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Slavvy posted:people who have foolishly railroaded themselves into a career that will never result in decent money here. Which is to say *any* career.
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Slavvy posted:Why can't they expand the Mangere wharf area into a proper decent port? Instant motorway access, not anywhere near the CBD, Mangere residents don't give a poo poo about their beautiful view of the south western being sullied. Primarily because the Manukau harbour can't support larger ships - it's shallow with a large tidal variation, not enough deep water mooring space and of course, the horribly treacherous sand bar at the harbour entrance, site of NZ's deadliest maritime disaster. Edit: Largest ship the Manukau can support is around 1000 tonne. Queen mary 2, the biggest ship to dock at POAL, is over 148,000 tonne. BuckyDoneGun fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Mar 20, 2015 04:25
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Binkenstein posted:Easily the best telco I've dealt with. This, by a big big big big margin. Excellent service, sharp pricing, and awesome bandwidth. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4234168556
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Mar 23, 2015 03:29
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dusty posted:Just wondering how y'all are finding it to score. Dismal. Connections are flakey at best, and selling out within hours when supply does turn up. It's most definitely a real thing. People I haven't heard from in months popping out of the woodwork to ask if any can be found. Also gently caress the smug pricks who say "oh, well I can always hook up  " who strangely become very hard to get hold of when you hit them up.
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Apr 14, 2015 06:05
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WarpedNaba posted:They can scrap that useless toll cyclepath they want to strap to the harbour bridge, for a start. How is scrapping two things Auckland Council isn't paying for going to give Auckland Council more money?
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May 7, 2015 00:38
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Even taking into account any flaws in curriculum delivery, "THEY SHOULD TEACH X IN SCHOOLS!" is a cop-out in many cases, when you can use the skills school definitely taught you like reading, comprehension, critical thinking to inform yourself on just about any topic imaginable, like how MMP works, how to fill out a simple IRD form (hint: read the instructions, perform some simple arithmetic), basic NZ history.
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Jun 3, 2015 02:24
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It's because they blocked their web advertising from appearing on his lovely site.
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Jun 10, 2015 07:33
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fong posted:Did no one in Labour notice that this particular real estate agency also had a high percentage of asian real estate agents? Its almost as if they might cater to Chinese speaking people... That's not really anything peculiar though, every major (and many minor) real estate agency in Auckland has a large Chinese staff.
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Jul 14, 2015 03:16
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Hipster Pig, Hipster Pig, does whatever a Hipster Pig does!
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Jul 29, 2015 00:31
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fong posted:Yeah the zoning laws are kinda hosed. If you're the first school in an area to have to draw up a zone (meaning you're already the school everyone wants to go to) then you basically get to cut out the poor areas and create a nice little white/middle class island in your community. The school board and the principal have to "consult" the community on the proposed zones but that's it. Having recently been through the process of implementing a zone, you'd be surprised just how little input schools themselves actually have. The Ministry does almost everything to do with defining the zone based on current enrolment and census data, along with future growth predictions. Yeah, some people invariably get pissed at exactly where boundaries go, but the line has to eventually go somewhere and they don't just pull it out of a hat. fong posted:You can end up with families living 200m from the school considered out of zone. You really wouldn't.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:09
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puchu posted:Will this fix the constant traffic jams on the northern motorway which happen even at 3pm on a Saturday or 10am on a Sunday The answer to the real question of "how will the CRL help the Shore?" is that by improving the capacity and throughput of the rail network that serves East, West and South, you reduce the number of buses needed to serve those areas which then clog the CBD streets. That surplus bus capacity can then be redistributed to the Shore, increasing PT capacity over there and taking more cars off the road. Saturday traffic is a bitch because it's far less consistent than weekday commuting traffic with people going every which way to shop, sports, visit family, whatever. That and you know, accidents happen all the loving time and there's almost nothing you can build road-wise to prevent the congestion they cause.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:50
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Each new story about a charter clusterfuck leaves me simultaneously hating them more, and idly wondering how I get in on the scam myself.
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Aug 22, 2015 02:08
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Vagabundo posted:My mum is an immigrant and she loving LOVES the All Blacks. Is she a proper Kiwi now? Depends. Is she one of the good, white kind of immigrants or one of the brown ones? God help her if her name sounds a bit Chinese.
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Aug 31, 2015 04:47
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I agree, I've been struggling to understand why anyone should care if some stupid idiot wants to move to a warzone under a regime known to mistreat women in order to become a jihadi gently caress-toy, well go have at it love, and good luck with that.
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Mar 17, 2016 01:17
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Wafflecopper posted:Can you really imagine the British Crown deciding to get involved in New Zealand's domestic politics and instructing the GG to interfere? I never made the argument it won't happen because it hasn't happened so far, my argument is that we do in fact govern ourselves and any interference by the GG is only likely in exceptional circumstances and even then it would almost certainly be on advice of the New Zealand courts and not a result of British meddling. FWIW, it wouldn't be the British Crown interfering. The NZ Monarchy, while having it's roots in the British Crown, is a somewhat separate but shared institution. The Queen, like John Key, has many different hats. When performing her duties as the monarch of NZ, she takes off her "Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" hat, and puts on her "Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand" hat. She's not the British Queen when dealing with us, she's *our* Queen. Same person, different role. This is the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, opening their pariament:  This is the Queen of New Zealand in her official portrait, wearing her NZ honours and regalia:  Somewhat important distinctions people fail to make. Now for all this talk of republic, we just saw what a shambles of a process we got stuck with trying to change the flag, does anyone really think the process by which we changed to a republic would be any better? I'd prefer we eventually became one I guess, but in all honesty would prefer to just leave well enough alone and stick with Her Majesty for all the difference it would make!
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Mar 25, 2016 13:01
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Infotainment! posted:Here's an actual decent solution to a whole bunch of problems including overcrowding in Auckland - all government call centers and other non ministerial/face to face services should be relocated to provincial areas, and businesses should be incentivised to do the same. Government spending is decreased due to lower rent, employment opportunities are spread more evenly and local economies get a bit of a boost, staff living on cso wages can actually have a decent life, and a little pressure comes off AK. That would probably be a great plan if it weren't for the fact that massive chunks of non-customer facing services are already outside of Auckland. IRD for example, are largely based in Hamilton and Palmerston North. StudyLink is Palmy and Lower Hutt. WINZ I'm not sure on but I think you largely get connected to local offices, which exist because they are also customer facing. Ministry HQ's are in Wellington obviously. The amount of staff you can feasibly move is much smaller than you think and likely won't make much of a difference.
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May 12, 2016 03:34
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"There are no unwanted babies!" Turns out there's about half a million of them.
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May 15, 2016 02:36
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klen dool posted:Yeah i know, I am erring on the side of caution. I think the viability debate is a red herring anyway, because there comes a certain point where it is moot. Performing an abortion at the extreme end of the scale - at say 38 weeks why not - would essentially have to be a caesarean (or perhaps an induction) because any other way would be dangerous to the mother, and if I was a doctor I think that if I thought I could keep the baby alive after the procedure I would have to try. What the gently caress is wrong with you? I'm hardly an "abortion is murder!" loon, but at 38 weeks we're most definitely talking about a real live baby. It's not a collection of cells. It isn't something that's barely living and needs extensive medical intervention to survive, babies turn up 2 weeks early with no problems all the time. 38 weeks is where the kid is turning up any day now. Goddamn goons.
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May 15, 2016 14:22
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klen dool posted:I think everyone deserves the right to not be a parent if they so choose, at any time they choose to do it - pre or post birth. Certainly I agree with this if it meant your parents were going to exercise their right to post-birth abort you.
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May 16, 2016 05:24
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A quarter? Try over a third, using 2015 figures.
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Aug 11, 2016 03:16
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It's like Jeff got sick of waiting on hold to talk to Leighton Smith and decided to post on the forums instead.
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Sep 15, 2016 21:43
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truther posted:e: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11711115 The middle of that area is roughly 2km from either the Smales Farm or Akoranga Northern Busway stations, or 3km to the landing of the Skypath across the bridge. Would be a prime opportunity for good cycleway connections, some of which are planned already. Also 17 mins direct bus to Queen street on a non-NEX bus. BuckyDoneGun fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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Sep 16, 2016 01:01
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cptn_dr posted:At least the Communist League fielded a candidate this year. Says something about local body politics that he's not even remotely the whackiest candidate. gently caress he's not even as loony as Crone or Palino.
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Sep 20, 2016 00:37
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Infotainment! posted:It's funny that none of them realise the actual slush fund is their wages and expenses. "Council wage bill is too high! I'm gunna slash it!" Oh so what will you be slashing the mayoral salary to, pray tell? Auckland local board members get paid ~$42k to turn up to what, one meeting a month? Massive savings to be made! Also funny that these type of candidates that harp on about excessive staff numbers, are usually the first to complain about how long it takes to get a building consent, or that queues at the service desk are too long when you trudge in to pay your rates in cash, or that the council election office didn't have enough staff to stop them filling out the wrong forms and standing for the wrong thing.
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Sep 30, 2016 10:43
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Ghostlight posted:There weren't even red faces when they were found to be spying on Greenpeace and unions. Yeah but they're a bunch of pinko scum, not good, God fearing old (probably) white people.
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Oct 27, 2016 04:41
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201825819/anne-tolley-defends-government%27s-handling-of-abuse-claims Kim Hill shredding Tolley this morning. Tolley: "Some of the claimants say they have received very good care..." Hill: "You mean when they weren't being raped and abused?"
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Nov 29, 2016 21:43
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Gotta be the first time in history Greg O'Connor has not been available for comment.
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Jan 8, 2017 13:32
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Trompe le Monde posted:The left fails because they can't hold their nose and realpolitik. I'm as left as they come but I understand dogmatic adherence to ideology is a losing strategy. I live in the Epsom electorate so guess what? I'll hold my nose and probably vote for Goldsmith for my electorate vote if it means the possible death of the ACT party. If left voters would rather be principled than pragmatic then they can get used to staying out of Parliament. This. Not a single Labour or Greens candidate looks like they'd be comfortable hanging elites from streetlamps, but as the only viable 'Left' option, I either suck it up and vote for them, throw away my vote on a bunch of chucklefucks like TOP or Mana, or get comfortable with another few years of NACT loving up the country.
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Jun 1, 2017 03:57
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Varkk posted:So...how about that boat race? What about the America's Cup gives you the impression that it's a sport low on cash?
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Jun 27, 2017 00:06
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Yes he did: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/helensville/news/article.cfm?l_id=400&objectid=10008084
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Aug 4, 2017 02:26
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Te Atatu electorate chat: I think it's going to be very tight this year. Twyford is a reasonably decent local MP (so much as he can from the opposition benches anyway), but viewed as a bit of a twerp. Alfred Ngaro has been really pushing the alternate local MP thing, getting his face out there, being active in the community, and from meeting him a few times, he's a pretty nice, personable guy, you know, for tory scum anyway. But he's been a lot more low key since the Sallies thing. Both have been vocal on transport which has been a big local issue with the rebuild of Te Atatu Rd being a complete clusterfuck, but Twyford is obviously the only one really pushing non-road options in an area that's heavily benefitted from National's road spend up, but is still fairly bitter over the years and years of disruption that's still ongoing. House prices have resulted in some demographic changes, the electorate is nowhere near as safe red as it has been.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:32
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Varkk posted:I wonder if National had asked him to step aside so their candidate can have a crack at Greg O'Connor? Their candidate just yesterday sent a mailer asking people not to vote for him.
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Aug 21, 2017 02:23
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NZAmoeba posted:Isn't that super illegal? Don't professional drivers have strict regulations on the number of hours they can work in a row so they don't drive tired and kill somebody? Most courier drivers operate on a regular car licence. Hour restrictions apply to truck drivers and passenger service etc.
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Aug 24, 2017 02:19
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thepaladin4488 posted:Nah, not necessarily: You only need a class 1 licence to drive a van though.
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Aug 25, 2017 00:53
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I vote on election day like the Lord intended.
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Sep 11, 2017 06:11
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Wandle Cax posted:As unenrolled walk-in votes at advance places are special votes, does anyone know if they are counted in the early vote stats? Someone asked this on Twitter, and the answer given was no, they're counted later with the rest of the special votes.
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Sep 21, 2017 04:34
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Ghostlight posted:It's weird how the map of National/Labour voting is so closely aligned to a North/South divide. Almost as if the traditionally affluent Shore don't have homeless people camping in their bus stops. Also interesting is how the Western suburbs that have been the most popular with middle-class and up white people who were priced out of the central suburbs have a much stronger Nat lean than they traditionally have had.
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Oct 3, 2017 22:36
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bike tory posted:Is it just me or has Paddy Gower gotten really lazy? His articles are often only about 100 words, and the writing is very poor. He doesn't seem to understand the difference between a sentence and a paragraph, it's like he just types up and publishes his notes Not to defend Paddy because I do think he's gone to seed, but what you're describing is a side-effect of the multi-platform strategy Mediaworks pushes. Everything has to be on every platform, so when you see those short articles with odd structure from on-air personalities, it's actually the copy they wrote for their 6pm TV news (or radio) piece. Go back and read it again, but do your best Paddy impression and mentally insert cuts to interviews or soundbites between the lines. All the working stiffs below management think this is stupid, but hey, multi-platform! Disruptive! Sharable! Meanwhile, the online team probably has a full article with far more depth that's been up all day before Paddy's 'story' hits the website.
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Nov 15, 2017 12:59
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More like drop their CV off in the form of a flaming bag of human feces.
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King Louie posted:i've never really experienced ANZAC day as jingoistic. i think the first time i learnt about it properly was when we were studying poetry of the first world war when i was maybe 10 or 11. the poems were very grim and not at all nationalistic (or pro-war). that might have coloured how i view the day, but the first service i went to (years later) at the local RSA had the same theme - war is terrible. i think they actually read some of the same poetry there too! Completely agree. I think there are a very small minority of people who get a bit jingoistic, but by and large everyone else sees it as the day of commemoration and commiseration, not one of celebration. On the sacrifice thing, I find some people get very caught up in "our boys sent off to the other side of the world to die in someone else's war" - which isn't wrong, but too easily people look at it from today's point of view, forgetting that "our boys" were of a generation with a much stronger connection to "the motherland", and to them it wasn't always "someone else's war", they were going off to fight alongside their literal brothers and cousins and uncles. Yes, to die for some Kings and Queens and politicians and Generals, but it is what it is.
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