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    Oh dear.........the NZ government polls 8% more than their nearest rival in what would be a landslide victory in comparable countries. They have turned NZ in to the envy of most countries. What could go wrong ?

    Under NZ's bizarre voting system where no one ever gets the required majority, the "kingmaker" cuts a deal with Labor and the Greens resulting in a 37 year old woman who has never had a job becoming PM.

    It reminds me of Australia just before 2007

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    They are a bit like sheep over there tho mate
    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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    The Luna Park Coalition


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    Why should Peters do any better than Oakshot and Windsor. Those pricks condemned us to Julia Gillard. I don't know how they sleep at night.

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    Lots of free stuff to be had in NZ very soon.......................I hope that means the kiwi's in Oz (half the NZ population) decide to fu*k off out of Oz and head back to the pastures in NZ

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    My own view was that she should be given a fair go to see what she can do. Then I just heard on the news that in exchange for the greens support, NZ will hold a referendum by 2020 to legalise dope. Wonder what else has been dealt to who...

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    Look, it is what it is. F*ck knows what she has promised, but maybe she will actually keep them..unlike Gillard and Co.

    John Key set the table with an economic resurgence AND the sort of cuts that we via the ALP wouldn't accept. His speech where he said that if New Zealanders didn't want to work, they could move to Australia was a classic.The economy is flying, despite earthquakes and the like and so she has plenty to spend back into debt, as I'm sure she'll eventually do.

    As we have enough to be concerned about with the perpetual rotunda of failures and fools we ourselves elect, I'm not personally going to spend too much time being concerned with the state of NZ. My bills have to be paid and my meals afforded here.
    The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.

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    I wish her all the best, but the caricature artists are going to have a field day with her. I wonder what her nickname will become, Jacinta McTeath, springs to mind.

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    OMG she wants to reduce skilled immigration but increase the refugee intake ??? NZ are buggered now

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    New Zealand will clamp down on carbon emissions and hold a referendum on legalising marijuana under its new coalition government comprising Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens.

    But the Queen is likely to remain the head of government after incoming prime minister Jacinda Ardern said moving to a republic would not be a priority in this term of government.

    Ms Ardern promised a “proactive’’ government that would invest in the country’s regions, tackle inequality and pump up infrastructure, after a caucus meeting to choose a ministry that will comprise 21 Labour MPs, four New Zealand First MPs and three Greens.

    Ms Ardern, clinched power on Thursday when New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announced he would back Labour despite its having polled seven percentage points less than the National party, which secured 56 seats to Labour’s 46 in the 120-seat house.

    Ms Ardern said her government would introduce a “zero #arbon act”, establish an independent climate commission and develop a comprehensive emissions trading scheme that covered “all gasses, all sectors’’.

    She confirmed a referendum, which may be binding, would be held in the next three years on whether to legalise recreational marijuana use.

    “I’ve always been very open about the fact that I do not believe that people should be imprisoned for personal use of cannabis,” she said. “I also have concerns around young people accessing a product which can clearly do harm and damage to them.’’

    Ms Ardern also signalled moves to promote women’s interests: “I have great ambition as a woman and as prime minister-elect that we will make great gains as a government in issues like equal pay, in issues like supporting women in the roles they choose to take, whether they be work or in caring roles ... I hold that issue close to my heart.’’

    Ms Ardern has vowed to honour Labour’s election promises but is expected to release the details of policy deals with New Zealand First and the Greens next week.

    The government’s 100-day plan would “broadly stay the same” and would include raising the student allowance by NZ$50 ($44.50), setting up #inquiries into mental health and historic abuse of children in state care, and legislating to require rental homes be dry and warm.


    Mr Peters, offered the position of deputy prime minister, is still deciding whether to accept.

    The new government is expected to slash immigration, rethink trade deals and move to tackle poverty. It also wants to ban foreign speculators from buying New Zealand homes and has a policy of building 100,000 affordable homes in 10 years.


    The party has indicated it will spend billions of dollars more on health and education, and plans to boost the minimum wage and #increase help for low-income families.

    However, this will come at the cost of tax cuts planned by the previous government and by taxing multinational companies more.

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    Potential disasters highlighted above.

    In a nutshell, spend all the money and tax companies until they go elsewhere.

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    Time to close our borders. With The Rump in America and The Tooth in NZ, what will we get next? We may be the only (relatively) Sane place on the planet.
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    Nothing new in the NZ arrangement - most democratic countries in the world have similar arrangements where the winning party does not get a majority and is the norm. Forming coalitions are all normal. Countries like us and the US are the exceptions not the usual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin View Post

    However, this will come at the cost of tax cuts planned by the previous government and by taxing multinational companies more.
    Multinationals do all they can to reduce their taxes anyway so i dont see how that will work. The Average Joe will be paying for all this.

    As if NZ didnt have enough unemployed as it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neddie View Post
    I wish her all the best, but the caricature artists are going to have a field day with her. I wonder what her nickname will become, Jacinta McTeath, springs to mind.
    They are one impressive set of choppers aren't they....
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    You wouldn't want her to "bite you"
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    Jacinta, the tooth fairy, I think.


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    she looks like Goofy

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    Quote Originally Posted by VroomVroom View Post
    OMG she wants to reduce skilled immigration but increase the refugee intake ??? NZ are buggered now
    Perfect solution for Australia then.

    We bring in a number of their skilled immigrants equal to them taking the remaining refugees from our offshore detention centers which can then be closed down.

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