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Cassandra

Radio NZ headline: “Aucklanders protest government’s move-on orders for rough sleepers”. Technically that’s correct. There were protesters and they were from Auckland. But there were only 30 what RNZ called “rangatahi” so they could have been from anywhere, I suppose.

RNZ’s job is to report the news. Firstly this isn’t. 30 people disagreeing with a government policy is not news. Secondly the headline implies that the disagreement is widespread. It is not. A more accurate headline would be “A small group of Aucklanders spent the night in sleeping bags in Queen Street. Shane Jones suggested that they return in mid-winter for a real experience”.
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February 27, 2026 8:02am
- R
  
  Cassandra, don’t spoil RNZ marxist agenda so early in the morning.
  Now they have to spend the day dreaming up another out of context headline. Something that they are better at, than researching really relevant factually accurate NEWS
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:56am
  - Paulus
    
    Media woud not know what News is even if it hits them on the Bum !
    Cheaper to make it up.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:13am
- Nobby2
  
  Cassandra, To me the photos look like they are in Kelvin arcade on Karangahape Road in a warm dry place. RNZ should ask them why they weren’t down on Queen Street experiencing the conditions they are complaining about, with the so called homeless people.
  
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  February 27, 2026 11:55am
- Scooter
  
  Mark Mitchell had a rant on FB, complaining that 1News didn’t cover the drop in crime news instead ran a story about the increase in gang numbers. Well why don’t they sell their share in TVNZ. What benefit do they get from them, just bias and negative stories.
  
  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14Xznh5Cjcw/
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:06pm
Cassandra

Chris McVeigh on speeches in English which begin with an introduction in Maori:

“With a cavalier lack of sympathy for either the audience’s comprehension or their feelings the speaker (or speakers) will usually plough on unconcerned and unstoppable: thus achieving in the audience the perfect trifecta of incomprehension, bewilderment and resentment.”

I’ve been to dozens of these, in a former life dealing with the university and charity sectors. They are excruciating and the dominant emotional result is indeed resentment, combined with irritation.

McVeigh again: “To those practitioners of this folly it is pointless to ask for either remedy or resolution. If a mild criticism is voiced then that person will either be told that Te Reo is an ‘official language’ as if this somehow absolves the speaker of any responsibility for clarity of communication or, worse still, will be accused of racism, which is almost certain to shut down any further debate and to cause yet further resentment.” And irritation.
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February 27, 2026 8:03am
- Anthony Melchett
  
  As soon as someone starts talking in maori and then switches to english, I know they are someone I don’t need to listen to.
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:19am
- Gravelroad
  
  A lot of white people seem to think that identifying as Maori-adjacent somehow makes up for being from a “coloniser” background.
  It’s just virtue signalling.
  Meetings are tedious enough without greetings that serve no purpose.
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:23am
  - pdm
    
    When I respond to outfits like Sky my local medical practice etc I point out:
    
    `Please note I do not insult, patronise or virtue signal to my many Maori friends by using random Maori phrases and manglish.’
    
    Individually it probably does no good other than getting it off my chest but, if we all did we might make inroads.
    
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    February 27, 2026 8:55am
  - Paulus
    
    Not when the meeting have a Maori pre shout/ speech which is known by few, if any, but remember the time taken with these meetings is invariably being paid for by the Taxpayers.
    So the wailing and screaming can be costed of course
    called Productivity !
    
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    February 27, 2026 9:21am
  - sirknz
    
    They think that should the uprising come, they will be spared.
    
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    February 27, 2026 10:43am
- Quail
  
  Cassandra,
  Another major problem is anyone accessing TVNZ News ,weather or sports etc has no option but to continually endure incomprehensible word salads and equally mysterious place names prior to viewing the program of choice.
  These programs are invited in to NZ homes for good reason .Some are paid for. There is no perceivable financial reason for this political intrusion.
  TV has several taxpayer funded Maori TV channels of their own , so those with an interest in Te Reo are well catered for.
  It is arrogant and insulting to attempt to force those who have no interest in Te Reo to learn a new language. Not to mention extremely unpleasant.
  And by the way , are the TV channels paid to include this content ?
  And if so ,who by?
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:42am
  - Tarquin North
    
    The beginning of the sports news is the worst, sound like he swallowed a Maori dictionary and tried to regurgitate it in one go.
    
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    February 27, 2026 9:54am
    - R
      
      Usually sounds like he is choking on the dictionary salad
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:36am
  - Paulus
    
    I had to watch TVNZ one last evening.
    I could weep after listening to the now woman solo repeater as she also looked so dismal and what she reported was even more abysimal.
    She used to be able to smile but now she has the Foreman’s job every evening, she is a sour puss and what she said made me want to cut my wrists to live in such a Country.
    And I assume the so called management think this is clever – well it’s not, if I could I would fire them all and start again with some positivity, not pure negativity.
    How very Sad and this is what we get every day almost everywhere.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:24am
    - pdm
      
      Agreed Paulus.
      
      mrspdm and I could not understand how she got the job ahead of Wendy Petrie. Maybe Petrie turned it down because of the bias and bullshit they are required to spit out.
      
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      February 27, 2026 12:38pm
      - imalwaysright
        
        Her pronunciation is sometimes unintelligible.
        Petrie is very good.
        
        The morning programme has improved since the previous co -host left. She was quite depressing.
        The mood will surely change if Tova Obrien turns up, in which case it will be an anti government look at me I’m Tova rant every morning.
        
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        February 27, 2026 1:19pm
      - Albie
        
        I know I’m being a bit mean, but the turn off for me with TV1 news is not just the Manglish and blatant bias, it’s Melissa Stokes’s nasal delivery.
        
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        February 27, 2026 1:19pm
- imalwaysright
  
  McVeigh again: “…If a mild criticism is voiced then that person will either be told that Te Reo is an ‘official language’ as if this somehow absolves the speaker of any responsibility for clarity of communication or, worse still, will be accused of racism.”
  
  There’s why its getting worse.
  
  There are probably others who disagree, but they don’t speak up and they don’t even back up someone who actually says what they are thinking.
  
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  February 27, 2026 9:02am
  - R
    
    Who in management is interested in listening to content critisicm; let alone acting to improve the content and pronunciation. Reducing ‘gabble’ and learning to correctly pronounce words would be a good start! Basic communication skills, ‘thanks for Tomorrow’s Schools,.. Lange.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:41am
    - imalwaysright
      
      Good point.
      Most of the Public Service are contributors to the average IQ, but not in a good way.
      
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      February 27, 2026 12:56pm
  - Sacha
    
    You can avoid this irritation by not turning on your TV.
    Mine has been sitting unused for the last 8 years occupying a dark corner of the living room. I have not missed it at all, and I still seem to keep up with current affairs.
    And ‘racism’ is now an ineffective word, like ‘cool’,
    or ‘black’.
    No-one takes any notice – it just adds to the word salad.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:48am
    - imalwaysright
      
      Excellent point Sacha, but if we take your suggestion to the nth degree we will end up back with you!
      Nobody wants that.
      
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      February 27, 2026 1:48pm
- Ra Henare
  
  If they respond that Maori is an offical language.
  
  Why not suggest they include an introduction in sign language as its an official language with (2023 census) 851,000 New Zealanders hearing impaired.
  
  There are more likely hearing impaired in the audience than Te Reo speakers
  
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  February 27, 2026 3:31pm
- Wandering Star
  
  “…or, worse still, will be accused of racism.”
  
  That’s the problem right there: thinking that “racism” is a moral failing to be avoided at all costs. Moreover, thinking that if the accusation is deployed, energetic denials and desperate displays to the contrary must be forthcoming.
  
  Same with labels like homophobe, sexist, Islamophobe and so on. All words given much more power than they deserve to be given.
  
  On a personal level, I’m probably known to many here as the “resident antisemite” for the critiques I put out for your enjoyment, your education and your edification. But this accusation is really just a sub genre of “racism” where the mere utterance is supposed to stop one in his tracks and shut him up immediately. But that’s all it is – a bad faith tool of censorship aimed at thought control.
  
  But so what? When we stop caring about the cynical use of largely content-free and highly dubious politically motivated labels, we can then start to have a serious discussion. But that is really the thing to be avoided, isn’t it.
  
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  February 27, 2026 3:37pm
- NZer In Exile
  
  I remember going to a nurses’ graduation event in the late 80s and having the same incomprehensible stuff boring/annoying the audience for a very large part of the ceremony. A lot of eye rolling and groaning going on.
  
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  February 27, 2026 5:34pm
artemisia

Greenpeace in trouble? Greenpeace USA has been pinged with a fine of $US345 million damages resulting from Dakota Pipeline protests.

Consequences. They (only) have $US23 million in assets so I expect they’ll be passing the hat around their 300 million odd supporters globally. Who will for certain sure be lining up to pay their fair share to demonstrate fidelity to their cause…

There will of course be appeals for years, but if upheld even partly they say this will bankrupt Greenpeace. And the appeals may actually result in an increase.

It’s only a couple of years since Greenpeace settled a lawsuit with Shell for several hundred thousand pounds.

Did I mention consequences?
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February 27, 2026 8:07am
- imalwaysright
  
  What happened to the protestors in the coal bucket down south?
  Hopefully the company sues them for their lost production and extra costs.
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:19am
- Thought Criminal
  
  They just need to wait for a friendly government who want to virtue signal and will drop the charges. Problem solved.
  
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  February 27, 2026 9:20am
CJames

The headline reads that Danish PM calls snap election over Greenland. It is only when you look elsewhere you find she is leader of a leftwing government with a precarious majority and wants to introduce a wealth tax. Maybe she thought anti Trump would allow her to smuggle in an unpopular failed policy. Who knows, but things aren’t what they seem and the MSM does their readers a disservice yet again.
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February 27, 2026 8:11am
- peterwn
  
  Does that mean the nationalisation of Maersk shipping by stealth?
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:26am
  - fightingtemeraire
    
    The Danish economy is basically Maersk and Lego.
    
    Maersk accounts for 10%+ of the economy. They own ships, airline, supermarkets etc.
    
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    February 27, 2026 8:44am
    - Colville
      
      Maersk is the shipping company that bent the world over during covid and made about $20Bil profit in a year?
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:31am
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Forget Maersk! What about Lego??
    
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    February 27, 2026 9:00am
- Chuck Bird
  
  She has got some other things right.
  
  What Denmark is doing to Islam & more
  
  https://freedoma.substack.com/p/what-denmark-is-doing-to-islam-and
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:36am
  - NZer In Exile
    
    Looks sensible! Unless one wants themselves or their descendants to live under the ghastly prison of Sharia law or similar.
    
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    February 27, 2026 5:39pm
- R
  
  Are you surprised CJ!
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:59am
Anthony Melchett

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/hawke-s-bay-man-jahvis-taiaroa-jailed-put-on-child-sex-offender-register-for-rape-of-14yo-girl/

What, no cultural report?

4 years is not enough but I guess it’s better than the home d we were seeing for rape.
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February 27, 2026 8:21am
Maggy Wassilieff

I can hardly believe there are folks in the Min of Education who can’t recite the ToW word for word.

There really isn’t any need to”workshop” any public servant in NZ with ToW material… They’ve had years of it taught to them at school, Uni and are daily-dosed with ToW in the Media.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/taxpayers-union-slams-nearly-1m-ministry-of-education-te-tiriti-course-as-unjustifiable-cost/O2B3L26BT5H6FP7TJOTY3YOSQM/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

These Treaty Courses seem to be a Make-Work scambo for folks who have nothing else to offer.
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February 27, 2026 8:35am
- Swifty
  
  Thanks, but I don’t think it’ll be education on the ToW, it’ll be education on the ever-evolving ToW principles and how they must be delivered to – a whole other ball game.
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:41am
- Cassandra
  
  I suspect that the real reason is that it reinforces the status of the treaty as NZ’s constitution. A new version of the Holy Grail. Instead of The True Cross or St Somebody’s finger we now can venerate “Te Tiriti”. C/w associated mumbo jumbo.
  
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  February 27, 2026 8:47am
- RoboRob
  
  You need to the workshops to tell people what you want them to believe is in the treaty and what they should do to respect what you say the principles of the treaty are.
  
  If you just let people read the treaty, which it appears nobody does, people would realise that 99% of what people claim to be treaty obligations, aren’t.
  
  I layman’s terms the treaty says
  
  1. Maori get to keep the property they own at the time of the deal.
  2. They will get the same rights as all other citizens
  3. They cede control of the country to the crown.
  
  Its actually really simple. Yes there is ambiguity around what Maori owned at the time. But the rest of the ‘issues’ around the treaty are either
  
  1. Illegal actions from the crown or other citizens who stole Maori land
  2. Maori / Academics attempting to twist wording in each language to alter the meaning of the original document, for the benefit of Maori.
  
  I will add the when people regularly push for Maori to have different / additional rights above other citizens, they are the ones pushing to breach the treaty. For all the talk of honouring the treaty people are very happy to ignore that part. If someone in government had a backbone they would point this out and block these additional rights, to protect the integrity of the treaty.*
  
  * This is NOT an attack on a particular party every MP in the place, for at least the last 30 years, seems blissfully unaware that the treaty prevents them giving Maori extra / different rights to other citizens.
  
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  February 27, 2026 9:45am
  - imalwaysright
    
    Its not about the treaty or the so-called principles.
    Its about training people to conform and comply without thinking.
    
    Stage 1 was the Covid regime which trained us that nonconformity will be punished.
    It also trained us to police each other.
    
    We are a beaten dog that still tries to please its master.
    
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    February 27, 2026 10:41am
    - Paulus
      
      But remember young from five years old are now being daily taught to be part of the Te Reo revolution and they will know no difference even if the do not get a job !
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:28am
    - R
      
      Prior to your Stage one, was the education policy of ‘Teaching what to THINK, not HOW to think and rationalise thoughts’. Lange again.!
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:48am
- Ehlana
  
  I suspect Maggy, that those folks have never seen (or will be shown) the actual Treaty of Waitangi.
  Instead, they are taught allegiance to “Te Tiriti o Waitangi” a document which “affirm[s] Māori rights as tangata whenua and provid[s] a place and a shape of governance for Pākehā in Aotearoa”, provides for “ongoing, peaceful power-sharing relationships between the first peoples and all
  others who would come in later years” and “requires the injustices caused by colonisation to be addressed and all New Zealanders to engage in creating a positive future that honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi.” (Quotes from the Teachers’ Council Code).
  
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  February 27, 2026 2:15pm
- Ra Henare
  
  Some years ago I was on the “”Board”” of the BOP Polytec and we were asked to attend a 2 day workshop on TOW and Maori Culture.
  
  I and another member walked out at lunch on the first day.
  
  It was a full on propaganda session about the evils of the colonisers.
  
  The tipping point.
  The sessions were run by two Poms!!! Been in NZ less than 2 years.
  
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  February 27, 2026 3:36pm
Swifty

Bill Clinton on immigration etc.

Interesting just how far the left have moved on issues in just a generation:

https://x.com/yolo304741/status/2027008538996863292?s=46

This is one of many I’ve seen recently.

I saw a classic last week with Bernie Sanders, back in just the 2010s, saying the right’s love of immigration was a great evil and all geared to drive down the cost of labour. Now, in 2026, he says open borders is the best thing since sliced bread.
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February 27, 2026 8:37am
- Swifty
  
  And now Bernie has changed his tune once again:
  
  https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/2027202025658761501?s=46
  
  As one commentator notes “Dem polling must be awful.”
  
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  February 27, 2026 7:02pm
Yvette

The Latest New Zealander to Move to Australia Is an Ex-Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s former leader, is basing her family in Australia “for the moment,” a spokesman said. She is part of a wave of Kiwis relocating to their larger neighbor. – New York Times

Well, yes – I hadn’t yet thought of it quite that way. Did host David Farrar in his 7am post?

But what does it say about her expectations that Labour will be returned later this year – or knowing Hipkins she sees that possibility as being itself the problem?
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February 27, 2026 8:42am
Maggy Wassilieff

Caleb Anderson reveals a very real problem in the restructuring of NZ’s Education Curriculum

We are now into a second, or maybe third, generation that has lost the capacity to critique, to weigh things beyond their own self interest, to know a lie when they hear it, to sense self-interest when they smell it, to recognize the patterns that constituted a cautionary warning signal to wiser (and better educated, and more grounded) generations.

https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2026/02/caleb-anderson-this-thing-we-call.html#more
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February 27, 2026 8:48am
- imalwaysright
  
  Don’t forget the aversion to unapproved ideas and to those who express them.
  
  We have teachers who see their job as to weed out children who question them. The usual tactics are ridicule and willful ignorance.
  
  The only way to break the cycle may be to encourage engineers, scientists, and writers etc to take up teaching without the need to go through the Teachers College.
  
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  February 27, 2026 9:51am
  - Paulus
    
    Have an acquaintance who is now first year College Tech Teacher.
    He is around 35 years plus, old married with two lovely children.
    Had his own computer servicing business.
    Churchman, and wanted to teach in the tech field.
    What a fight he has had to get qualifed as everything he represents was anathema to his fellow students and they let him know it.
    Will make an excellent Teacher but for how long.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:34am
    - R
      
      Competence doesn’t seem to be a required quality in teaching. DEI compliance is the buzz word.
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:51am
    - imalwaysright
      
      Paulus,
      I would guess there are many like him who would do a great job but the biggest hurdles are, as you say, the establishment and his cohort.
      I remember the best days at school were when a firefighter, a doctor, an engineer etc would visit and tell us about their jobs and do a Q&A.
      We were engrossed and there was usually a collective groan well the bell went.
      
      Plenty of potential teachers on KB.
      
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      February 27, 2026 12:13pm
Swifty

People just have no idea how the Scots are so discriminated against in modern society:

https://x.com/jamesmelville/status/2026979822702821627?s=46

😃
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February 27, 2026 8:57am
- Paulus
  
  Irish more though !
  
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  February 27, 2026 11:35am
  - pdm
    
    While the Welsh have their rugby team.
    
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    February 27, 2026 12:42pm
    - imalwaysright
      
      Looking okay.
      Northern Hemisphere rugby is a great watch depending on the ref.
      
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      February 27, 2026 1:03pm
lastmanstanding

IMHO the biggest impediment to economic growth is the size of the Government. Its too big. I am a fan of the 80/20 Rule. I believe Government should be no more than 20% of the economy. At present it is more than double. ACT is on the right track wanting to reduce the number of Ministeries Departments and Agencies.
If I was in charge I would go further. I would ask the following questions.
1. What would be the worse that would happen if Department/Agency X was closed down?
2. What would be the worse that would happen if Department/Agency was reduced by 50%?
I would then look to independently verify the answers.
Big Government is bloated lazy and inefficient.
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February 27, 2026 9:21am
- virtualmark
  
  The vast majority of “Big Government” share of GDP is the money spent on:
  1) Superannuation,
  2) The health system,
  3) The education system.
  
  Personally I’d cut quite a few ministries, departments and quangos. But I suspect that would only trim about 2% of GDP off the Government’s budget.
  
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  February 27, 2026 5:27pm
MCōs

Act leader David Seymour wants the government to privatize AirNZ
I’m guessing here, but I suspect if that was to happen any number of smaller regional services to places like Keri Keri would be shut down or sold off so that the main route prices could be brought down.
We flew JetStar the other day, which was markedly inferior to AirNZ
Is that what privatization does for you?
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February 27, 2026 9:22am
- KKNZ2025
  
  Jetstar can provide an equivalent main centre schedule across A/NZ reliably at ~ half AirNZ ticket cost. I’ve been using them since my previous employer stopped funding me for AirNZ & they’re not inferior in any way.
  
  A problem for AirNZ is that they’re using main route travellers ticket costs to cross subsidise regional centres (politically correct bec govt is 51% shareholder). So, it’s a lose lose for AirNZ as their main route tickets remain uncompetitive (except for taxpayer funded govt travel) while their regional planes are smaller customer numbers. Probably its time to admit that major airlines servicing regional centres aren’t economically viable for those relatively small populations. That’s what roads & ferrys are for.
  
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  February 27, 2026 10:22am
  - RoboRob
    
    Nailed it.
    
    There are parts of NZ where, if you live there, you need to get used to the idea you need to travel to a major center and fly from there. As you say the current system just makes people hate Air NZ, too expensive to fly from small centers and un competitive on the main routes.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:23am
  - R
    
    ‘roads and ferrys’…..we once also had a railway network, inefficient and poor productivity; but in this day and age could have been profitable.
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:54am
- David George
  
  Auckland – Kerikeri is well patronised (and presumably profitable), GB Airlines do the same route as well now and are cheaper. Air NZ pulled the pin on the Auckland – Kaitaia route; GB Airlines responded with two return flights a day.
  There is no need for governments to own airlines.
  
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  February 27, 2026 10:22am
  - MCōs
    
    I mentioned Keri Keri because I when my so lived up there I used the service occasionally to get home to Auckland — alternately a four hour drive.
    Whether it’s profitable for AirNZ is unknown to us outsiders, but if it’s marginally a private company might choose to give up leave that route to a smaller company such as Barrier.
    Expecting Kiwis to use ferries as an alternative is a bit nineteenth century. Catch the stage from Hokitika to Chch International Airport for a plane to Sydney
    
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    February 27, 2026 3:28pm
    - MCōs
      
      A few spelling and grammatical mistakes in that comment
      Should have run it passed Ai
      
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      February 27, 2026 4:49pm
- pdm
  
  At least you had a choice Mcos.
  
  Most parts of NZ don’t.
  
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  February 27, 2026 10:25am
  - MCōs
    
    Most parts, maybe, but most people do because they live in the main centres that have airports that aren’t likely to disappear.
    
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    February 27, 2026 4:56pm
- peterwn
  
  The Union Steamship Company could have now been a world class shipping company if NZ (especially unions) played its cards right. A major lost opportunity.
  
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  February 27, 2026 10:32am
  - R
    
    A non highlighted consequence of strong MARXIST UNIONS. Coming again soon with the next LABOUR lead government
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:57am
  - fightingtemeraire
    
    At the end of WW2 the USSCo was the largest shipping Co in the S Hemisphere. It was owned by P&O in London.
    
    It was a peripheral company for them and didn’t really pay any attention to it. Apart from changing to RoRo vessels it stagnated as it had the monopoly on the NZ Coast and the Tasman was an Australasian Lake.
    
    Kirk Govt formed SCONZ and never capitalised it properly and they appointed their mates to the board and they went in with Shaw Saville a moribund UK Company.
    
    P&O sold off USSCo to Brierly and TNT and they gutted it and it died,
    
    SCONZ was sold off in the Douglas reforms and eventually ended up with Maersk,
    
    The Aus and NZ Govts decided to open up the Tasman and that was that.
    
    The Turnover of the likes of MAERSK/MSC/CMACGM are in the multi billions. MSC has in excess of 850 ships, Maersk about 800 and they are all building more There is no way NZ can compete.
    
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    February 27, 2026 4:34pm
- RoboRob
  
  I have flown Air NZ and Jetstar domestic. Asside from not getting a small cookie and a hard lolly in what way is Jetstar markedly inferior?
  
  For the often $80 – $200 difference, I could buy quite a few cookies.
  
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  February 27, 2026 11:19am
  - peterwn
    
    This nails it right on the head, If you do not want the cookie, hot drink and lolly, then why should pay for it in your base fare.
    Other thing – with Air NZ a mere mortal cannot get a front row seat for love or money. You can with Jetstar for a slight surcharge and the crew ensure the overhead bins above the first row are kept clear for front row passengers. Very convenient if your schedule is tight.
    
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    February 27, 2026 12:22pm
- peterwn
  
  I am interested to know what your issues with Jetstar were?
  
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  February 27, 2026 11:26am
  - imalwaysright
    
    $54 Auckland to Wellington. Biggest cost is the last 20km to the airport.
    
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    February 27, 2026 1:07pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Jetstar have fewer aeroplanes in NZ. When one runs late/ breaks down, every flight subsequent to that one on that day faces delays.
    
    Air NZ is bigger and seems to have greater resilience.
    
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    February 27, 2026 7:45pm
- Jack5
  
  The Government owns 53.13 per cent of Air New Zealand.
  
  It could retain control from a minority stake by making its shares a special privileged class, as the Murdochs do in their media empire.
  
  A company controlled by a powerful minority (or near-minority) stake can please both Left and Right.
  
  Port of Tauranga is an example. Great port, well run, great money spinner, and slightly over half owned by Quayside Holdings, which is 90 per cent owned by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
  
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  February 27, 2026 2:51pm
- NZer In Exile
  
  Many people I know in Aus rate Jetstar badly and avoid them where ever humanly possible. In NZ they appear to be the only significant competition to Air NZ who are not well liked for their recent excessive internal air fares.
  
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  February 27, 2026 5:42pm
  - Hard Cheese
    
    Jetstar is fine for short flights like Sydney-Melbourne or Sydney-Brisbane, who cares – you’re not in the air long enough for it to be that inconvenient. Qantas is hardly any better because you’re normally on a ratty old 737 anyway.
    
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    February 27, 2026 10:02pm
Boy Geoff

Has the Aotearoa chapter of Queers for Palestine been approached for their position statement on the horrific bashing of LGBTQ+ teens by Islamic State in Sydney?
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February 27, 2026 9:27am
Dudley Quaffquaff

So the crimes against children were so terrible that even the possibility of once having been in the same room as Jeffrey Epstein is enough to put one woman in prison, to drag another up to Congress for forced testimony, and to hound a third into hiding.

But there’s not enough evidence for the US authorities to have even spoken to a single potential actual perpetrator.
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February 27, 2026 9:37am
- sirknz
  
  Am I correct to assume that the woman in prison you are referring to is Ghislane Maxwell, and the one that has been forced to testify in front of Congress is Hillary Clinton.
  
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  February 27, 2026 10:55am
  - Paulus
    
    Hillary yesterday as Hubby who will feign senile googie tomorrow so why did his wife come first to lay the gound work.
    We all know that Billy was a mad womaniser but Hillary implies not.
    Who is the Liar ?
    
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    February 27, 2026 11:39am
    - R
      
      BOTH!
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:58am
    - Philview
      
      Yes per reports this morning she has no recollection of ever meeting Epstein.
      
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      February 27, 2026 1:19pm
      - NZer In Exile
        
        Appears to be using words very carefully.
        
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        February 27, 2026 5:45pm
  - Dudley Quaffquaff
    
    Yup. A woman is being forced to testify about the crimes of men who are not being forced to testify.
    
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    February 27, 2026 2:00pm
- RoboRob
  
  Whilst I do think Clinton is likely as guilty as they come, he was a known womaniser who liked them young, there just isn’t enough (any?) evidence to charge him.
  
  The rest of this saga is turning into a witch hunt where anyone who associated with Epstein in any way is now publicly shamed and tends to lose their jobs.
  
  There is clearly a reason the FBI hasn’t acted, there isn’t enough evidence. Unfortunately no matter how many files are released the conspiracy theorists will always believe that the remaining files have the dirt and that the FBI are chosing to protect people in power.
  
  The sad thing is we already know that isn’t really true. We just had 4 years of a Dem led DOJ that would have prosecuted powerful right wing figures if they could have. Expecially Trump who they tried very hard to imprison before the last election. Now we have a Rep led DOJ. Does anyone really think that if they had the dirt on, say Clinton, it wouldn’t have been used?
  
  All that ignores human nature too. Even if there were people in power being protected who the Dems and Reps dont want to get, surely a staff member would have leaked it? We see this all the time.
  
  Probably there were bad people involved. Some of these bad people may have done something illegal* However there likely isn’t the proof to lay charges. In the meantime lots of (probably) innocent people are being harmed.
  
  * Take Bill Gates for example. It now appears that he had an affair with (at least) two Russian woman. This appears to have been organised by Epstein. Epstein then appears to have used his knowledge of the affairs to blackmail Gates. Sure Gates was a cheater but he didn’t actually do anything illegal (that we know of). He has spent the last few years being smeared for his friendship with Epstein.
  
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  February 27, 2026 1:47pm
  - Paulus
    
    What are these people Guilty of – which Laws have been broken when a man takes the opportunity to buy sex with a Professional woman, as has been done for thousands of years and worldwide.
    Many one time young things are of very many world wide 0ver the last thousands of years whom have made a living by so doing.
    What laws say for Randy Andy – Labour’s anti Royalty new rules.
    Like the USA people are making up the laws which suits the political environment..
    Not sure Prostition can be prosecuted despite what man women want, as they did not participate and make good money..
    The media are probably the greatest Prostitites not sex maniac Clinton.
    JFK was considered worse anyway.
    
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    February 27, 2026 2:21pm
    - Dudley Quaffquaff
      
      CHILDREN.
      
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      February 27, 2026 2:46pm
  - RichardX
    
    ”There is clearly a reason the FBI hasn’t acted, there isn’t enough evidence.
    
    That is an unjustifiable assumption on your part.
    
    How do you know there isn’t enough evidence?
    
    All you can really know, so far, is that sufficient evidence has not been made public.
    
    An analogy would be someone being found “not guilty” of a crime and proclaiming that proves they are “innocent”. It simply is not true. It just means that there was insufficient evidence presented to convict them.
    
    The inconsistent communication emanating from Bondi, Patel and their respective organisations over the last year or so does nothing to support your assertion on the reasons for their inaction.
    
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    February 27, 2026 4:49pm
- virtualmark
  
  I suspect Comer forcing Hilary Clinton to testify is going to backfire on him and Trump.
  
  He’s established a precedent that a former First Lady can be forced to testify.
  
  If/when the Dems next gain control of the House expect Melania to be subpoenaed to testify about Epstein. I mean she actually knew Epstein, and is a direct nexus between Epstein and Trump.
  
  If I were Trump I would have stopped Comer from making Hilary testify.
  
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  February 27, 2026 5:32pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Was Hillary forced to testify in her capacity as former First Lady? Or her capacity as former Secretary of State?
    
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    February 27, 2026 7:49pm
  - Hard Cheese
    
    You obviously believe Trump is guilty of sex with children if you think he would try to prevent the truth coming out.
    
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    February 27, 2026 10:12pm
lastmanstanding

On the matter of AI. I entered the workforce in the late 1960s just when computers were being introduced to business. I watched as they displaced jobs but noticed that new jobs were created. However this happened over a period of time so the transition was realtively slow. Not so with AI. It is developing at a fast pace faster than Governments can keep up with as regards policy around jobs and work. In general I support AI as I can see the benefits to productivity and advancements in all areas it will bring. However it will rapidly displace jobs some estimates are 10% to 20% in the short term. I fear that with a low skilled work force compared with other nations NZ will suffer unless we can transition the displaced workforce and avoid the social problems large scale unemployment will bring.
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February 27, 2026 9:43am
- Gary Benner
  
  As regards the introduction of AI, we have no choice about it now. It is just the natural progression of technology.
  
  We either ride this wave, or become subsumed by it. Our choice.
  
  The Genie is out of the bag, so if you are in a position still to contribute to society, you really need to get your head around what is really is, and how it can be used constructively to build a better society. Otherwise there will be those who use it purely for selfish and partisan motives.
  
  Again, our choice.
  
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  February 27, 2026 10:23am
  - David Garrett
    
    Gary: I think you are right – we have no choice.
    
    I saw an interview with Bill Gates a while ago which sent a bit of a shiver up my spine. He said he thought the AI revolution would have a much greater effect on our societies than the PC revolution which he was an instigator of.
    
    I know in my trade AI is already being used to both research and write legal submissions – that is going to have a major impact on the number of young lawyers big firms require.
    
    I don’t think I will see the time though when a robot cross examines witnesses or makes closing submissions…at least not in my lifetime, and I plan on being around a while yet.
    
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    February 27, 2026 10:59am
    - Cassandra
      
      My Legal System class at Otago umpteen years ago – plus of 40 – had over 200 in it and the number of new LlBs now is probably huge. A thousand a year in NZ? Half or more will not be required.
      
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      February 27, 2026 11:27am
      - alex Masterley
        
        I had a similar number on my LS class at Otago in 1980. Half made a career out the Law. That seems to be an average accross the board.
        I do think AI will replace lawyers due to human nature. Every one is different. And AI doesn’t do empathy.
        
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        February 27, 2026 11:34am
      - kowtow
        
        Empathy!
        
        More like exorbitant .
        
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        February 27, 2026 11:42am
      - David Garrett
        
        Alex: I think you meant to say you DON’T think AI will replace lawyers because “AI doesn’t do empathy”??
        
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        February 27, 2026 1:22pm
      - NZer In Exile
        
        Woke-coded AI will do suicidal empathy. Just feed it woke “scholarship”.
        
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        February 27, 2026 5:47pm
    - imalwaysright
      
      Bring back the Nine Commandments
      
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      February 27, 2026 1:26pm
    - Raphael
      
      The Legal profession is not ready for what is going to hit it.
      
      Every day it is becoming easier and easier to use AI to make evidence.
      
      Give me a few seconds of your voice, and I can use AI to make an audio of you slandering our host.
      How do you prove you didn’t?
      Now put that into a contentious divorce case. You want an audio of the husband making death threats to the wife. Generate the audio, record it over a crappy speaker to remove any artifacts and how do you disprove it?
      
      And while video and photo generation isn’t there yet, it will get there, and there will be ways to remove the watermarks.
      
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      February 27, 2026 3:24pm
  - R
    
    Erica Stanford, and most of this coalition government, is attempting to raise the standard of education in NZ, such that the next generations will be able to be participants, in the future development of AI.
    
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    February 27, 2026 12:02pm
  - MCōs
    
    There is no doubt those who will see a benefit in AI to their business will adapt by either hiring people skilled in the capability or training their existing staff.
    From my observation from fifty years of working in engineering offices that’s the way it’s always been.
    Some people didn’t want to change from drawing boards to computers.
    Well, see you later.
    Most people couldn’t wait to advance their knowledge
    
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    February 27, 2026 12:46pm
- Jack5
  
  Of David Garrett’s mention in his 10.58 post about Bill Gates : “the PC revolution which he was an instigator of …
  
  The Gates story is from MS-DOS to Windows to … domination of world PC’s.
  
  Some would argue with the term “instigator”.
  
  For those who don’t know the story of Gates and Gary Kildall:
  
  https://tenochtitlan.medium.com/did-microsoft-steal-dos-5b5a117dadf3
  
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  February 27, 2026 1:14pm
  - RoboRob
    
    I wouldn’t call him the instigator at all. Had Gates not existed the PC revolution would still have occured with different key players. There were many hardware and software companies battling to become the standard.
    
    Gates however is a very smart, sharp and brutal business man. He wasn’t afraid to screw someone over the opposition if it helped him. He not only manipulated kildall but he also beat IBM, the real power player at the time.
    
    Barbarians led by Bill Gates is a good read. Also the following is very well researched and informative.
    
    The rise of MS Windows (parts 1 and 2)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqt94b8bNVc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNFqsvK20mQ
    
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    February 27, 2026 1:54pm
- Jack5
  
  A bigger threat from AI than its role in lawyer offices?
  
  From the Telegraph:
  
  ‘AI bots threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy rival nations in a simulated war game at levels that would “alarm any student of nuclear strategy”, a study has found.’
  
  Professor Kenneth Payne, a strategic studies expert at King’s College London, found AI resorted to threats of nuclear war 95 per cent of the time in a series of war games between different bots.
  
  The report of this is probably behind the Telegraph pay wall, but it adds the study found AI bots appeared willing to ignore a taboo on the use of nuclear weapons since 1945.
  
  “Bot” — from “robot” — is software that performs automated tasks on the internet. Bots can imitate human behaviour.
  
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  February 27, 2026 2:24pm
sirknz

Why do the MSM keep glorifying these wastes of resources?

The byline on the front page ststes “It was a gang altercation, but not gang related”. There is some twisting of the facts if I ever saw it.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/man-killed-in-christchurch-gang-altercation-had-cancer-was-making-positive-changes-in-life/ESMPJB4NONCQBG2WPMSKZXL7DU/

“He was a good boy who didn’t do nuffink wrong, he was turning his life around and stuff” pretty much summarises what his family said about him.
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February 27, 2026 11:02am
All_on_Red

This news will warm the heart
‘The president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, said he was stepping down on Thursday, a few weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.’
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/02/26/dems-score-another-epstein-scalp-davos-summit-ceo-n3812306
Bwahahahahahaaha
Those Epstein Torpedos keep circling around to hit the ‘elites’.
Good job.
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February 27, 2026 12:13pm
Swifty

Is it worth mentioning the numbers of folk who, following the last election, confidently predicted the coalition would fall apart within a term. Tau Henare and Christopher Finlayson are two notable examples.

Some even said within one year.

Well, what have they got to say now? Not only is the coalition still together, it looks very much like it will continue on past the next election.

Winston has said just this week, again, that he will not go into any sort of deal with Labour (note, not just Hipkins, but actually Labour, irrespective of leader.)

He’s ruled them out.

I notice some lefties positively salivating whenever any two of Luxon, Peters or Seymour have disagreed on something recently, but I see this as minor and absolutely business as usual for parties in an election year.

I am now quite certain that Winston realises (especially after what he did in 2017) that he must squash any hint that he might be open to Labour for fear that large numbers of his supporters desert to National, or perhaps ACT, at the election.

I say good on the three leaders, and their teams, for sticking at it for coming up for three very trying years and trying to remedy a bad situation not of their making. And I must add getting nothing but abuse and scorn from those that did create the mess.

I earnestly hope they get another three years come November.
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February 27, 2026 12:16pm
- RoboRob
  
  Winston has now picked up so many unhappy ex National voters that he knows he must say no to Labour. He has gained an additional 5-6% support minimum. This extra support has likely come almost entirely from National.
  
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  February 27, 2026 1:58pm
  - mogg
    
    Not necessarily so, I know a lifelong Labour voter and big union man who is voting NZF this time.
    His greatest dislike is Maorification of everything.
    
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    February 27, 2026 2:50pm
  - Swifty
    
    Great point.
    
    Just imagine the fury if he went with Labour again.
    
    His name would be mud.
    
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    February 27, 2026 2:56pm
  - RoboRob
    
    Would any downvoters care to explain the fallacy in my comment?
    
    NZF is up 5-6%
    National is down around 10%
    Act is up from election day
    Labour is stable
    
    So where do you think NZFs extra vote is coming from?
    
    If over half of NZFs vote base is National do they think this isn’t a problem if Peters was to go with Labour?
    
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    February 27, 2026 5:02pm
    - Ghost
      
      i believe DPF was one of the more accurate last election
      
      He currently has ACT on 6.7, so they are down from the 8.64% on election night
      
      National 31.3 down from 38.08%
      
      NZ first the only one up 10.5 up from 6.08
      
      Labour are up, Greens are stagnant, John Tamihere party down to 2.9 from 3.08
      
      at this rate, Winston will select the next government
      
      also, not a downvoter, i blocked those so never see them
      
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      February 27, 2026 5:19pm
    - Colville
      
      Roborob.
      You say he must say no to Labour.
      Why?
      What is the downside for him?
      He gets 18mths as PM and quits.
      Happy ego and off he goes…
      
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      February 27, 2026 7:02pm
    - greybeard
      
      From where are these extra votes coming?
      From previously uncommitted voters.
      From previously non-polled respondents.
      From people who simply tick boxes in response to polls.
      From…. need I go on ?
      
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      February 27, 2026 9:04pm
Jack5

It’s the Tasman back door, Stupid!

The Leftist NZ Herald is on again today about the “record number” of young Kiwis moving to Australia — a “10-year high”.

A Leftist theme for election year that complements Matthew Hooton today rabbiting on about, well something or other.

No mention in the Herald report of the Kiwi “back door” to the Land of Opportunity across the Tasman.

That is: at most recent count a shade under half of those moving to Australia from New Zealand are not New Zealand-born. Or that the proportion of the non-NZ born in the trans-Tasman migration has been rising.

Non-NZ born people from NZ seeking Aussie citizenship between July 2023 and June 2025 were 48 per cent. From 2004 to 2011 the proportion was about 22 per cent. By 2023 it was over a third.

The Herald’s Leftist view:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/record-number-of-young-kiwis-move-to-australia-as-unemployment-in-new-zealand-hits-a-10-year-high/premium/BS3PDEERZZE5NNA7NWBB5B3G7E/

Even Red Radio has a more revealing picture:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/567964/nearly-half-of-kiwis-applying-for-australian-citizenship-born-elsewhere
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February 27, 2026 12:37pm
Chuck Bird

I saw Trump on Air Force One questioned about aliens and not human ones.

So I Googled and found that many Americans believe stories about Area 51. Any believers here, or are there more stupid Americans?

A Quarter of Americans Believe that Crashed UFO Spacecrafts Are Held at Area 51 in Southern Nevada

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/americans-believe-crashed-ufo-spacecrafts-held-at-area-51
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February 27, 2026 1:47pm
- graham
  
  Barack Obama has said aliens are real – but insisted that none are kept at the top-secret Area 51 military base in the United States.
  
  In a podcast interview, the former President became the first US leader to affirm his belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life.
  
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/barack-obama-aliens-are-real/XAGRYFBANNFUHNEJ5WT4CXSH7U/
  
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  February 27, 2026 3:24pm
- Raphael
  
  The Stargate TV Series is actually a clever documentary.
  
  (I don’t really believe that, but it is my favourite SciFi series)
  
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  February 27, 2026 3:26pm
- NZer In Exile
  
  I believe it’s *possible*. The further out in the universe you go the older the exoplanets. So if there is life way out there it could be billions of years ahead of us in terms of technology. They would have technology and knowledge we can simply not comprehend (such the ability to traverse the universe very quickly).
  
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  February 27, 2026 5:51pm
  - Chuck Bird
    
    Do you believe it is possible to travel faster than light?
    
    It is incredible that the presidents of the USA think aliens from another star system have made it to Earth.
    
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    February 28, 2026 8:53am
    - NZer In Exile
      
      Chuck Bird: “Do you believe it is possible to travel faster than light?”
      
      On little old planet earth currently? Extremely unlikely.
      
      There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. Some estimates suggest there could be as many as 2 trillion galaxies when considering the entire universe.
      
      There could be trillions of exoplanets in the universe, based on the frequency of exoplanets found around stars in our galaxy.
      
      So if there is advanced life on some of these exoplanets (planets around stars in galaxies other than our own) in the far reaches of the universe that are millions or billions of years older than earth then the beings there (if there are any) may have knowledge of physics and the universe that is simply incomprehensible to us.
      
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      March 2, 2026 4:28pm
Northshoredoc

A story in the Herald that is actually worth reading.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/a-4-year-old-arrived-alone-for-heart-surgery-in-the-us-his-doctor-became-his-mum/ZYJYMQ357RECNFCS4H4R25BAHA/
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February 27, 2026 3:02pm
MCōs

President Trump has another war to resolve — Afghanistan & Pakistan. That would be beyond even his considerable skills.
Meanwhile the Cambodia/Thailand conflict has flaired up again like a schoolboy fight. The new nationalist Thai government won’t want to be seen to take a backward step to resolve the issues.
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February 27, 2026 3:36pm
- kowtow
  
  Not so much a war as an interservice stoush, given the Taliban is part and parcel of the Pakistani secret service. Ethnically too . Pushtuns are both Afghan and Pakistani.
  
  So on that one I reckon, at least , the Big Don can be cut some slack.
  
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  February 27, 2026 6:52pm
Sir Henry Morgan

Yet another case of immigrants preying on other potential immigrants in immigration scams. The sentence? Not deportation. Not prison. Just ten months home detention. It’s no wonder that corruption is a growing problem.

Link below:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/immigration-adviser-sentenced-for-job-scheme-duping-chinese-migrants-with-fake-nz-construction-jobs/CXEEHO4YEBEKTG5U432RQ7ZK74/
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February 27, 2026 4:12pm
Jack5

Rocket Lab Corporation, founded in New Zealand by Peter Beck, is planning for solar arrays to power Earth-orbiting data centres.

The company, formerly known as Rocket Lab USA, expects cheap solar power will supplement the cold temperature of space in enabling economic data centres.

In a press release, Beck, who is chief executive, says: “Space-based data centres are the next frontier in computing infrastructure, and reliable solar power systems will form the backbone of this revolution.”

Beck has also announced the company’s purchase of the Auckland engineering company Precision Components Ltd.

Rocket Lab says the facility will be established as the Auckland Machine Complex, producing components for the global aerospace industry.

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