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Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
To help informed discussion, here is the text of today's Ministerial speeches announcing health system changes: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/building-new-zealand-health-service-works-all-new-zealanders
Solid range of concise (genuinely) expert reactions to the announcement: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-04-2021/all-my-dreams-have-come-true-doctors-and-experts-react-to-the-end-of-dhbs/
The scrapping of DHBs should make it easier on 8 October 2022.
Less random, that's for sure. 🙂
It wasn’t random; I never picked the ‘winners’ ☹
Taiwan has been getting a bit of stick from the climate. Why the world should pay attention to Taiwan's drought – BBC News
It could happen here, if we don't plan a bit better.
When someone's working for The Man then you can't trust promises.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/440914/no-military-payloads-rocket-lab-accused-of-breaking-promise-to-mahia-locals
The community was promised the facility would not be used for military purposes, she said.
"We were sold a bit of a story, it seemed like a good story, it was exciting, it was entrepreneurial, it talked about satellite launches that supported environmental outcomes and safety outcomes and that's not really how it's played out."