Oh come on, he’s had a full twelve hours to realise how badly he’s been treated. Being forced to apologise like that and then dismissed by a banker. Group hug for Dr. Nick.
What he wants is for an enquiry to reveal how he was removed by his “friends”. And what a twisted mess of joined dots that would be. John Key has spent the last few days saying it’s not the letters, per se, that got him dumped and Boag saying she would naturally help a 15 year old friend – but just out of the blue, a person who she hadn’t seen for so long – and Puller just by chance getting sent those “leaked” ACC files and then targetting Smith with a barrage of email requests. It was a plan that had a large helping of luck, I’d say, drawing in morons from far and wide, like a cyber vortex . The Nats just aren’t smart enough to set it up from scratch.
I guess Smith got to be too much of a liability, owed too much, and politicians being what they are, would have had to remove him in unusual ways if he were not the kind to go quietly. It’s the first sign that Nick Smith may be the unnamed MP so many predicted would end this government’s marginal hold on power.
A thorough independent enquiry of the whole issue would be a good thing to clear up some unanswered questions. But Smith should be careful of what he wishes for.
Smacks of a born-to-rule attitude that he can’t believe he’s fallen from grace.
“He seemed to openly accept responsibility and he emotionally displayed some remorse donât you think”
It does not matter if he or any of them show remorse, they are crocodile tears, of a pathetic man. He may have problems himself, but he has had a negative impact on the lives of thousands of people in this country, and in no way does he deserve a shred of emotion. Quite simply, he is getting a little of what he deserves! Natural Justice will sort out the difference at some stage IMO!
You take take your sad attempt at fellating the flacid Mr Smith, and run along Pete, the eternal fluffer!
@PG
Winston is more amusing than Nick Smith – his misdemeanours are judged with that in mind. Also he appears to puts forward the case for ordinary people, though mostly senior age, and doesn’t seem so focussed on neo lib economics.
Winston’s an old school National economic conservative, from the early 80’s era. Hence his permanent opposition to asset sales. He’s not a rogernome neoliberal.
Smacks of a born-to-rule attitude thanks Carol….as the minutiae of the Smith case disappears into the mists of time we will be left with another cypher born to rule nonentity taking his place. Another neo lib jerk intent on foisting the nasty agenda of privatisation, kill the poor etc.
Does not really matter who the fresh face of plutocracy is, or who the next ideologically driven newbie is, we will still suffer. We are no further ahead.
I see the Wharfies are trying to look like the good guys now ,and the Maritime Union has done acomplete uturn ,and asked please if it workers can go back to work this afternoon.
Mr Parsloe must be feeling very foolish now as his 1951 approach hasnt worked, and he has weakened their bargaining position. Any disruption at all will give POAL the justification to carry on down their path of contracted workers without union involvement
David Shearer has made it clear what standard he expects – as soon as a scandal blows up demand a immediate resignation.
No long winded justice process over years as for a few bomb throwers.
No waiting a day or two to make sure all the facts are known.
No giving the accused reasonable time to fully explain themselves.
Presumably this will apply to his own leadership. The odds are he will get a chance to demonstrate his commitment to instant justice.
I wonder if he will apply it to accusations of undermining leadership.
Did anyone else see the media pack swoop on Nick Smith at Wellington Airport yesterday and feel just a little nauseated?
No, I’ve avoided it, but the thrill of the chase was apparent elsewhere as well. Political blood sport. Our equivalent of a Muslim stoning or a Middle Age witch burning.
I hope that the journalists involved watch the tape again, and reflectâŠ
I doubt it. The story of the moment overrules any emotional quotient.
And while it’s probably not necessary here I did feel sadness for the manner that other MPs have fallen from grace very publicly, like Hughes and Carter. We all make mistakes, some make big career changing ones, but it shouldn’t be an excuse for modern day stocks with maximum public humiliation. We don’t do that in our justice system.
And the political attempts to put the boot into everything around the demise of Smith’s ministerial career, to try and inflict maximum damage on the Government of New Zealand, is also a piss poor abuse.
On Backbenches last night Hone Harawira didnât say much that stood up to scrutiny, but at least he did show real empathy for Nick Smithâs fall from grace.
Unlike Phil Goff who made a sympathetic stament but followed it up by kicking Smith in the guts. He may be more relaxed on the back benches but he retains some political vindictiveness.
NZ still losing our best asset – and for me the other form of a no confidence vote against the govt. NZ has low wages, high cost of living, prohibitative housing costs, and no ability to save. And No political ideas how to overcome these fundamental issues http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10793720
Interesting that one Ianmac. I heard a top cop (might have been the Commissioner) saying about 10-12 days ago on Radio NZ that the decision would be made public in a matter of days rather than weeks.
As far as I know, its normal practice to advise the complainant of any decision – in this case John Key – in advance of publication.
Obviously some significant offending was involved but is this kind of bravado necessary?
If you choose to involve yourself with drugs, we will find out and we will come for you.
– Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan
It seems someone has been watching too many Rambo movies
It is high time (forgive the pun) that we had a rational approach to drug laws in this country – the war on drugs is a total failure – attitudes of people like Sheridan need to change.
The weakness of central government and our lack of reasonable and necessary measures from it is illustrated by the statement of the coroner on the death of the fireman in a coolstore fire. He is recommending licensing and closer controls which are long overdue. This is just another example to place alongside Pike River, leaky homes and….
The abandonment of regulation is a response to annoyance at the difficulties imposed by excessive bureaucracy, but is an example of taking an extreme position, a sort of puritan approach, which rejects the faulty system instead of problem-solving improvements.
While central government is so prone to this change and reorganising with diminishment of the nation’s services, we must not allow central government to strangle local government.
The abandonment of regulation is a response to annoyance at the difficulties imposed by excessive bureaucracy… Prism, I am not sure that it really is a response to annoyance at red tape, probably more a case of follow the money. I always see the “red tape” argument as one of “we don’t want to pay”.
One might say that if the ********s could be trusted with the welfare of employees, customers, users etc they could self regulate, no cost, no bureaucracy. We would not need ACC etc. Its a bit of a sad commentary on human nature…it is always someone else’s fault……and cost.
I always see the âred tapeâ argument as one of âwe donât want to payâ.
I see it as We want to do whatever we want and not have to ask even though it will affect everyone else. In other words, the people agitating to get rid of regulation want to impose themselves upon everyone else with no come back which is oppression.
The NeoLiberal free market cult has to sacrifice people to the God Free Market!
Extending humanitarian assistance unless this enables free markets is verboten. This is the Cult Ideology the Nats and hangers on adhere to.
Let’s go to the bankrupt U$$$ to see one of God market’s successes!
“Feeding The Homeless BANNED In Major Cities All Over America”
However these hungry homeless could even now obtain a career and commit an offence where they will be redeemed as part of the U$$$ economy again in a privately run prison: Adding to the GDP and GOD PROFIT’s margin with job opportunities for guards and caterers plus maintenance and prison construction. HALELUJAH!!! SAVED AT LAST!!!
They have no assets BUT! They can help in the construction of other’s wealth and assets!
“Charge the bastards for the air they breath! Kill the poor (and send them at state expense to my private funeral service…), privatise bloody everything to which there is a real human need and no alternative and make me profit….”
We are dealing with a sick psychopathic theology that does not even believe in the thing they espouse most.. the “free market”. Oligarchic / monopolistic corporate business hates “free markets”. They love regulation for their benefit.
Moari aspirations, which are based on equality, accountability and fairness, are New Zealand’s aspirations. Read our founding document Te Tiriti o Waitangi (PDF), if you think otherwise.
Per normal PG you lack the intellectual breadth of thought to understand. Read the article and concentrate your meager intellect on the following statement They (some Maori) say the real revolutionaries of Maori aspirations are in suits, carrying law or business degrees, and storming the walls of Pakeha capitalism with no time for distracting sideshows. If you want to find terrorists go to the banks, forex floors etc where financial crime wrecks lives daily. Tama is tame comparatively.
Bore @14.1.1 – I agree that some aspects of the financial world are obscene., but are you suggesting we do away with finance and banks? If so perhaps you should try and argue how that will not wreck any lives.
Work with the real economy rather than the delusional one created by the banks and economists and we’ll fulfil lives and not wreck them the way the present banking system is.
Tried the Northern Gateway Tollroad for the first time the other day.
On the way up it was quite awesome. The spectacular views, the grand feats of engineering, the long, wide, luxurious empty lanes. I felt like a Randian superhero in a futuristic free world and I liked it.
Ditto on the Randian thing….I summited a “minor” Rimutaka hill recently, shrugged momentarily, did an Eros impression…shooting invisible arrows at the unloved spirit of St Ayn….so cool (that she died loveless).
Unconfirmed media reports in Australia suggest the Federal and South Australian governments are expected to announce an $A200 million assistance package for the General Motors brand.
Holden, which has been seeking government support to keep its Australian operations open, will also promise to stay in the country for another 10 years.
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I suppose that one day the politicians (and everyone else) will wake up to the fact that capitalism doesn’t – but I’m not holding my breath.
An interesting line of questioning in the House today from Winston. The PM says he only found out about certain letters yesterday. Winston’s questions met with evasion from English on behalf of Key.
If Key knew earlier than he said then he mislead the house and the country.
Trevor also has some questions about the Attorney General Findlayson since he wrote a letter of support for Fisher during that hoohar over the Judge’s conflict of interest.
So Dr Smith – resigned for writing in support for a person known to him..
Chris Findlayson- writing in support for a person known to him. Result?
Next week should be funny?
I thought it was very interesting that Lockwood Smith jumped up to protect Bill English and informed the house that John Key had answered the question… but when Winston Peters asserted that the question was not previously answered, he quickly backed off and then got petulant!
That’s a pretty big oops for the speaker… to reiterate English misleading the house of representatives. How long will Key remain in hiding I wonder and who else is going to stick their neck out onto the chopping block?
I suggest that you read the Hansard transcript for question time on the 21st March.
John Key DID give the dates and Winston is pretty clearly wrong.
I think you will find that Lockwood didn’t have the transcript immediately to hand and didn’t really want to accuse WP of lying without the proof in front of him.
What Key said, in answer to Shearer’s question, was
“The first letter … I was made aware of on Monday evening … second letter .. I was made aware of this morning”.
Seems to be a pretty definite answer to me.
It’s available on the Parliamentary website but my trying to create a link doesn’t seem to be working.
âStatistics New Zealandâs latest GDP release shows growth was just 0.3 per cent in the December quarter. That is just a third of what the government predicted six months ago in the PREFU.
Well, I suppose the investors in SCF got an aggressive recoveryâŠ
Where has the cetacean been lately in his one-man-crusade for “the-citizen’s-right-to-know” in name suppression cases? Perhaps he is selective when it comes to people close to his political mates.
I think he gave up when he worked out the publicity wasn’t worth the court costs and probably got a contempt of court warning if he kept up with it, too.
There’s a comment on the Jackal saying the Herald would’ve got it right if they’d linked her to the National Front instead of the National Party. I reckon it was a mistake and that’s precisely what the Herald meant to say.
“thinks”? Goodness gracious Rosemary if the front page of the paper with diagram in blue with the title for the subjected lady “National party links and roles” isn’t clear enough for you to see what they did I don’t know what else is.
I liken it to a staunch Green party member at present being stuck on a red diagram among a group of Labour activists and disgraced MPs. They would go ballistic too.
Given I have voted for and have joined the National Party precisely equal to the number of times the National Front, that sounds however to be the most accurate thing ever published on the Crackal’s blog. A step in a positive direction at least.
CK, it can be tough when a group one is associated with is gobbled, digested and subsumed within a larger group.
Particularly if the self-identity of that smaller, now assimilated group, has always been at least partly defined, in the minds of it’s members at least, in distinction to that larger group.
But it’s a dinnimik environment, change is good, you can’t stop progress, the market has its realities. You’ll just have to get on and carry on. Chin up, it’s not as bad as you think.
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Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxonâs management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
Tonightâs court decision to overturn the summons of the Childrenâs Minister has enabled the Crown to continue making decisions about MÄori without evidence, says Te PÄti MÄori spokesperson for Children, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. âThe judicial system has this evening told the nation that this government can do whatever they want when ...
It appears Nicola Willis is about to pull the rug out from under the feet of local communities still dealing with the aftermath of last yearâs severe weather, and local councils relying on funding to build back from these disasters. ...
The Government is making short-sighted changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that will take away environmental protection in favour of short-term profits, Labourâs environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
Labour welcomes the release of the report into the North Island weather events and looks forward to working with the Government to ensure that New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster. ...
The Labour Party has called for the New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine, as a material step towards progressing the two-State solution needed to achieve a lasting peace in the region. ...
Some of our countryâs most important work, stopping the sexual exploitation of children and violent extremism could go along with staff on the frontline at ports and airports. ...
The Governmentâs Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a âget out of jail freeâ card to wreak havoc on the environment, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said today. ...
The government's decision to reintroduce Three Strikes is a destructive and ineffective piece of law-making that will only exacerbate an inherently biased and racist criminal justice system, said Te PÄti MÄori Justice Spokesperson, TÄkuta Ferris, today. During the time Three Strikes was in place in Aotearoa, MÄori and Pasifika received ...
Cuts to frontline hospital staff are not only a broken election promise, it shows the reckless tax cuts have well and truly hit the frontline of the health system, says Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. ...
The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. ...
New Zealandâs good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National governmentâs lack of ambition and scrapping programmes that were making a difference, Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said today. ...
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find out whether they're in line to lose their jobs. ...
Te PÄti MÄori is disgusted at the confirmation that hundreds are set to lose their jobs at Oranga Tamariki, and the disestablishment of the Treaty Response Unit. âThis act of absolute carelessness and out of touch decision making is committing tamariki to state abuse.â Said Te PÄti MÄori Oranga Tamariki ...
The Government is trying to bring in a law that will allow Ministers to cut corners and kill off native species, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said. ...
Cancelling urgently needed new Cook Strait ferries and hiking the cost of public transport for many Kiwis so that National can announce the prospect of another tunnel for Wellington is not making good choices, Labour Transport Spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. ...
A laundry list of additional costs for TÄmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live there, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
Te PÄti MÄori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, and Mema Paremata mĆ TÄmaki-Makaurau, Takutai Tarsh Kemp, will travel to the Gold Coast to strengthen ties with MÄori in Australia next week (15-21 April). The visit, in the lead-up to the 9th Australian National Kapa haka Festival, will be an opportunity for both ...
The Green Party has today launched a step-by-step guide to help New Zealanders make their voice heard on the Governmentâs democracy dodging and anti-environment fast track legislation. ...
The National Governmentâs proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will mean tenants can be turfed from their homes by landlords with little notice, Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. ...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is calling on all parties to support a common-sense change thatâs great for the planet and great for consumers after her memberâs bill was drawn from the ballot today. ...
A significant milestone has been reached in the fight to strike an anti-Pasifika and unfair law from the countryâs books after Teanau Tuionoâs membersâ bill passed its first reading. ...
New Zealand has today missed the opportunity to uphold the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, says James Shaw after his memberâs bill was voted down in its first reading. ...
Todayâs advice from the Climate Change Commission paints a sobering reality of the challenge we face in combating climate change, especially in light of recent Government policy announcements. ...
Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds appears to have delayed a report back to Cabinet on the progress New Zealand is making against international obligations for disabled New Zealanders. ...
Hundreds of New Zealand families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will benefit from a new Government focus on prevention and treatment, says Health Minister Dr Shane Reti. âWe know FASD is a leading cause of preventable intellectual and neurodevelopmental disability in New Zealand,â Dr Reti says. âEvery day, ...
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones today attended the official opening of Kaikoheâs new $14.7 million sports complex. âThe completion of the Kaikohe Multi Sports Complex is a fantastic achievement for the Far North,â Mr Jones says. âThis facility not only fulfils a long-held dream for local athletes, but also creates ...
Foreign Minister Winston Petersâ engagements in TĂŒrkiye this week underlined the importance of diplomacy to meet growing global challenges.  âReturning to the Gallipoli Peninsula to represent New Zealand at Anzac commemorations was a sombre reminder of the critical importance of diplomacy for de-escalating conflicts and easing tensions,â Mr Peters ...
Ambassador Millar, Burgemeester, Vandepitte, Excellencies, military representatives, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen â good morning and welcome to this sacred Anzac Day dawn service. It is an honour to be here on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood â a deeply ...
Distinguished guests - Â It is an honour to return once again to this site which, as the resting place for so many of our war-dead, has become a sacred place for generations of New Zealanders. Â Our presence here and at the other special spaces of Gallipoli is made ...
Mai ia tawhiti pamamao, te moana nui a Kiwa, kua tae whakaiti mai matou, ki to koutou papa whenua. No koutou te tapuwae, no matou te tapuwae, kua honoa pumautia. Â Ko nga toa kua hinga nei, o te Waipounamu, o te Ika a Maui, he okioki tahi me o ...
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. âOur Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealandâs hydrogen future, with the opening of the countryâs first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. âI want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has today outlined the first RMA Amendment ...
Overseas models for regulating the oil and gas sector, including their decommissioning regimes, are being carefully scrutinised as a potential template for New Zealandâs own sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Coalition Government is focused on rebuilding investor confidence in New Zealandâs energy sector as it looks to strengthen ...
Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has today released the Report of the Government Inquiry into the response to the North Island Severe Weather Events. âThe report shows that New Zealandâs emergency management system is not fit-for-purpose and there are some significant gaps we need to address,â Mr Mitchell ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is today travelling to Europe where heâll update the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Governmentâs work to restore law and order. âAttending the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva provides us with an opportunity to present New Zealandâs human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while ...
Associate Agriculture Minister, Mark Patterson, formally reopened the worldâs largest wool processing facility today in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild and refurbishment project. âThe reopening of this facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealandâs wool sector, which already accounts for 20 per cent of ...
Hon Andrew Bayly, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing At the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective (SOREC) Summit, 18 April, Dunedin  NgÄ mihi nui, Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Ko Whanganui aho  Good Afternoon and thank you for inviting me to open your summit today.  I am delighted ...
The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced today. âOur Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today announced four new diplomatic appointments for New Zealandâs overseas missions.  âOur diplomats have a vital role in maintaining and protecting New Zealandâs interests around the world,â Mr Peters says.  âI am pleased to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the ...
New Zealand is contributing NZ$7 million to support communities affected by severe food insecurity and other urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and Somalia, Foreign Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters announced today. Â âOver 21 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia, with a further 6.9 million people ...
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith is congratulating Mataaho Collective for winning the Golden Lion for best participant in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale. "Congratulations to the Mataaho Collective for winning one of the world's most prestigious art prizes at the Venice Biennale. âIt is good ...
The Government is reforming financial services to improve access to home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly and Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced today. âOur coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are ...
âChina remains a strong commercial opportunity for Kiwi exporters as Chinese businesses and consumers continue to value our high-quality safe produce,â Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says.  Mr McClay has returned to New Zealand following visits to Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai where he met ministers, governors and mayors and engaged in trade and agricultural events with the New ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful trip to Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, deepening relationships and capitalising on opportunities. Mr Luxon was accompanied by a business delegation and says the choice of countries represents the priority the New Zealand Government places on South East Asia, and our relationships in ...
New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. âRecently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachersâ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa. The summit is co-hosted ...
A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul.  âThe Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. âScience, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During todayâs meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. âThe Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in TaupĆ as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the TaupĆ International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. âAnticipation for the ITM TaupĆ Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners. âThe coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. âThis project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sectorâs productivity,â Mr Jones says. âThe project - ...
Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Governmentâs plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. âBenefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
The Governmentâs commitment to doubling New Zealandâs renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealandâs latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. âOur Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. âNew Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Governmentâs intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. âThe introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
Todayâs announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Governmentâs plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. âInflation is now at 4 per ...
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz)New Zealand Government’s Fast Track legislation. Many criticisms are being made of the Governmentâs Fast Track Approvals Bill, including by this writer. But as with everything in politics, every story has two sides, and both deserve attention. Itâs important to understand what the Government ...
Tara Ward talks to presenter Naomi Toilalo about the new TV show that turns food waste into a three course feast. Naomi Toilalo is standing in the warehouse at Good Neighbour Tauranga, helping unpack the two-and-a-half tonnes of rejected food that will arrive at the community support hub that day. ...
Scout is our latest Dog of the Month. This feature was offered as a reward during our Whatâs Eating Aotearoa PledgeMe campaign. Thank you to Scoutâs human, Avril, for her support. Dog name: Scout (named after the little girl in To Kill a Mockingbird â she inherited the independent spirit ...
Megan Alatini takes us through her life in TV, including âterribleâ daytime TV, the class of Carol Hirschfeld and her most embarrassing TrueBliss moment. When she responded to a vague newspaper ad asking âdo you have what it takes to be a popstar?â 25 years ago, Megan Alatini never guessed ...
A new exhibition in Wellington showcases the faces behind your local goods and services. Back in 1977, when I was a fine arts student at the University of Canterbury, I took a series of photographs of Christchurch shopkeepers. The photos were for a calendar â a project for my end ...
Toomaj and his resistance to tyranny through his songs have become an icon for the youth of Iran, so his sentence has hit the nation hard. Toomaj Salehi is not the first artist to pay the price for standing with the people. ...
My cousin Dylan and I spotted these big eels under the bridge that summer. We watched them lounging under the dark weed, facing into the flow of water, their mouths frozen open. Dylan and I couldnât stop thinking about those eels. The night we went down to the creek, we ...
Newsroom, home of satire. My long-running weekly satirical series The Secret Diary has moved to Newsroom and will appear every Saturday, with Victor Billot’s wildly popular satirical Odes continuing to appear every Sunday. Diaries, Odes â while serious political columnists toil at meaningful opinions and stroke their chins to an ...
Tara Ward unravels the many nuanced layers of a cartoon about talking dogs.This is an excerpt from our weekly pop culture newsletter Rec Room. Sign up here. Itâs not often an episode of a childrenâs cartoon has adults sobbing into their sleeves, but thatâs exactly what happened this week when ...
There’s an island in the far reaches of Auckland’s territory, sitting off the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula, 30 minutes by air from the city or four hours on the slow boat. Aotea Great Barrier is off-grid, it has a population of fewer than a thousand people ⊠and most ...
Asia Pacific Report An Australian author and advocate, Jim Aubrey, today led a national symbolic one minuteâs silence to mark the âblood debtâ owed to Papuan allies during the Second World War indigenous resistance against the invading Japanese forces. âA promise to most people is a promise,â Aubrey said in ...
Asia Pacific Report The Freedom Flotilla is ready to sail to Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. All the required paperwork has been submitted to the port authority, and the cargo has been loaded and prepared for the humanitarian trip to the besieged enclave. However, organisers received word of an âadministrative ...
Pacific Media Watch Palestine solidarity protesters today demonstrated at the Auckland headquarters of Television New Zealand, accusing the countryâs major TV network of broadcasting âpropagandaâ backing Israelâs genocidal war on Gaza. About 50 protesters targeted the main entrance to the TVNZ building near Sky Tower and also picketed a side ...
Opinion by Lynley Hood. Forty years on from my 1985 Fulbright Grant, my disquiet over the war in Gaza evoked some troubling questions. The answer to my first question – What is the primary purpose of the Fulbright Programme? – was on the Fulbright NZ website. It says: US Senator, ...
The ministers responsible for green-lighting major projects need to be open about potential conflicts of interest, says Transparency International. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University It has been a particularly distressing start to the year. There is little that can ease the current grief of individuals, families and communities who have needlessly lost a loved one to menâs ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Lichen, the first described example of symbiosis.AdeJ Artventure/Shutterstock Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Hemsley, Head, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Olena Ivanova/Shutterstock âChildhoodâ and âdementiaâ are two words we wish we didnât have to use together. But sadly, around 1,400 ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The governmentâs Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has just published its second report. It was set up by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth in 2022 to provide: ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Queensland state election will be held in October. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted April 9â17 from a sample ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD candidate at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Thereâs been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the United States could mean for Europe, Russiaâs war in Ukraine, the ...
A brief round-up of submissions on the controversial proposed law. This is an excerpt from our weekly environmental newsletter Future Proof. Sign up here. Last week, submissions on the controversial Fast-track Approvals Bill closed just hours after the government released a list of stakeholder organisations who were sent letters advising how they could ...
A poem from Robin Peaceâs new collection Detritus of Empire: feather / grass / rock. Cereal giving I see a womanâs hands, see her curious hands break a stalk as she walks through the tall prairie, the savannah, the steppe, wherever it was. See her idly bite the grass that ...
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Booksâ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1 Hemingwayâs Goblet by Dermot Ross (Mary Egan Publishing, $38)A handsomely produced (debossed cover, lovely ...
The Commissioner's decision validates the longstanding efforts of the local community and ensures that Awataha Marae will be managed to serve the needs of the local community, particularly for hosting tangihanga. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Salles, Associate professor, University of Sydney Examples of Australian landscapes.Unsplash Seventy thousand years ago, the sea level was much lower than today. Australia, along with New Guinea and Tasmania, formed a connected landmass known as Sahul. Around this time â ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Castagna, Lecturer, Creative Writing, Western Sydney University Day Day Market, ParramattaPhoto: Garry Trinh I live on the edge of Parramatta, Australiaâs fastest-growing city, on the kind of old-fashioned suburban street that has 1950s fibros constructed in the post-war housing boom, ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ryan, Teaching Fellow in Economics, University of Waikato GettyImagesfatido/Getty Images There is an ongoing global debate over whether the high inflation seen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic can be lowered without a recession. New Zealand is not ...
The âWicked Gameâ heartthrob is in his late 60s now. That didnât stop him putting on a lively, goofy and very sparkly show. Apart from âWicked Gameâ, which graces a sultry playlist of mine simply called đ, my last sustained Chris Isaak listening session took place when I was about ...
Analysis - Two ministers were stripped of portfolios in a warning to Cabinet, drama broke out at the Waitangi Tribunal, and the gang patch ban bill ran into opposition. ...
Tara Ward makes an impassioned plea for some vital pop culture merch. In April 1999, I became obsessed with a new reality television show called Popstars. Every Tuesday night, five strangers transformed into music royalty before my very eyes as Joe, Keri, Carly, Erika and Megan were chosen to form ...
PNG Post-Courier In the early hours of ANZAC Day, aerial photographs captured an impressive gathering of Australians and Papua New Guineans at Isurava in the Northern (Oro) Province. The solemn dawn service yesterday was held at a site steeped in history, where some of the fiercest battles of World War ...
The PSA is shocked that Oranga Tamariki has used the cost cutting drive to downgrade its commitment to Te Ao MÄori and remove many specialist MÄori roles. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland There can be no more powerful symbol of the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea than the prime ministers of these neighbouring countries walking together on the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Robinson, Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director of ARC Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong Andrew Netherwood Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shrink. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Viktoria Kahui, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Otago Getty Images/Amy Toensing Biodiversity is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. This suggests the ways we currently use to manage our natural environment are failing. One emerging concept focuses on ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Colin Bednall, Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology marvent/Shutterstock Finding the best person to fill a position can be tough, from drafting a job ad to producing a shortlist of top interview candidates. Employers typically consider information from ...
Wondering where to host your next BYO? Whether its a small gathering or a massive party, weâve got some recommendations. I was first introduced to the concept of BYOs at Dunedinâs India Gardens, a legendary but sadly defunct establishment, which purveyed enormous quantities of mango chicken to Aotearoaâs drunkest future ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Cooper, Honorary Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University Julien Cooper The hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ancient cattle herders. But in this dry environment, my new ...
The sector says itâs hopeful her replacement Paul Goldsmith will be able to throw it a lifeline, after six months with a minister deemed missing in action, writes Catherine McGregor in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoffâs morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign ...
The government can't just rely on axing public sector jobs and has to do more to cut spending, says the chief economist at a free market think tank. ...
Rock The Vote NZ, known for its advocacy for minor party unity and its role within the Freedoms NZ Coalition during the 2023 General Election, celebrates this merger as a strategic enhancement of its operational strength and outreach. ...
Nearly everyone has experienced the frustration of something you use breaking and being difficult or expensive to fix. Proposed legislation could change that. Itâs been raining on and off all Sunday afternoon but people are lining up outside a building in a corner of Gribblehirst Park in Sandringham, Auckland. In ...
What does a forever relationship look like when you donât believe in marriage? And how do you celebrate it? This essay is part of our Sunday Essay series, made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand.Iâm going to do it, right now. Iâm going to say ...
The Prime Minister has committed to resuming direct flights to Thailand. But it’s not a promise he will be able to deliver on anytime soon. The post Prime Minister jumps the gun in Thailand appeared first on Newsroom. ...
Itâs not that long ago Eliza McCartney was seriously wondering if the Paris Olympics would be her pole vaulting swansong. After years of being hounded by injury after injury, the Rio Olympics bronze medallist was still confident she would compete at her second Olympics in Paris in July, unless something ...
FICTION 1 Take Two by Danielle Hawkins (Allen & Unwin, $36.99) There’s commercial fiction, like this book, and then there’s quality fiction, quality writers, quality literature; the forthcoming Auckland Writers Festival is full of quality, and ReadingRoom has two tickets to give away to the following events: Paul Lynch (Dublin ...
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You can’t have missed the Gallipoli story as the movies, documentaries, essays and books capture what it was like for New Zealand troops in their eight-month campaign on the Peninsula. But this Anzac Day the Auckland War Memorial Museum has published a book that sheds light on a little-known aspect of the ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the free-for-all between the Australian government and Big Tech boss Elon Musk this week, the government had to be on a winner. Most people would have little sympathy with Muskâs vociferous opposition to ...
Asia Pacific Report Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandelaâs grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in istanbul as the ships prepare to sail for Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. Mandela is also the ambassador for the Global Campaign to Return to ...
Pacific Media Watch Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders. According to the tally kept by RSF, 200 journalists have been subjected to threats and physical violence, including murder, in the past 10 years because they were ...
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz)Political scientist, Dr Bryce Edwards. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has surprised everyone with his ruthlessness in sacking two of his ministers from their crucial portfolios. Removing ministers for poor performance after only five months in the job just doesnât normally happen in ...
Nick Smith wants an inquiry to “clear his name”.
I guess that’s a majority of one for an inquiry then… đ
You have to wonder if the man is playing with a full deck at the moment? (No disrespect to anyone else intended)
Oh come on, he’s had a full twelve hours to realise how badly he’s been treated. Being forced to apologise like that and then dismissed by a banker. Group hug for Dr. Nick.
What he wants is for an enquiry to reveal how he was removed by his “friends”. And what a twisted mess of joined dots that would be. John Key has spent the last few days saying it’s not the letters, per se, that got him dumped and Boag saying she would naturally help a 15 year old friend – but just out of the blue, a person who she hadn’t seen for so long – and Puller just by chance getting sent those “leaked” ACC files and then targetting Smith with a barrage of email requests. It was a plan that had a large helping of luck, I’d say, drawing in morons from far and wide, like a cyber vortex . The Nats just aren’t smart enough to set it up from scratch.
I guess Smith got to be too much of a liability, owed too much, and politicians being what they are, would have had to remove him in unusual ways if he were not the kind to go quietly. It’s the first sign that Nick Smith may be the unnamed MP so many predicted would end this government’s marginal hold on power.
Some peoples’ names crop up at odd times, don’t they?
Wine box, Recruitment for Auckland Super Council. ACC issues.
And how much closer are we to discovering the source of the “Hollow Men” emails?
All the work of “close friends” in the National Party, even if “just at an electoral level”.
And how much closer are we to discovering the source of the âHollow Menâ emails?
Ahhhh, yes, speaking of Bill English, whats his relationship with Dr Nick these days?
A thorough independent enquiry of the whole issue would be a good thing to clear up some unanswered questions. But Smith should be careful of what he wishes for.
Smacks of a born-to-rule attitude that he can’t believe he’s fallen from grace.
That struck me too: this is completely consistent with the stereotype.
He seemed to openly accept responsibility and he emotionally displayed some remorse don’t you think?
His downfall does seem to have been due to an arrogant in-power carelessness, but from what I’ve seen he realises that to an extent at least.
Compare that to say Winston Peters who still denies past wrongdoing. I can’t remember if his sign said No or Yes but that doesn’t really matter.
“He seemed to openly accept responsibility and he emotionally displayed some remorse donât you think”
It does not matter if he or any of them show remorse, they are crocodile tears, of a pathetic man. He may have problems himself, but he has had a negative impact on the lives of thousands of people in this country, and in no way does he deserve a shred of emotion. Quite simply, he is getting a little of what he deserves! Natural Justice will sort out the difference at some stage IMO!
You take take your sad attempt at fellating the flacid Mr Smith, and run along Pete, the eternal fluffer!
@PG
Winston is more amusing than Nick Smith – his misdemeanours are judged with that in mind. Also he appears to puts forward the case for ordinary people, though mostly senior age, and doesn’t seem so focussed on neo lib economics.
Winston’s an old school National economic conservative, from the early 80’s era. Hence his permanent opposition to asset sales. He’s not a rogernome neoliberal.
Another wholly enlightening expose from the deep thinking Wormtongue.
Smacks of a born-to-rule attitude thanks Carol….as the minutiae of the Smith case disappears into the mists of time we will be left with another cypher born to rule nonentity taking his place. Another neo lib jerk intent on foisting the nasty agenda of privatisation, kill the poor etc.
Does not really matter who the fresh face of plutocracy is, or who the next ideologically driven newbie is, we will still suffer. We are no further ahead.
@ Bored
Please please stop being so realistic, give us some PR feel-good hope for the future won’t cha.
Bugger, a bit of realism hurts. Might use my spade to hit some “optimistic hope” into myself rather than call it a spade……
I see the Wharfies are trying to look like the good guys now ,and the Maritime Union has done acomplete uturn ,and asked please if it workers can go back to work this afternoon.
Mr Parsloe must be feeling very foolish now as his 1951 approach hasnt worked, and he has weakened their bargaining position. Any disruption at all will give POAL the justification to carry on down their path of contracted workers without union involvement
Alternatively James 111, they might from the get-go have simply tugged the collective forelock to their “superiors”, and reacted not at all.
Beats me how idiots like you think it’s the paramount obligation of anyone being raped to maintain at all costs a “polite” demeanour.
“We have always been at war with Eastasia”.
Doubleplusgood doublethinking James. Top marks.
I don’t think he got it, Pascal’s Bookie. Wee Jimmie was born way after………
David Shearer has made it clear what standard he expects – as soon as a scandal blows up demand a immediate resignation.
No long winded justice process over years as for a few bomb throwers.
No waiting a day or two to make sure all the facts are known.
No giving the accused reasonable time to fully explain themselves.
Presumably this will apply to his own leadership. The odds are he will get a chance to demonstrate his commitment to instant justice.
I wonder if he will apply it to accusations of undermining leadership.
What’s Peter Dunne’s approach to bad behaviour from his Ministers?
Ministers???? What Ministers?? he’s just a one hair party.
Hair today, Gone tomorrow.
More importantly, whatâs Peter Dunneâs approach to fly-away hair?
Mods
My time is up sanity, pragmatism, realism has returned please free up my name for posting
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Yay, fresh meat! Well, not exactly fresh, but you know what I mean.
Yay! Month old meat!
The day of the jackals?
No, I’ve avoided it, but the thrill of the chase was apparent elsewhere as well. Political blood sport. Our equivalent of a Muslim stoning or a Middle Age witch burning.
I doubt it. The story of the moment overrules any emotional quotient.
And while it’s probably not necessary here I did feel sadness for the manner that other MPs have fallen from grace very publicly, like Hughes and Carter. We all make mistakes, some make big career changing ones, but it shouldn’t be an excuse for modern day stocks with maximum public humiliation. We don’t do that in our justice system.
And the political attempts to put the boot into everything around the demise of Smith’s ministerial career, to try and inflict maximum damage on the Government of New Zealand, is also a piss poor abuse.
On Backbenches last night Hone Harawira didnât say much that stood up to scrutiny, but at least he did show real empathy for Nick Smithâs fall from grace.
Unlike Phil Goff who made a sympathetic stament but followed it up by kicking Smith in the guts. He may be more relaxed on the back benches but he retains some political vindictiveness.
Dr Nick deserves some sympathy, I agree. Imagine being knifed in the back by your own team like that.
Just awful.
I’m also a bit hurt that you’d say such nasty, cruel things about Phil Goff. A ‘gut-kicker’? What a horrible thing to say, Pete.
You certainly seem to have some political animosity stored up there.
Do we suspect the stiletto blade of Madame Boag?
NZ still losing our best asset – and for me the other form of a no confidence vote against the govt. NZ has low wages, high cost of living, prohibitative housing costs, and no ability to save. And No political ideas how to overcome these fundamental issues
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10793720
Does anyone know exactly what this woman Bronwyn Pullar is demanding from ACC? We know she wants a benefit but how much per week?
We do know she has a branding and marketing job so she’s not unemployed.
She lives in a $700,000 apartment with her accountant boyfriend who is sure to be on a good financial wicket.
She comes from a very good South Island family. Translated: they have pots of dough?
The mind boggles when you consider the harrowing circumstances of some ACC victims.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10793724
Great fortunes, great crimes, and all that. I’d just be happy to see section 237 of the Crimes Act enforced. Dreams are free.
Born to rule wealthy Tories love their state entitlements. Even willing to involve Tory Ministers to get what they think they are due.
Hypocritical, isn’t it.
That reminds me. Where is the decision on Tea-gate?
Where is Bradley Ambrose and who paid his high court costs he said he couldn’t afford ?
Interesting that one Ianmac. I heard a top cop (might have been the Commissioner) saying about 10-12 days ago on Radio NZ that the decision would be made public in a matter of days rather than weeks.
As far as I know, its normal practice to advise the complainant of any decision – in this case John Key – in advance of publication.
We’re still waiting!
Obviously some significant offending was involved but is this kind of bravado necessary?
– Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan
It seems someone has been watching too many Rambo movies
It is high time (forgive the pun) that we had a rational approach to drug laws in this country – the war on drugs is a total failure – attitudes of people like Sheridan need to change.
The weakness of central government and our lack of reasonable and necessary measures from it is illustrated by the statement of the coroner on the death of the fireman in a coolstore fire. He is recommending licensing and closer controls which are long overdue. This is just another example to place alongside Pike River, leaky homes and….
The abandonment of regulation is a response to annoyance at the difficulties imposed by excessive bureaucracy, but is an example of taking an extreme position, a sort of puritan approach, which rejects the faulty system instead of problem-solving improvements.
While central government is so prone to this change and reorganising with diminishment of the nation’s services, we must not allow central government to strangle local government.
The abandonment of regulation is a response to annoyance at the difficulties imposed by excessive bureaucracy… Prism, I am not sure that it really is a response to annoyance at red tape, probably more a case of follow the money. I always see the “red tape” argument as one of “we don’t want to pay”.
One might say that if the ********s could be trusted with the welfare of employees, customers, users etc they could self regulate, no cost, no bureaucracy. We would not need ACC etc. Its a bit of a sad commentary on human nature…it is always someone else’s fault……and cost.
I see it as We want to do whatever we want and not have to ask even though it will affect everyone else. In other words, the people agitating to get rid of regulation want to impose themselves upon everyone else with no come back which is oppression.
The NeoLiberal free market cult has to sacrifice people to the God Free Market!
Extending humanitarian assistance unless this enables free markets is verboten. This is the Cult Ideology the Nats and hangers on adhere to.
Let’s go to the bankrupt U$$$ to see one of God market’s successes!
“Feeding The Homeless BANNED In Major Cities All Over America”
Link: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/feeding-the-homeless-banned-in-major-cities-all-over-america
However these hungry homeless could even now obtain a career and commit an offence where they will be redeemed as part of the U$$$ economy again in a privately run prison: Adding to the GDP and GOD PROFIT’s margin with job opportunities for guards and caterers plus maintenance and prison construction. HALELUJAH!!! SAVED AT LAST!!!
They have no assets BUT! They can help in the construction of other’s wealth and assets!
“Charge the bastards for the air they breath! Kill the poor (and send them at state expense to my private funeral service…), privatise bloody everything to which there is a real human need and no alternative and make me profit….”
We are dealing with a sick psychopathic theology that does not even believe in the thing they espouse most.. the “free market”. Oligarchic / monopolistic corporate business hates “free markets”. They love regulation for their benefit.
Ignore where this is and have a good laugh: West Auckland Give Way rules from this weekend.
Some of you have a sense of humour don’t you?
this may be the one and only time you visit the Whale
without needing a decontamination shower afterwards
Tame Iti – Hero of the Week
Moari aspirations, which are based on equality, accountability and fairness, are New Zealand’s aspirations. Read our founding document Te Tiriti o Waitangi (PDF), if you think otherwise.
I doubt many people will view hamming around with weapons playing at being terrorists as being heroic.
Per normal PG you lack the intellectual breadth of thought to understand. Read the article and concentrate your meager intellect on the following statement They (some Maori) say the real revolutionaries of Maori aspirations are in suits, carrying law or business degrees, and storming the walls of Pakeha capitalism with no time for distracting sideshows. If you want to find terrorists go to the banks, forex floors etc where financial crime wrecks lives daily. Tama is tame comparatively.
Bore @14.1.1 – I agree that some aspects of the financial world are obscene., but are you suggesting we do away with finance and banks? If so perhaps you should try and argue how that will not wreck any lives.
I agree that Tama is relatively tame.
“are you suggesting we do away with finance and banks?”
What the fuck are you on about?
Do you know what the word “crime” means?
Work with the real economy rather than the delusional one created by the banks and economists and we’ll fulfil lives and not wreck them the way the present banking system is.
Tried the Northern Gateway Tollroad for the first time the other day.
On the way up it was quite awesome. The spectacular views, the grand feats of engineering, the long, wide, luxurious empty lanes. I felt like a Randian superhero in a futuristic free world and I liked it.
On the way back it was full of commoners.
Ditto on the Randian thing….I summited a “minor” Rimutaka hill recently, shrugged momentarily, did an Eros impression…shooting invisible arrows at the unloved spirit of St Ayn….so cool (that she died loveless).
And another example of corporate welfare:-
I suppose that one day the politicians (and everyone else) will wake up to the fact that capitalism doesn’t – but I’m not holding my breath.
An interesting line of questioning in the House today from Winston. The PM says he only found out about certain letters yesterday. Winston’s questions met with evasion from English on behalf of Key.
If Key knew earlier than he said then he mislead the house and the country.
Trevor also has some questions about the Attorney General Findlayson since he wrote a letter of support for Fisher during that hoohar over the Judge’s conflict of interest.
So Dr Smith – resigned for writing in support for a person known to him..
Chris Findlayson- writing in support for a person known to him. Result?
Next week should be funny?
I thought it was very interesting that Lockwood Smith jumped up to protect Bill English and informed the house that John Key had answered the question… but when Winston Peters asserted that the question was not previously answered, he quickly backed off and then got petulant!
That’s a pretty big oops for the speaker… to reiterate English misleading the house of representatives. How long will Key remain in hiding I wonder and who else is going to stick their neck out onto the chopping block?
I suggest that you read the Hansard transcript for question time on the 21st March.
John Key DID give the dates and Winston is pretty clearly wrong.
I think you will find that Lockwood didn’t have the transcript immediately to hand and didn’t really want to accuse WP of lying without the proof in front of him.
What Key said, in answer to Shearer’s question, was
“The first letter … I was made aware of on Monday evening … second letter .. I was made aware of this morning”.
Seems to be a pretty definite answer to me.
It’s available on the Parliamentary website but my trying to create a link doesn’t seem to be working.
Slip Sliding Awaaaay
Well, I suppose the investors in SCF got an aggressive recoveryâŠ
Where has the cetacean been lately in his one-man-crusade for “the-citizen’s-right-to-know” in name suppression cases? Perhaps he is selective when it comes to people close to his political mates.
I think he gave up when he worked out the publicity wasn’t worth the court costs and probably got a contempt of court warning if he kept up with it, too.
StatsNZ Yearbooks
This has to be the funniest things to come out of the Smith saga, Odgers getting annoyed because she thinks she’s been linked to the National Party.
http://asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com/2012/03/nz-herald-gutter-reporting.html
There’s a comment on the Jackal saying the Herald would’ve got it right if they’d linked her to the National Front instead of the National Party. I reckon it was a mistake and that’s precisely what the Herald meant to say.
Rosemary
“thinks”? Goodness gracious Rosemary if the front page of the paper with diagram in blue with the title for the subjected lady “National party links and roles” isn’t clear enough for you to see what they did I don’t know what else is.
I liken it to a staunch Green party member at present being stuck on a red diagram among a group of Labour activists and disgraced MPs. They would go ballistic too.
Given I have voted for and have joined the National Party precisely equal to the number of times the National Front, that sounds however to be the most accurate thing ever published on the Crackal’s blog. A step in a positive direction at least.
CK
CK, it can be tough when a group one is associated with is gobbled, digested and subsumed within a larger group.
Particularly if the self-identity of that smaller, now assimilated group, has always been at least partly defined, in the minds of it’s members at least, in distinction to that larger group.
But it’s a dinnimik environment, change is good, you can’t stop progress, the market has its realities. You’ll just have to get on and carry on. Chin up, it’s not as bad as you think.
Shane Ardern’s conflict of interest
Along with National’s Pastoral Land (Rent for Pastoral Leases) bill, the Cold Creek Rural Water Supply Bill is designed to gift farmer’s unconditional control of our resources…