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Rod Snodgrass retweeted
Hmmm you know how Opportunity said they'd go away & look at changing their constitution so that their board wouldn't have veto power of its elected officials...?
It doesn't look like they've done it. So 6 people we know very little about will be the one's deciding if Opportunity go left or right if they are kingmaker. Can Opportunity be made to answer how this is democratic at all?
Rod Snodgrass retweeted
Breathtaking hypocrisy from Qiulae Wong this morning as she doubled down on defending Opportunity’s biggest donor (Alan Wilderland, $220k+) sitting on the board that can veto any coalition deal with just two votes.
What didn’t get put to her is that his money and the $5k a month “to keep the lights on” is what’s let them start paying people including her and the GM, Iain Lees-Galloway.
So the guy who’s funding the salaries, sits on the strategy team and also helped pick Wong as leader, gets a direct say in who runs the country.
Wong thinks this is “perfectly acceptable” while claiming Opportunity wants to get the big money out of politics.
This is farcical.
Rod Snodgrass retweeted
I feel sad having to do this too. I feel awful for Simeon as campaign chair and I feel for Bishop and Goldsmith but I can’t see any other way. They should have rolled Luxon. 😔
“However, the centre-right have a rare lifeline. A lifeline that National is desperately telling us all to ignore. That means that if the right wing bloc are to get back into Parliament, we may have to drag National kicking and screaming over the line. Put simply, we may have to save them from themselves.”
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This App from Spark is pretty cool as is the one you can download to get Maori translations using your phone camera. Kudos to Spark and Google myname.kupu.co.nz/
It’s a very good question. What incentives do electric car owners get in New Zealand? #changetheworld #innovation #carbonreduction #sustainability #climateleaderscoaltion #climatexorg #newzealand lnkd.in/fUzpmbe
This says it all. Cycling is simply just bloody good for the world and the individual. #changetheworld #carbonzero #carbonreduction #cycling lnkd.in/fJtUC7R
It does seem like a no brainer doesn’t it ? #Ev #evs #smartcities #transport #transportation lnkd.in/f7zfzG5
Norway and China leading the way in the transition to Electric Transport. I do like the carrots versus sticks approach of Noreay. #transportation #electricity #ev #evs lnkd.in/fZNpAFW
Shenzhen is quickly becoming (or has become) the electric vehicle city through a bold vision and supporting investment #vision #investments #electricvehicles lnkd.in/fzuH9Pt
Rod Snodgrass retweeted
I'm hiring for a Chief Product Officer - amazing opportunity to help shape the future of a global software company. DM me if interested, or apply through the listing...boards.greenhouse.io/vend/jo…
More sustainable city smart leadership from Europe. I do like the idea of no cars in the inner city.... as most cyclists would .... #ambition #sustainablecities #leadership lnkd.in/ffMdbBA
Whilst many will have arguments against this... I believe it is this sort of bold policy setting approach that is required to deliver a more sustainable future #sustainability #ambition lnkd.in/fFSKfWB
Rod Snodgrass retweeted
The next @pwcheraldtalks is about to kick off. Looking forward to @Qrious CEO Ed Hyde taking the stage #BigData
Rod Snodgrass retweeted
Time to reverse our assumptions - Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard Learning Technologies 2015 gerd.fm/29D4ndE
Rod Snodgrass retweeted
#Disruption Airbnb new round of funding will value the company at $30 billion vs Marriott's market cap of $16b.
Drove to Mt Wellington to drop of broken Sky box.... Fricken closed at 12.30pm #frustrated #angrybird ... The red one