ALL ARDERN WANTS FOR HER $50M IS KINDNESS

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Seems Andrew Little's been understudying Greta

What are Ardern, Little&Co, Death Dealers to the Nation, going to do about the BFD, the pesky, opinionated, funny, centre-right blog which claims it's the fastest-growing media organisation in the country? 

Fastest-growing probably because unlike the mainstream media it's not been paid $50m to shut up, or to grovel, or to bow and scrape; and more and more New Zealanders are discovering its forthright commentary on the evil outfit in charge (for another two terms, unless the BFD gets exponential) of what was once called Godzone. 

In a piece called "Little Lashes Out" the BFD's Wendy Geus lashes out at Little. And it's about time someone did: 

"You know when Andrew Little is feeling trapped by a more superior mind when he lashes out, makes personal attacks and gets red-faced to deflect from the issues at hand.

That had been his modus operandi throughout Labour’s first term when (now retiring) National MP Nick Smith, with his forensic questioning approach in the House, used to flabbergast Little when he was Justice Minister. I miss those exchanges and Little’s unease when he was completely out of his depth.

He still is. But without anchor Winston to pull him back from his madness, he is now going full retard and don’t spare the horses, spending Kiwis’ hard-earned money without a care in the world, planning be damned. But back to the present.

            National’s Dr Shane Reti’s fairly routine question in a recent health select committee of             why there is no business plan for Little’s staggeringly exorbitant (my words) health                   restructuring, was met with “you’re being cute”, which means clever or shrewd often in             an underhanded manner.

          Excitable Litte did a rant for a minute or so, during which time Reti also asked for one              outcome (or more) he can name from the restructure. There was nothing forthcoming              from Little apart from an embarrassing outburst which indicated he was running for                  cover while firing shots at Reti for asking a perfectly reasonable question.

         A bit like the media and Labour’s response to Collins’s innocent question about He                   Puapua of ‘racist, racist’, designed to shut down queries.

        I have heard Transport Minister Michael Wood refer to “lack of business plan” or                      “business plan does not stack up” when justifying why roading projects CAN’T go ahead          (and we are all destined to walk or cycle everywhere with our children and groceries                onboard). But that’s another sad, sad story.

$685m will build a new bridge to keep these bikers happy

        Labour refer to ‘best practice’ when rejecting a project, but do not apply it to projects                they do intend to implement. Curiouser and curiouser.

        The following day in the House, fairly predictably, Reti asked Little the same questions.            Either stupidity or arrogance saw Little forced to answer ‘no’, when asked if he                could name ONE HEALTH OUTCOME to justify the huge spend.

        Why are the media not on to this? Are they not concerned at this complete disregard           for economical use of the money Adrian Orr’s been diligently printing in his back office             during his lunch hours? The money which we already owe and our great, great-great,               great-grandchildren will still be paying back?

      Or are they more fixated on the $50 million Ardern has generously gifted to them with         certain stipulations like supporting her Maori sovereignty plan, with no questions?         And by default treating National like something the cat dragged in. (Well, if National's                looking like something the cat dragged in, why not? - ed.) 

     Ardern’s reference to ‘poor health outcomes’ for Maori to                   justify completely handing over control and veto power of              health to Maori using our money does not stack up.

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Also the other old chestnut, ‘partnership’, cunningly introduced over the years by those with the most to benefit and NOT IN THE ORIGINAL TREATY, is a problem. A partnership is an arrangement between two or more people to oversee business operations and share its profits and liabilities. A bit like the media and Labour’s response to Collins’s innocent question about He Puapua of ‘racist, racist’, designed to shut down queries. Labour refer to ‘best practice’ when rejecting a project, but do not apply it to projects they do intend to implement. Curiouser and curiouser. The following day in the House, fairly predictably, Reti asked Little the same questions. Either stupidity or arrogance saw Little forced to answer ‘no’, when asked if he could name ONE HEALTH OUTCOME to justify the huge spend. The planned transfer of control of DOC land (from Ardern’s once-secret He Puapua document) to Maori control also horrifies me. I remember as a child travelling with my family up north on holiday. We kids from the back seat could always easily identify Maori land as it was the paddocks covered with thistles. Jesus wept. It's a fair bet that the last line is meant irreverently. It's included here only because in all seriousness, tragically, Jesus does weep.  And before long, so will we all weep.  Agony in the Garden Corregio