Sometimes, down here in the Southern Pacific, there are times when we collectively get on a bit of a downer. At times like these, it can be helpful to look to some of the great Kiwi’s who have gone before us for wisdom and advice.
So please enjoy some sage commentary from one of the greatest Kiwis ever to grace our shores, the delegate from New Zealand, Mr Fred Dagg.
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This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
I sat there stunned as the feed was terminated and my thoughts towards the prof were of the greatest admiration and benevolence. “So he did it,” I said to myself. “What a genius he is to get Napkins to tell the truth.”
The political/voter tide is on the turn. It is going out on parties promoting globalism and climate alarmism. It is coming in for parties with policies promoting a ‘country first’ approach.
What this disastrous chapter in our history reveals is not only that the Labour Party can longer be trusted, but that tribal leaders have become increasingly deceptive and greedy in their relentless push to undermine democracy and grab power and public resources for themselves.
Voters are in a holding pattern. With neither major bloc able to break clear, the support parties continue to wield outsized power. That is the reality of MMP in 2026.
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