Net Debt is the the misleading phrase . Its used by credit rating agencies who calculate [gross debt - government funds] , that for NZ thats ACC, Cullen Fund and EQC ( mostly gone) ACC funds ($45 bill) are allocated for their claimants . The Cullen Fund $...
The point is modern designs for subdivisions worked. When you come from HB you might already know there isnt any land available that doesnt have some risk. The whole Meeanee areas is a no go , and great for horticulture as is Pakowhai area.
The above Napier street flooding is an older area thats not too bad but Marewa and Maraenui are 1950s-1960s areas are usually very bad . Thats near the course of the old Tutaekuri river which was relocated from there after the 1931 earthquake. This is the ...
We have ex tropical cyclones every year. Well mostly, as they average from 0-6 events per year Aucklands previous ' big storm' events of 1938 and 1868 were both in February so highly likely cyclonic based https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_storm_of_1868...
Agree with that . But EQC pays considerable yearly premiums to 'reinsure' for the big disasters ( worth some billions) and also pays a lump sum ($20 mill ?)to Treasury yearly for the Government guarantee side - so its a form of reinsurance of last resort.
For most suburban development , they 'did work'. I noticed the Te Awa more recent subdivision on outskirts of Napier, it appears completely flooded but a closer look at the aerial photo seems to show the streets and front lawns flooded but the houses just ...
I dont think the recovery/rebuild cost is larger than Canterbury earthquakes as claimed. Robertson was talking about a $10-12 bill cost . Canterbury was a $40 bill all up cost covered by insurance and of course not all losses were. The electricity network ...
I knew this question of timing would arise. Stories are written often well before they go online ( time and date stamped often). When I worked for a newspaper with 300 journalists ( but I wasnt one) stories might be held over for all sorts of reasons and ...
Strange bit of plagiarism in the stuff story by Charlie Mitchell https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300809224/cyclone-gabrielle-scepticism-is-a-sting-in-covids-tail Its clearly a minimal rewrite of the RNZ Media Watch segment by Hayden Donnell https://www....
Never mind, Hosking will do a complete volte farce this week like he always does. Which would be fine if he explained why he was wrong. Never does . He flip flops more than Luxon for the same reasons....marketing
What Scottish university was Stock employed at ? Thats right she was raised in Scotland but worked at a minor English university and is obsessed with womens 'safety' and uses the terminology of the segregationists and the anti Semites and maintaining ...
You dont have a medical or human rights valid arguments . Its just misinformation that you peddle - your'e a utopian fallopian
The lost referendum prevented Scottish independence before . Are you saying the British establishment didnt give the people the choice. Also Blair gave Scotland a devolved self government , something Ireland was supposed to get but never did The SNP leader...
Prisons are places which by definition hold violent people . Its a prison security failure that a known violent person was able to harm others. It happens all the time in every prison , for men or women. Women are sent to prison for acts of violence too , ...
Like I said the women can have a bar for what ever reason, they dont need your mansplaining about why . But feel free to gaslight me and mansplain other women The violence -outside, as I presume security made it safer inside- was regular. I can remember ...
The womens bar was for what ever reason they like I only saw one fight , he lived a few doors away and said it was regular occurrence, its a while back, but like every time, as they were only running saturday nights. I didnt believe him until I saw it ...
Please ...recognised government that lost power . It happens It was some time later after The President fled to Riyadh that the Saudis and US started their bombing So if Putin attacked just after Yanukovich fled to Moscow, to return him to power, it would ...
The medical evidence is clear, you are talking rot. There is a small % at birth that arent entirely binary What design and colour emblem do you think non binary people should wear on their clothing so you and your ilk arent confused and so they can be ...
'Boundaries'....are you a surveyor ? The rest of your safety mantra is just a repeat of exactly the same reasons used to discriminate against blacks in America. Safety.... in not letting blacks live in some neighbourhoods, sit in the same section of the ...
We do have it here. Mps are elected some from electorates and some from party lists, so its MMP - mixed member proportional. What they do differently is its flaw to not being fully proportional. The electorates and lists are part of 8 'self contained' ...
SNP long ago ditched their original aim of a republic. At the first referendum they wanted to keep the Queen, the BBC, the NHS and the pound ! Forget the idea of Scotland joining the EU
The SNP is now a middle class party- look at who is elected - professionals, university educated , plus if they were previously working class they were now business owners. The radical agenda was ditched before they decided to win power so good luck trying...
Its the feminists, with help from their US right wing supporters who are de-ligitimising 'women who are different' And no , gender isnt decided by the sexual organs at birth Remember those who say someone isnt 'black enough or maori enough', yep its the ...
After the Free State in 1922 was followed by a brutal civil war between Sinn Fein and the pro Treaty government. Around 70 or so people were executed mostly without trial ( some by firing squad) by the Free State government , including some politicians ...
SNP and Greens didnt win a majority of votes at the 2021 election . Yes they had a majority of seats , despite Scotland having MMP they allocate the party vote by regions which are a form of gerrymander Party vote results SNP 40.35% and Greens 8.12% The ...
No the Kosovo war started with a Nato attack on Serbia and a massive aerial bombardment. Not too different to the Saudi attack on its neighbour Yemen, with massive air raids on the cities, both supported by US and UK , indeed US had direct support 'A ...
That would make a lovely speech for those beauty pageants where they fervently wish for world peace
The track data shows Bola didnt sit off the Gisborne coast It may surprise you, like me, where it did go
So what is the level of your outrage of the occupation of another countrys sovereign territory by Nato. Righto , got that. Keep calm and carry on
To keep its form of self government and institutions from 1900 ( when came part of the British Empire) to 2008 isnt too bad, when its neighbours literally became colonies An absolute monarchy until more recently was what the nobility wanted.
Its not an excuse 'to do the same'... Its just pointing out the immense hypocrisy.... not a word from you about the Nato 20 yr occupation of Kosovo , in reality a frozen conflict. That too was an invasion of a sovereign country - which had its ...
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