I met a former Air NZ flight attendant recently. She told me how their conditions were cut to the point that she had to pay for her own tickets to Auckland to work on international flights. On a return trip to Wellington she was told she'd be sitting next...
Journalism's loss was Parliament's gain? Or something like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Lee#Early_life_and_career
I really hope this doesn’t signal more government intervention in media. Wouldn't worry if I were you, but I'd like to see our CoC govt support Aotearoa's media sector - news/journalism in particular, as these seem a bit anaemic at the moment. Tbf, Luxon ...
Same, on laptops/desktops.
... lives for money – and I’m appalled by that.” “Retrograde policy...
... lives for money – and I’m appalled by that.” https://www...
“Please, M’Lud, a crust of bread ... lives for money – and I’m appalled by that.” Hmm, trading...
Pansy Wong has not been an MP since 2011. Owing to a spot of bother in 2010, our 1st Asian cabinet minister was replaced in the 2011 Botany by-election by Jami-Lee Ross, who in turn generated his own spot of bother and was replaced by Luxon. I'm not sure ...
Do all those Chinese women look the same to you? "All those Chinese women" being Wong and Lee? Honestly couldn't say - more interested in actions, and lack thereof. Stuff's Tova O'Brien said it had been a month and a half since the prime minister asked ...
It’s a time for choosing [23 Oct 2023] The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza requires each of us to make a choice. Which leads me, finally, to the choice the mostly unrepentant keyboard cavalry who are happily saddling up once more – in ...
Pansy - sorry, wong National party minister - hope Lee is listening.
"It is vital the new organisation be independent of government. Any legislation should be free from the kind of instructions the previous Government loaded into its otherwise sensible and still-needed Public Interest Journalism policy." Agreed re the PIJF...
Actually unbelievable, actually - peak Luxon. "It's pretty intuitive, pretty natural."
Might inconvenient courts/commissions be fast-tracked for 'fixing'? Time will tell. Aotearoa is small, with poverty aplenty. Trust 'our' CoC govt to be fair? That's a joke
Done - the venal architects of 'fast-track' are bent on short-sighted shortcuts, and shortcuts + 'fast-track' 'fast-buck' is a sad scam. Can't trust 'em, but I put it more gently.
Cuts to science and environment funding will hinder NZ’s climate response – scientists [15 April 2024] New Zealander of the Year Jim Salinger says government cuts to science funding will put Aotearoa even further behind other countries in terms of ...
That we are becoming a nation of renters. Your own data confirms that. Agreed, but characterising NZ as "a follower not a leader" in such a trend seems inconsistent with our current 9th place - wouldn't it be more accurate to say NZ is in the vanguard of ...
The poll sugar hit National will get in May's budget will ensure they repeat this killoff in 2925. The effects of a (mother of all / black) budget can linger long, but 2925?!! Just imagine... https://www.amazon.com.au/World-2050-Think-About-Future/dp/...
The cartoon is clever but inaccurate. I see you've cleverly avoided commenting on my questions. Maybe the cartoon is about more than just landLord properties - yep, as far as I can tell landLords don't even get a mention. https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/...
Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company [11 April 2024] Opinion: How the weakening or avoiding of parliamentary and external checks and balances on executive power risks NZ becoming more authoritarian If a Prime Minister thinks of himself as a CEO,...
"Housing affordability in New Zealand plummets to all-time low" So what is being done to improve housing affordability for families aspiring to own their own home? Asking particularly on behalf of the 50% of Kiwis seated to the right at the table below. ...
In the intervening years, ideally we're moving towards that and building equity in our home. And "building equity" or "being mortgage free" are increasingly remote options for an increasing proportion of Kiwis - but why?
For most people, being mortgage free with children still at home is more than a stretch. Yes - and less common than it used to be? https://www.cliffsnotes.com/tutors-problems/Sociology/53891751-A-broad-inclusive-definition-of-family-is-a-group-of-...
Mortgage free home ownership has almost only been for a few. Depends what's meant by '"a few" - a bit like the reckon that NZ is "a follower not a leader" in falling rates of home ownership. New Zealand’s other looming housing crisis [30 Nov 2022] In 1986...
I don't understand how true (mortgage-free) home ownership wouldn't increase a family's financial security, but fair enough - maybe your children will see things differently when they're your age.
It's interesting that you frame declining home ownership rates as a 'race to the bottom'. Is it? Maybe financial security isn't as big a deal as it once was, but (for me) true home ownership represents a level of security that I would prefer for every ...
Seems like a leading comment - maybe not all tenants.
Good (land)Lord, in this 2024 list, NZ is in 179th place out of 196 countries. https://ceoworld.biz/2024/01/28/ranked-these-are-the-countries-with-the-most-and-least-home-ownership-rate-2024/ NZ is more like a leader than a follower in any race to the ...
NZ is increasingly going to be a nation of renters. It's an international trend that as a nation we are a follower not a leader. Perhaps we are a "fast follower", or maybe an overtaking follower In this list of countries by home ownership rate, NZ is 15th...
Sorry weka - I meant free to me and many other users of (the most excellent) TS platform/blog - sincerely hope it's not costing you, or anyone else, too much. And a sincere thanks for the time and effort put in to keep the infrastructure and comments ...
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