They are not banning babies, but rather prams that nowadays are getting to the size of a small car. They are hard enough to navigate around on most footpaths, little own in a Cafe setting.
Id like to see a full breakdown on how councils can justify these costs. For the most part it just involves some data entry and rubber stamping, which for the best part may take a council official a couple of hours. Given a position such as that may involve a official on $40 hour, how on earth do they come up with consents costing many thousands. Since when did councils become commercial enterprises and expect to create profit from those that elected them to serve.
So is this opportunity open to all youth in need of employment, or is the intent to only promote it to Maori and Pacifica youth? Im sure there are many youth of Asian, European and Middle Eastern decent who desperately require the same assistance.
Exactly, just ask our firefighters currently deployed in the US and Canada, 14 to 16 hour days, 14 straight days, two days off and repeat for an additional 14 days. Just one of many jobs people undertake in this country where people go beyond the call without complaining.
As has been mentioned by various commentators and the article itself, the majority are opposed the decision made by the Board. So what are you waiting for, the Board appears vastly outnumbered here, take back control and kick them out.Its like anything here in NZ, small groups and committees make decisions without consultation against the will of the majority and we do nothing except complain to the media. Turn up on mass at the next meeting and physically remove these clowns if they dont get the message to step down.
Dont we just love averages, say you used this measure over four people, two earn 35,000pa, one earns 50,000pa and the forth earns 120,000pa, the average wage equates to $60,000pa.Manuplate the numbers all they want, averages do not portray the truth.
More people are killed each year from lawnmower accidents each year than are killed by terrorists, stop using the insignificant risk of terrorism as an excuse to pry into the lives of our citizens.
Although I firmly believe farmers should make all mitigating steps to keep stock out of waterways, making your complaint via social media is a gutless response. If you have strong views, talk face to face with the person, do not hide like a cowardly little keyboard warrior.Im sure talking about your concerns directly with the farmer may yield a better result and likely both sides may learn a thing or two.
Expensive lessons learnt at the expense of the ratepayers, how many million over budget did this poorly planned and managed project cost us again?Does not bode well for the proposed dam project if they cant even get things correct over 1km of straight flat road.
I support a compulsory second language taught in schools, but I do not support it being compulsory te reo. The second language should be what the student chooses, be that French, Manderin, German, Italian or Te reo.Its rather embarrassing visiting Europe and finding 10 year olds that speak 3 languages fluently, when thanks to our poor educational curriculum, many struggle with even our basic English language skills.
Well hundreds of thousands of Kiwis enjoy a smoke in their off-time and they all turn up for work in a productive way. If you are assuming legalisation will suddenly mean every cannabis user will light up whilst having their cornflakes in the morning before heading off to work, then you may be suffering a slight case of uninformed paranoia.
Unfortunately, DoC have been so underfunded for years that they probably cannot afford to take on even free gifts of land such as this.If they are given land with any firm of infrastructure such as tracks, roads, structures etc. They then have to pay depreciation on the asset, so that nice 2km track made by volunteers ends up costing them out of their operational budget. Money that could have been used for other existing maintence projects.Sometimes a free gift costs more than you can afford to spend.
So do Family First sit down and count out every individual act of violence on every single TV show? Or are they like every other religious based organisation, more offended by natural naked bodies than they are images portraying death and violence.I pity the future of the children of the parents of such groups, morally brainwashed.
Or the citizens finally build up the courage to become militant and take matters into their own hands. Sitting back with complacency while a small number shaft the majority cannot and will not continue.
Well it has gone off four times over the last 900 years with regularity, but hey, if you believe you have a stronger knowledge in the subject than qualified scientists then good for you. Just do not come crying for help when it does happen in the near future.
Any large rural landowner with half an ounce of intelligence, should by now have constructed their own water storage dam on their property. After all, Nelson already has received its annual rainfall total for this year, so the next 4 months supply would be a bonus. Sort out your own solutions to your own problems.
Who can suggest a local supplier for a drum of tar and a couple of large sacks of goose feathers.Dont expect polite smiles and handshakes when walking the streets of Nelson or Tasman anymore Mr Smith.
reorient in a way that is more focused on the fast-moving pace of technology is gobbledegook for saying we want to increase the workload on the remaining employees in order to squeeze more profit out of the company for our fat-cat investors
Natural human bodies, six billion people on this planet have these.Why have you chosen to teach your own children that the naked body is so offensive and shameful that you have to hide them away.
No, but if the natural environment is no longer suitable for growing particular crops, then they need to adapt to crops that require less irrigation or invest in new growing technologies such as what they have done in the Netherlands, which uses only 10% of the water requirements traditional outdoor crops do. Maybe apples and some of the horticultural crops would be better grown in other districts with a higher rainfall and suitable climate.
Because it is the product that is being smoked. One is a natural herb smoked without any additional chemicals added and has proven health benefits, the other has 7,000 chemicals with at least 69 of these chemicals known to cause cancer, and many more are poisonous.Youre comparing apples with oranges.
Good grief, if Paris, Rome and many other large European cities with their volume of pedestrians, can cope happily with e-scooters, Segways, e-wheels and e-bikes, what is it about little old NZ that puts our authorities in a tizzy every-time something new arrives on the scene. Will our councils not be happy until they have regulated every single activity we partake in.
Rather ironic we romanticize the whole OE experience of living off the smell of a oily rag in a foreign land. Partaking in typical kiwi activities whilst there, such as the traditional pub crawl on ANZAC day, ending in the usual messy drunken result.This to many, is a right of passage, its character building and a Kiwi tradition. Yet our dark zenophobic side emerges the moment we get wind of a similar aged young person doing exactly the same thing, leaving their own country to experience life in NZ, usually on a very limited budget.The pitchforks are raised and the torches lit by the angry mobs, how can we allow these freeloaders who choose a diet of instant noodles over filet steak, who choose to sleep in their van or in a tent as opposed to contribute to our economy by staying at a Hilton hotel.We really can be a hypocritical bunch down here at the bottom of the world.
Ive stayed in apartments in Amsterdam, Paris and Rome which were on the 5th or 6th floor where access was stair only and people walk or bike everywhere around the cities to do their day to day business.Here we drive everywhere, we expect elevators for anything more than one floor and we wonder why we are one of the top obese nations in the world.
Well unfortunately, drug testing for meth is pretty ineffective. It cannot be detected after 48 hours at most, so unless you test every employee pretty much every day, you dont have much of a chance.
This case is not about developers who create subdivision for multiple properties in order to turn a profit. This is about a couple wanting to built an additional structure on their own property to house a family member displaced by a natural disaster. Councils need to stop grouping everyone in the same basket and using people as cash cows.
Isnt the logic being that construction workers, forestry, fishermen, firefighters, police, paramedics,truckies, engineers, road workers, mechanics and dozens of other sectors around NZ, not work as hard and be under the same extreme pressures that the delicate mushrooms aka. teachers, face every day.Only real difference being they hold the decisive bargaining chip that being children.
Just the other day when driving between two major cities, I was probably averaging 130kmh and at times accelerating to 160kmh to safely pass slower traffic. The road surface was good, road design excellent and other drivers courteous enough to move into the other lane when they saw me approaching.Will be a shame to leave Europe and come back to NZ, with its low quality roads and poor driving attitudes.
How has it ruined lives? the drug itself causes no harm, in fact it has many positive medical benefits that have been widely used over many centuries by many different cultures.If you are referring to it ruining lives because in its current illegal form, people have had to associate with gangs and organised crime in order to obtain their cannabis, then yes you may be correct on that front.
Nothing wrong with most of the overseas food we import, just because its grown elsewhere on the planet, its still good. Imaginary borders drawn on a map does not affect the quality.Beside, without imports, say goodbye to coffee, chocolate, nuts, fruits etc. Our diet would be rather bland without them.
Im sorry but banning patches, community meetings, strongly worded articles in the local newspaper, dont waste youre time.Look at every other town and city in this country, Im sure they have tried the same civil method, has it made one piece of difference?Unfortunately, the solution is unpalatable to most and shunned by the authoties. You want them out, you fight fire with fire, use fear, intimidating and if need be, violent methods to drive them out. Its the only language they understand and given the good citizens out number the bad, a method that will drive them away. If not, they will be here to stay and you will just have to accept being a victim for the rest of your life.
So why the increased defence budget to an all time high of $717 billion and the creation of a Space Force, has the idiot been watch When Mars Attacks again?
Do not let a locked gate stop access to what is rightfully ours. Cut the chain, tear down the gate and push the landowner aside, this is our country and pity those who stand in our way.
So I guess you pay someone to come and mow your lawn, because doing so yourself is denying a business an income, maybe you also have cleaners come into your house and clean it every other day, because you would rather do your bit for the economy and doing such tasks yourself would be just plain selfish.Then again, if you do such chores around the house yourself, it sort of makes your comment a tad hypocritical.
When are people going to fight back against pointless regulations imposed by government and local authorities in this country.Using submissions and other such mechanisms created by the very same authorities does nothing but pay lip service. We as a nation are steadily sleepwalking into totalitarian control, times are coming when we need to confront those that we put in charge in a more direct fashion.
So much for publicly elected members of council being transparent in their dealings. You really have to question the integrity of these people when they start hiding the truth from the people who in hindsight, mistakenly put them in power.
The last time I saw the aftermath of DoC Thar culling, using shotguns out of helicopters resulting in many maimed animals and slow painful deaths.Do we really want this type of inhumane operation to occur once again. Just because the animals are not native to our land, is no reason to justify this cruel ineffective control method.
Many European cities destroyed in WW2 were rebuilt in half the time its taken CHCH to do the half arsed job undertaken to date.Time we gave up on that white elephant of a city.
Suspect you had a student loan well over twenty years ago, where extra money was just a phone call away. For the past couple of decades, student loan money was tightly regulated, uni fees paid directly from the loan to the learning institution, a flat amount available for books etc and if required, a weekly amount (usually much less than $200/week) to cover accommodation was available if you were unable to secure a student allowance.
No, they are suggesting you get proactive and have the means to ride out the effects of a significant quake. As help is not going to make a beeline to your front door for a significant period of time post a major alpine rupture. You will be on your own and have to deal with it.
Funnily enough, on the stuff news summary page there was an article about Trump and direct underneath was this article Snake fished out of US toilet, cant help thinking they are somehow related.
I lined up for an hour to get into the Louve in Paris, two hours to get thru the doors of the Vatican museum in Rome. So a 30 minute wait is nothing to see another world class view or attraction.
I wonder how the pictured monkey managed to peel and slice that piece of watermelon up so well, guess their knife skills are more advanced than we know.
Next we will have the producers of mass cheese, such as Mainland, claim their products are exactly the same as artisan produced cheese. They may share the same singular source ingredient, but for quality and taste, no comparison to the artisan produced cheese. The same applies to bread and many other food products.
Lets not forget, every document, message, memo and recording made by any employee of council, must be made available by request under the Official Informations Act.You can almost hear the shredders powering up on Queen St.
From the Ministry of Education website..Schools are not expected to take on responsibility for all students travelling to and from school.So schools do not have the authority to dictate what sort of raincoat, or any other article of clothing a student wears until they reach the school gate.
How, so we will have two languages to only converse amongst ourselves with, while still lacking any ability to communicate with those from other countries.Im in Italy at present and have found a large majority of local Italians speak English as a second language, many also speak French and German as well. How useful would it be to them if instead of English as a second language, they only learn Latin. Might give some the warm fuzzies, but in todays world, worthless and impracticable.
Even seen the aftermath of the young kiwis and aussies doing the annual pub crawl on Anzac day in London.It makes the supposed freedom camper issue here in NZ pale in comparison.
Military bases in over 70 countries, 20 million lives lost resulting from wars, direct invasions, military coups and intelligence operations since the end of WW2. Corrupt government led by a mentally deranged leader and a brainwashed population.Oh wait, I thought when someone was making refence to a dangerous, evil empire, we were referencing the one that actually is. China does not even come close.
Given this council has put in place bylaws against freedom camping, using the argument amongst other things that they use their region as an open toilet. It seems a tad hypocritical given the thousands of litres of human waste they are currently pumping onto the beach and into the ocean.As usual with local government, do as I say, not as I do.
Beyond the schools control if they are being dropped off at the roadside, they have no jurisdiction over what people can or cannot do on the public roadway. That can only be addressed by local council or the roading authority.
So what are the statistics for prescription drugs and their significance in the number of accidents? I think I would be more concerned with a driver dosed up on sleeping pills or anti-depressant medication, than someone who smoked a joint 6 hours prior.
Most shoes and clothing found in the majority of NZ stores are manufactured in the poorer Asian countries. You want to take a stand based on that, you will need to boycott such stores as Farmers, Warehouse, Postie and dozens more. Its the price you pay for wanting affordable clothing.
Happy to see it in the hands of small business such as cannabis cafes. Really nice vibe being able to relax in such an atmosphere with other people. If its legalized, we should not have to hide away only allowed to smoke behind closed doors in our own home. Keep it social, let small business, not corporate supply it.
A ban, are you suggesting a group of people that flout whatever laws the country have in place, will take even the slightest notice of a ban? Might be a bit of wishful thinking on your part.
Its called reading between the lines and not taking every printed statement as fact, as we all know politians are good at talking the talk, but when it comes to walking the walk.
The fan base working out of the basement at the US embassy in Wellington. They are under the delusion that if they can provide enough positive spin toward their dear leader, the rest of us will follow suit. After all, as with all propaganda, they feed on peoples fear of thinking and believing differently from the 0ly created masses.
The devistation caused to places like Marahau in the recent cyclone and several years back in the Tapawere region, came from forestry land managed by very experienced personnel in large corporate forestry companies. I cannot see how blaming the age of the staff at this particular company, has any real merit. Rather it sounds more like sour grapes due to someone who may have lost out in the interview process for a job they applied for.
I sorry, the rural managers who came across from local fire authorities, aka mostly local and regional councils, did not have their utes transferred across to the new FENZ organisation last year. Hence why vehicles were needed to be provided to them. Bit difficult to undertake you work doing fire permitting inspection, fire reduction and responding to rural vegetation fires in often remote and difficult to reach areas if you do not have the tools to get you there. The good old PFU, always quick to moan and totally adverse to change of any kind, still living in 1974.
Great, off to Naples next month in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, please hold off any such plans until I return home. I only want some authentic pizza, not to be entombed in ash in Pompeii.
Recently had to buy a couple of tickets for a trip from Europe back to NZ, using the various websites to find and compare fares, on each and every one, Air NZ was the most expensive airline by a long shot.So buggar loyalties, Qatar Air is getting my business and from all reviews Ive seen, offer a superior service to boot.
Single people, couples who do not desire to fill a large house with every new device currently trending, retired people who do not need two or three empty bedrooms etc. It may not serve your lifestyle, but it does so for many others.
So alcohol is legal, does that mean you drive are consuming it, or turn up to work drunk? Laws around driving under the influence will not change if cannabis is legalized, nor will it change companies policies around pre employment, random or post incident drug testing.
Petone cafe owner upset at being attacked by mums with prams
They are not banning babies, but rather prams that nowadays are getting to the size of a small car. They are hard enough to navigate around on most footpaths, little own in a Cafe setting.
Woman 'flabbergasted' at cost of consenting granny flat for her deaf brother
Id like to see a full breakdown on how councils can justify these costs. For the most part it just involves some data entry and rubber stamping, which for the best part may take a council official a couple of hours. Given a position such as that may involve a official on $40 hour, how on earth do they come up with consents costing many thousands. Since when did councils become commercial enterprises and expect to create profit from those that elected them to serve.
Government introduces scheme to encourage employers to hire unemployed youth
So is this opportunity open to all youth in need of employment, or is the intent to only promote it to Maori and Pacifica youth? Im sure there are many youth of Asian, European and Middle Eastern decent who desperately require the same assistance.
Teaching is a 'sweet gig' - there's no reason to strike, says deputy principal
Exactly, just ask our firefighters currently deployed in the US and Canada, 14 to 16 hour days, 14 straight days, two days off and repeat for an additional 14 days. Just one of many jobs people undertake in this country where people go beyond the call without complaining.
Auckland Pride Parades hui over police uniform ban turns to a circus
As has been mentioned by various commentators and the article itself, the majority are opposed the decision made by the Board. So what are you waiting for, the Board appears vastly outnumbered here, take back control and kick them out.Its like anything here in NZ, small groups and committees make decisions without consultation against the will of the majority and we do nothing except complain to the media. Turn up on mass at the next meeting and physically remove these clowns if they dont get the message to step down.
More Kiwis watch Country Calendar than Dancing With The Stars
B is being rather generous.
Trump says he will run for re-election in 2020, discusses Brexit with The Queen
Keep that deluded thought if it helps you sleep at night.
New Zealand has issues, but the idea it is a 'low-wage economy' is a myth
Dont we just love averages, say you used this measure over four people, two earn 35,000pa, one earns 50,000pa and the forth earns 120,000pa, the average wage equates to $60,000pa.Manuplate the numbers all they want, averages do not portray the truth.
Kea may be smarter than we thought: Researchers uncover evidence of tool use in the wild
Given their level of intellence, I vote them as our new Supreme overlords.
Internet society fears 'Five Eyes' could be about to undermine the Net
More people are killed each year from lawnmower accidents each year than are killed by terrorists, stop using the insignificant risk of terrorism as an excuse to pry into the lives of our citizens.
Waimea dam build price $18m over estimate, project cost blows out by $26m
Is it to soon to tell the council that we told you so.
Tsunamis could hit in any of New Zealand's major lakes
Another flat earther.
Schoolyard bullies: Farmer says tourists and visitors dont understand farming
Although I firmly believe farmers should make all mitigating steps to keep stock out of waterways, making your complaint via social media is a gutless response. If you have strong views, talk face to face with the person, do not hide like a cowardly little keyboard warrior.Im sure talking about your concerns directly with the farmer may yield a better result and likely both sides may learn a thing or two.
Over budget and over time, but Queen St in Richmond officially opens after upgrade
Expensive lessons learnt at the expense of the ratepayers, how many million over budget did this poorly planned and managed project cost us again?Does not bode well for the proposed dam project if they cant even get things correct over 1km of straight flat road.
Green Party starts new push for compulsory te reo
I support a compulsory second language taught in schools, but I do not support it being compulsory te reo. The second language should be what the student chooses, be that French, Manderin, German, Italian or Te reo.Its rather embarrassing visiting Europe and finding 10 year olds that speak 3 languages fluently, when thanks to our poor educational curriculum, many struggle with even our basic English language skills.
"Big business has no business in legal cannabis use",
Well hundreds of thousands of Kiwis enjoy a smoke in their off-time and they all turn up for work in a productive way. If you are assuming legalisation will suddenly mean every cannabis user will light up whilst having their cornflakes in the morning before heading off to work, then you may be suffering a slight case of uninformed paranoia.
Cunning, deceitful savages: 200 years of MÄori bad press
Name a country that is not. Accept the fact that human nature cannot be changed because we set in place some rules or laws that dictate we must.
Solar panel heater made from empty cans costs almost nothing to run
One must assume the regular down vote on every positive comment is that of the CEO of Contact Energy.
After taxpayers paid to get rid of it, farm sells for $17.5m
Unfortunately, DoC have been so underfunded for years that they probably cannot afford to take on even free gifts of land such as this.If they are given land with any firm of infrastructure such as tracks, roads, structures etc. They then have to pay depreciation on the asset, so that nice 2km track made by volunteers ends up costing them out of their operational budget. Money that could have been used for other existing maintence projects.Sometimes a free gift costs more than you can afford to spend.
No nudes: Facebook won't allow tourist board to advertise Rubens exhibition
Do not despair, paintings by Rubens and other great masters are probably beyond the cultural level of the majority of Facebook users anyway.
Controversial nude dating show Naked Attraction is back on TV
So do Family First sit down and count out every individual act of violence on every single TV show? Or are they like every other religious based organisation, more offended by natural naked bodies than they are images portraying death and violence.I pity the future of the children of the parents of such groups, morally brainwashed.
Japanese authorities 'examining' David Farrier's Dark Tourist series
Mate, if radiation levels are that high, you wont have to wait 20 years for the effects to kick in.
Woman 'flabbergasted' at cost of consenting granny flat for her deaf brother
Or the citizens finally build up the courage to become militant and take matters into their own hands. Sitting back with complacency while a small number shaft the majority cannot and will not continue.
Alpine Fault quake: It will 'likely happen in the lifetime of many Kiwis'
Well it has gone off four times over the last 900 years with regularity, but hey, if you believe you have a stronger knowledge in the subject than qualified scientists then good for you. Just do not come crying for help when it does happen in the near future.
Mayor Phil Goff announces Auckland homelessness census in effort to stop ballooning vagrancy problem
Its needed, but now on earth does it cost $375,000 for a few people with clipboards counting maybe several dozen people sleeping rough?
Mayor Richard Kempthorne to stay in wash up of Waimea dam decision
Any large rural landowner with half an ounce of intelligence, should by now have constructed their own water storage dam on their property. After all, Nelson already has received its annual rainfall total for this year, so the next 4 months supply would be a bonus. Sort out your own solutions to your own problems.
Tasman District Council pursues local bill for dam land, MP seeks full house support
Who can suggest a local supplier for a drum of tar and a couple of large sacks of goose feathers.Dont expect polite smiles and handshakes when walking the streets of Nelson or Tasman anymore Mr Smith.
Donald Trump 'churlish' over McCain death
I would credit primates with more intelligence than that.
Spark gives staff a week to consider new job contracts
reorient in a way that is more focused on the fast-moving pace of technology is gobbledegook for saying we want to increase the workload on the remaining employees in order to squeeze more profit out of the company for our fat-cat investors
Controversial nude dating show Naked Attraction is back on TV
Natural human bodies, six billion people on this planet have these.Why have you chosen to teach your own children that the naked body is so offensive and shameful that you have to hide them away.
Call for submissions on local bill related to proposed Waimea dam
No, but if the natural environment is no longer suitable for growing particular crops, then they need to adapt to crops that require less irrigation or invest in new growing technologies such as what they have done in the Netherlands, which uses only 10% of the water requirements traditional outdoor crops do. Maybe apples and some of the horticultural crops would be better grown in other districts with a higher rainfall and suitable climate.
"Big business has no business in legal cannabis use",
Because it is the product that is being smoked. One is a natural herb smoked without any additional chemicals added and has proven health benefits, the other has 7,000 chemicals with at least 69 of these chemicals known to cause cancer, and many more are poisonous.Youre comparing apples with oranges.
"Smoking ban for hundreds of outdoor dining spots across Auckland",
Im going back to Paris where they have a more mature attitude.
Care home blessing an exorcism says shocked support worker
Maybe he just deals in reality rather than fairy tales from 2000 years ago.
Auckland Mayor orders urgent scooter safety probe after councillor almost hit
Good grief, if Paris, Rome and many other large European cities with their volume of pedestrians, can cope happily with e-scooters, Segways, e-wheels and e-bikes, what is it about little old NZ that puts our authorities in a tizzy every-time something new arrives on the scene. Will our councils not be happy until they have regulated every single activity we partake in.
The truth about living in London according to Kiwis who live there
Rather ironic we romanticize the whole OE experience of living off the smell of a oily rag in a foreign land. Partaking in typical kiwi activities whilst there, such as the traditional pub crawl on ANZAC day, ending in the usual messy drunken result.This to many, is a right of passage, its character building and a Kiwi tradition. Yet our dark zenophobic side emerges the moment we get wind of a similar aged young person doing exactly the same thing, leaving their own country to experience life in NZ, usually on a very limited budget.The pitchforks are raised and the torches lit by the angry mobs, how can we allow these freeloaders who choose a diet of instant noodles over filet steak, who choose to sleep in their van or in a tent as opposed to contribute to our economy by staying at a Hilton hotel.We really can be a hypocritical bunch down here at the bottom of the world.
Introducing the 'walk up' at Hobsonville Point
Ive stayed in apartments in Amsterdam, Paris and Rome which were on the 5th or 6th floor where access was stair only and people walk or bike everywhere around the cities to do their day to day business.Here we drive everywhere, we expect elevators for anything more than one floor and we wonder why we are one of the top obese nations in the world.
Tsunamis could hit in any of New Zealand's major lakes
Its not if it might or might not, more of that it could.
Crying on a P pipe: Rachels life on meth
Well unfortunately, drug testing for meth is pretty ineffective. It cannot be detected after 48 hours at most, so unless you test every employee pretty much every day, you dont have much of a chance.
Woman 'flabbergasted' at cost of consenting granny flat for her deaf brother
This case is not about developers who create subdivision for multiple properties in order to turn a profit. This is about a couple wanting to built an additional structure on their own property to house a family member displaced by a natural disaster. Councils need to stop grouping everyone in the same basket and using people as cash cows.
Teachers unions agree to join forces in 2019 campaign
Isnt the logic being that construction workers, forestry, fishermen, firefighters, police, paramedics,truckies, engineers, road workers, mechanics and dozens of other sectors around NZ, not work as hard and be under the same extreme pressures that the delicate mushrooms aka. teachers, face every day.Only real difference being they hold the decisive bargaining chip that being children.
Note tells neighbours to beware of people moving into house that Housing NZ has bought
What a coward.
Call for submissions on local bill related to proposed Waimea dam
You need to learn how to count.
"Big business has no business in legal cannabis use",
Do please devolve the source of your information, sounds like a tad bit of sensationalism.
Kiwis paid $74m in speeding fines last year. 2018 is on track to be even worse
Just the other day when driving between two major cities, I was probably averaging 130kmh and at times accelerating to 160kmh to safely pass slower traffic. The road surface was good, road design excellent and other drivers courteous enough to move into the other lane when they saw me approaching.Will be a shame to leave Europe and come back to NZ, with its low quality roads and poor driving attitudes.
Note tells neighbours to beware of people moving into house that Housing NZ has bought
They will be the local idiot wearing the Make NZ Great Again cap. We do not need this level of bigoted behavior in this country.
"Is the new Samsung Galaxy Watch worth buying?",
Maybe because sometimes carrying your smartphone when you exercise is just a pain in the arse.
"Big business has no business in legal cannabis use",
How has it ruined lives? the drug itself causes no harm, in fact it has many positive medical benefits that have been widely used over many centuries by many different cultures.If you are referring to it ruining lives because in its current illegal form, people have had to associate with gangs and organised crime in order to obtain their cannabis, then yes you may be correct on that front.
Call for submissions on local bill related to proposed Waimea dam
Nothing wrong with most of the overseas food we import, just because its grown elsewhere on the planet, its still good. Imaginary borders drawn on a map does not affect the quality.Beside, without imports, say goodbye to coffee, chocolate, nuts, fruits etc. Our diet would be rather bland without them.
Motueka community concerned about public display of gang patches
Im sorry but banning patches, community meetings, strongly worded articles in the local newspaper, dont waste youre time.Look at every other town and city in this country, Im sure they have tried the same civil method, has it made one piece of difference?Unfortunately, the solution is unpalatable to most and shunned by the authoties. You want them out, you fight fire with fire, use fear, intimidating and if need be, violent methods to drive them out. Its the only language they understand and given the good citizens out number the bad, a method that will drive them away. If not, they will be here to stay and you will just have to accept being a victim for the rest of your life.
Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring
So why the increased defence budget to an all time high of $717 billion and the creation of a Space Force, has the idiot been watch When Mars Attacks again?
After taxpayers paid to get rid of it, farm sells for $17.5m
Do not let a locked gate stop access to what is rightfully ours. Cut the chain, tear down the gate and push the landowner aside, this is our country and pity those who stand in our way.
Holiday park owner with six guests a night says freedom camping spots to blame
So I guess you pay someone to come and mow your lawn, because doing so yourself is denying a business an income, maybe you also have cleaners come into your house and clean it every other day, because you would rather do your bit for the economy and doing such tasks yourself would be just plain selfish.Then again, if you do such chores around the house yourself, it sort of makes your comment a tad hypocritical.
Call for submissions on local bill related to proposed Waimea dam
NZ is one of the top obese nations in the world, last thing we need is more food.
Food Act bites some small operators as compliance costs rise
When are people going to fight back against pointless regulations imposed by government and local authorities in this country.Using submissions and other such mechanisms created by the very same authorities does nothing but pay lip service. We as a nation are steadily sleepwalking into totalitarian control, times are coming when we need to confront those that we put in charge in a more direct fashion.
Australian forestry company OneFortyOne Plantations gets nod to buy Nelson Forests
They were a foreign owned company before this sale.
Thai cave: How Elon Musk used the saga to pioneer a new form of viral tourism
Im sure the innovation he created may be used at a future incident, but lets hope it never happens.
Security plan for sensitive Waimea dam project documents "reeks"
So much for publicly elected members of council being transparent in their dealings. You really have to question the integrity of these people when they start hiding the truth from the people who in hindsight, mistakenly put them in power.
Lily Allen reveals she slept with female escorts during her Sheezus tour in 2014
Thats entirely up to her partner, not for someone so removed from her life such as you to judge.
Beanies banned at school, even on frosty mornings
Welcome back to the 1970s Winton, where following school rules and teachers enforcing said rules, took president over learning.
South Island Himalayan tahr cull cops hunting flak
The last time I saw the aftermath of DoC Thar culling, using shotguns out of helicopters resulting in many maimed animals and slow painful deaths.Do we really want this type of inhumane operation to occur once again. Just because the animals are not native to our land, is no reason to justify this cruel ineffective control method.
Owners say Christ Church Cathedral delays might derail square revitalisation plans
Many European cities destroyed in WW2 were rebuilt in half the time its taken CHCH to do the half arsed job undertaken to date.Time we gave up on that white elephant of a city.
Offshore oil ban will cost Crown billions with little climate impact, officials warn
Government should not be in the business of earning money if they have no intention of spending it on the people they represent.
Inland Revenue loses track of thousands of Kiwi student loan debtors in Australia
Suspect you had a student loan well over twenty years ago, where extra money was just a phone call away. For the past couple of decades, student loan money was tightly regulated, uni fees paid directly from the loan to the learning institution, a flat amount available for books etc and if required, a weekly amount (usually much less than $200/week) to cover accommodation was available if you were unable to secure a student allowance.
Faultlines: Earthquake preparedness slips in Wellington and Christchurch as apathy sets in
No, they are suggesting you get proactive and have the means to ride out the effects of a significant quake. As help is not going to make a beeline to your front door for a significant period of time post a major alpine rupture. You will be on your own and have to deal with it.
In 2018, people still think it’s weird I’m a stay-at-home dad
Are you still living in the 1950s?
Snake fished out of US toilet, claimed by owners miles away
Funnily enough, on the stuff news summary page there was an article about Trump and direct underneath was this article Snake fished out of US toilet, cant help thinking they are somehow related.
Lets keep New Zealand backpacker friendly
I lined up for an hour to get into the Louve in Paris, two hours to get thru the doors of the Vatican museum in Rome. So a 30 minute wait is nothing to see another world class view or attraction.
Suburban Wellington's sea of grey roofs is frightening, architect says
Little boxes in the suburbs, thats not living.
Bagging a bargain - supermarkets reward customers who bring their own bags
Fresh Choice in Nelson only have paper bags for veggies and other self serve items, things are slowly changing.
Primate lover's unusual diet in a bid to save endangered species
I wonder how the pictured monkey managed to peel and slice that piece of watermelon up so well, guess their knife skills are more advanced than we know.
Breaking Bread: The things you didn't know about supermarket bread
Next we will have the producers of mass cheese, such as Mainland, claim their products are exactly the same as artisan produced cheese. They may share the same singular source ingredient, but for quality and taste, no comparison to the artisan produced cheese. The same applies to bread and many other food products.
Security plan for sensitive Waimea dam project documents "reeks"
Lets not forget, every document, message, memo and recording made by any employee of council, must be made available by request under the Official Informations Act.You can almost hear the shredders powering up on Queen St.
New Auckland bus network a 'nightmare' for school children
From the Ministry of Education website..Schools are not expected to take on responsibility for all students travelling to and from school.So schools do not have the authority to dictate what sort of raincoat, or any other article of clothing a student wears until they reach the school gate.
Proud to be Kiwi, but I don't know much about my country
How, so we will have two languages to only converse amongst ourselves with, while still lacking any ability to communicate with those from other countries.Im in Italy at present and have found a large majority of local Italians speak English as a second language, many also speak French and German as well. How useful would it be to them if instead of English as a second language, they only learn Latin. Might give some the warm fuzzies, but in todays world, worthless and impracticable.
Lets keep New Zealand backpacker friendly
Even seen the aftermath of the young kiwis and aussies doing the annual pub crawl on Anzac day in London.It makes the supposed freedom camper issue here in NZ pale in comparison.
Beauty queen barred from China warns New Zealand should be cautious of closeness
Military bases in over 70 countries, 20 million lives lost resulting from wars, direct invasions, military coups and intelligence operations since the end of WW2. Corrupt government led by a mentally deranged leader and a brainwashed population.Oh wait, I thought when someone was making refence to a dangerous, evil empire, we were referencing the one that actually is. China does not even come close.
Smell and sewage discharge on West Coast beach angers neighbours
Given this council has put in place bylaws against freedom camping, using the argument amongst other things that they use their region as an open toilet. It seems a tad hypocritical given the thousands of litres of human waste they are currently pumping onto the beach and into the ocean.As usual with local government, do as I say, not as I do.
Five-year-old nearly hit by car during school gate pick up chaos
Beyond the schools control if they are being dropped off at the roadside, they have no jurisdiction over what people can or cannot do on the public roadway. That can only be addressed by local council or the roading authority.
Drug-impaired drivers now involved in more fatal crashes than drink-drivers
So what are the statistics for prescription drugs and their significance in the number of accidents? I think I would be more concerned with a driver dosed up on sleeping pills or anti-depressant medication, than someone who smoked a joint 6 hours prior.
Christchurch stadium the big winner from council's plans for Government funding
Dont you already have the cake tin, how many fields of grass surrounded by seats do you need?
Danielle McLaughlin: When 'just doing it' means future-proofing your business
Most shoes and clothing found in the majority of NZ stores are manufactured in the poorer Asian countries. You want to take a stand based on that, you will need to boycott such stores as Farmers, Warehouse, Postie and dozens more. Its the price you pay for wanting affordable clothing.
Why not be a world leader on cannabis reform, instead of a follower?
Happy to see it in the hands of small business such as cannabis cafes. Really nice vibe being able to relax in such an atmosphere with other people. If its legalized, we should not have to hide away only allowed to smoke behind closed doors in our own home. Keep it social, let small business, not corporate supply it.
Motueka's 'picked on' Mobsters pack up and move out of town
A ban, are you suggesting a group of people that flout whatever laws the country have in place, will take even the slightest notice of a ban? Might be a bit of wishful thinking on your part.
"Donald Trump is rerouting the world's oil tankers",
Solar, wind generation, hydro, we have a huge largely untapped source of renewable energy we could tap into here.
US announces it will leave UN human rights council
Exactly and the US is the largest supplier of weapons to Saudi Arabia followed by the UK. They value money and greed above human rights.
Where do New Zealanders want to work?
Who could have imagined serving a glass of water and a boiled lolly could be the most gratifying job in the country.
Mt Taranaki 'due geologically speaking' for an eruption - and it could be 'catastrophic'
Ignorance is bliss
Government introduces scheme to encourage employers to hire unemployed youth
Its called reading between the lines and not taking every printed statement as fact, as we all know politians are good at talking the talk, but when it comes to walking the walk.
After raising G-7 hell, Trump arrives for summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
The fan base working out of the basement at the US embassy in Wellington. They are under the delusion that if they can provide enough positive spin toward their dear leader, the rest of us will follow suit. After all, as with all propaganda, they feed on peoples fear of thinking and believing differently from the 0ly created masses.
Fears forestry slash poses a 'catastrophic' risk to residents along the Maitai River
The devistation caused to places like Marahau in the recent cyclone and several years back in the Tapawere region, came from forestry land managed by very experienced personnel in large corporate forestry companies. I cannot see how blaming the age of the staff at this particular company, has any real merit. Rather it sounds more like sour grapes due to someone who may have lost out in the interview process for a job they applied for.
Auckland lacks life-saving firefighting aerial trucks, union warns
I sorry, the rural managers who came across from local fire authorities, aka mostly local and regional councils, did not have their utes transferred across to the new FENZ organisation last year. Hence why vehicles were needed to be provided to them. Bit difficult to undertake you work doing fire permitting inspection, fire reduction and responding to rural vegetation fires in often remote and difficult to reach areas if you do not have the tools to get you there. The good old PFU, always quick to moan and totally adverse to change of any kind, still living in 1974.
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake centred near Nelson shakes lower North Island
Big one comes we may be joined to the NI, God forbid.
The volcano solution to global warming isn't such a cool idea, study finds
Great, off to Naples next month in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, please hold off any such plans until I return home. I only want some authentic pizza, not to be entombed in ash in Pompeii.
Channel Three owner MediaWorks raises possibility it might have to pull out of television
Given the massive shift away from SkyTV and the falling ratings for the networks, I think your numbers may be a bit incorrect.
Air NZ price hikes blamed on operational costs
Recently had to buy a couple of tickets for a trip from Europe back to NZ, using the various websites to find and compare fares, on each and every one, Air NZ was the most expensive airline by a long shot.So buggar loyalties, Qatar Air is getting my business and from all reviews Ive seen, offer a superior service to boot.
Put down that lamp! What you can - and can't - take from your hotel room
They are built into the rate you pay for the room, so essentially you have already paid for them.
Major's solution to the country's housing crisis - think tiny
Single people, couples who do not desire to fill a large house with every new device currently trending, retired people who do not need two or three empty bedrooms etc. It may not serve your lifestyle, but it does so for many others.
Put down that lamp! What you can - and can't - take from your hotel room
Have you seen the state of many hotels, it doesnt surprise me.
"Making marijuana legal would have an immediate effect on MÄori lives",
So alcohol is legal, does that mean you drive are consuming it, or turn up to work drunk? Laws around driving under the influence will not change if cannabis is legalized, nor will it change companies policies around pre employment, random or post incident drug testing.