Open mike 10/11/2013

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  1. idlegus 1
    10 November 2013 at 7:31 am

    a week later judith collins justice minister finally says something, its gotta be the shortest ‘opinion piece’ ever, but it is clear & to the point. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11154485

    & also the herald reporting that tamahere is friends of one of the boys step father. but i may as well copy & paste collins entire piece, its very short…

    “I’ve never been a big fan of short skirts. With our robust Kiwi figures, they’re best left to super models. So, I’ve been interested to hear a couple of middle-aged males commenting on what these fashion choices mean. What’s the scantily-dressed girl trying to say, they ask.

    Well, for a start, John and Willie, they’re not dressing for you. They’re not even dressing for teen boys. Girls dress for other girls. They dress to fit in. They dress to be part of a group. They want to be respected and they want to be liked. They want to be beautiful. They dress to impress. They copy their celebrity idols. These might well be fashion crimes, but short skirts and cleavage don’t signal a willingness to be victimised.

    New Zealand is internationally rated as one of the best countries to be a woman. This year, we celebrated 120 years of women winning the right to vote.

    With that goes the right to not be abused.”

    • North 1.1
      10 November 2013 at 8:17 am

      Idlegus – from your comment on “Will JT be a Labour MP ? – “…….. & kerre mcivor has written an awesome opinion piece too.”

      http://thestandard.org.nz/will-jt-be-a-labour-mp/#comment-724871

      Awesome ? Really ? Pretty routine in my book. See below.

      • idlegus 1.1.1
        10 November 2013 at 8:26 am

        i guess, it depends what you are concentrating on. i stand by my comment, she writes about the boys living in a ‘fantasy world’ & i think that kinda sums it up. sure, i agree with what you said as well, but it just didnt stick out, for me. fair enough. i dont wanna fight.

        • North 1.1.1.1
          10 November 2013 at 9:09 am

          Agreed Idlegus. I raise a seeming sub-point as an allusion to the actual main point which is the moral and physical cruelty which we as a society employ against our fellows over a very broad spectrum, and indeed are encouraged in that by so much and so many around us.

          “Opinion” the likes of that from Kerre McIvor is now getting up my nose, particularly at this point in the whole issue. It adds nothing. As I type I note the panel on the right of my screen. From The Daily Blog – http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/11/10/the-sadness-anger-of-roast-busters/

          “I’m not entirely sure what I can say about the Roast Busters that probably hasn’t already been said……..”

          • idlegus 1.1.1.1.1
            10 November 2013 at 9:57 am

            fair enough, i agree with you. im finding myself arguing a lot with my fellow lefties, its really interesting, & they tend to be on these ‘finer’ points. but i guess peeling the scab of this ugly part of nz society is going to bring out some raw emotion & rage & despair.

    • Chooky 1.2
      10 November 2013 at 4:34 pm

      +100 idlegus

      “New Zealand is internationally rated as one of the best countries to be a woman. This year, we celebrated 120 years of women winning the right to vote.

      With that goes the right to not be abused.”

      …..and good on Collins !. ….Actually there are rapists, and those who support a culture of rape and blaming the victim on the Left and the Right of the political spectrum….. and it is an international issue and very difficult to deal with in many instances..

      eg…case in point; economist Dominique Strauss-Kahn..( ex IMF head) and .the darling of the French Left who was at one stage mooted to be next French Socialist President….for years it seems he got away with rape despite the accusations of women

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Strauss-Kahn

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_v._Strauss-Kahn

  2. North 2
    10 November 2013 at 7:57 am

    Mrs Kerrie McIvor in the Herald this morning in an otherwise routine denunciation of we know whom:

    “(one of the named males) has lost his job – to be honest, I’m amazed he had one – ………”
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11154456

    By which Mrs Kerrie McIvor reveals her gut belief that joblessness reflects at the least personal culpability, if not moral turpitude and worthlessness. And that the opposite prospect, viz. being employed and in the mainstream reflects good character and a life absent of cruelty to others.

    Good Old Mrs Kerrie McIvor what.

  3. chris73 3
    10 November 2013 at 8:25 am

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9383119/Friends-of-Roast-Busters-speak-out

    – I have to say I don’t feel a great deal of sympathy for them because the sympathy I do have is going towards the victims

    • idlegus 3.1
      10 November 2013 at 8:29 am

      after leaving the rape club page up for 2 or so years, now the police are actively trying to shut down all the vigilante pages, & yet the rape club page is back up again with over 2000 likes. i thought about this, if a young man stupefies a young woman with alcohol &/or drugs, then sexually assaults her, then brags about it online & names her, then an angry dad or brother or cousin or whatever goes around & beats the young man (& im not advocating violnce!) then didnt the young man ‘ask for it’? & ‘what did he expect’?. especially if the rape club pages are kept up.

      • chris73 3.1.1
        10 November 2013 at 8:41 am

        I agree (except I have no problems with advocating violence) that the police have got it really horribly wrong here

  4. chris73 4
    10 November 2013 at 8:32 am

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9383070/Parents-in-dark-on-how-fat-kids-are

    – So parents are unable to look at their kids in comparison to other kids and decide for themselves…right

    I’m sorry that this will get some peoples backs up here but this is just buck passing of parental responsibilities

  5. tricledrown 5
    10 November 2013 at 9:16 am

    Cris 73 is that why the US govt is banning trans fats and more juristictions are outlawing sugary sodas.
    Yoi and your personal responsibility crap.
    Major corporates are just like drug pushers but defended by RWNJs you should take personal responsibility C73 for defending these irresposble corporates.
    Funny how all the right whingers
    are praising Jamie Oliver for try ing to change peoples habits of eating corpotatized crap food.
    C73 you are trying to shift the blame gone down to the super market read the labels on the foods that are heavily advertized they are made up of transfats sugar and salt.
    Yoir free market for you no morals just profit while the health system picks up the consequences that your taxes pay for idiot!

    • Ad 5.1
      10 November 2013 at 9:21 am

      The Atlantic covers the impending transfat issue well here.

      http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/the-trans-fat-ban-as-a-model-of-slow-health-policy/281299/

      That, together with Spiering of Fonterra saying Fonterra is a decade behind other producers in environmental sensitivity, tells me what a huge mismatch we have of our view of ourselves as food producers and consumers and the global reality.

      The New Zealand food industry has been lying to us,comprehensively.
      And now the world is telling us we are lying.

    • chris73 5.2
      10 November 2013 at 9:30 am

      No, what I’m saying is if your kid is considerably larger than his/her classmates then that should tell you something might be wrong and you shouldn’t have to rely on somebody else to tell you

      It has nothing to do with trans fat, the us govt, sugary drinks it does however have everything to do with parents taking notice of whats happening around them and their kids

      • Tat Loo (CV) 5.2.1
        10 November 2013 at 9:43 am

        The fact that supermarkets and fast food stores are full of things which aren’t really food, has to be considered. In the US the mass use of fructose corn syrup as a sweetner has been highly problematic. And of course that’s related to the Federal Gov, eg via the Food Bill and lobbying by the industrial food lobby.

        C73: your approach is weak for several reasons. Parents need the funds and the time to cook full good meals. For many today in this damaged economy, that’s not realistic. Also, why are you asking parents to wait until their children are grossly obese before acting.

        • BM 5.2.1.1
          10 November 2013 at 9:50 am

          You’re such an enabler, it’s unreal.

          The labour party motto – Remember, it’s always someone elses fault.

          • Tat Loo (CV) 5.2.1.1.1
            10 November 2013 at 9:56 am

            If you don’t want to take the issues seriously, and make no mistake these are non partisan issues, we’ll never make progress around the problems of obesity and chronic ill health.

            Toxic environments make for toxic bodies.

            • BM 5.2.1.1.1.1
              10 November 2013 at 10:03 am

              The main issue is that a large group of people are just slack and lazy.

              Presented with two options, they’ll take the option that involves the least amount of work every time.

              1. Cooking = hard work(it’s not)
              2 .Buying fast food or preprocessed food = no work.

              That is the reason why the number two option is so popular, nothing to do with being poor.

              • Tat Loo (CV) …
                10 November 2013 at 10:10 am

                You’ve only identified one out of multiple issues. Parents know that we are living in a time starved society. For you to try and characterise that as being “slack and lazy” does all parents a major disservice.

                It is worse for poorer working parents who are often working 2, 3, 4 jobs, none of which are rostered to take into account the need to look after the kids.

                Another factor is that near-nutritionless processed products are often far cheaper than the real thing. 2L of Coke vs 2L of milk for example.

                So income also has a real impact.

                • BM …
                  10 November 2013 at 10:17 am

                  I recommend you start a thread on the trade me general board about this topic.

                  Lots and lots of benes, low income people and elderly tend to post there, see how you get on, might be a bit of an eye opener for you.

                  I doubt it would change your opinion as you already seem to know all the answers but anyway it’s always good to hear from the people you supposedly represent, especially for an aspiring politician like yourself.

                  • Tat Loo (CV) …
                    10 November 2013 at 11:06 am

                    I recommend you start a thread on the trade me general board about this topic…it’s always good to hear from the people you supposedly represent, especially for an aspiring politician like yourself.

                    “Trade Me” is not a recognised electorate, mate.

                    I doubt it would change your opinion as you already seem to know all the answers

                    It’s a complex problem, but an important one and it needs to be considered from a lot of different viewpoints.

                    Your concept that its mainly people being “slack and lazy” doesn’t really take us very far.

                  • Tiger Mountain …
                    10 November 2013 at 11:27 am

                    Trade Me? What a waste of anyone’s time. Similar to Kiwiblog comments without the wit and informed insight.

                    The ugly kiwis are very well represented on Trade Me (those that use the forums anyway whenever I have visited).

                • TheContrarian …
                  10 November 2013 at 11:02 am

                  “Another factor is that near-nutritionless processed products are often far cheaper than the real thing. 2L of Coke vs 2L of milk for example.”

                  Someone not being able to afford a basic like milk is tragic but buying coke as a substitute is stupid.

                  • Draco T Bastard …
                    10 November 2013 at 12:46 pm

                    Not stupid but uninformed.

                    It’s the basic problem with the “free-market”. For it to work at anything like what the bloody stupid economists say it will requires that everyone be omniscient.

              • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                10 November 2013 at 10:17 am

                Wider income gaps, wider waistbands? An ecological study of obesity and income inequality. Wilkinson et al, 2005, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

                Obesity, diets, and social inequalities. Drewnowski 2010, US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.

                Get an education, fool.

              • North …
                10 November 2013 at 12:37 pm

                Once again Bowel Motion demonstrates that his personal physical being is inverted. The muck’s expelled from the top.

                Crazy old busybody fool. Puts me in mind of Coronation Street’s Norris. Pejorative pejorative pejorative about those doing it hard on Planet ShonKey Python. Get a life dickhead of the universe.

                • Rogue Trooper …
                  10 November 2013 at 1:26 pm

                  yet, Norris thought of himself as the Sartre of Coronation Street.

                  -“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company”.
                  -(“words are like loaded pistols”).

          • Tim 5.2.1.1.2
            10 November 2013 at 12:45 pm

            “You’re such an enabler, it’s unreal.”

            Well that really depends on what perspective you’re coming from and what your agenda is.
            For you, it’s quite obviously one where individualism is God – hence the whole ‘personal responsibility’ routine (mantra).
            For others, the overall well-being of community is seen as a greater concern.
            But that’s OoooooK BM – I’ve no doubt you’re considerably richer than me, considerably more intelligent, and you more than likely come with a larger penis.

        • chris73 5.2.1.2
          10 November 2013 at 10:02 am

          Tat Loo (CV): Stop trying to change the subject, this is about NZ kids and families not lobbying in the USA.

          “Parents need the funds and the time to cook full good meals. For many today in this damaged economy, that’s not realistic.”

          – Actually it is, there are numerous budget meals/quick meal sites out there (and I’m sure there are other service providers that can provide the same kind of information) and they’re cheaper then buying takeaways (in my experience anyway)

          “Also, why are you asking parents to wait until their children are grossly obese before acting.”

          – I’m not, I asking why parents can’t decide for themselves that theres a problem by using their own eyes and comparing their kids to others in the same classes/age group

          • Tat Loo (CV) 5.2.1.2.1
            10 November 2013 at 10:15 am

            I think you make some good points, chris73; parental responsibility is crucial in these matters.

            Societal responsibility requires taking a broader view however, and recognising that insufficient pay and precarious/irregular part time work and trying to hold down multiple jobs makes it much harder (though often not thoroughly impossible) for relatively healthy home cooking.

            Clearing some of the shit off supermarket shelves and making fresh food cheaper would also be helpful.

            • One Anonymous Knucklehead 5.2.1.2.1.1
              10 November 2013 at 10:23 am

              Looks very much like scapegoating to me. Making supermarkets the whipping boy for a wider societal failure won’t solve the problem because the problem is our increasingly low-wage economy.

              • Tat Loo (CV) …
                10 November 2013 at 11:10 am

                Making supermarkets the whipping boy for a wider societal failure won’t solve the problem

                You gotta start somewhere mate. And the place where 95% of families get 95% of their food seems sensible.

                because the problem is our increasingly low-wage economy.

                OAK that is also true, but it’s not the whole picture. The real issue is that of food affordability and low wages are one big aspect of that, but not the only aspect.

            • chris73 5.2.1.2.1.2
              10 November 2013 at 10:28 am

              Societal responsibility requires taking a broader view however, and recognising that insufficient pay and precarious/irregular part time work and trying to hold down multiple jobs makes it much harder (though often not thoroughly impossible) for relatively healthy home cooking.

              – I concede that irregular working hours are a major pain in the butt especially when trying to plan things out, like meals but I’d suggest thats where older kids come into play

              I certainly remember growing up and friends from large families had responsibilities at home like starting the evening meal and whatnot

              Clearing some of the shit off supermarket shelves and making fresh food cheaper would also be helpful.

              – Do you think that would really help? I’m meaning a family thats used to eating crappy food (which tastes really good) isn’t suddenly going to start a healthy vegetable-based diet anytime soon even if the price of fruit and vegetables are dropped

              • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                10 November 2013 at 10:39 am

                *headdesk*

                “Have larger families, poor people, then you’ll be able to find more time to cook, and why are you having children you can’t afford you ferals shouldn’t be allowed to breed for a business I pay too much tax as it is abolish the minimum wage and the dole that’ll teach them.”

                .

                • chris73 …
                  10 November 2013 at 10:44 am

                  Why do you and the rest of the lefties always try to change the narrative?

                  Chances are they already have large families so they may as well utilise them as best they can

                  Whether or not they should have large families in the first place is different arguement entirely so stick to the points at hand or start a new thread

                  • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                    10 November 2013 at 10:50 am

                    Well, I think the things you reckon are trite and tiresome and self-contradictory and broken and fucked, and I’ve cited the information that serious players with actual responsibilities (in this case, doctors of medicine) provide us, and still here you are leaking from your gut, so why shouldn’t I take the piss out of you?

                    Your “narrative” is bullshit, your arguments are crap, and your facts aren’t facts. Stop whining.

                    • chris73 …
                      10 November 2013 at 10:54 am

                      No what you’re doing is trying to change what the subject is about to suit what you think because you’re unable to come up with any reasonable of your own so you try to hijack thread

                    • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                      10 November 2013 at 11:03 am

                      The thread is about obesity, cretin. Your assertions on the topic don’t hold water because you made them up, as any serious reading on the subject reveals.

                      I gave you “reasonable” by quoting Wilkinson and Drenowski up the page, as anyone who can “scroll up” can see.

                      Stop being such a cry baby and move on.

            • infused 5.2.1.2.1.3
              10 November 2013 at 12:20 pm

              Fresh food is cheap – if you don’t buy it from the supermarket.

              • TheContrarian …
                10 November 2013 at 12:26 pm

                True. At the Wellington Sunday Market you can get quite a substantial amount of vege for $10.

  6. Morrissey 6
    10 November 2013 at 9:23 am

    LIARS OF OUR TIME
    No. 33: Superintendent Bill Searle

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    “I think what’s happened here is the police officers have done their very best….”

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    —-Waitemata District Commander Superintendent Bill Searle, 7 November 2013
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11152671

    More hopeless, hapless or criminal liars….
    No. 32 Sonny-Bill Williams: “It’s good to get the win over Papua-New Guinea, a strong Papua-New Guinea side, aahhhh….”
    No. 31 John Palino: “Suggestions that I am somehow orchestrating some grand right-wing conspiracy to unseat Len after the election are so wrong…”
    No. 30 Alan Dershowitz: “I will give $10,000 to the PLO if you can find a historical fact in my book that you can prove to be false.”
    No. 29 John Banks: “I have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. And never, ever would I ever knowingly sign a false electoral return. Never ever would I ever.”

    No. 28 John Kerry: “…we are especially sensitive, Chuck and I, to never again asking any member of Congress to take a vote on faulty intelligence.”
    
No. 27 Lyse Doucet: “I am there for those without a voice.”
    
No. 26 Sam Wallace: “So here we are—Otahuhu. It’s just a great place to be, really.”


    No. 25 Margaret Thatcher: “…no British government involvement of any kind…with Khmer Rouge…”


    No. 24 John Key: “…at the end of the day I, like most New Zealanders, value the role of the fourth estate…”
    


No. 23 Jay Carney: “…expel Mr Snowden back to the U.S. to face justice…”
    


No. 22 Mike Bush: “Bruce Hutton had integrity beyond reproach.”
    


No. 21 Tim Groser: “I think the relationship is genuinely in outstanding form.”
    


No. 20 John Key: “But if the question is do we use the United States or one of our other partners to circumvent New Zealand law then the answer is categorically no.”
    


No. 19 Matthew Hooton: “It is ridiculous to say that unions deliver higher wages! They DON’T!”


    No. 18 Ant Strachan: “The All Blacks won the RWC 2011 because of outstanding defence!”



    No. 17 Stephen Franks: “Peter has been such a level-headed, safe pair of hands.”



    No. 16 Phil Kafcaloudes: “Tony Abbott…hasn’t made any mistakes over the past eighteen months.”



    No. 15 Donald Rumsfeld: “I did not lie… Colin Powell did not lie.”
    


No. 14 Colin Powell: “a post-9/11 nexus between Iraq and terrorist organizations…connections are now emerging…”
    
No. 13 Barack Obama: “Simply put, these strikes have saved lives.”
    




No. 12 U.K. Ministry of Defence: “Protecting the Afghan civilian population is one of ISAF and the UK’s top priorities.”
    


No. 11 Brendan O’Connor: “Australia’s approach to refugees is compassionate and generous.”



    No. 10 Boris Johnson: “Londoners have… the best police in the world to look after us and keep us safe.”
    


No. 9 NewstalkZB PR dept: “News you NEED! Fast, fair, accurate!”
    


No. 8 Simon Bridges: “I don’t mean to duck the question….”



    No. 7 Nigel Morrison: “Quite frankly, they’ve been VERY tough.”




    No. 6 Herald PR dept: “Congratulations—you’re reading New Zealand’s best newspaper.”




    No. 5 Rawdon Christie: “…a FORMIDABLE replacement, it seems, is Claudette Hauiti.”
    




No. 4 Willie and J.T.: “The X-Factor. Nah, nah, there’s some GREAT talent there!”
    



No. 3 John Key: “Yeah we hold MPs to a higher standard.”
    



No. 2 Colin Craig: “Oh, I have a GREAT sense of humour.”




    No. 1 Barack Obama: “Margaret Thatcher was one of the great champions of freedom and liberty.”

    • Tim 6.1
      10 November 2013 at 12:27 pm

      well plainly “their very best” isn’t good enough – unless they’re pretending they operate in some 3rd world jurisdiction or under some totalitarian regime.
      Maybe they should consider ‘swapsies’ and undertake a Police exchange programme. Maybe Denmark would do us a favour and keep a few of them.
      Better still, just fess up and recognise that quite a few in the job just aren’t up to it, and by retaining them, they’re actually contributing to the fact that there is diminishing confidence in the NZ Police.
      Yesterday?? – day before maybe, BLiP posted something that could have given them cause to realise why that might be.
      I’ve NO DOUBT before too long, there’ll be something like “you [the people] just don’t understand the realities confronting the Pleece Force” from the Chief Apologist (and their own worst enemy) Greg.
      That was/is also the favourite response from one Frank Mainimarama too.

  7. Morrissey 7
    10 November 2013 at 9:45 am

    LIARS OF OUR TIME
    No. 34: Willie Jackson

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    “I thought we’d been sensitive with her yesterday….”

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    —-Willie Jackson, Radio Live, 8 November 2013, commenting on the way he and his partner John “J.T.” Tamihere had verbally attacked a young rape victim on air.
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11153655

    Have a look at Liars 1 to 33….
    http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-10112013/#comment-724926

  8. Morrissey 8
    10 November 2013 at 9:54 am

    LIARS OF OUR TIME
    No. 35: Mark Jennings

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    “I think Paul’s a bright guy and he will be able to bring a discipline to his performance….”

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    —-TV3 head of News and Current Affairs, Mark Jennings, talking about the station’s new signing….(wait for it!!!!!!)…. Paul Henry
    Mediawatch, Radio NZ National, Sunday 10 November 2013

    Liars 1 to 34….
    http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-10112013/#comment-724941

  9. tricledrown 9
    10 November 2013 at 10:05 am

    C 73 simplistic crap.
    You try and tell a teenager what to do.
    Sugar and fats are highly addictive.
    So that makes you a pawn of the corporate fat and sugar pushers.
    Everytime society decides to outlaw the foods that are responsible for our obesity ,diabeties heart disease stroke epidemic the right want to protect the pushers of this extremely expensive wave of preventable disease!
    Every option should be used this would savr 100’s of millions of your tax payer’s money.
    Leaving it to the individual is a complete cop ouy if we want change everybody needs to set the example including corporates should take responsibility as well and not shift the cost on to you and me to pay for in my taxes.

    • chris73 9.1
      10 November 2013 at 10:18 am

      You try and tell a teenager what to do.

      – If you’d bothered to read the article you’d see its about 4 year olds

      Sugar and fats are highly addictive

      – Translation: “Sugar and fats taste good and I have no will power”

      So that makes you a pawn of the corporate fat and sugar pushers.

      – Translation: Even though chris73s post was about parents not being able to tell for themselves theres a problem with their kids weight I’ll try to turn it into an arguement about corporate food pushers

      Everytime society decides to outlaw the foods that are responsible for our obesity ,diabeties heart disease stroke epidemic the right want to protect the pushers of this extremely expensive wave of preventable disease!

      – Prohibition doesn’t work, has never worked, you like to spout what the USA are doing well then hows their war on drugs working?

      Every option should be used this would savr 100′s of millions of your tax payer’s money.

      – Except for the option of parents taking responsibility apparantly

      Leaving it to the individual is a complete cop ouy if we want change everybody needs to set the example including corporates should take responsibility as well and not shift the cost on to you and me to pay for in my taxes.

      – How is this in anyway relevent to a parent looking at little Jimmy or little Jenny then looking at the kids in the same class and seeing that little Jimmy/Jenny is bigger and fatter then everyone else in the class?

      • One Anonymous Knucklehead 9.1.1
        10 November 2013 at 10:27 am

        Yawn. All you’re doing is revealing your own prejudice, Chris73, or perhaps your capacity for mimicry.

        I note you are arguing that poor parenting increases under National, but I don’t expect you understand that.

        • chris73 9.1.1.1
          10 November 2013 at 10:40 am

          Typical reaction from the left really, its never the individuals fault its always the governments fault

          Actually poor parenting probably skyrocket under the fourth Labour government

          • Tat Loo (CV) 9.1.1.1.1
            10 November 2013 at 10:50 am

            Sugar and fats are highly addictive

            – Translation: “Sugar and fats taste good and I have no will power”

            You’re about 40 years out of date I’m afraid. Research into products like tobacco/cigarettes has revealed a lot about the nature of addictive and habit forming chemicals and how they react on the brain.

            So that makes you a pawn of the corporate fat and sugar pushers.

            It’s crucial that we recognise that industrial food products are deliberately formulated in ways to maximise consumption. Food scientists and food technologists have amassed a wealth of knowledge around how to make their products “more-ish.” And the way that salt, fat and sugar are used in their food formulations is key.

            Typical reaction from the left really, its never the individuals fault its always the governments fault

            Addressing these issues is taking responsibility chris73. It’s also taking responsible action. The amazing thing is that you can’t seem to see this.

            • chris73 9.1.1.1.1.1
              10 November 2013 at 11:01 am

              Ok I’ll try again

              This is about a parent looking their own kid then that parent looking at kids of the same age and seeing that their kid is considerably larger then the rest of the kids

              How is it that the parents can’t tell that there is a problem, why does it have to come from somebody else?

              Health officials should be telling the parents of course but how is it getting to that stage

          • One Anonymous Knucklehead 9.1.1.1.2
            10 November 2013 at 10:57 am

            Yep, I knew you wouldn’t get it.

            • chris73 9.1.1.1.2.1
              10 November 2013 at 11:04 am

              No you don’t get it, you want to talk about a different topic thats fine start it up but don’t try to hijack this one

              “The thread is about obesity, cretin. Your assertions on the topic don’t hold water because you made them up, as any serious reading on the subject reveals.”

              – No its not, its about the failure of the parents to recognize obesity in their own kids and relying on someone else to tell them

              – Obesity and its causes is a topic you can start up if you wish but stop trying to hijack what this thread is about

              • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                10 November 2013 at 11:09 am

                This thread is about obesity, but unlike you I think we should discuss facts, and you haven’t mentioned a single one, just a load of crap about what you think should happen.

                Get a clue, The World According To Chris73 doesn’t exist, and if it did no-one would read it.

                • chris73 …
                  10 November 2013 at 11:12 am

                  I shouldn’t really have to argue about what this thread is about since I started it but for your benefit I’ll try again:

                  “Its about the failure of the parents to recognize obesity in their own kids and relying on someone else to tell them”

                  “Obesity and its causes is a topic you can start up if you wish but stop trying to hijack what this thread is about”

                  • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                    10 November 2013 at 11:17 am

                    So, according to you, obesity is caused by poor parenting, but the causes of obesity are off topic. Laughing at you very much, much?

                    • chris73 …
                      10 November 2013 at 11:23 am

                      I’ll admit you are doing a fine job trolling and/or misdirection but whatever you say it doesn’t change what the thread I started is about

                    • One Anonymous Knucklehead …
                      10 November 2013 at 3:42 pm

                      “…the failure of the parents to recognize obesity in their own kids…”

                      Which you have failed to establish even exists outside of the multitude of things you reckon. Even if it is a significant factor (it isn’t), what makes you think it isn’t another symptom of the wider malaise, or to put it another way, what makes you think poor parenting isn’t worsened by inequality?

                      Other than your blind prejudice, that is?

                      The reason you want to concentrate on “poor parenting”, by the way, is so that you can wash your hands of the problem, Pontius.

                • Rogue Trooper …
                  10 November 2013 at 1:36 pm

                  yet The Water- Method Man has been read in many a W.C 😀

  10. Draco T Bastard 10
    10 November 2013 at 11:36 am

    Rethinking Economic Growth

    When these economists started to study trends in ISEW / GPI and compared them with GDP, they noticed something interesting. In developed countries GDP has grown more or less continuously in the last 50 years, but ISEW / GPI has not. What happens in almost every case is that ISEW / GPI increases until around 1970-1980, then stalls or begins to decline.

    Prior to the development of the ISEW / GPI measures, Max-Neef and colleagues had proposed the “Threshold Hypothesis”, stating that:

    “In every society there is a period in which economic growth contributes to an improvement of the quality of life, but only up to a point, the threshold point, beyond which if there is more economic growth, quality of life may begin to deteriorate.”

    The plots linked from Friends of the Earth seem to provide evidence supportive of this statement, assuming that ISEW / GPI is a sufficiently representative metric of human quality of life.

    An interesting observation.

  11. Sanctuary 11
    10 November 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Want evidence our binge drinking booze culture is descending us as a nation into a Hogarthia Gin Lane?

    This morning between 10am and 10.30am I went to three places. All had what were almost certainly alcohol related staffing issues (guy actually told me he still to drunk to work, was waiting for someone else to come to work before opening, girl at the bakery was pale, red eyed and barely able to communicate, third place unable to serve me because “several staff have failed to come in”).

    • TheContrarian 11.1
      10 November 2013 at 12:18 pm

      Have you never been hungover at work?

    • infused 11.2
      10 November 2013 at 12:23 pm

      Blame the vikings.

    • Saarbo 11.3
      10 November 2013 at 12:31 pm

      Another issue Sanctuary is Sunday is a bugger of a day to expect people to work. Is there any research that shows young people are drinking more than say we did in the 80’s and 90’s…because I was guaranteed to be hung over on Sunday when I was young….never saw it as a problem though.

    • Tat Loo (CV) 11.4
      10 November 2013 at 12:44 pm

      Want evidence our binge drinking booze culture is descending us as a nation into a Hogarthia Gin Lane?

      I commented last night on OM that I saw a fully comatose and unresponsive woman dragged out of the pub toilets as dead weight, by staff. She appeared to be covered in vomit and urine. Emergency services were called. I presume it was alcohol poisoning but it could have been a mix of any number of things.

      I note that the pub staff were very careful to deposit her well away from the pub premises, and in front of a neighbouring shop front instead.

      It’s all very wrong.

      • Chooky 11.4.1
        10 November 2013 at 2:18 pm

        @Tat CV ( also Saarbo, Contrarian,,Sanctuary ,infused etc )on drunkenness and the drunk woman

        …my first feeling about the drunken comatose woman is that it is shockingly sad….and I wonder why she let herself get into such a state…and I never would have seen it in my youth…..certainly not a woman…but then I think of other instances of our past NZ drink history …eg

        …my flatmate in the ’70s…a chemistry PhD student trying to decide how one would deal with nuclear waste by encasing it in glass….regularly every Saturday night would go off to town and come home at about 3am and spend the next few hours retching and vomiting into the bathroom basin..regularly I was woken by this noise …..I found it rather funny….the rest of the time he didn’t drink and was stone cold sober and very nerdy..and spent his life in the university library…..for him it was like a Saturday night purging

        ….a great uncle , a very cheerful , joking guy, a very experienced mountaineer before the war who wanted to climb in the Himalaya ( and incidentally in WWII as a navigator, shot down over Germany and spent the rest of the war in a camp and survived the Long March)… who in the 1930s as a youth used to drink a bit….and told us how they all rushed out of the local country pub so as not to get caught by the police and got tangled in a low hanging clothes lline….he was so drunk he lay down and someone ran over him in their old car….didnt seem to do him any damage but I guess cars werent so low slung then as they are today…he never was an alcoholic or seemed to have a drinking problem while I knew him…and was still skiing into his 80s….but he did love his home brew and a beer with anyone who wanted

        ….I can think of others who clearly did have drinking problems …..and used alcohol to blot out painful past experiences …or they were simply addicted to alcohol and just couldnt stop

        Conclusion….someone needs to do a non judgmental social history, phenomenology of drunkenness….and the views of drunks and their reasons and escapades…it needs to be set in context of other human activities eg computer gaming addictions, other drug use , other recreations, availability of alcohol, societal attitudes,….the general state of society(….which I feel is rather grim for young people at the moment…but it has been so in the past also)…womens lib on changing attitudes to females getting drunk …. etc etc
        …

  12. Plan B 12
    10 November 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Have Labour and The Greens thought about restructuring the Private School Industry. I think restructuring may help. But I have a few questions-
    1. Are private schools run as charities?
    2. Do private schools pay tax?
    3. Why do the people of New Zealand subsidize Private Schools- how much is this subsidy
    4. What is the social cost of such a separation of New Zealand Children from one another
    5. Should funding per child in the Public sector match that in the Private Schools?

    The left seems to always give a free pass to entrenched interests of the right and I do not understand why.

    To my mind real progress requires a restructuring of entities that entrench privilege from birth. So why not use the language of the right to do it. If we do there is nothing they can do about it.

    If a school is a charity- then either it becomes a business or it actually has to act as a charity- to my mind that would mean that places in the school would be free and entrance would be by ballot

    The government would no longer subsidies the businesses

    Actually this would not go far enough – I wonder what else is possible

    • marsman 12.1
      10 November 2013 at 2:07 pm

      You are absolutely right Plan B. It seems that Private School fees are classed as donations and therefor tax deductible i.e. the Parent pays nothing towards the Govt’s Education spending but the Govt.gives Private Schools money anyway. Is this yet another ripoff of the poor by the rich?
      Private Hospitals, are they a similar kind of ripoff?
      Are Trade Unions taxed on the members’ contributions? Is the Business Round Table taxed on it’s members’ contributions?

  13. greywarbler 13
    10 November 2013 at 3:11 pm

    I wonder if there is a list of requests for the Nov 16 walk with new protections to prevent more sexual victims from those anxious and angry about the situation at present? It would be a lasting thing to have a general list of actions aimed at preventing it occurring again.

    If one or various lists could be prepared and copied around the country and printed on coloured paper that matched the ribbons adopted by various groups, teal or red, for two that are concerned,
    it would make a colourful visual symbolic effect if each walker carried one and held it up. And a statement of lasting value about the intent of the walk.

  14. amirite 14
    10 November 2013 at 3:22 pm

    Gower @ Twitter: 3 News-Reid Research poll tonight… Someone takes a hit, and there’s a big mover at their expense.
    and
    Dunne is on 0.1. That means one person in the 1000 we called will vote for him.

    And this article on 3 news website:
    Key sees many potential replacements

    http://www.3news.co.nz/Key-sees-many-potential-replacements/tabid/1607/articleID/320752/Default.aspx

    And then this on stuff:
    Public debt climbs by $27m a day

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9380846/Public-debt-climbs-by-27m-a-day

  15. Rhinocrates 15
    10 November 2013 at 3:43 pm

    I’m reposting this from another thread, because it’s very threatening.

    Look out – the pigs are trying tracking their critics.

    Marshall just tried to call me personally at my own home. I hung up immediately when he identified himself.

    Maybe he had naive honourable motives… but if that were the case, it’s too little, too late.

    I find it personally disturbing that he can find out who I am and where I am. It’s intimidating.

    They’re definitely watching you. This is really scary.

    • Rhinocrates 15.1
      10 November 2013 at 4:09 pm

      I’d just like to repeat that – the man tried to intimidate me in MY OWN HOME!

      You are next.

      • just saying 15.1.1
        10 November 2013 at 4:14 pm

        Calling LPrent,
        I thought no-one other than you and the other authors could access to our info from this site?
        The police aren’t allowed to hack, surely?

      • just saying 15.1.2
        10 November 2013 at 4:26 pm

        Have you got someone there, Rhinocrates?

        edit I mean with you in the house. I would feel extremely intimidated

        • Rhinocrates 15.1.2.1
          10 November 2013 at 4:34 pm

          No I don’t, I live alone. I’m autistic, so I have very painful difficulty sharing my space with anyone else or receiving unsolicited communication.

          Possibly Marshall is a good man and means well, but he’s made it clear that he’s weak and insensitive at best.

          He scared me.

          You have to remember this about him: he rose up through the police ranks, he knew their culture, he knew what was going on. He did nothing.

          • just saying 15.1.2.1.1
            10 November 2013 at 4:39 pm

            Shit.
            How dare he?

          • weka 15.1.2.1.2
            10 November 2013 at 4:51 pm

            Rhinocrates, do you want to share how he knows you? Are you saying it’s via your comments on the standard? Or somewhere else in your life? Don’t answer that if it makes you more vulnerable.

            • Rhinocrates 15.1.2.1.2.1
              10 November 2013 at 4:57 pm

              I have no idea. All I know is that he knows who my real name and where I live and contacted me to make that clear.

              Again, let me say this: You are next.

              • Rogue Trooper …
                10 November 2013 at 5:01 pm

                wonder if they’ll send three or four cars like last time. sigh. 😎

              • Tat Loo (CV) …
                10 November 2013 at 5:03 pm

                Ahhhhh, crap. Can I presume that this is what Russell Brown is tweeting about vis a vis Public Address? I would like to think if Marshall contacted you personally on a weekend it was with good intentions.

                https://twitter.com/publicaddress

                • weka …
                  10 November 2013 at 5:11 pm

                  Sorry that has happened R. Are you sure it was him? (it’s a Sunday after all). Could it have been a prank or someone impersonating him?

                  I haven’t been following your comments on PA so don’t know the context over there.

                  Also, it’s important to know if he was connecting your RL details to things you are saying online under a pseudonym, I didn’t quite follow that.

                  • Rhinocrates …
                    10 November 2013 at 5:27 pm

                    They named me in a message on my private land line. They have access to personal information and wanted to let me know it. They know who I am, they know where I live, they know that I’ve commented on police rape culture and want to let me know that.

                • Anne …
                  10 November 2013 at 5:36 pm

                  The point is Tat: how did he get rhino’s personal information?

                  Possible scenario:
                  Hi Fletch,
                  Got a personal favour to ask of you. Could you get one of your techo boffins to check out the details of rhinocrates……… And there’s a few others to follow too. Will get back to you on them.
                  Ta
                  Marshall

                  Is this why John Key wanted to pass his GCSB Bill? So that so-called ‘enemies of the state’ (read National Party) could be spied on without warrants?

                • North …
                  10 November 2013 at 11:19 pm

                  What is there to say that it MUST have been with good intentions ? If in fact it wasn’t a mischievous prank by some idiot who knows Rhino.

              • Pascal's bookie …
                10 November 2013 at 5:06 pm

                That is appalling news Rhino.

  16. Tat Loo (CV) 16
    10 November 2013 at 4:41 pm

    12 year old pushes back against North Carolina’s legislation to depress youth voter turnout

    Extremely impressive…

    http://www.upworthy.com/a-senator-said-voter-registration-was-confusing-watch-a-12-year-old-clear-that-up-for-him?c=ufb1

    • Draco T Bastard 16.1
      10 November 2013 at 8:04 pm

      Get similar BS from the conservatives here as well.

      http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00273.htm

      I’ve seen others where conservatives have railed against MMP and proportional voting because it confuses the voters. All I ever see though is them trying to dismantle democracy first by getting rid of proportional voting.

      • Tat Loo (CV) 16.1.1
        10 November 2013 at 8:07 pm

        Labour has to greatly strengthen the MMP system. IIRC Conference agreed to put through most of the electoral recommendations that Collins blew off.

        The % threshold needs to be dropped to 3.0% or 3.5% though…4% is still too high.

  17. Penny Bright 17
    10 November 2013 at 4:51 pm

    FYI

    STOP the Sky City ‘money-laundering’ Bill!

    The New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill has completed its ‘committee’ stage, and is now due for its ‘third hearing’, when the NZ Parliament resumes on Tuesday 12 November 2013.

    There has been effectively NO ‘due diligence’ on the increased risk of money-laundering, (or organised crime) arising from this New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill, although risks were clearly spelled out in this Regulatory Impact Statement:

    http://www.med.govt.nz/about-us/publications/publications-by-topic/regulatory-impact-statements/mbie-regulatory-impact-statements/NZICC-RIS-June-2013.pdf

    (See paras 95 – 111 )

    Potential risk of money laundering

    95 Cash intensive industries such as casinos are attractive to money laundering activity. New Zealand’s National Risk Assessment 2010 assessed casinos as presenting moderate to high risk of money laundering.

    For this reason, casinos (including all SkyCity casinos) are subject to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of
    Terrorism Act 2009 (the AML/CFT Act), which comes into force on 30 June 2013.
    …..
    _____________________________________________________________________________

    I am awaiting OIA replies from both Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce on this matter.

    Until ‘due diligence’ has been carried out, in a proper way, on the increased risk of money-laundering arising from the New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill, in my considered opinion, as a proven ‘anti-corruption’ campaigner – then the passage of this legislation must be stayed – FORTHWITH.
    _____________________________________________________________________________

    6 November 2013

    Open Letter /OIA request to the Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce: “Why are you continuing with the International Convention Centre (Sky City money-laundering) Bill?

    Dear Minister,

    I note that the International Convention Centre Bill is now at the Committee Stage: on today’s Parliamentary Order Paper:
    http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0001960125

    Please provide the following information which confirms:

    1) That you have considered the following OIA reply from OFCANZ, which shows that they have not done any ‘due diligence’ on the increased risk of money-laundering with the International Convention Centre Bill.

    http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/SKY-CITY-OFCANZ-OIA-REPLY-NO-DUE-DLIGENCE-RE-MONEY-LAUNDERING-bright-penny-06-c211711-2-sent-reply.pdf

    2) That you as the Minister of Economic Development, are knowingly and willingly, continuing to push the International Convention Centre Bill.through Parliament, although this OIA reply from OFCANZ, shows that they have not done any ‘due diligence’ on the increased risk of money-laundering, as outlined in the following Regulatory Impact Statement.

    http://www.med.govt.nz/about-us/publications/publications-by-topic/regulatory-impact-statements/mbie-regulatory-impact-statements/NZICC-RIS-June-2013.pdf

    (See paras 95 – 111 )

    Potential risk of money laundering

    95 Cash intensive industries such as casinos are attractive to money laundering activity. New Zealand’s National Risk Assessment 2010 assessed casinos as presenting moderate to high risk of money laundering.

    For this reason, casinos (including all SkyCity casinos) are subject to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of
    Terrorism Act 2009 (the AML/CFT Act), which comes into force on 30 June 2013.
    …..
    Yours sincerely,
    Penny Bright
    ‘Anti-corruption / anti-privatisation Public Watchdog’
    2013 Auckland Mayoral candidate
    …..
    http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz

    ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS ‘OPEN LETTER’ / OIA REQUEST FROM THE OFFICE OF STEVEN JOYCE :

    SKY CITY STEVEN JOYCE OIA ACKNOWLEDGMENT P Bright Nov 7 (7)

    http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz/stop-the-sky-city-money-laundering-bill/

  18. phillip ure 18
    10 November 2013 at 5:23 pm

    bill maher rips into the likes of paula bennett/hypocritical-christians..

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/09/bill-maher-religious-hypocrites_n_4246596.html?ref=topbar

    ..and he makes a decent meal of it..

    ..phillip ure..

  19. Rogue Trooper 19
    10 November 2013 at 6:10 pm

    Reid
    Nat- 46 down 3.2
    Labour- 32.2 up 1.2
    Green- 10.4 down 1.6
    Mana 1.3 up 1.1 (another MP)

    and, sigh,
    Conservatives 2.8 up 1.7.

    Gower “Cunliffe has failed to grow the Left vote” (he’s responsible for that, don’t you know).

    • Te Reo Putake 19.1
      10 November 2013 at 7:24 pm

      The headline below gets it right:

      http://www.3news.co.nz/Conservatives-grab-votes-from-National—poll/tabid/1607/articleID/320781/Default.aspx#.Un8lnuIdVVU

      I’d say this poll strongly suggests Colin Craig is Key’s only hope. Do they have tea shops in Albany?

      • Anne 19.1.1
        10 November 2013 at 7:41 pm

        How could anyone vote for that drip, Colin Craig. He looks like a drip, he acts like a drip, his clothes are drippy and he is a drip.

        • bad12 19.1.1.1
          10 November 2013 at 7:51 pm

          Winston Peters tho could screw the loose nut back onto the wheel that is Colin Craig simply by standing in the same electoral seat as the God botherer…

      • gobsmacked 19.1.2
        10 November 2013 at 7:52 pm

        So either – the Fairfax poll was a joke, as many of us said

        or …

        National have lost 5% in a couple of weeks.

        Sorry Key-fans, you can’t have both. Which one would you like?

        • Tat Loo (CV) 19.1.2.1
          10 November 2013 at 8:02 pm

          Given that this poll probably overestimates National’s likely election result, their real no. is probably only 42% or 43%. That puts them 4 MPs down. Will the Conservatives fill the gap? I don’t think so…

    • bad12 19.2
      10 November 2013 at 7:34 pm

      Ah yes the Reid Research/TV3 poll, for that bloke Armstrong to say in print in the National Party NZ Herald that the Reid is known to ask leading questions which ‘skew’ the resulting poll must just about make this the most unreliable of polling instruments,

      Reid is the leader of the pack when it comes to the National Governing alone roar from the sidelines and the fact that it has had that Party polling 49% says a lot for wishful thinking but not very much about accuracy,

      Can Slippery’s Government escape the noose in November 2014 locked in the loving embrace of Colin Craig’s little band of Conservative Christian’s,(oh sorry as an electoral convenience Colin has dropped any pretense of christianity from His little political vehicle), anything of course is possible in politics, just look at the fact that John Banks is an MP and not an inmate,

      Craig can be said to have benefited mightily from what was in essence a free advertising campaign across a number of mass media outlets in the week leading up to and including Labour weekend with the National Party calling in favors from editors and programers across the media spectrum with Colin Craig stories of little substance but with an intent,(cynical???),by the number crunchers in the National Party to gauge ‘what it would take’ to manufacture Craig and His gang of Christian Conservatives into a coalition partner,

      i would read this poll as a siren call to the waverers among the soft National vote, the call being look we have a coalition partner don’t panic,

      i also have a personal message for those who manipulated this little gem into existence, the day Reid admits in a public poll that Hone Harawira’s Mana Party will be back in the next Parliament with 2 and possibly 3 MP’s on published numbers without having an ulterior motive will be the day i cease to comment on polls, yes i see the motive and no it won’t sway those of us who are watching the Green Party vote with every intention of tactically voting for either that Party or the Mana Party…

  20. karol 20
    10 November 2013 at 7:16 pm

    Jan Logie had her passport confiscated by Sri Lankan officials. That’s pretty appalling.

    Logie was investigating human rights abuses with an Australian and a Malaysian MP.

    She is due to fly back to New Zealand in the early hours of tomorrow.

    But immigration officials seized her passport and shut down a press conference that was due to take place in Colombo this morning, she confirmed in a text message to Fairfax this afternoon.

    It is also unlikely she will be permitted to meet with Abraham Sumanthiran, a prominent human rights lawyer and MP for the Tamil National Alliance.

  21. Naturesong 21
    10 November 2013 at 7:42 pm

    Usual misleading heald headline.
    Study busts beneficiary myth
    We know that the “beneficiaries are lazy” type memes are prevelant during National governments are wrong.
    This study relates to spinal injuries and finds that ” … those with a spinal cord injury who are covered by ACC are more likely to get back to work.”

    No surprise there.

    Better detail here: http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/no-acc-cover-hinders-spinal-injury-recovery-study/5/173429

    The group previously did a similar study looking at stroke victems, and surprise, same results. Those given support were able to return to work quicker and in greater numbers than those who received no support.

    Anyone know of other studies in this vein?

    I’ve had to rely on welfare three times (twice due to unemployment, once due to injury), I really get sick of the lazy meme.
    It’s wrong, and the acceptance of it as a truth poisons the debate around welfare and employment

  22. Penny Bright 22
    10 November 2013 at 9:37 pm

    FYI

    John Banks vs Auckland District Court & Solicitor-General

    Minute of J Heath

    CIV 2013 – 404 – 4645

    BETWEEN John Archibald Banks

    Applicant

    AND Auckland District Court

    First Respondent

    AND SOLICITOR-GENERAL

    Second Respondent

    http://www.dodgyjohnhasgone.com/uncategorized/john-banks-vs-auckland-district-court-solicitor-general-civ-404-4645-minute-of-j-heath/

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Kind regards

    Penny Bright

  23. Tracey 23
    11 November 2013 at 6:35 am

    To those commenting on obesity and to bm in particular. Many women who were raped or otherwise sexually abused over eat. Some to hide from me so they protect themselves subconsciously by becoming what they think is fat and ugly…. by eating to feel better when depression or anxiety strikes. So dont assume all obese people are simply fat and lazy as bm puts it. With 1-3 girls sexually abused it may be a hidden factor.

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  • School attendance restored as a priority in health advice
    Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
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  • Unnecessary bureaucracy cut in oceans sector
    Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
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  • Patterson promoting NZ’s wool sector at International Congress
    Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector.    "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
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  • Removing red tape to help early learners thrive
    The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
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  • RMA changes to cut coal mining consent red tape
    Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
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  • McClay reaffirms strong NZ-China trade relationship
    Trade, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has concluded productive discussions with ministerial counterparts in Beijing today, in support of the New Zealand-China trade and economic relationship. “My meeting with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reaffirmed the complementary nature of the bilateral trade relationship, with our Free Trade Agreement at its ...
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  • Prime Minister Luxon acknowledges legacy of Singapore Prime Minister Lee
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today paid tribute to Singapore’s outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.   Meeting in Singapore today immediately before Prime Minister Lee announced he was stepping down, Prime Minister Luxon warmly acknowledged his counterpart’s almost twenty years as leader, and the enduring legacy he has left for Singapore and South East ...
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  • PMs Luxon and Lee deepen Singapore-NZ ties
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While in Singapore as part of his visit to South East Asia this week, Prime Minister Luxon also met with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.  During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon ...
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  • Antarctica New Zealand Board appointments
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made further appointments to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand as part of a continued effort to ensure the Scott Base Redevelopment project is delivered in a cost-effective and efficient manner.  The Minister has appointed Neville Harris as a new member of the Board. Mr ...
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  • Finance Minister travels to Washington DC
    Finance Minister Nicola Willis will travel to the United States on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Five Finance Ministers group, with counterparts from Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.  “I am looking forward to meeting with our Five Finance partners on how we can work ...
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  • Pet bonds a win/win for renters and landlords
    The coalition Government has today announced purrfect and pawsitive changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to give tenants with pets greater choice when looking for a rental property, says Housing Minister Chris Bishop. “Pets are important members of many Kiwi families. It’s estimated that around 64 per cent of New ...
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  • Long Tunnel for SH1 Wellington being considered
    State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the Government has also asked NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to consider and provide advice on a Long Tunnel option, Transport Minister Simeon Brown ...
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  • New Zealand condemns Iranian strikes
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have condemned Iran’s shocking and illegal strikes against Israel.    “These attacks are a major challenge to peace and stability in a region already under enormous pressure," Mr Luxon says.    "We are deeply concerned that miscalculation on any side could ...
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  • Huge interest in Government’s infrastructure plans
    Hundreds of people in little over a week have turned out in Northland to hear Regional Development Minister Shane Jones speak about plans for boosting the regional economy through infrastructure. About 200 people from the infrastructure and associated sectors attended an event headlined by Mr Jones in Whangarei today. Last ...
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  • Health Minister thanks outgoing Health New Zealand Chair
    Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has today thanked outgoing Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Chair Dame Karen Poutasi for her service on the Board.   “Dame Karen tendered her resignation as Chair and as a member of the Board today,” says Dr Reti.  “I have asked her to ...
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  • Roads of National Significance planning underway
    The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has signalled their proposed delivery approach for the Government’s 15 Roads of National Significance (RoNS), with the release of the State Highway Investment Proposal (SHIP) today, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.  “Boosting economic growth and productivity is a key part of the Government’s plan to ...
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  • Navigating an unstable global environment
    New Zealand is renewing its connections with a world facing urgent challenges by pursuing an active, energetic foreign policy, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.   “Our country faces the most unstable global environment in decades,” Mr Peters says at the conclusion of two weeks of engagements in Egypt, Europe and the United States.    “We cannot afford to sit back in splendid ...
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  • NZ welcomes Australian Governor-General
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Australian Governor-General, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley and his wife Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley, will make a State visit to New Zealand from Tuesday 16 April to Thursday 18 April. The visit reciprocates the State visit of former Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy ...
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  • Pseudoephedrine back on shelves for Winter
    Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced that Medsafe has approved 11 cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Pharmaceutical suppliers have indicated they may be able to supply the first products in June. “This is much earlier than the original expectation of medicines being available by 2025. The Government recognised ...
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  • NZ and the US: an ever closer partnership
    New Zealand and the United States have recommitted to their strategic partnership in Washington DC today, pledging to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.    “The strategic environment that New Zealand and the United States face is considerably more ...
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  • Joint US and NZ declaration
    April 11, 2024 Joint Declaration by United States Secretary of State the Honorable Antony J. Blinken and New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs the Right Honourable Winston Peters We met today in Washington, D.C. to recommit to the historic partnership between our two countries and the principles that underpin it—rule ...
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  • NZ and US to undertake further practical Pacific cooperation
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced further New Zealand cooperation with the United States in the Pacific Islands region through $16.4 million in funding for initiatives in digital connectivity and oceans and fisheries research.   “New Zealand can achieve more in the Pacific if we work together more urgently and ...
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  • Government redress for Te Korowai o Wainuiārua
    The Government is continuing the bipartisan effort to restore its relationship with iwi as the Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today, says Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith. “Historical grievances of Te Korowai o Wainuiārua relate to 19th century warfare, land purchased or taken ...
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  • Focus on outstanding minerals permit applications
    New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals is working to resolve almost 150 outstanding minerals permit applications by the end of the financial year, enabling valuable mining activity and signalling to the sector that New Zealand is open for business, Resources Minister Shane Jones says.  “While there are no set timeframes for ...
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  • Applications open for NZ-Ireland Research Call
    The New Zealand and Irish governments have today announced that applications for the 2024 New Zealand-Ireland Joint Research Call on Agriculture and Climate Change are now open. This is the third research call in the three-year Joint Research Initiative pilot launched in 2022 by the Ministry for Primary Industries and Ireland’s ...
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  • Tenancy rules changes to improve rental market
    The coalition Government has today announced changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to encourage landlords back to the rental property market, says Housing Minister Chris Bishop. “The previous Government waged a war on landlords. Many landlords told us this caused them to exit the rental market altogether. It caused worse ...
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  • Boosting NZ’s trade and agricultural relationship with China
    Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay will visit China next week, to strengthen relationships, support Kiwi exporters and promote New Zealand businesses on the world stage. “China is one of New Zealand’s most significant trade and economic relationships and remains an important destination for New Zealand’s products, accounting for nearly 22 per cent of our good and ...
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  • Freshwater farm plan systems to be improved
    The coalition Government intends to improve freshwater farm plans so that they are more cost-effective and practical for farmers, Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay have announced. “A fit-for-purpose freshwater farm plan system will enable farmers and growers to find the right solutions for their farm ...
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  • New Fast Track Projects advisory group named
    The coalition Government has today announced the expert advisory group who will provide independent recommendations to Ministers on projects to be included in the Fast Track Approvals Bill, say RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones. “Our Fast Track Approval process will make it easier and ...
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