Spot on NASC,Bob making capital out of other peoples misery, yet again.

1000% correct Nikorima, there is no defense to National increasing weight limits.

Yep, Tiger. Absolutely stark naked. The cynic in me asks however who in the halls of power are going to call that? But then again, perhaps the intrusion into our cosy world might offer some new perspective.

Hit the nail on the head Daniel. All eyes are on the immediate response. With the election so close Labour could very well loose Tairawhiti and the Hawkes Bay if it pans out badly – afterall East Coast was blue for a long while. It’s the wider perception however. Across all electorates. Swing voters aren’t bound by ideological choice. They’re driven by other considerations. Tackling the wider issues of building resilience, implementing managed retreat and holding multinational forestry companies to account, in the face of increasing and more intense weather events, well …. we’ll see wont we.

Great article–could not make it much clearer–and Branko has the numbers on millionaires and billionaires and others blading around, not just repeating “tax the rich”

Mother of terror victim not pleased with Victim Support
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/kevin-tso-and-rosemary-omar-on-victim-support-donations/

Red Cross Built Exactly 6 Homes For Haiti With Nearly Half A Billion Dollars In Donations
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/red-cross-haiti-report_n_7511080

Ballooning manager class at public housing agency costs $103m per year
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ballooning-manager-class-at-public-housing-agency-costs-103m-per-year/ZQI4RSCXDRH2RLTNXA7SUATFOU/

Waka Kotahi unit facing restructure deemed ‘no longer effective’, documents reveal
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/469495/waka-kotahi-unit-facing-restructure-deemed-no-longer-effective-documents-reveal
(They sack the engineers, keep the managers that didn’t know what they were doing).

> The German economic miracle – read about Ludwig Erhard and his scrapping of regulations post WW2 to enable the ‘Wirtschaftswunder’.

> The Japanese – read about the 1949 Dodge Plan imposed on the Japanese by the Americans

The last two successes came about through reduced regulation and smaller government.

Your wrong MK. Your National mates who dislikes Indians (Bridges) lifted the max weights truck could carry and increased axel loads – the axel loadings caused the pot holes and nothing else. The loads break up the foundations under the bitumen. You may want to change your views on the cause of pot holes.