I pose the question given the opening line in Stuff’s The Post ascribing him in the fashionable plural, normally in brackets, such as (he, him, it) and the like but in this case, specifically “Land Information Minister Chris Penk have declined the proposal to rename “Petone”, “Pito-one”.
The more likely explanation is Stuff incompetence arising from financial pressure and their lack of proof-readers.
This “Pito-one” name-change crap on the most trivial grounds, drew the support of the local wets, including the current Hutt mayor who’s positively drowning. His previous career was as a government clerk.
Anyway, full credit to the Minister for his pragmatism in ignoring the pressure to fall into line with this totally unnecessary change.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE - where this article was sourced.
This “Pito-one” name-change crap on the most trivial grounds, drew the support of the local wets, including the current Hutt mayor who’s positively drowning. His previous career was as a government clerk.
Anyway, full credit to the Minister for his pragmatism in ignoring the pressure to fall into line with this totally unnecessary change.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE - where this article was sourced.
8 comments:
Changing the name of Petone would make sense for a government goffer, who wants to reduce everything into a number. Petone Station becomes Pito One, Ava becomes Pito Two, Woburn becomes Pito Three and eventually Upper Hutt will be Pito Fifteen.
Nice one Bob. I'm sure it's the latter, stuffs incompetence. As usual you are probably correct about the hurts mayor, appears he has a typically competent far left bunch of nutters around him that as David Farrar notes Jonathan ayling is challenging. Perhaps you could throw a few bucks Jonathan's way in support.....
Have a great NY Bob.
Anonymous at 7.59 am. Are you a Socialist? Just wondering why people think they can tell others how to spend their money?
MC
For Anon, 2:41 AM 31.12.24 ( I assume that the humid weather kept you a wake, or did Sir Rob ring you and say he was ' posting') sorry I digress, my question if Hutt Valley Rail Stations would 1 thru to 15 - what would Masterton's number be?
I like the context of suggestion, in that all PA announcements, by Train Driver (or Conductor) would be " Arriving Station1" etc, but (always a but) the downside is educating all passengers (as currently they may be side tracked by Cricket, Rugby, Racing[ horse]- during the summer months), and as The Hon Min of Ed has issues with education, that activity " may " have to take a back step.
To anon (9.51 - MC) point taken, no I'm anything but, and the last govt highlighted this for me.
What I'm getting at is we need to get in behind guys like Jonathan Ayling, David Farrar etc and support them against the far left. Bob swings a pretty big stick when he wants to if you didn't know....
Happy NY.
i dunno about the Wgtn trains and presume Bob does not brave (despite the pleasure of the seaside part). But in Auckland all destinations are announced in maori twaddle plus English. Also by loud speakers at stations which must drive residents nuts.
It is amazing how many maori words the early settlers misheard. But then i gather very elderly maori speakers struggle with the present devised form.
Agree with Robert about the cacophony of synthetic Maori rubbish at max volume delivered by AT to people who mostly understand English only, and the rest, an Asian language.
I bet nobody on an Auckland train has ever bothered to research and learn the words that AT made up for " conductor" , "tickets", "inspected" "platform " and so forth.
Another fine example of just how hopelessly woke and brain dead most of the head nodding, greenstone, AT staff are at thinking logically.
They could replace the recorded announcements in Eskalaut and no a single person would realize and complain - probably at best they would think they were new te reo words created over the weekend.
But it all increases GDP and, along with the drive to maori control, what else matters? Incidentally how does George St translate? Hori St?
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