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29 comments · +624 / −144 · rank #2199 of 40,276

That is precisely how some employers are deliberately by passing Kiwis to employ cheap migrants they can pay minimum wage to. It is disgusting of this company to treat Kiwis this way. Another one is Auckland council, they choose to employ migrants on work visas over Kiwis who apply for promotions or higher management positions. How do I know well I know a person working for them and its is a regular occurance there.

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Answer is its not worth it. I was in a situation where I became attracted to another man at my work place. I too am married and have been happily for 20 years. This happened 7 years ago. The feeling was mutual and I just found him physically attractive. I found myself fantasising about it a lot and checking his FB page etc. In the end he left that workplace after 3 years and so did I soon after going our separate ways and no one else knew about it. Looking back now I know I was just missing things in my marriage and I got carried away when another man who I liked the look of took and interest in me. Now If I imagine him I cannot understand what I found attractive?, he is not even good looking. I cringe at the thought that I even fancied him and I cant believe I was so stupid over a stranger?.I dont even find him attractive now at all now. I am so glad nothing happened between us and I cannot believe how silly I was at that time really. Being caught up in the moment can get you into a lot of trouble you dont want down the track. I dont think I really wanted this guy, I admittedly enjoyed his attention.

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I believe teachers should be paid what they are worth and they are not all the same. We had an experience at a school where the aging principal had dropped the ball due to being a bit past it and my son had to endure 2 years at Intermediate of teachers that simply were not up to it. We had one teacher bringing her personal problems to school and taking it out on the kids who was on observation for violence another staff member,she mucked around only wanting to teach them art all day and was only caught when a student teacher spoke up about it.The next teacher was newly qualified but he had never looked after a class full time, so he failed and left after 1 term and another teacher who hid behind the self managed classroom who let kids roam anywhere all day long and who took off Mon and Fri every week along with other days so he could manage his sideline business he had which left the kids with relief teachers most of the time learning nothing.He was supposed to be the team leader as well. This happened because it was allowed to by the authorities and the kids ended up getting behind, some having to do literacy classes at high school after this. So I dont agree all teachers should be paid the same,its should be performance pay because some will be getting money they do not deserve.

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Its two different things if you are treating people who are already here and then we are expected to pay for those who wish to come here with health problems.The people here are at least tax payers,they ones coming here are not.Having complex health problems can mean you cannot find work anyway so this govt is letting in sick people who they cannot guarantee with even be able to work? How is that even fair to the tax payers of NZ?

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Not if he was imparied to the extent of not knowing the implications of what he was doing. Even in real estate salespeople are not permitted to allow a person who they believe may be impaired in some way to sign a contract so a casino should be the same. If the real estate salesperson goes ahead knowing or suspecting this it is considered getting the client to sign a contract that will be either made void in the end and the agency and them can be fined for doing so also risking their licence

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We are frequent visitors to that market that is in that carpark on Sundays and there is a park right next door to that carpark so what are they going on about wanting another public space for?. I also signed the petition against the development and the lady who started the petition from Heart of Takapuna group said the council is really pushing for it to be more high rise apartments. These apartments will have no parking so it will increase the traffic there bringing chaos and the businesses will lose because there will be nowhere for people to park and it will become too congested. The council just wants to sell of the land and they do not really care what happens to it?,whether it benefits those rate payers or not. Once the land is sold it is too late. Sad to lose a great market too.

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This story is just trying to soften us so that we become more accepting of Jacindas promise to accept more refugees. But the fact is we cannot afford them and and cannot afford to even house our own let alone take on more and ones with complex health needs. We are being stretched more and more every week by Labour who have no concept of the real world as they invent more taxes where the working people of this country have limits and those limits have been reached a while ago.

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No its not just about losing disabled car parks at all.Its about losing that area for all actually. You seriously need to stop getting the wrong end of the stick and harping on and on about the disabled all the time on every single comments section..The businesses on the main street of Takapuna are worried there will be no parking for anyone who wishes to visit the area as the car park will become apartments. This will also being with it over crowding.Its about use for all and also Takapuna losing the historic Sunday market there also.

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Just ones that do not understand about losing valuable parking spaces or really cool markets.Or maybe people who are just a bit old and past understanding what our country is becoming which is an over populated country that is losing its spaces to high rise apartments and losing the right to have a say as rate payers when we have people in power not listening and just over riding what people actually want which is not to lose that carpark.

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Not is not just about disabled people its about rate payers of all types in Takapuna wanting a say in what happens to the land they pay rates on. Many people want to use that space, not just disabled people. The land was sold out form under the rate payers and they had basically no say in the matter.

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I have always loved this sort of thing since I was a child. Im sure I used to rush to see a small exhibition at Aucklands Motat involving surgical items on the 70s -80s?. What about contacting Motat and maybe getting a lottery grant to showcase this stuff?. It is so important. Or Auckland Museum?

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So what is your point then?.....you think you have a right to judge others because of illustrations on their bodies and you somehow think you are better than anyone because you dont have any?....get real and come down off your high horse.

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Wow see all the high and mighty judgemental people in this comments section ready to judge someone for a picture on their body. Umm the police have them and no one judges them for that.

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How is it the Police are allowed tattoos then?....surely this would not be seen through a shirt or dress?. Many people have tattoos, if they all were rejected from job applications most of NZ would be unemployed.

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