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Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:41 pm, July 17th, 2024
Yes, another reminder that ideological zealotry in any form is to be avoided.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:30 pm, July 17th, 2024
Not limited to the Nats from what this report reveals. How many other crooked operators behind the scenes in the various parties meant to be representing the good people of New Zealand? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/darleen-tanas-husband-christian-hoff- ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 10:59 am, April 1st, 2024
Man whose church was responsible for the Inquisition, Crusades and easing Hitler’s path to power by standing their political party aside, thereby causing millions of deaths, pontificates…. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2024/04/pope-francis-calls-for ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 5:22 pm, March 24th, 2024
Someone like David Parker who actually did something successfully before he got into politics will always get more airtime from some like me, even if I don’t necessarily agree with him at any given time. All around the world people are getting sick of the ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 4:48 pm, March 24th, 2024
Man who held powerful portfolios for several years tells us all about what he should have put in place. Will be interesting to see whether kiwis are prepared to give him yet another chance.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:32 pm, March 21st, 2024
Auckland public transport link to airport for oneWritten By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:31 pm, March 21st, 2024
No, I think he disagrees, but knows that everyone else will be distracted by Winston so he can get his other objectives met Politics is the art of the possible No different to when Clark let Bradford and co loose on the anti-smacking bill so she could get ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 5:30 pm, March 20th, 2024
One of the early stages of dementia has the sufferer being physically and verbally abusive, which appears to be down to a combination of chemical changes in the brain and an associated anger at losing control of faculties.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 8:44 pm, March 14th, 2024
Thanks for the reasoned explanation Nic. Quite refreshing.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 6:51 pm, March 14th, 2024
Isn't it annoying when a government is elected, and then does what it said it would do? Makes a change, I guess...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 8:25 pm, March 12th, 2024
Of course, if there was a capital gain tax in NZ, just as there is in many countries, there would a broader tax base and there would be money to spend on nice things. Remind me again whose party had unfettered control for 3 years and couldn’t summon up ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 3:35 pm, March 10th, 2024
Nothing surprising here IMO in terms of Swarbrick winning. Not seeing how it will make the Greens more effective in achieving good outcomes however. Can’t do anything until Labour wins again…Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:21 pm, March 1st, 2024
And how would you define ‘good’?Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:18 pm, March 1st, 2024
lol - Do you really believe the two are inseparable?Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 8:08 pm, February 17th, 2024
FinallyWritten By: Chess Player - Date published: 9:57 pm, February 4th, 2024
I took a short course on Te Reo as I thought I should know how to pronounce words correctly, but I have my own mix of cultures that I feel comfortable in so don’t feel a great need to adopt someone else’s.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 4:31 pm, February 4th, 2024
My view is there’s an unwillingness to evolve from some people on both sides of the relationship. Very entrenched fundamentalist views that may never be changed. Those of us who are more recent arrivals to this country, or their children, tend to sit at ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 2:51 pm, February 4th, 2024
This situation could have been avoided if repeated councils over the last 30 years had not ignored the impending issues. Some other councils around the country have managed to plan, and find solutions to these types of problems, but seemingly not the ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:45 pm, February 3rd, 2024
No I'm not, but link please?Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:11 pm, February 3rd, 2024
Wouldn't it be nice if our government produced a scorecard that monitored core KPIs on its own performance? That way everyone who paid taxes could have confidence (or otherwise) in the performance of our elected (and non elected) administrators. But the ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:02 pm, February 3rd, 2024
I don't care whether they use the words 'mother' or 'baby' or 'gestational vessel' or 'whanau' I just want people to stop having kids they don't want, having kids they won't support, or killing their kids.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 2:26 pm, February 3rd, 2024
Slightly different situation in Germany however, as they also have a separate Left party that is where a good portion of the NZ Greens would naturally fit, being hard core Socialists or even further Left than that. Having that segment in a separate party ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 4:25 pm, February 2nd, 2024
Habituation takes many forms, Robert. Whether it is nicotine, caffeine, religion, political tribalism, slavish diligence to some obscure scientific principle or sports team euphoria, it lives amongst us. Have a great weekend.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:54 pm, February 1st, 2024
That's a good summary actually - we've had a few PMs like that tooWritten By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:52 pm, February 1st, 2024
Interested in whether any of the 'businesses' Swarbrick created are still in business, and if not, how long they lasted? Starting's easy - finishing is hard.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:23 pm, February 1st, 2024
Not hurt by it at all (and not sure why you feel the need to spin it that way, although given your use of first name I'm guessing you know Ardern well) - just observing the way messaging is being disseminated these days. The whole dynamic of how pollies ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 7:03 pm, February 1st, 2024
Pretty disturbing, even for someone like myself who thinks that while some people do need a lot of care wrapped around them, most of us should be provided a standard education and then left alone to make our own choices.Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 6:31 pm, February 1st, 2024
Interesting to see the 'announcement of the announcement' trend started by the Ardern government has become the standard way of doing things. Wouldn't it be good if we had some elected representatives who just got on with things? https://www.stuff.co.nz/ ...Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 9:36 am, January 31st, 2024
It's the resignation of a co-leader for a minor opposition party. Maybe it's not the top priority with everything else going on?Written By: Chess Player - Date published: 9:34 am, January 31st, 2024
'consensus politics does work' Agreed, and in fact it's the only approach that will work, give our MMP system and the nature of NZers in avoiding anything radical. Hopefully whoever replaced Shaw as co-leader will realise this. The good thing is that now ...
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