do not forget that fingers english led the nats to a resounding 20% victory
In every election since national became national, that was 1935 for those that did not know, only 4 elections have ever been won by a margin of 50 % or more, for national that was in 1949 and 1951 and their average election result since 1935 is 44%
RuralGuy you think that this attack won't affect you. It will. Someone you know will know someone who died. This New Zealand. 2 degrees of connection and all. That person knowing someone who is now no longer alive will be changed, It will affect you. You ...
very difficult to"root out" such terrorism. Since racism is always based on incorrect analysis of social situations, the only effective way is to make sure idiots who start talking in racist cant are forced to understand the facts. That means all racist ...
The British have apparently checked out Huawei servers and found they are not a significant security threat: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/britain-does-not-support-total-huawei-network-ban-sources-idUSKCN1Q60NR
Surely a capital gains tax will allow the aspirations of young kiwi farmers to buy land and run their own farms. If CGT drops the value of land sharemilkers will not be competing with investment companies for productive land. The average age of dairy ...
Logi If we all have income then we are all taxpayers. Labour has consistently been better at balancing the books because Labour policies tend to balance income and all the population can then be taxpayers. if we are all paying taxes then everyone is better...
NZ tourist visas to China are one entry and cost over $100NZ. Chinese tourists pay a lot less for a three month multiple entry visa. They are not equal.
When anyone complains about sanctions hurting the poor, please remember that when the cannon-fodder is sent to the front line in a 'real' war that almost always all those soldiers come from the poorest parts of the opposing armies' societies. When we get ...
The Kurds always end up being screwed. This is a great loss to Turkey as having a friendly relationship with an independent democratic Kurdish state partially formed out of presently Turkish territory would have real economic benefits to the Turkish people...
It was right wing politicians that got very upset at any attempt to put maximum parking space controls into the Unitary Plan. If you want the history on this dig into early "Auckland Transport Blog". In fact this story really belongs in "Greater Auckland" ...
Surely this story is the perfect example of a Cambridge Analytica meme. If you haven,t followed this story in The Guardian on-line, I urge you to check it out. You might also want to delete your Facebook account while you are cancelling your Herald ...
It will be the local Council's fault when those houseS flood. It always is. Sea level rise isn't happening - its the Council's fault I have to buy new carpet for my concrete floor slab at ground level beach-front house. (irony)
Napier was raised over a metre last century by an earthquake. I would guess significant rises will occur every century or so. (anyone know of any scientific conclusions on this?). Wellington has definitely been rising in jumps for a long time. Kaikoura has...
No-one in the above comments has mentioned the one revolutionary change that will reduce long-term greenhouse gas emissions. HAVE LESS CHILDREN People use things which produce greenhouse gases and change the world with their agriculture and fishing and ...
I haven't noticed the North Koreans building airbases on reclaimed islands in the South China Sea.
An Israeli government sponsored activist/propaganda group has sued New Zealanders in an Israeli court. This is for writing an open letter urging Lorde not to perform in Israel because the performance could be seen as supporting the occupation of ...
The main problem with Auckland Council, other than it doesn't directly control a number of CCOs like AT and Watercare, is that the Council doesn't have enough money because its rates are too low, Increase the rate income and many of the Council problems ...
If all the private landlords were forced to sell their rental properties tomorrow there would be a lot of much houses suddenly available at prices that renters could suddenly be able to finance. One person's crash is another person's windfall. The main ...
I keep waiting for someone to point out the fact that the only long term hope for the survival of Israel as a democratic Jewish nation is the two country solution. The Israelis don't publicise the fact that the Palestinians are out-breeding the Jews of ...
Palestinians and Jews are Semites. Supporting Palestinian can't be antisemitism.
You can understand this when you realise the KKK want Jews out of the US. For the KKK Zionism is an anti-Jew programme. All the Jews can be sent to Israel leaving the US that bit whiter. Then the wall along the Mexican border will that much more effective...
When we are attacking politicians for being on the wrong side did we ever get the dinkum oil about John Key and how much his trading of NZ dollars before he dropped banking cost the NZ taxpayer? And how close he was to actions that resulted in the global ...
Lets face it. Boat people are the ideal immigrants. They have paid their way to Australia, often at eye-watering prices, They are willing to live in miserable conditions and obey instructions from incompetent skippers. They have drive, motivation and are ...
And the Vietnamese have a few Chinese bomb craters to add to their vast American collection. Those coral atolls they have raped in the South China Sea also look a bit invaded.
Tell Tibet that the Chinese haven't invaded.
Sounds like you should have voted TOP
Donald Trump wanted to make America great again. When was America great? Lets ask the question slightly differently - when was the American economy doing better than almost any other? Answer has to be in the early fifties. Why? - because the rich had been ...
If you live in Australia temperature and drought, followed by cyclones are short-term threats. In NZ heat waves are unlikely to be a threat as we are surrounded by sea. Most city dwellers will have to worry about sea level rise, especially with storm ...
What I don't understand about Fronterra is why everyone working for it isn't part of the co-op. All the workers should have shares in the firm. On the other hand the ratio between the smallest and largest income for worker shareholders should be fixed. I ...
Ian, its fairly obvious from the whining about water taxes and the ridiculous salaries of ineffective executives that dairy farm owners/Fronterra shareholders are whining losers.
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