Cracker of a stat for you...
There are something like 350 settlements in Europe with a population of over 200,000 people.
Only two have never had a professional soccer team.
Those two are Wakefield and Warrington.
Marama telling Jack Tame I lobby the government and expect something in return for donations could not be further from the truth.
To be clear, I have never lobbied the government on anything. Less than 1% of ZURU’s business is in New Zealand.
We donate because we care about NZ’s future and strongly believe National and ACT have the talent and strategy to move the country forward. The return we want is a more prosperous New Zealand for everybody. That’s it. Very simple.
The NZ PM was asked today to say which country name he prefers- New Zealand or Aotearoa?
Mr Luxon says he prefers New Zealand, because its a name that has global marketing advantages worth $billions.
His answer was in reality a ruse to avoid voicing the truth.
Aotearoa is a made up name, historically and geologically unsuitable, and its use has never been ratified by the NZ people.
It is popular with an elitist arrogant clique similar to the group that changed Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. First they called it Rhodesia Zimbabwe and then gradually let the Rhodesia part slip until Zimbabwe became accepted.
Roughly about the time the country transformed itself from a thriving western style democracy into a Marxist one party state and an economic and social basket case.
Maori separatists, bribed media and politically driven academics, again all Marxists of course, are trying to change New Zealand's name in the same manner.
It is a travesty that "Aotearoa" is being used on NZ passports and in other official documents when no binding law has been passed to allow this.
They won't hold a referendum because they know they will lose.
NZ First leader Winston Peters has introduced a members bill to confirm New Zealand as the country's official name.
PM Luxon should take a much firmer stand.
The average NZF voter hears "Super for citizens only!" and like a populist lapdog, wags their little tails.
They do not understand what that really means.
Eric puts some context to the policy, and what the implications could be and it's not a pleasant read.
A list of countries where the state owns and runs supermarkets
Cuba
Vietnam
China
North Korea
Mexico
Bolivia
Iran
Belarus
The Greeds aspirations for New Zealand are terrifying
Forty years ago, nobody carried water everywhere. You left the house at 8 AM with absolutely no hydration strategy whatsoever.
Somehow you survived until dinner without a 40-ounce emotional-support tumbler.
The bigger picture is Tax Old People are just the latest group of marxists who want to take money from people who work for it and give it people who don't
They think they know how to spend your money better than you do
You will be poorer and you will definitely not be happy