A reminder, for those interested, of my politics. When I told a RNZ journalist the other day that I didn’t vote in the last election, he expressed surprise.

Astonishing number of errors in the post below from a senior journo:. - Grenon’s slate was 4 directors (including himself), not 5 .- secured 1 seat on the main board and 2 on sub boards (OneRoof and editorial) .- 3 of 5 existing directors will remain following the AGM but one of.

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As many of you know, I’m one of Jim Grenon’s nominees to form part of a refreshed NZME Board. Since our nominations became public on March 6, much of the media commentary has focused on speculation around Jim’s motivations and intentions for the company, and in particular, what.

Wishing everyone a very happy New Year and all the best for 2025!

HMNZS Manawanui - the rescue was more perilous than first imagined, with the first sailors getting to shore at 1am and the last at 5:30am, and there was possibly more to its mission than simply charting a reef. The vessel went down 1.5nm from the Sinelai Reef Resort - reputedly

Statement from a KiwiRail spokesperson:.“This afternoon several railway level crossings on the Main North Line in Christchurch were affected by a generator power cut. The situation was resolved by switching to manual control while a new power source was connected. Traffic is.

Interesting details about the sinking of the Manawanui from the press conference of Samoan Acting PM Ponifasio on Sunday evening. Samoan authorities received a call from Rescue Coordination in Wellington at 6:58pm on Saturday regarding a distressed vessel Manawanui which had

Crossing signals are currently not working at the main truck line crossing at Wairakei Road Christchurch. Cars have been driving around the barriers and then the barriers were raised by members of the public to let a bus cross (and then cars). Needs sorting asap

The recent UN review of NZ’s human rights performance revealed some interesting comments from member States:. “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan expressed serious concern about the situation of human rights in New Zealand, noting regression since the previous review.”

The sinking of the Manawanui comes only a few months after HMNZS Te Kaka (TEK) collided with a jetty at the Defence Armament Depot at Kauri Point (DADKP) on 16 May. The Fleet Navigating Officer’s initial incident report issued on 21 May makes interesting reading. The report

RT @CranmerWrites: An interesting aside contained in Stuff’s submission on the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill shows its reliance on Goog….

With Parliamentary Services unable to provide breakdowns of MP’s expenses, the system seems open to abuse. In addition to Debbie Ngawera-Packer claiming $39k on airfares in the period March to June there are other questionable expenses. Last year Parliament was dissolved on 8

On 7 Sept, I posted about specific flight expenses of Debbie Ngawera-Packer and Willie Jackson. Today the Sunday Post runs the same story.

It’s difficult to know exactly why the Wellington Mayor sold her car, but in any event Whanau does have the use of a Hyundai Ioniq mayoral car as confirmed in an OIA made last year. Oddly, the OIA sets out the running costs of the mayoral car for the year ended June 2023 as

The Herald quietly stops posting on X 5 days ago, continuing traditional media’s love/hate relationship with socials.

Fascinating to see the streaming numbers from yesterday’s US presidential debate with TV, newspapers and individual streamers competing for audience. In NZ, TVNZ, the Herald and RNZ (as well as X) all streamed the debate. Let me know how you watched … interested in the results

Reminder that the Public Service Inquiry into how government agencies protected personal information provided for the 2023 Census and COVID 19 vaccination purposes relating to the Manurewa Marae has an indicative reporting date of Monday, 16 September.