About
Contact
Advertise

Facebook
Twitter

June 6, 2022 8:00am by Kokila Patel

General Debate 06 June 2022

Like this:

Like Loading...

Email
Facebook
Twitter
Comment209

Uncategorized
General Debate

Comments (209)

Login to comment or vote

NeverMindTheBollocks

One upside of the QB Honours List is there’s no sign of the duck. That man is a stain.
63 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:04am
- Tony Stuart
  
  No sign of Winston Raymond Peters either…
  
  55 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:45am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    He will get his just before next years election if he is near 5% Grrrr
    
    10 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:22pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  He will get it the minute he retires from parliament, good there is no Sir Winston
  
  11 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:21pm
cas

Yes Minister has just started again on Sundays on Jones or Jones too. the episode last night was Open Government. It must be returning as a reminder to Labour as to how to be the most open and transparent government we have ever had. It is still a classic and sadly so much of the episode rang so true with the antics of today’s Govt.
52 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:14am
- Mike H S
  
  Yes, I spotted it and watched it with a wry grin. Should be compulsory watching for the youth of today.
  
  4 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 4:35pm
Yvette

“3 Waters” – what is going on below the surface?
If Western democracy – one person, one vote – will inevitably fail your minority population portion, why not find the answer in an “inside-job”, or “insider-trading”?

3 reasons there must be a truly independent review into Three Waters
A former deputy PM and two former senior ministers, all from different parties, are calling for answers from Mahuta and Labour regarding conflicts of interest and lack of transparency around 3 Waters.
https://theplatform.kiwi/opinions/3-reasons-there-must-be-a-truly-independent-review-into-three-waters

– perhaps read from the heading: ‘The influence of Tipa Mahuta’, near the bottom of this linked article

Tuku Morgan wants Waikato-Tainui to work smarter, challenges how democracy works for Māori
https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300596787/tuku-morgan-wants-waikatotainui-to-work-smarter-challenges-how-democracy-works-for-mori

… Morgan, who was part of the Three Waters independent working group and closely involved in the co-governance-run Waikato River Authority, said there was a misapprehension in mainstream Aotearoa society about the benefits of co-governance.

… Morgan said the iwi was faced with “a whole bunch of changes”, such as the Three Waters reforms, where thought was needed on maximising opportunity. Resource Management Act and health reforms and Māori wards were other examples of changes being faced.
“All of that demands some degree of agility and greater responsiveness from the iwi.
“These are generational changes…are we satisfied that we’re in the right place?”
“… western democracy really amounts to the tyranny of the majority. So how then are we supposed to participate in a real, meaningful and significant way?”

While the Treaty is acclaimed as a “living document”, the fact is the context has changed – the ratio of Maori to non-Maori in 1840 has reversed in a way probably not anticipated back then to become what Tuku Morgan and Willie Jackson refer to as “tyranny of the majority“.
Is one way to thwart this “tyranny” to place your people in key decision making positions?

What would Sun Tzu do?
51 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:15am
- peterwn
  
  ‘ “3 Waters” – what is going on below the surface? ‘
  It is a scheme where Maori elite can screw and hold to ransom the rest of NZ (including Maori non elite). In other words privatisation.
  
  47 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:54am
- Loddenthinks
  
  Thank you for your excellent work on this Yvette.
  
  42 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:55am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Tyranny of the majority bad.
  
  Tyranny of the minority good.
  
  No, I don’t get it either.
  
  37 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:55am
  - zulumonster
    
    Tyranny of the minority worked OK in South Africa for quite a while … for the minority.
    
    6 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:08pm
- Master Mariner
  
  What would Sun Tzu do?
  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,
  Know your enemy
  Dont interfere when your enemy is making a mistake.
  
  From the top of my Head.
  
  22 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:56am
- Linda Wright
  
  I guess Tuku thinks a tyranny of the minority is better.
  
  39 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:57am
  - Ehlana
    
    But only the minority he sees in the mirror.
    
    11 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:02pm
  - Prince
    
    ‘I have the Mana’.
    A catchphrase for Tuku and his cabal of entitled, privileged buddies.
    
    7 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 2:04pm
- Nickc2
  
  If only we had a PM with the fortitude to tell this racist cabal aka the Maori Caucus to pull their heads in and cease all efforts to divide NZ along racial lines as it’s not going to happen under her Govt and if they persist, she will call an election on the issue and as far as she’s concerned, the cabal can fend for itself.
  NOTE: That would be in an ideal world where we had a PM with fortitude, honesty and sincerity. Oh for those days eh!
  
  46 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:23am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Shit, his $100 underpants might be wearing out, he is speaking a lot these days, perhaps another dip in the trough
    
    12 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:26pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    The Māori caucus have a message for her when she finally returns . I hear it’s a huge message as well, something along the long the lines of get the f…..out, what’s the chances she will be resting this week
    
    12 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:28pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      June 7th, 8th, and 9th, she will have another positive RAT test. Or maybe a false positive, but we have to be careful you know.
      Or maybe family time. Daddy is coming home?
      PTPM
      
      9 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 2:28pm
Tomtoddy

Who said royalty was dead?
43 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:16am
- Lee C
  
  Was it Morrissey?
  
  17 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:19am
- greybeard
  
  Indeed ! Not to mention their humour: Charles’s tongue-in-cheek “Mummy” was great, and the Queen’s marmalade sandwich in her purse when taking tea with Paddington Bear was a gem.
  
  51 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:22am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    This was also good! Dunno where to stop deleting the link.
    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=queen+parachutes+into+olympics+video&docid=608008099190105232&mid=7896C5BADC844707749B7896C5BADC844707749B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
    
    10 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 8:39am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    Didn’t she look thrilled with the whole thing? That old bird might be 96, but she’s got moxy.
    
    37 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 8:56am
  - MCōs
    
    Charles came out with ‘mummy’ years ago in some light hearted speech and it struck a chord so he brings it out occasionally to prove they’re more affectionate than everyone thinks.
    I watched a rerun of the concert last night. Charles looked utterly dejected. Personally I don’t blame him. There were a couple of good bits, but I thought it was all a bit ‘try hard’, like a pride parade organised by straight people, or vice versa.
    
    21 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:00am
- Rodion Raskolnikov
  
  One thing that stood out very starkly when perusing the crowds was the near total absence of the many “New British,” of any generation, first or several. Surely respecting and acknowledging the bedrock institutions of the nation that you found so appealing in the first place isn’t too much to ask. Maybe they have no such respect? I suppose that absence indicates that it takes much more than simply being on the land, and/or drawing state benefits and receiving free NHS care and/or a trip across the channel in a dinghy to make one “British.”
  
  14 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 11:52am
Maggy Wassilieff

Prime Minister Ardern will need to distance herself from the Mahuta issues… that seem to be gathering steam

https://theplatform.kiwi/opinions/mahuta-imbroglio-a-quagmire-for-the-government
66 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:23am
- ClanMcleod
  
  I had to laugh.
  
  “A recent uptick in anti-Māori sentiment online is raising concern with experts who say disinformation groups have pivoted to issues such as co-governance, following the anti-mandate protest.”
  
  So the “river of filth” who dared disagree with Princess Brenda are going to be her equivalent to the US libtards “Russia dunnit”. A scapegoat for every policy failure or self inflicted PR disaster by her or any of the clown show she surrounds herself with! But weren’t they all Black Power and Mongrel Mob so how can they be “anti maori”??
  
  “Disinformation groups.” The stench of desperation is getting intense.
  
  68 3
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:48am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    Desperation is a stinky cologne…
    
    43 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 8:52am
  - Prince
    
    Sad to see TV One News descend to these depths, but the slide has been long and relentless.
    
    12 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 2:17pm
- peterwn
  
  “Aspects of the member’s question are inaccurate and I reject the premise of them.” Obviously a favourite cliche by one of Jacinda’s speech writers.
  
  Will be hearing much more on this when the time is right.
  
  42 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:58am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    It is pathetic. Imagine in the last government if (say) Tony Ryall’s family members were suddenly appointed to senior government appointments. The screams from Labour the Greens and the media would have been heard in outer space.
    
    46 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:07am
    - zulumonster
      
      Well a brother of a guy John Key went to school with was appointed to a senior role and the opposition and media went ape!
      
      24 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 1:11pm
  - Mike H S
    
    Supplementary question Mr Speaker. Could the Minister explain which parts of my question are inaccurate and which are accurate and what part of the premise does he/she/it (got to cover the lgbtxyz component here) reject.
    
    5 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 4:44pm
- backster
  
  She can only credibly do that by sacking Mahuta and her appointments.
  
  43 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:33am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    It’s funny this emerged as she flew off, I have heard the Māori caucus has threatened Ardern to stand aside and call a snap election, in 90 days, this would be dirty Arden at it, and probably has chubby fingers all over it too
    
    13 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:34pm
    - artemisia
      
      Why would the Maori caucus want a snap election? These MPs must be aware a Labour / Green / MP is by no means a done deal next year and better the absolute majority bird right there in the hand.
      
      Maybe they see a tired PM losing the love out there in voter land, and figure making a big fuss might encourage the PM to resign to make room for the first Maori PM. Plus of course that absolute majority until late 2023.
      
      Or is that overthinking?
      
      11 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 1:25pm
    - DimChappie
      
      Why would the Maori caucus do this? Isn’t Ardern doing all they want already, pushing 3 Waters despite resistance etc? And did you mean to say “this would be dirty Arden at it,” suggesting she has organised a revolt against herself?
      
      2 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 6:59pm
  - curry4me
    
    I agree. Stalinda sacking Mahuta will happen on either of these two dates. When Hell freezes over, or on the 12th of never. Here is a comprehensive list of the people she has sacked so far…… crickets.
    
    12 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:31pm
- Swifty
  
  Kelvin should have refused, because now he looks complicit.
  
  15 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:47am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    They hunt as a pack the Māori caucus
    
    11 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:35pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    It’s just not Kelvin that is complicit.
    
    The Prime Minister had to be in on the shebang
    
    And she will be very much a target herself given that any transfer of a minister’s power of appointment to another minister requires prime ministerial approval.
    
    Allegations of conflicts of interest are always going to end up pretty quickly on the Prime Minister’s desk — as John Key found out in 2014 over Judith Collins’ visit to Oravida HQ in Shanghai.
    
    14 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:12pm
  - Prince
    
    Looks ?
    
    7 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 2:19pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Something has to be done, I hear Nats are busy trying to get the full story snd they are going to question for 2 weeks, as they say, no the answer before you ask the question, ACT went in half cocked and aimlessly through dirt last week, and got no where
  
  10 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:31pm
  - Tony Stuart
    
    Indeed; the political rule to never ask a question you don’t already know the answer for is especially valid here.
    
    16 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:57pm
Maggy Wassilieff

I see Ross Ardern is no longer Administrator of Tokelau Islands

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-administrator-tokelau-announced
46 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:30am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  And there are reports that Tokelauan (NZ citizens) have been locked down in their houses for months for refusing covid vaxxes.
  
  https://www.thedailyexaminer.co.nz/new-zealand-citizens-under-house-arrest-for-pfizer-non-compliance-ross-ardern-suddenly-resigns/
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYEFPDkiivE
  
  47 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:39am
  - Matt Long
    
    I just saw on Twitter that at the same time Saint Jax was apologising for her father’s dawn raids daddy was locking Tokalau people in their homes.
    Maybe there’ll be an apology to them in 50 years while the government discriminates against the next generation.
    
    57 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 8:46am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    ‘Nobody will be forced to take the vaccine, and those who opt out will not be punished’
    How is that for a huge lie?
    
    56 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:00am
  - Nickc2
    
    If the Tokelauan people have seen this video, I don’t blame them for refusing the alleged vaccine.
    https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-pfizer-vp-massive-fraud-playing-out-on-a-global-scale-reckless-to-vaccine-the-whole-population_4509490.html?utm_source=enewsnoe&utm_campaign=etv-2022-06-05-2&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1
    
    11 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 12:55pm
- pdm
  
  Maggy I will bet you `10c to a pinch of goat poo’ that Arderns answer is not received on time.
  
  39 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:39am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Like father like daughter. Residents of Tokelau will be thrilled, as we shall be when we see the back of the daughter.
  
  46 3
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:58am
- mikenmildagain
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  I see Maggy is so desperate to find any mud to fling at the prime minister that she will even trawl the lowest recesses of the internet – the Daily Examiner – to find a smear against Ardern’s father.
  This level of hatred can’t be good for your health, Maggy.
  
  4 62
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:04am
  - NK
    
    It’s not as bad as the level of hate Ardern has for her servants.
    
    47 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:06am
  - Gravelroad
    
    Says the expert in the art of the smear.
    
    39 4
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:11am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Truth is a bitch sometimes
      
      30 4
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 9:22am
  - ClanMcleod
    
    Awww, poor milkey, reverts to type with a smear of the source rather than the content. Stay focused milkey, was there anything within the article that was incorrect? If so correct it and move on.
    Childish ad hominem and pathetic smearing are not debate.
    
    50 5
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:14am
  - Lee C
    
    I think you are out of touch with the use of the word ‘hatred’, Milky.
    
    The official thinking is you employ the word ‘Kindness’ when you want to ‘hate’ on someone.
    
    Do try to keep up.
    
    38 6
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:17am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Mirror, mirror…..
    you know the rest….
    
    27 4
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:20am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
      I don’t hate anyone, Steve. I like people such as you and Maggy – sincere but misguided. But I do worry that fine people who spend so much time reading bullshit from webshites will inevitably start to believe much of it.
      
      7 44
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 9:36am
      - NK
        
        Agreed. The best comment you’ve ever made here. It is for this very reason I’ve stopped reading websites such as herald.co.nz, stuff.co.nz, tvnz.co.nz, radionz.co.nz et al.
        
        40 1
        Report
        June 6, 2022 9:40am
      - ClanMcleod
        
        Milkey – here’s another chance. Which part was bullshit and why? Take as long as you need. I’ll check back in a couple of days.
        
        29 3
        Report
        June 6, 2022 9:48am
      - kevn
        
        @mma… Yes, inconvenient isn’t it?
        
        15 2
        Report
        June 6, 2022 10:07am
      - I remember when
        
        I see what you mean.
        You have two upticks already.
        
        8 1
        Report
        June 6, 2022 10:59am
      - wilderbeast
        
        Two upticks from yourself again!
        
        9 1
        Report
        June 6, 2022 12:16pm
  - JimBobJoe
    
    Did Maggie turn you down for a date a long time ago Mikey? You are like a stalker on her posts….
    
    If I didn’t think you were a Moderator I would pick on you relentlessly for you ongoing attack campaign.
    
    20 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:54am
  - graham
    
    What is it about intelligent, educated women that makes some males feel so threatened?
    
    First it was stephieboy, now mikenmildagain is attacking Maggy. Let it go, mikenmildagain, before you cross the line.
    
    16 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:56am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      I don’t think he will cross the line. Mike is clever, smart, and a smartarse. He knows the Comments Policy of this Blog.
      There ya go Mike, this is your profile. A positive from me.
      
      10 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 2:39pm
  - wilderbeast
    
    2 upticks (probably the two other pseudonyms) and 47 down ticks and counting. It takes a special type to constantly endure that level of unpopularity. But then again, maybe he / she feels more welcome here than anywhere else? There’s a sad possibility to ponder….
    
    15 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 11:20am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      He collects downticks, screenshots them, prints them and uses the print for wallpaper//
      
      8 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 2:41pm
  - Hebe123
    
    The lowest recesses are One News and RNZ.
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 8:20pm
Lee C

I agree with this 100%:
https://thebfd.co.nz/2022/05/31/what-jacinda-and-bullrush-have-in-common/#disqus_thread
1000 upticks.
43 4
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:35am
- The Other Enoch
  
  Thanks LC. Read it. Agree 100% and highly recommend it.
  
  BTW, first time that I have visited the BFD and actually bothered to read anything for several years. Has Slater grown up? If this is the quality of some of his posts I will probably go back.
  
  25 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:51am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Off topic but – kingasini. Pick on the biggest person first and get them on your side.
  
  11 3
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:15am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Only 3 downticks. When we did ‘bullrush’ they were busy reading the ‘Road Code’ so they could become speed enforcers, or some other control shit.
    Payed bullrush 6 years old to maybe just before high school. Got hurt a bit and gave it back.
    
    Yes – I went to school//
    
    8 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 3:39pm
Warren

I wonder whether Jacinda Ardern has finally realized that giving Trevor Mallard our Speaker of Parliament a Title in the Queens Birthday or Xmas Honours List could be fatal to her Government’s chances of re-election in 2023 has made her think of the consequences and stopped her preceeding until a later date.
There are those that are worthy and those that are not so let’s keep reminding her of how toxic Mallard is to New Zealand.
43 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:44am
- david
  
  Don’t worry, there will be another QB Honours before the next election.
  
  18 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:56am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    But will the duck still be there? When the Honours stuff dies down he will be resigning. Off to Tokelau to be some Govt post…
    
    6 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 3:43pm
- Lee C
  
  Yes Warren, Funny how ‘Toxic’ appears to stick to her biggest supporters.
  
  I wonder it the ‘Ministry of Disnformation’ will be compiling a ‘Toxic Twelve’ anytime soon.
  
  I can start:
  
  Toxic Tova
  Toxic Trevor…
  
  24 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:17am
- MCōs
  
  I think you’ll find speakers all get a knighthood after they finish being speaker.
  David Carter, for example, picked up his last year & Lockwood Smith in 2013 while he was our man in London.
  
  10 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:54am
Master Mariner

A very disconcerting development in regards to China Sea.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/chinese-aircraft-intercepts-australian-air-force-plane-and-puts-crew-at-risk-department-of-defence/

Although it does not exactly say where the incident occurred, I can safely assume the actions by Chinese are in direct contravention too air space.
This poses the very same issues which I posted the other day regarding Chinese using Fishing vessels as a Red Flag incident closer to home.
How will NZ respond? As it mostly falls under NZ Search and Rescue region.
And what can we respond with ?
It is a “not if “scenario but more like a “When it will happen”.
Do you have Faith in NZ proper response or will they stop due to the Taniwha //
29 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:51am
- NoCash
  
  What was Australia flying a spy plane over 3000km from Darwin in other people’s backyard for in the first place?
  
  3 13
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:03am
  - virtualmark
    
    It was a maritime patrol plane, not a “spy plane”.
    
    And it was over international waters. Which China claim as their own.
    
    6 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 3:01pm
    - virtualmark
      
      Here’s an excellent example of the routes the Australian planes fly over the South China Sea …
      https://twitter.com/vcdgf555/status/1533648117379129344
      
      3 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 3:17pm
    - NoCash
      
      May I ask why Australia was “patrolling” outside of its territory and regional waters? Again, way over 3000km away from Darwin.
      
      If the PLAFF sends a maritime patrol plane to “patrol” in the international air space just outside of Sydney, what do you think the RAAF would do?
      
      1 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 6:00pm
- I remember when
  
  There seems to be a lack of, or muted, response by the Greenpeace, etc. crowd to the Chinese diplomatic expansion of the Pacific.
  Although I don’t have a crystal ball, it is difficult not to foresee a serious expansion of fishing pressure from Chinese sources.
  This pressure will far exceed any possible danger from the NZ fishing quota system, about which they are frequently extremely vocal.
  
  15 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:44am
- info@cruzpro.com
  
  “The unarmed RAAF P-8A Poseidon aircraft was carrying out routine maritime surveillance when it was intercepted by a Chinese J-16 fighter aircraft in a “dangerous manoeuvre”.
  
  The J-16 cut in front of the P8 and released metal chaff, some of which was ingested by the P8’s engine. I hope that some video shows up to prove this.
  
  This seems like a very dangerous and antagonistic maneuver. Perhaps future P8’s should have a bit of self protective power. Downing a single J-16 would likely put a stop to this type of behavior.
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 5:31pm
Matt Long

https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-da-george-gascon-overstates-authority-court-rules
Woke DA in LA forced to follow the law with regard to 3 strikes, proving that The People’s Republik of Kalifornia is nowhere near as woke and criminal hugging as the Social Democracy of Aoteroa
30 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 8:54am
- mikenmildagain
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  Here’s a DA in California of whom you will approve: the guy who prosecutes a woman for suffering a miscarriage:
  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/03/california-stillborn-prosecution-roe-v-wade
  
  4 35
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:07am
  - Matt Long
    
    Actually I find it repugnant, maybe when you grow up Mike you’ll be able to tell the difference between prosecuting habitual violent criminals and persecuting drug addicts that have had miscarriages.
    
    30 4
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:25am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Just a foretaste of post-Roe America: miscarriages must be investigated by the police in case they are illicit abortions.
      
      5 32
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 9:39am
      - NK
        
        I agree with a woman’s right to choose. I also agree with a woman’s right to choose whether to take a medical treatment, or not. Do you mike?
        
        14 4
        Report
        June 6, 2022 9:54am
      - Matt Long
        
        That’s the breathless palpitation point of the Guardian’s article isn’t it? Roe versus Wade thrown out and abortion law in the hands democraticly elected law makers and suddenly everyone who loses their baby will be harassed by nutjobs.
        But remind me, what has the Guardian’s dystopian fortune telling to do with repealing 3 strikes to let dangerous violent criminals out early to bash, rape and torture more victims?
        
        16 2
        Report
        June 6, 2022 10:07am
      - Matt Long
        
        https://thebfd.co.nz/2022/06/06/why-is-the-govt-repealing-the-three-strikes-law/
        Here’s another of the people Labour likes to hug.
        
        13 0
        Report
        June 6, 2022 10:22am
      - I remember when
        
        There is a point rarely discussed in the debate.
        The love and go-to-the-end-of-the-earth-to-prevent-harm-to their-baby of mothers.
        It is a primal instinct that is part of the evolution and continuation of our species.
        Is there a danger that acceptance of abortion lessens our depth of feeling.
        
        12 1
        Report
        June 6, 2022 10:32am
      - Observer of Life
        
        I Remember: “ Is there a danger that acceptance of abortion lessens our depth of feeling”..
        I don’t think so. But that’s just from what I’ve heard/seen first hand.
        
        0 0
        Report
        June 6, 2022 7:03pm
  - Alan Wilkinson
    
    I presume that prosecutor is a Catholic.
    
    6 6
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:09am
    - NeverMindTheBollocks
      
      Why, does it feed your anti Catholic prejudice?
      
      6 3
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 11:23am
      - Alan Wilkinson
        
        No, because when it comes to sex abuse Catholics are right up there with inhumanity to women. Nothing to do with the all male priesthood of course.
        
        4 5
        Report
        June 6, 2022 12:46pm
      - Don Beckett
        
        More stroking your prejudice there, Alan. Perhaps you could give a reference – but I’m not holding my breath.
        
        4 2
        Report
        June 6, 2022 1:02pm
    - Alan Wilkinson
      
      Raised in a Catholic family of seven. No surprise there.
      
      7 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 11:33am
      - Don Beckett
        
        Good on him.
        
        4 3
        Report
        June 6, 2022 11:38am
      - Alan Wilkinson
        
        I would like to think he could get sued for the years these women spent in jail before judges threw his cases out.
        
        2 2
        Report
        June 6, 2022 12:47pm
      - NoFax
        
        You have no basis at all for your assertions and are clearly just a religious bigot.
        
        Anti-catholicism is truly the last acceptable prejudice in our society.
        
        5 2
        Report
        June 6, 2022 1:08pm
      - Alan Wilkinson
        
        No, he is the religious bigot which is why he abused his powers to persecute these women. Labour used to be full of them.
        
        3 1
        Report
        June 6, 2022 1:32pm
Hugh Jarse

So the government and the left propose, implement or try to implement divisive policy’s that change governance structures in New Zealand and because they didn’t campaign on those policies, create a huge amount of adverse comment and I’ll feeling. Mainly because of the nature of what they propose and how they propose to bulldoze them through. This then creates a situation where the majority of the public become annoyed and suspicious of those policies and the benefactors of them. Voila – the majority are now racist and white right wingers and must be monitored. They must be disenfranchised even more because of their attitudes. So they set up a disinformation centre run by at least one online bully that will identify said self created division. The self licking ice cream is up and running. What could possibly go wrong.
37 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:04am
- Yvette
  
  Hugh, your comments may be gist why Ardern and Faafoi are still not defining “hate speech” – as it must somehow find fault with inciting disfavour (which could evolve into violent action) against a minority, without our recognising the many intentions, and the consequences, of Ardern’s Labour Government policies as doing just that.
  What a bugger.
  
  14 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:47am
Lee C

Filed under ‘Yhis could never happen here.’:
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/06/05/police-patrol-hong-kong-park-to-enforce-tiananmen-vigil-ban/?fbclid=IwAR3DRmYYI5qwOxd3pIdmlpGV8yc6XCdxAAWrGFm-qhdyDoV8XT67NZN
DNw0
15 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:04am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Police State, we are getting there
  
  18 3
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:31am
- oldfella
  
  Lee: didn’t see any mention of the Tiananmen Square anniversary on either 6pm TV news bulletin. Guess the govt has instructed their tame media not to further inflame the CCP at this ‘sensitive’ time. //
  And I guess no one in ayoteearower will be erecting a local Pillar of Shame statue, as is starting to happen in other countries.
  https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/04/tiananmen-crackdown-statues-unveiled-in-norway-taiwan-after-monuments-disappear-in-hong-kong/
  
  15 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:23am
- Hebe123
  
  Doesn’t it make you want to have a parliamentary protest anniversary protest?
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 8:30pm
Matt Long

With regard to last night’s post about offending China and possible non-tariff sanctions, isn’t it ironic that if China was to apply sanctions in the e form of actual tariffs we would be in the same trade position as we have with our supposed ally the USA.
America’s trade policy and protectionism is a major flaw in it’s foreign policy, if they want to engage in unfair trade with their traditional allies that creates a conflict of interests whereby a country like New Zealand is closely bound to China for economic prosperity and cannot afford to support America against its largest rival.
New Zealand risks becoming China’s Cassel because of economic imperatives.
24 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:07am
NK

I see Tina Nixon has an opinion piece in Granny where she defers to the medical expertise of Harry Tam when it comes to the efficacy of masks.

I used to think Tina had a lot of common sense.

Masks. Are. Useless. They’re just a form of control over us. Do. Not. Comply.
47 4
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:09am
- ClanMcleod
  
  I emailed Tina to point out the fact that masks don’t work. Also, if she’s had covid twice it’s likely because she’s double jabbed and boosted.
  
  29 6
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:39am
  - Alan Wilkinson
    
    More likely because she took the antivial medication Paxlovid for the first infection? Diminished immunity is a known side effect.
    
    14 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 11:06am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Harry Tam? Remind me, what’s his area of expertise again?
  
  11 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:15pm
Warren

Tennis Grand Slams 2022 Nadal 2 rest Nil, race to being Tennis Goat Nadal 22 , the Joker 20, Federer 20.
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:19am
- ClanMcleod
  
  French Open is Nadal’s area of expertise. Banning unjabbed from playing makes his other achievements less meritorious. Now Wimbledon banning Russian players, makes the whole GOAT thing very ambiguous. You can’t claim to be the greatest if your biggest rivals are prevented from participating.
  
  13 8
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:52am
  - Warren
    
    He hasn’t claimed to be the goat and by the way your favorite did play in France and was beaten by Nadal. I would agree with your Wimbledon comment barring innocent Russian players but guess what the joker had a imput into them being banned as he is the representative of the players committee.
    
    7 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:19am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      I didn’t say he claimed to be the goat, you said he’s heading that way, not me. Nadal is a clay specialist, no surprise that he won. Novax isn’t my favourite, I haven’t followed tennis since the Bjorg, McEnroe era. I believe if Novax had been allowed to play in Australia they would be on 21 each.
      I’m simply making the point that Nadal was gifted a title.
      
      4 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 4:07pm
  - I remember when
    
    Not a lot of tennis being played in the Ukraine at present.
    During 1939-1945 a lot of sportspeople were prevented from being the greatest, or world champion.
    
    9 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:21am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      Indeed they were. Which is why those years are often indicated on any honours board.
      
      2 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 4:08pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Big tree hunters
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/brothers-hunt-our-biggest-trees

(good video)
15 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:20am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  They now what a watermelon is, one more than the other LOL
  
  7 3
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:46am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    *know
    
    4 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:48am
Tony Stuart

It’s an old political tactic to sneak out an announcement about something controversial on a Friday afternoon, especially the Friday of a holiday weekend. This time, it was an announcement from the PM about the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for the investigation of violent extremism in New Zealand.

This project will be fronted by two left-wing academics, Paul Spoonley, familiar to many for his frequent TV experiences, and Prof Joanna Kidman, whose Victoria University bio describes herself thus:

Joanna is a sociologist with affiliations to Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Raukawa. Her work spans indigenous sociology, Māori youth, higher education, decolonization studies and comparative education. She is especially interested in the interplay of power relations between different groups of people

Current research projects

Joanna is working on two Marsden projects
He Taonga te Wareware: Remembering and Forgetting New Zealand’s Colonial Past investigates how New Zealanders selectively remember and forget difficult and violent events from our colonial past

What Inspires and Sustains Young People’s Engagement in Social Movements?, led by A/P Karen Nairn, University of Otago, explores the ways that hope for a better future motivates young New Zealanders to engage with politics and new social movements

https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/Joanna.Kidman

I don’t often agree with Bomber Bradbury, but he has written an excellent post about Professor Kidman, including the Twitter pile-on she led against Dame Trelise Cooper last year. Bomber argues that Prof Kidman is the worst person to be leading this body, and it’s hard to argue with his conclusion:

Kidman wanted Cooper cancelled for a dress, that’s her threshold for hate and extremism, a dress maker who had no idea of an indigenous atrocity.

That’s the person in charge of an Academy on Extremism? Someone who is triggered by a dress and who used their platform to start a woke Lynch mob?

Now the good Professor Joanne Kidman may scream in rage that I’ve reminded everyone what her brittle thresholds for hate crimes are just as she gets her large dollop of creamy public money to investigate extremism, but I would calmly retort that Professor Joanne Kidman is getting the exact same zero benefit of the doubt that she as a woke crusader gave Trelise Cooper.

If the good Professor Joanne Kidman doesn’t like the taste of her own medicine, perhaps that’s a teachable moment?

Anything coming out of this extremism research centre must be challenged.

Amen, amen and amen!

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/06/04/ummmm-isnt-professor-joanne-kidman-the-worst-person-to-appoint-to-an-extremism-taskforce/
60 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:24am
- Benedict Yu
  
  “… explores the ways that hope for a better future motivates young New Zealanders to engage with politics and new social movements….”
  
  What rubbish. Today IS the better future. Look at Taiwan. Two generations ago it was a horror show of sectarian massacres. Now it is a rich democracy.
  
  Look at the former Soviet satellite states like Estonia and Latvia that have embraced democracy and capitalism. They are now world leaders in productivity growth and education achievement.
  
  These sociology ‘researchers’ in New Zealand can provide no solutions to anything They are at the heart of what is now going so drastically wrong in New Zealand.
  
  51 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:36am
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Never forget that more people, both as an absolute number & as a percentage of the global population, are wealthier than at any previous point in human history. And that’s down to the engine that is capitalism.
    
    18 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:54am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Is it racist if I point out that she’s whiter than me? Would I be cynical if I suggested she’s found te racial gravy train?
  
  36 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:44am
  - NK
    
    Racist and misinformation/disinformation. You’ll be cancelled once her final report is issued.
    
    19 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:05am
  - Nickc2
    
    But one of many. A friend of mine has taken to wearing a green fish-hook-looking thing around his neck but I don’t ask him why, because he’s known to follow trends in fashion.
    
    18 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 10:11am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      A connected maori friend of mine hated the plastic maori set in Wellington. She said the bigger the greenstone the more fake the idiot wearing it.
      
      11 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 4:11pm
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  Another female drivelling idiot put in charge of something. What could possibly go wrong?
  
  38 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:12am
- Inandout
  
  TS:
  ‘Remembering and Forgetting New Zealand’s Colonial Past investigates how New Zealanders selectively remember and forget difficult and violent events from our colonial past’.
  
  I have not forgotten the early Maori diet nor when the radicals shouted ‘the treaty is a fraud’ while marching on the Auckland harbour bridge. Or am I being selective?
  
  20 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:17am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    A bit difficult to selectively remember or forget events from our colonial past, when that colonial past isn’t part of my ancestors’ history at all.
    
    My lot were getting stirred up by things like the Great Disruption of 1843 and Potato blight.
    
    NZ had ceased being a colony years before my maternal Gdparents stepped on its shores.
    
    16 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 11:34am
- Rodion Raskolnikov
  
  What “violent extremism in New Zealand”? I see a lot of extreme violence perpetrated by predominantly Maori gangs, but I guess that won’t come under her purview, given her affiliations (whatever that means) to Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Raukawa. Better to invent a problem and deal with that, rather than dealing with an actual problem lest doing so undermines attempts to obfuscate what the real social problems are in New Zealand.
  
  19 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:05pm
NeverMindTheBollocks

Extraordinary that Mark Dunajtschik does not have an honour. Though he might have turned one down, I suppose.
12 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:51am
- kevn
  
  @Never… It must have been very difficult for Mark D to have to work with angry and the MOH.
  I can’t imagine how he kept sane.
  Top man who must know he has done something very special.
  
  14 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 11:12am
Ra Henare

Message to Maggie Pie.
The email did the trick.
Phone call within 48 hours of email all sorted.
14 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 9:58am
- kevn
  
  @Ra… The Singapore Airline ticket/flight issue?
  
  10 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:50am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  It was me who gave you the email of the CEO Singapore Airline.
  
  I just thought things would be more efficient at the Singapore end.
  
  23 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:52am
  - kevn
    
    @Maggy… Very good work.
    
    13 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 11:09am
  - Ra Henare
    
    Thousand apologies Maggie.
    
    Funnily enough the follow-up email after the phone call,
    came from Los Angeles Contact Centre ???
    
    Was a male with a slight South Asian accent.
    
    9 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:07pm
MCōs

I was looking at the list of Queen’s Birthday Honours to see who I knew and I noticed they’re called Knights, Members or whatever of the NZ Order of Merit.
I’d never paid any attention to the label for a long time, but I do remember they used to be OBE & MBE etc. where E stood for Empire.
In the UK they still are.
Do they still have an empire?
When I was a kid we sent a team to the Empire Games.
My father and my uncle went off to fight for the Empire in Europe in WWII.
Dad returned six years later.
His brother was killed 78yrs ago to the day when his Halifax was shot down near Laon in northern France.
He’d only arrived in the UK from training in Canada six months earlier & was based away up in Scotland. A fair bit of the flying was training before a big attack over several days on some military base near Laon.
A lot of planes were lost.
14 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 10:00am
I remember when

There has been, and continues to be, a lot of discussion about the need for and use of lockdowns.
Why isn’t there the same amount of debate about the our ability to maintain and future plan keeping employment available in lockdowns.
12 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 10:03am
- Rodion Raskolnikov
  
  Because the only purpose of lockdowns is deliberate economic destruction. It is implicit in the slogan that you cannot “Build Back Better” without first knocking it all down. Lockdowns do not achieve their stated goal, but they are very effective at achieving their unstated goal.
  
  https://mises.org/wire/johns-hopkins-study-lockdowns-only-reduce-mortality-02-percent
  
  14 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 11:31am
- artemisia
  
  Imagine the difference to the economy / construction costs and timing if for example Winstones / Fletchers were able to keep their gib factory open. Like daily RATs for example.
  
  All those modellers are busy working out those costs. Right?
  
  13 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:23pm
Maggie Pie

Went for brekky this morning with a couple of the girls from tennis
this Blackboard message on wall of the Cafe…..

‘We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced
so that stupid people wont be offended’

(Uptick if you agree)
76 5
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 10:16am
- oldfella
  
  Maggie, as our resident twitter ‘fangirl’, I thought of you when I saw this… 😉
  https://twitter.com/hamcarless/status/1532209116134920192
  
  11 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:35am
- artemisia
  
  Double sad when it happens within families. Personal experience. There were, and continue to be, consequences. Like smile, nod politely and mention the weather.
  
  14 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:37am
- MCōs
  
  Whoever wrote/believes that is stupid by it’s own definition.
  
  1 27
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 10:59am
  - Alan Wilkinson
    
    Mind your apostrophes.
    
    21 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 11:10am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    So stupid people get offended? So what? Nothing happens when someone is offended.
    See Steve Hughes on youtube
    
    13 4
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 11:56am
  - leoj
    
    Labour/Greens supporter by any chance?
    Thought so.
    No sense of humour.
    
    0 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 9:10pm
- Rodion Raskolnikov
  
  ‘We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people wont be offended.’
  
  This overlooks a third party, which is the arbiters and promulgators of acceptable opinion. So, more accurately, we live in a time where intelligent people are silenced to protect the self-interested narratives of those in power, narratives that are accepted by, that influence, and that direct stupid people without reflection.
  
  18 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 11:24am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  It’s certainly true that a University education has been wasted on a lot of people
  
  17 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:18pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

“I told him not to take on the World and the Universe, but he didn’t listen”
https://rumble.com/v13dvyn-elon-musk-fires-back-at-liberal-critics.html?
11 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 10:57am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Can Kiwis go to south Florida before the socialists fuck Ah tee rower completely?
https://rumble.com/v15bml5-it-shows-you-have-no-idea-what-youre-talking-about-desantis-fires-back-at-c.html?
12 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 11:16am
- oldfella
  
  Steve, why is everyone picking on this R.T. Rower fulla?
  
  11 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 11:35am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Cos R.T.Rower is a loser?
    
    8 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 2:44pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Kyle Rittenhouse.
https://uniteamericafirst.com/kyle-rittenhouse-lawyers-up-likely-target-is-facebook-and-ten-or-twelve-others/?
11 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 11:21am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Jaspinda, here is an idea for gun control:
Just make a Law that says it is illegal to shoot someone. Problem solved!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiuhA84ut-8
13 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 11:30am
oldfella

Not sure this would apply if a biological male, or biological female, wanted time off to ‘affirm’ the genders they were born with.
ANZ introduces paid gender affirmation leave for staff
ANZ is introducing six weeks of paid gender affirmation leave, and up to 12 months’ unpaid leave, to its employees in New Zealand and Australia.
The leave would cover staff who were taking steps to affirm their gender, including social, medical, and legal gender affirmation, a bank spokesperson said. It meant people would not have to use up their annual or sick leave.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/128873512/anz-introduces-paid-gender-affirmation-leave-for-staff
15 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 11:33am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  I’m not sure that having mixed up chameleons on staff improves the quality of banking services
  
  19 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:20pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    That is a good term. Mixed up Chameleons!
    Most of the ‘mixed up’ would not ever know what a chameleon is!
    
    7 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 2:49pm
    - NeverMindTheBollocks
      
      Ah, I’m afraid I can’t take the credit there, Steve. The Mixed Up Chameleon is a child’s book by Eric Carle, whose best known work is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
      
      Which might be apposite when considering Nanaia Mahuta.
      
      2 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 5:40pm
- H. Upmann
  
  ANZ customers: change your bank immediately!
  
  20 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:26pm
  - Mike H S
    
    Considering that right now.
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 8:25pm
- NoFax
  
  I’m a adult male human i.e. a man. And always was male and always will be male.
  
  Can I take six weeks off to “affirm” my gender? Not sure what that would mean but if it’s socially I can go around the city to get people to say “yes, you are a man”. I assume the leave is once in a lifetime but should applied equally to everyone regardless of the gender or that would be discrimination.
  
  18 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 1:17pm
  - Matt Long
    
    I assume a 6 weeks trip to Rarotonga with the Missus would meet the requirements of gender affirmation.
    
    6 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 5:19pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    I think that a trip to the pub is called for!
    
    3 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 5:41pm
- Paulus
  
  Just a reminder for me to change my Bank !
  
  14 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 1:30pm
- info@cruzpro.com
  
  Since ANZ profits will be reduced by this affirmation leave policy ANZ will have to charge more for their services or pay less to depositors. Either way a good reason to not use ANZ or switch away from ANZ.
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 6:17pm
- chukar
  
  OF ,
  Would have thought “sick leave” to be more appropriate.
  
  3 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 7:36pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

“This Is the Last Thing You’ll See…” – Florida Sheriff Issues Warning to School Shooters.
Sounds like he means business.
https://rumble.com/v16qrgr-this-is-the-last-thing-youll-see…-florida-sheriff-issues-warning-to-schoo.html?
12 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 11:40am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

NZ has the same problem, a mental healt problem desguised as a gun problem. Freedom lost is never regained. Stand up to the destroying socialists.
https://rumble.com/v16kxaw-joe-rogan-we-have-a-mental-health-problem-disguised-as-a-gun-problem.html?
17 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 11:53am
oldfella

Over on the Daily Blog Martyn Bradbury asks the big question. (Hint: the answer is ABSOLUDELY!)
Does Stuff’s revamp seem desperate?
I think Stuff’s NZ on Air funded identity politics and social engineering editorial policy is deeply alienating and male readers are walking away in droves which is why Stuff are suddenly publishing interactive pamphlets defending their content and pretending to be independent.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/06/06/mediawatch-does-stuffs-revamp-seem-desperate/
24 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 12:16pm
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  Yes, their stable of loony Left female journalists is never going to appeal to a male with a brain.
  
  20 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:56pm
Maggie Pie

I was thinking this will be the last long-weekend now until October.
Then one of the girls reminded me it’s another day off on the 24th….Matariki.
Prue said she was pretty sure it’s not just some sort of ‘made-up’ holiday – Maoris have always celebrated it.

I
17 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 12:39pm
- Don Beckett
  
  Did you put Prue straight ?
  
  10 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 1:14pm
Rusty

Why at the Queens platinum celebrations did Diana Ross close the concert?

Shes not British, couldn’t they have found a Brit performer to do that?

Also it was a bit strange Rod Stewart doing a cover of Neil Diamonds “Sweet Caroline” when he has had lots of hit songs himself to perform.
16 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 12:42pm
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  Yes, both seemed odd.
  
  13 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 12:53pm
  - Tony Stuart
    
    Perhaps Her Majesty is a big fan of Diana Ross and Motown music.
    
    12 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:01pm
    - chukar
      
      That connection was mentioned.
      DR was a Royal favourite.
      Not the only US sourced music there either
      
      1 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 7:41pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  Let’s just be grateful they didn’t have Lorde singing Royals…
  
  24 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 1:00pm
  - pdm
    
    Inv – she probably only sings that for Jacinda and her fiancee.
    
    17 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 1:21pm
pdm

`ANZ introduces paid gender affirmation leave for staff’

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/128873512/anz-introduces-paid-gender-affirmation-leave-for-staff

Bloody pleased I don’t have any banking affiliations with the ANZ, but no doubt it will bring a likewise deluge of stupidity from the rest of the banking industry.
25 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 1:03pm
- greybeard
  
  Probably ( and hopefully ) a deluge of cancellations of ANZ accounts in favour of other banks as well.
  
  8 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 4:33pm
- Ian Boag
  
  How will this change the services you get from ANZ?
  
  4 7
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 5:21pm
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    It will make them cost more.
    
    6 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 5:31pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Make them more expensive, since the customer pays for this nonsense.
    
    4 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 5:43pm
    - Ian Boag
      
      ANZ has an annual profit of about 1 billlion give or take a bit. 1% of that would be 10m. Personally I think it’s a bit weird, but would anyone notice the effectof this policy on the bottom line?
      
      0 6
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      June 6, 2022 7:21pm
      - NeverMindTheBollocks
        
        Thus speaks the Leftie. What’s $10m here or there? Chump change, hey!
        
        To be clear, I support a private company’s right to do what they want, as long as it is legal. But, I’ll bet the traditional servo pie that Management won’t ask for Owner (shareholder) permission on this one.
        
        3 0
        Report
        June 6, 2022 7:57pm
- leoj
  
  How good would it be to see a bank, no less, go woke and go broke?
  What a bunch of wallys the management must be.
  
  0 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:16pm
curry4me

https://theplatform.kiwi/opinions/mahuta-imbroglio-a-quagmire-for-the-government
Mahuta Imbroglio. A Quagmire for the Government.

OPINION: Even a quick scan of the Cabinet Manual’s advice to ministers who are dealing with potential conflicts of interest will convince you it must have been written by someone with an unusually warped sense of humour.
While it proposes various ways of handling such conflicts, it also warns that perceptions of a conflict of interest can be every bit as damaging as an actual conflict. In short, you can follow the rules exactly and still be in a world of pain.
14 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 1:17pm
- Paulus
  
  It seems that Maori do not have to take any notice of the Cabinet Manual – it is not written in Maori, so !
  
  18 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 1:33pm
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beZAQH0FGgM
Campaign Talks.

He has some ideas on local government, the Independent Coalition, and political campaigns.
6 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 1:18pm
MCōs

An interesting article about Joe Cahill, former Premier of NSW. He was responsible for getting the ball rolling on the construction of the Sydney Opera House against all sorts of opposition.
“The opera house is really a tangible expression of Joe Cahill’s conviction that ordinary people have a God-given right to a fair share of the good things of life. He said this in his maiden speech in parliament in 1925 and it became his article of faith throughout his life.”
So build that stadium Chch and anyone can watch stuff in comfort, not freezing in that shitty ‘temporary’ stadium.
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/They+called+him+old+smoothie%3A+John+Joseph+Cahill.-a0322188975
6 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 2:48pm
- Hebe123
  
  Ironic. Who can afford to go to anything at the Opera House?
  
  1 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 9:16pm
Maggie Pie

At the last minute my partner decided we’d go somewhere for lunch.
Even though I didn’t feel like it there was no option.
Headed out to St Heliers and spent $224 which included a glass of wine each. On the way home, he filled the car in Newmarket….another $206.05.
So that’s $430 more-or-less in the space of three hours.

Honestly, I don’t know how some people must live.
At least we’re only getting Burger King for dinner.
15 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 4:11pm
- MCōs
  
  Is the Burger King married to the Dairy Queen?
  
  There’s no Dairy Queens around here, but there’s one at the St Vincent de Paul Shop.
  
  3 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 4:26pm
- greybeard
  
  Do you pick it up yourself or have it delivered?
  
  6 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 4:31pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    We prefer to go pick it up ourselves these days.
    Last time we ordered thru Uber we could tell the Indian driver had been into our Onion Rings 🙁
    
    12 3
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    June 6, 2022 4:40pm
- Sparrow
  
  They don’t.
  
  4 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 5:09pm
greybeard

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300604344/live-black-ferns-vs-australia–pacific-four-series
Wayne Smith: this is who should be the All Blacks’ coach.
He was the actual success story behind Hansen.
8 1
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 4:46pm
Maggie Pie

We got chatting with the maitre’d during lunch.
He was saying a customer who had been in earlier was telling him….. “Robbo had printed more money in the last 2 years than the Country had in the previous 100 years combined!”

Had dessert anyway….but it’s enuff to put most people off.

Just saying.
13 3
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 5:16pm
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Yes, that fact alone would give you indigestion
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  June 6, 2022 5:44pm
Swifty

For Maggy:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/116110135071272/permalink/5877475115601383/?fs=e&s=cl
3 0
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 5:36pm
ClanMcleod

Three groups who should never have been vaccinated. That they were still targeted is all the evidence needed this wax nothing to do with health.

https://t.me/robinmg/20215
4 2
Log in to Reply
Report
June 6, 2022 6:34pm

Add a Comment Cancel reply

Login to comment or vote

« An interesting race in Nevada

The Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022 »

Donations

You can now donate to Kiwiblog

Exclusive content from DPF on Patreon

Become a Patron!

Never miss a post

Email Address

Join 37.4K other subscribers

Highlights

Health Target 5 – elective treatments
Health Target 4 – Specialist appointments
Health Target 3 – Emergency Dept Waiting Times
Health Target 2 – Immunisations

Links

John McLean: Jolly Rogers, Nga Mihi...Ngarangi
Breaking Views
Milne muses
Hompaddock
11.30am Live – Te Huinga Poti – Waatea Sunday Morning Political Podcast with Labour MP Willie Jackson, Jodi Ihaka + Bomber
The Daily Blog
Open mike 24/11/2024
The Standard
Killing The Administrative State
No Minister
Part 3, Australia’s Transition to Renewable Energy
Utopia
Treaty Principles Debate
NZCPR
Much ado about cussing…
Point of Order
Justice in Brazil
No Right Turn
"Seymour is only doing openly what M?ori nationalists and their Pakeha allies have been doing, quietly for the past 50 years."
Not PC
The transgender agenda sunk Kamala
Bob McCoskrie's McBlog
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
No Punches Pulled (Bob Jones)
What does “reciprocity” mean in New Zealand laws?
Croaking Cassandra
Media Link: “A View from Afar” on the US elections.
Kiwipolitico
This will not end well
Offsetting Behaviour
Top 14 Predictions for Round 10
Stats Chat
Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet
The Civilian
The Accidental Engagement
Imperator Fish
Legal Beagle: Election '23: The Special Votes
Public Address
Making this movie might have been a mistake
Liam Hehir
Why I am retiring from political blogging
Kiwi FireWalker
Angie Warren-Clark: Meet the Newbies
Dan Moskovitz

editor@kiwiblog.co.nz

PO Box 12270, Thorndon, Wellington 6144

Facebook
Twitter
FourSquare
Instagram
LinkedIn
Google+

Archives
Disclosure Statement
Editorial Policy
Privacy Policy
Complaints Policy
Comments Policy

Design by cre8d

%d

Share this:

Like this: