Thats not the benefit of being an MP thats entitlement in action. I already understand how voting works but thanks anyway.
Lots of workers feel like they're not getting a fair deal. No-one else has the luxury of withholding their Labour without notice like these National MPs have done.
Agree, English's claim to raise wages as a step to lift families out of poverty seems at odds with the Nats own ideology. They've weakened workers rights, they fought against the equal pay claim, English himself said low wages in NZ were an 'advantage'. He...
Mrs Brillo raises a valid point. It's a tactic of the right to deliberately diminish the value of blue collar workers in particular by claiming the work is 'unskilled' therefore they only deserve low wages. Experience is deliberately not valued. Working ...
Lol at Hosking being worried about the level of debate around his salary. In 2012 in one of his pompous opinion pieces he actually wrote that the wharfies were "paid to do nothing". A dishonest and irrational claim to make so he clearly wasn't worried ...
Funny how they're worried about the defacement of a sign but not bothered when innocent people's reputations were in effect defaced or tarnished by the last PMs dirty politics crew.
Not sure what's wrong with Dickson working for Ria Bond either, but Stuff.co.nz has retracted that claim on an article saying it is incorrect.
Bill English is "pretty damned hopeless" at telling the truth and his management of this from the start has been pretty damned hopeless too. I have anecdotal evidence that there are too many Leaders/managers/employers in this country with inept management ...
"how are pay and conditions worse than e.g. 20 years ago" My son's first job a couple of years ago at age 13 was delivering the local newspaper & junk mail. As per his employment contract the responsibility for health & safety was his, the responsibility ...
Domestic violence is not just physical abuse though. Theres a whole range of controlling behaviours that can culminate into physical violence as outlined in the violence wheel. It seems to me that some of these behaviours are socially acceptable in certain...
There was an interesting interview with Lara Wharepapa-Bridger on Native Affairs tonight. It's courageous of her to agree to be interviewed as the fallout from speaking out about Leitch, the way she was attacked online & incorrectly labelled as a drunk ...
"It seemed to me that the combination of Nicky Hagar’s book and Kim Dotcom political party, both intended to influence the election" It seemed to me the dirty politics crew & the people who chose to be involved with them intended to influence the election,...
That the beef industry haven’t set a single standards for waterways stock exclusion, yet as they kind of get to fly under the radar as they are the poor cousins of the farming world." Given the National Government's failure to provide any leadership or ...
Bill English also made mention of Helen Clark's no show in 2003: "Hon BILL ENGLISH: She is not a morning person, so she could not turn up then! That is the level of debate. We had a wonderful service in the beautiful grounds of Waitangi on the morning of ...
There is mention of it in this TVNZ article from 2002: "Opposition leader Bill English says he is not surprised by the Prime Minister's decision to return to Waitangi. English, who will also be at Waitangi marae for the celebrations, says the country's ...
There is a newish NZ company - Ethique - that makes solid shampoo and conditioner bars. There are convenient options. They claim to have prevented 50,000 bottles from ending up in a landfill so far, their target is 1 million by 2020. I agree that the ...
He was also sober, she was pissed" - says who? in all the media coverage there has been no suggestion Lara was drunk. can you provide a link to back up that allegation up or are you just making shit up because your real problem is that she said something ...
"just like the silly young women with the mouth like a blocked drain." Sad how many rw commenters have used the same key words to try and diminish this woman and her account of what she experienced - reducing her to a "little" "silly" "hammered" "girl". ...
"stop making shit up" lol, says the person who made up shit like implying the woman was drunk on the video and is a "silly little girl".
I watched the video and didn't consider her to be "hammered" at all. She was upset yes, not sure why you have jumped to the conclusion she was drunk. She has explained the reason why she removed the video, her explanation is vastly different from your ...
Yes a surprising comment from someone who recently spoke out against fat-shaming ..... and claimed that their concern was consistent and sincere ..... James 5.1 23 September 2016 at 8:16 am " Whats his weight got to do with it. Think you can make comments ...
A lot of jobs take a huge toll, it never seems to be a consideration for blue collar workers and their families, they're just told they have to be more flexible. Key was at least richly remunerated while his Govt removed workers rights and enabled a ...
James your phony outrage on this thread over fat shaming and the negative impact the beauty industry has on women is touching.
"Do you want him to attend more sports, or fewer?" In the context of the argument that he should attend the RWC final as part of his role and duties as PM, I think he should be consistent and give the same level of support to other NZ sports teams who ...
Agreed. According to Matthew Hooton "of course the Prime Minister should attend", and by attending he is fulfilling his role as PM. In that case I would expect that he attended the netball world cup final in Australia in support of the Silver Ferns, and ...
Wow Cactus Kate has crawled out of her hole. "But you know never let the facts get in the way of a good story." You didn't let the facts get in the way of the false narrative you pushed during the Ports of Auckland dispute Cathy. How much did you get paid ...
A man showing emotion and empathy for victims of domestic abuse is derided as a "wet blanket" and "rather pathetic" at Gosmans workplace? Doesn't sound like a very healthy workplace culture. It's sad how Cunliffe has been attacked for a human reaction, but...
Helen Clark is variously, ignored by the media, cast in a bad light by the media, misquoted by the media, smeared by association with Peters by the media. A media who incidentally never fail to quote word for negative word what Key says/thinks about her. ...
Apparently newspapers and radio stations used by their owner to influence election outcomes are not that popular these days. Readership in NZ Herald has dropped dramatically because everyone is reading The Standard http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/oreilly-puts...
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