Will de Cleene
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Postscript. The first time I heard the term "Not Fit for Purpose" was at a UNODC Consultation at Te Papa in 2008. The subject was the War on Drugs. I see what the right wing did there. They're like AI; appropriate without thinking.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Postscript. The first time I heard the term "Not Fit for Purpose" was at a UNODC Consultation at Te Papa in 2008. The subject was the War on Drugs. I see what the right wing did there. They're like AI; appropriate without thinking.
Minister for Transferring Whanau Ora Stormwater Funds to His Own Electorate for a Bridge Chris Bishop explains that this is all about putting downward pressure on rates. That's the logic. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? This is what you get when you get govt based on quarterly KPIs. /rant
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Minister for Transferring Whanau Ora Stormwater Funds to His Own Electorate for a Bridge Chris Bishop explains that this is all about putting downward pressure on rates. That's the logic. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? This is what you get when you get govt based on quarterly KPIs. /rant
The consultation process is a joke from go to woe. There is a three month window for select committee submissions, ending Feb 20. The cunts did the same stunt last year with submissions for the Treaty Principles Bill and some other trash that opened for submissions over the holiday period.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The consultation process is a joke from go to woe. There is a three month window for select committee submissions, ending Feb 20. The cunts did the same stunt last year with submissions for the Treaty Principles Bill and some other trash that opened for submissions over the holiday period.
Local govt and climate change minister Simon Watts - fresh from the COP30 bonfire and backsliding on climate change carnage everywhere - has turned his gimlet eye to his local govt portfolio and is scorching the earth there as well.
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Local govt and climate change minister Simon Watts - fresh from the COP30 bonfire and backsliding on climate change carnage everywhere - has turned his gimlet eye to his local govt portfolio and is scorching the earth there as well.
These days aren't those days. The collegial days are over. Elwood's reforms of 1989 were well-considered and the rationale for coalescing the hundreds of local govt departments into something more compact was something more sublime than this current gutting of Regional governance.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
These days aren't those days. The collegial days are over. Elwood's reforms of 1989 were well-considered and the rationale for coalescing the hundreds of local govt departments into something more compact was something more sublime than this current gutting of Regional governance.
de Cleene won. The old man had honed his political skills in previous elections, such as standing as the Labour candidate in Pahiatua against Keith Holyoake back in the 1960s, before I was born. I digress for a reason. Elwood and Dad got on fine. Michael Cox, the Nat MP for Manawatu was also civil.
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
de Cleene won. The old man had honed his political skills in previous elections, such as standing as the Labour candidate in Pahiatua against Keith Holyoake back in the 1960s, before I was born. I digress for a reason. Elwood and Dad got on fine. Michael Cox, the Nat MP for Manawatu was also civil.
I remember the last major reform of local govt in 1989. It was performed by Brian Elwood, who had been mayor of Palmy in the 1981 general election. He was National's candidate for Palmy with my old man as the Labour candidate. Trev's slogan for the campaign; "de Cleene for MP, Elwood for mayor".
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I remember the last major reform of local govt in 1989. It was performed by Brian Elwood, who had been mayor of Palmy in the 1981 general election. He was National's candidate for Palmy with my old man as the Labour candidate. Trev's slogan for the campaign; "de Cleene for MP, Elwood for mayor".
Judicial activism isn't new in New Zealand. All hail Lord Cooke of Thorndon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_C...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Judicial activism isn't new in New Zealand. All hail Lord Cooke of Thorndon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_C...
Err, does chicken shit count as organic matter? Maybe it's a pH thing..?
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Err, does chicken shit count as organic matter? Maybe it's a pH thing..?
On that subject, a mate has a greenhouse. Last year the basilicas had a whitefly infestation, Derris dust, pyrethrum, neem oil didn't work. This year it's moths. Derris dust, etc not working again. Any suggestions?
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
On that subject, a mate has a greenhouse. Last year the basilicas had a whitefly infestation, Derris dust, pyrethrum, neem oil didn't work. This year it's moths. Derris dust, etc not working again. Any suggestions?