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I made the mistake of listening to #RNZ Midday Report today.
The first story was David Seymour saying he was determined to end the allocation of spaces at #NZ Medical Schools for Māori and Polynesian medical students as these, according to Seymour, were giving an advantage to students due to their race. He managed to get a study done into the practice of increasing the number of Māori and Polynesian doctors to serve their communities under the coalition agreement but didn’t agree with its findings which support the practice.
He disagreed that a similar approach to offering places at medical school for rural students was the same thing as apparently it is not based on ethnicity.
The next story was David Seymour supporting MDMA treatment for victims of PTSD. I have no idea what the story after that was as I had switched off my radio by then. #NZPol
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Another grilling for Quilae Wong and the Opportunity, this time from Mihingarangi Forbes;
A good interview for those who question whether Opportunity can really be described as "progressive".
#MihingarangiForbes #Mata #RNZ #podcasts #Opportunity #NZElection2026 #NZPolitics
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Another grilling for Quilae Wong and the Opportunity, this time from Mihingarangi Forbes;
A good interview for those who question whether Opportunity can really be described as "progressive".
#MihingarangiForbes #Mata #RNZ #podcasts #Opportunity #NZElection2026 #NZPolitics
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Another grilling for Quilae Wong and the Opportunity, this time from Mihingarangi Forbes;
A good interview for those who question whether Opportunity can really be described as "progressive".
#MihingarangiForbes #Mata #RNZ #podcasts #Opportunity #NZElection2026 #NZPolitics
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Another grilling for Quilae Wong and the Opportunity, this time from Mihingarangi Forbes;
A good interview for those who question whether Opportunity can really be described as "progressive".
#MihingarangiForbes #Mata #RNZ #podcasts #Opportunity #NZElection2026 #NZPolitics
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"... the Department of Corrections had posted a procurement notice on the website of GETS, the Government Electronic Tenders Service. Which is often scanned by journalists looking for stories about budget government spending."
#ColinPeacock, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=1ba02017-cc5b-4b48-b24a-b600be58987c
Not really a secret. So Mitchell not knowing about it is just more evidence that he's not paying attention to what's happening in his portfolio. The kneejerk response is typical though.
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"I think Morning Report will definitely be in his sights, and I think he'll want to see better audience ratings from that program, because he'll be comparing it very much to Hosking, at NewstalkZB."
#MarkJennings, Co-Editor, Newsroom, 2026
This is a classic example of the Business Idiocy described in the article by Ed Zitron I've been quoting this morning.
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I'm still catching up on MediaWatch as I struggle back to some level of functioning. Today's listen is the June 28 edition, which covers lobbyist Matthew Hooten becoming editor of the capital's daily paper, and the departing editor becoming a lobbyist for Business NZ.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=61b69c55-de7f-490c-ac20-ff0a127534a0
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Here's a local example of the "Mirror World" Naomi Klein describes in #Doppelganger;
“I believe that public discourse is damaged when a large platform labels or characterises others negatively, particularly in ways that are untrue, with the purpose or effect of silencing or discrediting them."
#JimGrenon, Canadian billionaire, media mogul, 2026
Quoted by Stuff from Grenon's affidavit;
... and read out on #Mediawatch;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=70b59078-20db-4fad-81cd-a4181277ce49
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Emile Donovan wants to stick with convention and call Pete Hegseth the "Secretary of Defence";
Why? Given the number of wars the US has started or escalated - at least 1 started during this administration too - I think Hegseth's choice of job title is curiously appropriate.
#war #defence #FairnessAndAccuracy #MediaWatch #RNZ #podcasts
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"... younger audiences do just live on these [corporate social media] platforms, and it's very difficult to get them to migrate off."
#AnnaHarcourt, former Head of Content, Re:News, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=df295b91-b6a9-4c18-b2a8-23391eac2b4a
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"There's a whole lot of AI I used that saved a whole lot of grunt work time in the production process and freed me up for creativity. But if you're dealing with an unreliable research tool, and you're checking up on it, you're not saving time, you're adding labour ..."
#DrLewisTennant, School of Communication Studies, AUT, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=7ecf3686-c69e-4786-be7c-1d36940b5fa8
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"Transmission via FM ... is a great way for broadcasters to reach an audience. All you need is 1 antenna to reach thousands of people, if not millions ... in a big city like Auckland, for example, and that costs the listeners absolutely nothing to receive. There's no data plan, there's no time lag.
#LeonWratt, Director of Content, MediaWorks, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=63971767-6465-4128-ae6c-8c1c525ed3ac
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"Removing content standards such as accuracy, balance and fairness, I think invites a significant political risk. You could end up with a rogue media operator with significant market power that chose to ignore them, with impunity. And I think that's politically dangerous, democratically it's indefensible."
#DrPeterThompson, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=bdb1a4a8-a91f-48a0-ac5e-f81f354a7021
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594762/mediawatch-putting-down-the-watchdog
This is a very complicated issue, and I'm still figuring out what I think.
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Hintergrund | RNZ: Die Burschenschaft Normannia ist zurück
Nach dem antisemitischen Übergriff vor sechs Jahren war sie in "Cimbria" umbenannt worden. Drei Monate nachdem das Urteil rechtskräftig wurde, tauchte sie wieder unter altem Namen auf.Die Burschenschaft Normannia ist zurück – jedenfalls tritt sie auf ihrer Internetseite wieder unter ihrem alten Namen auf. Am Dienstag berichtete die Heidelberger Studierendenzeitung "ruprecht" über die neue Entwicklung der alten Burschenschaft, etwa von einem Instagram-Account, der zwar wenig Inhalt hat, aber bereits seit Juni 2025 unter dem Namen "normannia1890" existiert. Unter den knapp 200 Followern befinden sich überwiegend andere Burschenschaften, aber auch mehrere AfD-Politiker und ein Account mit dem Namen "rechteschueler"... (weiter)
#Hintergrund #Normannia #Burschenschaft #Heidelberg #Rechtsradikal #Cimbria #RNZ #2026-01-24 @heidelberg
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New trains on way for lower North Island: 'This is a game-changer'
I assume that as they now have toilets onboard they will extend the regular service from Waikanae to Levin or even Palmerston North. 🤔
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Bold documentary series Cutting the Curve explores the backlash against body positivity
https://lucire.com/insider/20250825/bold-documentary-series-cutting-the-curve-explores-the-backlash-against-body-positivity/ #BodyPositivity #conservatism #politics #modelling #inclusiveness #modeling #modellisme #society #backlash #fashion #mode #moda #RNZ #NZ #Aotearoa #IsabellaMoore
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Strumpfhose härten
Manchmal findet man in der Regionalzeitung recht interessante Tipps. Ich kann mit dieser Fotostrecke wie man Strompfhosen härtet um sie vor Laufmaschen zu schützen zwar nichts anfangen, aber immer wieder schön solche Schmankerln zu finden. 😀#Regionalzeitung #Strumpfhose #Laufmaschen #härten #Tippsandtricks #RNZ #2025-05-21
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DOC ranger snaps rare footage of tuatara and takahē 'having a scrap'
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Researchers find links between swarms and slow-slip earthquakes
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Maybe we need a long term decision-making process for #infrastructure spending that isn't hostage to the shifting political winds?
What if any capital spending projected to span multiple governments needed a supermajority in Parliament? Or to pass a referendum at an election? Either way, politicians would be forced to take a nonpartisan, long term approach to planning, building and maintaining infrastructure.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=84797662-137a-49de-a8c6-42e15eb957b6
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Herzlichen Dank an Harald Berlinghof für seinen freundlichen Artikel in der Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung über meine Fotoausstellung zum Finkenbach Festival in Neckarsteinach.
#FinkenbachFestival #Ausstellung #Fotos #Fotoausstellung #Schindelbeck #Neckarsteinach #rnz #haraldberlinghof #rheinneckar #heidelberg #mannheim #ludwigshafen #neckartal #odenwald #finkenbach