Andrew Geddis

Government forges ahead with foreshore and seabed law That's despite a Supreme Court ruling last year that appeared to undercut the rationale for the change.

I think this government secretly loves hikoi and wants to see an even bigger one than in ‘24 …

Unfortunately, those of us still involved in the teaching business don't have that luxury so ... 🤷‍♀️

Schools abandon take-home assignments after artificial intelligence used to cheat Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education says the risk of AI misuse has contributed to a change in NCEA level one externals from 2025.

Unfortunately, I don't think we can have an "is internal assessment better than exams?" discussion without talking about AI. I agree that in-class, time pressure exams are pretty shitty at assessing a lot of stuff. But at least we know it is assessing the student, not some algorithm.

Applications for this close in a week so I'm re-upping this thread. Click through it and if the position/place sounds like you, then throw in your hat! We'd love to meet and see if we're a fit.

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Luxon's repeated "we're turning a corner" rhetoric was triggering something long suppressed in my brain and then it all came flooding back ... poor parenting practices meant that this got screened to my daughter WAY too many times ... should be "Righting ... Rightaroo!" to be fully accurate, I guess

It’s a brave choice for a candidate to describe themselves as a “wolf” that seeks to “dismantle obstacles” in order to grab “the sheep”. I am intrigued and wish to subscribe to his newsletter…

Is John Key kicking round AoNZ at present or is he living his best USA life? Be good to check in with him how his notional Trump vote is holding up …

We’ll shave bits off Lee Vandervis and spread him around a variety of different towns and cities …

I do worry what is going to happen once postal voting becomes too unreliable and so people can’t sit at their table at home to work through ranking 26 (much less 50+) candidates …

Oh, believe me, we would LOVE to export some of these 50-odd Dunedinites!!!

New Zealand hit with 15% Trump trade tariff The White House had originally said New Zealand goods would face a 10 percent levy.

Phew! Good thing we did that whole cringe ceremony with the sketchy-looking FBI guy where we pledged our allegiance to an anti-China pact. Mad the US real friendly towards us …

Why the FBI is ‘prioritising’ opening a new base in Wellington FBI director Kash Patel confirmed the US would be establishing a FBI base in Wellington to combat the influence of China in the Pacific.

Bizarre handling of this announcement.

1) US initially refused to confirm Patel as was here.
2) The Police Minister wouldn’t confirm the new FBI base in Wellington, despite Patel announcing it.
3) Patel said the base would combat CCP power. NZ quite about that.

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"Your honour, it’s the vibe of it. It’s the Bill of Rights Act. It’s Fitzgerald. It’s justice. It’s law. It’s the vibe and ah, no that’s it. It’s the vibe. I rest my case.”

Labour could block Govt's census changes With the opposition opposed to 'complete abolition of the census', the coalition may be forced to the negotiating table to get its reforms across the line.

Labour should only agree to these changes if the Coalition dumps their “no enrol and vote on the same day” proposals … time to play some fucking smash mouth football.

Definitely NOT a dropkick who ought to have their vote discounted. Nope. Not a dropkick at all!!!

No irony at all in the Bill saying that if you are late enrolling, you don't get to vote ... but if you're late saying that this move breaches the NZBORA guarantees then that's all fine, no problem there, deadlines are simply a state-of-mind maaaaan.

Note also that the Attorney-General Judith Collins decided to get around to notifying the House of the Electoral Amendment Bill's NZBORA inconsistency today ... despite the legislation clearly saying this has to happen when the Bill first is introduced (i.e. last Thursday).

Oh well yes that sucks. Note also that the govt is requiring the select committee to report back in 4 months rather than the usual 6. So much for fulsome scrutiny of a rights infringing change to our fundamental democratic processes 😤

Voting reforms, prisoner bans and enrolment changes - What you need to know about the Electoral Amendment Bill Explainer - Angry scenes are playing out in Parliament as voting rights are debated. Here's what the new bill proposes,

Reckons, once again, ranted ...

(Also - coverage like this is why RNZ news still is so good. Mad props, as the kids said some 35-40 years ago.)

With @strictlyobiter.bsky.social appointed to act as official commentator-in-chief on developments as they occur ...

I do too! But that's not the ... cheeriest of tracks!!!

(Great for post-breakup trauma-wallowing, though. Apparently. Not that I'd know from experience or anything.)

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Here you go, Eddie! Feel better!!!

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Here you go, Eddie. Feel better!!!!

Hello, I’m a lawyer in a TV drama. I will be in court arguing the full merits of a client’s case the day after first meeting them without having had to file any submissions or engaging in the discovery process. Also, I will then sleep with the judge.

Good things came to those who waited ... 13 degrees eventually!

It is satire 😆

Oh yes very good …

Attorney-General rules her own Govt’s voting crackdown breaches human rights The young and Māori, Pasifika and Asian communities will pay the 'heaviest price' by being disenfranchised, warns Judith Collins, KC. Jonathan Milne reports.

Would have been great if this could have been part of the discussion of this proposal when announced last Thursday but somehow it got left out of the Government’s comms 🤔

Coming off the top rope with a highly controversial take …

A bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup

I admit that even I sometimes find this a bit too much and so have to add sour cream to take the edge off ...