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One light-hearted moment for me amidst the gloom of tv News last night....

when Benedict Collins inadvertently predicted the future (we hope!) by referring to "Prime Minister Chris Hipkins" and no one corrected him. I loved it. 😂

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I heard that also. Got such a surprise, I backtracked the TV to hear it again. Wasn't sure if he was meant to pause between the two, to separate them. Had a laugh anyway.

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Thanks for replying - I thought I must have got it wrong.

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Oh woohoo Mary! ❤️

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I just wasted more time watching the David Seymour "State of the Nation" speech (ugh). And I did watch some of Donald (Jessica *ref Randy Rainbow) Trump's speech to the WEF. So many lines in common with Luxon's speech. All borrowed : same old song from 40 years ago from

Douglas, Prebs, Richardson, Birch, Reagan, Thatcher et al. "There is no alternative". I choose to believe there is and will keep on organising for it.

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I just started thinking about looking at Seymour's speech; you're not selling it. 😂

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Luxon's new 'grove' as Francesca put it and your potential of Shane 'hanging out' there suddenly had the preschool activity 'We're all going on a bear hunt" jump into my mind. Shane with shovel in hand and Luxon finding quiet spots to practise new memes and change of pace in speech delivery!!

We all have to find a giggle somewhere these days!!

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People [this government] seem to easily forget that foreign investment is a future cost to NZ i.e. when the dividends exit the country. Eventually, I suppose, this total sum becomes greater than the investment. So we'll again be pushing the problem down the line onto future generations ... doubling down on our current infrastructure issues. There is no free meal.

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GDP should really be Gross Destruction Profit.

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Marry me?

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It is shame about cuts to disability spending, as Luxon/Willis are at least vision impaired, but probably totally without vision

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i have no words to express my absolute dismay and horror at the rampant ineptitude and short sightedness of the buffoons we are sadly saddled with in this vile bunch of souless morons.. the mere sight and sound of luxflakes and nicotinestain willis are enough to trigger the gagging vomit reflex...are we there yet mum..next election please please please

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It’s not ineptitude. It’s intentional.

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I'm surprised Callaghan got the chop.

I thought it was a vehicle designed to transfer public funds to private equity friendly with whatever the government of the day is, while feeding just enough table scraps to true innovators to justify their continued existence.

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To be fair, I've seen companies use it for some pretty bogus R&D that was really just product development. You make a good point.

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Black Rock I've heard been bandied about they're busy getting their dirty little hands on Ukrainian land we don't want those buggars here they're like our septic tank cleaners we've just had here they suck up the profits & take it away.

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Perhaps we should have a debate about how Mr Trump prefers his offshore investments… perhaps we shouldn’t look too good at present, anyway. Perhaps he might see a rundown crapheap is a tax write off? A good place to park the next prison?

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I wonder how much Luxon practises his bs and bravado in a selfie video or in the mirror - I imagine ALOT. He comes over all rah rah and tough CEO guy and I do not see or hear authenticity just faux energy, faux tough talk and more ridiculous corporate speak. The guy must know he is dead man walking, cannot wait to see who of his incompetents replace him. Thanks Nick another great article with a few good chuckles, as usual.

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Surely if he watched himself he'd curl up and die of embarrassment??

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I guess one year plus of this incompetent Luxton lot is pretty much summed up by the record number of those who have left Aotearoa in the last 12 months and those others who have chosen not to come here. However with Luxton's growth plan we will have larger numbers of tourists choosing to visit to watch drilling, tree felling and other environmental destruction and an end of our Clean Green image. As a bonus tourists could well be granted an audience with the orator of record Shame Jones and his Freddie the Frog mutterings. God bless Aotearoa and there's still two more years of this miserable lot.

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Tank the Kiwi Dollar and then invite everyone in to buy the assets at a discount. Thanks Mr. Prosperity Christian!

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the New Zealand dollar has bee falling ever since the COC took over

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Does the chart confirm that?

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I love that Luxon said that while he was on holiday he was listening to the people. Seriously? What would Hawaiians know?

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Probably in the Koru Lounge - that seems to be where he finds his people

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Remember Luxon's UK visit during the Season of Revolving Prime Ministers? He did manage to spend a bit of time with Liz Trusk. Most of his current policy blurts sound like they came from her. But at least she did the job properly, and put a 40 billion pound hole in the economy. That's about $NZ 80 billion. So Lux has a bit of a way to go.

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Where is the other hand?

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I'd say it was in his pocket playing jingle balls, but I don't think he could find them...

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First thing I asked myself when I first saw this photo!

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