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Given Te Tiriti has always been about recognising the unique constitutional arrangement between rangatira (on behalf of iwi and hapū) and Governor William Hobson (on behalf of the British Crown), how did Chris Hipkins see that playing out now in contemporary times? “I think the way we exercise our authority to reflect the principles and that includes…
David Seymour believes introducing his controversial Treaty Principles Bill is a worthwhile exercise, whether or not it proceeds beyond the select committee stage. Because David Seymour is a racist provocateur(*) who just needs a vehicle to sow dissent. * While provocateur is the right word… it over-sauces Seymour and makes him sound way sexier and…
It could change the performance of a pickleball paddle, a snowboard, a surfboard, even a rally car. It could also reduce our reliance on carbon fibre, restore Māori tikanga and put unproductive land to sustainable use. For Ben Scales and William Murrell (Ngāi Tahu), co-founders of KiwiFibre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the potential of composite materials…
I have a test that I run on a particular brand of LinkedIn dipshit. It’s a really easy tell…. show me you’re a parochial moron without telling me you’re a parochial moron: you complain about NZ red tape. I’ve run US domiciled companies. The best comparison I make is the cost of filing end-of-year income…
… especially: Economic rent must be hunted down and killed. Landlords should make a decent living but not get rich. Housing should be turned into a utility: relatively cheap and easy to afford. (Some European countries are close to this already, some aren’t.) High returns on financial games must be ended: move to public (postal)…
2018: ACT leader David Seymour says 20 people could die each year using reusable bags. “It’s coming up to summer and people will be in a hot car with their chicken in a canvas bag … and suddenly, you’ve got a real serious case for poor food hygiene.” Yeah… not so much, reported cases are…
Huge props to Helmut Modlik for calling David Seymour on his divisive bullshit Instead of a national conversation, Seymour preferred news soundbytes, carefully curated messages, and social media posts. His reasoning was being amplified by a range of affiliated political lobby groups and ideological supporters, he said. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525767/ngati-toa-s-challenge-to-david-seymour-kill-treaty-principles-bill-or-front-up
The Wellington agency is more than three times the size of the Productivity Commission it replaced, hiring 91 staff. That’s despite ACT, and coalition partner National, campaigning to reduce the public sector wage bill, make 15,000 public servants redundant and slash “wasteful spending” in the sector. The anti-red tape ministry was a flagship policy for [David] Seymour…
This is the best description of how race is weaponised via ‘racecraft’ This is really important in NZ at present. We have virulently racist minority partner in our current government. They are tearing up many equity initiatives because they discriminate via skin colour, they are therefore “racist” and socially divisive. When, in fact, they discriminate…
It’s well past time we start thinking of a new next model… An economy or economies based on manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga could set everyone up to live well, within connected communities and planetary boundaries. What if rāhui were respected and our ecosystems were regenerated, or our sense of obligation to each other meant that no…
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