Yes you have consistently posted about him and I do remember being outraged about the firing of union members but until now had not made the connection that this person was Wayne Brown. I think we are in for an interesting time as the deflection starts ...
I think the ray of sunshine is that there will be a review. I was less than impressed with Mayor Brown berating the Councillors who did fill the info void when he was not wanting to /available/??? To me he seems a bit challenged. Did he not have any lively...
Thankfully we have the timetable from Stuff. I am sure cost, fear and a bit of 'yelling at (rain) clouds' had an impact. I have not been able to find any info about what costs would be triggered if an emergency was declared? Having seen a couple of ...
And this is also why I believe some of the anti-mandate stuff was inflamed by outside actors who benefit from a divided country. Or perhaps not even a divided country but one where a Right wing government can exist. Good post.
It is not just about the timing of the Emergency Declaration. People were expecting communication from the Mayor, reassurance, updates, advice, things like to to contact, links to CD sites etc etc. Brown has one idiot quote about getting the rain to stop ...
Yes I mean 'who'd thunk this guy' would have been such a failure! Was following on Twitter until 1.00am and there were many calls throughout the afternoon & early evening calls for the Mayor to declare a state of Emergency. Councillor Hills thankfully was ...
A wage increase below the rate of inflation is a wage cut. It has always amazed me how some people cannot grasp this. Wages are always playing catch up to the current times. My view is that the minimum wage is still pretty low for a developed country like...
So National plays with people's minds & ideas in search of power. Playing the race card as was done at Ratana is despicable. Playing the race card at any time when it is just to toy with thoughts is despicable at any time. They are stirring up an ...
Yes Observer I too doubt the bona fides of raising the issue. . It is an out and out dog whistle. Now the 'pretty little Communist' has gone let's get underway on the other issue of concern "maaris".
Adam, I was puzzled by your sex ref but accept unreservedly your points 1-4. On the twitter cesspit as well.
Go for it TD, link in to the old separatist/apartheid shibboleths. Sometimes in life we have to put aside our own personal beliefs for the good of all or to keep dialogue up. Politicians particularly often have to do this. I view Seymour's non attendance ...
TD..... So you do know that Maori get the same number of votes as any other NZer? You seem to be still a little confused or perhaps ambiguous. I look at it totally differently......until Maori figures in everything that makes a good society are the equal ...
The 1986 Royal Commission recommended the separate seats be abolished if MMP was adopted. I think the world has moved on since then with the emphasis on the Treaty, righting wrongs, encouraging Te Reo. etc. Don't forget even relatively recent past history...
Are you talking about Maori Wards*? Are you correct? * Don't forget to cover the Maori wards that Chantelle Baker found at hospitals.
It is actually only one bite of the cherry. Opt onto General roll - vote party/person or Opt on the Maori roll - vote party/person It is not as if they can vote on both rolls. I find this circular racism a bit puzzling. I call it circular as it requires ...
Hey, good idea for you. Why don't you read up about the Ratana church, its founder Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, links to Labour Party, the fact that politicians have been going up there for years. But no you have just found out and seem, on my reading, to ...
Oh well...I just started scanning the feeds and came across this Point of Order one and the cartoon. https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/category/cartoons/ Now I used to see lots of Garrick Tremain cartoons and had the odd laugh. They seem quite waspish/...
Joe 90, I agree about 'Yesterday' Just thinking about beauty I always look at the Daily Review image, the beautiful sunset and think a day is over, I'm lucky to have had it and all the great thinkers, writer and minds on TS to post to... Well I don't think...
Tony as you can see we don't really rate Bitchute. Here is a link to the entry in Media bias fact check https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ Summary Overall, we rate BitChute extreme right and Questionable based on the promotion of conspiracy theories, ...
Mmmmmm. you've got a source for the first of yr descriptors or it is just rant & rave designed to demean someone in the eyes of the public. I'm picking the latter
The conclusion 'Scholars have long-warned of the perils associated with destructive leadership. Preventing or intervening in destructive leadership constitutes a major priority and challenge in politics, public administration and business in order to deal ...
... self effacing (pers.comm with Shanreagh) (I guess the type that...
Thus depriving many of the ability to meet their MP. Nice. And the NAct anti 3/5 Waters mob feel that legislated/consulted co governance is a threat to democracy. Both legs furiously playing Jingle Bells
He seems hopelessly ill-educated/naive on many aspects of our lives in NZ. Is this a product of being exposed to a weirdo church & its prosperity doctrine and his focus on making money personally via international corporate capitalism? If so it is a ...
I cannot amend my post above too much circling wheel of doom every time I tried. Clearing cache etc prob at my end. This was the example of the walk back that was mentioned in the article I linked to. 'Quite rightly, this caused a stir – it left a bad ...
Sane & sensible review of Christopher Luxon's gaffe in raising Maori issues at Ratana while being welcomed as a visitor. Who is advising this guy? https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/131064324/cogovernance-is-less-controversial-than-christopher-luxon-makes-out...
Neo-liberals gotta neo-liberal. Yes got it in one gsays
They are shitty as, but you develop a bit of resilience and you realise you don't hang around waiting for the redundancy cheque if you've had a gutsful. Don't moan, just spend company time looking for a new job and leave. And there is another myth, that ...
Got it in one! In fact that came though to a secluded fax during one of the restructurings, mass-sent all around NZ to trusted faxes. I used to keep a collection of these but I think I threw them out as it got beyond a joke.
Just recently TPK (Te Puna Kokiri) had initiated work to track down the recipients of unclaimed Maori batallion medals https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/mo-te-puni-kokiri/our-stories-and-media/returning-unclaimed-war-medals-to-whanau They came on a bit of a ...
Obviously Sanctuary has not been subject to an ill thought out and possibly unnecessary restructuring.....if so are you qualified to give any sort of opinion let alone a sneering dismissive one. Or is this some heavy irony I am not getting?
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