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Morning,
The government could sack the whole of the non elected list parliamentarians and most of the city and county councils through out New Zealand and no one would even notice. Most of them walk around with a piece of paper in their hands and do bloody nothing all day every day apart from getting the country into serious debt.
Have a great day everyone and be safe.
Just as an aside Hamilton City Council has put the dog registration up from $86 which was high enough to $91 early payment!!!!!! $159 for late so called payment If the actual Dog control actually did something about the non registered dogs it would be great. Don’t worry about the registered dogs they are mainly fine. Not wandering about the place Hundreds of dogs are not registered each year and the cost is yet another reason for owners to NOT register their dogs. Not only are the rates going up by 19.5% this year they are supposed to double in 5 years!!!!!! Too many bureaucrats.
Upper Hutt General Dog Reg $157 late $236
For (me) Responsible owner with desexed dog $95 late $141
So it’s too late to expect him to provide puppy income and he’s to spoilt to want to work – I guess I’ll have to pay again this year. I just hope the tag doesn’t clash with his collar…
You think that is bad
Wait until Get boosted bishop and nude nut merge you with Wellywood and your money will go to Great Green Projects.
Mayor Tory will raise you dog reg to $520 pa if you are Whyte, and $15 if you are Tanga two fenua
Tanga two fenua can then seek a $50 compensation payment for the admin hassle and the embarrassment of having to pay for anything !!
Think I’m joking ???
Morning
great morning earlier. clear sky, no wind and full moon.
whats not to like?
well some arsehole who comes along and screws it up.
Just a thought.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=884404630397224&set=a.640605391443817
Pee in bed and you won’t have to!
Soon you will need a nappy. Its your destiny.
its either a nappy or a catheter.
So be prepared.
For the ladies.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3556078481270713&set=gm.1641608759767832&idorvanity=605062986755753
No thanks. As I tell hubby, all those young babes with fat old men are only interested for the money.
Getting a vax when n ot needing a vax.
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Ends for Health Workers in NSW
However, high-risk and new staff are still required to take one dose of the seasonal flu vaccine to be ‘considered compliant.’
A COVID-19 vaccination mandate in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) has finally ended for all health workers and students.
A new policy directive issued by NSW Health, seen by The Epoch Times, reveals the department has removed the requirement after nearly three years.
“COVID-19 vaccination changed from required to strongly recommended for all NSW Health workers,” the policy dated May 16 states (pdf).
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/covid-19-vaccine-mandate-ends-for-health-workers-in-nsw-5655588?
Seven months after the death of actor Matthew Perry by a lethal dose of ketamine, the Los Angeles Police Department confirms that a criminal investigation involving three agencies is underway.
In response to an inquiry from The Epoch Times, Capt. Scot Williams of the Los Angeles Police Robbery-Homicide Division reiterated that the results of the autopsy, conducted on Dec. 29, 2023, attributed Mr. Perry’s death to high levels of ketamine.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner initially concluded that Mr. Perry’s death was an accident.
However, based on findings reported by the medical examiner, Mr. Williams confirmed in an email to The Epoch Times that “the Los Angeles Police Department, with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Postal Inspection Service, has continued its investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Perry’s death.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/matthew-perrys-ketamine-overdose-death-being-investigated-by-3-agencies-5654572?
comments interesting.
Oh well – now I have heard of ketamine – guess a lot of gang money is being made this way, presuming it is in full use in drug free New Zealand.
ketamine is huge in nz esp up around your way HP, canty is rife with the shit.
Isn’t “K” a horse sedative? Or is that horse shit like they said Ivermectin.
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some
hallucinogenic effects. It distorts perceptions of sight
and sound and makes the user feel disconnected
and not in control. It is an injectable, short-acting
anesthetic for use in humans and animals. It is
referred to as a “dissociative anesthetic” because
it makes patients feel detached from their pain and
environment.
————-
Straight from the DEA
So not just horses and other adern critters
Neigh, it is not just the equine crowd,
Does that stuff give you a high or embarm you?
Who?
Lol – a star of a boring, non-funny TV “comedy” popular in the 90s.
Major Ivermectin Study Omitted Hundreds of Participants, Researchers Say
The 2023 paper left out more than 200 participants.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/major-ivermectin-study-omitted-hundreds-of-participants-researchers-say-5654356?
The Censors Who’ll Save Us From Ourselves… Yeah Right!
There’s a common malady suffered by bureaucracies the world over. They wish to save us from ourselves. Sadly, NZ officials are no less prone to exhibiting symptoms of this occupational condition.
Observe, for instance, the reaction from certain public figures to the news the Department of Internal Affairs has abandoned the formation of a new online super regulator. Without the new state entity criminal activity, according to these critics, we’ll now have free rein on the internet.
https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/nick-hanne-the-censors-who-ll-save-us-from-ourselves-yeah-right?
Yer, but don’t forget the bitches super dobber secert one at the air force base!
Karen Chhour is turning out to be a force to be reckoned with as she flies in the face of her detractors. She doesn’t rise to the personal attacks by the opposition, esp the racists in the maori party. She has been brought to tears by these bullies but doesn’t retaliate or deviate from her course. Hat tip to you, Karen. Keep up the good work!
Karen Chhour – I know what state care is and I don’t want that for our children
From Saggy’s comment:
……”ultimately you have to be able to survive to enjoy your culture”……
Ain’t that the truth. The flatulent arseholes of the Tea Party should be reminded hourly of the 50 children who have been killed since Oranga Tamariki was created, mostly by Maori caregivers.
Unless I’ve missed something the ability to recite a whakapapa & perform perfect Kapa haka is contingent on staying alive.
Dance like no-one’s watching.
Drive like you’re straight out of Auckland.
The worst driving in the North Island is Taihape to Sanson
Mad bastards.
It is little safer in the tourist areas of the South Island with foreign drivers; many of whom are from left hand drive countries and, lets be honest, the Asian ones- Southern lakes/Milford/West Coast
In the far North don’t the cops pull you over if you have a registered car,
it is embarrassing to the Tanga two fenua who have a traditional right to not register their motor vehicles.
This goes back to their Road Waka they imported 800 years ago;
the spirits told them so (Jack AND Jim )
Aucklanders get freaked out if they can get above 20 km/hr !
Just what is this mighty power ?
Taihape to Sanson is challenging but the Road Canoe people are onto it. They’ve raised the speed camera to road cone ratio & are trialling the use of camouflaged vehicle traps, formerly referred to as pot holes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Kx53A4kEI
🚨 MAGA Takes Over The Bronx! Trump Speaking LIVE Right Now to THOUSANDS in New York, Libs in PANIC
Benny Johnson
Anyone watch Trumpy .
Great rally. He’s going to replace Bidenomics with Maganomics!
Was trying to follow the chat stream on YT. Going so fast but did see a message at one stage ‘New Zealand loves Trump’
To celebrate the opening of the new concert hall, the concert master commissioned an artist to paint a large mural on the back wall. The artist was very secretive and would allow nobody to see the work before the unveiling.
Finally the day came, and with the townspeople gathered ‘round, the curtain was pulled away, and the masterpiece was unveiled, to a hushed, confused silence from the crowd.
It was a series of eight naked women, one facing forward, the next facing backward, then another forward and another back, and finally one more facing forward and three more facing back.
The concert master was enraged. “You were commissioned to prepare a mural to commemorate music,” he shouted. “This… this is pornography!”
But then one of the onlookers called out, “I’ve got it! It’s Rossini, the William Tell Overture. Don’t you get it? It’s ‘Titty Rump, Titty Rump, Titty Rump Rump Rump!’ “
That will be on the light side. 50+ million would be getting warmer.
Trump Warns On This New “SCAMDEMIC”!
DO NOT LISTEN TO THEIR DEMANDS! DO NOT COMPLY!
https://truthsocial.com/@sxdoc/posts/112441760144164590?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
German Parliament Votes To Decriminalize The Possession Of Child Pornography
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/german-parliament-votes-decriminalize-possession-child-pornography
A Dutch conservative female lawyer is being prosecuted on charges of “racism” and “inciting hatred” after she expressed fury over mass migration in response to a viral video showing a white boy being beaten up and thrown onto a railway track by a gang of migrants.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dutch-lawyer-faces-prosecution-social-media-post-slamming-mass-migration
I’m the original Man from Missouri when “Green” energy is mooted. My reluctance to embrace electricity lies in the practicalities of storing it. Yesterday’s battery technology is not up to bridging the gap between generation & demand.
Yet science & human ingenuity are on the brink of providing an answer. The sodium ion battery has been refined to the point where it has ‘real world’ potential. From https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/
# “Sodium-ion batteries offer a unique alternative to lithium-ion, with higher power, faster recharge, longer lifecycle and a completely safe and stable chemistry,”
# “batteries charge and discharge at rates 10 times faster than lithium-ion, a level of immediate charge/discharge capability that makes the batteries a prime contender for the ups and downs of backup power storage. Also helping in that use case is an estimated lifespan of 50,000 cycles.”
# ” the company’s initial target is AI data storage centers, where it’s fast-cycling batteries could become an essential power management tool.”
Worth noting that for the time being battery weight precludes use in vehicles but research is ongoing.
If mankind ever reaches “peak technology” we will surely be doomed.
//
Driven back into the stone age.
https://rumble.com/v4x1o70-this-comfirms-the-power-grid-will-collapse-and-no-one-is-ready-redacted-wit.html
“This CONFIRMS the power grid will COLLAPSE and no one is ready”
Redacted News
The Biden Administration just rolled out new rules at the EPA which will cause a total collapse of the U.S. power grid with 100% certainty. And no one is paying attention to this crisis.
We in the Land of the Long Brown Out are heading that way with roller skates on greased glass.
Never illustrated better than by the immigration of an extra 100,000 electricity users along with more wanky battery cars in a country overloaded by Greens opposing all forms of reliable extra generation.
No PHDs required to predict the outcome of capped supply + increased demand.
nasska, EVs only play a small part. banning of wood and coal burners/ mass uptake of heatpumps, extremely hungry data centres being proposed and built, is that new arc furnace still going ahead?, fonterror etc “decarbonising” and looking to transition away from coal, big “medical” weed growing facilities and then the huge rise in electronic gizmos, gadgets and devices everyone owns and uses.
and dont forget the muppets that want to build green hydrogen plants.
yup where the fuck is all the energy going to come from? we’re gunna need a few more clyde dams and maybe a twizel/tekapo canal system.or 2 built in the next decade to keep up…. yeah i know, im pissing myself laughing too as the taniwha and greens will take at least 30yrs of which 15are plagued by rolling blackouts before they agree/ suffuciently bribed to let the projects go ahead.
the best we can hope for is a real deadly pandemic that severely reduces the population so the current strained resources become abundant.
Need to create ‘crisis’ like the Auckland city folk did in 1994.
Carrying on with yik yak for years to try to get water from the Waikato river
1994 comes along. A few weeks of fine weather- unusual for auckland – and they hyped up the Scare machine.
Drought…. ah its worse there will be standpipes in the streets and you will get a bucket of water a day
yaddy yaddy yah
panic
solution – waikato water – from Taupo
As such, the auckland councils have not built any water dams since 1977 when the population was about $600,000
not even replacement dams
……”the best we can hope for is a real deadly pandemic that severely reduces the population so the current strained resources become abundant.”……
Won’t work out like that. Our WEF & UN controlled government (or what’s left of it) will invite the rest of the Middle East over to take our places.
The population of NZ when I was born in 1949 was 1,702,298………now it’s 5,265,434 (Worldmeter)
To them big is better. They can’t help themselves.
DELUSIONAL !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ty83uX0rx0
Racist Te Pāti Māori MP Should Be Banned, Pronto!
WhangareiTim
New Zealand Parliament – 23 May 2024:
This is simply a low-IQ clown show earning a high salary at the hard-working tax-payer’s expense, and she should be banned from parliament as soon as possible.
EMERGENCY MOBILE ALERT (26 MAY 2024)
This appeared in my FB feed this morning and DOESN’T seem to be receiving much publicity.
As forewarned is forearmed, I though it might be of interest.
‘The nationwide test of Emergency Mobile Alert will take place this Sunday 26th May between 6pm and 7pm.
The nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system is necessary to ensure the system works well.
Emergency Mobile Alerts are messages about emergencies sent by authorised emergency agencies. The alerts are designed to keep people safe and are broadcast to all capable phones from targeted cell towers.
The alerts are targeted to areas affected by serious hazards and will only be sent when there is a serious threat to life, health, or property, and, in some cases, for test purposes.
To get Emergency Mobile Alerts you need a phone capable of receiving Emergency Mobile Alerts. Your phone also needs to have cell reception and up-to-date software. You need to download an app or subscribe to a service.
Check if your phone can receive Emergency Mobile Alerts. If your phone is on the list, update it to the latest available operating system.
Check that your phone is eligible to receive national emergency alerts: https://getready.govt.nz/en/prepared/ema#e23727
If you do not want to be disturbed, please turn your phone off or switch it to Flight Mode during the test period.
You might also want to make sure your phone is away from sleeping infants, and that if it is linked to your hearing aid it’s probably a good idea to disconnect it during the test period.
Your phone needs to have an active connection to the mobile network. You won’t receive the Emergency Mobile Alert if your phone is off or in Flight Mode.
Emergency Mobile Alert may override Do Not Disturb and Silent Modes’.
Will they ķnow how many phones are turned off?
I turned my phone off when they did a test.
When I turned it back on hours later the screamer alarmism came out loud and clear.
Great lesson
https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/1793669674137464916
Love that.
Your Fired
https://x.com/iluminatibot/status/1793451011677250024
Love TRUMP more.
Is this mikeys lost girl friend?
Kea want’s to know
https://x.com/loopyrizla/status/1793556181853851826
https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1793738451407503491
My favorite dog breed
https://x.com/WyattCatarina/status/1793461788974936324
Mine too. Just don’t have enough room or time for one.
Had one for 14 years.
Grand daughter has a butter coloured one.
They’re incredibly smart but that doesn’t always work to your advantage. Heading dogs spend their lives observing you, watching what you do & figuring out how you’ll react to any given set of circumstances.
Instead of getting on with the job! 🙂
Umm..
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOP3H56asAElOZk?format=png&name=small
The Friday funnies!
They are all lefties
https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/1793674511230947822
New Apple feature will soon allow you to control your iPhones and iPads with your eyes
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1793401691049488879
Laws for some but not for others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar1bLldz09E
Sean Plunket Reflects on the Kiri Allan Saga
Interesting. I hadn’t heard the stalking theory before. Makes sense.
Jilted lover syndrome.
Batshit crazy
He calls her a stalker and an entitled gay maori!
Predictable violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOPUliPKgIA
Michael Laws Shares His Thoughts on the Dunedin Bus Hub Stabbing
Interesting that the police station is directly across the road too.
A good question from a face we all recognise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZTMNU-D44k
Change Makers: Guest Speaker Announcement
We’re excited to announce that our guest speaker at ACT’s 2024 rally will be veteran TV and radio presenter Paul Henry. Paul is a perfect storm of infectious wit, biting intelligence, and passion for the country. Get your tickets at act.org.nz/changemakers to share in a positive and exciting vision for New Zealand with Paul and the rest of the ACT Team.
……” Paul is a perfect storm of infectious wit, biting intelligence, and passion for the country.”……
They left out the part about him being a sanctimonious, self-opinionated knowall with an massive ego. I’ll never, so long as my arse points downwards forget the jumped up prick as not being gracious in defeat, lambasting Wairarapa voters as being “pig ignorant” when they didn’t vote for him in 1999.
He can go & get fucked!
P Henry probably rightly butt hurt after being beaten by a Trannie (G Beyer)
take the good with the bad nasska, id forgive him with your gripes purely for gifting us this gold…
https://youtu.be/40_2KyoGs-o?si=LuLj5gtt6rmk_Gz7
We will have nun of this behaviour here, so therefore it will be kept clean.
4 Nuns Confess Their Sins *Hilarious Punchline*
https://youtu.be/cVib1i31-D0
55 secs : 24th May 2024 : Mike and Joelle.
For things you can trust to be all good for the sparklers, & keeping the bottom end, spic & span.
Winston Peters
@winstonpeters
New Zealand First Member’s Bill to protect Freedom of Speech
Today New Zealand First will introduce a Member’s Bill that will protect New Zealander’s right of free speech.
The “Protection of Freedom of Expression Bill” will ensure that no organisation or individual, when acting within the law, is unreasonably denied use of a public venue for an organised event or gathering due solely to holding a differing opinion or belief.
It achieves this by setting out responsibilities for facilitating free speech in public venues.
“A vital part of a functioning democracy is to ensure that everyone can have their say within the law” says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“Public venues paid for by taxpayers and local ratepayers should be available to anyone wishing to utilise those venues, and not be exposed to the ‘thinly veiled totalitarian thought police’ that have become so prevalent in New Zealand.”
It will ensure that all organisations are granted freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of association, when acting within the law, utilising any publicly owned facility.
“This Bill upholds New Zealander’s right to freedom of expression and the right to say, ‘I disagree.’”
There have been multiple instances of public authorities and venues attempting to shut down, cancel, or censor organisations and speakers solely because they hold contrary views.
“This cancerous cancel culture is an attack on the very fabric of New Zealand society”.
As stated in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 – “everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.”
“New Zealand First will continue to defend the right of every New Zealander to exercise that freedom.”
“We refuse to accept these basic rights being taken away by certain pressure groups, causes, or influenced authorities.”
https://x.com/winstonpeters/status/1793812795852775468
FSU
https://x.com/NZFreeSpeech/status/1793847066344702371
But it’s friday. A non sitting day.
The scent of a woman.
https://x.com/cctvidiots/status/1793174605127094335
Braybots@1739
Perfume tastes vile (Don’t ask), but in the instance on the vid, it would be the alcohol which is the incentive.
In perfume this is of a type known as ‘Perfumer’s alcohol’, which, unlike the more widely-used used ‘rubbing’ or isopropyl alcohol, contains only ethanol and a denaturing substance called Bitrix, a chemical used simply for the purposes of making the alcohol undrinkable.
As we saw in the video, the Bitrix sometimes doesn’t work, and indeed can become addictive in a way similar to the better-known Methylated Spirits.
The end result is however, equally terminal!!
It’s in Russia, they drink anything there – vodka, anti-freeze, anything with alcohol in it is OK.
Shop assistant sent her packing!
No soy detected,
Shane Jones
@mangonui08
I don’t care about these woke, riddled munchkins who want to fry eggs on solar panels.
https://x.com/mangonui08/status/1793876877607854189
do we need to place bets on the colour of the 13yr old knife carrying scummer that stabbed the 16yr old brown kid to death in dunedin or is it just a given we know already without the need to even question it.
i dunno if the 16yr old started the scrap but ffs 13yr olds carrying knives and prepared to use them in a deadly fashion wtf has this country become. certainly much different childhoods to what i grew up, and most certainly different to you old folk on here.
anyone that says or believes they can fix this shit is fucked in the head, its only taken 1 or 2 generations to decline this much but itll take 5 or 6 minimum to fix…. but only if every govt had the same focus and goals which clearly they dont.
so really this is the “new normal”… well its not really cuz its gunna keep getting worse, alot worse imo. how long until a few get fed up and start dishing out vigilante justice? clearly our useless pigforce are completely useless and totally unreliable, i dont see many other options left except ppl having enough of this shit and taking the law into their own hands in the very near future.
btw if i were the family of the dead 16yr old id prepare yourselves for the 13yr old to get a group cuddle and be set free to be a pos menace to society and leave a trail of victims before he ever gets a good stint behind bars.
You may well be correct but I’ll still play Devil’s advocate.
A random website selected from Google suggests that the average 16YO boy is 1730mm & weighs 62kg while a 13YO would likely be 1560mm & 45kg. That is a hell of a difference in a fight.
If there had been unresolved bullying in the past the young bloke may have armed himself as protection. I’d like to wait & see how this pans out.
You obviously haven’t heard from his mate stating “he spread the love everywhere”. The kids will know who and what went down.
My questions are for the police as the central Dunedin police station is situated right across the road, there has been an ongoing violence with schoolies brawling or causing trouble at the same time every day for some period and not a cop to be seen. I guess it conflicted with smoko. Michael Laws said a security guard was employed but they have no ability other than their presence being a deterrent.
The way Laws was banging on about inter school punch ups you’d be excused for thinking that they’d only started last year. They were certainly doing well when I was at boarding school as any time any of us had to venture into town wearing colours (the college blazer) we’d end up in a punch up. Ditto at inter school sports where while the staff were fraternising with sweet sherry & cucumber sandwiches we’d be sorting it out in a scrap behind the changing sheds.
What has changed is the carrying of weapons & the lack of interest from the police. I’d put that down to their certain knowledge that if they put one of the little scrotes in front of a Youth Court Judge absolutely nothing useful will eventuate.
The cops or their leadership have obviously forgotten the benefits of a stitch in time or “broken windows” policy. The pendulum will swing back when there has been far too much violence and carnage.
I hope you’re right but as IAASB stated above it will take a while & a lot of co-ordination between the public/parents/police/judiciary before we’ll see any relief from ultra violence which is rapidly becoming ingrained in society.
At 13yrs old will he be laughing all the way out of the dock on age alone. Add in the special maori only get out of jail card. He’s laughing all the way home!
Remember the 12 year old convicted in the pizza delivery killing?
In 2001 Bailey Junior Kurariki (born May 15, 1989) was involved in the murder of pizza delivery man Michael Choy in Papakura, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Kurariki was later convicted of manslaughter. He was 12 years and 252 days old the day Choy was killed, making him the youngest person … Wikipedia
yup but do you remeber back then WG that judges actually handed out half decent sentences, today bailey woudve just got a whanau conference and made to sing a karakia.
CALIFORNIA TO TAX DRIVERS $1 FOR EVERY 3 MILES
Legislators are attempting to test out a new concept of fitting cars with transponders so they can collect 30 cents per mile driven as electric vehicle owners have led to a loss of state revenue which used to be collected via gas tax.
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1793867364313821196
Govt. of NZ rights a wrong.
Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles need to have a road user charges licence
15 March 2024
From 1 April 2024, electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles need to start paying road user charges.
https://motortraders.mbie.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-notices/electric-vehicles-and-plug-in-hybrid-electric-vehicles-need-to-have-a-road-user-charges-licence/
We are ahead of them thank goodness.
Poor man. Only passenger on early trip across a flat harbour from Days Bay/Eastbourne side. Staff discovered he was no longer on board after the ferry arrived in central Wellington.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/24/search-for-man-missing-overboard-from-wellington-ferry-continues/
The man is described as being in his 40s, fair skinned, around 180cm tall with darker hair.
“If you have just got home and have a family member or friend who matches this description who has not returned home as expected, please contact police.”
Conditions on the harbour this morning were very still, Jonsson said, and the ferry was mostly secure for passenger safety.
US House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Creating CBDC
https://watcher.guru/news/us-house-votes-to-approve-cbdc-anti-surveillance-state-act?c=127
Selective recession?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOUESrmaYAAd-K5?format=png&name=small
Biden said this past week people should stop moaning because they have the money to pay for goods.
The global data trade is likely to affect all of us in some form. But it may have a particularly harsh impact on people whose digital trace data links them to behaviours such as drug use or minor offending such as small-scale drug trading.The Conversation/
‘Facebook probably knows I sell drugs’ – how young people’s digital footprints can threaten their future prospects.
Social media and messaging apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Messenger are increasingly used to buy and sell drugs in many countries. New Zealand is no exception.
This trend is particularly popular among young people, who are often involved in trading recreational drugs such as cannabis and MDMA. These deals are generally small scale, which means people believe the risks of getting caught and facing legal action are low.
But our new research shows how drug-linked “digital trace data” may lead to unexpected consequences in the future. Young people could see their data sold and used against them by job recruiters, insurance companies and others for decades to come.
https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/127931/%E2%80%98facebook-probably-knows-i-sell-drugs%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-how-young-people%E2%80%99s-digital-footprints
Teachers dilemma.😀
https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1793665440394469508
Ross Stitt looks at why the Australian and New Zealand housing markets have diverged
Since 2023, the two markets have diverged with house prices in Australia rising strongly while those in NZ have largely stagnated. There are likely numerous reasons for the divergence including a kiwi cash rate sitting 1.15% higher than its Aussie counterpart and a relatively weaker kiwi economy.
Last week the Assistant Governor (Economic) of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sarah Hunter, gave a speech entitled ‘Housing Market Cycles and Fundamentals’. It’s useful in explaining fluctuations in Australian house prices since 2020 and it sheds light on the supply and demand factors that will influence the market in the immediate future.
Many of those factors are relevant to the NZ market.
https://www.interest.co.nz/property/127927/ross-stitt-looks-why-australian-and-new-zealand-housing-markets-have-diverged
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi is to make unprecedented changes to its structure, with rūnanga staff feeling the brunt of the proposed changes.
A consultation document leaked to Te Ao Māori News finds Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi has been running at a loss of, on average, $500,000 a year. To cover future losses, the rūnanga is proposing a complete reduction of staff numbers, from the current 19 positions to only six.
Positions under threat include the chief executive’s office, governance and support, natural resources, and hapū development.
Under the proposed structure, a tumu whakarae (general manager engagement and strategy) will sit under the current board, with two niho whakarae (strategic managers) and an administration executive with two part-time positions.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/more-than-half-of-jobs-to-go-at-te-runanga-a-iwi-o-ngapuhi/WHSJMPC46VC7DAKYZT4F2EIE6I/?
Those job losses are due to colonialism.
Job cuts: 17 per cent reduction in jobs at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
he Ministry for Culture and Heritage is the latest public sector to slash jobs, with staff being offered voluntary redundancy.
A 17.6 per cent reduction in jobs was announced today as part of measures to reach the Government’s 6.5 per cent budget savings target.
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage chief executive Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae said it had been an unsettling time for staff and the wider public service.
“We’ve known we’ve had to reduce our budget for some time as time-limited funding was coming to an end and we have been able to use attrition and a recruitment freeze to minimise the impact on personnel.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/job-cuts-17-per-cent-reduction-in-jobs-at-ministry-for-culture-and-heritage/RBRMA7B3NNAHFLPA3C7DMJLHAM/
V2 had better look after his marbles. His local hospital offers grim treatment to those who become disorientated by dementia:
…….”Tauranga Hospital admits images of an elderly patient lying on the floor calling out for help are “distressing” and “confronting” but says they lack context. The woman who took them, Kim Meredith, says they represent just a fraction of the “horrific” treatment she claims she witnessed.”……
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350258969/somebody-help-video-shows-alleged-elder-neglect-hospital
As we know there is always more to the story.
Very few demetia patients remain there these days. They are assessed and then moved to a secure unit at one of the Retirement villages.
If they assess you as having dementia and without someone who can fully care for you, then you are given no option. Not allowed to return home. If the other half is frail or in some way cannot cope then off to the secure ity of the village.
They don;t allow a person to go home because of the issues that arise such as safety and their ability to wander off which then ties up a lot of resources. Often those with dementia can become violent towards the people they love as well. They have no recollection of that often,
Dementia can also be confused with Parkinsons as there are from memory 30 types of Parkinsons and many do not exhibit the trembling that you often see.
Its not a nice thing. With Parkinsons people can lose their strength and mobilelit yet be 100% mentally. Its rather cruel.
Confessions from the editor.
FIRST TIME TO HAVE SEX.
I entered a shop and bought a pack with three condoms, I looked at them curiously for a while wondering how on earth I could use them.
The Lady at the counter noticed my puzzlement and asked sincerely, ”Have you ever used a condom?
Do you know how to put it on?” I blushed and said, “No!” The lady took one condom and opened it and wore it on her thumb as an example.
“This is how you put it. You have to make sure its tight!”
I was even more puzzled by this. I was just an innocent young man. She noticed how shy and confused I was.
“You must be a virgin,” she said teasingly. “Have you ever had sex?”… She asked.. l said, ”No!” Then she looked around the shop; there was no one but just the two of us.
She called me behind the counter, opened the door leading to the back rooms and invited me in. She quickly locked the door.
She told me to hurry up… “We don’t have time!” She said. She pulled her short skirt up, her panty down, opened her legs and layed her back on a table. I was really shaking!
Then she told me to wear the condom on just like she had demonstrated to me. I did, and she pulled me close, and oh yes! there, I as right deep inside her wet sweet flesh. ……
But Oh My God no, in just two minutes inside it was just too much and I came, tsaaa tsaaa I WAS DONE!!
The lady felt it too, she felt the hot fluid inside her, and asks me, ”Did you put the condom on like I told you?” “Yes I did. Just like you showed me!” I replied.
She says, ”Lets see!” (I showed her) “Oh shit!” she screamed. “You are supposed to wear it on your PENIS not on your THUMB, you fool…!!!..
That’s how I became a dad. I am off to buy pampers😭”
The Moral Of The Story!
Out of ignorance, 99% of marriages were formed in this manner. No, proper counseling or education.
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Our ore going out.
Check out our MinRes transhippers in action delivering first ore on ship for the transformational Onslow Iron project.
Around 113,000 wet metric tonnes of iron ore is now being loaded into the Lan Hua Hai vessel anchored 40km offshore from the Port of Ashburton – destined for our venture partner China Baowu Steel Group, the world’s largest steelmaker.
Congratulations to everyone involved in achieving this significant milestone. 👏
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