Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:35 am, June 8th, 2017 - 23 comments
Categories: bill english, housing
Tags: housing crisis, liar, salvation army
PM Bill English denies there is a housing crisis. In 2010 he knew about and warned of the housing crisis – PM talked of major housing crisis – Salvation Army A senior Salvation Army staff member says Prime Minister Bill English talked with him about a …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 11:55 pm, June 4th, 2017 - 12 comments
Categories: john key, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: john who?
What a surprise! Not sure how long it was up, but Google cache still has a copy. https://twitter.com/NOCONSPIRACY1/status/871244474155884545 https://twitter.com/publicaddress/status/871255381204283393
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 6:37 am, June 2nd, 2017 - 20 comments
Categories: humour, peter dunne
Tags: peter who?
Got to hand it to Peter Dunne, he is a master of tragic comedy – PETER DUNNE: Dark, grim Labour stands alone and forlorn The sense of optimism and enthusiasm for New Zealand that pervaded Labour previously in even the darkest of times now seems to have …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:21 am, May 30th, 2017 - 35 comments
Categories: budget 2017, housing, national, Steven Joyce, useless
Tags: accommodation supplement, budget 2017, official advice, rental market, steven joyce
Even by National's "standards" this is shameless – Govt pulled u-turn on accommodation supplement Two years ago the government decided not to boost the accommodation supplement because of fears landlords could pocket the extra money, and rents could be …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:42 am, May 29th, 2017 - 6 comments
Categories: budget 2017, national, useless
Tags: budget 2017, economic genius, fail
Apparently the Nats can't even run a lolly scramble – Govt's income package leaves 20,000 families with one child worse off: Labour A nasty fish-hook in the Government's Family Income package may leave up to 20,000 families with one child, worse off than …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:32 am, May 27th, 2017 - 14 comments
Categories: humour, Judith Collins, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: David Seymour, judith collins, stupid, tweets
I can't decide which is the dumbest tweet, Collins or Seymour. Each in its own way a masterpiece character study. Your government MPs at work.
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:12 pm, May 18th, 2017 - 62 comments
Categories: spin
Tags: hugs, Patrick Gower, RIP, sucking up to national, tpp
Poor wee chap is obviously desperate for some attention, if this latest incoherent thrashing on the dead TPP is anything to go by – Bill English has saved TPP. The TPP is on again – and it is thanks to Bill English. They are not lines that opponents of the…
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 6:13 am, May 16th, 2017 - 23 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, national
Tags: alfred ngaro, arrogance, thirdtermitis, threats
Lloyd Burr at Newshub calls out Alfred Ngaro's apology for the bullshit that it is – Alfred Ngaro's threat to Willie Jackson was worse than just a brain fart Alfred Ngaro's threat that non-government organisations shouldn't bite the hand that feeds is …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:26 pm, May 15th, 2017 - 128 comments
Categories: Andrew Little, class war, housing, labour
Tags: housing, housing crisis, labour, policy, property speculation
Labour has set the cat among the property speculator pigeons, and they don't like it at all. Good coverage of the announcement here – Little gets personal with housing policy Andrew Little rallied his troops with an aggressive speech full of personal …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 2:38 pm, May 12th, 2017 - 21 comments
Categories: economy, education, humour
Tags: centrally planned economy, communism by stealth, so much for the market
National are proposing that the economy should be centrally planned, though they are disguising it as an education policy – Government not ruling out limiting the number of students who get tertiary courses subsidised Put simply, the government would …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:07 am, May 10th, 2017 - 28 comments
Categories: accountability, Ethics, housing, national, useless
Tags: #IfItWasLabour, home ownership, nice for some, pecuniary interests, voting with their wallets
The annual MP's register of pecuniary interests is out. What a lot of property they own – MPs' latest home ownership, interests revealed Just 10 MPs do not own a home, while some MPs own more than 10, according to the latest interests register. Some of the…
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 9:16 am, May 10th, 2017 - 44 comments
Categories: law, useless
Tags: ben rachinger, cameron slater, chester borrows, colin craig, court, defamation, eminem, jordan williams, national
The political right wing has been kicking itself in the head all over the courts recently. For those of you keeping score at home we have – Craig vs Slater (defamation) Slater vs Craig (defamation) Slater and Rachinger (circus) Williams vs Craig (…
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 9:51 am, May 8th, 2017 - 74 comments
Categories: accountability, law, national
Tags: chester borrows, nats in court
This is probably all he'll be remembered for – MP Chester Borrows trial for allegedly hitting protesters with car begins Whanganui MP Chester Borrows is set to stand trial on Monday, after allegedly injuring two protesters by driving into them. Borrows, a …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:16 pm, May 5th, 2017 - 77 comments
Categories: Gerry Brownlee, national, useless
Tags: fail, foreign minister, gerry brownlee, talent pool
What a surprise – Gerry Brownlee's Aussie trip nothing but a fizzer For a few days this week, the New Zealand Government hinted it would be taking a tougher stand on Australia's approach to New Zealanders, apparently angered by the sudden and unexplained …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 6:53 am, May 2nd, 2017 - 82 comments
Categories: crime, law, music, national, scoundrels, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: coldplay, copyright, eminem, pretty legal, property rights, rip off
In the alleged ripping off of Eminem National knew they were on dodgy ground – Court battle between Eminem and National Party begins Williams presented evidence to argue that National Party representatives knew copyright could be a problem. An email chain …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 12:41 pm, May 1st, 2017 - 34 comments
Categories: accountability, disaster, Mining, national
Tags: coverup, pike river, pike river mine, video
Bill English claims to have been unaware of the video footage, but the night before Nick Smith's spokesperson said the government had been "advised". It would have been extraordinary if they had not. Bill English claims he did not know about Pike River …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:47 am, May 1st, 2017 - 41 comments
Categories: crime, law, music, national, scoundrels, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: coldplay, copyright, eminem, pretty legal, property rights, rip off
Today National, party of personal responsibility and property rights, is in court for allegedly ripping off an artist – Eminem and National Party set for court battle Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady has taken New Zealand's governing political …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 8:57 am, April 29th, 2017 - 26 comments
Categories: us politics
Tags: fool, trump
This probably won't come as a surprise to to anyone who has been paying attention – 'I thought being president would be easier': Trump's Reuters interview highlights: “I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:49 am, April 29th, 2017 - 41 comments
Categories: economy, election 2017, infrastructure, making shit up, spin, Steven Joyce
Tags: damn lies, dodgy statistics, election bribe, lies, steven joyce
The Nats are settling in to election mode – smoke and mirrors and they hope we won't notice – Billions for infrastructure reflects booming economy – Joyce Finance Minister Steven Joyce yesterday promised to pump an extra $11 billion into new infrastructure…
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 9:51 am, April 26th, 2017 - 15 comments
Categories: housing, national, nick smith, useless
Tags: demotion, housing, housing crisis, nick smith, ouch
In a crowded field Nick Smith stands out as one of the Nats' most incompetent ministers. Only his friendship with English has protected him for this long. But even English can only take so much in election year – Patrick Gower: Bill English delicately …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 11:10 am, April 24th, 2017 - 14 comments
Categories: class war, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: brighter future, economic genius, homeless, homeless crisis, vanity projects, waste
Funny how the Nats can always find millions for vanity projects – PM defends $53m World Expo price tag, saying we shouldn't take 'tin shed and cup of cold Milo' approach We save the tin shed and the cup of cold Milo for our homeless. The lucky ones. https…
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:53 am, April 12th, 2017 - 32 comments
Categories: housing, national, useless
Tags: auckland, denial, housing, housing crisis, useless nats
The truth is out – Young house hunters should just give up Nats would rather we all stayed on the treadmill – Government says Auckland houses are affordable, keep saving The Government is sticking to its guns: there is no housing crisis and young …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 10:15 am, April 3rd, 2017 - 58 comments
Categories: mana, mana-party, Maori Issues, maori party, Maori seats
Tags: hone harawira, Maori seats, truce
The truce between Mana and The Māori Party that was supposed sweep the Māori seats didn't last long – Mana Party leader slams Māori Party's land reform bill Hone Harawira has launched a scathing attack on the Māori Party's Māori land reform Bill, …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 5:33 pm, March 22nd, 2017 - 84 comments
Categories: accountability, afghanistan, war
Tags: hit and run, wayne mapp
Well Bill English's attacks and evasions are in some trouble now – good work Emma Hurley at NewsHub – Wayne Mapp does not deny 'Hit and Run' Afghan raid claims: Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp has conceded that civilians were killed in the 2010 …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 6:27 am, March 21st, 2017 - 38 comments
Categories: bill english, child abuse, child discipline, schools
Tags: conservatives, corporal punishment
A voice from National's heartland – Bring back corporal punishment in schools – National rep A return to corporal punishment is the solution for youth crime in the Far North, says a local National Party representative. The town of Kaikohe is demanding …
Written By: Natwatch - Date published: 7:35 am, March 16th, 2017 - 18 comments
Categories: bill english, spin
Tags: alt right, attack language
Keep digging Bill – Virtue signalling is not for me: Bill English doubles down on rejecting ‘feminist’ label Bill English has reiterated that he does not consider himself a feminist, suggesting in an interview with the Spinoff that the term is not …
There are various rumours that the reason will be forthcoming before the election.
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