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Caryl Forrest's avatar

Every week I look forward to the Kia Kaha School Journal. This week's instalment is just brilliant

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Helen McNaught's avatar

I do too !

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Juston's avatar

Hah hah hah.... 🤣 😆 😄

Soo good!

This...

"The National Party is always telling everyone how good they are at organising things like rapid antigen tests and motorways and strong and stable teams."

Like the Taliban, it's easier to crash a party than to organise one.

Definitely "... the end of an error."

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Andrew Robertson's avatar

Bloody brilliant David. How I laughed - and then I was sad because of the two contenders. How awful they will be.

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Suze Wilson's avatar

Fantastic to see her comeuppance, what a nasty piece of work Collins is. The alternatives - also a worry, but some old school tory civility would be a welcome return at least. But those hours of live streaming with nothing to see except the gallery hacks backs was a strange thing indeed. You'd thing they could have put on a panto for us surely. Or even just a few second of tiktok dancing?

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TrevorN's avatar

Can't see either Luxon or Mitchell helping National fix its colossal polling deficit with women.

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John Farrell's avatar

How very, uh...restrained, David. Congratulations.

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Dan McKirdy's avatar

Got to be good for Labour. Luxon has a certain resemblance to Muldoon but with a better fitting suit.

I don’t think Rob was a happy clapper but he certainly had strong beliefs particularily about his own omniscience. Save us from those rich Christians who imagine that God gave them all that money because they are ‘chosen’. What does that mean for someone with my bank balance?

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Blanche Charles's avatar

“Mr Mitchell used to be a mercenary.

Mr Luxon has friends who are missionaries.

So they both know a lot about getting people to stick their hands up in the air.”

Brilliantly summarised! 🤣

But, whichever (if either), one can’t imagine a statue in his (dis)honour!

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Steve Nicholson's avatar

For the manifold unkindnesses this always overrated person has gloatingly heaped on many. And for her staggeringly dishonest demonisation of Legal Aid lawyers.

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Helen McNaught's avatar

Agreed. For me she has been like an annoying insect that won't go away. She,always seemed to have ill intent

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Alma Rae's avatar

O Happy Day! I've never even heard of the mercenary. He must be - er - Really Good lol

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Ang's avatar

oh i have been looking forward to this all day, it was exceptional David!

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Lynette's avatar

What an exciting school trip! The best kind!

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Michael Smythe's avatar

I was looking forward to seeing how Kia Kaha School would engage with this bolt from the blue - not in the least disappointed! Except we are still waiting for Simon Collins (as Mr Bridges was named by Dr Shane at his presser) to reveal the so much everything he has to tell.

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Michael Smythe's avatar

Loved the 'prop-up leader' btw - the doctor said he was being a shepherd but he is trying to stitch-up the wounds and staunch the bleeding.

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David Chaloner's avatar

You almost made it seem exciting and relevant...so stop it!

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Quentin McDonald's avatar

For some reason the whole thing makes me feel very tired. But talking about “Bullrush”, I picked up a copy second hand yesterday. Looking forward to some nostalgic and insightful summer reading.

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Winston Moreton's avatar

Probs the best commentary of - what-just-happened?!

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