Radio NZ - On Maori Politics today

Posted 16th June 2013 to Nine to Noon, Radio New Zealand.

On the Subject of the Maori Party troubles

The poor old Maoris of this country have been manipulated dreadfully in the political arena.
If they just had one sharp leader to pull them together they could make demands that bring the nation back on course.
How to spot manipulation? We are told constantly that the two things Maori People crave the most are forcing Europeans to take up Te Reo as a Hobby Language
And to seed money and power back to the Tribes.. If you ask Joe Average Maori what they really need the reply is always going to be proper Jobs. Security and Respect.

Yes, it is a MEDIA DISSCONECT, Pacific / Maori people want the same as EVERYONE else had before Muldoon, Douglas and Prebble fractured the Nation in the 1980s and turned it into an international money factory.

Seriously, if the Maori people could Turn the Clocks Back it would not be to the 1800s! It would be to Norman Kirk’s Time...

Mediawatch: Political Hypocrisy in NZ

Posted to Mediawatch Radio New Zealand 16th July 2013

Your Show today could have made good fodder for Jon Stewart or Bill Maher if it was about the US in stead of NZ

Funny! The Hard Nosed Australian Media that Directs the Politics of New Zealand Should Blast Russel Norman an Australian Born Politician
For Not Being Born in NZ and Scoff that he is out of touch, unlike their Masters who Cant Understand why the People of Earth are turning to their own devices to escape the vision of their Red Dirt, Red-Necked Journalistic Wasteland.

Anyway Mr Key if not so much a Robert Muldoon he is more like George W Bush without a War Machine to play with.

I Think the real issue here is... Polarisation VS inclusion I wish the Media would Point out that It is the Job of any Government to look after Everybody not just certain special people. Some might say that the Australian Media Complex is using divide and rule on us using our fears as a weapon.

And now they have put one of “Them” to head Radio NZ. Boy we need a sharp comedian to turn that into a laugh ...

Te Anau's Greatest Asset Bypassed

Posted to Kirsty Mc Nichol Fiordland Advocate Newspaper 22nd May 2013

To Follow this weeks letter on winter tourism ideas for Te Anau,

Ray Willet came up with a good solution for getting People to Stop in Te Anau and Manapouri..

Make an official Milford Sound “Scenic Detour” Down Hillside Road to Lake Manapouri and on through the Te Anau CBD

All you have to do is say don’t miss New Zealand’s Most Beautiful Lakes, which in a rare case of advertising hype, is the Truth.

Sometimes the simplest Ideas are the Best!

If Only the Upper Waiau River and the View from the Te Anau Golf Coarse could be included somehow.

Come to think of it, It’s just bizarre not to promote our own assets favouring instead those of Haast, Milford and Around the Queenstown Mountains.

Te Anau's Ilumination Ball Festival

Posted July 1st 2013 to the Fiordland Advocate Newspaper

Good on the people who helped Jan Ludemann with the Ilumination Ball Night on Saturday..
Our long Winter nights are So dark its cool to see some Creative lighting going on Like on the Library Sequoia and assorted shops..
I think though that a crowd gathered expecting a Luminosa Festival Electric Parade down Mainstreet.
There was for a time a feeling of community celebration. Perhaps short a Few Braziers, Food, Matariki Music, Fire Eaters and Laser Projectors.
However the Mass launch of Chinese Balloon Lanterns and favourable Weather Conditions where superb adding a bit memorable of Sky Candy!
The Ball was Pretty good too and the those attending got a taste of vintage 1958 Dance Steps mixed with Rock and Roll numbers.

Campbell Live - Auckland Housing Solution

Posted to Radio New Zealand's Afternoons program 25th June 2013

What ever happened to Capital Gains Tax?
John Campbell talked about the Problem of House Speculation in Auckland
As far as I can see if we are going to be one of those rare countries without a Capital Gains Tax
We are wide open to being ransacked. What do the Greens Think I wonder?

They where even thinking a Transaction Tax could stop the decline of Western Civilisation so there must be something in it.

Message From President Obama: Co2

to Morning Report - Radio New Zealand - 26 June 2013

I hear at last President Obama making a call on Climate Change in a key speech but the timing is off
Realistically he should have made a Nation Wide Broadcast on May 11th when we crossed the line into 400 parts per million..

It might be Dramatic to make a “We Got Bin Laden” type speech but saving the World is a bit more important than mopping up G W Bush’s freakshow

If there is any action on climate change I have always maintained that it has to be from the Whitehouse for it to work. And the President has to take ownership of it.

And  it’s not all bad news for the economy, fixing the Environment will ultimately employ more people than the Wars on Terror and Drugs combined.

Unfortunately it won’t be needing much help from the defence industry and the NRA so don’t expect much joy from the Republicans Mr Obama.

But Best of Irish luck to you!

Radio NZ- Environment - Judgement Day

To Afternoons on Radio NZ  27/6/13 and Susan Baldacci.

Interesting that President Obama has made his Call on Climate Change. This probably is the biggest turning point of this century and for Civilisation and
Our Prime Minister is still dreaming of spending all our resources on a Jet Powered Mega Auckland International Gambling Hub...!

Please Bring some Rational debate to the Future of NZ on your panel under the new world direction we are going to be heading ...
Now is the time.

Oh and Check out the TVNZ “What if” Doco trilogy on youtube  especially the Green Version : )