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'Brazil has had [school meals] for 70 years, and its programme is considered an international gold standard.

It has lifted millions of children out of malnutrition over the past few decades.

Its national food insecurity rates are now lower than New Zealand’s.'

3 Australians involved.

Yes we can no we didn’t Those who cannot learn from past failures are condemned to repeat them (apologies to Santayana)

We failed to avert dangerous climate change. That has consequences. Here I discuss three that, alas, no government seems to want to publicly acknowledge. My latest for Technosphere Earth
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Agree 💯%. Take Bibi To The Hague Too, Please........

Vicious, rich, soulless arseholes.. this is direct from the Atlas manual. People will die because of this.

Expect more of this before the election, People. Their voter base loves it and they are emboldened to make your lives miserable.

Why?
Because we can!

Government passes retrospective law codifying debt for beneficiaries The Government has passed a controversial law that will codify more than $63 million in debt owed by beneficiaries with ACC claims.

Hateful. #NzPol

IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures The government has been accused of scaremongering about overstayer numbers after Erica Stanford told reporters there were "tens of thousands more" than she had expected last month.

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures

Black Caps storm into T20 World Cup final on back of Finn Allen’s 33-ball century New Zealand will face either India or England in the decider on Sunday in Ahmedabad.

Kiwi Legends....🇳🇿🏏
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#Bowling #Competition #Cricket #Cup #Match #Record #Team #Tournament #World Cup

Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas The Greens say the prime minister "snuck" into the House "late last night" to correct the record.

Fairly high up the list of attributes required from a Prime Minister is "good in a crisis". Then there's this fool saying whatever comes into his head. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

At anything, really. In fact, everything!

Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas The Greens say the prime minister "snuck" into the House "late last night" to correct the record.

He's really, really, incredibly, bad at this.

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‘Servile and silent’ - the government is caving to Trump on Iran New Zealand has a choice when it comes to the conflict in Iran: to go along with Trump’s policies, or stand by its values as a nation, writes Phil Goff.

‘We apparently no longer have the courage to speak freely in support of our values and interests as a sovereign nation.

Our first priority has become to avoid attracting the attention of the playground bully.’ - Phil Goff.

Chiding in plain sight Inside the Taxpayers’ Union’s in-your-face push for change. Part 1 of a 2 part series.

“As a free-market think tank, the Taxpayers’ Union’s principles are clear, and it has declared its association with the global Atlas Network umbrella group.”
“And what about its direct influence on politicians and policy?”

A good question that media don’t seem to be asking ahead of the NZ election.

Survivor 'angry and saddened' as number of young people abused in care increases A man who was abused in state care himself says he's "angry and saddened" that the number of victims continues to increase, despite a royal comission inquiry.

This is New Zealand.

“Survivor 'angry and saddened' as number of young people abused in care increases. The Independent Children's Monitor's latest report said 530 tamaraki and rangatahi were abused in state care during the 2024/25 year, up from 507 during the 2023/24 year.” #nzpol

I'd like to report a double homicide

Trump on Iranian leadership: "They're crazy. Just like the people to my right during the State of the Union. I looked at them and said, 'You're crazy.' These people are crazy."

And that was long ago.... It’s deteriorated significantly since then.
#theMadnessofKingDonald

The Auckland Astronomical Society provided one of the streams during #Slooh's Star Party. Totality was awesome but this was the moment for me: darkness disappearing over Tycho, Copernicus and Kepler plus Aristarchus gleaming brightly. Hope and stability.

with 'allies' like these...

Of course... they win every time in every way.

Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress.

Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

HERE WE HERE WE HERE WE FUCKEN GO

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Prolonged recession is crushing areas that struggle. Laissez-faire economic strategy kills. A lot of farms have mechanised. Tourism is seasonal. Kiwifruit too. The crystal shops of Kerikeri do not an industry make. So, grab a free tent from MSD and move to Auckland folks. Oh... wait [Ends]

They've been breathlessly claiming credit for that which is outside of their influence. Let's hope the voters hold them to blame for what's coming. #Karma

I suspect the National-led government will discover that overseas events do influence the New Zealand economy after all.

Would NZ join ‘an illegal invasion’ of Iran? That question needs to be asked, Helen Clark says Speaking to Stuff’s Samantha Hayes, Clark said she would “very much hope” that New Zealand does not militarily supporting what she called an “illegal invasion”.

“Certainly, that’s a question that should be asked of the prime minister and defence ministers - would they put boots on the ground to back an illegal invasion” - Helen Clark. #NzPol