Varkk posted:

Oranga Tamariki is one of the more important entities for wanting to keep the schools open. Unfortunately not every child has a safe or happy home and schools are one of the most important escapes and contact points for those children. After the first lockdown with the schools closed so many vulnerable children were in a far worse condition as a result. There are also a lot of social programs which target these kids which use the schools as an important contact point and many of these programs had to be paused while they were closed. It isn’t just about forcing the kids in to schools for capitalism.

exmarx posted:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/science-or-ideology-the-nz-university-at-the-crossroads

scientists are so dumb lol

quote:

I’m not concerned as it needs to run its course, we will all eventually catch Covid just like any other virus.

My son and I both have autoimmune conditions, so we will get very sick. But, hey. It is what it is.

Sphyre posted:

words cannot describe how much i hate this loving rat faced weasel



simian brown

Lobsterpillar posted:

Is there even something remotely like a well researched business case for what he's suggesting or is this literally just stuff he's pulled out of his own rear end?

Lobsterpillar posted:

Is there even something remotely like a well researched business case for what he's suggesting or is this literally just stuff he's pulled out of his own rear end?

bike tory posted:

The central city cannot accommodate any more cars than it currently does, and also has no space for extra roads. There's literally no business case that makes more cars coming into the city viable, it's just a complete waste of money from the get go.

WarpedNaba posted:

More cars!

(Don't ask where you'll park 'em)

WarpedNaba posted:

More cars!

(Don't ask where you'll park 'em)

Sphyre posted:

words cannot describe how much i hate this loving rat faced weasel



simian brown

CODChimera posted:

parking stresses me out in the cities - south island, i have no idea what the situation is like in the north island but i assume bad?

CODChimera posted:

parking stresses me out in the cities - south island, i have no idea what the situation is like in the north island but i assume bad?

Progressive JPEG posted:

the harsh lighting on simeon in cloudy conditions make me think this is a photoshop

which makes sense because i imagine he wouldn't be caught dead at a bus station

or maybe they just messed up the colour balance idk

Ghostlight posted:

I can only imagine living on a street with parking.

Licarn posted:

Just have your self driving car drive around in circles until it’s needed

CODChimera posted:

parking stresses me out in the cities - south island, i have no idea what the situation is like in the north island but i assume bad?

Wafflecopper posted:

Can you imagine people constantly parking too close to your driveway so you have to almost completely stop in the middle of a busy road and turn 90 degrees on a dime to get in?

e: Or parking on the street yourself only to have your car stolen?

Progressive JPEG posted:

I haven't found parking in NZ to be that difficult but I've lived in a city before

Once lived in a neighbourhood where the street was strict resident permit parking 24/7 with no grace period. Could be parked out there for five minutes on Christmas morning and still get a ticket. Each household got a couple guest permits that you'd use if you had friends visiting.

El Pollo Blanco posted:

Lol immediate comparison between treating Maori like human beings to Stalinism

quote:

Today's poll saw Labour drop 1 point to 40 percent, while the National Party were up 4 point to 32 percent. Act has dropped three points to 11 percent and support for the Green Party remains unchanged at 9 percent.

Under these numbers, a Labour/Greens government would be possible.

Ardern fell 4 points to 35 percent in the preferred prime minister question, with Christopher Luxon up 13 points to 17 percent, while Act leader David Seymour's numbers fell fell from 11 percent to 6 percent.

klen dool posted:

Parking in Newtown was a loving nightmare u less it was after 6pm or before 8 am.

This one guy used to drive down our one way street, park exactly in front of our house and walk across the road to his. When leaving he'd walk across the road and do a u turn and leave. Didn't matter how many car parks were free. I could never understand why he liked "our" park but he hardly ever got it once we moved in.

Lobsterpillar posted:

So every day he'd drive the wrong way down a one way street?

bike tory posted:

bike tory posted:

Today's poll saw Labour drop 1 point to 40 percent, while the National Party were up 4 point to 32 percent. Act has dropped three points to 11 percent and support for the Green Party remains unchanged at 9 percent.

Under these numbers, a Labour/Greens government would be possible.

Ardern fell 4 points to 35 percent in the preferred prime minister question, with Christopher Luxon up 13 points to 17 percent, while Act leader David Seymour's numbers fell fell from 11 percent to 6 percent.

Progressive JPEG posted:

I think the most interesting change in there is the apparently growing proportion of ACT voters that don't like Seymour, with support dropping from 80% (11/14) to 55% (6/11)

Progressive JPEG posted:

I think the most interesting change in there is the apparently growing proportion of ACT voters that don't like Seymour, with support dropping from 80% (11/14) to 55% (6/11)

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

he just doesn't want to gently caress kids enough for most libertarians

quote:

He Korowai Trust provides housing and social services in Kaitāia, and chief executive Ricky Houghton said things have never been so bad for poor people in Northland.

He said the cost of living was out of control, and people would do what they had to do to get by.

"It's on the verge of civil disobedience. [The] people who 'have-not' will be taking what they need - and food is a basic human right - they will be taking from those that 'have'.

"It has to be fixed, the government has to intervene.

"People will be sleeping in their cars [if they can't] pay their rent. But if they can't afford to get petrol for their cars, they'll be sleeping in tents and cow sheds and buses and lean-tos, and they won't be eating."
The latest food price figures show their biggest jump in a decade - up 4.5 percent in December 2021 compared with the same time in 2020.

Tomato prices doubled, and dairy, eggs, fruit and vegetables are also up.

Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge said for those already living close to the edge, these cost increases could be catastrophic.

"When the staples, when dairy products - milk and cheese - become unaffordable, when you don't have the ability to buy cleaning products, personal hygiene products, then those things become real game changers for people's wellbeing."

Meanwhile, ANZ Bank is forecasting the Official Cash Rate to be lifted to 3 percent by April next year - the highest since 2015.

While in December the national average asking price for a property jumped by a quarter year-on-year to reach a new high of $956,150 and reached an all-time high in every region except Southland.

Annual inflation is expected to rise to its highest level in three decades, driven by rising fuel and housing costs, and a tight labour market.

Stats NZ will release the latest inflation figures on Thursday.

RNZ visited a local supermarket in the demographically diverse southern Wellington suburb of Newtown.

Cheese was by far the standout item cost wise, a standard 1kg block of Edam cost $15.50 - on special for $12, while Tasty was $18.

Butter was between $6 and $7, though a house brand on special was $1 cheaper.

One kilogram of tomatoes was $7.49, while cherry cost $5 for just a quarter of a kilogram.

Two litres of Anchor blue milk cost $4.90, but there is a value brand for $3.84.

RNZ spoke to multiple Wellingtonians who described the fuel price as "crazy" and "ridiculous".

One suggested the government should open its own supermarket chain in a bid to bring costs down.