Mitchell's candidacy is like a hideous monster rearing up from our Dirty Politics past. This way of doing politics goes against the grain of the new feeling of hope, transparency and progression we are in now. Also, of concern is the reminder of Mitchell's...
greywarshark. I can't tell you how thrilled I was. I stood back from being actively engaged the last election, apart from having a hoarding up on my fence. The campaign team and all the volunteers were wonderful. It was best to leave it to the pro's. It ...
Yes, it is interesting isn't it? I heard that on 7 Days, when Marama Davidson was the guest for the Yes Minister section.
greywarshark. Wellington City Council.
Hi veutoviper :-) Always the investigator, you :-) To reminisce, it was a fine day that Peter Dunne stood down here in Ohariu. You will be aware that Labour won the seat. In fact, I have a meeting with Greg O Connor next week to discuss our run down town ...
Cinny, sadly where we live there are no leaves, there are no trees. The developer of the suburb we live in cut down all the trees (over 100). What we have instead is clogged drains due to silt run off from erosion. This sediment has washed through a ...
A POLICY of over paying and then sucking back those overpayments pervades the benefit system to - as you note - the great disadvantage of those entirely reliant on that system. THIS TOO needs investigation. As to your points about the info on Winston being...
HA! What a fitting start to a new coalition government, and you may well be right going by Winston's latest utterance: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/98014240/labours-deputy-kelvin-davis-says-all-will-be-revealed-by-thursday-morning I haven't ...
... have a regular commenter called Rosie, please pick another handle, thanks...
The reason that people in this country have such low wages is that taxation is so incredibly high. I lived in Switzerland for nearly 5 years. Plumbers, electricians were paid incredibly well. GST is 7%. The highest rate for tax was 19% for the highest paid...
Appreciate your comments - I too have met people parroting the neo liberal position. What is interesting is that at the same time they wonder wide eyed why their children never leave home, why their grand children cannot get on the housing ladder without ...
You make a number of valid points: green policy not properly represented in media, for nefarious reasons a false dichotomy is being promoted between Green environmental and social justice concerns. But to my mind the important point is this: the spin ...
You make a number of valid points: green policy not properly represented in media, for nefarious reasons a false dichotomy is being promoted between Green environmental and social justice concerns. But to my mind the important point is this: the spin ...
+1 Ethica. I went from a place where I once shared Devo's view to whole heartedly supporting O Connor, even having a massive campaign poster of his on my fence. Why? Because, Big Picture. If Devo had been at the public meeting O Connor hosted to discuss ...
Exactly Keith. My first thoughts too. I'm quite disappointed with this development. Just when we were finally getting somewhere in the conservative, socially regressive electorate we have a new challenge to deal with. This will only serve to divide the ...
Can you name these "services to the state" James? Or is being responsible for overseeing increasing poverty, increasing environmental destruction and an increasing inequality gap now considered a service?
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That's what I was going to say................:-) And with union membership below 20% combined with the fact that a general strike is illegal it would never happen. The things we hope for and fatasise about that come about through a sense of frustration ...
Hopefully the M.O of Hagaman can be unraveled in court this week. Agree, the statement paints a picture of a person who wants to win at all costs, driven by power mania I wonder. He might still he think she's in America where this is the norm, but he's in ...
Are you talking about here in NZ adam?
It will be interesting to see Little's defense. I'm guessing it's going to be solid. And if he wins, the Hagamans hand Little some good publicity. Wouldn't bother with the Herald. it's a roll of loo paer. Haven't read it for 11 years.
They are really ramping up the pity party. They are totally cranking it.
This is a back to front situation. Little's defamation case has begun. Thin skinned Larry Hagman/Earl Hagaman wants a piece of Little because Little quite rightly suggested the Auditor General should investigate the the link between Hagaman's 100K donation...
+1 Grey
Who else can get away with giving only a weeks notice? Still, what a great day it is for anyone in NZ apart from those apparent 36% who prefer him as PM. Wonder if they feel let down or do they, in their strange state of cognitive dissonance think "what a ...
This one's going out to you Rogue Trooper. I wish you had lived to see this day. I know you'd have a song for us. I'm guessing it would have been this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q
Exactly mary. What's National without Key eh?
I am an ex cypfs (in its many incarnations socialworker), Not only did the abuse happen, it was widely suspected AT THE TIME. I myself dropped kids off at boys homes of various ilks and used to be concerned by the uneducated louts (STAFF) whom I had to ...
Thank you. Yes, I saw the news last night. Would have been good if they didn't stand the Green candidate in 2014. Ginny was behind Dunne by only 700+votes and the Green candidate, Tane Woodley, got 2000 + votes. Labour would have won Ohariu in 2014 had The...
I only engaged with Pete on the rarest on occasions. It's not my habit to communicate with people with agendas. I always thought commenters gave away too much of their time and energy going in circles with Pete, and not just Pete either, because we don't ...
Well goodness. I leave the site for a few months because the daily complaint, always first up on Open Mike and always the same was "The New Zealand Herald is terrible". No kidding. And the pro Trump rhetoric by some commenters. These two things drove me ...
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