The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 11th May 2019

1. Very sad case. In our system of fucked up legal access

   “The story behind the man who took his life on parliament grounds”

   https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111648461/the-story-behind-the-man-who-took-his-life-on-parliament-grounds

   Sounds like this guy was not allowed to see his kids due to wanting them to write cursively, wave at them and give them fruit through the letterbox and ‘not play the game’…

   really sad for this man, and his kids.

   Kinda of a wokie scenario where nit picking, endless and time consuming bureaucracy and unqualified idiots within the system have contributed to him ending his life and stopping his kid having a father’s access for years.

   Nobody is ever perfect and you would think that there would need to be real grounds to stop someone seeing his own kids or a protection order, than the above. Considering it sounds like the mother is possibly in a cult, just being strict should not really being grounds for zero access to ones own kids!

   For anybody that is evolved in family disputes, it is pretty common for both parents to accuse each other of everything to make sure they get custody and unfortunately our justice system seems very punitive and indistinguishes minor things from major things and seems especially punitive when the applicant ‘won’t play the system’ while generous for those who do much worse but happy to ‘play the system’.

   Legal aid lawyers seem happy to assist on protection orders when there is a lot more to the situation! Also ensures that things like DPB and removal of kids out of the area to new relationships can be accessed easily by one party if they can get the other party stuck out for access.

   Most of the crimes against kids are actually done by step parents. Aka when the family breaks up the ‘new dad’ are just as likely or more to abuse the kids than the father.

   Should be last resort that a parent can’t have access to their kids because it is good that two parties ‘keep an eye’ on kids during breakups especially since one of the biggest dangers to kids, is step parents abusing the kids.

   • A very sad case indeed, SAVENZ.

2. Our HB/Gisborne community is still awaiting the Labour coalition in 20116 in the Gisborne Herald had promised restoration of our rail services that the National Government has allowed to become partly washed out in 2012 by a lack of funding for rail maintenance to keep the infrastructure free of damages from any storms.

   This service was already under community restoration as industry was wanting more freight services then in 2011 when in december the HBRC had evidence that more freight was wanted to be carried on Gisborne rail in a press release 21st December 2011 entitled “At risk rail can’t cope” links are all provided below.

   We are claiming our right to have our rail services restored by this new Labour Coalition Government under the new “well being budget policy https://www.labour.org.nz/wellbeingbudget of reducing carbon emissions and increasing infrastructure under two of the ‘five priorities’
   using – Boosting Innovation, & Creating Opportunities

   QUOTE;

   “Alongside GDP, we will measure ourselves against five key priorities that will make real improvements to the lives of New Zealanders. We’ve used evidence to identify the five areas we can make the greatest difference.

   Boosting Innovation, Creating Opportunities, Backing Māori & Pasifika, Supporting Mental Health, Improving Child Wellbeing

   http://www.scoop.co.nz/…/PA1302/S00183/kiwirail-admits-lack-of-maintenance-led-to-wash-out.htm

   gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2535803-135/three-parties-say-fix-rail

   http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6170590/At-risk-rail-line-can-t-cope-with-demand

   • Try this link better than the one above.

     http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2535803-135/three-parties-say-fix-rail

3. 24 degrees in May.
   5 to 8 degrees above normal.
   By 2050 it will be far too late.
   We need a war economy today.
   We need to mobilise as if was 1939.

   • RAIL WILL REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM OVER-USE OF TRUCK FREIGHT.

     http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/4077328-135/prime-time-to-expand

     May 11, 2019
     gisborneherald.co.nz
     Prime time to expand
     by Andrew AshtonPublished: May 11, 2019 11:58AM

     Report says container port, restoration of rail can boost growth
     A Deloitte report says investing in rail could be more commercially viable if Eastland Port had container port facilities.
     The lack of a container port in Gisborne is costing the region $36 million a year and potentially hindering the return of the Gisborne to Wairoa rail line, a report from a top finance firm says.
     The second edition of Deloitte’s Shaping Our Slice of Heaven report, entitled Regions of Opportunity, assesses the economic impact of increasing exports in tourism, agribusiness, food processing and advanced manufacturing from Auckland, Waikato, Hawke’s Bay/Gisborne, Wellington and Canterbury from 2019 to 2040.

   • RAIL WILL REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM OVER-USE OF TRUCK FREIGHT.

     http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/4077328-135/prime-time-to-expand

     May 11, 2019
     gisborneherald.co.nz
     Prime time to expand
     by Andrew AshtonPublished: May 11, 2019 11:58AM

     Report says container port, restoration of rail can boost growth
     A Deloitte report says investing in rail could be more commercially viable if Eastland Port had container port facilities.
     The lack of a container port in Gisborne is costing the region $36 million a year and potentially hindering the return of the Gisborne to Wairoa rail line, a report from a top finance firm says.
     The second edition of Deloitte’s Shaping Our Slice of Heaven report, entitled Regions of Opportunity, assesses the economic impact of increasing exports in tourism, agribusiness, food processing and advanced manufacturing from Auckland, Waikato, Hawke’s Bay/Gisborne, Wellington and Canterbury from 2019 to 2040.

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