Open mike 04/04/2024

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18 comments on “Open mike 04/04/2024 ”

  1. Jilly Bee 1

    Oh my goodness, it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke cheeky the headline has since changed on the Herald website – the two people arrested for the kidnapping of a woman were caught up with in Leo Molloy's swanky viaduct restaurant. Oh dear, how sad, never mind. I'm glad they have been caught and that the kidnapped woman is now recovering in hospital.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-arrest-two-people-after-woman-found-injured-after-alleged-north-shore-kidnapping/TP4WOXOYIBHVLNBNWRKWEUWABQ/

    • Visubversa 1.1

      Ah – Mackay Drive – one of Fletcher Buildings "site and dwelling" projects. I did Land Use Consents for a chunk of those dwellings.

      They were well designed 3br modern dwellings, but totally car dependent.

  2. Res Publica 2

    Meanwhile our glorious new government will allow racists to retroactively decide whether or not Maori are entitled to representation in local bodies.

    Good to see they're lazer focused on the economy and managing the cost-of-living crisis.

    • Anne 2.1

      Imagine the screaming if Maori were the predominant force in the government and set up a referendum on Pakeha representation at local council level.

      What an obnoxious bunch of humanity.

  3. Robert Guyton 3

    Torn up books? Torn up books!!

    No clues as to who and why…

    What books? What were the titles???

    https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/torn-books-dumped-along-invercargill-road

    • weka 3.1

      Lol, that was my first thought too

      Closely followed by not that many people would have that many books.

      Were they dumped or did they fall off the back of a truck?

      So many unanswered questions ICC.

      btw, where is Daffodil Bay?

    • Obtrectator 3.2

      Fact is, it's becoming harder to dispose of unwanted books, as Obtrectatrix and I have been finding lately. Fewer people are wanting them; the second-hand bookshop we used to sell to is no longer paying cash to replenish its stock (swaps only now); even op-shops are getting fussier. I pick there'll more of this sort of fly-tipping.

  4. CharlieB 4

    So this shambles of a cosplay government are getting ready to kick thousands or public service workers to the kerb. As deeply as I feel for them, I also feel equally as deeply for those that will be left behind having to pick up the work those others would have been tasked with doing. I anticipate many of those "lucky" remaining people are going to be heading toward mental health and stress related issues because I can tell you from first hand experience that when these restructures happen, all that really happens for those that kept their jobs is that job descriptions change and suddenly your doing 50% or more work.. but I guess we all need to be ready to sacrifice a little something something to keep the priesthood within the cult of realestate happy..

  5. Dolomedes III 5

    The Democracy Project highlights how middle-class our House of Unrepresentatives has become. Actually even "middle-class" doesn't do justice to it – most of our parliamentarians come from affluent backgrounds. And that includes Labour and the Greens.

    https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/the-affluent-pathway-to-parliament?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=1vvcih&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

  6. Stephen D 6

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/513413/loosening-building-products-red-tape-good-first-step-industry

    FFS how naive do they think we are? Fletchers are going to lower house prices, or bank the difference? Exactly the same as the landlords rort.

    Chinese reinforceing steel, leaky buildings anyone? By cutting staff in Ministries, who is going to do the checking?