Labour govt 2020-23

[jonu]

Maybe you need to stop being so dismissive of the damage the Atmospheric Deluge plus the Cyclone (as well as the Covid pandemic) have had on the economy.

Im sorry but its insulting to all those around the country who have lost their homes, their farms, their business machinery & equipment, their roads, bridges, State Highways, land washed away etc from Northland to the West Coast of the South Island. Tauranga may have escaped but so much of the rest of the country didn't, even in Auckland there is a massive amount of damage to be repaired, let alone Northland & Hawkes Bay & Tai Rawhiti, Marlborough Sounds, Nelson, West Coast.

For some reason this doesn't even rate a mention in your appraisal of the NZ economy.

Besides, prior to these catastrophic weather events, the NZ economy was running so hot we were one of the first countries to raise interest rates to cool it off.
And our economy was in a much better state than most OECD countries even including Australia.
Yes unfortunately there has been upheaval & some businesses have really struggled, but others have done really well making record profits.

We don't have the GDP figures for that period yet. In other words Robbo had managed to screw it up prior, without any help from the weather.

[Blue Skies]

We don't have the GDP figures for that period yet. In other words Robbo had managed to screw it up prior, without any help from the weather.

Hey can I politely ask, if people are going to "Reply with Quote" they include the whole Quote & don't do their own editing of someone else's post ?
It may not seem important, but context is everything & sometimes context is lost or at least diminished by editing.
Many thanks.

[jonu]

Hey can I politely ask, if people are going to "Reply with Quote" they include the whole Quote & don't do their own editing of someone else's post ?
It may not seem important, but context is everything & sometimes context is lost or at least diminished by editing.
Many thanks.

You can politely ask that. But I just did reply with quote. It appears you edited your post just after I posted. What I replied to was the original.

[Blue Skies]

You can politely ask that. But I just did reply with quote. It appears you edited your post just after I posted. What I replied to was the original.

Thanks Jonu, yes you're right, that explains it.

[jonu]

More skulduggery coming through David Parker's RMA reform. As was feared by many, he is creating a far worse framework capped off by co-governance arrangements. See the below extract from the Taxpayer's Union and their exposing of the concerns from the Chief Justice.

But because the bill leaves so much to negotiation between councils, iwi and the minister, it is difficult to know exactly where things will end up. The likely answer is in the courts.

But the courts aren't too happy either. In a very unusual move, the Chief Justice made a submission on the Natural and Built Environment Bill. She warned that many of the provisions contained within the proposed legislation were things that were likely to be challenged in the courts. This means that the true implications of David Parker's bills are very uncertain and these court battles will be expensive.

In an even more staggering intervention, however, the Chief Justice raised concerns about the role of the proposed new National Māori Entity. She said that the bill as currently drafted includes the Environment Court as an entity whose decisions would be independently monitored by the National Māori Entity and would be required to respond to their reports.

The Chief Justice said that such a set up "would be inconsistent with New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements" and that "Court decisions are appropriately challenged by way of appeal, not by way of review by a statutory entity". She was so surprised by this that she said that the Supreme Court "assume[d] this is an error in drafting or an oversight."

[Balance]

It’s a good thing it’s currently less than 3% of revenue.

It was upgraded under labour after being downgraded under Sir Bill so it would only be returning to that situation.

Tell us how Ryman, according to you, should be loading up with more debt to do a share buyback, ignoramus peasant. You have zero credibility.

When in a hole, dig deeper - that’s Labour Party economic and fiscal policy.

Keep spending by using ever more debt - that’s the bankrupt economic policy of Robertson, Ardern & Hipkins.

Same Labour Party policy & logic which delivered NZ it’s worse current account deficit since records began in 1988 :

New Zealand’s annual current account deficit last year was $33.8 billion, or 8.9% of gross domestic product — the worst ratio since measurement began in 1988.

The deficit was $12.7 billion wider than in 2021, making the ratio to GDP worse than the previous record of 7.8% during the global financial crisis in 2008.

Statistics New Zealand said a current account deficit shows we are spending more than we are earning overseas, and the ratio to GDP shows its significance to the overall economy.

[Balance]

Nobody wants the Police minister job - hardly surprising after the screw-ups by Hipkins, Poto and Nash.

Takes an especially incompetent and clueless government to appoint Poto ‘head in the ethnic sand’ Williams to be police minister, to be followed by Hipkins with his Ardern spin and then, Nash to do chest beating with no substance.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...on-after-hours

Kieran McAnulty, currently busy with the cyclone response as emergency management minister and the Three Waters reforms as local government minister, has been more upfront.

He told reporters on Thursday he was “absolutely certain” he didn’t want the job.

“If the PM offered me whatever I’d say yes, but I just don’t want it.”

McAnulty hadn’t told Hipkins this, as he hadn’t had a chance to speak to “Chippy” in recent days. Presumably speaking publicly about his lack of enthusiasm was one way of letting his boss know.

[Balance]

Unprecedented - armed robbery of school children.

The result of the policies of this pro-crims and pro-gangs Labour government. Be kind and release criminals back into society as fast as possible to make the crime stats look good, but NZers know now what is really happening out there .

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...DVHMD7GTTPPOY/

[nztx]

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/an-ode-to-stuart-nash

An Ode to .. Stuart Nash

Bard Billot on the Labour blatherer

[Balance]

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/an-ode-to-stuart-nash

An Ode to .. Stuart Nash

Bard Billot on the Labour blatherer

The hypocrisy of Hipkins in full display :

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...rs-at-election

White middle class voters - that’s where the election will be won or lost in 2023.

They have been waking up to the fact that their core values (honesty, education, hard work, self reliance, respect for law & order and good morals) are under attack as privileges (!!!) by this racist and divisive beneficiary breeding Labour government.

Study hard, work hard and save hard so Labour can take from you to give to those who don’t. As true as it gets.