Ilovethebomb 4d ago • 100%
Same here actually. I doubt she will go quietly.
Well, they did it after all. Do you think she will finally resign, or will she go kicking and screaming?
Ilovethebomb 6d ago • 100%
Wellington City Council is a bit of a mess, but I don't think things are bad enough to warrant going back to the polls.
The council members themselves have definitely been in the news too much though.
Ilovethebomb 1w ago • 100%
Yup. Although the Green party did talk about tolling transmission gully a few years ago, and got shut down fast.
Ilovethebomb 1w ago • 100%
Given this road is being built as a replacement for the Manawatu gorge, which was a free route, I think this would be seen as a dick move by pretty much everyone. It says a lot about how much political nouse National have that this is even being discussed.
Ilovethebomb 1w ago • 100%
I think even Luxon has the political nouse to not campaign on something like this, usually the idea of a toll road is sold on the idea we get something built that otherwise wouldn't happen.
Ilovethebomb 2w ago • 100%
I hope they start punching up with their humour. I don't hold much hope though.
Absolutely poor taste, I think. We need to start bullying Tui drinkers over their poor choice of beverage. Stuff tastes awful anyway.
Ilovethebomb 2w ago • 100%
Silver lining of the economy being rooted, I guess.
Ilovethebomb 2w ago • 100%
Over 100 mil nzd to replace, I'm not sure if we have insurance.
Ilovethebomb 2w ago • 100%
CLANGGG!
Found it!
Ilovethebomb 2w ago • 100%
It really does sum up the story quite well, doesn't it?
No serious injuries, thankfully. What a colossal screw up though. [Update and further information](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529979/hmnzs-manawanui-what-we-know-about-the-navy-ship-s-sinking)
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
Oh, I'm well ahead of you there. I'm just amazed at how forgettable the ad is.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
It doesn't really work at all in my view, which is why you hear xi as a pronoun so rarely.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 85%
I don't understand why they/them pronouns isn't the option here. It's already the default if you don't know a person's gender.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
You, your, and you again, are all gender neutral already.
I don't see the point of this.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 50%
Why not just use the bottom line for third person?
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 80%
I was wondering what the leader of the CCP had to do with NZ for a moment.
Also, I keep reading OP's comments in the voice of Gollum.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
The most common use for AI in the future will be sifting through all the AI sludge to find content actually made by a human.
I can see adverts being created specifically for viewers of one show in the near future.
If we don't already, we need to start associating AI advertising with poor quality products from companies that don't really care. Also that advert is just the most generic thing I've seen in a long time. Very forgettable.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
It's because he's the last competent leader National has had.
Ilovethebomb 3w ago • 100%
Key was actually very left leaning in a lot of aspects, like benefits for example. It's part of the reason he held Labour off for three terms.
Hopefully, the solution is new boats that are a more sensible size, and don't need the extensive infrastructure upgrades the new fleet would have required. One of the cancelled designs would have been a similar displacement to our current fleet of three. I really hope the solution isn't another clapped out beater from Europe.
Would you want to know about this if you were planning to have this person live on your property? What an absolute nightmare.
I think I posted the story about the original break in, but what an operation. It sounds like they were importing the tobacco in bulk, then manufacturing the cigarettes, as well as forging the packaging. For those reading this that aren't in NZ, cigarettes are very expensive here, over $2 a cigarette for some brands, and it's mostly tax.
Police don't even know whose money it is, or where it came from. I think they should be able to keep it.
I'm guessing the author doesn't know the difference between a BB gun and a pellet gun/air rifle, because I doubt a BB would reliably kill a pigeon.
I'm quite surprised a vessel like this isn't NZ flagged, given it's operating exclusively in NZ waters.
I'm sure it was just a poorly thought out choice of words, but the Tsunami remark is kinda hilarious.
Good on the postal union to tell them where to stick their pamphlet, I say. Of course, David Seymour is upset about it.
A major update about the meth lollies, something got lost in translation with the police I think, they seem way too relaxed about class A drugs being out there in the community.
Not long ago, I posted a story about someone's dog eating meth on a walk through Auckland, and now this? Was this a smuggling operation gone wrong perhaps?
Honestly, the fact they even asked is pretty bad, voluntary or not.
Looking at the photos, it definitely looks like a body from a distance, I don't blame anyone for making that mistake.