In the year 2017 to 2018 , 329 people died on our roads . Almost one a day – which is bad. But last week we learned that twice as many, 668 New Zealanders, took their own lives that year, the highest rate yet – which is terrible.
Rocket Lab was originally touted as a shining example of Kiwi innovation. It continues to be, under the present Government. But, in fact, it is now simply the NZ subsidiary of an American company, one with major ownership by Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest weapons manufacturer.
The latest diplomatic cable “leak’ out of the bowels of Britain’s bastion of bureaucracy, accuses President Trump of “diplomatic vandalism”, abandoning the nuclear deal with Iran for “personality reasons” because the pact had been agreed by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
THIS WEEK: Feebate for cars. Should we borrow for infrastructure? Jacinda holiday. Would you admit to killing the pms cat. Local bodies are they fit for purpose? Cricket.
The pervasiveness of the rural virtue/urban vice myth similarly explains the widespread refusal of the Right to accept the reality and urgency of climate change. The countryside cannot be disentangled from the extractive and environmentally unsustainable industries it supports. But, accepting this fact means casting rural New Zealand in the role of ecological villain, rather than economic and cultural hero. Unacceptable.
…so the NZDF doctored SAS footage to diminish the civilian casualty rate after already being caught out doctoring footage from a previous meltdown and what does NZ media focus on?
The confession of someone who killed the PMs fucking cat!
Regardless of whether one views immigration as a good thing or a bad thing, there can be no disputing its dramatic impact on the demographic profile of New Zealand society. The official motivation behind the decision to transition this country away from ethnic homogeneity and towards a multicultural society may have been profoundly progressive, but its potential political consequences have always been, and continue to be, extremely dangerous.
How hard will Jacinda and Grant make it for Willie Jackson to deliver the Māori vote for Labour again?
I once took my husband to see the play ‘Waiting for Godot’, with Ian McKellen in the starring role. Afterwards, he was puzzled. What was that all about? “Waiting”, I replied, “or should I say the existential experience of waiting”. More puzzlement. “So, what is it about waiting, as opposed to working, or talking, or sitting on a park bench dreaming, that is different from any other human activity?” At this point he sighed in exasperation. The Marxist was not well-attuned to existentialism.
The Minister is owned by her Ministry & her Ministry has a toxic culture staffed by cruel people who seem to enjoy the power they have over vulnerable people – there is story after story after story proving the glee staff seem to show when they deny or hurt beneficiaries.