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Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:11 am, February 1st, 2025
Devil's in the detail for new Dunedin hospital It’s clever politics to promote a worst-case scenario to take the edge off the announcement of what is, essentially, the status quo. A classic case of expectations management, or political smoke screen. Then, ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:03 am, January 30th, 2025
Who is confident that Brown cares about the pressures on the Health system? Well we should worry about the actions he took to increase risks from transport. New minister's track record doesn't bode well for our health By Kirsty Wild & Alistair Woodward ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 8:43 pm, January 28th, 2025
Thanks but the principle is the same. Pour a tirade of "stuff" over the voters so that we are unable to concert a rejection because there are so many targets.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 5:39 pm, January 28th, 2025
So our Coalition is using the same Klein Doctrine. Sort of like a conman switching cups so quickly you get easily bluffed. It is no wonder Seymour is so confident as he swamps us so fully.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 3:21 pm, January 24th, 2025
Thanks tWig and Weka. Won't appear for another 150,000 years so maybe next time?Written By: ianmac - Date published: 7:04 pm, January 23rd, 2025
A comet was expected from last Thursday visible just after sunset or just before sunrise. I have seen no reports of it being sighted. Has anyone?Written By: ianmac - Date published: 5:29 pm, January 22nd, 2025
Great column Mountain Tui. Again.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 5:21 pm, January 22nd, 2025
Agreed and fearful Micky. Thanks.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 9:24 am, January 22nd, 2025
A very useful analysis of the demise of democracy and the rise of the Corporate class running the USA (and here the ACT party power is doing the same in NZ) The Corporate Class takes over America by Dr Neal Curtis on Newsroom. (I think Newsroom carries a ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:16 am, January 21st, 2025
Pretty serious stuff from Anne Salmond on Newsroom. Terrifying? Peter Thiel. “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” A grim warning for what is happening via the Regulatory Standards Bill. The question is, how can Act, a very small ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 9:23 am, January 18th, 2025
Notice the similarity with the Trump plans? Put your best buddies in powerful places and abolish any form of disagreement by removing dissenters. Best done with blatant disregard for rule of law or precedent. Luxon and Trump henchmen just do it regardless. ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 5:08 pm, December 22nd, 2024
Yes read that by Rob. What stupidity for Jacinda to trash him.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:23 am, December 22nd, 2024
For the final episode of the year of On the Tiles, the Herald’s politics podcast, host and deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan is joined by Newstalk ZB politics editor Jason Walls and NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny to recap the ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 9:49 am, December 22nd, 2024
Yes. Hear Hear MT. Your posts are well researched an add a great deal to the discussions. I read a lot and digest. So thanks.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 11:32 am, December 13th, 2024
Sorry Incognito. Thought that was this mornings edition. But pretty compelling as is Mountain Tui's.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 11:30 am, December 13th, 2024
Sharon nails it especially the gormless bloke on her right.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:16 am, December 13th, 2024
And read the stirring support for from Peters in a 2020 report supplied by Felicity Anne Smith, under the Newsroom column re the big new ferries. 27 MAY 2020 ‘Government investment supports the acquisition of new Interislander ferries Rt Hon Winston Peters ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:11 am, December 13th, 2024
“Based on international benchmarking, the mean project cost overrun for similar projects is 32 percent (already exceeded by iReX), and the mean cost overrun of projects with over 50 percent overrun is 183 percent. On this evidence, the total cost of iReX ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 10:24 am, December 12th, 2024
"that a company would be set up to buy two new medium sized ships" This means that the COC can avoid talk of privatisation - for now. But in a few years if still in office call for bids. So easy to sell a company.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 4:31 pm, December 11th, 2024
That was interesting. Immediately after Question Time Kieran and Chris Hipkins questioned the Speaker about his ruling on the Ammendment made by the Govt re the Public/Private position in relation to the Fast Track Bill. Hipkins has very impressive grasp ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 1:56 pm, December 11th, 2024
Ferries? So only that they plan to buy 2 new ferries some day but don't know how much or who will build them. So apart from forming a new committee to explore things, and maybe consult a bit and giving a new job to Winston Peters to lead things, we are no ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 12:01 pm, December 11th, 2024
Atlas, Act, TPU, NZ Initiative all very disturbing. Like shonky salesmen smiling broadly while they shaft you. The secrecy is different from the Up-frontness of say Greens, or TOP or MP or Labour. How to combat Atlas group?Written By: Ianmac - Date published: 10:53 am, December 7th, 2024
The worry is that this minister Chhour seems in denial. A fanatic who seems oblivious to alternative points of view. A bit like Luxon?Written By: ianmac - Date published: 8:35 pm, December 3rd, 2024
So trueTony. Though because National have the numbers, they should take the responsibility but sadly they just blah blah over all. By the way Tony the above was a direct quote from Morgan. My fault I should have made that clearer. "Roy Morgan's New Zealand ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 7:33 pm, December 3rd, 2024
Morgan Poll tonight. Surely a trend now? Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for November 2024 shows the Labour-Greens-Maori Party Parliamentary Opposition on 50.5% (up 2.5% points) consolidating their lead over the National-led Government (National, ACT & NZ ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 2:01 pm, December 3rd, 2024
Truckies argue that the number of wheels on a truck determines the spread of weight. More wheels less "weight." A MOW bloke told me once a long time ago, sighting a road surface at eye level, shows a wave action like an unrolling carpet. The flexing does ...Written By: ianmac - Date published: 4:14 pm, December 2nd, 2024
All of the contributions above are gratefully received. We are keeping the 24 yo Holden going as a workhorse/tow bar and aware that maybe I won't be driving much longer. I wonder if an all electric plug/in will be the future rather than a hybrid or an ICE.Written By: ianmac - Date published: 7:37 pm, December 1st, 2024
Nick Rockel does a great job of putting Luxon in context. Jack worked so hard to get an answer from the verbose dodging Luxon. Do we respect luxon? Nah! https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/luxon-finally-showsWritten By: ianmac - Date published: 7:21 pm, December 1st, 2024
Poll in round figures: COC=47% Lab/Green/TPM = 49%Written By: ianmac - Date published: 9:13 am, November 27th, 2024
Kevin M Kruse on Bluesky. For our Mr Luxon? Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano
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