Focus Live: PM Chris Hipkins and Minister Kieran McAnulty speak on flooding
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Source:New Zealand Herald
May 09, 2023 01:30 UTC
The new budget increases to military spending is a joke
Budget 2023: Massive Defence spend to see personnel receive ‘biggest pay increase in over a decade’The Government is hoping to address attrition in the Defence Force with a major pre-Budget funding announcement that will deliver the “biggest pay increase in over a decade” for personnel. We need to increase Military GDP spending to 3%. Interestingly Labour have quietly ratcheted GDP military spending from just over 1% to just under 2%. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comAny upgrade of our military is for purely defensive purposes, not for military adventure or invasions. Te Pāti Māori now declares that Aotearoa must be militarily neutral, a Switzerland of the South Pacific” said Rawiri Waititi.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 09, 2023 00:53 UTC
Open mike 09/05/2023
Less than six months to the election and the dance is about to stop. There are not enough chairs and many of the best ones are already reserved. What are you going to do?Maybe if you went to another party they might have a better chair/people needing a seat ratio?
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 09, 2023 00:02 UTC
‘Just servants to Australia’: Claim NZ anger behind ‘cheating’ outburst building since Covid
Jason Paris, chief executive of One NZ, initially accused NRL referees of “cheating of the highest order” in a tweet following New Zealand’s 18-6 loss to the Panthers. “However, I do believe that there is unconscious bias happening every week against the Warriors & it needs to be addressed. But Warriors great Logan Swann and Dean Bell echoed Paris’ claims and Swann has even taken the leap to contact the NRL. You can’t keep sweeping it under the carpet,” Swann, who played 195 games for the Warriors, said to Stuff.co.nz. It just speaks to the idea that they’re just indentured servants to rugby league and Australia.
Source:Stuff
May 08, 2023 22:52 UTC
Breakfast briefing: Inflation eases but intransigence rises
The Fed seem to be making progress with its messaging and policy settings that inflation will be beaten back to its target range. This will become a very major issue if the House Republicans continue to block a resolution to their debt-limit standoff. This intransigence could go horribly wrong, although we have been here many times before, and the [artificial] limit always seems to get raised. The UST 10yr yield starts today at 3.52%, and up +8 bps from yesterday. The bitcoin price is lower today, now at US$27,812 and down another -3.9% from this time yesterday.
Source:Stuff
May 08, 2023 22:38 UTC
Horror crash victims from Singapore
Police have released the names of the three people who died following a campervan crash near Geraldine last month. They were Sherwin Chong Shi Yun (21), Xinyue Yang (21) and Jia Jun Vincent Lim (24), all of Singapore. Emergency services were called to the crash scene on Te Moana Rd about 1am on April 17. The trio's rental campervan hit a barrier at the intersection of Te Moana Rd at State Highway 79 before catching fire. Emergency services at the crash scene.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 08, 2023 22:01 UTC
Press Statement In Response To Stuff Article 7 May 2023
Press Statement In Response To Stuff Article 7 May 2023https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/300867924/awful-and-targeted-librarians-teachers-fear-bitter-culture-wars-reaching-nzResist Gender Education (RGE) objects in the strongest terms to our group being named in the above Stuff report about harassment and threats against teachers, librarians, trans people and their allies, and the implication that we have participated in such behaviour. Teaching children anything else is scientifically false and psychologically damaging. Bullying of children because they are different is completely unacceptable but there are better ways to counter that than teaching children magical thinking. There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that everyone has a gender identity known only to themselves. Our objection to Pride activities is because they are now mostly about teaching gender identity ideology, not about accepting others’ differences.
Source:Stuff
May 08, 2023 20:38 UTC
NZ potato and onions prices up even more, pumpkin shortage forecast after wet summer
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Source:Stuff
May 08, 2023 11:43 UTC
RNZ should release full Kiri Allan transcript - David Seymour
Monday, 8 May, 2023 - 18:20"Releasing snippets and hiding other parts of the transcript only makes the Kiri Allan speech to RNZ more suspicious. RNZ should clear up any lingering doubts and release the whole transcript, like they did to the PM’s office," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "Written Parliamentary Questions show that RNZ didn’t have such concerns when they showed the transcript to the Prime Minister’s office. RNZ sent it to the Prime Minister’s staff the day the story broke. If there’s nothing in the transcript they have nothing to fear in having it released."
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 08, 2023 11:36 UTC
163. Matthew Leveson - The Palm Tree Mystery
Matthew Leveson - The Palm Tree Mystery PlayAbout On this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett are joined by Kendall Rae and Josh from the Mile Higher Podcast to discuss the disappearance of Matthew Leveson.Mile Higher Podcast: https://milehigherpodcast.carrd.co/MWMH links and socials: https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusbandCase Sources:The Sydney Morning Herald, “Murder fears for missing gay man, 20,” by John Kidman and Anthony Stavrinos, October 14, 2007The Sydney Morning Herald, “Matthew murder mystery: lover charged,” by Arjun Ramachandran and Dylan Welch, August 6, 2008The Sydney Morning Herald, “Matthew Leveson’s lover says he bought duct tape and mattock because he was a keen gardener,” by Melanie Kembrey, November 1, 2016The Sydney Morning Herald, “Michael Atkins can’t recall what happened to mattock after Matthew Leveson vanished,” by AAP, November 2, 2016The Sydney Morning Herald, “National Park remains confirmed as belonging to Matthew Leveson,” by AAP, June 5, 2017The Sydney Morning Herald, “Why a man acquitted over Matthew Leveson’s death led police to his body,” by Ava Benny-Morrison, August 23, 2017The Weekend Australian, theaustralian.com.au, “Not guilty verdict doesn’t mean innocent, says Matthew Leveson’s family,” by Margaret Scheikowski, October 20, 2009Coroners.nsw.gov.au, “Coroners Court of New South Wales, decision of Magistrate E. Truscott dated August 25, 2017Special Broadcasting Service, sbs.com.au, “The Lost Boy,” by Ian Cuthbertson, March 19, 2016Special Broadcasting Service, sbs.com.au, “Matthew Leveson’s parents take home tree his remains were found beneath,” no author provided, June 5, 2017Special Broadcasting Service, sbs.com.au, “’Relief, anger’: Matthew Leveson’s parents respond to coroner’s inquest open finding,” no author provided, December 5, 2017, updated December 6, 2017Dailymail.co.uk, “Parents’ grim three-word warning to young men about the predator who buried their son face-up in a shallow grave as he’s STILL on the prowl for lovers: ‘They need to know,’” by Candace Sutton, October 14, 2022ABC news, abc.net.au, “Matthew Leveson’s family ‘have searched crime scene before’ looking for missing son,” by Jessica Kidd, November 10, 2016ABC news, abc.net.au, “Matthew Leveson: Coroner visits bushland site on day six of search for body,” by Ursula Malone, November 15, 2016ABC news, abc.net.au, “Matthew Leveson: Search for body south of Sydney called off after eight days,” by Ursula Malone, November 16, 2016ABC news, abc.net.au, “Matthew Leveson case: Can Michael Atkins be tried for boyfriend’s murder again?” by Jessica Kidd and Lucy Carter, June 2, 2017ABC news, abc.net.au, “Matthew Leveson’s parents tell of fears they would never find son’s body,” by Nicole Chettle, August 24, 2017ABC News, abc.net.au, “Matthew Leveson inquest: Lies told by boyfriend Michael Atkins but no cause of death found, coroner rules,” by Nicole Chettle and Clare Blumer, December 4, 2017, updated December 5, 2017Clip from 60 Minutes AustraliaYahoo news, au.news.yahoo.com, “Confronting moment Matthew Leveson’s parents show photos of their son’s bones,” by Yahoo7 and Agencies, August 25, 2017The Daily Telegraph, “Matthew Leveson inquest: Mum breaks down after hearing son was strangled or smothered to death,” by Janet Fife-Yeomans, October 3, 2017This Old House, thisoldhouse.com, “The 5 Best Pickaxes (2023 Review), by This Old House Reviews TeamNews.com.au, “The shrinking world of Michael Atkins,” by Candace Sutton, March 5, 20179news.com.au, “Matthew Leveson: ‘You wanna know how he died?’ by Grace Tobin, July 31, 2018New Zealand Herald, Nzherald.co.nz, “Ex-lover of Matthew Leveson confessed how he dies, leads police to body,” by news.com.au, August 23, 2017Assisted research and writing by Diane BirnholzLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 08, 2023 10:34 UTC
Defence force staff in line for budget day pay rise
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Source:Stuff
May 08, 2023 07:58 UTC
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Migrant sex workers face dangerous situations, exploitation: Advocates
An Auckland protest calling for the repeal of the Prostitution Reform Act section 19 was held last year. Photo / Supplied / Pandora BlackAn Auckland protest calling for the repeal of the Prostitution Reform Act section 19 was held last year. Kī Anthony, of Chinese and Indian heritage, said they got into sex work out of necessity. “I’m very lucky that that [sex work] was something I was able to do because I was in fact a citizen. This specific section of the Prostitution Reform Act prevents migrant sex workers from working in the same safer conditions that other sex workers do.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 08, 2023 05:14 UTC
What ANZ NZ CEO Antonia Watson doesn't want to talk about
Banks use test rates to assess would-be borrowers’ capacity to meet repayment requirements if interest rates rise. ANZ NZ is NZ's biggest home lender with a $105 billion home loan portfolio. Speaking to interest.co.nz after ANZ NZ released its interim financial results on Friday, Watson said the 25% figure for borrowers stress tested in 2020-21 was "probably about right" for ANZ NZ's home loan portfolio. Nonetheless Watson says ANZ NZ is keeping a close eye on borrowers who bought homes in 2020-2021 and whose mortgage rate may now be higher than the rate they were tested on. People have been paying down their debt because when interest rates went down they didn't readjust their home loan repayment.
Source:Stuff
May 08, 2023 05:13 UTC
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Auckland measles case: About 90 staff and students may not be immune at affected Albany school
Last week an Albany Senior High School student tested positive for the virus prompting the school to close. Public health officials were working out who among the school’s 1000 staff and students might not be vaccinated or immune to the disease. Auckland Regional Public Health Service said there were about 75 students and 14 staff who might not be fully protected. The Ministry of Health had also listed a possible measles exposure event in Auckland on its website. (Details about who was and was not considered immune were listed on the website).
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 08, 2023 04:37 UTC
Workplace fatality in Hornby
Emergency crews at an engineering building in Hornby. Photo: NZ HeraldEmergency services rushed to an industrial building in western Christchurch this afternoon after a serious workplace incident. Police confirmed they responded to the site on Yukon Pl in Hornby after reports a person was injured at the scene. Four St John vehicles and a fire engine were at the scene of the incident, which appeared to have occurred outside. A spokesperson for St John told the Herald that despite attending the job, they were not required to transport any patients.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 08, 2023 02:40 UTC