Vitasoy is made from Australian soy beans - the original is creamy enough for my dairy cream loving husband to have on his porridge! Widely available. Also makes a good alternative to coconut milk in curries as I cannot eat coconut.
This is the original story from NZ Womans Weekly complete with christmas pyjamas. Classy. https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/christmas-with-christopher-luxon-and-family-48048/
Or singer/songwriters. Lyin' Luxon (and his Tobacco Goons) from Darren Watson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4nMZ5AO9S0
Casey Costello deserves to be added to the tight race list.
Think it's pronounced Sin Jin. Two weeks notice seems ..... rushed.
We do not have the oil reserves to support our consumption - as Joe90 says we rely on imported crude. Reopening Marsden Point is not going to change that. https://www.worldometers.info/oil/new-zealand-oil/
New Zealand has been buying all bitumen from overseas since early 2021 - more money in it. https://contractormag.co.nz/contractor/marsden-point-bitumen/
I'm in the West Coast Tasman electorate and Phelps ran quite a seductive campaign - vote for me and you'll get three MPs in parliament. I didn't vote for him but was unaware of the Bathurst money link although I knew he was a mining advocate.
If you subscribe, David Slack emails out a weekend freebie edition.
Lord Foulkes is a Labour life peer, not an hereditary peer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foulkes,_Baron_Foulkes_of_Cumnock
"The machine" could be the international financiers sniffing round the ashes of Three Waters.... Nationwide water metering and security over water assets are likely to be conditions of international financiers backing the new Government’s water services ...
The RNZ report https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/508127/revealed-nz-first-minister-casey-costello-s-notes-on-tobacco-tax-freeze
Rod Carr stands down as chair of the Climate Change Commission in 6 months - could James Shaw step in there?
My brother in law is bipolar and has an addictive personality as well. He went through a shoplifting phase in his late teens/twenties which led to the diagnosis. He was stealing stuff he didn't need. It was very distressing for all concerned and took a ...
Ronald Reagan said "If you're explaining, you're losing".
A few years ago in my small rural town, a local dairy farmer absconded without paying for petrol from Mobil. The police were notified and the miscreant was apprehended promptly. The real story: the local Mobil owner (an ex cop) was at the counter chatting ...
Yep - Brash's crowd.
Ruth Richardson is on the board of the Tax Payers Union. Casey Costello resigned from the board so she could concentrate on the 2023 election - she is now a first time MP for New Zealand First and a cabinet minister - Customs, Seniors and Associate ...
Government giving itself Henry XIII powers hidden in the repeal of the RMA is rather frightening especially as the Minister for the Environment is outside Cabinet! Link from paragraph three reposted. https://eds.org.nz/resources/documents/media-releases/...
Cost doubles to $500 million within months for the Hope bypass, just south of Richmond. It's maybe 4 km. But that's OK we're still committed, it's a key project says Simeon Brown. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/133432387/hope-bypass-projected-cost-...
Bluebridge (Strait Shipping) is owned by Morgan Stanley the American investment bank - did they make financial donations to any party I wonder? In 2021 they carried 56% of vehicle freight, Interislander carried the rest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Will Koru Club be renamed? Toby Manhire suggests Fern Frond Spiral Club. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-12-2023/what-is-nzta-a-users-guide-to-the-new-english-names
Ayesha Verrall pulled Luxon up on it several days ago and spelt out the correct figure for Northland. Also Shane Reti is the MP for Whangarei which is in Northland, and the Minister of Health - you'd have thought he would have a handle on it!
Grant will have fun giving Winston a stir-rup!
Is Winston Peters irritating his new cabinet colleagues already? He laid into the media again at today's first cabinet meeting. Judith Collins was asked for comment - I've just been made Attorney General - I'm not Winston Peters mother!! she said....
Winnie the vamp https://www.newsroom.co.nz/an-ode-for
It takes 3 weeks for all the special votes to be counted - overseas voting, voting outside your electorate, telephone voting for those with disabilities, late enrolments etc. This is normal and happens every election.
There seem to be far fewer advance voting places this year, at least in my West Coast Tasman electorate.
A triumph of waffle!
Had dinner last night with friends, also from the UK, who belong to the bowling club - that typical Act focus group. He couldn't believe all the 'handouts in this country' - they got Covid business support. She was telling us about all the ACC support she ...
I grew up in a New Town in the UK, specifically designed to alleviate the London housing shortages after WW2. Each neighbourhood had a shopping centre. Ours had a baker, fish shop, Spar and Co-op supermarkets, hardware store, hairdresser, launderette, ...
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