NZ - New Venezuela in the South Pacific

[Logique]

May I suggest a General Chat thread for New Zealand, if Joe agrees. NZ politics is going to provide endless theatre in years to come, some of it a 'Greek Tragedy'.

Get ready Bondi Beach, the cross-ditch flow may be about to reverse.

October 22, 2017 - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WITHOUT ENOUGH TO SURVIVE - Tim Blair, The Daily Telegraph: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/bl...e/news-story/64c7ccb7cbe0a9fd39104f5bfd2d9b19

New Zealand’s incoming Labour prime minister appears to be some kind of insane person....

 

[moXJO]

The people voted to stop immigration. I doubt many have faith in her. If we lose the footy too much she will be deemed cursed and booted out.

 

[Porper]

It always happens. Those in government too long get arrogant and think they are invincible. Same happened with Helen Clark. People don't like that. Labour will have to endure an economic downturn and probably a stock market crash in their term so could be a short-lived one-off term. Either way all politicians lie like hell...wouldn't trust a single one of them.

Whoever wins the election, the government still get in!!

 

[Logique]

And so it begins. This will cost the NZ economy big time. And spare us the 'smart country' rhetoric PM Ardern

26 October 2017 - New Zealand government confirms plan to abolish tuition fees
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the government will ‘work quickly’ to try to implement the policy from 2018...
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-zealand-government-confirms-plans-abolish-tuition-fees