Veutoviper. Thanks for the memories re John Gilberthorpe. He was great as a Councillor and I had forgotten he used to own Four Seasons. Another good one was Audrey Fitzgerald, going back a few years. I have no idea what party/ies these two supported but ...
That is perceptive. I mentioned above that the best electorate MPs don't go around with a political flag around their necks. You'd find the same good service from an electorate MP from one party will be mirrored by the successor MP from another party. ...
Ha ha good one Anne - spot on. They will never do it because that would spoil their chances of becoming ministerial press secretaries.
Why would we use American English? We're not in the US or one of its territories.
Well I know what you are going through. I submitted about how to get access for health care workers, tradies, bins, with cycle lanes. After emergency and complex bowel surgery I was helped by health care workers. They work to tight deadlines. I don't think...
Actually Joe90 this latter para (2011) was one where I think WCC actually got egg on its face and ended up having to facilitate/perhaps pay for the purchase of several carparks for shoppers wanting to shop at the little area with the florists. These were ...
'Ghost cyclists' though is priceless and will be heard around South Wellington as we marvel at the 'ghost cycleways'. I wonder will they eat 'ghost chips' while biking? The antiques and book shop have been there much less time and with a two lane road ...
Have you had a call yet for a legal team? You know I care little about the substance but if Carr is able to get a case for defamation into the courts against a sitting cabinet minister of the Govt of NZ then we should be asking ourselves what gives? What ...
You are keen on cycleways I get that but was there a need to slam the florist, particularly when some of it was not correct? She has never had carparks outside her shop. There are a half dozen across the road and they're still there. See my comments above ...
Well if Carr wins a legal case against Peters it is obviously going to be of more importance to NZ's reputation internationally seeing as one is a Minister of Foreign Affairs where tact and diplomacy are key. But you knew that didn't you?
So I am to follow what some Australians think of Carr? As Manuel would say Que? Peters is allegedly being sued. This is of far bigger import than a flap in our Parliament where a member lost their cool, apologised and now may be facing a Privileges Cttee ...
Yes in the 'olden days' Wellington had only minor tampering/involvement from parties in Parliament. The factional stuff is mind blowing when you see so-called Green councillors supporting a plan to bail out Warner Bros to the tune of $36m in the Reading ...
Thank you Darien for your spot on post here. I worked there for two Ministers over 4 years and even they, with the privileges of not having to be in the chamber all the time, were absolutely wrung out by the level of interjection that was sometimes allowed...
You'd be correct I'm thinking. She may be difficult personally but her business has been treated abysmally over the years. Those two facts should not have anything to do with one another. Genter may be her MP. As her electorate MP she would be honour bound...
Doocey was not a victim any more than anyone who heckles persistently is a victim. Julie AnnGneter lost her cool, so what she is human, she apologised and if there are concerns then she should be referred to the parliamnetary privileges cttee. Van de Molen...
Yes Kay, well spoken. There are good ways and bad ways to effect change. WCC has chosen the bad way to effect change. They consult with a predetermined outcome in mind, compromise is not one of the words in their lexicon. This is a 'recent' change well ...
Just a point of correction to this: She has never had carparks outside her shop. There are a half dozen across the road and they're still there. She has in fact has had parks outside her shop.....there was a bank of 4-5 parks there that were removed long, ...
'Let us man-expand this to you'
On the plus side however Ad, we are making a name for ourselves in how to farm mud with cows used as an addition to really get the paddocks churned and thus hasten mud farming. Mud farming plays an important part in our aim to increase the percentage of ...
Kat, you're on aroll and I support what you are saying. dangerous seat warmers with their sweaty hands on the levers of power at anytime in this country's political history. There is not a true aspiration for the good of NZ/NZers as a whole from any of ...
Political neutrality should be expected of all public servants, ie they work for the govt of the day and mostly the system works in this way. This does not apply though to their unions - they'd be handicapped a mile down the straight if we demanded ...
Representing the workers doesn't equate to what contemporary leftists call "social justice". Representing the workers means just that – pushing for better pay and working conditions for workers in the relevant industry. That is all. You know way back in ...
If your posts are coming through, albeit it may be a bit later to allow for 'inspection', it is a little OTT to say that you are being affected by being 'in moderation' otherwise we would not have seen this post I am replying to. As someone who had the ...
Here is the second tranche of rebuttal on the myths on the Cass Review. This is done by an organisation call Quackometer. NB I have not purity tested the organisation but the work done seems level headed and fair. https://www.quackometer.net/blog/2024/04/...
tWig I don't think I mentioned any version of the womens rights movements or parties, just that I wanted to come back when I read Weka's posts and read the replies. I'll go away just as quickly, as life is too short. I tend not support parties as such. I ...
Yes indeed. Just a little addition though a D & C is not necessarily thought of by lay people as an 'abortion' if performed to remove the remains of a non viable fetus/miscarriage. Tiny shifts of meaning/nuances make a difference. D & Cs are not only ...
I have just watched this documentary. It is called The Lost Boys - searching for Manhood. It follows several detransitioners and desisters (you'll hear the difference in the documentary) This is a sad gentle film. 'These 5 young men walked the path of ...
Thanks James, another thoughtful response.
I'm tired too Molly. As far as Women's issues is concerned I have have been fighting seriously since I first joined the PS when I took a case to the Public Service Commission on not being given access to the Public Servant on transfer allowances and pool ...
I left in Aug23 mainly because of being justly moderated off after becoming annoyed at the continual non participation, socratic type style or reckons of one poster. I maintained a 'watching brief', ha ha, looking at TS every day. At first I had a sticky ...
Thank you Molly.
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