The Bull Ring

ℙ𝕄’𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕐𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 ℙ𝕄 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕣 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖. P rime Minister Christopher Luxon says he understands the “frustration” of the Dunedin Hospital cost blow-out, but says the project must be delivered to budget. “Our focus is on making sure we get it back within the envelope of the $1.9b [budget],” he said. At times he appeared terse during questions about the cost of upgrades to Premier House, and a current sale of his Wellington apartment. file: Johnny HD He took media questions at a housing development in Auckland this afternoon, the press conference was in place of his usual post-Cabinet press conference on Monday afternoons.  At times he appea...

𝕀𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕠 '𝕘𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕜𝕖, 𝕘𝕠 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖'? 𝕀𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞 '𝔾𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕜𝕖, 𝔾𝕠 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖'? 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 '𝕎𝕠𝕜𝕖' 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤. I t's the catchcry of a certain tranche of X - formerly Twitter - users: Go woke go broke. It has been levelled at everyone from Budweiser in the United States, which suffered a decline in sales after a social media partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, to  Strictly Come Dancing  in Britain for its ratings falling when it included same-sex couples and a contestant with dwarfism. In New Zealand, Mike Hosking asked Patrick Gower - after the confirmation that Newshub would close - what he would say to people who said "go woke, go broke". The term comes from African-American Vernacular English. Over the past five ...

𝕎𝕙𝕪 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕝 𝕋𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣. 𝕊𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕒𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝔹𝕒𝕪. 𝕊𝕖𝕠𝕦𝕝 𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕘𝕪𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕠𝕟 𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕃𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟘𝟚. 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟? 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪. I n a bid to restore the capital’s Mojo, Finance and Public Service Minister Nicola Willis is forcing government departments to call their staff back to the office. There will be stricter rules around working from home, which the Government believes is having a negative impact on workplace culture. “There are downsides for employers and employees. That's even before we consider the effects for the CBD retailers, restaurants and cafes,” Willis said. The news was immediately celebrated by the hospitality industry. Business leaders were emboldened, with Auckland’s Heart ...

𝔸 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕃𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔸 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕨𝕚 𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪. L arge portions of New Zealand society can no longer trust anything the Prime Minister of New Zealand says like the Boy who cried Wolf, Christopher Luxon cried 14 layers of Management, an 84% increase spending in Government spending over six years caused all our inflation, and how unworkable policies are restoring law and order. Luxon has deceived voters by suggesting CPI Inflation has been brought down – only recently in the past 10 months – and this has been achieved by National Party fiscal discipline which has been a good friend to Monetary Policy. . . The ongoing dishonesty and evasiveness of the Prime Minister appears to be a deliberate strategy deployed...

𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝔸𝕤 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 '𝔻𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕟'𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕗𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟'. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 D unedin's mayor is "outraged" over news that  the city's new hospital will be downgraded . A report commissioned by the government found current plans for the hospital could not be delivered within the $1.88 billion budget, which could balloon to $3 billion. Ministers have asked for urgent advice to keep costs in line. A Christopher Luxon led National government will build the hospital Dunedin needs. pic.twitter.com/oZJ2n4nxPW — Dr Shane Reti (@DrShaneRetiMP) July 7, 2023 Cuts, delays, shelving spaces or developing the old hospital site were now a...