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Because this is the most pressing issue facing the country right now.

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David Seymour is an evil individual and we as a society should be ashamed that we have given him this much power and that the media treat him with any degree of respect.

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I imagine they are clutching their pearls after Winston called an MP Dickhead in parliament.

Surely they will call for severe punishment right?

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This is of course by design. NACT wants to privatise healthcare in this country turning it into an American style system.

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Recently I talked to three people who were ripped off by builders and tradies. One of them was out by more than a hundred thousand dollars, the others were in the tens of thousands of dollars.

People signed contracts and then didn't finish the job. In one case when confronted the builders said "you can't move in until I am done and if you don't accept this I won't be done for at least a year".

In the other case the contractor demanded double the money halfway into the build and contacted all other builders in the area and smeared the friend so that they didn't pick up the job.

In the third case the contractor took half the money up front, didn't show up for weeks, finally showed up for a few days and did a few things and the fucked right off. This was for about a 30K job.

Court costs are ten thousand dollars per day of trial (including prep work by the attorneys) so all of them had no choice but to take being ripped off. The tradie community seems pretty tight too so once you are ripped off you are known as a mark because all of them had issued with other tradies they hired afterwards.

Needless to say cops and the courts are useless.

Learn to do things on your own I guess. You can't trust any builder or tradie in NZ.

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Liar.

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Suspend him!

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Oh no. She broke decorum. How dare she! I guess to you guys decorum is more important than lives and suffering of actual real human beings.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

Housing is expensive, opportunities are disappearing, healthcare and education are being hollowed out.

This country is doomed but we have nobody to blame but ourselves. We voted for these bozos.

At least the trans people will not be allowed to poop in the bathroom they are presenting as so I guess that's something. We are going to show those trans people who is who and where they belong.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

The Chinese and the Russians did it, the EU dropped the ball and trusted the US like fools.

Now they have to build their own search, maps, productivity and social media platforms.

Good news. They can use open source stuff.

But they won’t

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Too late for that. NZ First, ACT and National are hiring these people to advise them. Why do you think this dude is here? Why is he on television sitting across an compliant Jack Tame who isn't challenging him?

[-] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago

What was wrong with libre?

[-] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

That's such bullshit. There are no jewish children afraid to go outside in New Zealand. But you can bet your ass there are Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian, Ukranian children that are afraid to go outside.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago

There is lots of racism in NZ but it's mostly targeted at Maori, Chinese, and Indians (both Fijian and from India). If you are not one of those groups you should be mostly OK. I haven't seen too much hostility towards trans people so you should also be OK in that regard.

Be aware though, this is not an easy place to live. It's expensive as hell here and you'll be shocked at how much you are paying for food, utilities, rent and every day goods like clothes and electronics.

I have talked to countless expats and the number one thing they complain about is how impossible it is to make friends here. Kiwis are polite enough and nice enough for superficial interactions but they won't let you in their inner circles and become friends. Most expats are friends with other expats although not necessarily from the same country. Since you are in a marginal community I think this will be less of a problem for you. I presume the LGBTQ community will be more willing to embrace expats.

Having said all that I still think this is a great place to live. Just go into it with open eyes. Prepare well, bring in a shit ton of money and all your goods. You will regret not bringing something when you try to replace it and it costs triple what you paid for it.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

the part where teachers won't get infected from children

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you need to learn some basic biology.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Luxon, who owns rental properties himself, was asked if he intended to lower rents on those properties.

"It's not about me. It's actually about a policy and I don't benefit from this policy."

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

It’s Wyoming what did you expect?

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago

Moose kill more people than bears every year.

Also Donald Trump was the president of the United States.

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