New Zealand First today is announcing a policy on adjusting the rules and restrictions around access to the Job Seeker Benefit. New Zealand First’s policy is to introduce a capped time-period for any person to access the Job Seeker Benefit during their lifetime. Any individual will have the ability to access the Job Seeker
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Kimpton told the board the change to the GPS meant AT may not be funded (by Waka Kotahi) to solve the speed and safety problem. Common Sense PrevailsWaka Kotahi have extended the exemption for e-scooters for another five yearsE-scooters will stay on New Zealand roads, cycle lanes and footpaths. In the event, Waka Kotahi announced its decision two days early. Waka Kotahi has paid road builders millions more on top of the billion-dollar cost of the Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway. The cost of noisy roadsStudy of road noise in Sweden: each decibel is worth a 0.6% discount in property prices.
No asset class has immunity from asset price revaluation in a rising interest rate market, and certainly housing doesn't. Container shipping freight rates fell sharply again last week, down -5.1% from the prior week to be 65% lower than year-ago levels. The UST 10yr yield starts today down -2 bps from yesterday at 4.62% but essentially holding its recent high. This is a new low since February 2023, all driven by the sharply rising yields. The bitcoin price has moved sharply higher today from yesterday, and it is now at US$27,191 up a strong +3.7% from then.
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The new line could super-charge Queenstown in terms of power supply and reliability, thereby unlocking a multitude of opportunities for electric vehicles and electric marine. Mr Boult noted one of the problems establishing technology businesses in the resort was a lack of a reliable significant power supply. His dream was to dig the trenches for the new cable on top of which a new trail could be built. Mr Drury said it could be a tourist-pays ride to help offset the cost of the infrastructure. Aurora Energy’s asset management general manager Glenn Coates said there was a range of ‘‘plausible upgrade solutions’’ for 2030 and beyond.
Six people standing around a crashed vehicle in the early hours of the morning tried to convince officers they had just come across the crash, police say. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police were called to Great King St at 2.25am this morning after reports of a Nissan motor vehicle crashed into a parking meter. When police arrived, there were six people standing around the car, who all said they just had stumbled upon the crash. However, police did not buy their story and believe the six were in the car at the time, Snr Sgt Bond said. The driver was nowhere to be found and was believed to be intoxicated.
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Former CBL chief executive Peter Harris stands outside the High Court in Auckland after being cleared of eight charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. The former chief executive of collapsed insurer CBL has been found not guilty at the High Court in Auckland of charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Rob Stock/Stuff Former CBL chief executive Peter Harris uses a walking stick after suffering a stroke. Speaking outside the High Court after being cleared of all charges, Harris said he would issue a statement shortly. The Serious Fraud Office issued a statement that said it was “considering” the verdicts, but did not say whether it would appeal.
New Zealand's economy is in the green and our technical recession is officially over. Stats NZ says the GDP rose 0.9 percent in the June quarter and 3.2 percent for the year to June. It also revised the figure for the March 2023 quarter to 0 percent - up from a 0.1 percent drop. NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann says households are still feeling high interest rates rampant inflation- and economists warn the worst is yet to come. LISTEN ABOVE
WorkSafe's case was that the island's owners, through the company Whakaari Management (WML), put profits ahead of safety. "On any particular day, White Island Tours would decide to take tours to the island. WML, he argued, granted specific licences to tour groups - like White Island Tours, which was responsible for its own activity on the island. He was critical of WorkSafe's case against WML, saying it had not proven WML had management or control of activities on the island. The island's owners - Andrew, Peter and James Buttle - had charges against them dismissed, but their company, Whakaari Management Limited (WML), still faced charges.
Marama Davidson and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer brought the high-fives. Winston Peters and David Seymour brought high dudgeon. Toby Manhire reports from the Powerbrokers debate in Auckland. N o wonder the big parties areso unloved. After the soporific Chris Show on Tuesday, the Newshub Nation Powerbrokers debate last night was an espresso...
National: 37Labour: 27ACT: 12Greens: 12NZF: 5TPM: 3What the latest polling by TVNZ shows is just how fragile the Right’s win could be. As TDB has been arguing, the Left or Right factions will take this election by a margin of 1. This election is not over yet, no matter how much the mainstream media want to convince you it is. If the Left votes – the Left wins! Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.
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I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi educators in the last couple of weeks, but this one site sums up how science education in New Zealand is circling the drain. The report Enduring Competencies for Designing Science Learning Pathways introduced the idea of exploring both science and mātauranga Māori as knowledge systems. For her services to education she was recognized in the 2023 New Year Honours List, becoming a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to science education”. What appears to be happening is a pullback from teaching MM as coequal to science qua science in science classes and its replacement with MM’s characterization as coequal to science as a “knowledge system” (whatever that means). Just give me a little less than an hour of your time to watch this presentation, and you’ll see what a mess science education (and education in general) has become in New Zealand.
