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Luxon calls NZ a ‘negative, wet, whiny’ countryChristopher Luxon says New Zealand is a “very negative, wet, whiny, inward-looking country”. He called NZ a ‘negative, wet, whiny’ country – ummmmmm. Huge political gamble here from the National Party strategists, especially when you consider most of their policy is aimed at sadists. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comI think Luxon is cracking now and if he keeps saying stupid shit like this Chippy will win. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media

He was surprisingly for National a positive future looking leader, at least that is the impression that he created. Not only are they negative, whiny and inward looking but they have recently displayed a remarkable ability for magical thinking. In the midst of a global crisis they have decided to appease the farming lobby by delaying agriculture’s entry into the Emissions Trading Scheme. And Luxon has accused the Government of blowing up the He Waka Eke Noa arrangement. As long as you replace “New Zealand” with “National”.

nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “Auckland rates may rise, PM to visit China and gang war brews in Ōpōtiki 13 June, 2023” – below is their description. Auckland Mayor Brown’s budget may add extra rate increases. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will lead a trade delegation in China, why skiers want “a greater say” on who’s running Mt Ruapehu and gang numbers rise in Ōpōtiki in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald Subscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jX Check out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249 Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oq Follow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXe Follow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbv nzherald.co.nz YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Please note comments are moderated before publication.

“These new masthead sites are the first products to launch off our new platform, and we look forward to revealing others in due course.”This month, Ms Boucher unveiled a corporate structure that she says reflects the strategic pivot. Stuff’s chief audio officer, Nadia Tolich, will lead Stuff Digital, which includes stuff.co.nz, Neighbourly and the company’s audio division. The company’s chief content officer, Joanna Norris, will take over Stuff Masthead Publishing, which includes the metropolitan, regional and community digital sites. “We were for many years too in thrall to the global tech giants, particularly social media, and believed that we had to play their game,” Ms Boucher said. A proposed sale to NZME fell through, and Ms Boucher negotiated a management buyout in May 2020.

So I purchased an “add on data pack” for $50 in the middle of March. (I have since learned of 2degrees' data clock where you can get a free hour of wifi, but at this stage I was a data-buying newbie). Next text: “The auto renewal of 15GB Data Pack has been stopped.”And yet, I was then charged for an additional data pack in April, and then also in May. According to the 2degrees phone rep, because I hadn’t stopped the data pack from rolling over once, I had actually agreed to buy it for a further two months. So I took NZ Telecommunications Forum (TCF) chief executive Paul Brislen’s advice and took my issue to the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Service (TDRS), the industry's own dispute scheme.

When the petition did not work, they harassed Kiwibank on social media and called for people to “empty their accounts”. THAT’S why the vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast, vast majority of Kiwis were critical and questioning of Shaneel, and that is totally legitimate. To frame this as irrational scapegoating hate is to misrepresent the entire argument, which is exactly what the Spinoff and Shaneel is doing. However Parker is a manifestation of a cancel culture where these issues can’t be debated because of woke social media lynchings. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media

Photo / NZMENew Zealand’s population has continued to grow at pace with new data for the year to April showing a net migration gain of 72,300. But there are signs that more normal levels are returning with the monthly net migration gain falling back to just 5800. Treasury has forecast an annual net migration gain of 66,000 for the calendar year. “On current trends, annual net inflows are likely to peak well below 100,000 persons by the end of the year. This was consistent with migration patterns before the Covid-19 pandemic, where New Zealand usually had an annual net migration loss of New Zealand citizens and an annual net migration gain of non-New Zealand citizens.

Photo: ODT filesA teenager who drove drunk through Oamaru at up to 141kmh and killed his passenger has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. A summary of facts outlined Ross’ wild driving which took place over nearly 5km and involved several near misses. After demolishing a wooden fence, the car slammed into a stone barrier, the passenger side taking the full impact of the crash. Ross and another of the men were unaffected while the other passenger sustained a minor toe injury. The defendant was declined bail by Justice Jonathan Eaton and will be sentenced in the High Court at Christchurch in September.

Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died, Italian media reported Monday. READ MORE:* Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi in treatment for leukemia* Italy- President Berlusconi? His Forza Italia political party was a coalition partner with current Premier Giorgia Meloni, a far-right leader who came to power last year, although he held no position in the government. Andrew Medichini/AP Silvio Berlusconi pictured addressing a rally in Rome in October 2019. Berlusconi saw himself as Italy's saviour from what he described as the Communist menace – years after the Berlin Wall fell.

New Zealand's dual-Olympian rower Robbie Manson has announced he has joined the adult subscription site OnlyFans. New Zealand dual-Olympian Robbie Manson has launched his own space on the adult subscription site, but says he hasn’t “gone rogue and started a secret adult film career”. Naomi Baker/Getty Images Robbie Manson holds the world’s best time in the men’s single scull, set in Poland in 2017. OnlyFans allows creators to lock their content behind a paywall – Manson’s page will cost $14.99 a month per subscriber. “I’ve joined OnlyFans!” Manson posted on his Instagram account last week.

In the meantime, US consumer inflation expectations over the next year eased in May, down to 4.1% and the lowest since March 2021 more than two years ago. Expectations for inflation for longer term periods however rose slightly. Labour market expectations were mixed with expected earnings growth declining, but unemployment expectations and perceived job loss risk improving. India's CPI inflation rate rose slower, and by 4.25% in May from 4.7% in the previous month, the lowest in two years and lower than market forecasts of 4.4%. The bitcoin price is again a little lower since this time yesterday at US$25,807, down -0.7%.

The Tenancy Tribunal recently ruled Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities must pay the Auckland tenant $3000 for ongoing breaches of her quiet enjoyment of her premises. The tenant has been a client of Kāinga Ora for 25 years but her problems began in 2019 with the arrival of a disorderly neighbour in the North Shore suburb of Northcross. Kāinga Ora claimed, at the time, it was in the process of relocating the troublesome neighbour but more than a year later the behaviour continued unabated. When the tenant made her second application for compensation in November 2022, after suffering more months of noisy misery, Kāinga Ora again argued it was in the process of relocating the neighbour. Kāinga Ora acknowledged receiving the tenant’s numerous email complaints, the majority regarding noise, due to the neighbour’s garage being right next to a bedroom of the tenant.

The Independent Electoral Review out today has included a recommendation to ‘affect the Treaty of Waitangi andPrinciples’ and make it one of the Act’s ‘explicit objectives’. What ‘principles’ are they talking about exactly? Our Electoral Act is the foundation of unwavering equality for every New Zealander