Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Actually Sue's answered my question. NZ can become the San Fernando valley of slash fic movies.
All we need is our copyright law adjusted to allow such shenanigans, and we're home free.
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How sustainable is the big budget film industry in NZ?
There will always be cheaper locations snapping at our heels, and with Jackson the only player, what happens when he retires, dies or loses his mojo?
Is the Wellington economy going to be devastated by the loss of a 3 billion a year (or whatever the trickle down econofantasy number is meant to be?) industry?
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As depicted in the "Donner Party Snow Globe"
There's a Maccas up there on the Donner Pass now, ensuring marginally better food choice for the Reno-SF traveller.
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I actually wonder how many USians think NZ isn't an actual country, but a dramatic construct used when a scriptwriters needs to invoke a remote and rural place. Where they talk funny.
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Civil servants are employed. The opposition are elected.
I don't see why they shouldn't be able to use parliamentary resources (as opposed to departmental resources) for any kind of political campaigning. Pretty much all ministerial and parliamentary information releases are done to get a political effect - here's a typical one from Peter Dunne http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00016/dunne-gst-transition-smooth-transparent-and-fair.htm. I can't see any purpose to that taxpayer funded release other than to make people vote for Dunne and the National Party.
So what's the difference between that and Goff endorsing an (unofficial) candidate of his party in a local election?
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As opposed to simply firing an entire local body and cancelling the election because you don't like the way people voted?
Personally I consider the opposition are paid to oppose, whether that's at local body level or anywhere else.
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If DHBs had revenue raising powers then you may have a point.
But they don't, so you're basically nominating a deckchair attendant for the Titanic.
If elected DHBs are a good idea, why not have police boards, transport boards, tourism boards and the met service chosen by election?
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Most of the candidates seem to have sassed STV and worked out that obfuscating any ideas they have will avoid their being marked down by those that dislike those ideas.
Hence the level of platitudes and lack of solid information.
Incidentally, if you lie like fuck on a candidate profile, like claiming to be a medical professional and to have managed a large overseas hospital, is that actionable?
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For a curveball, what happens when a candidate withdraws, as in the Wellington DHB election?
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Except that as mentioned upthread, leaving *one* candidate unranked is the same as ranking them last.