Earthquake
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I would happily see self-anointed Bishop Brian Tamaki lose tax-free charity status.
I would be very unhappy to see some other Churches that I know of - who do a huge amount of (almost all non-evangelising, if that bothers you) social work in poor communities and live on the proverbial bones of their backsides - lose their tax-free charity status.
As usual, the trick is where to draw the dividing line...
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@Mokey that was the best I could do without turning the safe search mode off...
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@Donsteppa said in Earthquake:
I would happily see self-anointed Bishop Brian Tamaki lose tax-free charity status.
I would be very unhappy to see some other Churches that I know of - who do a huge amount of (almost all non-evangelising, if that bothers you) social work in poor communities and live on the proverbial bones of their backsides - lose their tax-free charity status.
As usual, the trick is where to draw the dividing line...
Surely the best way would be to set an assessment level of income to social expenditure and a reasonable ratio of expenses.
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@canefan said in Earthquake:
Tamaki is a charlatan of the highest order. Sadly these types of swindlers seem to be doing a good job of attracting followers of late
He's probably got company, but I can't think of a bigger jerk to have come from TA. There is no way that church deserves tax-free status.
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Back to opportunistic arseholes Labour is shamelessly trying to add to its database again, its done this before but this is a disgrace.
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Thanks @Tim, good article that puts into layman's terms just our unstable and dynamic the earth beneath NZ really is. Sheesh.
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Aye, all good here.
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Good to hear our Japanese TSF crew are all good.
24th floor, gulp!
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@Paekakboyz said in Earthquake:
Good to hear our Japanese TSF crew are all good.
24th floor, gulp!
Didn't even get out of bed
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@antipodean said in Earthquake:
@Tim said in Earthquake:
As a follow on I found this article The Really Big One very interesting.
Yeah. Wow. Thanks for recommending
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Excellent. Thanks for posting. My next conference is in Oregon (& Seattle). Looking forward to it.
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Wow ... I am planning a south island drive with the family shortly and have been keeping an eye on the roads there to see what's opened/closed. The road north of Kaikoura is still closed and I've been looking to see when it's going to open but found nothing.
HOWEVER, looking at google maps / earth, I see the photo's here have now updated to be taken after the quake. It's worth taking a look, as the sheer number of slips in the area, and the overhead shots of the road, are something to behold.
There are about 3 instances where the road was cliff on one side, ocean on the other, where the whole cliff has come down across the road. It is going to be a mammoth mammoth job to clean up.
Check it out - it's well worth a look.
