you also forgot the GST fiasco from the party of business.

Yeah, silly Labour for paying for the photo. They should have just done a John Key, as when he ripped off Coldplay’s music without paying on his vanity piece DVD.

They tied at 10th (auckland and wellington) in the world for personal safety. In comparison Chicago, Houston and San Francisco are amongst the safest cities in the US, all ranking at 53.

Looks like all those guns don’t make people safe either.

went there in the late 98, had just been through a RPG and AK47 urban renewal program.

Potholes are the same the world over, funny that.

leftards

throws hands up in frustration…

I know as an opposition party for 9 yrs they have to paint a negative picture, but in the unlikely event of them gaining power in 2008
they will have to work really hard to lift the mood of the nation which they and their media mates have helped subdue

And yes Labour are not angels and I will not vote for them,
They have not been very good at decreasing poverty or repealing restrictive employment laws but I am forced to concede they have done extremely well in lots of areas, low unemployment and lifting min wages spring to mind.

So Mike, look around you, its not too bad in the scheme of things

I for one am glad to have the opportunity to live in one of the top 5 cities in the world

No mike, he frequently attacks New Zealand, and idiots like you good people like you (don’t want to be a party to your lowering the tone to a school yard taunt-fest, whoops) make an assumption that it’s Labour’s fault, because he makes that link once or twice. Then the sheep get in line, as you have, and believe that he can fix anything.

I don’t think it’s the left who are retards mike.

Uroskin, yes, our public transport isn’t up to European standards, but it is better than most US cities’ that I’ve been in.

Now, let’s see, the best cities were mostly in German and Switzerland, and the German and Swiss economies are (a) lightly regulated (b) heavily regulated?

PS Dancer, you forgot this bit: “Auckland’s ‘excellent’ range of restaurants won a special mention.’

“The family are friends of his who he photographs for stock images”

yeah i would have prefered some actual new zealanders, but thats the way these things are generaly made.

stock image = 20 bucks (according to the link)
paying a photographer, crew, models, location scout etc etc = couple of thousand bucks at least

also im pretty sure that the only involvement anyone from the labour party would of had in picking the image would have been to pick from about 4 or 5 images that were presented to them by whatever media agency was doing the work.

I think they should have. But I don’t think you think they should have.

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Come on this is bloody rediculous, its a stock photograph, who cares where its from? most of them are from America anyway. Can you explain to me what the actual problem is with that not being a New Zealand family? or in future should all government contracts have a clause requiring stock photography to be from New Zealand?

Please go and read ‘sods fantastic indepth guest post from a few days ago, you coudl leanr a thing or two in regards to style over substance.