That'll be an interesting negotiation wit the happy clappy faction of National.... Wonder what the happy clappies will ask in return. Curriculum changes?
The 'twice as much" headline was based on a modern small petrol car using around 4 l/100km. With light diesels ISTR that the rate was set to approximate what the 'average' petrol car would pay through the excise. Worked for a larger car, but completely ...
The road user component of petrol excise would have been calculated when an economical car used 8 l/100km. I've got a 10 yo base model Demio that does half that. Very good case for petrol vehicles to move to a milage based road user charge and a carbon ...
There's also the airfreight capacity that comes with international tourism. This is a huge co-dependency in our economy as we found out through covid when tourism, and air freight stopped. More tourism allows more exports, and cheaper imports, both making ...
Yeah, this isn’t a recent occurrence. Underages getting off their faces at New Year in Central has been going on for ever. Strong statements from the plods pretty much every year as well. There will be a very large number of extra police in Central to deal...
It's not so much speculation that drives Wānaka's economy, rather cash burn by people who think they are speculating. All going to come to a sad and messy end for some people with the inevitable recession the current Government is bringing on. Exactly the ...
If it's half as successful as the cycleways around Central they'll need it. Ours are generating significant usage, and traffic.
It’s Key’s legacy in our parts, they won’t be shutting that down.
Also war within the Government since the blowout is related to NZ First insistence on rail capable ferries. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/12/jenna-lynch-analysis-what-are-the-options-for-new-cook-strait-crossing-now-interislander-project-has...
This model was well thrashed out through the 3 Waters process and fell over because no Councils would want to voluntarily amalgamate with the basket cases, and subsidise their deferred upgrades. How are ratepayers in lower North Island going to agree to ...
Retail NZ have been sending out Retail Crime surveys the members for a while, so the local data will be from these. Because it’s self reported objectivity could be lacking but it still reflects the ‘mood’ of retailers. The ‘target’ of this is as much the ...
I've got the same question, Newshub have a condensed version of both agreements but there's a couple of omissions / edits / condensing from the NZ First agreement on Natioanl's website. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/11/election-2023-national...
Wonder what other vices they will liberalise / legalise to tax the enjoyment out of...
100%, I am an old white dude that has never protested anything in my life, but if they come after the Te Tiriti, I am prepared to go to war, whatever that looks like. [Please choose a different user name here because this one is already in use by a regular...
Farmers with little to moderate debt will probably be able to pivot to a more sustainable system, financially and environmentally. The people and companies that supply the fuel, fertiliser pesticides weed killers machinery and finance (often all the same ...
In trouble is putting it politely. The good people of Tāmaki have told him go forth and multiply. And at #54 on National's list Simon could be looking for a new job on Monday. Constructive dismissal on behalf of the CEO...
A sizeable proportion of the voters of Tamaki could have had enough of Simon O'Conner's personal views too. I know several National voters who would vote very strategically to get rid of a happy clappy if National put one up in their electorate. Would say ...
Luxon has people on his face book page referring to wiggers. it is no surprise he is desperately looking to where ever he can to get power. That’s all it is to him, a massive ego trip. The travelling lectern should be enough tell us what he is.
Queenstown has tried this and failed. If Edinburgh struggles to reign in Airbnb how are we, a small town, going to deal with them. The cost would destroy the town more and faster than the short term rentals. [please correct the error in your e-mail in your...
I wonder about the disparity of these double blind trials and the cooker experiences with ivermectin. Do they do them on a select demographic that represents the people who are using it 'off label', or is it a standard randomised medical trial? From ...
That's the potential outcome that may be driving National and ACT's paranoia in pandering to the fringe elements. 20+% wasted vote that would have otherwise predominantly gone to, or gains by National would really rip their nighty. Could get to that easily...
Fossil fuels, no matter where they are refined, are a mistake from a resiliency pov for New Zealand. Either way they still have to be imported. When you've got to import most of the components, especially the really critical ones, that keep Marsden Point ...
Also not really a new problem. The old Britomart bus station of 70's wasn't the nicest of places either.
In town this morning and the Nat billboard crew had a bit of work to do. Odd coincidence that it happened last night as trashed signs haven't been a thing, so far...
Pretty much getting told to fuck off around Queenstown. I haven't met many who think it's a good idea long term. A few who need it to save their sorry arses, 'cause they will have to sell very soon ( or now), but most are WTF. Nicola got a hard time last ...
Was a factor in ute thefts a few years ago into Middle East, current bingle has had a affect on ute / 4WD market in Europe, so wouldn't be surprised if that's extending to our parts. [image resized]
Queenstown's currently being plastered with Act billboards, they're everywhere. Would be two to every National one, with Green and Labour signs less than 1/10 the National tally. ACT, and National, seem to be very well resourced around the town.
We might find out soon that he wasn't much good at running that airline either...
Would be interesting to see a post / discussion on the effects on our democracy of a "Grand Coalition" of Labour and National, both over the initial term and the ongoing future of the two parties.
It's a credit to the air crews and the procedures they operate under that safe jet operations have occurred into Queenstown. The current RNP approachs a much smoother and accurate than the old VOR / visual regime. Only incident so far was a 146 about 10m ...
Some light reading of the issues involved here, report discusses capacity and social issues with the current Queenstown airport and possible paths to resolve these. It's from 2020 and 200+ pages. https://www.qldc.govt.nz/media/0xkdujeq/mj_socioeconomic-...
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