Anyone willing to take on Julie-Ann Genter about her racist, sexist, ageist comments? Wonder if she says such things to her dad and grand dad?
"without Christianity or Socialism curtailing the excesses " You must have missed the Industrial Revolution. Sunday School and a six day working week for the kids in the factory. The mine kids got less. Christianity's like democracy - often promoted and ...
Who listens to chihuahuas nutting off when a mouse goes by?
This I cannot understand. The property's value goes up. So? It's still the same property and the amenities provided by the council haven't suddenly improved or expanded - though their pay packets might have. Why should anyone be taxed on something they may...
"goes out of her way to help anyone but Kiwis." Now where did you hear that? What brings you to believe it? What might change your thinking? Can your thinking be changed? Which Kiwis have been turned down for assistance? Who are you lobbying for? Which ...
I agree with the moves to get more plastic out of the ecosystems. Unfortunately it comes at the same time as the daily newspapers are going into decline and the weekly local rags are disappearing. Just what are we to wrap the rubbish in now? And what are ...
Is the issue land cost and development? Someone owns the land and is hoping to profit by its sale. Development - people who own contracting businesses are hoping to cash in on the development work. Seems fair. And something, a tough-enough entity, needs to...
How do the passengers on other metros manage when there is no 'train manager' and some lout gets frisky? As a past train user there is something reassuring about knowing someone offical will be coming through at frequent enough intervals - especially late ...
"Younger women(under 30) are a hell of a lot more aggressive and confident then what women used to be, " You must have missed the Suffragettes, the ambo's in WWI, the women doing the news in Ghouta today, the women taking action on FGM. I wish you would be...
Anyone else wishing for a reincarnation of the Ministry of Works? A depot at either side of the hazard-prone areas. Blokes who knew their work. Sufficient equipment plus temporary bridges.. The private companies do their best - yet they're not exactly set ...
For some reason we're not getting much info on the nastiness in Ghouta. The 'silent' Syrian war. The curse of the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Their time of power is past and several of them do more evil than good. What's the point of ...
Must be time for an increase in health subsidies then. Any way of finding out how many foreign-qualified doctors there are driving taxis or doing similar work to get together the hefty fees for NZ accreditation? Medical is a closed shop, and the quality ...
" those branches are left to decompose or pushed into piles and burnt. I think it’s waste" You could also consider those windrows as returning some goodness to the soil over time; habitat for many invertebrates and myccorhiza/fungi; soil protection while ...
China's put a ban on taking the world's plastic stuff for recycle and reuse. The depot in Auckland can only handle some plastics, not all. Any hope that the gummint will pass a few laws and regulations saying that no plastics can be sold or used here that ...
If Trump's a 'global leader' - exactly who are his global followers? And where is he headed? All of that 'tough' and 'charismatic' leadership in the tradition of the likes of Lee Iacocca. It looks splendid-amazing while it's running. Wow! Very very ...
I have the feeling that Mr Jones has been tuned up by the fed-up nanas and aunties there in Northland and Hawke's Bay who have tried getting the mokos out of bed and even helping around the house. Haven't heard anyone here refer to these long-suffering ...
I knew it! I absolutely knew it! You've totally nailed it! Well done! "7 per cent get represented, whilst 44 per cent do not." That poor 44%. National voters, right? All those National bums on seats in Parliament and they are simply not doing what the 44% ...
Even when you're on a hiding to nothing you still play the full 80 minutes - though the disappointed fans could wish you'd quit after the first half. Them's the rules. It's less bloody that way.
Stop 'emissions trading'. It can't work. It happens too far from the shopping public. It removes personal responsibility. It allows the unacceptable to continue - eg platic beadlets, packaging and baggies, parking lots with acres of heat-reflecting tar ...
I've been wondering for a week: does Bill English know the difference between 'Opposition' and 'Obstruction'? At the moment he and his are like a swarm of Anobium punctatum*. According to Te Ara Encyclopedia: "The larvae hatch and eat the timber for two to...
"Why the /sarc?" Because that's a trait of this particular blog. Immigrants may well fit your preferred profile - although colour and ethnicity aren't as importance as adaptability and open -mindedness (because this country has a LONG history of ...
We can only hope and trust Mr Shaw will make a point of keeping the numbers on older citizens in the workforce - given the endless bleats about how much national super is 'costing' the country and the 'shortages of skilled workers'.
For as long as parliament is dominated by the 'professional class, the tertiary educated' inequality will be built into the system. It's a class that loves winners and losers; righteous and unworthy; patronising instead of inclusion. Just the way it is - ...
"permanent National Party rule and the proper order of things." Until we all become fed up with stagnation and ho-hum and the routine slide down the international measures of excellence - then we'll vote for progress again. The proper order of things... ...
If Mr Peters could make his announcement any Friday afternoon so we miss the engaging Mr Espiner's take on it all. At least until the following Monday... This Friday would be great: long weekend. :-P
Thanks, Anne. There are some fem posters here who come across as quite intimidating. A rapid reversion to doctrine and denigration seems to be a common ploy to close down divergent comment. Clear instances of 'tin ear' and follies in comprehension. ...
Never mind who leads the conga line: who's flat-footing behind and honing the stiletto? Mr Peters probably has a rear-vision mirror to keep an eye on his short line - and someone reliable at the rear. How do you keep an eye on a wavery line of 56? How many...
I'd be looking elsewhere than 'very long hours at low-wage jobs just to survive' for the causes of decline. Why? The British brass band movement started in the early 19th century among working class people doing hard physical labour in factories, mines, ...
I'm sure we can run a long time without a central government. It's not the figureheads that move the boats along...
They said it would fly past above the usual orbit of the space junk/satellites. Close - and no smoky tails. This time.
Oh dear. Bad. Very bad. Perhaps we could invite Paul Keating to nip across and lend a hand. Poor old Labour: doesn't matter who's at the top. It's a patriarchal middle class construct. People who get all wussie at the thought of decent unions and have to ...
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