Новости за 09.01.2016

Tags: General Debate

Marc Champion of Bloomberg writes: Germany is reeling from the news, hidden for several days because of its political sensitivity, that as many as 90 women were sexually assaulted by a crowd of young men of Middle Eastern appearance outside Cologne’s majestic Cathedral on New Year’s Eve. This is, as the local police chief put […]

News from VUW A $15,000 scholarship awarded to Victoria University of Wellington student Abigail Sharrock will support her quest to develop a new form of cancer treatment. Abigail, a PhD student in Victoria’s School of Biological Sciences, is one of four students around New Zealand awarded a 2015 Earle Scholarship in Technology. Administered by Universities […]

News from Bikesport NZ It was the perfect start to the 2016 New Zealand Superbike Championships season for Wellington’s Sloan Frost this weekend. Fresh from winning the Formula One class in the three-round pre-national Suzuki Series, which wrapped up on the streets of Whanganui on Boxing Day, Frost managed to kick on from that career […]

The Premier of Taiwan writes: I extend sincere congratulations to New Zealand for its role in the complex 12-nation negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement concluded in October. I would also like to take this occasion to reiterate Taiwan’s interest in joining the trade bloc. … The two countries already have strong foundations in […]

Stuff reports: Parker said it was a lack of proper regulation, rather than over-regulation, that had historically been a problem in New Zealand with issues like leaky homes and a decline in freshwater quality. David Parker doesn’t think we have too much regulation in New Zealand. I wonder if he has got around to getting […]

"Helen Kelly is fighting for the rights of others to the very end," reads a comment under Life and Death and Cannabis, the trade union leader's new post at The Standard. And yes, she really is.
Kelly is taking cannabis oil to help manage the pain associated with terminal cancer. She knows she is in breach of the criminal law – and she knows she is not alone. She also knows she has the ability to speak frankly about it where others may not:

The Economist reports: Until the 1960s boys spent longer and went further in school than girls, and were more likely to graduate from university. Now, across the rich world and in a growing number of poor countries, the balance has tilted the other way. Policymakers who once fretted about girls’ lack of confidence in science […]