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by AD345
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Mr Mike wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:15 pm
Eugenius wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:10 pm Fair nuff .
Disappointing.

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Was always going to be difficult when one party views argument as a competition to "win" and the other as a tool for exploration.
by AD345
Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Slight tangent. What’s the story with the “add a tip” option at NZ restaurants now. I’m fully conditioned to doing that in the US so just default to add something more on but when did that become a thing? Doe sit actually find its way to the serving staff or pocketed by the management? Pure revenue...
by AD345
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Mr Mike wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:48 pm That’s good, we have coalesced around the functional imperative of inflation adjustment.
We have not
by AD345
Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Steven Joyce on the ferry situation: "The interisland ferry decision was the wrong one from the start. As Finance Minister in 2017, I clearly recall being advised that rail-enabled ferries would be a big, expensive mistake in this day and age. All over the world they were being retired, and virtual...
by AD345
Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: What's going on in Argentina?
Replies: 167
Views: 15934

Re: What's going on in Argentina?

The Sun God wrote: Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:46 am
AD345 wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:38 pm
Botha Boy wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:28 pm

The most northern part of Brazil is apparently closer to Canada than the most southern tip of Brazil ...

:shock:
This surprises you?
Think about the statement again and revert.
Oh, I have.

Perhaps you both might want to re-read the statement?
by AD345
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: What's going on in Argentina?
Replies: 167
Views: 15934

Re: What's going on in Argentina?

Yeah, it's a big place. Brazil even bigger again. Boggles my tiny island at the edge of a continent mind. A guy I met on our trip in Peru (started with a guided group trip before doing our own thing) recently booked a trip from Ushuaia to Antarctica. Not the most active trip compared to hiking and ...
by AD345
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

What I think is that Act is encouraging a dialogue around the principals. Regardless of the party this is not something to be afraid of. As parliament wrote the principals into legislation it is up to patliament to define those principals. What Act have suggested, that no other party has is to then...
by AD345
Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

So then please point to any actual racist statement given by David Seymore or any other in relation to this issue. As it stands what Act want is for parliament to define the principals of the treaty and then having done so put it to a refferendum for the people to ratify. Parliament chose to put th...
by AD345
Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Opinion piece on matters relating to constitution: Despite the well-documented failures of the Ardern-Hipkins government — whether in health, law and order, education or homelessness — it has been extraordinarily successful in one particular area. That is, the stealthy insertion of an interpretatio...
by AD345
Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

People aren't voting for what Winnie will do but what he will not allow Act and the Greens to force National and Labour to do. He has provided 20+ years as a good centrist coalition partner for both major parties under MMP and provided good stable times for NZ and never allowed the extremist idiots...
by AD345
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Frustrations about these debates; No mention of how we simply do not have the police resources to crack down on gangs, regardless of the policy or who is running things. No real discussion on the huge role that the welfare state has in many of the social issues that the country faces. How much more...
by AD345
Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Three years as a MP and luxon reckons he can handle Winnie. I don't like Winnie but it could make the next three years hilarious. He is a toxic influence on political discourse in this country and it’s really not funny What's really not funny is the standard of thinking and action by the main polit...
by AD345
Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

farmerdave wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:25 pm Three years as a MP and luxon reckons he can handle Winnie. I don't like Winnie but it could make the next three years hilarious.
He is a toxic influence on political discourse in this country and it’s really not funny
by AD345
Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Not the most auspicious start for "getting NZ back on track" Election 2023: Dispute widens over legitimacy of National’s foreign buyer tax - Audrey Young 3 Sep, 2023 06:43 PM OPINION There was one very important word in Jack Tame’s interview with shadow finance minister Nicola Willis on TVNZ’s Q+A t...
by AD345
Sat Sep 02, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The New Land Rover Defender
Replies: 133
Views: 10028

Re: The New Land Rover Defender

Ditch the Defender, get a Range Rover. Orders of magnitude more comfortable and with a vastly superior interior. The 510e will give you 80k of real world electric only range and can be comfortably topped up at home. The Defender is plasticky in comparison, and doesn't offer anything more in terms o...
by AD345
Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The New Land Rover Defender
Replies: 133
Views: 10028

Re: The New Land Rover Defender

Ditch the Defender, get a Range Rover. Orders of magnitude more comfortable and with a vastly superior interior. The 510e will give you 80k of real world electric only range and can be comfortably topped up at home. The Defender is plasticky in comparison, and doesn't offer anything more in terms o...
by AD345
Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The New Land Rover Defender
Replies: 133
Views: 10028

Re: The New Land Rover Defender

Ditch the Defender, get a Range Rover. Orders of magnitude more comfortable and with a vastly superior interior. The 510e will give you 80k of real world electric only range and can be comfortably topped up at home. The Defender is plasticky in comparison, and doesn't offer anything more in terms of...
by AD345
Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

According to TPO's taxswitch calcuator https://taxswitch.nz/ I'd end up paying approx 2k+ more tax, because of the land tax. No way! Tax other people not me. Awesome. My tax would rise by just under $10K per year That's coz you live in a mansion and own all those slum rentals. Your sort have had it...
by AD345
Sun Aug 13, 2023 3:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

MoonBatto wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:31 am According to TPO's taxswitch calcuator

https://taxswitch.nz/

I'd end up paying approx 2k+ more tax, because of the land tax.

No way! Tax other people not me.
Awesome. My tax would rise by just under $10K per year
by AD345
Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Is Pat Lam New Zealand's greatest ever poach?
Replies: 151
Views: 11357

Re: Is Pat Lam New Zealand's greatest ever poach?

Good bump. My work has a cook-off every 2-3 months. One person is the judge and sets the criteria and then everyone creates dishes. We've had a burger cook-off, a soup cook-off and a pasta one. I won the potato cook-off last month with my smoked and loaded potato (baked potato smoked in a Weber and...
by AD345
Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Nice to see 3 waters is still going well.. A trio of veteran public servants is being paid up to $2.4m between them, to set in place new Three Waters corporations that have now been canned. Jonathan Milne reports. Michael Brewster, Colin Crampton and Vaughan Payne were appointed to set up three of ...
by AD345
Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I laughed out loud reading this article earlier today. I'm not invalidating any of the Auckland Mayor's concerns, but the expressions he used to convey his message had me giggling. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown forms new committee to target 'stupid' council spending Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is compl...
by AD345
Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Absolutely room for both. So why does this plan concentrate overwhelmingly on road solutions and not a more shared distribution? Our public transport has to go through these long lulls of no investment or treating public transport like it's an investment whilst we only see roads as a financial bene...
by AD345
Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

This proposal is about inter-regional networks and transport, not intra-city Two different issues NZ is not comparable to Britain either in this area, neither in terms of geology, population density nor revenue. There may be other reasons to disagree with this proposal (cost, internal capability et...
by AD345
Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

This proposal is about inter-regional networks and transport, not intra-city Two different issues NZ is not comparable to Britain either in this area, neither in terms of geology, population density nor revenue. There may be other reasons to disagree with this proposal (cost, internal capability etc...
by AD345
Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Lets be honest here, the majority of opposition to three waters and why it will never happen in its current state is because of co-governance. That was the most publicised issue, but I'm pretty sure the financial figures behind everything was also a contentious point. The financials behind it were ...
by AD345
Sun Jul 23, 2023 12:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Are people seriously saying that the country is not divided, that all is fine and dandy? No I’m misreading the vibe You are. Going back and looking at your posts, we’re divided just not the most divided, where in your opinion, are we on the divided nation stats, because for me in the last 20 years ...
by AD345
Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

That's more than a little over generalisation. It is. I should have qualified it by specifying Civil works/Infrastructure , which along with lots of other folks ,I'm particularly concerned about at present. I agree re government role in our sub-compact economy . To me the most glaring example is th...
by AD345
Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Why is that? (question for the Bored) Anecedotally Family member did engineering at Canterbury 15 years or so ago. All the "engineering jobs" he looked at were either management positions connected to engineering projects or crappy design jobs one of which he took with F&P. Totally hated it he want...
by AD345
Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks and I’m now leaning in a direction I had not expected for my possible vote.
by AD345
Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Eugenius wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:04 am I think it should allowed to be sold but maybe not commercialised if that makes sense .

Decriminalised.
No, I can’t quite grasp how it gets sold but not commercialised and/or how that is only decriminalised.

Not having a crack, just genuinely not seeing how that hangs together
by AD345
Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Wanna bet ? It’ll be even easier to get , would you have it sold at dairy’s ? Yeah I'll take that bet. Its easy to get now, if you want it. No, I would not have it sold at dairys - I also don' think they should sell cigarettes and they already can't sell alcohol. Are you now using the jambajana sch...
by AD345
Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I’m more of the decriminalisation school of thought. Certainly dope is the bane of mental health services , just a smoke as it’s hello again psychosis for numerous patients that have until then made good progress . The legality of it has no impact on that. Wanna bet ? It’ll be even easier to get , ...
by AD345
Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Eugenius wrote: Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:52 am I’m more of the decriminalisation school of thought. Certainly dope is the bane of mental health services , just a smoke as it’s hello again psychosis for numerous patients that have until then made good progress .
The legality of it has no impact on that.
by AD345
Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

The gangs will always be with us only as long as we continue to ignore the root cause of their existence and economic power : The 1975 Misuse of Drugs Act. if we continue to ignore the overwhelming evidence that radical reform of this archaic piece of BS is essential, not optional, then we will con...
by AD345
Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

There was a mini panel discussion on breakfast this morning arguing the merits. It didn't really talk about addressing root causes if the inequities at all, other then mentioning that they exist. The only root cause discussed was the understaffing in Hospitals being the root cause of surgical waiti...
by AD345
Mon Jun 19, 2023 1:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

So we now have a race based hospital waiting list system. Wonderful. Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations - some are not happy Auckland surgeons are now being required to consider a patient’s ethnicity alongside other factors when deciding who should...
by AD345
Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

The capitalist King itself the United States of America had crazy tax rates after WWII, a time where they enjoyed unparalleled economic success Yes, Roosevelts New Deal (implemented before the war) where the government was providing work for a huge part of the workforce and funded by income tax rat...
by AD345
Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51885
Views: 3456045

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Of course they’re getting punished, what your society is saying is you can do well up to a point but then after that we are going to treat you differently to the rest and start taking more and more of you hard earned, a large part of the reason why we are doing this, is there is a certain element o...