Posts by Hans Versluys
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This is far too rational an assessment and in danger of exploding Steven Joyce's brain. He prefers cost/benefit ratios that only take cars into account because car parking fees and fines bring in more money than socialist transport.
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Our garden provides us all year round with fresh vegetables we like, except potatoes and onions, so why is the GST exemption not proposed for buying seedlings or seeds?
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Re: cumulative viewing figures. Not sure where you get those figures from but according to Nielsen cumes TVNZ 7 averages 1.16m a month in 2011 (highest: Oct 2011 1.41m). Maori TV averages 2.01m (highest: Sep 2011 2.64m). Highest rating Sky channel is The Box at 1.4m a month (UKTV averages at 1.26m)
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the Triangle/Stratos access-TV model
Not quite correct. Stratos TV is not access television but public service television proper. It's far more SBS than Manhattan Neighbourhood Network.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Richard Aston,
Damian - what changed your take on the Libertarians
Damian discovered girls.
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Libertarianz Party is running half hour election programmes on Stratos, weekly on Thursday at 8:00pm, starting 3 November.
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I suppose the MMP camp in the referendum could attract the redneck vote by highlighting that all MMP alternatives on offer include more Maori seats than under MMP.
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In Germany, that shining example for NZ on all matters MMP, has had two CDU/SPD coalitions in the past. They have not always been successful, as they may have spurred the growth of more ‘extreme’ parties on both left and right to compensate for the lack of political choice.
As an aside, in that shiny city on the democratic hill, the USA, I’m always astonished that while you have a zillion burger options at the fast food joint but the burghers can only (realistically) choose between two party options. Land of plenty and the free? -
Legal Beagle: Up to 11, in reply to Kumara Republic,
One word: Knesset
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One person, one vote of equal value should be the basis of our representative democracy. List votes only (with vote opportunity to vote for candidates on that list) ensure this. 0.8% of the vote should get you a seat.
It's a missed opportunity that the referendum doesn't offer a more proporttional system to run against MMP, only less proportional ones are offered.
One advantage of PPR (Proper Proportional Representation) is that there will be no longer any need for separate Maori seats.
As an illustration, here is the 2008 result under PPR (part vote percentage multiplied by 1.2 to yield seat result - difference with MMP resullt in brackets):
National: 44.93% = 53.92 seats = 54 (-4)
Labour: 33.99% = 40.80 seats = 41 (-2)
Green: 6.72% = 8.06 seats = 8 (-1)
ACT: 3.65% = 4.38 seats = 4 (-1)
Maori Party: 2.39% = 2.87 seats = 3 (-2)
Progressive: 0.91% = 1.09 seats = 1 (-)
NZ First: 4.07% = 4.88 seats = 5 (+5)
United Future: 0.87% = 1.04 seats = 1 (-)