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I watched the film Oceans and like the film producers and researchers I marvelled at the sea, the sea life there and its future  or lack of future???????  I also marvelled in  disgust  at the way we trawl or bulldoze the bottom of the oceans with chains to fuck it up for our children. I read this Radio NZ item and marvelled too at the ignorance and arrogance of our leading politicians  who obviously have a clear vision of self-preservation, but not one for New Zealand.  Shane Jones is one politician. But there are others. Some talk. Many remain silent. A silent guilt. For theRead More →

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I have just read this in The Spinoff, a NZ media outlet. Just a couple of days ago I was writing about shoplifting and the law. Obviously this shoplifter needs help. Her jail penalty is going to cost you and me around $600,000. This coalition government  talks big time about money, money, money!!!!!! It needs to extend the money dialogue on how the money is used. It does know how to thump a person with a big stick.  Will it bother itself  to become  wiser  and to spend more money to try and get inside  the head of Misty  and   help  her? Is ” intensiveRead More →

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I am not a criminal. Too old to risk it. I don’t want  to commit a crime, but I do believe the  coalition which talks about safety and cutting crime and boosting the economy needs to think about the future of NZ, not just the future of their own egos and arses. If I steal from a retail store this may happen to me … a maximum prison sentence of one year for thefts valued around $2000 or less, and up to seven years if the stolen goods exceed $2000 in value. Including police, courts and prison costs it is already approaching $200,000 a yearRead More →