Better to take it to the election, in my view.
Marama has been saying the same things for years, on her Twitter feed. I don't buy it was somehow caused by a passing motorbike.
Chris Hipkins has done a commendable job so far, in regaining much of the centre vote for Labour. If he doesn't get this one right, he'll risk losing that. I believe he knows it too. Margins are slim, and beyond ideology, realpolitik considerations matter ...
I suspect the low turnout could extend into next year's election. There is a vast bloc of voters who feel they haven't been represented fairly by any of the incumbent elected parties and candidates. If somehow they can be convinced to participate, we might...
Perhaps now isn't the best time to be taking sides..
Where is you evidence to support any of those claims? Ultimately the elected political classes prosecuted an agenda of widespread segregation upon the people of NZ. Perhaps they didn't think it through, and didn't conceive of what the consequence would be....
Advocating a healthy diet and exercise is certainly not wackadoodle. To a large extent these are our best preventative medicines.
Yes. They should ask Luxon if he's still carrying his vaccine pass. That will get the conversation off to an interesting start.
Let's be clear here. The good people of NZ simply aren't prepared to tolerate further prescriptive segregation. That train has left the station.
Vaccine Mandates Support 60% (-14%) Oppose 32% (+12%) Mandates will still be here next month, when more will be losing their jobs. How do expect that will effect the current trend?
I've heard talk today the current state covid mandates will be lasting until at least the end of 2023. I'm not sure this is tenable for the NZ economy.
If mandates are to be dropped, none of what was seen yesterday would have been necessary. So either the PM has no intention of dropping these mandates imposed on the NZ people, or the police action yesterday was purely punitive. Or maybe a bit of both?
Segregation, no matter how it's dressed up, is a precursor to violent State oppression. I challenge anyone to provide an example of where it's not.
Try reading the NZ Bill of Rights 1990, and get back to us. And the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
There is a high likelyhood we may witness a very large and visible violation of NZ human rights today. In that case, the Govt and the Police will require years to restore their reputations. The protest has spread around NZ now, so such a loss will be ...
I am vaccinated. In my experience segregation is implemented in part, by the assumptions and language of segregation.
The political classes of NZ believed it was okay to introduce mandated segregation practices throughout NZ. They expected that large group of people to shut up and sit quietly in the corner. Frankly I'm not surprised at all with the current outcome. Given ...
The state Covid mandates are currently being framed as Jim Crow styled legislation. Segregation, no matter how it's dressed up, is a turd that can't be polished. The mandates need to be brought to a rapid conclusion. If segregation is seen as a solution, a...
The numbers are now too high for any effective perimeter. The perimeter would be at risk of becoming enveloped. Circumvallation. Be a waste of time and resources. Lifting the mandates would be the quickest solution.
Anyone taken a stroll through old Wellington lately? Hardly anyone around, many businesses permanently closed. Decaying, shut unmaintained buildings, The Duxton covered in graffiti. Old town Hall, the Library. Five years ago the place was pumping, what ...
Arresting mothers and the elderly isn't going to make it all go away.
While I don't expect my view to be popular or well received. It pays to look at the trends overseas. Labour would benefit to soon start rolling back Covid restrictions. Mandates, vax passes etc. Before this becomes the opposition's idea. Because right now ...
Have existed in that amazingly vast, chaotic, open, non linear, long term stable system that is the Earths climate for 56 years. I can confirm I haven't noticed any unusual changes at all over that time. And I live on the coast.
Personally I think Luxon's history. Half of the National party base doesn't support him. Too much division there, and he ain't the guy to fix that. He's copping a lot of flack right now.
I gave up on TV news close to 20 years ago. The vax passport is troubling for many. These folk are jabbed and unjabbed, mask wearing, checking in, conformed to lockdown types etc. Have in the main done what was asked of them. Hospitality takings down 20 to...
The best thing we could see in NZ, is for all the Covid measures in place to be immediately dropped. It's summer, the best time to deal with Omicron. There are growing number of folks becoming non compliant, and that trend is only going to continue. For ...
Yes, Albo is in with a reasonable chance. He's not as cocky as Shorten (in my view) And this is a good thing. But the fact is the ALP still isn't united. And Scomo is seen as a safe pair of hands, something important to the Aussie electorate. So have to ...
Luxon has characteristics required for success. Those characters allowed him to become National's new leader. As such, successful folk usually don't live in a tent wearing sackcloth. Are large bloc of Kiwis understand this. Ongoing shrill narratives of ...
I posted a number of weeks back, suggesting the Govt should have gone early. Here we are now, watching the tide go out. Labour having squandered a once in a lifetime opportunity.
I in no way endorse this appointment. Although I sense after the lengthy lockdown, and the unspoken trauma that brought to many, there is a desire for change. A fresh start, to put it all behind them. A natural and very human reaction. A preference for new...
There is a very good reason Judith has stayed out of this. It's a badly timed pantomime. There will not be a change in leadership.
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