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Benedict Yu

I see that there was a glimmer of hope in the pre election fiscal update. So Chris Hipkins decided he would reinstate “pay equity” payments at a cost of a few billion.

To be honest how many folk could even explain “pay equity”? Something to do with nursing home workers wanting to be paid the same as fire fighters.
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September 30, 2026 8:10am
- pdm
  
  BY it is more than a few billion.
  
  About 13Billion I believe.
  
  Hardly beer money.
  
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  September 30, 2026 8:13am
  - alex Masterley
    
    Very difficult to find that amount of money down the back of the couch!
    
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    September 30, 2026 8:52am
    - RoboRob
      
      There is NO way Labour are finding that sort of money without increasing taxes / levies etc. Despite what Barbara Edmonds say, that sort of cash is actually quite difficult to find just using re allocations and cuts, not that labour has ever cut anything besides tax cuts.
      
      Oh and Hipkins saying the forcast $4b surplus means he can afford it is pathetic. He is spending money that hasnt even arrived yet, the prefu is based on NATIONALS spending plan. The surplus does not exist under Labours.
      
      If we get a surplus I want to spend most of it paying down our debt (which would enable future bigger surpluses). Not simply increase spending until we are back to running deficits.
      
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      September 30, 2026 8:57am
artemisia

‘Greedy’: Union slams Woolworths decision to axe 130 jobs in NZ – Herald yesterday.

Woolworths say they are New Zealand’s largest private employer, and they are making a business decision to simplify operations, remove duplicated overheads, and ensure long-term sustainability across its New Zealand business Likely Woolworths is keeping an eye on the distinct possibility of changes coming for the sector, and the accompanying uncertainty.

Workers First union is not at all happy despite WW’s commitment to redeploy if they can. Maybe the union thinks this may just be the first step in Woolworths ‘sustainability’ plan, and their membership numbers could be significantly impacted. The union may well be correct.

Owners make decisions about the assets they own. Of course, but also plan in case of imposed changes.
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September 30, 2026 8:11am
Maggy Wassilieff

Chris Trotter takes a look at the Left’s influence in NZ

In addition to the institutions identified for infiltration by Dutschke, the Kiwi comrades have also captured the public service, the state sector unions and, perhaps inspired by the 1930s alliance between Labour and the Ratana Movement, forged a strategic constitutional alliance with the tertiary-educated Māori elites pursuing tino rangatiratanga through the Waitangi Tribunal and the big iwi corporates.

https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/140431/kiwi-left-has-discovered-there-are-more-ways-skin-capitalist-cat-revolutionary
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September 30, 2026 8:18am
- Cassandra
  
  And at the same time alienating the working class. Can you see Tom Skinner in a keffiyeh?
  
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  September 30, 2026 8:31am
Cassandra

Auckland Mayor Brown says that in-person voting is too expensive. We all know that postal voting is crooked. There’s a simple, cheap solution. Have all voting on the same day. Whenever there’s a general election add on the local one. It’d increase the turnout too.
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September 30, 2026 8:32am
- mike
  
  ‘we’ does a lot of heavy lifting there.
  
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  September 30, 2026 8:43am
  - Cassandra
    
    mike: you think postal voting is crime free? Why not say so? But I’ll explain: by we I mean anyone who has any understanding of postal voting criminality.
    
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    September 30, 2026 8:57am
mike

Random election question:
If Elections NZ says the average Kiwi will vote in 20 elections, how many times do you think Winston Peters has been a candidate?
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September 30, 2026 8:42am
mike

The US government has launched a new AI chatbot t provide trusted information from government websites. Journalists are enjoying its answers to questions such as:
Who won the 2020 presidential election?
Is climate change a hoax?
Who pays for tariffs?
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