Thanks Weka, you make some excellent points.
Do you think it's a good idea for students (at a University of all places ) to be exposed to a range of views and opinions? Because that's the issue here, not who pays for their education.
Isn't freedom of expression just free speech extended to all other forms of communication?
Those students (who btw only pay a fraction of the cost of their education) will learn the hard way that in life people say things they may find uncomfortable.
How do we know? By listening to them. The only people wanting their preferred speech to dominate in this instance are a cohort of students.
A free speech event is postponed because, well, some students don’t like their perceived view of the speakers. https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350258865/victoria-university-postpones-challenging-free-speech-event This is the weird country we have become.
I doubt anyone is perplexed that after just a few months all the problems of the world have not been resolved. As for ‘cratering’ the Wellington economy, given how few job losses there has been in Wellington so far, that’s some fantastic hyperbole there.
... who didn’t like international travel. It took forever for Hipkins...
Both Clark and Key made decent PM's. That reflected in their personal popularity, and their political success. So maybe there's hope for Luxon yet.
Another day another anecdote. A CEO with a few detractors. And a legacy of success. Maybe he will make a decent PM.
Exactly! These are all anecdotes. That was why I questioned Anne’s claim. It’s the old ‘depends who you talk to’, including Anne’s ‘couple of pilots’.
The 'boss' was leaving the next week. So yeah, they would have said what they wanted.
Thanks for the Herald link - the original is behind a paywall. The take-away is that Luxon oversaw a period of high profitability and improved industrial relations. And this: Union reps were among the guests at Luxon's farewell put on by the airline's ...
Your comment didn't require any mind reading, Anne.
That wasn't Cathy Quinn's view. And there appeared to be a lot more successes for Air NZ under Luxon's leadership than just financial.
"Says a couple of pilots I happened to know who were also speaking on behalf of their colleagues. " So gossip, basically. Doesn't carry any weight with me. "Do you believe everything you read in the press? They wouldn't exaggerate would they… because it ...
Good point.
Very pithy comments. Every time I've watched Lee and/or Simmonds I've had the uncanny feeling I'm watching Claire Curran rehashed, which is kind of ironic in Lee's case.
"That is why he was so unpopular at Air NZ. " Says who? Running a large international airline is not a popularity contest, but I know several people who worked at Air NZ during his tenure and say he was liked and respected. I'm not convinced about Luxon ...
No! That comment was made by Molly Smith, the Newshub journalist. Re-reading her quote, it is impossible to know whether she was using your interpretation or mine. So thanks.
Thanks, I missed that from the later quote. "increase in pressure the public services have been under. " The public services are not under extra pressure by a factor of 3.5, so that claim is nonsense.
"Since Labour came to power in 2017, the number of public servants has increased by roughly one-third, up just under 18,500 to a total of 65,699 full-time equivalent staff at the end of 2023. However, Hipkins said the increase in public sector jobs was in ...
I probably wasn’t clear. I don’t want government financial support for private media entities, certainly not with strings attached (as per the PIJF). I do, however, support a fully funded. Commercial free, public service media.
Yes it’s all saved on my phone.
Only once if we’ve saved our details. In my case earlier I had cleared my cache on my phone last night, so that was my stuff up.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/melissa-lee-gone-from-cabinet-as-pm-says-media-faces-significant-challenges.html I really hope this doesn’t signal more government intervention in media.
Apologies. Small device and no reading glasses - not a great combination.
It wasn’t her ‘mind’ Anne was attacking. It was her looks.
One is an airbrushed image of a 45 year old woman. The other is a raw image of a 58 year old woman. I know the point you’re trying to make, but surely you can compose it without commenting on someone’s appearance?
You can join Peter Dunne. Labour all at sea against Govt's legislative blitzkrieg (newsroom.co.nz)
Pansy Wong has not been an MP since 2011. "Stuff's Tova O'Brien said it had been a month and a half since the prime minister asked Lee to "leap into action" but so far there had been nothing." I'm not sure Luxon asked Lee to do anything of the sort. (do ...
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