Labour MP Willie Jackson says Te Pāti Māori needs to drop the grandstanding and focus on what matters:
“When I’m out there, nobody says they’re upset about tikanga in Parliament. They say: it’s really tough, we can’t build homes, it’s hard in the health area, we can’t get jobs. That has to be the priority.”
The new “Parent Boost Visa” announced by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Immigration Minister Erica Stanford, will offer migrants’ parents an initial five-year stay in New Zealand with one five-year renewal allowed (ten years total).
However, applicants must secure comprehensive health insurance, meet character and medical tests, and show they have either substantial savings or a sponsor earning at least the median wage.
In a LinkedIn post, economist and author Ananish Chaudhuri accuses Jacinda Ardern of escaping proper scrutiny by hiding behind accusations of misogyny – and says her leadership record deserves sharper public judgment.
“Play the ball, not the woman,” critics say. But Chaudhuri writes, “The woman is the ball. There is no distinction.” He lists what he sees as political and ethical failings throughout Ardern’s career, starting with the 2017 election.
A 13-year-old girl who placed third in a top school mountain biking event was denied her bronze medal simply because she’s home-schooled.
Amelia Twiss outpaced her rivals at the North Island School Champs in Tauranga, finishing ahead of the fourth-place rider who was awarded the medal in her place.
“It just feels really disappointing, and it’s awkward,” Amelia said. “They feel embarrassed to say where they came, because they didn’t actually come in that place.”
Cremation accounts for 80 percent of New Zealand deaths, largely due to its lower cost compared to burial.
However, Fergus Wheeler, spokesperson for Death Without Debt, said in an interview that the current system forces families to go through a funeral director to obtain a second doctor’s sign-off required for cremation.
According to a new Newsweek report, recent computer science and engineering graduates are now among the most unemployed, despite years of being told they held the keys to the future.
Data from the New York Federal Reserve reveals recent computer science grads have a 6.1 percent unemployment rate, and computer engineers are worse off at 7.5 percent. Both are higher than the average 5.8 percent across all recent grads.
In a unanimous ruling, the US Supreme Court has struck down legal barriers that made it harder for members of majority groups, such as white or heterosexual Americans, to bring discrimination claims under federal law.
The Court declared that civil rights protections must apply equally to all individuals.
