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NZ Court Rejects Appeal, Upholding 9-month Home-D Sentence for Rapist

The Guardian - 20 October 2022

A New Zealand high court has rejected the Crown’s appeal against a community sentence for a convicted teenage rapist – despite calling the sentence “manifestly inadequate” – sparking fresh concerns …

Creative NZ Pulls Shakespeare Funding Citing ‘canon of imperialism’

The Guardian - 14 October 2022

The festival regularly secures about $30,000 a year from the government’s arts funding body – Creative New Zealand. But this year, the council has decided to pull the money. In the funding assessment …

Local Elections Trend Right

The Guardian - 10 October 2022

Recent polling in New Zealand has for months shown the Labour party struggling to form a government. In September, the Labour party had a slight rise in support, up 1% to 34% of the total vote. But …

Climate Truancy is Back

Otago Daily Times - 23 September 2022

Thousands of pupils around the country have skipped school today to join global protests demanding urgent action on climate change. Led by the student movement Fridays For Future, countries across the …

Free Speed Union Releases Council Candidates Voter Guide

Free Speech Union - 20 September 2022

At the Free Speech Union we believe that free speech is the foundation on which our liberal democracy is based and that these views should be reflected in our political representatives. Kiwis deserve …

UN and NATO Continue Driving China and Russia Closer

Daily Telegraph NZ - 16 September 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to work with Moscow to take on the responsibilities of “great powers,” he told his Russian counterpart on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) …

More Labour Party Bullies

Stuff - 15 September 2022

The second Lorck staffer, who was offered support by Parliamentary Service, described persistent bullying which included a “public scolding” that prompted another Labour MP to check he was OK. The …

Bieber Suspends World Tour Over Health Issues

Indian Weekender - 8 September 2022

Canadian singer Justin Bieber, on Wednesday, announced that he has suspended his ongoing ‘Justice’ world tour to focus on his health. Taking to Instagram, Justin shared a long post which …

PSA: Tie One On Before Making Your Political Threats

Daily Telegraph NZ - 20 October 2022

A man jailed for sending death threats to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had his conviction overturned on Wednesday, as the jury that convicted him wasn’t properly aware that he was …

Sadly, Nearly 500 Pilot Whales Perish in Chatham Islands Strandings

NZ Herald - 12 October 2022

Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died …

NZDSOS: Halt Vaccination

NZDSOS - 3 October 2022

In the early stages of the pandemic Israel was commended for its vaccination rollout programme and for being one of the first countries in the world to vaccinate a huge swath of its population against …

Schrödinger's Volcano

Radio New Zealand - 22 September 2022

There may have been an eruption on Whakaari/White Island recently but no-one knows for sure. Scientists are unable to confirm because of faulty monitoring equipment on the volcano off the Bay of …

Lucky Break: PM Not Interesting in Instigating NZ's Removal from Monarchy

Daily Mail - 18 September 2022

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today insisted she doesn’t ‘have any intent of instigating’ the process of her country becoming a republic. The premier reiterated …

NZDSOS Highlights Continued Rift Between Pro and Anti Vaccine Workers

Daily Telegraph NZ - 16 September 2022

Now the mandates are set to drop for health workers (apart from those whose employers including Te Whatu Ora decided it’s required for them to stay), New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science …

Queen Elizabeth II, Longest Reigning Monarch and First to Visit NZ, Dies at 96

Radio New Zealand - 9 September 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health …

NZ Justice: Home D for Four Time Rapist

NewstalkZB - 6 September 2022

A teenager convicted of raping four girls under the age of 16 has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention - despite a judge acknowledging the consequence would ordinarily be a prison …

Creative NZ Lashes Out, Implies You're a Racist if you Criticise Decision

Stuff - 18 October 2022

The chief executive of Creative New Zealand has condemned a “racist rhetoric” behind criticism of its decision to cut funding of a popular Shakespeare programme in schools. […] “Creative New …

Labour Finally Proposes Long Expected Cow Burp Tax

Daily Mail - 11 October 2022

Under the government’s proposed plan, farmers would start to pay for emissions in 2025, with the pricing yet to be finalized. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said all the money collected from the …

Rory's Parents Speak out on Son's Vaxx Death

Star News - 23 September 2022

In findings released on Tuesday, Coroner Sue Johnson ruled the 26-year-old Dunedin plumber died in November 2021 as a result of myocarditis caused by the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. It is the second …

Time to Audit Mahuta Contracts

Democracy Project - 21 September 2022

Pressure is increasing on the Auditor General to undertake an inquiry into numerous contracts, appointments and grants awarded to members of Cabinet Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s family by various …

Huge Waste Water Tunnel Begins Under Manukau Harbour

Radio New Zealand - 16 September 2022

The 15km pipeline is being dug by a boring machine, creating a tunnel with a diameter of about 4.5 metres - about as high as a giraffe and as wide as four rhinos. The tunnel boring machine began its …

NZ Seeing Sign of Post COVID Brain Drain

Indian Weekender - 16 September 2022

Stats NZ Population indicators manager Tehseen Islam says, “Covid-19 related travel and border restrictions introduced in March 2020 in NZ resulted in disrupted travel and migration patterns. …

Govt and Media Slander Women, Cause Lockdown, Won't Even Apologise

NZ Herald - 9 September 2022

The two women who sent Northland into an 11-day lockdown after entering the region have requested an apology from the Government. While initial reports suggested that they were sex workers and gang …

Search for Dunedin Meteorite Goes Global

NZ Herald - 5 September 2022

If found it would be only the third time in New Zealand that a meteor had been recovered after being seen falling to Earth, he said. There was a very good chance that the meteor was big enough not to …