I hope the grapes aren't going to take a hammering from that bastard pest, harlequin ladybug. They managed to infest Wellington summer last, and have heard from people in Marlborough that the harlequin has managed to establish itself over there. Another ...
There is a Colmar Brunton tomorrow.
65,000 overseas votes. It's on the election website.
There's actually no extra light. The amount of sunshine hours remains the same so the curtain principle is a misnomer. The only thing that changes is the false equivalence that there is "more" daylight at the end of the working day thanks to the completely...
This morning I woke up at 6.15am with it being nice and light outside. It was glorious. Then sadness kicked in when I realised the artifical construct that is Daylight Saving, invented by the Germans, starts on Sunday leading NZ back into the dark ages. No...
Scott Watson? Judith likely to pull an upset win? I think you mean Scott Morrison, and Judith is unlikely to pull an upset win? The challenge for Labour if they win (nothing is ever certain) is to be bold, although given Grant's poo-poohing of MMT, I'm not...
NZ first has a high churn of members and MPs. The only consistent MP in NZ1st that's been there since it began has been WP. That's part of NZ1st problem. Winston seems to not let any NZ1st MP hang around longer than 2 terms at the most, so there's never ...
NZ1st have focused on the wrong person. They should be focusing on Tracey Martin, winning Ohariu, and making Tracey the next NZ1st leader. The focus on Jones is misplaced as he's a lazybones. He's not well liked in the Far North, and my whanau links up ...
Oh it'll be a fascinating night all around regardless. The only question remaining is just how much Labour will win by :)
I wouldn't be so sure that Luxon will "romp home" Speaking to my Chinese friends whose parents are well conditioned to the CCP model of "vote for whomever's in power" that their parents are voting Labour this year after voting National for the past 3 ...
No. But 2020 has told us that all bets are off. Although given how diabolical National are, it's unlikely to happen this year.
In that scenario the party votes for those under 5% would be distributed proportionately. If in the unlikely event Labour got 47% and National 45% Labour would be the government with National nipping at their heels. It would take just one or maybe two by-...
That's likely why your viewpoint differs to mine. I'm gay because that's what nature decreed. I have no sexual attraction to women. It's very much 100% toward men. A man has a penis. Transmen do not. They may have an imitation penis but at the end of the ...
Jill Abigail wrote this The transie crowd then went ahead and cancelled Jill because their feelings got hurt As a gay man I have no time for the transie crowd calling me tranphobic because I don't see transmen as men. They're not. And for them to try and ...
All things considered, $285/day for the taxpayer to cover MIQ costs isn't that high. That's accommodation, food, security, army costs, healthcare and the rest of whatever additional costs there are. I have often opined on Twitter that while Citizens ...
You're confusing Fyfe with Luxon Fyfe improved the conditions for many staff at AirNZ after Ralph Norris ran it as a lean operation with no payrises for many years. Luxon, with no airliner experience, did the only thing he knew from Unilever. Maximum ...
BRR= Budget Responsibility Rules I believe
2400 people have been released early without a test.
Exactly. In satellite suburbs such as Porirua (where it seems near 40% of public servants live) having even half of them work from home on the regular would be a boon to local cafes in the area. Managers could make the weekly/fortnight trip from Wellingon ...
You do know that ad hominem responses are about attacking a person? I'm simply stating that you are proving my point that one cannot discuss the risk of covid19 coming into the country and how to mitigate that for the most affected 60+ crowd without being ...
Perhaps you should read the last paragraph in my first reply. Thanks for proving my point. Please come again.
Case in point.
Indeed. NZ has been given a massive opportunity to re-tool because of Covid and put renewed focus into the things that matter. E.g. I think one way to improve our exporting situation is to invest in places like Coastwood Furniture who make damned good ...
I agree I keep shaking my head at the "when a vaccine is developed" crowd. NO. New Zealand needs to make preparation on the basis there will not be a vaccine and learn how to manage that efficiently. If there is a vaccine, that will be a bonus. It should ...
I am horrified at the constant drum beating of travel being opened with Australia first. Australia has never had NZ's best interests at heart. The talk of testing travellers in Australia before they fly to NZ is ridiculous given that people could be ...
There already have been changes made. E.g. the 13 week stand down is not applied at the moment
NZ already has a successful social insurance model. It's called ACC. And prior to 1974, NZ had social insurance for welfare then too. It was scrapped when the DPB was introduced. That old model meant every worker paid 5c on the dollar towards an ...
You'll be paid 12 weeks from when you apply. My understanding is that if you are on the job seekers as a result of losing your job after March 1 (no stand down period!) You can apply to get onto the new Covid wrap-around, and have this paid for 12 weeks ...
Not really clear why you refer to me as 1) a man and then 2) "it's"
I would envisage that people standing in electorates for central government would be aligned with the policies of the parties they are standing for. Independents may not necessarily have the overarching 'policy' rationale, but if enough people in the ...
Or do away with the party vote entirely and just have 120 or 130 electorates with STV voting. At least that way MPs are directly accountable to voters, and there might actually be opportunities for actual independents to get in Parliament. Once voting is ...
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