Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[wizard of Tauranga]

All it takes is a world war or two for LNG to become unsustainable. That's proven right now.

Your pro each country being as independent as possible in their resource extraction needs? Retaining our refinery capacity? Oil and gas exploration prioritised, etc.

Self sufficiency as much as possible in case of geopolitical tensions?

The old ‘were clean and green because we get someone else overseas to do the dirty work’ coming home to roost…

 

[Noitall]

Rumours swirling of Luxon stepping aside according to media to which he’s denied

 

[Rick O’Shay]

All it takes is a world war or two for LNG to become unsustainable. That's proven right now.

It is not proven for us. We don't have LNG in case you hadn't noticed. Your BBQ gas bottle is LPG

Our point of supply as I posted ages ago would come from either the NW shelf or North Queensland. Last I hear, they weren't flying sorties to the middle east.

All we need to do is send a couple of fleets of D9's down to Southland and start scraping. Not sure if it would be cheaper than the Indonesian stuff but once we remove all the BS subsidies here for EV and Solar etc it will be cheaper to do it ourselves

Our coal reserves are from memory 12th or 13th in the world

Mine baby Mine

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Until the greenies can replace the Bosch-Meiser process, fossil fuels are going nowhere.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Until the greenies can replace the Bosch-Meiser process, fossil fuels are going nowhere.

Yup, Guano only goes so far, human or otherwise.

 

[miket12]

Sign that the Herald is leaning to the right?

Search your MP's financial and legal interests: Luxury gifts, property and debt

Did your MP receive two watches? Tickets to the Pink concert? A ride in a helicopter?

www.nzherald.co.nz

The interact tool on this web page is supposed to include what property and the estimated value of the properties the MP's own as per the paragraph below....

Search our interactive below for all the details of every MP’s 2025 declarations to the Register of Pecuniary Interests - including gifts, and the estimated value of their property interests (excluding debts and shared ownership).

Problem is when you go into the interact tool, it doesn't have either how much property the MP's own or the estimated value of it.

From a Herald article published in November of last year, National first-term MP for Rangitīkei, Suze Redmayne, who owns $24m of property, including a farm worth $18m had the most money in property from the link below...

MP property rich list: The five politicians with the biggest portfolios

Christopher Luxon, Judith Collins and Winston Peters are among those with luxurious homes

www.nzherald.co.nz

But the Herald's tool which is supposed to detail and value the property doesn't include them. Here's the MP with the most property.... and the tool doesn't show the properties or the values...





And, for balance, the same November article said that Willie Jackson had the highest property interests of the Labour MP's.... yet no mention of property in the Herald tool for him either....




I'm assuming the property information is supposed to be where the gap is between the MP's name and photo and the "Company Directorships and Controlling Interests" section.

Is anymore proof of the Heralds movement to the right needed when they've withheld that information?

 

[MaybeTop8]

Sign that the Herald is leaning to the right?

Search your MP's financial and legal interests: Luxury gifts, property and debt

Did your MP receive two watches? Tickets to the Pink concert? A ride in a helicopter?

www.nzherald.co.nz

The interact tool on this web page is supposed to include what property and the estimated value of the properties the MP's own as per the paragraph below....

Search our interactive below for all the details of every MP’s 2025 declarations to the Register of Pecuniary Interests - including gifts, and the estimated value of their property interests (excluding debts and shared ownership).

Problem is when you go into the interact tool, it doesn't have either how much property the MP's own or the estimated value of it.

From a Herald article published in November of last year, National first-term MP for Rangitīkei, Suze Redmayne, who owns $24m of property, including a farm worth $18m had the most money in property from the link below...

MP property rich list: The five politicians with the biggest portfolios

Christopher Luxon, Judith Collins and Winston Peters are among those with luxurious homes

www.nzherald.co.nz

But the Herald's tool which is supposed to detail and value the property doesn't include them. Here's the MP with the most property.... and the tool doesn't show the properties or the values...

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And, for balance, the same November article said that Willie Jackson had the highest property interests of the Labour MP's.... yet no mention of property in the Herald tool for him either....
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I'm assuming the property information is supposed to be where the gap is between the MP's name and photo and the "Company Directorships and Controlling Interests" section.

Is anymore proof of the Heralds movement to the right needed when they've withheld that information?

Mediawatch: Fears of interference and influence in news

Two cases this week raised questions about influence on newsrooms from outside - and inside media companies - and sensitivities about the possibility of political interference.

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Democracy Briefing: The Farce of the KiwiRail crony appointment is finally over

The resignation on Friday of NZ First donor and transport businessman Scott O’Donnell from the KiwiRail board should embarrass the Government.

www.democracyproject.org.nz

 

[MaybeTop8]

Democracy Briefing: The Hidden politics behind NZ’s opinion polls

Friday’s Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll was a political earthquake.

www.democracyproject.org.nz

 

[miket12]

A couple of weekends ago, someone tried to use our credit card for an online purchase.... fortunately for us, their transaction for a $110K Rolex in Dubai didn't go through.

Card cancelled and two new cards issued. One a Debit Card (from Visa) which will be the only card used for online purchases, and it will only every have a few dollars in it which we'll top up through the banking app to make sure there's only enough money in it to cover that transaction. The numbers for the new credit card won't every go on to the internet. Any direct debits like Mercury, NZ Herald, Apple, subscriptions etc. from the credit card have now been transferred over to a cheque account.

When dealing with the banks fraud dept, we were told one thing that all their bank employees are told. If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from the bank, ask for them to send through to your phone a message on your banking app that you're talking to someone from the bank.... if it comes through your banking app, then it's a legitimate phone call from your bank.... if they send you a reply via SMS, What'sApp, Messenger etc., it's not your bank.

If they say they don't have access to the bank ID system or your bank doesn't have it, tell them you're busy and for them to phone you back in half an hour. Then phone your bank on their 0800 number... not one given to you by the caller. If it's a legalitmate phone call, it will be noted on your records that someone from the bank had just tried to contact you. Then you've got a choice... you can either wait for the caller to phone you back or the person from the bank you're talking to will send them an email for them to phone you back earlier.

In the famous words of Sergeant Phil Esterhaus, from the '80's cop show Hill Street Blues, "Let's be careful out there."

 

[miket12]

A couple of weekends ago, someone tried to use our credit card for an online purchase.... fortunately for us, their transaction for a $110K Rolex in Dubai didn't go through.

BTW, the wife didn't think I was very funny when I said, "At least they had good taste"!!!

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

A couple of weekends ago, someone tried to use our credit card for an online purchase.... fortunately for us, their transaction for a $110K Rolex in Dubai didn't go through.

That seems a tad ambitious on the part of the fraudster.

When dealing with the banks fraud dept, we were told one thing that all their bank employees are told. If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from the bank, ask for them to send through to your phone a message on your banking app that you're talking to someone from the bank.... if it comes through your banking app, then it's a legitimate phone call from your bank.... if they send you a reply via SMS, What'sApp, Messenger etc., it's not your bank.

I cannot stress how important it is that people read this. Texts, emails and phonecalls mean absolutely nothing these days. Any information that you need will either be provided or sent through the bank apps.

It's understandable that older patrons struggle with technology, but lean on your kids/grandchildren/people you trust to walk you through this.

It's not a big deal.

 

[miket12]

That seems a tad ambitious on the part of the fraudster.

They'd already used the card to buy some electronic equipment for a couple of grand. That's what we're still dealing with the bank's fraud dept to get back.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

They'd already used the card to buy some electronic equipment for a couple of grand. That's what we're still dealing with the bank's fraud dept to get back.

Ouch,

Was it spent internationally, like the watch attempt?

 

[miket12]

Ouch,

Was it spent internationally, like the watch attempt?

Yep, in Dubai. Bank said they were doing something "small" to make sure the card/account was active.

Is it wrong of me to hope the Iranians send a drone their way?

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Yep, in Dubai. Bank said they were doing something "small" to make sure the card/account was active.

I hope the banks don't stuff you guys around. They can be frustrating to deal with.

Is it wrong of me to hope the Iranians send a drone their way?

The bank, or the fraudsters?

Same, same, right?

 

[miket12]

The bank, or the fraudsters?

Same, same, right?

Unfortunately, they're both like weeds.... cut them back and another will rise up to takes it's place.

 

[miket12]

I hope the banks don't stuff you guys around. They can be frustrating to deal with.

Can you imagine the feeling someone would have, waiting for someone from the bank to answer the phone as you're getting notification after notification that money is being drained out of your accounts, you've been locked out of your banking app.... and, instead of talking to someone from the bank, you're getting 3 minutes of recorded disclosure statements.... "as required by law"

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Can you imagine the feeling someone would have, waiting for someone from the bank to answer the phone as you're getting notification after notification that money is being drained out of your accounts, you've been locked out of your banking app.... and, instead of talking to someone from the bank, you're getting 3 minutes of recorded disclosure statements.... "as required by law"

and after the wait you have to 'verify your identity', right?

Yeah, nice one banking system. Nice.

 

[MaybeTop8]

Watch our rights erode

Christchurch could have protest-free zones at 'sensitive sites'

A councillor says "there's a time and place for protests", but a veteran protester thinks approved protest zones are contrary to NZ's sense of democracy.

www.rnz.co.nz