In NZ, it pays to be brown…….

Posted on May 2, 2015 by KG

‘A trust that owns two charter schools has bought its students a $100,000 waka to help with their learning.
He Puna Marama, which received $6 million of government funding for its two Whangarei schools over two years, but also gets revenue from elsewhere, says it bought the 22-person, 14m carved kauri waka with money specially “put aside” for the purpose…’
(For non-NZ readers, a “waka” is a primitive dugout canoe with some fancy carving. They often need to be rescued by people in real boats)

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16 Responses to In NZ, it pays to be brown…….

  1. Barry says:
    May 2, 2015 at 15:00

    NZ seems to be committing suicide – government-imposed suicide (is it really murder when the government does it to you?) – with the ugly horification (ie maorification) of everything. The taxpayer-funding of this canoe is just another example of this.

    • KG says:
      May 2, 2015 at 15:20

      It sure is, Barry.

      • Wombat says:
        May 2, 2015 at 20:08

        I believe it’s closer to murder-suicide.

        The deadbeat wife beater of the relationship (.gov) starts to get the impression that his spouse is about ready to take the kids and leave him. He’s already up to his neck with the loansharks so he decides to take her on a drive and then line up a truck.

  2. dondiego says:
    May 2, 2015 at 18:04

    @Barry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide

    I believe N.Z is truly “an emerging 3rd world country”. Australia is only better IMO because of the wage. I’ve been explaining Genocide via population displacement above replacement to a few of the young blokes at work.

    Hope H.R doesn’t hear of it.

    On the subject of $100k for a canoe I believe it to be the same as the long-suffering white taxpaying Americans:govt is just a looting scheme.
    Q-What does govt do for you?
    A-Loots your pay-packet, taxes your purchases, taxes taxes (gst on reg etc)

    Saw an estimate of a working man in N.Z with a registered car and dog and mortgage being taxed half of what he earns. The canoe is just an OTT obscene example.

  3. Oswald Bastable says:
    May 2, 2015 at 18:16

    One moment the schools have ‘hungry kids that can’t learn’ and now they have money for floating logs. This place is FUBAR!

  4. Odakyu-sen says:
    May 2, 2015 at 21:13

    You guys and your belly-aching over the shenanigans of the NZ government.

    I’ll let you into a little secret. Guys like us all over the Western world are dismayed with the antics of our so-called leaders.

    I used to get fed-up to the back teeth over the bullshit that went on in Japan, and the political corruption. New Zealand would be so much better, I thought. Twelve years later, and here we are! (Mind you, it’s pretty small stuff compared with the horrors of Fukushima and the 100,000 or so displaced persons still languishing in “temporary” housing 4 years later.)

    Maybe I’m just getting older and slowing turning into my father…

  5. Robertv says:
    May 3, 2015 at 01:22

    The Handbook of Human Ownership – A Manual for New Tax Farmers

    https://youtu.be/k67_imEHTPE

  7. C-CS says:
    May 3, 2015 at 04:44

    DETROIT–the model for commie/progressive activity- starting w/ giving away the $$$ of those who work to those who don’t-
    NZ- you are following the trail of Detroit!!
    )-:
    C-CS

  8. Flashman says:
    May 3, 2015 at 07:45

    Follow the money. Don’t even bother opening the betting book that Uncle Rongo and his cronies “on the school committee” used a waka as a pretext to getting their nabbers on the dosh.