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miket12 said:
Love him or hate him, he was probably the last "statesman" politician to run the country...

www.nzherald.co.nz

A sad day for New Zealand: Flags at half-mast, nation mourns death of Jim Bolger

PM Chris Luxon said Bolger left behind a legacy that will be respected for generations.
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He seemed to become a better and better politician after his career actually finished. Often the voice of reason in the media on both sides recently. Seemed like a good guy with his heart in the right place.
 
juju said:
He seemed to become a better and better politician after his career actually finished. Often the voice of reason in the media on both sides recently. Seemed like a good guy with his heart in the right place.
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One of the early kingmaker scenarios for Winston where he held the country up waiting for his decision involving this poor guy. He did everything he could to get it over the line while Winston played his games with media like the holding signs up with yes or no answers. Certainly a guy from a different time in politics, though Winston has adapted effectively. Think this was always probably Winston’s most effective way of politics, he wasn’t popular when in the national party
 
wizard of Tauranga said:
Fundamentals of the economy starting to gather pace in multiple sectors 👍

Less crime
More tourism
Inflation down
Interest rates down
Farming up
Education improvements
Roads getting fixed

Good work - this is why we voted in the coalition and about time we started giving some credit where it is due!
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lol BS and I am not a leftie last report had inflation at 2.7% up from 2.2 at the same time last year.

Crime dropped from 241 to 225 per 100.000 of the population, yet at the same time the number of victims rose from 31 to 32 % mainly due to an increase in fraud.

Farming up is due to an increase in price for dairy products... hardly helpful to the average kiwi...

Tourism is increasing but still below pre-pandemic numbers...

Go for a drive around any town in NZ and look at the empty shops and warehouses. Your from Tauranga, go for a drive, bet you can find at least 50... in a single cluster

Where are these cheaper rentals for existing tenancies can you show me some proof of a landlord reducing rent, apart from a few people who wanted "look at me" news stories on social media. While it is true that rents have decreased for new rental agreements, this is due to the lack of people who could afford the old rates and landlords having the choice of accepting less or nothing at all. I am yet to hear of existing tenants being offered cheaper rents. The other thing that is happening is now instead of couples or families having privacy, they are forced to rent out empty rooms just to meet the bills. You want proof of this, look at room rentals increases on all platforms from Facebook Marketplace to sites like NZ Flatmates. This is another reason for increased mortgagee sales, many landlords now can't get the rent to service their huge debts.

The only decreases in rents I can find are for commercial properties renewals and the drops have been huge because there aren't the numbers of businesses to support high rents.. One of the largest stats for unservicable debts is business loans. Business owners who put up their own assets as security for lending are being put into personal receivership in increasing numbers.
 

Stuff

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Don’t think this stance is going to go down well here. There seems to be a narrative trying to be created that they are greedy and can’t be pleased in negotiations but staffing issues seem to be the main issue in a job that’s becoming increasingly violent with what they have to deal with. The stories my ex wife had were unreal
 
Ego sum deus tuus said:
lol BS and I am not a leftie last report had inflation at 2.7% up from 2.2 at the same time last year.

Crime dropped from 241 too 225 per 100.000 of yet at the same time the number of victims rose from 31 to 32 % mainly due to an increase in frauds.

Farming up is due to an increase in price for dairy products... hardly helpful to the average kiwi...

Tourism is increasing but still below pre-pandemic numbers...

Go for a drive around any town in NZ and look at the empty shops and warehouses. Your from Tauranga go for a drive bet you can find at least 50... in a single cluster

Where are these cheaper rentals for existing tenancies can you show me some proof of a landlord reducing rent apart from a few people who wanted look at me news stories on social media. While it is true rents have decreased for new rentals agreements this is due to the lack of people who could afford the old rates and landlords having the choice of accepting less or nothing at all. I am yet to hear of existing tenants being offered cheaper rents. The other thing that is happening is now instead of couples or families having privacy they are forced to rent out empty rooms just to meet the bills. You want proof of this look at room rentals increases on all platforms from Facebook market place to sites like nz flatmates. This is another reason for increased mortgagee sales many landlords now can't get the rent to service their huge debts.

The only decreases in rents I can find are for commercial properties renewals and the drops have been huge because there aren't the numbers of businesses to support high rents.. One of the largest stats for unservicable debts is business loans. Business owners who put up their own assets as security for lending are being put into personal receivership in increasing numbers.
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And the finance minister tries to paint a narrative of the naysayers and negativity. This is real, we aren’t seeing a country going in the right direction
 
John Nick said:
Not a good time to be driving around Tauranga.Currently an armed incident near the Tauranga Police station.
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Manhunt underway in Paihiatua too. Woman killed near a college. Been a shift from the ramraids that were going on to a more serious and sinister element
 
Noitall said:

Stuff

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Don’t think this stance is going to go down well here. There seems to be a narrative trying to be created that they are greedy and can’t be pleased in negotiations but staffing issues seem to be the main issue in a job that’s becoming increasingly violent with what they have to deal with. The stories my ex wife had were unreal
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Can’t be pleased?

It’s a game. Govt lowballs sector to allow the unions to get a big increase during negotiations. Inevitable strikes, guilt tripping, ‘not about the money it’s the conditions’, some ‘tough’ negotiations and then a settlement with everyone looking like winners.

Same routine for teachers, nurses, etc, etc. EVERY single pay negotiation since forever.

Just a game that must be played for unions to justify their existence and govt to look like careful money managers.

Just feel sorry for the patients and students that are the collateral damage in these games.
 
wizard of Tauranga said:
Can’t be pleased?

It’s a game. Govt lowballs sector to allow the unions to get a big increase during negotiations. Inevitable strikes, guilt tripping, ‘not about the money it’s the conditions’, some ‘tough’ negotiations and then a settlement with everyone looking like winners.

Same routine for teachers, nurses, etc, etc. EVERY single pay negotiation since forever.

Just a game that must be played for unions to justify their existence and govt to look like careful money managers.

Just feel sorry for the patients and students that are the collateral damage in these games.
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It certainly is a game the way Simeon Brown is approaching it. As mentioned, it seems to more around the conditions and workload rather than salary, though I’m sure that is a contributing factor
 
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