Open mike 14/12/2024

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  1. gsays 1
    14 December 2024 at 6:56 am

    The Cook Strait ferries;

    carry $15B of freight annually,

    every Kiwi uses the ferry service in the form of food and goods from the South Island and vice versa,

    contribute $3.3B to the economy annually,

    and delivers thousands of jobs.

    The non decision will put more costs on Aotearoa households and is helping to increase the cost of living. It also undermines the millions (rightfully) spent on Hillside and undermines the South Island rail network.

    Shout out to tWig for awareness of BHN.

    I've just bought my Maritime Union mate and myself a Nicky No-Boats t-shirt and sticker for Christmas.

    Available here; https://bhnshop.nz/.

    • Ad 1.1
      14 December 2024 at 7:36 am

      The polls are clear enough that the people see Luxon's lot as a multi-field wreckage.

      Imagine NZ after another year of this.

      • Kay 1.1.1
        14 December 2024 at 7:40 am

        A snap election sounds very appealing. All we need is for Winston to throw a massive hissy fit over anything. Ferries would do fine.

        • Graeme 1.1.1.1
          14 December 2024 at 10:16 am

          Winston just needs to build a consensus with Lab / Green / TPM around the ferry replacement and future and the implosion between Seymore's ears will solve the problem.

          NZF will probably go into the next Parliament with 15%+ at National and Act's expense. The old codger may have rather flexible principles, but he knows the issues to latch onto that will give him enough votes to stay in the game.

          • Incognito 1.1.1.1.1
            14 December 2024 at 10:28 am

            It’ll take a boatload more for a coalition agreement but it’s a start; the CoC trimaran is heading for choppy waters thanks to the two captains yelling at each other and the helmsman’s lack of navigational skills and sense of direction.

            • bwaghorn 1.1.1.1.1.1
              14 December 2024 at 2:06 pm

              The helmsman is used to turning on the auto pilot and letting the underlings do the work and take the blame,

    • bwaghorn 1.2
      14 December 2024 at 8:25 am

      Admiral willis' ghost ships!

  2. Ad 2
    14 December 2024 at 8:13 am

    If anyone can remember an outstanding male solo album this decade, it's something to do with creativity and sex crime intolerance:

    When Jay-Z gets rape convicted, Beyonce is going to have amazing album material out of the divorce.

    • tWig 3.1
      14 December 2024 at 1:29 pm

      Funny how in the States, a trailer home is for the lowest of the low, whereas in NZ, it's for aspirational land-poor lifestylers.

      Having said that, the rules seem quite sensible (as a consumer of Living Big in a Tiny Home youtube channel). It’s like designing the interiors of dollshouses, which appealed to me much more as a child than actual doll play.

      There is nothing there about time that a TH can park, though? That’s the kicker.

  4. joe90 4
    14 December 2024 at 12:48 pm

    More ACT fuckery afoot.

    /

    Much has been said about the significant impacts of the Treaty Principles Bill (TPB) on te Tiriti and Māori rights. Far less is known about its unrecognised effects on all New Zealanders, which extend well beyond the Treaty.

    Meanwhile, its long-standing companion, the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB), is advancing quietly through government processes, with limited public awareness, minimal media coverage, and little parliamentary debate.

    Consultation on the RSB opened on 19 November, the day the hīkoi arrived at Parliament, and ends the week after TPB submissions close.

    Individually and collectively, these Bills propose significant constitutional reforms with profound implications for New Zealand.

    They could comprehensively change the nation’s legislative and political environment by embedding rigid legal frameworks that prioritise individual and property rights, constrain regulatory powers, and reduce the government’s ability to implement environmental protections, social safeguards, and Tiriti-based initiatives.

    […]

    The RSB 2021 also mandated that all laws be interpreted according to its principles wherever possible, requiring the courts to prioritise individual and property rights over broader liberal, collective, environmental, Indigenous, and equitable rights across our laws. The current discussion document notes that this clause has been removed. However, it was still considered as part of the options in the Regulatory Impact Statement by the Ministry for Regulation.

    As described here, the RSB’s principles are very similar to the distinctive libertarian interpretations of the terms contained in the TPB. The enactment of the RSB could give further weight to the libertarian meanings of the TPB’s ambiguous concepts, which differ profoundly from common usage understandings.

    The combined impact of the TPB and the RSB is profound. Together, they embed ACT’s ideological worldview at the heart of New Zealand’s constitutional framework, limiting legislative flexibility, executive decision-making, and judicial interpretation.

    https://melanienelson.substack.com/p/the-overshadowed-bill-poised-to-rewrite

  5. tWig 5
    14 December 2024 at 2:10 pm

    Just read today's front page of The Manawatu Standard: government has bowed to pressure and removed tolling from the new Manawatu- HB highway. This must have something to do with the fact they've pre-announced tolls on new roads to come, to cover their butts. Someone big must have made a stink.

  6. adam 6
    14 December 2024 at 7:02 pm

    Seasons greetings

  7. Morrissey 7
    14 December 2024 at 8:22 pm

    Perfect end to a beautiful summer's day…