Only those on the ginger nut line.
Who gets vaccinated first? I suggest that with Covide 19 being stopped at the border, the first people to be vaccinated should be the airline staff, customs and immigration staff and staff at the quarantine sites. Ideally the first vaccinations should go ...
My question is more focused on how to work together in parliament rather than at elections.
I presume that Green's will be oferred a role outside of cabinet. But what sort of relationship should the Maori and Green parties create? Being a single MP makes it hard to muster resources effectively. Is there an opportunity for the two parties to work ...
With advance voting cranking along at a ferocious rate this poll may actually reflect something close to the vote count. 66% of people may actually be responding to the survey as exit poll govern that advanced voting is reported as being at 2/3s of last ...
My approach to electioneering has been to argue with normal National voters that it's a Labour government is almost guaranteed. So they should vote Labour to moderate the Green impact. And then, argue with normal Labour voters that they should vote Green ...
Can we describe this automatic editing of articles on the mobile version as a feature? It seems to happen often.
Well, Collins and Brownlee have displayed an degree of ineptitude that will have National caucus members shuffling backwards when it comes to answering the question "who did you vote for to be the leader?" National's polling looks light of 35% minimum that...
Crushed Collins sounds like it should be a cocktail. Something bloody with a sour after taste that leaves you wondering why this reminds you of an unpleasant experience you had decades ago: one you hoped never to have to experience again.
Crushed Collins sounds like it should be a cocktail. Something bloody with a sour after taste that leaves you wondering why this reminds you of an unpleasant experience you had decades ago: one you hoped never to have to experience again.
At what point do nicknames change? Are we at the point when the Crusher becomes the Crushed?
Shaft!
Anybody who tries to push a model that Labour=Democrats and National=GOP have a bad understanding of the political landscapes. Republican policies tend to be right of ACT (and whatever Christian party is operatic g today.) Whereas most National MPs would ...
4 weeks is the minimum, not the maximum, and level 4 could be re-imposed any time. Besides we are likely to drop to level 2 after this. And then this thing called tourism. That's not going to restart until mass inoculations have occurred throughout NZ. ...
Having been at the Hawkes Bay Regional Council's meeting where the climate emergency was discussed, I saw this response in action. Cr Alan Dick refused to support the call for climate emergency being recognized because it didn't also include "dangers from ...
The SFO decide not to prosecute Nigel Murray because it's too expensive. Over $30m spent on Kim Dotcom's extradition trials. One of these people actually committed a criminal offense in NZ.
I assume that your comments are meant to be provocative. I assume that you are aware that the government sold own it's interests in the gentailers. As such the ability to direct these companies to do anything is limited. Do you think that is merely ...
I've talked to senior management at some of gentailers on this particular issue. My interpretation of what the are saying is that they don't want have anything change in the current regulatory environment regarding climate change. Their argument is that ...
And from the provinces....., Last weekend I asked 15 people about their perceptions of the budget leak. Answers ranged from "what budget leak," through to "its a storm in a tea cup." Nobody was that concerned by it. I think that the biggest impact of the ...
I'm a little confused. (Not difficult to achieve, nor infrequent in its occurrence.) The ides is typically a day in the middle of the month: often the 13th, though the 15th for March. And Julius Caesar's political career/life came to an abrupt end on this ...
With many politicians willing to describe themselves as technocrats, and then canvass on the basis of their expertise and competence (eg Key and English and Brash), voters are lead to expect that these passionless experts will effortlessly spout data and ...
Talk of a Royal Commission started fairly soon after the terrorist attack. To say it's Simon's idea is over-egging the situation. Seeing that the tide is turned, and started to flow, is a really good time to stand in front of the sea and command it to come...
Ex-colleague of mine was stupid enough to say that Muslims are satan worshippers and deserve to die. Of course he's a fundamentalist Christian, but otherwise would like to see himself as an an ordinary New Zealander. Shouting match ensued.
....deranged? I think terrorist is a better description.
Anybody from the National Party at last night's Enimen concert in Wellington? Did he play Eminemesque or the real thing?
I think the comment about the expected potent life novichoc needs some explanation as surely to be highly toxic bl nerve agent it would breakdown reasonably quickly in rain and sunlight. My guess is that the 4 year figure being raised was in relation to a ...
Strike out the words "becoming a rouge" and acknowledge that post WW2 the USA is acting as any hegemonic power does. The biggest running joke is Current investigation into whether there was Russian interference into the 2016 USA elections. It's as though ...
I am not saying it makes sense from a military perspective. But if you're itching to pull the trigger then Iran makes a safer target. My guess on timing is that it will be just prior to mid term elections. Close enough to carry momentum without getting ...
China and North Korea have a treaty in place covering mutual support in the event one or both is threatened by an external party. Until recently China has had a policy in place of gradually allowing more stringent international prohibitions to be placed ...
No doubt Wayne will rush into print attempting to justify the withholding of Dotcom's information. My guess is that the NZ government's motivation for continuing this saga is to limit itself to Dotcom's financial claims against it should it fail in the ...
I don't get it. If Ms Coloins is correct about people not caring about National Government failing to address housing issues, then why should they now care if this Labour Government does try to address them. Will someone please explain this distinction to ...
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