John Nick
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John Nick
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He likes solving mysteries on New Zealand Today so could do a Scotties Boutique special.
That would be hilarious especially with the fugitive fleeing the country
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Māori signage defaced in Auckland
“It makes me quite sad, pōuri." Auckland Councillor says.
More on possible fusion reactors, this time about powering EV charging stations….
While electric vehicles (EVs) offer a cleaner alternative to traditional petrol and diesel cars, their reliance on conventional charging stations raises a crucial question: where does the electricity come from?
For many, the answer remains the same - non-renewable sources like coal and gas, undermining the environmental benefits of EVs.
But a cutting-edge Israeli company, NT-Tao, is proposing a revolutionary solution: nuclear fusion, the power of the sun bottled in a shipping container.
Backed by Japanese automotive giant Honda and fuelled by Israeli government funding and collaboration with Princeton University, NT-Tao is developing miniature nuclear fusion reactors capable of powering EV charging stations.
These "Tao Machines", as they're called, are envisioned to be compact enough to fit inside a cargo container, generating between 10,000 and 20,000 kilowatts of electricity – enough to juice up a thousand EVs at once.
Nuclear fusion, replicating the reactions that power our sun, holds immense promise as a clean and virtually limitless energy source. By harnessing this potential, NT-Tao aims to break the dependence of EV charging infrastructure on fossil fuels, creating a truly green transportation ecosystem.
www.drivencarguide.co.nz
Fusion-powered EV charging stations: sci-fi dream or future reality?
While electric vehicles (EVs) offer a cleaner alternative to traditional petrol and diesel cars, their reliance on conventional charging stations raises a crucial question: where does the electricity come from?
For many, the answer remains the same - non-renewable sources like coal and gas, undermining the environmental benefits of EVs.
But a cutting-edge Israeli company, NT-Tao, is proposing a revolutionary solution: nuclear fusion, the power of the sun bottled in a shipping container.
Backed by Japanese automotive giant Honda and fuelled by Israeli government funding and collaboration with Princeton University, NT-Tao is developing miniature nuclear fusion reactors capable of powering EV charging stations.
These "Tao Machines", as they're called, are envisioned to be compact enough to fit inside a cargo container, generating between 10,000 and 20,000 kilowatts of electricity – enough to juice up a thousand EVs at once.
Nuclear fusion, replicating the reactions that power our sun, holds immense promise as a clean and virtually limitless energy source. By harnessing this potential, NT-Tao aims to break the dependence of EV charging infrastructure on fossil fuels, creating a truly green transportation ecosystem.
Fusion-powered EV charging stations: sci-fi dream or future reality?
Backed by Honda and fuelled by Israeli funding, NT-Tao is developing miniature nuclear fusion reactors capable of powering EV charging stations.
And no way it will happen in NZ is there?More on possible fusion reactors, this time about powering EV charging stations….
Fusion-powered EV charging stations: sci-fi dream or future reality?
While electric vehicles (EVs) offer a cleaner alternative to traditional petrol and diesel cars, their reliance on conventional charging stations raises a crucial question: where does the electricity come from?
For many, the answer remains the same - non-renewable sources like coal and gas, undermining the environmental benefits of EVs.
But a cutting-edge Israeli company, NT-Tao, is proposing a revolutionary solution: nuclear fusion, the power of the sun bottled in a shipping container.
Backed by Japanese automotive giant Honda and fuelled by Israeli government funding and collaboration with Princeton University, NT-Tao is developing miniature nuclear fusion reactors capable of powering EV charging stations.
These "Tao Machines", as they're called, are envisioned to be compact enough to fit inside a cargo container, generating between 10,000 and 20,000 kilowatts of electricity – enough to juice up a thousand EVs at once.
Nuclear fusion, replicating the reactions that power our sun, holds immense promise as a clean and virtually limitless energy source. By harnessing this potential, NT-Tao aims to break the dependence of EV charging infrastructure on fossil fuels, creating a truly green transportation ecosystem.
Fusion-powered EV charging stations: sci-fi dream or future reality?
Backed by Honda and fuelled by Israeli funding, NT-Tao is developing miniature nuclear fusion reactors capable of powering EV charging stations.
Rick O’Shay
Contributor
Not in mine nor your lifetime unfortunately.
Second allegation of shop lifting from the same store 2 weeks earlier, however I’m sure there’s a good explanation for it…
After the outcry over this it will be interesting to see if those investment properties owned by MPs on the left take advantage of the interest deductibility or not
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Be interesting when actual information comes to light, very quiet all around on this one:
Police investigating, shop no comment, MP no comment, party waiting for investigation.
No CCTV, nobody saw her take it, she refused to let someone look in her bag, and they found the items later.
One journalist all the info; other journalists just summarising the heralds story.
Police investigating, shop no comment, MP no comment, party waiting for investigation.
No CCTV, nobody saw her take it, she refused to let someone look in her bag, and they found the items later.
One journalist all the info; other journalists just summarising the heralds story.
Who knows, however don’t they say about cheaters & thieves that the first time they’re caught is rarely the first time they’ve committed the crime. Look I’m sure it’s all just one big misunderstanding, $15k worth of items is easily something you’d forget you had put in your bag before leaving the store.
Golriz Ghahraman allegations: MP allegedly identified in second shoplifting incident
By Ben Leahy
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman stands aside from portfolios after being accused of shoplifting
Prominent Green Party MP and human rights lawyer Golriz Ghahraman has stood aside from her portfolios after she was accused of shoplifting at an Auckland store. Video / NZ Herald ...
A second allegation of shoplifting has emerged involving embattled Green Party list MP Golriz Ghahraman, according to ZB Plus.
That incident allegedly took place at the same exclusive Ponsonby boutique weeks before the incident which is alleged to have occurred on December 23 and which is now the centre of a police investigation.
Ghahraman, who is the Green Party’s seventh-highest ranked list MP and previously held the party’s justice portfolio, was revealed by ZB Plus on Wednesday to be facing an allegation of shoplifting thousands of dollars of high-end designer items from Scotties Boutique on Blake St in Ponsonby.
A Green Party spokesperson said on Wednesday that the party was aware of the allegations relating to the incident on December 23 and as a result, Ghahraman would be standing aside from all portfolio responsibilities “until the matter is resolved”.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour,” the spokesperson said.
Now, ZB Plus understands a second instance of Ghahraman allegedly shoplifting from the boutique has been identified in the weeks prior to the original incident. ZB Plus contacted the Green Party and Ghahraman yesterday with details of the second incident but neither responded.
In addition, further details have come to light about the incident on December 23.
Sources have told ZB Plus that they believe the value of the unpaid items that Ghahraman removed from the boutique two days before Christmas was in the region of $15,000.
It is understood that Ghahraman was stopped by staff at Scotties when she attempted to leave the store without paying.
ZB Plus understands that Ghahraman refused to open her bag when requested by shop assistants and then is alleged to have left the store with her bag containing the unpaid items.
Some hours later, the clothing was understood to have been anonymously returned to the store.
Today Green co-leader Marama Davidson refused to comment about the shoplifting allegations when she was approached at her Auckland home.
There was no answer at co-leader James Shaw’s Wellington home.
The prominent MP and human rights lawyer has not been charged but police said they received a report of alleged shoplifting at the store on December 23.
“Initial inquiries are still being made into this report and police are not able to comment further at this stage,” a police spokesperson said.
Ghahraman is overseas, having left New Zealand in the days after the alleged incident on a trip the Green Party says was pre-planned.
A man at Ghahraman’s Auckland home on Thursday told the Herald she was travelling with friends.
A Green Party spokesman said Ghahraman is “overseas on a personal trip that was planned many months ago”.
A staff member at Scotties yesterday said they were unable to comment.
The store earlier declined to provide specific details but confirmed an incident was being handled by police.
Ghahraman, who was justice spokeswoman for the Greens up until Wednesday, has stood aside from her portfolios after being accused of shoplifting.
The Green Party has confirmed it is aware of the allegations that Ghahraman “will stand aside from all portfolio responsibilities until the matter is resolved”.
In a statement, it said it was in contact with Scotties Boutique to “better understand and address the situation”.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour,” the statement said.
Ghahraman’s portfolios for the Greens included justice, foreign affairs, defence, ethnic communities and trade.
Ghahraman made New Zealand history as the first refugee to be sworn in as an MP, having arrived in Aotearoa as a child asylum seeker with her family from Iran. She was selected as a Green Party list candidate in January 2017.
In the 2023 election, she was ranked at number seven on the Green Party’s list.
Recently, she has been outspoken on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, considering it “ethnic cleansing” and called on world leaders to stand against Israel’s military actions she has described as “crimes against humanity”.
In 2017, Ghahraman became embroiled in controversy amid allegations she and her party misrepresented her work on war crimes tribunals. Commentators said she and leader James Shaw played down her defence role while inaccurately stating she worked as a prosecutor.
Early in 2020, Ghahraman opened up about her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. She told TV3′s The Project she had learned of her condition two years earlier when she began to lose sight in one eye.
She said she was on “hardcore medication” and had to visit a hospital every six months.
www.nzherald.co.nz
By Ben Leahy
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman stands aside from portfolios after being accused of shoplifting
Prominent Green Party MP and human rights lawyer Golriz Ghahraman has stood aside from her portfolios after she was accused of shoplifting at an Auckland store. Video / NZ Herald ...
A second allegation of shoplifting has emerged involving embattled Green Party list MP Golriz Ghahraman, according to ZB Plus.
That incident allegedly took place at the same exclusive Ponsonby boutique weeks before the incident which is alleged to have occurred on December 23 and which is now the centre of a police investigation.
Ghahraman, who is the Green Party’s seventh-highest ranked list MP and previously held the party’s justice portfolio, was revealed by ZB Plus on Wednesday to be facing an allegation of shoplifting thousands of dollars of high-end designer items from Scotties Boutique on Blake St in Ponsonby.
A Green Party spokesperson said on Wednesday that the party was aware of the allegations relating to the incident on December 23 and as a result, Ghahraman would be standing aside from all portfolio responsibilities “until the matter is resolved”.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour,” the spokesperson said.
Now, ZB Plus understands a second instance of Ghahraman allegedly shoplifting from the boutique has been identified in the weeks prior to the original incident. ZB Plus contacted the Green Party and Ghahraman yesterday with details of the second incident but neither responded.
In addition, further details have come to light about the incident on December 23.
Sources have told ZB Plus that they believe the value of the unpaid items that Ghahraman removed from the boutique two days before Christmas was in the region of $15,000.
It is understood that Ghahraman was stopped by staff at Scotties when she attempted to leave the store without paying.
ZB Plus understands that Ghahraman refused to open her bag when requested by shop assistants and then is alleged to have left the store with her bag containing the unpaid items.
Some hours later, the clothing was understood to have been anonymously returned to the store.
Today Green co-leader Marama Davidson refused to comment about the shoplifting allegations when she was approached at her Auckland home.
There was no answer at co-leader James Shaw’s Wellington home.
The prominent MP and human rights lawyer has not been charged but police said they received a report of alleged shoplifting at the store on December 23.
“Initial inquiries are still being made into this report and police are not able to comment further at this stage,” a police spokesperson said.
Ghahraman is overseas, having left New Zealand in the days after the alleged incident on a trip the Green Party says was pre-planned.
A man at Ghahraman’s Auckland home on Thursday told the Herald she was travelling with friends.
A Green Party spokesman said Ghahraman is “overseas on a personal trip that was planned many months ago”.
A staff member at Scotties yesterday said they were unable to comment.
The store earlier declined to provide specific details but confirmed an incident was being handled by police.
Ghahraman, who was justice spokeswoman for the Greens up until Wednesday, has stood aside from her portfolios after being accused of shoplifting.
The Green Party has confirmed it is aware of the allegations that Ghahraman “will stand aside from all portfolio responsibilities until the matter is resolved”.
In a statement, it said it was in contact with Scotties Boutique to “better understand and address the situation”.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour,” the statement said.
Ghahraman’s portfolios for the Greens included justice, foreign affairs, defence, ethnic communities and trade.
Ghahraman made New Zealand history as the first refugee to be sworn in as an MP, having arrived in Aotearoa as a child asylum seeker with her family from Iran. She was selected as a Green Party list candidate in January 2017.
In the 2023 election, she was ranked at number seven on the Green Party’s list.
Recently, she has been outspoken on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, considering it “ethnic cleansing” and called on world leaders to stand against Israel’s military actions she has described as “crimes against humanity”.
In 2017, Ghahraman became embroiled in controversy amid allegations she and her party misrepresented her work on war crimes tribunals. Commentators said she and leader James Shaw played down her defence role while inaccurately stating she worked as a prosecutor.
Early in 2020, Ghahraman opened up about her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. She told TV3′s The Project she had learned of her condition two years earlier when she began to lose sight in one eye.
She said she was on “hardcore medication” and had to visit a hospital every six months.
Golriz Ghahraman allegedly identified in second shoplifting incident
A source claims they believe Ghahraman allegedly had unpaid items worth almost $15,000.
www.nzherald.co.nz
As others have said. Still no facts though, only allegations.
Nice to not lose civility about these things. The alternative text to this post is "And the lynch mob rolls on."
Hey as I said, I’m sure there’s a really good explanation for this. Nothing to see, just a media beat up.
"A source claims they believe" says it all really. It could all be true, and the consequences will be harsh, but nice to comment on facts where possibleGolriz Ghahraman allegations: MP allegedly identified in second shoplifting incident
By Ben Leahy
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman stands aside from portfolios after being accused of shoplifting
Prominent Green Party MP and human rights lawyer Golriz Ghahraman has stood aside from her portfolios after she was accused of shoplifting at an Auckland store. Video / NZ Herald ...
A second allegation of shoplifting has emerged involving embattled Green Party list MP Golriz Ghahraman, according to ZB Plus.
That incident allegedly took place at the same exclusive Ponsonby boutique weeks before the incident which is alleged to have occurred on December 23 and which is now the centre of a police investigation.
Ghahraman, who is the Green Party’s seventh-highest ranked list MP and previously held the party’s justice portfolio, was revealed by ZB Plus on Wednesday to be facing an allegation of shoplifting thousands of dollars of high-end designer items from Scotties Boutique on Blake St in Ponsonby.
A Green Party spokesperson said on Wednesday that the party was aware of the allegations relating to the incident on December 23 and as a result, Ghahraman would be standing aside from all portfolio responsibilities “until the matter is resolved”.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour,” the spokesperson said.
Now, ZB Plus understands a second instance of Ghahraman allegedly shoplifting from the boutique has been identified in the weeks prior to the original incident. ZB Plus contacted the Green Party and Ghahraman yesterday with details of the second incident but neither responded.
In addition, further details have come to light about the incident on December 23.
Sources have told ZB Plus that they believe the value of the unpaid items that Ghahraman removed from the boutique two days before Christmas was in the region of $15,000.
It is understood that Ghahraman was stopped by staff at Scotties when she attempted to leave the store without paying.
ZB Plus understands that Ghahraman refused to open her bag when requested by shop assistants and then is alleged to have left the store with her bag containing the unpaid items.
Some hours later, the clothing was understood to have been anonymously returned to the store.
Today Green co-leader Marama Davidson refused to comment about the shoplifting allegations when she was approached at her Auckland home.
There was no answer at co-leader James Shaw’s Wellington home.
The prominent MP and human rights lawyer has not been charged but police said they received a report of alleged shoplifting at the store on December 23.
“Initial inquiries are still being made into this report and police are not able to comment further at this stage,” a police spokesperson said.
Ghahraman is overseas, having left New Zealand in the days after the alleged incident on a trip the Green Party says was pre-planned.
A man at Ghahraman’s Auckland home on Thursday told the Herald she was travelling with friends.
A Green Party spokesman said Ghahraman is “overseas on a personal trip that was planned many months ago”.
A staff member at Scotties yesterday said they were unable to comment.
The store earlier declined to provide specific details but confirmed an incident was being handled by police.
Ghahraman, who was justice spokeswoman for the Greens up until Wednesday, has stood aside from her portfolios after being accused of shoplifting.
The Green Party has confirmed it is aware of the allegations that Ghahraman “will stand aside from all portfolio responsibilities until the matter is resolved”.
In a statement, it said it was in contact with Scotties Boutique to “better understand and address the situation”.
“Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public behaviour,” the statement said.
Ghahraman’s portfolios for the Greens included justice, foreign affairs, defence, ethnic communities and trade.
Ghahraman made New Zealand history as the first refugee to be sworn in as an MP, having arrived in Aotearoa as a child asylum seeker with her family from Iran. She was selected as a Green Party list candidate in January 2017.
In the 2023 election, she was ranked at number seven on the Green Party’s list.
Recently, she has been outspoken on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, considering it “ethnic cleansing” and called on world leaders to stand against Israel’s military actions she has described as “crimes against humanity”.
In 2017, Ghahraman became embroiled in controversy amid allegations she and her party misrepresented her work on war crimes tribunals. Commentators said she and leader James Shaw played down her defence role while inaccurately stating she worked as a prosecutor.
Early in 2020, Ghahraman opened up about her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. She told TV3′s The Project she had learned of her condition two years earlier when she began to lose sight in one eye.
She said she was on “hardcore medication” and had to visit a hospital every six months.
Golriz Ghahraman allegedly identified in second shoplifting incident
A source claims they believe Ghahraman allegedly had unpaid items worth almost $15,000.
It's a published article in the Herald. It's in the public domain. If you don't want to comment on it that's your choice.
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I was commenting on the quote from the herald, not directed at your post for publishing it - just reading the first few words indicates how fact free things are at the moment.
"I know someone who told me someone they know might have seen someone do something, and it may have happened because someone else might have seen it, but it definitely happened".
And just in case the resident right lynch mob think I'm excusing anything in advance. I'm not. I hope that's abundantly clear.
