General Debate 02 July 2026

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peterwn

As Ghost indicated yesterday the Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court decision that there were no reasons why the Minister’s decision that Dotcom be extradited should not stand (apologies for the multiple negatives). As Ghost indicated the show ain’t over until the fat lady has sung so he is not quite ready to appear in the US District Court, Alexandria, VA wearing an orange jump suit.
The Appeal decision is here:
https://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCA/2026/284.pdf

Dotcom can take a further appeal to the NZ Supreme Court where initially a three judge court will decide whether to grant leave to appeal or not. Leave would only be granted if the appellant can identify at least one point of law in the Appeal decision worthy of argument. I consider that there is a low probability of leave being granted meaning that it is curtains for Dotcom. Presumably US Marshals would come to NZ on a commercial flight or a ConAir flight to accompany him to the USA. Plane spotters would love the latter situation.

The other twist is he will almost certainly attempt to flee – he is wealthy and can muster up the resources to flee eg chartering a luxury yacht to come near NZ to pick him up and hiring a local boatman to take him out to the yacht at dead of night. So perhaps the Crown Solicitor may seek to revoke his bail at some point especially if there is any evidence that he is planning to flee NZ before having to face the music.
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July 2, 2026 8:01am
- Boy Geoff
  
  Might need to check Laila Harre’s or Pam Corkery’s basements.
  
  (Or possibly Hone Harawira’s basement too).
  
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  July 2, 2026 8:36am
artemisia

Third of those declined emergency housing not offered any alternative MSD says those eligible are offered alternatives. The question then becomes, why are some declined applicants not eligible for alternatives offered by the government.

The eligibility criteria for emergency housing are fairly straightforward – citizen or permanent resident, income and asset limits, all other options explored, caused or contributed to their own homeless situation. Maybe those declined for those reasons walk away and don’t ask for government help. MSD says they don’t know, so presumably they are not told.

Politicians have the option of a policy to change the eligibility criteria. Maybe an announcement is imminent.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/651934/third-of-those-declined-emergency-housing-not-offered-any-alternative
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July 2, 2026 8:07am
Pope Punctilious II

The unflushable story about Maori voyaging to Antarctica has been embraced by the Antarctic Science Platform.
https://www.antarcticscienceplatform.org.nz/updates/flying-south-for-the-winter-k879a
The money wasted on flying Mātāmua and Keepa down to the ice is the least of it. Totally unsupported ideas are being laundered as truth.
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July 2, 2026 8:31am
- mike
  
  The search for truth within myth and legend will always be with us.
  Much ink has been spilled by ‘scholars’ trying to prove the veracity of biblical tales, legends of King Arthur or Robin Hood, for example.
  
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  July 2, 2026 8:56am
  - rouppe
    
    Speaking of myth and legend, I see that a fossil found in Antarctica in 1985 and stored in a drawer at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge has been identified as part of the tail bone from a type of dinosaur called a Titanosaur.
    
    Back when Antarctica was a lush forest land capable of supporting large grazing animals such as those.
    
    Made me wonder about the catastrophic predictions made by the Greens about melting ice caps and whether those predictions are myth and legend.
    
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    July 2, 2026 9:08am
mike

President Man-Baby seems unhappy:
“Do you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people, and everybody loving it?”
“Ask yourself this simple question, ‘DO YOU THINK THAT OBUMA OR SLEEPY JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT?’ THE ANSWER IS NO!”
Why can’t Americans worship him as he deserves?
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