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iMP

A Tory gets excoriated by a middle-aged woman on BBC1. Awesome.

http://conzervative.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/how-to-shred-a-tory
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March 21, 2013 8:01am
stigie

Will the greens demand an enquiry into the Shearer debacle ?
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March 21, 2013 8:05am
Pete George

Should David Shearer reveal more about his US bank account?

No, he is under no obligation to say any more.
Yes, it may be necessary to save his poitical career.

He may have genuinely mentally parked the account and has just suddenly realised his mistake as he has said. It would be unfair to expect him to do more than other MPs are required to do. But like ain’t always fair, especially political life. His career may swing on what he does now.

Shoukld Shearer reveal more?
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March 21, 2013 8:16am
Manolo

The difference in eloquence between Captain Mumblefuck and Silent T is amazing.
How could the socialists choose as leader a mumbling, halting no-hoper is a mystery.
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March 21, 2013 8:21am
wreck1080

The other day, Tony Alexander said Asians are not pushing up house prices in Auckland.

Then, how does this reconcile with the NZ Herald story…

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10872573

“The real estate agency that sold 11 Kipling Ave says the price is unheard of for a piece of land its size which was not being purchased for the house sitting on it.

The property went for more than double its valuation of $1.18 million.
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The winning bidder, a Chinese developer, plans to subdivide the section and build two standalone townhouses to sell.

One sale does not mean it is representative of what is going on though.

So….

“Epsom really has become the country’s largest Asian community,” Mr Marshall said.

“We used to talk about Howick being the old Asian community, now it’s Epsom.”

Really, when stories like this come out, it is hard not to think Asians are pushing up the prices in Auckland.
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March 21, 2013 8:21am
Judith

A whole new kind of vulnerability.

Is South Korea likely to be the only target of this type of attack, or could it reach much further, perhaps even here?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10872628
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March 21, 2013 8:29am
Manolo

How will the whorish Dunne defend his beloved quango? Any comments, P.G.?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8452367/Auditors-to-probe-agencys-spendup

What is Labour lite waiting for? The Dunne-brainchild and useless organisation should be disbanded.
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March 21, 2013 8:30am
flipper

Good news for Tom Clancy fans.

His latest book, “Threat Vector” is out this week in UofA.
It deals with China, military, cyber and more.
It is described by Fox’s Obama disciple, Bob Beckel, as “brilliant”.
Amazon, here I come!
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March 21, 2013 8:37am
duggledog

Wreck, I’m just trying to think of a country which has become undisciplined, over-extended, focused on unimportant issues, internally divided and defenceless with no real allies, but with excellent resources, that hasn’t been taken over or supplanted by another population(s).

Nope – can’t think any right now.

Labour / Greens coalition should finish the job off nicely
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March 21, 2013 8:38am
Pete George

I don’t know anything about it Manolo, apart from what is in that article. It looks like a new manager is changing a bit of culture there, looking at better use of money. That seems like a good thing to me so I don’t know what your problem is.
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March 21, 2013 8:39am
Judith

Morning flipper,

I ordered it through the Book Depository – their prices seem a little better and free postage.

http://www.bookdepository.com/Threat-Vector-General-Tom-Clancy/9780399160455
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March 21, 2013 8:41am
Pete George

duggledog – remoteness is our best ally, but even that didn’t save the indigenous population being taken over a century or two ago.
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March 21, 2013 8:43am
Griff

Susan Devoy on Waitangi Day
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/dame-susan-devoy/1261032/

The reality is that most New Zealanders either couldn’t care less or are frustrated that what should be a day of national celebration is marred by political shenanigans.

Not much different from the political posturing at Ratana the previous week.

The drum beat from the tribal ones is quite amusing
http://tumeke.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/susan-devoy-ashamed-to-be-new-zealander.html

So does this stereotypical (and essentially redneck) reaction to Waitangi Day and her limited – or non-existent – understanding of the Maori perspective qualify her to be Race Relations Commissioner.

Any assumption that a person’s behavior would be influenced by their racial categorization is racist.
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March 21, 2013 8:44am
peterwn

The Cyprus situation has hightened focus on whether NZ bank depositors could take a ‘haircut’. The Reserve Bank wants banks to put ‘haircut’ facilities in their systems, which the banks do not really want to do. The Greens, Winston, etc are all leaping up and down about it wanting the Government to guarantee banks, which John Key will not do. Interestingly the Cyprus Government guaranteed its banks, but this has not saved depositors from facing a ‘haircut’ demanded by EU financiers. Cyprus Government is resisting the move with the possible consequence that depositors will by default take a haircut of Yul Brynner portions instead of a ‘short back and sides’.

Same could apply in NZ, although the banks and opponents are probably reckoning that the absence of a ‘haircut’ mechanism effectively forces the Government to guarantee banks, despite there being no formal guarantee scheme.

Anyway Russell Norman of the Greens is actually proposing that savers (depositors and fixed interest investors) take a continuing ‘haircut’ anyway since ‘quantative easing’ (aka printing money) is all about applying ‘haircuts’ to such savers. No wonder many people prefer to invest in ‘bricks and mortar’ much to the despair of Bernard Hickey, fund managers, politicians, etc..
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March 21, 2013 8:47am
flipper

‘morning Judith…
AND .. thanks..
.just had a look at BD and will try them instead.
KBO
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March 21, 2013 8:52am
RRM

Heartwarming to see in the paper that Malala Whatshername started school in England today.

I know the media loves to milk a good heartstrings / tear-jerker story… but still…

She got shot in the head by the Taliban, and survived. That’s pretty fucking lucky, but it’s pretty fucking tough too. Go her.
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March 21, 2013 8:53am
Judith

Griff (4,511) Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 8:44 am
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Its just another “inappropriate and crony appointment” – seems to be very much in Ms Collins style. However, to be fair, I think such appointments are typical of all parliaments, and not something exclusive to the current.

Susan Devoy is the wrong person for this job for very many reasons – lack of experience and past evidence of poor judgement just two of them. Make her Commissioner of anything Sporty – no problem, but this one is just way beyond her – it will end in tears.
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March 21, 2013 8:53am
duggledog

Pete George – remoteness? Not any more. China Airlines now flying regularly to New Zealand.
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March 21, 2013 8:54am
RRM

manolo –

Is there anything in life that makes you happy?

I mean outside of politics?

You seem to be more or less defined/limited by your hatred of the left… take it easy chap! 😉
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March 21, 2013 8:55am
flipper

Interesting NZ Herald poll out this morning.

It illustrates how volatile the support is between all the current minor parties – AND how far out of touch the MSM is as they continue their pet crusades.

It now seems clear that the great unwashed have brains that work without MSM prompting, that they can (well, some) read, hear see and assimilate, correctly, all the nasty events in other nations, and conclude that, well, all things considered, maybe we are not as bad as some suggest.

Bear in mind that the latest “brain fade” incident has to be factored, similarly the IMF report. The latter, however, I expect to have little impact with the masses. I doubt that it will even penetrate the thick MSM skulls.

The bad news is that J. Key et al may be lulled into a false sense of security with 18 months until the 2014 GE is held. Over-confidence, Messrs W. Eagleson and S. Joyce, has upset many high flyers.

Hire wire acts are fraught with danger!
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March 21, 2013 9:12am
wat dabney

“Really, when stories like this come out, it is hard not to think Asians are pushing up the prices in Auckland.”

South Auckland could do with a few more Asians – a lot more actually – to bring back decency and the work ethic.
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March 21, 2013 9:16am
wreck1080

@watdabney:::

Well, good people who ‘used’ to be able to afford central suburbs are being pushed further out…

But, I wouldn’t say South Aucklanders have no decency or work ethic (I’m originally from Sth Auckland).
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March 21, 2013 9:23am
publicwatchdog

Good moaning Kiwibloggers!

🙂

Auckland Mayoral candidate Penny Bright says Auckland Council and CCOs are ‘infested with corrupt corporate cockroaches’, serving the interests of the 1%.
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Today, Thursday 21 March 2013, at 10am, the Governing Body of Auckland Council is meeting at the Auckland Town Hall to discuss the following ‘Notice of Motion’ from Councillor Sandra Coney:

‘That the Governing Body:

a) Cancel its membership of the Property Council of New Zealand to avoid any
perception of bias by the public in the Auckland Council’s decision-making. ‘

http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/meetings_agendas/governing_body/Pages/home.aspx
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WHO exactly is running Auckland Council – and in WHOSE interests?

At the launch of the ‘draft’ Unitary Plan, on Friday 15 March 2013, I asked three, very hard questions.

1) Why did all the ‘growth’ have to come to Auckland?
Why was there not a ‘national growth strategy’, and who was benefiting from all this Auckland growth apart from property developers, speculators and overseas investors?

(Nobody directly answered this question.)

2) Where was the publicly-available ‘Register of Interest’ – not just for elected representatives, but for senior Council and CCO staff responsible for property and procurement, in order to minimise untoward ‘conflicts of interest’?

(Nobody directly answered this question.)

3) I asked Mr Martin Udale to please disclose his background and current interests.

(Mr Martin Udale did NOT disclose that he was a member of the NZ Property Council.)
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In my considered opinion, the herd of mammoth elephants in the room, that is NOT being discussed, is the role of the unelected, ‘Business Roundtable on steroids’ – the Committee for Auckland, in the effective ownership, operation and management of the Auckland region, by big business and property developers – FOR big business and property developers.

SOME FACTS AND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESE ALLEGATIONS:

Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay gives property developers the ‘heads up’ for the upcoming Auckland Unitary Plan, at the New Zealand Property Council ‘Residential Property Conference’, held at Sky City, Wednesday 24 October 2013:

http://www.propertynz.co.nz/files/Events/Residential%20Conference%20Web%20Programme.pdf

Check out for yourself – the ‘key players’ and their connections…..

WHO IS ON THE UNELECTED COMMITTEE FOR AUCKLAND?

http://www.committeeforauckland.co.nz/membership/member-organisations

DID YOU KNOW THIS?

Doug McKay
Chief Executive Officer, Auckland Council

Doug has an extensive background in leading large organisations in both New Zealand and Australia. This includes senior roles with Carter Holt Harvey, Lion Nathan and Goodman Fielder. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer at Sealord and CEO and Executive Chairman of Independent Liquor.

Doug is currently an External Director of NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Non-executive Director of Griffin’s Foods and he is also a Board member for the Tamaki Transformation Project.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

The video record of my submission on the Auckland Council Annual Plan, 20 March 2013.

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/8fd97809d6959468cc5eccc5bbac59bd/video/161155821

EVIDENCE of the influence on Auckland Council by the unelected ‘Business Roundtable on steroids’ – the Committee for Auckland, and EVIDENCE proving how the ‘books’ are NOT open, and we don’t know exactly where ratepayer monies are being spent in the Auckland region.

http://www.occupyaucklandvsaucklandcouncilappeal.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/OCCUPY-AUCKLAND-APPEAL-APPLICATION-BY-APPELLANT-BRIGHT-TO-ADDUCE-NEW-EVIDENCE-pdf.pdf

New Zealand is perceived to be the ‘least corrupt country in the world’ (along with Denmark and Finland, according to the 2012 Transparency International ‘Corruption Perception Index’)

http://www.transparency.org/cpi2012/results

Pity about the REALITY.

Penny Bright
‘Anti-corruption campaigner’.
2013 Auckland Mayoral candidate.
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March 21, 2013 9:25am
graham

wat dabney: Whereabouts in South Auckland exactly are you thinking of? Otara? Manurewa? Papakura? Alfriston? Hill Park? Clevedon? Wattle Downs? Conifer Grove?

Like wreck1080, I’m originally from South Auckland and know a lot of people there, including some who work a damn sight harder than probably 90% of people who comment on Kiwiblog.
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March 21, 2013 9:30am
RRM

Auckland Mayoral candidate Penny Bright

😆 LOL – yeah, that’ll happen.

Vote for Penny – the Mayor who doesn’t pay her rates!
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March 21, 2013 9:32am
Pete George

@flipper:

Bear in mind that the latest “brain fade” incident has to be factored,

That will have come out after the poll was taken so will not be reflected in the pol.

similarly the IMF report. The latter, however, I expect to have little impact with the masses.

The report won’t have impact, but if the signs of improvement continue to grow then the masses will notice the effects of that, especially if unemployment starts to trend down.

Next year’s election will probably be mostly won and lost on the economy.
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March 21, 2013 9:33am
Griff

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nz-leads-worldwide-in-human-freedom-5314956
New Zealanders have the most freedom in the world, according to an international index that ranks 123 countries.

The report, which was released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank, and Germany’s Liberales Institut, examines the characteristics of freedom and how it can best be measured and compared between different nations.

New Zealand was ranked number one for offering the highest level of freedom worldwide,
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March 21, 2013 9:47am
wat dabney

“Well, good people who ‘used’ to be able to afford central suburbs are being pushed further out…”

This is something new?

Welcome to the club.

It’s called the Circle of Life, or something.
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March 21, 2013 9:48am
flipper

PG…
The brain fade… precisely my point. That was not part of the poll. But I don’t expect it to matter as much as the media might now suggest. The public, I suspect, notes and moves on. They did so with dottiecom, J.Banks and J.Key. However, as V.Small says this morning, it does give J.Key a more than adequate riposte come 2014.

The economy…yes it will be the elephant in the room, so to speak. But will our economic circus be a three ring “bungling bnothers”, or a (euro) Roman? And will the MSM know and accurately report any difference?
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March 21, 2013 9:59am
dime

anyone bother to read the article in stuff about the guy who violently kicked a guy to death in china?

apparently, prison over there isnt fun. boo freakin hoo.

if you go to someones country and stomp a local to death, the stretch you do shouldnt be fun. 4 years seemed light.

“as soon as he got out he had macdonalds and a beer”. loser.
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March 21, 2013 10:01am
Kea

Dime, that is a pretty selective reading of what happened. The man and his Chinese associate were attacked by a group of men. It was self defence.
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March 21, 2013 10:15am
Ed Snack

It seems that in Cyprus, the EU and IMF first pushed the local government to just levy the unsecured depositors, those with balances over 100K Euro. However the locals preferred to levy everyone, probably in order to attempt to mollify the large depositors who are supposed to be (at least in part) Russian Mafiosi types. Probably a bit of self preservation creeping in !

If they’d stuck with this original proposal I doubt there would be the same turmoil.
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March 21, 2013 10:23am
Ed Snack

Kea, according to the newspaper reports, he kicked the head of a man lying on the ground. Ven in self defence that might be going a little too far, especially in a jurisdiction that recognises gaijin as a lower sort of people.
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March 21, 2013 10:25am
Fletch

From the WTF files today…

While normal Americans have to endure pat-downs and other ignominies from the TSA, now Saudis coming into the U.S are to be part of a “trusted passport” scheme. Never mind that 15 of the 19 plane jackers on 9/11 came from Saudi Arabia.

A Department of Homeland Security program intended to give “trusted traveler” status to low-risk airline passengers soon will be extended to Saudi travelers, opening the program to criticism for accommodating the country that produced 15 of the 19 hijackers behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Sources voiced concern about the decision to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, which issued a report Wednesday on the under-the-radar announcement — which was first made by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after meeting in January with her Saudi counterpart. According to the IPT, this would be the first time the Saudi government has been given such a direct role in fast-tracking people for entry into the United States.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/20/decision-to-extend-trusted-traveler-program-to-saudi-scrutinized/

As I said, WTF is WRONG with these people!? Their stupidity angers me.
It’s like they’re trying to start a war or something.
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March 21, 2013 10:26am
Longknives

Dime- And he has done one of those ‘bleeding heart’ You Tube placard videos…What a tosser!

Everyone knows that you have to play by the rules in Asia. Prison isn’t a nice place- It’s not supposed to be….
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March 21, 2013 10:35am
dime

Kea – only shit heads kick people in the head when they are on the ground. its how people die.

paraphrasing a little bit but stuff basically said “he was hit in the back with a chair so he kicked the guy on the ground in the head” lol

sorry asshole, youre a crim.

also, when you read what he went through, isnt that what people want kiwi prisons to be like?
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March 21, 2013 11:12am
Kea

Ed & dime. If you are out numbered and getting smacked around the head by a chair, you may have a different view. The assailant was not the victim. They attackers were not playing by Queenberry Rules either. Maybe you guys have not traveled much.

But as general rule, I consider laying the boot in to be a dirty evil thing to do.

BTW I picked an unusual occupation for a “crim” lol 🙂
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March 21, 2013 11:23am
dime

kea – i meant the guy on stuff is a crim lol

3 litle chinese guys having a crack, no need to kill them. i wouldnt even use a close fist heh
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March 21, 2013 11:36am
Keeping Stock

GDP growth of 1.5% in the December quarter (almost double predictions), and the annual rate of 2.5% is the highest it’s been since Michael Cullen and Helen Clark presided over the descent into the infamous “decade of deficits”. Regardless of political affiliation, that’s good news.

http://keepingstock.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/great-news.html
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March 21, 2013 11:42am
CrazyIvan

flipper – I’ve read Threat Vector (in shops here last December) and it is very good. Very prescient and detailed about cyber-hacking, especially after whats happened in South Korea overnight.
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March 21, 2013 11:58am
nickb

I was under the impression the National Party were in government, not Labour, and therefore it is the National Party that currently sets tax policy? Why don’t we talk about their successes (aided and abetted by the political prostitute) on tax policy for a change?

– Raising GST, an outright breaking of their election promises

– Hugely increasing taxpayer uncertainty and harming inwards investment by letting the IRD run rampant over ordinary commercial transactions with the use of the anti-avoidance provisions (aided by lemming judges unexperienced in taxation)

– Trashing the LAQC regime and replacing it with diabolically drafted LTC provisions

– The failure to entertain a capital gains tax, meaning one of the most fundamental forms of income (in the economic sense, before Kiwiblogs resident broke, overgeared property investors start screaming at me) continues to be untaxed, which will lead to an enormous revenue gap with NZ’s ageing population

– Continuing to rely far too heavily on mobile bases of taxation (human capital and corporate income tax)

– Hare-braned schemes like the FBT carpark fiasco

to name just a fraction
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March 21, 2013 1:05pm
Viking2

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

I just haven’t got enough time to type these two lines enough.

Nick Smith at loggerheads with Auckland Council over housing

Thursday, 21, Mar, 2013 12:28PM

One expert believes Nick Smith may have picked the wrong man for a fight in Auckland Mayor Len Brown.

The Housing Minister and Auckland Council are at loggerheads over whether Auckland should build up – or build out.

Dr Smith says more land should be made available for housing on Auckland’s urban fringes.

But Massey University’s Andy Asquith suspects Dr Smith is still hankering over the ideal of quarter acre sections.

“Many, many young people, young professionals, don’t want to live in the country. They want to live close to where they work, to where leisure facilities are, shopping facilities.”

Dr Asquith says the medium density housing the council is looking at allows for that – and if Len Brown is re-elected mayor this year, as is likely, he can argue he has the backing of Aucklanders.

😆 😆 😆 😯

the idiot meets his nemesis.
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March 21, 2013 1:08pm
b1gdaddynz

So can some one explain to me how it is possible for oppositon mps to rack up so much more in expenses for the Oct-Dec quarter than the Government? National Average $10,502, ACT $0, UF $1173, Maori Party $11,391 versus Labour $16,987, Greens $16,902, NZF $17,107, Mana $33,682 and Independant $13,510! I mean what do they do to justify those kinds of expenses? They don’t have ministerial portfolios or responsibilities? For a Green MP Metiria Turei sure spends a lot of time flying $15,000 worth; how does that impact the environment or her carbon footprint?
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March 21, 2013 2:25pm
Viking2

Its been revaeled.
Why Peter heater Dunne has to tax carparks and Ipads.

New Families Commission boss calls in auditors after Australian consultant paid over $400,000

Thursday, 21, Mar, 2013 1:28PM

The new Families Commission boss has called in auditors after he found an Australian consultant was paid more than $400,000.

Angela Tidmarsh was seconded from the Australian Institute of Family Studies on an hourly rate of around $120.

Almost $40,000 was also spent on her travel and accommodation costs.

Acting chief executive Len Cook says hiring her was sensible but he’s concerned the costs of the temporary arrangement carried on much longer than they should have.

“We’re not a finance company that’s given away a whole lot of money and ruined people’s homes. Here am I, I’m a new chief executive saying ‘I don’t agree with that judgement’.”

Mr Cook says he’s a new broom and he needs to challenge things.

I hope the voters in that Wellington suburb send the prick to Afghanistan.
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March 21, 2013 3:18pm
Manolo

An honest opinion: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/03/20/Jerusalem-Post-Editor–We-Dont-Know-What-Hes-Doing-Here
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March 21, 2013 4:23pm
Tauhei Notts

The most important piece raised by Nickb at 1.05 p.m. is the bit about raising taxpayer uncertainty.
There is a big shit fight coming up as taxpayers who have scrupulously followed the letter of the law, in particular section EC 20 of the tax act; the Inland Revenue Department will cripple them with legal fees before they find out that the taxpayers had merely followed the law that had been in place since about 1988.
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March 21, 2013 4:46pm
Nookin

According to Clare Curran, Telecom is about to dump 1500 employees.

I imagine that Telecom is going through a compulsory consultation process which it will be doing in confidence – probably dealing directly with the union and its members. I would think that the process is fairly well advanced given that Telecom says that it is going to make an announcement in weeks rather than months. I would have thought that Ms Curran would have had more respect for the employees then come out with an extravagant statement which cannot, at this stage, be substantiated. I have to question her source of information. Is it the union? Nice way for her to break the news of impending redundancies – grabbing headlines with extravagant announcements!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8456286/Telecom-to-slash-1500-jobs-Labour
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March 21, 2013 5:13pm
wreck1080

Well, that is 1500 people who can be employed elsewhere.

John Key says more jobs are being created than lost, so no worries.
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March 21, 2013 6:45pm
Pete George

Also according to Clare Curran:

You can’t say you weren’t warned. A parliamentary inquiry into manufacturing this week heard there are no checks on the manufacturing standards of the wagons imported from China.

She detailed a number of issues and problems with Chines manufactured wagons.

Jim Quinn responded, claiming that Curran’s column “contains several factual errors”.

One of them has unreliable sources or motives, and it raises questions about the manufacturing inquiry. Curran versus KiwiRail
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March 21, 2013 7:05pm
Reid

A few interesting comments on the new pope:

http://rt.com/op-edge/francis-pope-end-world-496/

I personally think Piers Compton’s The Crooked [a.k.a. Broken] Cross is a worthwhile read. I do recognise others mileage widely varies: http://www.catholicvoice.co.uk/brokencross/

Also, not too many people have heard of the Black Pope. He’s the head of the Jesuits, the same order Francis is from. At the moment, he’s Adolfo Nicolas. Here’s a photo of him and Benedict, note the Masonic signs.

Aren’t they interesting, these times we’re living in.
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March 21, 2013 7:22pm
nasska

Birds of a feather….. 🙂

Ref: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qbky4clyxsi0k1x/DV.jpg
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March 21, 2013 7:37pm
nasska

Bloke says to his mate, “I recall that the first time I visited South Auckland, I found it very hard to leave.”

“Did you fall in love with the place?”

“No, I had my car stolen.”
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March 21, 2013 8:00pm
Steve (North Shore)

Should have used Public Transport nasska!
Hahahaha!
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March 21, 2013 8:11pm
cha

The shoe fits.
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March 21, 2013 8:11pm
graham

Nookin at 5:13 pm – Very few, if any, Telecom employees are members of a union any longer.
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March 21, 2013 9:00pm
Kea

North Korea has threatened to target US airbases in Okinawa and Guam as it issued an air raid alert on Thursday and ordered its military to stand ready, the country’s state media reported.

Next thing you know they will be threatening to feed their starving people ! These guys must be one of the few who still believe socialism works (aside from white middle class folks comfortably cocooned in a capitalist society)

http://rt.com/news/north-korea-air-raid-alert-56
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March 21, 2013 9:49pm
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The definition of distaste is when one feels the urge to log in, in order to give Penny Retard a red tick.

Thanks… I’m here all week.
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March 21, 2013 11:04pm
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Hooray for john Key.
Finally he has found the nuts to speak out. Long may it remains so.
Lots more bullshit he needs to get rid off.

Prime Minister John Key waded into the fracking debate yesterday, accusing its opponents of talking nonsense.

At a Taranaki energy site, he said he had had enough of the scaremongering over the practice, particularly from the Green Party.

“From what they’re saying, you’d think that because of fracking we’ll all go to hell in a handbasket,” he said.

“But the truth of the matter is that the practice has been going safely on in Taranaki for the past 30 years without any issues. And last year the parliamentary commissioner for the environment gave it a tick of approval in a preliminary report on fracking, and I expect that nothing will change in her final report when it is issued later this year.”

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8457581/PM-rejects-anti-fracking-nonsense
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March 22, 2013 7:45am
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Govt argues law will encourage employers to take on young workers, but Opposition says it’s discriminatory
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Yep its remains discriminating against young people and it won’t encourage fuck all except 6 month stints. And if you think that won’t happen you know fuck all about human nature.
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Employers will be able to pay 16-to-19-year-olds in new jobs $11 an hour after a controversial bill was passed into law by one vote.

Unions immediately decried the adoption of a youth wage, which is nearly $3 below the minimum wage, but the National-led Government argued it would increase opportunities for young people.
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Why do we give a shit what shit shifting unionists think.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10872794

It was passed by one. That would be furry head from Ohariu. Think more tax. Not even principled enough to scuttle what is discrimination against young people.
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