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Andrei

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬
Thank You Jesus for dying on the cross for me. I love you Jesus #AO1”

Posting this biblical quote on Easter Sunday merits an apology.

We “Easter Worshippers” and our sentiments are
apparently deeply offensive and disturbing to the modern snowflake generation.
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May 1, 2019 8:31am
- KevO'Brien
  
  The message of God in John 3:16 is plain. It is a message expressing God’s loving sacrifice so the humans He created could be reconciled to Him and have eternal life. How awesome is that?–becoming one of the permanent family of our creator, maker of universes. Mindboggling beyond comprehension.
  
  The message will offend, scripture says so, but it’s acceptance is a release to freedom. We live together in a world with an ever present enemy of God. This is Satan’s domain after he was rejected from heaven along with his followers for rebellion. He is described as the father of lies, prowling around like a lion attempting to separate humans from God. His success is in not being recognised. A large part of the evil and dissent we encounter is his work. Yes, Good and Evil do exist in this world.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:06am
  - rangitoto
    
    An immortal deity sacrificed himself to himself. Kinda makes sense on some drugs.
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:30am
    - Jack5
      
      All this because, people took exception to Folau’s tweets.
      
      Did anyone in way-back days take such exception to the faux-billboards of street-corner fanatics condemning passing “sinners” to Hell, and warning of the world’s end?
      
      Time for today’s snowflakes to harden up, or stay away from Twitter.
      
      Meanwhile, in another free speech development, our mainstream media agree to State controls on reporting our biggest terrorism case. We can’t read what the accused wrote, we won’t be able to read or hear what he says.
      
      Is this the way for a democracy to handle terrorism? Time once more to trot out from John Milton’s Areopagitica his famous words:
      
      “Let her [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.”
      
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      May 1, 2019 11:11am
    - KevO'Brien
      
      Weird, certainly. But how can humans know the mind of God? Jesus, as son, was sacrificed because justice required a price be paid for relief from humanity’s disobedience. Jesus was also gloriously resurrected and we have just had our annual celebration of that event.
      
      It’s that strangeness that requires faith and we have the 3rd part of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit on active duty in this world to assist us in that. With faith comes an opening up of the blessings in ordinary daily life to a believer. Lives are changed.
      
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      May 1, 2019 1:48pm
  - howitis
    
    Goddamn Lucifer.
    
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-devil/pope-blames-devil-for-church-divisions-scandals-seeks-angels-help-idUSKCN1MI10M
    … In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he has asked Catholics around the world to recite a special prayer every day in October to try to beat him back…
    
    It was not the kiddie fiddler priest’s fault, oh no, it was that naughty Lucifer forcing them to put their hand down kids pants.
    
    …Francis is so convinced that Satan is ultimately to blame for both the sexual abuse scandals and the divisions within the Church that he has enlisted the aid of spiritual big gun – St. Michael the Archangel. …
    
    https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/04/09/the-devil-is-real-and-not-just-a-symbol-pope-francis-says-in-exhortation/
    …The path to holiness does not involve wrestling with some abstract boogeyman, but involves a “constant struggle against the devil, the prince of evil,” Pope Francis said….
    
    That Lucifer, he’s a very naughty boy.
    Don’t take responsibility for your own actions when you can blame it on Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, Satan, Diablo, Beelzebub.
    
    HTFU and don’t blame some Taniwha for your own failings.
    
    PS. I support the right of Israel Folau to free speech. His honestly held views do not coincide with mine but he has the right to hold those views without fear or favour.
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:53am
Andrei

Quote of the day
“Christian extremists are almost as dangerous as Muslim extremists generally, and possibly more of a potential problem here in New Zealand.” – Pete George
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May 1, 2019 8:33am
- Gravelroad
  
  Who is Pete George?
  Are his opinions important or of any relevance?
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:50am
  - howitis
    
    Pete George unsuccessfully stood for United Future ( are they still around, what future?) in 2011 and for Mayor of cold but oil-hating Dunedin in 2013.
    But he is not a politician.
    Oh Noes.
    
    But we can’t be mean to him on Kiwiblog coz he gets upset and takes his football home.
    
    ..Are his opinions important or of any relevance?…
    Don’t you know who he is?
    No.
    Never mind. As you were!
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:47am
- Nukuleka
  
  Pete George should be required to name one of his ‘Christian extremists’ who are so ‘dangerous’. Have the courage of his convictions.
  
  Dorkish comment.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:55am
  - Rachael Membery
    
    I took it as an ironic statement, Christian extremist ‘almost’ as bad, ‘possibly’ more of a ‘potential’ problem here, as opposed to an actual problem. Can’t argue with that.
    
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    May 1, 2019 3:54pm
- wreck1080
  
  500 years too late.
  
  Christians evolved, muslims didn’t.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:23am
- MickMac
  
  Andrei
  Pete George is an asshole if he really thinks that.
  Really?
  
  We are looking at how many Islamic Attacks since 911? 41,000 odd, most of that against fellow Muslims.
  How many Christian extremists?
  
  Christian extremists do not kill people willy nilly, nor do they encourage others to blow themselves up and other ordinary people whilst they are going about their daily lives.
  
  Christian extremists do not machine gun ordinary people going about their lives, killing men, women and children indescriminately.
  
  Christian extremists do not behead people, nor throw homosexuals off of buldings.
  
  Christian extremists do want you to give your heart to Jesus and live your life with Him.
  but that is your choice and on the last day you will live with that choice forever.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:44am
  - slightlyrighty
    
    Israel Folau is a Christian extremist.
    
    He has not threatened to kill anyone. He just wants to save them. Regardless of what you may think of his thinking, he is motivated out of love for the sinner.
    
    Muslim extremists kill in the name of their religion.
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:20am
- cmm
  
  “Christian extremists are almost as dangerous as Muslim extremists ”
  
  … and unicorn shit is almost as smelly as horse shit.
  
  I’m sure it would be if you could find it.
  
  We know that a few Jihadis were radicalised at at least one of the mosques that got attacked.
  
  Not seeing too many radicalised people coming out of All Saints.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:01am
sooty

Oh dear, is it me or the moderator or kiwi blog?

[Mod: Not us, today at least!]
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May 1, 2019 8:37am
Liberty

Todays power word is “Striving”.
https://www.parliament.nz/en/watch-parliament/ondemand?itemId=206059
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May 1, 2019 8:37am
- pdm
  
  I think you will find it is the word for May at least and possibly for the next 18 months.
  
  The COL will be absoludely striving – to get re elected. I am posidive on that.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:49am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    It’s the Year of Striving for Delivery.
    
    2020 will be the Year of Striving to be Re-Elected.
    
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    May 1, 2019 8:56am
    - cmm
      
      I think you will actually find it is
      
      The Year of Striving for Aspiring for Delivery.
      
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      May 1, 2019 9:15am
      - Tony Stuart
        
        We move into that phase after the next batch of unachieved targets and aspirational goals.
        
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        May 1, 2019 9:18am
      - RW Capitalist
        
        But Tony, are they unachievable?
        or
        Just unachievable by these clowns.
        
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        May 1, 2019 12:19pm
    - RW Capitalist
      
      Striving (trying) to deliver, only one thing to say.
      Losers always whine about their best….
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXDSxgDUv-c
      
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      May 1, 2019 9:32am
- freethinker
  
  A pity Simon didn’t ask ja if she stood by her answer to gabbling garner on am that stats had received $5 million less for the census when the funding was increased by $41 Million, the $5 million being related to a reduction on the staff cost element. And a supplementary – if $41 Million wasn’t enough to get accurate figures what responsibility does the minister (J Shaw) for his oversight if he even met with stats during his period in office and how much more would she allocate for the next census to ensure accuracy.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:56am
  - Liberty
    
    The 2018 census fail is very similar to the Nova pay clusterfuck.
    
    Labour got sold a lemon and National took responsibility and moved on.
    The 2018 Census was a fail not because the lack of money.
    It was because some inept bureaucrat ( Have they got a DCM yet) had this deluded belief that all the little peasants sit at home at their computer primed to fill out the required forms.
    It may be the in thing to be electronically connected.
    But the reality is thousands don’t have access, for a number of reasons.
    Or they simply have no need or any desire to anything to do with being on line.
    Fortunately “1984’ is not here yet. Col is striving towards that coal.
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:34am
    - waikatogirl
      
      Or if you fail to register on the Electoral Roll and stay off any other official sight then the debt collectors and others you wish to avoid have trouble finding “where you at”!
      
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      May 1, 2019 3:22pm
Than

First impression of the new premium content NZ Herald site – it is unbelievably annoying.

I had been assuming there would be only a modest number of premium articles, and that they would be separated off in their own section. Instead, it seems like more than half the content is flagged as premium, and premium articles are just scattered in with the rest. The result is an incredibly frustrating experience. You’re skimming headlines, see something and think “ok, that looks interesting”, but then it’s a 50/50 shot whether you’ll be able to read it.

My suggestion to the NZ Herald – don’t waste people’s time with this obnoxious half-way format. Either just be honest and go entirely subscription, or return to a free model. As it is now the site is not worth bothering with for non-premium users. I certainly won’t be going back, and have already deleted the bookmark.
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May 1, 2019 8:37am
- All_on_Red
  
  You have to laugh at what they consider is ‘Premium’
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:46am
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Sideswipe ffs
    
    A new low even for the Auckland chip wrapper
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:15am
  - JibberJabber
    
    Audrey”Jacinda is Amazeballs”Young…rates the Labour caucus… dear O fucking dear.
    Premium content no less LoL.
    Glad to see I`m not the only one to have deleted the bookmark.
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:12am
    - Batman
      
      Frankly I’m shocked that some people still have it bookmarked at all!
      
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      May 1, 2019 11:16am
  - Overworked
    
    Many of the articles are available free on other sites 😀
    
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    May 1, 2019 7:36pm
- pdm
  
  `First impression of the new premium content NZ Herald site – it is unbelievably annoying.’
  
  A pain in the arse and they have extended it to provincial papers like Hawkes Bay Today – which is mostly Herald repeats anyway.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:53am
  - Paulus
    
    And The Bay of Plenty Times ~ repeated crap.
    
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    May 1, 2019 1:25pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  Barry Soper will be spitting tacks this morning; he’s not considered “premium” enough to be hidden away behind the paywall. However Audrey Young’s piece on the same issue, the alleged National leadership spill, makes the “premium” grade.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:00am
  - All_on_Red
    
    He’s one of those who have had great fun manufacturing the ‘leadership crisis’.
    We’re too small a country to provide enough news for these guys to justify their jobs so I reckon half the time they ramp up the hyperbole so they’ve got something to write about.
    Frankly we could probably do with half the journalists we have.
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:08am
    - G152
      
      Just maybe we could do with real journalists and not the hacks that we are daily assailed by ?
      
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      May 1, 2019 10:06am
    - calendar girl
      
      The number of real journalists that we have in this country could probably be counted on the fingers of one hand.
      
      (That means up to four fingers / journalists. Thumbs on either hand are not included.)
      
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      May 1, 2019 2:53pm
  - JibberJabber
    
    Maybe he can take them to the employment court for constructive dismissal?
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:15am
- freethinker
  
  The UK Daily Telegraph did the same, I used to read it and may have subscribed as some stuff was interesting but now with so much stuff premium I don’t bother to even scan the headlines so they have no chance of signing me up as a subscriber. Its interesting that I can also find more relevant stuff on NZ in the Mail & Express than the Horrid.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:00am
- cas
  
  I read the Herald in 10 seconds today. As others say a great improvement. I suppose stories about how the baby turns one, and how we have coped in a busy year, and our holiday plans will all be premium or will they just remain as click bait?
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:25am
- kloyd0306
  
  I am all in favour of Herald’s premium content.
  
  Having Audrey Young’s sycophantic, leftist, CoL arse-licking commentary behind a pay wall, means that fewer people will be exposed to her views.
  
  Hooray!
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:26am
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Certainly none of the socialist twats, too addicted to OPM to actually get into their own pockets for some of my fairness redistributed money.
    
    I give the chip wrapping a month
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:19am
  - Nigel Kearney
    
    Unfortunately Stuff and Newshub are worse.
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:26am
- Shadows
  
  Totally agree. NZ Herald have officially lost me as an online reader – I’ll go with Stuff from now on.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:49am
  - greybeard
    
    Let us know how that works out. Looking at the headlines on their homepage I suspect they will soon change their name from “Stuff” to “Fluff”.
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:08am
    - Peter S
      
      Stuff all?
      
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      May 1, 2019 1:05pm
- howitis
  
  I deleted the bookmark in 2013. That was years too late.
  What difference are they to NewShub; Radio NZ; Stuffed; TV; etc.
  Business reporting has always been weak across the board and sport sites mostly have their own websites now.
  You could go to Hugo Pavletich site for astounding business insight for free. Sorry, can’t find the URL.
  Want golf or tennis scores, go to Flashscore.
  Want Warriors result go to their site.
  Multiple international sites are only a click away.
  
  It is a bit like Fred’s Cola tripling their price while Coke, Pepsi and homebrand remain the same.
  Only die hard tragics will follow.
  
  Let us see what Stuff/Nine do to prepare for a float.
  Vodafone are tearing the company apart in order to look temporarily good for a float.
  In each case they are only retailers with no unique selling point.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:24am
hullkiwi

Will events in Venezuela be the rolling back of the communist Putin’s sphere of influence in Latin America?
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May 1, 2019 8:38am
kevn

NZ Herald paywall up. Premium content? Don’t think so Mr Editor.
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May 1, 2019 8:39am
Happychappy

Tova seems to think a a rumour is actually fact https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/04/newshub-understands-sir-john-key-has-shown-support-for-judith-collins.html
Even if it has come from a MP it doesn’t mean it true and I couldn’t believe that John Key would say this to anyone that he wouldn’ have trusted.
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May 1, 2019 8:40am
- All_on_Red
  
  ‘Newshub understands’ are not words which inspire confidence.
  Frankly I don’t believe a word Tova says.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:48am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    “Newshub understands” is today’s Oxymoron of the Day 😀
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:01am
    - kowtow
      
      These people are relentless Trump thumpers and attckers of what they call fake news , and yet they are in the vanguard of their own fake news factory .
      And then they have the gall to express bewilderment as to why they are no longer trusted and held in the same disregard as purveyors of snake oil.
      
      They are pushing “climate emergency” and St Greta of Gaia , attacking “older peolpe” for destroying the future for “youths” .
      
      The media are sowers of hate and division and need to reflect very carefully on their own role in how we’ve got to where we are.
      
      As far as I can see they are also the ones pushing the Crusader name change , yet another example of attack dog nastiness.
      
      Feel free to add to the list.
      
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      May 1, 2019 9:09am
  - G152
    
    Just maybe the Nats have started playing with the fake news sources and seeing just where the craziest stories get the biggest ‘editorial’ response
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:06am
  - freethinker
    
    I suspect that shortly the effects of inflation, lack of power, food and health services will result in so much discontent that Maduro will go and Guido will become leader. His US education will help garner support from the US and likely most of the west who have recognized him as leader.
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:29am
  - Paulus
    
    She has been well trained by her special friend JLR !
    
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    May 1, 2019 1:28pm
- MrsAnnie
  
  Nonsense, firstly JK is a total professional and would not go there. Secondly 1 was a loyal cabinet minister the other was sacked. People have short memories but a certain blogger was plotting a JC (not Jesus Christ) plot against Key also a number of years back.
  News hubs leak is JLR and bankrupt blogger.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:59am
- MickMac
  
  Sorry happy Chappy
  When I see or hear Tova O’Brien I think unprofessional and turn off.
  She’s a tool, sadly so many of them are.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:49am
- MrsAnnie
  
  Who are the MPs? Maureen Pugh? JLR? Judith? come on….
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:59am
  - Batman
    
    David Bennett, Alfred Ngaro, Mark Mitchell is what I’ve heard.
    
    Three average MPs who think they’re political geniuses ?
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:12am
    - MrsAnnie
      
      Interesting, I did here that it might not be Judith but someone else who believed that when 2 dogs fight a third runs away with the bone. As much as I like him remember Mitchell owes his position to Cameron Slater, far from a state secret.
      
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      May 1, 2019 12:58pm
      - Rachael Membery
        
        No idiot should want to be leader of the opposition at the moment, all the doom an gloom, apparently Jacinda will be PM for ever more, so clearly any opposition leader is the leader for the foreseeable, according to the pundits that is.
        
        So if Simon is so ineffective, why are the msm campaigning against him.
        
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        May 1, 2019 4:19pm
- Sacha
  
  news hub understands that dim radio talkback hosts will repeat their ‘understanding’ and that there equally dim listeners will rise to the bait. Marcus Lush was a classic last night, but – no-one seemed to be keen to ramp up the rumour.
  And right now, Newstalk news is leading with someone refusing to acknowledge that Collins is preparing a challenge – all based on an unattributed rumour 24 hours ago.
  
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  May 1, 2019 11:02am
- JibberJabber
  
  Heh, in newspeak “understands/ it is understood” means we`re making shit up, “sources tell us” means we`re making shit up.
  
  National Party MPs leaking to Newshub within minutes
  
  Er, is JLR still a National MP?
  
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  May 1, 2019 11:21am
freethinker

Vodafone Finds Hidden Backdoors In Huawei Network Equipment – Headline in Zero Hedge here is the link –
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-30/vodafone-finds-hidden-backdoors-huawei-network-equipment
As we await another Craptains call I hope those with real expertise validate or otherwise Vodaphones claim and provide the scientific evidence before any knee jerk decision like Oil & Gas is made. I live more in hope than expectation of anything this bunch of idiots that infest the beehive do makes sense or adds value to NZ.
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May 1, 2019 8:41am
- cmm
  
  There is a lot of conflation in that article.
  
  There is a difference between a backdoor and a vulnerability.
  
  A backdoor is something that is deliberately put into the code/system. Sometimes these are for legitimate reasons (eg. maintenance) and sometimes for nefarious purposes. Almost all systems have some sort of back door for service etc.
  
  A vulnerability is a bug or design oversight that can provides a means to crash the system or, in some cases, provide access to the system. There are many well known vulnerabilities that can cause problems in some systems but are benign in others. For example a classic case of a vulnerability is a buffer overflow that can be triggered by sending malicious packets. On some systems these might allow access to sensitive data and on others they provide access to nothing.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:57am
  - freethinker
    
    I agree. When it comes to believing if a bug or vulnerability is intentional or not it becomes a matter of trust and therein lies the problem, who do you trust more as all parties will have an agenda so culture will play a part.
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:32am
- alien
  
  Zero hedge is great for fake news.
  
  Seems Vodafone found some security issues that huawei fixed quickly
  
  https://www.cio.co.nz/article/661064/vodafone-found-security-flaws-in-huawei-equipment-in-2011-2012/
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:15am
  - MickMac
    
    Alien
    NO, according to the report they didn’t and Voda phone has done nothing since.
    
    Did we read the same page?
    “Despite all of this, Vodafone did nothing after discovering backdoors throughout its Italian network and even catching Huawei in a lie when the company said it had fixed the issues, but Vodafone discovered that it hadn’t.”
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:37am
    - alien
      
      no idea what you are reading
      
      “Vodafone, the world’s second-biggest mobile operator, said it had found security vulnerabilities in two products and that both incidents, first reported by Bloomberg, had been resolved quickly”
      
      “”The issues were identified by independent security testing, initiated by Vodafone as part of our routine security measures, and fixed at the time by Huawei,” a Vodafone spokesman said.”
      
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      May 1, 2019 12:05pm
- Ed Snack
  
  Bad claim, it was a telnet interface that did have vulnerabilities – like a goodly percentage of all management telnet interfaces do.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:42am
- KevO'Brien
  
  Many programs have back doors because programmers need access to dynamic internals for their work. Sometimes they are used for maintenance later. These are not weapons. Hardware has them too.
  
  Google & others are worse as they deliberately take peoples data and use it for their business purposes.
  
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  May 1, 2019 11:27am
  - Batman
    
    Google et al aren’t stealing data though, which is the fear of Huawei and it’s country of residence.
    
    Google uses data to better target ads and none of that data is shared or has ever been hacked etc. Frankly I’m far more comfortable with that than using a Huawei phone or them being too tightly tied into the 5G network.
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:39am
    - KevO'Brien
      
      How does 5-eyes get our digital traffic to pass onto the USA? Huawei? Motorola? Cisco?… Who knows what goes on in some routers?
      
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      May 1, 2019 4:09pm
Yvette

Tamaki told the Herald his reference to gang rape was nothing to do with the experience of people who had been raped but referred instead to a “planned assault by Labour’s top MPs on his character”.
• So a little false witness and emotive hate speech actually means “character assassination” – his own, he’s a victim already.

“My best advice is that Man Up has not gone through that process. They’ve repeatedly criticised the Government for not allowing them into prisons but then do nothing to formally make an attempt to put anything towards Corrections and enter into a process.” – Ardern
• Tamaki has not actually applied – has not used Caesar’s system.

“I do think it’s irresponsible to try to incite violence in the prison system because you’re not getting your way.” – Ardern
• To threaten to incite those you would ‘save’, is not a good look
• But it may gain you access to them as brother inmates

However, Davis told the Newsroom website today he wouldn’t trust Destiny Church with a Corrections contract.
“I don’t trust any contract that they had, if they were to work in prisons, wouldn’t go into funding an extravagant lifestyle, overseas holidays, cars, jewellery, and Harley Davidsons. I don’t believe the money would go where they say it would go,” Davis told Newsroom.
• Is Kelvin going for false accusation, defamation, or blasphemy?

So the Tamaki / Government exchanges encompass a multiplicity of sins, and overall, if Brian Tamaki’s interactions are an example of what he is selling – “Man Up”, a character improvement programme – its virtues which should be apparent here, but certainly aren’t! – and the Government should steer well clear of it.
Quod erat demonstrandum
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May 1, 2019 8:45am
- greybeard
  
  My email to Mike Yardley yesterday:
  
  “So Brian Tamaki is pissed-off because the govt will not give him taxpayer money to buy more Harley Davidsons !
  This must be the best decision ever made by this “govt”. “
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:14am
- Rachael Membery
  
  Would they rather that Islam recruited? I now which I would rather. The devil that I know.
  
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  May 1, 2019 5:36pm
Yvette

Matthew Hooton makes the point that Jacinda’s absolute rejection of a Capital Gains Tax is the reason she will romp to victory in 2020. Does Matthew expect us to believe that this woman of mediocre intelligence became an Albert Einstein overnight and decided to make one of her Captain’s Calls to ditch it?

This is of course dependent on us all forgetting Labour and Ardern’s fanatic wish to tax water bottling, then irrigation water, then finding as it got a little out of hand, Jacinda in a “captain’s call” shoved the whole mess sideways into the Tax Working Group, which came up with the Capital Gains Tax that she is now saving us from. It is indeed congratulating ‘the Boy who called “Wolf!” too often’, for saving us from its non-existent jaws.

Except ”the boy who called wolf” didn’t waste millions in taxpayer funding, take months to consult, report, then screw about in a PR vacuum, wasting media space, time and emotions of many people who could have been usefully doing something else. The wolf just ate him.
Pity Jacinda’s fairy story doesn’t end the same way with a satisfying moral.
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May 1, 2019 8:48am
- septic skeptic
  
  I can’t respect commenters such as Hooten who can’t even tell the difference between genius and gutlessness.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:00am
- kowtow
  
  Problem is an awful lot of Jacinda voters aren’t very smart , they switched on the basis of a “fresh face”, what an indictment on universalism.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:12am
- alien
  
  And what we learned from her interview yesterday is she really wanted a cut but Winston refused to support it.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:17am
  - Paulus
    
    CGT was cancelled but will arise elsewhere when the Maori caucus said that Maori would not be included as they would not pay anyway.
    
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    May 1, 2019 1:32pm
- RW Capitalist
  
  Well said and an EXCELLENT summary of the abilities and capabilities of this ridiculous CoL.
  
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  May 1, 2019 12:31pm
- Rachael Membery
  
  So why are they trying to get rid of Simon then as he is only going to be the leader of the opposition?
  
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  May 1, 2019 5:38pm
niggly

Yesterday there was quite a bit of discussion on James Shaw accepting Government departments manipulating statistics to fill in blanks in the 2018 Census … at the time I thought that was unusual (and imagine if National were in Govt doing it – there would be an outcry from the left and MSM) but it wasn’t until later I realised but of course James Shaw supports manipulating statistics because that’s what the Green movement does in relation to accepting manipulating statistics to support their particular narrative on “climate change”!

So the question is, can the public realistically support anything James Shaw says as being credible when at the end of the day James Shaw supports the manipulation (and merging) of real data with guesswork?
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May 1, 2019 8:54am
- MickMac
  
  good point niggly
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:50am
- Gravelroad
  
  Niggly- I suppose we have to have confidence that NZ has an independent public service run by professionals who are not subject to political manipulation and are resistant to partisan fairy dust.
  Question is: do we have that?
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:51am
  - KevO'Brien
    
    Once.
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:30am
  - MickMac
    
    Maybe?
    In some places perhaps?
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:39am
- tf78
  
  I was thinking about where they got the “fill in stats” from – surely obtaining them from the IRD, Schools and Health Departments must be some sort of breach of privacy.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:17am
  - KevO'Brien
    
    IRD legally provide stats data to IRD.
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:31am
- Tauhei Notts
  
  There is a phrase there that deserves repeating as it is oh so apt.
  “James Shaw supports manipulating statistics as that’s what the Green Party does in relation to climate change.”
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:18am
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    beautiful….
    
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    May 1, 2019 11:39am
Straight arrow

The Crusaders proposed name change has raised an interesting Constitutional concern.

The Serjeant at Arms (various spellings) is responsible for maintaining order at parliament. He also carries the ceremonial mace into the House. What is interesting is the origin story, and connection with the Crusades.
According to NZ Parliament website:
“The role of the Serjeant-at-Arms originated in medieval England, where they served as royal bodyguards. Twenty four of them accompanied Richard I on the Crusades. They each carried a Mace (a large lethal club) and had the power to arrest people without warrant.”

Serjeants were like bailiffs, while Serjeants-at-arms were soldiers.
Around 1415, the British House of Commons received its first sergeant-at-arms, from King Henry V. The mace in the UK Parliament is the symbol of royal authority and without it neither House can meet or pass laws (unlike NZ where it is purely symbolic).

So every sitting day, a position and an item linked directly with the Crusades are used to open and give legitimacy to Westminster-type parliaments, including US, Canada, Australia and NZ. The current UK Serjeant at Arms is Mr Mohammed Amal (Kamal) El-Hajji.

Will some politicians advocate for a name change on sensitivity grounds? Suggestions?
Should the mace be replaced by an indigenous and non-violent equivalent?
When will the madness end?
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May 1, 2019 8:54am
- Andrei
  
  Well we should ditch celebrating the Anzacs and Anzac day by the same logic.
  
  After all the Gallipoli campaign was an invasion of a Muslim country and the defenders were Muslim
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:10am
  - stephieboy
    
    Andrei, not quite. Britain and the Empire were allied with Russia and France WWI. The Turks with Germany.
    
    I don’t think Czar Nicholas II and the Kremlin would have seen it your way.
    
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    May 1, 2019 12:49pm
- kowtow
  
  Here’s a real modern sergeant at arms.
  
  ‘The man being hailed as a hero for reportedly shooting a gunman in Canada’s national parliament is Kevin Vickers, who, as the holder of the post of sergeant-at-ams, is officially responsible for safety and security within the grounds of the building.’
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/22/canadian-sergeant-at-arms-hero-ottawa
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:14am
- Paulus Gnome
  
  Yep, the cry will go up from all the usual suspects to replace the mace with something more ‘inclusive, to more accurately reflect our multi cultural diverse society’ that will end up being a sacred carved stick provided by maori from a yet unknown taniwha that can only be found in one secret spot and will involve an unprecedented amount of koha
  
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  May 1, 2019 11:37am
- stephieboy
  
  The Crusades occurred some 200 years before the reign of HenryV where even then their real significance would have been lost on Parliament.
  
  But not, of course, Richard de Couer.
  
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  May 1, 2019 12:46pm
  - Jack5
    
    Close, but only close, Stephie X.
    
    You are talking of the King of England from 1189 to 1199. He was Richard Coeur de Lion to the French and Richard the Lion Heart to the English.
    
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    May 1, 2019 4:37pm
Lee C

I find the Premium Herald a vast improvement. It byte-sizes the biased advertorials/comments and denies me access to the rest of the carefully constructed wittering, they represent as journalism.

I read the intro paragraph, am like, ‘Yup, got it, thanks for saving me the time I used to waste fruitlessly looking for any balance in this…’

Well done The Herald, 10 out of 10 from this satisfied reader.
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May 1, 2019 8:59am
- septic skeptic
  
  That’s certainly the elephant in the room. Is there a significant market for leftist twaddle and woke virtue signalling?
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:03am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    I guess they will soon find out. But having put all their digital eggs behind the paywall, they may be in for a rude shock.
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:08am
    - Inandout
      
      Especially if Stuff continues with free information outside the bubble.
      
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      May 1, 2019 9:21am
  - cmm
    
    The problem is that Generation Woke want everything for “free”.
    
    They want their Nissan Leaf, but the SUV drivers should subsidise them.
    
    Same here. They will agree that leftie journalism should be paid for, but they won’t actually want to pay for it.
    
    Maybe PriNZess can step in and buy everyone “free” Herald subs?
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:19am
Thought Criminal

If the Herald goes completely premium, how will I find out about car crashes?
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May 1, 2019 9:03am
- Paulus Gnome
  
  And funny shaped vegetables (the garden variety not the government bench offerings)
  
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  May 1, 2019 11:40am
  - fernglas
    
    And how many Kiwis weren’t involved in plane crashes in the Gobi Desert.
    
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    May 1, 2019 2:53pm
Maggie Pie

Before i handed over to the new shift this morning one of the girls suggested we should try ‘Chow Mein’ for Breakfast. I found it sooo sickly it almost made me physically ill 🙁

http://www.runstop.de/benny038.jpg
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May 1, 2019 9:14am
Maggie Pie

POT – KETTLE –

https://twitter.com/NewshubNZ/status/1122655233681838082

LoL!!
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May 1, 2019 9:27am
rightoverlabour

But if he was a drug smuggler he would get residency. The minister is incompetent, or absolutely stupid.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/112317452/nelson-firefighters-residency-put-on-ice-by-immigration-minister
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May 1, 2019 9:38am
- Prince
  
  Nothing to do with competency.
  The firefighter just didn’t have friends in the right places, in todays corrupt NZ immigration process.
  The drug smuggler was allowed to stay because of his political connections, as was exposed by National’s homework and questions in parliament. Swept aside by Christchurch, a New Idea photo shoot and another Shane Jones scandal.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:14am
- Liberty
  
  So much for Dear leader striving to be a caring government.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:45am
- freethinker
  
  This Minister in company most of his fellow Ministers are beyond incompetence but at least a 24 month work visa will enable a National Govt to grant residency to some one who is actually useful and proved to be.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:57am
Hugh Pavletich

Is Sydney learning anything from the normal North American housing markets ? …

Posted at … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/05/links-1-may-2019/#comment-3338442

… Sydney’s detached house price now $A 1,027,962, which is down 3% in the past 3 months …

Sydney’s median (detached) house prices on track to fall below $1 million, analysts say – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-30/median-sydney-house-prices-could-fall-below-1-million/11057578
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… while for March, the Houston Association of Realtors reports that the single family median house price is $US 240,000 up 2.1% yoy …

Houston Association of Realtors – Latest Monthly Report

https://www.har.com/content/mls
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… When does Sydney intend to start sorting out land supply and infrastructure financing … to ALLOW affordable housing to be built ? …

2019 15th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey

http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf
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May 1, 2019 9:40am
- Hugh Pavletich
  
  … New Zealand: The bursting housing bubble …
  
  Latest Realestate.co.nz figures show asking prices and new listings are easing while the total number of homes for sale is on the rise … Greg Ninness … Interest Co NZ
  
  https://www.interest.co.nz/property/99445/latest-realestateconz-figures-show-asking-prices-and-new-listings-are-easing-while
  
  People selling their homes in Auckland appear to be dropping their asking prices to meet the softer market conditions, according to the latest data from property website Realestate.co.nz.
  
  The average asking price (non-seasonally adjusted) for Auckland properties that were newly listed on Realestate.co.nz in April was $904,479.
  
  That means the average asking price has declined by $48,270 (-5.1%) since March and is down by a whopping $91,822 (-9.2%) since February.
  
  April’s average asking price in Auckland was the lowest it has been since July 2017.
  
  Average asking prices in April were also down compared to March in Bay of Plenty -2.6%, Central North Island -3.9%, Taranaki -4.6%, Wellington -4.1%, Marlborough -4.8%, West Coast -1.5%, Canterbury -3.1%, Otago -2.2%, Southland -4.7% and Central Otago-Lakes -13.7%. … read more via hyperlink above …
  
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  May 1, 2019 4:54pm
Lee C

Ah the delights of cold Chinese takeaway – I love it, always have!
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May 1, 2019 9:47am
- Lance
  
  The student staple of cold chips and warm, flat, beer for breakfast.
  I remember it well.
  
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  May 1, 2019 10:00am
Maggie Pie

My twitter followers (now 17) have been running hot overnight! But i call ‘FAKE NEWS’ with the pic of this threesome –

https://twitter.com/NewshubNZ/status/1123111319769456640
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May 1, 2019 9:50am
MickMac

reheat for me Lee 🙂
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May 1, 2019 9:51am
srylands

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/112317452/nelson-firefighters-residency-put-on-ice-by-immigration-minister

Why on earth would New Zealand not want this guy and his family to settle in New Zealand? Employed, productive, contributes to community. Yet we just granted permanent residency to possibly 1,000 plus people, most of whom would not normally have qualified.
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May 1, 2019 9:55am
Surely Knott

Another (supposed) leak to Newshub – Quelle Surprise!
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May 1, 2019 10:39am
Happychappy

Why would the media give unscrupulous people a idea, are the that short of stories that they have to get news from Australia.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/04/landlord-tells-potential-tenants-they-re-expected-to-take-turns-sleeping-in-bed.amp.html
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May 1, 2019 10:43am
Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes

Winston was up to usual antics when asked about the provincial Slush fund, and I think he unwittingly revealed the chink in his armour. While on the defense of his and Jonseys largesse, his usual “look at nationals record blah, blah, blah” he made the point of only getting action under his watch – not the govt, not the coalition, but Winston First. Could his ego be more inflated ? I propsoe that all disucssion about the provincial slush fund should give credit to Labour, Adern and Robbo. Throw in James Shaw for the credit and Winston will explode…..he will force Adern and co to publically state its all Winston, which highlights the $ for votes which it actualy is.
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May 1, 2019 10:47am
Maggy Wassilieff

Gene editing gets the green light in Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-30/crispr-gene-editing-in-the-food-chain/11053622
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May 1, 2019 10:51am
Fletch

Does anyone else remember the Herald’s attempt at a paywall in the early 2000’s? It could be bypassed by just changing the story URL a little. I’m assuming it has beefed up security now but it was amusing at the time.
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May 1, 2019 11:11am
srylands

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1905/S00002/nz-transport-agency-has-blood-on-its-hands.htm

So this lobby group wants the open road speed limit reduced to 80 km/h.

I would wager such a law change would cause the Government to lose office.
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May 1, 2019 11:38am
- Batman
  
  That guy is a loon, so it isn’t surprising
  
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  May 1, 2019 11:43am
- alien
  
  no. this guy wants the speed limit on “undivided rural roads” reduced to 80.
  
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  May 1, 2019 12:10pm
- Monique Watson
  
  Its the lack of investment in roads and lack of median barriers.
  
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  May 1, 2019 12:50pm
- howitis
  
  What a hideous prick that fella is:
  Bevan Woodward, Transport Planner
  
  He says
  ….NZTA knows that the occupants of vehicles in a head on collision at 100 km/h are likely to die. They also know the same collision at 80 km/h will likely see the occupants survive….
  That is a lie.
  
  Warning! Graphic description follows:-
  80Km/hr head on x 2 is still 100 mph head on for each vehicle and occupants.
  It is like driving a vehicle at ‘the ton’ into a solid wall or a solid tree. We have seen these results in recent times.
  There is nowhere for the metals. plastics, and human bodies to go but forward into each other.
  When you have people without seatbelts, as occurred last weekend and a few weeks ago nearby, you have multiple deaths.
  
  This is more about control and Big Brother.
  I repeat.
  What a prick, and a cynical prick this Woodward is.
  
  So I looked him up.
  This is the joker behind Skypath over Harbour Bridge.
  He wants us to fund/subsidise his hobby.
  I hobby cycle. I don’t expect others to pay but then I’m not a soy boy leftie.
  
  He is vocal about lowering all local streets to 30 km/hr for cars so that HE is safer on his pushbike.
  http://www.movement.org.nz/author/bevan/
  Wheelie bin stickers for safe streets
  We love 30 km/h! Spread the word with our wheelie bin stickers. Just $3 each plus $4 postage.
  
  Extract:
  “Once upon a time, Bevan Woodward was a high-flying sales executive who gadded about in $2000 suits with $100 ties and drove a Nissan Pathfinder 4WD. Today, he buys from op-shops, mends his own clothes, curses 4WDs as he crusades for cyclists and public transport.
  Bevan is now an ardent cyclist who heads up a cyclist lobby group, and does advocacy work for ecological and community organisations for a fraction of the salary he once received. And the couple’s goal is to live in an eco-village.”
  
  Yep, still a prick, but one who wants to tell others what to do.
  A controlling, subsidy seeking, cynical leftie.
  
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  May 1, 2019 2:10pm
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    No.
    Two identical vehicles colliding at 80km/hr each head on is just the same as one vehicle at 80km/hr colliding with an unyielding object in terms of the accelerations on the occupants.
    
    If there is large disparity in mass between the vehicles then the light weight vehicle is the one that is screwed – and if a 40 tonne truck at 80km/hr hits a 2 tonne car at 80km/hr head on then it is more like the car is having a collision at 150+km/hr.
    
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    May 1, 2019 3:38pm
  - Ian Boag
    
    I take it you are not one of the free speech brigade then? And you certainly wouldn’t be telling others what to do ….
    
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    May 1, 2019 3:44pm
- JibberJabber
  
  How about teaching drivers to keep left?
  It`s a radical idea, but would save numerous lives.
  
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  May 1, 2019 3:39pm
mark15

Legal challenge to firearm amendments,fingers crossed everybody
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May 1, 2019 11:48am
- rightoverlabour
  
  Link please, I would like to know more.. Thanks
  
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  May 1, 2019 7:45pm
Johnboy

Poor Steve. Despite that heart rending photograph of him as a bloody good bloke he just isn’t brown enough for this useless, virtue signalling government the turd Winston has landed us with! 🙂
Here is the photo:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/112317452/nelson-firefighters-residency-put-on-ice-by-immigration-minister
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May 1, 2019 11:58am
KevO'Brien

20,000 new satellites? Is 5G being released without testing?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/5g-the-big-picture/5675977
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May 1, 2019 11:58am
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  5G: non-ionising radiation, massively less dangerous than sunlight. Only thing it can do to bodies is warm skin imperceptibly. It’s higher frequency than existing telecoms so skin depth (depth it can penetrate into a conductive object like skin) is even smaller than for current microwave comms frequencies, it mostly can’t even penetrate epidermis.
  
  After decades of exposure to cell phones there is (as expected) no proof that they cause significant health risk, it is nothing more than light from the biologically irrelevant low energy end of the spectrum – of which the sun makes a vast amount of already. There are real dangers in the world, communications radiation aren’t amongst them.
  
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  May 1, 2019 3:32pm
  - KevO'Brien
    
    Where did you get that info? It conflicts seriously with others.
    
    My concern is technology is easy to justify to those creating it and tends to expand till it completely breaks down. Matters of public health should be proven before hidden rollouts. A creators say so should not be sufficient.
    
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    May 1, 2019 4:13pm
    - Johnboy
      
      Quite so Kev. If we let Huawei do it we will most likely all develop yellow skin eventually! 🙂
      
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      May 1, 2019 7:00pm
Happychappy

I see that apparently Winston has done a deal with James Shaw and the Greens on methane emissions from farmers dairy stock.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/112353042/methane-emissions-deal-kick-starts-climate-change-legislation
With several other stories being released like the Herald paywall and reverent Brian’s brain fade I wonder if they are trying to hide amongst other news like the census debacle.
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May 1, 2019 12:03pm
Prince

How does this statement of intent by NZ Media tie in with TV1 News broadcasting Baghdadi’s call to arms last night, appealing for further attacks in Sri Lanka and across the western world ?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112352367/christchurch-terror-attack-how-new-zealand-media-will-report-the-trial

“We shall, to the extent that is compatible with the principles of open justice, limit any coverage of statements, that actively champion white supremacist or terrorist ideology”.
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May 1, 2019 1:06pm
Happychappy

The first fisherman Clark must be missing getting the photo opportunity and limelight with Jacinda so is looking to produce a seafood recipe book.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12226100
Well I suppose he can’t let the cat out the bag on his lawn mowing business.
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May 1, 2019 1:09pm
mandk

In some US states the Democrats have effectively legalised doing this to new borns:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/112378038/us-woman-sentenced-to-die-for-murder-of-stepdaughter.
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May 1, 2019 1:23pm
Cobolt24

I was listening to ZB early this morning around 12:30am and a texter who went by the name of EAD said something but I wasn’t paying too much attention.

The EAD who used to come to this place I wonder?
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May 1, 2019 1:55pm
- All_on_Red
  
  I suspect given the absence of him and a few others that a bit of a cull has occurred
  Shame that didn’t include Stephieboy
  I see he’s back to his usual trolling trick of just asking questions designed to provoke.
  Let’s hope the Mods wise up to it and don’t let them through
  
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  May 1, 2019 5:05pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Still fairly certain that steffy is a girl most of the time, then the illiterate moronic one pops up for a day or two.
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:22pm
softail 1450

Seriously folks have a look at our PM on parliament tv ,shes dressed entirely in black,black,black,and the pitch black hair she looks like the witch from the dark west ,or has someone died and shes going to a funeral?
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May 1, 2019 2:12pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  I dont no if you watched yesterday as well softail, but did you notice Judiths fab orange & bloo ensemble? I thort she looked absolutey stunning!
  
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  May 1, 2019 2:41pm
  - sooty
    
    Certainly stands out in a crowd!
    I can’t wait till she goes toe to toe with Cindy!
    That would make Cindy rush off to kindy!
    
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    May 1, 2019 3:45pm
  - JibberJabber
    
    Yes, the media noticed, it`s called Trial by Wardrobe.
    https://twitter.com/KatherineRichNZ/status/1123323194008428544
    
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    May 1, 2019 3:47pm
GazzaW

To anyone doubting Simon Bridges’ debating ability can I refer them to his speech at the start of the General Debate that followed immediately after QT today. Don’t stop watching at the end of his allotted time because Peters’ very foolishly cocked up which provided Bridges with an additional five minutes to speak off the cuff. He absolutely hammered Peters (and Mark) and NZ First. Well worth a watch on replay.
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May 1, 2019 3:23pm
- JibberJabber
  
  Apart from people that watch parliament TV, I doubt the clip will see the light of day on the MSM.
  
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  May 1, 2019 3:45pm
  - JibberJabber
    
    I`m quite pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong on that comment.
    
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    May 1, 2019 6:21pm
- alien
  
  bridges is good in debate, he always has been. He is crap in question time, crap in media interviews and just useless at holding the government to account.
  
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  May 1, 2019 3:45pm
  - Happychappy
    
    Being some one that has had his share of criticism from people on here about spelling, fall stops and comas I get sick of people whinging. But your dislike for Simon on how he speaks,not good in debates, crap at question time, debates and at holding the Government to account is pissing me off so tidy up your act at starting posts with a capital and using capitals to start sentences before you pick holes in what others do. The other thing is get elected and see if you can achieve what Simon Bridges has achieved in his life .
    
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    May 1, 2019 7:03pm
    - alien
      
      actually i’ve never attacked how bridges speaks. and never would because I do not think it has anything to do with the issues. How a person speaks, dresses etc is not something that interests me. And no thanks, the beauty about this country is being able to have different views than others and not be stoned to death, so if you want me to tidy up my act you’re wasting your time. and i’ll write how ever I like. don’t like what i have to say or how i write be a big boy and dont read it
      
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      May 1, 2019 8:15pm
- Wired-one
  
  Can someone post a link please?
  
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  May 1, 2019 3:58pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    https://www.parliament.nz/en/watch-parliament/ondemand?itemId=206146
    
    Interesting Bridges said that results from their own Polling last night has NZ First on 1%
    
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    May 1, 2019 5:02pm
    - Tall Man
      
      For some reason I am always unable to play the video on those links.
      
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      May 1, 2019 10:13pm
  - alien
    
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/05/national-s-simon-bridges-lets-rip-in-parliament-labelling-mps-clowns.html
    
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    May 1, 2019 5:23pm
    - Tall Man
      
      According to tova, I didn’t really sleep with jlr, he didn’t land any punches…..
      
      I’m fairly certain he knocked out those who want him replaced and even slapped “what’s in it for wynston” well and truly in the kisser.
      
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      May 1, 2019 10:15pm
Maggie Pie

What on earth is going on at the NZ Herald? Ive read it most days for years without a problem, then now, when i click on to see “Who Jilled Blair Peach” – after the very first para it fades OUT and tells me i will need to pay $2.50 to continue reading!! Sorry, but they can stik it up their bum as far as im concerned – from now on ill just wait till peiople link to things here.
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May 1, 2019 3:39pm
Wired-one

Let’s hope Simon’s isn’t rolled anytime soon, just for the fact that it will prove Tova O’Brien wrong. Seriously though what the hell is her issue with Bridges?. Is she just after a story that will drag on for a few months, or is there malice behind this?. She’s the only one who keeps pushing this Bridges is about to be rolled narrative.
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May 1, 2019 4:02pm
- MrTips
  
  Hypothetically speaking, Bridges may not be the only person taped by a certain independent MP. And the honeypot trap has the risk of giving the target leverage.
  
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  May 1, 2019 7:09pm
Jack5

Moderate Muslims in Australia are sending preachers to Australian universities to counter suspected Islamic extremists recruiting there.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/imams-act-to-stop-radicalisation-as-terror-plotters-swinburne-link-revealed-20190430-p51ih1.html
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May 1, 2019 4:33pm
Maggy Wassilieff

I somehow don’t think these young ladies are alt-right, neo-Nazi, white supremacists….

Rotorua judge rules ‘we don’t have Sieg Heil in this courtroom’

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12226943
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May 1, 2019 4:46pm
Maggie Pie

I just caught the tail-end of that Andrew Dickens on ZB hoping HDPA would be coming on. Now, while i never majored in physcology, nevertheless i still consider my self to be a reasonable judge of a persons character. Have you ever noticed that when someone calls talkback and says, “Im calling about the drug issue” – that you can tell immediately from the sound of their voice, ‘what sort of school they went to, the sort of suburb they were bought up in, they would never have had a proper job in their life, are on a benefit of some kind , yet they will say that they are in favor of ALL drugs being legalized’.

Juist saying.
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May 1, 2019 5:21pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  LOL!! At least we know theres one drug-addled downticker among us – try spending a nite in the ED and see what you think!
  
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  May 1, 2019 6:40pm
- Johnboy
  
  “they would never have had a proper job in their life”
  That bit sounds like 95% of our current Liarbore MP folk Maggs! 🙂
  
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  May 1, 2019 6:43pm
- alien
  
  hmmm, my advice would be don’t judge a book by your perception of it’s cover. I had a neighbour in auckland. Rough looking and talking guy. The kind of person that people like you would describe as you have above. Only problem was he is a multi millionaire, self made with at that time over 30 rental properties. When I was a kid one of our customers was a dirty, stinking hoarder, again, a self made millionaire.
  
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  May 1, 2019 6:51pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    And where do you stand on the legalisation of cannabis alien?
    
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    May 1, 2019 7:09pm
    - alien
      
      I support it for medical use, and hope it becomes more afforadble. If I could afford it I would use CBD oil. But the price is just unreachable for most people that need it.
      
      I’m not a fan of recreational cannabis, but I think that should be legalised. For a few reasons. Free up police and court time. Take that tax free businesses away from the gangs and start taxing it.
      
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      May 1, 2019 8:11pm
nasska

There’s proposed legislation currently at the Select Committee stage which concerns me more than a little. Part of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill will affirm the existing discretion to prosecute for possession and use of all drugs.

Readers of my humble offerings will know that I’m vehemently against existing law regarding Class C drugs but the latest brain fart from David Clark seeks to advance the role of police into Judge Dredd territory. The sanctioning of discretion is a direction to ignore use of Class A & B drugs where Court ordered treatment would be more effective than fines or imprisonment.

Police are essentially keepers of the peace & gatherers of evidence. The courts decide guilt & punishment. To muddy the roles invites corruption & removes the impetus for Parliament to amend or abolish unnecessary legislation.

The actions of an individual should be either legal or illegal. If there’s a grey area the relevant legislation should be rewritten or formally disposed of.

Ref: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_85104/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-bill
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May 1, 2019 6:00pm
- Johnboy
  
  Have another toke and calm down nasska. I’m just pouring another scotch! 🙂
  
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  May 1, 2019 6:45pm
  - nasska
    
    I watched a documentary on cannabis last night. It was very enjoyable.
    
    In fact I think I am going to watch all documentaries like that in future. 🙂
    
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    May 1, 2019 7:18pm
greybeard

I saw Ian Lees-Galloway tonight on the 5:30pm news, trying to wriggle out of explaining why that Brit guy & his family were not to be allowed residency.
By Christ, that ILG is one smug, brainwashed prick.
Is it silly to yell at one’s TV ?
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May 1, 2019 6:59pm
- alien
  
  IF this is not the kind of immigrant we want and need in this country then i don’t know what is.
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:00pm
  - Tall Man
    
    A room without windows, turn out the lights …. gone?
    
    That’s the ones.
    
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    May 1, 2019 10:00pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Don’t think the Christchurch man charged with possession of explosives and unlawful weapons is a white supremacist.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/112373075/man-appears-in-court-after-suspected-explosive-device-found-in-christchurch
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May 1, 2019 7:15pm
- cmm
  
  MSM must be thinking:
  
  “Bugger, who are we going to smear with this one? He wasn’t even wearing a Trump shirt.”
  
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  May 1, 2019 8:01pm
  - Tall Man
    
    MAGA cap maybe?
    
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    May 1, 2019 9:59pm
Lee C

I enjoyed watching Bridges in Parliament. i have made remarks recently about his communications skills, which appear to have been severely challenged by his performance today.

I withdraw and apologise.
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May 1, 2019 8:22pm
- Tall Man
  
  I have been saying that for a while, a smart man keeps his powder dry until the fight starts….
  
  I think you can safely say it now has.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:57pm
Lee C

https://www.facebook.com/569518763736818/photos/a.569556677066360/603094280379266/?type=3&theater
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May 1, 2019 8:34pm
- Tall Man
  
  And who said they’re idiots?
  
  They are … as I been saying for quite a while…. when permitted by an overzealous moderating system.
  
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  May 1, 2019 9:56pm

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