What was wrong with libre?

Moose kill more people than bears every year.

Also Donald Trump was the president of the United States.

Housing is expensive, opportunities are disappearing, healthcare and education are being hollowed out.

This country is doomed but we have nobody to blame but ourselves. We voted for these bozos.

At least the trans people will not be allowed to poop in the bathroom they are presenting as so I guess that's something. We are going to show those trans people who is who and where they belong.

Luxon, who owns rental properties himself, was asked if he intended to lower rents on those properties.

"It's not about me. It's actually about a policy and I don't benefit from this policy."

There is lots of racism in NZ but it's mostly targeted at Maori, Chinese, and Indians (both Fijian and from India). If you are not one of those groups you should be mostly OK. I haven't seen too much hostility towards trans people so you should also be OK in that regard.

Be aware though, this is not an easy place to live. It's expensive as hell here and you'll be shocked at how much you are paying for food, utilities, rent and every day goods like clothes and electronics.

I have talked to countless expats and the number one thing they complain about is how impossible it is to make friends here. Kiwis are polite enough and nice enough for superficial interactions but they won't let you in their inner circles and become friends. Most expats are friends with other expats although not necessarily from the same country. Since you are in a marginal community I think this will be less of a problem for you. I presume the LGBTQ community will be more willing to embrace expats.

Having said all that I still think this is a great place to live. Just go into it with open eyes. Prepare well, bring in a shit ton of money and all your goods. You will regret not bringing something when you try to replace it and it costs triple what you paid for it.

Sounds like you need to learn some basic biology.

Do you think the difficulties your child experiences should effect what we teach all children and how?

The Chinese and the Russians did it, the EU dropped the ball and trusted the US like fools.

Now they have to build their own search, maps, productivity and social media platforms.

Good news. They can use open source stuff.

But they won’t

Nobody is claiming everybody learns the same way. What we are saying is that our educational system should be structured to help the vast majority of the students and not crippled in a way to help the extremely small minority.

Like it or not your child will be exposed to Maori words and names. Hell if your town name isn't a Maori word there are streets and neighbourhoods that are.

This racist government and this racist MP want to erase Maori identity and want to shelter children from Maori words because they see Maoridom as a form of evil to be avoided or destroyed.

Oh no. She broke decorum. How dare she! I guess to you guys decorum is more important than lives and suffering of actual real human beings.

That's such bullshit. There are no jewish children afraid to go outside in New Zealand. But you can bet your ass there are Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian, Ukranian children that are afraid to go outside.

You make it sound like she was a helpless child. She was a fully grown woman responsible for her own actions.

Too late for that. NZ First, ACT and National are hiring these people to advise them. Why do you think this dude is here? Why is he on television sitting across an compliant Jack Tame who isn't challenging him?

the part where teachers won't get infected from children

Go to Canada instead.

Is anybody surprised?

Cool. Once again I am opposed to shaping our educational system to the lowest common denominator of students.

Over here it's so embedded that most people don't even perceive it as racism when it happens. They're like "what the hell are you talking about, everybody says (or does) that"

I think it will be exceedingly difficult to separate out any news from politics in this country.

Maybe for normal people. He didn’t surrender his passport.