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Local government is really important, but it isn’t working for New Zealanders. It’s meant to serve communities, but right now it’s confusing them with duplication, disagreements, and decisions that defy common sense.
The time has come for reform.
Yesterday we announced proposals for the biggest shake-up of local government since 1989. It would deliver a much simpler, stream-lined and cost-effective system that makes it far easier to build the future New Zealanders deserve.
Here’s what we’re proposing:
Proposal 1 – Abolishing Regional Councillors and replacing them with a Board of Mayors.
This would replace elected regional councillors with new Combined Territories Boards made up of mayors from the region’s city and district councils.
Most people know their local Mayor. Can you name the Chair of your Regional Council, or even a Regional Councillor?
Combined Territories Boards would empower Mayors from the same region to work together to govern their regions. It would streamline regional decision-making across planning and infrastructure, reduce duplication, and strengthen accountability. It would also remove an unnecessary, confusing, and expensive structure.
Proposal 2 – Locally-led Regional Reorganisation.
This would see the new Combined Territories Boards lead regional reorganisation plans.
Regions would have to look at combining into unitary councils to strip out bureaucracy and create a simpler system.
Final plans would be approved by the Minister.
This is a once-in-a-generation chance to build a simpler, clearer, and more efficient local government system for New Zealanders. Combined with resource management reform (coming soon), it’ll lift living standards and drive growth for years to come.
If you want to have your say, please head here: https://www.dia.govt.nz/simplifying-local-government and or reply to this email and let us know.
Chris Bishop & Simon Watts
Oh, so we have Regional Councils? Never noticed.
Chris Bishop & Simon Watts
fuck me sideways with a broomstick
Two total knob-ends
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Notional fuck up everything they touch in local govt (as well as Kiwisaver, super, FTAs, well you get the drift)
In 1992 they disbanded the Auckland Regional council that had only been formed 2 years before.
No regional council was touched anywhere else.
No logical reason
Complete madness from bolger’s lot (yay, he’s dead)
Then in 2008 they claimed Auckland had no regional cohesion
No shit sherlock!
so they rammed the SUPER city home
Notional fuck up local govt
EVerytime .
they had one decent LG minister this century- Simeon Brown
So they pulled him of it after 1 year.
Past notional LG Minsters
The chamber of horrors
2011 Nick Smith – yeah that trougher, now mayor of Nelson
2012 David Carter CHC Ruch boy playing politics and another St Bedes creeper
2013 Chris Tremaine – like, who, son of an all black, there on name recognition
2014 Paul Benefit – say no more
2015 Sam Lotu liga – DEI hire
2016 Anne Tolley – we have seen her role at Tauranga
it was a revolving door (revolting ?) where it shows notional has total disdain for local govt and a park bench for people on the way up, or the way out.
Whatever notional do on local Govt they will FUCK IT UP
History shows this.
I do not see this being particularly effective, the Mayor of Waimate is hardly going to be right on the button of an organisation 200 km away that has been built up over the years by a CEO that is in full control of staffing.
The staff will circle the wagons.
There is however a large hint towards amalgamations and consequent even larger “local” organisations.
Ha Ha.
I just saw someone said the Auckland Super City has 12,000 employees.
Unbridled leadership.
12,000 now
That is not too bad
At merger 15 years ago on 1 Oct 2010 there were 9,200
and they added 1000 more in the next year.
The stupidity of this notional-led nonsense (Steven fkg Joyce driving it )
was no-one was allowed to lose their job, unless they wanted to go , prior to merger
so zero gains were to be had .
There should be less staff in all councils now.
note that of the roles that councils performed 50 years ago, the vast majority of actual work is farmed out as contracts.
Rubbish collection, roading , footpaths, park maintenance .
Councils now should be 30% the staff numbers they were, per capita, than 1980.
Most things can be automated, computerised, so mainly just need contract managers .
330 more staff in Wallytown than needed – when will they be deployed to something useful like cutting berms with scicors.ChCh Auckland ditto.
I think that is the point , the mayors will get together and split it up into smaller pieces that can work.
This will work.
The luvlies will lose their say.
Jordan Williams here, since Peter (no relation) sent his email, things have escalated.
This is regarding our exposé that Christchurch Council spent $1.36 million on a Ngāi Tahu-owned consultancy Mahaanui Kurataiao (to literally advise on how to consult with Ngai Tahu!), and the Council refused to give us the cost breakdown.
Now, Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger has come out and publicly joined the call for more information to be released about these payments to Mahaanui Kurataiao. .
But, despite the Mayor’s call, the Christchurch City Council CEO is not budging.
The officials still won’t release the invoices we’ve been asking for. We want the descriptions of what work was actually done and the breakdown of hours. They should be justifying the more than $1.3 million spent of ratepayer money.
But the Council says it’s all too ‘commercially sensitive’…
Robert, this is exactly what Peter warned about: Special rights of consultation turned into a revenue stream and kept hidden from the public who pay for it.
But this is not the only revelation after Peter’s email.
Our researchers have uncovered that one of Mahaanui Kurataiao’s directors is also a sitting Christchurch City Councillor.
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Tyla Harrison-Hunt is both a director of Mahaanui Kurataiao Ltd, and is also a Councillor. We’ve dug out his Council pecuniary interest declaration, which states that he receives payment as a director for his work with Mahaanui Kurataiao.
So, not only is the Council paying an iwi-owned company to advise on how to consult the iwi, but sitting around the Council table is literally a Director of the company providing the services (not that they’ll detail what those ‘services’ are!)… You could not make this up.
The Taxpayers’ Union has gone into battle and forced transparency from Christchurch Council before. We need to do it again and expose this “consultation industry” and how widespread this practice is across Canterbury and beyond.
But to do this, we need your support. Will you chip in to keep the pressure on?
Every dollar donated will be used to challenge this secrecy, file the legal demands, and ensure the public can see where ratepayer funds are actually going.
The Mayor has joined the call. But incredibly, the power to release the information rests with officials and the CEO. We need to ensure democratic accountability wins out over the special interests.
Let’s make sure the Council cannot bury this.
Thank you for standing up for transparency,
Jordan @ Taxpayers’ Union
From: Peter Williams <team@taxpayers.org.nz>
Date: Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 11:52AM
Subject: You won’t see this on the 6 o’clock news
Hi
This email is important if we are to avoid a New Zealand that is based on rent seeking and resource allocation & environmental planning based on ancestry.
Earlier this year, the Taxpayers’ Union made public the ridiculous $4 million+ of taxpayer money meant for “science” that was spent on treating Kauri dieback with potions made from whale oil and by playing whale music to kauri trees.
And after eight months of continued grassroots campaigning and the Taxpayers’ Union putting pressure on Ministers, the Government eventually responded to the call to rewrite the criteria for funding and return science money to, well, science.
Robert, sunlight proved to be the disinfectant.
Today I’m emailing you about a similar issue – one that the mainstream media outlets are also refusing to cover.It’s another example of grift, waste, and taxation under the guise of “tikanga Māori” and local councils “upholding” the Treaty partnership.
Robert, a few months ago the Taxpayers’ Union received a tip-off about a Ngāi Tahu-owned consultancy called Mahaanui Kurataiao and some insider-information about its ‘special’ relationship with the Christchurch City Council.
What the research team discovered was extraordinary.
In the last three years, the Christchurch City Council has paid out $1.36 million of ratepayer money to advise the Council how to engage with the six local “Papatipu Runanga” within Christchurch City.
Papatipu Rūnanga is the term used within Ngāi Tahu to refer to the local tribal councils or local governing bodies of each hapū/sub-tribe within the wider iwi.
Note what the actual services are: not necessarily to advise the Council on the consents and planning directly, but rather to advise the Council on how to engage with the six local tribal bodies and what needs to be referred to them.
The foxes guarding the thing; guess who owns Mahaanui Kurataiao? Yes, it’s the very same local Ngāi Tahu sub-tribes that the company charges to advise on how the Council must engage with iwi.
See the problem?
This practice of turning the Treaty’s ‘right to be consulted’ into a major moneymaker needs to be exposed and brought to a close.
Of course, no tendering was ever involved in this sort of work. The Council – legally bound to consult with local iwi stakeholders – has been forced by the local iwi to engage through its fully owned consultancy company.
Will you chip-in to the Taxpayers’ Union to keep digging and expose this regime for what it really is?
If this is anything but Treaty-related, it would be called out for what it is: unfair rent seeking and an abuse of Treaty power.
Special rights of consultation under the Resource Management Act were never intended to be turned into taxes on ratepayers, developers, and businesses. But that is exactly what is happening.
It’s time to expose it and bring it to an end.
Secrecy and so-called “commercial sensitivity” Time and time again, elected officials and resource consent applicants are told that a consent, project, development or piece of infrastructure cannot proceed without sufficient input (or, in many cases, sign off) from local iwi.
So the Taxpayers’ Union began asking for the actual invoices of all these payments going from the Council to Mahaanui Kurataiao. They wanted to know the precise “cultural monitoring” services the Council paid for.
But Council officials are giving transparency the middle finger. They have, to date, refused to provide a cost breakdown, or any of the invoices.
The Christchurch City Council say it is to protect the “commercial position” of Mahaanui Kurataiao.
This isn’t the first time the City Council in Christchurch has refused to give the Taxpayers’ Union basic information.
Back in 2018, when the Council tried to keep secret the cost of its $1.2 million touch screen wall for the library, the Taxpayers’ Union ensured ratepayers got transparency by taking the Council to the Ombudsman, and ultimately to the High Court.
Back in 2018, the Council relented right as the Taxpayers’ Union’s legal team was literally filing the proceeding at the Wellington High Court. Having won back then, I’d argue that this case is even more important to take on.
Only with your support can the Taxpayers’ Union invest the time and resources to challenge the Council and blow these deals open.
This is just the tip of the iceberg…According to public records, this Ngāi Tahu subsidiary alone is raking in millions of dollars every year across the councils in just the Canterbury region!
The research team are still waiting for answers on how much Waimakariri, Selwyn, Environment Canterbury and NZTA have also spent on Mahaanui Kurataiao consultancy fees.
This is who the company lists on their website as “Strategic Partners”:
And it appears Ngāi Tahu are running the identical scheme in other regions. For example, in Otago through a company called “Aukaha”, as well as in Te Ao Mārama Inc in Southland.
I’m emailing to ask for your support, so that the Taxpayers’ Union can employ a dedicated researcher to take a deep dive into this whole “industry” and give the public transparency about the money being spent.
Will you join me in supporting the cause?
Because it is Māori-related wasteful spending, most newsrooms won’t (or can’t) cover it.
We cannot buy into making apologies. If anything shows that the Taxpayers’ Union continues to be needed to find, expose, and fight wasteful spending, it’s this.
> Chip in to support the Taxpayers’ Union <Thank you for making the effort possible.
Peter Williams
Financial Supporter and Former Board Member
New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union
Ps. Paying an iwi-owned company to advise on how to engage with the same iwi groups isn’t “consultation”. It’s exploitation. It’s time to expose it, and bring it to an end.
Surely you are not even hinting that Tyla’s position on ChCh Council and Nasty Tahu influenced in any way the contract!!!!!!!! Note for opposition candidates next local election to shout out loud the action of Tyla so electors know what thye are voting for – and if Tyla is re elected (Hope Not) then no complaints over undue influecne and waste as thats what ChCH voted for so shut up and just pay your exhorbitant rates bill.
That wouldn’t work. He would get back in as the token horri
Someone should just Nuke the place. ( followed in quick succession with Auckland Wellington and Hamilton). I have really started to hate cities…..
What you are keeping Hamilton?
And Palmerston North as well apparently.
tip of the iceberg…
“Strategic Partners”
Waimakariri, Selwyn, Environment Canterbury and NZTA
Ngāi Tahu are running the identical scheme in other regions.
For example, in Otago through a company called “Aukaha”,
as well as in Te Ao Mārama Inc in Southland.
As one can start to see a pattern, hopefully others, not only here, but will look more strongly at their organisations.
To rise up, raise questions, & not be fobbed off with nebulous answers.
So this was set up years ago, & quietly infiltrated into the system & moneyflows..
17th February 2011
…. articulation of Rūnanga objectives into the resource management process. ….
…. when consultation hui are required. …..
https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/LPR/article/view/610/466
All timed to be on target for Treaty Cogovernance that gives the cover & reasoning for those payments.
You’re posting quality links today, Viking 👍👍
I always do.
Is the same problem in every iwi?
Is this part of John Tamihere income stream?
JTs income is not a stream its a torrent.
So all those truck drivers that appeared from nowhere are?
Nearly 460 commercial driver licences have been revoked as part of a crackdown on fraudulent activity, with every foreign driver being born in the same country.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) had initially revoked 440 commercial licences after discovering fraudulent activity from an audit in July, but the Herald has discovered through an Official Information Act (OIA) request that the number affected by its regulatory action has risen by 19.
Inconsistencies in the documents provided during the licence conversion process were discovered by NZTA. It contacted the individuals affected and advised them to surrender their licences.
The Herald’s OIA request into the background of these drivers has revealed that all 459 were born in India, but none of the converted licences were Indian.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/459-truck-licences-cancelled-after-nzta-audit-finds-fraudulent-conversions/NZ5JNFUQIRHGJEJUFJNXIKGLDY/
I am going to be a bit contrarian here. Are they actually bad drivers? How many were involved in accidents? NZ licensing is a money making rort. Just retest them, if they don’t fuck up, issue a new license. Nail the corrupt officials though.
Fair point but rules is rules says NZTA and other obstructionist drongos so is it one rule for all or just for us with white skins with other skin coloured people given e general exmption certificate were necessary to preserve their special status. Similar issue in the US were drivers of certin ethnicities were unaable to read english road signs so surprise surprise acciddents.
What about whitey that have problems with reading and writing?
I largely agree though the “corrupt official” won’t be nailed as they’re not in NZ. The drivers though all from India have passed theory & practical tests in New Zealand. I’m not convinced that NZTA’s testers are all above board but this is not the issue here.
RNZ outlined the problem:
#. “the document in question was a Dubai-issued supporting letter, commonly provided by companies in which drivers had worked, that had been accepted by NZTA for almost two decades as part of the licence-conversion process.”
#. “…..Drivers coming from the UAE have routinely submitted it over the years. As such, the new lot [of drivers] that came after reopening of the borders submitted the same [document], trusting NZTA’s past approval processes,” he said.
“The issue appears to stem from a recent shift in the interpretation or verification standard of these documents, not from intentional wrongdoing by applicants,” he said.
“For 20 years, no indication was given that the document might be unacceptable.”
#. “Under current regulations, NZTA requires supporting documents to state the tonnage of vehicle a driver is qualified to drive.
“For years, NZTA routinely accepted a widely used Dubai supporting letter issued by employers as part of the official conversion process,” he said.
#. “Many applicants submitted this document in good faith, relying on NZTA’s long-term acceptance and established practice.
#. “Now that NZTA is not accepting this supporting letter, a mismatch has happened between UAE’s system and New Zealand’s evolving standards.”
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/579636/warning-over-looming-driver-shortages-following-commercial-licence-revocations
I’m not sure what the answer is but NZTA by arbitrarily changing requirements without notice have not done much for the public’s faith in bureaucratic fiefdoms.
So its a bureaucrat fuck up more than anything else. I am sooooo shocked.
If we are going to continue to import the third world we are going to have to accept third world practices. This has FAR wider implications than just fraudulent driving licences. Wake up you dozy bastards in the Bee Hive!
You are too kind Alice to those buzzing around in the wallytown honey pot.
I think we should put applications from people living in countries known for corruption and bribery, through processes that are separate and more rigorous than the usual.
But only after they have evidenced they are contributing tax to the NZ economy after a qualyfying period say a year.
it is part of the sellout to get a FTA with India
We will get the diarrhea end of the deal .
Indeed. The scale of the problem in Britain is dire:
Immigration figures released are even worse when you get the details.
Of the 900,000 who came in last year ONLY 14% came here supposedly to work
The rest are students(loads will be bogus) and family, relatives, dependents, who will be on the benefits teat.
Disastrous.
Check out recent protests (Riots) IN LOndon, Bristol, Preston. Liverpool Manchester and Bolton. The riots in Manchester and Londoin had Poolice confirm they lost control and that was before their fleet of vehicles was reduced after they went on fire and they are not EVs. This is a trend and the result will be civil war but not citizen v citizen but Politicians, Police Judiciary, HMRC and any public service or serpent perceived as responsible. Advice to the evil three Rayner Reeves and Sta(lin)rmer. Pitcairn island is very nice and safe should they feel a change of residence would be beneifical as the alternative may be a relocation to the dead centre of any UK city.
If they cut the benefits, how long before they leave on their own!
Labour is terrified of losing such a large part of their voting base. They are going to lose them anyway as increasing numbers pivot to the inevitable Islamist party but they don’t seem to reailse that so concentrated are they on the short term hanging onto power whatever the cost to the country.
Labour UK are now 4th or 5th in polls and have only 22% of suspport as a good govt/
So they will be deported when for falsifying documents?
😋🤓🤪😁😆
Not on your nelly, Labor and the greens will be up in arms!
The maori will be rejoicing if they get deported.
I demand to speak to the Head Wobbler about this! Where is he?
I have my class 5. How much ya paying, boys? My starting rate is 40 an hour..
Not many Uber drivers out there with a class 5. I hear there are 459 new ones that used to have a class 5.
Would they keep their car licence?
Once they have passed a new practical and theory test to be conducted only in Bluff on a bi Monthly basis.
Then the fear factor gets rolled out.
Warning over looming driver shortages following commercial licence revocationsTransport operators are warning of a looming driver shortage before Christmas after the NZ Transport Agency revoked hundreds of commercial licences this month.
NZTA revoked 440 commercial driving licences after discovering false or altered documentation that converted overseas licences to New Zealand equivalents.
Employers of the drivers have warned that the crackdown could leave a lot of trucks sitting in warehouses instead of transporting goods at the busiest time of year.
Navjot Sidhu, a transport operator who is advocating for affected drivers, said many of the drivers were of Indian origin and had been working in the United Arab Emirates before moving to New Zealand after borders reopened in 2022..
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/warning-over-looming-driver-shortages-following-commercial-licence-revocations/5M54TIYTIBHMLOU2ODLYGUBOHU/
Our trucks are different in configuration from those of other countries. different even to Australia.
I recently went to guide an Indian driver for Mainfreight to turn his truck and trailer around just by work. It’s a cul-de-sac with plenty of room. He had never backed his trailer before and actually had no idea of what to do. So I patiently assisted him. Nice enough fellow.
You have to remember that some of these big monsters now have big trailers and carry a lot of weight. There are rollovers every day.
The trucks have a lot of HP pushing them along.
And while we poor citizens in our cars are being forced to slow down, these big buggers have not been.
Apart from Indians, there are plenty of dozzy Kiwis who should be shut down.
….Navjot Sidhu, a transport operator who is advocating for affected drivers…
ah
yeah
Now there is a name you can trust
Trust British paints
…. sure can
eh, Rolf
And personally validated by Jimmy what his name mr BBC.
How did they get their jobs in the UAE? The same way?
Come from the same lot as the ones crashing trucks in the USA
Morning all, I’m off to get me one of them diggers. Always wanted to have a go on one but have never gotten round to it.
Get in some practice suggest you dig 440 6 foot deep obolong holes and if you still feel you need more practice move to Wellington and dig another 123.
diggers are fun (most times), dont think temu digger be very fun tho.
those lil tiny ones are usually used for indoor/ basement type jobs, mate has a similar one on tracks that he uses to build doc walking tracks etc and it just gets lifted around using a hughes 500 chopper cuz its so small and light.
Get something with ROPS, (Rollover protection) seatbelt and if it falls over hang on and I’m keep your hands inside!
Them diggers have there uses in the right place, beats a shovel!
Easier to lean on and you’ll have every kid in the neighbourhood lining up to have a go you won’t need to do any work yourself.
Youse fullas rekon there will be a Driver shortage in A O Tea Rower cause the Colonialists at the NZTA have cort up wif the dodgy Carpet Flyers, Drivers Licence scam.
Well last night I had to go to the local High School Prize Giving.
There is definitely going to be a huge shortage of Chickens and eggs around the darkest King Country, cause so many Chickens were sacrificed to make cloaks for the entitled ones that attended.
Oh, did I mention the wailing, screaming and stamping of feet that went with the cloak wearing? There was so much of it, it was like a rabid dog pissing on every lamp post it passed.
So only the more educated chicken cloaked ones attended – you were so lucky.
Our condolences on your grief
from a traumatic experience.
“But here’s the silver lining (of this recession) – we actually needed to let go of this property obsession. It’s been hard, but we needed to do it because we have got to stop putting our money into property and we’ve got to start putting our money into businesses and other productive assets.”
https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2025/11/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis_28.html
This amuses me. The thinking is shallow. The need for housing doesn’t vanish – significant sums still need to be invested to purchase property to live in or rent out. And house prices are still well above what is “affordable”. Does HDPA suggest we should have a full-on depression to really sort things out?
The other aspect is “businesses and other productive assets”. Nobody in their right mind would inject significant amounts of money into a business in NZ for multiple reasons. And as far as “other productive assets” (presumably meaning shares), who the fuck would put their money into the NZ sharemarket? Better gains, better liquidity and more opportunity in the US sharemarket – or probably in any market with a population larger than Timaru’s. Or people put their money into the NZX and what happens? What’s already happened because of the injection of Kiwislaver funds. Share prices rise, CEOs bonuses increase… for no reason. The businesses aren’t being any more productive or innovative, their shares just cost more and the P/E ratio gets worse.
She also overlooks the fact that borrowing to start a business in the first place generally requires security for the lender. Where’s the equity coming from if houses aren’t worth anything?
Fuck me, I thought she was relatively intelligent.
That was your first mistake. Intelligent, well no.
...I thought she was relatively intelligent…
why would you think that
She is a churnalist
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also, in the text
And I’ve been talking privately to Brad Olsen about it as well, who’s been keeping an eye on it too,
so ,
she was talking to a tarot card reader, otherwise called an economist.
WOFT.
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It all comes back to the dirty traitorous wrecker, and globalist shill, johnny P. Key.
2013 he opened up the floodgates to immigrants
(2013, the same year he gave more power to the GCSB to spy on us, raised benefits, and pushed for homos to get married)
2013 – Auckland council was a shambles after a f…ed up merger rushed through by the Gnats .
No plans, no co-ordination.
but allowed 120,000 people a year to come in – liquor store assistants, uber drivers, fake students )
of which 80% went to Auckland .
So Auckland added over 350,000 people in the next 4 years, with no infrastructure plan or action to address.
ECON 101 : Supply and demand.
House prices rose and this permeated around the country as there was white flight and Aucklanders went to others locations to buy houses. This raised price pressure on these.
All deliberate by the great Traitor.
And increased house prices on the same piece of [ dirt + glorified tent] meant bigger lending to his mates the banks.
More real debt for faked up prices.
Who was sellout Keys really working for ?
The international banks.
Where did he go after he jumped out pf politics, all of a sudden, when Trump was elected
….the ANZ Bank
Banking, back whence the slime slithered out of .
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Declaration of conflict of interest
I totally hate that sellout cunt, johnny keys .
[an education piece today for M Hunty and his CHC mate.
partial installment ]
Well was donkey deep with Obuma!
Interesting stuff coming out about Obumma same colour as his skin and a fetid stench. Still Michael will comfort him on those cold wet nights.
Britain is finished, done, busted, broken beyond repair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-fn471fIk
Tucker interviews Piers Morgan on the decline of England.
At 48.50 Tucker reads out the article and taunts Morgan (who’s a complete narcissistic jerk) to say the word f**ggot.
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-piers-morgan-2025
Tucker Puts Piers Morgan’s Views on Free Speech to the Ultimate Test
Labour are having their conference this weekend and focusing on next years election. I can’t imagine how much more damage they can do.
https://www.elocal.co.nz/Article/6682?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOVjpJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeuq3y8L2ZHNc6UjHwxdjlBYMSafVGAcPvOkqVomkH1DIaECS73tI8vdBvtlw_aem_VdRVJUyTx5fO_wq5YrYWUA
You’d be surprised. One more term and NZ will be farked for all time.
What We Know About the CIA Backed ‘Zero Units’ the Afghan National Guard Shooter Served In
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/what-we-know-about-cia-backed-zero-units/
459 truck licences cancelled after NZTA audit finds fraudulent conversions – NZ Herald
Are we seeing a trend?
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Some cultures don’t see the wider picture nor are they aware of the effects of their actions on the wider community. To them, the “wider community” does not exist.
On the bright side, I’m looking forward to better service in the local bottle shop.
Some cultures this is normal practice and we are importing more and more of them. How should you trust them?
Would you travel for an operation, fly in one of their aeroplanes?
Well this should go down a treat. If you were wondering what to get John Tamihere for Xmas, look no further. . .
https://www.amazon.fr/Hori-McGory-Eats-Moriori-English-ebook/dp/B0G3Y8T75W
Does it include a recipe section?
wifey ordered 2 copies this morning. MK is gold, i love the way he trolled penguin over their upset of a meme by making a book similar to their style.
I’m really surprised that there hasn’t been a concerted effort to dox this guy. I hope he is well disguised though I do wonder if he is actually a native.
Very interesting article and some of the comments are particularly good.
Silent Forests: Why 70 Years of 1080 Have Failed NZ
https://coranz.org.nz/silent-forests-why-70-years-of-1080-have-failed-nz/
Speaking of dodgy drivers licences
This just in
Guess the nationality
oops, well that would be wacist, so
guess the origin
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An Auckland software engineer who pressed record on his Google Glasses without consent while a sex worker was naked in front of him has escaped conviction, claiming he only did so to help maintain his erection.
Court documents obtained by the Herald show the man’s offending was discovered when the woman noticed him touching the upper right side of his glasses and saw a light flick on.
She immediately took the man’s glasses and told reception staff to call police.
Police seized the eyeware and confirmed they were Ray Ban Meta smart glasses, used to take photos, video and livestream.
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The defendant wore black pants and a jumper in court and was supported by his wife.
🤓
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(his lawyer) Teppett said there would also be immigration consequences for the man and his family that could potentially “tear apart his family unit”.
Ooh, Imagine if he and his wife got the glasses confused. Can’t work out why a hooker got offended for being recorded. Its not like no one has seen her shagging…. But more importantly, where can I get a pair of those glasses if they help maintain erections….. ( Hunty was enquiring discreetly)
If glasses prevent ED then Viagra sales are definitely going to suffer.
Ditto for ice block sticks & band aids.
No brain
https://x.com/deco_belle/status/1993601779217625333?s=46
Love it….
Typical thatcher
https://x.com/davetwitnz/status/1994117922940440899?s=46
It is great, knowing the context, where your-selves, where you are.
All touched on in some form by some commentators below.
Then that leads to all the better to win battles ahead as :—-
Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, “every battle is won or lost before it is fought”
Then as Thatcher quoted :—
By Rudyard Kipling:— Norman & Saxon; AD 1100
“MY son,” said the Norman Baron, “I am dying, and you will be heir
To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share
When we conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and a nice little handful it is.
But before you go over to rule it I want you to understand this:–
“The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite.
But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right.
When he stands like an ox in the furrow with his sullen set eyes on your own,
And grumbles, ‘This isn’t fair dealing,’ my son, leave the Saxon alone.
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As we see now, the upper class sold out their responsibilities and the lower class out, in so many different ways, for a liberal virtue signal here & there.
Make a better leader than seeless
https://x.com/actparty/status/1993863873905217887?s=46
like winnie and nzfirst, seymour is the party and if he goes the vote/support will plummet. mind you tho the ACT mps have chalked up a few wins and far more effective and known than the nzf mps, shabe jones is about the only nzf mp that pretends to do anything and even then its mostly just talk.
About fifty years back we entered a new era of presidential politics. Although we are a titular monarchy we for some obscure reason associate ourselves with Yank politics & confer the roll of president on our Prime Minister who is no more or less than the head of the governing party.
The selection of party leader has become more important. Gone were the days when plonkers like Shipley, Bolger & Rowling could stammer & lie their way to success. Instead personality was king. Whether you liked them or not Muldoon, Lange, Clark, Key & even the Mad Queen, though congenital liars, resonated & inspired their supporters while carrying along the all important floating voter.
National is now & for the foreseeable future a charisma free zone. Labour has a similar problem. ACT & NZ First will be happy with what they’ve got.
Even the haka gets a mention
https://x.com/thebabylonbee/status/1993862342128369835?s=46
Western leaders are naive loons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWpJKSqA-FE
The Hidden Islamist Network That’s ALREADY Inside the West
heretics.
Andrew Gold sits down with Charles Asher Small, one of the world’s leading experts on extremism, to unpack a warning 50 years in the making.
Trumps Peace Plan will break NATO. Interesting discussion approx 25 minutes.
https://youtu.be/iLrlIpAUQfc?si=X419jefuQIe8nj03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX1mdOvitOY
BREAKING: Trump announces death of National Guard member shot in DC
Oh dear
when your car does not have an exhaust pipe
but
still pumps out thick clouds of Smug
🔌⚡
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Electric vehicle owners have reacted with dismay to another tax being slapped on their eco-friendly cars after the Chancellor announced plans to impose mileage-based electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) charges from April 2028.
Rachel Reeves used her Budget to confirm the Treasury’s controversial road pricing plans in order to claw back lost fuel duty revenue as a result of drivers moving to electric vehicles (EVs), starting from April 2028.
It will be charged at a rate of 3p per mile, and 1.5p per mile for hybrid car owners.
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’bout time
lots of whining and eco-friendly tears from the luvies.
HHHHHAAAAAA!!!! You just watch, everyone will be paying mileage like RUC for diesel!!!
EV owners ( I am one) should pay road user charges and we do! I hope that the extra tax revenue is “tax neutral” meaning that no extra taxes are charged to the New Zealand public.
NAAH, Kiwis will end up paying more taxes to the tax hungry government.
If the government was truly interested in reducing pollution then there would be an incentive to buy low pollution cars.
While I am at it, why no government incentives to install solar panels on your house/business?
In Aus there was, now people have to pay if their solar power enters the grid. Go figure….
why govt funded solar panels on private dwellings? social funding for private gain, yeah nah weve got far too much of that shit.
plus solar zero done just that and look how that turned out
An article from Red Radio will inspire “happy” feelings in the crotch area of many of this blog’s readers:
#. “Police will begin testing drivers for THC – the main active ingredient in cannabis – along with methamphetamine, MDMA (or ecstasy) and cocaine in Wellington next month, ahead of the nationwide rollout of new drug driving laws next year.”……
I have no problem with getting methfreaks off the road & have little knowledge of the effects of MDMA or cocaine as like about 99.9% of Kiwis I have never known anyone who uses them.
But testing for THC being the active ingredient in marijuana introduces us to a whole new legal concept where evidence of use is the crime rather than evidence of impairment. THC’s effects are short lived, a few hours after consumption at most but remains in the body for up to 90 days. It is stored within body fat, slowly released into the bloodstream & metabolised by the liver.
#. what we need to consider adding into it is impairment, because you could test positive for cannabis but be entirely unimpaired in your functioning and that’s the elephant in the room we’re not addressing.”
#. “”It is a scattergun approach, many people who are regular users won’t be impaired even if they test positive,”
But the control & safety freaks will rejoice at another win.
Odd that they’d test for cocaine given that it’s a stimulant. Half the dumbarse drivers in Wellington could do with a little nose candy to wake them the heck up.
Agree. Impairment is the main issue. Bloody sick of this countries nanny Statism.
About bloody time!
All you Moon Hoax Deniers…..
From Telegram https://t.me/rtnews/122804
It’s not as easy as that rol. A dedicated moon landing denier will say that’s an ai faked picture. I don’t really have a firm opinion on this but I have had some interesting discussions with a couple of flat earthers where evidence didn’t matter.
Yup I know that. What I find interesting in the above image is the clarity of the Indian pics. However, I guarantee someone will send another man to the moon and clears all this up. Not for science but to extract minerals……
False news. It’s a CIA coverup dincha know
A big, burly man visited the pastor’s home and asked to see the minister’s wife, a woman well known for her charitable impulses.
“Madam,” he said in a broken voice, “I wish to draw your attention to the terrible plight of a poor family in this district. The father is dead, the mother is too ill to work, and the five children are starving. They are about to be turned into the cold, empty streets unless someone pays their rent, which amounts to $2400.”
“How terrible!” exclaimed the preacher’s wife. Touched by the sensitivity of a man with such a gruff appearance, she asked, “May I ask who you are?”
The sympathetic visitor applied his handkerchief to his eyes. “I’m their landlord,” he sobbed.
A teacher says, “OK class, I’d like you all to tell me what you need at home.”
Susie says, “We need a computer.”
Wendy says, “We could do with a car.”
Johnny says, “We don’t need anything Misss.”
Teacher says, “Come on Johnny everyone needs something?”
“No Miss, my sister came home with her new Pakistani boyfriend and my Dad said that’s all we fucking need.”
Although it’s somewhat-long, and is aimed at American readers, I think that what is being said also applies to New Zealand and that, as a result, it might be of interest to the membership…
‘Why the Left Can’t Debate.
And Why They Must Destroy You.
by Michael McCune.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 — 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
Have you noticed that there’s almost no civil discourse coming from the left anymore?
No honest debate.
No curiosity.
No evidence-based conversation.
Just insults…
screaming…
name-calling…
and more profanity than ever.
Let me break down why — and why it was inevitable.
This isn’t political.
It’s psychological.
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𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 — 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
When I say “ego,” I’m not talking about arrogance.
I’m talking about identity — who someone believes themselves to be.
This is why you hear the term identity politics.
Because for many on the left, politics isn’t a viewpoint…
it’s a self-definition.
And here’s the root of the problem:
They were raised, taught, and socially conditioned by institutions with a political mission — not an educational one.
They weren’t taught how to think.
They were taught what to think.
So their identity was built on a political narrative, not on truth, morality, or personal development.
When the narrative becomes the identity…
the identity becomes fragile.
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𝐈𝐈. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬… 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬
Here is the emotional chain reaction:
• The argument is challenged
• The worldview is threatened
• The identity begins to shake
• Panic sets in
This isn’t disagreement.
This is existential fear.
They’re not defending a position —
they’re defending themselves.
And when a person feels their identity cracking,
they don’t debate the facts.
They attack the person delivering them.
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𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 — 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞
Most conservatives were raised with faith, moral grounding, and the understanding that humans can learn, change, and be forgiven.
We know how to say:
“I was wrong.”
“I learned something.”
“I need to grow.”
But the modern left removed the God factor entirely.
Without God, there is no forgiveness.
Without forgiveness, there is no humility.
Without humility, there is no way to say:
“I made a mistake.”
So while conservatives seek understanding,
they can only seek elimination of the threat.
Because they have no internal mechanism for self-correction.
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𝐈𝐕. 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐃𝐒 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡
Picture someone who spent a decade believing:
Trump is evil.
Trump is a dictator.
Trump is the danger.
Trump supporters are brainwashed.
Their media reinforced it.
Their social circles rewarded it.
Their ego formed around it.
Now imagine them finally seeing undeniable evidence that contradicts everything they believed.
It creates a terrifying realization:
“If I was wrong about this… then who am I?”
Most people cannot face that.
So they fight harder to protect the lie —
because accepting the truth feels like death of the self.
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𝐕. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮
Once identity is at stake, logic disappears.
They can’t win with facts.
Reality isn’t on their side.
Their worldview collapses if they admit even one truth.
So they use the only weapon they have left:
Personal destruction.
Mock.
Slander.
Smear.
Cancel.
Character assassination.
Emotional warfare.
This is exactly what they’ve done to Donald Trump since day one.
If you cannot defeat someone’s results,
you must destroy their identity.
If you cannot win the argument,
you must silence the opponent.
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𝐕𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
There are only two strategies in politics:
① Offer real ideas, real policies, and real results.
② Destroy your opponent personally so people vote emotionally instead of logically.
The left cannot do the first — their ideas do not work.
So they rely entirely on the second.
Moral panic → emotional outrage → character destruction → emotional voting.
That’s the formula.
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𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡
When someone builds their identity on ideology instead of on God, morality, truth, or personal growth…
they don’t debate.
They don’t reflect.
They don’t grow.
They defend the lie,
because the lie is holding their identity together.
So when they scream…
when they rage…
when they melt down…
remember:
They’re not arguing with you.
They’re arguing with reality — and losing.
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𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
If you’re blessed with the awareness of knowing who you truly are — and your identity isn’t built on who you hate, but on who and what you love — then you are deeply, profoundly blessed this Thanksgiving’.
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HT Real Texas Conservative
Anyone know anything about Bosch fridge freezer. 13 years old. The freezer works but fridge doesn’t pulled it out cleaned filters. Let it sit for 1/2 hours. Then plugged it back in. Freezer still going but fridge still not. Debating whether to just go and purchase a new one. By the time you get someone out to tell you it can’t be fixed it’s probably a couple of hundred. I just thought there might be someone who knows a bit about fridges.
What they suggest checking here, seems to align with the advice on other sites:
https://www.ifixit.com/Troubleshooting/Refrigerator/Fridge+Not+Cooling+But+Freezer+Works/506845
Is there any chance you have a dual compressor fridge? If so one of the compressors may have failed, or the system has sprung a leak. Evidently no one here can fix leaky fridges, I tried to get an ammonia camping fridge repaired, wasted about $200.00 on idiots telling me uhh we cant fix this….
I don’t pretend to know much about appliances but your unit has come to the end of its life ie 10-13 years. Bite the bullet & replace it preferably with something other than the present brand.
Everything that we’ve bought with a Bosch label has shit itself before it should have. That list of shame includes a LPG boiler, a dishwasher & various power tools. They’re crap!
bosche… im suprised it lasted more than a month past the warranty.
all appliances have short lifespans now, imo go for low-mid range stuff as it lasts the same and youre not as fucked off when it finally shits out.
…..”Without God, there is no forgiveness.”…..
Without the magic man in the sky to forgive people have to take responsibility for their own actions. With no supernatural reset available at the weekly crap session known as confession comes personal accountability.
“All the altars and all the thrones united to arrest the forward march of the human race. The king said that mankind must not work for themselves. The priest said that mankind must not think for themselves. One forged chains for the hands, the other for the soul. Under this infamous regime the eagle of the human intellect was for ages a slimy serpent of hypocrisy.”
― Robert G. Ingersoll,
256 years ago but there is a “cultural interjection” by the virtue signalling special sector.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FylmSblw_Sk
Michael Laws flummoxed by iwi grievance banking
THE ANGLO SAXON
Political commentator Michael Laws gets the problem but does he know why intergenerational grievance harbouring and retribution seeking are part of the maori iwi socio-political structure?
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A musical interlude for those still up. Also to help figure out the cause of all your problems.
https://x.com/i/status/1993980909532369011
God, I hope ours are compromised as well……
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/25/how-much-asbestos-do-wind-turbines-contain/
How Much Asbestos Do Wind Turbines Contain?
“Danish-owned Vestas, which operates more than one dozen projects across Australia, is also investigating any potential risks of asbestos exposure after ordering brake parts which may contain asbestos. “
Hope its shitloads…..
New Zealand sources its wind turbines from manufacturers in other countries, with recent large-scale projects using turbines from companies like Vestas and Siemens Gamesa. These turbines are shipped to New Zealand and assembled on-site for projects like the Turitea and Waipipi wind farms.