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Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:17 am, September 1st, 2026
I noticed that bwag. Luxon never mentions anything to do with reducing CO2 emissions. He only complies for business purposes. He also argues that Paris isn't working and should be changed because many countries aren't complying with their commitments, ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:34 pm, August 31st, 2026
Trump is in trouble: "While GOP [Republican] incumbents in Kansas and Nebraska are facing the fight of their careers, Republican lawmakers in the South are also seeing unusually adverse polling data, while states at opposite ends of the country, Maine and ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:02 pm, August 31st, 2026
I didn't understand a word of that, but thank you.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 9:39 am, August 30th, 2026
"They have sent back the Country’s climate response through a combination of scientific illiteracy, the wish to stoke culture wars and the need to save money so they can afford tax cuts for their mates. They may now realise that they will cost the country ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 11:06 am, August 29th, 2026
What's your point Merc? Obscure comments don't work.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 11:01 am, August 29th, 2026
I think Winston and Shane, the racist duo, have made NZF just as bad as ACT in this government, which says something. Apart from overt racism, Shane has continually attacked the environment. However his latest attack on Sam Neill (through the Spielberg ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:41 am, August 28th, 2026
Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 2:32 pm, August 27th, 2026
Fast-track is now officially a disaster for the National Party. Labour has a chance to jump in here with a vote winning policy to exclude all green field residential development from fast-track. Hipkins should do this NOW. “Making a mockery of local ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 12:53 pm, August 27th, 2026
Yes I saw another new bus route development for $5 billion dollars was approved last week for Auckland. It really looks like Auckland is sorting public transport out finally, which is impressive.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 9:08 am, August 27th, 2026
A billionaire who lives in California and is worth NZ$15 billion is not happy about the state's proposed one-off Wealth Tax on people who have more than US$1 billion saying: “I think it’s deeply un-American to seize people’s assets. It might be ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 7:49 am, August 27th, 2026
I see Bomber on TDB is slagging off the Greens for weakening their Wealth Tax by replacing it with a Super-Rich Tax. He really is an idiot sometimes (though often he gets it right). The Green's SRT will raise roughly $4 Billion a year from the super-rich. ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 7:15 am, August 27th, 2026
One key policy Labour has right is its commitment to remove of the so-called "regulatory relief" provisions in the new RMA. These provisions will force Councils who decline subdivision applications, usually because they have significant adverse effects on ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:40 am, August 27th, 2026
That is not a bad idea Graeme/SPC. As you say SPC it is surprising how people will find an alternative (either public transport, EBike, ride sharing or just not travelling) when they are hit with a $10 congestion charge and there would be no avoiding ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 4:52 pm, August 26th, 2026
Agree Graeme. That's why I think Labour should put a Visitor Levy in its policies. Bollocks to this "no more taxes" agenda being forced on us by the Trump-lite Nats. Those travellers causing traffic chaos and damage to roads and needing toilets and parking ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 7:28 am, August 25th, 2026
Everything I'm hearing makes me think that Labour should support a Bed Tax. It is a sensible solution to the infrastructure deficit in the major tourist towns. It's an easy one to argue....it will keep rates down. So it will actually keep taxes down in the ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 7:03 am, August 25th, 2026
The backlash against Data Centres is becoming a huge political issue in the USA. "The swiftness and ferocity of the backlash has caught the tech industry on the backfoot, where it’s struggled to find an effective message that assuages voters’ worries that ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:04 am, August 25th, 2026
Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 6:33 pm, August 24th, 2026
But as I said to you before Ad, the data centres currently operating in NZ use just 142MW, and these have been developed over a long time period. Just the two mega DC's proposed recently (Southland and Taranaki) will use 280+250=530MW at a stroke. It is a ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 1:16 pm, August 24th, 2026
Fair comment Res...that is interesting. Could well be that I am wrong.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 11:32 am, August 24th, 2026
Well they ARE tourists when they visit Queenstown. This is far from being just about international visitors.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 11:16 am, August 24th, 2026
Bella-Alwyn is making a joke that should see him banned for a while.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 8:16 am, August 24th, 2026
Luxon reneges on Bed Tax and Auckland Regional Deal. Auckland and Queenstown mayors (among others) are ropeable. "Queenstown Lakes District mayor John Glover told RNZ it appeared to be a "complete u-turn" on policy, after the government agreed to consider ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 8:06 am, August 24th, 2026
Reid Research poll today: Lab 32.2 Gre 10.2 TPM 3.0=45.4 Nat 29.1 NZF 11.9 ACT 7.7=48.7 Opp 5.3 So Opp, the party that will subsidise data centers, is taking enough votes (mostly off the Left) to choose the government. But if Opp's vote slips 0.4 it is a ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 5:26 pm, August 23rd, 2026
Oncology expert pretty much destroys ACT's Two-Huge-Cancer-Centres policy, calling it "magical thinking".Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 5:20 pm, August 23rd, 2026
From memory I think they cancelled that a while ago BWag. (Possibly they already had their no new tax policy in mind then) But it does raise the issue of how they are going to pay for the LNG import plant-Bernard Hickey says it will be close to $3 billion ...Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 9:22 pm, August 22nd, 2026
Nice work Micky. I do wish Labour would join the Greens in their DC policy moratorium though.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 3:11 pm, August 22nd, 2026
AI tells me there are 66 distinct ministerial portfolios inside cabinet and 15 outside. Given that Luxon clearly trusts almost nobody in the cabinet after the one-person coup, I predict that Goldsmith will have around 50 portfolios by November 7.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 12:05 pm, August 22nd, 2026
True. Willow Jean Prime cracked up on RadioNZ when asked about the cycle lane crossing issue. She was quick to say Luxon also took a limo across the road to Parliament on his first day as National Party leader.Written By: Bearded Git - Date published: 11:28 am, August 22nd, 2026
"Christopher was late for work because the cycle lanes made it difficult to cross the road." ClassicWritten By: Bearded Git - Date published: 1:30 pm, August 21st, 2026
Shelter bags-FFS is that Rotary's solution. That simply perpetuates the problem. Maybe the 3,500 state houses cancelled by this government has something to do with the increased level of homelessness.....
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