Why is the Beehive website "under maintenance"? The public cannot get to see official pronouncements on the new government's policies.
We really are totally reliant on electrical energy in our so-called modern lifestyles. I was reading about the internet failure in Australia, which affected some 10 million Aussies and disrupted industry, hospitals and other organisations. It seems to have...
Nice to hear you are enjoying life in Wanaka. No doubt some corporate jerk will try to destroy that. A friend once told me that developers are like dogs; they come in, sniff around, pee in all the corners and then depart, leaving a mess behind.
@newsense. I think you will be pushing stuff uphill here on that one. Still, it seems you have support from two left-leaning authors, historian Toby Green and economist Thomas Fazi, have written a new book on the global response to the Covid pandemic, The ...
I'll draw your attention to a post made in 2019 by Chris Trotter where he noted a Working Class protest on the Coast, The Message From Messenger Park, but less for his comments than one by long-timer "Sanctuary": Wah wah wah, cry me a river. I am heartily ...
Correct. Some things, such as counting votes in a general election, must always be done properly. There is no other way unless you want to live in a corrupt nation.
Whatever government we end up with, let it be of the people, by the people and for the people.
Democracy at work. Vote for Loyal if you wish.
Aeons ago, when Winston was a National minister, the media would often ask him if he wanted to be the PM. His eyes would glaze over and he would go into a kind of trance as he briefly imagined himself holding the highest office in the land. Then he would ...
Recently I watched a Youtube doco about homelessness in Vancouver, BC. Pretty depressing stuff, as many of the people in the downtown tent city were wasted on drugs. It seems fentanyl is the main narcotic used. Violent crime had also increased markedly. I ...
There is no guarantee that imposing tax will lead to quality public services. If the government is incompetent or corrupt, the money is wasted on vanity projects or goes to a secret Swiss bank account. However, I am forever grateful for living in a country...
They'd be a good bet for sure, along with SA (their scrum was dominant) and England. It may come down to the bounce of the ball, or the ref doing a Wayne Barnes and not seeing a forward pass. I don't rate the ABs given their performance vs France.
That's democracy for you. Or as one newspaper man said: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken · Good Democracy ...
I've noticed the same trend; most of our English friends have flown back to the UK to see relatives (perfectly understandable, in view of their parents being elderly) but it doesn't do much for the climate. Then there are the two others who are on a jaunt ...
We are told that Jacinda Ardern is to write a book about leadership. Just one problem: Dan Carter has got his book out ahead of hers (see "The Art of Winning: Lessons in Leadership, Purpose and Potential", released in July). And Carter knew how to win, of ...
Just bring in the pest known as Lion fish. Native to the Great Barrier Reef, it breeds like crazy. With our oceans warming it might take off here, like it has in Florida. You can eat it if you remove the toxic spines and it is said to be tasty. Mind you, ...
But ya gotta have growth Roy. That's all that matters if you are a politician. I went to Wanaka years ago when all it had was a 4 Square store. You couldn't pay me to go there now. Tom Scott put it correctly when he said the country can stand only so much ...
Lest I too am accused of being a troll, here are a few sources to back up my earlier remark on the pollution problem. There is a wealth of material: Plateau Farms Ltd v Waikato Regional Council [2007] NZHC 920 (17 September 2007) http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-...
OK, that explains why no merino sheep farming is taking place in Waikato. But even if only coarse wool can be produced, I would like NZ farmers to succeed at that. Natural fibre beats synthetic any day for me. Hopefully international markets will come ...
It has always astounded me that the former Fonterra CEO got an $8 million pa salary for indifferent performance. No-one is worth that amount. He also headed an organisation whose shareholders did major damage to our waterways, and continue to do so.
Foster's cunning plan is to make all the ABs' opponents at the RWC become over-confident. Everything on track so far, with help from the UK rugby media.
The farmers must certainly be worried; their free lunch (paid for by the community) is coming to an end. It's not just the Manuherekia river that is being trashed. Prof Mike Joy discusses the national situation in his 2014 paper "Squandered: The ...
At the end of his TV series Life on Earth, David Attenborough acknowledges that humans are just another species on the planet, having been brought about by evolution. There is no guarantee we will be here permanently. And even within the span of human ...
In both economic and environmental terms, governments all over the world have borrowed heavily, hoping for the best. The lenders are future generations.
Can't say I see the Provincial Growth Fund as a roaring success for NZ First. The Auditor-General was highly critical of its performance and lack of accountability: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/national-threatens-pgf-cuts-after-damning-auditor-general-report...
A gang prison would probably result in a gang HQ. a sort of national communications centre (prisoners are allowed cellphones, apparently) so they can run their drug empires from their cells. I favour solitary confinement. Read the book "Papillon" for some ...
Didn't some German engineering students do a report that recommended a commuter monorail system up the centre of the North Shore motorway some years back? It wouldn't require using extra land, although motorway overbridges would be a problem.
Even if the PM discards the Three (Five?) Waters policy, the damage has already been done because of the massive opposition it provoked. Couple that with Labour ministers jumping ship or needing to be disciplined and it's a question of trust, or the lack ...
Thanks for noting the PCE report on electricity supply. I didn't know about it. Sounds like Onslow is very costly.
According to news reports, the Long Bay snapper poacher was warned 5 times by DoC staff about his illegal activities. Shows what a stern rebuke will do, doesn't it? I doubt if the $4,000 fine will be paid, unless he poaches more fish to get the dosh, ...
Congrats to the Philippines soccer team, which beat us in the Womens' World cup. NZ had 70% possession and 4 accurate shots on goal to their opponents' 1, but still lost by the only goal in the match. Those stats are not good if you are the NZ coach.
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