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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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"... 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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Radio New Zealand Features the November DXpedition to Fakaofo
https://swling.com/blog/2026/08/radio-new-zealand-features-the-november-dxpedition-to-fakaofo/
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Radio New Zealand Features the November DXpedition to Fakaofo
https://swling.com/blog/2026/08/radio-new-zealand-features-the-november-dxpedition-to-fakaofo/
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Today on #RNZ the announcer mentioned that they had used #AI to get some details for their #MorningReport segment. And they admitted an error in reporting as the AI was wrong (shock and surprise).
My confidence in RNZ has just plunged.
Why is anyone trusting the enslopification regurgitations?
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Today on #RNZ the announcer mentioned that they had used #AI to get some details for their #MorningReport segment. And they admitted an error in reporting as the AI was wrong (shock and surprise).
My confidence in RNZ has just plunged.
Why is anyone trusting the enslopification regurgitations?
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Just listened to the #RNZ political panel this week hosted by the far more neutral Suzie Ferguson with commentators Phil Goff and Liam Hehir.
I disagree with the attempts by National Party member Liam Hehir to defend Luxon’s inaction on Winston Peters which is, in my opinion, a huge mistake.
NZ already knows Luxon’s not a leader but had Luxon done what the majority of the country is demanding and that is sack Winston Peters as foreign minister he would have substantially improved National’s chances in the upcoming election and maybe more so had Winston forced a snap election.
I was also interested in Phil Goff’s response to a recent poll of only 400 people that suggests Chloe Swarbrick is at risk of losing Auckland Central to National and his idea that this ridiculously small poll will only give Chloe the opportunity to suggest Ak Central Labour voters give her their electoral vote while still giving Labour their party vote.
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Just listened to the #RNZ political panel this week hosted by the far more neutral Suzie Ferguson with commentators Phil Goff and Liam Hehir.
I disagree with the attempts by National Party member Liam Hehir to defend Luxon’s inaction on Winston Peters which is, in my opinion, a huge mistake.
NZ already knows Luxon’s not a leader but had Luxon done what the majority of the country is demanding and that is sack Winston Peters as foreign minister he would have substantially improved National’s chances in the upcoming election and maybe more so had Winston forced a snap election.
I was also interested in Phil Goff’s response to a recent poll of only 400 people that suggests Chloe Swarbrick is at risk of losing Auckland Central to National and his idea that this ridiculously small poll will only give Chloe the opportunity to suggest Ak Central Labour voters give her their electoral vote while still giving Labour their party vote.
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I hopped into my car this evening and heard Wallace Chapman say if the Greens focused on saving trees I’d vote for them but with all this other stuff I’m not going anywhere near them.
I wondered if making that statement on air was a breach of the #RNZ charter.
I am considering making a complaint.
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I hopped into my car this evening and heard Wallace Chapman say if the Greens focused on saving trees I’d vote for them but with all this other stuff I’m not going anywhere near them.
I wondered if making that statement on air was a breach of the #RNZ charter.
I am considering making a complaint.
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Thanks Phil, I shall send them my own feedback and criticism of their failure to uphold the #RNZ Charter particularly in regard to informing the public of the established causes of extreme weather events that are reeking extreme damage across Aotearoa NZ.
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Thanks Phil, I shall send them my own feedback and criticism of their failure to uphold the #RNZ Charter particularly in regard to informing the public of the established causes of extreme weather events that are reeking extreme damage across Aotearoa NZ.
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@rnzbot_political What a strange half-article to be headlining the #RNZ website, since it summarises ACT’s new policy without giving any historical context or conservationists’ views.
I accept that game animals like deer are a valued resource in NZ and there need to be places to hunt them. Still, that cannot be the whole country. There are plenty of well documented and often massive impacts that deer, goats, tahr, and chamois have on the native species they eat, and many of these species are threatened and declining.
ACT is proposing that the government funds that are currently used by the Department of Conservation to manage games animals while protecting biodiversity all be given to the Game Animal Council for managing game animals nationally.
I’m reminded of comedian Guy Williams’ New Zealand Today piece about tahr management. Tahr numbers ballooned under hunter-led management from the target national herd size of 10,000 to more than three times that. The Department of Conservation (in the previous government) had to step in and started culling tahr to bring their numbers back down, yet there was then an outcry from hunters.
Most of NZ’s conservation land needs to be managed primarily for conservation. It makes sense to do that in collaboration with the Game Animal Council, as is done now. ACT’s policy to flip this around sounds like a recipe for extinctions.
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@rnzbot_political What a strange half-article to be headlining the #RNZ website, since it summarises ACT’s new policy without giving any historical context or conservationists’ views.
I accept that game animals like deer are a valued resource in NZ and there need to be places to hunt them. Still, that cannot be the whole country. There are plenty of well documented and often massive impacts that deer, goats, tahr, and chamois have on the native species they eat, and many of these species are threatened and declining.
ACT is proposing that the government funds that are currently used by the Department of Conservation to manage games animals while protecting biodiversity all be given to the Game Animal Council for managing game animals nationally.
I’m reminded of comedian Guy Williams’ New Zealand Today piece about tahr management. Tahr numbers ballooned under hunter-led management from the target national herd size of 10,000 to more than three times that. The Department of Conservation (in the previous government) had to step in and started culling tahr to bring their numbers back down, yet there was then an outcry from hunters.
Most of NZ’s conservation land needs to be managed primarily for conservation. It makes sense to do that in collaboration with the Game Animal Council, as is done now. ACT’s policy to flip this around sounds like a recipe for extinctions.
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"I have spent 15 years working in the business sector, in sustainability primarily, so I... have seen the opportunity for business as a force for good. If we can harness the best of innovation, and great ideas, and competition, to solve some of the world's biggest social and environmental problems, that's a really exciting place to be."
#QiulaeWong, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/30-with-guyon-espiner/season-5/qiulae-wong
These are Business Idiot talking points.
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"I have spent 15 years working in the business sector, in sustainability primarily, so I... have seen the opportunity for business as a force for good. If we can harness the best of innovation, and great ideas, and competition, to solve some of the world's biggest social and environmental problems, that's a really exciting place to be."
#QiulaeWong, 2026
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/30-with-guyon-espiner/season-5/qiulae-wong
These are Business Idiot talking points.
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I’m now waiting for a #RNZ what’s the best way to evade tax story to be published.
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I’m now waiting for a #RNZ what’s the best way to evade tax story to be published.
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"Coalition partners warn voters off The Opportunity Party" - according to #RNZ. No surprise to me: #TOP has enough in common with #Labour and #Green to support them with a potential "confidence and supply agreement" (while agreeing to disagree on some policies - the sort of arrangement #NZ had a while ago) if it cracks the 5% #votes barrier leaving the #CoC well under 50%.
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"Coalition partners warn voters off The Opportunity Party" - according to #RNZ. No surprise to me: #TOP has enough in common with #Labour and #Green to support them with a potential "confidence and supply agreement" (while agreeing to disagree on some policies - the sort of arrangement #NZ had a while ago) if it cracks the 5% #votes barrier leaving the #CoC well under 50%.
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...and sure enough, in the MediaWatch interview with Brent Impey, he continues the burbling of Business Idiot talking points;
"Look, I think it's irrelevant that programs are coming from anywhere, you could broadcast from home, all over."
I just can't hear this kind of asinine nonsense the same way after reading Ed's article. Of course it's relevant.
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...and sure enough, in the MediaWatch interview with Brent Impey, he continues the burbling of Business Idiot talking points;
"Look, I think it's irrelevant that programs are coming from anywhere, you could broadcast from home, all over."
I just can't hear this kind of asinine nonsense the same way after reading Ed's article. Of course it's relevant.
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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 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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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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Mihi Forbes presents another timely episode of the very well produced #RNZ series #NZ Wars Stories.
This time Waerenga-a-Hika (Gisborne) recounting the historic #NZPol attack on the #indigenous #Maori November 1865 at Waerenga-a-Hika pā which served as a refuge for hundreds of Māori, many of whom were women and children adhering to the Pai Mārire faith.
I believe this history being understood is critical in navigating a path forward for all people of #Aotearoa #NewZealand.
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Mihi Forbes presents another timely episode of the very well produced #RNZ series #NZ Wars Stories.
This time Waerenga-a-Hika (Gisborne) recounting the historic #NZPol attack on the #indigenous #Maori November 1865 at Waerenga-a-Hika pā which served as a refuge for hundreds of Māori, many of whom were women and children adhering to the Pai Mārire faith.
I believe this history being understood is critical in navigating a path forward for all people of #Aotearoa #NewZealand.
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@AndrewRiddell1 this post prompted me to listen to the latest RNZ headlines. 2nd story was about a study of the effects of flooding in NZ under different emissions scenarios. They didn't mention climate change, carbon, carbon dioxide even though that's precisely what the study was about. Weird.
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@AndrewRiddell1 this post prompted me to listen to the latest RNZ headlines. 2nd story was about a study of the effects of flooding in NZ under different emissions scenarios. They didn't mention climate change, carbon, carbon dioxide even though that's precisely what the study was about. Weird.
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Gardening business pushing up wages to attract workers https://www.allforgardening.com/1854378/gardening-business-pushing-up-wages-to-attract-workers/ #Audio #CurrentAffairs #garden #gardener #gardening #news #podcasts #PublicRadio #RadioNewZealand #RNZ
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Gardening business pushing up wages to attract workers https://www.allforgardening.com/1854378/gardening-business-pushing-up-wages-to-attract-workers/ #Audio #CurrentAffairs #garden #gardener #gardening #news #podcasts #PublicRadio #RadioNewZealand #RNZ
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Keep unemployment & housing costs high, while keeping benefits low therefore more emergency housing needed... But you said you'd reduce emergency housing so you let homelessness go up... But people get upset so you tell police to just "Move them along" all day... But then...
#RNZ #nzpol
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/651934/third-of-those-declined-emergency-housing-not-offered-any-alternative -
Keep unemployment & housing costs high, while keeping benefits low therefore more emergency housing needed... But you said you'd reduce emergency housing so you let homelessness go up... But people get upset so you tell police to just "Move them along" all day... But then...
#RNZ #nzpol
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This evening Radio NZ rebroadcast a 2016 interview between host Jessie Mulligan and sound archivist Sarah Johnston, about the only recording we have of what the extinct huia bird sounds like.
We lost the huia in the early 1900s, before recording equipment was available, but what we do have is a recording from the late 1940s of Hēnare Hāmana mimicking the calls of the male and female huia. Some North Island Māori were expert at making huia calls, used to lure the birds in to catch them (in part for their valued feathers). Hēnare had been part of a (failed) expedition into the Ruahine Ranges around 1900 to try and catch huia to bring them into captivity to try and prevent their extinction.
While RNZ doesn't have the interview on its website "due to copyright restrictions", the original recording by Hēnare Hāmana is available below on the website of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
It's sad but worth a listen. We came so close to still having these remarkable birds around.