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Really surprised at Shaneel winning Young NZ of the year. Had very odd interaction with Shaneel some time back -all they wanted was to stoke something up creating fake outrage and wanting a fight. Was very odd behaviour and a reflection of character.
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Ireland population 5 million
NZ population 5 million.
Today.
Ireland GDP per capital 100,000 USD
NZ GDP per capita 48,000 USD.
in 1980 NZ GDP was higher than Irelands. in 1990 it was equal.
Ever since Ireland has stormed ahead.
Productivity per capita improves everyone’s
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I can’t understand these polls. N.Z gone backwards on EVERY single metric badly. Despite huge increases in spending and bureaucracy mountains of debt, backwards on every productivity metric - woeful management - zero talent or accountability. How can any one vote labour ?
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This whole “mental health defence” when you get caught is ridiculous.
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Speaking to a young guy the other day of Tongan and Māori decent who had an interview with one of the big 3 accounting firms. The interviewer told him it was his job to put “brown bums on seats” - how do you think this made him feel ? when offered the job he declined. He wanted
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Isn’t it scary that close to 40% of people still can’t see the incompetence of this Gov. 🤯🤯
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I have had multiple LGBT people write me saying exactly the same thing. My judgement was from direct experience but this seems far deeper and wide spread.
@KiwibankNZ
@nzherald
think need to reconsider this award and giving this person a platform. They clearly got this wrong.
The world’s first transgender woman to receive a Queen’s Royal Honour has accused an Auckland activist of causing more harm than good.
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Can the Green party really be that intellectually and economically incompetent. Do we really want a country with zero ambition ?
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- Thought.
Its time NZ looked at our return on bureaucrats.
In the year 2000 New Zealand had 1200 Bureaucrats working in the ministry of education. We had 2800 schools and according to the M.O.E we had 750,000 students. We ranked highly on international metrics such as
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The N.Z tax payer is funding NZ steel which is owned by foreign multi national Bluescope steel which has nearly 14 billion in revenue and made nearly 3 billion in net profit in 2021….. ? Maybe they can build their own electric furnace ? 🤯🤯
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Context. If you count to a million seconds it would take you 11.6 days. If you count to a billion seconds it would take 31.7 years. We printed 70 Bil. What took us hundreds of years to accumulate in debt we doubled in two short years. got it so wrong.
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How is it possible there are 177,642 people on a Job Seeker benefit - or 5.6% of working age population - but our unemployment rate is 3.4% 😳 I guess this explains the 52,000 increase on Job seeker benefits since labour took office but the “low” unemployment rate- as it’s
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Really are the worst Gov we will ever see on just about every level.
Mike Hosking on the Ardern Government’s economic vandalism: “These wreckers are the worst Government we have seen in our lifetime…Who stands up from the Labour Party…and backs those decisions…We have rarely lived such chaotic…criminal negligence.”
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Per MP expenses Q1. No surprises the left spending others peoples money far more freely. This tells you everything you need to know.
Greens $17,383
MAORI $16,640
Labour $16,392
National $12,595
ACT $8,597
NZ First $4,100
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Let’s hope James Shaw sets up a real environment party that can work on both sides. I am sure many would back that. The radical left masquerading as a green party needs to be a thing of the past.
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This week I watched two horrific assaults on queen street in the space of 5 minutes - both men assaulting females violently. One smashing her head into the window and punching and strangling - shocking. We intervened and he threatened to kill us. What I don’t understand is the
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I feel this does not get enough air time. Twitter laid off 80 % - Yes 80% of its workforce. User numbers have gone up - product is getting better and innovating faster. Such a large percentage of people are unproductive and do nothing but add bureaucracy. Governments the worst
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We actually need to be more productive and grow revenue per capita, grow opportunities for everyone, solve problems and look after our most vulnerable. Our Tax take has gone up 52 Billion since 2018- yet EVERY single out come has gone backwards dramatically. We have doubled
National is the party of lower taxes… for the rich & wealthy.
Te Pāti Māori will redistribute wealth by taxing it more 🤷🏽♂️
Tax policy, coming 🔜
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Where is the compassion with this government . A women in MIQ just featured on News hub- negative covid test. Sister has days to live with cancer and MIQ refuses let her home isolate. It’s out of control. Where is the common sense. Where is the decency.
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Hipkins going on about how good it is that wage growth is beating inflation and in the same sentence saying they want to drive inflation down illustrates his grasp of economics. Basic competence really does matter not just being likeable. The fact that he never knew NZ total tax
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NZ spends nearly 3 X more on welfare than it does education…..
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Wonder what Jacinda really thinks about all of their decisions and ideological based thinking now. Must be hard to look at the report card and failed on everything.
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Wow. You will need a while … but here’s a list ( a very long list ) of Labours failings. And it does not even get into their non productive spending which is a whole other list. If you get a moment it’s a sobering read. I can’t see how anyone can vote this back in.
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Imagine having a Gov with this culture which is clearly broken with low level talent + the extremist Greens and Māori party. Can’t comprehend the state this country would be in 4 years time. We need to get NZ winning again.
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Shaneel hides behind activism to abuse people and gain attention.
A spokeswoman said “in no way does Kiwibank condone violence or hate speech, however we encourage the acceptance of multiple different points of view with tolerance, respect, and constructive conversation.” Full story:
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Well said.Grant or Chris should never be let near a cheque book ever again.They have set the country back so much money can be spent with so little to show for it will be their legacy.
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TVNZ is an embarrassment.
🚨🚨In case you missed the urgent BREAKING NEWS last night on
@1NewsNZ
....
...here's a very quick summary of the hysterics, to save you having to watch the whole thing.
You're welcome 😎
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Congrats to Chris, David and Winston and their parties. Very optimistic about NZ’s future. Back to some common sense.
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Quote of the day/year “It feels like Aucklanders are collateral damage in the Prime minister’s personal legacy project” truer words spoken ?
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I think everyone has a sympathy for Kiri and mental health- no question. But i don’t think it can be weaponised to cover up and not talk about what happened. Might set a dangerous precedent in the future. The justice minister trying to leave the scene and resist arrest is a big
The police canine unit tracked the Labour MP's movements after she was found about 500 metres from a crash scene on Sunday evening, it is understood.
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Always going to happen. Managed the country into the ground.
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Irresponsible and inexcusable what our gov and Grant Robertson did. Was topped of nicely by the reserve bank. Should be far more outrage around how they have positioned our country for decades to come.
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Good week for Australian owned companies. Chem warehouse, Countdown and Bluescope all gaining hundreds of millions from NZ taxpayers. Thought large multinationals taking nearly a billion dollars in wage subsidies was bad enough….
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Have to agree with Winston here - the media do themselves no favours by representing this in a wildly out of context way - it’s disingenuous and unfair. This type of reporting is what erodes trust in MSM- not sure if its just creating click bait or a genuine attempt to
Many in the mainstream media have taken what was said in New Zealand First’s State of the Nation Speech in Palmerston North on Sunday and deliberately, deceitfully, and ignorantly misrepresented what I said and why I said it.
The headlines and commentary on the news stated that
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Not opening a bubble with Australia before christmas for double vaccinated negative tested people is a joke. This Gov is seriously out of touch. There’s conservative and then there’s incompetent.
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If Labour takes GST of fruit and vegetables it is almost like a metaphor for their entire government. Really small scale muddled thinking that over complicates everything. There are so many better ways to give tax relief to people earning less.
One rule in business is simplify
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A real shame this line of questioning. ALL ministers should be out and getting in the weeds and understanding the problems so they can work on solutions. good work by
@DrShaneRetiMP
be great to see more of this !
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Business, Sport and Government. The principles of success are all the same.
If NZ was a company or a stock our share price would be at an all time low. If we were a sports team we would be bottom of the ladder.
Isn’t it amazing the difference leadership and a culture of
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More bureaucracy madness. Eliminate it all.
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Just when you think this gov can not be more of an embarrassment- policies like this illustrate just how low level their thinking is. So many cleaner/simpler ways to give relief to lower income families. Again and again illustrates lack of competence and just trying to buy votes
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Headlines are deceptive - our economy is not in a good state. Adjusted for inflation and immigration we would be in recession on top of debt ballooning from 5 bil to 120 + billion and the NZ Dollar hitting 12 month low VS U.S.
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Well said
@NicolaWillisMP
- extremely dangerous for the economy. Wealth tax simply does not work anywhere in the world - best and brightest just leave along with capital and investment . Also incredibly complicated and almost impossible to work out. We need a culture of
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wow previous drink driving case - crash’s drunk - refused to accompany officer …. gets a 300 dollar fine 🤷♂️ oh and she was the justice minister…..how is this possible ?? crazy.
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We should strive for equal opportunity not equal outcomes.
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Great article. We can’t just elect on like ability. Competence matters.
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Extremely well said. History speaks with a single voice - free markets, less government, global trade leads to lifting more people out of poverty and more prosperity for all. Socialism has horrible outcomes has never worked and will never work. Is amazing how many people don’t
Good explanation of what makes countries more or less prosperous
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100% happening all over the country. Basically extortion. Has to be stopped.
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Has Jacinda Adern ever apologised or owned up to any mistakes before ?
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When do we follow Australia’s lead and ban gang patches in public places.
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Just incredible the waste - 9 coms staff in the ministry of pacific people ! wtf do they do ? people should be angry. Just a complete joke.
Despite having 9 full time and contracted comms staff within the Ministry for Pacific Peoples paid approximately $1M per annum, the ministry issued no press releases in the 2021/22 financial year or in any of the previous four financial years! 5 years and no press releases!
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worth sharing - amazing speech Paul Henry.
"I think this country is deeply in the sh*t." | Paul Henry at Change Makers via
@YouTube
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let’s create lots of extra admin and shuffle one cost for another 🤣 Really fills you with confidence when this governments big vision is this … 🤦♂️ full of transformational ideas they are ….
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Just me or does anyone else wonder how any one sitting in NZ can take either side in this Israel/Palestine tragedy ? Seems both sides deeply at fault and a deeply complex issue at play. Lot of bandwagon jumping on social. Not sure how can support one side or the other …
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Listening to the huddle on News Talk ZB - How scary is it that Mike Munro was chief of staff for Ardern and Press Sec for Helen Clark…… another indicator as to why things went so wrong.
- Said things along the lines of - we should be building less roads across the country 😫
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October 15th vaccine app contract signed. Can’t make this stuff up. How to waste a 18 month head start.
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Nothing but bureaucracy. Slowly strangling this country of any productivity.
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You have to wonder. This is a prime minister who has been in parliament for over 15 years who did not know the tax take of the country. That would be like a CEO not knowing your companies revenue. It’s actually 🤯🤯 at some point competence really has to matter.
So many Labour Party Ministers have resigned this year, Chris Hipkins gets the number wrong (it’s four while he’s been PM), nor can he name which person is in charge of Customs.
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Not sure who edits
@nzherald
- but can some one explain how the economy is 80% bigger since the pandemic……??
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@shaneellall
@KiwibankNZ
@nzherald
I’m sure many of your views have merit. But the way you go about it and abuse others is hypocritical. You can be constructive and get your views across.
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@jamespeshaw
Really …. honestly you are smarter than that ? you know the world is transitioning to electric - cars / FSD / freight/ energy storage - we need world class roading infrastructure. Transition to suistainle energy will accelerate at pace with companies SOLVING the problem like
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bang on article.People and capital are mobile.Losing all our most talented productive young people - gap widening massively with Australia. Education system has a lot to answer for. NZ becoming a inward looking uncompetitive unambitious country.Sad.
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100 % well said. Exactly what NZ needs. Strong governance, accountability, and progress to getting stuff done.
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What an incredibly well articulated opinion by Bruce. 100% on the money. if you get a moment worth reading Bruce Cotterill: Sir Russell Coutts is right - dolphin drama shows we’re drowning in redtape
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@jamespeshaw
Pitty the rest of your policies are awful ! would be great if fully focussed on environmental policy - so much great precedent all around the world we don’t implement here. Green party should be able to live with the left or right.
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What is wrong with wellington🤦♂️
Guardian poll today shows the big political divide between Auckland Vs Wellington. Labour has 23% support in Auckland, but 41% support in the Capital (where they have also eaten up Green support, which is usually significantly higher):
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What is wrong with TVNZ ?
I totally accept that Te Pati Māori disagree with the current govt. They're entitled to criticise them until the cows come home.
But this "white supremacists" shit is nonsense & pushing it dilutes its meaning when describing actual white supremacists.
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Great move by
@chrisluxonmp
- setting expectations and standards early. In my experience we have never changed a role to someone more suitable and regretted it. It’s part of building something successful . Often the easy thing to do is nothing - so this shows real leadership.
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We were bassically covid free last year but we were only outprinted in the money stakes relative to GDP by the US. This Gov does not understand economics. Everyone who gets a loan feels rich for a while.
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When does the Gov realise that being soft on crime - emptying prisons getting rid of 3 strikes etc etc is going to lead to record crime- no increase in cops can make up for bad policy. San Fran another great cade study.
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unbelievable- could never run a company like this.
The Taxpayers' Union strongly condemns Waka Kotahi's overspending of nearly $4 million on a new office. Despite clear warnings about potential risks and high costs, the agency chose to spend $28.5 million on the new premises, raising serious concerns about fiscal responsibility
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You have to wonder if
@grantrobertson1
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@DavidParkerMP
looked at precedent around the world and all the countries that tried then abolished a wealth tax. Appears all it is is a vote winner but terrible for an economy and a country. Great way to crush an economy and create the
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Just listed to
@chrisluxonmp
opening speech and questions. Outstanding. Totally gets government is actually about building high performance teams that first understand and then work towards solving the problems NZ is facing. Less PR driven. More results driven.
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This is so wrong. All this does is perpetuate segregation and division. Totally counterproductive to promoting unity and inclusiveness. Nuts. 🤯🤯
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Would be good to see the cost breakdown of the 51 mil for a plan to build a bike bridge. Is a micro example of how bad this government is at any type of cost control. Where is the accountability,
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Government’s should not build houses. Period. Create the rules and environment to allow affordable housing to be built.
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Roping of booze at supermarkets🤦♂️ how backwards can we be.
Bureaucracy is economic cancer. Too many referees in this country not enough players. Rules for everything.
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Do the Greens really have no one in their party with more foresight or logic ? The world is transitioning to electric…. freight … full self driving …. over the next decade. Obviously roads and infrastructure is important. They live in complete lala land.
The Green Party has criticised a new transport plan unveiled today by National, saying it's the “exact opposition” of what New Zealand needs.
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Ouch.
Labour ideology and small level thinking will never solve anything.
The ironic thing is they make everything worse for the people who vote for them.
Will they ever learn.
Competent management,focus, leadership and culture is the ONLY thing that will help lift
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Great illustration on the increase in the number of Bureaucrats and the proposed cuts. We need to get far more aggressive in my opinion .
Watch as we unveil an art installation in the Beehive, illustrating the 'brutal' staffing cuts within the Government relative to the overall Public Service workforce.
We cannot continue down the path of taxpayers paying more but getting less.
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The RNZ - TVNZ merger feels like an obvious thing to do have done had it not been the cost- i just don’t get how/why so hard and the mind blowing amount 44 million to do it ? Feels like could work out all the efficiencies over a weekend…. cancel a few leases when they expire -
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Great move. Christopher Luxon announces major changes to address building supply shortages
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Extremely well said by David Seymour - runs circles around the media
Should the Government fund school lunches?
I setup an automatic monthly donation to KidsCan years ago because I remember what it's like going to school without lunch and the basics.
However, should the Government fund school lunches? David Seymour makes some good points in
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👏👏 How can we have doubled national debt in 18 months with the covid fund and we have LESS ICU beds than when covid started ? Would think the most mission critical covid fund investment would be hospitals and health workers.
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Massive issue. 1000 more people on benefits/ welfare every week yet unemployment rate so low. Structural and economic failure. Set to accelerate. Need to build a more productive economy to create more job opportunities.
'Economic and social failure': Bagrie warns job losses on the way, thousands more could end up on benefit
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Pattern of poor policy making continues.
Labour's 'free' dental care fails to address the root of the problem – higher taxes
Commenting on Labour’s universal dental care announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves said:
“Labour has come up with another populist policy that like its GST debacle
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Raising the OCR again is not the answer…. we over react badly both ways. Should never have cut so aggressively now making the same mistake the other way. It was obvious we would pay severely for this- looking back on what i wrote in 2020 makes me frustrated we are making the
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Crazy. October can’t come soon enough
NZ what have you become?
A ghetto-ised country with random street crime now a regular part of life. That’s Auckland, has been for a few years now, and the Police Minister talks about “putting volunteers on the street” as a solution
@LeoMolloyNZ
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I have second hand embarrassment for Hipkins calling out Nationals lack of vision when his big election idea was removing GST on Fruit and Veg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 “National lacks vision for Auckland, our most productive city”
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A Shame on the foreign buyer ban- even if the threshold was increased. These people inject cash into the economy, create jobs and connect NZ with global opportunities.
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