Posts by Sofie Bribiesca
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Can we keep a Government consisting of Green/Maori/NZF/Labour (any of those 4 would do) in long enough to see a continued rise in the real value of wages? Please?
That is what is nice about the smaller parties being able to keep the larger in check.So with the combo you mention, we would have child poverty sorted(Maori Party) the elderly taken care of (NZ First) the country kept green and Labour to represent.....Hang on... isn't that the case now ;-).Look forward to your return to the long white cloud George.
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Putting this in a fairly cold context, at what point do people start seeing that their contribution to the country via their taxes is actually achieving what they were told it would?
and I keep wondering, at what point do people start seeing that their contribution to the country via their taxes is actually achieving what they were told the government was trying to fix.I often notice friends who have the view that they are missing out, are indeed rather comfortable(with the home, bach, boat , brand new cars...not exaggerating here).Life is so hard on the brioche line.I noticed with experiencing the public health system that I got big bang for my money.Even the IRD helped me! I sent a card of appreciation and was informed that that had never happened before.My convoluted point is ,all systems were in place to assist me in recovery and I was happy to be in NZ not the States where most of my relatives are.
On the BRT thing, I think it is very important to decouple the BRT from this particular debate, this isn't about big rich corporates sitting in their boardrooms,
Or hummering around their private islands with their knighthood.I always find it difficult to set the BRT aside from debates considering how powerful a lobby group they are.And... yes so can the unions be, but ,remember Labour is a party for the working class so rights for the worker sorta go hand in hand. I ask. When should Labour have fixed everything? Is there a time limit?I know this isn't a perfect country (show me one that is) but I think we are ok.
Also went to Oz for 11 years once, came home.There is something special about NZ. Oz can never have that. -
I know National hasn't released any policy announcements yet (I find it annoying, but hey)...but have I missed all the major policy announcements from any of the other parties?
NZ first,ACT,Greens and Maori(partially)and United Future have all rolled out policy .The transcript from Parliament yesterday should help give an idea. It appears that all t'other parties are aware that policy is helpful to my vote at least.
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Secondly, It is astonishing how the whole debate over relieving the stress on New Zealanders is framed in terms of tax cuts.
I think it was 61% of Nzrs who wanted tax cuts but not at the expense of health/education which isn't an overwhelming majority (as some would have you think) so I am happy everyone seems to have got something.I don't know why we are constantly compared to Oz. The population differences are enough for me to know that tax systems can't possibly be the same .
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And I don't think one should ever try to read anything into what a teenager says or how they act as being indicative of what they think. Teenagers habitually lie to keep their secrets or to appear cooler to their friends
I agree with Emma and believe that honesty is a great policy . I have no problem with teenagers (15-17r olds) asking me about all sorts of issues.and I often realise how they are the same things I went through.If you are straight up (not authoritarian) you may just get a straight up answer.
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Is there a word limit on blogs…?
Heh, don't stop Brendan. Rob & Dubmugga will be most disappointed!
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Yes Jackie. I often appreciate my decision also. And I was well aware of what I wore(at 13) and what effect it had on others,(wasn't slutty in my view) but also I suspect kids today being inundated with imagery of all sorts by all forms of nedia(thanks Steve) are not completely aware of a physical effect it may have on the opposite sex.So it would be nice to see an ideal educational mag/programme but noones putting their hand up or RB would have found it, surely.
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Bugger should preview,... so little time!
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<quote.>Pebbles not plastered on the mags? hello? She's got her own column with her mother in Canvas where she dispenses particularly vapid and bitchy "advice".</quote> So I see you read it. I don't think it particularly anything actually but it is advice from different generations showing exactly the different views they have.I think she showed ,the girlfriend mag didn't phase her.
<She's had plenty of mag covers I can assure you. Admittedly, she seems to be a bit more functional than superbrat Millie Holmes.
don't read mags much so I take your word on that. My point was she seems aware. She has an opinion and I think she will go on to survive the trials and tribulations of youth.And hopefully Millie will too.
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There was also the advice on deceiving your parents and putting yourself in a risky position with some guy you hardly (go off the the beach where there's no one around!), and just a general lack of good sense, I thought.
I remember at 13 it being advantageous to keep certain (girl discovering )things from my mum and dad,who were basically hippies/artist types.As liberal as they were it was good for the guy to remain intact. I had heard what dad would do if I was hurt. I know I would have told them if something bad had happened.At the same time I did learn along the way, keep your shit together, be aware .Soo in the long run,my exposure,knowledge and parental openess about sex helped me alot.I think some viewers last night may have been shocked with the explicit content of Girlfriend. I think Pebbles showed by her facial expressions just how blase it all is to the younger generation, and how actually she at a young age knew it was a mag all about consumerism. I thought the best comment from the panel came from her. A fashion mag promoting fashion had a model with no clothes on! I know her parents(quite outside the square) must have done a good job with raising Pebbles and I am glad to say she ain't plastered in the mags on drugs or pregnant or a range of things kids can do today. Although I do suspect that Sarah Henry would jump if she did go topless as she did mention tits were not a big deal to her.So I think Pebbles was a good example of understanding the headspace of younger people and there has been comparable mags from the past, its just that we are old and" you don't want to do it like that" or "Back when I was a lad" are things we used to cringe about that our parents used to say..It 's an everchanging cycle, literally