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Climate change: the Climate Change Performance Index recorded another fall for New Zealand, now down to 44th position and classified as an overall “low” performer.
theconversation.com/nz-report-ca...
theconversation.com/nz-report-ca...
NZ report card 2025: how the country fared in 28 key global and domestic rankings
New Zealand compares well on global measures of freedom, happiness and transparency. But rankings in some important areas, including climate, drag the averages down.
theconversation.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Climate change: the Climate Change Performance Index recorded another fall for New Zealand, now down to 44th position and classified as an overall “low” performer.
theconversation.com/nz-report-ca...
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Here's a piece on our new Marsden project on music in dementia (w/ Lynette Tippett at UoA and @carolynfredericks.bsky.social at Yale)
Having known several people with Alzheimer's, all of whom retained their music perception and musical memory, I'm eager to learn more about these puzzling phenomena
Having known several people with Alzheimer's, all of whom retained their music perception and musical memory, I'm eager to learn more about these puzzling phenomena
Why people with dementia can be so moved by music
Researchers are looking into why patients can still have a powerful response to music even as their memory fades.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here's a piece on our new Marsden project on music in dementia (w/ Lynette Tippett at UoA and @carolynfredericks.bsky.social at Yale)
Having known several people with Alzheimer's, all of whom retained their music perception and musical memory, I'm eager to learn more about these puzzling phenomena
Having known several people with Alzheimer's, all of whom retained their music perception and musical memory, I'm eager to learn more about these puzzling phenomena
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🔥 Our Affiliate Troy Baisden was on RNZ's Mediawatch recently, discussing misinformation about EV's malfunctioning and causing fires. The story was in the context of the Goverment slashing by 80% the clean car standard - which incentivised sales of low- or zero-emission vehicles. 🚗
Mediawatch: Angst over EVs blows up in headlines
EV uptake boomed with incentives in place, but this week, the government made traditional cars cheaper instead.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🔥 Our Affiliate Troy Baisden was on RNZ's Mediawatch recently, discussing misinformation about EV's malfunctioning and causing fires. The story was in the context of the Goverment slashing by 80% the clean car standard - which incentivised sales of low- or zero-emission vehicles. 🚗
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Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Min of Health has decided not to continue with the FluTracking survey each week from next year.
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
What a ridiculous decision. The cost savings must be minimal
What are our taxes actually used for if not things like public health?
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BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
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Luxon & Seymour's new laws are a trap. Hidden in the fine print: ratepayers must compensate landowners with cash if environmental rules stop them from developing. It’s your hard-earned money going straight to the wealthy. A kick in the guts. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-...
RIP RMA: Government prays for economic boom with new bills
The government is hailing a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity to finally unburden ourselves from the millstone weighing down our country'.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Luxon & Seymour's new laws are a trap. Hidden in the fine print: ratepayers must compensate landowners with cash if environmental rules stop them from developing. It’s your hard-earned money going straight to the wealthy. A kick in the guts. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-...
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For fucks sake, we are on the back of a global pandemic, with more waiting in the wings, we l8ve in a natural disaster prone country, and Maori have worse health outcomes across the country.
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
The staff cuts will see reductions to emergency management, pandemic preparedness and Māori health.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
For fucks sake, we are on the back of a global pandemic, with more waiting in the wings, we l8ve in a natural disaster prone country, and Maori have worse health outcomes across the country.
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
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#nzpol
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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#nzpol
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This is why I mask indoors when sharing air with others, regularly test, use air purifiers, and get a COVID booster every six months, most recently on Monday. Saddens and infuriates me governments and organisations are letting us down despite all the evidence these protections are still needed.
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is why I mask indoors when sharing air with others, regularly test, use air purifiers, and get a COVID booster every six months, most recently on Monday. Saddens and infuriates me governments and organisations are letting us down despite all the evidence these protections are still needed.
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1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
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“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban
“Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...
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Principal confirms school has no facilities to reheat meals, video shows 8 boxes delivered and 8 removed in previous delivery.
'No political agenda': Principal says CCTV proves mouldy meals weren't last week's leftovers
The authority says it's more than likely that some lunches provided last week remained at the school and were not refrigerated.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Principal confirms school has no facilities to reheat meals, video shows 8 boxes delivered and 8 removed in previous delivery.
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Better than Australia. This is the most important thing...
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Better than Australia. This is the most important thing...
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The judges are unanimous… in today’s NZ Herald #nzpolitics
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The judges are unanimous… in today’s NZ Herald #nzpolitics
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November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Drug criminalization is not and has never been about protecting people from the negative consequences of drug abuse.
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Drug criminalization is not and has never been about protecting people from the negative consequences of drug abuse.
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Mōrena whanāu, Another early riser watches yet another glorious sunrise from the Windsor Reserve breakwater. Looks like a scorcher ahead today in Tamaki Makaurau. Kia pa to rā!
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Mōrena whanāu, Another early riser watches yet another glorious sunrise from the Windsor Reserve breakwater. Looks like a scorcher ahead today in Tamaki Makaurau. Kia pa to rā!
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No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?
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Had to click out of a Census consultation about the new admin Census cos too depressing to watch the sad faces of StatsNZ explaining the ins and outs of how they will be producing something with poorer data quality than before
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Had to click out of a Census consultation about the new admin Census cos too depressing to watch the sad faces of StatsNZ explaining the ins and outs of how they will be producing something with poorer data quality than before
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Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
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Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.
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A disability advocate’s Facebook account was permanently disabled after he criticised proposed govt changes to the Total Mobility Scheme. Meta says he breached “cybersecurity” standards, but provided no explanation and no right to appeal. #thread 🧵
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Disability advocate has Facebook account shut down
The social media giant told Blake Forbes he breached its "community standards" but he suspects he was targeted for activism.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A disability advocate’s Facebook account was permanently disabled after he criticised proposed govt changes to the Total Mobility Scheme. Meta says he breached “cybersecurity” standards, but provided no explanation and no right to appeal. #thread 🧵
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This is a very good selection
Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
A high-profile emergency doctor has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is a very good selection
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November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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