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Tomtoddy

The Ferald is keeping up its attacks on Luxon. Why? Is he too good for them, too likely to cut their slush fund? Two commentaries today undermining him.

No criticism of any Labour Minister over the Rotorua debacle. They get a free ride.

I dont hold any candles for Luxon but this degree of bias is way beyond the pail. It is naked abuse.
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April 29, 2022 8:06am
- CJames
  
  They have left the article up by a Labour Party activist complaining about Luxon for some days now. Hidden agenda not?
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:16am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Several ex Labour heads are attacking as a pack, with Shepherd and Tame fighting the same fight last weekend, it’s clear they are on their last legs. This is egg we have to ignore their bullshit, they are trying to frame Luxon as a flip flopped even though this PM has been the most spineless snd weak PM in history
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:47am
    - pdm
      
      Roy Morgan Polling now with result out at the end of next week or early the week after?
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:53am
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        Reid were polling last week, and the person I heard say they were polled said they would release them this week, I would say it’s bad for Cindy
        
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        April 29, 2022 12:55pm
  - Jack5
    
    Bridges, Muller, Collins … can Luxon survive the mutinous crew?
    
    The subsidised print media, State radio and State TV, keep stirring the mutineers.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:56am
    - curry4me
      
      Have they mentioned that he owns seven houses, and is a Christian?
      
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      April 29, 2022 12:32pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      But no one cares what these paid lefty scum say anymore
      
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      April 29, 2022 12:55pm
      - curry4me
        
        I know and with Musk owning Twitter, they no longer have the town square to themselves.
        
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        April 29, 2022 3:57pm
  - Flossie
    
    Hiding in plain sight!
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:05am
  - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
    
    CJames – Are you referring to the Labour attack dog Shane Ta Pou (sorry if I got his name wrong as he is not worth remembering)?
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:26am
    - CJames
      
      Yes – As soon as I saw it was written by him, I didn’t bother reading.
      
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      April 29, 2022 12:24pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Luxon is our only hope, he will be there at the election, so it’s either him or a return of absent Ardern for PM, we have two choices. Hooten has done a hit piece behind paywall as well, clearly he has had instructions, the utter failings and neglect and corruption seen this week alone should see the media calling him the golden one.
  If anyone thinks that his refusal to answer questions about wasted money, and tell us what holiday he would drop, when he already explained it was too late now it’s law means he can’t be PM only needs to compare him with the utterly useless PM.
  Red Claire let it slip that Labours internal polls were Nats leading for the first time, and the fact Newshub has not released their poll that was too be released this week only have to think about that yo know why the hit jobs.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:21am
  - Paulus
    
    I still expect that Ardern will be gone before the election.
    She will not stay to be publically humiliated.
    Robertson will not be the Leader either – he does not fit in with the Union’s perception.
    Current Transport, Workplace etc Minister Wood as Union favourite will takeover.
    
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    April 29, 2022 1:15pm
    - Captain Mainwaring
      
      Wood is a smartarse little prick. He would be a worse PM than Spindy and won’t rattle the polls any more than Angry Andy did.
      So that would be good news.
      
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      April 29, 2022 2:21pm
      - AitchW
        
        He’s a truly smarmy little creep. Oleaginous and smug. My god, Labour really is bereft of talent. If not Wood then who? Woods? Davis? Clark? They seem to do this repeatedly, put their leader on a pedestal with absolutely no thought as to the successor when the leader is inevitably rolled or bails at election time. Having said that, who might succeed Luxon?
        
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        April 29, 2022 4:22pm
      - RightFirstTime
        
        Too right Captain. The smart money says Mike from Mt. Roskill will be the next leader of the Labour party – although he may be forever haunted by his “river of filth” comment.
        
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        April 29, 2022 4:39pm
      - NeverMindTheBollocks
        
        Wood would take the poison chalice from Ardern, even though he knows he will lead Labour to a shellacking of record proportions, because it’s the only chance he will have to be PM.
        
        It’s all about him.
        
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        April 29, 2022 10:06pm
    - kowtow
      
      He will never be able to live down his infamous river of filth scum speech .
      
      Nor should he be allowed to.
      
      In any event w/o the Maid of Morrinsville Labour will be back to polling in the low ’20’s where they belong.
      
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      April 29, 2022 2:59pm
- peterwn
  
  “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
  Chris is making progress – he used to be in the ‘ignore’ stage. Now he is in the ‘laugh’ stage end entering the ‘fight’ stage. At least ‘laugh’ and ‘fight’ are better than ‘ignore’ which was what Chris was facing.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:34am
  - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
    
    Christine Luxon (She/Her/Herself) will be the next woman PM of NZ.
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:23am
- Simon
  
  “The Ferald is keeping up its attacks on Luxon.”
  
  Just wait until Luxon is the next non-labo PM. About 3 months in the job the left, MSM, Greens & Labo will blame Luxon for all of societal problems that they spent the last 6 years ignoring, sweeping under the carpet or just lying about.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:35am
- JJ56
  
  What Hooton has to say had to be said, and better now when it can be addressed.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:35am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    It’s not for Hooten to suggest he is no John Key or the useless Ardern, look what the idiot did with Muller, he is tied up with Matt Kings attempt to damage Nats, what the hell is going on
    
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    April 29, 2022 12:58pm
    - Nickc2
      
      Hooton’s nothing more than a ‘Poison Pen’ for hire.
      
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      April 29, 2022 2:20pm
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        Exactly, and as i said he is working with Matt King , so he will be aiming for Nat votes again
        
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        April 29, 2022 5:18pm
    - Up North
      
      Big G you are interviewing your typewriter re comment about Matt King and Hooten there is no connection between the two, Hooten is a gun for hire.
      
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      April 30, 2022 12:13pm
- PhilP
  
  Tomtoddy……..I wouldn’t read or believe anything Shane Te Pou says or writes. He is just a mouthpiece sycophant for the Liebore Pardy. I think the Polls are telling him and the other left wing writers, that they are not looking good so it’s Attack, Attack, Attack, hoping the shite sticks.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:44am
  - Paulus
    
    Look at Te Pou’s public criminal record first before taking any notice of him.
    It goes back a number of times and places.
    Even Helen Clark would not give him the time of day.
    
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    April 29, 2022 1:18pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      But who remembers such “stuff”?
      
      https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20120522/281659662082283
      
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      April 29, 2022 4:37pm
- Stellaboxer
  
  It’s amazing that the media still seems to believe in their absolute power in controlling the flow of information. If they continue to ignore this government’s failures and attack the opposition then all they are actually doing is confirming their irrelevance. Self preservation would be better served by doing their job rather then trying to protect their pay master. No amount of censorship by omission will save them from reality. Shameful behaviour but I guess it’s what you get when you staff your newsrooms with cheap graduates from the same humanities departments.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:48am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Funny there was live footage of Luxon in Rotarua up yesterday on one, I went to watch it last night it was gone, clearly he stated he roils fix Rotarua’s problems, and pointed to useless government, why else would they take it down?
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:52am
- coge
  
  Luxon is also continuing to get a lot of stick from the National base. The opposition was MIA when they were required to oppose the Govt. In the end, Luxon will be responsible for the outcome of his tenure.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:17am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    I haven’t seen any evidence of that. Luxon’s appointment has energised the National Party, he’s been drawing good crowds wherever he speaks, and party membership is on the way up again. We’re seeing people who resigned from the party two-three years ago rejoining, and in good numbers.
    
    Candidate selection will start around September, and there are very good numbers of people coming out of the woodwork to register their interest. That Paula Bennett was able to raise $1.8m from corporate donors in just a couple of weeks suggests those with the chequebooks see National as a very strong prospect to govern after 2023.
    
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    April 29, 2022 1:43pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Well said
      
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      April 29, 2022 5:22pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    The only people i hear rubbishing Luxon are only names to me, i have not heard anyone that i know say they wont vote Nats now he is leader, (as they did when Collins was leader) the people rubbishing Luxon are not Nat voters at all , they are more than likely ACT voters , who have become very arrogant, and that has to be knocked out of them soon .
    
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    April 29, 2022 5:21pm
- 7kiwi11
  
  Why the constant comparison of Luxon to John Key?I don’t remember seeing articles 5 years ago on the topic of “Ardern best they’ve got but she’s no Helen Clark”
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:36am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Luxon said in his very first speech, he is not John Key he is Christopher Luxon, that to me means the media and these scum ex Labour jocks know that times up
    
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    April 29, 2022 5:24pm
- Brian McDonald
  
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  It’s fair to point out a potential Prime Minister or any other parliamentarian flip-flopping on statements. I think it has been also fair to point out the lack of comparison between him and JK in terms of Parliamentary time before becoming a leader, it’s apparent that he’s in danger of walking off a cliff because of his lack of experience and willingness to speak off the cuff. He already has the habit of not answering questions as Jack Tame exposed last weekend.
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:07am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    And you think Ardern can answer off the cuff, they only ask pre arranged questions with at woman, it’s only fair that Luxon gets the same treatment, why is it he was clearly able to answer off the cuff a couple of months ago, yet not now, it’s bullshit, it’s a hit job, snd they are finding things they know he will be unable to answer
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:15am
  - Lee C
    
    I agree Brian, but you are not allowed to use gender pronouns anymore.
    
    Besides, within all those things you said about Jacinda accurate as they are, if you insist on breaking with your tribe and using gender pronouns, you should have used ‘she’ and ‘her’.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:27am
  - pdm
    
    BM – at least Luxon makes definitive statements.
    
    Ardern talks in kindergarten lingo riddles that are beyond comprehension.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:57am
- tui47
  
  Exactly the same treatment as all the previous leaders received. Hit jobs designed to manipulate voters. Will it change their minds though? When is the next poll due?
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:31am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Reid had finished a poll last week , they said the poll would be released this week
    
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    April 29, 2022 5:26pm
artemisia

So Berenson v Twitter is underway in the US. Step 1 is whether or not Twitter’s motion to dismiss succeeds. Alex Berenson was permanently banned for repeatedly spreading misinformation about covid. Some actually turned out to be information.

He is the author of Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives
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April 29, 2022 8:06am
- ClanMcleod
  
  I would bet money that most of what he published re covid was true, not just some of it. It would be interesting to see the list and tick them off.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:31am
  - Joely Doe
    
    Here you go… from The Atlantic
    
    Pandemics Wrongest Man
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:08am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      Have you read that and do you understand that every bit of it is bullshit? Berenson is correct about all of his main points. This is nothing other than a smear piece without any evidence to support the author’s nonsensical comments.
      
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      April 29, 2022 11:52pm
- kevn
  
  @art… Interesting to read a story in The Atlantic from a year ago about Berenson.
  How wrong they were and how correct Berenson was.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:50am
  - artemisia
    
    Heh, think I read somewhere that Alex Berenson’s focus areas when at the NY Times – drugs and financial fraud.
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:10am
mikenmildagain

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Happy International Dance Day!
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April 29, 2022 8:10am
- Ehlana
  
  Judging by the number of down-tickers, there must be many Kiwibloggers with two left feet.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:59am
  - Jimmy Brown
    
    We just dont like MM.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:33am
  - mikenmildagain
    
    Dancing around the subject?
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:50am
pdm

I was under the impression that sometime since taking office in 2017 that the Government passed a law allowing free doctors visits for all children under 18.

Am I right or wrong?
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April 29, 2022 8:11am
- Matt Long
  
  12 I believe.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:13am
  - pdm
    
    Under 14 when I looked a while ago Matt.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:20am
- Biscuit
  
  Soz, pdm, turning up at your doctor’s clinic in nappies and with a dummy in your mouth won’t cut the mustard.
  
  You’re older than I am!
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:13am
  - pdm
    
    Clever dicky Biscuit.
    
    Ooops better get on to this weeks selections instead of idling my time away here.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:16am
    - Don Beckett
      
      But surely – if you identify as a female under 14 you must be allowed a free doctor’s visit. //
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:56am
  - kowtow
    
    Boot polish for a “free” flu jab.
    
    medical apartheid .
    
    Maori and PI over 55’s get it “free” when YT won’t.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:47am
  - Joely Doe
    
    Depends entirely on how old you identify…
    
    Man lives as 6 yr old girl
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:11am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  It was both Nats snd NZF policy, snd Labour parrot it as if it’s their policy win, I bet you are going to say it’s not happening
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:23am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Not exactly…
  GPs set their own fees… They don’t have to offer a free service.
  
  free visits to the doctor they’re enrolled with — nearly every GP offers free visits, but it’s wise to check first
  
  https://www.govt.nz/browse/health/free-health-services-for-children/free-health-checks-for-children-under-14/
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:44am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    I thought the government was to pay the patients fee, meaning it’s not free for the medical centre
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:49am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      GPs and Medical Centres are not obliged to opt into the zero-fees scheme for under 14s.
      Which practices offer zero fees visits to children aged 13 and under?
      General practices can decide whether they provide zero fee visits for children aged 13 and under. Most practices are providing zero fee visits for their enrolled patients. Practices that opt in receive an additional subsidy from the Government.
      
      If your regular practice doesn’t offer zero fee care to children aged 13 and under, you can choose to enrol with another practice that does.
      https://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/visiting-doctor-or-nurse/zero-fees-under-14s
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:52am
Maggie Pie

‘All the world’s a stage, and Jacinda merely a bit player’

https://twitter.com/Damo_from_NZ/status/1514408639121207296
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April 29, 2022 8:17am
- alex Masterley
  
  Speaking of whom, has anybody sighted our Prime Minister this week?
  Surely she should have been out and about dealing with the various constitutional issues that are perculating at the moment.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:25am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    Hasn’t even made a FB appearance this week!
    Rumor is…..C19 🙁
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:33am
    - alex Masterley
      
      Somehow I doubt that C19 is the reason for the PM lying low.
      If she had c-19 her minders would have been playing the sympathy card for all it is worth…. Or am I being cynical?
      
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      April 29, 2022 8:51am
      - Tricati
        
        No, not being cynical. More likely the shit storm over Rotorua debacle, ram raids and rising inflation are too hard for her to front.
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:06am
      - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
        
        If the dumb PM had C19, there would have been million puff pieces in nanny Herald and the stuffed.
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:29am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        and don’t forget the MIQ court loss.
        
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        April 29, 2022 10:53am
      - Loddenthinks
        
        Not cynical, just realistic. Bear in mind it’s school holidays too, so no relief or distraction by visiting the little ones.
        
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        April 29, 2022 12:08pm
      - Tony Stuart
        
        There’s reportedly a larger than normal Police presence in Tairua, including several unmarked Police cars. Make of that what you will.
        
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        April 29, 2022 1:45pm
  - namron
    
    Parliament is back next week and I expect Question Time on Tuesday will be rather fiery.
    Some contentious matters which Labour will be very defensive over.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:35am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Labour will load QT with patsy questions and Mallard will run deflection cover for the PM.
      
      I don’t expect any fireworks…just the usual damp squibs.
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:56am
    - Paulus
      
      Nah ! the Duck will block anything he/she do not think they should answer.
      
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      April 29, 2022 1:22pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    She is a bloody useless disgrace, back from overseas in the weekend, said she was having a week off cause she was tired, didn’t even show up for bloody Anzac Day again, she is a rotten stain on our lives she’s gotta go.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:37am
    - Bloody Dago
      
      She’s been schwabbed for creating such a mess in the South Pacific but especially with the New Zealand economy. So as usual runs and hides with a packet of Tim Tam’s
      
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      April 29, 2022 12:45pm
  - Biscuit
    
    She had a brief cameo on One Ewes last night, patting the Parliamentary dog who is, I learned, about to retire.
    
    But no context – the piece could easily have been filmed last week, last month even.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:40am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      That was from a different time, the others were in parliament yesterday, she has been in Auckland all week
      
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      April 29, 2022 8:50am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Or with crisis actors…
      
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      April 29, 2022 8:53am
    - nathie
      
      Isn’t that what the North Koreans do?
      
      State propaganda TV playing footage of a beaming “Dear Leader” (when it was actually recorded a few days prior)?
      
      Wait a minute, that wouldn’t happen here, would it? Hang on, I’m now confused, which country are we talking about again!
      
      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/waitangi-day-snub-prime-minister-in-but-nationals-luxon-out-of-superficial-powhiri-pre-recorded-for-tv-special/LIN3BKGQ55LCB6Z2YKN4APQUPQ/
      
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      April 29, 2022 8:59am
    - Ehlana
      
      One News has a resident dog? I would have watched if I knew that.
      
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      April 29, 2022 9:00am
      - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
        
        The name is John Campbell – The resident evil commie.
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:29am
      - MCōs
        
        There’s a fight on to replace it between Bishop’s Samoyed & Seymour’s Germany Shepherd.
        The former might be the preferred option, but the latter may not take lightly to be shunted into second place.
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:45am
  - Nickc2
    
    Has she been told to stay away by her Maori Caucus whilst 3 Waters determinations are being announced today and Maori Vote Stacking in Rotorua is still work in progress?
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:42am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Spending some quality time. You work it out, I don’t want a ban
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:11am
  - Jimmy Brown
    
    Brand Jacinda is being kept under cover. There is a lot going on right now.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:38am
  - Paulus
    
    She is resting after her gruelling public relations trip to Singapore and Japan, and it is school holidays.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:59am
  - tui47
    
    She is taking a week off.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:32am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Again ?
      
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      April 29, 2022 5:30pm
- nathie
  
  What’s with the exaggerated and extended hand waving by our PM and her health expert? Does one of them doing so cause the other to subconsciously copy them? What a distraction!
  
  Contrast with the UK PM and his health expert, no hand flapping or attempts to lift off into space!
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:50am
  - kowtow
    
    UK PM?
    
    That clown’s about to get his arse handed to him in local elections there .
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:22am
- kowtow
  
  I’m waiting for the final act in ;
  
  Taming of the Shrew.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:48am
wisteria

David Parker on the AM show this morning said that without data he could not make recommendations about who paid fair taxes. Bit ironical when the present government said that it did not need data or goals for welfare payments.
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April 29, 2022 8:20am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  More like he was wrong about the rich pricks
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:37am
- In Vino Veritas
  
  What utter horse shit from Parker. The IRD has the information he needs. If he hasn’t got the data, its because he hasn’t asked for it, or, he got it and doesn’t like what he sees. Anyone who makes a serious amount of money, PAYS heavy hitting tax accountants to ensure their taxes are squared away according to the tax legislation.
  Paying a “fair share” is just Labour speak for “we want more from them than they are already paying”. National should ask a parliamentary question about how much each Labour MP has made in voluntary tax payments to the IRD in the last year. After all, if they are concerned about not collecting enough tax, they should bloody well pay more themselves!
  
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  April 29, 2022 12:40pm
zubrick

dealing to gangs in sydney
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/nsw-gangland-strike-force-hawks-lays-800-charges-since-october/101023654
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April 29, 2022 8:21am
Nukuleka

Lead ‘stories’ on RNZ’s Concert’s 8.00 am news this morning were simply opinion/ advocacy pieces: one telling us that we should sympathise with children who commit ram raids, seeing their actions as a cry for help, and another telling us that mask exemptions are too easy to get as masks save lives.

The only good thing about RNZ’s propaganda ‘news’ broadcasts on RNZ Concert is that they are mercifully shorter than hithertofore. I look forward to the day that they are abandoned altogether.
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April 29, 2022 8:22am
- Cassandra
  
  Concert should stick to its remit of classical music. The National Programme should be rehabilitated. I wonder if National will do so this time? Having seen the blatant bias over many years, surely this time they’ll take an axe to the problem. But reading ex minister Finlayson on co-governance fills me with foreboding. Let’s hope he and his ilk are no longer influential.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:29am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Any free and open debate around the efficacy of masks would shred any claims that they provide any meaningful protection. It’s just another example of how heavily the narrative is controlled in NZ by Ardern and her government via the poodle shills in the mainstream media.
  The link from Maggie Pie above shows Ardern pointing out clearly that there is no need for masks. They are nothing more than virtue signaling and a visual sign of obedience to she who must be obeyed. There is plenty of other recorded evidence of Baker and others clearly stating that masks do nothing to prevent the spread of an airborne virus. Now there is empirical evidence from around the globe clearly showing this to be true. No more models needed from wannabe “experts”.
  
  Ardern is a very petty tyrant who is losing the plot more and more as each week passes and her ineptitude, lies, deception and underlying nasty streak is exposed for more people to see.
  The sooner she vanishes from the country the better.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:38am
  - ClanMcleod
    
    Mod, my comment has been awaiting moderation since 8:38, no complaint, just wondering do I need to rewrite it or has it just been missed? Cheers.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:17am
  - artemisia
    
    I have a mask exemption. These days the only places I’m being (politely) challenged are Wellington CC premises, including a little pop up temporary library in the CBD, maybe 20 people there including staff at the time. Thing is these premises have security staff, assume covering all the opening hours. So that those ferals sans masks can be brought to heel.
    
    Not to worry, ratepayers will happily pay up.
    
    The security staff don’t socially distance either when (politely) enquiring, I guess they are relying on their mask to keep them safe. What’s wrong with this picture?
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:01am
- Benedict Yu
  
  “we should sympathise with children who commit ram raids”
  
  I heard a police spokesperson interviewed on the radio a couple of days ago. She was going on about the need to “educate’ children not to do such things, and sympathising with the parents.
  
  If your kids are doing ram raids, there are only two reasons:
  
  1. You are a terrible parent.
  2. Your child has some serious mental illness.
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:48am
  - artemisia
    
    Wonder where some of these feral kids would be now if National’s social investment plan was set up for removing sprayed school decile funding and using the considerable dosh to target support for at risk kids and their families.
    
    Probably enough funding for the most at risk to have cops parked outside. Or even better sitting at the kitchen table every day with more tough love support.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:51am
  - fisho
    
    1.a you’re likely exhibiting anti-social/anti-authoritarian/dishonest behaviours yourself that have been learned by the kid.
    
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    April 29, 2022 8:54am
  - David Garrett
    
    Bene: Seriously? A police person actually said that?
    
    If a kid hasn’t learned right from wrong by the time they are old enough to drive a car – I mean capable of driving a car – they are never going to. The reality is that the parent has probably put them up to it anyway.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:00am
    - Benedict Yu
      
      Here you go:
      
      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tragedy-waiting-to-happen-police-on-spate-of-ram-raids-across-the-country/CRE7FQPFMGOPSRURL5MW3DSAFY/
      
      “We [the Police] do understand their [the retailers whose stores were robbed] fears and want to reassure them that we are taking this matter seriously and we are investigating all of these offences.”
      
      However, with some offenders as young as 11, Bright [Counties Manukau police detective inspector Karen Bright] said a community-wide response, involving parents and families, car owners, retailers and partner agencies, was needed.
      
      Bright said wider issues around education, family dynamics and social media could be influencing the offending.
      
      “Our biggest worry, besides the huge harm it is doing in retail, is the effects this could have on these really young children and we want to avoid a tragedy.”
      
      Bright said retailers could install bollards, but acknowledged the cost of doing so.”
      
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      April 29, 2022 9:48am
      - Nickc2
        
        What’s the bet Councils wont concent bollards? Back to square one eh?
        Bring back Borstals!
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:53am
      - Rich Prick
        
        A “community-wide response” to the little criminal shits? How about a Police response? Like the type the rest of us encounter for doing 105 km/h.
        
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        April 29, 2022 10:08am
      - David Garrett
        
        Bright said wider issues around education, family dynamics and social media could be influencing the offending.
        
        Translation: Feral kids who have never been to school much are encouraged by their gang whanau to commit crimes as early as possible so as to avoid any significant personal consequences.
        
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        April 29, 2022 10:32am
      - Phronesis
        
        Well the little crims need to get a few runs on the board so that when they are older all their future sentences will be discounted for their “difficult upbringing” along with the “cultural report”.
        
        You get what you select for, and our system makes it very clear that if you are planning a life of crime you best start early.
        
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        April 29, 2022 10:49am
    - cmm
      
      DG: Yup, by default most people think others see the world as they do. In reality they don’t.
      
      Few of us would be criminals, so it is hard for us to comprehend that people would be criminals.
      
      Few of us would encourage our kids to commit crimes, so it is hard for us to comprehend that there are many people that feel nothing about getting their kids to steal for them.
      
      Few of us beat our kids (I’m not talking about a wee smack here), so it is hard for us to comprehend the scummy way many people treat their kids: physically and psychologically.
      
      Most of us accept our duty and responsibility to educate, feed and support our kids. It is hard for us to comprehend that many do not, instead seeing their kids as liabilities or as resources (more benefits, child minding, etc).
      
      With such different value sets it is no surprise to me that many people do not reciprocate kindness with kindness, but instead see it as weakness to be exploited. When the cops start becoming lighter, many this is an opportunity to become more criminally active.
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:17am
      - Jim
        
        CMM, concur with your points. Hence why the most law abiding good citizen will often walk into a surprise mugging, as they naively judged the other person(s) by their own standards.
        Our liberal society relies upon good morale citizens or alternatively strong disincentives via the authorities response and ultimately the justice system. Sadly we have weak authorities and judiciary and so this only serves to further incentivise crime. I fear it will get a whole lot worse before it gets better in NZ. For those questioning that remark, let’s see if NZ doesn’t next graduate to brazen gang smash and grabs in the middle of the working day (as seen in many Democrat US cities).
        
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        April 29, 2022 2:07pm
  - Ruahine
    
    Benedict.
    
    I think the police spokesperson has some serious mental issues.
    How about the police spokesperson saying that they know that they will not get caught and that there will be repercussions because Andrew Little says so.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:04am
  - Ehlana
    
    Would anyone with an actual serious mental illness doing anything as co-ordinated as these ram raids?
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:05am
    - Flossie
      
      Depending on the particular illness, many people with serious problems can do some very complicated mischief.
      
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      April 29, 2022 9:09am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Yep, dysfunctional, welfare dependent Parents. They don’t give a shit what the kids are up to. Take the blame ever further and it is the NZ Govts fault, no matter who is in power. Woke Police don’t help either, neither do people like special K who want crims out of jail.
    Just keeps going on and on. NZ as a Country is pretty sad.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:18am
    - cmm
      
      “They don’t give a shit what the kids are up to.”
      
      I’ll bet they do care: Hey kid (clip around earhole) I told you to get me some Winfield Reds. These are fucking Menthols. Go back and get Reds!”
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:21am
  - Gravelroad
    
    Some expert in the radio (sorry, can’t remember who) has said that many of these children are being looked after by grandparents who have difficulty coping.
    Parents drunk or under gang control.
    And of course, weed and meth more important than attending to their own kids.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:41am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Many Asian kids are looked after by Grandparents, maybe not full time, but while Parents work. Those kids don’t get up to this sort of shit (well not many)
      Respect has a lot to do with it.
      
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      April 29, 2022 2:17pm
  - JimBobJoe
    
    Benedict – these kids are just the latest crop from the social class that produce young Bailey Kurakiri….
    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Junior_Kurariki
    
    Not sure when you arrived in NZ, so these may have been before your time. But Bailey and his mates bashed a pizza delivery man to death to get what money he had and the pizzas.
    
    This was a huge case in the media at the time, but over the intervening 20 odd years, Baileys have multiplied and now under 16’s stabbing diary owners, killing random people and doing ram raids cause little concern in the media. Well, lets say media concern is missing about citizens rights and the Police actually doing there job of protecting the law abiding and catching law breakers.
    
    We are moving inexorably to a place where citizens will need to form self defense leagues to ensure they can live their lives safely and have a group that will protect them. The NZ Police leadership are out of touch and have swallow way too much sociology and criminology bs when getting their degrees.
    
    Its a sad state of affairs
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:38am
  - Bobba Fret
    
    Don’t forget, these 7 to 14 year olds will be future Greens and Labour voters.
    
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    April 29, 2022 12:08pm
  - Jim
    
    Is that the same female police representative (stab vest over dress) that sounded so nervous during the interview I’m sure (to the criminals) it will come across as complete weakness of the authorities, who sounded like just graduated social workers.
    
    Hey Coster (word of advice), please ensure your interviewed officers at least sound like they have the confidence and commitment to bring criminals to justice.
    
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    April 29, 2022 2:13pm
- krazykiwi
  
  The masks segment was comedy gold. Some rent-a-doctor dragged on to lament that easy exemptions are “undermining the effectiveness of masks”.
  
  Setting aside the point that there’s zero effectiveness, and even some harm caused by these face nappies, one shouldn’t need an IQ much above room temperature to recognise the hypocrisy of their apparent need and efficacy in supermarkets and retail, and their non-need in bars, cafes and restaurants.
  
  Of course if we had a functioning media the borax would be being applied, but instead each day we get literary drive-bys targeting the opposition.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:30am
cas

Just started Bill Browder’s latest book Freezing Order. What a cracker read. Anyway at the end he thanks a shit load of people in various countries ( I suspect most are related to their countries versions of the Magnitsky Act) and for NZ he thanks Simon O’Çonnor MP and Louisa wall. The latter thanks another reason for Jacinda to be pissed off with Louisa
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April 29, 2022 8:22am
G152

Just maybe it will be discovered that those blaming the worlds ills upon the ‘far right’ will be found to be the ‘far left’.
What will we learn when Twitter secrets hit the web ???
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April 29, 2022 8:28am
AndyW

I watched the video of the dairy smash and grab (one of many); the one where the cop, with her taser, steps back and watches the young punks scarper. They were caught but I want to know why she didn’t unleash 50000 volts of justice on one of them? Is there a directive that states a cop cannot use a taser if the criminal is trying to escape?
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April 29, 2022 8:29am
- rouppe
  
  There is. You can only use either the Glock or (I think) the Taser if your or someone else’s safety is threatened.
  
  You can imagine the outrage from the Aunties, saying “they’re only 11, they weren’t hurting anyone…”.
  
  Then Jack Tame and co would launch onto the Police for over-reacting etc etc
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:59am
- kowtow
  
  Yer well once upon a time a crash tackle by the copper wudda apprehended the little shit on the spot .
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:18am
- Mike
  
  Tasers are potentially lethal weapons, as are police dogs. They aren’t used on children.
  
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  April 29, 2022 12:55pm
  - Jim
    
    Mike, stolen cars being driven at speed by unlicensed adolescents are also potential lethal weapons.
    
    Perhaps you should remember to shout that nice and loud if you (unfortunately) find yourself in the path of an 11 year old driving a stolen car at speed trying to escape from police.
    
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    April 29, 2022 2:20pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    So can’t be used on big, well built 15, 16, 17 year olds?
    There is the problem, and the bastards know they can’t be touched
    
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    April 29, 2022 2:24pm
  - cmm
    
    Children?
    
    No, they might be children in your eyes but they are not children according to their own value systems.
    
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    April 29, 2022 6:09pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  It’s called “policing by consent”…
  
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  April 29, 2022 1:49pm
  - chukar
    
    Life without consequences, leads to a total immersion in self.
    If you hit someone expect a return hit , or else there is no reason not to hit them again!
    Our present social structure finds every excuse not to explain and enforce consequences.
    These kids have never been taught there are real consequences in real life!
    
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    April 29, 2022 7:28pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Living Earth stinks

It’s strange that it has taken years for Christchurch City Council to admit that the Living Earth Composting operation is a stinker.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/128473200/stinking-organics-plant-could-close-while-new-site-sought

I belonged to an Environmental group that regularly complained to the Wellington City Council about Living Earth’s foul composting operation in South Wellington. For years the Council denied there was a stench problem and tried to shift the blame to adjacent land-tipping operations.

But finally in 2007 they ended the operation.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00069/careys-gully-composting-operation-to-change.htm

It is not rocket science to compost without generating noxious odours, but it does require a bit more than a load of bullshit and green spin.
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April 29, 2022 8:35am
- nathie
  
  Heh I was thinking something similar when Newshub had an item on the Christchurch Living Earth compost station last night – how come these operations are situated where the “plebs” live and not near where the “elitist’s” that advocate for these live?
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:04am
Maggie Pie

TRENDING

There’s an awful lot of people cheering for Elon to restore free-speech to Twitter.
But by doing so he’s made himself an enemy of the State…. and they will do their best to destroy him 🙁

https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1519651722393702400
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April 29, 2022 8:42am
- Frank the tank
  
  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/critics-slam-timing-bidens-ministry-of-truth-police-internet-disinformation
  
  For some more information regarding this. Has sleepy Joe’s minders been talking to Our Glorious Leader?
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:48am
  - curry4me
    
    Brandon’s new Ministry of Truth will likely fall foul of the first amendment. It won’t go unchallenged.
    
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    April 29, 2022 12:58pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      US control of information. The Democrats are shitting themselves.
      Trump 2024
      
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      April 29, 2022 2:26pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Behahahahahaga, there is also a lot that are very worried, wonder what they have to hide, I see people are also calling for him to release any sign of political sabotage of the right
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:57am
- graham
  
  And on the other side of the coin, a Facebook friend posted that Elon was supposedly so upset by being mocked on Twitter that he bought it in order “to topple our freedom of speech”.
  
  *Sigh* I don’t want to even begin debating with this person, because the hysteria will just be unbearable.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:18am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Bring back the Don, and then there will be some real fun! Dems are unhappy the Tucker Carlson is back LOL
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:27am
- MCōs
  
  I saw an article last night on Reuters suggesting he’s going to back out of the deal.
  https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musk-probably-wont-buy-twitter-2022-04-27/
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:54am
  - Inandout
    
    MC, I wonder which story will pass Joe’s Truth Commission, yours or this?
    https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-twitter-buy-worth-b2066988.html
    
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    April 29, 2022 12:15pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      One of those links is an opinion of two authors, but never mind
      
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      April 29, 2022 2:31pm
    - MCōs
      
      The transaction hasn’t been completed yet.
      Not by a long shot.
      If it does go ahead it will be before the end of the year, going well.
      https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elon-musk-to-acquire-twitter-301532245.html
      
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      April 29, 2022 5:25pm
  - mawm
    
    Cos – it seems as if Twitter has been cooking the books.
    
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    April 29, 2022 3:32pm
I remember when

“Now that I have got your attention..”:Aaron Smale:
Newsroom:
Responds to criticism of his earlier article arguing that Pakeha farmers, a minority, already have significant property rights over water.
While his article may have been factually correct, there was no requirement for these farmers to be Pakeha to access the right.
There is, in fact, a considerable proportion of Pakeha society that are indeed arguing about the fairness of some of these rights.
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April 29, 2022 8:43am
Southern Raider

It goes back to the 90’s and Rudi’s “broken glass” policy in New York City

Not sure about the rest of NZ, but every day Auckland is rocked by more graffiti, more assaults, more petty crime, more burglaries and more ram raids. Most by young people

At the same time many low decile schools have truancy rates of 30 to 50% and this could be low as Boards remove long term truants from the role so it doesn’t count

How can this Govt not see the connection between truancy, deadbeat parents, Police diverted from core functions and a justice system which actively encourages repeat and severe youth offending
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April 29, 2022 8:45am
Frank the tank

https://www.foxnews.com/media/reaction-biden-latest-alarming-russia-gaffe-america-deserves-better

FMD. We still have over 2 years of dementia Joe. Even Trump at his worst was better than this pile of political garbage.
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April 29, 2022 8:47am
Frank the tank

https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2022/04/28/establishment-sen-lisa-murkowski-laments-i-may-not-be-re-elected/

See ya Lisa. Don’t let the door kick you on the way out. Might not help that your opponent is also a drop dead stunner in the looks department.
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April 29, 2022 8:54am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Some of my Alaskan friends will be happy, some won’t. The Democrat supporting ones love the RINO.
  They asked me not to bring up Politics at the dinner table, so I did. There was a bit of noise until they all realised it was a perfect troll!
  
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  April 29, 2022 12:23pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    add. It was so funny, they were all debating in raised voices – then caught me laughing! LOL
    
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    April 29, 2022 2:35pm
Benedict Yu

Will the Opposition commit to restoring the single mandate of the Reserve bank of “controlling inflation”. That is tell it that employment, climate change and Maori Science are things for other people to worry about. Message: “Your job is the management of the banking system and controlling inflation. Get it right, or we will replace you.”

Somehow I doubt it.
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April 29, 2022 8:56am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Surly they will, this is where I say Robertson has interfered with the RBNZ and it’s hood Orr is now pointing out the government has to do it’s side of the equation or inflation will rot their fish heads
  
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  April 29, 2022 8:59am
- Cassandra
  
  BY: I think Luxon said as much to Jack Tame. Certainly that is the tenor of recent comments by the Nats. ACT will no doubt encourage that.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:00am
- Thought Criminal
  
  Act should do it. They’re the meaningful opposition anyway. Luxton will be Labour in a blue tie.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:08am
  - Captain Mainwaring
    
    Who the Hell is ‘Luxton’?
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:13am
    - David Garrett
      
      Captain: He’s a friend of a chap called John Keys.
      
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      April 29, 2022 9:19am
      - Suze Wainwright
        
        And cheered for by Mike Hoskings
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:29am
      - Unity
        
        John Key is a lot to blame for today’s demands for special treatment by those identifying as Maori. He allowed Sharples to go to the UN to sign the Declaration for Indigenous People so that means they are more important than the rest of us. Helen Clark was warned against it when she was in power as there was nothing to say who was indigenous in NZ. Key also tried to change the flag. So it doesn’t bode well that Luxon has ties to Key.
        
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        April 29, 2022 9:48am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Jo Luxton is the Labour Mp for Rangitata for another year
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:24am
      - Don Beckett
        
        Cameron Luxton is the ACT party candidate for Tauranga.
        
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        April 29, 2022 2:47pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    They can’t do anything FFS
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:38am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Adrian Orr had the cushiest job on the planet, “managing” the Super Fund during one of the biggest QE funded bull markets in history. Paul the Octopus would have ran the fund at least as well. Now that the party is over he’s being exposed as just another hugely overpaid, shiny arsed chair polisher.
  Yesterday’s article on KB was a great piece on the theft of inflation and how Orr is not doing his job as agreed.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:15am
  - Frank the tank
    
    Orr was previously a great mate of Poor Man’s Gordon Brown. With the coming economic shit storm they will be like 2 career criminals caught in separate police cells ratting on each other and blaming the other one for all the crime.
    
    It has already begun as Beetroot is slowly but surely comprehending the looming damage this is going to do for future career prospects.
    
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    April 29, 2022 9:23am
  - Paulus
    
    Orr is doing his job that Robertson and his new RNBZ appointees tell him.
    He has no independence as previously, which I suspect is why many of his senior staff have left recently, being replaced from outside by Robertson sycophants, a number having no banking experience, and into the top jobs.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:05am
- Scott
  
  I think National will be much better economic managers than labour. At least they believe in growth and prosperity. Unlike labour who see growth and prosperity as a given and think their only job is to redistribute wealth from those who have it to those who don’t.
  
  But it would be a good question to ask Chris Luxon? Will you recommit to restoring the mandate of the reserve bank to control inflation?
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:40am
- Bobba Fret
  
  Robertson has been controlling Orr but will now throw Orr under the bus and blame him for inflation.
  
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  April 29, 2022 12:10pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Here’s a chap who at age 18 allegedly raped and sexually assaulted a 17 year-old woman.
He’s denied the charges, been found guilty, and is sentenced to 5 years Jail.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/northland-man-jailed-for-five-years-on-sex-charges-maintains-his-innocence/DMHPQQ7YLVQPWLBC6LPRDNPYAY/

Here’s another young man who over a period of 3 years raped and sexually abused young girls.
He pleaded guilty to charges of rape, unlawful sexual connection with a child, indecent assault and sexual conduct with a child.

He has been sentenced to 1 years’ home detention.

Was I surprised to read the following description of this guilty young man from one of his victims:

“If he wasn’t white or from a rich family the outcome would be completely different.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300575777/crown-considers-appealing-home-detention-sentence-for-teenaged-sex-offender

I guess the Northland chap didn’t come from a rich family.
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April 29, 2022 9:36am
- alex Masterley
  
  The sentence handed out to the Auckland chap should be appealed.
  I think Judge Ryan got it badly wrong.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:53am
  - Swifty
    
    Alex, you will be aware of the school concerned as it is known to me.
    
    It is my daughters friends and acquaintances that were attacked and the mood is disbelief and astonishment at the lightness of the sentence.
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:01am
- Mike
  
  Who knew the justice system so favoured the white and the rich?
  
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  April 29, 2022 1:01pm
Maggie Pie

Had to larf last night…went up to NW after dinner to do the shop.
Come to checkout, and found myself waiting behind a couple of older gay guys unloading their stuff onto the conveyor. And instead of wearing normal cloth masks, they were both had those head-mounted ‘Plastic Face Shields’ 😀

The funniest thing was…. they got into an argument over how the bill should be divided. They were screaming at each so loudly, that both their Shields fogged up with spit!

It was a real treat to watch. I guess you had to be there. LOL!!
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April 29, 2022 9:40am
- Benedict Yu
  
  Yeah seen those. It is nuts. Those plastic face shields are designed to protect folk like dentists from body fluid spatter from patients to the eyes, nose and mouth of the dentist.
  
  But think about it. They are useless at preventing the person wearing the shield from transmitting a virus because they have this huge air gap at the bottom of the shield.
  
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  April 29, 2022 9:51am
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    see also; non-surgical masks, that in repeated studies have been shown to be of near zero benefit in reducing transmission of covid and other viruses. It’s theatre for politicians and faith based medicine for neurotic anxiety cases who respectively want to appear, or feel like they are doing something.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:10am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Folks haven’t quite figured out this airborne transmission thingy, have they?
    
    S’pose it’s to be expected, as we all were subjected to months of deep cleaning, and surface disinfection propaganda.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:10am
    - David Garrett
      
      Maggy: I was in the city the other day, and saw this young – dutifully masked up – young woman kicking rather than pushing the button at the pedestrian crossing…I scoffed at the time, but on reflection you are right: We had “deep cleaning” stories for months until “they” figured out transmission was by aerosol only.
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:27am
  - cmm
    
    The blue & white surgical masks are intended for a similar purpose – stopping body fluid spatter etc. They are not designed to filter out virus particles.
    
    Yet here we are “keeping each other safe”…
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:31am
    - David Garrett
      
      cmm: Indeed…remember at the beginning St Ashley went on record saying “Wear a mask if you want to; it won’t do much good”
      
      That later morphed into the “masks save lives” mantra that we are still living with…meanwhile the size of the virus particle hasn’t changed.
      
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      April 29, 2022 10:37am
      - kevn
        
        @DG… You can catch c19 through your eyes.
        Mask is pure theatre showing how compliant you are..
        Or maybe go full retard with a SCUBA outfit?
        
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        April 29, 2022 11:06am
      - Nickc2
        
        Next, she will be mandating that we peasants have our Tax File Numbers tattooed on the inside of our wrists.
        
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        April 29, 2022 11:09am
Maggie Pie

And wasn’t it the ‘MP-for-Roskill-South’ who used the term…..
“RIVER OF FILTH”

https://twitter.com/michaelwoodnz/status/1519530852018909184
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April 29, 2022 10:13am
- Frank the tank
  
  The MP for Hallensteins is more appropriate Mags. Odious little twerp.
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:22am
- graham
  
  This “major new housing development” in Mount Roskill was covered most enthusiastically on the TV News last night.
  
  Funnily enough, there was absolutely no mention of Kiwibuild … wonder why.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:28am
- nathie
  
  Election 2023 billboards: “Vote Labour and Vote for Michael”.
  
  Wonder if some cheeky so and so will spray-paint “Except for River of Filth Voters”? 😉
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:34am
Brian McDonald

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/voices-for-freedom-billboards-taken-down-after-asa-deems-them-misleading-and-irresponsible/ar-AAWG0F8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=d058b93885dd4ed899ec3323a90bd70c
One day it will be the same with message boards. DPF once argued that KB was not a publisher. The position eventually became that something written on a publicly displayed sign as is the case above, is the same as writing it on a MB.
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April 29, 2022 10:16am
- ClanMcleod
  
  Oh dear Brian, you still haven’t worked out that the MSM are liars after the bullshit they have published over the last 2 years? Stop repeating lies and misinformation.
  
  No, the VFF billboards were NOT “taken down after ASA deems them misleading and irresponsible”.
  
  From Voices for Freedom.
  
  Facts are:
  👉🏼 Billboard companies book slots on their boards – usually a matter of several weeks. You pay for your slot, the board(s) go up, stay up for the agreed duration, and come down again once the time has expired.
  👉🏼 Our 6-week slot was up and our boards came down – as agreed.
  👉🏼 The ASA ruling came in AFTER the boards had expired.
  
  Add to that, the ASA ruling was bullshit, there was nothing misleading about any of the billboards they put up. I challenge you to tell me which of them was misleading and why. Take as long as you need. Then get back under that bridge of yours.
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:22am
  - Ross Campbell
    
    “Voices for Freedom”
    Otherwise known as the deluded ramblings of three people with backgrounds as a food and wellness influencer, a crochet designer and a knitting designer.
    Might as well just chuck in a tarot card reader and a homeopath to really solidify their knowledge base.
    The fact you defend the nonsense they peddle speaks volumes.
    
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    April 29, 2022 10:55am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      Instead of trying a weak as piss and completely irrelevant ad hominem, how about you take the same challenge I offered Brian? Pick any off the claims by VFF and disprove or debunk it. Take as long as you like. I’m guessing I won’t be hearing from you for a while. Have fun trying.
      
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      April 30, 2022 12:20am
      - ClanMcleod
        
        As I suspected, nothing more than another gaslighting troll with nothing of substance to add to any debate or discussion. So predictable.
        
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        April 30, 2022 9:56am
  - kevn
    
    @Clan… brain is stuck and so he just doubles down.
    Maybe here to amuse us like maggie pie. At least she is entertaining.
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:09am
    - artemisia
      
      Maggie Pie is certainly entertaining. I’m a big fan, Maggie.
      
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      April 29, 2022 11:16am
    - Maggie Pie
      
      If you find me funny guys, you both have serious issues…..
      
      and I think that’s f**king AWESUM!!
      
      😀 😀 😀
      
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      April 29, 2022 11:40am
RockyJ

Listening to the wireless this morning and an advertisement came on urging us to get vaccinated and boosted. Fair enough.
Then it said “if you have already had Covid you need to wait six weeks before you get any vaccination”.
Yeah what? I thought natural immunity was your best form of protection. Why would they be saying this?
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April 29, 2022 10:27am
Lee C

If anyone needs a lesson about how a quirky, populist can groom a whole nations so they can implement their sick agenda against the most vulnerable and voiceless – and get away with it,

The perpetrator left a trail of verbal clues about himaself and operated in plain sight, making sttements tht in retrospect are just creepy.

I refer of course to: Netflix ‘Jimmy Saville – A British Horror Story’.

The sociopath even instructed to have ‘It was good while it lasted!” inscribed on his headstone.

My only criticism is it should have run into more episodes with more victim statements filmed.
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April 29, 2022 10:32am
- David Garrett
  
  Lee C: Yes, I also thought that the episodes were a little unbalanced; only about half of the second was devoted to victims’ stories.
  
  Re the way he “groomed” the local Yorkshire cops, Bert Potter did the same thing. Although even what they could see was very odd to them, Dirty Bertie had the cops eating out of his hand for a long time.
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:41am
  - Rodion Raskolnikov
    
    Like Jeffrey Epstein, Saville was just the tip of a very large and ugly iceberg. Nobody gets to operate with impunity like both of them did unless the damage caused by their exposure is deemed to be far worse than the damage caused to their victims.
    
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    April 29, 2022 11:24am
- mikenmildagain
  
  how a quirky, populist can groom a whole nation
  
  I might regret this, but…other examples?
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:57am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Bill Cosby
    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby_sexual_assault_cases
    
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    April 29, 2022 1:29pm
- Lee C
  
  Whoever down-ticked this needs their heads examined.
  
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  April 29, 2022 10:58am
- kowtow
  
  I don’t suppose any network’s going to do a series on other UK grooming gangs ………
  
  Recent ones .
  
  And the covers ups etc
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:15am
- Fuzzysnuggleduck
  
  I was disappointed they didn’t look into his necrophilia self admissions, and the amount of glass eyes that he adorned himself with, which he claimed to take from corpses while doing his hospital work.
  A really odd looking person, and sounds like away from the camera he could be even more creepy and make outrageous statements.
  That he so often joked about young girls and being on the prowl to the camera…the clues were there.
  Yet I have to remember the British love of a tinge of smut in humour, and double entendres and such, so without any personal knowledge it might have come across harmless at the time.
  Yet with all we know now, it was such a shame he didnt live long enough to see his crimes exposed.
  
  Some good docs on NetFlix. I enjoyed the John Wayne Gacy one as well, and in the context of Saville – he was a monster who didnt just get his jollies but actually tortured people and teased them as part of getting his jollies (before killing them). Again the documentary didn’t even mention all the worst stuff.
  Real life stories are so much more disturbing than any teen-scream movie.
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:58pm
103PapPap

I see in the DomPost this morning that Josie Pagani, former Labour parliamentary hopeful, writes that Labour should initiate a Royal Inquiry into all aspects of the Covid response, including MIQ.
And they should do it now while they can set the parameters, rather then let the next Government do it.
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April 29, 2022 10:44am
Lee C

I worked as an educator at Te Piriti – the sex-offenders’ rehabilitation unit at Auckland Mens’.

The most compliant, happy-go-lucky, personable and willing-to-please bunch of individuals you could ever hope to meet.

And of course, that is precisely how they got to be so successful as sex-offenders.
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April 29, 2022 10:57am
- Swifty
  
  An astute psychological observation Lee C.
  
  At last count I’ve personally known eight murderers and not one you’d ‘pick’ as being one (maybe one exception).
  
  The banality of evil.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:06am
- mikenmildagain
  
  As I recall, the Te Piriti programme is designed to help offenders not re0ffend. Most child-sex offenders being incapable of altering their predilection, the best that can be achieved is teaching them to manage their lives without harming others.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:08am
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    Yeah, would suck being a pedo-sexual, just like it sucked to be homosexual before the 70’s/80’s (difference being that was victimless crime). And no doubt there are a large number who have the urge but never act on it – the ones that are caught are just the ones with poor impulse control.
    
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    April 29, 2022 1:05pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  One of the most charismatic teachers at my old High School was my 3rd -4th form Art teacher. Everyone liked him…although 3 of our 3rd form class monitors (small, clever boys) seemed to fall out with him near the end of the year.
  
  Years later I read that he had been convicted of abusing boys and was on the deregistered list.
  
  Seems after leaving WHS he had moved from school to school for a while.
  
  My best school mate is a very good landscape artist; she reckons he was a fine Art teacher.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:30am
surfing

Just reported that Mahuta is pushing through 3 waters regardless of opposition.

This is plain an simple theft by maori from non-maori.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/three-waters-reforms-nanaia-mahuta-and-grant-robertson-announce-next-steps/HUFOZTAW37DCOILDVS5KEWNMRM/?c_id=1&objectid=12520781

A maori recently stole my sons motorbike, now maori are stealing his future.
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April 29, 2022 11:24am
Ehlana

Yes, we have the dumbest government ever.

The discussion document on regulations for shooting clubs and ranges proposes that under-16’s not be allowed to participate in club-organised competitive shooting activities.

Apparently, letting under 16’s compete “risks giving mixed signals to young people and could lead to an increase in the number of underage participants”.

I wonder how many under-16’s are currently shooting competitively who don’t have family already involved in the sport? And how many such young people have gone on to commit crimes with guns?
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April 29, 2022 11:32am
- I remember when
  
  Of course we don’t want under 16’s shooting at properly organised club activities.
  They might learn that the rules for gun handling need to be adhered to if you want to take part.
  
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  April 29, 2022 11:52am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  The Govt want control of everything.
  Many moons ago I was down in the gully shooting rats with a slug rifle – aged 7. Move up to a .22 at about 12. No gun clubs needed, safety came from common sense.
  Did I go on to commit crimes?
  Never got into competitive shooting though, maybe I should have – shooting is fun.
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:50pm
  - chukar
    
    Some years back in some schools the first week in the first term was given up to Cadets training. Army Navy and air cadets.
    That school had an armoury comprising Lee Enfield rifles , Bren guns, Vickers machine guns and even mortars .
    The cadets trained on all these weapons and some other more modern examples.They were allowed to fire them under strict supervision on the appropriate ranges.
    The average age of students to start this compulsory training was approximately 13!
    This was in the days when firearms misuse , and murders were very rare in NZ.
    
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    April 29, 2022 7:58pm
Maggie Pie

HERE’S AN IDEA….

Why not just turn the Tele-Prompter around so we can all read that instead?

https://twitter.com/dannydeurbina/status/1519701423931506690
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April 29, 2022 11:34am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Dealing with lefties here. Those who write the teleprompter would be blamed, not Joe; and we just can’t have that
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:53pm
Niz

Hmm, so the government has apparently addressed concerns from councils that “expressed concerns about losing control of their water assets and potential privatisation”.
Now, councils “will not have control over them”.
I can see how the government would think they’d addressed the concerns of the councils. Not.
As for ‘ownership’ of the assets, do you really won something if you don’t have control over it?

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/government-confirms-public-shareholding-for-three-waters-here-s-how-it-will-work.html
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April 29, 2022 11:38am
- Yabster
  
  they haven’t adressed Jack- the so called independant committee was made up of Labour leaning Mayors including Dalziel- hey Lianne- I am going to take your house and use it as I see fit but only if my Maori mates agree- but don’t worry we will give you a share so you “retain ownership”- ffs laughable.
  If Labour thinks thats the end to it they are in for yet another shock.
  
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  April 29, 2022 12:25pm
- Niz
  
  Oh, and how can the bloke who realised (a bit on the late side – does he have IQ issues?) that the Rotorua Bill was discriminatory not realise the same thing about 3 Waters? If he looked at this Newshub article he’d see a big picture that clearly shows Maori (15% of the pop.) with a 50% share of control of assets they don’t own.
  As an aside, is there anything democratic about how Maori would choose their members of this monstrosity?
  And as another aside, is there any way to know if these 15% of the population are actually on board with this discrimination?
  
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  April 29, 2022 1:39pm
ClanMcleod

Since the topic of “free speech” is in the spotlight now after Musk’s purchase of Twitter which is causing mayhem and meltdowns among the shitlibs, I thought the latest OffGuardian article examining the whole “misinformation” meme used by media and politicians during the covid circus was worth sharing.

“Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, authority figures have spread false information unhindered. The fact of the matter is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not so novel and not as deadly to the general population as has been portrayed.

The asymptomatic spread theory was a fear-mongering tool used to subdue the population. The unconstitutional mandates of lockdowns, masks, social distancing, testing and contact tracing, and mass vaccination were all ineffective in the management of this airborne virus and caused great harm to society.

Those who dared to speak out against them were silenced and falsely accused of ‘misinformation’ while the public fell victim to relentless propaganda. The absurdity of these suppressions lies in the fact that much of what was regarded as ‘misinformation’ a year ago – is now accepted as truth by those who encouraged such sanctions.

Throughout history, the wrong-doers were never those who spoke their truth at great personal cost. The wrong-doers were always those motivated to suppress the truth. What do they have to hide? What do they have to gain? How long should they be allowed to walk free without being questioned?”

Excellent as usual and worth reading the full article.

https://off-guardian.org/2022/04/28/an-open-letter-to-elon-musk/
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April 29, 2022 11:39am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Dropped that on Facebook. Now I wait for the factcheckers – or maybe go to jail.
  
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  April 29, 2022 3:06pm
BeaB

You’d think the passport office was your local bookseller!

“I am really sorry people are having to wait and they have got delays but I also want to let people know we are very committed to getting this beautiful book into people’s hands as quickly as possible,” Robertson told AM host Ryan Bridge.
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April 29, 2022 11:45am
I remember when

Police ‘shocked’ after children aged 7, 10, 11 and 12 caught breaking into Hamilton Mall: Newshub:

I guess we may never find out whether they all belong to the same family.
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April 29, 2022 11:48am
- Paulus
  
  Whanau not Family – that word does not exist anymore.
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:00pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Two years of smoke and mirrors

The Government’s current approach to Covid-19 is purely wishful thinking – that if it looks away, then the virus won’t spread. So the Government has looked away, but Covid-19 is still spreading.

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/the-government-has-given-up-on-covid
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April 29, 2022 11:49am
- mandk
  
  I’m just glad that we have the vaxx to protect us.
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  April 29, 2022 1:19pm
- Ehlana
  
  Hold on. I’ve sneezed into my elbow, washed and sanitised my hands, keep a 2m distance from others, worked from home, worn a mask, had my shots…
  
  And now they tell me I had to look away to stop Covid spreading.
  
  I give up.
  
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  April 29, 2022 1:38pm
redeye

How many false facts can you fit into the one paragraph?

“We are now at a point where the case for change is well made and the policy has been robustly tested and improved. We have listened to concerns and now is time to move forward with these reforms.”
Nanaia Mahuta
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April 29, 2022 12:26pm
- Swifty
  
  Orwellian.
  
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  April 29, 2022 1:18pm
- Ehlana
  
  redeye, which of many policies for which the case for change is not well made, which have not been robustly tested and improved and for which they have not listened to concerns are you referring to? I’m having trouble keeping up.
  
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  April 29, 2022 1:49pm
- Cinematic
  
  So wrong it’s retarded.
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:36pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Some do not know what ‘false facts’ are, so I will fix it.
  ‘How many lies can you fit into the one paragraph?’
  Mahuta must have the same spinner as Jaspinda.
  
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  April 29, 2022 3:13pm
curry4me

https://www.bitchute.com/video/oYQLEqD0WJM/
Chaos in Twitter as Musk Promises Mass Firings.

Chaos is brewing among Twitter employees as Elon Musk promises mass firings throughout the company! We’re going to take a look at the woke weeping and gnashing of teeth, we’re going to see how one analyst is predicting at least a thousand firings, and stick with me to the very end of this video when we’ll savor the real significance behind the fall of wokeism at Twitter. [They can learn to code, or take a job selling solar panels.]
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April 29, 2022 12:29pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Shit, they may have to get a real job and ‘work’
  
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  April 29, 2022 3:16pm
- artemisia
  
  Sale of Twitter is not a done deal yet. Mr Musk could walk away. Laughing. Shareholders with no big payday not laughing. Twitter staffers will need lots of safe spaces, puppies and hot cocoa in case another evil buyer pops a head in the door. (Not laughing.)
  
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  April 29, 2022 4:50pm
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iN5-RgDlyc
Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain, Episode 24 “Please Explain Voter Fraud”.

Voter fraud. What is it? How do they do it? How bad is it? How do we stop it? With an election just weeks away these are important questions that need answers. Democracy is a beautiful thing but what do you do when bad actors feel they know better than the voters? We explore these questions and more in this week’s episode of Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain. [2:11]
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April 29, 2022 12:30pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  That is good stuff. I’ll send it to my brother in OZ and then ask him how long did it take before you deleted it!
  Yea, he is a sniveling socialist – that owns 3 houses.
  
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  April 29, 2022 3:23pm
  - curry4me
    
    Thanks, you’re welcome. I’ll put up the other episodes when they appear.
    
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    April 29, 2022 4:06pm
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V04hny0ADIw
What You Need to Know about Biden’s “Disinformation Governance Board”.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now being weaponized against free speech. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the creation of a “Disinformation Governance Board” raising serious free speech concerns. This is unprecedented and dangerous to our constitutional republic. It’s a dystopian and draconian attack on free speech. I never thought we’d see anything like it. [5:33]
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April 29, 2022 12:30pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING….

So, I see where Nanaia Mahuta still intends forging ahead with her ‘3 Waters’ reforms. Using the excuse of some obscure event that happened in Havelock-North about seven years ago!

https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/1519818771766165504

My partner’s mum is furious about the whole thing. See’s it as nothing more than an attempt to turn the country’s Water over to Maori ownership and control.
She was saying she can’t ever recall having heard of one incidence in the last 100 years or more, where anyone in Auckland had ever been poisoned, or even gotten sick, drinking the local water supply.

In fact the only time she ever came across it, was when reading a book by Keith Sinclair about the History of the Maori Wars.
Apparently, the Ngati Whatua used to shit in the river upstream from the Ngati Paoa…..she thought it was probably an early form of germ-warfare.
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April 29, 2022 1:33pm
- Andrew S
  
  Mags, whether you’re right or wrong is inconsequential and the beat up on Maori is exactly the effect this Govt aspires to aka division. I’ve never seen so much division aka “diversity” in my 51 years.
  
  Next time your partners mum needs her arse wiped at her home in Remmers, ask for a pakeha, don’t settle for anything less, princess……ps, I’m a pakeha (7th gen)
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:16pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    Cheers for that Andrew…Ma said she’ll keep you in mind.
    You sound just like her kinda guy 😀
    
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    April 29, 2022 3:44pm
- Ehlana
  
  I’ve never seen anything which explains how the “Maori” representatives are selected.
  
  Which makes me suspect the average Maori will have as much say in these co-governance arrangements as the average non-Maori.
  
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  April 29, 2022 2:52pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Best read Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
    There are many who will translate for you
    
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    April 29, 2022 3:28pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Just seen Andrew S’s comment above. Yes, that is what this shit does, even to me. Divides! and Labour just love it.
      
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      April 29, 2022 3:49pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Once upon a time nobody owned the water; or the air. Seabeds and lakebeds?????
  
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  April 29, 2022 3:25pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Hey, river beds run all the way to the ocean
    
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    April 29, 2022 4:23pm
- Pavel
  
  There seems to be this attitude that having a 50% partnership will make things better. Where is the evidence of this? How will this in any way make our water management better? I only see another really thick layer of bureaucracy coming. Does anyone remember when the Waikato expressway was being built? There was a section of the road, just north of Huntly, where a taniwha lived and local iwi had a problem with the expressway taking this route. Of course, after the payment of 1.3 million and a heap of prayers, the local iwi convinced it to move off down the river somewhere else. We mock westerners about sky fairies yet dole out millions to Moari for the same thing and all for nothing. I feel it’s time to treat moari cultural beleifs with the same disdain we treat Christianity. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If your going to go on about your imaginary sky fairies piss off whatever that belief is.
  
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  April 29, 2022 4:56pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

10 seconds after Twitter was sold.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=722572338938464
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April 29, 2022 4:00pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

After 4pm on Friday. What shit did the Govt drop on us? Not much I guess, Parliament is in session next week – Jaspinda has had her holiday.
Supermarkets will run out of popcorn.
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April 29, 2022 4:11pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

This is from the US, where else? It could pick up here after 2022, if the rabid left win.
Student loans – recent studies (and all that other non proof shit) that the powers that be want the Parents (of those kids who have student loans) to take out a sort of reverse mortgage, to get the loan finalised. Kids get less when the Parents pass on.
The Govt wants money that would have been bequeathed to the children, NOW!!!
Fuck! When does the greed stop???
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April 29, 2022 4:21pm
surfing

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/crown-signs-58m-deal-with-iwi-housing-provider-to-deliver-170-rental-homes/ar-AAWIEJS?li=AAFtepJ

Another racist deal from government.

If an equally needy asian and maori family require a cheap house… the maori gets priority for the sole reason that they are maori. Even if the Asian family has greater need for the house.

DPF talks about equal suffrage, surely equal rights are just as important, because that disappeared a long time ago.

This country is pretty much racist hell hole… especially for non-maori in need.
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April 29, 2022 4:33pm
Maggie Pie

HDPA has Goof coming on just after 6.
Going to talk with him about the ‘3 Waters’ reforms.
Heather reckons he’s ‘not happy’ with the fact the latest reforms haven’t gone far enough in protecting Auckland Ratepayers.

LOL!!

As if that goose would take any sort of a stand against Nanaia and Jacinda.
They’re his new paymasters next year.

SHEESH.
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April 29, 2022 5:09pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  There is an article up with Goff saying he is not satisfied even with these changes
  
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  April 29, 2022 5:39pm
surfing

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/australians-selling-auckland-hotel-on-maori-leasehold-land/23ZSIE5S3GC7XLDHFA4U66FMFQ/

I bet they’re giving it away, the lease fees will cripple the purchasers.
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