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Dougal10
1 year ago

This whole greenhouse gas scam is just computer generated math , with fanciful figures and programing.

Komata
Komata
Reply to  Dougal10
1 year ago

Dougal10

But it makes more money for those who already have immense amounts of it, and, most importantly, enables those individuals to CONTROL, MANIPULATE and even ELIMINATE those whom they consider inferior.

On that basis, what is there not to like?

Odakyu-sen
Reply to  Komata
1 year ago

Again:
H.L. Mencken wrote in his book “In Defense of Women” that “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary”

Viking
1 year ago

on Farming and Milking.
A farmer ordered a high-tech milking machine. Since the equipment arrived when his wife was out of town, he decided to test it on himself first. So, he inserted his ‘manhood’ into the equipment, turned on the switch and everything else was automatic. Soon, he realized that the equipment provided him with much more pleasure than his wife did. When the fun was over, though, he quickly realized that he couldn’t remove the instrument from his ‘member’. He read the manual but didn’t find any useful information on how to disengage himself. He tried every button on the instrument, but still without success. Finally, he decided to call the supplier’s Customer Service Hot Line with his mobile phone (Thank god for mobile phones!). ‘Hello, I just bought a milking machine from your company. It works Fantastic, but how do I remove it from the cow’s udder?’ ‘Don’t worry,’ replied the customer service rep, ‘The machine will release automatically once it’s collected two gallons.’ Have a nice day.comment image

Viking
1 year ago

Four years ago, our staff captured photos of vegetation in specific spots in the Southern Alps where tahr browse, causing damage to native alpine plants.
In December they returned to the same spots on the same day to see the changes to the vegetation after differing levels of tahr control.
While the comparison photos showed some vegetation recovery, including regrowth of native plants like celmisia (Mountain Daisy) and schoenus rush, substantial browsing impacts are still evident.
Photo point observations add to our data from vegetation monitoring to build a picture of the changes in browsing impacts over time, and whether tahr control is helping our flora recover.
We hope that with a series of photo points over the years we can track the progress of the tahr control programme.
We will continue working with iwi, scientists, and hunters to develop annual operational plans to control tahr numbers and monitor the vegetation recovery of these special alpine ecosystemscomment image
comment image: Sophie Carty/Paul Jansen | DOC

https://www.facebook.com/docgovtnz?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWmsUJkwc5QnYgTXqunZpDzl8SvYh93q9jukKgMDytABslr1OxiBBvRkDOKkS0d2anZa__JrCAUNTOcOr8Qw3-sTytg1Tqg8KLHnRv32U52BaaYY-UsTZrdhjwGASj8KVFqyBb1dRQU3O9gEgGrHwzKbcnrdKgtg3P71MgiKosreZzzzuFkILW_Mh3laXrMODO99ZPaIIMo45BW8vu6PbFZgJSBC-v7_wQRAQZJSoQ64A&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R

pics on this. Barely see a difference. Just more wasted money by Doc.

Ross12
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

Don’t worry Sophie and Paul, it will all be planted in pine trees soon//

The Ancient Hooligan
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

Clear evidence that the South Island IWI who ventured, before all other known humans into the Himalayas and discovered Tahr. As such this treasured Toanga, Mauri life force and Talisman should not be tampered with or even it’s mere existence be questioned by DOC. //

Odakyu-sen
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

What does “working with iwi” even mean?
I don’t know if it is possible to include the words “iwi” and “working” in the same sentence.

//

wiseowl
Reply to  Odakyu-sen
1 year ago

It means ‘pay’

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  wiseowl
1 year ago

And you do all the work!

Tarquin
1 year ago

Morning all, much as I would like to be up at Waitangi protesting against this evil government with the best of them I am unfortunately unable to make it. This travesty has been caused by a really good weather forecast and a loaded boat. Tomorrow I’m not even going to turn the radio on. Why would I want to listen to a bunch of entitled cretins making ever more stupid demands while re writing history? Time for this country to move on, de funding the Waitangi circus and anything to do with it would be a good start. If only Luxcinda would grow a set and listen to those who voted for him.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Tarquin
1 year ago

Are you going to take Friday of like those scungy teachers and make a long weekend out of it?

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Sooty
1 year ago

Yes. Already sorted. 4 day long weekend. Actually, I have been on holiday since 29th November. Dreading going back to work next week.

Tarquin
Reply to  Sooty
1 year ago

Just another week up this way, only half the place ever shows up on a Friday. I’m self employed so I pretty much don’t get paid anyway and according to the staff things go better when I’m not here.

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
1 year ago

So this will cure a stabby slashing problem in South Australia.
Thank goodness they do not profile, even the knives.

…….. to crack down on potential knife crime,” Premier Peter Malinauskas says. 
“These laws are a major step forward in minimising the risk of knife crime, and ensuring authorities have the powers they need to use wands to search those who may put members of the public at risk.” ……
https://glamadelaide.com.au/south-australia-set-to-introduce-the-toughest-knife-laws-in-the-country/

Many members of the public will have their lives saved by these authorative programs that must be obeyed under menacing fines & penalties.
Will the next step be that persons having a knife need to be licensed?
Will the knives have to be registered?
To gain a licensed will one need the equivalent of a gun safe for safety’s sake?

Last edited 1 year ago by Simpleton1
DylanHunt
Reply to  Simpleton1
1 year ago

If they are sincere about removing tools that can be used in crime, they will put duct tape over the mouths of left wing MPs, and tie their hands behind their backs for the duration of their stay in Parliament.

Odakyu-sen
Reply to  Simpleton1
1 year ago

The “stabby slashing problem” is the symptom.
How will treating the symptoms help?
Go after the causes.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Odakyu-sen
1 year ago

Whack the sharp point off all knifes!

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Sooty
1 year ago

Your wish Sooty, is thy command.

 ….. knife collection boasts a blade design with a blunt, rounded tip that won’t pierce human skin. …..
…. response to recent legislation by the UK government that reclassifies kitchen knives as offensive weapons,…..

…..  a significant contribution to knife safety within the home and wider community,” said John Ashton, advisor to the Merseyside Police and crime commissioner on violence prevention.
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/01/16/viners-knives-round-tip-cutlery/

An award winning idea too, Sooty.

Surely the stab-proof police-vests will work better now?
Despite a certain ideology’ guidance to “strike at the necks”. [Qur’an 47:4]

Last edited 1 year ago by Simpleton1
nasska
Reply to  Sooty
1 year ago

There’s no lunacy enacted in Australia that doesn’t make it to these shores.

Your next Xmas ham will be sliced with plastic scissors!

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  nasska
1 year ago

It will come presliced, wrapped plastic and cold.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
1 year ago

USAID

https://rumble.com/v6gv9zj-the-dark-truth-of-usaid-exposed-after-trump-and-elon-delete-agency-secret-f.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
THE Dark Truth of USAID EXPOSED: The Largest Criminal Fraud Operation History | Mike Benz Bombs LIVEBenny Johnson

Last edited 1 year ago by waikatogirl
waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Editor
1 year ago

Not just “Maori fuckwit politicians” but certainly the Marxist maori radicals with their notion of separatism and power over all.

Last edited 1 year ago by waikatogirl
Saggy
1 year ago

I wonder what happens when a Prime Minister completely ignores the very people who voted him in. Oh that’s right:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360569356/new-poll-has-centre-left-enough-support-govern

Chippy, the nasty little ranga who has absolutely poo-fingered every portfolio he’s laid his hand on, is now preferred PM.

Note to Luxon: You’re really fucking this up, mate.

Last edited 1 year ago by Saggy
howitis
howitis
Reply to  Saggy
1 year ago

This is reality as I said on here weeks ago and at Xmas gatherings last year

HOPE is a four ledder word
IF is for children, building daydreams

You have had key > adern > hipkins > luxon

Blinglish was a pathetic failure of a placeholder
luxon won’t be much more than a placeholder between hipkins 2 terms;
ceteris Paribus

liebour are not panicking
We got this they will say

with all this info available do you really think luxon does not know ?
he attained what he wanted
-to be PM
-then he will get a knighthood (Shipley – born in Gore – got the equiv for 2 years ; SIR Blinglish for 9 months; Marshall for 8 months )
So he got what he wanted.

Now off to the boardrooms
and possible international boondoggles as set up by HIS/THEY masters

Either way
in 2026 or 2029 it is full on Starmerism

With an entre and dessert of maori wonderfulness
rates rises, 3 + waters, messed up health, cancelled roading
all the nightmares you wished went away

and the thing is, the under 40s will think this is great.
They are the future.
No sunglasses required.
Basically anyone born after the 1970s
from 1980
This includes Willy-less and get boosted of the TEAL trifecta who are the likely successor to luxon. So, no change in direction even with change of helmsperson.
The orders will still come from the same place
and it is not the notional voters .

Hipkins born 1978 but raised by a left wing Educ Dept apparatchik.
So, in this crowd/cohort.

1980 + folks have been brainwashed
They are owned (over 80% , well in the majority)

posting talking heads from you tube or rumble wont change a thing.
NZ is
-Main economic trading with China (and AU which has its main trader as China)
-lifestyle influence from USA
-political direction that of Western Europe

As I said in 2023 forget the celebration of moving liebour out.
They will be back soon.

We saw it with Bolger in 1990 after a 2 term liebour shocker
And bolger did not fuck up daily the way luxon has.
it looks like luxon is throwing the game.
he is an evil traitor

these are the facts.

put hope and emotion aside.
Face reality.

rightoverlabour
Reply to  howitis
1 year ago

Thank God I have the option of living in another country. I don’t want to, but if Labour gets in next time around, I can’t see my self staying….

howitis
howitis
Reply to  howitis
1 year ago

That Real Estate agents have to compulsorily learn about
MAORI wonderfulness

and Maori ways of knowing

or lose their ability to earn an income
(just like people who would not take the Fizzer stabby juice )

under a notional led coalition
tells you al you need to know

Where is the traitor and sell out Winston Luigi peters on this ?

DylanHunt
Reply to  Saggy
1 year ago

Yes Luxon is a wimp. But the Talbot Mills poll is selectively loaded. And only Labour / Union goon idiots thinks Hipkins is NOT two sausage rolls short of a lunch break.

Most normal non mouth breathers, even lefties, think Hipkins is an idiot. “The f**kwit does not know what a woman is!”

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  DylanHunt
1 year ago

I was hopefull that Toni, would take him in hand and show him the ways of the world.
But no he’s still a wingy, whiney, wanker!

Komata
Komata
Reply to  Saggy
1 year ago

Saggy

In respect of your ‘Note to Luxon’, sadly, due to his arrogance and ignorance, your advice will fall on very deaf ears (If in fact he ever gets to read it).

Leopards never change their spots, so expect more of the same….

Last edited 1 year ago by Komata
The Ancient Hooligan
Reply to  Saggy
1 year ago

Saggy, Luxon and Hipkins, two monumental disappointments vying to run this country, both people with no vision, charisma or who are inspirational in any way whatsoever.

We truly are a dumb lot if this is the best this country can do. No wonder we are fucked.

Curious
Reply to  Saggy
1 year ago

He’s not my mate.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

If chippy is the answer, you had better ask a different question!

Curious
1 year ago

Just in by email from the FSU.
“I am very frustrated and sorry to have to contact you with bad news.
Despite canning unworkable and incredibly unpopular ‘hate speech’ laws at the beginning of their term, the National Minister of Justice, Paul Goldsmith, has instructed the Law Commission to prepare advice on creating ‘hate crime’ laws in New Zealand. Yesterday, they released the consultation document.
It baffles me as to why this Government would pursue such a fool’s errand. “

There seems to be no end to the fuckwittedness of this government.


howitis
howitis
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

……There seems to be no end to the fuckwittedness of this government…..

ah yeah

have you just worked this out ?
in 2025!!

They are a placeholder but will take instructions from their masters
like this one

don’t expect the Gnats to take any direction from USA post January 20, 2025.

They will follow the destructive policies of Western Europe/EU, and the worst of the UK.

DylanHunt
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

It baffles me as to why this Government would pursue such a fool’s errand. “

Clearly someone has them over a barrel.

Ross12
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

They have gone down in the latest polls plus NN has gone down in the preferred PM stakes. As they say the trend in polls is what counts –well a distinct trend is emerging now.

The Ancient Hooligan
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

“There seems to be no end to the fuckwittedness of this government.”

We C, the name Paul Goldsmith must surely give you a clue as to why “fuckwittedness” abounds in this Government.


howitis
howitis
Reply to  The Ancient Hooligan
1 year ago

Goldensmith would sell his own mother for four bucks .

Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

It seems that this Tri-Coalition, particularly Luxon & National are trying to find ways to plug into 2 tier Keir Starmer systems on the sly.
.
…. a “Rapid Analytical Sprint” approach to extremism, prompting her advisers to cook up a hit list of problematic ideas. …..
.
…. Whitehall chiefs are seeking to centralise greater power for the authorities. ….
….. approach to extremism should turn away from “ideologies of concern” and turn instead to managing a wide range of troubling “behaviours.” …..
.
…. reintroducing the non-crime hate incident into policing and making new laws on ‘harmful communication’ are not encouraging. ….
Likewise, this proposed (further) conflation of thoughts and deeds would make the current counter-extremism policy endanger civil liberties further, …..
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/uk-officials-draft-a-hit-list-for-wrong-think/
.
So not only one can not speak against Net Zero targets, they will load in anything against Mt. Taranaki, Wanganui & Waikato Rivers, as these “person hoods” will be able to take umbrage, given that they now can take legal recourse.
In the beginning it will be the process that is punishment.

Last edited 1 year ago by Simpleton1
The Ancient Hooligan
1 year ago

I see the Natives up at Waitangi are flying the House Flag of the great old British Shipping Company, Shaw Savill and Albion Line.

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For those that are not so familiar with it, here is the Shaw Savill House Flag at the Royal Museum, Greenwich.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-359

Just goes to show Maori must have either owned Shaw Savill and Albion Line at one time or nicked the flag off the stern of one of their ships while visiting Nu Tireni at some stage in the past.

howitis
howitis
Reply to  The Ancient Hooligan
1 year ago

…or nicked the flag off the stern of one of their ships..

Don’t you understand
you must be racist.

The flag was theirs all along
anything inside the 200 mile economic zone; that Maori created in 1425
via
Te 200 Mile Economic Zone ACT (1425 ) is theirs

and Maori created all the measurements. Miles, Knots, Kilometers (the bloody French tried to nick that when they visited the land of enlightenment in the 1700s )
and gifted these to the world.

inside the ZONE they own
-water (More than 3 of them )
-Air
-radio waves
-wind
-tahr
-quadrupeds
all things above and below ground

Stupid whitey
Don’t show your face at Waitangi .

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  howitis
1 year ago

It’s all right to go to waitangi, you’ll blend in and look no different then 90% of the attendees there!

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Sooty
1 year ago

It’s all in the sense of entitlement and attitude Sootz.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
1 year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX4EU8ZJBsM
USAID | Elon’s Shocking DOGE Update (Dogecast Ep. 1)

Last edited 1 year ago by waikatogirl
DylanHunt
1 year ago

Czech Republic: Women Who Are COVID Vaccinated Are 66% Less Likely to Give Birth
https://www.woolstangray.eu/czech-republic-women-who-are-covid-vaccinated-are-66-less-likely-to-give-birth/

Curious
Reply to  DylanHunt
1 year ago

SB will be along shortly to call you a vax nutter. When I saw the headline I suspected that they may be comparing different age groups but looking at the article it seems to be 18-39 age group for both samples. Is there any other possible explanation other than the vax? Off the top of my head I can’t think of anything.

Last edited 1 year ago by Curious
I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

thats correlation, prove causation… you cant yet.

if it was the jab then why the anomoly of it only being the czech republic?

show the jab affecting birthrates in nz or australia then, if not then serious doubt needs to be cast on the jab theory and other potential causes explored.

it could just simply be that vaxxed czech women were complete karens and the men have retained the memory and grudge against them.

theres also no control or comparison data provided for before the jabs either. it could very well be that the same group of pro covid vax karens had low birthrates prior to covid too.

you lot will have a cry or downtick for questioning your biased views, you also assume i dont believe any of this shit you wank on about which is incorrect.
my gut feeling is its caused alot of damage and will takes decades to find out the scale and consequences but i refuse to be a gullable nutter and swallow everything hook line and sinker and scream “iTs ThE vAx” everytime someone dies or a rando on the internet posts misleading data with zero context.

i really dont know what the problem is with questioning everything and calling shit out when theres zero credible proof to back it up.
thats what covid crap has opened my eyes to… question everything even that from your own camp, even question your own thoughts and conclusions.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

It was one was of the very early finding the spike protein settles in the ovaries and testicles.

Last edited 1 year ago by waikatogirl
DylanHunt
Reply to  waikatogirl
1 year ago

Yep. Some poor blighters were pumping out spike protein instead of sperm. Demon seed.

And quite common in NZ was bleeding from lady private parts.

Tarquin
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

They should start giving out free vax shots outside Pack n Save Whangarei – would save the taxpayer truckloads in the long term.

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Tarquin
1 year ago

No it would have to be at KFC,
The natives are accustomed to been bribed with that stuff.
Don’t take no healthy shit, or vegetarian stuff!

DylanHunt
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

I can’t either. But these stats are not unusual after rogue vaccines. In Kenya, the modified tetanus shot sterilised thousands of young woman. And others were having 5 or 6 miscarriages before a child was born.

I think you will find that these stats are not uncommon.

DylanHunt
1 year ago

Swiss Scientists File Criminal Complaint Against Authorities For Ignoring The Acute Danger Of Poisonous Nanotechnology Deployed Via Chemtrails

https://www.woolstangray.eu/swiss-scientists-file-criminal-complaint-against-authorities-for-ignoring-the-acute-danger-of-poisonous-nanotechnology-deployed-via-chemtrails/

Ross12
1 year ago

Pam Bondi confirmed as US AG !!

Ross12
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

Not sure now, I may have jumped the gun, but it is looking very promising

Ross12
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

Actually confirmed now. Earlier reports seemed to be confusing the 52-46 vote for cloture (ie. to allow debate) with the confirmation. The final vote was 54-46 in favour.

Ross12
1 year ago
Simpleton1
Simpleton1
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

It has gone viral, and this maybe a better platform for some.
Civil War in Paris?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1886586901152379362
39 secs :

Do those girls want to play ‘taharrush’ in Parish too?

Last edited 1 year ago by Simpleton1
Ross12
1 year ago

Idiots are “outing” some of the Doge workers. Some seem to be fairly young guys, but they must be very competent for Musk to hire them. Ex hackers, because those skills would obviously come in handy.??

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/here-we-go-musks-doge-workers-spotted-fbi/

Curious
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

Saw a headline that said Musk was hiring young autistic people. Presumably not for their touchy feely people skills.

wiseowl
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

And Marjorie Taylor Green is introducing a Bill to make English THE official language of the USA.
I have always said English should be made THE Official language here no AN official language.
There’s a difference.

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
1 year ago

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Ross12
1 year ago

A very good, blunt message. NZ is now operating under an apartheid system, like it or not.

https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2025/02/john-robertson-new-zealands-dirty.html#more

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
1 year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJvr6xd_k0E
Roger Partridge On The Supreme Court
Michael Laws

That’s the action of a court that sees itself as a political actor…

Last edited 1 year ago by waikatogirl
Viking
1 year ago

How much tax is on anew build house in aussie?
https://www.facebook.com/reel/966522912110159

Viking
1 year ago

Matthew Hubbert
My son is at high school in Palmerston North.
Why is he learning Matauranga as science for NCEA level 1.
Apparently today they learned that the Manawatu river and Gorge was created by a taniwha that decided to move East and pushed a massive tree through….no mention of a river, erosion, tectonic plates etc?
The science teacher stated she doesn’t know if matauranga is 100% scientific but she also stated that science of these things isn’t proven either, so it’s on equal footing!!!!
I thought this stuff was to be optional classes and not in every subject?
This is religion posing as science by liars and cheats in the system!
We will be pushing back and saying no more. We aren’t a part of that and ncea 1 pass marks should not be predicated upon this mythology!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/counterspinmedia1

rightoverlabour
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

NCEA Level 1 is a waste of time. A whole bunch of schools have ditched it.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

counterspin… surely even you can do better then that vikey.

nasska
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

Regrettably it is probably utu for the missionaries forcing their make-believe God down the throats of the simple natives.

Viking
1 year ago

BREAKING: RFK Jr approved for Secretary of HHS by Senate Finance Committee. That’s the first stage over. Bring on the full Senate vote!

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1038626134928704&set=a.460837986040858

Viking
1 year ago
  • Unemployment has risen to 5.1%, with 156,000 people unemployed, affecting young people the most.
  • The unemployment rate for ages 15 to 19 reached 23%, the highest in more than a decade.
  • Men accounted for 85% of the annual employment decrease, with shifts from full-time to part-time work.

The overall unemployment rate has hit 5.1%, with the total number of unemployed rising to 156,000 in the last quarter of 2024.
But the Stats NZ figures released today show New Zealand’s young people bearing the brunt of the economic downturn.
Data highlighted by ASB economist Mark Smith shows the unemployment rate for those aged 15-19, hit 23%, the highest in more than a decade.
The age group lost a net 17,000 jobs over 2024, more than half of the total, Smith said.
“More than 70% of the 32,000 net jobs lost over 2024 were for those aged 15 to 24,” he said.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/young-people-bear-the-brunt-youth-unemployment-hits-23/6ZFAIGPWXRFAHG3S7REUMX45AY/

One day someone will wake up and reintroduce youth rates. that figure will disappear overnight.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

one day someone will wake up and abolish the minimum wage.
to do that tho we would have to really tighten up immigration to let a true freemarket with wages prosper.

i think minimum wage affects both ends, sure it lifts the wages of unproductive/unskilled folk and those too stupid to walk and find better job and pay but i rekon it keeps down the wages of those skilled and in ok paying jobs employers guage it as x amount above min wage instead of paying what those skills are actually worth.

but yeah in current settings old chap a youth rate would probs benefit many of them but do they actually want to work? i honestly dont know any young folk who are keen to work that arent in work. the couple that arent are full time gaming addicts on the spectrum and other issues.

then theres a good example at my work, the youngest (15) has been taking home well over 1k per week throughout the holidays, i know if there was youth rates my boss wouldve screwed him for sure and he wouldve made far less but the kids a fucking good hard worker and deserved every cent so min wage without youth rate benefit him well.

Viking
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
1 year ago

The answer to do they want to work is that many do, but the barrier is that at 16 or 17 you have to pay adult rates and never in my lifetime have I seen a kid with an old head on its shoulders. They need training and so on. I have 2 in the age group and their Mum as well. They are earning not much less than their Mum and their supervisor. She commented that it took her a lot of years to get to that rate and these kids get it because.There is nothing in law stopping paying them more as they learn and progress and that should be how it is. The problem it creates is that these kids don’t save, spend on anything and never learn what life is when money is sparse.
I don’t think we should abolish the minimum but I do think it should start at 55% of the adult and go up as time and training in the job is satisfied. Those kids all used to work in supermarkets and places but now they are too expensive so automation is removing the jobs. And that will continue. Unfair tothem.

Last edited 1 year ago by Viking
I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

see the part of my comment about min wage holding wages back for the more skilled folk.

i know youll get shitty at this viking but the truth of it is if the mother and supervisor have worked there that many years and theyre only a couple of bux above min wage then thats a reflection on you and what you value your staff at.
i havent employed anyone for 6yrs now but i was paying $30 an hour back then, id be paying 35-40 if i were today. i wouldnt work for any less doing the same job so cant expect others to do it, i also used to do the shit jobs too and staff got the better jobs

if you cant afford to pay your staff the decent wages they deserve dont blame min/youth wages for the small gap blame yourself for not valuing their work more and charging customers accordingly.
dont take it to heart either, im actually not trying to wind you up or start a shitfight for once its just my genuine view on it and theres many other employers out there that that should take it onboard too (esp hospo etc)

FJA
FJA
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
1 year ago

Why pay a decent wage when you can employ an Indian on a student visa?

I’m with you 100% on immigration. If I had my way, the gates would fully shut, tomorrow, for at least 10 years.

Viking
1 year ago

Economists expect to see higher unemployment and lower wage growth when fourth-quarter labour market data is released on Wednesday.
“While the New Zealand economy appears to have bottomed out and is now recovering, the labour market is still playing catch-up to the past slowdown in activity,” ANZ economist Henry Russell said.
“We expect the unemployment rate lifted from 4.8% [in the third quarter] to 5.1% [in the fourth quarter] in line with the RBNZ’s November MPS forecast.”
Westpac senior economist Michael Gordon expected to see a continuation of the steady softening in New Zealand’s jobs market.
“We expect the unemployment rate to rise to 5%, compared to 4.8% in the September quarter.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/unemployment-preview-data-expected-to-show-more-than-30000-jobs-lost-in-2024/ZSRLXZJ32JHA3EU4YI3YQN7ZJQ/

NMational done it again.fucking idiot mob.

Viking
1 year ago

Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza as he welcomes NetanyahuAFP

  • Donald Trump proposed the US “take over” the Gaza Strip during talks with Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • Trump suggested Palestinians move to countries such as Egypt and Jordan, but both nations rejected this.
  • Netanyahu praised Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend” and said the plan could “change history”.

President Donald Trump made an extraordinary proposal for the United States to “take over” the Gaza Strip, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/trump-says-us-will-take-over-gaza-as-he-welcomes-netanyahu/ILJY5FBNFJCI5MEH22R5UM2PUI/

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Viking
1 year ago

Just nuke it!

Braybots nemesis
Braybots nemesis
1 year ago

Looks like Auckland Uni were recipients of USAID, and not in a small way either.The woke, bullshitting grifters are in for a rude awakening.

https://x.com/kaiviti_cam/status/1887006987118109164

Last edited 1 year ago by Braybots nemesis
I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Braybots nemesis
1 year ago

imagine getting given 300 million ontop of taxpayer contribution and student fees and only run a barely viable business.

1.2bil budget and made a 9.7mil profit, without all the “free money” theyre fucked.
time to cut the unis loose, sink or swim. they just giant money pits pumping out wokeness and mainly junk degrees anyways. nz could realisticaly get by with 2 or 3 unis if we moved away from this stupid degrees in everything crap and change our mindsets that everyone should be able to go if they want… make it elitest again and let them fund it themselves.

howitis
howitis
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
1 year ago

Todally agree

50 years ago about 5% of a cohort was a university graduate

eg born 1950
talk sample in 1973
for 5%

We had enough engineers and accountants
in fact the mechanical engineers got good training at Railways and MOW

Now it is about 30% of a cohort as grads

for a society that has no greater productivity
but heightened egos

NB. the 5% probably excluded polytechs output.
Which pretend to be Unis now.

Curious
Reply to  Braybots nemesis
1 year ago

And here’s what it was used for!!
“Towards Transformative Gender Education Programming”
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/items/edeaa70b-5a69-4560-aa1a-e8f5fbd1e804

Sooty
Sooty
Reply to  Braybots nemesis
1 year ago

$300 thousand they are going to short on their budget!

Braybots nemesis
Braybots nemesis
Reply to  Sooty
1 year ago

Nah Soot’s $300 million. NZ$ Half a billion

Braybots nemesis
Braybots nemesis
1 year ago

What’s in a name? FFS.
Teens who murdered Joshuah Tasi in Beach Haven revealed as brothers Delius Eruera, Prodeus Eruera-Ngamu
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/teens-who-murdered-joshuah-tasi-in-beach-haven-revealed-as-brothers-delius-eruera-prodeus-eruera-ngamu/E3QPL44TKRHGNLEQDAOEJC4SRQ/

Ross12
1 year ago

Simon Watts said on The Platform this morning that the decision on increased climate targets for Paris Agreement was a Cabinet decision.
My immediate thought was it cannot have been unanimous because Seymour was suggesting soon after that we should look at pulling out of the agreement. But Seymour has since said it was an “all of Government” decision. So it was unanimous !!!

Can we believe any of these politicians. How can Seymour vote in favour of it in Cabinet and then come out with his suggestion a day or so later? Doesn’t he have the backbone to make his stand in Cabinet or was the suggestion just complete BS?

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

you do realise you can agree to things without actually agreeing with it?

are you married? view the coalition as a marriage and luxon is the cunt wife, sometimes you just gotta pick your battles and say yes to shut them the fuck up or get brownie points for later.

its not a bad thing really cuz now winnie and seymour have good campaign material to take to next election to try errode nats voter base.

Ross12
Reply to  I am a stupid boy
1 year ago

Seymour/ACT were always going to be out voted (there are more National Cabinet members),so if they voted against it and made publically known, he would get more potential extra voters now. Why wait until election time, especially given the public reaction against the idea.

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

politics is just a big game, hes playing it his way.
imo i rekon he should ditch his run at deputy pm and walk away from the coalition over luxons tpb and climate stupidity but seymours too cautious and not quite big enough balls to do that.

howitis
howitis
Reply to  Ross12
1 year ago

Agree

sometimes politicians are duplicitous
sometimes politicians are cunts
and
sometimes politicians are duplicitous cunts

but outcomes are generally the same

I am a stupid boy
Reply to  Editor
1 year ago

did you never redeem them Ed?

poke your one eye into her brown eye, if you have enough points saved up you wont get a broken nose 🙂

nasska
Reply to  Editor
1 year ago

You have to remember that for every brownie point awarded there’s a reverse brownie point & you will never see the account balance or an audit report. 🙂

Curious
1 year ago

100% agree.
comment image

howitis
howitis
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

Jeesh

A multi millionaire
and
still stealing buying crap from the op shop

nasska
Reply to  Curious
1 year ago

I wonder what she charges to haunt houses.

Viking
1 year ago

Aussie coal and who uses it.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2618325865035059

Viking
1 year ago

Iwi & Maori Trust corruption
https://www.facebook.com/reel/604922778816013

waikatogirl
waikatogirl
1 year ago

When you need proof.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PFEHiwLnFVQ
When Flat Earth People Go To Antarctica ft. Joe Rogan
short

Last edited 1 year ago by waikatogirl
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