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Finnish scientists trucked in real forest dirt and grass and laid it over the gravel at four daycare yards. They let the kids dig around in it for a month. The blood tests came back with changes the researchers hadn’t expected to see so fast or so clear.
The study ran at ten daycares in two Finnish cities with 75 kids aged three to five. Four of the yards got the forest treatment: about a tennis court worth of soil and grass laid over the gravel, plus planters and peat blocks the kids could dig and climb on. Three others stuck with their normal gravel yards. The last three were daycares where the kids were already visiting real forests every day.
After one month, the variety of bacteria living on the kids’ skin shot up, and the kind that helps train the skin’s immune defenses jumped the most. Their gut bacteria started to look like the gut bacteria of the forest-visiting kids. Their blood showed more of the immune cells whose job is to keep the body from freaking out at harmless stuff like pollen and peanuts, and overall inflammation dropped. The kids on the plain gravel yards showed none of this.
Childhood asthma in the US doubled between 1980 and 1995. Food allergies in kids jumped 50 percent between 1997 and 2011, then jumped another 50 percent between 2007 and 2021. And peanut allergies in one-year-olds tripled between 2001 and 2017.
The Finnish researchers think one of the reasons is simple: kids today don’t get dirty enough. 37 percent of American preschoolers now spend an hour or less outside on a normal weekday. Their immune systems are getting trained in environments stripped of the bacteria humans have always lived around.
Aki Sinkkonen, who led the study, put it in plain words: “It would be best if children could play in puddles and everyone could dig organic soil.” The Finnish government is now helping pay for daycares across the country to make the same changes.
*cough*, scratches balls..mornin
your balls or ya missus balls?
Stop fantasising out loud, Stoopid. What happens in ya farmhouse stays in ya farmhouse.
whoops, my bad/////
hey hunty, my mates off to thailand next month for 2 weeks of degeneracy. he started off a few weeks ago grossed out at the prospect of ladyboys to now last night saying “fuck it ya only live once” but hes annoyed to find out that apparently ladyboys cost more, is that true?
in all honestly tho i half expect him to not come back cuz hes a powdered drug loving muppet so will probs end up buying dodgy product or buying from dodgy cop sting.
Wouldn’t have a clue what a ladyboy costs. Where is he landing? I can give him some direction if it’s his first time. First off..Never admit to them “first time Thailand”. Tell him to say ” nah come here all the time fifo”. That way, he won’t get ripped off. They all pray on first-timer farangs. Taxi drivers, hookers, bar staff, everyone.
ill let him know about the being a regular hack.
think pattaya? then heading an hour or 2 from there i cant remember where and in not a geography wiz.
is there a bride shop there? hes about given up on kiwi girls so i told him to find a mail order and stick a few postage stamps on her and send her to nz.
That asthma getting at u?
Not enough dirty play?
There are no farmers daughters, within cooey.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐃𝐅 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇∗𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐙𝐀
The Israel Defense Forces announced that troops have dismantled 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐇∗𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 in northern Gaza during a major engineering operation, and released a 3D illustration mapping the network so the world could see the scale.
The same operation took down 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 — weapons stores, launch positions, command nodes, and the soft network of houses and clinics H∗mas weaponized for cover.
Seven miles is not a corridor. It is a city under a city, built over years, financed by hundreds of millions in international aid the world told itself was going to schools and hospitals. The Israeli engineering corps just walked the world through a fraction of what that money actually built.
The next time a U.S. congressman, a UN official, or a European diplomat demands an immediate ceasefire “𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯”, the right answer is the IDF’s 3D map. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞.
𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘍𝘰𝘹𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
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M.A. Rothman
Full clip on X: https://x.com/i/status/2059357407592223080
hilarious, the orange retard repeatedly spurts utter bullshit about impending deals and he thinks thats all fine and dandy but the moment iran releases details that are probably closer to the truth then anything the orange retard spurts he gets all upset and starts threatening to bomb another country.
even his buddies are saying the orange retards deal is pretty much just obamas plan… the same obama plan the orange retard scrapped and says was so so bigly bad.
anyways no deal is imminent cuz the orange retard now thinks iran peace deal means many countries should sign a deal saying they have to be nice to those who truly control america and its president, plus to upset those same puppet masters iran wants the utter scum jews attack and massive land grab to end in lebanon… something the jews will never agree to esp if it involves handing the land back.
this was never really about iran, it was all about expanding israels territory into lebanon, absolute crickets on it aswell, why…. cuz pointing out bad things jews do is anti semetic. the jews are the middle east version of maori here and can do no wrong and get endless special treatment cuz someone done bad things a long time ago so they get to be corrupt and thuggish pieces of shit with impunity.
Just for stoopidboy a help to cure your tds
https://x.com/texas_jeep__guy/status/2059634180653302071?s=46
Tick, tick, tick,
https://rumble.com/v7agtq0-the-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-just-exploded.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Just EXPLODED!!!
Dr Steve Turley
“When Iran realises the leverage they thought they had is gone…”
You gotta get over your TDS. You think Biden was better? You think the black C Obumma was better?
B.O.B. Bush, Obama, Biden. They should all be rotting on death row for treason and embezzlement.
IIASB has TDS really bad. Trump is undoing in Iran what BOB spent a Trillion building – financing the building of nuclear weapons.
nope, all 3 are equally as shit.
its not tds its just stating facts of whats happing right now.
you dumb pieces of shit are deluded and think trump can do no wrong.
youre also so fucking dumb and arrogant to acknowledge his epic failure and fuckup aswell as how shit the world is about to get all cuz trumps ego cant accept loss and cant accept that iran has the better hand for negotiations.
if it dosent get resolved soon then i hope you ignorant fucks come back to these comments and realise how fucking wrong you dumb fucks were 🙂 ill sure as hell be goin “fucking told ya so”
feel free to mock me for it too, but trump cant find a permanent fix to his epic fuck up within the next month or so hes fucked and the rest of the world suffers big time for his mistake.
the only bonus will be his impeachment.
he shouldve stuck to “america first” he was doing fucking good until it derailed and turned into israel first
“NURSE”…stoppids frothing at the bung again…
…that iran has the better hand for negotiations.
Terrorism is not a hand.
no its not and thats why american terrorism is failing trying to deal with iran.
trump has a weak hand, only threats of more bombing which clearly iran gives zero fucks about.
iran can wait longer then trump has got and they know it.
trump will soon be impeached and removed from office if things get any worse and earns him a midterm wipeout. likely criminal procedings will follow and he’ll beat killary into a prison cell which would be pretty hilarious.
the iran regime will far outlast the trump regime, iran will be back to nuke stuff within a few short years and trumps epic failure will become even more epic and remembered for the 100% justification and reasoning as to why iran must procure nukes at all costs.
Lol. Watch your blood pressure.
its best its been for long time 🙂
i think trolling is like drone fishing… cast a bit of bait, kick back, relax and wait for some nibbles. excellent past time and good for the soul
All shits and giggles!
No, he’s trolled so often, he even believes it himself.
If SB continually tried to wind us up by bragging about how many sheep he’s shagged, in what positions and how each sheep responded, after a while you’d start to believe he is a sheep shagger.
Often true words are spoken in jest.
Stupid Boy should find a more positive topic.
you ever thought the same about your exaggerated vax bullshit?
if you dont believe me then why dont you dumb fucks spend 5mins and check out for yourself the massive global oil problem that will result if trumps fuckup isnt resolved very soon?
is it cuz head in the sand or fingers in ears going la la la la means its not real and cant happen?
point out where im wrong, its all factual its just littered with insult but facts are still facts.
Spoken like a closet lefty.
Check out current the oil price.
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil
WHEN this conflict is resolved. there will be a oil glut and the price will drop to $60 a barrel
whoosh, over your head it goes.
yup eventually itll drop, but go look at the implications should this shit continue into july/august. by then the market will be a shitstorm of panic and come early september a true shitstorm will arrive.
if trump cant sort hormuz then hes gunna have to beg russia big time but even then its probs futile as ukraine has been knocking out refineries etc
go look, you tell me to dyor. compare global daily refining with global oil production and ask yourself where that shortfall comes from.
then go check out the reserves theyre drawing on and how long theyll last at current rate.
“its international waters, no one can control it”…. says the piece of shit thats naval blockade front of hormuz, venezuela and cuba.
Sky News Australia
·
Iran is on the brink of collapse.
Yes the country that has been ravaged by war waged on them by the mighty United States is unsurprisingly at breaking point.
weve heard ukraine being on the brink of collapse for almost 4 years now.
weve heard cuba on the brink of collapse for a while now aswell but still yet to happen.
just cuz propaganda says something, dosent make it true.
WOW, watch the swarm!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeIQmZ74K_M
It’s not a conspiracy anymore..
Marco Rubio and the American State Department just stated in plain letters that the UN has facilitated deliberate mass and replacement migration to the West
So the Moana Pacific rugby team goes into liquidation owing the NZ taxpayer 2.75million and Winston’s wanting to give them more.
brown folk + taxpayer handouts + missing funds/ gone tits up = no suprise
Poo skins. It’s all they know.
The way Winston is going he’s starting to make the Greens look useful. I’m starting to think voting for someone with dementia who speaks in riddles is a very bad idea.
time you did.
What is it with the smarmy, know it all, Nicola Willis who talks down to the Taxpayers of this country as if they should be in a Special Needs Unit at a Primary School?
I heard her last night on TV during the Debate in Parliament following a dumb question from Labour on todays Budget, turn to the Speaker at the end of her answer, yet again say, “Just one more sleep, Mr Speaker.”
Why does this over paid smug woman think New Zealanders are all children and have to be spoken too, as if they are all under the age of 5, simple and retarded?
Well, she is talking about the other MP’s and not the taxpayers.
Which bit did you miss?
I agree AH, a very accurate description of our smug and inept globalist? finance minister. She clearly does not make the economic decisions for the benefit of NZ.
That look on the face of Mei Heron from the morning dross they use in the ads is the epitome of condescension. Wish I was that good.
She definitely super hot and a big improvement on the usual tired leftie hags tvnz rolls out
Keep working on it Darling and you will achieve greatness and enhanced smugness.
“Darling? Funny name for a guy isn’t it? Last person I called darling was pregnant twenty seconds later.”
Friend. Reach out. Help is at hand.
steady freddy may be easier to obtain?
Look on the bright side, I’ve got pomposity and smugness down pat.
Belgium just convicted Dries Van Langenhove for “hate speech” because he linked mass migration to crime and social decline during a university lecture using statistics and scientific sources.
The judge openly admitted the facts themselves were not false.
That’s the terrifying part.
The ruling basically says you can still be punished even when what you say is true, if the government decides your framing is politically unacceptable.
He’s already spent over €420,000 fighting these cases and says more prosecutions are coming.
Welcome to Europe
Source: @DVanLangenhove
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2059482727716376790
PJW has just posted this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf89IDphl6Y
Thanks Alice, as this seem to becoming a crazy crazy world, that mandates that every one must comply, or they will be made to suffer.
In the vein as a Canada’s authorities have aligned themselves.
One can not use the governmental data, information, and spread it around like as Nicholas Jordan Wagter (a biophysics researcher with a background at Western University) believes that China exercises undue influence.
https://www.boredpanda.com/biophysics-grad-detained-amid-controversial-videos-based-on-psychiatrist-opinion/
Is he being treated for schizophrenia when some may say he has major paranoia’s about governmental policies or just wanting people to be more aware of what the Canadian government is legislating & aligning with.
So the government seems to be curing some problematic people.? & who else will be included?
How convenient,! ! ! as touched on the in Utube clip below.
Canada doctors gets mentally ill man into MAID after assessment in a parking lot.
https://youtu.be/oCmtmAbAj4s
2 mins 09 seconds : May 27th 2026 :
(Tim Horton = a franchise, like basically a McDonalds run by people from India, owned by Brazilians and named after a Canadian Hockey Player)
Some would figure the government, deep state, owns the medical system, and where do the psychiatrist’s fit in with that?
As in Ed’s above meme on Homer Simpson “How to fix it” “Stop trusting politicians to do it”.
Many countries have gone down the track, gained the tools, that You are their’s to own & control as they see fit, even to dispose You.
It seem this is how some countries are getting more inline with Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago” of medical & judiciary controls.
…..”Mother-of-two, 44, took her own life using ‘suicide kit’ delivered to her door by Royal Mail, inquest hears”……
https://x.com/DailyMail/status/2059213333425742210
Say what you like, if they’d used Aramex she’d still be here.
I guess that if a country is sufficiently woke as to consider appointing a Sex Discrimination Commissioner a good idea then getting them to check on whether the appointee was sane wouldn’t be top of the list of things to do.
From https://x.com/ausvstheagenda/status/2059182216438309140
#. “If a transgender woman (man) is denied a job because they said they intend to have children, then this is discrimination “on the basis on POTENTIAL pregnancy.”
H/T RCR Bites
I watched that last night, could have been copied from Monty Python Life of Brian. back then it was comedy.
Who would employ a tranny anyway?
Someone who likes the “Top of the Pops!”
Do they still have the geegees on radio
ysbs resident grumble guts, know it all and sole tax/ratepayer of nz is rubbing his hands together with glee at the new bill drawn from the ballot requiring landlords to supply curtains in every dwelling.
just imagine the boom in curtain cleaning after the ferals wipe their arses and cum covered cocks n pussies on the curtains that will then require cleaning before the next tennant moves in!!!
Where did you see that? In ya dreams. Only been home 24 hours and you have gone loopy.
do keep up old chap, its a bill drawn from the ballot.
and ive been back here in the south 77hrs and 35mins thank you!
Stop showing off with you sex count!
Just imagine the boom in curtain cleaning after the ferals wipe their arses and cum covered cocks n pussies on the curtains that will then require cleaning before the next tennant moves in!!!
Such detail!
There are some ideas and images that never enter your consciousness until someone speaks from their experiences as an ill behaved youth.
Nice reply.
And we do get them, not quite that bad, but people have accidents and misadventures.
Never known of one as a cock wiper. That would be something only SB would do.
ive been a renter before, never a bene bludger type tho but same applies… where else is one to wipe it?
in a freezing cold slum, esp in the depths of southland winter one dosent want to dash to the dunny and we’re slighlty civilized enough and smart enough not to wipe it on the bedsheets where ones self would roll in it!
curtains it is 🙂 …. now vikey realises he should immediately halt trying to sniff and taste test the flavour youghurt that seems to be always spilled waist height on the back of curtains.
Who was the fuckwit MP who came up with that?
helen white. if the coalition get re elected then it probs has little hope of going anywheres.
meanwhile, has anyone checked out the new stalking laws that came into effect?
i hear a bit of noise about it and while im sure the intent was good it seems theres the potential to be highly misused as theres a very low bar to cross to get charged. i see plenty of exes weaponising it for more ammo in family court etc aswell as woke folk/perpetually outraged just making up bullshit to get folk cancelled.
on the plus side, it could easily be weaponised against the leftist media.
Stalkers get a warning the first time. If they pose a creepy threat more than once then they deserve to be charged before the stalking escalates.
go check out their definition of stalking tho…
Specified Stalking Acts:
Watching, following, loitering near, or obstructing a person.
Recording or tracking a person (digital, drone, or physical).
Unwanted contacting or communicating.
Damaging, devaluing, or interfering with property or pets.
Damaging a person’s reputation or relationships.
Publishing material about a person (including “doxing” or sharing private info)
myself and vikey could get each other charged by 8am most days, also “publishing material about a person” is pretty fucking vague. its pretty much online hate speech laws dressed up as stalking laws.
unwanted contact or communication… by by telemarketers and scam calls////
damaging reputation or relationships, once again very broad and activists etc could easily get caught up in this.
im guessing the recording and tracking thing means no digital id, big brother etc. the govts stalking me, arrest and jail them ////////
The Wellington women who have shared Excel spreadsheets about various guys on town might have to watch out for the publishing material about a person and damaging reputation and relationships.
As will the similar national Facebook groups
Try putting yourself in the position of women who can’t defend themselves physically against a stronger male.
Big, hairy and scary against small, weaker and vulnerable. Creepy meter off the chart.
While your concerns as stated are valid there is absolutely no reason to think that the sisterhood won’t weaponise this broad based legislation against men.
They did it with one sided revenge custody battles designed to wipe fathers out of their kids’ lives & this will give them heaps more ammunition.
Not being a member of the psycho sisterhood that hadn’t occurred to me. A safe system doesn’t work with the mentally ill in control.
are you actually that retarded you think this law is only for/applies to one sex?
im all for law against actual creeper stalkers but this isnt what the legislation is for, its much broader and orwellian.
Don’t forget that he’s also a money grubbing slum landlord too. Indeed his portfolio of ill maintained, over priced hovels where the poor are rendered destitute via rent gouging extends through to Rotorua.
Coming so soon after being forced to install second hand heat pumps supplying curtains will be a major. He’ll cut six inches off the bottom of each curtain laundered at his Greerton business & sew the remnants together or trawl the bargain bins at the local Sallies shop rather than untie the money bag.
The expense! The humanity! 🙂
Your LDS is showing again…
I prefer to refer to my talent as an alarm system finally attuned to detect grifters & charlatans at extended distances & warn others accordingly. Regrettably there always exist a small minority who won’t be helped on YSB & even my home front as events that unfolded last weekend tend to prove.
Another of our granddaughters has maternity in mind so her & her long term soaking wet but pleasant partner are in savings mode. To help this along they’re moving in with his parents & shifted out of their flat two weeks ago. Nice place, about eight years old, their tenancy of three years being the first since it was bought as an investment property. They looked after it. Even my ball & chain who helped the GD with the final cleanup & took photos afterwards described it as spotless.
So on Saturday when they called in home I was surprised when they announced that their $2000 bond had been pruned by $280 for carpet cleaning. Apparently the ripoff landlord had arbitrarily decided she wanted it done & her “agent” filled out the refund form accordingly.
One of the advantages of retiring reasonably well off is being able to afford legal scraps & naturally I was overjoyed at the prospect of round or two with the arseholes. No such luck as the dozy GD had accepted the deduction & countersigned the form.
I’m still on the outer having clearly stated that neither her nor her partner should be allowed past their gate without adult supervision.
Cleaning carpets is not unusual.
And you could argue all you like its been well determined. Who knows what cocks were cleaned on the carpet.
Ask SB for a fuller explanation
The landlord absolutely can’t do that. They have to consult with the tenants before deducting money and getting cleaning done.
I’d suggest that even if the carpets weren’t in the state they were when the tenants moved in, that the landlord should have given the tenants the opportunity first, to clean the carpets or have them cleaned.
Take the bugger to the Tenancy Tribunal. An almost certain win for the tenants, IMO.
I will always agree with you that there are some real arsehole landlords out there, but do get annoyed with your blanket condemnation of them.
They can’t force it, but it will be in their tenancy agreement. And the place has to be left reasonably clean. Amateur rug doctor stuff doesn’t count.
The Citizens Advice Bureau on their web page last updated 2 Dec 2025 state states;
“You are entitled to get your bond refunded at the end of your tenancy if you have taken reasonable care of the property and:
No mention of commercial carpet cleaning. Although “reasonably clean & tidy” is subjective the carpet & indeed the entire flat was left as clean as any 8YO property & fittings could be.
I would argue it as far as I was allowed to take the dispute but the GD’s acceptance has killed my interest in pursuing the matter.
FJA’s criticism of my “blanket condemnation” of landlords would be easier to accept if I met one, just one, who wasn’t a complete arsehole.
Didn’t see the part where they agreed to it. Sheesh
Would you call $430 a week for a 3-bedroom nice house in a nice suburb rent-seeking? Unfortunately, of late its getting eaten up in the govt and local body charges. Tenants I have, have been in their houses for a long time.
I agree Viking. Tenants are getting a very, very sweet deal.
yes
Apart from the backwoods, tell me where you would find one in an urban area.
Mostly its getting up around 250 per bedroom, depending on the type of house.
im not arguing the current market prices, you asked if its rentseeking i replied yes.
dosent change anything, dosent mean youre any worse than anyone else infact it is a good deal in comparison but i still think rents going over more then a few hundred bux is shithouse but then again its driven by house prices which are extremely bullshit and over inflated.
last time i paid rent i was fucked off when it went from 120 to 150 lol, that was in 2013. got a farm job that came with a house and moved out in protest.
same shithole is 450 now, its even more run down then when we were there… its not worth more then $80 today yet 450 it is cuz continual govt interference in housing and rental market.
Built a house lately, then?
Even a nice tidy 3-bed and section costs a shit load, and if someone is not going to get a capital gain, then the investment makes no sense.
But you know that.
Second-hand houses in a normal market reflect the cost of new ones, especially in areas that have a small amount of old housing but have a lot of growth.
That applies now to many towns in the North Island. Then there are the factors of demand around schooling.
Seems people don’t mind driving for miles for work.
Don’t understand that Myself.
Waste of one’s life driving and sitting in queues.
yea i know, im just saying its all bullshit and every aspect of the housing market is fucked and over inflated.
we need a LVT to sort it out and make speculation unattractive.
the driving thing makes me scratch my head, i have mates that will drive an hour each way to work cuz the jobs paid an extra 1.50 an hour on their last job which is chewed up on fuel and they lose 2hrs per day ffs.
any unpaid commute should be factored into ones workday hours and divide wages into it to work out what that jobs really paying them.
the amount of life wasted away unpaid in traffic is unreal.
with todays technology im fucked if i know why so many need to live in congested areas and why the govt dosent incentivise spreading the population out. with the rise of wfh and online jobs the regions and half dead rural towns should be quite attractive but city folk seem intent on living a misery just to have a maccas, overpriced coffee and malls they cant afford to visit within walking distance.
bang for buck in most regions would be near double what it is in auckland etc.
Gervais morning laugh
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Iphs0tr-tPI
No Hugging
short 😂
The absolute bias and obvious partisan position of the MSM shown with either documents are available or they are not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDwWvdsoHc
Michael Laws calls out more MSM bias – the differing treatments for Luxon’s OIA botch and Aly Cook’s OIA vax smoking gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUowkphLgA
Trump Ends ‘Iran Deal’ Hopes – Explosion In Tehran – IRGC Attack In London
Tousi TV
Maya Tousi: “President Trump has rejected every single demand coming from the Islamic regime.”
“The weirdos trying to shift the narrative are wrong”
Today the Government released its 2026 Budget, and it delivers for licenced firearm owners.
As the Minister responsible for firearms law reform, I’m putting in the work to deliver fair and practical rules that respect licence holders. But without the funding to implement it, the cost of doing so would have fallen on LFOs.
Thanks to the Government’s disciplined focus on cutting waste, Budget 2026 has been able to invest where it matters. This includes $44.9 million to implement the new Arms Act and establish Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand – the new independent firearms regulator.
Without this funding, the firearms system was facing a major shortfall. That could have meant firearms licence fees increasing to up to six and a half times their current level.
That would have been unmanageable for many licenced firearm owners. With ACT in Government, that’s not happening.
For years, licenced firearm owners have been targeted, blamed, and vilified. Rushed firearm law changes under the Labour-NZ First Government in 2019 treated you as the problem, while criminals and gangs continued to ignore the law.
After everything LFOs have been through, hiking fees before the benefits of the new system have even been delivered would have compounded years of unfair treatment.
ACT said we would stand up for licenced firearm owners and we are delivering.
This Budget funding means firearms licensing fees will not need to increase for at least two years.
A well-functioning firearms system benefits the whole country. It supports public safety, pest control, conservation, hunting, sport shooting, and rural communities.
This funding will help deliver the reforms we have fought for.
In addition, ACT continues to oppose the costly, bureaucratic firearms registry. We have been clear from the start that it creates privacy and security risks for LFOs, while doing nothing to stop criminals who do not register firearms in the first place.
We have not won every argument. That is the reality of coalition government. But we are making real, practical progress for firearms owners after years of being ignored.
The Bill is progressing, the reforms are funded, service will be improved, and there are no fee hikes for licensing or renewals.
Step by step, we are replacing the broken old system with one that is fair, practical, and built to last.
Nicolle McKee
I wonder what the public reaction will be when, in due course, they find out how much taxpayer money has been wasted on the firearms register and how little it has achieved in terms of improving public safety, its stated aim. Let us not forget that the Canadians wasted 2 billion dollars on their registry (against specific recommendations from NZ Police who they asked for advice) before abandoning it as useless. It is worth remembering that only ACT is campaigning against the registry.
Wah wah wah No money for maori health in the budget. Whats the difference between maori health and anybody elses health?
If the bludgers and others looked after themselves better, there would be no significant difference.
ACC are training frontline staff on Rongoa Maori healing, which sounds as useful as Rake healing or drinking camel piss.
no extra money for maori health = no more opportunity to syphon money into back pockets under gobbledegook gibberish sounding iniatives like karikia chant healing and stick rubbing. then theres the endless cultural consultants, koha and general grift and theft that goes on in every department
Didn’t TPM announce “maori genes are superior”. So which is it, do maori have superior genes or is “maori health vulnerable?” 🦾 🤒
Can’t be both!
That’s colonialist! Off to the re-education camp!
The ones that enable them to give kids the bash are certainly well developed.