This is What ‘Predator Free New Zealand’ Looks Like

A video of the results of a recent large scale drop of 1080 bait near Lake Taupo. “people are drawing their water from this creek”… and deer carcasses litter the landscape… poisoned carcasses are left to decompose in streams. The bodies are toxic and can kill… 20 species of native birds feed on the pellets,…

KiwiSaver, Or how to Invest in Land Mines and Cluster Bombs

KiwiSaver's dirty secrets continued .. in today's @nzherald pic.twitter.com/A5SDb28o5Q — Rod Emmerson (@rodemmerson) August 19, 2016 Following hot on the heels of the tax haven scandal, John Key is again on the back foot fighting off revelations about unethical investments made by KiwiSaver superannuation funds. RNZ revealed today that at least five of the nine…

Havelock North Water Borne Disease Worsens, All Schools Closed. Red Cross Called In. Government Missing in Action

  All Havelock North schools have now closed because of the widespread illness caused by the town’s contaminated water supply. Lucknow School, Te Mata Primary, Havelock North Primary, Havelock North Intermediate and Havelock North High School closed yesterday after an emergency meeting between the e Ministry of Education, principals and board chairmen. The Red Cross…

Kiwi Judge Dumps UK Victims of Child Abuse

  A New Zealand judge, Dame Lowell Goddard, has resigned under a cloud from the UK’s child abuse inquiry. There are suggestions that the judge wasn’t up to the task, or as they say in NZ “couldn’t do the hard yards.” Professor Alexis Jay will now lead the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. Jay…