Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 3/4/24

NZ Govt welcomes the lifting of an injunction (to protect the Maui dolphin) which banned some fish imports into the USA

The lifting of a temporary ban on some New Zealand fish exports to the United States was hailed by two New Zealand ministers as a win for commonsense.

Sea Shepherd spokesperson Michael Lawry, on the other hand, told RNZ “politics and power” had won over science.

Point of Order: What will the new New Europe look like?

When so many changes happen at once, it’s hard to pick out the significant ones, let alone untangle the causation.

But Poland’s goal of becoming the strongest military power in Europe might be up there. The government plans to double the army in size and is pushing defence spending up to 4% of a rapidly-growing GDP. This also predates Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.