Monstrous. Some ATM's will be charging a fee to withdraw money. Because they're greedy & they can. Eastgate is one of the poorer suburbs; I wonder why they didn't try this over in Merivale or Fendalton...

Someone contacted Chris Lynch about this, whereupon it was suddenly all a terrible mistake. 

And really, it seems highly unlikely they'd be doing this unless they're making a profit.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/3...vider-says


"Banks reducing the number of cash machines they offer are creating an opportunity for private ATMs, charging higher fees, to take over ÔÇô but the fees should not be as high as the $7.50 some users have spotted.

The election is bringing out the worst in some on the right; they don't seem to cope very well with womenin positions of authority unless those women are on the right politically.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4990...eft-behind

"The home of Te P─üti M─üori candidate Hana-R─üwhiti Maipi-Clarke was entered, vandalised, and a threatening letter left behind this week.

The attack was premeditated, targeted and politically motivated, the candidate for Hauraki-Waikato said.
The party issued a statement saying it was the third incident to take place at Maipi-Clarke's home this week.

ÔÇ£When our billboards are vandalised, and when our candidates are verbally assaulted, it is not an attack on them as individuals or us as a political party. It is an attack on what we represent: our whakapapa, our culture, and the dreams of our t┼½puna and mokopuna," the party said.
"Hana is our mokopuna, and no mokopuna should ever be treated this way."

The danger of the campaign trail had increased Maipi-Clarke said, and she blamed that on race baiting and fearmongering from right wing parties.
Speaking during the Hauraki-Waikato candidates' debate on The Hui, Maipi-Clarke addressed the attackers.

"This is my message: To the people who ram raided my house, who came into my house and threatened me. To the people who came and vandalised my fence - don't be scared, because the Kōhanga Reo generation are here, and we have a huge movement and a huge wave of us coming through," she said.
"I am not scaredÔǪ I am here to be a light and a m─üramatanga to us that we belong in these places."
A spokesperson for Te P─üti M─üori said the incident was thought to be the first time a politician's home had been attacked in this way.ÔÇØ


And then there was the Labour candidate who was slapped by a man who disagreed with her.



"A Labour candidate says she was slapped by an aggressive member of the public while at a local election debate this week.
Angela Roberts, a candidate for Taranaki-King Country, took to social media on Friday to inform her followers of an incident that happened on Tuesday.
Roberts said she was at a campaign debate at her local Rotary Club in Inglewood.
Following the debate, Roberts said she was having a discussion with a "tall man" about education policy and other things when "aggressive finger pointing started".
"Then things took a turn for the worse," she said. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her - then slapped her.






"He grabbed my shoulders and shook me in order to emphasise the point he was making. Then he slapped my cheeks with both hands.

"At this point I walked away and gathered my things and he left. Others checked that I was okay. I said that I was and left for home."



Explaining further to RNZ, she said: "We had a really lively debate, really robust. Had a cup of tea afterwards as usual, had a further chat to two or three people about other things, and then this gentleman started ... explaining politics to me, and I answered his questions... but then he grabbed my shoulders and shook me - he was quite a tall guy - and I don't remember what he said but it was something about losing the election and this is why.



"Then he slapped my cheeks with both his hands like someone putting on aftershave and said something along the lines of 'Oh well, enjoy being in opposition'. At that point I stepped away because I did not need to be manhandled and I assume he left at that point."

Roberts said she thought that would be the end of it, but after going home and thinking about, and discussing it with her family, realised it was important to take a stand and call out the man's aggression.

"Manhandling candidates on the campaign trail is completely unacceptable."

From being built anywhere near their 'exclusive' (but not elitist, according to them) enclave.


So, not the peasants revolting, but the 'exclusive' residents...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1330106...nd-enclave


"17-dwelling development in a wealthy enclave in South Auckland has infuriated local residents, having been revealed to be a social housing complex.

just a query gang,

im learning to drive currently, after 20 years on a motorbike, and am going to fit a reversing camera. would this be acceptable for sitting future tests, given how common they seem to be these days?

thanks in advance.

Thinking to purchase a Doro 2660 4g ph unlocked

Spoke with 2degrees who informed that 3g options are shutting down late '25.

Didn't seem to have any negatives apart from the conectivity aspect.

WE had a Doro Ph up til early this year. said ph suited requirements plus was any easy great little ph,person needs neither data or text options.

Currently using a Nokia Flip which @ best could be described as unrelliable.

Have searched within NZ can't find any, so seems overseas is the only option.

Possibly the oversea pin plug [ for charger] may not fit NZ requirements, guess this could be bypassed by the purchase say on Trade Me of a suitable plug connection.

Opinions/views ? Thx

Re my coming holiday trip. Made my online bookings, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and return trip via Air New Zealand.
My Samsung phone Calendar automatically entered the flight details for SIA and CX flights soon after the email came through but not Air NZ. Of course, I can manually add in to the Calendar,  no big deal. 

Just out of curiosity, I am wondering why the Calendar doesn't pick up the information from Air NZ's email?

Any comments?

Cheers

Brings back those 90s vibes!
I built this to be the ultimate 386 dream machine of the period.
Specs:
ASUS ISA-386U3
128KB cache
CD ROM
3.5 and 5.25 floppy drives
500MB HDD
16MB RAM
IIT math co processor
AMD 386 DX-40
Western digital VGA graphics card with 1MB video memory
I've also added a CF card slot on the IDE to allow the ease of transferring data.

   

David Seymour found another way to make it harder for working people. Goodbye to those fair pay agreements & the Jan 2nd holiday. 

He claims the latter is to 'absorb the cost of Matariki' but then he'd hardy admit to deliberately doing his best to inflame race relations, would he.

The 90 day 'trial' would return if he gets his way so  some employers  will love it.

https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-nat...5GpcKuQlq8

(30-09-2023, 12:27 PM)C_T_Russell Wrote:

(30-09-2023, 10:12 AM)harm_less Wrote: You're obviously using the same erroneous definition as Winnie is to support his inflammatory perspectives.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/indigenous 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.c...indigenous
https://www.healthline.com/health/what-d...enous-mean (You're welcome)

From the perspective of the Europeans who first visited New Zealand the Maori would have been construed as the indigenous population of this country.

Native, not indigenous,  there is a clear difference.
Better not talk about the moriori which they wiped out.

show that they will take money from the least well off, to pay the rich tax cuts. That should tell you all you need to know about them.