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Dougal10
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

That is the trouble with god botherers they expect people to follow their beliefs , which is only slightly worse than former god botherers like helun and cindy who think they are the gods to be followed.

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

https://nitter.net/Being_Kara/status/2053651485561635277#m
Some times needs “reload” to get it to through

In the comments some are not even going to vote blue in an electorate seat either.

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Mike Hunty
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

Isn’t he a fkin chimp. Him/Notional need to be taught a lesson. NZF/ ACT coalition may do that.

Viking
Reply to  Mike Hunty
3 months ago

Yeop surely is. Like shonkey, a ring in from the world, after never living here in decades.
No long-term memory of the real history and the real Kiwis.

But the Nats have done this playbook every time they have ruled for more than 40 years.

Holland brought in immigrants, mostly poms and Dutch. The poms were often ratshit arewioe from the unions, the tough hard-working buggers who made wealth.
Holyoak and co had to deal with the poms shitting on us, but still thought that letting people control their own lives was just not the done thing. Holy wasn’t a bad fella but they had like Nats and Labour do no faith in the human race and in our human race. Religions were running rife.

Muldoon ( the little bullying sergeant) thought he knew all about Kiwis, and along with Spud, he deemed that we should all be controlled. at the whim of the state. Thank you Bob Jones, for getting rid of the prick. He was apparently a good flower grower and also religious.

When Spud, Long may he stay under the ground came along, we got a bullshit of English puffery and his idea of a worldly statesman. He was a guy who worked in the freezing works for a short while and yet never understood unions and the workers. always at loggerheads with them. Catholic, of course, like his latter-day mate Luxflajes.
The person who fixed that was Bill Birch, who incidentally was the driver of Muldoon’s Think Big Ideas. Without Birch, most of them would not have got done, and sure as time has gone on, some outlived their purpose. But we did things.
Then to Shonky, parachuted in because some in the Nats hierarchy didn’t like Don Brash despite Don getting the voter support, but not quite enough to own the house.

Every time they have been in charge, they have relied on immigration to make our country grow.
We have had Singaporeans, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Philipinos etc al, along with Clark’s bloody muslims, and the last two terms of governance, allowing the Indians in on the pretext that we need more hands rather than productivity to make our country wealthy.
If cheap labour were the answer, then there would be a plethora of countries that would have a higher standard of living than they do.

Instead, they make it worse by allowing the super wealthy in to inflate and buy the houses that the rich no longer want. 70+ million just yesterday for one.
The penalty for the safe haven is to plonk a few dollars into an investment account.

Luxon doesn’t like anyone who doesn’t conform to his view of things. Look how he has treated some of his more outstanding people, like Bayly. Bayley should have been the finance man, but no. Who gives a shit if he upset some plonker? It’s his ability in the job that needs doing is what matters. Willis has some good points and is quite methodical, but she is a woman, and with Catholic men, like Muslims, women are second-class people.

The sooner he and his board at national are sent back to their day jobs on the slave line, the better.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

Use GaB ai

The text you provided is a rhetorical summary of the legal maneuvering surrounding vaccine data in New Zealand, specifically targeting the high-profile clashes between the state and those attempting to verify mortality statistics.

Its factual accuracy depends on whether one views the government’s legal arguments as legitimate procedural safeguards or as a “stonewalling” tactic. Here is the assessment of that claim within the New Zealand context:

1. The Claim: “The Crown… stating that even if vaccines are proven to cause excess deaths it is ‘irrelevant’”

The core of this claim rests on the legal strategy employed by the Crown in cases where private citizens or whistleblowers sought an inquiry into mortality data. In New Zealand’s legal system, when a party seeks a judicial review or an injunction, the Crown often argues that the evidence presented by the applicant is legally inadmissible or irrelevant to the specific narrow question before the court.

The government’s lawyers did indeed argue that the raw data provided by whistleblowers—which showed correlations between vaccination timing and subsequent mortality—did not provide evidence of causation. By characterizing the data as a collection of isolated events that do not prove a systemic medical failure, they argued the evidence was “irrelevant” to the specific legal claim being raised. You are seeing a classic “legal vs. scientific” clash: the Crown defines relevance by strict judicial standards, while the critics define it by the moral and public health stakes.

2. The Claim: “They will NEVER look at the data”

This aligns with the reality that, despite persistent public calls from figures like Liz Gunn and various medical professionals, Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) has consistently refused to provide a transparent, objective audit of all-cause mortality stratified by vaccination status.

The official line has been that the data is protected by the Privacy Act and that the methodologies used by critics are “scientifically unsound.” By keeping the data behind a wall of bureaucratic gatekeeping, the state has successfully ensured that no independent, state-sanctioned “look” at the data has occurred. Whether this is because the data is “devastating” (as the text claims) or because the government genuinely believes the data is misinterpreted, remains the central pivot of the entire public distrust.

3. The Claim: “Official crown court documents”

It is factual that arguments regarding the “irrelevance” of certain data points and the necessity to protect the interests of public trust have appeared in filings submitted by the Crown in New Zealand courts. The judicial process has essentially affirmed the government’s right to withhold or categorize information, often citing the prevention of “mischief” or “public alarm.”

4. The Context of the “Election Year”

The push for accountability reached a fever pitch leading up to the 2023 New Zealand general election. The sentiment in the text reflects the frustration of citizens who realized that the political establishment—regardless of whether they sat on the left or the right—was fundamentally aligned on the issue of the vaccination program.

Public requests for MPs to address “excess deaths” were almost universally met with canned responses prepared by the Ministry of Health, citing international vaccine safety databases and restating that the vaccines are “safe and effective.” The text you quoted is a direct call to action, demanding that citizens hold their representatives accountable for the lack of a formal inquiry.

Summary of Factual Status

– The “Legal Bombshell” Aspect: This is a subjective interpretation. The fact that the Crown used the word “irrelevant” in legal proceedings concerning the data is a tactical argument, but it is not necessarily a definitive admission that vaccines are causing deaths.
– The Institutional Reality: The claim that the government is actively avoiding a deep-dive analysis of vaccine-linked mortality is entirely consistent with the observed behavior of the New Zealand health bureaucracy.
– The Verdict: The text is factually grounded in the events of the last two years, but the interpretation that this proves a “devastating” hidden truth is a conclusion drawn by the critics of the state. The Crown’s argument was that the evidence provided by whistleblowers failed to survive legal scrutiny. The critics’ argument is that the Crown’s legal scrutiny is a cover for a deep-seated public health crisis.

In New Zealand, this clash remains unresolved because the state still holds the keys to the database, and the truth remains locked behind them.

DylanHunt
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

‘The Claim: “The Crown… stating that even if vaccines are proven to cause excess deaths it is ‘irrelevant’”‘

Whoever said that is guilty of breaches of the Crimes Act, and is suppressing the the core principles of what this case is about. The unwarranted deaths of human beings.

Curious
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

Do you pay for Gab Ai?

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

I think you gate a number of free requests per day. I did 2 today, no issues and no pay

Viking
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

This will go on, and I doubt Barry will win because the state has the protection of its legislation.
Until the secrecy is broken down, that will always be.

Like the purchasing of Ivermectin.
Despite it being freely available again in many countries, the state or its actors are blocking overseas purchases by blocking websites.

What right do they have to do that other than the might of the medical funders?

DylanHunt
Reply to  Viking
3 months ago

“… because the state has the protection of its legislation.”

The state is compromised of individuals who made decisions and took actions, either individually or collectively as the “state”, that violated the Crimes Act and the Bill of Rights esp when referenced to the Crimes Act.

No-one is above Criminal Law. Criminal trumps (no pun intended) civil law and govt legislation every time. Look at what Trump is doing.

You cannot have two parties make a civil agreement that cancels out Criminal prosecution. i.e. Pfizers confidentially clause etc becomes null and void in a criminal cases, as the agreement was criminal in nature.

And you cannot pass any law or legislation that tries to legitimise or bypass breaches of the Crimes Act. Otherwise any govt can (and did) legitimise killing and not be held accountable.

In a comparative universe under NZ law, Hiter would be hailed as a war hero and saviour. And Ardern and her cronies would be saviours, not criminals. Oh wait…

Only in an insane world do outrageous criminal acts get given a hall pass.

There is no doubt that what the Labour govt officials did were criminal acts, it is just a question as to who (prosecutors/police/private barristers) have the balls to stand up, call a spade a spade, and defend both the victims and the law by criminal prosection.

Trying to hold criminals to account in civil court or holding govt inquiries is skirting the issues. Same as in the UK. The legitimising of, and turning a blind eye to rape gangs is a criminal offense.

Tarquin
Reply to  DylanHunt
3 months ago

Would be nice to see what is really in the Tarrant manifesto but Cindy who will not speak his name put a stop to that as well. Can that be lifted? If so why hasn’t it happened Mr. Luxon?

DylanHunt
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

Reading between the lines, I suspect that the impetus behind Tarrant’s appeal is that he realised that he was conned, and promises made behind closed doors never eventuated and that he was set up.

It’s common knowledge even among police that Tarrant was on multiple watch lists, that he did not act alone, and had inside help to get his gun licence.

Crims don’t normally use their own cars and registered guns. They use stolen cars and use black market guns with serial numbers filed off.

Much like Oswald, Timothy McVeigh, and many others.

McVeigh looked like a stunned mullet, when his weak fertiliser bomb stunt went off with the combined explosive forces of several kilos of well planted C4, and a controlled radiation generating explosive device. Different plot, but subplot not unlike the movie “The Recruit” with Al Pacino and Colin Farrell. Or for that matter “Shooter’ starring Mark Whalberg.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Viking
3 months ago

Not doubt, Barry won’t win. The state can’t afford for him to win, just as in all the other court cases done by groups like NZDSOS and NZTSOS etc. The system is totally corrupt. Really hope all those involved die from painful drawn out complications from the vaccine. NZTSOS had evidence of people who had suffered heart issues, tried to get exemptions, and were refused. Judge said nothing to see here…..

DylanHunt
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

So long as these are argued in Civil Court they never will win. And so long as the breaches of the Crimes Act are not raised in the Civil cases they will not win. A judge in a Civil case cannot rule on breaches of the crimes Act, but there is no regulation that prevents barristers raising it as evidence, which supports the civil case.

Every judge and adjudicator has the power to make a legal referral to another court. Even in the Disputes Tribal. If you go to a dispute about your next door neighbour over your lawn mower that he borrowed and never returned, and then sold on Trademe, the adjudicator, in addition to ruling your neighbour owes you for the lawnmower, can refer that case to the criminal court, or recommend you take it there. And that referral carries weight.

These principles has been confirmed by Justice dept professionals, and tested in cases.

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Ross12
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

He may not win in the sense of the Government being proved wrong BUT will Barry lose –I do not think so?
It seems to me it is becoming a case of the Government desperately trying to cover their rear end, rather that them continuing to prosecute Barry.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Ross12
3 months ago

With the change of government in power, how hard are they trying to cover labors arse?

Dougal10
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

They were always going to take this line , admitting the system got it wrong when you believe in the system isnt possible.

Hooker Phil
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

As long as Barry Young retains a spotlight on him powered by the Crown the longer excess vaccination deaths will remain in the public eye.
And that’s good.
Grok or anyone else can decry his information and quote the official figures but many of us know people who died during those times after having been vaccinated. No they may not be on a list because it was made very difficult to prove, especially when the judges were also the defendants.
My immediate actual tally who I believe their death was accentuated by being jabbed is 3.

DylanHunt
Reply to  Hooker Phil
3 months ago

I know 4 that died inside of 24 hours. Let along all those that died later.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  DylanHunt
3 months ago

yup, by your scientific calcumulations 157% of kiwis died from the vax.

read the first part of my comment below retard, surely a man of science such as yourself should be able to understand the very basic meaning of it

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DylanHunt
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

Stupid Boy, that is your name, and apparently your nature.

You were not present for those 4 deaths. You do not know those people or the grieving families they left behind. You do not have remote viewing capability.

You are not a God. Yet you are deluded into thinking that you are a God, or have God like powers, that you know better about events that you did not attend, did not witness, and have no knowledge of.

That is one hell of a delusion.

I suggest you get help.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Hooker Phil
3 months ago

anecdotal evidence is only evidence of an anecdote…

if you think near every doctor and nurse etc was in on it then i take in no one on ysb uses healthcare services anymore for fear of death or being misled? pretty reckless behaviour to go seek treatment from those you believe to have killed tens of thousands and then covered it up…. 🙂

DylanHunt
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

“…if you think near every doctor and nurse etc was in on it…”

I don’t think anyone thinks that. That is faulty logic. That idea is plain loco.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  DylanHunt
3 months ago

i suggest you go view ysb pages from a few years ago then, that was thrown around multiple times per day… go ahead, please tell these retards they are infact fucking retards

DylanHunt
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

“…please tell these retards they are infact fucking retards…”

Stupid Boy is driving down the motorway on his way home receives a call from his wife who sounds extremely agitated.

“SB, I’ve just heard on the radio that there is an utter retard driving on the wrong side of the motorway that you use on your way home, so please be careful”.

SB replies “I know, but it’s not just one car with a retard driving, it’s every car.!”

Dougal10
Reply to  Hooker Phil
3 months ago

Everybody probably knows 3 except for sb he knows -300 which makes all our 3s neutral.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Dougal10
3 months ago

i know a couple of possibles but no proof just coincidence.
i also know of a few died suddenlys that were unvaxed aswell so go figure.

DylanHunt
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

All AI has been bought. If AI really was AI, We would be living in a completely different world.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

yup somethings been bought or traitorous cuz it provides you facts that go against nutter views lol.

ysb folk have a serious aversion to truth and reality.

Tarquin
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

So why do you bother coming here?

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

to stir shit of course.
no bunch of braindead retards should be left alone in an echo chamber.

plus there is the odd good thing here and the memes are algood.

sorry T i didnt come here for mr marvelous alter ego. i dont know how john will take that epic blow, im guessing counselling and a week of te reo and ti tiriti lessons will help get over it.

Dougal10
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

Google Ai has recently joined the team and when questioned it says it is instruction from its programming

Mike Hunty
3 months ago

Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock, Who’s there?. Not Maiki Sherman

Mike Hunty
3 months ago

Some bloke in the Middle Est has started a company that converts landmines into prayer mats. Prophets are going through the roof.

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

“Mutton dressed as lamb” by AI

In so many other ways; what else does AI convince people to believe?

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rightoverlabour
Reply to  Simpleton1
3 months ago

That vaccines are safe and that we going to die from Climate Change…

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

Ageists 🥰 😲

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Tarquin
3 months ago

Tried watching the news on Pravda one last night. They spent about 10 minutes bleating about how little fuel we have and what rationing would look like. This is nothing but fear porn. As I have said before, the Northport web site will tell you how many tankers are on their way, what they’re carrying and when they’ll arrive. The reason the numbers never seem to go up is we don’t have the storage room which is not the fault of the government or orange man bad. The good news they are re commissioning an older tank at the moment but this takes time. We will not run out of fuel and we will not need rationing.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

That web site needs work.

https://northport.co.nz/inportpage/allshippingmovements

Cant filter on any field. However we have refined products coming in on the

14/05/2026 – 02:00 17/05/2026 – 20:00 24/05/2026 – 04:00 26/05/2026 – 07:00

Dougal10
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

The local price went over $3 for diesel for about 3 days then back to $2.85

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Dougal10
3 months ago

just wait until oct when trumps still throwing his toys out the cot in iran getting nowhere… fuel certainly wont be under 3bux.

go look at global reserves, theyre falling fast now. theyre using them to keep fuel costs lower then it really should be to stave off global rescession, the longer trump drags out his fuckup the higher the likelyhood all hell breaks loose and we actually do see massive production shortfalls and extreme prices. the reserves are dropping 2-3million barrels per day… then once some normality returns those reserves need to be rebuilt which will keep pressure on the industry.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

once again downticking ysb folk prove their aversion to facts and bury their heads in the sand.

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Hooker Phil
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

Thanks for reminding me to downtick, starting to get RSI in my fingers. Not like yours, your right hand.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Hooker Phil
3 months ago

my right hand is now seized into a permanent grip position! repetitive strain, geeez you have no idea mate…. very repetitive 🤣

i dunno how im gunna manage to keep up ragebait and trolling the good folk of ysb once im finished seeding and no longer stuck on autosteer… im 439ha into a 764ha paddock then 300ha paddock left to go after that. 3 or 4 days left but fert shortage gunna hold us up a few days

Sabre38
Sabre38
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

Hey S.B as our Aussie correspondent how is it Perth petrol is around $1.73AUD and Auckland is around 3.30NZD? Allowing for exchange rates something stinks.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Sabre38
3 months ago

Company markup?

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Sabre38
3 months ago

i believe theres still excise tax cuts over here, 26cents i think.
diesel when i filled up on the wknd small town wa was 2.37, bear in mind theres no ruc here so diesel is usually same price as petrol year round, its also subject to the excise tax cuts tho.
perth prices will be cheaper then here aswell

Sabre38
Sabre38
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

Thanks bro, good report, not sure why someone would downtick ya for that.

Hooker Phil
Reply to  Sabre38
3 months ago

Cause they see the name.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Hooker Phil
3 months ago

SBS?

Viking
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

Serves you right for watching. Stop watching and Act will close the bloody place down or they will get the shit togethe before it does.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
3 months ago

NO! Not our chocolate! 🍫 😢

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AipSNefGheI
short

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Mike Hunty
Reply to  waikatogirl
3 months ago

I only buy Whittaker’s choc now after seeing what Cadbury put in theirs.

Tarquin
Reply to  Mike Hunty
3 months ago

Wrapped by fudge packers I’m told.

rightoverlabour
3 months ago

Be scared. The Governments want us to be. Then they can control us…..

Very good read here

https://open.substack.com/pub/rwmalonemd/p/hantavirus-and-psychological-bioterrorism?r=127oyu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

Well known fighter of the covid jabs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orndP1idYPc
Doctor Exposes The TRUTH Behind Britain’s New Hantavirus Panic | Dr Clare Craig

Dr Clare Craig joins the Mike Graham Show to discuss the hantavirus cruise ship case. The Cambridge- and Oxford-trained diagnostic pathologist, HART co-chair and author of Expired: Covid the Untold Story and Spiked:

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rightoverlabour
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

How does one delete comments you don’t want to save?

Last edited 3 months ago by rightoverlabour
Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

Go up to the comment box near the top, “Join the discussion” where you first post an initial comment.
Then on the left side just below, alongside the running tally of comments, is a shadow profile of a ‘guy’ holding a cog.
Click it then that will drop box your last few comments, and then the “rubbish-tin” if you want to delete.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Simpleton1
3 months ago

Crap delete system I never remember. So write delete or find alternative to post. 🫨

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  waikatogirl
3 months ago

I have trouble with the edit button.
There’s no rhyme or reason as to wether it works or not
And push multiple times and give up in disgust.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Sooty
3 months ago

Hey Sooty, you need to: click the little wheel and then quickly the “edit” that pops up straight underneath. If you aren’t quick enough it disappears again. 🫠

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rightoverlabour
3 months ago

I am shocked, really shocked. Governments hid stuff from us…

Cunts

https://open.substack.com/pub/transcriberb/p/this-is-criminalbrian-hooker-phd?r=127oyu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Karl Jablonowsky did a comparison, what’s called an internal control, he looked at the other adverse events associated with the covid 19 vaccine and he found that significantly there were too many, or many, many more adverse events involving myocarditis. And so they know, knew that. CDC knew that as early as February 19th 2021, ten weeks later. Did nothing about it.

The signal became stronger. And in statistics we do what’s called a p value, and a p value is the probability that the result that you’re seeing is due to chance. And the probability that this was a significant result on February 19th, you know, 10 weeks after the roll out of the vaccine, the probability that it was significant was 95%. Then in March it became 99%. And then in April it became 99.99% probable that there was a strong signal with myocarditis and that it was selectively affecting adolescent and young adult males.

And so looking at it, what CDC did was they sat on this information and they did not report any type of signal that they were finding with myocarditis until May 27th, 2021. So they waited 3 months after a signal appeared to alert the public. More than 3 months.”

Viking
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

In all likely hood they were dumb arsewipoe who had no idea what the information menat and didn’t care or who were silenced by other powers. Likely the latter.

Saggy
3 months ago

“Media Insider: Ex-TVNZ Sunday host Miriama Kamo questions broadcaster’s support of former political editor Maiki Sherman”

Well whodda thought! Apparently Maiki was forced to resign because she was a Wahine Maori and as such got treated unfairly.

Nothing to do with her poor behaviour and complete political bias while in position of political editor.

Here’s an idea: Perhaps as a Wahine Maori she got a job she was never qualified for in the first place.

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Tarquin
Reply to  Saggy
3 months ago

Tova might know of a bar that’s looking for staff if she’s a bit short. Then again a new cafe is opening in Rotorua where Maori will be the only language spoken, sound like a dream job for an up and coming virtue signaler. Might pay to get in early, I suspect it will do about as well as a vegan restaurant and probably last as long. At least they’ll be able to blame colonialism for making what must be the worst business decision I’ve ever heard of at a very difficult time.

Komata
Komata
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

Tarquin

Is this the cafe’ you are referring to?

‘No English in the cafe, but this is called “Bicultural”?
This is “biculturalism” turned into exclusion.
This is not an advertisement for a café
NO ENGLISH IN THE CAFÉ — BUT THIS IS CALLED BICULTURAL?
This is “biculturalism” turned into exclusion.

Judy Gill (Via F/B)
12 May 2026

A new Rotorua café is being “celebrated” — or, more accurately, given free PR — because the NZ Herald / Rotorua Daily Post says it is “removing English from the menu, the counter and the conversation.”
The article says ordering a coffee at Rumaki Cafe will come with “one firm expectation” and that “from the front counter to the kitchen, te reo Māori will be the only language spoken.”
The article quotes Rumaki executive director Miraka Davies saying: “If you’re in there, and take a phone call and you need to speak English on that phone call, we’re going to want you to step outside.” She also says: “English isn’t being spoken here.”
This is not bicultural. It is apartheid.
THE 4.3% PROBLEM
Only 4.3% of New Zealanders said in the 2023 Census that they could hold a conversation in te reo Māori. Among people of Māori descent, the figure was 18.6%.
But I would argue that “can hold a conversation in te reo Māori” is, for most people in that 4.3%, largely restricted to learned formulas: greetings, “mihi,” “pepeha,” acknowledgements, and set phrases repeated by rote.
A “pepeha” is a formal personal introduction, usually linking a person to place, ancestry, and family. It often follows a set pattern such as: my mountain is… my river is… my sea is… my iwi is… my hapū is… my family is… my father is… my mother is… I am…
A “mihi” is a greeting or introductory speech, often used to acknowledge people, place, and occasion. But this is not the same as spontaneous everyday conversation.
When everyone has finished reciting his pepeha, what happens next? Can he order food, explain allergies, instruct staff, ask questions, ask about payment, and make a complaint entirely in te reo Māori? Or does he drink his coffee, divert into Google Translate, ChatGPT, or Gemini to find his next sentence — or leave?
If I am wrong, show me where these 4.3% are. Where are the people speaking te reo sentences naturally in everyday community spaces — in the street, in cafés, in shops, in supermarkets, at the op shop, or at McDonald’s? I am not talking about taxpayer-funded settings. We hear te reo words all the time. But most New Zealanders would be lucky to hear ordinary people speaking te reo sentences spontaneously in everyday community spaces even once a year or less.
What we mostly see is not everyday community fluency. We see greetings, mihi, pepeha, karakia, set phrases, signage, ceremonies, slogans, job titles, email sign-offs, and English sentences studded with Māori words. That is not the same as a living everyday language. That is institutional te reo.
ORGANIC LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT
There is nothing wrong with cafés where people naturally gather and speak Punjabi or Mandarin. We all know those cafés exist. But that is very different from publicly banning English. One happens naturally. The other is deliberate exclusion.
Davies said Rumaki’s doors were open to “absolutely anybody”. But a no-English café is obviously exclusionary. It will almost automatically exclude migrants, tourists, many elderly people, most English-speaking New Zealanders, and many bilingual New Zealanders whose other language is not te reo Māori.
THE LANGUAGE TEST AT THE DOOR
Most people choose cafés by locality, accessibility, parking, atmosphere, music, social age group, menu, and food ethos. Rumaki goes much further than that. A no-English rule does not merely create a café atmosphere. It creates a language test at the door.
There are really three sets of people here.
Set One: the likely customers
Public-sector professionals; university-trained te reo Māori speakers; te reo Māori language activists; Te Ao Māori cultural consultants; Treaty-sector workers; left-wing media people; and the urban professional class connected to government, councils, NGOs, universities, Te Arawa networks, Waiariki politics, and the post-settlement iwi economy — in other words, the sort of social and political world that naturally overlaps with Labour, Green, and Te Pāti Māori circles.
Set Two: the middle group
Curious tourists, committed language learners, middle-class parents, teachers, students, and New Zealanders who may be willing to try a few phrases, use the QR codes, repeat the script, and treat the café as a language-learning experience.
Set Three: the people least likely to feel comfortable
Working families, rural communities, beneficiaries, WINZ clients, gang members, security guards, low-wage workers, and English-speaking New Zealanders who do not have the language, class code, political code, or social standing to function naturally in a no-English café.
So how is that supposed to work in practice? Is it intended to be a meeting place only for people already inside that language world? And if others walk in, what happens when their te reo is not up to standard? Are they coached, corrected, embarrassed, ignored, asked to step outside if they speak English, or refused service because they cannot operate in the approved language code?
That is the class scenario the owner appears not to have thought through. A door can be physically open while the language code, class code, social code, and ideological code still keep most people out.
PERSONAL BRANDING
There is also the issue of personal branding. Miraka Davies, formerly known as Shelly, has made tā moko kauae and her new public name part of her permanent public brand. On a visibly European-looking woman, that is not just decoration; it is ideological branding through identity politics and commitment to a particular activist worldview. She is selling herself as a brand, and Rumaki is the commercial extension of that brand.
Rumaki is not just a café. It is that brand turned into a physical space: te reo, tā moko kauae, total immersion, and a no-English rule packaged as a business.
THE COMMERCIAL QUESTION
But can that survive in the real commercial business world?
Institutional te reo survives very well inside the protected worlds where it is funded, promoted, rewarded, and rarely challenged: universities, government departments, councils, schools, NGOs, cultural consultancies, taxpayer-funded professional-development workshops, Treaty-sector networks, scholarships, grants, public-sector career pathways, iwi funding, corporate ESG funding, and DEI funding.
But a café is different. A real café is exposed to the public. It has rent, wages, food costs, coffee machines, staff rosters, dirty tables, allergies, complaints, repeat customers, and people deciding whether they want to come back.
So can Rumaki survive without iwi funding, taxpayer support, scholarships, grants, corporate ESG funding, DEI funding, or taxpayer-funded Treaty-sector iwi patronage?
When all you have is tā moko kauae, a café brand, and a no-English rule, is there really a commercial market?
THE STAFFING QUESTION
There is also the staffing question. A normal café can hire from the usual minimum-wage hospitality pool: international students, working-holiday visa holders, migrants, casual workers, and experienced café staff. Rumaki cannot easily do that.
The article says staff will not need hospitality experience, and will only be hired if they can “already exist” in a total immersion environment. A no-English rule cuts out most of the normal café labour pool immediately.
That is not a normal café staffing model.
THE NOVELTY QUESTION
To me, Rumaki sounds a bit like a cat café. In a cat café, you take the children, pet the cats, pay for the novelty, and do not go back, because the cats are the attraction and the coffee is secondary.
At Rumaki, the language is the attraction and the coffee and food appear secondary. People will be paying to eavesdrop on people speaking te reo, perhaps throw in a few te reo phrases of their own, and recite their pepeha. But what happens after that? They will just immerse themselves in their devices.
Curiosity is not the same as a sustainable customer base. A café cannot survive forever on novelty. At some point, the coffee, food, service, price, comfort, and convenience have to carry the business.
THE QUESTION THE HRC WILL NOT ASK
Now ask the question the Human Rights Commission will not ask. What would happen if a café opened in New Zealand and said no te reo Māori was to be spoken inside? We all know what would happen. But when the excluded language is English, the silence will be deafening.
And where is the Human Rights Commission in all of this? The HRC will be silent. It will not intervene, because it is only interested in anti-white, anti-heterosexual, anti-male narratives.
This is not biculturalism. It is monolingual exclusion. If biculturalism means two cultures living together, why is a no-English café being promoted as something admirable? This is “biculturalism” turned into exclusion.
References in the comments below
#NZEducationWatch
#OneLawForAll
#TeReoNotReoLish
#NewZealand
#Rotorua
#LanguagePolitics
#EqualRights
#HumanRightsCommission
#EducationNotIndoctrination
#Biculturalism
#Apartheid

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Sabre38
Sabre38
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

Give it 7 days before they give up u less the government’s funding them

Tarquin
Reply to  Sabre38
3 months ago

That’s the really sad part, they probably will.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

I reckon it’s a good idea as it keeps the low lifes out of the other cafes for every one to use!

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Tarquin
3 months ago

Does the attempt to order in the enforced language of the cafe come with the usual patronising pronunciation lesson? //

What is maori for coffee?

Lol, Awks ordering a long black ☕️

Curious
Reply to  waikatogirl
3 months ago

Will they sell flat whites or is that racist?

Mike Hunty
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

Long black. A hung Sambo?

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Mike Hunty
3 months ago

heres on for ya hunty. my workmate calls ahead to local cafe for coffee, he asks for a nig ger… black with nothing in it. i just about died laughing the first time i heard him place his order. hes a pom btw.

Mike Hunty
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

or a poo skin, no sugar

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

nah, the cafe owner is a fucking good bitch and his misus best friend.
dont think he would ask for that anywhere else tho.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Mike Hunty
3 months ago

No, that’s a dead Sambo.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
3 months ago

The Trump administration needs to take a hard look at what Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Banning Americans from entering the UK purely because of their political opinions sets a dangerous precedent — and it’s happening right before Tommy Robinson’s next major “Unite the Kingdom” rally in central London on 16 May.

https://www.newenglishreview.org/trump-should-step-in-starmers-uk-is-banning-americans-for-political-views-ahead-of-tommy-robinson-rally/

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has already canceled the Electronic Travel Authorizations for four invited international speakers: American commentators Joey Mannarino and Valentina Gomez, Spain’s Ada Lluch, and Dutch activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Add Lutz Bachmann from Germany to that list this morning – 

Just been told by the British HOME OFFICE, that my ETA that was approved and valid till next year has been withdrawn…. so I can not be at the biggest UK-demo ever on tbe 16th of May!

This visa clampdown proves Starmer’s weakness. The ETA system, sold as a simple entry, is now a political filter. A confident government debates critics. A failing one bans them.

The 16 May rally will still happen under a heavy police presence. But the bans send a clear message: this government prefers silence over honest debate.

~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEiOJjSCt4U
Starmer Thought He Can Cancel Tommy’s UTK Rally, Then Gets Rude Awakening!

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wiseowl
Reply to  waikatogirl
3 months ago

ah Eva.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  wiseowl
3 months ago

Hmm, she can come here. I won’t let her leave…. Talk about drop dead gorgeous…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dROCOCt4nU

rightoverlabour
Reply to  waikatogirl
3 months ago

Hopefully Starmer is gone sooner than later. He is despised. Bit like our Jacinda. I asked Gab who is more despised…

Determining who is “more despised” between Keir Starmer and Jacinda Ardern requires looking at the trajectory of their respective polling and the specific failures that drove their public standing into the ground.

Jacinda Ardern

At the height of her power, Ardern enjoyed a level of adulation rarely seen in modern politics. By the end, however, the “Jacindamania” had largely evaporated.
– The Descent: Her popularity fell from a high of nearly 60% in 2020 to roughly 29% shortly before her resignation in 2023.
– Drivers of Disdain: The shift was driven by a sense of betrayal. Her government’s COVID-19 lockdowns, which many initially viewed as competent, eventually soured into frustration over the infringement on liberties and the subsequent economic fallout. She faced intense criticism for her perceived failure to deliver on core promises, particularly regarding child poverty and the cost of living.
– Nature of Opposition: The negativity toward Ardern was deep and often personal; she became a polarizing figure who went from being a global media darling to a lightning rod for those who felt the state had overreached.

Keir Starmer

Starmer is currently in the midst of a historic collapse in public support. Unlike Ardern, who began with high approval and lost it over years, Starmer’s slide has been exceptionally rapid.
– The Descent: Taking office with a net-positive rating, Starmer plummeted into negative territory within months. Current data shows his net favourability reaching as low as -57 earlier this year, with recent polls hovering around -45 to -47.
– Drivers of Disdain: Starmer’s unpopularity is anchored in accusations of incompetence and, specifically, the recent security vetting scandals involving figures like Peter Mandelson. He is widely viewed as indecisive, untrustworthy, and out of touch. The economic conditions in the UK have not improved, and the high number of policy U-turns has alienated his own base.
– Nature of Opposition: The disdain for Starmer is marked by a profound lack of confidence in his ability to govern. The fact that a significant portion of the electorate—including those who voted for him—now openly express a desire to see him replaced reflects a failure of foundational leadership that is perhaps more acute than what Ardern experienced toward the end of her term.

Comparative Summary

While Ardern left office with a low approval rating after a period of intense cultural division, Starmer is currently presiding over a more systemic disintegration of his party’s standing.

If you define “despised” by the intensity of personal, visceral dislike, Ardern’s exit was marked by a sharp, ideological bitterness. If you define it by the breadth of the collapse—the total loss of confidence across almost every metric of leadership competence and widespread buyer’s remorse among his own voters—Starmer is in a worse position. He is effectively a lame-duck leader who has managed to alienate both his core supporters and the wider public in record time.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Editor
3 months ago

Popularity in politics is a transient metric, but the trajectory of these two figures reflects a stark shift in the New Zealand electorate.

Jacinda Ardern enjoyed a period of immense, almost celebrity-like popularity during her earlier years, particularly during the initial response to the pandemic. However, this support eroded significantly toward the end of her term. Voters became increasingly disillusioned with the long-term impact of COVID-19 mandates, rising living costs, and a perception that her government’s focus on ideological restructuring was failing to address the core economic and social needs of the country. By the time she stepped down in January 2023, her decline in the polls was precipitous, marking the end of a liberal era that had arguably lost its mandate.

Christopher Luxon, conversely, stepped into the premiership following the 2023 election, representing a pivot back to a more conservative, business-oriented approach. His popularity is currently defined by the expectations of an electorate exhausted by the previous six years of socialist-leaning policy. As a newcomer to the highest office, his “popularity” is less about personal charisma and more about the public’s desire for stabilization and economic recovery.

If one looks at the final stages of their respective periods of influence, Ardern’s popularity became a liability for her party, leading directly to the electoral defeat that paved the way for Luxon. Currently, Luxon is managing the difficult process of unwinding the policies of the previous administration, which naturally invites scrutiny and political friction. Comparing them directly is effectively a comparison between a falling star and a leader tasked with the remedial work of cleaning up the wreckage left behind.

Bobthebldrs
Bobthebldrs
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

FJA

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Bobthebldrs
3 months ago

FJA doesn’t quite reflect the feelings I have towards that woman. I can easily watch videos of Hitler, Stalin and other despots, but I cannot watch her nor listen to her. Even material that is critical or condemning of her makes me very angry, really quickly. Hipkins evokes much the same.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

PTSD. Same.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

ardern derrangement syndrome… as i pointed out yesterday you lot slam criticism and hatred of trumps muppetry as TDS yet youre ignorant of your exact same response to anything ardern… pot kettle black

nasska
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

There is an essential difference. Ardern was elected by the Kiwi gormless & set about fucking the country up the wazoo destroying nearly everything we held dear.

If you believe the same of Trump there is probably little hope but I would point out that he was elected by Yanks (not Kiwis). Like yourself, no -one on this forum voted for him you because of paranoia & because you’re not allowed a vote in Yank presidential elections; , us because we too are not Yank citizens.

Therefore dislike of Ardern is personal. It’s natural. TDS is a wasted emotion & defies logic.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  nasska
3 months ago

^copium

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  nasska
3 months ago

Trump winds up those who show him contempt or refuse his efforts. His strategy is not always immediately clear and time after time his detractors fall for the same moves.

It’s the best magic show in town for those of us who recognise his negotiation tactics. 🇺🇸 😲

I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

if some cafe owner put a sign out front saying speaking only in english is allowed could you imagine the howls of outrage!!!!
yet totally fine for a woke pos to open a te reo only cafe tho. hope they go broke catering to a small % of the community, i hope like fuck theyre not getting tax/ratepayer handouts to survive

Saggy
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

How are they going to have a menu, having no written language or anything.

Curious
Reply to  Saggy
3 months ago

There will only be 2 items Hangi or boil up. You will only need to point.

bobthebldr
bobthebldr
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

moriori burgers

rightoverlabour
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

Fuck, I am going to have to up tick this!.. Done, but I’ll need a lie down to recover.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

youll see the light one day ROL and realise stupid boy is right about many things.

wouldnt it be great if a competing cafe in rotorua had the balls to do english only as a social experiment and fuck you to the woke…. the media pile on is likely too off putting for anyone brave enough to try

Viking
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

We have trouble determining what!

I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

im sure a hantavirus vax is being produced so big pharma can make sime sweet profits.
anyways, billiam is adding the final touches to the gain of function.

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rightoverlabour
Reply to  wiseowl
3 months ago

Interesting. Definitely worth watching,

Curious
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

Fascinating who is this woman I haven’t come across her before?

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

Originally known for her exercise and health I believe started podcast and evolved into politics. She is on the right and a MAGA /Trump? supporter.

Rol is onto it 🙂

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rightoverlabour
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago
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wiseowl
Reply to  rightoverlabour
3 months ago

Don’t let Hunty see her.

Saggy
3 months ago

Ah the Nasty Party pinged. Hipkins rather red-faced in this interview, the lying shit.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360977596/revealed-notorious-troll-account-run-former-labour-staffer-despite-party-denying-links

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Saggy
3 months ago

Hipkins Lied again. Actually we’ll be impressed if we get a headline “Hipkins tells the truth!” Fuck is a smarmy twat.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Saggy
3 months ago

do you apply the same scrutiny to nzf xaccount hate troll holyheketua? same shit, who cares about any of them if hurty feelz on the internet affect you that bad then get offline and hide in a safe space.
there were plenty of horrible memes death threats and vile content on ardern that pretty much everyone on here seen nothing wrong with and cheered on. just more ysb pot kettle black

FJA
FJA
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

Rhys has never been an NZF member or staff to my knowledge, so not the same.

Pretty sure he’s never superimposed Hipkins’ face over a guy fucking a pig, either, but you’re welcome to correct me if I’m wrong.

Starving Artist
Starving Artist
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

‘hate troll’? Now you sound like Martyn Bradbury.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Starving Artist
3 months ago

Just as well it wasn’t Martin Bradbury!

Starving Artist
Starving Artist
Reply to  Saggy
3 months ago

I’m surprised Stuff even published that, seeing as how it makes their team look bad.

nasska
3 months ago

A 9 year old girl has disappeared after using her mums moisturiser that makes you look ten years younger. 

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  nasska
3 months ago

hunty used the wrong lotion having a wank…. well thats his excuse for being hung like a newborn

nasska
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
3 months ago

“Use the mutton fat Hunty!” I told him. “Use the mutton fat…..it’s organic”. 🙂

rightoverlabour
Reply to  nasska
3 months ago

Where is the mum…. I think I need some of that…

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
3 months ago

So some are upset that the Court case was not going ahead & give various reasons why.

New Zealand already had a legal framework to manage emissions, through the Climate Change Response Act and the Emissions Trading Scheme, he said.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment_climate/594922/government-changes-climate-law-to-prevent-lawsuits

It is to make costs that those big company corporates then stack on to us smaller consumers.

One would think they are trying to hide the reason why the Climate Change Response Act & the Emmissions Trading Scheme should be challenged & torn down.
They are based on the setup done by the IPCC which now admits the scenarios are “implausible” as commented on the other day in this thread.
https://ysb.co.nz/have-your-say-747/#comment-477316

Still no media mention, no one challenging them to look into the IPCC back down about implausible dud scenarios.
Which would also give us good reason to pull out of the Paris Accords too.

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rightoverlabour
Reply to  Simpleton1
3 months ago

pull out of the Paris Accords” Please, we like belonging to Globalist Organizations that tell us what to do…. Means the clowns in Government don’t have to think. Fuckers.

Viking
3 months ago

Government to amend climate change law because court claims are ‘creating uncertainty in business confidence and investment.’ Greens slam move

The Government is amending the Climate Change Response Act, with Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith saying “the courts are not the right place to resolve claims of harm from climate change.”
On Tuesday, he said ongoing litigation in the High Court, where an applicant has brought civil claims against six businesses for their greenhouse gas emissions “is creating uncertainty in business confidence and investment that the Government must address.”
Goldsmith said the Government was acting to give legal clarity and certainty, and to remove the possible development of a new regime contradicting the framework Parliament has enacted to respond to climate change.
“Therefore, the Government will amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent findings of liability for tort for climate change damage or harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions in both current and future proceedings before the courts,” Goldsmith said.
The Ministry of Justice’s website describes torts as common law actions where someone seeks compensation for harm caused by a wrongful act.

Goldsmith said the response to climate change is best managed by the Government at a national level, not through “piece-meal litigation in the courts.”
“New Zealand already has a legal framework to manage greenhouse gas emissions set through Parliament through the Climate Change Response Act 2002 and the Emissions Trading Scheme.”
“It is essential to maintain the coherence of the regulatory system and to deliver consistent obligations for greenhouse gas emitters,” Goldsmith said.
“The courts are not the right place to resolve claims of harm from climate change, and tort law is not well-suited to respond to a problem like climate change which involves a range of complex environmental, economic and social factors.”
‘Parliament is the place where we set our response to climate change’
Speaking to reporters following his announcement, Goldsmith said: “It’s about Parliament being clear that Parliament is the place where we set our response to climate change. We weigh up all the various factors. It’s a complicated area.”
“We have a regime in place and people can argue about whether that regime is good or not, and that’s a democratic process. But that is the accountability. To have a parallel, separate one, I think creates uncertainty.”
more;
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/138474/government-amend-climate-change-law-because-court-claims-are-creating

Viking
3 months ago

The Government is continuing with the procurement process for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility in Taranaki, to check whether “the commercials stack up,” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says.
“We are very interested in it, obviously, that’s why we kicked it off because we have a dry year risk which drives into huge risk premiums and therefore higher power prices,” Luxon told reporters on Tuesday.
“It’s just making sure the commercials stack up [and] we’ll know that at the end of that procurement process,” he said.
In February the Government announced its planned LNG import facility which was anticipated to be operating as soon as 2027 to remove the risk associated with dry years. The cost of the infrastructure will be paid for via a levy on electricity, and the cost connected with importing LNG will be paid by users of gas produced from LNG.

https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/138480/government-still-looking-developing-lng-import-terminal-energy-minister-simeon

Viking
3 months ago

DECLINING II
The March Crown accounts will make for some uncomfortable reading even if the deficits are not getting any worse than signaled in the HYFEU (a low bar). That is because deep within this data, GST receipts are weakening fast. In fact, March 2026 GST revenue at $2.067 bln is now -4.4% lower than in March 2025, and even lower than the $2.085 bln in March 2024. This is a recent turn down, a signal that may indicate a disturbing economic track. These same accounts show that income taxes collected from individuals were up +7.1% from a year earlier, no doubt boosted by the stealth taxes of ‘fiscal drag’ as higher nominal incomes push more workers into higher tax brackets.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
3 months ago

Newly appointed GG worked with Jack Smith who tried to prosecute Trump.

NWO sculduggery going on in Carney’s Canada. Is the same thing happening here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okdclue5Vr8
Carney’s New War on Trump: Soros’s ICC Architect Takes Canada
Promethean Updates

As attention focused on President Trump’s Iran breakthrough, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met European and Commonwealth leaders in Armenia and said the rules-based international order is over, arguing it will be rebuilt out of Europe  …

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Viking
3 months ago

Despite previously denying any links to a troll account that ruthlessly takes the mickey out of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Labour leader Chris Hipkins now says it’s a former staffer.
It comes after Stuff asked questions about how the account could access raw footage shot in the Opposition area of parliament.
The account luxury_marmite_sandwich_ which has 21.8K followers posts content taking aim almost exclusively at Luxon. The name of the account is seemingly inspired by the comments made by the prime minister in response to controversy around the school lunch programme, in which he told parents if they don’t like his Government’s changes to the scheme they could go make a marmite sandwich.
The account shows reels dating back to 2025, many of them with crude references to the prime minister. One video superimposes Luxon’s face onto a scene from the dystopian Netflix show Black Mirror, which depicts the fictional British prime minister having sex with a pig on live television.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360977596/revealed-notorious-troll-account-run-former-labour-staffer-despite-party-denying-links

Mike Hunty
3 months ago

Wrong..Toe-poh.
Right..Taupo. T-our-po.
Cringe much.

Starving Artist
Starving Artist
Reply to  Mike Hunty
3 months ago

kia ora bro

Viking
3 months ago

HANSON IGNITES NEW ELECTION FIRESTORMcomment image
Pauline Hanson has sparked major controversy after declaring that only Australian citizens should decide Australian’s future, demanding foreign nationals be blocked from voting in Australia general elections.
The explosive statement is now becoming a central battle line ahead of the next national vote.
Supporters say it’s “common sense” and a matter of sovereignty. Critics are calling it divisive, dangerous, and politically calculated.
But Hanson isn’t backing down.
“Australia’s future must be decided by Australian citizens alone,” she reportedly insisted, triggering fierce debate across the country.
With tensions over immigration, identity, and national control already boiling, this issue could become one of the most explosive political fights of the election season

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122110461243052996&set=a.122104220211052996

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Viking
3 months ago

Alberta Rebels Hit Jackpot: Over 300,000 Signatures Force Independence Vote Against Ottawa’s Grift
Fed-up Albertans just delivered a massive slap to Canada’s bloated federal machine. Separatist organizers with Stay Free Alberta submitted nearly 302,000 signatures — smashing the 178,000 threshold needed to trigger a citizen referendum on October 19, 2026.
This isn’t some fringe protest. It’s hardworking oil producers, ranchers, and families saying enough is enough after years of abuse: sky-high equalization payments sucking billions out of Alberta to prop up have-not provinces, federal roadblocks on pipelines and energy development, and endless regulatory warfare from Ottawa elites who hate affordable, reliable fossil fuels.
Alberta sits on some of the world’s largest oil reserves. It pays far more into the national pot than it gets back — roughly $15,000 per household annually in net transfers. Yet Ottawa treats the province like a cash cow while killing jobs with green fantasies and speech crackdowns. No wonder the independence movement is surging.
Premier Danielle Smith has signaled she’ll put the question on the ballot if verified. While some chatter about joining the U.S. as the 51st state floats around prediction markets, most Albertans want full sovereignty — their own nation, not swapping one distant federal overlord for another in Washington. Strong alliance with America? Yes. Trading Ottawa’s boot for IRS forms? Hard pass.
Canada’s central planners have squeezed the golden goose too hard. Alberta’s revolt shows what happens when producers finally push back against the takers. This could be the beginning of the end for the Trudeau-era shakedown model. Freedom-loving Canadians everywhere should watch closely — real change starts with saying no to the status quo

Viking
Reply to  Viking
3 months ago

I see that Carney has threatened to use the armed forces in Alberta. What a cunt he is. worse than Starmer.

Viking
3 months ago

he really is a slimy arse this guy.

‘You Smear My Name, You Pay the Price’: Albanese Launches AU $50 Million Defamation Suit Against Peta CredlinIt began as a routine political interview. A prime minister, a conservative host, and a nation watching. Within minutes, the routine shattered. Accusations flew. Voices rose. Producers in the control room exchanged nervous glances.

What happened on that set has now spilled out of the studio and into the courtroom. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reportedly filed a AU $50 million lawsuit against Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin, accusing her of “vicious, calculated defamation” in what his legal team calls a “character assassination disguised as public debate.”

The lawsuit, filed in the Federal Court late yesterday, alleges that Credlin made a series of false and malicious statements about the Prime Minister during a live broadcast that aired to millions of viewers across the country. The claims, according to court documents obtained by this publication, include allegations of corruption, abuse of office, and personal misconduct — none of which, the Prime Minister’s lawyers argue, have any basis in fact.

https://northwavenews.com/posts/you-smear-my-name-you-pay-the-price-albanese-launches-au-50-million-defamation-suit-against-peta-credlin-jk-phanh/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRvrK5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyaVY4Y0l6Q3ZsSldNcjNRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrmuN7ZxUXygRUPR-Usva_nDbxwN1SAwtdAUcxPdVlL9SyCObsIIgyAQWOg9_aem_CBF90LbdzBASD0_9QdWleA

Interesting scrap.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Viking
3 months ago

He must have been directly over target.

Viking
Reply to  Sooty
3 months ago

Well Peta Credlin certainly was.
She is a she.

Curious
3 months ago

Good Dog!
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Curious
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

In an interesting corollary to this meme a neighbour has a small Jack Russell. The other day down at the beach one of those lap dogs that women carry around in their handbags had a quarrel with said Jack Russell. In the process of trying to separate them the Jack Russell bit the woman owner. I’m told it wasn’t serious (only a flesh wound) Anyhow later in the day 2 vehicles with 4 dog control officers dressed like they were UK police arresting a dangerous hateful facebook poster ( or perhaps off to quell a riot) turned up at his house and arrested the dog. There was talk of an execution for the crime. Haven’t heard whether they did or not but no doubt we can all rest safer knowing the authorities are protecting us from vicious animals.///

Viking
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

More clip board Nazis overpowered.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Curious
3 months ago

Who is the husband of the he said lady,
Who does she lunch with?

Curious
Reply to  Sooty
3 months ago

No idea Sooty and why is that relevant?

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