Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[dean]

How Labour wants to help bring new supermarket competitor to New Zealand

It wants to go further than it has already.

www.newshub.co.nz

Think this has some merit, especially in light of Sanitarium’s decision around west bix and the warehouse. Much more competition is required in the supermarket industry.

The Labour Govt launched an investigation into this a couple of years back. Lots of talk and posturing as usual but the outcome was the same, nothing happened. Now, two weeks out from the election they bang on as if they will do something about breaking the duopoly.
Only Labour supporters would be silly enough to believe this.

 

[Noitall]

The Labour Govt launched an investigation into this a couple of years back. Lots of talk and posturing as usual but the outcome was the same, nothing happened. Now, two weeks out from the election they bang on as if they will do something about breaking the duopoly.
Only Labour supporters would be silly enough to believe this.

Reminiscent of at then Judith Collins as transport minister launching an inquiry into petrol price gouging, that turned out well. Only a national supporter would be silly enough to believe they’ll commit to businesses doing best by the public. They’re the party of business after all. I’m enjoying the farmers throwing their toys around, they seem to have forgotten about the record payouts they’ve enjoyed in the past 5 years.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Reminiscent of at then Judith Collins as transport minister launching an inquiry into petrol price gouging, that turned out well.

Competition is what keeps businesses honest. Shame Gull has new owners who aren’t as interested in growth and value.

Half the petrol cost is made up of tax. The petrol companies margins are insignificant compared to the oil import cost and tax components.

If the government was serious about cost/ inflation savings they would address the inefficiencies in roadworks, maintenance and new roading costs so the tax component could be reduced - that’s where the biggest gains could be made. Government spending… then we could drop prices by a dollar a litre like Australia has.

 

[Noitall]

Competition is what keeps businesses honest. Shame Gull has new owners who aren’t as interested in growth and value.

Half the petrol cost is made up of tax. The petrol companies margins are insignificant compared to the oil import cost and tax components.

If the government was serious about cost/ inflation savings they would address the inefficiencies in roadworks, maintenance and new roading costs so the tax component could be reduced - that’s where the biggest gains could be made. Government spending… then we could drop prices by a dollar a litre like Australia has.

70 cents is what is currently tax on our petrol prices, I’m not sure that the user charges that national is proposing in order to scrap that tax is going to make life easier. Was personally why I opted away from buying a diesel vehicle in order to avoid the road user charges and the hassle around it.

 

[Noitall]

Election 2023: Christopher Luxon pulls out of major leaders debate - National

National is also not prepared to have Luxon debate a stand-in from Labour.

www.newshub.co.nz

Find this a bit odd, no Hipkins to debate against but only wants to debate the leader. Would have thought it the ideal situation to provide some clarity on policy and stand out against whoever he obviously thinks he’d outperform.

 

[Bruce]

How Labour wants to help bring new supermarket competitor to New Zealand

It wants to go further than it has already.

www.newshub.co.nz

Think this has some merit, especially in light of Sanitarium’s decision around west bix and the warehouse. Much more competition is required in the supermarket industry.

We had it once

 

[Bruce]

, the appointment of a commissioner

they already have a Commerce Commission, so WTF are they on about.

 

[tyrael]

Can someone tell me how Luxon thinks Police can/are willing to just stop a Gang Tangi and tell them to all take off their patches?

 

[Possum11]

I voted today . For the handsome one.

 

[tyrael]

I voted today . For the handsome one.

So you actually didn't vote?

 

[Noitall]

WTF are they on about.

Making it easier for competitors to set up. Very cut throat industry, can recall in the Taranaki town of Stratford for many years where the new world owner was on council and would never let oppositions get their hands on the land they required. There are many instances of why competitors are unable to get their foot in the door.

 

[Worried2Death]

So you actually didn't vote?

Winston still sends hearts a' flutter down at the rest home.

 

[John Nick]

Can someone tell me how Luxon thinks Police can/are willing to just stop a Gang Tangi and tell them to all take off their patches?

I can imagine that they're shitting themselves

 

[miket12]

I voted today . For the handsome one.

Winnie thanks you for your vote

 

[dean]

Can someone tell me how Luxon thinks Police can/are willing to just stop a Gang Tangi and tell them to all take off their patches?

Threaten them with pepper spray?

 

[Worried2Death]

Threaten them with pepper spray?

Play them Year of the Cat by Al Stewart on loop

 

[miket12]

Threaten them with Ross Meurant?

Fixed that for you.

 

[dean]

Play them Year of the Cat by Al Stewart on loop

Threaten them with a job?

 

[Worried2Death]

Threaten them with a job?

Invite Brian Tamaki to be Minister of Police, he can recruit them into his cult where they give him money (while doing good deeds).

 

[miket12]

This is getting nasty.... firstly the Maori Party reveal information of abuse on one of their candidates by some people opposed to co-governance and now the Nats have outlined abuse on them including one candidate who has had to move house.

Campaign terror: National candidates targeted by gang members
National Party claims candidates, volunteers abused by gang members on campaign.

The National Party claims some of its candidates and volunteers have been abused by gang members on the campaign trail.

The party claims the anti-National rhetoric has been stirred up by former senior public servant and lifetime Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam, who has been holding voting education workshops across the country.

One incident allegedly involves Auckland Central candidate Mahesh Muralidhar who said a senior Head Hunters member filmed him and his wife in a restaurant and shared it with followers, with an “abusive and intimidating message”.

The most serious of the allegations is a National candidate who says they were forced to move house after a threat from a gang - National says it won’t release any further information to protect that person and their family.

The party also claims death threats were made to a volunteer in Auckland, another was attacked by a dog, and over the weekend several volunteers were abused and followed by gang members in Hawke’s Bay.

Manurewa candidate Siva Kilari said he had a bottle of beer thrown over him, has had volunteers frequently intimidated, and his house broken into.
National Party campaign chair Chris Bishop said New Zealand deserved a “free and fair election campaign in which every party can express their views”.

“Sadly, malevolent actors are seeking to disrupt National’s campaign."

We are taking the unprecedented step of releasing more information about these incidents so New Zealanders are aware of the stand-over tactics some are resorting to stop National’s plans to crack down on crime and scare New Zealanders away from voting.”

Bishop claimed National’s policies were harsher on gangs than Labour’s, which he believed to be behind the violence.

It comes as the party’s police spokesman Mark Mitchell faces questions over playing politics after making claims on social media about confronting gang members at Parliament on Thursday, despite being told repeatedly the people were not gang members themselves.

The confrontation came after a hīkoi, led by Matilda Kahotea (Ngāti Pūkenga), aimed at opposing National and Act’s policies on the gangs and delivering a petition, calling for gang families to be involved in policies impacting them.

Luxon today didn’t address questions over whether Mitchell had been trying to score political points with the untrue claims.

He said National condemned “any threats and intimidation on any political candidate in the property”.

They had been “pretty full on” for the party members, he said.

All incidents had been reported to police.

The National Party revelations come after Te Pāti Māori Hauraki-Waikato candidate Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s Waikato home was invaded, vandalised and left with a threatening letter in what she claimed was a politically motivated attack.

Labour’s Taranaki-King Country candidate Angela Roberts also revealed she was slapped by an aggressive member of the public while at a local election debate last week.