This week on The Hoon for paying subscribers at 5pm, co-host PeterBale and I talk with Helen Clark , Robert Patman and Ngāti Toa Ceo Helmut Modlik about Gaza, Aukus II, Geo-politics and the Fast-track Approvals Bill. open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/p/…

On fb. Attributed to Banksy

Paywall now lifted: Energy Minister Simeon Brown said there were no low power supply notices issued under the previous National government, but that's because the system was only introduced in 2019. Transpower has taken the blame for the error.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/15/tra…

I wrote about the casual “deport them all” rhetoric from Trump et al. It exaggerates how many people would be affected while downplaying how mind-bogglingly drastic, complicated and harmful it would nonetheless be. Gift link:
wapo.st/44GkxQd

Shocking Women In Global Health news. What happ to Dr. Roopa Dhatt?!

New leadership just held a mess of a call to inform the massive WGH community. Chapters are livid.

Lack of transparency is futile—for the org & the movement.

Demanding answers from #WomeninGH Board.

womeningh.org/leadership-tra…

The NZ Law Commissioners: Hon. Justice Grant Hammond, Dr Warren Young, Emeritus Professor John Burrows QC, George Tanner QC and Professor Geoff McLay recommended in 2011 that NZ repeal the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.

We agree with them!
Joe Boden 🇺🇲🇳🇿

Some folk recently have been claiming that AUKUS is not about China. Well, the fellow who launched AUKUS begs to differ:
“There was a welcome level of comfort about AUKUS in our discussion,” Mr Morrison told The Australian Financial Review.
“I discussed how the AUKUS agreement

Charter schools - we’ve abolished them once and we’ll do it again.

Charter schools are an ideological experiment that isn’t supported by evidence. Labour has abolished the charter school model before and we will do it again. As we did last time, we will consider what happens to any existing charter schools on a case by case basis.

Good interview with high school principal Claire Amos on charter schools:

'With the right Board behind you a state school can absolutely engage in the level of innovation that David Seymour touts as the reason for wanting charter schools in the system.'

I highly recommend this Jacob L. Shapiro interview with Dale Copeland: How to Avoid a U.S.-China War

Dr. Copeland is also a great follow, known for his long-form, thoughtful posts from his perspective of historically-informed 'Dynamic Realism'.

player.captivate.fm/episode/898bc8…

Do you agree with Hon. Helen Clark that community engagement can contribute significantly to disaster and natural resource management?

To watch the full video, click here: youtu.be/nyUoAdSDFqk?si…

#HFF2024 #HimalayanFutureForum

Thanks ⁦The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP)⁩ ⁦Helen Clark⁩ Ruth Dreifuss for this The Lancet article, showcasing the advances of the last CND and Colombia’s work building a coalition for change./ The 67th UN CND—upholding human rights in drug policy - The Lancetn thelancet.com/journals/lance…

That money could've been used to support disability and inclusion; don't tell us there's no money for neurodiverse and disabled learners when you're spending millions to exclude learners (charter schools don't have to be inclusive)

What Labour should be saying this second time around is: “Our record is clear: we will shut them all on day one and this time there will be no compensation or redress.
You want to get into the Charter School business? We will make your shareholders lose $ with prejudice.”
#nzpol

Statement from the Political Bureau of the Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste #FLNKS (the main independence coalition in #NewCaledonia ), calling for calm, removal of roadblocks and end to riots in Noumea.