Lets ignore National's poll numbers and instead concentrate on...
Labour's fare cap policy may have been hastily put together and the immigration upgrade mismanaged but hoo boy they both fade into insignificance compared with the hastily mismanaged ferry cancellation.
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"Furious, I tell thee, that $33m has been wasted!"
Mumbles under breath "Nobody mention the $700m, and counting, wasted by Willis."
The magic money tree exists!
Chance for the media to practice their newly found finance skills to run a multi day campaign to tear this odious, entitled prick a new one?
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In today’s NZ Herald
In today’s NZ Herald
"We, the serious party, are willing to commit to a 30 year plan!"
"No, not the ferries and 50 year infrastructure and no, not bike lanes which will ease road maintenance costs and definitely not solar panels and wind turbines which will alleviate reliance on foreign energy ... but yes to big RONS!"
The way this govt talks about AI makes me think they really dont know much about AI (Paora Goldsmith head nodding "ah well it helps me with ideas..."). And they seem to ignore advice from anyone, cynical take, who arent likely to be donors.
The iReX ferry project has been officially concluded, following the completion of negotiations to exit the ferry contracts. KiwiRail Chief Financial Officer Jason Dale says KiwiRail last night ef...
wellington.scoop.co.nz
A failed border security project that burned through $33 million without delivering a single result is now the subject of a Public Service Commission investigation.
Airfares alone cost more than $41,000, turning a $33,000 trip into a $63,000 one, and Shane Jones didn’t seek proper approval until nearly a year later.
The Government has released its response to the National Infrastructure Plan.
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Without discounting wrongdoing by officials, by same measure, what then of a Minister who misled entire country, & invites intergenerational harms asymmetrically impact Māori? | New Zealand, WHO, and the conversion of disinformation into foreign policy sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/n... #nzpol
Politicians would, in general, be dumbstruck by much of how the physical world works. Its the lack of curiosity and critical thinking belied by their answers (due in part to the, I'm guessing, huge workload of fast tracking, passing law under urgency and other shitfuckery).
