Labour govt 2020-23

[Bjauck]

It's now left to the cartoonists to accurately relate where the housing crisis is at.

The rest of the media have had their mouths & hands stuffed with taxpayers' $$$.

A good picture does paint a thousand words.

They are both great cartoonists.

Reporters Without Borders in 2021 ranked NZ 8th in the World for Press Freedom. Ahead of the other Anglophone countries of Canada and Ireland and well ahead of Australia, the UK and the USA. As usual the Scandinavian countries are at the top.

https://rsf.org/en/ranking

[Bill Smith]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/covid-19-delta-outbreak-labour-mp-marja-lubecks-summer-break-in-europe-after-securing-miq-slot/WHONX2JOP5MIUXEAZAU3LBPPIE/[/url]

So while there are thousands of NZers locked out of the country, this greedy trougher gobbles up MIQ spaces. And if you believe she was just lucky and had no special access, I have a bridge for sale.

[Balance]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/covid-19-delta-outbreak-labour-mp-marja-lubecks-summer-break-in-europe-after-securing-miq-slot/WHONX2JOP5MIUXEAZAU3LBPPIE/[/url]

So while there are thousands of NZers locked out of the country, this greedy trougher gobbles up MIQ spaces. And if you believe she was just lucky and had no special access, I have a bridge for sale.

No, you are too suspicious. DJ Dimension got his critical worker exemption 3 times and MIQ spots 3 times because he was simply lucky. No special favours or arrangements.

Only the truth ever comes out of this government via the pulpit of truth. That’s why Hipkins did not disclose said DJ came in under the critical worker exemption - he said DJ got in via a spare slot in MIQ! Nobody ever heard of a spare slot in MIQ so it must be the truth.

[iceman]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/covid-19-delta-outbreak-labour-mp-marja-lubecks-summer-break-in-europe-after-securing-miq-slot/WHONX2JOP5MIUXEAZAU3LBPPIE/[/url]

So while there are thousands of NZers locked out of the country, this greedy trougher gobbles up MIQ spaces. And if you believe she was just lucky and had no special access, I have a bridge for sale.

Can´t be true. Just wait for dobby to ask you for a proof that she didn´t enter the lottery.
I repeat for the umpteenth time, the MIQ system and the Government´s handling of it is CORRUPT. I have a personal experience of how people get treated veery differently. It´s disgusting.

[Balance]

Can´t be true. Just wait for dobby to ask you for a proof that she didn´t enter the lottery.
I repeat for the umpteenth time, the MIQ system and the Government´s handling of it is CORRUPT. I have a personal experience of how people get treated veery differently. It´s disgusting.

There are several ways to get a MIQ spot :

1. Lottery

2. Emergency

3. Critical Care

4. Government allocation to itself, exporters, businesses and sports group. Basically a favored group.

The system is opaque & subject to discretion (especially #4) and answerable to no one except the minister & the government!

We have had Murray Bolton take on the system and won but he has plenty of $$$$ to hire a top team of lawyers.

So let's ask again - why did Hipkins have to lie about how DJ Dimension got into NZ 3 times?

[iceman]

There are several ways to get a MIQ spot :

1. Lottery

2. Emergency

3. Critical Care

4. Government allocation to itself, exporters, businesses and sports group. Basically a favored group.

The system is opaque & subject to discretion (especially #4) and answerable to no one except the minister & the government!

We have had Murray Bolton take on the system and won but he has plenty of $$$$ to hire a top team of lawyers.

So let's ask again - why did Hipkins have to lie about how DJ Dimension got into NZ 3 times?

A friend of mine was working on an oil & gas ship in Myanmar last year when the military took over, killing hundreds. Him & his crew were quite concerned as they were regularly in port and doing work up & down a river.
His only way home was to take the ship to Singapore (worried that the ship may be confiscated by Myanmar military) and for the crew to try to fly home. They could only get a 48 hours transit visa in Singas at the time. He was the only Kiwi in the crew and applied for an MIQ spot under the emergency allocation. His response, 6 days later, said "we regret to advise that your application has been declined as your situation does not meet the criteria under which we allocate access to MIQ under emergency".

He & his wife at home in Nelson with a 18 months old child, went through hell for several weeks. He eventually got back home but much later and totally broken down and burnt out. How anyone can think this is OK is beyond me. There are thousands of similar stories.
The people in charge are completely heartless. Be kind my arse.

[Balance]

A friend of mine was working on an oil & gas ship in Myanmar last year when the military took over, killing hundreds. Him & his crew were quite concerned as they were regularly in port and doing work up & down a river.
His only way home was to take the ship to Singapore (worried that the ship may be confiscated by Myanmar military) and for the crew to try to fly home. They could only get a 48 hours transit visa in Singas at the time. He was the only Kiwi in the crew and applied for an MIQ spot under the emergency allocation. His response, 6 days later, said "we regret to advise that your application has been declined as your situation does not meet the criteria under which we allocate access to MIQ under emergency".

He & his wife at home in Nelson with a 18 months old child, went through hell for several weeks. He eventually got back home but much later and totally broken down and burnt out. How anyone can think this is OK is beyond me. There are thousands of similar stories.
The people in charge are completely heartless. Be kind my arse.

Disgusting - if that was not an emergency, James Shaw & his entourage (burning through carbon credits to & fro Europe last year) certainly did not qualify in any way to take up 10 valuable MIQ spots - granted as a favoured group by Cindy.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-z...onference.html

‘Shaw is only the second minister to travel overseas during the pandemic but he'll be using the same allocation that brought in the Lion King cast, the Wiggles, the Avatar crew and more than 700 people for the America's Cup‘

So how did DJ Dimension got in 3 times again? Spare MIQ spot, said Hipkins!

BTW, Clarke Gayford coincidentally also is a DJ and moves in that circle.

[Panda-NZ-]

Why are anti-government protests being deemed illegal? Surely the right to protest is an important part of an erstwhile free society.

There's a pandemic on. Plus NZ has relatively little support for the protests you want to see.

No news corporation media here.

[Balance]

No, you are too suspicious. DJ Dimension got his critical worker exemption 3 times and MIQ spots 3 times because he was simply lucky. No special favours or arrangements.

Only the truth ever comes out of this government via the pulpit of truth. That’s why Hipkins did not disclose said DJ came in under the critical worker exemption - he said DJ got in via a spare slot in MIQ! Nobody ever heard of a spare slot in MIQ so it must be the truth.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/deeply...56EZLHP56PCVA/

Clarke Gayford attempts to circumvent health guidelines on behalf of one of his musician mates.

Did not like what he was told by the pharmacist so he gets his mate Gayford on the line to try & circumvent MOH guidelines.

Except :

"He apologises for any issues or confusion this may have caused the pharmacy staff."

He did not respond when asked directly whether it was appropriate to be giving pharmacists health advice which later turned out to be incorrect.”

Sounding familiar? Entitled prick.

DJ Dimension & DJ Gayford?

[iceman]

Total hypocrites, one and all. Gayford tries it on and then apologises when the pharmacist shows integrity and tells the truth about what happened. The sheeple and their overlords won’t be fazed though; Gayford is the partner of the Leader and important to the party. His correct thinking and virtue is known. Of course he will pull strings for a fellow correct thinker.

Of course he "tries it on" after seeing all his foreign DJ mates not having to follow rules like everyone else. So why not his local musician mates as well. This yet again clearly shows how corrupt this whole COVID system and this Government has become. Can you imagine the howling from the Left and our useless media if they wife of John Key or Bill English had done something similar.
The CORRUPTION continues unabataed with this shamelful lot.