It would be absolutely easy to transfer the role of the monarchy to an elected head of state in nz without changing the status quo. I wanted an nz republic for years... Right up until Trump. Trump made me quite comfortable with a constitutional monarchy. ...
I get what you mean but I don't think ultimately in-store shopping will die. It will always exist. I'd much rather give my money to local business. If we just go online forever, all the revenue from retail will go to untaxed maga corporations who union ...
The three waters legislation doesn't come into effect till 2024 so labour just made the 2023 election a referendum on three waters, which noone wants or likes.... My biggest issues are it's an unelected board in one of the most centralized governments in ...
To be fair , if you're on unemployment you are required to be work ready and since businesses won't hire unvaccinated people you're not getting work ready. I go in and out of being pro no jab no benefit. Im not interested in political kindness, I'm in ...
Wow. The commenters above... Wow.... Me me me me me me. I thought I was on kiwiblog for a second. The attitude seems to be "nz is a backwater and I want to go traveling the world". Me me me me. It really shows why nz is incapable of having any left wing ...
Yep. Auckland Waikato and northland should go to level 4 for four to six weeks. Rest of NZ should be at level 2 or 3 and unless you're a double vaxxed truck driver or essential service region to region travel absolutely banned even between covid regions to...
If the govt listened to him he'd be attacking the govt for abandoning low vaccinated suburbs. This opposition and media have become full on contrarians. Jacindas doing too many press conferences she loves the attention, Jacindas not doing enough press ...
Good lord! Former transport minister and green transport rep Julie Ann Genter who introduced the drug testing bill storms off and has a meltdown after being asked one question and an easy question about GPs saying it's not a good bill because it'll produce...
Heather is a lunatic and the right have no solutions other than complaining but people are angry and the government has noticed. I know it's not popular as a lefty to defend the hospitality industry but the majority of employees in it are young people who ...
It is of course important. What I mean by my statement was the people leading this debate from what I've seen are usually just trendies who want to sound woke and be hip or demonize one side for political points. I think there is a difference between Trans...
As an LGBT+ person I've got to say, I don't know any trans people who actually care about this .... Not really. I absolutely agree that fairness and fact needs to be placed over ideology but like so many things these days people can't see through their ...
China is the most trade dependent nation om earth. Without India and Australia and parts of Africa China has no energy. Without food importants China doesn't have enough food. Without water..... If China becomes more aggressive a world that is increasingly...
I think taking the vote on leadership away from labour members and allowing caucus to pick the leadership should be opposed, it's nothing but a power grab from the labour right, caucus may have given us Ardern but also Goff and Shearer there's nothing to ...
I agree with everything you've said here except Nzf returning is concerning how? The only handbrake on Labour is Labour. If now is the time for real leadership...wheres the leadership?!? Housing market out of control, inequality out of control, health ...
The incumbent prime minister was saying she didn't want to lead labour the day before she was leader but still hasn't stepped down from a job she doesn't want. All politicians want to be leader and pm and that's not weird why wouldn't you want the top job ...
Thing is the govt pretty much announced all of this six weeks ago and I don't remember the outrage even though there should have been outrage when the govt was allowing employers to self quarantine their employees and was talking about opening up travel ...
Based on the results either another grand coalition just with the parties switching size and nothing changing. Hard right AFD continues to be the opposition abs continues to grow Or an SPD/fpp/ g coalition which would be identical in policy to a labour/act...
What's wrong with idea number 2? Make it a direct bank payment of $25 per jab so $75 all up, ultimately and that's a pretty damn good universal payment and it's quite progressive and it'll do a damn lot more to get the poor, Maori and Pasifika vaccinated ...
International travel is dead regardless. Even if you open the borders most people don't wanna travel so airlines won't be breaking even. New strains will mean we'll probably need to get a vax every other year. Lockdowns and restrictions may just be ...
This is disastrous for National. Good. They deserve it. No opposition party has been more reckless and disgraceful than they have been in the last 18 months and no opposition has ever been further from power , even in 2002 when nats got 19% the center to ...
The electorate doesn't know what dirty politics was all they know is Collins was somehow involved and that makes her a bit suss... Dirty politics never worked in the first place. All it ended up doing was instead of being promoted like their plan Judith ...
No law can ever make the world safe from lunatics, you can't legislate that but you can legislate laws to get people once identified off the streets. International law is pretty much a guide line and most countries even NZ pick and choose which ones we ...
I understand why Maori are getting this service but tonight when average kiwis of all ethnicities and ages watch the news a lot of them won't understand. My Maori friends and family don't understand why people can't organize an appointment like everyone ...
National is a disgrace. We have no opposition. Twice in national emergencies in 2020 and 2021 they have sought to cause division and thought only of themselves. Nzers will not forget this.... A lot of tory friends think all they need is a new leader and ...
Uk labour is dead in the water unless it can form some kind of progressive electorate seat alliance with the lib Dems and greens to not split the center to center left vote. The agreement could be any labour govt institutes proportional rep but weirdly the...
And while much has been made about the similarities between Ardern and Trudeau (and we borrowed quite a bit of their ideas especially messaging and social media for 2017) I believe apart from being young excellent media managers that's about where it ends....
Anyone here following the Canadian election? Trudeau who had a minority govt but could pass any legislation he wanted with help of labours sister party the NDP , the center left BQ or on rare occasions the Canadian conservative party. No party wanted to go...
She's living in our fantasy world. Collins is on another planet. As angry,disappointed heartbroken and at times disgusted with the current governments inaction on housing mental health and poverty and the rage their vaping regulations and threats of ...
Brilliant post. Whenever I sit back and think about the massive infringements on our civil rights and human rights albeit necessary I get mad that there's no opposition to actually ask questions about when and if certain rights are ever to return. Im pro ...
Commentators and Journalists are two different things. The national party is a shambles , Bishop has this year had a couple good hits at the govt over vaccinations that were fair enough despite however him never getting the appropriate reprimanding for ...
On my first day of co-hosting a dance tech music station sadly now owned by nzme , I spent all day saying don't say "f***" to myself over and over and over that I feeaked myself out and said it, we acknowledged it and moved on. I've gotta say the music we ...
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