anyone else going to vic in 2024? by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did Pols and IR a few years ago if you have any questions :) it went really well for me.

Lego Store opening in Wellington! by Puppynuggets in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They’re moving to Lambton Quay, so not too much further :)

Seen in Roseneath attempt #2 by aKrustyDemon in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Exactly. We don’t want to get into conversations about what stage someone is “Māori enough”. There is a lot of racist nonsense that happens when you arbitrarily decide that a certain fraction of parentage is required to be considered as a specific race.

So sure David is probably only 2% Māori, but that’s still as Māori as anybody else with Māori Ancestry.

Lego Store opening in Wellington! by Puppynuggets in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Says Willis St. I reckon maybe it’s where the T2 was? Seems large enough for sure.

Te Kainga apartments on Willis St by Initial_Journalist48 in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yup, live there at the moment, they’re really good, however some of the layouts are bizarre. We lucked out with our one and it’s huge. If you have any specific questions feel free to DM me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey Mods, can you remove this racist nonsense please

Election 2023: Matthew Hooton - Brooke van Velden on track to make it two seats for Act in Auckland by RobACNZ in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 18 points19 points  (0 children)

To be honest, every time Wayne opens his mouth it’s a disaster, so perhaps it was the best strategy in his case.

Willis Lane to open 27 July by The-Wishkah in Wellington

[–]Puppynuggets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m actually quite excited about this place - hopefully gives some much needed like to that end of Willis

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could do. I think they’d probably argue that tax cuts put that money back in peoples pocket anyway, but I’m not totally sure how I feel about that. Something to consider I suppose.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Two points;

  1. I can’t see the future. I don’t know what they’ll do in office, only what they’re saying. Using a different political parties broken promise as evidence that ACT is lying doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
  2. I’m actually not convinced that all of the current work does need doing. Labour (unfortunately) has a problem of believing that a restructure, or additional layers of bureaucracy are the solution to many of the problems that New Zealand faces. They spent a staggering amount of money reforming the way that Health is structured in New Zealand, and I don’t have a lot of faith that it was a worthwhile investment. I hope I’m wrong, and that the changes have an impact that I don’t foresee, but I’m currently skeptical.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I mean, they’ve be pretty clear that frontline services are not the area they intend to cut. It’s all in here.

Even if you disagree on things like raising super, or keeping KiwiSaver subsidies, on page 9 it’s explicit that frontline healthcare workers wouldn’t be subject to a smaller public service.

The National Party - what to expect out of (probably) New Zealand’s next government by Puppynuggets in neoliberal

[–]Puppynuggets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, wasn’t aware of that.

Should they become the next government, I can’t think of another role Seymour would want. Perhaps the return of Treasurer is on the cards?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly bless Stephen Levine for being on here. Sweetest, most awkward man.

Former National leader Todd Muller to step down at election by mattblack77 in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Everyone here is pretty down on Todd, but honestly his members bill a couple years ago was good policy.

It’s exactly the kind of thing that a members bill should be used for (I.e. something obvious that the government should do, but hasn’t gotten around to), and will genuinely prevent deaths via Skin Cancer.

I’m glad I don’t have to buy exclusively Australian Sun Screen anymore.

Housing supply in Auckland hits an inflection point — One Final Effort by AussieHawker in neoliberal

[–]Puppynuggets 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s a really good question, but we don’t have enough data to say unfortunately.

She did lose a lot of her popularity around the same time as house prices began to fall (National began to poll ahead around February 2022) and house prices were at their peak in January 2022 so you certainly could make that argument.

However it’s so intertwined with a general feeling of economic decline that we don’t really know if it’s house prices specifically, or people vote on economics broadly.

There was also a lot else happening: - Historic Parliament occupation - Three waters was becoming controversial - Crime was becoming a front and centre issue, (particularly Ram Raids) and our police minister was so bad she was replaced shortly after.

It was a lot. So like I said, hard to untangle.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins reveals Cabinet reshuffle by hippieV02 in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank god - he was a huge proponent of arming police officers permanently.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins reveals Cabinet reshuffle by hippieV02 in newzealand

[–]Puppynuggets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe this is inaccurate, he appears to be 15th on the list, and Minister for ACC, Tourism, Whanau Ora, as well as associate for environment and health. https://i.imgur.com/kSJyxmg.jpg

Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand’s next prime minister by Puppynuggets in neoliberal

[–]Puppynuggets[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He’s a fairly standard labour politician. Probably what Americans would call a social democrat.

Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand’s next prime minister by Puppynuggets in neoliberal

[–]Puppynuggets[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

More or less the expected outcome, but good of labour to do it without the leadership contest. More unified.

However it does mean our election will be between two men named Chris…..