I don't disagree. believe it or not, I agree with cycleways. I just wish I was still able to cycle to make use of them. My point is, a lot of this collateral damage isn't actually necessary. It's possible for cycleways to exist, and not so many people have...
Mickey. It's not necessarily a case of being 'anti-cycleway.' It's the way the whole cycleway system in Wellington has happened/still happening. No common sense by the designers, and total disregard for public submissions right from the start, that only ...
Surely exaggerating said levels?
ACT again: ACT's Simon Court said he was not in Parliament for the money but observed MPs had not had a pay rise since he entered Parliament in 2020. "I think it's really important we keep this in context. I'm willing to accept a pay rise of 2.8 percent. ...
David was very keen for all MPs (not just Ministers) to have their pay reduced at the start of Covid. But only because "Parliament must share the sacrifices the private sector is making." Not the sacrifices of the citizens, heaven forbid. https://www.act....
God that's awful reading.
And just like that- coincidence? https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350259986/nz-politics-live-govt-announces-63b-pharmac-budget
Not just that. Seymour the Minister in charge as well, he with an extremely neo-liberal agenda, and who knows how much 'influence' by big pharma. Things are bad enough already, but between the two of them, we should all be extremely worried where this is ...
More what the expectations of the relevant Ministers are. We may be pleasantly surprised, and something positive and beneficial for all might happen, but look at the players. The benefit to greater society is never on their agenda.
Is it not possible at all to have any sort of discussion on the site without someone incorporating that topic, even when it was never mentioned in the first place??? Jeez, no wonder people are leaving this site in droves. Looks like I'm about to join them.
While Pharmac definitely needs some tweaking done (read: major funding boost), I can't help but be extremely afraid about the future of medication access in New Zealand https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/515385/former-deputy-pm-paula-bennett-appointed-...
To be a Tory politician, one must have, at the very least, sociopathic traits. Be hardwired to feel incapable of empathy or compassion, in order to harm so many citizens and still sleep at night. There is something particularly dangerous about the Tory ...
It's pretty safe to conclude that most of the more recent politicians (ie the ones completely removed from the wartime era) have no interest at all in all things ANZAC, or the plight of veterans. https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-sunday-essay/21-04-2024/lest-we...
My details are always saved automatically except for after cache clearing. All devices.
Perhaps, but you know I was referring to Reti, and he still has a current practicing certificate, so I'm not sure what your point is. https://www.mcnz.org.nz/registration/register-of-doctors/doctor/reti-shane-raymond/
If a registered doctor knowingly participates in the deliberate harm of multiple patients wearing his politicians hat, is that still grounds for being struck off the medical register? https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/12/14/smokefree-health-minister-shane-...
Are we surprised? Privatisation of everything not quadruplly bolted down has always been the endgame for RWers. See: The UK, especially the NHS. But hey, look over there- tax cuts!!
Nicola said she'd resign if she didn't deliver tax cuts. Nicola doesn't want to resign. How the tax cuts happen is irrelevant, so long as she doesn't have that particular promise hounding her from all directions.
Yes, that's fair enough. It would just be nice not to have been driven to such a degree of cynicism by the system. Although I'm sure that's their intention.
I apologise for coming across so cynical, but governments (and councils) of all stripes in recent times haven't exactly paid much attention to the views of the citizenry, have they? Opening bills for public submission is a legal requirement, that's the ...
It's official- NZ is broken, in decline, and we are disillusioned and disenfranchised. Can't imagine why. https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/18/new-zealand-broken-and-in-decline-kiwis-say/
No they're not taking away the password option (at this point) but they really would like us to go biometric. I had the same reaction to you. https://9to5google.com/2024/04/15/google-play-biometric-verification/
Yes, it would be unobtainable, so it would never happen. But my point remains- how do you know that tenant with the kids or pets is a bigger risk to your property than anyone else, and why should they be penalised?
There's also the 'hatred' of tenants by certain interest groups and politicians, so it goes both ways. It's been a masterclass in divide and rule, for years now, setting both sides against each other. Well done to the politicians, interest groups (on both ...
Tenants with no pets or kids- a fully employed working couple (read: "good" tenants) ended up doing $25,000 worth of damage to my Mum's rental unit. Did they not constitute an additional risk? The point being, how can any landlord in advance, be able to ...
Philip, I will also propose that it's extremely difficult, even dangerous for the poor (both working and not working) to engage in protest of any sort under a right-wing government in the country, because there is the potential for very real negative ...
For all the damage done by the UK Tories, one thing (some of them) actually got right for the good of ALL, not just their donors. And our brand new government even gets a shout out for repealing the smokefree proposals before they had a chance to take ...
Arts and cultural funding in general is an endangered species in NZ. We're governed by a bunch of philistines (successive governments, not just this one). Sports and roads are far more worthy, apparently. RNZ Concert might be 'niche' but it's practically ...
This really is scary. WTF is wrong with people???
Is the the landlords or property managers? Because the latter are nearly always the gateway, and when there's scores of applicants for the one place, guess who won't be shortlisted. Glowing references and credit records better than many workers mean ...
9 to 5 is code for employed, ie not a beneficiary. Because apparently the latter is the worst possible tenant based on anecdotes. Active discrimination by landlords/property managers towards this group has been around for years, and as long as it's a ...
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