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It can and has happened to Talleys.

Green are polling at more than half of what Labour are, and it looks like they would be less than half the seats in a coalition government, although still the biggest single party.

They just aren’t inspiring people, are they?

Too often they voted for the same crap as National did.

What are you talking about? They’ve never been in government, they haven’t voted for anything in the past.

Does this include properties that have been under renovation, or are otherwise being upgraded?

A fire truck catching fire would be pretty funny, if it wasn’t so important for our safety.

Frazer engineering in lower hutt just posted some photos of a pair of appliances they’re sending overseas to the northern territory, meanwhile we’re importing units from the UK that don’t work.

There’s people working in FENZ that just have no business being where they are.

AI coding tools seem to have led to people creating websites who have absolutely no idea what they’re doing, and have no business creating a website.

If you’re a Green voter historically, you should be looking closely at Opportunity. They’re basically the competent Green party anyway.

They seem to be losing a lot of support to Green and Opportunity, but the bloc as a whole is growing very slowly.

It seems at this point that most people have made up their mind the general direction they’re voting in, and are swapping between parties.

They have always had the ability to forcibly aquire property, but there has to be a good reason, like building infrastructure of some type. Also, they typically pay well above the market rate.

Forcibly acquiring a business as a running entity isn’t the same thing.

See, this is why Opportunity, a party that has never been in parliament, isn’t that far behind the Green party in some polls.

They start with a good idea, and then take it to the point of absurdity. Rather than just saying we will have a state owned supermarket, which is a good idea, and not really that different from the existing state owned enterprises we already have, they then say they will simply nationalise part of an existing business to get this started.

They just can’t help themselves.

Foodstuffs and Woolworths would be forced to sell 120 stores and two distribution centres into public ownership which would require new legislation, Swarbrick said.

This is the part of the plan I don’t like. Forcing a company to sell assets just so you can compete against them is kinda rotten.

I do like the idea of a state owned supermarket though.

Oh definitely, the guy wields so much more power than his chunk of the vote should give him, because he can play either side off against the other.

Which is why Opportunity say they’re willing to work with either party. They don’t want to be like the Greens, who aren’t really taken seriously because Labour knows they aren’t going anywhere else.

It’s interesting that very few voters seem to be crossing the aisle, most of the movement seems to be between either the current coalition partners, or the three current opposition parties and TOP.

Although the coalition are slowly losing support overall.

Nobody thinks those aren’t important, we just want our infrastructure spending to be decided by the people who are paying for and using it.

If Chippy had the balls to stand up to TPM and say the public have clearly rejected co-governance, three waters would have been a relatively unremarkable piece of legislation. We didn’t reject three waters, we rejected co-governance over built infrastructure.

An MBIE decision on a unit in this complex in Gloucester St, Christchurch, could have nationwide implications for the short-stay guest accommodation sector. An MBIE decision on a unit in this complex in Gloucester St, Christchurch, could have nationwide implications for the short-stay guest accommodation sector.

Does nobody proof read this stuff?

Also, good outcome. If you want to build a motel, build a motel.

It would cover your expenses to actually be there, but that’s it.

That’s very generous of them.

It’s kinda bullshit that you don’t get paid, I’d be royally pissed if I had to spend a few weeks not being paid, in a courtroom filled with people on six figure salaries. I bet they would have a much easier time getting a jury if they matched someone’s hourly rate, to a reasonable point.

I honestly don’t think that will change anyone’s mind, there’s been rumbling about Luxon being rolled on and off for nearly four years.

Interesting that Opportunity are mostly taking votes from the left trio, and the same is happening on the other side. There’s very little crossing the aisle.