Don't worry someone will always propose a final 'Final Solution' ...... [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.] [You have been recently warned for ...
Around here many who answered the silly questions just gave spoof answers that will provide little information. A lot of "Don't knows" for sex on birth certificate and at least one saying the sex was 9 months BEFORE my birth. Lots of fun comparing answers.
Bit like humans?
As the old saying goes: “At least once in your life you need a Doctor, a Lawyer, a Policeman and a Preacher BUT, every day, three times a day, you need a Farmer” Unless you are your own farmer - and grow everything you eat .... ... and use deities a bit ...
The algal blooms are long term and caused by a range of other factors and then there is the sewage. The Lake drains into the wetlands. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125527768/councils-three-years-of-discharge-into-one-of-nations-most-polluted-lakes Lake...
There are also large numbers of Coi Carp there which have a hand in increase of algal blooms. https://www.tekauwhatavillage.co.nz/555-2/ Lake Waikare suffers regularly from algal blooms, and the trophic state of Lake Waikare has worsened since 1993, with ...
It is certainly something to be investigated as a contributory factor given the reports of large numbers of dead ducks and reported lack of water through flow. All very well to "bless" dairy farmers but the effects are often more nuanced.
Never underestimate the ability of water fowl to pollute the area they live in - especially when numbers rise due to a very good breeding year - before they are culled by duck shooters in May. Stagnant, or slow-flowing, water is a breeding ground for algae...
No possibility of citations for it is so well hidden that NZ is known to be one of the least corrupt countries! Have been on major projects and seen how much stuff walks off the site to supply the locals ....
All them Consultants and Bureaucrats gotta be engaged and paid BEFORE a shovel can be put in the ground // Then there is the health and safety gravy train ... and the backhanders ... and the vested interests It is a wonder that projects do not cost far ...
This may only be the start - another one gone https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/486186/labour-mp-for-whangarei-announces-retirement Labour MP Emily Henderson will retire from politics at the upcoming election after three years representing Whangārei. ...
Still does not explain why a $20 Billion asset will just sit there just in case it is dry from time to time justifies the destruction of an Iconic landscape and destroying the locals farms. I get it - Farmers can be sacrificed for urban ease? Next the ...
If the full capacity is not planned to be used why is it so big? Without doubt it is a slow fill/quick empty device. So that even if a smaller proportion is used the refill will be slow and intersected with another draw-down further emptying the lake. ...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300831569/government-to-take-lake-onslow-power-project-forward-despite-16b-price-tag If the Lake Onslow scheme goes ahead, the artificially-expanded lake high in the hills of Central Otago would in effect provide a massive ...
Lake Onslow is already a man made lake it would take between four and five years to build and a further two years to fill. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300066128/government-wants-100-per-cent-green-electricity-by-adding-battery-power-to-hydro-power All...
Just put the reactors in Submarines so that they float and can be moved closest to where needed most to reduce line loss. Already proven technology.
from an unmentionable place on the WWW .... might have been a clue that they were not my own words? Been trying to find where it came from.
Even worse is the perception that much of Parliament (not just the Government!) is full of gaffes and gotchas which makes them ALL look tired and past their use by date. Perhaps we the voters need to do a clean sweep and replace them with a new bunch ... ...
came to me in an email so do not have a link - just thought it was quite worth sharing.
from an unmentionable place on the WWW ... [deleted] [when you you quote, you must link - Incognito]
I can only find this 2012 study: https://www.inequality.org.nz/understand/rich-really-pay-tax/ In 2012, the richest tenth of New Zealanders paid 47% of all income tax, but that’s hardly surprising given they earned 34% of all the income. It’s also better ...
Directly from Parker's news release Bikes, electric bikes and scooters will be added to the types of transport exempted from fringe benefit tax under changes proposed today. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/bikes-and-scooters-be-exempt-fbt Cows on bikes...
"FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL" Surely Tax Payer funded health care for all. For if it is free for ALL ... exactly who pays for it as someone MUST inevitably
Indeed - the mutter 'Electorate vote National party vote ACT' is growing by the day in Pubs outside the main centres The National Party may not last for much longer at this rate!
Note to self: Must get the stock and station agency to record ALL my purchases as ... E Bike - no GST and only list any Invoice as an E Bike purchase!
"Remember Labour currently has an absolute majority and can pass any piece of legislation it damn well pleases" Still has to 'please' the electorate. 100,000 voters opposed here and a few more 100,000 opposed there soon add up to lost seats and lost party ...
Biden himself has reiterated that the Aussie subs will be nuclear powered but NOT nuclear armed. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/13/fact-sheet-trilateral-australia-uk-us-partnership-on-nuclear-powered-submarines/ Our ...
This is why zerohedge is so useful a source. and the development will do far more damage than a few burping cows down under .... https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-gives-go-ahead-giant-alaska-oil-project-greens-furious "President Biden pledged ...
Was rushing out to clear the secret effluent drain to the river ... //
Am eating my cows as fast as possible and still need the Diesel digger to unblock the secret effluent drain to the river ... //
It's not easy to be green! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51BQfPeSK8k
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