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Rizzah said:
This is such boomer energy. "Old man shakes fist at cloud"


If you drive a car, you want more money spent on mode-shift infrastructure. To get other people out of their cars.
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Cycle lanes and public transport haven't reached Northland yet.
 
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Mr. Brownstone said:
Is this really something worth reporting on? From what I’ve heard, away from the media, Winnie has been a total professional.
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Isn't he the Deputy PM.
From what we've seen in the media he has been treating his appointment like a fuckin clown.
What have you heard away from the media that us mere voters haven't πŸ€”
 
wizard of Tauranga said:
Both would be good

Eg Nz transport Waka Katoi

Partnership = Te Reo and English
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I m not on top of this stuff being located in the West Island
But you guys I thought were making a fuss of them being changed to Pakeha words

My wife and I went and say Uproar in Saturday - Taika Waititi s take on a book about the 1981 Springboks tour. Interesting
 
wizard of Tauranga said:
Both would be good

Eg Nz transport Waka Kotahi

Partnership = Te Reo and English

Nothing against Te Reo, in fact I support more multilingual like most of overseas but like overseas, use all languages to communicate.
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That could be a fair compromise but it really seems like there’s more pressing things needing attention rather than this be apart of a first 100 day commitment.
 
Noitall said:
Get in touch with the national party, think you can learn on the taxpayers.
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Mate we had a lot to do with the Ministry of Education and all new stuff was in Te Reo to the extreme.

Meeting and zooms ended up going in circles with nobody knowing what was being talked about and talking in circles and miscommunication.

Not just me. The Ministry people were immersed in it and talking on another level with teachers and managers just very frustrated and feeing a sense of disconnected with some actively disengaging from the meetings.

Their site: look at all the programmes and links: https://www.education.govt.nz/
 
dean said:
I'd like to see cyclists pay an annual registration fee and have their bike and safety gear checked and certified.
The odd cyclist I've seen in Auckland have only been in wealthy suburbs. It really is a rich mans mode of transport or hobby.
Why should poor folk driving an old car have to subsidise these rich pseudo greenies.
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Have a look at cyclists in Christchurch - it’s the exact opposite. It’s the ride of choice for the down and outers. Not many wear helmets or cycle in a straight line either. People don’t cycle in Auckland as it’s muggy and hilly and full of cars! I’d like to see e-bikes subsidised (although not in the way the e vehicle one worked, that just was a handout for the wealthy).
 
Wellington Taniwha said:
Have a look at cyclists in Christchurch - it’s the exact opposite. It’s the ride of choice for the down and outers. Not many wear helmets or cycle in a straight line either. People don’t cycle in Auckland as it’s muggy and hilly and full of cars! I’d like to see e-bikes subsidised (although not in the way the e vehicle one worked, that just was a handout for the wealthy).
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I cycle around Auckland. I'm probably one of the few that enjoys the hills. But as someone that grew up in a small town the cycling around a city is a bit daunting. I have a different view on the ride two a breast now. In smaller centres yes but in the cities with cars parked on the side and that there is more of a chance for cars going in both directions as well it really is pushing the limits on how the space can be used. Especially on the road bikes people use to ride around town as you feet are clipped in to the pedals so you need anticipate when you need to stop and look for hazards.

This is primarily why my riding is limited to early on the weekends or 7pm-8pm Monday - Friday & 6pm-8pm during daylight savings.

I don't ride to work there are a few reasons for that. I have a few work mates that do on E-Bikes. One when he rides past me at the round-a-bout I can see why it is popular. It would definitely be safer than a standard bike. I was at the bike store a few weeks back and the guy at the store asked me about e road bikes. I said my aim is to get fit and lose weight so like to do the work. He said he wasn't in favour of them but they had one to trial and said it felt a lot safer so that may soon be a new thing.

It is good seeing a lot of older people out on e-bikes.
 
ANZ have flinched first and have announced drops in interest rates for both it's deposits and, more importantly for those with mortgages, it's two and three year mortgage rates. They say they are doing it to relect recent changes in the longer term wholesale rates.

Expect the other banks to follow not to far behind.

Personally, I'd rather see a drop in the shorter 6 month and one year rates as it's better to lock those in when interest rates are falling and go for the medium to longer terms when the rates are rising.

www.nzherald.co.nz

ANZ cuts mortgage and deposit rates

The bank is one of the first to drop its home loan rates.
www.nzherald.co.nz www.nzherald.co.nz
 
Damo said:
The report is due at the end of the year, the work would already have been done.

The only motivation to push this under urgency is to prevent the report coming out.
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Hopefully the report gets leaked.
This is a report on the efficiency of the tax system and was supported by the IRD.
 
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