As an Australian we did the same thing 25 years ago. Since then we have had zero mass shooting events. All of our crime rates went down including gun crime, gun murder/assault and so on. The only thing that has gone up statistically is confidence in public safety and the reality of public safety. Best thing we ever did 👍🏽
@@Boobasweat I hope you're not comparing that with USA, anecdotal examples don't really compare with statistical data. USA has had over 200 mass shootings this calendar year already - heavy handed policing doesn't really compare with that. I mean whilst we're talking about heavy handed policing, take a look at police homicide rates in EVERY Western country in comparison to USA. Also, look at the end result of all of this, USA has the HIGHEST incarceration rate in the world. Higher than El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Rwanda, Cuba etc. You absolutely did a half assed job of whatever you were failing to try to do here.
@@Boobasweat True, there are criminal gang shootings and while I appall any violence, this is very different to mass shootings. Hopefully they will not involve anybody outside the criminal gangs and more importantly they come to an end soon.
It didn't fix the problem. There were 7 shootings in Auckland last night. Look it up. The headline is "Auckland shootings: 'Indiscriminate and reckless' use of guns in public says police after seven incidents overnight"
neither of those countries have a fraction of the population density or a 2nd amendment. we will start converting prisons into schools before we remove guns.
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
It's not so much courage as the profiteers who have a clamp on our system, and politicians getting paid good money to side with the interests of the NRA. Most Americans want something done abt this. In 20 years, we haven't been able to make a dent. It's not courage; it's failings in a compromised republic, in which a faction has the power to override the majority of the American voters. And a fallacy in the antiquated 2nd Amendment which leaves open interpretation for those who want to see in it only what they want.
I've been saying for years that I don't pay much attention to mass shootings in America. The American public don't wish to make it a priority so why should I? There are news stories of people dying in other countries that could use the spotlight more and where the people of that country do care about the problem.
My mate's son and his partner were lucky enough to land a gig surveying the ecology of a small NZ island. Population a couple of thousand. Two years. They loved it. 18 months in Covid hit and they got an extension and stayed put. Now they have applied for nationality and are looking to build a house on the island.
BUT have they 'built The Wall'? insured the 'right to bear high-mag, assault-weapons sans background checks' supersedes the 'Will of the 90%'(minority)? protected 'congressional-insurrectionists'? hmmm 🤨 #KiwisAreSoft /s
I grew up in NZ and moved to America six years ago. My mother came to visit me and she nearly had a panic attack when we were having lunch because two cops walked in with visible guns on them. In NZ, you don't even really see the police with guns. It's been a culture shock, for sure.
You came from NZ a relative short time ago. And you are still unaware of the gang problems there!! Together with the huge increase in illegal firearms? Its only a matter of time and the general public in NZ will be at the mercy of the thugs and the ineffective government will still not have the will or the means to protect them. And by the way it was announced only a few days ago that the NZ police will also start being armed soon.
@@tevitasila1427 oh dear, the cuzzies are at it again eh? I lived there for 12 years. Very nice, very pretty but there is a dark side you don't see, unfortunately. If it's not Black Power it's the Islanders going at each other with machetes etc.
As an Aussie, it’s our sworn duty to put down NZ as the weird step-cousin nation that they are and take their actors and claim they’re Australian. But Jacinda is off limits. She is the standard by which all world leaders should look up to and I’d be proud to have her as my leader.
I am a New Zealander 🇳🇿 we don't have corrupt pale stale male politicians sending piss weak prayers and thoughts ... we have a young mother who gets the job done ... America you need to vote like your children's lives depend on your vote
As an American who was there for Columbine and has lived in New Zealand for the last 17 years... ...can't say enough about Jacinda Ardern and the incredible job she has done here in NZ. It's very refreshing how things work here. Things get DONE!
As an Aussie I have to agree with you. It is not just what she does, but also the humanity she shows as she does it. After our election, many of us are quietly optimistic that saying goodbye to our increasingly conservative governing coalition will lead to more changes, with climate change, gender issues and the establishment of a federal anti-corruption commission front and centre.
@@jaimel88 no dont put words in my mouth. Jacinda doesnt want tourist and visitors she could care less. If it was up to her she'd have new zealanders in lockdown forever.
@@jaimel88 she just seems like shes acting to me. She and Colbert joked about covid like it was nothing. If you want to believe she has good intent that's your prerogative. I'll remain skeptical.
No system is 'perfect'.. because it involves people. And people, rather famously, are imperfect. But just because you can't stop all crimes doesn't mean you should throw away the justice system... so why do the GOP throw up their hands and say 'Well, we can't stop all gun violence, so... here. Have a gun, kid!"? Oh yeah... NRA money.
This argument is often called the "utopia argument". Often employed by children (and the GOP). E.g. "No point wearing seatbelts when driving a car or wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle - people still die in traffic accidents."
Well, Sandy Hook in 2012 illustrated, imo, that no matter how many people want something done abt these fucking guns, our political system serves the interests of NRA profiteers over the will of the nationwide majority of voters. No one is more in the pockets of NRA lobbyists than the GOP.
Just because you have laws, when you have 3 to 7 yr olds who have the right to tell their Mom or Dad please put away your gun i'ts upsetting, Please make other choices, who will speak for them when they cannot speak for themselves? That's what's being missed here.
@@jarls5890 both of those are good examples, because if you go back and look at the conservative arguments at the time for each of those laws then you would see they are IDENTICAL to the ones being used now, infringing on freedom, turning into a police state, but I am not dangerous, criminals will just ignore it etc etc etc. Its as if they never actually learn from history and actively go out of their way to reuse the same arguments
As an Australian, it is my duty to heap scorn and insults upon New Zealand like the slightly slow younger sibling that they are. Ah hell, I can't. I have nothing bad at all to say about Jacinda Ardern, I think she's a treasure, a strong and vibrant leader that Kiwis can be proud of. We're taking our first overseas trip in 3 years in January, another cruise to New Zealand from Australia, and I can't wait. Gorgeous country and wonderful people, even if they talk kinda funny.
It's absolutely baffling to me that American's just can't wrap their heads around doing what is best for their people in the long run. Almost like trying to have a conversation with a bunch of toddlers.
I WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU. MASS SHOOTINGS FOR A POPULATION OUR SIZE IS TINY. SECOND THE CRIMINALS WILL ALWAYS GET GUNS, SO WE HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECT OURSELVES. LASTLY, A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN OFTEN TIMES ENDS MASS SHOOTINGS MUCH QUICKER. HAPPENED JUST THIS WEEK.
Why not let individuals have Tanks, cannons, fighter jets, atom bombs for self preservation. If they don’t believe on policing and then why rely on military.
She’s not just the prime minister of NZ ,she’s also the gateway for vulnerable people of the pacific,her actions protect a space larger than any other on this planet.
Say that on the Fox News comments section and it'll take 2 seconds for someone to say "YeAh but WhaT abOuT knife cRiMe". Half of Americans are willing to tolerate mass murder on a weekly basis. It's insanity
Also im from Christchurch, location of one of the worst mass shootings to ever happen. (I think the second time in NZ history?!) I have friends and collegues that were directly affected by this and it breaks my heart. When this event happened we were locked down at work in th CBD.. a very distrurbing day (and this coming from dealing with 5 years of quakes, aftershocks and rebuilding.). While the mass-shooter wasnt even from in NZ he targeted our society and our open/welcoming culture. I was pleased that our government responding with action. A few months later I would be handing over my semi automatic hunting rifle for this scheme. While the remington 3006 5 shot semi auto rifle used for deer shooting etc (didnt really fit the military assalut rifles ~ AR15s etc) but I would happily hand it over again. A bolt action is enough to take down deer.
PM Ardern after one mass shooting in New Zealand: "When we saw something like that happen, everyone said 'Never again!' Then it was incombent on us as politicians to respond to that." Wouldn't that be amazing if we had enough republican senators willing to reject NRA/gun manufacturers money and DO THE RIGHT THING? Then their "thoughts and prayers" would really mean something.
After a horrific massacre, we did a buyback in Australia in 1996.. not only did the govt do a buyback, but it also levied the taxpaying community to raise the funds to do so, and noone complained.. and there has not been another massacre since..
I appreciated how she stated "they legally purchased these guns & it’s our duty to buy them back". That, there, is a breath of fresh air. The smog in USA is stifling
Actually Australia has had numerous mass shootings since 1996, but your government changed the definition of a mass shooting where if 5 or 6 people are killed by a shooter, it doesn't count as a mass shooting. The guy that did the Port Arthur shooting was taking prescription anti depressant and anti anxiety pills, which are known to cause homicidal behavior in some people.
Up to 1996, there about was one mass shooting in 🇦🇺 per year. After 1996, there has been at most one or two in the quarter-century up to now. By any measure, that’s a massive improvement.
@@captainamerica4685 hahaha there's always some Yank parroting this lie. Na mate, mass shootings don't happen here whether your definition is 3 or 6 or 10
And yet in the day or 2 leading up to her interview there was nine shooting incidents in Auckland . All that happened with our gun laws is that law abiding citizens had to turn in their guns and gangs seem to more heavily armed than ever before
@@timcorcoran9786 yup and if you didn't turn them in because they are deemed legal they are making it harder to keep them...let's see what happens to the country when they manage to ban all guns...they will be crying because introduced animals like deer,pigs and possums are decimating the place
that's literally the only thing they are elected to do. I hope when new ones join a government, in any country, that is first and foremost on their mind. I am an immigrant and I hope to join the US government as a progressive when I get my citizenship.
As an Australian I feel so proud of Jacinda and NZ…I’m so grateful we took the action against gun control after the Port Arthur tragedy in 1996. …my thoughts are with the victims and families of the latest shooting..another tragedy that should never ever have happened.
I'm another Aussie who thinks Jacinda is awesome. And whilst I despise Johnny Howard for many of the things he has done, the gun buyback he supported worked to drive down gun deaths.
And we see how well that worked out for Australia...gun violence went down, yes, but rape, robbery, murder assault, violent crime in general all skyrocketed, and on top of that, you guys still got another mass shooting. It literally does nothing but disarm good people. Do you seriously believe you can magically legislate evil hate from a man's heart? Do you seriously think you can magically make every criminal follow the law and not get or make their own gun, especially on a place like America which has more guns than people? You are very naive with no real world experience and just parrot whatever you hear on the media. We don't hide and pretend evil doesn't exist, we do something to prepare against it. Event year 30,000 lives are taken from gun violence, suicide and justified shootings included, on the LOWEST end estimate, 500,000 lives are saved every year directly due to firearms. It isn't even close. You aren't in the business in public safety, so don't lie to us, you are in the business of disarming your public. If you truly wanted to save lives you would advocate for concealed carry, because it is much easier and realistic to arm everyone than to disarm everyone.
@@randybernhard8437 I don't know where you get your information from, but I live in Australia, and we don't live in fear of violence whatsoever. I can walk anywhere at night by myself with no fear of violence. And our kids can go to school without fear. We are disarmed and we wouldn't have it any other way. It is realistic, it happened, and it's awesome, and you are living in a world of lies and violence, bought by lobbyists, and you're too dumb to realise you are being lied to.
the economy's terrible rn in nz, house prices are ridiculous and a very simple basic grocery purchase would set you back $50. This country has lots of flaws too
@@shervinnasrin Sure, but that’s not her fault. That’s just a symptom of a global pandemic and how it’s impacted supply lines, manufacturing, and all industries. Not to mention the economic and resource consequence of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.
@@shervinnasrin wow the economy is doing what it's doing everywhere else in the world. It's almost like housing prices and grocery prices aren't related to your elected officials.
"I won't sit here and say that our system is perfect." That might contribute to the system being able to move forward with such a policy. As a European I don't see the majority of US citizens subscribe to such a sentiment.
@@patkennedy2620 In some cases yes, but I mostly get the impression they are true believers. They think the sloganr they use like "America is the greatest country in the world" etc are true and the US doen't have to do anything to improve cause it's already at its pinnacle.
When COVID first hit Australia and New Zealand, I remember laughing at my colleague in NZ when he told me they were going into a two week heavy lockdown right off the bat, while we in Australia we having mild restrictions. Boy did he get the last laugh. We were having months after month of rolling lockdown, while he was enjoying New Zealand's great outdoors.
It's an illusion buddy. We had lockdowns, masking, vaccination here in Canada yet the cases kept rising. Sure you could say it was a fringe few who were spreading it but it was highly sus when 90% were vaccinated yet we had double the case count as the year before.
And there still locked down…Auckland airport is a disgrace was there in May 2022 and May 2021 almost a year to the day.. everything closed what a joke compared to Australia
@@MrPuketiro Auckland airport compared to the whole of Australia? Just the airport probably still outperformed us under the leadership of the infamous Scott Morrison....
What an amazing leader. And a mother, too. To all those American women (the embarrassing and ignorant ones) who have said women can't lead (you know who you are) bow your heads in shame. She helps prove the falsehood of your claims.
The idiots who say that fail to realize that there have been amazing female leaders. From Queen Elizabeth 1 to the last Queen of Hawaii to Jacinta Ardern to Merkel to the leader of taiwan
Helen Clark was the first 'elected' female Prime Minister in New Zealand and Jacinda Adern is the second. Jenny Shipley inherited the position but wasn't voted in. In my view Helen and Jacinda are the best PM's we've had in recent history.
We can hope. Humans need to stop infighting long enough to topple our oppressors Mitch McConnell is Emperor Palpatine Some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make! - Lord Trump @Justin Y. Trump is evil. He ignored this virus until he couldn't ignore it...the steps taken have been deliberately slow to contain this virus, as the government has made huge financial gains in allowing particularly older, retired people to die...no more pay outs each month...voting, if still valid in this country...is our only peaceful, legal recourse...voting 3rd party is the ONLY WAY to get real humans in power, rather than dynasty families and career politicians. When we realize the 2 parties we are divided over LOVE the division among us...then and only then may America be great again... @Justin Y. Lack of knowledge of the deep state? I just accused our government of mass murder...I understand deep state...fact that you refuse to listen, only attack, says too much about you...clearly you haven't known hardship. Clearly none of this has impacted you negatively...you are part of the problem, offering zero solutions. @Justin Y. Calling me stupid really helps your case...Trump has very limited brain power, as evidenced by his rambling, generally repetitive, toddler talks...although most of us are sorely undereducated, Trump really amazes me every time i listen to his banter. Trump did not close the borders in time, many flights to the USA brought sick folk here. Action wasn't taken until very late February, and by then 15 confirmed cases were more than enough to basically allow what amounts to airborn, quickly lethal AIDS《why this? (Because this virus mutates too fast to create an effective vaccine, which may never get made), upon the world. This is dangerous because common behaviors of common folk, such as shoulder to shoulder events, shopping and sardine packed working conditions, helped this virus along...even as people died in China daily...America went forward 2 full months wothout any concerns...then...rather than force the hands of state officials, and put the population through a 2 month quarantine, we've been seeing states react, rather than prepare...and all at the natural stages this virus thrives on...complacency among enough of us to allow the spread to continue. You refusing to see this logic isn't a blight on my mental capacity, just proves you are as simple as our Lord Trump...and likely among those very few, who like many elites, don't even understand the plight of the masses, whom I speak for, in this contrived crisis...Trump is calm about the virus because he exists outside the bounds of common folk...Trump and other powerful people would never have to take the risk of infection seriously as they are all well protected by expendable servants or can at the least afford to continue living lavishly and distanced from peons such as myself. 9/11 was an inside job and this proves what I've feared since then...that the government can perform mass murder and the people will always just accept it, hire the next sociopath in line, whichever of the 2 evil divisionary parties they aspire to dwell in... Our educational system is archaic. We could be educating everyone from home...there are no valid excuses for our current broken schooling, and no teachers need lose jobs...as the internet is an amazing communication device... Taxes are broken. Your dollar earned gets hit so many times...and we all just accept that blindly. Medicine is broken. My grandmother died because her selfish daughter needed cable tv more than grandma needed diabetes medicine...and millions suffer from the inability to afford insulin, despite that drug initially starting out as a gift to humanity from a generous genius, privatized by evil and greed, priced beyond reality for most. Our 2 party system is designed to keep us bickering...division keeps us docile enough to accept our own government conspiring to murder us, with our acceptance. 3rd party candidates are generally real humans...that care about other humans, even, gasp, total strangers and foreigners... We are all on the same damn spaceship...Earth. I judge character...not race, not whatever religion folks are born into. I am old...I am tired of seeing disaster after disaster get slow attention from government, as poor people die in thousands due to delayed or nonexistent help. It's about time the many take control, with votes, to dethrone the sociopaths that control us, play games with our very lives... When there are only voluntary homeless, when the janitor is paid living wage, when a high school graduate can earn enough in food service, or retail, to support a modest home and essentials, while creating a nest egg...when veterans are given the same care as Congress, Senate and other positions of highest power, rather than left to suffer and die, when the lowest paying jobs are enough to survive on, then and only then, can America boast of being great... As it stands...I feel most of us are born into lies we have no control over...It's well orchestrated, as my points are made clear in every satirical broadcast about the plight of the expendable masses, world wide... Do I want peace, equity and kumbaya? Yeah...I do...are there sociopaths in power oppressing the common folk...yeah...there are...have good Democrats and Republicans existed? Yes...they get blocked by evil at every turn, often resigning due to unbeatable corruption. Do I pity the very people I label simple? You bet I do...I want this planet to be a better place for most...not some...for all...if ever possible... This covid virus isn't done. It mutates too fast to pin it down with a vaccine...and we haven't seen the end of it because we, as a planet, would have to agree on a few ground rules to consider being a functional society. That's my 2 cents...some of it...take it or leave it. Most of us just exist and watch, lazily, rather than get directly involved in change. @soaringvulture We don't seem to take note...we, the expendable masses, are being told to push through life ignoring this virus...it took ONE infection to start a Planet Wide Pandemic...and because we didn't quarantine from January 1st to February, we get to watch innocent and otherwise lives lost, daily...who are "we", in "we're in it together"? Certainly not the elite...they step on us to avoid harm...I'm furious with humanity as a whole...I'm furious we accept all this death and Trump's toddler talks...like a Ted talk without useful insight... Those of us suffering are many...while the privileged watch the show They created...when...when will the common folk unite against tyranny, through the only peaceful means we have...vote out career politicians and dynasty families in favor of fellow human beings, with consciousness and compassion for the lowest among us. We won't stop the cycle of abuse by trading Democrats and Republicans, two sides of the same evil, corrupt coin. Vote 3rd party...vote for real people, with flaws, that understand what struggle is...that have put time behind any of these so called essential, yet minimum wage jobs... This economy is screwed...always has been. The vast majority of work available is menial labor...food service, retail, janitors, grocers...a great many take their wages in government...which is far too big, complex and unsustainable... Until any job can offer a modest secure household, until the only homeless are those who volunteer to live "free"...until the pill giants are mandated to make life saving medicine reasonably priced...we are a selfish, horrid nation, divided by the very people that oppress us, yet too busy fighting amongst ourselves to take any useful action towards a better tomorrow for the MANY, not the FEW
OMG does the world need more normal women in positions of power !! Jacinda Ardern is wonderful in the fact that she is so down to earth and natural. Honest, empathetic, observant and smart. Everything that the American GOP party is NOT currently....
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
@jesse allen Stop being a nob end. Semi automatic guns are NOT hunting rifles. Licensed hunters still have their rifles and registered sports shooters still have theirs.
Why I think America is such a divided and messed up country is that you bang on about your rights and freedom, but don’t seem to understand that they come with responsibilities and obligations. We live in communities and are reliant on each other, it’s not all about the individual. Understand that and you will have real freedom.
This, what you've just written is hella true... Ask any of these gun nuts what the Second Amendment actually States and I almost guarantee you at least eight out of ten of them cannot tell you Verbatim what it says
I think this is what happens when you spend most of your time telling the rest of the world how great you are, when you really in reality spend very little time doing anything that's actually great... Like for example letting your citizens get shot up damn near on a daily basis en mass!
As a NZer who has voted for Jacinda (and who will again) it is heartening to read so many comments from other people not from NZ who see her the same as I do, a caring leader who is passionate about our country. As heartening as that is, it is equally saddening to know what her popularity is becoming at home, because people don't appreciate or understand the decisions she has had to make and some view her as dictatorial or a "communist". Personally I am thankful of her leadership through this time and looking at the political landscape here in NZ at the start of Covid and even now, there is no one else I would have wanted in charge guiding us through these times.
Can you imagine if Bridges or Crusher was in charge? "Open up the border! Won't someone think of the corporations?" Like Stephen said, the US would have had less than a tenth of the deaths comparatively. I know it has been really stressful on business owners, esp. Hospitality and Tourism, but anyone who is ungrateful needs to look at the global response and measure our success against other countries. No contest.
Sadly there is a memo that seems to do the rounds for right wingers to share (let's call it an algorithm) that teaches spindoctors and media outlets how to portray somebody as, say, communist, which seems to have great effect in getting people to vote against their own best interests. (It was posited by George Monbiot should you care to look into the thing)
As a kiwi (New Zealander), figuratively speaking, she belongs to a nursing home or a psychiatric facility. They way she's been blowing our money through policy is appalling.
@@melissasaint3283 and then look up what it requires to be able to own a weapon in New Zealand, then you’ll understand why it isn’t necessary to ban all.
@@martinrotvig Yes, I know. I just meant, it's not as if hunters could no longer hunt or people who collect antique firearm could no longer so that, provided they could prove they were trustworthy, stable, responsible and had a safe place to store them. It's not like the entire population of New Zealand has no guns....there's well over a million civilian-owned firearms there, even now.
@@markhepworth7822 i was responding to the Op's joke that americans would say, "but I like guns!" I don't think we'd ever have as restrictive a system as they have, even if we finally manage to have sensible gun control... but even if we did, they still have a heck of a lot of civilian guns☺️
Would you prefer that your family be in a supermarket or on a beach when a deranged person arrived with a gun? Come on, mate be sensible. And tell the truth while you're at it. A sharp rise? When was that? How many days or hours did the sharp rise last? Is it still rising? Has there been 50% more stabbings? 20% more? 10% more? 5% more? How many people died? Have we had any more mass shootings in NZ? Did you know there have been nearly 300 mass shootings reported so far this year in the U.S.?
I live in Australia. Im 59 years old and have never even seen a gun in my lifetime accept the ones police carry!! My heart breaks for all the young beautiful and innocent children that are literally gunned down on a weekly basis in America. Shame on you all..
@ABC123 Use of force is still occasionally necessary, and policing can be a dangerous job if interacting with violent criminals. In Australia, if a cop uses a gun it is national news it is so rare.
@@rowanscott915 because my job isn’t dangerous and theirs is.Police are officers of the law and there job is generally taking on people that are breaking it and thus need protection .Simple really.
It’s because of the electoral system. New Zealand has a proportional representation system and the United States has a winner take all first past the post system. Our government is not reflective of the voters at all. Electoral systems have consequences.
@@CarlosOchoa1 And in exchange 47 States become enslaved to Texas, California, and New York... no thanks. I'm not going to be enslaved by the tyranny of the mob.
@@bobbobbington3615 Glad we agree! The mob that tried to overthrow the People’s House should never rule! We probably also agree that those folks should have their own political party. That way they can be politically isolated and exposed as the nazis that they are.
@@CarlosOchoa1 Riiiight... I'll just ignore the MONTHS upon MONTHS of rioting, looting, arson, 25 dead, $2 billion in damages, and hundreds of injuries, and the violence that occurs everyday in Liberal cities... from the very mob you think should have power. Adorable. A bunch of hillbillies in the Capitol vs the endless death and destruction from you... choices, choices.
It is refreshing to see people respect facts to make decisions for the best intentions of the whole nation rather than just a select few lobbyist groups or powerful people.
You say that as if gun owners in America are a small group of people… It’s the majority of people, Guns are not the problem mental illness and lack of armed security at schools is the problem funny how it’s always the people in power who want to push to take your guns ever think to ask yourself why like when the Nazi’s went and disarmed countries and took them over…
@@glynnellis6519 uh sure Glynn whatever floats your boat. Personally as an actual person from New Zealand, I would rather live here than anywhere else 💁🏼♀️
Sorry that's not really the reality here in her country, just check our current news from last week for the amount of driveby shooting incidents, when the gun buy back was in action it was only farmers and honest people handing guns in, not One criminal or criminal organization handed theirs in, sorry shes full of BS and we never saw the guns destroyed (and politicians love to be ceremonial at any opportunity) in fact they wouldn't pay for guns that were damaged or been made in-active by the owner, the word is they were on sold overseas to end up back on the street somewhere
Well, nah, 'Murrica says " never again" all the time - problem is that they always elect people who don't actually believe or work toward that. NRA money and votes are too valuable, you see ...
Unless you live in NZ. Gun crime in gangs has gone through the roof. Her laws only made law abinding citizens hand in guns. We have never seen more gun violence. She has the lowest ratings now in NZ , because she doesn't do anything. Just all talk
She introduced online gun ownership. The shooter used an online gamer as character reference. He was known in Australia as a threat. He slipped through so easily
@Fast Rota Mazda yes but at least there is some form of net, and Miss Ardern alluded to the fact that no system is perfect. Deviants will always find a way to circumvent a loophole until that loophole is closed. It is a cat and mouse paradigm.
In 1774 England banned guns/gunpowder in the 13 American colonies!! Attempted gun confiscation on April 19 1775 by 8-900 English soldiers in the colony of Mass. started that 8 year war for independence & England almost won that war in 1783!! BTE in colonial America 1607-1776, there were 'temporary gun confiscations' & the guns were stored in gunpowder houses built away from urban areas!!
She is like a breath of fresh air in a world led by large corporations bought or corrupt politicians. She is the perfect example of what a population-elected politician ought to be. I hope all NZers are proud of her.
Are you kidding? She was led by Pfizer and the WEF, we could not even return home for near 2 years, and now the stats show they just delayed the effects while destroying the economy. Now we have to continue to quantify the vaccine injured , but reporting is skewed and repressed.
Try actually living here, she stinks. Ironically shootings are on the rise in major cities as our security and resources dwindle, illegal guns and drugs are making it here and gangs are thriving.
Australia did the same thing after the Port Arthur Massacre back in '96, tightened licencing requirements and banned military weapons, and theres only been a handful of shootings since, unlike the US where there is several a week and a massacre ever month. Its said that in Australia we have a right Not to own a gun, a right in fact to walk the streets without fear.
Before Port Arthur there was never a big gun culture in Australia. There wasn't a gun problem anywhere near what America has. There were further restrictions in 96 but 99% of people living in the cities didn't carry guns that's the way things have been not because of new laws passed after Port Arthur.
To be fair to Australia they showed NZ the way to tackle the gun issue after the Port Arther tragedy. It took CHCH and the mosques, and a courageous, staunch woman to lead NZ and get that gun reform here. #ChurJacinda
@@jimrogers2390 You could literally walk into Kmart and buy a gun and ammunition.There were several mass shootings in the lead up to Port Arthur. The problem was growing fast. I'm no fan of Howard, but the gun buyback was a very big contribution to Australian life.
@@SafeTrucking Howard had no choice but to do something, practically the entire country was in agreement on the issue. Never knew you could buy guns in Kmart, must be a different state thing, I know Walmart in the US is happy to sell guns, while censoring Video Games like GTA, sigh.
@@jimrogers2390 I think John Oliver or Samantha Bee did a piece on that topic where they interviewed former politicians whose careers ended thanks to voting for the bill. If it was so neglectable, why did that happen?
Someone asked a prominent New Zealander why they didn't seem to have the same number of right-wing issues that countries like the US were having. The answer was along the lines of, "We haven't allowed Murdoch to get a foothold in this country." I think lots of people from the UK, USA, and Australia would agree.
Your comment really brings home the disturbing fact -> how much malignant influence one billionaire could have in multiple countries it’s both hard to fathom & deeply disturbing
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word. My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
@@madyjules06 Yeah, when I heard the comment, it really brought home the influence one person can have. I've always known that Murdoch was a cancer on society but I didn't appreciate just how localised his effects could be. I'm sure there are other social aspects of why one country might be more affected, but it makes you think. It's a shame, that his mother, Dame Elizabeth, was a lovely, kind-hearted woman. She would be ashamed of his actions and his impact on the world.
Absolutely love this woman, so thankful to have her as a leader during one of the most tumultuous times in recent history. She’s not perfect, nor is anyone, and we’re not the perfect country but she’s done a damn good job given the circumstances the last few years and she is classy, empathetic and kind. Glad she recognises there’s more work to do.
Scotland here. 1996, Dunblane, 16 children and a teacher killed. We tightened our already tight gun ownership laws. Nothing similar has happened since. Just saying.
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
We're the only country in the world with this problem. Domestic mass shootings every year since 1999. According to the FBI definition, we already have more mass shootings than there are days in the year.
The real reason? Because so few people even bother to vote in the first place. As long as hardly anyone bothers, we're going to continue to keep getting this sort of governance. And look at how many people who, even when they DO vote, end up voting completely against their own interests. It would be hilarious if it weren't so tragic.
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word. My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
Her accent alone cries no ancestors in New Zealand. What happened to the real natives that have had guns removed 🤔? What color was the shooter ? That quickly changed the buy up guns? Colbert never asked how much did you buy at what price? Single gun revolver, AK machine guns? A musket?
@@eleanormedina6703 wow. What a rambling mess. I am sure you can look up the details of the buyback if that's what you're actually curious about. The color of the shooter? Why would that be relevant to the topic of discussion? What's with her ethnicity/ heritage? Bizarro train of thoughts spinning out of that brain pan.
VOTE like your child's life depends on it, because it does. The people who make up government at every level are in control, but we still have time to choose those who will represent our views. 💙🇺🇸🌊
It’s not just voting for views… look at who’s funding them!! If it’s the NRA, insurance, gas, and pharmaceutical companies do not vote for them! Even corporate media… pushes their, other companies I mentioned, agenda. They are the ones ruining our democracy.
It's sad but that isn't likely to happen. These children lost their lives like so many before and so many yet to come. The parents can't even take solace that their loss might have helped prevent someone else's loss. Regardless of what side of the fence you are on you have a neutered, ineffective governance for the population. Buisness, lobby groups all have the power and are in control. The person you elect is their representative, not yours, Just a thought.
Every child deserves protection from the lawless and the criminally deranged. Every teacher should be allowed to carry a firearm and we should have an armed police officer at every school not just high schools. More than one answer than creating a civil war trying to take people's guns lol. Democrats and Republicans both have no idea what they are doing.
Another difference between Australia and America is that Morrison will no longer have influence over your politics. Meanwhile, our orange asshat inserts himself into politics as much as possible and our media covers it. The biggest piece of garbage that you rid yourselves of has ruined our country with his faux news.
@Richard Pierpoint 'best democracies? What does that even mean? Do I sense some jingoistic chauvinism creeping in? How are we defining 'best'? A simple 'well done Jacinda for being awesome" was too much for you? You had to find an argument where there wasn't one? What a great life you must have.
Attention Americans ... this is what a competent , moral , non corrupt , strong leader looks and sounds like and around the world there are many like her doing what they were elected to do ... govern for the people of their country .. novel concept hey
shes part of the clinton /obama cabal ... wef young leader ... past president of world youth socialist party and a wef /un puppet ... sovery corrupt .. stop believing the media 70% of nz cant dtand her ...
Good. Take her. Great take her. Meanwhile in NZL gun violence and ram raids are out of control while Chairman Arden trots around the world extolling virtuous platitudes. She has thrown our economy off a cliff and created apartheid with racial tension. Pathetic and useless leader
@@Roflcrabs I do & dont be fooled by the nice hair, big smile and pink suit, New Zealand has never been more dangerous, gang crime is on the rise, violent crime has never been higher, many people living in absolute poverty & desperation. New Zealand is now a paradise lost.
New Zealanders should feel very lucky to have this strong intelligent woman as their leader. I'm American and she makes even me feel proud. She is absolutely an inspiration in every way. Way to go New Zealand!
Believe me, we do. My fear is that people will vote her out at the next election due to short-term memory loss as, thanks to Covid, first mass shooting in 20 years, earthquakes, volcanic eruption, she's had much more to contend with than just running the country.
It makes me feel so jealous to see leaders from other countries who actually care about their people and have the courage to do difficult things that genuinely help people.
unfortunately we don’t have more world leaders like her over here, we have to follow in their New Zealand footsteps, we can’t do this alone anymore, hoping that all of this violence will go away on its own with passion hearts and compassion for children and innocent people of every country in the world 🌎 not just in the USA 🇺🇸 we, are no longer the greatest country in the world
So caring she fired 1000's of health care workers in an already over stretched health care system because she felt comfortable by denying them their rights. The same caring mother leader that sighed off on the abortion bill that allows for termination up to and including BIRTH. Dont want your newborn baby? Simply let it die on the floor. She is a monster, dont be fooled.
You can have her, as a New Zealand citizen i consider her to be about the worst Prime Minister we have ever had, she is not widely popular or respected in this country for her divisive ideology.
@@peterdolamore5196 don't be silly. You should try living in the UK. You really, really don't know how lucky you are. Would you settle for a right wing arsehole?
My dream… (hear me out..).. we (“Straya”) formally declare war with NZ… 10 seconds after the declaration, we surrender unconditionally. Jacinda now governs Australia…. *dreamy sigh*
This trip was to meet given, the rest of the trip was just icing. An absolute waste of tax payers money. You should be ashamed of yourself deceiving the nz public.
To think in February if you got covid you'd have to isolate for 20 days yet she goes flying around the world maskless, smiling through her teeth while we still have to mask up going into supermarkets, shops, public transport, flights, essentially anywhere that isn't on the street or in your home. Politicians come and go and I never really had an opinion on either side but as soon as her policies and restrictions started impeding directly on my life I couldn't not hate her. Mask up, vax if you want but forcing people to especially in 2022 is just sick. She should avoid being in public because I'm sure others carry the same rage.
Australia has managed without gun related crime for over 20 years and we could and should do the same. Every time our republican politicians refuse to pass any kind of gun control laws they are begging to continue senseless gun violence.
Not just a great leader, but a great talk show guest. She just comes across as genuine and kind, and although not a “celebrity” she has good banter with Stephen.
@@mihaimoldo gave $3 million to the mongrel mob a local gang. So they can do drug rehab but the condition is the gang controls how it's run and government can't interfere. Then the government has a budget of a billion dollars for mental health. Hasn't used a cent of the money and can't explain why. During lockdown the suicide rates were unbelievable. She's not the nice person she makes out to be. She pushed fear and lies for the last 2 years.
@@warren52nz no I dislike trump also I dislike all political leaders They made Covid in a lab because the whole purpose of it is that they want to kill us off
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word. My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
@@My1notyours0409 Mate given how many times you copied and pasted that answer surely you would have reread it and realised how dumb it sounds and fixed it up?
@@wagonmoundno.2396 well I try not to do things based off of a morons opinion. It really saves time I'm really not one to be listening to people who can't read. lol 😆 🤣
After hearing of all those parties that hosted during countrywide enforceable-by-law (strongly) lockdowns in No 10 Downing St when they weren’t supposed to, and the handling of the entire coved fiasco and all the mass shootings in the US, it is so REFRESHING to see an ACTUAL leader who cares about her country's citizenry. New Zealand citizens are not expendable commodities, as Americans are in the US, nor are they worthy of absolute contempt as in the UK. And the Kiwis generally did obey the law, and followed the vaccination guidelines, which was all there to protect them, and did a good job of keeping them alive. Inspirational indeed.
@Billy Parker Yes, the mass shootings in the US. These are some of the vexing things about living in the Western World; The total disdain with which politicians view their constituents. Sorry about the rambling sentence.
@z-zd dz-z There are always idiots and they are always JAFAs ... Thank you for proving that NZ has it's share of deluded nincompoops .Nothing you posted is remotely true . As a New Zealander that has lived all over the world and come home to retire, there is no place I would rather be and Jacinda is a far superior leader than John Key and his sell out National party .
@@honeytgb Don't worry honey, we're catching up and our glorious leader Sindie is so far doing sweet FA about, contrary to the drivel she is spouting here ( and everywhere).
This lady Rocks ... why the hell can't we get people like this into Gov leadership positions? Instead we get a bunch of incompetent geriatrics. 🤬 Jocinda Ardern for President! 👍
" why the hell can't we get people like this into Gov leadership positions?" Because so many people are apathetic and won't 1. get out and vote and 2. hold their representatives accountable.
Stephen, your questions are all legitimate and deserve an answer- Kiwis have common sense, it’s that simple. I love them and can’t wait to visit their stunning country.
Can you not feel empowered by other people??do you need validation to be empowered by others other then politicians their testimonies and stories i mean your watching youtube??just saying
@Sophia Estella You mean the person currently dropping in polls (last i checked 36.3% preffered vs Nationals 23% pref) as she tours America while China feels insulted, while most of NZ cant afford to even travel out of the city due to costs of living. So greatful middle income earners MIGHT be eligible for 350$ though. so Good. Also the irony that we have had shootings recently, not mass ones but still.
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
@@janealder4877 She would not hold one now - Auckland was rocked by five shootings, including four in one hour in the past 24 hours. Fifteen to 20 ram raids are being reported each week across the country by members of the Dairy and Business Owners Group. Yet useless Jacinda is over there gloating like usual in her smug woke bubble with her elites. Please stay in the USA
She is a communist. She is using your tragedy to gaslight and manipulate you. She does not give a damn about those kids. She wants the guns so her evil communist, CHINESE government can control the people. Yeah, we are becoming more and more like China every day here in New Zealand. She is a narcisist and a gaslighter. She hates you. Do not be fooled by the pretty smile. She is a tyrant that must be stopped.
In the U.K. we did the same thing following the massacre in Dunblane, Scotland in 1996, when a man walked into a primary school and shot and killed 16 five- and six-year-old children and their teacher. That horror was enough for the private ownership of handguns to be almost entirely banned and I can’t remember anyone even objecting - small children being shot like fish in a barrel was simply too appalling for the whole nation. Since then we have had ONE mass shooting (in Cumbria, England in 2010 that left 12 dead) and ZERO mass school shootings. That’s one mass shooting in 26 YEARS. It CAN be done. No-one expects the US to ban firearms to that extent, but so many common sense measures can be taken to mitigate mass shooting atrocities, like banning semi-automatic weapons (as the U.K. did in the 1980s after a massacre in the town of Hungerford) and enforcing background checks. As Joe Biden said, “there are no deer in Kevlar vests” - that semi-automatic weapons are readily available is just madness, and that you can legally buy a semi-automatic weapon aged 18 when in some States you can’t even buy a beer until aged 21 is fucking INSANITY.
@@rowanscott915 Found the conservative gun nut. You guys are like mushrooms after rain. There is a HUGE difference between the carnage a mad man can inflict wielding a knife vs that of one wielding an AK. If the Uvalde gunman had been armed with a knife I bet you the police would have moved in immediately instead of waiting for reinforcements.
@@rowanscott915 number of homicides with a gun in USA in 2021: ~20,000 Number of all homicides in UK in 2021: ~600 Adjusting for population, the US had nearly 7x more gun homicides per person than homicides with any weapon (or none) in the UK, including knives. One reason that “mass stabbings”, whatever those are, don’t worry me as a Brit is that (a) it’s much harder to kill someone with a knife than a gun, and (b) it’s much easier to flee from someone with a knife than a gun. If someone pulls a knife and starts attacking people, everyone scatters and they probably injure 2-3 people before either the police or a couple of bigger guys take them down with a bar stool and a pool cue (or a narwhal tusk). “Mass stabbings”…. You’re completely delusional.
@@rowanscott915 Lol, have you been sniffing glue or something? Where tf are you getting your ‘facts’, Truth Social? QAnon? You absolutely cannot legally buy pistols, explosives, grenades, automatic weapons etc “anytime, anywhere” 😂 That’s HILARIOUS. As for knife crime, yes it absolutely is a problem, mainly because you cannot easily buy a GUN. The difference is, sweetie, that it’s a helluva lot harder to get past a security guard and take out 19 children and two teachers with a knife than it is with a semi-automatic. Is that too complicated for you to understand? Again, ZERO mass school shootings here in the 26 years since private ownership of handguns was all but banned. ONE mass shooting (Cumbria, 2010), and that shook the nation. That’s with a population of nearly 70 million people. You lot have had 214 mass shootings THIS YEAR and it’s only fucking May! But sure, keep trying to deflect from your own horrendous record with our much better record. 😂
Everyone here in New Zealand hates her. She has gone down in polls, gets heckled and harrased everywhere she goes. Can't ever admit she's done anything wrong. Kiwis hate her.
Right thing??? Take her. Great take her. Meanwhile in NZL gun violence and ram raids are out of control while Chairman Arden trots around the world extolling virtuous platitudes. She has thrown our economy off a cliff and created apartheid with racial tension. Pathetic and useless leader
@@msmith53 We didn't vote her in though. A guy called Winston Peters used a flawed election process to install her. Please research this for yourself as not everything on the internet is crackpot conspiracy theory.
Our Prime Minister is right, here in New Zealand, we simply refuse to let mass shootings should be a fact of life so we did something about it. When Parliament banned guns, there was uproar from a small minority of far-right people but the vast majority of the country was supportive of the new legislation.
9 gang shootings in 2 days New Zealand hasn't rid itself of a gun problem, a mass shooting is still very much possible with illegally acquired firearms. Don't act like illegal semi-auto AR-15's don't exist in New Zealand. You're lying to yourself if you think that Jacinda burning millions of our tax payer money in guns did anything that making the licensing process more stringent and adding a new class of license for semi-auto weapons wouldn't have done without wasting millions of dollars of materials and labour spent making those firearms. Whether you like guns or not, they were worth money. Money that ended up coming out of all New Zealanders pockets in the end to cover for the fact that she just destroyed them to make her point, instead of doing the grown up thing and selling them to a country that could use them if she didn't want them here. It's essentially the difference between the kid that goes and puts all his old clothes in the clothing bins or gives them to his poor friend or the hospice shop to resell, versus the kid that has a poor friend with ripped clothes and still throws his old clothes straight in the bin. Ignorant and selfish.
"Small minority of far right" hahahahaha thats ignorant as fuck and a huge generalisation bro... You clearly dont live here or have friends who owned these guns. Im preeeeetty left and had of left friends who knew the buy back was poorly planned and executed. They ignored firearms owners comments and recommendations before, during and after this event. Her party also used cannabis reform for votes and gave us terrible hard-line options when it came to voting time resulting in us just keeping it illegal because it was full blown legalisation or nothing at all LOL but yeah we are so progressive......
you dont know what your talking about , our country is in the crap because of her , we have record inflation and the crime is out of control ,our food and petrol is so now damn expensive that people are going hungry , 7 drive by shootings in one night in just one city because none of the criminals handed their guns in
Letting her population be drained by corporations, letting gas prices get to $13-$14 a gallon, and burning a bunch of firearms at the taxpayers expense instead of correcting the licensing process is "inspiring" to you? She didn't do anything NZ First wouldn't have done in the same position, but we would be a lot better off in many ways of we had them instead. Hitler and Stalin were an inspiration to some people too you know... Just because you agree with it, doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Obviously it is much less clear cut here, but she has still done a lot wrong in her 2 terms.
I have been living in New Zealand for quite a while now, i consider myself lucky for being here, and New Zealanders are amongst the best and nicest people I've ever met.
@@andymack75 I know you’re being sarcastic but this is not an unimportant detail that can be ignored. The politicians use very specific language like “buyback” because confiscation has a negative tone to it, even though what they’re doing is an obvious confiscation.
@@consumebeef5900 Tell me more. I just happen to live in a country where this happened, and understand it quite well. PS: we dont have mass shootings here.....
Do you know there are dozen fighting between gangs in New Zealand in the past weeks using the guns "Banned" by this woman after she confiscated guns from ordinary citizens? And did she even say a word of it?
That was opportunist theater. She is attacked because she is a fraud, and rightly so. Take off the rose tinted and find out for yourself the true horror show she is here in New Zealand.
@@andiehyde3714 I live in NZ and have nothing but positive things to say about Ardern. The way my conservative colleagues talk about her, you'd think she subsisted on unicorn blood and the tears of orphans but I just don't get it. Other countries would be blessed to have a PM like her.
@@Amorcea 7 drive by shootings in Auckland last night. Please take your time in explaining how throwing $300,000,000 of public money at legally owned firearms has stopped gun violence and has saved lives in New Zealand? Just another failed policy of the Ardern government, once you develop some critical thinking you will see it is simply another one to add to a very long list. Just what does she do that makes you believe in she is doing a good job?
Class act. Imagine that, they said 'never again' and then did everything they could to to make that their reality. Shows a real spine, that. Better than the lip service of 'thoughts and prayers'.
But "thoughts and prayers" gives the indoctrinated the illusion of effort, making them gather together in veiled futility so that those in power can continue to take advantage of them. This is exactly what their ridiculous mythology had been designed to do.
Same in the UK (apart from the class act that is NZ’s PM) we had one devastating school shooting. That’s all it took. Is it perfect, sadly not but it is far, far better than the alternative. People turn round and say ‘but the UK now has a large knife crime problem’ that is sadly true however a person with a knife can’t kill the obscene amount of people in a single attack that the same person with a gun can.
easiest two votes i've ever made were for her. the next one will be just as easy. i live in christchurch, it still hurts like hell, as if the earthquakes weren't enough.
Chairman Arden and useless government have ruined NZ. She would rather play global politics than fix up the mess she has caused locally. Pathetic woke communist can stay in the USA. Don’t come back
@@Eline_Meijer I’m from Wellington and this government is destroying the country. Inflation is through the roof due to uncontrollable spending, the covid response was absolutely disgusting and turned kiwis against each other. The gun laws have achieved nothing except taking guns out of law abiding citizens hands! There was 7 gang related shootings last night alone. Things are going to get much worse because they actually think they are doing a good job. Very sad. I think by the time the election comes around you will have changed your mind.
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word. My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
The day of the Christchurch shooting was i suppose like our 9/11. The whole country felt assaulted, and while that was something so traumatic for the whole nation to experience i am SO grateful we aren't a nation that is now desensitised to gun violence like in America. I saw some of the crazy PSA ads you have about school shootings and i cried watching them! I had never seen a gun until that day and police were armed at every mosque in the country just in case. Jacinda isn't perfect but she's had the shittest run of her two terms and i'm soooo grateful we've had her looking after us
Canadian here. One of my best friends lives in Christchurch. He kept us all in the loop as it happened. Amazed me how NZ cut the shit and got right to business. He and his wife absolutely love her and I think they're right. Well done. Planning on visiting someday.
In NZ, Canada, and Australia, it's a different can of worms. You guys still live under a monarchy with an unelected queen dictator as your head of state, so you basically have no rights, only privileges granted by the government that can be taken away at any time. We overthrew all that crap and have a bill of rights, and the right to own guns is one of those rights. The reason we have gun rights is because under the Monarchy we didn't have any gun rights. The kings and queens kept everyone disarmed to prevent them from rising up and overthrowing their tyranny. Whether banning guns would stop mass shootings or not is irrelevant. We're not going to forfeit our rights and freedoms to fight crime. We have a judicial system that punishes only those people who abuse their rights and use a gun to commit murder, while the rest of us continue living with the freedom to own guns. We could stop school shootings if Biden would simply replace the glass doors on schools with metal ones, and keep them locked. We should also have an armed security guard at each school guarding the children like we have in banks guarding money. The schools need to be secured from anyone entering with any weapon to harm them. In Sweden a lunatic entered a school with a sword and attacked children. In other countries there have been knife attacks on school children, bomb attacks etc.
@@captainamerica4685 All 3 countries literally top America in every known Crime Statistic, Health Care (30 Million Americans without it) and overall Quality of Life Stats..Not to mention your Jail rates, homeless rates, covid deaths, drug crime, gang membership, murders and minimum wage rates. Then you have BLM and LGBTQ+ to deal with, Dems vs Republicans= The DIVIDED STATES OF AMURICA, enjoy!
@@irishrover9332 All 3 of those countries live in police states where they are imprisoned under hate speech laws if they curse a Muslim or call Mohammed a child molester. Not that I go around insulting Muslims, because I like Muslims, but I like to have the freedom of speech to do so if one of them pisses me off. I also want them to have the freedom of speech to curse my God if I piss them off. Why should anyone be imprisoned and punished for what they say? The puppet governments in these Monarchy satellites say the people have freedom of speech, but if they say something that the government decides is offensive, they get 2 years in prison. The reason they have these offensive speech laws is not because they are concerned about someone getting insulted and having their feelings hurt, they have these laws to imprison and silence people like Tommy Robinson that protests against the rule of the government. If they get caught with a gun in these countries, it's 10 years or more in prison. Considering how the Monarchy starved the Irish people, I'm surprised you are so supportive of their Monarchy puppet regimes. People can say what they want about our guns, but our guns are the reason we don't bow to queens or lick the boots of dictators. When the King of England sent his army to take our guns, things didn't go so well for him. His soldiers were hanging from trees when the dust settled. As for your socialized medicine, no thanks we don't want it, because we are not commie rats. Come back and talk to me in 20 years when your economy has collapsed like Venezuela, Cuba, the former USSR, N Korea etc. When you take from the rich and give their money to the poor, eventually you no longer have any rich people creating jobs, and everyone is poor. Why would anyone want to copy socialist system that has been proven to fail for the past 100 years. Insanity is trying the same thing over and over, and expecting to get different results.
You both make me proud to be a Kiwi...To see the clear and real emotion when she discussed the tragic and horrific Robb Elementary shootings was what I want to see from a politician. Love you both!
@@checkmate1430 - I'm from the UK, so no I didn't. However, given that Trump was the alternative then yes I would have voted for Biden. Frankly I would vote for a dog turd dressed up in a suit if it was running against Trump. And it would do a better job.
@@checkmate1430 Oh no, you accused of them of being one of the majority of voters in the USA. How awful. Here's a real insult: You sound like someone who voted for Trump.
Umm people have mums she was so annoyed at Polyfest when she said i am not the daughter of the Pacific i mean you a so wierd mum of what Nation we all came from our mums sorry Primeminister yes not mum of Nation omg
Jacinda should be made prime minister of the World. An intelligent down to earth leader who just embodies common sense and genuinely cares for citizens. There's a problem. How can we fix it? Let's do it. It's not that tough America you just need to do it. Remember politicians work for you, they're supposed to represent the will of the people, not those of their big buissness donors.
As an Australian we did the same thing 25 years ago. Since then we have had zero mass shooting events. All of our crime rates went down including gun crime, gun murder/assault and so on. The only thing that has gone up statistically is confidence in public safety and the reality of public safety. Best thing we ever did 👍🏽
Kiaora from across the ditch 👍
Australia 🤝 New Zealand: Banning Guns altogether
@@Boobasweat I hope you're not comparing that with USA, anecdotal examples don't really compare with statistical data. USA has had over 200 mass shootings this calendar year already - heavy handed policing doesn't really compare with that. I mean whilst we're talking about heavy handed policing, take a look at police homicide rates in EVERY Western country in comparison to USA.
Also, look at the end result of all of this, USA has the HIGHEST incarceration rate in the world. Higher than El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Rwanda, Cuba etc.
You absolutely did a half assed job of whatever you were failing to try to do here.
@@Boobasweat True, there are criminal gang shootings and while I appall any violence, this is very different to mass shootings. Hopefully they will not involve anybody outside the criminal gangs and more importantly they come to an end soon.
I still remember the news reports 😢
She’s 100% right. The US doesn’t have the courage or desire to fix the problem. Australia did much the same with good results.
It didn't fix the problem. There were 7 shootings in Auckland last night. Look it up. The headline is "Auckland shootings: 'Indiscriminate and reckless' use of guns in public says police after seven incidents overnight"
neither of those countries have a fraction of the population density or a 2nd amendment. we will start converting prisons into schools before we remove guns.
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
It's not so much courage as the profiteers who have a clamp on our system, and politicians getting paid good money to side with the interests of the NRA. Most Americans want something done abt this. In 20 years, we haven't been able to make a dent. It's not courage; it's failings in a compromised republic, in which a faction has the power to override the majority of the American voters. And a fallacy in the antiquated 2nd Amendment which leaves open interpretation for those who want to see in it only what they want.
I've been saying for years that I don't pay much attention to mass shootings in America. The American public don't wish to make it a priority so why should I? There are news stories of people dying in other countries that could use the spotlight more and where the people of that country do care about the problem.
My mate's son and his partner were lucky enough to land a gig surveying the ecology of a small NZ island. Population a couple of thousand. Two years. They loved it. 18 months in Covid hit and they got an extension and stayed put. Now they have applied for nationality and are looking to build a house on the island.
@@1damnativ I'll have to check with my mate.
🙂 🇳🇿
BUT have they 'built The Wall'? insured the 'right to bear high-mag, assault-weapons sans background checks' supersedes the 'Will of the 90%'(minority)? protected 'congressional-insurrectionists'? hmmm 🤨 #KiwisAreSoft /s
awesome story. i hope they enjoy their new life ✌️
@Funny Pets As a Canadian, I concur.
I grew up in NZ and moved to America six years ago. My mother came to visit me and she nearly had a panic attack when we were having lunch because two cops walked in with visible guns on them. In NZ, you don't even really see the police with guns. It's been a culture shock, for sure.
You came from NZ a relative short time ago. And you are still unaware of the gang problems there!! Together with the huge increase in illegal firearms? Its only a matter of time and the general public in NZ will be at the mercy of the thugs and the ineffective government will still not have the will or the means to protect them. And by the way it was announced only a few days ago that the NZ police will also start being armed soon.
You should visit Australia. The cops have guns but the people don't get easy access. Problem solved.
must've been a nice part of nz. had a few gang shootouts this week in nz
@@tevitasila1427 oh dear, the cuzzies are at it again eh? I lived there for 12 years. Very nice, very pretty but there is a dark side you don't see, unfortunately. If it's not Black Power it's the Islanders going at each other with machetes etc.
@@tevitasila1427 isolated incident not nation wide I know there are gangs across no but large shootouts don’t happen often
As an Aussie, it’s our sworn duty to put down NZ as the weird step-cousin nation that they are and take their actors and claim they’re Australian.
But Jacinda is off limits. She is the standard by which all world leaders should look up to and I’d be proud to have her as my leader.
......*but we're still taking Crowded House though!!!
Keep Russell Crowe
@@becsterbrisbane6275 non-negotiable, AC/DC are geriatric and we haven’t had a talented indie rock band in decades. You can keep Serj Tankian.
@@tajtandoori9076 lmao we took Russel Crowe from youse and we let him buy the Rabbitohs, the rubbish takes out itself 😂
'kin oath
I am a New Zealander 🇳🇿 we don't have corrupt pale stale male politicians sending piss weak prayers and thoughts ... we have a young mother who gets the job done ... America you need to vote like your children's lives depend on your vote
You are blessed
Your system of funding pensions is envious. It really came in handy during the pandemic. We have a system of legalized indentured servitude.
Luxon said today he wants to give police warrantless search powers... Don't stop voting Kiwis!!
As a Brits, can I live and work there? I just love her
Yayyyyy, on my wayyy
As an American who was there for Columbine and has lived in New Zealand for the last 17 years... ...can't say enough about Jacinda Ardern and the incredible job she has done here in NZ. It's very refreshing how things work here. Things get DONE!
Yuup child poverty increasing every year, dividing the country and ruining the economy…. Yeaah what an awesome leader!
Glad you enjoy living in our country as much as we enjoy having you here. Take care.
As an Aussie I have to agree with you. It is not just what she does, but also the humanity she shows as she does it. After our election, many of us are quietly optimistic that saying goodbye to our increasingly conservative governing coalition will lead to more changes, with climate change, gender issues and the establishment of a federal anti-corruption commission front and centre.
7 shootings on homes in Auckland last night.
Labour do a GREAT job of talking about getting things done and wasting money on consultants but achieving little.
"Come back and make us whole again" - could there be a more beautiful way to welcome someone!
Yeah it would be if it wasnt so disingenuous.
@@feralstryke so you're saying NZD doesn't actually want tourists and visitors to come back?
@@jaimel88 no dont put words in my mouth. Jacinda doesnt want tourist and visitors she could care less. If it was up to her she'd have new zealanders in lockdown forever.
@@feralstryke source? It sure seems (like the country's actual policy) that she wants them all back.
@@jaimel88 she just seems like shes acting to me. She and Colbert joked about covid like it was nothing. If you want to believe she has good intent that's your prerogative. I'll remain skeptical.
Stephen being friends with New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. Such a lovely friendship.💗
Hello Wendy
No system is 'perfect'.. because it involves people. And people, rather famously, are imperfect.
But just because you can't stop all crimes doesn't mean you should throw away the justice system... so why do the GOP throw up their hands and say 'Well, we can't stop all gun violence, so... here. Have a gun, kid!"?
Oh yeah... NRA money.
This argument is often called the "utopia argument". Often employed by children (and the GOP).
E.g. "No point wearing seatbelts when driving a car or wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle - people still die in traffic accidents."
Well, Sandy Hook in 2012 illustrated, imo, that no matter how many people want something done abt these fucking guns, our political system serves the interests of NRA profiteers over the will of the nationwide majority of voters. No one is more in the pockets of NRA lobbyists than the GOP.
Just because you have laws, when you have 3 to 7 yr olds who have the right to tell their Mom or Dad please put away your gun i'ts upsetting, Please make other choices, who will speak for them when they cannot speak for themselves? That's what's being missed here.
@@jarls5890 both of those are good examples, because if you go back and look at the conservative arguments at the time for each of those laws then you would see they are IDENTICAL to the ones being used now, infringing on freedom, turning into a police state, but I am not dangerous, criminals will just ignore it etc etc etc.
Its as if they never actually learn from history and actively go out of their way to reuse the same arguments
the GOP's base is the dumb and entitled....without that....
As an Australian, it is my duty to heap scorn and insults upon New Zealand like the slightly slow younger sibling that they are.
Ah hell, I can't. I have nothing bad at all to say about Jacinda Ardern, I think she's a treasure, a strong and vibrant leader that Kiwis can be proud of. We're taking our first overseas trip in 3 years in January, another cruise to New Zealand from Australia, and I can't wait. Gorgeous country and wonderful people, even if they talk kinda funny.
Comon mate strewth lol
Lol great comment Des, have a beautiful time in Aotearoa cuz.
"kinda talk funny "
haha, listened to your own voice lately? :)
We'll welcome you with open arms, may even buy you a beer. (spelt xxxx)
Crikey Mate!!! ANd you say us Kiwis speak funny....LOL, gotta love the Aussies
younger siblings? aw c'mon man, only by 48,000 years!
It's absolutely baffling to me that American's just can't wrap their heads around doing what is best for their people in the long run. Almost like trying to have a conversation with a bunch of toddlers.
I WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU. MASS SHOOTINGS FOR A POPULATION OUR SIZE IS TINY. SECOND THE CRIMINALS WILL ALWAYS GET GUNS, SO WE HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECT OURSELVES. LASTLY, A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN OFTEN TIMES ENDS MASS SHOOTINGS MUCH QUICKER. HAPPENED JUST THIS WEEK.
@@bobdole7697 Typical robotic justification. It's always the same old repetitive nonsense over and over. So sad.
@@jamesphlames7498 I KNOW IT'S LIKE HEARING YOUR LEFTIES TALK ABOUT RACISM EVERY DAY.
well said.
Why not let individuals have Tanks, cannons, fighter jets, atom bombs for self preservation. If they don’t believe on policing and then why rely on military.
She’s not just the prime minister of NZ ,she’s also the gateway for vulnerable people of the pacific,her actions protect a space larger than any other on this planet.
I cant wait for her and Albo the catch up, they will be a power pair of the Pacific hopefully.
You're confusing her with Aquaman...
@@Hurricayne92 oh god I hope so
Good point!!! 💯✌️❤️🇦🇺
@@rhettsycoplando4064 came here to say exactly the same thing.
UK had the same attitude to guns after the Dunblane primary school massacre. We've had no school shootings since. USA has them every week.
210 this year so far so more than once a week
@@goldenak25 210??!! its only MAY!
Say that on the Fox News comments section and it'll take 2 seconds for someone to say "YeAh but WhaT abOuT knife cRiMe". Half of Americans are willing to tolerate mass murder on a weekly basis. It's insanity
@@idontwannaidontwanna7307 i know crazy right! th-cam.com/video/tUY8KglIlaA/w-d-xo.html
Also im from Christchurch, location of one of the worst mass shootings to ever happen. (I think the second time in NZ history?!) I have friends and collegues that were directly affected by this and it breaks my heart. When this event happened we were locked down at work in th CBD.. a very distrurbing day (and this coming from dealing with 5 years of quakes, aftershocks and rebuilding.). While the mass-shooter wasnt even from in NZ he targeted our society and our open/welcoming culture. I was pleased that our government responding with action. A few months later I would be handing over my semi automatic hunting rifle for this scheme. While the remington 3006 5 shot semi auto rifle used for deer shooting etc (didnt really fit the military assalut rifles ~ AR15s etc) but I would happily hand it over again. A bolt action is enough to take down deer.
PM Ardern after one mass shooting in New Zealand: "When we saw something like that happen, everyone said 'Never again!' Then it was incombent on us as politicians to respond to that." Wouldn't that be amazing if we had enough republican senators willing to reject NRA/gun manufacturers money and DO THE RIGHT THING? Then their "thoughts and prayers" would really mean something.
❣💝🏆Comment of the day, hands down, friend; hands down!
Keep your guns -
If only the NRA didn't own these politicians
Yeah, and Texas Governor and AG say: we need more guns and more training on how to fire a gun. What a joke these two clowns.
I don't think you understand reality. I hope you don't vote in American elections.
The current NZ PM is a good actress
After a horrific massacre, we did a buyback in Australia in 1996.. not only did the govt do a buyback, but it also levied the taxpaying community to raise the funds to do so, and noone complained.. and there has not been another massacre since..
hmm. Imagine that.
I appreciated how she stated "they legally purchased these guns & it’s our duty to buy them back". That, there, is a breath of fresh air. The smog in USA is stifling
Actually Australia has had numerous mass shootings since 1996, but your government changed the definition of a mass shooting where if 5 or 6 people are killed by a shooter, it doesn't count as a mass shooting. The guy that did the Port Arthur shooting was taking prescription anti depressant and anti anxiety pills, which are known to cause homicidal behavior in some people.
Up to 1996, there about was one mass shooting in 🇦🇺 per year. After 1996, there has been at most one or two in the quarter-century up to now.
By any measure, that’s a massive improvement.
@@captainamerica4685 hahaha there's always some Yank parroting this lie. Na mate, mass shootings don't happen here whether your definition is 3 or 6 or 10
“We saw something and it wasn’t right and we acted on it”. What a novel concept for US policymakers!
US = land of the free
I'll sum up the problem in the U.S. racism and religion.
Yup hammered law abiding gun owners and Noone else
And yet in the day or 2 leading up to her interview there was nine shooting incidents in Auckland . All that happened with our gun laws is that law abiding citizens had to turn in their guns and gangs seem to more heavily armed than ever before
@@timcorcoran9786 yup and if you didn't turn them in because they are deemed legal they are making it harder to keep them...let's see what happens to the country when they manage to ban all guns...they will be crying because introduced animals like deer,pigs and possums are decimating the place
Interesting to see a politician who actually works for her people.
A unicorn if ever there was one.
Refreshing, isn’t it?
Yes an novel concept in amerikkka it would seem
that's literally the only thing they are elected to do. I hope when new ones join a government, in any country, that is first and foremost on their mind.
I am an immigrant and I hope to join the US government as a progressive when I get my citizenship.
By works for her people i assume you mean treats them like slave
"We saw something that wasn't right and acted on it." Bravo!
How radical innit… 🤔
Now gun crimes are the worst ever...that's great innit
@@FormulasFunny depends on what you class as a mass shooting...aramoana and raurimu were mass shootings also
@@rickferguson6794 Your absolutely right. I've removed my statement.
@@FormulasFunny why..you were right jacinda has made it worse..there's shooting every night now
As an Australian I feel so proud of Jacinda and NZ…I’m so grateful we took the action against gun control after the Port Arthur tragedy in 1996. …my thoughts are with the victims and families of the latest shooting..another tragedy that should never ever have happened.
I'm another Aussie who thinks Jacinda is awesome. And whilst I despise Johnny Howard for many of the things he has done, the gun buyback he supported worked to drive down gun deaths.
@@RevYars yes we literally saw the gun deaths dive deep down to near zero after that, and most of those gun deaths reduced has been suicides
And we see how well that worked out for Australia...gun violence went down, yes, but rape, robbery, murder assault, violent crime in general all skyrocketed, and on top of that, you guys still got another mass shooting. It literally does nothing but disarm good people. Do you seriously believe you can magically legislate evil hate from a man's heart? Do you seriously think you can magically make every criminal follow the law and not get or make their own gun, especially on a place like America which has more guns than people? You are very naive with no real world experience and just parrot whatever you hear on the media. We don't hide and pretend evil doesn't exist, we do something to prepare against it. Event year 30,000 lives are taken from gun violence, suicide and justified shootings included, on the LOWEST end estimate, 500,000 lives are saved every year directly due to firearms. It isn't even close. You aren't in the business in public safety, so don't lie to us, you are in the business of disarming your public. If you truly wanted to save lives you would advocate for concealed carry, because it is much easier and realistic to arm everyone than to disarm everyone.
You have elected the best politician in the world
@@randybernhard8437 I don't know where you get your information from, but I live in Australia, and we don't live in fear of violence whatsoever. I can walk anywhere at night by myself with no fear of violence. And our kids can go to school without fear. We are disarmed and we wouldn't have it any other way. It is realistic, it happened, and it's awesome, and you are living in a world of lies and violence, bought by lobbyists, and you're too dumb to realise you are being lied to.
This woman would make any country great again. She's a role model for a leader.
She makes me want to move to New Zealand.
the economy's terrible rn in nz, house prices are ridiculous and a very simple basic grocery purchase would set you back $50. This country has lots of flaws too
@@shervinnasrin I don't know where you live but the local prices have gone insane.
@@shervinnasrin Sure, but that’s not her fault. That’s just a symptom of a global pandemic and how it’s impacted supply lines, manufacturing, and all industries. Not to mention the economic and resource consequence of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.
@@shervinnasrin wow the economy is doing what it's doing everywhere else in the world. It's almost like housing prices and grocery prices aren't related to your elected officials.
"I won't sit here and say that our system is perfect." That might contribute to the system being able to move forward with such a policy. As a European I don't see the majority of US citizens subscribe to such a sentiment.
True, they usually use "If you don't like it, you can move..." instead.
It's so idiotic that US citizens go stomping around hollering, "We're number one!"
No.
No, just, no.
That's because Jesus personally tells us that we're perfect and the best ever. Haha, just kidding but also kind of not.
@@jessicaandersson4313 Yes, because they can’t or won’t talk or debate. It’s the cowardly way out, just shut down the discussion
@@patkennedy2620 In some cases yes, but I mostly get the impression they are true believers. They think the sloganr they use like "America is the greatest country in the world" etc are true and the US doen't have to do anything to improve cause it's already at its pinnacle.
When COVID first hit Australia and New Zealand, I remember laughing at my colleague in NZ when he told me they were going into a two week heavy lockdown right off the bat, while we in Australia we having mild restrictions. Boy did he get the last laugh. We were having months after month of rolling lockdown, while he was enjoying New Zealand's great outdoors.
It's an illusion buddy. We had lockdowns, masking, vaccination here in Canada yet the cases kept rising. Sure you could say it was a fringe few who were spreading it but it was highly sus when 90% were vaccinated yet we had double the case count as the year before.
It's not a race mate... 🤣 so glad the liar from the shire is no longer in charge 🙏
And there still locked down…Auckland airport is a disgrace was there in May 2022 and May 2021 almost a year to the day.. everything closed what a joke compared to Australia
@@MrPuketiro Auckland airport compared to the whole of Australia? Just the airport probably still outperformed us under the leadership of the infamous Scott Morrison....
@@davespanksalot8413 yes, Scotty from Marketing is gone.
What an amazing leader. And a mother, too. To all those American women (the embarrassing and ignorant ones) who have said women can't lead (you know who you are) bow your heads in shame. She helps prove the falsehood of your claims.
And we've had a few female Prime Ministers too (Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark).
And we were the first country in modern times to give women the vote.
The idiots who say that fail to realize that there have been amazing female leaders. From Queen Elizabeth 1 to the last Queen of Hawaii to Jacinta Ardern to Merkel to the leader of taiwan
Jacinda is a dude!
@@vitorhfb123 no thank you, she’s an intelligent woman not a “dude”. Please don’t insult her.
Helen Clark was the first 'elected' female Prime Minister in New Zealand and Jacinda Adern is the second. Jenny Shipley inherited the position but wasn't voted in.
In my view Helen and Jacinda are the best PM's we've had in recent history.
Imagine having a president that works for her people and who's willing to make hard decisions. Thats the dream.
Yeah but people also cooperate. Americans just don't give a crap about each other
We can hope.
Humans need to stop infighting long enough to topple our oppressors
Mitch McConnell is Emperor Palpatine
Some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make! - Lord Trump
@Justin Y. Trump is evil. He ignored this virus until he couldn't ignore it...the steps taken have been deliberately slow to contain this virus, as the government has made huge financial gains in allowing particularly older, retired people to die...no more pay outs each month...voting, if still valid in this country...is our only peaceful, legal recourse...voting 3rd party is the ONLY WAY to get real humans in power, rather than dynasty families and career politicians. When we realize the 2 parties we are divided over LOVE the division among us...then and only then may America be great again...
@Justin Y. Lack of knowledge of the deep state? I just accused our government of mass murder...I understand deep state...fact that you refuse to listen, only attack, says too much about you...clearly you haven't known hardship. Clearly none of this has impacted you negatively...you are part of the problem, offering zero solutions.
@Justin Y. Calling me stupid really helps your case...Trump has very limited brain power, as evidenced by his rambling, generally repetitive, toddler talks...although most of us are sorely undereducated, Trump really amazes me every time i listen to his banter. Trump did not close the borders in time, many flights to the USA brought sick folk here. Action wasn't taken until very late February, and by then 15 confirmed cases were more than enough to basically allow what amounts to airborn, quickly lethal AIDS《why this? (Because this virus mutates too fast to create an effective vaccine, which may never get made), upon the world. This is dangerous because common behaviors of common folk, such as shoulder to shoulder events, shopping and sardine packed working conditions, helped this virus along...even as people died in China daily...America went forward 2 full months wothout any concerns...then...rather than force the hands of state officials, and put the population through a 2 month quarantine, we've been seeing states react, rather than prepare...and all at the natural stages this virus thrives on...complacency among enough of us to allow the spread to continue. You refusing to see this logic isn't a blight on my mental capacity, just proves you are as simple as our Lord Trump...and likely among those very few, who like many elites, don't even understand the plight of the masses, whom I speak for, in this contrived crisis...Trump is calm about the virus because he exists outside the bounds of common folk...Trump and other powerful people would never have to take the risk of infection seriously as they are all well protected by expendable servants or can at the least afford to continue living lavishly and distanced from peons such as myself. 9/11 was an inside job and this proves what I've feared since then...that the government can perform mass murder and the people will always just accept it, hire the next sociopath in line, whichever of the 2 evil divisionary parties they aspire to dwell in...
Our educational system is archaic. We could be educating everyone from home...there are no valid excuses for our current broken schooling, and no teachers need lose jobs...as the internet is an amazing communication device...
Taxes are broken. Your dollar earned gets hit so many times...and we all just accept that blindly.
Medicine is broken. My grandmother died because her selfish daughter needed cable tv more than grandma needed diabetes medicine...and millions suffer from the inability to afford insulin, despite that drug initially starting out as a gift to humanity from a generous genius, privatized by evil and greed, priced beyond reality for most.
Our 2 party system is designed to keep us bickering...division keeps us docile enough to accept our own government conspiring to murder us, with our acceptance. 3rd party candidates are generally real humans...that care about other humans, even, gasp, total strangers and foreigners...
We are all on the same damn spaceship...Earth. I judge character...not race, not whatever religion folks are born into. I am old...I am tired of seeing disaster after disaster get slow attention from government, as poor people die in thousands due to delayed or nonexistent help.
It's about time the many take control, with votes, to dethrone the sociopaths that control us, play games with our very lives...
When there are only voluntary homeless, when the janitor is paid living wage, when a high school graduate can earn enough in food service, or retail, to support a modest home and essentials, while creating a nest egg...when veterans are given the same care as Congress, Senate and other positions of highest power, rather than left to suffer and die, when the lowest paying jobs are enough to survive on, then and only then, can America boast of being great...
As it stands...I feel most of us are born into lies we have no control over...It's well orchestrated, as my points are made clear in every satirical broadcast about the plight of the expendable masses, world wide...
Do I want peace, equity and kumbaya? Yeah...I do...are there sociopaths in power oppressing the common folk...yeah...there are...have good Democrats and Republicans existed? Yes...they get blocked by evil at every turn, often resigning due to unbeatable corruption. Do I pity the very people I label simple? You bet I do...I want this planet to be a better place for most...not some...for all...if ever possible...
This covid virus isn't done. It mutates too fast to pin it down with a vaccine...and we haven't seen the end of it because we, as a planet, would have to agree on a few ground rules to consider being a functional society.
That's my 2 cents...some of it...take it or leave it. Most of us just exist and watch, lazily, rather than get directly involved in change. @soaringvulture We don't seem to take note...we, the expendable masses, are being told to push through life ignoring this virus...it took ONE infection to start a Planet Wide Pandemic...and because we didn't quarantine from January 1st to February, we get to watch innocent and otherwise lives lost, daily...who are "we", in "we're in it together"? Certainly not the elite...they step on us to avoid harm...I'm furious with humanity as a whole...I'm furious we accept all this death and Trump's toddler talks...like a Ted talk without useful insight...
Those of us suffering are many...while the privileged watch the show They created...when...when will the common folk unite against tyranny, through the only peaceful means we have...vote out career politicians and dynasty families in favor of fellow human beings, with consciousness and compassion for the lowest among us.
We won't stop the cycle of abuse by trading Democrats and Republicans, two sides of the same evil, corrupt coin.
Vote 3rd party...vote for real people, with flaws, that understand what struggle is...that have put time behind any of these so called essential, yet minimum wage jobs...
This economy is screwed...always has been. The vast majority of work available is menial labor...food service, retail, janitors, grocers...a great many take their wages in government...which is far too big, complex and unsustainable...
Until any job can offer a modest secure household, until the only homeless are those who volunteer to live "free"...until the pill giants are mandated to make life saving medicine reasonably priced...we are a selfish, horrid nation, divided by the very people that oppress us, yet too busy fighting amongst ourselves to take any useful action towards a better tomorrow for the MANY, not the FEW
am tearing:
our Purgatory-class planet has many areas becoming hellish. no need to. just our weakness greed and stupidity
@@villanessa low level demons. animals DO NOT BEHAVE LIKE THESE LESS-THAN-RATS
@@villanessa Don’t confuse Americans with those strange animals who suck up to Trump and watch Right Wing hate media all day and night.
It's amazing to see genuine, articulate, caring, and competent leadership. It's refreshing to know that somewhere in the world is doing it right.
you guys actually do have genuine, articulate, caring, and competent leaders. unfortunately you guys keep voting in droves for the other ones.
Yeah yeah. Until she's your PM and you see the devil in sheep clothing
@@vladimirsbitnev9122 exactly..
@@vladimirsbitnev9122 yeah unfortunately I use to like Jacinda but not anymore she’s just full of 💩
Stop glamorizing this woman , shes evil full stop
I lived in New Zealand for eight and a half months. Wonderful country. Amazing wildlife
I live in New Zealand and I would consider it great if it were not for having Ardern.
The problem on planet Earth is not the wildlife!!
adern the devil
OMG does the world need more normal women in positions of power !! Jacinda Ardern is wonderful in the fact that she is so down to earth and natural. Honest, empathetic, observant and smart. Everything that the American GOP party is NOT currently....
Well said
I love that she acknowledged the emotional difficulty of doing what turned out to be exactly the right thing.
You must mean the American Democrat Party Cupcake....
Are you on drugs???🤔🤔🤔
@@merlands1 Both. You're BOTH right.
Love seeing the audience giving her a standing ovation. She is such an outstanding human - I would have done the same if I were in the audience!!!!
Shes actually a pretty useless PM
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
She is an awesome politician ,and a wonderful human being ,and unusually in politics these days what you see is what you get ,a very genuine person
@jesse allen You have proof of that? Or you just just running your mouth?
@jesse allen Stop being a nob end. Semi automatic guns are NOT hunting rifles. Licensed hunters still have their rifles and registered sports shooters still have theirs.
Happy to have such good neighbours.
Kia ora from across the Ditch. 🇦🇺
Why I think America is such a divided and messed up country is that you bang on about your rights and freedom, but don’t seem to understand that they come with responsibilities and obligations. We live in communities and are reliant on each other, it’s not all about the individual. Understand that and you will have real freedom.
This, what you've just written is hella true... Ask any of these gun nuts what the Second Amendment actually States and I almost guarantee you at least eight out of ten of them cannot tell you Verbatim what it says
We are objectively a nation of volatile idiots
I think this is what happens when you spend most of your time telling the rest of the world how great you are, when you really in reality spend very little time doing anything that's actually great... Like for example letting your citizens get shot up damn near on a daily basis en mass!
As a NZer who has voted for Jacinda (and who will again) it is heartening to read so many comments from other people not from NZ who see her the same as I do, a caring leader who is passionate about our country. As heartening as that is, it is equally saddening to know what her popularity is becoming at home, because people don't appreciate or understand the decisions she has had to make and some view her as dictatorial or a "communist". Personally I am thankful of her leadership through this time and looking at the political landscape here in NZ at the start of Covid and even now, there is no one else I would have wanted in charge guiding us through these times.
Can America borrow her when you guys are done?
Can you imagine if Bridges or Crusher was in charge? "Open up the border! Won't someone think of the corporations?" Like Stephen said, the US would have had less than a tenth of the deaths comparatively. I know it has been really stressful on business owners, esp. Hospitality and Tourism, but anyone who is ungrateful needs to look at the global response and measure our success against other countries. No contest.
Agree 100%
Sadly there is a memo that seems to do the rounds for right wingers to share (let's call it an algorithm) that teaches spindoctors and media outlets how to portray somebody as, say, communist, which seems to have great effect in getting people to vote against their own best interests. (It was posited by George Monbiot should you care to look into the thing)
As an Indian...I love this women...she listens to her people thats what people want every politician
It's nice to see a world leader who doesn't look like they belong in a nursing home or psychiatric facility.
Or who wants and needs viagra
Except she's a commie
Nursing home how derogatory. Hes more independent then most men his age. I'm 74 and hella no
As a kiwi (New Zealander), figuratively speaking, she belongs to a nursing home or a psychiatric facility. They way she's been blowing our money through policy is appalling.
yeah....it was terrible with Trump's oft repeated, "person, woman, man, camera, tv..." What an embarrassment...
Americans "Yea, but I like guns"
Always refreshing to see a politician under the age of 80.
But New Zealanders kept guns. They just got rid of assault weapons
@@melissasaint3283 and then look up what it requires to be able to own a weapon in New Zealand, then you’ll understand why it isn’t necessary to ban all.
@@martinrotvig Yes, I know. I just meant, it's not as if hunters could no longer hunt or people who collect antique firearm could no longer so that, provided they could prove they were trustworthy, stable, responsible and had a safe place to store them. It's not like the entire population of New Zealand has no guns....there's well over a million civilian-owned firearms there, even now.
@@melissasaint3283 Nobody is suggesting any of that.
@@markhepworth7822 i was responding to the Op's joke that americans would say, "but I like guns!"
I don't think we'd ever have as restrictive a system as they have, even if we finally manage to have sensible gun control... but even if we did, they still have a heck of a lot of civilian guns☺️
Now there's been a sudden rise in the number of stabbings in NZ. Thanks Ardern!
Knife buy back coming soon 🤣
Would you prefer that your family be in a supermarket or on a beach when a deranged person arrived with a gun? Come on, mate be sensible. And tell the truth while you're at it. A sharp rise? When was that? How many days or hours did the sharp rise last? Is it still rising?
Has there been 50% more stabbings? 20% more? 10% more? 5% more?
How many people died?
Have we had any more mass shootings in NZ?
Did you know there have been nearly 300 mass shootings reported so far this year in the U.S.?
So there is no such thing as taking personal responsibility for their own actions then?
I live in Australia. Im 59 years old and have never even seen a gun in my lifetime accept the ones police carry!! My heart breaks for all the young beautiful and innocent children that are literally gunned down on a weekly basis in America. Shame on you all..
@ABC123 I hope it’s a joke question
@ABC123 are you serious?
@ABC123 Use of force is still occasionally necessary, and policing can be a dangerous job if interacting with violent criminals. In Australia, if a cop uses a gun it is national news it is so rare.
@@rowanscott915 because my job isn’t dangerous and theirs is.Police are officers of the law and there job is generally taking on people that are breaking it and thus need protection .Simple really.
Your country also interned people in camps for covid, despite a 99.9% survival rate.
It’s because of the electoral system. New Zealand has a proportional representation system and the United States has a winner take all first past the post system. Our government is not reflective of the voters at all. Electoral systems have consequences.
To keep us from becoming the United States of Texas, California, and New York. Thank God!
@@bobbobbington3615 it’s for tyrants to enslave free people. It’s time to embrace liberation through electoral reform. It’s time to be free.
@@CarlosOchoa1 And in exchange 47 States become enslaved to Texas, California, and New York... no thanks. I'm not going to be enslaved by the tyranny of the mob.
@@bobbobbington3615 Glad we agree! The mob that tried to overthrow the People’s House should never rule! We probably also agree that those folks should have their own political party. That way they can be politically isolated and exposed as the nazis that they are.
@@CarlosOchoa1 Riiiight... I'll just ignore the MONTHS upon MONTHS of rioting, looting, arson, 25 dead, $2 billion in damages, and hundreds of injuries, and the violence that occurs everyday in Liberal cities... from the very mob you think should have power. Adorable. A bunch of hillbillies in the Capitol vs the endless death and destruction from you... choices, choices.
It is refreshing to see people respect facts to make decisions for the best intentions of the whole nation rather than just a select few lobbyist groups or powerful people.
You say that as if gun owners in America are a small group of people… It’s the majority of people, Guns are not the problem mental illness and lack of armed security at schools is the problem funny how it’s always the people in power who want to push to take your guns ever think to ask yourself why like when the Nazi’s went and disarmed countries and took them over…
A nation of sheep and added to that human sheep. Submit to the government. Subjects, not citizens…
@@glynnellis6519 uh sure Glynn whatever floats your boat. Personally as an actual person from New Zealand, I would rather live here than anywhere else 💁🏼♀️
@@glynnellis6519 Like a moth to a flame
@@frederickleaupepe9162 agree but this government are fucking this country.
Gun crime has never been higher in New Zealand.
It's amazing how New Zealand responds to a problem by "let's try and get rid of it" instead of living with it unnecessarily
Nz does not advertise its problems... avarage rent is $700 a week avarage house price 1 million
@@JONO3679 that would be dependent on which island and where you live.
Meanwhile 7 firearms incidents across Auckland in 1 night.
@@Kelle001 yes that why I'm talking about the place I live...
Sorry that's not really the reality here in her country, just check our current news from last week for the amount of driveby shooting incidents, when the gun buy back was in action it was only farmers and honest people handing guns in, not One criminal or criminal organization handed theirs in, sorry shes full of BS and we never saw the guns destroyed (and politicians love to be ceremonial at any opportunity) in fact they wouldn't pay for guns that were damaged or been made in-active by the owner, the word is they were on sold overseas to end up back on the street somewhere
That's ACTUALLY true - they said never again and America does not say that.
America remains silent.
Because Americians know better than to hand over there right nz sucks
Yet we've had several gang shootings in my area in the last month. don't believe everything you see online, she's as fake as any other politician.
Well, nah, 'Murrica says " never again" all the time - problem is that they always elect people who don't actually believe or work toward that. NRA money and votes are too valuable, you see ...
@@jaimel88 so effectively -- they ACT as if they don't mean "Never again".
That’s what courage looks like. You decide that a child’s right to safety in society and education is more important than your right to gun ownership.
Unless you live in NZ. Gun crime in gangs has gone through the roof. Her laws only made law abinding citizens hand in guns. We have never seen more gun violence. She has the lowest ratings now in NZ , because she doesn't do anything. Just all talk
@@fastrotamazda713 Then how did she win the 2020 elections and form a supermajority government? Is your election rigged?
She introduced online gun ownership. The shooter used an online gamer as character reference. He was known in Australia as a threat. He slipped through so easily
Well said.
@Fast Rota Mazda yes but at least there is some form of net, and Miss Ardern alluded to the fact that no system is perfect. Deviants will always find a way to circumvent a loophole until that loophole is closed. It is a cat and mouse paradigm.
Random Trivia: There are more people subscribed to this channel than there are New Zealanders in the world.
God that's depressing.
In 1774 England banned guns/gunpowder in the 13 American colonies!! Attempted gun confiscation on April 19 1775 by 8-900 English soldiers in the colony of Mass. started that 8 year war for independence & England almost won that war in 1783!! BTE in colonial America 1607-1776, there were 'temporary gun confiscations' & the guns were stored in gunpowder houses built away from urban areas!!
When foreign leaders care more than your politicians...
Yip. In NZ we feel the same. Fake promises to please her next employer
@@fastrotamazda713 💯
She doesn't give a flying fuck. Wake up.
Don't buy into the hype. She's not well liked at all here.
Its all an Act
They are conning you into your own slavery
She is like a breath of fresh air in a world led by large corporations bought or corrupt politicians. She is the perfect example of what a population-elected politician ought to be. I hope all NZers are proud of her.
Are you kidding? She was led by Pfizer and the WEF, we could not even return home for near 2 years, and now the stats show they just delayed the effects while destroying the economy. Now we have to continue to quantify the vaccine injured , but reporting is skewed and repressed.
Try actually living here, she stinks. Ironically shootings are on the rise in major cities as our security and resources dwindle, illegal guns and drugs are making it here and gangs are thriving.
Shes like a.... Imagine you're taking a nice deep breath after sipping a ice cold beer.. then someone egg farts right in your nostrills.. THATS HER.
We sure are! There will always be haters, but I wouldn’t want to have anyone else leading us.
I'm sure all Nazis are very proud of her.
Australia did the same thing after the Port Arthur Massacre back in '96, tightened licencing requirements and banned military weapons, and theres only been a handful of shootings since, unlike the US where there is several a week and a massacre ever month.
Its said that in Australia we have a right Not to own a gun, a right in fact to walk the streets without fear.
Before Port Arthur there was never a big gun culture in Australia. There wasn't a gun problem anywhere near what America has. There were further restrictions in 96 but 99% of people living in the cities didn't carry guns that's the way things have been not because of new laws passed after Port Arthur.
To be fair to Australia they showed NZ the way to tackle the gun issue after the Port Arther tragedy. It took CHCH and the mosques, and a courageous, staunch woman to lead NZ and get that gun reform here. #ChurJacinda
@@jimrogers2390 You could literally walk into Kmart and buy a gun and ammunition.There were several mass shootings in the lead up to Port Arthur. The problem was growing fast. I'm no fan of Howard, but the gun buyback was a very big contribution to Australian life.
@@SafeTrucking Howard had no choice but to do something, practically the entire country was in agreement on the issue.
Never knew you could buy guns in Kmart, must be a different state thing, I know Walmart in the US is happy to sell guns, while censoring Video Games like GTA, sigh.
@@jimrogers2390 I think John Oliver or Samantha Bee did a piece on that topic where they interviewed former politicians whose careers ended thanks to voting for the bill. If it was so neglectable, why did that happen?
Someone asked a prominent New Zealander why they didn't seem to have the same number of right-wing issues that countries like the US were having. The answer was along the lines of, "We haven't allowed Murdoch to get a foothold in this country."
I think lots of people from the UK, USA, and Australia would agree.
Good comment. I agree 100%
Your comment really brings home the disturbing fact -> how much malignant influence one billionaire could have in multiple countries
it’s both hard to fathom & deeply disturbing
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word.
My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
@@My1notyours0409 Cool!
@@madyjules06 Yeah, when I heard the comment, it really brought home the influence one person can have.
I've always known that Murdoch was a cancer on society but I didn't appreciate just how localised his effects could be.
I'm sure there are other social aspects of why one country might be more affected, but it makes you think.
It's a shame, that his mother, Dame Elizabeth, was a lovely, kind-hearted woman. She would be ashamed of his actions and his impact on the world.
Absolutely love this woman, so thankful to have her as a leader during one of the most tumultuous times in recent history. She’s not perfect, nor is anyone, and we’re not the perfect country but she’s done a damn good job given the circumstances the last few years and she is classy, empathetic and kind. Glad she recognises there’s more work to do.
Really? She ordered vaccines late after telling us we didn't need to rush to be vaccinated against covid. She's fkn useless.
Dk about that one chief
Agree
@Juragan Muda b r u h
Scotland here. 1996, Dunblane, 16 children and a teacher killed. We tightened our already tight gun ownership laws. Nothing similar has happened since. Just saying.
And if my memory is still good, Andy Murray (the tennis player) was attending school there....on that horrible day.
Kudos to Scotland for facing the problem and doing the right thing.
Same in Australia many years ago and our PM did the buy back scheme.
@@fastnbulbouss and his brother
It's how civilized countries honour our dead and do our best to not allow it again..
This is what we did in Australia almost 40 years ago.. The gov bought them back and destroyed them.
More like 20 years ago.
yeah all 12 of you. grats.
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
@@jwn741 by 12 did you mean 25 million of us?
We're the only country in the world with this problem. Domestic mass shootings every year since 1999. According to the FBI definition, we already have more mass shootings than there are days in the year.
Why can't we have someone like her governing this country?
trust me bro one good decision doesn't make up for all the other terrible failures she has made as pm.
Honestly, take her. The entire country hates her. She's terrible
The real reason? Because so few people even bother to vote in the first place. As long as hardly anyone bothers, we're going to continue to keep getting this sort of governance.
And look at how many people who, even when they DO vote, end up voting completely against their own interests. It would be hilarious if it weren't so tragic.
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word.
My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
@@aaronjames5276so democrats?
"We're a pragmatic people. We saw a problem and we acted."
And what was the result? We now have more gun violence by gangs then ever before
Seems so simple. Kentucky
Her accent alone cries no ancestors in New Zealand. What happened to the real natives that have had guns removed 🤔? What color was the shooter ? That quickly changed the buy up guns? Colbert never asked how much did you buy at what price? Single gun revolver, AK machine guns? A musket?
@@eleanormedina6703 Typical American, always excuses. But but but but
@@eleanormedina6703 wow. What a rambling mess. I am sure you can look up the details of the buyback if that's what you're actually curious about. The color of the shooter? Why would that be relevant to the topic of discussion? What's with her ethnicity/ heritage? Bizarro train of thoughts spinning out of that brain pan.
VOTE like your child's life depends on it, because it does. The people who make up government at every level are in control, but we still have time to choose those who will represent our views. 💙🇺🇸🌊
Beware of disinformation peddlers. Gullible people will think that the wrong people would do good for their child’s life.
It’s not just voting for views… look at who’s funding them!! If it’s the NRA, insurance, gas, and pharmaceutical companies do not vote for them! Even corporate media… pushes their, other companies I mentioned, agenda. They are the ones ruining our democracy.
It's sad but that isn't likely to happen. These children lost their lives like so many before and so many yet to come. The parents can't even take solace that their loss might have helped prevent someone else's loss. Regardless of what side of the fence you are on you have a neutered, ineffective governance for the population. Buisness, lobby groups all have the power and are in control. The person you elect is their representative, not yours, Just a thought.
Every child deserves protection from the lawless and the criminally deranged. Every teacher should be allowed to carry a firearm and we should have an armed police officer at every school not just high schools. More than one answer than creating a civil war trying to take people's guns lol. Democrats and Republicans both have no idea what they are doing.
MK Ultra
Putting people before politics.
What a novel idea; US should try it!
Here have a bri.... i mean some "lobbying money".
Don’t be fooled
Why shouldn’t politics be about people? Otherwise, what is it for?
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104
"Corporations"!
Duh.
Lobbyists & Donors are usually the focus of both US Political Parties.
Why is she happy about taking away rights from ppl
See America? This is what politicians are supposed to be like, responding to the needs of the people and not the desires of lobbyists.
I am a law abiding citizen not lobbist. You can only disarm the good guys. That's what the government wants, scared, weak and controlable citizens.
Extreme authoritarians that attack law abiding citizens for the failures of law enforcement, and firearms regulators?
As a us resident I need guns to keep my country and myself safe end of story
@@ziddyf2635 why do you feel unsafe?
@@ziddyf2635 212 mass shootings in a year, an average of four per week. Oh yes, you're keeping the country very safe.
I’m an Australian but damn I love this woman she is a fantastic leader and an inspiration she is great
You can keep her as long as we have Riccardo Bosi
She is a nut job
Australian here.
What a class act she is.
And since Saturday hopefully, with our doofus of a PM gone, the new one can emulate her.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if she was PM of Australia ?
Neil R Could not agree more. She’s amazing. Have high hopes for Prime Minister Albanese. I think he has the right stuff.
We're so happy over here. He's shaping up good so far! Bring back ANZAC pride! 🇳🇿🇦🇺
I hope so too🇦🇺
Another difference between Australia and America is that Morrison will no longer have influence over your politics. Meanwhile, our orange asshat inserts himself into politics as much as possible and our media covers it. The biggest piece of garbage that you rid yourselves of has ruined our country with his faux news.
Governments never go bad. There's never been any reason for any country to remove those in power.
Wow, it looks like she got a standing ovation. Well-deserved I might add.
@John Kale yeah just keep your head in the sand being inflexible of change. It just makes you sound bitter and ignorant.
Literally everyone on this show gets a "standing ovation." It's a comedy show with actors who get a "laugh now" or "clap now" cue.
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The only head of state I actually like. Thanks for keeping hope and democracy alive in the hearts of so many worldwide PM Arden. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿❤️❤️❤️
She is a nazi and she must be impeached when republicans take the house and senate back
@Richard Pierpoint in real terms she is. Lizzie is a figurehead
@Richard Pierpoint 'best democracies? What does that even mean?
Do I sense some jingoistic chauvinism creeping in? How are we defining 'best'?
A simple 'well done Jacinda for being awesome" was too much for you? You had to find an argument where there wasn't one?
What a great life you must have.
Democracy like forced medical experiments, sounds more like tyranny
@@johnstamos54288 what on earth are you talking about?
Actually, don't bother.
Attention Americans ... this is what a competent , moral , non corrupt , strong leader looks and sounds like and around the world there are many like her doing what they were elected to do ... govern for the people of their country .. novel concept hey
shes part of the clinton /obama cabal ... wef young leader ... past president of world youth socialist party and a wef /un puppet ... sovery corrupt .. stop believing the media 70% of nz cant dtand her ...
she is corrupt I live in new Zealand
@@rhettsycoplando4064 Buy a house like the rest of us nobody owes you a life or a roof over your head
@@warrenskill1487 She is not..🙄
@@rhettsycoplando4064 That the best you have?
Please take her USA!What do you want?Beer?Wine?Just take Jacinda.Please.Put us out of our misery!
Jacinta Ardern is the leader Kiwis needed at a crucial time. History will remember her in a positive light.
*Jacinda
Good. Take her. Great take her. Meanwhile in NZL gun violence and ram raids are out of control while Chairman Arden trots around the world extolling virtuous platitudes. She has thrown our economy off a cliff and created apartheid with racial tension. Pathetic and useless leader
Not they won't! JABcinda is a monster
No, she will be remembered as a tyrant.
Sensible articulate classy and real, a politician working for her people.
no she isnt
@@louisemunro442 Yes she is
@@g.f.martianshipyards9328 do you live in NZ?
As a kiwi I can confirm she is the most disliked PM in our history. Really damaging the country.
@@Roflcrabs I do & dont be fooled by the nice hair, big smile and pink suit, New Zealand has never been more dangerous, gang crime is on the rise, violent crime has never been higher, many people living in absolute poverty & desperation. New Zealand is now a paradise lost.
New Zealanders should feel very lucky to have this strong intelligent woman as their leader. I'm American and she makes even me feel proud. She is absolutely an inspiration in every way. Way to go New Zealand!
Come to NZ and see how she has destroyed our country. She's not the amazing leader she is made out to be.
Believe me, we do. My fear is that people will vote her out at the next election due to short-term memory loss as, thanks to Covid, first mass shooting in 20 years, earthquakes, volcanic eruption, she's had much more to contend with than just running the country.
No
NZ is a sh”7h…Le atm shootings everywhere lmao 🤣
New Zealanders are thick af, they don't know a good leader when they see one
Jacinda and family you are the most wonderful and helpful government that ever governed this country. From Grant and family.
your lack of awareness made me cringe so hard.
It makes me feel so jealous to see leaders from other countries who actually care about their people and have the courage to do difficult things that genuinely help people.
unfortunately we don’t have more world leaders like her over here, we have to follow in their New Zealand footsteps, we can’t do this alone anymore, hoping that all of this violence will go away on its own with passion hearts and compassion for children and innocent people of every country in the world 🌎 not just in the USA 🇺🇸 we, are no longer the greatest country in the world
Agreed. You might consider turning your jealousy into motivation to have a safer 🇺🇸.
She is disingenuous. It's so clear
@@leannechristianson5218 How can you tell? Are you a fortuneteller?
So caring she fired 1000's of health care workers in an already over stretched health care system because she felt comfortable by denying them their rights.
The same caring mother leader that sighed off on the abortion bill that allows for termination up to and including BIRTH.
Dont want your newborn baby? Simply let it die on the floor.
She is a monster, dont be fooled.
A lovely, decent, genuine woman. Us in Britain can but dream of having such a great leader. Ours is an effing disgrace.
Yup. You have trump lite, a buffoon like trump.
I couldn't agree more.
You can have her, as a New Zealand citizen i consider her to be about the worst Prime Minister we have ever had, she is not widely popular or respected in this country for her divisive ideology.
@@peterdolamore5196 She's brought indeed terrible division in NZ. No jab, no job! How kind is that.
@@peterdolamore5196 don't be silly. You should try living in the UK. You really, really don't know how lucky you are. Would you settle for a right wing arsehole?
As an Australian, I would vote for her as our Prime Minister as well. She's very impressive.
My dream… (hear me out..).. we (“Straya”) formally declare war with NZ… 10 seconds after the declaration, we surrender unconditionally. Jacinda now governs Australia…. *dreamy sigh*
@@milo4604 😆 ... 🤔
Anyone is better than Scomo and corrupt liberals, but you got rid of him
Take her mate. She's all yours. You're a prison colony and that's where she belongs!
@@milo4604 Sounds like a plan😂
This trip was to meet given, the rest of the trip was just icing. An absolute waste of tax payers money. You should be ashamed of yourself deceiving the nz public.
To think in February if you got covid you'd have to isolate for 20 days yet she goes flying around the world maskless, smiling through her teeth while we still have to mask up going into supermarkets, shops, public transport, flights, essentially anywhere that isn't on the street or in your home. Politicians come and go and I never really had an opinion on either side but as soon as her policies and restrictions started impeding directly on my life I couldn't not hate her. Mask up, vax if you want but forcing people to especially in 2022 is just sick. She should avoid being in public because I'm sure others carry the same rage.
Australia has managed without gun related crime for over 20 years and we could and should do the same. Every time our republican politicians refuse to pass any kind of gun control laws they are begging to continue senseless gun violence.
They need that Russian cash funneled the NRA to stay in power.
‘Without’ there is still gun crime in Australia. Just not at such a large scale like in the US
Last time I checked, the US wasn't Australia.
@@thomasbecker9676 and all of Australia says thanks for that.
@@snafufubar Says the country who lost a war to flightless birds, oppresses indigenous people, and owes its existence to being a prison colony.
Not just a great leader, but a great talk show guest. She just comes across as genuine and kind, and although not a “celebrity” she has good banter with Stephen.
She's the worst leader our Country has ever had.
@@khanjames2042 If you say so.
@@khanjames2042 how so?
@@mihaimoldo gave $3 million to the mongrel mob a local gang. So they can do drug rehab but the condition is the gang controls how it's run and government can't interfere. Then the government has a budget of a billion dollars for mental health. Hasn't used a cent of the money and can't explain why. During lockdown the suicide rates were unbelievable. She's not the nice person she makes out to be. She pushed fear and lies for the last 2 years.
@@khanjames2042 ah you're talking about the pandemic policies.
What's the name of the mongrel mob? I wanna Google it.
As a New Zealander I can say we're very proud of our leader who handled the pandemic the right way.
As a New Zealander I can say that I’m not proud 🥱😌
@@Bbslx you have nothing to be proud of.
@@mdstate829 And saving our lives. As a matter of curiosity are you an Anti-Vaxxer too?
@@Bbslx Would you rather have had the pandemic "handled" like Trump did?
@@warren52nz no I dislike trump also I dislike all political leaders They made Covid in a lab because the whole purpose of it is that they want to kill us off
Imagine! Politicians who make decisions based on what is best for citizens. How novel!
On money you mean
He didn’t at all , he ruined our lives
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word.
My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
@@My1notyours0409 Mate given how many times you copied and pasted that answer surely you would have reread it and realised how dumb it sounds and fixed it up?
@@wagonmoundno.2396 well I try not to do things based off of a morons opinion. It really saves time I'm really not one to be listening to people who can't read. lol 😆 🤣
After hearing of all those parties that hosted during countrywide enforceable-by-law (strongly) lockdowns in No 10 Downing St when they weren’t supposed to, and the handling of the entire coved fiasco and all the mass shootings in the US, it is so REFRESHING to see an ACTUAL leader who cares about her country's citizenry. New Zealand citizens are not expendable commodities, as Americans are in the US, nor are they worthy of absolute contempt as in the UK. And the Kiwis generally did obey the law, and followed the vaccination guidelines, which was all there to protect them, and did a good job of keeping them alive. Inspirational indeed.
@Billy Parker Yes, the mass shootings in the US. These are some of the vexing things about living in the Western World; The total disdain with which politicians view their constituents. Sorry about the rambling sentence.
@z-zd dz-z come live in the US, contrast it with NZ, and then talk about gang violence.
@z-zd dz-z There are always idiots and they are always JAFAs ... Thank you for proving that NZ has it's share of deluded nincompoops .Nothing you posted is remotely true . As a New Zealander that has lived all over the world and come home to retire, there is no place I would rather be and Jacinda is a far superior leader than John Key and his sell out National party .
@@honeytgb Don't worry honey, we're catching up and our glorious leader Sindie is so far doing sweet FA about, contrary to the drivel she is spouting here ( and everywhere).
@z-zd dz-z Good to see another K1W1 commenting here. Gidday from the far north.
This lady Rocks ... why the hell can't we get people like this into Gov leadership positions? Instead we get a bunch of incompetent geriatrics. 🤬 Jocinda Ardern for President! 👍
Right wing capitalists like pelosi and clyburn and mcconnell are competent, they just work for rich looters and big business not working class people
Stacy Abrams for President!!!
Take a number. As an Australian, we call dibs on her first. Jacinda for Australia’s PM!🙌
" why the hell can't we get people like this into Gov leadership positions?" Because so many people are apathetic and won't 1. get out and vote and 2. hold their representatives accountable.
Ehm... well, in a country filled with incompetent geriatrics, what do you expect?
New Zealand is a beautiful country with great examples.
The only troubling thing right now in New Zealand is that they are giving the CCP too much control in who gets deported back to China.
Not really, beautiful yeah but not great examples.
@@Bbslx grow up
@@checkmate1430 thanks for your support for stricter gun control.
Stephen, your questions are all legitimate and deserve an answer- Kiwis have common sense, it’s that simple. I love them and can’t wait to visit their stunning country.
You don't have common sense, you have tyranny.
WHY DONT OUR POLITICIANS MAKE ME FEEL THIS EMPOWERED?!
u should ask why 70 million americans voted trump in 2016 and again in 2024?
Cos you don't live here?
Can you not feel empowered by other people??do you need validation to be empowered by others other then politicians their testimonies and stories i mean your watching youtube??just saying
Believe me, NZ dislikes her a lot.
@Sophia Estella You mean the person currently dropping in polls (last i checked 36.3% preffered vs Nationals 23% pref) as she tours America while China feels insulted, while most of NZ cant afford to even travel out of the city due to costs of living. So greatful middle income earners MIGHT be eligible for 350$ though. so Good.
Also the irony that we have had shootings recently, not mass ones but still.
I remember when she fetched Stephen at the airport and drove him to the Shire. Pity her trip to the US couldn't be under happier circumstances.
What a joke she is. Meanwhile back here in NZ was a spate of shootings, ram raids and violence. Our useless government and weak police do nothing while Chairman Arden preaches to the world. Pathetic
Me too, and a sausage sizzle lunch in her back yard cooked by her supportive partner. She is very down to earth.
@@janealder4877 She would not hold one now - Auckland was rocked by five shootings, including four in one hour in the past 24 hours. Fifteen to 20 ram raids are being reported each week across the country by members of the Dairy and Business Owners Group. Yet useless Jacinda is over there gloating like usual in her smug woke bubble with her elites. Please stay in the USA
@@janealder4877 Or, being a politician, wants people to believe that.
She is a communist. She is using your tragedy to gaslight and manipulate you. She does not give a damn about those kids. She wants the guns so her evil communist, CHINESE government can control the people. Yeah, we are becoming more and more like China every day here in New Zealand. She is a narcisist and a gaslighter. She hates you. Do not be fooled by the pretty smile. She is a tyrant that must be stopped.
In the U.K. we did the same thing following the massacre in Dunblane, Scotland in 1996, when a man walked into a primary school and shot and killed 16 five- and six-year-old children and their teacher. That horror was enough for the private ownership of handguns to be almost entirely banned and I can’t remember anyone even objecting - small children being shot like fish in a barrel was simply too appalling for the whole nation. Since then we have had ONE mass shooting (in Cumbria, England in 2010 that left 12 dead) and ZERO mass school shootings. That’s one mass shooting in 26 YEARS.
It CAN be done. No-one expects the US to ban firearms to that extent, but so many common sense measures can be taken to mitigate mass shooting atrocities, like banning semi-automatic weapons (as the U.K. did in the 1980s after a massacre in the town of Hungerford) and enforcing background checks. As Joe Biden said, “there are no deer in Kevlar vests” - that semi-automatic weapons are readily available is just madness, and that you can legally buy a semi-automatic weapon aged 18 when in some States you can’t even buy a beer until aged 21 is fucking INSANITY.
@@rowanscott915 Found the conservative gun nut. You guys are like mushrooms after rain. There is a HUGE difference between the carnage a mad man can inflict wielding a knife vs that of one wielding an AK. If the Uvalde gunman had been armed with a knife I bet you the police would have moved in immediately instead of waiting for reinforcements.
@@rowanscott915 The topic is about mass shootings and how children are murdered cause of Americans non existent gun laws not what aboutism
@@rowanscott915 number of homicides with a gun in USA in 2021: ~20,000
Number of all homicides in UK in 2021: ~600
Adjusting for population, the US had nearly 7x more gun homicides per person than homicides with any weapon (or none) in the UK, including knives.
One reason that “mass stabbings”, whatever those are, don’t worry me as a Brit is that (a) it’s much harder to kill someone with a knife than a gun, and (b) it’s much easier to flee from someone with a knife than a gun. If someone pulls a knife and starts attacking people, everyone scatters and they probably injure 2-3 people before either the police or a couple of bigger guys take them down with a bar stool and a pool cue (or a narwhal tusk).
“Mass stabbings”…. You’re completely delusional.
@@rowanscott915 Lol, have you been sniffing glue or something? Where tf are you getting your ‘facts’, Truth Social? QAnon? You absolutely cannot legally buy pistols, explosives, grenades, automatic weapons etc “anytime, anywhere” 😂 That’s HILARIOUS.
As for knife crime, yes it absolutely is a problem, mainly because you cannot easily buy a GUN. The difference is, sweetie, that it’s a helluva lot harder to get past a security guard and take out 19 children and two teachers with a knife than it is with a semi-automatic. Is that too complicated for you to understand?
Again, ZERO mass school shootings here in the 26 years since private ownership of handguns was all but banned. ONE mass shooting (Cumbria, 2010), and that shook the nation. That’s with a population of nearly 70 million people.
You lot have had 214 mass shootings THIS YEAR and it’s only fucking May! But sure, keep trying to deflect from your own horrendous record with our much better record. 😂
Liar, there was mass shooting in plymouth, last year.
Kiwi here and I support the movement to remove the word gun from the English language. If you can't say it then you can't shoot it. Amen.
What an extraordinary leader. New Zealand is fortunate to have her at the helm.
Everyone here in New Zealand hates her. She has gone down in polls, gets heckled and harrased everywhere she goes. Can't ever admit she's done anything wrong. Kiwis hate her.
Have you seen our cost of living lately? And how shes doing nothing about it?
Any ideas, Teelo?
@@teelo12000 Thanks, I prefer hearing what kind of leader she is from the locals, not some western fanboy.
@@teelo12000 Yeah but what would anyone else do about it? An island country with a limited market and logistics...
Must be nice to have leaders liker her doing the right thing for their country.
You have to VOTE in such leaders instead of TV personalities...
Right thing??? Take her. Great take her. Meanwhile in NZL gun violence and ram raids are out of control while Chairman Arden trots around the world extolling virtuous platitudes. She has thrown our economy off a cliff and created apartheid with racial tension. Pathetic and useless leader
@@msmith53 funny thing is her partner is a TV personality- used to do music shows, now fishing shows and house moving
@@hazelheal4819 Which must get in the way of his meth importing business.
@@msmith53 We didn't vote her in though.
A guy called Winston Peters used a flawed election process to install her.
Please research this for yourself as not everything on the internet is crackpot conspiracy theory.
There's your motto America "Never Again!!" now everyone band together and make it happen!
Pipe Dream! Columbine happened in the 90s, Zero changes since. Real sad
The 2A is forever!!
Our Prime Minister is right, here in New Zealand, we simply refuse to let mass shootings should be a fact of life so we did something about it. When Parliament banned guns, there was uproar from a small minority of far-right people but the vast majority of the country was supportive of the new legislation.
They banned certain types of weapons, and I'm glad they did.
9 gang shootings in 2 days
New Zealand hasn't rid itself of a gun problem, a mass shooting is still very much possible with illegally acquired firearms. Don't act like illegal semi-auto AR-15's don't exist in New Zealand.
You're lying to yourself if you think that Jacinda burning millions of our tax payer money in guns did anything that making the licensing process more stringent and adding a new class of license for semi-auto weapons wouldn't have done without wasting millions of dollars of materials and labour spent making those firearms.
Whether you like guns or not, they were worth money. Money that ended up coming out of all New Zealanders pockets in the end to cover for the fact that she just destroyed them to make her point, instead of doing the grown up thing and selling them to a country that could use them if she didn't want them here.
It's essentially the difference between the kid that goes and puts all his old clothes in the clothing bins or gives them to his poor friend or the hospice shop to resell, versus the kid that has a poor friend with ripped clothes and still throws his old clothes straight in the bin. Ignorant and selfish.
Try reading. Start with history.
"Small minority of far right" hahahahaha thats ignorant as fuck and a huge generalisation bro... You clearly dont live here or have friends who owned these guns.
Im preeeeetty left and had of left friends who knew the buy back was poorly planned and executed. They ignored firearms owners comments and recommendations before, during and after this event. Her party also used cannabis reform for votes and gave us terrible hard-line options when it came to voting time resulting in us just keeping it illegal because it was full blown legalisation or nothing at all LOL but yeah we are so progressive......
bro, shes fulkl of crap. Gang shootings are so bad the major was on the news speaking about. Gang recruits are outnumbering the police recruits lol.
She's an inspirational world leader and a bonafide bad ass. She led her country through COVID as a brand new mother.
you dont know what your talking about , our country is in the crap because of her , we have record inflation and the crime is out of control ,our food and petrol is so now damn expensive that people are going hungry , 7 drive by shootings in one night in just one city because none of the criminals handed their guns in
LMAO
Letting her population be drained by corporations, letting gas prices get to $13-$14 a gallon, and burning a bunch of firearms at the taxpayers expense instead of correcting the licensing process is "inspiring" to you?
She didn't do anything NZ First wouldn't have done in the same position, but we would be a lot better off in many ways of we had them instead.
Hitler and Stalin were an inspiration to some people too you know... Just because you agree with it, doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Obviously it is much less clear cut here, but she has still done a lot wrong in her 2 terms.
Led our country into debt.
@@Roflcrabs show me one country not in debt
I have been living in New Zealand for quite a while now, i consider myself lucky for being here, and New Zealanders are amongst the best and nicest people I've ever met.
I am envious.
You can’t “buy them back” if you’ve never owned them in the first place
You know what she means you basement troll ...lol...now go and eat your pop tart and be quiet and let the grown ups speak...👍😉
No you can't, but people did.
Look out, "consume beef" has it all worked out..... Clever bollocks.
@@andymack75 I know you’re being sarcastic but this is not an unimportant detail that can be ignored. The politicians use very specific language like “buyback” because confiscation has a negative tone to it, even though what they’re doing is an obvious confiscation.
@@consumebeef5900 Tell me more. I just happen to live in a country where this happened, and understand it quite well. PS: we dont have mass shootings here.....
This brave woman has been viciously attacked for her positive actions that saved lives. That's courage! That's leadership!
Do you know there are dozen fighting between gangs in New Zealand in the past weeks using the guns "Banned" by this woman after she confiscated guns from ordinary citizens? And did she even say a word of it?
@@bridgette7635 Many people are short sighted, thats why they hate her.
That was opportunist theater.
She is attacked because she is a fraud, and rightly so.
Take off the rose tinted and find out for yourself the true horror show she is here in New Zealand.
@@andiehyde3714 I live in NZ and have nothing but positive things to say about Ardern. The way my conservative colleagues talk about her, you'd think she subsisted on unicorn blood and the tears of orphans but I just don't get it. Other countries would be blessed to have a PM like her.
@@Amorcea 7 drive by shootings in Auckland last night.
Please take your time in explaining how throwing $300,000,000 of public money at legally owned firearms has stopped gun violence and has saved lives in New Zealand?
Just another failed policy of the Ardern government, once you develop some critical thinking you will see it is simply another one to add to a very long list.
Just what does she do that makes you believe in she is doing a good job?
Class act. Imagine that, they said 'never again' and then did everything they could to to make that their reality. Shows a real spine, that. Better than the lip service of 'thoughts and prayers'.
Same in Australia. Gun control since 80's.
But "thoughts and prayers" gives the indoctrinated the illusion of effort, making them gather together in veiled futility so that those in power can continue to take advantage of them. This is exactly what their ridiculous mythology had been designed to do.
Same in the UK (apart from the class act that is NZ’s PM) we had one devastating school shooting. That’s all it took. Is it perfect, sadly not but it is far, far better than the alternative. People turn round and say ‘but the UK now has a large knife crime problem’ that is sadly true however a person with a knife can’t kill the obscene amount of people in a single attack that the same person with a gun can.
Most Americans actually believe that "thoughts and prayers" are an effective way to deal with and prevent tragedy.
@@mooreandless I just had a long conversation about that under another video tonight!
easiest two votes i've ever made were for her. the next one will be just as easy. i live in christchurch, it still hurts like hell, as if the earthquakes weren't enough.
Im from Wellington, i can 100% agree with you
Chairman Arden and useless government have ruined NZ. She would rather play global politics than fix up the mess she has caused locally. Pathetic woke communist can stay in the USA. Don’t come back
@@Eline_Meijer I’m from Wellington and this government is destroying the country. Inflation is through the roof due to uncontrollable spending, the covid response was absolutely disgusting and turned kiwis against each other. The gun laws have achieved nothing except taking guns out of law abiding citizens hands! There was 7 gang related shootings last night alone.
Things are going to get much worse because they actually think they are doing a good job. Very sad. I think by the time the election comes around you will have changed your mind.
We still feel for you chch, love from Invercargill x x x
Respect and love from the Waikato 🤙
Seems like everyone outside USA ( new Zealand, Australia,Canada,Germany, UK,etc) had more common sense and better laws that really protect citizens.
Well here in New Zealand we've seen her true colors and we all, fell for this act. The smile, the beautifully articulated answers, she smiles and screws he face with every second word.
My God if only it held up in her actions and delivering in the 1000 things she has promised in her time as NZs leader, it goes to show identity politics and good presentation gets you far, but career politicians have shown and Jacinda Ardern is used as a prime example, that they will always fail miserably and inevitably end up two face with no substance and not a single shred of responsibility. Never mind the big things, for me it's the absolute smallest most irrelevant things that you think she should be able to say I was wrong. But no absolutely not no accountability at all. She's pathetic, after seeing this you know these career politicians really are all the same. Get of your ass and stop relying on what people say and instead on what people DO.
@@My1notyours0409 Spoken like a true fascist.... Go away and get better "chev"
The day of the Christchurch shooting was i suppose like our 9/11. The whole country felt assaulted, and while that was something so traumatic for the whole nation to experience i am SO grateful we aren't a nation that is now desensitised to gun violence like in America. I saw some of the crazy PSA ads you have about school shootings and i cried watching them! I had never seen a gun until that day and police were armed at every mosque in the country just in case. Jacinda isn't perfect but she's had the shittest run of her two terms and i'm soooo grateful we've had her looking after us
Canadian here. One of my best friends lives in Christchurch. He kept us all in the loop as it happened. Amazed me how NZ cut the shit and got right to business. He and his wife absolutely love her and I think they're right. Well done. Planning on visiting someday.
I am embarrassed that the US refuses to save innocent lives and won’t ban assault guns or buy them back…
In NZ, Canada, and Australia, it's a different can of worms. You guys still live under a monarchy with an unelected queen dictator as your head of state, so you basically have no rights, only privileges granted by the government that can be taken away at any time. We overthrew all that crap and have a bill of rights, and the right to own guns is one of those rights. The reason we have gun rights is because under the Monarchy we didn't have any gun rights. The kings and queens kept everyone disarmed to prevent them from rising up and overthrowing their tyranny. Whether banning guns would stop mass shootings or not is irrelevant. We're not going to forfeit our rights and freedoms to fight crime. We have a judicial system that punishes only those people who abuse their rights and use a gun to commit murder, while the rest of us continue living with the freedom to own guns. We could stop school shootings if Biden would simply replace the glass doors on schools with metal ones, and keep them locked. We should also have an armed security guard at each school guarding the children like we have in banks guarding money. The schools need to be secured from anyone entering with any weapon to harm them. In Sweden a lunatic entered a school with a sword and attacked children. In other countries there have been knife attacks on school children, bomb attacks etc.
@@captainamerica4685 All 3 countries literally top America in every known Crime Statistic, Health Care (30 Million Americans without it) and overall Quality of Life Stats..Not to mention your Jail rates, homeless rates, covid deaths, drug crime, gang membership, murders and minimum wage rates. Then you have BLM and LGBTQ+ to deal with, Dems vs Republicans= The DIVIDED STATES OF AMURICA, enjoy!
@@irishrover9332 All 3 of those countries live in police states where they are imprisoned under hate speech laws if they curse a Muslim or call Mohammed a child molester. Not that I go around insulting Muslims, because I like Muslims, but I like to have the freedom of speech to do so if one of them pisses me off. I also want them to have the freedom of speech to curse my God if I piss them off. Why should anyone be imprisoned and punished for what they say? The puppet governments in these Monarchy satellites say the people have freedom of speech, but if they say something that the government decides is offensive, they get 2 years in prison. The reason they have these offensive speech laws is not because they are concerned about someone getting insulted and having their feelings hurt, they have these laws to imprison and silence people like Tommy Robinson that protests against the rule of the government. If they get caught with a gun in these countries, it's 10 years or more in prison. Considering how the Monarchy starved the Irish people, I'm surprised you are so supportive of their Monarchy puppet regimes. People can say what they want about our guns, but our guns are the reason we don't bow to queens or lick the boots of dictators. When the King of England sent his army to take our guns, things didn't go so well for him. His soldiers were hanging from trees when the dust settled. As for your socialized medicine, no thanks we don't want it, because we are not commie rats. Come back and talk to me in 20 years when your economy has collapsed like Venezuela, Cuba, the former USSR, N Korea etc. When you take from the rich and give their money to the poor, eventually you no longer have any rich people creating jobs, and everyone is poor. Why would anyone want to copy socialist system that has been proven to fail for the past 100 years. Insanity is trying the same thing over and over, and expecting to get different results.
You both make me proud to be a Kiwi...To see the clear and real emotion when she discussed the tragic and horrific Robb Elementary shootings was what I want to see from a politician. Love you both!
Jacinda Ardern is brilliant. I would vote for her in a heartbeat. She puts most other politicians to shame.
You sound like someone who voted for joe biden lol
@@checkmate1430 - I'm from the UK, so no I didn't. However, given that Trump was the alternative then yes I would have voted for Biden. Frankly I would vote for a dog turd dressed up in a suit if it was running against Trump. And it would do a better job.
@@checkmate1430 Oh no, you accused of them of being one of the majority of voters in the USA. How awful.
Here's a real insult: You sound like someone who voted for Trump.
@@Aethelia nah I voted for labour actually lol
Umm people have mums she was so annoyed at Polyfest when she said i am not the daughter of the Pacific i mean you a so wierd mum of what Nation we all came from our mums sorry Primeminister yes not mum of Nation omg
you guys can keep her, we dont want her back
Exactly
Jacinda should be made prime minister of the World. An intelligent down to earth leader who just embodies common sense and genuinely cares for citizens. There's a problem.
How can we fix it?
Let's do it.
It's not that tough America you just need to do it. Remember politicians work for you, they're supposed to represent the will of the people, not those of their big buissness donors.
She smiles well, thats about it
@Sophia Estella I don't get into personal attacks on people who don't share my opinion. Very worthy of recognition :)