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A football pitch in the valley below Aoraki / Mount Cook created for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (lemmy.nz)

Kicks off 20 July at Eden Park...

What Chris Hipkins says when he wants to change the subject (www.rnz.co.nz)

A fascinating look at the tactics used by our politicians to divert a conversation onto more friendly ground.

'It's actually heartbreaking' - Thefts threaten to kill off garden project (www.rnz.co.nz)

It’s a community garden with a playground created for disabled and neurodiverse kids. Funded entirely by donations. They even stole one of the special swings for disabled kids. :(

Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 25/6/2023

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Sea caves, archways and tunnels on a Kapiti circumnavigation (youtu.be)

This is a video I did a few months ago, on a rare dead calm day where our group was able to explore all of these caves....

Auckland 10th-equal most liveable city in world, up 25 places from last year. Wellington up 35 places to 23rd place. (www.economist.com)

Top 10 cities in EIU's Global Liveability Index 2023:...

Forget UK, North America — Asia is most important to New Zealanders [after Australia], poll finds (www.scmp.com)

Some key takeaways from the Asia New Zealand report:...

Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 24/6/2023

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Should I buy another gas bottle?

I have recently acquired a patio heater with a 9Kg gas bottle. Does anyone know if it will be affected by any future government bans? I don't want to buy another gas bottle if the government will ban them in two years. Or are these gas bottles not effected?

Overwhelming call for government action on time bomb shipwreck (www.stuff.co.nz)

I posted another story about this the other day....

Cheeky fish and chip shop ticket (lemmy.nz)

All the university courses on the chopping block (thespinoff.co.nz)

Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 23/6/2023

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How will the July 1st plastic bag ban affect you?

I hear that plastic bags are soon to be banned? How will that affect you? I've already thought about rubbish bags and bin liners and I don't know what the alternative will be yet. If they replace plastic rubber bags with those thick paper ones what is to stop people hiding a plastic bag inside of it? How will it be policed? Will...

We've got an insulated house, heat it properly, ventilate it, but still see humidity levels of 70%+ in bed rooms. How to fix that?

We built a house 7 years ago and it's insulated and has double glazing. I've installed Home Assistant with temp sensors in the bed rooms and seeing 70%+ humidity levels. Temperature is always above 16c...

Update: State of emergency declared in Tai Rāwhiti. MetService has issued a red level heavy rain warning for the Tai Rāwhiti / Gisborne region. Te Karaka residents told to evacuate. (www.rnz.co.nz)

Edit: Updated the link to page with RNZ live updates. This was the original post link.

Aotearoa daily kōrero 22/6/2023

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The oil disaster waiting to happen (www.rnz.co.nz)

I remember coverage of this after the Jody F Millennium ran aground in 2002, and during the Rena clean-up in 2011. Apparently they've been warning us for 33 years now. This is one of those things that gets ignored until it's too late, then everyone starts pointing fingers. Partly because anyone who does what we need to do now...

How one school kitchen feeds more than 2000 people in Manurewa every day (www.stuff.co.nz)

Really cool initiative. I've read a bit about the oversized impact food insecurity has and how it interacts with measures like poverty, and this seems like yet more evidence that if you provide the basics to everyone, the knock-on effects pay for the programme in the first place.

Front moving across the country will bring the rain (www.stuff.co.nz)

Poll finds kiwis have the most positive attitude towards refugees in the world [not The Guardian's headline] (www.theguardian.com)

"An international survey of almost 22,000 adults across 29 countries found British people had the third-most enthusiastic outlook towards refugees, just behind Spain and New Zealand."...