It is often said there are two certainties in life: Death and taxes.
Here's another , the destruction of Wellington. It is not a case of if Wellington is destroyed but when. We have known this since time immemorial yet nothing substantial is done about its rather bleak future. If Wellington suffered a major quake right now NZ would be left with one major city and countrywide confusion.
It is high time someone had the brains to sort establishment of a new city somewhere, like Hawkes Bay, where people could move instead of flocking to Auckland and exacerbating its overcrowding and bad road and transport planning. If Govt spent more time on a new city instead of ways to shaft the electorate or make it easier to spy on us NZ would be better off. We need a new party that can think instead of plot. I do hope that One Law For All would be the party.
How many people have forgotten John Key saying... 'Due to the high price of petrol we are collecting enough tax to put us in the black by 2015. Three days later, he says...'We are going to have to put nine cents a litre tax on petrol at 3 cents per litre over three years because we're not collecting enough tax to pay for roading upkeep”.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlhem.