Are You claiming Labour never utilised former PM’s or senior members for political purpose despite them being involved in supposedly non partisan roles?
This is a deep involvement with a particular candidate rather than just general party support.
Maybe previous leaders have a particular issue they were involved with ?
Sign of desperation. Maybe Bidois is the wrong candidate for national in a by election on the Shore and their polling is telling them that
Key is on a few boards of Govt entities is he not ?
Key’s on the board for Air New Zealand, and ANZ Bank…. Maybe he checks his LinkedIn requests in alphabetical order? 😛
Air NZ is majority owned by the Crown but it’s publicly traded, so the obligations on directors are clearly established and no different from any other listed entity.
Neither directorship presents anything even remotely resembling a conflict of interest for Key. If he wants to shill for a candidate, then he’s absolutely entitled to do so.
A little bit like a former All Black endorsing National in and around the time of a general election perhaps ?
Or perhaps not quite as bad ,… this being a by election…
But you must admit,… something stinks,… and if you think Denmark has problems with stenches , – they have nothing to complain about compared to this,… and Key.
So in your mind the fact that Key recently became involved in the NZ side of ANZ means he will be caught up in the Banking inquiry despite not being there for the time being looked at.
How on earth is being Chair of the NZ wing of ANZ Bank a conflict of interest with appearing with Dan Bidios?
Or indeed a conflict of interest with anything that he currently does.
For years Sir Michael Cullen has been Chair of Kiwibank (appointed by National). He chairs the Tax Working Group. No-one has suggested that is a conflict of interest.
The commenters here are letting their antipathy of Sir John Key cloud their judgement. No surprise there.
Yes and I stated he never worked for an Australian retail bank before. He does so now but as his role is new and based in NZ he is unlikely to be pulled in to the inquiry by the Australian government on what Australian Retail banks did in Australia. But if you want to place a wager on it…
Don’t forget that a parallel inquiry is getting under way on the same banks in NZ. So Key while may not have been involved in the period under question, he is there now and will be tainted by association
Link please on the announcement of this parallel inquiry on the Australian banks in NZ.
Who is holding this inquiry given I have not heard the Government of NZ nor the RBNZ announcing they will be conducting any inquiry. The Australian government has no jurisdiction in NZ over financial matters here.
Just a nice stiff letter and a chat from the Reserve Bank with a whole bunch of questions for them to answer, specifically referencing the Australian inquiry findings.
However Sam Stubbs is building the groundswell for a public inquiry – see NZHerald today. Now that would be fun.
Yes but hes only just joined the board ( Jan ) and as Chair of the ANZ NZ subsidiary and later an ordinary member of the main board in Australia
Compare with the board of AMP which was up to its neck in regulatory malfeasance.
He is extremely unlikely to be caught up in any banking inquiry looking at the practice of Australian banks in Australia as a result of his recent appointment.
I shall reword you comment to be more accurate.
Now he is a director of ANZ Bank in New Zealand which is a subsidiary of the Australian Parent company. The operational workings are distinct from the Australian operation. Hint the NZ stands for New Zealand.
“also called “ANZ” in Australia”.
As someone who has accounts with the ANZ in both Australia and New Zealand I am only to aware that that is just about the only thing they have in common.
It is impossible to deal with the Australian bank in New Zealand. It is also impossible to deal with the New Zealand bank in Australia. The fabled Chinese Wall is absolutely impregnable.
Drives me crazy sometimes.
you are obviously not as smart as you thunk you are alwhinge. I have lived in aus and banked with anz in both countries simultaniously, with accounts in both countries . had no probs with the crossover once I pointed out to the lady behind the counter in sydney what the nz in anz stood for.
Amazing.
Please tell me pawlie. Assuming you lived in New Zealand and did not actually have a residential address in Australia how hard was it to persuade them to give you a credit card denominated in Australian dollars that would be paid, by direct debit, from an Australian account each month on due date?
And could the nice lady behind the counter tell you the balance in one of your New Zealand accounts from her Sydney terminal?
@paul Andersen.
I had really hoped you could have taken the time to answer my questions. You obviously find it a very simple matter to arrange these things and I was looking forward to your explanation for what I should do.
But, from you, nothing.
Is it really not as easy as you claim?
The operational workings are distinct from the Australian operation.
Yeah, I think we need an inquiry to ensure that. I’m pretty sure that the culture of criminality in the Australian banks would transfer across. Probably via direct instruction along the lines of: We’re doing it this way so you guys do to. This is a command from your owner.
And how do you know if he never worked for Australian banks even if indirectly?
And don’t feed us that bullshit that he worked as a bloody teller at the front of the bank, either,
But using a shitty ‘ Key – ism’ ,… what we can say is that John Key worked in tandem with Andrew Kreiger in pulling off the greatest FOREX heist in history against none other than the KIWI DOLLAR.
There’s your shitty hero in all his glowing true colours,- a self centered narcissistic , greedy grasping prick who never gave one shit about the economy thus the people of this country.
That’s your hero ‘John Key’ for you.
And the final authority that signed off on an SAS operation that saw the massacre of 6 civilians including a three year girl.
Doesn’t it strike you as rather coincidental that Key collaborated with Kreiger in almost collapsing the NZ economy when a Labour govt was in power? So much so that an official in Michael Cullen’s office called New York and virtually told Kreiger to ‘ get your fucking hands off our economy ‘ ?
Of course you would deny that as well.
Are you that much of a slimebag you cant even admit to that?
I guess not.
Anything to save either your ego , your vested interests or your Americanized worldview..
How odious.
And I don’t have to explain a thing, bud.
That’s why we provide links. I’m not here to hold your hand and wipe your dirty arse for you.
2 / I am not interested in your personal estimations of your own intellectual prowess.
3 / You cannot answer why Douglas left a report to be conveniently ‘discovered’ outlining his plans to float the NZ dollar.
4 / If you’d really like to know, – and have your whole neo liberal premise ( and that of your hero Keys ) exposed I am more than happy to oblige.
5 / The fact that the far right lost its hold during the Clarke years has much to do with it , – including why Key acted in the reckless , narcissistic manner he did with Kreiger against the KIWI at a much later date.
6 / It may be painfully embarrassing for you – and your hero Key , – if I did.
“Just WHY did Roger Douglas demand Rob Muldoon float the dollar “.
Well technically it was David Lange and it was a devaluation not a float.
The fact that you actually have to ask that question astounds me. Are you really so ignorant of international trade and foreign exchange that you have to ask?
For a very simple explanation of what happened in 1984 why don’t you have a look at this. https://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/1989/09/from_run_to_float_the_making_of_the_rogernomics_exchange_rate_policy/
Can I also suggest you get, or borrow from the Library, a simple book on Economics and read it. It isn’t really that hard to understand the basics and you won’t make yourself look so foolish in future.
Well , thank you for making all the others’ look so foolish’ as well …
…. ‘ it was a devaluation not a float ‘…
Which just goes to show that Gosman speaks through a hole in his arse with all his pompous bluster about ‘ knowing all about Forex’….
L0L0L0L !
Thank you.
And no , you are completely wrong, – it was Douglas who ‘accidentally released a statement ‘…
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…’ A key point of the free-market cabal’s programme was to devalue the New Zealand dollar, an extremely sensitive issue. Several weeks before the July 1984 election. Douglas, Labour’s shadow finance minister, “accidentally” released a statement which signaled his intent to devalue.
Since it was a near certainty that Labour, aided by the New Zealand Party’s drawing votes from National , would win, speculators began to dump the New Zealand dollar, planning, post-devaluation, to cash in each dollar of foreign currency for more New Zealand dollars than previously ‘…
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You , my wee dear laddie , ….have fallen straight into the noose unassisted.
Thank you.
And now may I introduce you to the REAL HISTORY of this country and the bogus premises with which the far right seized power,… and far from ME having to go to a library , … I would suggest that YOU save yourself a trip to the library and read this historic yet very up to date historical narrative on New Zealand’s recent political and economic history…
Read it up , you arrogant psuedo intellectual moron. And lets see you come back with an answer to the charges it makes.
I think you will find it more than damning on each and every level that you , and your fellow neo liberal travellor’s have tried to pollute this site, this country’s democracy and this economy for the last 34 years.
Oh ,… and one other thing,… we don’t talk ‘technically’ it was this person or that person when clearly it was one individual. And in this case,.. Roger Douglas.
Lange and Douglas ended up hating each others guts.
And if there is one redeeming quality about Lange it was because HE at least had a conscience.
And , – the whole premise of ‘devaluing ‘ was to be able to float the NZ dollar.
And cash in.
So there’s bugger all similarity’s between the short straws you are trying to draw and the actual reality’s I’m talking about.
…. ‘ And , – the whole premise of ‘devaluing ‘ was to be able to float the NZ dollar’….
Ever wondered where the concept of ‘ Corporate NZ ‘ came from ?
Well , that’s when a company opens itself to be registered and ‘ publicly floated’…ie ;
Instead of being exclusively privately owned , it ‘floats itself’ and opens itself up to public shareholdings. These shareholdings could, depending on the govt’s rules be local or offshore…
And one of the reasons behind Douglas’s drive to devalue was to create an artificial ‘crises’…and in that ‘crises’ would provide strong motivation and incentive to essentially ‘ float ‘ ‘corporate NZ ‘ and its economy by deregulation – particularly of Treasury and the Reserve Bank , – and open it up to private ( usually foreign) investment.
We are registered on the New York Stock Exchange as ‘ Corporate NZ’.
Moving on,… and we have after 34 years , – Australian banks virtually controlling ALL of our finances, dictating our interest rates, and hence our economy and hence our social conditions.- with a large bulk of profits due to foreign interest rates exiting this country , …. now ,… does any of this seem like sovereign New Zealand or in New Zealand’s best interests ?
And yet meanwhile , – free trade agreements which are imbalanced – ie FTA with China,…mean that we are vulnerable to power plays in the Pacific ,… sandwiched as it were between the USA and China , …along with increased pressure from other offshore banking / business interests ie ; Austalia , mean that slowly ( yet rapidly as the process actually was originally … ) we lose all notion of sovereignty barring that in name only.
In effect?
We have been systematically hollowed out as a nation.
Ever wondered why in a land of plenty there is so little to go round?
Here is your answer.
Again I say ,.. read these timely and wise words from an extract from Hugh Price of Hugh Price Publishers.
Hugh Price was a New Zealand Patriot.
Then read it again. Let it sink in.
Do your children and grandchildren a favour, and for Gods sakes fight for them.
… ‘ Thus it was perfectly understandable, indeed predictable, that any election called with some possibility of a devaluation shortly after would cause a run on the dollar. The practice in previous elections had been for the Treasury and the Bank to increase the liquidity of their foreign exchange holdings as the country moved into the final stages of the election. This apparently had been planned for a November 1984 election, but a snap election five months early had not been allowed for. However, given the extent of the run that actually occurred, there may not have been enough official liquidity, even if the officials had anticipated the early election ‘…
Interesting ;
‘Given the extent of the run, there may not have been enough official liquidity , even if the officials had anticipated the early election’….
And yet who caused the snap election ?
None other than Marilyn Waring.
And why ?… by threatening to cross the floor and vote with the opposition in favour of what would become Langes ‘nuclear moment’… have we heard that before recently?
Was Waring involved ?
We cannot say,… but it all seems so coincidental that right at the time that Bob Jones was lining up his ‘NZ party’ to dethrone Rob Muldoon by splitting the National vote, and around the same time Douglas was leaking his ‘devaluation’ papers,..that there was indeed a movement afoot to first ‘devalue’ the dollar, deregulate the financial markets and that, … by definition , … meant the Reserve bank as well as Treasury would have to follow suit ,.. which was exactly what happened.
And Corporate NZ was then up for sale , – often to the lowest bidder.
And why was devaluing and the ensuing deregulation of our financial markets so important to the Riogernomes?… simply because it meant that now the KIWI could be traded and a profit made on it. Massively huge profits.
And that , in effect was the very genesis of out current woes.
Well of course the National collective has doubts about Simon Bridges,… he has not the ‘presence’ to carry it off. Key used smarmyness, Collins uses ‘ brute appeal’.
I would say Bridges will give way to Collins eventually .
Which is not far from the natural order of things.
Key is gone , and that leaves Collins a free path, Bridges will be OK with that because he is a close colleague of Collins. Key will just make an appearance to validate it.
As for the big guns?
That area is Tory country anyways. Though there are signs of even that changing…
There are no ‘ big guns’ happening , – if anything , – more a liability and an opportunity for uncomfortable questions to be asked, such as ‘ why did you really leave , John ,.. was the heat over Operaton Burnham getting too hot?’… and what was that about tax havens , Johnno ?,… ‘was the sale of your home to a Mainland Chinese investor worth it in light of all the homeless in New Zealand, John ‘ Are you enjoying that wealth with a free conscience , John ? ‘…
If anyone who has followed the John Key disaster for the last 9 years will already know… there are rich pickings and much low hanging fruit to be had to gorge on…
Yes; we also remember when in 2007 Minister of Finance Michael Cullen connected Shin-key to the Tranzrail rort – and Key was holding the rail shares but hid them?
Key was also involved as a broker in 1990’s facilitating the sale of NZ Rail Corporation to Fay/Richwhite also.
Key did not sell his Fletcher Challenge Forests shares until June 2003, the same time as he sold his Tranzrail shares. He sold them in four parcels, on the 11th, 12, and 16th of June, for total of around $105,000 [share price]. As Key sold both his Tranzrail and FCF holdings at the same time, it may be that he sold his entire New Zealand share portfolio at this time This matches with his statement on Sunrise that he hasn’t owned any New Zealand shares since 2003. Why he chose to sell then and what other companies he held, we don’t know.
The Australian and NZ Banking sectors are very different beasts. It would serve little to no purpose calling over NZ based executives or Board members (unless they also worked in Australia at some stage). It certainly would make zero sense to have a NZ based board member be questioned about activities that occurred in Australia BEFORE HE WAS EVEN APPOINTED.
And ,… um ,… you are trying to suggest that a former Prime Minister of New Zealand who was all Bro- mates with Australia’s PM and was a major
player in the New York Forex markets is not intimately kept in the loop with what happens across the Tasman’s banking and financial systems …
OKKKKKK…
We have a right one here , Ladies and Gentlemen,…
Introducing Gosman , the new up and coming comedy act that will set New Zealand on the world stage along with the likes of Lorde, Split ENZ, and Crowded House….
Nope,
Prove key is not involved with bit coin?
You obviously have a clear idea of what proof is, so should be no problem for you to produce proof that key is not involved with bitcoin.
I find it interesting that anz didn’t take the opportunity to comment when I asked.
Nah mate , were struggling with the fact a dishonest murderous bastard like Key managed to fleece New Zealanders for 9 years without a whimper from our MSM , – including gullible bastards like you , bud.
Well this is a rather humorous shot out of the blue, – from whence did you spring from all of a sudden ?
Oh well , no matter , … Gosman , James, Yaga, and whatever , all the same to me… you see that’s the problem, … all you far right wing apologists all blur into one after a while, … you really need to learn to diversify a little bit…
Mix it up a bit. Be a little more military about it,… you know ,… spread out when attacking , concentrate forces when defending,… that sort of basic stuff.
But you don’t do that and you become easy meat. And in this case , – the comedians dream material.
So James , Gosman , Yaga or whatever else you care to call yourself at the moment ,,… I wish you a good day and hope you get over your confusion,… I really am perplexed at your sudden and unexplained appearance… and wish you well…
James, you may be correct, your comment caught my interest so, I did an image search online, and nada, the image is only on here according to my image search.
Well , one can only assume its a screenshot designed to send John Key up,… but truly now,… does it really matter when Key sent himself and this country up on an almost weekly basis?
One only has to Google John Oliver to see the evidence.
And why , pray tell would Key do that ?
Was it self mockery and embarrassment that he only achieved being Prime Minister of New Zealand and not Planet Key ?
Planet Key – The Song – The Hits
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Oh shall we try that again , seems to be a problem with the censorship… an ongoing problem with the John Key administration in censoring anything disagreeable to their liking , it seems…
Banned Planet Key music video – YouTube
Video for planet key song▶ 4:10
Lolz forgot about the bitcoin; I have seen the PM that quit in a dodgy looking get rich quick scheme before (not bitcoin).
Wouldn’t have surprised me if the nats had whipped out key to try and push their Northcote candidate, that’s the funny/crazy thing, it’s easily believable.
So Truck Stop Paula doesnt have enough star power ?
Looks Strategy A was to downplay the by-election which is usually done if you sure you will win and dont want to other sides voters to even be aware an election is on.
Now they are onto Strategy B, which is to get publicity for their candidate and tell all their own voters , wake up there is an election on.
Expect an announcement about roads and bridges next !!! ( the only time Soimum will be mentioned) hahahaha
Especially when he saw the Donald didn’t give a crap about this no namer pony tail puller from where?… Nu Zaland??? What a creep ! Can we bomb that place???
And caused the National party to lose magnificently. Left Boring Dipping Bill in charge and didn’t give a shit. A bit like hes always been.
Oh damn. He is a fine man in the true National mould(y).
It would be a mistake to look beyond this man’s excellence which has been recounted in these historic lines.
(Simon) had a pair of boots with great big spurs
on;.
A fighting pair of which he was particularly fond.
On Tuesday and on Friday, just to make the street
look tidy,
He’d collect the passing villagers and kick them in
the pond…..
but, those villagers got out of the swamp…
(Simon) went a journey and he found a lot of
duckweed.
They pulled him out and dried him and they
blipped him on the head.
They took him by the breeches and they hurled
him into ditches
And they pushed him under waterfalls and this
is what they said:
“You are Si.. — don’t laugh,
You are Si.. — don’t cry;
You are Si.. as bold as a lion —
(Simon) the Lion, goodbye!”
Good Grief – Key has been gone for well over 12 months and still the mad frothing from certain commenters bit like Helen is to those on the other side ..red rag to a bull..
Anyhoo after looking at the candidates in Northcote if it was my electorate i’d be voting for the green candidate rather than the muppets the red or blue team have put up.
Nah , time means nothing when it comes to justice and with Key , – there’s unfinished business.
You wouldn’t deny Arthur Allan Thomas or Teina Pora justice would you despite the fact that they are ‘historic cases’… and there’s a whole range of issues surrounding Key that needs the spotlight shined fully on him.
And for him to turn up and show his face endorsing the very party that he dumped unceremoniously and left to lose an election smacks of a man who never gave a shit about the people of this country anyway, – yet deems he is sufficiently safe in hiding behind some sort of ‘statesman’ like facade.
Well hes not even that , – and many among us view him as a cheap conman.
Worse still , culpable in the murder of a 6 year old girl in Afghanistan .
Oh no no no , little friend, I call the game plan, not you,… and , I know you are chaffing at the bit for more , but be patient small grasshopper…all will be revealed in time…
Now ,.. back to John Key ,… the pony tail man….
Just what was it that he saw in Obama that made him so fawning ..?
Was it the superior height and Keys small man syndrome ?
Or was it the recognition of the almost insignificance of Keys role in the 5 eyes arrangement ?
“Francoist Spain (Spanish: España franquista) or the Franco regime (Spanish: Régimen de Franco) is the period of Spanish history between 1939, when Francisco Franco took control of Spain after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain
Natz must really be on the skids for it to roll the creepy, slimy one out once more to save its burnt bacon! Amazing what desperation can lead to at times.
After all ,.. they did try the almost deceased Richard Prebble ( at least his political career can be described as such … ) in rolling him out on commenting on rail ,… or in his words… ‘trams’… the other day…
So why not the shower pissing wonder and obligate narcissist John Key ?
As the old adage says … ‘ If the cap fits,… wear it’….
nationals were totally unprepared for defeat. everybody kept their thoughts to themselves, held their cards close to their chest and let the media do its little dance thinking that was enough.
nah.
the people had enough of nationals ramshhackle venal attitude to everything.
sure they made little booms here and there but the ultimate cost is enormous.
the media here is timid, unlearned, ignorant and devoted to their jobs first and foremost because that is the way the world rolls.
the cost of repairing nationals mistakes is going to exhaust any government but one thing for sure is that another ring in like john key and his style of government should never be repeated.
his job was to loot the treasury and he did so successfully.
lets hope his policies have not brought the country to its knees.
a lot of shit is about to come down the pike as they say and we have to be ready and alert to change.
and that means no wasting money on absurd ideological experiments and reminding the population that new zealand is not some completely infantilised episode out of a reality t.v. show.
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Lynn and I have just returned from a news conference where Hipkins, fresh from visiting a relief centre in Mangere, was repeatedly challenged to justify the extension of subsidies to create more climate emissions when the effects of climate change had just proved so disastrous. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The ...
Lynn and I have just returned from a news conference where Hipkins, fresh from visiting a relief centre in Mangere, was repeatedly challenged to justify the extension of subsidies to create more climate emissions when the effects of climate change had just proved so disastrous. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The ...
A new Prime Minister, a revitalised Cabinet, and possibly revised priorities – but is the political and, importantly, economic landscape much different? Certainly some within the news media were excited by the changes which Chris Hipkins announced yesterday or – before the announcement – by the prospect of changes in ...
Currently the government's strategy for reducing transport emissions hinges on boosting vehicle fuel-efficiency, via the clean car standard and clean car discount, and some improvements to public transport. The former has been hugely successful, and has clearly set us on the right path, but its also not enough, and will ...
Buzz from the Beehive Before he announced his Cabinet yesterday, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced he would be flying to Australia next week to meet that country’s Prime Minister. And before Kieran McAnulty had time to say “Three Waters” after his promotion to the Local Government portfolio, he was dishing ...
The quarterly labour market statistics were released this morning, showing that unemployment has risen slightly to 3.4%. There are now 99,000 people unemployed - 24,000 fewer than when Labour took office. So, I guess the Reserve Bank's plan to throw people out of work to stop wage rises "inflation", and ...
Another night of heavy rain, flooding, damage to homes, and people worried about where the hell all this water is going to go as we enter day twenty two of rain this year.Honestly if the government can’t sell Three Waters on the back of what has happened with storm water ...
* Dr Bryce Edwards writes – Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continues to be the new broom in Government, re-setting his Government away from its problem areas in his Cabinet reshuffle yesterday, and trying to convince voters that Labour is focused on “bread and butter” issues. The ministers responsible for unpopular ...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continues to be the new broom in Government, re-setting his Government away from its problem areas in his Cabinet reshuffle yesterday, and trying to convince voters that Labour is focused on “bread and butter” issues. The ministers responsible for unpopular reforms in water and DHB centralisation ...
Hi,It’s weird to me that in 2023 we still have people falling for multi-level marketing schemes (MLMs for short). There are Netflix documentaries about them, countless articles, and last year we did an Armchaired and Dangerous episode on them.Then you check a ticketing website like EventBrite and see this shit ...
Nanaia Mahuta fell the furthest in the Cabinet reshuffle. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: PM Chris Hipkins unveiled a Cabinet this afternoon he hopes will show wavering voters that a refreshed Labour Government is focused on ‘bread and butter cost of living’ issues, rather than the unpopular, unwieldy and massively centralising ...
Nanaia Mahuta fell the furthest in the Cabinet reshuffle. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: PM Chris Hipkins unveiled a Cabinet this afternoon he hopes will show wavering voters that a refreshed Labour Government is focused on ‘bread and butter cost of living’ issues, rather than the unpopular, unwieldy and massively centralising ...
Shortly, the absolute state of Wayne Brown. But before that, something I wrote four years ago for the council’s own media machine. It was a day-in-the-life profile of their many and varied and quite possibly unnoticed vital services. We went all over Auckland in 48 hours for the story, the ...
Completed reads for January Lilith, by George MacDonald The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (poem), by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel (poem), by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, by Anonymous The Lay of Kraka (poem), by Anonymous 1066 and All That, by W.C. Sellar and R.J. ...
Pity the poor Brits. They just can’t catch a break. After years of reporting of lying Boris Johnson, a change to a less colourful PM in Rishi Sunak has resulted in a smooth media pivot to an end-of-empire narrative. The New York Times, no less, amplifies suggestions that Blighty ...
On that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth.Genesis 6:11-12THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS that dumped a record-breaking amount of rain on Auckland this anniversary weekend will reoccur with ever-increasing frequency. The planet’s atmosphere is ...
Buzz from the Beehive There has been plenty to keep the relevant Ministers busy in flood-stricken Auckland over the past day or two. But New Zealand, last time we looked, extends north of Auckland into Northland and south of the Bombay Hills all the way to the bottom of the ...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters When early settlers came to the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers before the California Gold Rush, Indigenous people warned them that the Sacramento Valley could become an inland sea when great winter rains came. The storytellers described water filling the ...
Wayne Brown managed a smile when meeting with Remuera residents, but he was grumpy about having to deal with “media drongos”. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: In my pick of the news links found in my rounds since 4am for paying subscribers below the paywall:Wayne Brown moans about the media and ...
Wayne Brown managed a smile when meeting with Remuera residents, but he was grumpy about having to deal with “media drongos”. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: In my pick of the news links found in my rounds since 4am for paying subscribers below the paywall:Wayne Brown moans about the media and ...
Dr Bryce Edwards writes – Last night’s opinion polls answered the big question of whether a switch of prime minister would really be a gamechanger for election year. The 1News and Newshub polls released at 6pm gave the same response: the shift from Jacinda Ardern to Chris Hipkins ...
Hipkins’ aim this year will be to present a ‘low target’ for those seeking to attack Labour’s policies and spending. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: Anyone dealing with Government departments and councils who wants some sort of big or long-term decision out of officials or politicians this year should brace for ...
Hipkins’ aim this year will be to present a ‘low target’ for those seeking to attack Labour’s policies and spending. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: Anyone dealing with Government departments and councils who wants some sort of big or long-term decision out of officials or politicians this year should brace for ...
Last night’s opinion polls answered the big question of whether a switch of prime minister would really be a gamechanger for election year. The 1News and Newshub polls released at 6pm gave the same response: the shift from Jacinda Ardern to Chris Hipkins has changed everything, and Labour is back ...
Over the last few years, it’s seemed like city after city around the world has become subject to extreme flooding events that have been made worse by impacts from climate change. We’ve highlighted many of them in our Weekly Roundup series. Sadly, over the last few days it’s been Auckland’s ...
And so the first month of the year draws to a close. It rained in Auckland on 21 out of the 31 days in January. Feels like summer never really happened this year. It’s actually hard to believe there were 10 days that it didn’t rain. Was it any better where ...
A ‘small target’ strategy is not going to cut it anymore if National want to win the upcoming election. The game has changed and the game plan needs to change as well. Jacinda Ardern’s abrupt departure from the 9th floor has the potential to derail what looked to be an ...
When Grant Robertson talks about how the economy might change post-covid, one of the things he talks about is what he calls an unsung but interesting white paper on science. “It’s really important,” he says. The Minister in charge of the White Paper — Te Ara Paerangi, Future Pathways ...
The clean up has begun but more rain is on the way. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: Auckland’s floods over the last three days are turning into a macroeconomic event, with losses from Aotearoa’s biggest-ever climate event estimated at around $500 million and Auckland’s schools all closed for a week until ...
The clean up has begun but more rain is on the way. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: Auckland’s floods over the last three days are turning into a macroeconomic event, with losses from Aotearoa’s biggest-ever climate event estimated at around $500 million and Auckland’s schools all closed for a week until ...
The news media were at one ceremony by the looks of things. The Governor-General, the Prime Minister and his deputy were at another. The news media were at a swearing-in ceremony. The country’s leaders were at an appointment ceremony. The New Zealand Gazette record of what transpired says: Appointment of ...
I n some alternative universe, Auckland mayor Efeso Collins readily grasped the scale of Friday’s deluge, and quickly made the emergency declaration that enabled central government to immediately throw its resources behind the rescue and remediation effort. As Friday evening became night, Mayor Collins seemed to be everywhere: talking with ...
They called it an “atmospheric river”, the weather bombardment which hit NZ’s northern region at the weekend. It exacted a terrible toll on metropolitan Auckland and the rest of the region. Few living there may have noted a statement from electricity generator Mercury Energy labelled “WET, WET, WET!” This was ...
I know, that is a pretty corny title but given the circumstances here in the Auckland region, I just had to say it. The more oblique reference embedded in the title is to the leadership failures exhibited by Mayor Wayne Brown and his so-called leadership team when confronted by the ...
How much confidence should the public have in authorities managing natural disasters? Not much, judging by the farcical way in which the civil defence emergence in Auckland has played out. The way authorities dealt with Auckland’s extreme weather on Friday illustrated how hit-and-miss our civil defence emergency system is. In ...
TLDR: Here’s the key news links and useful longer reads I’ve spotted since 4 am this morning, including:calls for a more ‘spongey’ urban infrastructure after Auckland’s floods;demands for an inquiry into Auckland Council’s communications failure;the latest on Chris Hipkins’ plans for Three Waters; inside the PR trainwreck that is Wayne ...
TLDR: Here’s the key news links and useful longer reads I’ve spotted since 4 am this morning, including:calls for a more ‘spongey’ urban infrastructure after Auckland’s floods;demands for an inquiry into Auckland Council’s communications failure;the latest on Chris Hipkins’ plans for Three Waters; inside the PR trainwreck that is Wayne ...
Mayor Wayne Brown, under fire for his communication failures, quietly visited the scene of the fatal Remuera slip on Sunday, with his staff taking photos for social media updates. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesTLDR: The cleanup and the post-mortem have begun, even though the rain just keeps falling in Auckland after ...
We’ve just announced a massive infrastructure investment to kick-start new housing developments across New Zealand. Through our Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, we’re making sure that critical infrastructure - like pipes, roads and wastewater connections - is in place, so thousands more homes can be built. ...
The Green Party is joining more than 20 community organisations to call for an immediate rent freeze in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, after reports of landlords intending to hike rents after flooding. ...
When Chris Hipkins took on the job of Prime Minister, he said bread and butter issues like the cost of living would be the Government’s top priority – and this week, we’ve set out extra support for families and businesses. ...
The Green Party is calling on the Government to provide direct support to low-income households and to stop subsidising fossil fuels during a climate crisis. ...
The tools exist to help families with surging costs – and as costs continue to rise it is more urgent than ever that we use them, the Green Party says. ...
Over $10 million infrastructure funding to unlock housing in Whangārei The purchase of a 3.279 hectare site in Kerikeri to enable 56 new homes Northland becomes eligible for $100 million scheme for affordable rentals Multiple Northland communities will benefit from multiple Government housing investments, delivering thousands of new homes for ...
A memorial event at a key battle site in the New Zealand land wars is an important event to mark the progress in relations between Māori and the Crown as we head towards Waitangi Day, Minister for Te Arawhiti Kelvin Davis said. The Battle of Ohaeawai in June 1845 saw ...
More Police officers are being deployed to the frontline with the graduation of 54 new constables from the Royal New Zealand Police College today. The graduation ceremony for Recruit Wing 362 at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua was the first official event for Stuart Nash since his reappointment as Police ...
The Government is unlocking an additional $700,000 in support for regions that have been badly hit by the recent flooding and storm damage in the upper North Island. “We’re supporting the response and recovery of Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Northland, and Bay of Plenty regions, through activating Enhanced Taskforce Green to ...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has welcomed the announcement that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, will visit New Zealand this month. “Princess Anne is travelling to Aotearoa at the request of the NZ Army’s Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, of which she is Colonel in Chief, to ...
A new Government and industry strategy launched today has its sights on growing the value of New Zealand’s horticultural production to $12 billion by 2035, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said. “Our food and fibre exports are vital to New Zealand’s economic security. We’re focussed on long-term strategies that build on ...
25 cents per litre petrol excise duty cut extended to 30 June 2023 – reducing an average 60 litre tank of petrol by $17.25 Road User Charge discount will be re-introduced and continue through until 30 June Half price public transport fares extended to the end of June 2023 saving ...
The strong economy has attracted more people into the workforce, with a record number of New Zealanders in paid work and wages rising to help with cost of living pressures. “The Government’s economic plan is delivering on more better-paid jobs, growing wages and creating more opportunities for more New Zealanders,” ...
The Government is providing a further $1 million to the Mayoral Relief Fund to help communities in Auckland following flooding, Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty announced today. “Cabinet today agreed that, given the severity of the event, a further $1 million contribution be made. Cabinet wishes to be proactive ...
The new Cabinet will be focused on core bread and butter issues like the cost of living, education, health, housing and keeping communities and businesses safe, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced. “We need a greater focus on what’s in front of New Zealanders right now. The new Cabinet line ...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next week for an in person meeting with Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. “The trans-Tasman relationship is New Zealand’s closest and most important, and it was crucial to me that my first overseas trip as Prime Minister was to Australia,” Chris Hipkins ...
The Government is providing establishment funding of $100,000 to the Mayoral Relief Fund to help communities in Auckland following flooding, Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty announced. “We moved quickly to make available this funding to support Aucklanders while the full extent of the damage is being assessed,” Kieran McAnulty ...
As the Mayor of Auckland has announced a state of emergency, the Government, through NEMA, is able to step up support for those affected by flooding in Auckland. “I’d urge people to follow the advice of authorities and check Auckland Emergency Management for the latest information. As always, the Government ...
Ka papā te whatitiri, Hikohiko ana te uira, wāhi rua mai ana rā runga mai o Huruiki maunga Kua hinga te māreikura o te Nota, a Titewhai Harawira Nā reira, e te kahurangi, takoto, e moe Ka mōwai koa a Whakapara, kua uhia te Tai Tokerau e te kapua pōuri ...
Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Social Development and Employment, has activated Enhanced Taskforce Green (ETFG) in response to flooding and damaged caused by Cyclone Hale in the Tairāwhiti region. Up to $500,000 will be made available to employ job seekers to support the clean-up. We are still investigating whether other parts ...
The 2023 General Election will be held on Saturday 14 October 2023, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “Announcing the election date early in the year provides New Zealanders with certainty and has become the practice of this Government and the previous one, and I believe is best practice,” Jacinda ...
Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. Her resignation will take effect on the appointment of a new Prime Minister. A caucus vote to elect a new Party Leader will occur in 3 days’ time on Sunday the 22nd of ...
The Government is maintaining its strong trade focus in 2023 with Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor visiting Europe this week to discuss the role of agricultural trade in climate change and food security, WTO reform and New Zealand agricultural innovation. Damien O’Connor will travel tomorrow to Switzerland to attend the ...
The Government has extended its medium-scale classification of Cyclone Hale to the Wairarapa after assessing storm damage to the eastern coastline of the region. “We’re making up to $80,000 available to the East Coast Rural Support Trust to help farmers and growers recover from the significant damage in the region,” ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Enshrining a constitutional Voice to parliament will bring better practical outcomes and give the best chance for Closing the Gap, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will say in a major address on the referendum on Sunday. ...
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ News Te Ao Māori journalist at Waitangi, and Russell Palmer, digital political journalist Iwi leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand have accused opposition parties National and ACT of “fanning the flames of racism”, urging the prime minister to be brave and not walk away from partnership on Three ...
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Higher Education Minister Don Polye has condemned a decision by the administration of the University of Papua New Guinea to treat a PNG-born and bred grade 12 school leaver as an “international” student. Roselyn Alog, 19, whose parents are Filipinos, was born and raised ...
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s former Elections Supervisor Mohammed Saneem is under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption agency for alleged abuse of office and has been stopped from fleeing the country. The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) said Saneem was alleged to have “on numerous occasions . . . unlawfully authorised payments of ...
Labour's position has alternated over the past few days: first Prime Minister Chris Hipkins would speak, then he wouldn't, and then he would again. ...
Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are announcing a transformative defence and foreign affairs policy which asserts the Mana Māori Motuhake and Tino Rangatiratanga of tangata whenua in Aotearoa at their Party’s ...
The Prime Minister will no longer speak at Waitangi commemorations after the organising trust moved the political leaders to a panel away from the main event The Waitangi National Trust wrote to political parties last month saying they didn’t want political leaders to speak at the pōwhiri held on the eve ...
The Prime Minister once again has a speaking slot at the pōwhiri in Waitangi after earlier on Saturday saying he would respect the wishes of the trust organisers by not doing so The Waitangi National Trust has given the green light for Chris Hipkins and other political leaders to speak ...
It’s been exactly a decade since Seven Sharp first appeared on our screens. Remember the first episode? We’ve unearthed the tapes. On this day in 2013, a bombshell was thrown into the New Zealand television landscape. “Time for us to make way, because you’re here to see what everyone’s talking ...
MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris has fronted endless media requests and live crosses this week. Is he getting it right? Lewis Ferris is trying to find his weather map. “This week’s been so insane” he mutters as he closes multiple tabs on the three screens across his Wellington desk. He’s ...
After four years, executive director Max Tweedie has stepped down from Auckland Pride. He tells Sam Brooks about shepherding the festival through a tumultuous few years, and where he’s going from here.This year’s Auckland Pride Festival is set to be the biggest one yet. Over the course of more ...
A flailing mayor was only the public face of a multifaceted flooding communications failure. Duncan Greive examines the mess, and asks what can be done to improve it.It’s a chilling timeline. Stuff’s Kelly Dennett catalogued, beat-by-beat, the 12 hours in which Auckland was pummelled by a catastrophic deluge, interspersing ...
The Dunedin branch of the Green Party has selected Francisco Hernandez as its candidate for the Dunedin electorate in this year’s general election. Francisco Hernandez was the Otago University Students Association President in 2013. He has held a number ...
Waitangi organisers are trying to push political leaders to the side at Sunday's pōwhiri, but Labour's deputy leader says it's not for them to decide who speaks. Te Tai Tokerau MP and Labour’s deputy leader, Kelvin Davis, says the Prime Minister will speak at Sunday’s pōwhiri at Waitangi, in defiance of local ...
Every weekday, The Detail makes sense of the big news stories. This week, we spoke to an aid worker who had made the trip to the war zone in Ukraine, looked at why Carmel Sepuloni was picked to be the new deputy prime minister, visited the flood-torn streets of Titirangi in West ...
Schools play an integral but often unrecognised and unacknowledged role in helping communities respond to and recover from disastersOpinion: Schools in Auckland and other flood-affected areas are about to re-open after a delayed start to the new school year. Students will return to school having experienced wide-ranging impacts. While some ...
A very short story for Waitangi weekend The pā is a lonely place nowadays. Gorse has marched on it like the British troops of old, consuming the hills and leaving the marae looking a bald patch on the head of the earth mother herself. Even the roads have worn thin, ...
This is The Detail's Long Read - one in-depth story read by us every weekend. This week, it's The School Away From School written by Bill Morris and published in NZ Geographic's January/February 2023 issue. You can find the entire article, with photos from Lottie Hedley, on the NZ Geographic website. One hundred years since its ...
COMMENTARY:By Kayt Davies in Perth I wasn’t good at French in my final year of high school. My classmates had five years of language studies behind them. I had three. As a result of my woeful grip on the language, I wrote a terribly bad essay in my final ...
RNZ Pacific Journalist Victor Mambor, who is the chief editor of the West Papuan newspaper and websiteJubi, has received the Oktovianus Pogau Award from the Indonesian-based Pantau Foundation for courage in journalism. The foundation’s Andreas Harsono said Mambor’s decision to return to his father’s homeland and defend the rights ...
RNZ News Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is brushing off concerns a temporary rent freeze in flood-hit Auckland would just see landlords hike rents even more when the controls were lifted — arguing they should stay permanently. More than 20 organisations have signed a letter urging Minister for Auckland Michael ...
Iwi leaders have accused National and ACT of "fanning the flames of racism", urging the prime minister to be brave and not walk away from partnership on three waters. ...
About this time last week it had become apparent that Auckland was in for a bit more than just a wet Friday. While the state of emergency remains in place for another seven days, it appears the worst should now be behind us. Last night, Niwa shared a fascinating thread ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra ShutterstockIndigenous Australians are respectfully advised that the following includes the names and images of some people who are now deceased. The Reserve Bank of Australia ...
The government has confirmed the money will be spent in Northland, including unlocking greenfields land and transport upgrades like a new bridge in Kamo. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that sometime between August and November this year, the Australian people will go to a referendum for the first time since 1999. We’ll be asked whether we support ...
Viewers across the United States were today shown a slice of New Zealand, with a reporter for Good Morning America broadcasting live from Rotorua. Robin Roberts, a co-anchor for the popular morning TV show, has been touring the country this week. During her visit to Rotorua’s Te Puia centre, she ...
They can be environmentally unsound and are a symbol used to shame millennials, but everyone still loves an avo. I love avocados, always have, always will. The buttery golden-green flesh from a perfectly ripe avocado is a culinary blessing. Today I’d love to simply wax poetic about twisting open a ...
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press, $50) The beautiful ...
A new poem by Robin Peace. To the kahikatea I see from my bed Thinking inside the square, the ellipse, the round of what life is, I only see the trees. Not only as if that were the only thing I see, but only as if the tree matters more. ...
A week ago, Elton John’s first Auckland show was called off at the last minute. What was it like getting there, being there, and trying to return home afterwards?Elton John has long been a blessing for our ears, but in recent years his Auckland shows have been cursed. His ...
For Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, sorry seems to be the hardest word to say The mayoral chains must have been heavy this week for Auckland’s Wayne Brown, as his response to last week’s flood garnered its own veritable torrent of scandals and media scrutiny. Almost exactly one week on from ...
For Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, sorry seems to be the hardest word to say The mayoral chains must have been heavy this week for Auckland’s Wayne Brown, as his response to last week’s flood garnered its own veritable torrent of scandals and media scrutiny. Almost exactly one week on from ...
Ours Not Mines is cautiously excited about reporting that the Government is drafting legislation to ban new mines on conservation land. The anti-mining group's spokesperson, Morgan Donoghue says: "The Government has been promising us some action for ...
People who enjoy the outdoors for recreation, fishing and hunting will lose rights under the Natural and Built Environments Bill. Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan says the proposed replacement for the Resource Management ...
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has conceded he “dropped the ball” during last Friday’s major flooding event. The state of emergency in the super city has today been extended for a further seven days, though Brown said he expects it will be lifted early. After a week of defensiveness over his ...
As the reality TV juggernaut returns for a new season, Tara Ward steps into the minds of the show’s relationship experts to assess the compatibility of this year’s brides and grooms. Married at First Sight: Australia returns on Monday night, and by season ten, you’d think the show’s relationship experts ...
Auckland’s state of emergency is expected to be extended for another seven days, according to the Herald. It was due to expire overnight after being declared a week ago, the day of the worst flooding in the super city. While weather conditions have improved, the city is continuing to experience ...
Proposed pay equity claim settlements for school librarians and science technicians have been reached between the Ministry of Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa, Secretary for Education, Iona Holsted and NZEI Te Riu Roa president, Mark Potter, announced ...
Members of NZEI Te Riu Roa negotiating on behalf of school librarians, library assistants and science technicians are excited to announce that proposed pay equity settlements are ready to be voted on by their colleagues. They include pay increases of up to ...
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is calling for Michael Wood, the Minister of Transport, and now Auckland, to cancel the light rail project immediately. Auckland Light Rail was never going to happen, as our group has repeatedly said dozens of ...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been asked to intervene following confirmation today that the Government plans to implement a ban on all extractive sector activities on the conservation estate. Wayne Scott, CEO of the Aggregate and Quarry Association, ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The heated (and often confused) debate about “co-governance” in Aotearoa New Zealand inevitably leads back to its source, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. But, as its long-contested meanings demonstrate, very little ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University Jodie Hutchinson/Red StitchReview: Wittenoom, directed by Susie Dee, Red Stitch Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty, desolate … and contaminated. Wittenoom ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Bown, Postdoctoral fellow, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The past few years have seen an explosion in applications of artificial intelligence to creative fields. A new generation of image and text generators is delivering impressiveresults. Now AI has also found ...
New Zealand’s egg shortage is hitting cruise ships too – forcing the crew of one vessel to hatch a poaching plan. This story was first published on Stuff. On the hunt for eggs, a crew from a luxury cruise ship got cracking and hatched a cunning plan. Earlier this week, Stuff ...
Now demolished, the First Church of Christ Scientist was a masterclass of architectural imagination. Kate Linzey visits the site on which it once stood, to learn more. The object is delicate and small. Small enough to sit in the palm of my hand and weighing less than 300 grams. It ...
When your food parcel arrives before the emergency alert, you know something’s not working properly.This is an excerpt from our weekly food newsletter, The Boil Up. I’ve spent the last week desperately and at times fruitlessly attempting to drain and then sweep my whānau home of knee-deep water, pull up ...
Drongo-gate continues for another day with the Herald reporting that Auckland’s mayor has been caught out using the slang term for a second time. It comes this time from a former minor mayoral candidate, Mike Kampkes, who said he received a message from Brown in response to a media release ...
How does Aotearoa stop relying so heavily on agriculture to prop up our economy? Online tax and accounting service Hnry just raised $35m to grow its software on-demand service across the globe. Bernard Hickey talks with AirTree partner Jackie Vullinghs about how venture capitalists are funding Aotearoa’s fastest growing, least-polluting ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Guastella, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock With childcare and schools starting the new year, parents might be anxiously wondering how their child will adapt in a new ...
I am delighted to announce the appointment of John Price ONZM as the new Director Civil Defence Emergency Management and Deputy Chief Executive Emergency Management for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). John has been a member of the ...
Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki are calling on the new Prime Minister and new Minister of Conservation Willow Jean Prime to immediately implement the 2017 promise to ban new mining activity on conservation lands. “ The mining industry group Straterra ...
How does Aotearoa stop relying so heavily on agriculture to prop up our economy? Online tax and accounting service Hnry just raised $35m to grow its software on-demand service across the globe. In the latest episode of When the Facts Change, Bernard Hickey talks with AirTree partner Jackie Vullinghs about how ...
There’s a fear that highlighting menopause will undermine women, especially at work. But what have centuries of secrecy achieved for us? Are you sick of hearing about menopause? Kim Hill is. The living legend of Aotearoa broadcasting told actor Robyn Malcolm (also a legend) on her Saturday Morning show on RNZ ...
Dunedin city council has reached an agreement to save Foulden Maar from commercial mining. The maar is the site of a crater lake from 23 million years ago with the diatomite of the lake preserving fossils and a climate record covering 100,000 years from that period. It is fantastic news for Otago University ...
Some are speculating whether the Auckland Mayor's leadership is circling the drain. James Elliott hopes they're right. There’s never been a week quite like it. It was the week when the rains came. All of them. Even the rain from Spain that was supposed to fall mainly on the plain, came. ...
The Bus and Coach Association supports the Government’s decision to continue half-price fares on public transport services. The fare reduction was set to expire on 31 March 2023, but will now continue to 30 June 2023. “Half-price fares have cost ten-times ...
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Conflict of interest methinks. Key is on a few boards of Govt entities is he not ?
Oh, but of course, Cof I has never been a prob for John boy, eh.
Are You claiming Labour never utilised former PM’s or senior members for political purpose despite them being involved in supposedly non partisan roles?
I’m sure you can link to screeds of tories bleating about it if they did. Actually, even if they didn’t but the tories just said they did.
“…Are You claiming Labour never utilised former PM’s…”
No, he is just positing a question as is his democratic right. Why do you hate democracy, Gosman?
This is a deep involvement with a particular candidate rather than just general party support.
Maybe previous leaders have a particular issue they were involved with ?
Sign of desperation. Maybe Bidois is the wrong candidate for national in a by election on the Shore and their polling is telling them that
Twas not a question in the first sentence. Was an opinion.
Fishy smell is back as Shonkey enters the picture again.
Smells like “the cup of tea” with ACT saga eh?
Crooked = National
“Key is on a few boards of Govt entities “.
Well no, actually.
What are facts between friends though?
Key is on a few boards of Govt entities is he not ?
Key’s on the board for Air New Zealand, and ANZ Bank…. Maybe he checks his LinkedIn requests in alphabetical order? 😛
Air NZ is majority owned by the Crown but it’s publicly traded, so the obligations on directors are clearly established and no different from any other listed entity.
Neither directorship presents anything even remotely resembling a conflict of interest for Key. If he wants to shill for a candidate, then he’s absolutely entitled to do so.
A little bit like a former All Black endorsing National in and around the time of a general election perhaps ?
Or perhaps not quite as bad ,… this being a by election…
But you must admit,… something stinks,… and if you think Denmark has problems with stenches , – they have nothing to complain about compared to this,… and Key.
A little bit like a former All Black endorsing National in and around the time of a general election perhaps ?
If you think Ritchie’s endorsement swayed anyone, you probably also think Robyn Malcolm was instrumental in keeping the Greens above 5%.
Denmark has problems with stenches , – they have nothing to complain about compared to this,… and Key.
I’m pretty certain John Key didn’t murder Helen Clark.
They may as well use Key now before he’s properly damaged by the Australian banking inquiry.
At least when Labour have brought out their star power in this election, they used their existing leader.
You really are a Muppet. Key never worked in retail banking and certainly never for Australian banks
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11934188
“Sir John Key joins ANZ bank as chairman”.
A conflict of interest i thought even National could see?
However it is obvious that he has been working for the banks all along.
So in your mind the fact that Key recently became involved in the NZ side of ANZ means he will be caught up in the Banking inquiry despite not being there for the time being looked at.
Not what i said.
The concern is the too close a relationship between NZ politicians, and private businesses they are later getting jobs with.
How on earth is being Chair of the NZ wing of ANZ Bank a conflict of interest with appearing with Dan Bidios?
Or indeed a conflict of interest with anything that he currently does.
For years Sir Michael Cullen has been Chair of Kiwibank (appointed by National). He chairs the Tax Working Group. No-one has suggested that is a conflict of interest.
The commenters here are letting their antipathy of Sir John Key cloud their judgement. No surprise there.
Kiwibank is not a private company.
And. Cullen is actually competent enough to get the job on his own merits.
Of course a National MP does not see any conflict of interest. It would prevent too many of them from jumping on their, after politics, gravy train.
Antipathy ?
Of john key?
He is no ‘sir’
We don’t reward treasonists with the title ‘Sir’.
Key worked for Elders Finance up until 1988, Aussie owned bank.
Now he is a director of ANZ Bank. Hint the A stands for Australia.
Elders was not a retail bank
But it was an Australian Bank. As is ANZ which is also a retail bank.
Yes and I stated he never worked for an Australian retail bank before. He does so now but as his role is new and based in NZ he is unlikely to be pulled in to the inquiry by the Australian government on what Australian Retail banks did in Australia. But if you want to place a wager on it…
Don’t forget that a parallel inquiry is getting under way on the same banks in NZ. So Key while may not have been involved in the period under question, he is there now and will be tainted by association
Link please on the announcement of this parallel inquiry on the Australian banks in NZ.
Who is holding this inquiry given I have not heard the Government of NZ nor the RBNZ announcing they will be conducting any inquiry. The Australian government has no jurisdiction in NZ over financial matters here.
It’s not a public inquiry.
Just a nice stiff letter and a chat from the Reserve Bank with a whole bunch of questions for them to answer, specifically referencing the Australian inquiry findings.
However Sam Stubbs is building the groundswell for a public inquiry – see NZHerald today. Now that would be fun.
Click – click. – Bang. 100% Mickey for connecting the dots.
dancing on the head of a pin….somehow fitting
Yes but hes only just joined the board ( Jan ) and as Chair of the ANZ NZ subsidiary and later an ordinary member of the main board in Australia
Compare with the board of AMP which was up to its neck in regulatory malfeasance.
He is extremely unlikely to be caught up in any banking inquiry looking at the practice of Australian banks in Australia as a result of his recent appointment.
True – a slipperier piece of shit was never shat.
True
I shall reword you comment to be more accurate.
Now he is a director of ANZ Bank in New Zealand which is a subsidiary of the Australian Parent company. The operational workings are distinct from the Australian operation. Hint the NZ stands for New Zealand.
Hint the NZ stands for New Zealand.
Your comment is accurate, but it’s also called “ANZ” in Australia too. 😛
“also called “ANZ” in Australia”.
As someone who has accounts with the ANZ in both Australia and New Zealand I am only to aware that that is just about the only thing they have in common.
It is impossible to deal with the Australian bank in New Zealand. It is also impossible to deal with the New Zealand bank in Australia. The fabled Chinese Wall is absolutely impregnable.
Drives me crazy sometimes.
you are obviously not as smart as you thunk you are alwhinge. I have lived in aus and banked with anz in both countries simultaniously, with accounts in both countries . had no probs with the crossover once I pointed out to the lady behind the counter in sydney what the nz in anz stood for.
Amazing.
Please tell me pawlie. Assuming you lived in New Zealand and did not actually have a residential address in Australia how hard was it to persuade them to give you a credit card denominated in Australian dollars that would be paid, by direct debit, from an Australian account each month on due date?
And could the nice lady behind the counter tell you the balance in one of your New Zealand accounts from her Sydney terminal?
@paul Andersen.
I had really hoped you could have taken the time to answer my questions. You obviously find it a very simple matter to arrange these things and I was looking forward to your explanation for what I should do.
But, from you, nothing.
Is it really not as easy as you claim?
Yeah, I think we need an inquiry to ensure that. I’m pretty sure that the culture of criminality in the Australian banks would transfer across. Probably via direct instruction along the lines of: We’re doing it this way so you guys do to. This is a command from your owner.
And how do you know if he never worked for Australian banks even if indirectly?
And don’t feed us that bullshit that he worked as a bloody teller at the front of the bank, either,
But using a shitty ‘ Key – ism’ ,… what we can say is that John Key worked in tandem with Andrew Kreiger in pulling off the greatest FOREX heist in history against none other than the KIWI DOLLAR.
There’s your shitty hero in all his glowing true colours,- a self centered narcissistic , greedy grasping prick who never gave one shit about the economy thus the people of this country.
That’s your hero ‘John Key’ for you.
And the final authority that signed off on an SAS operation that saw the massacre of 6 civilians including a three year girl.
Mr fucking ‘ GET SOME GUTS ‘ Key.
John Key / Andy Krieger – timeline debate – true or false? | NZ Court …
https://voter08.wordpress.com/john-key-andy-krieger-a-timeline-debate-true-or-false/
Forex heist???
What are you on about?
Explain how Key managed to game a floating exchange rate given no laws were broken.
Lol! – this guy.
Always in denial.
Doesn’t it strike you as rather coincidental that Key collaborated with Kreiger in almost collapsing the NZ economy when a Labour govt was in power? So much so that an official in Michael Cullen’s office called New York and virtually told Kreiger to ‘ get your fucking hands off our economy ‘ ?
Of course you would deny that as well.
Are you that much of a slimebag you cant even admit to that?
I guess not.
Anything to save either your ego , your vested interests or your Americanized worldview..
How odious.
And I don’t have to explain a thing, bud.
That’s why we provide links. I’m not here to hold your hand and wipe your dirty arse for you.
Answer the question.
How do you game the Forex market for a floating exchange rate?
YOU , little man ,… do NOT demand I do anything.
So you can take your prepubescent tone and take yourself squarely back to the link provided.
And yet while we are at it ,….
Just WHY did Roger Douglas demand Rob Muldoon float the dollar ?
Answer that , and I may consider answering you.
Or do you not know how the FOREX market works?…
I know how the Forex market works. You on the other hand obviously have little clue.
1/ Hardly the essence of this article.
2 / I am not interested in your personal estimations of your own intellectual prowess.
3 / You cannot answer why Douglas left a report to be conveniently ‘discovered’ outlining his plans to float the NZ dollar.
4 / If you’d really like to know, – and have your whole neo liberal premise ( and that of your hero Keys ) exposed I am more than happy to oblige.
5 / The fact that the far right lost its hold during the Clarke years has much to do with it , – including why Key acted in the reckless , narcissistic manner he did with Kreiger against the KIWI at a much later date.
6 / It may be painfully embarrassing for you – and your hero Key , – if I did.
You don’t even understand counter party risk Gosman…
Yeah I remember you floundering over derivatives…
By all means go ahead and indicate something technical which signals that you know the ‘forex markets’…
There is a high probability Key was involved in the attack on NZD…
Previous activity and his record after that event describe just how likely Keys involvement was…
“Just WHY did Roger Douglas demand Rob Muldoon float the dollar “.
Well technically it was David Lange and it was a devaluation not a float.
The fact that you actually have to ask that question astounds me. Are you really so ignorant of international trade and foreign exchange that you have to ask?
For a very simple explanation of what happened in 1984 why don’t you have a look at this.
https://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/1989/09/from_run_to_float_the_making_of_the_rogernomics_exchange_rate_policy/
Can I also suggest you get, or borrow from the Library, a simple book on Economics and read it. It isn’t really that hard to understand the basics and you won’t make yourself look so foolish in future.
Well , thank you for making all the others’ look so foolish’ as well …
…. ‘ it was a devaluation not a float ‘…
Which just goes to show that Gosman speaks through a hole in his arse with all his pompous bluster about ‘ knowing all about Forex’….
L0L0L0L !
Thank you.
And no , you are completely wrong, – it was Douglas who ‘accidentally released a statement ‘…
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…’ A key point of the free-market cabal’s programme was to devalue the New Zealand dollar, an extremely sensitive issue. Several weeks before the July 1984 election. Douglas, Labour’s shadow finance minister, “accidentally” released a statement which signaled his intent to devalue.
Since it was a near certainty that Labour, aided by the New Zealand Party’s drawing votes from National , would win, speculators began to dump the New Zealand dollar, planning, post-devaluation, to cash in each dollar of foreign currency for more New Zealand dollars than previously ‘…
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You , my wee dear laddie , ….have fallen straight into the noose unassisted.
Thank you.
And now may I introduce you to the REAL HISTORY of this country and the bogus premises with which the far right seized power,… and far from ME having to go to a library , … I would suggest that YOU save yourself a trip to the library and read this historic yet very up to date historical narrative on New Zealand’s recent political and economic history…
New Right Fight – Who are the New Right?
http://www.newrightfight.co.nz/pageA.html
Read it up , you arrogant psuedo intellectual moron. And lets see you come back with an answer to the charges it makes.
I think you will find it more than damning on each and every level that you , and your fellow neo liberal travellor’s have tried to pollute this site, this country’s democracy and this economy for the last 34 years.
Good luck.
Oh ,… and one other thing,… we don’t talk ‘technically’ it was this person or that person when clearly it was one individual. And in this case,.. Roger Douglas.
Lange and Douglas ended up hating each others guts.
And if there is one redeeming quality about Lange it was because HE at least had a conscience.
And , – the whole premise of ‘devaluing ‘ was to be able to float the NZ dollar.
And cash in.
So there’s bugger all similarity’s between the short straws you are trying to draw and the actual reality’s I’m talking about.
IS THERE.
Following on;
…. ‘ And , – the whole premise of ‘devaluing ‘ was to be able to float the NZ dollar’….
Ever wondered where the concept of ‘ Corporate NZ ‘ came from ?
Well , that’s when a company opens itself to be registered and ‘ publicly floated’…ie ;
Instead of being exclusively privately owned , it ‘floats itself’ and opens itself up to public shareholdings. These shareholdings could, depending on the govt’s rules be local or offshore…
And one of the reasons behind Douglas’s drive to devalue was to create an artificial ‘crises’…and in that ‘crises’ would provide strong motivation and incentive to essentially ‘ float ‘ ‘corporate NZ ‘ and its economy by deregulation – particularly of Treasury and the Reserve Bank , – and open it up to private ( usually foreign) investment.
We are registered on the New York Stock Exchange as ‘ Corporate NZ’.
Moving on,… and we have after 34 years , – Australian banks virtually controlling ALL of our finances, dictating our interest rates, and hence our economy and hence our social conditions.- with a large bulk of profits due to foreign interest rates exiting this country , …. now ,… does any of this seem like sovereign New Zealand or in New Zealand’s best interests ?
And yet meanwhile , – free trade agreements which are imbalanced – ie FTA with China,…mean that we are vulnerable to power plays in the Pacific ,… sandwiched as it were between the USA and China , …along with increased pressure from other offshore banking / business interests ie ; Austalia , mean that slowly ( yet rapidly as the process actually was originally … ) we lose all notion of sovereignty barring that in name only.
In effect?
We have been systematically hollowed out as a nation.
Ever wondered why in a land of plenty there is so little to go round?
Here is your answer.
Again I say ,.. read these timely and wise words from an extract from Hugh Price of Hugh Price Publishers.
Hugh Price was a New Zealand Patriot.
Then read it again. Let it sink in.
Do your children and grandchildren a favour, and for Gods sakes fight for them.
And fight for them hard.
New Right Fight – Who are the New Right?
http://www.newrightfight.co.nz/pageA.htm
And here is yet another peculiarity :
… ‘ Thus it was perfectly understandable, indeed predictable, that any election called with some possibility of a devaluation shortly after would cause a run on the dollar. The practice in previous elections had been for the Treasury and the Bank to increase the liquidity of their foreign exchange holdings as the country moved into the final stages of the election. This apparently had been planned for a November 1984 election, but a snap election five months early had not been allowed for. However, given the extent of the run that actually occurred, there may not have been enough official liquidity, even if the officials had anticipated the early election ‘…
Interesting ;
‘Given the extent of the run, there may not have been enough official liquidity , even if the officials had anticipated the early election’….
And yet who caused the snap election ?
None other than Marilyn Waring.
And why ?… by threatening to cross the floor and vote with the opposition in favour of what would become Langes ‘nuclear moment’… have we heard that before recently?
Was Waring involved ?
We cannot say,… but it all seems so coincidental that right at the time that Bob Jones was lining up his ‘NZ party’ to dethrone Rob Muldoon by splitting the National vote, and around the same time Douglas was leaking his ‘devaluation’ papers,..that there was indeed a movement afoot to first ‘devalue’ the dollar, deregulate the financial markets and that, … by definition , … meant the Reserve bank as well as Treasury would have to follow suit ,.. which was exactly what happened.
And Corporate NZ was then up for sale , – often to the lowest bidder.
And why was devaluing and the ensuing deregulation of our financial markets so important to the Riogernomes?… simply because it meant that now the KIWI could be traded and a profit made on it. Massively huge profits.
And that , in effect was the very genesis of out current woes.
By buying and selling a huge amount in an effort to crash the targeted currency. Just as Key and Krieger did.
And just because it wasn’t illegal doesn’t mean that it was ethical.
Who suffered Draco ?
All of NZ but especially the ones that were thrown out of work by Key/Kreiger’s attack on the NZ$.
Their bludging cost NZ around $300m at the time.
Well of course the National collective has doubts about Simon Bridges,… he has not the ‘presence’ to carry it off. Key used smarmyness, Collins uses ‘ brute appeal’.
I would say Bridges will give way to Collins eventually .
Which is not far from the natural order of things.
Key is gone , and that leaves Collins a free path, Bridges will be OK with that because he is a close colleague of Collins. Key will just make an appearance to validate it.
As for the big guns?
That area is Tory country anyways. Though there are signs of even that changing…
There are no ‘ big guns’ happening , – if anything , – more a liability and an opportunity for uncomfortable questions to be asked, such as ‘ why did you really leave , John ,.. was the heat over Operaton Burnham getting too hot?’… and what was that about tax havens , Johnno ?,… ‘was the sale of your home to a Mainland Chinese investor worth it in light of all the homeless in New Zealand, John ‘ Are you enjoying that wealth with a free conscience , John ? ‘…
If anyone who has followed the John Key disaster for the last 9 years will already know… there are rich pickings and much low hanging fruit to be had to gorge on…
A veritable feast , no less…
I would say Bridges will give way to Collins eventually .
Which is not far from the natural order of things.
Darwinian?
Naturally.
In true ludicrous Darwinian fashion.
Wild Katipo,
Yes; we also remember when in 2007 Minister of Finance Michael Cullen connected Shin-key to the Tranzrail rort – and Key was holding the rail shares but hid them?
Key was also involved as a broker in 1990’s facilitating the sale of NZ Rail Corporation to Fay/Richwhite also.
There is no end to this mans rorting.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10533576
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/john-key-the-unauthorised-biography/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502247&objectid=10523316
he was doing deals more than even pulling girls ponytails.
Sicko. https://thestandard.org.nz/whos-sorry-now/
Key did not sell his Fletcher Challenge Forests shares until June 2003, the same time as he sold his Tranzrail shares. He sold them in four parcels, on the 11th, 12, and 16th of June, for total of around $105,000 [share price]. As Key sold both his Tranzrail and FCF holdings at the same time, it may be that he sold his entire New Zealand share portfolio at this time This matches with his statement on Sunrise that he hasn’t owned any New Zealand shares since 2003. Why he chose to sell then and what other companies he held, we don’t know.
It will be interesting to hear Key on the Tiwai aluminium smelter and the Australian commission of inquiry into banking practices.
ANZ blue seems a suitable backdrop.
Why should those topics concern him?
See above.
Are you living under a rock somewhere like a pre-Jacksonian Gollum ?
I’m not sure how far his court order extends ..
Why would they be interested in talking to a recent appointee to one of the Australian banks NZ subsidiaries?
Gosman cant correlate a subsidiary with a parent company…
The essence of compartmentalized thinking , folks…
The Australian and NZ Banking sectors are very different beasts. It would serve little to no purpose calling over NZ based executives or Board members (unless they also worked in Australia at some stage). It certainly would make zero sense to have a NZ based board member be questioned about activities that occurred in Australia BEFORE HE WAS EVEN APPOINTED.
And ,… um ,… you are trying to suggest that a former Prime Minister of New Zealand who was all Bro- mates with Australia’s PM and was a major
player in the New York Forex markets is not intimately kept in the loop with what happens across the Tasman’s banking and financial systems …
OKKKKKK…
We have a right one here , Ladies and Gentlemen,…
Introducing Gosman , the new up and coming comedy act that will set New Zealand on the world stage along with the likes of Lorde, Split ENZ, and Crowded House….
Key is back on face book touting bitcoin too.
DV – that was a fake advert that had nothing to do with key at all.
As you were told before – the last time you mentioned this.
But I guess if you are stupid enough to believe the advert …..
Prove that it’s fake James
I don’t think it’s genuine, but it is still there.
In fact when I asked the anz about the last series of ads,I got no reply
Prove that you are not a complete moron
Prove that you are as clever as you think you are.
So no proof that key is not involved then.
Seem like a raw nerve.
You are really struggling with the concept of burden of proof aren’t you?
Nope,
Prove key is not involved with bit coin?
You obviously have a clear idea of what proof is, so should be no problem for you to produce proof that key is not involved with bitcoin.
I find it interesting that anz didn’t take the opportunity to comment when I asked.
I think I have my answer to the question about whether you are a moron or not.
So no proof then.
Dv. I have a recollection that story about Key was outed as a fake months ago – maybe six months ago.
Prove it Anne. 😀
Nah mate , were struggling with the fact a dishonest murderous bastard like Key managed to fleece New Zealanders for 9 years without a whimper from our MSM , – including gullible bastards like you , bud.
https://thespinoff.scdn5.secure.raxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fatima-e1490084556189-850×510.jpg
Wild Katipo;
James/Gosman are really freckling out today eh? Where’s Alwyn though?
Puckish rouge is there too so the are all out there today after parliament resumed the “Budget debates” must have upset them badly.
The national party support team..
I consider them mere sport .
Like a fox hunt or a rabbit cull.
But please don’t tell them that.
It may offend their sensibilities. And we wouldn’t want that , now would we…
I think I had made a single post (correcting bullshit) and you think that’s fracking out?
You are strange.
Or are you inferring I am gosman also ?
Well this is a rather humorous shot out of the blue, – from whence did you spring from all of a sudden ?
Oh well , no matter , … Gosman , James, Yaga, and whatever , all the same to me… you see that’s the problem, … all you far right wing apologists all blur into one after a while, … you really need to learn to diversify a little bit…
Mix it up a bit. Be a little more military about it,… you know ,… spread out when attacking , concentrate forces when defending,… that sort of basic stuff.
But you don’t do that and you become easy meat. And in this case , – the comedians dream material.
So James , Gosman , Yaga or whatever else you care to call yourself at the moment ,,… I wish you a good day and hope you get over your confusion,… I really am perplexed at your sudden and unexplained appearance… and wish you well…
Do take care….
So DV – you dont think its genuine – but you are quite happy to pill out the line “Key is back on face book touting bitcoin too.”
So quite happy to spread lies that a) you dont think are right and b) were proven to you before.
Since you are such an obvious moron – a quick google would give you this
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2017/12/sir-john-key-being-used-in-fake-nz-herald-bitcoin-article.html
Ill save the link and pull it out again in 6 months when you spread the same bullshit again.
At last some evidence James.
Took awhile though.
Interesting the ANZ ignored a query though.
Yeah sorry I haven’t been sitting on here all day answering your bullshit conspiracy post that even you can’t believe.
James, you may be correct, your comment caught my interest so, I did an image search online, and nada, the image is only on here according to my image search.
Cinny – if you go to the news hub site you will see it’s a screenshot.
Google John key bitcoin fake and there are other articles.
Well , one can only assume its a screenshot designed to send John Key up,… but truly now,… does it really matter when Key sent himself and this country up on an almost weekly basis?
One only has to Google John Oliver to see the evidence.
And why , pray tell would Key do that ?
Was it self mockery and embarrassment that he only achieved being Prime Minister of New Zealand and not Planet Key ?
Planet Key – The Song – The Hits
Video for planet key song▶ 4:09
http://www.thehits.co.nz › Video
Oh shall we try that again , seems to be a problem with the censorship… an ongoing problem with the John Key administration in censoring anything disagreeable to their liking , it seems…
Banned Planet Key music video – YouTube
Video for planet key song▶ 4:10
James, couldn’t find it on the newshub.
Lolz forgot about the bitcoin; I have seen the PM that quit in a dodgy looking get rich quick scheme before (not bitcoin).
Wouldn’t have surprised me if the nats had whipped out key to try and push their Northcote candidate, that’s the funny/crazy thing, it’s easily believable.
Glad I read your comment 🙂
Nah, Bridges is too busy
liking WO tweetsleading the Opposition and Key’s got plenty of time on his hands (keep those hands to yourself, John).Sir John Key not only retired undefeated but still manages to troll the lefties 🙂
He did not retire, he quit and ran away. Nice framing though 😉
He didn’t run very far did he.
Actually, at the end of the day, he ran a mile.
Incognito,
Yes he cleared the scene in a hurry didn’t he just.
So Truck Stop Paula doesnt have enough star power ?
Looks Strategy A was to downplay the by-election which is usually done if you sure you will win and dont want to other sides voters to even be aware an election is on.
Now they are onto Strategy B, which is to get publicity for their candidate and tell all their own voters , wake up there is an election on.
Expect an announcement about roads and bridges next !!! ( the only time Soimum will be mentioned) hahahaha
Nope . Hasn’t even managed that.
And he didn’t retire, – he ran.
Like a coward.
Especially when he saw the Donald didn’t give a crap about this no namer pony tail puller from where?… Nu Zaland??? What a creep ! Can we bomb that place???
And caused the National party to lose magnificently. Left Boring Dipping Bill in charge and didn’t give a shit. A bit like hes always been.
Yeah ,… real master of the trolls he is…. not.
Eh????
You feeling okay WK? Your comment is slightly more unhinged that usual.
Havin’ a bit of fun watching all the sycophants rush to a wankers defense, that’s all,… quite humorous, actually.
But all humour aside, … supporting a pony tail pulling, shower pissing creep like Key is the height of your aspirations?
I mean seriously… come on… here’s your hero , idiot…
John Oliver – John Key – YouTube
Video for john oliver john key radio interview youtube▶ 1:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LT2k4uR4ho
Yup – undefeated world champion most corrupt PM ever to parasite off NZ.
🙂
Oh damn. He is a fine man in the true National mould(y).
It would be a mistake to look beyond this man’s excellence which has been recounted in these historic lines.
(Simon) had a pair of boots with great big spurs
on;.
A fighting pair of which he was particularly fond.
On Tuesday and on Friday, just to make the street
look tidy,
He’d collect the passing villagers and kick them in
the pond…..
but, those villagers got out of the swamp…
(Simon) went a journey and he found a lot of
duckweed.
They pulled him out and dried him and they
blipped him on the head.
They took him by the breeches and they hurled
him into ditches
And they pushed him under waterfalls and this
is what they said:
“You are Si.. — don’t laugh,
You are Si.. — don’t cry;
You are Si.. as bold as a lion —
(Simon) the Lion, goodbye!”
Thanks to AA Milne, for his wit and whimsy.
I’ve some questions for the pair of them….
Meanwhile, is there a Northcote Meet the Candidates function, and if so is anyone on here planning on attending?
He’s such a spent event.
At least Labour sent an actual drawcard PM.
There’s a whole cohort of diehard Nat voters who are still pining for him though Ad. Presumably they need motivating in Northcote.
Current ANZ advertising is *so* Key !
Two dim-witted yuppie fashionistas ..
Good Grief – Key has been gone for well over 12 months and still the mad frothing from certain commenters bit like Helen is to those on the other side ..red rag to a bull..
Anyhoo after looking at the candidates in Northcote if it was my electorate i’d be voting for the green candidate rather than the muppets the red or blue team have put up.
Nah , time means nothing when it comes to justice and with Key , – there’s unfinished business.
You wouldn’t deny Arthur Allan Thomas or Teina Pora justice would you despite the fact that they are ‘historic cases’… and there’s a whole range of issues surrounding Key that needs the spotlight shined fully on him.
And for him to turn up and show his face endorsing the very party that he dumped unceremoniously and left to lose an election smacks of a man who never gave a shit about the people of this country anyway, – yet deems he is sufficiently safe in hiding behind some sort of ‘statesman’ like facade.
Well hes not even that , – and many among us view him as a cheap conman.
Worse still , culpable in the murder of a 6 year old girl in Afghanistan .
Not so rosy when put in those terms,…
IS IT.
LOL you really do write some hilarious drivel.
Hilarious, – I most certainly hope so.
Drivel?… I assure you ,… I am deadly serious.
And the mere fact I induce you into making that statement shows you are playing into my game , not yours.
Keep playing, please.
Yes please – how about a diatribe on the Rothschilds those are usually a hoot.
Oh no no no , little friend, I call the game plan, not you,… and , I know you are chaffing at the bit for more , but be patient small grasshopper…all will be revealed in time…
Now ,.. back to John Key ,… the pony tail man….
Just what was it that he saw in Obama that made him so fawning ..?
Was it the superior height and Keys small man syndrome ?
Or was it the recognition of the almost insignificance of Keys role in the 5 eyes arrangement ?
https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/a/h/m/i/r/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620×349.1ahm06.png/1458528992693.jpg
Bored now..bye bye
Yes ,… small attention span and no developed sense of ‘stick – with – it –
ness’…
I understand,… yet unfortunately , you also,… fail the test.
I wish you all the best under the new administration and hope you find solace among your fellow mourners amidst defeat.
WILD KATIPO
Key’s presence here will send a negative action, he will lower the national vote here.
Key will spook the electorate now as he is not trusted and creepy remember the pony tail pulling?
maybe he is back to find some more?
I thinks that Simon Bridges is time is short and bloodletting will be out soon.
Stunned you, mullet ?
Where do our Nationalists go from here ?
“Francoist Spain (Spanish: España franquista) or the Franco regime (Spanish: Régimen de Franco) is the period of Spanish history between 1939, when Francisco Franco took control of Spain after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain
I feel a hekia lot of trouble for national when they did up old fossils…
Love the puns !
And yes , they are truly digging up old fossils,…
Like this Dire wolf one….viscous, mean and dangerous. The sort that populate the upper echelons of the National party.
Thank goodness the National govt is extinct.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Dire_wolf.jpg
Cadava’s perhaps
Natz must really be on the skids for it to roll the creepy, slimy one out once more to save its burnt bacon! Amazing what desperation can lead to at times.
Oh not really , mary_a,…
After all ,.. they did try the almost deceased Richard Prebble ( at least his political career can be described as such … ) in rolling him out on commenting on rail ,… or in his words… ‘trams’… the other day…
So why not the shower pissing wonder and obligate narcissist John Key ?
As the old adage says … ‘ If the cap fits,… wear it’….
Thanks for the posts Wild Katipo. You are someone who understands what has happened here in Aotearoa.
What’s with all the stuff about banks and conflicts of interest?
I don’t see any problem with Bidois needing John Key.
Just like Steve Hansen will be getting Buck Shelford, Sid Going and Christian Cullen in to help with the games against the French in June.
If he is really, really, really desperate and is trying to find some sort of magic ‘last resort.’
nationals were totally unprepared for defeat. everybody kept their thoughts to themselves, held their cards close to their chest and let the media do its little dance thinking that was enough.
nah.
the people had enough of nationals ramshhackle venal attitude to everything.
sure they made little booms here and there but the ultimate cost is enormous.
the media here is timid, unlearned, ignorant and devoted to their jobs first and foremost because that is the way the world rolls.
the cost of repairing nationals mistakes is going to exhaust any government but one thing for sure is that another ring in like john key and his style of government should never be repeated.
his job was to loot the treasury and he did so successfully.
lets hope his policies have not brought the country to its knees.
a lot of shit is about to come down the pike as they say and we have to be ready and alert to change.
and that means no wasting money on absurd ideological experiments and reminding the population that new zealand is not some completely infantilised episode out of a reality t.v. show.