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Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 4:05 pm, January 28th, 2025
Dept of Conservation is consulting on 2 proposals: https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/all-consultations/2024-consultations/exploring-charging-for-access-to-some-public-conservation-land/ https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/ ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 10:35 am, January 28th, 2025
I think another war may be brewing. There is a good chance it will be over competition for scarce natural resources, as our standard of living is based on consuming them as if there were no tomorrow.Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 10:30 am, January 28th, 2025
So the Chinese invented a better mousetrap? That's free market competition in action. The Wall Street honchos have no right to complain.Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 10:30 am, January 25th, 2025
Media reports suggest our conservation land will be opened up for mining. Expect more on this next week. I understand the government's view; only tree-hugging greenies use those areas so they must be sacrificed to the economy. For our native flora and ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 9:47 am, January 24th, 2025
The PM's speech seemed to be a desperate sort of cheerleading, the message being that economic growth will take us all to Nirvana. What he didn't say was that the environment will be gutted to achieve that growth. His comments on making life easier for ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 11:41 am, January 21st, 2025
Brian Easton comments about economic matters on the Pundit website (https://www.pundit.co.nz/). He writes in a way most people can understand, so it's worth a look. I don't understand the economic issues either, but I see the broad situation like this - ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 6:47 pm, January 15th, 2025
Local government minister Simeon Brown (according to media reports) wants to cut red tape and get Auckland projects done and dusted, one being a second harbour crossing. Apparently this sort of thing will improve quality of life. Do these clods never learn ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 9:24 am, January 13th, 2025
The LA fires are a disaster, that's for sure, but it jars to see reports of 16 deaths from that event replace the 41,000 killed in Gaza by Israel's efforts. I assume Israel's leaders think that if they hammer Gaza into oblivion, no more Arab extremists ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 9:10 pm, January 9th, 2025
Glad that they're thinking of prevention, rather than just doing a cleanup job without changing the way people live. Now if only that approach could be applied to dairy waste in this country. I understand Boyan Slat dropped out of university (he was ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 12:28 pm, January 9th, 2025
Parliament's select committee has allowed more time (to 1pm on 14 Jan) for people to make submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill. Only problem is the Parliamentary website still lists the bill as having closed for submissions on 7 Jan. It does not ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 11:52 am, December 30th, 2024
At the end of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins goes on to the next world, leaving his faithful helper, Sam, to carry on in the Shire and restore it to its former state. Sam wants to go with his master but Frodo does not allow it, explaining ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 10:06 am, December 29th, 2024
Now we are told (29 Dec) that faecal contamination in the Waimakariri river in Canterbury makes it dangerous to humans. And before that we had slash on Gisborne beaches along with a "don't swim" warning for people attending the Rythm and Vines festival. ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 11:03 am, December 27th, 2024
Things aren't any better for swimmers in the south. The ODT ( 26 Dec) reports that faecal counts are too high in a popular lake near Christchurch: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/faecal-bacteria-warning-christchurch-lake Not the sort of image that the ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 12:55 pm, December 21st, 2024
From the headline, I thought you were talking about the Fast-track Approvals Act. That legislation will change our country, but not "like never before". In fact, we've already seen it with Muldoon and Birch's Think Big plan, the Clutha Development (Clyde ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 2:12 pm, December 18th, 2024
Odd that a New Zealander of the Year candidate should need to issue a public apology. Perhaps Judge Aitken felt she was giving effect to the well-known legal maxim "audi alteram partem" (hear the other side). The only problem is that she was not invited to ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 9:59 am, December 7th, 2024
The government has announced a $3 million handout of taxpayer funds for the purpose of investigating whether the Ruataniwha dam proposal in Hawkes Bay should be revived. The scheme has already been turned down in the courts (with a sneaky effort to ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 3:24 pm, November 28th, 2024
What is the justification for the staffing reductions? Someone, somewhere - some backroom boffin - must have written a report on which the cuts are based. Anyone know?Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 9:18 am, November 15th, 2024
Need a laugh? Try this item from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y54dzz4g9o (fraudulent insurance claim where man dressed as bear damages Rolls Royce).Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 9:59 am, November 7th, 2024
""Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America," Netanyahu added. I guess that translates as "Keep sending those hi-tech armaments for the IDF bro, ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 8:57 am, November 5th, 2024
True. I like the comment by Will Rogers: " A fool and his money are soon elected." The US electoral system needs a big overhaul to bring it out of the 18th century but you'll see feathered frogs before that happens. Voter turnout for the 2020 election was ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 8:34 am, November 4th, 2024
Orwell left us another warning about the decline in writing standards when he wrote the essay "Politics and the English Language." We are now awash with word fog. Have you noticed how the MSM has picked up on American terms for news? Emergency services ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 8:53 am, November 1st, 2024
Under the guise of "water security" the Hawkes Bay Council has decided to set up a trust which is clearly aimed at supporting the Ruataniwha dam proposal: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532515/water-trust-vote-trojan-horse-for-controversial-ruataniwha ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 1:45 pm, October 25th, 2024
"The fast-track bill is an anti-democratic anti-environment disaster." That's what makes it so attractive to the government; a few in the business sector stand to make a lot of money.Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 10:12 am, October 25th, 2024
"No throwing bricks ..." Nor were there people wearing tin foil hats to ward off government gamma rays that would control their brains. I have always felt that Labour made a grave error in sitting back and watching the protest camp in Parliament grounds ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 5:55 pm, October 23rd, 2024
Parliament is debating the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. A deal favouring the rural sector has emerged (discussed on Richard Harman's Politik website). It seems farmers pressured Penny Simmonds seeking changes to the ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 5:41 pm, October 21st, 2024
Good one! Create employment in the Middle East. And send the bill to Grant Dalton. Seriously, I see the AC as a glamour event that gives photo ops to the politicians but has doubtful economic benefits.Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 11:34 am, October 21st, 2024
Damn, we've won the America's Cup again. Another bill looming for the long-suffering taxpayer.Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 10:01 am, October 20th, 2024
I'm surprised the rep from Federated Farmers didn't say water was a "complex issue" requiring "more research"; that's their bog-standard delaying tactic. Their other ploy is to trumpet how much money farmers have spent on fencing their paddocks, riparian ...Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 4:12 pm, October 18th, 2024
Israeli PM Netanyahu says despite the death of Yahya Sinwar, a key Hamas leader, Israel's work is not yet done. So there must be many more civilians in Gaza to be killed, I guess. How will that bring about the return of the hostages?Written By: Hunter Thompson II - Date published: 5:23 pm, October 17th, 2024
Use of water is an interesting example and highly relevant in these times. With gold extracted and the native forests clear-felled, water is the last resource. It is a public asset, but business interests are keen to privatise it. Not only that, land used ...
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