Articles by Max Salmon, New Zealand Initiative
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Opinion
Sandra Faulkner: Rising stronger from the cyclone
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 3:25PMAs farmers, we love what we do and we're privileged to enjoy a life working on the land. On a good day, when you're out...
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ZB Plus - Guest Opinions
Wayne Langford: Rural advocacy is a team sport
Friday, 2 February 2024, 1:40PMWe’ve all seen rugby sides overflowing with individual stars that somehow can’t come together as a team. Despite all their...
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ZB Plus - Guest Opinions
Michael Johnston: The battle for free speech rages on
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 12:00PMThe Ardern Government was New Zealand’s most censorious in living memory. Following Brenton Tarrant’s murderous rampage through...
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National
Stolen unicorn sculpture returned one year later
Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 11:16AMA year after a unicorn sculpture was stolen from an iconic house on Nelson’s Rocks Rd, it has been returned, albeit “a bit...
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ZB Plus - Guest Opinions
Max Salmon: New Zealand’s fiscal constraints
Monday, 27 November 2023, 2:26PMThe incoming government has been entrenched in drawn-out coalition negotiations. Across the table from National Party leader...
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Opinion
Michael Johnston: Abolishing NCEA science
Friday, 10 November 2023, 9:56AMEvery NCEA Level 1 assessment unit – the achievement standards – will be replaced from next year. The new standards were...
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ZB Plus - Guest Opinions
Michael Johnston: Briefing for the incoming Education Minister; The teaching profession is in crisis
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 9:52AMNew Zealand’s teachers are operating under a lot of pressure. Our schools face an acute shortage of teaching staff, especially...
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Business
Elon Musk issues cryptocurrency warning
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 11:11AMDogecoin-booster Elon Musk warned investors to be wary of cryptocurrencies ahead of his Saturday Night Live debut this weekend. “Cryptocurrency...
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Lifestyle
Trump says US won't pay for Sussexes security if they move there
Monday, 30 March 2020, 4:50PMPresident Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States would not pay to protect Prince Harry and his wife Meghan if they...
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Lifestyle
Sussexes hit back: Queen does not own word 'Royal'
Sunday, 23 February 2020, 9:38AMPrince Harry and his wife Meghan will not be using the word "Royal" for their new venture, but a less visible part of their...
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Entertainment
Former Love Island UK host found dead in London apartment
Sunday, 16 February 2020, 10:48AMCaroline Flack, the former host of the hit British reality show "Love Island," has died, her family confirmed Saturday. Flack,...
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National
WorkSafe refuses to investigate after woman crushed by tree stump
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 4:49PMBy Max Towle of RNZ A Tasman woman who was almost killed when a giant tree stump dropped onto her truck is stunned that WorkSafe...
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Lifestyle
HRH no longer: Harry, Meghan drop titles as part of independent move
Sunday, 19 January 2020, 9:15AMThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use the titles His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step...
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Lifestyle
Prince William launches prize to combat climate change
Thursday, 2 January 2020, 12:59PMPrince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will launch an environmental prize aimed at dispelling pessimism over the climate...
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Lifestyle
Baby Archie to be christened this weekend in private ceremony
Monday, 1 July 2019, 12:31PMThe infant son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - will be christened Saturday, July 6,...
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National
PM on CNN: Leaping to NZ's defence on sexism claims
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 9:41AMPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended New Zealand after CNN's Christiane Amanpour said she was amazed at the "incredible...
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National
PM Jacinda Ardern on Today Show in New York
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 5:14AMPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appeared on NBCs Today show in New York, saying the difficulties of parenting had been...
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National
PM in New York: Ardern rejects Trump's call for war on drugs
Monday, 24 September 2018, 11:12AMPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will not join the countries that are signing up for a war against drugs that...
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National
Leopard seal shot dead on Northland beach
Saturday, 28 July 2018, 4:05PMThe Department of Conservation is investigating after a beachgoer found a protected leopard seal shot in the head. Shane...
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National
Man jailed for brutal murder over $800 car
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 9:04AMA Hamilton man who, with his son, brutally attacked and murdered Brent Brown so he could steal his $800 Ford Fairmont for...
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World
Why investigators insist the MH370 crash was an accident
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 9:58AMA despondent Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, troubled over the end of his marriage or some other unbearable sadness, was the...
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National
'They need to be able to have a life': Mother's plea after farmer son's death
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 7:09AMLast month Gail Harris spent a night with her sons watching movies, cooking dinner, and listening to them play video games...
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World
Indonesia rocked by 6.5 magnitude earthquake
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 8:13AMA strong 6.5 earthquake has rocked Indonesia's main island of Java, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings in the...
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Crime
New footage released in quarry attack case
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 3:13PMPolice have released new footage of a car that could hold the key to identifying a man who viciously beat a woman at a West...