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𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕒𝕩 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪 𝕌𝕂 𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕔 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕞𝕠𝕚𝕝 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥'𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚-𝕓𝕦𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕥. A YouGov/Times poll placed Labour 33 points ahead of the  Conservatives , believed to be the largest lead for Labour in any recorded poll since 1998, when the-then PM Tony Blair was enjoying his "honeymoon period". And a Survation poll had Labour on a 21-point lead - also the largest Labour lead the pollsters have ever recorded. Some 49% would vote for Labour while 28% for Conservatives, the survey found. A Deltapoll/Mirror poll put Labour 19 points ahead of the Tories, with 48% of voters from Tuesday to Thursday saying they would vote for Labour and 29% for the Conservatives. If Truss was the answer it is difficult to work...

𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕝 𝕒𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℕℤ ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕕 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝔸𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕨 (𝕎𝕠𝕎) 𝕓𝕪 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨. T he Prime Minister wore a specially-commissioned piece, Digitally Grown, by New Zealand-born industrial designer and 3D artist Dylan Mulder.  Mulder, who first entered the show in 2012, has been a finalist five times and is a winner of numerous awards. . . He said it was an honour to create such a special garment for the event after the show's two-year hiatus.  Ardern makes surprise appearance as model at World of Wearable Art https://t.co/5XF9XiCft9 pic.twitter.com/ZXpQ0P14Ik — 1News (@1NewsNZ) September 30, 2022 "I found t...

  Chloe Swarbrick confident alcohol harm reduction bill will find first-reading support Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick says she is positive she can rally the votes to get her alcohol harm reduction bill past its first reading. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick will need most of Labour's MPs to swing behind her alcohol harm reduction bill, if it is to pass its first hurdle in Parliament. Swarbrick's member's bill would ban alcohol sponsorship in sports and give local councils the power to control alcohol sales, trading hours and locations. Its success, when put to a conscience vote at first reading in the coming weeks, will be up to Labour's caucus, given National and ACT are block-voting against it. Labour's Manurewa MP Arena Williams accepted a petition by Alcohol Healthwatch and Hāpai Te Hauora supporting the bill at Parliament yesterday. Williams told RNZ her constituents had raised concerns with her a...

  Police admit misuse of number plate-reading technology as surveillance powers increase Police have signalled they may want to go further and introduce extra ways to trigger alerts about someone's vehicle using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly This is the second of two stories about the public-private web of surveillance cameras. The first ran on Friday . Police have admitted to a second case of their misusing number plate-reading cameras, at the same time as they have revealed they are expanding the cameras' use. They already check the cameras almost a thousand times a day within a surveillance web that has quietly expanded, that provides lots of footage - mostly of New Zealanders going about their lawful business, but also of crime. Police now say they flagged a car as stolen though the car was not stolen, to trigger camera tracking in a Counties Manukau homicide investigati...

  Christchurch city councillor with the worst attendance fails to show for valedictory speech By Tina Law of Catherine Chu has been criticised this term for her lack of commitment to the council. File photo. Photo: Alden Williams / STUFF An outgoing Christchurch city councillor criticised for her lack of commitment to the $114,000-a-year role has failed to show up to give her valedictory speech. Riccarton ward councillor Catherine Chu, who does not seek re-election, was due to give her final speech at the council on Thursday morning, but her seat remained empty - as it did for almost half of council briefings in the past three years. Of the 17 city councillors and mayor, Chu has the worst attendance rate for briefings to June this year, though she has missed few council meetings. Chu told Stuff , via text message during the meeting, that she would have loved to have joined the meeting, but was told by c...

𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 W whenever the national party leader rises to ask a question from Prime  Minister Jacinda Ardern. It is a great time for Jacinda Ardern to provide a comprehensive explanation of government policy. Whenever the leader of the national party rises to question Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it is a great opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to totally educate the leader of the national  party on national matters. Whenever the leader of the national party rises to question Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it is a great opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to highlight his ignorance. When will the leader of the national party start getting serious and stop falling into the same predicament? Could be a very good reason why ...

𝕃𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕋𝕍ℕℤ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℝℕℤ. 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕘𝕒 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒. W illy  ackson has been repeatedly questioned at Parliament this week by the National Party over the proposal to fold TVNZ and RNZ into one entity. He defended the shake-up yesterday, saying it was necessary because the public's view of the media had changed. "The reality is we want TVNZ to work in tandem with us - and they're doing that - because New Zealand has changed. We have no longer a trust in national media - no longer is there a trust in what's happening at a national media level," he said. . . "We need a trusted public broadcaster because national identity is incredibly important an...