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 ...
The oil from which the refinery residue became bitumen was imported previously. NZs own oil was a very light fraction - condensate- which was used in refineries to 'sweeten' the heavy crude going through the distillation and cracking
Yes. What happens is the main contractor gets the cutting rights on a site and works away till most trees are harvested. Then they move onto another site thats pre scheduled and the remnants and trees that werent removed are sub contracted to a smaller ...
Not all the pacific islands were colonised , Tonga merely became a 'protectorate' and today has the same form of government as when the British and others arrived
Yes the '1 in 100' weather has been around for a very long time. Its actually a statistical definition of 1% occurrence in an single year- which is why it can happen more than often than only every 100 years ( 1 in a 100 yrs , is a media shorthand but is ...
Yes. Its around 2.5% for 4 Mps and 3.6% for 5. Thanks for settling that
Oh dear oh dear . Remember the local TV series 'The GC' It was said. if you didnt get the point, it wasnt targeted for you! Find something else. But is your point really to shut me down as your comments are just babble [Pointless comments are considered a ...
Those western suburbs were a combined system, where sewage and stormwater combined pipes were the only ones - for the days when they discharged untreated in harbour Thats why they are installing new pipes and in hopefully connecting most of them them to ...
The party threshold should the minimum number of votes to have a viable party , at least 4 maybe 5 Mps. I think about 4.2% will give you 5 Mps An electorate MP is just that mostly on his/her/there own. But if you are going to be a party it needs to be ...
They predicted this summer for the region would be average to above average rainfall. They were also way way out on the previous two summers which were the driest on record Clearly they arent there yet on getting 3 months ahead right let alone next year.
For the previous historical big storms for Auckland, all in early to mid feb from cyclones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_New_Zealand_cyclone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_storm_of_1868
Water quality targeted rates werent related to stormwater volume improvement for floods and such. It was stream quality , which often comes down to mitigation with rain gardens and road runoff into ponds to allow natural processes to improve quality https...
National has always run a candidate in Epsom electorate, so dont 'step aside' in your words. Their candidate doesnt campaign must be what you mean, but the ACT member would still win even if National made a bigger effort. Its that sort of electorate. The ...
Scandal ! Brown is going to flood community events without 'alerting media' Why is it some think the media are the only gatekeepers and those who play the media game like a pro are the real leaders - think smile and wave Key ( and thats was just the tip of...
Its just a 'claim' Parts have been built already - with government money and work on site preparation for others https://tewhaupathway.org.nz/the-build/updates/#Abutment-in-Te-Pae-Kawau And even preparing designs and going through consultations isnt done ...
Does UK law require rape only with a penis, or does other methods apply ? NZ law has two specific types of sexual violation, both with same maximum sentence as the male only rape. In New Zealand law, the word “rape” is restricted to cases of a male ...
Luxon is pandering to the high value donors when he goes on these absurd little excursions into nonsense. The odd word here , the hanging phrases there, its all deliberate The other week it was the talk about 'double voting', which is how MMP works but he ...
Auckland is never going to be 'hardened' to survive a 0.5% AEP or 1 in 200 year rainfall. Which is actually what we had in a narrow strip of the city from parts of North Shore through CBD and Onehunga and Mangere. Otahuhu was around 1/4. Mt Roskill maybe ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-08/reiby-detention-centre-sexual-abuse-730/101913320 A 7.30 investigation can reveal three former female staff at Reiby have been convicted of sexual offences against detainees What say you to sexual abuse by women ...
This is unintelligible. Its daily Review, any topic can be bought up. if something doesnt interest you, let it go.
This is unintelligible. Its daily Review, any topic can be bought up. if something doesnt interest you, let it go
Thanks for asking questions Time of concentration many flood victims mention how the 'water suddenly rose very quickly' which is what happens for creeks and streams when theres heavy rain and the TC is what matters and from there the level the water rises ...
Time of concentration . many flood victims mention how the 'water suddenly rose very quickly' which is what happens for creeks and streams when theres heavy rain. For a stream its in the order of an hour or less. Thats were the 1 hr or 24 hr hour falls. ...
never heard of Hydrology have you. if you did you would know that monthly rainfall is completely irrelevant for pluvial flooding. A lot of claims for Aucklands rainfall were the 'biggest' in relation to the flooding. It was higher again (24hrs) 175 years ...
Its not Sturgeons role to decide someones elses gender , nor yours Do you really want to be the 'pants police' checking them out after all you have joined the culture war, maybe a new badge and can model yourself on the Islamic religious police who enforce...
he agrees with you , and said so BEFORE the election 'BOB — Wayne, is there anyone you like? WAYNE — Few people. I’m not here to be loved or liked. I don’t see myself as warm or friendly." https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/wayne-brown-the-gunslinger ...
Completely wrong as you have been mislead by an inaccurate story The full email says he encourages councillors , and they must talk about 'their local issues'. as he said before the election 'I’m not here to be loved or liked. I don’t see myself as warm or...
Its Daily Review my friend . Theres doesnt have to be a point- that you approve of . It is what it is . Not the most 24 hr rainfall in a major city in the last 50 years. I think the Hutt was more badly affected than Auckland , which had pepper pot flooding...
Theres around 200 other lifts in Auckland apartment buildings that could be the same Thats was Browns original point
But she was endorsed by the CR not Brown "Communities and Residents (C&R) is proud to endorse Auckland mayoral candidate Viv Beck in the 2022 Auckland Local Elections, C&R President Kit Parkinson says. “Viv is the only centre-right candidate in the mayoral...
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