I guess he wanted to get some headlines since he’s been an MP for 6 years and no one’s ever heard of him. Fair play.
As well thought out an opinion as he is well known.
There are no good reasons to federate with Oz.
I’ve heard of him… mainly because he’s our local labour MP and we get a Christmas card dropped off every year from him and his team
Obviously it is impossible for Aldi to open stores in New Zealand as long as it remains a nation apart.
What should this new nation be named, New Aldistan?
Please not!
Um, yeah that guy seems to live up to his name.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In the final sitting block of the New Zealand parliamentary term this month, legislators have been offering free and frank advice to their colleagues during their valedictory speeches.
There have been calls for greater bipartisanship, for Kiwis to wake up to security threats, for vast population growth, and hard truths served up to their own parties.
Todd Muller, who led a 2020 coup to become National party leader only to resign after 53 days after suffering a breakdown, called for greater compassion around mental health.
“One: that this country is being radicalised by the Māori-fication of our society, and the other is that we are very slowly, but inexorably, moving to a treaty [of Waitangi] centred future which was imagined in 1840,” he said.
Former Pacific peoples minister Aupito William Sio broke new ground by appearing topless for his valedictory, dressed in ceremonial Samoan finery as a way of showing his respect.
Hamilton-based MP David Bennett urged future government to embrace migration to double NZs population, particularly upper North Island cities of Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga.
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As a lazy person, I appreciate this bot. It looks like there are newer methods to summarisation that could be employed by the bot but it’s pretty great that it’s open source.
I mean OK but do they even want us? What’s in it for them?
They can’t say no. It’s in their constitution.
A legit claim to pavlova
Savage!
I would have said a winning rugby team but I’m not sure we can claim that any more. I guess we’d be pretty solid at cricket, league and netball at least.
