How about you stay in your lane Mr Mayor?

A newspaper reports our local Mayor says:

a “detailed investigation” into the cause of the power cuts is needed

Leave such investigations alone, they're not a concern of your over-taxed ratepayers.  Especially not those such as yourself that must be seen 'to be doing something', but are only ever seen in the media outside our ratepayer's palace posing with a big bone on a necklace.

I'm sure that Top Energy Board is directly feeling the heat over these matters from Far North businesses and residents.   The Far North load is at the end of the Transpower supply chain and like the rest of the country they certainly do not give a damn about anything north of the Brynderwyns.

The Northland MP is on to it - he says "he’s in touch with lines company Top Energy to get to the bottom of the issue".  In other words, read doing 5/8ths of SFA.  The second Northland MP that apparently is somewhere via the apartheid seat is never seen and appears to have kept out of matters.

Mr. Mayor maybe you could actually get away from the palace and address the dropouts along the roads which have had zero preventative maintenance for the past decade.  I see the markings 'area to repair' increase in size each budget round, but nothing gets done.  The mud / rockfalls onto the roads increase each rain event and still nothing gets done.  These days, they are not even cleaned off the road.  The many subsidences are effective ski-jumps and often are vehicle-damaging locations.  More cones with speed reductions via signposts and few shovels of poorly placed asphalt do not form an economic long term repair.  Simple things like removing gravel and leaf detritus from road gutters before the any rain event is just too hard for your team.

Mt Mayor please stay in your lane, firstly sort out your own backyard.

Exposing the real grifters for all to see

Events in the past weeks around the New Zealand's native party have exposed the ultimate grifters for all to see.

"avarice, greed and entitlement"

The Westie mafiosi Tamihere accuses certain MP's of poor form as his direct income stream is under threat.

Further behind all of this tribalist muck there is the 'Iwi Chairs Forum' which seems to want to quickly settle the unrest. A shadowy cabal of normally-behind-the-scenes grifters if there was ever one.  Again money obviously talks.  Meanwhile Chippy Hipkins, remains ever ready to sell his soul (and New Zealand's) keeping the door open for these would-be thieves. 

What next?  Like in the movie, someone is going to end up with a horse's head under the sheets.

Some race-based grifters shown the door in the north [update]

via a newspaper for Northland Regional Council:

Progress results show 26,676 voted to remove the Māori ward, 2090 ahead of those wanting to keep it

Unfortunately, the experiment continues, with the current grifters having another three years to insert their separatist views.

Still awaiting the results from the local council.

[update]

The head grifter at Far North District Council remains in charge.  And supposedly the race-based wards remain.

The vote for Māori wards is clear in Far North, with 10,980 voting to keep the constituency, more than 1680 over those who voted to remove them

Mr. Mayor, that is 9300 ratepayers do not want your separatist apartheid at the council table.  Unfortunately with the Mayor having been investigated by Mr. Plod in a complaint over 'irregularities' pertaining to this election, I expected little else.   Where there's smoke...  The whole northern area is infested with those that erroneously think the treaty is a partnership with some residual claim to sovereignty and self-governance.

Are you listening Mr. Luxon? The voters do not want race-based representation.  Now, about those treaty principles...

Pallywood changing business model?

During today's doom scrolling of the interweb in the search for real news, I notice an almost festive air in the Middle East.

What I do notice is that there is not a starving Gazan in sight.  The pictures seem to be of a very well fed populace.  Very different to the visual offerings we've seen over the recent war years.  Has DJT the saviour of the western world put Pallywood out of business?

I fear the joy may be somewhat premature.  No doubt the remaining hostages, actually yet to be released, may present a very real but different picture.

And once the pull back begins, it will not be long before the war begins again.  Pallywood may have to find a new business trajectory, but Hamas is not gutted.  Their business model has zero room for Israel and the Jews. 

Any news is good news

The elder statesman of New Zealand politics is currently embroiled in an ever-deepening shit fight with the greens and a minor bit player actress over recognition of the pile of sand on Trump's "Riviera".  It seems that some bastard planted a crowbar through the front window of his domicile possibly upsetting Winnie's mutt.  Seems Winnie was not on site at the time, but very frightening for those that were.  

the demonstrators were “not being threatening”

The greenies are chowing down digging a hole ever deeper, they've crossed a line with this protest annoying his missus and the dog.  Winnie is well within his rights to retort.  He has a long memory and will ultimately win serving a cold dish at every future opportunity.  Meanwhile Winston First is front and centre enjoying all the free advertising for more votes.

the [protest] action last week had been “full of love”

As is the norm for rabid lefties it seems the 'mostly peaceful riots' mantra is in play.

They say any news is good news!  

Voters beware: This one has form.

Look what washed up in the mail box today.

One Mr Michael Feyen has recently moved to warmer climes and is currently jostling for votes with a seat at the local government trough.

I offer an independent, unbiased, open-minded, impartial & conversant representation with no known personal, political or cultural baggage within the Kaikohe-Hokianga ward.

I guess past ratepayers in Horowhenua might have differing views on such matters.

IMHO, by their deeds ye shall know them.

More building red tape to increase costs #4275

A typical 2.7m fence post hole you might dig in your back yard would have say 1/3rd of it in the ground.  That is 900mm or 0.9m for long-term stability.

Want to build a house or maybe your dream she shed using your labour?  Typical ordinary and anchor posts for supporting a suspended timber floor are 450 - 900mm minimum in the ground as per code.  

Then we have this via the Far North District Council:

be subjected to a rule that would require them to get resource consents for minor activities such as digging a drain line or constructing a shed that involves any “disturbance of subsoils below a depth of 500mm”

So you'll now need a resource consent where one was not previously required. **

I suppose it keeps the local bureaucracy employed spending the recent 11% rates increase.

I read that with dismay.  Every time you need to dig a hole greater than 500mm on "your" property, to say replace a simple fence post, you must consult the powers to be and pay an expensive fee to ask for permission.

And included with that resource consent, the grifters at the local marae, will for an extra unspecified but appropriate bribe, produce their separate recommendation (or not, if they think they extract even more Danegeld) for said works.  Yes, FNDC, I note you still have the grifter consultation as a required component even though government is possibly about to repeal such requirements.

** NZS 3604 building code was indeed originally written to keep engineers and council wallahs out of your wallet.

Your move Volod...

Ukraine and NATO are “going to have to agree,” Trump stated, noting that “there’s no deal until there’s a deal,” and “it’s ultimately up to them.”

There may have been principles at play here such as 'we will never give up territory' and 'they started it way back in 2014 with the invasion of Crimea'.

Unfortunately for you, this morning Donald and Vlad, being the main players in this ugly game, have sorted your next move.  It was always going to happen this way.

Donald and Vlad will now be getting down to the real agenda whilst enjoying the late summer climes of Alaska.  Business and the art of the deal.

Your move Mr Zelensky.  Volod, if you're a good boy, might even be some $$$ in your bank account.

"We're here to help" #5436

the Government was working to “get Wellington out of farming”

Absolute bollocks!

There's an oft repeated saying just like that.

As is normal, the minister concerned continues with a healthy serving of tripe such as:

We want to reduce regulation and cost on-farm...

and then in the same breath utter:

with a wonderful carbon footprint story to tell

You do not have to wonder much why current farmers take the pine tree credits and run.   This Labour-Lite government is in boots-and-all up to their necks selling their climate-change carbon credit snake-oil.

Are there any recipes for pine tree stew?

Now to get back to previous business...

The saviour of the free world has just announced a Iran-Israel ceasefire.  Well done DJT.

Now Israel can return to the unfinished business of gutting Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.

And Vlod can continue annoying Vlad.

The screaming is about to start

3, 2, 1.  

No it's not "Gentlemen, start your engines."

It is ...

Labour, the Green Party and Te Pāti Māori have been approached for comment

Unfortunately, its an upcoming screamfest.  There will only be one word used.  (clue - it begins with the letter 'R' and you will win bingo)

National's snake-in-the-grass on all that is wonderful about those special people has been tasked with the following on matters relating to 'increasingly activist' proceedings at Waitangi:

It’s time to put the Tribunal in its place

Indeed, one would hope that Mr Fence-sitter Luxon has started proper action on putting those unruly natives in their place.  The associated troughing grifters in the legal fraternity will not be amused as they are the prime enablers of such activism.

via $tuffed

The tribalists have a win. For now.

The noes are 112. The motion is lost.

There's 112 that will never ever get my vote.  It has successfully exposed the tribalists in our Parliament willing to cause separation and division in New Zealand.  Of particular note are the scum in the National Party who aided and abetted this loss.

Thank you David Seymour for bringing this bill to the table.  The underlying cause will forever fester and hopefully decide the next election.

Absolutely no!

A guest writer seemingly endorses usage of pidgin Maori in English communications here. 

A good read with arguments either way.  One of the best I have ever seen.

The status quo for many:

Use of Maori to non-Maori is so rarely as innocent as you state. Expect push back because of this

Why on earth would someone start a letter Kia Ora Cassandra, write me a page of English and end it with Nga mihi if he wasn’t virtue signalling

while I am quite aware of Nga mihi nui, Kia ora, etc I won’t be joining you in sprinkling them into my language

and:

Use one language or the other.

If it’s fully in moari, I won’t bother with it.

If it’s in manglish, I stop reading at the first moari word, and that includes “a tee rower”.

Summarising (wholly endorsed) via Cassandra:

And I end with the same reply: you’re advocating NZ pijin. No!

Mr. Luxon: What will it be?

Mr Luxon and others are today at the native-fest up the creek somewhere in the mid-North Island.  Vote buying lubricated with copious wads of your hard earnt taxes.  Corruption and god-bothering with marching bands.  Bread and circuses...

Rātana’s long-standing position that Te Tiriti o Waitangi was anchored in partnership

No doubt he'll tell attendees one thing, ie. it's a partnership, whilst every other New Zealander knows it is a three article cessation of sovereignity treaty which does not mention 'partnership' or define any 'principles'.

“If that partnership is going to be impacted, then it will impact on kotahitanga [unity],”

Meanwhile the natives continue to make their threats.

What will today's message to the gathered masses be Mr. Luxon?

And the band played Waltzing Matilda...

Cruise Director Chris Luxon rearranges the deck chairs whilst NZ Inc sinks ever deeper.

With rabid separatists railing daily against their colonising masters, New Zealand is damaged beyond repair, I fear.

Oh, for a Milei or a Trump.

The latest BS from Climatard HQ

Hydroclimate whiplash – a term for the phenomenon of savage seasonal swings between catastrophic rain and sapping drought – is increasing, fast.

WTF???

Ever desparate to insert the planet is boiling or whatever is the latest religion to garner more $$$$ that BS takes the cake.

Driven by an atmosphere stoked hotter by the burning of fossil fuels, the whiplash is amplifying flash-floods, wildfires, landslides and disease outbreaks

Absolute BS!

Meanwhile, some current takeaways from Kalifornia:

Take a closer look at the pictures of the 'burbs.  A number of metal and concrete tile roofed properties appear to have survived.  The ones that incinerated more than likely had typically constructed to code tar soaked asphalt shingles on plywood with open eaves all tinder dry awaiting an ignition source.  Change the building code to outlaw such construction.  (maybe that's why the dingos across the ditch favour metal roofed sheds, on concrete slabs without eaves, in bushfire regions)

We've moved into a La Nina (or is it the other one? - can never remember).  Anyway the general theme is that the western Pacific / Indian / Atlantic Oceans will get all the rain for the next few years.  Hence the eastern sides of those same water bodies are in a prolonged drought.  Somewhere within the next nine years it will cyclically reverse and the opposite will occur where eastern Africa is as usual drought ravaged.

As for the downpours - anyone remember that undersea volcano that dumped half the Pacific into the upper atmosphere a couple of weekends or so ago.  Well all that water has to eventually come down.  It was well predicted to be an issue for 2-5 years!

Climatards, life goes on.  The source of our climate will rise tomorrow morning and all will be well.  You'll get your daily dose of cosmic radiation to keep you cosy as the heat of the fires fades without fuel load, albeit reduced by a big cloud of Sulphur Dioxide in parts of Kalifornia.  You're maybe good for another 30 years or so.

Not one dollar of mine or yours will change what that big yellow nuclear fusion reactor in the sky does to our puny planet.  After all this planet has endured 4,500 million years without any adverse effects.

via $tuffed

Mr Luxon: A question for you

Have just sent in my submission on the Treaty of Waitangi Bill.  Easily done and submitted.  Was surprisingly in the common language of New Zealand, namely English, except as usual for the website landing page.  Not one word of pidgin seen during the process.

However the 'do-not-reply' email noting receipt of said submission opened with a 'Kia ora'.  The rest of that email is in English without further pidgin insertions.  

I fear the public servant (a nameless, genderless scribe named as 'The Office of the Clerk') issuing such an email has taken it upon themselves to show their bias to those who submit on such matters.

That aside, I should be thankful that the other often-named governmental scribe, a 'nga mihi' has not penned the reply.  Again, still have not worked out whether that one is a he/she or it.

Mr. Luxon, why are government departments still allowed to presume the the recipient understands or cares about any other language than the King's English?  

All government missives should be in English other than where specifically requested or pertinent to the topic being discussed.