Hi AJ The American Bar Association disgarees with you. The ABA rated ACB as "well qualified" for the role, giving her the highest possible rating. And if Mother Jones want to go after ACB's experience, I'd have to wonder where they were when Justice Elena ...
"Simple. Water extraction has a minimum $1 per litre levy for commercial purposes." There are about 30 billion m3 of water extracted each year. A buck a liter would be $30,000,000,000,000 per year in revenue. Winner!
Companies don't pay income tax.
"Most women I know who do these lower paid jobs, do so out of a commitment to serving their communities. " Exactly. They put a higher value on such things, rather than pay. "Why does our current social system put such a low value on those kinds of jobs?" ...
"It’s a historical legacy. Jobs done by women tend to get lower pay because anything deemed “women’s work” is considered low value. This is a bias and does impact on the overall pay women get. Jobs involving caring for and servicing others tend to be lower...
"The NZ economy lacks diversity and opportunities for productive investment leading people to over-invest in housing. " If they are over investing in housing, why is there a housing shortage?
"Maori was never a written language." This assertion is simply not true. Maori is a written language and has been since the early 19th century.
This was an action of vermin, just as the vandalism of the former Prime Minster's office a few years ago was an action of vermin; and this case should be prosecuted as fully as that case was.
Gordon, to most people there would be nothing sexual (or of the characteristics of assault) about wiping anyone's arse. Otherwise every hospital and nursing home in the country would be in deep trouble. I strongly suggest you re-think what you openly ...
"You realise that bringing up children it is sometimes necessary to do things that would constitute assault (probably sexual assualt)" There are words for the sort of person who thinks that it is "necessary" to sexually assault a child. Such words are ...
If, as you claim, it is illegal, then surely you can point to just one (1) conviction for something a normal person calls a "smack". (Larry Baldock's parading of Mason as one such does not count; all it shows is that Larry Baldock thinks a punch in the ...
There is no call for any amendment or repeal to any legislation, because "a smack as part of good parental correction" is not illegal, nor has it ever been illegal, in New Zealand. For anyone to claim otherwise would indicate either that they have been ...
You should share your pearls of wisdom with Larry Baldock, then; it was he who holds that mindless thug Mason up as an example of "good parenting"
If Hide wants to throw his toys out of the cot, let him. It would be good for Auckland, good for the National Party and most probably good for the country as a whole.
Say what you want about Wishart, but he has performed one great service to the English language: in an era when politicians of all colours do not know the difference between a denial and a refutation, his allegations against David Parker a few years ago ...
Actually the taxman would get about $11.11: GST is one ninth of the purchase price. Captcha: silly; what Bill English is if he thinks the public of New Zealand are going to acquiesce to a tax rise instead of the "north of $50" tax cut they were promised.
Do you mean to say that Witi Ihimaera, and others of those who didn't feel the need to tug their forelock in the presence of a foreign Head of State, have somehow been "got at" by Helen, all the way from New York? If so, your tin-foil needs tightening.
Natural attrition. Stop breeding.
And, while the number of parents convicted of smacking their children remains at zero, and Rodney Hide still whines about there not being enough child abuse in this country, the morning's news includes another sad case of a dead child. Rodney, and those ...
"I am getting so much info that I intend on writing a best seller book" Hurry up and write it, then. This country could do with a good laugh.
I'd deport the fascist git, s/he would be the one most likely to malfunction and start murdering people.
You might want to re-check your figures, as these ones don't add up - 258,317 looks more like 6% of 4,600,000 than 18%.
Good idea; almost referendum-worthy. "Should criminals be required to serve the full length of their sentences, without possibility of parole, with the added cost to the Crown funded by a rise of the top tax rate to 60 cents in the dollar?"
I would have more sympathy for the poor, hard done by bakers if they didn't already load their "bread" up with so much sugar that it might as well be called "cake". Almost all bread these days is barely suitable for making a savoury sandwich, to the extent...
That was a misquotation, not a paraphrase.
That's probably a little unkind. Thirty years ago, the likes of Reddie would have been incarcerated in some hell-hole like Carrington or Lake Alice. Today, Reddie's more free than anyone in his position would have been at any time in the past: he's even ...
"I see a fly's just landed on him. Should I? Well, it worked for that other guy..."
"we will still be gold medalists in child abuse" Speak for yourself. I will take a stand against disgusting child abusers like Mason or "the Timaru lady" by voting "yes". What will YOU do?
A country that's struggling under the dead hand of an oppressive religion. An election is held, resulting in a frothing loon keeping his position at the top of the shit-pile, despite widespread claims of electoral fraud. I wonder where I've heard that one ...
Probably a lot fewer than have seen a production of "Jesus Christ Superstar".
"helicopters around the electorate not worth recollection?" ... What does Anne Tolley have to do with all this?
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