I won't hold my breath Sabine, although Grant Robertson does seem to deliver on his statements. Three years ago in 2018, Phil Twitford promised the exact same thing, but we all know what a joke he was! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/are-building-products-a-...
Thats like saying, quite correctly, the South Vietnamese government asked for the US help. It kind of misses the mark.
'Commerce Commission to Probe Building Materials Sector - Grant Robertson' Houses in the US and Victoria and NSW are so much cheaper than NZ. Sure, we have earthquake resilience issues that Australia does not have and are a small market, but the materials ...
Agree re UK bickering, but dissent can be very positive, just so long as it is not endless bickering! 'Whinging about the right to whinge'. Classic line!
Mike, I understand your logic, but many landlords really are struggling from a revenue point of view, particularly as they have increasingly been loaded with additional expenses (insulation, heat pumps etc), and the phased removal of interest deductibility...
Grey, TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) wrote a great book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' about his time in the Middle East in WW1. Different area, but his insights I think are applicable to Afghanistan today in many ways. The desert Arabs were ultra ...
Well Woodart that's your opinion and as someone who has suffered her personal abuse, I disagree. As Grey says, this Labour government is open to criticism. On TS we probably agree in general with the aims, but the 'Left' is a broad church and not all of us...
Yes but not just 'right'. The USSR in Afghanistan engaged in total war from 1979 To mid 80s. 3 million refugees fled to Pakistan, from where the Taliban developed and the medieval theocracy of the next 20 years Spread across the border back to Afghanistan....
Adrian, RL's post is no way racist. He explained very clearly why they are like they are today, a point further expanded upon by Grey. The only bit RL missed is that the city dwellers in Afghanistan are very different, and want modernity, but the tribal ...
Treetop, personally I think a meaningful Capital Gains Tax and one that is enforced. Kill the speculators after capital gains and that will pressure rents downwards.
Even in NZ, try visiting a Mosque. You will be made very welcome, but sadly the males and females are directed to separate rooms for prayer.
Sadly most Islamic dominant countries are Conservative or, as you say, 'ultra Conservative'. The problem in these countries is religion, the more conservative the religion, the more 'right ' it tends to be.
Treetop, One of the great things about the NZ tax system is its simplicity. What you are proposing would be a chartered accountants wet dream. Differential tax rates just encourages tax avoidance and creates yet another layer of unproductive government ...
And the Tokyo Olympics in July? Classic stupidity that these are still going ahead. Does the IOC not read the news of how India went from a managed Covid situation in February to totally losing control by the end of April (religious and political mass ...
Yes Anne, totally agree. The 'good old days' were never good for many of our most vulnerable, that's for sure.
Well that would be a first.
Pleased to be of at least some value to you Incognito đ
My involvement with China goes way back, and knowledge of the Han colonisation of Xinjiang was well known and obvious to anyone who went there decades ago. You may deny reality because of your political views, but that does not change what has been ...
Or maybe if he said it outside the House he would once again be exposed as a bully making unsubstantiated claims. IF sexual assault happened, let the Police investigate and take whatever action is appropriate. Innocent until proven guilty seems an ...
Well if you are correct, then thank god for political charades. If not, there would be no publicity whatsoever about the Xijiang situation. China is an empire and has systematically colonised and subjugated the Ughurs (Na the Tibetans) over the 70 years. ...
Really? Why then do Chinese rockets keep failing on or shortly after takeoff? Why do they NEED to steal military designs and copy them if they are so advanced? The Chinese Empire will not last the century out. Too many internal troubles. Nei Mongolia. ...
Drowsy, we agree on one thing at least: some National mps are jokes. And yes, those eyebrows....
Peter, how does trotting out the ...
Yes, they government that promised us transparency has been anything but. Our isolation and low population alone saved us. I doubt Ashley Bloomfield could even lie straight in bed. So many cover ups and downright lies (remember his and the governments lies...
Weka, Yes but the self identification as a female undermines that very clear law. I can already see the QC's rubbing their hands in anticipation. Jimmy, in South Africa numerous women have been charged with rape. They drugged men, kidnapped them and forced...
Under English law (and I presume Scottish law also), a female cannot be charged with rape, only with sexual assault ('penetration' being a requisite in England for the charge of rape). By self identifying as a female, presumably the alleged perpetrator ...
Stuart, apologies if it seemed like I was preaching or being a smart****. I guess my point was that tackling climate change is a very complex thing, and at the end of the day it involves many trade offs. I just get very annoyed with the hypocrisy and ...
But Stuart, if you are REALLY so concerned about ones impact upon climate change, maybe you should practise what you preach and refrain from internet use? As per the attached article (the science on this is very clear), take just one quote: The carbon ...
If they are Permanent Residents or NZ Citizens, they are Kiwis, pure and simple. Advocating different rules for them based upon your clear colonialist viewpoints is advocating apartheid. Please read up what that means (along with the rules on foreign ...
Well I guess with racist apartheid views that she clearly holds and even repeated, maybe Anne also opposes Maori buying houses (especially now she knows they originated from China).
I have absolutely no idea what 'up the boohai' means. Please enlighten me. And no Anne, not defamatory. You clarified your racist and colonialist views in your reply. Unbelievable in 2021.
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