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Chocka.NEWS News List - Page 21

Media Successfully Uses Liz Truss Debacle to get Chris Luxon to Cave on Tax Cuts

Stuff - 23 November 2022

thumbnail National Party leader Christopher Luxon says he will reconsider scrapping the top 39% tax rate if it would add further fuel to the inflation fire, after the Reserve Bank hiked interest rates in an …

Labour Use Queen's Death as Excuse to Ram Legislation Through

NZ Herald - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Hipkins said the urgency was necessary after a week’s worth of House sitting time was lost when Queen Elizabeth II died on September 9. However, it meant four bills would move forward without going …
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Police Reviewing CCTV Footage for Clues on Disappearance of Albatross Eggs

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Police are working with the Department of Conservation following the disappearance of albatross eggs from Otago’s Taiaroa Head colony. Rangers at the reserve on the Otago Peninsula noticed four …

Would-be Ramraiders Chased Off by Neighbour with Shovel

Stuff - 23 November 2022

thumbnail A neighbour dashed to a would-be ramraid in Wellington’s Island Bay armed with a shovel to not only chase the alleged thieves away but also recover some stolen alcohol. Cleaning up his store – Thirsty …

Māori Party Opposes RMA Reform due to Too Little Co-Governance

NZ Herald - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Co-governance is only a step on the road to realising our rights as tangata whenua, but these changes don’t even get us that far. Māori will be a minority on the crucially important regional planning …

Bexley Park Dog Walking Stabbing Victim Has Died

Radio New Zealand - 22 November 2022

thumbnail The victim of a stabbing at a Christchurch park on 14 November has died. The man, who had been walking his dog, was found with multiple stab wounds about 6.20am last Monday, near the Pages Road …

Wild Weather Likely as Tropic and Antarctica Jet Streams Merge

NZ Herald - 22 November 2022

thumbnail wo jet streams - one from the tropics and other from Antarctica - are set to merge, unleashing days of electrical storms, gales, rain and even snow. No part of New Zealand will be spared with the …

Internal Affairs Minister Tinetti Claims Archives NZ Working 'Really Well' While Users Descibe Services as Worst in Decades

Stuff - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Archives NZ is in its worst state in decades, those who use its services say, but the minister responsible for the national archive disagrees, saying the current arrangement is working “really well”. …

Foodstuffs Trialling Facial Recognition Technology to Combat Increasing Violence and Theft

NZ Herald - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Supermarket giant Foodstuffs is trialling facial recognition technology across its North Island stores as the rates of theft, burglary, robbery and other crimes continue to soar. The chain said the …

Expecting More Inflation and a Year Long Recession, Reserve Bank Hikes Interest Rate 0.75% to 4.25%

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr said the bank’s monetary policy committee, which he chairs, agreed the OCR needed to reach a higher level to ensure inflation returned to within its target range. …

Energy Minister Megan Woods Completes Convoluted Scheme to Shutdown Onshore Fossil Fuel Exploration

Stuff - 23 November 2022

thumbnail High Court Justice Francis Cooke concluded that Woods has a legal right to issue the permits – but went further. If the minister “had substantively taken [climate change] into account, she would have …

PM Shrugs Off Three/Five Waters Pushback as 'Confusion'

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail The government has tried to clear up some “confusion” over part of its Three Waters legislation, which had left critics nicknaming it “Five Waters”. The reforms aim to put New …

Hit by 42 Ramraids Glengarry Wines Says 'Enough is Enough' and Releases Videos

Stuff - 23 November 2022

thumbnail Ramraids have increased in recent times, prompting Opposition leader Christopher Luxon to say he will bring back military-style boot camps for young perpetrators. The constant raids had cost Glengarry …

With Central Election Off the Table, Labour Looks to Lower Voting Age in Local Elections

Radio New Zealand - 22 November 2022

thumbnail Labour ministers are considering whether to allow 16-year-olds to vote in council elections - an easier task than for central elections. National says its entire caucus would vote against legislation …

Property Managers Soon to Require Govt Registration, Training, and Licensing

Radio New Zealand - 22 November 2022

thumbnail Woods said complaints about property managers would be dealt with through a new regulatory framework. Given 42 percent of rentals were looked after by property managers, it was important to have …

Business Owner Ready to Call it Quits After Shop Ram-raided and Burgled 3 Times in 4 Months

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail The owner of a Wellington bottle shop is devastated it has been ram-raided and burgled three times in four months. Thirsty Liquor Island Bay was ram raided about 4am today, with thieves smashing the …

Mortgage Holders Pay The Price For Reckless Government Spending

Scoop - 23 November 2022

thumbnail “The Reserve Bank has been forced to put up the Official Cash Rate because of its failure to keep inflation below 3%. “The extremely high levels of inflation we are facing are in no small part down to …

Govt Fails on All but One Target on Road Safety Strategy

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail The government’s strategy to reduce road deaths and injuries failed to meet all but one of its targets with breath testing and reducing speed limits lagging the most. It comes as the …

No Evictions by Kāinga Ora After Receiving More Than 6000 Complaints

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail A private property owner in Whangārei has long endured loud parties at his Kāinga Ora neighbour that often descend into violence. He’d not noticed any positive change in behaviour when he had …

Marama Davidson Wants to Give All 'Oppressed Nations' the Opportunity to Beg Parliament for Your Tax Dollars

Radio New Zealand - 23 November 2022

thumbnail The Greens did not raise any objections about Zelensky’s address during last night’s Business Committee meeting. But the party’s co-leader Marama Davidson said her party would like …

Rates Increase Likely as Addition of Large Group of Non-Rate Payers to Local Voter Roles Appears Likely to Pass

NewstalkZB - 22 November 2022

thumbnail The voting age for local government elections looks likely to be lowered to 16, with 50 MPs in Parliament expressing support for change and 45 opposed. Thirty-eight Labour MPs and all 10 Green MPs …

David Seymour Sees Local Councilor Roles as Far Less Important Than His

Radio New Zealand - 22 November 2022

thumbnail The ACT Party has also said it opposed lowering the voting age, but leader David Seymour this afternoon said they would be fine with a change at the local government level. “Yeah I don’t …

Parliament Needs to Pass Five Waters to Find Out What is in It

Cranmer's Substack - 22 November 2022

thumbnail As the government prepares to push the controversial Water Services Entities Bill through its third and final reading in the House under urgency, it has become shockingly evident over recent days that …