{"id":499,"date":"2020-05-10T23:35:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T23:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking-the-silence.online\/index.php\/2020\/05\/10\/new-zealand-seems-to-have-things-under-control\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T06:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:25:06","slug":"new-zealand-seems-to-have-things-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaliafoka.com\/breaking-the-silence\/index.php\/2020\/05\/10\/new-zealand-seems-to-have-things-under-control\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand seems to have things under control."},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Money and salaries<\/strong> and paychecks…it’s all very taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>, isn’t it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In <\/span>November 2011, fresh out of university, Prangley’s first full-time<\/strong> job was in New Zealand<\/a> as a graphic designer with a reseller of Mitsubishi Electric<\/a> products, where she was paid NZ$35,000 – a figure she didn’t negotiate.<\/p>\n

“I ended up being paid $73,000 by the time<\/strong> I left New Zealand<\/a> and moved to London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“For the same job that I was doing in New Zealand<\/a>, they offered me \u00a342,000 as my starting salary – about a 15 percent increase from my salary for the same role in New Zealand<\/a>,” Prangley said.<\/p>\n

For a good number of white people<\/strong>, including white New Zealanders, haka is apparently irresistible.<\/p>\n

Taboo, the English word, is a borrowing from the Polynesia “tapu”.<\/p>\n

In Rotorua<\/a>, the tourist hotspot in New Zealand<\/a>\u2019s central North Island<\/a>, Te Arawa \u2013 the local tribe and perhaps the best haka performers in the country<\/strong> \u2013 share their art and coach their visitors in certain haka.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand<\/a> seems to have things under control.<\/p>\n

New Zealand<\/a> is an exception here.<\/p>\n

New Zealand<\/a> has been uniquely blessed with generally good government.<\/p>\n

“The decade since Lehman\u2019s collapse has already seen central banks break many taboos<\/span><\/strong>, but they must now cross the Rubicon of monetary financing.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be long before Treasury and the Reserve Bank enter taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> territory and work<\/strong> together more closely to keep the economy afloat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wearing his Triple T hat, Keane believes the RBNZ will keep buying New Zealand<\/a> Government Bonds on the secondary market, as it currently is under its Large-Scale Asset Purchase, or quantitative easing, programme launched last month.<\/p>\n

Robertson said if there comes a time<\/strong> the market can\u2019t absorb all the New Zealand<\/a> Government Bonds being issued, then “of course” he would look at the RBNZ buying the bonds<\/strong> directly from Treasury.<\/p>\n

Under its current programme, it has committed to buying up to $30 billion of New Zealand<\/a> Government Bonds and $3 billion of Local Government Funding Agency bonds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Few Melanesians come to Australia<\/a> to visit or settle, while Polynesians can enter and settle in Australia<\/a>, coming in easily via New Zealand<\/a>.
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Still, it\u2019s deeply strange that New Zealand<\/a> drives the people<\/strong> dimension of our Pacific policy<\/strong> and which Pacific people<\/strong> live in Oz.<\/p>\n

Special access to Oz for Pacific workers became a taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> topic in Canberra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When the Pacific Islands Forum<\/a> was being created in the early 1970s, Australia<\/a> feared that the new regional body would be used to attack our migration policies, and worked hard to impose the taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Score this a major achievement of island leaders, working through the forum, to change Australian thinking and dismantle the taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A Sikh man<\/strong> who drove drunk and overstayed his visa<\/strong> can stay in New Zealand<\/a> for now because of his forbidden love for a Muslim woman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old became unlawfully in New Zealand<\/a> when his work<\/strong> visa<\/strong> expired on October 2019 after he failed to meet character<\/strong> requirements due to a drink-driving conviction.<\/p>\n

She is a young Muslim woman<\/strong> whose family<\/strong> fled Afghanistan<\/a> nearly 20 years ago and came to New Zealand<\/a> as refugees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the relationship works in New Zealand<\/a>, it could not continue if he were he deported back to Punjab because his family<\/strong> there would not accept him after he abandoned the religion<\/strong> of his birth.<\/p>\n

“Presently, the appellant is unlawfully in New Zealand<\/a> essentially because of a conviction he now no longer has.<\/p>\n

The tribunal also took into account the impact<\/strong> the man<\/strong>‘s deportation<\/strong> would have on his young partner, who stood to be the most affected by his removal from New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Set in New Zealand<\/a> at the height of the 1860s gold rush, Dublin<\/a>-born actress Eve<\/a>, 28 – who is the daughter of U2<\/a> frontman Bono<\/a> and and his wife, activist Ali Hewson<\/a> – plays Anna Wetherell – a young woman<\/strong> who sails to the country<\/strong> from Britain in 1965 to begin a new life.<\/p>\n

BBC dramas such as Poldark, Taboo, SS-GB and Jamaica Inn<\/a> have all been criticised for their poor sound quality, and containing ‘mumbling’.<\/p>\n

Nine months prior to that, Anna, a bold Irish woman<\/strong> travelling alone to New Zealand<\/a> to seek her fortune at the height of the gold rush, stood on the deck of a boat where she met prospector Emery Staines .<\/p>\n

Shot on location in New Zealand<\/a>, the scenery was beautiful, it’s just a shame that the story was an unfathomable mess.<\/p>\n

His fellow panelist, New Zealand<\/a>\u2019s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, praised the prince for speaking out about mental health issues.<\/p>\n

Ardern, at 38 the world\u2019s youngest female head of government, has said she will introduce New Zealand<\/a>\u2019s first \u2018well-being budget\u2019 to gauge how policy<\/strong> impacts the quality of people<\/strong>\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

“I think unfortunately one of the sad facts for New Zealand<\/a> is that everyone knows someone who has taken their own life.<\/p>\n

So does the taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> surrounding tattoos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many players from New Zealand<\/a>‘s rugby<\/strong> team<\/strong> the All Blacks sport tattoos.<\/p>\n

Why are tattoos taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> in Japan<\/a>?<\/p>\n

New Zealand<\/a>‘s All Blacks during a training session in Urayasu<\/a>, east of Tokyo<\/a>, last November.<\/p>\n

With plenty of players sporting tattoos, including traditional Polynesian designs, New Zealand<\/a>‘s rugby<\/strong> team<\/strong> the All Blacks have already said they’d respect local custom and cover up when they’re in Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Swearing – using taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> words that refer to sex or deprecate someone\u2019s religion<\/strong> or relatives – happens in many different cultures.<\/p>\n

The characters in Chaucer\u2019s Canterbury Tales written in the 14th century use<\/strong> taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> words to refer to genitalia.<\/p>\n

In his research on rugby<\/strong> players in New Zealand<\/a>, Dr Nick Wilson, lecturer in linguistics, found that every team<\/strong> member he recorded swore and that swearing<\/strong> demonstrated high solidarity in the team<\/strong> environment.<\/p>\n

It is more widely acceptable in countries such as Australia<\/a>, New Zealand<\/a>, Ireland<\/a> and Scotland<\/a>, to a lesser extent in England<\/a> and much less in the US.<\/p>\n

In Swedish and French for example, many people<\/strong> incorporate English swear words to add an extra dimension of taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> by swearing<\/strong> in another language, Dr Wilson says.<\/p>\n

Samantha, who is originally from New Zealand<\/a>, has also been treated to an all-expenses-paid trip to Bali<\/a> by one of her ‘sugar daddies’.<\/p>\n

‘It’s a weird situation and it’s never really felt normal, because it isn’t normal, it’s really taboo<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>,’she said. ‘But if it’s mutual and everyone’s got respect and everything’s on the table, you feel much more comfortable. ‘<\/p>\n

Similarly, Brooke West, who is based in Auckland, New Zealand<\/a>, has managed to build a lucrative career as a Sugar Baby.<\/p>\n

But the 26-year-old from Auckland, New Zealand<\/a>, doesn’t classify her work<\/strong> as ‘prostitution’ and argues there is a clear difference between them.<\/p>\n

The text of this article was generated by the Breaking The Silence<\/a> system that collected 11<\/strong> news articles posted on the web from January 2019 to September 2020 and clustered for the taboo subjects related to New Zealand<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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