What an embarrassing shambles this government is. What a long three years ahead of us. Winston Peters and Shane Jones are behaving like playground loudmouths and bullies, showing off and being objectionable and rude. Pathetic attention seekers.
Winston Peters and Shane Jones are a couple of old rude vaudeville clowns wanting to still be relevant. Pathetic attention seekers.
A comment on Willie Jackson's Facebook made a point - will Asian shops have to remove or lessen any signage other than English? If not, why not. Since it was opened Te Papa has always been the dominant title which everyone uses rather than Museum of New ...
Was impressed with Kieran McAnulty's speech this week. Direct and to the point.
On reading Chris Hipkins' views on the election loss in the Spin-off, his words were straightforward, concise, with no jumbled jargon. On the other hand Chris Luxon again left me perplexed with his rambling, boring self-congratulatory jargon.
Nicola Willis (she with the rasping voice) is one of the most smug and nauseatingly self-satisfied politicians ever!
Nick Rockel's writing on Feeds is so good. So clever, original, humorous and topical.
Suspect the underground spies are still at work digging around to attack - Ginny Andersen, Tory Whanau and who next? Was pleased to see Ginny looking composed and confident in the line up on tv when portfolio roles were announced. I have been impressed how...
Women are often still not accepted in leading roles in NZ especially if they don't fit the conservative traditional norm from way back. They get greater scrutiny compared with men. And even more so if they are Māori. I hope Tory can be left alone as she ...
Thought I could manage to get used to the new government after a few days. No such luck. Peters is like an old snarling crocodile and carrying on like Trump. Not sure how he will cope with the pace. His eyes are very bloodshot. The dairy owners delight in ...
The lack of people in the new government who have any real and genuine empathy for people I have yet to see. They seem so calculating and cold and make it so obvious money is all that matters - yes that matters but so do people's lives.
As a non-smoker who grew up from childhood to adulthood and beyond, surrounded by smokers, I have had COPD for many years. This requires frequent daily medication, and my physical activity has been very much affected. This is an appalling cigarette policy ...
Feels depressing looking ahead to the next three years. After years and years of work to lessen cigarette smoking in the community and here is Nicola Willis is rubbing her hands to get hold of more tobacco tax. And roll up, roll up, pseudoephidrine back on...
Anne, that has crossed my mind also that Luxon thinks not partaking in "wasteful spending" does not apply to his wants and needs. Guess we got wind of that when he hired a Mercedes to take him 200 metres from his apartment for his grandiose arrival at ...
Have been aware of some annoyance from people I know over the drawn out negotiating. Wonder if Winston's previous attention seeking shenanigans had faded from people's memory. Whatever else he may be Luxon is also going to be a very boring PM. His ...
Agree with Nick Rockel's summation of Jessica M-M TV1 news item last night. Will be interesting to see if she is as snide and snarky when she starts questioning Luxon, as she was with Chris Hipkins. Chippy handled it well, kept his responses to her brief ...
No logic in installing a new Labour leader just to appear as if something is being changed when there doesn't seem anyone ready for the role. That person may or equally may not do a better job. Chris Hipkins was unexpectedly thrust into being PM and then ...
Winston Peters is a grouchy, angry, rude old man these days with an ego requiring a lot of attention.
Some interesting observations from commenters. Rather contradictory in some cases. As in highly critical of Chris Hipkins as having been a Parliamentary employee for many years, so not worthy, likewise Jacinda. No criticism now though of some very young ...
Adrian, it could be that the awful history of Palestine and Israel is so never ending and complex people switch off from keeping informed, however superficial that seems. As I see it, both are to blame.
If Mark Mitchell was a Labour MP his makeup coverup idea would have been ridiculed and headlined by all media across the entire country.
Well done Trickledown for your "scoop" of Suzanne Paul's new role as makeup consultant to the incoming government.
National's Mark Mitchell is advocating gang members should use makeup to cover their tattoos! That must be the silliest, most ridiculous comment made by a politician this year. Well now NZ knows the calibre of the likely new Police minister. Perhaps ...
Is there to be an investigation into the voting hiccups both before voting day and on the day? Curious that it appeared to be mainly South Auckland affected.
The callousness of the new government in wanting to make thousands of government employees redundant has, as an earlier commenter mentioned, raised an interesting response regarding Ohariu. A general impression gained from people I know was that people ...
Luxon was so pompous, shifty, robotic with his prepared responses, and smug. The PM did very well in countering Luxon and came over as a smart, genuine person.
James Shaw excelled tonight. Put David Seymour back in his box very cleverly. Winston Peters looked as if it was past his bedtime.
Regarding those who begrudge the Māori language being used more prominently to identify the original culture of New Zealand - at Sydney international airport today the very large screen with all the departure and arrival times and which airline check in ...
If Luxon's comment is correct about the PM and Covid, it confirms my long held view that many Nats are plain nasty human beings. His so-called Christianity has well and truly been dumped. The sneer on the face of Erica Stanford for example is horrible to ...
The TV3 debate is being well controlled by Rebecca Wright and she firmly challenges when necessary. She is mostly not allowing one or another to dominate. Surprisingly, Marama Davidson is succinct and behaving like an adult. Seymour and Peters are ...
The serious and draining effect of Covid on NZ over the last three years seems to have been forgotten, which is understandable in a way because people want to move on from that difficult time. But Covid must have affected the government being able to ...
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