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Worth a read:
http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2021/12/the-incremental-shift/
All interesting about PRC and with some thoughts for awareness at the end.
What that all means is that the PRC will likely retaliate sometime soon and NZ will have to buckle up for some material hardship during the transition to a more balanced and diversified trade portfolio. In other words, it seems likely that the PRC will respond by shifting its approach and engage diplomatic and economic sanctions of varying degrees of severity on NZ, if nothing else to demonstrate the costs of defying it and as a warning to those similarly inclined. That may not be overly burdensome on the diplomatic and security fronts given NZ’s partnerships in those fields, but for NZ actors deeply vested/invested in China (and that means those involved in producing about 30 percent of NZ’s GDP), there is a phrase that best describes their positions: “at risk.” They should plan accordingly.
Then there is the matter of India placing NZ on their ‘risk’ list for Covid?? About 800 are waiting in India to come here, and probably can’t get MIQ. Apparently that has occurred displeasure there, and the consequent unreasonable downgrading of our status! It means that Indians here needing to attend to family concerns and perhaps business too, have to go through extensive controls in close quarters to others from countries with higher infection rates than us. It seems that India is playing a game with us, preferring
Australia because it has opened a joint travel bubble. (Mr Morrison PM has also said that it is a personal responsibility to keep oneself okay,)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127330961/indian-community-upset-new-zealand-labelled-an-at-risk-covid19-country
Dealing with countries who choose a high-handed approach is problematic; it is we who end up with egg on our faces no matter what the circumstances.
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But don’t get me started on the India-NZ relationship. We might now have to wait for a post-Modi era before any meaningful progress can in the relationship can be made.
And unfortunately it’s not as though NZ hasn’t handed excuse after excuse to India/populist Modi for any belligerent attitudes we might face.
Does anyone else find their teeth gritting when seeing an advertisement of some tank-like motor car being driven up a riverbed by some spuriously manly motoring enthusiast. ‘But what about’ ,,,, I cry? The little things that live in the river, the great unknowns that we don’t know of our world. How can they survive this obdurate, granite -like human mass that idolises modern machinery but has abandoned past knowledge of environment/human interaction to the rubbish dump. (There is no money in it.)
The Conversation pondered July/21 – Aggressive marketing has driven the rise of the double-cab ute on New Zealand streets — time to hit the brakes?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/458378/kaimaumau-fire-hapu-fears-widespread-damage-to-sacred-sites
…Raunatia Rippingale hoped whānau would be allowed to put in more firebreaks to stop devastating fires threatening their meeting house in future.
He said rules and varying approaches from the Department of Conservation, councils, and private landowners, had made it hard to have collective fire protection in the village.
“In the past, our elders used to backburn bush before the fire season. That’s the way we’ve always handled things.”
When Maori are being listened to, and advice followed mostly, we will have fewer problems because there will be more understanding and knowledge all around, with thoughtful discussion about differences.
You cut out a few of my comments recently TDB — as long as you have ‘our’ grounds.
Since the ‘maut-laverer’ of anti-Nat politics, I’d like to point out a good NZer, he being intelligent won’t allow me to communicate with him, so here I am praising ex-National Minister Chris Finlayson. In all my 5 or so specific encounters with him he’s been golden. A good man by any measure. Better, a good NZer.
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