All the more reason for everyone to get vaccinated if possible. Vaccinations for other diseases usually stop the spread, so if 80% of the population is vaccinated then usually the unvaccinated aren't infected & get a "free ride". Looks like those who ...
Well done Corey - agree with everything you say. The government has been caught looking like fools trying to bring this in & not even fully understanding the issues involved. Their fallback position is "Its a discussion document"
Australia might be the only true democracy if NZ goes for the co-governance model under the He Puapua recommendations. Yes very worrying moves all round the globe especially the Trump “the election was stolen” rubbish. Can’t believe so many people still ...
So the Greens can litter & pollute because they are the greens ? I might join the Greens !! This offset sounds like a great idea.
Agree that benefit increases were well overdue. The sad thing is housing costs are so extreme that the current increases are just a drop in the bucket. A larger benefit increase would help, but then some would argue the $ just go into the landlords pockets...
Yep definitely racist alright, but I'm sure she only wants to talk to the reporters who ask the "patsy" questions. Not about Chicago being one of the most violent cities in USA.
GWS, the reality of life & human nature is that once a socialist becomes a “part owner” of a business he tends more towards capitalism so as to protect and increase the value of the “investment” By whatever means this was obtained. The once noble “worker” ...
Socialism - where workers own the means of production. NZ is nowhere even near that, and if we were each business would be owned by a committee of workers. It works until you run out of other peoples money & the businesses take on a direction similar to a ...
Clearly war crimes have been committed on both sides, but it seems the side suffering less deaths gets excused for this ? I agree the kill ratio is apalling, but hamas have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel which I don’t think is barely managing to ...
So the headline of this article should be Israel & Hamas commit war crimes in the Middle East.
To be even handed, Hamas shooting rockets direct into Israeli cities & residents would also be a war crime ?
Thanks Gosman - a good post from Chris Trotter who writes common sense on the He Papua debacle.
The only thing I can remember Greta saying is: "You have ruined my life, I will never forgive you !"
Someone messaged Heather Duplessi Allan on news talk ZB & made the point that we have a free trade agreement with China, but not the US or UK. You would think our five eyes partners would treat us better ?
Yes that's the physicist, sorry should have put a link, but you have done now anyway thanks. I only listened to his conversation with Peter Williams, the issue wasn't whether the physicist believed in climate change or not, or the speed if it happening, ...
I think Biden’s commitment won’t be able to be met. The massive extra costs on consumers will get pushback. Heard a physicist on magic talk a few weeks ago say that for NZ to go mostly electric cars, there would need to be a massive infrastructure ...
This is just crazy, can you imagine a low income family already struggling with housing costs then having to think of money if they are worried about their newborn baby’s health ? I generally agree with user pays for a lot of services but the first few ...
On that basis Sanctuary you must have a scathing commentary to share with us about Raul Castro "inheriting" his position as First Secretary of Cuba from big bro Fidel ??
Not too concerned about government changing their position on this, we have a ridiculously overpriced housing & rental market and they had to do something about it. All politicians make promises about not increasing taxes & then they break those promises. ...
Yes a good move, prevents fringe groups with too much spare time forcing their weird views on the rest of us. And also frees up local councils to get on with what really matters.
The residential business losses aren’t immediately tax deductible as they are caught in the ring fencing rules. That loss can’t be offset against other taxable income, but has to be carried forward & offset against future residential property rental ...
Bishop just doing what opposition politicians do, the deal was a bit dodgy but on a very small scale. Good that it has now been tidied up. Both parties have done this sort of thing in the past & the more they are ferreted out the better. The labour MP who ...
Very trumpian of Jacinda. Why is she scared of Mike Hosking ?
This is great fun to watch the smaller traders make the big boys squirm. Short squeezes have usually been funded by a large investor buying up stock to hurt another trader they know that has shorted a stock, but which may also end up costing them too. This...
The government could provide a few taxpayer subsidised heaters, its bloody cold for the middle of summer !
Jacinda did say in politics we should be kinder to each other & that she would have an open & transparent government. She has failed on both counts & when questioned about Mallard’s behaviour doesn’t act like a decent prime minister. If Helen Clark was in ...
I’m not surprised the yes campaign couldn’t get it’s shit together, heavier users of the stuff don’t usually feature that high up on the productivity ladder. You could apply this sort of stunt to any election result ( the people were misinformed, lied to, ...
What about Harry & Meghan who did several flights on Elton John’s private jet after they lectured everyone that we need to reduce our carbon footprint. When they got a lot of stick for this, Elton’s response was that for each flight he made a donation to a...
Good to see the end of Halloween Head, the most delusional US president ever, but surprising to see how many still voted for him. Biden will be a safe pair of hands, provided he hangs on to his marbles for the next four years. Senate still remains in ...
Heard a story years ago about how weed can mess with some people’s heads. A guy gave up the weed as he had a good smoke before he went to a mate’s house. Knocked on the door & his mate opened the door & said “Gidday Andy, how’s it going? “ Andy thought to ...
Final result much closer than anyone thought, the special votes were skewed far more to the yes vote than anyone thought. Jacinda’s comments tonight indicated that Labour wouldn’t be revisiting this again in the near future, probably as they need to focus ...
Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
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