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rouppe

With all the talk of decolonisation, all the swooning is over people literally draped in the threads of colonisation
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February 28, 2023 8:04am
- Mike
  
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  Perhaps you have a limited understanding of what decolonization might mean.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:24am
  - Swifty
    
    Maybe you’re just an apologist for hypocrites.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:05am
  - artemisia
    
    Beginning an insult with ‘perhaps’ doesn’t fool anyone.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:19am
  - RoboRob
    
    Well on the assumption the decolonization means what it says, I expect in NZ it would be along the lines of…
    
    1) All non Maori leaving the country (not sure how you would define Maori and non Maori)
    
    2) All Businesses shut down, including Iwi owned
    
    3) All monies paid to IWI refunded
    
    4) All shools, hospitals and public services shut down
    
    5) All roading, electricity and piping removed
    
    6) All books and technology removed
    
    7) All housing buildozed
    
    As a starter
    
    Perhaps we should be focused on not identifying people by ethnicity and simply making sure all NZers have the best opportunities.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:20am
    - MCōs
      
      That’s ridiculous of course.
      What about making sale of land to foreign conglomerates illegal
      That sort of thing.
      There’s a different type of colonization going on right now by people who don’t give a toss about about out country. They just want to exploit our resources and don’t mind the mess left behind.
      
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      February 28, 2023 9:48am
      - RoboRob
        
        True. But thats not the type of decolonisation talk that Rouppe and Mike were referring to. They are talking about Maori wind bags spouting off.
        
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        February 28, 2023 10:10am
      - In Vino Veritas
        
        “sale of land to foreign conglomerates illegal”. So says the resident communist. Taking someone’s right to sell their property to whomever they see fit. Brilliant.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:12pm
      - Pineapple Lumps
        
        Mcos- you’ve absolutely nailed it. Unfortunately they are our elected representatives: Ardern, Hipkins, Mahuta, Jackson, Little, Wood, Woods, Nash, ….
        
        Many subscribing to either globalism before country Or Tribe before country.
        
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        February 28, 2023 1:10pm
      - I remember when
        
        If you want to ‘make sale of land to foreign conglomerates illegal’, it might pay to ensure overseas funds producing industries are fully supported and that we reduce money printing by government.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:09pm
    - Mike
      
      No, that’s not it.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:33am
      - RoboRob
        
        Please tell us what your understanding of what the process of decolonisation is?
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:06am
      - Local Miller
        
        @Mike – You keep telling us we don’t understand colonization, but you refuse to clarify what it is.
        
        Please provide your definition so we are enlightened. I’m holding my breath.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:07pm
    - Bloody Dago
      
      Another take on recompense for 200 years of free intellectual property:
      New Zealand past history tells us Māori were virtually devoid of metal and any semblance of civilisation until the global intellectual property showed up in the early 1800’s.
      This was appropriated by Māori to their immediate benefit. It was freely shared, disseminated and advantaged by all Māori.
      Māori carried on the appropriation of global intellectual property of Western civilisation and used it for their own betterment for 180 years or more. A multi trillion USD value offset to this unbridled appropriation and usage of this global intellectual property must be offset against all Waitangi treaty settlements.
      New Zealanders have to make this massive theft a “poop everywhere” elephant on all Maori that inhabit this country.
      
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      March 1, 2023 2:57pm
  - alloytoo
    
    “Decolonization” means having your cake and eating it too.
    
    It’s an opportunity to vilify people generations removed for wrongs (real or imagined) against your ancestors while simultaneously ignoring the obvious benefits accruing over that time and absolving yourself of all responsibility for your own situation.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:01am
    - Mike
      
      No, that’s not it, either.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:34am
      - Jack5
        
        In medicine, decolonisation attempts to rid a patient of an antimicrobial resistant pathogen, such as MRSA.
        
        But here’s the Wide-Wide a-Woke University of Nottingham as part of its advice on “decolonising the medical curriculum”.
        
        Do you use diverse case studies in your teaching, which focus on intersectionality, but also on challenging stereotypes and prejudice?
        
        For example, counselling a transgender male about breast cancer or a transgender female about prostate cancer, and familiarising medical students with taking histories comfortably from the LGBT community.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:15pm
    - Paulus
      
      For my personal consideration I blame William the Conqueror for upsetting the Roman based colony that has become Britain.
      Damn foreigners !
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:00am
      - Matt Long
        
        Despite the fact that most of my forbears were Norman and a lot of my ancestry is neither Norman nor Anglo Saxon, I want half a billion from the crown and an apology to settle the wrongs done to my 1024th Saxon ancestry.
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:37am
      - Don Beckett
        
        Wadabout the Vikings? They stuffed up the Saxon peace. And besides, what did the Vikings do for us?
        
        (I’d better shut up – I have Celtic, Saxon, Cornish, English, Viking & Norman ancestry. I’ll have to start claiming shit from myself 😆 ))
        
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        February 28, 2023 1:25pm
      - Jack5
        
        Don Beckett’s … Celtic, Saxon, Cornish, English, Viking & Norman ancestry…
        
        Another customer of a genealogy site’s DNA check?
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:22pm
      - Don Beckett
        
        Partly so Jack.
        My maternal grandmother’s name was Nicholson. We hve cousins in Portland Oregon who were schoolteachers, and back in the 1960’s – ’70s used their school holidays to travel to England to sort the Nicholson anthology. Nicholson is Danish, and they traced back to 12 th.cenntury Cheshire.
        Maternal grandfather is Cornish, of Scottish descent – McDonald clan sent to Cornwall during th 16th.c. ? Clearances.
        Maternal grandmother is of Saxon stock, family moved to England around 15th.C.
        The Beckett name is Norman – early Becket’s came to England with William the Conqueror & settled in London and intermarried with the English. My ancestors until recently owned a brickworks on the Thames; a young pommie guy who worked for me in Rotorua served him time in London back in the 1960’s, and they bought their bricks from Beckett’s Bricks.
        At the risk of being a smart-arse, my wife is part (10%) Maori. My son did a DNA test, and all this is supported by the DNA, so my kids have an extra racial bit.
        Talk about a bunch of bloody mongrels 😆
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:11pm
  - sirknz
    
    Is it the same as the Net Zero carbon policies that require the removal of a large group of people, not necessarily letting them live?
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:06am
    - Mike
      
      No.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:34am
  - Tommo
    
    This is decolonisation, isn’t it marvelous?
    
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/south-africa-faces-civil-war-conditions-due-to-possibility-of-power-grid-collapse/5TFXMJFSHJHAZNRUXIVHBHRJXA/
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:07am
    - Mike
      
      It was marvelous that the Boers were able to cling to the place for as long as they did, albeit by imposing their disgusting values.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:37am
      - Matt Long
        
        Functional power grids are disgusting?
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:48pm
      - Local Miller
        
        Which values were these?
        The ones that allowed ALL poor South Africans to get free or nearly medical treatment including hospitalization and operations for the equivalent of $1?
        Or the won’s that supplied power to the country, including those often not actually paying for it?
        Or supplying fresh water?
        Like most people who have never lived in or actually studied SA, you only know what the anti apartheid movement want you to know.
        There are now millions of black South Africans saying their life was significantly better under the so called Apartheid government than it is under the current government.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:21pm
    - Bobba Fret
      
      The way NZ is heading (and if Lab/Greens/Maori get voted back in), pretty soon we will have South Africans that have come here going back to South Africa to live!
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:18am
  - rouppe
    
    Judging from media statements, Maori are saying everything that colonialism brought to NZ has been bad. Those that call themselves representatives and leaders in Maoridom have not had one good thing to say about the lives of Maori compared to pre colonial times.
    
    To then go to a uniquely Maori event, showcasing Maori culture, and go all swoony over Maori dressed in entirely European fabrics and styles is a hypocritical joke.
    
    If Maori were to take a leaf from the Vietnamese, where I recently travelled, and lived a life where the different cultures are actually merged together and lived, rather than torn apart and attacked, this country would be much better off.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:22am
    - Mike
      
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      Judging from Kiwiblog comments, one would assume that everyting Maori is under attack.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:38am
      - rouppe
        
        Self defence is not attack
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:37pm
      - In Vino Veritas
        
        “everything Maori”. And exactly what would “everything” be Mike? Rule of law? Nope. Roads? Nope. Medicine and hospitals? Nah. Care of fauna and flora of the country? Not a show. How about the wheel? No. Horses? Trout? Deer? Nah. Combustion engine or steam engine? No. Phones? Nope. Clothing? Nope. Metal? Nope. Transport of water? No. Education? No. What the hell is “everything Maori”?
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:18pm
      - Local Miller
        
        Your hyperbole doesn’t do you any credit.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:23pm
      - leoj
        
        I’ll say it….
        
        What did maori bring to the table in 1840?
        
        What since?
        
        A few really good rugby players?
        
        What about progress? I guess not.
        
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        February 28, 2023 6:48pm
- kowtow
  
  Yep , like the two Mps who play dress up in parliament .
  
  One emulating some of the “worst” colonisers evah , the western cowboy and the other one wearing again that symbol of North American capitalist oppression , the top hat .
  
  A theatre of farce.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:30am
  - Stellaboxer
    
    Kowtow I believe she takes her styling cues from those terribly colonial Goldie paintings. It’s hilarious that she seems to believe it makes her look extra specially Māori a bit like the other clown in his kilt and pill box hat firing off a shotgun as an act of defiance against the colonisers . Clowns the lot of them they couldn’t wear pre European attire as they would catch cold.
    
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    February 28, 2023 12:18pm
- Simon
  
  The British Empire in 1840 never intended to go into partnership with people who routinely ate each other.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:37am
  - Bloody Dago
    
    The culture we are being asked to recognise, as recently as 200 years ago, had no written language, engaged in cannibalism and slavery, had not invented the wheel, metal smelting or even basic pottery. They survived on violence, myth and legend, and had no concept of any basic sciences – mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology. I cannot fathom the arrogance of these tribal people who persist in the myth that their ‘culture’ is somewhat superior to global culture, and that it has been damaged by colonialism.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:05am
    - rangitoto
      
      Pottery was known on some of the Pacific Islands in the past (Lapita pottery). For some unknown reason the tech was lost.
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:42am
    - Stellaboxer
      
      They had no means of boiling water and hadn’t come up with the sewing needle either.
      
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      February 28, 2023 12:20pm
- Ehlana
  
  And don’t they wear it well.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:51am
- Chris R
  
  Not to forget the technology they tote and employ…cell phones, cars, aircraft. All symbols of heartless oppression. Us colonisers ought to be worse than ashamed and be pondering self-extermination.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:55am
Bridgenag

Australia caught up in the same stuff

‘Conspiracy theories’ about 15 minute cities are false, unhinged, dangerous, not to be believed, declares mainstream media (MSM) in unified chorus.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rebekahbarnett/p/the-medias-new-obsession-15-minute?r=1aj1bv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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February 28, 2023 8:05am
- Simon
  
  How long before free speech is declared a fringe right wing conspiracy theory.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:35am
  - Stellaboxer
    
    It’s already being claimed as a right wing concept in some quarters along with car ownership and individuality.
    
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    February 28, 2023 12:22pm
- Surely Knott
  
  In response to conspiracy theorists Ardern said, ” Not only will there not be mandates there won’t be any penalties at all. ” Next up. 15 minute cities.
  
  How many times must this play out before everyone can see it.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:42am
  - Simon
    
    “In response to conspiracy theorists Ardern said, ” Not only will there not be mandates there won’t be any penalties at all. ”
    
    The subsequent jaxx mandates were in large part enabled by those on the nominal right declaring the unjaxx to be mentally unsound and a range of other abuse. There was no political opposition to the jaxx roll out for everyone and mandatory naturally followed. Arden went with the flow.
    
    Those on nominal right went the unjaxx are mental. Ardern went yip thats what it is.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:30am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      Simon – correct. 3 downticks simply shows that some people can’t handle the truth.
      Bishop in particular was ruthless in his desire to jab everyone. Mind you, didn’t he also push tobacco in a former life?
      
      Not wishing to give him grief, but until he clarifies his current position re the jabs I view him as a reason not to support National.
      I wish that wasn’t the case, I’m trying really hard to find the good things.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:28am
- ClanMcleod
  
  It’s been evident since the beginning of the covid circus that mainstream media is captured. I’ve never witnessed so many stories spouting the same single message.
  Ardern knew something when she spoke of a “single source of truth”.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:54am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    It was a single source of bullshittery
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:08am
    - Simon
      
      Along with the [Mod – tone it down] National party who didnt want the unjaxxed to be able to visit supermarkets. The National party who wanted to bully the unjaxx into a bullshit unsafe & useless jaxx. And that cretin Luxon who was getting impatient with the unjaxxed. Help pave the way for squads of goons to visit the unjaxxed.
      
      Ardern went National party just too weird.
      
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      February 28, 2023 9:36am
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        Go and vote for the greens then
        
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        February 28, 2023 10:08am
      - Matt Long
        
        Dear G, when someone points out your favorite party leadership are unhinged authoritarian wokists, how does it help to tell them to vote for worse people?
        This is a blog presumably read by National staffers from time to time, they could be suggesting to LWB that they tone down the unhinged authoritarian wokism and apologise for the lies and stupidity they spread during the mandates and lockdowns.
        
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        February 28, 2023 10:31am
      - Matt Long
        
        Further, as National seeks to neutralise ACT as a powerful coalition partner, a vote for National may we’ll be a vote for the Greens in government.
        I realise there are reasons on both sides why a National Green coalition would be unpalatable to some but that needs to be balanced by hunger for power, position and money. National previously went with the Moari Party to neutralise ACT and NZF joined the Greens in government for all 3 reasons.
        
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        February 28, 2023 10:41am
      - ClanMcleod
        
        Why do staunch National supporters want to shut this narrative down? Their leaders and MPs were part of a despicable period of NZ history. Why aren’t you asking them to speak up about it instead of criticising anyone who points out what they did? Throwing childish tantrums and telling people to vote Green is pathetic. Own your shit.
        
        All they have to do is admit they got it wrong. It will win them many votes. But apart from that, it’s simply the moral thing to do. Grow a spine. Then I’ll guarantee my vote, but hoping it all goes away and we’ll vote for you because Labour are shit makes me want to throw up in my mouth.
        
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        February 28, 2023 10:45am
      - mawm
        
        Clan – Could you imagine a contrite Luxon getting up in Parliament and saying “We were led to believe these vaccines are safe and effective. They are neither. They have not stopped the spread of covid nor prevented hospitalisation, admission to ICU and even death. We apologise to all those we failed to support in their expression of freedom of choice and bodily sovereignty, to those who lost their jobs, to those whom have been injured by the vaccine and to the families of those killed by them. We will ensure that nothing like this will happen again.”
        
        He might even win a few votes.
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:51pm
    - Paulus
      
      G the
      Change “was” to” “is
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:03am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      To all the foolish replies, what the hell has the leadership got to do with the single source of bullshittery, its crazy how you lot act
      
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      February 28, 2023 7:48pm
      - ClanMcleod
        
        G – keep your fingers in your ears and singing “lalalalala” really loudly. I’m sure it’ll all go away soon.
        
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        March 1, 2023 8:45am
Maggie Pie

APPLE. TREE.

The son of a government consultant has narrowly avoided jail after a series of petrol drive-offs, an attempted burglary, and fraudulently obtaining $12,000.

Ariki Ganin Ormsby, the son of William Ganin Ormsby, was instead sentenced to six months home detention at his sisters house, despite recommendations from mental health officials not to let him out into the community.

– NZH (28Feb ’23)
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February 28, 2023 8:09am
- pdm
  
  Maggie – like The Herald and Stuff you have not included one other salient point.
  
  This convcted thief is the Stepson of Nanaia Mahuta.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:13am
  - pdm
    
    convicted
    
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    February 28, 2023 8:14am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      But wet bus ticket
      
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      February 28, 2023 8:34am
  - rouppe
    
    And estranged if reports are to believed
    
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    February 28, 2023 8:26am
    - pdm
      
      As I recall neither article says who raised and educated him.
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:00am
      - Paulus
        
        Who says he was ever educated, other in te reo ?
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:04am
      - Ghost
        
        Judge Clark explained how Ormsby was brought up in England until he was 7 years old before moving to New Zealand where he had a “good childhood”.
        
        His parents separated when he was “really young” and as a teenager, he developed a cannabis and synthetic cannabis habit.
        
        That led to him developing mental health difficulties which had seen him hospitalised at times.
        
        https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/govt-consultant-gannin-orsmbys-estranged-son-avoids-jail-for-dishonesty-conviction/NYBGQ4RUUFDCFEPTHPOHZAC5DI/
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:09am
  - Inandout
    
    pdm, under a future 3 waters this chappie may well have been given a choice job.
    
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    February 28, 2023 8:28am
    - pdm
      
      My thoughts exactly.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:59am
  - kowtow
    
    Wow , that’s a bigly omission from a “news” organisation that seems to think of itself as “legitimate” .
    
    “In a media column, New Zealand Herald journalist Damien Venuto wrote: “The problem with Gunn’s dalliance with conspiracy theories is that her voice still carries some credibility after three decades on New Zealand television and radio. Her recent clips are well-produced, often employing the skills she developed during her time in mainstream media. If you were to encounter one of these clips during a daily scroll through Facebook, it would be easy to mistake it for a video from a legitimate media company.” ‘
    
    https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/hilary-barry-%E2%80%98concerned%E2%80%99-liz-gunn-following-arrest
    
    And that omission is not their only “sin”.
    
    They accept regime funding and direction. They hold the Opposition to account while giving the regime constant free passes. They have signed up to left wing activist “climate” advocacy etc
    
    Legitimate , yeah right.
    
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    February 28, 2023 8:36am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      kowtow – indeed, I wrote to Damien to ask him what makes a media outlet “legitimate” (or not). I’ll let you know if he ever responds. Don’t hold your breath.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:50am
      - kowtow
        
        Tell ya what , he’ll have forwarded that to the kommissars at the dis/ misinformation bureau .
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:19pm
  - fernglas
    
    “Ormsby’s father, Gannin Orsmby, is married to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, who is not Ariki’s mother.” .. a quote from the Herald article, just below a picture of Ms Mahuta and Mr Ormsby.
    
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    February 28, 2023 8:37am
    - Bill Felt
      
      Nice family. William Ormsby has been convicted as well.
      
      “A newspaper has won a court battle to publish the name of Labour Tainui MP Nanaia Mahuta’s partner, William Gannin Ormsby, who has been convicted of assaulting a female.”
      
      “Ormsby, 34, pleaded guilty in the Hamilton District Court on June 9 to one charge of assaulting a female.”
      
      “Other charges, including indecent assault, sexual violation and assault with intent to commit sexual violation relating to another woman, were withdrawn by the Crown.”
      
      NZ Herald
      
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      February 28, 2023 9:10am
  - Opie
    
    Stepson and also nephew? I’m confused.
    
    I mean, mahuta corp is great, I love the leader.
    
    You get told not generalize but it’s very hard not to. Lack of education, drug addiction, theft. Its always the same story and it starts with parents not giving a shit.
    
    Let me guess, I caused all that and the answer is to allow elite Maori to take taxpayer assets and borrow against them to fund their own projects all the while charging you for water that falls from the sky to pay back the loans on the unrelated shit they ticked up.
    
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    February 28, 2023 1:52pm
- sirknz
  
  No, nothing to see here…
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:15am
- kiwikidsnz
  
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/govt-consultant-gannin-orsmbys-estranged-son-avoids-jail-for-dishonesty-conviction/NYBGQ4RUUFDCFEPTHPOHZAC5DI/
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:22am
- Mike
  
  I recall John Banks bemoaning his criminal parentage precluded him from joining the cops, with the officer he asked about joining telling him “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”.
  Oh the ironing.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:27am
  - Sacha
    
    A pressing truth?
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:22am
  - RoboRob
    
    The difference is the Banks’s father wasn’t a govt minister with a reputation of handing cushy overpaid jobs to relatives.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:26am
  - Tommo
    
    Became Minister of Police though, as opposed to becoming a one person crime wave.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:10am
    - Mike
      
      The irony was him presenting himslef as a moral and law-abiding citizen. Hopefully his hagiographet, Paul Goldsmith, is working on a new edition.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:42am
      - Matt Long
        
        The irony is that his parents were shamed and humiliated for being abortionists, today they would be heroes of the socialist state.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:10pm
      - Tommo
        
        I mean, he is. Unless you believe the big fat german crook’s bs (some call it perjury)
        
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        February 28, 2023 1:37pm
      - In Vino Veritas
        
        The “ironing” Mike. After your initial comment, I think you meant “The ironing”. Sort of fits….
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:22pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Yes I seen this, what’s the bet he has been involved with ram raids as well
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:33am
- plc
  
  Did they list his iwi affiliation after his name?
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:05am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    No no, most important when committing crime
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:09am
- backster
  
  He must be an expert at something surely Nanaia could have placed him somewhere or commissioned him to do a report.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:36am
- Surely Knott
  
  I have mixed feelings about this.
  
  Repeatedly, since Ardern is in office, we are told we can’t say anything about politicians families particularly kids. Any relationship difficulties or illegal behaviour of someone other than the politician is not fair game.
  
  We also give all youth and almost all adults name suppression in the media. Ram raiders are not named and the sentences are not reported.
  
  So now Ormsby’s estranged step kid gets into serious trouble with the law. And his whole life story is laid bare. Where is the consistency.
  
  The story is shocking because of how much offending there is, how dysfunctional his life, and how light the penalty. But this recidivist criminal behaviour goes on all the time in NZ . This story is shocking because it lays bare what is happening in our country. Ormsby’s kid is typical of a cross section of people in NZ. It is usually just not reported on.
  
  You’d think if you are estranged from your parents it would be even more reason he shouldn’t be dragged into the papers because of his dad.
  
  The media needs to be consistent. Are we reporting on youth offenders or not? Do we report ram raiders and thieves or not? Are we reporting on politicians kids or not?
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:09am
  - Ghost
    
    It is a story in the media, the guy is 29 years old, not a youth. He does not have name suppression.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:17am
    - Surely Knott
      
      Fair enough. But most people do not have their names in the paper for their crimes in NZ. Regardless of age. Not due to some legal name suppression. But clearly the newspapers have decided to not publish them.
      
      If they are on video committing a crime the media blur the criminals and don’t name them. Most of the police requests for information now do not contain any detail of the person at large.
      
      Here is just two of many examples.
      
      https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/liquor-store-owner-armed-nunchucks-chases-pants-thief
      
      https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483447/northland-digger-thieves-caught-in-the-act-thanks-to-technology
      
      These people are 26 and 45 caught and arrested for stealing a digger. No names in the article. No picture or mug shot. No court date set. There appears to be no follow up article.
      
      This is typically how crime is reported in NZ.
      
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      February 28, 2023 6:12pm
      - Ghost
        
        The two cases you have posted are stories of people caught, they haven’t been before the court, he has and
        he was found guilty. But there are also cases where someone has be charged with a crime and their names are released. One case at the moment is the teenager murdered in Christchurch, they are going to trial in may, their names are in the media. Likewise the teenager who stabbed the Christchurch dog walker. Likewise one of the teenage rapists that got home detention.
        
        https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime
        
        He has been before the courts and found guilty, he hasn’t got name suppression, there is nothing different in the reporting of this story to the numerous people every day who are found guilty and reported about by the media
        
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        February 28, 2023 6:20pm
  - Dougal10
    
    This is hipkins getting rid of mahuta
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:55am
  - Paulus
    
    Are you saying that we should know the possible parentage, or associated relationship of some other convicted offenders, like sexual ones at a Labour Youth Conference ?
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:08am
    - Tommo
      
      Oh, everybody knows
      
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      February 28, 2023 1:38pm
      - riffer
        
        I don’t.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:31pm
sirknz

Sure, let’s do this.

https://archive.fo/o5SSz [$tuff archived]

Guarantee that most of them will be back in the same boat in less than 12 months.

Just like the thought experiment about giving everyone $1,000,000. Within 12 months the people who are currently broke, will be broke again, the people who have made money out of being entrepreneurial will again have a lot of money rolling in.
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February 28, 2023 8:13am
- Taieri
  
  Just like the thought experiment about giving everyone $1,000,000. Within 12 months the people who are currently broke, will be broke again
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  On order to break this vicious poverty cycle, it is essential that $1M is an amount that should be given every year, not just one time.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:53am
  - sirknz
    
    Why should I bother going to work then? Surely the government can just print the money…
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:11am
- artemisia
  
  How about extending the Young Parent supervision scheme to those not managing their income, even as a couple of pilots. The scheme for teenage parents manages their outgoings and gives them pocket money. It carries responsibilities from both sides, including financial incentives for completing a budgeting course and enrolling children in ECE.
  
  Financial supervision would help some, not others of course. Those with low incomes and high debts may have other issues.
  
  But worth a try?
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:27am
  - Taieri
    
    Coddle and nanny them? Is it a Labour Party policy? Sounds like it…
    How about making them face life’s responsibilities?
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:36am
    - artemisia
      
      Taking responsibility, becoming work ready over time is really what the Young Parent idea is all about.
      
      If teen parents have not been well parented themselves how do they know how to be responsible. Not just teen parents either.
      
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      February 28, 2023 12:11pm
      - Taieri
        
        I left home at the age of 3 months short of 15. Apart from one drink driving conviction at the age of 25 I have never been in trouble with the law. I’m 64 now. Had a family, a successful career and all that.
        Never needed a state appointed mentor to guide me through the meanders of life. How did I learn how to be responsible? A few kicks up the backside from life does wonders to one’s upbringing…
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:41pm
Positan

Exactly what sort of crime does one have to commit – and how many times does one have to commit it – to be judged by our courts as appropriate for extended incarceration?
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February 28, 2023 8:16am
- sirknz
  
  The answer to your question is to simply be a far right extremist, basically be someone of European descent.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:16am
Don Beckett

But its okay when the left do it.
Oh – and you’re the special chosen ones.
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February 28, 2023 8:17am
- Mark Hanley
  
  There are alternatives: The National election campaign kicked off with the ‘top level priorities’ phase. Nicola Willis speech identifies key areas for the National Party to fix:
  education
  innovation and productivity
  infrastructure
  regulation
  international trade.
  health.
  Hard to argue with those priorities
  
  I know National have been working on detailed policies since Simon Bridges was prime minister so the details will follow when the electoral timing is right.
  
  https://www.national.org.nz/speech_to_the_international_fiscal_association_nz_branch
  
  I’m also very attracted to Act’s treaty of Waitangi referendum pledge.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:09am
  - Mark Hanley
    
    I just wrote a reply to the taxpayers union who were asking me to make a submission against Labour’s local democracy proposals….
    
    Hello Peter et al. Given the proximity of the general election, and the Labour Party’s proclivity for ignoring submissions, isn’t your/my time and money better spent promoting national and act.
    
    The Nat/Act coalition need a 75% majority and a policy to reverse all race based policies (post the act initiated TOW referendum results), then entrench the requirement for a referendum for the introduction of any new race based policies
    
    It is my understanding Labour need a 75% majority to change the laws governing our democracy.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:47am
    - Mark Hanley
      
      Correction: Simon Bridges was leader of the opposition.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:50am
  - Dougal10
    
    Willis wanted to regulate all of us into having the health shot , thats what her and bishop have been working on for 3 years.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:58am
    - Ghost
      
      So did act, labour, greens and maori
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:00am
      - Taieri
        
        Not all that much difference between the whole lot of them. Makes it really difficult to decide if there’s anyone who is worth voting for.
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:39am
      - Mark Hanley
        
        You will very seldom find a party which matches your views 100% so voting is an exercise of finding the party which is the lesser of the evils.
        
        National are making the right noises and have proven successful managers, ACT has some good policies but are lacking in managerial expertise. Plus you must remember very few of ACT’s policies will see the light of day.
        
        I’m still planning on a vote each way.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:34pm
      - ISeeRed
        
        @MarkHanley
        
        National are making the right noises and have proven successful managers
        
        Damning with faint praise if ever I’ve seen it.
        
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        March 1, 2023 9:07am
alex Masterley

Mt Albert update.
Helen White and Camilla Belich are the two nominees to step into the shoes of Jacinda Ardern in Mt Albert. Both have been noticable by their complete absence from sight.
Claire Szabo is looking elsewhere.
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February 28, 2023 8:24am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  She won’t have many places to look unless it’s Wellington central
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:35am
  - Paulus
    
    Claire Szabo is a highly intelligent woman who could make rings around these others.
    Remember she was President of the Labour Party for some years so can expect either a seat, or very high list, – which is assumed to be the reason she resigned.
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:12am
- Tony Stuart
  
  I’m told Camilla Belich’s partner is Labour’s general secretary, so her focus may yet be on either the Rongotai or Wellington Central electorates.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:41am
  - alex Masterley
    
    Tony, That is correct.
    I think Szabo is looking at Wellington Central as well which begs the question of how the locals will feel with carpet baggers from Auckland turning up. Having said that who-ever is head office’s favourite tends to get the nod. So if Belich turns up and is the favourite then she gets the gig.
    
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    February 28, 2023 8:50am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Camilla Belich is Wellington born & bred.
      Her granddad was Mayor of Wellington.
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:19am
  - Bobba Fret
    
    Claire is going for Grant’s seat and I reckon will probably get it.
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/former-president-claire-szabo-vs-sitting-mp-ibrahim-omer-in-race-to-replace-grant-robertson/IMHBA4I4VNEFJJ2YMAOZ7F5C6U/
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:35am
Southern Raider

Interesting how many rabid left wing supporters promote the idea that Nationals water policy will raise rates, but suggest Labours Three Waters has no cost
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February 28, 2023 8:41am
- alloytoo
  
  These are the same people who believe battery storage magically produces power that intermittent wind and solar cannot.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:10am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  They are all marching in time, Labour foot soldiers sent the memo
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:11am
- riffer
  
  Not sure I agree with that one Southern Raider.
  
  They discuss how the efficiencies of scale will not translate as well to Councils working on their own, as opposed to a singular purchaser of the works.
  
  Additionally there is concern on Simon Watts declaration on RNZ this morning that if Councils are not performing as the National government expects, then they should expect to be relieved of the burden and statutory managers placed in charge of it. That does not sound democratic.
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:49pm
  - Nickc2
    
    that does not sound democratic
    What the eff’s this then:
    Tauranga is not getting its council back, with Minister for Local Government Nanaia Mahuta leaving commissioners in place for at least another two years. The dysfunctional council was sacked in December 2020, and commissioners were installed to run the fifth biggest city in the country.
    Courtesy Google
    Need I say this was instigated by a Labour Govt.
    
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    February 28, 2023 4:03pm
    - riffer
      
      If we are gonna start with whataboutism its going to be a long long day Nickc2.
      
      I don’t believe that was democratic at all. It does not change the fact that Simon Watts ideas are undemocratic.
      
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      February 28, 2023 4:37pm
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        Agree!
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:39pm
Dougal10

Cindy and robbo have left the country so broke chippy is having to raid lotto for funds.
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February 28, 2023 8:41am
- Don Beckett
  
  Actually I think the use of Lotto funds to repair the damage to the cyclone is a sensible thing to do – it’s not raiding the tax-payers purse.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:27am
  - riffer
    
    Of course it is. A vast majority of the people buying lotto tickets pay tax.
    
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    February 28, 2023 3:50pm
  - Nickc2
    
    What if Lotto fails to raise any expectations Hipkins and Robertson may have?
    I expect they will dig their thieving paws into taxpayers’ wages again or go cap & begging bowl in hand to Mr. China for assistance eh?
    
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    February 28, 2023 4:13pm
    - Ghost
      
      I believe we just need to face the music, sell the south island to Australia and we can up anchor and move away from the north island/aotearoa.
      
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      February 28, 2023 4:17pm
      - Nickc2
        
        When I lived in Aust, I was reminded many times that Aust still has space within the bounds of their Commonwealth should NZ ever want to return to the fold.
        https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/your-questions-on-notice/questions/new-zealand-is-mentioned-in-the-australian-constitution-does-that-mean-that-new-zealanders-have-the-legal-authority-to-vote/#:~:text=The%20Constitution%20gives%20New%20Zealand,into%20Australia%20as%20a%20state.
        Read down through the ink and you’ll find that NZ can become part of Aust.
        The Constitution gives New Zealand the option to join Australia. Covering clause 6 of the Constitution states New Zealand may be admitted into Australia as a state.
        Courtesy Google
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:37pm
      - Rich Prick
        
        Nick, I’m not sure Australia would want us. A week of Australian news broadcasts sans pidgin gibberish will tell you all you need to know, not just the lucky country, but also the intelligible country.
        
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        February 28, 2023 8:40pm
- RoboRob
  
  Considering the relatively tiny amount of money the lotto will raise (and the hope of other nations shipping in), probably less than $200m. Would it not be better to simply to cut our overseas aid for the next 3 years (or more).
  
  Yes that would be hard on some PI nations and the people in Ukraine, but we are hard up for cash thanks to Labour increasing our debt from 50b to 150b over 5 short years.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:33am
  - MCōs
    
    How much money has gone to Ukraine?
    A few million?
    Apart from anything else if we don’t send aid to the Pacific China will lend it to them.
    Next minute
    We’ll have John Key’s bestie just over there and personally that’s too close for comfort.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:57am
    - RoboRob
      
      Labour has increased our National Debt from $50b to ~$150b in just 5 years. With the damage up north we will have to borrow even more. While you are right re China and the pacific. We have simply left ourselves with no choice.
      
      We are spending ~400m per year just in the pacific, that excludes our climate change obligations and other humanitarian work. Its a lot better than running a special Lotto and begging other countries for money. Apparently the CHCH earthquakes got around $95m, I doubt the floods would even get that much.
      
      https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/aid-and-development/our-approach-to-aid/where-our-funding-goes/our-planned-aid-expenditure/
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:17am
    - RoboRob
      
      What does John Key have to do with this discussion? If any party in NZ is pro China / Russia its those on the Left (and I include Winston first in that).
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:18am
      - MCōs
        
        I would suggest ex PM John Key’s pro China opinions are very relevant to the discussion.
        
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        February 28, 2023 10:44am
      - virtualmark
        
        Actually Winston is easily the most cautious party leader about China.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:27pm
      - RoboRob
        
        @virtualmark yeah, but not about Russia. He was pushing big time to expand our relationship with the Ruskies
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:42pm
      - In Vino Veritas
        
        MCos, you can’t be that dim. Key’s comments where made over 5 years ago when the political and geo-political situation was dramatically different to what it is today. I suppose though, it’s a good thing Key is still on your mind. I’d imagine that Ardern, bar from being recorded in history as the worst PM NZ has had, will sink into the obscurity she came from and will be forgotten.
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:30pm
      - Ghost
        
        No, John’s comments are recent
        
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        February 28, 2023 3:37pm
      - MCōs
        
        Last year, in fact.
        https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/10/sir-john-key-dollops-praise-on-china-in-chinese-state-media.html
        
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        February 28, 2023 5:32pm
  - alloytoo
    
    We could just cancel Auckland’s Tram set.
    
    Few bob right there.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:05am
    - RoboRob
      
      Absolutely, we need to cancel all non essential works and rebuild infrastructure properly and in the right places.
      
      The AK train set is around $20b (from memory), thats half of the estimated 40b rebuild.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:20am
      - rangitoto
        
        $30B at least.
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:09am
      - Jack5
        
        Can New Zealand afford Auckland?
        
        The 3.4km underground rail link, half-funded by the Government, will likely finally cost around $5 billion, and Labour wants to give the city a $14 billion light rail network.
        
        If one or more of the 53 or so active volcanoes Auckland sits on erupts, repairs will cost tens of billions.
        
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        February 28, 2023 11:14am
Southern Raider

Will the Media demand a full breakdown of where the missing $16B covid fund balance has gone and what is actually left?

Hipkins suggested lunches in schools was to assist with recovery from Covid
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February 28, 2023 8:43am
- RoboRob
  
  Labour used the Covid fund like a businesses ‘petty cash box’. They even paid for cameras on fishing boats with it.
  
  Lets face it, Covid was a convenient cover for Labour to borrow heavily for other projects they promised but couldn’t afford. They promised to borrow a whole heap more when they first came in but that debt as a % of GDP would eventually drop. It was stupid, we were in a great position and now look at us.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:37am
- Widogast Corwin
  
  About $2 billion of the COVID fund has been used to top up the Land Transport Fund because of the cuts to fuel excise and RUC.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:13am
  - Dougal10
    
    Fuel prices today compared with 2 years ago show that the discount is predominantly not taking gst on the increase and doesnt actually need topped up.
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:04am
    - Widogast Corwin
      
      Sorry I don’t know what that means. The “temporary” cut to fuel excise and RUC costs about $2 billion every 6 months. It the Government does not make up that shortfall somehow, there will be a $2 billion hole in transport funding every 6 months.
      
      This has noting to do with fuel prices. The 25 cents cut in fuel excise applies no matter what the fuel price.
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:40am
      - Matt Long
        
        Shortfall compared to what? To budget?
        Which roading projects have been delayed due to the excise tax cuts?
        Which project have been delayed due to green socialist flimflammery and diversion of funds to waste?
        I would have thought you of all people would agree increased taxation does not equal delivery of service.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:17pm
      - Widogast Corwin
        
        Without the revenue being topped up, there would be a 40 percent cut to transport funding. That funding has been allocated to transport projects. Are you actually suggesting that all budgeted projects can be delivered with a 40 percent cut to funding? I am not sure what you mean by “diversion of funds to waste”.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:45pm
      - Dougal10
        
        Not a lot of it actually goes on roading it just becomes part of the government money pool , I am saying the govt isn’t much out of pocket compared to income they received 2 years ago.
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:46pm
      - the deity formerly known as nigel6888
        
        to be fair, isnt part of that 25c to fund the Auckland light rail system that was due to open in 2023?
        
        Also, how much was squirreled out of the fund to pay for kiwirail “investments” that will never wash their face?
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:45pm
  - In Vino Veritas
    
    Wid, have a dig around the ACC financials over the last 3 years. There may well be some interesting stuff there.
    
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    February 28, 2023 3:34pm
Simon

15 minute cities coming to NZ. UN will force this upon NZ, but authoritarian climate nutjobs National will happy to impose.
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February 28, 2023 8:49am
- Ehlana
  
  Any evidence for that?
  
  Seriously, what is it about the idea of people being able to access schools, shopping, employment and recreational activities close to their own homes that scares you so much?
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:16am
  - ClanMcleod
    
    Nothing wrong with that if that is all it is, but it isn’t. Look at the Oxford example. Vehicle recognition technology restricting when and how often you can leave your “zone”. If you can’t see the dangers of these sort of policies then you haven’t been paying attention the last 3 years.
    You’ll soon find out you’re one of the frogs noticing the water is getting uncomfortably warm.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:56am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Get fired for telling the truth. How much of this crap is going on in NZ, especially in the Public Sector? We know Govt department can get quite catty and difficult if you call their mistakes out.
https://rightwingnewshour.com/data-doctor-fired-by-woke-bullies-for-telling-truth-9/
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February 28, 2023 8:50am
lastmanstanding

Re Rob Campbell I am very surprised. I have known Rob since 1987 when he was a Union Organiser. Since then as a poacher he has turned game keeper and Chaired SkyCity THL Summerset a dn been a Director of a number of other companies.
However this raises the issue of neutrality. Maybe 40 years ago senior Public Servants were neutral but not now. I have believed for some time Boards and CEOs should sign an undated letter of resignation on appointment to be dated either if they transgress or on a change of Government as in the US. A new Government can either reappoint them or not. We cannot have the current situation where Boards and CEOs are either fan boys/girls of a current Government or opposed to them. This is a nonsense.
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February 28, 2023 9:02am
- plc
  
  Was a member of the BNZ Board that lost its capital….twice!
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:07am
- JJ56
  
  He serves here and at the EPA at the respective Minister’s pleasure, and should be gone today. All the undated letter of resignation (a practice dating back to at least Kiwi Keith) does is avoid any unseemly squabbling. Fortunately from Campbell’s behaviour it looks as though that is what we are going to get.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:13am
  - RoboRob
    
    For him to go Labour would need to care / want him gone. I suspect thats not the case. We will see ‘learnings’ and strong words instead.
    
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    February 28, 2023 9:59am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  It’s not just the fact he arrogantly spoke against the opposition policy, but it has nothing to go what do ever with his ministry, utter left wing arrogance
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:25am
  - MCōs
    
    So it’s ‘arrogant’ if he criticizes National policy?
    I suppose if he had a dig at 3-waters he’d be right on the button?
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:39am
    - JJ56
      
      No, that was stupid and calls his judgement into question.
      
      What was arrogant was the way he doubled down on it, suggesting he knew better. He doesn’t, and he’s gone past his use-by date on both accounts.
      
      Shareholders of his other private directorships will be thinking about succession planning.
      
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      February 28, 2023 1:11pm
    - the deity formerly known as nigel6888
      
      No, senior public servants and Crown Entity Chairs are supposed to be politically neutral.
      
      Climbing into a debate, and then doubling down and daring the Prime Minister to do anything about it, is the mark of a either an authoritarian, or someone who believes they are untouchable- and I guess as a Unionist he thinks he has more juice that Chippy who is just a stand-in to stem the blood in labour.
      
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      February 28, 2023 2:48pm
- Chris2
  
  A leopard never changes it spots. Campbell was a secret member of the main communist party in NZ during the 80’s – the Socialist Unity Party.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:32am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  The “Public Servants” as you call them, are not Public Servants. These days they serve themselves. They are now “State Sector Employees.”
  Decades of rot has set in and it plain and simply needs cleaning out. The deadwood has to go!
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:27pm
Tomtoddy

For the vehicles, solar panels, wind turbines we will need for carbon zero 4.5 billion tonnes of copper are needed. That’s about six times the total amount that humans have so far extracted from the Earth. The rock-to-metal ratio for copper is more than 500, so it would be necessary to dig up and refine more than 2.25 trillion tonnes of ore. If mining were to continue worldwide at the same rate as in 2019, 189 years would be required to produce the copper needed to build the demanded units.

The response might be just mine faster! But it takes twenty years for a new mine to be put into operation (largely due to permitting requirements), and fewer than one in ten discoveries turn out to be economic. And even if it were possible to mine faster, the amount of copper needed is five times more than the total amount known to exist.
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February 28, 2023 9:03am
- alloytoo
  
  Does that include replacing our entire distribution grid?
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:07am
- Chris Nisbet
  
  This YT video describes quite clearly just how impossible the task is.
  
  https://youtu.be/sgOEGKDVvsg
  
  Net zero cannot happen, therefore it will not happen.
  
  Well, it might happen if we all live like stone-age Africans – and I guess we shouldn’t rule that out as a possibility.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:58am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Tom, I think the Greens have an idea that things will run on recycled Native timber and a few rubber bands.//
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:29pm
ClanMcleod

A tweet from Justin Hart asks a very valid question. Did the proponents of covid policies get ANYTHING right???

To repeat. They. Got. EVERYTHING. Wrong.

Transmission of the disease—wrong
• Asymptomatic spread—wrong
• PCR testing—wrong
• Fatality rate—wrong
• Lockdowns—wrong
• Community triggers—wrong
• Business closures—wrong
• School closures—wrong
• Quarantining healthy people—wrong
• Impact on youth—wrong
• Hospital overload—wrong
• Plexiglass barriers—wrong
• Social distancing—wrong
• Outdoor spread—wrong
• Masks—wrong
• Variant impact—wrong
• Natural immunity—wrong
• Vaccine efficacy—wrong
• Vaccine injury—wrong

Nope. Not a thing. Why are we still jabbing people with this garbage?

https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1628862855566221313?s=20
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February 28, 2023 9:05am
- Widogast Corwin
  
  A new campaign is about to get underway to get everyone over 30 jabbed with the “new” vaccine. I’m predicting 10 percent uptake for those younger than 65.
  
  But I could be wrong…consider this data:
  
  As of yesterday nearly 756,000 people have had FOUR shots. (2 primary and 2 boosters). Some of these folk will now line up for a FIFTH shot.
  
  Nearly 48 percent of 5-11 year olds have had 1 shot of the vaccine (although only 28 percent had 2 shots). Those numbers for kids are about double where I thought they would end up.
  
  https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccine-data
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:11am
  - ClanMcleod
    
    The power of propaganda/narrative control is astonishing. What does it take for people to see through this?
    
    Here’s an outstanding media report re the Swine flu scam of 2009, NZ just one of the countries duped into buying useless jabs.
    This was when media weren’t captured, it really is a must watch. You will not believe how closely it mirrors the covid narrative. Only 3 minutes long, share it widely.
    
    https://odysee.com/$/download/channel-4-news-swine-flu-(2010)/c64f74e2bb19607b6113eaa8780ef6b86f3e0065
    
    The perpetrators obviously learned a few lessons from 14 years ago.
    Incidentally, Michael Baker was one of the drivers of the Swine flu nonsense as part of the WHO. Quelle surprise.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:17am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    “Some of these folk will now line up for a FIFTH shot.”
    And they ALL vote Labour. Prove me wrong.
    
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    February 28, 2023 4:34pm
    - riffer
      
      All it would take is for one Green voter to get a fifth booster for you to be wrong.
      
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      February 28, 2023 4:41pm
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        Greens and Labour are in bed with each other.
        You must be the last one to figure this out riffer. 🙂
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:48pm
      - ClanMcleod
        
        riffer – the greens are total morons, they’ll take as many shots as are offered. I’ve never struck a political party with do many idiots in it.
        
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        February 28, 2023 8:15pm
sirknz

Our future under bro-governance?

You won’t believe what happens when we finally defeat racism…

https://archive.fo/jOHk3 [NZ Herald]

South Africa, had a stable power grid, law & order, nuclear weapons.

Now they can’t even keep the lights on.
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February 28, 2023 9:09am
- alloytoo
  
  South Africa used to have damn near the cheapest electricity in the world.
  
  Since 1994 no generation expansion, no non-essential maintenance. Lasted until 2008 before it started falling over.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:10am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Coming to a place near us soon.
  Power grid is the first with all of the fucking EVs. A little bit of wind and water, and everyone has to evacuate. The flooding would have been far less without the “SLASH”
  Previously heavy rain and rivers could cope – with minimal flooding.
  Put the blame where it belongs.
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:54pm
Centrist

Unfortunately the Black Caps ruined what had been an excellent fightback with a terrible collapse. There needs to be many changes for the Sri Lanka series with young talents like Ravindra, Phillips, and Nathan Smith given a chance.
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February 28, 2023 9:13am
- Widogast Corwin
  
  Who would you drop from the current squad?
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:04am
  - Centrist
    
    Nicholls, Young, Bracewell, and Wagner
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:24am
    - Widogast Corwin
      
      Yes Wagner looks well past his best and he turns 37 in a couple of weeks.
      
      Young is averaging 28 after 13 tests as a top order batter.
      
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      February 28, 2023 10:48am
      - Opie
        
        The same Wagner that just removed stokes and root to give us a chance?
        
        Sure, bring Jacob Duffy in with his 124 km/h powder puffs. That will work.
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:43pm
      - Opie
        
        The same Wagner that just took the winning wicket.
        
        People calling for these guys to be dropped. It’s all well and good if there was someone better. There isn’t.
        
        How’s your cricket record? I’ll be amazed if you have 258 club wickets, let alone the 258 test wickets Wagner has!
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:56pm
      - Pineapple Lumps
        
        Didn’t age well today — Wagner is the ultimate scrapper. Never gives up, never surrenders. Nice to see him spark up today!
        
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        February 28, 2023 8:09pm
- Nickc2
  
  Nevertheless, history was made today!
  I swore when the Black Caps chose to take a knee in support of an American radical movement that I never wanted anything to do with them again. However, after today’s effort, I could be persuaded otherwise.
  
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  February 28, 2023 8:58pm
cas

For my sins I ended up watching 1 spews and Newshub coverage of the suggestion that debt from beneficiaries be wiped. The key bene interviewed in both stories was Apanui Koopu. With a name like that he has to be a Coastie.

Anyway NO-ONE asked how he came to be $19,000 in debt and WHY he couldn’t pay it back at $20 per week. He does seem to be the go to man for similar stories. RNZ did one on him in 2021.
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February 28, 2023 9:13am
- Ghost
  
  Yes they did, his debt is from being overpaid a benefit for not declaring he was in a relationship.
  
  That’s Apanui Koopu’s description of what it’s like to be in debt to the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). Koopu owes almost $20,000 due to his relationship being considered “in the nature of marriage”, as MSD refers to it.
  
  https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/27/very-stressful-beneficiary-says-he-cant-afford-msd-debt/
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:18am
  - Widogast Corwin
    
    He was unlucky to be caught. There must be thousands of (mainly) women in relationships who masquerade as a flat mate of the the other person in the relationship. They make sure they have no joint bank accounts and do not post anything to social media that would allow them to be exposed.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:02am
  - cas
    
    I stand to be corrected but I don’t think the explanation was actually on the news just in the printed version.
    
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    February 28, 2023 12:16pm
- Centrist
  
  I personally demand that (my) mortgage debt be wiped. I’m also keen for a holiday home or AirBNB, an overseas holiday, and a new car, so future debt needs to be wiped as well.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:27am
  - Yabster
    
    yep- can I get my credit card debt wiped also- and when the debt occurs again and again can it be wiped also- it’s not as if the Government can’t afford it and is no cost to other people right?- just free money isn’t it??
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:27am
Maggie Pie

Butter my butt and call me a muffin!
Now we see where the Member-for-Tijuana is calling on the gubmint….. ‘to completely wipe off the nearly $2BILLION debt owed to the taxpayer by Work & Income beneficiaries’

https://twitter.com/RMarchNZ/status/1629966975245107200

Honestly, what planet is this arsehat from?

SHEEEESH.
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February 28, 2023 9:18am
- Widogast Corwin
  
  He (slightly) surpasses Golriz Ghahraman and Julie-Anne Genter in terms of views, that if implemented, would wreck New Zealand. Which is quite a feat.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:59am
- Inandout
  
  Maggie, this Mexican comes from a country where drug lords continually wipe off those in debt. Goes with the territory I guess.
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:59am
- Swifty
  
  Ricky Ricardo is a white coloniser so his views can be safely ignored.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:54am
kevn

@Tom… Those turbine blades and solar panels only have a 20 year life. The world is awash with the outdated, unrecyclable components as the first 20 year cycle is about now. We are talking big volume components.
A tricky business.
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February 28, 2023 9:19am
ClanMcleod

Since early 2022, Former Blackrock portfolio manager Edward Dowd has been making waves, digging into the 1s and 0s on excess death data and letting the numbers speak for themselves. “This is what we call democide, death by government,” he declared in March 2022. “Millennials experienced a Vietnam War in the second half of 2021,” regarding the number of excess deaths during that period (61,000).

The interview by Tucker Carlson of Ed Dowd is excellent. The numbers are shocking.

https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/excess-mortality-goes-mainstream
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February 28, 2023 9:23am
- Grunter
  
  I have emailed MP’s and Party Leaders across all political parties asking them to respond/explain NZ’s excess deaths. Not one reply. Crickets chirpping…
  
  How can we avoid having the conversation? It is clear there is a problem of some sort. And it’s happening all around the developed world.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:10am
  - ClanMcleod
    
    Their ability to ignore it is infantile in its intensity.
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:30am
  - mawm
    
    Grunt – that they are ignoring it tells one to whom they are beholden, and it’s not us.
    
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    February 28, 2023 3:13pm
Nickc2

Is the word apologise used too loosely in NZ regarding politics?
Here, I refer to Bob Campbell’s political rant against a political party and its leader when he is in a position that requires political neutrality.
Te MSM is advocating for their PM to call for an apology from Campbell, which IMO once said, means squat!
That said, firing Campbell is the only meaningful option available to Hipkins. Demanding an apology can only be seen as a sop to the Trade Union Movement and Andrew Little in particular.
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February 28, 2023 9:31am
- RoboRob
  
  There will be no firing or ‘proper’ appology. At best we will get a ‘I misspoke and need to be careful in future’.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:06am
- Paulus
  
  Rob Campbell has been, for many years, above the norm of behaviour from which he learned as a Union Leader.
  Which is why he has been on so many Boards and Rorts.
  I understand he not considered a nice man, but rude and arrogant, because he believes he has support in all the high places.
  Look at his many appointments over many years.
  
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  February 28, 2023 1:27pm
Maggie Pie

My partner re-tweets….. @chrishipkins @kelvindavis

‘This is how you handle criminal gang members’

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1629524121204711426
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February 28, 2023 9:46am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Vaccines are the best way to Depopulate. Bill Gates. This is forced Genocide.
https://2020conservative.com/bill-gates-vaccines-are-best-way-to-depopulate-5/
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February 28, 2023 9:47am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  350,000 eliminated every day
  
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  February 28, 2023 9:54am
- Inandout
  
  SO, the video is cancelled.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:06am
  - DimChappie
    
    Gates did not say vaccines would depopulate at all; here is the context:
    A transcript of Gates’ Ted Talk is here:
    https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_innovating_to_zero/transcript
    
    The relevant bit is at 4:17: ”The world today has 6.8 billion people. That’s headed up to about nine billion. Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent.
    (With better healthcare and vaccines, more kiddies survive and families feel less pressure to have big families, gettit?)
    
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    February 28, 2023 10:37am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      That’s the vaccines that Gates said publicly were the best return on the dollar he ever made? 20 to 1 I believe.
      So what are these “better vaccines” you refer to? Covid? Swine flu? Complete disasters, but we were told they are “tested and approved” – a lie.
      
      Remind me again who is responsible for polio in Africa. Here’s a pointer.
      
      https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/polio-vaccine-causing-polio-outbreaks-in-africa-who-admits/
      
      Seriously, have a think about your advocacy for Bill Gates. He’s an uneducated oaf who stole someone’s idea and made billions from it. Now he thinks he’s an “expert” in health? I wouldn’t trust him with the remote control for the TV let alone my health care.
      He’s playing The Sims with the planet and the people on it. He’s a bored billionaire coming to the end of his life. He doesn’t give a shit about you or anyone else. Like Klaus Schwab, he’s a narcissistic moron with dangerous connections and assets.
      
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      February 28, 2023 11:28am
      - DimChappie
        
        I am neither advocate nor hater of Gates, just pointing out there is nothing on that transcript where Gates suggests vaccines will be used to depopulate. If there is, please point it out.
        
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        February 28, 2023 2:32pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Admits is near to saying it.
      “Bill Gates admits that the vaccines are for human depopulation. According to him, to stabilize the world population, 350,000 people must be eliminated per day.”
      
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      February 28, 2023 1:36pm
ClanMcleod

As good a resource as I have come across to date regarding the man made “climate change” circus which is rapidly taking over the covid circus.
They seem disconnected, but they are not, they are both Trojan Horses being used to implement Agenda 2030. Along with the many other “issues” seemingly screaming for attention all of a sudden.

https://metatron.substack.com/i/104896072/taking-us-for-fools-on-climate-change-aka-alleged-man-made-global-warming

Taking us for fools on “climate change” (aka alleged man-made global warming)
The globally-coordinated lies and skulduggeries which the establishment inflicted on us during their Covid plandemic confirm the reality that “climate change” is also a Trojan Horse false agenda built on a similarly egregious pack of lies, exposed below, aimed not at “tackling climate change” but at repressing the global population and controlling global resources as per the unaccountable UN’s Agenda 2030 and its planned-for totalitarian One-World Government.

There are many metalinks to supporting evidence. It’s a long read. Bookmark it and take it in small bites. It is well worth it and an excellent reference resource for all things “climate”.

https://metatron.substack.com/i/104896072/taking-us-for-fools-on-climate-change-aka-alleged-man-made-global-warming
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February 28, 2023 9:51am
- Grunter
  
  Yes agree – add in there the Ukraine war narrative that is pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war – who in their right mind would do that??
  
  The big underlying problem is the failed economic experiment of ‘print & hope’ which has created over US$300 Trillion in western Govt Debt (printed money). Mathematically it is impossible to pay back this debt. Japan is literally about to collapse because they are in the worst position. The UK and EU are not far behind. They need a war, a pandemic, a climate crisis to blame the big default on.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:19am
  - ClanMcleod
    
    Grunter – and the perfect world would be a transition to CBDC and digital ID. A nightmare for 95% of us.
    The current financial system is about to implode. The current world insanity you refer to is a cover for the implementation of Agenda 2030 and associated nightmares.
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:09am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Vaccine inventor issued dire warning.
https://2020conservative.com/the-mrna-vaccine-inventor-just-issued-a-very-dire-warning-5/
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February 28, 2023 9:55am
- Inandout
  
  SO, nooooo, Jacinda said the vaccine would save us.
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:17am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    But we all know she lies, and can’t help it.
    That is why she ran away, her lies catching up with her.
    
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    February 28, 2023 1:37pm
thirteenstars

Britain continues to descend into an authoritarian idiocracy.

As Spiked reports:

Last Wednesday, a student (who happens to be autistic) reportedly brought a copy of the Koran into school on a dare – his forfeit for losing a game of Call of Duty with his mates. On the school tennis court, they read aloud from it then walked back inside the school, where another kid knocked it out of their hands and on to the floor. For this, the four students were suspended, following a quick investigation. The police – naturally – were then called in. At the meeting on Friday, a policeman, introduced as chief inspector Andy Thornton, confirmed that the students’ treatment of the book has been recorded as a ‘hate incident’. This is despite the fact that the school has ruled that the students had ‘no malicious intent’. ‘[I]f more consequences have to be followed, that will be the case’, Tudor Griffiths, the school’s headteacher, told those gathered at the mosque – keen to reassure them that he took the issue seriously.

Unbelievably, it gets worse.

Much worse:

https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/27/when-a-wakefield-boy-brought-a-koran-to-school
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February 28, 2023 10:02am
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  Hope no-one laughed. Probably a hanging offense.
  
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  February 28, 2023 11:21am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Stop Co-Governance. Julian Batchelor.

Yep, the site is back after a hack.
https://www.stopcogovernance.kiwi/blog/we-are-finally-back-on-line/
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February 28, 2023 10:22am
Chuck Bird

I put in a formal complaint to the Herald about bias on climate change. They fobbed me off with our experts who are better than yours. I emailed them back and if they do not give me a better response I will go to the NZ Media Council.
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February 28, 2023 11:13am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Chuck – Good luck, I’ve tried a few times and they wore me out. The capture runs throughout the system. Apparently all our systems.
  
  I had a friend try and take his local medical centre to court for discrimination. He has an official exemption for mask wearing. He was refused access to the building. He presented irrefutable evidence that masks do not work. They still refused to let him into the building through the front door.
  
  He appealed to the Human Rights legal team to get Legal Aid for his case. He is a pensioner. They turned him down. Not because his evidence wasn’t accurate, they ignored that completely issue completely. No, they said that because he eventually got treatment, even though they made him come in through a back door, he wasn’t discriminated against. The issue of mask effectiveness wasn’t even discussed by the Human Rights people.
  
  Imagine if that treatment refusal and back door entry had been due to his religion or colour? Not discrimination? What a joke.
  
  Ardern’s 2 tier society is still with us in many areas.
  
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  February 28, 2023 11:36am
  - Chuck Bird
    
    I spoke to the Media Council about the process. They seem very happy to take my complaint when I explained my position.
    
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    February 28, 2023 11:54am
    - Paulus
      
      But do anything about it is another matter ?
      
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      February 28, 2023 1:29pm
      - ClanMcleod
        
        A polite rebuttal is the general response. “We received your correspondence, thank you, now fuck off……”
        
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        March 1, 2023 8:51am
Widogast Corwin

This is crazy

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/131355291/newstalk-zb-host-heather-du-plessisallan-ridiculed-teen-during-interview–bsa

If teens are going to become political activists they need to be able to take criticism.

I recall this interview. This “climate striker” was advocating an end to air travel. Then under questioning she said she had recently flown to Fiji for a holiday. Of course the interviewer ridiculed her because she thoroughly deserved it.
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February 28, 2023 11:37am
- Blog-aholic
  
  Yes, I heard that two and it was one of the funniest and most embarrassing thing that could happen. Hopefully she learnt that n everyone is a sucker for a sob story. Sadly I think HDPA may have had her knuckles whacked because of it. Still worth it.
  
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  February 28, 2023 11:45am
  - Widogast Corwin
    
    We are now in the worst of all worlds. A 16 year old can rant and rave about the ‘climate crisis’, scream for action, not go to school, and cause general chaos. Then when they are placed under scrutiny they can run to the BSA because they got hurt feelings.
    
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    February 28, 2023 12:03pm
    - kevn
      
      @Widogast… Probably activist parent input.
      
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      February 28, 2023 12:26pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Yep, its the mother…
        
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        February 28, 2023 12:36pm
      - Blog-aholic
        
        There was, Mum came to her rescue – you know the Mum that insisted she go to Fiji wih her…….
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:34pm
    - Paulus
      
      Wait until she is 16 and can vote !
      
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      February 28, 2023 1:30pm
- Mobile Michael
  
  16 and 17 year-olds either need to be fully in the political debate or not in at all. The BSA has confirmed that our voting age should stay at 18.
  
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  February 28, 2023 11:53am
  - Widogast Corwin
    
    Exactly. Political activists don’t have a right to avoid “hurt feelings”.
    
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    February 28, 2023 12:01pm
    - hullkiwi
      
      You’ve got it wrong. HDPA was wrong to mock a climate activist because of her hypocrisy.
      
      Had HDPA been mocking a right of centre activist advocating free speech, that would have been OK.
      
      So what this story shows, is that establishment is protecting left wingers from public criticism.
      
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      February 28, 2023 2:40pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        And its a warning to others.
        Criticize or ridicule and then the complaint process is the punishment.
        These people hate being mocked.
        We should do more of it.
        
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        February 28, 2023 4:15pm
Jack5

Helen Mirren, portraying Golda Meir, Israel’s Prime Minister from 1969 to 1975 has stepped into a debate similar to the “black face” issue that came from White actors in heavy make-up portraying Black people.

Two years ago, a Jewish actress and comedian, Sarah Silverman, criticised casting non-Jewish characters in TV and films. She referred to the castings as “Jewface.”

The casting of non-Jewish Mirren as Golda Meir has again led to headllilnes about “Jewface” castings, reports the Israeli news agency JTA.

The premiere of the Golda Meir production was at the Berlin Film Festival. At a press conference, Mirren’s co-star, Lior Ashkenazi, stepped into answer a question.

“Let’s say that we’re making a movie about Jesus Christ. Who’s going to play him?” Ashkenazi asked, raising laughter from reporters.

The film’s director, Guy Nattiv, compared Mirren to an “aunt” figure who had the “Jewish chops to portray Golda.”

Mirren told the French news agency, AFP, that she has long held a connection to Israel and to Meir, especially after a stay on a kibbutz in 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, with a Jewish boyfriend.

https://www.jta.org/2023/02/22/culture/a-golda-meir-biopic-starring-helen-mirren-avoids-politics-it-premiered-as-israels-government-faces-widespread-scrutiny?mpweb=1161-54407-4812
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February 28, 2023 11:58am
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Izzy made an arse of herself.
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February 28, 2023 12:15pm
- hullkiwi
  
  But that was OK, because HDPA shouldn’t have picked on her….
  
  So much for free speech….
  
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  February 28, 2023 2:42pm
Ghost

Hmmm, A question that does need an answer

Winston Peters: What happened to the $14 billion Covid recovery money?

In June 2020, when still in government, New Zealand First wrote to Minister of Finance Grant Robertson in response to his request for spending proposals, as part of a third tranche of Covid stimulus spending.

There was still unallocated $20 billion in what became a $74.1 billion Covid Response and Recovery Fund.
We urged the Minister of Finance to keep further spending tightly targeted to meet only the stimulatory demands of the economy, which we asked him to explain.
Six billion dollars of further Covid-related spending would be allocated out of the $20 billion. We had no issue with it because that spending focused on income relief payments, extending the wage subsidy, extra PPE, and other Covid-related health needs.

It was necessary spending.

We left office in October with $14 billion left in the Covid fund. We argued in our letter for prudent stewardship of public money in the event of a future shock.
Minister Robertson agreed and, in his public announcement, said the remaining $14 billion in the fund was being set aside for such a purpose. To quote the Minister, “The fund is not there to be used for any old project in the never-never.”

Now, Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked deadly havoc on people, property, and essential infrastructure.
So where is that $14 billion contingency fund set up to meet the fiscal demands of a future disaster? It’s been spent, contrary to what was agreed in Cabinet when it was set up.

NZ Herald Article
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February 28, 2023 12:49pm
- Nickc2
  
  Oh what a tangled they weave when a Labour Govt sets out to deceive!
  Shouldn’t the Auditor General be called to account for this if true?
  Follow the money trail!
  
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  February 28, 2023 1:56pm
Nickc2

Forwarded from Anon:

Four men were bragging about how smart their cats were.
The first man was an Engineer,
the second man was an Accountant,
the third man was a Chemist, and
the fourth man was a Government Employee.

To show off, the Engineer called his cat, “T-square, do your stuff.”
T-square pranced over to the desk, took out some paper and pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.

Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.

But the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, “Spreadsheet, do your stuff.”
Spreadsheet went out to the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies.

Everyone agreed that was good.

But the Chemist said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, “Measure, do your stuff.”
Measure got up, walked to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces without spilling a drop into the glass.

Everyone agreed that was pretty good.

Then the three men turned to the Government Employee and said, “What can your cat do?”
The Government Employee called his cat and said, “CoffeeBreak, do your stuff.”
Coffee Break jumped to his feet…
ate the cookies…
drank the milk…
shat on the paper…
screwed the other three cats…
claimed he injured his back while doing so…
filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions…
put in for ACC… and
went home for the rest of the day on sick leave…

AND THAT’S WHY EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT!!
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  Come on Mods, what’s wrong with this post? It’s been sitting here since 1:37PM.
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:17pm
I remember when

Drum Roll Please:
And, the prize for the biggest price increase in a week goes to –
Kumara.
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February 28, 2023 1:37pm
- Ghost
  
  well i guess we know what is going to be rotting in the shops this week and not selling.
  
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  February 28, 2023 1:41pm
Maggie Pie

My partner’s mum retweets….

‘Here’s one for all you Cosmetic-Surgery devotees out there who may be unhappy with your profile, teeth, or even your skin color’.

https://twitter.com/MaggieMobrules/status/1629941526535995399
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February 28, 2023 1:48pm
- Ghost
  
  do plastic surgeons give refunds?
  
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  February 28, 2023 1:50pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    Did the enlargement not go as planned?
    
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    February 28, 2023 1:53pm
    - Ghost
      
      you’d have to ask your partner, no idea how your new buoyance devices are, i expect he didnt pay for the cheap ones did he?
      
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      February 28, 2023 2:51pm
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  @Maggie… Looks as though she ticked all the options.
  
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  February 28, 2023 2:22pm
I remember when

19/09/21 – Covid-19 Response Minister led the Charge, the country’s first MP to be vaccinated.

And now he’s Prime Minister.

Who said the vaccine didn’t work!
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February 28, 2023 2:29pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING

‘Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown to give Ratepayers a say on slashing costs to plug a $295 million hole in this years budget’

– NZH

I’ve just emailed him with the suggestion he remove all the Bus & Cycle lanes to get the the city moving again.
As the girls from tennis will tell you, Remuera Road has become a fukking nightmare!
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February 28, 2023 2:32pm
- mawm
  
  Apologies for accidental “report”.
  
  I’m not sure what has made Remuera road such a nightmare but, as it’s mainly at the start and end of the school day, near the top of the list must be the tiny women behind the wheel of Lamborghini and Bentley SUVs who believe they own the road.
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:33pm
I remember when

Wicked wind in the West: NZ Farmers Wkly.
Major slips and fence damage pepper Brian Hamilton’s Awhitu Peninsula farm on Auckland’s West Coast.
“We had the slips, they were the worst that I have ever seen.”
The extensive land damage came despite Hamilton’s efforts planting across the steep country over the years.
The land’s slumping has left him feeling fed-up after the efforts to keep soil and pasture on the slopes.
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February 28, 2023 2:37pm
- kevn
  
  @I rem…. I guess the land was previously covered in Manuka?
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:45pm
Opie

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/02/opinion-why-temporary-flood-levy-on-higher-earners-would-be-fairest-way-to-help-pay-for-cyclone-gabrielle-rebuild.html

Just fuck off.

Stop wasting money before you take more of mine.
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February 28, 2023 2:47pm
- Swifty
  
  Just think of the billions they’ve wasted since late-2017 and which would have come in mighty handy right about now.
  
  What a shame. They were told they were spending too much too fast but they just wouldn’t listen. They knew better.
  
  How Labour have failed us. Let me count the ways.
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:01pm
- Nickc2
  
  Exactly! Many of us budget for our retirement so how dare they (Robertson & Hipkins) come along and fuck up our plans because they’ve mismanaged the economy?
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:07pm
- kowtow
  
  We pay our taxes so all citizens get equal treatment .
  
  Not this ;
  
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/cyclone-gabrielle-maori-given-15-million-to-support-a-maori-led-recovery-of-flood-hit-communities/F26EUCGRVND3ZE42EEJLGXFADA/
  
  Labour’s Māori caucus has secured a $15 million package that will fund a Māori-led recovery in response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:24pm
  - Nickc2
    
    Will Mahuta Corp be asked to manage these funds? Probably, but a miserly $15m wouldn’t cover their costs of doing so.
    No doubt this money is intended to only cover start-up costs eh?
    
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    February 28, 2023 3:37pm
- artemisia
  
  Those on higher incomes have skills and assets. That means they have choices. And one choice is more time, less money. Especially if already paying 39% marginal tax.
  
  We’re a long time looking at the lid ….
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:39pm
  - septic skeptic
    
    Others will just choose to bugger off to a country that values them as more than just an ATM for the needy.
    
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    February 28, 2023 6:06pm
Swifty

One of the most morbidly fascinating interviews you’ll observe this week:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKyuMNQ51nY

Just listen to this person excoriate a historical figure from the opposite ‘side’ for misdeeds while simultaneously refusing to condemn the far worse appalling misdeeds of another historical figure from his ‘side’. His ancestor.

And, if I’m hearing him right, he argues that you must look at the misdeeds of his ancestor in their historical context and therefore not condemn while not affording the other bloke the same latitude.

What disgraceful hypocrisy.

Just fascinating at the lengths these people will go to to deceive themselves and us. Oh and by the way this apologist for murderers and slave owners is a Wellington City Councillor and I must say his continued laughter and tone I find quite unsettling.
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February 28, 2023 3:46pm
- Blog-aholic
  
  He came across as a child. His childlike responses and childlike reasoning where frankly what you expect from people who see the world like children do…..simple and disconnected to what happens around them until something hits them.
  
  His laughter was his embarrassment cover.
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:08pm
  - Swifty
    
    I found the laughter very odd. Out of place. Inappropriate.
    
    As you say, likely a cover for embarrassment or something to talk about to his mates later to convey that he was just amused by Plunket and was cheerfully toying with him.
    
    Given the subject matter I found it quite creepy actually.
    
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    February 28, 2023 4:38pm
Maggie Pie

Anyone else get the feeling that this years Census is likely to become an even bigger fukk-up than when James Shaw was Minister-for-Stats?

https://twitter.com/NewshubNZ/status/1630394242898984960
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February 28, 2023 3:52pm
- Ghost
  
  We got ours in the post yesterday. Haven’t bothered to look at it
  
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  February 28, 2023 3:56pm
- mandk
  
  I phoned the help line number to request paper forms, and all I got was another letter telling me how to log on to complete the census online.
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:09pm
  - MCōs
    
    Someone came round and dropped them off the other day.
    I filled out the forms & shortly they’ll return and pick them up again.
    What could be simply.
    
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    February 28, 2023 5:43pm
    - Maggie Pie
      
      Did you not give any thort to taking the missus shopping in Sydney for three days from March 6th?
      
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      February 28, 2023 5:51pm
      - MCōs
        
        As I said the other day I have long covid and the last thing I want is to go to Oz for a shopping trip.
        
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        February 28, 2023 6:17pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        At work we call that “Corona Extra” 😀
        
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        February 28, 2023 7:07pm
      - ClanMcleod
        
        MCōs – I think these days more people are starting to realise it’s actually long vaccine, especially if you got the boosters……..😁
        
        The more you jab, the greater your chance of getting covid and the more damage to your immune system. Don’t say you weren’t told.
        
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        March 1, 2023 8:56am
- Rich Prick
  
  The form gives us all an opportunity to make up new genders, Trans Hilux made it through the gate.
  
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  February 28, 2023 11:00pm
Widogast Corwin

Well that was an exciting cricket match.
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February 28, 2023 4:13pm
- Mike
  
  I wonder if greybeard has anything to say about Kane Williamson.
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:27pm
- Tauhei Notts
  
  I put up some insulting comments here on NZ cricket.
  I humbly apologise. This has been a wonderful win for N.Z. I had no idea the players were so tough. Some of their recent efforts have been shaky, but today’s was stupendous.
  
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  February 28, 2023 4:38pm
  - blue collar
    
    Howzaaaaaat !!!
    Got em !!
    Legend test brother tauhei ….. I thought we were toast too but there you go , you never know with sport eh .
    Crusaders got a pasting at home and now this , 2023 looking interesting .
    
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    February 28, 2023 5:01pm
  - MCōs
    
    The toughest of all was Tom Blundell who stood up to the wicket to our medium pacers and stopped the English advancing down the wicket which is the basis of new attacking style of batting.
    
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    February 28, 2023 5:53pm
- Swifty
  
  What’s with this ‘nighthawk’ business? I first saw it on Cricinfo last night clearly referring to England’s nightwatchman.
  
  Is this gendered language which has been changed to ‘nighthawk’ now?
  
  If so, couldn’t they have come up with something less corny?
  
  Any cricket follower care to comment?
  
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  February 28, 2023 5:58pm
  - Swifty
    
    What about ‘night bunny’?
    
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    February 28, 2023 5:58pm
    - Mike
      
      What you call your bedmate is up to you, I guess.
      
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      February 28, 2023 7:13pm
      - Swifty
        
        You really scraped the bottom of the barrel with that one Mike.
        
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        February 28, 2023 8:29pm
  - Mike
    
    The ‘nighthawk’ plays an attacking role rather than merely attempting to occupy the crease.
    
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    February 28, 2023 7:12pm
Swifty

A Wellington City Councillor, who as a group have few rivals for screwing up NZ’s housing market by their never-ending ramping up of the cost and complexity of building houses joins in the vilification of housing owners and landlords:

https://mobile.twitter.com/TeriONeillNZ/status/1623117844950171648

Is he naive? Or just suffering some sort of sickness? I don’t know, but either way this scapegoating of other New Zealanders by politicians for the failings of politicians disgusts me.
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February 28, 2023 4:31pm
Ghost

National’s Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis have narrowly trumped Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Finance Minister Grant Robertson as the duo most trusted to run the economy, according to the latest Taxpayers’ Union Curia poll.

About 43% of respondents preferred the opposition leader and his deputy as the most trusted team to run the economy, compared to 39% for Hipkins and Robertson, while 18% were unsure, the February poll showed.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131358263/more-trust-nationals-leaders-on-the-economy–taxpayers-union-curia-poll
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February 28, 2023 5:01pm
- Ignoranus
  
  They’ll be people who think masks don’t work and Covid vaccines are killing more people then the virus.
  
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  February 28, 2023 6:25pm
Ghost

To be fair to labour it is only a school, it’s not as if students go to them any more under labour….

Almost three years after the project was flagged, the $21 million rebuild of Twizel’s school is still in the preliminary design phase, with a full blueprint not expected to be completed until the end of the year.

In July 2020, then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced Twizel Area School, made from temporary materials more than 50 years ago, would have its relocatable classrooms replaced as part of the first wave of a 10-year redevelopment programme to upgrade New Zealand schools.

Design work for the Twizel project would kick off early 2021, Ardern said at the time.

However, on Tuesday, the Ministry of Education confirmed the project was in the “preliminary design phase with the full design expected to be completed at the end of this year’’.

Stuff article
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February 28, 2023 5:27pm
Maggie Pie

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO Hmmm…

‘Dr Fauci paid $400m in Royalties by MODERNA for the COVID vaccine’

https://mobile.twitter.com/LeadingReport/status/1629598798770065409
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February 28, 2023 5:29pm
- blue collar
  
  Things that make you go hmmmmm 2
  Sunbathing down the beach , couple body surfs , clear water , small surf , light offie ….. and hv you noticed Maggie that g-strings are in ??
  Finally conservative Nz women just don’t care anymore , all ages , one day we will hv body confidence and freedom of mind like Europe .
  
  Pure bliss after a days work , almost fell asleep , lucky , no sunscreen , coz that’s for wowsers ; )
  
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  February 28, 2023 6:10pm
- Ignoranus
  
  Are you sure the payment was to Fauci and not the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases?
  
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  February 28, 2023 6:22pm
- surfing
  
  Where did you get that quote, did you make it up?
  
  In your link it says…
  
  “The Covid vaccine maker paid a $400 million ‘catch up payment’ to the NIAID, formerly headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci.”
  
  When you can find this news on some legitimate news site, let me know! What you said is certainly false though.
  
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  February 28, 2023 6:25pm
  - Ghost
    
    How about the Wall Street journal, not Fauci but the NIAID
    
    Moderna agreed to license certain NIAID patent rights covering discoveries that informed the design of Moderna’s vaccine. Under the agreement, Moderna paid NIAID $400 million in the fourth quarter, and will pay royalties on future vaccine sales in the low-single-digits as a percent of sales, the company said.
    
    WSJ Article
    
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    February 28, 2023 6:32pm
    - surfing
      
      Maggie said….
      “Dr Fauci paid $400m”
      
      Which is quite different to
      “Moderna paid NIAID $400 million”
      
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      February 28, 2023 7:02pm
      - Ghost
        
        Yes, but it was the company he was a director of until recently
        
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        February 28, 2023 7:05pm
      - Mike
        
        Maggie and fellow disinformers deliberately cast it to pretend that the official in charge at NIH was personally benefiting from the payments, instead of the government (ie, taxpayers) benefiting from patents taken out as a result of government research.
        
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        February 28, 2023 7:18pm
surfing

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/125158076/sounds-murders-key-witness-allegedly-indecently-assaulted-young-girl

Sounds murder witness Guy Wallace died in a suspected suicide days before he was scheduled to stand trial on sex charges.

“Wallace, one of the last people to see Olivia Hope and Ben Smart alive before they disappeared in the Marlborough Sounds on New Year’s Day 1998, was found dead at his Greymouth home on March 22.”

I wonder if cops took another look at the Hope/Smart case.
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February 28, 2023 6:17pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Ask the Father, Olivia’s Father.
  
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  February 28, 2023 6:55pm
Okahu

Is there anything more pathetic than a (soon to be criminally indicted) trump supporter? The howling shitgibbon has galvanised the deeply disturbed, the juvenile and the woefully ignorant the world over with his great heaving cry of waaaaahhh! Why even here on this august if pitifully small organ his sycophants still waaaaaahh in unison to his rancid lunacy.

But who can blame the sad rubes? Even Rupert the kingmaker is embarrassed at the felching and frotting he indulged I’m with his audience. He now, according to his own depositions in the case of Dominion Voting Systems v fox spews garbage it knows to be lies directly into the ears and eyes of the gullible, has regrets…. That’s what having a kick in the nuts for NZ$3b will do I suppose.

Will we hear a mea culpa from those witless goons who parroted and defended the anti democratic garbage the chief shit sniffer and his favourite propagandist spewed?

Waiting, all you sad and dangerous suckers happy to sell decency and democracy down the road for a sniff at the butt of power.
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February 28, 2023 6:51pm
- All_on_Red
  
  You ok?
  Lol
  
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  February 28, 2023 10:36pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Buckle up. Besides what the Fake News say:
https://thegoptimes.com/trump-releases-agenda-2/
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February 28, 2023 7:14pm
Ghost

It’s sad that victims of crime were downplayed by this government and their trolls

The police minister has conceded things “could have been done better” after Hawke’s Bay residents expressed their fears and concerns following an increase in crime in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

One resident said people are so afraid they are arming themselves, claiming the local gun shop is selling out of guns.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/02/police-minister-stuart-nash-admits-response-could-have-been-better-after-criminals-target-flood-affected-areas-and-fearful-hawke-s-bay-residents-arm-up.html
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February 28, 2023 10:04pm
Ghost

Strange, when the Auckland mayor said they need the rain to stop he was attacked, Gisborne mayor not attacked by the media.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/02/gisborne-mayor-rehette-stoltz-wants-to-put-energy-into-cyclone-gabrielle-recovery-but-rain-keeps-coming.html
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