A long, personal and painful read for the minister they call Goldie
WEB3 days ago · by Tim Murphy 17/09/2024. Paul Goldsmith was repeatedly called out by the Waitangi Tribunal. Photo: Getty Images. Analysis: Seldom have the actions of one Cabinet minister been more thoroughly exposed by a statutory tribunal than those of the Hon Paul Goldsmith in his moves to limit Māori customary rights on the coastline.
'Cognitive dissonance' over social services cuts - Newsroom
WEB3 days ago · Photo: Sam Sachdeva. From climate activists and environmentalists to iwi and hapū, the coalition has no shortage of hostile audiences at present. But a room full of social services providers who are staring down the barrel of as much as $139 million in government funding cuts was about as forbidding as it gets for Karen Chhour.
The neoliberal attack on the Treaty of Waitangi - Newsroom
WEB4 days ago · Opinion: The Government, led by a run-of-the-mill-corporatist, a garden-variety populist and a 10-a-penny libertarian has been considering the future of a singular and unique treaty that is at the heart of what is so special about Aotearoa New Zealand.In the guise of the Treaty Principles Bill, these politicians will begin a process that could …
Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 16 September - Newsroom
WEB5 days ago · Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 16 September. 16/09/2024. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) What animal did artist Damien Hirst preserve in formaldehyde for his piece The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. What sea creature is the Japanese delicacy 'anago'?
No one ends up in Waiau Pa by accident - newsroom.co.nz
WEB4 days ago · An author’s portrait of a dot near the shores of Manukau harbour. No one ends up in Waiau Pa by accident. A small dot on the edge of South Auckland near the coast. A town you’ll never pass through unless you come to stay, or to fish, or to come back to after a long time away, having grown and expanded while it stayed fundamentally the same.
Council credit downgrades cost ratepayers millions - Newsroom
WEB5 days ago · Over the course of councils’ 10-year long-term plans, the impact on ratepayers – of high debt and lower credit ratings – is serious. Nationwide, when interest rates are dropping for most institutions, they will increase on more than $2.5b of council debt, and the debt-servicing costs will rise further as more councils are downgraded.
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