It disturbs me that Obama has been 'appropriated' by Key and the National Party. And our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, has definitely been snubbed by the rich cotterie of National Party fat cats, surrounding Key and his 'golf buddy'. No wonder she has ...
I have only just seen this article, so many of the commentors above may have moved on. While I agree that some foreign investment can be 'a good thing' especially if the investors have philosphic values that promote social and public interests - like ...
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ditto. Such stories are evocative. Thanks for sharing Adrian.
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Principled, yes; but it's not enough to say just that. He upheld the right principles - not the vacuous ones of the heartless Roger-gnomes. I live nowhere near Christchurch, yet I still voted with Jim's parties, because there seemed to be no alternative at...
oh joy! And watching Hosking do his sour lemon impersonation was most enjoyable. What a ludicrous performance.
He reminds me of Bannon a bit - a right wing anarchist, though possibly without the odour of uranium on his breath.
Fonterra is a huge monopoly. They don't have any competition in NZ so why does a CEO (in NZ) need to be paid such a ridiculous amount? How does that help the economy? Apart from the urgent need to clean up the environment which has been so badly abused by ...
I really like yours and savenz's take. The only think that rattles me a bit is the maps Gower put up towards the end of the TV3 broadcast. They showed Auckland a sea of blue (with two small extra pockets of red over what were there before) and the same for...
Check interview on RNZ National yesterday. Can't remember whether it was Nine to Noon or some other programme later in the day. (I was driving at the time.) An interviewee was talking about the impact on the planet of humans and domestic/agricultural ...
Here in Northland and just over the border in what used to be Rodney, some dairy farmers are fed up with the dreadful state of much used (so called metal) roads. They are more like mud slurries/dustbowls. Some of the anger is aimed at local government but ...
Lots of us donate to charity and we don't own all that abused land. I spent years travelling around urban and rural NZ selling the wares of my business. All through the boom years for dairy farming at the beginining or this century, retailers in the ...
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Agreed, but we are a very small country and having let the Trojan horse in so far, we have made it hard to reverse policies in this context. Our government has placed NZ in a very parlous situation. Knowingly allowing a member of the Peoples' Liberation ...
Such a helpful and friendly comment. Just reading The Guardian today. The UN has a new report out that states that current farming practices have caused one third of the world's soil to be acutely degraded. I live in a rural area. Always amazed at the fact...
I am an Act Supporter and I totally understand Capitalism and its incredible merits. (WHEN DONE PROPERLY) This disgusting disgraceful if a incompetent inebriated stinky government has no idea what capitalism is, or even free markets. This sick evil crony ...
Not sure that I can ever remember chuntering but it seems fairly clear that the Russians did influence the outcome of the American election as did James Comey. Okay the cybertrail hasn't been published yet but I suspect it will be soon.
Simple. Israel is a terrorist nation founded on terrorism and murder with terrorist organisations that predate any palestinian organisations in the mid east. It is also a criminal and morally corrupt nation. Even its own Theodor Meron, the chief legal ...
So Donald Trump is unfamiliar with the concept of mutual destruction? If it were come to him and me I'd gladly opt for mutual destruction but... Pence is next in line. TBH maybe nuclear devastation might be the necessary reboot.
Reason #whatever that I don't understand America's right wing long term plan.
I'm not saying it is valid (or even that I have a crystal ball for the 2017 election), I just think that is the type of core message she ought to have run rather than allowing any sidetracking into silly stuff like who lived where for how long or who is a ...
I think Parmar's approach needed to be simpler. It is clear that a good number (probably enough) of those that voted last time wanted a National led government even if they voted for Goff as the electorate MP. You could assume that that hasn't changed. I ...
It also begs the question: Did they move away from Labour, or has Labour moved away from them. I suspect the reality is that it may be a bit of both.
I'm prone to spouting advice on how Labour could fix their current woes (at the slightest provocation), but I admit I do it for purely selfish reasons. I think MMP needs two main opposing forces to work well. That lets the tails on either side (or in the ...
I think the distinction being drawn (and appreciate you may still think it pots and kettles) is doing something you privately think is bad for political gain, and doing things that may be good for the country but nevertheless have a political gain. Hence "...
"this government" the proposal is supported by Labour and the Greens. Winston is the only hold-out. It will play into Winston's hands, regardless of the merit or lack of it. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if National are trying to help Winston out ...
Yes. I think the only inference is that if he doesn't then his UMR polling is even worse.
President Don doesn't muck around with half measures like pinching bottoms.
It most certainly is a discretion, albeit a discretion that only applied to a limited circumstance. Outside of that circumstance, there is no discretion, which is the point of the law really.
It now seems there might be conflicting goals. The post above talks about going in to try and ascertain more facts about why the explosion happened, not to recover bodies. Maybe they are talking about a different types of incursion - to different depths. I...
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