Bridie Witton
Political Reporter at Stuff.co.nz
@NZStuff senior political reporter, get in touch: [email protected]
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stuff.co.nz | Amber Schultz |Matthew Brown |Bridie Witton |Poppy Clark
A kea injured by a lead bullet in Ligar Bay earlier this year is responding well to treatment four months after it was found limping by a Kea Conservation Trust worker. The young male bird was discovered in February within the Golden Bay area before being caught, flown to Wellington by Golden Bay Air and driven by a Department of Conservation (DOC) staffer to Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Wildbase Hospital in Manawatū.
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2 days ago |
stuff.co.nz | Bridie Witton
David Seymour suggested 'bots' drove 'fake submissions'Dame Anne Salmond likens social media posts by Acting Prime Minister David Seymour — in which he accuses her and three other academics of “derangement syndrome” and calls them a “victim of the day” — to being put in the stocks, a medieval form of public shaming. “You’re inviting citizens to come and chuck rocks at people, basically, right? And that’s exactly what they do online,” she said.
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3 days ago |
stuff.co.nz | Bridie Witton
National infrastructure announcementForget bullet trains or a Tokyo-style skyline, New Zealand’s long-awaited national infrastructure blueprint offers a pragmatic vision of the country’s future. A key concern raised in the draft 30-year plan, released by the Infrastructure Commission, is around value for money.
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stuff.co.nz | Glenn McConnell |Bridie Witton
Winston Peters calls Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris a 'dickhead'NZ First leader Winston Peters had a hot-mic moment in Parliament on Wednesday, and was captured remarking "not like you, dickhead" to Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris. It is not clear what Ferris said to him, but it was during questioning by Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson on fishing practices. Ferris later stood up and alerted the House that Peters had done so.
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3 days ago |
stuff.co.nz | Bridie Witton
David Seymour suggested 'bots' drove 'fake submissions'The deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says he is “being a bit playful” with social media posts which label scholars opposing his party’s Regulatory Standards Bill as having a “derangement syndrome” - and that he could instead call them liars.
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