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NeverMindTheBollocks

Three cheers for Simeon Brown!

“The government is removing four wellbeing provisions from the Local Government Act, saying councils were using them to justify spending on nice-to-haves”.

My wallet’s wellbeing is experiencing an uplift already.

http://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536863/wellbeing-provisions-distracting-councils-from-core-job-simeon-brown
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December 17, 2024 8:01am
- Grunter
  
  Now they just have to do exactly the same for the Central Govt.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:18am
  - imalwaysright
    
    Exactly, if the government did only what is necessary we would be paying 10 percent tax.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:27am
- pdm
  
  Bollocks – they seem to have conveniently overlooked rorts like the ones pulled last week by Tauranga DC and earlier by Hastings DC in giving unelected people voting rights on Committees as well as paying them.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:59am
- Yabster
  
  what they need to do is define what “consulting iwi” means in the current ACT (fairly sure that is still being left in- can anyone confirm?). The Tauranga council recently voted to have Iwi reps on their sub-committees with full voting rights! Mahe the woke hid behind the council having to follow legislation- of course consultation does not equate to voting rights- but woksters obvs think it does. That on top of one councilor who is from a maori ward.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:05am
  - PurplePen
    
    Tribes and sub-tribes (note how I used English there) are merely landowners. Councils already have comprehensive rules about consultation required with landowners.
    
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    December 17, 2024 11:31am
- Eastlander
  
  It’s a start but that’s all, and it speaks very poorly of a certain Prime Minister that it wasn’t done back in 2009. It won’t address the inappropriate control over councils by their incompetent and transient staff. And as long as it’s the same staff they’re going to make the same decisions unless the law specifically forbids them to do it – ‘well where does it say we can’t pay fifty people to tweet about climate change’?
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:08am
- John Loveridge
  
  Hipkins can sod off. This is possibly the best news I’ve read in ages.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:29am
- peterwn
  
  It was Helen Clark’s government that granted councils ‘general competence’ which allowed councils to dabble in such widespread matters.
  With respect to social housing, council have been involved in social housing even before Helen Clark was PM. Wellington City Council has been a long time of social housing and there was general community consensus in support of that policy. Given changing circumstances and attitudes such a policy would be no longer appropriate.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:43am
peterwn

“Maungakiekie MP: Police charging out of their time for large events would be a big win”.
Greg Fleming is National MP for Maungakiekie.
So perhaps in his view the National Party should be paying the Police for providing protection for National Party conferences including the PM’s protection.
This is the case in parts of Australia and led to ANZAC parades being potential cancelled because the Police considered their presence was necessary and expected the local council or RSL to meet the policing cost.
I cannot quite remember, but I think this idea has been suggested in NZ previously.
I hope this is merely an utterance of a newbie MP and does not reflect National Party policy.
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December 17, 2024 8:01am
- cmm
  
  It doesn’t seem to apply to gangs running state funerals for their fallen scum.
  
  Police are providing what may as well be a guard of honour in Lower Hutt today.
  
  It is OK if there is traffic disruption – the public must just suck it up.
  
  https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/gang-related-funeral-hutt-valley-and-porirua-0
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:40am
- MCōs
  
  The alternative is funeral processions provide their own security.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:02am
  - Taieri
    
    The alternative is funeral processions provide their own security
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    What does a funeral procession need the security for?
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:14am
    - G152
      
      So we can admire the gutless in procession perhaps
      
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      December 17, 2024 9:28am
  - cmm
    
    The alternative is not having a funeral procession.
    
    He’s criminal scum – not a war hero.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:44am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  This was mentioned before the election, it’s to capture requested police presence at large events, let these events hire security instead then, police have other things to deal with, and they can always be called to the event something happens, police will be allowed to retain these funds for their discretion
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:19am
  - peterwn
    
    In practice organisers of major events and venues do provide appropriate security and this is general ensures that order is maintained. Police presence is sometimes required when security officers do not have the legal powers necessary to deal with some incidents. As a rule of thumb there is a police officer for each 1000 population. If there is a 2000 person event then it would be appropriate for two police officers to be assigned to it and support the security hired by the organisers/ venue.
    
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    December 17, 2024 10:50am
- igm
  
  What about gang funerals and get togethers. Are these in for charges also?
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:22am
Chuck Bird

Did anyone see the documentary on ADHD? It showed that a very high percentage of those in prison had ADHD. Maybe they could be treated with drugs as are many who have ADHD but are not in prison.
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December 17, 2024 8:07am
- kowtow
  
  The definition /symptoms / alleged manifestations of “ADHD” are so broad that just about anyone could be said to “suffer” therefrom.
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:13am
  - Chuck Bird
    
    I am not saying having ADHD should be a get out of jail card. However, the right drugs could treat those diagnosed with ADHD. It is getting easier to detect ADHD with a brain scan. The doco was very interesting.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:02am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Most will be, it’s when they stop taking the drugs that causes the problems
      
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      December 17, 2024 9:21am
  - I remember when
    
    Is ADHD definition another attempt to make everyone conform.
    We don’t want people to think as individuals.
    Having said that, there were people who were decidedly different when I went to school many moons ago.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:03am
  - sungsamning
    
    Yup, its the 21st century. Everyone is a bit nuts. Big pharma has to make a buck. Its tough out there.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:23am
- imalwaysright
  
  I would guess that the explosion in ADHD and similar initialism diagnoses is led by pharmaceutical companies incentivising deadbeat doctors to prescribe their wares.
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:28am
  - sirknz
    
    No, a mental illness is worth oppression points on the left so if you have no personality, are completely unremarkable, and are a member of the oppressors (white), then a vaguely defined, incredibly nebulous mental illness that can be used as a catch all for being utterly useless for the most part is a get out of jail free card.
    
    Those on the left tend to self report, self diagnose, and have more mental health issues than those on the right.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:49am
    - David George
      
      I read a report of a study that found that about 50% of Lefty women are being, or have been, treated for some form of mental illness. That means half of them are running round untreated. Scary!
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:05am
    - imalwaysright
      
      Well put Sirk
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:22am
  - kowtow
    
    I suspect it’s led by Big Psycho .
    
    Not long ago their dictionary / directory of nuttiness was relatively small , now it runs to volumes .
    
    That’s crazy.
    
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    December 17, 2024 11:15am
- Burtland
  
  thought it was a result of 185 years of colonisation
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:51am
- Simon
  
  No. Although ADHD is over diagnosed as its profitable for the pharma corporates.
  
  Funny enough ADHD is under diagnosed in the UK because the NHS cant afford the drugs.
  
  Common trait with the locked up is gang membership & low IQ. The two go together.
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:55am
- wisteria
  
  ADHD is an aberation of our times. It is mostly a behavoural problem. Drugs might tamp it down but there is not a cure for a non existent problem.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:05am
  - Ian Boag
    
    So much free medical opinion on KB. So many anonymous people who know the way things really are. I imagine few if any of them have kids who have been ADHD diagnosed.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:19am
    - Chuck Bird
      
      I wonder how many of those who commented seen the doco. A small part was about those in jail. One was a lawyer and mother of two children.
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:02am
    - David George
      
      A women I know paid for an online ADHD diagnosis. It was a great comfort for her to get confirmation that the complete mess she has made of her life was not her responsibility; that she was the real victim and not the people she dicked around.
      It’s mostly complete BS Ian.
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:10am
      - imalwaysright
        
        Don’t forget Chloe told us she spent a lot of money on many doctors before one of them gave her the diagnosis she wanted.
        
        These types make a mockery of the truly mentally ill and soak up resources thereby delaying or denying treatment.
        
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        December 17, 2024 11:05am
  - lifesgood
    
    I cannot remember any kids manifesting ADHD symptoms when I was at primary school. Naughty kids were disciplined and soon fell into line. I would suggest the real number of people suffering this condition is miniscule the rest were undisciplined as children.
    
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    December 17, 2024 10:11am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  There might be an oversupply of a drug to treat ADHD at the moment…
  
  https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-drug-captagon-and-how-is-it-linked-to-syrias-fallen-assad-regime-245935
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:33am
- Burtland
  
  86% of people by their mid 40s have had a mental health condition
  – Dunedin study, link below at about 21:00
  
  so wouldnt you expect the prison population to be the same or worse?
  
  it would be interesting to see what it is after Arderns covid lock downs
  
  https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/predict-my-future/episodes/s1-e1
  
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  December 17, 2024 11:30am
Simon

BNZ is actively taking steps to reduce emissions across our operations and hold Toitū Net Carbon Zero certification.

https://www.bnz.co.nz/assets/bnz/about-us/PDFs/bnz-sustainable-finance-framework.pdf

Toitū Envirocare is delighted to be a Certified B Corporation®

https://www.toitu.co.nz/about-us

B Lab created, and awards, the B corporation certification for for-profit organizations.

B Lab has established a partnership with the United Nations to help the private sector translate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into practical business processes. B Lab created an SDG Action Manager that became available for companies to use in 2020.[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Lab

This took 5 mins. This is an overview of BNZ hate against NZ. Ideologically driven globalism via the UN.

This shit is forced upon NZ by unaccountable actors, motivated by greed, masked by the UN.

Its completely within the powers of National to stop this anti-NZ harm being inflicted . Can pass anti-ESG like the Florida state.
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December 17, 2024 8:10am
- Taieri
  
  B Lab and other outfits of this ilk like Rainbow Tick are just well marketed money making schemes. Both are a big league con artists parting fools from their money.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:19am
- kowtow
  
  “B” for bollocks.
  
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  December 17, 2024 11:18am
- PurplePen
  
  I wonder if we’ll ever see a case taken to court against global boiling and therefore against the likes of the BNZ where they’re taking action against the likes of fuel retailers. Sort of the opposite of the youf group that took a case against government for not doing enough to stop global boiling.
  
  Because anthropogenic warming isn’t yet proven that’s where the case might start.
  
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  December 17, 2024 11:36am
imalwaysright

Cops tell Wellington public to expect traffic disruption because of a gang funeral.

The New Zealand Police Event Planners strike again.
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December 17, 2024 8:14am
- Simon
  
  Gang patch ban. MSM & gangs refer to it as a patch.
  Somewhat credit the legislation refers it as gang insignia.
  
  In reality its gang costume. As in “the fully costumed gang member was convicted for the rape of a 5 year old.”
  
  “Earn your costume today boy”
  
  Gang members wear costumes. They ride around in their costumes.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:02am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    No, they have been confiscating insignia in cars on show, on bikes everything, many high gang areas have assorts of crap on their cars
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:23am
- pdm
  
  Now if there is ever a group that should be paying for Police Protection it is The Gangs!!!!!
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:09am
In Vino Veritas

If anyone has the time, the last Oxford Union Debate is worth a watch. Possibly the most disgraceful happening at Oxford, ever. The proposition was that “Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide”.
Miko Paled, arguing against Israel, said “What happened on October 7th was not terrorism, these were acts of heroism of a people who were oppressed,” and called for a Palestinian state “from the river to the sea.”
One of the pro-Israel speakers was ejected from the Union. The attendees were almost exclusively Hamas and “Palestine” supporters who heckled the pro-Israel speakers in both English and Arabic. They also constantly interrupted the pro-Israel side with constant points of order.
Watch, make your own mind up.
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December 17, 2024 8:15am
- lifesgood
  
  I don’t think I could bear to see how far that once esteemed institution has fallen.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:13am
  - kowtow
    
    It’s just about the whole country .
    
    Have a read of Allison Pearson’s latest ( UK Telegraph) on how,once again , the Establishment let down a poor young girl, Sara Sharif , cultural sensitivities you see.
    
    Pearson , the journalist who got a ‘visit’ from Plod for a tweet .
    
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    December 17, 2024 11:23am
Cassandra

Debbie Ngarewa Parker complains that a man moved towards her in an intimidating way. I have a film of her and her associates doing precisely that just a couple of weeks ago. Geese and gander. Apparently waving a club and screaming threats is only okay if Maoris do it.
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December 17, 2024 8:18am
- sirknz
  
  Just wondering if this will turn out to be a situation similar to the ‘attempted home invasion’ of one of her colleagues during the election campaign.
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:25am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Or that black known personality in the states, it was straight out lies
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:24am
- AitchW
  
  What a breathtaking hypocrite. This appears to be standard procedure for the Maori Party. It’s MPs and unelected officials continually and continously behave appallingly then deny that behaviour or justify it by Tikanga or colonialist oppression. However should anyone not in the fold put even a toe out of line then they howl like banshees.
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:38am
- Blog-aholic
  
  You only reap what you sow. Sometimes the ‘crop’ is bad……
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:52am
pdm

`Apparently waving a club and screaming threats is only okay if Maoris do it.’

You can even make pretend pistols with your fingers, point them at people you don’t like. As long as you are safely within the confines of the Debating Chamber and as you advance towards Government MP’s.
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December 17, 2024 8:30am
- Simon
  
  National thinks NZ is in partnership with these types.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:06am
  - imalwaysright
    
    Saw Luxon on the breakfast trough this morning.
    He finished his rapid fire “what I would say to you” isms by asking if the staff had received the donuts he sent them.
    Does this berk have any self awareness? These people hate him but he tries to act like they are besties.
    Then they cut to the effeminate Daniel with a face full of cream and the badminton player bleating that it was the last one. Merry japes all around!!!
    Hopefully they will be cancelled very soon.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:41am
    - lifesgood
      
      Daniel is far from effeminate, he’s a sports loving father of three sons . Has been married for yonks.
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:15am
    - RoboRob
      
      I thought this was pathetic. Normally polis come in studio and bring gifts prior to Christmas and there is generally a ‘nice’ feeling. Clearly Luxon felt like he had to at least make the attempt becuase everyone else does. The scum on TVNZ were obviously planning on not even mentioning it as they dont want to give any positive National press. So Luxon feels like he needs to bring it up. Daniel quickly grabs a donut and pretends he was eating it. No thanks whatsover.
      
      TVNZ breakfast showing their true feelings and Luxon looking silly trying to pretend they are mates.
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:30am
NeverMindTheBollocks

Shell Lane (The Terrace) bike rack report:

At 8.30am, one hardcore bike.

A breezy, cool morning in the Capital, ideal for the muscular adherents of cyclismo, not so much for the novice.
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December 17, 2024 8:30am
- Swifty
  
  Two at 9.26am!
  
  It’s bulging at the seams!
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:42am
  - AitchW
    
    Better build a bigger, more expensive rack!
    
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    December 17, 2024 10:56am
kowtow

I always thought that the Herald and its employees wanted to be considered a serious publication.

Now I know it’s actually one of those parody type papers , akin to a student rag mag, deliberatly taking the piss.

Evidence ; today’s Simon Wilson article where he nominates Rodd Carr as public servant of the year with this quote from Carr as his concluding paragraph ;

‘ “Those who continue to promote the the combustion of fossil fuels in the open air without permanent carbon capture and storage are, in my view,committing a crime against humanity.” At the Environment Select Committee last week.’ “
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December 17, 2024 8:34am
- Burtland
  
  Rodd turned (a tiny) climate crime into a national fiscal crime impacting generations
  – give that guy a gong
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:44am
- Taieri
  
  “Those who continue to promote the the combustion of fossil fuels in the open air without permanent carbon capture and storage are, in my view,committing a crime against humanity.”
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  Those, who continue making such statements are, in my view, committing a crime against rationality.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:40am
  - Master Mariner
    
    Exactly what I thought.
    There is No capture storage technology that yet works and by this reckoning , We should not be using Fossil Fuels.
    Jeeesus. //
    
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    December 17, 2024 11:55am
Grunter

Luxon confirmed on Heather’s ZB interview this morning that ‘the books are pretty bad’. But cost-cutting (austerity) is NOT the answer apparently.

Luxon and Willis have devised a clever new ‘3rd way’ to fixing this problem of costs being higher than revenues.

That’s just word salad for “We are officially now Labour-Lite”.

Socialism is alive and well in New Zealand!
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December 17, 2024 8:44am
- RoboRob
  
  Yup, his defence of avoiding ‘extreme austerity’ is ridiculous. We aren’t talkling about cutting super, benefits, health, eduction or police here. We are talking about closing / defunding agencies that are expensive do nothings. Ministrys of …
  
  Maori Affairs
  Woman
  Pacifica
  Children
  Ethnic Communities
  Māori Development-Te Puni Kōkiri
  Youth Development
  
  Others
  National Pacific Radio Trust
  Radio New Zealand Limited
  
  Sell
  TVNZ
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:52am
  - Grunter
    
    Sell Landcorp. Kiwibank, Kiwi Rail. AgResearch,…..
    
    Sell share holdings in Air NZ, Energy companies, airports
    
    Pretty simple plan to get the books back in black
    
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    December 17, 2024 10:49am
Maggy Wassilieff

It looks like Te Pati Maori is getting some pre-emptive hits in before the Privileges committee meets:

https://waateanews.com/2024/12/16/parliament-could-face-racism-claims-over-haka/

and before the Public Service Commission reports back on the Manurewa marae voting shebang.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536878/te-pati-maori-roasts-electoral-commission-over-manurewa-marae-apology
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December 17, 2024 8:45am
- cmm
  
  Privileges committee is warming up the soggy bus ticket to a perfect 38 degrees.
  
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  December 17, 2024 8:53am
  - RoboRob
    
    Oh nooos, the priviledges committe is coming after me, what will I do. They might even ‘name’ me. Oh the pain, the humanity.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:03am
- RoboRob
  
  There has been discussion around what penalties parliament could introduce to stop offending aimed at social media clicks. The issue was, a small penalty wont stop the behaviour and a large one could be anti democratic.
  
  I believe the solution is to punish the party rather then the member. Something along the lines of reduced parliamentry funding or moving them to less comfortable offices in the basement 🙂
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:06am
  - pdm
    
    RR you might be on to something,
    
    5% funding per member involved cut for first offence.
    10% per member involved for second offence.
    20% per member involved for every other offence.
    
    So Maori Party would receive 5% funding cut for Ferris.
    Then a 30% cut for the Haka group.
    
    Labour would receive a 5% funding cut for Tau Henare.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:24am
  - G152
    
    Removing them from parliament would be a start
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:32am
    - RoboRob
      
      Sadly that would be undemocratic.
      
      They could however remove the Maori seats, which would be democratic and at the next election they would get votes the same way all other parties do.
      
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      December 17, 2024 9:53am
- rjay
  
  I am sure that if a visiting party broke into a war dance inside a meeting house the traditional response would be more immediate than a disciplinary conversation.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:51am
- In Vino Veritas
  
  Lol Maggy, the IHC used to be full of people with IQ’s that meant they couldn’t function in society. Now they are Maori Party MP’s 🤣.
  
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  December 17, 2024 11:20am
- kowtow
  
  MW
  
  Plunket on Platform this am played a zoom call of JT and some of his hench persons , one is now a Maori Party MP , discussing how they’d register etc voters for a local govt election.
  
  There doesn’t appear to be a podcast of it.
  
  Suffice to say , had that been the Nats /Act / NZF the msm would be front page , leading every broadcast with “Bombshell” revelations.
  
  This is big . And we won’t “read all about it ” , hot off the press, read all about it!
  
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  December 17, 2024 11:44am
cmm

Drip, drip, drip… The facts are slowly coming out.

Cops are still insisting that everyone paid their way for everything – every flight, every meal, cruise, tour… every little bit.

PS: Why do we even have “Ethnic Responsiveness Manager” and an “Ethnic Liaison Officer Constable”?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360524705/who-else-was-political-tourism-trip-china
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December 17, 2024 8:48am
- imalwaysright
  
  NZ Police staff go to China and are hosted by political “officials”, who have their photos pixelated, and when the public get wind of the trip they scrub their Facebook entries. Then the Police refuse to show the itinerary.
  Sounds about right…!
  
  Brady’s point about using the hotel WiFi is good. It would be a fair bet that everyone’s contacts, search history, banking and whatever else was on their phones would be vulnerable.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:20am
  - cmm
    
    If they have nothing to hide then they should be transparent. Wiping their social media makes things look even more dodgy.
    
    Don’t they understand that destroying evidence is a crime for a reason?
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:42am
kowtow

Irony alert.

Global burning ( hat tip, UN head honcho) is so bad that Iran is shutting down public services to save power , they’re rich in energy resources , but can’t generate enough power to stay warm during a current cold snap.
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December 17, 2024 8:48am
NeverMindTheBollocks

I’m occasionally asked why I’m against cycleways. Today is illustrative. The Southerly has blown through & the rain has gone. It’s on the cool side & there is a breeze; perhaps not the best day but nothing that a committed cyclist couldn’t handle. Yet walking through town this morning I saw just one cyclist.

It struck me that cyclists are like intermittent renewables. When the sun doesn’t shine, or it’s too windy or wet, then there’s no return on the massive investment in cycleways. Yet every other commuter, whether a car driver or a bus passenger whose seat is taken by a fair weather cyclist, is inconvenienced by the infrastructure plastered across the main streets.

Cycling is the new intermittent, and just as worthless when the weather doesn’t play ball.
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December 17, 2024 8:49am
- Burtland
  
  raining, no bikes – night time, no bikes
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:58am
cmm

We’ve had a car parked out on the street here for about a weeks (joys of living one street over from a bunch of welfare funded baby factories). I looked it up on the police website and it was reported stolen 18 days ago. I reported it today. It will be interesting to see how quickly police respond.
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December 17, 2024 8:51am
- peterwn
  
  The Police will merely inform the owner or insurance company who will arrange recovery. I found an abandoned car without number plates years ago in a bush reserve and told the Police who were not interested. I went back to it and found the rego etched on the windows and told this to the police. The car was recovered pretty quickly.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:02am
  - cmm
    
    No point in finger printing etc…. That could lead to paperwork and such.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:06am
    - Hugh Jarse
      
      Yep that could lead to the identification of an involved cretin, which could lead to the need for a interview with said cretin and a possible prosecution file, further consideration based on the race of said cretin, which could lead to a family group conference or a Marae based justice sitting or a court appearance, or home D or nothing at all, all with no real effect. Can’t say I blame plod, you can only swim against the tide for so long.
      
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      December 17, 2024 10:09am
- Burtland
  
  if it hasnt got wheels it might be there a while
  – tow bars seem to be a current favorite
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:03am
  - cmm
    
    Someone in Napier told me that Toyota engines are very popular. They pull out the engine, trnsmission and a few other bits then leave the shell.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:40am
Damocles11

The Government’s operating deficits could be $1.5 billion higher than expected over the next three years, delaying a return to surplus until 2028/29, economists say.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360523815/governments-half-year-economic-update-expected-show-worsening-outlook

‘Westpac senior economist Michael Gordon said the operating deficit had been tracking worse than forecast at the May Budget, mostly due to higher than expected spending.
ASB senior economist Mark Smith said operating deficits over the next three years were expected to be $1 billion to $1.5 billion larger than assumed in the May Budget.’
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December 17, 2024 8:54am
peterwn

I have to hand it to the Herald today for their editorial (unfortunately paywalled) on Winston entitled – “New Rail Minister Winston Peters is never going to be railroaded – especially by journalists”. I think it is a lovely and well considered editorial and one which Winston himself would be delighted to read. For example it says “While most superannuitants – Peters will blow out 80 candles in April 2025 – are into their retirement and putting their feet up, Peters is a whirlwind of energy flying to all parts around the globe as Foreign Affairs Minister.” And in my opinion he is making a good fist of it.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/editorial-xxxx/VBLVWMX6LFGAJGYMNVOGA3GPNY/
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December 17, 2024 8:57am
- H. Upmann
  
  Peters has one big fat black mark against him; he put Ardern into power.
  
  He put her into power for purely selfish reasons. Never to be forgiven.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:03am
  - kowtow
    
    And paid handsomely for it . Dressed up as some provincial “investment” thing.
    
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    December 17, 2024 9:18am
- sungsamning
  
  I’m pleasantly surprised that there have been no major botch ups by any of their MPs so far. Remember the first time they were in coalition with National? Now, all their new MPs could make a pretty good fist of a cabinet post.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:33am
  - MCōs
    
    They currently have four ministers including the Hon Casey Costello who has easily been the worst in the short life of this government.
    If she’s among the best NZF have got the rest must be pretty dismal including the hapless Andy Foster rejected Mayor of Wellington in a landslide
    
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    December 17, 2024 11:41am
- Gussy Fink-Nottle
  
  Curious to know whether Peters still smokes, and enjoys the odd scotch or three.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:11am
  - peterwn
    
    Quite sure he still allows himself these indulgences and good on him! If these indulgences were going to bring him down that would have happened long ago. I think it would take a serious health breakdown to make Winston hang up his political hat. The chances of him fighting the next election are excellent.
    
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    December 17, 2024 10:56am
Bridgenag

RFK Jr. And The Samoan Measles Outbreak
Painting RFK jr. As An Anti-Vaxxer Is A Transparent Facade. Guest Essay by David Marks.

”The relatively few details known about the Samoan measles outbreak indicate that forces intent on presenting vaccines as an infallible, unquestionable remedy, will not tolerate scrutiny or admit failures. This continuing tactic is applied internationally and is enthusiastically supported by most governments and the press.”
“When we assessed our numbers, 98 percent of those who were getting ill had been vaccinated consistently six to seven days prior to illness. “

https://open.substack.com/pub/rwmalonemd/p/rfk-jr-and-the-samoan-measles-outbreak?r=1aj1bv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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December 17, 2024 8:58am
- MCōs
  
  From a page on the subject on Wikipedia with numerous references
  “Ideally, countries should have immunisation levels above 90%. Vaccination rates dropped to 31% in Samoa, compared to 99% in nearby Nauru, Niue, Cook Islands,[15] and American Samoa.[24]
  In June 2019, American anti-vaccination activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Samoa to meet with local anti-vaccination activists including Taylor Winterstein and Edwin Tamanese, whom he called a “medical freedom hero”. Kennedy also discussed vaccines with then-Prime Minister Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi,[25][26] and campaigned against the vaccine on social media.”
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:29am
Bridgenag

Inconvenient History of Salk Inactivated Polio Vaccine
Guest Essay by Sofia Karstens. Responding to the latest promoted false narrative about nominated HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rwmalonemd/p/inconvenient-history-of-salk-inactivated?r=1aj1bv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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December 17, 2024 8:59am
- MCōs
  
  From the article
  “When did the epidemic decline? Despite narrative to the contrary, it was BEFORE the advent of the vaccine, and instead correlates directly to, wait for it, the BANNING of DDT.”
  DDT was banned in NZ in 1970, long after kids were vaccinated for polio.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:35am
Damocles11

Any idea what Maori are costing this country each year in ‘delivering for Maori’ Koha, tax free status for Maori businesses, crime and societal harm including predominantly Maori gangs and their drug peddling & violent crime and predation in general, the cost of the Maori prison population and prosecutions and law enforcement dealing with Maori offending and its aftermath, the cost of the Waitangi Tribunal and investigating Te Tiriti claims, and settling Te Tiriti claims, and the cost to businesses and the economy of the RMA process which is subject to obstructionism and virtual extortion by Iwi and Hapu groups, and the costs associated with the forced Maorification of central and local government, the Public Service, our education system, and the general public?
In short: what percentage of the annual government budget is going to dealing with ‘Maori wonderfulness’ on one side of the coin, and ‘Maori reality’ on the other? And what it costing Councils? And what is it costing (non Maori) businesses, who have activist courts now stacked against them, with our biggest companies now having to fight court battles over their ‘climate change impact’ because ‘Tikanga’ is ‘our first law’?
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December 17, 2024 9:09am
- Grunter
  
  Koha – a bribe given to a tribe, or individuals, dressed up as an ancient tradition to extort treasures from others.
  
  It’s similar to tax – taking money from those that earnt it and giving it to those that do phark all
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:43am
  - cmm
    
    It would be interesting to dig into the history of koha.
    Was it ever really anything other than a bribe / currying favour?
    
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    December 17, 2024 10:31am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Gift-giving has been a part of all hunter-gather societies.
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_(essay)
      
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      December 17, 2024 11:43am
- Jethrod
  
  2 big and important questions, for which there will a stunning outbreak of silence!
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:51am
- imalwaysright
  
  Apparently the “Maori Economy” is worth $70 billion.
  I assume that is annually.
  That’s over $75,000 from every Maori man, woman and child.
  Clearly they are extremely productive people.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:58am
I remember when

They must have poured the concrete yesterday.
Our little cul de sac had its own ‘stop/go’ man and an increase in road cones.
However, although the ‘stop/go’ man is no longer there today, the 30 km sign and numerous traffic cones are obviously still needed.
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December 17, 2024 9:12am
- Jethrod
  
  Have a tentative drive on the new concrete and see if it’s set yet.
  Go on you know you want to do it.
  
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  December 17, 2024 9:53am
- cmm
  
  Those road cones are earning $10 a day each. Gotta leave them out as long as possible.
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:29am
sungsamning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0ncILqf6M
Some Illegals Are Self-Deporting.
This border surge is going the other way. Its not known if it includes some Hollywood ‘celebrities’. Cat ladies everywhere are releived.
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December 17, 2024 9:17am
sungsamning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vPhMHJ8P0U
Marco Rubio as Secretary of State: What Does It Mean for US Diplomacy?
Trump has chosen Senator Marco Rubio as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. This is a surprising choice because Marco Rubio has always been focused on Latin America, particularly on three countries: Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. This decision raises several questions:

Why was Rubio chosen by Trump? Does this selection imply that Latin America will play a particularly significant role in this new administration? Has Rubio been brought in to become the executioner of Cuba’s Castro regime and Venezuela’s Chavista regime? In this new video from VisualPolitik, we provide you with all the answers.
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December 17, 2024 9:17am
Maggy Wassilieff

I do hope our PM elects to spend time away from Waitangi on Waitaingi Day.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536872/waitangi-day-pm-won-t-confirm-if-he-will-attend-commemorations-at-waitangi

If Waitangi Day is really our National Day, then he should accept one or more of the other Iwi invitations…and celebrate the day elsewhere in the country.
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December 17, 2024 9:54am
- JackRabbit
  
  These days, the likelihood of finding genuine, meaningful, uninterrupted Waitangi Day commemorations at Waitangi, is about the same as finding a genuine Christmas service in a church where the anti-christ and his demons are the bulk of the congregation, and even parts of the choir.
  
  What is Waitangi Day, if the concepts behind Waitangi Day have been hijacked and altered by war-mongering savages?
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:13am
- In Vino Veritas
  
  It isn’t my National Day Maggy. It’s just a bunch of n’er-do-well activists sowing discord and division. They can take their insults and assaults and shove them.
  
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  December 17, 2024 11:33am
imalwaysright

Plunket said on the Platform yesterday that a PPTA Christmas party had a piniata of Luxon and a guillotine.

It makes you wonder if this country has a future.
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December 17, 2024 10:02am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Here’s the Unite Union pinata of Christopher Luxon
  
  https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/who-whom
  
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  December 17, 2024 10:20am
  - Swifty
    
    Those people demonstrate the height of hypocrisy and the height of stupidity.
    
    And yet we trust them with our children.
    
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