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Tony Stuart

It’s ironic that the Labour Party is celebrating how fast our economy has recovered just hours before the highest level of inflation for more than 30 years is announced.

https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/1516553675275386880

What about all those people who are getting hammered with the cost of everyday living, who are in a real battle to make ends meet? Ask the Foodbanks how the “economic recovery” is going.
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December 21, 2021 8:17am
- nathie
  
  From the Labour Twits: “our economy is now recovering faster than almost anywhere else in the world”.
  
  Question: what does Labour and Putin’s propaganda machine have in common?
  
  Answer: they are incredibly good at spreading misinformation and selling porkies to the masses!
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:59am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    True, but you can only sell something to somebody willing to buy.
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:12pm
- Simon
  
  The game Luxon vs Robertson are playing for the cattle.
  
  The absurdity of a Reserve Bank acknowledging that core inflation is above target, suggesting perhaps the govt might help, while the same RB is still putting out new loans to banks under crisis lending facilities, which should have been discontinued a year ago.
  
  https://twitter.com/MHReddell/status/1516540149550956547?cxt=HHwWhoDS2eTO6osqAAAA
  
  Monetary policy run by the tree worshipers at RBNZ is the problem. Both National & Labo know this.
  
  Are National going to dismantle and reform monetary policy?? No ofcourse not. Play the game with Labour instead.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:12am
  - Paulus
    
    National are [not] the Government and can do little until the next election.
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:20pm
- Maxx
  
  Everything looks great when you’re high on your own drugs – the rehab is tomorrows problem.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:24am
- lastmanstanding
  
  Apropo co-governance and Maori land. For the young ones here back in the 70s the local iwi complained that Raglan golf course was built on iwi land. The Government of the day took the golf course land off the golf club. It was a particularly well cared for golf course as most are. With a few years it had reverted to gorse and scrub.
  And that folks is the difference between land cared for by Maori and land cared for by Non-Maori.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:35am
  - Matt Long
    
    What I have noticed is that land that is in multiple ownership where there is no clear benefit of input to those who would be industrious the land is left to degrade.
    You can observe this outside of Moari land in some family trusts, as well as coucil reserves and DOC land. The worst examples are in communist/socialist countries like Zimbabwe and anywhere where the rule of law fails and private ownership is set aside like Sri Lanka.
    Different cultural values can make the situation worse.
    
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    April 21, 2022 10:08am
    - kowtow
      
      In the Soviet era the tiny plots put aside for the peasants’ personal use and profit ( they were allowed to produce for themselves and local markets) eclipsed the whole commune’s produce and productivity by a huge factor.
      
      Some people will never learn.
      
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      April 21, 2022 1:11pm
    - slijmbal
      
      google tragedy of the commons
      
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      April 21, 2022 5:49pm
  - Gravelroad
    
    It’s not really about reclaiming land for any productive purpose.
    Getting agreement regarding what to do with it, who would do any work required and who and how they would be remunerated is beyond capability.
    It is about just having the land.
    Most will not visit it, or look at it.
    It is just there and theirs.
    
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    April 21, 2022 10:11am
  - Unity
    
    Growing up in the 1950’s and beyond, we always knew which was Maori land. It was always covered in gorse and untended.
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:04pm
  - Bloody Dago
    
    Lake Waikaremoana 8 years of co governance has exposed Tamati Krugers archilles heel. They don’t want cogovernance they want them the whole lake plus all the surrounds.so if that’s their ultimate goal then all others will follow. This government is lying to all New Zealanders and leading future generations down a dark rabbit hole.
    
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    April 21, 2022 4:16pm
    - Sarkozygroupie
      
      Here’s another example of co-governance merging into uni-governance under the radar…because if people think it will stop at a 50:50 share then the jokes on you!
      
      https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/20/new-bilingual-traffic-signs-for-schools-to-replace-english-only/
      
      There’s a little nugget of things to come embedded in this article that talks about how some road user signs will be in Maori only.
      
      One day it will be a pre-requisite to be fluent in te reo just to navigate everyday living (and driving).
      
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      April 21, 2022 8:00pm
      - Observer of Life
        
        I love how these sign changes have the Maori word first, English second. Even though more speak English and so few Maori.
        
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        April 22, 2022 6:05pm
- Cassandra
  
  Sadly true, Tony, but the land should have been returned to the owner after the war, when it was no longer needed as an airfield (or aerodrome as it was called then). But your point is valid – Māoris are no better and often worse at caring for property than any other people.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:09am
- Cinematic
  
  The Labour Party now represents the far left and fringe identity driven political groups. They have well and truly deserted the workers in pursuit of the wokers.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:37am
- mogg
  
  Remember that inflation is a compounding figure, so
  It’s always worse than it appears to be.
  
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  April 21, 2022 1:33pm
peterwn

A couple of jokes from a friend’s Czech colleagues:

Which countries have a border with Russia?
Russia borders with the countries they decide to

What is the difference between the German Nazis and the Russian Nazis?
The German Nazis conquered Kiev
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April 21, 2022 8:01am
- Inandout
  
  peter, this type of sarcastic humour was what eventually brought the old Soviet Union to its knees. Little by little the lampooning was proving corrosive to the satellite regimes and I can see this occurring in NZ with Labour.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:19am
- Scott
  
  On the subject of war a big shout out to our brave soldiers who served this country in overseas wars. And we remember them particularly on Monday for Anzac Day.
  I came across this beautifully colourised picture from World War II showing the Royal New Zealand Air Force, number 486 Squadron based in Holland in 1945.
  We used to have a very bad arsed Air Force. Fighter-bombers and everything!
  https://www.facebook.com/RarityColor/photos/a.1789157661229814/2888102448001991/
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:21am
  - G152
    
    Now we have a politicians air line
    
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    April 21, 2022 1:33pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Speaking of Czech, what was the result of Sroebeck deportation hearing, it was the same week as a high profile entertainer who had a name suppression hearing on March 9
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:25am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    So I ask a random pertinent question, and a fruit cake down votes the question, childish
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:09am
- Ra Henare
  
  Yep Germans had 460,000 troops and Ukraine didnt have massive “western” support.
  
  It is of course a proxy war between NATO/USA and Russia. Sadly like other proxy wars eg Vietnam, Korea and others the locals pay the price with their lives and livelihood.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:31am
- Manu-Rau
  
  How do you fit 500 Russian crewmen into a single T-72?
  
  Two in the turret, two in the hull, and 496 in the ashtrays.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:55am
- Manu-Rau
  
  One from my Polish colleague, an Armoured Corps officer in the Polish Army:
  
  How do you turn a Russian tank regiment into an infantry platoon?
  
  Send it to Ukraine.
  
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  April 21, 2022 11:48am
Matt Long

https://www.foxnews.com/media/reporter-chicagos-lightfoot-re-election-harm-caused
Who’s going to ask Ardern how she can stand for reelection given the harms she’s caused?
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April 21, 2022 8:05am
- WaveyDavey
  
  Nobody, they’re all fangirls
  
  Anyone who might has been sidelined a la Soper
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:13am
- info@cruzpro.com
  
  At least the media in Chicago have the intestinal fortitude to confront the politicians with the hard questions, unlike here.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:14am
- Yvette
  
  Matt – no one will ask because they know they will get the same answer as given in your link –
  “I disagree with you fundamentally and don’t think I need to address and dignify your comments one second …”
  “End of story”, end of question …
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:16am
- pdm
  
  Matt we know it won’t be Jess or Tova and Barry is now a `home help’ on paternal leave.
  
  So I guess no one will.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:20am
  - curry4me
    
    Chantelle Baker would if she was in the press gallery. So would any journalist from The Platform. That’s why they’re not there.
    
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    April 21, 2022 10:33am
Simon

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“While a low Official Cash Rate and the Large Scale Asset Purchase Programmes were seen at the start of 2020 as an important way of supporting the economy during the pandemic, they have done their job and it’s time to put monetary policy back on normal footing.

https://www.national.org.nz/halt-to-monetary-stimulus-welcomed

Lol – National party supported Labour inflation driven binge spending at the time. Large Scale Asset Purchase i.e the printing of billions pumped into the economy caused inflation. Capped at $55 billion. Fully supported by National.
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April 21, 2022 8:11am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Something had to be done in 2030, but the 50 billion put aside for COVID had a 50% waste, Nats did not support that waste.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:27am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Sorry , should have read 2020
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:50pm
- Scott
  
  Once again David Seymour is making a lot of sense on these issues. He is advocating that government departmental spending is dropped back to 2017 levels. Do we need all these government departments and all these bureaucracies just because we have had them for a long time?
  
  In my opinion I would like to see less government and more individual and family and community responsibility. The government at the moment mainly seems to be communicating millions of dollars of propaganda telling us to wear a mask, to get vaccinated, that the speed limit on our roads should be less, what safety rating of cars we should buy, to be cautious in case we have an accident etc.
  
  Maybe if their budgets were cut they would stop telling us what to do every minute of every day?
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300110270/david-seymour-plots-radical-overhaul-of-state-slashing-spending-over-a-decade
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:27am
  - Loddenthinks
    
    Like most things David Seymour says, it has a lot of merit. It’s also a good idea in general, and for those two reasons alone, Labour wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.
    
    Reduce government spending? Make government smaller? Tell im e’s dreamin!
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:19pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    I think Luxon has already said many times the 10000 extra bureaucrats is 10000 to many, i am pretty sure they wont have to jockey of that one.
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:52pm
- peterwn
  
  National supported the initial Covid responses as it was framed as a bipartisan response. But as soon as Jacinda got what she wanted she threw threw the National leader out of the room. And a significant part of the extra spending has gone on electioneering rather than genuinely needed for Covid response. That is Corruption with a big C.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:40am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    50% was spent on non COVID crap
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:11am
- ecco
  
  So where are you coming from that this was fully supported by National. I don’t recall seeing that anywhere.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:43am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    They were supportive of the wage subsidies, not the billions in wasted crap, in fact they said to expand the wage subsidies, remembering of cause only businesses with 30 or less staff were to be rewarded with the borrowed billions
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:13am
- Fuzzysnuggleduck
  
  I think the issue is the quality of the spending, and the lack of targets or measured outcomes.
  Much like even in the context of government spending causing inflation, Luxon was about targeting spending which is not productive and not just slashing budgets for their own sake.
  A bit like businesses work – you spend money, where you know there is a return (a business case).
  You also review the outcome, and take learnings from it.
  None of which Labour seem fussed on.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:17am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Exactly, Labour think you simply shovel money out and job done, its crazy how you see them have a glint in their eyes when saying how much they have thrown at a certain sector, not realising that money is not just the answer
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:53pm
- Cinematic
  
  Yes, there was an argument for it but I’d say the Labour government and RB have overshot by about 70%.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:39am
G152

according to the world ‘Arden’ who ???????
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April 21, 2022 8:13am
Maggy Wassilieff

The problem with going to have an interview with a Journalist who has a set agenda:

https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/luxons-health-reform-and-co-governance-predictions-are-dismissed-as-misinformation-but-shouldnt-we-wait-and-see/
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April 21, 2022 8:15am
- Yvette
  
  Luxon should have said “I don’t think we can usefully discuss this matter until our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Willie Jackson define “co-governance” – what is you next question, please.”
  Yep! 20 / 20 hindsite
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:37am
- CJames
  
  I think Luxon deliberately accepted the interview, knowing it would be hostile. Good practice to show he doesn’t get flustered. It also will be used to prove he doesn’t run away or waffle, to contrast with what the Prime Minister does. He also nailed a lot of colours to the mast on co-governance.
  The interview did not do him any harm as those that don’t like National like Maori nationalists were never going to vote for him. However, some of the waverers will be swayed.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:44am
  - My
    
    Yeah, thought Luxon did great in a blatantly hostile interview. Could have name dropped Dr Reti on the health stuff.
    It would be great to see some ratings data on Te Ao with Moana..Would it break 10,000?
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:01am
    - Loddenthinks
      
      Cumulative over 24 months, perhaps.
      
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      April 21, 2022 2:21pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    Yes, and he drove a wedge to this He Puapua, something Collins for some silly reason was trounced for. I suggest his joke about getting rid of Labour day may also have been planned, it certainly got the press talking about him, he was joking, became was asked would you do away with another holiday he said that is their policy, but when asked which one he said Labour day but he chuckled, a clear joke, but it created Labour to try snd smear him, say he was out of touch, which is a joke also because Labour are the most out of touch there is
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:30am
  - septic skeptic
    
    I hope you are right and the Nats have worked out that the key to winning is NOT doubling their portion of the votes in the Maori seats from 4.something to 9%. I hope.
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:31am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      The maori seat thing may well be a shock for Labour, firstly the MP polling suggests they will do well in the maori seats, its possible that Labour will lose these seats as well, secondly, if Nats do increase their support by standing in maori electorates, where will the votes come from? probably Labour
      
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      April 21, 2022 2:59pm
  - curry4me
    
    Yes, that was an excellent performance on Chris Luxons part. I hope he sustains it.
    
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    April 21, 2022 10:34am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Twitter. Context is in the link.
https://www.westernjournal.com/twitter-rejects-musk-offer-desantis-musk-team-make-twitter-offer-cant-refuse/?
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April 21, 2022 8:18am
- Matt Long
  
  Interesting that 20 years ago I used to hear a lot about fiduciary responsibility.
  You don’t hear about it so much from boards, councils or governments now, it’s more diversity is the highest moral imperative.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:30am
  - Libertarians are right
    
    Excluding Dorsey (who’s leaving), the current board own 77 shares (out of 800 million).
    
    They don’t care about the shareholders at all. That is why they feel they can screw the shareholders – they have no skin in the game.
    
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    April 21, 2022 8:45am
    - Matt Long
      
      It was extraordinary that Dorsey was publicly critical of a board he still sits on, it shows just how bad the board is.
      Who I wonder is pulling their strings?
      
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      April 21, 2022 11:43am
      - Libertarians are right
        
        They filled it with ideologues who wanted to control the conversation rather than run a business. That was always going to create issues.
        
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        April 21, 2022 11:55am
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        Soros??
        
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        April 21, 2022 2:18pm
    - NeverMindTheBollocks
      
      77? Is that even possible?
      
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      April 21, 2022 7:37pm
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  I think Musk’s twitter play might be just a new front in a war he is fighting with Washington’s power’s that be because he won’t kiss the ring – He’s pissed off some very powerful adversaries, most particularly the Biden admin (who won’t even mention Tesla if they can avoid it). Govt are currently stonewalling him in his desire to test his big rocket in texas through endlessly delaying environmental approval – about 8months of delay so far, with no end in sight, and they can kill it or delay him for years if they want. Perhaps by threatening a core part of their power in this way, and being prepared to halt his attack as a quid quo pro if they get out of the way of his rocket, he can do a trade to get the approval he needs sooner.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:22am
Maggie Pie

Finance Minister Grant Robertson denies his Government spending is responsible for this country’s soaring inflation, saying… “It is driven by global economic forces”

Jacinda arrives in Japan…. where the Inflation Rate is 2.2%

LOL!!

LOL!!
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April 21, 2022 8:21am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  That was a quote from Luxon yesterday
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:27am
- Matt Long
  
  Is moronic socialism a Global Economic Force? Ardern probably still has no idea what Singapore’s inflation rate is.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:33am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    She must know, she says all OECD countries are worse than us (sarc) in reality, we are the second worse behind the states, the 2 largest per capita spenders during COVID, but it’s not his fault
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:33am
  - Nickc2
    
    Ardern would do well to study how Singapore’s Political System works, albeit without a President. In doing so, she should note that there’s no Co-Governance mentioned with any favoured race and Singapore consists of a multitude of races, all working and contributing to a common cause, that of the Republic and its citizens are well rewarded for doing so.
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:37am
  - mogg
    
    Going on her past record Ardern has no idea what inflation is.
    
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    April 21, 2022 1:30pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  She prob will advise Japan on how to increase it
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:38am
- rockape
  
  I wish someone smarter than I could explain how Global factors affect the cost of a renting in South Auckland ?
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:52am
  - artemisia
    
    Must be a serious global effect as yoy rents in Auckland were the lowest increase in New Zealand at 1.7%. Meanwhile over the same period Taranaki up 22.2%. Obviously a different global effect.
    
    http://www.trademe.co.nz/c/property/news/rents-experience-largest-annual-increase-since-july
    
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    April 21, 2022 8:59am
    - Ehlana
      
      Of course they’re different global effects, artemisia. Auckland and Taranaki are different parts of the globe. Sometimes they don’t even have the same weather!
      
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      April 21, 2022 1:27pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    And how a war could cause inflation to be at 5.9 % last year when war didn’t start till second week in March
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:35am
  - Thought Criminal
    
    Robbo was repeatedly warned by the Reserve Bank about the impact his policies would have on inflation.
    
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300223358/reserve-bank-repeatedly-warned-government-money-printing-would-lead-to-house-price-inflation
    
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    April 21, 2022 10:46am
    - Nickc2
      
      Ya can’t put brains in statues. Besides, Robo’s too thick.
      
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      April 21, 2022 12:20pm
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        Statues? dont you mean Buddha
        
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        April 21, 2022 3:02pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    Simply asking that question shows you to be smarter than most
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:03am
- Maxx
  
  I didn’t know GR was referring to himself now as a “Global Economic Force”
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:27am
- MCōs
  
  Apart from 2014 that would be Japan’s highest rate for about 30yrs. They were negative in 2020.
  Shortly the PM is off to the US where the rate is 8.54%.
  Maybe ours will be more!
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:52am
Nukuleka

At the beginning of November a fire damaged the roof of the Bromley sewage plant in Christchurch, and since then a foul stench has enshrouded the eastern and central suburbs of the city. Leanne Dalziel’s Labour – leaning council, emboldened by the laissez-faire ‘don’t rock the boat’ approach of the greenies at Environment Canterbury, have done nothing tangible to solve the problem- no doubt endless meetings and emails and discussions but no action whatsoever thus far to get rid of this appalling health hazard. And the response when Phil Mauger, current city councilor and mayoral candidate, offers to at least have a go at alleviating the stench on a temporary basis by spraying bleach on the offending sewage plant to provide some relief for the beleaguered residents? Poo poo the idea out of hand. The Mayor simply doesn’t care! The sooner she goes and Phil Mauger takes control of the city the happier and healthier Christchurch will be.
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April 21, 2022 8:28am
- mikenmildagain
  
  Poo poo the idea
  
  Perhaps it is a shit idea.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:34am
- thetiedarch
  
  As much as I dislike Dalziel and co, you’re actually incorrect.
  
  I’m loosely connected to the repair of those ponds and can tell you the issue of fixing it and dealing with the smell is not down to politics. Rather its a function of how long it takes to investigate the damage, remove impacted material, and rebuild. One of the biggest issues it actually supply chain – there are specialist parts that are being impacted by global transport issues.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:27am
  - Ehlana
    
    Thanks for the information thetiedarch.
    
    If you can explain it in just two sentences, I wonder why the Council hasn’t got an update on their website – e.g., specialist parts on order delayed due to global supply chain issues. Delivery likely in May.
    
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    April 21, 2022 1:34pm
Benedict Yu

I would not normally comment on advertisements, but I clicked on a ‘Z Energy’ ad this morning. Because it the click bait was their plans to install fast EV chargers across New Zealand. I thought that might be interesting.

But the ad tells you nothing about chargers. It is basically an apology for selling petroleum products, and explaining how they are doing other things, like promoting cycling. There is a picture of two happy folk riding bikes.

It then doubles down by telling us that Z Energy likes gay people and wants to stop bullying in New Zealand.

Just extraordinary that a company that distributes a product that is so essential to society and the economy, has to apologise for selling it. And say ‘Look over there – gay people riding bikes.’

This is what we have become.

https://campaignbrief.co.nz/2022/04/05/z-is-moving-with-the-times-in-major-brand-campaign-via-saatchi-saatchi-new-zealand/
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April 21, 2022 8:29am
- Inandout
  
  BY, I almost always use a New World unmanned fuel stop and can’t remember the last time I used Z. I also guess EV owners are smart enough to self fuel. I did catch an ad on TV of a couple of guys drawing to a kiss but can’t recall the company.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:35am
- mikenmildagain
  
  Very little advertising actually demonstrates the practicalities of the product being promoted. It generally aims to elicit an emotional response from the target audience. I assume advertisers do this because it is effective.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:38am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    It just makes me vow to never set foot in a Z petrol station.
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:26am
    - Matt Long
      
      Exactly
      
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      April 21, 2022 11:46am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Not going to work, is it?
  Apology ad – pathetic. Reminds me of silent ‘T’ I’m sorry for being a man!
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:43am
- All_on_Red
  
  Meanwhile Toyota have developed an Internal Combustion Engine powered by Hydrogen.
  https://newsroom.toyota.eu/toyota-showcases-experimental-hydrogen-powered-gr-yaris/
  
  JCB have done the same as they believe its a better solution for its larger Industrial equipment.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:44am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    “Hydrogen combustion engine technology delivers almost zero emissions”
    So what about the emissions from hydrogen production? You can’t just fill up on water.
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:02am
    - All_on_Red
      
      Hydrogen is an option for storing electricity.
      Make it when the dams are full.
      An Australian Mining coy (irony alert) wants to build a plant at Tiwai Point after the Aluminium plant is gone.
      Its a good idea.
      https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/448224/tiwai-smelter-power-could-be-diverted-to-hydrogen-by-2023
      I take your point though Steve, Tesla’s powered by coal etc.
      
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      April 21, 2022 9:16am
      - CJames
        
        You do know that hydrogen as the gas is a very potent greenhouse gas don’t you? And it delays oxidation of methane and destroys ozone. At best hydrogen system will leak 1-2% of the gas, more likely 4%.
        
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        April 21, 2022 9:30am
      - Taieri
        
        An Australian Mining coy (irony alert) wants to build a plant at Tiwai Point after the Aluminium plant is gone.
        Its a good idea.
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        No, it is not a good idea. Apart from the phenomenal wastage in the energy conversion process where is the water going to come from?
        
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        April 21, 2022 9:40am
      - cmm
        
        No it is a crap idea. Transporting hydrogen is difficult and dangerous.
        
        The only way that the hydrogen economy “works”, is if it is propped up by massive subsidies.
        
        If we have surplus electricity, then there are far better ways to use it to build the economy. Reducing the price of electricity in NZ would be a leg up for industry.
        
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        April 21, 2022 9:42am
      - CJames
        
        As we are supposed to follow the science, here are the two official reports done for the UK government on hydrogen.
        https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1067144/atmospheric-implications-of-increased-hydrogen-use.pdf
        https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1067137/fugitive-hydrogen-emissions-future-hydrogen-economy.pdf
        Though no doubt the laws of physics are different in Aotearoa so they can be disregarded.
        
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        April 21, 2022 9:46am
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        Who or what is going to make all of this electricity?
        All very well to go electric but it has to come from somewhere. How about that electric plane/boat ferry? That will really suck it up.
        Another dopey ‘save the planet’ idea
        
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        April 21, 2022 9:50am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        You do know that hydrogen as the gas is a very potent greenhouse gas don’t you?
        
        Actually, I didn’t.
        I believe molecular H2 is transparent to I.R.
        
        But Yes, it is a potent indirect greenhouse gas.
        
        (Not trying to be pedantic…but if we use the IR absorption spectra to explain why H2O, CO2, CH4 , N2O are GHgases, then we’d better understand why the non-absorbing H2 is considered an “indirect” GHG).
        
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        April 21, 2022 11:19am
      - rangitoto
        
        “Who or what is going to make all of this electricity?”
        
        Good clean coal fired power plants.
        
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        April 21, 2022 11:53am
      - CJames
        
        You are right Maggy (as always) H2 is a greenhouse gas only in the effect that it has on other components in the atmosphere. This is much the same as CFCs. One often has to use inaccurate shortcuts to describe things, especially as most people have next to know scientific understanding.
        
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        April 21, 2022 3:34pm
    - Matt Long
      
      Also the most potent green house gas is water vapour. The product of burning H.
      Next we will have the loony left complaining about H²O emissions polluting the atmosphere.
      
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      April 21, 2022 9:18am
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        That is humour I know, but not humour to the loony left
        
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        April 21, 2022 9:52am
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      They use hydrolysis yo split the water and leave the hydrogen, it take huge energy to do this, so once again it will come down to power supply
      
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      April 21, 2022 9:37am
    - Its only I
      
      Nuclear reactors produce hydrogen from the water around those infamous rods.
      
      Nuke lecky power for the cars and hydrogen for commercial vehicles with the bonus of the exploding heads of green party members..what could be better?
      
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      April 21, 2022 12:43pm
      - G the giant from Dunedin
        
        That is also hydrolisis if i remember my school cert science
        
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        April 21, 2022 3:03pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Whenever I hear hydrogen, I remember the Hindenburg. And the R101.
    
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    April 21, 2022 7:44pm
- CJames
  
  They haven’t learnt from the Gillette experience, have they.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:45am
  - blue collar
    
    I still buy schick to this day , good to see Netflix getting the arse for being woke aswell ,
    Trump was right , everything woke turns to shit , lookout z , virtue signalling can destroy , go woke , go broke
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:21am
- kowtow
  
  I’ve noticed a lot of advertising and in any number of businesses there’s a really big push pretending to be for the environment .
  
  Some focus group or other must have hit in this , but as per Matt Long at 830 above business now pretends to be about woke crap and not the bottom line . Perhaps they’ve been told that’s wot consumers want or maybe they really are stupid and will go broke , who knows .
  
  But yes the former Shell one is hilarious , we’re a petrol company that doesn’t want to sell you petrol .
  
  All part of the cultural revolution. The excellent Douglas Murray calles it the war on the west .
  
  ‘In a few short decades, the Western tradition has moved from being celebrated to being embarrassing and anachronistic and, finally, to being something shameful. It turned from a story meant to inspire people and nurture them in their lives into a story meant to shame them.’
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10722935/DOUGLAS-MURRAY-examines-Western-civilisation-achievements-erased-history.html
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:49am
- Maggie Pie
  
  My partner believes the ad campaign is more likely to result in…..
  ‘The-law-of unintended-consequences’
  
  Thousands more gay Maoris clogging cycle lanes.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:54am
- godruelf
  
  With a bit of luck the new Aussie owners Ampol might cut out a bit of the Crap. Gull doesn’t seem to push the Woke line but concentrates on price .
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:54am
- Nickc2
  
  FYI, Z Energy is about to be sold to AMPOL, an Australian Company.
  Z Energy shareholders unanimously support acquisition by Australian fuel company. The country’s largest fuel retailer is one step closer to coming under Australian ownership. Z Energy shareholders have overwhelmingly backed a deal to sell the business to Australian fuel company, Ampol, for close to $2 billion
  Courtesy Google.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:48am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    I thought it was sold to Ampol a couple of months ago ?
    
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    April 21, 2022 3:05pm
    - NeverMindTheBollocks
      
      Still working through the process
      
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      April 21, 2022 7:45pm
    - Nickc2
      
      Google it,
      “Z will be purchased by Ampol, a very large downstream fuel company in Australia for around $2 billion,” Z CEO Mike Bennetts says.11/10/2021
      Courtesy Google, Note the date.
      
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      April 21, 2022 8:18pm
      - marcw
        
        Z Energy Shareholders voted (>70%) to approve the sale at the end of March (this year), Ampol has received consent from the Overseas Investment Office and the date for lodging any objections has passed. The only remaining step is High Court Approval, now scheduled for a hearing on 26 April. If successful, the sale will proceed sometime in May.
        
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        April 21, 2022 8:34pm
Swifty

Some thoughts for National as they begin to firm their approach to winning the election next year:

Create a mechanism through the IRD where every New Zealander received annually a one-pager breakdown of where their taxes went.

The benefit would be NZers being more engaged in this matter of national interest and more concerned at runaway government spending – as they can more directly see how much is being drained from their pay as a result.

It would be a doddle to develop – based on the NZ Government’s total spend and how the pie was sliced up – given your (income) tax payments what $ amount went to which part of government.

A means would also be needed to estimate for each New Zealander what other (non-income) tax you were also likely to have paid (GST, fuel, ACC, booze etc etc) and have that added.

Like my energy account, it could also show a comparison of what you paid historically.

This would help make known to New Zealanders exactly how much the Government has taken from them, how much went where and at what rate it is increasing over time.

We could also add things like the total and every New Zealanders share of government debt – and how this is increasing over time.

Did I read the other day that every New Zealander’s share of government debt is $77,ooo?

What ever the number is I reckon 98% of New Zealanders wouldn’t know it. Perhaps if they did they might care a bit more about government continually adding to it?

Labour and the Greens would oppose this, of course, but in doing so they would have to explain to New Zealanders why this information should be hidden from them.

I’d love to see them have to do that….

Open and transparent. Right?
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April 21, 2022 8:32am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Forced lockdowns coming back to America to help Democrats win?
Can Labour win in NZ without locking us down again?
https://rumble.com/v116uyx-forced-lockdowns-are-coming-back-to-america.html?
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April 21, 2022 8:35am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Should note, there is some disturbing vid clips shown.
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:44am
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Biden is done, the Reps will win the house and the senate by a landslide, can you just imagine how useless Biden will look as a lame duck Bwhahahahahahaha
  
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  April 21, 2022 3:06pm
ecco

I see $tuffed, the propaganda arm of the msm for Ardern and Robertson, putting out a free to air piece trying to front run that the inflation numbers will be bad this morning. Possibly 7% . The inflation number is a direct scorecard on how well Robertson is doing in his job as finance minister. Labour know full well that their low IQ voter base will read this piece, as it’s free, and believe it like the gospel that inflation is ‘all imported’ – a la Robertson.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128406143/perfect-storm-inflation-due-to-hit-30year-high-as-cost-of-living-soars

A poor piece of journalism but not unexpected. $tuffed send out a junior political reporter to write a business article that the high inflation is due to global causes – Robertson’s mantra. Absolutely no mention of two years of profligate money printing by Ardern & co, in the name of covid response, media bribery payments and special indigenous payments all over the place.

The article only mentions that we are doing better than the US and UK, who also engaged in massive money printing. What about Australia which is running at 3% inflation and was subject to the same global factors?? Isn’t Australia our benchmark?

To cut a long story short, what a pathetic piece of NZ journalism by one of the sycophant msm arms of Labour. Robertson is ‘all care, no responsibility’. Scary since the next few decades of NZ’s economic fortunes are in his hands with the next budget. Pumping another $6b of election bribes in at this time is definitely not going to help NZ’s cause.

Robertson expecting Orr to bail him out with interest rate rises to combat inflation whilst he’s furiously pumping more borrowed money into the system is a joke.
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April 21, 2022 8:39am
cas

Re the Solomon islands/China agreement about which we seem to have been caught with our pants down.

We have a High Commission in Honiara. You would have thought they might have noticed a few more than usual eminent Chinese whizzing through the airport and to the Solomons Parliament.
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April 21, 2022 8:41am
Benedict Yu

My partner was telling me about her day yesterday. I am no longer shocked by state housing type stories. But I did raise my eyebrows at this one.

A woman, aged only in her late 20s, has just been moved from a motel into a brand new KO 5 bedroom house. That is not unusual. What is unusual is that, aged less than 30, she has EIGHT children to eight different fathers.

She has now met this guy who is going to move in with her. He has given notice that he does not now need his own state house and will be giving it up. He has been told that if things go south with octo-mum, it will be years before he gets his own state house again.

I can see baby number 9 coming up 🙁
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April 21, 2022 8:57am
- Maggie Pie
  
  That’s where ‘Working-for-Families’ comes in….
  
  They’ll already be pulling over 2k a week from the taxpayer while laying in bed waiting for a rise.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:06am
  - Maggie's partner
    
    8 kids? Sounds like getting rises is not the problem
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:45am
    - Nickc2
      
      She must be more than an eight-pinter.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJlWzKeFHU
      
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      April 21, 2022 12:26pm
- septic skeptic
  
  How do they know it’s 8 different fathers? Odds would seem against all 8 being named and chased up for child support!
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:07am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    Because my partner is her case manager and she volunteered the information that the 8 kids had different fathers.
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:28am
    - MCōs
      
      This is someone’s confidential information, I would have thought.
      
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      April 21, 2022 2:57pm
- My
  
  What a sad commentary on individual dignity. Where can any helpful intervention come from in these situations? KO, OT, Police, Corrections?
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:19am
- cmm
  
  “it will be years before he gets his own state house again.”
  
  And why should he care? He’ll get a motel instead. That’s much easier with people cleaning the room and doing the laundry for you.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:38am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Please don’t upset the lazy unproductive bludgers – they vote Labour you know/
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:54am
- Cassandra
  
  And “they” wonder why I’m a bit unsympathetic to the plight of some “disadvantaged”. But I’m in good company – the sainted Michael Joseph Savage was also unsympathetic to those who abused the system.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:18am
- kevn
  
  @BY… Who else is seeing a S.O.C.K situation happening here.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:27am
- Thought Criminal
  
  Benefits should be capped at 2 kids.
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:49am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    So should kids.
    
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    April 21, 2022 11:02am
Yvette

New bilingual traffic signs for schools to replace English-only
The Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices (Kura/School Signs) Amendment 2022 came into force on April 5 2022.
It sees both the te reo Māori word for school – kura – and the English word featured on the signs.
Waka Kotahi NZTA said the kura/school signs would be used when existing signs needed to be replaced or new signs were put up.
All English-only school signs will remain legal traffic signs until they are replaced.

… “We’ve waited 35 years to see these bilingual signs to uphold our native language.”

… Kane Patena, Waka Kotahi’s director of land transport, said the change represented a “significant opportunity to increase New Zealanders exposure to te reo Māori”.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/20/new-bilingual-traffic-signs-for-schools-to-replace-english-only/

At what speed approaching a kura can you only read one word at a glance, compared to reading two words and hit a turning car or errant child – or was that not a factor.
And how do They address the fact the Treaty doesn’t address Chinese or Asians or are They really not Us?
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April 21, 2022 9:07am
- graham
  
  Even more bizarre than this (to my mind) is that fire trucks are now being emblazoned with “AHI FIRE” across them.
  
  Apparently it’s needed because Maori are over represented in fire statistics. So having a fire truck speeding to them with “AHI” written on it will help them … somehow, I guess. Maybe …
  
  Words fail me.
  
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  April 21, 2022 12:56pm
krazykiwi

Another Moderna mRNA trial. The summary, that bit snapped up by media, proudly declared zero deaths.

But the trial data in the same report shows that a 72 years old man died of cardiac arrest 7 days after having his 3rd shot.

Safe and Effective™ is a lie, and it has infected previously rational commentators and previously rational discourse.
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April 21, 2022 9:13am
- cmm
  
  One of the most fundamental principles in science is to compare apples with apples. ie. Measure consistently.
  
  For example if you are comparing the size of elephants to kangaroos you could weigh them both and compare that, or you might measure their tails and compare that.
  
  What would be invalid is measuring an elephant’s nose and comparing that to a kangaroo’s tail.
  
  That is not happening when we’re seeing an assessment of the pros and cons of vaccination.
  
  Any death/hospitalisation within 28 days of getting a CV19 infection is considered a CV19 death/hospitalisation.
  
  If that it the yardstick then any death/hospitalisation within 28 days of a vaccination should be counted as a vaccination death/hospitalisation.
  
  If we measured that way then there would be millions of vaccination deaths world wide.
  
  Unfortunately science never got a look in – only politics and activism.
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:36am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Dan Bongino explains Elon Musk.
I hope this works, it is dam interesting.
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=3107942226114952
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April 21, 2022 9:15am
rouppe

Article in the Herald about what is certainly an awful outcome for this person and the public health system.

But they’re plugging the” it’s because I’m Maori ” line. Softening up for MHA maybe?
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April 21, 2022 9:26am
cmm

I checked. It isn’t April Fool’s Day.

Here’s one of the craziest thinks I’ve seen in a long time: By 2025 we’re going to be zooming from port to port in electric ground effect aircraft at 540 km/h, 5 to 10 metres above the water surface, at $60 a ticket.

Yeah right.

Where to start?

2025? C’mon seriously, the people touting this only have a 12th scale prototype. It takes far more than 3 years to bring a plane or ship to completion, do trials etc.

The Caspian Sea Monster failed. Why? It had to face far less challenging engineering challenges.

The Caspian Sea is far milder than the Pacific. It is an inland sea, far flatter and far more suited to ground effect aircraft, but they still struggled to make it work properly.

Ground effect aircraft ride on a cushion of air slightly above the sea. The lift changes as they go over swell and troughs. I struggle to see them being able to do this at 540km/h.

Larger planes get more ground effect lift than smaller planes. The Caspian Sea Monster was far larger and had a ground effect altitude of approx 4 to 14 metres. It was designed for use in less than 1.2 metres of swell. A smaller plane, as proposed here, would struggle to get the performance of the Caspian Sea Monster because it gets less ground effect altitude.

NZ conditions are quite often very severe. We often have storms that prevent ferries from running. If a ferry can’t run then one of these can’t run either. It would be an exceptional day when we get less than 1.2m sea conditions.

The Caspian Sea Monster was abandoned after a crash. High speeds that close to the water surface give very little room for error. It would be far worse on the open sea.

$60 a ticket? C’mon we can’t even get a train to operate from Auckland to Hamilton on $60 a ticket.

Lastly, they’re hoping that social media will give them the reality check they want. Really? You’re going to set up a $700M company without hiring a few engineers to give you a reality check first?

This has the fingerprints of an eco-scam all over it. Just the name “Sea Glider” is already setting the expectation that it is not a powered plane and is more environmentally benign.

Fools and their money are quickly parted. So long as this remains a private venture that doesn’t scam the vulnerable and the taxpayer, what do I care? Go ahead with your folly.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128397643/transport-revolution-touted-electric-seagliders-to-connect-nz-cities-by-2025
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April 21, 2022 9:27am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  If it’s going to fail, Labour will be into it boots and all
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:36am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Btw, something for the Unions to fight over – is it a boat? is it a plane?
    
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    April 21, 2022 9:42am
    - cmm
      
      Both. No doubt it will need two sets of crew.
      
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      April 21, 2022 9:55am
      - Cassandra
        
        Unless it also operates on weekends or after 5 pm – it’ll be 4, or 6.
        
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        April 21, 2022 10:22am
      - Steve Otto(North Shore)
        
        Silence from the lefties. Did they all go to Singapore and Japan?
        
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        April 21, 2022 2:28pm
- kiwikidsnz
  
  Interislander guidelines for deciding to cancel sailings included a wave height of five metres for passenger sailings, and 5.5 metres for freight sailings. My understanding is that Bluebridge is slightly higher.
  
  It’s not unheard of to see 10m+ in Cook Strait
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:39am
- Taieri
  
  Personally, I’d prefer teleportation. Just as likely to eventuate. In 2025…
  
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  April 21, 2022 9:47am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Better get a working group to research that. How many millions to come up with a design? And when it folds, just continue with the design and funding//
    (Cycle bridge)
    
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    April 21, 2022 2:32pm
    - Captain Mainwaring
      
      This idea has ‘crackpot’ written all over it.
      Bet we never hear any more about it.
      
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      April 21, 2022 4:48pm
  - NeverMindTheBollocks
    
    Watch out for stray insects in the teleportation device …
    
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    April 21, 2022 7:52pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING

It’s now up to UK-Home-Secretary Priti Patel.

I don’t like Assange’s chances 🙁

https://twitter.com/Britain_Grates/status/1516737211319922694
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April 21, 2022 9:34am
Frank the tank

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/04/20/disney-is-the-worst-performing-dow-jones-stock-of-the-past-year-plummeting-more-than-30-percent/

You go woke – you go broke. Good to see DeSantis has the balls to call Disney out. He would be the best President the States would have had since Reagan.
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April 21, 2022 9:49am
cmm

Spare a thought for South Africa. Their load shedding is back, with most areas looking forward to 7 hours a day without power for the next 3 days – at least. they’ve had 6 or so days so far this month.

As winter approaches they can expect even more problems and even longer load shedding.

Last year was a record with about 50 days of load shedding (approx 200 hours). This year it looks likely to exceed that quite handsomely.
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- krazykiwi
  
  Such a good term that, ‘load shedding’. It is technically correct, so defensibly used by the media.
  
  What it actually means is this: If you have frozen goods they might spoil. If you need lighting you’ll need a torch. If you need heating, cooling, or medical equipment operating you’ll need to go some place else – every day until reliable power is restored.
  
  I remember blackouts here in the 1970s. They became rarer until almost a distant memory by the mid-1980s. Underinvestment in distribution, and a eco-cult (aka “I’ve stopped thinking rationally”) focus on so-called ‘renewables’ will make blackouts de rigueur again.
  
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  April 21, 2022 12:56pm
Maggie Pie

A bestie retweets

WATCH (disturbing content 🙁 )

‘Just another day in Joe’s Amerika……..’

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1516771181637951491
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April 21, 2022 10:14am
- Nickc2
  
  For a minute, I thought Joe had moved to Rotorua.//
  
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  April 21, 2022 10:19am
- Inandout
  
  Maggie, those masks are so handy for hiding identity. Not long ago even banks wouldn’t allow a masked person through the doors.
  
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  April 21, 2022 11:03am
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EnX5h1wBM

Uruguay’s RW government has begun the expulsion of Chinese companies.

Being in MERCOSUR, there was little trade with the USA. It’s now open to trade negotiations with the USA. Chinese firms are unlikely to secure infrastructure projects. The proposed port will not be built by China. There will be no deep water port either.
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April 21, 2022 10:21am
Paulus

It looks as though, this morning, that Robertson is going to extend the petrol tax reduction for now as a gesture to show how clever they are.
Sorry Nurses no more for you now as a result of tne reduced spending money.
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April 21, 2022 10:22am
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIi_MbjTLH8

China moves swiftly following Solomon Islands deal

Australia is being warned Chinese ships and aircraft will arrive in Solomon Islands within four weeks – following the signing of a deal between the two nations. The move has caused significant concern within the federal government as the opposition has called out Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not stopping the deal earlier. Experts say the Chinese government will be sending military forces to the Solomons during the election campaign. They aim to capitalise on the caretaker period and match the development of bases in the South China Sea. [0:35. Like Albo would have done anything different.]
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April 21, 2022 10:22am
- Matt Long
  
  I see Prebo is calling for us to rejoin ANZUS and get under the Nuclear Umbrella. (Basset, Brash and Hide. )
  He’s an expert because he drafted the legislation to get us suspended.
  Currently our only defense from Chinese aggression is Australia sits between us and the UN!
  
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  April 21, 2022 11:55am
  - I remember when
    
    And our ability to write a very stern letter.
    
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    April 21, 2022 12:05pm
Truman lodge

Thanks to ramped up supply.. House prices are falling. House prices went up 40 percent during lockdowns. But thanks to ramped up supply the last 8 weeks they are droping. As kiwiblogers know. House prices are driven by economics 101 like apples, oranges and iPhones. Not bank credit or leverage.
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April 21, 2022 10:36am
- greybeard
  
  ” ramped up supply the last 8 weeks”……??????
  
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  April 21, 2022 2:06pm
  - Truman lodge
    
    Mr Farrar has said it’s supply that drops prices??
    
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    April 21, 2022 6:47pm
Swifty

Behold the feeble attempt by Morgan Godfery to conjure up a defence of Labour’s 3 Waters theft and boondoggle.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/128406933/three-waters-reform-isnt-about-race-its-about-good-public-policy

1. Nowhere does he explain why elite Maori should have any role whatsoever in managing 3 waters assets or how they are essential to good future outcomes.

2. Nowhere does he explain why central government could not borrow money at ‘favourable’ rates and give it to existing local authorities to invest in 3 Waters capacity and operations.

You don’t need 3 Waters to do that.

3. He doesn’t even attempt to counter the accusation that 3 Waters is an essential first step in ultimately giving Maori water assets nor the issue that a little down the track Maori will be awarded water royalties – something not specifically excluded from the enabling legislation I understand.

4. Nowhere does he explain exactly how 3 Waters will deliver better outcomes versus the status quo other than ‘magic happens’.

5. Nowhere does he explain how, after five years of failure to deliver on its promises, Labour will miraculously happen to make a success of this attempt.

They have no credibility in delivery. None.

Pathetic. Feeble. Risible.

We’re not fooled Morgan.
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April 21, 2022 10:40am
- Alan Wilkinson
  
  The only purpose of Stuff opinion pieces (excluding Damian Grant) is to demonstrate what idiots they are.
  
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  April 21, 2022 11:11am
  - barnacle bill
    
    Funny you say that about Stuff writers.
    
    I cancelled my subscription to the NZ Herald today for the very same reason.
    
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    April 21, 2022 4:19pm
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  He’s employed as the senior greebour apologist at Otago University isn’t he?
  
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  April 21, 2022 12:02pm
- I remember when
  
  Otago University Research and Enterprise People:
  Kaiwhakatere Takahau Maori – Maori Research Partnerships Manager: Morgan Godfrey.
  
  Obviously research finance procurement enhancement.
  
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  April 21, 2022 12:03pm
  - Swifty
    
    So what, he plays a role in handing out taxpayers money to Maori students?
    
    Why am I not surprised.
    
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    April 21, 2022 1:58pm
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    Ah, so a govt sponsored racist then.
    
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    April 21, 2022 7:23pm
Maggie Pie

RANDOM IMPERTINENT QUESTION

Does ClarkE have a body-double?
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April 21, 2022 11:04am
- Inandout
  
  Maggie, not unheard of to have a double, or in Hollywood terms, a stand in. Churchill, Monty, Stalin, Mao, Kim had doubles.
  
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  April 21, 2022 12:03pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    And what about this?
    
    https://twitter.com/mrs_wiggley/status/1516657305538146307
    
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    April 21, 2022 1:40pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Ghez, they don’t look anything alike, and his mannerisms in Singapore suggest its also someone else, the first comparison shows a completely different chin, and even the ears look different.
      
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      April 21, 2022 4:00pm
- Frank the tank
  
  More pertinent question is where is Te Awamutu Ardern?
  
  We didn’t go on holiday without our kids until they were at least 8 and that was only for a weekend to the Goldy. We all frowned on parents that went on holidays without their kids
  
  Just saying.
  
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  April 21, 2022 1:17pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    She is hardly ever with the kid, so that wont bother her
    
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    April 21, 2022 3:12pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  It looks like he does, because there are some very clear differences from who we seen in Singapore, also when there was a leak at the first families home and he was cleaning around a window, the guy was very skinny and clearly someone else, i remember wondering why his back was turned every time, note, he did not walk down the stairs from the plane with Ardern , and he was never seen when speaking to everyone else
  
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  April 21, 2022 3:11pm
- Stacey H
  
  Looks to me like there is one available for the Prime Minister……..
  https://www.thecoast.net.nz/videos/jacinda-arderns-tv-doppelganger/
  
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  April 21, 2022 5:39pm
I remember when

When comparing our inflation figure with our top 15 trading partners, it is interesting that all of our Asian partners are lower.
For the majority it is less than half our total.
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April 21, 2022 11:51am
- Ehlana
  
  They probably didn’t print a lot of money during the pandemic to overinflate their house prices, construct new all-weather race tracks, or re-organise their health sector. Some of them probably even spent public money on increasing ICU beds.
  
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  April 21, 2022 2:58pm
surfing

The Mangaweka bridge, which cost 11million, has been completed but cannot be used until June.

Why? Because iwi say it cannot be used until they have performed an opening ceremony and they can’t do it until June. .

These opening ceremonies need to be cancelled for good. They are a total waste of time and money.
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April 21, 2022 12:55pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Has to fit in with Jaspinda’s calendar. She is very busy you know
  
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  April 21, 2022 2:50pm
- Ehlana
  
  I hope it is a pedestrian, cycling and public transport only bridge. Not one for those evil motor vehicles.
  
  But given you say it is finished now, I guess it started under the last National government? In which case, in fairness, the iwi may have had the opening penciled in for a few years back.
  
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  April 21, 2022 3:01pm
blue collar

Reading Johnny depps story of his relationship with amber heard …. So familiar …. Women are far more violent than men , not to mention the psychological abuse a lot dish out constantly .

I know of many many instances of this having worked with thousands of men openly talking at smoko .

We put up with it .

If you read media it’s only men who are violent and if you talk back you’re a whole range of evils , things like misogynist n selfish n narcissist .
If you don’t talk back you’re a ghoster or gas lighter whatever the hell they are

Why do we put up with it ?

Basically the way I see it a man’s job in life is to take shit . We take it and carry on , it’s why we get things done .
We don’t hv the extra rampaging hormones , a lot of women are actually out of control , of themselves .
We understand this

Without stoic men this world would turn to shit tomorrow.
At the moment men hv been sidelined , scapegoated , if you’re white you’re told everything is your fault . It’s open season .

Things will change , but women assaulting their men and verbal abuse will never end .
We know we can’t hit them
If men knew they could run around hassling anyone with no physical comebacks we would all be arseholes . But we know if we cross a line , another man will bash us .
Women …. No boundaries , they know we won’t report it , and know most of us won’t give it back.
I would be very interested in the next census to hv a survey question stating : hv you been assaulted by a woman in the last 12 months ? .
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April 21, 2022 1:01pm
- Libertarians are right
  
  While I think this is a massive generalisation, I’ve seen this too (abuse is massively prevalent from both sexes unfortunately). There was a study recently (that someone posted here) stating that men are always responsible for the breakdown of relationships – basically, men have to weather all storms and lose on every compromise otherwise the relationship will fail. That’s a ridiculous generalisation of course but it’s not uncommon – I’ve definitely seen it many times.
  
  It’s also worth noting that women hold a huge amount of power when young kids are involved in a relationship. This is the single greatest driver of mental health problems in our country (including suicide).
  
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  April 21, 2022 1:55pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Womens Liberation psychology section will be around for a chat shortly.
  Suggest you ring Ministry of Woman’s Affairs pronto, and ask to speak to the man in charge
  
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  April 21, 2022 2:37pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  I have no doubt that there are violent/abusive women, but sadly the stats are stacked against females in NZ
  
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-decade-of-violent-death-new-zealands-158-lost-women/DHNQX3XBIJB5JL2YR63ORLAXEA/
  
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  April 21, 2022 6:24pm
Bobba Fret

I suppose a judge will give this bloke “home detention” so he can continue to drive and offend!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/300570545/driver-smashes-up-several-cars-in-timaru-before-being-tboned-on-sh1
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April 21, 2022 2:14pm
Ruawai

I love the idea in the Herald today that all AT staff and board members should be prevented from using their cars unless essential for carrying tools etc. This idea could be extended to the Greens and Labour MPs keen to see more public transport use and Greens could also eliminate air travel, practice what you preach.
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April 21, 2022 2:24pm
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Teachers also. Now that we’re in the electronic age, there’s no longer a need to hump home 30 exercise books for marking.
  
  Scrap the school car parks!
  
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  April 21, 2022 8:00pm
andretti

I watched a long video on hydrogen and its production a couple of years back.The simple takeaway i got was it takes $30 of electricity to make $20 of hydrogen.
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April 21, 2022 2:42pm
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  Yep, but there are places where electricity is ridiculously cheap with no economic way to get it to market. In sunny tropical deserts electricity is already as little as NZD $0.02/kWh from PV, about 1/4 of NZ wholesale rates. So if that makes $0.03/kW hydrogen that can be shipped and burned to make $0.06/kWh electricity in a combined cycle power plant half a world away it is still cheaper than the typical $0.08/kWh wholesale electricity currently in those markets. Or it can be used to provide winter heating, or run a home or local fuel cell system to make far cheaper domestic electricity (and a bit of waste heat for hot water).
  
  For comparison natural gas costs about $5-10/MMBTU in most OECD markets, the equivalent of about $0.02-.04/kWh in energy terms. So in a few years renewably produced Hydrogen can be close to parity with the cost of natural gas, markups and margins dominating the cost of energy to retail consumers, meaning a fairly painless/minimal cost transition to entirely renewable energy is possible if we want to in coming few decades.
  
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  April 21, 2022 7:42pm
- info@cruzpro.com
  
  I’m going to go with the assumption that your figure is correct. So what happens to the $30.00 dollars of electricity if you don’t use it to make $20.00 of hydrogen?
  
  If the electricity is hydro, wind, geothermal or solar it would go to waste if not used. The same idea is to pump water uphill when excess power is available and then use that energy when you actually need it. Turning excess electricity into hydrogen is the same. Don’t waste it when available.
  
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  April 21, 2022 7:58pm
  - marcw
    
    The only time in NZ we have ‘spare’ hydro is when water is being spilled, which is rare. For the last 2 -3 weeks the Cook Strait cable has been sending power South (occasionally 24 hrs continuously), which is also rare, but is because the southern hydro lakes are seasonally and historically very low. They have been below the historical average for the last 6 weeks or more. If you plan to use ‘excess’ power to pump water uphill to act as a water battery, then the hydro dams storage contingency will be even less. The country is being spared power shortages at present because 1, the geothermal stations are running full bore (pun intended!), and 2, we are burning gas and coal at a remarkable rate. If you want to keep a watch on hydro levels, the link is here (updated weekly)
    https://www.transpower.co.nz/system-operator/security-supply-and-ercs ,
    
    and the Live power system data here
    
    https://www.transpower.co.nz/power-system-live-data (occasionally the data is not complete – this has only been happening lately, not sure why).
    
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    April 21, 2022 8:21pm
Fuzzysnuggleduck

Hahaha. How to troll Lefties. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/labour-mps-jan-tinetti-angie-warren-clarks-office-targeted-for-white-supremacist-flyers/67CJOHTWEIMS5KUCPLTV2FGFX4/

White supremacist flyers have been pasted to the shared office of Labour list MPs Jan Tinetti and Angie Warren-Clark.

And a researcher says the recent growth in vitriol and misogyny of such bullying attacks on centre-left and woman politicians is “very concerning”.

>>>The flyers were the same as those distributed in Matua two weeks ago, and were headlined “it’s all right to be white”.<<<

Tinetti, who is Minister for Women, and Internal Affairs, told the Bay of Plenty Times one of her staff members arrived at the office on Tuesday morning and had to remove three flyers pasted to the windows.

"I am disgusted that people think that that's okay to put that sort of information out there.
It is not okay, and it is certainly not something that we want to see whatsoever. {!!! LOL !!!}

"Those are not values that anybody that I've been associated with, or the Labour Party, or anyone in that office is associated with whatsoever….
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April 21, 2022 2:55pm
- cjn
  
  Removing flyers from windows? that would be jolly hard work! Well it would be beneath the dignity of a politician’s helpmeet.
  
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  April 21, 2022 7:11pm
Maggie Pie

More wasteful spending by this hopelessly woke government!
It’s when you see shite like this, that you start to understand why inflation in this country is completely out of control…..

https://twitter.com/1NewsNZ/status/1516639134416261122

SHEESH!!
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April 21, 2022 3:35pm
- greybeard
  
  Is there any documented evidence that maori ever had such things as “schools” back in the stone-age ?
  I don’t think that stories and anecdotes passed down from parents to children count as formal and complete education.
  Well before the maori arrived in NZ the Greeks and Romans and Egyptians and many eastern civilisations had for thousands of years been writing, formulating, analysing, documenting all the issues related to human existence. A written languaBge is surely the very basis of education and learning?B
  
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  April 21, 2022 4:49pm
greybeard

What qualifications and experience does Andrew Little possess to hold the position of Health Minister?
What qualifications and experience does Nanaia Mahuta possess to hold the position of Foreign Minister ?
What qualifications and experience does Grant Robertson possess to hold the position of Finance Minister?
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April 21, 2022 5:12pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  All that are required.
  Well that is a leftie type answer……
  
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  April 21, 2022 6:02pm
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  A weak, warped and essentially wrong understanding of how the world works and how to improve outcomes for NZ, and ability to lie, dissemble and obfuscate when put on the spot.
  
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