Meeting finds a home after cancellations
Stop Co-Governance director Julian Batchelor. The group’s meeting in St Kilda, Dunedin, on Saturday, was cut short after venue providers Scouts NZ intervened, saying they had been misled about the nature of the meeting. Before last night’s meeting, Mr Barrett said such cancellations were misguided, and were hampering the group’s right to free speech. Stop Co-Governance has courted controversy due to what some claim are "racist" views that "frame Māori culture as an enemy of the public". Group founder and director Julian Batchelor claims on his website that co-governance is "undemocratic" and promotes "apartheid and racism".
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 17:01 UTC
Kourtney Kardashian Is PREGNANT! See Her Baby Bump Reveal
Entertainment Tonight published this video item, entitled “Kourtney Kardashian Is PREGNANT! See Her Baby Bump Reveal” – below is their description. Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker announce they’re expecting their first child together! The reality star shared the big news during Friday’s Blink-182 concert in LA, holding up a poster in the crowd that read, ‘Travis I’m pregnant.’ Kourt also shared several baby bump pics to Instagram. The pair has been vocal about their hopes to expand their family and have even shown their tough journey with IVF on Hulu’s ‘The Kardashians.’ Entertainment Tonight YouTube ChannelGot a comment?
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 15:41 UTC
The South Today Bulletin: Tuesday, June 20
Nightly news bulletin from Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Top stories: Celebrations in Christchurch as staff and students mark a major anniversary for Canterbury University; a new home on the other side of the world marking a milestone of refugee families settling in Invercargill; and Southland rural women enjoy a special lunch in Gorecelebrating their hard mahi on the farm. The South Today features stories from Dunedin, Christchurch, Otago, Southland, and other regions across the South Island. The team covers local people, local issues and puts a local spin on national news.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 20, 2023 12:32 UTC
Queenstown flood 'could have been a lot worse'
A section of the main road from Fernhill to Queenstown has subsided after a "significant" burst water main caused havoc yesterday afternoon. On Fernhill Rd, the water appeared to be flowing underneath the asphalt, causing the foundations of the road to subside outside the Heritage. If they hadn’t stopped it when they did, my assumption is it would have been a lot worse in terms of property damage." Part of Queenstown’s Fernhill Rd subsided yesterday afternoon after a rising water main broke. Orbus was not able to travel up or down Fernhill Rd; instead, buses were travelling along the Glenorchy Rd, to Sunshine Bay and Fernhill.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 20, 2023 12:13 UTC
Daily review 20/06/2023
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 5:30 pm, June 20th, 2023 - 37 commentsCategories: Daily review - Tags:Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …Share this: Tweet
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 11:10 UTC
Kiwis create the planet's most beautiful football ground on home soil ahead of Women's World Cup
Taken at Mt Cook National Park at Aoraki on the South IslandAdvertisementNew Zealand is famed for its breathtaking scenery - and a recent promotional video ahead of the Women's World Cup hasn't disappointed. Girls from Timaru's West End AFC, Twizel Area School and Arowhenua School took part in the match of a lifetime, which was refereed by New Zealand Football national referee development manager Lindsey Robinson. Tourism New Zealand chief executive René de Monchy said the FIFA Women's World Cup was a 'significant opportunity' to promote Aotearoa as a destination to an international audience. Star New Zealand midfielder Emma Rolston made her way to Mt Cook National Park to see the girls in action - and labelled it 'the most beautiful place on Earth.' 'We are going to be the best host country for the World Cup because we have so much to offer,' she said.
Source:Stuff
June 20, 2023 09:51 UTC
Polyamorous exes: How to split $2m home three ways divides Supreme Court
After their relationship ended, they turned to the Family Court to determine how the property, which was jointly owned, should be divided. The Family Court said it did not have jurisdiction, as did the High Court. That means the case will be sent back to the Family Court. In November 2017, Lilach Paul separated from her husband and Mead, and the following year Brett Paul and Mead separated. Justice France and Justice Glazebrook, however, considered the High Court was correct that the Family Court had no jurisdiction.
Source:Stuff
June 20, 2023 09:13 UTC
Even for the king of kings, power is transient
PHOTO: NZ HERALDPolitical power is often temporary and illusory. It is apparent the pharaoh had exercised huge power and authority in his lifetime, but what Shelley viewed was but a shadow of that former glory. The poem ends:"And on the pedestal these words appear:My name is Ozymandius, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! Unlike Ozymandius, they were not motivated by power or vanity. Temporary though political power is, if properly applied, all the citizens of the nation should be able to flourish.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 04:33 UTC
Protests over anti-co-governance tour gather support
The motel owner said he had made his decision after contacting police to clarify the situation. However, a police media spokesman said police had not provided any advice to the motel owner, and it was up to individual businesses to "decide who their customers [were]". Contacted by the ODT about the planned meetings yesterday afternoon, Balclutha Pipe Band president Grant Marshall expressed surprise and dismay. Senior Sergeant Chris Wakelin, of Balclutha police, said there was nothing illegal about the meetings planned in the town for tonight and tomorrow. "We will support all members of the public being safe for any public meeting."
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 04:31 UTC
Of course ethnicity is being used to rationalise surgery you pearl clutching muppets, the faux racism hysteria is masking the real issue
Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations – some are not happyAuckland surgeons are now being required to consider a patient’s ethnicity alongside other factors when deciding who should get an operation first. We don’t just need more drs and nurses, we need new hospitals, we need new technology, we need new drugs, we need our own basic pharmaceutical industry. What this inclusion of ethnicity as a determinant truly represents is an under-funded public health system forced into making this brutal equation because of grotesque and systemic underfunding. This is a symptom of an underfunded health system using blunt tools like ethnicity to attempt more equitable outcomes. It is an ugly treatment to a much more malicious disease, which is the underfunding of the public health system by starving the State of tax revenue from the wealthiest amongst us.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 03:19 UTC
Costly Glitch! Bank Error Results In More Than 6,000 Customers Losing Thousands Of Dollars In New Zealand
Imagine waking up in the morning and seeing thousands of dollars debited from your account mysteriously. Well, something similar happened to credit card users across New Zealand recently that too at a time when the country has fallen into recession. It turns out that a third-party provider experienced a technical error which caused duplicate payments to be made among New Zealand Bank (BNZ) customers who used their cards to pay for goods and services between 10pm and 10.30pm. They said: "BNZ is supporting our customers who have been impacted by a technical issue caused by an external credit card service provider. "Approximately 500 Kiwibank customers may have experienced issues using their credit cards this morning due to a vendor technical issue," they said.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 01:28 UTC
That’s it, I’m architecture shaming
All of these carbuncles gleaned from Zillow listings, social media posts, or their local neighbourhood, and uploaded to be subjected to public criticism. Image: Facebook page That's It I'm Architecture ShamingThere is visible delight users take in poking fun at wealthy homeowner’s lack of taste, at the sheer amount of effort gone into building something so thoroughly ugly. Image: Facebook page That's It I'm Architecture ShamingHowever, this highlights the difficulty in separating personal taste from “objective” analysis. Image: Facebook page That's It I'm Architecture ShamingSo why does architecture not have the same critical culture as, for example, film or music? DOI: 10.1080/1326482000947839011 “What do architecture critics think of the state of architecture criticism today?” The Architect’s Newspaper, May 21, 2018. https://www.archpaper.com/2018/05/critics-speak-state-architectural-criticism/12 Wagner, “Stop Gatekeeping Architecture.”
Source:Stuff
June 20, 2023 00:47 UTC
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Albany attack: Police cordon as restaurants beef up security, brief court appearance for 24-year-old
Video / New Zealand HeraldWarning: Graphic imagesThe man accused of attacking diners at a series of North Shore restaurants has appeared in court briefly, before his matter was stood down until the afternoon. He was brought up from the North Shore District Court cells to appear in the dock before Community Magistrate Rosemary Fitzpatrick on Tuesday. Restaurants plan to beef up security on Auckland’s North Shore after a man wielding a weapon allegedly injured unsuspecting diners and damaged up to half a dozen eateries during a violent rampage. Another restaurant owner, who did not want to be named, said the alleged attacker kicked glass panels at restaurants before the attack. An axe spotted at the scene where multiple people were injured in an attack on Auckland's North Shore last night.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 20, 2023 00:28 UTC
Open mike 20/06/2023
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
Source:Stuff
June 20, 2023 00:04 UTC
Exile Tibetan leader disappointed with no ministerial meeting in New Zealand
Hipkins has, ahead of his visit, explained how important China is to his country’s economic and other interests. He is to address the National Press Club (NPC) in Canberra on Jun 20, apart from being busy in numerous other engagements. * * *Meanwhile, in a statement to news agency RNZ, the New Zealand Foreign Ministry said Tsering did not request a meeting with Mahuta, according to the report. “The New Zealand government does not recognise the Central Tibetan Administration and accepts China’s sovereignty over Tibet,” the ministry has said. Events include a sustainability forum, gala dinner, giving a keynote address at Peking University, and attending the World Economic Forum “annual meeting of new champions”.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 19, 2023 22:24 UTC