It was bailed out ...and later sold. Ideology. https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/the-life/looking-back-bnz-part-7-the-final-twist-nab-grabs-bnz-at-a-discounted-price.
Perhaps someone will...the answer may not be illuminating.
Not specifically this event...the propensity for anything and everything (or everyone) to be 'cancelled' if some group has an objection. The phrase "its gone too far' is a frequent refrain.....and usually unsolicited.
Pardon?
The speed, enthusiasm and direction are more than reminiscent.
Certainly most I interact with are...almost unanimously.
Yes , it would have been interesting to see what Labour would have done in light of the cost blow out ....especially as it was one of the few policies that got further than governance reform. Is going to be costly whatever happens ....and the economy ...
More an ideological one I suspect.
"But hardly still actively involved in NZ politics." Not as a candidate that is true....as a contributor, who could say?
Thank you. Had guessed it was the multiple links.
Zealots (of any cause) are best avoided.
just spotted it, and fixed.
The author of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, former National Finance Minister and Act Party member and a Chicago School zealot who at 73 is very much still alive and kicking. Perhaps no one needs to resemble her. [Please fix your username in your next ...
Some recent history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Richardson
Deja vu all over again? A 2015 Treasury report said that inequality in New Zealand increased in the 1980s and 1990s but has been stable for the last 20 years[9] although another 2015 article said that New Zealand's rate of rise of inequality had been the ...
No, its the choice of ferry that has required the port redevelopments....and the consequent cost blow out. I will admit I thought as the ferries had been contracted the project would continue despite cost blow outs....but that was before the latest request...
Have you failed to make the connection? Why do the ports need to be developed?
I think that is the problem....it wasnt supposed to be a multi billion dollar project. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/125620974/halfbilliondollar-contract-to-build-two-new-interislander-ferries-signed
@ Muttonbird National attracts a larger Māori vote than TPM. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/133423630/who-in-parliament-has-the-mandate-to-represent-mori
And P.S. Certainly no insight into Irish culture 130 years ago when my grandfather left Ireland as a 16 year old. The past is a foreign country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Paddy As a Kiwi with Irish grandparents who has been to Ireland I can confidently say I have no insight into Irish culture....and as I have other ancestry, some known, some not, I ascribe little importance to it........
Care to define pakeha cultural norms? I know my pakeha cultural norms dont necessarily match those of many other pakeha, nevermind the multitude of other cultures in this fair land.
Yes, the quality of our elected representatives leaves a lot to be desired....and has done for a considerable period.
"That is, create an actual equitable society for all NZers regardless of race or creed." equitable /ˈɛkwɪtəbl/ adjective 1. fair and impartial.
"Do you know what is so bad about what that Labour Government did? It is the very fact that they told us as a country we SHOULD NOT do what they were about to do again." https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/125658/david-hargreaves-wonders-how-able-and-...
Unfortunately the politicians rhetoric re immigration will continue as it is our default growth mechanism for ALL parties. The rhetoric can be ignored as so much BS as even those parties that talk a big game never deliver. We had record (net) immigration ...
Indeed
Some would say Labour took things too carefully. We live in a democracy and under our system the Government has the ability to make policy IF it can get the votes in the house. We may not agree with all those policies but I for one prefer the ability to ...
"Anyway no one had a majority to do anything. It is why they have to form a coalition so there is no mandate to do anything." A Government disallowed from doing anything? Why have a Government at all?
"What does the money markets determined that (borrowing) would be treated as part of council assets regardless even mean" It means you can place the assets and debt at arms length from the owners of an asset (in this instance the councils) but the lenders ...
Possibly though not necessarily....the sad fact is that (as stated numerous times) we are not prepared/able to make the changes required to enable the environmental outcomes we all claim to desire....and 3 Waters didnt change that. Ecan are not the only ...
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