Gordon Campbell: On Sam Uffindell’s Sorry Excuse For An Apology
Most of us believe in redemption and atonement… But the timing, the nature and the semantics of Sam Uffindell‘s apology for his role in a gang that beat a younger kid (reportedly) with wooden bed legs, has left much to be desired. The victim seems pretty clear about the motivation behind Uffindell’s apology, which came out of the blue 22 years after the event...
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Auditor-General: Submission On The Water Services Entities Bill
We have published our submission to the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Water Services Entities Bill. Because water services are critical to everyone, our focus is on how the public and Parliament are able to influence the performance... More>>
Luxon: Speech To The 2022 National Party Annual Conference
Kia ora! What a brilliant conference! The energy wave from this weekend will carry us right through to election year and I say: bring it on... More>>
National: Five Years Of Failure For Light Rail
Construction of light rail in Auckland might not begin until 2025 despite tomorrow marking five years since Jacinda Ardern announced it would be delivered to Mt Roskill by 2021, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says... More>>
Green Party: Abuse Revelations Leave No Choice But To Overhaul RSE Scheme
The Green Party is calling on the Government to overhaul the Recognised Seasonal Employers scheme in the wake of revelations of shocking human rights violations... More>>
Government: More Women On Public Boards Than Ever Before
“Women’s representation on public sector boards and committees is now 52.5 percent, the highest ever level... More>>
Te Pāti Māori: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Calls On PM To Support Bill To Ban Seabed Mining
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru uri Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is today celebrating that her Prohibition on Seabed Mining Legislation Amendment Bill has been drawn from Parliament’s biscuit tin... More>>
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- Statement From Sylvia Wood, National Party President 6:26 AM | New Zealand National Party
- Sam Uffindell Stood Down Pending Investigation 6:19 AM | New Zealand National Party
- New Law Passed To Reduce Gun Harm 09/08/22 | New Zealand Government
- Labour Is Coming After Your Car And Street 09/08/22 | New Zealand National Party
- More Ram Raids Than Businesses Accessing Fund 09/08/22 | ACT New Zealand
- Labour Turns Its Back On Victims Of Serious Crime 09/08/22 | ACT New Zealand
- In Response To Willie Jackson’s Desperate Co-governance Diatribe 09/08/22 | New Zealand Firs...
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- Residents cannot return to two houses above the slip on The Terrace
- Seatoun Tunnel closed by fallen tree
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- Former HCC chief executive to compete for Hutt City mayoralty
- Laurie Foon standing again for WCC’s southern ward
- Kāpiti plans action to prepare for climate change
- New cat collars to keep native birds safe
Statistics: Retail Card Spending Down 0.2 Percent In JulyRetail card spending fell $11 million (0.2 percent) between June 2022 and July 2022, when adjusted for seasonal effects, Stats NZ said today... More>>
Barfoot & Thompson: Auckland Rental Prices Inch Up Again, But Upward Trend Could Ease In Coming Months
Data from nearly 16,000 rental properties managed by real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson shows Auckland’s average weekly rent rose by $6.12 (or 1 percent) during the second quarter... More>>
ComCom: Draft Report Says Regulatory System Favours Established Building Products
The Commerce Commission’s draft report into competition in the residential building supplies industry has identified two main factors negatively impacting competition... More>>
Commerce Commission: Draft Determination On News Publishers’ Association’s Collective Bargaining Application
The Commerce Commission (Commission) has reached a preliminary view that it should allow the News Publishers’ Association of New Zealand (NPA) to collectively negotiate with Meta and Google... More>>
Heartland: Retirees Facing Pressure From Higher Cost Of Living And Increasing Debt In Retirement
Heartland has seen a significant increase in Reverse Mortgages being used to repay debt. Among the most affected by the increasing living costs are retirees, many of whom are trying to get by on NZ Super alone... More>>
APEC: Region’s Growth To Slow Amid Uncertainties And Crises
Economic growth in the APEC region is expected to slow this year amid soaring inflation, a protracted war in Ukraine and heightened uncertainties, on top of the continuing impact of the pandemic and virus mutations that are draining resources, according to a new report by the APEC Policy Support Unit... More>>
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- Do The Rich Remain Unfazed By Inflation? 6:13 AM | Kalkine
- Spark Warned By Commission, Refunds Thousands Of Broadband Customers Following M... 6:11 AM
- Health NZ Urged To Adopt New Telehealth Model To Alleviate Workforce Crisis 6:08 AM | NZTF
- Swapping Sand For Skies, Air New Zealand Prepares Its First Mojave Desert-based ... 09/08/22
- Action Urged Over Appalling Living Conditions And Treatment Of RSE Workers 09/08/22 | New Ze...
- Tower Launches New Cover As More Than Two Thirds Of Kiwi Homeowners Claim Renova... 09/08/22
- New Vaping Series Exposes Aussie Propaganda - CAPHRA 09/08/22 | CAPHRA
Keith Rankin: Some Important But Little Known Facts About TaiwanThe nuclear clock is closer than ever (since 1962) to 'midnight'. Taiwan and Ukraine are of course the two flashpoints. It is important that the citizens of the world understand the key facts... More>>
Dunne Speaks: Aspirations Are All Very Well, But It's Getting It Right That Counts
In a weekend television interview, the Prime Minister pushed back on a suggestion her government is far better at talking about things than achieving them. She countered that “I would not ever change the fact that we have always throughout been highly aspirational…what you’re asking me essentially is to shy away from aspiration”... More>>
Gilding The Cage Of Suburbia: Farewelling Neighbours
The statistics of Australia’s longest running drama series about sickeningly idyllic suburbia will interest soap show boffins. It lasted 5,955 episodes over 37 seasons, starting in 1985. Its anaemically thin plotlines, subpar acting, and emphasis on ideals bound to cause indigestion, did not prevent Neighbours from being mandatory viewing. Neighbours was, especially for British audiences, fetish and cult, shrine and devotion... More>>
Ian Powell: Colossal ‘Porkies’ And Band-aids Don’t Make A Health Workforce Plan
On 1 August Minister of Health Andrew Little announced what he described as the start of a plan for the beleaguered workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system: Government’s 5 year late health workforce announcement. In October 2017, when Labour became government with its two coalition parties, it inherited a health workforce crisis from the previous National-led government... More>>
Binoy Kampmark: The Fuss About Monkeypox
The World Health Organization has been one of the easier bodies to abuse. For parochial types, populist moaners and critics of international institutions, the WHO bore the brunt of criticisms from Donald Trump to Jair Bolsonaro. Being a key institution in identifying public health risks, it took time assessing the threat posed by SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, COVID-19... More>>
Dunne Speaks: Time For MPs To Think For Themselves
One of the more frequently quoted statements of the Irish statesman and philosopher, Edmund Burke, was his observation that “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement, and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”... More>>
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- Punishing Whistleblowers At The United Nations 09/08/22 | Binoy Kampmark
- On Sam Uffindell’s Sorry Excuse For An Apology 09/08/22 | Gordon Campbell
- Going Global With NATO 08/08/22 | Binoy Kampmark
- On National’s Plan To Privatise Welfare Delivery 08/08/22 | Gordon Campbell
- The Intricate Fight For Africa: The Legacy Of The Soviet Union Vs Western Coloni... 08/08/22
- Colossal ‘Porkies’ And Band-aids Don’t Make A Health Workforce Plan 07/08/22 | Ian Powell
- Chegg, Cheating And Australian Universities 07/08/22 | Binoy Kampmark
Palestinian Ministry of Health: Developments In The Health Situation During The Israeli Aggression On The Cities & Governorates Of The Gaza Strip
For the second day in a row, the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip continues by targeting overcrowded residential areas and neighborhoods, as the death toll rose to 13 citizens, including a 5-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman... More>>
UN: Horn Of Africa Faces Most ‘Catastrophic’ Food Insecurity In Decades, Warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst famines of the last 70 years... More>>
FAO: Warns 90 Per Cent Of Earth’s Topsoil At Risk By 2050
A full 90 per cent of the Earth’s precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO...
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Somalia: ‘We Cannot Wait For Famine To Be Declared; We Must Act Now’Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned... More>>
UN: American West Faces Water And Power Shortages Due To Climate Crisis
Two of the largest reservoirs in the United States are at dangerously low levels due to the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, which could affect water and electricity supply for millions in six western states and Mexico, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday... More>>
Singapore: UN Experts Call For Immediate Moratorium On Executions For Drug Offences
UN experts* today condemned the execution of Nazeri Bin Lajim, a 64-year-old Malay Singaporean national convicted of drug offenses and urged the Government of Singapore to halt plans to execute individuals on death row for drug related charges... More>>
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- #KeepItOn In Libya: Authorities Must Ensure Internet Connectivity In Tobruk, Acr... 6:44 AM
- Sri Lanka: UNFPA Appeals For $10.7 Million For ‘Critical’ Women’s Healthcare 09/08/22
- Sri Lanka: UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Repeated Use Of Emergency Measures To... 09/08/22
- Golden Rice And The Push For GMOs Won’t Solve Food Crisis, It Will Make It Worse 09/08/22
- States Must Ensure Leadership Roles For Indigenous Women: UN Experts 09/08/22 | UN Special P...
- Countries Issue Desperate Call To Discuss Deep-sea Mining Deadline As ISA Secret... 09/08/22
- HKTDC Welcomes Measures To Ease Quarantine Restrictions 09/08/22 | ACN Newswire
Howard Davis: NZSQ Conclude National Tour With ‘Release’ Programme
The NZSQ concluded their national tour in Wellington with a three-part programme, the triumphant final installment of which was entitled ‘Release.’ It included three pieces representing radical musical innovation... More>>
Howard Davis: The Show Must Go On - ‘La Traviata’ Opening Night Wobbles
Casting problems have beset ‘La Traviata’ since its first performance in March 1853 at Venice’s La Fenice opera house. Sadly, Saturday night’s premiere at Wellington’s newly-restored St James Theatre proved no different... More>>
Howard Davis: Dennis Villeneuve’s Dune - A Brief History
So many elements of Herbert’s novel have since become tropes of popular SciFi that Villeneuve’s film sometimes seems deceptively derivative. What makes all this nonsense essential viewing is his astonishing visual sensibility. More>>
Howard Davis: Jill Trevelyan's Rita Angus
Although Angus has become one of Aotearoa’s best-loved painters, the story of her life remained little known and poorly understood before Jill Trevelyan's acclaimed and revelatory biography, which has been republished by Te Papa press. More>>
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- Waikato Race Ideal For International Build-up 09/08/22 | Bikesport NZ
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- Entries Now Open For Inaugural Hawke’s Bay Heritage Awards 09/08/22 | Hawke's Bay Heritage A...
- DMMF Awards For Waikato Singer And Auckland Pianist 09/08/22 | Dame Malvina Major Foundation
- A Golden Treasure Trove – The True Value Of Our Young Awardees 09/08/22 | Duke of Edinburgh'...
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