A few months after taking office the PM withdrew from duties to attend to her six weeks of maternity leave. During this time she was undoubtedly on full pay, which proportionally amounted to about $57,000. This absence from work was hailed both locally and internationally as a shining example
Is Ardern’s positivity for real? Of course, it is. We have to believe the observations of Stuff’s hand-picked left-wing “experts”. Did you know that Associate professor Val Hooper, head of Victoria University’s school of marketing and international business, “believes her positivity worked because she was also credible”
At least once a year some poor oppressed young woman, usually a college student, runs to the media feeling humiliated and distressed because someone has pointed out to her that what she has chosen to wear to school is inappropriate attire. This also invites a media journalist, usually a female,
It’s still dark outside as I write this. I couldn’t sleep last night so I gave up trying at 4:00am, got up and thanked my lucky stars that I’m retired, reasonably well off and probably one of the few whose life will barely be impacted by
Nicola Willis had a good day in Parliament yesterday exposing Megan Woods‘s diabolical community housing claims. Nicola also had this to say on Facebook. “The Government is continuing its habit of fudging housing numbers and to quote Scott Figenshow, Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Scott Figenshow, “The Government had
“WHO has reported a 16% worldwide decline of new COVID-19 cases over the last week”. She continues, “This has been partly due to the rollout of the Coronavirus vaccines.” The Week USA – Catherine Garcia – Feb 18 2021 Yet in New Zealand, we have reported seven new community cases: up from
In China, North Korea and Russia they have state-controlled media which, as a result, are obliged to report only what is sanctioned by the State. New Zealand once had an independent media which would investigate events and report their findings without State intervention or censorship. Tragically, no longer. Our Government,
I’m starting to wonder what the hell is going on! We have a Government which has total control of Parliament with the power to immediately close down any debate that may expose its dishonesty, deceit or just plain incompetence. It has a Speaker whose lack of impartiality demonstrates just
One of the most comforting aspects of The Climate Change Commission’s latest report describing the roadmap towards making NZ carbon-free is that it has been left to Ardern’s government to implement. And as we all know, when Ardern makes a statement like “The Government will not hold back”
One of the pitfalls of democracy is it permits fools to elect fools. There has never been a clearer example than the landslide victory afforded to Labour during the last election. Politicians, by nature, have to nurture the combined perceptions of intelligence, leadership and self assuredness. Not a difficult ask.
I’m not personally familiar with panic attacks; however, with Ardern returning from her slumber, I’ve had first-hand experience of the situations that trigger such events. After a six week absence of Ardern-inflicted torment, she’s back on our screens and the first thing she announces is, it’s
An interesting discussion is currently taking place amongst commentators regarding the outcome of the US election. Trump not only held most of the original ground he won four years ago but has also increased his 2016 popular support by more than seven million votes. The discussion I refer to is
It has been reported that no fewer than 3,400 calls have been made to the Auckland City Council’s “dob in your neighbour” hotline regarding the unspeakable crime of using one’s hose. It appears Crime Watch has a competitor. The city is awash with unauthorised liquidity. My current
“Labour now has more women MPs than men. The new intake is 16 women and six men, and there are no straight white males amongst them. Of the new faces only half are Pakeha.” Audrey Young – HZH 24 Oct. Audrey has highlighted the interesting development that the Labour Party now
As Judith said, bring on 2023. This election was never going to be fought on policy. The Labour-led government, through tragedy and circumstance, had centre stage for almost its entire term in office. It stole the oxygen from opposition parties by presenting a leader whose only asset was emotional manipulation.
A couple of years ago each of my five adult children collectively mortgaged their homes to buy me a very flash and expensive set of noise cancelling headphones for father’s day. The gift was motivated by the observation that their mother was rather partial to a little peace and
