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MT_Tinman

Now that NZ has a cricket team of which we can be proud isn’t it time we had a New Zealand Cricket Team?
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March 29, 2015 8:06am
Tauhei Notts

Come on.
Own up.
Who was it?
At Waima at the head of the Hokianga Harbour there were 17 votes cast. Winston got 16 of them. Who was the outcast that voted for Osborne?
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March 29, 2015 8:07am
Left Right and Centre

Winston Peters – Daniel Vettori – Grant Elliot –

The old folks sure are taking care of business recently 🙂
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March 29, 2015 8:10am
IGM

I assumed Public Dog to have been honoured at the top table for Peters’ celebration party. Don’t tell me it was not even invited . . . time to start realising its unpopularity is infectious.
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March 29, 2015 8:14am
publicwatchdog

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WINston nailed it.

How could there have been a ‘deal’ between Winston Peters and Andrew Little, when Northland was (formerly) a safe NATIONAL seat – not a safe LABOUR seat?

Doing a ‘Northland’ – where the so-called ‘left’ voters applied common sense, and voted for the candidate who had the best chance of delivering a black eye to the MAIN enemy ( as it were), is clearly NOT the same as ‘doing an Epsom’, where the voters in a ‘safe’ seat, take the lead from their Party Leader, and give their vote to another Party, which would otherwise be a dead and buried political corpse.

Now – where are all the apologies from Kiwibloggers – who now realise that I was absolutely correct in my prediction that National would get HAMMERED when Winston Peters took Northland off National?

(Just seeing who amongst you are ‘good sports’ – as it were? 😉

It’s ok – I’m not holding my breath ….

Kind regards

Penny Bright

http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz
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March 29, 2015 8:20am
iMP

“An-d in the red cor-ner….CAM-ER-ON SLA(wump).”
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March 29, 2015 8:21am
Souvlaki

Wrt Northland result……can National learn from this or not.? So out of touch it’s embarrassing……..talk to any bunch of usually supportive ,intelligent people at any pub and you’ll do better than your bloody focus ( Fuck Off Cos Ur Stupid ) groups! No money to Dalton,no money to Sky City, DO something about the bloody out of control spendthrift Auckland Council which is completely dysfunctional etc. AND skip the arrogance from Joyce , Parata, Bridges et al !!
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March 29, 2015 8:24am
G152

And the north stays a backwater without adequate representation.
How can Peters get anything done?
he is in the opposition and disappears after Question Time every sitting
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March 29, 2015 8:34am
Longknives

Agreed re the cricket Tin Man..

Speaking of which- Isn’t it amusing that when NZ Sevens win they are the ‘All Blacks’ but when they draw with Portugal they are simply ‘New Zealand Sevens’!

http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/champions-all-blacks-sevens-too-good-in-wellington-6229887

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/sevens/67538446/lacklustre-new-zealand-held-to-draw-by-portugal-at-hong-kong-sevens
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March 29, 2015 8:36am
hj

O’Rourke, Denis: General Debate

The Government has been boasting of net immigration at uncontrolled, record levels. It is actually telling the public that uncontrolled, record net immigration is some kind of measure of success. It claims that this massive, unplanned immigration is an achievement. In fact, the record numbers of migrants show that New Zealand has a slack, uncontrolled immigration policy—in effect, an open-door policy. The numbers of migrants are nothing short of an indictment on this Government’s incompetence on immigration.

For a start, what record numbers of immigrants show is that no consideration is given to the relationship between immigration and housing policy, while every day brings new horror stories about the housing crisis, especially in Auckland and Christchurch. In Auckland, there are soaring house prices as desperate people scramble to get a home. Hundreds of families are left to squat in caravans and garages. The Government is full of empty rhetoric about the housing crisis. Its failure to address the crisis for over 6 years continues. This Government does not have any genuine concern about the desperate housing situation faced by thousands of New Zealanders, because the one meaningful action it could take today, if it was serious about housing, would be to turn off the tap to new migrants.

http://www.parliament.nz/mi-nz/pb/debates/debates/speeches/51HansS_20141105_00000931/orourke-denis-general-debate
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March 29, 2015 8:39am
lifesgood

I think Peters will be very popular up north. I can just see him propping up the bar with the locals moaning and complaining about all those dreadful Chinese migrants and, oh, another whiskey, please.
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March 29, 2015 8:41am
Keeping Stock

What a day of sport awaits. The Hurricanes will finish the weekend top of Super Rugby, The Warriors will be looking for a win over Brisbane, the Phoenix will hope to beat Sydney FC even if no one turns up, and then there’s a late night ahead for tonight.

Firstly, what a ridiculous decision by FFA to even schedule an A-League match against the CWC final. Only diehard football fans will be watching the ‘Nix game on the telly, on either side of the Tasman. And FFA’s refusal to allow the Phoenix to bring the start time forward shows its contempt for the club.

But I can hardly wait for the World Cup final. I have followed cricket with a passion since the very early 1960’s, so I have experienced almost every emotion possible courtesy of the New Zealand side. But there’s something different about this outfit.

You often hear the expression in business that “There’s no “I” in team”. But that’s exactly the ethos of this team. The egos have been left at home, and the players are tight with one another. Mike Hesson; I salute you.

I was privileged to see some of the players up close before the quarter-final in Wellington last week. They were the most relaxed elite sportsmen I’ve seen for some time, and whoever has helped get them to that state deserves a huge round of applause. And because they are relaxed, they are playing world-class cricket. Martin Guptill has the highest individual score of the tournament, and needs ten runs today to overtake Kumar Sangakkara as the highest run-scorer at CWC15. Trent Boult has the most wickets and Tim Southee has the best individual bowling performance. And no other batsman has scored their runs at a better strike-rate than Brendon McCullum.

McCullum’s leadership has been inspirational. I was upset when Ross Taylor was axed two years ago, but I am delighted to say now that Hesson made the right call, and that he has continued to make good calls along the way, like the selection of Grant Elliott. And as one who has supported this team for most of my almost-60 years, I am happy to name this current side as the best New Zealand side I have ever seen.

Good luck to Brendon McCullum and his team this afternoon. You are playing the game with panache and flair, but you are also respecting the traditions that make cricket such a wonderful sport. This cricket fan is immensely proud, and although my support is not conditional on a win today, hell, it would be great if you could upset those Australians in their own backyard! Give it your best shot; kia kaha Blackcaps.
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March 29, 2015 8:42am
calendar girl

When did the All Blacks ever enter a Rugby World Cup year with Auckland rugby in such a pitiful mess?
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March 29, 2015 8:51am
Swifty

Good grief – just look at the unbridled crowing from Penny Bright.

Shameful really, given the tens and tens of predictions we have all read from her over the years which proved absolutely dead wrong and about which she maintains a steadfast silence over after the event, let alone admitting she was wrong about.

Penny Bright is like those psychic medium charlatans who point to the to or three things they got right in a session claiming them as proof of their extraordinary spiritual powers – conveniently ignoring the tens of things they got wrong.

Someone should remind her that even a broken clock is right a couple of times a day.
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March 29, 2015 9:10am
Keeping Stock

@ calendar girl – 2011? Take a look at the team that won the last RWC, and you’ll see very little Auckland influence.
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March 29, 2015 9:10am
Nookin

Well said KS.
I see you got a down tick. Unbelieveable! I find it hard to accept that we have so many mean spirited people around. I guess, though, that you only need to see the gleeful comments on the Ryder v Slater thread to see that. And here. Penny’s reaction to Peters’ win is gloating and narcissistic. She wants an apology FFS. As though it is all about her!

Whatever happens today, the Black Caps have exceeded expectations – not only in the results but also – emphatically – in the way they have achieved them. I am going to embark on the week in the spirit of the black caps. I have had enough of the negativity, vitiol and self-aggrandisement.
Enjoy the game, KS.
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March 29, 2015 9:26am
Swifty

Keeping Stock.

You write wonderfully.

I do hope you greatly enjoy today’s game.
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March 29, 2015 9:28am
Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes

What a sad day in NZ politics –
1) Penny Bright picks a winner -good on you, but suspect you pick was driven by anti-John Key rather than any real interest in Northland or support for Winston First. Come on Penny, fess up…
2)People of Northland have been hoodwinked by Winston First, NZ’s political snake-oil salesman. He really cares about teh North….yeah right
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March 29, 2015 9:31am
Nookin

Apparently I do not have authority to edit my comment. FWIW, the word is “vitriol”.
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March 29, 2015 9:34am
thedavincimode

heh. 2 downies for KS. There are some pretty sad people about to take the trouble to log in and ping that post. 😆
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March 29, 2015 9:35am
Colville

Congratulations Cameron Slater.

Awesome weight loss and brave for getting in the ring in a fight you were never going to win.

I would have posted this at WO except I got banned for questioning the policy of banning anyone who questions the banning…

🙂

Ahhhhh well!
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March 29, 2015 9:43am
dime

17kg is a good effort.. Should all be back on in 17 weeks

Dime woke up nasty 😀
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March 29, 2015 9:48am
stephieboy

Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes,

hoodwinked ? It might suggest your not coming to grips with reality and you not the Northland electorate knows whats best for them and all of us ?
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March 29, 2015 9:58am
Keeping Stock

@ Nookin, Swifty and da Vinci – it’s up to three now; probably Penny and two others!

The worst thing about today is having to kill time until 4.30pm, although there’s a Warriors game this afternoon to fill the void, and Sky presently has the replay of the Australia match at Eden Park showing, so that’s good. But I will admit to being as nervous as in the build-up to the 2011 RWC final.

I’ve just shared this story from Elliott Smith, one of the young sports journos at Radio Sport on my Facebook page, and it’s worth a read in its entirety. Check this bit out, then look how far we’ve come:

As the fans began to spill out onto the streets around Eden Park, a moment of reflection was appropriate on where the Black Caps had come from.

Yes, there was no silverware to show (yet), but they’d done something still highly challenging – turning cricket around in this country from the brink.

The day was December 7, 2012.

Two weeks before the Mayans has supposedly claimed the world was ending, New Zealand Cricket was suffering an apocalypse of its own.

At around 11:30 that Friday morning, NZC chief executive David White confirmed the whisper and rumours that Ross Taylor was axed as captain of the Black Caps and replaced by Brendon McCullum. Soon after, coach Mike Hesson would walk into a room in Christchurch and spell out his reasoning.

Hesson, a man small of stature but confident of himself, took his seat. The man, appointed to the role only five months prior, dressed in a suit and black-and-white tie calmly laid it on the line to the media throng.

The decision would make him one of the most vilified people in New Zealand. It was seen as one of the darkest days in New Zealand Cricket. Perhaps it was. But as the saying goes, the darkest moments come before the dawn.

It’s quite easy to forget in the controversy over the replacement just how bad the Black Caps were in 2012, especially in limited overs cricket. They had won four one-dayers that year, three of which were against Zimbabwe.

As Hesson himself said to the media that Friday, they’d lost five of their last 30 ODIs against top ranked sides. They’d slipped to ninth in the world. Behind Bangladesh and a hair’s breadth ahead of nations they’d rather not be talked alongside in cricketing terms.

A sport divided, seemingly consigned to forever being mired in controversy and where inconsistency was expected.

http://www.radiosport.co.nz/opinion/dark-before-dawn-the-black-caps-revolution/

I was wrong about Mike Hesson and Brendon McCullum, and unlike some who post here I’ll own my mistake publicly. The Black Caps are already up to #4 in the world rankings in ODI’s, and they’re on the way forward in the test rankings as well. Wouldn’t it be great if, after today, Cricket Australia took us seriously as a genuinely good cricket nation?
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March 29, 2015 9:59am
Komata

I see that Penelope has both her her ‘Gloating’ and ‘Spiteful’ faces on this morning (which must be something of a struggle – or are they the same?)

Funny, I thought it was Winnie who won Northland; a ‘Conservative’ (and right wing at that) who did it all by himself without any help from Penelope, a (supposedly) left wing activist / capitalist who was noticeably MIA recently (peaceful wan’t it?).

Given that there are always default positions, I wonder what Penelope’s next ‘face’ will be?
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March 29, 2015 10:06am
Reid

Now – where are all the apologies from Kiwibloggers – who now realise that I was absolutely correct in my prediction that National would get HAMMERED when Winston Peters took Northland off National?

Penny I predicted the same thing. So what? The difference between you and I is that you predict that all the time. Whenever there’s a potential outcome which favours either the political left or the right, you always go for the same thing. Statistically you’d have to be right at least once in awhile. The fact you’re correct so rarely when the odds are always 50/50 actually shows how profoundly useless are your powers of perspicacity. Doesn’t it.
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March 29, 2015 10:13am
thedavincimode

KS

I haven’t changed my opinion of the way that Hesson dealt with that situation or his weasel-like behaviour that was corroborated by Bond. Putting aside the way it was done, I was uncertain at the time whether it was the right decision but very soon thereafter, it seemed plain to me that it was in fact the right decision if only in terms of McCullum’s captaincy on the field.

But putting that aside, Hesson deserves an enormous amount of credit for getting the team on board and focussed and putting the entire sorry business behind them. McCullum himself is no doubt a big part of that. They seem a very happy and self-less team from the outside looking in and that doesn’t happen by accident. I thought the test and one day series in Sharjah were a huge turning point for this team. Trying conditions and facing Pakistan after they had embarrassed Australia (or perhaps that should be after Australia had embarrassed themselves). They showed an ability to bounce back from difficult situations that has been missing too long. More of the same in the series against Sri Lanka. The development of our bowling attack has just been phenomenal with Bond’s influence. No prima donnas, no wankers and no dickheads + top leadership = happy team performing to its potential. All they have to do now is get rid of that silly name. Black Caps – good grief.

edit: the only cloud has been Ross Taylor’s loss of form – aside from his batting, his running between wickets and spilling catches.
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March 29, 2015 10:19am
Keeping Stock

The encouragement I’ve received from Nookin, Swifty and thedavincimode have led me to do the unthinkable; to “unretire” from blogging, for one day only. Or maybe two…
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March 29, 2015 10:24am
wiseowl

Something else National need to ‘get the message ‘ about following the by-election is the absolute distaste for forcing council amalgamations in the provinces.

Get it.
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March 29, 2015 10:24am
noskire

There is a horrible rumour doing the rounds that the Black Caps are going to perform a haka before the match starts – I hope it’s just a rumour.
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March 29, 2015 10:25am
thedavincimode

Hopefully Northland got a good look at their new MP during the by-election. It’s the last they’ll see of him for 2 1/2 years.
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March 29, 2015 10:25am
Keeping Stock

@ davinci – I’m sure it could have been handled better. But it’s very hard to argue about the outcome. Tony Veitch interviewed NZC CEO David White yesterday, and his comments and reflections on that time were really interesting. It really was a turning point, and since the ODI series win in South Africa we’ve been on an upward trajectory.

White also gave an insight into the level of planning that has accompanied this World Cup run. Hesson has, I believe, set a very high standard to follow.
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March 29, 2015 10:28am
Jack5

A West Auckland woman has started a campaign to have a book removed from Auckland libraries.

To Train Up a Child, written by American ministers Michael and Debi Pearl in 1994, sounds to be an appalling book, but where do you draw the line once you start deciding what books libraries should be allowed to stock?

The easy answer is to say: book burning should be left to ISIL and the Nazis. There is a line: would we accept in libraries and on public sale an ISIL manual on suicide bombing?

However, I’m not sure the campaigner, Westie mother Eileen Joy, is right in this instance. Any parents stupid enough to follow the brutal techniques advocated by To Train Up a Child (at least as described in the Hooerald report) are going to be unfit to be in charge of children, whether or not they have read the book.

Eileen Joy is described in the Hooerald as having “previously managed Borders Books in the UK.” That’s a big job, and I’m surprised that someone who held it should be taking this position. In this case, IMHO, the libraries are right to make a stand.

Meanwhile, someone has lodged a complaint with the Office of Film and Literature Classification, which, the Hooerald reports, will look at classifying it if someone asks.

I don’t mind the film censor classifying films, but I don’t like Government appointed bureaucrats, especially those who may have dubious political views, censoring books, or even classifying them. They can get fucked.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11424722
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March 29, 2015 10:44am
Fletch

Meanwhile, back in the U.S – you know that email server that Hillary has been using for all her email during her State Dept days, that she runs from home, and that she had been subpoenaed to turn over? She’s wiped it clean.

WASHINGTON — Former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton decided to “wipe her server clean” and permanently delete all e-mails from the personal server, according to the head of a House committee investigating the terrorists attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said Clinton also has refused to turn over the server for an outside review as he and other Republicans have sought.

“Not only was the secretary the sole arbiter of what was a public record, she also summarily decided to delete all e-mails from her server ensuring no one could check behind her analysis in the public interest,” Gowdy said in a statement issued Friday.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/28/hillary-clinton-emails/70583404/

Truly, I don’t know how these people can get away with this lawlessness. If it were a Republican, they would have been dragged over the coals. Such utter contempt for law and authority. She believes she is above it all. And she wants to be the next president? She’d fit right into the Obama mold.
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March 29, 2015 11:04am
Jack5

Cameron Slater will have a sore head today. Is a whale with a sore head like a bear with a sore head? Who will cop it from Whale Oil?

Good on you Cameron for having the guts to get into the ring for charity. You are okay!

You might have had a better chance fighting the cricketer in a bar. When you are up against someone with superior skill and fitness, grit and fighting spirit can get you further in a brawl than they do inside a square ring. Your opponent got badly done over in a Christchurch bar rumble not too long ago.

But why are charity bouts being fought without head guards? The International Boxing Association banned from last June head gear for “amateur, elite male boxers who compete internationally”, according to the Daily Mail. Professionals, of course, already fought without head gear.

The rationale for the ban included: opponents don’t apply so much force if the head is unprotected; head gear can obscure peripheral vision, making it harder to see when a blow is being aimed at the side of the head; and perhaps because of the last reason, research indicating that head gear even increase risk of concussion.

However, according to the Daily Mail the researchers concede that head gear can help ward off other serious head and facial injuries, and other researchers dispute the “less concussion” premise.

Female amateur boxers are still required to wear head gear as are amateur male boxers below senior level. Given that charity bout participants unlikely to punch as strongly as a mid-level amateur boxers or good female amateur boxers, surely charity “boxers” should wear head gear.
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March 29, 2015 11:10am
cha

Truly, I don’t know how these people can get away with this lawlessness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRlMP0fX0BE
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March 29, 2015 11:16am
Longknives

The Black Caps might as well do a Haka- From what I’ve been reading in the NZ Media and on Talkback/Facebook etc they won’t even raise a sweat beating these ‘Woeful’ Aussies!

*I honestly would prefer NZ to go into this match as Humble Underdog types- Don’t think such talk will do us any favours whatsoever.. (And anyone who knows their cricket knows these Aussies are damn good…)
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March 29, 2015 11:23am
Hugh Pavletich

Australian singer Courtney Barnett on the American Ellen Show … unaffordable housing in Melbourne Australia

Posted at … New Zealand’s economy booms! – MacroBusiness Australia … http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/03/new-zealands-economy-booms/

Are young women FINALLY waking up to the serious social injustice of unaffordable housing … to themselves ?

Why have they allowed themselves … unnecessarily … to be politically abused by the self-serving, deliberately misleading and grossly incompetent political, commercial and media elites… and forced to become mortgage slaves … often for all their working lives (do the simple math) ?

Why do they lack the guts of their remarkable and inspiring forebears of around 100+ years ago (much earlier in New Zealand … 1893) … who demanded and got the vote ?

Courtney Barnett Performs ‘Depreston’ – YouTube

h/t footsore at Weekend Links 28-29 March, 2015 – MacroBusiness Australia … COMMENTS ON MB THREAD MOST WELCOME …

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/03/weekend-links-28-29-march-2015/

footsore
March 28, 2015 at 6:35 pm

A young Australian singer called Courtney Barnett has appeared on the Ellen show in America and sung about the problems of looking for affordable shelter in northern Melbourne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7pmJTFUFuc

This song has aged quickly because most people I know have given up on buying in Preston and are moving out to Reservoir.

Note Demographia Survey co-author Hugh Pavletich comment within the Introductory Section of this year’s 11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey … http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf …

The purpose of the Demographia Surveys is to alert the public and policy-makers if housing exceeds 3.0 times annual household incomes, that there is institutional failure at the local level. The political and regulatory impediments with respect to land supply and infrastructure provision must be dealt with.

Indeed – the United Nations within its 2007 World Population Report is very forthright when it states –

“Once policymakers and civil society understand and accept the demographic and social composition of urban growth, some basic approaches and initiatives suggest themselves.”

“These could have a huge impact on the fate of poor people and the viability of the cities themselves. “

“Throughout the report, the message is clear. Urban and national governments, together with civil society and supported by international organizations, can take steps that make a huge difference for the social, economic and environmental living conditions of a majority of the world’s population.”

“Three policy initiatives stand out in this connection.”

“First, preparing for an urban future requires at a minimum, respecting the rights of the poor to the city. As Chapter 3 shows, many policymakers continue to try to prevent urban growth by discouraging rural – urban migration…….”

“These attempts to prevent migration are futile, counterproductive and wrong – a violation of people’s rights.”

Hugh Pavletich
Co-author Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
http://www.performanceurbanplanning.org/ & http://info.scoop.co.nz/Hugh_Pavletich & http://info.scoop.co.nz/Performance_Urban_Planning & http://info.scoop.co.nz/Demographia
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND

(PS … I will refrain from commenting on modern music … consoling myself it is the message that is important !)
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March 29, 2015 11:24am
cha

For aviation tragics.

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/boeing-b-29-superfortress-doc-welcomed-wichita.html
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March 29, 2015 11:39am
Tauhei Notts

Further to my 8.07 posting.
My mate, the history buff, tells me that Waima was the centre of the 1898 Dog Tax rebellion.
That’s why, he says, they wanted to vote for a mongrel.
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March 29, 2015 11:44am
Hugh Pavletich

AUSTRALIAN SINGER / SONGWRITER COURTNEY BARNETT …

Courtney Barnett – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Barnett
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March 29, 2015 11:58am
publicwatchdog

The difference between you and I Reid, is that I spent a significant amount of my own (unpaid) time up in the Northland electorate, helping to ensure that my ‘prediction’ would be realised.

Did you not see my little sign that got considerable mainstream media coverage?

“Mike Sabin? ShonKEY?”

Seems that my questions to John Key on HIS campaign trail in Dargaville and KeriKeri must have got under his skin, as it were?

Rather than just shut up and ‘suck it up’ – John Key reacted like a petulant six year old, (in my opinion), and told me to ‘pay my rates’!

Oh dear …..

Yep – DESPERATE stuff, confirmed by John Key speaking in his ‘squeaky’ voice, which proves in my view, how, at the end of the day, he is neither ‘relaxed’ nor ‘comfortable’?

Just saying ….

Penny Bright
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March 29, 2015 11:59am
lifesgood

On a positive note re Northland: Labour are slipping more and more into irrelevance. The old dinosaurs will disappear completely soon, with a bit of luck.
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March 29, 2015 12:01pm
Scott Chris

I hate to say this but congratulations Winston Peters for being a cunning old political dog. I hope he does some good for Northland.
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March 29, 2015 12:04pm
publicwatchdog

Totally agree with you WiseOwl about the Northland by-election being an electoral ‘smack in the face’ against ‘amalgamations’ – the swamping of rural NZ by ‘metro’ NZ.

‘$UPER’ for whom?

Follow the dollar ….

Penny Bright
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March 29, 2015 12:09pm
Scott Chris

the difference between you and I Reid, is that I spent a significant amount of my own (unpaid) time up in the Northland electorate, helping to ensure that my ‘prediction’ would be realised.

Good for you Penny. That’s the thing about making lots of predictions – sooner or later one of them will prove correct. 🙂
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March 29, 2015 12:09pm
Manolo

Another act of love from the religion of peace: http://t.thestar.com/#/article/news/world/2015/03/28/at-least-17-dead-dozens-injured-following-hotel-attack-in-somalia.html?referrer=https:%2F%2Fwww.google.co.nz%2F

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—Blood-spattered utensils, bullet-pocked walls and overturned chairs mark the reception area of a prominent hotel in the Somali capital following an attack by Islamic extremists that killed at least 24, including six attackers.

Somali special forces stood over three bloodied bodies of the alleged attackers after officials declared they have full control of the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel Saturday, more than 12 hours after gunmen, believed to be six in number, from the Islamic rebel group Al Shabab stormed into the hotel.
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March 29, 2015 1:00pm
Pete George

I hate to say this but congratulations Winston Peters for being a cunning old political dog. I hope he does some good for Northland.

Yep. And that could flow on to wider provincial New Zealand with a bit of effort and luck.

Some have claimed Osborne would have made a capable electorate MP but it’s hard to see him as anything other than a reliable party hack. There’s a better chance of Peters initiating substantial improvements than would have happened from a ‘same old’ safe seat handed over to a party selected successor.
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March 29, 2015 1:08pm
Shawn Herles

@ Penny

“The difference between you and I Reid, is that I spent a significant amount of my own (unpaid) time up in the Northland electorate, helping to ensure that my ‘prediction’ would be realised.”

First, you are not unpaid, you are paid by other people who actually work for a living, and by not paying your rates.

Second, you admit you campaigned for one of the most corrupt politicians in NZ (remember Owen Glenn???) so I take you will no longer making the false claim that you are an anti-corruption campaigner, because we all now know that is not true.
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March 29, 2015 1:14pm
UglyTruth

First, you are not unpaid, you are paid by other people who actually work for a living

Like who, for example?
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March 29, 2015 1:17pm
Keeping Stock

The difference between you and I Reid, is that I spent a significant amount of my own (unpaid) time up in the Northland electorate, helping to ensure that my ‘prediction’ would be realised.

Did you not see my little sign that got considerable mainstream media coverage?

“Mike Sabin? ShonKEY?”

Seems that my questions to John Key on HIS campaign trail in Dargaville and KeriKeri must have got under his skin, as it were?

Rather than just shut up and ‘suck it up’ – John Key reacted like a petulant six year old, (in my opinion), and told me to ‘pay my rates’!

Oh dear …..

Yep – DESPERATE stuff, confirmed by John Key speaking in his ‘squeaky’ voice, which proves in my view, how, at the end of the day, he is neither ‘relaxed’ nor ‘comfortable’?

Just saying ….

Penny Bright

Someone’s hacked your Kiwiblog account Penny, because according to the NZ Herald of 30 October 2014:

8. What philosophies do you live by?
I hate lies and I detest liars. I don’t do gossip or personal comments. I don’t do political dirt.

Your hypocrisy never fails to disgust me. You accuse the Prime Minister of behaving like a “petulant six year old”, whilst daily exhibiting exactly that behaviour here. How DPF tolerates you is one of life’s mysteries.
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March 29, 2015 1:31pm
Scott

Manolo at 1pm, it’s amazing what the religion of peace does today, terrorist attacks by Muslims are almost a daily occurrence! If there were no Muslim terrorists the world would be a far far more peaceful place.
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March 29, 2015 2:00pm
Manolo

And with all this evidence stephieDevoy wants to bring more Muslims to NZ.
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March 29, 2015 2:38pm
hj

An Asian slot Machine syndicate accused of using standover tactics to protect its turf at Sky City has become bigger and more organised as the casino enforces new regulations outlawing group play.

The Wu syndicate – one of a number believed to be operating at the casino – is recruiting Chinese workers and paying them a weekly wage to play the pokies.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3100127

A friend had this experience a few days ago at Christchurch Casino

Tag: Diversity Dividend
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March 29, 2015 3:25pm
Rachael Membery

Does any one know whether we are minting a coin for WW1? Australia did for ww2 in 2005 a 1$. Is it too late to make the suggestion?
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March 29, 2015 3:49pm
Swifty

Hahahahahahahah!

Did I just see Penny Bright write that when John Key ran into her recently he took one look at her and had the presence of mind to say “Pay your rates!”

Hahahahaha!

God he’s good.
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March 29, 2015 4:10pm
Hugh Pavletich

QE (QUANTITATIVE EASING) WILL LOWER LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM … FINANCIAL TIMES

I had missed this important Opinion from the Financial Times earlier …

QE will lower living standards long term – FT … google search title if blocked …

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/031b49ec-c415-11e4-9019-00144feab7de.html#axzz3Vk1IiTG4

… via Zerohedge …

Finally The “Very Serious People” Get It: QE Will “Permanently Impair Living Standards For Generations To Come” | Zero Hedge

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-28/finally-very-serious-people-get-it-qe-will-permanently-impair-living-standards-gener

While the above articles make clear that QE temporarily “papers over” the failure to deal with structural reforms … surprisingly … no mention is made of artificial scarcities to urban land supply being the “trigger” of housing bubbles, with finance in all its forms (equity; bubble equity; mortgage debt) being the “fuel”.

With QE and artificially low interest rates, we are talking about “rocket fuel” for housing bubbles.

At least it is well understood by economists now that inflating and deflating housing bubbles are the most destructive types of bubbles in economic and social terms. Too many unfortunately have a poor understanding of the structural drivers that trigger them.

With these artificial monetary interventions added, the bubbles are simply amplified … with the result that when they crash, the destruction is even greater.

Ireland is a helpful lesson, where from 2007 its major metros Median Multiples collapsed from an average Median Multiple of 4.7 to 2.8 (refer Schedule of Demographia Housing Surveys at http://www.PerformanceUrbanPlanning.org ) … wiping a quarter trillion euros out of its housing market, with additional massive losses to the finance sector. Its Banks were put to the wall as well.

The 2007 Irish RTE Future Shock documentary is instructive …

Futureshock – Property Crash – 20070416 – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOE43_YnlOQ

Not surprisingly … the Central Bank of Ireland recently capped mortgage lending to 3.5 times annual household incomes, following research that found high Loan To Income mortgages were more of a problem than high Loan To Value mortgages. As outlined within this comprehensive and well researched late January Bloomberg article, planning / supply disruptions are Irelands major problem … still …

Irish Bank Slows Best European Market to Avoid Deja Vu – Bloomberg Business

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/irish-bank-slows-best-european-market-to-avoid-deja-vu

High house prices to income (Median Multiple) housing markets are lethal … economic weapons of mass destruction … refer …

2015 Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey

http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf

While Ireland “tanked” in 2007 from an overall major metro Median Multiple of 4.7 … the United Kingdom is currently 5.0; New Zealand 5.2; Australia 5.5 with China in excess of 8.0 across its 35 major metros.

These matters were touched on with respect to New Zealand within NEW ZEALAND’S BUBBLE ECONOMY IS VULNERABLE April last year …

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1404/S00166/new-zealands-bubble-economy-is-vulnerable-hugh-pavletich.htm

It is not at all difficult to calculate the costs and consequences of deflating housing bubbles, with a simple structural approach as outlined above.

There have been no sustainable bubbles in history.

Hugh Pavletich
Co-author Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
http://www.performanceurbanplanning.org/ & http://info.scoop.co.nz/Hugh_Pavletich & http://info.scoop.co.nz/Performance_Urban_Planning & http://info.scoop.co.nz/Demographia
Christchurch
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March 29, 2015 6:16pm
hj

This’ll knock ur socks off

Frank Salter – Humanitarian Costs of Western Multiculturalism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX_5J76h7N8

Remember it’s National Party policy.
I mean seriously, is this what (even) those who stand to gain want?
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March 29, 2015 7:36pm
wiseowl

While we are all suffering watching the cricket I see that the police have charged the guy who told the guys on the bus to go back where they came from.
Also something about racism.
When is someone going to explain to the powers that muslim is not a race.

Hope he gets a good lawyer.
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March 29, 2015 7:39pm
hj

Well it is National Party policy

http://www.tv3.co.nz/CAMPBELL-LIVE-Monday-September-22-2014/tabid/3692/articleID/103019/MCat/2908/Default.aspx
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March 29, 2015 7:44pm
Manolo

The land of the free: http://nypost.com/2015/03/28/google-controls-what-we-buy-the-news-we-read-and-obamas-policies/

On Election Night 2012, guess where Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt was? Working for the president. In the president’s campaign office. On a voter-turnout system designed to help the president get re-elected.
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March 30, 2015 6:31am
Manolo

Sarkozy returns: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/29/uk-france-election-idUKKBN0MP05O20150329
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