"He wai" was a call that the orator used to get the group up to embelish his speech with a waiata. Now "wai" This is an issue caused by the sale of state assets like Mighty River Power. Really is there any need to sell power assets in order to balance the books or whatever? They are making money for "everyone" not some faceless already rich investor who will rachett up power prices in order to make on the investment. The National Government is just trying to avoid the obvious remedy for fiscal problems; increase taxes beginning at the top of the income food chain and working down towards a tolerable level of income earners ($60k?) .From about there then reduce taxes. Those with less than $20K income should not pay anything. They already pay enough on GST.
Whose "wai" is it anyway? There's a water company who reticulates water down to Taipa from Peria and sells it to a horticultural company (it was Kerifresh) for their orchards and gardens. The main source of this water are the springs at the base of Maungataniwha. Is it their "wai?" They no doubt got resource consent from the regulator the Northern Regional Council or whoever. Is it their "wai" then? If it's no one's water as our capitalist PM says then why is he privatizing the use of it by selling Mighty River Power?
If I could quote from a local letter writer to the Taupo Times; "When the rain falls on his roof it is his water just as it is for his neighbour of whatever ethnic gender. When it runs into Lake Taupo it is Tuwharetoa water because they own the lake bed and have title to it. However the Crown has put a gate at the exit into the Waikato River. This raises it about a meter. That is the Crown's water, except that it is sitting on Tuwharetoa water which makes it Tuwharetoa's. " If the PM says it's nobody's water, then why is it being sold in the super market? That 'nobody' is not selling only the plastic bottle and obviously thinks it's his/hers. I say that the wai is a "red herring'. The real issue is who owns Mighty River Power et al? I believe everybody does and should continue to do so.
If I could quote from a local letter writer to the Taupo Times; "When the rain falls on his roof it is his water just as it is for his neighbour of whatever ethnic gender. When it runs into Lake Taupo it is Tuwharetoa water because they own the lake bed and have title to it. However the Crown has put a gate at the exit into the Waikato River. This raises it about a meter. That is the Crown's water, except that it is sitting on Tuwharetoa water which makes it Tuwharetoa's. " If the PM says it's nobody's water, then why is it being sold in the super market? That 'nobody' is not selling only the plastic bottle and obviously thinks it's his/hers. I say that the wai is a "red herring'. The real issue is who owns Mighty River Power et al? I believe everybody does and should continue to do so.
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