The Government seems keen on taking the teeth out of regional councils up and down the country. It scared them by making an example of ECan. Despite the recent elections where a partial council was elected, it is accepted that the council is still a puppet...
You cannot help but notice the atmosphere of suspicion when you go into the Ministry of Social Development umbrella agency offices. Whether it is W.I.N.Z. to apply for the unemployment benefit or C.Y.F.S. for help with a child, do you ever get the feeling ...
I am not surprised that Trump became President. Hillary crashed Bernie so he couldn't become Trump's challenger. If he had manged, the result could have been very different and got people who would have otherwise never thought of voting, come out and do so...
Grand plan? What grand plan? As far as I can honestly tell, if they have a plan at all it is a hodge podge mash of various ideas slapped together with a few more houses built here and there at the expense of environmental planning to glue the various bits ...
You want to know why John Key quit. Something about a housing crisis National say does not exist getting too big to handle. Anyway, Key does not want to be on a losing team. National was a winner with voters when he came on board and immediately started ...
As an Ilam resident of 36 years, and one who voted for Raf Manji in the 2013 local government elections (a boundary change meant I could not vote for him last year), I just want to point out that Raf has been good for Christchurch. The Council finances ...
Amy Adams - I've met her face to face at an event in Christchurch - will give you a fair hearing. Unfortunately for non-National supporters, she is good enough that she will get re-elected in Selwyn.
Greg needs to know New Zealand First was standing on principle when it quit the coalition with National. Our position was always "NO ASSET SALES". So what did National do? They decided they were going to try to sell Wellington Airport which is an asset. ...
If one tries to remind National supporters that housing is a human right, they say "no it is not and if you cannot afford the rent, you should not be in the market". It seems to not matter that housing is a human right if you are a National supporter.
God help me and the other non-National voters who can't stand Gerry in the Ilam Electorate, which has been rock solid National since 1996. We look forward to the day we can bring his monstrous majority down to size, but am at loss about how since the socio...
Well done to us on our number one ranking in the latest Transparency International list. However I don't think it is a proper reflection of New Zealand. I have never thought us to be totally deserving of the rankings and that we are probably at the lower ...
My report card on New Zealand's time on the Security Council: New Zealand is a nation well respected around the world and has had some good results on the Security Council, including sponsoring a resolution on Israel/Palestine that passed 14-0. However its...
Al Qaida, Al-Nusra and Daesh Just like terrorising the innocent. And those who join are tricked into believing that their sons and daughters will become martyrs of some sort. Actually there are quite a few starting to desert having realized at the expense ...
But when there is no way the housing market can keep up, it is time to look at where the demand is coming from and whether or not the source should have input into the housing market. In this case the demand is coming from large numbers of immigrants who ...
Hopefully. And yes, you are right to recognize the public display of arrogance. Hopefully it will be seared on the minds of the locals cometh election day.
Machiavellian was the way someone prominent - can't remember who - described McCully's handling of the M.F.A.T. restructuring a few years ago. Mediocre is how I would describe his handling of N.Z. foreign affairs. So many chances to strike a blow for New ...
If people are really concerned, they should contact Environment Bay of Plenty (assume Waihi falls in their boundaries)and ask if there are significant fault lines nearby and what they are capable of doing. The Regional Council will have that information on...
He should go anyway. He's done nothing to advance the foreign affairs of this country in his tenure.
Coromandel is fortunately not that seismically active. It is not to say there is no seismic activity because nowhere is entirely immune to seismic activity, BUT, if there is a large quake that causes damage to the tailings dams it will probably come from a...
I am in two minds about Castro's death. On one hand he definitely lifted the living standards in Cuba by improving health, education and social welfare services - you have to give him credit for that. But on the other hand he hated freedom of expression ...
Wellington needs to take its time fixing its buildings. Hastily reopening buildings that were not structurally sound cost Christchurch dearly on 22 February 2011. https://willnewzealandberight.com/2016/11/20/wellington-needs-to-learn-the-lessons-of-...
I work for a rental car company. Truck runs transferring cars to/from various locations in the upper South Island are on ice until further notice because of the quakes. Also can't get cars out of a number of locations. Its going to be Christmas at least ...
Heard that Hekia Parata has told Redcliffs School in Christchurch to relocate. Silly woman was never going to let it stay there. My guess is a developer will now buy up the land and get their money back with some swankily unaffordable housing. And that if ...
Part of the reason why people vote New Zealand First is they know the party will keep 65 as retirement age. Good reasons why too. For starters, National and Labour bicker over how the existing tax pie is going cover it. That means the tax pie in whatever ...
I get the impression that the under supply of state housing is part of National's war on the poor. Allegedly there are 558 houses sitting empty because they have had methamphetamine developed in them and so were not deemed safe for occupancy. So, as Phil ...
What is it going to take to make this country address men's health? Surely in this day and age it cannot be acceptable to tell a man battling depression to harden up? And yet, I have heard several people, including work colleagues say that to people. We ...
In a war we should not be in. Directing airstrikes that might be the cause of war crimes. Harming New Zealand’s reputation. So says the Guardian: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/85603946/nz-sas-in-northern-iraq–reports Do you think we are there? I think we...
Neither are fit to be President. And even if U.S. law did allow a third term Obama Presidency, I doubt he would win - and if I was voting, I wouldn't want him there anyway. Obama inherited a mess. Tried to sort said mess out and just made it worse. Thus ...
Despite not being a Government or Ministry, given the Government's past negative reaction to being criticized, the Salvation Army comments about immigrants and jobs is quite a brave thing to have done. https://willnewzealandberight.com/2016/10/20/salvation...
Could the housing problem be solved with a simple promise to restrict the purchase of property to permanent residents and citizens?
Not a bad idea. As good as my favourite: Put New Zealand and New Zealanders First (source: N.Z.F. Fifteen Fundamental Principles, No. 1).
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