Victoria Girling-Butcher (VGB, Lucid 3) Announces Auckland Show w/ Cloudy
Songwriting force behind Lucid 3 and more recently core member of Sir Dave Dobbyn’s live band, Victoria Girling-Butcher aka VGB steps back into the spotlight for a special headline event at Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar. The show at Auckland’s Whammy Bar on Sept 19 will be a celebration of material from her three Lucid3 albums and critically acclaimed solo project. Following her return to NZ after a few years of teaching music in Paris, she reunited with Sir Dave Dobbyn’s live band in 2018 as rhythm-guitarist. Emerging indie singer-songwriter Cloudy opens the show and is poised to captivate listeners with her unique blend of 90s indie-rock and contemporary dream-pop. Cloudy is supported by Emily Mackie (Mini Simmons) on keys and guitarist Chris McCollum (Zephyr Love, Makeshift Parachutes).
Source:Stuff
August 09, 2024 10:02 UTC
Te Pāti Māori will no longer engage with NZ Herald for ‘anti-Māori propaganda’
A full front-page ad on the Wednesday, August 7 edition of the New Zealand Herald. Photo / suppliedTe Pāti Māori says it will no longer engage with the New Zealand Herald after it ran a “disgusting attack on tangata whenua” on its front page. Te Pāti Māori said it would also write a formal complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. “The New Zealand Herald have allowed themselves to be bought off by a well-resourced anti-Māori collective. “Te Pāti Māori cannot engage with a platform that enables harm to our people and the spread of misinformation.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 09, 2024 09:09 UTC
'A year of hell': Teen victim and dad speak after Christchurch youth sex offender trial
Yesterday a Christchurch schoolboy told a Youth Court judge he “does not deny” sexual offending against three teenage girls. He was later charged and went on trial in the Youth Court this week. - A person does not consent to sexual activity just because they do not protest or physically resist the activity. Being impaired- A person does not consent to sexual activity if it happens while they are asleep or unconscious. - A person does not consent to sexual activity if it happens while they are so drunk or drugged that they cannot consent or refuse.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 09, 2024 08:51 UTC
Te Pāti Māori boycott NZ Herald over Hobson's Pledge ad
Photo: RNZ / Samuel RillstoneTe Pāti Māori has announced a boycott of the New Zealand Herald after the newspaper ran a front-page advert for Don Brash-led lobby group Hobson's Pledge. The party is demanding an apology and review of standards and says it will complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. Te Pāti Māori and others have warned the move threatens to reignite the contentious foreshore and seabed debate and the marches that came with it. "The New Zealand Herald have allowed themselves to be bought off by a well-resourced anti-Māori collective. The Advertising Standards Authority handles complaints about advertising.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 09, 2024 07:57 UTC
NZ Herald Added To Te Pāti Māori Whitelist
Press Release – Te Pati MaoriTe Pti Mori cannot engage with a platform that enables harm on our people and the spread of misinformation. Te Pāti Māori will no longer engage with the New Zealand Herald after their disgusting attack on tangata whenua on the front-page of their 7 August tabloid. “The New Zealand Herald have allowed themselves to be bought off by a well-resourced anti-Māori collective. “Te Pāti Māori cannot engage with a platform that enables harm on our people and the spread of misinformation. Te Pāti Māori will also write a formal complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 09, 2024 05:53 UTC
Should coffee cost $7?
A medium flat white from French83 in Federal St, Auckland, cost $6, a regular trim flat white from Bleached in New Plymouth $4.40 and an Americano from Moore Wilson in Wellington $4.80. An oat milk flat white at the Long Beach coffee cart in Northland cost $7. Photo: UnsplashInternationally, coffee bean prices have made news because they have been increasing rapidly amid forecasts of frost in Brazil that could damage the country's coffee crops. "The cost of goods for coffee at this moment in time and contracting forward for me in my organisation is the highest it's been, ever. He said the cost of coffee from Brazil, which was the majority of supply, was double what it was two or three years ago.
Source:Stuff
August 09, 2024 03:30 UTC
Breakfast briefing: Investor fears ease
Both are lower than last week and -10% lower than the same week a year ago. The Australian 10 year bond yield starts today at just on 4.14% and down -2 bps. The Kiwi dollar starts today little-changed from this time yesterday at just over 60 USc. That all means our TWI-5 starts today at 68.7 and down -20 bps. The bitcoin price starts today at US$59,562 and up +6.5% from where we left it yesterday.
Source:Stuff
August 09, 2024 01:29 UTC
Open mike 09/08/2024
The 35 councils with Māori wards or constituencies can either put the decision to a poll or disband their Māori wards, and have until September 6 to decide what they’ll do. Liam Rātana explains. The Kaipara District Council has ignited nationwide controversy by becoming the first to scrap its Māori ...
Source:Stuff
August 09, 2024 00:50 UTC
Mitsubishi Mirage exits NZ market
Another low-priced hatchback has been dropped from the New Zealand market with the Mitsubishi Mirage now discontinued. A Mitsubishi New Zealand representative confirmed to Stuff that the model has been removed from the local line-up and follows recent news the model would also be axed in the US. Sales of the Mirage ended in Australia last year after three decades of the model. Mitsubishi says the last Mirage models brought into New Zealand were sold in July, with a small remainder of pre-registered versions still listed for sale online, Stuff reports. The Mirage had the title of New Zealand’s cheapest new car with a price tag of $21,990.
Source:Stuff
August 08, 2024 23:13 UTC
The Week in Politics: Sir John Key - still a powerful presence
Photo: Tim CollinsAnalysis: Sir John Key has a powerful presence at National's annual conference, the government's latest maths initiative runs into controversy over student assessment, Health NZ's new supremo warns it could go broke and Shane Jones shakes up the energy market. National Party members felt the strong presence of former Prime minister Sir John Key at their annual conference in Auckland at the weekend. Stuff's Thomas Manch said the legacy of the Key era - nine years of electoral success - literally lingered in the room. Key spoke to RNZ at the conference and was generous with his comments about Luxon. Although the statistics were undeniably awful, the primary teachers union NZEI said there was concern about the rapid pace of change in the maths curriculum and the short time for training teachers.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 08, 2024 23:06 UTC
Media Insider: TVNZ removes Casketeers episode; RNZ radio ratings languish; Big challenge facing Stuff-Warner Bros Discovery’s 6pm TV3 news; Herald reviews AI policies
“When these allegations came to light, TVNZ proactively removed one episode from season 1 of The Casketeers on TVNZ+,” a TVNZ spokeswoman told Media Insider. RNZ Morning Report hosts Corin Dann and Ingrid Hipkiss. The NZ Herald initially sought, under the Official Information Act, specific ratings for several individual RNZ shows – beyond topline results – last December. RNZ finally released to the NZ Herald a breakdown of its ratings on Tuesday this week. He has held executive and senior editorial roles at NZME including Managing Editor, NZ Herald Editor and Herald on Sunday Editor and has a small shareholding in NZME.
Source:Stuff
August 08, 2024 17:48 UTC
MEDIAWATCH: We forget how racist the NZ Herald is
Surprised the NZ Herald would allow a white supremacy astro turf organisation buy a wrap around advert to invoke a race war? You shouldn’t be. Never, never, never forget that the NZ Herald’s very first editorial was calling on white New Zealanders to go to war with Māori. It has always been a right hate rag propped up by Real Estate Advertising, it will always be a right wing hate rag propped up by Real Estate Advertising.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 08, 2024 17:30 UTC
Studious goal set for top-ranked athlete
University of Otago health sciences student Levi Stout is New Zealand’s top-ranked disc golfer. Mr Stout said he started playing disc golf when he was 10, when he and his brother discovered the disc golf baskets in Te Anau while they were on holiday. "We just bought some cheap plastic Frisbees and started playing," he said. He is a two-time South Island champion and the present South Island champion, as well as a three-time New Zealand Disc Golf (NZDG) tour winner. "Disc golf is definitely not a guarantee.
Source:Otago Daily Times
August 08, 2024 17:06 UTC
Kiwis Bring Home Gold And Bronze From Paris Olympics
Kiwis Bring Home Gold And Bronze From Paris Olympics Day 13 sees Dame Lisa Carrington lead women's kayak team to gold as sailors shine with bronze medalThe Paris Olympics 2024 is heating up as Kiwi athletes shine on day 13 of competition. New Zealand's women’s kayak team, led by the legendary Dame Lisa Carrington, triumphed spectacularly, clinching the gold medal in the women's K4 500m final, solidifying Carrington's status as one of New Zealand's most celebrated Olympians with her sixth gold medal. On the cycling front, New Zealand's team was also buzzing with anticipation. The star golfer is gunning for her Olympic dream, seeking to complete her medal set after winning silver and bronze at the previous two Olympics. The spirit of the Olympics shines through them as they not only compete but uplift one another, showcasing true sportsmanship.
Source:Otago Daily Times
August 08, 2024 14:30 UTC
‘Appalling’ - NZ Herald faces backlash for selling front page to Hobson’s Pledge ‘ad’
The front page ad on the Wednesday, August 7 edition of the New Zealand Herald. Image / pressreader.comNew Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME), the company which owns the New Zealand Herald, is facing intense backlash for running a full front page advertisement from right-wing lobby group Hobson’s Pledge. The ad, on the front page of the Wednesday, August 7 edition of the Herald, calls for the restoration of “the foreshore and seabed to public ownership”. The front page ad on the Wednesday, August 7 edition of the New Zealand Herald. ‘I’m actually a Herald subscriber - well I was until yesterday’Award-winning author Shilo Kino, who herself once worked as a journalist at the New Zealand Herald, said she wasn’t surprised by wraparound advertisement.
Source:New Zealand Herald
August 08, 2024 11:07 UTC