Death in Nelson

 I'm back, but for how long I don't know.

The news recently has been full of the death of a Nelson Policewoman. I didn't know this Policewoman.

I first make this disclaimer: Over the approx 30 years in dealing with the NZ Police regularly - as part of my job - I have never yet met a Policewoman who I either respected or liked.

100% of policewomen I've dealt with were bullies, usually too lazy to get out of their own way and a disgrace to the uniform. Most males, and all older, experienced males I met were the opposite.

Nelson was one of the places I worked.

Despite this disclaimer I don't believe killing Policewomen is right - it is wasting too much of the tax-payer money used to train them.

I digress.

Reports of the incident have been strictly censored and I (we?) don't know a lot of details. Part of the censorship is the police-requested court-ordered suppression order that includes the ethnicity of the vehicle driver.

I wonder whether this is simply to emulate big cities overseas that see much racist violence and pretend Nelson has similar characteristics or whether the perpetrator is of the protected race?

Worldwide we are seeing far more use of the motor vehicle as a deadly weapon.

In that Nelson may be a pioneer of sorts. In 2001 I moved to Nelson temporarily after a contract fell through.

The first night I was there a man was deliberately run over - in the same carpark as the policewoman was killed.

That man, luckily, wasn't killed and, later, became a regular customer.

Back to the point; The suppression of details and history makes me wonder whether this was a drunk/high aggrieved member of the public or something more organised?

Something we should ALL be concerned about.

Getting What You Signed Up For

 There is a story on the front page of NewstalkZB this morning about a family of Seppos resident in Nelson.

They're complaining that their mortgage has gone up.

To put things in perspective they almost certainly voted O'Bama, Clinton and then Biden. If they voted in NZ they would have voted communist (Green or Labour).

They purchased a house two years ago in Nelson, one of the highest house-price areas in the country. Purchased at the height of housing prices in New Zealand.

They took out a mortgage loan of $1,000,000. at the then historically low interest rates. They took a one-year fixed mortgage - twice.

Anyone with a brain would have noted the chance of interest rates increasing and locked in a reasonable rate for at least three to five years.

Now, thanks to the things they supported creating serious inflation, they are being asked to pay current market rates which are considerably higher.

A large part of their complaint is that the bank(s) are commercial operations needing to make their shareholders money, are taking a profit.

Based on their argument their folly should be paid for by someone else.

It will be a good day for New Zealand when these people and all their co-fuckwits go back where they come from.

They certainly add nothing to this country!