Online abuse of women leaders: Don't scroll on by - Newsroom
网页4 天之前 · That may work to brush off schoolyard taunts, but the avalanche of online hatred directed at female leaders is not so easy to counter. National Party deputy leader and Finance Minister Nicola Willis shared some of the "spicy" abuse she received which included threats of violence and criticisms of her parenting. She called for people to join her ...
Rushed minerals changes ‘bad lawmaking and they know it’
网页4 天之前 · Environment. Rushed minerals changes ‘bad lawmaking and they know it’. The Environmental Defence Society opted out of public submissions, a first in 50 years, to avoid wasting time where ‘no one will be listening’. by Fox Meyer 02/10/202403/10/2024. A bill to reopen New Zealand to oil and gas exploration offered only four days of public ...
Crown Law warned of 'significant legal risks' from foreshore and …
网页6 天之前 · Crown Law warned of ‘significant legal risks’ from foreshore and seabed changes. Unredacted legal advice obtained by Newsroom reveals Crown Law’s warnings to ministers about proceeding with major changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act. by Marc Daalder 15 hours ago. Share. Paul Goldsmith's rewrite of the Marine and Coastal Area Act ...
The big rise of 'mini' deals - Newsroom
网页5 天之前 · The rise of minilateralism has brought both positives and negatives. As Jessep notes, it has increased the speed of diplomacy and reduced the extent of compromise, but “on the flip side it means not everyone is brought along”. “On the one hand it has exacerbated the fracturing of the multilateral order, but … it’s a lifeline, showing ...
Slow moves to fix fast fashion - Newsroom
网页6 天之前 · Slow moves to fix fast fashion. RNZ. The Detail. Play 24m. Half a tonne of unwanted clothes dumped in the middle of a fashion event in Auckland this week is the brutal symbol of the crisis hanging over the industry. More brutal is the fact that this half-tonne is sent to landfills in New Zealand every five minutes.
A capital gains tax is only an answer to a narrow question
网页6 天之前 · But we know as soon as any tax that looks to weaken wealth and power is discussed it immediately gets hamstrung by objections and exceptions. A case in point with capital gains is excluding a primary residence, which continues to favour such investment over others with potentially negative community prosperity implications.
Call for Reserve Bank to go 'harder and faster' - Newsroom
网页5 天之前 · Big job losses across the country are prompting calls for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates more aggressively next week to help stimulate the economy. Last week, meat processor Alliance Group announced a proposal to close its Timaru plant, affecting about 600 staff. That follows last month’s move by Winstone Pulp to shut down two Ruapehu ...
Shake-up for Tauihi basketball opens new chances for NZ players
网页6 天之前 · Beck preparing for the Melbourne Boomers in the WNBL in Australia in Townsville in 2020. Photo: Getty Images. Beck, 28, says the shift in the league brings new opportunities and bringing players home is at. the top of the list. “Because there have been limited opportunities here our locals and all the young girls playing.
a2 Milk to benefit from huge Chinese stimulus package
网页6 天之前 · The Chinese stimulus package specified that households with two or more children will be offered 800 yuan ($181) a month per child – music to the ears of a2 Milk shareholders given China is its biggest market for infant formula. Photo: Getty Images. As investors gear up for the final quarter of the year beginning tomorrow, the current quarter ...