Yes, that's very true of the UK for sure. I was testing with free NHS rapid antigen kits twice a week to self-monitor out of choice. (working with the public in a kitchen design studio, and in their homes when I was doing their survey/measures) You're not ...
Anne, yes, that request did feel opportunistic - it came after an RNZ story on the 30 complaints to the Human Rights Commission about the lack of accessibility, one of which was spurred by the President of the Blind Union being unable to utilise the system...
I think I saw that video on FaceBook! It was great, and also homesickness inducing!
Hah! Yes, that first sighting is magical...
Hello Anne, Generally the reporters requests are for returnees experiences with specific aspects of the MIQ booking system and its evolution. For example, back in June/July they wanted to communicate with returning citizens about the use of third parties; ...
It was the loveliest of sights. Followed by hearing the familiar cadence of the kiwi accent, and the army/defence man on the bus telling us we'd be 'sweet as' once we'd had our first clear PCR and could have a daily walk. I didn't realise how much I missed...
Thank you! It's wonderful to be back. (I got all tearful as we flew into the airport last night with the Southern Sky above me again...)
Disclosure: I'm currently in MIQ - day one at the Crowne Plaza after returning from the UK where I've been living and working the past 3 years until my visa expired in August. I've been (and still am) on 4 different private FB groups as I've gone through ...
Yes, I think there are multiple ways of being autonomous romantically/sexually that don't mean living on your own - you might buy or rent a house with your best friend/s for example, or join or form an intentional community. You may decide to be an ...
@Bill Yeah...I wasn't exactly celebrating when marriage equality happened here. Lots of us queers (of the "political/theoretical +orientation" rather than just "umbrella term for the alphabet family queers") were conflicted about it. Political queerness ...
I've been reading Voltairine obsessively of late. It is valuable I think, to read the entirety of Part V from "Exquisite Rebel", to really give context to her worldview and anarchist politics. For example, she wasn't just interested in expanding the ...
Yes, I would agree with this take Bill. Capitalism (for example) from its inception relied and benefited from the codifying, enforcing, and policing of hetero-normative, hetero-patriarchal and racist ideologies whether the unpaid labour of slavery; via ...
Our justice system is beyond brutal for sexual assault survivors. And many of us (survivors and spectators alike) in NZ have been watching and hearing the peanut gallery's messages loud and clear. For years. Some of us,myself included, watched warily as ...
Hi Micky, Using "they/their" in the singular when writing can feel a bit odd at first I know. (But one does get use to it, and it's fairly common in spoken English - though it still makes the grammar prescriptivists quite grumpy) If it does your head in ...
Wow RL, I had a very different experience from yours - voted from the UK yesterday after enrolling the previous day online, and had no issues uploading my vote and declaration. (Photographed not scanned).
Kevin's response to you was as follows: " Mate, no violence is acceptable by any gender towards any gender, but if you think that some bloke smacking over the missus all comes down to his solo mother beating the crap out of him when he was a toddler you ...
Meant to say too CV, during uni parties like the Hyde St Party here in Dunedin, glass isn't allowed - so cans, casks, and kegs are the default. Cruisers, Cindy's and KGB's are the highest sellers, and the cans always run at 7% at 250ml - 2% higher than ...
Thanks guys, I'm not on my own computer and yikes - hadn't noticed.
Depends whether you're buying cans or bottles. 7% (250ml) & 5 % (275ml)respectively. 12 Pack of cans would be 16.5 standard drinks. (1.38 units of alcohol per can at 7%) 6 pack would be 8 standard drinks.
And yet, it is sold in supermarkets. At least, some of the basic flavours are. (eg: pear, apple) One of the reasons RTD's have been so heavily promoted in Liquor stores is because with beer, wine and cider being available so cheaply at supermarkets, Liquor...
Umm, Finbar, you do realize that all ethanol is a neurotoxin right? Regardless of where it's made - 18th copper still or 21st Century stainless steel?
Rekorderlig.. yum. (I like the elderflower and lime, heh) Actually, I think Bill's formula might be the correct one. I was using an industry formula to ascertain the standard units of alcohol by volume of container, alcohol %, and density at room temp, and...
Hmmm. Using the minimum pricing of $1.20 per standard unit of alcohol as the benchmark (as per the MoJ Report as reported in the Stuff article) no RTDs that I could find advertised today fall under that pricing. Example, the current April Specials for ...
Bollocks? Yeah Nah. The tenancy tribunal found otherwise. "...A landlord has an obligation to repair and maintain the premises in a reasonable state of repair and to complete any necessary repairs within a reasonable time. A breach of this obligation ...
+100 And for LGBTQ, with Allies like Curran, who needs real homophobes!
Unfortunately, the outcome of Curran's tweeting campaign has resulted in Jenny Michie being stood down from David's campaign. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9147668/Cunliffe-sacks-campaign-worker
"...Not the tax payer who would have been forced to subsidise jobs if Labour had their way". Meanwhile, a few degrees further South at the Aluminium Smelter...
Back from Dunedin meeting also. Of the three, David Cunliffe came across to me as the most authentic - particularly during the 15 questions section. Not sure if he's been told to dial down his occasional propensity to be OTT, but there was a quiet ...
'...Btw, it’s natural that Maryann Street supports Robertson because they are both gay..." Wow. Just... Wow. WTF? Anne, for me, as a gay woman, your comment just pisses me off to the nth degree. We're not some bloody hive mind as GLBTQ. I would have ...
I thought it was quite telling that of the three, only Shane didn't answer the question regarding post leadership contest and the future of GR and DC. Both GR and DC stated there would be a place at the senior table for the losing contenders. Shane's ...
Hahaha... "...you are first hooked by the gentle cynical humor which Jane uses to open up your mind and into such an opening the underlying message is dropped..." Yes, so true.
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