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Join MJ as he chats to Groundswell founder Bryce Mckenzie about how Groundswell came about, what it stands for, the need for change at this election and the latest Groundswell initiative, Drive For Change. • seeking solutions to environmental issues which are effective and that can be tailored to regional differences. • integrated policy framework for all environmental issues to reduce duplication and cost, avoid perverse outcomes, remove…

Join Michelle Mokori ‘On The Spot’ Kitco World Financial News Aug 25, 2023 · Guest: Mike McGlone · Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, interviews Mike McGlone, Senior Macro Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, who says that several key macroeconomic indicators are pointing to “a global economic reset” and a period resembling “a Great Depression.” He discusses the critical trigger - China and what a global reset…

Aucklanders’ views are being sought on dedicated Māori seats for Auckland Council. Following preliminary engagement with iwi and urban Māori in 2022, Auckland Council is now seeking feedback from other Auckland citizens on whether they support - or do not support - the introduction of dedicated Māori seats on Auckland Council. Public consultation runs until Sunday 24 September 2023. · It is proposed that Auckland Council introduce up to three…

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A Māori woman has initiated a judicial review against the co-governance body Tūpuna Maunga Authority as first respondent, and Auckland Council as second respondent. It is the second judicial review initiated against the Authority and Council in relation to the Authority’s intention to rid Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s maunga of non-native trees. The first judicial review, undertaken by Auckland couple Warwick and Averil Norman, found both the…

This conversation will inform… it might surprise… mostly it will inspire. Join Lynda and Penny chatting about censorship, science, psychology and courage. Lynda Wharton is founder of The Health Forum NZ, established in early 2021 to support covid injection injured people, and families who have lost loved ones following the injection. · Lynda had been watching the Covid injection warp-speed rollout in the USA, England, Europe and Israel, and…

It is obvious that the Labour aim is to retain the power of government, but to do that they have to convince a majority of the voters in NZ that they have the policies that will benefit NZ and the NZ taxpayers/voters. With this aim in mind it is interesting to see the initial strategies being employed by Labour as they start their run up to the election in October 2023. · There should be no doubt that the main aim of the budget recently…

Without adequate supervision or a stringent directive to remain singularly consistent in despatching only one strictly worded English version of the Treaty of Waitangi, Freeman produced several variations. For these, he simply dipped, at will, into the 12-pages of rough, superseded and now obsolete draft notes in his possession and extracted text to make ad-hoc composite treaty versions. During February and March of 1840, he mostly used…

The current Labour government have decided that we will all drive electric vehicles. How will they make that become reality? The first step in that process is to ban the import of ICE’s (Internal Combustion Engine vehicles) which is being suggested will happen from the year 2040. Some vehicle manufacturers are planning to cease production of ICE’s by the year 2035 in line with international governmental recommendations from many countries…