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The dangers of deep sea oil drilling

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:44 pm | Byron Clark

Last month the government announced that nearly 434,000 square kilometres of land and ocean floor in New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone would be opened up for oil and gas exploration. The areas in include onshore areas in Taranaki, the East ... More >>

Unnecessary Necessaries: NSA, Storage and the Marina Program

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:32 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Civilisation, claimed Mark Twain, involves the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries. Intelligence gathering can be seen to be a byproduct of that fascination: bureaucratic necessity has become its own rationale; the need to protect civilisation ... More >>

"Breaking Bad": Character is Fate

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:28 pm | Jim Murtagh

Warning: spoiler alert. If you have not seen the final episode of Breaking Bad, do not read further. The episode contains a major plot twist which is discussed in this Op- Ed. More >>

This Way

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:14 pm | War Is A Crime

This article is the foreword to David Swanson's new book, War No More: The Case for Abolition. I lived in Iraq during the 2003 Shock and Awe bombing. On April 1st, about two weeks into the aerial bombardment, a medical doctor who was one of my fellow ... More >>

Voyager joins Hawaiki

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 1:22 pm | Digitl

Hawaiki has recruited another New Zealand ISP as its trans-Pacific fibre project gathers momentum. More >>

Adrian Maidment Cartoon: Flying South

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 10:00 am | Adrian Maidment

Adrian Maidment Cartoon: Flying South By Adrian Maidment 1 October 2013 Click for big version. ENDS More >>

Nokia Lumia 1020 first impression: a call-making camera

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 9:10 am | Digitl

Photography sits at the core of Nokia's Lumia 1020. You can't avoid the phone's picture taking abilities even if you try. More >>

Briefly: Cunliffe on copper; Lumia 1020 in NZ; Asus Memo Pad

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 8:09 am | Digitl

Labour leader and communications spokesman David Cunliffe has thrown his weight behind the report from Network Strategies showing consumers will pay hundreds of millions if the government plan to keep copper broadband prices high goes ahead. More >>

The Season of Ballyhoo Extremism: Shutting Down the US Govt

Monday, 30 September 2013, 6:04 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Libertarians might well wonder why government should continue existing given the latest congressional antics in the United States. With metaphors likening it to a grocery store, we are being told that the U.S. government will cease to be funded ... More >>

PM Press Conference – APEC | LVR Changes | Tony Abbott

Monday, 30 September 2013, 5:56 pm | Hamish Cardwell

At his weekly post-cabinet press conference Prime Minister John Key discussed the upcoming APEC summit in Bali, the Reserve Bank's LVR changes, and his meeting with new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday. More >>

International Day of Democracy - Papua Silenced Once Again

Monday, 30 September 2013, 5:46 pm | Selpius Bobii - Front Pepera Papua Barat

The 15 September 2013 was the International Day of Democracy, a day marked around the world and celebrated in a variety of ways. In the land of Papua on 16 September 2013 demonstrations were also held in a number of regions to mark this special date ... More >>

Top 45 Lies in Obama's Speech at the U.N.

Monday, 30 September 2013, 5:35 pm | David Swanson

1. President Obama's opening lines at the U.N. on Tuesday looked down on people who would think to settle disputes with war. Obama was disingenuously avoiding the fact that earlier this month he sought to drop missiles into a country to "send a message" ... More >>

Independent review finds Covec conservative on Chorus transfer

Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:36 pm | Digitl

An independent peer review says Covec's estimate of the amount Chorus stands to gain from the government proposed changes to copper pricing is "conservative in all scenarios". More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: We are war criminals

Monday, 30 September 2013, 1:36 pm | Martin Doyle

John Key's demand that the users of chemical weapons be "held to account" ignores the horrific use of chemicals throughout the Vietnam War. He seems blissfully unaware that Agent Orange was manufactured here in NZ. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Gareth gets heavy

Monday, 30 September 2013, 1:33 pm | Martin Doyle

Barely has Gareth Morgan got back from cleansing our society of cats than he's spotted something else we're doing wrong -- eating! More >>

Who was Key really representing at the UN?

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:39 pm | Leslie Bravery

In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on 26 September, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key made the following reference to the Syrian conflict: The Secretary-General has advised the Council and the General Assembly, "The United Nations ... More >>

Why Obama May Stand Up To Netanyahu When They Discuss Iran

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:34 pm | Sherwood Ross

Let’s hope President Obama defends his opening with Iran from the inevitable assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they meet Monday. They appear certain to clash over Obama’s historic good will phone call last Friday to Iran’s new ... More >>

The Iran End Game: Nuclear Non-Ethics in Action

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:30 pm | Binoy Kampmark

The latest UN General Assembly gatherings have served to reiterate the grand spectacle of what is wrong, and in some ways right, about world politics. The usual players have turned up to make a scene. More >>

Marxism and mental health (audio)

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:22 pm | Fightback

Fightback’s Polly Peek recently spoke on the topic of Marxism and mental health in Christchurch. Capitalism functions in such a way that people impacted by mental illness are often lacking the health services needed, and face discrimination in ... More >>

Discriminating Taste

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:16 pm | Walter Brasch

For years, my father, a federal employee with a top secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate when he went into Baja California from our home in San Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter the U.S., he was stopped by the Border Patrol. More >>

Facing The Truth About Jerusalem

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:08 pm | Alon Ben-Meir

Those who are privy to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations appear to be more optimistic than ever before about the prospect of reaching an agreement. Yet there are those who believe that, regardless of American prodding, no agreement ... More >>

Russia's Anti-Koran Verdict and a "Crazy American Pastor"

Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:02 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich

Top Muslim leaders in the Council of Muftis of Russia warned President Vladimir Putin it was wrong and dangerous for a court to order the banning and destruction of a Russian translation of the Koran, and compared it to "crazy American pastor" Terry ... More >>

Helplines challenge population growth in Pakistan

Monday, 30 September 2013, 11:54 am | Amir Murtaza

Child abandonment and baby dumping are not an exceptional phenomenon in poor and developing world, including South Asian countries. Historically, many cultures condoned such practice, due to various social and cultural reasons but more prominently poverty ... More >>

Life on the Line: Can Humanity Survive?

Monday, 30 September 2013, 11:47 am | Robert J. Burrowes

As we approach the International Day of Nonviolence on 2 October, which recognizes Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, one challenge we face is to celebrate his life in a way that Gandhi himself would have found meaningful. Gandhi was not a man of token gestures. More >>

Three back-up drives from Seagate

Monday, 30 September 2013, 11:41 am | Digitl

While cloud back-up is generally the smartest, cheapest and, in some senses, safest back-up for most small businesses and home users, it makes sense to store data locally too. More >>

Gordon Campbell on John Key at the UN, and Breaking Bad

Monday, 30 September 2013, 10:54 am | Gordon Campbell

Prime Minister John Key’s speech to the United Nations was aimed mainly at the audience back home, in a plucky, we’re punching above our weight sense. There’s us on the world stage, telling them what for. The content was unlikely to come as ... More >>

The Story Behind the Injustice: 15Yrs of Unjust Imprisonment

Monday, 30 September 2013, 8:36 am | Embassy of Cuba in New Zealand

September 12 marked 15 years since the unfair arrest and frame-up of René González, Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero y Gerardo Hernández, known as the ‘Cuban Five’. More >>

Logitech BCC950 ConferenceCam: Ready for fibre

Sunday, 29 September 2013, 11:10 am | Digitl

Crown Fibre Holdings expects video-conferencing will be among the first popular applications on the UFB fibre network currently being built. It's not just about staying in touch with friends and family. There's evidence video-conferencing makes businesses more ... More >>

Passing the Torch to a New Generation of Syrians

Saturday, 28 September 2013, 2:19 pm | Franklin Lamb

Few, one imagines, in the Syrian Arab Republic these days question the urgency and enormity of the task of reconstruction of their ancient country from war inflicted destruction caused by a carnage already more than half as long as World War I and ... More >>

Americas Cup Lawsuit Mooted For "Herbie" Foil Trimming Mod. (Updated)

Friday, 27 September 2013, 9:04 pm | Alastair Thompson

Team New Zealand is preparing a legal challenge in the wake of the remarkable Oracle Team USA up-wind speed turnaround in the Americas Cup Regatta which ended this Thursday morning (NZ Time) with a Team USA victory. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Incoming stone, Goliath

Friday, 27 September 2013, 5:04 pm | Martin Doyle

Helen Clark's quip "And David won" is right up there with the best quips, operating as it does on several levels. More >>

Occupy Everything. Did We Ever Give It Back?

Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:22 pm | David Swanson

When the Pentagon ends an occupation, crawling home from Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan with its Tomahawk missile dragging between its legs, it declares victory every time. And, depending on how you define victory, it certainly leaves lasting effects. More >>

Why Westpac's new online bank looks like iOS 7

Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:04 pm | Digitl

Westpac's new cross-device online banking site has a modern, stripped-back feel. It treats us like adults. More >>

Westpac builds online banking for any device

Friday, 27 September 2013, 3:16 pm | Digitl

Westpac New Zealand is halfway through spending $15 million to refresh online banking in a format that works with just about any device. More >>

The Right to Know: Erosion of Our Democracy

Friday, 27 September 2013, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

I am profiling each Minister in turn outlining the researching the adequacy (or inadequacy) of their responses to Official Information Act requests. In March, we sent a request to all Ministers asking for the number of OIA requests received between 1 January ... More >>

The Growth of Unreal Employment and Contemporary Capitalism

Friday, 27 September 2013, 11:20 am | Keith Rankin

In an important article, republished by the Sydney Morning Herald, David Graeber (London School of Economics, author of Debt, the First 5,000 Years) argues that the widely-held mid-twentieth century prediction that "real jobs" would only require ... More >>

Telecom NZ Wi-Fi move disrupts mobile data market

Friday, 27 September 2013, 10:23 am | Digitl

Turning phone boxes into Wi-Fi hotspots is a smart disruptive move by Telecom NZ. It gives the company something to offer customers that rivals can't easily match. It also stops phone boxes - useful in emergencies - from becoming white elephants. More >>

Gordon Campbell on muzzling the Ruataniwha dam evidence

Friday, 27 September 2013, 10:11 am | Gordon Campbell

In case anyone still questions the value of our public investment in state radio, the revelations about the Ruataniwha dam project - which began with an RNZ report into the suppression of Department of Conservation criticism - should be laying any ... More >>

Aranz-Geo feted for software innovation on world stage

Friday, 27 September 2013, 9:37 am | Digitl

Christchurch-based geological modelling software specialist Aranz Geo narrowly missed taking the top accolade at the 2013 New Zealand International Business Awards. More >>

Govt Motions Pass

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 6:02 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The first was a motion declaring Mighty River Power Limited to be a public organisation for the purposes of Standing Orders. The motion ensured the partially privatised state owned enterprise could be scrutinised by parliament through the select committee ... More >>

Lync is Microsoft's hidden gem

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 5:39 pm | Digitl

Microsoft didn't push its Lync technology at journalists during TechEd 2013 in Auckland. There were no specific Lync-related media briefings, no scheduled interview opportunities. More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Making a bungle gym

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 2:53 pm | Martin Doyle

It is moronic that schools are now being built in New Zealand with classrooms, doors, fittings, and even playground equipment that is unsuitable for children. Who does the Ministry think it's building schools for? More >>

Briefly: Surface Mini; Gmail outage, Oracle cloud

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 2:39 pm | Digitl

A mini version of Microsoft's Surface tablet is in development, but is unlikely to hit the streets until early next year. The tablet will sport a screen somewhere between seven and eight inches in size and is likely to use an ARM processor. More >>

Govt Agenda After Two Week Recess

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 2:33 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

When Parliament resumed at 2pm MPs, agreed to a motion congratulating Team NZ on their efforts in their unsuccessful campaign to win the America’s Cup. More >>

USA Should Push Regime Change in Saudi Arabia

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 1:11 pm | John Stanton

According to Dave Ottoway, writing for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, “There is practically no civil society in Saudi Arabia. The country is run by the al-Saud royal family in partnership with a highly conservative religious establishment espousing ... More >>

New York Times Fiction: On Obama’s Letter to Rouhani

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 12:50 pm | Ramzy Baroud

Mark Landler is a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Under the title “Through Diplomacy, Obama Finds a Pen Pal in Iran”, Landler wrote of President Barack Obama’s deep “belief in the power of the written word,” and of his “frustrating ... More >>

Don Siegelman Brings Hammer Down on Tom DeLay from Prison

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 12:31 pm | Bradblog.Com

Ever since last week's reversal of former GOP Rep. Tom DeLay's 2010 money laundering convictions by a 2-to-1 partisan decision of a three-judge Texas appeals court panel, we have been contrasting the Texas Republican's treatment in the judicial system ... More >>

Alcohol Limits And School Food Bills Drawn

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 12:12 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

They were the Land Transport (Safer Alcohol Limits for Driving) Amendment Bill in the name of Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway and the Education (Food in Schools ) Amendment Bill in the name of David Shearer. More >>

Mighty River Power Motion

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 10:41 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz

After Question Time a motion declaring Mighty River Power Limited to be a public organisation for the purposes of Standing Orders will be debated. More >>

Dave Wolland Cartoon: Go Get it Team NZ!

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 10:21 am | Dave Wolland

Go Get it Team NZ! By Dave Wolland Click for big version. ENDS More >>

General Support For Members’ Bills

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 10:04 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

MPs made progress on a number of Members’ bills this evening with all receiving general support. More >>

Public Address 25 September 2013 - nz.general: a speech

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:48 pm | Public Address

This is a talk about New Zealand media and the internet. I’ve spent the past 20 years of my working life at the place where they intersect. I’ll be taking a broad view of the word “media”, and this is the only slide you’ll see. It trust its ... More >>

Discriminating Taste

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:43 pm | Walter Brasch

Solari Update: A Jon Rappoport Report, Century of the Mind

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:40 pm | Catherine Austin Fitts

This week on The Solari Report, Jon Rappoport takes us into the 21st century evolution of the human brain. What is consciousness? How does our intelligence and imagination work? And what will the long term impact of scientific technology and communication ... More >>

Protecting the Bubble Reputation: The Age and the Liu Case

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:32 pm | Binoy Kampmark

The law is an ass, particularly when it comes to the dispute over whether journalists are entitled to keep their sources confidential before the prying eyes of their accusers. Earlier this month, it became clear that the media had lost one of those key battles ... More >>

Putting the care into aged care

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:29 pm | Grant Brookes

Aged care is in crisis. It’s headline news. In August, pay cuts of up to $100 a week for staff at Ranfurly Rest Home and Hospital in Auckland were the lead story on Campbell Live (When your employer proposes a pay cut). More >>

Heathen Trust Bill Progresses

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:28 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

A bill giving land back to an iwi after it was taken off them to fund their, and others, conversion to Christianity has completed its first reading. More >>

Colonisation, capitalism and the housing crisis

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:25 pm | Fightback

Housing is in crisis. Decades of market-based policies have decimated the social housing stock, and the market is failing to provide affordable housing. After all, housing is a necessity, not a luxury good – letting the intersection of supply ... More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Bleeding hull what next?

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:14 pm | Martin Doyle

At 8 - 0, and only one race to go, we all need to remember the America's Cup is NOT a matter of Life and Death... It is far more important than that. More >>