Housing Issues: Fairer Rules For Tenants And Landlords
The key changes include:
- Limit rent increases to once every 12 months and banning the solicitation of rental bids by landlords.
- Improve tenant’s security by removing a landlord’s right to use no cause terminations to end a periodic tenancy agreement...
- Improve compliance with the law by increasing financial penalties and introducing new tools to take direct action against parties who are not meeting their obligations. More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Farming Sector’s Persecution Complex
The narrative that our farmers are ‘doing it tough’ plays into a number of wellworn stereotypes ... More>>
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Corrections: Independent Review Of Prisoner Mail Management
The independent review into the prisoner mail system has today been released, with Corrections accepting all 13 recommendations and making a number of changes to strengthen the management of prisoner mail. More>>
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- Department Of Corrections - Kindness-based prison programme is a recipe for success
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IPCA: Unlawful Detention Of Teenager; Influence Of Investigation
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that former Inspector Hurimoana Dennis unlawfully detained an Auckland teenager in 2015, and improperly influenced the outcome of a criminal investigation into his own son in 2014. More>>
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- NZ Police - Police acknowledge findings of IPCA
SOP For Gun Bill: New Measures For Modified Pistols
The new controls will • Prohibit short-barrelled semi-automatic rifles which currently are defined as pistols because they are shorter than 762 millimetres. • Introduce tighter controls over pistol carbine conversion kits… • Prohibit firearms which contain a part known as a centrefire lower receiver… More>>
'Culturally Arranged Visitors Visa': Fix For Marriage Visa Issue
Earlier this year Immigration New Zealand issued guidance to front line Immigration staff that made it significantly harder for people to get visas to visit their partner. That guidance no longer applies with today’s announcement. More>>
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- National - Government a shambles on immigration - Economy slowing down because of visa processing
- Statistics NZ - New Zealand net migration rate remains high
- Earlier RNZ - Coalition partners stand their ground on partnership visas - Arranged marriages caught up in immigration policy changes
Conflict Of Interest For Key Member: Budget Data Breach Investigation Shut Down
State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes has today terminated the investigation into how Budget-sensitive material was accessed at the Treasury and appointed a new inquirer. More>>
RNZ Report: Mysterious Foundation Loaning NZ First Money
A mysterious foundation that loans money to New Zealand First is under scrutiny, with a university law professor saying although it's lawful, it fails to provide the transparency voters need in a democracy. More>>
Justice: Criminal Cases Review Commission Established
“We’ve seen how our justice system can very occasionally get things spectacularly wrong, even with rights of appeals, and there needs to be a chance for the innocent on the right grounds to seek a final review of their case...” More>>
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- NZ First - Addressing Miscarriages of Justice
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Reserve Bank: Official Cash Rate Unchanged At 1 Percent
The Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 1.0 percent. Employment remains around its maximum sustainable level while inflation remains below the 2 percent target mid-point but within our target range... More>>
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- National - Reserve Bank predicts further economic slowdown
- ACT - Reserve Bank gets it right by keeping OCR steady
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Food Prices: Avocados At Lowest Price In Almost Three Years
Avocados are at their cheapest average price since February 2017, with tomato, lettuce, and cucumber prices also falling, Stats NZ said today. More>>
Auckland Port Move: Cabinet Ministers Deliberate On Report
Cabinet ministers now have a copy of a report urging the government to move the Auckland port up north, but say no final decisions have been made. More>>
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- National Road Carriers - Moving port will cost Government, consumers and environment
Toxicology Tests Planned: Dead Rats Washed Up On Beaches
As many as 600 rats washed up on Westport's North Beach over the weekend to the horror of locals. DOC said they may have been killed by a recent 1080 poison drop 140km away and washed down the Buller River after heavy rain battered the coast. More>>
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- Department of Conservation - Caution urged over rat carcasses on beach
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Hope For Nature: A New Deal For The Commons
Joseph Cederwall on The Dig: To fully understand the biodiversity crisis and explore what comes next, it is necessary to address this mind-virus at the heart of our modern civilisation – the dominion worldview. More>>
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Peace Plan: Ten Ways To Tackle Online Hate
A Helen Clark Foundation project to reduce online harm will be presented today in competition at the Paris Peace Forum... 'The Christchurch Principles' is the only Australasian initiative out of the 120 international projects chosen to be highlighted at the forum. More>>
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Good Death: A Historical Perspective On Euthanasia
Some critics of the bill present religious and moral objections against euthanasia, while proponents have focused on the trauma and pain of terminally ill patients and their families. All these arguments have a long history. More>>
5 November - Parihaka: How NZ Government Misused Laws To Crush Non-Violent Dissent
This week, Māori in the Taranaki region remembered the “day of plunder” – the 1881 government invasion of Parihaka, the small settlement that had come to symbolise peaceful resistance to the confiscation of Māori land. More>>
Scoop Hivemind Report: Common Ground On Biodiversity
The HiveMind report Protecting and Restoring New Zealand’s Biodiversity, published today, analyses and summarises the findings of this engagement in which over 500 Kiwis took part. [Image: Cameron Houston, DOC] More>>
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Climate Strike: At UN, Youth Activists Press For Bold Action
This first-ever UN Youth Climate Summit follows Friday’s global ‘climate strike’, which saw millions of young people from across the globe walk out of school and jam streets in major cities, from New York to New Delhi and Santiago to San Francisco. More>>
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- School Strike 4 Climate - 4 days until intergenerational climate strike
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Pacific: Tongan PM 'Akilisi Pohiva Dies, Aged 78
A constant thorn in the side of the monarchy and nobility, Mr Pohiva's lifelong battle for representation had seen him fired from the public service and charged with sedition... More>>
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Untied Kingdom: UK PM Moves To Suspend Parliament In Weeks Before Brexit
The Prime Minister has briefed Cabinet colleagues that the government will bring forward an ambitious new legislative programme for MPs’ approval, and that the current parliamentary session will be brought to an end. More>>
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- UK Labour Party - Jeremy Corbyn responds to plans to suspend Parliament
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Gordon Campbell: On The Hong Kong Protest Movement
The pro-democracy protests enjoy huge support among Hong Kong’s youth, partly because the democratic systems currently at risk have only a limited time span. More>>
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- Image Out-Link - Studio Incendo / Wikimedia commons
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Transit Of Mercury: Historic Viewing Recreated
Keen stargazers gathered at Te Whanganui o Hei, or Mercury Bay, on the Coromandel Peninsula to watch a rare astronomic event this morning. More>>
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- Image Out-Link - Ian Griffin on Twitter
Forest And Bird: Hoiho Crowned Bird Of The Year For 2019
Widely considered an underdog, the valiant hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) has smashed the feathered ceiling to win Bird of the Year, a first for seabirds in the competition's 14 year history. More>>
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- NZ Govt - Hoiho get extra support
- Image Out-Link - Michaël Catanzariti
- University of Canterbury - Without Paris Accord, emperor penguins are in dire straits
Howard Davis: Very Silly Stormtroopers - Jojo Rabbit
Described as “an anti-hate satire,” Taiki Waititi's latest movie depicts the growth of a young boy in Nazi Germany who seeks advice on how to become a tough man from his 'imaginary friend' - a highly eccentric version of Adolf Hitler.
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Howard Davis: Tricky Dicky - Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon
At a time when talk of presidential impeachment has once again become a political reality, there is no more apposite drama than this gripping 'true story' about the most-watched TV interview in history. More>
Scoop Review Of Books: 'the everrumble' by Michelle Elvy
This is Zettie’s tale from her birth date in 1965 through to her ‘passing’ at the age of 105. Yet, Zettie’s tale is our own tale, as humans still all-too-often hell-bent on destroying our environment and therefore our fellow creatures – and thus – symbiotically and inevitably – ourselves. More>>
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