If you watched Q&A this morning you may have choked on Todd McClay's claim the coalition government is improving protections and conditions for workers.
I certainly did and alarmed the cats and the neighbours as I yelled at the TV. #nzqanda
I've always said that Hamilton was the safest city from natural disasters and should be the capital city. #nzqanda 😁
#nzqanda is back!
Oh, JCOAB! Fucking David Seymour on #nzqanda is doing my head in. It's all moving too fast for me to rant, so I shall rewatch and rant before I head off to Auckland to go to Tool - where I shall work off my David Seymour angst.
Based on the interview with Qiulaw Wong of The OpportUnity Party with Jack Tame on #NZQandA this morning, she'd be a more reliable MP for Tāmaki (east Auckland) than Brooke Van Velden.
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Here's an earlier interview with Q from London in 2021.
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John Clarke as Aus Shipping Minister Bob Collins in #TheFrontFellOff 1991 skit about a tanker "Kirki" carrying a full load of ~83k tonnes of light crude oil to an Australian refinery when the bow fell off in heavy seas.
Feels like Mark Mitchell to Jack Tame #NZQandA
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"The system has always worked" says #NZPolice Minister Mark Mitchell. Yeah right.
What he means is the system of charging complainants to shut them up works. MsZ is still silenced by implied threat on outstanding charges.
Ref interview with Jack Tame on #NZQandA
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Disappointed #NZQandA gave time to representative from USA libertarian Cato Institute. The Cato Institute opposes minimum wage laws, child labour prohibitions, public sector unions, universal health care, and #ClimateAction. Ideas like ACT's Brooke Van Velden
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Very good catch from Jack Tame on the subject of left wing people being attacked in US universities.
Also universities are one of the few remaining bastions of progressive thinking left in the USA so this guy's $100 bet is a bit disingenuous.
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Tip for people watching NZ current affairs programme #NZQandA, any time NZ Govt Minister - in this case Watts - says "the reality is" - that means he is about to lie, and probably blame Labour as well.
#NZpol #TheRealityIs 🙄
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Kali Mercier is on #nzqanda I wonder if she's related to Ocean Mercier who said nice things about my crosswords 😌
Simon Watt's mutterings today on Q&A should come back to haunt him in years to come.
I'm so over his bullshit.
#nzpol #nzqanda
There are too many Simons and they all look the same.
#nzqanda Simon Watts (ironically named!) waffling about how they aren't going to do anything to make power cheaper. They ignored all the recommendations so here we are.
Good grief. Melissa Derby, the Race Relations Commissioner, is on Q&A.
I struggle to take this woman at face value after watching her videos on The Commonroom. They were truly revealing to me and the reason I oppose her in this role.
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Awww, Bishflap calls for kindness as he calls Kieran McAnulty NASTY for saying exactly what we all already know, about Nicola Willis being donkey deep in the loss of trust around the RBNZ governor debacle 😂🤦♀️ #nzpol #NZQandA #OneTermGovernment #NastyMcAnulty 😎
I am still bemused why Ray Chung (and why his bitter Wellington band of fools) is punted up as a serious candidate on #NZQandA. Seriously Jack Tame, such a misstep from you. Your data has misled you. Just look at what they're saying!
#NZQandA: Ray Chung wants to reduce Operating Expenditure. No electric chargers for cars.
Andrew Little wants people to be able to afford to live here and to have jobs and housing.
Karl Tiefenbacher wants more cuts. Opposes Living Wage for council workers.
#NZpol
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Listening to Ray Chung is like trying to scramble eggs while standing in the middle of the exit gates of Eden Park as an All Blacks v Springboks game finishes #nzpol #nzqanda
Why is TVNZ giving airtime to Jamie Beaton of Crimson Education as an "education expert"?
His education expertise focuses on helping a select few young NZers get into US Ivy League universities. He's not a teacher and has no knowledge about how children learn.
#NZpol #NZQandA
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Watched #nzQandA with Max Rashbrooke talking on helping young people into work + NZ Govt aim of reducing unemployment. Hard to imagine NZ Govt doing anything positive when every day there's another example of cuts to employment, like not hiring nursing graduates.
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They probably get briefing and rehearsal with National's comms coach before going on #nzQandA. Especially rehearsal with using filler lines
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The examples Welby Ings used to describe how to talk to parents about how their child is learning is exactly what I do!! It's what good teachers are doing now.
But standardised testing and one size fits all programmes don't do that. #nzqanda
I think Jack is relishing this conversation with Welby Ings. #nzqanda
I agree with Welby Ings.
Everyone is on the neurodiverse scale - there's no such thing as "normal" when it comes to learning.
Erica Stanford's one size fits all education system doesn't work for kids and it certainly doesn't work for me as a teacher.
#nzqanda
Welby Ings on #nzqanda is a breath of fresh air after the curriculum rewrite debacle and Erica Stanford telling us all brains learn the same way.
Penny Simmonds response to Gore's drinking water not being fit to drink due to nitrates is "WTF!" Over and over again I'm astounded by the stupidity of a woman who once led a successful polytechnic. Her devotion to the party line is disgusting. #nzqanda
Jack Tame on #nzqanda asked Environment Minister Penny Simmonds what her role is.
The answer: to fuck it up.
Her answer sounded like she was the fucking agriculture minister!
She doesn't believe it's the government's role to fix the environment! WTF!!!
Those wise owls were Dr Phil and Dr Sue Bagshaw.
They are involved with the Canterbury Charity Hospital so are seeing the fall out from both the public and private health system for those falling through the cracks. #nzqanda
Watching Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith on #NZQandA last weekend. Has a man who says people never need to steal food ever suffered hunger from poverty?
His view echoes the days England sent convicts to Australia for stealing a loaf of bread. Free food would help more.
#NZpol
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