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voiceless anal fricative
May 6, 2007

Infotainment! posted:

The way this was handled has absolutely nothing to do with incompetence or officers not understanding the law.

Not that anyone is really suggesting otherwise, but I can't echo this enough^

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Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Pararoid posted:

Could you gently caress off please? Honestly, do we really need this literal 'dad joke' level of humor on every second page?

If you started to get too picky about the humour in this thread then there wouldn't be any posts in it.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Pararoid posted:

Could you gently caress off please? Honestly, do we really need this literal 'dad joke' level of humor on every second page?

Ha, yeah, like we're gonna listen to a south islander. :rolleyes:

Pararoid
Dec 6, 2005

Te Waipounamu pride

Butt Wizard posted:

If you started to get too picky about the humour in this thread then there wouldn't be any posts in it.

It's just not amazingly funny when nationally, but particularly in the South Island we are seeing a massive drop off in political interest. People come into this thread and try to get involved in what is usually a decently interesting discussion and they get mocked for not talking about Auckland.

I get that you think it's super witty but it's actually really boring for everyone except you two.

cptn_dr
Sep 7, 2011

Seven for beauty that blossoms and dies


Ivor Biggun posted:

In unrelated news name supression for a prominent New Zealander is scheduled to expire on the 19th, or "until the appeal is heard" according to the Herald

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11404727

5pm March 19th according to Stuff

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/66400646/Prominent-New-Zealander-in-court-on-indecent-assault-charges

6 o'clock news broadcast tomorrow might be interesting.

Did this happen?

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
the prominent new zealander has submitted an 11th-hour appeal to retain name suppression; media are seeking an urgent hearing.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Pararoid posted:

It's just not amazingly funny when nationally, but particularly in the South Island we are seeing a massive drop off in political interest. People come into this thread and try to get involved in what is usually a decently interesting discussion and they get mocked for not talking about Auckland.

I get that you think it's super witty but it's actually really boring for everyone except you two.

You should probably lighten the gently caress up you mopey oval office.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Infotainment! posted:

Has everyone forgotten that one of these assholes is the son of a high ranking police officer?

The way this was handled has absolutely nothing to do with incompetence or officers not understanding the law.

Setting aside the crime for a second, because the form of criminal behaviour these boys engaged in is abhorrent, the dealing of the situation just leaves the police open to accusations like this. It's also why I am pissed off. There are some really decent high ranking cops in our police, a few really good ones too but you then have to wonder what the hell has happened. Under age sex crime, no charges, after all the soul searching the commissioned officers did after not so recent events...


I'm going to leave it there.


***

I bone a South Island bird on a regular basis and my children are half South Island. My inlaws are getting hosed over by the shittiness of Christchurch admin.

But I still like to wind them up because they are from the South Island and it's easy to do :chord:

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Exclamation Marx posted:

the prominent new zealander has submitted an 11th-hour appeal to retain name suppression; media are seeking an urgent hearing.


Naturally :rolleyes:

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
Guys could you puhleeze stop calling my city of Hamilton a backwater meth-fueled STD infested shithole you're making everyone bored :rolleyes:

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Put your cowbell down

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Guys could you puhleeze stop calling my city of Hamilton a backwater meth-fueled STD infested shithole you're making everyone bored :rolleyes:

Can you stop conflating Palmy with Hamilton

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Pararoid posted:

It's just not amazingly funny when nationally, but particularly in the South Island we are seeing a massive drop off in political interest. People come into this thread and try to get involved in what is usually a decently interesting discussion and they get mocked for not talking about Auckland.

I get that you think it's super witty but it's actually really boring for everyone except you two.

The only thing that happens in this thread is that people post gifs of John Key loving up basic handyman tasks and handshakes. On rare occasions someone will post a link to something that's topical and relevant. Other times it will just be "JOHN KEY MAKES ME SO MADDDDD". If you've waded through all that poo poo and still managed to zero in on the odd South Islander comment then maybe you've got your sensitivity knob set a little too high.

Besides, everyone knows Wellington is the greater cesspit.

SurreptitiousMuffin
Mar 21, 2010

Exclamation Marx posted:

the prominent new zealander has submitted an 11th-hour appeal to retain name suppression; media are seeking an urgent hearing.
10c says in a shocking turnaround, we find out it's P-Money.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Exclamation Marx posted:

the prominent new zealander has submitted an 11th-hour appeal to retain name suppression; media are seeking an urgent hearing.

Unrelated, Winston said that what Sabin did will be revealed before the election no matter what.


Butt Wizard posted:

The only thing that happens in this thread is that people post gifs of John Key loving up basic handyman tasks

my gif is 'viral' on the internet piss off :mad:

SurreptitiousMuffin
Mar 21, 2010

Exclamation Marx posted:

Unrelated, Winston said that what Sabin did will be revealed before the election no matter what.


my gif is 'viral' on the internet piss off :mad:

Actually viral, or NZ Media "viral"?

EDIT: somebody just linked me a Buzzfeed article including that very gif. I need to find their house and stand outside it glaring for a while.

SurreptitiousMuffin fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Mar 19, 2015

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



mirthdefect posted:

Can you stop conflating everywhere outside of Auckland with Hamilton

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

SurreptitiousMuffin posted:

10c says in a shocking turnaround, we find out it's P-Money.

Scribe's a P addict IRL. Ironic!

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
Urgh, Steam is switching to NZD next week, meaning those sick advantageous $50 USD on steam/$99 NZD in store deals are gonna be gone forever.

Oldboy
Sep 16, 2010
The south island is actually really lovely and its all the north islands fault

El Pollo Blanco
Jun 12, 2013

by sebmojo
The entire country is lovely and it's all the fault of a 45,000 m2 area within Wellington.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Slavvy posted:

Scribe's a P addict IRL. Ironic!

Oh? I knew his music was terrible but I didn't expect him to be into P. When'd that happen?


Oldboy posted:

The south island is actually really lovely and its all the north islands fault

Wait, I thought the North Island never intervened in the South? :v:

WarpedNaba fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Mar 19, 2015

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
The South Island is inhabited entirely by drunk racist farmers, from my time doing tech support for an ISP.

Taitale
Feb 19, 2011
South Island actually has a higher % Greens vote than the North Island. Also higher % National vote. At least for 2014

e: to be clear, im meaning party vote

Taitale fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Mar 19, 2015

whiter than a Wilco show
Mar 30, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
P money's name suppression case was years ago, pretty sure you only get one.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

WarpedNaba posted:

Oh? I knew his music was terrible but I didn't expect him to be into P. When'd that happen?

Pretty early on AFAIK. Separately knew a DJ and a wannabe groupie (what do you call groupies for hip hop btw?) a couple of years ago who both seemed to think he was on the fries.

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy
Winnie alleges a National party coverup

http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/winston-peters-nats-covering-up-sabin-issue-2015031918

quote:

Winston Peters took his Northland by-election campaign to his hometown of Whananaki today.

The New Zealand First leader used his personal "paradise" to launch a political attack at the town hall, accusing National of covering up why MP Mike Sabin left Parliament.

"They are still trying to shut it down as we speak," he says.

Mr Peters says the National Party knew before the election of a police investigation into Mr Sabin.

"That's why $1 million is being spent on this by-election, to cover up that mess."

He also accused his opponent Mark Osborne, who was the local party treasurer and a friend of Mr Sabin's, of knowing about Mr Sabin's issues.

But Mr Osborne denies the allegation.

"The reality of it is I knew nothing until the end of last year, and they are only rumours, and that is what they are still," he says. "I still know nothing about the details."

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
Peters goading others to breach supression orders. Gold.

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy
Byelection is on the 28th so if breaching the supression order on a "prominent New Zealander" would have any effect on this election then the news will have to come out in less than a week.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




I WONDER WHO IT IS??????)?????????

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Front page of the herald today: Auckland harbour stuff.

Focusing on the important issues.

quote:

Businesswoman, TV personality and former model Sara Tetro said she opposed the expansion because Ports of Auckland had not followed the proper processes.

"I'm not anti-port and I'm not anti-progress, but I am pro-process, and these guys haven't followed the process. It was extremely arrogant," she said on Newstalk ZB.

"I grew up on the harbour, like a lot of people did. It's not about big boats, it's about little boats, and it's about people enjoying the city and why we live in Auckland, and they're ruining it."

My white person hobby is in danger :qq:

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
The Port needs to gently caress off already, we're not going to be able to see past their huge new wharfs from the one the Council and Government just paid millions of dollars for the public to enjoy.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

On the other hand, Auckland has a huge amount of shoreline that is basically just undeveloped junk covered in garbage or completely blocked off by industrial land (like onehunga) so I don't know why everyone is having a cry about one specific piece of one of the two harbours.

Full disclaimer: I've never been to the wharf you're talking about because there's no parking and I'd rather not put myself through the public transport experience again.

Pararoid
Dec 6, 2005

Te Waipounamu pride
A young David Cunliffe I guess..



Edit: Thanks for the avatar, and I was overly sensitive yesterday, sorry about that.. :3:

Pararoid fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Mar 20, 2015

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Slavvy posted:

On the other hand, Auckland has a huge amount of shoreline that is basically just undeveloped junk covered in garbage or completely blocked off by industrial land (like onehunga) so I don't know why everyone is having a cry about one specific piece of one of the two harbours.

Full disclaimer: I've never been to the wharf you're talking about because there's no parking and I'd rather not put myself through the public transport experience again.

It's 'one piece' of the two harbours that happens to completely block the view to the Harbour. When you consider that Auckland has been redeveloping its Waterfront since before the 2000 America's Cup to improve the whole area, having it very suddenly visually cut off from the thing that gives it the very reason to exist is a bit frustrating, considering Len Brown's and the Council's gently caress-ups when it comes to dealing with POAL.

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy
Gough Whitlam last year, now Malcolm Fraser. Bob Hawke best look to get his affairs in order

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11420488

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

Slavvy posted:

I don't know why everyone is having a cry about one specific piece of one of the two harbours.

:wal:--What is with people being interested in the most valuable real estate in New Zealand?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Ivor Biggun posted:

Gough Whitlam last year, now Malcolm Fraser. Bob Hawke best look to get his affairs in order

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11420488



God damnit, Terry Pratchett. I wanted to at least meet you once before you passed on :smith:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Butt Wizard posted:

It's 'one piece' of the two harbours that happens to completely block the view to the Harbour. When you consider that Auckland has been redeveloping its Waterfront since before the 2000 America's Cup to improve the whole area, having it very suddenly visually cut off from the thing that gives it the very reason to exist is a bit frustrating, considering Len Brown's and the Council's gently caress-ups when it comes to dealing with POAL.

Maybe I'm out of touch because I don't live in Auckland for the adorable harbour lifestyle, I dunno. It seems like Auckland has lots of shoreline real estate that could be turned into something pretty and grand but everyone fixates on the harbour. I don't see a good outcome here because it's the only port for container ships in Auckland, and Auckland is a relatively big city which is growing rapidly and will presumably need more cargo capacity eventually.

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Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




I wish I had a harbour to get pissed off at a port, a source of income

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