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Tony Stuart

Heather du Plessis-Allan puts the boot into Nanaia Mahuta:

Can we all accept now that Nanaia Mahuta is not great at her job?

It is astounding that she hasn’t once spoken to our ambassador in Russia since the start of the invasion.

Never mind the fact that – apart from one letter – she also hasn’t been in contact with our diplomats in the Solomons since its pact with China.

That’s pretty bad as well.

But not speaking to our woman in Russia is astounding given the magnitude of the invasion of Ukraine and the impact it’s having on everything from food prices, fuel prices, the security of Europe through to the possibility it emboldens China.

If that’s not enough to get the Foreign Affairs Minister on the phone, god only knows what is.

Frankly, the fact that Nanaia is not up to the job will not surprise many people.

She’s been in parliament for 26 years but what has she achieved?

Not a lot.

And this term might end and still the answer will likely be ‘not a lot’.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/heather-du-plessis-allan-can-we-all-accept-now-that-nanaia-mahuta-is-not-great-at-her-job/

It’s hard not to disagree with HDPA’s assessment of the Foreign Minister, who has also attracted criticism from her predecessor Winston Peters, and National’s Foreign Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee.

This is a major failure by Minister Mahuta, and even if the media won’t talk about allegations of conflicts of interest involving Mahuta and her whanau, her competence for the role of Foreign Minister is being openly questioned. That doesn’t bode well for her, or for the Prime Minister.
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May 26, 2022 8:02am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Perhaps she is busy looking after ~~her~~ our other interests.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:05am
  - Paulus
    
    She controls the Maori Caucus in Parliament still.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:11am
    - pdm
      
      Paulus I think Willie Jackson runs the Maori Caucus.
      
      Mahuta is his puppet and front person.
      
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      May 26, 2022 8:27am
      - Suze Wainwright
        
        Willie? Apparently he’s got quite a lot of Asian and Pakeha in his DNA. Is he really the best material for true Maori leadership in the present milieu…?
        
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        May 26, 2022 9:09am
      - pdm
        
        Suze – such diversity would not worry Willie.
        
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        May 26, 2022 9:50am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Also looking at her cuzybros interests
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:00am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      See Taxpayer’s Union on Mahuta dynasty
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:01am
- Ruahine
  
  I wonder who is/was the idiot who appointed Mahuta as the Foreign Minister of New Zealand.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:09am
  - Sideoiler
    
    I wonder who is/was the idiot who appointed Mahuta as the Foreign Minister of New Zealand.
    
    A better question might be why was she appointed to the position?
    She must have some dirt on some one, as stupid as the labour party is I cant accept that she was appointed “because diversity”.’
    She is New Zealands “front of house staff”FFS.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:32am
    - James Stephenson
      
      Not because diversity but because of her family’s position within Maori aristocracy.
      
      Just like the good old mother country, if your bloodline is right, it doesn’t matter how stupid you might be.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:29am
    - Loddenthinks
      
      Suddenly I don’t feel hungry, in fact quite ill.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:39am
  - My
    
    Yeah, what leverage does she have to get the plum job in cabinet ? No-one with any experience, understanding, or desire to have NZ perform on the international stage would have picked it. As dumb as some (most, all) of the other cabinet appointments are, this one takes the kumara.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:38am
  - Frank the tank
    
    The same idiot that is talking to the side of the house that is about to get rolled in the mid terms about a trade deal when they will be in no position to champion it.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:30am
    - grumpy
      
      And the other was Mitt Romney………like a US President wanting to meet Jamie Lee Ross…..
      
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      May 26, 2022 12:16pm
- slightlyrighty
  
  Nanaia was once quoted that her greatest achievement in politics was that she was the first MP to wear a moko kauae.
  
  This was after 21 years in Parliament.
  
  I imagine that will continue to be the summit of her achievements!
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:14am
  - I remember when
    
    slightlyrightly
    And her statement pretty much sums up what is considered important in the media now.
    To her it was probably very important, to the rest of us it was simply her choice.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:06am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    I imagine that will ~~continue to~~ be ~~the summit of~~ her sole achievements!
    
    Fixed it for ya 🙂
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:41am
  - surfing
    
    Mokos are hideous. Some of the other maori tattoos that aren’t on the face are ok, some even look quite good.
    
    But, mokos, who wants to look like they are dribbling all day?
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:18am
    - Tauhei Notts
      
      Help me with my Maori studies.
      Is moko kauae Te Reo for QR Code?
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:51am
      - Jack5
        
        A good base for a new conspiracy theory. Mokos as dual Klingon and Maori face maps.
        
        Or …
        
        Mokos are basically Stone Age ID’s.
        
        Transform them into Electronic Age codes that will sign you into your cellphone or computer and open electronic door locks.
        
        The New Moko would sign you into Kiwiblog or, by link to the vast Wily Willie Electronic Centre in Tamaki Makaurau, carry your vaccination status and other health information, and your ccount status with the IRD.
        
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        May 26, 2022 12:11pm
- Yvette
  
  Inaugural Foreign Policy Speech to Diplomatic Corps
  Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Foreign Affairs, 4 February 2021
  As the first indigenous woman to lead this portfolio, I believe we have a prime opportunity to call on the bi-cultural values that have characterised who we are.
  Values such as:
  • manaaki – kindness or the reciprocity of goodwill;
  • whanaunga – our connectedness or shared sense of humanity;
  • mahi tahi and kotahitanga – collective benefits and shared aspiration; and,
  • kaitiaki – protectors and stewards of our intergenerational wellbeing.
  
  Each of these values when expressed in a relationship gives a sense that everything is connected and purposeful. What the world needs now is a commitment towards empathy, sustainability, and intergenerational solutions for wellbeing.
  https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/inaugural-foreign-policy-speech-diplomatic-corps
  
  As laudable as these values may be in themselves, they are surely meaningless in dealing with China and utterly senseless in any diplomatic communication with Vladimir Putin while he slaughters thousands in Ukraine.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:14am
  - alloytoo
    
    Like Ubuntu these are all post colonial values imagined one fine day after the wonders of western technology had chased the (figurative) wolf from the door.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:27am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    I now just switch off when I get hit by this Maori cultural avalanche. Maori don’t have a monopoly on values.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:31am
    - lastmanstanding
      
      On a related note I reckon the Nats have got the support for Maorification all wrong. In focus groups or phone polls citizens are going to agree to loaded questions. Its like asking a bloke if hes beating his wife. If he is he will answer no.
      IMHO if the Nats came out strongly against Maorification and said it wont happen and they will repeal all legislation and regulation that grants any special rights to Maori including scrapping the Maori seats their support would sky rocket. the “quiet Kiwi” would speak up.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:18am
      - Mummy
        
        I think the question is have you stopped beating your wife?
        
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        May 26, 2022 10:43am
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        They don’t have support for maoriforcation. They have ruled out separatist Māori services, and want the likes of 3 waters dropped, anything these is bullshit, we are all sick of not knowing what media are saying
        
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        May 26, 2022 11:30am
    - In Vino Veritas
      
      Yep Ben, there was a day when they had limited values. They just killed each other unmercilessly and those they didn’t kill, they enslaved and|or ate. And they killed and ate whatever animals and fish they could find, till a good few were made extinct. Some would say they had no values. And whatever values they ended up with, were from European missionaries.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:52am
    - graham
      
      Same here, Benedict. There are too many articles – sermons in some cases – where we are told to “adopt Maori practices” and “turn to Maori culture to fix our problems”. The inference being that apparently my own values and culture are inferior.
      
      Funnily enough, I tend to object to being told my values and culture aren’t good enough …
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:56am
    - wilderbeast
      
      Well said sir
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:09am
  - kowtow
    
    ‘kaitiaki ‘protectors and stewards of our intergenerational wellbeing.’
    
    So kaitiaki is maori for nepotism .
    
    Interesting how little the Media pardy talk about her relatives , warts and all.
    
    Lets be fair the media constantly bang on about the relatives of other politicians , why so little about these ?
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:37am
    - redeye
      
      Yeahp. Oravida anyone?
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:01am
      - Loddenthinks
        
        Stephanie Key anyone?
        
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        May 26, 2022 9:45am
    - Nickc2
      
      Because they’ve been paid not to!
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:51am
  - cmm
    
    Except, of course that is bullshit.
    
    Until colonialists came and forced a peace on them, Maori were always at each other’s throats. There was cannibalism and slavery.
    
    They burned the bush. They exterminated the Moa.
    
    People did not build a pah on a hill for the spectacular sea views, but to build a fort.
    
    Where’s the manaaki etc in that?
    
    We see exactly the same in Africa where there’s this mythical quality of ubuntu (a fluffy term to cover humanity, compassion etc). Bullshit. It does not exist. Just witness the carnage and mahem in Africa.
    
    Sure, the West has had its problems too, but let’s stop this noble savage mythology.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:43am
    - Ehlana
      
      Noble has two meanings: one to do with “belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy” and the other to do with “having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles”.
      
      Quite a convenient word really, as it means two things that are not at all necessarily aligned. Very useful for obfuscation.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:31am
      - Rodion Raskolnikov
        
        Etymologically, those two definitions align perfectly well. Aristocracy essentially means “rule by the best.” In its original intent and in practice, the best people (i.e. the wisest, most noble people, with the most foresight and moral integrity) ended up ruling everyone else, which in theory is a far better system than democracy. However, as with most things over time, it has degenerated to signify rule by the worst, in the sense that some of the worst people end up with an ability to retain power as a small group, simply by accumulating vast wealth.
        
        The difference between aristocracies comes when the different groups have differing capacities. Not all groups of aristocrats are equal. For instance, being a pre-colonial Maori aristocrat was a very different thing than being an aristocrat in Republican Roman, particularly given that Rome in 100BC was far more advanced that Maori society was even in 1750AD.
        
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        May 26, 2022 1:37pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Putin speaks fairly fluent English – enough to correct his translators
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:07am
- fightingtemeraire
  
  Ambassadors should have been bought home for a high level meeting at the least.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:16am
- G152
  
  Seat warming is a job skill
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:23am
- Nickc2
  
  Ah, but within the Maori Caucus, when she says “Jump,” Willie Jackson, Kelvin Davis, and Meka Whaitiri all ask “how high, and when can I come down?”
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:25am
  - pdm
    
    Nick – I think it is Willie who says JUMP.
    
    The other three combined would not have the nous to organise a `jumping’ event.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:44am
    - Nickc2
      
      You may be right, dunno. Doesn’t she have royalty in her blood (Maori royalty that is)?
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:40am
- Give a Man a Fish
  
  The MAHUTA water tax, the Flush tax, the Poo tax, call it whatever you like. When corrupt Labour pass 3 Waters into law you’re going to have to pay Mahuta and the iwi elites a Co-governance fee for using water whether you like it not.
  
  The good news is that you can PROTEST 3 Waters in private every time you go for a dump.
  
  Let me explain what I call the MAHUTA RITUAL,
  
  Every time you go for a dump you can think of Mahuta & her greed.
  Once you have your dump
  YOU BREATHE IN DEEPLY through your nose
  SMELL THE STENCH AND CORRUPTION that is 3 waters
  THINK OF MAHUTA
  SCRUNCH YOUR NOSE A Bit
  YOU THEN BREATHE OUT
  
  The kicker here is that you get to have one over MAHUTA by controlling when you flush the toilet.
  Mahuta can’t clip the ticket and get her co-governance fees until you flush the toilet. You’re in complete control, you decide when the toilet is flushed, so even though the victory is very small and temporary, the longer you can hold off flushing the toilet, the longer you can delay Mahuta from getting her co-governance fees. The BOTTOM line is Mahuta doesn’t get a penny if you don’t flush the toilet. The satisfaction of denying her money even for a small amount of time should be worth it.
  
  So once you’ve done your business, look at your dump for the final time.
  BREATHE IN deeply through your nose
  THINK OF MAHUTA
  Breathe Out
  Repeat the cycle as often as you feel able.
  Then Flush when you’re ready to end your protest.
  
  You haven’t beaten Mahuta, she still gets her money in Co-governance fees when the toilet’s flushed, but you’ve had a small mental victory through protest.
  Then wash your hands (recommended). More co-governance fees to be paid but that’s for another story.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:26am
  - Don Beckett
    
    Doesn’t work for me – my poo doesn’t smell. 😆 😆
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:29am
  - [email protected]
    
    Are you free of co-governance fees if you are rural and have roof water and a septic system?
    
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    May 26, 2022 5:37pm
- hullkiwi
  
  I heard that bag of wind Shane Jones speaking with Toxic Tova this morning. Say what you like about Jones, but he had some valid points about Mahuta & the government’s foreign policy (or lack of) towards the Pacific Islands & China’s actions in the Pacific. Ardern’s & Mahuta’s lack of action contrasts with the Pacific Teset policy of that other wind bag Peters. The reality we didn’t follow through with the policy after 2017.
  
  Roll on 3 years, it was considered a joke in 2020 when Ardern gave Mahuta the Foreign Affairs portfolio as a pay off to the Labour Maori caucus. At the time the point was made, with global lockdowns what damage could Mahuta do? Well now we know. In matters relating to foreign affairs (which are vially important to NZ because of the county’s need for foreign trade), Mahuta has dropped the ball. This is because she is too busy giving taxpayer/ratepayer assets to her cousins in the guise of Three Waters Reform.
  
  This govt’s handling of foreign affairs & trade is so poor Ardern is off peddling NZ beef on talk shows in NZ with her fan club. FFS, if this the best the govt can do in the middle of a series of international crises, I am left shaking my head and saying “God help seeus, if you can, because we can’t seem to help ourselves.”
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:26am
  - In Vino Veritas
    
    Dropped the ball hull? She never had it, and never would have caught it if it were passed to her. She has hands the size of pin heads and a brain smaller than her hands. There is one very large thing about her though. Her gob is as big as the entrance to the Homer Tunnel and when she is thrown a pie, they never miss.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:07am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    She was given foreign affiliate to get Mahuta out of the country, they say it will be Mahuta who sticks the knife into Cindy’s bony ass
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:33am
    - UrbanNeocolonialist
      
      I’d be thrilled to see her leading the labour party
      
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      May 26, 2022 12:43pm
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        I never said she would lead the party, i said she is the one that will do the knifing, they say the vulgar little unionist scum Woods will be leader
        
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        May 26, 2022 2:56pm
- Simon
  
  “major failure by Minister Mahuta, and even if the media won’t talk about allegations of conflicts of interest involving Mahuta and her whanau,”
  
  Interesting. Russia is fighting a defensive war in Ukraine to protect themselves from the system people like Mahuta represents. Mahuta being a microcosm of the post-west.
  
  The failure of the general population in NZ to understand it doesnt matter who is in charge the system will roll on regardless.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:34am
  - kowtow
    
    ‘Russia is fighting a defensive war in Ukraine’
    
    wtf , you left out the sarc thingy.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:05am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    “Russia is fighting a defensive war in Ukraine to protect themselves from the system people like Mahuta represents. Mahuta being a microcosm of the post-west.”
    
    Simon, it’s important to use ventilation when dealing with solvents in enclosed spaces.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:52am
- Rich Prick
  
  There’s no family grift to be had in foreign affairs. The Russians and Chinese won’t pay for uselessness.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:44am
  - Tom Hunter
    
    Hunter Biden is living testimony against that argument. 🙂
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:12pm
    - curry4me
      
      Yes he is. He is useful solely for who his dad was. And for Brandon’s contacts.
      
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      May 26, 2022 2:19pm
- surfing
  
  I suspect she is guilty of laziness and chasing money rather than doing her job.
  
  No treaty money in talking to the Russian.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:33am
- Maxx
  
  Lets be fair to Mahuta and examine why she is in Parliament in the first place, which states in many ways what is expected of her
  – at 26 years old, after completing her Masters the year before she was entered Parliament
  – she lost the seat she was campaigning for but got in at number 8 on the party list
  
  Asking why she was ranked so highly for someone who had only recently joined the party leads to either tokenism or gaining favor with the Māori monarch?
  
  From their what has she done? Spoke out against the Foreshore and Seabed Act, but didn’t have the will to give up a cushy job where for the last 8 years nothing had been expected of her. Maybe the prospect of a Cabinet position along with the jump in salary was enough to get her to fall into line – clearly someone who has strong convictions.
  
  She probably loved the years in opposition with even less required of her – no doubt she was “encouraged” to run for leader to show the diversity of the party.
  
  And then when Labour “won” power again in 2017, you surely would have expected a heavy hitter who had been around for 21 years at that point would be given senior portfolios – well she picked up Local Government again where she had clearly done nothing last time she had it and of course Maori Affairs.
  
  So you can only conclude that the fault here clearly lies at the feet of Ardern – she gave someone with NO CAPABILITY AND DRIVE one of the most significant portfolios one can have. Would you be angry at the person who started as an accounts clerk (who got the role because their dad played gold with the CEO), who rose over 20 years to the role of accountants administrator the CFO role? Or the person who gave them the role?
  
  Of course she could have and should have said no – but again when you are clearly that incapable, she likely couldn’t say no.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:42am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Likely told not to say “no”
    Lots of stuff going on when there is no camera and mic. Remember, this is a narcissist calling the shots.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:23am
- cas
  
  The new Aus Foreign Minister penny Wong is flying to Fiji today, the first of a dozen visits across the region in a six-week campaign ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum in July. And Nanaia has only managed a Zoom call. Didn’t anyone see the danger signs with a Chinese Foreign Minister doing a Pacific visit? What are MFAt and our diplomats doing and why doesn’t Nanaia have any ideas?
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:25am
  - edhunter
    
    Speaking of Foreign Ministers, I cant help but think that the LNP missed a huge opportunity back when Turnbull was rolled and they didn’t replace him with Julie Bishop who I thought did an outstanding job as Foreign Minister & would have stood a way better chance at re-election than Scomo.
    
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    May 26, 2022 3:49pm
- Suze Wainwright
  
  It was interesting to hear Jacindamaniac, Jack Tame, on HDPA’s Huddle last night.
  
  He couldn’t bring himself to agree that Mahuta was the govt’s worst minister, but he acknowledged the govt had ministers who were worse than Mahuta.
  
  It was an excellent opportunity to put someone of Tame’s mana to the test and discover who he believes is utterly useless within Cindy’s cabinet…
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:13am
  - stiff cheese
    
    I pronounce his name Tar-may, now.
    
    It seems appropriate, with today’s compulsion to push maori language all the time.
    Plus, I get the impression he did all the Wokeness Workshops; and hung around afterwards, wanting to know more…
    
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    May 26, 2022 1:27pm
  - Caine9
    
    I’m finding Tame’s absurd myopia when it comes to Labour as beyond tedious. For a journalist who considers himself rather superior to the rest of us, his lack of objectivity and smugness is ugly.
    It wouldn’t be so bad, but how does he get the platform to opine in his odious manner?
    
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    May 26, 2022 1:27pm
- Caine9
  
  It’s quite simple really. If it does not progress her Maori agenda, she has no interest.
  Her promotion to this role is a status appointment for the Maori caucus, she has no interest in foreign affairs, or even in promoting New Zealand as a trading nation.
  She is a disgrace and an embarrassment to the country.
  Self-interest seems to be her only benchmark, thank goodness sense will prevail at the next election.
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:32pm
- Philview
  
  Her appointment is about He Puapua and presenting NZ as a Maori nation. Viewed in that context it doesn’t matter about contacting tbe ambassador in Russia if Maori interests aren’t threatened by the war in Ukraine.
  
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  May 26, 2022 1:23pm
Yvette

• Police are investigating following a shooting in the Auckland suburb of Mellons Bay, the second incident in the city on Wednesday night and the eighth confirmed shooting in just two days.

• Ardern’s whirlwind Washington trip dominated by gun control debate
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has left Washington bound for her Harvard commencement speech after a whirlwind trip to the United States’ capital, dominated by discussion of gun control.

• The incidents on Wednesday come a day after seven shootings in Auckland, which police said involved the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gangs.

Since some reports indicate “wrong addresses” have been shot-up, the prospect of innocent people being killing should perhaps disturb anyone in Auckland

• Two-year-old Jhia Te Tua was shot dead while she slept on the couch in her Whanganui home in a gang-related drive-by shooting.

Whatever appropriate agency should have the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gangs declared terrorist groups and Police, and if necessary the military, should act accordingly.
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May 26, 2022 8:05am
- Mike H S
  
  Keep the military out of it. It is not their skill set nor their task. This is purely and simply a Police responsibility.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:53am
  - kowtow
    
    It’s societal.
    
    Our media think they’re just misunderstood lads.
    Academics think they’re alienated boys who need daddy figures.
    The courts think they’re colonially oppressed .
    The govt think they deserve our money .
    
    Etc
    
    But you’re right the military have no place in this.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:08am
    - Ehlana
      
      There’s a song about this: https://www.westsidestory.com/gee-officer-krupke
      
      Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke,
      Ya gotta understand:
      It’s just our bringin’ upke
      That gets us outta hand.
      Our mothers all are junkies,
      Our fathers all are drunks.
      
      Golly Moses, natcherly we’re punks.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:53am
    - Don Beckett
      
      Disagree about the military – the SAS are special forces trained for exactly this type of conflict – urban conflict.
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:35am
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        Even hand to hand conflict. I have known a few.
        
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        May 26, 2022 11:27am
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        SAS guy’s partners hardly know much. Guy says he is going on a training course and comes back in 4 to 5 days. During that time, him and others have been overseas, done what they had to, and returned. Partner knows nothing and does not need to no.
        
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        May 26, 2022 11:31am
  - Cassandra
    
    SAS trained for this, but not the rest of the Army unless you want mayhem eg grenades and artillery.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:54am
    - oldfella
      
      Cassandra, maybe an anti-gang police unit with SAS training would be a good solution?
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:27am
  - rockape
    
    The military did an ok job in Northern Ireland against gangs. The police not so much.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:59am
    - kowtow
      
      Both gangs now run the Province.
      
      And the Media seem to think that the frontmen SF winning bigly ( which they didn’t) is a good news story.
      
      These people even get to shake hands with the Monarch .( the Derry gunman)
      
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      May 26, 2022 1:16pm
  - Loddenthinks
    
    Agree – we do not want the military being used to enforce laws aimed at particular sectors of society. First they came for… and so on.
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:03am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      SAS
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:32am
- kowtow
  
  The irony is our media keep talking up her gun experience and advice to them while in US
  
  Meanwhile Auckland looks like the set of an Alec Baldwin movie .
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:13am
Opie

The only thing that will get her to pick up the phone is to ring one of her friends and family to ofer them a high paying job where they don’t have to do anything except say the white people are pieces of shit.

She is a dumb, arrogant rascist.

This country must be seen as a joke now.
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May 26, 2022 8:08am
slightlyrighty

In 2001, Helen Clark disbanded our air forces combat capability, and at the same time, turned our navy from a Bluewater navy to a coastal defence force by nixing the additional 2 ANZAC frigate option.

She was quoted at the time that we were fortunate enough to exist in a ‘benign strategic environment’.

Boy, did she misread that one! China is now actively in expansion mode, talking about a pacific nations defence alliance.

Against who? Who is the threat? I’ll tell you who the threat is.

China.

It’s a global protection racket. “Nice Country you have here. Shame is something happened to it”
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May 26, 2022 8:08am
- Master Mariner
  
  Naievete at its finest , looking through a Utopian Paradise. Lens
  Every country needs a Security and Energy policy that is beyond Politics, or more dissociated from meddling.
  There will come a time where we will have to rely on Australia and beg.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:33am
  - Nickc2
    
    I think Aust is growing rather weary of supporting us. On the other hand, we could become part of Aust again. AFIK, they’ve kept the door open for us to rejoin NSW.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:56am
    - oldfella
      
      Nick, they might want us, but the treaty as well? Yeah, nah, bro.
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:29am
      - Nickc2
        
        There’ll probably be two provisos: No 501’s upon return and no ToW BS. Otherwise, all’s good eh?
        
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        May 26, 2022 11:46am
  - cjn
    
    It seems to me we have been free-loading off Australia for many years, just as the Canadians free-load off the Americans.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:29am
- Ehlana
  
  Well, maybe they’re getting ideas from Putin. He must be thrilled with how that shooting in America is distracting everyone from him right now.
  
  I see his latest is that he’ll only lift the blockade of Ukraine’s ports if sanctions are lifted on Russia.
  
  His justification for going into Ukraine was supposedly Nazis in an eastern regiment and mistreatment of “Russians” living in that area. (Don’t ask why the Russians didn’t just go back to Russia).
  
  Why would that require blockading ports and stopping the export of food?
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:47am
  - Ra Henare
    
    Ehlana
    You really need to get out more 🙂
    Or read things other than Kiwiblog 🙂
    
    You obviously missed the bit about Ukrainian National Army bombarding the Donbas and killing some 14,000 civilians.
    Putin had signaled for a number of years regarding the failure of Ukraine to meet its commitment under the 2014 Minsk agreement to leave the Donbas alone.
    
    Also missing from the western Press is the fact that Ukrainian Army had assembled 100,000 plus troops on the border of the Donbas intending to shell the shit out of them and then “”invade””.
    
    IT could be said that is why the Russians headed for Kiev, to reduce troop density in the east.
    
    As to why the Russians didnt go back to Russia…sigh…some history reading would be good. They are ethnic Russians living in the Donbas region otherwise Ukrainians.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:16am
    - Batman
      
      Why do you ignore that the Donbas is part of Ukraine?
      
      Therefore it had no troops lined up on a border and couldn’t invade it.
      
      The Donbas was invaded by Russia and local flunkies of Russia.
      
      That is what caused the ongoing civil war, not anything Ukraine did.
      
      Your lying for Russia is really demeaning yourself mate.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:31am
    - Cassandra
      
      The majority population of the Donbas is Ukrainian. Ethnic Russians are the largest minority NB minority. Donbas is Ukrainian.
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:00am
    - Ehlana
      
      Ra, your kind concern for my wellbeing is noted. Perhaps you could extend your concern to those who need it much more – the people who depend on food exported from Ukraine, which Russia is now preventing.
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:13am
      - stiff cheese
        
        You ask why the Russians don’t go back to Russia?
        
        Well, they used to be part of Russia until, post-WW2, one of the Soviet dictators gave away their provinces to Ukraine.
        
        Given the choice between being closer to Moscow, or staying under Kiev’s thumb, they are opting for the former.
        
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        May 26, 2022 1:54pm
  - Ross
    
    I guess you missed general Miley’s press conference where he said it was UKRIANE that mined the ports to stop the Russian black sea fleet from entering. That would be Western Intelligence probably the Pentagon, the only truth-full statement made all year by the warmongers of the west
    Some of you people really need to get your information from different sources. Too much time listening to MSM will have you believing all sorts of things which are BS
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:09am
    - Ehlana
      
      “mined the ports to stop the Russian black sea fleet from entering”.
      So the Russians are out there. If they weren’t, there would be no need to mine the ports and food exports could continue.
      
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      May 26, 2022 2:34pm
  - cjn
    
    The Ukrainians mined the Black Sea ports. Why don’t the Russians go back to Russia? For the same reason that the whites and the Chinese don’t leave New Zealand and return to the United Kingdom and China. What could that reason be?
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:33am
- jon
  
  You are on the button slightlyrighty.Many of us remember Clark’s actions and comments at the time. Also at the time wiser heads warned benign for now but what about in 10 to 20 years time? Rather than pour billions into this over the top Left driven climate change agenda this money needs to be redirected into defence spending. In view of the latest Chinese expansion into the South Pacific it is time that Australia and NZ had a combined military force.
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:53pm
pdm

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr earned his bonus from his master Finance Minister Robertson in an interview with MikeHosking just after 7.30am today.

No matter how Hosking worded the question Orr would not agree or admit that the ever growing New Zealand inflation is mainly due to the rampant , ill conceived and often valueless spending of the Government.

Full marks for evasion and loyalty Adrian.

Zero for you honesty, or lack of it.
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May 26, 2022 8:11am
- Tricati
  
  Both Orr and Robertson are of the same elk – Both blowhards and out of their depth, so no wonder they sing from the same hymn sheet.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:17am
  - pdm
    
    Both promoted well above their miniscule capabilities.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:47am
    - kowtow
      
      Orr has no gravitas .
      
      The guy who turned the central bank into a pagan shrine and bollocksed on about a big tree.
      
      Seriously this is the guy who’s entrusted with taking control of the consequences of labour /green/ Winston First big spend up. And of their concurrent weakening the productive sector of the economy .
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:30am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    Oh deer.
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:07am
    - gravedodger
      
      No Eye Deer!
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:24am
- Master Mariner
  
  It really a question pf proportionality, How much is caused from overseas and how much by the “Cash Splash” here.
  
  From overseas perspective it should of been immediately obvious supply chains smashed, Covid, and Energy price Inflation was right in front of them.
  
  Which way you look at it they were asleep at the wheel and playing catch up now. Too little too late, ? I really dont know.
  
  One thing that was certain at least a year ago was Inflation was never going to be “Transitory”.
  
  Instead of singing of the same hymm sheet, Finance ministers should go out in the real world and talk to people, Industries with their feet on the Ground.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:20am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Too little too late, ? I really dont know.
    
    You were informing us 2 years ago of supply chain problems as Covid started causing close downs in N. Hemisphere ports.
    
    Our Government had ample time to prepare for the hard times a’coming.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:43am
    - oldfella
      
      Maggy that would require planning, and this govt doesn’t do that. They prefer ‘feelz’.
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:33am
  - In Vino Veritas
    
    Caused from overseas? They printed money as well, so yep, to a degree it is caused by events overseas. But printing money never ends well unless there is an equal lift in production to cover the demand from “bad money”. And that usually never happens. even if “overseas” hadn’t printed money, our currency would have cratered after we did, so prices of imports would have gone up. So they got what they deserved and we got what we deserved. Left wing poli’s are always economic geniuses.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:12am
- kiwikidsnz
  
  Housing costs including rents are currently the largest component of inflation. Rents will be driven by the price of houses which over recent years is all on the RBNZ record low interest rates plus Govt fiscal policy eg non deductible interest, bright line test.
  
  https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/consumers-price-index-march-2022-quarter
  
  Imported inflation is from tradeables (eg fuel), non tradeables driving internal inflation (eg Govt services) are approximately half of the NZ economy (hard to find current numbers).
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:27am
  - In Vino Veritas
    
    To a degree kiwi, but rents have also been driven up by Government policy that is negative to landlords. So don’t kid yourself. We put the rents on our places up over 10% to take into account some of that crap. We don’t provide accommodation for free just because this Government thinks we should. And FYI, rents will go up sharply from here as well.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:21am
  - [email protected]
    
    I have difficulties believing that inflation is only 6.7%. Lucky enough not to be renting or have a mortgage or a petrol car but our expenses have gone up far more than 6.7%.
    
    You only have to look at the price of groceries to realize that.
    
    People renting, buying petrol and those with a mortgage will know this and hopefully vote accordingly next year.
    
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    May 26, 2022 5:57pm
- I remember when
  
  pdm
  To be fair to Adrian the rise in housing values has obviously been caused entirely by international inflation.
  Hasn’t it?
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:17am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    No, it’s been fuelled by far to low interest rates, hence government mismanagement, they are supposed to leave the RBNZ to their own devices, but Robertson has been poking his corrupt nose in, meaning Orr was hamstrung, interest rates should have been rise some time ago
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:47am
    - mawm
      
      TBF the interest rates have been held artificially low by the various national banks and the Fed in a coordinated manner and they have all responded too slowly and too timidly to the inflation we are seeing.
      
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      May 26, 2022 4:21pm
- Nickc2
  
  Orr was appointed under Cindy’s watch. Therefore, he’s part of her cabal despite being allegedly in a position independent of Govt influence.
  This, we know he isn’t, he took instruction from Robertson not so long ago I believe but I can’t remember what it was over.
  This morning, he certainly was singing from the Labour Govt song sheet and obfuscating in a manner only Cindy’s mob are experts at.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:15am
Vory v zakone

[Allegedly] So an 18 year old illegal immigrant cross dressing transgender supporter living with his grandmother had two BRAND NEW Daniel Defense AR15 rifles worth almost $5000, plus ammo, plus optics.
Add to that a $70,000 f250 pickup and state of the art body armour.
🤡🤡🤡
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May 26, 2022 8:14am
- virtualmark
  
  Sigh.
  
  Born in North Dakota. Not an illegal immigrant.
  
  Not a cross dresser. Or transgender.
  
  Yes, at least you got the “living with his grandmother” right.
  
  Never let the facts and reality get in the way of a good angry rage though eh?
  
  Ложь русских
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:29am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    And the ‘state of the art body armour’ was a tactical vest, with NO armour…
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:12am
- alloytoo
  
  Are you suggesting a false flag operation to embarrass Texas?
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:29am
  - Vory v zakone
    
    No. However consider this…
    
    Sgt. Erick Estrada of the Texas Dept of Public Safety told CNN’s Anderson Cooper the shooter crashed his car near the school, got out with a gun and wearing body armour, was engaged by law enforcement, but made his way into the school anyway and went classroom to classroom shooting.
    
    So an untrained 18 year old fast food worker (but apparently not an illegal) has an expensive Ford F250, $6000 worth of gear
    (armour/optics/weapons/ammo), crashes his truck near the school, has shoot out with cops but manages to enter an unlocked school that he hadn’t planned on going to anyway, shoots the school liaison officer, barricades himself inside, executes 19 kids and 2 teachers, and is finally taken out by border patrol officer.
    🙄
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:18am
    - virtualmark
      
      Sounds like an excellent reason for prudent gun regulations. Such as background checks, and a ban on assault rifles.
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:37am
    - gump
      
      So you’re doubling down with more lies. Shame on you.
      
      The truck was stolen from his Grandmother. The gunman shot her in the face and drove off in her truck.
      
      “The gunman took his grandmother’s truck and crashed it just outside of Robb Elementary school”
      
      https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/24/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-suspect-motive/9916569002/
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:55am
    - virtualmark
      
      And we now know the shooter sent Facebook messages before the shooting saying he’d shot his grandmother in the face and now was going to shoot up an elementary school.
      
      Vory, you’re as untrustworthy as any other Russian.
      
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      May 26, 2022 12:40pm
    - Ehlana
      
      I have heard he posted on social media that he had shot his grandmother and was now going to shoot up an elementary school – about 15 minutes before he got there.
      
      So it seems the school was an intentional target, not just a target of opportunity following a car crash.
      
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      May 26, 2022 2:38pm
- gump
  
  Almost every word you have written is a lie. Prefacing your sentence with the word “allegedly” indicates you know this … but you still posted anyway.
  
  A normal person would be embarrassed about intentionally consuming and spreading lies. But here you are.
  
  https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-shooting-uvalde-paul-gosar-touts-false-claim-transgender-woman-2022-5
  
  https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/uvalde-texas-shooting-transgender-misinformation-1358386/amp/
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:36am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Little Richard perhaps Bwhahahahahahaha
  
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  May 26, 2022 3:02pm
NK

Just heard on Hoskings show that Ardern met with Black Rock overnight.
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May 26, 2022 8:14am
- kevn
  
  @NK… Hope she didn’t sell us out too cheap.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:25am
- ClanMcleod
  
  “You can have New Zealand guys, just make sure I get my role at the UN, oh, and Gaylord wants a new boat. It’s been a pleasure doing business with you!”
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:38am
  - My
    
    Yep, and will throw in the AB’s. The Silver Lake deal is taking a bit long.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:48am
- NK
  
  And Nikke Kaye is at Davros at the WEF.
  
  Farken hell!!
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:44am
  - Charmaine Hawke
    
    Dodged a bullet when she left parliament IMHO. National’ s broad church is a little too broad for my liking.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:32am
  - Paulus
    
    Well, so is Helen Clark too at Davos !
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:42am
    - unaha-closp
      
      She’s just saying that if you don’t comply with WHO orders a country should be sanctioned by the WTO and banned from using the World Bank.
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:34am
    - ClanMcleod
      
      NWO under construction.
      
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      May 27, 2022 7:04am
  - James Stephenson
    
    Davos. Davros is the evil head Dalek. Easy mistake to make…
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:04am
    - NK
      
      Typo.
      
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      May 26, 2022 5:57pm
      - NeverMindTheBollocks
        
        Freudian slip
        
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        May 26, 2022 9:35pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Invited by Clark do she has an excuse to be there, Kaye was passing through as she was heading to Europe for a holiday, Clark was doing a talk about Woman in government leadership, it’s Clark that is the problem
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:10pm
- Nickc2
  
  WTF, a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night. That must be her KGB introductory training (courtesy of the Blair Govt) coming to the fore.
  No doubt she had her begging bowl with her.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:25am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  She is signing documents for a second mortgage
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:50am
Gravelroad

Last night we were phoned by a woman saying she was conducting a survey on behalf of the Charities Commission.
The questions were to find out what sort of charities we would be most likely to support financially. The Commission would then pass on this information to the appropriate organisations to target us for donations.
Anyone else had this call?
Is it the role of the Charities Commission to contract cold callers to undertake surveys about organisations to which we might donate cash?
And then facilitate this?
We thought it was a scam and ended the call.
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May 26, 2022 8:16am
- pdm
  
  Yep one night last week about 9pm – I told them we did not take calls that late and hung up before they got into the nitty gritty.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:31am
- graham
  
  Yeah, my wife got a similar call last week – told them we already had our chosen charities that we supported, and we were quite capable of making our own decisions.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:34am
- Ehlana
  
  Sounds a hell of a lot like a scam. And it certainly isn’t how the COmmission should be spending taxpayer’s money.
  
  Of course, as they work for this government, they may not realise that anyone wanting to give to charity can just google for one aligned to their aims.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:35am
- peterwn
  
  The Charities Commission as such no longer exists. It is now ‘Charities Services’ and is a unit of Internal Affairs. Hence the call is definitely a scam.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:45am
- MCōs
  
  The Charities Commission was disestablished in 2012.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:48am
- cmm
  
  It certainly sounds pretty scammy.
  
  Since when does the Charities Commission actually knock on doors for charities? They are there to make sure the charities are legit.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:50am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Department of Internal Affairs organises an online survey of public trust/confidence in our charities.
  
  https://www.charities.govt.nz/assets/Survey-of-Public-Trust-and-Confidence-in-Charities_FINAL-report.pdf
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:00am
Tomtoddy

Annoys and concerns me that MSM is giving Orr and the Reserve Bank and Robertson and his Government a total free ride on inflation.

Orr has one task – keep inflation inside the 0 to 3% range. He has failed and failed spectacularly. Inflation is more like 7 – 8%. Too late to apply the handbrake and too much stimulation makes him to blame. Wasting time and money on useless branding/image nonsense shows he is unfit for the task.

Robertson had one main task. Support the Reserve Bank’s effort to keep inflation down. A restrained budget would have been the correct and mature action. Instead he was reckless and continues to act as though he has no responsibility over inflation.

Inflation is the cancer of the economy. We have been shafted by incompetence……. again.
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May 26, 2022 8:19am
- Benedict Yu
  
  “Orr has one task”
  
  That’s the problem. The government changed that. It also is required to promote “maximum sustainable employment”.
  
  If you read the annual report, you will find what they are doing on the Maori economy, Maori mythologies and the banking system, and climate change.
  
  Read this..
  
  https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/news/2019/09/maori-long-term-business-values-provide-lessons
  
  So forget him being held accountable for inflation. The institution has been wrecked. If you want to know more check out Croaking Cassandra.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:44am
  - Tomtoddy
    
    Agree BY on the target confusion. I should have said “one main task” as keeping inflation down is far more important than sustainable employment whatever that is. The two tasks are often in contradiction to each other which shows how ignorant Labour are on economic matters.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:09am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    And he must use a climate change lense as well
    
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    May 26, 2022 3:04pm
  - Jim
    
    On point Benedict, but one thing is for sure: the bankers always win.
    
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    May 26, 2022 6:26pm
- MCōs
  
  From the Reserve Bank web site
  ‘The governor of the Reserve Bank is responsible for New Zealand’s currency and operating monetary policy.’
  Also
  ‘The Reserve Bank uses monetary policy to maintain price stability as defined in the Remit. The current Remit requires the Bank to keep inflation between 1 and 3 percent on average over the medium term, with a focus on keeping future average inflation near the 2 percent target midpoint and supporting Maximum Sustainable Employment. The Bank implements monetary policy by setting the Official Cash Rate (OCR), which is reviewed seven times a year.’
  
  I wonder what is meant by the ‘medium term’?
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:57am
- mogg
  
  We have record inflation, rapidly falling house prices and a government who tells us that it’s not their fault.
  Meanwhile Auckland has turned into gunfight at The OK Corral, and Jacinda is on American TV talking big on gun control.
  It has become very clear that they have squandered $billions of taxpayer dollars over past two years, but they are not the ones now suffering. Queen J is expanding her carbon footprint (climate denier) as she travels around the world in luxury, while many people at home are struggling to buy food.
  This black comedy all bodes well for next year’s election, long may it continue.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:11am
  - MCōs
    
    We don’t have record inflation.
    Back in the 70s & 80s the rate was regularly above 10%, peaking at over 17%
    Last I heard house prices were expected to rapidly fall to a level not seen since about six months ago.
    If there’s a change of government Mr Luxon will be the one traveling round the world in a RNZAF Boeing 757-200
    
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    May 26, 2022 5:10pm
Maggie Pie

WOW!

Just saw a white hetero couple in a telly ad…..
I shit you not.
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May 26, 2022 8:27am
- alloytoo
  
  No…….
  
  How did that sneak through?
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:30am
- Nickc2
  
  Quick Maggie, report it to the Broadcasting Standards Authority with copy to the Race Relations Conciliator.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:32am
- Ehlana
  
  I heard a public service ad entirely in English Maggie Pie!
  It was the one about earthquakes – if it’s long, or strong, get gone! Every single word in English.
  
  Almost as if they wanted me to understand and remember. I was quite touched.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:36am
- Biscuit
  
  Me and the boss like to laugh through the 2022-era ads, Maggie.
  
  We, too, have noted that it is increasingly rare to spot a same-ethnicity couple.
  
  I like, too, to note the ‘modern’ dumbing down of he male half of the couple that is depicted.
  
  Advertising tends to leave me cold, though. Tell me, have you EVER seen a TV ad that has made you, or your partner, murmur: ‘Get your glad rags on: we must have one of those. NOW!’
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:48am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    It was actually an ad for erectile-dysfunction.
    
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    May 26, 2022 8:53am
    - Debsta
      
      Haha, was just about to ask Maggie…I figured erectile disfunction or family violence, we know those are only problems for white folk! 🤣
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:49am
  - Observer of Life
    
    Biscuit: The Tui advert where they employed “gorgeous women”.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:33am
- kevn
  
  @Maggie… I saw a youngish woman in town wearing 2, yes two masks. That beats mask wearing solo motorists and cyclists silliness easy.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:58am
  - graham
    
    Cyclists might be wearing masks to keep their faces warm as the temperature drops … blimmin’ climate change …
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:01am
- oldfella
  
  Maggie, did it have Maori subtitles? No way to understand it otherwise.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:39am
ClanMcleod

OK, time to roll out another conspiracy theory!

Our world government in waiting are currently meeting in Davos. (Is Cindy popping in during her overseas jaunt?)
The WEF gathering is underway, coincidentally at the same time as the WHO gathering to discuss their taking control of all aspects of future pandemics overriding local governments. How cool!
Our real governing bodies are emerging from the shadows and the people we elected thinking they were representing our best interests are revealed for what they are – overpaid administrators. Klaus Schwab has made a beautiful speech, fitting of the apparent leader of this world government who are going to fix the climate, give equity to all and are going to create a veritable paradise on earth where you will own nothing and be happy!

Watch Herr Schwab in action and try not to imagine him holding a large, fluffy white cat and expecting Daniel Craig to jump out from behind him at any moment.

https://twitter.com/PezntJournalist/status/1528744465921458177?s=20&t=rO6nvXrERiiBOhoAqQ4IQQ

To quote Dr Evil:

“in a world which is becoming more fragmented and more divided, and where many of the traditional multilateral organizations tend to become dysfunctional or at least mistrustful, a global platform based on informal, trust-based and action-oriented cooperation such as the World Economic Forum and Davos will be ever more needed.”

This is the NWO the hippies warned us about, and it seems as though Ardern and the majority of other leaders in the west and elsewhere are on board. I didn’t vote for this Nazi, did you?
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May 26, 2022 8:30am
- ClanMcleod
  
  As an addendum to the above, here is a letter to Bojo in the UK in a similar vein.
  
  “Tell me, Boris, is the pandemic treaty a step towards World Government?”
  
  Change “Boris” to Jacinda, might as well add Chris in as National seem to mostly be in lockstep with Labour. Certainly on covid related issues.
  
  From the letter.
  
  “Taxation is the tool of national governments. When nations surrender tax powers to an international body, they undermine their sovereignty. CORSIA enables independent, non-political, commercial funding of UN development projects in developing nations and reduces their reliance on UN member-government funding. ”
  
  Worth reading in full.
  
  https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/tell-me-boris-is-the-pandemic-treaty-a-step-towards-world-government/
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:34am
- pdm
  
  CM – I think Cindy is too busy working out with the UN which of Ivory Coast, Cameroon or Rwanda would best suit her skill set, or lack there of
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:34am
- Nickc2
  
  No doubt Cindy was invited but sent someone to observe in her absence. You can bet no one from Aust’s current Opposition Party attended or was invited eh.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:42am
- Ross Campbell
  
  I’m not sure whether you are calling Schwab or Ardern a Nazi or both but either way it’s a ridiculous thing to say and shows you obviously have no idea what a Nazi actually is.
  The other possibility is that you have been listening to Putin too much.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:26am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    I think Klaus Schwab’s daddy had a damn good idea what a Nazi wa$.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:19am
    - Ross Campbell
      
      Your point is?
      Oh I see, because his father headed a Swiss industrial giant that supplied the Nazis all his offspring by default are guilty of being Nazis as well.
      With this line of reasoning the only way he could avoid being a Nazi was not being born.
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:36am
ClanMcleod

The WEF conference is ongoing. The output gets more concerning the more you look at it.

“Davos reveals building blocks for “green” social credit system”

https://off-guardian.org/2022/05/24/davos-reveals-building-blocks-for-green-social-credit-system/

The “Green new deal”, the “Great Reset”, digital central bank currency, climate change – democracy is getting flushed down the toilet and it’s being streamed on the internet.

As an extra, Moderna CEO at the same WEF event complaining about having 30 million doses he can’t get rid of.

https://greatgameindia.com/moderna-throw-vaccines-garbage/
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May 26, 2022 8:46am
- krazykiwi
  
  If the very worst attributes of Hitler, Stalin and Mao could be distilled into a modern form then that would look like Central Bank Digital Currencies. The population control potential of these instruments should be terrifying to all, but sadly most are asleep, just happy to hang out for a lotto win next weekend.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:02am
  - Ross Campbell
    
    Here we are again with more Hitler(Nazi) references but also Stalin and Mao thrown in for good measure.
    You have such a way with hyperbole and exaggeration maybe fiction writing is an avenue that might suit you.
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:32am
    - krazykiwi
      
      Ross, In your rush to ‘take me down’ you appear to become confused with basic concepts. So I will spell them out for you in friendly, simple terms:
      1. History is littered with nasty tyrants
      2. CBDC’s will be worse
      3. The end.
      
      Let me know if this helps.
      
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      May 26, 2022 12:43pm
  - Jim
    
    kk, many people I speak to naively confuse performing daily cashless transactions with a operating in a cashless society. As such many people would be very easily seduced into thinking a cashless society is almost here now. Indeed many local retailers are openly discouraging the use of cash, but I don’t think they realise the potential dystopian future they’re ushering in.
    
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    May 26, 2022 6:33pm
- mawm
  
  Clan, I’m sure the “blob” is going to issue a statement shortly that he absolutely supports NZ sovereignty and that he’s going to push back on this power grab by the unelected rich and their technocrats. //sarc
  
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  May 26, 2022 4:41pm
iMP

Media Q. of the Day.

If mentor H. Clarke can disarm and neutralise the armed NZ airforce, can Protege J. Ardern disarm and neutralise armed Auckland gangs?
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May 26, 2022 8:48am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  No, silly.
  
  You disarm the public and then the gangsters know that it’s OK for them to run the show.
  
  Go on, give the boys a chance…can they be worse than Goff & co?
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:03am
Maggie Pie

‘PERIOD CRUNCH’

Honestly, I would no sooner want to talk about Periods over the breakfast table, than I’d want to discuss taking a poo at the dinner table 🙁

https://mol.im/a/10853121
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May 26, 2022 8:49am
- Biscuit
  
  In light of a current US court case, Maggie, which would be worse?:
  
  A poo at the dinner table
  Or one in the passion pit?
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:14am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    Playing dutch ovens is the closest I’ve ever come 😛
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:32am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Watch it… you might attract the attention of our fart-obsessed troll.
      
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      May 26, 2022 10:44am
      - Maggie Pie
        
        I think you’re right Maggz…bet he’s a nasty bastard when he gets aroused.
        
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        May 26, 2022 1:42pm
I remember when

I don’t see a lot of news items questioning how much various government policies have at least some responsibility for price rises in supermarkets.
Should this be the start point.
How much of the price rise is the result of worker visa delays that will be fixed after of the short-term outcome has happened.
How much is the result of increased transport costs, driver shortages, port congestion, ever increasing administration costs, wage increases, staff shortages. All of which government action has affected.
What are we paying to counter the cost of shoplifting exacerbated by lack of police response.
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May 26, 2022 8:51am
krazykiwi

Long covid? Sure. Most diseases have examples of persistent symptoms, but we seldom if ever hear abut these, making Covid-19 sound unique and dangerous. Same old, same old.

Here’s some analysis of a recent, and apparently well designed NHI study: the long and short of “long covid”. This study recorded individual health characteristics prior to Covid-19 infection.

Of the PASC (post-acute sequelae of covid) group, 48% had previously diagnosed mental health issues. 37.5% had anxiety disorder. 80%-90% had depression. 64.4% were female.
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May 26, 2022 8:58am
- kevn
  
  @kk… I have a friend who has been told by his GP that he has ‘long covid’. He doesn’t fit any of the above you mention.
  I think he has a vaccine reaction.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:03am
  - krazykiwi
    
    Send your friend to this I-RECOVER Post-Vaccine treatment protocol. It was published about an hour ago after several months of trials and reformulation. I would be keen to know if your friend finds any benefit from it.
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:04pm
- cmm
  
  Completely correct. Got to keep the bogey man alive!
  
  A tooth infection in your 30s can cause heart damage that might only show up in your 60s.
  
  The majority of men will die with prostate cancer, not of it. If we counted prostate cancer the way we count CV19 then there would be over 10,000 deaths from prostate cancer every year.
  
  Bottom line though is that there are far bigger health issues in NZ (especially obesity) and blowing so much smoke over CV19 is screening the really important stuff.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:05am
- Albert_Ross
  
  So it’s not a real problem if it mainly affects women?
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:29am
  - krazykiwi
    
    Did you have something substantive to say, Albert?
    
    No, I thought not.
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:01pm
I remember when

Is Davos/WEF a great tidal wave about to engulf us without most people even being aware of what is happening?
What happened to demand being driven by the great majority.
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May 26, 2022 8:58am
Prince

Police spokesman on RNZ just now re the Auckland drive by shootings…
‘It’s a matter of getting these groups together…’
‘The problem is they could have the wrong addresses…’
No. It’s a matter of arresting them and the judiciary getting them off the streets. The problem is they are breaking the law.
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May 26, 2022 9:03am
- graham
  
  Seriously? Did someone from the Police really say that?
  
  ‘It’s a matter of getting these groups together … The problem is they could have the wrong addresses …’
  
  So the Police would be much happier if they got the right addresses, and went and shot up the right houses?
  
  Give me strength.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:05am
  - zulumonster
    
    A cunning plan from the police perhaps? If we get them all together and make sure they have the right addresses they might wipe themselves out – et volia, no more gangs, no more gang violence?
    Brilliant …
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:53am
    - Ehlana
      
      Brilliant. The meeting should be held in Auckland. As in Motu Maha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Islands), not Tamaki Makaurau. A free trip to the meeting on a Navy waka. We’ll leave them to it and check back next year to see how they’re faring.
      
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      May 26, 2022 2:46pm
  - Jim
    
    Very progressive from the police, get the gangs together. I suggest using Eden Park as a substitute for the Colosseum. Who would join me in buying a ticket?
    
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    May 26, 2022 6:41pm
DimChappie

Think I agree with Cactus Kate’s voting strategy:
“I do not care what National and ACT stand for or do.
ABL – Anyone But Labour.
And at this juncture this is all we have to hope for.
New Zealand cannot afford another term of this bullshit.”
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May 26, 2022 9:04am
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  That has been obvious for some time.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:38am
- oldfella
  
  The new slogan should be ‘ABC – Anyone But Cindy’.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:43am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Exactly, but people have to make sure they do Act for party vote, Nats for electorate, anything else splits the vote
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:15pm
  - mawm
    
    It would help if they stood for something other than “doing it better” than Labour. Maybe a bit of leadership by the blob might make some of the ex Tory voters excited enough to get to a polling booth. How about standing up for our sovereignty that’s being stolen by the totalitarian mega rich at Davos?
    
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    May 26, 2022 5:01pm
tknorriss

I got a lot of downticks the other day for daring to suggest that a reasonable component of inflation is imported.

For the record, I think it is probably 50/50 with respect to government/RB action vs imported inflation that we can’t control.

It may be that a lot of people aren’t involved in importing equipment for sale as we are. We get to see incredible price increases in terms of freight and multiple and substantial price increases for the goods we import that have to be passed on to our customers.

That is why I suggested that the current inflation target of 0-3% is unrealistic, likely unachievable, and likely to put the economy into recession if it is pursued by the RB.

I think they should have a higher target (say 2-5%) that allows them to look through the imported component that the RB can’t do anything about anyway, and focus on the government component which can be controlled.

The other thing the government needs to do to bring inflation under control is to open up the job market a lot more to people overseas so that the pressure on wages can be reduced, and businesses can get the skills they need to run their businesses.
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May 26, 2022 9:04am
- tknorriss
  
  By the way, there is plenty of historical precedent for the Reserve Bank to change targets to match circumstances.
  
  https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/monetary-policy/history-of-policy-targets-agreements
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:06am
  - Jack5
    
    Please spend 3 minutes 15 seconds watching this YouTube video which is a brief explanation of the cause of inflation. That’s the Government of the day.
    
    The speaker is Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize economist who has been the great theorist on inflation.
    
    https://youtu.be/F94jGTWNWsA
    
    If you want a more serious explanation, Friedman speaking for 1hr 26 min on inflation:
    
    https://youtu.be/B_nGEj8wIP0
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:32pm
    - tknorriss
      
      Yes, what he said is very basic. And I don’t disagree.
      
      The issue is a bit different in the current environment though. The unusual feature this time around is that governments everywhere have been doing exactly the same thing.
      
      That is what is making inflation so insidious this time around.
      
      Not only are we reaping the effects of our own government’s stimulatory policies, but also the stimulatory policies of nearly every country in the world.
      
      Our RB can do something about the inflation our own government generates. But it can’t do much about inflation created by other governments that gets passed on to us.
      
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      May 26, 2022 2:28pm
- Benedict Yu
  
  “The other thing the government needs to do to bring inflation under control is to open up the job market a lot more to people overseas …”
  
  That has inflationary consequences. You increase population growth, you need schools, houses, infrastructure…
  
  I agree there is no choice in the medium term. But long term New Zealand needs to solve its worsening inter-generational problem of unemployable people. We have BOTH a chronic labour shortage AND 350,000 working age people on benefits! About 11 percent of the workforce. Of these, 77,000 have a disability. That leaves 270,000 adult New Zealanders who are capable of employment but choose not to.
  
  https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/2022/benefit-fact-sheets-snapshot-march-2022.pdf
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:19am
  - tknorriss
    
    Yes, that is another problem. I don’t think there is any solution without negative consequences.
    
    But, I think just forcing wages to increase by restricting labour is going to be entirely inflationary unless there is a corresponding increase in productivity.
    
    Any wage increases people have had have probably been eaten up with inflation caused by the wage increases.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:47am
- Master Mariner
  
  Absolutely agree, And with the other days posts.
  But in all honesty The horse has bolted while everyone talked “Transitory” Inflation.
  Co-Ordinated around the world.
  However President Biden let slip the other day that as far as Energy Inflation , Everyone will have to weather the storm to get Green Energy up and running.
  The trouble with that is , It will take years unknowingly to all .
  So in a nutshell it was deliberate to Punish the Fossil Energy Market.
  By using the word Transitory Inflation was a deliberate lie.
  So you have to ask yourself if this was a deliberate ploy. The answer is apparently yes.
  So where does Orr and Robertson fit into this “Worldwide transitory inflation” ?
  Boy did they really fuck up and with NZ at the arse end of the world.
  The real question was this deliberate ??
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:40am
  - virtualmark
    
    If the New Zealand government were smart then it would launch a massive push to rooftop solar energy and electric vehicles.
    
    Why? Because without any meaningful domestic oil production our balance of payments is crippled by what we pay other countries for energy. We import about 60 million barrels (equiv) pa. At US$100 a barrel, plus shipping costs etc, that’s about NZ$10 billion pa that NZ has to earn just so we can pay it to others overseas.
    
    Not too mention the strategic value of loosening our dependence/vulnerability on other countries for energy.
    
    I could argue a case for a Government that committed, say, NZ$5 billion for a big solar+EV programme in a bid to reduce our oil imports by at least 20%. If it were me I’d structure it in a similar way to the Key National Government’s fibre-to-the-home initiative.
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:38pm
Maggie Pie

How SICK can you get?

Barry looks to turn the killing of 18 innocent children into a tribute for convicted felon George Floyd 🙁

https://twitter.com/BarakObama/status/1529555038246428672

What sort of a turd would do that at a time like this?
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May 26, 2022 9:10am
- Frank the tank
  
  The Dems are going full retard over the shooting in a last ditch attempt to save the mid terms. Beto monged it up in Texas and Our Glorious Leader has been doing her best St Joan of Ark on gun control in DC. Can’t wait for Breitbart/Fox to run a story of downtown Mogadishu (Sorry Tamaki Mackcowerau) in the next couple of days.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:28am
- Vory v zakone
  
  Yep that’s the Chicago Thug for you.
  
  Meanwhile Beto O’Rourke really saw a tragedy and thought how he could make it all about himself.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:32am
- MCōs
  
  It’s the 2nd anniversary of his death.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:46am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    DILLIGAF….certainly don’t know anyone else who does either.
    
    Just saying.
    
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    May 26, 2022 9:50am
    - MCōs
      
      Obama wasn’t to know you, or me for that matter, didn’t know that, and I doubt if he’s surprised.
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:00am
  - Vory v zakone
    
    That reminds me. Candace Owens has a doco coming out about George Floyd and BLM💥
    
    https://fb.watch/deqKE8Ezat/
    
    #HelloGeorge 😉
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:45am
    - curry4me
      
      Any Doco by Candace Owens would be ecellent viewing. She should be VP in 24, or 28.
      
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      May 26, 2022 2:44pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  Contrast…
  
  https://twitter.com/MELANIATRUMP/status/1529267790250709001
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:06am
  - Ross Campbell
    
    Melania praying for the victims.
    How sweet of her.
    Maybe if she had have reigned in her husbands excesses a bit more then alot of the madness we see now might not have happened.
    
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    May 26, 2022 10:42am
  - MCōs
    
    Contrast with what?
    https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/1529264954636914688?s=21&t=CEDBD3b2o8QDyyF5RKxDsQ
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:03am
    - Maggie Pie
      
      This….
      
      https://twitter.com/SpiritofLenin/status/1529476241950224384
      
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      May 26, 2022 11:28am
      - Ross Campbell
        
        It’s truly touching that you now suddenly care about Muslim teenagers in Yemen.
        Maybe you and the girls at the tennis club could start a Givealittle page.
        
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        May 26, 2022 11:44am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Barry needs to tell the truth. Floyd had enough fentanyl and meth to jump start a bulldozer
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:14pm
Philview

Brand Ardern is on full throttle at the moment. I note a Stuff article over night with many comments that she is the world’s greatest leader. The strategy will be to back this up with opinion polls showing her surging back. We are going to get this through to the election next year.
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May 26, 2022 9:11am
- Nickc2
  
  That’s what our money’s paying for. Stuff is most grateful and the whole Labour Party are pleased.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:31am
- kowtow
  
  NZME “senior political” repeater said she “hit the ground running” at NY with a “busy scedule”.
  
  But he only cited 2 engagements , the UN and that tv interview .
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:09am
Frank the tank

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-school-shooting-robb-elementary-beto-orourke-uvalde

Robert O’Rourke acting like a mong. Should book a flight to downtown Mogadishu (sorry Auckland) to see what gun control looks like.
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May 26, 2022 9:14am
- Batman
  
  Ahhh yes, because Auckland is SO much worse than 20+ children and adults being gunned down in a school.
  
  For God’s sake, get a grip man.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:35am
  - Frank the tank
    
    The point that you missed was hastily rushed gun laws that restrict usage and availability of said guns have not made New Zimbabwe any safer – quite the opposite as they target the wrong people.
    
    Yes this is a tragedy however you don’t use a 0.001% occurrence is an argument for sweeping law changes. Auckland is a case in point – ask any front line police officer if they feel safer re guns now versus before our change in firearm regulations.
    
    I expected better from you Bat.
    
    P.S. Bob O’Rorke was being an attention seeking political whore. Despite Abbott being a flawed candidate I can’t wait till he wipes the floor with that nauseating little turd come September.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:18am
    - MCōs
      
      What’s happening in September?
      The US mid term elections are on Tuesday, November 8.
      Apart from that you’ve spelt the chap’s name wrong and no politicians are shrinking violets.
      As for Governor Abbott. He claimed on Twitter just the other day
      “Texas is a law & order state.”
      Well, that’s a bit hollow, isn’t it. No wonder O’Rourke yelled at him
      “The time to stop the next shooting is right now, and you are doing nothing,” O’Rourke said. “You’re offering us nothing.”
      
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      May 26, 2022 5:36pm
Frank the tank

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/china-risks-new-cold-war-as-it-pursues-strategic-alliances-in-pacific/Z3HI4LF3UYX5E42V47Z2WY6T7Q/

This is why we shouldn’t fund the Pacific. They are acting like 2 dollar whores on Hunters Corner when China waves the dollars around.

Fuck them – I’m sick of their bludging.
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May 26, 2022 9:34am
- cmm
  
  Yup, if they want to be grown ups and choose who they jump in the sack with then we should stop treating them like children.
  
  That means we stop sending police advisors etc to pretend they have competent government services.
  
  It also means we stop giving them pocket money and foreign aid. By now they should be able to stand on their own feet.
  
  Sure, we can keep sending them humanitarian aid when they get hit by volcanoes and cyclones, but that’s a different matter.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:16am
- fightingtemeraire
  
  I first went to PNG in the 60’s when Oz ran the place and I enjoyed it. The Solomon Is were the British Solomon Is Protectorate and Vanuatu was the Condominiom of the New Hebrides , co governed by Britain and France.
  
  All were reasonably well run. Fast forward to the 80’s and they were now all Independent. On the down ward slide and full of graft and corruption.
  
  PNG is now a Hazardous Deployment in the Diplomatic Service and Solomons not much better.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:39am
- Jack5
  
  The Islanders will fall out with China.
  
  The Tongans burned Chinese shops in 2006.
  
  Six months ago, Solomon Islanders burned Chinese businesses (and apparently even killed few Chinese people).
  
  https://libcom.org/history/tongan-riots-2006
  
  https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/island-rivalry-supercharged-by-allegations-of-china-bribe-erupts-as-australian-troops-move-in/news-story/fe6fd7809269d04cc16940c50d58822a
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:00pm
  - Nickc2
    
    The Chinese don’t suffer bludgers lightly!
    If it wasn’t for fishing stocks and their furtherance of world domination, the Chinese IMO wouldn’t want to have any part of the Pacific Islands and that includes NZ.
    
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    May 26, 2022 1:05pm
Benedict Yu

Popped into New World at New Brighton last night to buy some wine. That was a mistake I will not repeat.

Guy behind me in the check out line decided to have a go at me. He was clearly on meth – his wide staring eyes were a give away. Racist, incoherent abuse, unprovoked. I told him to back off. He followed me out to my car, but I made my get away 🙂

Anyway lesson learned. Don’t shop in the shit hole suburbs of Christchurch, especially at night.
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May 26, 2022 9:55am
- 103PapPap
  
  Ha Ha. If you go to Countdown in New Brighton, you will see that all the casks of wine have individual security alarms on them. Only supermarket I’ve ever seen that at.
  Although it does recall another story: Why do you need two people to shop at Pak ‘n Save in Rotorua? One to do the shopping and one to stay in the car to prevent it being stolen.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:48am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    Correction: I WAS at the Countdown in New Brighton, not New World.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:39am
- Inandout
  
  BY, so long as he was wearing a mask under those eyes.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:49am
- cmm
  
  New Brighton is certainly not a place where you want to stand out in the crowd. I stay away as much as possible.
  
  The last time I was there was as part of the farmy army helping clear up after the EQ. The entitlement of many of the people was astounding, demanding that the volunteers come and sort out some problem for them and many not even lifting a finger for themselves.
  
  One woman tried driving her car out of her driveway and crunched her ridiculously low front bumper. She started screaming at the volunteers that it was their fault for not clearing her drive properly and they’d all have to pay.
  
  Another angrily demanded that some volunteers cleared her driveway immediately because she was having a party and needed somewhere for her friends to park.
  
  When someone offered her a shovel she let out a torrent of abuse along the lines of “Fuck off. It’s not my job to fix this. It’s you volunteer’s job.”
  
  I don’t know why you live out that way when you’re clearly a guy with intelligence, earning power and options.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:29am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    “I don’t know why you live out that way when you’re clearly a guy with intelligence, earning power and options.”
    
    What gave you the idea I live out there? 🙁
    
    I go to the sea water hot pools in New Brighton. Most days. I have a chronic pain condition that benefits from them. That is why I was in the supermarket. I would never live there.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:42am
    - cmm
      
      Good man BY.
      
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      May 26, 2022 4:18pm
- Weinerpoop
  
  Plus they would only have shit wine
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:35am
In Vino Veritas

John Nolte at Breitbart finished his review of Ricky Gervais’ “Supernatural” on Netflix with “Here’s hoping Ricky Gervais lives forever”.
Hear, hear.
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May 26, 2022 9:58am
Scooter

Is it just bad luck or does bad news follow Jacinda, after the Texas shooting you would have to wonder, Christchurch, White Is, Covid…
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May 26, 2022 10:00am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Typhoid Jaxxie?
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:43pm
Maggie Pie

QUEEN STREET….. (circa 2023) 🙁

https://twitter.com/streetpeopleLA/status/1529229033749159936
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May 26, 2022 10:01am
surfing

How normal is this? My son is renting a flat, and, they have to pay the landlord $200 if one of the flatmates moves out and they get a new flatmate?

The landlord says the insurance doesn’t cover them unless the people in the flat are named on the register, and , there is a $200 admin fee to change a name.
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May 26, 2022 10:15am
- RightNow
  
  Landlords can charge the tenant for assignment expenses
  If the tenant finds their own replacement, the landlord may still be entitled to charge for any reasonable costs already incurred during the assignment process. They must provide the tenant with a breakdown of the expenses and invoices for the costs incurred.
  
  https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/ending-a-tenancy/change-of-landlord-or-tenant/change-of-tenant/
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:47am
- MCōs
  
  Get another bloke with the same name.
  
  Back in London when we were there in 1972,3 the landlords couldn’t put up the rent at our mate’s flat unless the tenants changed. Some law that dated back years that only applied to tenancies at that date.
  In my mate’s case it was one flat in a block owned by a faceless corporate. Over the years as each occupant came and went the owners were never informed so the rent didn’t budge. They paid a rent that hadn’t gone up for 20-30yrs.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:53am
  - surfing
    
    Brilliant 🙂 It’s like paying historical rent.
    
    I don’t know if my son’s situation is normal. In my day, the person who signed the rental agreement is the authority of who lives in the house. Now, landlords are asking parents to sign rental agreements for their adult children, and leads to the situation I described above.
    
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    May 26, 2022 11:04am
    - artemisia
      
      Parents can decline to act as guarantor. Of course the offspring probably won’t be accepted as tenants.
      
      In the past guarantors were seldom requested unless the potential tenants had little or no rental history. There is a lot more risk now due to new rules since, oh, about September 2017.
      
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      May 26, 2022 7:33pm
- artemisia
  
  More involved than just changing a name. $200 is a lot less than some charge.
  
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  May 26, 2022 7:27pm
- Pineapple Lumps
  
  Surfing – we live in times where Landlords are the whipping boys for renters, people struggling to buy their own home, and the left who see them as rich pricks.
  
  I have been on both sides of this coin. Renting is a commercial transaction, rent is paid for the use of the property. It is additional work for the landlord when tenants change in a property. If the paperwork isn’t up to scratch or inspections done properly then that’s all on the landlord! If done properly that will mean vetting the incoming tenant, meeting to sign paperwork, final inspection for departing tenant and incoming tenant initial inspection. A bit more than just crossing out a name and putting the new name on the page.
  
  Some flats have a revolving door of tenants, which increases the workload on a landlord. It is my view that a fee to recompense this is not unreasonable.
  
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  May 26, 2022 8:27pm
Ruawai

These light sentences are just a joke and must be coming from a recommendation higher up such as Kelvin Davis that the Govt wants fewer people in jail. The judge believes telling an addict not to consume drugs and alcohol will stop him, hmmm not sure that will work.

“But I am satisfied that the offending was largely driven by your addiction.” Judge Field noted the man was making a genuine effort to rehabilitate himself. “The addiction you continue to fight is not an overnight process.” If warranted a maximum sentence of nine years’ imprisonment could have been applied but the judge instead sentenced him to six months of community detention and 12 months of intensive supervision. He was ordered to not consume any drugs and alcohol.”
– Ellen Thompson, Open Justice

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/crime/man-busted-for-sending-meth-in-facemasks-is-sentenced-to-6-months-community-detention/
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May 26, 2022 10:33am
Maggy Wassilieff

It seems we are transitioning to a new public media environment.

But Fear not, Dear Reader… Willie Jackson has ensured that the Maori Media sector will be well-positioned when he pushes the Go button.

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2205/S00253/positioning-the-maori-media-sector-for-the-future.htm
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May 26, 2022 10:40am
- Inandout
  
  Maggy, as his ancestors had no way of communicating in writing I presume this media is totally oral?
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:54am
- Swifty
  
  Naked payola.
  
  The blatant use of money taken from the pockets of NZ families and given to Maori special interests for their political support and to prevent them running to the dark side i.e. the Maori Party.
  
  Political bribery.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:12am
- Jack5
  
  Jackson’s already taken over Radio NZ, and soon, the new merged State TV-State radio.
  
  This, plus the buying off of Stuff and NZME (the Herald etc), will give Labour and Maori activists media control approaching that of Stalin.
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:49am
Maggy Wassilieff

Auckland is going to be bollarded

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300597874/small-businesses-to-get-6m-govt-funding-for-bollards-alarms-after-ramraids

How long before the ram-raiders move on to Christchurch, Tauranga, Hamilton, Hutt valley?
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May 26, 2022 11:16am
- Maggie Pie
  
  Company Registration…..
  
  Mahuta Bollard Installation & Protection Services Ltd.
  
  😀 😀 😀
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:25am
- alex Masterley
  
  I think the 6 mil is for the whole country.
  A clients experience is that the ram raiders drive around the bollards.
  A complete waste of time (and thats just the minister).
  
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  May 26, 2022 11:57am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Or they convert an 8 ton digger……
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:25pm
- MCōs
  
  When I lived in Ngaio a couple of guys opened a bottle store near the bottom of the gorge.
  About two minutes later the place was ram raided. I went passed on my way to work one morning and the front was smashed in when the poor buggers surveying the damage.
  It’s quiet down there in the dead of the night and handy to the motorways.
  They patched it up, put in some bollards and as far as I know there were no more problems.
  That was 20-30yrs ago.
  Gone now.
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:49pm
Observer of Life

Switched TV on last night to see an advert (?) fronted by Jack Lame saying the government is going to buy shares in SME’s.
So the WEF plan is coming along nicely.. “you will own nothing and be happy “.
Shoot me now.
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May 26, 2022 11:18am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  You are on track Comrade
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:26pm
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n83BhP5yODQ

Carl Bromley is Standing for Mayor, and Council.

I humbly seek your love, prayers, support, and help in inviting you to take this important journey together with me. [8:06]
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May 26, 2022 11:22am
- Ross Campbell
  
  Just what Christchurch and NZ needs.
  Another god proselytising conspiracy theorist who is a big fan of the intellectual dropkicks at Counterspin Media.
  If I lived in Christchurch I would make a special trip to one of his election rallies just so I could laugh at him.
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:20pm
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uFidpzxOjM

Time to get organised to the next level…Can You Help?

It’s time to action a team of skilled, dedicated, honest, humble hard workers who believe in the cause and are willing to commit to putting the hard yards in to fight for our Nation. We need to THINK NATIONALLY AND ACT LOCALLY. Hence why have my aim on the big prize, the NZ national elections, but am acting locally by putting my hand up, and name in the hat in running for Local Council and Mayoralty here in Christchurch for the October elections. I am not grandiose. I am strategic. Any effort to build profile, network and build alliances will be of benefit to influence our nation back in the direction of true democracy, freedom and sovereignty. If we do not fight and gain a victory over this Totalitarian ‘fascist / communist’ hybrid, our once safe, free, and thriving New Zealand will be lost to history. [9:53]
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May 26, 2022 11:22am
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPqSudI4vNI

Counterspin Media are Coming to Christchurch

Come be a part of the celebration of the ‘Let’s not forget’ Counterspin Media Roadshow. Meet Kevin and Hanah. Hear the stories of those courageous souls who have stood up, and spoken out against the tyranny of a totalitarian Govt, that has robbed Kiwis of their freedoms and rights over the last several years. There will be speeches and entertainment, merchandise and the opportunity to donate to support the sacrificial work of Counterspin. [2:25]
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May 26, 2022 11:23am
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIxBb7BI24

No One Can Leave China.

China has banned people from leaving the country. This is the beginning of something very bad. [13:46]
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May 26, 2022 11:23am
Maggy Wassilieff

Just how useless are the Ministers in charge of OT and The Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/467871/oranga-tamariki-badly-mismanaged-60m-sexual-abuse-programme-review-finds
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May 26, 2022 11:46am
- Loddenthinks
  
  I think I’ve spotted the problem, Maggy:
  
  “The Children’s Ministry set up a special team to identify the gaps and deliver kaupapa Māori co-designed services, even as existing services continued, under new funding of $60m from 2019 for four years.” and
  
  “It has now been revealed that this went so badly the team was shut down 20 months later, in August last year.”
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:52pm
  - Nickc2
    
    What happened to the money or aren’t we permitted to ask?
    
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    May 26, 2022 12:57pm
    - Loddenthinks
      
      Racist! //
      
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      May 26, 2022 4:29pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Plus, no-one in OT seemed to know the first damn thing about anything:
    
    The assessors did interviews in the OT team that revealed the most basic of data was missing:
    
    “No one could give insight data on the age, ethnicity, location, iwi affiliation for tamariki who are victims of sexual violence, or tamariki and rangatahi who display harmful sexual behaviour [or] which tamariki is receiving what services, and any level of effectiveness or gaps in service delivery to be able to focus and prioritise co-design investment.
    
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    May 26, 2022 2:10pm
Maggie Pie

WATCH

Not exactly sure what my partner’s means, but he thinks the only way out of this may not be by voting….

https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1529584548954222593
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May 26, 2022 11:52am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  People like her are dangerous. She has not given up screwing NZ and the World.
  
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  May 26, 2022 12:33pm
oldfella

I’m pleased to hear our govt expressing their disgust at China’s inhumane treatment of their Iughur population.
I’m sure Nanaia is drafting such a letter, even as we speak…
Intended to arrive at the same time as LeBron James and Hollywood express their own disgust at China’s actions. //
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May 26, 2022 12:00pm
Nickc2

Helen Clark can’t help herself eh?
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2022/05/frightening-insight-into-the-globalists-control-agenda-from-nzs-helen-clarke.html
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May 26, 2022 12:14pm
- Pineapple Lumps
  
  Almost 15 years to the day that Helen Clark’s government passed the Anti-smacking Bill. Opposed by a significant majority of the population. Driven by her Socialist values that the state knows best, certainly better than parents, this childless woman ordained that physical discipline was no longer to be part of the parental toolkit.
  
  Sure many parents and particularly well educated ones are able to mostly manage with non-physical discipline. But that doesn’t mean that approach results in better outcomes for the child and ultimately society.
  
  Helen’s legacy is being seen clearly in NZ today. More unmanageable children in schools, destroying teachers morale and taking their focus off academic education. Children stealing cars and ram raiding shops. A general lack of respect for authority amongst the generations that have grown up without boundaries.
  
  Did it fix or reduce abuse? No, of course not. The reality is that true discipline is centred in a parents love for their children and a desire to see them enjoy a prosperous life. Whereas abuse occurs in the absence of love. Two opposite sides of the see-saw. It was a most audacious lie to equate them as one and the same.
  
  Having made such a destructive contribution to our country, Helen is now trying to make an even bigger contribution on the world stage. Her worship of her own intellectual superiority leaves no room for God. Thus her works are godless, and their true value becomes increasingly evident with the passage of time.
  
  We are generally proud of kiwis punching above their weight, but in Clark’s case she is a global embarrassment.
  
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  May 26, 2022 5:50pm
greybeard

Not sure if anyone above has mentioned this, but Mike Hosking this morning absolutely ripped into the incompetent Labour ministers.
Listen to him on “NewstalkZB On Demand”, the 7:15am slot, skip to 8mins 34secs into it.
Great stuff.
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May 26, 2022 12:47pm
- graham
  
  Thanks greybeard – wow, doesn’t hold back does he?
  
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  May 26, 2022 1:30pm
- DimChappie
  
  Here’s a direct link to Hosking on “lazy ministers”.
  https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-the-rise-of-the-lazy-politician-is-detestable/
  
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  May 26, 2022 2:45pm
  - Tony Stuart
    
    After praising a few politicians from days gone by, Hosking unleashes, and he pulls no punches:
    
    Fast forward to Mahuta, who can’t even pick up a phone. She was an appointment you knew from day one was odd. You wondered, “How the hell did that happen?” And now, we have evidence of the greatest crime of all, whether in politics or not, the lack of an inquiring mind.
    
    The best excuse they can come up with is that’s not the way it’s done.
    
    What crap.
    
    What insulting, condescending, and embarrassing crap. When you are in charge, it’s done the way you want it done.
    
    People who can’t be bothered do my head in. I detest laziness. The higher up the pole you are, the more you can do, and that’s a privilege. What a thrill to be able to make a difference, to change a course, to be hungry, to grasp the detail, to immerse yourself into something you can affect and improve.
    
    And yet look at them.
    
    Clare Curran, hopeless and gone. David Clark was sacked for being an idiot. Kris Faafoi is asleep at the wheel and desperate to get out. Phil Twyford is an abject failure. Poto Williams is a disgrace hiding behind a lack of interest and Mahuta-type excuses about operational matters. Mahuta herself is too lazy and disinterested to even pick up a phone.
    
    For those of us who long for better, this is a shabby and incompetent let down. Being useless is one thing, but being lazy and useless is the ultimate crime.
    
    Wonderful stuff!
    
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    May 26, 2022 2:52pm
    - cjn
      
      He didn’t mention the big guys who are failures in their portfolios: Little, Hipkins and Robertson. Woods and Wood and of course Mallard.
      
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      May 26, 2022 9:12pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Elon Musk was a Democrat, not anymore.
Trump 2024.
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/elon-musk-pissed-hillary-campaign-used-his-donated-funds-for-lying-about-trump-russia-collusion/?
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May 26, 2022 1:27pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING @1:20pm

Serving Police Officer tells 1ZB….

“This government has no desire to see criminals brought to justice. Cops face impediments from the highest levels…. their powers and ability to act are continually being eroded by JPs and the Courts.”
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May 26, 2022 1:29pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

House Drinker on the baby formula shortage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3rQMVoiclc
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May 26, 2022 1:40pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  LOL!
  “When a politician tells you that you don’t need a gun….you need a gun”
  
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  May 26, 2022 1:47pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Exactly.
    The recent shooting in Texas was a gun free zone, I think. If only the schools had armed security.
    Another way is use volunteers – retired defence people, Veterans. I’m sure many guys that have done their Tours of Duty and would be happy to do it. Remember, unlike cops, these guys have faced the shit full on. Quite easy to take out someone even hand to hand.
    
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    May 26, 2022 1:54pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Mike Rowe on anti-cop trolls.
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/season-premiere-of-mike-rowe-show-looks-at-policing-in-a-hostile-world/?
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May 26, 2022 1:48pm
Bridgenag

SENT TO ME

Who’s Running the World?* 🌎
Biden, Putin and Xi were arguing on Who’s in charge of the world? 🌎

US, Russia or China?

Without any conclusion, they turned to “Narendra Modi”, the Indian Prime Minister and asked him

*Who’s in Charge of the World?* 🌎

Modi replied: *All I know is:*

1. Google CEO is an Indian.

2. Microsoft CEO is an Indian.

3. Adobe CEO is an Indian.

4. Net App CEO is an Indian.

5. MasterCard CEO is an Indian.

6. DBS CEO is an Indian.

7. Novartis CEO is an Indian.

8. Diageo CEO is an Indian.

9. SanDisk CEO is an Indian.

10. Harman CEO is an Indian.

11. Micron CEO is an Indian.

12. Palo Alto Networks CEO is an Indian.

13. Reckitt Benckiser CEO is an Indian.

14. IBM CEO is an Indian.

15. Britain’s Chancellor is an Indian.

16. Britain’s Home Secretary is an Indian.

17. Ireland’s Prime Minister is an Indian.

18. Suriname’s President is an Indian

19. Guyana’s President is an Indian.

20. The Mayor of London is an Indian

*And the American Vice President is Indian. So who’s running the World?* 🌎

Unbelievable!
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May 26, 2022 1:56pm
- kowtow
  
  Michael Martin , Ireland. Not.
  
  Leo the other guy , half Indian.
  
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  May 26, 2022 3:00pm
- MCōs
  
  I picked one name at random
  Britain Home Secretary who is Sajid Javid
  He was born in England. His parents are Pakistani immigrants.
  Oh
  Another one then.
  The London Mayor is Sadiq Khan
  Same same
  Oh dear
  The leader of Ireland is known as the Taoiseach, not PM, and is Micheál Martin whose family is Irish.
  
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  May 26, 2022 4:30pm
  - fightingtemeraire
    
    Vandakar was Indian. He was the previous one
    
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    May 26, 2022 5:28pm
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    With a bit of researching I think they both had Indian parents. And Irish PM (2017-2020) had an Indian born dad:
    
    Sajid Javid, born 1969 has four brothers, one born in 1965, making it likely that his mother and father were born before the partitioning of india in 1947 and so making it likely that his parents were at least briefly Indians.
    
    Sadiq Khan’s parents were indians too, looks like they were both born before the partitioning of india given he, born 1970, is 5th of 8 kids: (from wikipedia):
    Sadiq Aman Khan[5] was born on 8 October 1970 at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, South London to a working-class Sunni Muslim family.[6][7][8] His grandparents migrated from Lucknow in United Provinces, British India to Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947.[6][9] His father Amanullah and mother Sehrun arrived in London from Pakistan in 1968.[9][10] Khan was the fifth of eight children, seven of whom were boys.[10] In London, Amanullah worked as a bus driver and Sehrun as a seamstress.[11][6]
    
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    May 26, 2022 5:35pm
- cjn
  
  To be fair some of those people are no damn good.
  
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  May 26, 2022 9:17pm
Nickc2

Cindy tells the world NZ is ready to respond to any security threat by China in the Pacific. I dunno whose Crystal Ball she’s using, but it’s certainly in need of recalibration.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/pacific-is-our-home-ardern-says-nz-ready-to-respond-as-china-seeks-region-wide-deal/ar-AAXIUww?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=839e48b038564b53be16710ff688e4e8
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May 26, 2022 2:00pm
- mandk
  
  I think we should launch an attack with our strike aircraft and follow it up with a bombardment of Chinese naval installations using our frigates and destroyers. Then we should start a ground invasion, using two or three of our airborne divisions.
  
  No, wait …
  
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  May 26, 2022 3:36pm
- krazykiwi
  
  “NZ is ready to respond to any security threat by China in the Pacific”
  
  I’ve never seen a PM with such flatlining self awareness. Seriously. And Xi will wet himself laughing on reading this. If Ardern had the US military complex at her disposal she’d have trouble warding of a sightly lost Chinese fishing boat, let alone their entire war machine.
  
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  May 26, 2022 3:45pm
NK

The *cough cough* “vaccine” offers little protection against long Covid according to the CDC:. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/long-covid-affects-more-older-adults-shots-offer-some-protection-but-dont-prevent-it-says-report/WVRDORXNUB33UZTMHTTWG2P6RM/

Have y’all woken up yet?
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May 26, 2022 2:01pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  They woke up in 2017, they will wake up next year – to explain the SHIT they voted for. Sad, I have lost a lot of friends on FB and other places.
  I guess they were not friends
  
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  May 26, 2022 5:24pm
Tony Stuart

More allegations of undisclosed family interests against Nanaia Mahuta, and now Willie Jackson has been embroiled as well. How much longer will the media continue to turn a blind eye to these serious allegations against a senior Government Minister?

https://twitter.com/kehetauhauaga/status/1529643948628529153
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May 26, 2022 2:12pm
- krazykiwi
  
  When the lid is lifted of a sewer the stench is supposed to dissipate. In this instance it is intensifying.
  
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  May 26, 2022 3:32pm
- Suze Wainwright
  
  Heh, you’d think if all these stories and whanau connections flying around social media weren’t true and consequential on the govt mechanisms, then it might be a perfect opportunity for someone to sue for defamation…
  
  Haven’t seen any threats of court action yet
  
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  May 26, 2022 5:00pm
CAKE FACE1

https://www.statista.com/statistics/436523/ratio-of-government-expenditure-to-gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-new-zealand/

Government spending as a percentage of GDP is one of the most important metrics available, in assessing government performance.

35% of GDP in government spending seems to be optimal – it’s big enough to fund great health and education, but not so big to crowd out the private sector investment.

How is Labour doing?

2017 – 35.6%
2022 – 43.6%

The forecasts for future years show spending magically falling back to 35%.

If Labour / Greens win the next election, my forecast would be that government spending as a percentage of GDP will rise to over 50%.

At this point the economy will be completely stuffed.
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May 26, 2022 2:20pm
- krazykiwi
  
  “Government spending as a percentage of GDP is one of the most important metrics available, in assessing government performance.”
  
  C’mon Cake… the weally weally important metrics are how many kindergartens Arden visited last week, and how many ‘likes’ her latest facebook post collected. Pesky financial stuff can be batted away by giving more money to the media to make it all better, and/or handing freshly conjured cash to the restless.
  
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  May 26, 2022 3:25pm
  - CAKE FACE1
    
    Most of the MSM reporters are kids, with no technical financial or economics knowledge, and virtually zero life experience.
    
    The growth in the relative size of the State means that productivity in the future will be seriously impaired. The composition of GDP is as important as its quantum.
    
    For example, exports are more important than the relative size to GDP would immediately appear to indicate, because they determine our ability to import. This is why the government mandated vandalism with respect to tourism is so dangerous to our financial futures.
    
    No one is discussing these considerations, but they are very important to the future economic prospects of the economy.
    
    The economic vandalism being conducted by our government at present is not acknowledged by the media at all. This is probably simply because they don’t understand economics.
    
    This widespread ignorance could lead to our financial ruin.
    
    I’m not a huge fan of Mr Luxon, but he appears to be our only hope. If he does make it, I hope he reforms the media in New Zealand. Privatise the lot. It will at least make me feel better if I’m not paying these clowns’ salaries.
    
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    May 26, 2022 4:22pm
- Swifty
  
  Add local government to that too.
  
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  May 26, 2022 4:50pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING

ClarkE Gayford makes an appearance…..

https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/1529624874418946050
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May 26, 2022 2:33pm
- graham
  
  And, unsurprisingly, the comments so far are – err, less than complimentary.
  
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  May 26, 2022 2:37pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Which one is not gay??
  
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  May 26, 2022 5:36pm
I remember when

Another largely victimless crime.
“Palmerston North man fined after removing seas snake from Beach, filming it on TikTok, letting it die:”
A DOC staff member urged (told) him to return it to the sea.
So the sea snake was going to die because (a) that’s what would have happened if it was returned to the sea, or, (b) DOC would have collected it and had it killed.
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May 26, 2022 3:02pm
mandk

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/128763975/deputy-director-among-nine-rimutaka-prison-staff-suspended-amid-corruption-probe

The public sector is clearly not fit to run prisons.

Time to put them into private management.
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May 26, 2022 3:32pm
Maggie Pie

With Peter Dutton now LNP Opposition Leader, most of Australia will be keen to see how Labor’s new ‘Minster-for-Immigration & Home-Affairs’ performs in those portfolios.

https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/1529666255270969344
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May 26, 2022 3:59pm
- Niz
  
  Ha. I just saw a story about some horse trainer who was fined for using a fake vaccine pass.
  Seems a bit unfair. Haven’t most of us got fake vaccine passes?
  Or did they mean it was the pass that was fake?
  
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  May 26, 2022 4:13pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Fauci spent more money.
https://thepatriotchronicles.com/news-for-you/fauci-spent-millions-of-your-tax-dollars-on-sick-projects-at-nih-lab/
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May 26, 2022 5:34pm
Maggie Pie

ANOTHER body found on a Mt Roskill walkway.
Police are treating the death as….. ‘unexplained’
Same as Pauline Polkinghorne’s death here in Remuera.

Until we hear what’s happened, I wont be walking the dog after dark.
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May 26, 2022 5:42pm
jonnycomelately

I struggle to comprehend that our obsequious PM can brag about her gun by back program on US TV and on the news here. The shooting of children is tragic and she is blathering over something which she has done that has helped force guns into the arms of 501’s and the rampant gun violence problem in NZ
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May 26, 2022 6:34pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Finally the MSM addresses some of the Mahuta nepotism scandal

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/government-contracts-to-husband-and-family-of-minister-nanaia-mahuta-managed-for-conflict/H6FTGFEJH3VVGUVIZGARDUISQU/

But paywalled… & what’s the betting the article will be disappeared from the front of the Herald’s web page pretty promptly?
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May 26, 2022 7:11pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  My partner’s just been walking around the house singing,,,,, “If I was a Mahuta” to the tune of “If I was a rich man”
  
  😀 😀 😀
  
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  May 26, 2022 7:36pm
- surfing
  
  How do i get to be a “ropu” adviser.
  
  This is pure corruption. What a bunch of thieves!
  
  It all goes back to the idea of ‘maori’ science. The view that somehow maori have special non-quantifiable knowledge that has not yet been discovered by westerners. Westerners are willing to pay a lot of money for this knowledge, apparently.
  
  This is just another example of maori treaty payouts disguised as ‘work’.
  
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  May 26, 2022 10:32pm
jonnycomelately

I struggle to comprehend that our toady PM can brag about her gun by back program on US TV and on the news here. The shooting of children is tragic and she is blathering over something which she has done here that has forced guns into the arms of 501’s and added to the rampant gun violence problem in NZ
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May 26, 2022 7:24pm
- wilderbeast
  
  Agree. The most disgusting thing I’ve seen in a while
  
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