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guy smiley wrote:

AD345 wrote:Disturbing amount of anti-democratic undertones coming through here recently

Ignorance and entitlement.

“I know what I was talking about. Unfortunately the question I was being asked was something else.”

Seneca of the Night wrote:I know some of you think I go on a bit too much aboit jacinda but strewth I got nothing on Hooton. This is amazing: https://youtu.be/K6GgN-ciFJ0

Santa wrote:Lol at Cindy's explanation of the GDP mistake.

“I know what I was talking about. Unfortunately the question I was being asked was something else.”

I hope she said that with a smile. Although I suppose she says everything with a smile.

Dark wrote:

Santa wrote:Lol at Cindy's explanation of the GDP mistake.

“I know what I was talking about. Unfortunately the question I was being asked was something else.”

I hope she said that with a smile. Although I suppose she says everything with a smile.

She asks him to repeat the question and actually says "Sorry. GDP numbers?"

Lol

About 4 minutes in

http://120.138.20.16/WeekOnDemand/ZB/au ... 5.00-S.mp3

Seneca of the Night wrote:

Wilderbeast wrote:

Seneca of the Night wrote:I know some of you think I go on a bit too much aboit jacinda but strewth I got nothing on Hooton. This is amazing: https://youtu.be/K6GgN-ciFJ0

I follow Hooton on twitter. He's quality. He attacks Jacinda frequently though not without reason.

I see he's just tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/sta ... 41216?s=19

He's a provocative fellow.

Auckman wrote:https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics ... years.html

GDP figures out just now. Economy grew by 1% over the June quarter. Largest quarterly rise in two years.

So much for the socialists tanking the economy.

Auckman wrote:https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics ... years.html

GDP figures out just now. Economy grew by 1% over the June quarter. Largest quarterly rise in two years.

So much for the socialists tanking the economy.

deadduck wrote:John Tamihere was kicked off the air years ago

Seneca of the Night wrote:

UncleFB wrote:

deadduck wrote:John Tamihere was kicked off the air years ago

I did say I haven't listened in years.

Hooton was on the booze back then, so he was very excitable.

Auckman wrote:https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics ... years.html

GDP figures out just now. Economy grew by 1% over the June quarter. Largest quarterly rise in two years.

So much for the socialists tanking the economy.

Seneca of the Night wrote:I know some of you think I go on a bit too much aboit jacinda but strewth I got nothing on Hooton. This is amazing: https://youtu.be/K6GgN-ciFJ0

Seneca of the Night wrote:Jenny Shipley has gone through an odd image transformation since she was leader. Certainly doesn't look like the proverbial ashburton farmer's wife.

Jacinda Ardern to announce decision on future of suspended minister Meka Whaitiri

Ardern will hold a press conference for 3.40pm in her Beehive office.

UncleFB wrote:

deadduck wrote:John Tamihere was kicked off the air years ago

I did say I haven't listened in years.

Auckman wrote:Probably the first and last time these three will be in the same room together.
JA and her two Wahine Toa Aunts on the 125th anniversary of Kate Sheppard day.

Auckman wrote:Meka Whaitiri sacked from cabinet.

PM has no confidence based on report.

"The press secretary was a new addition to the office, which Stuff understands has gone through an entire rotation of staff during Whaitiri's time as minister"....

"Ministerial staffers sign event-based contracts which mean ministers can fire them very easily if the relationship breaks down, with no real recourse for the employee other than a payout".

Whaitiri was stood down on August 30 and an investigation was launched after it was alleged she shouted at and manhandled a member of her staff three days earlier.

guy smiley wrote:

booji boy wrote:

Whaitiri was stood down on August 30 and an investigation was launched after it was alleged she shouted at and manhandled a member of her staff three days earlier.

Wait a minute? In this day and age of political correctness, gender neutrality and equality how on earth could she 'manhandle' a member of her staff?

I am sickened and appalled!

Surely she personhandled them?

Gender free positional adjustment, if you don't mind.

guy smiley wrote:

booji boy wrote:

guy smiley wrote:

booji boy wrote:

Whaitiri was stood down on August 30 and an investigation was launched after it was alleged she shouted at and manhandled a member of her staff three days earlier.

Wait a minute? In this day and age of political correctness, gender neutrality and equality how on earth could she 'manhandle' a member of her staff?

I am sickened and appalled!

Surely she personhandled them?

Gender free positional adjustment, if you don't mind.

Oh glory be and save us do we have to mince our words?

Only if you're referring to mince as in food preparation terms and not some High Street promenading.

guy smiley wrote:

booji boy wrote:

guy smiley wrote:

booji boy wrote:

Whaitiri was stood down on August 30 and an investigation was launched after it was alleged she shouted at and manhandled a member of her staff three days earlier.

Wait a minute? In this day and age of political correctness, gender neutrality and equality how on earth could she 'manhandle' a member of her staff?

I am sickened and appalled!

Surely she personhandled them?

Gender free positional adjustment, if you don't mind.

Oh glory be and save us do we have to mince our words?

Only if you're referring to mince as in food preparation terms and not some High Street promenading.

guy smiley wrote:

JB1981 wrote:

guy smiley wrote:
Only if you're referring to mince as in food preparation terms and not some High Street promenading.

Tut tut.

Auckman wrote:https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics ... years.html

GDP figures out just now. Economy grew by 1% over the June quarter. Largest quarterly rise in two years.

So much for the socialists tanking the economy.

Tehui wrote:

Auckman wrote:https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics ... years.html

GDP figures out just now. Economy grew by 1% over the June quarter. Largest quarterly rise in two years.

So much for the socialists tanking the economy.

The silence from the Right is deafening.

deadduck wrote:We had years and years of Labour saying that the strong GDP growth during the Key government didn't count as it was all down to population growth and that GDP per capita growth was pretty weak

So when the same thing happens under Labour you can't exactly claim it as a win for the govt

GDP per capita went up 0.5% last quarter largely off the bat of a strong dairy season and gains in other primary sector industries. These gains have had nothing to do with the government, but instead have been because of better growing seasons etc. Literally, the weather was better and commodity prices were higher

Tehui wrote:

deadduck wrote:We had years and years of Labour saying that the strong GDP growth during the Key government didn't count as it was all down to population growth and that GDP per capita growth was pretty weak

So when the same thing happens under Labour you can't exactly claim it as a win for the govt

GDP per capita went up 0.5% last quarter largely off the bat of a strong dairy season and gains in other primary sector industries. These gains have had nothing to do with the government, but instead have been because of better growing seasons etc. Literally, the weather was better and commodity prices were higher

Well you can't have it both ways. Either both governments are awesome or they're both lucky. Which is it?

Tehui wrote:

deadduck wrote:We had years and years of Labour saying that the strong GDP growth during the Key government didn't count as it was all down to population growth and that GDP per capita growth was pretty weak

So when the same thing happens under Labour you can't exactly claim it as a win for the govt

GDP per capita went up 0.5% last quarter largely off the bat of a strong dairy season and gains in other primary sector industries. These gains have had nothing to do with the government, but instead have been because of better growing seasons etc. Literally, the weather was better and commodity prices were higher

Well you can't have it both ways. Either both governments are awesome or they're both lucky. Which is it?

deadduck wrote:What would be really funny is if she quits, there is a by-election and Marama Fox enters parliament. What would the coalition majority be then? 1 seat?

A new law will set Housing New Zealand's social mandate in legislation, and make clear the state home provider should not have to return a dividend.

It will also change the name - slightly - from Housing New Zealand Corporation to Housing New Zealand (HNZ).

Housing Minister Phil Twyford campaigned on more fully reforming the agency, bringing it back into the fold as a Government department instead of a quasi-independent crown entity.

But upon entering government Twyford decided against such a move, saying HNZ were already moving in a direction he liked and he didn't want to add too much disruption.


On Friday he announced a move towards setting HNZ's social obligations - basically to be the landlord of last resort for the country's most vulnerable - explicitly in law..

This would also set out clearly that HNZ should not be required to return a dividend, as it did in some recent years to the National-led government.

The news follows the release a brutal report on Thursday from HNZ on how the state home provider pursued and evicted tenants over meth contamination in properties by misusing a test meant to clean up meth labs, a process that resulted in over $100 million in wasted money and at least 800 tenants evicted for levels of contamination that were not at all dangerous.

Twyford said the organisation was already changing, but he wanted to set that change in.


"It is already offering pastoral care to help tenants stay in their homes, allowing tenants to have pets, and treating drug addiction as a health issue," Twyford said.


"Following yesterday's release of its report into methamphetamine contamination, it is timely for Housing NZ to now focus on the eight new social objectives set by the Government.

"These include providing good quality, warm, dry, and healthy rental housing for those who need it most, and being a fair and reasonable landlord, treating tenants and their neighbours with respect, integrity and honesty.

"Changing the presumption that Housing NZ will return a surplus will give the organisation more financial flexibility so it can build more state houses and invest in more support for their tenants."

National's social housing spokesman Simon O'Connor said nobody had a problem with goals of integrity and respect but putting them in law didn't make much sense.

"There is noting wrong with the words, but how are they going to do this? Legislation needs to be precise and needs to explain how these things happen," O'Connor said.

"No one would disagree that we need to provide healthy homes, but how are they going to do it, how are they going to measure it?"

He called the name change a "classic political move" and defended the expectation of a dividend.

"The point of the dividends was a way to drive HNZ to be efficient, to drive excellent service. When you remove that you remove the incentive from them to be as efficient as possible.

"There are no consequences - just an obligation to fulfil broad virtuous intentions."

- Stuff

guy smiley wrote:

jdogscoop wrote:

Seneca of the Night wrote:Jenny Shipley has gone through an odd image transformation since she was leader. Certainly doesn't look like the proverbial ashburton farmer's wife.

As someone more qualified than most to comment on this topic I think she does now more than ever. All she's missing is an oversized glass three quarters full of a semi-decent vino.

I don't know what it is about middle to older aged women in Canterbury...

but I don't like it.