I believe Sir Geoffrey Palmer would be a wonderful ally. He is well regarded as having integrity, is well known and respected by many older New Zealanders. Bryce needs to build an army of idealistic youngsters and all of oldies who believe integrity is key. The aim of the exercise is to build a culture -a society of decent people rather than a collection of individuals, each out for himself or herself.
well its pretty simple just ask the question how does this Govt performenc compare with what they promiced to do when and if they were elected >??Absolutly rubish .??I believe this is a direct result of have a gutless ,treachous in fact a traitor as a Primminister no Question.Maorification has indeed taken over,thank to a mainly vacuous support from the reat of the National Party
New Zealand is sliding already, that’s obvious to anyone looking. MMP has inherent flaws, rules are sparse, guardrails are missing, and there is no requirement to vote. Those elements make the political system here very vulnerable. Lobbyists, donors, and elites, enjoy the luxury of preferential access while they operate, fund, and manipulate their agendas in the shadows. Meanwhile, inequality surges, economic performance declines, and the media reports nothing to see here and moves along. A cautionary tale you say. I would call it more of a ‘live’ warning, the air raid sirens have already gone off. Seymour triggered them, Luxon enabled them, and Peters can’t hear them.
We must demand these reforms and make them central to next year's general election.
As for Transparency International, our rating there relates to ease of doing business, which suggests NZ is actually a haven of legalised corruption, and a paradise for big business.
The RSB seeks to impose and lock in that status quo upon our existing and future legislation.
Rather scary to say the least but equally enlightening.
Whatever path NZ chooses I think the most important thing is not WHO? but to make sure that the LAW gets it right and we would never be able to go down Trumps path of project 2025.
Thank you Bryce, everything you are warning us about is literally happening in front of our eyes, right here in Central Otago. A cursory examination of the modus operandi of the QLDC will show a textbook example of casual corruption in action, to the detriment of the ratepayers.
Thanks Bryce - a sobering, if not frightening picture and I don't doubt its accuracy. I've watched each of the scandals you mention with a sinking heart. I'll stick my neck out and say that I think part of the growing problem is MPs and bureaucrats now are from generations who really believe they are entitled to respect and positions they haven't actually earned and lack real life experience and any sense of that old-fashioned idea, honour. Pulling the "Don't you know who I am card?" exemplifies this. SInce many of us have lost our trust in pretty well all government departments over the last five years it's hard to see how anything can possibly change until it gets a whole lot worse and the sleep-walkers wake up.
Yes. NZ needs to toughen up. Nothing better than an informed, engaged, questioning population. No decent person wants to attack New Zealanders (in general) lack of e.g. intellectual curiosity but - so how? Are we calling on the formerly educated/professional classes or on Kiwis in general? To go beyond complaining or taking an interest? To show the people that this isn't complicated - that we can all contribute to addressing the problem /potential danger?
Also I want to be able to see the general population taking a serious interest in this caution. Although I think it will be difficult other than in small groups of ppl of goodwill getting together. I believe that general NZs readiness or willingness or tendency to embrace trends without thinking much about it is a serious obstacle to integrity or the good in general so there needs to be some form of mass ethical coercion. Liberals and free speech warriors shouldn't moan about this. Coercion at its most repulsive is always pretending to be justice, democracy and freedom anyway.
Or is it that the American constitution has always ultimately been undemocratic and vulnerable to a well-funded interloper? Without the electoral college, or with a requirement that presidential candidates have previously held an electoral office, might sufficient Americans never have felt so disenfranchised or had the opportunity to vote for a President like the current one? Integrity rules and institutions might just be patches over poor systems of democracy.
Very relevant and I think the current Gene Technology Bill is a current case. Nobody seems to want it so there must be a hidden force behind it.
And if you want a recent example it seems the entire efforts of government for a year or two was to benefit the bottom line of Pfizer.
It is my view that if we want to understand the real time dangers of corruption it is with senior politicians managing upwards for the benefit of global elites and their post politics careers
I believe Sir Geoffrey Palmer would be a wonderful ally. He is well regarded as having integrity, is well known and respected by many older New Zealanders. Bryce needs to build an army of idealistic youngsters and all of oldies who believe integrity is key. The aim of the exercise is to build a culture -a society of decent people rather than a collection of individuals, each out for himself or herself.
Here here. One of the most serious thinkers in this country.
well its pretty simple just ask the question how does this Govt performenc compare with what they promiced to do when and if they were elected >??Absolutly rubish .??I believe this is a direct result of have a gutless ,treachous in fact a traitor as a Primminister no Question.Maorification has indeed taken over,thank to a mainly vacuous support from the reat of the National Party
New Zealand is sliding already, that’s obvious to anyone looking. MMP has inherent flaws, rules are sparse, guardrails are missing, and there is no requirement to vote. Those elements make the political system here very vulnerable. Lobbyists, donors, and elites, enjoy the luxury of preferential access while they operate, fund, and manipulate their agendas in the shadows. Meanwhile, inequality surges, economic performance declines, and the media reports nothing to see here and moves along. A cautionary tale you say. I would call it more of a ‘live’ warning, the air raid sirens have already gone off. Seymour triggered them, Luxon enabled them, and Peters can’t hear them.
We must demand these reforms and make them central to next year's general election.
As for Transparency International, our rating there relates to ease of doing business, which suggests NZ is actually a haven of legalised corruption, and a paradise for big business.
The RSB seeks to impose and lock in that status quo upon our existing and future legislation.
Rather scary to say the least but equally enlightening.
Whatever path NZ chooses I think the most important thing is not WHO? but to make sure that the LAW gets it right and we would never be able to go down Trumps path of project 2025.
Thank you Bryce, everything you are warning us about is literally happening in front of our eyes, right here in Central Otago. A cursory examination of the modus operandi of the QLDC will show a textbook example of casual corruption in action, to the detriment of the ratepayers.
Thanks Bryce - a sobering, if not frightening picture and I don't doubt its accuracy. I've watched each of the scandals you mention with a sinking heart. I'll stick my neck out and say that I think part of the growing problem is MPs and bureaucrats now are from generations who really believe they are entitled to respect and positions they haven't actually earned and lack real life experience and any sense of that old-fashioned idea, honour. Pulling the "Don't you know who I am card?" exemplifies this. SInce many of us have lost our trust in pretty well all government departments over the last five years it's hard to see how anything can possibly change until it gets a whole lot worse and the sleep-walkers wake up.
Yes. NZ needs to toughen up. Nothing better than an informed, engaged, questioning population. No decent person wants to attack New Zealanders (in general) lack of e.g. intellectual curiosity but - so how? Are we calling on the formerly educated/professional classes or on Kiwis in general? To go beyond complaining or taking an interest? To show the people that this isn't complicated - that we can all contribute to addressing the problem /potential danger?
Also I want to be able to see the general population taking a serious interest in this caution. Although I think it will be difficult other than in small groups of ppl of goodwill getting together. I believe that general NZs readiness or willingness or tendency to embrace trends without thinking much about it is a serious obstacle to integrity or the good in general so there needs to be some form of mass ethical coercion. Liberals and free speech warriors shouldn't moan about this. Coercion at its most repulsive is always pretending to be justice, democracy and freedom anyway.
Or is it that the American constitution has always ultimately been undemocratic and vulnerable to a well-funded interloper? Without the electoral college, or with a requirement that presidential candidates have previously held an electoral office, might sufficient Americans never have felt so disenfranchised or had the opportunity to vote for a President like the current one? Integrity rules and institutions might just be patches over poor systems of democracy.
Very relevant and I think the current Gene Technology Bill is a current case. Nobody seems to want it so there must be a hidden force behind it.
And if you want a recent example it seems the entire efforts of government for a year or two was to benefit the bottom line of Pfizer.
It is my view that if we want to understand the real time dangers of corruption it is with senior politicians managing upwards for the benefit of global elites and their post politics careers