tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post3150110743178266017..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: State house utopia - notLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-28684541095563314402012-04-03T16:20:08.463+12:002012-04-03T16:20:08.463+12:00theres a beautiful mud 1 room villa in Mog just su...theres a beautiful mud 1 room villa in Mog just suited to their needs.<br />would they prefer that one instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-30069599867147528112012-03-31T21:49:52.978+13:002012-03-31T21:49:52.978+13:00"I have to admit that this story helped me re..."I have to admit that this story helped me realise that I am in fact a closet racist. I felt annoyed that this family seem to think they are entitled to better than the rest of us just because they live as a large family unit."<br /><br />But are you annoyed with them because they are Somalian or because they are displaying 'entitlitis'?<br /><br />I don't know any Somalians so can't ascribe the characteristic broadly.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-26593870364422038422012-03-31T20:23:32.137+13:002012-03-31T20:23:32.137+13:00I'm sorry. I don't think that 11 into a f...I'm sorry. I don't think that 11 into a four bedroom house is bad. My grandmother in Tolaga Bay raised 7 grandkids in a two bedroom house at the same time. It had a long drop for most of that period up until 1989. Before that she raised 14 kids of her own and the husband. <br /><br />I have to admit that this story helped me realise that I am in fact a closet racist. I felt annoyed that this family seem to think they are entitled to better than the rest of us just because they live as a large family unit. <br /><br />There was a story of a guy living in his car who hadn't showered for 3 weeks who, I'm certain, would take that burden of an HNZ house off them in a heartbeat.MsKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-92208423302638736822012-03-31T17:15:33.205+13:002012-03-31T17:15:33.205+13:00The Burmese family in Nelson have performed much b...The Burmese family in Nelson have performed much better through their own efforts.<br />New Zealand needs to be careful in selecting its refugees.FAIRFACTS MEDIAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278035907912171422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-48386411576263748202012-03-31T15:00:53.557+13:002012-03-31T15:00:53.557+13:00Personally i would kick them back from the dump th...Personally i would kick them back from the dump they came from.White immigrants only i say.Yes i am rascistTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-19011840429005125082012-03-31T14:21:56.551+13:002012-03-31T14:21:56.551+13:00There must be plenty of 8 bdrm homes in Fendalton ...There must be plenty of 8 bdrm homes in Fendalton Housing NZ can arrange to settle this group,rental housing being so plentiful to choose from in ChCh. Then more cousins can join the family.<br />Refugees from clan-based muslim societies to Christchurch, what could possibly go wrong?FFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-21531109093969222362012-03-31T13:18:14.734+13:002012-03-31T13:18:14.734+13:00I understand that they are effectively squatters i...I understand that they are effectively squatters in this property - they just moved in because they did not like where they were before - the wrong suburb.Paulusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-15368684397427623482012-03-31T11:38:16.921+13:002012-03-31T11:38:16.921+13:00Why do we still have state houses in NZ.
Spain is...Why do we still have state houses in NZ.<br /><br />Spain is showing the way: 20% across the board cuts, civil service salaries chopped by <b>10%</b> above 5% last year, 10% electricity & gas price rises, and best of all, the elimination of unions & employment laws.<br /><br />And we're supposed to have a National Party govt in NZ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-8326744900918448192012-03-31T10:13:48.693+13:002012-03-31T10:13:48.693+13:00Surely any house HNZ provides for these refugees h...Surely any house HNZ provides for these refugees has got to be better than the camps they came from? They are also no doubt receiving various welfare benefits as well as the cheap housing.<br /><br />OK the house may not be ideal but it is cheap and you get what you pay for, or in their case, not pay for as it is the tax payer who is funding their lifestyle.Mark.V.noreply@blogger.com