Once a spin artist, always a spin artist of no substance - dame or damn what a useless witch.
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Once a spin artist, always a spin artist of no substance - dame or damn what a useless witch.
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https://resources.stuff.co.nz/conten...48&format=webp
Meanwhile, here's where NZ is heading under Hipkins and Labour - NIGHTMARE.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...MWSJNSAF4N5GI/
Home ownership: Labour Government’s $400m Progressive Home Ownership scheme under pressure over targets and priorities
Wobble wobble .. ;)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132...ual-misconduct
Third Oranga Tamariki worker accused of sexual misconduct
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Another allegation of sexual misconduct has been raised against an Oranga Tamariki employee, who was investigated over inappropriate touching and sexual comments.
The worker was hired to look after children at an Oranga Tamariki youth justice residence, and continued working at the facility despite advocates and the teenager raising concerns with officials.
This third incident has come to light after Oranga Tamariki revealed it had stood down two employees, following separate allegations of sexual misconduct earlier this month.
The latest case was raised with Oranga Tamariki last year. The young woman who made the complaint has chosen to speak out about the incident, because she’s concerned about the safety of other young people in Oranga Tamariki residences.
All must be fine on Kelvin's turf .. these things dont happen ;)
Has he drifted off to sleep again ? :)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/3009...s-let-him-down
Outflanked Hipkins faces checkmate after soldiers let him down
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OPINION: In chess, the king is the most important but the weakest piece at play, reliant on the strength of his team around him and able to be taken down by the humblest pieces.
It is the job of the king’s pawns, rooks, bishops, knights and queen to protect him at all costs, to ensure he isn’t left in check, able to be taken.
Which is where we come to the troubling pattern of behaviour Labour’s caucus finds itself in towards Labour’s king, Chris Hipkins, who’s increasingly being exposed because his team keeps letting him down.
More sausage rolls needed to convey to the masses that things are on their way to being completely stuffed ? ;)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...w-gun-registry
Newsable: Why are firearm owners so against the new gun registry?
All the Crims & Gang members' guns registered up ? :)
An initiative from an earlier watch of the Damn Stupid and Spinning furiously - wasn't it ? ;)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...LQT4UMA7E6M4Q/
Nanaia Mahuta received ‘dressing down’ from Chinese Foreign Minister - reports
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Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta was subjected to a major dressing down from the Chinese Foreign Minister during her visit to Beijing in March.
All Chinese whisper and hidden when the big painted up talent piece got back home
on reports Chinese no like what they see and hear ? ;)
Ducked it up yet again - big girl .. no different from your much despised 3 Waters shambles ;)
Sound like another cover up
How many more disasters before Chippie decides this curious heifer is of no use anywhere
as well and should be put out to pasture to never be seen again ? ;)
Send them the lover of stale sausage rolls and see if they like the fill-in leader excuse any better ? ;)
This hopeless incompetent mob are having the light shone straight through them for what little they represent - wherever they show up on any stage :)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...d-for-nzs-mojo
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Willis said the election was coming at a “critical time” for the country, as Kiwis struggled with rising food, rents, and interest rates, which had created a “mortgage bomb” set to make “the whole economy shudder”.
“Interest rates have risen so fast that a ticking time bomb lies in front of us. In the months ahead, hundreds of thousands of mortgage holders will have to move off a home loan with a 2 or 3% interest rate to a loan with 6 or 7% interest.
“Many homeowners will be left scrambling for the hundreds of extra dollars they will need to make their mortgage payments each fortnight.”
Coming mortgage bomb will make your pimply white bottom shudder - Robbo ;)
Worse than a cold winter's night out in a freezing Wellington gale :)
Hundred's of thousands will be calling you every name under the sun for destroying their lifestyle,
draining their finances and exposing them all to huge COL and other large cost increases
.. who knows there could be a huge hail of projectiles awaiting especially for the occasion :)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/heathe...KGKVBKVUMWNMU/
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Three reasons why Wood’s departure is cause for celebration
Hopkin's scorecard seems to be getting more ragged by the week
Can he badly skrew up & produce a Chinese Trade Trainwreck any better than the fumbling painted
3 waters princess from the backblocks managed to orchestrate earlier in the year and got severely
whiplashed by the Chinese on ? ;)
In election year there are very very few if any accolades being handed out for Labour's mob of
achieved incompetents and Losers covering all that they laid paws on ;)
Any guesses on what a further term of meddling & fumbling from the shambles of Arden's abandoned
mob of bunglers that Hopkins threw himself into to play lead public puppet for - will likely produce ?
something worse than Zimbabwe ? ;)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...ealths-lessons
Faced with tertiary sector challenges, Government should learn health's lessons
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OPINION: Chris Hipkins must surely be wondering when the Gods of Politics will give him an even break.
In normal times you might apply Helen Clark’s first amendment to the Popularity Act: “No prime minister ever lost votes by sacking an errant minister (or bagging the Aussies).”
But three ministers overboard is at least one jettisoned minister too many, even for Clark’s caveat.
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Damage has been done to Labour and Prime Minister Hipkins, despite his decisive response.
That’s before you remember he carries an extra responsibility because the two fallen ministers were promoted by Hipkins, as was Education Minister Jan Tinetti, who is still awaiting the result of her appearance before the privileges committee.
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It is just nuts, not to mention a false economy, to annually underfund peak academia, causing staff cuts based on an uncertain ebb and flow of students.
What is the Government thinking?
New Zealand must preserve the expertise in these institutions, to train the next generation of experts.
But it won’t happen without more money and, arguably, without swingeing reform of the sector model. It is frankly busted as well as broke.
A good place to start would be a national strategy that coordinated courses and minimised staff reductions, where unavoidable, to ensure we continue to compete as a country.
What a shambles .. get Handy Andy in there to completely duck it up a matter of months ;)
A few announcements (without looking) that it's managing fine
A few angry faces when the opposite is clearly the case .. what could possibly go wrong ? ;)
especially when there is no nor any other capable talent with any ability ..
I thought this article might remind us all of a bit of etiquette wouldn't go astray.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/matt-h...MTY4LPLEK7XLQ/
Well don't complain about the quality of journalism if you aren't willing to pay for it.
Assuming you are replying to my post - note that I am not complaining about the quality of journalism. And I'm certainly willing to pay for what I want, which doesn't extend to every newspaper in the country. My concern is with the stupidity of posting links, which, when readers click on them, find it is not available to them. I suggest, to save readers time, if you persist in posting paywalled links, that you simply add (paywalled) after the link. I'd also suggest that if you are replying to a post you follow the conventional practise of including the post, or part thereof. Keep in mind that the reader is unlikely to be a mindreader.
Prior to the internet, people paid for the paper. Or borrowed someone else's.
The subscriptions now after accounting for inflation are probably cheaper than they were then.
Fungus Pudding, you made a choice as you outline. It's not up to others to cater for your choices.
‘The Government has announced a $6 million boost to food bank providers, who have recently described record levels of need amid the cost of living crisis and recovery from extreme weather events.
Acting Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni made the announcement during the weekly post-Cabinet press conference today, with Chris Hipkins currently in China for a much-anticipated weeklong visit.’
‘An eleventh-hour payment of up to $5 million from the Government will ensure the ski season this year will go ahead on Mt Ruapehu.
Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan announced the funding today to the liquidators of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL), aimed at saving hundreds of jobs and preventing the economic loss to the region if the season hadn’t been able to go ahead.
“This will allow time for liquidators to decide on the purchaser or purchasers of the business and its assets,” Allan said in a statement.’
‘The Prime Minister’s office says flying a backup plane for Chris Hipkins’ trip to China was justified in case of a breakdown, but says it did not travel all the way to Beijing and is instead waiting in Manila.
Hipkins is in China for a week doing a series of high level political meetings including with President Xi Jinping as well as business meetings with New Zealand exporters. He has brought a large business and trade delegation, as well as journalists, on the trip.
The spare plane, flew to Manilla and will relocate to Cairns. Both planes are about 30 years’ old and are due to be replaced between 2028 and 2030. The RNZAF made the decision to bring the back-up plane because of the importance and distance of the trip.’