Public Address | Cafe | Up Front: Giving It the Bish https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368442#post368442 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368442#post368442 ... a $25,000 fine for providing false information.

Wish this applied to cabinet ministers as well.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:03:39 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368418#post368418 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368418#post368418 We have an answer. The answer is no, Tamaki CANNOT claim a rebate on people’s donations to Rainbow Youth. Have at it.

Also

"IRD says it can't comment on specific cases, but anyone who knowingly makes a claim for tax credit they haven't made is liable for a $25,000 fine…

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:49:13 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368415#post368415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368415#post368415 Just letting u knw. if u do this. Brian will get a 3rd of that money back. in tax return. so go ahead. make a donation towards us. Thk u

FTW?

Timothy 6:9-10 But people who long to be rich soon begin to do all kinds of wrong things to…

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:58:15 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368410#post368410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368410#post368410 Mrs Bishop Bling seems to believe that they’ll get the tax refunds.

Just letting u knw. if u do this. Brian will get a 3rd of that money back. in tax return. so go ahead. make a donation towards us. Thk u

False profits have no shame.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:14:38 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368390#post368390 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368390#post368390 Before you consider donating to Rainbow Youth under Tamaki’s name and email address, please note that they will get a partial refund on your donation under the tax-exemption laws.

I have heard many, many conflicting things about this. Someone I generally trust to Know Their Shit (but who is not…

]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:06:05 +1300 oga https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368385#post368385 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368385#post368385 Sun, 20 Nov 2016 05:46:04 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368377#post368377 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368377#post368377 ‘The Message’ down there…

Oh my fucking giddy Aunt Fanny.....the chutzpah of the .....thing...

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]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:27:50 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368374#post368374 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368374#post368374 The Secret Diary of Brian Tamaki ]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:24:59 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368373#post368373 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368373#post368373 If this God burk goes around killing baby seals isn’t he/she/it criminally liable for harming protected animals?
Uplifting stuff is fine but there has been a lot of disempauament on the coast as well...

]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2016 09:30:23 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368372#post368372 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368372#post368372 Y’all really should read the exchange between Laws and the mother of a boy with Down’s….makes Tamaki’s little rant seem trivial.
And now he (Laws) is on the Central Otago Regional Council…
But he must know a lot about medicine though, right? As he even uses the caduceus in the…

]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2016 09:26:04 +1300 Kiwiiano https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368370#post368370 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368370#post368370 Sat, 19 Nov 2016 08:45:22 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368358#post368358 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368358#post368358 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 23:30:47 +1300 Thomas Lumley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368353#post368353 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368353#post368353 tries to warn people when he thinks there are going to be earthquakes. Brian Tamaki claims to have known Christchurch was at higher risk than anyone else thought, but didn't use this knowledge to try to help people. Assuming… ]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:16:09 +1300 Thomas Lumley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368351#post368351 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368351#post368351 Slacktivist. He was brought up American white evangelical and is still Baptist; he posts most… ]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:03:56 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368338#post368338 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368338#post368338 I want to say something intelligent but all that comes to mind is what a monstrous piece of scum that guy is.

Of course we should tax churches, in this society where the majority of people have no religion and the remainder is spread over a multitude of religions there…

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:46:19 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368337#post368337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368337#post368337 Bishop Tamaki blames gay people for the earthquakes, Michael Laws calls the parent of a child with a disability a 'monstrous zealot' for not doing the 'decent' thing and aborting her child.

Y'all really should read the exchange between Laws and the mother of a boy with Down's....makes Tamaki's…

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:32:05 +1300 Shaun Scott https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368336#post368336 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368336#post368336 Also, I’m not saying this is something you should do, but apparently people are donating to Rainbow Youth in Brian Tamaki’s name, using the publicly-available email address. That’s a thing that’s happening. Just saying.

Not that I'm saying that I have just done this, but it is a very…

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:33:42 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368335#post368335 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368335#post368335 Yeah, this is exactly how I feel. To get religious-based tax-exempt status you MUST proselytise, and I cannot see any justification for that. Do actual charity work, like Presbyterian Support Services or the Anglican City Mission, go for it. If you don't, fuck right off.

Indeed – though I'd like…

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:02:32 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368332#post368332 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368332#post368332 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:11:15 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368331#post368331 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368331#post368331 And yes, place a church’s charitable status on a par with any other business. They can still offset their CHARITABLE activities; everything else, hello tax auditor.

Yeah, this is exactly how I feel. To get religious-based tax-exempt status you MUST proselytise, and I cannot see any justification for that. Do…

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:38:58 +1300 Mikaere Curtis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368329#post368329 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368329#post368329 I took direct action and went onto the Density FB page and posted this in the comments:

Why can't you simply blame Rūaumoko for the earthquakes ?

It's been removed now, for some reason.

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:35:45 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368327#post368327 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368327#post368327 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:34:00 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368326#post368326 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-giving-it-the-bish/?p=368326#post368326 Discussion from blog post.

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