There is a difference. NZ gangs will target their own people. British grooming gangs are Muslim and they don't target Muslim girls.
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Good point, that is a difference. No worse or better in that respect, both are despicable.
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Another former MP investigated for shoplifting from Pac & Save.
Inflation and cost of livings been hitting everyone I guess…
Inflation and cost of livings been hitting everyone I guess…
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Nah the same one. She obviously a kleptomaniac
Is it who we're all thinking
Not sure what everyone else's experiences are but I've spent a bit of time over the last 15 days travelling around Auckland and Northland and the roads seem to be a big improvement on what they had been. Certainly still rough patches and areas not in good condition but no potholes of note.
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She's her own kleptocracy, will her campaign of terror never end
Yeah new case apparentlyStuff
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From late 2024, so after the ones she went to court for?
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I have sympathy for her, only because she lived with Guy Williams
Not sure but certainly odd behaviour
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She's cooked. Doesn't make any sense!
Seems like a psychiatric issue rather than a criminal one, though she’s breaking the law each time. Doesn’t make sense to me either
Those two do not have to be exclusive to be fair.
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Require different treatments though
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Something is seriously wrong with New Zealand’s public wealth. We rank near the top globally for per-capita resources and assets - ahead of most OECD nations. On some measures, only Saudi Arabia eclipses us. Yet our public services are crumbling and we cannot afford to fund or maintain critical infrastructure.
The scale of our natural wealth may come as a surprise to many. But our endowment spans an extraordinary range. World-class agricultural land stretches across both islands. Our renewable electricity generation ranks among the highest in the OECD. Our fisheries rank among the world’s most extensive, while forests blanket 37% of our land. We even possess significant mineral deposits, though these remain largely unexplored.
Despite our wealth - both public and private - we languish at 22nd place in the OECD for GDP per capita. Our prosperity trails far behind comparable nations like Australia and Ireland. Treasury has estimated our infrastructure needs $210 billion to reach adequate levels. Our productivity growth remains dismal.
We have settled for being passive custodians rather than making these resources work for us. The result is billions in capital tied up in an underperforming Crown and local government balance sheets while critical infrastructure crumbles.
Our infrastructure spending efficiency ranks in the bottom 10% of high-income countries, with construction costs rising one-third faster than prices elsewhere in the economy. Infrastructure productivity growth lags at just one-third the rate of the overall economy. We are not just spending too little – we are getting poor value from what we do spend.
This systemic inefficiency helps explain why New Zealand faces a $210bn infrastructure deficit despite spending 5.5% of GDP on infrastructure - more than both Australia and the OECD median. It is a problem of management and delivery, not merely funding.
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The scale of our natural wealth may come as a surprise to many. But our endowment spans an extraordinary range. World-class agricultural land stretches across both islands. Our renewable electricity generation ranks among the highest in the OECD. Our fisheries rank among the world’s most extensive, while forests blanket 37% of our land. We even possess significant mineral deposits, though these remain largely unexplored.
Despite our wealth - both public and private - we languish at 22nd place in the OECD for GDP per capita. Our prosperity trails far behind comparable nations like Australia and Ireland. Treasury has estimated our infrastructure needs $210 billion to reach adequate levels. Our productivity growth remains dismal.
We have settled for being passive custodians rather than making these resources work for us. The result is billions in capital tied up in an underperforming Crown and local government balance sheets while critical infrastructure crumbles.
Our infrastructure spending efficiency ranks in the bottom 10% of high-income countries, with construction costs rising one-third faster than prices elsewhere in the economy. Infrastructure productivity growth lags at just one-third the rate of the overall economy. We are not just spending too little – we are getting poor value from what we do spend.
This systemic inefficiency helps explain why New Zealand faces a $210bn infrastructure deficit despite spending 5.5% of GDP on infrastructure - more than both Australia and the OECD median. It is a problem of management and delivery, not merely funding.
Roger Partridge: How did we end up so asset-rich but service-poor?
OPINION: Despite our wealth our prosperity trails behind Australia and Ireland.
While the reductions in public servants and the change of direction in a lot of services has caused a number of problems and struggles for those laid off, there is at least one part of the government where the changes have definitely led to improvements in their service…. the building and housing section of MBIE.
If council refuse to issue a Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) for a project because a producer statement from the roofers, or water membrane installer hasn’t been received, or a any one of a hundred reasons, the way to get it resolved is for either the developer, or the builder, or the owner to take the council through MBIE’s dispute resolution service who make a determination of whether the council should or shouldn’t issue a CCC…. council’s liability increases for bad workmanship if they’ve issue a CCC.
But MBIE’s scope doesn’t just finish there, they would also make determination on whether work had been done properly. For example, a roofer may use a propriety flashing system which a council building Officer was unwilling to pass an inspection and MBIE called in to determine whether it was correct or not.
Anyway, MBIE had became very focused on middle management, outside consultants and communications staff to the point where it took over 500 days to investigate a compliant and issue a determination. Now, because they’ve priorities have been reset, they now taking less than 100 days.
Now, if it’s an addition to an existing dwelling and the issue is over the waterproofing in a bathroom under some tiles, the house owner may not be worried about how long it takes because they are still able to live in the house and, can in fact, sell the house without a CCC while waiting for the MBIE determination.
But, if the issue is over a cladding system and no work can be done until a determination is released, a heck of a lot of damage could be caused over a 500 day period or additional cost on “tenting” the house while waiting for a determination.
Then, if the house is a “spec” house being built by either a developer or builder for sale when completed, they can’t sell the property, or if it’s been “brought of the plans”, hand it over to the new owners until a CCC has been issued. The holding cost of not being able to settle for three months is bad enough but the holding costs of 18 months waiting for a determination is huge.
And other times, it’s council’s who seek a determination to show that they were right in not passing an inspection or issuing a CCC.
Even just the time it takes for MBIE to respond to questions about material suitably or okaying construction details when none are available from manufacturers has decreased from over a week to less than 24 hours… and, in some cases, within a few hours.
As much as I hate to think the public service has been gutted, this is one case where the reset has worked out well.
BUT, my fear is that other departments have been gutted in the name of “efficiency” and it will eventually lead to less favorable outcomes for staff and for customers/tax payers. While the public service had become too bloated, I think the pendulum has swung back too far. It’s all about balance, and I don’t think this government has it right, and, when there is eventually a change of government, I don’t have very much confidence that they’ll get it right either as they try to make the cost of election promises (i.e. vote winning bribes) work.
Please Lord, spare us from politicians who only care about swing voters and their party’s financial backers and not what’s best for the country. Amen.
If council refuse to issue a Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) for a project because a producer statement from the roofers, or water membrane installer hasn’t been received, or a any one of a hundred reasons, the way to get it resolved is for either the developer, or the builder, or the owner to take the council through MBIE’s dispute resolution service who make a determination of whether the council should or shouldn’t issue a CCC…. council’s liability increases for bad workmanship if they’ve issue a CCC.
But MBIE’s scope doesn’t just finish there, they would also make determination on whether work had been done properly. For example, a roofer may use a propriety flashing system which a council building Officer was unwilling to pass an inspection and MBIE called in to determine whether it was correct or not.
Anyway, MBIE had became very focused on middle management, outside consultants and communications staff to the point where it took over 500 days to investigate a compliant and issue a determination. Now, because they’ve priorities have been reset, they now taking less than 100 days.
Now, if it’s an addition to an existing dwelling and the issue is over the waterproofing in a bathroom under some tiles, the house owner may not be worried about how long it takes because they are still able to live in the house and, can in fact, sell the house without a CCC while waiting for the MBIE determination.
But, if the issue is over a cladding system and no work can be done until a determination is released, a heck of a lot of damage could be caused over a 500 day period or additional cost on “tenting” the house while waiting for a determination.
Then, if the house is a “spec” house being built by either a developer or builder for sale when completed, they can’t sell the property, or if it’s been “brought of the plans”, hand it over to the new owners until a CCC has been issued. The holding cost of not being able to settle for three months is bad enough but the holding costs of 18 months waiting for a determination is huge.
And other times, it’s council’s who seek a determination to show that they were right in not passing an inspection or issuing a CCC.
Even just the time it takes for MBIE to respond to questions about material suitably or okaying construction details when none are available from manufacturers has decreased from over a week to less than 24 hours… and, in some cases, within a few hours.
As much as I hate to think the public service has been gutted, this is one case where the reset has worked out well.
BUT, my fear is that other departments have been gutted in the name of “efficiency” and it will eventually lead to less favorable outcomes for staff and for customers/tax payers. While the public service had become too bloated, I think the pendulum has swung back too far. It’s all about balance, and I don’t think this government has it right, and, when there is eventually a change of government, I don’t have very much confidence that they’ll get it right either as they try to make the cost of election promises (i.e. vote winning bribes) work.
Please Lord, spare us from politicians who only care about swing voters and their party’s financial backers and not what’s best for the country. Amen.
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Good post.
There is a lot of propaganda spread by vested interests about slashing the public service. Numbers are stable and WAY above 5 years ago.
Despite job cuts, cost of public service still growing: What you need to know
Explainer - Thousands of jobs have been cut but it's a drop in the bucket of the overall expenses.
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having major businesses hidden under tax free charities doesnt help. End that rortSomething is seriously wrong with New Zealand’s public wealth. We rank near the top globally for per-capita resources and assets - ahead of most OECD nations. On some measures, only Saudi Arabia eclipses us. Yet our public services are crumbling and we cannot afford to fund or maintain critical infrastructure.
The scale of our natural wealth may come as a surprise to many. But our endowment spans an extraordinary range. World-class agricultural land stretches across both islands. Our renewable electricity generation ranks among the highest in the OECD. Our fisheries rank among the world’s most extensive, while forests blanket 37% of our land. We even possess significant mineral deposits, though these remain largely unexplored.
Despite our wealth - both public and private - we languish at 22nd place in the OECD for GDP per capita. Our prosperity trails far behind comparable nations like Australia and Ireland. Treasury has estimated our infrastructure needs $210 billion to reach adequate levels. Our productivity growth remains dismal.
We have settled for being passive custodians rather than making these resources work for us. The result is billions in capital tied up in an underperforming Crown and local government balance sheets while critical infrastructure crumbles.
Our infrastructure spending efficiency ranks in the bottom 10% of high-income countries, with construction costs rising one-third faster than prices elsewhere in the economy. Infrastructure productivity growth lags at just one-third the rate of the overall economy. We are not just spending too little – we are getting poor value from what we do spend.
This systemic inefficiency helps explain why New Zealand faces a $210bn infrastructure deficit despite spending 5.5% of GDP on infrastructure - more than both Australia and the OECD median. It is a problem of management and delivery, not merely funding.
Roger Partridge: How did we end up so asset-rich but service-poor?
OPINION: Despite our wealth our prosperity trails behind Australia and Ireland.
