Gordon Campbell: On Our Weird Ways Of Funding Care For The Dying
National Party leader Judith Collins thinks the government’s traffic light system for emerging from Covid lockdowns is “confusing.” Perhaps she could be looking in the mirror because in recent weeks, National has hardly been a model of crystalline clarity. On RNZ this morning Collins was calling for the scrapping of all vaccine certificates and mandates once we hit 90% double dose vaccination. Yet in recent weeks, Chris Bishop, National’s Covid spokesperson has been indicating that vaccine certificates and employment mandates will be, and should be, part of our new Covid landscape... More>>
Government: Backs Business To Vaccinate Workforces
The Government is introducing a range of measures to help protect workplaces and workers from COVID-19, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Michael Wood announced today.
“We’ve heard the calls from employers and employees to provide certainty on what roles need to be done by vaccinated workers under the COVID-19 Protection Framework... More>>
ALSO:
Three Waters: Government To Protect Vital Public Water Services For Future Generations
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta today confirmed the Government will create four publicly owned water entities to ensure every New Zealander has access to affordable, long-lasting drinking, waste and storm water infrastructure... More>>
ALSO:
- National - Three Waters Asset Grab To Be Forced On Councils
- ACT - If They Steal It, We'll Give It Back
- Local Government NZ - Three Waters Decision To Mandate Disappointing But Way Forward Responds To Councils’ Critical Concerns
- Porirua City Council - Local Leaders Welcome 3 Waters Decision
Government: Responds To Independent Review Into WorkSafe
The Government has clear expectations that WorkSafe must action the recommendations of the independent review into the regulator to improve its management of adventure activities following the tragedy at Whakaari White Island, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood says... More>>
Government: New Zealand Secures Historic Free Trade Deal With The United Kingdom
New Zealand and the United Kingdom have agreed in principle the details of a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will further accelerate our COVID-19 economic recovery say Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor... More>>
ALSO:
- Office of the Prime Minister - Prime Minister NZ UK FTA Opening Remarks
- British High Commission - UK And New Zealand Agree Historic Trade Deal
Pay Cheque To Pay Cheque: Half A Million New Zealanders Have No Savings
New findings from the Consumer NZ sentiment tracker found that 15% of New Zealanders had no savings, and a further 27% were anxious about their level of savings and would like to have more tucked away... More>>
Government: Mandatory Vaccination For Two Workforces
Large parts of two workforces critical to preventing the spread of COVID-19 will be required to be vaccinated, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said today. “Our education and health and disability workforces have done an incredible job throughout this pandemic to keep themselves and people safe,” Chris Hipkins said.... More>>
Green Party: Deeply Concerned Space Launches May Be Breaching Nuclear-free Laws
The Green Party is deeply concerned that space launches by Rocket Lab may be breaching nuclear-free laws, given our long-standing position as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty... More>>
LATEST HEADLINES
- PARLIAMENT
- POLITICS
- REGIONAL
- Prime Minister Attends East Asia Summit 6:15 AM | New Zealand Government
- Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill Passes First Reading | Ka Tutuki Te Pānuitanga Tu... 27/10/21
- Green Advocacy Tilts Balance In Favour Of Small Businesses 27/10/21 | Green Party
- New Health Committee Divisive And Unnecessary 27/10/21 | ACT New Zealand
- What On Earth Is Going On At ACC, Minister? 27/10/21 | New Zealand National Party
- COVID-19 Rent Relief Support Measures Refined 27/10/21 | New Zealand Government
- Govt Considers Regulatory Safeguards For Three Waters Services 27/10/21 | New Zealand Gover...
- Wellington Scoop
- Daran Ponter and Anita Baker welcome decision on “3 waters” reforms
- Kāpiti says its feedback was ignored with “3 waters” reforms
- Disappointment in Wairarapa at mandated “3 waters” reforms
- Part of Lambton Quay blocked after glass falls from HSBC building
- Metlink starting trial of more personal help for its drivers
- WCC spending $250,000 on “climate and sustainability” initiatives
- WCC promises to halve Wellington’s carbon emissions by 2030
Electricity Authority: Review Of Competition In The Wholesale Electricity Market Raises Questions
In March 2021 the Electricity Authority announced it would conduct a review into competition in the wholesale electricity market. The period of the review covers the sustained elevated electricity prices since an unplanned outage at the Pohokura gas facility in Spring 2018... More>>
Government: RSI ‘State Of The Nation’ Report Published
latest research, science and innovation system report card is now available, and outlines how the system is performing, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods has announced. “The report seeks to increase transparency, act as a reliable data source and stimulate discussion... More>>
Fonterra: Increases 2021/22 Forecast Farmgate Milk Price
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today increased and narrowed its forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to NZD $7.90 - $8.90 per kgMS, from NZD $7.25 - $8.75 per kgMS. The midpoint of the range, which farmers are paid off, has increased to NZD $8.40 per kgMS, from NZD $8.00 per kgMS... More>>
Pamu & Westpac: Market-leading Sustainability-Linked Loan
Westpac NZ and Pāmu have signed New Zealand’s most comprehensive Sustainability-Linked Loan to date, also the largest in the agricultural sector, and the first involving a state-owned enterprise. Pāmu, also known as Landcorp, is New Zealand’s biggest farming business. It will borrow $85m from Westpac NZ over three years... More>>
Retail NZ: Some Good News In COVID Announcements, But Firm Dates Needed
Retail NZ is welcoming news that the Government is increasing financial support for businesses in light of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, and that retail will be able to open at all stages of the new “Covid Protection Framework... More>>
ComCom: Companies In Hot Water For Selling Unsafe Hot Water Bottles And Toys
A wholesaler and a retailer have been fined a total of $140,000 under the Fair Trading Act for selling hot water bottles and toys that did not comply with mandatory safety requirements. Paramount Merchandise Company Limited (Paramount) was fined $104,000 after pleading guilty in the Manukau District Court... More>>
LATEST HEADLINES
- BUSINESS
- SCI-TECH
- Tap And Woe: The 8 Credit Card Sins That 1.1 Million Kiwis Are Guilty Of 7:01 AM | Finder
- Digital Gift Card Launched For Use In Hospitality Venues Across NZ 6:59 AM | Hospitality NZ
- MHI Group To Deliver Japan's First Systems For Automated Valet Parking & Automat... 6:40 AM
- 2021 Renault MASTER Minibus 6:30 AM | Renault
- Decoding The Far-reaching Benefits Of Build To Rent Scheme 6:21 AM | Kalkine
- Civil Contractors: Work On NZ’s Water Networks Must Continue 27/10/21 | Civil Contractors NZ
- Facility Management Market Driven By Increasing Need For Transparency In Various... 27/10/21
The Conversation: Old wine in new bottles – why the NZ-UK free trade agreement fails to confront the challenges of a post-COVID world
When the sales pitch for a free trade agreement is that “British consumers will enjoy more affordable Marlborough sauvignon blanc, mānuka honey and kiwifruit, while Kiwis enjoy the benefit from cheaper gin, chocolate, clothing and buses”, you know this is hardly the deal of the century... More>>
Philip Temple: Hang On A Minute, Mate
Peter Dunne quietly omits some salient facts when arguing for retention of MMP’s coat-tailing provision that allows a party to add list seats if it wins one electorate and achieves more than 1% or so of the party vote... More>>
Cheap Grace And Climate Change: Australia And COP26
It was not for everybody, but the shock advertising tactics of the Australian comedian Dan Ilic made an appropriate point. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a famed coal hugger, has vacillated about whether to even go to the climate conference in Glasgow. Having himself turned the country’s prime ministerial office into an extended advertising agency, Ilic was speaking his language... More>>
Dunne Speaks: Labour's High Water Mark
If I were still a member of the Labour Party I would be feeling a little concerned after this week’s Colmar Brunton public opinion poll. Not because the poll suggested Labour is going to lose office any time soon – it did not – nor because it showed other parties doing better – they are not... More>>
Our Man In Washington: Morrison’s Tour Of Deception
It was startling and even shocking. Away from the thrust and cut of domestic politics, not to mention noisy discord within his government’s ranks, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison could breathe a sign of relief. Perhaps no one would notice in Washington that Australia remains prehistoric in approaching climate change relative to its counterparts... More>>
Binoy Kampmark: Melbourne Quake: Shaken, Not Stirred
It began just after a news interview. Time: a quarter past nine. Morning of September 22, and yet to take a sip from the brewed Turkish coffee, its light thin surface foam inviting. The Australian city of Melbourne in its sixth lockdown, its residents fatigued and ravaged by regulations. Rising COVID-19 numbers, seemingly inexorable... More>>
LATEST HEADLINES
- TOP SCOOPS
- Congress, Skulduggery And The Assange Case 27/10/21 | Binoy Kampmark
- Old wine in new bottles – why the NZ-UK free trade agreement fails to confront t... 27/10/21
- On Our Weird Ways Of Funding Care For The Dying 27/10/21 | Gordon Campbell
- How U.S. Interference In Cuba Creates A False Picture Of Its Society 27/10/21 | Globetrotter
- Canadian Imperialism 27/10/21 | Jim Miles
- Cancelling Cartoonists 26/10/21 | Binoy Kampmark
- The Trouble With A Humanitarian Award For Hillary Clinton 26/10/21 | David Swanson
Euro-Med Monitor: Sudan Military Coup Shatters Democratic Path, Threatens With Authoritarian Rule Return
The Sudanese army's seizure of power in the country diminishes the hard-won human rights and civil gains achieved after the December 2018 protests, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement...More>>
Weather: Pacific Likely To Experience Double Dip La Niña Episode
The Pacific is likely to experience a rare occurrence of what is called a double dip La Niña in the coming months, Climate models and predictions tools used by Pacific National Meteorological and Hydrological services (NMHSs) show...
More>>
CNS: Will India's 1 Billion Vaccination-dose-milestone Be Catalytic For Vaccinating All?
On 21 October 2021, India crossed its milestone of administering over 1 billion (100 crores) doses within 278 days since it began the vaccination rollout (on 16th January 2021)... More>>
Focus On: UN SDGs
Pacific: Young Climate Leaders Call For Urgent Climate Action Ahead Of COP26
Eight Pacific Young Climate Leaders shared their experiences of climate resilience and activism in an inaugural dialogue with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Mr Henry Puna on 21 October 2021... More>>
UN: With Clock Ticking, Sustainable Transport Key To Global Goals
From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate change. But to be effective, they must ensure that transport strategies benefit everyone, including the poorest... More>>
COP26: 7 Climate Action Highlights To Remember
A September to remember, a pivotal month for climate action commitments. From the United Nations General Assembly week to the final pre-COP meeting, last month was an important time to build momentum... More>>
LATEST HEADLINES
- WORLD
- Authorities In Sudan Must Stop Imposing Telecommunication Blackouts To Control I... 6:57 AM
- Human Trafficking Victims Must Be Protected Even In Fight Against Terrorism - UN... 6:55 AM
- Seven Autumn Trade Fairs Open in Hong Kong 6:54 AM | ACN Newswire
- Armed With Climate Solutions, Indigenous Leaders To Take Center Stage At COP26 6:49 AM
- CAR: Russian Wagner Group Harassing And Intimidating Civilians – UN Experts 6:44 AM
- WWF Accused Of Deceit, Cover-ups And Dishonesty In US Congressional Committee He... 6:32 AM
- UN Human Rights Expert To Visit Lebanon To Assess Poverty 27/10/21 | UN Special Procedures -...
Howard Davis: Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman'
The Guardian needed not one, but three reviews to do justice to Fennell's unsettling approach, which indicates exactly how ambiguous and controversial its message really is. 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 won the Non Fiction Award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2009, and has now been republished by Te Papa press. More>>
Howard Davis: The Back of the Painting
Painting conservators are the forensic pathologists of the art world. While they cannot bring their subjects back to life, they do provide fascinating insights into the precise circumstances of a painting's creation, its material authenticity, and constructive methodology. More>>
Howard Davis: Black Panthers on the Prowl
A passionate and gripping political drama from Shaka King, this is an informative and instructive tale of human frailty that centers around the charismatic Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was murdered at the age of twenty-one during a police raid. More>>
Howard Davis: Controlling the High Ground
Stephen Johnson's raw and angry film not only poses important questions with scrupulous authenticity, but also provides a timely reminder of the genocidal consequences of casual bigotry and xenophobia. More>>
Howard Davis: Dryzabone - Robert Conolly's The Dry
After the terrible devastation caused by last year’s bushfires, which prompted hundreds of Australians to shelter in the ocean to escape incineration and destroyed uncountable amounts of wildlife, The Dry has been released during a totally different kind of dry spell. More>>
Howard Davis: Hit the Road, Jack - Chloé Zhao's Nomadland
Nomadland is perhaps the ultimately 'road' movie as it follows a group of dispossessed and disenfranchised vagabonds who find a form of communal refuge in camp sites and trailer parks after the economic contraction of 2008. More>>
LATEST HEADLINES
- CULTURE
- HEALTH
- EDUCATION
- Pacific Fusion Fashion Show Postpones 2021 Event To Early 2022 27/10/21 | Pacific Fusion Fa...
- The Endless Search For The Next Note: Ross Harris: Lilburn Lecture 2021 27/10/21 | Departmen...
- Trust Unveils Arts In Schools Programme For Queenstown And Wānaka Youth (tamarik... 27/10/21
- Renwick Farms Dominion Trot 27/10/21 | Addington Raceway and Events Centre
- Aotearoa On The Air: 100 Years Of Radio 27/10/21 | RNZ
- MOTAT Christmas Lights Cancelled 27/10/21 | Museum of Transport and Technology
- Dream11 Super Smash Schedule 2021/22 | Every Match Live On Spark Sport 27/10/21 | Auckland ...
