I’m pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there’s a very good reason why they’ve never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.
I honestly don’t know who is dumb enough to believe they are going to be moving crowds over the water at 250km/h. That’s just bonkers. We can’t move cars and trains that fast FFS.
A typical turbo prop will cruise at around 400 km/h
The important thing to keep in mind is that there is a significant proportion of the population that wants this and is going to vote for right wing parties in order to stop the “trans agenda”
Jones is a controversial force in the new Government, with his nakedly pro-mining stance criticised for being anti-environment. His meetings with industry heavyweights, including those in the commercial fishing sector, have led to accusations of conflicts of interest....
Please include the word corruption in the headlines when posting stories like this. I know the press refuses to point out the blatant corruption but we should not be limiting ourselves like they do.
If the charter school can cherry pick which students it chooses and can expel difficult to teach students then I can’t see how it could possibly do worse.
So I was at the kebab shop today and was about to order my usual lamb kebab but suddenly it occurred to me that even though the kebab had cabbage and hummus and tabouli on it it wasn’t woke enough to trigger any nearby National or ACT voters nearby so I switched the order to a falafel.
I ordered extra hummus but I was in a quandary about the sauce. Should I go with yogurt or avocado? I really didn’t think it would taste good with both of them and after a quite a bit of thought I went with plain yogurt without garlic. I don’t know if that was the right choice in terms of wokeness but it did taste good. What do you guys think is more woke yogurt or avocado? I think the avocado might actually be more woke because it would make the kebab vegan and nothing upsets David Seymour more than a vegan except maybe teachers, trans people, people in a union, people who work for a living, government employees, students, doctors and nurses, people who need healthcare etc.
Also are Jalapeños woke? I think they might be because of the spelling alone but then again I don’t think they have them in the middle east.
Finally the kebab tasted great, was filling and has a reasonable cost. Might have even been healthy who knows. Highly recommended.
"New Zealand will make a clear statement to the UN later this morning explaining its vote, indicating that while it supports enhancing Palestine’s status at the UN, this does not amount to recognition of Palestinian statehood....
As I said this is carrying Identity politics culture war from the USA to here. NACT are doing this because they are ordered to do it by the political groups in the USA (the oligarchs basically). In this case Winston is the codpiece for the legislation. Next time it will be Seymour. They are just doing what they are told, obeying the people who pay them.
I decided that tomorrow I am going to eat some middle eastern food tomorrow and create a woke explosion so loud David Seymour will hear it and send his anti woke army after me.
I am going to eat couscous, bulgur, hummus, parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers, dates, and use all kinds of woke spices like sumac, cumin and cardamom. I am going to drink pomegranite juice, and espresso and maybe even a chai latte. I think I might even wear some middle eastern clothing if I have anything resembling that in the closet. I am hoping that’s going to be woke enough to alert him but I might have to rely on avocado toast with a poached egg and wilted spinach as additional weaponry if it doesn’t work.
More austerity for the government. Lucky for all the people who lose their jobs the government is going to make them go to seminars before they do on the benefit.
The organisation was not given a specific savings target from the government, but was asked to “deliver material savings”, so decided to cut operational costs by 6.5 percent over the next financial year.
The number of people unemployed is not as important as the number of people who are not in a union. The people being canned from government positions will be replaced with contractors who will cost more but will not be in a union.
Nobody is thinking the government wants to commit mass murder of Maori like Israel is doing in Gaza. What people are saying is that the government wants to erase the Maori culture and language. This is of course a huge task and they won’t be able to do it in one shot or even one term so they are doing everything they can this term and if they are given additional terms they can continue that work.
Seagliders' 35-minute trips to Auckland closer with $145m deal (www.nzherald.co.nz)
I’m pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there’s a very good reason why they’ve never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.
NZ First’s toilet bill is designed to outrage but that doesn’t mean we can ignore it (thespinoff.co.nz)
The important thing to keep in mind is that there is a significant proportion of the population that wants this and is going to vote for right wing parties in order to stop the “trans agenda”
Jones’ undeclared dinner had two more mining industry attendees (newsroom.co.nz)
Jones is a controversial force in the new Government, with his nakedly pro-mining stance criticised for being anti-environment. His meetings with industry heavyweights, including those in the commercial fishing sector, have led to accusations of conflicts of interest....
Mama mia! (lemmy.nz)
Govt to convert 35 state schools to charter schools (www.newshub.co.nz)
A record-breaking year for political donations is no cause for celebration (thespinoff.co.nz)
Minister encourages DOC to use te reo Māori "everywhere and anywhere", despite Government position (www.newstalkzb.co.nz)
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 13/5/2024
Last weeks thread here...
New Zealand votes in favour of UN Palestinian resolution (www.1news.co.nz)
"New Zealand will make a clear statement to the UN later this morning explaining its vote, indicating that while it supports enhancing Palestine’s status at the UN, this does not amount to recognition of Palestinian statehood....
NZ First tries to introduce controversial bathroom bill (www.1news.co.nz)
If there are any doubts this government is taking marching orders from the American right wing they can safely be put to bed.
Job applications soar as public sector layoffs continue, data shows (www.rnz.co.nz)
More than 4000 people have already been laid off as a result of the austerity measures imposed by the NACTF government.
A definitive list of woke and non-woke foods (thespinoff.co.nz)
Please keep this handy for when Seymour starts coming after parents who feed their kids Quinoa and hummus charging them with child abuse....
ACC proposes cutting more than 300 jobs (www.rnz.co.nz)
More austerity for the government. Lucky for all the people who lose their jobs the government is going to make them go to seminars before they do on the benefit.
Government to introduce compulsory work seminar for job-seeking beneficiaries (www.rnz.co.nz)
I am sure this will be super effective and will not cost any money at all.
Government considers removing election day voter enrolment (www.rnz.co.nz)
Add voter suppression to the list of disasters
MP's comments 'bang on' despite negative response from other parties - Te Pāti Māori (www.rnz.co.nz)
In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government “will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori”....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 7/5/2024
Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!...