So I see the writer of this article does not value the people who work at the day care center and believe that they should work for free every time parents are late to pick up their children. Apparently all of these employees have no life and should be completely subservient to the parents of the children they watch. It is NOT just you who is late. I would be every day at least one parent is late, by more than 30 minutes as well. It is a business. These people need to get home to their own families and every minute they have to wait for parents impacts of that family. Dont give me that I feel bad enough crap. How do you think these employees feel each and every day they have to wait for late parents.Also, in what universe does this person think that there is a 10 minute late rule?
I hope you are taking the p%ss. If not, you must be the person always parking illegally, not giving way at round a bouts and constantly on their phone while driving. And of course, nothing is ever your fault, is it?
Whether or not YOU believe it is creepy is not the question. There are many girls her age that become pregnant. Children her age have been having babies since the humans have been humans.
What does the writer want? People who have scrimped, saved, worked many jobs at the same time, didnt take holidays, worked their way up the ladder, didnt have children or elected not to have a herd of them, to now pay for you and those like you? Is this what you are eluding to. That somehow, the government, using all of tax dollars, buy you a house so you dont have to worry about this? I bet you want to have no mortgage as well. Where I feel for the situation, there has to be some kind of personal responsibility. You decided to have many children. I did not own a home until I was over 40 and it was hard. Please, please, please stop with these stories.
You are correct. Unfortunately, no one in NZ that should care, does. The police dont and if you try and get someone to move who does not have a disability parking permit and is clearly mobile and lazy, they threaten you with physical harm. This is what our society has become.
The entire system is broken. Cannabis is not and has never been a performance enhancing drug. It is just silly. If it is not an actual performance enhancing drug, then who cares.
NO, NO, NO!!!! Enough with this mandatory crap. People need to take responsibility for their own issues. No one considers any bad reactions to medicines or making it impossible for small batch artisan breads. I dont want or need any extra or extraneous things in my diet.
Exactly. It may be you right to have a child, but it is not your right to everyone else subsidise it. No, you cannot have it all. Being a parent mean man sacrifices.
So 1. I cant believe they want us to feel sorry for them. No one forced them to get the big mortgage, the big cars, to buy that coffee every morning, that muffin at morning tea, lunch out, dinner and drinks with friends, etc. At some point, people need to take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming everything and everyone, but themselves.
Not only that, we pay for morning teas, lunches, afternoon teas, dinners. This is NOT a business and I dont care what they do in other businesses. These people make enough, bring your own and stop having tax payers pay for it. Also, NO MORE JUNKETS. They dont ever learn anything from it anyway, it is just a free trip for them and their latest squeeze. They can skype or its equivalent..
The Nats always turn on this rubbish. They had a chance to be more like the good things that OZ has to offer, like forcing Kiwisaver onto everyone and forcing it at a higher percentage and they did NOT. Also, OZs markets are slower than ours, their taxes are much higher and if a Kiwi wants to move there they have zero safety net, zero. Dont be fooled by some illogical Nat rhetoic, it sounds more like Donald Trump
There is NO way we can be like Europe with long term renters until we make people (tenants) accountable for their actions (bad actions). No, not all renters are like that in NZ, however we have a disproportionate amount of educated people who treat their rentals like crap. I rented for 5 years and then purchased a property that had a rental unit on it and we rented it out. It was much cheaper do rent occasionally on airbnb, then get longer term NZ renters. Most never, ever opened the windows, they all took the batteries out of the fire alarms, they never turned on the towel heaters or used the heaters we provided and cleaning, well, what can I say other than I dont how they lived like that. It took me 2 full time weeks to prep the unit for other renters each time. Unacceptable.
Really? He sounds more like Drumpt. What a lie. How about Kaipara? Also, who really runs Auckland? It is NOT the mayor or the elected local officials, it is their shadow staff that the CEO has hired.
Buying bras every 6 months is a rort to get people to purchase more often and drive sales. There is zero evidence to base that on. Possibly if you wore the same bra everyday and washed it everyday for 6 months. However, I have bras I wear 4 or 5 times a year. I am NOT going to throw them out anytime soon. How ridiculous.
As a woman and a feminist, I love the all male casts. Last season there was a role reversal where the women played men and men played women.Lets look at it from the attendees stand point as well. As one of them, I love it. It is not as if all of the plays are all men.
The secrecy is always a problem and has borne out that most of them go way over budget, are given to unqualified contractors (that are usually family) and that has to be redone in a couple of years because of shoddy workmanship, with more taxpayer money with no one taking any responsibility and no criminal charges filed. It always ends badly, at the expense of the taxpayer.
Unless you actually make sure that bad tenants pay for their damage and loud parties, etc, then reform does not work. It has to be fair on both sides. Unfortunately, New Zealand has a culture of many tenants doing damage and not paying rent, because they know they can get away with it and also the government does not get tough with poorly built homes that leak, rotten and mouldy. Until we have houses that are built properly and maintained and tenants who know that they cannot rent a place and stop paying rent, then we are in a holding pattern where no one wins.
$71 is not the 1 cost. Most people dont have time to forage for fire wood, own and service a chain saw, etc. For me, my time is more important and cooking on top of a wood burner would not work for me. Good on them, but their way does not work for some people.
People on a bicycle travelling 30+kph should NOT be on the foot path. That is NOT safe and if a driver is that confused, then they should have their drivers license confiscated.
But at least they will not be committing more crimes in the meant time. And lets face it, some of these people will never be employable, prison or not.
Yep. So much money wasted, no one has taken any responsibility. They are just taking the poor rate payers to court to make them pay for it, without any counselors going to jail. There is no real justice in this country. Our laws are without teeth, our judges refuse to give maximum penalties, if you are white, and/or moneyed up, you either get a discharge without conviction or a slap on the wrist. Every government has had the chance to change it, but has been a coward.
Smoke and mirrors. The lawsuit will never achieve anything. If Moore did not do his research, then his is to blame. What a stupid, ignorant, dumb, southern criminal.
This is the problem with NZ, it has wishy washy laws that are based in 1910 when there were not many people and you didnt act like an asshat and get away with it. Today, so many parents dont care. They let their children run up and down isles, throw food at adults, run into servers with other peoples food and then complain to the server to watch where they are going, they act like monkeys who havent been out of their cage for months in art galleries and museums and the parents do nothing. They scream incessantly and the parents to nothing. I do not paint all parents in this light, as there are those who actually act like parents, but so many just seem to think that whatever their child does is great and there are zero consequences to their bad behaviour, ever.We need more laws to not only protect others things but to allow more stores and restaurants and galleries latitude to make them child free.
It is our body and it should not be so difficult to get rid of our wombs. I never, ever wanted children and knew quite young. Finally I was able to get it removed. It is stupid. We work, we have money and we own it. If we want to get rid of it, let us.
Any other stadiums in NZ are dumb and a complete waste of money. But putting one downtown is the stupidest of all stupid ideas. The amount of money it would cost to maintain it would be eye watering, also, there would be no views where the stadium stood, the traffic and parking would be a nightmare, and most of all, we dont need another white elephant stadium taking up valuable land, being used 7 or 8 times a year. And dont go on about concerts, as it is never going to happen unless it is completely soundproofed and covered as there are so many $5 million plus apartments down there, no way is that going to happen. Nobody in NZ seems to think about multi use stadiums, for rugby, league, cricket, soccer and athletics, with adequate parking structures that are many levels high and near a motorway with several ways in which to access and exit.
You are correct. The only way any nurse earns that kind of money is to work many, many hours of overtime on their feet without many breaks or many days off.
Just so were are clear, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SUSTAINABLE KWILA. Every time we use kwila, we are destroying forests. All of the paperwork is worthless. Repeat after me, there is no such thing as sustainable kwila. That product does not exist.
These issues do NOT stem from low income homes. That is a fallacy. Drugs, alcoholism, violence is every bit as prevalent in high income, high earning, high stress families. Spousal abuse and control happens just as often in upperclass/high income families. Zero discipline happens in lots of high income families. They are the children that get away with it at school from the dont you know who I am parents and dont you know how much money I donate to the school parents.
Calling and complaining every time you have to either be late to work, because you cannot get your car out is silly. Just put in lines and have the towing companies come by on a regular basis and tow these idiots. AT doesnt care about that or anything else for that matter.
Ahead of all those people who have been living in their cars for months or even years. You know nothing is too good for those very important rich white folk.
Tell me Orionz, what are the associated costs and what do you consider abuse? There are far more associated costs with alcohol and its abuse and most people also get mean and start fights, they drive drunk at high speeds and kill people, etc. So drinking is definitely a much, much, much higher cost to society as a whole.
The ingredients are the key here and also the additives. The better the ingredients, the more expensive the bread. Also, some breads need starters and to rise more than once. If you want cheaper bread, make it yourself. You dont need a bread maker as we all have hands. If you make it yourself using good quality ingredients, then it is cheap as chips.
We are a slack country with laws with no teeth and judge who almost always enforce the bare minimum as not to affect the criminals ability to be a criminal again and/or travel. It is pathetic.Of course no one follows procedure, what consequences are there if they do not? Barely a telling off.
Whether or not it is good for communities is irrelevant. We do not ever want the government to be able to tell anyone what to do with their own property.
Really? Do you think that people with money dont have kids and dont take them on flights? Of course they do, and they care the least about what you think about their screaming child, kicking the back of your seat, running up and down the aisles screaming while others are trying to sleep.
Yep, you can rape, assault, maim, drink drive, steal, etc, and the courts do absolutely nothing, as it might harm the criminals career (who cares about the victim), but do a little pot and all hell breaks loose.
Yes, however who is going to enforce it? Already people go 100 kph on Queen Street and Victoria at times, they run red lights with impunity, jump the curb to park on the sidewalk full of people illegally, block driveways, businesses doors, park on yellow lines and no one cares. No cops pull them over, no cops give them tickets, they walk on by looking instead to hassle the homeless or go to lunch.
You obviously do NOT know how insurance works. Each and every piece of damage will incur a deductible. In NZ, the smallest deductible you can get is $500. If the damage is severe, each stain or damage to the carpet will incur a $500 deductible, each hole in the wall, a $500 deductible, each light fitting, a $500 deductible, each tile that is damaged, a $500 deductible. Get the picture?
Yarblockos, you cannot force owners to rent their houses to anyone. Already, when renters completely ruin a rental, there is zero backlash and the insurance does not pay out, as each and every issue comes with at least a $500 deductible.
the reason i like airbnb is that i can rent one with a full kitchen. I want to cook when I travel, a hotel does not allow that, also, I can rent an apartment, not just some tiny little room.
That might be 1 in other countries, where people know how to drive and they hire properly trained drivers. New Zealanders are bad drivers and we do NOT make sure our professional bus drivers are well trained, because we are too shell be right and concerned with paying the absolute least amount of money.
Yep, have been waiting for the Albany park and ride to be at least 4 stories since day one, when it was overflowing. You see how fast that moves. No plans whatsoever to do it. They are ignorant and just dont care. Plain and simple.
To 1. All you have to do it look at everyone buying coffee and all of those paying for their lunches every day and having drinks after work and on the weekends. It is so very expensive. Also, please dont try and tell me that they need that little special treat every day. No, you dont actually.
An investment in the future. You do realise that a percentage of that investment commit crime, we all have to pay for, dont work, and are a drain on society. Please stop with that crap. WE have too many people on this planet already. Also, retirement is for everyone. That is right, everyone, not just parents.
So who cares how much protein is in almond milk? Do we talk about the lack of protein in water and gator aid? I think not.Also, I dont want something taken apart and put back together again that has been made in a lab to eat or drink. If others do, that is fine. But it must be labelled so that the rest of us can be informed as to what not to buy.
When is this country going to change the laws to have actual teeth and fine them out of existence. Period!!! Stop screwing around with all of these namby pamby policies.
Thrown out of the industry? Really? In New Zealand where most people dont get prosecuted, most white collar criminals get discharge without conviction, or a conviction with zero consequences. For goodness sake, we have monitored criminals committing more crimes. This is a wishy washy country with very little rules and most of those rules have either no consequences or a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket. It is quite embarrassing when a convicted criminals gets so little home detention and then corrections lets him leave the country, in the middle of his pitifully short home detention, to see his daughter get married on a private Greek Island.
Unfortunately, NZ has a history of being ripped off and there is no way a NZ company would not want to make the maximum amount of profit, so that logic does not work.
Really? And then National did soooo much to make it better. NOT. Also, where do you think all of these hand outs come from? A money tree. It comes from each and every tax payer and those tax payers who save for many, many years to get into a house and now you want to make a mockery of those who did save and work 2 or more jobs at a time give people a house. Unfortunately, we need more people moving out of Auckland and more affordable housing. But that takes time, like 5 to 10 years of planning for housing, schools, roads, services, sewage, waste water, etc. It also takes lots and lots and lots of money.
Get over yourself. Really? Nurses, police officers. Also, drug users, criminals, fraudsters, embezzelers, etc. Not every child born will be a superstar.
Most self employed do NOT wiggle out of anything. Also, it would be more cost effective for government to go after big business who avoid tax. They are the 1 offenders.
So now this farmer will go through 10+ new employees each year who will leave well before training. Good job Immigration NZ, that is out tax money well spent, NOT. I find it unfathomable how government employees are completely unable to actually use their brains.
It does, actually, unless you do not understand economics. How long ago was the Dunedin Stadium built? Was there a skills shortage then? How much more are construction products? Come on, have you even been reading what has been happening in the is country over the last 5 years?
Well that is not on, it does not mean that killing an animal is appropriate either. No different to thinking it is okay to poison your neighbour because he had a party late at night.
Don't charge me $55 for late pick-up, I already feel bad for letting down my child
So I see the writer of this article does not value the people who work at the day care center and believe that they should work for free every time parents are late to pick up their children. Apparently all of these employees have no life and should be completely subservient to the parents of the children they watch. It is NOT just you who is late. I would be every day at least one parent is late, by more than 30 minutes as well. It is a business. These people need to get home to their own families and every minute they have to wait for parents impacts of that family. Dont give me that I feel bad enough crap. How do you think these employees feel each and every day they have to wait for late parents.Also, in what universe does this person think that there is a 10 minute late rule?
Counting the cost of packed lunch versus buying out
How about just take left overs? If cook a bit too much for dinner, you pack it in a container and take it with you to work. How hard is that?
Chinese owner fights access to NZ farm, says would harm NZ image
If we dont make the give access, then the next person wont and the next person wont, etc.
Blow the residents - let's just make the whole street a school drop-off zone
I hope you are taking the p%ss. If not, you must be the person always parking illegally, not giving way at round a bouts and constantly on their phone while driving. And of course, nothing is ever your fault, is it?
Hospital questions child on pregnancy status
The parent and child may have been offended but the hospital did its job. People need to stop being offended all of the time.
Hospital questions child on pregnancy status
Whether or not YOU believe it is creepy is not the question. There are many girls her age that become pregnant. Children her age have been having babies since the humans have been humans.
Shortland Street's 'insensitive' Down syndrome baby storyline controversy
So 1. It is insensitive and silly to make decisions for other. Whether or not you agree, it is the decision of the parents and only the parents.
Blow the residents - let's just make the whole street a school drop-off zone
Yes, because money is everything and makes them entitled to do what they want, when they want, no matter who it impinges on.
Trying to house a family of nine in Aucklands rental market
What does the writer want? People who have scrimped, saved, worked many jobs at the same time, didnt take holidays, worked their way up the ladder, didnt have children or elected not to have a herd of them, to now pay for you and those like you? Is this what you are eluding to. That somehow, the government, using all of tax dollars, buy you a house so you dont have to worry about this? I bet you want to have no mortgage as well. Where I feel for the situation, there has to be some kind of personal responsibility. You decided to have many children. I did not own a home until I was over 40 and it was hard. Please, please, please stop with these stories.
'It disgusts me': The thieves taking disabled parking permits and selling them online
You are correct. Unfortunately, no one in NZ that should care, does. The police dont and if you try and get someone to move who does not have a disability parking permit and is clearly mobile and lazy, they threaten you with physical harm. This is what our society has become.
Vince Whare is barred from his sport for a decade, because he smoked dope
The entire system is broken. Cannabis is not and has never been a performance enhancing drug. It is just silly. If it is not an actual performance enhancing drug, then who cares.
'Pay for it yourselves': NZ First MP Shane Jones savages hapÅ«'s PapatÅ«Änuku proposal
NO way should Aucklanders have to pay for this silly thing. I am all for art and festivals, etc. But this is silly.
"Bad tourist behaviour: 12 things travellers need to stop doing",
Why should anyone tolerate bad, inconsiderate, rude behavior?
'It disgusts me': The thieves taking disabled parking permits and selling them online
Nothing other than speed limit is enforced in this country, that is why no one cares anymore.
Mandatory folic acid in bread will reduce serious birth defects, report finds
NO, NO, NO!!!! Enough with this mandatory crap. People need to take responsibility for their own issues. No one considers any bad reactions to medicines or making it impossible for small batch artisan breads. I dont want or need any extra or extraneous things in my diet.
Nightmare tenants and unfair laws mean we’ll never rent again
You believe that someone elses capital gains should go to you? Why? Also, hand back to whom? The government?
Michelle Duff: Some parents are struggling. Why are we still paying for "free" childcare?
Exactly. It may be you right to have a child, but it is not your right to everyone else subsidise it. No, you cannot have it all. Being a parent mean man sacrifices.
Milking it: NZs milk price: Whos getting rich?
Groceries overall are a complete rip off here in NZ. It is totally ridiculous. From meat, cheese, milk to mayo, we are completely taken advantage of.
Silly car question #40: is it the height of rudeness to park in somebody's driveway?
Because they only ever think about themselves.
You can have a cash bar at your wedding - but don't expect presents
There are NO rules. Who the heck is missy here? You can have any kind of wedding you want.
High-paid families feeling the squeeze
So 1. I cant believe they want us to feel sorry for them. No one forced them to get the big mortgage, the big cars, to buy that coffee every morning, that muffin at morning tea, lunch out, dinner and drinks with friends, etc. At some point, people need to take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming everything and everyone, but themselves.
Silly car question #38: do you have to indicate at a mini-roundabout?
If you turn, you must always indicate. That is the civilised thing to do.
'Mischievous' data dump reveals 4850 local council employees earn more than $100,000
Not only that, we pay for morning teas, lunches, afternoon teas, dinners. This is NOT a business and I dont care what they do in other businesses. These people make enough, bring your own and stop having tax payers pay for it. Also, NO MORE JUNKETS. They dont ever learn anything from it anyway, it is just a free trip for them and their latest squeeze. They can skype or its equivalent..
Long-lived kea die after visit from DOC, long-term carers blame the department for their death
Absolutely. Or just tell them they are trespassing and to go away
Stacey Kirk: National set to stoke flames of Anzac competition in search of 'lightning rod'
The Nats always turn on this rubbish. They had a chance to be more like the good things that OZ has to offer, like forcing Kiwisaver onto everyone and forcing it at a higher percentage and they did NOT. Also, OZs markets are slower than ours, their taxes are much higher and if a Kiwi wants to move there they have zero safety net, zero. Dont be fooled by some illogical Nat rhetoic, it sounds more like Donald Trump
Nightmare tenants and unfair laws mean we’ll never rent again
There is NO way we can be like Europe with long term renters until we make people (tenants) accountable for their actions (bad actions). No, not all renters are like that in NZ, however we have a disproportionate amount of educated people who treat their rentals like crap. I rented for 5 years and then purchased a property that had a rental unit on it and we rented it out. It was much cheaper do rent occasionally on airbnb, then get longer term NZ renters. Most never, ever opened the windows, they all took the batteries out of the fire alarms, they never turned on the towel heaters or used the heaters we provided and cleaning, well, what can I say other than I dont how they lived like that. It took me 2 full time weeks to prep the unit for other renters each time. Unacceptable.
'Mischievous' data dump reveals 4850 local council employees earn more than $100,000
Really? He sounds more like Drumpt. What a lie. How about Kaipara? Also, who really runs Auckland? It is NOT the mayor or the elected local officials, it is their shadow staff that the CEO has hired.
What's your undie buying style?
Buying bras every 6 months is a rort to get people to purchase more often and drive sales. There is zero evidence to base that on. Possibly if you wore the same bra everyday and washed it everyday for 6 months. However, I have bras I wear 4 or 5 times a year. I am NOT going to throw them out anytime soon. How ridiculous.
Pop up Globe: Artistic director apologises for using #metoo in all-male Shakespeare promotion
As a woman and a feminist, I love the all male casts. Last season there was a role reversal where the women played men and men played women.Lets look at it from the attendees stand point as well. As one of them, I love it. It is not as if all of the plays are all men.
Plans for Waimea dam project secrecy has the backing of Tasman council boss
The secrecy is always a problem and has borne out that most of them go way over budget, are given to unqualified contractors (that are usually family) and that has to be redone in a couple of years because of shoddy workmanship, with more taxpayer money with no one taking any responsibility and no criminal charges filed. It always ends badly, at the expense of the taxpayer.
Rule changes could be bad news for tenants, investors warn
Unless you actually make sure that bad tenants pay for their damage and loud parties, etc, then reform does not work. It has to be fair on both sides. Unfortunately, New Zealand has a culture of many tenants doing damage and not paying rent, because they know they can get away with it and also the government does not get tough with poorly built homes that leak, rotten and mouldy. Until we have houses that are built properly and maintained and tenants who know that they cannot rent a place and stop paying rent, then we are in a holding pattern where no one wins.
Our power bill is $70 - and we don't go without
$71 is not the 1 cost. Most people dont have time to forage for fire wood, own and service a chain saw, etc. For me, my time is more important and cooking on top of a wood burner would not work for me. Good on them, but their way does not work for some people.
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
No its not. I still will not support them for ripping us off. The products i purchase overseas are between 50% and 80% cheaper.
Nurses' Organisation ordered into facilitation with DHBs ahead of Thursday's strike
Yep. All of the DHBs need to be disbanded in favour of a streamlined central organisation which is better for everyone and cheaper.
New cycle lane confounds drivers who are parking across driveways
People on a bicycle travelling 30+kph should NOT be on the foot path. That is NOT safe and if a driver is that confused, then they should have their drivers license confiscated.
Woman's tiny house stolen in Auckland weeks before she was to move in
But at least they will not be committing more crimes in the meant time. And lets face it, some of these people will never be employable, prison or not.
Shortland Street's 'insensitive' Down syndrome baby storyline controversy
Not if you dont want it. It is insensitive of people like you to try and force parents into something that they do not want.
Plans for Waimea dam project secrecy has the backing of Tasman council boss
Yep. So much money wasted, no one has taken any responsibility. They are just taking the poor rate payers to court to make them pay for it, without any counselors going to jail. There is no real justice in this country. Our laws are without teeth, our judges refuse to give maximum penalties, if you are white, and/or moneyed up, you either get a discharge without conviction or a slap on the wrist. Every government has had the chance to change it, but has been a coward.
Failed politician Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen for $144m, claims extreme emotional distress
Smoke and mirrors. The lawsuit will never achieve anything. If Moore did not do his research, then his is to blame. What a stupid, ignorant, dumb, southern criminal.
Plans for Waimea dam project secrecy has the backing of Tasman council boss
But people need to actually get out and vote. Most are so apathetic, they complain, yet they never, ever turn up and vote.
When you're liable for the damage your children cause
This is the problem with NZ, it has wishy washy laws that are based in 1910 when there were not many people and you didnt act like an asshat and get away with it. Today, so many parents dont care. They let their children run up and down isles, throw food at adults, run into servers with other peoples food and then complain to the server to watch where they are going, they act like monkeys who havent been out of their cage for months in art galleries and museums and the parents do nothing. They scream incessantly and the parents to nothing. I do not paint all parents in this light, as there are those who actually act like parents, but so many just seem to think that whatever their child does is great and there are zero consequences to their bad behaviour, ever.We need more laws to not only protect others things but to allow more stores and restaurants and galleries latitude to make them child free.
Endometriosis: At 32, I begged for a hysterectomy
It is our body and it should not be so difficult to get rid of our wombs. I never, ever wanted children and knew quite young. Finally I was able to get it removed. It is stupid. We work, we have money and we own it. If we want to get rid of it, let us.
Michelle Duff: Some parents are struggling. Why are we still paying for "free" childcare?
I know. YOU chose to have children, now you get to pay for them.
"Dream on: Downtown stadium and other Auckland mirages
Any other stadiums in NZ are dumb and a complete waste of money. But putting one downtown is the stupidest of all stupid ideas. The amount of money it would cost to maintain it would be eye watering, also, there would be no views where the stadium stood, the traffic and parking would be a nightmare, and most of all, we dont need another white elephant stadium taking up valuable land, being used 7 or 8 times a year. And dont go on about concerts, as it is never going to happen unless it is completely soundproofed and covered as there are so many $5 million plus apartments down there, no way is that going to happen. Nobody in NZ seems to think about multi use stadiums, for rugby, league, cricket, soccer and athletics, with adequate parking structures that are many levels high and near a motorway with several ways in which to access and exit.
Nurses' Organisation ordered into facilitation with DHBs ahead of Thursday's strike
You are correct. The only way any nurse earns that kind of money is to work many, many hours of overtime on their feet without many breaks or many days off.
Well crafted: hillside home ticks all the boxes
Just so were are clear, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SUSTAINABLE KWILA. Every time we use kwila, we are destroying forests. All of the paperwork is worthless. Repeat after me, there is no such thing as sustainable kwila. That product does not exist.
Silly car question #40: is it the height of rudeness to park in somebody's driveway?
So that the owners can park on it, since they own it.
Younger kids facing exclusion and suspension from school
These issues do NOT stem from low income homes. That is a fallacy. Drugs, alcoholism, violence is every bit as prevalent in high income, high earning, high stress families. Spousal abuse and control happens just as often in upperclass/high income families. Zero discipline happens in lots of high income families. They are the children that get away with it at school from the dont you know who I am parents and dont you know how much money I donate to the school parents.
DIY yellow parking lines created on unofficial 'park and ride' street
Calling and complaining every time you have to either be late to work, because you cannot get your car out is silly. Just put in lines and have the towing companies come by on a regular basis and tow these idiots. AT doesnt care about that or anything else for that matter.
Kate Hawkesby bemoans state of rental market
Ahead of all those people who have been living in their cars for months or even years. You know nothing is too good for those very important rich white folk.
Flight test: Scoot Airlines, 'Scoot in Silence', Melbourne to Singapore
I have been waiting for years for child-free flights. I cant wait for them to become mainstream!!!!!
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
the money collected is small potatoes. Go after the big companies that owe NZ tax, it is a huge amount of money.
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
Stealing their income? Do you want to pay for your own roads, sidewalks, sewage, water supply, clean water, etc.?
Vince Whare is barred from his sport for a decade, because he smoked dope
Tell me Orionz, what are the associated costs and what do you consider abuse? There are far more associated costs with alcohol and its abuse and most people also get mean and start fights, they drive drunk at high speeds and kill people, etc. So drinking is definitely a much, much, much higher cost to society as a whole.
Nightmare tenants and unfair laws mean we’ll never rent again
Where you are WRONG is that there are zero consequences for their actions. That has to change.
What's your undie buying style?
And you dont need to. Most of us have many bras that we wear, so as not to wear them out.
Breaking Bread: The things you didn't know about supermarket bread
The ingredients are the key here and also the additives. The better the ingredients, the more expensive the bread. Also, some breads need starters and to rise more than once. If you want cheaper bread, make it yourself. You dont need a bread maker as we all have hands. If you make it yourself using good quality ingredients, then it is cheap as chips.
Couple say compulsory government survey an intrusion
The real issue is privacy from our government officials are poor and there seems to be no punishment for breaking them other than a shaking finger.
Photographic evidence of sloppy passive fire practices putting people at risk
We are a slack country with laws with no teeth and judge who almost always enforce the bare minimum as not to affect the criminals ability to be a criminal again and/or travel. It is pathetic.Of course no one follows procedure, what consequences are there if they do not? Barely a telling off.
What does a high-end rental in Auckland cost per week?
Whether or not it is good for communities is irrelevant. We do not ever want the government to be able to tell anyone what to do with their own property.
Flight test: Scoot Airlines, 'Scoot in Silence', Melbourne to Singapore
Really? Do you think that people with money dont have kids and dont take them on flights? Of course they do, and they care the least about what you think about their screaming child, kicking the back of your seat, running up and down the aisles screaming while others are trying to sleep.
Vince Whare is barred from his sport for a decade, because he smoked dope
Yep, you can rape, assault, maim, drink drive, steal, etc, and the courts do absolutely nothing, as it might harm the criminals career (who cares about the victim), but do a little pot and all hell breaks loose.
New Zealand: Where alcohol is normalised - and that means more drinking
What crap. Drinking is normal in Europe and has been since before anyone discovered New Zealand. It is how you drink that is the issue.
Aucklander tossed over red light runner's bonnet calls for action
Yes, however who is going to enforce it? Already people go 100 kph on Queen Street and Victoria at times, they run red lights with impunity, jump the curb to park on the sidewalk full of people illegally, block driveways, businesses doors, park on yellow lines and no one cares. No cops pull them over, no cops give them tickets, they walk on by looking instead to hassle the homeless or go to lunch.
Nightmare tenants and unfair laws mean we’ll never rent again
You obviously do NOT know how insurance works. Each and every piece of damage will incur a deductible. In NZ, the smallest deductible you can get is $500. If the damage is severe, each stain or damage to the carpet will incur a $500 deductible, each hole in the wall, a $500 deductible, each light fitting, a $500 deductible, each tile that is damaged, a $500 deductible. Get the picture?
What does a high-end rental in Auckland cost per week?
Yarblockos, you cannot force owners to rent their houses to anyone. Already, when renters completely ruin a rental, there is zero backlash and the insurance does not pay out, as each and every issue comes with at least a $500 deductible.
'Why was Mum allowed to rack up a $12,000 bill?'
What happens when they get dementia or alzheimers? Please actually think about that first.
Airbnb: the madcap idea that revolutionised travel
the reason i like airbnb is that i can rent one with a full kitchen. I want to cook when I travel, a hotel does not allow that, also, I can rent an apartment, not just some tiny little room.
Dude, where's my seat: some Wellington buses have seating removed to increase standing room
That might be 1 in other countries, where people know how to drive and they hire properly trained drivers. New Zealanders are bad drivers and we do NOT make sure our professional bus drivers are well trained, because we are too shell be right and concerned with paying the absolute least amount of money.
New cycle lane confounds drivers who are parking across driveways
No bicycles are blocking driveways are they? Just stupid car drivers.
Free prescriptions, competition shakes up pharmacy industry
An experienced pharmacist is NOT an experienced business owner, unless he also ran the business as well.
Xena star Lucy Lawless sparks flag burning debate
I bet you are a fan of Duncan Garner and Mike Hoskins opinion though.
DIY yellow parking lines created on unofficial 'park and ride' street
Yep, have been waiting for the Albany park and ride to be at least 4 stories since day one, when it was overflowing. You see how fast that moves. No plans whatsoever to do it. They are ignorant and just dont care. Plain and simple.
High-paid families feeling the squeeze
To 1. All you have to do it look at everyone buying coffee and all of those paying for their lunches every day and having drinks after work and on the weekends. It is so very expensive. Also, please dont try and tell me that they need that little special treat every day. No, you dont actually.
Michelle Duff: Some parents are struggling. Why are we still paying for "free" childcare?
An investment in the future. You do realise that a percentage of that investment commit crime, we all have to pay for, dont work, and are a drain on society. Please stop with that crap. WE have too many people on this planet already. Also, retirement is for everyone. That is right, everyone, not just parents.
Here's why New Zealand isn't ready for a share market downturn
No, if they want to give money directly to people, that is great, but only after they take it away from all of the banks managers and directors first.
Building boss fined $7500 for breaching employment law
Fines should not only be bigger, but there should be jail involved.
Synthetic wine and whisky soon to go on sale
So who cares how much protein is in almond milk? Do we talk about the lack of protein in water and gator aid? I think not.Also, I dont want something taken apart and put back together again that has been made in a lab to eat or drink. If others do, that is fine. But it must be labelled so that the rest of us can be informed as to what not to buy.
So much dairy effluent went into stream it was 'extremely toxic' to anything in it
When is this country going to change the laws to have actual teeth and fine them out of existence. Period!!! Stop screwing around with all of these namby pamby policies.
When you're liable for the damage your children cause
Commercial insurance at a business usually carries a large deductible and the parents should be liable to pay it.
Self-employed hiding 20pc of their income from tax, says Inland Revenue
they also dont talk about how much it costs to recover that money. I can cost over $10,000 or more of taxpayer money to recover $1,000 or less.
Younger kids facing exclusion and suspension from school
We dont live in utopia
Breaking Bread: The things you didn't know about supermarket bread
Sounds great. Eating margarine (crap) and jam (sugar) and cheap white bread (more sugar). Just eat a candy bar, cheaper again.
Christchurch stadium the big winner from council's plans for Government funding
Do you not understand that building costs go up each and every day? And that everything goes way over budget, especially in NZ?
Renters 'like letting fees', property investor group says
It is like saying, we all like paying $100 for a $5 pack of meat.
'Don't leave plastic bag change up to customers'
Just ban all plastic bags everywhere in NZ. Then get rid of all the fruit and veggies wrapped in plastic and then everything else.
NZ bankers insist they're 'connected' to customers, amid warnings over product sales
Thrown out of the industry? Really? In New Zealand where most people dont get prosecuted, most white collar criminals get discharge without conviction, or a conviction with zero consequences. For goodness sake, we have monitored criminals committing more crimes. This is a wishy washy country with very little rules and most of those rules have either no consequences or a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket. It is quite embarrassing when a convicted criminals gets so little home detention and then corrections lets him leave the country, in the middle of his pitifully short home detention, to see his daughter get married on a private Greek Island.
Milking it: NZs milk price: Whos getting rich?
Unfortunately, NZ has a history of being ripped off and there is no way a NZ company would not want to make the maximum amount of profit, so that logic does not work.
It's crunch time for Queenstown - let tourist numbers double, or shut the gate?
There is a difference between immigrants who come here to live and earn and tourists.
'We're renting very long-term': NZ's new normal with more tenants and rising rents
Really? And then National did soooo much to make it better. NOT. Also, where do you think all of these hand outs come from? A money tree. It comes from each and every tax payer and those tax payers who save for many, many years to get into a house and now you want to make a mockery of those who did save and work 2 or more jobs at a time give people a house. Unfortunately, we need more people moving out of Auckland and more affordable housing. But that takes time, like 5 to 10 years of planning for housing, schools, roads, services, sewage, waste water, etc. It also takes lots and lots and lots of money.
Michelle Duff: Some parents are struggling. Why are we still paying for "free" childcare?
Get over yourself. Really? Nurses, police officers. Also, drug users, criminals, fraudsters, embezzelers, etc. Not every child born will be a superstar.
Self-employed hiding 20pc of their income from tax, says Inland Revenue
Most self employed do NOT wiggle out of anything. Also, it would be more cost effective for government to go after big business who avoid tax. They are the 1 offenders.
Your oven is about as expensive to run as a heater - and a lot less safe
You could actually cook using the oven (oven door closed) which in turn heats the room.
Caregiver shortages loom as immigration changes hit
No they wont
Otago farmer faces losing 'great worker' over immigration stoush
So now this farmer will go through 10+ new employees each year who will leave well before training. Good job Immigration NZ, that is out tax money well spent, NOT. I find it unfathomable how government employees are completely unable to actually use their brains.
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
No
Younger kids facing exclusion and suspension from school
Absolutely. Stop making excuses for your children and letting them act as if no one else matters but them.
High-paid families feeling the squeeze
Having children without the means was their choice. You cant always have what you want, when you want it.
Christchurch stadium the big winner from council's plans for Government funding
It does, actually, unless you do not understand economics. How long ago was the Dunedin Stadium built? Was there a skills shortage then? How much more are construction products? Come on, have you even been reading what has been happening in the is country over the last 5 years?
'Hero dog' who helped rescue Italian quake survivors poisoned
Well that is not on, it does not mean that killing an animal is appropriate either. No different to thinking it is okay to poison your neighbour because he had a party late at night.