Thanks for the link to the lecture - I'll watch it.
A major tidal energy project is up and running in the Orkneys: see https://orbitalmarine.com/o2/ It is a floating turbine system that seems innovative. Its rotors can provide power no matter which way the tide is running. Shouldn't we be doing the same ...
Maybe students on the East Cape could learn about charcoal making in their region - lots of timber to pick up there. It staggers me that we are two decades into the 21st century, we are supposedly a modern, progressive society and we get timber slash ...
There has been controversy lately over some writing which is said to be a poem about Captain Cook. If you want really powerful poetry, read "The Colonel" by Carolyn Forche (1981), available on the web. It deals with brutality in El Salvador. Just don't ...
As TS contributors will be aware, the Moana child custody case seems to have reached finality. The European couple who cared for the girl for some years have decided to return her to the care of the state. The people who are to look after her welfare in ...
Thanks for the link. I will keep an eye on the Stop CG outfit, see what they're up to. You are correct to oppose outright lies, but it is much harder to define hate speech, as the government has found out.
Opinions on co-governance will differ wildly (largely, I suspect, because no-one can give a sure-fire definition of it, nor assurances as to how it will work). I don't know anything about the Stop CG movement but they must be entitled to have their views ...
Just thinking more about the East Cape slash problem. As I understand it, the law of nuisance says you cannot use your land in a way that causes damage to the property of others by letting something dangerous escape. So far, landowners have relied on the ...
A great policy bonfire? Oh, I get it now, it's the bonfire that is referred to as great, not the policies, so they can be dumped. Expect some very fancy footwork soon from the PM over Three Waters. The late John Armstrong had it right; it's all about power...
Looks like the Crossroads video is no longer available. But congrats on the work you do with the youth trusts. You are helping people build their lives with in a useful way. Life skills are worth much more than money.
According to Chris Luxon, forestry is the only business sector that has made profits while imposing massive costs, in the form of environmental damage, on the community. He really does need to get out more. A significant proportion of those in the dairy ...
Even if taxpayers do pay for the repairs, will they be asked to pay again when the next cyclone hits? I'm not confident rebuilding of communities will occur in locations less prone to floods and slips.
Maybe the use of a bunch of students to take census forms around in person (seems sensible) was seen as too risky, given the likelihood of a violent reaction from those in the anti-vax mob or others with a grudge against the authorities. And any incident ...
Maybe if houses and other structures erected in unsuitable locations become uninsurable, that will effect a managed retreat? Won't happen overnight, of course.
Speaking of Christchurch, do you know what sort of rebuild has been undertaken in that city? Has the design incorporated 21st century thinking to allow for climate change, energy efficient buildings and other innovations or did they just try to recreate ...
It may not seem relevant right now, given the excess of water descending from the skies, but the forecasters are talking about a dry 2024 summer. Apparently this will be caused by the phasing out of La Nina and a return to El Nino conditions. Climate ...
Looks like something similar is occurring in Oz: see https://www.peterandrewsoam.com/ A good plan if they are to get out of the cycle of bush fires followed by floods.
"Repeating the same mistakes .. is never going to be a good result" - unless you're a politician ...
Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. [Robert Frost]
$2 million will buy a lot of TV adverts, along with brochures to stuff in letterboxes. Expect some hilarious promises to be made - but don't forget that the pollies will be bribing us with our own money.
Political party leaders may have some effect on an election result, but it's the policies that really count, IMO. Despite JA's marshalling NZ thru' the Covid-19 difficulties, some of Labour's policies have got a lot of voters very worried. Other policies ...
Good article. For too long, economic growth has been the politicians' drug of choice. We need better understanding of how economic processes work and then decide what sort of economy we need. IMO it's not just the economy - ultimately, climate change will ...
Trying to work out what has happened on E Cape since Bola. As I understand it, the Lange government got a tree planting scheme going on the erosion-prone country but after several decades those trees got felled so we are back where we started, with the ...
Weather sucks? The weather rules, and we must learn to live with that. Note also the ODT headline, 6 Jan 2023: "Toxic algae thriving in waterways."
That's a real worry (the Brazil situation, I mean). And don't go thinking it could never happen in good old NZ. There are people out there who will readily resort to violence if they don't get their way.
He said one of his primary goals was to stop "wasteful Washington spending". [Newly-elected Speaker of the US House of representatives, Kevin McCarthy] I thought Washington ran on wasteful spending, so good luck with that. Maybe he just means they should ...
There are problems with a wealth tax: * getting agreement on what the rate should be * who is "wealthy" (and who is not) * if any such tax is legislated, the danger is NZ's best and brightest will head to foreign parts where they get higher incomes and ...
Greetings to all TS contributors. As we start 2023, remember that the best things in life are free - a rosy sunset, the sound of wind in the trees, an unexpected act of kindness from a stranger, a visit from a friend. Let's keep hold of the things that ...
MS, you forgot the "Bury a major constitutional change in a Bill and if we're caught out we'll say it was all a mistake" award. Or call it "The Climbdown of the Year" award for short. Several contenders for that one.
And (hopefully) we get someone who has a sound understanding of, and respect for, New Zealand's constitutional principles. Principles such as limiting the use of entrenchment provisions in Acts of Parliament so as to exclude policy matters.
"I'd like to know how the station became freehold from the Crown in the early 80s." A good start would be Ann Brower's book "Who Owns the High Country?" (Craig Potton Publishing, 2008). Might be in your local library. I don't think Te Anau Downs station (...
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