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ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣. A s the year comes to a close, our political leaders are heading away for the summer holidays. It will be a well-needed recharge too, with a busy election year looming. But just before they signed off, RNZ asked party leaders for their final messages to Aotearoa of 2022.   . 𝑀𝐸𝑅𝑅𝒴 𝒞𝐻𝑅𝐼𝒮𝒯𝑀𝒜𝒮 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃𝓃𝓎 Blue Aeris feat. Kelly Moneymaker - Reindeer Know How To Groove .

𝕌𝕂 𝕟𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟-𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕒𝕪 𝔸𝕤 ℕℤ 𝕟𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕒 𝟙𝟜% 𝕡𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖, 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝟙𝟘𝟘,𝟘𝟘𝟘 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕪𝕒𝕝 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕦𝕡 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝-𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕤. U nited Kingdom nurses have staged a second unprecedented strike amid an increasingly acrimonious fight with the government for better wages. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are holding the latest one-day stoppage on Tuesday after walking out  last Thursday  for the first time in the trade union’s 106-year history. They are demanding an inflation-busting pay increase to make up for years of real-terms salary cuts, but the government insists recession-hit Britain cannot afford anything above a 4-5 percent rise. . . “We need mo...

  Trump should face insurrection, obstruction charges, US Capitol riot panel says The panel is asking the Justice Department to charge Donald Trump with obstruction, conspiracy to defraud the US, making false statements and aiding or inciting and insurrection. Photo: AFP The US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol has asked federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trump with obstruction and insurrection for his role in sparking the deadly riot. The Democratic-led select committee's request to the Justice Department is non-binding, but comes as a special counsel is overseeing two other federal probes of the Republican former president related to his attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat, and the removal of classified files from the White House. The panel asked the Justice Department to charge Trump with obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to defraud th...

𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕋𝕍ℕℤ/ℝℕℤ 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥’𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕝𝕪-𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕋𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕠 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟. 𝕊𝕠, 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖? T here is an air of unreality about the debate. While some may decry the proposal as an  ideological project  or  a “marriage made in hell” , there are some very real issues in the media that we need to address, and the current proposal could be seen as a first step in the right direction. Firstly, the business model for news is collapsing. As Googl...

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕄𝕒𝕨𝕜𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕣 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕖. 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕕𝕠. S ome may recall the Jacinda Ardern of the speech right after the Christchurch Massacre. Tone perfect. Some may also recall how she took New Zealand diplomacy to stratospheric heights with Emmanuel Macron of France soon afterwards. . . The thing that may be hard for many to accept is that Ardern’s beliefs are deeply conservative. Conservative is precisely the right impulse after the deep structural adjustment of the 1980s and 1990s that massively and near permanently decreased the entire power of citizens and of politics itself in New Zealand. Ard...

𝕄ℙ’𝕤 𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕄ℙ 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕒 𝕂𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝔽𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒 𝕠𝕗 "𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕦𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟" 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕤, 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕔 𝔻𝕒𝕒𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 H undreds of pages of emails between National Party MP Barbara Kuriger and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) reveal a pattern of personal attacks on officials in relation to animal mistreatment charges filed against her son Tony. The correspondence, obtained by Newsroom under the Official Information Act, shows Kuriger used her Parliament email address in more than 50 emails with MPI, including while she sat on the Primary Production Select Committee and held National's agriculture portfolio. Many of these emails included Na...