Alcohol named NZ's most harmful drug by university research paper (www.stuff.co.nz)
The results of a new Otago University study comparing the harm caused by different drugs have been released. Here’s the breakdown by drug:...
Families ‘hung out to dry’ by new restrictions on disability support (www.thepress.co.nz)
So, our government’s “crack down on beneficiaries” also includes disabled children....
Prehistoric Bird Once Thought to Be Extinct Returns to New Zealand Wild (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Supermarket crime increases by nearly 60% over past year, report shows (i.stuff.co.nz)
Almost like the cost of living is unachievable for those on the lowest wages.
Rawhiti Pork is dumping effluent in our rivers and it could take years to stop them (www.rnz.co.nz)
In the photo on RNZ there are two overflowing tanks with a bank behind them. You can spot the tanks on Google Maps, next to the middle shed:
Wētāpunga return to NZ mainland after almost two centuries (www.1news.co.nz)
Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas (www.theguardian.com)
Pak ‘n’ Save
Greens promise free dental for all, paid for by 'fair and simple' tax changes (www.rnz.co.nz)
Defederate from Meta/Facebook/Threads? (ploum.net)
I didn’t realise that Meta was becoming/is already compatible with the Fediverse....
You can't see them but they might be 'bigger than dairy' (www.stuff.co.nz)
Microalgae had caught the attention of scientists around the world for their extraordinary properties “and potential to create an abundant, high-quality natural protein source using only a fraction of the water, land and time of other types of farming”.
NZ's geothermal wells offer a cheap way of storing carbon permanently — equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road (theconversation.com)
These researchers from Canterbury University have come up with an idea that they say can cheaply remove 3 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year. And it utilises existing infrastructure....
Woolworths tells 79,000 they won a prize, then rescinds it (www.rnz.co.nz)
Woolworths has apologised to thousands of customers after mistakenly telling about 79,000 people they had won a competition....
Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working (www.rnz.co.nz)
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
Hydrogen trucks are coming (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Hiringa, with partners fuel supplier Waitomo Group and Australasia’s largest heavy vehicle fleet owner TR Group, on Tuesday opened three green hydrogen stations, with a fourth under way, within the North Island’s economic “golden triangle” of freight movement.
Police confirm ram was in paddock where two found dead in rural Waitākere (www.rnz.co.nz)
A man and woman were found dead at the Anzac Valley Road address in Waitākere before 7.30am....
New Zealand's glaciers shrinking faster, scientist warns (phys.org)
We flew to the southern-most glaciers, ones that we’ve not seen since 2018," said Lorrey on the back of this year’s trip....
Do cheese and onions belong in a hot cross bun? (www.rnz.co.nz)
While chocolate-studded or fruit-free sourdough or brioche hot cross buns are becoming common, a Taranaki bakery has found a way to push the boundaries even further by producing a cheese and onion version containing onion powder, onion flakes and “a very nice Dutch cheese”.
New Zealand economy shrinks, country in technical recession (www.newshub.co.nz)
Anybody who thinks the best way out of a recession is austerity measures needs to have their heads examined.
New Zealand Geo: Batfly (www.nzgeo.com)
This is a really good read about one of my favourite weird animal facts!
'Devastating': Newshub set to close in June, staff told (www.1news.co.nz)
Government’s $3b landlord tax cut would be retrospective, trigger refunds (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Risk of early death is double for autistic young people, ‘scary’ new research finds (www.rnz.co.nz)
Autistic children and young adults are more than twice as likely to die before their 25th birthday, compared to their non-autistic peers, new research shows....
$228m without a metre of track, now Auckland Light Rail disestablishment to cost millions more (www.newstalkzb.co.nz)
Terrible both in scraping the project and how nothing has been done for a quarter billion
EVs, plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges from 1 April (www.rnz.co.nz)
A few surprises here, namely that PHEVs will pay a lower rate of RUCs, I was under the impression there would be a rebate scheme for petrol purchased....