Police are treating the painting over of a rainbow crossing in Auckland this morning as a hate crime. […] In a statement, Auckland City Central Area Commander Inspector Grant Tetzlaff said police made a number of enquiries into the incident on Thursday afternoon and founds [sic] some items of interest. Officers
[…] An international study released today shows only one in five autistic New Zealanders feel accepted by the people around them. Autism advocates say stigma is common, and workplaces have a long way to go to accommodate people with autism. When Joanne Dacombe told her workplace she was autistic, she said
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Chlöe absolutely deserves to be co-leader of the Greens. And I mean that as a compliment in the best way possible. The problem is that, while there is no doubt she’s smart (after all, she has a
The latest shocking blow comes in the news that Warner Bros Discovery plans to shut down Newshub, a rebranded version of what most of us grew up knowing as “3 News” – leaving our country with just one English-language TV news team, and none that aren’t owned by the state.
I’ve noticed two things recently. The first is you want to get pseudoephedrine back on the shelves and, secondly, your opposition to the previous government’s plans to ban tobacco. This to me demonstrates one thing – that you get that prohibition and the war on drugs has been an
A real estate agent is facing a five-year ban after refusing to complete a compulsory short course on Maori culture and tikanga. Janet Dickson labelled the course “woke madness” in a Facebook post and said that she was going to fight for her rights “to make sure this doesn’t
One thing I like doing is visiting business websites, particularly those that claim to be inclusive, rainbow-ticked, etc. For example, one particular company that boasts about being inclusive is, according to its website, “Australasia’s largest homegrown tech company”. The first thing I see is a photo of a bunch
If you’d guessed John Tahimere you’d be correct. Pretty good pay considering annual revenue of $71m. Next on the list is Professor Dawn Freshwater of the University of Auckland. Again pretty good pay. But notice that here that the annual revenue is $1.35 billion. And in third
[…] However, the best tool to fight the pandemic right now has an undeserved bad rap. During the lockdowns, the Ardern government missed its chance to get everyone to embrace masks for what they are: a fucking godsend and literal lifesaver. We made a mistake in framing masking as a dreary
Apparently according to some latest research ‘wine mum’ culture has a lot to answer for. But the reality is that when it comes to problem drinking, it’s men who should be far more concerned. The annual NZ Health Survey statistics on New Zealanders’ drinking behaviours published in December this
If you have a cold or ’flu, the new Government has come to your rescue by returning the good drugs back to chemists’ shelves. The reason they were removed in the first place was because those good drugs have pseudoephedrine in them, a key ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Just one week after handing over the reins as health minister to the National Party, Ayesha Verrall accused her successor and his party of having the deaths of thousands of New Zealanders on their hands. This week on Stuff’s Tova podcast, an in-depth look into the National-led Government’s
Been sprung? Compromising video circulating around social media? Introducing Tory Whanau’s foolproof plan for getting yourself out of the shit. Admit to wrongdoing Admit to doing something wrong but be as vague as possible. Be sure to use phrases like ‘to my great embarrassment’ or ‘to my deep shame’
Auckland Transport wants shopping centres to proactively manage traffic during Black Friday sales and the Christmas shopping period. Of course they do. The call follows some shoppers waiting more than three hours to leave the Westfield Mall in Newmarket on Saturday. […] AT’s executive general public transport services Stacey van
Recently I posed the question Hamas : What were they thinking? We now know the answer. Evidence gleaned since Oct 7 shows Hamas militants prepared for a ‘second phase’ of assaults amid hopes of inspiring violence in the West Bank and beyond. […] In Beeri, a kibbutz town overrun by Hamas on
Chlöe Swarbrick has apologised after using a pro-Palestinian phrase during a solidarity rally in [Auckland] on Saturday. Swarbrick told Newstalk ZB she apologised “to those who felt as though it has [offended them]”. In other words she’s just sorry that ‘some’ people took offence. Notice also the weasel phrase
