Jacinda Ardern

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On ‎10‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 9:27 PM, rdytdy said:

 

Proof she hasn't got a clue , if she new what she was doing these 13  people wouldn't have been needed , meanwhile social welfare has just dished out an extra 20,000 hardship grants for FOOD . 

Surly it's fair to ask what was this lot were doing for 9 years when in opposition , they can't have been preparing to govern .

On Thursday the Prime Minister's office announced who will sit on the newly-formed Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council.The council was designed to advise the Government on how to build a productive, sustainable and inclusive economy

 

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The supercilious smirk on Ross's face in several photos reminds me of the "chin-elevated" smirk of that other piece of excrement, Weinstein.

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19 hours ago, tripple alliance said:

Proof she hasn't got a clue , if she new what she was doing these 13  people wouldn't have been needed , meanwhile social welfare has just dished out an extra 20,000 hardship grants for FOOD . 

Surly it's fair to ask what was this lot were doing for 9 years when in opposition , they can't have been preparing to govern .

On Thursday the Prime Minister's office announced who will sit on the newly-formed Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council.The council was designed to advise the Government on how to build a productive, sustainable and inclusive economy

 

You miss the point T/A .... The National Disgrace Party needs every form of counselling and or a shovel to dig themselves out of this DUNG heap they have created 

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1 hour ago, jack said:

You miss the point T/A .... The National Disgrace Party needs every form of counselling and or a shovel to dig themselves out of this DUNG heap they have created 

Or have an enquiry to sweep it under the carpet as Labour did over the Young  Labour Summer Camp sex scandal. Never to be heard about again.  

 

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I see Clarke Gayboy has posted pics taken on the night Peters dropped us in it...

First caption " C'mon Winnie, do it for me...please, please, please..."

Second caption "Oh fuck, the stupid bugger picked us, what are we going to do now...!!? "

 

 

 

 

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New Zealand politics: A circus for self serving highly paid clowns

by GP

 

What we have seen from the Labour Party during their term in opposition and what we are now seeing from the National Party brings into question the state of New Zealand politics. One only has to view Question Time to find the answer.

To start with the speaker, an ex-school teacher, runs the house like a class of primary one children giving and deducting numbers of questions. Pathetic. The only justification for this is indeed most of them behave as if they are in primary one.

Let’s look at the main Parties:

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In respect of the Labour party, most ministers are completely out of their depth and often struggle to answer a question correctly. The achievements of the government to date are in accordance with what is on show in parliament. We have a prime minister who appears to think GDP is a Grand Display of Parenthood. Her understanding of economics is abysmal. Her Finance minister is not much better. Running the country is not like starring in a Hollywood movie. Unfortunately, it is obviously something that is beyond the competence of this lady.

 

In respect of New Zealand First they have a leader who, as Deputy Prime Minister, is intent on being the House’s Court Jester. His attempts at humour are embarrassing in the extreme and it is irritating to watch his group of childish sycophants applaud or laugh at his every attempt at so-called humour. It is high time that the speaker threatened him with expulsion from Question Time. The playing of Burning Bridges to the media pack this week was nothing short of a juvenile attempt to be funny; but if he had a modicum of intelligence he would know that all he achieved was bringing Parliament into disrepute.

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In respect of the Greens, there is little to be said beyond the fact that, collectively, they are a disgrace to Parliament. They are a far left outfit masquerading as an environmental party. They are a joke. Like the prime minister, they are ideologically driven, intent on taking the country down a very dangerous path.
Winston Peters has aligned himself with a left-wing agenda which is being implemented by the Left the world over. It is in accordance with the UN plan which has as its aim a World government. We all know what sort of government that would be.

National has now created a mess of its own making. This is inexcusable from a party that until now has prided itself on discipline and unity. It is particularly galling from a party that, one on one, has far more to offer than the current government both in ability and policy.

In the light of all the above one can only conclude that politics in this country is in a sorry state. Politicians, by and large, seem to have forgotten that they are there to serve the people who voted them in. Parliament is not a circus for self serving highly paid clowns. It is a place where we entrust those elected to make responsible decisions on our behalf. This, sadly, is not happening in the current parliament.

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We need fossil fuels

by Christie 

 

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Mike Hosking points out the scandalous truth that we are in no position to walk away from fossil fuels, and to do so is economic sabotage. quote.

We have another sad reality check for all the ideologues that dream of a day when our world is run by fresh air and daisies, and the ugly fossil fuels are banned from existence.

Genesis energy, the power company, owned in part by the government and by the state are importing coal.

And why would they be doing this? Several reasons, lake levels are down, we have a disruption to the gas supply, the South Island’s demand is up and Tiwai has ramped up their fourth production line. end quote.

We could produce our own coal, of course, in (hopefully) safe environments, but we are no longer allowed to because of a government that speaks to ideology before reality. quote.

Of course, this government hates fossil fuels, and is banning future licences to explore for oil. It’s prevented the West Coast from opening a coal mine that would have provided not just coal, but the jobs that go with it.

And all of his is based around the deluded belief that right here right now, we don’t need to rely on fossil fuels. Except, of course, we do. end quote.

 

I don’t agree with this government’s position, but even if they are right, they do not seem to realise that taking a slam dunk approach, rather than a controlled and measured shift from fossil fuels to renewables, will either bring the country to a grinding halt or will cost us a fortune. My biggest fear is that it will be both. quote:

Malcolm Turnbull lost his job over this stuff. He was so obsessed with the Paris climate change deal that he went down the same sort of track we are.

Then the price of power kept rising. South Australia, who could not run with the ideology fast enough, kept running out of power and having blackouts.

All the while the miners dug up coal sent it to India and China, who happily burnt it.

And here, the land not short of a coal mine or two, not short of the ability to extract the odd barrel of oil, is faced with having to import the stuff to keep the lights on. end quote.

Yes. If it seems deranged to you, that’s because it is. We are not exactly large emitters by world standards and there is almost nothing we can do that will make a difference anyway. quote.

And in that is your classic real world scenario, up against the hopelessly naive wonderings of the loonies, who don’t understand basic supply and demand.

We don’t all bike to work, we don’t all take buses, we don’t all compost, we don’t all recycle our cardboard. One day, maybe one day, hydrogen, water or solar will power our country, our economy, and our planet.

But right now it doesn’t, and not even close. end quote.

I respect everyone’s choice to do any of those things if they wish to but, to me, most of them are not practical. Try dropping the kids off at school on the back of a bike. quote.

The least we could be doing, if we need coal, is use ours. The least we could be doing is being honest enough to accept that all your Paris climate hot air, doesn’t keep the heaters on.

And if it doesn’t rain, we do need to use other means to drive energy.

And one of those means is coal.

And the fact we need to bring it in, is because we’ve bought more into the hype of things like Paris.

As opposed to the cold simple truth that the PC spin, has next to no real world credibility.  end quote.

Well said, Mike. Couldn’t have put it better myself. My biggest fear is that these ideological lunatics will drive our healthy economy into the ground – a sad situation that could take decades to fix.

I completely agree with Jacinda when she says that climate change is her generation’s ‘nuclear moment’. In the 1960s and 1970s, young people protested against a nuclear war that never actually happened. The similarities here are breathtaking.

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Poor Ted. His party is self destructing  and he grabs at straws by  listening to the prize wanker, Hoskings. Simple Simon, Crusher (twisted sister) Collins, Paula Benefit, Nathan Clown, Fucking useless  and the other fucking useless Tories. 

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3 hours ago, bloke said:

Poor Ted. His party is self destructing  and he grabs at straws by  listening to the prize wanker, Hoskings. Simple Simon, Crusher (twisted sister) Collins, Paula Benefit, Nathan Clown, Fucking useless  and the other fucking useless Tories. 

Bloke , please , a little reality , National down 2% in the latest poll , that's amazing it could have been 15% ,  what's even more amazing is Bridges is on only 7% and they are still polling well , where would National be if their leader was on 30% ? , a landslide win and governing alone . Plenty of time to change if his popularity stays low and look at what's happening , fuel up , food parcels and special food grants up 20,000 , rental properties impossible to find , rents up ,  homeless up , groceries ,  insurance , rates , you name it and the price is up , many more strikes , inflation 1.9% in the last quarter  which means by the end of the year any wage increase will have been well and truly wiped out by the increasing cost of living . The collection of losers are failing on all fronts , they won't get a second chance.

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13 hours ago, bloke said:

Poor Ted. His party is self destructing  and he grabs at straws by  listening to the prize wanker, Hoskings. Simple Simon, Crusher (twisted sister) Collins, Paula Benefit, Nathan Clown, Fucking useless  and the other fucking useless Tories. 

You wish Bloke. 2% hardly a blip on the radar. 

With what your Princess and her mates are doing destroying the country watch the needle do a quick reversal in direction. 

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You wish Bloke. 2% hardly a blip on the radar. 

With what your Princess and her mates are doing destroying the country watch the needle do a quick reversal in direction. 

 

Sure will Ted

But that's what happens when Helen and Jacinda are taking their orders from the corrupt NWO globalists.

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20 minutes ago, 100 1 said:

You wish Bloke. 2% hardly a blip on the radar. 

With what your Princess and her mates are doing destroying the country watch the needle do a quick reversal in direction. 

 

Sure will Ted

But that's what happens when Helen and Jacinda are taking their orders from the corrupt NWO globalists.

She already is. Refer to Agenda 21 & Agenda 2030 promoted by the UN. 

 

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4 minutes ago, rdytdy said:

She already is. Refer to Agenda 21 & Agenda 2030 promoted by the UN. 

 

Thank your lucky stars for Trump.

When he has finished the UN, EU and Fed will all cease to exist.

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Labour laughs while Taranaki dies

by Christie 

 

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The government thinks we are all a bunch of ignorant chumps and let’s face it, for the most part… we are exactly that.

The truth is that the average New Zealander does not have a clue about the way a select committee works.

Stuff  reported on this matter on October 11th. There is important information here that those who oppose the proposed oil and gas ban need to be aware of. It seems the process is not being conducted objectively.quote.

The Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill, recently introduced by the Government, will stop future oil and gas exploration in the offshore Taranaki region. end quote

Let us be clear about this. This bill will stop any future offshore oil and gas exploration permits being issued in the Taranaki region. quote.

The Government says that this an essential part of the transition away from an economy based on fossil fuels that largely contribute to climate change. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) officials, meanwhile, have estimated this legislation could result in New Zealand forgoing billions of dollars in taxes and royalties. While the Government disputes these figures, they are another reason to think that the Crown Minerals Bill is a measure of signal importance.end quote.

Unfortunately for the country, there is no transitional plan for what alternative energy supply will replace gas, and as we have already discussed, current gas resources are limited and already under strain.

There is currently an outage at the Pohokura gas field (the biggest supplier) and hydro lake levels are much lower than expected at this time of year. Also, as we know, Genesis has already announced it may need to import coal for Huntly to keep up with demand, due to the current limitation on gas supply. quote.

The bill is being driven through Parliament in a hasty way that appears designed to minimise the scrutiny to which it will be subject. This is something we ought to be concerned about, regardless of whether we believe that ending offshore drilling is a necessary measure or a wasted opportunity. end quote.

 

It was always meant to be a ‘captain’s call’ but the implications for the future of energy in New Zealand are very serious indeed.  quote.

The enactment of legislation is an involved process. Perhaps its most important component is the scrutiny of bills by parliamentary select committees. These are groups of MPs, drawn from the various political parties in rough proportion to their strength in the House of Representatives, who specialise in studying legislation dealing with specific kinds of issues.

When studying bills, select committees usually call for and receive submissions from the public. This is an opportunity for those affected by the legislation to explain what the bill’s impact on them would be, and how, in their view, the bill might be improved. At its best, this process makes for better laws, and gives those affected a real sense of having been listened to even if they disagree with the MPs’ final decisions.

But the process being followed with the Crown Minerals Bill is not the best; far from it. First, it is rushed. Instead of the usual six-month timeframe, there is only a month allowed for select committee scrutiny of the bill. Those wishing to make submissions to the committee have been given only two weeks to do so. This too is much less than is usual, and probably not enough to draft submissions that would be useful to the committee. end quote.

However, as the matter is so critically important to New Zealand, 2,283 submissions were lodged in that 2 week period, which does not include ‘form’ submissions. There were well informed and robust submissions made in opposition to the bill from many quarters but is anyone listening to those who understand the dangers to New Zealand’s security of energy supply?

It is also clear that those who support the bill have picked up on Greenpeace’s arguments, with constant references to the ‘Anadarko Amendment’, which limits any protest action in New Zealand’s economic zone. quote.

The Government claims the bill must be enacted quickly to avoid disrupting the allocation of exploration permits for next year, but given the bill’s major long-term repercussions, this reflects, at best, a distorted sense of priorities. At worst, it is difficult to avoid the impression that the Government is uninterested in outside feedback on the bill.

This impression is reinforced by the second flaw in the process. While legislation related to (among other things) crown minerals is normally studied by the economic development, science and innovation committee, the Crown Minerals Bill has been sent to the environment committee instead.

This means that the bill – and the MBIE report on its effects – will not be reviewed by the MPs who have developed an expertise in natural resources and energy policy.

And then, at the risk of sounding cynical, one must also note that the environment committee has a majority of Labour, NZ First, and Green MPs, and a Labour chair. The economic development, science and innovation committee, by contrast, is evenly split between Government and Opposition, and has a National MP as chairperson. The Government, one is tempted to conclude, has decided to submit its work to the more lenient examiner, instead of the more competent one.

In short, the MPs charged with scrutinising the Crown Minerals Bill will lack the time and the resources to do so even if they have the inclination, which is uncertain. And this is not an unfortunate accident, but the result of deliberate decisions by the Government to manipulate the parliamentary process.

If the Government is confident of the merits of its policy, it should welcome, not fear, full and orderly scrutiny of the Crown Minerals Bill. Those most impacted could speak out; the rest of us would have confidence that consequential policy has received careful consideration. Both of these things are essential when legislation that will affect New Zealand and its people for decades to come is being enacted. At present, neither is being done. end quote.

This is a shameful manipulation of the legislative process on the part of the government.

It is clear that the bill would go through proper scrutiny if it was subject to the normal process. The government is determined to stop that. This is our ‘open and transparent’ government, that wants to pass bills of their own choosing, whether they benefit the country or not. They have not thought this process through, and the risks to our energy supply and our economy overall are very significant because of it.

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Time for Jacinda to act on poverty

by Christie 

 

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If this government is good at anything, it is talking about what they are going to do. They are going to plant a billion trees. They are going to build 10,000 houses a year. None of these things are showing the slightest signs of happening, but they still talk as if they are in full control of everything.

One News has published an article where poverty advocates are calling on the government to stop talking about fixing poverty, and to actually start to do something. quote.

Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to close the gap between rhetoric and reality, and to do something to address the worsening situation for society’s most financially vulnerable.

The group’s coordinator, Ricardo Menendez March, spoke to Breakfast this morning about the increasing number of people needing government assistance.

“Well, over the past few years, we’ve seen a steady increase of the number of people requiring hardship assistance, particularly food grants, but there’s been a really steep jump from last year to this year, and I think it’s showing that we’re reaching crisis levels, where far too many people are requiring food grants to get by,” Mr Menendez March said.

He said over 300,000 people required assistance. end quote.

 

So this is what ‘bringing kindness back’ looks like? quote.

“Things are getting worse.”

He says rising rent costs are “the biggest driver” in the “jump” in numbers.

“New Zealand reports show that people on the benefit have been the most disproportionately affected by the rising cost of rent, and nothing has been done to address that.

“There’s other stuff, such as petrol, food, etc, but it’s really the cost of rent and housing that’s affecting beneficiaries the most.” end quote.

I don’t think this is just about beneficiaries either. I think there are a lot of working people in the same situation, and that is the really hard part. There was a time when having a job meant you could pay the bills, within reason. There is no guarantee of that any more. quote.

Mr Menendez March says what can be done is for the Government to “raise benefit levels, at the very least”.

“Child Poverty Action Group released a study suggesting that they should at least be doubled, and that would only put them 60 per cent below the poverty line at this point, so it wouldn’t even put them over the poverty line. end quote.

Raising benefits is not the answer. Getting people into work is the answer, even if it means they will still be receiving a benefit in the form of Working for Families. Better to get them working than not working. They have better prospects for themselves and their families if they find work. quote.

“People are going for cash and low-paid work in the regions, and they don’t last for very long, and they go back onto the benefit, so the Government needs to be creating well-paid jobs if they want people to go into work.”

He says, however, that “so far, we’ve seen no clear indication or timelines on when they’re going to be removing benefit sanctions or raising benefit levels”.

“So far, it’s been really disappointing to see Jacinda Ardern at the UN talking about kindness and compassion. Well, we’ve got a really unkind welfare policy that is punishing our most vulnerable. end quote.

This is the problem when all you do is talk the talk. You create expectations that probably can never be met. Jacinda cannot double benefits, even if she wanted to. It would be political suicide. They cannot remove all sanctions on benefits either. That punishes taxpayers and means there is no incentive to go out to work. We might as well all just go on the dole.

There are no easy fixes to these problems and I have more sympathy for workers on low incomes than for beneficiaries because I can’t imagine anything worse than going out to work for 40 hours a week or more and still not being able to pay the bills. That is what is happening in a lot of low-income families, and it is tragic. Most of them vote Labour, and yet fail to see that Labour’s policies will keep them in poverty for their entire lives.

There are things that this government could do to help the situation, but such things are an anathema to their ideology. The first thing is to stop beating up landlords, which would make housing more available and, by default, more affordable. Secondly, they could get on with what they have promised and actually build some of those 10,000 houses a year. Then they could remove the fuel taxes. That would be a start.

Sadly none of these things will happen because all Labour is capable of doing is talking the talk.

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Got no time for our racing minister but you have to give it to him he's as cunning as a shit house rat and he knows what the future holds for the collection of losers , he's seen the light and his only chance for survival .

He's labelled him 'Simple Simon', he's described him as a "fool", and he's constantly mocked his accent - but Winston Peters isn't ruling out working out with Simon Bridges after the next election. .

Bye bye cindy .

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The most progressive country in the world

by Christie 

 

Credit: Luke

The Huffington Post  wrote about New Zealand, praising Jacinda Ardern and calling us ‘the most progressive country in the world’. The trouble is, they say it as if it is a good thing. quote.

When 6-year-old Eddie Writes decided the world needed a little more kindness, he did the only thing he thought would work ― he wrote to his city’s mayor and asked for help putting on an annual “Kindness Day.”

On Nov. 16, New Zealand’s capital city will be holding its first Manaaki Day (manaaki being the Maori word for kindness), taking Eddie’s ideas of how to encourage and celebrate charitable acts ― “We can buy toys for children that don’t have any,” for example ― to improve the social well-being of citizens. end quote.

This seems to be where we are at now. Policy is written by 6-year-olds… and paid for by the long-suffering taxpayers or, in this case, Wellington ratepayers. quote.

The mayor’s support for the new holiday is part of a new wave of progressive, child-centred politics sweeping New Zealand, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, herself a new parent.

Ardern was met with thunderous applause at the United Nations last month for her speech calling for kindness and cooperation from world leaders. end quote.

 

Jacinda World Tour 2018.
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Thunderous applause from an empty room? That must be of the ‘canned laughter’ variety. quote

Ardern pledged New Zealand would be “a kind and equitable nation where children thrive, and success is measured not only by the nation’s GDP but by better lives lived by its people.” end quote.

That would be with inadequate housing, sky high rents, record fuel prices and many families unable to pay for basic supplies, would it Jacinda? Because that is where we are at right now. quote.

Ardern’s call for a different kind of economy was viewed by many commentators as a direct rebuke to the more prominent trend of right-wing, populist strongmen in the U.S. and Europe. end quote.

That would be the USA where the economy is booming, unemployment is at the lowest ever among blacks and Hispanics and people are back to work after years on welfare? Yep. Terrible policies. We can do better than that. quote.

New Zealand is a leader when it comes to paid leave. Under the Ardern government, 22 weeks paid parental leave has been introduced, and that will rise to 26 weeks by 2020.

Families with babies born after July 1 this year now receive the equivalent of about $40 a week in the child’s first year.

The policy is close to Ardern’s heart. She is only the second world leader in history to give birth while in office, and took six weeks’ leave when daughter Neve Te Aroha was born.

In another world first, a new law requires victims of domestic violence be given up to 10 days paid leave from work, separate from annual leave and sick leave entitlements, to help them get away from abusive partners, relocate and protect their children. end quote.

None of these are policies that make the country richer and more able to pay for its social policies. These have all been introduced in the face of a failing economy and increasing unemployment. quote.

Housing became a big issue in last year’s elections, and Ardern blamed speculation from overseas buyers. The government responded with a law that took effect Monday banning foreign buyers from purchasing existing properties. The government has also launched a new scheme known as “KiwiBuild” that will see the government build 100,000 entry-level homes over the next decade that will be sold at a capped price. end quote.

It sounds good when you put it like that but we all know that Kiwibuild is a complete farce that only relatively affluent families can afford. Families with an income of $180,000 per year should not be getting subsidised housing in any shape or form. quote.

The New Zealand government is also keen to make a mark on climate change. Among the latest environmental policies are a ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration, and plans to generate 100 percent of energy from renewables as part of an aim to be carbon-neutral by 2050. end quote.

To do that, we have trashed a profitable industry and aim to lower emissions to a point that will make no difference to global carbon output. But, on the positive side, the damage to the economy will be enormous. quote.

These policies all fit into a government commitment to inject well-being and environmental principles into policies, and to report on progress, “to show a more rounded measure of success”. end quote.

To me, one of the best measures of well being is having proper housing. There is no wellbeing to be found in living on the street. quote.

“The move to measure something other than GDP is a significant signal for a government to make,” she continues. “It is recognition the scales have tipped too far. The benefits that wealth have brought are eroding many things that matter more.” end quote.

Nothing matters more than GDP in an economy. Without it, the country cannot afford to do all the other things it would like to do. Wealth does not erode things that matter. Wealth creates them. quote.

New Zealand is not without its share of social and environmental challenges. It has the worst rate of family and intimate-partner violence in the world, and more than 40,000 children are admitted to hospitals each year with health problems stemming from damp and moldy homes. end quote.

Concentrating on growing the economy would give the government money to actually help to solve some of these things. That is how you improve wellbeing. Not by sprinkling fairy dust around. quote.

New Zealand’s next push will be for the compulsory teaching of the Maori language in schools led by the NZ Greens Party, which is part of Ardern’s coalition government. “There’s nothing more indicative of a progressive society than one that truly treasures its indigenous language,” says 

NZ Greens co-leader Marama Davidson. end quote.

Now that I see all these things written down like this, I truly despair. Instead of pushing for compulsory Maori language teaching, the government should be concentrating on RMA reform, getting more houses built, improving roads, developing industries and getting people back to work.

‘Progressive’ seems to mean talking about doing things that never get done. This is nothing more than a lot of hot air. In the meantime, homelessness continues to rise, families cannot afford food, fewer rental properties are available thanks to government policy, and we seem to be embarking on a programme that rewards the idle and punishes people who work hard and want to do well.

If this is what ‘progressive’ looks like, then I don’t want a bar of it.  But I never wanted a bar of this shambolic government anyway.

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On ‎10‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 5:44 PM, tripple alliance said:

Got no time for our racing minister but you have to give it to him he's as cunning as a shit house rat and he knows what the future holds for the collection of losers , he's seen the light and his only chance for survival .

He's labelled him 'Simple Simon', he's described him as a "fool", and he's constantly mocked his accent - but Winston Peters isn't ruling out working out with Simon Bridges after the next election. .

Bye bye cindy .

Should Bridges come out now and rule out working with NZF.By doing that he is telling people that a vote for NZF is a vote for Labour,or should he say that the Nats will work with NZF and therefore IMO selling out.

The few NZF voters that i have talked to say that they wouldn't have voted for NZF if they thought he would go with Labour,so Bridges and his strategists have some work to do.

 

 

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7 hours ago, crustyngrizzly said:

Should Bridges come out now and rule out working with NZF.By doing that he is telling people that a vote for NZF is a vote for Labour,or should he say that the Nats will work with NZF and therefore IMO selling out.

The few NZF voters that i have talked to say that they wouldn't have voted for NZF if they thought he would go with Labour,so Bridges and his strategists have some work to do.

 

 

It does not matter Crusty because Bridges will not be the leader by the time the next election rolls around. The Tories tried to rub Winston out prior to the last election so no wonder he went with Labour.

They have done their best to self destruct and have demonstrated what a bunch of clowns they are. 

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Labour’s crim-hugging extends to letting a lying, violent drug dealer get residency while still in prison

by CS

 

Iain Lees-Galloway should have stuck to filching press gallery booze, because he’s had a real ‘mare in allowing a lying, violent drug dealer get residency while still in prison: Quote:

A convicted drug smuggler has been handed an unprecedented get-out-of-jail card: instead of being deported after serving his prison sentence, the Government has granted him New Zealand residency.

Minister of Immigration Ian Lees-Galloway has made a special decision to grant the 37-year-old Czech national residency, even though he came to New Zealand on a false passport and is now serving time in Auckland South prison for importing drugs with a street value of $375,000.  

 

Karel Sroubek fled to New Zealand with a friend’s passport in 2003. He claimed he was on the run from corrupt cops after witnessing a murder. Under the name Jan Antolik he built a new life as a businessman, a representative-level kickboxer, and a Hells Angels associate.

When the law caught up with him, he admitted his criminal ties in the Czech Republic – but he seemed unable to escape old habits with several brushes with NZ Police over the past 15 years.

Sroubek has faced several charges, relating to drugs and robbery. But was either acquitted or had his convictions overturned – until he was found guilty of using his drink importation business as a front to smuggle 5kg of MDMA, which is used to make the drug Ecstasy. He was jailed for five years and nine months.

He was refused parole last month: Parole Board panel convenor Judge Phil Gittos said he gave “evasive, long-winded and … in many respects manifestly untruthful” responses. End quote.

So, Labour has allowed residency for a violent, gang associate, drug dealer. They really are taking crim-hugging to whole new depths with this one.

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https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/10/immigrant-drug-lord-karel-sroubek-should-be-gone-by-lunchtime-simon-bridges.html

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So Simple Simon goes to meet with Harry & Megan and the Fire Alarm goes off, shit that sums the fool up.

The Tories are just like The Jerry Springer Show 

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Bad to worse , kiwi build not for the less well off , that's the first time I've heard that , what a sick joke .

KiwiBuild isn't intended to help low-income families, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says, in the face of criticism about some of the scheme's first buyers.

New owners of the first completed KiwiBuild homes, at McLennan, Papakura, were welcomed to their properties with a street party at the weekend.

"A marketing manager and a newly minted doctor with no kids get a 4brm house?.

 

 

 

[rdytdy 5,341]

1 hour ago, tripple alliance said:

Bad to worse , kiwi build not for the less well off , that's the first time I've heard that , what a sick joke .

KiwiBuild isn't intended to help low-income families, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says, in the face of criticism about some of the scheme's first buyers.

New owners of the first completed KiwiBuild homes, at McLennan, Papakura, were welcomed to their properties with a street party at the weekend.

"A marketing manager and a newly minted doctor with no kids get a 4brm house?.

 

 

 

 You need a deposit of $180,000. Of course is not for the less well off. 

[Ohokaman 5,825]

On 10/25/2018 at 3:09 PM, rdytdy said:

Time for Jacinda to act on poverty

by Christie 

 

Photoshopped image credit: Technomage

If this government is good at anything, it is talking about what they are going to do. They are going to plant a billion trees. They are going to build 10,000 houses a year. None of these things are showing the slightest signs of happening, but they still talk as if they are in full control of everything.

One News has published an article where poverty advocates are calling on the government to stop talking about fixing poverty, and to actually start to do something. quote.

Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to close the gap between rhetoric and reality, and to do something to address the worsening situation for society’s most financially vulnerable.

The group’s coordinator, Ricardo Menendez March, spoke to Breakfast this morning about the increasing number of people needing government assistance.

“Well, over the past few years, we’ve seen a steady increase of the number of people requiring hardship assistance, particularly food grants, but there’s been a really steep jump from last year to this year, and I think it’s showing that we’re reaching crisis levels, where far too many people are requiring food grants to get by,” Mr Menendez March said.

He said over 300,000 people required assistance. end quote.

 

So this is what ‘bringing kindness back’ looks like? quote.

“Things are getting worse.”

He says rising rent costs are “the biggest driver” in the “jump” in numbers.

“New Zealand reports show that people on the benefit have been the most disproportionately affected by the rising cost of rent, and nothing has been done to address that.

“There’s other stuff, such as petrol, food, etc, but it’s really the cost of rent and housing that’s affecting beneficiaries the most.” end quote.

I don’t think this is just about beneficiaries either. I think there are a lot of working people in the same situation, and that is the really hard part. There was a time when having a job meant you could pay the bills, within reason. There is no guarantee of that any more. quote.

Mr Menendez March says what can be done is for the Government to “raise benefit levels, at the very least”.

“Child Poverty Action Group released a study suggesting that they should at least be doubled, and that would only put them 60 per cent below the poverty line at this point, so it wouldn’t even put them over the poverty line. end quote.

Raising benefits is not the answer. Getting people into work is the answer, even if it means they will still be receiving a benefit in the form of Working for Families. Better to get them working than not working. They have better prospects for themselves and their families if they find work. quote.

“People are going for cash and low-paid work in the regions, and they don’t last for very long, and they go back onto the benefit, so the Government needs to be creating well-paid jobs if they want people to go into work.”

He says, however, that “so far, we’ve seen no clear indication or timelines on when they’re going to be removing benefit sanctions or raising benefit levels”.

“So far, it’s been really disappointing to see Jacinda Ardern at the UN talking about kindness and compassion. Well, we’ve got a really unkind welfare policy that is punishing our most vulnerable. end quote.

This is the problem when all you do is talk the talk. You create expectations that probably can never be met. Jacinda cannot double benefits, even if she wanted to. It would be political suicide. They cannot remove all sanctions on benefits either. That punishes taxpayers and means there is no incentive to go out to work. We might as well all just go on the dole.

There are no easy fixes to these problems and I have more sympathy for workers on low incomes than for beneficiaries because I can’t imagine anything worse than going out to work for 40 hours a week or more and still not being able to pay the bills. That is what is happening in a lot of low-income families, and it is tragic. Most of them vote Labour, and yet fail to see that Labour’s policies will keep them in poverty for their entire lives.

There are things that this government could do to help the situation, but such things are an anathema to their ideology. The first thing is to stop beating up landlords, which would make housing more available and, by default, more affordable. Secondly, they could get on with what they have promised and actually build some of those 10,000 houses a year. Then they could remove the fuel taxes. That would be a start.

Sadly none of these things will happen because all Labour is capable of doing is talking the talk.

Caption for top pic - " Peters Prats..." ?