Comments on: Waatea News Column: ACT – the freedom Party of small Government wants to criminalize students and encroach into schools

By: Lex+Lo

Lex+Lo — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:32:31 +0000

Be reminded that some of the top richest men in the world are school drop outs…real losers they are ay.

By: Lex+Lo

Lex+Lo — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:27:49 +0000

In reply to Bonnie. Education has become corporatised...to serve the needs of corporations. ..

By: Fantail

Fantail — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:43:05 +0000

Is it just me or is the right imploding?

They keep playing to their base and dont seem to have a clue how to win over middle/left voters.

Luxon came out today and emphatically said if we get in, we are going to raise the pension age to 67!!

I agree we need to look at either means testing or ages or something to make pensions more affordable and also improve them but in the middle of a cost of living crisis? When the left is falling apart and votes are going begging and you only need to show some humility and awareness…

If Luxon doesnt go before the election, I honestly believe the right cannot win and another 3 years of Ardern will kill NZ stone dead on almost every measure.

Seymour has always been at the edges but Act and Natz cant see beyond their rivalry for right wing votes to see the flood of voters floating past their door.

By: Yobi

Yobi — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:34:54 +0000

In reply to standalonecomplex. Yes you have.

By: G

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 23:28:54 +0000

In reply to Sinic. Eewww! The rubbing of the hands and the gleeful pedophile grin.

By: Sinic

Sinic — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 19:54:09 +0000

Check out the hands in the pic and then check Rimmers’ hands. Weirdos

By: standalonecomplex

standalonecomplex — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:15:47 +0000

The village idiot has spoken…

By: bert

bert — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:02:51 +0000

In reply to covid is pa. Covid is pa, the poor will be hardest hit as I’ve said on this blog many times. I think David Seymour is disingenuous by blaming others but offering no alternatives and he's the leader of a political party.

By: Benny

Benny — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:55:02 +0000

Truancy- there would be numerous reasons for that, and until all pertinent data is collected into a central database in a timely fashion, and analysed in depth, we are just blindly shooting arrows and making assumptions. Until we know who what where why when of the problem, it is ust gas lighting based on our preset biases. I like that Act has proposed such database. If their fines will work or not- is dependent on 5w’s mentioned above.

By: Wheel

Wheel — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:15:00 +0000

Well you are dealing with the party that freaks out about teaching NZ history. Brooke Van Velden’s comments on that issue sounded like the tea party element in the Republican Party with their “ American exceptionalism”