Panama-based company Ceol & Muir which is owned by Italy-based Rafael Grozovsky and his Argentina-based brother Federico Grozovsky, purchased the 1317-hectare Onetai Station in Awakino, Taranaki in 2014, for $6 million. In Argentina, their company was charged with discharging carcinogenic waste from their tanneries into the nearby river. However, regarding the sale of Taranaki land, the OIO has found the purchasers have met their ‘good character’ requirements.
“Maybe he has been watching how his colleague finlayson q c manages to so accurately display his nonsensical sense of place…”
Ain’t that the truth. I often wondered what happened to the guy. At one time he was half reasonable (for a Gnat) – then I realised …. Key happened and he became an arse licking woose. So much for principle
John Key ramming through TPPA – we all know that it is for the benefit of his cronies and the 0.1% who don’t feel the need to pay taxes, and can pollute at will.
“The latest country to be hooked under ‘free trade’ agreements is Colombia, writes Pete Dolack, sued for tens of billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation’s water above the profits of foreign corporations. Free trade or clean water? You can’t have both.”
“TTIP: UK Government found secret courts in trade deal have ‘lots of risk and no benefit’ in its only assessment
Stark warning against agreement disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request”
A visit by US officials could be used to pressure the government into further concessions on the Trans Pacific Partnership deal, a long time critic of the trade pact says.
RNZ reports that Corbyn has demoted Ken Livingstone for suggesting zionism had a connection with nazism. I like some of the things Corbyn has done, but on this one he is wrong.
“The WZO leaders said as little as they could about Germany in as much as they knew that negotiations were proceeding to work out a trade agreement with Hitler. Jabotinsky brought forth a motion to support the embryonic anti-Nazi boycott, but it had no chance of success. The delegates were totally put off by the fascist character of Revisionism. During the Congress, Jewish Telegraphic Agency dispatches told of the police discovering Jabotinsky’s letter to Achimeir denouncing him for his pro-Nazi articles. [24] The vast majority of the delegates believed that the Biryonim had murdered the Political Secretary of their movement and the letter could only serve to reinforce their opinion. They could only think that their own Hitler was denouncing the WZO leaders for being pro-Nazi. The resolution calling for action against the Hitlerites was soundly defeated, 240 to 43. [25] (In fact the Nazis announced, during the Congress, that a trade agreement had been reached with the WZO’s Anglo-Palestine Bank.)”
There seems to quite a lot of bullshit being pushed, including by a number within UK Labour, that antisemitism is a trait of the more left leaning people within UK Labour.
I agree that Corbyn should have faced it down but…over a few years I’ve noticed a more general ‘getting up in arms’ about supposed antisemitism in the UK media. For example, I’ve been aware of the BBC running (to me) incongruous reports on the threat to the Jewish community off the back of terrorist attacks or apparent imminent likelihood of some terrorist attack.
Yes with lots of compost and nitrogenous matter they have cultivated a lot of deadly nightshade.
Israel at one time showed the world how to use water very effectively for irrigation.
Now they should turn their hands back to teaching the world how to use their human resources in a more effective way than making other people miserable and desperate in enclosed apartheid-like homelands. This would honour their people who suffered the same sort of treatment in WW2 and before.
Bullenglish is blabbing about low interest rates, good potential investors out there, plenty of cash around, when the parameters are right…. Then you realize he’s talking about mental health services
Can someone – a political scientist type of person (but not that fellow in the Herald, Edwards !) provide us with some sort of analysis of the more recent polls please.
An analysis that includes the numbers of “Don’t Know” who they’ll vote for, and also what sort of questions are being asked in the polls. Plus the PM’s rating each time.
It looks to me like the PM’s rating is dropping, but that’s not being picked up by the media. And I cannot figure out why there is so much confidence in the NAct govt when so much is happening that is obviously negative : the TPPA, the known corruption, the PM supporting the 1%, climate change issues, housing, unemployment, beggars in the streets, dairying going down, etc.
Why isn’t all this showing in the polls?
And I don’t want to be given the glib answer that we don’t have a Bernie Sanders or Corbyn – we have Winston Peters and that’s more than enough for one little country and yes – his poll rating has gone up, and I’m assuming that’s because he’s the spokesperson for everything in NZ First, and now he is Northland MP, he has a lot to make a noise about.
Afaik the incumbent PM usually rates higher than all other party leaders as preferred PM. I think the whole focus on that is part of the manufacture of the Teflon Key myth. Myself I think it’s irrelevant.
Most polls don’t report or account for the don’t knows/undecideds, nor the people that won’t answer their questions or don’t even answer the phone. That and the margins of error, and the fact that results are often close make me think much of what we do will polls is spin rather than reality. I think polls tend to reflect many things including what the MSM are doing, esp close to an election.
We should be looking at the poll of polls, not individual ones, because the poll of polls shows trends over time and that’s more important. Individual polls with commentary are highly speculative. We can use that, but I don’t think we should get too hung up on it at this stage. Closer to the election it’s an issue (I believe polls should be banned for some weeks pre-election). But we’re not there yet.
(as an aside, Peters isn’t our Corbyn or Sanders. He’s a centrist, authoritarian power-monger. Yes, he’s charismatic, knows how to play the political power game very well, has done some good things for NZ (think Winebox) and NZF has some good policies, but he’s also damaged MMP and democracy in NZ. Not even close to being a Corbyn or Sanders)
Peters is his own political tour de force. Unfortunately he is on the last term or two of his career. There is no one else of his calibre politically once he is gone. Cunliffe had the potential but that’s all over now.
But this term National and Labour will continue to weaken while he benefits.
NZ will be better off politically and societally once Peters is gone from parliament. I can name good things he has done, but they don’t outweigh how much he has damaged MMP and democracy. I don’t care how good he is at macho politics beyond how much power that garners him to keep on with the bullshit game. You and I obviously rate good politics quite differently.
He is entertaining though so I guess there is that.
Actually I think that describes Peters. But it’s interesting that that’s what you resort to, trying to make out that I’m something or other rather than addressing the points. Let’s try again,
“enjoy you talking about democracy and MMP, while simultaneously wishing gone one of the most popular and effective political figures of the decade.”
Yes, because the underpinnings of MMP and democracy aren’t popularity or even political effectiveness, which can obviously be used in anti-democratic ways. The underpinnings are representation and fairness. Peters has demonstrably worked against those things at times.
Peters is popular for sure, but he never got his party permanently out of the sub 10%. He fucked up a couple of times and lost his votes, so we can say that historically he’s been popular and unpopular depending on his behaviour. Like I said, I can name the good things he’s done, but I can name the mistakes too and the problems.
Weka, Do you hate Peters more than the national party supporters and tax cheats who had to pay millions to our government that they had successfully swindled past the IRD …………….. until Winston and his wine box extracted back to new zealand some of their stolen loot. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8515361/Money-trail-leads-home-to-New-Zealand
Winne cost the nat party votes and their rich criminal supporters money, so they hate him very much ……………
And look at what Winston did to Key in the Northland bye-election when Nationals expert solution to the P problem and future police minister Mike Sabin had to leave parliament ……………..
Key performed like a limp dick trying to hammer a nail against Winston 🙂
National are now engaged in working with rich tax cheats and other criminals to such an extent that the architect of a multi BILLION dollar tax swindle is the guy that Key picked to be the judge on ‘New Zealand Tax Haven Inc’ ……………. The tax haven that key accidentally created and then after many talks and meetings with people like his bent ex lawyer mate accidentally kept going …………… Against IRD advice.
No doubt our prime ministers Keyzheimers disease will kick in even worse than it has so far ……. he won’t really remember what that advice was ………. at the end of the day.
But enough waffling and lets get pratical.. which is where I desperately need your smarts puckish….Your cleaver, cognitive and know whats what so…… could you please do some sums for me ……….. I wouldn’t bother asking any of the ‘leftie’ peeps around here….. because just like me they cant do math either …. and many are barking mad.
Sherwan who selected by key was the prime mover in a 2.2 billion dollar ( or more) tax scam by the aussie banks who were gouging New Zealanders for record profits at the time.
We have benefit fraud tip lines and a government that uses racism and every stereotype smear to encourage hatred of the worst off and most disadvantaged in society ………. that helps generate the phone calls for their attack ‘the poor welfare policy’….. and the privatisation of and evictions from state housing.
But back to the numbers ……
“Benefit fraud cost New Zealand $22 million in 2010″* ……now lets assume after another six years of national people are twice as dishonest…. because they are copying people like Bill English ( cheated the mp’s housing allowance with a false declaration …. Or JK with his ‘charity’ games of golf, Judith collins who can’t tell a kauri log from a Kauri stump and accidentally makes millions from her ignorance.
So presuming a National government makes the people more dishonest we’ll double the 22 million benefit fraud up to 44 million ….. And we’ll round that up to $50 million to account for the acceleration of corrupt behavior lately.
How many years of benefit fraud by ALL the beneficarys would it take to reach the amount that the ONE SINGLE Nact man John Sherwan had a go at ……….. How many years please wise one???, I bet your much better at maths than me.
BUT how much of the benefit fraud was detected due to the haters tip line …………. 40% , 30% 25%.
Because you are so cleaver could you also work out how many years of the benefit tip line running would you need before reaching the amount that John Sherwin tried to steal on the Aussie banks behalf ????
I can’t work it out …….
Which leads me to concede that John sherwan must be very cleaver to not go to jail for an attempted theft of 2.2 billion dollars of government revenue…….. which admittedly pays for silly stuff like hospitals and schools.
But those financial types must all be geniuses as no one went to jail for the wholesale fraud of Billions ( or was it trillions) , directly leading to the GFC and much suffering world wide ………..for the poor.
I can see why you support such intelligence …… to do otherwise would be stupid of you.
I’ll never be that smart …………. can’t even do math 🙁
I’m going to ask you one last final thing….. it’s probably something you could be uncomfortable with and I can’t recall you ever doing it on here……… I need your common sense to tell me who to vote for.
Hell if you can work out those unsolvable mathematical impossibility I threw your way ………….. then you’d be justified in telling all of us fools here te standard who to vote for.
“The banks will not pay penalties and the full details of the settlement are confidential, although they are paying 80% of the total tax owed plus interest. The amount was enough to boost New Zealand’s current account into a surplus in the September quarter for the first time in almost 21 years.”
I remember this well. Dumped just prior to Xmas if I remember correctly – Photo of smiling individuals in the MSM – declaring the settlement of the tax dispute and I was incensed.
Proud of themselves for caving in and politically negotiating a Debt to the IRD.
Not the sort of outcome any ordinary Kiwi falling foul of the IRD can expect.
Reason, have you read my actual comments and thought about them? I’ve already said that I think Peters has done good things and I gave the Winebox as an example. I don’t hate Peters, and if you think this is about that then you’re not listening.
He stopped the Bolger government in it’s tracks. He stopped a third wave of hard neo-liberalism, by getting free health care for the under 5’s. The gold card, fighting for changes to the power of attorney, and enduring power of attorney. He enforced ring fencing for health. He has been out spoken in his criticism of neo-liberalism.
Winston has actually done quite a bit of good weka. Been a bit of a nob about it in a macho way I agree, and is as social conservative as they come. He and the greens are the only ones who openly want to end the neo-liberal game at present. I’d hate to say this, but making him PM to get rid of neo-liberalism, is a price I’m willing to pay.
IMO the biggest contribution of Peters and NZF is the increase in minimum wage to $12/hr (from 9.50) while in govt from 2005 – 2008. That set the scene for regular minimum wage rises, which wasn’t really something that happened before that.
“And I cannot figure out why there is so much confidence in the NAct govt when so much is happening that is obviously negative”
Because interest rates are low, business confidence is high, employment is low and steady, more kiwis are returning home then ever before, Exports are likely to increase through trade
Leader Favourability Ratings
(Net positive Rating – the percentage point gap between those holding a Favourable and Unfavourable view of Key)
2009 +58
2010 +51
2011 +48
2012 +25
2013 +19
2014 +27
2015 1/2 +19
2015 2/2 +13
(2015 broken down on a quarterly basis:
2015
1/4 +22,
2/4 +15,
3/4 +10,
4/4 +16)
Latest UMR puts Key on his lowest everFavourability rating of +2
As you can see, what was once a gaping chasm has shrunk to a narrow fissure as views on the PM have become as polarised as they were on Muldoon by the early 80s.
The Reid Research Leader Performance ratings confirm Key’s significant decline (particularly steep after the 2011 Election and, again, over the last 2 years)
Andrew Little’s net Favourability rating compared to Key – 2015
…………………1/4…………2/4……….3/4………4/4
Key…………..+22….+15….+10…+16
Little………..+24…..+25…+16…+15
So, while Little may be badly trailing Key on the Preferred PM measure (which, as weka has rightly said, usually involves a significant incumbency effect), the Labour Leader actually led the PM throughout most of 2015 on the net Favourability ratings – by 2, 10 and 6 points during the first three-quarters, before slipping only slightly behind Key in the final quarter.
In stark contrast, Little’s 3 Labour Leader predecessors were always well behind Key.
As you’ve implied, Jenny, we keep hearing (in the MSM over the last 12 months) that Key is vastly more popular than Clark was at the same point in her Third Term.
In fact, Helen Clark’s Favourability (UMR) and Performance (Reid Research) ratings were significantly better than Key’s is now. It’s true that she was slightly down on his rating as Preferred PM (but only slightly).
2/2 2006 Clark averaged 37% Preferred PM
2/2 2015 Key averaged 39% Preferred PM
Dang, I’ve been trying to edit the above comment … not least to make that Key vs Little table look a wee bit more respectable and ship shape.
But I’m being told (in quite an authoritative – almost scolding – way) that You do not have permission to edit this comment, with the advice that I should therefore Close immediately or, presumably, I’ll be in for a bit of a kick up the arse.
Let’s try it again and see if I can make that table look a little less messy …
I haven’t walked down Lambton Quay on a week day morning for a few years. Place is empty, slow and lifeless almost like a ghost town. Not what I remember it being at all. What the hell have you guys done with the place???
Meetings must be over… they all stepped out at lunchtime – Lambton Quay seemed as busy to me today as the last time I was here.
The thing that bothers me the most is the Big Brand sector of Cuba Mall. They all moved in a few years ago, amid lots of protest, to apparently upscale the place and now that’s the most awful bit of the whole central city.
He’s getting more money. Wellington ratepayers are funding his film museum that going inside the convention centre we are also funding. What PJ wants, PJ gets as long as he doesn’t have to pay for it.
Wellingtonians know what’s going on in govt because they work in the civil service. When Lambton Quay goes empty, when Wellingtonians stop spending, it’s because they see big trouble ahead.
It’s been sad to see shops that have been around for decades closing down – I was working in one that closed down! Having worked in retail and distribution round Wgtn I’ve seen first hand the decline, since the GFC, but it never really picked up. One store owner that was a customer of the distributor I worked for blamed the increase in GST and cut backs in the public service for killing his business. He closed down after 30 years in business.
Now it’s all just “pop up” shops selling container loads of crap and the expansion of dollar shops in the burbs. There is a sense of the temporary and vaguely desperate.
What shops that are left often are part of Aussie chains. The high end, boutiquey stores selling creative and unique items are almost all gone.
There is a sense of the temporary and vaguely desperate.
I was thinking exactly that when I was walking around yesterday. A year or two ago the caravans and pop-ups added vibrancy now there and an air of despondency about them with sense of what comes next.
As an aside I’m also not keen on the commercialisation of public space. It might be ok for small start-ups but it takes no time at all for the big brands to move on in if a retail start-up space proves viable.
Maybe the MediaWorks owners noticed that too many cheerleaders of the right has left a huge gap for the left media to fill, ha ha and falling ratings for the right…
When it comes to Campbell Live though, the average audience of 281,669 viewers in 2013 was the best they’ve ever been.
– In 2013 the average viewers was the best its ever been, in 2013.
In 2014, the average audience for Campbell Live fell 22% to 219,406 viewers per night.
– That’s a big drop in numbers so the show is bringing in less money and remember its a private company NOT another make-work scheme for tired lefties
So far in 2015, the average audience is down a further 13% to 191,432. Overall, this equates to a 32% drop in the average nightly audience.
So yes people were watching it but not enough people were watching it so instead of losing money on the program the company, as is their right, dropped Campbell Live
Not a utopia but certainly in the top 10 countries to live in the world (probably top 5 but why argue semantics), the National party aren’t perfect (WFF should be scrapped for one thing) but certainly way out in front of any opposition and John Key as god…well I wouldn’t go that far I mean as this pic clearly states hes in the water not walking above it
You are being unfair to Paul. The problem is he isn’t really up to debate.
He tends to make some unsubstantiated comment and when asked why he said it refuses to give any reason because he “Can’t be bothered”. Most frustrating
I happily debate with people on this site I do not identify as trolls.
I substantiate comments with evidence when discussing points with fellow standardisas. I even sometimes add evidence for trolls. See below at 18.2.1.1.1.
I have contributed to the discussion in areas that intrigue me. Evidence below.
Back in my day I think he would have been a milk monitor.
They were back in the days before (I think) 1967 when kids had to drink a half pint of milk that had been sitting in the sun all morning. The milk monitor’s job was to make kids drink the horrible stuff. Proper little prats they were.
Alwyn …… about the only Wellingtonian who does not like the Zealandia bird sanctuary and the HUGE explosion of native birds spreading out from it…….. Got something against natives Al ?
Spending any small part your precious wealth giving some protection to creatures whose habitats we have trashed and changed to the point of near extinction for many of them is barking mad and a crime against your money.
Ayn Rand told the truth to those who would listen ……..money determines those who are winners ………. losers deserve what they get, be they bird, child or whatever ….WARNING TRIGER https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/vulture-stalking-a-child/ TRIGGER TRIGGER …..this Ayn Rands natural world photo lead to the photographer committing suicide ….. which is a good thing as they both self identified as undeserving losers by not having the individual drive to take advantage of the freedom of money.
John Key deserves his 50-100 million-from working as a goldman sachs merchent banker and its natural because he’s a winner ……. Poor family s and other people around the world deserve to pick through rubbish to survive, with no sanitation or medicines and associated high death rates for their loser children ….. they and their impoverished governments must pay the crippling interest on corruptly lent money…. because they are losers………… It’s the natural order of things and if they did not pay how could Godman sachs and the John Keys of this world express themselves as the winners that they naturally are.
It should be a crime to subvert the natural logic of winners taking all……….. I hope I’ve clearly shown to all the empathy clowns that those parasite birds are trying to get away with stealing Alwyns small change when really they should die as they are meant to.
Its also natural that Alwyn wins all arguments around here so its best Paul wakes up and recognizes Alwyns superiority here at this site ….. and John Keys superiority over everyone in NZ ………. apart from those who are richer of course……… Talleys, Myers, Harts,Fays and Richwhites are all amongst the best of the best we have in this country…. we should stop all losers stealing from them too…… birds included
Thank god for tax havens to preserve our natural orders …. as I’m sure you agree Alwyn.
“John Key deserves his 50-100 million-from working as a goldman sachs merchent banker”.
Really? Just when was it that he worked for Goldman Sachs?
I have nothing against bird sanctuaries, which is what Zealandia really is.
What I object to is that the council poured something like $17million into a visitor centre because they accepted the bs that it would increase patronage hugely and the $10 million loan would be repaid. That sort of thing was typical of the idiots we have as councillors. If we want to protect native birds what is wrong with Mt Bruce?
I really can’t be bothered reading through the rest of your rave.
And in the land of ‘no surprises’ …and given that the SNP is on track to win another clear majority in a voting system geared to prevent majorities…
More than 10,000 Scots have used a Voter Guidance toll being run by researchers from Strathclyde University. Labour voters prove to be less likely than SNP supporters to give a left-wing response..
In total, 73 per cent of SNP voters can be classified as left wing, while 44 per cent of Labour supporters fall into this category.
Looks like a self selecting poll and there’s a lot of subjectivity in deciding what’s ‘left wing’, but still… 10 000 respondents must be suggesting something worth considering, no? (And yet various Labour Parties in the English speaking world seem hell bent on continuing to accommodate market fundamentalism or neo-liberalist b/s)
Listened to this fascinating interview by Brian Crump with a chap who has written a book on how the world’s military have been and still are giving their troops all sorts of drugs to desensitize them, give them courage, make their reactions faster and basically be better at killing. For the ancient Greeks it was wine. During World War II both the German and the Allied soldiers were stoked to the eyeballs with amphetamines which is the drug of choice for contemporary wars. Cocaine was common during World War I, mixed with rum. Montgomery gave out 100,000 pills before the battle of El Alamein so that means New Zealand soldiers were popping their version of “P” while fighting along with everyone else. Obviously it is still going on today in all theatres of war. As the author points out, this is something that is barely acknowledged but is an integral part of all war environments.
Syria’s war is being fueled by a drug called Captagon
“A powerful amphetamine tablet based on the original synthetic drug known as “fenethylline,” Captagon quickly produces a euphoric intensity in users, allowing Syria’s fighters to stay up for days, killing with a numb, reckless abandon.”
‘He’s done it. Word is slowly seeping out that Key has granted an American Warship access to our harbour.
We must not allow this.
In November this year, an American warship will be entering Auckland Harbour for the first time in 32 years for the 75th anniversary of the NZ Navy. I remember protesting against the last warship visit when I was ten years old and I’m damned if I’ll simply sit quietly by while National and their corrupt followers cheerlead the American empire back into our waters!’
On 21 September, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Royal New Zealand Navy ships would be allowed onto Defence Department or Coast guard facilities both within the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. “These changes make it easier for our militaries to engage in discussions on security issues and to hold co-operative engagements that increase our capacity to tackle common challenges. [We will work together despite] differences of opinion in some limited areas.” At the same time, however, New Zealand had not changed its stance as a nuclear-free zone.
On the 29th of October 2013 it was announced that “The United States and New Zealand will resume bilateral military cooperation after a near-total 30-year interruption” by New Zealand Defence minister Jonathan Coleman and United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
So if the ships not carrying nuclear weapons whats the big deal?
Better than a cruise ship for local economy, especially if an air craft carrier, let them in I say, Paul can get his old placard out, no problem, every one happy Strange Paul your views have not really evolved since you where 10, the old saying if your not a socialist in your teens you have no heart, if your still a socialist as an adult you are a fool may have some purchase here
made with the outside help of Nobel Peace prize winners like Kissinger who fought the dirty socialist and stopped the diabolical plans like improved health care, meager pay rises for exploited workers,land rights or any other communist plots disguised as fairness.
Gangster states who kill with impunity and where the police stations are rape and torture centers are the price we must pay to protect the great freedoms of money.
Fairness is evil when you think about it …… can I send you money for your educational services you do here Reddellusion……. you could donate it to research on the scary sounding “deranged Key syndrome” you were trying to warn me about…… thanks for the early warning of this creepy disease …. I was rude and didn’t thank you before.
I stupidly thought you were an obnoxious troll with your own sad problems ..,. sorry bro
Socialism had done a fairly good job in killing, I think Cambodia, China and USSR out surpassed by a million miles any US war, all in the name of ideology Venezula Cuba, North Korea all these great socialist paradise all rate highly as desirable countries to live, I also see the refugees of the world flocking to the socialist paradise of the evil money hungry west, strange that
those times in those countries had nothing to do with “socialism”, just like the current version of the financial and economic system has little to do with “capitalism”.
The left really has their work cut out for them because of the ideological alignment between Key and the Crown. The only way they can form an effective opposition is to become anti-establishment. Of course then they are then faced with the problem of finding common ground, since opposing something isn’t of itself a source of shared values.
‘About 300 people carrying signs with slogans including ‘Stop the slop’ staged a protest today about the quality of Dunedin Hospital food.
The protest, organised by the Real Meals Coalition, called on the Southern District Health Board to cancel its food service contract with the Compass Group.’
“sense of entitlement” you say?, compare people who have paid taxes throughout their lives and in need of the healthcare they have paid for, to those pompous fat cats swanning around like the flash harries they are, being served by people that can’t afford to have a decent home.
Beggars belief you dare to suggest the masses have a “sense of entitlement” against your Tory lot. The masses are entitled to a decent home and a decent job, Tories prefer to avoid taxes so that hey have more than everyone else, yet do not work harder for it.
No responsibility, all the perks, like starting a game of monopoly with an extra $1,000,000 and sneering when the other players lose.
nz is a welfare state. what the hell you going on about, 10 percent of population pay net tax, who are these rich harries, I suggest they are fairies at the bottom of your garden
This compass bollocks is a political stunt by the Political left taking advantage of the Dunedin deluded for thier own interests and power,,
How about you talk about the food Reddelusion? I would have thought getting people out of hospital in a timely and healthy manor was a corner stone of a good health system.
So in your mind when bad decisions are made, people should just say nothing?
Your hatred is showing, spewing up all over this page. Try getting some love in your heart.
What’s with Dunedin lefties and thier extreme sense of entitlement
It’s a bit sad that the radical right has become so inhuman lately they can’t even respect democracy, nor recognise the human right for decent food which doesn’t resemble prison rations.
Looking forward to tonight’s “The Friday Story”….
Shits and giggles and Dunk’s mud loif crisis all laid bare (going forward).
Interesting tho’….. Dunk and Ms duP…yA are (I think) starting to notice the Natzi’s fading star (housing bubbles, pathetic greenwashing, indebtedness et al).
I guess Dunk’s beginning to realise the kuds are growing up and about to face a shit future, and Heather dearest is beginning to realise she’s put all her hopes of wealth on a raspy voice – that really isn’t all that crash hot. Hopefully Dunk’s looking out for her
Oh dear! what a con! No duP..-yA, and something pathetic, appropriately dressed in yellow (going forward) giving me supposedly SAGE advice about the pressing ussyouse of the Nayshun (going forwid)…. and the Wherl.
Congrats Dunk! Worth a celery increase don’t you think?
Health minister Coleman quoted on TV1 news says the 2 million New Zealanders receiving hospital food from Compass, the Auckland company sending frozen food muck to Dunedin hospital are mostly happy with the food quality.
If as he says, there are 2 million people in hospital out of our population of about 4.7 million then something’s wrong with our ‘healthy’ lifestyle..or someone’s lying.
The patients in Dunedin who are supposed to eat the food (sic) still say it is crap.
Given how difficult it is to get into a hospital I find the 2 million rather on the high side – 40% of us are in hospital – I don’t think so .
Send him back to pass his NCEA levels maybe??
At 100% bed capacity and 100% of them being fed by Compass, that’s still a month or two of meals.
Basically, Coleman was probably referring to the total number of meals dished out by Compass so far. And the devil is in “mostly happy”, too – how many people actualy like the meals, as opposed to putting up with them or filling in the middle circle on a survey box?
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Mazda Motor Corporation, commonly known as Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The company was founded in 1920 as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd., and began producing vehicles in 1931. Mazda is primarily known for its production of passenger cars, but ...
Your car battery is an essential component that provides power to start your engine, operate your electrical systems, and store energy. Over time, batteries can weaken and lose their ability to hold a charge, which can lead to starting problems, power failures, and other issues. Replacing your battery before it ...
In most states, you cannot register a car without a valid driver’s license. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule. Exceptions to the RuleIf you are under 18 years old: In some states, you can register a car in your name even if you do not ...
Mazda, a Japanese automotive manufacturer with a rich history of innovation and engineering excellence, has emerged as a formidable player in the global car market. Known for its reputation of producing high-quality, fuel-efficient, and driver-oriented vehicles, Mazda has consistently garnered praise from industry experts and consumers alike. In this article, ...
Struts are an essential part of a car’s suspension system. They are responsible for supporting the weight of the car and damping the oscillations of the springs. Struts are typically made of steel or aluminum and are filled with hydraulic fluid. How Do Struts Work? Struts work by transferring the ...
Car registration is a mandatory process that all vehicle owners must complete annually. This process involves registering your car with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and paying an associated fee. The registration process ensures that your vehicle is properly licensed and insured, and helps law enforcement and other authorities ...
Zoom is a video conferencing service that allows you to share your screen, webcam, and audio with other participants. In addition to sharing your own audio, you can also share the audio from your computer with other participants. This can be useful for playing music, sharing presentations with audio, or ...
Building your own computer can be a rewarding and cost-effective way to get a high-performance machine tailored to your specific needs. However, it also requires careful planning and execution, and one of the most important factors to consider is the time it will take. The exact time it takes to ...
Sleep mode is a power-saving state that allows your computer to quickly resume operation without having to boot up from scratch. This can be useful if you need to step away from your computer for a short period of time but don’t want to shut it down completely. There are ...
Introduction Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) has revolutionized the field of translation by harnessing the power of technology to assist human translators in their work. This innovative approach combines specialized software with human expertise to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of translations. In this comprehensive article, we will delve into the ...
In today’s digital age, mobile devices have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. Among the vast array of portable computing options available, iPads and tablet computers stand out as two prominent contenders. While both offer similar functionalities, there are subtle yet significant differences between these two devices. This ...
A computer is an electronic device that can be programmed to carry out a set of instructions. The basic components of a computer are the processor, memory, storage, input devices, and output devices. The Processor The processor, also known as the central processing unit (CPU), is the brain of the ...
Voice Memos is a convenient app on your iPhone that allows you to quickly record and store audio snippets. These recordings can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as taking notes, capturing ideas, or recording interviews. While you can listen to your voice memos on your iPhone, you ...
Laptop screens are essential for interacting with our devices and accessing information. However, when lines appear on the screen, it can be frustrating and disrupt productivity. Understanding the underlying causes of these lines is crucial for finding effective solutions. Types of Screen Lines Horizontal lines: Also known as scan ...
Right-clicking is a common and essential computer operation that allows users to access additional options and settings. While most desktop computers have dedicated right-click buttons on their mice, laptops often do not have these buttons due to space limitations. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on how to right-click ...
Powering up and shutting down your ASUS laptop is an essential task for any laptop user. Locating the power button can sometimes be a hassle, especially if you’re new to ASUS laptops. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on where to find the power button on different ASUS laptop ...
Dell laptops are renowned for their reliability, performance, and versatility. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who needs a reliable computing device, a Dell laptop can meet your needs. However, if you’re new to Dell laptops, you may be wondering how to get started. In this comprehensive ...
Two-thirds of the country think that “New Zealand’s economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful”. They also believe that “New Zealand needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful”. These are just two of a handful of stunning new survey results released ...
In today’s digital world, screenshots have become an indispensable tool for communication and documentation. Whether you need to capture an important email, preserve a website page, or share an error message, screenshots allow you to quickly and easily preserve digital information. If you’re an Asus laptop user, there are several ...
A factory reset restores your Gateway laptop to its original factory settings, erasing all data, apps, and personalizations. This can be necessary to resolve software issues, remove viruses, or prepare your laptop for sale or transfer. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to factory reset your Gateway laptop: Method 1: ...
“You talking about me?”The neoliberal denigration of the past was nowhere more unrelenting than in its depiction of the public service. The Post Office and the Railways were held up as being both irremediably inefficient and scandalously over-manned. Playwright Roger Hall’s “Glide Time” caricatures were presented as accurate depictions of ...
Roger Partridge writes – When the Coalition Government took office last October, it inherited a country on a precipice. With persistent inflation, decades of insipid productivity growth and crises in healthcare, education, housing and law and order, it is no exaggeration to suggest New Zealand’s first-world status was ...
Rob MacCulloch writes – In 2022, the Curriculum Centre at the Ministry of Education employed 308 staff, according to an Official Information Request. Earlier this week it was announced 202 of those staff were being cut. When you look up “The New Zealand Curriculum” on the Ministry of ...
Chris Bishop’s bill has stirred up a hornets nest of opposition. Photo: Lynn Grieveson for The KākāTL;DR: The six things that stood out to me in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate from the last day included:A crescendo of opposition to the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill is ...
Monday left me brokenTuesday, I was through with hopingWednesday, my empty arms were openThursday, waiting for love, waiting for loveThe end of another week that left many of us asking WTF? What on earth has NZ gotten itself into and how on earth could people have voluntarily signed up for ...
Hello! Here comes the Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding, catching you up on the past week’s editions.State of humanity, 20242024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?Full story Share ...
Determining the hardest sport in the world is a subjective matter, as the difficulty level can vary depending on individual abilities, physical attributes, and experience. However, based on various factors including physical demands, technical skills, mental fortitude, and overall accomplishment, here is an exploration of some of the most challenging ...
The allure of sport transcends age, culture, and geographical boundaries. It captivates hearts, ignites passions, and provides unparalleled entertainment. Behind the spectacle, however, lies a fascinating world of financial investment and expenditure. Among the vast array of competitive pursuits, one question looms large: which sport carries the hefty title of ...
Introduction Pickleball, a rapidly growing paddle sport, has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions around the world. Its blend of tennis, badminton, and table tennis elements has made it a favorite among players of all ages and skill levels. As the sport’s popularity continues to surge, the question on ...
Abstract: Soccer, the global phenomenon captivating millions worldwide, has a rich history that spans centuries. Its origins trace back to ancient civilizations, but the modern version we know and love emerged through a complex interplay of cultural influences and innovations. This article delves into the fascinating journey of soccer’s evolution, ...
Tinting car windows offers numerous benefits, including enhanced privacy, reduced glare, UV protection, and a more stylish look for your vehicle. However, the cost of window tinting can vary significantly depending on several factors. This article provides a comprehensive guide to help you understand how much you can expect to ...
The pungent smell of gasoline in your car can be an alarming and potentially dangerous problem. Not only is the odor unpleasant, but it can also indicate a serious issue with your vehicle’s fuel system. In this article, we will explore the various reasons why your car may smell like ...
Tree sap can be a sticky, unsightly mess on your car’s exterior. It can be difficult to remove, but with the right techniques and products, you can restore your car to its former glory. Understanding Tree Sap Tree sap is a thick, viscous liquid produced by trees to seal wounds ...
The amount of paint needed to paint a car depends on a number of factors, including the size of the car, the number of coats you plan to apply, and the type of paint you are using. In general, you will need between 1 and 2 gallons of paint for ...
Jump-starting a car is a common task that can be performed even in adverse weather conditions like rain. However, safety precautions and proper techniques are crucial to avoid potential hazards. This comprehensive guide will provide detailed instructions on how to safely jump a car in the rain, ensuring both your ...
Graham Adams writes about the $55m media fund — When Patrick Gower was asked by Mike Hosking last week what he would say to the many Newstalk ZB callers who allege the Labour government bribed media with $55 million of taxpayers’ money via the Public Interest Journalism Fund — and ...
Note: this blog post has been put together over the course of the week I followed the happenings at the conference virtually. Should recordings of the Great Debates and possibly Union Symposia mentioned below, be released sometime after the conference ends, I'll include links to the ones I participated in. ...
The following was my submission made on the “Fast Track Approvals Bill”. This potential law will give three Ministers unchecked powers, un-paralled since the days of Robert Muldoon’s “Think Big” projects.The submission is written a bit tongue-in-cheek. But it’s irreverent because the FTAB is in itself not worthy of respect. ...
One Could Reduce Child Poverty At No Fiscal CostFollowing the Richardson/Shipley 1990 ‘redesign of the welfare state’ – which eliminated the universal Family Benefit and doubled the rate of child poverty – various income supplements for families have been added, the best known being ‘Working for Families’, introduced in 2005. ...
Buzz from the Beehive A few days ago, Point of Order suggested the media must be musing “on why Melissa is mute”. Our article reported that people working in the beleaguered media industry have cause to yearn for a minister as busy as Melissa Lee’s ministerial colleagues and we drew ...
1. What was The Curse of Jim Bolger?a. Winston Peters b. Soon after shaking his hand, world leaders would mysteriously lose office or shuffle off this mortal coilc. Could never shake off the Mother of All Budgetsd. Dandruff2. True or false? The Chairman of a Kiwi export business has asked the ...
Jack Vowles writes – New Zealand is said to be suffering from ‘serious populist discontent’. An IPSOS MORI survey has reported that we have an increasing preference for strong leaders, think that the economy is rigged toward the rich and powerful, and political elites are ignoring ‘hard-working people’. ...
Chris Trotter writes – MELISSA LEE should be deprived of her ministerial warrant. Her handling – or non-handling – of the crisis engulfing the New Zealand news media has been woeful. The fate of New Zealand’s two linear television networks, a question which the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications ...
TL;DR: The podcast above features co-hosts and , along with regular guests Robert Patman on Gaza and AUKUS II, and on climate change.The six things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribers in the ...
Policymakers rarely wish to make plain or visible their desire to dismantle environmental policy, least of all to the young. Photo: Lynn GrievesonTL;DR: Here’s the top five news items of note in climate news for Aotearoa-NZ this week, and a discussion above between Bernard Hickey and The Kākā’s climate correspondent ...
I like to keep an eye on what’s happening in places like the UK, the US, and over the ditch with our good mates the Aussies. Let’s call them AUKUS, for want of a better collective term. More on that in a bit.It used to be, not long ago, that ...
TL;DR: The global economy will be one fifth smaller than it would have otherwise been in 2050 as a result of climate damage, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and published in the journal Nature. (See more detail and analysis below, and ...
New Zealand is said to be suffering from ‘serious populist discontent’. An IPSOS MORI survey has reported that we have an increasing preference for strong leaders, think that the economy is rigged toward the rich and powerful, and political elites are ignoring ‘hard-working people’. The data is from February this ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is understood to be planning a major speech within the next fortnight to clear up the confusion over whether or not New Zealand might join the AUKUS submarine project. So far, there have been conflicting signals from the Government. RNZ reported the Prime Minister yesterday in ...
Life throws curveballs, and sometimes, those curveballs necessitate wiping your iPhone clean and starting anew. Whether you’re facing persistent software glitches, preparing to sell your device, or simply wanting a fresh start, knowing how to factory reset iPhone without a computer is a valuable skill. While using a computer with ...
Gone are the days when communication was limited to landline phones and physical proximity. Today, computers have become powerful tools for connecting with people across the globe through voice and video calls. But with a plethora of applications and methods available, how to call someone on a computer might seem ...
Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost, Creel et al., Nature Communications:Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8 million km2 of Arctic continental shelf, with thicknesses in places exceeding 700 m. Sea-level variations over glacial-interglacial cycles control ...
The operating system (OS) is the heart and soul of a computer, orchestrating every action and interaction between hardware and software. But have you ever wondered where on a computer is the operating system generally stored? The answer lies in the intricate dance between hardware and software components, particularly within ...
Laptops have become essential tools for work, entertainment, and communication, offering portability and functionality. However, with rising energy costs and growing environmental concerns, understanding a laptop’s power consumption is more important than ever. So, how many watts does a laptop use? The answer, unfortunately, isn’t straightforward. It depends on several ...
Screen recording has become an essential tool for various purposes, such as creating tutorials, capturing gameplay footage, recording online meetings, or sharing information with others. Fortunately, Dell laptops offer several built-in and external options for screen recording, catering to different needs and preferences. This guide will explore various methods on ...
A cracked or damaged laptop screen can be a frustrating experience, impacting productivity and enjoyment. Fortunately, laptop screen repair is a common service offered by various repair shops and technicians. However, the cost of fixing a laptop screen can vary significantly depending on several factors. This article delves into the ...
Gaming laptops represent a significant investment for passionate gamers, offering portability and powerful performance for immersive gaming experiences. However, a common concern among potential buyers is their lifespan. Unlike desktop PCs, which allow for easier component upgrades, gaming laptops have inherent limitations due to their compact and integrated design. This ...
The annual inventory report of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions has been released, showing that gross emissions have dropped for the third year in a row, to 78.4 million tons: All-told gross emissions have decreased by over 6 million tons since the Zero Carbon Act was passed in 2019. ...
Experiencing a locked computer can be frustrating, especially when you need access to your files and applications urgently. The methods to unlock your computer will vary depending on the specific situation and the type of lock you encounter. This guide will explore various scenarios and provide step-by-step instructions on how ...
While the world has largely transitioned to digital communication, faxing still holds relevance in certain industries and situations. Fortunately, gone are the days of bulky fax machines and dedicated phone lines. Today, you can easily send and receive faxes directly from your computer, offering a convenient and efficient way to ...
In our increasingly digital world, home computers have become essential tools for work, communication, entertainment, and more. However, this increased reliance on technology also exposes us to various cyber threats. Understanding these threats and taking proactive steps to protect your home computer is crucial for safeguarding your personal information, finances, ...
In the ever-evolving world of technology, server-based computing has emerged as a cornerstone of modern digital infrastructure. This article delves into the concept of server-based computing, exploring its various forms, benefits, challenges, and its impact on the way we work and interact with technology. Understanding Server-Based Computing: At its core, ...
The absolute brass neck of this guy.We want more medical doctors, not more spin doctors, Luxon was saying a couple of weeks ago, and now we’re told the guy has seven salaried adults on TikTok duty. Sorry, doing social media. The absolute brass neck of it. The irony that the ...
Buzz from the Beehive Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones relishes spatting and eagerly takes issue with environmentalists who criticise his enthusiasm for resource development. He relishes helping the fishing industry too. And so today, while the media are making much of the latest culling in the public service to ...
Having written, taught and worked for the US government on issues involving unconventional warfare and terrorism for 30-odd years, two things irritate me the most when the subject is discussed in public. The first is the Johnny-come-lately academics-turned-media commentators who … Continue reading → ...
Eric Crampton writes – Kainga Ora is the government’s house building agency. It’s been building a lot of social housing. Kainga Ora has its own (but independent) consenting authority, Consentium. It’s a neat idea. Rather than have to deal with building consents across each different territorial authority, Kainga Ora ...
Muriel Newman writes – The Coalition Government says it is moving with speed to deliver campaign promises and reverse the damage done by Labour. One of their key commitments is to “defend the principle that New Zealanders are equal before the law.” To achieve this, they have pledged they “will not advance ...
Chris Trotter writes – The absence of anything resembling a fightback from the public servants currently losing their jobs is interesting. State-sector workers’ collective fatalism in the face of Coalition cutbacks indicates a surprisingly broad acceptance of impermanence in the workplace. Fifty years ago, lay-offs in the thousands ...
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. ...
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 Tāmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live there, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
The Green Party has today launched a step-by-step guide to help New Zealanders make their voice heard on the Government’s democracy dodging and anti-environment fast track legislation. ...
The National Government’s 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 that’s great for the planet and great for consumers after her member’s 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 country’s books after Teanau Tuiono’s members’ 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 member’s bill was voted down in its first reading. ...
Today’s 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. ...
The Government’s newly announced review of methane emissions reduction targets hints at its desire to delay Aotearoa New Zealand’s urgent transition to a climate safe future, the Green Party said. ...
The Government must commit to the Maitai School building project for students with high and complex needs, to ensure disabled students from the top of the South Island have somewhere to learn. ...
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and his Government colleagues have made a meal of their mental health commitments, showing how flimsy their efforts to champion the issue truly are, says Labour Mental Health spokesperson Ingrid Leary. ...
Māori are yet to see anything from this Government except cuts, reversals and taking our people backwards, Māori Development spokesperson Willie Jackson said. ...
The Coalition Government’s refusal to commit to ongoing funding for social housing is seeing the sector pull back on developments and families watch their dreams of securing a home fade away, says Labour Housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty. ...
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. “Recently 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 Teachers’ 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. “The 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. “Science, 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 today’s 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. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō 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. “The 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. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s 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 Zealand’s 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. “Our 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. “New 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 Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
Today’s 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 Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector. "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
Trade, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has concluded productive discussions with ministerial counterparts in Beijing today, in support of the New Zealand-China trade and economic relationship. “My meeting with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reaffirmed the complementary nature of the bilateral trade relationship, with our Free Trade Agreement at its ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today paid tribute to Singapore’s outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Meeting in Singapore today immediately before Prime Minister Lee announced he was stepping down, Prime Minister Luxon warmly acknowledged his counterpart’s almost twenty years as leader, and the enduring legacy he has left for Singapore and South East ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While in Singapore as part of his visit to South East Asia this week, Prime Minister Luxon also met with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made further appointments to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand as part of a continued effort to ensure the Scott Base Redevelopment project is delivered in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The Minister has appointed Neville Harris as a new member of the Board. Mr ...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will travel to the United States on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Five Finance Ministers group, with counterparts from Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. “I am looking forward to meeting with our Five Finance partners on how we can work ...
The coalition Government has today announced purrfect and pawsitive changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to give tenants with pets greater choice when looking for a rental property, says Housing Minister Chris Bishop. “Pets are important members of many Kiwi families. It’s estimated that around 64 per cent of New ...
State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the Government has also asked NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to consider and provide advice on a Long Tunnel option, Transport Minister Simeon Brown ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have condemned Iran’s shocking and illegal strikes against Israel. “These attacks are a major challenge to peace and stability in a region already under enormous pressure," Mr Luxon says. "We are deeply concerned that miscalculation on any side could ...
Hundreds of people in little over a week have turned out in Northland to hear Regional Development Minister Shane Jones speak about plans for boosting the regional economy through infrastructure. About 200 people from the infrastructure and associated sectors attended an event headlined by Mr Jones in Whangarei today. Last ...
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has today thanked outgoing Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Chair Dame Karen Poutasi for her service on the Board. “Dame Karen tendered her resignation as Chair and as a member of the Board today,” says Dr Reti. “I have asked her to ...
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has signalled their proposed delivery approach for the Government’s 15 Roads of National Significance (RoNS), with the release of the State Highway Investment Proposal (SHIP) today, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Boosting economic growth and productivity is a key part of the Government’s plan to ...
New Zealand is renewing its connections with a world facing urgent challenges by pursuing an active, energetic foreign policy, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “Our country faces the most unstable global environment in decades,” Mr Peters says at the conclusion of two weeks of engagements in Egypt, Europe and the United States. “We cannot afford to sit back in splendid ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Australian Governor-General, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley and his wife Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley, will make a State visit to New Zealand from Tuesday 16 April to Thursday 18 April. The visit reciprocates the State visit of former Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy ...
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced that Medsafe has approved 11 cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Pharmaceutical suppliers have indicated they may be able to supply the first products in June. “This is much earlier than the original expectation of medicines being available by 2025. The Government recognised ...
New Zealand and the United States have recommitted to their strategic partnership in Washington DC today, pledging to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “The strategic environment that New Zealand and the United States face is considerably more ...
April 11, 2024 Joint Declaration by United States Secretary of State the Honorable Antony J. Blinken and New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs the Right Honourable Winston Peters We met today in Washington, D.C. to recommit to the historic partnership between our two countries and the principles that underpin it—rule ...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara Solomon Islands’ incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected in the East Choiseul constituency. It is the opening move in the political chess match to form the country’s next government. Returning officer Christopher Makoni made the declaration late last night after ...
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Fuertísimas emanaciones ponen en el tapete el accionar de la curtiembre Magromer http://www.noticiasmercedinas.com/100120magromer.htm
There’s a post up about it now.
http://thestandard.org.nz/mossack-fonseca-bites-national-on-the-arse/
https://translate.google.co.nz/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.noticiasmercedinas.com/100120magromer.htm&prev=search
Has anyone noticed how easily Key’s “relaxed about that” screwing up of his nose is so easily read now as uncaring arrogance??
With his foreign trusts and foreign owners he is entirely coming across as “I know best, stop wasting my time”
Maybe he has been watching how his colleague finlayson q c manages to so accurately display his nonsensical sense of place…
+1
“Maybe he has been watching how his colleague finlayson q c manages to so accurately display his nonsensical sense of place…”
Ain’t that the truth. I often wondered what happened to the guy. At one time he was half reasonable (for a Gnat) – then I realised …. Key happened and he became an arse licking woose. So much for principle
John Key ramming through TPPA – we all know that it is for the benefit of his cronies and the 0.1% who don’t feel the need to pay taxes, and can pollute at will.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987560/colombia_theres_no_place_for_clean_water_under_free_trade.html
“The latest country to be hooked under ‘free trade’ agreements is Colombia, writes Pete Dolack, sued for tens of billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation’s water above the profits of foreign corporations. Free trade or clean water? You can’t have both.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ttip-uk-government-only-did-one-assessment-of-trade-deal-and-found-it-had-lots-of-risks-and-no-a6999646.html
“TTIP: UK Government found secret courts in trade deal have ‘lots of risk and no benefit’ in its only assessment
Stark warning against agreement disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request”
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/302324/us-officials-heading-to-nz-to-talk-tpp
A visit by US officials could be used to pressure the government into further concessions on the Trans Pacific Partnership deal, a long time critic of the trade pact says.
RNZ reports that Corbyn has demoted Ken Livingstone for suggesting zionism had a connection with nazism. I like some of the things Corbyn has done, but on this one he is wrong.
“The WZO leaders said as little as they could about Germany in as much as they knew that negotiations were proceeding to work out a trade agreement with Hitler. Jabotinsky brought forth a motion to support the embryonic anti-Nazi boycott, but it had no chance of success. The delegates were totally put off by the fascist character of Revisionism. During the Congress, Jewish Telegraphic Agency dispatches told of the police discovering Jabotinsky’s letter to Achimeir denouncing him for his pro-Nazi articles. [24] The vast majority of the delegates believed that the Biryonim had murdered the Political Secretary of their movement and the letter could only serve to reinforce their opinion. They could only think that their own Hitler was denouncing the WZO leaders for being pro-Nazi. The resolution calling for action against the Hitlerites was soundly defeated, 240 to 43. [25] (In fact the Nazis announced, during the Congress, that a trade agreement had been reached with the WZO’s Anglo-Palestine Bank.)”
http://www.marxists.de/middleast/ironwall/08-fascter.htm#30s
There seems to quite a lot of bullshit being pushed, including by a number within UK Labour, that antisemitism is a trait of the more left leaning people within UK Labour.
I agree that Corbyn should have faced it down but…over a few years I’ve noticed a more general ‘getting up in arms’ about supposed antisemitism in the UK media. For example, I’ve been aware of the BBC running (to me) incongruous reports on the threat to the Jewish community off the back of terrorist attacks or apparent imminent likelihood of some terrorist attack.
Israel has been actively cultivating media contacts, I reckon.
Colonial Viper, You are not far wrong.
Colonial Viper, You are not far wrong!
Yes with lots of compost and nitrogenous matter they have cultivated a lot of deadly nightshade.
Israel at one time showed the world how to use water very effectively for irrigation.
Now they should turn their hands back to teaching the world how to use their human resources in a more effective way than making other people miserable and desperate in enclosed apartheid-like homelands. This would honour their people who suffered the same sort of treatment in WW2 and before.
So Israel can make more of the desert bloom using permaculture and leave some land for Palestinians to live in peace. This article explains how:
http://permaculturenews.org/2013/03/01/recycling-animal-and-human-dung-is-the-key-to-sustainable-farming/
Bullenglish is blabbing about low interest rates, good potential investors out there, plenty of cash around, when the parameters are right…. Then you realize he’s talking about mental health services
Are mental health services a growth market under this administration ?
Can someone – a political scientist type of person (but not that fellow in the Herald, Edwards !) provide us with some sort of analysis of the more recent polls please.
An analysis that includes the numbers of “Don’t Know” who they’ll vote for, and also what sort of questions are being asked in the polls. Plus the PM’s rating each time.
It looks to me like the PM’s rating is dropping, but that’s not being picked up by the media. And I cannot figure out why there is so much confidence in the NAct govt when so much is happening that is obviously negative : the TPPA, the known corruption, the PM supporting the 1%, climate change issues, housing, unemployment, beggars in the streets, dairying going down, etc.
Why isn’t all this showing in the polls?
And I don’t want to be given the glib answer that we don’t have a Bernie Sanders or Corbyn – we have Winston Peters and that’s more than enough for one little country and yes – his poll rating has gone up, and I’m assuming that’s because he’s the spokesperson for everything in NZ First, and now he is Northland MP, he has a lot to make a noise about.
Afaik the incumbent PM usually rates higher than all other party leaders as preferred PM. I think the whole focus on that is part of the manufacture of the Teflon Key myth. Myself I think it’s irrelevant.
Most polls don’t report or account for the don’t knows/undecideds, nor the people that won’t answer their questions or don’t even answer the phone. That and the margins of error, and the fact that results are often close make me think much of what we do will polls is spin rather than reality. I think polls tend to reflect many things including what the MSM are doing, esp close to an election.
We should be looking at the poll of polls, not individual ones, because the poll of polls shows trends over time and that’s more important. Individual polls with commentary are highly speculative. We can use that, but I don’t think we should get too hung up on it at this stage. Closer to the election it’s an issue (I believe polls should be banned for some weeks pre-election). But we’re not there yet.
(as an aside, Peters isn’t our Corbyn or Sanders. He’s a centrist, authoritarian power-monger. Yes, he’s charismatic, knows how to play the political power game very well, has done some good things for NZ (think Winebox) and NZF has some good policies, but he’s also damaged MMP and democracy in NZ. Not even close to being a Corbyn or Sanders)
Peters is his own political tour de force. Unfortunately he is on the last term or two of his career. There is no one else of his calibre politically once he is gone. Cunliffe had the potential but that’s all over now.
But this term National and Labour will continue to weaken while he benefits.
NZ will be better off politically and societally once Peters is gone from parliament. I can name good things he has done, but they don’t outweigh how much he has damaged MMP and democracy. I don’t care how good he is at macho politics beyond how much power that garners him to keep on with the bullshit game. You and I obviously rate good politics quite differently.
He is entertaining though so I guess there is that.
I enjoy you talking about democracy and MMP, while simultaneously wishing gone one of the most popular and effective political figures of the decade.
I guess you prefer democracy done your way.
“I guess you prefer democracy done your way.”
Actually I think that describes Peters. But it’s interesting that that’s what you resort to, trying to make out that I’m something or other rather than addressing the points. Let’s try again,
“enjoy you talking about democracy and MMP, while simultaneously wishing gone one of the most popular and effective political figures of the decade.”
Yes, because the underpinnings of MMP and democracy aren’t popularity or even political effectiveness, which can obviously be used in anti-democratic ways. The underpinnings are representation and fairness. Peters has demonstrably worked against those things at times.
Peters is popular for sure, but he never got his party permanently out of the sub 10%. He fucked up a couple of times and lost his votes, so we can say that historically he’s been popular and unpopular depending on his behaviour. Like I said, I can name the good things he’s done, but I can name the mistakes too and the problems.
Weka, Do you hate Peters more than the national party supporters and tax cheats who had to pay millions to our government that they had successfully swindled past the IRD …………….. until Winston and his wine box extracted back to new zealand some of their stolen loot. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8515361/Money-trail-leads-home-to-New-Zealand
Winne cost the nat party votes and their rich criminal supporters money, so they hate him very much ……………
And look at what Winston did to Key in the Northland bye-election when Nationals expert solution to the P problem and future police minister Mike Sabin had to leave parliament ……………..
Key performed like a limp dick trying to hammer a nail against Winston 🙂
National are now engaged in working with rich tax cheats and other criminals to such an extent that the architect of a multi BILLION dollar tax swindle is the guy that Key picked to be the judge on ‘New Zealand Tax Haven Inc’ ……………. The tax haven that key accidentally created and then after many talks and meetings with people like his bent ex lawyer mate accidentally kept going …………… Against IRD advice.
No doubt our prime ministers Keyzheimers disease will kick in even worse than it has so far ……. he won’t really remember what that advice was ………. at the end of the day.
But enough waffling and lets get pratical.. which is where I desperately need your smarts puckish….Your cleaver, cognitive and know whats what so…… could you please do some sums for me ……….. I wouldn’t bother asking any of the ‘leftie’ peeps around here….. because just like me they cant do math either …. and many are barking mad.
Sherwan who selected by key was the prime mover in a 2.2 billion dollar ( or more) tax scam by the aussie banks who were gouging New Zealanders for record profits at the time.
We have benefit fraud tip lines and a government that uses racism and every stereotype smear to encourage hatred of the worst off and most disadvantaged in society ………. that helps generate the phone calls for their attack ‘the poor welfare policy’….. and the privatisation of and evictions from state housing.
But back to the numbers ……
“Benefit fraud cost New Zealand $22 million in 2010″* ……now lets assume after another six years of national people are twice as dishonest…. because they are copying people like Bill English ( cheated the mp’s housing allowance with a false declaration …. Or JK with his ‘charity’ games of golf, Judith collins who can’t tell a kauri log from a Kauri stump and accidentally makes millions from her ignorance.
So presuming a National government makes the people more dishonest we’ll double the 22 million benefit fraud up to 44 million ….. And we’ll round that up to $50 million to account for the acceleration of corrupt behavior lately.
How many years of benefit fraud by ALL the beneficarys would it take to reach the amount that the ONE SINGLE Nact man John Sherwan had a go at ……….. How many years please wise one???, I bet your much better at maths than me.
BUT how much of the benefit fraud was detected due to the haters tip line …………. 40% , 30% 25%.
Because you are so cleaver could you also work out how many years of the benefit tip line running would you need before reaching the amount that John Sherwin tried to steal on the Aussie banks behalf ????
I can’t work it out …….
Which leads me to concede that John sherwan must be very cleaver to not go to jail for an attempted theft of 2.2 billion dollars of government revenue…….. which admittedly pays for silly stuff like hospitals and schools.
But those financial types must all be geniuses as no one went to jail for the wholesale fraud of Billions ( or was it trillions) , directly leading to the GFC and much suffering world wide ………..for the poor.
I can see why you support such intelligence …… to do otherwise would be stupid of you.
I’ll never be that smart …………. can’t even do math 🙁
I’m going to ask you one last final thing….. it’s probably something you could be uncomfortable with and I can’t recall you ever doing it on here……… I need your common sense to tell me who to vote for.
Hell if you can work out those unsolvable mathematical impossibility I threw your way ………….. then you’d be justified in telling all of us fools here te standard who to vote for.
“The banks will not pay penalties and the full details of the settlement are confidential, although they are paying 80% of the total tax owed plus interest. The amount was enough to boost New Zealand’s current account into a surplus in the September quarter for the first time in almost 21 years.”
http://www.interest.co.nz/news/40814/banks-settle-structured-finance-tax-disputes-ird-nz22-bln-update-1
Sherwan who WAS selected by key was the prime mover in a 2.2 billion dollar ( or more) tax scam
I remember this well. Dumped just prior to Xmas if I remember correctly – Photo of smiling individuals in the MSM – declaring the settlement of the tax dispute and I was incensed.
Proud of themselves for caving in and politically negotiating a Debt to the IRD.
Not the sort of outcome any ordinary Kiwi falling foul of the IRD can expect.
Reason, have you read my actual comments and thought about them? I’ve already said that I think Peters has done good things and I gave the Winebox as an example. I don’t hate Peters, and if you think this is about that then you’re not listening.
Well would you look at that, we agree on something
He stopped the Bolger government in it’s tracks. He stopped a third wave of hard neo-liberalism, by getting free health care for the under 5’s. The gold card, fighting for changes to the power of attorney, and enduring power of attorney. He enforced ring fencing for health. He has been out spoken in his criticism of neo-liberalism.
Winston has actually done quite a bit of good weka. Been a bit of a nob about it in a macho way I agree, and is as social conservative as they come. He and the greens are the only ones who openly want to end the neo-liberal game at present. I’d hate to say this, but making him PM to get rid of neo-liberalism, is a price I’m willing to pay.
Would you vote for NZF in 2017?
IMO the biggest contribution of Peters and NZF is the increase in minimum wage to $12/hr (from 9.50) while in govt from 2005 – 2008. That set the scene for regular minimum wage rises, which wasn’t really something that happened before that.
“Cunliffe had the potential but that’s all over now.”
Wins tons been written of once or twice in the past ,and look at him now.
Exactly – a week’s a very long time in politics! David Cunliffe is feared by the Natz for good good reason!
“And I cannot figure out why there is so much confidence in the NAct govt when so much is happening that is obviously negative”
Because interest rates are low, business confidence is high, employment is low and steady, more kiwis are returning home then ever before, Exports are likely to increase through trade
“Employment is low and steady”
Yeah about right
@ Ms Jennifer Kirk
I’m slowly but surely completing some detailed poll analysis for my blog .. but unfortunately not finished yet.
In the meantime, here’s some PM/Leadership stats …
Preferred PM Averages – John Key
(Colmar Brunton / Reid Research – combined)
…………………………Average……………High……….Compare 2/2 2015-16
2/2 2015-16………..39………………………40…………………………..-
1/1 2015……………..42………………………44…………………..Down 3 Points
2014…………………. 45………………………48……………………Down 6 Points
2013…………………..41………………………44……………………Down 2 Points
2012…………………..43………………………48……………………Down 4 Points
2011…………………..53………………………59……………………Down 14 Points
2010…………………..49………………………54……………………Down 10 Points
2009…………………..52………………………56……………………Down 13 Points
Leader Favourability Ratings
(Net positive Rating – the percentage point gap between those holding a Favourable and Unfavourable view of Key)
2009 +58
2010 +51
2011 +48
2012 +25
2013 +19
2014 +27
2015 1/2 +19
2015 2/2 +13
(2015 broken down on a quarterly basis:
2015
1/4 +22,
2/4 +15,
3/4 +10,
4/4 +16)
Latest UMR puts Key on his lowest ever Favourability rating of +2
As you can see, what was once a gaping chasm has shrunk to a narrow fissure as views on the PM have become as polarised as they were on Muldoon by the early 80s.
The Reid Research Leader Performance ratings confirm Key’s significant decline (particularly steep after the 2011 Election and, again, over the last 2 years)
Andrew Little’s net Favourability rating compared to Key – 2015
…………………1/4…………2/4……….3/4………4/4
Key…………..+22….+15….+10…+16
Little………..+24…..+25…+16…+15
So, while Little may be badly trailing Key on the Preferred PM measure (which, as weka has rightly said, usually involves a significant incumbency effect), the Labour Leader actually led the PM throughout most of 2015 on the net Favourability ratings – by 2, 10 and 6 points during the first three-quarters, before slipping only slightly behind Key in the final quarter.
In stark contrast, Little’s 3 Labour Leader predecessors were always well behind Key.
As you’ve implied, Jenny, we keep hearing (in the MSM over the last 12 months) that Key is vastly more popular than Clark was at the same point in her Third Term.
In fact, Helen Clark’s Favourability (UMR) and Performance (Reid Research) ratings were significantly better than Key’s is now. It’s true that she was slightly down on his rating as Preferred PM (but only slightly).
2/2 2006 Clark averaged 37% Preferred PM
2/2 2015 Key averaged 39% Preferred PM
Dang, I’ve been trying to edit the above comment … not least to make that Key vs Little table look a wee bit more respectable and ship shape.
But I’m being told (in quite an authoritative – almost scolding – way) that You do not have permission to edit this comment, with the advice that I should therefore Close immediately or, presumably, I’ll be in for a bit of a kick up the arse.
Let’s try it again and see if I can make that table look a little less messy …
……………….1/4……….2/4……….3/4……..4/4
Key………….+22………+15………+10……..+16
Little……….+24……….+25……..+16……..+15
Thanks Swordfish, that helps clarify things a bit more. I’ll await your more considered analysis. Let us know when you put it up, please.
Greens go down three points in polls for exposing corrupt Prime Minister. New Zealand First goes up three
Which poll are you looking at?
This:
I haven’t walked down Lambton Quay on a week day morning for a few years. Place is empty, slow and lifeless almost like a ghost town. Not what I remember it being at all. What the hell have you guys done with the place???
Everyone’s busy consulting their trust lawyers?
Meetings must be over… they all stepped out at lunchtime – Lambton Quay seemed as busy to me today as the last time I was here.
The thing that bothers me the most is the Big Brand sector of Cuba Mall. They all moved in a few years ago, amid lots of protest, to apparently upscale the place and now that’s the most awful bit of the whole central city.
Good point, CV. Not *like* a ghost town – it is one.
Did you catch the tumbleweed the Weta film crew left behind ?
Memo to self: must give Peter Jackson more money
He’s getting more money. Wellington ratepayers are funding his film museum that going inside the convention centre we are also funding. What PJ wants, PJ gets as long as he doesn’t have to pay for it.
He’s nothing more than a parasite.
Wellingtonians know what’s going on in govt because they work in the civil service. When Lambton Quay goes empty, when Wellingtonians stop spending, it’s because they see big trouble ahead.
It’s been sad to see shops that have been around for decades closing down – I was working in one that closed down! Having worked in retail and distribution round Wgtn I’ve seen first hand the decline, since the GFC, but it never really picked up. One store owner that was a customer of the distributor I worked for blamed the increase in GST and cut backs in the public service for killing his business. He closed down after 30 years in business.
Now it’s all just “pop up” shops selling container loads of crap and the expansion of dollar shops in the burbs. There is a sense of the temporary and vaguely desperate.
What shops that are left often are part of Aussie chains. The high end, boutiquey stores selling creative and unique items are almost all gone.
There is a sense of the temporary and vaguely desperate.
I was thinking exactly that when I was walking around yesterday. A year or two ago the caravans and pop-ups added vibrancy now there and an air of despondency about them with sense of what comes next.
As an aside I’m also not keen on the commercialisation of public space. It might be ok for small start-ups but it takes no time at all for the big brands to move on in if a retail start-up space proves viable.
The GST increase to 15% was what really seemed to empty the shops of customers and start the closures
Define “morning” … if it was 4a.m then the answer is kind of obvious 🙂
Cantabrian cyclists with twitter access might be interested in this questionaire. Or any cyclist.
NZTA Canterbury/WC
@NZTACWC
Thinking about cycling to work? What would make you consider giving it a go?
Bike-friendly office
Safe cycle route
Having a cycle buddy
Bike and Helmet access
https://twitter.com/NZTACWC/status/725810110543462400
This is about the LNP in Aussie – but you get the feeling it could have easily been about the national party here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6GxEjBnwCg
Because it’s Friday, you should giggle more.
The quality of video is poor, but the content is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6uZgYdFeqU
ta adam
John Drinnan: MediaWorks owner tightens reins –
Maybe the MediaWorks owners noticed that too many cheerleaders of the right has left a huge gap for the left media to fill, ha ha and falling ratings for the right…
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11630411
no mention of canning Cambell Live and John Cambell. But never let the facts get in the way of reporting in Granny.
Like the fact that Campbell Lives ratings had been falling for years and that’s why it was axed, because the public didn’t want to watch it
That is a barefaced lie.
You are a lie faced bear
http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/04/ratings-how-campbell-live-ended-up-on-the-block/
Your link shows hundred of thousands of NZers were watching CL up until it was axed. How does that equate to ‘the public didn’t want to watch it?’.
Where are the figures for online viewing?
Let me spell it out for you:
When it comes to Campbell Live though, the average audience of 281,669 viewers in 2013 was the best they’ve ever been.
– In 2013 the average viewers was the best its ever been, in 2013.
In 2014, the average audience for Campbell Live fell 22% to 219,406 viewers per night.
– That’s a big drop in numbers so the show is bringing in less money and remember its a private company NOT another make-work scheme for tired lefties
So far in 2015, the average audience is down a further 13% to 191,432. Overall, this equates to a 32% drop in the average nightly audience.
So yes people were watching it but not enough people were watching it so instead of losing money on the program the company, as is their right, dropped Campbell Live
I found the ratings most interesting at the time – CL’s only issue seemed to me that the 3news lead-in was the weak link.
TV3’s having subsequent programming successes would have justified the decision, but it’s still in the doldrums.
So what is the audience in that timeslot now?
Under 100k?
Funny response scared one.
Put it all in context TV3 had falling in the rating all over the place, it still does.
And before you blow a gasket – look at the trend post Campbell live, and also the viewer-ship numbers falling right across the medium.
So the shrill argument of ratings is just that, shrill.
I just can’t be bothered debating with pr.
That’s because you can’t debate with Puckish Rouge.
To Puckish Rouge, NZ is a utopia, the national party are perfect, and John Key is a god.
And we should all bow down to J.K and suck it up.
So you can’t argue or debate with Puckish Rouge – you just trade words that Puckish Rouge will take out of context to justify any old cods wallop.
Yes dear.
Not a utopia but certainly in the top 10 countries to live in the world (probably top 5 but why argue semantics), the National party aren’t perfect (WFF should be scrapped for one thing) but certainly way out in front of any opposition and John Key as god…well I wouldn’t go that far I mean as this pic clearly states hes in the water not walking above it
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/John-Key-Swimming-Pool-Metro-2006-300×224.jpg
You are being unfair to Paul. The problem is he isn’t really up to debate.
He tends to make some unsubstantiated comment and when asked why he said it refuses to give any reason because he “Can’t be bothered”. Most frustrating
An example is here. I would still like to know what he thinks “correct” exchange rates should be, and why.
http://thestandard.org.nz/if-you-need-a-good-laugh-this-morning/#comment-1166228
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I happily debate with people on this site I do not identify as trolls.
I substantiate comments with evidence when discussing points with fellow standardisas. I even sometimes add evidence for trolls. See below at 18.2.1.1.1.
I have contributed to the discussion in areas that intrigue me. Evidence below.
http://thestandard.org.nz/keep-calm-and-carry-on/
You weren’t a high school prefect by any chance?
Back in my day I think he would have been a milk monitor.
They were back in the days before (I think) 1967 when kids had to drink a half pint of milk that had been sitting in the sun all morning. The milk monitor’s job was to make kids drink the horrible stuff. Proper little prats they were.
Alwyn …… about the only Wellingtonian who does not like the Zealandia bird sanctuary and the HUGE explosion of native birds spreading out from it…….. Got something against natives Al ?
Spending any small part your precious wealth giving some protection to creatures whose habitats we have trashed and changed to the point of near extinction for many of them is barking mad and a crime against your money.
Ayn Rand told the truth to those who would listen ……..money determines those who are winners ………. losers deserve what they get, be they bird, child or whatever ….WARNING TRIGER https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/vulture-stalking-a-child/ TRIGGER TRIGGER …..this Ayn Rands natural world photo lead to the photographer committing suicide ….. which is a good thing as they both self identified as undeserving losers by not having the individual drive to take advantage of the freedom of money.
John Key deserves his 50-100 million-from working as a goldman sachs merchent banker and its natural because he’s a winner ……. Poor family s and other people around the world deserve to pick through rubbish to survive, with no sanitation or medicines and associated high death rates for their loser children ….. they and their impoverished governments must pay the crippling interest on corruptly lent money…. because they are losers………… It’s the natural order of things and if they did not pay how could Godman sachs and the John Keys of this world express themselves as the winners that they naturally are.
It should be a crime to subvert the natural logic of winners taking all……….. I hope I’ve clearly shown to all the empathy clowns that those parasite birds are trying to get away with stealing Alwyns small change when really they should die as they are meant to.
Its also natural that Alwyn wins all arguments around here so its best Paul wakes up and recognizes Alwyns superiority here at this site ….. and John Keys superiority over everyone in NZ ………. apart from those who are richer of course……… Talleys, Myers, Harts,Fays and Richwhites are all amongst the best of the best we have in this country…. we should stop all losers stealing from them too…… birds included
Thank god for tax havens to preserve our natural orders …. as I’m sure you agree Alwyn.
“John Key deserves his 50-100 million-from working as a goldman sachs merchent banker”.
Really? Just when was it that he worked for Goldman Sachs?
I have nothing against bird sanctuaries, which is what Zealandia really is.
What I object to is that the council poured something like $17million into a visitor centre because they accepted the bs that it would increase patronage hugely and the $10 million loan would be repaid. That sort of thing was typical of the idiots we have as councillors. If we want to protect native birds what is wrong with Mt Bruce?
I really can’t be bothered reading through the rest of your rave.
yes dear
And now Hillary Barry has gone.
And in the land of ‘no surprises’ …and given that the SNP is on track to win another clear majority in a voting system geared to prevent majorities…
Looks like a self selecting poll and there’s a lot of subjectivity in deciding what’s ‘left wing’, but still… 10 000 respondents must be suggesting something worth considering, no? (And yet various Labour Parties in the English speaking world seem hell bent on continuing to accommodate market fundamentalism or neo-liberalist b/s)
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/study-finds-labour-voters-less-left-wing-than-snp-supporters-1-4114150
Listened to this fascinating interview by Brian Crump with a chap who has written a book on how the world’s military have been and still are giving their troops all sorts of drugs to desensitize them, give them courage, make their reactions faster and basically be better at killing. For the ancient Greeks it was wine. During World War II both the German and the Allied soldiers were stoked to the eyeballs with amphetamines which is the drug of choice for contemporary wars. Cocaine was common during World War I, mixed with rum. Montgomery gave out 100,000 pills before the battle of El Alamein so that means New Zealand soldiers were popping their version of “P” while fighting along with everyone else. Obviously it is still going on today in all theatres of war. As the author points out, this is something that is barely acknowledged but is an integral part of all war environments.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/201798782/shooting-up-drugs-and-war
Syria’s war is being fueled by a drug called Captagon
“A powerful amphetamine tablet based on the original synthetic drug known as “fenethylline,” Captagon quickly produces a euphoric intensity in users, allowing Syria’s fighters to stay up for days, killing with a numb, reckless abandon.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/19/the-tiny-pill-fueling-syrias-war-and-turning-fighters-into-super-human-soldiers/
Wonder if that was the drug that was found on the plane of a Saudi royal family member recently? A huge huge haul was found!
But but…all the cool kids are doing it…
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/superman/2013/05/sleep_deprivation_in_the_military_modafinil_and_the_arms_race_for_soldiers.html
Something coming down the interwebs about rich Britons and NZ domiciled trusts – Farrar’s posted about half of Britons paying no income tax.
‘He’s done it. Word is slowly seeping out that Key has granted an American Warship access to our harbour.
We must not allow this.
In November this year, an American warship will be entering Auckland Harbour for the first time in 32 years for the 75th anniversary of the NZ Navy. I remember protesting against the last warship visit when I was ten years old and I’m damned if I’ll simply sit quietly by while National and their corrupt followers cheerlead the American empire back into our waters!’
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/04/29/to-the-barricades-kiwis-key-is-letting-a-filthy-us-war-ship-into-our-waters-rage-and-prepare-to-fight-now/
Hmm, haven’t we had non-nuke ships when the US relaxed its neither confirm nor deny stance?
On 21 September, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Royal New Zealand Navy ships would be allowed onto Defence Department or Coast guard facilities both within the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. “These changes make it easier for our militaries to engage in discussions on security issues and to hold co-operative engagements that increase our capacity to tackle common challenges. [We will work together despite] differences of opinion in some limited areas.” At the same time, however, New Zealand had not changed its stance as a nuclear-free zone.
On the 29th of October 2013 it was announced that “The United States and New Zealand will resume bilateral military cooperation after a near-total 30-year interruption” by New Zealand Defence minister Jonathan Coleman and United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
So if the ships not carrying nuclear weapons whats the big deal?
It’s the ‘muricans!!!! It’s the ‘muricans!!!!
Some countries don’t share your enthusiasm for the Yanks and their military machine.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/list-of-countries-the-usa-has-bombed-since-the-end-of-world-war-ii/24626
Namely….
List of countries the USA has bombed since the end of World War II till 2011.
China 1945-46
Korea 1950-53
China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Belgian Congo 1964
Guatemala 1964
Dominican Republic 1965-66
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Lebanon 1982-84
Grenada 1983-84
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1981-92
Nicaragua 1981-90
Iran 1987-88
Libya 1989
Panama 1989-90
Iraq 1991
Kuwait 1991
Somalia 1992-94
Bosnia 1995
Iran 1998
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia – Serbia 1999
Afghanistan 2001
Iraq 2003
Libya 2011
The Americans have a neither confirm nor deny policy.
You should know that.
and NZ has a no nuclear armaments policy so again whats the issue here
You should know.
Better than a cruise ship for local economy, especially if an air craft carrier, let them in I say, Paul can get his old placard out, no problem, every one happy Strange Paul your views have not really evolved since you where 10, the old saying if your not a socialist in your teens you have no heart, if your still a socialist as an adult you are a fool may have some purchase here
And your a supporter for actors Reddellusion ……
The actors in”The Act of Killing” …. http://www.actofkilling.com/
made with the outside help of Nobel Peace prize winners like Kissinger who fought the dirty socialist and stopped the diabolical plans like improved health care, meager pay rises for exploited workers,land rights or any other communist plots disguised as fairness.
Gangster states who kill with impunity and where the police stations are rape and torture centers are the price we must pay to protect the great freedoms of money.
Fairness is evil when you think about it …… can I send you money for your educational services you do here Reddellusion……. you could donate it to research on the scary sounding “deranged Key syndrome” you were trying to warn me about…… thanks for the early warning of this creepy disease …. I was rude and didn’t thank you before.
I stupidly thought you were an obnoxious troll with your own sad problems ..,. sorry bro
Socialism had done a fairly good job in killing, I think Cambodia, China and USSR out surpassed by a million miles any US war, all in the name of ideology Venezula Cuba, North Korea all these great socialist paradise all rate highly as desirable countries to live, I also see the refugees of the world flocking to the socialist paradise of the evil money hungry west, strange that
Cheers comrad bro
those times in those countries had nothing to do with “socialism”, just like the current version of the financial and economic system has little to do with “capitalism”.
“I also see the refugees of the world flocking to the socialist paradise of the evil money hungry west, strange that”
…you mean those money hungry western countries like Turkey,Lebanon.Jordan,Iraq and Egypt?……oh and around 10% of them try for europe.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/02/syrias-refugee-crisis-in-numbers/
The left really has their work cut out for them because of the ideological alignment between Key and the Crown. The only way they can form an effective opposition is to become anti-establishment. Of course then they are then faced with the problem of finding common ground, since opposing something isn’t of itself a source of shared values.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/20/all-wars-are-bankers-wars/
http://rense.com/general63/tcs.htm
‘About 300 people carrying signs with slogans including ‘Stop the slop’ staged a protest today about the quality of Dunedin Hospital food.
The protest, organised by the Real Meals Coalition, called on the Southern District Health Board to cancel its food service contract with the Compass Group.’
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/381452/food-protest-stop-slop
What’s with Dunedin lefties and thier extreme sense of entitlement
What’s with reactionary fools supporting the 0.01% with trite slogans and inflammatory statements?
Yea slogan master, just to get my slogans right is it the 1 percent or the 0.01pc who are the problem or the 0.001pc
the smaller the percentage, the bigger the problem
Saves on guillotine blades though.
“sense of entitlement” you say?, compare people who have paid taxes throughout their lives and in need of the healthcare they have paid for, to those pompous fat cats swanning around like the flash harries they are, being served by people that can’t afford to have a decent home.
Beggars belief you dare to suggest the masses have a “sense of entitlement” against your Tory lot. The masses are entitled to a decent home and a decent job, Tories prefer to avoid taxes so that hey have more than everyone else, yet do not work harder for it.
No responsibility, all the perks, like starting a game of monopoly with an extra $1,000,000 and sneering when the other players lose.
nz is a welfare state. what the hell you going on about, 10 percent of population pay net tax, who are these rich harries, I suggest they are fairies at the bottom of your garden
This compass bollocks is a political stunt by the Political left taking advantage of the Dunedin deluded for thier own interests and power,,
How about you talk about the food Reddelusion? I would have thought getting people out of hospital in a timely and healthy manor was a corner stone of a good health system.
So in your mind when bad decisions are made, people should just say nothing?
Your hatred is showing, spewing up all over this page. Try getting some love in your heart.
Food looks fine to me, again this just a beat up by a few leftie crazies
From what you find acceptable, anything would beat the 3 day old slops you must swill on at your own table.
Sad.
It’s a bit sad that the radical right has become so inhuman lately they can’t even respect democracy, nor recognise the human right for decent food which doesn’t resemble prison rations.
IN CELEBRITY (?) NEWS …..
Looking forward to tonight’s “The Friday Story”….
Shits and giggles and Dunk’s mud loif crisis all laid bare (going forward).
Interesting tho’….. Dunk and Ms duP…yA are (I think) starting to notice the Natzi’s fading star (housing bubbles, pathetic greenwashing, indebtedness et al).
I guess Dunk’s beginning to realise the kuds are growing up and about to face a shit future, and Heather dearest is beginning to realise she’s put all her hopes of wealth on a raspy voice – that really isn’t all that crash hot. Hopefully Dunk’s looking out for her
Oh dear! what a con! No duP..-yA, and something pathetic, appropriately dressed in yellow (going forward) giving me supposedly SAGE advice about the pressing ussyouse of the Nayshun (going forwid)…. and the Wherl.
Congrats Dunk! Worth a celery increase don’t you think?
How big’s the mortgage btw?
Health minister Coleman quoted on TV1 news says the 2 million New Zealanders receiving hospital food from Compass, the Auckland company sending frozen food muck to Dunedin hospital are mostly happy with the food quality.
If as he says, there are 2 million people in hospital out of our population of about 4.7 million then something’s wrong with our ‘healthy’ lifestyle..or someone’s lying.
The patients in Dunedin who are supposed to eat the food (sic) still say it is crap.
Given how difficult it is to get into a hospital I find the 2 million rather on the high side – 40% of us are in hospital – I don’t think so .
Send him back to pass his NCEA levels maybe??
Duh,,,he means they prepare 2m meals of which are eaten 2m times by people, think a little more laterally
That is still 666,666 bed days of meals
This news article on bed numbers from last year says NZ had 2.8 hospital beds per thousand people in 2012.
At 100% bed capacity and 100% of them being fed by Compass, that’s still a month or two of meals.
Basically, Coleman was probably referring to the total number of meals dished out by Compass so far. And the devil is in “mostly happy”, too – how many people actualy like the meals, as opposed to putting up with them or filling in the middle circle on a survey box?
Yep 59 days.
No! That’s not what he said. Duh! Try another sideways spin. Different from lateral. Nice try but.