Greg Jackson NZ

Wednesday's Chorus: Going for Growth. House price growth. Without warning, consultation or a Governor, the RBNZ loosens LVR restrictions to allow more debt to pump up house values, which it says are sustainable; Nicola Willis & landlords are happy

Wednesday's Chorus: Going for Growth. House price growth. Without warning, consultation or a Governor, the RBNZ loosens LVR restrictions to allow more debt to pump up house values, which it says are sustainable; Nicola Willis & landlords are happy #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/wednesdays...

Agree with Sacha below. Māni is always offering a masterclass. One caveat, though, and this is absolutely not for Māni or Mihi or the other journalists skilled in Te Ao Māori me Te Ao Pākeha politics.

More waves crashing on the sandcastles of hopium. I'm famously pessimistic, but the data continues to surprise me to the downside. It's relentless. We've not seen anything like this for 45 years. Compounding, mutually reinforcing, job-killing dynamics. (1/2)

"Mike Johnson" a doormat's doormat.

Terminally ill patients rank the businesses and government agencies worst to deal with Terminally ill patients reflect on their experiences across 14 sectors - from energy providers and insurance companies to employers, gyms, hospitals and rest homes.

A thread about why this is a vital survey: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Interesting to see the Kremlin-financed erstwhile Tenet Media's Lauren Chen still focussed on New Zealand through the promotion of anti-Māori frames which gel with ascendant, & already well-established domestic, & transnational white supremacist, & far-right narratives. Cui bono? #nzpol

Let's flip Luxon's local body candidate snark and ask ourselves who would vote for him as mayor, a councillor or community board member?

Public Address

You probably didn't notice that the archived Public Address has been down for several weeks – something was sucking up the CPU on the hosting server. But it's back, thanks to the kind folk at CactusLab – who, by the way, also had a great 25th birthday party last week. publicaddress.net

Photograph of Māori Land March demonstrators outside the Parliament Buildings in Wellington. Heinegg, Christian F, 1940- :Photographs of the Maori Land March. Ref: PA7-15-12. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

50 years ago today thousands crammed into Parliament grounds in Wellington at the end of a 1100 km historic Māori land march from Te Hāpua in the far north led by Ngāpuhi leader Whina Cooper to protest against the continuing loss of Māori land. #TeRōpūOTeMatakite 🏳️

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

Monday's Chorus: A new round of austerity New Mayors plan new round of local austerity after voters punish rates hikes caused by Govt's first round of austerity; Barely a third of enrolled voters voted; Methane goalposts shifted to halfway

New Mayors plan 2nd round of local austerity after voters punish rates hikes due to Govt's first round of austerity; Less than a third of enrolled voters voted; Methane goalposts shifted to halfway; Net interest costs barely 1% of Govt revenues. #nzpol
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Revelling in all the "What I'm gonna do's" from Mayors old and new who actually have exactly one vote like all other Councillors.

Happy Mayoring. If you really want to speed up time become a mayor.I did 3 terms in coms for a metro mayor and hell did it go past fast!

Fulford hammocks again

Absolutely hammocked

Is it his original heart though?

Zero skin in the game here but in ChCh the left vote looks to have been mustered.Always a mistake to float asset sales here.

So Phil Mauger.Affable and generally authentic.Will he morph into the Hamish Hay/ eternal mayor of the C21st?

An evil son sent me Dick Nixon's campaign song from 1968 and I have been earwormed. Being of noble disposition I will not share, suffice to say "Nixon's the One".

Think of the poor outraged cats, having to find shade.

Got to admit knowing in the shallow, vengeful swamp between Trump's ears the pairing of a Nobel Peace Prize and Venezuela is cause for concern.

Luxon’s trying to claim he’s secured a trade agreement with Singapore. We’ve had one since 2001, updated in 2021.

Bloody well done.
When Australian comedians sum up your government better than the professional media 😑
#nzpol

When people say "line go up" they're usually talking about something positive, right

Bus shelter poster saying “If i could find a country that didn't take immigrants in I'd move there” Would you?

I’m not saying racists are stupid but…

Yep.Every morning my two puffs from my COPD super inhaler are a reminder of how much I gave.

I did my bit for the tobacco companies I can assure you.

I confess I spitefully threw another year on the pyre last week and then kept breathing.So selfish.

I don't think they are too good at sums.Grandeur, sneering and cosplay, yeah but sums, nah.