I support Michael Wood and his wife Julie Fairey.
I have had the pleasure of talking to Michael many times over the decades and I went to University with his wife.
They are both the most scrupulously ethical people in the world and the insinuation that either are corrupt because of conflicts of interest generated after Michael bought airport shares when he was a child are absurd and an unfair smear on his character.
Michael is a deeply honest man with a solid moral core, his political life has been in the service of the public and he has consistently championed for the most vulnerable in society.
Claims he made a self interested ruling on Dairy Flat Airport while having shares in Auckland are equally absurd.
Chippy has done the sensible thing by standing him down until these bloody shares are sold.
Mistakes happen, here’s David Seymour making a mistake about his interests…
Act leader David Seymour has made a virtue of owning no property, but is now correcting the record to show he is a beneficiary of trusts that own three properties.
Seymour is embarrassed about what he calls an “honest mistake”, and says he has legal advice saying he doesn’t really own any of those properties: his grandparents’ beach house in Northland, a neighbouring section of land, and his father’s house in Whangārei.
But he accepts he could end up owning some of them – or a share in some of them – as a beneficiary of the trusts, so these will be included as his “real properties” in the upcoming 2021 register of MPs’ pecuniary and other specified interests.
The register will also show that Seymour has a KiwiSaver account that he says dropped off his radar until the start of this year.
…David, like Michael and Julie, made a mistake and for those attempting to claim malice and corruption in Michael’s mistake, let’s remind ourselves what an actual conflict of interest looks like.
Remember John Key?
Key caught out over rail shares
Labour has accused National leader John Key of lying over his ownership of Tranz Rail shares after revealing he failed to completely disclose his interests.
Labour research has found that Mr Key owned 100,000 Tranz Rail shares rather than the 30,000 owned by a family trust he previously admitted to.
He bought 50,000 of the shares in his own name while he was an MP and on the transport and industrial relations select committee.
The shareholding was first raised by Prime Minister Helen Clark in July, when she accused Mr Key of having a conflict of interest for having the 30,000 shares in 2003 while criticising the Government’s bid to buy the rail operator back.
Mr Key admitted to the 30,000 shares and said he sold them when he wanted to speak out about the Government’s plans. But Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen last night released share register information showing the 100,000 shares and said Mr Key “failed to correct reports” his shareholding was limited to the 30,000 shares.
“John Key lied because he had something to hide,” Dr Cullen said.
Dr Cullen said the new information showed Mr Key “was commenting publicly on Tranz Rail, meeting with bidders for the track, and pursuing the release of relevant information while an undisclosed shareholder”.
Dr Cullen said the 50,000 shares Mr Key purchased should have been disclosed in line with Parliament’s standing orders.
Labour will now use the non-disclosure as a major platform of attack against Mr Key.
“Mr Key has spent a lot of time over the last few weeks attacking the character and credibility of others,” Dr Cullen said. “He said people should not have to wait for direct questions to provide relevant information to the public.”
In an interview with One News last night, Mr Key faltered when asked about the shares, initially saying his family owned 25,000-50,000 shares, then shifting to “sometimes 50,000, sometimes 100,000” then finally “yeah, sorry, it was 100,000 in total”.
Asked why he had only ever admitted to the 30,000 shares owned by the family trust, Mr Key said: “No one’s ever asked me the number I owned.”
Labour’s research shows Mr Key’s trust bought 30,000 shares in 2002 before he was an MP. The trust bought another 20,000 shortly afterwards.
Mr Key then entered Parliament and asked parliamentary questions about Tranz Rail, not disclosing his shareholding.
In May 2003, Mr Key bought the 50,000 shares in his own name.
He sold the shares in June 2003 in two 50,000 lots.
…So Key was commenting publicly on Tranz Rail, meeting with bidders for the track, and pursuing the release of relevant information while an undisclosed shareholder!
THAT’S WHAT A FUCKING CONFLICT OF INTEREST LOOKS LIKE!
Attempting to twist Michael’s mistake into corruption is ugly politics, especially when you consider a 7 property owning Chris Luxon who is getting massive donations from Real Estate Pimps, who will give Landlords the right to evict and who is charging the taxpayer a cool $45,000 a year to rent an office for himself, from himself!is the very walking example of a conflict of interest!
Pretending Wood is the symbol of conflicts of interest when the fucking National Party are drawing hundreds of thousands in donations from the billionaire and Real Estate Pimp class is the usual bullshit game of distraction.
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There is no real attempt at graft here because the number of shares he has are chicken feed. But what this affair does point to is his general incompetence in keeping his affairs in order and his subsequently lying by saying he didn’t know he had them. I own various shares and the companies I invest in send me annual reports, notices of meetings and dividends ever year, so I don’t really know how he could be unaware of them.
50,000 shares is NOT chicken feed. He’s a capitalist parasite. Labour and the Greens, they just lack disapline.
50,000 shares at $8.80 is close to $400,000. No. He has, $13,000 @8.80 = 1400 odd shares. Chickenfeed.
There is no defense for the smug arrogant prick. Mr Perfect was told 6 times to sort his shit. He couldn’t be arsed. It couldn’t happen to nicer guy.
And we now know it was 12 times.
What will we know tomorrow?
Now we know he lied in a statement to the media!
What next?
Will Hipkins FireWood or offer his own resignation. There are only two options left for the boy from the Hutt.
There is a total lack of information about who told him to sell the airport shares and any other motive they may have had. Mistakes happen and in this example we have no evidence that any corrupt action was undertaken.
Now we know more about why, how many times and by whom.
Who dobbed him in, is yet to be revealed. Surely not those who asked him twelve times to sell the stupid shares.
Is he going to risk his career over 13k relative to his salary? No. That said how many times does he need to be told it not a good look? Did he not think it was ammunition? Bloody stupid
That said will Luxon sell his seven houses when he becomes PM and removes the bright line test and reinstates interest deductibility? Ok he should be able to keep where he lives clearly but how is the rest not a blatant conflict if applying the rules equally?
Of course he won’t sell and he will remove the brightside test because that’s what real corruption looks like and he learnt from his mentor, John Key.
What’s the brightside test?
Standard Labour policy…
You look at your failures and try to look for the brightside of the results…
You then sell that as success!
Something you could never pass. Brightside is when another answers a post to a question you ask, clearly not that bright. But on the brightside of things at least you have one friend.
Bright line just to help you out.
Bloody hypocrites both National and Act and as for Luxon he should not be involved in any housing policy he has too much to gain.
Covid most of the National party MP’s have rentals, so they should not have any input into rental policies, that said on the day they discuss rental policies there will be nobody there because they all have a conflict of interest unless they sell the rentals, same can be said for trusts, one National MP has 4 farms so he should be nowhere near farming policy so the list goes on. At least Michael Wood knows where Tepuki is.
Helen Clark had at least 5 I think, maybe more…
That is OK though.
She had good intentions.
Wasn’t there a road paved with those?
Must be one of the few roads still in good condition in New Zealand these days.
Michael should sell his conflict shares and if he still can’t make ends meet then take shorter showers.
lol Ethan Woke
Ethan Woke “ Take shorter showers ?” No need for showers. Get Trevor to turn the hoses on him, just don’t create a river of filth. 2040 a few rivers will be safe enough to wade in knee high. Bath with a friend. Strip in the rain, and save the water. Go thru’ the car wash with the car windows open. Get baptised, regularly. Or join the Nats and become a dirty politician. Join the Greens and become a truly amazing piece of PC confectionery.
Mr Prissy wasn’t ethical enough even when told 6 times.
I’m far more interested in any ties he might have to consultants.
$55 million of other peoples money got given to consultants to not build his cycle bridge in Auckland.
But in Wellington his Lets get Wellington moving quango has blown $100 million to build one rainbow crossing with $65 million going to consultants. It’s beyond a joke and should be criminal.
That’s a lot of nurses or teachers or policemen. And it’s higher interest rates and inflation and food costs for everyone rise.
What’s his game with the consulting industry?
Who precisely is getting this money?
We need a Hager of the political right to look in to where taxpayer money is going and why.
Key quit 8 years ago so is history Michael Wood is a current minister in what was promoted as the most open government ever.
Labours ministers are failing the test of honesty and correct behavior.
What are you thoughts on Luxon’s housing portfolio? He’s campaigning on this issue and once elected? It reeks and it’s a shiite load more than 13k we are talking.
We all know about his housing portfolio. Wood was told 12 times to to get rid of the shares and now it seems his wife forgot to declare her shares while a Auckland city councillor
And? Clearly Woods portfolio was known about otherwise he would not be asked to sell them. I am not defending Wood.
You gave the perfect non answer on Luxon. So because we know Luxon has/will have a huge conflict it’s ok?
You do not know that there is a conflict, though.
What is his mortgage portfolio?
In any case there are rules how to manage conflict of interest. You can approach your local MP if you have concerns about these rules.
According to the MPs Pecuniary register Luxon has no mortgages on any of property. So he can’t benefit from thereinstatement of the interest deductibility rule.
I wonder how many of the Labour MPs with rental properties have taken advantage of interest deductibility in the past?
Inconvenient fact.
How does one spin this now? That demonstrates that Luxon is stupid??
Luxon gave up a job paying $4 million a year .Do you think he did that so he could make a few extra dollars on his houses ?
As Luxon has no mortgages on any of his properties how could he benefit from the reintroduction of interest deductibility?
As a lot of people have commented on various forums, under Labour being a Landord is the only business where you can’t offset your costs against your income.
Key is donkey deep in the National party, only the very naive believe otherwise
Just as Paula Bennett is and her donor collection will only aid her property portfolio should National become government.
But I gather it’s different when the other side makes a mistake?
Just trying to get a gauge on the appropriate response to Woods mistake Trevor. How was Key held to account and will Woods be held to same? Do you have a right wing issue with that? If it’s trial by media or other, lawyers will always draw on other cases. Why do the righties always raise issues on Jacinda Ardern like sretard Bob given Jacindas gone now? Or are the right hypocrites?
The Labour MPs displaying stupidity.
Worried about the competition Bob?
Bob has a personal portfolio on stupidity. Everytime he posts.
Thank you NSC,yes I’m modestly proud of my portfolio.
Yes, we know you have a stupidity portfolio, no need to confirm it to us.
I guess he needs some sympathy given he started his career as Xmas tree salesman.
Will be really interesting to see if Michael Wood retains the transport portfolio. It’s a difficult call for Hipkins especially in election year. I’m picking he will retain the current set-up with Wood on the sideline and take the heat out of things. If Labour are re-elected Wood will regain the transport portfolio. People will have bigger fish to fry by then and Wood will have sold his shares so it will seem far less of an issue than it would be in the lead up to the election.
Conflict of interest has the potential to be a major issue with politicians. We’ve seen this issue arise routinely via political donations. That’s also an area where transparency is well overdue.
It wasn’t so long ago that Michael Wood effectively chastised Aucklanders who opposed the cycle lane on the Harbour Bridge. I remember well people referring to his stance as arrogant. Tens of millions was spent on the project by a very keen cyclist himself who would rub shoulders with other cyclists more than many others. We also had our nurses for example being told there was no money in the kitty to improve their pay and conditions yet there was a truckload of cash for the cycle lane. Nek minute.
I also recall John Key saying there was no money in the kitty for very pressing and worthy causes……but there was a pile of money available for the costly flag referendum. I’ve heard numerous people refer to the flag referendum and Harbour Bridge cycle lane as “pet projects”.
The Public must be wondering about the credibility of recent Prime Ministers telling the public they retain full confidence in a Cabinet Minister and then….nek minute. Is full confidence in a Minister something to be proud of……or the kiss of death?
Phil Twyford was inept as Housing Minister but Ardern told the public she had full confidence in him. Nek minute a reset….and Twyford gone.
Ardern told the public she had full confidence in Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway. Nek minute
Ardern said she had full confidence in Meka Whaitiri . Nek minute.
Ardern told the public she had full confidence in David Clark as the Minister of Health. Nek minute
Ardern told NZ she had full confidence in the inept Poto Williams as Police Minister despite the crime wave hitting NZ and Williams proving she was totally unfit for the role. Nek minute Williams is gone. Ardern told the public Williams had lost her focus. Two questions arose from that. How does a Police Minister lose focus during a crime wave impacting on Kiwi’s and did she ever have any focus?
Hipkins told NZ he had full confidence in Stuart Nash. Nek minute.
Hipkins told NZ he had full confidence in Michael Wood. Nek minute.
When you get 50 % in a MMP election you can try different people to see how they go in management then replace them if they fall over. Better than the other governments that have relied on support parties and leave us stuck with incompetent ministers for 3 years.
Good thinking,thinking man.
Imagine the infrastructure built if only Key had spent the flag referendum money on it. We most certainly would-be in the crap we are today. And imagine if he’d capped immigration to a sustainable level instead of rampant levels our infrastructure could never sustain.
And idiots believe Key was a good man?
But if a beltway issue really.
However I do recall the left screaming blue murder when Key was in the similar situation, so Wood has to wear it…Tineti will be thankful at least.
It does seem rather bourgeoisie for a 13 year old to buy thousands of dollars worth of shares though doesn’t it? That’s the real question!
Totally
You are quite correct, the left did scream blue murder. So what was the outcome of the inquiry into Key?
A 13 year old buying shares?
Should be PM with such financial nous.
Correct Trevor
He has a credible defence. He has no idea what he is doing with money.
The bike bridge -10’s of millions wasted.
Light rail project – I shudder to think the money spent so far, but this single line white elephant will cost us billions.
Some vague open ended top up of 60 plus million dollars to private bus companies to top up wages of drivers but no coherent plan to overcome the funding problem beyond that. He had no respect for our money or his by the looks.
Still, failure to declare for years, then failure to comply with 6 reminders in 3 years. The only explanation is he is too thick be in the job and should resign so he can’t harm us anymore. If that’s possible!
These are the people that want to be our Government,mind blowing that many still support them.
I find your comments about Julies’ ethics and morality interesting. I had the pleasure to share a bus route to university with Julie Fairley. I go to hear her talking about how unfair it was that she and her friends got into trouble for vandalising the election signs of Grant Gillions’ opponents.
Hahahahaha.
The main antagonist in this activity is Hipkins. This is an easy way to throw shade on his most likely rival to the leadership if he loses the election. National/Act are happily along for the ride. You get the feeling Hipkins will happily slit Wood’s throat if anything more leaks out.
What is does show is a type of latent institutional stupidity/arrogance if you have been told to sell the shares six times and you don’t do it. In 2023 shares can be sold within an hour if one is willing. Coupled with extremely poor performances in both Immigration and Transport Wood’s star is dimming rapidly.
It’s poor timing for Labour given recent issues with Tinnetti, Williams et al hence why the feckless smell blood in the water.
Very good point about a potential leadership change post election day.
Grant is very quiet.
Robo giggles in the wings.
Is that 13.000 at the time of buy (1998 or thereabout) or current value? And why should the value matter more then the intent? Both have a conflict of interest, both failed to appropriately declare that interest. Exactly as the others did.
Hmm, it is about relative wealth. 100,000 TranzRail shares is about as relevant to John Key as 1,500 airport shares is to Michael Wood.
In both cases it is irrelevant as to decision making. Though Michael Woods is a Cabinet Minister. John Key was an Opposition MP. That is quite a difference.
The process does matter. Being reminded six times by the Cabinet Office to sell the shares and failing to do so is, at the best, somewhat sloppy.
” In both cases it is irrelevant as to decision making. Though Michael Woods is a Cabinet Minister. John Key was an Opposition MP. That is quite a difference. ”
Hmm Key was PM and had a blind trust set up and that was his excuse whenever his behaviour due to his influence came up …more than once.
Saying that he had no knowledge of what was in the trusts were a blatant lie as if a money trader would not know what he had invested money in or was asked for his feedback before his money was invested !
His behaviour when he was an MP should have been a warning but he was being sold as the best thing since sliced bread and I remember his friends in the media never gave this the scrutiny it deserved and always made excuses for him or created a diversion to take the focus away from his financial dealings.
I am not defending Wood and if it is proven he has acted improperly then he should face the consequences as Nash quite rightly had to.
Key never faced any action of wrongdoing or deliberate conflict of interest and continued as PM with his and his advisors / donors dirty hands on the easy money.
Like Nash Key had intent to use his position to enrich himself while under oath to parliament and exercising a ministerial warrant and Key like Nash was not working in the publics interest but his own. That tells you a lot about the character of these people who run and for high office.
Key in 2008.
“I’m moving to ensure that all of my investments in totality are managed in a blind trust where it’ll be totally blind. I’m establishing that at the moment.”
Mr Key said he had not yet set the conditions for the blind trust, but would probably prevent it buying local shares.
” When he came back to live in New Zealand in 2001, he and his wife, Bronagh, decided to make some investments through their family trust – which is not a blind trust.
They did it through a broker named Richard Leggat who at the time held a senior role at UBS.
Eyebrows were raised around Parliament this week when Mr Key said Mr Leggat could buy shares with his money in the trust without first asking him.
But it is common practice for people who make share investments to sometimes hand discretion to a broker to buy and sell if they see fit, and to report regularly on transactions.
But Mr Key said his arrangement with Mr Leggat was “informal” and there was no written documentation regarding the arrangement.
Stock exchange rules of the time would appear to suggest there should have been – something Mr Key does not want to elaborate on.
” The relationship between Mr Key and Mr Leggat perhaps goes some way to explaining the informal nature of the set-up.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/key-likely-to-wash-hands-of-nz-stocks-when-blind-trust-finally-set-up/4CDWDWLMVT6S7JHVY3CGXMO3BU/
” Not since his embarrassing memory loss regarding the number of Tranz Rail shares he had or had not owned has the Prime Minister looked quite so uncomfortable as he did at his weekly press conference yesterday.”
” Neither has he sounded so unconvincing as he did in countering Labour accusations he misled Parliament a week ago when answering questions about the downgrading of New Zealand’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s. ”
” While John Key was saying one thing, his body language seemed to be saying something else. ”
” Timeline of National leader John Key’s Tranz Rail share dealings. ”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/vote-08/news/640322/Timeline-of-Keys-Tranz-Rail-dealings
The Stuff timeline proves my point. Key was an Opposition MP at the time of the Tranzrail issue. It all occurred within 18 months of him being first elected as an MP.
Rewriting history again.
Johan take your hand off it. I acknowledge you can’t handle the truth.
Would the last Minister to leave this rat infested government please turn the lights out.
Question Time today has it that he was told by the Cabinet Office 12 times to sell. Yet he never did.
That is not an oversight. That is believing the rules do not apply to him.
So Chippy’s recall being about half a dozen was in fact about twice that? It gets uglier.
It’s pure arrogance that he didn’t follow parliamentary rules. Agreed Ada – the smug face of ‘I don’t care’.
How’s that defence going?
Let’s just have no expectations of anyone in Labour then, since we can point to members of another party doing bad stuff. Hell some people murder, and some torture and murder.
FFS, this is ridiculous.
I think it was an old email rather than a new computer. He thought he could just pass it off as a “trust”. Highlights the way some view trusts.
Thinking Man,
I don’t know what device you’re reading on but Can’tRememberNewComputer is my handle, not part of the comment. I use it because I couldn’t transfer data when my old computer crashed.
The handle just meant to say not new here, just can’t remember the name I was going by. It used to just come up automatically when I went to comment.
David Seymour forgot his trusts but it was an “honest mistake”
Bahahahahahahahaha!
Yeti Helen Clarke had only one house the one she lived in
It’s called setting a precedent Trevor.
Bert and Chris Bishop has got no relatives !!
True that Queeny and Judith Collins and Oravida isn’t a conflict of interest when travelling to China taking a 30km detour? I demand an inquiry !!!!
Ok, now asked 12 times but refused to do so. That is the story!
Thanks for sharing Martyn.
Now we also understand and forgive Wood, his wife and David. We share their pain.
Wealthy is somewhere between Wood and David on the one hand and John Key on the other hand.
He’s obviously got a literacy problem too!
12 TIMES! He was told! Or is he deaf?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132248458/michael-wood-asked-12-times-by-cabinet-office-if-he-had-sold-auckland-airport-shares
Oh! They had better check their shareholdings for Woodstock Bourbon and Gone Burgers!
I smell toasthttps://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/122403/transport-minister-michael-wood-has-put-his-entire-political-career-jeopardy
12 times….could happen to anyone…
If they are. They all need to be stood down!
If they can’t keep their own financial affairs in order. Keep them away from the publics assets and budgets!!
Those seats they hold should be having an election to replace these incompetents.
And now McNulty adds this with the DIA, Local Govt, Racing (which he has an investment in), Rural Communities, Dept Leader of the house, Emergency Management & most likely Woods Immigration, Workplace Relations and Safety, Minister of Auckland and Associate Minister of Finance.
So with all this Woods keeps Associate Finance when he can’t sort his own shite out and Min of Auckland who has the Auckland Airport decision looming.
Chris Hipkins – what the fk are you doing?
12 TIMES A LOSER
John Key
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Far too many haha’s, too much time on your hands, or maybe your hands are on Bob?
Thinking about this at least Stuart Nash had conviction for NZ – Wood just has contempt for NZ. I’d rather Nash was back than Wood stay.
Agree
FireWood!
Let’s just assume he’s smart and he knows exactly what he’s doing. In which case he’s been caught out. Backbench!
Kraut. Perhaps he just couldn’t be bothered, it was quite a piddling amount involved. I often didn’t read the bumf in the mail when I had shares, I just filed it all. Mind you, I wasn’t a government minister.
GA
Piddly for sure. But If I told you 12 times “get rid of them they are in breach of the rules”….and you didn’t, then what do you suggest we do with you? Because clearly you’d have a problem with authority. Or you are simply totally arrogant.
Bahahahahaha
We have to forgive bert ,English is not his first language,hence his use of bleating sheep language.
We have to forgive Bob, he’s a pedophile.
” In both cases it is irrelevant as to decision making. Though Michael Woods is a Cabinet Minister. John Key was an Opposition MP. That is quite a difference. ”
Hmm Key was PM and had a blind trust set up and that was his excuse whenever his behaviour due to his influence came up …more than once.
Saying that he had no knowledge of what was in the trusts were a blatant lie as if a money trader would not know what he had invested money in or was asked for his feedback before his money was invested !
His friend Mr Leggatt assisted him with that cover up.
His behaviour when he was an MP should have been a warning but he was being sold as the best thing since sliced bread and I remember his friends in the media never gave this the scrutiny it deserved and always made excuses for him or created a diversion to take the focus away from his financial dealings.
I am not defending Wood and if it is proven he has acted improperly then he should face the consequences as Nash quite rightly had to.
Key never faced any action of wrongdoing or deliberate conflict of interest and continued as PM with his and his advisors / donors dirty hands on the easy money.
Like Nash Key had intent to use his position to enrich himself while under oath to parliament and exercising a ministerial warrant and Key like Nash was not working in the publics interest but his own. That tells you a lot about the character of these people who run and for high office.
Key in 2008.
“I’m moving to ensure that all of my investments in totality are managed in a blind trust where it’ll be totally blind. I’m establishing that at the moment.”
Mr Key said he had not yet set the conditions for the blind trust, but would probably prevent it buying local shares.
” When he came back to live in New Zealand in 2001, he and his wife, Bronagh, decided to make some investments through their family trust – which is not a blind trust.
They did it through a broker named Richard Leggat who at the time held a senior role at UBS.
Eyebrows were raised around Parliament this week when Mr Key said Mr Leggat could buy shares with his money in the trust without first asking him.
But it is common practice for people who make share investments to sometimes hand discretion to a broker to buy and sell if they see fit, and to report regularly on transactions.
But Mr Key said his arrangement with Mr Leggat was “informal” and there was no written documentation regarding the arrangement.
Stock exchange rules of the time would appear to suggest there should have been – something Mr Key does not want to elaborate on.
” The relationship between Mr Key and Mr Leggat perhaps goes some way to explaining the informal nature of the set-up.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/key-likely-to-wash-hands-of-nz-stocks-when-blind-trust-finally-set-up/4CDWDWLMVT6S7JHVY3CGXMO3BU/
” Not since his embarrassing memory loss regarding the number of Tranz Rail shares he had or had not owned has the Prime Minister looked quite so uncomfortable as he did at his weekly press conference yesterday.”
” Neither has he sounded so unconvincing as he did in countering Labour accusations he misled Parliament a week ago when answering questions about the downgrading of New Zealand’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s. ”
” While John Key was saying one thing, his body language seemed to be saying something else. ”
” Timeline of National leader John Key’s Tranz Rail share dealings. ”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/vote-08/news/640322/Timeline-of-Keys-Tranz-Rail-dealings
Many in NZ prospered under Key .We could do with his firm hand on the tiller again to guide us out of the mess we are in .Unfortunately that will not happen but Luxon is a good substitute let’s hope he get the chance to prove himself and his team in October.
” We could do with his firm hand on the tiller again to guide us out of the mess we are in ”
Shit are you for real !
Trevor once again you simplify the issue at hand. If NZ prospered under JK et.al. Why on earth did all of his problems have to be fixed ( and many still need fixing). Why were all the jails at max. capacity ( no crime under John Key ). Why did he sell off the family silver and what did he do with the money. Why did he want to change the flag and when it was rejected he took his ball home. Why did he spend millions on a Saudi sheep farm and sll the sheep died. Why didn’t he declare his shares in NZ rail, did conflicts of interest not exist in JK’s days. Where are the houses he promised to build. Why did he constantly deny a housing crisis. Why did he like pony tails.
Brilliant Queeny but when one is so blind, the right cannot see.
A firm hand on a ponytail?
“Many” prospered? His rockstar economy was built on house prices. Then we get “under Helen Clark” blah blah. Sure, that doesn’t change what Key oversaw. I am surprised he didn’t just change the flag despite public opinion. He ignored the referendum on selling off certain state assets.
Luxon gave up a job paying $4 million a year .Do you think he did that so he could make a few extra dollars on his houses ?
Oh Trevor do you seriously think John Key actually lost money while he was the PM. You are really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this comment .
“Luxon gave up a job paying $4 million a year ”
Question
Why would anyone give that up ?
Answer
Ask the shyster and get him to show you how much he made with his blind trust off the back of his privatisation program after lying and saying they wouldn’t sell any assets.
Key was corrupt and still is.
John Key’s firm hand on your tiller, Trevor.
Trevor John’s “firm hand “ was mainly in evidence indulging in his hair fetish on powerless young girls and women, and giving free wine to sycophantic Fairfax scribblers, and flogging off the family silver, our silver, amassed by previous generations of tax payers, not opportunistic immigrants like him. He did better out of this country than the families who built it did, so how about showing exactly what his firm hand achieved for the common good ? What ?
At one time even our free public health system trumped the NHS which he came from, but his sociopathic crew wrecked that too, deliberately. What exactly did Key do for New Zealand ? In Afghanistan, Iraq, anywhere at all ?
Absolutely Trevor,we need responsible Government,indeed after the last 5 plus years we deserve it.
Yes I agree, the last five years proves Labour are very responsible and another 3 years is guaranteed.
Prime Mister Hipkins really does need an H2 to instill some discipline, doesn’t he?
Airport shares means he is a capitalist. Should be kicked out of Labour party and join ACT or …
They may well allow him to join, but he will not make their list.
The river of filth keeps flowing.
The river of filth from your gob keeps flowing.
ignoring warnings is sheer arrogance, and whataboutisms are illusrtrations NOT excuses
Mrs Julie Fairey Wood was very quiet today on the sale of Auckland Airport share sale. But she kept up her hate-on-carparks.
I think she has a mental disorder? Wannabe somebody disorder.
Christopher Luxon owns 7 properties and is charging the taxpayer $45,000.00 a year to rent one back from himself to use as an office, and National and Act are worried about 1400 shares in Auckland airport that Micheal Woods owned. Scrutiny should be applied to Luxon, and Seymour before dumping on Micheal Woods, but National and Act have the “Nothing to see here” attitude.
What I have noticed about Luxon and Seymour is, and I will quote a biblical text here, that they both have massive logs of hypocrisy in their eyes. They try to give us the impression that they are perfection on the planet and that they have never ever done anything wrong even whilst a politician.
I do now tend to wonder as to what ‘hidden shares’ do the various National and ACT MPs have? For example does Judith Collins have shares in Oravida? Will the media ask her or will she claim “I don’t know”? Somehow I doubt the NZ media would think of this as they are eager bedfellows of National.
Meanwhile does Luxon, who owns 7 properties and probably gets money from some of them in the way of rent, claim on the NZ Taxpayers for accommodation costs??!!! Why doesn’t the media do an ‘investigation” on that???!!!! Again the media wouldn’t search into that as I stated earlier they are eager bedfellows of National.
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