Posts by Rosemary McDonald
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Sacha,
And this, from February....decent 30 minute slot.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20150209
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Sacha,
I just rolled my eyeballs out of my head.
Miserable, miserly, contemptuous bastards.
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Thank you Angela. This young man was known to our family and the circumstances of his death greatly affected us.
One year ago.... https://newzealandjustice.com/content.php?558-Anger-over-lack-of-charges
And now, an individual held personally accountable.
Here's hoping there is a fair trial, and all the facts and circumstances are thoroughly discussed.
People in our community WILL be valued.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
You beat me to it Hilary.
When I heard that 'happy' news, my immediate thought was..."What nasty tricks are these miserable sods up to this time?"
Then, I told myself...."Don't be silly Rosemary, you're just a cynical, suspicious, untrusting so and so!"
I do hope these people have GOOD advocacy.
Advocates wearing steel toe cap boots, not high heels or business suits.
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Coincidently my bedtime reading over the past few months has consisted of three novels that feature characters deeply impacted by their war experiences.
Two are New Zealand novels, "Let the River Run", by Vincent O'Sullivan and "Newlands", by Gary Langford.
Both have characters who's war experiences have left them incapable of returning to 'mainstream' life.
The other novel is by Laurie R. King, called "Folly". The central character is struggling her own severe mental health issues and she connects with her late uncle, a mustard gassed, shell shocked 'survivor' of the Great War.
"November 11, 1918.
They tell me Great War is over. The church bells ring out, and the streets filled with shiny, upturned faces and I had to walk and walk to find a place where I could stand beneath a tree and scream and scream and scream.
November 28, 1918,
Thanksgiving Day. Why?
I left the house and found my screaming tree again, but it seemed to me that the rivulets at its feet were too shallow to drown a man."
Excellent post Robyn.
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Hard News: Will the grown-ups ever…, in reply to Steve Barnes,
http://www.standfor.co.nz/#entries
We're getting to be a whiny, complainy, almost seditious wee bunch....
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Andrew Geddis strikes again....
http://pundit.co.nz/content/theres-none-so-deaf-as-they-that-will-not-hear
"And we're telling you that if you want to stop courts retrospectively upholding the rights of citizens, you must be absolutely crystal clear that this is what you are about.
Oh ... and nyah, nyah, nyah to you for even trying to keep us out (although that last bit may be a bit of editorial intervention on my part)."
Interesting that his previous post on this, back in 2013,
http://pundit.co.nz/content/i-think-national-just-broke-our-constitution
was in AG's own words..." probably the most-read thing I've ever written ..."
Thank you , Mr. Geddis.
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was on Natrad this morning.
This is a huge issue that needs much discussion....are the parents of these children involved in this process?
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Angela Hart,
In a nutshell, the Appeal Court is telling the Government that they can't pass legislation to make legal what had been found to be illegal and take away the right of affected parties to complain.
If that was the governments intention...they should have spent more time on formulating the ammendment.
In my words....its a shitty piece of legislation, constructed and passed under Urgency under false pretenses, and it is an insult to those charged with interpreting it.
Its an insult to all of us.
The Appeal Court is telling the Government...in my opinion....you guys got this wrong. Sort this shit out....now.
What is needed here is closer scrutiny of the FACTS...rather than the myths and exaggerated costings the Miserly tendered to the Tribunal back in 2008.
I'm not sure if I have the energy to write another post about this...there is a lot of data to wade through and a shitload of folk who could contribute evidence...but won't...for fear of retribution from the Misery Of Health.
The Disability and Family Carer communities have been well played.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Angela Hart,
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/68270809/court-says-carer-of-disabled-adult-can-sue-for-compensation
This is the other stuff piece that came out last night....a little less mangled...and has Paul Gibson (hero) making the comment...
"said the Court of Appeal's decision was important. "Family carers are still fighting to be paid adequately."
He asked the Government to reconsider its whole approach to paying for care."
The Part 4 ammendment to the PHDAct and the Funded Family Care scheme was the Government's punishment to disabled people and their chosen family carers for having the audacity to demand that a system that was open to ambiguous interpretaion and variable application was sorted out once and for all.
From a Human Rights perspective.