The housing reset announcement revealed quite a lot about this government, confirming much of what we already knew. It illustrated the fact that they didn’t do the required work when in opposition to prepare themselves for government and they’re not doing it now that they are in government.
It is quite depressing to live in a country where there is such hostility towards free speech. A Radio NZ article covering the Free Speech trial in Auckland did not even try to hide its bias. One of the people involved in the trial who is standing up for free
So the much-anticipated Housing reset has arrived. The first thing it tells you is what a brain dead lot we have running the country. Megan Woods said the target of 100,000 houses in ten years was overly ambitious. Wow! What a eureka moment. It’s taken them all
https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.30.00-S.mp3https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.45.00-S.mp3 NewstalkZB Transcript first recording starts at 14:40 Mike: David Parker, when he turned down this West coast dam,
ACT party Press release: Information Satirical content “The Beehive is leaking like a sieve, with a KiwiBuild reset ‘speech’ the latest document to be released prematurely”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “The policy details of KiwiBuild 2.0 will surprise many people, but not those who understand the fundamental problems
By Dieuwe de Boer Right Minds The government is remaining tight-lipped on how well the gun confiscation programme is going. They released the total number of firearms and parts purchased to date, including the number of licensed owners taking part — but don’t give us much more to go
Some indicators of terminal troughers emerged this week in the race for the Auckland mayoralty. Call me naïve, but it amazes me when politicians insist on telling others how to spend their own money. At the AUT mayoral debate this week, Phil Goff was chuffed to announce he has introduced
Yasser Arafat was a notorious Egyptian-born terrorist, responsible for some of the worst aircraft hijackings in history. Arafat also created Black September, the notorious terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping and massacre of Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics. labourscandals.blogspot.com/2005/02/phil-goff-photographed-holding-yasser
ACT Party: Ihumatao Jacinda Ardern has created a mess at Ihumatao. Rather than standing up for the property rights of the owners of the land, she waded in, halted development, and conferred legitimacy on the protestors. Now we’ve seen the protest group march on her Auckland office, and then
I have just listened to the podcast made during the court lunch break on Monday of the proceedings against Auckland Council and Mayor Phil Goff for their de-platforming of two controversial speakers from Council-owned venues last year. I was present for the proceedings which the podcast summarises well.
The Young Labour Camp sexual assault trial contains all the usual defences for the alleged actions of the accused. He was very drunk and cannot recall his actions, is one defence ie the booze made me do it. The next defence is the tried and true one of victim-blaming.
I am truly afraid of blind ideology. We all have ideas. In my time, I have had lots of them, but the realty is that ideology and reality often don’t collide. Try telling that to this government though. It seems that they simply have no idea. The problem with
Albert-Eden Local Board (Maungawhau Subdivision) RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some however a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Maungawhau Subdivision There are 8 candidates for this 4 seat subdivision of the Albert-Eden Local Board.
Newstalk ZB transcript starts at 7:28 https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.30.00-S.mp3 Mike: The prime minister Jacinda Ardern is with us this morning. Good morning. Jacinda: Good morning. Mike: Could I accuse you of being asleep at the wheel
