The Bull Ring

🆂🆃🆄🅳🆈 - ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝟚𝟘 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 Franz Josef Glacier in 2007 and today. Photo credit: Christoph Kraus/supplied 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕'𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕'𝕤 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕤 "𝕤𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕗𝕗" 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕨𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕤. Glaciers worldwide are now losing 298 billion tonnes of ice every year,  the study published in  Nature  found , up from 227 billion tonnes 20 years ago.  New Zealand glaciers are losing about 1.5m a year, shrinking seven times faster than they were in the early 2000s.   "Some of them are hundreds of metres thick so you might think 1.5 metres doesn't' sound li...

🆂🆃🆄🅳🆈 - 𝕍𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕔𝕦𝕥 ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕝f The Foote Grandchildren wish they had a grand father who believed in the efficacy of covid vaccines. ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡 𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝔼𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕦𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕓𝕪 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕗, 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕒 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 ℙ𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝔼𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 (ℙℍ𝔼) 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕎𝕖𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪, 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕪𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. The research offers insight on one of the big unknowns over COVID-19 vaccinations - the extent to which they prevent transmission of the coronavirus - and could strengthen the case for Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to end England's lockdown in June. "We already know vaccines save lives and this study is the most comprehensive real-world data...

  National Party warned for failing to declare donation on time The National Party has been warned by the Electoral Commission for failing to declare a donation on time. National Party leader Judith Collins Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Any donation of over $30,000 must be declared to the Commission within 10 working days of it being received. National received a $35,000 donation from businessman Garth Barfoot and it should have been filed after the election in November last year. The party did not declare the money until 31 March. A spokesperson for the Electoral Commission said it had written to the National Party "reinforcing the importance of adhering to the statutory timeframes and noted that an additional step is being taken to strengthen donation notification processes within the party". Since 2011, there have been 11 instances of parties declaring donations over $30,000 late, including this one. Three were referred to the poli...

  US investigators raid Giuliani's New York apartment Federal investigators on Wednesday executed a search warrant at the Manhattan apartment of Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and personal lawyer to former US president Donald Trump, as they probe his business dealings with Ukraine. File photo of Rudy Giuliani. Photo: AFP A lawyer for Giuliani, Bob Costello, confirmed that a search warrant had been executed. Electronic devices were among the items seized, according to the New York Times. Giuliani, 76, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have been investigating Giuliani's dealings in Ukraine, which included an investigation before the 2020 election into now-President Joe Biden and his son Hunter's dealings in that country. The Bidens have denied wrongdoing. Giuliani began representing Trump, a fellow Republican, in April 2018 in connection with former Special Coun...

ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕄ā𝕠𝕣𝕚 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝔽𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕕 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤𝕙𝕦𝕓 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕄ā𝕠𝕣𝕚 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝔽𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕕 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖. All political donations above $30,000 must be declared to the Electoral Commission within 10 working days, but the Māori Party failed to do so with three large donations made between March and October. Former Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere donated over $158,000 between March and October last year. . . The Urban Māori Authority donated over $48,879 between May and September 2020 and $120,000 was donated by Aotearoa Te Kahu Limited Partnership in July. Newshub asked Tamihere earlier this month why he didn't follow the law. He replied: "Because I'm not as per...

𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕄ℙ 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕚 𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕟 '𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝', 𝕖𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕣 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕕’𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕖𝕤 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕄ℙ 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕚 𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕟’𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕖’𝕤 “𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝” 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕗𝕗 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕣. The East Coast MP posted an update  on social media  alongside photos of her and Speaker Trevor Mallard, as well as her loved ones, in hospital. “Had a special visitor today for chemo. He [Mallard] came equipped with homemade cereal that will be my Rt Hon Trevor-Special breakfast for the next few days. “Despite my bad hair, and having to stay a couple of nights in hospital, I’m feeling extremely grateful ...

  Fiordland 'Dark Sky Park' would be world's second-largest Fiordland's brilliant night sky could become the second largest Dark Sky Park in the world. The skies above Rakiura / Stewart Island have already seen the area classified as 'Dark Sky Sanctuary'. Photo: Supplied / Sandra Whipp Great South Southland Regional Development Agency has been working with the Fiordland community and stakeholders on the possibility of it becoming an accredited Dark Sky Park with the International Dark Sky Association (IDA). Work is already under way with hopes it would bring domestic and international visitors to the region. Great South expected it would extend the tourism season over winter when viewing is at its best, and spokesperson Amie Young said Fiordland already ticked most of the boxes with very little light pollution. "It's not about no light but it's how light is used, directing it downward where it's needed i...

𝕆𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕆𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕪 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 “𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥” 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝’𝕤 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 “𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤” 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕝. It comes as copies of the proposals that emerged from the review ended up being passed to the media this morning after it was sent to members last night. The report detailed recommendations and proposals from both the campaign review and a separate review into the party’s structure and how it was governed. The email links members to a specific page on the  National party website that allows them to access the report, which is emblazoned with the words “released publicly to members”. While it’s publicly accessible with the correct web address, the  page ...

𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟? 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 Dr Siouxsie Wiles was named New Zealander of the Year for her work in science communication through Covid-19 and is an example of trust in experts, Jacqueline Rowarth says. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 𝔾𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤, 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕟-𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜. But dig a bit deeper, and the comment by the then UK Justice Secretary was actually about economists. His context was the forecast of doom and gloom for the British people  post-Brexit made by organisations with acronyms (incomprehensible to the ordinary person) making statements about what would or wouldn’t happen in the future with varying degrees of success and no accountability...

𝐿𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒲𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝐿𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒲𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕂𝕚𝕨𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥 As another Anzac Day slowly advances over the horizon under the sun set. New Zealand must remember those who fought and died to stabilise the New Zealand political scene. . . Those brave voters who took one for the nation and ensured the National party sinks to the bottom of the ocean, torpedo attack after torpedo attack, as G from G News reported soon after the election that saw the labour government retain office with the biggest Landslide election victory in New Zealand's history. We must not forget the bravery of those who fought and died that day and those who continue to struggle against overwhelming odds to maintain the national party remains low in the polls. . . 𝐿𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒲𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉. The national party at 23% .

ℂ𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝔸 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕠𝕗 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤, 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥. Matthew Tukaki of the National Māori Authority and the NZ Māori Council wants an overhaul of the Criminal Procedures Act 2011, which allows offenders and the accused to ask for the courts to ban media from reporting their names for a range of reasons, including that it would cause "extreme" or "undue hardship". Veteran legal academic Bill Hodge of the University of Auckland told Newshub while the present law includes a clause clarifying that being well-known does not on its own mean "publicat...