The 2017 Election Thread

**AllanB** · 23rd September 2018, 17:45

Did the powers that be ever declare the Cook Straight a state highway? Was talk of it way back (80's I think) when every friggen Christmas the rail workers would go on strike and F-up Christmas for the masses. Bastards should have been pushed off the docks in concrete shoes.

Politicians. Can't say in NZ over the decades I have been voting that I have noticed any measurable difference to my families life between parties or combos of parties. But then I'm ya average white dude with a wife and two kids on a reasonable (apparently) wage so we have missed every applicable government hand out over the decades - no paid maternity leave when we had kids, earned ten dollars too much to get family support etc etc and on it goes into my 50's. Now with a daughter at Uni I still earn too much.

Yet ......

One of her flat mates is of a NZ tribal background and gets hand out after handout even to the extend that in her chosen field of medicine their acceptable pass rate is lower than the equivalent 'white' New Zealander. How the F is that acceptable?

**husaberg** · 23rd September 2018, 18:20

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Classic spin.

You're talking shit, NZR was a liability before it was sold, it was a liability as a private venture and it was a liability when labour bought bit back. Still is.

Its not spin its actual events that occurred.
If its spin go ahead tell me exactly how it wasnt National that sold Tranzrail it wasnt Labour that reduced the workforce by 75% over what National had ran it out and that it wasnt asset stripped by the fay Richwhite consortium.
I seee you actually cant fathom how railways actually keep transport off our roads maybe you sould see what a few months worth of road traffic did to the south Islands roads.

**jasonu** · 23rd September 2018, 19:01

Originally Posted by AllanB

Yet ......

One of her flat mates is of a NZ tribal background and gets hand out after handout even to the extend that in her chosen field of medicine their acceptable pass rate is lower than the equivalent 'white' New Zealander. How the F is that acceptable?

You better be sure of who holds the knife when you go to the hospital for an ingrown toe nail eh bro...

**AllanB** · 23rd September 2018, 19:44

Originally Posted by jasonu

You better be sure of who holds the knife when you go to the hospital for an ingrown toe nail eh bro...

Probably be a Labour party refugee ...... at least they will have had field experience

**Ocean1** · 23rd September 2018, 19:56

Originally Posted by AllanB

Probably be a Labour party refugee ...... at least they will have had field experience

Nah, they're only working there to control the unemployed rate.

**Ocean1** · 24th September 2018, 19:39

This housing crisis shit is harder than it looks.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...officials-warn

**husaberg** · 24th September 2018, 19:52

Auckland occupies less than two per cent of New Zealand’s landmass, but 34 per cent of the population already live here. The region takes half of all migrants to New Zealand, and has accommodated a population the size of Wellington in just the past decade, 45,000 people in 2016 alone. Some 39 per cent of Aucklanders were born overseas.

Why Auckland should separate from the rest of New Zealand

https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/au...f-new-zealand/

**jasonu** · 25th September 2018, 02:31

Originally Posted by husaberg

Auckland occupies less than two per cent of New Zealand’s landmass, but 34 per cent of the population already live here. The region takes half of all migrants to New Zealand, and has accommodated a population the size of Wellington in just the past decade, 45,000 people in 2016 alone. Some 39 per cent of Aucklanders were born overseas.

Why Auckland should separate from the rest of New Zealand

https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/au...f-new-zealand/

NZ tall poppy syndrome...
If Auckland went down the shitter it would take the rest of the country with it.

**Ocean1** · 25th September 2018, 07:57

But, but this isn't the advice we wanted either!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/107...xploration-ban

**Voltaire** · 25th September 2018, 08:37

Good photo of Shane Jones, he should keep it up.

**husaberg** · 25th September 2018, 09:42

Originally Posted by jasonu

NZ tall poppy syndrome...
If Auckland went down the shitter it would take the rest of the country with it.

I just seen it, it was written as a satire, posted as the same.
Of course Auckland going under would take the rest of us with it, Afterall we launder all our money and resources through there.

**jasonu** · 25th September 2018, 11:57

Originally Posted by husaberg

I just seen it, it was written as a satire, posted as the same.
Of course Auckland going under would take the rest of us with it, Afterall we launder all our money and resources through there.

Yes mate. Over the last 25 years Aucks has turned into a total shit hole. I'd never consider living there again.