• Who are failing Maori?

    From Tony@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 7 19:17:33 2024
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    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes he gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in it. Live and let live. https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed Feb 7 23:23:53 2024
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes he gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in it. Live and let live. https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as
    things develop.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 8 14:09:29 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in >>>it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent. >Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni >Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given
    that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.


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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Thu Feb 8 01:04:12 2024
    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes he >> gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in >>it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as
    things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent. Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy elite.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Crash on Thu Feb 8 01:41:19 2024
    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes >>>>he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in >>>>it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent. >>Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni >>Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >>elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given
    that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 8 21:23:23 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes >>>>>he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in >>>>>it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent. >>>Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >>>elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given
    that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current >circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as
    delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of
    debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Feb 8 19:34:49 2024
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm >>>>>>in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders >>>>Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >>>>elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current >>circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Removed Rich's deliberate twisitng of what I wrote.
    He is trash.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to given National has on Fri Feb 9 10:47:20 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:23:23 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >>>>elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current >>circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can

    How so? He has simply repeated the content of the coalition agreement
    between National and Act.

    - Good Faith support for Seymour
    disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway.

    See above.

    Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >delusional as Luxon.

    That is a lie. Seymour and Act simply want to introduce a Bill to
    Parliament. Nothing more, nothing less. There can be no debate on
    this as it is in the coalition agreement outlined above.

    When the Bill gets its first reading, the debate in Parliament (and no
    doubt elsewhere informally) begins, followed by Select Committee
    submissions. So there is debate - in fact debate is all there is
    given National has said the Bill will go no further.

    As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of
    debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    A better bunch of Charlatans than the ones you support Rich. Peters
    is simply behaving normally and debate will begin once the Bill has
    been introduced.


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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 10:59:00 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:23:23 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >>>>elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current >>circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of
    debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    It seems there is considerable concern on these issues - both from
    within the government circus and those not supporting them on this
    issue: https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/02/luxon-cant-be-trusted-on-te-tiriti.html
    and https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/02/david-seymour-says-he-doesn-t-believe-comment-from-christopher-luxon-on-treaty-principles-bill.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
    and
    https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/little-by-little

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Feb 9 02:44:43 2024
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy >>>>elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely
    they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current >>circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of
    debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?

    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making progress through this situation.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 16:05:11 2024
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:47:20 +1300, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:23:23 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can

    How so? He has simply repeated the content of the coalition agreement >between National and Act.

    Indeed, and it is unclear whether that is enough - see
    https://archive.is/37w4o

    and this, which says much the same thing but from the opposition
    perspective https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/the-treaty-our-future-is-two-people-singing-as-one-without-resentment-or-rancour-willie-jackson/KGP2GUAO4NFDPNXH5MY4STMJKI/

    Getting back on track is hard when there are three tracks, and no
    leadership or clarity.

    - Good Faith support for Seymour
    disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway.

    Initially National were saying that Seymour and ACT would be given the opportunity through the select committee process to persuade other
    parties (including National MPs) to support the Bill - it seems there
    was not enough "Good Faith" to keep that on the table


    See above.

    Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>delusional as Luxon.

    That is a lie. Seymour and Act simply want to introduce a Bill to >Parliament. Nothing more, nothing less. There can be no debate on
    this as it is in the coalition agreement outlined above.

    I do not see the coalition agreement as ruling out debate either when
    the bill is introduced or when it is before the Select Committee, but
    I do not know who will be on that Select Committee. Meanwhile, Luxon
    is showing as having made a major mistake in coalition negotiations,
    and now being led by the minor parties.


    When the Bill gets its first reading, the debate in Parliament (and no
    doubt elsewhere informally) begins, followed by Select Committee
    submissions. So there is debate - in fact debate is all there is
    given National has said the Bill will go no further.

    And that debate will raise expectations that the government will sort
    all the perceived problems out, from those that believe that Maori
    ceded sovereignty to those that believe English should be our only
    language to those who want the Waitangi Tribunal closed down.

    The uncertainty and lack of trust will be seen to be the fault of the
    Prime Minister - some people thought he was in charge of the
    Government . . . https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/tribal-leaders-fear-crown-deal-over-maunga-will-not-withstand-government-axing/QG5RZBO3PZEDXAGZSSGHSQFQVY/

    So just what is this "Track" that we are supposed to be getting back
    on?

    As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    A better bunch of Charlatans than the ones you support Rich. Peters
    is simply behaving normally and debate will begin once the Bill has
    been introduced.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 17:01:25 2024
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm >>>>>>>>in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders >>>>>>Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>>>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour
    disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as
    delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of
    debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament,
    and also for one political party - the collective result of the party
    vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each
    political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the
    Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given
    that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not
    disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible
    that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its
    true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a
    majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more
    people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have
    been more support for a National, Labour coalition?

    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without
    doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now
    about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . .

    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism, >apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or ordinary >people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    That is just idiotic and stupid bitterness talking - poor Tony has
    found that his heroes have flaws, and that there is no-one else to
    blame. We do have a government that was enabled by votes, that is its
    not meeting the expectations of many is not your fault, Tony

    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making >>progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears
    that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much
    it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. .
    Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers
    (they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new
    classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and
    further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to
    borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying
    more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future
    that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will
    receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already
    economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start
    raising interest rates again . . .

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Feb 9 03:37:02 2024
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:47:20 +1300, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:23:23 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm >>>>>>>>in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders >>>>>>Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>>>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can

    How so? He has simply repeated the content of the coalition agreement >>between National and Act.

    Indeed, and it is unclear whether that is enough - see >https://archive.is/37w4o

    and this, which says much the same thing but from the opposition
    perspective >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/the-treaty-our-future-is-two-people-singing-as-one-without-resentment-or-rancour-willie-jackson/KGP2GUAO4NFDPNXH5MY4STMJKI/

    Getting back on track is hard when there are three tracks, and no
    leadership or clarity.
    Yes in deed as proven by the Ardern tribe.

    - Good Faith support for Seymour
    disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway.

    Initially National were saying that Seymour and ACT would be given the >opportunity through the select committee process to persuade other
    parties (including National MPs) to support the Bill - it seems there
    was not enough "Good Faith" to keep that on the table
    What it seems to you is nothing but guesswork.


    See above.

    Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>delusional as Luxon.

    That is a lie. Seymour and Act simply want to introduce a Bill to >>Parliament. Nothing more, nothing less. There can be no debate on
    this as it is in the coalition agreement outlined above.

    I do not see the coalition agreement as ruling out debate either when
    the bill is introduced or when it is before the Select Committee, but
    I do not know who will be on that Select Committee. Meanwhile, Luxon
    is showing as having made a major mistake in coalition negotiations,
    and now being led by the minor parties.
    No that is incorrect but you wish eh?


    When the Bill gets its first reading, the debate in Parliament (and no >>doubt elsewhere informally) begins, followed by Select Committee >>submissions. So there is debate - in fact debate is all there is
    given National has said the Bill will go no further.

    And that debate will raise expectations that the government will sort
    all the perceived problems out, from those that believe that Maori
    ceded sovereignty
    They did
    to those that believe English should be our only
    language
    I have never heard that from anyone, your statement is absurd.
    to those who want the Waitangi Tribunal closed down.
    Time for that anyway.

    The uncertainty and lack of trust will be seen to be the fault of the
    Prime Minister
    Only by you and the gullible few followers of the "true faith".
    - some people thought he was in charge of the
    Government . . . >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/tribal-leaders-fear-crown-deal-over-maunga-will-not-withstand-government-axing/QG5RZBO3PZEDXAGZSSGHSQFQVY/

    So just what is this "Track" that we are supposed to be getting back
    on?
    Anything but the Ardern train wreck.

    As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    A better bunch of Charlatans than the ones you support Rich. Peters
    is simply behaving normally and debate will begin once the Bill has
    been introduced.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Fri Feb 9 03:31:05 2024
    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm >>>>>>>in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders >>>>>Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour
    disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as
    delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of
    debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism, apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or ordinary people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.

    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making >progress through this situation.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Feb 9 04:33:02 2024
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no >>>>>>>>>harm
    in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders >>>>>>>Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider >>>>>the
    culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >>>> disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as
    delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>> debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any
    Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament,
    and also for one political party - the collective result of the party
    vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each
    political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the >Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given
    that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not
    disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible
    that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its
    true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a
    majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more
    people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel >surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have
    been more support for a National, Labour coalition?
    Why do you answer one person and then address another? Is it stupidy or deliberate nastiness.
    Stop doing it you miserable little twerp.

    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without
    doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now
    about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . .

    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism, >>apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or ordinary >>people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    Abuse removed

    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making >>>progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears
    that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without >consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much
    it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. .
    Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers
    (they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new >classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and
    further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to
    borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying
    more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future
    that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will
    receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already
    economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start
    raising interest rates again . . .
    Nonsense.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 18:34:16 2024
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:33:02 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no >>>>>>>>>>harm
    in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders >>>>>>>>Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider >>>>>>the
    culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >>>>> disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>>> delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>>> debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>>> Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway. >>>>> A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament,
    and also for one political party - the collective result of the party
    vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each
    political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the >>Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given
    that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not
    disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible
    that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its
    true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a
    majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more >>people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel >>surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have
    been more support for a National, Labour coalition?
    Why do you answer one person and then address another? Is it stupidy or >deliberate nastiness.
    I was addressing anyone that read the question - nz.general is a
    usenet group - no conversations are private. A question was asked; I
    provided an answer - only you Tony would go off topic to abuse a
    poster rather than addressing the question and answer.

    Stop doing it you miserable little twerp.
    I have not reason not to treat nz.general as a group discussion - self-important twerps like Tony notwithstanding


    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without
    doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now
    about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . .

    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism, >>>apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or ordinary
    people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    Abuse removed
    You left your abuse above, Tony. Mis-representing others is par for
    the far right nutters though; I just ignored it. All I was doing was
    trying to assure you that whatever government our system produces it
    is not your personal fault.


    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making >>>>progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears
    that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without >>consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much
    it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. .
    Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers
    (they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new >>classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and
    further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to
    borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying
    more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future
    that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will >>receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already
    economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start
    raising interest rates again . . .
    Nonsense.
    I heard that this afternoon - it will be the effect of a combination
    of things, including a lot more of the things the government is doing
    than I have mentioned, but also higher than expected overseas
    inflation.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Feb 9 05:52:04 2024
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:33:02 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no >>>>>>>>>>>harm
    in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as
    things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom >>>>>>>>>feeders
    Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider >>>>>>>the
    culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >>>>>> disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of >>>>>> being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>>>> delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>>>> debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>>>> Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway. >>>>>> A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament,
    and also for one political party - the collective result of the party >>>vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each >>>political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the >>>Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given
    that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not
    disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible
    that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its >>>true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a
    majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more >>>people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel >>>surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have
    been more support for a National, Labour coalition?
    Why do you answer one person and then address another? Is it stupidy or >>deliberate nastiness.
    I was addressing anyone that read the question
    That is a like -it is cowardice, you are hoping to slip things through - or you are dirt lazy - eityher way it is unacceptable etiquette.
    Time to grow up and stolp it.
    - nz.general is a
    usenet group - no conversations are private. A question was asked; I
    provided an answer.
    Nonsense - you deliberately made it hard for people toii follow the thread - you do it so often it is obviously deliberate.
    Lies removed.

    Stop doing it you miserable little twerp.
    Lie removed


    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without >>>doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now
    about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . .

    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism, >>>>apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or >>>>ordinary
    people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    Abuse removed
    Abuse removed


    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making >>>>>progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears >>>that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without >>>consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much
    it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. .
    Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers
    (they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new >>>classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and >>>further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to
    borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying
    more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future
    that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will >>>receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already
    economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start >>>raising interest rates again . . .
    Nonsense.
    I heard that this afternoon - it will be the effect of a combination
    of things, including a lot more of the things the government is doing
    than I have mentioned, but also higher than expected overseas
    inflation.
    It is nonsense, perhaps you should stop listening to the little voices that nobody else hears.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 21:28:27 2024
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:05:11 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:47:20 +1300, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:23:23 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no harm in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as >>>>>>>things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider the >>>>culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can

    How so? He has simply repeated the content of the coalition agreement >>between National and Act.

    Indeed, and it is unclear whether that is enough - see >https://archive.is/37w4o

    An opinion piece with no relevance to what has been agreed by ACT and
    National. Is this your best shot?

    and this, which says much the same thing but from the opposition
    perspective >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/the-treaty-our-future-is-two-people-singing-as-one-without-resentment-or-rancour-willie-jackson/KGP2GUAO4NFDPNXH5MY4STMJKI/

    Again not at all relevant to what National and AXT have agreed to do.
    You are really lacking a rational response.

    Getting back on track is hard when there are three tracks, and no
    leadership or clarity.

    - Good Faith support for Seymour
    disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of
    being complicit anyway.

    Initially National were saying that Seymour and ACT would be given the >opportunity through the select committee process to persuade other
    parties (including National MPs) to support the Bill - it seems there
    was not enough "Good Faith" to keep that on the table

    Nothing has changed. So what next from you? You cannot produce
    rational debate.


    See above.

    Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>delusional as Luxon.

    That is a lie. Seymour and Act simply want to introduce a Bill to >>Parliament. Nothing more, nothing less. There can be no debate on
    this as it is in the coalition agreement outlined above.

    I do not see the coalition agreement as ruling out debate either when
    the bill is introduced or when it is before the Select Committee, but
    I do not know who will be on that Select Committee. Meanwhile, Luxon
    is showing as having made a major mistake in coalition negotiations,
    and now being led by the minor parties.

    You are resorting to irrational interpretation of post agreement
    actions. Both Luxon and Seymour are on track to deliver on what they
    agreed to do.

    When the Bill gets its first reading, the debate in Parliament (and no >>doubt elsewhere informally) begins, followed by Select Committee >>submissions. So there is debate - in fact debate is all there is
    given National has said the Bill will go no further.

    And that debate will raise expectations that the government will sort
    all the perceived problems out, from those that believe that Maori
    ceded sovereignty to those that believe English should be our only
    language to those who want the Waitangi Tribunal closed down.

    It is not your place to pre-judge what that debate will deliver.

    The uncertainty and lack of trust will be seen to be the fault of the
    Prime Minister - some people thought he was in charge of the
    Government . . . >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/tribal-leaders-fear-crown-deal-over-maunga-will-not-withstand-government-axing/QG5RZBO3PZEDXAGZSSGHSQFQVY/

    You are projecting your preconceived political rhetoric on something
    you have no reasonable basis for doing so.

    So just what is this "Track" that we are supposed to be getting back
    on?

    What would Labour have delivered on their rhetoric - 'in it for you'? Thankfully, based on their record of 6 years (3 years unfettered) we
    will never know.

    As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway.
    A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    A better bunch of Charlatans than the ones you support Rich. Peters
    is simply behaving normally and debate will begin once the Bill has
    been introduced.


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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 21:34:12 2024
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:34:16 +1300, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:33:02 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no >>>>>>>>>>>harm
    in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as
    things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom feeders
    Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider >>>>>>>the
    culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >>>>>> disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of >>>>>> being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even
    attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>>>> delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to
    bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than
    anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>>>> debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>>>> Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway. >>>>>> A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament,
    and also for one political party - the collective result of the party >>>vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each >>>political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the >>>Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given
    that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not
    disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible
    that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its >>>true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a
    majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more >>>people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel >>>surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have
    been more support for a National, Labour coalition?
    Why do you answer one person and then address another? Is it stupidy or >>deliberate nastiness.
    I was addressing anyone that read the question - nz.general is a
    usenet group - no conversations are private. A question was asked; I
    provided an answer - only you Tony would go off topic to abuse a
    poster rather than addressing the question and answer.

    The convention in Usenet is to answer one poster at a time. I have
    been doing this since early 1996. Every post is to an individual - if
    I wish to respond to multiple posters in a thread I do so separately
    to each individual. This is a simple courtesy and convention which
    you seem to be unaware of.

    Stop doing it you miserable little twerp.
    I have not reason not to treat nz.general as a group discussion - >self-important twerps like Tony notwithstanding


    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without >>>doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now
    about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . .

    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism, >>>>apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or ordinary
    people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    Abuse removed
    You left your abuse above, Tony. Mis-representing others is par for
    the far right nutters though; I just ignored it. All I was doing was
    trying to assure you that whatever government our system produces it
    is not your personal fault.


    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making >>>>>progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears >>>that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without >>>consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much
    it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. .
    Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers
    (they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new >>>classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and >>>further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to
    borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying
    more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future
    that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will >>>receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already
    economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start >>>raising interest rates again . . .
    Nonsense.
    I heard that this afternoon - it will be the effect of a combination
    of things, including a lot more of the things the government is doing
    than I have mentioned, but also higher than expected overseas
    inflation.


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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 9 22:53:50 2024
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:52:04 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:33:02 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>> wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no >>>>>>>>>>>>harm
    in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said as
    things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom >>>>>>>>>>feeders
    Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given >>>>>>>>>that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>>>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you consider >>>>>>>>the
    culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >>>>>>> disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of >>>>>>> being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even >>>>>>> attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>>>>> delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to >>>>>>> bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than >>>>>>> anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>>>>> debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>>>>> Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway. >>>>>>> A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament,
    and also for one political party - the collective result of the party >>>>vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each >>>>political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the >>>>Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given >>>>that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not
    disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible
    that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its >>>>true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a >>>>majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more >>>>people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel >>>>surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have >>>>been more support for a National, Labour coalition?
    Why do you answer one person and then address another? Is it stupidy or >>>deliberate nastiness.
    I was addressing anyone that read the question
    That is a like -it is cowardice, you are hoping to slip things through - or you
    are dirt lazy - eityher way it is unacceptable etiquette.
    Time to grow up and stolp it.
    - nz.general is a
    usenet group - no conversations are private. A question was asked; I >>provided an answer.
    Nonsense - you deliberately made it hard for people toii follow the thread - >you do it so often it is obviously deliberate.
    Lies removed.

    Stop doing it you miserable little twerp.
    Lie removed


    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without >>>>doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now >>>>about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . .

    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, tribalism,
    apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or >>>>>ordinary
    people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    Abuse removed
    Abuse removed


    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at making
    progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears >>>>that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without >>>>consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much >>>>it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. .
    Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers >>>>(they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new >>>>classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and >>>>further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to
    borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying >>>>more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future >>>>that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will >>>>receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already
    economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start >>>>raising interest rates again . . .
    Nonsense.
    I heard that this afternoon - it will be the effect of a combination
    of things, including a lot more of the things the government is doing
    than I have mentioned, but also higher than expected overseas
    inflation.
    It is nonsense, perhaps you should stop listening to the little voices that >nobody else hears.

    I didn't hear you, Tony . . .
    Try this to help you calm down . . . https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/508772/the-week-in-politics-seymour-s-bill-still-front-and-centre

    So Seymour and Luxon are still fighting out who is the most offensive politician to those that respect Te Tiriti - and notice that the
    "Taxpayer Union" is not objecting to an anticipated year of Select
    Committee meetings before a bill to have a referendum that National
    have promised they will not vote for . . .

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Feb 9 19:01:34 2024
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:52:04 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:33:02 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz>
    wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:31:05 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-08, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:41:19 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>>> wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:04:12 GMT, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> >>>>>>>>>>wrote:

    Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
    On 2024-02-07, Tony <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    Brian Tamaki is a long way from my favourite sort of person but >>>>>>>>>>>>>sometimes
    he
    gets it and puiblishes it.
    The religious bit at the end is not for everybody but there is no >>>>>>>>>>>>>harm
    in
    it.
    Live and let live.
    https://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/waitangi-opinion-piece-from-brian-tamaki/8609/

    I think we are going to see more more of this view point being said >>>>>>>>>>>>as
    things develop.
    And Brian Tamaki, David Seymour and Winston Peters are all of Maori >>>>>>>>>>>descent.
    Who knows they may be a higher percentage Maori than the bottom >>>>>>>>>>>feeders
    Peeni
    Henare and Willie Jackson.
    It really is time people started to listen to real Maori and not the >>>>>>>>>>>greedy
    elite.

    I have always wondered how the 'Maori Elite' got to that status. Given
    that Maori culture has no concept of democracy it seems more likely >>>>>>>>>>they were appointed than elected.
    That would make sense, it may also explain why the ringleaders of the >>>>>>>>>current
    circus are frightened of debate and talk. Interesting when you >>>>>>>>>consider
    the
    culture on the Marae is to talk and debate.

    Luxon is backing off as far as he can - Good Faith support for Seymour >>>>>>>> disappeared very quickly, but Luxon is now tarred with the brush of >>>>>>>> being complicit anyway. Seymour doesn't want a debate or to even >>>>>>>> attend meetings on the subject, he just wants to get it to a
    referendum that can be skewed by money and disinformation - he is as >>>>>>>> delusional as Luxon. As for Winston Peers - he is just trying to >>>>>>>> bluster through with distractions and claims of higher mana than >>>>>>>> anyone else. Yes I agree that the circus ringleaders are frightened of >>>>>>>> debate and talk; but in fairness Seymour does not pretend to hold any >>>>>>>> Maori sympathies or values or any understanding of NZ history anyway. >>>>>>>> A fine bunch of charlatans you support, Tony.

    Was not the Government voted in by the people?
    Each voter was able to vote for an electorate Member of Parliament, >>>>>and also for one political party - the collective result of the party >>>>>vote determined the number of MPs elected to parliament for each >>>>>political party. Nobody voted for a particular coalition, or for the >>>>>Coalition Agreement that National, ACT and NZ First agreed to. Given >>>>>that some of the policies in the coalition agreement were not >>>>>disclosed as policy until after voting had started. It is possible >>>>>that had some been known they could have affected votes, but that its >>>>>true of policies adopted by any new government. Do you believe a >>>>>majority of voters supported the changes to smoking laws to allow more >>>>>people to smoke? Did the majority of Auckland voters vote for the fuel >>>>>surcharge being stopped and projects put in limbo? Would there have >>>>>been more support for a National, Labour coalition?
    Why do you answer one person and then address another? Is it stupidy or >>>>deliberate nastiness.
    I was addressing anyone that read the question
    That is a like -it is cowardice, you are hoping to slip things through - or >>you
    are dirt lazy - eityher way it is unacceptable etiquette.
    Time to grow up and stolp it.
    - nz.general is a
    usenet group - no conversations are private. A question was asked; I >>>provided an answer.
    Nonsense - you deliberately made it hard for people toii follow the thread - >>you do it so often it is obviously deliberate.
    Lies removed.

    Stop doing it you miserable little twerp.
    Lie removed


    As it is they are making decisions without consultation, and without >>>>>doing work on the financial effects - questions are being asked now >>>>>about the Auckland decision to stop projects without any notice . . . >>>>>
    That is irrelevant to Rich and his ilk, they believe in anarchy, >>>>>>tribalism,
    apartheid and wealth for the "chosen" elite. No room for fairness or >>>>>>ordinary
    people.
    I hope they go to hell, the lot of them.
    Abuse removed
    Abuse removed


    We can expect some difficult times as the country has an attempt at >>>>>>>making
    progress through this situation.

    Certainly the lack of communication is becoming a problem - it appears >>>>>that to achieve the tax cuts a lot of decisions are being made without >>>>>consultation and in the case of the Auckland fuel surcharges, how much >>>>>it will cost to back out of some contracts already under way. . >>>>>Already we have sacrificed cost of living for minimum wage workers >>>>>(they are getting a cut in real terms), we are giving up planned new >>>>>classrooms in schools, fixing water problems is getting further and >>>>>further away - and it looks like they will be asking Councils to >>>>>borrow at higher rates than the government can, which is just paying >>>>>more money overseas; we are accepting more smoking deaths in future >>>>>that will cost us more than the additional taxes the government will >>>>>receive - and all to fund a cut to the top tax rate. Already >>>>>economists are predicting that the Reserve Bank will need to start >>>>>raising interest rates again . . .
    Nonsense.
    I heard that this afternoon - it will be the effect of a combination
    of things, including a lot more of the things the government is doing >>>than I have mentioned, but also higher than expected overseas
    inflation.
    It is nonsense, perhaps you should stop listening to the little voices that >>nobody else hears.

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