The Bull Ring

𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪'𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝟛𝟜𝟛 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝔸 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤. A A road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen said that the longer-term picture showed that tragic incidents continued to cast a severe shadow over the country's roads. "Any year where the road toll is lower than the previous one is positive, but we are still tracking at nearly a death every day. "This is still well above the number of road deaths there were a decade ago." . . In 2013, there were only 253 road deaths, compared to recent years where numbers have consistently been in the 300's. Lets be careful out there. #nzpol 2023 Ro...

ℕℤ 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟛: 𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤, 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔼𝕟𝕕-𝕠𝕗-𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟'𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤. ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕥𝕠𝕠, 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 - 𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕥 - 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕟𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕘𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤. T his report card provides a snapshot of how New Zealand has fared in 2023. Given the change of government, it will be a useful benchmark for future progress reports. (Somewhat appropriately, the coalition seems keen on standardised testing in education.) It's important to remember that this exercise is for fun and debate. International and domestic indices and rankings should be read with a degree of caution - measurements, metrics and numbers from 2023 tell us only so much. Nevertheless, it's still possible to tr...

ℕ𝕐 ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤: 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕚𝕣 𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕣, 𝕒𝕤 𝕋𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕣 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕚𝕨𝕚 𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜 ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕃𝕚𝕤𝕥. J oining the longtime politician are four others who will be receiving a new title in front of their names. Here is a brief rundown of what led to them being honoured. Mallard has been made a Knight Companion of the said Order for services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He first entered Parliament in 1984 as a Labour Party MP. That stint lasted until 1990, before he went on to a long career in Parliament between 1993 and 2022. I’ve been getting lots of congratulatory messages from home - I will try and do replies to each but in the interim this is a real honour and privilege https://t...