"Our people ... have taken a step towards the pure and perfect kingdom"

It starts...

We, Tariana Turia, Tribune of the People, duly and legally elected by a small proportion of a small proportion of those same people, do hereby pronounce and proclaim, we are appalled.
And with the power vested in us as Associate Minister of Health for the realm of Aotearoa New Zealand, a position attained through political expedience rather than by any perception of merit, we shall act.
Our subjects may recall that in the Year of our Lord 2011 we issued the "Wag That Finger and Say Tut-tut" edict, the purpose of which was to shame and vilify smokers, thereby propelling one in five of the adult population of the realm, more people indeed than voted for the Labour Party at the last election, out of the moral mainstream and on to the distant shoals of ostracism where they belong. And we are pleased to report that the campaign has proved popular with those who know what's good for others. Citizens, we commend you. 

...  and you can read the rest of Joe Bennett's version of The Proclamation yourself.

Jafaland: Who not to vote for...

strong presence of Labour Party members at the launch, including Mayor Len Brown and Labour leader David Shearer

working with Labour and the Greens and independents to advance polices such as better choice of public transport and retaining community-owned assets

As if enough hasn't been wasted to date on Len's futile train set, a 'better' choice of public transport?  Paid for by wasting more of my already exorbitant rates no doubt.  And working with extreme left watermelons to advance their own loony brand of communism?  Thankfully no, I could never bring myself to vote left.

Must remember City Vision is a pack of lefty would be thieves and troughers at voting time.

Just maybe the message is getting through

Taking part in patrolling gives each volunteer dad the opportunity to gain a personal connection to Kaitaia, but more importantly makes the Kaitaia CBD a safer place

really great to see though was dads in high-viz jackets walking the streets, one of the mums saying just seeing them made her feel safer

Who would have thought that dads stepping up to the plate might actually work?

A salutary lesson for all those towns with no-go areas and high truancy rates.  A bouquet for once.  Keep it up, you might be onto something.

Greens taking the piss

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman said the fact parents were resorting to lay-bys for children's parties was a sign of growing financial hardship.

"It is an example of poverty in New Zealand when families can't even afford to pay for treats for their kids' birthdays"

Can't afford $60 bags of sugar filled lollies or prezzies for the rugrat? So they whack it on layby! Obviously the parents need to learn how to make a nutritious carrot cake or something similar.  Icing sugar is dirt cheap and the rugrats wouldn't know any different.

Red Russel would have you believe that having to put the items on tick is a gold standard measure of 'poverty'.   Really?

Bollocks!  I'd say it is parents who will not take the time to look after their kids and get their priorities right.  Probably do not stick the booze and fags on layby. 

No child in New Zealand should be shortchanged for the basics with the all manner of handouts available via benefits, accommodation supplements and tax break rorts like Working for Welfare.  It is only parents that are failing to make good choices when it comes to their rugrats.

Excellent news!

party had nearly 1,000 members and was applying for registration

now in the process of replicating that in other areas ... it will grow rapidly

policies include abolishing the Treaty of Waitangi, ending "co-governance agreements", and axing race-based seats and posts in central and local government

The best news in a long time.  At least someone with principles to vote for.   Their website (on sidebar at right) has been a factual litany of the expensive racial rorts employed under the guise of 'treaty partnership' putting this country on a path to apartheid.

Now, watch the race based troughers surface screaming racism.

The ultimate IRD data matching tool?

X-Keyscore part of "NSA's lawful foreign signals intelligence collection system"

Might be currently only for the GCSB spooks to track known radicals like feral greenie MPs and certain subversive investigative reporters.

But wait there's more - the IRD will soon find some good reason to trawl your metadata looking to see if you're doing cashies under the table.  Or Mr Plod tracing your calls to the local tinnie house.

173 years on: The fightback from New Zealand state sanctioned apartheid begins

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has signalled he will dump a plan to exempt firms holding Maori fishing quota from a law change

A long time to get here, but a small step in the right direction as special legislative clauses and exemptions for the racially entitled are wound back.

At last National may have seen the light and hopefully is returning to core principles rather than continually pandering to racist separatists.

How New Zealand became the 'Socialist Hell Hole of the South Pacific'

a long-running Communist subversion strategy designed to substitute group rights for the individual equality in citizenship that provides for a peaceful, free society in which every citizen holds an equal share

An examination that  'Reds under the bed' really do exist and in my opinion defining why New Zealand richly deserves such a title.  Another excellent discussion by Mr Chapple.

It is frightening to think near 15% might vote for the openly Communist watermelon loons, followed by the balance of the left supporting Communist infested unions.

When will bloody judges get the message?

Judge Morris told Walker she sentenced him on the basis that the gun was not loaded

You've got to be f**king joking!  And the career crim has the cheek to get upset when he gets 18 months till parole.

This prick made demands at the end of a gun.  There should be no question of intent irrespective of whether the tool used was loaded or not.

I despair that the bloody judiciary is clearly not getting the message giving in to scum like this.   Maybe she needs a change of career.  Barefoot in a kitchen comes to mind.  Or maybe some POS make demands of her at the point a gun.

By George, royal calving has finished.

That's it then.  Waity Kate has done her bit and produced the goods, now lets get on with reality. 

If you've think you've missed any of the coverage, I'm sure you'll be able to read all about it the women's rags next week. 

And for the next 100 years or so.

Small jolt: Not the big one, but beltway in chaos

Well I never.  All the emergency services running round checking things after a series of small quakes.  A few sinkholes in the CBD, cracked plaster and minor masonry falls.  Not 'the big one', but Wellytown is off air for hours.

Speaking of headless chooks, that TV One video clip of the office staff ducking for cover was great.  Except one who ran around the office full of desks twice and still couldn't find cover.  Priceless!  I'm sure someone will do a parody video of that few seconds.  The lady needs to be interviewed and asked 'Do you panic often?'.

I wonder how many beltway lemmings will pull a sickie and not return to the city centre today from their weekend lifestyle blocks to pay their mortgages?  And will the beltway drones be thinking of England as they proceed to work through all those rickety NZ Rail tunnels?

Positive outcome from Welfare Cull: At least she'll be working and not bludging

fears she could be forced to work on the streets if her sickness benefit is cut

Poor hard done by bennie.  Obviously well enough to protest, but apparently sick enough to bludge off hard working taxpayers.

brutal assault on the wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of children and adults who are dependent on the state for survival

That didn't take long for the aggrieved to find a media outlet willing to listen to the supposed tale of woe.  At least in the oldest profession she might become a net taxpayer.  And it will be a legal occupation.

Love the positive message of a "welfare cull".

Music to my ears

Wide-ranging benefit reforms have come into force today

Decades overdue.  But, as is the norm, a leftie MP looking to retain their voting base has found at least one unnamed bludger who thinks menial work is above her station in life as a would be professional  student.

A new way of dealing with hardcore beneficiaries will also be introduced

results are "some of the best from any case management trial" in recent years, with 6000 of the 10,000 people in the pilot no longer on a benefit

 
Now lets see if 60% or more of the 91,000 getting registered today for intense case management really need to be milking the taxpayer tit or are about to have work ethics injected into their lifestyle.

Not only the recent foul weather is clearing today, but there is music in the air.

2 minutes on the power of dreams

Winston stating the obvious

we will make ourselves a laughing stock around this country

Will?  I think not.  Our politicians like Winnie continue to provide daily proof of the above.

Q7 today