Fonterra's job is to maximise returns to its shareholders, and not all of them are paid /kg milk solids. Most farmer shareholders also hold general shares as well as production. It's not Fonterra's job to preserve farmer's tit pulling lifestyles, that's ...
It's probably wishful thinking to expect industrial precision fermentation to kill less fish than industrial pastoral dairy farming. Still industrial discharge into the commons. And in divesting it's retail brands, Fonterra could be positioning itself for ...
The commercial vandalism being inflicted Kiwi Rail through their InterIslander subsidiary is really stretching the duck test. The consequences to the country of turning Cook Strait into a profit generating playground doesn't bear thinking about. FFS are ...
Wonder how much Straits Shipping contributed to Nicola's campaign, directly or indirectly?
Would be nice if there was a half decent 'virtual power station' that you could subscribe your own solar and battery to. Rather than Solar Zero using your roof for a slight reduction in your power bill, so they can sell all the energy when the price is ...
Pumped storage like Onslow is a proven concept, just like hydro. Grid scale batter, particularly at multi year time scales is a more recent technology. Grid scale battery may be proven in time, it may be superseded by a better technology quite quickly. A ...
Sushi is something that can be easily, safely and cheaply prepared for later consumption, also doesn't need heating and nearly everyone will eat. So ideal for school lunches. Seymour's pitching to a very small sector of voters here, Winston's voters.
Auditor General didn't have anything about the work Joyce did, just the lack of appropriate policies and paperwork regarding an un-tendered single provider contract. So publicly funded entities can spend money on shit, provided they let suppliers compete ...
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The private surgery still relies on public ICU cover for when things go wrong. So taking funding away from the public system restricts the availability of private options. I mentioned golf clubs in a figurative sense, groups of people who vote national ...
And that's also within National's core voter base. Not being able to get your hip done changes the conversation a bit at the golf club.
Haven't quite got to the toys lined up for sale down Ladies Mile stage yet.. May not be far away though.
I'd suspect they have been sidetracked by some farmer's seed crop that's just been harvested. Marlborough has a significant seed crop production, and the extent and verity of it can vary from year to year. They are most likely out of town feeding up. ...
Yeah, but what changed to make Johnson change his mind and force it to a vote. Did some of the 101 that voted for it quietly threaten him with a vacate motion if he didn't? Just like MTG is threatening because he did. Or has something fundamentally changed...
Scuddys are very prone to salmonella with their ground feeding, will wipe out the local population until others come in fill the gap. But also they could have gone where the feeding was better. They could be off feeding off a farmer's seed paddock and will...
Can anyone point me to a decent, and preferably non partisan, analysis of what's changed politically, diplomatically or militarily to bring about Johnson's, and the House Republican's change on Ukraine.
This could have unintended consequences for Seymour and his mates. for some schools, absenteeism is very much parent driven. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/cheap-flights-taking-priority-over-schooling-rector Otago Boys’ High School rector Richard Hall ...
Not a nice time be laid off with a mortgage that you've been paying down for a while. BNZ, and I presume all the others removed the re-draw facility from their existing mortgage agreements this week. So you've got to make a new application to borrow funds ...
Na, HUGE profits for the fukas importing cheap shit and selling it for just under the price of a NZ Standards approved item
Pedestrian bricks, an aid for pedestrian safety whilst crossing busy street. A Vancouver trial (maybe not that offical...) https://twitter.com/M_WrenchGang/status/1774501591254511956
I think Sanctuary may've been referring to Destiny's charitable status as a 'church', rather than any threat of physical violence. Certainly how I took it. Destiny want to behave like gangsters, let them live by the consequences of that choice. Proceeds of...
Add into that how air travel and airports will change as climate adaption changes the industry. If electromagnetic acceleration (catapults, but much gentler and longer than naval ones) and / or hybrid propulsion becomes a thing then long haul runways will ...
QAC itself said that half the passengers through ZQN go past the Crown Range turn off. A good proportion also go past Kingston. ZQN has become the defacto Southern Regional International Airport. Queenstown tourism, and residents, probably use half or less...
The great failing of the RMA was that it was just about the merits of the individual application. There was very little space for strategic thinking on infrastructure. It's possible the Fast Track process may allow this, but I really doubt it. So getting ...
Anti gets worse as the day goes on.... https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/kick-guts-rural-cops-face-losing-allowances Allowances at Hard to Fill and rural stations are under review. The changes include a new two-year time limit on the heavily discounted ...
Leaving aside the ability of Kiwi Rail to provided ongoing service across Cook Strait, there's got to be some Government control / regulation of the service. It is a vital single point link on SH 1, and just a bit important the Country's economy. Down here...
Ski fields can generate huge amounts of cash, on a good day. RAL's problem is that some seasons they don't have enough good days. They aren't alone with that problem, Mt Hutt has gone tits up as regularly as the Ruapehu fields, for the same reason, and ...
The shareholders and punters would predominately be National voter and / or donors, but they are also baling out Ohakune and other towns around Ruapehu who get a fair bit of cash from punters who use RAL's facilities. Based on what I see around Queenstown ...
self employment and precarious work has ballooned in the 00s which complicates things Fark yes, try claiming earnings compo when you're self employed. Standard tax accounting practices effectively deny you compensation as you're paid on net earnings, you ...
There's partial funding by government for people who don't earn wages or pay levies, so children, retired (and beneficiaries other unwaged I presume) ACC is funded from multiple sources, including business, petrol revenues and wages. Funds from each source...
Any party that looked like they were going to get a CGT, Wealth Tax or Inheritance Tax over the line, by fair or foul means, would have that much money flowing into their party coffers from the Financial Services industry they wouldn't know what to do with...
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