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Morning all, lost one tree in yesterday’s devastating storm. It was a small ti tree, nothing significant but it didn’t deserve to die in such a horrible way. A wake will be held in the pub this afternoon. I know you will all join me in a gentle snivel in memory of my beloved tree.
Devastating news T, just devastating.
If I am not at the Pub this afternoon to console you, just start without me.
Your shout at the wake.
Excellent idea Sooty, having deep pockets it will be my pleasure, especially in such tragic circumstances.
It’s the least I can do in such tragic circumstances.
Stuck in a motel in Queenstown. My wife switched on Breakfast TV. Why would anyone watch this crap? Presenters are low IQ and terrible. Thanks be that l’m normally still asleep then.
Well just you wait.
Your favourite bell end is just waiting for the chance. He has been resurrected at RNZ, so he must be at the top of the list for TV as well.
That will happen when the Herald buys out RNZ.
Then we will be mesmerised by the vision of the man.
Morning Tarquin.
A guy goes to City Hall to apply for a job.
The interviewer asks him, “Are you allergic to anything?”
He replies, “Yes, caffeine. I can’t drink coffee.”
“OK, have you ever been in the military service?”
“Yes,” he says. “I was in Iraq for one tour.”
The interviewer says, “That will give you 5 extra points toward employment.”
Then he asks, “Are you disabled in any way?”
The guy says, “Yes. A bomb exploded near me and I lost both my testicles.”
The interviewer grimaces and then says, “Okay. You’ve got enough points for me to hire you right now. Our normal hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can start tomorrow at 10 a.m. and plan on starting at 10 a.m. every day.”
The guy is puzzled and asks, “If the work hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., why don’t you want me here until 10 a.m.?”
“This is a government job,” the interviewer says. “For the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and scratching our balls. No point in you coming in for that.”
Wasn’t at Mbie then. They have waiata’s and he couldn’t stand around for one of those either.
No balls. Does that mean he’d have to stand at the back with the women? //
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in Sunday’s election in a phone call, in a bombshell election with repercussions across Europe and beyond.
Magyar posted on Facebook that “Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just congratulated me on the phone on our victory.”
Orban, in power for 16 years, has not publicly commented. Early official results show Magyar’s party leading Orban’s.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt
Interesting to see what happens. Will they go back to mediocrity and feel goods?
Respected pollsters were making clear that Orbán’s support was draining away.
It has been draining away ever since Magyar left the ruling party and created a movement that attracted a cross-section of support from opposition parties and disillusioned Orbán voters alike.
The big question will be what the new regime’s attitude will be to the EU.
Will it revive them?
Moscow’s interest in the Hungarian elections has been evident, with Viktor Orbán the only EU leader who systematically blocks sanctions and military aid to Ukraine, as well as supports gas deals with Russia.
Before the elections, Bloomberg published a transcript of a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orbán from October 2025.
In it, Orbán reportedly compared himself to a mouse that saves a lion, after which the lion does not kill it.
Orbán also reportedly assured Putin that on any issue where he could be useful “I am at your service”.
That publication did not trouble the Kremlin in the slightest, which said it “shows Orbán from a very pragmatic and effective point of view”, someone who “defends the interests of his country”.
…… They claimed Orban would never concede defeat but after his defeat he called his opponent to congratulate him.
The only dictators in Europe run the EU. …..
https://nitter.net/amuse/status/2043413185487634531?s=20
Magyar was originally part of the Orban’s party until the split.
Now it would seem, we have to wait for how the new guy works in with the EU.
Sure we known of the funding from Ursala Von der Leyen to Hungary for voting against Oban.
Then to support the Ukraine to war against Russia, which will also gain 90 billion for fighting Russia.
But will Peter Magyar be ok with opening up the borders for Hungary to take the EU quota of refugees?
That does seem to be a bottom line of Magyar.
Can Ursala Von de Leyen exert enough pressure to overcome that part, once the EU candy floss money starts to flow into Hungarian banking system.
With this success for Usala Von der Leyen, I do not find any cause or reason why she will make wide spread head lines news for resigning as head of the European Parliament.
The Orban rock has been removed, who was stubbing her powers, so now she has more to organize to take on Russia & further the EU. powers.
Well unless she was assured of becoming head of the UN? maybe??
Below is a link to Jack Tame interviewing the Iranian ambassador on Q + A this morning.
Iran ambassador: New Zealand no longer stands up for peace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36ecskVyug
Tame complains about Luxon not being willing to go on his show.
That is because he will not treat him with the respect he deserves as our PM. He continually interrupts him.
Compare that with the way he interviewed the murdering, Jew hatiog ambassador.
He should have asked him if Israel has the right to exist. He should have been asked about Iran funding two terrorist groups to attack Israel from Gaza and Lebanon on 7 October 2023.
Luxon deserves respect? Why?
Incompetent or not, he is still our PM. I certainly will not be voting for him, but Tame is paid by the taxpayer and should show some balance. Did you see the interview?
I agree at least that he should be afforded the same treatment as any other interviewee. From what you’ve written, he isn’t, and that’s unacceptable.
No. You would need to pay me a large amount of money to watch Luxon on mainstream TV.
Did you watch the Jew hating Irainian ambassador?
No. If it was on TV, I didn’t watch it.
I posted a link.
We can expect to see more of this shit
https://x.com/noticernews/status/2042829190307942665?s=46
Good on you mate giving him the message.
Turning NZ into the shit hole they came from.
Its even worse. wait ti you know how they employ their own friends and immigrants from thier own country. My lawn mowing man, who is a hard-working guy from the India Paki border, wants to sta,y and he will work for his place.
He is employed by the owner of a Crew Cut franchise that also has several other businesses. He gets paid for 35 hours a week, not if it rains and works 55 hours. He is captured by his employer. Can’t do anything about it, or he gets sent home.
Time these outfits were given the once over.
Same for truck drivers. Mainfreight drivers and others.
Mr Preeble is not a union man anymore.
“Trump says US navy will blockade of Strait of Hormuz, as Iran peace talks fail”
Bloody hell – so the Iranians weren’t doing a good enough job!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360944966/iran-war
The media wind people up, so little repeaters swallow it, so they can spread shit.
Then either later up date, or in the small print:—-
….. still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz. ….
Blockading only the ships that have picked up oil from Iran, or through the devious by pass ways Iran has used.
The other ports of Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar will also transit without issue.
Only problem is just what state are their ports for loading oil?
And are their waters as navigable as Qatar claims.
As pointed out yesteday, Qatar declared their territiorial waters are navigatable, which is about 600 km from the Hormuz Straits, where US destroyers, minesweepers, have navigated through.
https://ysb.co.nz/have-your-say-719/#comment-474941
Nothing really mentioned about this in MSM.
Further to that & more effective will be the closing of financing of Iranian oil.
The arrest of dozens of IRGC-linked money changers in the United Arab Emirates is one of the most serious blows yet to Tehran’s sanctions-evasion network, laying bare how heavily the Islamic Republic has depended on Dubai as an economic lifeline.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603319804
Just who can organize the oil flow, accept the monies for the IRGC who seem to have split into a number of factions.
So it would seem even more doubtful that Iranian oil will be in a tanker.
its an admission they cant reopen the straight and that iran is far from being conquered.
plus hes shitting bricks chinese military hardware is on the way.
are the jew lovers on here still going to perform mental gymnastics and still claim its not trumps doing that oil prices are high? another 10 bux a barrel all cuz trump has yet another tantrum
🔻 10:00 AM. Eastern. Today.
The United States Navy begins the total blockade of Iran.
No ship enters. No ship leaves. Every port. Every coastline. Every barrel of oil.
He gave them 21 hours to make a deal. They laughed. They said “prolonged war.”
He hung up the phone and sealed the strait.
THEY ARE NOW TRAPPED INSIDE THEIR OWN COUNTRY WITH NO WAY TO SELL, SHIP, OR SURVIVE.
This is not a sanction. This is not a warning. This is a siege.
The last time a superpower blockaded a nation like this — the Soviet Union collapsed 14 months later.
He didn’t ask NATO. He didn’t ask Australia. He didn’t ask permission. He gave an order. And the most powerful navy on Earth moved.
One man. One call. One hour.
While the world debates — the noose is already tight.
But Iran is not the prize. Iran is the pressure point.
China supplies 87% of Iran’s military imports. The drones. The radar. The missiles that tracked American jets. Every weapon Iran fired came through one door.
That door just closed.
50% tariffs on every nation arming Iran. A naval wall around every Iranian port. And a message to Beijing that needs no translation:
You funded the wrong side. Now you pay.
Gold — $4,771. 23 straight months of central bank buying. The longest streak in recorded history. They’re not investing. They’re building lifeboats.
The dollar — 46% of global reserves. Falling. Every week. Every month. While gold climbs and the old system bleeds.
You think the blockade is about oil?
The blockade is about forcing the collapse. Every day Iran can’t sell oil — the petrodollar loses another artery. Every day China pays tariffs — the supply chain of the old world cracks deeper.
He’s not just blocking ships. He’s blocking the blood supply of the system that enslaved the planet for 80 years.
And when it flatlines — the replacement is already built. Gold-backed. Quantum-secured. Waiting.
THE SIEGE HAS BEGUN. THE OLD WORLD HAS NO EXIT.
CODE: BLOCKADE-10AM / SIEGE-IR / CN-87 / AU-4771 / NO-EXIT
♟️
Let this Echo
https://www.youtube.com/live/JohLzkMkMsI?t=128s
Whats going on with shipping
Thanks Ed, as he talks on the things he actually knows, to what is workable & feasible with not too much conjecture.
As I have commented a few days ago, work has been ongoing for a few weeks, like Qatar allowing fishing boats in its territorial waters.
You may not know it but years ago Persian Gulf states bought up in the 1970’s some of the bankrupt JBL fishing trawlers set up as bottom trawlers, that will piss off the Green Peace Greta’s that oppose bottom trawling.
Easily doubling as cheap mine sweepers in their local area, with not only depth sounders plus sonar will work ok.
Despite google denying knowledge of JBL boats going to Persian states, I know of people who took them there & trained people there.
Woe betide you if one even slightly altered course during their prayer times.
I wondered in those very warm waters, what type of fish they were onto.
Most likely those boats are very old by now, but they would not have the stress & strains of big seas as off NZ’s west coast.
Probably by now would have been rebuilt or replaced.
I worked with a man who was a manager at Allied farmers. He ended up in Bahrain about that time, could we be talking about the same person?
That is stretching a few brain cells of those times.
At the time, I know he was doing further studies but I can not quite place on what course or year at the Marine Division, as a few of us came from far & wide.
The darnest thing I can not recall his name.
It seemed at the time he was ok with going to sea & must have had enough sea time of a few years.
But then things can change, like wife, children, and not wanting to be so often away from family.
He was a sharp cookie, could tell a good yarn, should do well, and I would not be surprized that he would have the ability to be a manager for Allied Farmers.
I sort of doubt it, as Allied Farmers, or farming never came up as a topic of conversation.
JBL Jeffs Brothers Ltd liquidation, which occured in 1972 though I know it washed out many investors in other parts chasing high returns & interest rates.
I only knew the seafood & fishing side, & fortunate enough to work in the opposition, for a few years.
I remember Allied Farmers was involved someway in the wind up of JBL. Thats why I put it together. The person I am thinking about is Gary Siegel.
Sorry bell does not ring, but I guess you would have heard some interesting yarns from him & his time in Bahrein.
It took about 25 years in liquidation to wind up to the final of JBL.
I was young at the time, and found it interesting to figure the world was your oyster, so overseas, travel with well paid work, always made it interesting to listen to.
And the beginning of wising up on how serious, blood curdling that muslims can be, if you altered the course of the boat just by a few degrees while praying & they noticed.
While later on I learnt just as how bad an insult is calling a Latino a bastard for doing something stupid & unwittingly dangerous.
Despite all the other swear words & phrases that one can call them.
Can China supply arms via the new railroad, may be inconveent.
No. Trump has said they are watching.
On the Iranian side the luvvies got up set about bombing & taking out the essential rail bridges & some road bridges..
The systemic continuation way of Covid by the authoritive techno-bureaucrats using techniques of “EUA” “Emergency Use Approval” so mandates can be increasingly enforced & the enforcers will gather more powers, along with “mission creep”.
The way of becoming a saint in New Zealand
……. The director of emergency management says New Zealand’s preparedness for Cyclone Vaianu saved lives. …..
….. said he had no regrets for being prepared for the worst. …..
….. “To that end, no one was lost. That, to me, is success.” ….
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/592157/live-weather-cyclone-vaianu-leaves-roads-closed-evacuees-still-out-of-homes?
Tens of thousands of lives saved, well maybe hundreds, a dozen? one?, who can be wrong as there is no liability once a “state of emergency” is called, even if a day or 2 early in the “name of prevention” for the “good of the community”.
Yesterday on FB there was a pic of the evil witch all dressed up and looking rather nice. What is that all about?
If I see it again, I will post it.
Even sooty would be impressed.
Why put the “halo” on her??
Is it a light-bulb or shower-head time??
Running a // campaign of “Bring back Buck” ????
Bring back ‘buck tooth’.
Wanting the old communist back is like wishing for the return of a septic boil
Verity wishing that old crone coming back is like wishing for her vaginity back.
Her
Sounds like Shaun Hendy, a master at taking credit for something that didn’t happen.
The Garda cleared out the protesters with their tractors and trucks from O’Connell Street, Dublin at 4am under the cover of darkness. previous video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tTWwfng3k
The side of the Irish Convoy they don’t want you to know
Rebel News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6yPUYLeHI
Irish patriots are changing their country
Ezra Levant speaks with independent journalist Tommy Robinson for his thoughts on the ongoing farmer and trucker uprising in Ireland as they pushback against fuel taxes.
…
The Irish public majority support the protestors.
……. While the government has introduced some temporary measures, around half of Irish consumers’ fuel costs go into the state coffers. ……
…… “The discontent around the country is not solely about fuel prices.
It reflects broader concerns — and the ongoing failure to address so many issues affecting communities in both rural and urban Ireland,” the party said.
“Crucially, there has been a continued failure to listen to those communities.
People feel ignored and disconnected from decision-making processes that directly impact their daily lives.” …..
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/12/left-wing-irish-government-faces-no-confidence-vote-amid-farmer-protests-against-fuel-tax/
Though I do not really know the Irish politics, it seems that really all the Parliamentary parties have pretty much leftist leanings.
So can they get what they think is their money back? the fuel taxes, spent on communities, some where else or something? ?
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher :—- “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money”
Yesterday there was an Irishman covering the police “clearing” at 4am the protesters trucks and tractors blocking O’Connell Street in Dublin. He likened it to police efforts in 1913 of the “Irish Rebellion”
https://search.brave.com/search?q=irish+rebellion+1913&source=desktop&summary=1&conversation=08f65a31b133907e8b2c6f4c5d5b8b85fcc4
The Irish Rebellion of 1913 was not a singular armed insurrection like the 1916 Easter Rising, but rather a massive industrial dispute known as the Dublin Lockout that escalated into widespread street violence and political mobilization.
This conflict involved approximately 20,000 workers and their supporters, totaling around 880,000 people, and was a pivotal event that led to the formation of the Irish Citizen Army to protect striking workers from police brutality.
James Larkin and James Connolly were prominent leaders of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU) who organized the strike against lockout owners. The dispute resulted in the jailing of Larkin and Connolly for speeches made in support of the locked-out workers. The harsh conditions faced by strikers included acute starvation, baton GES (Glasgow? likely typo for “baton blows” or similar violence) prison cells, and untimely deaths, yet workers maintained their faith. The conflict directly led to the creation of the Irish Citizen Army in 1913, a socialist militia that later played a central role in the 1916 Easter Rising. The event was a precursor to the broader Irish revolutionary period, as it highlighted the deep class and political divisions within Ireland.
Is the picture above of the bloke with the basketball a very young Gladstone Small before he became famous?
Reminds me of the Gladstone Small turtle joke.
Corrected:—
Is the picture above of the bloke with the
basketcricketball a very young Gladstone Small before he became famous?It is all in proportionality. 😊
There was an article in the NZ Herald paper today (couldn’t find the website link) about some Samoan woman in NZ who has been looking after the 5 children of her older sister in NZ after the sister died.
I understand that the Samoan woman is doing a wonderful job looking after her young nephews and nieces (and this is the reason for her petition to the Minister to let her stay in NZ).
I have to ask myself some questions.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/womans-devotion-dead-sisters-kids-rewarded-residency
Some more details, connections in this link, which takes an extra second or 2 to phase over.
https://www.wcbi.com/msu-hosting-ncaa-tournament-selection-show-hump/?live-news-3040788-2026-04-12-you-are-not-permitted-to-download-save-or-email-this-image-visit-image-gallery-t
Pockets of sanity prevail:
“The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Napier, Hastings, and Central Hawke’s Bay councils declared a local state of emergency for coastal areas on Saturday at 11.56am.
Wairoa Mayor Craig Little said today that he was asked to join them but refused.
“We’re becoming woke as a country when it comes to states of emergency.
“We didn’t need a state of emergency. When you make a call like that, it means you are under the pump,” he said.
“I think it takes away the importance of a state of emergency.”
To hide behind that call that then allows for No accountability or whatever expense that can be charged to the Civil Defense arm of government.
So all can be claimed back is one of the reasons.
“State of Emergency” is starting to become a rort.
Just like the rort of Hospices, Day-Care in California, Child-hood Leering Centers, Feed Our Future in Minnesota, etc., where claims can be rubberstamped & paid out.
From Grok
Are they doing it for monetary reasons?
No. This is a common misconception that has been directly addressed in recent reporting. Declaring a state of emergency does not automatically “unlock a vault of government cash.” Funding decisions are based on the actual damage on the ground and eligibility assessments, not the declaration itself. Councils and LGNZ have publicly expressed concern about the financial strain of frequent events on ratepayers, not that declarations are a money-making tactic.
Does central government cover the costs?
Partially, but not fully — and not automatically just because a state of emergency is declared.
Under the National CDEM Plan (Section 33), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides recovery funding for eligible costs incurred by local authorities. Key splits:
There is also a small Mayoral Relief Fund contribution (up to $100,000 per event from the Minister, or more via Cabinet) for immediate community needs, but this is separate and modest.
Important notes:
The system is designed to share costs while encouraging local responsibility, but the sharp rise in events is putting real pressure on councils.
…. yeah right ….. Is Grok completely honest? or still just naive.
I see the part, Welfare/response costs where the Waipareira Trust, MUMA & Te Kaika, & probably a few others, would be in like ravaging dogs for the good of the commuunity.
Along with the demand for calling for more pre-event resilience funding and faster post-disaster support processes.
Only if Grok has taken on board the Elon Musk’s DOGE statgeties, tactics & techniques; then unleashed !
They are taken and believe the weather porn put out by the mainstream media.
so whats the trump dick suckers mental gymnastics routine for today to explain his blockade?
4,5,hell even 8D chess? using it to boost up us oil exports?… yet none of you will come to the obvious conclusion that he is infact just a piece of fucking shit thats getting desperate and dosent know how to get outve this mess or free himself from israels control.
face it you dumbarses, this shit dosent end until israel says it ends. trump has zero control over the situation.
cheer him on all you want but just remember your stupidity and blind partisan hack support when nz is deep recession and labour party are back in power.
fucking dumbarses
awwww poor didums downtickers are in denial of what their orange hero is doing. who had on their 2026 bingo card that trump would gift nz a labour govt?
the blockade will be a good TACO test i guess, pretty cowardly way to go about things really so its probably one of the few times theres no TACO, we all know trumps a fucking lying coward so meh nothing new.
place your bets on how high trumps fuel prices will go? im guessing close to 5bux by time i get back to nz if trump dosent fo the usual and fold like a cheap deckchair.
From better-informed people than yourself.
But you won’t read it, will you?
You never do.
Trump’s Sunday Strike: Masterful Move to Tame Iran and Oil Markets
President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell on Sunday, announcing a full US Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran collapsed over Tehran’s stubborn nuclear ambitions. In a Truth Social post, he called Iran’s tolls on tankers “world extortion” and ordered American warships to interdict any vessel paying the mullahs. He warned that any Iranian forces firing on US assets or peaceful shipping would be “blown to hell.” This is not bluster—it’s decisive leadership putting American strength first after failed negotiations in Pakistan.
Critics are scratching their heads, wondering why issue such a tough warning on a quiet Sunday. The real genius lies in the timing. Asian markets in Tokyo and Hong Kong open hours ahead of New York, giving global traders a head start to react. Oil futures spiked on the news, with fears of disrupted flows through the vital chokepoint that carries much of the world’s crude. But smart positioning in equities and energy contracts could capitalize on the initial panic, setting the stage for a sharp reversal once clarity returns.
Trump understands leverage like no one else. By acting while much of America slept, he forced the world’s energy markets to confront Iran’s aggression head-on without giving adversaries time to coordinate a response. The blockade targets Iran’s illegal profiteering and sends a clear message: the United States will not tolerate nuclear threats or economic shakedowns in international waters. This move protects American interests, bolsters our allies, and pressures a regime that has long destabilised the region.
Expect a de-escalation signal before US markets fully open—perhaps talks resuming or Iran blinking first. Oil prices could ease, stocks rebound, and the volatility created by the announcement delivers a net positive for energy security. It’s the art of the deal applied to geopolitics: create pressure, expose weakness, then negotiate from strength. Unlike past administrations that dithered, Trump is using every tool, including market realities, to deliver results.
In the end, this Sunday surprise underscores why voters chose Trump. He refuses to let rogue nations like Iran dictate terms or endanger global commerce. While the left cries foul over “market games,” conservatives see bold strategy that puts America first. The mullahs are on notice, our Navy is ready, and real peace comes through strength—not endless concessions. This is leadership that actually works.
^ poor vikey still dosent understand TACO.
make outrageous statements usually on a weekend and then chicken out early monday just prior to, or upon opening.
its not 4d chess, its corruption so his family and cronies get rich from insider trading
We live on a small shaky archipelago at the arse end of the southern Pacific Ocean. You surely don’t think that Kiwis applauding the Great Man or burning his effigy in the town squares is going to make a fuckworth’s of difference to the situation either way.
nope it sure wont, but being stuck in a cult blindly supporting a fucking moron is no help either.
place the blame where it fucking belongs, parroting the mindless cult lies just prove how low iq and lack of thinking goes on in maga land.
why support a piece of shit thats making life harder for much of the world, the usa does nothing for us except inflict economic and political pain.
even when things are going good dollar milkshake theory comes into play and fucks us over in other ways.
tine the world ditches the usa and their petrodollar control along with their constant bullying of so called friends/allies.
SB
So is one to understand that you don’t support Mr Trump or his actions, and that you have no good thoughts concerning him?
(Asking for a friend).
im fine with much of what trump does esp domestic, i wish we had a leader with balls to put an end to shit at home like he has. but hes made an epic fuckup with iran and hes too much of a coward to admit it, his usual bully tactics and deal making rules dont apply to nutcases.
he may have bombed the shit outve them but iran still have the stronger hand in any negotiations and trump getting desperate and blinking the other day just made irans position even stronger… and his stupid blockade, seriously wtf. thats cowardice and muppetry combined.
the world needs to get together and sanction the fuck outve usa and israel along with move away from the petrodollar.
Drinking too much VB in WA can do that to some people.
eww gross, who the fuck actually drinks that shit?
i got my first beer here yesterday on my day off, havent had time to chill with a stubby.
carlton, hahn or heineken is what ill drink over here. love my alco ginger beers but theyre extortionate here along with any rtd.
I thought you would be into XXXX. Aussies could’t spell beer, so used XXXX. Your kind of mates?
that used to be mrs sb beer of choice when we lived here, i wasnt a fan of it tho.
just back from the pub, epic feed and only 30 bux… pints of ginger beer 16bux tho grrrrr.
There is cause for hope. Not much hope & small cause but it is a step in the right direction. From https://reclaimthenet.org/idaho-bans-mandatory-digital-id-with-new-privacy-law
#. “Idaho just became one of the few states to draw a line against mandatory digital identification.”
#. “It prohibits public entities from denying, delaying, conditioning, or reducing “any service, benefit, license, employment, education, or access based on a person’s refusal or inability to use digital identification.” ”
For now the threat of mandatory digital ID in Godzone is in abeyance but the screeching harridans demanding absolute child protection on the net mean that our continuing internet freedom rests on shifting sand.
H/T RCR Bites
That was exactly what Luxon wants New Zealand to do.
The digital drivers licence, all quietly chugging along.
….. Once the infrastructure for digital licences is built, it becomes relatively simple to integrate it with other state systems – benefit records, voting enrolments, even health data.
What begins as a “driver’s licence on your phone” can evolve into a full-spectrum digital ID.
This is the logic of scope creep, in which technologies introduced for limited purposes expand into wider domains of control.
Supporters argue that digital systems increase security, but security for whom? …
….. ministers say they’re committed to getting the legislation in place before the election. …..
….. passed with the support of all six parties in Parliament following its first reading. …..
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2508/S00149/digital-licences-and-the-new-panopticon-the-move-to-smartphone-ids-in-aotearoa.htm
Parts of these are already in play, and just looking how to interconnect & linkup for more government oversight.
…… In December last year, the Government launched the govt.nz app, which allows users to access government information and services from their phones – and will, eventually, hold digital driver licences.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/22/whats-happening-with-digital-drivers-licences/
Sort of makes one wonder if the government wipe your licence, for whatever reason, maybe automatic loss to your bank account, or dip some money out to pay some authorities an outrageous fine?
One can see a global alignment, along with deceit & deception by our supposed leaders.
…… You don’t set an 80% adoption target for something you genuinely intend to keep optional. …..
….. . Your legal identity stays on your device.
That’s the theory.
The SPD’s proposal starts dismantling it almost immediately. ….
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-says-eudi-wallet-is-voluntary-germanys-spd-plan-says-otherwise
The relentless sell out of us citizens; by our elected representatives.
Why do you need to have even a digital copy of your Driver Licence?
I know my number off by heart – the cops have digital devices and access to the licensing database with my photo on the licence record. so why the fuck do I need anything at all on my person?
dont worry, trumps trying his darndest to ensure you wont be able to afford to drive so digi drivers licence wont be an issue
Have you joined the joyous fun flag waving of Boycott, Disvestment & Sanctions, BDS against Israel & now USA?
So sweet to be a well funded neo-liberal.
Just like the Irish protests above, all those Parliamentary Parties love collecting “their” taxes to spend in such wondrous virtue signalling of kindness in other faraway lands, where a good skim can take place.
At least Albanese calls out Trump, & seems not to support him.
So now, this April, the oil tankers to Australia are now coming from the USA, but patience dear boy, as that takes much longer to sail across the Pacific?
A huff from Trump & filling the tanker could be put on to the slow pump.
In the mean time do not drive into town on your time off,, no more pedal to the medal, as Albanese will not approve of that;, you naugty boy. Put another 10lb pressure in your vechicle’s tyres to get more fuel economy lol..
Are the Australian tax system getting at you?
I remember the times of paying 66% in NZ. often enough 50% that made me rethink just how hard, which was physical & long hours, to keep at things.
I was wondering if with the beard, (but do trim the moustache) you have attended the Friday service at a local mosque, preferably Shia, as there are many good books, pamplets to read up on & what is based on what the mufti, & ayatollahs have filed in their holy city, of highest scholarship, Qom.
A real inside run & supportive of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah & Houthi that will gain better understanding.
Allah is our objective.
The prophet is our leader. Pbah
Qur’an is our law.
Jihad is our way.
Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.
Hijrah (migration) is an ongoing duty with great approved guidance from “Reliance of the Traveller (& Tools of the Worshipper)“
Welcome refugee, and do not miss out on all the trimmings.
PS I do not bother down ticking you.
it was a pisstake and a mocking of trumps muppetry but i guess if you look at the pump price and the effects on everyday kiwi life its not far from the truth.
Neither do I. In some ways he does the work of a Mythical Deity in that he injects a different viewpoint albeit one from outer space.
The role of a contrarian is not always an easy one.
Back in March Stuff reported that “the NZ Herald’s newsroom is concerned by a billionaire’s bid to clear the board of parent company NZME – and install himself.” They were referring of course to James Grenon, who bought a 9% stake in NZ Herald publisher NZME & was seeking to remove the board & install himself as part of a new group of directors.
The news sent a chill through the previously unused spines of the Lefty biased hacks of Granny Herald. Today we see the results as they report on the Cyclone Disaster That Wasn’t with minimal spin. For instance:
#. “A Hawke’s Bay mayor claims the declaration of states of emergency for Cyclone Vaianu was “woke” decision-making, and says “there was a lot of panicking going on” over not too much.”
There. That wasn’t difficult was it?
#. ““We didn’t need a state of emergency. When you make a call like that, it means you are under the pump,” he said. AND “I think it takes away the importance of a state of emergency.
The CD nannies & their Chicken Little mascots will be undone.
The article at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hawkes-bay-mayor-says-he-refused-state-of-emergency-for-cyclone-vaianu-calls-response-woke/DEHAQUILVJEAVMLYANENKH3XJU/ even includes a video clip from Ryan Bridge where he admits that as a storm it was a “fizzer” & concedes that people should be more responsible for their own safety.
You’ll remember we told you a month or so back about the “cultural assessments” being added to Gore District Council planning rules. These will mean resource consent applicants will have to get mana whenua approval based on Ngāi Tahu’s cultural values.
So naturally, we asked questions about this. As did many others, in particular farmers have been very concerned about how this will effect them.
What are these assessments? How are they measured? What standards apply? What does it mean to impact “wairua” through farming? How do you measure “mauri”? What evidence do you provide to show compliance?
And how have Gore Council responded?
Well, first they barred their councillors from talking about it and now they are dodging the questions at all costs.
No one can say how it will work in practice and what any of it means.
Not the council, the mayor, or even the iwi representatives involved.
The mayor has said it’s “for Ngāi Tahu to answer”. The council said: ‘’We are unable to answer your questions at this time.’’ Ngāi Tahu said: ” “mana whenua have nothing further to add”.
Cool. So how are the people of Gore to know how this will affect them? If you are going to introduce new rules and regulations the very least you can do is clearly explain rationale and how it will work.
Rules are being written into planning law that affect people’s ability to use their own land and no one responsible for those rules will explain how they actually work.
Landowners are expected to assess their activities against concepts like “mauri”, “wairua”, “whakapapa”, and “manaakitanga”.
Whatever your view on those concepts, the problem is they are not defined in a way that allows for consistent, objective application.
And with no clear guidance, measurable threshold, or consistent framework, everyone is left scratching their heads.
This is another example of the mess that local government has become thanks to co-governance. Last week we discussed the Far North and Hastings and their issues with unelected representatives outnumbering elected councillors on committees making important decisions. In Gore, the council has given the wealthiest iwi in the country an effective veto over all resource consents.
A huge amount of power is being wielded by people New Zealanders did not vote for and can’t vote out. It is exactly what we’ve been warning about.
It is important that Kiwis know that this has gone far beyond consultation and having a good working relationship with local iwi. Democracy is being completely railroaded all over the country in order to appease those who want New Zealand run by parallel governance systems based on race.
This isn’t just a quirk of one district plan. It’s part of a broader trend where vague “cultural” considerations are being embedded into law without clear definitions, proper scrutiny, and without regard for workability.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it:
New Zealanders deserve laws that are clear, transparent, and applied equally. Not systems where the rules are open to interpretation depending on who you are or who you know.
If councils, or anyone else, can’t explain the rules they are imposing, they shouldn’t be imposing them at all.
Hobson pledge
Note it is more than just Gore, as so many in those District & Regional Councils slither around in the deceptions.
Groundswell NZ
Groundswell NZ has filed a legal appeal with the Environment Court to get changes made to the proposed Gore District plan.
The new plan applies iwi “cultural values” across the whole district and a raft of land classifications that are unworkable, intrusive and counterproductive.
When we first objected to this new plan, it was going to place the whole Gore District under the Sites and Areas of Significance to Maori classification.
All they’ve done since is change the name to Cultural Values.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1362333169248753&set=a.481236304025115
Always good to have few more taking this on & to expose this to many more.
OIA documents show in 2023, the Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA), run by Willie Jackson’s wife, enjoyed a significant contract bonanza.
Coincidentally, Jackson was appointed Associate Minister of Social Development on 1 February 2023.
In under nine months, the Ministry of Social Development handed MUMA eight contracts worth a whopping $5,144,224.
Notably, with the 2023 election just months away, the Ministry and MUMA entered into three new three-year contracts worth millions of dollars.
The only previous three-year contract between MSD and MUMA was signed in September 2020 — also under a Labour government, and just one month before that election.
By contrast, in the almost two and a half years since the coalition government came to power, MSD and MUMA have signed just eight contracts — averaging just over three contracts per year — worth a mere $1,295,700.
Not one has extended beyond a single year.
Mr Ed
Out of interest, has anyone in the NZ Civil Service (Or even in Government) asked MUMA to account for the many millions they have been given, or has it all just vanished into the great ‘black hole’ that accompanies any monies given to Maori organisations – gone, to ‘places unknown’, never to be seen again…?
One wonders…
If anyone dared to ask, the typical response would be “RACIST”
Taxpayers funding paying for election propagandist at RNZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RMQe6ZO-ik
Michael Laws breaks down the return of John Campbell to RNZ News and the bias he brings.
‘I’ll happily wear a woke label’: PM responds to Wairoa mayorPrime Minister Christopher Luxon has batted away criticism from a Hawke’s Bay mayor about the overuse of state of emergencies, saying he’d rather be over-prepared than under-prepared for serious weather events.
Wairoa Mayor Craig Little said on Monday that he was asked to join Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Napier, Hastings, and Central Hawke’s Bay councils in declaring a local state of emergency for Cyclone Vaianu, but refused.
“We’re becoming woke as a country when it comes to states of emergency,” Little said.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360963903/ill-happily-wear-woke-label-pm-responds-wairoa-mayor
Who is going to tell the stuopid man he is a woke bastard?
In 2019 the National Emergency Management Agency replaced Civil Defence as the organisation responsible for state nannying in emergencies. For some reason they retained their old logo.
I would like to put forward my proposal for an emblem that better illustrates their true function.
NZ First is fast becoming the only one in town. It’s just as well my MIL is no longer here. I used to give her shit every election for her once voting for NZFirst. I am sure she is having a good laugh at my considering voting for them.
“NZFirst is your only option if you want to get rid of the mumbo jumbo, not National or Act” says Sean Plunket.
Plunket consoles a regretful National voter who is considering leaving NZ as the Māorification mumbo jumbo continues unabated.
“ I don’t want to continue paying tax for this corrupt grift!.. this country is effed!”says an exasperated Tom.
Sean tells the caller “There’s an election soon, you have a choice, not National and now not Act, they have conscripted that James Christmas, they are as unserious as National about stopping this crap”
“If this is important to you, there is only one non woke game in town at the moment” says Sean.
Tom fills in the answer, ‘NZFirst, yeah, yep yep”
ACT – if ya can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Especially after listening to Mark Mitchel going on about heeding the warnings of civil defense etc, and now they downgrading Mill road. Fuck National. However, I still don’t trust Winston, and Seymour needs some contrition around a host of things.
Ooops
“The fire tore through Ric’s Restaurant yesterday, destroying the casual dining venue.
Speaking to the Herald the diner said she was told the blaze began after “a greenskeeper’s vehicle caught fire out the back near a wooden fence”.
The Herald understands the greenskeeper’s vehicle is a battery-powered utility golf cart built for heavy-duty work. Te Arai Links said the fire originated in the rear of the building but could not comment further on the cause.”
A Socialist, a Communist, a Green & a TPM voter all walk into a bar.
Who’s buying the drinks?
The taxpayer, who else.
This is interesting. Our govt bureaucracy ‘Blob’ hijacking the outcome of intended policy. What can be done?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUdEdF_agmM
Taxpayer Talk: Oliver Hartwich on restoring democratic control of the public service
In this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams sits down with Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of the New Zealand Initiative, to discuss why he believes the country’s public service is “fundamentally broken” and incompatible with implementing good policy.
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A grandpa and grandma are sitting at a table when a reporter comes over and asks them a questions:
Reporter:”If a woman sleeps with twenty men, she´s a slut. But if a man does the same, what does that make him?”
Grandma: “Probably gay.”