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Lee270744

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    Lee270744 reacted to Ohokaman in Co-Governance   
    Well said LT……
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    Lee270744 reacted to tripple alliance in Co-Governance   
    Well done  Don Brash the email bombardment did the job , this is just the beginning .
    Auckland Council has voted to reject Māori seats for the 2025 local body elections In a Governance Body meeting on Thursday morning
     
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    Lee270744 reacted to tripple alliance in Co-Governance   
    Racist views , this from the AK council meeting today , a couple of quotes .
    Angela Dalton, “I find it rich that the majority of people who have been in power for 183 years are for the most part European,” she said. “And now we ask for equal treatment of our treaty partner, we're going to call out racism? That's pretty rich. The evidence shows us that Māori have not been treated as equal partner".  There you have it the lie continues Equal Partners really the Maori ceded this country to Queen VIC ,article 1  She wasn't into any partnerships with anyone on the planet and certainly not Maori at the arse end of the world .
    And this gem from Alf Filipaina said despite being Māori himself, he has been elected by the general population of Manukau and therefore couldn’t represent Māori across the region. So If that's the case this tosser should resign , his racist views aren't needed he was elected by everyone and should represent every one , but it seems if you are maori he can't work for you because you happen to be Maori .
     
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    Lee270744 reacted to chevy86 in Mosque attack   
    Yes, Hijab Cindy's cultural/religious appropriation at it's finest--all considered acceptable somehow by the Islamists who would have condemned (or worse) one of their own who showed up, unmarried, with a bastard child, wearing Muslim garb.
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    Lee270744 got a reaction from wph in Mosque attack   
    Have I missed NZ Muslim Associations condemnation of Hamas killing 260 young music festival goers and did they not hear us condemn Tarrant?
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    Have I missed NZ Muslim Associations condemnation of Hamas killing 260 young music festival goers and did they not hear us condemn Tarrant?
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    Lee270744 got a reaction from Pam Robson in SAVE GREYHOUND RACING NZ your only chance   
    I wonder if the people who want to ban Greyhound racing buy goods made in CHINA where they slaughter and eat dogs.
    They surely wouldn't be hypocrites?
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    Lee270744 reacted to Iraklis in Natalie Rasmussen   
    Yes I see that Janitor mate  will great to see her back....hey Lee mate, tell Mark big buggah on the friken suspensions 
     
    Cheers Iraklis
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    Lee270744 got a reaction from Thejanitor in Natalie Rasmussen   
    2 different suspensions. 3 days then 9 days. 
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    Lee270744 reacted to JJ Flash in RIP Ian Dobson   
    Correct you are, got my wires crossed on that one but did have the biggest bet i ever had on a pacer in that race. Actually got a TB trainer to put it on for me as he was going to the tote. Can still remember the look on his face when i pulled out the Rutherfords!!
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    Lee270744 reacted to Hi Ho Silver in SAVE GREYHOUND RACING NZ your only chance   
    I find name calling childish and non-productive.  Sums up some of the greyhound industry participants.  Like someone has said it is hard to help if those within are past helping.
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    Lee270744 reacted to Iraklis in Natalie Rasmussen   
    Who cares, like the mighty driver she is Nat will be back she's too bloody good to be left languishin on the sidelines....
     
    Cheers Iraklis
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    Lee270744 reacted to JJ Flash in RIP Ian Dobson   
    Ian Dobson, one of harness racing’s most successful owners of all time, died this morning in Christchurch on his 90th birthday.
    Dobson, whose name is synonymous with the champion pacer Christan Cullen, started winning races in 1986 but, incredibly, was only now enjoying the best run of his life.
    In a February interview before cleaning up at the annual harness racing awards, Dobson said “the horses keep me going. I’m having a bit of fun and I don’t think I’ve ever had such a good run.”
    Dobson was a notable absentee at Addington last Friday when his three superstars Akuta, Don’t Stop Dreaming and Muscle Mountain went within a whisker of repeating their unmatched treble of last December when, in a golden 90 minites, they bagged three Group I races, the $250,000 New Zealand Derby, the $100,000 Ace Of Spades and the $86,500 Trotting Free-for-all.
    Ian Dobson, with partner Janice, gives the thumbs up after another great night at Addington.Long time close friend Noel Kennard said “Dobbie” always tried to be on course but in the last month his health had gradually slipped.
    “I went in to the rest home with his son Stuart to watch the races with him but for the first time he wasn’t with it at all.
    “Up ’til about a month ago he could walk unaided and his memory was brilliant. If we talked horses or money he knew exactly what you were saying.”
    Dobson’s passing brings to a close one of the most spectacular ownership chapters in harness racing - he won 387 races with 73 individual winners, including 31 at the very highest Group I level.
    But while his newest trotting sensation Muscle Mountain has been the most prolific, with 29 wins, Dobson still rates Christian Cullen as his number one champion.
    “Christian Cullen was best horse,” Dobson said in February.
    “I still own him - he’s alive and well at the age of 28, at the best old people’s home in New Zealand, Dancingonmoonlight Farm.”
    Christian Cullen beats Iraklis to win the 1998 New Zealand Trotting Cup.Dobson had been racing horses with some success for 10 years - his first winner was Lord Christopher at Hutt Park on September 2, 1986 - before “Cullen” came along, winning his first race on November 22, 1996 at Addington.
    By the time Cullen retired in February, 2000, he had captured everyone’s hearts with his arrogant pacing style, winning some of the most coveted prizes in harness racing, including the New Zealand Cup, Auckland Cup and Miracle Mile.
    When he left trainer Brian O’Meara’s stable he became the country’s champion sire, giving Dobson more prizes than he could fit in his trophy cabinets.
    Kennard recalls how Dobson prized the collection so much, he even contradicted the red sticker ban on his Redcliffs home to rescue the collection after the earthquake demolished his house in 2011.
    Scratch golfer
    But among the racing trophies were also plenty of golfing memorabilia as Dobson for many years was a scratch golfer, Kennard said.
    “After one tournament he won he was flown to Germany to pick up his prize, a Mercedes car.
    “Golf meant a lot to him. He played and beat Michael Campbell at Kauri Cliffs one year.” Dobson went on to breed and race a horse with Campbell who, named Cambo, won first-up at Timaru in September, 2007.
    “He also caddied for Gary Player and I remember Dobbie telling me the story about how Player asked him for a club and Dobbie said, no, that’s the wrong one, trust me, I know. He was proven right.”
    Dobson, a good all round sportsman, proved a generous benefactor for golf, paying for an extension to the Christchurch Golf Club and funding initiatives to help juniors progress up the ranks.
    Dobson didn’t always have money. He came from very humble beginnings, growing up in the Depression, biking to work where he earned 10 bob a week as a plumber.
    Dobson lived on 10% of his income, saving the rest, and eventually set up his own business, before moving into buying real estate.
    “On the one hand he was very scrupulous and on the other incredibly generous with his passions.”
    A winning team … Ian Dobson with, from left, his daughter Lynne, partner Janice, and Muscle Mountain’s trainers, Nina and Greg Hope.Kennard admired Dobson for his unrelenting calmness in racing, which routinely threw up setbacks.
    “When his horses lost, not once did I ever hear him criticise the driver. And when Muscle Mountain got taken out at the start (badly checked) at Addington recently he copped it on the chin, saying it was just one of those things.”
    Dobson took the same c’est la vie approach early on to Muscle Mountain whom he bred and put through the ring as a yearling.
    “I think he was offered only $60,000 and he said he wasn’t prepared to let him go for that. If the horse was no good and he ended up losing, sobeit.”
    Muscle Mountain was clearly the best of the 10 trotters Dobson raced, giving him his first Group I win as a breeder when he took the NZ Trotting Championship in April, 2021.
    Dobson raced 10 trotters who collectively won 64 races but most of his success came with pacers.
    His first Group I win as an owner came in 2009 with Joyfuljoy and, while he enjoyed scores of winners in the intervening years, he had to wait until April, 2021 for the next one.
    Dobson is survived by his partner Janice, son Stuart, daughter Lynne, four grand children and seven great grand children.
    Lynne Dobson said today she will remember her dad as a great father and family man.
    ‘We didn’t have a lot of money in those days - there were no huge family holidays - but we’d go away a lot to the West Coast and the country race meetings.
    “He was quite hard on me but very fair and brought us up to show respect. I remember him saying: ‘what you do in life is look after your family and work hard’, which I’ve taken on board.”
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    Olivia's last 6 drives have won not a bad feat for a junior.
     
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    Olivia's last 6 drives have won not a bad feat for a junior.
     
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    Olivia's last 6 drives have won not a bad feat for a junior.
     
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    Lee270744 reacted to tripple alliance in Act Got my vote   
    So bloke according to you anyone who opposes co governance is a raciest , that's a very poor argument , you need to examine co governance and the implications for 95% of the population in the future .
    There is no justification for co governance and the term partnership in the treaty was invented not that long ago and those who lie about never ceding sovereignty to Queen Vic are straight out liars . Read Article 3 of the treaty it welcomes maori to enjoy the rights and privileges of being British , equal rights and equal rights are what they are entitled to today but as you will know we all lost British citizenship about 40+ years ago and at that point Britain broke the treaty effectively rendering it null and void but we all chose to ignore the breach .
    About 40 years ago a prominent Labour party politician (name ?) stated we all know the treaty is worthless it was signed by some maori and as a country NZ was governed from Australia at the time but we have to do something for maori so the con began and will never end unless we vote ACT. 
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    Lee270744 reacted to Gruff in Free Beer   
    ...Be prepared Pfizer and the more useless Novavax are lining up your taxpayer dollars for another assault with useless Expensive Vaccines and Therapeutics while many still suffer the effects of the first experimental wave ..are we really that Stupid?  Unvaxed are NOT Dying and everyone's getting sick as 'Variants ' are created by the Vaccinated , they are cashed up and building multi hundreds of million dollar Vaccine manufacturing Facilities because OUR Government ( LabNat) have almost guaranteed TOTAL Vaccination starting with Mandatory Vaccines in Schools even though we will still see 'outbreaks as in a FULLY Vaccinated China and after Campaigns in Mongolia and Africa which  the WHO had called diseases 'Completely erradicated'..Natural immunity is on the way out as our Bodies are taxed by man made gene editing experiments which are hospitalising many with auto immune issues at young ages like Epstein Barr.   Enough is enough , Unelected entities are behind running this Country while we still have 'Failed' ex prime ministers on Facebook telling her followers like the Pied Piper to vote thinking about the Future.....The Future shouldn't include Medical Tryanny and Fraudulent Climate alarmism which Guarantees complete loss of the Freedom we once knew in this Once Relaxed Country ....to many Mugs have a Vote in a Divisive Political Climate which makes a mockery of the idea of a so called 'Democratic system'. ..... Nothing Changes if we dont break this LabNat Cycle which has the Fleas Controlling the Dog
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    Lee270744 reacted to CosmicBlackie in Woohoo! Go Team North Is....   
    Disappointing on such a big night for sure.
    The legacy of John Allen and his team strike again.
     
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    Lee270744 reacted to chevy86 in What an EFFIN dog   
    Getting very difficult to find good people who want to come to this Socialist Shithole to fill these positions. The quality ones have left, those like "700K Watercare man) not up to it, etc. Maybe we need to see if Mahuta has any idle relatives to slot in there or maybe Wiremu "front bum" Jackson has some contacts. 
    Saturday make or break day but not expecting a quick recovery.
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    Lee270744 reacted to Gruff in What an EFFIN dog   
    Or any recovery, great Kiwis gave their lives to fight for our way of life ( so they thought) only to be undermined by Politicians pretending to have our best interests at heart...we got your back ..bloody joke and this bullshit artist Luxons cut from the same cloth,Adern will be back soon enough to carry on where she left off...Mugs