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« Open mike 28/05/2013
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What “terrorism” means

Written By: Zetetic - Date published: 7:07 am, May 28th, 2013 - 100 comments
Categories: racism - Tags: operation 8

From Vice magazine:

VICE: What do you think about the media reaction to the Woolwich murder?
Glen Greenwald: Media outlets reacted pretty uniformly to the attack. They reacted the way that media outlets typically do to these kinds of incidents, which is by simply stating that it was a terrorist attack and channeling outrage about the unprecedented, barbaric act that everyone saw take place.

Do you think it was a “terrorist” attack?
What the word terrorism typically means in reality, functionally, when it’s most commonly used by our media, is that the perpetrators are Muslim, and that they are driven by either religious or political motivations. I think that when it became clear that the perpetrators were Muslim (they said “Allah Akbar” during the attack), then media outlets instantly said that this was an act of terror, and politicians sort of did at the same time. The premise here is that if the violence is perpetrated by Muslims against the West, for a political cause, then by definition it’s terrorism, but not the other way around. It’s very typical to call this a terrorist attack without including all sorts of acts of violence that the US and UK has routinely engaged in over the last decade.

For example, the murder of a Muslim man by white supremacists this month. That wasn’t labeled “terrorism” by the press.
Right, even though hate crimes have very clearly ascertainable, political goals—they are designed to terrorize communities, to express all sorts of political sentiments—and yet very rarely do they get called terrorism. Even when you look at what Anders Behring Breivik did in Norway, it was a day-long frenzy by the western media insinuating that this was done by Islamic terrorists, and then as soon it was discovered that the person responsible wasn’t Muslim, the word terrorism kind of disappeared. This is even though he had an overt, political agenda that he was seeking to advance by violence and terror. I think that the word terrorism has almost exclusively become reserved for violence by Muslims.

In a similar vein, there has never been an “Operation 8” style event run by the New Zealand State against any of the white supremacist groups in new Zealand.

Indeed could you imagine armed police dragging the good white folk of Amberly out of their beds, and locking the town down, because Kyle Chapman and co had set up shop in the neighbourhood?

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100 comments on “What “terrorism” means”

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  1. 1
    Ennui
    28 May 2013 at 8:16 am

    The major terrorists “own” the media, run the “empire”, occupy other countries….the “minor” terrorists respond in kind as far as their lack of real firepower allows. Both want control of our minds, our reactions , our response. Fear is the enemy. They both frighten me, but to defeat fear we must confront both.

    1. 1.1
      aerobubble
      28 May 2013 at 2:15 pm

      How does an attack on a soldier amount to creating fear among the people, especially when a women is seen talking rationally with him. Certainly there are political elements to this attack, religious too, but I don’t get the terrorism angle, I’m not a soldier. Arguably how is this any different from anyone who attacks a soldier in a time of war, we are at war you know, he obviously has sympathies for the enemy and so should tried under military law. Not terrorism in my view.
      Giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

      1. 1.1.1
        One Anonymous Knucklehead
        28 May 2013 at 2:22 pm

        Combatants not in uniform…

      2. 1.1.2
        tracey
        28 May 2013 at 2:25 pm

        “we are at war you know”

        No, I didn’t know. Black Englishmen formerly of Nigeria? Have we sent troops? or do you mean “Al Queda”, that catchall that means just about anything nowadays so long as a “muslim” is involved.

        March 2013

        “The United Kingdom’s military says its warplanes recently spotted in Nigeria’s capital city were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali — not to rescue kidnapped foreign hostages.

        Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/10/british-military-warplanes-spotted-in-nigeria-moved-soldiers-for-mali-not-for/#ixzz2UYAgNyGk”

        “Although Libya has more reserves, there were 37.2 billion barrels (5.91×109 m3) of proven oil reserves in Nigeria as of 2011, ranking the country as the largest oil producer in Africa and the 11th largest in the world, averaging 2.28 million barrels per day (362×103 m3/d) in 2006. At current rates this would be 45 years of supply if no new oil was found.”

        Anyone remember Rwanda? The 800,000 raped or murdered in 100 days? Don’;t recall military from the west going in, don’t recall the condemnation. Do recall Rwanda has no oil.

      3. 1.1.3
        Ennui
        28 May 2013 at 3:18 pm

        When you go around running people down and then trying to decapitate them you are every bit the terrorist a man “piloting” a drone attack is. The drone man takes a tea break at Maccers, the terrorist in London took time out to talk to a passerby…..they are both still terrorists.

        Terrorism includes as a definition randomly killing people you don’t know for some motive you perceive them to be in breach of: they don’t get a chance to state their case. They die, which is very coercive and creates fear.

        1. 1.1.3.1
          Colonial Viper
          28 May 2013 at 3:41 pm

          War is fearful, it always has been, it always will be. It’s war, not a tea party.

      4. 1.1.4
        Psycho Milt
        28 May 2013 at 3:56 pm

        …we are at war you know…

        We are? Who are we at war with?

        Arguably how is this any different from anyone who attacks a soldier in a time of war…

        Depends on the circumstances. There’s killing a soldier of a country that’s at war with yours, and there’s killing some random soldier of your own country on the basis of some perceived offence by your own country’s army. The first is an act of war, the second makes you either a nut case involved in a hate crime, or if there’s some political aim behind the murder, a terrorist. The political motive seems pretty clear in this case, so yes terrorism.

  2. 2
    Psycho Milt
    28 May 2013 at 8:24 am

    I do find it difficult to imagine NZ’s security agencies taking Chapman and his mates seriously. Their mistake with Operation 8 was based on cultural/ethnic ignorance rather than racism, ie their ignorance of the concepts involved led them to believe that Tame Iti and the various Whitey ‘activists’ they rounded up might be in some sense less comically incompetent idiots than Chapman’s group.

    As for Greenwald, he has the smarts to be able to redefine terrorism such that military action by western democracies meets the criteria as well as actual terrorists do – which just goes to show intelligence doesn’t equate to wisdom. As an intellectual exercise it might have a certain somewhat contemptible something, but as commentary it’s rubbish.

    1. 2.1
      kiwicommie
      31 May 2013 at 3:55 am

      Anti-terror laws and now cyber-security laws are mostly based on paranoid fears, and just result in racism and discrimination against minority groups i.e. Unfair targeting of people of Arabic descent, rampant islamophobia amongst police and politicians, or attacks on a disfranchised minority group (like Tuhoe). There is no need for such laws, the sooner they are repealed the more safe everyone will be.

  3. 3
    muzza
    28 May 2013 at 8:52 am

    The apparatus employed by the machine, is the real terrorism – Financial, warfare, oil cartels, the peddlers of misery against all levels of humanity.

    Yet these same people, employ politicians end so forth which is supposed to placate the herd, while believing they have some say in their daily lives!

    Watching/listening the attempts to re-programme the minds of the herd, using such simple techniques as repetitive lies, must be called for what it is, well done Zet!

  4. 4
    Ugly Truth
    28 May 2013 at 8:57 am

    What Woolwich murder?

    A man’s body contains about five or six liters of blood. Just ask anyone who has worked in trauma response how much blood there would be on the ground if a man got his head hacked off. Your heart beats for as long as it has oxygen, it doesn’t need signals from the brain to work.

    Same as the Boston bombing. Jeff Bauman #1 supposedly gets his legs blown off but there is no blood on him or the people immediately around him soon afterwards. Jeff Bauman #2 seems to recover well, but strangely the shape of his ear is different to that of Jeff Bauman #1.

    1. 4.1
      One Anonymous Knucklehead
      28 May 2013 at 9:30 am

      Get help.

      1. 4.1.1
        marty mars
        28 May 2013 at 9:33 am

        + 1 I agree with OAK

        1. 4.1.1.1
          Ugly Truth
          28 May 2013 at 9:37 am

          Where did all the blood go, marty?

          1. 4.1.1.1.1
            One Anonymous Knucklehead
            28 May 2013 at 9:44 am

            How did you get back here so fast from the scene?

      2. 4.1.2
        Ugly Truth
        28 May 2013 at 9:35 am

        Get a brain.

        http://thestandard.org.nz/how-to-spot-fascism/#comment-638354

        1. 4.1.2.1
          One Anonymous Knucklehead
          28 May 2013 at 9:43 am

          No, seriously, get some help.

          At the very least familiarise yourself with the Baloney Detection Kit.

          1. 4.1.2.1.1
            Ugly Truth
            28 May 2013 at 9:51 am

            Seems you just set off your own “Baloney Detection Kit”:

            “How did you get back here so fast from the scene?” OAK @ 9:44am, 4.1.1.1.1

            1. 4.1.2.1.1.1
              One Anonymous Knucklehead
              28 May 2013 at 9:56 am

              Yes, because to have any substantive information about “the blood” you’d have to have been there, and as an obviously expert witness, you’d probably still be helping the police with their enquiries.

              You don’t believe that you can do forensic analysis using Google, do you? No, that would be so beyond stupid it couldn’t be true!

              1. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1
                Ugly Truth
                28 May 2013 at 10:13 am

                “to have any substantive information about “the blood” you’d have to have been there,”

                Tell it, Knuckledragger..

                http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1153332/thumbs/o-MACHETE-ATTACK-570.jpg
                http://terroronthetube.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beaheadinghoax1.png

                1. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1
                  One Anonymous Knucklehead
                  28 May 2013 at 10:16 am

                  Oh dear. You do believe in Google Forensics. My deepest sympathies.

                  1. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1
                    Ugly Truth
                    28 May 2013 at 10:32 am

                    I hate to be the one to break this to you, but photographs are actually used as evidence quite often.

                    1. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 10:37 am

                      *whoosh*

                    2. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 10:57 am

                      *whoosh*

                      Was that the sound of your brains falling out, or are you just pretending that I missed some subtle and clever nuance of your post?

                    3. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.3
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 11:04 am

                      It neither subtle, nor clever, to note that Google Forensics is a mistake, but that didn’t stop you introducing a red herring in a feeble attempt at validation.

                    4. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.4
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 12:03 pm

                      So, by “Google Forensics”, you’re implying that the means by which evidence is obtained determines its validity?
                      Isn’t that just an ad hominem argument?

                      Please expand on the nature of your red herring, a disection could be most enlightening.

                    5. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.5
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 1:18 pm

                      Sure. That photographic evidence is useful in real forensics does not validate looking at pictures on the internet and pretending you’re a detective.

                      Of course source affects validity, but what affects validity even more is method, process, chain of evidence, etc., and you haven’t got one.

                    6. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.6
                      felix
                      28 May 2013 at 5:56 pm

                      “Was that the sound of your brains falling out”

                      Oh yeah? Well WHERE IS ALL THE BLOOD???!!!!11

                  2. 4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2
                    McFlock
                    28 May 2013 at 11:14 am

                    Lol “Google Forensics”.

                    You’ll give them ideas.

            2. 4.1.2.1.1.2
              TheContrarian
              28 May 2013 at 9:57 am

              Just for Ugly:
              http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html

              1. 4.1.2.1.1.2.1
                Ugly Truth
                28 May 2013 at 10:17 am

                Which fallacy or technique is relevant here?

              2. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2
                One Anonymous Knucklehead
                28 May 2013 at 10:18 am

                Also see Michael Shermer.

                1. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1
                  Ugly Truth
                  28 May 2013 at 10:28 am

                  Which one is relevant here? There are only ten of them, it shouldn’t be that hard for you to find one, unless of course you’re talking “baloney”…

                  1. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.1
                    TheContrarian
                    28 May 2013 at 10:35 am

                    Pretty much the fact you have decided there was no murder based entirely on grainy shots you saw on the news and that the multitude of people who were at the seen (including those who later dealt with the body and the suspect) are lying means you are in need a few lessons in logic.

                    1. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.1
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 10:52 am

                      Why do you believe that I based by decision entirely on those pictures?
                      Remember how I mentioned the similarity with the Boston bombing?

                      How many people in a multitude?

                      As for logic, try Occam’s razor: Which explanation requires the mininum number of assuptions?

                      1. There was no blood evident with decapitation because decapitation did not occur. There were no reports from witnessas about the lack of blood because they didn’t want to get in the middle of an issue involving religious differences, terrorism, and state complicity in generating political capital from the event.

                      2. A man was decapitated, but there blood magically disappeared.

                      3. An explanation of your choice.

                    2. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.2
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 10:59 am

                      4. Reject the stupid idea that your amateur sleuthing is anything other than a colossal waste of oxygen.

                    3. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.3
                      TheContrarian
                      28 May 2013 at 11:21 am

                      Yeah, where is the blood!

                      Oh wait..
                      http://s.lunaticoutpost.com/upload/big/2013/05/24/519f4229c2efb.png

                      Also your Occams Razor post is all fucked up. What’s more likely:

                      1. A conspiracy involving several 100 people (police, witnesses, the suspects, the paretns, the ambo staff, the coroner, etc etc)

                      2. What actually happened?

                    4. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.4
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 12:16 pm

                      @TheContrarian

                      Any comment on the difference between the earlier image of the ground in front of the car and signposts and the later one?

                      http://truthfrequencyradio.com/chronologically-confused-about-ingrid-loyau-kennett-woodwich-beheading/
                      http://s.lunaticoutpost.com/upload/big/2013/05/24/519f4229c2efb.png

                    5. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.5
                      TheContrarian
                      28 May 2013 at 1:10 pm

                      The angle makes if difficult however there are quite a number of witnesses there. Pretty sure they would have been pretty surprised there was no body. All they all lying? Are they part of the conspiracy?

                  2. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.2
                    One Anonymous Knucklehead
                    28 May 2013 at 10:40 am

                    The one about unreliable sources repeatedly making fantastical claims. The one about looking for evidence that disproves your beliefs, the one about the preponderance of evidence. The one about explaining the phenomenon as opposed to merely denying the existing explanation. The one about confirmation bias.

                    Probably the rest apply too.

                    1. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.1
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 10:54 am

                      “The one about unreliable sources repeatedly making fantastical claims.”

                      Which unreliable source made what fantastical claim?

                    2. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.2
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 10:55 am

                      You, in pretty much every comment you’ve ever made here.

                    3. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.3
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 11:03 am

                      So you think I’m unreliable becuase I called you a knuckedragger, or is there another reason?

                      You don’t think all my claims are fantastical? Which ones were not?

                    4. 4.1.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.4
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 11:06 am

                      Yes, there’s another reason, but I really ought to learn not to feed the tar baby.

      3. 4.1.3
        tarkwin
        28 May 2013 at 12:29 pm

        Even I agree with you.

  5. 5
    vto
    28 May 2013 at 9:04 am

    The Woolwich act was surely not murder but an act of war.

    England is at war with these people. England attacks them and they respond by attacking a soldier.

    wtf the problem?

    1. 5.1
      Ugly Truth
      28 May 2013 at 9:20 am

      The problem is that people do not acknowledge the role of the CIA in promoting terrorism.

      ‘The policy of guiding the evolution of Islam and of helping them against our adversaries worked marvelously well in Afghanistan against the Red Army. The same doctrines can still be used to destabilize what remains of Russian power, and especially to counter the Chinese influence in Central Asia.’ ~ Graham Fuller, ex father in law of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s “Uncle Ruslan”.

      http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/boston_terror_cias_graham_fuller_and_natocia_operation_gladio_b_caucasus_and_central_asia/

      1. 5.1.1
        One Anonymous Knucklehead
        28 May 2013 at 9:27 am

        Are Chomsky, Herman, Selden not “people”?

        Did William Odom, Ronald Reagan’s NSA director not say this?

        As many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today’s war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.

        Or are your perceptions leading you astray again?

        1. 5.1.1.1
          Ugly Truth
          28 May 2013 at 9:30 am

          OK, _most_ people don’t acknowledge it.

          1. 5.1.1.1.1
            One Anonymous Knucklehead
            28 May 2013 at 9:35 am

            Wrong again. 53% counts as “most”.

            1. 5.1.1.1.1.1
              Ugly Truth
              28 May 2013 at 9:47 am

              Straw man. “U.S. policies” isn’t the same as the specific policy of the radicalization of Islamists.

              From the pdf:

              In its WorldViews survey conducted in May 2002, the Chicago Council on Foreign
              Relations (CCFR) and German Marshall Fund (GMF) found that majorities of citizens of six European countries believed that U.S. foreign policy “contributed to” the September 11 terrorist attack.

              1. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1
                One Anonymous Knucklehead
                28 May 2013 at 9:53 am

                Yes! Because the CIA has nothing to do with “foreign policy”, does it?

                It isn’t charged with:

                …three principal activities: gathering information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals; analyzing that information, along with intelligence gathered by other U.S. intelligence agencies, in order to provide national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers; and, upon the request of the President of the United States, carrying out or overseeing covert activities and some tactical operations by its own employees, by members of the U.S. military, or by other partners.

                So of course you must be absolutely right.

                1. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1
                  Ugly Truth
                  28 May 2013 at 10:24 am

                  “Because the CIA has nothing to do with “foreign policy”, does it?”

                  Of course it does. But the fact that Wikipedia doesn’t explicity mention the CIA’s radicalization of Islamists doesn’t mean that it doesn’t actually happen.

                  1. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1
                    One Anonymous Knucklehead
                    28 May 2013 at 10:28 am

                    The fact that I haven’t challenged the assertion doesn’t mean that it doesn’t actually happen, either, but it does seem to indicate some sort of cognitive problem.

                    1. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 10:39 am

                      I expect that self diagnosis probably isn’t much fun, but would you like to hazard a guess as to the nature of your difficulties?

                    2. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 10:52 am

                      Yep. You keep making wild leaps of faith where logic belongs, and in this particular case, it led to a false belief that I questioned your assertion that the CIA gave philosophical aid.

                    3. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 11:07 am

                      “it led to a false belief that I questioned your assertion that the CIA gave philosophical aid.”

                      I didn’t assert that the CIA gave philosophical aid. Radicalization isn’t aid, it is manipulation.

                      Please continue to expand on your cognitive difficulties.

                    4. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4
                      One Anonymous Knucklehead
                      28 May 2013 at 11:10 am

                      “Philosophical aid” is a euphemism for “radicalisation”, but speaking of cognitive difficulties, I didn’t question that either.

                    5. 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.5
                      Ugly Truth
                      28 May 2013 at 11:21 am

                      “but speaking of cognitive difficulties, I didn’t question that either.”

                      Did I imply that you did?

    2. 5.2
      Psycho Milt
      28 May 2013 at 9:32 am

      England is at war with these people.

      With which people? The murderers are black Englishman of Nigerian ancestry – haven’t noticed war being declared against that rather small group. I guess you could say that the UK (England doesn’t get to go to war with anyone as a separate country and hasn’t for a couple of hundred years) does consider itself to be at war with Muslim terrorists, but that kind of wrecks the argument that these guys weren’t terrorists.

      1. 5.2.1
        vto
        28 May 2013 at 9:39 am

        “With which people? ” Good question, and one for UK to answer.

        My point was more around the definition of “terrorist” usually meaning people who attack civilians. This was not an attack on a civilian – it was an attack on a soldier. So, wtf the problem?

        It was not an act of murder it was an act of war. He was a solider and had even served in those countries where the UK is at war.

        1. 5.2.1.1
          Psycho Milt
          28 May 2013 at 10:50 am

          Good question, and one for UK to answer.

          No, it’s one for you to answer. You say the UK is at war with “these people” without saying who you mean by “these people.” It’s not at all clear which people you’re referring to, and I’m asking for clarification – who exactly are “these people” the UK is at war with, which apparently includes these two murderers?

          It was not an act of murder it was an act of war.

          Well, a war crime perhaps, if we were to somehow believe that the UK is at war with black Englishmen, which I doubt very many people do. Still, if you were able to define “these people” the UK is at war with in such a way that it includes the two murderers, it would be possible to make a case for them being irregulars engaged in guerrilla warfare. That would be awesome from the right-wingers’ pov, because it would mean they could lobby the govt to summarily execute them.

          1. 5.2.1.1.1
            vto
            28 May 2013 at 11:10 am

            Well, hmmm, the UK is at war in various middle east, african, asian and other countries (by way of association with the US). The acts of war that the UK commits appear to be aimed at people of more hardline Islam extraction such as Al Queda and the like, not countries. As such, they are at war with people of more hardline Islam extraction, amongst more no doubt.

            The person who did this spoke about his people being attacked by UK forces. He identified as one of “these people”, I guess by dint of being islam, being more hardline, being from one of the countries being subjected to this war by the UK, and no doubt by family and other ancestral links. I suspect.

            But this is going off on a tangent and perhaps a more credible way to look at it is … if there is no “these people” then who the fuck are the English people killing? As I said, it is a question for the English. Do the English expect that they can go off doing their shit and then sit back and say nyah nyah nyah we aren’t actually at war with “anyone” so anyone who attacks us is a “terrorist” or whatever.

            Bottom line, in one view – that soldier was at war with people. He got attacked as a soldier because of it. This is war.

            So, wtf is the problem?

            1. 5.2.1.1.1.1
              Colonial Viper
              28 May 2013 at 11:15 am

              Apparently the much hyped global war on terror includes fighting and enemy combatants “over there”, it’s not supposed to happen “over here”.

              Also when we kill their villagers, we are simply prosecuting a global war on terror, when they kill us, they are murderers, terrorists and mad men.

              Hmmmmmm.

              1. 5.2.1.1.1.1.1
                vto
                28 May 2013 at 11:30 am

                Yep, that’s it.

                Quite frankly the outpouring over this Woolwich act exposes the hypocrisy and evil detachment that the west has created in this. The outpouring has no more credibility than the dozens or more killed every day in the countries where England is at war – in fact it has less credibility due to the victim being an active soldier.

                If English soldiers do not want to be killed then the English should not go to war.

                Unless I am missing something??????????

                There are a few English commentators around here – their view would be interesting…

            2. 5.2.1.1.1.2
              Psycho Milt
              28 May 2013 at 12:50 pm

              As such, they are at war with people of more hardline Islam extraction, amongst more no doubt.

              If so, they’re doing a piss-poor job of it, because Britain is full of murderous Islamists it could be killing or imprisoning, and yet it isn’t. That’s because it’s actually at war with some quite specific groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan, not with itself. If you could make a case that the UK is at war with hardline Islamists, that would again be awesome from a right-winger’s pov but decidedly shitty from a left-wing one.

              There’s room for debate about whether this is terrorism or an ordinary old hate crime, but “act of war” it ain’t, unless you buy into that “war of civilisations” bullshit.

              1. 5.2.1.1.1.2.1
                vto
                28 May 2013 at 12:58 pm

                Why is it either terrorism or a hate crime and not an act of war? What constitutes an act of war that leads you to that odd conclusion?

                1. 5.2.1.1.1.2.1.1
                  Psycho Milt
                  28 May 2013 at 2:21 pm

                  What makes it not an act of war is that the world’s Muslims aren’t at war with Britain and Britain isn’t at war with the world’s Muslims. There may be some twats on both sides who’d like a war, but so far reason has prevailed.

              2. 5.2.1.1.1.2.2
                Colonial Viper
                28 May 2013 at 1:11 pm

                There’s room for debate about whether this is terrorism or an ordinary old hate crime, but “act of war” it ain’t, unless you buy into that “war of civilisations” bullshit.

                Uh…how many Muslim/Arab countries have the US/UK attacked since 2000?

                How many NON Muslim/Arab countries have the US/UK attacked since 2000?

                Obvious track record is obvious.

                1. 5.2.1.1.1.2.2.1
                  Psycho Milt
                  28 May 2013 at 2:25 pm

                  OK, so you do buy into that “war of civilisations” bullshit. Does that translate into support for the EDL wanting to get the Muslim “fifth column” out of the UK? Or into supporting a Muslim victory? Or is it just that you’re unaware of the implications of what you write?

        2. 5.2.1.2
          tracey
          28 May 2013 at 1:16 pm

          He wasn’t in uniform was he? Are you really saying because someone is in a soldier’s uniform it is by definition an act of war?

          So when those soldiers int he US went doo-lally and shot their wives was that an act of war or murder?

          It was murder, which should be enough to satisfy anyone. The morbid over interest in the suffering of this guy and his family bewilders me.

  6. 6
    BLiP
    28 May 2013 at 9:20 am

    ‘

    I’ll just leave this here, its nearly ten years old by remarkably prescient and still valid today:

    http://youtu.be/CdFmN24Upeg

    1. 6.1
      One Anonymous Knucklehead
      28 May 2013 at 10:20 am

      +1 PoN is required viewing.

    2. 6.2
      Colonial Viper
      28 May 2013 at 12:32 pm

      Holy frak. Thanks BLiP. Much recommended doco, everyone. Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Cheney,…some of these freakin names have been circulating the halls of power for a long time.

      1. 6.2.1
        One Anonymous Knucklehead
        28 May 2013 at 4:09 pm

        The other two parts of this documentary are worth seeking out too. The absurd similarities between the protagonists on both sides are quite telling.

        1. 6.2.1.1
          Colonial Viper
          28 May 2013 at 4:37 pm

          Basically they needed each other, like some kind of dysfunctional relationship.

          Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”

          He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What franchise?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”

          He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too!”

          “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.”

          I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.

        2. 6.2.1.2
          Colonial Viper
          28 May 2013 at 4:56 pm

          Toxic memes being passed on in society

          This is worth watching too

  7. 7
    Brett Dale
    28 May 2013 at 10:25 am

    The terrorists who were white that did the boston bombing massacre were rightly called terrorists.

    1. 7.1
      Colonial Viper
      28 May 2013 at 4:57 pm

      man they were Chechens, they weren’t “white”

  8. 8
    Bill
    28 May 2013 at 10:39 am

    Woolwich. An off-duty soldier is targetted by two individuals and murdered/killed. Terrorism is the indiscriminate targetting of civilians. But civilians were engaged in conversation by the two guys in Woolwich – not threatened or targetted.

    BBC/Woolwich. BBC offered up a lame apology after the event for describing the two guys as being of ‘Muslim appearance’. (The link is to the ‘toady’ Daily Mail – you’ve been warned) Question: What the fuck is a Muslim/Jewish/Christian ‘appearance’? And why would any other than the most deeply indoctinated use such a term?

    Security services/ Woolwich. Anti terrorism legislation used to ‘pick up’ associates of the two guys – ten so far and one following a BBC studio interview. So now if you commit a crime and I know you, I’m up for grabs?

    Boston. FBI shoot an associate of those two guys dead during questioning. Claimed he attacked them with a knife during the interview. Possible: But an army of doubt marches across my mind on that one.

    Where else? What else?

    Well, what about the kid in the states who wrote some rap lyrics, posted them on facebook, and has been held for a month and faces up to 20 years on terrorism charges?

    And, I suspect, it goes on and on and on…..

    Here’s another. An 82 year old nun and two pacifists aged 57 and 63 (members of Transform Now Plowshares) in jail and awaiting a sentence to be handed down in September of up to 30 odd years on terrorism charges after trespassing.

    And that’s before we widen the focus to include the ‘softer oppression’; the likes of the now 30% of people living in the UK who are too poor to participate in society. And, of course, growing numbers of them will not be able to access health care (probably most noticably dental), tertiary education (unservicable fees and loans), decent housing (bedroom tax leading to ghettoisation and homelessness/suicide)…

    The post asks: What terrorism means? Well, all it means – increasingly and increasingly obviously – is that Social Democratic governments use a term as a fig leaf to mask an inexorable drift towards more exclusive and despotic modes of governance.

    1. 8.1
      Ugly Truth
      28 May 2013 at 11:18 am

      “Where else? What else?”

      Boston, an early suspect ended up dead in a river.
      Boston, according to infowars the two FBI agents who died in a helicopter incident were involved in the Tsaernev case.

      http://kaperville.com/original-suspect-in-boston-bombing-found-dead-in-a-river/
      http://www.prisonplanet.com/2-fbi-agents-involved-in-dzhokhar-tsarnaevs-arrest-fall-out-of-helicopter-and-die.html

      Woolwich, a friend of Michael Adebolajo said that MI5 asked Adebolajo if he wanted to work for them about six months ago.

      1. 8.1.1
        Colonial Viper
        28 May 2013 at 12:36 pm

        That person also said in the TV interview that MI5 had been harrassing Adebolajo for an extended time, and it turns out that Adebolajo complained to his lawyer last year that MI5 had been actively harrassing him.

        The doco above that BLiP links to is very interesting. Interrogation and torture by western trained security forces was pivotal in the radicalisation of some people who were fundamental to the Islamic Jihad movement.

      2. 8.1.2
        tracey
        28 May 2013 at 12:59 pm

        We need to read all accounts with caution be they the authorities or the friend of a murderer. In my experience few things are black and white. What “appears” (for ugly truth) straightforward is a young man was brutally attacked in Woolich. Beyond that (and in ugly’s case including that) we need to be cautious about what is the “truth”.

        Propaganda didn’t die with the cold war and was never only coming from eastern Europe. We are propagandised every day in a myriad of ways by the media, politicians, companies and so on.

  9. 9
    tracey
    28 May 2013 at 12:54 pm

    I understand a live grenade 9with pin in) was thrown at or in a mosque the night of the murder. That was not described as terrorism? Why can’t we call it murder until we know more? It’s like murder is “bad” enough enough, people have to be the victim of terrorist acts. It’s politics, pure and simple.

    As for england being at war with these people vto, do you mean ex-pat nigerians living in England, People who convert to Islam? be specific or do you mean “the war on terror” (TWOT) – that amorphous phrase used as a political catchall?

    it’s awful this young man was murdered. Just as it’s awful when anyone is murdered. We really need to stop grading deaths;

    this one was really important, makes the news and the Pm speaks;
    this one is awful but doesn’t need widespread highlighting

  10. 10
    tracey
    28 May 2013 at 1:20 pm

    So being killed by a “terrorist” is worse than being killed by a “husband”, stranger? Not to the dead person. What a strange differentiation.

    1. 10.1
      One Anonymous Knucklehead
      28 May 2013 at 1:28 pm

      The differentiation is in the motive.

      1. 10.1.1
        Colonial Viper
        28 May 2013 at 1:32 pm

        Raising of fear, us giving our power to the authorities and politicians, the civilised peace loving “us” versus the barbarian hateful “them”

        1. 10.1.1.1
          tracey
          28 May 2013 at 1:54 pm

          yup, strange indeed. Even stranger we fall for it.

          So many are so excited cos they HATED the end of the “reds under the bed” era.

        2. 10.1.1.2
          tracey
          28 May 2013 at 1:54 pm

          yup, strange indeed. Even stranger we fall for it.

          So many are so excited cos they HATED the end of the “reds under the bed” era.

        3. 10.1.1.3
          Ugly Truth
          30 May 2013 at 10:12 pm

          Cicero described Roman humans as homo humanus, the others as barbaric. Rome never died, its power base shifted to religious institutions and it’s legacy evolved into the civil law.

      2. 10.1.2
        tracey
        28 May 2013 at 1:52 pm

        I know why there is a differentiation but it is largely political and vacuous, imo. Is an assassination no longer an assassination or a “terrorist act”?

        What WILL we use the word assassination for?

        If Jonestown happened today would it be terrorism because of a misguided religious motive? It seems to me we could really piss off the so-called terrorists if we just called them murderers.

        1. 10.1.2.1
          One Anonymous Knucklehead
          28 May 2013 at 2:02 pm

          Not sure that holds. Repellent as it may be, terrorism, or political murder if you prefer, has a ghoulish logic which holds, for example, that the more senseless, innocent and defenceless the target, the higher its value.

          “Show them we mean business”.

  11. 11
    tracey
    28 May 2013 at 1:55 pm

    “Two men have been arrested for attacking mosques in south-east England as the backlash against the butchering of a British soldier in Woolwich begins.

    In Gillingham, Kent, a man ran into the local mosque and started smashing windows and bookcases. Meanwhile in Braintree, Essex, it is alleged that a man attacked the Islamic place of worship with a knife and explosive device.

    Both the attackers have now been arrested by police.

    In Gillingham, one witness told Kent Online they saw a man enter the mosque and start smashing glass, specifically targeting cabinets containing copies of the Qu’ran.”

    One yelled “where is your Allah now?”

    No mention of terrorists though.

    1. 11.1
      One Anonymous Knucklehead
      28 May 2013 at 2:07 pm

      They’re calling it an Islamophobic hate crime.

      1. 11.1.1
        tracey
        28 May 2013 at 2:11 pm

        as opposed to a christianaphobic hate crime aka terrorism.

  12. 12
    Matthew Whitehead
    28 May 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Terrorism, says the media, is political violence committed by The Other. That can be white muslims, or queer people, or women, or vegans, or environmentalists, or basically anyone that scares the more regressive elements of our society.

    If you’re white and right-wing, however, then you’re not a terrorist, you’re just crazy.

    1. 12.1
      TheContrarian
      28 May 2013 at 5:19 pm

      “If you’re white and right-wing, however, then you’re not a terrorist, you’re just crazy.”

      McVeigh and the Kaczynski were both considered terrorists.

    2. 12.2
      joe90
      28 May 2013 at 6:35 pm

      Some white right crazy.

      http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/terror-from-the-right#.UaRKGNLfBrM

      http://www.pensitoreview.com/2011/01/16/before-tucson-fox-inspired-six-domestic-terror-attacks/

      http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/challengers-from-the-sidelines-understanding-americas-violent-far-right (pdf link inside)

  13. 13
    Don't worry be happy
    31 May 2013 at 1:25 am

    Like everyone I was stunned and shocked watching the footage of the aftermath of the Woolich attack but (having it suddenly dawn on me) have a question for anyone’s input…

    Was that footage taken by a professional camera crew?

    It’s just that I thought that the voice over implied that it was taken by on lookers on their phones.

    If that is true then the person(s) who took the footage I watched was way in control…the camera didn’t shake, or pan wildly to other scenes developing, it focused relentlessly on a guy quite close covered in blood and holding weapons and it didn’t waver. There were no exclamations, no sharp intake of breath, prayer, not even a ‘Shit’ or an OMG…nothing expressed by whoever took that footage.Weird I thought to myself….

    1. 13.1
      One Anonymous Knucklehead
      31 May 2013 at 7:12 am

      Tired of the “official explanation”? Decide what really happened, then make your own case with Google Forensics™.

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    Hear Bob Schwarz, director of Global Health Partners, speak about the campaign to support Cuba’s maternal and neonatal healthcare. The meeting will also include a farewell for Cuban Ambassador Luis Ernesto Morejón Rodríguez and discussion of Cuba’s struggle against Washington’s oil blockade and economic sanctions. This year’s US blockade on oil supplies to Cuba is having a devastating impact on working people there. With electricity plants starved of fuel, extensive power cuts are now a regular fact of life
    Fabian Events · Friday
  • James Galbraith: What Can the Last Great Crash Say About the Next One? Oil, AI, and the Perils of Technological Revolution
    Did huge oil discoveries trigger for the Great Crash? And if so, what does that tell us about AI risk versus its overextended stock valuations?
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Friday
  • A Diversity of Māori
    Māori gangs were one of the responses to the difficulties which urbanising Māori faced.
    Pundit by Brian Easton · Friday
  • View from The Hill: Albanese puts cat among One Nation pigeons with staff offer
    Pauline Hanson has accused Anthony Albanese of “grubby dealings” in regard to an extra staffer to One Nation’s David Farley.
    The Conversation by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra · Friday
  • AI may help, but it’s no substitute for sturdy cyber defence
    Sprinkling AI pixie dust around the place doesn’t automatically provide cyber defence. In its Annual Cyber Threat Report 2025–26, the Australian Signal Directorate urges organisations to embrace AI for cyber defence, but asking how much ...
    The Strategist by Rajiv Shah · Friday
  • FNC - Let's vote babe!
    No really, let's vote right now
    Emily Writes by Emily Writes · Friday
  • ‘Uncontrolled warrior culture’: Australia’s special forces under fire in new inquiry
    An inquiry into the culture and command of Australian special forces in Afghanistan could be a moment of reckoning for the country’s military leadership.
    The Conversation by Paul Taucher, Lecturer in History, Fellow Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University · Friday
  • Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal and received a harsher sentence. Legal experts explain why
    The ‘mushroom murderer’ will spend the rest of her life behind bars after losing her appeal.
    The Conversation by Natalia Antolak-Saper, Associate professor, Monash University · Friday
  • How the Quad can work with Southeast Asia
    The Quad has more policy space to undertake maritime security activities than its members’ policymakers have assumed. Our recent study, published on 13 October by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, shows that Quad partners ...
    The Strategist by Arzan Tarapore, Le Hong Hiep, Waffaa Kharisma and Sarah Teo · Friday
  • A Nightmare Poll for National
    It’s not over until the slim lady screams.
    Nick's Kōrero by Nick Rockel · Friday
  • Buried cats, exorcisms and a sunken Colonel Sanders – the strange world of sporting curses
    Why would fans of a Japanese baseball team throw a statue of Colonel Sanders into a local canal? Welcome to the world of sporting curses.
    The Conversation by Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania · Friday
  • 30 October 2026
    Today’s Union News includes more coverage of strike action at TVNZ, Farmers, and hospitals. There’s also more on the dispute over whether Health NZ will hand over pay equity information. Union coverage Employment The post 30 October 2026 appeared first on NZCTU.
    NZCTU by Aaron · Friday
  • Lower-income households continue to bear the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis under Luxon’s Government
    “Data released today by Stats NZ shows that low-income, beneficiary, and superannuitant households are bearing the brunt of ongoing price rises and the failure of Luxon’s Government to address the cost of living”, says Sandra Grey, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi President. Annual household living-costs inflation for the ‘all households’ category… Read More »Lower-income households continue to bear the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis under Luxon’s Government The post Lower-income hou
    NZCTU by Aaron · Friday
  • National disenfranchised more than 44,000 voters
    Last year the regime attempted to rig the election, overturning 77 years of settled law to cut off enrolment two weeks before the vote. At the time they were warned that this could stop up to 100,000 people from voting - but that was the point. Those late enrolments were seen as mostly young, and mostly opposition-supporting - voters National did not want to have their say. National's artificial enrolment deadline has now closed. And it has had the expected result: overall enrolment is down 1.1%: The Electo
    No Right Turn by Idiot/Savant · Friday
  • Early Bird: Richest families pay tax rate of 8.1%
    New report updates IRD work, finding richest 311 families paid effective tax rate of 8.1% from 2021 to 2024, vs effective rate paid by median-wealth adult of 17.4%; Mortgage debt now over $400b
    The Kaka by Bernard Hickey · Friday
  • Zuru’s Nightmare Nappies
    Alleged rashes, redness, swelling, blisters, peeling & “bleeding”.
    David Farrier by David Farrier · Friday
  • Mines, drones, supplies: Australia lets adversaries know what Ghost Shark can do
    Australia’s disclosure last week of capabilities of the Ghost Shark uncrewed submarine sent a warning to potential adversaries about the country’s wartime options. The announcement also exhibited technological progress to AUKUS partners and let allies ...
    The Strategist by Tom Saxton and Morgan Saletta · Friday
  • Labor came to power promising a big care agenda. Four years on, how has it fared?
    The Albanese government has modelled a more caring and inclusive form of leadership, but it’s being reminded that vibes are easier to change than policy regimes.
    The Conversation by Joshua Black, Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas, University of Canberra · Friday
  • Weekly Roundup 30-October-2026
    Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. Today’s header image (via Auckland Council news stories) shows a proposed ferris wheel, potentially coming soon to the waterfront. This Week in Greater Auckland A short week after a long weekend: On Wednesday, Patrick refreshed and re-upped a plan for the future of Auckland to Hamilton rail, in response to this week’s Waikato Regional Council report on same – building on posts from 2017 and 2024.… The post Weekly Roundup 30
    Greater Auckland by Greater Auckland · Friday
  • The Weekly Hoon: Eastern European history & NZ; Election 2026; the RBNZ’s surprise hold & limited fiscal choices
    Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale discuss the week in geopolitics and NZ’s political economy, and then talk fiscal, monetary and KiwiSaver policy with special guest Shamubeel Eaqub
    The Kaka by Bernard Hickey · Friday
  • The Road to a United States of Europe Is Paved with Protests
    Deepening EU integration protects the euro but disempowers national states, sparking protests from citizens seeking a lost status quo.
    Naked Capitalism by Curro Jimenez · Friday
  • So Untalented, He Was Accused of Being AI
    A man so terrible at drawing, millions have accused him of being ChatGPT.
    David Farrier by David Farrier · Friday
  • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #44 2026
    Open access notables Are Modern Droughts Unprecedented?, Helpap et al., AGU Advances Global drought variability of past centuries remains poorly understood due to sparse instrumental records and limited paleoclimate reconstructions. Yet, quantifying long-term forced and unforced variability is key for assessing the extremeness of modern (2000–2024) drought events. Here, we combine 20 ensemble members from a 600-year climate simulation (ModE-Sim, 1420–2009) and modern reanalysis data (ERA5-Land, 1950–2024) t
    Skeptical Science · Friday
  • How the Law Protecting Americans from Surprise Medical Bills Is Driving Up Healthcare Costs
    Provider chicanery is producing the perverse outcome that curbing surprise billing is blowing out healthcare charges elsewhere.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Friday
  • Usque ad ultimum terrae: Fun With Antipodes
    On the off-chance that someone, somewhere, has mused about the Antipodes for given locations, I thought to satisfy anyone’s curiosity about the furthest point from my home-town of Dunedin, New Zealand. This is 45°52’26.4″N, 9°29’45.6″W. Somewhere in the North Atlantic, to the West of the Bay of Biscay. The closest city would be Cariño, Spain, […]
    A Phuulish Fellow by strda221 · Friday
  • Links 10/29/2026
    Image article
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Former CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten Continues His Over Three-Year, Failed Legal Campaign to Silence Naked Capitalism Reporting With New Federal Suit in the Northern District of Alabama
    Former CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten doubles down on a losing legal campaign intended to silence Naked Capitalism.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Charles Asubonten v. Aurora Advisors Incorporated: Filed in Maryland February 2024, Dismissed April 2025, Appeal Dismissed July 2026, Motion to Reconsider Denied August 2026
    The second unsuccessful case by Charles Asubonten seeking to silence Naked Capitalism's reporting.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Charles Asubonten v. Susan Webber: Filed in Maryland in July 2023, Dismissed February 2024
    The first in a pair of Charles Asubonten's groundless and unsuccessful cases against Naked Capitalism's reporting.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Mirable Dictu! AI Is Set to Destroy Major Software Quasi Monopolies
    Will AI software clones wreck the predatory business models of giants like Adobe and Microsoft? One can hope.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Satyajit Das: On Cinema – The Wages of War
    Another Satyajit Das thematic sampling from cinema and discussion, here on war.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Grattan on Friday: an embattled government tells Australians the pain they feel won’t end any time soon
    Chalmers and Labor face some hard choices to try to curb inflation while the electorate’s mood worsens.
    The Conversation by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra · Thursday
  • Opportunity flirt with ruling NZ First out - but then change their mind
    Plus: National Party panics as they record the worst result since 2020. And Labour talk cost of living
    Mountain Tui by Mountain Tūī · Thursday
  • KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey and Chloe Swarbrick on the Green fiscal plan
    In which the Greens’ co-leader challenges the fiscal orthodoxy of forever trying to reduce Government debt & deficits in a mechanistic way, which has worsened poverty, living costs & the environment
    The Kaka by Bernard Hickey · Thursday
  • KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey and Ganesh Nana on fiscal plans in Election 2026
    A recording from Bernard Hickey's live video
    The Kaka by Bernard Hickey · Thursday
  • CCP enforces its law on Mbappe and football: if you profit in China, you will obey
    And so we see China imposing its censorship on the world. An attack on Mao Zedong and, by extension, the Chinese Communist Party itself has come through an unexpected avenue – an ephemeral media comment ...
    The Strategist by Geoff Wade and Justin Bassi · Thursday
  • Israel election by the numbers: who might form the next government?
    A who’s who of Israeli politicians who could feature in the next government.
    The Conversation by Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation · Thursday
  • Join us at 5pm for this week's Hoon
    Join Peter Bale & Bernard Hickey for the weekly 'Hoon' around news in geopolitics, climate, politics & more with Robert Patman & Shamubeel Eaqub
    The Kaka by Bernard Hickey · Thursday
  • 29 October 2026
    Today’s Union News includes coverage of strike action across many sectors including food production, retail, health, and insurance. Public service chiefs have also been instructed to plan for 9,000 job cuts during the election campaign. Union coverage Employment The post 29 October 2026 appeared first on NZCTU.
    NZCTU by Aaron · Thursday
  • It’s time to treat state-sponsored cyber intrusions as attacks
    Democracies made a big cybersecurity mistake in the 1990s when they insisted that cyber intrusions were not acts of war. That insistence meant managing a constant barrage of attacks rather than preventing them, teaching Russia, ...
    The Strategist by Fitriani, Gatra Priyandita and Justin Bassi · Thursday
  • Victorian state election: what’s at stake for treaty and Indigenous self-determination?
    Victoria has made significant progress in advancing Indigenous rights. However, those achievements sit precariously as the state heads to an election on November 28.
    The Conversation by Bartholomew Stanford, Senior Lecturer of Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University · Thursday
  • Can a new government solve NZ’s local council crisis? Why a royal commission could help
    Local government has experienced massive upheaval over the past years, but the big financial and infrastructural challenges remain. A new blueprint is needed.
    The Conversation by Guy C. Charlton, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of New England · Thursday
  • How can a local cycleway take longer than the CRL?
    In early 2016, Auckland Transport kicked off consultation for a network of connected bike routes linking the Inner West neighbourhoods to each other and to the wider network. By August 2016, they had settled on this plan for the local network: The routes in pink had funding available for construction by the end of 2018, thanks to the Urban Cycleways Programme, kicked off under John Key’s National Government and then-Minister of Transport Simon Bridges.… The post How can a local cycleway take longer than the
    Greater Auckland by Connor Sharp · Thursday
  • The Māori Leaders Debate.
    Marama Davidson shines while Shane Jones blows a gale.
    Nick's Kōrero by Nick Rockel · Thursday
  • Climate change plus a super El Niño could add up to a record-wet winter for California
    After the state endured its hottest year-to-date period on record and a multi-million-dollar battering by Hurricane Marie in September and Hurricane Rachel in October, much greater destruction could be on the way this winter. El Niño is continuing to warm coastal waters, and because water expands as it heats, sea levels could rise to unprecedented heights during the coming king tides at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and late January. In concert with the rising seas will likely come a battering by record-wet atmo
    Skeptical Science · Thursday
  • Early Bird: Nearly half of 18-24s want to leave NZ
    Poll finds almost half of 18-24 year-olds seriously considered moving away from NZ in the last year, with 10% actively trying to leave; 45% of Māori & Pacifica want to go; National under 25%-RNZ/Reid
    The Kaka by Bernard Hickey · Thursday
  • You’re supposed to turn Bluetooth off when you don’t need it – how risky is it really?
    You don’t need to stop using Bluetooth completely but a few simple habits can reduce unnecessary risks.
    The Conversation by Meena Jha, Associate Professor, College of Information & Communication Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, CQUniversity Australia · Thursday
  • Fault Lines – Taiwan drones, Timorese deals and New Caledonian diplomacy
    Welcome to the latest edition of ASPI’s Fault Lines. Every fortnight, ASPI’s Defence Strategy Program monitors the actions and developments shaping the regional order and Australia’s security. This edition covers the period from 16 October to 29 October ...
    The Strategist by ASPI Defence Strategy Staff · Thursday
  • Coffee Break: Elon Musk Has a Hand in Everything from Anthropic to Skydance to Texas Politics
    Elon Musk is playing an outsize role in media, politics and tech in his dealings with Skydance, Anthropic, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
    Naked Capitalism by Nat Wilson Turner · Thursday
  • Gordon Campbell On How Trump, Peter Thiel And ICE May Gain Access To Your Most Personal Bio-Data
    Already, there are several good reasons for avoiding the United States as a holiday destination, but here’s another one. Under a “partnership” deal that New [...]
    Werewolf by lyndon · Thursday
  • Americans Hit Hardest by War-Driven Oil Price Surge
    Despite Trump's claims otherwise, American consumers and businesses are the lead victims of Gulf-War-induced oil price increases.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Thursday
  • Links 10/28/2026
    Image article
    Naked Capitalism by Conor Gallagher · Wednesday
  • Election thoughts, including a decision on my Two Votes
    On Special Votes, Voter Suppression, and Opportunity Looms Large…
    Frankly Speaking by Frank Macskasy · Wednesday
  • The Coming Global Spring
    Expect regime change operations to shift into overdrive as destabilizing economic damage from war-induced food and energy crises mounts.
    Naked Capitalism by Conor Gallagher · Wednesday
  • China Continues to Struggle With Overcapacity in Electric Cars, Other Sectors
    While the West has less than stellar economic prospects, persistent overcapacity in China threatens destructive deflation.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Wednesday
  • RFK Jr. Condemned Over Baseless and ‘Nakedly Racist’ Anti-Arab Rant at Rogers Event in Michigan
    RFK Jr.'s anti-Arab diatribe confirms the charge that all Trump ultimately has to offer is white supremacy.
    Naked Capitalism by Yves Smith · Wednesday
  • Te Pāti Māori launches Mana Takatāpui Policy
    Te Pāti Māori has today launched its Mana Takatāpui Policy, committing $200 million over three years and establishing an independent, Takatāpui governed Commission with real authority over Takatāpui specific funding. Te Pāti Māori Co Leader Rawiri Waititi says the policy is built on a simple principle: Nothing about Takatāpui without Takatāpui. “For too long, decisions have been made about Takatāpui without Takatāpui. Our policy changes who holds the power,” Waititi said.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 23 September 2026
  • We Want Cheaper Power And We Want Our People To Own It.
    Te Pāti Māori has today announced its Energy Sovereignty policy, a plan to cut power costs, build Aotearoa’s energy future and shift ownership into the hands of whānau, hapū, iwi and communities. “Every party is talking about generating more electricity. We’re asking the question they keep avoiding: who will own it?” said Te Pāti Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi “If we replace fossil fuels with renewables but leave ownership and profits concentrated in the same hands, we haven’t transformed the system. We’ve just c
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 16 September 2026
  • GOVERNMENT'S LAST ACT IS ANOTHER ATTACK ON TE TIRITI
    In its final days, this Government is trying to strip Te Tiriti from our laws. Three Treaty-related Bills before Parliament would weaken Te Tiriti protections and reduce Crown accountability. Te Pāti Māori opposes every one of them. Instead, Te Pāti Māori are calling for Te Tiriti to be protected through enforceable Crown obligations that no Government can simply discard.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 15 September 2026
  • TE PĀTI MĀORI LAUNCHES TE TIRITI ENTRENCHMENT POLICY
    Te Pāti Māori has today launched its Te Tiriti Entrenchment Policy, a major constitutional reform package that will make Crown obligations arising from Te Tiriti legally enforceable and resource the next stage of Māori-led constitutional transformation. “Te Tiriti is the constitutional foundation of Aotearoa. Its mana does not rise and fall depending on who forms the Government,” Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi said. “Our policy is about certainty, accountability and making sure the Crown keeps its p
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 1 September 2026
  • MP for Hauraki-Waikato Hana-Rawhiti Calls on Govt to Honour its Commitments to Waikato and Waipaa Awa
    Hauraki-Waikato MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke says the Government’s decision to delay key provisions of Plan Change 1, which sets rules to protect and restore the health of the Waikato and Waipaa awa, puts 3-yearly electoral interests ahead of its obligations to iwi and the environment. “This is bigger than a plan or a process. It is about whether the Crown will keep its word to Waikato-Tainui and honour the commitments it made – and written into legislation” says Maipi-Clarke. “The power of Te Ture Whaimana
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 24 August 2026
  • Luxon chose culture wars while basic services failed
    Christopher Luxon has spent too much of his term legislating culture wars while the basic services New Zealanders rely on have been allowed to deteriorate, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says. “The Prime Minister had a finite term to govern. He chose to spend an extraordinary amount of it undoing Māori rights and weakening Crown obligations while the services New Zealanders depend on were deteriorating,” Ngarewa-Packer said. “He found the time to mobilise 13 government agencies to trawl throu
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 18 August 2026
  • Luxon survives today, but he will not survive November 7
    Today’s National Party caucus meeting may have saved Christopher Luxon’s job, but it has not solved National’s deeper problem. This government is consumed by its own survival while whānau are left to carry the cost. For days, New Zealanders have watched a governing party turn inward while families face rising costs, job losses and an economy going backwards. “Luxon may have kept the job, but National has lost the country’s confidence,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Rawiri Waititi.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 12 August 2026
  • Oriini Kaipara MP extends aroha following fatal workplace incident in Ōtāhuhu
    Oriini Kaipara, MP for Tāmaki Makaurau, extends her deepest condolences to the whānau, friends and work colleagues of the worker who tragically lost their life at the Auckland Meat Processors facility on Portage Road, Ōtāhuhu. "Our thoughts are first and foremost with the whānau who are now navigating an unimaginable loss. No one should leave for work and not return home to their loved ones." Following notification of the incident, Oriini's office has been actively seeking information to better understand t
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 7 August 2026
  • Te Pati Maori will make the Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding
    Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi says New Zealand First's call to review the Waitangi Tribunal proves the coalition has learnt nothing from the Tribunal's latest report. "The Waitangi Tribunal has found that the Government's Treaty clause review is a major breach of Te Tiriti. Instead of fixing the breach, Shane Jones wants to investigate the institution that exposed it." Waititi says this is about far more than constitutional law.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 6 August 2026
  • Government’s patriarchal noise cannot hide cervical-screening failure
    While this Government and its allies manufacture patriarchal noise and drag public debate into personal attacks, a serious health-system failure involving nearly one million cervical screening notifications demands urgent answers. Health New Zealand says there is “no indication of harm”, but the Government has produced no evidence that proves nobody missed screening, follow-up care or an earlier diagnosis.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 5 August 2026
  • Government rips up another promise of partnership with Māori
    Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the Government’s reported decision to scrap existing Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements is not planning reform it’s another deliberate step in dismantling the Crown’s relationship with tangata whenua. “This Government isn’t just rewriting planning law. It is rewriting the place of Māori in Aotearoa.” “One law at a time, one institution at a time, one agreement at a time, they are removing the practical ways Te Tiriti is honoured.”
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 21 July 2026
  • MFAT Must Act Urgently to Free Everlee Wihongi After Another Delayed Hearing
    Everlee Wihongi was set to appear in court today to be freed from ICE detention. Unfortunately, approximately 80 minutes before it was scheduled to begin, the Immigration Court decided to postpone the hearing until June 30, 2026. ICE has no reason to continue to detain Everlee after the conviction that formed the basis of the immigration case was successfully overturned. Everlee has now been detained for over two months, and this is just the latest in a long line of unnecessary delays. “Our aroha goes out t
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 18 June 2026
  • Te Pāti Māori Announces Lisa Marie Murch as Te Tai Tonga Candidate for 2026
    Te Pāti Māori is proud to announce Lisa Marie Murch as its candidate for Te Tai Tonga in the 2026 General Election. Born and raised in Murihiku, Lisa brings lived experience, education, service, and a deep commitment to whānau Māori across Te Waipounamu. A young Māori mother at sixteen, Lisa knows firsthand the realities many whānau face. Her journey from cleaning and baking, to becoming a head baker, bilingual primary teacher, kaupapa Māori educator, and specialist across Murihiku and Ōtepoti schools, is g
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 15 June 2026
  • Government Hid Its Own Evidence on LNG
    Te Pāti Māori is calling on the Government to release all remaining redacted advice on the proposed Taranaki LNG import terminal and halt the contract process until full public disclosure has occurred. This week RNZ revealed that officials redacted modelling commissioned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment showing low need for LNG imports. In some scenarios, no need at all. That information was only made public after RNZ lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman. Parts of the document remain
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 11 June 2026
  • Seymour Admits He Never Checked Impact on Māori with Diabetes
    David Seymour Associate Minister of Health confirmed in answers to Written Parliamentary Questions that he supported removing Māori and Pacific priority access to Type 2 diabetes medicines, without any equity analysis, without modelling of Māori complications, and holds no data on how many Māori currently rely on the pathway they're removing. Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said the admissions were negligible. "They don't know who they're harming. They don't know how many Māori with diabetes r
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 10 June 2026
  • If The Government Really Wants To Lower Power Bills, This Is The Way
    Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the government’s LNG announcement today exposes a fundamental failure of energy policy leadership. “Simeon Brown says he has an answer to our energy security problem. A billion-dollar contract to import liquefied natural gas. From the Middle East. With no plan to pay for it. That’s not energy security, that’s energy dependency,” says Ngarewa-Packer. “Initially the government planned a levy on power bills to fund this facility. Now they want the same gentail
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 9 June 2026
  • Govt will Erase Iwi Representation Across Aotearoa
    Today the government announced that they will be removing the voting rights of iwi representatives from all councils across the country. They will be amending the Local Government (System Improvements) Bill after it has already gone through select committee, meaning that there will be no public submission process. “This is another gut punch, and our people are fed up” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Rawiri Waititi. “Every time we think this government couldn’t possibly harm te iwi Māori any more, they always
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 2 June 2026
  • TPM to Entrench Te Tiriti: Government’s Tiriti Purge is Constitutional Vandalism
    Te Pāti Māori is condemning today’s announcement by Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith to strip or weaken Te Tiriti o Waitangi references across 19 pieces of legislation. “This is not policy reform. It is constitutional vandalism.” After failing to redefine Te Tiriti through the Treaty Principles Bill, the Government is now dismantling it clause by clause through legislative review instead. Different vehicle. Same destination.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 15 May 2026
  • Te Pāti Māori responds to announcement of new political party
    Te Pāti Māori acknowledges Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s announcement that she intends to contest the 2026 General Election under the newly announced Te Tai Tokerau Party. We wish Mariameno well. Te ao Māori has always carried many voices, many rohe, many whakapapa, and many expressions of mana motuhake. We respect the right of whānau, hapū, iwi, rohe and candidates to determine their own political pathway.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 11 May 2026
  • MP Govt Floats Nuclear Jones Must Front Up
    Te Pāti Māori is demanding answers after Shane Jones casually floated nuclear fission in the House today. Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said, “Aotearoa is not neutral on nuclear. We are proudly anti-nuclear. That position was fought for, defended, and embedded in who we are as a nation.” “Is this Government marching us away from our nuclear-free legacy? Because Aotearoa deserves to know,” said Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.
    Te Pāti Māori by Te Pāti Māori · 29 April 2026
  • KiwiRail to fund additional ferries works in Picton
    KiwiRail will directly fund up to $37.5 million for Picton rail yard upgrades and adding auto-mooring technology to the new wharf as part of the New Ferries project, Rail Minister Winston Peters announced today. “Selecting KiwiRail as the long-term operator of the Interislander has given the company confidence to invest its own funds in commercial assets, meaning the taxpayer is not paying a cent more than our $1.7 billion allocation but still achieves the benefit as the ultimate owner of KiwiRail,” Mr Pete
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 16 October 2026
  • Resilience work underway for key South Island route
    Work to bolster the resilience of a key South Island route vital to New Zealand tourism will soon begin, South Island and Associate Transport Minister James Meager says. “The Government allocated around $40 million in Budget 2026 to fund resilience upgrades to State Highway 94 (SH94) between Te Anau and Milford, as part of a wider $150 million-plus package to strengthen five of the mainland’s most vulnerable state highways,” Mr Meager says. “There will soon be spades in the ground at key sites on SH94 in Fi
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 16 October 2026
  • King’s Counsel appointments 2026
    Attorney-General Chris Bishop today announced the appointments of 12 King’s Counsel. The rank of King’s Counsel is primarily awarded to barristers sole who have met the overarching criteria of excellence in their careers. The 12 new King’s Counsel appointed, from over 100 applications, are Matanuku Mahuika, Karen Radich, Janette Campbell, Matthew Harris, Kirsten Gray, Tim Smith, Polly Pope, Kerry Cook, Sam Lowery, Rob Kirkness, Isaac Hikaka, and Annabel Maxwell-Scott. “The appointment of King’s Counsel reco
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 16 October 2026
  • Levy reduction for cruise industry
    Cruise ship passengers will pay significantly lower Border Processing Levy rates from 1 July 2027, Customs Minister Casey Costello said today. From 1 July 2027, cruise passengers will see a net reduction of NZ$19.91 per person through the combined arrival and departure levy rate changes. The Border Processing Levy for arriving cruise passengers will lower from NZ$27.14 to NZ$7.20, while the levy for outgoing passengers will increase by three cents per person. “The levy system is working as intended. Where f
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 16 October 2026
  • New construction ACOP to bring health and safety clarity
    Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden today launched a new Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) that outlines practical steps businesses and workers can take to meet their health and safety responsibilities on residential construction sites. “This ACOP will provide practical, sector-specific information to help clients, principal contractors, contractors, subcontractors and workers prepare for upcoming changes to health and safety law, and support better outcomes across New Zealand's residen
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 16 October 2026
  • West Coast infrastructure upgrades on course
    Investment from the Regional Infrastructure Fund is delivering progress on key projects on the West Coast, Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson says. "Improvements to key shipping ports and the upgrade of Hokitika Airport are part of the government’s support for the West Coast’s economic growth and resilience,” Mr Patterson says. Mr Patterson joined local leaders and iwi today at the blessing of Greymouth Port's new port sounding vessel, which will be used to monitor and manage the port’s
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 16 October 2026
  • Hunua Quarry development fast-tracked
    A third substantial Auckland quarry project has gained Fast-track approval to expand operations, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Resources Minister Shane Jones say. This is the 37th project approved through the Fast-track process. Winstone Aggregates lodged its application in March 2026, with approval taking around four months from the appointment of an independent expert panel. The redevelopment of Hunua Quarry will expand existing quarrying activities to allow Winstone Aggregates to deepen the ex
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 15 October 2026
  • SH54 resilience improvements on the way
    A crash-prone bridge in Manawatū currently down to one lane is set to be replaced with funding from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Transport Minister Chris Bishop say. The project to replace Haynes Bridge on State Highway 54 will receive funding of $6.5 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund. Mr Jones says the investment in the new bridge on a key Manawatū-Whanganui route will deliver benefits for communities and businesses throughout the region. "Safe
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 15 October 2026
  • New term, same story; attendance up again
    Provisional school attendance data for Term 3 2026 shows despite a tough flu season in person attendance rates were the highest of any Term 3 since 2022, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. In Term 3 2026, 52.2% of students met the criteria for regular attendance, representing a 1.7 percentage point increase from 50.5% in Term 3 2025. A student attends school ‘regularly’ when they are in class for more than 90 per cent of the term. “This data shows attendance rates continue to rise under this G
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 15 October 2026
  • International tourism nears full recovery
    International visitor numbers are now within a whisker of pre-pandemic levels, with four months left to go in the year and the summer season yet to hit, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says. Stats NZ data out today shows the total number of overseas visitor arrivals in August 2026 was 99 per cent of the 251,100 in August 2019. “In 2025 I set the ambitious goal to increase the number of international visitors to New Zealand to at least 2019 levels by 2026. “This monthly data shows we are well
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 14 October 2026
  • Open ocean opportunities for iwi aquaculture
    The Government has set aside areas suitable for aquaculture to ensure Marlborough iwi have the opportunity to contribute to the region’s open ocean aquaculture boom, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. “The two Aquaculture Settlement Areas (ASAs) ensure suitable space in the region remains available while the Crown and Te Tau Ihu iwi negotiate a settlement under the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act,” Mr Jones says. “With the launch earlier this year of New Zealand’s first open
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 14 October 2026
  • Diesel reserve extended to maintain fuel security
    The Government has extended an agreement for a 550,000-barrel strategic diesel reserve until August 2027 to maintain New Zealand’s fuel resilience, Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones say. “Maintaining our national fuel security, particularly through a period of global uncertainty, remains a top priority for the Government. That’s why we’re pleased to announce this extension to our existing deal with Z Energy for the diesel reserve at Marsden Point,” Nicola Willis says.
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 14 October 2026
  • Survivor Support and Recognition Fund to open next year
    The Government has approved a third and final round of the Survivor Support and Recognition Fund (SSRF). The fund supports community-led services and initiatives for survivors of abuse and neglect in care This $820,000 contestable fund will be available to non-government organisations and community groups that directly support survivors of abuse in care,” says Lead Coordination Minister Erica Stanford. Applications are expected to open in February 2027. The Department of Internal Affairs' Community Operatio
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 14 October 2026
  • Long overdue replacement for critical bridge
    Another bridge on South Canterbury’s State Highway 82 will be replaced, through funding from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Transport Minister Chris Bishop say. The Deep Creek Bridge on SH82 will be replaced at a cost of $7.5 million. Elephant Hill Stream Bridge has already been replaced, and Waihao North Bridge is in the process of being replaced Deep Creek Bridge carries about 1850 vehicles each day and supports local journeys, agricultural activity and fre
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 14 October 2026
  • It's all adding up: More maths gains for Kiwi kids
    New independent assessment results show primary and intermediate students made the equivalent of four months' additional progress in mathematics between 2024 and 2026, signalling a turnaround in achievement, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. The latest Progressive Achievement Test (PAT) data, released today by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), show statistically significant improvements in mathematics and reading comprehension and vocabulary. “Our number one priority in educati
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 14 October 2026
  • Auckland gets another Crisis Recovery Café
    People in Auckland in need of mental health or addiction support will have another place to turn for faster access to support, with a new peer-led Crisis Recovery Café officially opening in Mt Eden, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says. “Emergency departments aren’t always the best environment for someone experiencing mental distress. They can be busy, brightly lit and feel far too clinical, when often what someone needs is a calm place to sit down and talk to someone who understands. “That’s why we are
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 13 October 2026
  • Damning report shows Teaching Council failed to protect children
    A damning new independent review has revealed how repeated failures by the Teaching Council allowed a teacher with a known history of offending to remain in the profession before he went on to commit indecent acts against children, Minister of Education Erica Stanford says. The independent regulatory review undertaken by Katherine Anderson KC follows the equally damning 2025 Debbie Francis review, which exposed a deeply concerning culture within the Teaching Council. “First and foremost, my thoughts are wit
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 13 October 2026
  • New ward boosts capacity at Hawke’s Bay Hospital
    Hawke’s Bay patients will benefit from faster access to surgical care with the opening of a new 28-bed ward at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “This new ward is a practical solution to meet growing demand, delivering the extra capacity Hawke’s Bay Hospital needs right now and making a real difference for both patients and staff,” Mr Brown says. “It gives surgical patients dedicated space before and after their procedures, along with space for surgical assessment and planning. That m
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 12 October 2026
  • First state school converts to a charter school
    Associate Education Minister David Seymour has today announced that Pakaraka School in Northland has become the first state school to convert to a charter school. “Charter schools give educators more freedom to provide students with an education that suits their needs,” Mr Seymour says. “The Pakaraka community has chosen a new path for its school. They want to be able to build on what is already working for its students, and the charter school model enables them to do that. “In 2024 the school partnered wit
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 12 October 2026
  • Government ambitious for every child’s education
    Thank you, Prime Minister. Over the past three years, we have been focused on one overriding objective: lifting educational achievement for every young New Zealander. And a huge part of that has been closing the equity gap, ensuring that your means do not determine your destiny by providing a world-leading education for every young person in our schools. Because we are ambitious for every child in this country. A world-leading education system starts with ensuring every child learns to read, write and do ma
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 12 October 2026
  • Additional domestic student places for veterinary science at Massey University
    “An increase in the number of funded domestic places in Massey University’s Bachelor of Veterinary Science programme from 125 to 140 per year from 2027 onwards will help address demand for veterinarians in the future,” says Minister for Tertiary Education Penny Simmonds. Minister Simmonds made the announcement during her visit to the university’s Palmerston North campus on Friday, 9 October. “The veterinary workforce plays a key role in our biosecurity, animal welfare, food safety, and export industry. Incr
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 9 October 2026
  • District Court Judges Appointed
    Attorney-General Hon Chris Bishop has announced the appointment of Leighvi Maynard of Gisborne and Nicola Graham of Napier as District Court Judges. Mr Maynard began his legal career at Simpson Grierson in Auckland, where he was a member of the firm’s Environment, Planning and Resource Management team. In 2006 he moved to Gisborne and entered general practice, working across civil, employment, Māori land, family and criminal law jurisdictions before joining the Office of the Crown Solicitor for Rotorua, Tau
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 9 October 2026
  • Simpler food safety, stronger focus on risk
    The Government is proposing changes to make it easier for food businesses to meet their food safety obligations, with less paperwork and a sharper focus on the risks that matter, Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard says. Consultation opened today on an updated Simply Safe & Suitable food control plan template. This is New Zealand's main food control template: a pre-approved, plain-language checklist that tells businesses what steps to follow and what records to keep so their food stays safe. "Businesses hav
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 9 October 2026
  • Food and fibre exports hit record $65.2 billion
    Food and fibre exports reached a record $65.2 billion in the year to 30 June 2026, up $4.8 billion on the year before, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay says. "Kiwi farmers and growers keep delivering for the New Zealand economy," Mr McClay says. "This year was already on track to be a record. Their hard work has delivered a result that beats expectations." Exports are up 8 per cent on the previous year and ahead of the Ministry for Primary Industries' June forecast of $64.3 billion. "It's a gre
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 9 October 2026
  • Investigation into Apollo Stadium site planning rules
    An investigation has been launched into whether Christchurch planning rules are getting in the way of new housing, economic growth and the future redevelopment of the former Apollo Projects Stadium site, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says. The investigation follows a request from Christchurch City Council Mayor Phil Mauger to consider changes to the Christchurch District Plan for the 4.93-hectare site at 95 Jack Hinton Drive in Addington. “The temporary Apollo Stadium has served Christchurch well. Now th
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 9 October 2026
  • Four more school redevelopments get the green light
    The Government is investing a further $37 million to redevelop four schools, taking investment in school redevelopment projects approved this year to more than $200 million, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. “When we came into Government, school property was a mess. Around 350 projects could not be delivered within the funding available, schools had been waiting years for certainty, and classrooms were costing around $1.2 million each. “We said we would fix it, and that is exactly what we have been do
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 8 October 2026
  • Next steps in fight against organised crime
    The new Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime (TSOC) Chief Executive Board has met for the first time today, Associate Police Minister Casey Costello has announced. “We need better organised government to fight organised crime, and the Board will help deliver that,” Ms Costello says. “The Government has made a series of decisions to improve our response to TSOC, including appointing a Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG), and putting in place a new TSOC strategy and Action Plan. A key recommendation of the
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 8 October 2026
  • More Kiwis choosing teaching
    More New Zealanders are choosing to become teachers, with initial teacher education enrolments up 40 per cent since 2023. Education Minister Erica Stanford says the increase shows more Kiwis want to be part of New Zealand’s teaching workforce. “We’ve had a real focus on getting more New Zealanders into teaching so we can grow our own workforce and reduce our reliance on recruiting teachers from overseas. “Overseas-trained teachers make an important contribution to our schools, and we will continue to need t
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 8 October 2026
  • RMA national direction reforms complete
    The Government has completed the biggest overhaul of national direction in the history of the Resource Management Act – with the final changes making it faster, easier and more affordable to build and upgrade New Zealand’s electricity and telecommunications networks, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says. “Over the past two years the Government has developed or amended 16 national direction instruments to remove unnecessary barriers to housing, infrastructure, energy and the primary sector,” Mr Bishop says.
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 8 October 2026
  • Government cracks down on rockpool vandals
    Major fishing rule changes will come into force this summer to stop people from stripping rockpools of marine life on the Auckland and Coromandel coastlines, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones and Under-Secretary Jenny Marcroft say. “Fossicking in a rockpool is a Kiwi tradition. It’s a pastime that’s been enjoyed by generations of New Zealanders. However, it’s being exploited by a selfish few who are taking far too much kaimoana. This behaviour is endangering these fragile ecosystems and putting at r
    Beehive by beehive.govt.nz · 8 October 2026
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    According to some estimates, China imports around three million African hides a year, with 25%-35% taken from stolen animals.
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    A member of the public pulled the man from the water and CPR was attempted, but the man was pronounced dead on the beach
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    Space vapes are vape pods containing the drug etomidate, a dissociative anaesthetic drug similar to ketamine.
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    Two piles of cars, stacked on top of each other, were on fire when crews arrived at the scene.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    Hato Hone St John is trialling a Palmerston North base for its two Levin extended care paramedics.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    New Zealand police are urging rugby league fans to consider others, and their own safety, when showing support for their teams.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    Tonga and Samoa flags are flying and families are coming together as fans gear up for the eagerly awaited Rugby League World Cup showdown.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    Police say hundreds of vehicles backing Samoa and Tonga caused noise and blocked intersections, with infringements issued.
    RNZ · Yesterday
  • Learning support demand 'outpacing what the system can provide' - Ministry
    Average wait times for children needing Ministry of Education support for their disabililties rose across the board last year.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Republic of the Fiji Military Forces Commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai has called for a Truth, Accountability and Reconciliation Commission to replace the immunity clause in the Constitution. Presenting before the Parliamentary Special Committee reviewing the Constitution Amendment Bill in Suva yesterday, Major-General Kalouniwai reaffirmed the RFMF’s position that it
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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    Mary McGreevy honours lives lived in all their fascinating messiness in her Tips from Dead people social media account.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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    Mayor Anita Baker said Wihapi died on Saturday morning as the result of a fall.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    Voters think being a politician is becoming more dangerous, a new survey has found, but don't support beefing up protection.
    RNZ · Yesterday
  • Christchurch commuter rail trial gets green light
    Half of the money would come from the Government’s Regional Development Fund, with the remaining amount to be funded by local councils, who still need to sign off on the project.
    RNZ · Yesterday
  • Waiouru blaze contained, hot spots remain: FENZ
    The scrub fire broke out in the military's training area in the central North Island on Monday, burning through more than 3700 hectares.
    RNZ · Yesterday
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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    RNZ · Yesterday
  • Fireworks imports slump as calls grow for sales ban
    Fireworks imports totalled just $1.2m in the year to September 2026, down nearly 60 percent in just a year.
    RNZ · Yesterday
  • Winston Peters to 78-year-old critic: 'You've obviously got memory problems'
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    RNZ · Yesterday
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  • RECAP: Rugby League World Cup: Australia v Cook Islands
    Australia proved too good for the Cook Islands, winning 66-6, in a torrid tustle.
    RNZ · Yesterday
  • Black Ferns complete series clean sweep of France
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    RNZ · Saturday
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    A black market for unapproved peptides, mostly for weight loss or performance enhancement, has taken hold in New Zealand.
    RNZ · Saturday
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    RNZ · Saturday
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    RNZ · Saturday
  • Parental Income Test For 18 And 19 Years Olds Will Hit Students
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    RNZ · Saturday
  • National, ACT and NZ First at odds over vote-splitting campaign
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    Oranga Tamariki staff alerted emergency services after a small fire was detected at Korowai Manaaki in Manurewa.
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    Repairing the powerlines and cut-down poles is expected to cost about $500,000.
    RNZ · Saturday
  • India thumped after Black Caps post record T20 total
    Down 3-0 in the series against India, New Zealand have responded with a record total at Eden Park.
    RNZ · Saturday
  • More regulation needed for solar panel industry, expert says
    Complaints to the Utilities Dispute about solar have risen more than 170 percent in the past four years and several high profile providers have collapsed.
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    RNZ · Saturday
  • 'Stick to your routine': Injury warning from ACC before Auckland marathon
    The advice is not meant to discourage people from running but to avoid physical setbacks, ACC said.
    RNZ · Saturday
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    Medical oncologist and Melanoma New Zealand spokesperson Dr Gareth Rivalland called it a "big step forward".
    RNZ · Saturday
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    Crews stayed on site overnight to monitor for flare-ups before leaving the scene around 6am on Saturday.
    RNZ · Saturday
  • Four parties sign pledge to tackle youth homelessness if elected
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