How to deal with Kiwis who claim we can’t do anything to stop climate change so shouldn’t lower emissions: Step 1 – Slap the stupid off their face
because of climate changeStep 1: Slap the stupid off their face. Not a closed fist now, or the back of your hand, I mean a good old fashioned open handed slap to the face. We know from the ice record this has happened in the past, 635million year ago and it caused catastrophically abrupt climate change. One caused climate pollution equivalent to the rate of emissions from 67 million cars. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 11, 2023 22:20 UTC
Dunedin principal Kristan Mouat dies suddenly
Logan Park High School co-principal, Kristan Mouat, has died suddenly, peacefully at home, the school community was told in a letter sent today. Photo: ODT filesLogan Park High School co-principal Kristan Mouat has died suddenly, peacefully at home. Ms Mouat was remembered as a "warm, vibrant, nurturing, invaluable educator, and an inclusive leader". "Ms Mouat was not just an amazing educator but a beautiful soul who deeply cared about all of her students. Sending so much love and light to her whānau, friends and the entire school community who will all be deeply affected by this tragedy."
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 11, 2023 21:36 UTC
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NZ’s richest man Graeme Hart votes with feet: Targets lucrative investment sectors
Billionaire Graeme Hart's third new warehouse project, 68 Cryers Rd, East Tamaki, Auckland. Photo / Fernbrook ProprtyHis Rank Group owns Fernbrook Property whose newest warehouse project is a 12,340sq m giant building at 68 Cryers Rd, East Tamaki, owned by Rank’s Fernbrook Property (CR). Auckland warehouse storage/logisticsHere’s where it gets close to home and there’s some action on these shores. His Rank Group’s Fernbrook Property has built two enormous Auckland warehouse projects, each twin-buildings, and just started on that third. Fernbrook Property (JG), owned by Hart’s Rank Group, owns 9 Jerry Green St, property records show.
Source:Stuff
June 11, 2023 20:57 UTC
Open mike 12/06/2023
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 11, 2023 18:58 UTC
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The Auckland to New York marathon: What Qantas has learned from Air New Zealand
Qantas has been closely watching rival Air New Zealand’s nine months of flying between Auckland and New York and has learned lessons from it. “We’ve chatted with Air New Zealand and where we always work together is with safety. “It’s a tight timeline to have these flights on time and we’ve really learned that from Air New Zealand,” she said before a New York launch event in Sydney. Research for the Auckland-New York flights has been under way for two years analysing weather patterns and possible flight tracks. There would be four pilots on the New York flights and they would determine the roster for flying shifts themselves, she says.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 11, 2023 15:55 UTC
Great Barrier Island sand dune collapses, two boys critically hurt
Great Barrier Island. Photo: RNZ/Carol StilesTwo young boys are in critical condition after being trapped under a collapsed sand dune on Great Barrier Island. An afternoon on the beach turned to disaster when a dune collapsed and buried them. A rescue helicopter spokesperson said one boy is in his teens, and the other is younger. The New Zealand Herald reported that Chairperson of the Greater Barrier Local Board Izzy Fordham said it was a "horrid time."
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 11, 2023 09:06 UTC
Māori, Moriori remains being returned to New Zealand from Germany
By Justin Wong ofPhoto: Te PapaThe remains of more than 100 Māori and Moriori are returning to Aotearoa New Zealand this week from Germany. Alongside six toi moko (Māori mummified tattooed heads), 95 koiwi tangata (Māori skeletal remains) and kōimi t'chakat Moriori (Moriori skeletal remains) and other taonga Māori were repatriated from seven German institutions, including the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History and the Georg August University in Göttingen. Te Papa's haihautū (Māori co-leader) Dr Arapata Hakiwai said the work to repatriate tūpuna from Germany was "not easy" but it reflected the strong ties between Germany and New Zealand. "Our colleagues from these German institutions have shown significant respect and understanding towards Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Moriori, and demonstrated a strong sense of doing the right thing." Germany was one of the first countries to begin the repatriation of Māori and Moriori ancestral remains, with more than 150 ancestors returned from Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin since 1991.
Source:Stuff
June 11, 2023 07:30 UTC
Kevin O’Leary: I would fire Coinbase’s CEO if he worked for me
Yahoo Finance published this video item, entitled “Kevin O’Leary: I would fire Coinbase’s CEO if he worked for me” – below is their description. #KevinOleary #youtube #sharktankShark Tank Investor and O’Leary Ventures Chairman Kevin O’Leary says he would fire CEO Brian Armstrong. Yahoo Finance Plus: With a subscription to Yahoo Finance Plus get the tools you need to invest with confidence. Optimize your trades with advanced portfolio insights, fundamental analysis, enhanced charting, and more. To learn more about Yahoo Finance Plus please visit: https://yhoo.it/33jXYBpConnect with Yahoo Finance:Get the latest news: https://yhoo.it/2fGu5BbFind Yahoo Finance on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2A9u5ZqFollow Yahoo Finance on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2LMgloPFollow Yahoo Finance on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2LOpNYzFollow Yahoo Finance Premium on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3hhcnmVYahoo Finance YouTube Channel
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 11, 2023 07:19 UTC
'It's been an honour': Ex-All Black Brad Thorn departs coaching gig a proud man
'It's been an honour': Ex-All Black Brad Thorn departs coaching gig a proud man'It's been an honour': Ex-All Black Brad Thorn departs coaching gig a proud manDeparting Reds coach Brad Thorn. [Image: stuff.co.nz]Departing Reds coach Brad Thorn isn’t sure what his future holds, but does know "it’s just time to take a breath". The former World Cup-winning All Black bowed out from his post following Saturday’s 29-20 Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinal defeat to the Chiefs in Hamilton. While far from a fairytale finish to his six-year spell, it was at least a fitting, fighting, display for the renowned hard man of both rugby and rugby league to sign off on. So what next for the man who, when in April announced he would be stepping down after this campaign, noted he had been “institutionalised” in professional sport?
Source:Stuff
June 11, 2023 05:08 UTC
Open mike 11/06/2023
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 11, 2023 04:26 UTC
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Herald afternoon quiz: June 11
What supergroup is the musician Phoebe Bridges part of? Photo / Getty ImagesWhat supergroup is the musician Phoebe Bridges part of? Photo / Getty ImagesAre you smarter than a robot? Test your brains with the Herald’s afternoon quiz. Be sure to check back on nzherald.co.nz for the morning quiz tomorrow.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 11, 2023 04:23 UTC
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Wealth tax hikes will pay for income tax cuts and welfare overhaul - Greens
The tax plan also included a 1.5 per cent tax on trust assets, and an increase in the top rate of income tax from 39 per cent to 45 per cent paid on income over $180,000. The party hiked other income taxes too, although these are paired with income tax cuts at the lower end of the scale. The 33 per cent tax rate would be hiked to 35 per cent, although the threshold for paying that rate would be $75,000, rather than $70,000 as currently. The party would drop the 39 per cent threshold to income earned above $120,000, meaning far more income earners would begin paying it. The party took a leaf from National’s tax policy and hiked the other income tax thresholds, which would deliver a tax cut to people on lower incomes.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 11, 2023 03:41 UTC
Greens propose sweeping tax reforms
The tax plan also included a 1.5% tax on trust assets, and an increase in the top rate of income tax from 39% to 45% paid on income over $180,000. The party hiked other income taxes too, although these are paired with income tax cuts at the lower end of the scale. The 33% tax rate would be hiked to 35%, although the threshold for paying that rate would be $75,000, rather than $70,000 as currently. The party took a leaf from National’s tax policy and hiked the other income tax thresholds, which would deliver a tax cut to people on lower incomes. The party will also hike the corporate tax rate from 28% to 33%, which is where the rate stood under the last Labour Government.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 11, 2023 00:17 UTC
Thomas Coughlan: There will be punishment- or demotion- for Michael Wood
Michael Wood has claimed he regretted his ' serious error' in hanging on to his Auckland Airport shares. The under-fire Minister sold the airport shares for the sum of $16,000 and donated them to the Anglican Trust charity. NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan says Michael Wood will likely face punishment- in the form of Cabinet demotion. "Possibly not to the bottom of Cabinet, but a demotion of some kind. Just to say- you can't do this, if you do stuff like this, there will be a punishment."
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 10, 2023 23:21 UTC
ACT are wrong to blame supermarket crime on Government plan to reduce prison population
ACT’s David Seymour blames spike in supermarket crime on Government’s plan to reduce prison populationThe ACT Party is blaming a spike in crime at supermarkets on the Government’s plan to reduce the prison population. ACT are manipulating the Prison and Crime narrative. They say the soft-on-crime-cuddle-a-crim Labour Party are fecklessly letting out 4000 prisoners while the crime rate soars. When the National Party tightened Prison policy they allowed for non violent offenders to apply for home detention while in prison. What is generating the current crime wave is the same thing that is generating crime waves throughout the post-covid Western World.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 10, 2023 23:17 UTC