Mullins apologised to all who have supported the Powerstation and who we may have offended.Is she going to apologise to all those who support free speech too?
When the invasion comes I can see the greens defending the country by throwing non gm product and meat free meat at the enemy. That would scare me away.
I posted this yesterday but it was not published. I will try again.I used to think that Don Brash was a bit of a wimp.He is actually a very brave man for standing up for what he believes with all the pressure from the left.He says openly what many less courageous people strongly believe.
I believe that Lotto discriminates. Lotto winnings should be shared evenly between all races, all sexes, religions, and fat people . Prizes should not just be based on the fact of actually buying of a ticket. This disadvantages those who dont buy a ticket.
Goff has no idea of how to keep his ratepayers onside.He repeatedly chooses the wrong side.We need a Mayor who is capable of reading what the people want.
No. Because the heckler will be butting in to the organised speech.The correct time for the heckler to speak is if there is a Q and A after the speaker finishes.Its just manners.
Kids are arriving at school with no lunch because their parents are lazy and know that free meals are available, and they can use their money on other things.
Jacinda is only the Prime Minister by name.The country is being run by greens and nzfirst, and maybe Helen Clark.These 3 parties cant even agree about policies between themselves.
Good on Kath for standing up for what she believes. By the look of the comments she is well supported. If this couple are trying to make business hard for her they have failed big time. I can see her being run off her feet with new business, thanks to them.
The Governments ongoing need of working groups, consultants etc. for every matter is an admission that they dont know how to do anything at all except appoint working groups.
These older people are from a different world. They grew up with honesty and trust in others.Do not blame them for being caught by greedy, ruthless, foreign scammers with no morals or integrity. Maybe a bit of an information campaign, in a way they can understand would help.
...so the media are going to jump on anything no matter how minor?The media dont have time to jump on the minor things because they are busy dealing with all her major cock-ups.
She said that as soon as she got to the elevator she cried. She said It was like a punch in the face. Its the first time someone reacted, and it was a really harsh reaction.And maybe the interviewer felt exactly the same about his treatment.
Customer satisfaction with Auckland Councils building consents department is at an all time low Has customer satisfaction with Auckand Council ever been anything else?
This atrocity fits the pattern for DOC.So does trying to cover it up.Any necropsy must be done by an independent person to avoid more dishonesty by DOC.
A couple of things come to mind. Sometimes a car has parked badly because there was another parked badly that has subsequently left. This can continue on.I only park in wide spaces or end spaces. If I am forced to park in tight spaces I will try to park between two expensive cars as they are less likely to want to cause damage to themselves.
NZ On Air chief executive Jane Wrightson says ratings fail to measure a programmes cultural, social and other qualitative value.They dont care if any body watches or not.
I hear so many lefties, greens and millenials saying Move with the times, its the 21st century when it suits them. They should apply the same thinking to this almost dead and pretty much useless language.
Supermarkets would like to thank Labour and the Greens for saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars on free plastic bags.They would also like to thank them for the opportunity to sell more plastic bags at a profit.
Not content with being masters of their own stories, men even tell women how to feel and think....I am utterly disinterested in another room full of men telling me how I should be feeling.So Michelle, you dont read the columns by Lizzy Marvelly and Verity Johnson then?
I seem to recall that Maori call it their language not ours.You cant have it both ways James.I dont have such opposition, I just have no interest, like most New Zealanders.
I have been a solo father for the full life of my child, while also working full time and receiving no benefits or child support. Being a solo father is a lot harder than being a solo mother. Everything is set up for women and men really have to push hard to get the same support.This is the 21st century......give men a fair go too.
The only way to grow the economy is for the government to provide tax relief for businesses. This could be done easily by not wasting taxpayer dollars on stupid projects and ideas.This is also the only way to gain higher wages and spending power for all workers/consumers.At the moment any pay rises to workers have to be covered by extra costs on products = loss of spending power...... Round and round and round.
Fair enough that airbnb hosts pay all the tax due at a national level.But there is no justification for greedy Goff and the council to make a grab any time just because they think they can. Rates are based on the QV, not how many visitors stay on and off.
This couple are just unbelievably fantastic.All couples should be able to build a deck and have a job and baby.What a different and better place the world would be.
If you think most people vaping are doing it to stop smoking, then thats a lot of people giving up.From what I have seen there are a lot more public vapers than smokers.
So how many words are the students allowed to misinterpret, yet still not be penalised for?This is rubbish teaching and yet the teachers want more pay for this standard of work.
Auckland's Powerstation owner apologises for booking controversial speakers
Mullins apologised to all who have supported the Powerstation and who we may have offended.Is she going to apologise to all those who support free speech too?
Free speech group raises $50k to challenge Auckland Council over far-Right speaker ban
I find Phil Goffs comments undemocratic and insulting.Can we have him banned from Council buildings please.
'New Zealand needs to stop investing in war industries' - Greens
When the invasion comes I can see the greens defending the country by throwing non gm product and meat free meat at the enemy. That would scare me away.
On Saturday, you'll be able to see the Sun and an eclipsed Moon in the sky at once
Could this not be moved to a more suitable time and place.
Don Brash free speech debate in Auckland booms on back of Massey's ban
I posted this yesterday but it was not published. I will try again.I used to think that Don Brash was a bit of a wimp.He is actually a very brave man for standing up for what he believes with all the pressure from the left.He says openly what many less courageous people strongly believe.
Free speech group raises $50k to challenge Auckland Council over far-Right speaker ban
Goff has plenty of money to spend on a good fight. Its your rates payments.
"NZ's luckiest woman? Aucklander wins lotto jackpot twice in just months",
I believe that Lotto discriminates. Lotto winnings should be shared evenly between all races, all sexes, religions, and fat people . Prizes should not just be based on the fact of actually buying of a ticket. This disadvantages those who dont buy a ticket.
Nelson Santa Parade organisers apologise for MÄori Santa
How do you know that it didnt affect any of the kids?
Editorial: Clark's return is no help to Ardern
What climate? Raining fairy dust and all day rainbows. This is New Zealand, not Disneyland.
'Pay for it yourselves': NZ First MP Shane Jones savages hapÅ«'s PapatÅ«Änuku proposal
Goff has no idea of how to keep his ratepayers onside.He repeatedly chooses the wrong side.We need a Mayor who is capable of reading what the people want.
Editorial: Clark's return is no help to Ardern
Anybody would be a better leader than Ardern, but please, not her.
PM Jacinda Ardern arrives in Wellington with family in tow
Were those photos authorised by Trevor Mallard?
Let's not let te reo fall into extinction
If it is being taught for free someone must be subsidising it.Would that be the taxpayer?
Nelson Santa Parade organisers apologise for MÄori Santa
Superman without his suit is Clark Kent, Batman without his suite is Bruce Wayne, Santa without his suit is just wrong.
Massey University bans Don Brash from speaking
No. Because the heckler will be butting in to the organised speech.The correct time for the heckler to speak is if there is a Q and A after the speaker finishes.Its just manners.
Government monitoring families package impact, amid 'heartbreaking' deprivation
Kids are arriving at school with no lunch because their parents are lazy and know that free meals are available, and they can use their money on other things.
One year since Jacinda Ardern saved the Labour Party
Jacinda is only the Prime Minister by name.The country is being run by greens and nzfirst, and maybe Helen Clark.These 3 parties cant even agree about policies between themselves.
Prime Minister's mix-up could have led to a much more brutal economics lesson
But Jacinda is Labour Charlie.
What is Winston Peters up to in refugee spat?
If you think these are just hiccups I am glad youre not a doctor.
Can a businesses reject customers based on religious beliefs?
Good on Kath for standing up for what she believes. By the look of the comments she is well supported. If this couple are trying to make business hard for her they have failed big time. I can see her being run off her feet with new business, thanks to them.
JK Rowling leads condemnation of 'racist' cartoon of Serena Williams US Open final meltdown
Just think how many thousands of less than attractive caricatures of white men have been published over the years.
Air NZ boss to lead newly launched Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council
The Governments ongoing need of working groups, consultants etc. for every matter is an admission that they dont know how to do anything at all except appoint working groups.
Hayley Holt: Air NZ safety video is just embarrassing
How does cultural appropriation of an American music genre relate to NZ.
Why National insists on calling Jacinda Ardern 'weak'
She wont last till the end of her first term.
Overseas expert flown in to fix capital's electronic bus timetables to cost ratepayers $36,000
We have had public transport in NZ for 100 years.Why do we suddenly need overseas consultants?
Verity Johnson: I love it when middle-aged white men just wanna have fun
Obviously written by a woman.Instead of telling men she might try asking men.
Temuka man, 74, scammed out of $38,000
These older people are from a different world. They grew up with honesty and trust in others.Do not blame them for being caught by greedy, ruthless, foreign scammers with no morals or integrity. Maybe a bit of an information campaign, in a way they can understand would help.
Air NZ boss to lead newly launched Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council
Except they are only just standing and not very funny.
Here's what's going on inside your veins after you have a soft drink
If I cant have soft drinks Ill have to go back to alcohol instead.
All at sea - Paul Henry to sail around the world in memory of his late mum
Good luck Paul.Thanks for the many hours of great TV you gave us.
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
...so the media are going to jump on anything no matter how minor?The media dont have time to jump on the minor things because they are busy dealing with all her major cock-ups.
MAFS NZ - Reality TV needs to make better decisions for its contestants
People on reality TV deserve respectPeople who choose to go on reality TV cant have much self respect to start with.
Government monitoring families package impact, amid 'heartbreaking' deprivation
WINZ cant even manage its current work.
The Chase would not survive without Bradley Walsh
I just cant watch the OZ version.
Mum worries about keeping her four kids warm
I live in an uninsulated brick and tile house and put more clothes or blankets on when cold.
Editorial: Clark's return is no help to Ardern
You can get some good savings at Specsavers this week Amanda.
Avery 'exhausted and tired' after LifePod Appeal concert called off by Eden Park
What a fantastic idea, but theyll have to fight Helen over that one too.
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
You spelt ruining wrongly Exwhyzed.
Cat stuck in the car grille is reunited with owner, but the plot thickens
Best story of the week.
Here's what's going on inside your veins after you have a soft drink
.....With a couple of nips of bourbon.
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
Why do you people keep harping back to the past about Key.Is that the best you can do to support your current PM.Probably is actually.
"Smoking ban for hundreds of outdoor dining spots across Auckland",
Funny, I see many more people vaping than smoking.Vaping is far more invasive both visually with the huge clouds but also with the very strong smells.
Hospital questions child on pregnancy status
As a male I am offended that I have never been asked that question by medical staff.
Hundreds of Auckland property owners advised to reapply for resource consents
How can these incompetent people be allowed to run a large city?
Review after transport safety agencys WOF system failure
As both a license tester and WOF tester the AA seems to have been very quiet on this subject.Even after articles about testers being prosecuted.
Wellingtons new bus network hits road for first weekday test
Public transport.Teething problems continue on so long that they eventually become denture problems.
Verity Johnson: Swearing is my little act of rebellion against what polite people do
What a childish attitude.Lets all spit on the pavement, break windows and spray graffiti on buildings too.That would feel really liberating.
New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags
There are hundreds of uses for plastic shopping bags.Now we will have to by single use bags for each different task.
Employers must respect other religions and cultures
She said that as soon as she got to the elevator she cried. She said It was like a punch in the face. Its the first time someone reacted, and it was a really harsh reaction.And maybe the interviewer felt exactly the same about his treatment.
Council consenting troubles puts ability to support Auckland growth at risk, report says
Customer satisfaction with Auckland Councils building consents department is at an all time low Has customer satisfaction with Auckand Council ever been anything else?
Waikato town loses its only ATM
The IRD wants to get rid of cash too.
New World warns shoppers its giveaway Pods are not microwavable
The little gardens were better, and the dont melt in the microwave.
Long-lived kea die after visit from DOC, long-term carers blame the department for their death
This atrocity fits the pattern for DOC.So does trying to cover it up.Any necropsy must be done by an independent person to avoid more dishonesty by DOC.
Tight parking spaces see families struggle to get kids out of cars
A couple of things come to mind. Sometimes a car has parked badly because there was another parked badly that has subsequently left. This can continue on.I only park in wide spaces or end spaces. If I am forced to park in tight spaces I will try to park between two expensive cars as they are less likely to want to cause damage to themselves.
Urinal survey suggests homophobia and transphobia issues among Christchurch male pubgoers
Why do you think they must be afraid of something?
NZ on Air: MÄori Television shows dominate least-popular funded programming
NZ On Air chief executive Jane Wrightson says ratings fail to measure a programmes cultural, social and other qualitative value.They dont care if any body watches or not.
Why self-proclaimed 'free speech champions' aren't helping the cause
How do you know and who provided the figures. And who checked them. And who did they ask?
Plans to build a bilingual New Zealand a 'bold step'
I hear so many lefties, greens and millenials saying Move with the times, its the 21st century when it suits them. They should apply the same thinking to this almost dead and pretty much useless language.
Plans to build a bilingual New Zealand a 'bold step'
What? Can the tourists speak maori?
Prime Minister's mix-up could have led to a much more brutal economics lesson
If the PM is so good why do you have to keep on sticking up for her?
Helen Clark chats suffrage, challenges, Ardern, and life after office
New Zealands greatest export?Why couldnt it have stayed that way?.
WeChat users offered top secret luxury apartment planned for Aucklands North Harbour
Then put up a panel beater shop.
New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags
Supermarkets would like to thank Labour and the Greens for saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars on free plastic bags.They would also like to thank them for the opportunity to sell more plastic bags at a profit.
Free speech group raises $50k to challenge Auckland Council over far-Right speaker ban
1.But it looks like they do want it.2.When does ACC listen to its ratepayers
Meth tester: Govt report could kill clean-up industry
How is testing before and after the tenant has left going to allow you to keep these people out?
Hayley Holt: Air NZ safety video is just embarrassing
You must have seen different shows to me.
The ups and downs of a long-serving windscreen washer and why he does it
Professional window cleaners are cleaning building windows - not cars.It still causes rust to the steel.Maybe you have plastic cars.
Why self-proclaimed 'free speech champions' aren't helping the cause
but the other group will support it.
NZ on Air: MÄori Television shows dominate least-popular funded programming
The best thing I have ever watched on maori tv is the WWII film, The Dambusters.The rest of it is a waste of time.
It's a hard life living on the pension
I guess you are not one of those people who had bad luck, business problems, ill health and a multitude of other problems to erode your savings.
Tight parking spaces see families struggle to get kids out of cars
Who minds the child while you reverse the car out?
UN gathering puts further distance between Ardern's NZ and Trump's America
Neither will she, and she provides plenty of humour herself.
Michelle Duff: We don't need men telling us how to #MeToo
Not content with being masters of their own stories, men even tell women how to feel and think....I am utterly disinterested in another room full of men telling me how I should be feeling.So Michelle, you dont read the columns by Lizzy Marvelly and Verity Johnson then?
Mayor Phil Goff announces Auckland homelessness census in effort to stop ballooning vagrancy problem
Auckland Council is going to twist this into something that requires them to increase out rates.Just wait and see.
Joel Maxwell: Kaua e pukuriri ki te reo - don't be angry at the language
What is te raoi?
WeChat users offered top secret luxury apartment planned for Aucklands North Harbour
Its not about the ads being in Chinese, its about the buyers being Chinese only.
Plans to build a bilingual New Zealand a 'bold step'
I seem to recall that Maori call it their language not ours.You cant have it both ways James.I dont have such opposition, I just have no interest, like most New Zealanders.
Women must make up half of all state sector boards: Govt
We should have 1% male,1%female, 1% maori, 1% Asian, 1% fat, 1% old, 1% bi, 1% trans, 1% gay, 1% Indian, 1% christian, etc, etc............................................That should be fair.
Serena Williams cartoon reprinted under 'Welcome to PC World' headline
The drawing of her is great, the people in the grand stand dont even have faces at all.
As a working dad, I'm always treated differently to mums
I have been a solo father for the full life of my child, while also working full time and receiving no benefits or child support. Being a solo father is a lot harder than being a solo mother. Everything is set up for women and men really have to push hard to get the same support.This is the 21st century......give men a fair go too.
Air NZ boss to lead newly launched Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council
The only way to grow the economy is for the government to provide tax relief for businesses. This could be done easily by not wasting taxpayer dollars on stupid projects and ideas.This is also the only way to gain higher wages and spending power for all workers/consumers.At the moment any pay rises to workers have to be covered by extra costs on products = loss of spending power...... Round and round and round.
Holiday home owners may launch legal battle over Auckland rates
Fair enough that airbnb hosts pay all the tax due at a national level.But there is no justification for greedy Goff and the council to make a grab any time just because they think they can. Rates are based on the QV, not how many visitors stay on and off.
More than 4000 public servants at MBIE and IRD vote to strike
Maybe IRD staff would like to strike a lot longer and gain some public support.
Waikato town loses its only ATM
My dealer takes eftpos and credit cards, but not Diners Club.
Cultural cleansing takes another childhood icon – Little House on the Prairie
We could ban all history and start time tomorrow.
Clarke Gayford proves AM Show doubters wrong and builds his deck
This couple are just unbelievably fantastic.All couples should be able to build a deck and have a job and baby.What a different and better place the world would be.
Plan to ban vaping in bars, restaurants, schools and workplaces in New Zealand
If you think most people vaping are doing it to stop smoking, then thats a lot of people giving up.From what I have seen there are a lot more public vapers than smokers.
Why Nyla's running the New York Marathon in memory of her brother
Thats a sad story.
Chair umpire's sexist power play ruins powerful US Open women's final
What makes you feel that men are afraid of women?
Chair umpire's sexist power play ruins powerful US Open women's final
Why dont you just twist things around.
Speed limit cuts would be a 'band aid', says husband of Auckland road crash victim
Typical Council.Call something a crisis so that they can push their agendas.
Auckland bus driver slammed for queue jump move
I dont drive a bus, but I still have time table to keep.
WeChat users offered top secret luxury apartment planned for Aucklands North Harbour
Maoris should actually be more upset about this than others.
Huawei for dummies: Chinas tech company and why its been banned by our spies
Or is that to protect us from China being no.1 world power.
Students launch petition after being flummoxed by word trivial in NZQA exam
So how many words are the students allowed to misinterpret, yet still not be penalised for?This is rubbish teaching and yet the teachers want more pay for this standard of work.
NZ expected to buy maritime surveillance aircraft with submarine hunting tech
The P8s are armed including torpedos.
Virtual flyover of Manawatū Gorge replacement route released
Will this new highway come with fully removable black top and a one year life span like the new Waikato and Kapiti versions?
Why I won’t sit in row 13 on a plane
If you sit in row 13 and the plane crashes everybody else on-board will crash with you.
Hospital questions child on pregnancy status
Thats all well and good if the parents know.
Can a businesses reject customers based on religious beliefs?
A bit upset, are we?