A largely invisible Luxon and one who is quite ineffective in ripping into the govt’s record and agenda leading Nats to inevitable defeat next year
Pity the country …he is failing is.
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A largely invisible Luxon and one who is quite ineffective in ripping into the govt’s record and agenda leading Nats to inevitable defeat next year
Pity the country …he is failing is.
Luxon winging it again, yet again showing his lack of grasp of detail.
It's worrying when there's so many flash points in the world right now.
Whatever you say about Jacinda Adern, her grasp of policy detail is phenomenal & she does the homework.
When you watch these two in The House, Luxon consistently struggles against Adern.
He's going to need a lot of coaching for the TV debates in election year & put in the mahi or he's likely to embarrass himself.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...M2VAR453Z4NRE/
Yawn - deeds not words.
For all Ardern’s grasp of details, she has delivered nothing but empty deeds and bugger all.
Ardern is so full of BS and spin she regurgitates nothing but garbage from her hypocritical lying mouth.
The polls show what NZers prefer - sincerity & action.
As much as you like to point out this sort of completely irrelevant stuff, what will make people decide their vote next year will more be like the lies and dishonesty we are experiencing from current Government, such as telling us for months about "3 Waters" policy only for it turn out to be "5 Waters", including geothermal and seawater (remember seabed & foreshore). They just omitted to tell us.
Then things like David Parker pushing through RMA "reform" without support from any other party, which includes co-Governance on all 15 committees he is proposing, after he said there would be no co-Governance. When asked, he said it wasn't co-Governance because the law required only minimum of 2 out of 6 committee members to be of a certain race. Apparently he has decided that only 50-50 is co-Governance.
This is just in the last couple of days. It is never ending and will be the end of this useless Government.
3 Waters & the co-governance aspect of it has become a lightening rod for anti-Māori sentiment in an extremely vocal minority of the population.
Unfortunately its become fertile ground for ACT & National to exploit in spite of the fact it was National which introduced the co-governance model & constitutionally it being difficult to ignore.
I don't know what the problem is giving Iwi a voice in these Regional groups set up to ensure the best interests of the communities & environment, but which don't own or manage the resources.
The Boards selected by the Regional Groups to mange the resources, have to be "independent, professional & have the necessary competencies "
The councils which currently manage them are not independent, often lack the competencies & are often beholden to special interest groups & often make decisions based on getting re-elected rather than the best long term interests of the community or environment.
Anyway seeing the joyful way Ruby Tui led a crowd of 42 thousand in singing Tūtira mai ngā iwi at Eden Park after the Black Ferns won the Rugby World Cup, was amazing & affirming & that this anti-Māori sentiment is very much a minority.
I don't think 3 Waters or co-governance will make most people decide their vote next year. It will be things like the cost of living & if Luxon keeps giving voters reasons not to vote National.
Lets face it, whichever Labour or National win will be determined by a small group of about 10% of swing voters in the middle, with the minor parties possibly choosing the govt.
It's not anti Maori sentiment. It's anti racism sentiment. Labour's bunch of racist Ministers will thankfully speed their demise.
BTW Blue Skies, what did you make of Nanaia planting a Mahuta toadie (Tuku Morgan) as head of the northern water group? It's gone down like a lead balloon with Ngapuhi and I'm guessing Ngati Whatua aren't exactly rapt either. She can't help herself! She's looking to settle two century old scores while keeping Tainui's snout in everyone else's trough!