MEDIAWATCH: Shayne Currie and his selective journalistic lessons
In those days we had no website to worry about – the NZ Herald, Herald on Sunday and nzherald.co.nz operations were separate, under individual editors. Any concerns I did have were further eased after the newsroom meeting. The Press Council has upheld the substance of the complaints. This is a brief outline; for the full Press Council decision, in two parts, please see www.presscouncil.org.nz. The Press Council is concerned with maintaining the press in accordance with the highest professional standards.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 22:26 UTC
Meng Foon got wang chunged tonight
Meng Foon resigns after $2m in Govt payments not ‘adequately declared’Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has resigned from his role this evening over undisclosed conflicts of interest. Ok.Ok.Ok.TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comLet’s do a compliment sandwich where I say something positive, then give my criticism and then end on another compliment so that the criticism can go down a little easier. So let’s start, and I mean this without being facetious, I have an enormous respect and aroha for Meng Foon. YOU HOSTED AN OFFICIAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO CLAIMING HOMELESSNESS WAS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE WHILE BEING A RECIPIENT OF A 2.3MILLION CONTRACT FOR HOMELESSNESS AND DIDN’T SEE THAT AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST!!!!! Now let us end the compliment sandwich with a final compliment, which is I think it’s neat he speaks te reo.
Source:Stuff
June 17, 2023 22:24 UTC
Two seriously hurt in Wellington hit-and-run
Police at the scene in Wellington early today. Photo: NZ HeraldTwo people are in hospital, one in a critical condition, and two others have been arrested after a hit-and run incident in Wellington early today. Police were called to the scene on Cable St about 1.15am after a report of a car hitting two pedestrians. “Police immediately commenced area inquiries to find the car and it was located on Evans Bay Parade,” a police spokeswoman said. “The occupants of the vehicle, a 23-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, were arrested.”She said charges would be laid inquiries were ongoing.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 20:39 UTC
Eight injured in serious two-vehicle crash
Eight people were injured - two seriously - in a crash on the Manuka Gorge Highway, between Milton and Lawrence yesterday. The crash, between a van and a ute, happened about 4.30pm between Round Hill Rd and Ford Rd, a police spokesman said. It appeared two people sustained serious injuries, two had moderate injuries and four had minor injuries, the spokesman said. The crash happened about an hour after another on the Manuka Gorge Highway, State Highway 8, nearer to Milton. A person received minor injuries when a car went into a ditch near Falla Burn Rd, police said.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 17, 2023 19:22 UTC
Open mike 18/06/2023
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 17, 2023 18:49 UTC
RNZ case signals need for a news media reset
And its former editor, New Zealand Herald editor-at-large, Shayne Currie, this week recalled a 2005 case in which a reporter fabricated content on the Sunday paper. Pressures built, and the public’s expectations (fuelled by their own use of social media like Twitter) led media organisations to satisfy a need for instant gratification around the clock. Again, technology created both the need and the means to satisfy it. In the main, it serves them well, although RNZ, Stuff and NZME in the past few days will have applied some rueful hindsight to the perils of human error and human nature. That reflection should point news media to a reset: Relieve some of the pressure points to allow for comprehensive oversight.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 18:39 UTC
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Teen says she was sexually assaulted by boys at Greg Norman’s home after being served alcohol
Norman and his wife are being sued by a high school girl who says she was sexually assaulted at their Florida home in Sept. 2021, by two boys during a party where alcohol was served to her, her alleged attackers and other minors. Photo / APLIV Golf leader Greg Norman and his wife are being sued by a high school girl who says she was sexually assaulted at their Florida home by two boys during a party where alcohol was served to her, her alleged attackers and other minors. The girl and her parents allege that Kutner served her daughter and the girl drinks before other guests arrived. More alcohol was served throughout the party, the lawsuit alleges, and the girl became “incapable of standing on her own and was seen stumbling around the party.”Golfer Greg Norman, right, and wife Kirsten Kutner. Photo / APThe girl alleges that two boys, who also had been drinking at the party, then sexually assaulted her on the grass next to the pool.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 18:37 UTC
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Southland police arrest 20 people linked to Mongrel Mob on 85 charges after major operation
At least 20 people have been arrested and 85 charges filed in Operation Pakari, a Southland-based termination focused on violent offending. Video / NZ PoliceAt least 20 people connected to the Mongrel Mob gang have been arrested and are facing 85 charges- including attempted murder - after a police operation targeting violent offending in Southland. Over the week police working on Operation Pakari executed 20 arrest warrants in Mataura, Gore, Invercargill, Dunedin and Hamilton. Southland Area Commander Inspector Mike Bowman said Operation Pakari was “immense” and was born after “a number of connected incidents over several months”. Operation Pakari falls under the umbrella of Operation Cobalt – a nationally-focused operation targeting the offending and harm caused by gangs in our community.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 17:46 UTC
The wonderful world of Curling
The Naseby-based cup is for outdoor curling, yet bonspiels (curling tournaments) are increasingly threatened by climate change. They’re no longer even held in the sport’s birthplace of Scotland and the last Baxter Cup was held here in 2017. Naseby Curling Council secretary, Scott is also widely considered New Zealand’s longest practising Scottish piper. Maniototo farmer and Naseby Curling Council secretary Jock Scott said the game of curling has always been all about brotherhood. While the sport can be played indoors, curling requires natural ice that needs to be thickened by spraying water at regular intervals.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 17, 2023 17:35 UTC
Open mike 17/06/2023
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:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 02:58 UTC
Reduced sentences for Megaupload programmers after agreeing to testify against Kim Dotcom
- Advertisement -Two former team members megaupload, Mathias Ortman and bram van der kolkhave received significantly reduced prison terms after pleading guilty to fraud and agreeing to testify against their former boss, kim dotcom. For his part, Van der Kolk, former head of software programming and owner of 2.5% of the company’s shares, has been sentenced to two years and six months. - Advertisement -Dotcom’s fight against extraditionWhile Ortmann and Van der Kolk will serve their sentences in New Zealand, Kim Dotcom continues to fight their extradition to the United States. The Megaupload caseThe sentence comes 11 years after the arrest of Ortmann and Van der Kolk and the forced closure of Megaupload. The future of Kim DotcomAs Ortmann and Van der Kolk prepare to testify against him, Kim Dotcom stands firm in his fight against extradition.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 02:56 UTC
A bit more activity at the latest property auctions
There was a pick up in activity at the latest auctions monitored by interest.co.nz, with more properties on offer and more selling under the hammer. Of those, 76 sold under the hammer giving an overall sales rate of 43%, compared to 40% the previous week. Similarly, the number of sales that achieved prices above or equal to their rating valuations increased slightly to 26%, up from 19% the previous week. The biggest improvement in the sales rate at the latest auctions was in Auckland, which had an overall sales rate of 51%, with only two districts - Rodney and Franklin - where the number of sales under the hammer failed to pass the halfway mark. Conversely, activity was unusually subdued in Canterbury where the sales rate was just 16%.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 17, 2023 02:07 UTC
A weekend Top 5: Energy transitions, the Fed's inflation fight, the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried & more
https://t.co/wNTLdVh1IX Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of June 12 - 18 pic.twitter.com/1IZUcNKr7d — Rod Emmerson (@rodemmerson) June 14, 20231) The Great Depression and energy transition. This paper has presented a hypothesis that the Great Depression can be understood as a critical period in the energy transition from coal to hydrocarbons. They were responsible for supplying between 70% and 76% of US energy in 1929; and 69% of energy used for capital formation. Further biophysical economic analysis of other nations during the Great Depression, and the revival of US railroads during WWII is warranted. But she is able to use her time in the airport for her TikTok and YouTube posts...5) The fall of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Source:Stuff
June 17, 2023 00:49 UTC
Ski season launched with Champagne
The Champagne corks were popping on the mountain yesterday as Coronet Peak opened some of its runs to launch the Queenstown ski season, followed this morning by the part-opening of The Remarkables. "We had blankets, and a few whiskies to keep warm," Mr Furniss said. We need that situation to reverse," Mr Anderson said. First up Coronet Peak at the start of the Queenstown ski season are (from left) Natalie Urbani, Kurt Wilson, David Furniss and Mariachi Kosovich. "We’ve got a lot of bookings for learners so they’re all going to be out there," Mr Anderson said.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 16, 2023 17:26 UTC
About the south: Seeing the gardens through the trees
The original Invercargill Botanical Gardens were what is now known as the Otepuni Gardens. The tradition of tree planting was borrowed from America where it was well-established. Southland’s first Arbor Day may have been the one held about June 14, 1886. Between 1892 and 1914 schools and Government departments observed Arbor Day, at various dates in winter and spring. Fortunately, the rope tied to a tree ashore held and the inflatable dinghies cushioned the yacht from impact with the rocks.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 16, 2023 17:03 UTC