Omg Ginny. Mark Mitchell has won awards for bravery from multiple western allies as a result of saving lives in hostage situations where there has been casualties on both sides. To try and smear about killing counts says far more about your moral compass than Mark’s. It’s not
I was once a fan of
@JulieAnneGenter
- in fact I endorsed her for
@NZGreens
co-leadership in a
@nzherald
column back when she ran. But in late 2017, I was sitting in a cafe in Wellington with a donor, and she came over and out of the blue started yelling at me about another
So let’s get this right: taxpayers fund left wing opiner John Cambell to “tour” north island for a three series anti-govt narrative on water infrastructure and couldn’t find a single ratepayer to talk to or in fact anyone on the side of majority public opinion. Not even one. We
So let me get this right? Chippie has COVID (get well soon etc) but somehow the media have turned this into a “Luxon is running away scared” from a debate story? Oh please 🙄 They could be just as easy asking why Kelvin Davis won’t debate Nicola Willis for a deputy head to head -
One News’
@MaikiSherman
coverage of Three Waters tonight and the adoption of the ridiculous 35,000 people per year getting sick and that “most councils welcoming” was disgraceful bordering on dishonest reporting. 🧵
Imagine if New Zealand set a course to be as educated, economically free and prosperous as Singapore, Taiwan, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, or Iceland. Now imagine the infrastructure that we could afford, and the social problems we could tackle. So why haven’t we set that course?
I’m not on the side of the protesters but… if the acid alligation and the poo throwing allegation both turn out to be BS, that looks pretty poor for the Police/Coster.
So the guy who was borrowing a billion dollars every fortnight during the "good" times - is now panicking about the state of the Government's books. We are hearing things are much, much worse than is publicly known...
It is with some regret but my family aren’t renewing our
@StJohnNZ
annual membership. We want to support their good work (and avoid the fees if one of the kids needs medical transport) but their politicisation and rejection of the Anglican/humble service heritage gives me no
A system that prioritises well connected DJs over ICU nurses for MIQ is corrupt. Pure and simple. If it was the Key Govt that would be the word used in the headlines (and rightly so).
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the whole industry formed to counter “disinformation”, “hate speech”, and misappropriate “counter terrorism” is little more than funding for projects of far left activism. As soon as the PM finds a working plane to come home from Australia
Grant Robertson really should STFU. The more I hear in and around Wellington the angrier I am. They should be hauling him in front of a FEC to explain. Finally this hopeless “interest deduction is a tax loophole” idiot is shown for what he is
Is it just me or has the media really gone off the reservation of late. How is it conspiratorial to require a "national interest test" before signing up to the rules of international quangos? These are the same people who demand NZ has an "independent foreign policy". Newsflash,
Just catching up on the political news ‼️ 🤣
Can someone please clarify though - the Greens found out on the 27th that their JUSTICE spokesperson shoplifted, got video of it, but waited to stand her down until they were approached by the media some two weeks later? Or have I
The bully wants a payout for being bullied. She led the response to the Listener 7 and organised the petition against them. Her suit against the university includes an argument that telling her to tone down social media breached her academic freedom. Couldn’t make it up!
After a fantastic performance by
@MutchJessica
for the
@1NewsNZ
Leader's Debate, TVNZ go and spoil it with one of their usual one-sided panels. A former Labour Party leader (and the most left wing of them all to boot),
@MaikiSherman
, and Tau Henare?! Can TVNZ seriously not do do
Park your opinions of Stuart Nash for a moment and consider that a Minister of the 👑 was nearly charged with perverting the course of justice (or similar) and it was never made public but for a stupid radio interview years later! Crikey, what else did Ardern’s Ministers get up
How can
@TVNZ
justify keeping exceptionally well paid“Campaign Correspondent” John Campbell while making three (modestly paid) actual journalists redundant for things like Sunday and Fair Go?
Stuff is not making money, had enormous debt when it was split off from Australian parent but now has the means to save Newshub. New Zealand lacks media ownership transparency laws, but a fair question to ask who is standing behind it.
(Of course, I know who “owns” Stuff, but
Mark Mitchell has saved more lives than Ginny Anderson. He’s also been shot at more times while doing it. Somehow the twitter lefties scream “profited from war” as the excuse for Ginny’s disgraceful comment.
Turn this round the other way and imagine if a Nat called a Minister in Ardern’s government “stupid”. And that is a big reason confidence in media is plummeting.
Gosh, many of these changes to Three Waters makes it even worse - not better. Māori now gete an exclusive right to additional consultation under an already co-governed regieme. At this rate Mahuta is going to cost Labour the election.
Just heard from a National Party insider that Nats likely appoint Judith Collins as the next Speaker. I thought it was a joke, but actually it is the *perfect* utu for the disgraceful conduct by Labour’s current choice. Judith would have far more decorum.
Only in NZ could the Mayor of our largest city bow out under the cloud of a SFO electoral corruption investigation and the news not even mention that fact!
@NewshubNZ
did an absolute puff piece. Very weird.
So let me get this right, it’s been [checks notes] two years, with thousands of medical workers wanting to get to NZ, and we’re *still* LAST in the OECD in terms of ICU beds per capita.
We’re still behind Chile and Estonia FFS 🤦♂️
If someone as vindictive and nasty as Trevor Mallard can get a knighthood under this government then the blob is quite safe. Feeling for the poor bloke who was labeled a rapist and fought for more than a year to get Mallard to retract (at huge personal expense).
For those watching Post Cab stand up right now, I’m not on “mental health leave again”. I‘ll take a couple of days off over school holidays because each parent has to as we don’t have others that can take care of our kid. Please stop conflating my MH with external allegations.
Very poor form of
@GreenpeaceNZ
's head of Comms
@nickofnz
to be tweeting my home address. That is really the sort of toxic intimidatory politics NZ could do without. Glad to see Twitter take the posts down but tbh I'd rather he'd done it himself. No apology as yet.
Anyone else notice that the asian sex workers who went to Blenheim were named, shamed, w pics on the news, but the “gang affliated” sex worker+friend who went to Northland have supression? Is it just that Akld judiciary are more inclined to apply supression, or something else?
Yip. No policy bonfire at all. They’ve literally opted for a model that is more expensive than the original! 🤦♂️ even Scottish water said this model was too expensive
Just off an emergency teleconference. Tomorrow the
@TaxpayersUnion
will be launching a major effort to STOP David Parker’s proposed fuel tax hike. It hits the poor + rural communities the hardest and until the Land Transport Fund is returned to being used solely to support
Is it just me or is our health system collapsing? 3 weeks wait for a GP visit for our toddler to have her ears checked. Em is getting texts from Starship every day asking her to do extra shifts. Morael is plummeting.
Eternally grateful to Jacinda that we’re now able to go hunting in the greater metropolitan area. Anyone feel like some spotlighting in Cornwall Park tonight?
Grant Robertson’s announcement that he’s “topped up” the COVID fund is all smoke and mirrors. The money is all borrowed - it’s not pulling money out of a hat, it’s pulling out of your kid’s inheritance.
The left are cheering on
@jacindaardern
for cancelling her slot with Mike Hosking. They just don’t see how this further polarises our media and our politics - and will be the first to complain about the result.
This traffic light thing is just the govt grasping at straws. Trying to create some semblance of authority and convey they’re somewhat in control. Won’t work.
The involvement of Clarke Gayford in getting “DJ Omicron” into NZ not once, but three times last year, needs to be investigated. It’s time the PMO came clean.
Bit rich of a guy who stole money from vulnerable workers to spend on hookers (and rightly got kicked out of the Labour Party for it) to try and harpoon Christopher Luxon on his character and ethics!
Eaqub really out on a limb here + letting the mask slip. Calling someone a “lier” when they are backed up by Treasury’s very careful wording in today’s economic update is desperate. If I was Seymour I’d serve a writ on him - and Newshub for republishing it
105ACorrupt use of official information
Every official is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, whether within New Zealand or elsewhere, corruptly uses or discloses any information, acquired by him or her in his or her official capacity, to obtain, directly
I don’t believe homosexually is a sin. But if I did, I shouldn’t go to jail for expressing it. The fact the Minister of Justice can’t answer whether that would result in jail is scary as F.
If McDonalds can have a live dashboard showing drive through waiting times at every outlet, why haven’t the Ministry of Health’s thousands of highly paid analysts come up with a reliable (and timely) reporting system for public hospitals and EDs? Private hospitals have this data
A common theme from the HB & East Coast is that cash is king an emergency where telecoms and EFTPOS is down. The idea of phasing out cash (as the RBNZ is talking about doing) is self sabotage in a nation prone to natural hazards/disasters + weak infrastructure.
Hi Nick - I drive a full electric and brought it to Northland. The road up here is a safety and economic disgrace. What's wrong with a decent/safe/four lane road north when more and more of fleet going green? Serious question.
I hear the National Party is releasing its 5-point transport policy today:
1. More roads
2. More roads
3. More roads
4. More roads
5. More roads
#ClimateCrisis
Really disappointing to see
@1NewsNZ
@MaikiSherman
use a dodgy crook (who stole money from vulnerable workers to fund his hookers and was, rightly, kicked out of
@nzlabour
for it) for Māori political commentary on the 6 o’clock bulletin. What is it with TVNZ’s judgement?
If someone who’s just tested COVID positive had escaped from an MIQ hotal, say in Ellerslie this morning, and
@nzpolice
were looking for them, would you expect that to be in the PM’s 1pm update? Asking for a friend...
Given TVNZ’s lurch away from political balence, I’m incline to agree with
@winstonpeters
(words I don’t say often). Sell it. While it’s still worth something.
Imagion for one moment that John Key banned in-person protests, and suspended Parliament. There would be rioting - just like the BLM protests last year.
it’s starting to become difficult not to agree with those who have been alleging for months that there is something deeply rotten in our public broadcaster.
Think how much
@1NewsNZ
@NewshubNZ
hounded
@JudithCollinsMP
for (checks notes) doing her job as leader of the opposition/travelling to Wellington. Compare now the almost crickets to news a Labour MP Xmas holidayed to the Netherlands despite Govt telling kiwis not to travel o’seas
What a strange take here from Simon Wilson. The average income for centre right voters was lower than the average for the centre left at the last election (for the first time in NZ - bringing us into line with rest of Anglosphere). Update your stereotypes mate.
Luxon’s audience loved hearing that other people will have to do it tough, but if he really wanted to show leadership he would stop telling supporters what they want to hear and ask them to share the burden: column today
@nzherald
premium and paper