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“Greymouth’s New Flood Warning System Not Waterproof”
Greymouth — A $2.4 million flood warning system installed by the West Coast Regional Council has been labelled “innovative but soggy” after it stopped working during the region’s first major downpour.
Council spokesperson Hope Liss confirmed the issue, explaining:
“Yes, the flood sensors did technically fail once exposed to water — but that just proves how severe the flooding was. In a way, it’s working perfectly.”
Locals say the system began “sparking like a New Year’s Eve sparkler” before shorting out completely One resident, Jim Pansey, said:
“By the time the warning lights went off, my gumboots were already floating. Next time I’ll just stick to watching the river rise like we always have.”
The council defended the purchase, calling it “a world-first example of flood awareness through surprise.”
Liss added,
“We can’t stop the rain — but we can definitely hold another press conference about it.”
Only someone working for a council when confronted with a failure,would call that failure a success
looks like a spoof from Mr. Ed
no source
and
Council spokesperson Hope Liss confirmed the issue,
after his siphoning the python at 3am we get this.
You do realise it’s satire?
That X account this is from is all sarcasm and satire. There are a number of parodys of Oriini Kaipara’s maiden speech on his site worth seeing also.
One resident, Jim Pansey,
= Chimpanzee
Did Mr Ed get fooled by this ?
The sooner council staff are replaced with Ai the better.
Councils should now be wafer thin
Most work is contracted out.
Rubbish, footpath and road works
parks and reserves
dog catchers; Towing (in AKL)
noise control et al.
Direct employment tends to be libraries and street patrol/parking meters
even this can be subbed out
rates systems are largely automated and there are no cheques mailed in quarterly to process.
Dog registration is only a small time of the year – usually June only – so can bring in temporary people; students in mid winter break; get a contract with the local polytech or Uni (too easy) !
Most of it is Make Work stuff now
Empire building
a typical council in NZ SHOULD have one quarter the number of staff it had in 1990 (35 years ago) in direct employment.
The intent of contracting out was to arms length these tasks and not have to worry about, often, low wage workers.
There only need to be some specialist contract managers and project managers
But Auckland council has floors of project managers who report to Program managers. an empire.
Councils are the opposite of private enterprise (in pretty much every way)
Private enterprise needs to be more efficient.
councils thrive on being increasingly inefficient and into empire building
THEY set the rates , suckers . Pay up or get a lien of your property.
any person standing for council this week who says they will stop rates rises blah blah is a liar
either they are too stupid to know they cant do that, or they are, yes, well lying. A politician, no doubt.
adding to cost.
circa 2005 the Klarkenfuhrer in her university trained wisdom (MA in political studies) decided to add to rate payers cost.
for no particular reason – like Forrest Gump -she decided that that Regional councils all had to set up billing systems. Prior
the local codicils billed out the rates for the attached regional council, and handed over the money.
Easy as.
less billings systems, less bills to each RATEpayer (not voter, but rate payer )
This was a deliberate duplication of services,
todally unnecessary
but the liebour way
create for jobswoths in govt.
Didn’t something similar happen up north a couple of years ago , the sensors briefly triggered flooding before they burnt out so “officials” lowered the risk and went home.
Cyclone Gabrielle
No surprises there.
Please don’t disturb naaska too much during the day.
Not good for his heart being woken up whilst dreaming in his armchair.
living rent free
in da head
huh
nasska still sticking it to landlords 😁😁☝️
A psychiatric condition is involved in his head.
Arty people tend to be like that.
Is writing poetry an art?
Ardle doodle the magpie said.
the te pati money mps maiden speech yesterday is a great example of the saying of when a clowns moves into a castle it dosent make them a king but instead turns the castle into a circus.
the circus music was blaring loud yesterday in wellington, what a fucking shit show.
As soon as it kicked off, what was to stop everyone getting up and leaving?
Enjoy the view
https://x.com/kiwiwayne2/status/1976309298159550827?s=46
https://x.com/saltyreigns/status/1976165940976034002?s=46
Sorry, I can’t enjoy that!
Our speaker has no balls!
He should have stomped on that shit from day one.
Going to hard to wind that shit back now.
Wonder who the next speaker will be, because this one is shit!
I guess all parliaments around the world are chocka full of nuts, you wouldn’t give more than 10% of the fecks a job on the outside , same goes for those standing for councils at the moment.
Although I engage in less and less of MSM now
I did not notice this year the totally nasty MSM hit jobs that the media filth did in 2022 on local govt candidates they did not like.
like anyone who even posted one tweet questioning the vaXXX
in 2021
It was all out war in 2022 on any candidates the MSM did not like
appalling but not surprising for that lot
Are $1uff $1aff still having stopworks and protesting pay ?
but yes Dougal
the quality of candidates is poor
in reality they don’t have much power anyway
the power has transferred to the executive staff
the unelected ones
like in Yes Minister.
Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson ,after making a brave stand against the maori wards in 2022 is not standing again after 1 term only.
Mauger in CHC has been an empty vessel after all his grandstanding prior to being mayor .
Did something to the controls on tv remote.
And could not get tv side for a could of months
Watched tube, now hardly any tv not even the news, now.
I must say that Megan Markle is been told daily, she’s an old cow!
Missed out UGLY
A true ongoing loyal royalists to the end.
Fair enough, I think QE2 enjoyed some of the Sooty Sweep skits, Royal Variety Show.
Kept up with Paddington Bear too.
Clicking to keep up with Megan to echo for a never was, has been. 🙄
Who cares about Charlie’s ilk & the fetish for Camilla’s tampons?
Just beware of U’tube’s algorithums to deliver you many more of those of those fetishes.
At least one can stop Utube go off, put the kettle on, go for a pee, then when ready, start & not miss a thing.
Even better find out about it, open a tab & google for more background, more context.
What ?
No respect for Parliament
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5zA6F9LoWkM
‘No! Not that’: Speaker suspends House as haka breaks out
short
Can’t play by the rules, kick them out for a week. If it happens again, a month.
Hold their pay as well. That’ll hurt!
Yes but Fat Gerry, the St Bedes laddie, is pathetic.
I did not follow it
but didn’t he kick out Chlo Chlo and she turned up anyway .
it is a farce
and that is the way luxcinda likes it
lots of distractions like this so he does not have to akshully do anything.
Remember when we used to think planet of the apes was fiction
Yep SB, the circus music was definitely blaring loud yesterday in Wellington and the perpetually unhappy appeared in Parliament while the screams of deranged could be clearly heard at Fat Gerry’s front desk, but still he did nothing.
Fat Gerry is beyond useless now
like his defunct notional.
(Defunct like the UK Conservative pty; and on life support like the AU liberals- both parties so called but none of that branding seen IRL in decades)
local softcocks have been notional for a while now.
define notional
existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality.
There is the occasional mouse roar, then silence.
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Fat Gerry is representative of notional pati now
overweight, weak, pitiful, lethargic, cant handle bullies;
and unable to deal with real world issues
like stand up for the citizen of NZ.
Muldoon and Kiwi Keith never put up with this afront.
done and dusted.
Fat Gerry completely sidelined by a couple of skinny maori chicks
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and Oriini Kaipara
better hand in his man card of he still is fraudulently carrying one.
Why is it like this ?
johnny keys swept the decks in his time to allow the WEF takeover;
luxcinda is the current puppet
but
did you see how fast keys moved out of the public eye when Trump was elected
never seen him move so fast
usually it was dragging things out like the (pretend) fag referendum
another exercise of running down the clock whole pretending to do something.
but the exit was at roadrunner speed .
like a Wiley Coyote was chasing.
the real destruction was done quietly like UNDRIP and Paris accord;
while raising benefits and not lowering taxes in 9 loooong years.
Lord johnny was a real destructive force to this country
and here we are.
the disdain that creepy puppet luxon shows for our country is disgusting
along with willyless.
luxon is thing of straw
not even manly enough to be a man of straw .
I hear that Kaipara woman is only going to speak in Maori where possible in parliament. What a wonderful idea, nobody will understand her and I doubt she has anything useful to say anyway. The partly Maori party are a good example of the difference between politicians and activists. They don’t want to be in government, they would have to work. Yesterday was just another example of respect free theater that we have to pay for. They actually make the Greens look relatively sane and that’s no mean feat. All going well there should be a major bout of internecine warfare breaking out in that party fairly soon which with a bit of luck will destroy them.
And one only has to view the tvnz website to see that the left and this shit is the only party in town when it comes to state funded media.
if shes anything like the rest of te pati money then she will hardly even be there to speak in te reo
I have been told that these computers can take photos of you while they are going.
Turn the camera off or cover it up . Iaasb leaves his on so he can play along with with his only fans girlies
are you one of my subcribers? //////
only took a peak at onlyfans for a couple of weeks for a laugh at an ex, im too miserable to pay for porn when theres plenty on the www for free.
only when youre on the gravy stroke while watching pornhub.
Interesting to contemplate.
Winston Peters will likely be dead before the end of the 2026 -2029 parliamentary term
he will go fast in a few months like Bob Jones .
so the choice he makes next year will be interesting.
as it stands, it is unlikely for liebour to dump hipkins now, what with him ranking above the current PM in acceptance stakes
so that should rule out Winston going with liebour .
BUT
Winston does not really follow up on words he uses.
he is a chancer; an opportunist;
and when the future of the country (he will not be here for that) is at stake, baubles matter
always have
the leopard wont change his spots at 80 yo.
NZF always poll higher than the vote count.
he is good at stirring emotions but at the ballot box people calm down a bit.
Prior to the 1996 first MMP elections NZF was polling at times above 25%
the result was 13%.
So, Winston’s choice in 2026,and it will mainly be his, will affect the country
but he is duplicitous
and will go with what suits him.
In the first MMP erection of 1996 NZF had 13% of the vote
and IT got to decide who formed the Govt.
allegedly because bolger offered plenty of whiskey.
How govts are really formed under MMP !!
.
MMP huh.
failed at the first hurdle; to use a horsey term for Winston.
either way he is dealing with Chris (L or N ) who is a gutless weak sellout ;
maybe Winston should have picked better friends !!
when he dies he will never have fulfilled the potential predicted by Muldoon.
but he has received nice gift baskets (aka baubles) .
Winston is the Keith Richards of NZ politics.
Ask yourself – what kind of a world will we leave to him?
He will not go with Labour while Willie and Hipkins are there.
For a start there’s no way Shane Jones would go along with it, given that he’s either going to be Winston’s successor or at least remain 2IC in the party. Jones knows that alignment with Labour would be suicide for NZ First as a party. I know friends of his who would advise him of the same.
Further, the NZ First vote will only increase towards the election at the expense of National and possibly even Labour. This will give NZ First more bargaining power should the “right” bloc (quoted because of National), hold power.
If the right can’t form a government, I would strongly expect that NZ First will only offer confidence and supply, and will royally fuck with Labour et al. That will be revenge served cold for He Puapua.
See if I’m wrong.
If that is your view of Winston, then I suggest you stop watching TV and listening to radio, and instead visit https://goodoil.news/, and https://rcr.media/, and watch and listen to interviews with Winston.
You have been brainwashed by the bought and paid for mainstream media.
Duh
I don’t watch commercial teevee
I do not even an aerial
I have not listened to radio in over 20 years
get YOUR facts right
you are well off
and Peters has always done what is right for him.
YOU sound like one of the simple folk who have been sucked in by 40 years of bullshit
His achievement in 40 years at the public tit is what
-the Gold card
-and meeting Condoleza
being called Deputy PM a few times, a meaningless title .
has he lowered taxes, created an efficient govt Dept, improved the health system , made something, anything, run better; created a national park, a marine reserve or anything of note?
NO
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Sure not going to Slaters blog; what does slater the slug know ?
SFA
His daddy was the notional party president for 2 years last century
Slater has no actual political experience.
He may know a few politicians but woop de do in NZ
He is a bag of hot air
he employed ( I guess it was a retention relationship) some massively unwell , clinically obese person called Pete 10 years ago who ruined his wee blog.
Slater claimed clinical depression and was paid for this by an insurance company.
then had a dispute with the insurance company.
ask Slater about Debbie Brown 💋 💋
He defamed people massively
has notable mental health issues
and takes money for hit jobs like the Hells pizza saga
he took money for defamation
in defaming, with lies, the headmaster of Kristin School
he should have been prosecuted for that .
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The former headmaster of Kristin School, Peter Clague, faced legal issues involving an alleged assault by his former partner, Jeanne Denham (also a lawyer).
Clague was the subject of a private prosecution brought by Denham, but a judge dismissed the charge in 2015, finding insufficient evidence and that the case was an “abuse of process”.
The judge ordered Denham to pay Clague significant legal costs, which she did not pay as she declared bankruptcy. Denham was later found guilty of misconduct for attempting to destroy Clague’s career and reputation.
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Slater took money to wreck this guys career and life.
From a vindictive woman. In a short lived marriage,
Yes, I got the story first hand from inside Kristin School in 2012.
That is what slater is
You can associate with these crooks but don’t ever tell to do so
You are wrong , completely
Try some facts
being on Slaters blog has made you soft in the head.
I live on Planet Earth
I don’t know where you live Dylan.
It’s exactly what Winston is.
I used to hang around over there. Explains a lot about going soft in the head. Sometimes I even think I’m Jimmy Twomums or John Campbell which is marvelous.
You mean you’re not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5itmQ8zi9xk
Huckabee predicts unprecedented Middle East realignment
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal, the return of hostages and broader realignment in the Middle East.
The silence is deafening from the stupid lefties who suffer fromTDS. When will the likes of fruity, the witch and others swallow their TDS and give credit where it is warranted. Even Helens loved UN and all its posturing couldn’t do in 2 years what Trump has done in 8 months.
Agreed. Trump is not perfect, far from it. As for the UN, it could do it in 100 years. Their goals are more aligned to what is best. Just another tentacle of the WEF/WHO/UN/BigPharma octopus.
There is huge money in war, and even bigger gains when the war is over and the usual suspects pick up resources for cents in the dollars using the debt that was run up supplying arms to both sides.
I know you can’t believe Stuffed but they are reporting gaza residents chanting Trump. I expect Chloe will be congratulating the Donald in parliament shortly///
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360850015/joy-erupts-after-gaza-ceasefire-announced
Some are chanting something else:
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/10/09/gazans-celebrate-peace-deal-with-a-chant-that-should-raise-eyebrows-but-wont-n4944683
That last meme has the participants the wrong way round!
The kiwi is ment to be throttling the bitch!
Richard Prebble rips apart the 20 so called economists who wrote an open letter to Government recently
https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/richard-prebble-twenty-economists-letter-not-worth-the-paper-it-s-written-on?
One of the signatories was leftie Ganesh Nana 💩 – no need to say more.
Yes, more should follow asap
From telegram https://t.me/rtnews/115307
“Ruling party in Italy is willing to BAN the burqa and niqab in public spaces
The party of Italy’s PM Meloni put forward this legislation as a part of combating ‘cultural separatism’
Violators will be fined up to $3,500”
Scary that the government can dictate what you can and cannot wear. Unless the burqa or niqab is being used to conceil offenders identity there is no excuse for not allowing anyone to wear one.
Concealing offenders is one of the main uses of these obnoxious muzzrat garments, along with subjugating women.The fact that the burka and niqab are Islamic is plenty of reason to ban them.
yup exactly bert, one may not agree with the muslim head coverings but to ban them is bullshit. even here the gang patch ban im against, i do like the result but i dont believe any govt should dictate what someone can wear no matter who they are. youre either for freedom of speech/expression or youre not, theres no in betweens.
Your girl friend has excelled with that Rol. Did you encourage her?
More on why the UK is fucked…
https://www.joannenova.com.au/2025/10/its-an-emergency-the-defence-industry-wants-to-get-some-climate-money-too/
“Climate change is now a severe national security threatA secret report by a Joint Intelligence committee in the UK claim climate change poses a severe threat to National Security. It’s one of the biggest risks facing Britain, the report is “understood” to say. Get ready to be bowled over by the hyperbole: It’s a “stark warning” say anonymous sources, and it’s a “hard hitting report” say the journalists who have not seen it”
I’d be more worried about Putin’s missiles personally. ( although I don’t think Putin spends much time fretting about the UK, or anyone for that matter.) Once the Kiev Nazis are sorted, I suspect he’ll just want to relax and chill out.
My main worry would be the fuckwits currently in charge.
Ed Milliband, UK minister of energy “Mr Bean”
How pathetic and desperate can they get ? Macron desperately trying to remain relevant as are Starmer and Merz
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/10/09/beyond-hubris-u-k-france-and-germany-organize-urgent-meeting-to-take-control-of-gaza-board-of-peace/comment-page-1/#comments
After they did their best to fuck up the deal with their premature recognition of a Palestinian state you would think they would be hiding away in shame.
Another organisation dedicated to God & child molestation is under the pump & not a moment too soon. From https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/two-by-twos-leader-wayne-dean-resigns-under-pressure-leaves-new-zealand-for-break/ZTZPOEV6PBC2NEUOVJ4G6X72UY/ :
……”The overseer of the controversial Two by Twos church has stepped down and will leave New Zealand after a “tough year” and “constant pressure” at the helm of the secretive organisation.”…..
And before we get the normal “Wah! He’s picking on the religious.” & “Wah! The Islamists do it too” this group are sick. Real sick.
“a former assistant principal convicted of filming up girls’ skirts with a pen camera in 2013 is a former elder of the Two by Twos”
In Australia, the UK & the USA the sect is under investigation for child abuse. Give a man a Bible alongside two bob’s worth of authority & a kid somewhere will suffer!
to be fair tho theres probs alot more athiest fidders and perverts just its only when someones a god botherer they mention religion.
Disagree!
The “fidders and perverts” need a base or authority over kids to get them to accept their perversions & predations. Think Scouts, youth groups, some sports clubs, churches & teaching. But only one provides the essential ingredients, ie the trust the God besotted, gullible parents have in their religious leaders & the obedient, unquestioning kids who are taught to obey their elders.
Provide the prey & the predators will follow!
Getting bombarded with emails telling me it is my last chance to vote against those dastardly Maori Council free seats.
I wont. I cant.
No Maori Wards or thoughts here so do not get a vote. Then the result will be taken as a referendum no doubt covering all of New Zealand.
I voted no. Despite being enrolled and we haven’t changed our address hubby didn’t receive a voting form (and couldn’t be bothered chasing it up) so also wasn’t able to vote.
In Australia the state is awarding itself extra powers in the name of “social cohesion”. Issued under the banner of “antisemitism” they are thinly disguised means to silence dissenting voices or unpopular movements.
New Zealand control freaks are determined not to be outdone. Here Mark Mitchell has announced changes to the Policing Act reenabling “the organisation’s ability to gather intelligence in public places, and expand Police powers to temporarily close areas in response to antisocial behaviour or public safety risks.”
Many in their naivety will applaud thinking that the power will be used against criminal gangs & out of control little scrotes who thumb their noses at all laws & authority. They will ignore the fact that gangs & youth crime are not the targets. We are!
From https://insidegovernment.co.nz/govt-to-restore-police-intel-collection-powers/
#. “Police can collect and use images in public spaces, and in places where Police are lawfully present, for all lawful policing purposes”.
#, Police will be able to, “Close a broader range of areas, not just roads, to manage disorder or emergencies”.
#. “Issue infringement notices and, where necessary, arrest those who refuse to comply or provide identifying information”.
This is to ensure that the Police “have the necessary tools to manage non-compliance and keep communities safe.”
What we need is a way to be safe from Police & Parliament!
H/T RCR Bites
She’s over this Maori bullshit!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/786579970824795
She’s not the only one OVER IT.
Maori radicals were sweet talked into joining with Marxism to their own detriment and that of NZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5INjAb1Plc
Michael Laws Says That Rawiri Waititi’s Dictatorship Is On Full Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBi7oarx6Qk
Michael Laws talks to Alia Bland from Voices for Freedom about her call for unity.
not listened to it
However Laws is starting to grow on me
whilst some of his rambles are a bit long and directionless
but seriously
Rawiri Waititi is not that bright
the whole show is run by Poppy in law
The very deprived and hard done by, hard scrabble childhood blah blah John Tamihere !
Riri (Rawiri/ricky ) would not have an original thought
Maori & Marxism make strange bedfellows.
Under communism the means of production is owned by the state. Maori put the tribe ahead of all else & all benefits are to the tribe.
The state, other Maori & other inhabitants don’t count for jackshit & the feelgood pan Maori crap will eventually be dissolved in blood.
Communists of all colours find easy pickings for their cause – plenty of useful idiots – including the early radicals trained in Cuba.
Small wonder that the Grinch of Greerton has a bad attitude. “WaynesWorldView” came up on my You Tube list featuring an episode entitled Has Tauranga Gone Mad ?
Offhand I’d say Wayne’s right. A wander through the Tauranga CBD reveals ‘For Lease’ signs sprouting like March mushrooms. Half the bloody town is empty. You could fire a shotgun down the main road without hitting anyone!
Then there’s the waste. Waste on a scale seldom seen outside Wellington.
A $5,000,000 playground, an $88,000 bench, a $300,000 “sculpture”, a shabby rainbow crossing for $11,000. Shit! They must have some rich ratepayers up the BoP way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEKaP-erLLA
With the rates bill on his portfolio of slum rentals no wonder the aged saggitarius has to keep working into his dotage. 🙂
Well, I guess if the Masterton pensioners wanted something other than a slum town(by your own admission,) then your council would be spending up, but let’s not forget that most of this was organised by a broken arsed ex CEO of Wellington and an equally corrupt Mania Mahooter and her commissioners.
Put in place by equally mad 10b who couldn’t work with anyone at all, so resigned to run off and sulk in the Ukraine, saving people while spying for the home team.
You don’t get to the top of the army and not be captured by their system. From Auckland, by the way.
I’d love to know where there is a 5-million-dollar playground.
But then of course, you haven’t been near the place in your life, so talking through a hole in your arse as usual based on the MSM bullshit.
But we understand why few want to live in Masterton. Go join your pak and slave queue.
And yes, we have a lot of very rich people here, which is why Masterton doesn’t have them. Life is so much better in the sun.
.
And being the benevolent souls we are we have built lots more slum houses with your tax money.
Sadly, those are the ones you couldn’t look after.
I work because work is interesting and is good for the soul.
I’ve given you an uptick master Vikey
Feel the love
sounds like you need it .
💓 💓 💓
…..”we have a lot of very rich people here, which is why Masterton doesn’t have them”…..
One must accept valid criticism & it is true that we are an impoverished town in an economic desert. Even the local Maori have acknowledged that & in keeping with the theme of poverty they only extorted $90,000 from the ratepayers to display their modest tribal treasures on ‘pou poles’ at each end of town.
The small rusted eyesores are dwarfed by the pine poles they’re nailed to but on the bright side there have been reduced sightings of Taniwha of late.
Probably imported the poles from Tokoroa.
So watch out, the Tainui might want them back.
Dear Nasska, I posted that yesterday. Apparently trusting ones own eyes is not condoned by V of Tauranga. At least I think that’s what he was on about.
Await the tongue lashing. I’ve had mine.
Get your facts right instead of swallowing crap dished out by crap pushers in the media.
Isn’t that a constant theme here? Don’t swallow the bullshit that the MSM dishes out and what you see on Facebook.\?
HMMM
What about all the empty shops in central Tauranga? Not looking very attractive is it. My parents lived in Tga so visited often. Like many places around the country YOUR city has gone way down hill.
Like all councils they are happy to virtue signal with OTT, expensive rainbow crossings, etc paid by the ratepayers. Is wasting rates okay with you??
Perhaps you should look at Hamilton before you say much.
It was full of empty shops for a long time until Tainui spent taxpayer-provided dollars there.
Now Te Rapa is lined with broken-down motels, etc, many of which have just been auctioned off. The building industry there is ground to a halt. Only dairy keeps it alive.
But you had a nice new bridge built that actually goes to no housing yet, and we wait for roads, let alone a bridge.
The truth is that most town centres all around the world suffer from this same malaise. Bought on by computing and the growth of shopping malls. (I recall all the whining from the people in Hamilton when Foodtown opened the Nawton store. One believed Hamilton was being raped and pillaged.)
Made even worse now by online shopping. No need to be there any more. Nicer places to be and live and work close by makes a lot of sense to those with half a brain.
We have some great areas here now.
We have been for all the time I have lived here, the fastest-growing area in NZ. It goes up and down in activity, but still grows.
It’s just a nice place to live despite the growth.
Growth costs money, and when it comes to roading, we have been starved of NZTA funds. Why, because this area has been safe National forever. Unlike Hamilton, which has contested seats. You can guess that politics decides where the money gets spent.
Did you know that we funded and built 2 bridges and 2 motorways with ratepayer funding?
Well, we did and had to get the law changed to do that. The only time in his life that Peters ever did good. Twice, once with Bolger and once with Clark, because each, in their turn, wanted to rule, and he wanted a turn. Didn’t work very well then, and no better now.
Growing has its issues, of course, and there are issues with previous administrations, but I sense that we are on the right track.
We couldn’t even buy a port crane without empowering legislation.
Our 4 waters are probably the best in the country. We have had an enormous amount of rain, but no issues at all.
Like anything, there are injustices done in the immediate past. And there have been decisions made that were and remain wrong. That’s life, I reckon. Every council seems to have them.
The biggest injustice here again was political. When the Port was privatised, all the shares were given to the regional council and none to TCC or its ratepayers. We, the ratepayers, have spent a fortune supplying infrastructure, etc, for the port for no return. Now the Regional Clowns are going to create a huge nest egg, and again, Tauranga ratepayers will see none of it in our bank account.
They will waste it for sure.
Next time you want to know something about this area, feel free to ask.
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Unbelievable, after being unable to log on to YSB for what must be 4 weeks all of a sudden im “Allowed” back without even trying to log in ,WTF is going on ??
Never have any problem except having to log-in sometimes reasonably frequently. Do your work through a VPN?
Good you made it back 😃
Is Viking in charge of the logging in process ??
Be a few not here if I were, and lots more that no longer come here to be abused would be.
ah fuck off !
You asked for it.
Nice place to come at the end of a day’s work.
Just to find out who has decided to be abusive today.
Never mind testing others’ ideas and adding to knowledge, just attack with all the abuse you can muster. Rather sad.
Waiting.
is that a request for abuse? I can end the wait shortly. However, it’s not really my style, I’d rather have a crack at ideas and opinions. It’s rather silly being abusive to a name that has no real association with any person. So stop waiting and contribute meaningfully to robust debate.
No ROL, you are good.
Hope you’re not calling me abusive?! You need to dial yourself back if you are. It isn’t personal commenting on the City of Tauranga.
Especially when the Mayor of TGA actually lives in Your town 😁😋
Go back and read all that you had to say.
I pointed out that most of what you said was incorrect, only to be greeted with a pile of crap from various.
The government today announced that it is exploring selling the debt and equity securities it holds in Chorus, the network infrastructure builder that was awarded the vast majority of areas to construct the Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) initiative created in 2009.
Finance minister Nicola Willis and infrastructure minister Chris Bishop announced the decision to divest the Chorus stake jointly. New Zealand’s National Infrastructure Funding and Financing company NIFFCo will now investigate the feasibility of selling the debt and equity securities the government holds in Chorus.
These were purchased as the Crown’s contribution to funding the UFB, amounting to $566.9 million and $768.5 million respectively, or $1.34 billion in total. Chorus shares trade at $9.26 each on the New Zealand stock exchange presently, with the company’s market capitalisation being $4.05 billion.
If the securities sale to private investors goes ahead, it would take place in early 2026, and done with oversight by the Treasury, Bishop said.
But the man who gives a suasge roll a bad name says.
Speaking at this year’s Bloomberg Address, Willis declined to make a prediction how much the government would get from the sale, but said “I want to get as much as possible.”
Willis also denied that the proposed Chorus divestment amounted to asset sales, which the Coalition government has ruled out for the current term.
“I think that debt securities and equities don’t really fit New Zealanders’ idea of an asset,” she said.
“We don’t own Chorus in any way, and we are essentially a debt lender to it,” Willis added.
“So I don’t think that is a tangible asset in the sense that is meant by the Coalition agreement,” Willis said.
Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins viewed the Chorus announcement as an asset sale in an attempt to balance the government books.
“Here we go again. This is the National Party failing to invest in New Zealand’s future. They can’t balance the books so their response to that is to hock off the family silverware,” Hipkins said..
https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/135632/debt-and-equity-stakes-ufb-network-builder-chorus-go-block-government-proposes
howtis One tick up for Willis. Need a few more.
Well done to the govt shit heads that wasted taxpayers money.
The Government is likely to be the largest external creditor of Cherri Global – a Hawke’s Bay cherry grower which went into liquidation owing nearly $43 million to creditors.
While most of the debt – $41.27m – is owed to related parties, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, has confirmed it is owed the majority of the external debt.
Cherri Global and its subsidiary companies, Cherri Holdings and Cherri Machinery, were put into liquidation on March 8 through a special resolution of shareholders, with Janet Sprosen and Stephen White of PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand appointed liquidators.
In their first report, the pair said the three companies faced challenges following the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle and an unsuccessful attempt to raise new equity to fund the development of the orchards.
This led to the business selling the majority of its property assets and operations, subsequently ceasing trading in November 2024 following the sale.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/agribusiness/cherri-global-collapse-govt-revealed-as-biggest-external-creditor/5VDX3UUUWFGVFEZZBZCSZ5SL74/
Another senior Green Party staffer departs as Louis Day resigns from communications roleThe gift that keeps on giving.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/another-senior-green-party-staffer-departs-as-louis-day-resigns-from-communications-role/K77TAEJ4MJCYRFKIRP6BIZMU5I/
Tory is free after tomorrow
former Madam Mayor
She worked there before
understands toxic cultures
a shoe in
I’ll even give her a reference
better the weirdos coagulate than mix it up among US.
How can you tell the difference between a Protestant and a Catholic?
Ask them to name the books of the Bible.
If you listen carefully, you’ll notice that the Protestant answer excludes the deuterocanonical texts, such as Tobit and Judith, while the Catholic answer will be, “How the fuck should I know? There’s like 50 of them. Piss off.”