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[wizard of Tauranga]

RIP Dame Tariana Turia.

Te Pāti Māori co-founder and former leader. Lots of mana and passion.

One of my favourites

 

[Inruin]

RIP Dame Tariana Turia.

Te Pāti Māori co-founder and former leader. Lots of mana and passion.

One of my favourite.

Sad, sad day

A very lovely lady who did a lot for māori and was a leader of the party when it had mana, dignity and respect.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/polit...ariana-turia-dies/XXDWZXIRAJE5ZEBGONKUQBHLKY/

 

[Bay39er]

There are official figures available but we don’t keep a breakdown ourselves.

Domestics bounced back post covid; international is way down still and anecdotally talking to other operators this summers down on last summer for internationals which is the opposite of what we all want.

Care to share what type of tourism business you run.

Would be good if forumers supported businesses run by other forumers - something akin to BNI

 

[Damo]

RIP Dame Tariana Turia.

Te Pāti Māori co-founder and former leader. Lots of mana and passion.

One of my favourites

Damn, TPM was a lot better when she was running it. RIP Aunty

 

[Tragic]

Some genuinely believing Jesus will return and all that borders on delusional, but that’s just to me. Perhaps that’s faith? Evidence is what makes me believe though

Sounds like the recruitment thread going for SJ to come back. Those who know seem our redemption in AW who is the true savior

 

[Tragic]

I reckon Frank is laying a trap, he is going to suck is into embracing a new saviour, nek minit he will start a new church and we will be tithing and praying at the altar. W2D will be his first altar boy/fluffer, wizard will run the finances and head of propaganda.

 

[Noitall]

Sounds like the recruitment thread going for SJ to come back. Those who know seem our redemption in AW who is the true savior

Good to see he’s over trying to drum up support for our venture over to the holy land. Well the nrl’s holy land anyway

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Care to share what type of tourism business you run.

Would be good if forumers supported businesses run by other forumers - something akin to BNI

Don’t really want to reveal who I am as it would limit my ability to explore ideas here in a private personal capacity.

But we took over a closed venture during covid. We’ve doubled the physical footprint and number of attractions and are creating a themed ‘park’ aimed at families that ties in well with our childcare business background.

Long term we have more big expansion plans. How many people can say they get a chance to build a theme park

 

[Bluecat]

I reckon Frank is laying a trap, he is going to suck is into embracing a new saviour, nek minit he will start a new church and we will be tithing and praying at the altar. W2D will be his first altar boy/fluffer, wizard will run the finances and head of propaganda.

We could cordon off a section of the stand at Mt Smart for the faithful and have Frank lead prayer meetings during home games to beseech the almighty to intervene with the Bunker. Every little bit helps

 

[Inruin]

We could cordon off a section of the stand at Mt Smart for the faithful and have Frank lead prayer meetings during home games to beseech the almighty to intervene with the Bunker. Every little bit helps

I think you mean Bishop Frank....

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

We could cordon off a section of the stand at Mt Smart for the faithful and have Frank lead prayer meetings during home games to beseech the almighty to intervene with the Bunker. Every little bit helps

Keep the faith…

 

[Tragic]

Bleak but a good read - https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/04/a...ocial&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1735932150-2

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Bleak but a good read - https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/04/a...ocial&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1735932150-2

Starts off on the wrong foot but gets there in the end.

New Zealand urgently needs leaders who are driven by ‘what works’ for the people, who respect democratic processes, and can bring the country back together. They require strategic intelligence, not ideological blinkers.

While I doubt she meant it, that needs to apply both sides equally. Labors infinite handouts and endless Treaty concessions, cause equal and opposite reaction on the right, which is slash and burn. You will never address one without the other. And as pointed out ad nauseum, Labors policies also failed to address these issues

 

[Worried2Death]

If aunty Dame Anne is right about this, we've been captured by this radical ideology and it's too late to stop the descent into a neoliberal nightmare. She's even more worried than maybetop8.

 

[Mr Drag]

Starts off on the wrong foot but gets there in the end.

New Zealand urgently needs leaders who are driven by ‘what works’ for the people, who respect democratic processes, and can bring the country back together. They require strategic intelligence, not ideological blinkers.

While I doubt she meant it, that needs to apply both sides equally. Labors infinite handouts and endless Treaty concessions, cause equal and opposite reaction on the right, which is slash and burn. You will never address one without the other. And as pointed out ad nauseum, Labors policies also failed to address these issues

Labour had 6 years to fix things, Imagine if they had 12 years what they could of fixed?

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

If aunty Dame Anne is right about this, we've been captured by this radical ideology and it's too late to stop the descent into a neoliberal nightmare. She's even more worried than maybetop8.

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I liked this comment at the bottom of the article:

‘Amazing the country survives the shift from radical Marxism to radical libertarianism every few years.’

You and me are just like boats in the infinite ocean washing about by great forces we have no control over.

 

[Mr Drag]

I liked this comment at the bottom of the article:

‘Amazing the country survives the shift from radical Marxism to radical libertarianism every few years.’

You and me are just like boats in the infinite ocean washing about by great forces we have no control over.

Sounds like something the Captain of the Manawanui would say!

 

[Noitall]

I liked this comment at the bottom of the article:

‘Amazing the country survives the shift from radical Marxism to radical libertarianism every few years.’

You and me are just like boats in the infinite ocean washing about by great forces we have no control over.

Was what I noticed too down the bottom in the comments. Though a small amount to reference, the females seem to be in agreement with the person writing the article and the last two are males and disagree with her. The last one doesn’t respond when she asks if he agrees with the bill. Could be that the writer is female as to why the females support her? Could be nothing either and just some support her stance and others don’t and the makeup of the few commenting were split that way coincidentally. I’ve been of the persuasion for some time now that divides are creeping into society but none larger than the political divide that’s growing in the world

 

[MaybeTop8]

If aunty Dame Anne is right about this, we've been captured by this radical ideology and it's too late to stop the descent into a neoliberal nightmare. She's even more worried than maybetop8.

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Believe me I take no pleasure in how toxic the right are for everyone but their own self interested groups. And how destructive neoliberalism is. And the destruction of democracy by the autocrats and the billionaires in real time.

 

[MaybeTop8]

Labour had 6 years to fix things, Imagine if they had 12 years what they could of fixed?

So the answer is shrug your shoulders and belittle? I'll take this as an acknowledgement from you that the right are indeed toxic and are indeed pushing an agenda that fucks all of us bar the very rich and entitled.

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