No, it wasn’t because of inflation but because the government gave the farmers a huge subsidy for milk in order for it to be cheap to export. 1976 was when Muldoon reduced the subsidy.
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The coalition of cruelty, of the rich, for the rich, by the rich continues to slash and burn
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Protest against overnight healthcare cuts: 'It's just wrong'
Hundreds of people took to Napier's streets in protest on Sunday, campaigning against cuts to the city's after-hours health services.
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No wonder this is happening - https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/17/net-loss-of-nz-citizens-hits-calendar-year-high-in-2024/
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Well said again from Gordon Campbell
- https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2...-murderous-relapse-and-peters-sad-decline.htm
- https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2...-murderous-relapse-and-peters-sad-decline.htm
Looks like some major changes to the Electorates in Wellington as recommended by the Representation Commission with the North Island about to lose a seat based on the last census information. I doubt that Labour will be too happy as it looks like it will be the end of either Ohariu or Mana.
Major changes are being proposed to electorates in the lower North Island, resulting in the disappearance of one seat.
The key announcement coming out of the review of electorate boundaries by the Representation Commission is a proposal to create two new electorates, while three are proposed to be removed, resulting in a net reduction of one.
These proposed changes take place in the lower North Island around Wellington. The two new electorates — proposed to be called Kenepuru and Kāpiti — will be created from sections of Ōhāriu, Mana and Ōtaki. Those three electorates will be removed.
Currently, Ōhāriu and Mana are held by Labour’s Greg O’Connor and Barbara Edmonds, respectively. The Ōtaki seat is held by National’s Tim Costley. The Herald has contacted the MPs for comment.
To accommodate these proposed changes, the commission wants to see Wellington’s Rongotai gain areas of Mt Cook and Brooklyn suburbs. Wellington Central loses those and moves northwards into the hill suburbs of Wadestown, Ngaio and Khandallah.
The Hutt South electorate expands to take in part of Newlands, while Remutaka moves southward to incorporate a small area around Epuni.
The commission was required to reduce the number of electorates in the North Island by one, due a change in population data at the last Census.
In a release today, chairman Judge Kevin Kelly said the commission had addressed this “in the lower North Island where the populations of all the current electorates are below the target quota”.
“This change, coupled with some significant population changes elsewhere, has resulted in relatively substantial shifts in most electorate boundaries in the North Island, and particularly in the lower North Island and the Auckland region.”
The commission said it decided to remove one electorate from the lower North Island rather than Auckland as all electorates in the lower North Island are below or well below the target population quota. They are projected to fall further.
“Population is growing in Auckland, and if an electorate was removed, it’s possible another would have to be added back at the next boundary review,” the commission said.
“Adjusting the electorates in the lower North Island best reflects the current population distribution across the North Island and should reduce the need for the next Representation Commission to make substantial changes.”
In West Auckland, New Lynn, Kelston and Te Atatū are proposed to be reconfigured and renamed Waitākere, Glendene and Rānui.
In South Auckland, the boundaries of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu is proposed to be moved south and is proposed to be renamed Ōtāhuhu.
The Tauranga and Bay of Plenty electorates will be reconfigured — with Tauranga in the west and Bay of Plenty in the east. Bay of Plenty will be renamed Mt Maunganui.
In the central North Island, Whanganui extends northwards to incorporate Raetihi, Ohakune, Waiouru, Waimarino, and Ōwhango. Taranaki-King Country gains a small area around and including Taumarunui. Rangitīkei extends southwards to incorporate Foxton / Foxton Beach, Shannon, Waitārere and Levin. Wairarapa expands slightly on its western edge to include the town of Ashhurst on the outskirts of Palmerston North.
In the South Island, the electorate of Selwyn is described as one of the fastest-growing electorates and adjustments have been made so that Christchurch electorates take in more population.
In the Māori electorates, an adjustment is proposed to the boundary between Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and Te Tai Tonga in Lower Hutt. There are no changes proposed for the other five Māori electorates.
Click here to use an interactive map of the proposed changes.
The Representation Commission regularly redraws the boundaries of electorates to ensure they have roughly the same number of people in each. This is done after each five-year population Census.
As well as population figures, the commission also considers factors such as communities of interest, infrastructure that links communities, topographic features and projected variations in the population over the next five years.
The commission met in February to set the proposed boundaries, which are now being released for public submissions.
The public has until April 27 to highlight any objections, and then until May 21 to submit any counter-objections. There are public hearings between June 9 and 18, before the final boundaries are released on August 8.
Before Tuesday’s announcement, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was an “independent process” and he believed National would be “well placed” and “compete very strongly” at next year’s election.
While most of the members of the Representation Commission are senior officials, such as the Chief Electoral Officer, the Government and the Opposition each have a representative. Former National MP Roger Sowry, who has been on the commission before, represented the Government, while former Labour leader Andrew Little represented the Opposition.
How the commission is made up has previously been criticised as not fitting an MMP environment and only reflecting the perspectives of the two largest parties on a critical election matter.
Act leader David Seymour told the Herald last year he wasn’t making a personal criticism of those nominated to be on the panel, but called the system “out of date”.
“One person deciding electoral boundaries that affect all parties and could decide the outcome of the election is a recent Labour leader, and the other a former National MP,” he said.
“That might have been appropriate in the New Zealand of yesterday, but today we’d expect the rules of the election to be made in a more politically neutral way.”
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Electorate boundary proposals: Three lower North Island seats abolished, two created
Major changes are being proposed to electorates in the lower North Island, resulting in the disappearance of one seat.
The key announcement coming out of the review of electorate boundaries by the Representation Commission is a proposal to create two new electorates, while three are proposed to be removed, resulting in a net reduction of one.
These proposed changes take place in the lower North Island around Wellington. The two new electorates — proposed to be called Kenepuru and Kāpiti — will be created from sections of Ōhāriu, Mana and Ōtaki. Those three electorates will be removed.
Currently, Ōhāriu and Mana are held by Labour’s Greg O’Connor and Barbara Edmonds, respectively. The Ōtaki seat is held by National’s Tim Costley. The Herald has contacted the MPs for comment.
To accommodate these proposed changes, the commission wants to see Wellington’s Rongotai gain areas of Mt Cook and Brooklyn suburbs. Wellington Central loses those and moves northwards into the hill suburbs of Wadestown, Ngaio and Khandallah.
The Hutt South electorate expands to take in part of Newlands, while Remutaka moves southward to incorporate a small area around Epuni.
The commission was required to reduce the number of electorates in the North Island by one, due a change in population data at the last Census.
In a release today, chairman Judge Kevin Kelly said the commission had addressed this “in the lower North Island where the populations of all the current electorates are below the target quota”.
“This change, coupled with some significant population changes elsewhere, has resulted in relatively substantial shifts in most electorate boundaries in the North Island, and particularly in the lower North Island and the Auckland region.”
The commission said it decided to remove one electorate from the lower North Island rather than Auckland as all electorates in the lower North Island are below or well below the target population quota. They are projected to fall further.
“Population is growing in Auckland, and if an electorate was removed, it’s possible another would have to be added back at the next boundary review,” the commission said.
“Adjusting the electorates in the lower North Island best reflects the current population distribution across the North Island and should reduce the need for the next Representation Commission to make substantial changes.”
Other key changes
Overall, 22 of the 72 general electorates are unchanged. About 736,100 people in the North Island general electorates, 29,900 people in the South Island general electorates, and 3300 people in the Māori electorates are affected by the proposed changes.In West Auckland, New Lynn, Kelston and Te Atatū are proposed to be reconfigured and renamed Waitākere, Glendene and Rānui.
In South Auckland, the boundaries of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu is proposed to be moved south and is proposed to be renamed Ōtāhuhu.
The Tauranga and Bay of Plenty electorates will be reconfigured — with Tauranga in the west and Bay of Plenty in the east. Bay of Plenty will be renamed Mt Maunganui.
In the central North Island, Whanganui extends northwards to incorporate Raetihi, Ohakune, Waiouru, Waimarino, and Ōwhango. Taranaki-King Country gains a small area around and including Taumarunui. Rangitīkei extends southwards to incorporate Foxton / Foxton Beach, Shannon, Waitārere and Levin. Wairarapa expands slightly on its western edge to include the town of Ashhurst on the outskirts of Palmerston North.
In the South Island, the electorate of Selwyn is described as one of the fastest-growing electorates and adjustments have been made so that Christchurch electorates take in more population.
In the Māori electorates, an adjustment is proposed to the boundary between Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and Te Tai Tonga in Lower Hutt. There are no changes proposed for the other five Māori electorates.
Click here to use an interactive map of the proposed changes.
The Representation Commission regularly redraws the boundaries of electorates to ensure they have roughly the same number of people in each. This is done after each five-year population Census.
As well as population figures, the commission also considers factors such as communities of interest, infrastructure that links communities, topographic features and projected variations in the population over the next five years.
The commission met in February to set the proposed boundaries, which are now being released for public submissions.
The public has until April 27 to highlight any objections, and then until May 21 to submit any counter-objections. There are public hearings between June 9 and 18, before the final boundaries are released on August 8.
Before Tuesday’s announcement, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was an “independent process” and he believed National would be “well placed” and “compete very strongly” at next year’s election.
While most of the members of the Representation Commission are senior officials, such as the Chief Electoral Officer, the Government and the Opposition each have a representative. Former National MP Roger Sowry, who has been on the commission before, represented the Government, while former Labour leader Andrew Little represented the Opposition.
How the commission is made up has previously been criticised as not fitting an MMP environment and only reflecting the perspectives of the two largest parties on a critical election matter.
Act leader David Seymour told the Herald last year he wasn’t making a personal criticism of those nominated to be on the panel, but called the system “out of date”.
“One person deciding electoral boundaries that affect all parties and could decide the outcome of the election is a recent Labour leader, and the other a former National MP,” he said.
“That might have been appropriate in the New Zealand of yesterday, but today we’d expect the rules of the election to be made in a more politically neutral way.”
Revealed: The electorates proposed to be abolished, renamed
Other electorate changes have also been announced.
PM slates failure to inform ministers of 11yo misidentified by police, handcuffed and drugged
One minister described the incident as 'every parent's worst nightmare'.
This is pretty bad
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I was like "bet its not that bad" and then I read this partPM slates failure to inform ministers of 11yo misidentified by police, handcuffed and drugged
One minister described the incident as 'every parent's worst nightmare'.
This is pretty bad
before being handcuffed and injected with antipsychotic drugs.
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How do you change the system in the future where an unidentified person that appears to be an adult is reportedly about to self harm and medical professionals determine she requires drug intervention?PM slates failure to inform ministers of 11yo misidentified by police, handcuffed and drugged
One minister described the incident as 'every parent's worst nightmare'.
This is pretty bad
Not justifying it but it seemed a complex case with an autistic person that was reportedly about to jump off a bridge.
Multiple professional people have obviously not realised her age or been able to figure out what what was up with an autistic girl. Parents didn’t even report her missing for 12 hours.
Feel it’s one of those cases with unique circumstances that came together and a whole lot of things went wrong.
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Agree, but sadly multiple police and medical staff all made that incorrect call.
How do you change the process in future?
I’ve had to confirm peoples identify via a passport vs the actual person and it’s actually incredibly difficult to be sure sometimes.
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First one was released:Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
Would be handy if government released the findings into the covid response inquiry with Bloomfield warning another one is coming
Main Report | Covid-19 Lessons Learned
A second, more wide reaching one is in the process.
On another one coming, it’s a bit like being a plasterer, you see damage in walls everywhere - doesn’t mean it’s really a big problem!
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You're right there Wiz, I get all my virology advice from plasterersFirst one was released:
Main Report | Covid-19 Lessons Learned
www.covid19lessons.royalcommission.nz
A second, more wide reaching one is in the process.
On another one coming, it’s a bit like being a plasterer, you see damage in walls everywhere - doesn’t mean it’s really a big problem!
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They know it all, I’ve heard.
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What the Royal Commission really said about the Covid response
Special report: Five years on from the first lockdown, Newsroom reads the entire 716-page Royal Commission into the Covid-19 response and examines the findings.
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When you see damage, don’t you try and fix it? You can keep those plasterers if my damaged walls aren’t a big problem, I want them fixed. The next touted pandemic is supposedly going to originate from a bird flu so we’ll have to wait and see if it’s going to be a big problem or not? The last one changed the world in my view and we seem no more prepared so hopefully the next one is the non event you’re alluding toFirst one was released:
Main Report | Covid-19 Lessons Learned
A second, more wide reaching one is in the process.
On another one coming, it’s a bit like being a plasterer, you see damage in walls everywhere - doesn’t mean it’s really a big problem!
Just out of curiosity as it's time for the annual flu jab, anyone had a covid jab lately?
Health dept pushing us geriatrics to have one with our flu injection. In my case, thanks but no thanks
Health dept pushing us geriatrics to have one with our flu injection. In my case, thanks but no thanks
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I take the bivalent one every autumn, for the latest flu and covid strains. Had covid in January, wasn't too bad but still dangerous for immune compromised and elderly.
I don't have the flu injection
Last time about 10 years ago I was very ill.
Same as my old man.
I am lucky enough to work from home and haven't had the flu for quite some time
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