The time has come to say it. The prime minister and her government is a joke. She would appear to have no intention of trying to do her job properly. Lucky for her she has an out. Even if she had the firmness of purpose to do so, the simple
An article in Stuff is headlined “British migrants flee New Zealand citing expensive rentals and heavy traffic.” Around 6,000 returned home in the year to June 2019. In both cases, rentals and traffic, it was Auckland that was being referred to. In both cases, the government is to blame.
When visiting a newspaper online I came across a picture of woman, whose face is unfortunately familiar to me, dressed all in white. I thought for a moment that it was her wedding day as I had heard she was engaged. The thought then occurred to me that, bearing in
Simon Wilson provided an interesting read in a newspaper on Saturday explaining how to make sense of the Auckland Council election candidates. What particularly caught my eye was his suggestion of judging a candidate by measuring them against some key requirements. Here is Simon’s list of six: * Do they
The idea of a Hamilton to Auckland commuter train, on the face of it, looks like a good idea. But is it in the form proposed? In funding this is the government on the right track? The first and probably most important issue is the ticket price. The fare proposed
One must be careful not to express hurty feelings in today’s snowflake world. At least that is what Alan Jones is finding out. He’s been told by his employer that if he makes any more remarks along the lines of suggesting Scott Morrison should shove a sock down
Is Peter John FitzSimons for real or has he become the clueless clown of the rugby world? If he is for real then in political terms, like his heroine Jacinda Ardern, he has proven to be not very bright. Having moistened his undies after last week’s Australian win over
What is it about our media that, with one or two exceptions, they seem orgasmically wired to our prime minister. The endless items of witless trivia that impregnate the pages of today’s newspapers and magazines belie the true identity of the woman. It’s beyond time that the media
Are the political Right called the Right because nine times out of ten they are? I think history would prove that correct. The way the situation at Ihumatao is being handled is a case in point. Here are two viewpoints from the Right. Simon Bridges has the view that Jacinda
The Labour party in this Coalition government are fast becoming a huge embarrassment. They are leaderless, so Winston is doing what he knew he could do all along – simply toying with a bunch of rank amateurs. They are like possums caught in the headlights, nothing but a bunch of muppets
The election was held The votes were all cast National had won on the night But subsequent happenings left us aghastIt was up to Winston to decide the Government He who with National had utu to burn So he decided to put Labour in power Led by one named Jacinda
It really is getting beyond a joke the way the press takes every opportunity to publish endless silly and pointless stories about Jacinda Ardern. Take this recent example from ‘A Newspaper’. The article is headed – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is labelled ‘masterful’ by US Presidential candidate. Who could this be?
Dear Minister Twyford, Recently we had occasion to call into our granddaughter in Botany on our way to Parnell. We departed Chapel Road at 4.50pm and arrived in Parnell at 6.35pm, one and three-quarter hours later. We could have had a trip to Hamilton and back to
Listening to the respective Party leaders’ reaction to the ditching of the Capital Gains Tax a while back was a depressing experience. Not one of them came close to showing real leadership. What they illustrated was that it was all about politics. Jacinda Ardern said she still believed in it
The question we should all be asking is where has honest objective journalism gone? Has it been cremated or is it lying in a mass media grave where it has decomposed down to its bare bones? It doesn’t matter whether it’s what we are viewing, hearing, or reading;
It is interesting how leaders of political parties react to opinion polls. They, not unexpectedly, react positively if the polls are favouring their party or themselves and negatively if they don’t. The polls, of course, are only a guide to people’s thinking at the time of publication. The
