"Chip off Ardern Block" Hipkins

Couple of cartoons which aptly describe Hipkins :

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Couple of cartoons which aptly describe Hipkins :

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The evolution of a Prime Minister.

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The evolution of a Prime Minister.

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Oh the gender bashing! Fungus you should be ashamed of yourself distributing misinformation/disinformation on the evolution of our new Dear Leader. The poor fellow will be hounded (sorry hounds) from office. The sheer vitriol he endures is just not fair. We haven't even mentioned his 6th form, short pants demeanour. Or the King Charleseque wing nuts. Oh the awfulness of it all.

This is Hipkins in action :

Exhibit 1 :

In October 2021, Northland was sent in to an 11-day lockdown after three allegedly "sex workers" with possible gang connections crossed the Auckland border.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins accused them of using "false information to travel across the border".

But it was later revealed through OIAs that Hipkins knew at the time that a blunder by officials had been the reason and the women were at no fault at all.

He has never apologised or corrected the record, nor has he bothered to even correct the reports that these were gang-related sex workers.

More exhibits to follow about Chip off Ardern block.

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Oh the gender bashing! Fungus you should be ashamed of yourself distributing misinformation/disinformation on the evolution of our new Dear Leader. The poor fellow will be hounded (sorry hounds) from office. The sheer vitriol he endures is just not fair. We haven't even mentioned his 6th form, short pants demeanour. Or the King Charleseque wing nuts. Oh the awfulness of it all.

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What short pants?
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Originally Posted by Balance

This is Hipkins in action :


More exhibits to follow about Chip off Ardern block.

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Oh the disappointment. 10 days without a post from Balance. And here I was hoping he had finally gone to Australia.

westerly

Bryce Edwards already makes the connection of the Chip off the Block. Hipkins mimicking Ardern's lack of transparency moves with his appointment of Chief of Staff.

Political Roundup: Chris Hipkins hires a lobbyist to run the Beehive

New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much does this reflect reality?

The problem with being continually feted for world-leading political integrity – which the Beehive and government departments love to boast about – is that it causes complacency about the existence of real corruption and shortcomings in our democracy.

For example, one of the biggest failings in New Zealand’s political system is our entirely unregulated system of corporate-political lobbying. Unlike similar countries, we have virtually no laws and regulations to keep the political power of vested interests and the wealthy in check. This means that the lobbying industry is booming, and corporate lobbyists are able to move back and forwards between senior government positions and private businesses with almost nothing to prevent conflicts of interest.

One of the latest high-profile cases involved former Justice and Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi quitting his Cabinet job and taking on a corporate lobbying job almost immediately. The move was one of the more brazen, but it was hardly an isolated incident, as those who work in the lobbying industry frequently shift in and out of senior government roles. This behaviour is referred to as the “revolving door”, in which lobbyists and political insiders frequently trade places, gaining influence, networks, knowledge, power, and then enriching themselves and the private sector.

The Labour Government has a lobbying problem

Lobbyists running the Beehive have become quite a recurring theme since Labour came to power. When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister in 2017 she immediately got rid of her existing Chief of Staff, Neale Jones, who straight away became a lobbyist. She then employed another well-known lobbyist, GJ Thompson, who helped set the Government up, employed the staff, and then shifted straight back to the private sector to help corporates lobby the Beehive.

Yesterday we learned PM Chris Hipkins has hired another lobbyist to run the Beehive – Andrew Kirton. The new Labour prime minister has therefore followed Ardern’s democratically dangerous precedent of bringing in someone from the world of corporate power and influence, who is likely to eventually go back to lobbying afterwards.

Kirton has been working for the last year for Anacta Consulting – a trans-Tasman “government relations” firm run by David Talbot who, with political commentator Stephen Mills, also provides opinion polling to the Labour Government and corporate clients.

A former student of the University of Oxford and London School of Economics, Kirton has in the past run his own lobbying firm, Kirton Consulting, but is more well known in the lobbying industry for being the head of government relations for Air New Zealand, working for Christopher Luxon when he was CEO. Kirton’s background in the corporate world also includes working for housing property developers and, when living in London, with the London Chamber of Commerce and head of public relations for Heathrow Airport.

Kirton also has a very strong political background in the Labour Party, having worked as the party’s general secretary responsible for corporate fundraising, and as a spindoctor and strategist for Helen Clark’s Labour Government.

He rose through the ranks of the Labour Party in the typically modern way, first as a president of the New Zealand University Students Association, and then working for a union (Finsec). He then became close friends with rising Labour stars including Jacinda Ardern, Grant Robertson, and Chris Hipkins. In 2017 he ran Labour’s successful election campaign.

He is now married to Labour list MP Camilla Belich, who is the frontrunner to take over from Ardern as the MP for Mt Albert. And Kirton himself has been upfront about wanting to enter Parliament. Wellington insiders say that despite his deliberate low profile, Kirton is one of the most well-connected in the Capital.

Kirton is no stranger to controversy, however, as he was General Secretary of Labour at the time of the 2017 Summer Camp scandal, when allegations of sexual harassment occurred. Kirton was criticised for presiding over an investigation that took a “victim-centred” approach, which was seen by some as a “cover-up”, with Police not called, no outside investigation launched, and families not informed.

The problem with a lobbyist running the Beehive

The conflicts of interest involved in having corporate lobbyists come in and run governments are immense. In other countries, it would be illegal. Here in New Zealand, unusually, there are no rules preventing lobbyists from coming in and out of top political rules.

While lots of media analysis is given to the ministers running the country, especially when there are reshuffles, there is a lack of acknowledgement that it is the unelected officials in the Beehive who often have much more power and influence over what happens.

Therefore, it is disappointing that Kirton’s appointment is not receiving much publicity or scrutiny. So far, the news items about his appointment don’t even mention that he is a lobbyist, and instead there is a vague mention of him being a “PR man”.

Kirton has deleted his social media accounts such as Twitter, and his LinkedIn profile, which gave the details of his past lobbying and corporate employment roles.

It's time to have some clear rules about ministerial jobs and the lobbying industry. Currently, there is nothing in the Cabinet Manual to prevent the likes of Kris Faafoi or the various lobbyists from moving in and out of the Beehive. And of course, once Kirton finishes his job as Chief of Staff, perhaps in October, he will be free to go straight back into the corporate world lobbying government again.

At the very least, when lobbyists come into positions of political power they should have to manage their conflicts of interest with full transparency. If lobbyists are to be allowed to take on jobs running the Beehive, a condition of employment should be the full public disclosure of the clients of their lobbying firm. But don’t expect to find out who Kirton’s Anacta worked for anytime soon. This isn’t the culture in the Beehive.

When she was prime minister Jacinda Ardern was frequently lampooned for the promise that her government would be the most transparent government ever. We are yet to see how transparent Chris Hipkins will be, and how much he is willing to allow decision-making to be tied up with vested interests. But he is off to a very poor start by giving his top position to a corporate lobbyist.

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Oh the disappointment. 10 days without a post from Balance. And here I was hoping he had finally gone to Australia.

westerly

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Me too - it was good while it lasted, maybe sin binned?

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Me too - it was good while it lasted, maybe sin binned?

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yep banned but sadly back spouting the same garbage. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Balance

This is Hipkins in action :

Exhibit 1 :

In October 2021, Northland was sent in to an 11-day lockdown after three allegedly "sex workers" with possible gang connections crossed the Auckland border.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins accused them of using "false information to travel across the border".

But it was later revealed through OIAs that Hipkins knew at the time that a blunder by officials had been the reason and the women were at no fault at all.

He has never apologised or corrected the record, nor has he bothered to even correct the reports that these were gang-related sex workers.

More exhibits to follow about Chip off Ardern block.

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A thoroughly untrustworthy individual is 'Chip off Ardern block' Hipkins - using private confidential and inaccurate information to attack others behind his ministerial warrant.

Exhibit 2 :

Charlotte Bellis

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...iq-application

In the case of Charlotte Bellis, he was forced to apologise and correct the record. But only because the Kiwi journalist, then pregnant and stuck in Afghanistan took legal action.

Hipkins, in his defence of the government's MIQ system used Bellis' personal information as a political weapon and made incorrect statements about her circumstances, including that she ignore consular assistance.

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Originally Posted by Balance

A thoroughly untrustworthy individual is 'Chip off Ardern block' Hipkins - using private confidential and inaccurate information to attack others behind his ministerial warrant.

Exhibit 2 :

Charlotte Bellis

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...iq-application

In the case of Charlotte Bellis, he was forced to apologise and correct the record. But only because the Kiwi journalist, then pregnant and stuck in Afghanistan took legal action.

Hipkins, in his defence of the government's MIQ system used Bellis' personal information as a political weapon and made incorrect statements about her circumstances, including that she ignore consular assistance.

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Bellis was an entitled brat and rightly got called out - anyway it’s so last year.

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Bellis was an entitled brat and rightly got called out - anyway it’s so last year.

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And what does it say about ‘Chip off the Ardern block’ (COTAB) Hipkins that he had to apologise to Bellis?

If he is half a man, he would stand his ground and fight it out on court.

Goes to the heart of what sort of a coward he is.

Fit to be a leader? Only to the leftist woke maggots.

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Originally Posted by Balance

And what does it say about ‘Chip off the Ardern block’ (COTAB) Hipkins that he had to apologise to Bellis?

If he is half a man, he would stand his ground and fight it out on court.

Goes to the heart of what sort of a coward he is.

Fit to be a leader? Only to the leftist woke maggots.

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Hipkins is more of a man than you could ever dream of being ps did you get bullied badly at primary school - I’m trying to figure out the cause of your anger?

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Hipkins is more of a man than you could ever dream of being ps did you get bullied badly at primary school - I’m trying to figure out the cause of your anger?

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I hear your mama calling you.

Must be bedtime for you?

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I hear your mama calling you.

Must be bedtime for you?

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My guess was right - I figured it was primary school - secondary school would have been a stretch. I feel sorry for people who get bullied but I have an exception- you.

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My guess was right - I figured it was primary school - secondary school would have been a stretch. I feel sorry for people who get bullied but I have an exception- you.

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Bed wetting time/tim23? Mama is calling you.

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Originally Posted by Balance

A thoroughly untrustworthy individual is 'Chip off Ardern block' Hipkins - using private confidential and inaccurate information to attack others behind his ministerial warrant.

Exhibit 2 :

Charlotte Bellis

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...iq-application

In the case of Charlotte Bellis, he was forced to apologise and correct the record. But only because the Kiwi journalist, then pregnant and stuck in Afghanistan took legal action.

Hipkins, in his defence of the government's MIQ system used Bellis' personal information as a political weapon and made incorrect statements about her circumstances, including that she ignore consular assistance.

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Exhibit 3 :

Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has apologised in the House to former finance minister Sir Bill English for dragging his family into an exchange over government contracts awarded to the husband of Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta.

Hipkins on Wednesday afternoon interjected during Question Time with an apparent reference to English’s brothers being provided government appointments. This came after ACT leader David Seymour questioned the Government on the contracts awarded to Mahuta’s family.

“Let’s talk about Bill English’s family, shall we?” Hipkins said, suggesting English’s family members were treated differently because they were “white”.

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Hipkins & Labour love to play the race card to defend themselves. But this has backfired on them, because the facts are so bad.

What Hipkins was referring to was the appointment of Mervyn English to a fixed term role in the Ministry of Health in 2011, to set up a Health Sector Forum.

Mervyn was a career public servant. He had spent six years as a general manager at the Electricity Commission before the Health role. After that role, he held senior roles in the State Services Commission and DOC.

His brother, Bill, was not a Minister of Health.

Labour did actually question the appointment at the time, with Grant Robertson asking questions in Parliament.

The Minister Tony Ryall immediately asked the SSC to investigate, and they found everything was done properly.

Now compare this to the Mahuta contracts:

None of the Ormsbys seem to have had a background in the public sector and only gained contracts once Mahuta was a Minister
They were given consulting contracts, not an employment contract
Three of the four contracts were in portfolios that Mahuta was a Minister
Internal reviews to date have found proper processes were not followed
The Government has spent months resisting an inquiry

So we have Hipkins, a ginger headed pakeha, playing the race card and trying to smear the English family over the Mahuta saga.

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Bellis was an entitled brat and rightly got called out - anyway it’s so last year.

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You do yourself....and Hipkins...no favours tim23

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Bed wetting time/tim23? Mama is calling you.

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Lol
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The legacy of Clueless Cindy is cruelty.

The rich, entertainers and sports people were allowed into NZ during the lockdowns but not pregnant women and gravely ill & sick NZers stranded overseas.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8fLstMh/

And who was in charge of executing that legacy?

Yes, ‘Chip off Ardern block’ Hipkins.

What a maggot.

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Exhibit 3 :

Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has apologised in the House to former finance minister Sir Bill English for dragging his family into an exchange over government contracts awarded to the husband of Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta.

Hipkins on Wednesday afternoon interjected during Question Time with an apparent reference to English’s brothers being provided government appointments. This came after ACT leader David Seymour questioned the Government on the contracts awarded to Mahuta’s family.

“Let’s talk about Bill English’s family, shall we?” Hipkins said, suggesting English’s family members were treated differently because they were “white”.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...BGRFA&usqp=CAU

Hipkins & Labour love to play the race card to defend themselves. But this has backfired on them, because the facts are so bad.

What Hipkins was referring to was the appointment of Mervyn English to a fixed term role in the Ministry of Health in 2011, to set up a Health Sector Forum.

Mervyn was a career public servant. He had spent six years as a general manager at the Electricity Commission before the Health role. After that role, he held senior roles in the State Services Commission and DOC.

His brother, Bill, was not a Minister of Health.

Labour did actually question the appointment at the time, with Grant Robertson asking questions in Parliament.

The Minister Tony Ryall immediately asked the SSC to investigate, and they found everything was done properly.

Now compare this to the Mahuta contracts:

None of the Ormsbys seem to have had a background in the public sector and only gained contracts once Mahuta was a Minister
They were given consulting contracts, not an employment contract
Three of the four contracts were in portfolios that Mahuta was a Minister
Internal reviews to date have found proper processes were not followed
The Government has spent months resisting an inquiry

So we have Hipkins, a ginger headed pakeha, playing the race card and trying to smear the English family over the Mahuta saga.

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Plenty more 'leap in the air, squeal loudly then fall over and get self inflicted blood noses' on the way for
silly little School Boy Dipkins ;)

Should be entertaining watching

Confirming that Hipkins is but a chip of Ardern block - ducking and diving instead of answering the hard questions put to him by Hoskings this morning.

He can fool the woke leftist maggots but not the majority of NZers.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-ze...DYZGHYYAYABV4/

But credit to him for appearing on the show.

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Originally Posted by Balance

Confirming that Hipkins is but a chip of Ardern block - ducking and diving instead of answering the hard questions put to him by Hoskings this morning.

He can fool the woke leftist maggots but not the majority of NZers.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-ze...DYZGHYYAYABV4/

But credit to him for appearing on the show.

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And performing well .....

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Only in the mind of the woke leftist maggots.

How eagerly they still swallow the BS and spin.

How sad they learnt nothing from the demise of the Spin Mistress.

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Exhibit 3 :

Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has apologised in the House to former finance minister Sir Bill English for dragging his family into an exchange over government contracts awarded to the husband of Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta.

Hipkins on Wednesday afternoon interjected during Question Time with an apparent reference to English’s brothers being provided government appointments. This came after ACT leader David Seymour questioned the Government on the contracts awarded to Mahuta’s family.

“Let’s talk about Bill English’s family, shall we?” Hipkins said, suggesting English’s family members were treated differently because they were “white”.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...BGRFA&usqp=CAU

Hipkins & Labour love to play the race card to defend themselves. But this has backfired on them, because the facts are so bad.

What Hipkins was referring to was the appointment of Mervyn English to a fixed term role in the Ministry of Health in 2011, to set up a Health Sector Forum.

Mervyn was a career public servant. He had spent six years as a general manager at the Electricity Commission before the Health role. After that role, he held senior roles in the State Services Commission and DOC.

His brother, Bill, was not a Minister of Health.

Labour did actually question the appointment at the time, with Grant Robertson asking questions in Parliament.

The Minister Tony Ryall immediately asked the SSC to investigate, and they found everything was done properly.

Now compare this to the Mahuta contracts:

None of the Ormsbys seem to have had a background in the public sector and only gained contracts once Mahuta was a Minister
They were given consulting contracts, not an employment contract
Three of the four contracts were in portfolios that Mahuta was a Minister
Internal reviews to date have found proper processes were not followed
The Government has spent months resisting an inquiry

So we have Hipkins, a ginger headed pakeha, playing the race card and trying to smear the English family over the Mahuta saga.

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Exhibit 4 :

Hipkins as Minister in charge of the Vaccine rollout blatantly misled and then, tried to cover up the real numbers about vaccinations :

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...s-out-of-whack

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins presented a vaccine roll-out plan that was millions of doses out of whack

Most transparent government ever!

One source of Truth!

Spread Labour lies!

Incapable of answering a simple question!

And he is supposed to be the leader of the Labour Party & PM of NZ!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...hat-is-a-woman

I realise your fingers type faster than your brain computes, but could you please try to combine all your thought processes into one post.

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Incapable of answering a simple question!

And he is supposed to be the leader of the Labour Party & PM of NZ!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...hat-is-a-woman

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I realise your fingers type faster than your brain computes, but could you please try to combine all your thought processes into one post.

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When there is no believable defence left.....deflect.

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When there is no believable defence left.....deflect.

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The Emperor has no clothes.

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I realise your fingers type faster than your brain computes, but could you please try to combine all your thought processes into one post.

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To be expected from an apologist for Ardern aka Clueless & Useless Cindy!

How is that even remotely "deflecting?" - it was a simple request, not a contribution to the discussion. It is really tiresome to have to scroll through multiple posts by the same person, when everything they have to say could very easily be included in the initial post.

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It seems to bring you some degree of joy, believing I am a Jacinda supporter. Clearly, your reading comprehension skills are lacking, as I have made it abundantly clear, multiple times, that I am not. You repeating your accusation ad infinitum, doesn't magically make it true.

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To be expected from an apologist for Ardern aka Clueless & Useless Cindy!

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Incapable of answering a simple question!

And he is supposed to be the leader of the Labour Party & PM of NZ!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...hat-is-a-woman

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A better video showing just how inept Ardern’s clone is :

He actually said he could not give an answer because the question was unexpected and he had not formulated an answer!!!!

In other words, he is a parrot!

In any case, his woman definition ‘people define their gender’ means that any man can define himself as a woman and enter a female changing room - showing off his dangling bits while taking in the sights.

So clear that Hipkins is a muppet - the real power like Mahuta feeds him the answers without which he is lost.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8sXeaev/

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It seems to bring you some degree of joy, believing I am a Jacinda supporter. Clearly, your reading comprehension skills are lacking, as I have made it abundantly clear, multiple times, that I am not. You repeating your accusation ad infinitum, doesn't magically make it true.

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Don't feed the troll. Nothing changes, he keeps parroting the same ad hominem nonsense no matter what you say.

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Don't feed the troll. Nothing changes, he keeps parroting the same ad hominem nonsense no matter what you say.

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The poster who needs to be Maori or adopt Maori culture - davflaws with his cultural cringe - pathetic loser, helping Labour breed ever more beneficiaries.

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It seems to bring you some degree of joy, believing I am a Jacinda supporter. Clearly, your reading comprehension skills are lacking, as I have made it abundantly clear, multiple times, that I am not. You repeating your accusation ad infinitum, doesn't magically make it true.

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Understood - you do not now want to be associated with the clueless, useless and fallen woman.

Good on you!

Too good not to share - overseas coverage of Hipkins’ definition of ‘woman’.

An embarrassment of the highest order for him to be NZ’s PM.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8GC6m7R/

Chris Hipkins - truly a chip off the Clueless and Useless Hypocritical Mistress of Spin & BS Ardern.

Morally & ethically bankrupt and corrupt - Grubby & Grossly incompetent - that's Hipkins.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/1321...medium=twitter

In his maiden speech, the 30-year-old Chris Hipkins reached across the Pacific for inspiration, quoting former US vice-president Hubert Humphrey: “…the moral test of a government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick and the needy.”

Consider those words and recall that it was the same gentlemen who played politics with Charlotte Bellis as she languished in Afghanistan, pregnant and abandoned by her government.

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=500w

Consider those words and recall Hipkins was Minister of Covid 19 Response when hundreds of citizens were denied the chance to see their dying relatives in an ultimately futile attempt to prevent the virus entering our shores.

Consider those words and recall that under his tenure as Minister of Education, the short experiment of charter schools was scrapped, because Hipkins placed placating teacher unions ahead of the needs of the mostly poor and disadvantaged students who were thriving under this regime.

Consider these words and recall that, in 2021, Hipkins inaccurately accused two women of using “false information” to obtain travel documents to visit Northland, and stuck to his position long after it was no longer tenable.

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Chris Hipkins - truly a chip off the Clueless and Useless Hypocritical Mistress of Spin & BS Ardern.

Morally & ethically bankrupt and corrupt - Grubby & Grossly incompetent - that's Hipkins.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/1321...medium=twitter

In his maiden speech, the 30-year-old Chris Hipkins reached across the Pacific for inspiration, quoting former US vice-president Hubert Humphrey: “…the moral test of a government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick and the needy.”

Consider those words and recall that it was the same gentlemen who played politics with Charlotte Bellis as she languished in Afghanistan, pregnant and abandoned by her government.

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=500w

Consider those words and recall Hipkins was Minister of Covid 19 Response when hundreds of citizens were denied the chance to see their dying relatives in an ultimately futile attempt to prevent the virus entering our shores.

Consider those words and recall that under his tenure as Minister of Education, the short experiment of charter schools was scrapped, because Hipkins placed placating teacher unions ahead of the needs of the mostly poor and disadvantaged students who were thriving under this regime.

Consider these words and recall that, in 2021, Hipkins inaccurately accused two women of using “false information” to obtain travel documents to visit Northland, and stuck to his position long after it was no longer tenable.

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The problem with the Labour Party supporters is they're too many of them in NZ. You can spew all the hate against Hipkins but the fact is simple. TOO MANY people in NZ support the Labour Party. They have short term memories and only look for the 'now what are you going to bribe me with factor'.

Opposing political parties are weak and don't like to be aggressive as you would be against Hipkins. This is the fall of the country and a slow erosion of our standard of living. But I agree with what you say - Hipkins is not different to Ardern.

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The problem with the Labour Party supporters is they're too many of them in NZ. You can spew all the hate against Hipkins but the fact is simple. TOO MANY people in NZ support the Labour Party. They have short term memories and only look for the 'now what are you going to bribe me with factor'.

Opposing political parties are weak and don't like to be aggressive as you would be against Hipkins. This is the fall of the country and a slow erosion of our standard of living. But I agree with what you say - Hipkins is not different to Ardern.

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It’s ok - there is Australia with its welcome mat to all those who have had a gutsful of the incompetent, racist, divisive and completely bankrupt Labour government and the downward direction that NZ is heading down towards.

Leave NZ to the losers, parasites and beneficiaries being bred for their loyal votes by Labour - here’s hoping that Australia is smart enough to slam the door shut when there’s just them left in the poverty stricken NZ.

Like Ardern, Hipkins is all talk, BS and spin with zero substance.

No wonder his approval ratings is plummeting in the polls - NZers are wising up to who he really is : a CLONE of Clueless Cindy.

Here's the legacy of ex-Police Minister, Chris Hipkins :

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Like Ardern, Hipkins is all talk, BS and spin with zero substance.

No wonder his approval ratings is plummeting in the polls - NZers are wising up to who he really is : a CLONE of Clueless Cindy.

Here's the legacy of ex-Police Minister, Chris Hipkins :

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I like the 1st one. As a Cdn expat, Canada does treat crime different to NZ and this is under Trudeau's rule.

Picked up by the Australian media - here’s Hipkins trying the Cindy’s trick of lies, BS & spin to deflect from his COVID role of making vaccination compulsory.

No wonder that Karma has visited him with his COVID infection heading into the last 2 weeks of the election.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...a4ca6517bb3b7d

“In terms of the vaccine mandates, I acknowledge that it was a challenging time for people but they ultimately made their own choices. There was no compulsory vaccination, people made their own choices.”

“New Zealand PM is now blaming NZ citizens for taking the mandatory vaccines to keep their jobs and feed their families. These people are sick,” said Australian political commentator Rukshan Fernando.

Independent journalist Maryanne Demasi wrote, “It literally states in the dictionary that a ‘mandate’ is ‘compulsory’. Politicians are trying to change the meaning of words.”

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Picked up by the Australian media - here’s Hipkins trying the Cindy’s trick of lies, BS & spin to deflect from his COVID role of making vaccination compulsory.

No wonder that Karma has visited him with his COVID infection heading into the last 2 weeks of the election.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...a4ca6517bb3b7d

“In terms of the vaccine mandates, I acknowledge that it was a challenging time for people but they ultimately made their own choices. There was no compulsory vaccination, people made their own choices.”

“New Zealand PM is now blaming NZ citizens for taking the mandatory vaccines to keep their jobs and feed their families. These people are sick,” said Australian political commentator Rukshan Fernando.

Independent journalist Maryanne Demasi wrote, “It literally states in the dictionary that a ‘mandate’ is ‘compulsory’. Politicians are trying to change the meaning of words.”

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What a disgusting lie by Hipkins. But Labour is a party full of liars, Jacinda "be kind" Ardern being the worst of the lot. Add in the Greens, with James Shaw committing fraud by lying about his university qualifications (why hasn't he resigned?), and that's the Left for you.

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What a disgusting lie by Hipkins. But Labour is a party full of liars, Jacinda "be kind" Ardern being the worst of the lot. Add in the Greens, with James Shaw committing fraud by lying about his university qualifications (why hasn't he resigned?), and that's the Left for you.

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Shaw changed his LinkedIn page to read “ I studied full- and part-time at Victoria University from 1991 to 1994 but did not complete my undergraduate degree.”

But he got his degree from Bath

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Shaw changed his LinkedIn page to read “ I studied full- and part-time at Victoria University from 1991 to 1994 but did not complete my undergraduate degree.”

But he got his degree from Bath

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1) Changing his fraudulent linkedin profile means nothing. And that wasn't (isn't) the only place on the internet that lists Hipkins' imaginary bachelor's degree. He has committed fraud; he doesn't get out of it as easily as removing the fraud from his linkedin.

2) How did he get a master's when he doesn't have a bachelor's? The most likely method for him to enter the master's program was to lie that he held a bachelor's. He refuses to allow the university in question to release information on this, for "privacy" reasons. There is no such thing as "privacy" for a caught-out liar and regarding his qualifications, because he is a public figure, a politician, it's in the public interest.

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1) Changing his fraudulent linkedin profile means nothing. And that wasn't (isn't) the only place on the internet that lists Hipkins' imaginary bachelor's degree. He has committed fraud; he doesn't get out of it as easily as removing the fraud from his linkedin.

2) How did he get a master's when he doesn't have a bachelor's? The most likely method for him to enter the master's program was to lie that he held a bachelor's. He refuses to allow the university in question to release information on this, for "privacy" reasons. There is no such thing as "privacy" for a caught-out liar and regarding his qualifications, because he is a public figure, a politician, it's in the public interest.

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The media won't pursue this story as exposing Shaw for the fraud he is would see the Greens lose a substantial part of their 'Teal' vote, right or centre leaning people who are in a lather over climate change and NZ's 0.17% share of global emissions. Every election Shaw is wheeled out to appeal to these types as the 'moderate white guy in a suit' wolf in sheeps clothing. The media will not touch a story which would see the 'Teals' go elsewhere and end Labours long-shot hopes of forming a coalition.

Now that Hipkins himself has disclosed his 'new' partner, Toni, let's examine what kind of a hypocrite he has showed himself (yet again) to be.

Exhibit 1 : January 2023

"Earlier this year as Hipkins took over from Ardern as prime minister, he publicly revealed his separation from his wife, the mother of his two children.

Hipkins said he and his wife had decided about a year prior to “live separately” in a decision he described as being “in the best interest of our family”. The explanation, which he characterised as his “final comment on the matter”, formed part of his plea to New Zealanders to respect the privacy of his wife and two children.

Hipkins’ comments about his marriage at the time appeared to be prompted by what he called the “Wellington rumour mill”.

Exhibit 2 : January 2020

Hipkins had no hesitation making available photos of his wedding - it suited his political purpose.

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Now that Hipkins himself has disclosed his 'new' partner, Toni, let's examine what kind of a hypocrite he has showed himself (yet again) to be.

Exhibit 1 : January 2023

"Earlier this year as Hipkins took over from Ardern as prime minister, he publicly revealed his separation from his wife, the mother of his two children.

Hipkins said he and his wife had decided about a year prior to “live separately” in a decision he described as being “in the best interest of our family”. The explanation, which he characterised as his “final comment on the matter”, formed part of his plea to New Zealanders to respect the privacy of his wife and two children.

Hipkins’ comments about his marriage at the time appeared to be prompted by what he called the “Wellington rumour mill”.

Exhibit 2 : January 2020

Hipkins had no hesitation making available photos of his wedding - it suited his political purpose.

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https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifes...ng-photos.html

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