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And speaking of transparency:

 

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PM Closed & Opaque on GJ Thompson

David Seymour

The prime minister has all but confirmed that GJ Thompson remained the director of his lobbying firm while he worked as her most senior advisor.

She also appears to have set a new standard, saying it’s acceptable to have a conflict of interest as long as it’s temporary.

Jacinda Ardern has previously said that Mr Thompson took a ‘leave of absence’ as a director and shareholder of Thompson Lewis while he was employed as her chief of staff.

The problem with Ardern’s claim is that the Companies Act does not allow a director to take a leave of absence. In any case, Companies Office records confirm Mr Thompson remained a director and shareholder throughout this period.

The PM walked back her previous statements, saying that Thompson only took leave from day-to-day business. But this statement is meaningless. Directors have a duty to act in the best interests of their firm at all times.

Astonishingly, Ardern also claimed that because Thompson only ran her office for four months, this diminishes the seriousness of the conflict of interest.

We have an extraordinary situation in which Mr Thompson, whose clients include Huawei, was required by law to keep his firm’s best interests at heart while he had access to all Cabinet papers and the government’s legislative agenda.

The biggest question that remains is: Did Thompson have access to briefings and other information that may have benefited his firm and his clients?

I have asked the prime minister whether there were any meetings Mr Thompson did not attend, or any briefings he did not receive, while he was her chief of staff because they related to his clients, including Huawei. She flatly refused to answer.

I have also asked whether he attended meetings relating to Huawei or the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act. Again, Ardern refused to say.

This is seriously murky business and the PM has an obligation to voters to clear it up.

There was huge potential for a conflict between Mr Thompson’s personal interests as a lobbyist for firms such as Huawei and his duties as the prime minister’s chief of staff.

If Jacinda Ardern is committed to openness and transparency, she will tell New Zealanders whether her senior-most advisor had access to confidential information that could have benefited his firm and his clients.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Ohokaman said:

Throw in the Global Financial Crisis and the Christchurch Earthquakes into the mix, wild waters navigated with aplomb...and yes, we know you'd rather forget the financial burden that placed on NZ and it was National that got us through, and still managed to hand over record surpluses.

Can you imagine this bunch of clowns doing the same ?? 

And business confidence is a made up term ? Ask employers if they are going to hire or not. Just like consumer confidence is whether they are going to go out and spend the money they have to keep goons like you in a job.

As for platitudes....." Let's do this..." ( Fuck up the Country presumably ) and " Most transparent government" ring any bells ??

regurgitating the same lines GFC and Chch..quakes=pathetic.BORROWED 100 BILLION DOLLARS!What a masterstroke!

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54 minutes ago, shodsie said:

Jacinda has a positive international reputation.

Blinglish who was a career politician a.k.a the 'double dipper from Dipton'(couldn't remember where he lived)was nicknamed '2nd' ,because he was just like Dean Barker,a perennial...loser.

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35 minutes ago, flockofewes2 said:

regurgitating the same lines GFC and Chch..quakes=pathetic.BORROWED 100 BILLION DOLLARS!What a masterstroke!

Moron. Do you have any clue what the cost actually was ? You clowns would have done what ??

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34 minutes ago, flockofewes2 said:

Jacinda has a positive international reputation.

Blinglish who was a career politician a.k.a the 'double dipper from Dipton'(couldn't remember where he lived)was nicknamed '2nd' ,because he was just like Dean Barker,a perennial...loser.

Positive my arse. A false impression created through the tragedy in Christchurch.

They have no idea that behind the toothy grin there is empty space. An out of depth novice that has achieved absolutely nothing.

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16 minutes ago, Ohokaman said:

Positive my arse. A false impression created through the tragedy in Christchurch.

They have no idea that behind the toothy grin there is empty space. An out of depth novice that has achieved absolutely nothing.

Yet you would be a big fan of Mr 'smile and wave'..to be sure!

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6 hours ago, weasel57 said:

any gummit the contains the incompetence of Lees-Galloway, Curran and Jackson, W should be a one-term gummit ...Taxinda is very quiet now because the honeymoon is well and truly over ...her strategists will no doubt hope the Vogue cover and an eventual (pre-election) wedding ceremony for maximum publicity effect will be enough to sneak in for a second term...and it might, given the inability of the Nats to organise any kind of LRP (Leader Replacement Programme). NZ politicians are all missing the one ingredient they real need  - credibility. I cannot think of one senior politician I'd like to vote for as Prime Minister.  Crusher is compromised by her past; so is Winston; Bridges is intelligent but devoid of leadership skills and gravitas.

As a complete aside, I wonder how long it will be before the Orientals form a NZ Chinese Party and assert real influence over Auckland council and central government here? The numbers must be there already (or imminent); Interesting times in Godzone.

Chinese make up over 10% of Auckland population.They already have National politicians in their pocket.Do not need a pan Chinese party.M.P Dr Jiang is a great fundraiser..pity he doesn't talk to European journo's...I Aguess that's the...……..way!

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shes also getting very isolated around the world, the lefties are flopping over like jumpers at aintree.........

her husband tradeau is battling too hold power in Canada, merkel is battling in Germany, her wannabee husband macroon has got his own problems in france 

trump aint going anywhere and obviously labor losing in aussie shes running out of her socialist agenda mates too sell around the world........

i hear she was popular tokelau maybe she could offer them her private sector experiance and open a fish and chip chop over there????? 

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15 minutes ago, shodsie said:

shes also getting very isolated around the world, the lefties are flopping over like jumpers at aintree.........

her husband tradeau is battling too hold power in Canada, merkel is battling in Germany, her wannabee husband macroon has got his own problems in france 

trump aint going anywhere and obviously labor losing in aussie shes running out of her socialist agenda mates too sell around the world........

i hear she was popular tokelau maybe she could offer them her private sector experiance and open a fish and chip chop over there????? 

you've convinced me..we really need the B Team Bridges and Bennett to make NZ a better...place!

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1 hour ago, flockofewes2 said:

who cares what aussies think.Their attitude to Kiwis living there is reprehensible.

the attitude of criminal Kiwis living there is what's reprehensible. Don't  Break the law in a serious way and you're fine ...just as it should be!

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31 minutes ago, flockofewes2 said:

you've convinced me..we really need the B Team Bridges and Bennett to make NZ a better...place!

Your nominated “B” Team FOE would not have to be too good to do a better job than Ardern. Most Aussies (the normal ones!) regard NZ as a super place inhabited by super people. What they can’t understand is how NZ’ers allowed Labour to get into power and break the long cycle of economic growth under National. Ardern is a cooked goose. Kiwis are too smart to make the same mistake twice. She’s a bit like the Rudd/Gillard experiment. After the pain of the Black Cap’s cricket WC loss, the pain of the All Blacks getting beaten at the World Cup in Japan will energize Kiwi anger against the photo opportunist Ardern. She’ll need a big Wellington earthquake, a Bay of Plenty Tsunami, a Waikato Flood and a larger forest fire in order to have some chance with those photo ops.

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1 minute ago, Trump said:

Your nominated “B” Team FOE would not have to be too good to do a better job than Ardern. Most Aussies (the normal ones!) regard NZ as a super place inhabited by super people. What they can’t understand is how NZ’ers allowed Labour to get into power and break the long cycle of economic growth under National. Ardern is a cooked goose. Kiwis are too smart to make the same mistake twice. She’s a bit like the Rudd/Gillard experiment. After the pain of the Black Cap’s cricket WC loss, the pain of the All Blacks getting beaten at the World Cup in Japan will energize Kiwi anger against the photo opportunist Ardern. She’ll need a big Wellington earthquake, a Bay of Plenty Tsunami, a Waikato Flood and a larger forest fire in order to have some chance with those photo ops.

her only hope is if she has twins (pref quads) before the next election

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4 minutes ago, Trump said:

Your nominated “B” Team FOE would not have to be too good to do a better job than Ardern. Most Aussies (the normal ones!) regard NZ as a super place inhabited by super people. What they can’t understand is how NZ’ers allowed Labour to get into power and break the long cycle of economic growth under National. Ardern is a cooked goose. Kiwis are too smart to make the same mistake twice. She’s a bit like the Rudd/Gillard experiment. After the pain of the Black Cap’s cricket WC loss, the pain of the All Blacks getting beaten at the World Cup in Japan will energize Kiwi anger against the photo opportunist Ardern. She’ll need a big Wellington earthquake, a Bay of Plenty Tsunami, a Waikato Flood and a larger forest fire in order to have some chance with those photo ops.

' break the long cycle of economic growth under National.'=reality  -budget deficits year on year.GDP reliant on money laundered property sales to foreigners,and unchecked immigration to keep wages low.

'What they can’t understand is how NZ’ers allowed Labour to get into power'-do tell...a couple of your ocker mates think this=flawed generalisation.

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5 minutes ago, flockofewes2 said:

' break the long cycle of economic growth under National.'=reality  -budget deficits year on year.GDP reliant on money laundered property sales to foreigners,and unchecked immigration to keep wages low.

'What they can’t understand is how NZ’ers allowed Labour to get into power'-do tell...a couple of your ocker mates think this=flawed generalisation.

Mixed member proportional

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1 hour ago, Trump said:

Your nominated “B” Team FOE would not have to be too good to do a better job than Ardern. Most Aussies (the normal ones!) regard NZ as a super place inhabited by super people. What they can’t understand is how NZ’ers allowed Labour to get into power and break the long cycle of economic growth under National. Ardern is a cooked goose. Kiwis are too smart to make the same mistake twice. She’s a bit like the Rudd/Gillard experiment. After the pain of the Black Cap’s cricket WC loss, the pain of the All Blacks getting beaten at the World Cup in Japan will energize Kiwi anger against the photo opportunist Ardern. She’ll need a big Wellington earthquake, a Bay of Plenty Tsunami, a Waikato Flood and a larger forest fire in order to have some chance with those photo ops.

You are forgetting Trump, she wasn't elected by the people of NZ...rather she was appointed by Mr 7%  

I assume she will once again be swanning off overseas next month to get further instructions from her puppet masters...the UN.  

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14 minutes ago, rdytdy said:

You are forgetting Trump, she wasn't elected by the people of NZ...rather she appointed by Mr 7%  

I assume she will once again be swanning off overseas next month to get further instructions from her puppet masters...the UN.  

puppet master pulling Bridges strings=Anadarko and any other multi national corporation!

National run an 'open economy'...help yourself...water,agriculture,power,property...if they can monetise it they ..will.

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