The conflict in the Middle East will have an impact on the economy, but NZ is starting from a much stronger position now than was the case a few years ago under Labour - when debt had reached $120b, inflation was at a 32 year high of 7.3%, and skyrocketing mortgage repayments and higher taxes were weighing Kiwis down.
In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.
My youngest nephew plays for St Kents and oldest nephew in his last year plays for Kings college and they both going to play each other in the 1XV Auckland finals.
Lost my ring on Hawaiian Airlines flight HA449 from Honolulu to KIX Osaka on July 31st/August 1st ๐ฅบ They took apart my seat and couldnโt find it ๐ฉ Super long shot, I know! But if anyone was on that flight and found this ring, Iโd love to get it back please ๐ญ
๐๐ฃ๏ธโ๏ธ From a Vanuatu classroom to the world stage: the International Court of Justice just ruled that states must cut emissions & compensate nations harmed by climate change.
A historic win led by Pacific youth & climate justice warriors. Malo le finau ๐ #ClimateJustice
Pacific youth are celebrating a landmark advisory opinion by the ICJ, declaring that states have binding legal obligations to prevent climate harm
"Climate impunity is no longer allowedโฆ and it provides us with a reason to keep fighting.โ - @pisfcc
๐: https://t.co/6zPnfr4QDL