Janet Greig

Hope you feel better soon 💖

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😋 sounds worth it 😋

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The Mysterious Case of Health's Disappearing Half-Billion. Craig Renney (Chief Economist of the CTU and host of The Locked-In Podcast) is our guest this week on The Frontline, telling us about the $500 million dollars in the Health budget that didn't get spen...

I'm guessing this is the source:

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As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?

Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m
- signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers

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#nzpol

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I played squaredle.com 11/27:
48/48 words ( 10 bonus words)
📖 In the top 19% by bonus words
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PETITION HANDOVER: Calling on PM Luxon to Uphold Ministerial Standards  No matter who we are or where we come from, we all deserve leaders we can trust - leaders who act with integrity, speak truthfully, and bring communities together.  Over this Government’s t...

If you’re over the garbage behaviour from many of our ministers, join me and Louisa Wall to present our combined petitions to @maramadavidson.bsky.social on Tuesday Dec 9th.

It’s time to call on our Prime Minister to uphold Ministerial Codes of Conduct and demand accountability. #nzpol

This is absolutely amazing. Like. We need to shout from the rooftops and tell vaccine success stories like this. (All vaccines are success stories, but it's not as easy to illustrate how verifiably life saving they are.)

A cartoon of reporters huddled asking the PM a question & he's standing there with the words 'I can reassure I am going to be Prime Minister heading into next year' with someone cutting a circle with a saw from underneath him.

c/- Yeo in today's Otago Daily Times

#NZPol

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NZ Herald editorial: According to Taxpayers’ Union-Curia, released this week and published in the Herald, almost two-thirds of New Zealanders want a CGT. But they want it to apply only to real, inflation-adjusted gains, not nominal increases as Labour’s plan is currently proposing. ... Somewhat strangely, however, Hipkins said the party had not considered accounting for inflation. Really? Why not? Given the inflation question is the first asked by many, it seems odd that the party had not given much thought to it. A nominal gain on a property will almost always be greater than a real gain, which considers the impact of inflation. If someone bought a property for $1 million and sold it for $1.1m, the nominal gain would be $100,000, or 10%. But if there was 10% inflation over that time, the real gain would be zero. For better or worse, New Zealanders have stored much of their individual wealth in residential property. For many, a person’s home is also their retirement pot and their children’s inheritance.

NZ Herald, rattled by polls showing 2/3rds of the public support a CGT, desperately search around for an attack line.

"Uh, but it should only apply to inflation-adjusted gains!"

Why? Australia's doesn't

"Uh, a person’s home is also their retirement!"

Labour's CGT doesn't apply to the family home

Ban on puberty blockers serious human rights infringement

NZ Human Rights Commission

“This ban denies access to essential healthcare for many trans youth. It is a clear breach of their human rights and will cause unnecessary harm and distress to vulnerable young people," - Prudence Walker, Commissioner spokesperson for Rainbow rights.
#nzpol

'We are struggling terribly': Award-winning donut business lifts curtain on social media's facade Emily Whiu fears for her staff and family: 'We don’t know how much fight we have left.'

A reminder National does not give a shit about you, including if you are a small business
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Compare and contrast with the absolute nothing burger response we got from NZ Labour.

Hipkins has still said absolutely nothing as we know he wants to cuddle Winston and NZF to shut out the Greens and TPM after elections next year

In today’s NZ Herald

Anne Salmond: We're reforming the wrong part of government Coalition Govt ministers insist their reform of regional councils is 'not a power grab' - but all the evidence suggests the opposite, to democracy's detriment

Anne Salmond: We’re reforming the wrong part of government
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/a...

Stanford Admits Involvement in the Development of the Senior English Curriculum By Bevan Holloway

Minister Stanford doesn't care to follow the limits of her position. A Minister interfering with curriculum development is politicising the curriculum and that is dangerous. #education #school #curriculum #overreach #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberalism #nzpol
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Greenpeace says Government’s war on nature has sparked a powerful nationwide resistance Greenpeace says Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has met an unprecedented wave of resistance from New Zealanders since the coalition took office.

PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace says the Luxon Government’s "war on nature" has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since the coalition took office.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
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'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.

#NZpol I’ve come to this late, everyone will already have heard of it, but this is just so farcical.

This is also extreme dancing on the head of a pin to yes, no, maybe, not actually have a position, it’s like she’s performing an entire Irish jig about it 🙄

'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.

My own view of this is, why the hell did Luxon agree to it in the first place?

Because he's a rank amateur & was desperate for power. Aside from everything else terrible about it, it's cost taxpayers an extraordinary amount of money.

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Anne Salmond: We're reforming the wrong part of government Coalition Govt ministers insist their reform of regional councils is 'not a power grab' - but all the evidence suggests the opposite, to democracy's detriment

When I grow up, I’d like to be as smart & considered as Dame Anne Salmond.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment

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Democracies remain strong only when the their leaders meet the responsibilities that come with public power.

Thus, I present a necessary question:

Are our leaders living up to these obligations? This is not a partisan question, but rather a democratic one.

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These principles are the baseline and represent the living obligations of every modern democracy:

Rights protected.
Power limited.
Transparency upheld.
Institutions respected.
Leaders accountable.
Communities safe.
Everyone included.

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The fathers of modern democracy reinforced these:

Locke: protect rights.
Rousseau: govern for the general good.
Hobbes: ensure safety and stability.
Montesquieu: limit power.
Mill: protect freedom and the vulnerable.

Different voices & times, same duty: Leadership exists to serve the public! 2/4

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Democracy began with expectations, not elections.

From its inception, even in Athenian times, leaders were meant to serve the people, protect the law, act with integrity, stay accountable, and safeguard the wellbeing of the whole community.

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