Te Koretake Who the fuck are you to argue "reasoned debate". That thuggish rant towards Penny Bright the other day was hardly reasonable. That other "debate" where you took on the mantle of white overlord to decide the relevant merits of an indigenous ...
Kia ora Sacha While there may be a precise political definition of the term "endorsement" from a "reasonable person" test, it certainly reads as an endorsement.
Teenaa koe esoteric pineapple No, Bowie did not get it wrong. Once oblivion occurs people will be freaking out. Last week I was sifting through some old boxes and came across an old Bowie vinyl record! May he continue to rock it in the afterlife.
Kia ora acrophobic “many living in poverty do so because of poor choices” Many people do become poor because of poor choices. Over 30,000 New Zealanders lost their life savings when our financial institutions collapsed. Many hard working New Zealanders ...
Kia ora Perhaps I shouldn't carry nuts in my purse. But I find this place to be an okay space. Why should it be feminised to attract a certain type of feminine. Besides, the men here are big pussies - and not in a regal lion king way. No, more like flea ...
Kia ora, Rosemary Sec. 59 was never going to impact on the type of behaviours that kill or violently abuse children. Did we really think that it would? Seriously?
Kiaora, Chooky My Mother’s whakapapa does not contain white DNA and she is not 200 years old. My Father however has both Irish and American blood coursing through his Mataatua and Te Arawa veins. My Irish and American tūpuna witnessed first-hand the ...
Teenaa koe, Weka A hilarious read! 😂
Lol. Good answer.
Teenaa koe, Draco Well, how is it that every time us Maaoris tell white folk to fuck off back to England or wherever, we are labelled racists?
Teenaa koe, savenz Shamubeel is the antithesis of a neoliberal consultant. His views on housing can be found here: www.communityhousing.org.nz/news/23-october-new-zealand-turning-point/ As an Economist he certainly sits outside the square.
Teenaa koutou katoa I agree with BM. The headline is patronising. I get that it's a mocking commentary on Slater but why choose to put the two in the same ball park? As a way to score points against Beezlebub and his team, it sucks. In the left corner we ...
Teenaa koe, Rob "The vast majority of people have been really decent and friendly towards us" And may I ask, who are you? Do you look like a white Australian? Australia is well known amongst the non-white as a racist country. Worse than NZ by a long ...
Teenaa koe, Tory Rather ironic that the linked article has an image of a man using a slingshot. For me, it kind of brings into focus the power imbalance that exists between the two nation states. A modern day David and Goliath epic.
Kiaora VTO Why be so negative about a person making comments from the position of a middle class white male. If more middle class white men thought and acted as Tony there would be no need for women, the poor, and the non-white to hit the pavements in ...
Teenaa koe, Psycho Firstly, understand what it means to be taangata whenua as opposed to being Maaori. They do not necessarily mean the same thing. Secondly, you will find within this country' s history that until colonisation, there were no rates owing on...
Teenaa koe, Psycho "...local councils have no right to impose some ratepayers religious beliefs on ratepayers who don't share those beliefs". Great, now use that logic to argue against the payment of water and land rates. Taangata Whenua view such payments...
Teenaa koe, Redbaiter Working for and on behalf of Maaori communities also raises the same dilemma in terms of representing their interests. Kawerau was built around the then Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill. In its heyday, it employed over 3000 people, many ...
Teenaa koe, Ad I remain polarised on using tasers. I was raised with old people who passed on a deep distrust of Police. Maaori communities way back when were treated badly by Police. It can be said nothing has changed. However, I have also seen the ...
Teenaa koe, Anonymous One I am not sure whether to be offended or gratified that I have similarities to another random somebody. But what an excellent symbol for a country that prides itself on the natural environment and abundant greenery. Hypnoflag. It ...
Teenaa koe, Ad Why not just go back to bicycle or tuk-tuk. Electricity whilst a renewable resource has a negative ion. It pulls the plug on more natural solutions. Leg power.
Teenaa koe, Gormless You are absolutely correct on both points. We can wreck and crap all over the place we raise our children and their children in and it won't mean diddly squat to the rest of the world. And yes we all will be returning to the iron age ...
Teenaa koe, Millsy I think the privitisation of the education dollar is a barrel being pushed by vested interests in the status quo. However, my primary angst is in thinking that mainstream education is homogenising. Our students are lost in a sea of beige...
Teenaa koe, Save NZ Kohanga Reo are effectively charter schools run on a rag by whanau who mostly cannot afford the oily. The concept that charter schools represent is a school where Te Ao Taangata Whenua is the worldview that shapes everything about the ...
Teenaa koutou katoa There are many Maaori communities that would favour charter schools. Colonial and paternalistic thinking would say otherwise. Mainstream education is failing Maaori tamariki and rangatahi.
Teenaa koe, Morrisey The Prime Minister is not the government. Not even Key has been credited with this much power by lefties such as yourself. Where was the rest of Labour? At a perpetual smoko? He was a good man let down by his party.
Kiaora Lange was a good man. He was a man of and for the people. Why are you blaming him for how other people used and abused his goodness.
Teenaa koe, Ropata If James is on a PhD pathway then verbosity would be a requisite skill. However, I did find the survey annoying on another level - referring to its underlying assumptions underpinned by western ideology.
Tena koe, Marty I agree with your sentiments. The focus going forward should be about survival.
Tena koe, Rosemary Tasers have an inbuilt camera. I know this as not so long ago a local man received a payout from Police after being illegally tasered, twice. The video clip from the camera shows the man being tasered the second time for about 13 seconds...
Kiaora Karen Yes and no.
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