The Green Party Manifesto with its unrealistic ‘policies’ includes the word “aspiration” and also covers recent policy announcements around reducing income inequality, along with the introduction of rent controls – which Labour has already ruled out – and clearing the social housing waitlist with a commitment to build 35,000 public homes.
The rewards for behaving badly are increasing as we watch from the sidelines. “The five young people who faced off with authorities from the rooftop of a youth justice facility in Auckland have come down and eaten KFC and McDonald’s, authorities have confirmed.” “Significant damage” has been caused. So,
The election looms and the polls seem to suggest that Labour and its groupie parties will be able to do the impossible in the face of the indefensible and somehow ride to glory on the coat-tails of the idiocy, dishonesty, lies, ignorance and incompetence of its ministers. Is there any
Is it a Labour party mantra – ‘We have learnt from our mistake/s, and we are ready to move on’? Isn’t that the resolution to any problem, courtesy of Helen Clark many years ago? And now Ginny Andersen says time to move on with regard to Michael-the-incompetent Wood and
The government has announced new vaping restrictions aimed at reducing the number of young people who take up the habit, with a crackdown on cheap disposable vapes, bans on new vape shops near schools and rules around how vaping products can be named. “From August this year, all vaping devices
“Dog whistlers” is the latest insult to be lobbed at any who dares question the government. We have anti-vaxxers, far-right supremacists, racists, and conspiracy theorists. Now dog whistlers. Debate on any topic is dismissed by this abysmal Labour Government: we are not to question, but simply to obey. It is
What a depressing place New Zealand has become. In 2021 New Zealand was ranked 151st out of 156 nations on the annual misery index. This year we somehow managed to come up to 104th place out of 157. Stuff reports this as a success: “New Zealand has been a big
Part of our voting decision-making process is formed by discussions and thoughts about the character traits and the personality our politicians should or shouldn’t demonstrate. A voter’s decision is likely to be based on metrics such as a long-term philosophical endorsement of a party, the desire to change
So, Jan Tinetti, the latest iteration of a Minister of Education, turned up for an interview with Ryan Bridge. The education system is said to be in “a crisis of achievement and a crisis of attendance”. The current structure is not delivering the results we need as parents, as employers,
The Prime Minister considers himself wealthy. I am sure he is. His reasoning is interesting. “I regard myself as wealthy in the sense that when I go to the supermarket, I don’t have to worry about paying the bill when I get to the checkout”,[sic] Hipkins told AM’
Stephen Jack and his smutty comment made headlines for all the right reasons and resulted in his resignation – as it should have. “I like my Covid like I like my women. 19. And easy to spread.” His re-posting of doggerel posing as a poem comparing Jacinda Ardern to Hitler was
Book burning refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. Usually carried out in a public context, the burning of books represents one element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning has a
Michael Wood, Minister of Transport, Immigration and Auckland, holder of a BA, and with experience in selling Christmas trees and menswear has blithely minimised the effects of yet another OCR hike. “Labour Minister Michael Wood admits the latest official cash rate (OCR) hike will make life [a bit more] difficult
Minister for Auckland and Minister of Transport Michael Wood has declared himself a spirit donkey, whatever that is, in ensuring that the Auckland light rail project, as a government/Minister Wood vanity project, is to proceed, regardless of the fact that the country has some serious infrastructure issues to deal
As already noted by idbkiwi, the issue of misogyny has become part of the discussion around the resignation of Jacinda Ardern. It has become a catch cry for those who believe that the criticism and increasing dislike and distrust of her was down to a dislike of, contempt for, or
Jacinda Ardern’s resignation was not the shock that the world’s media screams, nor really a surprise – more of a surprise would have been her continuing her “kind” (will she EVER give that lie a rest?) control until the now-announced election. This is her John Key moment. The polls
