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Standing in the dock, your heart stops, you dare not breathe, they talk so fast in another language that you barely understand what the hell is going on… the judge, didn’t look at me once and before handing down my punishment boomed “we need to make an example of Ms Hoy to the rest of the public so as to deter anyone else from following in her example, perhaps 15 months jail is appropriate…”
US arrogance knows no boundaries
While there is much work to be done, hope and the courage to implement real change is embodied by her leadership.
When Julius Caesar returned to Rome in September of 45 BC (having conquered Gaul) he found the city streets crowded with homeless people.
It mostly looks like serving politic party unity over what is good for New Zealand and over who is really best for the job.
I think we’ve all been pretty disgusted by the antics of a group of crass tourists but it’s important to keep perspective.
Confirmed comedians so far are Brendhan Lovegrove, Justine Smith, Mel Bracewell, Eli Matthewson of TV fame. Also debuting Hadley Grace Robinson Lewis.
Not only is cheap tourism degrading our environment and our infrastructure, but it is also contributing to our appalling record over the past ten years of gas emissions increases when they were meant to be decreasing.
The latest international Demgraphia survey (which looks at house prices vs incomes) tells us what we have known for many years now – that housing in our country is severerly unaffordable.
In December 2013 the proportion of working age New Zealanders receiving job seeker support was 4.8%
A year later in December 2014 this had fallen to 4.5%
Now in December 2018 despite an average 2.1% population growth rate every year the proportion is still 4.5% and Simon Bridges is outraged.
He is outraged because he blames kindness towards people on inadequate incomes.