That topic would be a good thread for this forum, and my guess is that it would be as keenly debated as this thread!
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Kleptomania (note the mania part) Is a condition, not an excuse but a bit of ****ed wiring or chemical imbalance in the brain.
Its not an excuse but it is a disorder. If it is proven she suffers from it, it should be taken into account & I hope she gets some treatment of some kind.
Not all shoplifters have kleptomania.
Good to hear the police presence was for protection.
If the vitriol online is any indication or influence who knows what some unbalanced idiot might do?
Its not an excuse but it is a disorder. If it is proven she suffers from it, it should be taken into account & I hope she gets some treatment of some kind.
Not all shoplifters have kleptomania.
Good to hear the police presence was for protection.
If the vitriol online is any indication or influence who knows what some unbalanced idiot might do?
a friend just sent me this…
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not sure who made it but it’s pretty fucking funny.
#BIGDADDYLUXXX
Chris Luxon's Favourite Porn Sites
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not sure who made it but it’s pretty fucking funny.
#BIGDADDYLUXXX
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National soars in first political poll of 2024, as Chris Hipkins crashes to record low
By Thomas Coughlan
16 Jan, 2024 04:23 PM
Voters appear to have warmed to the Government over the summer break, with the first poll of the new year showing National breaking the 40 per cent threshold.
National hit 41 per cent in January, a massive jump from the 36.5 per cent it scored in the December poll.
It’s a first for this particular poll, which began in 2021, a particularly bad period for the party. The poll comes from Curia market research, which also conducts National’s internal party polling. It is comparable with the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll which has been paused over summer.
The last time a party polled above 40 in the poll was in February 2022, when Labour polled 42.3 per cent.
Now, Labour is static on 28.4 per cent. The Greens polled 9.5 per cent, down one point. Act rose from 6.3 per cent last month to 7.8 per cent in January. NZ First polled 5.6 per cent, down from 8.1 per cent last month. Te Pāti Māori fell to 3.6 per cent from 5 per cent.
Those scores would give National 51 seats, Act 10 seats, and NZ First seven seats.
Labour would have 36 seats, the Greens would have 12, and Te Pāti Māori would have six.
The poll has more bad news for Labour, with leader Chris Hipkins crashing 9 points as preferred prime minister, a new low for a Labour leader in this poll, opening up an 18-point gap with Christopher Luxon who was up one point to 31 per cent . Hipkins polled 35 per cent as preferred prime minister when he took over the job a year ago. Hipkins sits on 13 per cent as preferred PM.
Luxon has overtaken Hipkins in the favourability stakes too, with a net favourability of 5 per cent, compared to Hipkins’ 3 per cent.
Favourability is comprised of polling how many people view a politician favourably and unfavourably. The unfavourable number is subtracted from the favourable number to give a net favourability ranking.
Luxon is more favoured than Hipkins, but also slightly more unfavoured. Forty-two per cent of people view him favourably, compared with 37 per cent who see him unfavourably.
The figures for Hipkins are 37 per cent and 34 per cent.
Act leader David Seymour has a favourability of -14 per cent, up from -19 per cent last month, and NZ First leader Winston Peters has a rating of -24 per cent - a huge improvement on last month’s rating of -36 per cent.
The poll registered another significant milestone: for the first time since February 2022, more people think the country is on the “right track” than the “wrong track”. A net 4 per cent of people say the country is heading in the right direction - a massive jump from December when a net 19 per cent of people believed the country was heading in the wrong direction.
That shows a massive course correction in public sentiment which had seen a net 42 per cent of people think the country was heading in the wrong direction by the middle of last year. It is still a long way off the heady days of January 2021 when a net 53 per cent of people believed the country was heading in the right direction.
National has opened up a lead with Labour on all major voting issues. Last month Labour was ahead on just one: health. Now, National is ahead on health, polling at 32.6 per cent as the party best at dealing with health issues, ahead of Labour which polled 30.9 per cent.
The largest lead was on the economy, where National polled 54.7 per cent, compared to 20.1 per cent for Labour - a massive reversal from 2021, when Labour once out-polled National on the economy.
The poll may just be registering a “summer bump”. It’s sometimes felt that people feel happier about the status quo after some time off at the beach over Christmas.
Whatever the cause, it will be welcome news to the National Party, which will gather this week in Christchurch for its caucus retreat, ahead of the political year starting in earnest.
The poll was taken between Monday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 10. It polled 1000 respondents, giving the poll a margin of error of 3.1 per cent.
Thomas Coughlan is Deputy Political Editor and covers politics from Parliament. He has worked for the Herald since 2021 and has worked in the press gallery since 2018.
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Be interesting to see if these levels are maintained or improved on in the next few polls. It does appear as though the majority are happy with a center-right (whatever that means) Government.
By Thomas Coughlan
16 Jan, 2024 04:23 PM
Voters appear to have warmed to the Government over the summer break, with the first poll of the new year showing National breaking the 40 per cent threshold.
National hit 41 per cent in January, a massive jump from the 36.5 per cent it scored in the December poll.
It’s a first for this particular poll, which began in 2021, a particularly bad period for the party. The poll comes from Curia market research, which also conducts National’s internal party polling. It is comparable with the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll which has been paused over summer.
The last time a party polled above 40 in the poll was in February 2022, when Labour polled 42.3 per cent.
Now, Labour is static on 28.4 per cent. The Greens polled 9.5 per cent, down one point. Act rose from 6.3 per cent last month to 7.8 per cent in January. NZ First polled 5.6 per cent, down from 8.1 per cent last month. Te Pāti Māori fell to 3.6 per cent from 5 per cent.
Those scores would give National 51 seats, Act 10 seats, and NZ First seven seats.
Labour would have 36 seats, the Greens would have 12, and Te Pāti Māori would have six.
The poll has more bad news for Labour, with leader Chris Hipkins crashing 9 points as preferred prime minister, a new low for a Labour leader in this poll, opening up an 18-point gap with Christopher Luxon who was up one point to 31 per cent . Hipkins polled 35 per cent as preferred prime minister when he took over the job a year ago. Hipkins sits on 13 per cent as preferred PM.
Luxon has overtaken Hipkins in the favourability stakes too, with a net favourability of 5 per cent, compared to Hipkins’ 3 per cent.
Favourability is comprised of polling how many people view a politician favourably and unfavourably. The unfavourable number is subtracted from the favourable number to give a net favourability ranking.
Luxon is more favoured than Hipkins, but also slightly more unfavoured. Forty-two per cent of people view him favourably, compared with 37 per cent who see him unfavourably.
The figures for Hipkins are 37 per cent and 34 per cent.
Act leader David Seymour has a favourability of -14 per cent, up from -19 per cent last month, and NZ First leader Winston Peters has a rating of -24 per cent - a huge improvement on last month’s rating of -36 per cent.
The poll registered another significant milestone: for the first time since February 2022, more people think the country is on the “right track” than the “wrong track”. A net 4 per cent of people say the country is heading in the right direction - a massive jump from December when a net 19 per cent of people believed the country was heading in the wrong direction.
That shows a massive course correction in public sentiment which had seen a net 42 per cent of people think the country was heading in the wrong direction by the middle of last year. It is still a long way off the heady days of January 2021 when a net 53 per cent of people believed the country was heading in the right direction.
National has opened up a lead with Labour on all major voting issues. Last month Labour was ahead on just one: health. Now, National is ahead on health, polling at 32.6 per cent as the party best at dealing with health issues, ahead of Labour which polled 30.9 per cent.
The largest lead was on the economy, where National polled 54.7 per cent, compared to 20.1 per cent for Labour - a massive reversal from 2021, when Labour once out-polled National on the economy.
The poll may just be registering a “summer bump”. It’s sometimes felt that people feel happier about the status quo after some time off at the beach over Christmas.
Whatever the cause, it will be welcome news to the National Party, which will gather this week in Christchurch for its caucus retreat, ahead of the political year starting in earnest.
The poll was taken between Monday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 10. It polled 1000 respondents, giving the poll a margin of error of 3.1 per cent.
Thomas Coughlan is Deputy Political Editor and covers politics from Parliament. He has worked for the Herald since 2021 and has worked in the press gallery since 2018.
National soars in first poll of 2024, Chris Hipkins crashes to new low
A fresh poll has buoyed National as it heads into 2024.
Be interesting to see if these levels are maintained or improved on in the next few polls. It does appear as though the majority are happy with a center-right (whatever that means) Government.
ACT - only libertarian if your views are their views, authoritarian if not - 
And turns out there was little oversight and no independent measurement of achievement the first time around for charter schools - so what problem are they trying to fix, apart from ideological?
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Seymour pledges better monitoring, funding of new charter schools
Ministry documents reveal former partnership schools had major gaps in monitoring.
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Turns out they get taxed twice and penalised more - this government seems to have a bias towards fossil fuels. Regressive, and corrupt.
From Bernard Hickey's daily update on substack:
Do you support lowering the voting age to 16 and allowing prisoners to vote and stand for election?
If you've committed a crime and are within a standdown period then no, not standing for election.
Under no circumstances should any citizen lose the right to vote. And yes I do support lowering the age.
Removing voting rights is the sign of an authoritarian fascist government.
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Why stop at 16?
Nothing wrong with 16 as long as the legal responsibility age is the same
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National soars in first political poll of 2024, as Chris Hipkins crashes to record low
By Thomas Coughlan
16 Jan, 2024 04:23 PM
Voters appear to have warmed to the Government over the summer break, with the first poll of the new year showing National breaking the 40 per cent threshold.
National hit 41 per cent in January, a massive jump from the 36.5 per cent it scored in the December poll.
It’s a first for this particular poll, which began in 2021, a particularly bad period for the party. The poll comes from Curia market research, which also conducts National’s internal party polling. It is comparable with the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll which has been paused over summer.
The last time a party polled above 40 in the poll was in February 2022, when Labour polled 42.3 per cent.
Now, Labour is static on 28.4 per cent. The Greens polled 9.5 per cent, down one point. Act rose from 6.3 per cent last month to 7.8 per cent in January. NZ First polled 5.6 per cent, down from 8.1 per cent last month. Te Pāti Māori fell to 3.6 per cent from 5 per cent.
Those scores would give National 51 seats, Act 10 seats, and NZ First seven seats.
Labour would have 36 seats, the Greens would have 12, and Te Pāti Māori would have six.
The poll has more bad news for Labour, with leader Chris Hipkins crashing 9 points as preferred prime minister, a new low for a Labour leader in this poll, opening up an 18-point gap with Christopher Luxon who was up one point to 31 per cent . Hipkins polled 35 per cent as preferred prime minister when he took over the job a year ago. Hipkins sits on 13 per cent as preferred PM.
Luxon has overtaken Hipkins in the favourability stakes too, with a net favourability of 5 per cent, compared to Hipkins’ 3 per cent.
Favourability is comprised of polling how many people view a politician favourably and unfavourably. The unfavourable number is subtracted from the favourable number to give a net favourability ranking.
Luxon is more favoured than Hipkins, but also slightly more unfavoured. Forty-two per cent of people view him favourably, compared with 37 per cent who see him unfavourably.
The figures for Hipkins are 37 per cent and 34 per cent.
Act leader David Seymour has a favourability of -14 per cent, up from -19 per cent last month, and NZ First leader Winston Peters has a rating of -24 per cent - a huge improvement on last month’s rating of -36 per cent.
The poll registered another significant milestone: for the first time since February 2022, more people think the country is on the “right track” than the “wrong track”. A net 4 per cent of people say the country is heading in the right direction - a massive jump from December when a net 19 per cent of people believed the country was heading in the wrong direction.
That shows a massive course correction in public sentiment which had seen a net 42 per cent of people think the country was heading in the wrong direction by the middle of last year. It is still a long way off the heady days of January 2021 when a net 53 per cent of people believed the country was heading in the right direction.
National has opened up a lead with Labour on all major voting issues. Last month Labour was ahead on just one: health. Now, National is ahead on health, polling at 32.6 per cent as the party best at dealing with health issues, ahead of Labour which polled 30.9 per cent.
The largest lead was on the economy, where National polled 54.7 per cent, compared to 20.1 per cent for Labour - a massive reversal from 2021, when Labour once out-polled National on the economy.
The poll may just be registering a “summer bump”. It’s sometimes felt that people feel happier about the status quo after some time off at the beach over Christmas.
Whatever the cause, it will be welcome news to the National Party, which will gather this week in Christchurch for its caucus retreat, ahead of the political year starting in earnest.
The poll was taken between Monday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 10. It polled 1000 respondents, giving the poll a margin of error of 3.1 per cent.
Thomas Coughlan is Deputy Political Editor and covers politics from Parliament. He has worked for the Herald since 2021 and has worked in the press gallery since 2018.
National soars in first poll of 2024, Chris Hipkins crashes to new low
A fresh poll has buoyed National as it heads into 2024.
Posted this before & my commments about 40% not being the majority of nzers. Curia also do national internal polling...I wonder who/ which demographics they polled?
Regardless, don't crow too soon.
also said before time will tell.
With seymour and wee winnie in negative points, hardly promising for national, especially as their conditions were included iin the 100day plan.
Early days & a lot of the proverbial to still hit the fan
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Agree but it’s not
Agree but if you want to change, change both
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I don't agree with his analysis. I drive a diesel passenger car, and pay RUCs.
My vehicle classification pays RUCs at the lightest rate ( vehicles < 3500kgs), and, at 1,800kgs, weighs less than a Tesla.
I have no problem with the fact that the lightest vehicle rate is the same as a ute.
He's just writing politically charged nonsense when there is no issue to speak of.
I wouldn't mind paying RUCs at a lighter vehicle rate if there was one, but there isn't
Will publish the text of this when it becomes public:
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Is that Indonesian coal?
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The bigger question, while Rome is burning, why even focus in this. Parliament time is valuable. Fix the real issues instead of all these side shows.
Glad this new govt isn’t spending time on this and is focused on health, education, crime and the economy. And the polls show the public is appreciating it.
Crimes and education were problem under Labour - the fact the left supports pandering to kids and criminals votes shows how they really lost focus in these areas. Perhaps if they replaced Hipkins they might reprioritise before they fall out the bottom of the polls…
