Housing minister Chris Bishop has announced his decision on the Wellington District Plan, approving a series of amendments to radically upzone most of Wellington, allowing tens of thousands of new townhouses and apartments that were previously illegal to build....
Among the list of organisations that have been invited to apply are organisations associated with projects that would destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor....
It is though. If they go through, it’s destroying something we can’t get back so someone can make money. Doesn’t matter if later governments change their stance, those places will never be the same.
Probably not. Teenagers are still developing their brains, empathy, etc.
Some teenagers are taught that hunting is a valuable skill and want to practice it. Some just want to use their toy and don’t actually consider the full implications. Some might have been taught that squirrels are vermin.
All those things are more likely than the teen shooting the squirrel because they enjoy causing pain. Probably the squirrels POV never even shadowed their thoughts.
tl;dr teenagers are stupid and do stupid shit without thinking about what they’re doing.
This is exactly why I made sure when buying my house/section that it was more than 5m higher than sea level and inland from the coast. Not that that will mitigate the societal collapse following the glaciers’....
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, says Europe is entering a “prewar” era, cautioning that the continent is not ready and urging European countries to step up defence investment....
Between climate change being posed to create chaos, Russia trying to recreate the USSR, and capitalism doing capitalism things, I don’t know if he’s actually wrong. 😔
I’m pretty sure they had no idea about the cost. They probably asked their finance minister, who, instead of reading the paperwork tossed a kina at a flock of seagulls and interpreted their reaction as the answer.
Minister approves sweeping upzoning, rejects heritage changes (thespinoff.co.nz)
Housing minister Chris Bishop has announced his decision on the Wellington District Plan, approving a series of amendments to radically upzone most of Wellington, allowing tens of thousands of new townhouses and apartments that were previously illegal to build....
'Right in the firing line': New lab-grown milk substitute could threaten NZ's dairy sector (www.newshub.co.nz)
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Steve From “Blue's Clues” Touches Hearts of Millennials by Beating Dan Schneider to Death With His Bare Hands (thehardtimes.net)
Government forced to release its ‘top secret’ fast-track list (www.forestandbird.org.nz)
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Guy who tortured a wolf and paraded it's body around is now receiving death threats (lemmy.world)
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Building wall not enough to stop sea level rising, research says (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Europe must get ready for looming war, Donald Tusk warns (www.theguardian.com)
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Luxon refuses to answer any of the questions asked in this interview about kicking out housing tenants. (www.youtube.com)
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Revealed: Landlord tax cuts will cost hundreds of millions more than ACT, National campaigned on (www.newshub.co.nz)
They knew what the true cost would be and hid it.