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"Our government has signalled changes to the plan, including a reduced focus on institutional racism and colonial racism against Māori, which would render the plan pointless as all instances of personal racism result from the institutional racism of our society," Ngata said.

Uhh, what? What absolute nonsense is this?

Honestly, this whole thing feels like the forum getting the pip because we weren't making this all about them, and taking their ball and going home.

And then there's Bullshit like this.

Maori aren't the only group in NZ on the receiving end of racist behaviour.

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The government's transport plan is at odds with economic growth and a step backwards for the climate, a group of 88 academics says.

"Road transport dependency is costly to the society as a whole, in terms of environmental degradation; illnesses and injuries associated with traffic, air pollution, and noise; low efficiency of transport of people and goods; infrastructure building and maintenance; direct user costs; and land use."

Second, the plan was a step backwards on climate change, with 39 percent of emissions coming from transport. They referred to the climate action tracker run by independent scientists, which was already rating New Zealand's response as "highly insufficient".

It would also reduce public transport funding, saying this could mean whole neighbourhoods without access and making it harder for those with lower incomes or disabilities to get around.

The submission highlighted a lack of walking and cycling infrastructure, despite evidence about the benefits of these.

"The GPS' intention to reverse speed limit reductions and reduce traffic calming funding can be expected to increase road traffic injuries and deaths," it said.

Finally, aiming to fast-track infrastructure would allow decisions to be made despite evidence suggesting risks to human health and natural environments, they said.

Instead, the academics urged the government to set targets for shifting to healthier and more efficient urban and inter-city transport, prioritising public transport, walking, cycling, while rail and coastal shipping should be prioritised for long-distance freight.

The plan should also reduce space dedicated to roads and curb subsidies for driving, while focusing on health and liveability, they said.

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Why would you want sickness to spread at schools? This will get kids sick, it will get their teachers sick, kids will take it home to parents and get them sick. What’s the impact to education but also to the wider workforce and productivity?

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Sounds like the condition of the building is indeed very poor, to be honest.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Xcf456 to c/politics
 
 

Vandalised would be a more accurate description.

Posting this mostly to comment on the near daily culture war distractions being peddled by the government to distract from all the horrible shit they're doing, and the effect this is having to embolden bigots and fascists to commit more extreme acts.

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Cool cool cool

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I am sure this will have no effect on healthcare delivery in the country right folks?

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Another body blow to public services.

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Austerity is going to hit hard.

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I am sure they will completely ignore all advice and warnings from the IMF.

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submitted 11 months ago by Xcf456 to c/politics
 
 

Get ready for a GST rise

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It sounds like other KO tenants suffer the worst, to be honest.

Utterly shameful the previous government let it get this far.

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This one should have happened a long time ago, a lot of the resistance to state housing being built stems from the antisocial behaviour from a minority of tenants. Living next to social housing shouldn't be something to dread.

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Analysis story by RNZ

It's certainly been an interesting time to be in the Green party.

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Four separate offences at three different stores, almost 10k worth of items.

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Oh man I don't know what's funnier, the shit this guy says or the fact that his voters believe him.

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submitted 11 months ago by BalpeenHammer to c/politics
 
 

He isn't angry. It's fake outrage. He is playing from the Trump handbook. He wants to be our version of Trump.

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Who could have seen that coming!

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They knew what the true cost would be and hid it.

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"The 60s have called Simeon Brown and they want their transport plan back."

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