The Independent Electoral Review out today has included a recommendation to ‘affect the Treaty of Waitangi andPrinciples’ and make it one of the Act’s ‘explicit objectives’. What ‘principles’ are they talking about exactly? Our Electoral Act is the foundation of unwavering equality for every New Zealander

Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news the realities of the post-pandemic bounce are showing it isn't being sustained on a global basis. This week won't be as busy on the economic data front as last week. It will be mainly Fed-watching in the US, plus PMIs and some key housing sector data there. The Japanese one might reveal a rising expansion, but it is unlikely any of the others will. The Australian 10 year bond yield is now at 4.03% and unchanged.

Smokefree Rockquest: ManawatūThe Manawatū Finals definitely had it all going on, and Neill from Villainy was there to capture the madness! For weirdest band pictures and to see our regional acts getting in the groove, check out this week’s On The Road webisode. This series has been made with the support of NZ On Air.

National’s announcement scheme on farming emissions would measure emissions at the farm level from 2025, but farmers would only begin paying an emissions price in 2030. The ETS scheme is a government-run market where polluters buy credits for what they emit. But under the current settings, firms can buy credits from tree planting for cheaper than actually cutting back on pollution. The estimated amount of exotic forestry planted last year was 60,000 hectares, double what had been projected. It was likely the current settings would likely incentivise the establishment of a large volume of permanent exotic forests.

Scouts NZ in Dunedin shut down a Stop Co-Governance meeting at St Kilda. Photo / Elliot WeirA Stop Co-Governance meeting in Dunedin was closed down yesterday after Scouts NZ claimed it was misled about the type of meeting being held. The protest meeting was held in Dunedin as part of a Stop Co-Governance tour. Batchelor said the venue for the meeting was booked by a lower South Island member of Stop Co-Governance, who the Herald has contacted for comment. * This article has been updated as the original version wrongly named a former Scouts NZ chief executive.

Which Kardashian is pregnant with their fourth child? Photo / HuluWhich Kardashian is pregnant with their fourth child? Photo / HuluAre you smarter than a robot? Test your brains with the Herald’s morning quiz. Be sure to check back on nzherald.co.nz for the afternoon quiz.

Te Whatu Ora tells surgeons to consider ethnicity in prioritising patients, AT rolls out a new city parking plan and Prince Harry's court case costs UK taxpayers £1m in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / New Zealand HeraldAuckland surgeons are now being required to consider a patient’s ethnicity alongside other factors when deciding who should get an operation first. Over 200 days for Māori and Pacific patients. “These adjustments are based on evidence which shows these groups often have inequitable health outcomes, which often begin at the start of their healthcare journey. The Auckland District Health Board’s own data show Māori and Pacific patients take longer after referral to have a procedure confirmed.

This year didn't look like being a good one and now half-way through we are getting the confirmation. These have provided a hit to the economy that helped to propel us into a 'technical recession'. As an aside, it would be fairly interesting if there's any revisions to the March quarter figures done by Stats NZ once the June quarter figures are released in September. I've said before that at the moment the labour market figures are THE key ones to watch, for a number of reasons. That's when we will get the answers to a lot of the questions that have formed in the first half.

Steve Miller watched the final moments of his son Daniel's life as he livestreamed himself wading through floodwaters during the Auckland Anniversary floods. Photo: NZ HeraldSteve Miller watched the moments leading up to his son's death in the Auckland Anniversary floods through a phone screen separated by 350 kilometres. Having a visual record of his son's last moments to speculate on how he died became torture for Steve. Steve Miller said having a visual record of his son's last moments became torture for him. Photo: Supplied/ Auckland CouncilOnce back in Napier after Daniel's Auckland funeral, the Miller family then had to confront the onslaught of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Written By: advantage - Date published: 9:52 am, June 18th, 2023 - 29 commentsCategories: education, labour, political parties, tertiary education - Tags:New Zealand is not an intellectual or innovation powerhouse but the rapid decline of our entire tertiary education is a tragedy. This affects some regional centres that have relied on this massive economic and social driver more than others. The fact that reading that sentence seems unreal is a measure of how far down we hold tertiary education now. Neither help in the attractiveness or financial stability of tertiary education. The result of course is that we are dumber, making the same dumb stuff, too dumb to make smart policy, dumb enough not to argue or protest, and too dumb to care that we are indeed dumber.

I think we need an urgent upgrade of our universal suffrage with a focus on Tino rangatiratanga to save NZ democracy. Allowing all prisoners to vote: Prisoners are the weakest members of our society because the State controls every element of their life while in prison. The constant drive by voters for crueller and harsher sentences needs a counter weight in the ability for Prisoners to vote. One might argue that for real Universal Suffrage Tino rangatiratanga we would limit voting to rights to only citizens and permanent residents. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comDonation limited to voters not corporations: Limiting donations, expanding state funding and only allowing citizens and permanent residents to donate rather than allowing Unions and corporations to donate is righteous.

But the implied endorsement from this influential dynasty is better than a cheque for van Velden’s campaign to win Tāmaki from National. It makes that seat one of a number of Auckland electorates where real drama is going to play out on election night. MMP has largely taken the fun out of watching how the seats fall on election night. The Red Tide of 2020 will recede and National can expect to retake the blue-ribbon seats like Rangitata and Tukituki. As finance spokesperson, Willis is one of the faces of National's campaign.

Hundreds of gang members headed to the Bay of Plenty for the tangi. Photo: NZ HeraldNational is announcing a new policy intended to give gang members tougher criminal sentences, just days after two Bay of Plenty towns accommodated a large Mongrel Mob funeral procession that led to schools closing, a highway being shut off and a police investigation into gunshots. Photo: NZ HeraldUnder a National Government, this policy would mean gang membership would always be an aggravating factor, regardless of the office committed. In practice, it means offenders who are known members of criminal gangs will likely face tougher sentences for crime.”According to the latest quarterly Gang Harm Insights Report, there were 8875 gang members across 33 gangs on police’s National Gang List - a percentage increase of about 10 percent from August last year. The party would also boost police powers to enable warrantless searches to find guns held by gang members, to prevent gang members from communicating and to restrict their public meetings.

Shop the outside supermarket aisles for food which tends to have less packaging. Shop the outside supermarket aisles for food which tends to have less packaging. I admire activists who remove the packaging of their food at checkout and take only the edible stuff home with them. Once you’ve stuck to the less packaged stuff on the outside aisles, continue your low-waste efforts by controlling what you can control. Buy food thoughtfully so it won’t rot in the bottom of your fridge.

As authorities battled to stop a downtown karaoke bar selling alcohol, a Herald investigation reveals the untold story of the short but colourful life of BayLuck Karaoke. Officers spoke to security outside BayLuck, who were obstructive and closed the door on them, police said, refusing to allow access to the venue. Pamatatau, remaining deadpan, replied: “You must consume a lot of chips.”In his brief opening remarks, Wiles said the incidence of disturbances outside BayLuck were now “largely in the past”. Michael O’Flannigan, an Alcohol Licensing Inspector and Hearings Specialist at Auckland Council, said BayLuck had become a magnet for excessive noise, litter and other issues. BayLuck and Arby's "Red Flag Fridays" raised red flags with police and Auckland Council.