I had to laugh when I saw that Len Brown had won an award for 7th best mayor in the world. What exactly he did to earn such an accolade remains a mystery. His transport ideas are terrible, his promise not to increase rates to heftily has failed, nothing has come about from the supposed supercity benefits and many people do not know who to contact if they have an issue with the city ie lousy sidewalks.
Obviously Mr. Brown has a very good public relations team, who have made him look like a superstar, when he's nothing more than a flat pancake. Of course, not many people will pick up on it. He's never been incredibly bright and his ideas for a good city bring to mind words such as "idealist" and "utopia." Free swimming pools for all. Never happened. A great place to run a business. Not seeing many small businesses flourish. Are you? Better public transport. It'll be a grand day when that happens. Time and time gain, supposed experts praise Mr. Brown for his "developments," many which nobody has even the faintest idea about.
Whilst I could name several candidates more worthy of being in the top 10, here's one. Patrcia De Lille. Google her. Hopefully that hideous, grinning Len Brown does. He might learn a thing or two about how to run a big city...properly.
A joke minister
Is there anyone out there who actually think Hekia Parata has served them well. Deluded old school principals have a soft spot for her mediocrity. However, for many concerned parents, this isn't so. Almost every big proposal Mrs Parata has put forth have either damaged the education system, or been the wrong idea to begin with.
I feel sorry for her, mainly because she doesn't know if her party has a conservative or liberal attitude towards education. But when you're in those situations, you have to make do with what you have. Plenty of opportunities have come up to better education. Mrs Parata has failed to act on any of them.
Only one NZ industry can match Australia for pay packages
Yes, believe it or not, you can make a reasonably good salary in the dairy industry in New Zealand. Lined up against Australia, it is the only job sector which can match salary and work packages. There are no surprises whatsoever behind many farmers choosing to change across to dairy. Opportunities seem to be created almost daily. Most of the demand has come from booming economies overseas. Try and guess which nation's demand is growing the fastest? Your guess is probably right. A previous marketing manager for Fonterra tole me he earned around $150,000 a year. Westland's sales team would be on packages in this area as well. After checking the job hunter website Seek, very few differences in pay exist, if any.
For New Zealand workers, that is reason to stay optimistic. Last week an anonymous blogger tried making a laughable comment on Australian weather extremes, without addressing my other points, particularly why so many young kiwis leave. In a backhand whisper, careerist politicians will tell you "Easy, they can't afford to live here anymore."
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