tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post2968846033000981622..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Spit & Polish: A National Party Story.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-32011030007720057572020-11-28T10:24:15.456+13:002020-11-28T10:24:15.456+13:00John Key. Population 4 million
https://www.youtube...John Key. Population 4 million<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWPgoAI1cLE<br /><br />Christopher Luxton on Skykiwi. Nov 2019.<br />population 5 million. 40% of Botony is Chinese. Flanked by Spymaster<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMQhR9WbN0<br /><br />NZ at center of world with enormous potential. John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-11243242158314479552020-11-27T13:14:05.533+13:002020-11-27T13:14:05.533+13:00Rotorua's population growth stagnated about 40...Rotorua's population growth stagnated about 40 years ago.<br /><br />Over the last few years it has increased by several thousand.<br /><br />This population growth has gone hand in hand with a very visible growth in Rotorua's Indian population.<br /><br />Rotorua has a chronic shortage of rental accomodation and most of these new arrivals are not home owners.<br /><br />If you think there is not a link by the sudden arrival of thousands of migrants from a Third World Asian country and Rotorua's housing crisis then you are either blind, stupid, a multiculturalist or some combination of all.<br /><br />New Zealand's population hit the 5 million mark long before the demographers predicted and two thirds of that growth has been due to a surplus of arrivals over departures.<br /><br />According to a bank economist this surplus is not due to returning New Zealanders.<br /><br />Migration is not the only factor, and probably not the major factor, but it is a factor.<br /><br />Restricting migration to New Zealand is one of the few levers our government has to ease the housing crisis.<br /><br />But, between the blind multiculturalism of the left and the love of low wages and the appearance of economic growth by the right, the chances of limiting migration to New Zealand is about nil.<br /><br />And, yes, if I lived in a Third World country like India, I would want to move to any Western nation stupid enough to let me in.Shane McDowallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354384369518580573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-32348044026917803082020-11-27T07:28:01.519+13:002020-11-27T07:28:01.519+13:00As I see it you are talking about the hard liners ...As I see it you are talking about the hard liners and soft liners on welfare. I was walking back home from Bush Inn center and there's an ordinary looking young person hanging about when he sees me he holds up a sign saying "hungry and homeless". I don't give to those people but 30% of me thought "what if it's true"?<br /><br />Personally I think John Key is the JR Ewing of politics. How can he be so denying of the effects of immigration. Life's one big party for him. He's like Paul Holmes and the super wealthy that have yachts in the Mediterranean. Left and right at that level are all mates and the ordinary person is just dirt to them. They exist in Media Space. <br /><br />Fruit picking is a good example of the conundrum: "get the lazy buggers off the dole..." and go to some town where accommodation is $500/week; put your things in storage and find a new flat when you get back. Society needs training and a fair social contract. These [ ] (John Key) have pushed house prices through the roof they get away with it because the liberal left have sacralized migrants. John Key said that after the earthquake they released 20 years of housing supply and house prices didn't move (Chch) try doing that in Auckland, and what the [ ] for anyway? Take "property services" and construction out of the equation and what is left of the engine (economy) that is "New New Zealand". I'm with Michael Reddell: it is common sense that places (like people) have X potential in the long term but we only look at short term stimulus.John Hurleynoreply@blogger.com