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    Quote Originally Posted by Balance View Post
    Pharmac increase is pathetic - $191m over 2 years for desperately needed LIFE saving medicine.

    Just compare it with the $240m spent to BRIBE Maori & South Aucklanders with $150 supermarket, petrol & Prezzy cards to get Maori vaccinated!

    And $56m for the cycle bridge (not to be) and $60m+ for Pike River non-recovery.

    Shows where Labour's real priorities are - votes.

    The Non recovery is now directed at the Health Sector headed by the bearded Honcho who oversaw
    Piker's River feel good & non perform.. the latest exercise at a huge cost and will probably produce
    even less aside from a bit of a centralised shuffle and a raft of goffers sailing around none of whom
    will likely have the slightest clue on what's supposed to be going on

    A distinct shortage of mobilised bureaucratic shufflers in Wellington however looks to be the only
    indication of any visible beneficiary group going forward winning out of the exercise

    A bit like the too much water on a Minister's brain exercise which is trying to be pulled off
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    And notice how quiet Robertson and Ardern were about housing in the budget?

    That’s because they have added 1,050 more staff (double) in Housing NZ/KO since they took office in 2017. So over $100m at least in staffing costs for what?

    Usual answer to any issue by Ardern & Labour - first pay tens of millions of dollars to consultants, then throw more money & staff at the problem - TO MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE!

    Meanwhile, law abiding citizens continue to be terrorised and threatened by criminals and gangs - so what have the staff been doing since they certainly have not delivered on Kiwibuild?

    Spend recklessly and tax NZers for their wasteful & prolific spending - Robertson & Ardern.

    Based upon the track record of Ardern over the last 4.5 years, this year's budget is going to make everything worse but she has a few thousand PR staff to spin the message that things are great. Like Kiwibuild and Mental Health.
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    This is the extra 1050 KO staff in action - doing stuff all.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga...3KMEYNVLLUM4I/

    A state house tenant has been awarded $5000 after having to live next to a neighbour from hell who had rowdy parties, was abusive and urinated on the fence.

    The Auckland tenant took Kāinga Ora to the Tenancy Tribunal after lodging more than 130 complaints against the neighbour in three years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Balance View Post
    And notice how quiet Robertson and Ardern were about housing in the budget?

    That’s because they have added 1,050 more staff (double) in Housing NZ/KO since they took office in 2017. So over $100m at least in staffing costs for what?
    Consultants are off the books and not counted as public servants (but are more expensive).

    Ie that was how National ran a shadow bureaucracy while claming to trim numbers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Balance View Post
    This is the extra 1050 KO staff in action - doing stuff all.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga...3KMEYNVLLUM4I/

    A state house tenant has been awarded $5000 after having to live next to a neighbour from hell who had rowdy parties, was abusive and urinated on the fence.

    The Auckland tenant took Kāinga Ora to the Tenancy Tribunal after lodging more than 130 complaints against the neighbour in three years.
    A government which worsened the housing rental problem into a full blown disaster by pushing punitive measures on the majority of landlords for the misdeeds of a few.

    And what has Ardern been doing with KO after adding on 1,050 staff at Housing NZ?

    Stuff all, basically as we all now know.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whanga...UIXNAMHHKYU4I/

    The worse landlord - if it was a private landlord - Kainga Ora. But because it is a government entity, it gets exemptions and excuses.

    The hypocrisy & incompetence of Ardern - disgraceful & repugnant.
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    The Aussies have elected their M J Savage lookalike as PM.

    Will the Kiwis elect their Muldoon lookalike as PM next year?

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    Who else saw Tuk Morgan interviewed on one of the weekends current affairs programs?

    When asked for his views on co governance, he said NZ is in for a "major shakeup."

    Who is ready to have their cage rattled?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Getty View Post
    The Aussies have elected their M J Savage lookalike as PM.

    Will the Kiwis elect their Muldoon lookalike as PM next year?

    Miss Goody Two Shoes had better be fast otherwise she could get dustered out
    before even looking across the ditch for a pow wow with Comrades over yonder,
    if they even want to know

    Mr Biden seems too busy to want even notice an attempted impromptu

    He must want to preserve his good taste

    Is there some spare space for some excess luggage on a freight plane doing an airdrop
    over Ukraine for NZ's No 1 sightseer ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Getty View Post
    Who else saw Tuk Morgan interviewed on one of the weekends current affairs programs?

    When asked for his views on co governance, he said NZ is in for a "major shakeup."

    Who is ready to have their cage rattled?"
    Tuku ‘Underpants’ Morgan?

    Guess all NZers should get ready to show their ‘hands’?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Balance View Post

    The hypocrisy & incompetence of Ardern - disgraceful & repugnant.
    Harvard doesn’t agree with you.

    https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/02/jacinda-ardern-named-class-of-2022-commencement-speaker/

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 371st Commencement on May 26, the University announced Monday.

    “Prime Minister Ardern is one of the most respected leaders on the world stage and we are delighted she will join us in May to celebrate the Class of 2022,” said Harvard President Larry Bacow. “From climate change and gender equality to COVID-19, she has modeled compassionate leadership that has brought together empathy and science-based solutions to address the most challenging issues of our time. I very much look forward to her address.”
    Ardern has won international admiration for her decisive management of the pandemic.

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