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To start your day (And as it concerns NZ, and mentions luxflakes, winnie and chloe), this article from online American news outlet The Epoch Times might be of interest. Has NZ dodged a bullet? One wonders.
‘New Zealand Declines Trump’s Board of Peace Invitation
While seeing a role for the Board in Gaza, New Zealand says there’s not enough clarity around how it would operate in relation to the United Nations.
New Zealand has declined U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his “Board of Peace,” originally envisioned as a body to govern Gaza following the latest war there, but since pitched as a permanent fixture in world geopolitics.
Invitations were issued to heads of state worldwide, with preliminary information indicating that membership would be free.
However, a subsequent draft charter indicated that the United States planned to charge countries at least US$1 billion (NZ$1.65 billion) to extend their terms.
Ministers initially said New Zealand was considering accepting the invitation, with speculation fuelled by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters’ praise of the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and his questioning whether it was worth New Zealand continuing to contribute to its funding.
In a social media post on Jan. 23, Peters called WHO “a bunch of unelected globalist bureaucrats” who were “not accountable or responsible with worldwide taxpayers’ money.”
However, on Jan. 30, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ruled out taking up Trump’s invitation, saying that his government would not to join the Board of Peace in “its current form.”
Peters then took to his official X account to say that New Zealand “recognises the leadership of the United States, in close coordination with nations from the region, on advancing peace in Gaza.”While the foreign affairs minister said New Zealand saw a role for itself in the Board of Peace, he noted the country would not be able to contribute significantly to progress toward peace in Gaza.
“A number of states, particularly from the region, have stepped up to contribute to the Board’s role on Gaza, and New Zealand would not add significant further value to that,” he wrote on social media.
“As a leading founder and longstanding supporter of the United Nations, it is important that the Board’s work is complementary to and consistent with the U.N. Charter.
“It is a new body, and we need clarity on this and on other questions relating to its scope, now and in the future. New Zealand will not be joining the Board in its current form but will continue to monitor developments.”
Meanwhile, opposition parties said it was “embarrassing” the idea had ever been considered.
Earlier this week, Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said the idea could cost billions and equated to setting up “an alternative institution to the United Nations, in which Donald Trump gets to install himself as CEO of planet Earth.” (1)
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(1) Rex Widerstrom, ‘New Zealand Declines Trump’s Board of Peace Invitation’, The Epoch Times, 30 January 2026.
...However, a subsequent draft charter indicated that the United States planned to charge countries at least US$1 billion (NZ$1.65 billion) to extend their terms….
and yet
it is still CHEAPer than what NZ paus EACH year into the Paris climate accord crapola
that Johnny keys signed the country to
So Johnny keys decided that we should not borrow money – circa 2010- to pay into the Cullen Fund- Superannuation
BUT
That it was OK to borrow over one Billion each year to pay into the paris political slush fund
Cui bono ?
how much does keys get out of this slush fund each year ?
The board of peace will operate as it should!
By wacking skirt wearing fellas over the head with it,
Then bend them over and tan their scrawny behinds.
They will bring the BILLY GOAT to the party.
They would learn to like it. Then we’d have LGBTQQIP2SAA + BDSM.
Great idea but the alphabet can only take so much punishment!
From FB via X
Jacinda Ardern: a national mistake that must never be repeated
This assessment is not based on emotion. It is based on measurable outcomes.
Debt:
Under Ardern, net core Crown debt rose from around NZ$83 billion in mid 2020 to NZ$175.5 billion by mid 2024, an increase of roughly NZ$92 billion. Debt climbed from under 20 percent of GDP to more than 40 percent. This was one of the fastest deteriorations in our history.
Housing:
House prices surged to more than 11 times the median household income, locking out first home buyers. Prices then fell nearly 20 percent from their peak, leaving many new owners underwater. No government in our history has produced a worse combination of unaffordability followed by losses.
Productivity and tax:
Ardern lifted the top income tax rate to 39 percent while productivity remained flat. New Zealanders now work more hours than almost any developed nation but produce less per hour than the OECD average. Our GDP per capita went backwards, which is the most important measure of national prosperity.
Authority and accountability:
Her statement, “We are your single source of truth,” was the most authoritarian line delivered by any New Zealand leader in my lifetime. She later refused to front public COVID 19 hearings, choosing a private interview instead. A Prime Minister owes the country transparency.
Political legitimacy:
Although coalition governments are a normal part of MMP, the way power was transferred in 2017 left many New Zealanders feeling disenfranchised. That feeling was earned through the results that followed.
Exit:
She resigned in the middle of the economic and social consequences created under her leadership and immediately relocated overseas. That is not accountability.
My conclusion is simple:
Leadership is not measured by speeches, branding, or international praise. Leadership is measured by results. On every major indicator including debt, housing, productivity, affordability, transparency, and national cohesion, Ardern left New Zealand weaker, poorer, and more divided than she found it.
And we must learn from it. This must never happen again.
…Productivity and tax:
Ardern lifted the top income tax rate to 39 percent while productivity remained flat. New Zealanders now work more hours than almost any developed nation but produce less per hour than the OECD average. Our GDP per capita went backwards, which is the most important measure of national prosperity…
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akshully
Johnny keys started that problem
in 2013
when he opened the flood gates to imigrants
allowing over 100,000 people a year into Auckland (120,000 people per annum, the vast majority of whom went to Auckland ) while no houses were being built, because after 3 years Keys’ Auckland super City never had a proper 10 year plan; the merger was so rushed .
The crude measure was to raise total GDP but it meant that because low quality people emigrated,(often on unproductive student visas) the GDP per capita went down.
House prices raced away due a lack of Supply of housing
NZ used overseas funds to import the non productive assets of cars, fridges, stoves teevees, and household items.
People doubled up in houses so quality of living went down and a house might have 4 cars . I saw this driving the streets in the evening. Big change from 2013 to 2017 where cars were stacked up outside houses; on the berm. on the front lawn
With UNDRIP, added Maorification, paris accord , no emphasis on productividy, mass immigration, no modern structuring of taxes (despite the Sherwin Tax group in 2010 )
John Philip fucking Keys
was NO better than adern
and that sleezy small hat
wbanker prattled on about catching up to Australia by 2025Look >>>over there >>>>>
wouldn’t disagree with that at all. He was a commission man, not a production efficiency man.
Like all Jews, he was about money, his money.
Bob Clarkson pissed him off because he knew how to make money and generate wealth, and was weather that shonkey. Stalled him every which way, the fucking pouncy bloody wanker.
That’s why the houses were not built, and the roads were not done. Typical National twat.
A reminder that Clarkson tipped whinny out of his comfortable seat here.
oohh I have to disagree there. JK wasn’t as bad as the bitch whose name I won’t say, but y’all know who I mean. Fuck her. I hope she dies the most unpleasant death imaginable. It deserves NO less.
if Liebour gets in, expect the bitch to make a comeback.
Yep Im thinkin same
Yep, the shape shifter will need backup. He’s never been allowed out in public as the front person before, he would need big persons pants! He’s always been slinking. Around the back, before!
I think he knows he is in the way of the chopping block, its just that the axe hasn’t fallen yet.
See it in his demeanour.
I doubt his heart is in the job anymore.
It may be something to do with collecting the Parliamentary pension like his other mates, she who will not be spoken and he who went to Ireland and England.
When is the duck due back?
There is, on youtube (although of course now I can’t find it). a video of a number of countries covid spokesmen saying the ‘single source of truth’ line.
Like everything connected with covid it was all an orchestrated, scripted, play pretending all the governments and health organisations were acting in our best interests.
Those that were fooled into believing the lies the first time need to wake up, if they have not already, aware that they will try again to control us. It’s mind over matter – governments don’t mind, and we don’t matter.
well it probably will, theyre starting to push the nipah virus thing now and how much worse than covid it is. if labour get in and the world goes hysterical over yet another virus blamed on bats well we’re gunna have covid 2.0.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nipah-virus-kiwi-travellers-advised-to-avoid-bats-and-sick-pigs-bali-latest-airport-to-add-screening-measures/2VY6PHVEONEZPP7CQACTXMLZZY/
be ready to push back on these fuckers right from the get go. if they try this shit on us again it needs to be met head on with full fury to send these fuckers a message.
Well they can sod off. I’m not going through that again.
Me Neither. 🤬🤬🤬
That Nipah virus apparently originated in India, you know that place our beloved leader wants to bring in an insane amount of immigrants from. What could possibly go wrong? Luxon really is an idiot. The only one reading the room and pretty much anything else would appear to be Winston – I hate to say that but it’s true.
I noticed that and I agree.
Those evil bastards no doubt have a program in place for the next 50 years.
The biggest contributor to people remaining healthy over the last150 or so years has been chlorinated water supplies.
As that became more readily available, the incidence of things like polio, tetanus, and several other diseases went way down.
Even on a farm, keeping birds out of the water troughs makes a difference, let alone using chlorinated water. Not sure how many do, but the evidence is there about how effective it is.
Just another reason to avoid Bali like the plague!
If you can get the plague there, then best we keep away from hunty.
He is probably growing it in the Kea’s still as we speak.
Huh…🤔
Accountability is a womans cryptonite, when have you ever heard a woman say sorry and not then say but or however straight after.
to go from a man to a woman…. take away reasoning and accountability
had nothing to do with biblical ribs.
for this woman should not be allowed to vote or hold positions of responsibility expect in publishing and cosmetics.
Look at What Kathleen Kennedy did to Star wars and other established movie franchises
and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is utter poison
The top 20 philanthropist women in the USA ALL are giving away money made by MEN
every one of them Melinda Goates, Christie Walton, Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs widow) Connie Ballmer (wife of Steve Ballmer, Msoft) Priscilla Chan (wifey of lizard suckerberg) Jacqueline Mars (Mars chocolates) et al
but they get the credit
for what men achieved .
Plenty of times, from my wife. She’s a rare breed.
a unicorn !
Thank you FJA.
We are out here 😊
when they know theyre wrong and dont want to admit it and apologize the legs open to distract.
Ahh a non verbal sorry, cant be seen to say it, that would break the code
Poor interpersonal skills from you fellas.
Do you reckon you listen?
Ask ya missus.
Did you say something? Oh shit must be industrial deffness kicking in
Knew that would happen. You just confirmed your short sightedness,
That goes with the not hearing thing.
Have you seen****** ( fill in the appropriate items name.) 😆 😆
I can see just fine
oohhh you’ve got big balls, my man. Not that I disagree though. Here, let me lend you my flak jacket and helmet for the incoming…💥😁
Quick to the trenches, its time for battle, im sure I have a bomb disposal suit somewhere, oh wait nope dont care enough for that hahaha
On the first pic.
That’s a regurgitation of the same stuff that was said about Helun.
Who, incidentally, is still trying to be relevant.
That anyone would interview that old hag these days leaves me wondering about their sanity.
I saw that old maggot on the box last night. Jaysus H..it hasn’t aged well. What a farkin disgrace of a hag she is. It looks like she’s just crawled out of the tomb of death.
You watch telly, FFS, you will finish up looking like her.
It looks like she’s just crawled out of the tomb of death.
So she has not changed in 30 years
shame on you for watching teevee
so sad – usually a thing now for the over 80s
but I guess you feel like that some days !!!
To be fair
H Clark did a lot less damage to the country than your CHC mate johnny keys.
Clark refused to sign UNDRIP, called out John Tamihere for what he is 20 years ago; did not flood us with immigration.
Most of the weaknesses were Mickey Cullen – not understanding the growth of Non Bank Finance companies from 2002 to 2005; poor tax structuring, expanding the pubic service without commensurate funding or demand,
the buying of kiwirail,
these were all under the Finance portfolio, right in the wheelhouse of the nasty immigrant Pom, Cullen , forever sarcastic shit
and that creep was Deputy PM.
the only good thing about Cullen is he is dead now.
Sums it up nicely, and I, for one, was impressed with her determination to build the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Long Long overdue.
Cullen was like Maharey and that other bit of shit that just retired.
Horrible, mean and nasty with little empathy with anyone.
I glance at the news/weather Mr How it is and that is all
Yeah Ok then
is the weather even slightly accurate ?
ditto da gnews .
There is a modern thing called the internet (correct spelling I think ) where you can pick and choose where to get
liesnews fromtry it sometime.
I think they get that internet thing on dry days at Tahuna beach .
I’ll stick to what works for me, thanks. It’s the TV weather via the old K9 TV.
liebour have quite track record of really shitty Deputy PMs
-Bob Tizard
-Geoffrey palmer
-mickey Cullen
-grunt robbers son
will it ever change ?
Next one will be Barbara Edmonds.
And Noel Edmonds.
“Sure to Rise”
No
Willingly fronts up on tv to show everyone that she’s death warmed up!
You would think looking like that, the last thing she would want is the picture.
She thinks her opinion matters. She is old news. Best thing it can do is hop on Broomstick 1 and fark off into the wild blue yonder, NEVER to return to New Zealand again.
Corkscrew from a great height in the sea miles from land!
A face designed for radio.
Or stone tablets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHfOmCLiXSM
David Seymour TORCHES Opposition in first speech of 2026
This morning’s Sermon from the Socialists sponsored by Newsroom thunders warnings of Armageddon should we not embrace a circular economy. For those with better things to do than savour the Apocalypse this would involve redesigning systems, cutting emissions, building resilience, blather & blah.
The author of https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/31/a-circular-economy-is-much-more-than-recycling/ realising he is out of his depth, withdraws to higher ground to concentrate on recycling. For instance:
#. “That could be food by-products being turned into nutrient-rich foods, known as nutraceuticals, or organic waste being converted into the sustainable fuel biomethane.”
Safe pushing the socialist platform of astronomical government spending on unproven green fantasies he ignores the obvious. Shove the waste into furnaces situated on the SE coast of NZ & turn it into much needed electricity. And push the slash from the forests into it for good measure along with a dollop of good Kiwi coal.
Next problem please.
Facts matter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA6yNlqZ0Pk
The claim “maori did not cede sovereignty.” | True or false ?
THE ANGLO SAXON
Sovereignty is the number one victimhood claim made by the maori activists. They say “maori did not cede sovereignty” but they can never say which maori they’re speaking for. In this video, Rick explains the difference between state based and tribal based authority and concludes that “maori did not cede so …
Correct. Absolutely. There was no Maori nation in 1840 nor was there a pan Maori organisation.
Over 500 chiefs signed on behalf of over 500 hapu or iwi.
Tribal chiefs want Maori to hold sovereignty to rule their land.
Change the term ‘chief’ 👹 to ‘king’ 👑 and the peasants will reap what they sow.
How “sovereignty” is defined & understood is the kicker. Many Maori & most of their sickly white sympathisers envisage a nation where 15% of the population dominate the other 85% on racial lines on a national basis. Call this Option #1
Sovereignty in 1840 terms involved 500+ fiefdoms each regarded as a menu course by the others. A return to this is Option #2
Which option do they want? How will it work in practise?
It must be repeated ad nauseam until it penetrates the thick heads of the separatists.
There was no Maori nation!
TPM voters don’t think beyond the grifter leaders promise of power and what can be looted for themselves. In truth power will be retained by the aggressive elites. Life will only become tougher for the average Rangi in the street as the economy spirals down the drain.
If the elite got more power than they have at the moment, imagine what they will give to their special bros. It won’t be just trinkets and Ford Rangers. Imagine going from stone age mumbo jumbo to the Buckingham place and everything in it.
The drug lords getting the keys to the vault!
TOW
a document drafted and written by Hobson and Busby.
A fair document
the likes of which has never been seen in the British Empire in terms of fairness.
and one that would never, ever have been written and/or approved in Londinium (now Londonistan) .
When less than 30 years later all male Maori had the vote (ahead of unlanded white males )
and while 50 years later Africans were being treated poorly by Europeans
Native American Indians were still be slaughtered and displaced in the USA
Aboriginals had no status in Australia
India was colonised by a ruthless English army
and Maori could still $ell shrunken head$ for cash to the Brits.
Maori 50 years after TOW (even before) had
freedom of association,
the right to travel freely,
the right to live where they choose,
the right to enter parliament (male)
the right to education
the right to help and remediation after the likes of Tarawera blew its top
the right to sell goods and services for fair trade,
the right to chose a marriage partner from wherever (Croatian ,Welsh, Scottish-common; English, Australian et al )
all in the 1800s well before the turn of the century
The Maori got the best deal in the whole world that Century
and yet fuckwits today whinge about it and promote apartheid
(how many of them moaned about South Africa 40 years ago ?)
Add in the right to fight for their country via the armed services.
Protected from been Sunday Lunch too!
See they should be all making us breakfast in bed on Feb 6th!
It’s happening. The US government has released three million files on Jeffrey Epstein. This will seriously inconvenience trillions of electrons as the web goes wild but two outstanding titbits:
#. “In an email exchange that could be helpful to the current US president as he seeks to downplay his associations with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender tells former US treasury secretary Larry Summers that Donald Trump is “not my friend”.
And the free world breathes a sigh of relief.
#. “A spokesperson for Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called the claims made about him in the newly released Epstein files – including that he caught STIs from sleeping with Russian girls – “absolutely absurd”.
Bring it on! 🙂
STI’s..KPI’s..PP eyes..meh
time to buy popcorn in bulk from Costco !!
and I don’t even like popcorn.
Kfc’s popcorn chicken, its the best popcorn haha
Is there anything in this world you do like?
A very good friend was reading your comments on ysb and she asked me to get your answer. She said you obviously don’t like women. She would love your truthful answer.
ya get that in divorced males, especially legal type males.
He likes this bog, just like we all do!
The best blog in NZ!
It sticks it up them lefties and they hate it!
Why do different brands of Chinese cars look so similar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzRQjdOK3fI
Canada is about to Burn! And China’s holding the Match
Do the Maori hosting the councils on a Maree do it for free, wth only a couple of jars of instant coffee a two bottles of milk in return for the inconvenience. No, I’m betting that they are getting paid a fortune for it!
Why would the council pay for going to the Maree, when they can use their own council facilities free of charge!
It comes back to the pretty people who are embedded in the council hierarchy and are trying to change NZ from the inside out!
Well, first of all the marae needs a coffee maker large enough to supply a crowd, and they’re not cheap.
Then it needs the good coffee and a barista qualified to serve each individuals order correctly. A supply of cow milk, goat milk, almond and oat milk substitutes, raw sugar, white sugar, etc. Coffee mugs with the marae logo so they don’t go walkabout and spoons (ditto).
A selection of pastries and club sandwiches, both normal, gluten free, and vegan.
Plates with the marae logo and souvenir napkins printed with the reason for gathering and the date.
Also a tea urn for the non-coffee drinkers and a selection of soft drinks and water (still and sparkling) for those that want a cold drink.
Add on venue rental, the ubiquitous bowl of mints on each table, cover for damages, and cost of on-site parking.
It’s not easy, or cheap, to supply council workers demands you know!
You seem to have it well noted. been to a few?
How did the free snotty noses specialist coffee go in bullshit castle?
Did all the gardeners, road crew, dustmen,flower arrangers all go back to the castle for fancy coffees. Or did the council have to give all the outside crews an extra 50, or a hundy bucks a week to make up for what they were missing
China attempting to build its own semi-conductor to produce chips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMmZIA6UnY
Without Firing a Shot… US Just Effectively Ended China’s Taiwan Invasion
Business Basics
Iran smuggling illegal military gyroscopes. Ambush and hidden compartments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0g-WxVC9c
ran’s Quds Force FIRED FIRST on SEAL Team 6 — Then THIS Happened…
Navy Vector
During my afternoon nap I had a dream, a vision of the future.
Winston goes with Liebour with the excuse that we will be better off than Liebour and the other crazies.
Stalinda returns to be pm. Weasel Wood, Fat’fooi, robbo, fat meg all return.
We become a republic and Helun becomes first president.
Just wish it had lasted little longer so I could have commited hari kiri.
May I suggest that you lay off cheese & curries. Ditching the desserts & horror movies may help too.
Visions of the Mad Queen would have given Rip van Winkle insomnia!
or smoke weed, no dreams on weed.
I thought that was the whole idea.
To go on a trip and never leave the farm.
You may be a Labour Voter if:
1. You’re someone who can’t figure out which bathroom to use.
2. A paedophile who believes it is their right to groom little children & molest them.
3. A man who competes in women’s sports because they are too weak to compete against other men.
4. One who believes that Islamophobia is racist when Muslims are not a race.
Answers wanted please
If Indians have been here for over a hundred years, why do they still speak like a bobble head with weak neck muscles?
Have a shifty at this Boss. https://www.facebook.com/drewbinsky/videos/the-indian-head-wobble-explained/3368627030074493/ Definitely cultural.
Yet sometime, like if you ever get nostalgic for the Covid days, watch a clip of the Mad Queen talking down to her adoring subjects. Her arms are waving like windmills. In fact were her hands tied behind her back she would be struck dumb.
Then watch Mahe Drysdale speak off the cuff. Edit out the word “Um” & there wouldn’t be much left. Then listen to Bolger mimicking accents of those he’s speaking to.
They’re a weird mob. 🙂
You’ll need to ask the Head Wobbler about that.
As part of the USA 250 year celebrations POTUS and his Transport Secretary will hold a WDC “Indy car” street race with cars racing up to 190mph down Pennsylvania Ave.🇺🇸
who the fuck barebacks hookers?…. bill gates apparently, hilarious mr disease specialist and health/vax freak turns out to actually be a walking petri dish.
Talking wives.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/775881394919895