Did you know, during the Covid pandemic, NZ had no flu. We stopped the bugs getting here
I think we should start offshore screening for it. Let's stop the bugs before they get here.
The risks were known, documented repeatedly.
The reports literally predicted where the slip would happen, and they were ignored.
But it's no one's fault. I can't imagine how the families must be feeling today.
Received my 'Check you're enrolled' letter today, and noticed that the Electoral Commission now does Easy Vote cards by email where possible.
It seems like a very obvious change, I don't need a physical card. I dont buy the idea that it's making things harder, given people have the ability to opt out.
Only took 3 years but better late than never.
Oh wait, they still need to pass legislative amendments in the 15 sitting days left before the House rises on the 24th September.
Well, least we know where they stand. Labour is going to need Greens and OPP/TPM to govern, so it's going to be interesting coalition negotiations..
Nothing earth shaking, but a solid policy. They've had a good read of the various reviews that have been undertaken.
Anti-corruption agency, OIA overhaul, only one reason why people would object to those..
Looks like we've got another election to void.
Cops need to be kicking in doors and seizing devices. This sort of shit is a direct attack on our democracy and it cannot be allowed to go undetected and unpunished.
Link to the actual report
No surprises in it, everyone's aware of the issues.
Professor McNobody has just taken it on himself to declare 'an oppression of the official language'.
As someone who isn't fluent in te reo, I would feel a bit pissed off if a member of Council decided that they were only going to communicate in Te Reo. I'd feel exactly the same way if the councillor cracked out Sign.
Fuxon might regret ruling OPP out..
Sensible stuff, but we'll see..
OPP surge becomes OPP wave..
Wikipedia: He graduated Victoria University of Wellington with first-class honours in Law and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics...Bishop worked as a summer clerk at Russell McVeagh and Crown Law while at university.
No comment from Labour or Ayesha Verrall obviously. No denouncement from No Apples Hipkins.
It's clearly a death threat. Winstons old enough to have witnessed our last execution and these people are clearly trying to say he needs the same treatment.
Love me a good bar graph.
For the purposes of comparison, it would be interesting to see election promises removed from the stats. Hard to argue that simple repeals, campaigned on, need the full process.
> She said of the bills that had skipped the select committee, only 10 were not Budget-related legislation, or were passed in the first 100 days of government, some to repeal laws enacted under Labour.
> "All of these bills had necessary reasons to be enacted as soon as possible. Five of these Bills were supported by Labour at [the] third reading.
Jokes on them, I use Click and Collect. 😎
Businesses have to take reasonable measures to protect staff, but there's obvious issues with facial recognition.
Only took 3 years but we got there. Good, long overdue changes.
> But the party still disagreed with removing police as the regulator, he said, calling the move "strange".
> "We think the police are the proper agency to supervise the use of firearms."
How is it, after decades of incompetence by the Police, we still have politicians who think that they're the proper agency?
If my aunt had wheels, she'd be a bike.
The pearl clutching, led by the Greens, is getting pretty boring.
This article lays out pretty clearly that the power datacentres need will be built by the generators. It incentivises new generation.
Mercury would invest in a 190MW wind farm in Otago, the Puke Kapo Hau project, which Hamilton said would supply the 140MW it had guaranteed to Datagrid.
> He said it wouldn’t join unless there was power to supply it.
Transpower is the regulator here. We don't need more regulations and pauses.
https://www.greens.org.nz/manifesto_2026#manifesto_2026_grid
There's the manifesto, there's a lot in there. I'm still working through it all.