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2009 Roger Award Finalists Named

Cynic — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:50:03 +0000

Monday, 7 December 2009, 3:20 pm
Press Release: CAFCA

The nine finalists for the 2009 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are (in alphabetical order): ANZ, BNZ, Infratil, Newmont, Rio Tinto Aluminium NZ, Rymans, Telecom, Transpacific and Westpac. There are two finalists for the Accomplice Award – the Business Round Table, and the Auckland City Council and its officials (as part of the nomination of Transpacific Industries). FULL STORY

Who the F%$# is John Duthie

Cynic — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:35:19 +0000

For f&^%$ sake, who does John Duthie think he is spouting off this unbelievable nonsense. The Cynic is absolutely astounded at the way these Auckland City Council officials pedal their poo.

To John Duthie, please answer the questions asked by the Marketplace. Do you honestly think that if you spout the same bullshit often enough it will become the truth.

George Carlin once said, Just think how dumb the average person is, then you realise half of them are dumber than that.

And to the Marketplace, it is good to see you starting to ask the hard questions.

Give me a break! Arrogant Bhatnagar

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:06:38 +0000

Waiheke island’s number one enemy has posted this on his Facebook page

Aaron Bhatnagar wonders if angry Waiheke people are going to nominate him for a “Roger Award” this year.

Give me a break Aaron, you know you fucken well deserve it, but thanks for the idea!

Entry forms available here

Aaron Bhatnagar

Cynic — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:34:13 +0000

Arrived via e-mail

Aaron Bhatnagar appears to have elevated himself to the position of Waiheke enemy number one. While putting together YouTube clips for Waiheke TV News website it became fairly evident that Mr Bhatnagar had engineered a solution that was not achievable by the incumbent (Clean Stream Waiheke), denied speaking rights to the Waiheke community, had opposition councillors denied voting rights and eventually managed to get Clean Stream Waiheke disqualified for canvassing after the tender had closed.

Anyone else notice that Aaron’s hair appeared freshly gelled for the camera. Obviously our man Aaron is a firm believer in the product or he was so excited about destroying Clean Stream that he had his own “Something about Mary moment”

Anyway, we are on to you Aaron, you cannot unring a bell, the truth will come out.

Read about Mr Bhatnagars electioneering methods here, and view his work here

A call to action

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:56:43 +0000

To everyone involved in Transition Town initiatives- Waiheke’s loss is everyone’s loss. Now is the time to show the strength of the Transition Town community.

If we can’t save a recycling programme from local government then all of our initiatives are in danger of being taken away by the whim of council officers who have not come to grips with the pressing realities we are up against. We must stand together to preserve this resource. Please pass this on and make plans to meet us at Auckland Town Hall at 9:30am, Thursday, 11 June. If you can’t make it to Town Hall please take the time to visit the Waiheke Does It Better website for phone numbers/emails to let council know it is up against all of New Zealand, not just a small island.

Please, before it is too late, make Transition Towns’ presence heard on this issue. Phone or email today or show up on Thursday.

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Jim Mora muckin in on Waiheke

Cynic — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:57:30 +0000

Have you ever wondered why you don’t see Jim Mora and John Stansfield tegether, could it be just like Clark Kent and Superman, could it be that they are in fact the same person.

John Stansfield Jim Mora

So whether it was Jim or John, someone has been muckin in on Waiheke, and doing a damn good job of it too by all accounts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hzlNKFrxw4

The new bed doesn’t look right, feel right – or smell right!

Cynic — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:30:08 +0000

In Lynley Dodd’s book Schnitzel Von Krumm’s Basketwork, sausage dog, Schnitzel von Krumm, is outraged when his family decides to replace his worn out, beaten up old basket. The new bed doesn’t look right, feel right – or smell right! Something must be done…

It is the way I feel about Waiheke. Every day I leave my Onetangi home, and wander down my gravel path to my car that I can’t get up to the house. The car is covered in pigeon poo because I can’t have a garage. I drive down unformed roads without footpaths or streetlights, to a free carpark in the mud miles from the ferry. I share a ferry with countless others, have a coffee, laugh and tell lots of lies, and about 90 minutes after leaving home, I arrive at work.

And at the end of the day I just can’t wait to get back. There is something infectious about this island. It gets under your skin, it’s not perfect, but just like Snitzel von Krums old basket, it matters not a bit.

This island fits right, it smells right, it looks right. Its not about curb and channel, its not about wheelie bins or street lights. It’s about the very essence, the wairua, the spirit. It;s about Waiheke.

To the councillors who live in that smelly inhospitable city who have no idea what living in a community is, until you have tried this old smelly basket for size, and have lived here a couple of winters, you can keep your big ideas to yourselves. (and you can keep your wheelie bins and Mt Visy too)

The Cynic

Democracy

Cynic — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:18:24 +0000

Waiheke Does it Better

Cynic — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:26:09 +0000

Keep Your Wheelie Bins In Auckland Central from Scott Ewing on Vimeo.

“cook me some eggs and some bacon” Beath

Cynic — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:26:29 +0000

Is it only me that sees a parallel between Jake the Muss and Auckland City Council. In spite of a clear signal from Waiheke that we don’t want wheelie bins, it seems that we are going to get them.