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The Redbaiter

Worried about unelected Maori tribal influence in govt? Don’t count on National to fix it.

Appearing on Q and A in June 2022, Nats Shadow Immigration Minister Erica Stanford was asked by Jack Tame “What role should iwi play in immigration settings?” Stanford replied–

“They’re a Treaty partner right, and so they should have a say in that”

She went on to explain how she would consult with “Maori special interest groups within National” and any immigration policy so developed would also have to be “consulted on with Iwi as well.”

How about the cultural war?

Stanford appeared on Newshub Nation in August 2021 and was asked by presenter Simon Shepherd whether she felt “let down” when Nat leadership (Judith Collins et al) were publicly criticising the trend to call New Zealand “Aotearoa”.

Stanford replied that she would not be “distracted by stuff like that. I don’t even think about it, it doesn’t worry me”.

Mr Shepherd replied, “but its your caucus position”. Stanford responded-

“Quite frankly, I haven’t been paying attention. If other people want to worry about such issues, its up to them. Immigration is my focus.”

Ms Stanford’s inability to recognise the importance of the cultural war and her willingness to engage in an informal level of co-governance with Maori tribal groups, should make thinking voters extremely wary of National’s promises.
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January 18, 2023 8:01am
- Unity
  
  It also appears that she has no knowledge of our history if she thinks Maori are a Treaty partner. It should be imperative for all MPs to learn our true history and not the reinvented stuff we continually hear these days. National really are a worry. Let’s hope they wake up quickly otherwise there will be a danger the dreadful current lot will get back in.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:31am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Luxon has stated one vote for all, no separatist seats at the table on council, no Māori ownership of assets.
  
  Show is where ACT want to halt Māori seats on council and what is their policy on Māori ownership of assets
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:02am
  - The Redbaiter
    
    While in opposition John Key said global warming was a crock and that Working For Families was “communism by stealth”.
    
    Once in power he fully embraced both concepts.
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:32am
    - Souvlaki
      
      Profoundly worrying Key is ” mentoring” Luxon……if one has a functional cerebrum.
      If your neurons are asynaptic…you won’t see the problem!
      This is the sad reality.
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:52am
      - Loddenthinks
        
        Pardon?
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:51pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Key is gone fFS, Luxon has stated he will be far more bolder than Key
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:11pm
  - The Redbaiter
    
    BTW- The thing here Mr G is that if the Nats go too far left they’re not only going to boost ACT’s vote, but in a much more damaging outcome, they also risk opening the door to NZ First.
    
    Concede its a political tightrope, but surely you don’t want to see Winston Peters in the kingmaker’s seat again do you? (He’s gearing up for a big hit at it)
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:45am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Bullshit, Nats are straddling the centre as they have to with MMP, only you seem to think they are left, most of what Labour does Nats are anti, how they are the same is utterly ridiculous to suggest, but keep it up, you are helping undecided voters to stay with Labour
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:13pm
      - Loddenthinks
        
        You’re quite wrong G, and you’re ignoring the clear examples laid out in front of you. National have campaigned on the right, and governed on the left for quite some time now. They fail to live up to their own values, and think we won’t notice.
        
        I’ll be voting ACT again, and hope many others do so too.
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:53pm
- Benedict Yu
  
  Thanks Redbaiter I am appreciating your recent comments on the blog.
  
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  January 18, 2023 2:59pm
  - The Redbaiter
    
    Benedict- Thanks for the kind words. I actually care about the National Party, and the reasons that long ago Sid Holland and friends set it up.
    
    “To promote good citizenship and self-reliance; to combat communism and socialism; to maintain freedom of contract; to encourage private enterprise; to safeguard individual rights and the privilege of ownership; to oppose interference by the State in business, and State control of industry”.
    
    Timeless principles and objectives that are as good today as they were back in 1936. Sid and his mates would be appalled today to see how close NZ is to being sucked into the same kind of uniparty far left vortex that has destroyed Venezuela. (for only one example)
    
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    January 18, 2023 5:40pm
Yvette

Senior nurses appointed to Starship to address Māori health inequity

… Starship community service clinical director Jo Peterson said the move was a direct solution to health inequity for Māori.
She said the co-leadership will ensure equal decision-making, mandate power sharing and ensure the interest of Māori communities were at the forefront.
“Shared decision making in clinical settings makes space to uphold mātauranga Māori alongside traditional medical models, ultimately resulting in clinical care which meets whānau where they are.”
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/482602/senior-nurses-appointed-to-starship-to-address-maori-health-inequity

Several commenters here on Kiwiblog mentioned this yesterday.

But where in the Treaty does it mandate power sharing

And in treatment of a child cerebral aneurysm, brain tumour or for example subdural haematoma does mātauranga Māori add anything to an operation?

Asking for a friend – a seemingly rather racial friend who needs a little convincing –y’all got one of those? – but is still a substantial tax-payer
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January 18, 2023 8:01am
- David Lenny
  
  …co-leadership will ensure equal decision-making, mandate power sharing and ensure the interest of Māori communities were at the forefront.
  
  This sort of language is worrying because a reasonable implication is that those ethnic and social-class ‘communities’ without people in the same leadership/power sharing arrangements will not be at the forefront, ie, decisions will be made on ethnic rather than the relevant clinical criteria.
  
  Is it too much to expect journalists and opposition politicians to challenge these statements, or at least demand clarification?
  
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  January 18, 2023 1:29pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Greta has been detained. How sad, never mind.
Protest was at an open cast coalmine in Germany.
I don’e see her protesting in CHINA!
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January 18, 2023 8:02am
- Paulus
  
  But Greta needed the Publiicity and this is her way of getting it !
  She should have been at Davos surely.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:14am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Not THAT protest where the cops got stuck in the mud???!!
  
  https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/video/robed-wizard-taunts-police-struggling-220108878.html
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:29am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Yeah, that’s it. I saw it on Al Jazeera.
    
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    January 18, 2023 8:40am
- Allan
  
  Lock the silly little girl up and throw away the key for all I care. A total waste of food and oxygen.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:54am
- redeye
  
  According to NOAA, since 2015, despite around 450 billion tons of additional emissions being added to the atmosphere, the world temperature has decreased by .11c
  You would think that was good news but the headline is
  https://www.noaa.gov/news/2022-was-worlds-6th-warmest-year-on-record
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:58am
  - Paulus
    
    How much did the greatest rcorded explosion ever recorded and known in Tonga add to Global Warming ?
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:40am
    - cmm
      
      Maybe/ maybe not GW, but it will certainly contribute to rain and cloud formation etc over the next few years.
      
      On our planet, well over 90% of weather is influenced by what happens to moisture in the atmosphere: is it there? is it condensing? etc etc.
      
      The Tonga eruption spewed millions of tons of dust and whatever into the atmosphere where it acts as the nucleus for droplet formation etc.
      
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      January 18, 2023 10:56am
      - herb1
        
        It increased the amount of moisture in the Pacific atmosphere by 20%.
        Judging by the unseasonal amount of rain, it would unsurprisingly appear to be falling back to earth
        
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        January 18, 2023 11:39am
    - pussycat
      
      Nothing, cos its not man made//
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:07am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      That’s ‘natural’ climate change//
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:14pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Sunflower crops. I think they are parched and dead anyway. The idea is to smash the heads on the ground to collect the seeds.
    
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    January 18, 2023 3:46pm
- Simon
  
  Greta detained. Probably organised for publicity. Big press meeting after she is “released”.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:02am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    She seems to have a smile on her face…..
    
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64309628
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:28am
- G152
  
  And why should she be protesting against her bosses?
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:53am
- Stellaboxer
  
  “I don’e see her protesting in CHINA!” well that’s because nobody is trying to collapse Chinese society and economy.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:56am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    Perhaps, but that’s far from the only reason she’s not protesting in China.
    
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    January 18, 2023 12:58pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Anyone trying that on in China would sort of disappear?
    
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    January 18, 2023 3:51pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Chris Trotter finally realises the Gangs are in control

https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/chris-trotter-a-civilisation-in-which-the-law-may-be-broken-with-impunity
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January 18, 2023 8:04am
- Tauhei Notts
  
  Over the years I have met a few lapsed Catholics.
  I think Chris Trotter has become a lapsed Labour Party voter.
  Actually, his essay is brilliant and I highly recommend it.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:34am
  - pdm
    
    Tauhei I agree.
    
    Over the last couple of years Trotters posts have changed and now he is always worth reading.
    
    I get the impression he now has very little (if any) respect for the current Labour Party leadership or Parliamentary caucus.
    
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    January 18, 2023 8:51am
    - Simon
      
      Trotter writing is state worshipping hot garbage. Try thinking it might just help.
      
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      January 18, 2023 9:03am
      - kowtow
        
        Yep , the socialist who wants the state to coerce those it disapproves of .
        
        Trotter is a huge part of the problem.
        
        ps Update to the carpark story.
        
        Now the thugs refused to wear masks in ICU . Well why were they allowed to visit and break the rules.
        
        I fully expect the MSM to after after these people ,like the did the so called runaway Wanaka couple //
        
        The bestpartof that Trotter article are the comments.
        
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        January 18, 2023 10:02am
    - Philview
      
      I refer you to his article yesterday where he attacks critics of Jacinda Ardern who call her evil. Chris says the right are getting desperate in their attacks as per Chris they know this Government has performed well on Covid and managing the economy through this crisis. The article became dated by late afternoon when it was disclosed business confidence is at its lowest point in 50 years.
      
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      January 18, 2023 9:35am
      - krazykiwi
        
        Trotter is no ‘reformed socialist’. His beef is that the central planners in power, Ardern et al, are not implementing the central plan that exists in his mind.
        
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        January 18, 2023 10:55am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      He loves his craft beer in a Mt Wellington micro brewery, I seen him guzzling there, he will be furious about CO2 shortages
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:05am
  - slightlyrighty
    
    I find myself agreeing with Trotter more and more. His writing is excellent. As the standard bearer of Waitakere Man, you could not do better.
    
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    January 18, 2023 8:58am
    - Loddenthinks
      
      I think Trotter runs with the hares and hunts with the hounds. He’s a good (in the sense that he writes well) source of comment on any affair of the times, and will tailor his column very precisely to the audience it’s intended for.
      
      Well, that’s not strictly true. He tailors it to what the people paying him want him to write.
      
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      January 18, 2023 1:42pm
- Simon
  
  What Trotter will be really concerned about is the general public tearing apart these gangs. The police job is to protect the gangs from good lawful men. If the state doesn’t protect gangs and they will get dealt to. Then this calls into question why the need for such vast govt. The lie of big govt law and order is exposed.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:54am
- Bobba Fret
  
  Commenters over on The Standard now hate Trotter. It’s always entertaining to see them in a feeding frenzy and turn on one of their own long term supporters.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:39am
- ClanMcleod
  
  He still has to go down the “racist” track, yet again reinforcing this ludicrous idea that it is the only reason for the awful statistics for Maori in NZ.
  
  Were any New Zealand government – Labour or National – to embark on a rapid build-up of the state’s coercive forces, sufficient to suppress the anti-social behaviour of criminal elements, there would be an outcry.
  
  Really? I find that hard to believe, particularly with the thuggery on display at the hospital, who in their right mind would criticise police for moving them rapidly with whatever was needed?
  
  Such a policy would be denounced as irredeemably racist. Its critics would demand to know against whom our beefed-up Police, Corrections, SIS and NZ Defence Forces were intended to be deployed. Would these overwhelmingly white bodies of men and women be unleashed against Pakeha?
  
  Well they had no problem whatsoever deploying them against the wide representation of NZers present at the protest in Wellington did they? Tear gas, rubber bullets (yes I know the call them “sponge pellets”). sonic cannons, shields and fists. I’ve seen the video, they seemed to very enthusiastic too, especially the one who knocked out an elderly man with a punch who was doing nothing wrong.
  Are gang members to tough for them? Sure looks that way. Or is instead a clear example of actual racism? “Special” groups get special treatment?
  
  We know of course that Chris had no problem whatsoever wishing harsh punishment on those horrible “anti vaxxers.”
  
  These comments from 2021 haven’t aged well for Mr Trotter.
  
  Is it still a tenable proposition to suggest that after so many weeks of unrelenting messaging, from a vast array of sources, delivered from, and to, every conceivable platform, there are still people out there who have not heard that the Pfizer vaccine is tested, efficacious, safe, and absolutely crucial to New Zealand re-emerging into something approximating normality?
  
  Yes Chris, we heard. Luckily for some of us we have bullshit detectors and can research for ourselves. We don’t rely on any “single source of truth.”
  
  Read the whole blog post to get an idea of Chris’s opinion of the untermensch.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:43am
  - krazykiwi
    
    Trotter: “[The] Pfizer vaccine is tested, efficacious, safe, and absolutely crucial to New Zealand re-emerging into something approximating normality”
    
    That quote has aged like a sashimi in the summer sun. Trotter is one of millions who have simply swallowed the official line because personal agency is a bit taxing.
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:02am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      KK – I queried him giving the chance to state if he had since changed position with the weight of available evidence now in the public domain. He responded “hindsight is a wonderful thing” or words to that effect.
      I gave him a number of links that showed “hindsight” had nothing to do with it. That there were many qualified and opposing expert opinions. But that he had obviously fallen for the “single source of truth” mantra.
      
      No response to that. Yeah nah.
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:58am
- nathie
  
  From Trotter’s article:
  
  And this is, of course, the profoundly disturbing aspect of the behaviour of the Mongrel Mob at Christchurch Hospital – that they were not held to account. Those forced to endure the inconvenience, the intimidation and the disruption waited in vain for decisive action on the part of the hospital administration – and law enforcement. All manner of assurances were given; all kinds of excuses offered; but the behaviour did not cease, and it perpetrators continued to walk free.
  
  Speaking generally the mongrel mob usually have guns (somewhere) …. so if joe public dials 111 and says “I’m not sure whether I spotted a concealed gun or not?” …. surely the Police Armed Offenders squad will turn up en-mass! 😉
  
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  January 18, 2023 12:48pm
  - Loddenthinks
    
    I don’t think committing a crime yourself is a very smart or ethical way to deal with others committing crimes. You might end up with a court case – much easier to prosecute someone with something to lose, and all that.
    
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    January 18, 2023 1:45pm
Maggy Wassilieff

So the cops know who was in the stolen car, but don’t know who was knocking cyclists off their bikes.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130991004/video-shows-mountainbiker-being-deliberately-hit-by-stolen-car

Is it too much to do a bit of fingerprinting, or sleuthing around?
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January 18, 2023 8:07am
- Suze Wainwright
  
  Some Lycra’s in pretty poor taste…
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:12am
  - krazykiwi
    
    Once I was MAMIL – a middle aged man in Lycra.
    
    Now I am a VOMIT – a very old man in tights.
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:05am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Some looks utterly disgusting
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:07am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    That comment was in very poor taste – even jokingly suggesting someone should be knocked off their bike, concussed, be off work for a month (or worse in some cases) because of what they’re wearing is not on. Do better.
    
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    January 18, 2023 1:46pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Who ?
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:31pm
- rouppe
  
  I think these cowards need to be de-sexed, just like other feral animals.
  
  However being able to prove they were in the car at some time (fingerprints) can not prove they were in the car at that particular time.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:18am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  He could easily have been killed. The blame goes right to the top – Jaspinda and Cuddles Coster.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:46am
- krazykiwi
  
  I’ve experienced hooning yoofs trying to deliberately knock me off my bike. It was terrifying. I can still see the laughing face of the acne-smeared troglodyte as he drove right at me.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:54am
  - mawm
    
    I’ve experienced mature (?) adults using expensive cars to force me off the road. This is why I strongly object to influential people – like Mike Hoskins for eg. – who rant about cyclists, dehumanising them and giving angry, stupid people the justification they need to use their vehicle as an assault weapon against them.
    
    There are people on this board who will argue that cyclists shouldn’t be on the road. That doesn’t hold water; the law allows for cyclists to use the road, and overtaking vehicles have to ensure that it is safe to do so whether it is a cyclist or a logging truck they want to pass.
    
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    January 18, 2023 2:44pm
    - Alan Wilkinson
      
      There is a difference between using the road and hogging the road. As kids we used to know that. Now some adults think their recreation is more important than other people’s work.
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:11pm
    - NZer In Exile
      
      Then add to that the narcissistic and entitled morons in their SUVs. Statistically twice as likely to kill others on the road. Most of them are incompetent and dangerous drivers to boot.
      
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      January 18, 2023 9:58pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Amazing what you see when you haven’t got a gun.
    
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    January 18, 2023 3:53pm
- Simon
  
  Some fucking dead sea snake washes up and someone touches it and a full powerful investigation and prosecution is carried out
  
  Millions of dollars of property damage and the govt goes meh we dont have the resources. Just govt garbage
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:59am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Knocking people off bike is a classic gang activity
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:07am
- The Housekeeper
  
  Isn’t the driver always ultimately responsible?
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:55am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Not in the gang life, it’s part of the job
    
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    January 18, 2023 4:31pm
slightlyrighty

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/01/san-francisco-reparations-panel-proposes-7-8m-to-every-eligible-back-resident-total-debt-forgiveness.html

If I were tasked with a recruitment campaign for the Far Right, I could not come up with anything better than this…
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January 18, 2023 8:10am
- Stellaboxer
  
  Yes Slightly the result of white progressives taking on guilt for wrongs they never committed and black activists claiming oppression they never suffered. Coming to a country near you soon, oh wait a minute it’s already here.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:11am
Maggie Pie

So, who actually uses Public Transport?

Needless to say, Remmers doesn’t rank a mention…..

https://twitter.com/nashthomas/status/1614885751690518528
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January 18, 2023 8:12am
- krazykiwi
  
  As it happens I used Wellington PT today. My local bus route is a pretty convenient service.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:21am
  - Biscuit
    
    I’ll be usng it today – off to Sky Stadium to watch the world champion US Women deal to our footblaling team…
    
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    January 18, 2023 8:30am
    - pdm
      
      Biscuit pretend that downtick never happened.
      
      I promise to never do it again – not even if you malign Hawkes Bay or the Hawkes Bay rugby team.
      
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      January 18, 2023 8:53am
      - Biscuit
        
        A downtick?
        A DOWNTICK?
        Woe is me!
        However will I face the cat ever again?
        
        Good news, Liverpool – winless thus far in 2023 and looking about as competent as your average Labour Cabinet – actually lead 1-0 at Wolves nearing the half hour.
        Your prayers – for a Liverpool win, I mean – are sought!
        
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        January 18, 2023 9:11am
      - pdm
        
        Is cheering on Liverpool my penance for the downtick?
        
        Sorry, too late. the game is probably over now – who won or was it another of those enthralling 1-1 soccer draws?
        
        Rugby’s a ball – pass it on.
        
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        January 18, 2023 9:28am
- hmmokrightitis
  
  When Im in Wellington Ill take the airport bus to and from town whenever possible, and walk to/from clients and apartment. Uber when Im drunk and lazy.
  
  AirNZ count as public transport? Certainly these days it feels like a shoddy PT outfit.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:26am
  - Colville
    
    AirNZ is a shoddy PT outfit that charges champagne prices for Bernadino service.
    
    Alas…
    
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/300373810/end-of-an-era-for-bernadino-sparkling-wine-with-the-popular-drop-set-to-be-discontinued
    
    The bad behavior that stuff fueled!!
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:25am
    - hmmokrightitis
      
      Yup, AirNZ is just a joke and has been the last year. Horrific ticket prices, almost always delayed. Ive flown with them domestically at least twice a week the last 6 months, and 3 times internationally – its getting worse, not better.
      
      Quite why they brought in a senior manager from a cheap as chips chain store to run it and think they would get any other outcome is beyond me.
      
      In the same time Ive flown Emirates, Singapore and Cathay. Leaves AirNZ in the dust, in every way imaginable. Going to London in a couple of months, planning it now, no idea who Im going to fly with – other than it wont be AirNZ.
      
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      January 18, 2023 10:27am
      - In Vino Veritas
        
        Yah Hmmo, wife and I have trips to Australia, India, UK, Spain and probably US coming up in the next year and a bit and Air NZ is not looking inviting. Air NZ’s ability to be late, (or even cancel flights) is rivalling Jet Star’s domestic record. And the prices are out there, that’s for sure.
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:29pm
- Ehlana
  
  If you count buses taking children to school, the use of public transport in Remuera probably goes up quite a lot.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:28am
  - mawm
    
    And all those kids catching the train to Otohu High (/sarc) from Remmers station every morning.
    
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    January 18, 2023 2:49pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Not in the school holidays
    
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    January 18, 2023 8:03pm
- In Vino Veritas
  
  Sorry Maggie, but worse, they claim 33% of people in Auckland central walk or JOG to work. What utter horseshit. A third of those that work in the city are close enough to walk? Maybe in an alternative universe.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:34am
  - Ehlana
    
    Over 38,000 people are said to live in the CBD and about 138,000 to work there. I’d imagine having a job there would be a primary reason for living there. There are also suburbs within walking distance – around the top of Khyber Pass Road and K Road, for example. So the figure might not be too far out.
    
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    January 18, 2023 10:37am
    - In Vino Veritas
      
      Yep Ehlana, but you are assuming that all the people that live in central Auckland work there. And central Auckland doesn’t = CBD, it includes Remuera, Newmarket, Ponsonby, Herne Bay, Freemans Bay and Mt Eden among others. So to say a third are walking or jogging? As Darryl Kerrigan would say, “Tell ’em they’re dreamin'”.
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:41pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Len Brown did – with the Mayoral car being driven on the motorway next to the train.
  Idiot.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:49am
- Local Miller
  
  On days I go into the office I use the bus. I’m 5 minutes walk to the bus stop on both ends, and there’s a bus every 10 minutes on average.
  With the cost of parking in the Auckland CBD, going by bus from where I am on the North Shore is more efficient and cost effective than taking my own car.
  I used to be part of a ride share group which allowed us to use the transit lane, but the driver (who had a free park at work) retired. I’d arrange this again if I had free parking in town.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:49am
- I remember when
  
  Why do we have to be careful about “Voices for Freedom” participation in government/local bodies while Thomas Nash , a ultra leftie, has a major imput into Wellington Transport.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:03am
- peterwn
  
  Epsom is no 8 on the list, so Remmers may be in the top 20. However there three prominent girls’ schools in Epsom so schoolgirls would account for a portion of PT use.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:14am
  - alex Masterley
    
    Nope.
    My office is in the same area. The young ladies either walk or are dropped off by parents…
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:02am
Bridgenag

The FAA has very quietly tacitly admitted that the EKGs of pilots are no longer normal. We should be concerned. Very concerned.
After the vaccine rolled out, the FAA secretly widened the EKG parameter range for pilots so they wouldn’t be grounded. It looks like the vax gave at least 50M Americans heart damage.

https://open.substack.com/pub/stevekirsch/p/the-faa-has-very-quietly-tacitly?r=1aj1bv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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January 18, 2023 8:16am
- krazykiwi
  
  This should be a MUCH bigger story than it is. The FAA sets a high bar in terms of pilot health, with annual (and often more frequent) thorough health checks. The fact that the quietly FAA relaxed heart health standards at a time where in-air incapacitation is increasing in frequency should sound alarm bells.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:29am
- cmm
  
  Organisations like the FAA do not make changes to regulations like these without a paper trail.
  
  Every change of policies impacting on safety, be that for inspection procedures on planes, software requirements or tests for pilots go through a rigorously change tracking process.
  
  Somewhere there will be docs that explain the rationale for the change. Of course what is explained on the paper might be complete bollocks, but that is another matter.
  
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  January 18, 2023 12:51pm
  - mawm
    
    Any PR interval above 0.2 seconds is called first degree heart block. Above 0.3s is marked. Heart block can be caused by a lot of different things. Inflammation is one… Usually first degree block is asymptomatic but they have a higher risk of developing arrhythmias or progressing to a higher degree block. This does not install a great deal of confidence in the health of the pilot.
    
    I would suggest that the rationale for the change was too many pilots failing their medicals because of this.
    
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    January 18, 2023 3:04pm
    - krazykiwi
      
      “I would suggest that the rationale for the change was too many pilots failing their medicals because of this”
      
      That is also my impression. I now feel much safer in multi-crew long-haul flights than I do in single crew flights.
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:00pm
      - NeverMindTheBollocks
        
        Better get busy on the simulator – just in case
        
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        January 18, 2023 8:09pm
oldpark

OLDPARK
Noticed a headline yesterday in the waste of space news outlet known as “Stuff”.It read
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/130993019/sky-tv-bumps-up-price-of-sky-sport.They made quite a play describing how Sky had done such a thing .
I thought that only last month “Stuff” also put up their charges to almost $5-00 extra a month home delivered .
Who would have known that other than who have been slogged with the increase. .Sky offers plenty for the small increase. Stuff offers stuff all except same old dribble of half truths, one sided woke propaganda attitudes and most times if the story
is anti National or Act they go out of their way to
earn the big financial Goverment cash handout that they have become accustomed to expect and enjoy .
Maybe they need even more taxpayer cash to keep them afloat ?which explains the recent subtle price increase for home deliveries.Just saying .
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January 18, 2023 8:24am
- Clyde
  
  Stuffed is largely a waste of space and time, but this morning I thought I’d check on the story that broke yesterday about business confidence being the lowest it has EVER been since the surveys started.
  
  Not a peep. Leading story was about a woman who “miraculously” found a bowel tumour.
  
  I think it ironic that a “news” outlet carries a leading story about a person’s alimentary canal and ignores something that is going to directly affect every New Zealander. There is a link there and its something to do with effluent.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:26am
- Paulus
  
  The Public Media Propaganda fund ($55 million+) is reported to be running out very shortly at which time a number of super young left wing young ladies, so called reporters, will be out on their ears.
  Unless ……………
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:46am
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK3Y8Yugc1k

It’s over! There Will Be No Second Term!

Dems realize that Brandon is a liability. The classified documents fiasco is the excuse they need to get rid of him.
His own people are leaking information to the MSM. [10:33]
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January 18, 2023 8:26am
curry4me

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

What Putin and China Did to the WEF Is A Game Changer!

Putin, and the presitator have their own agenda. It doesn’t necessarily follow the WEF one.
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January 18, 2023 8:26am
Maggie Pie

No surprises here.

Twitter bestie asks same question I’ve been asking as well….

https://twitter.com/saltyreigns/status/1615275620166168577

OMG – the replies 😀 😀 😀
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January 18, 2023 8:30am
- In Vino Veritas
  
  What does he do? The response that he is “stunning and brave” is the winner!
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:36am
  - NothingLeft
    
    His only function is converting tax payers dollars into CO2
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:57am
- Scott
  
  He’s the MP from Mexico isn’t he? It’s amazing to me that he is in parliament. If he had to stand before an electorate no-one would vote for him.
  He doesn’t actually even seem to like it here?!
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:50am
  - Ian Boag
    
    If he had to stand before an electorate no-one would vote for him.
    
    You could probably say the same for most of the other Green MPs – and most of the ACT ones …
    
    MMP – where we count the total votes across the country. Alas – 35% of the vote no longer gets 60% of the seats ….
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:17am
    - In Vino Veritas
      
      “MMP – where we count the total votes across the country. Alas – 35% of the vote no longer gets 60% of the seats ….”
      Yep Ian, it’s bloody terrible that these idiots from minority parties with axes to grind get any say at all. Bring back first past the post!
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:44pm
  - Nickc2
    
    Efeso Collins will probably be his replacement.
    It should be noted that Collins received Labour backing when he stood for Akld Mayor. This makes Collins a member of a devious bunch of lying bastards we now have standing for public office.
    Just imagine the consequences if he had defeated Wayne Brown in the Mayoral Election and then declared he was a Greenie at heart?
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:24am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Labour did back Collins, the poison chalice, but I am sure Collins was an independent candidate like the Labour MP in Wellington
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:12am
  - pdm
    
    scott – if they stood in an electorate as has been proved in the past The Green candidates would get bugger all votes.
    
    Will probably happen to Chloe; who was an exception to the rule in 2020, this year.
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:34am
  - MCōs
    
    Are you suggesting Ricardo March shouldn’t be able to stand for our parliament even though he is an NZ citizen and his mother is a Kiwi?
    
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    January 18, 2023 10:47am
    - Taieri
      
      As an individual, by all means. Wonder how many voters would have him though…
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:29am
    - In Vino Veritas
      
      He’s a socialist MCos, therefore he should be in jail for terrorism. That’d stop him from standing, or being in our Parliament.
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:46pm
    - The Housekeeper
      
      Yes, of course he can stand but the constituents didn’t vote for him but he got in anyway.
      
      There’s also the question of dual/multi citizen MPs. The Duynhoven effect. Should a person be able to make laws for others that they themselves could avoid? Surely any NZ MP, entrusted with making our laws, should be captured by those same laws. All NZ MPs should hold single citizenship to NZ, anything else is a bob each way.
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:46pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  He goes to work? to eat his lunch.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:53am
  - Tarquin North
    
    One would imagine Kate Hannah and her fellow disinformation project travelers will be screaming about how Collins has failed to declare his true masters and is clearly trying to destroy democracy. That’s what would have happened if he was even vaguely right wing, but it would appear to be O.K if a lefty leech looking for the next trough does it.
    
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    January 18, 2023 10:20am
igm

What ever happened to the perpetrators of this terrible crime?
https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=006730714154542492986:oh6vl0ybuqy&q=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300406326/appeal-for-assailants-of-racial-attack-to-face-full-brunt-of-the-law&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjc_9ySq8_8AhXI9jgGHQeGAyEQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw3vJD33HpkaEcJngG5v3NxP
Maybe it was another taxpayer-funded media beat up!
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January 18, 2023 8:32am
slightlyrighty

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8BQde3M/

I’ve never heard the preferred pronoun debate so eloquently de bunked…
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January 18, 2023 8:38am
Biscuit

I am shocked…

Shocked, I tells thee…

Davos – the World Economic Forum – is on.

https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM23_List_of_confirmed_PFs.pdf

That’s a list of the ‘public figures’ who are attending.

Just one New Zealander – Damian O’Connor – is mentioned (although you just KNOW that a dozen or so hangers-on will accompany him).

My shock is that James Shaw doesn’t appear to be going.

HOWEVER will the world leaders manage to again achieve the stellar progress that James has steered them to from his previous attendances at the bunfests in question?
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January 18, 2023 8:46am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  What about Helen? Or did she get told not to gatecrash?
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:56am
  - Biscuit
    
    Grrr, Steve…
    
    I compile a list each New Year of people I would prefer not to hear of – or even have to THINK of – in the coming 365 days.
    
    Your using the ‘H” word has RUINED my hopes there…
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:03am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Sorry. How about the “J” word?
      
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      January 18, 2023 3:56pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Helen is a has been.
    
    The whole point of Davos is to bring in new recruits to the ~~priesthood~~ illuminati.
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:06am
    - kevn
      
      @Maggy… I read that all the escort agencies are fully booked out at Davos and the VIP women attendees are advised not attend any events on their own.
      I imagine the escort costs ramp up at the big event like they do for uber at peak times. There is probably a steady round of Davos attendees/escort clientele all year round hoping to get ‘in’ amongst the chosen ones.
      
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      January 18, 2023 9:21am
  - Local Miller
    
    Helen’s chairing one of the panels I believe.
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:10am
    - Biscuit
      
      She’s CHAIRED it, KM.
      
      A friend – bless him. NOT – linked me to HC’s Twitter:
      
      Helen Clark
      @HelenClarkNZ
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      Jan 15
      This year’s #WorldEconomicForum is starting on Monday in #Davos. Join us next Tuesday for the annual session of the Women’s Health Initiative, which I will be chairing.
      
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      January 18, 2023 9:17am
      - Gravelroad
        
        https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11643585/Prostitutes-gather-Davos-annual-meeting-global-elite-demand-skyrockets.html?ito=email_share_article-top
        
        At the risk of being outed and listed somewhere as an unsuitable (being a reader of the Daily Mail UK), here is something else that allegedly happens at AGM’s inDavos…..
        
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        January 18, 2023 10:45am
      - All_on_Red
        
        @GRoad
        At least the hookers will get paid for being screwed over by the WEF
        Not like the rest of us.
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:19pm
- pdm
  
  Biscuit – but, but Jimmy Shaw always arrives at those conference thingees after all of the leaders have gone home.
  
  Not that he would do any good for anybody if he did turn up on time.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:57am
  - Biscuit
    
    Could be, pdm…
    
    I guess the queues at the Duty Free stores will be shorter then…
    
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    January 18, 2023 9:06am
    - Colville
      
      Is duty free still a thing?
      I mean does anyone lug a bottle of gin around for a day to save ten bucks?
      
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      January 18, 2023 9:30am
- I remember when
  
  Does ‘Three Plus Waters’ help us to understand how little imput the public would have in WEF policy.
  One thing covid taught us was that effective borders can be useful properly used.
  They are taking away our say in Local Body actions, Government legislation and now trying to implement global rule.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:46am
  - Nickc2
    
    One World Govt, commonly known as the Great Global Reset.
    
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    January 18, 2023 10:36am
- Paulus
  
  There will be quite a number of Ministerial Staff there too from New Zealand.
  Damian will not be allowed to be there on his own – despite his retirement later this year.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:49am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  I thought I read Helen Clark has her boots on the ground
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:14am
I remember when

“Climate Explained’ is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre.
It includes –
The myth of global warming:
Since 1970s, human emissions of CO2 and other GHG has ‘grown exponentially.’
Since the industrial revolution in mid-1700s, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have gone up by 120 parts per million, a 46% rise in nearly 300 years.

I wonder why they didn’t just say the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere had grown by 0.012%.
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January 18, 2023 8:47am
- Paulus
  
  What about Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022 was the largest recorded since the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.
  
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  January 18, 2023 9:51am
  - Nickc2
    
    An inconvenient truth eh?
    
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    January 18, 2023 10:54am
  - rangitoto
    
    Unusual in that it blasted a lot of water into the stratosphere but not much SO2. The water vapour appeared to accumulate into two distinct layers, which no atmospheric models had predicted. Water vapour is a strong greenhouse gas but the extra hydroxyl ions would also have removed a lot of methane. Tricky to calculate.
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:33am
    - rangitoto
      
      I’m also wondering why the greens aren’t complaining about all that hydroxylic acid being spewed into the atmosphere. There must be some volcano god who can be charged.
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:41am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  0.012% increase is not exponential. Not even close.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:17pm
I remember when

Waka Kotahi/NZTA
Slow Drivers
If you are travelling slower than the speed limit and there are vehicles following you, you must:
. Keep as close to the left side of the road as possible
. Pull over as soon as it is safe to let following vehicles pass.
Don’t speed up on straight stretches of road to prevent following vehicles from passing you.

Meanwhile in a parallel universe…
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January 18, 2023 9:25am
- MCōs
  
  A definition of a ‘slow driver’ depends where you are.
  In many locations it’s someone who follows the speed limit.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:18am
  - septic skeptic
    
    Can be. 80 or 100 on the straights. 60 going into the bends and 45 coming out after braking at the apex.
    
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    January 18, 2023 12:17pm
    - I remember when
      
      septic skeptic:
      Now days it can be all of those speeds, plus a couple of extras, on any given straight road.
      
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      January 18, 2023 2:04pm
- Chris Nisbet
  
  Don’t forget – speed limits aren’t a target!
  /s
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:35am
  - I remember when
    
    No they aren’t.
    But their signs used to be.
    
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    January 18, 2023 2:05pm
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Do these rules apply to cyclists? Don’t appear to.
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:19pm
Maggie Pie

I’m finding it’s quite hot and sticky at night now.
Is there anyone else like me that sleeps with one leg poking out of the bed to help regulate body temperature?
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January 18, 2023 9:37am
- jonno1
  
  What? I just turn on the aircon when I go to bed. Job done.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:13am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    I know that sounds the easy way jonno. But is your house 6000 sq ft, built in 1912, with a 16ft stud upstairs?
    
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    January 18, 2023 10:40am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      16ft? He’s tall…….
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:04am
    - Phil
      
      16ft. Wow, even taller than the tall chap they didn’t find in darkest Africa.
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:09am
    - jonno1
      
      Just in the bedroom, silly! It has a door. But granted, only 4000 sq ft and 9 ft stud. Are you the lovely couple in the mansion down the street?
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:23am
      - Maggie Pie
        
        Sounds like us.
        What number are you?
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:27pm
    - mogg
      
      If you have got 12 ft or 16 ft stud you can get a big multi speed ceiling fan installed. It will cool the bedroom without the annoying noise that comes with the pedestal fan. You are lucky.
      
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      January 18, 2023 11:25am
      - Maggie Pie
        
        LOL moggie!! You should see our ceilings.
        All decorative molded plaster from the early 1900’s.
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:39pm
    - mogg
      
      Okay, what about a Punka Wallah, who could also double as a Char Wallah?
      
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      January 18, 2023 3:41pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        Can you get them in white?
        Just thinking about matching the dado rails.
        
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        January 18, 2023 3:56pm
    - mogg
      
      You are awful.
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:07pm
  - ClanMcleod
    
    jonno1 – don’t let the Greens hear you utter such expletives. You’re destroying the planet doncha know!
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:06am
- Joely Doe
  
  Ooler Sleep System
  
  Just get your partner to purchase one of these..
  Purchased for mine now menopause has hit – she loves it!
  
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  January 18, 2023 1:04pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    Hey…thx for that Joely. I’m at that stage in life as well.
    We were thinking of getting a couple of the ‘Dyson Bladeless Fans’. Know anything about them?
    
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    January 18, 2023 2:21pm
    - Joely Doe
      
      Yep, got a couple. Meh? They’re fans.
      
      My partner would say that an Ooler will change your menopausal life.
      Just splash the cash.
      
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      January 18, 2023 5:13pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Have you tried snot bubbling?
  
  https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/18/new-research-uncovers-unique-way-echidnas-beat-the-heat/
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:46pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    God my partners a prick! He never let on!!
    Bin doing that for ages and reckoned it was just man-flu 🙁
    
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    January 18, 2023 5:40pm
Suze Wainwright

Why does it appear that Cameron Slater’s constant tweets about a bullying scandal in the National Party are all to do with assisting Simon Lusk in disrupting National’s Tukituki candidate selection process…?
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January 18, 2023 10:05am
- Ghost
  
  Jacinda is more honest than Slater. Would make up so many stories that never happened. Anything from him or Lusk should be taken with a ton of salt
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:23am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Back to his dirty filthy crap, if there is a bullying scandal, then prove it or he should STFU, I am sure he had bad blood with Lusk before, snd I bet he supports another candidate. Slater is as hateful as the Redbaiter towards the Nats
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:17am
  - In Vino Veritas
    
    I think you mistake a profit motive for hate G.
    
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    January 18, 2023 12:50pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Peters money bought the hate
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:35pm
Ghost

Next best selling Harry book? The prince and the Penis

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/but-mummy-prince-harry-brutally-mocked-in-front-of-millions/KFMGRJEJZRDW7IFATYAV6LTRIU/
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January 18, 2023 10:10am
MCōs

Yesterday we went for spin in the countryside to Thames to see our friends who have just returned from three weeks circumnavigating the South Island.
They said the roads were superb everywhere they went.
Driving at the speed limit Timaru to Chch was dangerous as the locals went flying by at up to 150kph.
Not a pothole in sight.
We saw none on SH1 and across the Hauraki Plains.
BTW
The speed limit for trucks is 90kph.
Yeah.
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January 18, 2023 10:14am
- rouppe
  
  The speed limit for trucks is 90kph
  
  Same with caravans, and boat trailers.
  
  I went to New Plymouth last weekend, cruise control set to 100kph, passed by more than one vehicle towing a trailer.
  
  I encountered one caravan that I promptly sped up to pass as it was swaying rather alarmingly
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:31am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Those milk tankers with trailers on the Hauraki Plains give it the gun.
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:10am
- All_on_Red
  
  Uhuh
  Try SH1 from Tirau to Taupo
  Then Taupo- Napier rd
  Then Napier- Dannevirke rd
  Then Te Hana to Kaukapakapa
  Then Warkworth to Whangarei
  
  Potholes frequently seen and dodged.
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:25am
- graham
  
  I’d like to invite your friends to take a drive around some of the roads around Wainui and Waitoki (Rodney, Auckland). If they are interested I can provide them a map of the potholes, slips, and cracks as rated by the locals – including the ones that have been “repaired” up to ten times in the space of a year and are STILL slipping.
  
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  January 18, 2023 11:48am
- cmm
  
  Lots of people say lots of things. That does not make them true.
  I doubt very much that there are many people doing 150 between Timaru and Chch. No doubt it happens occasionally. There are a lot of people doing 110, but I don’t buy 150.
  Most of the roads I travel on in SI (outside of Chch) are in reasonably good shape, but it will depend a bit from region to region. Chch is still a bit stuffed, some of that due to all the post-EQ fiddling and patching.
  
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  January 18, 2023 12:40pm
- In Vino Veritas
  
  Lol MCos, that road between Timaru and ChCh is fairly straight and flat. Around Rakaia there are some dips in the road that need care when overtaking, as you can’t see oncoming traffic in the dips (and it’s prone to ground fog in the winter). Best stretch though, is McKenzie Country highway 8. You can literally fly along there, a chunk is dead straight and flat for miles and on a sunny day you can see forever. Went the fastest I’ve ever been in a car on that road. It was a long time ago!
  
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  January 18, 2023 12:57pm
- MDQ
  
  Speed limits are pretty much irrelevant anyway. Most drivers in New Zealand on single track roads will travel at whatever speed it takes to catch up to the car in front. Many seem to see this as mandatory. They would realise the risk of getting a ticket is very small.
  Set your cruise control on Transmission Gully at 100km/hour and you will be constantly passed at speed by streams of cars, trucks and tailor towing vehicles. Interesting how many of the speeding vehicles are business or government branded – presumably their organisations don’t care or don’t apply their vehicle use policies. I drive TG most days. Perhaps once a week I will see a radar cop or someone getting pulled over by a police car.
  
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  January 18, 2023 1:18pm
  - Bridgenag
    
    Good time to buy a radar alert gadget
    
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    January 18, 2023 6:02pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Stop Co-Governance. Julian Batchelor.
https://www.stopcogovernance.kiwi/blog/road-tour-update-and-dr-john-robinson-the-road-to-apartheid/
https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/01/john-robinson-road-to-new-zealand.html
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January 18, 2023 10:23am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Wow! What a read. I just skimmed through it and will read it in full to digest it this afternoon. John Robinson certainly breaks it down well.
  One comment caught my eye – the “changed Labour Party” Yes, the Labour Party of yesteryear is now long gone. Replaced with power hungry socialists/communists.
  There is a lot to take from this. The comments are interesting too.
  
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  January 18, 2023 10:59am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Replaced with power hungry socialists/communists.
    
    Really?
    
    I’d describe them as a bunch of spoilt, middle-class wanna-bes.
    
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    January 18, 2023 11:26am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Ardern is dangerous, even back to her ‘comrades’ speech. She wants to destroy NZ as we know it, and hand NZ to the Elite Maori. She is delusional, thinks Maori Tyrants will help her remain in power 2023. Ardern is a closet Communist.
      
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      January 18, 2023 12:22pm
      - Nickc2
        
        The closet door’s been open since forever!
        
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        January 18, 2023 12:26pm
Taieri

They said the roads were superb everywhere they went.
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Balls, bollocks and balderdash…
I wish I could insert a few photos of SH1 and SH87 here. Plenty of potholes there. Will be travelling via SH1, SH85 and SH8 this arvo, will be interesting to see what the latter two are like.
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January 18, 2023 10:24am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Use dropbox and post a link here.
  
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  January 18, 2023 12:22pm
Maggie Pie

Police Association said to be upset that Cuddles rejects proposal new ‘roadside-disciplinary-measures’ be implemented against car thieves and teenage ram-raiders 😎

https://twitter.com/uncensoredpromo/status/1615312584164401155
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January 18, 2023 10:33am
Maggie's partner

The following phone conversation was recently picked up by a hidden directional microphone.

JA: Hallo, Jacinda here

GR: Morning PM, it’s Robbo. Happy New Year

JA: Let’s hope it will be, Robbo. How was your Christmas? Did you manage to get on top of your tree in the end?

GR: I beg your pardon, PM, what are you implying?

JA: Your tree, I know you were having problems with it, did you sort them?

GR: Oh right, for a moment I thought….

JA: Don’t be silly Robbo, you know I am not like that. Now, how can I help?

GR: Well, PM, it’s a bit awkward. I was round at Chippy’s for a BBQ the other night….

JA: A BBQ? At Chippy’s? Who else was there?

GR: Oh, just the usual. Megan, Angry, Brylcreem, Nash-nil, most of the gang….

JA: Why wasn’t I invited?

GR: I’m sure you were, PM, of course you would have been. Anyway, the point is, some of the chaps were talking about our polling, and wondering what we could do to boost our numbers.

JA: Excellent, my loyal team, working for my greater glory, even during the holidays. Any good ideas?

GR: Well one of them, I can’t remember who, thought maybe some changes at the top might do the trick.

JA: I agree. That’s why I have this reshuffle planned.

GR: Well, yes, PM, indeed you do. But whoever it was wondered if perhaps those changes would go far enough? He even, and I am sure he was joking, suggested changes at the very top.

JA: You can’t be serious?

GR: As serious as COVID, I’m afraid, PM.

JA: But we both know COVID’s not actually serious.

GR: Quite right, my bad, PM. I should have said as serious as Seymour.

JA: OMG. That is serious. So did this mysterious person say who should take over?

GR: Well, er, PM, one or two of the chaps were kind enough to suggest I might be a good fit.

JA: You? Lol ROFL LMFAO. The only time you’ve ever been a good fit is when your boyfr….actually, let’s not go there. So this is it? A coup? After all I have done for you, you and your scheming minions plan to cast me aside?

GR: It’s for the good of the party, PM. And of course, for the good of Aotearoa. Hallo? PM? Hallo? Are you there?
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January 18, 2023 10:34am
- nathie
  
  Ring, ring, JA picks up again.
  
  GR: Sorry your Royal Highness, before you cut me off I was going to say we have thought of the best gig ever for you to go to next?
  
  JA: Will I have to work hard?
  
  GR: Nope!
  
  JA: Will I still be able to finish work at Afternoon Tea time?
  
  GR: Of course!
  
  JA: Can I still have days off, each week?
  
  GR: Off course!
  
  JA: And every weekend off?
  
  GR: You betcha!
  
  JA: What about school visits, can I still go and hang out where no-one will annoy me? And where they still love me?
  
  GR: Absolutely! Even better, schools in any country you like to visit!
  
  JA: Grantie baby, woah! Did you … did you get me that UN gig that I’ve always wanted? Despite the UN vowing to never employ a NZ’er again since H1 stuffed it up for everyone else?
  
  GR: Actually, nein!
  
  JA: Oh Grantie, you mean …. Switzerland!
  
  GR: Jawohl! It’s even better than the UN because you get to use Klauss’ private jet!
  
  JA: So being based in Europe I can jet around to see Trevor for a guinness … and H1 for high-tea, I mean advice, anywhere anytime whenever she is over there speaking or skiing!
  
  GR: Zip it sweetie, only the best for you!
  
  JA: [Inaudible …. instead delighted squealing sounds and a little dance for the next 5 minutes].
  
  GR (to himself): Heh, heh, after seeing off Goff, Shearer, Cunliffe, Angry and my BFF Jacinda it’s finally mine, all mine, at last!
  
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  January 18, 2023 1:12pm
  - Nickc2
    
    ….and they all lived happily ever after. The End
    
    Well, that’s the way all Fairy Tales end isn’t it GR?
    
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    January 18, 2023 2:12pm
Drone

Where did the 10 cents a litre local tax applied in Auckland by Goffy to fund the rail link end up. Is it still being applied and how much has accrued, and why is petrol sold in Auckland not more expensive than anywhere else..
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January 18, 2023 10:45am
- MCōs
  
  The Auckland Regional Fuel Tax is set to expire on 30-June 2028.
  As I recall there were discussions about congestion charges, motorway tolls, but they were rejected by central government and this alternative was given the OK.
  A motorway toll would certainly clear a lot of congestion off those arterial routes.
  The petrol companies are the ones who pay the regional fuel tax and they spread the load across the country.
  
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  January 18, 2023 1:30pm
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  It is more expensive than Northland.
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:30pm
ClanMcleod

So we’ve been relentlessly gaslit for a couple of years, endlessly warned about the perils of “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories.” Well as all of those “conspiracy theories” came true, we find another one that has become fact.
Real, accurate and truthful information that may have caused people to make more prudent decisions around their health, was actively suppressed by social media sites.

This was done at the behest of Pfizer and the White House.

How Facebook Removed “True Content” for Pfizer and the White House

Facebook willingly and enthusiastically participated in a cruel, dishonest, manipulative scheme that ended up with millions affected by Covid vaccines.

Was it done “for the good of humanity”? Was it an honest mistake?

It was NOT an honest mistake.

https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/how-facebook-removed-true-content?

“Fact check” that Jacinda. Tell us more about the “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories” Baker and Wiles.
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January 18, 2023 11:18am
Chris Nisbet

If I’m reading the flyer that arrived in our mailbox correctly, speed limits on Te Irirangi drive will drop from 80kph to 50kph in the coming weeks.
Sweet Jesus. This is a road that separates the opposing traffic by a median strip maybe 15m wide, so a head-on accident would be basically impossible. Pedestrians can cross the road at intersections or using overbridges. Only a fricken idiot would think it’s unsafe to travel faster than 50kph on that road.
What would need to happen for these idiotic limits to be restored to something sensible? Is a change of government enough? I suspect not.
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January 18, 2023 11:44am
- septic skeptic
  
  I would think there are quite a few votes to be had for anyone brave enough to challenge the road to zero (0kms travelled) narrative.
  
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  January 18, 2023 12:25pm
- In Vino Veritas
  
  Chris, it’s not just Te Irirangi. Pak Highway and Ti Rakau are being reduced from 60 to 50. And yes, the ads that came out had a wee picture of a car hitting a stick figure at different speeds. So the assumption is that these clowns are slowing cars down to protect jay-walkers.
  
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  January 18, 2023 1:03pm
  - Chris Nisbet
    
    One claim on the flyer that I’m very dubious about is that there is an 80% chance of killing a pedestrian if you hit them at 50kph.
    In fact, I’ve just compared the flyer with another claim made by NZTA here (not sure if the link will work) …
    
    https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/nz-pedestrian-profile/6.html#:~:text=The%20faster%20the%20speed%20at,96%25%20of%20pedestrians%20will%20die.
    
    “The faster the speed at which a pedestrian is hit, the more serious their injuries. A pedestrian hit at 30 km/ph has a 5% chance of dying, compared with a 40% risk of death at 50 km/ph. Hit at 70 km/ph, 96% of pedestrians will die. (Ashton, 1982)”
    
    The flyer says…
    “”Risk of death vs impact speed
    30kph: 10%
    40kph: 30%
    50kph: 80%”
    
    The bureaucrats can’t even get their own story straight.
    
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    January 18, 2023 1:35pm
    - krazykiwi
      
      There is 100% risk that life will kill you. Using ones intelligence will reduce that. Knowing when to wait on the side of the road, and when to venture across it is one example. Ditto smoking. Ditto lifestyle choices. Ditto taking dodgy medicines.
      
      No state has never succeeded in regulating away the harm attributable to human stupidity. Indeed it is stupidity to try.
      
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      January 18, 2023 2:03pm
      - cmm
        
        Indeed, painting the impression that things have been made safer (airbags etc) often makes people less vigilant.
        
        A great safety device would be putting a sharp spike in the middle of the steering wheel and banning drivers from wearing safety belts. Maybe it would remind them that vehicles are potentially dangerous, so focus on the driving and stop updating your Facebook profile.
        
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        January 18, 2023 4:31pm
    - cmm
      
      There are so many variables in this.
      
      First off, energy is more of a killer than momentum. Energy goes up with the square of speed, so a car at 50kph has about 2.78x the energy of a car at 30kph.
      
      But… damage to the body goes up non-linearly with energy.
      
      But… the Ashton 1982 number is likely way obsolete for many reasons:
      * medical advances in the last 40 years increase survivability from just about any trauma.
      * car safety has improved in the last 40 years (for both passengers and pedestrians), again increasing survivability. If you got whacked by a 1970s car you’d probably feel it a bit more than a 2010 car.
      * people have got older, so maybe that reduces survivability a bit.
      
      All weighed up, it is quite likely that the survivability is massively better than the old Ashton number.
      
      This improvement in survivability is one of the major reasons road deaths are down (and is also why murder rates can go down even though serious violent offending goes up).
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:29pm
    - Alan Wilkinson
      
      I must go back and check what my speed and fatality rate was for all the pedestrians I’ve hit.
      
      About as relevant as calculating your chance of being hit by lightning.
      
      How many pedestrians killed were lying drunk on the road or toddlers backed over in driveways? Speed no factor.
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:39pm
Maggie Pie

My partner’s mum joined us for Thai last nite. We got talking about the latest Term Deposit rates. She was saying the people you need have sympathy for are those with home mortgages.
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January 18, 2023 12:32pm
- greybeard
  
  Agreed. I am getting 4.5% on mine, so mortgages must be 6%-7% at least to cover that.
  The problem is that imminent leap from 2.5% mortgages to 7% ones: that will be a killer for many borrowers.
  Exactly which Thai did you have ?
  
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  January 18, 2023 2:43pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    3 mixed entrees
    2 royal red duck curries
    1 pad thai with prawns
    3 white rice
    
    i made the banana1splits with raspberry jam, bitter chocky sauce, and dairy whip.
    
    …..all washed down with a droin chablis
    
    what’s your fave thai?
    
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    January 18, 2023 3:18pm
    - MCōs
      
      I asked my wife what he favourite food was and she just able burst into tears thinking about the food back home that it unavailable here.
      She’s on YouTube now showing me all manner of mouth watering dishes.
      When she goes home there’s always a lot of catching up going on in the gastronomic area.
      
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      January 18, 2023 6:15pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        Could you provide a link to one of the YT Channels she’s showing you Cossie?
        
        I’d like to give it a crack at home.
        
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        January 18, 2023 6:54pm
      - MCōs
        
        Easier said than done.
        Everything is Thai language plus she’s gone to bed!
        https://youtu.be/rNNheHwyxDU
        
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        January 18, 2023 9:05pm
      - MCōs
        
        It’s some sort of fish dish
        
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        January 18, 2023 9:06pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        Thx Cossie! I’ll send it thru to the restaurant we haunt up at the village green and get them to make it for us. LOOKS DEEEELISH!! 😛
        
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        January 18, 2023 9:21pm
    - Nickc2
      
      Deep fried King Prawns with Black Bean Sauce.
      They always taste better sitting in a monsoon ditch with a can of beer in the other hand. A sailor’s delicacy.
      
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      January 19, 2023 9:34am
  - Scooter
    
    5.1% ASB compounding, awesome esp if you don’t have a mortgage. Adrian Orr for Orrsome.
    
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    January 19, 2023 1:15am
greybeard

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130998441/mum-jailed-after-leaving-toddler-in-significant-pain-with-14-fractures
Until the names and faces of these despicable ferals are made public then the problem will never go away, or at least reduce.
Bring back the modern equivalent of the Stocks.
I bet a lot of crime would evaporate overnight.
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January 18, 2023 2:48pm
- cmm
  
  Naah, a caning.
  Then post their tear and snot covered face all over Tiktok.
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:43pm
Benedict Yu

My father in law Les had his funeral today. Regular readers may recall that he was a country police officer on the West Coast.

Shout out to Greg O’connor MP who delivered a lengthy message of sympathy to the family. He conveyed that as a kid, his admiration of Les inspired him to become a police officer. None of the family were aware.

Rest in peace Les.
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January 18, 2023 3:05pm
- Loddenthinks
  
  Les probably knew my old man – entered the Police force in Greymouth in the late 1950s. RIP.
  
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  January 18, 2023 3:23pm
  - Benedict Yu
    
    Yes Les joined the police in 1956.
    
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    January 18, 2023 4:19pm
  - Benedict Yu
    
    In Granity
    
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    January 18, 2023 4:20pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Les RIP.
  As I said the other day, the Tall Redhead may need some support.
  Good man BY.
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:32pm
- cmm
  
  Who is the toe rag who feels the need to downtick this?
  Find yourself a mirror.
  Look in it.
  Ask yourself some of those deep philosophical questions like why your mum even bothered.
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:45pm
  - blue collar
    
    The old man shdve wiped them on the curtains
    
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    January 18, 2023 7:14pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

This Woman will not give up. She is in the game for real.
Here is Steve Bannon with Kari Lake, on the Arizona Election.
https://spreely.video/v/1626014284/Kari-Lake—-They-want-us-not-to-vote-again–We-can-t-let-them-have-that
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January 18, 2023 3:31pm
Scooter

NZ govt seems to have no problem locking down the population yet seem useless when it comes to gangs.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/482612/unmasked-gang-members-at-hospital-put-icu-patients-at-risk-says-mother

https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/chris-trotter-a-civilisation-in-which-the-law-may-be-broken-with-impunity
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January 18, 2023 3:59pm
cmm

Just about everything wrong with NZ in one article:

“Mother” goes to McDonalds for breakfast after she or her partner (not childs father) beat up child, causing 14 fractures and other injuries, but before taking child to hospital.

Lawyer tells the dudge to be lenient due to a drug problem.

Judge Callaghan gave the woman discounts for her drug addiction.

She refuses to tell who actually beat up the child, but she still got a discount for her guilty plea on failure to look after the child.

Sorry, but that guilty plea discount should only apply if you fully cooperate with the police!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mother-jailed-for-more-than-two-years-after-toddler-suffers-14-fractures-burns/PYJZGLHFQVBGNJ4O53E3RNENT4/
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January 18, 2023 4:18pm
- Nickc2
  
  Sick Puppies! IMO, our Judiciary is urgently in need of a fuckin big cleanout. Discounts for Drug Addiction, WTF? Are these Judges going to start giving discounts to drink drivers who claim they are alcoholics?
  The colour of their skin wouldn’t have anything to do with it, would it?
  Welcome to NZ the way Cindy’s made it eh?
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:31pm
  - Ghost
    
    Well we know one of the teenage rapists that got home detetion was white. It doesn’t matter what colour your skin is our justice system gives out wet bus tickets galore and it’s gone on long before jacinda.
    
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    January 18, 2023 4:45pm
    - Nickc2
      
      So why is the Legal Profession advocating to have Tikanga Māori in NZ Common Law?
      The Supreme Court has just reminded us that our law is indeed sourced in two streams and that the legal profession ought to be prepared to engage with Māori law as part of the common law of New Zealand.
      https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news/publications/lawtalk/lawtalk-issue-943/tikanga-maori-in-nz-common-law/
      
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      January 18, 2023 4:56pm
      - mikenmildagain
        
        Because tikanga is common in New Zealand?
        
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        January 18, 2023 6:40pm
      - Alan Wilkinson
        
        @mma except it isn’t. Shame the Law Society is now run by woke idiots
        
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        January 18, 2023 6:48pm
      - Ghost
        
        Still doesn’t account for all the non Māori who get let let off or a piss poor slap on the wrist under this and previous governments does it.
        
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        January 18, 2023 11:09pm
  - cmm
    
    I’m pretty sure this “mother” must be white.
    The kid in the stock photo that accompanies the article is white and I am sure Herald wouldn’t be trying to mislead people.
    
    That just wouldn’t be quality journalism.
    
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    January 18, 2023 4:48pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  What can NZ do about these ferals?
  
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  January 18, 2023 4:39pm
  - mikenmildagain
    
    Take some into your home?
    
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    January 18, 2023 6:42pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

THE SAME NATIONAL ARCHIVES THAT WANTED TO CRUCIFY TRUMP IS WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE IN BIDEN’S STOLEN DOCUMENTS.
Different when the left does it.

https://billingsreport.com/the-same-national-archives-that-wanted-to-crucify-trump-is-withholding-evidence-in-bidens-stolen-documents/
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January 18, 2023 4:55pm
Maggie Pie

Qantas ‘mayday’ now a ‘pan’

Thank God.
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January 18, 2023 5:30pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

If You Can’t Convince Kids, Drug Them. This is where it starts for kids.
America has a drug problem disguised as Gun Problem.
https://gopnewsfeed.com/if-you-cant-convince-kids-drug-them/
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January 18, 2023 5:39pm
Swifty

Oliver Hartwich blasts the disgraceful state of the NZ education system:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-wk6GlHyQ

Among many facts he notes that over the last ten years the Education Ministry staff count has doubled from 2,000 to 4,000 while our students finish their secondary education with poorer and poorer literacy and numeracy.

If NZers can’t tell by now that they’re being totally rogered by those who claim only the state should run an education system and that ours is world class – well then they’ve only themselves to blame.
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January 18, 2023 5:55pm
- mikenmildagain
  
  Parkinson’s Law:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law
  Explains the inexorable growth of bureaucratic organizations.
  I assume that his original calculations from the 1950s showing:
  – the growth in size of the admiralty staff while the number of RN ships declined; and
  – the growth of colonial office staff while the number of colonies declined
  would show the same trends over the subsequent 70 years in most large organizations.
  
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  January 18, 2023 6:36pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

https://rightwingnewshour.com/fbi-has-been-charged-planting-evidence-3/
Really? FBI does that?//
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January 18, 2023 5:57pm
- Paul Marsden
  
  Orange man bad, remember..??
  
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  January 18, 2023 6:23pm
  - blue collar
    
    I reckon trump needs to get back on twitter n up his profile , fuck truth social , de santis as VP , go n get em
    
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    January 18, 2023 7:06pm
Ghost

Is New Zealand A Beta Test For Western Governments Micromanaging The Populace?

In the wake of the covid pandemic lockdowns and mandates, many western nations and states in the US witnessed a new eye opening level of government intrusion into the daily lives of citizens. Some, however, dealt with worse scenarios than others.

New Zealand in particular has popped up time and time again over the past couple of years with some of the most draconian restrictions on the public, and sadly the trend has not stopped just because the pandemic lockdowns stopped. The island nation seems to be intent on setting the standard for authoritarian policies and government micromanagement, and a series of recent laws are driving home the reality that they do not intend to relent.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-zeland-beta-test-western-governments-micromanaging-populace
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January 18, 2023 6:44pm
Maggie Pie

TRENING TV NEWS

See the police have finally released a description of the horrible prick they’re looking for in relation to the stabbing of a poor woman in the South-Auckland-Botanic-Gardens.

“Early 20’s, chubby, with facial tattoos”

Still no mention of possible ethnicity?
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January 18, 2023 6:50pm
blue collar

Tragedy at opoutere beach . Drowning , one dead , 5 people rescued ,one missing .

Reminded me of my visit there 25 years ago , went for a nude surf coz no one around. Came in when people turned up n one of em grabbed me clothes ….. had to do the casual walk up to the car park and sort it out starkers 😁
Good surf . Great spot .
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January 18, 2023 6:54pm
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Happy days!
  
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  January 18, 2023 8:31pm
Swifty

1970 Darlington Southern 500

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

Awesome.
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