At The UN: Paris Climate Agreement Moves Closer To Entry Into Force

Gordon Campbell: On Our Posturing At The UN

In New York, Key basically took an old May 2 Washington Post article written by Barack Obama, recycled it back to the Americans, and still scored headlines here at home… We’ve had a double serving of this kind of comfort food. More>>

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• NZ Govt - PM urges UNSC to address Syria crisis - PM: Statement to the United Nations Security Council - PM addresses United Nations General Assembly - John Key: New Zealand General Debate Statement - PM reinforces TPP benefits in New York - McCully to New York for Security Council Presidency
• NZ United Nations Security Council - McCully: Threats to International Peace and Security - Aviation - Media Stakeout following meeting on Aviation Security
• United Nations - Sec-Gen Remarks to the Security Council on the Situation in Syria - Secretary-General Address to the General Assembly
• Greens - Syrian families need resettlement, not rhetoric
• ICRC - Syria: Attack on humanitarian convoy is attack on humanity
• UNICEF - Attack on humanitarian convoy in Aleppo
• Amnesty International Aotearoa NZ - John Key must press for Syria action while at UN
• Auckland Palestine Human Rights Campign - Will Key condemn Israel's settlement construction

Treaty Settlements: Bills Delayed As NZ First Pulls Support

Ngāruahine, Te Atiawa and Taranaki are reeling today as they learnt that the third and final readings of each Iwi’s Historical Treaty Settlement Bills scheduled for this Friday, have been put in jeopardy by the actions of NZ First. More>>

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• NZ Govt - Winston Peters creating chaos - NZ First lets down iwi and the regions
• Maori Party - Māori Party: “Justice delayed for iwi, is justice denied”
• NZ First - Common Sense Reply to Gerry’s Latest Rant - Fox, Brownlee, Finlayson – Unsightly Trio of Drama Queens - Hysterical Behaviour From Ministers Over Treaty Bills

Gordon Campbell: On The Damage De-Regulation Is Doing To Fisheries And Education, Plus Kate Tempest

Our faith in the benign workings of the market – and of the light-handed regulation that goes with it – has had a body count. Back in 1992, the free market friendly Health Safety and Employment Act gutted the labour inspectorate and turned forestry, mining and other workplace sites into death traps, long before the Pike River disaster. More>>

Half Full: Fonterra Raises Forecast Payout As Global Supply Shrinks

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the dairy processor which will announce annual earnings tomorrow, hiked its forecast payout to farmers by 50 cents per kilogram of milk solids as global supply continues to decline, helping prop up dairy prices. More>>

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• Fonterra - Fonterra Increases Forecast Farmgate Milk Price for 2016/17
• NZ First - Dairy Industry Continues to Struggle Thanks To Govt Policy

Results:

• BusinessDesk - Fonterra full-year profit rises 65%
• Fonterra - Fonterra 2015/16 Annual Results Show Stronger Returns
• Fonterra Shareholders Council - Strong 2015/16 Profit Result for Fonterra

Meat Trade: Silver Fern Farms Gets Green Light For Shanghai Maling Deal

The government has given the green light for China's Shanghai Maling Aquarius to acquire half of Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand's biggest meat company, with ministers satisfied it will deliver "substantial and identifiable benefit". More>>

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• NZ Govt - Ministers approve overseas investment in Silver Fern Farms
• Labour - Silver Ferns Farms decision a tragedy
• Silver Fern Farms - Overseas Investment Office's approval welcomed
• NZ First - Sale to China of Silver Fern Farms a Reward for Deceit
• ACT - Ignore Winston’s paranoia over Silver Fern Farms sale
• Federated Farmers - Feds Says Shanghai Maling Decision Sensible For New Zealand

Binoy Kampmark: Kevin Rudd’s Failed UN Secretary General Bid

Few sights are sadder in international diplomacy than seeing an aging figure desperate for honours. In a desperate effort to net them, he scurries around, cultivating, prodding, wishing to be noted. Finally, such an honour is netted, in all likelihood just to shut that overly keen individual up. More>>

Open Source / Open Society: The Scoop Foundation - An Open Model For NZ Media

Access to accurate, relevant and timely information is a crucial aspect of an open and transparent society. However, in our digital society information is in a state of flux with every aspect of its creation, delivery and consumption undergoing profound redefinition... More>>

Keeping Out The Vote: Gordon Campbell On The US Elections

I’ll focus here on just two ways that dis-enfranchisement is currently occurring in the US: (a) by the rigging of the boundary lines for voter districts and (b) by demanding elaborate photo IDs before people are allowed to cast their vote. More>>

Ramzy Baroud: Being Black Palestinian - Solidarity As A Welcome Pathology

It should come as no surprise that the loudest international solidarity that accompanied the continued spate of the killing of Black Americans comes from Palestine; that books have already been written and published by Palestinians about the plight of their Black brethren. In fact, that solidarity is mutual. More>>

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• Binoy Kampmark - Violence, Police Authority and Black Lives Matter
• Permanent Mission of NZ to the UN - New Zealand UNSC Middle East Statement

Gordon Campbell: On Bidding Bye Bye To Boris

Boris Johnson’s exit from the contest for Conservative Party leadership supports the conspiracy theory that he never really expected the “Leave” option to win the referendum – and he has no intention now of picking up the poisoned chalice that managing the outcome will entail... More>>

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• BusinessDesk - NZ dollar hits 3-year high vs. British pound - While you were sleeping: Carney signals stimulus
• 451 Research - Brexit fear casts shadow
• Peter Drew - Life After Brexit

Mexico: Violence And Repression Of Teachers

The member organizations of Network for Peace express our indignation over the acts of repression that the Mexican State has carried out, through the police forces... In Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca, the conflict has resulted in murders of teachers and civilians as well as hundreds of wounded and dozens of people arrested. More>>

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• SIPAZ - Repression of teachers in Oaxaca
• Civil Society of Oaxaca - Humanitarian alert - armed attack of State against civilians
• Zapatista Army of National Liberation - Joint Communique on police attack in Oaxaca

Gordon Campbell: On Britain's Pleas For Mercy

So… Boris Johnson is promising that he won't be holding a snap general election, if he's chosen as the next UK Conservative Party leader. Reportedly, he is even making that promise a feature of his leadership campaign, since a vote for Boris would therefore mean (wink wink) that his colleagues wouldn't have to risk their jobs and face the wrath of the British public until 2020. More>>

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• Ramzy Baroud - Searching for a ‘Responsible Adult’: 'Is Brexit Good for Israel?'
• BusinessDesk - NZ dollar gains as Brexit-induced volatility eases - NZ dollar takes a breather after bout of Brexit volatility - While you were sleeping: Stocks, pound rebound
• NZ First - Beyond Brexit
• NZ Bankers' Association - Banks remain stable against Brexit uncertainty
• Federated Farmers - Address to FFNZ National Council - Dr William Rolleston
• Out-Link - Toby & Toby: Boris Johnson's post-Brexit Britain | Radio NZ
• Out-Link - Geoffrey Palmer on The Spinoff: The political elites foisted a new system on ordinary Brits...

New Zealand Improv Festival: The Festival Of Moments To Return To The Capital

The eighth incarnation of the New Zealand Improv Festival comes to BATS Theatre this 4-8 October , with a stellar line-up of spontaneous theatre and instant comedy performed and directed by top improvisors from around New Zealand and the world. More>>

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• NZ Improv Festival - New Zealand Improv Festival presents NZIF Masterclass - Four teams enter. One team leaves.

CDF Tim Keating: NZ Somme Centenary

"Our generals also knew what to expect, and they built that knowledge into their planning. Each of the four set-piece attacks was fought with a single brigade, with the expectation that the brigade would be used up. A fresh brigade would then be brought up to conduct the next set-piece..." More>>

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• Image Alastair Thompson, taken at the dawn service at Longueval 15th Sept. More Photos
• NZ Defence Force - Auckland Cadet Honouring Family at Somme - Finding Family at the Somme - Reserve Soldier Representing NZDF at Somme Centenary - CDF Announces Somme Centenary Details in France - Final Preparations for Somme Centenary in France
• NZ Govt - Talented young Māori rise to The Challenge - Prince of Wales to attend NZ Somme centenary commemorations - National Commemoration to remember war in France - Minister to attend Somme commemorations
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - New Zealand’s sacrifice on the Somme
• Massey University - Remembering NZ soldiers killed in Battle of Somme
• WW100 - Valuable insights into WW1 showcased at Pukeahu
• British High Commission - Battle of the Somme – Free centenary screenings
• Nga Taonga Sound and Vision - 1916 documentary screens for NZ's Western Front centenary
• Wellington City Council - Commemorative sculpture Victory Medal
• Dunedin Symphony Orchestra - Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Gallipoli to the Somme’
• Thames Coromandel District Council - On anniversary of Somme battle, 2,300 trees planted