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A Media Obsessed with Covid. Reports on other matters squeezed out."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cAuA46fDmFo\/YZxKMcwP0aI\/AAAAAAAAtew\/QaqsT0e_mxM2XY1ti9LtQnkCwzx38-jeQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s299\/nz%2Bpolitics%2Bdaily.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"241\" data-original-width=\"299\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cAuA46fDmFo\/YZxKMcwP0aI\/AAAAAAAAtew\/QaqsT0e_mxM2XY1ti9LtQnkCwzx38-jeQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/nz%2Bpolitics%2Bdaily.JPG\" width=\"299\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E[This is a little dated and overtaken by one event, Chris Luxon becoming the National Party leader, but the information and main points raised remain valid. -- ACW]\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #cc0000;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EB\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eryce Edwards and VUW Democracy Project publish \u003Ci\u003ENZ Politics Daily\u003C\/i\u003E which anyone may subscribe to free.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;\"\u003E(\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/democracyproject\/nz-politics-daily-23-november-2021?e%3D1d93717e49\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1637717007324000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0ykdmFh-asM5TxrVACJkEg\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/democracyproject\/nz-politics-daily-23-november-2021?e=1d93717e49\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/mailchi.mp\/democracyp\u003Cwbr\u003E\u003C\/wbr\u003Eroject\/nz-politics-daily-23-\u003Cwbr\u003E\u003C\/wbr\u003Enovember-2021?e=1d93717e49\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;\"\u003E)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;\"\u003E23 November 2012.\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is extremely useful in providing links to all (or almost all) significant media and some blog articles arranged under topic headings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-99hlG7l6bgU\/YZxJNsjoWFI\/AAAAAAAAtek\/ZWqcOFHp64Ym_hMjg1JMslgCEyz0raHLACLcBGAsYHQ\/s559\/coronivirus.PG.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"332\" data-original-width=\"559\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-99hlG7l6bgU\/YZxJNsjoWFI\/AAAAAAAAtek\/ZWqcOFHp64Ym_hMjg1JMslgCEyz0raHLACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/coronivirus.PG.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENZPD does not make the news. It records what's in the media. The media makes the news.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELet's see what sort of topic balance there was today (23 Nov.) with headings and the number of media articles:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENewshub poll, parliament, parties 8\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThree Waters. local government 8\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHousing 8\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGovernment management of Covid.. .30\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAuckland border 5\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMandatory vaccines 12\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECases, demographics, Delta spreads 8\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVaccine rollout 3\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHome isolation 5\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMIQ, NZ Border 6\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVaccine misinformation, protests, rule breaches 5\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEconomy, Business, Wage subsidy 12\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPrimary industries, Groundswell protests 8\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEnvironment, Climate Change, Conservation 4\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EForeign Affairs and Trade 2\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EACC,\u0026nbsp; Health 5\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMedia 2\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEducation 6\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImmigration 3\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJustice, Law 3\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPolice 2\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOther 12\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn summary, 74 Covid-related articles (47.1%) under 8 headings, 71 general articles\u0026nbsp; (45.2%) under 13 heading, and 12 Others (7.6%) under one heading.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday's postings were not untypical. On most days Covid articles comprise close to half —and sometimes more than half— of all news articles.\u0026nbsp; The media is obsessed with Covid.\u0026nbsp; Most other matters are not given as much prominence or are not as fully reported. And TV, probably watched by more people than read the print media,\u0026nbsp; is worse!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe need to know about Covid but we also need to know about the many other things that affect our lives, influence what we think and how we vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6973055717105822589\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=6973055717105822589","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/6973055717105822589"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/6973055717105822589"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/12\/pn820-media-obsessed-with-covid-reports.html","title":"pn820. A Media Obsessed with Covid. Reports on other matters squeezed out."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cAuA46fDmFo\/YZxKMcwP0aI\/AAAAAAAAtew\/QaqsT0e_mxM2XY1ti9LtQnkCwzx38-jeQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/nz%2Bpolitics%2Bdaily.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-3346481232076651040"},"published":{"$t":"2021-12-03T17:36:00.007+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-12-03T17:36:58.748+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#National Party"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#NZ Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Christopher Luxon"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn820. Christopher Luxon, Liar or Misleader?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--nh1gOxmA-s\/YamduqLpYII\/AAAAAAAAtgQ\/d-5kQ1LM468aD4U_5ZeFiuFjecVwzrbtgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s547\/Luxon%2B1JPG.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"547\" data-original-width=\"438\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--nh1gOxmA-s\/YamduqLpYII\/AAAAAAAAtgQ\/d-5kQ1LM468aD4U_5ZeFiuFjecVwzrbtgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Luxon%2B1JPG.JPG\" width=\"256\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFalsehood\/ mislead\/ lie # 1. \u003C\/b\u003EIn his first address as leader of the National Party he based much of his political credibility on his business career claiming, “I have built a career out of reversing the fortunes of under-performing companies and I’ll bring that real-world experience to this role.”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EBut. Air NZ was a profitable and well-run company when he took over as CEO and \"then rode one of the greatest travel booms in history... He arrived at the very start of a boom and left right before it came crashing down.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EPrior to this, he was a manager at the Canadian subsidiary of Unilever where he was in no position to “reverse the fortunes” of the already highly successful global giant.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EHe was, however,\u0026nbsp; very well remunerated for his business efforts and now owns seven properties, more than any other MP. His Remuera home is worth $7.68m and his total properties are worth $21m. This makes for total \u003Ci\u003Ecapital gains a week\u003C\/i\u003E on the seven properties of $90,000.\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnnualised, this is more than a nurse would make in 50 years and a primary school teacher would never make.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EIt will be interesting to see what his housing policies will be. See below!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProbable\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFalsehood\/ mislead\/\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003Elie #2.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E He claims he offered no positions to anyone in caucus, including Bridges before the caucus meeting but Politik (paywalled) reports that he promised Bridges the role of finance spokesperson and a high spot in the party ranking.\u0026nbsp; Note, just over an hour before caucus met, Bridges dropped his hunt for the leadership. The party was deeply divided, with both men controlling about half of the caucus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EAnd he promised Bridges nothing!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat we do know is that the new National Party leader\u003C\/b\u003E downplays his socially conservative views, although he openly equates abortion with murder,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan face=\"sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;and is op\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003Eposed to euthanasia\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; and legalising recreational cannabis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;He also at the time supported a \"no jab, no pay\" policy for sanctioning welfare beneficiaries who do not vaccinate their children. H\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003Eowever, following his election as leader, Luxon said he did not support cutting the benefit of parents who do not vaccinate their children against COVID-19.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELuxon has \"the least political experience of any party leader in the country’s modern history”.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;One of his first moves could be to backtrack on a bipartisan bill advanced by Labour and National to create new housing supply, according to \u003Ci\u003EThe Kākā\u003C\/i\u003E (paywalled). The party has faced criticism for its support of the package and Luxon indicated that National will want amendments to allow for building in “a sustainable way”. Luxon told the \u003Ci\u003ENZ Herald\u003C\/i\u003E that he wants to give councils more power over housing. He avoided questions about the party's stance on conversion therapy and the role of Māori in three waters. He also told \u003Ci\u003EStuff \u003C\/i\u003Ein an interview that he was dropping his predecessor’s \"Demand the debate\" campaign that often focused on the He Puapua report on education.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EHe aims to bring back National supporters who switched to Labour and ACT at the last election. To do this he will need to be appeal to moderate\u0026nbsp; \"middle\" NZ while at the same time cosying up to some of ACT's far right social policies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWe shall probably have to wait until next year to see how good he is at conjuring tricks.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis latest statement is on the traffic light system which he opposes but said Auckland should now be on green.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\"There's just no logic to this traffic light system at all and here today, \"We've got to be able to open the country up and get people moving.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\"Again it's another example of a Government that's just doing things on the fly and making it up as it goes and it's always johnny-come-lately, right, it's always never quite thought through.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EI would have thought the last thing this government could be accused of was doing things on the fly.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EBased in part on https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#inbox\/FMfcgzGllCmcNxsvBGZbdCLZsRgwFzsx\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3346481232076651040\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=3346481232076651040","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3346481232076651040"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3346481232076651040"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/12\/pn820-christopher-luxon-liar-or.html","title":"pn820. Christopher Luxon, Liar or Misleader?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--nh1gOxmA-s\/YamduqLpYII\/AAAAAAAAtgQ\/d-5kQ1LM468aD4U_5ZeFiuFjecVwzrbtgCNcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Luxon%2B1JPG.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-4228103709352514411"},"published":{"$t":"2021-12-02T21:13:00.003+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-12-02T21:14:45.653+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"3 political polls"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn819. How our political polls could be improved"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EMost weaknesses with our polling systems lie with their reporting by the media and not with the polls themselves (See pn812). In three areas, however, I think the polls themselves could be more informative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;First\u003C\/b\u003E,\u0026nbsp; we have a Mixed Member Proportional voting system that means we have two votes, one, for the party of our choice, the other for wannabees in our electorate.\u0026nbsp; There are 120 seats in Parliament, 72 electorate seats and 48 party seats which are scaled up or down to make the overall results proportional.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe polls only ask about our party or List vote, and yet many people, myself included, vote for one party with our party vote and a different party with our electorate vote.\u0026nbsp; It is true that the party vote largely decides seats in parliament but if both the electorate and party votes were counted separately we would have a better idea of the actual support for individual parties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESecondly\u003C\/b\u003E, the polls often ask what we think of the direction the government and the economy are heading but these very general \"summary\" questions do not tell us what people think about policies and actions on individual issues such as health, education, child poverty, social inequality, wage levels, taxation, the environment and so on which in various ways combine to produce our answers to the\"summary\" questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFurther, I would like to see answers cross-tabulated by parties so that we can know how people who voted for each party answered on each policy issue.\u0026nbsp; Their answers could be shown on a 1-10 scale from very bad to very good..\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThirdly,\u003C\/b\u003E we are asked for our preferred PM even though we never vote for the PM. With National votes shared among several possible contenders, it might be better to\u003Ci\u003E also\u003C\/i\u003E ask which person voters would like to see leading their preferred party.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKnowing how all voters think may be helpful but lumping all voters together may be misleading. What Labour voters thought about Judith Collins as leader of the National Party, for instance, is not important. It's the opinions of National Party voters that count.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat do you think?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4228103709352514411\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=4228103709352514411","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/4228103709352514411"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/4228103709352514411"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/12\/pn819-how-our-political-polls-could-be.html","title":"pn819. How our political polls could be improved"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-764466565123714192"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-22T16:53:00.000+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-22T16:53:16.291+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# NZ Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#ACT"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#political parties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#political polls"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn818.   Polls, not much change but BEWARE ACT, WAKE UP Greens"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Hj2_13eFErU\/YZrwu7Cm8rI\/AAAAAAAAteI\/0tBZgiN0iXAi3JclTYFuTNNZrkqLSLOQwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s363\/David%2BSeymour%2Bas%2BPrince%2BCharmingJPG.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"363\" data-original-width=\"267\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Hj2_13eFErU\/YZrwu7Cm8rI\/AAAAAAAAteI\/0tBZgiN0iXAi3JclTYFuTNNZrkqLSLOQwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/David%2BSeymour%2Bas%2BPrince%2BCharmingJPG.JPG\" width=\"235\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EDavid Seymour as Prince\u003Cbr \/\u003ECharming\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003ETwo political poll results were published last week, the first conducted by 1News Colmar Brunton (see pn812), the most recent by Newshub-Reid (this posting.)\u0026nbsp; Both follow on from earlier polls by Curia and Talbot Mills reported in my posting pn809.\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll four main polls showed similar results:\u0026nbsp; Labour is down a little or unchanged, National and Greens up or down a little but no real change, and ACT, the real winner, is steady or with significantly increased support.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-k3TtEqYkDew\/YZrr4KFk9KI\/AAAAAAAAtd4\/WwPLsNZ7oQUG2zflJrx_KpGkoO7yYQVVwCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"120\" data-original-width=\"486\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-k3TtEqYkDew\/YZrr4KFk9KI\/AAAAAAAAtd4\/WwPLsNZ7oQUG2zflJrx_KpGkoO7yYQVVwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w519-h128\/image.png\" width=\"519\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECome election time next year Labour, or possibly National, will become the next government but Labour may need coalition support from the poorly performing Greens. National will definitely need ACT.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EA further poll released today conducted by Colmar Brunton for Jack Tame's TV's Q\u0026amp;A programme asked about people's expectations of Labour.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ltmuv6PW39M\/YZrsiH44mMI\/AAAAAAAAteA\/1X-f6bvksbQKsV0pH99R8tjxCrhSsWJpACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"102\" data-original-width=\"298\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ltmuv6PW39M\/YZrsiH44mMI\/AAAAAAAAteA\/1X-f6bvksbQKsV0pH99R8tjxCrhSsWJpACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOf all those polled 14% said Labour had exceeded expectations, while for those who had voted Labour it was 21%.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Labour would be reasonably pleased that 55% of voters, and 75% of those who had voted Labour, thought the government had exceeded or were in line with expectations, a worrying 22% of Labour voters thought it had done worse. That's\u0026nbsp; one in five.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith news and public attention focused on Covid, little mention has been made of other political news. \u003Cb\u003EThere appears, however,\u0026nbsp; to have been a shift to the far right with ACT benefitting from losses by the other parties.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EPretty faces\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E😎 😀 😏 😒\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPublic attention has been focussed on the TV appearances of party leaders in which Jacinda is a somewhat jaded fairy queen, Judith a scheming witch, David a quietly modest Prince Charming— and James and Marama have yet to be seen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMartyn Bradbury in \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Daily Blog \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Ebrings us back to reality. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thedailyblog.co.nz\/2021\/11\/22\/newshub-poll-winners-losers\/\"\u003ERead all here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe writes:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"Jacinda + Labour –\u003C\/b\u003E They have saved NZ from mass hospitalizations and death so what do they get for their tireless Covid performance? A never-ending hatefest of toxic bile vomited upon them from Maori \u0026amp; Woke claiming their response is a racist genocide to Death Cult Capitalists screaming Jacinda is a coward for not killing her citizens for the economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"On top of that are religious nutters who think Jacinda is the antiChrist, Qanon lunatics who think she is Nazi Germany and Crystal Karen who thinks she’s raping Gaia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Yet DESPITE all that, Labour are STILL at 42.7%. This tells us that despite all the bitching and complaining, the middle holds for Labour. Voters have decided that Labour’s flaws are still far preferable than National or ACT’s promises.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn Judith Collins he writes:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp; \"Now you might argue that Judith is a loser in these results, but she’s not! Judith has cemented a loyalty from her Caucus by promoting the most incompetent clowns. ... Judith loves power more than a Great White Shark loves blood. Any hope she will leave voluntarily is as misplaced as believing Trump will stand for the Democrats in 2024.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn David Seymour and ACT:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\"They are seen as the right wing values party and Seymour’s continued performance is out-dazzling Judith’s attempt to take reactionary votes off him. \u003Cu\u003ETheir rise to 16% masks a radical right polarization of politics not seen before in NZ politics\u003C\/u\u003E.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Forget Prince Charming he says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"\u003Cu\u003ELet us remind ourselves of ACT policies:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECut and freeze the Minimum \u003Cu\u003Ewage\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInterest back on all student loans\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENo Kiwsaver subsidy\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECancel winter energy payment\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDump all climate crisis legislation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENo more best start payments for families with newborns\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECut welfare payments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENo tax credits for research and development\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECuts to working for families\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E$7b a year cut in public services\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAbolish Maori seats\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAbolish Human Rights Commission\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E…THAT (he says referring to the Newsbub-Reid ACT result)\u0026nbsp; is getting 16%!\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn the Greens:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\"They have lost their third largest political party standings to ACT who are now twice their size. How can the Greens be so hopeless and alienating with their middle class identity politics? Will there be any white males voting for them who aren’t gelded and dating in Wellington? Chloe as leader is their only hope for political relevance. The Greens are that vegan app you downloaded in 2016 and never used.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn the Maori Party:\u0026nbsp; \"\u003C\/b\u003ECalling the vaccine roll out a ‘modern genocide’ and comparing it to the Squid Games would be punished if it were any other Party, amazingly it’s been rewarded in this poll because radicalizing AntiVaxxers with such emotionally manipulative language is ok....\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMy take\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003EWhat ACT is really about \u003C\/u\u003Eis the message that National— and the centre-left— should be getting out to the public.\u0026nbsp; Prince Charming is not all that he seems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Greens need a major shakeup\u003C\/u\u003E in their leadership and message. Perhaps it needs a full-time professional lobbyist.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003ELabour needs to act more \u003C\/u\u003Eon economic issues and the nation's inequalities.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003ENational needs to end its leadership issue promptly\u003C\/u\u003E and then get out there with its policies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EPlease comment. 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While the weekend gatherings were peaceful, they follow a week of protests that used violent language and imagery. So who are the protestors? Josh Roose\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theconversation.cmail20.com\/t\/r-l-trithtx-ujlukyehr-i\/\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1637620274506000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1ojGp2nM1MLSKmCajzw_TR\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.cmail20.com\/t\/r-l-trithtx-ujlukyehr-i\/\" style=\"color: #0b6698;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewrites\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ethey are made up of a mix of groups, but riddled with alt-right and far-right extremists whose growing reach, largely through social media, poses a significant challenge to Australian democracy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #202020; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px;\"\u003EThe groups also borrow heavily from the symbolism employed by far-right groups in the US, which have gained momentum since the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. So what now? 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Fiji:  Graham Davis's very serious accusations against Khaiyum and Bainimarama"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GAE2fOnpMfg\/YZWIAsL2VJI\/AAAAAAAAtck\/l_rc6cRHnnsaH2myzPa-BFHogUkeEEHNgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s369\/Graham%2BDavis.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"369\" data-original-width=\"342\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GAE2fOnpMfg\/YZWIAsL2VJI\/AAAAAAAAtck\/l_rc6cRHnnsaH2myzPa-BFHogUkeEEHNgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w215-h232\/Graham%2BDavis.JPG\" width=\"215\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EGraham Davis\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo extracts from his article that may be read in full by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.grubsheet.com.au\/secrets-and-skeletons-the-inside-story\/#comments\"\u003Eclicking here\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Pieced together, it is an amazing tale of how the Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, used the Prime Minister and the weight of his office to try to strongarm [Solicitor General] Sharvada Sharma into resigning for his alleged “misbehaviour” in presiding over the failure of the state case to remove the SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula, from the Parliament. According to multiple sources, Sharma was summoned to the office of the Prime Minister, where he was told by Frank Bainimarama that he had lost the trust of the AG and he wanted his resignation. When Sharma refused, it set in train a series of events\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qsgW0aOm5co\/YZWPBniCteI\/AAAAAAAAtcs\/pFLDcvqG7h8UZQcbjvONitJpcvJgN94fgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s683\/ASK%2BBAi.PG.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"448\" data-original-width=\"683\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qsgW0aOm5co\/YZWPBniCteI\/AAAAAAAAtcs\/pFLDcvqG7h8UZQcbjvONitJpcvJgN94fgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/ASK%2BBAi.PG.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EKhaiyum and Bainimarama\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u0026nbsp;that have not only compromised the PM and the AG and triggered a crisis of confidence in their leadership and judgment. The episode has also engulfed and compromised the Chief Justice, Kamal Kumar, and the outgoing president, Jioji Konrote, because their sacking of the SG without a hearing was in direct contravention of the 2013 Constitution.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Make no mistake. Rather than strengthening our institutions to make them more resilient and allow for smooth transfers of power when the people decide a political party has run its course, Fiji under Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is\u003Cb\u003E more dictatorship than democracy – a parliament that is manipulated by the ruling party, opposition figures detained and released at will, institutions stacked with FijiFirst supporters and now blatant defiance of the Constitution, the supreme law. \u003C\/b\u003EIt is the Zimbabwe road - a journey into darkness and regression as a nation - and Bainimarama and Khaiyum are leading us all down that path.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy\u003Cb\u003E emphasis \u003C\/b\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the whole article by \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.grubsheet.com.au\/secrets-and-skeletons-the-inside-story\/#comments\"\u003Eclicking here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"No comment\" below this article means \"0\", no one has yet commented. 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Fiji:  Graham Davis's very serious accusations against Khaiyum and Bainimarama"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GAE2fOnpMfg\/YZWIAsL2VJI\/AAAAAAAAtck\/l_rc6cRHnnsaH2myzPa-BFHogUkeEEHNgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w215-h232-c\/Graham%2BDavis.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-6094940565201775642"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-18T11:57:00.001+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-19T11:14:04.431+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# Covid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Maori Health"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@ Rawiri Taonui"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn815.   Māori Covid rates a matter of concern: Poor Te Tiriti-centred policies. Now typically over half of daily new  cases "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jYvD9jgLZWE\/YZRJt0vfJXI\/AAAAAAAAtcc\/xUm_dX6d5YU5jysKIBokTBFY4o-nUrtgQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s529\/Dr%2BRawiri%2BTaonui.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"300\" data-original-width=\"529\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jYvD9jgLZWE\/YZRJt0vfJXI\/AAAAAAAAtcc\/xUm_dX6d5YU5jysKIBokTBFY4o-nUrtgQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w399-h226\/Dr%2BRawiri%2BTaonui.JPG\" width=\"399\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EDr Rawiri Taonui\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003ESunday's article in \u003Ci\u003ETe Ao Māori News\u003C\/i\u003E provides information\u0026nbsp;on Māori Covid rates and disparities between Māori and Pākehā. Dr Rawiti Taoniu \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.teaomaori.news\/continuous-exposure-virus-risk-vaccinated-maori-isolating-home\"\u003Epredicts 6,000 Māori cases by Christmas.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; Here are some of the facts:\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMāori are the highest daily cases for 42 consecutive days. There was a new record of 121 Māori cases today. Māori cases are rising both in number as a percentage of all cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three highest number of daily Māori cases have come in the last three days. Friday - 108 Māori cases or 53.7% of 201 new cases; Saturday - 103 or 58.9% of 175 new cases; and Sunday - 121 or 58.5% of 207 new cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThis is the first-time new Māori cases have been over 50% of all new cases for three days in a row.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAt the current 7-day rate of 91.9 new Māori cases per day, there will be 6,000 Māori cases by Christmas.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMāori are 45.6% of all active cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is a high probability that Māori will become more than 50% of all active cases by the end of November.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E100 Māori have been hospitalised.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is a very high probability that Māori will have the highest hospitalisations by the end of this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETotal Covid-19 Cases\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMāori are 2,438 or 28% of all cases since Covid-19 first arrived in New Zealand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPākehā have the most cases on 2,914 (33.5%).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is a high probability that Māori will become the highest impacted ethnicity by the end of November.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPoor Te Tiriti-centred policies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis will be the result of poor Te Tiriti-centred policies, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENot drafting a Māori Pandemic plan in 2017 when the National Influenza Pandemic Plan was completed, poor testing during April last year.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe development of a Māori Plan in April last year without consulting Māori.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA failure to continue surveillance testing in July last year led to the Auckland August OutBreak.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELocating Managed Isolation and Quarantine facilities in high-Māori demographic areas.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA failure to include Māori on the Ministry of Health vaccination governance and operational committees.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd consequently, a poor structurally racist vaccine rollout earlier this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Home Isolation Risk for Māori\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENew Zealand is experiencing higher infections among the partially vaccinated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is because the Pfizer vaccine is less effective on one dose, double vaccination takes two to three weeks to reach full protection, and because protection from the vaccine is lowered when vaccinated persons are isolating at home with positive cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is a real risk for Māori. One British study shows that the protection for fully vaccinated isolating at home with infected cases can drop as low as 35% because\u0026nbsp; of continuous exposure to the virus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout 1,885 positive cases are isolating at home with 2,365 whānau\/family members in around 1,250 homes across the country. A considerable number are Māori.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGiven the close proximity of whānau members, this represents a considerable risk of transmission, including to those who are vaccinated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKia noho haumaru,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr Rawiri Taonui\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"No comment\" below this article means \"0\", no one has yet commented. Be the first and turn it into \"1 comment.\" Then others may join you😎\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. 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Now typically over half of daily new  cases "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jYvD9jgLZWE\/YZRJt0vfJXI\/AAAAAAAAtcc\/xUm_dX6d5YU5jysKIBokTBFY4o-nUrtgQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w399-h226-c\/Dr%2BRawiri%2BTaonui.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-5686648240213966283"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-17T16:05:00.003+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-17T16:05:00.212+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Covid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Māori"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#NZ  race relations"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Morgan Godfrey"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn813. Why Kawerau has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country written by Morgan Geodfrey who grew up there"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #121212; color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;GH Guardian Headline\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;Guardian Egyptian Web\u0026quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 3.125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EIn Kawerau one thing impedes the effort to vaccinate Māori: New Zealand’s history\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cmain style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Carticle class=\"dcr-1gqtx6j\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; 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text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EMorgan Godfery\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"dcr-1feka93\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: \u0026quot;GH Guardian Headline\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;Guardian Egyptian Web\u0026quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/20\/in-kawerau-one-thing-impedes-the-effort-to-vaccinate-maori-new-zealands-history\"\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to read his article or bookmark it for the weekend.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;It is well worth your time. -- ACW\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"dcr-1feka93\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: \u0026quot;GH Guardian Headline\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;Guardian Egyptian Web\u0026quot;, Georgia, serif; 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Why Kawerau has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country written by Morgan Geodfrey who grew up there"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-2203514377662215710"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-17T13:25:00.002+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-18T12:28:58.341+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# NZpolitics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Judith  Collins"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn814.   The lady doth protest too much, methinks\" *"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/11\/16\/judith-has-my-total-support-national-mps-rally-after-poll\/\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NIZnNelkJ-Q\/YZM-WRHrRqI\/AAAAAAAAtcU\/lkRIexi4OYwhnLCZK4zjn786dsdyj1aDACLcBGAsYHQ\/s560\/Strawman.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"263\" data-original-width=\"560\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NIZnNelkJ-Q\/YZM-WRHrRqI\/AAAAAAAAtcU\/lkRIexi4OYwhnLCZK4zjn786dsdyj1aDACLcBGAsYHQ\/w520-h243\/Strawman.JPG\" width=\"520\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/11\/16\/judith-has-my-total-support-national-mps-rally-after-poll\/\"\u003E1News reported \u003C\/a\u003E\"(Judith) Collins said it was \"very hard when you're the Opposition leader to tell people what they were sold at the election was a pup.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"When they voted for Labour, they voted for a safe Covid response and a Government that understood and was going to keep out the Greens and they were going to look after the economy. What they've found instead is a Government that is (sic!) absolutely and utterly failed.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose who voted\u0026nbsp; Labour probably wanted it to do more on poverty, welfare issues and the environment but on most matters, they have got what they voted for.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe government has kept the country safer from Covid than almost all other countries.\u0026nbsp; Labour never made any statement on keeping the Greens out. Indeed, most people would have assumed it would rule alone or with the Greens as a coalition partner.** The economy, with low unemployment, economic growth and manageable public debt, is doing far better than one might have expected in the circumstances.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe did not say what the government is supposed to have \"understood\" but I see no evidence of absolute or utter failure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJudith, you are one who is selling strawmen holding pups.\u0026nbsp; You protest too much.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E*\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003EThe lady doth protest too much, methinks\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\" is a line from the play\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamlet\" style=\"background: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;\" title=\"Hamlet\"\u003EHamlet\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Shakespeare\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;\" title=\"William Shakespeare\"\u003EWilliam Shakespeare\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E. It is spoken by\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Gertrude\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;\" title=\"Queen Gertrude\"\u003EQueen Gertrude\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;in response to the insincere overacting of a character in the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Play_within_a_play\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;\" title=\"Play within a play\"\u003Eplay within a play\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;created by\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_Hamlet\" style=\"background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;\" title=\"Prince Hamlet\"\u003EPrince Hamlet\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;to prove his uncle's guilt in the murder of his father, the King of Denmark.-- Wikipedia.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E** Te Pāti Māori also joined the coalition which indicated that Labour wanted an inclusive and more representative government.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2203514377662215710\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=2203514377662215710","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/2203514377662215710"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/2203514377662215710"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/pn814-lady-doth-protest-too-much.html","title":"pn814.   The lady doth protest too much, methinks\" *"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NIZnNelkJ-Q\/YZM-WRHrRqI\/AAAAAAAAtcU\/lkRIexi4OYwhnLCZK4zjn786dsdyj1aDACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w520-h243-c\/Strawman.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-1841120548953220322"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-16T15:03:00.002+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-16T17:32:50.834+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# Polls"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#colmar brunton poll"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Covid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#NZPol"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Grant Robinson"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn812.  Covid and the lastest One TV News Colmar Brunton Poll"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9pnvspI-lKo\/YZMJmxKwrFI\/AAAAAAAAtcM\/7IYI5FIYX-0b5BR0qkmM7jusDRXMBo_oQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s257\/Colmar%2BBrunton.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"257\" data-original-width=\"253\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9pnvspI-lKo\/YZMJmxKwrFI\/AAAAAAAAtcM\/7IYI5FIYX-0b5BR0qkmM7jusDRXMBo_oQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/Colmar%2BBrunton.JPG\" width=\"253\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EColmar Brunton\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ET\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Ehe \u003Ca href=\" https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/11\/15\/poor-polling-keeps-nats-leadership-speculation-burning-jessica-mutch-mckay\"\u003Elatest Colman Brunton Poll\u003C\/a\u003E largely confirms the results of the two earlier polls by Curia and Talbot Mills reported in my previous post (pn809). Its results, however, are more detailed and the methodology is spelt out, and therefore possibly more reliable. For example:\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"Between 6-10th November 2021 1001 eligible voters were polled by mobile phone (501) and online (500). The maximum sampling error is approximately ±3.1%-points at the 95% confidence level. The data has been weighted to align with Stats NZ population counts for age, gender, region and ethnic identification. The sample for mobile phones is selected by random dialling using probability sampling, and the online sample is collected using an online panel.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI'm confident the results are reasonably accurate, at least for the four larger parties, but I have three small reservations:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1) Those polled by mobile phone were randomly selected, but the \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eonline results\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E were chosen from a previously selected panel. More information is needed on how the panel was selected;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2) \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"Percentages do not add to 100 due to rounding.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E They certainly don't. Party Support totalled 108, possibly close to 10% of those polled. \u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAnd the total percentage for Preferred PM only came to 91 which suggests something wrong or missing.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColmar Brunton says the results were rounded up or down to the nearest whole number. In my opinion, it would have been far better to\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E round only after the first decimal point;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E3) Percentages for \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"Don't know\" and \"refused to answer\",\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E which totalled 9% in the current poll, were not given for the earlier September poll which makes true comparisons difficult.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are the main results in a complete table which is the better way to show such information than the fancy ways used on TV:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-90H0_BFn_FE\/YZL36TcWbNI\/AAAAAAAAtb8\/HBTbHqdNZowFJOdXKOtTx5kyDnUR4cknACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"461\" data-original-width=\"334\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-90H0_BFn_FE\/YZL36TcWbNI\/AAAAAAAAtb8\/HBTbHqdNZowFJOdXKOtTx5kyDnUR4cknACLcBGAsYHQ\/w387-h533\/image.png\" width=\"387\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe increase in National Party support from September to November seems to have come at the expense of Labour, not ACT. I think the party support question is more important than the preferred PM.\u0026nbsp; Too much negative attention has been given to Judith Collins, and the National support is fragmented.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe results seem to reflect reactions to how people think Labour has handled the pandemic. No other policy concerns are apparent.\u0026nbsp; Indeed, the results of the question on how people saw the economy heading also see Labour heading downhill, even in the context of contrary data.\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-5Jb9rwM_-yA\/YZL4lqr51II\/AAAAAAAAtcE\/67t0E9Bp8tw-NgXlP8mNTkMhwy45HOrVACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"102\" data-original-width=\"261\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-5Jb9rwM_-yA\/YZL4lqr51II\/AAAAAAAAtcE\/67t0E9Bp8tw-NgXlP8mNTkMhwy45HOrVACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYet, as Finance Minister Grant Robinson says,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003Ethe economy is in fact doing rather well.\u0026nbsp; We have low unemployment, very strong economic growth and manageable debt.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe thinks the poll results reflect our reaction to Covid (and not Labour's policies) which is \"affecting the mood of people. That is completely understandable.\"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo there you have it.\u0026nbsp; The\u003Ci\u003E trends\u003C\/i\u003E in our choices of preferred —and not so preferred— political party and Prime Minister reflect in large part how we're responding — and how we see them responding— to the pandemic.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is not an accurate guide to what we think of their policies on housing, poverty, education, general health,\u0026nbsp; immigration, the environment and so on which come election time will be more to the forefront of the news.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColman Brunton usually indicates the environment or context that could influence poll results but if they did so with this poll, it was unfortunately omitted in the OneNews report.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWas there nothing other than a Covid context affecting this poll's results?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1841120548953220322\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=1841120548953220322","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/1841120548953220322"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/1841120548953220322"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/pn812-covid-and-lastest-one-tv-news.html","title":"pn812.  Covid and the lastest One TV News Colmar Brunton Poll"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9pnvspI-lKo\/YZMJmxKwrFI\/AAAAAAAAtcM\/7IYI5FIYX-0b5BR0qkmM7jusDRXMBo_oQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Colmar%2BBrunton.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-3939387623432363850"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-15T15:48:00.008+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-15T15:50:11.387+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Universities"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Damon Salesa"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn811. Samoan New Zealander next head of AUT, NZ's premior technical university"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DinU3fLTOpY\/YZHC9mVQHGI\/AAAAAAAAtbs\/2TWvRLR1sH0wnmXiRR2J8FgiOiJU0cLuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s344\/Damon%2BSalesa.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"344\" data-original-width=\"301\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DinU3fLTOpY\/YZHC9mVQHGI\/AAAAAAAAtbs\/2TWvRLR1sH0wnmXiRR2J8FgiOiJU0cLuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Damon%2BSalesa.JPG\" width=\"280\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EDoctor and Associate Professor Toeosulusalu (his Samon title) Damon Ieremia Salesa will become AUT's next Vice-Chancellor when the current vice-chancellor, Derek McCormack, retires in March next year.\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2021\/11\/15\/pacific-scholar-dr-damon-salesa-named-auts-next-vice-chancellor\/\"\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EThis is a most deserved appointment for a most remarkable man.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EBorn in Auckland, the son of an immigrant Samoan labourer and a Northland nurse, Damon has a BA and Master's degree with 1st class honours from Auckland University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EHe was the first Pacific\u0026nbsp; Islander to win a Rhodes' Scholarship and has a D.Litt. from Oxford.\u0026nbsp; He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EHe is currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor Pacific at the University of Auckland and was the founding director of the NZ Institute for Pacific Research and the Director of Pacific Strategy and Engagement as well as Head of Pacific Studies. Prior to his Auckland appointment, he worked at the University of Michigan for 10 years.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;He is married, with two teenage\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia;\"\u003Edaughters, to Labour Minister the Hon. Jenny Salesa, n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202124;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia;\"\u003Eée\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Latu, who was born in Tonga.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EDamon is a prizewinning scholar who specializes in the study of colonialism, empire, government, race, and inter-marriages. \u0026nbsp;With a particular interest in the Pacific Islands, he also works on education, economics and development in the Pacific region, as well as in New Zealand and Australia\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003ECongratulations, Damon.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E--ACW\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cli style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: url(\u0026quot;images\/dot.png\u0026quot;); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3939387623432363850\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=3939387623432363850","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3939387623432363850"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3939387623432363850"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/pn811-samoan-new-zealander-next-head-of.html","title":"pn811. Samoan New Zealander next head of AUT, NZ's premior technical university"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DinU3fLTOpY\/YZHC9mVQHGI\/AAAAAAAAtbs\/2TWvRLR1sH0wnmXiRR2J8FgiOiJU0cLuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Damon%2BSalesa.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-6054594209491437730"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-13T15:08:00.008+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-13T15:09:47.173+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Covid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Misinformation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#political polls"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn809.    Covid Up, Labour Down. Misinformation and Fatigue  Rule"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-gqUX-vSPIso\/YY8VjkqSmmI\/AAAAAAAAtbM\/ZZy2WJgb75o_deanvfm0swoE5TY7nuNuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"239\" data-original-width=\"288\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-gqUX-vSPIso\/YY8VjkqSmmI\/AAAAAAAAtbM\/ZZy2WJgb75o_deanvfm0swoE5TY7nuNuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" width=\"289\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EC\u003C\/span\u003Euria and Talbot Mills both released poll results last week.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Most of the results were not statistically significant but there has been a very definite trend downwards for Labour and Jacinda Ardern over the past three months.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECuria is the right-wing poll run by National party activist David Farrar who also publishes Kiwiblog. The poll was for the Taxpayers' Union, another right-wing group.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Its results were a little less flattering to Labour than the less politically-bound Talbot Mills poll but both polls showed the similar trends:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhile Labour and Jacinda are still by far the most preferred, both were down on previous polls; National and Judith were up a little; ACT and David Seymour were indeterminate; the Greens were up a litle.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore people saw the country heading in the wrong direction in the Curia poll, and those thinking government's performance \"good\" in the TM poll had dropped from 60 to 46%.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith little other than Covid reports and stories on the media, the poll results almost certainly reflect how the public sees the government's handling of the virus.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd this is where misinformation has thrived.\u0026nbsp; One example is the so-called Freedom and Rights Coalition, linked to Destiny Church Bishop Brian Tamaki, that held protests today with thousands \"threatened to cause travel chaos\" in our larger cities. (At the time of writing, there's been some disruption to traffic in Auckland, but elsewhere protests have been small and there's been little disruption to traffic but there were over 3,000 protestors outside Parliament on Tuesday.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Coalition has \"four demands of Government\":\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1) \"Remove vaccination mandates immediately, 2) Revoke the discriminating traffic light system, 3) Move NZ to level 1 NOW, 4) Remove the Auckland borders!\"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Listed below are some of its other concerns:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome\u0026nbsp; 75% of TM pollsters think Covid is going to get worse, and most experts seem to agree with them although many of them think it will be contained.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday's health briefing had 175 new cases (down from 201 yesterday), 159 in Auckland, 8 in the Waikato, 2 in Northland, 5 in Taranaki, and 1 in Taupo, a new location. 93 people were in the hospital, 9 in intensive care or high dependency units.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith Covid going up, the question now is will support for Labour continue to go down, or will the average New Zealander see through the misinformation from the likes of the called Freedom and Rights Coalition, and recognize that Government's doing a reasonable job?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo far, we have done better than almost every other country. Mistakes have been made as they always are when faced with new challenges, but we have learnt from the mistakes.\u0026nbsp; We are doing the best we can.\u0026nbsp; It's doubtful any other political party would have done any better.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;I'll leave readers to judge the direction, intent and plausibility of the \"Freedom and Rights Coalition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-- ACW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5S0K0JNTWI0\/YY8WVJuk2OI\/AAAAAAAAtbU\/BKSK0diK_6E_HRVXrD7OH4x0_lvGYzz5ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s552\/Freedom%2Band%2Brightgs%2Bcoalitiion.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"537\" data-original-width=\"552\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5S0K0JNTWI0\/YY8WVJuk2OI\/AAAAAAAAtbU\/BKSK0diK_6E_HRVXrD7OH4x0_lvGYzz5ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Freedom%2Band%2Brightgs%2Bcoalitiion.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFreedom and Rights Coalition concerns for and with ...\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFarmers \u003C\/b\u003Estruggling with \"unworkable regulations\";\u003Cb\u003E Property owners\u003C\/b\u003E, \"struggling with unworkable RMA regulations\";\u0026nbsp; \u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;Businesses\u003C\/b\u003E with \"never-ending lockdowns\"; \u003Cb\u003ETaxpayers\u003C\/b\u003E with \"reckless use of ... money;\"\u003Cb\u003E Families,\u003C\/b\u003E \"Government continues to endanger our kids, removing parental consents, and liberalising our education system\";\u0026nbsp; \u003Cb\u003EChurches\u003C\/b\u003E, \"government that continually tries to marginalise and silence the churches; voice\";\u003Cb\u003E Indigenous peoples,\u003C\/b\u003E \"we stand for Tino Rangatiratanga and Mana Motuhake...\"; \u003Cb\u003EFirst Home Buyers\u003C\/b\u003E, \"we stand for better property conditions and finance packages\"; \u003Cb\u003EYouth\u003C\/b\u003E, \"we stand for our future ... against burdening with debt\"; \u003Cb\u003EMental Health Advocates, \u003C\/b\u003E\"we stand for better health conditions;\" \u003Cb\u003EFreedom Advocates\u003C\/b\u003E, \"we stand for the protection of freedom and rights of good, honest, hard-working Kiwis, and to preserve the Kiwi way of life.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. 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Serious Concerns: Kiribiti to open Phoenix Marine Reserve and Leave Pacific Islands Forum "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JvOdC0qhj0U\/YYy9ofLpjPI\/AAAAAAAAtas\/_DeJwVkzRnYWPzvURtQXx_YxLu8H4ReRACLcBGAsYHQ\/s440\/Kiribati%2Bmap.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"440\" data-original-width=\"410\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JvOdC0qhj0U\/YYy9ofLpjPI\/AAAAAAAAtas\/_DeJwVkzRnYWPzvURtQXx_YxLu8H4ReRACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Kiribati%2Bmap.JPG\" width=\"298\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledFirstParagraph-so8yqq-1 fkfyEq body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 31.25px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; 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border-radius: 4px; bottom: 48px; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; line-height: 1; margin: 0px !important; padding: 6px 8px; position: absolute; right: 16px; transform: translateY(50%);\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E04:06\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cfigcaption class=\"videoCaption\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #9a9a9a; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: -1.5rem;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #707070; display: inline; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 21.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EIf China sets up in the Phoenix Islands area, it gains not just a major military foothold in the region but also control over shipping lanes to the no (Source: 1News)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EThe Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) spans over 400,000 square kilometres and borders US waters.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E1News has obtained documents which show cabinet made the decision and then informed PIPA international partners two weeks ago.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EFormer President Anote Tong, who was instrumental in creating PIPA, said he was extremely disheartened to hear the news.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E“It’s a huge blow for conservation but I think it’s a much bigger blow to our credibility as a nation,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EThe Kiribati Government claims the reason for the radical move is so it can make $200 million a year in tuna fishing licences.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EBut those who support PIPA have questioned that financial forecast and say it’s more valuable as a marine reserve.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EPIPA Trust board director Peter Shelley says he hopes cabinet will reverse its decision.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003E“The ability for any people to have any confidence in working with Kiribati like this in the future is going to be really diminished and that’s a real shame because there are very important partnerships that could be developed with Kiribati that have PIPA as the centrepiece,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"default__StyledParagraph-so8yqq-0 dkCqjT body-paragraph\" style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212226; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 34.875px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"\u003EThere’s deep concern that the move has been driven by China.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Read on by clicking link below.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/11\/11\/fears-over-chinas-involvement-in-kiribatis-ditching-of-marine-reserve\/\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3427594667570854647\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=3427594667570854647","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3427594667570854647"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3427594667570854647"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/pn808-serious-concerns-kiribiti-to-open.html","title":"pn808. Serious Concerns: Kiribiti to open Phoenix Marine Reserve and Leave Pacific Islands Forum "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JvOdC0qhj0U\/YYy9ofLpjPI\/AAAAAAAAtas\/_DeJwVkzRnYWPzvURtQXx_YxLu8H4ReRACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Kiribati%2Bmap.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-1377329105463434711"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-10T16:06:00.006+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-10T16:58:35.632+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Covid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Disinformation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Misinformation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#rightwing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn807.  The Sharp Increase  in Misinformation  and Disinformation on Covid: the  threat to our social cohesion, freedom of expression, inclusion, and safety."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aI5UvOaMd-I\/YYs27_WraHI\/AAAAAAAAtak\/6J2tkCkjR-cM7UaYGHFNvqTlgqh2KJXiwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s663\/misinformation.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"391\" data-original-width=\"663\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aI5UvOaMd-I\/YYs27_WraHI\/AAAAAAAAtak\/6J2tkCkjR-cM7UaYGHFNvqTlgqh2KJXiwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w433-h256\/misinformation.JPG\" width=\"433\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThe 3000-odd protesters who blocked Wellington streets yesterday are\u003Cb\u003E but one sign of the spread of false information on Covid which has allowed a range of right-wing groups to attach their anti-Māori, anti-immigrant, pseudo-Christian,\u0026nbsp; anti-gay, anti-media and anti-Jacinda agenda banners to the anti-vaxx and so-called \"freedom\" movement.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince February 2020 a small interdisciplinary team, The Disinformation Project, has been observing and analysing open source, publicly available data related to Covid-19 mis- and disinformation on social media, mainstream media, and in physical and other digital forms of information and knowledge dissemination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 17 August 2021, when Aotearoa New Zealand’s Delta outbreak meant a shift into Alert Level 4 across the country, \u003Cb\u003Ethere has been a sharp increase in the popularity and intensity of Covid-19-specific disinformation and other forms of ‘dangerous speech’ and disinformation, related to far-right ideologies.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past twelve weeks, The Disinformation Project monitored this material, observing key trends and analysing impact. This brief working paper introduces some of our key findings so far on the infodemic – around engagement, content, reception to the Covid-19 vaccine, language, approaches employed, and targeted groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe working paper is eight pages long and won't take long to read, and a large section on the methodology used can be skimmed. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz\/2021\/11\/09\/mis-and-disinformation\/\"\u003EClick here \u003C\/a\u003Eto read the post and the working paper attachment.\u0026nbsp; For less patient readers, here are the conclusions:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EConclusions (my emphasis)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince the return to Alert Level 4 settings across the country on 17 August 2021, there has been a sharp increase in the popularity and intensity of Covid-19 specific disinformation and other forms of ‘dangerous speech’ and disinformation, related to far-right ideologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis intensification has included a number of \u003Cb\u003Ekey trends and observations:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;an \u003Cu\u003Eincrease of both posts and engagemen\u003C\/u\u003Et across an ecology of platforms;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ea\u003Cu\u003E shift in reception\u003C\/u\u003E to the Covid-19 vaccine from\u003Cu\u003E vaccine hesitancy to vaccine resistance;\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;the use of \u003Cu\u003Ememetic material and emotive testimonies;\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ethe \u003Cu\u003Eintensification of language,\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003Eand the normalisation of that intensification\u003C\/u\u003E;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ethe \u003Cu\u003Euse and abuse of Māori motifs and symbols by Pākehā mis- and disinformation spreaders\u003C\/u\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eand\u003Cu\u003E the targeting of minority groups and key public figures\u003C\/u\u003E, particularly those who belong to some intersection of identity.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe ecologies and spread of mis- and disinformation point to a broader threat: \u003Cu\u003Ethat Covid-19 and vaccination are being used as a kind of Trojan Horse for norm-setting and norm-entrenchment of far-right ideologies in Aotearoa New Zealand\u003C\/u\u003E.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuch ideologies include, but are not limited to:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eideas about \u003Cu\u003Egun control\u003C\/u\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eanti-Māori sentiment,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eanti-LGBTQIA+,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cu\u003Econservative ideals around family and family structure,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cu\u003Emisogyny, \u003C\/u\u003Eand\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eanti-immigration\u003C\/u\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMis- and disinformation and ‘dangerous speech’ pose a significant threat to social cohesion, freedom of expression, inclusion, and safety.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFootnote: \u003C\/b\u003EFortunately, most New Zealanders take no notice of the protestors. As of today, 89% of the 12+ population has received one dose of the vaccine and 79% are fully vaccinated.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;There were 147 new cases today (Auckland, Northland, Waikato), 81 are in hospital and 11 in ICU.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERelated. See\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/politics\/opinion\/126936813\/covid19-parliamentary-protest-of-those-who-feel-unheard-will-just-be-ignored\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1377329105463434711\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=1377329105463434711","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/1377329105463434711"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/1377329105463434711"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/pn807-sharp-increase-in-misinformation.html","title":"pn807.  The Sharp Increase  in Misinformation  and Disinformation on Covid: the  threat to our social cohesion, freedom of expression, inclusion, and safety."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aI5UvOaMd-I\/YYs27_WraHI\/AAAAAAAAtak\/6J2tkCkjR-cM7UaYGHFNvqTlgqh2KJXiwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w433-h256-c\/misinformation.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-4802982617235114881"},"published":{"$t":"2021-11-09T23:01:00.003+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-09T23:01:43.050+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# freedom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Covid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@ Gordon Campbell"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn806.  Gordon Campbell takes us a walk down \"freedom\" lane"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-06pgzc6daiI\/YYpGWCf21DI\/AAAAAAAAtac\/lNxbE-DukmQk2mAX6ZbCPekc8UAjNXO-wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s316\/Gordon%2Bcampbell.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"316\" data-original-width=\"189\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-06pgzc6daiI\/YYpGWCf21DI\/AAAAAAAAtac\/lNxbE-DukmQk2mAX6ZbCPekc8UAjNXO-wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/Gordon%2Bcampbell.JPG\" width=\"189\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EF\u003Cspan face=\"\u0026quot;Open Sans\u0026quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 17.5px;\"\u003Eree markets, free minds, free choices, Freedom Days. In recent years, has any notion in the English language been so overused and so abused as “freedom?”...............\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 17.5px;\"\u003EThink:\u0026nbsp; The golden rule is – or should be – that we are free to make personal choices, so long as the exercise of that choice does not do harm to other people.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 17.5px;\"\u003EThink:.\u0026nbsp; Strangely enough, the anti–vaxx champions of freedom appear more than willing to impose their beliefs (and the related risks) onto everyone else. To be consistent, they should be living as hermits and should never use the public health system ever again. Yet that’s not how they tend to roll.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 17.5px;\"\u003ETo read this informative and thoughtful article, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/werewolf.co.nz\/2021\/11\/gordon-campbell-on-the-calls-for-freedom-from-covid-restrictions\/\"\u003Eclick here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 17.5px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4802982617235114881\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=4802982617235114881","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/4802982617235114881"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/4802982617235114881"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/pn806-gordon-campbell-takes-us-walk.html","title":"pn806.  Gordon Campbell takes us a walk down \"freedom\" lane"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-06pgzc6daiI\/YYpGWCf21DI\/AAAAAAAAtac\/lNxbE-DukmQk2mAX6ZbCPekc8UAjNXO-wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Gordon%2Bcampbell.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-652012499131515555"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-29T12:50:00.001+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-29T13:00:56.260+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Covid"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn805.   More for Sir Russell and the anti-vacc, anti-lockdown know-alls.   Compare NZ Covid deaths per million with other countries"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BLyBp2WrUvw\/YXs1aXpW5xI\/AAAAAAAAtZE\/dGub8ZC4Hf01xMdisLya7t2vZ9a9zSDwwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s446\/covid%2Band%2Bnz%2B2.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"446\" data-original-width=\"344\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BLyBp2WrUvw\/YXs1aXpW5xI\/AAAAAAAAtZE\/dGub8ZC4Hf01xMdisLya7t2vZ9a9zSDwwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w372-h483\/covid%2Band%2Bnz%2B2.JPG\" width=\"372\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ENote also:\u0026nbsp; I think I've got these figures correct from something I read yesterday and now can't find. Unvaccinated people are 6 times more likely to be hospitalised than vaccinated people, and 30 times more likely to die.\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/652012499131515555\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=652012499131515555","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/652012499131515555"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/652012499131515555"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn805-more-for-sir-russell-and-anti.html","title":"pn805.   More for Sir Russell and the anti-vacc, anti-lockdown know-alls.   Compare NZ Covid deaths per million with other countries"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BLyBp2WrUvw\/YXs1aXpW5xI\/AAAAAAAAtZE\/dGub8ZC4Hf01xMdisLya7t2vZ9a9zSDwwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w372-h483-c\/covid%2Band%2Bnz%2B2.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-3401663993757955405"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-28T13:34:00.003+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-28T19:29:24.903+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# Covid"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn804.  Sir Russell Coutts makes a fool of himself, and the Anti-Lockdown Hikoi"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/27\/nz-accepting-lockdown-dictatorship-russell-coutts\/\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-i4MZLO-2reQ\/YXnq11DO-SI\/AAAAAAAAtY4\/-W1x0hJ2EyMGfFQ1Z0-9HN1vqAKFm-8nwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s376\/Coutts.PG.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"376\" data-original-width=\"287\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-i4MZLO-2reQ\/YXnq11DO-SI\/AAAAAAAAtY4\/-W1x0hJ2EyMGfFQ1Z0-9HN1vqAKFm-8nwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Coutts.PG.JPG\" width=\"244\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAnd I know a lot about boats.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/27\/nz-accepting-lockdown-dictatorship-russell-coutts\/\"\u003ESir Russell Coutts makes a fool of himself\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by saying \u003Cb\u003ENew Zealand’s “freedom of choice” is being “eroded” under lockdown\u0026nbsp; Covid-19 restrictions, while life in the rest of the world “has largely returned to normal\".\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe said this as\u0026nbsp; Europe's \"normal\" witnessed an increase in Covid-19 cases. Yesterday, Victoria recorded 1,923\u0026nbsp; cases and 25 people died, the highest daily death toll from the current outbreak. Yesterday, the UK had 263 and the USA 1,783 deaths.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Since the pandemic began, the UK has recorded 140,000 deaths, the USA 734,000, India 456,000, and Brazil 606,000.\u0026nbsp; These figures, Sir Russell, compare with 28 deaths in NZ, and none yesterday.\u0026nbsp; I suggest you keep to yachting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnti-Lockdown hikoi on its way.\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/27\/hikoi-protestors-remain-at-auckland-checkpoint\/\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/27\/hikoi-protestors-remain-at-auckland-checkpoint\/\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/a\u003EThe hīkoi, organised by the self-proclaimed movement the Sovereign Hīkoi of Truth [SHOT], started in Rotorua on Tuesday evening and protesters planned to make their way through Auckland and then on to Waitangi to \"assert their rights\" against the Government.\u0026nbsp; It is thought most of the protestors are also anti-vacc supporters.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C!--more--\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENgāpuhi were among those criticising the hikoi,\u0026nbsp; describing it as particularly dangerous to whānau living in Te Tai Tokerau.\u0026nbsp; Te Tai Tokerau Border Control spokesperson, Hone Harawira, told the protesters to march to Wellington, rather than come north.\u0026nbsp; It's likely they will receive a hostile welcome should they get to Te Tii Marae in Waitangi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERelated.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EAnti-vacc Kenyan doctor\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/world\/covid-19-coronavirus-doctor-dies-after-declaring-vaccine-unnecessary\/Z3LNYBRD4FPM4L5QTZIW36TFMA\/\"\u003E dies from the virus.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/300440059\/covid19-two-arrests-and-more-likely-at-antilockdown-hkoi\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3401663993757955405\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=3401663993757955405","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3401663993757955405"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/3401663993757955405"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn804-sir-russell-coutts-makes-fool-of.html","title":"pn804.  Sir Russell Coutts makes a fool of himself, and the Anti-Lockdown Hikoi"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-i4MZLO-2reQ\/YXnq11DO-SI\/AAAAAAAAtY4\/-W1x0hJ2EyMGfFQ1Z0-9HN1vqAKFm-8nwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Coutts.PG.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-5057163515855217099"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-28T12:47:00.004+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-11-07T12:10:41.397+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# Fiji"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# New Caledonia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# NZCID"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"# West Papua"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#China and the Pacific"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Pacific"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#PNG"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Vanuatu"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn803. Pacific Snippets: Fiji, West Papua, NZCID,  Vanuatu, New Caledonia,Covid in PNG and Fiji, China talks to PNG"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HkdxcBrYEgI\/YXnk5OqyslI\/AAAAAAAAtYw\/oKptm0DP1icWfkTzS-HbScQreTswbczUACLcBGAsYHQ\/s366\/Headhunting.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"220\" data-original-width=\"366\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HkdxcBrYEgI\/YXnk5OqyslI\/AAAAAAAAtYw\/oKptm0DP1icWfkTzS-HbScQreTswbczUACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Headhunting.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EF\u003C\/b\u003Eormer coup leader and PM Sitiveni \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/fijisun.com.fj\/2021\/10\/26\/rabuka-head-hunts-sodelpa-executives\/\"\u003ERabuka is headhunting \u003C\/a\u003ESODELPA leaders to join his People's Alliance party, and there are calls Viliame Govoka to stand down as SODELPA head. All such moves could weaken the Opposition as parties prepare for the 2022 elections.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/454356\/west-papuans-flee-from-conflict-into-remote-png-area\"\u003EAs fighting flares\u003C\/a\u003E between Indonesian and independence armed forces, West Papuans flee across the border in their thousands into Sepik, PNG.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENZ's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/454383\/shining-a-light-on-nz-s-aid-sector-and-its-relationship-with-the-pacific\"\u003ECouncil for International Development\u003C\/a\u003E's annual conference focussed on humanitarian aid and its relationship with the Pacific Islands. The Council is the national umbrella agency for New Zealand organisations working in international development. The conference's theme was 'New Ways to Work: Stronger Relationships and Resilience.' It wanted to shine a light on how New Zealand's aid sector has changed since Covid, with aid programmes and humanitarian responses more locally led.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EBriefs from RNZ Pacific News\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2b00fe;\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/454401\/in-brief-news-from-around-the-pacific\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVanuatu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll government Ministries are closed in Vila today as Covid threat looms and speculation mounts that the capital may soon go into lockdown. This comes after two Covid-19 cases were confirmed on arrival on a flight from New Caledonia. Radio Vanuatu reports that all 18 passengers on the flight were tested in Noumea and cleared before travel to Vanuatu, but the two cases were confirmed during normal border control testing on ardrival in Vila.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENew Caledonia referendum\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe French Overseas Territories Minister says the government is being vigilant about any risk of destabilisation around the upcoming independence referendum in New Caledonia. With the referendum only six weeks away, AFP reports interference from abroad as a potential risk to the referendum. It's the third and final in a series of self-determination referenda, with the previous two, in 2018 and 2020, producing narrow but decreasing majority votes for the status quo. With only 9,000 votes of difference between the yes and no votes in last year's referendum, interference or possible manipulation by foreign state actors could pose a significant threat.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVaccination campaign a struggle in rural PNG\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMistrust of vaccines is deep in PNG, where only around 2 percent of the population has been inoculated against Covid, while a Delta-fulled third wave of the pandemic is causing daily casualties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETerry Dap is one of a handful of policemen in West Sepik province's Telefomin district, covering 16,000 square kilometres, with a population of around 50,000.\"The health authorities are still struggling to get people to understand, to have them vaccinated. \"But they (the public) don't want to get jabbed because they say to the health authorities you have to come down and explain to us what are the effects after they've been vaccinated, what are the effects one year or two years onwards.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFiji's Covid-19 numbers continue downward trend\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere were 16 new cases of Covid-19 and no new deaths yesterday. Figures continue to track down from the peak of the Delta outbreak when new daily case numbers sometimes exceeded 1000 around three months ago.\u0026nbsp; Fiji's total number of cases since the outbreak began in April has just nudged past 52,000. So far in the pandemic, 673 deaths related to the virus have been reported. Some 96.3 percent of the target population - or 595,597 people - has had a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. and 86.9 percent are fully vaccinated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EXi talks to PNG's Marape\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChina's President Xi Jinping says his government stands ready to work with Papua New Guinea to build a shared future for China and Pacific Island nations. During a telephone conversation with PNG's Prime Minister James Marape, Xi noted that the country had important influence in the Pacific islands region. He said he would like the two countries to work together to deal with regional challenges such as climate change, while adhering to multilateralism, and safeguarding international equity and justice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere were promises of ongoing bilateral exchanges and cooperation in areas such as poverty reduction, resource protection and utilisation, and infrastructure development. The Chinese side said it was willing to continue to provide PNG with economic and technical assistance with no political conditions attached, as well as support for PNG in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5057163515855217099\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=5057163515855217099","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/5057163515855217099"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/5057163515855217099"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn803-pacific-snippets-fiji-west-papua.html","title":"pn803. Pacific Snippets: Fiji, West Papua, NZCID,  Vanuatu, New Caledonia,Covid in PNG and Fiji, China talks to PNG"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HkdxcBrYEgI\/YXnk5OqyslI\/AAAAAAAAtYw\/oKptm0DP1icWfkTzS-HbScQreTswbczUACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Headhunting.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-8738423141295459186"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-24T11:56:00.006+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-24T11:56:43.824+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Pacific"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn 802. China vows closer ties with Pacific Island countries"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: red; font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChina News Service\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"gmail_default\" face=\"verdana, sans-serif\"\u003E(ECNS)\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;- \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;22 Oct 21\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K0NqGMFfBHc\/YXSRQllPY5I\/AAAAAAAAtYU\/1wvtuoMYRqsTV3Xp-BFIJAjr1YR23952QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s825\/China%2BPIN%2Bmtg.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"426\" data-original-width=\"825\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K0NqGMFfBHc\/YXSRQllPY5I\/AAAAAAAAtYU\/1wvtuoMYRqsTV3Xp-BFIJAjr1YR23952QCLcBGAsYHQ\/w430-h222\/China%2BPIN%2Bmtg.JPG\" width=\"430\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EC\u003C\/b\u003Ehinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi chairs the first China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting held via video link on Oct. 21, 2021. (Xinhua\/Yan Yan)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that China is willing to work with Pacific Island countries for a\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Ecloser comprehensive strategic partnership.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWang made the remarks while chairing the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Efirst China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;via video link.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWang said the relations between China and Pacific Island countries have set a good example of friendly exchanges, solidarity and cooperation\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Ebetween countries of different regions, sizes and systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe called for further deepening policy communication, promoting mutual understanding and support on issues concerning\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Eeach other's core interests and major concerns\u003C\/span\u003E, and establishing a mechanism for regular foreign ministers' meetings between China and Pacific Island countries.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWang said that China will continue to provide vaccines and various anti epidemic materials to island countries,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Eestablish a China-Pacific Island Countries reserve of emergency supplies,\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;and inject additional capital into the fund which provides support to China and Pacific Island countries to fight against the pandemic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChina will continue providing economic and technical assistance to island countries with no political conditions attached, Wang said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA forum on fishery cooperation and development between China and Pacific Island countries will be held within the year, and a cooperation center on poverty reduction and development will be established to help the island countries accelerate their independent and sustainable development, he added.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn climate change cooperation, Wang said China has decided to establish\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Ea cooperation center for China and Pacific Island countries on climate change,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003Esupports the island countries' blue Pacific initiative, and will continue to fund the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChina calls for an open, transparent and responsible manner to prudently deal with the disposal of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, and the discharge shall not be started until an agreement is reached with all stakeholders, Wang said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe said China will also expand exchanges and cooperation with Pacific Island countries in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Efields of education, culture, health and sports.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWang noted that the nuclear submarine cooperation between the United States, Britain and Australia will bring nuclear proliferation risks, trigger an arms race, and undermine regional peace and stability.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChina is willing to work with the island countries to jointly\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Euphold the international non-proliferation regime\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as its cornerstone and the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EForeign ministers and representatives from Kiribati, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Samoa, as well as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, attended the meeting.**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERepresentatives of participating island countries expressed their gratitude to China for its long-term help and support, congratulated the Communist Party of China on its founding centenary and reaffirmed their firm adherence to the one-China principle.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey also expressed their willingness to support China's Global Development Initiative, deepen cooperation on the Belt and Road, and promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two sides to a new level.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; ---\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: georgia;\"\u003E** Not attending: Marshall Is., Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Tokelau and the French territories, New Caledonia, French Polynesia. -- ACW.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8738423141295459186\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=8738423141295459186","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/8738423141295459186"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/8738423141295459186"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn-802-china-vows-closer-ties-with.html","title":"pn 802. China vows closer ties with Pacific Island countries"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K0NqGMFfBHc\/YXSRQllPY5I\/AAAAAAAAtYU\/1wvtuoMYRqsTV3Xp-BFIJAjr1YR23952QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w430-h222-c\/China%2BPIN%2Bmtg.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-905903999052743093"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-21T16:07:00.007+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-21T16:09:19.191+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#National Party"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@ Judith Collins"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn801. National Party Covid-19 strategy, reopening plan"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RyRJmxxzJsY\/YXDZPJr1MqI\/AAAAAAAAtYE\/wWYn3IJSFzw1MPtZF7ZZJAcL_UI9E-p_gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s233\/Judith%2BCollins.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"202\" data-original-width=\"233\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RyRJmxxzJsY\/YXDZPJr1MqI\/AAAAAAAAtYE\/wWYn3IJSFzw1MPtZF7ZZJAcL_UI9E-p_gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/Judith%2BCollins.JPG\" width=\"233\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo read what the National Party's leader had to say,\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/19\/national-propose-100-dine-and-discover-voucher-tax-changes-in-economic-plan\/?utm_source=ST\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=ShareTrader+AM+Update+for+Thursday+21+October+2021\"\u003E Click here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read what the media had to say about their plan, click on the links below:\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ENational Party Covid-19 strategy, reopening plan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EMarc Daalder (Newsroom):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newsroom.co.nz\/nationals-reopening-date-isnt-rooted-in-science\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational’s reopening date isn’t rooted in science\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ERussell Palmer (RNZ):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/453921\/national-s-plan-risks-vulnerable-communities-critics-warn\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational's plan risks vulnerable communities, critics warn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EAmelia Wade (Newshub):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/politics\/2021\/10\/the-glaring-omission-from-national-s-covid-19-economic-plan.html\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003EThe glaring omission from National's COVID-19 economic plan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EZane Small (Newshub):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/politics\/2021\/10\/jacinda-ardern-greens-rip-into-national-s-covid-19-plan-as-judith-collins-pushes-for-freedom-day.html\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003EJacinda Ardern, Greens rip into National's COVID-19 plan as Judith Collins pushes for freedom day\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EStuff Editorial:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/politics\/opinion\/126737847\/taking-care-of-business--nationals-plan-has-shimmer-but-is-it-safe\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ETaking care of business - National's plan has shimmer but is it safe?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EThomas Coughlan (Herald):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/politics\/thomas-coughlan-national-gets-out-the-chequebook-but-does-it-have-the-cash\/MPZHDTQBLQ5BWMWDIARL2GE7IY\/\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational gets out the chequebook, but does it have the cash?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(paywalled)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ERahul Bhattarai (Herald):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/covid-19-delta-outbreak-businesses-optimistic-about-national-partys-covid-recovery-plan\/5YM4CANJF4ZXJ6TRTOP33VGMYU\/\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003EBusinesses optimistic about National Party's Covid recovery plan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(paywalled)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ECharlie Gates (Stuff):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/entertainment\/126740255\/covid19-events-sector-welcomes-national-proposal-for-pandemic-insurance\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003EEvents sector welcomes National proposal for pandemic insurance\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ERNZ:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/453883\/judith-collins-on-national-s-target-for-ending-lockdowns\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003EJudith Collins on National's target for ending lockdowns\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EAnna Whyte (1 News):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/19\/national-propose-100-dine-and-discover-voucher-tax-changes-in-economic-plan\/\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational propose $100 'dine and discover' voucher, tax changes in economic plan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ELuke Malpass and Thomas Manch (Stuff):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/health\/coronavirus\/126732463\/covid19-national-party-proposes-tax-cuts-wage-subsidy-boost-and-100-vouchers-for-the-vaccinated\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational Party proposes tax cuts, wage subsidy boost, and $100 vouchers for the vaccinated\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EGrant Bradley (Herald):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/covid-19-delta-outbreak-nationals-rescue-package-for-hospo-tourism-small-business\/6PYXJVQHYMP5IIMV6YEUW6PXYY\/\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational's rescue package for hospo, tourism, small business\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ERNZ:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/453886\/national-proposes-reopening-fully-vaccinated-businesses-in-back-in-business-plan\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational proposes reopening fully vaccinated businesses in 'back in business' plan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EZane Small (Newshub):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/politics\/2021\/10\/national-proposes-two-year-tax-cuts-for-workers-and-small-businesses.html\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003ENational proposes two-year tax cuts for workers and small businesses\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EBernard Hickey (The Kākā):\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thekaka.substack.com\/p\/dawn-chorus-national-eyes-30b-of\" style=\"background-color: linen; color: #922e15; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-size-adjust: 100%;\"\u003EDawn Chorus: National eyes $30b of spending cuts\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: linen; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(paywalled)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/905903999052743093\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=905903999052743093","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/905903999052743093"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/905903999052743093"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn801-national-party-covid-19-strategy.html","title":"pn801. National Party Covid-19 strategy, reopening plan"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RyRJmxxzJsY\/YXDZPJr1MqI\/AAAAAAAAtYE\/wWYn3IJSFzw1MPtZF7ZZJAcL_UI9E-p_gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Judith%2BCollins.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-7711519866976449289"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-21T13:00:00.003+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-21T13:00:57.523+13:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn800. NZ Snippets: a New Governor-General,  a New Health Authority, and a  New Free Trade Deal with the UK"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bq7jJhOZJsw\/YXCtF31YwFI\/AAAAAAAAtX8\/0VVFJpH1UXMwOCwY6MbsRJsSIfDBt1CVQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s353\/Dame%2BCindy%2BKiro.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"337\" data-original-width=\"353\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bq7jJhOZJsw\/YXCtF31YwFI\/AAAAAAAAtX8\/0VVFJpH1UXMwOCwY6MbsRJsSIfDBt1CVQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Dame%2BCindy%2BKiro.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: start;\"\u003EDame Alcyion Cynthia Kiro\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; text-align: start;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"noexcerpt nowraplinks\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.875px; text-align: start;\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dame_Grand_Companion_of_The_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit\" style=\"background: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: nowrap;\" title=\"Dame Grand Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit\"\u003EGNZM\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Companion_of_the_Queen%27s_Service_Order\" style=\"background: none; color: #faa700; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204); white-space: nowrap;\" title=\"\"\u003EQSO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ED\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eame Cindy Kiro was sworn in as New Zealand's newest Govenor-General this morning at Parliament, the first wahine Māori to hold the role. Speaking to a limited audience due to Covid restrictions, Dame Cindy pledged to reach people marginalised in New Zealand in her new role.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/20\/first-wahine-maori-dame-cindy-kiro-sworn-in-as-governor-general\/\"\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cindy_Kiro\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EO\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003En Wednesday, the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced in Parliament. The proposed law provides the framework for the creation of Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority, the two entities that are expected to replace the country’s current DHBs .\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHealth Minister Andrew Little says the country only has to look at disparities in the Covid-19 vaccination rollout to see that the current health system doesn’t work for Māori.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/20\/minister-covid-vaccine-disparities-evidence-health-system-not-working-for-maori\/\"\u003EClick here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EN\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eew Zealand and the United Kingdom have announced they've reached agreement on the terms of a free trade deal, which the Government estimates could be worth $1 billion to the New Zealand economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2021\/10\/20\/new-zealand-and-uk-agree-on-free-trade-deal\/\"\u003EClick here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. 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Aid and Development in Vava'u, Tonga"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Geographically the Kingdom of Tonga comprises three groups of coral and raised coral islands — Vava'u in the north, Ha'apai in the centre, and Tongatapu in the south — flanked by a number of small volcanic island to west, from Nuiafo'ou north of Vava'u to 'Ata far to the south of Tongatapu.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/storytag.:storyTag=newshub:tag-library___newshub-travel___destination-pacific.:offset=0.html\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ed1c24; display: inline-block; flex-direction: column; font-family: HelveticaNeueCondensedBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.43px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003EDESTINATION PACIFIC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"c-ArticleHeading\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ch1 class=\"c-ArticleHeading-title\" itemprop=\"headline\" style=\"border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 219, 220); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414042; font-family: ArimoBold, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.21429; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EAn experience like the Maldives': Tonga's Vava'u Airport to be upsized as part of $172m development\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h1\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"Grid-cell u-lg-width3of3\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414042; display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; width: 30px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"c-ArticleBody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414042; font-family: ArimoRegular, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.55556; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"image adaptiveimage parbase section\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\"c-ArticleFigure\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 626.655px;\"\u003E\u003Csmall style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uDu3Xs9Al5s\/YXClKxfOISI\/AAAAAAAAtXk\/URY8GiQr47UwzuMkXYEtgiNsuf3sUFtMQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s601\/1%2BNeiafu..JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"353\" data-original-width=\"601\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uDu3Xs9Al5s\/YXClKxfOISI\/AAAAAAAAtXk\/URY8GiQr47UwzuMkXYEtgiNsuf3sUFtMQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w650-h383\/1%2BNeiafu..JPG\" width=\"650\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThis is a very different Neiafu than I remember from the 1960s. ACW\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfigcaption class=\"c-ArticleFigure-caption\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #a7a9ac; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.42857; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan face=\"ArimoBold, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #414042; font-size: 1.125rem;\"\u003ETonga's Vava'u Airport is to be upgraded and have its runway lengthened as part of a NZ$172 million project intended to ensure the airport has capacity for direct international flights once global travel resumes.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"text parbase section\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"c-ArticleBody\" data-emptytext=\"Text\" data-text-id=\"body\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.55556; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EThe new development will allow Kiwi tourists to fly direct to Tonga's main tourism hub Vava'u for the first time as well as expanding trade access for a wider range of goods and services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003ENew Zealand is Tonga's largest tourism market, making up 42 percent of visitor numbers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EAotearoa is also a key export market for Tonga with two-way trade between the countries valued at NZ$240 million per annum.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"image adaptiveimage parbase section\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZxTSj-3tkPI\/YXClyfRslyI\/AAAAAAAAtXs\/c2UTnnXLrwIojKyoUmnlQ3T7e3GLi6qIwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s592\/1%2BVava%2527u%2Bairport.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"337\" data-original-width=\"592\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZxTSj-3tkPI\/YXClyfRslyI\/AAAAAAAAtXs\/c2UTnnXLrwIojKyoUmnlQ3T7e3GLi6qIwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w636-h362\/1%2BVava%2527u%2Bairport.JPG\" width=\"636\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\"c-ArticleFigure\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 626.655px;\"\u003E\u003Csmall style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cfigcaption class=\"c-ArticleFigure-caption\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #a7a9ac; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.42857; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EDiagram showing airport extensions. Photo credit: Raw Mana\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"text parbase section\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"c-ArticleBody\" data-emptytext=\"Text\" data-text-id=\"text_453495153\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.55556; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EThe project will see Vava'u International Airport's existing building replaced with a proposed new 8000sqm terminal and cargo facility along with an extended runway capable of accommodating long-range aircraft.\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EInvestors hoped the new 2700m extended runway will allow for direct access from destinations including New Zealand and extending to Australia, the US, UAE and Asian markets such as Japan and China.\u003Cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003EThe airport currently services seasonal flights from Nadi\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\"\u003EIt's not just Kiwi travellers who may benefit from the new airport either.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\"Talks are currently underway with New Zealand architects, along with those in other markets, around the design of the new airport which will also provide opportunities for specialist skilled labour,\" a spokesperson for construction company Raw Mana said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2098598717759428338\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=2098598717759428338","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/2098598717759428338"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/2098598717759428338"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn799-aid-and-development-in-vavau-tonga.html","title":"pn799. Aid and Development in Vava'u, Tonga"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uDu3Xs9Al5s\/YXClKxfOISI\/AAAAAAAAtXk\/URY8GiQr47UwzuMkXYEtgiNsuf3sUFtMQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-w650-h383-c\/1%2BNeiafu..JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-1720350254436652301"},"published":{"$t":"2021-10-18T12:52:00.002+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-21T20:14:05.559+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#MMP"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#NZ Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Bryce Edwards"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Henry Cooke"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn798.  MMP after 25 Years.  Where Now?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MJVg6IJL5fI\/YWy0ZDs8CiI\/AAAAAAAAtXE\/_x-QabIB6pQzPrgy5BWzK4K8XjnmAgeuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s350\/MMPJPG.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"277\" data-original-width=\"350\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MJVg6IJL5fI\/YWy0ZDs8CiI\/AAAAAAAAtXE\/_x-QabIB6pQzPrgy5BWzK4K8XjnmAgeuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/MMPJPG.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EClick on the lin\u003C\/b\u003Ek.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; Bryce Edwards\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#inbox\/FMfcgzGlkPbggRNSDLxNKNvbPwhNJLrP\"\u003Esummarises\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a four-part series by Henry Cooke on MMP, with links to the Cooke articles provided.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the overall opinion on MMP is\u0026nbsp; that it is a big improvement on the old First Past the Post elections we once had, major MMP shortcomings include the ongoing dominance of the two major parties, and their centralist positions, with Labour going to the right and National to the left to capture the 'middle' votes. The result? Governments have been afraid to seriously tackle major issues such as housing, poverty and climate change for fear of losing 'middle' voters.\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E________________________________________________________________\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #222222;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"The most important critique of MMP raised in Cooke’s article is that the current electoral system has led to timid governments that don’t deal with intractable and difficult problems. Our governments are now centrist and disinclined towards any boldness or radicalism.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003E__________________________________________________\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the present Government committed to review the parliamentary system, Cooke's fourth article on where we go from here is especially important.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1720350254436652301\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=1720350254436652301","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/1720350254436652301"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/1720350254436652301"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/pn798-mmp-after-25-years-where-now.html","title":"pn798.  MMP after 25 Years.  Where Now?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MJVg6IJL5fI\/YWy0ZDs8CiI\/AAAAAAAAtXE\/_x-QabIB6pQzPrgy5BWzK4K8XjnmAgeuQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/MMPJPG.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-7458524957630794452"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-25T11:00:00.003+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-10-01T19:01:50.376+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Fiji inequality"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Fiji Poltics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Fiji races"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn797. The HIES Survey Report and Weaknesses in Mean Averages. The AG should have waited. UPDATED"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;A follow-on from pn796.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EUPDATE\u0026nbsp;https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/452689\/survey-honest-snapshot-of-fiji-s-poverty-position-says-sacked-statistician\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IhCC7ixRI_s\/YU1QqqRQHPI\/AAAAAAAAtVE\/kOeavvidqQ4HFvYReVexQwbQ2dZx13VtwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s470\/arithmetric%2Bmean.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"446\" data-original-width=\"470\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IhCC7ixRI_s\/YU1QqqRQHPI\/AAAAAAAAtVE\/kOeavvidqQ4HFvYReVexQwbQ2dZx13VtwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/arithmetric%2Bmean.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EWhile the arithmetic mean is often used to report central tendencies, \u003Cb\u003Eit is not a robust statistic,\u003C\/b\u003E meaning that it is greatly influenced by outliers (values that are very much larger or smaller than most of the values).\u003Cb\u003E For skewed distributions, such as the distribution of income for which a few people's incomes are substantially greater than most people's, the arithmetic mean may not coincide with one's notion of \"middle\", and robust statistics, such as the median, may provide better description of central tendency.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003E-- Wikipedia\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fiji Bureau of Statistics 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey confirms 29.9%of Fijians, or about 258,000 individuals in 45,724 households, lived under the Basic Needs Poverty Line of $41.91 per adult equivalent per week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis means that three out of ten Fijians were living in poverty in 2019-2020, with rural poverty still much higher than urban poverty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Bureau of Statistics, 160,450 people in rural areas are living in absolute poverty while 97,602 people in urban areas are living in absolute poverty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe bureau says poverty was higher in rural areas standing at 41.5% than urban areas at 20.4%, with 62.2% of the poor living in rural areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on the bureau’s poverty estimates and distribution, 192,977 iTaukei, 58,933 Indo Fijians and 6,143 from the others population makeup are living in absolute poverty. This means the iTaukei made up 74.8%\u0026nbsp; of those people living in absolute poverty, Indo Fijians made up 22.8% while other communities made up 2.4%. It has also been revealed that 134,060 males and 123,992 females were living in absolute poverty when the survey was conducted from February 2019 to February last year:.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EComment\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his analysis of the 1990-1 HIES by economic demographer Dennis Ahlburg (see my Fiji: an Encyclopaedia, 2006, section 15.1) noted that \"Contrary to the popular view, most income inequality in Fiji was not between Fijians and Indo-Fijians or between urban and rural areas. Most inequality existed within groups\u0026nbsp; .... The average income differences between ethnic groups were due mainly to differences in urban-rural residence, involvement in formal paid employment, and household size.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy 1979 thesis on urban squatters in Fiji most showed ethnic Fijian households were better off than Indo-Fijian because of their larger households -- and more income earners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is a pity the Bureau of Statistics does not have the resources for a full analysis of the HIES. Their budget was cut 40% this year.\u0026nbsp; Had resources and skills permitted I suspect the further analysis would have confirmed Ahlburg's earlier finding ... \u003Cb\u003Ewith less embarrassment for the AG.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Reliance on mean averages alone can be most misleading.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E--\u0026nbsp; ACW\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7458524957630794452\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=7458524957630794452","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/7458524957630794452"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/7458524957630794452"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/pn797-hies-survey-report-and-weaknesses.html","title":"pn797. The HIES Survey Report and Weaknesses in Mean Averages. The AG should have waited. UPDATED"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-IhCC7ixRI_s\/YU1QqqRQHPI\/AAAAAAAAtVE\/kOeavvidqQ4HFvYReVexQwbQ2dZx13VtwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/arithmetric%2Bmean.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-22352539974215837"},"published":{"$t":"2021-09-24T16:01:00.003+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-09-25T10:43:00.971+12:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#Fiji inequality\n#Fiji races"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"@Kenueli Naiqama."}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"pn796.  Fiji Government's Massive Over-reaction to publication of ethnicity data in HIES survey"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NPKQ53LC21k\/YU1LKODyc2I\/AAAAAAAAtU8\/HnCOaCe1VMc4Ec_btwFd7zmXZ48BVLfoACLcBGAsYHQ\/s454\/Kemueli%2BNaiqamaJPG.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"454\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NPKQ53LC21k\/YU1LKODyc2I\/AAAAAAAAtU8\/HnCOaCe1VMc4Ec_btwFd7zmXZ48BVLfoACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Kemueli%2BNaiqamaJPG.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe dismissed CEO\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EW\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eho would have thought that the publication of the results of a Household Income and Expenditure Survey would result in the dismissal of the CEO of the Bureau of Statistics and an outcry by opposition political parties, trade unions and NGOs?\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut this is exactly what has happened.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Minister of Economy and Attorney-General \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fijivillage.com\/indepth\/2021-2020-Household-Income-and-Expenditure-Survey-Report-r5x4f8\/  \"\u003EAiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has dismissed CEO Kemueli Naiqama,\u003C\/a\u003E allegedly for using shakey sampling methods and then releasing income data which, among other things, showed differences in poverty levels by race\/ethnicity.' (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fbcnews.com.fj\/news\/ministry-confirms-termination-of-naiqama\/\"\u003EConfirmation of dismissal.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne has to ask whether it was a concern about the methodology,\u0026nbsp; the mention of race, or the findings which could be seen to reflect poorly on government that was his major concern. The AG is no statistician but he is certainly a powerful and very prickly politician.\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMention or publication of anything to do with race has been a \"no-no\" and\u0026nbsp; \"do not mention\" since the Bainimarama government assumed power in 2006. The intention was understandable as an aid to nation-building when the political situation was fragile, but ten years on Fiji has made progress in suppressing extreme iTaukei ethno-nationalism and advancing economic participation by iTaukei.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday,\u0026nbsp; having a national identity should not mean a nation having to hide the ethnicities within the nation which, unfortunately, the Bainimarama government has continued to do to the extent that it is not even mentioned in national censuses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeing an Indo-Fijian or Māori Kiwi makes one no more or no less a Fijian or New Zealander.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHiding ethnicity is counter-productive. Māori and iTaukei health issues, for example,\u0026nbsp; differ from the overall population, as do other social problems, debt levels, unemployment, education levels, and so on. See NFP leader Biman Prasad's\u0026nbsp; 2019 comments \"Calling us all Fijians does not magically make us all the same. Data on ethnicity is universally accepted as a vital tool for development. It does not need to be divisive which seems to be the irrational fear that AG has.\"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/comprehensive-damning-nfp-comments-on.html#more\"\u003E Click here. \u003C\/a\u003EThe dismissal of Kemueli Naiqama is an overreaction that reflects poorly on the Fiji First government.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor his part the dismissed \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/fijilive.com\/news\/2021\/09\/consult-a-data-expert-naiqama-tells-govt\/74988.Fijilive\"\u003ENaiqama says\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Government needs to consult a data expert to understand the statistics in the survey. He says he has discharged his responsibility as a trained statistician to the best of his ability \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fijivillage.com\/feature\/I-have-discharged-my-responsibility-as-a-trained-statistician-to-the-best-of-my-ability-without-fear-or-favour-and-as-a-neutral-civil-servant--Kemueli-Naiqama-45xrf8\/\"\u003Ewithout fear or favour\u003C\/a\u003E. \"We cannot pick up on one or two variables like race and religion separately from other issues, and think that one is addressing or dealing with poverty,” he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;“We have to embrace all contributing variables of poverty and collectively allow all stakeholders whether its government, private sectors or religious bodies to identify their thematic areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E“All Government, private sectors, non-profit organisations or religious bodies needed to provide necessary budgetary allocation and intervention programmes to reduce poverty,” he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe said this way everyone will be working towards for the country to achieve its sustainable development goal one which is no poverty.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry called the sacking of the CEO of Fiji Bureau of Stats is disgraceful, shameful and unethical.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESODELPA Leader, Viliame Gavoka says to hear that the Fiji Bureau of Statistics CEO, Kemueli Naiqama, was unceremoniously dismissed and escorted off premises for the poverty report in Fiji, says a lot about the type of democracy we have in Fiji.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENational Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says the termination of Fiji Bureau and Statistics CEO Kemueli Naiqama’s contract shows the dictatorial and military-style operation by the government.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.fijivillage.com\/indepth\/2021-2020-Household-Income-and-Expenditure-Survey-Report-r5x4f8\/\u0026nbsp; Ali\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator and member of the Fiji CSO Alliance, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fijivillage.com\/indepth\/2021-2020-Household-Income-and-Expenditure-Survey-Report-r5x4f8\/ \"\u003EShamima Ali is calling on the Prime Minister t\u003C\/a\u003Eo immediately sack Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum because at end of the day, the actions of his ministers, good or bad, is a direct reflection on the Prime Minister’s leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the sacking of the CEO of Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Ali says it would be even better if the Minister of many portfolios does the right thing and resigns for the good of Fiji.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E===\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EYour opinions are important. Please comment on this posting.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/feeds\/22352539974215837\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4727226025187579533\u0026postID=22352539974215837","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/22352539974215837"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4727226025187579533\/posts\/default\/22352539974215837"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crosbiew.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/pn796-fiji-governments-massive-over.html","title":"pn796.  Fiji Government's Massive Over-reaction to publication of ethnicity data in HIES survey"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Crosbie Walsh"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02541276600232884176"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NPKQ53LC21k\/YU1LKODyc2I\/AAAAAAAAtU8\/HnCOaCe1VMc4Ec_btwFd7zmXZ48BVLfoACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Kemueli%2BNaiqamaJPG.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});