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CW: NZPol NCEA Lack of time to prepare
"In reality, we don’t have two and a half years to deliberate and prepare for this change. We have less than a few months from the period for feedback closes in September until 2028’s year 11s begin their journey through high school. You cannot in good faith argue that this is “careful phasing” when you are giving teachers so little time to prepare and implement this new set of qualifications. "
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CW: NZPol NCEA Lack of time to prepare
"In reality, we don’t have two and a half years to deliberate and prepare for this change. We have less than a few months from the period for feedback closes in September until 2028’s year 11s begin their journey through high school. You cannot in good faith argue that this is “careful phasing” when you are giving teachers so little time to prepare and implement this new set of qualifications. "
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CW: NZPol NCEA Lack of time to prepare
"In reality, we don’t have two and a half years to deliberate and prepare for this change. We have less than a few months from the period for feedback closes in September until 2028’s year 11s begin their journey through high school. You cannot in good faith argue that this is “careful phasing” when you are giving teachers so little time to prepare and implement this new set of qualifications. "
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CW: NZPol NCEA Lack of time to prepare
"In reality, we don’t have two and a half years to deliberate and prepare for this change. We have less than a few months from the period for feedback closes in September until 2028’s year 11s begin their journey through high school. You cannot in good faith argue that this is “careful phasing” when you are giving teachers so little time to prepare and implement this new set of qualifications. "
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CW: NZPol what do students think of NCEA
"The Education Review Office thinks NCEA Level 1 “needs substantial reform” and parents are pressuring schools to ditch the qualification altogether. But what do the people actually doing NCEA think?
They don’t seem to be asked very often, so we took it to the comments section.
Here’s what we learned, in their own words. "
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CW: NZPol what do students think of NCEA
"The Education Review Office thinks NCEA Level 1 “needs substantial reform” and parents are pressuring schools to ditch the qualification altogether. But what do the people actually doing NCEA think?
They don’t seem to be asked very often, so we took it to the comments section.
Here’s what we learned, in their own words. "
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CW: NZPol what do students think of NCEA
"The Education Review Office thinks NCEA Level 1 “needs substantial reform” and parents are pressuring schools to ditch the qualification altogether. But what do the people actually doing NCEA think?
They don’t seem to be asked very often, so we took it to the comments section.
Here’s what we learned, in their own words. "
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CW: NZPol what do students think of NCEA
"The Education Review Office thinks NCEA Level 1 “needs substantial reform” and parents are pressuring schools to ditch the qualification altogether. But what do the people actually doing NCEA think?
They don’t seem to be asked very often, so we took it to the comments section.
Here’s what we learned, in their own words. "
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CW: NZPol Special votes
"What this means in practice is that ... Electoral officials will then still need to process the declaration in order to work out that the individual isn’t actually enrolled to vote anywhere. Only then will the vote be discarded...
Equally, ... The electoral officials will then process your declaration in order to work out that although you have enrolled ..., you did so in the wrong electorate... ".
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The view from a kiwi Marine Biologist, over at the United Nations Oceans Conference, and her feelings about New Zealand's government's lack of interest in the protection of the ocean.
All while the world gets on with bold action to protect the oceans. 🌊Worth a read!
New Zealand isn’t just failing to act on ocean protection, it’s actively undoing progress | The Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-07-2025/new-zealand-isnt-just-failing-to-act-on-ocean-protection-its-actively-undoing-progress#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #fisheries #stopSeabedMining
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CW: NZPol Seymour, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty
"The state should spend more on pharmaceuticals like Wegovy because of the benefits to society as a whole, says the deputy prime minister. So why does he refuse to apply the same logic to other forms of spending?"
#NZPol #Pharmaceuticals #Medicines #Poverty #ChildPoverty #WholeOfSociety
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-07-2025/david-seymours-hypocrisy-over-drugs-and-poverty
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CW: NZPol Seymour, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty
"The state should spend more on pharmaceuticals like Wegovy because of the benefits to society as a whole, says the deputy prime minister. So why does he refuse to apply the same logic to other forms of spending?"
#NZPol #Pharmaceuticals #Medicines #Poverty #ChildPoverty #WholeOfSociety
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-07-2025/david-seymours-hypocrisy-over-drugs-and-poverty
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CW: NZPol Seymour, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty
"The state should spend more on pharmaceuticals like Wegovy because of the benefits to society as a whole, says the deputy prime minister. So why does he refuse to apply the same logic to other forms of spending?"
#NZPol #Pharmaceuticals #Medicines #Poverty #ChildPoverty #WholeOfSociety
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-07-2025/david-seymours-hypocrisy-over-drugs-and-poverty
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CW: NZPol Seymour, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty
"The state should spend more on pharmaceuticals like Wegovy because of the benefits to society as a whole, says the deputy prime minister. So why does he refuse to apply the same logic to other forms of spending?"
#NZPol #Pharmaceuticals #Medicines #Poverty #ChildPoverty #WholeOfSociety
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-07-2025/david-seymours-hypocrisy-over-drugs-and-poverty
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CW: NZPol Seymour, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty
"The state should spend more on pharmaceuticals like Wegovy because of the benefits to society as a whole, says the deputy prime minister. So why does he refuse to apply the same logic to other forms of spending?"
#NZPol #Pharmaceuticals #Medicines #Poverty #ChildPoverty #WholeOfSociety
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-07-2025/david-seymours-hypocrisy-over-drugs-and-poverty
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"The Commerce Commission has calculated the supermarket duopoly extracts $1m in excess profits every day – profits, in other words, above and beyond those they would make in a competitive market. That $1m a day comes straight out of shoppers’ wallets."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/27-02-2025/we-need-to-stop-shadow-boxing-on-competition
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#AntiMonopoly #ComCom#SupermarketDuopoly
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"The Commerce Commission has calculated the supermarket duopoly extracts $1m in excess profits every day – profits, in other words, above and beyond those they would make in a competitive market. That $1m a day comes straight out of shoppers’ wallets."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/27-02-2025/we-need-to-stop-shadow-boxing-on-competition
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#AntiMonopoly #ComCom#SupermarketDuopoly
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"The Commerce Commission has calculated the supermarket duopoly extracts $1m in excess profits every day – profits, in other words, above and beyond those they would make in a competitive market. That $1m a day comes straight out of shoppers’ wallets."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/27-02-2025/we-need-to-stop-shadow-boxing-on-competition
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#AntiMonopoly #ComCom#SupermarketDuopoly
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"The Commerce Commission has calculated the supermarket duopoly extracts $1m in excess profits every day – profits, in other words, above and beyond those they would make in a competitive market. That $1m a day comes straight out of shoppers’ wallets."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/27-02-2025/we-need-to-stop-shadow-boxing-on-competition
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#AntiMonopoly #ComCom#SupermarketDuopoly
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CW: NZPol budget hole
"Examining the budget documents carefully, the increased employer contribution appears to not be included among the government’s expenses – but this is no oversight. Rather, they’re not expecting to be the one paying.
The employer contribution changes were, in fact, “costed in” as lower future wages for public sector workers.
In budget documents, the Treasury is explicit: …"
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CW: NZPol budget hole
"Examining the budget documents carefully, the increased employer contribution appears to not be included among the government’s expenses – but this is no oversight. Rather, they’re not expecting to be the one paying.
The employer contribution changes were, in fact, “costed in” as lower future wages for public sector workers.
In budget documents, the Treasury is explicit: …"
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CW: NZPol budget hole
"Examining the budget documents carefully, the increased employer contribution appears to not be included among the government’s expenses – but this is no oversight. Rather, they’re not expecting to be the one paying.
The employer contribution changes were, in fact, “costed in” as lower future wages for public sector workers.
In budget documents, the Treasury is explicit: …"
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CW: NZPol Resource Management Act
"This new direction suggests something different: a system designed to serve those who are burdened – not by pollution or loss, but by inconvenience. A system that privileges profit over protection. That sees community values, mātauranga Māori and te Tiriti not as essential, but as obstacles."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/14-04-2025/the-resource-management-reform-is-a-direct-hit-on-te-tiriti
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CW: NZPol Crime statistics
"The government had some positive law and order news to share this week. The source for the claim? A tweet. But by the measure it’s using to track progress towards its own violent crime reduction target, it’s a different story. "
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CW: NZPol Te Tiriti signing
"This is a narrative of the speeches at the Treaty of Waitangi signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia. The words are not in quotes as they are not verbatim and instead have been edited to be accessible to a wider audience. This means some details have been omitted, condensed or rephrased with modern terminology. "
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"The maddest examples have come when monopolies – water, rail – have been sold to private firms, even though competition is the only thing that makes markets work. A private monopoly is the worst of both worlds: no competition-based incentives to improve, and no public-good ethos pushing the organisation to look out for citizens’ interests."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
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"The maddest examples have come when monopolies – water, rail – have been sold to private firms, even though competition is the only thing that makes markets work. A private monopoly is the worst of both worlds: no competition-based incentives to improve, and no public-good ethos pushing the organisation to look out for citizens’ interests."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
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"The maddest examples have come when monopolies – water, rail – have been sold to private firms, even though competition is the only thing that makes markets work. A private monopoly is the worst of both worlds: no competition-based incentives to improve, and no public-good ethos pushing the organisation to look out for citizens’ interests."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
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"The maddest examples have come when monopolies – water, rail – have been sold to private firms, even though competition is the only thing that makes markets work. A private monopoly is the worst of both worlds: no competition-based incentives to improve, and no public-good ethos pushing the organisation to look out for citizens’ interests."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025
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"In 1993, financiers Fay Richwhite were allowed to advise the government on the sale of the state-owned New Zealand Rail – and then be one of main shareholders in the winning bid.
After that things really went downhill ... And while cutting maintenance to a level [economist Bill] Rosenberg labelled 'abysmal', Fay Richwhite and their fellow owners took out at least $370m in profits from a firm for which they had paid just $328m."
#MaxRashbrooke, 2025