Hoggard is full of it - sheep don't eat wilding pine. This is simply a way to get easier access for farmers to conservation land that will still need weed control.
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This is good policy, and a very strong contrast with how the government chose to allocate new transport spending in the Budget. I hope they have a good plan for selling it, eg ...
A) Vote this government out
B) Build lots of social housing
Once again don't bother (and maybe even avoid).
High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C in Severe Burn Injury jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Some good news for a change - our organising worked, a number of councillors changed their minds and this motion was defeated 10-1, with even the councillor that seconded the motion seeing the writing on the wall and voting against it.
This is a terrible response to black people having their homes torched by roaming bands of masked racists, from anyone, let alone a sitting New Zealand MP
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#nzpol When 29 miners died at Pike River, New Zealand made a promise. We said, “never again”. We said, “every worker deserves to come home safe”. But now Brooke van Velden is trying to undo that promise.
Sign our open letter calling on MPs to stop ACT's Health and Safety Bill in its tracks:
Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him)
This is exactly why the right wing assholes are getting rid of the BSA, because they actually get held to account for their shitfuckery and assholery.
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#nzpol
Glad *something* is finally coming of the crap that Benjamin Doyle got, even if it's far too little
Court holds Google liable for false claims in AI Overviews. Seems significant.
"A regular search engine just points to outside websites. But AI overviews generate 'independent, new, and substantive statements' by evaluating and combining content from various third-party sites" the-decoder
Radio station Newstalk ZB has been ordered to broadcast a statement censuring its flagship drive show after a broadcast mocked former Green Party MP Benjamin Doyle.
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
What needs to be done to tackle child homelessness in Aotearoa?
Byron C Clark
This international randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of high-dose intravenous vitamin C in reducing 28-day mortality and persistent organ dysfunction (dependence on mechanical ventilati...
NEW: Labour's first policy of 2026 is a public transport fare cap:
- $20 for AKL, Wellington, Chch,
- $10 for everywhere else
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Kāpiti Coast District Council are considering a motion at their next meeting that could see them withdraw their declaration of a climate emergency.
I wrote to the Mayor and my Ward and Districtwide councillors this afternoon to ask them to stand strong for the climate and vote this down.
TheBobbicus (he/him)
According newly released research, 33,000 children were living in severe housing deprivation in Aotearoa in 2023.
Minister unable to promise that whatever method the Government does land on for funding LPG facility won’t have the same impact on household power bills as a levy.
A levy by any other name would cost as much newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/10/a...
henry cooke
Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him)
Comment: Kiwis will be forgiven for thinking they're no longer on the hook to pay for LNG, but that would be a premature assumption.
