With $100 million in his property portfolio, Key denies housing crisis

Sent by a reader in “Sewage City”

Let the homeless swap their gold stocks

With at least $100 million in his own property portfolio, some might understand why the nefarious PM refuses to accept housing crisis exists.

Prime Minister John Key has called terms like “housing crisis” as emotive and unhelpful, telling  homeless people living in cars and garages to seek help from Work and Income. [That’s is if the homeless prefer to hold on to their precious metal portfolios.] http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/pm-refuses-to-accept-housing-crisis-exists/

Other News in Drips …

Three seriously injured in crash on Napier road

A 24-year-old woman is in a critical condition with two others said to be in a serious but stable condition in Hawke’s Bay hospital following a crash in Napier. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80317059/serious-crash-on-napier-road-leaves-three-in-hospital

Homeless family faces $100k WINZ debt

A woman with eight children living in emergency housing is facing a $100,000 debt to Work and Income, which she will never be able repay, a support group says.

“Auckland Action Against Poverty said the mother and her eight children were evicted by Housing New Zealand months ago after it found the house was contaminated by methamphetamine.” http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/304607/homeless-family-faces-$100k-winz-debt

City’s homeless population not always visible

In sheds, garages and cars, Christchurch city’s homeless population continue to suffer in silence.  http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/80131872/citys-homeless-population-not-always-visible

Judge’s son killed in car crash: Something fishy about the car fished out of the river?

The man who was killed when a vehicle plunged into a Wairarapa river on Saturday was Benjamin Young the son of one of New Zealand’s longest-serving judges.

The 35-year-old mysteriously somersaulted out of the wreckage and his body was found on a riverbank.

“At this stage the evidence strongly points to the driver being Mr Young. However, inquiries are continuing in relation to this crash,” police said.  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11643593

WTF: It’s illegal to talk about suicide in New Zealand

Foreword: It’s illegal to talk about suicide in New Zealand, allegedly to prevent copycats. It’s also illegal, or effectively illegal through censorship, to complain about government, judiciary and police corruption, or discuss racism, poverty and social injustice…  to prevent copycats, or for other equally important reasons, of course!

UK grief counsellor and social worker of 25 years loses her own son to apparent suicide

Believe or not, it’s illegal to talk about suicide in Godzone. Apparently, criminal laws govern what we can and can’t say about suicide, or even suspected suicide.

UK mother Catherine Hanson-Friend lost her only son, Patrick, 15, to apparent suicide.

The Invercargill teen is one of at least four Southlanders whose deaths are suspected suicides in the last 10 weeks.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80173024/Taboo-ness-around-suicide-in-New-Zealand-needs-to-end-bereaved-mum

NZ’s cooked suicide data

Chief Coroner’s provisional suicide deaths by district health board region in 2014-15:

Auckland, 48; Bay of Plenty, 32; Canterbury, 61; Capital and Coast, 30; Counties Manukau, 47; Hawkes bay, 29; Hutt, 16; Lakes, 10; Mid Central, 27; Nelson Marlborough, 18; Northland, 28; South Canterbury, 8; Southern, 42; Tairawhiti, 13; Taranaki, 19; Waikato, 49; Wairarapa, 9; Waitemata, 63; West Coast, 7; Whanganui, 8: TOTAL: 564 – highest number since records began in 2007-8.

• 2013-14: 529
• 2012-13: 541
• 2011-12: 547
• 2010-11: 558
• 2009-10: 541
• 2008-09: 531
• 2007-08: 540

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/79027901/grieving-mum-speaks-out-about-sons-apparent-suicide

Joining the queue at Work and Income

“Go see Work and Income,” said Prime Minister John Key, advising the homeless and unfortunate. We did.

One morning at a Christchurch Work and Income office: “The scene is unpleasant. It also feels discriminatory and, at the very least, rude.”

“I just hate going in there, it’s so demeaning. I don’t want to be in this position, I never imagined I would be. I have no choice but to ask them for help since my partner died. I’m bringing up our children on my own. It is what it is.”
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/77578966/Joining-the-queue-at-Work-and-Income-Where-no-one-seems-happy

Police failed to find vehicle and driver that caused fatal crash

The driver of a “dark-coloured people mover” that caused the deaths of former All Black Ian Uttley and his wife has never been found.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80035172/Vehicle-and-driver-that-caused-crash-that-killed-former-All-Black-Ian-Uttley-never-found

The State’s other Stinking Secrets

Truth hurts New Zealand tourism. The average tourist would not visit this country, if they knew true extent of the daily carnage on our deadly roads. Therefore:

To protect the tourism industry, about two-thirds of the road fatalities in New Zealand go unreported by our political police, or unrecorded by Minitru [“Ministry of Transport”.]

About 2.7 million licensed but not necessary qualified drivers, half million or so unlicensed/unqualified drivers and more than one million tourists (per year) drive on New Zealand death roads.

A large number of the above drive a vehicle under the influence (illicit drugs, banned substances, prescription medication…), while intoxicated, fatigued or mentally unfit, resulting in inordinate numbers of fatalities and injuries. [Other factors for the carnage include deadly roads, road unworthy vehicles…]

Between 2001 and 2014, New Zealand’s vehicle fleet reportedly increased by 32 per cent, while the population grew by 16 per cent and foreign travel was up by 15 per cent.  And over the last 10 years the number of international visitors has increased by about 30 per cent.

Today is DAY 155 of the latest NZ TOURISTS or truth? (police censorship of road fatalities) campaign

• Blog estimate: About 900 people are killed on NZ roads each year. [Most probably] up to 350 road fatalities have occurred in NZ since 1 January 2016

How do they do it?

Police manipulate the road toll by censoring reports of fatal crashes, while the Ministry of Transport simply delete the unwanted road fatalities, even from their published records.

• Miracles in Godzone: Police, Transport Ministry bring back to life two more dead motorists!