In my experience of living in Christchurch for over 20 years (I moved away at the end of 2020), Christchurch people think water is free as it is not charged for separately in rates. As a result people have been cutting their lawns ultra short and then ...
The high user rate definition is on the CCC website and is at a rate above the average daily user rate in Christchurch. Edit: The average household user rate is currently 700 litres per day so above this would trigger a high user charge. Search for CCC ...
I agree that a temporary rent freeze in Auckland is a good idea as a stop-gap measure in a crisis. Christchurch's housing crisis post-quake was pretty bad with people sleeping out in the sand-dunes at New Brighton, moving in with family in overcrowded ...
Reduce cow herd size by reducing cow breeding of new stock. Certainly stop the ever increasing cow population across the world at the expense of other animals (including insects, birds, fish) plants and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and reduce ...
It depends on the pine species and on the local environment. Lodgepole pine is a very destructive pest in subalpine areas for example. Pinus radiata (Monterey pine) is not too bad in many lowland areas if it is allowed to stand and is not planted too ...
Yes some exotic conifers can help with restoration, and other exotics such as gorse can too but it still all depends on the particular biome and environment and on the species. For example some Pinus species are incredibly invasive in upland environments ...
Kapiti Island has done 25 years or so since they eradicated rats on the island. There is on going monitoring of course. I have a link but can't post from my mobile.
Yes it is such a backwards step and something I never imagined would happening like this in our contemporary "liberal" western democracies. Banning women's dances and banning use of words like dyke (on facebook) and butch. Back to the closet I guess (yeah ...
Thanks Dennis - that is what I was lokking for. Noes 12 New Zealand Labour 3 (Kanongata'a-Suisuiki, Leavasa, Strange); New Zealand National 9 (Brown, Hipango, Lee, O'Connor, Penk, Pugh, Simmonds, Upston, Woodhouse).
Thanks Dennis but who are those MPs? I like to keep tabs on conscience votes.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/how-mps-voted-on-law-change-that-would-allow-safe-zones-around-abortion-clinics.html
With the Safe Areas bill passing its 3rd reading, how do i find out who are the 12 MPs who voted against the bill are? Luxon has previously voted against it according to a newshub article from 12 March 2021. I will try to post the link. "How MPs voted on ...
Reply to Weka ... as cases increase the MOH have said they will move away from identifying locations of interest. I can't remember where I read this but it was in the last few days - possibly RNZ or when i was googling "Phase 3 covid NZ". There was a piece...
There is a māori version of wordle called "panga". It is a bit of a challenge for me : ) but lots of fun.
Canterbury Regional River Gravel Management Strategy October 2012 has a summary on the adverse effects effects of gravel extraction around page 8. It includes effects on river ecology (disturbance of river bed, water quality, pool and riffle sequences, ...
It is both natural cycle build up of sediment and drought (low flows) and water extraction and abstraction for irrigation. The sediment builds up and has fewer and lesser high and medium flows to wash the sediment downstream. There is a piece by Andrea ...
Thanks joe90. It doesn't look like they necessarily did anything wrong from that story.
Anker - I cannot find anything on RNZ or Stuff or the Dom Post that they were meant to be self-isolating when they were out and about. Were they said to be a close contact in an earlier story?
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Please don't lump in pedos with LGBTQ folks.
Have both the pass on your phone and a hard copy for backup. You can print out a colour copy ( or a couple), cut it out and fold it in half so it is card sized and get it laminated at warehouse stationery or maybe your local library. There are 2 links in ...
White Walkers are a Game of Thrones evil dead type of thing.
If that were true ( that men cannot be presumed to have a physical advantage over women) we should do away with men's and women's sports altogether. Also why not get rid of other classes in sport as well such as weight classes and age classes? And anybody ...
Thanks Molly and Weka. As I don't use Twitter myself, it is good to have these links.
Yes that is the same person. Regarding that tweet, I didn't get that impression that they thought that anyone or any particular group should not be critiqued for coercion or rape, but rather that elements of the conservative mainstream would use it to ...
Ngā mihi!
I found this article in the Guardian in early October 2021 about Finn Mackay and their new book on female masculinity and gender wars (and inclusive of the views of butch lesbians) to be a reasonably considered and thoughtful piece from the perspective of ...
At 8.3.1111 Yes. Thank you Weka!
section of the text from Statistics NZ website The underutilisation rate is equally as important as the unemployment rate. It gives a broader measure of untapped capacity in the labour market
"I will try to link to the Stats NZ site." Failed
However the "underutilisation rate" is 9.2%. That includes people like me who are under-employed - e.g. have a part-time/casual job but need more hours and permanent work. I will try to link to the Stats NZ site.
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