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TICS Bill Passage Delayed A Week

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 9:58 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Slow progress on the committee stage of the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill means the Government will not be able to pass the bill into law until next week. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Ko to maatau moni tenei

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 5:52 pm | Martin Doyle

Education Minister Hekia Parata is strong to probe into the finances of the Kohanga Reo. More >>

Abbott walking tricky tightrope on diplomacy

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 4:33 pm | Hugh White

Travelling abroad, Tony Abbott has been saying things very different from what we have heard from him in Australia. There are two ways to interpret this. One is to praise him for suddenly becoming a statesman, putting the national interest over ... More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Shagpile in the Mayor's Limo

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 3:26 pm | Martin Doyle

Attention all Prudes! A right royal bit of rumpy-pumpy in the Queen City. More >>

Gen-i offers secure BYOD, but only on Samsung mobiles

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:27 pm | Digitl

Gen-i says it will be the first service provider in the world to distribute Samsung's Knox mobile security. More >>

Author, Author

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:19 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Prime Minister John Key said the success should be celebrated by New Zealanders as much as they did sporting victories. Catton’s feat in becoming the youngest winner of the prize at 28, came as 16 year old Lorde topped the US charts with her music ... More >>

Singapore's Haj Pilgrims to Mecca Are Younger, Spending More

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:31 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich

Muslims in prosperous Singapore are spending more money when they travel on a religious haj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, compared with previous years when they scrimped and saved, and they are also now going when they are younger. More >>

Slavery Was Believed Permanent Longer Than War Has Been

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:19 pm | David Swanson

In the late eighteenth century the majority of people alive on earth were held in slavery or serfdom (three-quarters of the earth's population, in fact, according to the Encyclopedia of Human Rights from Oxford University Press). More >>

Gordon Campbell on Len Brown, trust, and Simon Bridges

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 11:25 am | Gordon Campbell

Leaving aside the tawdry details of Auckland mayor Len Brown’s extramarital affair, the oddest feature is the timing of the revelations. By Brown’s own account to John Campbell last night, the affair ended mid year, just before the election campaign ... More >>

TICS Bill Up Again

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 10:44 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Government is intending to grind through the committee stage of the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill when Parliament sits today. More >>

Briefly:Telecom & Huawei; ANZ cloud politics

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 10:44 am | Digitl

A joint innovation programme between Telecom NZ and Huawei will see the telecommunications equipment giant tailor technologies for New Zealand conditions. Huawei Wireless president David Wang says it could mean developing products for sale elsewhere. He ... More >>

Adrian Maidment Cartoon: Len Brown's Accommodation Problem

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 9:24 am | Adrian Maidment

Len Brown's Accommodation Problem By Adrian Maidment 16 October 2013 Click for big version. ENDS More >>

HP goes ultra as business class laptops, workstations debut

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 7:49 am | Digitl

Hewlett-Packard's spring 2013 mobile business computing refresh brings slimmer, lighter laptops along with the world's first workstation dressed in Ultrabook clothing. More >>

House Powers Through Third Readings

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 10:05 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Bills covering marine regulations, parallel importing of films and local government organisation rules were passed into law this evening. More >>

ICE "Incompetence" In Iranian Griffin Debacle

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 6:18 pm | Suzan Mazur

As the Iranian silver griffin debacle continues to be dissected, I have heard more from Peter Northover, head of the materials-based science/archaeology group at Oxford University, one of three authenticators on the griffin for New York art dealer Hicham ... More >>

Telco Interception Bill Completes Second Reading

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 4:52 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The second reading of Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill was completed by 61 to 58 with National, ACT and United Future supporting. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Kenya's killer bee

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 4:41 pm | Martin Doyle

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is being shielded from international justice by the African Union. It's a sick position to assume when so many Africans are fleeing Africa to seek survival in Europe. More >>

Open letter to all Members of Parliament on TICS Bill

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 2:58 pm | NZRise

NZRise is the industry group for the New Zealand owned digital technology sector. I am writing to you on behalf of NZRise to urge you to vote against the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill . More >>

A Flood Of Reports

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 2:39 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

Amongst them were the annual reports of the Crown Law Office , Ministry of Transport , Parliamentary Counsel Office , Accident Compensation Corporation , Callaghan Innovation , Internal Affairs , Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority , Government Superannuation ... More >>

David Cunliffe: Kohanga Reo Trust | Euthanasia | LVRs

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:48 am | Hamish Cardwell

At his weekly pre-caucus press conference in Wellington Labour leader David Cunliffe answered questions about allegations of the misuse of credit cards by a subsidiary of the Kohanga Reo Trust, the Reserve Bank's LVRs coming into effect, and a call ... More >>

Telco Interception Bill To Be Debated

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 10:35 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Government is planning to make progress on more controversial spying legislation when Parliament resumes this afternoon More >>

How Xero’s capital raising was reported

Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 8:31 am | Digitl

Yesterday's biggest New Zealand technology news story was Xero's NZ$180 million capital raising. More >>

The Malala Dilemma: Nobel Prizes and Noble Sinners

Monday, 14 October 2013, 5:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Prizes can be disabilities, impediments on future progress. “Inscribe all human effort with one word,” claims Robert Browning on creative achievement, “Artistry’s haunting curse, the Incomplete!” Awards have the habit of distorting the perspective ... More >>

Shuffling Federal Paperwork

Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:39 pm | Walter Brasch

The right-wing part of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, with John Boehner in the role of spineless lackey rather than courageous Speaker, has shut down much of the federal government. More >>

François Hollande’s Missteps put France on Levant sidelines

Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:36 pm | Franklin Lamb

In modern times, France has done far better diplomatically when it has advocated against impetuous military involvement in the internal affairs of other countries. French standing in international politics has been highest when its government was ... More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Question over collection boxes

Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:30 pm | Martin Doyle

Bishop Justin Duckworth's week in a cell will unlock many questions about violence, our trial system, and imprisonment. But it's our consciences that need some time in the exercise yard. More >>

Two Kinds of Countries: Israel's Dangerous Path

Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:29 pm | David Swanson

There are two kinds of countries or societies or places to live. In the first kind, decent, fair, kind, and respectful treatment of every person takes precedent over anyone's preferences for how a culture changes or how much effort is expended trying ... More >>

Vodafone NZ marks global enterprise turf after TelstraClear

Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:26 pm | Digitl

When Vodafone New Zealand acquired TelstraClear last year there was much talk of how it was a good strategic fit. Even so there were also question marks over the $840 million price when many experts privately valued the business at closer to $500 ... More >>

Gordon Campbell on the US meltdown and welfare reform

Monday, 14 October 2013, 1:40 pm | Gordon Campbell

It seems incredible that a tiny faction of the Republican opposition in the US Senate can hold to ransom the entire country - and the global economy - unless their demands to re-write US law are met. More >>

NZ health IT spend growing faster than Australia

Monday, 14 October 2013, 8:27 am | Digitl

IDC Research reports Australia's healthcare industry spent A$2 billion on IT in 2012. Spending is growing at an annual rate of one percent. That number is slow because the infrastructure investments have already been made. More >>

NZ health IT spend growing faster than Australia

Monday, 14 October 2013, 8:24 am | Digitl

IDC Research reports Australia's healthcare industry spent A$2 billion 0n IT in 2012. Spending is growing at an annual rate of one percent. That number is slow because the infrastructure investments have already been made. More >>

Himatangi Beach covered as RBI reaches halfway point

Saturday, 12 October 2013, 5:55 pm | Digitl

Vodafone says it has switched on its Himatangi Beach cell site. The new tower means 880 households in the area now have mobile phone coverage and wireless broadband. More >>

Enough is Enough

Saturday, 12 October 2013, 12:20 pm | William Spriggs

Back on Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care Act. That's 42 more times than they have voted on raising the minimum wage, increasing federal investments in our roads or highways ... More >>

Information technology essential for girls' education

Friday, 11 October 2013, 6:53 pm | Amir Murtaza

The Alliance for a Safe World is a pioneering network and resource centre, bringing together organisations, academic institutions, and ethical businesses throughout the world. More >>

Nepal: Role of social forces and media at grassroots level

Friday, 11 October 2013, 6:47 pm | Mohan Nepali

Political and socio-economic transformation of the Nepal society are the principal agenda of the peace process to conclude which a new constitution needs to be drafted through the most inclusive Constituent Assembly elected independently. Confused are ... More >>

Briefly: Network for Learning; second level .nz names

Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:53 pm | Digitl

Network for Learning says 20 schools have begun moving to the company's managed network. It also demonstrated its portal which will open in earnest at the start of the next school year. The company was set up by the government to help schools ... More >>

Standing Up For Democracy in NZ – YOU Hold The Key

Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:34 pm | Lewis Verduyn

We are all born equal, and sovereignty resides in the People, whose power is the source of law. But if you don't know the basic rules of the game, you will be incapable of defending your rights and freedoms, while your Public Servants will become your ... More >>

Public Address 11 October 2013 - When a riot went on

Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:16 pm | Public Address

Sometimes as a journalist, you end up in the right (or wrong) place at the right time and get to tell a story just because you were there. That was the case for me on December 7, 1984, the day of the Queen Street riot – the country’s worst episode ... More >>

Giap, Wallace, and the Never-Ending Battle for Freedom

Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud

"Nothing is more precious than freedom,” is quoted as being attributed to Vo Nguyen Giap, a Vietnamese General that led his country through two liberation wars. The first was against French colonialists, the second against the Americans. More >>

The Poor People of Egypt

Friday, 11 October 2013, 4:54 pm | John Chuckman

How is it that the people of Egypt, after a successful revolution against the repressive 30-year government of President Mubarak, a revolution involving the hopes and fears of millions and a substantial loss of life, have ended up almost precisely where ... More >>

14,000 Hiroshimas still swing in the Fukushima air...

Friday, 11 October 2013, 4:50 pm | Harvey Wasserman

Japan’s pro-nuclear Prime Minister has finally asked for global help at Fukushima. It probably hasn’t hurt that more than 100,000 people have signed petitionscalling for a global takeover; more than 8,000 have viewed a new YouTube on it. More >>

‘Ecoman’ a well-told story about building an authentic brand

Friday, 11 October 2013, 1:18 pm | Peter Kerr

Before starting the review of ‘Ecoman’ by Malcolm Rands, I was expecting it to be a slog; a tedious, hair-shirted, finger-wagging tale of me being told off for existing. Well, delightedly, it was breeze. More >>

Webcast: Vegemite Spelling Bee National Final, 12/10/13

Friday, 11 October 2013, 1:15 pm | r2.co.nz

Webcast of the 2013 Vegemite Spelling Bee National Final , live from Circa Theatre in Wellington. The webcast will run from 1pm on Saturday 12 October 2013. More >>

Human Violence: Understanding it. Ending it.

Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:51 pm | Robert J. Burrowes

Violence is the most pervasive and destructive human problem of them all. It has been present for as long as history records. We are mired in it, all over the world, every day of our lives. It now threatens to obliterate us from the historical record ... More >>

10 Years in Jail for "Naked Dancing" in Saudi Arabia

Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich

A Saudi Arabian court sentenced four men to prison for up to 10 years, plus up to 2,000 lashes with a whip, after they were convicted in what the local media dubbed as the "naked dancing" case, Al-Sharq newspaper reported. More >>

TPP: This is a fight worth joining

Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:22 pm | Hadyn Green

Trade negotiations are tense affairs. There are always interested parties trying to get your ear, long nights spent arguing small but technical points, and the invisible but ever present political pressure. So it was in Brunei late August where the latest ... More >>

Unisys Forward: Fabric beyond mainframes

Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:20 am | Digitl

Mainframe maker Unisys has woven a new enterprise computing system it describes as a "fabric-based architecture". More >>

Parata caught in the Act

Friday, 11 October 2013, 10:41 am | Martin Doyle

The "not lawful" ruling of the High Court regarding Hekia Parata's treatment of Phillipstown School is a rare victory by Kiwis over the forces of humbug. More >>

On Mitsui sale of Tui stake to joint venture partners

Friday, 11 October 2013, 10:09 am | Clare Capital

On 3 October 2013 – the sale of Mitsui’s 35% stake in the Tui Area Oil Project (Tui) was announced. The Tui joint-venture (JV) partners acquired this 35% stake for US$15 million (NZ$18 million). The JV partners are AWE Limited (ASX:AWE), New ... More >>

PC sales still falling, not as far as expected

Friday, 11 October 2013, 8:29 am | Digitl

Figures from IDC Research and Gartner show PC demand slowed further in the third quarter of 2013, but there are a few chinks of light in the gloom. More >>

Briefly: Samsung Note 3, Gear arrives; iPhone 5s,5c

Friday, 11 October 2013, 8:05 am | Digitl

Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 and Gear smart watch are now on sale in New Zealand. If you just want the giant screen, stylus driven Note 3 phone you can get it from either Telecom NZ or Vodafone for $1200. For the next month, the $450 Gear watch, which ... More >>

Competition sees Vodafone bump 4G speeds

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 8:17 pm | Digitl

Vodafone has increased speeds on its next generation 4G network just weeks ahead of Telecom NZ launching its service. More >>

NZ Mobile phone sales: The end of the golden weather

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 5:57 pm | Digitl

The mobile phone market's glory days appear to be in the past with IDC Research reporting sales of non-smartphone tanked in the second quarter of 2013. Smartphone sales also dropped. More >>

Solari Update: A Beginners Guide to 3D Printing - Oct. 10

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 5:36 pm | Catherine Austin Fitts

What is 3D printing and why is everyone making such a big fuss about it? According to Wikipedia: "3D printing is a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Living rages

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 4:41 pm | Martin Doyle

We may get a living rage before we get a living wage More >>

Book Review: Ecoman

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 1:20 pm | Peter Kerr

Metiria Turei's speech to the CTU Conference

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 12:06 pm | Hamish Cardwell

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei's speech to the CTU Conference - 10 October 2013 - Full Video, Audio and Pics More >>

Gordon Campbell on Cunliffe's speech, and the Lundy decision

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 11:38 am | Gordon Campbell

The style of David Cunliffe’s speech to the Council of Trade Unions conference yesterday was almost as important as the content. Plainly, Labour now has a leader able to deliver a message consistent with the party’s core values, in a clear and ... More >>

Briefly: iPhone 5S, 5C in NZ; Amazon Web Services

Thursday, 10 October 2013, 8:35 am | Digitl

Apple says the iPhone 5s and 5c go on sale in New Zealand on October 25. Prices are lower than anticipated. The 16GB iPhone 5c will sell here for $900, prices rise to $1050 for the 32GB model. The same money will buy a 16GB iPhone 5s while the top ... More >>