06-04-2024, 01:16 PM
Good afternoon from the Bay - Tom Jones is holding a concert tonight at the park down the road - it was a brilliantly sunny day but unfortunately the cloud has taken over .Hope it stays fine as thousands of tourists have arrived .If I am so inclined I will be able to go out into the reserve behind me and attend the concert from a distance
I hope Chloe Swarbrick cares as much about todays kids as she seems to care about kiwi kids in generations to come - climate change is very real but what is happening to our vulnerable kids TODAY is equally important but she speaks out against any changes that the new govt are trying to make to stop the rip offs and help the kids at least have a chance .I wish this wasn’t an open forum I would love to put up some of the documentation I helped a young Māori widow with three children collate to hopefully make politicians like Chloe stop using kids as a political football and look at how the kids living in hell need safety
The motel owner has 150 units - he is being paid by the taxpayer $2400 a week per unit which is $18 million - the taxpayers also pick up the tab for repairs etc .Some gang members have two units one for their dogs and motorbikes and another to live in - she has documentation of up to 20 kids living with the gang - they don’t go to school . The kids with decent parents live among partying domestic disputes police arresting HD bracelet wearers drug dealing - no laundry no cooking facilities nowhere to play - these are the kids who Chloe thinks don’t matter that the trouble makers should not be kicked out of temporary accomodation- these kids are already homeless - one of them is the 14 year old who hasn’t been to school since Covid who regularly does armed holdups - his grandfather who collects the benefit for him and his siblings was the tenant of the unit above the mum I was helping - he was wearing a HD bracelet and was dealing drugs 24/7 - every buyer went up the stairs beside her kids bedroom - she complained to the police Winz KO no help - a friend installed a camera she unlawfully recorded 24 hours of the activity up and down her stairs - took the footage to the police - Housing knocked on her door she was being shifted to a motel outside of Hamilton - the children were taken out of school and they were bused to an absolute dump - saw the photos disgusting - cost the tax payers $4812 for the week I saw the receipt - after a week they brought her back and put her in a unit opposite the drug dealer next door to a couple who partied 24/7 and had frequent visits from the police .This Mum had been renting the same house for 6 years but the private landlords sold up as it was not economically viable without their interest rebate - when she went into emergency housing she was told to give up her job as a dentists receptionist as being on the benefit jumps you up the list .Her husband died of a brain tumour.She has been applying for every house but was never successful - she went to a viewing at a very modest house and looking at all the others looking at the place she thought she had a real good shot .But got the usual rejection so decided to front the property manager- she thought it was because she was a single Māori Mum - but it was because she has a debt with Winz - she had letters showing she had queried many times why the system was showing she was in debt to be told it was a problem with the system and not to worry about it as it would be written off - but when somebody does a credit check on her it comes up - she insisted on a printout - $2400 had been added to her debt the difference between the Napier and Hamilton motel plus somebody who made the initial calculation stuffed up so every week she was accumulating debt -it beggars belief - she won’t be the only one wth huge debts .Bottom line is this isn’t the only motel that we are paying 18 million a year for what is an absolute dump for our most vulnerable kids to live in hell .Of course it is very important to do everything we possibly can for future generations but what about our most vulnerable today .We have collated all her evidence and sent it to Chloe - John Campbell - Seymour - Bishop and our local MP - our previous MP Stuart Nash had several meetings with her but nothing happened
While I am on my soap box - free school lunches - I saw what came to the school where I used to do the breakfast club - people seem to not realise that only 30% of schools ever received lunches but our school was one of the chosen - despite the Polytechnic being only 3km away with their catering scheme the contract for our school went to a big company in Palmerston - they installed a big freezer and the frozen meals would be delivered on a Sunday night - one week it was a big spoon of spaghetti with three sticks of cheese - another half a wrap with shredded cabbage - frozen lettuce and tomato salad with grated cheese - cold Mac and cheese - they were the worst - the contracts were obviously let by someone in Wgtn who wasn’t given the time to research it properly - our headmaster complained to the company then went to the media - they stopped giving them frozen lettuce etc
Sorry for the rant but there are things we need to do for our most vulnerable kids - they only get one bloody shot - lucky this Mum was capable of fighting for her kids but unfortunately the 14 year old mini crime wave who nobody cares that he hasn’t been to school since Covid and is living with the gangs has absolutely no future - but Chloe thinks he should stay right where he is
I hope Chloe Swarbrick cares as much about todays kids as she seems to care about kiwi kids in generations to come - climate change is very real but what is happening to our vulnerable kids TODAY is equally important but she speaks out against any changes that the new govt are trying to make to stop the rip offs and help the kids at least have a chance .I wish this wasn’t an open forum I would love to put up some of the documentation I helped a young Māori widow with three children collate to hopefully make politicians like Chloe stop using kids as a political football and look at how the kids living in hell need safety
The motel owner has 150 units - he is being paid by the taxpayer $2400 a week per unit which is $18 million - the taxpayers also pick up the tab for repairs etc .Some gang members have two units one for their dogs and motorbikes and another to live in - she has documentation of up to 20 kids living with the gang - they don’t go to school . The kids with decent parents live among partying domestic disputes police arresting HD bracelet wearers drug dealing - no laundry no cooking facilities nowhere to play - these are the kids who Chloe thinks don’t matter that the trouble makers should not be kicked out of temporary accomodation- these kids are already homeless - one of them is the 14 year old who hasn’t been to school since Covid who regularly does armed holdups - his grandfather who collects the benefit for him and his siblings was the tenant of the unit above the mum I was helping - he was wearing a HD bracelet and was dealing drugs 24/7 - every buyer went up the stairs beside her kids bedroom - she complained to the police Winz KO no help - a friend installed a camera she unlawfully recorded 24 hours of the activity up and down her stairs - took the footage to the police - Housing knocked on her door she was being shifted to a motel outside of Hamilton - the children were taken out of school and they were bused to an absolute dump - saw the photos disgusting - cost the tax payers $4812 for the week I saw the receipt - after a week they brought her back and put her in a unit opposite the drug dealer next door to a couple who partied 24/7 and had frequent visits from the police .This Mum had been renting the same house for 6 years but the private landlords sold up as it was not economically viable without their interest rebate - when she went into emergency housing she was told to give up her job as a dentists receptionist as being on the benefit jumps you up the list .Her husband died of a brain tumour.She has been applying for every house but was never successful - she went to a viewing at a very modest house and looking at all the others looking at the place she thought she had a real good shot .But got the usual rejection so decided to front the property manager- she thought it was because she was a single Māori Mum - but it was because she has a debt with Winz - she had letters showing she had queried many times why the system was showing she was in debt to be told it was a problem with the system and not to worry about it as it would be written off - but when somebody does a credit check on her it comes up - she insisted on a printout - $2400 had been added to her debt the difference between the Napier and Hamilton motel plus somebody who made the initial calculation stuffed up so every week she was accumulating debt -it beggars belief - she won’t be the only one wth huge debts .Bottom line is this isn’t the only motel that we are paying 18 million a year for what is an absolute dump for our most vulnerable kids to live in hell .Of course it is very important to do everything we possibly can for future generations but what about our most vulnerable today .We have collated all her evidence and sent it to Chloe - John Campbell - Seymour - Bishop and our local MP - our previous MP Stuart Nash had several meetings with her but nothing happened
While I am on my soap box - free school lunches - I saw what came to the school where I used to do the breakfast club - people seem to not realise that only 30% of schools ever received lunches but our school was one of the chosen - despite the Polytechnic being only 3km away with their catering scheme the contract for our school went to a big company in Palmerston - they installed a big freezer and the frozen meals would be delivered on a Sunday night - one week it was a big spoon of spaghetti with three sticks of cheese - another half a wrap with shredded cabbage - frozen lettuce and tomato salad with grated cheese - cold Mac and cheese - they were the worst - the contracts were obviously let by someone in Wgtn who wasn’t given the time to research it properly - our headmaster complained to the company then went to the media - they stopped giving them frozen lettuce etc
Sorry for the rant but there are things we need to do for our most vulnerable kids - they only get one bloody shot - lucky this Mum was capable of fighting for her kids but unfortunately the 14 year old mini crime wave who nobody cares that he hasn’t been to school since Covid and is living with the gangs has absolutely no future - but Chloe thinks he should stay right where he is