Sounds like Boris Johnson is positioning himself for future UK premiership. Anti-EU sentiment in the UK is often mixed with "lets keep closer ties with our old colonies, especially our kin in Canada, Australia and New Zealand". The UK under Camoron does ...
It's very pleasing, if one can access the Supported Living Payment. That's by no means guaranteed under the current system of deliberate disentitlement, Upon application for such, Work and Income gives you an instant diagnosis across the counter, whereby ...
"and what do we see when we look up? David Cunliffe painting his roof."
They might actually have a point with the "rockstar" meme. Some of the greatest stars, measured in sales and idolatry, got their status long after their death. Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Keith Moon, John Bonham spring to mind. ...
No such thing as a sickness benefit anymore. He would be a job seeker, perhaps currently exempt from looking for a job for health reasons. That gets assessed and re-assessed every 5 minutes until you no longer qualify or you are really sick, sick of ...
Another point to clarify: Any new taxes or tax increases will not be "consumer taxes", meaning no rises to GST rates, excise taxes or any "levies", that will make people worse off before we even look at taxing those that can actually afford to pay more. ...
Don't give them any ideas, they wouldn't hesitate to do just that if they could get away with it. Mandatory tests for management only is what you're after. But seriously, why should there be any impairment test at all for minimum wage jobs? By definition, ...
ACT voters pay tax?
Qatar, another GCC member, will host the men's soccer world cup in 2022. In 2018, Russia will be the host. Looks like the FIFA has an agenda for the future. So much for sport bringing people together..
You might be right about the support level of Mana, but could you see Shearer forming a working relationship with Mana? I can't. He'd rather coalesce with National. In fact I can see that coming quite easily if there is no other majority (one that doesn't ...
And just as often culture, tradition and heritage are just euphemisms for religion, because the latter is meant to be kept out of politics, so can't be openly cited as the 'reason' for opposition.
I hadn't noticed these comments, so to spare you the guessing and the betting, I think CV summed it up in a nutshell for me (14.1.2.1.1). Yes, I have read about the effect of prayer on spiritual wellbeing (just then on google) and it wasn't difficult to ...
Only if you believe it does..., I don't think it would work if it's forced down your throat.
I wonder about the scientific (medical) credentials of anyone who also professes to believe in invisible friends in the sky. It just doesn't mix. Meaning to say I wouldn't trust Dr Lee with my big toe.
I posted a comment under the Stuff article yesterday to the same effect, suggesting that we don't need law experts, as John knows best. It was moderated out.
So we can train trades people up before the additional train carriages are needed, so they can be built here in NZ?
That's a TINA argument. If all insurance customers had paid all their premiums to one public insurer, reserves wouldn't be a problem. EQC premiums are a small part of the overall picture, just look on your invoice. If ever an industry needed reform and ...
The new campaign to promote Tourism. 35% Pure!
You're forgetting the chance to make a private profit from public money. ACT's raison d'etre.
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Call me a cynic, but floating Meridian in "chunks" will look like this: First, we bundle the "chunks" into the "better performing" assets and those that have to be "brought in line with investor expectations in a dynamic market". Then we sell the "better ...
One of their first excuses was that they didn't know "what kind of resident" Dotcom was. NZ, of course, only has one kind of resident. But the US and the UK have different types of residents. They are our trading partners and we are constantly bringing our...
And now the people of Christchurch are told that selling some of their assets they built up could be flogged of to pay for that nice Convention Centre they've been hanging out for since the earthquake. The people I saw on Campbell Live last night will be ...
That would be the brother of Corin Dann? TV1s political editor?
And the concept of “fraternity” arose out of a very patriarchal society. Fraternite does not imply that sisters should not be considered, although I guess its literal translation could make you suspect that. IMO it means to have a stake in your fellow ...
With all the security in operation around the Boston event, something tells me that the people planting the bombs can't have been youngish males with middle eastern appearance. Or black. So you're on the money there.
Same's true for orchardists and fruit pickers, where I'm from. Only the greedies have trouble finding staff, usually corporate farmers. Give decent pay and conditions, voila, no problem finding staff. They should try it sometime.
A lot of DOC resources spent on pest eradication targets areas around farm land, sometimes exclusively. They call the areas "priority sites". The purpose is to prevent bovine tuberculosis. No doubt they also target other sites to actually protect native ...
And on cue, here is what employers like the exampled one are trying to achieve. Dairy farmers are in no position to pay good wages now, are they? These poor fellows must be the only dairy workers in the country on $ 14 an hour, for split shifts, weekend ...
Nearly every building contractor I talk to mentions Fletchers as at least a thinking point when considering Christchurch work. EQC's project manager is doing quite nicely. Fletcher has gained 20 percent this year, closing at NZ$9.19 yesterday and valuing ...
Last time I looked there was no legal requirement to have a phone. WINZ won't include a phone in unavoidable expenditure calculations, unless one has a doctors' certificate saying one needs one. So a simple: "I haven't got a phone" should knock that one ...
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