tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16899674092930999662024-02-21T15:07:23.148+13:00watching briefMy take on politicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-68921242199011909152016-01-12T21:10:00.002+13:002016-01-12T21:10:54.869+13:00<br />
Please struggle through this contribution from Martin Thrupp who is head of Te Whiringa School of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Waikato.<br />
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It was published in the NZ Herald today.<br />
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<i>We have made some comments</i><br />
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Recently a group that brings together various organisations concerned with poverty and inequality in New Zealand society sent out an invitation.<br />
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The Equality Network announced a day hui in March on the theme "Talking so that people will listen". Some of New Zealand's most indefatigable campaigners against poverty and injustice have issued the invitation.<br />
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<i>The Equality Network http://www.equalitynetwork.org.nz/members/ All the usual moaners lots of hui and not much doey</i><br />
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What struck me about the planning is that it involves "a draft communications resource that will draw on the latest research about framing, political communication, and what works and what doesn't when it comes to changing people's minds".<br />
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<i>What changes people's minds are incentives, goals and encouragement not constant negative stereotyping</i><br />
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In a country that once prided itself on social mobility for ordinary people, it is telling that we now need such concerted efforts to get the public to care enough about inequality. Yet as the invitation explained, "we've convinced a growing number of people that income inequality is one of New Zealand's biggest problems. But if we're going to turn that concern into the momentum for real change, we're going to have to persuade a whole lot more people".<br />
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<i>The public don't care about income poverty because NZ has a world class safety net which tax payers are happy to pay to support those in genuine need.</i><br />
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So what has caused today's hard-heartedness?<br />
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Three decades of neo-liberal politics has changed Kiwi outlooks. There is also the greed and fear of the housing market, distractions like the flag campaign and Mr Key's personal life, compassion fatigue brought on by 24/7 media and probably many other factors as well.<br />
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<i>Oh dear, now come the labels, words that are meaningless "neo liberal politics". Let's not forget the usual academic rigour expected from Waikato University with the closing line "probably many other factors as well" what are the other factors? where is the documented research?</i><br />
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Nevertheless responsible political leadership could make a big difference. Education provides a good illustration. It's a middle class strategy to buy houses in suburbs that will provide advantaged life-chances for our offspring in high decile state or state-integrated schools. Others prefer to send their children to exclusive private schools.<br />
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<i>Our view is that ALL parents seek to provide advantaged life-chances for their children. The problem is that we continue to accept poor performing schools and thus disadvantage our children. Essentially the state education system is teacher centric rather than pupil centric.</i><br />
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There's not much point blaming individual parents for their choice of schools. As Steve Braunias recently wrote about the relationship between parents and children, "We serve to protect them. They become the central fact of our existence. Food, warmth, love, junk from Smiggle - we break our backs to shovel it their way, and hope they say nice things about us after we're gone".<br />
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Nevertheless when parents cluster their children together in advantaged settings, there are costs borne by the lower socio-economic students left behind. They miss out on many of the resources, experiences, outlooks and networks that help to successfully propel the middle classes through the school system and into tertiary education.<br />
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S<i>o, why not let high performing state schools take over neighbouring poor performing schools so as to lift achievement levels?</i><br />
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A responsible government would recognise that the aspirations of individual parents for their children need to be tempered by the common good. As John Dewey famously said, what the best and wisest parent wants for their own child, that must the community want for all of its children.<br />
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<i>And here is the nub, aspirations of parents need to be lowered for the "common good" What is the "common good"? Perhaps Mr. Thrupp should read Animal Farm??</i><br />
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For this reason, governments should be interested in reducing residential and school segregation through housing policy, restricting "choosing up" into higher socio-economic schools and curtailing the growth of exclusive schools whether public or private.<br />
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<i>Now comes the true left wing agenda "private" is bad.</i><br />
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Unfortunately the Key Government has been unable or unwilling to take strong action in any of these areas. Housing segregation has been left largely uncontained and schools in the most popular areas are overwhelmed with enrolments.<br />
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<i>It must really trouble Mr. Thrupp that the National led Government continues to win elections, continues to dominate the polls and his brand of socialism (which is in effect communism by stealth) just does not resonate with voters.</i><br />
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The Government has always emphasised the right of parents to choose schools, regardless of the outcome. When socially-exclusive private schools started to struggle after the GFC, they often got converted to socially-exclusive state-integrated schools.<br />
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<i>And where is the evidence of this? An integrated school actually saves the tax payer money as opposed to those pupils otherwise being fully funded by the tax payer.</i><br />
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All this has limited Ministers Tolley and Parata to banging on about standards of teaching in disadvantaged schools, ramping up assessment and setting targets for improvement. None of these policy directions will make any significant difference because they ignore the central problem, the social polarisation that continues to overtake our school system.<br />
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<i>Well given the poor performance of a large number of state schools why would one not want to lift standards and set targets for improvement? Or is it that the teacher unions cannot accept accountability?</i><br />
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Charter schools won't help either, and for the same reason. They provide much hyped alternative provision for the poor but leave untouched the great social divide in education.<br />
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<i>Again using Charter Schools (which account for less than 1% of the student population) as an augment just shows how flawed Mr. Thrupp's contribution is.</i><br />
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Yet if schools could be made less socially polarised, those schools currently disregarded by the middle classes would become more acceptable to them. And once the children of professional parents began attending less elite schools, many of the financial, reputational and other problems of those schools would get sorted out quite quickly too.<br />
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<i>One could possibly agree with Mr. Thrupp here if indeed professional parents were able to exert real influence on School Boards of Trustees and be able to quickly remove non performing teachers.</i><br />
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Overall it does come back to the understanding and outlooks of the public, both because our political leaders are elected and because today's governments are so poll-driven. So let's hope the Equality Network gets real traction.<br />
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<i>The understanding and outlooks of the public are not in doubt given election and poll results, the only thing that is in doubt is Mr. Thrupp's socialist agenda. </i><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-13171418149913121462015-09-16T16:49:00.001+12:002015-09-16T16:49:34.162+12:00OUTRAGEEngland have launched their own war dance to try and neutralise the All Blacks' haka - its a bit of a send up called the the Hakarena.<br />
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WB awaits the predictable chorus from the usual suspects about cultural insensitivity, racism and utter outrage that will surely be faithfully reported by the MSM.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-35171563354156579382015-08-04T12:22:00.002+12:002015-08-04T12:22:40.770+12:00PRINCE CHARLES' NEW RANK<div>
Prince Charles has been appointed to three honorary positions in the New Zealand Defence Force.</div>
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Prime Minister John Key said today that Queen Elizabeth had approved the Prince of Wales’ appointments.</div>
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The honorary positions are Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand Army Field Marshal, and Marshal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.</div>
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WB fully supports the decision to confer these appointments.</div>
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The NZ Defence Force has very close and abiding links to the Royal Family given that all members of the Force swear an oath of allegiance to HM The Queen.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-12270275308203538702015-07-31T16:13:00.002+12:002015-07-31T16:13:33.880+12:00The AnthemWB has tried very very hard to recall a time, any time where it was preferable to sing the Aussie Anthem rather than God Defend NZ.<br />
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The very thought is incomprehensible and as much as WB thinks that Andrew Little is little more than a tried and true socialist cloth cap wearing union hack with severe chip on shoulder deficiencies, one cannot help wondering if he is in fact suffering from some sort of illness which manifests itself in delusional outbursts of irrational verbosity.<br />
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It is just plain stupidity to think that a Kiwi Blue, Red, Green or otherwise would prefer to sing Advance Australia Fair.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-71661054162057312872015-06-15T20:12:00.002+12:002015-06-15T20:12:49.981+12:00NZ HERALD WRONG AGAIN OR JUST PLAIN BIAS?WB refers to the article on so called Ponygate http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11465613<br />
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The article included the statement;<br />
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"Mr McCready was quick to file papers. The litigator, who successfully prosecuted former Act leader John Banks, filed with the Human Rights Review Tribunal claiming sexual harassment by Mr Key."<br />
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WB was under the impression that the prosecution failed against John Banks. (If I was Banskie I would be lawyering up for defamation proceedings).<br />
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WB also understood that the unsuccessful prosecution was actually taken over (unwisely as it happens) by the Crown.<br />
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So, NZ Herald two mistakes in two lines of print.<br />
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Maybe the NZ Herald meant McCready's successful prosecution of Labour MP Trevor Mallard??<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-56351671249562524232014-09-24T20:24:00.003+12:002014-09-24T20:24:42.236+12:00UK COMMENT ON THE NZ ELECTIONWB suggests the following article from afar (Telegraph UK) shows a detached but accurate view of the how the election played out.<br />
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11117207/New-Zealand-shows-the-UK-how-tax-cuts-can-revive-our-economy.html<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-77096072438545916622014-09-21T07:05:00.000+12:002014-09-21T07:05:59.680+12:00SUNDAY STAR TIMES IS ON THE BALLThis on their website 0700 21/09<br />
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10525483/Laila-Harre-the-3m-woman<br />
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WB calls this an epic fail or a repeater showing what the MSM really do think????<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Harre's return to Parliament is all Kim Dotcom has to show for more than $3 million in donations to the Internet Party after a disappointing result last night for the Internet-Mana alliance.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-35091323759434468522014-08-22T07:48:00.000+12:002014-08-22T07:48:17.921+12:00The Nicky Hager BullshitIf WB was in the PM's shoes he would tell everyone to just STFO. Here is a guy that took a salary decrease to enter Parliament, who has no agenda other than what he thinks works for NZ, yet time and time again he is castigated, pilloried and belittled.<br />
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The venous minds of the left cannot understand someone who is in politics for New Zealanders, compared to to most politicians who want power "because they know best", because they get a salary increase, because they are ideologues, because they are quite simply superb examples of the Peter Principle in work.<br />
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I quite simply despair of the one man (and women) voting system, I recommend readers to Neville Shute's novel "In the Wet" as to how a voting system should be arranged.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-48343116297361999862013-12-17T16:27:00.000+13:002013-12-17T16:27:36.342+13:00FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH KOREAN NEWS AGENCY<div class="MsoNormal">
PYONGYANG (KCNA) — With the people clamouring for justice,
the organizing committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly announced that Mayor
Len Brown will meet the serious punishment of history.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The world public will never forget the malignant slanders
uttered by Brown, the enemy of the party and the revolution and a servant of
the fascist clique of the NZ Labour Party.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All the crimes committed by the accused will be proved in
the course of the hearing and will be admitted to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brown instructed stooges to spin doctor and disseminate
untruths.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Abusing the honour of the Auckland Peoples, Brown tried hard
to create illusion about him by projecting himself internally and externally as
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Brown is isolated and snubbed, drenched various parts of the
females with unmentionable things and treated their accusations as no more than
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When Brown attempted to make a false report to the people without
having regard to the sensitivity of the people to these matters, officials
concerned expressed just opinion that Brown’s behaviour was contrary to the
laws of Conduct of the Council.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was none other than Brown, traitor for all ages, who
recklessly issued hundreds of millions of dollar debts, sparking off serious
economic chaos and disturbing the people’s mind-set.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All facts go to clearly prove that Brown is a thrice-cursed
traitor without an equal in the world, who had desperately worked for years to
destabilize and bring into shame the Office of Mayor. The hateful and
despicable nature of these anti-party, anti-state and unpopular crimes will be
fully disclosed in the course of the trial. No matter how much water flows
under the bridge and no matter how frequently a generation is replaced by new
one, the lineage of Brown is forever sullied.<o:p></o:p></div>
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No one in the world can stand in the way of the people of Auckland
who are advancing single-mindedly united around supreme leader John Key with
confidence that the Supreme Leader will rid Auckland of the traitor Brown.<o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-46275938178842791592013-12-17T14:05:00.000+13:002013-12-17T14:05:12.258+13:00LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER'S 2014 PRIORITY<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Minute of Meeting 17 December 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject Recall Legislation</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Attending</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Minister, Head of Department (Local Government), <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">Parliamentary Counsel Office and Head of PM's Department.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Minister shall introduce legislation as a matter of urgency providing for the recall and subsequent new election for any elected local government position.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The legislation will be drafted to achieve the following objective;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To allow voters recall a politician if they get the support of at least 10 per cent of the people who voted in the last election. <span style="line-height: 1.5;">The politician would be removed from office and a by-election would be held. The recalled politician could still run as a candidate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was general discussion as to how Central Government can determine whether a Minister should resign and a consensus emerged that PMs can act to dismiss a Minister and have done so (refer examples below) however no such ability is apparent at Local Government level and given the method of voting at Local Government level and the disparate allegiances of Local Government politicians then recall legislation was preferred as a means to remedy contentious behaviour by a Local Government politician.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-35230371329945171552013-04-19T14:08:00.000+12:002013-04-19T14:08:05.255+12:00Greens and Labour announce Kiwisex<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EMBARGO: 5pm, Friday
19 April 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Due to the
overwhelming success of our Kiwi-Power initiative through the joint-policy
statements between the Green Party and the Labour Party, Green Party co-leader
Dr Russel Norman and Labour Party leader David Shearer announce that the next
New Zealand government will make Prostitution less expensive for everyone</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Prostitution in NZ is
totally fragmented, geographically and financially not to mention the complete
lack of dress sense from some sex workers”, said Dr Russel Norman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The average Kiwi simply
doesn’t know how much they should be paying or where to go for sex. One
moment they go to one location in say South Auckland and they find that the sex
workers have moved to another area, the local councils seem to think they
should control some aspects of the industry not to mention those right wing
evangelical Christians who seem to think they should be in charge”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The whole situation
is unsatisfactory and Kiwi battlers should not have to put up with this kind of
uncontrolled capitalism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I am proud
to announce our new initiative, <b>Kiwi-Sex</b>. KiwiSex
will contract with all prostitutes in NZ and on sell their product at a fair
price. The pricing will be transparent and whilst details still need to be
worked through such as if allowances need made for unprotected sex, (this will
cater for some recent immigrants from countries such as Somalia) there will be
a national pricing regime. It is anticipated that a blow job will reduce in
price by as much as $35 and intercourse will reduce by around $40. There will
also be a government guarantee of satisfaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Zealanders said the leader of the Labour Party David Shearer. When asked if
this model has worked anywhere else Mr, Shearer said he had been assured by the
Green Party that is a tried and true model, in fact Mr. Shearer went on to say
that he had full faith in Mr Norman’s advice given that he is going to be NZ’s
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-86454643552024650162013-02-27T11:23:00.000+13:002013-02-27T15:19:17.276+13:00BICYCLISTSWB believes there should be a law change so that it is illegal for a bicyclist to use a public road when a cycle lane is available.<br />
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WB is fed up with lycra clad woofters pretending they are competing in the annual drug tour de France, clogging up roads (which motorists pay for) when there is a tax or rate payer funded cycle lane available. <br />
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WB believes it is incumbent on all motorists to decide to use their windscreen washers/wipers when passing bicyclists after all one does need a clean windscreen so as to avoid these road hoggers as well clearing their inevitable nasal excretions given that there is no provision in a lycra outfit for a handkerchief.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-18296468620103771342013-01-31T23:29:00.000+13:002013-01-31T23:29:26.989+13:00NovopayNotwithstanding that WB has an ongoing issue with teacher unions, in particular how they dress up their gangs with handles such as Institute and Association, it seems to WB that there is a very simple and cost effective solution to the payment issue, whilst at the same time supporting a NZ software company, BULK FUND SCHOOLS and let individual schools contract with Rod's Xero to do the wagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-48156683458746089622012-07-26T23:46:00.000+12:002012-07-26T23:46:36.204+12:00NZ PoliceWB took note of the outcome of the announcement that no charges would be laid against John Banks, given, (to be expected),the howls of outrage by the communists, WB cannot understand why no commentator (other than Whaleoil) has asked the question why the NZ Police can very quickly make a call in regard to a proper politician (i.e. one who is not a communist) yet seem to have a great deal of difficulty reaching prosecution descions against those of the left (AKA communists).<br />
It seems to WB that National and Act should take the moral high ground here and demand that the communists are judged by their own standards<br />
Hold on, of course, WB should no better, communists have no standards, their idea of ethics is founded upon the writings of Lenin, the Kim Il Jung family and last but not least Mao Tse TungUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-28650109638883747192012-07-22T20:24:00.000+12:002012-07-22T20:24:11.945+12:00Dealing with CommunistsWB was in Havelock North yesterday and was accosted by a communist (He had to be one as he had a beard and was brandishing a petition around to stop asset sales), he invited me to sign the petition and I said no, he asked why not and I said well I think we should sell all the shares in tax payer owned enterprises not just 49%.<br />
Well, he then said could I give him some money so that he could buy some shares, I advised him that at he would far better off actually earning some money as opposed to being an unpaid street worker.<br />
Then he want to say that he does not actually need to buy shares in SOEs as he already "owns" them.<br />
Normally WB does not engage with communists as they are financially illiterate and if they are males they have beards and if they are females they are lesbians, anyway, I suggested to him that share ownership comes with a right to receive a dividend,the right to share in the capital growth of the shareholding and the ability to borrow against said asset, I put it to the moron that if he thinks he "owns" shares in SOEs then he might want to have a chat to the Serious Fraud Office and lay a complaint as I would bet that he has never banked a dividend cheque from an SOE.<br />
God give me strength, I had to go immediately to a Bar (where fortunately communists cannot afford to even buy water) and order a bottle of Veuve, mind you having read Cactus Kate's latest post WB would not have been surprised if Jacinda Adern had turned up given that she is not obviously saving to buy a house!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-56000696925743930892011-07-19T20:32:00.000+12:002011-07-19T20:32:42.603+12:00ROGUE POLLSWB is looking forward to the continued series of "Rogue Polls" We are sure that in the lead up to the election we will see more of these out of character results even to the extent that the Greens will continue to improve.<br />
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We love the feeding frenzy of the left feeding on the left!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-1284170740009294122010-09-04T17:02:00.002+12:002010-09-04T17:08:20.593+12:00Muslims immune from Eathquake Damage?WB notes that “The Press” is reporting; Canterbury University has closed its campus for one week following the Canterbury earthquake. The one exception is in consideration of Ramadan so the Muslim prayer centre will remain accessible.<br /><br />WTF!!! so Muslims are catered for, but Christian students cannot visit The University Chapel.<br /><br />It seems to WB that Muslims are immune from safety requirements…..hold on of course they are…..when was the last time one ever saw a Christian hijacking a plane and flying it into a building!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-59190453182735441452010-07-10T08:16:00.002+12:002010-07-10T08:31:42.131+12:00Party CentralWB would suggest that we leave the wharf and old sheds and tents et al to the seagulls. A far better use of resources would be to offer Cactus Kate a substantial retainer to draw up a Party Central Plan for the RWC Punters after all she is one of the more knowledgeable people in where one should dine and imbibe in downtown Auckland.<div><br /></div><div>There could be one plan for those who eat Pies, drink Beer and RTD's i.e. keep them on the eastern side of Queen Street and another for those whose tastes are somewhat more cultivated whereby they would have the western side of Queen Street.</div><div><br /></div><div>The plans could be drafted along the same lines as those ghastly "jogging routes" that five star hotels give to their guests (why hotels do this always defeats WB), this together with the appropriate ID would ensure that RWC punters could set out knowing that there is only one checkpoint, that of Queen Street and the security people can keep the Westies for once in their lives "East" whilst those who are more appreciative of fine living can continue to do so.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-22924879185223154212010-05-10T21:25:00.005+12:002010-05-10T21:48:29.486+12:00Great Advice NOTI note that No Minister is reporting that Red Alert or whatever the communists call their web site that the followers of Trotsky are publishing somewhat of a (yawn) satirical take off of Rodders Hide offering advice to the The Tories and the loonies (aka Lib Dem's).<br /><br />WB would have thought that the best advice Red Alert could offer would be in the words of their "Dear Leader".............. "Last cab off the rank" and David C should have a chat to Helen C so as to tell Clegg to FOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-57642303379206402402010-05-10T21:01:00.004+12:002010-05-10T21:20:36.744+12:00Naphui and their own StateEssentially it is pretty simple let Naphui secede, let them look after their "tribe" in totality.<br /><br />I am sure the Henare's would be pretty upset given that they would have to take their lips off those of us who pay tax to fund their troughing and instead rely upon their "Bros" for support.<br /><br />I guess the disparite hapu could always survive by eating one another!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-20000252129600386372009-07-08T09:54:00.002+12:002009-07-08T10:00:20.994+12:00Paying for Abiding the LawLabour's submission on a Ministry of Justice discussion paper covering political donations and election spending calls for state funding of political parties.<br /><br />What is more Labour is calling for every registered party being paid a base sum of $50,000 as an allowance for compliance with the Electoral Act.<br /><br />WB just cannot understand the Left, if parties are paid an allowance to abide by the law then why not all of us being paid an allowance to abide by the law!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-46353578461119573512009-06-05T11:59:00.002+12:002009-06-05T12:16:18.039+12:00Is Richard Worth It?WB will not comment on the Worthiness or otherwise of the allegations against the former Member for Remuera, however we make the following observations;<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Clark 1 "Paintergate"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Clark 2 "I did not know we were speeding"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Dyson "DIC"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Samuels "I thought the corridor was the toilet"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Dalzeil "I didn't mean to mislead the House"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Mallard "It was just a bit of biffo towards another MP"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a Benson Pope " where is that tennis ball?"<br /><br /><br /><br />He has not done a "Thaito"<br /><br /><br /><br />That said WB fully supports the PM in requesting his resignation or be sacked. Nathan Guy or Craig Foss would and could do a far better job as Ministers of the Crown.<br /><br /><br /><br />Perhaps the National Party should consider changing the rules for their members if you lose your electorate seat then do not expect to get back on the List, certainly the electorate at large is somewhat askance at the Worths and Barkers of this world who cannot make it in their electorates but are returned to Parliament on the "List"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-17480829221392404182009-05-26T22:12:00.001+12:002009-05-26T22:14:15.511+12:00A New Zealander Opened a Bank Account TodayIt has been reported that a New Zealander opened a bank account today.<br /><br />A spokesman from Bestwack where the account was opened said the Bank were taking this news very seriously, he went onto say that “if every New Zealander did the same thing the Bank would need to ask the Government to look at increasing the penalties for such blatant breaches of the law”<br /><br />When asked why the Bank was so concerned he said “well if people have bank accounts then it opens up the possibility that the Bank may lose money by depositing funds in the account, it is simply outrageous that the Bank can be exposed in this way”<br /><br />He went onto say that “ordinary New Zealanders cannot be trusted to have a bank account, the Bank will for a small weekly charge provide a money box where people can keep their money and when the box is full they can bring it to the Bank where for another small charge the Bank will place the money into the Bank’s account”<br /><br />When asked about the practicality of this he replied “the Bank offer a range of money boxes catering for both small and large amounts of money and this enables our customers to have a wide choice”<br /><br />The Bank refused to be drawn on how internet banking can be conducted using money boxes, however the spokesman did say “well we have mail boxes and the mail seems to be able to be moved around and it is exactly the same with money boxes”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-36221019800945922322009-05-24T02:49:00.002+12:002009-05-24T02:54:10.325+12:00MP's and ExpensesParliamentary speaker <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10574114">Lockwood Smith has ruled out MPs releasing details of their expenses</a>. WB has commented about this before, IMHO politicians should only receive reasonable expenses for their time and trouble that way we would have elected representatives that only hold office for altruistic reasons rather than the sorry lot we have now (mostly from the left) who receive a pay rise upon their election.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689967409293099966.post-90183738107829841892009-05-11T12:59:00.002+12:002009-05-11T13:02:39.244+12:00What is the point of having Bail?WB would like to know why the NZ Police did not oppose Bail for this thug<br /><br /><br />This from the NZ Herald today<br /><br />"Kurariki admits assault, freed on bail 11:10AM Monday May 11, 2009<br />Bailey Junior Kurariki leaves the Manuaku District Court after he was granted parole in February. Photo / NZ Herald<br />Related links:<br /><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10564315" target="_self">Kurariki back in jail charged with assault</a><br /><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/?objectid=10570641" target="_self">Kurariki remanded in custody on assault charge</a><br />Bailey Junior Kurariki has been released on bail after pleading guilty to a reduced assault charge today.<br />New Zealand's youngest convicted killer has been in custody since March 29 after being arrested on a charge of assaulting Janie Martin, believed to be his girlfriend.<br />He was originally charged with male assaults female but his lawyer Jeremy Sutton and police agreed to a lesser common assault charge when he appeared in Manukau District Court today.<br />Kurariki was granted bail on conditions, including a 7pm-7am curfew after police did not oppose bail.<br />He will be sentenced on the assault charge and three charges of breaching parole later this month."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0