What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence. It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities – New Zealand is their home – they are us.
Someone by the name Zhang Yikun - the name spelled out by Jami-Lee Ross just now as the $100k National donor - got a gong from Labour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The JLR contagion could spread....
Interesting. I had forgotten that women's suffrage was linked to the energy released by the temperance movement. Women suffered the consequences of alcohol consumption as they tried to maintain home and family, and gaining the vote was linked to rectifying that. #Suffrage125
Ouch. ANZ business outlook survey shows business confidence still falling. Now minus 50. I ignore those numbers. But firms employment and investment intentions now negative too. They are good indicators. The weakness is a real concern for growth. Economy spluttering
Listener columnist @ClaredeLore is on @RadioLIVENZ’s Friday panel at 10:30 this morning with @SAINSO and Gary McCormick talking over the events of a momentous week in world politics. Do listen!
Listener columnist @ClaredeLore is on @RadioLIVENZ’s Friday panel at 10:30 this morning with @SAINSO and Gary McCormick talking over the events of a momentous week in world politics. Do listen!
We are hugely saddened to learn of Greg's death. He was a true professional – a calm, warm and intelligent presence on the nation's screens. We will all miss him.
It's great to see the Government phasing out plastic bags over the next year.
We've long encouraged action on this issue -- and they've pulled one out of the bag!
BREAKING: Pres. Trump says he misspoke during a key moment in his remarks about Russian interference in the 2016 election: "I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t’ ... The sentence should have been: 'I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia’” https://t.co/CEtaU7vcEG
Republicans sought to put Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. deputy assistant director, on the griddle before the cameras in a joint hearing. But it was they and their President who got burned. https://t.co/VtmtQFsbeB