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homeowner 39 22.41%
renter 69 39.66%
stupid peace of poo poo 66 37.93%
Total: 174 votes
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Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




WORKED FOR DON BRASH :razz:

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Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




But seriously, apes being territorial? Who'd thunk it.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Butt Wizard posted:

Seriously ask yourself if you would be giving National this much benefit of the doubt if they'd tried to float this horseshit.

being racist and stealing documents is par for the course for national so there would certainly be less news about it.

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

My question is who gives a gently caress who is buying houses in Auckland? Or anywhere?

People living in cars probably care.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

Somfin posted:

My hypothesis: Labour got a new backer who's really into property investment.

Hugh Fletcher has been behind labour since day dot and wrote labour's economic policy last election so idk how this would work

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

I like Chinese people, they make good westernised Chinese food and good fish and chips.

imagine life without being able to get buffet sweet and sour pork.

Are you being facetious because almost every Chinese bloke and chick I've met has been awesome to me.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

focal ischemia posted:

what made labour stop banging the "well-enforced capital gains tax" drum and start banging the "loving chinese" drum?

The (iirc) 30,000 New Zealanders who own more than one home are evidently a powerful political force in this country

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




They have the "money" i.e. Bankers like our mate JK

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Admittedly they're a much less politically powerful force than the two-thirds of Parliament who do.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

WarpedNaba posted:

Are you being facetious because almost every Chinese bloke and chick I've met has been awesome to me.

This is confusing to me.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
B is for Banker, the bitch of the era
Something something killing in error.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Ghostlight posted:

Admittedly they're a much less politically powerful force than the two-thirds of Parliament who do.

That few?

Guess there must not be a lot of asian MP's :smugdog:

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Asians actually are underrepresented in terms of MPs. :tinfoil:

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Ghostlight posted:

Asians actually are underrepresented in terms of MPs. :tinfoil:

Too busy buying houses.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

Ghostlight posted:

Asians actually are underrepresented in terms of MPs. :tinfoil:

How did you determine "Asian-ness?" Was it by actually checking self-reported ethnicity? Or was it by looking at last names and saying "Yeah those like like chinamen to me."

Kathleen
Feb 26, 2013

Grimey Drawer
i guess the lesson here is vote green :)

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

focal ischemia posted:

i guess the lesson here is vote green :)

They have anti-vaccination nut jobs.

Don't vote for anyone :geno:

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Somfin posted:

How did you determine "Asian-ness?" Was it by actually checking self-reported ethnicity? Or was it by looking at last names and saying "Yeah those like like chinamen to me."
I use a numeric rating in which anybody scoring above a 0.6 is classified as Asian.


To determine the rating I just look at the subject then use my forefingers to pull the sides of my eyes horizontally until I feel like they match the subject's, and it's just the distance between my finger start and rest position in inches.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~
I think last year I had a look down the party lists and surprise surprise there were more Asian sounding names on the right wing party lists than the left wing

Jaguars!
Jul 31, 2012


BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

My question is who gives a gently caress who is buying houses in Auckland? Or anywhere?

My job for the last 10 years is completely dependent on the Auckland housing market and I still couldn't give a flying gently caress.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

WarpedNaba posted:

Are you being facetious because almost every Chinese bloke and chick I've met has been awesome to me.

Yes I can confirm he's a big racist who has no mercy on the air hockey table

Kathleen
Feb 26, 2013

Grimey Drawer

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

They have anti-vaccination nut jobs.

Don't vote for anyone :geno:

if it's not a part of the policy platform i don't care

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

puchu posted:

Yes I can confirm he's a big racist who has no mercy on the air hockey table

GO BACK TO ASIA AND PLAY CHECKERS YOU gently caress! *slams puck through slot, shattering the plastic*

NZAmoeba
Feb 14, 2005

It turns out it's MAN!
Hair Elf

exmachina posted:

http://publicaddress.net/speaker/house-buying-patterns-in-auckland/

Rob Salmond from PA, same site as Keith Ng made his original critique of the Twyford data, has made my point much better than I could have.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11482300

quote:

About 50 Chinese buyers packed a real estate agency office in Epsom, and snapped up 23 sections within minutes of release yesterday.

James Law, principal agent at James Law Realty, said more than 100 people, all ethnic Chinese, registered interest with the agency to purchase sections in a Hobsonville subdivision.

...

All the buyers were required to present their passports on signing the sale and purchase agreement.

Mr Law said all were either New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.

...

"If we went by Labour's logic, then our data would suggest that the Chinese were snapping up 100 per cent of our land," Mr Law said.

Mr Law said buyers were required to show proof of residency because non-residents have to pay a higher deposit.

There could be many reasons why Chinese are buying more property compared to Indians, it could be everything from their specific economic situation, all the way down to cultural attitudes to property investment.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
Like most Kiwis I was shocked to learn the people who run the local takeaway bar don't just sleep on the floor when it's closed.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Or simply because they are DIRTY FOREIGNERS RUINING OUR WAY OF LIFE with their SHIFTY eyes and RED DAWN economy. Occam's razor and all.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

Butt Wizard posted:

Like most Kiwis I was shocked to learn the people who run the local takeaway bar don't just sleep on the floor when it's closed.

I sleep in a drawer!

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
Bathe in the fryer, sleep in the fridge, cook delicious chips in the arvo.

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

focal ischemia posted:

what made labour stop banging the "well-enforced capital gains tax" drum and start banging the "loving chinese" drum?

QDII2.

Other racists around the world have noticed that Chinese are trading their noble yuan for properties in undignified locales such as Vancouver, London and Sydney

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

dusty posted:

QDII2. https://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=QDII2

Other racists around the world have noticed that Chinese are trading their noble yuan for properties in undignified locales such as Vancouver, London and Sydney

why would you do that

voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

So the party called Labour have announced they support National's 90 day trial period.

e: also this

voiceless anal fricative fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Jul 18, 2015

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

fong posted:

So the party called Labour have announced they support National's 90 day trial period.

Good grief.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.


lol

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
So now we have two right wing parties as our two main parties? Cool.

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


Now.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
if only cunliffe wasn't an arrogant dick

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
Support for Labour/Greens coalition overtakes National for first time since New Zealand Election

During July support for National fell 6.5% to 43% now trailing a potential Labour/Greens alliance 45% (up 6%) for the first time in over a year – since May 2014, according to the latest Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll. If a NZ Election were held now the latest New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows that the centrist NZ First would be in a position to determine New Zealand’s next Government.


http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/6349-roy-morgan-new-zealand-voting-intention-july-2015-201507170250

and this is basically all pre race baiting lmfao

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




It's a coalition of the willing

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

It's a coalition of the willing

And they'll be greeted as liberators

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Van Dine
Apr 17, 2013

fong posted:

So the party called Labour have announced they support National's 90 day trial period.

Ugh...I really hoped that Labour wouldn't go down this sort of route. I had thought that since Little was formerly a union worker he might at least be OK in regard to employment issues.

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