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Happy New Year 🎉 In today’s NZ Herald
December 31, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Happy New Year 🎉 In today’s NZ Herald
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Mōrena everyone & welcome to 2025 New Zealand
Rod's kicking off the year with, of course, an absolute banger
Rod's kicking off the year with, of course, an absolute banger
December 31, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Mōrena everyone & welcome to 2025 New Zealand
Rod's kicking off the year with, of course, an absolute banger
Rod's kicking off the year with, of course, an absolute banger
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December 23, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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#BHN Pre-election Luxon has some pretty harsh things about post-election Luxon on being in recession
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
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#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
youtu.be/KIpodubqudo
#BHN Pre-election Luxon has some pretty harsh things about post-election Luxon on being in recession
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December 20, 2024 at 1:18 AM
#BHN Pre-election Luxon has some pretty harsh things about post-election Luxon on being in recession
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
youtu.be/KIpodubqudo
#nzpol @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social @xkaosmagex.bsky.social
youtu.be/KIpodubqudo
December 23, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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"A complaint against a column by Newstalk ZB’s senior political correspondent Barry Soper has been upheld by the NZ Media Council on the grounds that it contained a serious inaccuracy and attempts to correct it were inadequate."
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/media-cou...
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Media Council upholds inaccuracy complaint against column about Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau - NZ Herald
Council finds column contained inaccuracy and attempts to correct it were inadequate.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 22, 2024 at 11:49 PM
"A complaint against a column by Newstalk ZB’s senior political correspondent Barry Soper has been upheld by the NZ Media Council on the grounds that it contained a serious inaccuracy and attempts to correct it were inadequate."
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Conventional wisdom in 2024 seems to dictate that the Covid-19 response was an overreaction, but that conventional wisdom is wrong.
My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it:
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it:
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
Historical revisionism on Covid threatens NZ's pandemic preparedness
Comment: The Royal Commission report fundamentally validates the strategic and tactical choices made during the acute phase of the pandemic
newsroom.co.nz
December 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Conventional wisdom in 2024 seems to dictate that the Covid-19 response was an overreaction, but that conventional wisdom is wrong.
My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it:
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it:
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
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World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds. The countries blocking are: Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK and the US taxjustice.net/press/world-...
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds | Tax Justice Network
Multinational corporations cheated more after getting tax cuts, largest inadvertent real-world testing of corporate tax policies reveals Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinatio...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:08 AM
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds. The countries blocking are: Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK and the US taxjustice.net/press/world-...
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#NZPol So they've been instructed to, while negotiating a treaty to help coordinate response to a pandemic, deprioritise responding to a pandemic. This government is not even remotely working in the interests of the people it nominally represents.
New: Diplomats representing New Zealand at negotiations for a Pandemic Treaty have been told by the Government to focus on making sure New Zealand can opt out of international health rules rather than stopping future pandemics.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/16/h...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/16/h...
Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics
Diplomats have been tasked with ensuring New Zealand can opt out of health rules rather than focusing on strong new pandemic prevention measures.
newsroom.co.nz
May 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM
#NZPol So they've been instructed to, while negotiating a treaty to help coordinate response to a pandemic, deprioritise responding to a pandemic. This government is not even remotely working in the interests of the people it nominally represents.
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Impeccable comic timing:
< When asked, “Will the coalition implode before 2026?,” without missing a beat, Finlayson and Henare replied, in unison: “Yes”.
Roy was more circumspect: “Probably”. > #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
< When asked, “Will the coalition implode before 2026?,” without missing a beat, Finlayson and Henare replied, in unison: “Yes”.
Roy was more circumspect: “Probably”. > #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
Stuff
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May 2, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Impeccable comic timing:
< When asked, “Will the coalition implode before 2026?,” without missing a beat, Finlayson and Henare replied, in unison: “Yes”.
Roy was more circumspect: “Probably”. > #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
< When asked, “Will the coalition implode before 2026?,” without missing a beat, Finlayson and Henare replied, in unison: “Yes”.
Roy was more circumspect: “Probably”. > #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
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"Residential land prices in NZ are overvalued in the market beyond the social role that housing provides, to a point where it only benefits the elderly/estate sellers, mortgage providers & real estate sales industry.
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Meanwhile the real estate & banking industries keep talking up land prices."
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Meanwhile the real estate & banking industries keep talking up land prices."
The $1m deposit only a landed gentry can afford
Listen now (6 mins) | Derek Handley's Aera points out first-home-buying couple will have to save a $1 million deposit by 2048 to buy in Auckland; Who is kidding who?; Marrying into wealth or Lotto onl...
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November 7, 2023 at 8:10 PM
"Residential land prices in NZ are overvalued in the market beyond the social role that housing provides, to a point where it only benefits the elderly/estate sellers, mortgage providers & real estate sales industry.
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Meanwhile the real estate & banking industries keep talking up land prices."
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Meanwhile the real estate & banking industries keep talking up land prices."
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NZ house building surge is over? Planning rules, infrastructure and low interest rates (not necessarily in that order) really helped during the covid years. Rising immigration/population growth and slowing supply will increase housing costs and housing insecurity.
November 7, 2023 at 8:06 PM
NZ house building surge is over? Planning rules, infrastructure and low interest rates (not necessarily in that order) really helped during the covid years. Rising immigration/population growth and slowing supply will increase housing costs and housing insecurity.
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What's Shane Jones going to do when the Seabed Mining industry applies for fast-track status?
The Fishing Industry is vigorously opposed to Seabed Mining and have their lawyers in Hāwera at the EPA hearing right now to oppose it.
A conflict of conflicts?
#nzpol
The Fishing Industry is vigorously opposed to Seabed Mining and have their lawyers in Hāwera at the EPA hearing right now to oppose it.
A conflict of conflicts?
#nzpol
March 13, 2024 at 12:26 AM
What's Shane Jones going to do when the Seabed Mining industry applies for fast-track status?
The Fishing Industry is vigorously opposed to Seabed Mining and have their lawyers in Hāwera at the EPA hearing right now to oppose it.
A conflict of conflicts?
#nzpol
The Fishing Industry is vigorously opposed to Seabed Mining and have their lawyers in Hāwera at the EPA hearing right now to oppose it.
A conflict of conflicts?
#nzpol
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this is why vaccination is not a personal decision but a matter of public health
Well, the problems with the descrease in vaccination hit a little close to home here:
www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/u...
300 exposed to measles at #UCDavis Medical Center ER
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300 exposed to measles at #UCDavis Medical Center ER
About 300 people at California hospital possibly exposed to measles after child goes for treatment | CNN
A California medical facility is trying to contact about 300 people who were possibly exposed to measles after a child was treated for the contagious viral illness at a hospital in Sacramento last wee...
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March 13, 2024 at 2:45 AM
this is why vaccination is not a personal decision but a matter of public health
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I can’t remember seeing a NZ politician get so wrecked in an interview as Luxon does in this one
ABF slayed Christopher Luxon this morning.
It is crazy to think this guy even got the job of PM and was voted as leader of The National Party 😂
#nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JF...
It is crazy to think this guy even got the job of PM and was voted as leader of The National Party 😂
#nzpol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JF...
Landlord tax cuts: PM Luxon defends $800 million hole | TVNZ Breakfast
The change to allow landlords to claim the interest back off their mortgage payments will cost the Government $2.9 billion, $800 million more than National h...
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March 12, 2024 at 7:38 AM
I can’t remember seeing a NZ politician get so wrecked in an interview as Luxon does in this one
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#NZpol
Gotta say, that's where my inner-Pacino comes into play...
The key job is to steer our fury at the avalanche of bad decisions, corrupted processes, and worst of all the mindless, future-destroying desertion of the environment, our most vulnerable, Māori into *kicking this govt OUT in 2026*.
Gotta say, that's where my inner-Pacino comes into play...
The key job is to steer our fury at the avalanche of bad decisions, corrupted processes, and worst of all the mindless, future-destroying desertion of the environment, our most vulnerable, Māori into *kicking this govt OUT in 2026*.
March 12, 2024 at 10:15 AM
#NZpol
Gotta say, that's where my inner-Pacino comes into play...
The key job is to steer our fury at the avalanche of bad decisions, corrupted processes, and worst of all the mindless, future-destroying desertion of the environment, our most vulnerable, Māori into *kicking this govt OUT in 2026*.
Gotta say, that's where my inner-Pacino comes into play...
The key job is to steer our fury at the avalanche of bad decisions, corrupted processes, and worst of all the mindless, future-destroying desertion of the environment, our most vulnerable, Māori into *kicking this govt OUT in 2026*.
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“The absolute boldness with which this government has shown their distaste for Tiriti justice is unmatched. And even when they stand, axe in hand … we still give them the mic and say ‘take it away’.” — Eru Kapa-Kingi.
Why give breath to the coalition? | E-Tangata
“The absolute boldness with which this government has shown their distaste for Tiriti justice is unmatched. And even when they stand, axe in hand ... we still give them the mic and say ‘take it away’....
e-tangata.co.nz
February 17, 2024 at 6:35 PM
“The absolute boldness with which this government has shown their distaste for Tiriti justice is unmatched. And even when they stand, axe in hand … we still give them the mic and say ‘take it away’.” — Eru Kapa-Kingi.
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Many of us growing up in New Zealand had minimal education re Te Tiriti, this is an important korero from Prof Margaret Mutu and the OB's at #BHN
TIL the vast majority of Rangatira signed only the Te Reo Tiriti...
#nzpol
#tangatatiriti
youtu.be/zv_f4-Sgecw?...
TIL the vast majority of Rangatira signed only the Te Reo Tiriti...
#nzpol
#tangatatiriti
youtu.be/zv_f4-Sgecw?...
#BHN Professor Margaret Mutu talks te tiriti and the government relationship with Maori
Professor Margaret Mutu joins us to educate us about te tiriti and shares some opinions on the relationship between the Crown and Māori at the moment.=======...
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January 30, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Many of us growing up in New Zealand had minimal education re Te Tiriti, this is an important korero from Prof Margaret Mutu and the OB's at #BHN
TIL the vast majority of Rangatira signed only the Te Reo Tiriti...
#nzpol
#tangatatiriti
youtu.be/zv_f4-Sgecw?...
TIL the vast majority of Rangatira signed only the Te Reo Tiriti...
#nzpol
#tangatatiriti
youtu.be/zv_f4-Sgecw?...
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WOW!
We accept that some in the "Coalition of Chaos" have shoddy mates involving shady money, but this is LOW!
Government to roll back rules restricting pay-day lenders www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
We accept that some in the "Coalition of Chaos" have shoddy mates involving shady money, but this is LOW!
Government to roll back rules restricting pay-day lenders www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Government to roll back rules restricting pay-day lenders
The government is rolling back lending rules and requirements brought in by the last government including restrictions aimed at predatory pay-day lenders.
The Commerce Minister Andrew Bayley is outlin...
www.rnz.co.nz
January 31, 2024 at 1:29 AM
WOW!
We accept that some in the "Coalition of Chaos" have shoddy mates involving shady money, but this is LOW!
Government to roll back rules restricting pay-day lenders www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
We accept that some in the "Coalition of Chaos" have shoddy mates involving shady money, but this is LOW!
Government to roll back rules restricting pay-day lenders www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Nice graphic to share
January 31, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Nice graphic to share
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Free RATS until 30th June 2024
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Free RATs to continue until 30 June 2024 – Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Free RATs to continue until 30 June 2024
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz
January 31, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Free RATS until 30th June 2024
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/whats-happen...
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/whats-happen...