Labour govt 2020-23

[jonu]

Tremain, to his credit, spreads the borax around, usually aimed whatever is topical ... it's just that you mainly only see the Labour ones copied here: https://garricktremain.nz/cartoons

Tremain is by some distance NZ's best cartoonist. A national treasure IMHO.

[fungus pudding]

Tremain is by some distance NZ's best cartoonist. A national treasure IMHO.

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Seconded.

[Baa_Baa]

Tremain is by some distance NZ's best cartoonist. A national treasure IMHO.

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Seconded.

Motion carried.

[jonu]

You can see the awful conflict Stuart Nash found himself in. Wanting to do the right thing and hamstrung by the useless woke BS artists surrounding him in the Labour party, including the two PMs he served under. (Ardern and Hipkins). Although his lack of judgement as a Minister is also to the fore, thinking he could somehow separate himself from his portfolio. Hipkins does not emerge well. He's as big a bullsh**ter as Ardern.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...MY7QDXYXPJZ4M/

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...MY7QDXYXPJZ4M/

Sacked minister Stuart Nash texts to Police Commissioner contradicted PM’s comments on cyclone crime


Hippocrit's NASH MASH HASH:

A text message between sacked Police Minister Stuart Nash and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster stressing the need for more police resources in cyclone-ravaged Hawke’s Bay contradicted Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who was playing down the level of crime occurring.

Nash’s February message also urged Coster, and presumably the Eastern District commander Superintendent Jeanette Park, to gather Hawke’s Bay gang leaders and “bang their bloody heads together” likely regarding cyclone-related crime - a request Nash said was made “not as police minister”, despite him holding the portfolio at the time.

The message was released to the Herald under the Official Information Act as part of a request for messages between Coster and ministers or MPs.

No Crime whatsoever under Labour - is there Chippie ? .. everyone is dreaming on Ram Raids, Crime etc
while your mob of soft headed morons shoot the Crims back out into Society to repeat cycle ASAP


Goes to show up the calibre of incompetent BS Artist that Labour have leading the show .. not very well

[Logen Ninefingers]

You can see the awful conflict Stuart Nash found himself in. Wanting to do the right thing and hamstrung by the useless woke BS artists surrounding him in the Labour party, including the two PMs he served under. (Ardern and Hipkins). Although his lack of judgement as a Minister is also to the fore, thinking he could somehow separate himself from his portfolio. Hipkins does not emerge well. He's as big a bullsh**ter as Ardern.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...MY7QDXYXPJZ4M/

The oily Hipkins telling porkies with a faux-sincere smile; he learnt this style at the feet of JA, who learnt it from HC.

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‘A text message between sacked Police Minister Stuart Nash and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster stressing the need for more police resources in cyclone-ravaged Hawke’s Bay contradicted Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who was playing down the level of crime occurring.

Nash’s February message also urged Coster, and presumably the Eastern District commander Superintendent Jeanette Park, to gather Hawke’s Bay gang leaders and “bang their bloody heads together” likely regarding cyclone-related crime - a request Nash said was made “not as police minister”, despite him holding the portfolio at the time.

The message was released to the Herald under the Official Information Act as part of a request for messages between Coster and ministers or MPs.’

[Balance]

Hipkins is a liar.

And freaking useless.

[Baa_Baa]

Tremain is by some distance NZ's best cartoonist. A national treasure IMHO.

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Seconded.

Hipkins is a liar.

And freaking useless.

Attachment 14596.......... nuf said.

[Logen Ninefingers]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ealand-housing

‘Manifestation of a crisis’: Wellington hostel fire puts spotlight on dire state of New Zealand housing’

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‘New Zealand’s housing crisis – caused by unaffordable property prices, a chronic shortage of state housing, and sky-high rents in major cities – has created waitlists for emergency housing almost 30,000 people long. The government’s policy has been to place people in motels and hostels, but what began as a temporary stopgap has become a long-term solution, with families’ time in these facilities stretching out to months or years.

By the start of 2023, 3,336 households were living in short-term, emergency accommodation, including more than 3000 children. Nearly 500 of those households had been there for over a year, and more than 120 had been there for more than 2 years. The policy has been enormously costly: over the course of 2022-2023, payments made by the government to these private motels and hostels were about $1m a day.

Conditions in many of New Zealand’s transient housing facilities are grim, violent and unstable. In recent years, there have been numerous media reports of violence, intimidation, drug trades, sexual violence and robberies at emergency, transitioning or temporary housing facilities.

The Loafers Lodge had been used as one of those sites by the ministry of social development between 2017 and 2020, according to Ministry of Social Development data. The minister in charge, Carmel Sepuloni, said on Tuesday morning that the hostel was no longer contracted to the ministry – but it remained part of a wider, less formal network of temporary accommodation.’

[Balance]

Wonder who Labour is going to blame for the Loafters Lodge fire and deaths.

Blood on the hands of Hipkins and Ardern - big promises with zero delivery, throwing money recklessly at problems to create disasters and crises.