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Daily review 14/05/2026

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 14th, 2026 - 5 comments
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  1. Drowsy M. Kram 1
    14 May 2026 at 6:15 pm

    Is the climate law change this government’s jump the shark moment?
    [The Spinoff, 14 May 2026]
    The government has ignored international law, the world’s highest court, our own Supreme Court and the science.

    This week, the New Zealand government might well have jumped the shark when it announced plans to change the law to ensure no company can be held to account in court for the damage their emissions cause. To any New Zealander. Ever.
    …
    Yet, this week, in the face of overwhelming global momentum, the New Zealand government decided to change the law, choosing to ignore international law, global scientific consensus, and cutting out our own Supreme Court. No consultation. No debate. Just a quiet announcement it might have hoped we’d miss in a sea of bad environmental decisions.

    Smith himself put it plainly: “If Parliament can cancel a live court case, then no legal claim is secure at all, once it becomes politically inconvenient.”

    Polluters off the lease. NActF (govt by and for the sorted) really doesn't care – at all.

    Fonterra and other polluters creaming it on an overshoot track – follow the money.

    • Mercurio 1.1
      14 May 2026 at 6:29 pm

      "…might well have jumped the shark..,."

      Might well? *swoons

      (also, "off the leash" – and yes, they are).

  2. Dennis Frank 2
    14 May 2026 at 7:49 pm

    The Chinese regime has provided an exemplary demonstration of how to do international law: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy72yy7z1dyo

    A US citizen has been convicted of helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government. A jury found that Lu Jianwang, 64, opened and operated the station in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood in early 2022 for China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

    Obviously the regime will claim that the jury was hoodwinked by Deep State agents. Trump, buddying up to Xi, may promise the regime that "Hey, that's my home town. I'll call the mayor, who seems to have decided not to accept my offer to allow him to call me fascist, and get him to clean the place up for you."

    The conviction comes the same week a California mayor resigned after she was charged with acting as an illegal agent of China…

    At least 100 such stations have been reported across 53 countries, with rights groups accusing China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad, as well as helping Beijing identify pro-democracy activists living in the US. China has denied that the outposts are police stations, saying they are "service stations" providing administrative services to nationals overseas". Such services included pandemic assistance and driver's licence renewals.

    So the regime is just being helpful. Renewing your driver's licence in the wrong country is devilish hard and sightings of a small red creature with pointy tail & horns lurking in the details that seems to have a mean attitude make it understandable.

  3. weka 3
    14 May 2026 at 8:14 pm

    I would appreciate someone fact checking this.

    Opportunity Party have some details on their Citizen's Income that would replace our current welfare system. Links below. Comparisons for a single disabled adult who can't work:

    Supported Living Payment + Disability Allowance = $26,387 in hand ($507/wk)

    CI + DA = $25,400 in hand ($488/wk)

    Difference: $987 less per year or $19/wk

    Not great, but worse, they've removed the hardship benefit Temporary Additional Support which means people with disability costs above $6000/year are much worse off.

    100,000 people on SLP, many of those will be getting TAS.

    I didn't include accomodation costs because they're more complex, but TOP's housing assistance is capped at $125/week, which is low compared to WINZ accommodation supplement.

    All payments are tax free except SLP (amount above is after tax).

    Benefit rates

    https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/products/benefit-rates/benefit-rates-april-2026.html

    TOP policy

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KgTXUgjVipAA7EcDas-EJmOr6ZkeCf9B/view