Haven't quite got to the toys lined up for sale down Ladies Mile stage yet.. May not be far away though.
I'd suspect they have been sidetracked by some farmer's seed crop that's just been harvested. Marlborough has a significant seed crop production, and the extent and verity of it can vary from year to year. They are most likely out of town feeding up. ...
Yeah, but what changed to make Johnson change his mind and force it to a vote. Did some of the 101 that voted for it quietly threaten him with a vacate motion if he didn't? Just like MTG is threatening because he did. Or has something fundamentally changed...
Scuddys are very prone to salmonella with their ground feeding, will wipe out the local population until others come in fill the gap. But also they could have gone where the feeding was better. They could be off feeding off a farmer's seed paddock and will...
Can anyone point me to a decent, and preferably non partisan, analysis of what's changed politically, diplomatically or militarily to bring about Johnson's, and the House Republican's change on Ukraine.
This could have unintended consequences for Seymour and his mates. for some schools, absenteeism is very much parent driven. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/cheap-flights-taking-priority-over-schooling-rector Otago Boys’ High School rector Richard Hall ...
Not a nice time be laid off with a mortgage that you've been paying down for a while. BNZ, and I presume all the others removed the re-draw facility from their existing mortgage agreements this week. So you've got to make a new application to borrow funds ...
Na, HUGE profits for the fukas importing cheap shit and selling it for just under the price of a NZ Standards approved item
Pedestrian bricks, an aid for pedestrian safety whilst crossing busy street. A Vancouver trial (maybe not that offical...) https://twitter.com/M_WrenchGang/status/1774501591254511956
I think Sanctuary may've been referring to Destiny's charitable status as a 'church', rather than any threat of physical violence. Certainly how I took it. Destiny want to behave like gangsters, let them live by the consequences of that choice. Proceeds of...
Add into that how air travel and airports will change as climate adaption changes the industry. If electromagnetic acceleration (catapults, but much gentler and longer than naval ones) and / or hybrid propulsion becomes a thing then long haul runways will ...
QAC itself said that half the passengers through ZQN go past the Crown Range turn off. A good proportion also go past Kingston. ZQN has become the defacto Southern Regional International Airport. Queenstown tourism, and residents, probably use half or less...
The great failing of the RMA was that it was just about the merits of the individual application. There was very little space for strategic thinking on infrastructure. It's possible the Fast Track process may allow this, but I really doubt it. So getting ...
Anti gets worse as the day goes on.... https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/kick-guts-rural-cops-face-losing-allowances Allowances at Hard to Fill and rural stations are under review. The changes include a new two-year time limit on the heavily discounted ...
Leaving aside the ability of Kiwi Rail to provided ongoing service across Cook Strait, there's got to be some Government control / regulation of the service. It is a vital single point link on SH 1, and just a bit important the Country's economy. Down here...
Ski fields can generate huge amounts of cash, on a good day. RAL's problem is that some seasons they don't have enough good days. They aren't alone with that problem, Mt Hutt has gone tits up as regularly as the Ruapehu fields, for the same reason, and ...
The shareholders and punters would predominately be National voter and / or donors, but they are also baling out Ohakune and other towns around Ruapehu who get a fair bit of cash from punters who use RAL's facilities. Based on what I see around Queenstown ...
self employment and precarious work has ballooned in the 00s which complicates things Fark yes, try claiming earnings compo when you're self employed. Standard tax accounting practices effectively deny you compensation as you're paid on net earnings, you ...
There's partial funding by government for people who don't earn wages or pay levies, so children, retired (and beneficiaries other unwaged I presume) ACC is funded from multiple sources, including business, petrol revenues and wages. Funds from each source...
Any party that looked like they were going to get a CGT, Wealth Tax or Inheritance Tax over the line, by fair or foul means, would have that much money flowing into their party coffers from the Financial Services industry they wouldn't know what to do with...
No, not economic, but around having the flexibility to reduce petroleum use seamlessly to as low as possible. Maintaining Marsden Pt would mean we are locked into usage at the refinery's minimum capacity, then a sudden step to imports or zero. I see it ...
You can also say that persevering with Marsden Pt was just as daft. We would have then been locked in to using the capacity of the refinery for the rest of it's life, and with completely wrong market signals once consumption dropped below refinery capacity...
Sourcing bitumen from a wider market should allow us to get a product that is more suitable to our needs. Marsden Pt was very limited in what crude it could process, and the properties of the crud that comes out the bottom (bitumen) is governed to a large ...
A Central Otago seat even without Oamaru would be winnable for Labour Which is why National hate the idea with a vengeance. A 'grass roots campaign' will have to spring up next review to make it happen. An opportunity for a strong local Labour voice to ...
Same in Whakatipu. Just got to convince Labour or Green to stand credible, consistent and relevant candidates in Southland and Waitaki, and especially the new Central electorate (once it happens), along with policy that's relevant to voters in Central. ...
Technically Customs doesn't deal with biosecurity, that's MPI's job. Customs check for illegal imports and collect taxes and duties on legal imports along with checks and clearance of exports. Two seperate agencies that work together, but with quite ...
Ahem, I got pantsed by some hippy dude in a trolley bus across the lights on a bike that was rather quick for mid 70's Like I was halfway down the bus...
More it's selfish greed, rentier capitalism, cartel behaviour, corrupt deals between MPs and big business, and tax regime rigged against ordinary workers is the only way they know to survive. Having to actually create value and wealth, as opposed to taking...
It all looks rather fragile
Couldn't agree more. The public facing side of the 3 Waters / Affordable Water reform was, to the public an impenetrable shambles. Because the thing was a managerial wet dream all the jargon came through and no one understood what was going on. Then the ...
Councillors don't spend money on water infrastructure because there's less votes in it compared to spending on what people can see, like sports fields and civic ammenities. Throwing more money at Councils through GST or other means just perpetuates this ...
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