Unemployment in Aus is lower than NZ, but still relatively high. Does that mean that the 200 people-a-day leaving are skilled workers rather than the unskilled going o/s on spec ie the opposite of Muldoon’s famous lifting the IQ of both countries?

This is brilliant

If you’re in management, the best way to get a bonus is to raise profits through ransacking the resources you use (fish, whatever), selling off assets (Mainland/Anchor), & share buybacks to concentrate wealth. You do not care about anything beyond your 3-5 year window of opportunity.

I back the teachers

#Oct23Strike

No-one mentions what his new rates bill actually is, for his beach house three back from the beach. You might be surprised.

The guy’s a dick, but it’s unfair to suggest entitlement when it’s more likely he got a lawyer or real estate agent to write a letter stating why his council valuation is wrong & getting it corrected. As anyone can do.

Anyone can seek a review of Council’s property valuation - on which rates are determined. You simply write a letter stating why you think the number is incorrect - like I bought my house two years ago & prices have been stagnant since purchase, so my purchase price represents the true valuation.

No scheduled meetings between govt & teachers through all of October. Teachers were willing, govt not so much. So much for getting off the streets & back around the table! #nzpol #BHN #clowncar #notfittogovern

No scheduled meetings between govt & teachers through all of October. Teachers were willing, govt not so much. So much for getting off the streets & back around the table! #nzpol #BHN #clowncar #notfittogovern

Happy Friday to the super wealthy country where 150,000 children live in poverty. That's about 1-in-8 young kiwis. Obviously, there is simply nothing to be done about this.

This is highly unlikely to be the result of a quiet phone call from the PM.
Although he remains #unfiltogovern #clowncar #nzpol

A property owner can dispute their valuation (up or down) if they believe it to be unfair.
I understand many property owners in Onetangi Beach were displeased with the magnitude of their rate increases, appealed their valuations & it seems were successful.

Councils make periodic valuations of properties which they then use to determine rates. The valuations are based on real property sales, desk- top evaluations & a few inspections. Popular areas that ‘out perform’ the market like Waiheke may find they have rates increases way above average.

The Epstein Ballroom & Titty Bar #whitehouse

Many people are saying the Republicans shut down the government to bulldoze the White House without permission and build the Epstein ballroom.

When house prices rise, as he says they will, he’ll be first to seek to pay more rates to reflect the higher value. #nzpol #notfittolead #clowncar

She is so deluded, she thinks she is owning the libs. #nzpol

Compulsory emergency service for the duration of the National Party health crisis. #nzpol #healthcrisis

If council permitted the subdivision & build, it means they sanctioned the development. Government is signalling the burden of losses will rest with ratepayers not EQC.
Councils need to update those hazard maps & LIM reports pronto. #disaster #nzpol #limreport #climate

The trouble is the majority of the government caucus are clueless regarding science. They would quickly be identified by their stupidity, so Reti has to do it all. #nzpol #clowncar #notfittogovern

“we are starting to see progress and reducing, thanks to the efforts of our doctors and nurses. But the unions, who are refusing to come to the table and make sure that we can sort through these issues”
You moron doctors & nurses are the Union. #nzpol #clowncar #notfittogovern

if the farmers are either in drought or the farms under water, if Māori are in all the wrong statistics, if drugs & crime are rampant, if business success relies on your mates or who you pay, if the brightest & best have left forever, what are you going to do with your money?

It doesn’t matter if you are a billionaire, if the rivers & lakes are sewers, if the water might give you cancer, if the health system is down - that’s emergency services for everyone, if schools are just teaching their own truth, if roads are one long chain of roadworks,

For the sanity of humanity, we need to come up with a way of preventing his globe trotting around the world, telling anyone who’ll listen, that he used to be AoNZ’s Prime Minister. #nzpol #clown car #notfittogovern

Isn’t there a law about interrupting the King while he is speaking? #nzpol #clowncar #notfittogovern

The bills that follow ‘normal’ process ie hearings & consultation are just padding that they don’t care about. They might even get lost in the lead-up to the election.
The real agenda is in the fast track, the stuff they MUST pass before the election. #nzpol #clowncar #notfittogovern

That clown is going down & taking us with him. #clowncar #notfittogovern#nzpol

Police emergency #nzpol #meme #msm

Those poor farmers, lucky they don’t have to worry about methane. #nzpol #clowncar #climatedeniers

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