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The New Zealand Politics Thread
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nightprowler10
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NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
I mean, technically, you're supposed to delete any music purchased music and movies off your electronic devices before passing between countries (well, that used to be the case, dunno if it still is). It's one of those laws rarely, if ever, enforced. According to the article, they searched 500+ devices last year, out of 3.7 million tourist visits to the country.
But I guess the implication is pretty scary.
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hendrix
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nightprowler10
Global Moderator
It's just so out of touch. Anyone with any real nefarious intent will not have any incriminating information on their devices anyway.
Hicheal Michael
Well-known member
Internal polling must have National up, given the number of hit pieces on Bridges in the last few days.
I see the Greens are ramping up their drug reform ideas, citing the issues with synthetics. The cynic in me must point out that if the matter means as much to them as they claim it to, they would surely not settled for a meek confidence and supply agreement that renders them rather useless.
I see the Greens are ramping up their drug reform ideas, citing the issues with synthetics. The cynic in me must point out that if the matter means as much to them as they claim it to, they would surely not settled for a meek confidence and supply agreement that renders them rather useless.
_Ed_
Well-known member
Some pretty harrowing stories here: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15...-human-toll-of-australias-deportation-policy/
Flem274*
123/5
now is the right time to play hardball with them as well. their PM is weak, the one who'll make a coup in a few months is also weak, and their government is weak. what exactly does the australian PM have to fight with? he has no political capital being just another blow in waiting to be discarded for the next.
of course the real answer to this is labour/national think a few hundred lives ruined and some deaths isn't worth a political mud slinging match or economic tit for tat with our closest ally, but just for fun the counter argument could be allowing an increasingly insular and winston peterish nation to increasingly treat 'NZers", not matter how tenuous the connection, like they're no different to the refugees they also mistreat is a very dangerous position to put ourselves in.
if a nation cannot protect it's citizens then it is not a nation. anyone who mistreats the people in your care (in this case even if they're just perceived to be ours) needs to be given a harsh lesson or they will continue to ramp up their transgressions.
of course the real answer to this is labour/national think a few hundred lives ruined and some deaths isn't worth a political mud slinging match or economic tit for tat with our closest ally, but just for fun the counter argument could be allowing an increasingly insular and winston peterish nation to increasingly treat 'NZers", not matter how tenuous the connection, like they're no different to the refugees they also mistreat is a very dangerous position to put ourselves in.
if a nation cannot protect it's citizens then it is not a nation. anyone who mistreats the people in your care (in this case even if they're just perceived to be ours) needs to be given a harsh lesson or they will continue to ramp up their transgressions.
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TNT
Banned
You are just talking about criminals here, what would be the point of having laws if there are no consequences?.
Bahnz
Well-known member
Well the article shows that it's not just criminals who are being deported. But even if it where, the whole point of the article is that - regardless whether it's strictly legal - exiling somebody from what is essentially their home country and their family is an absurd response for what in a lot of cases has been some fairly minor offending.
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hendrix
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Those Ross tweets are insane. Was he drunk? Never seen a politician burn so many Bridges. Oh yes I did.
_Ed_
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Athlai
Not Terrible
I legitimately just went to the NZC website, because reading "Ross has ramped things up again this morning" made me assume something exciting was happening in domestic cricket.