One day New Zealand’s transport institutions and processes are going to have to get real about induced driving; the vast inconvenient fact of the whole highway expansion business. What we feed grows, what we build will be used, so to try to help justify any transport investment that is likely to make driving a better choice, especially [...]
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Stuff reports: Labour’s rising star Jacinda Ardern says she is too “selfish” to want to lead the Labour Party – she’d rather have a private life. In an interview announcing her new role as a Sunday Star-Times columnist, Ardern says people are wasting their time speculating about her as a future leader … she doesn’t want […]
Press Release – MetService There will be some hot spots this week as we head into the meteorological summer which starts on 1 December. There will be plenty of summer rain around though, with a moist northwesterly flow dominating the weather this week.Sunday 29 November 2015 Summer’s knocking on the door There will be some […]
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the Party should be recognised for its boldness, not derided as bland.
Acting Foreign Minister Todd McClay today expressed New Zealand’s deep disappointment at the Japanese Government’s decision that it will return to the Southern Ocean to undertake whaling this season.
In its 39-year history nearly 190,000 people have taken part in the Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge, recently named the Best NZ-Owned Major Event. This year almost 7,000 participants pitched themselves across 18 different categories from relays, ...
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, officially opening the 24th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta today, said how delighted she was to receive a dedication of rainforests and other environmental projects for her service as Head ...
Groups from Taranaki organised a Peoples Climate Picnic today in New Plymouth in solidarity with the Global Peoples Climate Marches happening around the world in the lead up to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris. The picnic was entertained ...
SAR Aoraki/Mount Cook Police can confirm that search and rescue efforts have been suspended for the day after a second frustrating day at Aoraki/Mount Cook.
Fraser Nelson writes in The Telegraph: George Osborne could disband the Army, fire every diplomat, release every prisoner, discharge every policeman, axe the entire foreign aid budget – and still not be able to balance the books. In NZ that would save $7.1 billion a year. We now have balanced books but at the height […]
Ahead of the UN Climate Summit in Paris more than 15,000 New Zealanders have taken part in the Peoples Climate march in Auckland this morning, kicking off what will be the largest climate mobilisation the world has ever seen. Early reports from Wellington ...
The Minister for Police must make sure everything possible is done to ensure the end of racial bias in our police force, following an admission by the commissioner that Police have been biased against Maori, says Labour’s Police Spokesperson Kelvin ...
Richard Harman writes at Politik: The number of copies of New Zealand daily newspapers sold over the past five years has plunged by 23%. Meanwhile Kiwiblog readership is up 18% from five years ago. According to the media industry website, “StopPress”, Stuff averaged 1,733,000 visitors per months to its site while the NZHerald received 1,315,000 […]
Technology is an important part of life. Most of us need it to earn a living. Many businesses can’t function without technology. Money spent on hardware, software and services as an investment, not a cost. My key lesson from 30 years writing about computers and technology is: Don’t cut corners. It’s solid advice in every […]
The tens of thousands of Kiwis who marched in solidarity around the country today sent a loud and clear message to the Government that they want a climate change plan New Zealand can be proud of, the Green Party said today. The New Zealand People’s ...
Fierce competition in the elite races at this year’s Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge made for thrilling sprint finishes and exciting spectator action.
“Sexual violation, rape, unlawful sexual connection, call it what you will but it must be extinguished from society & judges need to use the full extent of the laws parliament has made available to them. “This type of behaviour is entirely ...
At approximately 09:30 this morning the Life Flight Trust rescued two hunters and a dog from bush inland from Ward in Marlborough.
Prime Minister won’t say New Zealand is at war with Islamic State as we don’t have troops fighting them, “but some people could use those terms and would probably be appropriate in doing so”.
US ambassador says he “would like” the United States to send a ship to naval celebrations in New Zealand next year, but “we will always stay with our ‘neither confirm nor deny’ [nuclear] policy”. Denies that sending a vessel under NZ’s ...
Police Commissioner admits officers suffer from “unconscious bias” and have been biased in how they deal with Maori offenders, but denies racism in the force. “You are acknowledging the fact that when it came to making subjective decisions ...
Wellington company Shott Beverages says the cost of New Zealand retaining a flag virtually identical to Australia’s far outweighs the cost of changing it.
Photo via Twitter from Mariam Parwaiz Wellington.Scoop Wellington today joined the world-wide campaign of people’s climate marches, on the eve of the Paris conference which will try to agree on measures to deal with the dangers of climate change. Photo via Twitter from Emily Perkins Thousands of Wellington people crowded into Civic Square to join […]
The Herald reports: A dinner to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the election of the first ever Labour Government will bring together a potentially explosive mix of people as some of the Rogernomes return to their original home for some reminiscing. The dinner at Parliament is organised by current MP Stuart Nash, the grandson of […]