The news yesterday that Mt Eden allowed a 19 year old to double bunk with a hard core criminal who then went onto sexually assault him is just another example of how our Corrections service are as interested in prisoner rights and safety as the stockmen who feed our abattoirs are with animal welfare.
The Greens could have stood Chloe in Auckland Central and had a real chance of beating Nikki Kaye while Labour’s selection wouldn’t have gotten much attention at all. This was their best chance ever of winning the seat.
The last time Don Brash was relevant was in 2004. In that year the CIA had just admitted there was no imminent threat from Iraq, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was still competing, Shrek 2 and the Passion of the Christ were the big movies and Blink 182 was the biggest musical act.
Most of us have moved on from Blink 182 and Don Brash.
This on paper should be making Dunne nervous, but it doesn’t mean Greg O’Connor will have a free run.
We refuse to look at abuse in state care because our cultural need to blame the beneficiary for being in such personal circumstances that require state intervention is what most angers middle Nu Zilind , NOT that the state then goes onto abuse, assault and sexually molest the taken children.
…the insane heat in Australia, the extreme weather events we are seeing here in NZ, the speeding up of melting glaciers and a North Pole facing hurricane winds spiking temperatures up in ways not witnessed before, this is global warming. This is what happens when you pump pollution into the environment without an sense of self control.
Our rations are meagre enough on Corrections $4 per day food budget without this carry on.
Yes the Labour and Greens were there in huge numbers showing the real, authentic and genuine support they have for the rainbow community, but in a week when Bill was on stage shearing sheep, all he had to do was make an appearance at the BGO to show that as PM he can at least tolerate being around the LGBTQ community
For nine years I have watched communities disintegrate while some in our beautiful country have advanced.
The real devastating failure of the city rebuild is the plight of low-income families left high and dry by the Christchurch City Council.
