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I see cindy handing out cash on the west coast the other day , giving away other peoples money  is the only thing  she is capable of , the rest of the collection of losers  efforts so far are a dismal failure , Steven Joyces 11 Billion budget hole is looking real , economists are now saying kiwi build needs around 18 billion to succeed at the levels labour has promised and the amount budgeted for will build less than a half of what's been promised , hiding that failure will be difficult next time around .

Labour must be pissed off with the results of the latest poll , National back up to 46% labour down to 43% ,  and I don't believe labour will retain anything like that in two years time , people will take the money but they can see through the bribes . Time will tell if Bridges can lift his ratings , if not then he can go , judgement day should be in about 8 months , if he succeeds then it's a landslide win for National in a couple of years . 

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Why are we not hearing anything about this in the NZ media? This UN Migration Pact is set to destroy this country, by opening our borders, increasing illegal immigration and dismantling our sovereign rights and granting rule by the UN. It is Orwellian in essence and a chilling document in the extreme.

 

Signing the UN Migration pact ‘presents a serious risk’ to NZ citizens

by SB 
 

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned other world leaders that if they sign the “flawed” UN Migration Pact they will be putting their citizens at “serious risk”.

At a joint press conference after a meeting with the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babis, Orban said that the document set down principles that would stimulate illegal migration rather than reduce it. quote.

[…] Every substantive legal case in the future will make use of the document as a point of reference, he warned. He said mass migration was a serious issue and decision-makers should not ignore the opinion of the people.
Yet in Europe today, he added, people are not allowed to express their opinions, or leaders fail to take them into account.

“We in central Europe, however, want to remain democrats,” he said. “Migration is testing the democratic nature of political systems,” the prime minister added. end quote.

 

Now is the time for Simon Bridges to demonstrate some leadership and to stand up and attack Jacinda Ardern hard for her desire to sign this dangerous pact. One of our readers wrote to Simon last week and he replied that the National party will be opposing the pact.

They need to not only oppose it; they need to make a massive song and dance about it. They need to rip it apart. They need to expose it for what it is and how New Zealand will be handing over its sovereignty and the control of its borders to an unelected Islam-dominated world body that does not have our citizens’ best interests at heart.

This is one world government stuff. They want to fill us with Muslim immigrants and they want to create a world army. The globalist agenda is terrifying and New Zealand has to grow some balls and say no!

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Child poverty reduction bill destined to fail

by Christie 
 

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Damien Grant writes an opinion piece at Stuff: quote.

I was a little surprised to see the Government has introduced a bill on child poverty.

During the last years of the evil Key/English administration barely a week went by without a news story, TV documentary or breathless angst on National Radio about the 40,000 homeless and 200-and-something thousand kids living in poverty.

These have thankfully ceased. So, naturally, I assumed that the problem had been solved. end quote.

Apparently not. But there are big problems with this Bill, as it stands. quote.

For a start it commits a government to outlining 10-year objectives for tackling this scourge. Which is nice because anyone with any understanding of history appreciates how well five and 10 government year plans usually work out and even better when the average life-span of a government is well under 10 years. end quote.

No government can bind future governments… although don’t worry, the socialist governments try really hard to change this every time they are in power. quote.

Child poverty will continue to be measured on a relative basis. The bottom 20 per cent of income earners, essentially, will be classified as poor, which has the merits of a never-ending problem that will require an ever-growing and interventionist government agency to deal with. end quote.

 

I thought Jacinda’s new-found knowledge of advanced statistics would mean that she would understand that this is not the way to measure poverty. If everyone was earning over $100,000 per annum, this method would still mean that the bottom 20% of earners were classed as poor. Madness. quote.

One bright spot, to be fair, is a provision for the minister to identify objective measures of poverty based on actual, rather than relative, hardship. This is to include a reference to a child’s health, education and housing.

Alert readers will notice that the state has a near monopoly on the first two and heavily regulates the third, and generally does an appalling job on all three.

Poor results in these areas will, however, not result in a reassessment of the merits of a failing state system. Rather, they will provide an impetus for ever more rounds of intervention, reporting, and regulation. end quote.

I think it is fair to say that, for poorer families, the state is directly involved in housing as well, as most of them will live in state housing.

I am a firm believer that it is impossible to solve child poverty, unless Jacinda’s plan is to form Oliver Twist type schools and workhouses and take all poor children away from their families. The government needs to tackle poverty. Most children live in families, and if the family is poor, the child is poor. I am not talking solely about money; if a child is unloved, poorly fed or inadequately clothed, or does not attend school regularly, the family income does not matter.

I go back to Deb’s idea of wrapping people in support to help them to manage their money and lead better lives. These problems need to be tackled on an individual basis, rather than a blanket approach that simply throws money at a problem with no real thought about the outcome.quote.

Perhaps the Government can take a step back and acknowledge that although their intentions are always noble, and I have no doubt that the Prime Minister is genuine in her desire to help children in need, this bill is destined to have the opposite effect. end quote.

In other words, it will have no effect at all, except to cost the taxpayer a small fortune in providing solutions that don’t work, failing to fix problems that they cannot fix.

Another interventionist socialist government. Rinse and repeat ad nauseam.

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The pressures of being a stay-at-home dad…

by Christie 
 

…who (rumour has it) drives a Maserati…

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Jacinda Ardern, Clarke Gayford and their baby daughter

Last Sunday gave us a pleasant surprise in the political polls. National had managed to sneak ahead of Labour, recovering just about all of their loss in the previous poll, which had been driven mostly by the Jami-Lee Ross saga. It is heartening to know that National’s core base has not deserted it, although I don’t have much hope that they will use this bounce to move away from their leftist policies. It was bad news for Labour, who have enjoyed their day in the sun when it seemed that voters actually liked them. It is likely that Labour were already aware of this change as they do their own polling, which they keep close to their chests.

 

So what was their reaction to the bad news? You guessed it. With the help of their favourite website, Stuff and Nonsense, they wheeled out the First Baby… and the First Stay-at-home Dad the very next day. quote.

 When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford loaded their newborn Neve Te Aroha into the car for the first time, Gayford was conscious the world was watching.

“I was almost disappointed they didn’t film that moment, because, man, I was like a slick professional,” Gayford said.

“I was like an official baby loader – ‘watch me load this child.'” end quote.

I see now that I am obviously not part of the ‘world’, because personally I couldn’t give a stuff about Clarke putting the baby into a car. One or two people have done this before. quote.

Gayford told A’Court he and Ardern had decided on boundaries regarding sharing Neve’s life and development on social media, before their first child was born. end quote.

By setting up a Facebook page called “Pimp my Baby” you mean? Because that is what you do, all the time. Just as you are doing in this article and in the display at the UN that was… shameful. Pimping the child for all it was worth, just for a few photo ops. You guys really can’t help yourselves, can you? quote.

“We just decided that if we put some boundaries around it then it’s easier to have those boundaries respected by others, if you like. So I don’t go posting pictures of her [Neve’s] face, necessarily, but I’ll put the odd sneaky one out of a cute outfit.” end quote.

Is there a purpose to this article? Because, if there is, I am struggling to find it. Oh yes. Sorry. National are ahead in the polls.

Why does anyone think that anybody cares about this stuff? It is Woman’s Day, every day.

I suspect that Stuff and Nonsense had been sitting on this article, waiting for the day that the government had a public perception problem. Let us just say it is going to need a few more of these articles. A lot more.

In the meantime, we now understand the reason why there is a need to spend $3 million on security for Premier House. There is a baby in the house. No one has ever had a baby in an official residence before.

Here’s a sneak preview of what $3 million will buy in security services.

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I think they’re going to need a bigger horse…

 

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Smoke meth, get paid compensation

by Christie 
 
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Newshub reports: quote.

The Government is paying out around $440,000 on Monday to compensate tenants who were wrongly evicted from Housing New Zealand homes after meth testing standards changed.

Financial compensation is being given to 55 people evicted from their Housing New Zealand homes, who will each receive an average of $7735. So far only around 295 out of 800 eligible former Housing NZ tenants have been contacted. end quote.

So we are looking at a possible $6 million in compensation for people who broke the law and contaminated their state houses by smoking methamphetamine because they just didn’t smoke quite enough of it. quote.

 

The Government on Friday changed regulations so that the compensation payments would not affect any benefit payments, and the first payments are being made on Monday. Others affected by the bungle have been urged to come forward. end quote.

This was never a bungle. The previous government acted on advice given at the time. It strikes me as rather convenient that, at a time when the demand for social housing is the highest on record, the government’s chief scientist, Peter Gluckman, suddenly decided that the contamination levels for methamphetamine had been set too low, and suddenly all these houses that had previously been considered unsafe for children to live in were perfectly okay. Really. quote.

In September, Housing New Zealand apologised for wrongfully kicking out about 800 tenants from their state homes as a result of meth tests that were found to be pointless. It was discovered around $100 million had been wasted on the tests. end quote.

Wasted? How about those houses that were above the new levels? They would never have been tested and found unsafe if this money hadn’t been ‘wasted’. quote.

Earlier this year, a report from then-Chief Science Advisor Sir Peter Gluckman found there was no evidence homes in which meth had been smoked were harmful to live in. It acknowledged the effects on tenants losing their belongings and getting poor credit ratings.

The testing guidelines used by Housing NZ between July 2013 and May 2018 were found to have little merit. About half tested positive according to the guidelines at the time, which was 10 times lower than the new standard in place since May. end quote.

It is a matter of opinion as to whether or not the new levels are ‘safe’. If it were me, I would not want to live in a house that had been contaminated with methamphetamine at all, but obviously I am just paranoid. quote.

“The biggest damage done to the tenants was the loss of their home and personal belongings because of the faulty meth tests,” said AAAP’s Ricardo Menendez, referring to evictees who threw out their belongings because of fear of meth contamination.

“Cash compensation will go some way towards addressing the material hardship evicted tenants have been put into because of the evictions, but the money will not be able to be properly used unless they are re-housed.

“We are calling on the Government to build and repair enough state homes to make them available for the affected tenants. end quote.

Hang on. All these contaminated houses are okay now; the government and its former chief scientist say so. Why can’t they just move back in?

I am appalled to think that people who were breaking the law and contaminating their houses with methamphetamine should be compensated with taxpayers’ money because an arbitrary decision was made that contamination levels had previously been set too low. Methamphetamine is a class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act and its use normally attracts severe penalties. This government has decided to compensate people who were using the drug, because they contaminated state-owned houses but did not contaminate them quite enough.

This is your crazy new government, folks. Throwing your money down the toilet one meth contaminated state house at a time.

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Where is Ardern on this? Nothing is forthcoming from her and this agreement is due to be signed next week. 

At least National have provided their stance on this horrendous UN Migration Pact.

National would pull NZ out of UN migration pact

National would pull New Zealand out of the UN’s Global Compact on Migration because of its potential to restrict New Zealand’s ability to set its own migration and foreign policy, National Leader Simon Bridges says.

"National is supportive of global action on major issues and of migration into New Zealand because it brings skills, capital and connections and makes New Zealand a better, more diverse place. And we support the ability for New Zealanders to travel and live and work overseas should they choose.


“But immigration policy is solely a matter for individual countries and must take account of their individual circumstances – and New Zealand’s policies are already held up as international best practice. There is no automatic right to migrate to another country without that country’s full agreement, a view which the United Nation’s Global Compact on Migration, set to be signed next week, seeks to counter.

“While not binding, the Compact could restrict the ability of future governments to set immigration and foreign policy, and to decide on which migrants are welcome and which aren’t. While National is the party most open to immigration, we cannot accept this.


“This Government’s own immigration policy is weak and confused, including its unfulfilled campaign promises to slash immigration. Signing up to this only clouds things further – like its working groups the Government appears to be relying on the UN to set its migration policy rather than making its own decisions.


“While a number of countries are pulling out of the agreement as the extent of its potential impact on the decision-making of individual countries is realised, our Government is refusing to outline its own position.

 

 

“For these reasons, National will not be supporting this agreement and we will reverse the decision if this Government signs up to it.”

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The failures continue , flagship policy kiwi build is a failing and going nowhere and it's going to get worse , purchasers backing out when they see what they have bought , the RUNNERS UP wouldn.t take them as well , this dream is turning into a nightmare and is doomed .

So we have increased homeless people , luckily summer is approaching and the salvation army food parcels have increased dramaticly , around 27000 more dependent family's since cindy took over , this isn't looking pretty .

Five of the 25 total properties at Auckland's 240 Onehunga Mall Development were rejected by the ballot winners, and the runners-up. The properties consisted of two studios and three one bedroom apartments, valued between $380,000 and $500,000. The properties had between five and 14 people on each of their ballots. 

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1 hour ago, tripple alliance said:

The failures continue , flagship policy kiwi build is a failing and going nowhere and it's going to get worse , purchasers backing out when they see what they have bought , the RUNNERS UP wouldn.t take them as well , this dream is turning into a nightmare and is doomed .

So we have increased homeless people , luckily summer is approaching and the salvation army food parcels have increased dramaticly , around 27000 more dependent family's since cindy took over , this isn't looking pretty .

Five of the 25 total properties at Auckland's 240 Onehunga Mall Development were rejected by the ballot winners, and the runners-up. The properties consisted of two studios and three one bedroom apartments, valued between $380,000 and $500,000. The properties had between five and 14 people on each of their ballots. 

I would hope that these five ballot winners and the five ballot runner ups would now be removed from any future Kiwibuild ballots. 

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Stuff and NZ Herald being paid by corrupt EU Globalists?

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13 hours ago, tripple alliance said:

The failures continue , flagship policy kiwi build is a failing and going nowhere and it's going to get worse , purchasers backing out when they see what they have bought , the RUNNERS UP wouldn.t take them as well , this dream is turning into a nightmare and is doomed .

So we have increased homeless people , luckily summer is approaching and the salvation army food parcels have increased dramaticly , around 27000 more dependent family's since cindy took over , this isn't looking pretty .

Five of the 25 total properties at Auckland's 240 Onehunga Mall Development were rejected by the ballot winners, and the runners-up. The properties consisted of two studios and three one bedroom apartments, valued between $380,000 and $500,000. The properties had between five and 14 people on each of their ballots. 

Trouble ahead for twyfords house building dream , the ban on overseas buyers isn't turning out how they expected , it looks like many projects won't get off the ground without international buyers giving then the necessary kick start . 

Apartment developments are seeking exemptions to the new Overseas Investment Amendment Act so they can sell to overseas buyers, within weeks of the controversial legislation coming into force.

Four applications for a "Transitional Exemption Certificate" have been lodged with the Overseas Investment Office.

The OIO has granted this type of exemption to one of the four applicants - developers, Hengyi Pacific, of the 57-storey Auckland apartment building, The Pacifica. 

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Mike Hosking: KiwiBuild fiasco could bring this Government down

 

Do you think it says something about the mentality, outlook, and perhaps even sheer arrogance of Phil Twyford, that he decided on our behalf, without the permission or knowledge of Cabinet or the Prime Minister, to simply change the rules on KiwiBuild?

The original deal was, if you were lucky enough to be drawn from the ballot you would appreciate the Government's help in getting you into a first home 0 and therefore wouldn't flip it, or flick it, for profit.

But unbeknown to just about anyone, apart from Grant Robertson and Shane Jones, Twyford decided that wasn't a good rule. He decided you could change it, instead of 100 per cent of the profits being taken off you, if you were caught, you had to give back just 30 per cent.

In other words you got to keep 70 per cent of the profits.

In what person's right mind is that fair, sensible, logical - or even sane? And what moron would think they can do that with other people's money? And what grandiose clown thinks he can do that without even getting the boss' sign off?

If you don't think that's as good an example as you will ever get that this whole KiwiBuild thing is a snake oil scam, then you are as mad as Twyford.

By the way, if you don't want to flip the house you can rent it out as well. Oh, you're not really allowed to, but if they catch you, you will only be pinged for part of your windfall.

So what do we have so far?

• A housing scheme that doesn't have enough money put in, in the first place. That's Treasury's assessment.

• A housing scheme that won't contribute anywhere near what the Government said it would to the market. That's from Treasury and the Reserve Bank.

• A housing scheme that isn't even close to getting people locked out of the market into a home, given the prices.

• A housing scheme in parts of the country that's actually more expensive than the open market prices already in play.

• A housing scheme that doesn't actually have any real demand, given they extended the ballot in places like Wanaka.

• A housing scheme with some homes in Auckland now on the open market, due to the fact the people who won the ballot didn't want the property, and the runners up didn't either.

• A housing scheme that is unilaterally being fiddled with, with our money, by a bloke whose head is so big it can't get through a door.

• And now, a housing scheme that because they changed the rules unilaterally, now needs a dedicated team to monitor who is selling their houses for the profit they're allowed to keep due to the changes of rules, and that team costs upwards of half a million dollars a year.

Does any of this make any sense at all?

As I have said all along this is a house of cards, it's a jack up, it's a fantasy, it'll never happen, it won't work.

And it will be the one major policy that haunts this Government and potentially destroy them, and crazy Twyford is leading the charge.

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Here comes the protection

by Christie 
 
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Good on Simon Bridges, for pointing out what is patently obvious to anyone who ever listens to parliamentary Question Time. Trevor Mallard, a former Labour MP himself, is the most biased Speaker since… probably Margaret Wilson, also a former Labour MP. There is a pattern here. Whether the whole thing was staged or not doesn’t matter – Bridges has put it on record that Mallard frequently steps in to protect his Princess. And we all know this to be true.

Even Audrey Young sees it. quote.

Parliament’s Speaker, Trevor Mallard, has an inbuilt bias against National Party leader Simon Bridges and a soft spot for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

That much has been clear since Mallard took the chair just over a year ago. Bridges gets under his skin. end quote.

 

It is more than a soft spot, Audrey. He protects her from those mean, nasty, ugly capitalists on the other side of the house. To quote the Rt. Hon. WINSTON PETERS: ‘On behalf of the Prime Minister, can I say “compassionate” and “kindness” are her middle two names’. Clearly, she needs protection. It is a bit sad, really, that she is not tough enough to be prime minister, and has to have bully boys on either side of her to give her safe passage. quote.

It was during questions to the Government about the Karel Sroubek case that Bridges accused Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of “ducking and diving”.

Such a description is not unusual in the cut and thrust of politics, and barely raised anybody’s eyebrow – except Mallard’s.

Mallard stood up to object – we don’t know whether he was about to make Bridges withdraw and apologise and put him on a final warning.

But before he could mete out punishment, Bridges said: “Here comes the protection.”

That was the offending phrase and that got him ejected from the House – and for that there can be no objection. end quote.

Although it was apparently okay for Mallard to call Simon Bridges a ‘smart-arse’ the day before. Can there be an objection to that? quote.

It crossed a line. It can be easily argued that Mallard was too quick to leap to the defence of Ardern after she was accused of ducking and diving – not that she requires any help from Mallard in the chamber. end quote.

Well, obviously she does need help in the chamber, Audrey. She was certainly not answering Simon Bridges’ questions yesterday. quote.

After Mallard had ordered Bridges out, Brownlee interjected that it must have struck a nerve, and Mallard ordered Brownlee out too, creating a walk-out of most MPs except those which had questions to ask.

It was not an isolated incident. National has long objected to Mallard’s unfair practice of taking questions off National as a punishment for a transgression.

He did it yesterday when Melissa Lee and Louise Upston sighed during a ruling from Mallard – after first making them stand and apologise.

For as long as that egregious rule is applied, there will be wounded relations between the Speaker and the Opposition because that is the Speaker playing God. end quote.

Does he do this to Phil Twyford or Winston Peters? Not often. quote.

Mallard’s intolerance was on display yesterday when he referred to Bridges’ questions as “smart-arse” which is also an appalling lapse by a Speaker to the Leader of the Opposition.

And during an exchange with Brownlee, he basically agreed that tighter standards apply to Opposition questions than to answers by Government Ministers. end quote.

Mallard openly admits his bias. That is truly disgraceful. quote.

The sadness of Mallard’s speakership is that he had hopes of inserting himself less into Question Time than other Speakers, but he is doing the exact opposite.

On Newshub this week, Winston Peters tried to suggest that Mallard was not behaving like a Labour MP, but that is not true. It is impossible to take the politics out of the politician. end quote.

Well in Mallard’s case, it is impossible. We all shook our heads when Mallard became Speaker. Although he had coveted the role for a long time, it was evident he was never going to hide his obvious bias. As is shown above, he doesn’t even try. He goes with the government all the way, every time.

Mallard has brought the role of Speaker into disrepute and has turned Question Time into a farce. This is supposed to be the opposition’s chance to hold the government to account, and to ask questions, the answers to which are then clearly on the record. This government obfuscates all the time, ducking and diving in exactly the way that Bridges claims. The fact that the Speaker allows them to get away with this is a sad indictment on our parliamentary process, and a huge black mark against Mallard himself. He should be sacked immediately.

It won’t happen though. This government needs all the help it can get and a biased Speaker is an asset they are not going to let go without a fight.

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The 29th most powerful woman in the world

by Christie 
 

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Jacinda Ardern has been named on Forbes List of 100 most powerful women at number 29. To put this into context, and to show the accuracy of the list, last year she was placed at number 13, even though she had been prime minister for only a week when the list was compiled.

I’m surprised Nania Mahuta is not also on the list, for being the first woman in parliament with a moko. Surely that shows her huge power and influence.

The list has some very interesting absences, notably the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, who has huge power of course, particularly in the arena of charity work and children’s causes, not to mention any influence she may have on the President, but as it is Melania we are talking about, she is ruthlessly excluded. The list does include Ivanka Trump, however, at number 24.

However, instead of Melania, or the Duchesses of Cambridge or Sussex, who are also omitted, we do have serious philanthropists such as Taylor Swift, Shona Rhimes, Anna Wintour and Priyanka Chopra. The list even included Serena Williams at number 79. After her disgraceful display at the US Open this year, she does not deserve to be honoured in any way. This makes a complete mockery of the list.

 

The list is a mockery anyway. The top 2 women of influence are Angela Merkel and Theresa May, both of whom have brought immeasurable damage to their respective countries, from which they may never recover. I guess the list indicates only the most ‘powerful’ women in the world at present; nowhere does it say that this is actually a good thing.

In releasing this year’s list of 100 most powerful women, Forbes said: quote.

“At no time has more light been shone on women leaders and the need for more diversity. From #MeToo to #TimesUp to ‘We Too’, a term most recently used to describe the rise of women’s voices in the United Nations this year, women are mobilising for change. end quote.

#metoo does not make most women proud. It simply allowed wealthy Hollywood women to grandstand against the men that gave them their break into movies, conveniently forgetting that, in most cases, they compromised themselves to advance their careers. Exactly why this movement is hailed as groundbreaking is beyond me. quote.

“The women on Forbes 15th annual Most Powerful Women list are among the toughest, smartest leaders the world has today. They are creating solutions for some of the world’s biggest problems and making their mark.” end quote.

Taylor Swift and Serena Williams are among “the toughest, smartest leaders the world has today”? I wonder what Naomi Osaka might have to say about that?

As you can see, this list is another complete joke, and an insult to women who really are changing the world, a little bit at a time.

But back to Jacinda. First of all, she was never elected; she was gifted the role of prime minister. She is an aspiring communist who cannot answer questions in the house, and who has, without consultation, destroyed our profitable oil and gas industries to make herself look good in Europe. She is ‘normalising working parenthood’ by taking her baby to the UN General Assembly – as if no one had ever had a baby before. She does photo opportunities and media interviews with the zeal of a Victoria’s Secrets model, rather than as a serious politician, and all she ever talks about is children. She should be a kindergarten teacher, not a prime minister.

I cannot think of a single thing that entitles her to a place on the list of the world’s most powerful women. Jacinda is not powerful in any way.

The world media loves her. Like Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron, they may be hailed as shining lights on the world stage, but the way they are viewed in their own countries is a different matter altogether.

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6000  waiting for a state house when cindy took over , 10,000 today and the government / civil servant guy running kiwi build  for tyford has packed his bags and gone , much more on this this week , tyford , all talk and pathetic results .

When are we going to see the cuts in immigration that we were promised , they were going to help the housing issue , I know never , in fact cindy is about to sign that UN agreement that will make immigration control almost impossible , so much for looking after our les well off .

 

 

 

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NZ to sign the UN migration pact

by Christie 
 

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The man pictured above has campaigned throughout his political life on reducing immigration. He has always said that we should keep migrant numbers down and that it is very important that New Zealand keeps its unique culture. It is our geography more than anything that has enabled us to stop illegal migrants from pouring into our country, and we have also had a bit of help from Australia. Now that is all going to change. The man above, who has campaigned for as long as I can remember on lowering immigration, is one of the parties responsible for it. He is selling our country down the Nile for whatever his 30 pieces of silver consist of.

RNZ  reports: quote.

New Zealand is likely going to sign up to a United Nations migration pact this week as long as it can iron out a concern around sovereignty.

Representatives of 193 countries are gathering in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday and Tuesday to submit intentions – or not – to sign the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. end quote.

The vast majority of New Zealanders would not want a bar of this, but it has been kept out of the media, so most people don’t know much about it. Right at the moment, most people are more concerned about Christmas shopping and the upcoming holiday season. They are unaware that our right to decide who comes to our country is about to be taken away. By the time they do realise it, it will be a done deal. quote.

National’s foreign affairs spokesperson Todd McClay said it could affect New Zealand’s ability to set its own migration policy.

“The government should not sign this agreement.

“[It] treats legal and illegal migration the same and calls for restrictions on freedom of speech and the media. It is likely to have a detrimental effect on New Zealand’s ability to set independent policy today and in the future.” end quote.

 

Deep down, we knew all along our government was always going to sign it because, if they were not, we would have known long ago. In fact, it seems their intentions had been decided back in March, but no one has raised the issue until now.

 

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The compact is non-binding, meaning there would be no lawful obligation to include its principles in future decision-making. However, by signing up to the declaration New Zealand is at the very least morally obligated to honour it.

“Although non-mandatory, [it] speaks of ‘commit,’ ‘commitment,’ ‘must,’ something like 80 or 100 times,” Mr Bridges said.

“We have the right processes and policies; we don’t need the UN telling us what to do.” end quote.

You can bet it won’t stay non binding for long. Once signed, the UN will put huge pressure on the signatory countries to take large numbers of refugees opportunistic economic migrants. That is not the only issue. The compact restricts free speech and the freedom of the press by linking criticism of migration to hate crimes, and we are signing this.

We all know why Cindy wants to sign it; she wants a job at the UN in New York, following in the footsteps of Auntie Helen, and she does not care if she has to sell us down the river to get it, but why is Winston going against one of his own underlying principles? A principle that many people supported him on? quote.

New Zealand is sending UN representative Craig Hawke to Morocco. end quote.

If we are sending someone, you can be sure he is not going purely to admire the scenery.

I am disgusted with Winston Peters about this. So many people have been fooled by him time and time again, but this is possibly the most treacherous thing he has ever done. He could have stopped it, even if Jacinda was hell-bent on signing this compact, but he didn’t, and now it looks like a done deal.

Remember all those people who rallied in the streets, stopping traffic and throwing dildos at Stephen Joyce because the former TPPA contained clauses that were seen as a threat to our sovereignty? Where are all the hordes of activists now when our sovereignty really is under threat? They are nowhere. The whole anti-TPPA movement was just a political stunt, aimed entirely at the former government. These people do not care if our sovereignty is sold out.  They think they will be happy to live under Sharia law. For some reason, they think the harsh rules imposed by Islam will not apply to them. They are wrong.

In the meantime, Winston Peters has sold his country out. Remember that in 2020, voters… although it may already be too late by then.

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Not forgetting Labour Summer Camp sex assaults and getting rid of charter schools.

 

Jacinda’s lowlights of 2018

by Christie
 

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Newshub has written an article about Jacinda’s lowlights (and highlights) of 2018. I’m sorry, readers. I just can’t resist this. Buckle up.

First of all, there is the photo above, where our prime minister looks like a bag lady next to the Duchess of Sussex. When it comes to style, you have either got it or… you haven’t. quote.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told The AM Show this morning that her 2018 lowlight was losing two members of her staff.

Clare Curran resigned as a minister in early September after her secret meetings outside of parliamentary business were revealed.

And Meka Whaitiri had to stand aside from her ministerial portfolios during an investigation into an alleged assault on a staff member.

“It’s always tough when you have issues that have to be resolved within your own crew and that happened on two occasions,” said Ms Ardern.

“I knew the decision that had to be taken in both cases, and we made those decisions fairly decisively.”

end quote.

in both cases, and we made those decisions fairly decisively.” end quote.

 

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There was nothing decisive about any of it, Jacinda. And getting rid of these two ministers was actually a highlight of 2018. Both were incompetent, lying and obfuscating their way around the media. Whaitiri was bullying her staff. The fact that you (eventually) fired them was a good thing. The fact that you don’t see it that way shows what kind of leader you really are.

 

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quote.

She said she had many highlights of the year, including the families’ package and child poverty legislation. end quote.

Is that it, Jacinda? I have a few more ‘lowlights’ for you to consider.

What about blindsiding the oil and gas industry to make you look good in Europe, putting the future of a whole region in doubt?

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What about the teachers’ strike, the nurses’ strike, the midwives’, the Auckland bus driver's when you promised there would be no strikes on your watch?

 

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What about the Derek Handley debacle – a clear case of ‘jobs for the boys’?

What about using your influence to get the police to tell the public that Clarke is not being charged with anything? Extraordinary behaviour for the police, who normally only ever tell the public who IS being charged or investigated.

What about all the Woman’s Day interviews when you should be answering questions in the house?

 

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What about Karel Sroubek, and a minister of immigration who looks out of his depth… but who you won’t sack even though he granted a wife beating drug dealer residency?

What about telling Mike Hosking to ‘read between the lines’, implying that there was something really special about this case… when there wasn’t?

 

 

 

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What about you needing your henchman Trevor Mallard to protect you when you are in the house because you are unable to cope with questions from the opposition?

What about chartering a private plane to take you to Nauru just because you were breastfeeding?

What about being the prime minister who does not know what GDP is?

What about allowing the First stay-at-home Dad into cabinet meetings so that he can wheel the baby around the table while the business of running the country is going on?

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What about the woeful performance at the UN, pimping the baby for all it’s worth, even though no one in New Zealand is allowed to take photos of her? (Another instruction from your henchman.)

What about hiring a New York PR agency to follow you around, giving you maximum publicity at the UN?

What about your disastrous landlord bashing policies that are resulting in fewer and fewer private rental houses being available?

What about the terrifying prospect of the Tax Working Group’s report, due in February, and what it might do to business?

What about 206 ‘working groups’?

What about obviously wanting to sign us up to the UN’s Migration Compact so that you can secure a job at the UN in the future?

What about using the murder of a young tourist as a public relations stunt and apologising to her family, while four Kiwi families lost loved ones in the same week and you said nothing?

What about the fact that, in spite of your promises, child poverty has not improved, homelessness is worse than ever (although we hear much less about it) and the cost of living is spiralling out of control for many families?

Well, there’s a few ‘lowlights’ to be going on with, Jacinda, and I didn’t even have to do any research. Every one of those ‘lowlights’ was off the top of my head and I’m sure I’ve missed quite a few others.

And then there is this:

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Why can’t Clarke behave like other prime ministers’ partners and stay out of the limelight, only being wheeled out for state occasions and Woman’s Day interviews? Oh well, I guess we all know the answer to that.

It is hard to know which is the biggest ‘lowlight’ of them all, but this one has to be high on the list. 

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What about the total shambles that Kiwi Build has become.
 

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Jacinda is dishonest

by Christie 
 

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Oh dear. The prime minister of the open and transparent government is now being accused of being dishonest about her text messages, received from Richie Hardcore, a supporter of Karel Sroubek, because she has pretended, all the way through this farcical situation, that she had no personal interest and a lot of secret information about the case that would change our minds about giving residency to a wife-beating drug lord who is in jail on drug trafficking charges… but is a lovely boy really.

Well, his mother says so anyway.

But the opposition doesn’t think so. Stuff reports: quote.

The Opposition leader claims the prime minister has been dishonest about a text message she received from a friend of Czech drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek.

When asked if he believed that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had lied about a message from Richie Hardcore, National leader Simon Bridges said by omission, she had been dishonest and that was “pretty much the same” as lying.

Ardern confirmed she received the message but said she did not engage with the unsolicited message. end quote.

 

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I don’t have the prime minister’s mobile phone number to send a text to. Do you? So Richie Hardcore is a privileged person. Now why would that be? quote. 

Bridges said it “beggars belief” that this was the first or only communication from Hardcore to Ardern about Sroubek.

He believed she knew more about Sroubek than she was saying or that Hardcore had been lobbying her. end quote.

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I have to admit, this makes sense. Hardcore is clearly a close associate of Jacinda and Clarke. He is also an associate of Karel Sroubek. That the prime minister thinks it is okay to give her immigration minister directives to award residency to people supported by her friends is both surprising and very disappointing. That she may have actually done it beggars belief. quote.

“For nearly two months, my colleagues and I have been asking serious questions and the picture painted by Ardern was that she knew nothing about any of this … that’s dishonest.”

He said he did not buy her comment that her phone number was widely available and questioned why she would not release the text message.

Hardcore works in counselling and rehabilitation in Auckland and it is understood Ardern had met him at various events.

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He had previously provided references in support of Sroubek (or Antolik as he was then known) to the sentencing judge in March 2016, arguing against him being jailed, and then to the Parole Board in December 2017. His pleas fell on deaf ears on both occasions: Sroubek was jailed in 2016, and the Parole Board refused early release in 2017.

When asked about the message on Thursday, Ardern said she would not release the text because she received a number of communications from a number of individuals in various capacities but she would consider an Official Information Act request. end quote.

You have to ask why she will not release the text. Let’s face it, the reason cannot be good. It is getting harder and harder to believe that Hardcore did not solicit the prime minister… particularly as Sroubek is such a lovely citizen, just grossly misunderstood. Sroubek’s wife, who is in a safe house in fear for her life, is clearly misguided in her assessment of him. quote.

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She confirmed she had known Hardcore for a number of years and had proactively shared that she had received information from him, highlighting, it was only after the minister made his decision on the Sroubek case.

“I’ve only been asked in the past about whether I knew anyone that made representations on this case. I’ve made it very clear I knew nothing of this case until it was in the public domain. I do not know who made representations on the case and I could not, hand on heart, say whether anyone who contacted me made representation. I saw yesterday that the opposition were asking very direct questions – made the decision to put out there what contact I had received. I want to reiterate I did not receive this communication until the case was on the public domain.” end quote.

Whatever. What was all the stuff about ‘read between the lines’? She had ignored all representations on this case, in spite of the fact that he should never have been given residency. Not at any point, not at any time.

The prime minister is obfuscating here, and the deputy prime minister is covering for her, but then, as he is one of her henchmen, that should come as no surprise.

Winston was always a master of trying to hold the previous government to account, but he is ducking and weaving like a snake. He may appear smart in the house, but he is fooling no one. This government is probably the most dishonest government ever, and Winston Peters put it there.

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Jacinda in more bother.

She gave $5.5mil of your money to the corrupt Clinton Foundation

The tip of the iceberg...Huber has had an ongoing investigation for months

Watch live 

House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Clinton Foundation

The House Oversight Government Operations Subcommittee holds a hearing on oversight of nonprofit organizations and restrictions to their political activities, with a focus on the New York-based Clinton Foundation.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?455872-1/house-oversight-subcommittee-hearing-clinton-foundation&live&vod

https://voat.co/v/QRV/2910723

 

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