Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[wizard of Tauranga]

Tourism was outdoing agriculture before covid. I think that’s our biggest commodity going into the future. Lamb and wool is really struggling and the landscape of farming is shifting

Tourism is the widget and we need to double it?

Just what I’m working on!

 

[MrFrankWhite]

What's the cost of installing nuclear generation in a country our size?

From scratch? My guess if you went with South Korea, maybe $100B NZD. 2 plants, 4 units each . That would probably sort 50-60% of your power for the next 100 years.

Edit. 2x

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

From scratch? My guess if you went with South Korea, maybe $50B NZD. 2 plants, 4 units each . That would probably sort 50-60% of your power for the next 100 years.

Frank, Frank, Frank…

It’s NZ we’re talking about and we under invest in infrastructure, without future proofing anything, so that would be 1 plant with 2 units for $12b?

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Frank, Frank, Frank…

It’s Nz we’re talking about and we under invest in infrastructure without future proofing anything so that would be 1 plant with 2 units for $12b?

Yeah 50 was too cheap any. 100 might be close.

NZ has got earthquakes and volcanoes though. Talk about RC issues

 

[Noitall]

Tourism is the widget and we need to double it?

Just what I’m working on!

The beauty of this country is our widget. We used to be highly regarded for our clean green stance. But to look around the country, we’ve dropped our standards

 

[Noitall]

From scratch? My guess if you went with South Korea, maybe $100B NZD. 2 plants, 4 units each . That would probably sort 50-60% of your power for the next 100 years.

Edit. 2x

South Korea will be wanting a substantial down payment after scrapping their ferries they were constructing for us

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

The beauty of this country is our widget. We used to be highly regarded for our clean green stance. But to look around the country, we’ve dropped our standards

We’re used to it. When you travel overseas, NZ is still stunning.

 

[Worried2Death]

We’re used to it. When you travel overseas, NZ is still stunning.

It is, but compared to where? Lot more stunning landscapes out there, but we're a reasonably safe country for tourists comparative to a lot of places.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

It is, but compared to where? Lot more stunning landscapes out there, but we're a reasonably safe country for tourists comparative to a lot of places.

Visited Hawaii earlier this year. Went expecting a tropical paradise but South Islands better!

Plus we have laid back friendly people, unique flora and fauna, Maori culture, etc.

One of the few places in the world you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon with a dip in a mud pool on the way through!

Yea it’s not a small backwards country anymore - more crime, people, problems, etc, but the fundamentals don’t change.

 

[miket12]

What's the cost of installing nuclear generation in a country our size?

The Vogtle 4 reactor in Georgia, US, cost $USD 30 billion ($NZD 48 billion) to build and it would provide power to 500,000 houses (around 1/4 of NZ households). That's a cost of $NZD 96,000 per household to build.... slightly more than solar at $8,000 - $15,000 per household (depending on the number of panels and batteries).

 

[Worried2Death]

Visited Hawaii earlier this year. Went expecting a tropical paradise but South Islands better!

Plus we have laid back friendly people, unique flora and fauna, Maori culture, etc.

One of the few places in the world you can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon with a dip in a mud pool on the way through!

Yea it’s not a small backwards country anymore - more crime, people, problems, etc, but the fundamentals don’t change.

Bloody freezing down here half the year though mate, that won't change. Good for winter sports but we'll never offer what the mediterranean can with the climate and thousands of years of history. Landscapes and Maori culture are about our only uniqueness. And fecken hobbits.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Bloody freezing down here half the year though mate, that won't change. Good for winter sports but we'll never offer what the mediterranean can with the climate and thousands of years of history. Landscapes and Maori culture are about our only uniqueness you say. And fecekn hobbits.

We’ve been big in adventure tourism but competition worldwide’s catching up.

Our landscape is world leading - mountainous, volcanic, geothermal, lakes, glaciers, etc.

I think our biggest asset is we have such a world class variety in close proximity. You can travel a few hours and have really different and unique experiences, more so than most of the world.

One issue I have is we targeted the high end (didn’t want freedom campers shitting everywhere) but the high end have ultra high standards that we’ve struggled to cater to (lack of high end accomodation, etc). Need more quantity again in a sustainable way.

 

[Noitall]

Bloody freezing down here half the year though mate, that won't change. Good for winter sports but we'll never offer what the mediterranean can with the climate and thousands of years of history. Landscapes and Maori culture are about our only uniqueness. And fecken hobbits.

All that and the sexiest accent in the world. You can pick up some good fush and chups too

 

[miket12]

Bloody freezing down here half the year though mate, that won't change. Good for winter sports but we'll never offer what the mediterranean can with the climate and thousands of years of history. Landscapes and Maori culture are about our only uniqueness. And fecken hobbits.

And David Seymour.... he's one of a kind.... thankfully!!!

 

[Noitall]

And David Seymour.... he's one of a kind.... thankfully!!!

Our own gollum

 

[Noitall]

If he didn't do it, then he'll have a clear conscience.

If he did, I hope it haunts him for the rest of his natural!!!

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

Sounds like some odd occurrences. Convenient time to take a holiday as the star witness

 

[Worried2Death]

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

Sounds like some odd occurrences. Convenient time to take a holiday as the star witness

Was he performing eye surgery while on the meth pipe? Yikes

 

[juju]

Only he knows for sure, and maybe his legal team

Same lawyers who did crown and defence lawyers who did the Grace Millane trial.

That defence was pretty nasty in that one.

* I hadn't had my coffee quite yet. The Crown and Defence Lawyers were the same as the Grace Millane trial.

 

[miket12]

Our own gollum

Now that you said that, there is a lot in common....

 

[defensivebomb]

when that renters group put that “attack your greedy landlord, here’s everything they own” website online it was all available to see.

did they post the amounts that each “greedy landlord” owed to the bank?