Despite the ongoing anger many of us feel about Fonterra insisting that domestic consumers MUST pay international prices for home-grown dairy product (is it only 5% of their total sales, something like that?), thus relegating dairy to the status of a ...
We know they're sadists, Phillip, especially those of us who were on the harsh receiving end of their policies. But you must consider there might also be a degree of masochism to them, so they might, in fact, enjoy said self-flagellation.
Well, this current crop don't have any original reckons of their own, so it sort of makes sense to have the original reckoners speak...
Just about all negative statistics in NZ can now be traced back to housing costs (or lack of housing).
I realise that said supporters are completely beyond reasoning with now, but wouldn't it be lovely if they could just stop their grizzling for 5 minutes to appreciate that they're still alive to grizzle?
Until that day when suddenly they're 'not' OK, and find themselves at the mercy of the state system they encouraged. It's hilarious meeting these people- and I've met a fair few over the years. Boy do they suddenly have a change of heart, but no sympathy ...
Um… yeah, I'm well aware of that Alwyn. Being poor doesn't always equal ignorance. I tell you what, you go onto our income and see how quickly your heating rationing kicks in, and get back to us, ok? PS. 11C as I sit here and type, and yeah, I'm cold. But ...
I suppose that one advantage (?) to being poor in NZ, is out of necessity we've been rationing our power use for many years. Nothing new here. Personally, until recently I wouldn't turn on the heater in the lounge until it dropped to 7C. Now that I'm older...
Of an even bigger concern is the damaging effect that this can/will/does have on the general state of democracy. The immediate concern is that even fewer people will vote in local elections, and there's bugger-all buffer there as it is. In the same way ...
Well if you want to class people with disabilities a minority, and many of us have no choice but to be dependent on a benefit to survive, then this government's policy to lessen any benefit increases by returning to indexing to the CPI rather than ...
Well it would be rather embarrassing having to put their donors behind bars, wouldn't it?
Couldn't agree more. Another interesting observation is, try emailing any of the councillors who voted for this, and surprise, surprise, not a peep. Not even the decency to acknowledge receipt of said email. Perhaps the poor dears are feeling overwhelmed ...
The Tories are fucked, fucked, fucked. They really are utterly fucked. God, let's hope so. Especially on behalf of my English friends with disabilities who have been lucky to survive them. No exaggeration.
Brilliant. Nice to have access to Braunias again. No way was I ever going to pay for a Herald subscription.
"And having worked with low income and disabled communities in Aotearoa, I can tell you many of them either cannot afford to drive or are unable to, or barred from driving." Absolutely correct, I'm one of the medically banned, and with intermittant ...
I don't disagree. believe it or not, I agree with cycleways. I just wish I was still able to cycle to make use of them. My point is, a lot of this collateral damage isn't actually necessary. It's possible for cycleways to exist, and not so many people have...
Mickey. It's not necessarily a case of being 'anti-cycleway.' It's the way the whole cycleway system in Wellington has happened/still happening. No common sense by the designers, and total disregard for public submissions right from the start, that only ...
Surely exaggerating said levels?
ACT again: ACT's Simon Court said he was not in Parliament for the money but observed MPs had not had a pay rise since he entered Parliament in 2020. "I think it's really important we keep this in context. I'm willing to accept a pay rise of 2.8 percent. ...
David was very keen for all MPs (not just Ministers) to have their pay reduced at the start of Covid. But only because "Parliament must share the sacrifices the private sector is making." Not the sacrifices of the citizens, heaven forbid. https://www.act....
God that's awful reading.
And just like that- coincidence? https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350259986/nz-politics-live-govt-announces-63b-pharmac-budget
Not just that. Seymour the Minister in charge as well, he with an extremely neo-liberal agenda, and who knows how much 'influence' by big pharma. Things are bad enough already, but between the two of them, we should all be extremely worried where this is ...
More what the expectations of the relevant Ministers are. We may be pleasantly surprised, and something positive and beneficial for all might happen, but look at the players. The benefit to greater society is never on their agenda.
Is it not possible at all to have any sort of discussion on the site without someone incorporating that topic, even when it was never mentioned in the first place??? Jeez, no wonder people are leaving this site in droves. Looks like I'm about to join them.
While Pharmac definitely needs some tweaking done (read: major funding boost), I can't help but be extremely afraid about the future of medication access in New Zealand https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/515385/former-deputy-pm-paula-bennett-appointed-...
To be a Tory politician, one must have, at the very least, sociopathic traits. Be hardwired to feel incapable of empathy or compassion, in order to harm so many citizens and still sleep at night. There is something particularly dangerous about the Tory ...
It's pretty safe to conclude that most of the more recent politicians (ie the ones completely removed from the wartime era) have no interest at all in all things ANZAC, or the plight of veterans. https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-sunday-essay/21-04-2024/lest-we...
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Perhaps, but you know I was referring to Reti, and he still has a current practicing certificate, so I'm not sure what your point is. https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/reti-shane-raymond/
If a registered doctor knowingly participates in the deliberate harm of multiple patients wearing his politicians hat, is that still grounds for being struck off the medical register? https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/12/14/smokefree-health-minister-shane-...
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