Open mike 19/10/2024

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11 comments on “Open mike 19/10/2024 ”

  2. Grey Area 2
    19 October 2024 at 7:13 am

    Totally agree. They are beyond incompetent and corrupt. Almost every day they take us down further.

    There is an extra layer of cruelty, callousness,and lack of human decency in everything they do.

    Truly unbelievable.

    Totally appropriate it’s the heartless Van Velden announcing this.

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  3. gsays 3
    19 October 2024 at 8:05 am

    What a reversal of form!

    The White Ferns are in to the final of the T20 World Cup, having beaten West Indies in the semi-final. Coming up to the competition, they had lost the last 10 games they played.

    A solid opening partnership from veteran Suzy Bates and newbie Georgia Plimmer wasn't supported by the middle and lower order.

    While bowling there were a few dropped catches and Dottin threatened to take the game away with a flurry of sixes. The team held their nerve, the game getting to the final over with WI needing eleven runs from five balls.

    They play Sth Africa in the final 3am Monday.

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    • Bearded Git 3.1
      19 October 2024 at 9:37 am

      T20 is Mickey Mouse cricket. Slog and giggle.

      Now, the Blackcaps bowling India out for 46 in India in a Test Match-that is news.

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      • Descendant Of Smith 3.1.1
        19 October 2024 at 10:01 am

        Aye and snapping up that wicket right at the end strengthens our position leading into tomorrow.

        Just hope we don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as we have done a few times in the last ten years.

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  4. PsyclingLeft.Always 4
    19 October 2024 at 8:34 am

    Clean Rivers. The Public would surely be the Majority ? Farmers the Minority ? Under NACT1 who will get what they want ?

    Public wants fast rivers clean-up but farmers call for handbrake

    Two months of talking to Taranaki people has exposed the split between the farming industry and the rest of the region over polluted rivers.

    Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) community meetings in June and July found most people want cleaner waterways as soon as possible – but the farmer lobby wants a slowdown, worried they will shoulder too high a cost.

    Those Maori…..what more do they want ?

    Iwi and hapū reinforced their consistent call for the highest freshwater standards at hui across the region, calling for awa healthy enough for people to collect kai.

    And.. well, havent they always ?

    Intensifying dairy farming was the main cause of Taranaki water pollution but farmers did not want to be told how many cows they could have.

    TRC policy manager Lisa Hawkins

    "Stocking rates as a proxy for managing further intensification did come under quite a lot of scrutiny," Hawkins said.

    The kickback was so strong the council would likely drop the approach, with evidence unclear about how well limiting stock would improve streams across the region's variety of farms.

    WTF !? I'm sure Andrew Hoggard ex FarmFed Pres and now ACT MP would have been influencing….

    The government last week announced it would no longer require resource consents for future intensification, which Hawkins said would leave a hole in the rules.

    Farm pollution..denial.

    At TRC's first community meeting in Ōkato in June, councillor Donna Cram questioned whether most of Taranaki's pollution was coming from farms, despite mountains of evidence presented to the Policy and Planning Committee on which she sits.

    Cram was until recently on Taranaki Federated Farmers' executive and was 2023 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year and she still struggled to see beyond the farmer perspective by the end of the meeting.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/531115/public-wants-fast-rivers-clean-up-but-farmers-call-for-handbrake

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  5. gsays 5
    19 October 2024 at 9:19 am

    A insightful interview with a genuine, intelligent and compassionate finance spokesperson. Labour's Barbara Edmonds.

    Came across to me as unscripted, considered and sincere. The future got a little brighter with this MP who could articulate an alternative vision without dissing the current hierarchy.

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  6. AB 6
    19 October 2024 at 9:46 am

    Iwi and hapū reinforced their consistent call for the highest freshwater standards at hui across the region, calling for awa healthy enough for people to collect kai.

    Well, this is a very old and very one-sided battle – the right to gain subsistence from land that is managed in common and 'held' in common (but not owned by anyone), versus having to gain subsistence by abasing oneself to the coercive forces of a labour market. Over several hundred years, the wrong side has kept winning. If you want to know why Seymour et al want to nullify the Treaty, this is it: they want their side to keep winning.

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  7. Stephen D 7
    19 October 2024 at 9:56 am

    I was at a public meeting last night with Deborah Russell and Craig Renney. He spoke about the economics of what the CoC is doing, and how the economy is in real trouble. And is going to get a lot worse. All data via Treasury.

    Deborah went over the Policy Council and caucus discussions around tax policy, and how to change the conversation. From tax being a burden, to it being an investment in all our lives.

    The Labour Party annual conference is in late November. Expect announcements after that.

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