Fatal 2018 Crash: Police Officer Should Not Have Engaged In Pursuit

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a Police officer should not have tried to stop or pursue a car thought to contain young people in Palmerston North on 28 May 2018. More>>

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• NZ Police - IPCA report into fatal fleeing driver crash

New Poverty Targets: Goals Overlook 174000 Children In Worst Poverty

Child Poverty Action Group is pleased to see the Government set ambitious 10-year targets for child poverty reduction, but we are disappointed not to see a target set for improving thousands of young lives where the worst of poverty is found. More>>

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• NZ Govt - Targets set to help break the cycle of child poverty
• National - PM breaks another commitment on early intervention

Study: Guidelines Needed To Avoid Risks In Government AI

New Zealand is a world leader in government algorithm use – but measures are needed to guard against their dangers. This is the conclusion of a New Zealand Law Foundation-funded report from the University of Otago’s Artificial Intelligence and Law in New Zealand Project. More>>

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• Science Media Centre - Deepfake and the law - Expert Reaction

Robertson Speech: Budget Sees Wider Debt Target

"New Zealand is well positioned to face this instability and uncertainty, but we are not immune from its impacts. Growth rates are set to be lower than we have seen in recent years..." More>>

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• BusinessDesk - BUDGET 2019: NZ debt target to be more flexible from 2022
• National - Robertson concedes defeat on budget rules

Commerce Commission: Spark Warned Of Broadband Price Rise

The warning follows an investigation into representations Spark made on its website and in emails in August and September 2018, notifying in-contract customers receiving its copper-based broadband service of its decision to increase the price by $5 a month. More>>

Law Commission: Resist Rushing To New “Deepfake” Law

Artificial intelligence techniques can create massive volumes of fake audio, images and video that is incredibly convincing and near-impossible to detect... While it is tempting to respond with new law, the study finds that the long list of current legislation covering the issues may be sufficient. More>>

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• Science Media Centre - Deepfake and the law - Expert Reaction
• Image Out-Link - Fake Malcolm Turnbull: How hard is it to make a convincing deepfake video? - ABC News

Resignation Of Metiria Turei: Were Journalists 'just Doing Their Job'?

In our research we examined the role of journalism in animating the Turei controversy and the different perceptions of professional journalists and online commentators sympathetic to Turei’s left politics. ... More>>

Gordon Campbell: On The Extradition Of Julian Assange

It isn’t necessary to like Julian Assange to think that his extradition to the US (on the charge of aiding and abetting Chelsea Manning) would be a major injustice... More>>

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• Binoy Kampmark - Julian Assange as Neuroses - The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange - Shredding Asylum: The Arrest of Julian Assange - Terms of Asylum and Distraction: Moreno’s Assange Problem - Grand Jury Efforts: Jailing Chelsea Manning
• Caitlin Johnstone - How You Can Be Certain The Charge Against Assange Is a Fraud
• David Swanson - 10 Reasons Assange Should Walk Free
• United States Department of Justice - WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy
• Committee to Protect Journalists - CPJ troubled by prosecution of Julian Assange
• Caitlin Johnstone - The Prosecution Of Assange Is Infinitely Bigger Than Assange
• Media Lens - Assange Arrest : 'So Now He's Our Property'
• Robert J. Burrowes - Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth

Gordon Campbell: Islamic State Meets The Searchers

The histories of the European children forcibly recruited into Native American tribal life during the 19th century do remind us of just how difficult the social re-integration of the children of ISIS is likely to be. More>>

Gordon Campbell: On Collective Punishment In Venezuela

Yemen, Venezuela, Iran, Gaza… beyond the particulars of their suffering, each of these countries currently share one thing in common: their ordinary citizens are being subjected to collective punishment, in order to bring about regime change. More>>

Widely Ignored Report: 40,000 Dead Venezuelans Under US Sanctions

A new report on April 25 by a respected think tank has estimated that US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in August 2017 have caused around 40,000 deaths... Additional sanctions imposed in January 2019 are likely to lead to tens of thousands of further deaths. More>>

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• Caitlin Johnstone - Trump Has Murdered Over 40,000 Venezuelans With Sanctions
• Image Out-Link - Venezuela Lost 20 Billion Dollars due to Foreign Sanctions | periodico26.cu

Gordon Campbell: On The Left-Wing Victory In Spain

Portugal and Spain continue to be striking exceptions to the rise of rightwing populism in Europe, a fact that’s commonly explained by the relatively recent experience both countries have had of living under fascist regimes. (Franco in Spain, and Salazar in Portugal.)

That horrific past still seems very much alive in the minds of voters... More>>

Don't Miss The 2019 Jazz Gala Tour

Featuring renowned US rock drummer Gregg Bissonette, vocalist Glenn Walters, and UK trumpet Star Louis Dowdeswell in concert with the Rodger Fox Big Band. More>>

Tuia - Encounters 250: Te Papa Acquires Rare Painting Of Cook's Voyage

Te Papa announced today it has purchased William Hodges’ Waterfall in Dusky Bay with Maori Canoe for New Zealand’s national art collection. More>>

Resene Eighth Annual Architecture & Design Film Festival

This year’s line-up will showcase the most acclaimed and current films in architecture and design, including documentaries on this century’s finest architects, super stars in the design field and movements for environmental change. More>>

Ockhams: ‘Urgently Relevant’ Novel Wins NZ’s Richest Literary Award

Dame Fiona Kidman has won this year’s $53,000 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her novel, This Mortal Boy, a work described by the judges as ‘moving, memorable, authentic and urgently relevant to our times.’ More>>

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• Otago University Press - Top prize for Hudson & Halls book

Comedy Festival: The Comedy Festival Is On

Binge on almost a full month of comedic delights, as the NZ International Comedy Festival runs from 2-26/5 in Auckland and Wellington. More>>

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• Urzila Carlson announces new Auckland date
• Ed Byrne fires up the millennials
• Kiwis To Be Bitten By Josh Wolf's Comedy For First Time
• Steve Martin & Martin Short Announce Show