I agree that Shane Jones went too far with his comments, however, the government has really thrown its immigration officials under the bus with this one. The reality is that many of the applicants just don't meet the "bona fide" criteria (having an ...
Brian Tamaki and Alfred Ngaro can form the Ngaro-minded coalition. It will be doomed to the hell of political irrelevancy for sure after they get their five minutes of fame based on their delusions of grandeur.
The reason for the Fiscal Responsibility budget is that while in opposition Labour were constantly accused of wanting to "spend like drunken sailors" ( a direct quote from Steven Joyce). They have had to go carefully to demonstrate to business in NZ that ...
Simon Bridges claimed this incident was just part of the "cut and thrust" of Parliamentary debate. It's pretty indicative of how Simon rolls...more like Game of Thrones or should that be Game of Groans?
An excellent analysis of the very unlikely coalition deal between the Greens and National. There has been so much hoo ha about Winston being the King or Queen maker. However, in your discussions about the similarities between Labour, Greens and NZ First ...
Agreed but if this happens it won't just be because of Winston's unique inconsistencies. It will also come about due to a number of self-seeking MPS becoming disgruntled with the compromises made. Some commentators this morning pointed out as well minor ...
Hopefully that youthquake we were hoping for will be reflected to some degree in the special votes. Rockenrol founder Laura O'Connell Rapira commented on RNZ recently that her experience has been that frustratingly, youth always bought their tickets to the...
Absolutely Weka. I'm not aware of the factors involved in these kids being uplifted back then. I need to do more research. However, there are also record numbers of kids being put into foster now due to the P problem. It would be nice to think that these ...
Yes indeed Lurgee!
Thanks for your comment Eco Maori. Hopefully there won't be any need for a give-a-little page if Labour get elected as they have committed to a full enquiry. It's the least any decent govt can do. Shame it's taken so long though.
Look basically anyone who announces any tax increases in this country prior to an election is doomed. Labour are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Nats cleverly didn't mention the increase to GST in 2008. And I'm reminded of John Key's unpopular ...
Personally I think Paula Bennett should become Leader of the Opposition. David Cunliffe said that it's the worst job in the country. She should be sentenced to at least three terms of public purgatory for the damage she has done to Aotearoa/NZ.
Hi so not true. New Lynn Labour recently established it’s first Filipino branch with the aim of ensuring that new immigrants are fully informed about the realities of life in NZ for low paid workers. Looks like the Natsies have responded by putting up some...
"Second, the fact we as a people have been systemically lied to over what our soldiers do in our name is intolerable. " One of my earliest experiences with not trusting the government and the media occurred back in 1982 when I learned that NZ had troops in...
Paula Bennett is and always has been the mistress of double-speak, a ruthless social climber and consummute politician of the worst kind. She has never cared about the poor people of New Zealand and is only ever interested in massaging the facts. To say ...
So true! There is a real disconnect between the hierarchy and the constituents in some electorates. It is partly a problem of political structure I think as this passage from a book on the Anarcho-syndicalist movement in 1936 Spain by Bookchin indicates: "...
One problem for the left that we have is based on the fact that the neo-liberalist rhetoric has played on people's desire for immediate and short term gains. Humans tend to react to ideas of scarcity in a dog-eat-dog manner, so images of people in poverty ...
LPrent - one point on the party vote is that the Nats do get that for New Lynn and here is where I feel especially hopeful that Greg may be able to swing some of the troublesome blue-green voters. His long standing stance on environmental protection out ...
"Soft fluffy social democrat" - Love it. That places Greg safely in the middle where he truly is - neither a yes man nor a renegade.
I attended the "Moment of Truth" - having jumped the queue I was the last person to get in before they shut the doors on a long stream of people waiting to still get in. It was a completely surreal experience seeing Julian Assange and Edward Snowdon being ...
This comment misrepresents the facts. All lecturers and tutors have these two official office hours when students are able to drop in without an appointment. Other than that they are always available to students via email. These two official hours are just...
Hear hear
And we so needed a morale boost after the 2014 General Election. As most of the grass roots Labour Campaigners are also involved in Local Body Politics it is still a good day for Labour.
Yes and the feeling that someone's pocket got lined from the deal that gave them that contract in the first place...
Thanks for making me laugh out loud Reason. It has alleviated my housing crisis induced PTSD for the day.
Hear hear Bill. Note that they are also "living in the wrong place". Shame on them for not being able to afford to live somewhere more expensive on poverty wages and not on Planet Parnell....and that they just can't "muster" like good sheeple.
It's already here. Dispirit the population...throw the socially adrift into prison then profit from it http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/shining-spotlight-on-prison-slave.html
Their "tax dollars"? Are those the ones they get through exemptions with negative gearing? What exemptions do the renters get?
Hi Eva, It's great to see someone with your passion and level of experience going for this SVP role. I agree that we need to find a way to get more young people involved. I thought that perhaps having youth 'ambassadors' strategically working on social ...
An excellent round up on the state of things Micky. It's an interesting phenomenon that's emerging with the MSM vs the potential of people power on social media. Crucially, as you point out "Journalists try to keep up, but the more they chase the noise, ...
Well said Paul Campbell
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