She has established a pattern of bad behaviour via four different people: one Nat minister and one councillor (both male) and two of her constituents (both female). All four have featured in multiple media reports recently. You don't need death by a ...
Still no sign of the strong Opposition we were promised... https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/08/persistent-green-party-scandals-delay-caucus-reset/ The party launched an independent investigation into Tana nearly two months ago, which still has yet to report ...
Yeah, realpolitik prevails. Wishful thinking is produced by those who dream of a better world but it only ever gets traction on the basis of the adjacent possible: a similarly imaginal realm yet intriguing as an intellectual notion due to trending amongst ...
The current three-way split in our political frame seems like to entrench in the public mind. Binary thinkers are consequently in deep shit - and demonstrating it by pretending voters are still binary. The non-aligned third are the Aotearoans who catalyse ...
Feminism update: https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/04/a-groundswell-of-women-are-decentering-men-what-does-that-mean/ “I’m a little cynical about the Decentering Men movement” says Tania Domett, from New Zealand feminist innovation studio Project Gender. “It...
I get the picture, now you have filled it out. Democracy becomes toxic via mass cynicism is one take. Gaming the system via interest-group exclusionary Us vs Them divide & rule tactics is another. Since the Greens emerged with a different way forward I ...
I'm inclined to agree. Progress can take many forms and for the mayor to ignore vested interests suggests she's aiming to be a one-termer. I normally oppose vested interests too but a local economy is a different context. One must be genuinely pro-people ...
Yeah that's the impression created in the public mind. Could be she's been suffering some kind of pressure in her private life that made her slip out of character. The compounding effect though, of her spat with the florist woman, seems ominous. Hard to ...
Spinoff's editor spotted the opportunity to be erudite: Genter walked across the house and stood over Matt Doocey, a National MP who, in addition to being associate transport minister is also the first minister for mental health – a position he pitched ...
I googled to see who would pronounce the fate of JAG next week & the govt website told me "no items were found". So they've done a runner. https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl/privileges/tab/mp Google harridan and you immediately see why. Tender males ...
I support your stance & that of VV whilst agreeing also with Cinder in respect of changing times. Does a local business, clearly supported in the local economy, have the right to persist. I suspect yes is the right answer, despite usually having to oppose ...
Biodiversity Jon. Theatre aside, the situation calls for a Green principle to point everyone toward a solution to the problem. In a sustainable economy, stakeholder psychology applies. In the conflict between cyclist ideology and the local economy, a ...
You think he's a victim of his incompetence? That angle hadn't occurred to me but I suppose you're right. However I don't blame him for being himself - he can only perform at the level he naturally slots into. [While being a sanctimonious and patronising ...
I'm still mystified why Labour chose not to explain 3 Waters and its (apparent) co-governance rationale. Consequently it became evident that their choice was producing a negative reaction. Since I've often commented here in support of their policy ...
Nope, I just pointed out how he had set himself up sufficiently for readers to jump to that conclusion. The guy must be old enough to take responsibility for what he wrote. If he wanted his vapourings to be taken seriously, he would not have set himself up...
In October an election was held in which the major rightwing party (National) did not reveal its true policy intentions The notion that a political party ought to reveal future intentions seems to be embedded within the psyche of the author. Such moral ...
He cites a triad: the principles are determined on a case-by-case basis. The three Ps – partnership, participation and protection – are the most well-known principles. Together they ensure Māori opportunities to provide input into decision-making and ...
Another explainer: So are the principles different from the Treaty proper? Yes, they are. Despite Te Tiriti o Waitangi being New Zealand’s de facto constitution, we are one of only five nations without a proper written constitution. Because of that, Te ...
Quite so! Imagine being born into a cultural matrix in which history proceeded on the basis of historical misconceptions. Who would take them seriously?? True believers in democracy, that's who. Democracy is a cerebral concept that keeps believers within ...
Here's a helpful summary of what Seymour wants to overthrow: In 1986, the government passed the State-Owned Enterprises Act, which included a provision stating that “nothing in this Act shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with ...
His wife is Chilean, but he has a dual nature by birth too, that provides an internationalist perspective: Boris Sokratov is a Bulgarian-Māori and has whakapapa to Te Rarawa, Ngāti Haua. He was the producer of the Nutters Club Radio Show. He helped ...
Huh. Mainstreamers fucked up the collective climate response more than 20 years ago, definitively. As for discrimination against women, it depends on how many feel they are victims of that. The potential number is huge, the actual number small, I suspect...
Definitely gonzo, loved the multi-colour graphic showing how tiny the health spend is compared to the biggies - no wonder the hospitals are in perpetual crisis. Kindness?? that in National’s last year of power in 2016/17 it spent $550m on consultants, or ...
Group-think. Even got James under control.
Austerity usually isn't popular but if the IMF estimate is validated by performance - "expected economic contraction estimated by the IMF at 2.8%" - it may succeed.
I agree with your analysis - however their leftist zero-sum thinking re Labour has been self-imposed handicap for so long now it seems unrealistic to expect them to wake up & smell the roses. They could proceed to a convergence with Labour instead if both ...
If there's any obvious flaw in the design of what James produced, it'll be up to our new govt to rectify it...
Play on words often hews to tradition. I was just using her framing. Some users of language prefer contemporary usage but we need not do the binary either/or on language use. Notice that I didn't use the antique verb origin (tink).
James presents a triad to Newsroom: There are three things, he says. There’s the Zero Carbon Act and the institutions that are associated with that, providing an overall framework. There’s the “massive package” of Emissions Trading Scheme reforms, which ...
Diddums? The Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand is lashing out at what he believes are a lack of alternative transport options after his flight out of Wellington was cancelled. Wang Xiaolong said on X China has "high-speed trains" which he was "really ...
Get this, from Hipkins in response to Chloe: She wants to mobilise them to have the first Greens-led Government. "I strongly believe the Greens are the leading left-wing party in Parliament," she said. "I believe radical change, at this point, is necessary...
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