The sandfly were that pissed off yesterday they had there muppets making plays right in the cul de sac were I live . They regularly get some of my intimidated clients to join in on their plays some star in them.
They have a vast network of contracted liars/informers/ NARKS that they use against us the people.
And this is what is wrong with the justice systems PEOPLE who have morals and wont NARK they get locked up and the NARKS they get to carry on shitting on OUR society
Lying stealing intimidation selling drugs all with the protection from the sandflies.
All they have to do to get there get out of jail free card is NARK on anyone be it WHANO or neighbour .These NARKS are spreading there Ideals bad behaviour and Infecting our YOUTH with this immoral behaviour and this is the main reason crime has keeped rising .The sandflies are locking up the wrong PEOPLE and letting there NARKS spread Anarchy .This will piss them right off they can go and get stuffed There is more that I will reveal about OUR justice systems at least the sandflies are to busy chasing me around to stuff with our innocent youths lives PS crime is dropping now the people know the justice system is corrupt Ana to kai
I love the morning Rumble show from the Rock radio station Ka pai real kiwis people. It was your show that gave me the song UNFUCK THE WORLD. Ka kite ano
You should post some of your vids from your website on the standard Eco, I’m sure many people would be interested in the recipes and ideas and me old chum Robert is always interested in peoples gardens.
You may ask your self why would the police put so much effort into trapping ECO Maori he must be a bad Bastard. First this is a personal vandeta from a cop from Gisborne and that red head dick from Tokoroa. Now they won’t leave me and my lawn clients be is because I only have to get ONE client to give evedince for me against the police and walar the police get burned and I will get 2 million and this fact makes most people in the justice system lose sleep can not having a heaven Maori make money out of our mistakes. Ana to kai PS stunned mullet don’t waste my time Boy. Kia kaha
Nothing wrong with being a silver back it commands respect Ka pai guys Thane and Duncan from the Rock radio station
Ka pai play a song I would like Ka kite ano
I went to pick up my son in law from the farm and pick up my granddaughter from another farm my daughter stuffed up the pick up places went to 4 different locations I was worried about my moko we found them in the end flat phone and bad reciption what a run around Ka kite ano
These people I’m talking about are not all gangster most are common folk and the sandflys use there narks to set up bait our Maori youth they have been trying to set me up and bait me look at that program bait car they just catch desperate people WTF Ana to kai
And thanks to this website I can defend myself and my children and wife from the attacks the sandflys use against US they are scared and desperate muppets who will use anything they can dream up they must have thought they were close to breaking me when I mentioned Australia they poured on the pressure. But Know its like water off a ducks back I seen 10 marked cars in 5 hours Ana to kai
Do you think that I would do anything stupid IE a dum thing and put myself in check m8 KNOW so if they con someone to make a false statement well you will know the police have cheated on that move Ana to kai
The crash is coming.
Yesterday I posted how senior IMF personnel thought this.
Now another senior banker says so.
Be prepared. This will be messy.
Here is the story from Stuff.
“’It is frankly scary’: World financial system as stretched as before 2008 crash
The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned.
Nine years of emergency money has had a string of perverse effects and lured emerging markets into debt dependency, without addressing the structural causes of the global disorder.
“All the market indicators right now look very similar to what we saw before the Lehman crisis, but the lesson has somehow been forgotten,” said Professor William White, the Swiss-based head of the OECD’s review board and ex-chief economist for the Bank for International Settlements.”
Yep, the person that starts every day with ‘The crash is coming’ will one day be right. Their ‘Told you so’ moment.
Are we better off to plant seeds in the hope that we’ll get one more season in before the crash or just leave the sacks of seed on the shelf because it’s just round the corner. I’m off sowing, later.
He has not gotten any better, unfortunately. While interviewing Luvvie Ajayi (blogger and “professional trouble maker”) yesterday he approvingly quoted this stupid and typically unfunny comment about rape uttered by “the American comedian Bill Mayer”….
Bill Mayer? “American comedian Bill Mayer”? Of course, he was talking about the disgusting faux-liberal “comedian” Bill Maher. His guest pronounced the name properly as she subtly criticized Mulligan for quoting someone so lacking in credibility: “Bill Maher says a lot of problematic things…”
Earlier in the afternoon, Mulligan informed his audience: “I don’t know anything about twentieth century British history” but in order to learn something about it, “I’ve watched all of season 2 of The Royals over the summer.”
Here, by the way, is Bill Maher getting his ignorant and complacent assss handed to him on his own show…..
You seem to have something against Mulligan, In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza?? I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ? To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable. Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
Yes, as I have delineated carefully in the past, Jesse Mulligan lacks the basic knowledge to be a credible interviewer. That’s because he does not read enough.
In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
He hadn’t heard of it because he hasn’t done enough serious reading about New Zealand culture in the 1980s.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza??
No, I had a go at him because he had not heard of John Philip Sousa.
I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ?
That indicates that you, and the people you asked this afternoon, have not done a lot of reading about the United States. Sousa is perhaps the most famous composer ever produced there.
To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable.
John Philip Sousa is hugely famous too. He is the most well known, and probably the most performed, American composer of all time.
Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
I don’t expect Mulligan or anyone else to have an expert knowledge of Sousa, or of crappy 1970s soap operas. But he had not even heard of him—“some guy called John Philip Sousa”—which shows an abysmal lack of basic knowledge.
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s [sic] in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer [sic] in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
You can’t? Maher, a friend of Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein, is pouring scorn on the Me Too movement, comparing it to McCarthyism. Mulligan foolishly quoted something from that rant, “given to me by my producer”, which horrified his guest Luvvie Ajayi, who pointed out how dodgy Maher is.
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
I take him at his word: he knows nothing about British history either. And watching a costume drama is not going to make him any more knowledgeable, unfortunately.
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
Listening to radio should make you smarter. Listening to Jesse Mulligan, who knows bugger all about anything, that’s not going to happen.
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
I’ve praised him before for his quick wit, and his facility for punning. But he’s just not erudite enough to do the job that he’s doing now.
Jesse Mulligan, I’m sorry to say , is the next generation, as RNZ decided. it’s vastly irritating for us who know the difference between our body-parts ,But no more than the portentous comments of the recent previous. Many a sigh.
So very tiring for our (hard) educated crowd: we wish to discuss in our language.
As bad as Mora was, Mulligan is worse. It’s inconceivable that Mora would be so ignorant as to utter something as ignorant as “some guy called John Philip Sousa.”
Mora would, though, given his history of citing people like David Brooks and Thomas Friedman, have been stupid enough and callous enough to cite Bill Maher’s idiocy.
What’s happened to intelligent, well read, well informed broadcasters? People like Sharon Crosby, Ian Fraser, and Chris Laidlaw?
Puke- making moment of the morning was hearing loan shark Julie Trott trying to convince Natrad listeners that they were providing a ‘service’…rather than acting like scavengers tearing meat from the not yet dead…
“Fees:
If you can’t find the info you need, just call us on 0800 232 788.
The friendly team at Fast Track are ready to help!
Secured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75% p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $395.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $300 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Repossession Warning Notices $6.00,
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00
Unsecured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75%p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $275.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $200 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00”
Personally I blame the schools who are shoving more and more costs onto parents as each year goes by. Forcing parents to buy fancy laptops is an insiduous example.
They are providing a service. Wheel clampers and paua poachers do too.
If I was their marketing manager I’d be trying to get little promo card holders mounted on pokie machines and brochures into the waiting areas of WINZ offices.
Not a single politician, not one of the people that regulate our finance industry, none of those that get fat on these schemes, not a single one of them would take on one of these loans, they’d guffaw at the prospect. Every single one of them would advise against a friend or relative ever touching such a line of credit.
Something is amiss when owners wouldn’t touch their product with a barge pole, it stinks like tobacco.
We need to kick these legit Mafia operations to the curb.
Are you really surprised that RNZ National gave her this free platform? After all, they still interview Garth McVicar and his gruesome offsiders, usually introducing them as a “victim’s advocate.”
Police seem to ignore this issue, maybe because it’s easier to fine between 8 – 6 pm than bother to get the boy racers who operate in the weekends and during the night, in less sociable police hours.
Well drunk driving was ‘a thing’ but has now been significantly reduced with fines and campaigns.
I’d prefer a rite of passage that didn’t involve cars as a means of expression for youth, just like we now don’t welcome drunk drivers driving off from the pubs.
Also some of these ‘youth’ are middle aged having mid life crisis and getting a road motorbike who apparently are a big group having accidents.
Then there is the motocross/quad bikes plus sized folks, hooning on beaches with 90+ decibels for anyone else in the vicinity and no license plates or police in sight, often with a few plus sized burger grasping children without a license or any road sense in tow. Why walk along beaches if you can drive?
I was impressed by a speech that Jacinda gave at an East cape saw milling operation whilst on the campaign trail.
She discussed the 100’s of jobs that had been lost in the industry in recent years. She put that down to knee-jerk reactions to prevailing market conditions and poor long-term planning. I’m inclined to agree with her.
Puckish Rogue, sorry, but I’ve put your comment into Moderation until I can look at it properly. I hear what you are saying about the current accusations about racism, and I will look at that as a moderator (I tend to agree you are being unfairly harassed).
But your comment also challenges an old moderation by directly criticising a moderator and given what happened last week where many people basically attacked an author I am reluctant to let that stuff have another round.
I’d prefer it if you just addressed the current issue as being a single commenter harassing you.
Hey thats cool, its just that Adam was using what Bill wrote as a reason to act like he is so I attempted to address the issue of what was written and not the person
I do understand some issues can be contentious so from this point on I’ll just ignore anything Adam says and I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway
Would you be ok if I put your first comment in Trash, and instead you point out the problem comments to me as they happen? When there is a clear pattern of behaviour it’s easier to moderate. That way we don’t have to revisit the old stuff and who was right/wrong etc.
(I’m aware that I also moderated in that set of events, and I think it’s way too complicated to revisit, so referring to it will take more time and effort than is needed in this case)
“I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway”
I think that’s a good idea. Moderators vary in their tolerance for derailment, so I think it’s certainly worth being more careful in how one comments especially where there is history of moderation (and you have a fair amount).
Hang on the moderation did ask him to explain, he did not at the time, now he trying to litigate it.
Sorry but racists rarely change their spots.
If puckish dishes it out, and he does regularly, then he needs to handle it back.
Just another crying rwnj when they get called on their shitty behaviour.
[and I’ve watched you calling him a racist in conversations that have nothing to do with racism, and not backing it up with anything. If a RWer was doing that there would be outcries of ‘troll!’. The moderation will kick in when the behaviour becomes a problem and often has nothing to do with the right/wrong of the comments. I think we’ve reached the point of it being a problem. By all means address racism if you see it in PR’s comments, but I’m asking you to stop with having a go across discussions that are completely unrelated to that. – weka]
As it is absorbed, consumer culture imposes numerous influences that weaken personality structures, undermine coping and lay the groundwork for eventual demoralization. Its driving features—individualism, materialism, hyper-competition, greed, over-complication, overwork, hurriedness and debt—all correlate negatively with psychological health and/or social wellbeing. The level of intimacy, trust and true friendship in people’s lives has plummeted. Sources of wisdom, social and community support, spiritual comfort, intellectual growth and life education have dried up. Passivity and choice have displaced creativity and mastery. Resilience traits such as patience, restraint and fortitude have given way to short attention spans, over-indulgence and a masturbatory approach to life.
I like when people say "communism doesn't work because people are selfish".So the solution is apparently to use a system that gives almost unlimited power to the most selfish people alive??— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) January 24, 2018
Capitalism rewards sociopathic behaviour and punishes useful work. Law of the jungle, Rex Lex. Humans only evolved successfully by working in community. Selfishness is a childish attribute— kapai te rewai (Rob) (@ropata) January 24, 2018
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Very sorry to hear of the passing of Denise Yates.
She was a serving Waitakere Local Board member, previous Waitakere City Councillor, staunch Labour activist for decades, and had many hard-won fights behind her.
Dodgy Academics:
Immigration NZ should be warned to restrict entry to bigots like historians and commentators Gordon Craig, Fritz Stern, Norman Stone, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Timothy Garton-Ash and George Urban.
Here are some of their views on the Germans as fed to Margaret Thatcher prior to German Re-unification.
“Germans were said to be insensitive to the feelings of others, “most noticeable in their behaviour over the Polish border”, self-obsessed and “inclined to self-pity and a longing to be liked”.
The extraordinary accumulation of negative stereotypes continued: “Some even less flattering attributes were also mentioned as an abiding part of the German character: in alphabetical order, angst, aggressiveness, assertiveness, bullying, egotism, inferiority complex, sentimentality.” A capacity to “overdo things” and “over-estimate their own strengths and capabilities” was also added to the list.
Modern Germans “were very different from their predecessors”, it was acknowledged, but the fact that a “cultured and cultivated nation” had previously been “brainwashed into barbarism” meant it could happen again.”
Their students are the ones advising the current London government on Brexit!
IT isn’t really going to have any effect on anywhere except perhaps within a few hundred meters of the site. It is certainly not going to have any effect on the Pacific Ocean as a whole.
You do realise that there are about 4.5 billion tons of Uranium present in seawater.
That is there naturally.
According to you, I guess plutonium is ok as well plus the 85.000 cubic metres of radio active waste.
Which, as the article says, has a half life of over 24.000 years..
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This open-for-business, under-new-management cliché-pockmarked government of Christopher Luxon is not the thing of beauty he imagines it to be. It is not the powerful expression of the will of the people that he asserts it to be. It is not a soaring eagle, it is a malodorous vulture. This newest poll should make ...
The latest labour market statistics, showing a rise in unemployment. There are now 134,000 unemployed - 14,000 more than when the National government took office. Which is I guess what happens when the Reserve Bank causes a recession in an effort to Keep Wages Low. The previous government saw a ...
Three opinion polls have been released in the last two days, all showing that the new government is failing to hold their popular support. The usual honeymoon experienced during the first year of a first term government is entirely absent. The political mood is still gloomy and discontented, mainly due ...
National's Finance Minister once met a poor person.A scornful interview with National's finance guru who knows next to nothing about economics or people.There might have been something a bit familiar if that was the headline I’d gone with today. It would of course have been in tribute to the article ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – Throughout the pandemic, the new Vice-Chancellor-of-Otago-University-on-$629,000 per annum-Can-you-believe-it-and-Former-Finance-Minister Grant Robertson repeated the mantra over and over that he saved “lives and livelihoods”.As we update how this claim is faring over the course of time, the facts are increasingly speaking differently. NZ ...
Chris Trotter writes – IT’S A COMMONPLACE of political speeches, especially those delivered in acknowledgement of electoral victory: “We’ll govern for all New Zealanders.” On the face of it, the pledge is a strange one. Why would any political leader govern in ways that advantaged the huge ...
Bryce Edwards writes – The list of former National Party Ministers being given plum and important roles got longer this week with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett as the chair of Pharmac. The Christopher Luxon-led Government has now made key appointments to Bill ...
TL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy at 10:06am on Wednesday, May 1:The Lead: Business confidence fell across the board in April, falling in some areas to levels last seen during the lockdowns because of a collapse in ...
Over the past 36 hours, Christopher Luxon has been dong his best to portray the centre-right’s plummeting poll numbers as a mark of virtue. Allegedly, the negative verdicts are the result of hard economic times, and of a government bravely set out on a perilous rescue mission from which not ...
Auckland Transport have started rolling out new HOP card readers around the network and over the next three months, all of them on buses, at train stations and ferry wharves will be replaced. The change itself is not that remarkable, with the new readers looking similar to what is already ...
Completed reads for April: The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Carnival of Saints, by George Herman The Snow Spider, by Jenny Nimmo Emlyn’s Moon, by Jenny Nimmo The Chestnut Soldier, by Jenny Nimmo Death Comes As the End, by Agatha Christie Lord of the Flies, by ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
Have a story to share about St Paul’s, but today just picturesPopular novels written at this desk by a young man who managed to bootstrap himself out of father’s imprisonment and his own young life in a workhouse Read more ...
The list of former National Party Ministers being given plum and important roles got longer this week with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett as the chair of Pharmac. The Christopher Luxon-led Government has now made key appointments to Bill English, Simon Bridges, Steven Joyce, Roger Sowry, ...
Newsroom has a story today about National's (fortunately failed) effort to disestablish the newly-created Inspector-General of Defence. The creation of this agency was the key recommendation of the Inquiry into Operation Burnham, and a vital means of restoring credibility and social licence to an agency which had been caught lying ...
Holding On To The Present:The moment a political movement arises that attacks the whole idea of social progress, and announces its intention to wind back the hands of History’s clock, then democracy, along with its unwritten rules, is in mortal danger.IT’S A COMMONPLACE of political speeches, especially those delivered in ...
Stuck In The Middle With You:As Christopher Luxon feels the hot breath of Act’s and NZ First’s extremists on the back of his neck and, as he reckons with the damage their policies are already inflicting upon a country he’s described as “fragile”, is there not some merit in reaching out ...
The unpopular coalition government is currently rushing to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. The clause is Oranga Tamariki's Treaty clause, and was inserted after its systematic stealing of Māori children became a public scandal and resulted in physical resistance to further abductions. The clause created clear obligations ...
Buzz from the Beehive The government’s official website – which Point of Order monitors daily – not for the first time has nothing much to say today about political happenings that are grabbing media headlines. It makes no mention of the latest 1News-Verian poll, for example. This shows National down ...
It Takes A Train To Cry:Surely, there is nothing lonelier in all this world than the long wail of a distant steam locomotive on a cold Winter’s night.AS A CHILD, I would lie awake in my grandfather’s house and listen to the traffic. The big wooden house was only a ...
Packing A Punch: The election of the present government, including in its ranks politicians dedicated to reasserting the rights of the legislature in shaping and determining the future of Māori and Pakeha in New Zealand, should have alerted the judiciary – including its anomalous appendage, the Waitangi Tribunal – that its ...
Dead Woman Walking: New Zealand’s media industry had been moving steadily towards disaster for all the years Melissa Lee had been National’s media and communications policy spokesperson, and yet, when the crisis finally broke, on her watch, she had nothing intelligent to offer. Christopher Luxon is a patient man - but he’s not ...
Chris Trotter writes – New Zealand politics is remarkably easy-going: dangerously so, one might even say. With the notable exception of John Key’s flat ruling-out of the NZ First Party in 2008, all parties capable of clearing MMP’s five-percent threshold, or winning one or more electorate seats, tend ...
Ministers must front up about which projects it will push through under its Fast Track Approvals legislation, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said today. ...
The Government is again adding to New Zealand’s growing unemployment, this time cutting jobs at the agencies responsible for urban development and growing much needed housing stock. ...
With Minister Karen Chhour indicating in the House today that she either doesn’t know or care about the frontline cuts she’s making to Oranga Tamariki, we risk seeing more and more of our children falling through the cracks. ...
The Labour Party is saddened to learn of the death of Sir Robert Martin, a globally renowned disability advocate who led the way for disability rights both in New Zealand and internationally. ...
Labour is calling for the Government to urgently rethink its coalition commitment to restart live animal exports, Labour animal welfare spokesperson Rachel Boyack said. ...
Today’s Financial Stability Report has once again highlighted that poverty and deep inequality are political choices - and this Government is choosing to make them worse. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to do more for our households in most need as unemployment rises and the cost of living crisis endures. ...
Unemployment is on the rise and it’s only going to get worse under this Government, Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate grew to 4.3 percent in the March quarter from 4 percent in the December quarter. “This is the second rise in unemployment ...
The New Zealand Labour Party welcomes the entering into force of the European Union and New Zealand free trade agreement. This agreement opens the door for a huge increase in trade opportunities with a market of 450 million people who are high value discerning consumers of New Zealand goods and ...
The National-led Government continues its fiscal jiggery pokery with its Pharmac announcement today, Labour Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall says. “The government has increased Pharmac funding but conceded it will only make minimal increases in access to medicine”, said Ayesha Verrall “This is far from the bold promises made to fund ...
This afternoon’s interim Waitangi Tribunal report must be taken seriously as it affects our most vulnerable children, Labour children’s spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime. ...
Te Pāti Māori are demanding the New Zealand Government support an international independent investigation into mass graves that have been uncovered at two hospitals on the Gaza strip, following weeks of assault by Israeli troops. Among the 392 bodies that have been recovered, are children and elderly civilians. Many of ...
Our two-tiered system for veterans’ support is out of step with our closest partners, and all parties in Parliament should work together to fix it, Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. ...
Stripping two Ministers of their portfolios just six months into the job shows Christopher Luxon’s management style is lacking, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. ...
Tonight’s court decision to overturn the summons of the Children’s Minister has enabled the Crown to continue making decisions about Māori without evidence, says Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Children, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “The 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 year’s 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, Labour’s 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 country’s 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 Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill will give projects such as new coal mines a ‘get out of jail free’ 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 Pāti Māori Justice Spokesperson, Tākuta Ferris, today. During the time Three Strikes was in place in Aotearoa, Māori 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 Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s 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 Pāti Māori is disgusted at the confirmation that hundreds are set to lose their jobs at Oranga Tamariki, and the disestablishment of the Treaty Response Unit. “This act of absolute carelessness and out of touch decision making is committing tamariki to state abuse.” Said Te Pāti Māori Oranga Tamariki ...
New Zealand Sign Language Week is an excellent opportunity for all Kiwis to give the language a go, Disabilities Issues Minister Louise Upston says. This week (May 6 to 12) is New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Week. The theme is “an Aotearoa where anyone can sign anywhere” and aims to ...
Six tertiary students have been selected to work on NASA projects in the US through a New Zealand Space Scholarship, Space Minister Judith Collins announced today. “This is a fantastic opportunity for these talented students. They will undertake internships at NASA’s Ames Research Center or its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where ...
New Zealanders will be safer because of a $1.9 billion investment in more frontline Corrections officers, more support for offenders to turn away from crime, and more prison capacity, Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell says. “Our Government said we would crack down on crime. We promised to restore law and order, ...
The OECD’s latest report on New Zealand reinforces the importance of bringing Government spending under control, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The OECD conducts country surveys every two years to review its members’ economic policies. The 2024 New Zealand survey was presented in Wellington today by OECD Chief Economist Clare Lombardelli. ...
The Government has delivered on its election promise to provide a financially sustainable model for Auckland under its Local Water Done Well plan. The plan, which has been unanimously endorsed by Auckland Council’s Governing Body, will see Aucklanders avoid the previously projected 25.8 per cent water rates increases while retaining ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and enhanced cooperation in the Pacific with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during her first official visit to New Zealand today. "New Zealand and Germany enjoy shared interests and values, including the rule of law, democracy, respect for the international system ...
The Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, Chris Bishop today released his decision on four recommendations referred to him by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council, opening the door to housing growth in the area. The Council’s Plan Change 92 allows more homes to be built in existing and new ...
Thank you, John McKinnon and the New Zealand China Council for the invitation to speak to you today. Thank you too, all members of the China Council. Your effort has played an essential role in helping to build, shape, and grow a balanced and resilient relationship between our two ...
The Government is modernising insurance law to better protect Kiwis and provide security in the event of a disaster, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly announced today. “These reforms are long overdue. New Zealand’s insurance law is complicated and dated, some of which is more than 100 years old. ...
The coalition Government is refreshing its approach to supporting pay equity claims as time-limited funding for the Pay Equity Taskforce comes to an end, Public Service Minister Nicola Willis says. “Three years ago, the then-government introduced changes to the Equal Pay Act to support pay equity bargaining. The changes were ...
Structured literacy will change the way New Zealand children learn to read - improving achievement and setting students up for success, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. “Being able to read and write is a fundamental life skill that too many young people are missing out on. Recent data shows that ...
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Canada’s refusal to comply in full with a CPTPP trade dispute ruling in our favour over dairy trade is cynical and New Zealand has no intention of backing down. Mr McClay said he has asked for urgent legal advice in respect of our ‘next move’ ...
The rights of our children and young people will be enhanced by changes the coalition Government will make to strengthen oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system, including restoring a single Children’s Commissioner. “The Government is committed to delivering better public services that care for our most at-risk young people and ...
The Government is making it easier for minor changes to be made to a building consent so building a home is easier and more affordable, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “The coalition Government is focused on making it easier and cheaper to build homes so we can ...
New Zealand lost a true legend when internationally renowned disability advocate Sir Robert Martin (KNZM) passed away at his home in Whanganui last night, Disabilities Issues Minister Louise Upston says. “Our Government’s thoughts are with his wife Lynda, family and community, those he has worked with, the disability community in ...
Good evening – Before discussing the challenges and opportunities facing New Zealand’s foreign policy, we’d like to first acknowledge the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. You have contributed to debates about New Zealand foreign policy over a long period of time, and we thank you for hosting us. ...
From today, passengers travelling internationally from Auckland Airport will be able to keep laptops and liquids in their carry-on bags for security screening thanks to new technology, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Creating a more efficient and seamless travel experience is important for holidaymakers and businesses, enabling faster movement through ...
People with an interest in the health of Northland’s marine ecosystems are invited to a public meeting to discuss how to deal with kina barrens, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones will lead the discussion, which will take place on Friday, 10 May, at Awanui Hotel in ...
Kiwi exporters are $100 million better off today with the NZ EU FTA entering into force says Trade Minister Todd McClay. “This is all part of our plan to grow the economy. New Zealand's prosperity depends on international trade, making up 60 per cent of the country’s total economic activity. ...
There are heartening signs that the extractive sector is once again becoming an attractive prospect for investors and a source of economic prosperity for New Zealand, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The beginnings of a resurgence in extractive industries are apparent in media reports of the sector in the past ...
The return of the historic Ō-Rākau battle site to the descendants of those who fought there moved one step closer today with the first reading of Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara / The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill. The Bill will entrust the 9.7-hectare battle site, five kilometres west ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has announced 25 new high-speed EV charging hubs along key routes between major urban centres and outlined the Government’s plan to supercharge New Zealand’s EV infrastructure. The hubs will each have several chargers and be capable of charging at least four – and up to 10 ...
The coalition Government will not proceed with the previous Government’s plans to regulate residential property managers, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “I have written to the Chairperson of the Social Services and Community Committee to inform him that the Government does not intend to support the Residential Property Managers Bill ...
The Government has announced an independent review into the disability support system funded by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha. Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston says the review will look at what can be done to strengthen the long-term sustainability of Disability Support Services to provide disabled people and ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has attended the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva and outlined the Government’s plan to restore law and order. “Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council provided us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while responding to issues and ...
The Government and Rotorua Lakes Council are committed to working closely together to end the use of contracted emergency housing motels in Rotorua. Associate Minister of Housing (Social Housing) Tama Potaka says the Government remains committed to ending the long-term use of contracted emergency housing motels in Rotorua by the ...
Trade Minister Todd McClay heads overseas today for high-level trade talks in the Gulf region, and a key OECD meeting in Paris. Mr McClay will travel to Riyadh to meet with counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). “New Zealand’s goods and services exports to the Gulf region ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford has outlined six education priorities to deliver a world-leading education system that sets Kiwi kids up for future success. “I’m putting ambition, achievement and outcomes at the heart of our education system. I want every child to be inspired and engaged in their learning so they ...
The new NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) App is a secure ‘one stop shop’ to provide the services drivers need, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Digitising Government Minister Judith Collins say. “The NZTA App will enable an easier way for Kiwis to pay for Vehicle Registration and Road User Charges (RUC). ...
Whānau with tamariki growing up in emergency housing motels will be prioritised for social housing starting this week, says Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka. “Giving these whānau a better opportunity to build healthy stable lives for themselves and future generations is an essential part of the Government’s goal of reducing ...
Racing Minister Winston Peters has paid tribute to an icon of the industry with the recent passing of Dave O’Sullivan (OBE). “Our sympathies are with the O’Sullivan family with the sad news of Dave O’Sullivan’s recent passing,” Mr Peters says. “His contribution to racing, initially as a jockey and then ...
Assalaamu alaikum, greetings to you all. Eid Mubarak, everyone! I want to extend my warmest wishes to you and everyone celebrating this joyous occasion. It is a pleasure to be here. I have enjoyed Eid celebrations at Parliament before, but this is my first time joining you as the Minister ...
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced Pharmac’s largest ever budget of $6.294 billion over four years, fixing a $1.774 billion fiscal cliff. “Access to medicines is a crucial part of many Kiwis’ lives. We’ve committed to a budget allocation of $1.774 billion over four years so Kiwis are ...
Hon Paula Bennett has been appointed as member and chair of the Pharmac board, Associate Health Minister David Seymour announced today. "Pharmac is a critical part of New Zealand's health system and plays a significant role in ensuring that Kiwis have the best possible access to medicines,” says Mr Seymour. ...
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. “We know FASD is a leading cause of preventable intellectual and neurodevelopmental disability in New Zealand,” Dr Reti says. “Every day, ...
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones today attended the official opening of Kaikohe’s new $14.7 million sports complex. “The completion of the Kaikohe Multi Sports Complex is a fantastic achievement for the Far North,” Mr Jones says. “This facility not only fulfils a long-held dream for local athletes, but also creates ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ engagements in Türkiye this week underlined the importance of diplomacy to meet growing global challenges. “Returning 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,” Mr Peters ...
Ambassador Millar, Burgemeester, Vandepitte, Excellencies, military representatives, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen – 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 – a deeply ...
Distinguished guests - 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. 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. Ko nga toa kua hinga nei, o te Waipounamu, o te Ika a Maui, he okioki tahi me o ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Stokan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County If you live in one of the most economically deprived neighborhoods in your city, you might think the government is directing a smaller share of public funds to your community. ...
Wansolwara The news media’s crucial role in climate change and environment journalism was the focus of The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme 2024 World Press Freedom Day celebrations. The European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert, and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna were the chief ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law & Academic Director of UNE Sydney campus, University of New England Last August, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal proceedings against Qantas. The consumer watchdog accused the airline of selling thousands of tickets ...
This episode of A View From Afar was recorded LIVE on May 6, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, May 5, 2024 at 8:30pm (USEST). In an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan wrote how we are living within a decisive moment ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Taylor, Assistant Professor, Bond University Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures At the crux of the critical response to Luca Guadagnino’s new movie Challengers is one word: “sexy”. The film charts a love triangle between three up-and-coming tennis players: Tashi (Zendaya), ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Stewart, Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW Sydney For years, First Nations people have been telling governments they want to be listened to. In particular, they want more ownership of the programs and services that are supposed to help them. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Why do trees have bark? Julien, age 6, Melbourne. This is a great question, Julien. We are so familiar with bark on trees, that most of us ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Nasser, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament in the knee. It runs from the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) and helps stabilise ...
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 I covered the May 2 United Kingdom local government elections for The Poll Bludger. The Blackpool South parliamentary byelection was also held, ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Grant-Smith, Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast The federal government has announced a “Commonwealth Prac Payment” to support selected groups of students doing mandatory work placements. Those who are studying to be a teacher, nurse, midwife or social ...
We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+. If you love a dark comedy: Bodkin (Netflix, May 9)An English podcaster, an Irish podcaster and American podcaster walk into a pub and…make a TV show? ...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for the Pacific region”. Auckland University of Technology academic Dr Marco de Jong ...
How worried should we be about the cloud? This is an excerpt from our weekly environmental newsletter Future Proof. Sign up here. I currently have a few thousand unread emails languishing in my inbox, mostly old marketing newsletters and piles of unread science journal press releases. I have a similar number ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nuurrianti Jalli, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies College of Arts and Sciences Department of Languages, Literature, and Communication Studies, Northern State University Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Southeast Asian governments not only have to deal with the virus but also with the false ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Murakami Wood, Professor of Critical Surveillance and Securities Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa The skyline of Riyadh, the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia.(Shutterstock) There is a long history of planned city building by both governments ...
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm May 6, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:30pm (USEST). In an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan wrote how we are living within a decisive moment of ...
The Boil Up’s Lucinda Bennett considers the oyster – from freshness to pearls to the joy of shucking your own. This is an excerpt from our weekly food newsletter, The Boil Up. In Carmen Maria Machado’s short story ‘Eight Bites’, a woman begins her last supper before bariatric surgery with “a cavalcade ...
Asia Pacific Report A group of 65 Auckland University academics have written an open letter to vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater criticising the institution’s stance over students protesting in solidarity with Palestine. They have called on her administration to “support” the students who were denied permission to establish an “overnight encampment” by ...
The Student Volunteer Army is on the march, generating approximately 1.6 million hours of volunteering from roughly 35,000 secondary school students in just five years. For Rebekah Brown, the pathway to volunteering started with her singing coach. With a passion for the arts, the suggestion to volunteer at Acting Antics, ...
Keeping up with online communication can be exhausting, so Fran Barclay enlisted the help of Meta’s new ‘intelligent assistant’ to respond to all her messages. Could her mates tell the difference? For centuries, technology has ruled the ways in which we communicate. From the dawn of written language, to the ...
Jamie Arbuckle, a councillor who has become an member of parliament, says he has settled into having two roles so comfortably he's going to keep both pay cheques. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong Fifty years ago, Australian feminist Anne Summers denounced “the ideology of sexism” governing over so many women’s lives. Unfortunately, sexism is as lethal today as it ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Senior Researcher in Architecture, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic and the hybrid work patterns it fostered have changed the way we think about office space, and central business districts in general. While fears ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney There’s a good reason your local volunteer-run netball club doesn’t pay tax. In Australia, various nonprofit organisations are exempt from paying income tax, including those that do charitable work, such as churches. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Deller, Casual Academic, Creative Writing and English Literature, Flinders University NetflixComedy is opening up spaces for silences to be broken and trauma stories to be told. In 2018, Hannah Gadsby started a revolution with Nanette, asking audiences to rethink ...
The workplace can be a minefield of bad comms and passive aggression. Kinksters can help you navigate it. A friend and colleague recently gave me a compliment I loved. They told me I’d always been good at emotional communication and making people feel comfortable. “But I feel like it’s really ...
Even if some students are now just texting on their laptops. Stewart Sowman-Lund writes in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...
Councils from Horowhenua, Kāpiti, Wairarapa, the Hutt Valley, Porirua and Wellington City will meet this Friday to work together on a plan for a Greater Wellington region water deal. ...
Renowned musician, advocate, and proud born and raised daughter of Tauranga, Ria Hall, is announcing her candidacy for Mayor of Tauranga and Pāpāmoa Ward for the upcoming election on July 20th. ...
The new Aotearoa histories curriculum is rich with potential. There’s still work to be done, but the education minister’s criticisms about ‘balance’ miss the mark, argues primary school teacher Jessie Moss. In 2015, Ōtorohanga College students presented to parliament a petition signed by more than 10,000 people calling for a ...
For too long our so-called national bird has maintained its stranglehold on the economy of regional New Zealand. Thanks to the fast track legislation, we will have our revenge. Theories abound on what ails New Zealand’s economy. National leader Chris Luxon has posited that we’re negative, wet, whiny, and inward-looking; ...
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The sandfly were that pissed off yesterday they had there muppets making plays right in the cul de sac were I live . They regularly get some of my intimidated clients to join in on their plays some star in them.
They have a vast network of contracted liars/informers/ NARKS that they use against us the people.
And this is what is wrong with the justice systems PEOPLE who have morals and wont NARK they get locked up and the NARKS they get to carry on shitting on OUR society
Lying stealing intimidation selling drugs all with the protection from the sandflies.
All they have to do to get there get out of jail free card is NARK on anyone be it WHANO or neighbour .These NARKS are spreading there Ideals bad behaviour and Infecting our YOUTH with this immoral behaviour and this is the main reason crime has keeped rising .The sandflies are locking up the wrong PEOPLE and letting there NARKS spread Anarchy .This will piss them right off they can go and get stuffed There is more that I will reveal about OUR justice systems at least the sandflies are to busy chasing me around to stuff with our innocent youths lives PS crime is dropping now the people know the justice system is corrupt Ana to kai
I can see you reading my post this is all true.
Good on you Mike king you tell it like it is KA pai
Yes Eco Maori,
Mike is a king, – and should be in a left wing political party as he has mana and respect for his work over the years.
Mike King is simply a wonderful person and should be honoured for this.
Thanks cleangreen birds of a feather flock together Ka pai
I love the morning Rumble show from the Rock radio station Ka pai real kiwis people. It was your show that gave me the song UNFUCK THE WORLD. Ka kite ano
You should post some of your vids from your website on the standard Eco, I’m sure many people would be interested in the recipes and ideas and me old chum Robert is always interested in peoples gardens.
You may ask your self why would the police put so much effort into trapping ECO Maori he must be a bad Bastard. First this is a personal vandeta from a cop from Gisborne and that red head dick from Tokoroa. Now they won’t leave me and my lawn clients be is because I only have to get ONE client to give evedince for me against the police and walar the police get burned and I will get 2 million and this fact makes most people in the justice system lose sleep can not having a heaven Maori make money out of our mistakes. Ana to kai PS stunned mullet don’t waste my time Boy. Kia kaha
Nothing wrong with being a silver back it commands respect Ka pai guys Thane and Duncan from the Rock radio station
Ka pai play a song I would like Ka kite ano
I went to pick up my son in law from the farm and pick up my granddaughter from another farm my daughter stuffed up the pick up places went to 4 different locations I was worried about my moko we found them in the end flat phone and bad reciption what a run around Ka kite ano
Not trying to waste your time Eco, just think some more positive posts covering your recipes and architectural musings would be welcomed here.
https://www.ecomaori.com
These people I’m talking about are not all gangster most are common folk and the sandflys use there narks to set up bait our Maori youth they have been trying to set me up and bait me look at that program bait car they just catch desperate people WTF Ana to kai
And thanks to this website I can defend myself and my children and wife from the attacks the sandflys use against US they are scared and desperate muppets who will use anything they can dream up they must have thought they were close to breaking me when I mentioned Australia they poured on the pressure. But Know its like water off a ducks back I seen 10 marked cars in 5 hours Ana to kai
Do you think that I would do anything stupid IE a dum thing and put myself in check m8 KNOW so if they con someone to make a false statement well you will know the police have cheated on that move Ana to kai
The crash is coming.
Yesterday I posted how senior IMF personnel thought this.
Now another senior banker says so.
Be prepared. This will be messy.
Here is the story from Stuff.
“’It is frankly scary’: World financial system as stretched as before 2008 crash
The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned.
Nine years of emergency money has had a string of perverse effects and lured emerging markets into debt dependency, without addressing the structural causes of the global disorder.
“All the market indicators right now look very similar to what we saw before the Lehman crisis, but the lesson has somehow been forgotten,” said Professor William White, the Swiss-based head of the OECD’s review board and ex-chief economist for the Bank for International Settlements.”
https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/world/100831022/it-is-frankly-scary-world-financial-system-as-stretched-as-before-2008-crash
‘The next crash’ is always pending, Ed
You didn’t call it, nor did anyone in the links you post…
The IMF is a key component in creating the problems faced….paying heed to IMF is pointless….
Yep, the person that starts every day with ‘The crash is coming’ will one day be right. Their ‘Told you so’ moment.
Are we better off to plant seeds in the hope that we’ll get one more season in before the crash or just leave the sacks of seed on the shelf because it’s just round the corner. I’m off sowing, later.
The problem isn’t the ‘planting of seeds’ but the rot of the banking sector that eats those seeds for the benefit only of the rot.
It wasn’t forgotten – it was ignored so as to keep the rich rich rather than letting them crash and burn as required.
Jesse Mulligan approvingly quoted one of Harvey
Weinstein’s obnoxious woman-hating pals yesterday.
RNZ National, Tuesday 23 Jan. 2018, 3:20 p.m.
We’ve encountered Jesse Mulligan’s lack of smarts before….
https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-11112016/#comment-1259193
He has not gotten any better, unfortunately. While interviewing Luvvie Ajayi (blogger and “professional trouble maker”) yesterday he approvingly quoted this stupid and typically unfunny comment about rape uttered by “the American comedian Bill Mayer”….
Bill Mayer? “American comedian Bill Mayer”? Of course, he was talking about the disgusting faux-liberal “comedian” Bill Maher. His guest pronounced the name properly as she subtly criticized Mulligan for quoting someone so lacking in credibility: “Bill Maher says a lot of problematic things…”
Earlier in the afternoon, Mulligan informed his audience: “I don’t know anything about twentieth century British history” but in order to learn something about it, “I’ve watched all of season 2 of The Royals over the summer.”
Here, by the way, is Bill Maher getting his ignorant and complacent assss handed to him on his own show…..
You seem to have something against Mulligan, In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza?? I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ? To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable. Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
You seem to have something against Mulligan,
Yes, as I have delineated carefully in the past, Jesse Mulligan lacks the basic knowledge to be a credible interviewer. That’s because he does not read enough.
In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
He hadn’t heard of it because he hasn’t done enough serious reading about New Zealand culture in the 1980s.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza??
No, I had a go at him because he had not heard of John Philip Sousa.
I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ?
That indicates that you, and the people you asked this afternoon, have not done a lot of reading about the United States. Sousa is perhaps the most famous composer ever produced there.
To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable.
John Philip Sousa is hugely famous too. He is the most well known, and probably the most performed, American composer of all time.
Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
I don’t expect Mulligan or anyone else to have an expert knowledge of Sousa, or of crappy 1970s soap operas. But he had not even heard of him—“some guy called John Philip Sousa”—which shows an abysmal lack of basic knowledge.
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s [sic] in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer [sic] in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
You can’t? Maher, a friend of Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein, is pouring scorn on the Me Too movement, comparing it to McCarthyism. Mulligan foolishly quoted something from that rant, “given to me by my producer”, which horrified his guest Luvvie Ajayi, who pointed out how dodgy Maher is.
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
I take him at his word: he knows nothing about British history either. And watching a costume drama is not going to make him any more knowledgeable, unfortunately.
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
Listening to radio should make you smarter. Listening to Jesse Mulligan, who knows bugger all about anything, that’s not going to happen.
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
I’ve praised him before for his quick wit, and his facility for punning. But he’s just not erudite enough to do the job that he’s doing now.
Jesse Mulligan, I’m sorry to say , is the next generation, as RNZ decided. it’s vastly irritating for us who know the difference between our body-parts ,But no more than the portentous comments of the recent previous. Many a sigh.
So very tiring for our (hard) educated crowd: we wish to discuss in our language.
As bad as Mora was, Mulligan is worse. It’s inconceivable that Mora would be so ignorant as to utter something as ignorant as “some guy called John Philip Sousa.”
Mora would, though, given his history of citing people like David Brooks and Thomas Friedman, have been stupid enough and callous enough to cite Bill Maher’s idiocy.
What’s happened to intelligent, well read, well informed broadcasters? People like Sharon Crosby, Ian Fraser, and Chris Laidlaw?
Puke- making moment of the morning was hearing loan shark Julie Trott trying to convince Natrad listeners that they were providing a ‘service’…rather than acting like scavengers tearing meat from the not yet dead…
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/348763/loan-sharks-target-back-to-school-families-it-s-appalling
http://www.fasttrackfinance.co.nz/fees.html
“Fees:
If you can’t find the info you need, just call us on 0800 232 788.
The friendly team at Fast Track are ready to help!
Secured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75% p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $395.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $300 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Repossession Warning Notices $6.00,
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00
Unsecured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75%p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $275.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $200 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00”
@Rosemary – shocking! Should not be allowed to rip off, legally!
Such organisations should be forced out of business
Personally I blame the schools who are shoving more and more costs onto parents as each year goes by. Forcing parents to buy fancy laptops is an insiduous example.
I don’t blame the schools.
I do think there is room for more education in schools regarding basic finance/accounting/managing money for students in their later years.
The whole neoliberal system is based on the rapid expansion of credit.
I would change the word “neoliberal” for monetary.
They are providing a service. Wheel clampers and paua poachers do too.
If I was their marketing manager I’d be trying to get little promo card holders mounted on pokie machines and brochures into the waiting areas of WINZ offices.
Not a single politician, not one of the people that regulate our finance industry, none of those that get fat on these schemes, not a single one of them would take on one of these loans, they’d guffaw at the prospect. Every single one of them would advise against a friend or relative ever touching such a line of credit.
Something is amiss when owners wouldn’t touch their product with a barge pole, it stinks like tobacco.
We need to kick these legit Mafia operations to the curb.
I agree Rosemary, the rates and fees are appalling.
Many of the rates from ‘reputable’ institutions are almost as bad.
https://www.interest.co.nz/borrowing/credit-cards
Are you really surprised that RNZ National gave her this free platform? After all, they still interview Garth McVicar and his gruesome offsiders, usually introducing them as a “victim’s advocate.”
Rachel Stewart: Snotty-nosed, pimply-faced little males racing at rocket speeds drive me mad
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11980133
Police seem to ignore this issue, maybe because it’s easier to fine between 8 – 6 pm than bother to get the boy racers who operate in the weekends and during the night, in less sociable police hours.
Double standards.
It’s been a thing forever. 100 years ago the papers led with ’12 intoxicated youths galloped through Timaru last night.’
We do seem to be increasing the danger component with our rites of passage for young men. I yahoo’d in a 37 horsepower car.
They should have crushed the horses ..that would’ve showed them !
Well drunk driving was ‘a thing’ but has now been significantly reduced with fines and campaigns.
I’d prefer a rite of passage that didn’t involve cars as a means of expression for youth, just like we now don’t welcome drunk drivers driving off from the pubs.
Also some of these ‘youth’ are middle aged having mid life crisis and getting a road motorbike who apparently are a big group having accidents.
Then there is the motocross/quad bikes plus sized folks, hooning on beaches with 90+ decibels for anyone else in the vicinity and no license plates or police in sight, often with a few plus sized burger grasping children without a license or any road sense in tow. Why walk along beaches if you can drive?
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/01/forestry-minister-shane-jones-extremely-disappointed-by-proposed-job-losses.html
I would have thought the governments “billion trees” would have solved this kind of problem.
/sarc
… but then some might suggest you’re the one who can’t see the wood for the trees …
/sarc
Looking more like NZF fails so badly to deliver that Labour runs out of 2020 support partners.
I was impressed by a speech that Jacinda gave at an East cape saw milling operation whilst on the campaign trail.
She discussed the 100’s of jobs that had been lost in the industry in recent years. She put that down to knee-jerk reactions to prevailing market conditions and poor long-term planning. I’m inclined to agree with her.
I support Pucky on this. Please let it go, Adam.
Let what go – introducing puckish as a racist?
Puckish Rogue, sorry, but I’ve put your comment into Moderation until I can look at it properly. I hear what you are saying about the current accusations about racism, and I will look at that as a moderator (I tend to agree you are being unfairly harassed).
But your comment also challenges an old moderation by directly criticising a moderator and given what happened last week where many people basically attacked an author I am reluctant to let that stuff have another round.
I’d prefer it if you just addressed the current issue as being a single commenter harassing you.
Hey thats cool, its just that Adam was using what Bill wrote as a reason to act like he is so I attempted to address the issue of what was written and not the person
I do understand some issues can be contentious so from this point on I’ll just ignore anything Adam says and I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway
Cheers
Would you be ok if I put your first comment in Trash, and instead you point out the problem comments to me as they happen? When there is a clear pattern of behaviour it’s easier to moderate. That way we don’t have to revisit the old stuff and who was right/wrong etc.
(I’m aware that I also moderated in that set of events, and I think it’s way too complicated to revisit, so referring to it will take more time and effort than is needed in this case)
“I’ll try to keep away from that specific issue in future which is probably for the best as anyway”
I think that’s a good idea. Moderators vary in their tolerance for derailment, so I think it’s certainly worth being more careful in how one comments especially where there is history of moderation (and you have a fair amount).
Not a problem, whatever you think is best. As I say i’ll just ignore it from here on in so you won’t hear anything from me over this in future
Cheers
Hang on the moderation did ask him to explain, he did not at the time, now he trying to litigate it.
Sorry but racists rarely change their spots.
If puckish dishes it out, and he does regularly, then he needs to handle it back.
Just another crying rwnj when they get called on their shitty behaviour.
[and I’ve watched you calling him a racist in conversations that have nothing to do with racism, and not backing it up with anything. If a RWer was doing that there would be outcries of ‘troll!’. The moderation will kick in when the behaviour becomes a problem and often has nothing to do with the right/wrong of the comments. I think we’ve reached the point of it being a problem. By all means address racism if you see it in PR’s comments, but I’m asking you to stop with having a go across discussions that are completely unrelated to that. – weka]
They might not change their spots, but at least PR changes the broken record from time to time.
He tried to derail a thread in a lazy way over a year ago, and picked up a six month ban. Get over it dude.
Lest we forget…
By using that phrase you just equated your little harrassment campaign with remembering the deaths of millions of people.
Get a life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZNnpYWZ87I&ab_channel=KLChannel
moderation note for you adam.
Read.
The demoralized mind
Capitalism: Destroying life, culture and people.
Exactly.
Furthermore:
Very sorry to hear of the passing of Denise Yates.
She was a serving Waitakere Local Board member, previous Waitakere City Councillor, staunch Labour activist for decades, and had many hard-won fights behind her.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11980946
This is just funny, otherwise you’d just cry.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/23/donald-trump-tariffs-solar-panels
https://www.ft.com/content/288cac76-000c-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5
So much for jobs, for Americans.
Dodgy Academics:
Immigration NZ should be warned to restrict entry to bigots like historians and commentators Gordon Craig, Fritz Stern, Norman Stone, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Timothy Garton-Ash and George Urban.
Here are some of their views on the Germans as fed to Margaret Thatcher prior to German Re-unification.
“Germans were said to be insensitive to the feelings of others, “most noticeable in their behaviour over the Polish border”, self-obsessed and “inclined to self-pity and a longing to be liked”.
The extraordinary accumulation of negative stereotypes continued: “Some even less flattering attributes were also mentioned as an abiding part of the German character: in alphabetical order, angst, aggressiveness, assertiveness, bullying, egotism, inferiority complex, sentimentality.” A capacity to “overdo things” and “over-estimate their own strengths and capabilities” was also added to the list.
Modern Germans “were very different from their predecessors”, it was acknowledged, but the fact that a “cultured and cultivated nation” had previously been “brainwashed into barbarism” meant it could happen again.”
Their students are the ones advising the current London government on Brexit!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/30/helmut-kohl-margaret-thatcher-reunification-plans-national-archives-files
I hope this is the correct place, to place this.
Just another American cock up .
And an Enviromental disaster in the making for the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Islands.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-27/the-dome-runit-island-nuclear-test-leaking-due-to-climate-change/9161442
IT isn’t really going to have any effect on anywhere except perhaps within a few hundred meters of the site. It is certainly not going to have any effect on the Pacific Ocean as a whole.
You do realise that there are about 4.5 billion tons of Uranium present in seawater.
That is there naturally.
Certainly a lot more to it than Uranium.
According to you, I guess plutonium is ok as well plus the 85.000 cubic metres of radio active waste.
Which, as the article says, has a half life of over 24.000 years..