Ideally ...yes ..people should intervene. Unfortunately "Community' is not such a strong concept these days with most renters moving basically every year, even home owners don't hang around long, and for those in areas full of emergency housing it becomes ...
The fact that "neither the police nor the Social Development Ministry (MSD) is actively monitoring incidents of crime, violence or family harm in this type of housing, but do encourage people to come forward if they feel at risk.".. would suggest 'We' ,as ...
"One mans boujee tiny house is another mans Trailer Park..."
eh? you are very quick to take offence...which is fair enough when you are clearly going to end up on the wrong side of history...however...I was simply trying to 'sell' the report by possibly down playing Helens role. She is, in fact, while a co-chair, ...
I'm not sure about "so good at vaccines" ..as of today ..India has fully vaccinated only 1.8%-3% of its population ..and it has multiple borders to multiple vulnerable countries...its version of lockdowns were appalling and inequitable ...they almost ...
..indeed...and the Cuba/Iran vaccine of course ...all achieved under a pretty blatant ramping up of US sanctions and embargoes...which is interesting when looked at alongside Bill Gates's statements ..and really just further proof ..if any were needed that...
Maybe Sabine...but then I'm over 50 with vulnerable lungs and am exposed to large numbers of people 6 days a week...and I would still support the idea that we need to vaccinate the 'hot beds' of disease mutations before ourselves. And thats entirely in my ...
Long term variants in mind, it seems as if mutations are the biggest worry...in that regard , and given our world leading reputation for 'kindness', not to mention our own long term self interests....why are we not leading the way and handing over our ...
...rather presumptuous there sanctuary ..I don't actually recall sending you my CV...but that's neither here nor there...you do realise that people can come into power and actually change things ..almost overnight...should they have that clarity of vision ...
...deep breaths Sanctuary, deep breaths...atleast we'll be after you with sharp axes...quick and clean...
(groans inwardly)..yep...back to blaming their coalition partner for the lack of actual progress ..you have to wonder if the disaffected masses will buy into that narrative a second time around...
(in reply to the MICKYSAVAGE piece ..but possibly off topic so I'll dump it here...) "I watched the video and my initial reaction was concern that Jacinda was showing human weakness and frailty in trying to address a very complex issue with compassion. My ...
"the biggest fraud in New Zealand tax history. The penalty needed to be suitably high. The offending involved a high degree of planning and premeditation and only stopped when Bracken became aware it had been detected." and he gets 8 years?... This is a ...
They should have gone with this title for sure...
...you must have replied to the wrong person here RedLogix as this doesn't in anyway address the issue I was following up on... however, I tend to agree with your second point...and in that regard there are a number of slow moving 'genocides' in the world ...
..but why out of hand ..and who do you consider independent? personally I would recommend neither accepting nor rejecting any news source without due diligence take the BBC for starters... https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourbeeb/bbc-is-neither-independent...
Isn't a good part of Chinas high emissions rate a reflection of our twisted system...we have outsourced our production to China specifically for a reason....let them exploit workers and pollute the environment by using coal in our name so we can have cheap...
I never mentioned 'taking sides'...in fact if you could focus you would see I actually made clear reference to the fact it didn't matter what side of the debate the reader was on...."abhorring blog". ?..no...when have I ever said that. I enjoy the rough ...
I avoid the Standard because of this sort of carry on...but today I thought I would give it a tentative read ..and here we go...Gosmans comment is absolutely on point and clear...an entirely valid question in response to BydOnz casual statements... ...
"400 square meters is enough land for at least 3 homes if not more."...does Gossman mean 3 apartments/townhouses? I have no idea how MS comes up with the 'traditional' 400 square meters either... this from a property developers site... "With our section ...
Putting aside Labours free-market neo liberal agenda for the moment...its probably time we start looking into lobbyists in NZ a heck of alot more.. The article below makes an interesting read...though I note alot of the factual information is via ...
I'm not sure which comment Adrian is talking about...and generally its best to let sleeping dogs lie, but this is quite special...Adrians comment is no.10.....Iprent is quite the poet when he sets his mind to it.......a fine example of the hurley burley of...
Indeed. Like you say...The two problems that lead to gang membership here in the hood ...dire lack of affordable, secure housing, and, equaly, wages in the orchards basically at a standstill since the 80's. When we first moved here people who worked on ...
Stuart Nash ..Police Minister, 2019 Banning gang patches in public places will not curb a rise in gang activity and violence in Hawke's Bay, the Police Minister says. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/390755/hawke-s-bay-mayors-gang-patch-ban-rejected-by-...
Yep...go figure...even the 'Business News' sells us the narrative that having all our money, and all our debt, invested in a massive ponzi scheme is somehow a good idea...it would seem they failed their Economic Intelligence test ..we (they) have managed ...
"Housing crisis: Tenants can 'look elsewhere' if landlords hike rents - Robertson" This is from 2 days ago, and I'm sure its been discussed...but I would like to reiterate ..someone who says this is simply not a suitable person to fix the housing crisis. ...
"After the past 12 months should she feel jaded? Having guided us through a global pandemic that has brought many nations to their knees and winning a historic election result what do you think?" I'm not sure that "winning a historic election"..is a valid...
short of repeating myself...you seem to not be understanding the points being made. But sure, if what you take from our comments is...'there isn't anything untoward happening in Xinjiang'..go for it..
...reading Adrian's comment he doesn't seem to be questioning that abuse of Urghurs occurs..it reads to me more like an observation of what we are willing to ignore when it suits our wallet...and how the second our stock exchange and supposed intellectual ...
Well, does this mean our kiwisaver funds are going to be doing extra well till the bombs drop? And given Jacindas choice to 'not know' and not opt for an ethical investment fund...are we having a sort of inverse "Nuclear-Free Moment" "A KiwiSaver fund ...
Who else feels the sudden urge to go make a batch of Afghan Biscuits and have a quiet, slightly depressed, undoubtedly cynical, giggle to themselves..
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