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The Christchurch Call was born. For the first time, a commitment not only between countries but also global tech giants. To date, 55 countries, 10 tech companies and two international organisations are signed up. Over the weekend all of them met virtually to talk about next steps. Screengrab/Stuff Today The Detail's Jessie Chiang speaks to Newsroom's political editor Jo Moir who was in Paris in 2019 when the pledge was first launched. "There was a lot of optimism about what could be achieved ... we'd never seen anything like that before, it was quite impressive," she says. But just las...

Yesterdaze: Rabbits aren't our only pests Newsroom 6 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. Rabbits aren't the only designated pests we can't quite eradicate in this country. James Elliott looks at why we can't shed Colin Craig from the news cycle, and why we can't seem to get Trevor Mallard under control. It’s been a huge news week. Tuesday (May the fourth …) was Star Wars Day, yesterday was International No Diet Day, and today is World Pa...

The Detail podcast Sharon Brettkelly looks at the political and practical reaction to what has been announced. “I was expecting something completely different,” admits Dr Richard Edlin, health economist in the School of Population Health at Auckland University. He says it’s likely many of the same people currently running health services will still be involved in the new system – after all, they are the ones who know what’s going on. “You don’t want to entirely blow up the system,” he says. “We’ve been down that road before and it didn’t end particularly well.” A...

Political Roundup: National has bigger problems than its leadership 20 Apr, 2021 02:33 AM 12 minutes to read National leader Judith Collins during her caucus reshuffle announcement at Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell ANALYSIS: Speculation about the National Party's leadership has died down, after a fortnight of rumours and overt positioning by supposed challengers to Judith Collins. She lives on as leader for a bit longer, and Christopher Luxon and Simon Bridges have been put in their place. National now desperately needs to focus on the more substantial issues in rebuilding their party as a...

Peters legal fight against tigers and Russian dolls Newsroom 3 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom It was a day in court that shot former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters back into the Wellington spotlight on Tuesday. It’s one of few public appearances since his New Zealand First party failed to return to Parliament six months ago, writes political editor Jo Moir. Immaculately dressed in suit, tie and pocket square, Winston Peters was back on familiar ground strolling into the Court of Appeal, just a stone’s throw away from Parliament and his former Beehive office. In the lunchbreak he...