesn’t care about manufacturing</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_national_doesn_t_care_about_manufacturing'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The National Government is walking away from our manufacturing sector with constant reports of closures and job losses. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-david_parker_speech_piketty_inequality_and_climate_change">Release: David Parker speech – Piketty, Inequality and Climate Change</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-david_parker_speech_piketty_inequality_and_climate_change'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">David Parker's speech from the University of Auckland's forum on Piketty, Inequality and Climate Change in September 2024. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-youth_mental_wellbeing_no_longer_a_priority_for_child_poverty_minister">Release: Youth mental wellbeing no longer a priority for Child Poverty Minister</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-youth_mental_wellbeing_no_longer_a_priority_for_child_poverty_minister'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Louise Upston has revealed her diminished vision for vulnerable youth against a backdrop of snubbed advice, scrapped priorities, shifted goal posts and thousands more children projected to fall into poverty. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-national_s_lack_of_climate_action_taking_nz_backwards">Release: National’s lack of climate action taking NZ backwards</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-national_s_lack_of_climate_action_taking_nz_backwards'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">National Government’s backward-looking climate policy has seen New Zealand fall seven places on the Climate Change Performance Index to 41 out of 63 countries measured. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-simple_reason_for_drop_in_emergency_housing">Release: Simple reason for drop in emergency housing</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-simple_reason_for_drop_in_emergency_housing'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">When the Government says it has reduced the number of people in emergency housing, what it means is it is stopping people from accessing it in the first place. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/govt_s_child_wellbeing_strategy_shallow_and_shameful">Govt’s child wellbeing strategy ‘shallow and shameful’</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/govt_s_child_wellbeing_strategy_shallow_and_shameful'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government is turning its back on children by not only weakening child poverty reduction targets, but also removing child mental wellbeing as a priority focus in their Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-a_historic_win_for_samoan_communities">Release: A historic win for Samoan communities</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-a_historic_win_for_samoan_communities'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Labour warmly welcomes the Restoring Samoan Citizenship Bill as it passes its third reading, before becoming law. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/government_plan_to_reinstate_live_animal_exports_a_national_disgrace">Government plan to reinstate live animal exports a “national disgrace”</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/government_plan_to_reinstate_live_animal_exports_a_national_disgrace'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government has taken a giant step backwards by reinstating live animal exports. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/pasifika_justice_as_member_s_bill_passes_final_reading">Pasifika justice as Member’s Bill passes final reading</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/pasifika_justice_as_member_s_bill_passes_final_reading'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Teanau Tuiono’s Member’s Bill, the Citizenship (Western Samoa Restoration) Amendment Bill, has passed its third reading and will become law. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/release_minister_of_education_thinks_new_zealand_ends_at_the_bombay_hills">Release: Minister of Education thinks New Zealand ends at the Bombay Hills</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/release_minister_of_education_thinks_new_zealand_ends_at_the_bombay_hills'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Minister of Education has shown complete disregard for rural communities and their school bus routes in Question Time today. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/economists_sound_alarm_on_government_s_slash_and_burn_approach">Economists sound alarm on Government’s slash-and-burn approach</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/economists_sound_alarm_on_government_s_slash_and_burn_approach'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A group of prominent economists has released an open letter to the Government, raising grave concerns about the far-reaching consequences of its fiscal policy. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_smoking_numbers_up_under_costello_s_watch">Release: Smoking numbers up under Costello’s watch</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_smoking_numbers_up_under_costello_s_watch'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">National’s repeal of Labour’s smokefree legislation has taken New Zealand further away from achieving a Smokefree 2025 and a smokefree generation. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_call_for_palestine_recognition_by_nz_australian_and_canadian_mps">Release: Call for Palestine recognition by NZ, Australian and Canadian MPs</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_call_for_palestine_recognition_by_nz_australian_and_canadian_mps'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Parliamentarians from Australia, Canada and New Zealand have written an open letter to their respective Prime Ministers calling on them to recognise Palestine. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/justice_select_committee_opens_floor_for_treaty_principles_submissions">Justice Select Committee opens floor for Treaty Principles submissions</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/justice_select_committee_opens_floor_for_treaty_principles_submissions'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Today, the Justice Select Committee has decided to officially open submissions for the controversial Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/power_of_the_people_on_full_display_as_h_koi_approaches_parliament">Power of the people on full display as hīkoi approaches Parliament</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/power_of_the_people_on_full_display_as_h_koi_approaches_parliament'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Today, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti arrived in Wellington, with thousands gathering to march in unity against the divisive Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/hypocrisy_as_te_whatu_ora_contractor_bill_balloons">Hypocrisy as Te Whatu Ora contractor bill balloons</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/hypocrisy_as_te_whatu_ora_contractor_bill_balloons'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Te Whatu Ora’s bill for contracting and consulting staff has ballooned by nearly 20 percent under the National Government, breaking a promise they made during the election campaign to cut contractors. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/release_growing_pressure_to_scrap_section_7aa_repeal_bill">Release: Growing pressure to scrap Section 7AA Repeal Bill</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/release_growing_pressure_to_scrap_section_7aa_repeal_bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><span>The newly released Section 7AA Repeal Bill's select committee report is further evidence that the Government should scrap it.</span> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/government_s_move_to_monetise_access_to_nature_a_slippery_slope">Government’s move to monetise access to nature a slippery slope</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/government_s_move_to_monetise_access_to_nature_a_slippery_slope'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Green Party is voicing serious concerns over the Government’s proposal to charge for access to public conservation land, <a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/proposals-modernise-conservation-released">released today.</a> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/green_party_condemns_the_passage_of_treaty_principles_bill">Green Party condemns the passage of Treaty Principles Bill</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/green_party_condemns_the_passage_of_treaty_principles_bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Green Party condemns the passing of the Treaty Principles Bill at first reading, and is clear that the fight is not over. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/treaty_principles_bill">Stand Up for Te Tiriti</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/treaty_principles_bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Te Tiriti o Waitangi is our country’s founding document. It forms the basis of the relationship between Māori and the Crown – and the Aotearoa New Zealand we live in today. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_over_15_000_sign_labour_s_open_letter_to_luxon">Release: Over 15,000 sign Labour’s open letter to Luxon</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_over_15_000_sign_labour_s_open_letter_to_luxon'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">As the hīkoi to Parliament continues, Labour has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in a last-ditch attempt to get him to kill the Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/fast_track_bill_threatens_environment_climate_and_reputation">Fast Track Bill threatens environment, climate and reputation</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/fast_track_bill_threatens_environment_climate_and_reputation'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The fast-track legislation passing its second reading in Parliament is another step towards environmental ruin. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/greens_join_king_s_counsel_in_calling_for_treaty_principles_bill_to_be_abandoned">Greens join King’s Counsel in calling for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/greens_join_king_s_counsel_in_calling_for_treaty_principles_bill_to_be_abandoned'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Prime Minister must answer the call from a group of senior lawyers of the King’s Counsel to abandon the divisive Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-chris_hipkins_apology_statement_to_state_and_faith_based_care_survivors">Chris Hipkins’ apology statement to state and faith-based care survivors</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-chris_hipkins_apology_statement_to_state_and_faith_based_care_survivors'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_labour_formally_apologises_to_state_and_faith_based_care_survivors">Release: Labour formally apologises to state and faith-based care survivors</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_labour_formally_apologises_to_state_and_faith_based_care_survivors'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Labour joins with the Government in unreservedly apologising for the abuse, neglect and trauma including torture in state and faith-based care and for ignoring the voices of survivors for too long. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/green_party_stands_in_support_of_survivors_of_abuse_in_care">Green Party stands in support of survivors of abuse in care</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/green_party_stands_in_support_of_survivors_of_abuse_in_care'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Today, the Green Party stands alongside the survivors of abuse in state care and faith-based care as the Government issues an historic apology. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/green_party_calls_for_conscience_vote_on_treaty_principles_bill">Green Party calls for conscience vote on Treaty Principles Bill</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/green_party_calls_for_conscience_vote_on_treaty_principles_bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Green Party has written to the Speaker of the House requesting he enable a personal vote on the Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/govt_move_to_exclude_journalist_risks_chilling_effect">Govt move to exclude journalist risks chilling effect</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/govt_move_to_exclude_journalist_risks_chilling_effect'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Green Party is alarmed by the Government’s move to exclude a journalist from covering this week’s apology for the survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/without_action_an_apology_will_be_empty_air">Without action, an apology will be empty air</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/without_action_an_apology_will_be_empty_air'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">For tomorrow’s apology to survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care to hold any water, the Government must not pursue the same policies that drove the abuse in the first place. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_concerns_remain_over_tobacco_interference">Release: Concerns remain over tobacco interference</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_concerns_remain_over_tobacco_interference'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Concerns about the tobacco industry’s ability to interfere in government policy making remain, despite the inability of the Office of the Auditor-General to investigate the Government’s decision to halve the excise tax on heated tobacco products. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/urgent_wake_up_call_on_climate">Urgent wake-up call on climate</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/urgent_wake_up_call_on_climate'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The <a href="https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz/public/Advice-to-govt-docs/NDC2/Report-on-potential-domestic-contribution-to-NDC2.pdf">Climate Change Commission’s latest advice</a> indicates Aotearoa needs to be stepping up on climate action. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/green_mp_s_meme_ber_s_bill_set_to_save_the_world">Green MP’s Meme-ber’s Bill set to save the world</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/green_mp_s_meme_ber_s_bill_set_to_save_the_world'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Break out the punchlines and dust off your meme folder: Green Party MP Kahurangi Carter’s Copyright (Parody and Satire) Amendment Bill was pulled from the Ballot yesterday. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-poroporoaki_ta_robert_bom_gillies">Release: Poroporoaki: Ta Robert (Bom) Gillies</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-poroporoaki_ta_robert_bom_gillies'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Kua hinga te manawa kairākau o Te Rua Tekau Ma Waru Tiwhatiwha te po! Kakarauru i te po! Ka rapuhia kei hea koe kua riro! Haere e te Ika a Whiro ki o tini hoa kua ngaro atu ki te Pō ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/labour_greens_and_te_p_ti_m_ori_call_on_the_prime_minister_to_block_the_treaty_principles_bill">Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principles Bill</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/labour_greens_and_te_p_ti_m_ori_call_on_the_prime_minister_to_block_the_treaty_principles_bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The opposition parties stand united for an Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti, rather than seeking to rewrite it. Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori are working together against the Government’s divisive Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_labour_greens_and_te_p_ti_m_ori_call_on_the_prime_minister_to_block_the_treaty_principles_bill">Release: Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principle...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_labour_greens_and_te_p_ti_m_ori_call_on_the_prime_minister_to_block_the_treaty_principles_bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/logo-labour-square-a0b381f8cf14d5cce06a87e5c279878c52c46128/3552017074.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The opposition parties stand united for an Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti, rather than seeking to rewrite it. Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori are working together against the Government’s divisive Treaty Principles Bill. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.labour.org.nz/blog">Labour Blog</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 weeks ago</div> </li> <li><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/nz_must_pursue_independent_foreign_policy">NZ must pursue independent foreign policy</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='http://www.greens.org.nz/nz_must_pursue_independent_foreign_policy'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/greens-logo-e132241819698-069af27fc8a824e55a6cdc221c95e9a33f6b2379/2673363292.jpg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Green Party says the need is greater than ever for Aotearoa New Zealand to pursue an independent foreign policy. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.greens.org.nz/media">Greens</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 weeks ago</div> </li> </ul> <p>  </div> </div> <div class="su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim" data-title="Govt"> <div class="community-box" id="scoop_box"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=629802223740065"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk"));</script></p> <ul class="rss-aggregator"> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/raising-awareness-child-exploitation">Raising awareness of child exploitation</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/raising-awareness-child-exploitation'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Customs Minister Casey Costello has praised the work of Customs’ Child Exploitation Operations Team (CEOT) for their commitment to combat the sexual exploitation and abuse of children.  This specialist team in Customs features in an hour-long documentary, Unmasking the Monsters, which airs tonight on TVNZ 1. “It’s important that Customs has taken this ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">2 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/prime-minister%E2%80%99s-scholarships-awarded-0">Prime Minister’s scholarships awarded</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/prime-minister%E2%80%99s-scholarships-awarded-0'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">New Zealand is strengthening its global connections with Asia and Latin America, as 119 individual recipients have been awarded Prime Minister’s Scholarships for education experiences abroad, Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds says. “Expanding New Zealand’s global engagement through world-class international education is a key government priority,” Ms Simmonds ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/climate-minister-see-antarctica-research-first-hand">Climate Minister to see Antarctica research first-hand</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/climate-minister-see-antarctica-research-first-hand'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is travelling to Antarctica on Monday to see the impacts of climate change first-hand and see New Zealand’s scientific work on the ice. “Antarctica is under increasing pressure from climate change, with rapid changes to the Antarctic ice sheet, ice shelves, sea ice, and biodiversity now ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/joint-statement-singapore-new-zealand-article-6-negotiations-reach-consensus">Joint Statement: Singapore-New Zealand Article 6 Negotiations reach consensus</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/joint-statement-singapore-new-zealand-article-6-negotiations-reach-consensus'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Countries have reached a deal on carbon markets at the annual United Nations climate change meeting (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Co-chaired by Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu and New Zealand’s Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts, the negotiations on Article 6 (carbon markets) concluded successfully with ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/child-protection-investigation-unit-established">Child Protection Investigation Unit established</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/child-protection-investigation-unit-established'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A new Child Protection Investigation Unit is being established to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in care, Minister for Children Karen Chhour says.  “The report released by the Royal Commission into abuse in state care shows us all the risk of not acting immediately when there are serious ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-united-states-business-summit-2024">Speech at United States Business Summit 2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-united-states-business-summit-2024'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Ka nui te mihi kia koutou.  Ka mihi ki te mana whenua ko Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. Kia ora and good morning everyone. Thank you Fran and Simon for inviting me here today, and importantly your leadership of this forum over several years now. I want to acknowledge David Gehrenbeck, Deputy ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/record-number-submissions-received-granny-flat-proposal">Record number of submissions received on granny flat proposal</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/record-number-submissions-received-granny-flat-proposal'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Nearly 2,000 submissions have been received on the Government’s proposals aimed at making it easier to build a granny flat of up to 60 square metres without a resource or building consent, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk say. “This is the highest number ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/district-court-judge-appointed-25">District Court Judge appointed</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/district-court-judge-appointed-25'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Rebecca Guthrie as a District Court Judge. Judge Guthrie was admitted to the bar in 1997 following her graduation from the University of Canterbury in 1996 (LLB, BA). She commenced her legal career in Hastings in 1997 before moving to London in ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/appointments-strengthen-predator-free-2050">Appointments strengthen Predator Free 2050</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/appointments-strengthen-predator-free-2050'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The latest Predator Free 2050 Board appointments will help to strengthen biodiversity efforts across Aotearoa New Zealand, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says. Mr Potaka today announced two appointments to the Board of Directors of Predator Free 2050 Limited, a key player in the wider Predator Free 2050 Programme. “The Predator ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-facility-christchurch-will-improve-lives-young-new-zealanders">New facility in Christchurch will improve the lives of young New Zealanders</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-facility-christchurch-will-improve-lives-young-new-zealanders'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey today opened Kahurangi, an innovative and much-needed facility for Canterbury’s Child, Adolescent, and Family Mental Health Services. “The new state of the art outpatient facility opened today will be a gamechanger for the way mental health is delivered for young people in Canterbury,” says Mr ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/driver-safety-screens-be-installed-auckland-buses">Driver safety screens to be installed on Auckland buses</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/driver-safety-screens-be-installed-auckland-buses'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed news from the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) that bus driver protection screens will be installed across Auckland’s bus fleet by 2026.“The Government is committed to improving the safety of working environments for bus drivers, and Budget 2024 allocated $15 million of Crown funding over ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-action-provides-southland-farmers-more-time-meet-plan-requirements">Government action provides Southland farmers more time to meet plan requirements</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-action-provides-southland-farmers-more-time-meet-plan-requirements'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government is taking action to ensure Southland farmers and growers are not affected by unreasonable regional farm plan deadlines, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds and Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard say.“Cabinet has agreed to provide more time for farmers and growers to comply with regional rules ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/bill-reaffirms-government%E2%80%99s-commitment-crack-down-serious-youth-offending">Bill reaffirms Government’s commitment to crack down on serious youth offending</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/bill-reaffirms-government%E2%80%99s-commitment-crack-down-serious-youth-offending'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Bill had its first reading at Parliament today. The Bill reaffirms the Government’s commitment to crack down on serious youth offending, Minister for Children Karen Chhour says.  “In recent years we have seen an unacceptable spike in youth offending. “This Bill makes ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/critical-milestones-earthquake-buildings-review">Critical milestones for earthquake buildings review</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/critical-milestones-earthquake-buildings-review'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Fairer, more sensible rules about managing earthquake risks are a step closer with the passing of legislation and the appointment of an independent chair to provide expert advice, Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk says.   “The Government is committed to reinvigorating our cities and regions to support economic growth, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/state-art-radiology-machine-auckland">State of the art radiology machine for Auckland</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/state-art-radiology-machine-auckland'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">People in Northland and Auckland will benefit from a new machine for cancer treatment installed at the Regional Cancer and Blood Service at Auckland City Hospital. The MV5 linear accelerator, or LINAC machine, officially opened today targets cancer tumours with pinpoint accuracy.  Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says this new, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/foreign-minister-visit-europe">Foreign Minister to visit Europe</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/foreign-minister-visit-europe'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Europe for high-level talks with France, Germany and the United Kingdom next week.     "Since taking office almost a year ago, the Coalition Government has emphasised the importance we place on New Zealand's traditional and likeminded diplomatic and ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/first-arrests-made-under-gang-patch-ban">First arrests made under gang patch ban</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/first-arrests-made-under-gang-patch-ban'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Police have made their first arrests under the new gang patch legislation, with two gang members arrested, says Police Minister Mark Mitchell. “Just before 11 this morning, Police in Wairoa apprehended a gang member for wearing a patch to the supermarket. He has been arrested and will now face enforcement ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/better-support-victims-sexual-violence">Better support for victims of sexual violence</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/better-support-victims-sexual-violence'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government is proposing two major changes to name suppression laws that will put the views of victims of sexual violence first, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “We are committed to restoring law and order and these two proposed changes will help ensure the victims of crime are put at ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-moving-forward-regional-deals">Government moving forward with Regional Deals</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-moving-forward-regional-deals'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Cabinet has agreed to invite all regions to submit proposals for Regional Deals between central and local government that drive economic growth and deliver the infrastructure our country needs, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop say.   Inviting all regions to propose a Regional Deal that boosts ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/msa-pilot-participant-update">MSA pilot participant update</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/msa-pilot-participant-update'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">One of the ten young men selected to participate in the Military-Style Academy Pilot has allegedly reoffended. Children’s Minister Karen Chhour is disappointed but says it would be naïve to think that none of these young men would reoffend. “I’m saddened that this young person has not taken this opportunity ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/fighting-kiwis-trade">Fighting for Kiwis in Trade</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/fighting-kiwis-trade'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Delivered at Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School Good morning and thank you Deputy Vice Chancellor Lithander for your warm welcome and for inviting me to open Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School today.  A Special thanks to the University of Auckland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/attendance-rates-increase-again">Attendance rates increase, again</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/attendance-rates-increase-again'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Associate Education Minister David Seymour says that school attendance is continuing to rise. In Term 3 of 2024 51.3 per cent of students attended school regularly, an increase of 5.3 percentage points from 46 per cent in Term 3 of 2023. “This Government has prioritised student attendance and it is ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/improving-lives-young-new-zealanders">Improving the lives of young New Zealanders</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/improving-lives-young-new-zealanders'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Ensuring New Zealand is the best place in the world for children and young people is the vision at the heart of the Government’s new Child and Youth Strategy, Child Poverty Reduction Minister Louise Upston says. “Childhood represents a huge opportunity to set people on a positive path towards living ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-continues-work-reinstate-livestock-exports-sea">Government continues work to reinstate livestock exports by sea</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-continues-work-reinstate-livestock-exports-sea'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government is reinstating the trade of livestock exports by sea while ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare, says Associate Minister of Agriculture Andrew Hoggard.“The Government will introduce legislation changes to reinstate the trade, enhance oversight, and strengthen requirements for exporters to identify risks and manage the welfare of ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-national-quality-forum-2024">Speech to the National Quality Forum 2024</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-national-quality-forum-2024'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Tēnā koutou katoa – it is a pleasure to be here today.  I would like to begin by acknowledging the important leadership role you all play in ensuring a quality health system New Zealanders can trust.  There is enormous clinical expertise in this room covering a wide range of disciplines. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-cop29-national-statement">New Zealand’s COP29 National Statement</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-cop29-national-statement'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Tēnā koutou katoa. Mr President, Excellencies, Delegates. New Zealand, and all nations represented here today, are already dealing with the impacts of climate change. Our households, businesses, and economies are bearing the costs of its effects. The choices we make now will shape the severity of these impacts for generations ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/latest-quarterly-investment-report-released">Latest Quarterly Investment Report released</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/latest-quarterly-investment-report-released'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government has released its second Quarterly Investment Report (QIR) which shows substantial work still to be done by agencies to improve investment reporting and meet the Government’s expectations, Infrastructure and Acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “New Zealand has significant infrastructure and investment needs. The Government is determined to get ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-supporting-loss-and-damage-fund">New Zealand supporting loss and damage fund</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-supporting-loss-and-damage-fund'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced New Zealand will contribute NZ$10 million to the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage while at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. “New Zealand is joining the global effort to address the significant challenge of responding to ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gang-crackdown-begins-stroke-midnight">Gang crackdown begins at stroke of midnight</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gang-crackdown-begins-stroke-midnight'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The free ride for gangs is over when the clock strikes midnight tonight, with tough new laws officially coming into effect, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith and Police Minister Mark Mitchell say.  “Gang patches will no longer be able to be worn in public.  To earn the right to wear a ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/lgfa-increases-borrowing-capacity-support-high-growth-councils">LGFA increases borrowing capacity to support high growth councils</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/lgfa-increases-borrowing-capacity-support-high-growth-councils'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government is welcoming the decision by the Local Government Funding Agency to increase access to financing tools for fast growing councils to support greater investment in critical infrastructure, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says.“Communities across the country are facing an infrastructure deficit and significant population growth is projected in ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/temporary-traffic-management-costs-revealed">Temporary Traffic Management costs revealed</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/temporary-traffic-management-costs-revealed'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Government has revealed that over the past three years, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has spent an eyewatering $786 million of taxpayers’ money on road cones and temporary traffic management (TTM), Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.“When I became Minister, I was surprised to learn that that NZTA did ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/jurisdiction-disputes-tribunal-double">Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunal to double</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/jurisdiction-disputes-tribunal-double'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Legislation that will double the financial jurisdiction of the Disputes Tribunal from $30,000 to $60,000 has passed first reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith.  “We need to improve court timeliness and access to justice so that Kiwis and get on with their lives. Court delays affect everyone, the ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/protecting-new-zealand-foreign-interference">Protecting New Zealand from foreign interference</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/protecting-new-zealand-foreign-interference'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Legislation that will specifically criminalise foreign interference and strengthen espionage offences has passed first reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “It is normal and appropriate for states to interact and work to influence one another. This encourages cooperation and can have mutually beneficial outcomes. “However, the reality ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/significant-milestone-canterbury-road-national-significance">Significant milestone for Canterbury Road of National Significance</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/significant-milestone-canterbury-road-national-significance'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed news that the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Board has approved funding towards pre-implementation and early works on the State Highway 1 (SH1) Belfast to Pegasus Motorway and Woodend Bypass Road of National Significance (RoNS). “Reaching this significant milestone is a reflection of our Government’s ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/health-survey-results-help-drive-change">Health survey results to help drive change</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/health-survey-results-help-drive-change'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says findings from the annual Health Survey highlight the need to continue driving better health outcomes for New Zealanders. The New Zealand Health Survey is an annual snapshot of key metrics measured from July 2023 – July 2024. Findings released this morning include: In 2023/24, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/final-push-needed-get-smokefree-2025">Final push needed to get to Smokefree 2025</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/final-push-needed-get-smokefree-2025'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A renewed effort to get people to quit smoking will build on what has worked to date and target the groups who most need support, Associate Health Minister Casey Costello said today. “The latest New Zealand Health Survey results show the daily smoking rate at 6.9 per cent and we ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-diplomatic-appointments-4">New diplomatic appointments</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-diplomatic-appointments-4'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced four new diplomatic appointments.   “Our diplomats play an important role in ensuring New Zealand’s interests are maintained and enhanced across the world,” Mr Peters says.   “It is a pleasure to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/next-steps-regulatory-standards-bill">Next steps for Regulatory Standards Bill</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/next-steps-regulatory-standards-bill'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Regulation Minister David Seymour has today announced the next steps in the Government’s plan improve the quality of regulation by opening consultation on a proposed Regulatory Standards Bill. “New Zealand's low wages can be blamed on low productivity, and low productivity can be blamed on poor regulation,” says Mr Seymour.  ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/red-tape-tipline-goes-live">Red Tape Tipline goes live</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/red-tape-tipline-goes-live'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Minister for Regulation David Seymour has today announced that the Ministry for Regulation’s Red Tape Tipline is now live. “We want to hear about your red tape horror stories. From today, New Zealanders will have a say on how they are regulated through an online portal,” says Mr Seymour. The ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 days ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/youth-parliament-2025-announced">Youth Parliament 2025 announced</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/youth-parliament-2025-announced'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/Beehive-1ccd070aa53ac5ef819da31a98293b50cfa4d459/2361818948.jpeg' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Minister for Youth Matt Doocey has today announced the eleventh Youth Parliament will be taking place in 2025. “Youth Parliament offers a unique youth development opportunity to young people from across New Zealand to experience the political process and learn about how government works,” says Mr Doocey. “The two-day ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.beehive.govt.nz/">Beehive</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By beehive.govt.nz</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 week ago</div> </li> </ul> <p>  </div> </div> <div class="su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim" data-title="Media"> <div class="community-box" id="media_box"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=629802223740065"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk"));</script></p> <ul class="rss-aggregator"> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534776/cristopher-luxon-and-police-commissioner-announce-new-auckland-police-station">Cristopher Luxon and Police Commissioner announce new Auckland police station</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534776/cristopher-luxon-and-police-commissioner-announce-new-auckland-police-station'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Commissioner Richard Chambers says it will make responding to crime in the CBD faster and more effective. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">49 minutes ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/a-milestone-legal-case-from-35-years-ago-holds-important-lessons-for-how-courts-deal-with-scientific-evidence-today-244033/">A milestone legal case from 35 years ago holds important lessons for how courts deal with scientific...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/a-milestone-legal-case-from-35-years-ago-holds-important-lessons-for-how-courts-deal-with-scientific-evidence-today-244033/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Laura Dawes, Research Fellow in Medico-Legal History, Australian National University <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/statue-lady-justice-dublin-castle-irelandstature-1515001547" rel="nofollow">Peter Krocka/Shutterstock</a></span> This month marks 35 years of DNA evidence being used in Australian legal cases. But unlike DNA firsts in other countries, Autralia’s is perhaps the most significant legal milestone ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">1 hour ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/character-references-tell-a-court-youre-a-good-person-why-are-convicted-rapists-allowed-to-use-them-240324/">Character references tell a court you’re a good person. Why are convicted rapists allowed to use t...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/character-references-tell-a-court-youre-a-good-person-why-are-convicted-rapists-allowed-to-use-them-240324/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Vicki Lowik, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity Australia <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><span class="source">The Conversation,Elīna Arāja/Pexels</span></span> In a <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-15/nsw-newcastle-bucks-party-gang-rape-court-guilty-verdict/104098140" rel="nofollow">recent Newcastle trial</a>, a jury found three men guilty on multiple charges of sexually assaulting three teenage girls over two nights. The ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/human-exclamations-of-pain-are-similar-across-the-world-new-study-reveals-244053/">Human exclamations of pain are similar across the world, new study reveals</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/human-exclamations-of-pain-are-similar-across-the-world-new-study-reveals-244053/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Maïa Ponsonnet, Researcher, Linguistics, The University of Western Australia <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/speech-bubble-creative-art-collage-surreal-2436734303" rel="nofollow">KitohodkA/Shutterstock</a></span> We all know what words we might shout out when we stub a toe or touch something hot. For those of us who speak English, it’s probably “ouch”. But what kinds ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/nzs-new-cultural-policy-will-be-called-amplify-it-is-timely-and-needed-but-not-ambitious-enough-244276/">NZ’s new cultural policy will be called Amplify. It is timely and needed, but not ambitious enough</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/nzs-new-cultural-policy-will-be-called-amplify-it-is-timely-and-needed-but-not-ambitious-enough-244276/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By James Wenley, Senior Lecturer, Te Whare Ngangahau–Theatre and Performance Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://unsplash.com/photos/person-performing-heart-hand-gesture-hzgs56Ze49s?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" rel="nofollow">Anthony DELANOIX/Unsplash</a></span> The arts and cultural activity of Aotearoa New Zealand enhances our global reputation, grows our economy and brings us fulfilment as ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">3 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534767/surgeries-being-rejected-to-game-waitlist-targets-labour-says">Surgeries being rejected to game waitlist targets, Labour says</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534767/surgeries-being-rejected-to-game-waitlist-targets-labour-says'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Opposition alleges the number of people going onto waitlists is being limited, as GPs complain of referrals being rejected. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534767/surgeries-being-rejected-to-game-waitlist-targets-labour-alleges">Surgeries being rejected to game waitlist targets, Labour alleges</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534767/surgeries-being-rejected-to-game-waitlist-targets-labour-alleges'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Opposition says the number of people going onto waitlists is being limited, as GPs complain of referrals being rejected. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/534724/louisa-wall-says-tj-perenara-s-treaty-statement-during-haka-was-censored">Louisa Wall says TJ Perenara’s Treaty statement during haka was censored</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/534724/louisa-wall-says-tj-perenara-s-treaty-statement-during-haka-was-censored'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The former Black Fern, Silver Fern and Labour MP she "watched with pride" at how departing All Black TJ Perena used the side's haka. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">4 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/warm-and-friendly-or-competent-and-straightforward-what-students-want-from-ai-chatbots-in-the-classroom-244261/">Warm and friendly or competent and straightforward? What students want from AI chatbots in the class...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/warm-and-friendly-or-competent-and-straightforward-what-students-want-from-ai-chatbots-in-the-classroom-244261/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Shahper Richter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming education, with schools and universities increasingly experimenting with <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534165/ai-tutors-show-promise-but-should-not-replace-teachers-developers-say" rel="nofollow">AI chatbots to assist students</a> in self-directed learning. These digital assistants offer immediate feedback, ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/25-11-2024/review-thomasin-mckenzie-out-sasses-bill-nighy-in-netflixs-joy">Review: Thomasin McKenzie out-sasses Bill Nighy in Netflix’s Joy</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/25-11-2024/review-thomasin-mckenzie-out-sasses-bill-nighy-in-netflixs-joy'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/TheSpinoff_square-78f56de01c72f8cbe5f83ce00ccad61dd0afc1df/134505489.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><span>Alex Casey reviews a cosy British biopic celebrating a groundbreaking moment in scientific history that many tried to erase.</span> <b>What’s all this then? </b> <span>A classic British underdog story that would sit nicely alongside Brassed Off, Made in Dagenham, and Kinky Boots, Joy charts the true story of the renegade research</span> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/">The Spinoff</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Alex Casey</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">5 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00115/govt-needs-to-put-taxpayers-first-after-500-billion-cop-deal.htm">Gov’t Needs To Put Taxpayers First After $500 Billion COP Deal</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00115/govt-needs-to-put-taxpayers-first-after-500-billion-cop-deal.htm'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/scoop-logo2-59309356dd43a6e89dff0fa88871499d621d8d4c/2464794345.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer Alex Emes called the deal “a move towards global socialism” due to the agreed upon large transfer of wealth from countries like New Zealand to the third world. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/">Scoop politics</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00114/new-zealand-ports-urged-to-end-live-animal-exports-as-maritime-union-takes-stand.htm">New Zealand Ports Urged To End Live Animal Exports As Maritime Union Takes Stand</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00114/new-zealand-ports-urged-to-end-live-animal-exports-as-maritime-union-takes-stand.htm'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/scoop-logo2-59309356dd43a6e89dff0fa88871499d621d8d4c/2464794345.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">AJP Welcomes Maritime Union's Historic Stand Against Live Exports. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/">Scoop politics</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00113/oxfam-says-cop29-deal-is-a-global-ponzi-scheme.htm">Oxfam Says COP29 Deal Is A “Global Ponzi Scheme”</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00113/oxfam-says-cop29-deal-is-a-global-ponzi-scheme.htm'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/scoop-logo2-59309356dd43a6e89dff0fa88871499d621d8d4c/2464794345.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Oxfam Aotearoa’s Climate Justice Lead Nick Henry said: "The failure to meet the global need for climate finance is a failure of empathy from the leaders of rich countries." ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/">Scoop politics</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00112/cop29-bandaid-over-a-bullet-wound-polluters-should-expect-resistance-greenpeace.htm">COP29 ‘Bandaid Over A Bullet Wound’, Polluters Should Expect Resistance – Greenpeace</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00112/cop29-bandaid-over-a-bullet-wound-polluters-should-expect-resistance-greenpeace.htm'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/scoop-logo2-59309356dd43a6e89dff0fa88871499d621d8d4c/2464794345.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">We know how to cut emissions - we have all the technology and tools to do so. What’s needed is political will to put these tools into action. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/">Scoop politics</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">6 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/heres-what-was-and-wasnt-achieved-at-the-cop29-climate-talks">Here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the Cop29 climate talks</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/heres-what-was-and-wasnt-achieved-at-the-cop29-climate-talks'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/TheSpinoff_square-78f56de01c72f8cbe5f83ce00ccad61dd0afc1df/134505489.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">At the outset, expectations were low – but even with considerable headwinds, progress was made. The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year’s United Nations climate summit, Cop29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists and delegates are heading for home. The meeting achieved ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/">The Spinoff</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Jacqueline Peel</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534737/principals-anger-over-cutbacks-to-jolly-good-school-lunch-scheme">Principals’ anger over cutbacks to ‘jolly good’ school lunch scheme</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534737/principals-anger-over-cutbacks-to-jolly-good-school-lunch-scheme'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">At least two schools have opted out of the revised free lunch scheme for next year. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534734/patients-referred-for-orthopaedic-surgery-not-even-making-waiting-lists">Patients referred for orthopaedic surgery not even making waiting lists</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534734/patients-referred-for-orthopaedic-surgery-not-even-making-waiting-lists'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">"It felt as though my hip was going to collapse," says Heather Tanguay, 80, while doctors say their referrals are now being rejected over a "lack of resources". ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/24-11-2024/the-great-spinoff-summer-2024-tech-gift-guide">The great Spinoff summer 2024 tech gift guide</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/24-11-2024/the-great-spinoff-summer-2024-tech-gift-guide'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/TheSpinoff_square-78f56de01c72f8cbe5f83ce00ccad61dd0afc1df/134505489.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">From hard-working headphones to top-of-the-line tablets, these are a few of our favourite gadgets. For some, the summer months are a time to switch off their devices, to venture out into the sunshine armed with nothing more than a paperback novel and a large floppy hat. Not us! This is ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/">The Spinoff</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Spinoff</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">7 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534730/police-minister-mark-mitchell-criticises-cop-posing-with-gang-patch">Police Minister Mark Mitchell criticises cop posing with gang patch</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534730/police-minister-mark-mitchell-criticises-cop-posing-with-gang-patch'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Mark Mitchell say the behaviour of a police officer posing for cameras while wearing a gang patch in the office fell short . ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">8 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534726/security-breach-as-christopher-luxon-s-itinerary-left-on-police-car-dashboard">Security breach as Christopher Luxon’s itinerary left on police car dashboard</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534726/security-breach-as-christopher-luxon-s-itinerary-left-on-police-car-dashboard'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The itinerary was visible in the police car in Queenstown on Sunday. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/why-parents-need-to-be-like-big-ted-and-talk-aloud-while-they-use-screens-with-their-kids-243357/">Why parents need to be like Big Ted and ‘talk aloud’ while they use screens with their kids</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/why-parents-need-to-be-like-big-ted-and-talk-aloud-while-they-use-screens-with-their-kids-243357/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Kate Highfield, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education Academic Lead, University of Canberra Screen use and internet safety are two of the <a href="https://rchpoll.org.au/polls/top-10-child-health-problems-what-australian-parents-think/" rel="nofollow">top concerns</a> Australian parents have about their kids’ health and wellbeing – even ranking ahead of diet, exercise and depression. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/534724/tj-perenara-s-tiriti-haka-addition-welcomed-by-both-te-pati-maori-and-david-seymour">TJ Perenara’s Tiriti haka addition welcomed by both Te Pāti Māori and David Seymour</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/534724/tj-perenara-s-tiriti-haka-addition-welcomed-by-both-te-pati-maori-and-david-seymour'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The All Black used the side's haka ahead of their match against Italy to show support for the recent hikoi. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00111/helen-clark-foundation-calls-for-political-action-to-reduce-the-prevalence-of-junk-food-and-improve-health-outcomes.htm">Helen Clark Foundation Calls For Political Action To Reduce The Prevalence Of Junk Food And Improve ...</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2411/S00111/helen-clark-foundation-calls-for-political-action-to-reduce-the-prevalence-of-junk-food-and-improve-health-outcomes.htm'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/scoop-logo2-59309356dd43a6e89dff0fa88871499d621d8d4c/2464794345.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The report argues the long-standing government approach that relies on people taking sole responsibility for their health and the choices they make, will continue to fail unless the obesity conversation shifts from the individual to the wider food ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/">Scoop politics</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/australia-in-a-baby-bust-its-not-that-simple-and-a-panic-wont-help-243590/">Australia in a baby bust? It’s not that simple – and a panic won’t help</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/australia-in-a-baby-bust-its-not-that-simple-and-a-panic-wont-help-243590/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Edith Gray, Professor, School of Demography, Australian National University <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/mother-holding-sleeping-baby-in-busy-street-setting-29423160/" rel="nofollow">Photo by ADIEL MALKA/Pexels</a></span> There is a seemingly endless stream of news headlines about plummeting birth rates. Many have alarmist narratives about the perils of “baby busts” and “population decline”. This reflects ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/why-monday-is-the-most-dangerous-day-on-a-building-site-243787/">Why Monday is the most dangerous day on a building site</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/why-monday-is-the-most-dangerous-day-on-a-building-site-243787/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/roofer-working-on-roof-structure-building-1538826422" rel="nofollow">M2020/Shutterstock</a></span> Australia’s construction industry employs more than <a href="https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/data/occupation-and-industry-profiles/industries" rel="nofollow">1.3 million workers</a>. That’s about 9% of the workforce. But construction sites can be <a href="https://data.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/interactive-data/industry/construction" rel="nofollow">dangerous workplaces</a>. There are also more accidents on a ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/divorce-in-songbirds-extreme-weather-pushes-couples-past-breaking-point-243274/">‘Divorce’ in songbirds: extreme weather pushes couples past breaking point</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/divorce-in-songbirds-extreme-weather-pushes-couples-past-breaking-point-243274/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Frigg Janne Daan Speelman, PhD Candidate in behavioural ecology, Macquarie University <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/nl/image-photo/seychelles-brush-warbler-1346018990" rel="nofollow">Coulanges/Shutterstock</a></span> Like humans, many <a href="https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animals-that-mate-for-life" rel="nofollow">animals form lasting monogamous relationships</a>. <a href="https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Ecological_Adaptations_for_Breeding_in_B/AYIMAQAAIAAJ" rel="nofollow">Most birds</a> pair up to produce and raise offspring together over many years. However, as with humans, they also commonly “divorce” ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/green-hydrogen-could-decarbonise-entire-industries-in-nz-but-theres-a-long-way-to-go-240668/">Green hydrogen could decarbonise entire industries in NZ – but there’s a long way to go</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/green-hydrogen-could-decarbonise-entire-industries-in-nz-but-theres-a-long-way-to-go-240668/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/evening-report-icon-df35fd96e0c760f5b8cb588aca7976af01af3985/318595118.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/" rel="nofollow">Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ)</a> – By Jannik Haas, Senior Lecturer of Sustainable Systems, University of Canterbury <span class="caption"></span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/green-hydrogen-factory-concept-royalty-free-image/1476692140" rel="nofollow">Getty Images</a></span> Hydrogen has been called the “<a href="https://grist.org/energy/why-the-swiss-army-knife-of-climate-solutions-is-so-controversial/" rel="nofollow">Swiss army knife</a>” of decarbonisation because it can do many things. But not all of them make sense. Today, the world uses about ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://eveningreport.nz/">Evening Report</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By The Conversation</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">9 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534715/creative-sector-welcomes-draft-government-strategy-but-calls-for-more-funds">Creative sector welcomes draft government strategy, but calls for more funds</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534715/creative-sector-welcomes-draft-government-strategy-but-calls-for-more-funds'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Many say NZ is well behind the rest of the world in developing and supporting its creative professionals. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">11 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/peters-push-to-turn-europes-eyes-south/">Peters’ push to turn Europe’s eyes south</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/peters-push-to-turn-europes-eyes-south/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/nr-logo-e6458ca1c4316d5ae156fee79c162b08021e17ce/455577659.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The Foreign Minister is headed to Europe, where he will deliver the last of seven major speeches of the past year The post <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/peters-push-to-turn-europes-eyes-south/">Peters’ push to turn Europe’s eyes south</a> appeared first on <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz">Newsroom</a>. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/">Newsroom</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Laura Walters</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">11 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/death-of-a-feminist-legend/">Death of a feminist legend</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/death-of-a-feminist-legend/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/nr-logo-e6458ca1c4316d5ae156fee79c162b08021e17ce/455577659.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">In March, on the twentieth anniversary of the death of a brilliant feminist thinker from Auckland who became a superstar in US academia, Justin Okin wrote a moving tribute to his mother, Susan Moller Okin, on International Women’s Day. “She was arguably the most influential feminist political philosopher of her ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/">Newsroom</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Judith Galtry</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">11 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-a-bad-deal-was-better-than-no-deal/">COP29: A bad deal was better than no deal</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-a-bad-deal-was-better-than-no-deal/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/nr-logo-e6458ca1c4316d5ae156fee79c162b08021e17ce/455577659.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><strong>Analysis: </strong>After contentious diplomatic talks like COP29, people like to point to the platitude: A good compromise is one where no one’s happy.When we’re discussing the climate crisis and all of the human suffering that entails, however, shouldn’t we be striving for a deal that works, not just one that ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/">Newsroom</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Marc Daalder</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">11 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534707/defence-force-holds-flurry-of-high-tech-meetings-with-western-power-trio">Defence Force holds flurry of high-tech meetings with Western power trio</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534707/defence-force-holds-flurry-of-high-tech-meetings-with-western-power-trio'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The NZDF has been meeting with the US, UK and Australia to discuss advanced technology and spy tech. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">12 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534706/call-for-urgent-government-intervention-as-obesity-rates-soar">Call for urgent government intervention as obesity rates soar</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534706/call-for-urgent-government-intervention-as-obesity-rates-soar'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">A sugar levy and removing sugary drinks from schools are among the obesity-fighting recommendations from a new report. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">12 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534703/the-government-turns-one-pm-christopher-luxon-talks-coalition-dynamics-differences-and-deals">The government turns one: PM Christopher Luxon talks coalition dynamics, differences and deals</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534703/the-government-turns-one-pm-christopher-luxon-talks-coalition-dynamics-differences-and-deals'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><i>Analysis - </i>Luxon is loath to spend too much time looking backwards, and invited to share any lessons from his first year as PM, he draws something of a blank. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">12 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534700/climate-finance-nz-could-face-hefty-bill-as-new-funding-target-agreed-at-cop29">Climate finance: NZ could face hefty bill as new funding target agreed at COP29</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/534700/climate-finance-nz-could-face-hefty-bill-as-new-funding-target-agreed-at-cop29'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/rnz-logo-e11df8cf37f41cfab44c951ecc66b33e3b879c79/3688889539.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">The new target will "set the expectation" that NZ contributes more to help developing nations move away from using fossil fuels. ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political">Radio NZ – political</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">12 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/i-need-to-make-you-suffer-my-near-decade-of-violent-harassment-by-a-man-i-barely-know">‘I need to make you suffer’: My near decade of violent harassment by a man I barely know </a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/i-need-to-make-you-suffer-my-near-decade-of-violent-harassment-by-a-man-i-barely-know'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/TheSpinoff_square-78f56de01c72f8cbe5f83ce00ccad61dd0afc1df/134505489.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><span>Zeni Gibson has been stalked and harassed for nearly nine years by a man she rejected when she was 17. This is her story.</span> <span>As told to Madeleine Holden.</span> <strong>Cover Stories are longform journalism supported by Spinoff Members. <a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/members" target="_blank">Support this work here.</a></strong> <em><strong>Spinoff Cover Stories are now available in audio</em></strong> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/">The Spinoff</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Zeni Gibson</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">13 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/windbag-if-i-were-mayor-for-a-day">Windbag: If I were mayor for a day…</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/windbag-if-i-were-mayor-for-a-day'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/TheSpinoff_square-78f56de01c72f8cbe5f83ce00ccad61dd0afc1df/134505489.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Wellington editor Joel MacManus pitches his big idea to save the capital: more statues on the waterfront. After The Spinoff’s recent Year in Review live show at the Hannah Playhouse, an audience member asked me an intriguing question: What would you do if you were mayor for a day? I ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/">The Spinoff</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Joel MacManus</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">13 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/zenis-experience-is-extreme-but-it-isnt-rare">Zeni’s experience is extreme, but it isn’t rare</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-11-2024/zenis-experience-is-extreme-but-it-isnt-rare'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/TheSpinoff_square-78f56de01c72f8cbe5f83ce00ccad61dd0afc1df/134505489.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt"><span>Hundreds of thousands of New Zealand women are impacted by stalking and harassment, and collectively they’re being failed by the official response. </span> <span>In August last year, The Spinoff received a polite yet tentative email from a 24-year-old woman named Zeni Gibson. “I am hoping to speak to someone about the</span> ... </div> </div> <div class="wprss-feed-meta"><span class="feed-source"><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/">The Spinoff</a></span><span class="feed-date"></span><span class="feed-author">By Madeleine Holden</span></div> <div class="wprss-time-ago">13 hours ago</div> </li> <li><a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/the-uk-will-slash-climate-pollution-by-81-can-nz-do-the-same/">UK to slash climate pollution by 81%. Could NZ do the same?</a> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-thumbnail"><a href='https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/the-uk-will-slash-climate-pollution-by-81-can-nz-do-the-same/'><img src='https://bunny-wp-pullzone-vkc2vjtkjj.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/cache/temp/remote-image-cache/thestandard.org.nz/nr-logo-e6458ca1c4316d5ae156fee79c162b08021e17ce/455577659.png' width='48' height='48' /></a></p> <div class="thumbnail-excerpt wprss-feed-excerpt">Analysis: The Government’s decision to slam the brakes on climate policy sets NZ up for an expensive or embarrassing new Paris target The post <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/the-uk-will-slash-climate-pollution-by-81-can-nz-do-the-same/">UK to slash climate pollution by 81%. 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