I think Matariki is an excellent initiative. Not because of any culture-war considerations, but simply because the middle of winter needs something celebratory to spice it up, and this particular spice is something quintessentially New Zealand. We ...
That means, probably, see if they get a supermajority in the November mid-terms to roll over any opposition from the Presidency. Then see off the remaining opposition in the Supreme Court. That’s a very real extension to this current rollback. FFS. To ...
Supporting democracy if and only if it results in the outcome you favour is not in itself a particularly democratic sentiment. Honestly, rather than relying on the somewhat shaky legal reasoning of Roe, it would have been infinitely preferable for Carter ...
Its justice system has lost all pretense of being an independent arbiter of the law. You speak as if this was ever the case. The USA has always been Exhibit A for why judicial review of statutes is profoundly dangerous. It politicises the judiciary, and ...
A somewhat simple request... can we just restore the Helen Clark status quo, so far as tertiary education goes? Restoring post-grad access to student alliances, repealing the 7 EFTS limit on access to student loans (which doesn't save money anyway), and ...
Labour won 2017 by doing significantly better outside Auckland than inside Auckland.
"Pro-virus" is just a more honest label for "Let it Rip" and "End all restrictions immediately." In short, the majority of the NZ media.
Well, it is noticeable that the media never queries whether the Government moved too fast with reopening. Their particular criticism always came from a pro-virus direction.
The media always hated MIQ - it did, after all, represent everything they despised, in that it put saving lives over shallow convenience. As we now experience hundreds of deaths, the priority really should be asking why they were so obsessed with giving ...
I would have thought that, you know, the actual Russian Communist Party (which opposes the War) would have been the rump of the actual Soviet leadership. Putin is no Communist, of course. His brand of nationalistic reaction is basically the Tsarist Empire ...
As far as I know NATO has never invaded anyone. That'd be news to Serbia.
It's only a small thing, but honestly, restoring universal membership to Students' Associations wouldn't cost a cent, and would ensure that students are less at the mercy of their institutions. The lack of action, in light of conference votes, and the ...
Nationals new policy is. Let's give all our MP's a big fat pay raise.
Try reading section 5 of NZBORA, mate.
Additional reason: Legitimising the protestors just encourages them to do it again at a later date. Welcome to Banana Republic territory.
There are no protest leaders. 2. The conversation would at best go Jacinda: "What are your demands." Nutters: "End all mandates now." Jacinda: "I can't do that." You can't negotiate with muppets from Mars. The real crime is that they are being legitimised...
The working class don't fight for the right to kill others through their own stupidity. Working class, my arse. This protest is against the very notion of solidarity... and the number of poncy muppets driving down in fancy SUVs rather goes against your ...
You forgot the rubber bullets. Then we will see if they are real protestors.
I believe the full term is "They are shitting on us." For two years, the vast majority of the New Zealand public has been fighting the virus. Now? A sliver of muppets are literally fighting for the virus... calling for Death both implicitly (via the end of...
It might be comparable to flu in severity (for the vaccinated), but it is far more infectious. Which leads to worse health outcomes overall. Seen the death toll numbers out of Australia, mate? Does that look like a common cold to you?
"No jab, no job," is not Jim Crow. It's about consequences of choices. If you choose to endanger society through your own stupidity, society will respond in kind. If you're upset about discrimination... get vaccinated. Problem solved.
Wee difference between burning someone in effigy and actually running around with nooses and signs of death threats. Try harder.
There needs to be a full inquiry into the Police's handling of this protest. It is abundantly clear that they have breached their responsibilities to the public.
Workers, my arse. Let's call fascists what they are, please.
Yep. 60% whose needs are being utterly ignored by both media and police.
Pretty much every Maori group out there - up to and including Tama Iti - have condemned this protest. As for those taking part in the protest, who happen to be Maori? If you're far-right, you're far-right - ethnicity doesn't matter. Two-thirds of New ...
The NZ Communist Party in 1951 weren't threatening to murder politicians, nor were they holding the capital to ransom by blockading it with vehicles. Nor did Bastion Point revolve around people asserting their right to endanger the entire population via ...
My paternal grandfather actually was on the HMS Prince of Wales (he survived). He always blamed the higher-ups for inadequate air cover.
Because dialogue with two year-olds throwing a temper tantrum is so productive.
NZBORA doesn't guarantee the right to work, or the right to dine in a local restaurant. If you are choosing to endanger society by refusing the vaccination, don't whinge when society chooses to treat you in kind.
The operative word is "chosen."
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