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@Stockcar86 said in NZ Politics:
Who among us can honestly say we have never harbored the desire to press our breast against David Seymour and inhale his manly scent
Very very well done, if you have come up with that!
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@Hooroo said in NZ Politics:
@Stockcar86 said in NZ Politics:
Who among us can honestly say we have never harbored the desire to press our breast against David Seymour and inhale his manly scent
Very very well done, if you have come up with that!
I'm a bit concerned if that sprung to mind rapidly
Brilliant though
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@Crucial said in NZ Politics:
@Hooroo said in NZ Politics:
@Stockcar86 said in NZ Politics:
Who among us can honestly say we have never harbored the desire to press our breast against David Seymour and inhale his manly scent
Very very well done, if you have come up with that!
I'm a bit concerned if that sprung to mind rapidly
Brilliant though
The more I look at it the more I laugh!
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James Shaw was a crack up. Imagine going against one of your party policies and supporting a massive grant to an expensive private school with just 50 students because 'Green' and then having to apologise because a whole bunch of supporters were all WTF DUDE.
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Not that it changes the funding narrative, but to add some colour to the school (my kids went to the Bali version earlier this year and we visited the Taranaki one in April). They have 50 kids now, but it would be much larger absent Covid. About 100 have actually paid fees for the year, but the other 50 are stranded overseas. And they fielded a stack more enquiries from people who may (or may not) have joined during the year but obviously can't now.
Its an awesome space, the landscape is beautiful, and they do loads of work to cooperate and coexist with both nature and the local iwi.The school has been around in Bali for a long time, but they've just switched to a for-profit model, and are (were) expanding to NZ, Mexico and South Africa. The latter 2 have I believe been shelved for now. Not surprisingly, the for-profit model shift is causing considerable angst for current parents.
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I like this journalist. Not least his biting sense of humour.
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@JC said in NZ Politics:
So Ferners, is a new Matariki holiday going to buy your vote for Labour?
What is this Matariki? From whence did it originate?
I have only heard mention of it in the last year or two.
Something to do with the Pleiades?
What holiday are they going to drop to accomdate a new one?
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@booboo said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
So Ferners, is a new Matariki holiday going to buy your vote for Labour?
What is this Matariki? From whence did it originate?
I have only heard mention of it in the last year or two.
Something to do with the Pleiades?
What holiday are they going to drop to accomdate a new one?
Thank fuck I'm not the only one! I never had myself pegged as ignorant of Maori culture (I learned Te Reo to 5th form at school, gave multiple speeches in Maori at school events etc), but I'd never heard of this until this year.
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@booboo said in NZ Politics:
Matariki
Maori New Year, am i right? might be an over simplification, think ive heard of it for a bit longer than the last few years but not since i was a kid or anything
Waitangi day has become such a drama, a chance for a clean start at a "national day"?
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZ Politics:
Waitangi day has become such a drama, a chance for a clean start at a "national day"?
Yeah, but in winter? Just after QBday? Like, terribel timing folks.
If we're all about cultural sharing, I say get rid of easter, spread the holidays to better and more consistent times of the year, and can QBDay while we're at it.
Burn it all
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@Rembrandt said in NZ Politics:
Should a new holiday be floated at a time where we need to look at economic recovery?
If you've never had a really job? YES!
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@booboo said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
So Ferners, is a new Matariki holiday going to buy your vote for Labour?
What is this Matariki? From whence did it originate?
I have only heard mention of it in the last year or two.
Something to do with the Pleiades?
What holiday are they going to drop to accomdate a new one?
Youโre asking an awful lot of questions @booboo . Here, eat this loaf and watch the circus.
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zzz@voodoo said in NZ Politics:
@booboo said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
So Ferners, is a new Matariki holiday going to buy your vote for Labour?
What is this Matariki? From whence did it originate?
I have only heard mention of it in the last year or two.
Something to do with the Pleiades?
What holiday are they going to drop to accomdate a new one?
Thank fuck I'm not the only one! I never had myself pegged as ignorant of Maori culture (I learned Te Reo to 5th form at school, gave multiple speeches in Maori at school events etc), but I'd never heard of this until this year.
Well I suspect I am quite ignorant and have been away from NZ for 16 + years. But would have thought something supposedly this significant would have been in our general psyche before then.
My first recollection was I think 2 years ago. Coz I recall walking on the beach in Mthe morning looking at the Pleiades and connecting it to Matariki which I had read on the Herald.
I reckon it's winning votes from people already voting for them.
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