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Yvette

• New Zealand First has announced plans to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal within its first 100 days if re-elected.
The party announced on Saturday it would replace the tribunal with a temporary commission to complete all historical claims prior to 2008 …

• In early September the ACT Party announced it wanted to complete all outstanding historical Treaty of Waitangi settlements, then wind up the Waitangi Tribunal …
Under the policy, all remaining historical Treaty claims would be completed, while the Waitangi Tribunal’s contemporary jurisdiction would end.
“ACT supports completing full and final historical Treaty settlements as a pragmatic way to resolve past injustices. … That work should be finished properly,” Seymour said.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361038702/nz-first-pledges-100-day-plan-abolish-waitangi-tribunal

As National appears dependent on coalition partners to form a Government, is Christopher Luxon obliged to state National’s position on the future (or not) of the Waitangi Tribunal?
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September 27, 2026 8:08am
- Gravelroad
  
  How likely is it that any party would get this through as part of a coalition deal?
  The ensuing emotional backlash and hysteria would disrupt the major party’s ambition for governing the country for years.
  
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  September 27, 2026 8:47am
artemisia

A few days ago a Dunedin man was reported to have lost half a mill in a romance scam.

The link below warns that romance scams are becoming ubiquitous. Good idea to keep an eye on relatives and mates who might be susceptible.

Dating apps are supposed to help you find a match, but a newly uncovered network of apps has been setting up users with machines and charging them virtual coins to keep the conversation going. In a report released earlier this month, Anthropic says it identified more than 20 apps that advertised authentic romantic connections, while filling feeds with more than 4,700 AI-generated personas. About three-quarters of these profiles were powered by Claude, the company’s own AI.

Not a romance scam but my elderly neighbour was talked into a $120 monthly subscription by a charity door knocker. A few months later she asked me about payments from her bank account to a payee she didn’t recognise or remember. Looked legit but she had no idea she had signed up and didn’t really agree with the organisation’s aims anyway.

https://money.com/ai-powered-dating-apps-romance-scams/
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