'A spokesperson for the high-profile elevator company, Otis, confirmed they are responding to a large number of lifts that are currently shut down across the city.' 'Managing director of Schindler Lifts, Karen Papps, said they were also in contact with ...
Actual email Brown sent to councillors where hes accused of gagging councillors link To ensure that all communications remain clear and consistent, we need to speak with one voice. For that reason, I ask that it be left to myself and the Deputy Mayor to ...
Just reminiscing, but it was a different era, I used to drink at Duke of Wellington when worked nearby but I didnt work in factory environment. That had Black Power there too but as you would know its not like what many people would think
yes . Misunder stands what GST exempt is Thats mostly the banking and financial sector - that may cause some more corks to pop. I seem to remember they even broke the golden rule for banks under NZ GST and no exemptions for goods and service. Sure ...
Thanks for that . Clearly Len Brown didnt come from that type of life.
No they arent . The national party front group CR Auckland endorsed another candidate , many MPs supported a different person again Leo Molloy Browns period in government appointed roles was during the Clark years not Nationals time . I dont think he got ...
Not silencing. Its just saying the mayors job is to speak for Auckland and its best if one voice. It was a request in the email not a command Thats the mayors job description on the council website- Speak for Auckland Notice its what party leaders do as ...
he says the 'shortfall needs to be juggled' in terms of the budget. And no fuel excise isnt being reduced to zero, so you have a straw man comparison
GST rebated for those who are business registered. So what their suppliers charge is offset against own sales. And of course GST is mostly dues when sales are made , so passed onto the final payee ...the everyday customer. If exported you get it refunded ....
They have already indroduced the 'half price' for Community service card holders program which was to begin when the inflation reduction measure ended ( now extended) This is a targeted fare reduction not across the board which often benefits better off ...
A few outlying streets that arent able to be protected and if they were would increase the flooding in the central town. Westport just had a 1 in 100yr flood , as they say the same happened in 1926. I have pictures of relatives from early 1900s standing in...
Len Brown was a Howick based practice solicitor and lived in one of South Aucklands most expensive suburbs No 'lived in the hood' from him. I voted for him because in general he had a better vision for the city. perhaps you only know 'South Auckland' as an...
Councillors werent 'gagged' . It was request for the Mayor to be the single voice but doesnt prevent them speaking of course This is actually what the job description is https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/mayor-of-auckland/Pages/mayors-responsibilities....
So violence from trans women against is also rare Just saying there is no such thing as absolute safety , even when no men around Id hate to think of the violence in mens prisons and mixed bars as of course they arent the same , not that I ever claimed it ...
Wellington beat Aucklands record rainfall of 249mm in 24 hr, but it was back in 1976. Lower Hutt rain gauge 264 mm in 24 hrs. I think most of Petone was fully underwater https://hwe.niwa.co.nz/event/December_1976_Wellington_Flooding NIWA says similar to ...
Its rare but other women have been jailed for sexual abuse /rape in UK Like this A woman who admitted the "shockingly depraved" sexual abuse and rape of a vulnerable young girl has been jailed for life. Vicki Bevan, 37, of St Helens, pleaded guilty to 36 ...
NZs highest 1 hourly and 24 hr rainfall wasnt in the 'sub tropical north' but the colder West Coast https://niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/resources/climate/extreme 134mm in 1 hr in Hokitika catchment 2004 869mm in 24 hrs Hokitika catchment 2013
"Adrian Rurawhe fought off (just) Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, in 2020" it was 1000 vote lead , which is pretty good , or almost 10% more the Ngarewa Packers 11,100 votes And way more votes than Tariana Turia got in her last election in 2011 https://en.wikipedia...
The storm of century -or two- had much more to do with it Use Auckland Councils own rain gauges to check the rainfall on Friday in your suburb https://environmentauckland.org.nz/Data/Map/Parameter/Rainfall/Statistic/CurrentMonth/Interval/Latest The infill ...
Nobody gets paid for emergency forecasts for extreme events that are different from the public funded ones. You seem fixated on that longer term paid for forecasts- farming, marine etc and then jump to a special hour by hour forecast that money will buy ...
So you did nothing to check on neighbours....OK. if that was beyond your means to do so , thats fine . Wouldnt want you to be 'out of depth' Sorry if my use of quotes doesnt follow your style guides . Youre a media -sphere person, so the optics matters to ...
All available emergency resources were comitted before the emergency at 9:30 They were telling us that over the news and media , dont call unless its danger to life. What you refer to is for after the event has happened . Its also useful for slower events ...
It wasnt 'personal confidential' information at all. Surely you know something about when it is personal and a general statement about students. Also got told some other general comments , that werent linked to names, about others who present to ...
No it doesnt make other emergency resources available - they were already full stretch . Fire and rescue, Police etc. Its just a bureaucratic process which can make people evacuate before a flood happens for instance . Not applicable in Auckland Also ...
I meant it in the terms of a professional politician who knows all the PR but not much else
Note the 'Registered Engineer' role disappeared many decades ago and it became a different method of setting equivalent status as Chartered Engineer or even in many cases Councils run their own register of approved engineers who may or may not be chartered...
A work week night . people were going home anyway.
What does a State of Emergency actually do and how would it have changed things on a friday evening at say 6PM? It was used during Covid , but that was an ongoing situation rather than imminent/actual disaster
The CR candidate wasnt Brown. The fruitcake was Molloy for those that like that sort of thing
Flooded areas are pepper potted through Auckland . One street can high risk but rest of suburb is mostly fine . Other suburbs can have high risk for many streets and only a few places are low risk. very few people know the flood risk where they live or ...
Thats what the cell phone alert systems was for , it was used last night when Auckland area Im in was just overcast but heavy rain 'on the way' for some areas in Auckland later that night. Yes. Should have been used early Fri evening but not sure it would ...
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