Greens Mess, By By Shaw

Liam Hehr on the Green's tangling themselves up with the Waka jumping law
thebluereview.substack.com/p/on-the-bike-lane-to-hypocrisy?r=2hb21k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
summarises
For those trying to keep track, the Greens’ position seems to be this:
Waka-jumping laws are fundamentally undemocratic and wrong—except when a coalition agreement forces us to support them, after which we will vote for their repeal to affirm our opposition, but then consider using them ourselves if a rogue MP becomes an embarrassment. We remain against them in principle, except in situations that demand practicality, which we will still oppose while acting upon them, so long as 75% of our members agree.

It is interesting how the govt think they need to save Wellington.
I think they should let democracy run it's course. Wellington like to vote for muppets, so let them reap what they sow.
They wanted a Green Mayor, they voted a Green Mayor in, so now they need to live with a Green Mayor.

Just because the Council have already ditched their long term plan, supposed to last 10 years, lasted 3 months (was passed in July).
They want cycleways everywhere, let them build cycleways everywhere, businesses be damned. They will soon learn that businesses are productive and cycleways are not. Cycleways cost money. But hay, you voted for them...

Sometimes people need to learn the fire is hot by putting their hand in it. Sure you can tell them the fire is hot, put a fire guard around it, put up warning signs "don't put your hand in the fire", but people can't truly learn a lesson by being told. Some people can only learn a lesson by experiencing first hand all of the negative consequences of their actions.

So, I say let Wellington burn. Let Wellington be a lesson to the rest of the Country what happens if you let the loonie left into power. Vote Greens, Vote Labour and watch your city burn to the ground. Hopefully the rest of our once great country learn the lesson and never vote these muppets into government again.

Brown, Luxon and Willis would be making a grace mistake intervening in Wellington. Let democracy run its course I say.

Shouldnt Watsons last appearance findings be out by now? And yes she is revolting,why not just deport her?

well that's just tough titties for her then.Shoukd of thought her actions out better like many other criminals.

It's a thing of beauty isn't it!

Surely Tana won't resign though, she'll make the muppetshow force her out so they do have to use the waka jumping bill.

Quite possibly the best thing about this saga is the clownshow that is going to replace Darleen!

Let me know if you get past the 3rd sentence of the intro to his thesis, I'll buy you a beer... 

Abstract

Here is a Master’s thesis crafted with, by, and for Rangatahi Takatāpui. It represents a labour of love for the community to which I belong, and seeks to generate understanding about the factors that enable LGBTQI+ Māori youth to embody and enact Tino Rangatiratanga. Principles of Kaupapa Māori Theory provide a paradigm through which this research is conducted, with particular attention paid to the Indigenous Research Agenda. Importantly, this rangahau seeks to offer an alternative to the conventions of hegemonic empirical academia by centering the voices and lived experiences of those who have historically been subjected to the dehumanising objectification of Western research practices. Through the methodological approach of wānanga, and within a Tikanga Māori framework of Āta, or cultural safety, twelve Rangatahi Takatāpui participated in a two day workshop at Te Kohinga Mārama Marae. Over the course of both days, co-researchers shared personal testimonies about their experiences navigating the world as Queer Indigenous peoples, as well as the dreams and aspirations they have for collective self-determination. These accounts ultimately inform the narrative storying employed to convey the key findings of this research, which are described as Mana Tuakiri (identity), Mana Hapori (belonging), Mana Moemoeā (vision), and Mana Wero (challenges). To make sense of the findings presented in this rangahau, a model is developed which takes inspiration from Te Takarangi, the double spiral motif common in both Toi Māori (art) and Te Tai Ao (the natural world). Utilising the cyclical and intersecting patterns of Te Takarangi, the four main themes of this research are explored through a progressive layering of personal, interpersonal, and societal relationships in order to provide insight into how best Rangatahi Takatāpui can be supported to enact Tino Rangatiratanga. Ultimately, this research present nine key factors to be addressed and implemented in order to achieve this aspiration, including a call for conscientisation (both the self and the collective), resourcing and support, the removal of barriers to access, community intersectional reflexivity, space for collective Indigenous dreaming, and an ongoing commitment to Te Tiriti justice.