"[ACC] now accepts Mr Buxton has a moderate-to-severe brain injury. But says it's still coded as "mild or other" in its internal system, due to 'coding limitations'. Mr Buxton says this impacts the care he receives, and he wants it fixed."
Fair enough too, this is literally "computer says no"! It's so many levels of unacceptable I just don't have the words.
Won't somebody rid us of these turbulent offshore-hosted proprietary systems?
Chris #Luxon is very good at not answering any questions. It’s not up to the #US and #Israel to determine if the strikes on #Iran are a breach of international law. It’s up to the international community, including NZ, to determine if their very thin justifications under Article 51 stack up.
The NZ Prime Minister should be able to take a stand, either one way or the other. Not being blown around in the wind of the breath of whichever interviewer is asking him questions at the time.
"David Seymour, deputy prime minister and leader of coalition partner ACT, expressed concern on Tuesday intensification would upset people in his electorate of Epsom, the country's wealthiest, because high-rise buildings might end up 'looking into everyone's backyards and their swing sets and their pools'."
#MorningReport, 2026
This tells you everything you need to know about Rimmer's priorities.
"The coalition government is exploring the potential sale of its stake in the telecommunications lines company Chorus after investing in the rollout of ultrafast broadband."
#MorningReport, 2025
Good to see Peters has found his spine again for long enough to attack selling off chunks of essential infrastructure as the clueless nonsense it is. But I bet the Greens' criticism is a bit more fact-based. "Failed to fix the economy fast enough" my arse.
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Nicola Willis on #MorningReport doesn’t know what to say when she can’t blame Labour for something
"... the teaching the use of AI is really different from teaching how AI works. They're quite different subjects really
... how AI works is a classic STEM subject and we certainly need in our country people who know how to do that ... the use of AI is a much broader one ... it's an interdisciplinary subject ... I'm not sure whether it fits in one course ..."
#AlistairKnott, Professor of AI, Victoria University, 2025
Kiwi students will soon be learning more about AI in the classroom, potentially as a specialist subject in year 13. It's part of a major curriculum shake-up which the Education Minister says will better prepare students for the future workforce. Professor of AI at Victoria University, Alistair Knott spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
waking up at 6:15 in the morning for no reason is fun. i think i'll go ride my bike and bum a smoke off someone or something.
"Mayors sign letter opposing changes to Māori wards"
Go NZ mayors!
"A Hawke's Bay mayor says the government's proposed changes to Māori wards are racist, because councils can create other wards without requiring a referendum."
This is a good example of how networked activity by local government politicians can serve as a decentralised upper house.
"But what is being lost [at DOC]... is science capacity, it's policy capacity, it's resource management space - that's losing heaps of people - and it's in line with the government's directive that we're going to prioritise short term economic goals over environment and sustainability. But in a time of biodiversity crisis I think this is seriously worrying."
#JoMonks, lecturer in ecology, University of Otago, 2024
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