Okay folks - if you are really concerned, then I suggest you write - slightly different letters each - to your local Labour MP, the PM, and the Minister of Finance - and anyone else in government that you think you have a relationship with. There are a ...
Why isn't this news in our nationwide media ?
Collins is starting to practice what Shane Reti is doing in Whangarei. He picks up on whatever the coalition govt is doing well, and turns it into something he can agree on and will "then work hard to make sure it happens" : this is a trend he has started ...
Totally agree with you, Carolyn_Nth. And interestingly, few people seem to be picking up on Lusk's entry into all this. But I really do wonder whether JL Ross has bitten off more than he can handle ..... he HAS to win that by-election and the Nats will ...
And TV3 News coverage was poor as well, Ed. 20 minutes in, after the ad break, and a cynical presenter and a poorly researched reporter. Just lousy. TV1 , Kataea, and RadioNZ showed TV3 how to do it properly. And - incidentally - very good coverage in the ...
Maybe the people querying Clarke picking up the wero need to reflect on how much they know about Maori tikanga, and to realise that there was great rejoicing at Waitangi because Jacinda is hapu, and that the Maori challengers accepted both Jacinda and ...
That was Labour giving the PM's spouse an honour - maybe so he wouldn't be feeling "left out" of all the proceedings. Maybe it was as simple a gesture as that. Get over it Rosemary. It was a nice thing for him to be able to do.
Mmmm. But this is Waitangi, and these people doing the Challenge were Maori, and they didn't object to Clarke picking up the Wero. And Labour is trying to make Clarke welcome in a situation he wasn't expecting to be in, and frankly - as a Labour supporter ...
Totally agree, Louis. Thanks for putting it up Advantage.
Interestingly, Sparky, no-one from the Maori community has raised that subject with the Prime Minister during her visit to Waitangi. Maybe they think there are more important and more immediate issues which need addressing - like homelessness, getting real...
You might have to wait a little while, Rosemary, to see results. Undoing the work of the last 30 years of neo-liberalism will take some time. But it is starting to happen. And as Jacinda said today - things need to change (ie attitudes towards other people...
Winston Peters picked up the wero as Leader of NZ First, James Shaw picked up the were as Leader of the Green Party, Clarke Gayford picked up the wero on behalf of the Leader of the NZ Labour Party. Clarke has been with the PM throughout her visit to ...
Hi Robert Guyton - on a different tangent - last year some time I mentioned trying to make a small forest garden with fruit trees, and asked you how you dealt with kikuyu (which you didn't know). Well - I think I've found the answer via your forest garden ...
Well, you can expect nothing less from John Roughan, and as for Heather du P..... is she even worth reading ?
Thank you rOb - I have enjoyed and appreciated your writings.
The info about Jones needs adjusting. Jones came in third on the Whangarei candidate vote - behind Reti (Nat) who had a huge majority and Savage (Labour) who edged Jones into third by about 100 votes. As for the Whangarei Party vote - the Nats gained 18572...
Tautoko, Reason.
Tracey @ 6 - you are mistaken about how and why the Labour Maori MPs were not on the Party List . They all decided independently that they wanted to be known as electorate MPs and went against Party wishes to take themselves OFF the Labour Party list. ...
This is very funny ! thanks Pat.
Not sure I can be bothered, Anne. So much still to do to make sure Labour gets elected as a government this time. NZ cannot take any more of the shit dealt out by the neo-libs over the last three decades..... which I have spent the last 30 years or so ...
ah ! I get the picture. Anne - you'd better not say anything in support of my comments about Labour also having environmental and climate change policies. Be warned ! As to The Standard moderators - I am now going to step outside of your self-imposed rules...
Thanks Anne. Appreciated. [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.]
I don't understand you, Weka. You put up a moderator note at 8.6.1 and asked for a response. You said I needed to cite the links. So that's what I did. And now I have another final warning - but don't bother to reply. I can see you're very busy. As I am ...
Labour's policy platform is at - https://www.labourparty.org.nz/sites/default/files/New%20Zealand%20%20Labour%20Party%20Policy%20Platform.pdf Labour's announced policies are at - http://www.labour.org.nz/policy [I know where the general Labour Policy is, I...
Drowsy M Kram - Labour's position on Pharmac was made very clear when it was first raised in the TPPA that Pharmac's policies of getting the best drugs at cheapest rates were under threat. This was a major platform in Labour's statements earlier about the ...
cleangreen - sorry for delay in reply. Been out campaigning ! Your comments are very useful. Where can I find further information on this please? I can use this sort of info in submissions about freshwater springs close to a main highway used by hundreds ...
Hi Weka - just to note, I did say the above were extracts from Labour's Policy Platform. Which is on Labour's website. This is to Weka at 8
Hi Weka - just to note, I did say the above were extracts from Labour's Policy Platform. Which is on Labour's website. [and as a moderator, I'm saying you need to cite. Put up a link if you are taking something off the internet, or if it's not on the ...
I would like to see Labour in Government, in partnership with the Green Party. Having said that, I'm now going to say that I'm feeling very fed-up with Greeny and MSM attempts to continue to portray Labour as the "baddie" on TPPA, climate change and all ...
A disturbing trend in this Horizon poll - part 2. NZ First supporters are not all Labour or Green supporters too - obviously a considerable number are Nats - and they want NZ First to go into coalition with the Nats. And yes - I've noted the comments about...
well - that happened here as well, joe 90. Ponsonby, Titirangi, Grey Lynn - all examples of that happening here.
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