Like with so many other things you have said on here, it is clear you were not living in NZ when Helen Clark was PM.
This should help you http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/n...ectid=11592608
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Like with so many other things you have said on here, it is clear you were not living in NZ when Helen Clark was PM.
This should help you http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/n...ectid=11592608
Just wondering whether NZ has a group like this already and that our political parties are already using them http://boingboing.net/2016/02/19/cit...k-at-town.html
Sorry FP, no matter how influential you think you are you cannot direct people how to respond.
Perhaps this is a bad habit you have picked up from your leader, Key.
I'll tell you what my week didn't include. A crisis meeting arranged by my colleagues or press around a text from a journalist in regards a ponytail pulling incident.
Now I am confused. There have been many comments made on this thread about how bad that agreement was for Kiwis in Australia. Now you are saying, after learning that Clark signed it, that it is a good thing.
Which one is it ? I would guess that most Kiwis living in Australia will be pleased that Key has managed to partly reverse Clark's abandonment of them !
So with a billion dollar gun to your head what would you have signed?
Under the reciprocal deal NZ could have been liable for those funds.
And when I was living in Australia, I thought some of those changes made sense as we wouldn't like it if a large number of Aussies came here to claim benefits.
I haven't criticized the agreement Key has made, however I don't see that its much different from the status quo.
Under Key's reign NZers have been held in detention centers, something he has been very slow to act on.
I would also suggest the slight positive change is more to do with a new more conciliatory PM in Australia than anything Key has done.
But yes its a positive? & I never said it wasn't .
Lets face I Key needs a win, so any so small one will do I suppose.
Rod Drury really admires our PM
@roddrury: That was a career highlight. Masterclass in negotiation watching @johnkeypm in action. https://t.co/pSUAC36v45