Brian Easton has given a clear analysis of the Three Waters debacle. His comments on co-governance (also on Pundit) are well worth reading. I laughed when the PM said Three Waters had not been accepted by many because the reasons for it had not been ...
Looks like it's all part of the PM's strategy to run a hip-pocket election campaign designed to obscure the real objectives you have pointed out - power and control.
Point (2) in your comments explains why Labour's critics have called the water reforms a disguised treaty settlement. It's what Hipkins is not telling voters that is important.
The litmus test will be what the relevant legislation actually says about the water administration structures and where the real power over New Zealand's water is going to lie. I suspect Labour will try to alter the Water Services Entities Act 2022 rather ...
I wonder if Chippy has got himself a new comms team to better trumpet the benefits of Three Waters (or whatever it will now be called). Remember, the only reason he hasn't got 100% support for the proposals is because the public just don't understand them....
More like non-decision making, IMO. Our so-called leaders just go with the flow.
Does the MoE document bring in Mātauranga Māori?
The self-styled "guardians of the land" at work. Actions speak louder than words.
OK, so the RMA hasn't worked, but the Natural and Built Environment Bill that will replace it doesn't give cause for celebration either (unless you're a lawyer or environmental consultant). It's a real mish-mash, which explains why the Chief Justice has ...
True, Luxon probably falls into the smile/wave/do as little as possible category of politics which John Key practised so well. Why anyone would want the job of PM is a mystery to me. Perhaps it is the attraction of exercising power? But it is a role ...
I found this poem by Robinson Jeffers (1887 - 1962): https://allpoetry.com/Be-Angry-At-The-Sun So cool. So relevant.
Correct, a fair number of the Australian jobs for nurses will be in locations like Woop Woop or the Black Stump. No surfing after work. It's not just pay. From my experience as a hospital patient, I suspect an increase in staff numbers on the wards would ...
Sorry for the omission - ODT link is https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/thousands-nurses-heading-australia
According to the ODT, 3 April 2023, almost 5,000 NZ nurses have registered to work in Oz. Pay rates are almost as much (for top jobs) as the rates creamed by the consultants who flocked to work (?) on the now defunct RNZ/TVNZ merger: " ... short-term ...
Thanks for the link to the lecture - I'll watch it.
A major tidal energy project is up and running in the Orkneys: see https://orbitalmarine.com/o2/ It is a floating turbine system that seems innovative. Its rotors can provide power no matter which way the tide is running. Shouldn't we be doing the same ...
Maybe students on the East Cape could learn about charcoal making in their region - lots of timber to pick up there. It staggers me that we are two decades into the 21st century, we are supposedly a modern, progressive society and we get timber slash ...
There has been controversy lately over some writing which is said to be a poem about Captain Cook. If you want really powerful poetry, read "The Colonel" by Carolyn Forche (1981), available on the web. It deals with brutality in El Salvador. Just don't ...
As TS contributors will be aware, the Moana child custody case seems to have reached finality. The European couple who cared for the girl for some years have decided to return her to the care of the state. The people who are to look after her welfare in ...
Thanks for the link. I will keep an eye on the Stop CG outfit, see what they're up to. You are correct to oppose outright lies, but it is much harder to define hate speech, as the government has found out.
Opinions on co-governance will differ wildly (largely, I suspect, because no-one can give a sure-fire definition of it, nor assurances as to how it will work). I don't know anything about the Stop CG movement but they must be entitled to have their views ...
Just thinking more about the East Cape slash problem. As I understand it, the law of nuisance says you cannot use your land in a way that causes damage to the property of others by letting something dangerous escape. So far, landowners have relied on the ...
A great policy bonfire? Oh, I get it now, it's the bonfire that is referred to as great, not the policies, so they can be dumped. Expect some very fancy footwork soon from the PM over Three Waters. The late John Armstrong had it right; it's all about power...
Looks like the Crossroads video is no longer available. But congrats on the work you do with the youth trusts. You are helping people build their lives with in a useful way. Life skills are worth much more than money.
According to Chris Luxon, forestry is the only business sector that has made profits while imposing massive costs, in the form of environmental damage, on the community. He really does need to get out more. A significant proportion of those in the dairy ...
Even if taxpayers do pay for the repairs, will they be asked to pay again when the next cyclone hits? I'm not confident rebuilding of communities will occur in locations less prone to floods and slips.
Maybe the use of a bunch of students to take census forms around in person (seems sensible) was seen as too risky, given the likelihood of a violent reaction from those in the anti-vax mob or others with a grudge against the authorities. And any incident ...
Maybe if houses and other structures erected in unsuitable locations become uninsurable, that will effect a managed retreat? Won't happen overnight, of course.
Speaking of Christchurch, do you know what sort of rebuild has been undertaken in that city? Has the design incorporated 21st century thinking to allow for climate change, energy efficient buildings and other innovations or did they just try to recreate ...
It may not seem relevant right now, given the excess of water descending from the skies, but the forecasters are talking about a dry 2024 summer. Apparently this will be caused by the phasing out of La Nina and a return to El Nino conditions. Climate ...
Looks like something similar is occurring in Oz: see https://www.peterandrewsoam.com/ A good plan if they are to get out of the cycle of bush fires followed by floods.
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