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hilarious, fuel supply is staying relatively stable for now so the media are struggling to find a new angle to create hysteria… oh no, wait heres a new one
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360954903/do-we-need-lockdown-dampen-diesel-demand
fuck off you pieces of fucking shit, read your last line over and over and do that instead of pushing your utter bullshit you fucking fearmongering scum.
then theres these utter clowns who dont understand we have ample supply right now and reducing consumption at this minute would lead to port side storage fulling up and ships unable to unload… so future ships get reduced/cancelled.
dumb pieces of fucking shit, nazis want filling jerry cans banned too but fail to grasp the concept that many use jerrys to fill machinery. myself i use several per week of petrol and diesel for quad, tractor, small.engines etc. then even more retarded is they want mandated 1 fill per person right now lol.
https://youtu.be/FxI5cU60M84?si=eZvS8PtGvJIBz0l1
absolute muppetry, then theres calls to slash public transport prices… um, well the high fuel cost should already be making that an attractive option so if its not getting much uptake now then it wont being 50% off or even free. then we get the added bonus of the greens geniusness of cancelled infrastructure to pay for it.
i hope you lot are looking forward to a labour govt, cuz 1 wrong step by nats (i see act/nzf seem to be mostly steering clear of it) will see them get absolutely smashed in the polls. a sweet recession and chippy promising firehosing money will probs get us labour govt too.
anyways 2 weeks to flatten the fuel curve, im sure thatll be an election winner///////
Good post. I agree with virtually everything. Just not sure about the election crystal ball. I am waiting for some fuck to challenge me when I fill up my diesel jerry can…….
The media are fecking idiots saying anything to be relevant. If the government really wants to help, cut some cents off the excise tax. They’re making it up with GST at the moment when prices are higher.
That’s the obvious choice, but not what they’re considering. 🙄
You want to bet it’s the woman wanting to limit you filling containers!
theyve indicated it wont be blanket relief tho.
itll be boosted wff, benes, and the ysb old ppls bene bludgers will probs get an extra bottle of wine per week courtesy of the taxpayer.
really its only the working poor that need it, the rest can either afford it dont have to be daily driving so the effects should be minimal. bene bludgers esp shouldnt get fuel handouts.
they should just permanently remove carbon taxes but the nats woke carbon zero commitments mean thatll never happen.
So the losers and bludgers will get help and the likes of tradies & owner drivers etc get nothing?
to be fair theyre businesses so they claim the gst back as well as tax deductable expense. average joe citizen is afforded that benefit.
then if theyre onto it tradies, farmers etc will claim rebates on the fuel taxes for any petrol used on non road using vehicles.
JimboJones
| 24th Mar 26, 2:02pm
Interestingly two parents on min wage with a kid don’t qualify for the in-work tax credit.
Ironically to get anything significant from the “in work tax credit” or “working for families” you can only have one adult in the family working (or have loads of kids)
Officebound
| 24th Mar 26, 4:43pm
So… Uh… Cost of living is solved then?
Or does National get a hall pass on basis of it being an external shock…..
The government changes the in-work tax credit, aiming to ‘soften the impact’ of rising fuel costs caused by the conflict in the Middle East
A change to the in-work tax credit will give low-middle income families with children up to $50 a week to “soften the impact” from rising fuel costs caused by the conflict in the Middle East, the Government announced on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis had been signalling a temporary measure in light of higher costs, confirming the change would kick in on April 7 and would last either one year or when 91 octane had been below $3 a litre for four weeks in a row – whatever comes first.
“About 143,000 working families with children will get an extra $50 a week through a boost to the in-work tax credit,” she said.
“The boost will also expand eligibility to around 14,000 additional working families, who will receive the tax credit at an abated rate.”
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137781/government-changes-work-tax-credit-aiming-soften-impact-rising-fuel-costs
A family with only one earner who works 37 hours per week on the minimum wage will be earning too much to get the full Working For Families Tax Credit. They are too rich.
Absolutely correct.
The press is so short of anything worthwhile to say that they are writing all manner of shit about a lot of stuff.
But since when have the MSM had a brain cell to share between themselves.
Unfortunately watched a bit of One News at 6 pm, just as piss poor as ever. Use less Melanie whatsherface greeting white reporters in moari.
There are plenty of headless chickens around. Quite a number of public servants didn’t have a weekend last weekend because ministers wanted urgent advice.
I’m more than a little shocked TBH – one might think that disrupted supplies are always a possibility and that there’d be a plan covering multiple contingencies…
So do we pay them overtime or let them stay home for a day during the week?
Time in lieu.
In NZ’s case, there is, and that’s what the storage is all about.
For once, the Govt. got it right.
Amazing as that seems.
One has to remember that petrol goes off, so storing it for a long time isn’t sensible.
Aussie didn’t bother, and neither did quite a few countries, such as Thailand.
No wonder hunty came home.
He knew that they would run out of fuel to tank up the mopeds for the “girls”.
What do you mean it goes off , the octane boosters we use to make 96 can deteriorate but you still end up with useable fuel just not for fancy cars.
Most cars now no longer use 98.
Just know what I read and what has been common knowledge fo a long time.
Perhaps you can enlighten us more.
Always happy to learn.
Until recently I used a 2400liter underground tank for petrol some of it would have been in there for 20 years or more , now the only petrol i use on farm(used to have v8 petrol grain trucks) is a side by side and a few honda engines so have gone to a 700l above ground alloy tank , depending on usage it can be 9 months between top ups , and fuel still ok , the old leaded fuel used to be good for 40 or more years in underground tanks.
Jim Hacker: Humphrey, we have to do something about Iran.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Prime Minister, the government is already doing a great deal.
Jim Hacker: Such as?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Monitoring developments, coordinating with allies, reviewing contingency plans and expressing concern.
Jim Hacker: That all sounds like nothing, Humphrey.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: On the contrary, Prime Minister. In diplomacy it is vital to appear active without becoming involved.
Jim Hacker: The Americans are bombing things, the Iranians are firing missiles, the Strait of Hormuz is practically closed and we’re… appearing active?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Precisely.
Jim Hacker: Innocent people are dying, Humphrey!
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister. That is why the Foreign Office is drafting a very strongly worded statement about it.
Jim Hacker: A statement won’t stop a war.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, Prime Minister, but it will ensure that we are on record as having been extremely concerned while it was happening.
Bernard Woolley: If I may, Prime Minister — the Cabinet Office has identified six possible courses of action.
Jim Hacker: Good! What are they?
Bernard Woolley: We can condemn the escalation, call for restraint, urge negotiations, support our allies, assist defensive operations or participate directly.
Jim Hacker: And what do they recommend?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Supporting our allies.
Jim Hacker: That sounds suspiciously like participating.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Oh no, Prime Minister. Participating means fighting. Supporting merely means allowing others to fight from places that technically belong to us.
Jim Hacker: Humphrey, if Iranian missiles hit one of our bases, we’ll be in the war anyway!
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister, but we shall have entered it with the invaluable diplomatic advantage of being surprised.
Bernard Woolley: It’s generally considered the safest way to enter a war, Prime Minister.
Jim Hacker: How on earth can that be safe?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Because if the war goes badly, we can say we never meant to join it. And if it goes well, we can say we were there all along.
Starmer’s ability to achieve ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u850de4UjzY
STUTTERING Starmer gets into committee SHOUTING MATCH as he evades blame for RAF underspending
In an appearance before the Liaison Committee on Monday, Keir Starmer was grilled by Tory MP Sir Bernard Jenkin who pressed him on why the country is “not on a war footing now”.
Trump reposts SNL UK skit mocking Keir Starmer as weak leader continues to be ridiculed
https://youtu.be/i4kaQZoU3cg
9 mins 35 secs : Mar 23, 2026 : Sky News Australia
So how many troubles will the 5th column raise in Britain & EU now?
…. Iran-aligned militant network has claimed responsibility for the arson attack on Jewish ambulances …..
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603236815
I thought our “Hato Hone” could have used those ambulances; as one wiould figure they would be very “haram” for the “Red Crescent” that is ascending in Mayor Khan’s very prayerful London, like as shown at Trafalgar Square.
While in the UK three Jewish run ambulances (for everyone locally) were firebombed in the early hours two nights ago by three individuals caught on CCTV. Guess who they will be…
hey there fellow insomniac!
your snake oil fail ya again old chap? i think you need to do another vikey joke to cheer him up and get his day off to a good start 🙂
Getting up once in the night instead of 3 times is a win in my book. What’s your excuse? Missus slap your hand yet again?
nah mate, busy mind lots of pondering so i havent been sleeping much.
i probs need starving or nasska to shout me a smoke one night so i can have a good sleep.
you so know if you didnt guzzle a bottle or 2 of red every night you provs wouldnt need to piss so much 🙂 but then again putting up with my shit drives many to drink!
If you are ever up this way – no problem.
Meanwhile. I will blow smoke in your general direction.
Or he got lucky, which is why he’s posting late?
Just tell Viking that in his last night’s comment that Ursala von …. has not announced her resignation to the EU.
https://ysb.co.nz/have-your-say-699/#comment-472835
made headlines worldwide ….. yeah right …..
A lot to swallow.
coming right up.
Meloni is pushing her out, as is Orban.
Watch that space.
Always the doubling down
On news from much earlier in March.
Votes of No Confidence, fly around & now world wide head-lines ????
So as a stopped clock will eventually be right at some stage of the day for that claim to fame.
But put people wrong the rest of the time.
Such a clever little saying of deflection, “watch that space”.
So when? after Orban’s re-election?
Sure one day you will be right. ..One day, soon, but later?
Well, time will tell.
Meantime you will think you know it all.
I wondered about that. Beautiful pink sunrise up here but probably doing 25 knots from the east already. Supposed to get worse as the day goes on.
Red sky in the morning, Shepard’s warning!
Nothing to see here, move along please…
That picture of the Labour party asking who is the most useless is a difficult one to answer but I’ll give it a go. My pick is that hideous Verall woman who is apparently their spokes person for health. Where to start? First she is permanently angry and never has anything nice to say, perhaps that’s because she used to be a reporter? She actually makes Little look quite calm. She is overweight, for a wannabe health minister that can’t be a good thing. She is clearly a DEI hire, no professional qualifications in a relevant field and no real management experience, Being a friend of Cindy and only ever asking the right questions appears to be her entire C.V. I could go on but just thinking about her makes me feel crook.
Good call. No wonder she is angry all the time, resentment is hard to control when she knows she is a DEI pretender. Her ‘imposter syndrome’ must be high but only a squeak higher than the rest of the useless Labour clan.
“no professional qualifications in a relevant field”
As much as it aggrieves me to leap to the woman’s defense, she is actually a doctor of the medical variety. Apart from that, you’re on the money.
Didn’t realise that, she hides it so well. They say never trust a skinny chef, I would put a fat doctor in the same category. Why would a doctor become a reporter?
“Why would a doctor become a reporter?”
Because doctors need customers. Good doctors do not have a problem attracting customers.
She is a specialist in infectious diseases, so I suspect she was employed in a team doctor capacity prior to becoming a politician.
I’ll try another one, three pies Wood. I know a bit more about her history. She was the actress who played Arnold Schwarzenegger when he arrived on Mars in Total Recall. Her head exploding was a real highlight for me. Clearly leadership material for Labour and she would also be very stable on a windy day. You can thank me later for this Extraordinary piece of information, I’m just surprised nobody else has noticed.
Jones agrees with you
https://x.com/nzfirst/status/2036262674020065586?s=46
I will just go for the prick in the purple tie.
Golly that’s very astute, the only problem is he has no idea what a woman is. Hardly surprising his marriage fell apart. God only knows where the kids came from.
if you circled one, technically theres no gap between them so to make it easy and most accurare just circle the whole group.
Which one has their turn wth the brain cell today?
Meanwhile, in green energy saving the planet news:
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/wind-turbine-replacements-to-cost-trillions-by-2050/
They can save the planet by destroying forest:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/half-million-balsa-trees-illegally-logged-amazon-rainforest-every-year-feed-global-wind
That article states that solar panels will have to be replaced after 25 to 35 years.
This from AI:
I wouldn’t replace my solar panels after 35 years if they still output 90% of their rating. That’s assuming I live to the age of 113.
Will they be able to reuse the same windfarm foundations again?
That lead photo of bunch of lying cunts.
How many are still sucking on the tit, died, or run away?
Not many dead ones nor much news of the turbo cancers they inflicted on every one else.
We need to see who was on that list of exemptions.
Talking of which, that ginger whinger looks a bit wrung out. Couldn’t happen to nicer cunt.
If Liebour gets back in …many of them will be back. As ministers or ‘consultants’…mark my words. Perhaps even the witch.
Should have pointed out it was the most corrupt government in NZ’s NZ history and some are still hanging around stinking up the place, specially that little ginger cunt!
Lets see if petrol drops at the same rate. Both WTI and BRENT down about 10%
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/
those are paper/futures prices, physical oil prices the refineries are paying are much higher.
a shit ton of money has flowed into oil futures the past couple of weeks, investors have been selling outve top performing assets and betting that coin on energy.
that slight drop will be from a few tankers getting through, itll go back up tho unless fully reopened and even then many tankers have diverted/redeployed so we now have tankers where they shouldnt be should hormuz fully open.
Unconfirmed but given that this looks like it is straight from the Nancy Pelosi handbook of insider trading I wouldn’t be surprised:
Let me explain what just happened
5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil.
5 minutes…
These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch.
There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made.
Someone in that room picked up a phone.
And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars.
American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it.
This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions.
This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight.
You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question.
Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that.
The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…
https://x.com/barkmeta/status/2036154042838069441
War, exchange rates, gold price, crypto prices, carbon trading, vaccines, pandemics, etc are all manipulated on the same fraudulent basis. Nothing new here.
Grok confirms this as truth.
The whale’s exact profit isn’t public (no fill prices disclosed), but here’s the math from reported moves:
S&P futures: down >1% pre-announcement, swung to +nearly 3% after Trump’s 7:05am post → ~4% gain captured. On $1.5B notional: ~$60M.
Oil (CL) futures: dropped 10-13% (WTI ~$102→$89, Brent ~$114→$101). On $192M short: ~$19-25M.
Total estimate: $80-85M in minutes.
Any fear porn on the weather or has petrol stolen the breathless reporting?
Going to be wet in places this week. Just saying..
at least its too expensive for muppets to drive around through floodwaters in search of a darwin award.
New name for Murray is ‘Dozen’.
Dozen work, dozen pay taxes, dozen go to school, dozen obey the law, and so it goes on.
Anyone finding it odd that the militant NZ fire service union seems to be experiencing a large number of equipment failures of fire service vehicles?
They don’t like old gear.
Their 3-year-old utes are now being replaced by new Ford Rangers.
Their engines often sit unused for a week or more, and engines, especially diesels, don’t like that much.
The place is driven by a stiff upper lip pom and a woman. On the mat at a select committee the other day.
They moan too much. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate what they do, but they are not God-like. They chose to do the job; they knew the demands of the role and the pay rate before they signed up. Don’t think the public will rally behind you every time you do this. So stop being precious little bitches and go do what you signed up to do. Negotiate your yearly pay increase quietly, like everyone else.
I think that’s unfair TBH. I read an article about a month back on the state of the fire service fleet across much of the U.S. Evidently when equipment gets to around 15 years old (from memory), it starts to become unreliable – pump failures etc., and a lot of the U.S. fleet is clapped-out to the point that vehicles can often not be fielded. I believe our vehicles and equipment are at least as old.
My question is would you want your (potentially life-saving) equipment failing just when you need it because it’s well past its best before?
The fire appliance manufacturers in the States at least have more or less formed a cartel now, too, and the price of the vehicles has escalated beyond all get-out, making replacing older vehicles even more difficult. I’m unsure whether the same applies here.
Yes, I’m sure there’s an element of them being typical union whingers, but I don’t think it’s the whole story.
yup, the volunteer lot dont seem to have near as many issues. union sabotage?
Yep no probs at my pad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FSWm67IhDU
Lyrics
Well, a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a-guzzlin’ lone star beer
Talking religion and-uh politics for all the world to hear.
They oughta send you back to russia, boy, or new york city one
You just want to doodle a christian girl and you killed god’s only son.
I said, has it occurred to you, you nerd, that that’s not very nice,
We jews believe it was santa claus that killed jesus christ.
You know, you don’t look jewish, he said, near as I could figger
I had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well-dressed country nigger.
No, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore,
They don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before.
He started in to shoutin’ and a-spittin’ on the floor,
Lord, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore.
He says, I ain’t a racist but aristitle onassis is one greek we don’t need
And them niggers, jews and sigma nus, all they ever do is breed.
And wops n micks n slopes n spics n spooks are on my list
And there’s one little hebe from the heart of texas is there anyone I missed ?
Well, I hits him with everything I had right square between the eyes.
I says, I’m gonna gitcha, you son of a bitch ya, for spoutin’ that pack of lies.
If there’s one thing I can’t abide, it’s an ethnocentric racist;
Now you take back that thing you said bout aristitle onassis.
No, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore,
We don’t turn the other cheek the way we done before.
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they sho’ ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore!
All right!
No, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore,
We don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before.
You hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore.
Everybody!
They ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore,
They ain’t makin’ carpenters who know what nails are for.
Well, the whole damn place was singin’ as I strolled right out the door
Lord, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore!
No, we ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore,
We don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before.
Well, the whole damn place was singin’ as I strolled right out the door
Lord, they ain’t makin’ jews like jesus anymore!
Kea finally found his calling?
I’m not a very religious person yet I reckon Jesus was an okay sort of hippy even if he did get a bit carried away with the supernatural crap.
It’s his fan club who I can’t stand. 🙂
I have often wondered how he managed the Virgin Birth bit.
Either he was GAY or she swallowed with the wrong mouth.
disgusting. Even I don’t speak like that, and Im disgusting.
Bit sorry to see Brooke standing down – but at 33 and 9 years in that enviroment can understand why she wants out for awhile. Would have liked her to have become the leader.
the writings on the wall, she dosent want to waste her time in opposition with zero influence just barking at passing cars when she could earn more and less abuse in private sector.
for a single term she certainly made a fuss and got shit done, thats the way politics should work.
Nah just another closet greenie in the wrong party
dont you be talkin ’bout my girl Brooke like that! I used to date ‘er! Who do you think you are! Don’t you know who I am!🤪
Well, last we heard you were riding a trike in Thailand.
Doooo keep up. I’m in Nelson for a little while.
Toyota have made four versions of the FJ Cruiser.
Christ they are an ugly car!
Not the early ones Sooty. The mid 70s FJ with the 4.2L petrol motor could haul a load up the side of a wall. Terrific power & great off road. Downsides were woeful economy & rust. A few years out anywhere near the coast & you could kick holes in the body with bare feet.
They went well with a 350 chev conversion which really helped lower fuel consumption.
I had similar, some sort of Nissan built like a brick shithouse 4 litre. Looked the same as the FJ. Maybe around a 1992 model. I drowned it 4 wheel driving up the Waipara River North Canterbury, chasing rabbits.. Never ran the same after that.
Probably the Datsun Patrol. I never drove one or even knew anybody who owned a Patrol so I’m not in a position to compare.
Not many vehicles survive a drowning. Diesels are worse than petrols as once they’ve hydraulicked they’re fucked.
Had a Datsun Patrol in Namibia. Didn’t last a year while the old Landies were still going strong.
Saw a Mazda ute today, on the tailgate was a sign big like the Toyota sign was, “MOOZDA”. Must been a cocky!
hunty will soon be ike that if he keeps spending all day down at the bunny side.
Nah, cold wind at Tahunanui today. Stayed home chasing the sharemarket.
I see a Darwin award recipient down Christchurch way tried stealing copper from a live transformer. Didn’t end well.
What I don’t understand about these mongs, is they get a few cents a kilo for this copper from some dodgy scrap merchant (don’t get me started). Can they not understand they’d make so much more for less effort if they just did some good old-fashioned work.
he’ll no doubt be described as a good boy just trying to make ends meet and buy some petrol for his family…. be no mention of addiction issues or long list of convictions of course.
phoor that’s a bit rough //
But probably true!
At least he had the decency to set himself on fire thus reducing the cremation costs.
🤔 True
“Go on, Forrest..climb up the pole.. there’s some goodies up there for ya! ” 💥💥
https://www.facebook.com/groups/489410599254963/posts/1383601109835903/
Did he stick his dick in it?
He would have come as he went.
WTF. Nosy bastards.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jCHRekQ_qlo
British cops overstepping
short
They were all very polite
It really saddens me to read about Pfizer vaccine deaths & the lying NZ Labour opposition leader ill treating his wife. Headline stories about gas running out because of the Mad Queen’s captain’s call. $30 billion borrowed & unaccounted for under the previous government. Then there’s the bad news about Maori violence, rabid feminists, unionised teachers & career solo mothers bludging off us.
That’s why I read the Herald news website so I don’t have to.
My non unionised teacher signed one of the new contracts , its going to get nasty the union scrap with Roche
Very good.
Heather du Plessis-Allan:
“I am friends with two ex team members of National’s parliamentary team, they are both conservative, they both are voting NZFirst. Winston is hoovering up Nationals votes, he’s packing halls and it’s proof that this election is going to be NZFirst’s election”
This election is a 3 way race:
National : Labour : NZFirst.
Act, stalled out long ago, are now behind their 2023 election result. Out of the last 15 polls, NZFirst has been ahead of Act 13 times, They have been ahead of Act in the last 10 straight.
WP first topped the most preferred PM in the late 80’s and by the 90’s his numbers were in the high 30’s, outshining Lange and Bolger and then Bolger and Clark. Now he’s up against two idiots both called Chris.
Two weak leaders who hover around 20% on a good day. Give it a few more months, WP will be the most preferred PM, on last polling he is only 4% behind a sitting PM.. Luxon’s astounding collapse vs WP’s logical ascension.
Heather is picking 15% for NZFirst in November. I think it will be much higher. Kiwi’s are sick of woke, sick of weirdos, sick of weak leaders. Sick of climate alarmism, sick of race communism.
We want strong, clear, decisive leadership and OUR interests put first. The internationalist acolytes in National and Labour still don’t even understand that, it’s such a simple concept, but is beyond them.
At the present settings, things economically are about to get very difficult. Uncertain times and weak leaders don’t mix, I believe NZFirst can clear 20%, we are talking 4x their last election result. It’s all there for the taking.
The re-orientation of New Zealand is about to begin.
I don’t think it’s all Winston, people like Shane. He speaks sense, gives the Maori both barrels, and has an impressive command of the language. And he can be entertaining. Sure Winston is charming, slick and polished. But a lot of people hold 2017 against him and he reminds one of a Mafia Don about to order a hit. He is a good foreign affairs minister, no one can hold a candle to him on that. Would he be a good PM? I don’t know.
Deputy ACT leader Brooke van Velden is not standing at this year’s election.
The Workplace Relations Minister said after nine years of public service, she “simply wants to do more in life”.
“I don’t think it’s any secret being a politician or public figure isn’t an easy life… for me it’s been an absolutely privilege.”
She said she wanted to build good life choices and “ultimately want to live life”.
“I have never wanted to be a career politician, and while I believe there are so many more years I could serve my community, I wish to explore the private sector too. At some point in the future, I would like to return to public service.”
Van Velden holds the Tāmaki electorate, saying she wanted to make the announcement on Tuesday “to ensure that ACT has the time to select a new candidate for the Tāmaki electorate and give that person sufficient time to campaign”.
Leader David Seymour said the caucus would decide the new deputy leader, and it would likely to be a current MP.
“Brooke’s career is as close to perfect as a political career could ever be,” he said.
“She’s spent nine years on the Parliamentary Precinct racking up win after win. From our campaign together on Euthanasia, to her triumph in Tamaki, and her recent reforms of employment law, the Holidays Act, and Health and Safety Law, the constant in Brooke’s career has been tangible achievement.”
Funny how it’s always after 9 years. Makes them eligible for the gold plated pension.
What pension?
1) The cutoff point was 1992. All MPs elected after that date have access to a superannuation subsidy up to two-and-a-half-times their contribution to a maximum 20 percent of salary. That’s it unless you’re referring to ex PMs who were in the job for more than two years. They receive an ongoing annuity of $12,000 for each complete year in office up to a maximum $60,000 at present. Plus super as per contributions but it can’t be cashed in before age 55.
2) Brooke van Velden will have served six years as an MP when she leaves in November. She was a staffer for David Seymour for two years prior.
Much as I’d love it to happen, I can’t see NZF getting to 15%. People are so fucking slow.
France and Germany votes right in local elections
https://rumble.com/v77ivss-you-wont-believe-what-just-happened-in-europe.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a
You Won’t BELIEVE What Just HAPPENED in Europe!!!
Steve Turley
Thank you for bringing that Turley piece to our attention.
winston is about the only one in govt thats capable of reading a room and the nations mood.
whether he can deliver on that is questionable at best but by god does he know how to say the right things and build momentum.
seymours arrogance holds his party back but tbh i think theyd disappear if he wasnt leader. winnie can be an arrogant fuck too, more so than seymour but his charisma overpowers it and gets more cut through with voters.
if winnie can keep momentum going i rekon he could push 20%.
With a smile that melts older ladies
If only we could be sure NZF will do what they promise past November //
Agree Sb esp. about Seymour and maybe that is why Brooke called time on Parliament/Government.
Nah she is of baby age.
Winston is still all huff and puff and remains the same unreliable prick he has always been. If he remains alive that long.
Wasn’t looking that shit hot the other day.
A bit like chippy.
If chippy stas and he is going to, then Winston has fewer choices.
We will see.
You’re onto it. Her body clock will be ticking, chiming & shrieking ‘cuckoo’!
I knew someone who looked like this
https://x.com/oneoutof4/status/2036255660237554126?s=46
Hastings McCain vegetable factory to shut in 2027, jobs at risk
A McCain vegetable processing plant in Hastings will close in 2027.
The Omahu Rd, Twyford, factory processed more than 50,000 tonnes of vegetables annually, including peas, beans, sweetcorn and carrots.
A source told Hawke’s Bay Today that staff were told not to come to work on Monday, then were told on Tuesday of the closure.
“I just don’t like the way this was done. It was so sudden, very little warning,” the source said.
McCain New Zealand is part of the global company McCain Foods, the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen fries and speciality potato products. The Hastings site was bought by McCain in 1996 when it acquired Grower Foods.
A McCain spokesperson said the Hawke’s Bay plant would close at the conclusion of this year’s processing and packing season, which was expected to end by January 31, 2027.
“The decision follows a strategic review of our Hastings operations and reflects a shift in how McCain will supply its vegetable portfolio within Australia and New Zealand,” the spokesperson said.
“After carefully considering a range of options, we determined that transitioning to a different supply model is the most responsible path forward and best supports the long-term vision of our organisation.
“McCain is currently consulting with all employees whose roles would be affected by the planned closure.”
The spokesperson said roles at the site would be affected as operations wound down but would not say how many are at risk.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hastings-mccain-vegetable-factory-to-shut-in-2027-jobs-at-risk/BMKJJLN5QZD5DBII2766BK3FGA/
“After carefully considering a range of options, we determined that transitioning to a different supply model is the most responsible path forward and best supports the long-term vision of our organisation.”
The recent bag of McCain frozen corn kernels always NZ grown now instead contains Chinese grown corn. I won’t be buying any more McCain.
As the ad says, “Ah McCain, you’ve done it again.”
I never buy the frozen anyway. I prefer fresh.
Was great for chucking in lots of stuff, chicken soup, corn and bacon fritters, chilli, etc 🤩
Nothing like greedy corporates fucking over hard working people.
There’s a pattern. NZ icon gets sold to overseas corporate > corporate runs infrastructure into the ground > corporate closes NZ manufacturing citing supply models, restructuring and/or long term visions.
Interesting discussion on Chipocrite and the fallout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymwwVL1VDXs
Should the private lives of politicians ever be public?
In light of the coverage of Chris Hipkins’ family issues, should the private lives of politicians ever be public? Many politicians, including Hipkins, regularly appear with family in magazines such as Woman’s Day and Woman’s Weekly, as a means to gain popularity. So can they have it both ways – only positive publicity but no negative publicity?
BREAKING: Germany’s right-wing anti-Islamic migration party just SURGED in tonight’s West Germany state elections, making a SURPRISING +11 point gain
AfD has nearly DOUBLED its seats from just a few years ago
https://www.newsweek.com/afd-scores-major-election-success-in-germany-11718978?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawQu_Q9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEeERONnZwMGhUSWRYQm9qc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqb25IBD3CZm-7HNzLhvWVnmbrnoNeveIvs0C-cibkw0snKhQqsKY9FOJX9G_aem__boUbnY_TnBc22lRjYk1mg#Echobox=1774271609
STRAIT OF HORMUZ – STORY OF THE LAST 24 HRS…
Iran has not simply closed the Strait.
Iran has turned the Strait into a payment system.
A senior Iranian official confirmed to CNN that Tehran is considering allowing oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz — but only if the cargo is traded in Chinese yuan. Not US dollars. Yuan.
And now multiple reports indicate that Japan…one of America’s closest allies, a country that gets 70% of its oil through the Strait — has agreed to pay Iran in Chinese yuan in exchange for unimpeded passage of its ships.
Let that land for a second.
A G7 nation. A US treaty ally. Paying Iran. In China’s currency. To move oil that it desperately needs.
Now let me explain why this is not just a war story.
This is a 50-year story.
In 1974, the United States struck a deal with Saudi Arabia.
All oil sold anywhere in the world would be priced in US dollars. In return, America would guarantee Saudi security.
That deal created the petrodollar system.
And the petrodollar system is the hidden foundation of American financial power.
Here’s how it worked.
Every country on earth needed oil. To buy oil, they needed dollars. To get dollars, they had to sell things to America or hold dollar reserves.
All those dollars flowed back into US Treasury bonds. Which gave America the ability to borrow cheaply and fund its military, its deficits, its global influence.
The dollar wasn’t just a currency. It was the price of admission to the global energy system.
For 52 years.
.
.
What Iran just did at the Strait of Hormuz is use a 21-mile-wide waterway to attack that 52-year system.
Not with missiles. With payment conditions.
Since February 28, between 11.7 and 16.5 million barrels of Iranian crude have moved through the Strait to China, while every other nation’s shipping was locked out.
China pays in yuan. China’s tankers move freely.
The architecture for a parallel yuan-denominated energy corridor was already built. Quietly. Over years.
China’s alternative payment system CIPS processed $245 trillion in yuan transactions in 2025 alone.
That’s a 43% increase from the year before.
The trap was set long before the first missile was fired.
Now, don’t think the US is not going to do anything to protect themselves when this happens.
We’ll soon come to know what the strategy is because there’s always a strategy.
https://www.facebook.com/RobertKiyosaki
We have plenty of china currency so should be sweet
That Tongan Earthquake. USGS says no Tsunami. Breathless useless MSM here “Tsunami threat being assessed” Fuck off cunts, we don’t need you to know what’s going on in the world…. Go and dig around Hipkin’s affairs. Its about the level of reporting you can cope with….
And on useless reporting, some twat on the radio said that sea temperatures were rising because of increasing greenhouse gasses…. Look fuck face, the sea warms the air, not the other way around. Wind may drop temperatures through evaporation and latent heat transfers, but Oh I fucking give up.
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has hit 112km west of Tonga.National Emergency Management Agency has assessed the tsunami risk for New Zealand, and found there is no threat.The quake had a depth of 236.7km, according to USGS.
Eva Gallot
https://cdn.tickaroo.com/mediagw/image/c_fill,w_64,h_64/f_webp/imageservice://profilepic-66e39c9d8c78c11889c363c1-66e3d5d0cff2c376ecab87ee
No tsunami threat to New Zealand says NEMAThe National Emergency Management Agency said there is no tsunami threat to New Zealand.
“NEMA has assessed the information with the assistance of science advisors. Based on current information, the assessment is that the earthquake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will affect New Zealand,” the agency
Fuk that Andrew Saville on TV1 sport gives me the shit. Dunno what irritates me the most, but he gives me the shits! Maybe the way he speaks. Not sure.
Him and that fecking sumo twit
What do you expect when you watch that shit?
You are a glutton for punishment.
errr it was on in the background again. You not sleeping well, Ed?
I sleep fine. “On in the background” still means you are watching it in between your filling of your wine glass
Correct. I must go from a glass to a drip. Makes more sense.
We couldn’t possibly comment on that except to say/!
Ass to drip.
Your suggestion M’lord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DRBkDvO9eg
Shane Jones on Aussie Fuel partnership and Diesel Risk
New Zealand’s fuel security is under the microscope as Minister Shane Jones joins Duncan Garner to break down the fragility of our supply lines. With less than 50 days of fuel currently available or on the water, we look at the real risks of global conflict in the Middle East hitting us at the pump. …
winston strikes again, bwahahaha fuck the old boy knows how to have a lil bit of fun with the media.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360955385/watch-winston-peters-makes-squiggly-letter-joke-after-greens-reach-out-real-letter
Now who thinks that sabotaging Marsden Point was a act of treason?
Chalk another one up for the horse faced Cnut, the Captains call had about the same effect as that other Captains call that sunk 1 1/6 of the Kiwi lesbians’ unarmed forces, Kinda reminds me of The Palestinian Suicide Squad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8