We were going to enrol 3 children aged 6, 11 and 12 in kiwisaver with a view to kickstarting their future. They and the country will be the poorer for this change. Never mind the trust fund children, these are children at the opposite end of the spectrum ...
I saw and heard the Fire Command Centre truck go screaming past at 4.30 yesterday and have been following this as information emerged. Truly sad :-( Last night's coverage by TV3 was appalling presenting a rumour as fact. I thought Stuff and TVNZ were more ...
Ron Marks confirmed as NZ First's new Deputy. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69926566/ron-mark-new-nz-first-deputy
I like it and shall write it in my own book of pithy, witty, and apt sayings. Thank you :-)
It all added for a bit of a giggle to take the edge off my 'go for the racist bastards jugular' which was my first reaction to BM so thank you both :-D
Northland is a different issue to Te Tai Tokerau, which is a Maori seat. I don't know whether or not Shane Jones was on the Maori roll but he did stand for Northland and lost, entering parliament via his ranking within Labour. Apart from being from the ...
If we are depending on Murray McCully to fix it, it is unlikely anything effective will occur at any speed.
I assumed Half Crown meant flamingos (es?) Descendant but I like your take too ;-)
Is BM our latest pro NACT trole? Please, BM, define the 'brown table' for my enlightenment. Define further how the 'treaty industry' has anything to do with this activity. I await your clarification, preferably with relevant supporting links.
Given that this is A National policy would other parties have seen it while in gestation? It doesn't seem in keeping with NACT modus operandi on other contentious issues that they think they have the votes for. The Maori Party doesn't normally advocate on ...
Sorry, Mayor Tim is not my favourite local body politician but there is NO fire sale of parks and reserves, nor is the Mayor solely responsible for any proposed changes of status / use. http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/69846659/389-per-cent-...
I had a quick look just before and it would appear that he is fixated on R0B at the moment but I couldn't be bothered reading yesterday's to see what that was. Sad to say, but absence hasn't made the heart grow fonder, :D
If The Standard only had Open Mike and Daily Review tomorrow, what would PG have to fill up his blog?
ROFL
I laughed so hard when reading your captions that Miss 12 was worried for my sanity. Too witty you lot :D
No caption but O M G .Now I have truly seen the unbelievable ;-)
I believe that rickets was one of the reasons for children growing up in post war New Zealand being fed malt and cod liver oil or halibut liver oil capsules. We also had milk in schools then. At the moment, the school where my whangai attends has milk, ...
Really? Coke is almost always available more cheaply than milk if you buy on special. Milk is very seldom found on special in a supermarket where I live. We buy 4 litres for $5.50 at our local store, much cheaper than even the 'own brand' at any of the ...
Too often it is seen as greed by the owners but the reality is, that there has often never been meaningful income from the land. It is very difficult to turn down money when it is offered if that means an upgrade to the house or more food on the table, ...
AH, but that would cut across the 'full and final settlement' mentality that Crown negotiators always seem to come equipped with as their first and final position. I totally agree, not because my family is interested in getting money every year, but ...
I am a pro environment advocate. I am also opposed to the export of Kauri in an unprocessed, value added state BUT as an owner of Maori Land myself, I fully sympathise with people who have such an asset and object to other people telling them that their ...
There is so much I want to say about the issues raised by this post but unfortunately I need sleep! The morning seems to come early these days. One of the sentences from President Obama's eulogy to Clementa Pickney alludes to one of the issues in pay ...
Currently the top of the right hand side bar http://www.nznotforsale.org/2015/06/24/maori-launch-waitangi-tribunal-claim-against-tppa-today/ The concerns are as for the rest of the thinking populace of this country as well as some iwi specific concerns.
Do you know who the healer is? Do you know what their interaction with this woman was? Do you know that money changed hands? On what evidence do you label the healer a 'shyster', a very pejorative term? In my life I have seen, heard and been involved in ...
It really annoys me that people are so willing to mock things that they have no knowledge of on the basis that it is 'cultural' or 'indigeneous' not 'western science/ medicine' and pat themselves on the back for their wit. I am reassured that they also ...
I pay, It's MY way
Two things: Firstly, Stephanie, I commend you on the thought and effort that you have put into writing these posts. It is stimulating to think about the lessons learned from the past and present and how changes to what works less well or consolidation and ...
Charities are actually an inefficient way to deliver most services as a disproportionate amount of time, effort and resources is spent on applying for funding to be able to perform the charitable purpose. It is also exploitative of the goodwill of ...
I have mostly been an employee or self employed (or unemployed) but I did have one job where I had an assistant. What I discovered then was that I 'managed' that assistant as I wish that I were managed in that work and other workplaces. I budgeted time for...
Someone once told me that you weren't a lawyer just because you have a law degree, you need to have been admitted to the bar. Chris Bishop would appear to have a claim to being a lawyer but has not, in fact, practised as one. Anyway, being a qualified ...
This reminds me of the bad old days in the late 60's and early 70's when the men our age (early 20's) were paid extra to keep them and they left after a few months anyway, and they were invited to join the super scheme and we weren't. 3 of those women ...
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