Labour govt 2020-23

[nztx]

News must be slow getting through to "Meathead" Schoolboy Hipkins that schools
are likely to be shut more open if current Covid infections in the Schools continues
to multiply

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-...ULWZBRISY7MIY/

What a clueless idiot

[Logen Ninefingers]

The hits just keep on coming....

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...on-strike.html

Andrew Little blindsided by news 10,000 healthcare workers will go on strike
17/02/2022
Lucy Warhurst

Health Minister Andrew Little was blindsided by the news 10,000 healthcare workers will go on strike.

Those going on strike include contact tracers and lab workers who carry out COVID-19 testing, saying they've had enough of being disrespected by their employers.

There'll be two 24-hour strikes on March 4 and 18 - when the Omicron outbreak could be at its peak.

Those going on strike include contact tracers and lab workers who carry out COVID-19 testing, saying they've had enough of being disrespected by their employers.

"If we go on strike, COVID testing will be delayed. We need to be listened to by the Government and we need to be appreciated for all the work that we do," says laboratory technician Sue.

But Little was blindsided when asked about it on Thursday.

"I'm not familiar with exactly what you're talking about so I'm reluctant to comment on that," he says.

"You've ambushed me, I'm sorry, you've ambushed me and I'm not familiar with that."

[nztx]

TV1 News:

Eyewatering cost of providing Emergency Housing

So says the Govt controlled & paid squawk box presenters

All those naughty Motel Owners - must be overcharging in eyes of some

What happened to the short Woods Muppet's Large Housebuilding project
after the hapless wonky spinner Twyford fell on his sword ?

Lost in Space by chance or sitting abandoned under her desk ?

Best leave those naughty motel owners alone or there could be more tent communes
pop up in cities & towns across the nation ...

and that would never do - with Election Year coming and all the other
Crisis's all happening at once for the Clueless to blunder their way through

What a perfect storm the Clueless in Govt benches have brought on themselves

[Logen Ninefingers]

Labours housing catastrophe -

https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/18/e...gency-housing/

Exclusive: Record $365 million spent on emergency housing
By Benedict Collins, 1News Political Reporter
6:40pm Source: 1News
Almost 10,000 Kiwis are currently living in emergency accommodation, including 4500 children.

Figures obtained by 1News show the five motels paid the most last year received more than $26 million for providing emergency accommodation.

The MCentral Apartments in Manukau received $6.9 million, Kerrs Motel and Homestay in nearby Wiri $6 million.

In Hamilton, Anglesea Motel and Hygate Motor Lodge got $5.2 million and $4.4 million respectively.

Napier's Bluewater Hotel received $4 million.

In total, the Government paid motels and hostels $365 million in the past year to accommodate those in need.

The Bluewater's hotel director Rodney Green told 1News they were providing accommodation for about 400 locals because the local rental market was diabolical.

"It's extremely tough, for the average person on the street there's no opportunity to get a rental house," he said.

He said his emergency housing tenants "treat the place like it's their home, most of them take their kids to school every day and go to work".

But the Greens' social development spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March said motel and hotel owners have the Government over a barrel.

"In order for motels to stop ripping people off by charging so much money to provide unsuitable accommodation, the Government needs to provide enough public housing for everyone."

Sepuloni said the Government inherited a housing crisis and it would take time to build the number of extra state houses required.

"Until these are built, we will continue to ensure people have the option of a roof over their heads, and are not forced to sleep in cars or tents."

The latest figures show more than 400 families and individuals have been living in motels for between one and two years.

[nztx]

But the Greens' social development spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March said motel and hotel owners have the Government over a barrel.

"In order for motels to stop ripping people off by charging so much money to provide unsuitable accommodation, the Government needs to provide enough public housing for everyone."

A GREEN waste of space who obviously doesn't know what he's talking about

Sepuloni said the Government inherited a housing crisis and it would take time to build the number of extra state houses required.

NO mention of TWYFORD'S Failure., Wood's lack of progress OR that this has grown out of sight largely as a
result of Labour's own RRP, Interest & Housing Policies in the last few terms

With Talent like this onboard in their ranks which comes across as thick as a Bag of Hammers - who needs
enemies, as Labour/Greens slide down the long slippery slope towards the ultimate 'booted out of power'
once the ordinary Kiwi's out there have had a gutsful of all the BS + Spin, if not earlier ?

[iceman]

The incompetence is just mind boggling https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/30...uloni-hangs-up

[kiora]

No wonder its a mess
https://rdlgroup.nz/portfolio/arling...ments-newtown/
"A $33m up grade "
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...6m-development
to $330 m development @ $1,000,000/apartment. Really?
"It is known for its sculptural style, whilst achieving the groundbreaking combination of low-rise and high-rise housing within an integrated site. This project was key in Athfield’s overall drive to change residential and social landscapes in this country.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...ousing-complex
Ken Davis, an architect who has completed several projects in the Wellington CBD, has been working to save the tower and integrate its preservation into the larger site upgrade.

He is appalled by the decision to remove it."

And then
"Hastings' most expensive house sold for $1.6million, now used to house three people for Oranga Tamariki"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127...ranga-tamariki

& purchased section next door for $700,000 "There were no plans to develop the vacant section "
So $1.6+ $700+ $xxx 3 month upgrade to house 3 teenagers??
WTF !

[kiora]

Bluewater Hotel
Website
"NO. OF GUESTS
Guests : 150

NO. OF ROOMS
Rooms : 49"
Article says 400 guests for year so 8/unit?
For $4 m/yr
So $81,632/room/year?
$223/night,$1565/week ???
Mind boggling !
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/18/e...gency-housing/

[Logen Ninefingers]

No wonder its a mess
https://rdlgroup.nz/portfolio/arling...ments-newtown/
"A $33m up grade "
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...6m-development
to $330 m development @ $1,000,000/apartment. Really?
"It is known for its sculptural style, whilst achieving the groundbreaking combination of low-rise and high-rise housing within an integrated site. This project was key in Athfield’s overall drive to change residential and social landscapes in this country.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...ousing-complex
Ken Davis, an architect who has completed several projects in the Wellington CBD, has been working to save the tower and integrate its preservation into the larger site upgrade.

He is appalled by the decision to remove it."

And then
"Hastings' most expensive house sold for $1.6million, now used to house three people for Oranga Tamariki"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127...ranga-tamariki

& purchased section next door for $700,000 "There were no plans to develop the vacant section "
So $1.6+ $700+ $xxx 3 month upgrade to house 3 teenagers??
WTF !

What a disgrace. And the Left don't care. They don't want real solutions. Every time they fail they just cop out and blame 'that previous government' or 'neoliberalism' or something. Deep down they are all about 'smash the system'. The more money Robbo borrows and p's up against the wall, the closer the day gets when we become the next Venezuela and the Left can start living out their deluded fantasy of NZ as a socialistic 'utopia' where everything is 'kind' and 'fair'. The actual reality will be NZ as one of the most broken and poor nations in the world.

[Logen Ninefingers]

Unbelieveable.....

The most expensive residential house in Hastings city last year was purchased by the Crown for $1.6 million and is being used to house three teenagers in Oranga Tamariki care.

Built in 2002, the house was sold as being in the suburb’s most sought-after street and was “a cut above”.

Sales data provided by property analysts Turley & Co revealed it was the largest price paid for a house in the city of Hastings, where the average price for a residential house was $784,000.

The Crown also purchased an adjoining vacant property for $700,000.

Residents in the sought-after area say they are not opposed to the property being used for troubled teens, but question whether $2.3 m might have been better spent on similarly good housing that would be capable of housing more people.