Its not necessarily that they look for racism as it comes out and clubs them over the head. What is sad is how many people dont even notice the ongoing assaults.
Funny how executives get paid far more than the value they create. If a job is worth doing it is worth a living wage. That we value celebrities more than teachers, police, nurses is a sever social problem, not something to be simply accepted as normal. This author offers greed as our moral guide. By his reckoning financial elites and arms dealers add value and deserve their outrageous earnings. An author to avoid.
Merge the privileged incompetence of Otakaro/Regenerate with DCLs move to develop areas which will be lost to sea level rise, add in more secrecy excused as commercially sensitive? Rates are headed up and the get rich quick boys will be selling out the projects ratepyers subsidized with the rest of us left to pick up the pieces.
All government spending, contracts, etc must be fully transparent at all stages. No more commercial sensitivity excuses. If it cant stand the light of day, it does not deserve our support, or dollars.
NZTA chief executive Fergus Gammie said the agency had put too much emphasis on self-regulation and knew it had to do better. Good ol National and their constant bureaucratic reorganisations. Add in their anti government business can do it better; who needs regulation? mantra resulting in lives lost, an industry harmed. The coalition government has a chance now to set things right and appears to be trying to do so.
With infrastructure repairs from the quakes not scheduled for completion in the current 30 year plan adding 16% to our population will turn out very badly. Councils best hope is that those who come will be too broke to leave, and once they start paying ever increasing rates they will join the rest of us trapped rats. Pie in the sky from those on top, while the foundations of our infrastructure remain shaky. Yeah, lets build a stadium and a convention centre and a rowing lake.
I look forward to Stuffs next article on how home owners are forced to sell up due to rates they can no longer afford to pay. It is long past time to tax the wealthy and add in capital gains. Those who can are escaping taxes, those with the least are losing ground. Homelessness and misery are only increasing.
Consequences need to be dire like if it impacted on someone I love.? You dont love the planet, future generations, wildlife dying from plastic bag pollution? Hmm. Perhaps you should seek counselling?
After 9 years of National stuffing up Chch with broken quake promises, EQC and insurance company abuse I cannot imagine why anyone would want to vote for more of that ilk.Thanks to them for making it easy who I would never want to vote for.
With the stadium proposed for Chch to cost $500 million++ and $50 million to operate and no comprehensive business plan these constant articles pushing for it are not helpful. If the stadium is built Chch and Dunedin will be competing against each other further lowering income for each.
All those blaming the Council for delays have forgotten that it was National in central government which totally stuffed up the rebuild, failed to force insurers to act responsibly and in a timely manner and have left us with anchor projects set to sink ratepayers in unfathomable debts. Typical, National screws up, Labour gets the blame. Are we doomed to just repeat our mistakes?
National loved beneficiary bashing and the meth scare hysteria they whipped up was a calculated political decision to gain votes. Thousands suffered, hundreds of millions wasted and National just denies it all. Typical.
U.S.President Eisenhower observed: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,those who are cold and are not clothed. By this measure the U.S. is the worlds great thief and Trump working for the criminal gang which benefits.
If MSD eventually wins in court it will be quickly righted by our MPs when campaign contributions are deemed as taxable income. No worries, the self interest of elites will trickle down on the rest of us.
And the National government declined to rein in monopolies and duopolies after their hand picked commission told the to do so. I wonder why that would be?
With a very conservative additional 20% for inflation and cost over runs option 2 will easily hit $564 million. Ratepayers will be stuck picking up the nearly $100 million in extra costs. Add in the annual losses of millions.Dont build what we cant afford. I would like to stay in Chch, but my rates bill is pushing me out.
Blatant lies. No foregone conclusion, but we are going to build a stadium regardless of business case? Christchurch mayor and Canterbury Mayoral Forum chairwoman Lianne Dalziel said a report to the forum on the stadium business case and funding options was due next year, and nothing was a foregone conclusion at this stage.It will be a money pit sucking away at ratepayers wallets. But those who will profit are OK with that.
The last governments MoH made life miserable for the CDHB through underfunding, delays and incompetence. The CDHB has been acknowledged internationally for their response to the quakes and innovations in delivering medical services. Parker does need to front up but has 9 years of Nationals attacks on the CDHB to undo. Making a mess is easy, cleaning it up difficult.
Half of this piece devoted to letting the East Lake Trust blow their own horn? Next to nothing on the other groups who are involved in making the Red Zone a community asset. The Press has a real need to find balance and quality reporting.
The Press was unable to find a single knowledgeable person to explain the issues the RMA seeks to address? Not fit for purpose construction or engineering and the impacts of projects on the environment can lead to massively expensive problems. Consider our experience with foundations and the quakes. Can the RMA be made better? Of course. But providing well balanced information to the public is essential to achieve that.This was an extremely unbalanced piece of reporting.
Too many of us are tribal as we prefer to align with the alpha male leader in the hope we might survive if not thrive. This has more or less worked but brought us to the brink of self destruction where our tribalism and faith in alpha male leaders is pushing us over the edge. The ultimate living creature is now bringing about the ultimate demise of life on this planet.
You should have thousands of thumbs up from the thousands who have been left broken and worse off. So many victims and their persecutors just keep their big salaries and laugh.
$28 million for a vanity flag referendum, failed quake response with EQC leading the way, under funding health, education, DoC, and now $113,000 for Bridges road trip and the list goes on. But, yeah highlighting the successful struggle for women is a waste of money.
Having heard Spokes submission to the LTP I found it online. Not such an unreasonable group. Quote from their submission Spokes acknowledges that some people have to drive. Getting more of us on foot, bikes and buses reduces the congestion allowing those who must drive to do so more easily.
Peter Davie said changing the design to minimise impact on protected Hectors dolphins in the harbour and to ensure safe handling of giant cruise ships had added to the cost and The sheer size of vessels carrying 6000 passengers forced realignment of the berthYeah, definitely the dolphins fault.
More whining by a disgruntled National supporter. Attack the government any way you can, real, imagined, delusional or simply grossly exaggerated. Cutting taxes is always the prescription, at least you pay a bit of lip service to raising wages, sometime in 2021. Meanwhile those working at the low end of wages can continue to struggle.
Look at Stuff spin. National, as the largest party and the only party with no ministers other than ACT, naturally spent the most: $1,410,659. Nats are 46% of MPs but spent 67% of the total.Labour spent 23% with 38% of MPs. NZ 1st at 7.5% of MPs spent 5% and the Greens 4% with 7% of MPs. Yes, we will see more once we get the Ministers spending, but comparing apples to apples National is clearly the big spender of taxpayers dollars. I guess that is natural, they love to rort.
Thank you. The attractive cool girl has been used by advertisers to sell stuff for ages. No surprise that the right wing extremists have adopted the tactic. Too many men are too easily manipulated.
The law is an ass. Lets see what Labour does. Do they work with the Greens to change this asinine law with haste; or do they remain silent hoping to pick up more disgruntled Green votes? National can only hope so. The assertion that the Greens were almost wiped out before the election over similar battles between pragmatists and purists. is incorrect. The media spun Metirias admission of benefit fraud as the most heinous political crime ever committed and screamed for her head. In contrast Nationals Todd Barclay who broke the law, denied it and refused to cooperate with police was given a free pass. If we want a better country with better laws we will need better reporting.
Clearly not as evidenced by the comments found here. For those who are escaping taxes, especially thanks to the lack of a CGT, the only unfair thing about taxation is that they have to pay anything at all. Let the working stiffs pay tax, their betters are above that sort of thing.
Jane Bowron: We should stand up for the right to sit down
Its not necessarily that they look for racism as it comes out and clubs them over the head. What is sad is how many people dont even notice the ongoing assaults.
Wages must represent value rather than fairness
Funny how executives get paid far more than the value they create. If a job is worth doing it is worth a living wage. That we value celebrities more than teachers, police, nurses is a sever social problem, not something to be simply accepted as normal. This author offers greed as our moral guide. By his reckoning financial elites and arms dealers add value and deserve their outrageous earnings. An author to avoid.
Development Christchurch gets $3m-a-year in public funding, but what has it achieved?
Merge the privileged incompetence of Otakaro/Regenerate with DCLs move to develop areas which will be lost to sea level rise, add in more secrecy excused as commercially sensitive? Rates are headed up and the get rich quick boys will be selling out the projects ratepyers subsidized with the rest of us left to pick up the pieces.
A secret that should never have happened
All government spending, contracts, etc must be fully transparent at all stages. No more commercial sensitivity excuses. If it cant stand the light of day, it does not deserve our support, or dollars.
"Trucking industry faces financial fall out from safety clamp down
NZTA chief executive Fergus Gammie said the agency had put too much emphasis on self-regulation and knew it had to do better. Good ol National and their constant bureaucratic reorganisations. Add in their anti government business can do it better; who needs regulation? mantra resulting in lives lost, an industry harmed. The coalition government has a chance now to set things right and appears to be trying to do so.
Thousands of jobs, billions of dollars of growth - the new blueprint to revitalise Christchurch
With infrastructure repairs from the quakes not scheduled for completion in the current 30 year plan adding 16% to our population will turn out very badly. Councils best hope is that those who come will be too broke to leave, and once they start paying ever increasing rates they will join the rest of us trapped rats. Pie in the sky from those on top, while the foundations of our infrastructure remain shaky. Yeah, lets build a stadium and a convention centre and a rowing lake.
Older renters living in constant uncertainty
I look forward to Stuffs next article on how home owners are forced to sell up due to rates they can no longer afford to pay. It is long past time to tax the wealthy and add in capital gains. Those who can are escaping taxes, those with the least are losing ground. Homelessness and misery are only increasing.
"Trucking industry faces financial fall out from safety clamp down
National, of course.
Keep raising those shopping bag prices, otherwise I'll never learn
Consequences need to be dire like if it impacted on someone I love.? You dont love the planet, future generations, wildlife dying from plastic bag pollution? Hmm. Perhaps you should seek counselling?
Political group puts stake in ground to keep asset sales on the table
After 9 years of National stuffing up Chch with broken quake promises, EQC and insurance company abuse I cannot imagine why anyone would want to vote for more of that ilk.Thanks to them for making it easy who I would never want to vote for.
Roger, Robbie, Ed and the ABs help pump millions into Dunedin economy
With the stadium proposed for Chch to cost $500 million++ and $50 million to operate and no comprehensive business plan these constant articles pushing for it are not helpful. If the stadium is built Chch and Dunedin will be competing against each other further lowering income for each.
Property owner faces monthly bill of $24,000 for encroaching on public land in Christchurch
All those blaming the Council for delays have forgotten that it was National in central government which totally stuffed up the rebuild, failed to force insurers to act responsibly and in a timely manner and have left us with anchor projects set to sink ratepayers in unfathomable debts. Typical, National screws up, Labour gets the blame. Are we doomed to just repeat our mistakes?
The meth panic was always political
National loved beneficiary bashing and the meth scare hysteria they whipped up was a calculated political decision to gain votes. Thousands suffered, hundreds of millions wasted and National just denies it all. Typical.
Editorial: There is a method to Trump's brashness over Nato
U.S.President Eisenhower observed: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,those who are cold and are not clothed. By this measure the U.S. is the worlds great thief and Trump working for the criminal gang which benefits.
Hope returns to Christchurch as stadium funding approved
God help the ratepayers. But the old boys get what they want and our Council is past its use by date.
MSD's theory that loans are income is making those mortgages look expensive
If MSD eventually wins in court it will be quickly righted by our MPs when campaign contributions are deemed as taxable income. No worries, the self interest of elites will trickle down on the rest of us.
House building costs track well above inflation
And the National government declined to rein in monopolies and duopolies after their hand picked commission told the to do so. I wonder why that would be?
Cost of Christchurch stadium options range from $384m to $561m
With a very conservative additional 20% for inflation and cost over runs option 2 will easily hit $564 million. Ratepayers will be stuck picking up the nearly $100 million in extra costs. Add in the annual losses of millions.Dont build what we cant afford. I would like to stay in Chch, but my rates bill is pushing me out.
"Christchurch stadium investment not on district councils' agendas",
Blatant lies. No foregone conclusion, but we are going to build a stadium regardless of business case? Christchurch mayor and Canterbury Mayoral Forum chairwoman Lianne Dalziel said a report to the forum on the stadium business case and funding options was due next year, and nothing was a foregone conclusion at this stage.It will be a money pit sucking away at ratepayers wallets. But those who will profit are OK with that.
"Wainuiomata farmer sticking to his guns over refusal to pay for new bridge",
While in government Bill English got a $50 million bridge to his property; so why should this freeloader have to pay?
"Canterbury health board holds 'extraordinary' meeting as annual plan deadline looms",
The last governments MoH made life miserable for the CDHB through underfunding, delays and incompetence. The CDHB has been acknowledged internationally for their response to the quakes and innovations in delivering medical services. Parker does need to front up but has 9 years of Nationals attacks on the CDHB to undo. Making a mess is easy, cleaning it up difficult.
A secret that should never have happened
With the ongoing rort of ECan by Commissioners you have got to be kidding.
Health board raises concerns over Christchurch Hospital service failure risk
Most all of this was known years ago. Just why didnt it get the media attention required prior to the election?
Southern Response board members' appointments extended while company is investigated
No worries so long as they all also get extended prison terms for abusing and defrauding claim holders.
'Green spine' project front runner for Christchurch's red-zone
Half of this piece devoted to letting the East Lake Trust blow their own horn? Next to nothing on the other groups who are involved in making the Red Zone a community asset. The Press has a real need to find balance and quality reporting.
The rise and rise of council consent costs
The Press was unable to find a single knowledgeable person to explain the issues the RMA seeks to address? Not fit for purpose construction or engineering and the impacts of projects on the environment can lead to massively expensive problems. Consider our experience with foundations and the quakes. Can the RMA be made better? Of course. But providing well balanced information to the public is essential to achieve that.This was an extremely unbalanced piece of reporting.
Our evolutionary tribalism imperils our species' survival
Too many of us are tribal as we prefer to align with the alpha male leader in the hope we might survive if not thrive. This has more or less worked but brought us to the brink of self destruction where our tribalism and faith in alpha male leaders is pushing us over the edge. The ultimate living creature is now bringing about the ultimate demise of life on this planet.
'Exceptional circumstances' excuse Crown entities from filing legally required documents
Otakaro is Nationals legacy agency in charge of making sure the right people get the cost plus contracts.
Protest to highlight thousands with quake insurance struggles
You should have thousands of thumbs up from the thousands who have been left broken and worse off. So many victims and their persecutors just keep their big salaries and laugh.
Suffrage radio show funded to celebrate 125 years of women voting
$28 million for a vanity flag referendum, failed quake response with EQC leading the way, under funding health, education, DoC, and now $113,000 for Bridges road trip and the list goes on. But, yeah highlighting the successful struggle for women is a waste of money.
Christchurch cycleway nearing completion after houses demolished
Having heard Spokes submission to the LTP I found it online. Not such an unreasonable group. Quote from their submission Spokes acknowledges that some people have to drive. Getting more of us on foot, bikes and buses reduces the congestion allowing those who must drive to do so more easily.
Men with mental health challenges face uncertain future as hostel home of 12 years closes
Then governor of California Ronald Reagan promoted similar moves in there in the 1970s. They ended up homeless. It was not a good outcome for anyone.
Changes to new Christchurch cruise berth will increase $56m price tag
Peter Davie said changing the design to minimise impact on protected Hectors dolphins in the harbour and to ensure safe handling of giant cruise ships had added to the cost and The sheer size of vessels carrying 6000 passengers forced realignment of the berthYeah, definitely the dolphins fault.
Plastic signs ditched - real estate company challenges the industry
Sadly I find they degrade over the years releasing lots of micro plastics into the soil along with heaven only knows what chemicals.
Calls for section of Christchurchs Colombo St to become pedestrian mall
The they you refer to was CERA, headed up by Gerry B., just as incompetent as EQC. The ones proposing changes had nothing to do with the plan.
Keep raising those shopping bag prices, otherwise I'll never learn
Remember butchers paper?
Court Theatre's seven years in a leaky lifeboat
I am hard pressed to believe that it would not be cheaper to rehabilitate the current building than to build a new one on expensive CBD land.
Spring's colour struggling to drown drumbeats of discontent
More whining by a disgruntled National supporter. Attack the government any way you can, real, imagined, delusional or simply grossly exaggerated. Cutting taxes is always the prescription, at least you pay a bit of lip service to raising wages, sometime in 2021. Meanwhile those working at the low end of wages can continue to struggle.
Full list of MPs expenses shows spending topped $2.1 million
Look at Stuff spin. National, as the largest party and the only party with no ministers other than ACT, naturally spent the most: $1,410,659. Nats are 46% of MPs but spent 67% of the total.Labour spent 23% with 38% of MPs. NZ 1st at 7.5% of MPs spent 5% and the Greens 4% with 7% of MPs. Yes, we will see more once we get the Ministers spending, but comparing apples to apples National is clearly the big spender of taxpayers dollars. I guess that is natural, they love to rort.
Verity Johnson: Beware the Cool Girls - they're more dangerous than they look
Thank you. The attractive cool girl has been used by advertisers to sell stuff for ages. No surprise that the right wing extremists have adopted the tactic. Too many men are too easily manipulated.
Greens see red over water bottling
The law is an ass. Lets see what Labour does. Do they work with the Greens to change this asinine law with haste; or do they remain silent hoping to pick up more disgruntled Green votes? National can only hope so. The assertion that the Greens were almost wiped out before the election over similar battles between pragmatists and purists. is incorrect. The media spun Metirias admission of benefit fraud as the most heinous political crime ever committed and screamed for her head. In contrast Nationals Todd Barclay who broke the law, denied it and refused to cooperate with police was given a free pass. If we want a better country with better laws we will need better reporting.
Why self-proclaimed 'free speech champions' aren't helping the cause
Thank you for this. It would be great if those who need to hear and understand it were open to the message.
Sir Michael Cullens shutdown of Tax Working Groups critics
Clearly not as evidenced by the comments found here. For those who are escaping taxes, especially thanks to the lack of a CGT, the only unfair thing about taxation is that they have to pay anything at all. Let the working stiffs pay tax, their betters are above that sort of thing.