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Here are the actual facts of the dispute. As you challenge me, Mr Brown.

What you’re claiming.

Waititi criticised a specific police operation in Ōpōtiki for targeting innocent whānau, not for “protecting gangs.”

He also called out decades of underinvestment in Māori electorates and pushed for long‑term, resilient infrastructure
The opposite of “not in my backyard.”

His broader positions are about Māori sovereignty, constitutional rights, climate resilience, and resisting foreign influence.

None of the sources shows him wanting NZ to be “third‑world,” opposing infrastructure, or backing gangs.

That’s your framing, not the factual record.

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Got any evidence to back up your statement, or do I have to go find it myself and post the actual spat it's about?

Now, for you to call him a racist while you grift to European Supremacists and uphold a European-first history and ideology of New Zealand.

Anyone can scroll through your channel and the comments sections to see it.

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Barry, you’re now on your third topic.

You started by blaming Labour for the cost‑of‑living crisis. I showed you that the Reserve Bank, Treasury, IMF, and OECD all attribute the inflation spike to global shocks:
COVID supply collapse, Ukraine, Middle East instability, and now the Iran conflict.

Now you’ve shifted to “internal overstimulation” and are quoting Treasury on debt and overheating. None of that contradicts the central point:
The cost‑of‑living crisis was driven by global inflation shocks, not by which NZ party was in office.

Every advanced economy ran stimulus, every central bank had near‑zero rates, and every country saw debt rise during COVID. NZ was not unique.

If you want to argue that NZ’s pandemic settings were uniquely responsible for a global inflation wave, then you need evidence that contradicts the Reserve Bank and international economic bodies.

Otherwise, you’re just changing the subject again.

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@martyozone Error in my og post: co-governance.

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@martyozone Yes, you do. It's obvious from my post.

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As I thought, you can't refute what I said, now you're deflecting to points that have no bearing on my post. My info can come from the Reserve Bank and others. Stop changing the subject. You blamed Labour for this mess, but National holds the reins of power and has done very little, as I stated.

You can't separate yourself from geopolitics. Sorry, Barry, we are part of this world; we don't live in a bubble. If you disagree, then give more evidence, and I will rebut you with facts.

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@dissdisinfo Question: Why did National, ACT and NZ First pass tax cuts as their first measure that nobody asked for except the wealthy?

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@TrevorH53038397 Nothing from GB News, aka The Platform NZ, should even be trusted and then fact-checked. Next minute they will be like Fox News and having the "Moon Landings were a Hoax" special programme on...

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@aniobrien Why don't you present evidence, then I can debunk you as I did with some of your posts. Your conjecture is not evidence.

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Zap, you couldn't even argue against me and presented no evidence with, "Trust me, bro, my science is factual and correct."

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@EarlFargofbu2a You should know about grifting as you practise every day with your posts on gullible National supporters.

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What do you suggest, Malakai? The NZ Nazi Party?

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I need to debunk you,
Barryyyyy and your post and image.

You’re skipping the actual causes of the cost‑of‑living crisis and pinning everything on Labour because it fits your narrative.

The Reserve Bank’s own chief economist says the crisis began with global supply shocks:
COVID‑19 breaking supply chains, demand roaring back, and shipping costs spiking, which drove the sharpest inflation surge in decades.

Then came the Ukraine war, Middle East instability, and now the Iran conflict, which has nearly doubled global oil prices and pushed up fuel, transport, construction, fertiliser, and food costs across the entire NZ economy.
Economists describe it as a “stagflationary‑type shock” hitting growth and disposable incomes.

New Zealand is fully exposed because we import almost all our fuel. The Iran crisis has pushed petrol over $3.30 and diesel even higher, diesel being the backbone of trucking, farming, and logistics.
That’s not Labour’s doing; that’s geopolitics.

So no, the cost‑of‑living crisis wasn’t “created by Ardern”. It was created by global shocks that hit every advanced economy.

And right now, under National, those same pressures are still hitting households with no meaningful relief policies in place.
Blaming Labour for global oil shocks, wars, and supply‑chain collapses is just political comfort food.

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@NuZillund Do you relize your lying? The worst effects are under National, ACT and NZ First. Who are doing nothing.

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@barry_john35199 @matt_horncastle Lol, are you on the meth? Sending a meme that I debunk. The cost-of-living crisis has been under National. The US-Iran debacle happened under their watch. You can't blame Labour for that.

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@actparty Not lying. You won't do that. As it's against your free market principles.

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@barry_john35199 @matt_horncastle Ok, Barryyyyyy, there is no cost-of-living crisis, just myth-making on my part.

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The 72 IRD dismissals happened over several years and were all detected by IRD’s internal monitoring systems.

These were low‑level curiosity breaches, not data theft, and the Privacy Commissioner did not require individual notification because there was no harm or misuse.

Staff were fired because the system worked, not because it failed.

The Taxpayers’ Union framing makes it sound like a cover‑up, but this is standard practice across tax agencies worldwide: investigate, discipline, and notify only when there is actual risk to taxpayers.

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@ElliotIkilei Suxs.

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@EvilArthurFleck Have you got any evidence that COVID was a scam?