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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Aotearoa New Zealand.

Screen shot of a comment from the article. Very good article. I suspect there are a large number of New Zealanders who are politically centrist – those who understand the importance of a strong economy but who also value protecting our environment in the face of climate change (including detrimental changes to weather patterns), and have some heart for helping out fellow Kiwis.
Image of solar panels system still producing electricity even on a rainy day like the 22nd of January 2026 is.
An email to Erica Stanford: I'm furious that your government is not backing teachers, students and their parents, by not offering anything more than a pay cut to our hard working teachers. You should be ashamed of the pitiful offers you have been giving them and of the (failed) attempts to get the public to be mad at them. We are not. What we are is mad at you. Your government has money for landlords, money for tobacco companies, money for polluting industries but not for education. I'm also furious that you, as a very well paid Minister, do not know that teachers do not supervise NCEA exams. Or perhaps you do know and just wanted to spread misinformation. The public will not be angry at teachers, but we are certainly angry at your government.
An email received from the Justice Committee regarding oral submission on electoral amendment bill: Due to the House moving into Urgency yesterday afternoon, the committee has had to shorten tomorrow’s hearing time from 1:00pm to 1:40pm. Unfortunately, this change means we were unable to accommodate everyone who requested to speak. While we cannot guarantee any future hearings for this bill, we will notify you if further opportunities arise.
70s theme birthday cake
Email to Luxon about his pre budget speech - living beyond our means. Kia ora Chris, I read about your pre-budget speech today in which you claimed that NZ is living beyond its means. I just wanted you to clarify some things for me. You were told tax cuts are unaffordable, yet you kept that election promise, ensuring that the government would be living beyond its means. You had no plan B for funding the tax cuts, as you so arrogantly claimed prior to the elections that you do not need one. You gave tax breaks to landlords who contribute nothing productive to our economy and now you lecture us about living beyond our means so you can justify taking away money from the most hard working low paid workforce of this country.
And my latest response to that Irrelevant. But you can solve the problem by having healthcare workers pay evaluated by the same remuneration authority that decides yours.
To which Bishop replied Well for one thing I don’t control my pay, it is set independently.
And my response... Thank you for the reply, Chris. Why is it unreasonable for out top doctors to request a 12% pay increase yet it is reasonable for MPs to receive 10%. Please do not respond with "we don't decide." It is irrelevant. You are asking our doctors to accept an effective pay cut while you yourself enjoy a pay increase. You might not have meant to tarnish their reputation but by repeating misinformation about their pay scale you were attempting to get the public angry at these high paid doctors asking for so much. They are paid less than you are paid, even at the highest pay scale. We are not idiots, Mr Bishop. We see what the government is doing. If you can find $3b for landlords and millions for tobacco company you have the money. It's your priorities that are in reverse order.
A response from Chris Bishop to my email. I wasn’t trying to tarnish their reputation and I don’t believe I did so. I was just pointing out that their pay demands are unreasonable and the government doesn’t agree with them.
Email to Chris bishop in support of striking doctors. Kia ora Chris, On the day that our senior doctors are striking I thought to take the opportunity to email you my thoughts as one of the 99% of the people you were talking about on the Breakfast show. You are correct that 99% of the working people did not receive a 12% pay rise. You, Mr Bishop, must be in that top 1% because you received a 10% pay rise. Did you forget about it? Thought we didn't notice? True, it is spread over 3 years. How about you offer the same to our doctors who literally hold our lives in their hands? Our senior doctors have dedicated at least 13 years of their lives to studying and training before they can call themselves specialists. How many years have you dedicated to studying in order to become an MP who's starting salary these days starts at $168,000.
Christchurch councilor promises to donate directorship earnings, but already two years behind.
Now that kids are being served food with burned plastic in it and a kid was rushed to the hospital with 2nd degree burns, now that we know the food is not up to any standard of nutrition suitable for growing kids who need to study and thrive, perhaps you, as the Minister of Education will show some leadership and remove David Seymour from the responsibility of being in charge of feeding our tamariki. He clearly does not understand how important this responsibility is. You have been trying to distance yourself from the incompetent shambles but at the end of the day you are the Education Minister so you are responsible for this. This neoliberal experiment trying to fool us with the promise you can deliver the same quality for less money is proving to be the disaster everyone has warned you it will be, because in the real world you simply can not deliver nutritious food at the right calorie amount that will be delivered on time and still manage to make a profit for $3.
email sent to Nicola Willis with bold economic ideas.
22 year old apprentice responding to the article about possible repealing of new insulation standards.
A massive Hammer vehicle on city road, not keeping to the lane. Way too big and too dangerous for any other inner city road user.
Book cove Strange Sally Diamond