Labour govt 2020-23

[Balance]

Yes. The current government

Post of the month!

[Panda-NZ-]

The govt mostly provides farmers with free water infrastructure though and (this one at least) properly funds biosecurity so there's no existential risks like we saw under National.

Plus who provides electricity and other services to the middle of nowhere? It can only be done with govt mandate (ie, red tape).

[jonu]

The govt mostly provides farmers with free water infrastructure though & (this one at least) properly funds biosecurity so there's no existential risks there like we saw under National.

Neither statement is true. Ask any farmer about the ongoing management of mbovis and you'll need earmuffs.

"Free water infrastructure" has been paid for over generations through the old Catchment Boards and more recently Regional Councils who charge rates. Many of the older stopbank systems were paid for directly by adjacent farmers through various schemes.

[Panda-NZ-]

Neither statement is true. Ask any farmer about the ongoing management of mbovis and you'll need earmuffs.

One thing National will deliver is savings from biosecurity -- especially with Act as a coalition partner demanding across the board spending cuts.

Farmers should decide whether these savings are worth having destroyed crops and livestock culls.

[Logen Ninefingers]

‘Education Minister Jan Tinetti has escaped being held in contempt of Parliament - but has been told to apologise for her “high degree of negligence” in misleading the House.

Parliament’s privileges committee has released its report into the matter today.

Tinetti was referred to the committee at the end of May for not correcting a false statement quickly enough.

Tinetti had told Parliament in February that she had no responsibility for the release of school attendance data. She was told later that day by staff did, in fact, have input into the timing of the release.’

[nztx]

Yes. The current government

Did anyone expect any better from the current bunch of Govt Numbskulls
after seeing Mahuta floundering around trying to ram the 3 Waters Shambles
through Parliament before she got shot back into a cupboard out back ?

That in itself should have been fair warning of the calibre of the impending scam
being hoisted on the Country by Labour's huddle of clueless incompetents ..

[Logen Ninefingers]

“You’re gonna need a bigger bailout!”

https://i.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-stand...te-new-funding

‘Massey University is the latest tertiary institute looking at slashing jobs, with reports there are 300 to 400 to go.

People are calling for the university to pause restructure policies in the wake of a Government funding announcement for the tertiary sector.

Universities across the country have been grappling with budget deficits and fewer enrolments, and this week the Government announced $128 million of funding for tertiary education, a one-off boost for the next two years.

Massey could get an extra $12.8 million over 2024 and 2025 depending on enrolments, but it said this wouldn’t solve the problems the tertiary sector was facing.

Major job losses at Victoria and Otago universities are also due to go ahead despite the Government rescue package.’

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cancel...JQLZOGXWIO4EI/

Social media giant TikTok deletes, bans thousands of NZ gang-linked accounts, videos - promises more to come


TikTok show Labour how fast move to fix things works .. probably be lost on the mob in Govt Front benches
who instead might look at making Hurt Feelings compensation handouts

Dont worry -- things are TickTocking closer towards the current incompetent Govt's own demise in 4 months

[Logen Ninefingers]

While Universities struggle, just a reminder that a certain Chris Hipkins presided over a mega-merger of NZ polytechs that saw $200 million spent on ‘the transition costs to merge the 16 polytechs and institutes of technology with the nine industry training organisations to form Te Pūkenga’

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows...staff.amp.html

‘Steve McCabe, a senior lecturer at MIT who also functions as MIT's TEU (Tertiary Education Union) Branch President, said that four years on he was still waiting to see any benefits in his day-to-day experience as a lecturer, in a sector that was promised transformation.

"Twice a month now on my bank statement, my salary comes from Te Pūkenga and not from M.I.T," he said.

"That's about the most profound change I've seen."’

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...GON4HYDG37DEQ/

Labour pains - how much will they hurt Chris Hipkins?

Questions over Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan and the working relationships in her office are the latest ministerial pains for Chris Hipkins.

It was the last thing the Prime Minister needed during his trip to China. Fresh from meeting the three most senior political leaders there, he was forced to front questions about whether his minister had acted inappropriately.

It’s not the first time Hipkins has had to deal with issues in his Cabinet while overseas. Last month, he landed in the UK for King Charles’ coronation to news that Meka Whaitiri had defected to Te Pāti Māori.

Along with losing Whaitiri, he’s also lost Michael Wood for mishandling conflicts of interest, and sacked Stuart Nash for breaking Cabinet collective responsibility and confidentially. Meanwhile, Jan Tinetti has faced the Privileges Committee over whether she deliberately misled Parliament.

The Opposition are saying that the “wheels are falling off the bus”, and while many of these issues pre-date Hipkins’ tenure as Prime Minister, he won’t be immune to the fallout from such a long list of ministerial scandals leading to October’s general election.

What a wonderful collection of junior clowns - head Chippie Clown has hand selected to grace Labour's Beehive kindergarten / creche

Dishing out Play Dough & Sausage Rolls appears to have had to be supervised to prevent further
carnage occurring behind the Chief Clown's back