I suggest you read the RC Report carefully.
The Little one was in charge of the Union. Period.
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”The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), which is now called E tu, was complicit in the Pike River disaster, which killed 11 of its members. Union officials knew about dangerous conditions in the mine, including the lack of a proper emergency exit, but made no public criticism of the company and refused to organise industrial action to shut down production.Following the first explosion, EPMU leader Andrew Little defended Pike River Coal, telling Radio NZ and the Herald that there was “nothing unusual” about the mine and the union had no concerns about the company’s operations.”
Agreed, they were complicit to some degree but as I understand it, the company did everything it could to shut the union out & discourage workers from speaking out.
Just about everyone was complicit to some degree including Winston Peters who was part of the govt which canned the Mining Inspector Program.
To my mind, that cost saving exercise was the primary catalyst for the whole disaster & the tragedy would never have happened if the Coal Mining Act & other mining regulations hadn't been repealed.
No - you could not have got it more wrong.
The tragedy would have never happened if Pike River was properly developed and managed - which it wasn't. This is well documented by ME & a few others as evidenced on the Pike River thread :https://www.sharetrader.co.nz/showth...ght=pike+river
Sample : "There would be more risks driving a Taxi these days Mouse, than holding Pike shares." posted after posters were warned about how badly PRC was run.
And for our efforts to try and warn all and sundry, we copped abuse and anger as evidenced on the thread until the mine BLEW UP.
No other mines have blown up in NZ in the last 25 years - guess why?
And Andrew Little has been busy spending taxpayers' funds ($65m+ and counting) to try & clear his conscience by misleading the dead miners' families that he would 'BRING THE BOYS HOME'.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA20...er-promise.htm
"After years of promises and false hope, Pike River Recovery Minister Andrew Little admitted yesterday there is little chance of recovering the 29 men tragically lost ..."
The Little one promised to BRING THE BOYS home.
https://thestandard.org.nz/andrew-li...-must-be-kept/
and then, stabbed them in the back :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124...d-mine-reentry
Excerpt :
"Almost half of the families of those killed in the Pike River mine disaster are disputing a statement that they have “accepted” a Government decision to wind down re-entry efforts."
“That’s how we’ve always done it. We stood united against John Key’s Government, but now this Government has split the families by appointing the Family Reference Group. Divide and conquer.”
Trust this Little guy to bring better healthcare to NZers?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/3...MGQRCCJAHA.jpg
https://resources.stuff.co.nz/conten...ptimize=medium
And this is the answer from Poto Williams to Aucklanders concerned about the drive by shootings :
‘Ring crime stoppers or the police!’
She has not got a clue but she is Ardern's Police Minister - appointed because of her gender & race as she is so obviously incapable of the job?
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...estoppers.html
[IMG]https://pacificmedianetwork.com/stor...20WILLIAMS.PNG
Wonder what this weeks Friday Fright announcement will be by this Labour Govt.?
Regardless of what it is, I hope this diversity experiment is put to bed once and for all next election, and Competence & Capability become the new guideline.
I dont care if the Ministers and MPs are ALL Maori, Polynesian, or Asian, or Pale & Male, or LGBT, as long as they are C & C.
Thats the type of representation I want.
What about you?
Agreed. You want a team which sticks with one leader preferably, when both in & out of govt.
Old rich is scared inflation will go down next year.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...3BUKHVEZKMOJM/
Then national will have nothing to talk about (even if their solutions are inflationary).
Ardern's largess to Maori extending to those close to her & the Maori cabal :
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...5DVLM6IHWFT5E/ paywalled
"A consulting firm belonging solely to the husband of Labour Minister Nanaia Mahuta, (William) Gannin Ormsby, was awarded a grant of $28,300 by the Ministry of Māori Development in a period when Mahuta was the department's Associate Minister. The role of Associate Minister has narrowly defined responsibilities. The funds were awarded from a suicide prevention fund administered by the department; decision-making responsibility for investments from the Rangatahi Suicide Prevention Fund rested with Willie Jackson, the Minister of Māori Development, his office said"
She said the grant awarded to Ka Awatea was made "to deliver a series of workshops, wānanga and excursions for 40 rangatahi, based in Waikato, to connect and learn how to care for the environment and their own wellbeing."
The award is separate from, and in addition to, a consulting contract of $25,000 awarded to Ka Awatea Services, by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) in October, 2020, when Mahuta was also that department's Associate Minister.
In addition, MfE awarded a $65,000 contract to a second consultancy, Kawai Catalyst, owned by Tamoko Ormsby and Waimirirangi Ormsby.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/r...AWOQCBKLT4.jpg