How stupid are the people of Hawke’s Bay?
I’ve never been to Hawkes Bay, so I have no idea of the collective IQ of this region, but are the people of Hawke’s Bay blind stupid?
politics
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What’s driving the crime rate up? Poverty and an election
…Kiwi’s love punishing criminals more than they hate crime, so in a culture as tiny minded as ours, we refuse to see connections between culture and personal choice. It’s part of our 30 year neoliberal mythology, I succeed because I’m great and hard working, you fail because you are a loser.
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Comment on Govt Press Release regarding Education Minister’s visit to Israel
The New Zealand Government issued a Press Release on 1 October 2016 concerning what it called Education Minister Hekia Parata’s significant visit to Israel in which she extended her education visit in order to represent New Zealand at the state funeral for Shimon Peres.
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Blaming recreational fishing while Industry pillages
It staggers me that as a nation we have spent more media time crucifying the Rugby Union for not publicly whipping Losi Filipo than we have demanding every MPI employee be arrested for allowing the fishing Industry to burn and pillage our fishing stock.
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Housing NZ hoisted by their own P Pipe
This isn’t an issue about health or safety, it’s politicised fear mongering to demonise state tenants and soften the public up for state house privatisation, so the joy of watching Housing NZ squirm due to their own hysteria about P over this furniture that was left for 3 days is wonderful.
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Now we have a new Governor-General can we please investigate the old one for War Crimes?
It took 18months for the cops to admit they were wrong for illegally raiding Nicky Hager’s house. It took 5 years for Key to admit he was wrong for defaming Bradley Ambrose. It took the NZDF 7 years to admit their defaming of Jon Stephenson was wrong. How long do we have to admit as a country that handing civilians over to known torture units was also wrong?
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Hobson’s Pledge: Dangerous Message, Harmless Messenger
THE FIRST THING to say about “Hobson’s Pledge” is that its message will resonate with hundreds-of-thousands of Pakeha New Zealanders. The second thing is that the organisation is likely to be both well-funded and well-resourced.
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We can all mock Donald Brash – but what about actual racism in NZ? Where were the smug comments last week?
The mere idea that Maori somehow have a special privilege is just a white myth! Look at the incarceration rates, look at the crime rates, look at the life expectancy rates, look at the socio-economic rates, look at the education rates, health rates, inequality rates, poverty rates – in EVERY SINGLE NEGATIVE SOCIAL INDICATOR, Maori are suffering.
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Political Dictionary Time – ‘Doing a Luigi Wewege’
‘Doing a Luigi Wewege’ – is a term used to describe a tactic by right wing activists who sleep with a woman to gain politically damaging information to smear and attack a person in public.
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UN Security Council fails to demand accountability
In an address to the University of Otago’s 50th annual Foreign Policy School in June 2015, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, spoke of this country’s intentions regarding its present term at the UN Security Council.