Daily review 03/12/2020

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, December 3rd, 2020 - 11 comments
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11 comments on “Daily review 03/12/2020 ”

  1. greywarshark 2

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018773297/coming-soon-a-long-hot-and-possibly-deadly-summer

    We should be learning about Australian aboriginal fire control. Also what Maori practices were. And watching that we don't plant swathes of really flammable trees, such as I believe, manuka are. Perhaps manuka should not be grown on slopes of certain degrees as fire rushes up a slope. We found that our in the Nelson region with the Pigeon Valley fire that whooshed away and was a Big Problem for too long. And then we had a couple of nutty people, a man and woman, and I think another man, getting keen on this fire business and starting some more. People on the brink of mental control are a problem that needs facing and containing.

    Fire setting fools and arsonists need to be put under restraint during summer seasons. It is time to bring back mental hospitals and have prisons that are built to house the criminally insane. I don't think they should be very big, rather that there are a number throughout our islands. And prisons need to be run using the latest methods with a psychological bent, rather than the brutal way we are hearing about ours now.

  2. weka 3

    https://twitter.com/hcirePT/status/1334368786883829760

    Here's one of the job adverts. Not fast adapters here, given borders are closed.

    Orchard and Vineyard roles

    Job Description

    Do you have an interest in Horticulture or Viticulture?? Looking for a summer job??

    We are seeking workers who are eager to learn, have fantastic work ethic, mature, reliable, motivated, hardworking, who can work well in a team and independently. We have multiple roles available from now through to May 2021!! Orchard/Vineyard thinning, packhouse positions, general vineyard work, picking roles. Meet new people, make some great memories, and… there are loads of fun things to do in Central Otago on your days off!! Come and spend your summer in this beautiful little paradise

    https://worktheseasons.co.nz/jobs/seasonal-solutions-cooperative-limited-539/598035

    Other jobs say payment depends on work i.e. minimum wage for inexperienced pickers.

    • RedBaronCV 3.1

      One wonders how they manage anything at all!

      Government should tell them to get stuffed and I really hope that all the fruit growing stories now have headlines about "useless employers" rather than " kiwi's unwilling to work" or backpackers ( who don't have any experience either!) are the last hope and the rest of us need to be uber grateful to them.

  3. Ad 4

    Just imagine if any major city in New Zealand proposed to use 25% of new developments for affordable housing.

    The City of Melbourne has a plan to set aside 25 per cent of new developments for affordable housing on City of Melbourne-owned land is expected to be approved next week.

    The strategy would generate thousands of new rental properties in the municipality, which last year had a shortfall of at least 5500 affordable rentals, according to an independent assessment provided to council.

    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/tick-expected-for-plan-to-set-aside-25-percent-of-new-buildings-on-city-land-for-affordable-rentals-20201203-p56kdu.html

    Plenty of commentators piling onto the government about housing: the secret to building more affordable housing faster is in the hands of local government.

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