Plenty of this sort also clogging the halls of the public sector in Wellington. They can be found clustering around various major public sector stuff-ups in recent memory but generally manage to shift blame and escape restructurings etc.
Oh yes, sadly, droughts are a fact for our future. Many folks are saying that this fact is not true, but even N.A.S.A. confirmed that many areas of the world will be hit by massive droughts up to the end of this century. Areas like New Zealand, Asutralia, ...
Conversations and recollections are covered by the Official Information Act. But of course these can be "forgotten".
I tried, with far less coherence and elegance to say this some weeks back when everyone was all "rah rah, Little will be great" etc. I said the tactic of labelling him as angry/crazy could prove successful, because New Zealanders cling to a sort of beige ...
I too have met people who think it's really not OK to openly dislike the PM - it's horrible, rude, crazy… The same with being "political" - the PM is a great guy and isn't really political, he's just an ordinary Noo Zilder who worked hard and did well. The...
I didn't say this about every New Zealander, it was a comment about the zeitgeist as I see it - at work, on Facebook, and in general coming from people who vote National and admire Key. Instead of insulting me, why don't you describe why you think "angry" ...
I wouldn't underestimate "angry". Key has perfected the glib, smug, "I'm comfortable with that" affect and the passionless people admire it. I meet people all the time who imitate this grinning, inane stance, life is gooooood, nothing to see here, move ...
Just listened to Andrew Little calmly slapping Katherine Ryan down when she tried to defend Key's text exchange with Cameron Slater as a 'polite response'. As he said, and as we all know, Key's default position is denial (along with a chronic inability to ...
The intention behind the joke was to signal to the senior public servants involved that he is "not too concerned, not too worried etc". Enough time has passed and there have been enough retirements and restructurings etc for National to feel that the ...
Yeah, bring on the Bloke party - not. I joined Labour and went door-knocking before I was even old enough to vote. I am sick of hearing the words "special interest groups" and the example given = women. This is not what I campaigned for as a teenage girl. ...
On final results of Hone had won then Peter Dunne could have been the 'kingmaker' https://imgur.com/Znl51zl If Hone had won and Dunne had lost then Labour + Greens + Internet Mana + NZ First + Maori would be tied with National + Act https://imgur.com/...
This newest version of the same war, will boost ISIL, and no doubt create new problems, with other groups armed and supported by the US turning "rogue"… And so it goes on. Oooo yes "ME TOO" - maybe when can go to war with our new flag!!!
If Labour's electorate MPs had been in a separate electorate only party, and nothing else had changed, the Maori Party would have chosen the government: https://imgur.com/a/glV5e
No. It's as simple as standing up to bullies, no matter the consequences. It's called having a backbone, having ethics, having a conscience.
Not a straw man argument but a big fat straw man argument, a straw Cameron Slater. I have never heard anyone express concern about "cream cakes", but have heard concern about "junk food" in particular takeaways. Cheap, convenient, addictive, but hardly "...
Yup. But he hasn't died from an obesity related illness yet - not even once - therefore, it's never gonna happen!!
Agreed and the passive, unthinking national character is why the Dirty Politics revelations backfired. I have often heard it said how much NZers hate to complain, they won't send a bad meal back to the kitchen in a cafe etc. Making a fuss is too much ...
Still I would rather have the Government watching than terrorists operating in our country.
deliciously biting satire!! Well done!!!!!!
My husband & i think Judith Colins must go she has got away with to much over the past few years. Jane & peter Emerson
Hi all, thankyou so much for your kind words about my father. The man you all knew outside was definitely the same man at home. We miss my dad and hope that one day as his children, we could make the same differences my dad did in his time. Jane
Nope it works, just a relaxed start to the day!
Maybe its broken...
Wow, quiet here this morning! Did everyone sleep in?
Amusing all the pearl-clutching about KDC's "attitude to copyright", his criminality etc. Not wanting to stereotype "young people" but when quizzed my teenage niece wasn't even aware of such things or that (some) downloading is illegal. She wants a movie, ...
My interpretation also Anne. It makes no sense to appoint him for one month only when the GG role vacancy is known so far in advance. Also what's with the media blanket over the proof now that John Key has lied (read lies a lot)? How could this not be news...
Insults about what a woman looks like and/or how she dresses still goes down very well with many NZers. Look at the way some people STILL go on about Clark's appearance and the "airbrushed" billboard etc. However, it is slightly problematic for males to ...
Is still not well, looks to be having a formatting problem now, corrupt CSS somewhere?
Yes, was broken since last night, kept getting a Cludflare error page.
Typo? 282 built but 113,000 for sale? :)
What news of Trevor?
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