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Posted by: colpol - 20-09-2023, 07:03 PM - Forum: PressF1
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Have been slack and now my gmail inbox has 1300+ emails. Anyone now how to delete them all without doing it page by page.
Cheers
Colin
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| Methamphetimine Rules, son's name. |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 20-09-2023, 03:33 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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An Australian journalist has named their newborn son Methamphetimine Rules in the name of journalism.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellb...mine-rules
Viewers were asking questions about baby names and what parents┬á┬á┬ácould legally call their child, but Drysdale couldnÔÇÖt get a clear answer from the Department of Deaths, Births and Marriages.
"What we were trying to find out was what the registrar names a baby if the parents don't come up with an acceptable name, because that's what actually happens if parents don't lodge a name that's acceptable,ÔÇØ she told Langdon.
"So we thought, well, we're in the perfect position to find out ... we'll lodge a name that's so outrageous that it couldn't possibly be accepted.ÔÇØ But then the name was approved.
Drysdale said she had been assured all applications were screened by humans and the chance the name would make it through would be incredibly low.
"But I really didn't think this would happen."
"The registry have been really good at working through this with us, acknowledging that it shouldn't have happened, and we're going through the process of getting a correction done, so it won't follow him around forever.ÔÇØ
Drysdale was now in the process of getting it corrected."
Had a look at what the situation is here, slightly different.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle...ealed.html
"Look, I'm not one to judge a person on their name (read my name backwards for a laugh), but let's take a minute to thank whoever enforced the rule that a name has to be approved by the Registrar-General before it becomes legal - saving many a child across the motu from possible torment. 
Following the release of 2022's most popular baby names earlier this week, the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages has now revealed the list of names that were rejected.
Royalty was once again the prevailing theme among the baby names that were declined in New Zealand last year, with the likes of King, Prince, Princess and Saint reappearing on the list of proposed forenames that didn't get the stamp of approval.
For the 14th year in a row, the forename declined the most number of times was 'King', which has been the most commonly rejected name in Aotearoa since 2009. 
However, a total of 13 new names were included on the list for 2022, including Biship, King-Kelly, Rhoyal, Saynt and Hosea-King.
ÔÇ£There are guidelines in place to ensure that names don't cause offence, are a reasonable length and don't represent an official title or rank," said Jeff Montgomery, Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Names that do not meet the criteria can be reviewed by the Registrar-General on a case-by-case basis. In the instance that your baby's name is reviewed, you are given the opportunity to present the reasoning for the name. The significance of a name to the family is considered on balance with how the name may be perceived by the public, and the Department of Internal Affairs' obligations under the relevant legislation."
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| Oz vote on indigenous voices |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 19-09-2023, 11:53 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics
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Across the dtich they've decided it just might be time to change things a bit - perhaps they will, perhaps they won't. They vote on october 14th - good luck,Oz. 
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...y-albanese
ÔÇ£The idea for a voice came from the people and it will be decided by the people. Today I announce that referendum day will be 14 October,ÔÇØ Albanese told a packed theatre of yes campaign supporters, to loud applause.
ÔÇ£You are not being asked to vote for a political party, or for a person. YouÔÇÖre being asked to vote for an idea. To say yes to an idea whose time has come.ÔÇØ
The announcement was met with immediate support and advocacy from a wide range of social organisations including the Australian Council of Social Services, Liberals for Yes, the trade union movement and Anglicare Australia, as well as the migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES, and Indigenous childrenÔÇÖs organisation SNAICC.
In some of his strongest and clearest advocacy for the constitutional reform, Albanese described the voice as ÔÇ£a committee of┬áIndigenous Australians┬áchosen by Indigenous Australians, giving advice to government so that we can get a better result for Indigenous Australians.ÔÇØ He painted the referendum as a simple and clear change that would lead to better policy results and cost savings through more efficient spending.
ÔÇ£There are local success stories out there. Just imagine the progress we could make with a voice connecting the regions with the nation,ÔÇØ Albanese said.
ÔÇ£Giving locals a say of course means that we save money too. Because weÔÇÖll be making sure the funding actually reaches the people on the ground.
ÔÇ£No more waste. Better results, where they are needed.ÔÇØ
The prime ministerÔÇÖs speech argued that voting no to the referendum ÔÇ£leads nowhere ÔǪ nothing changesÔÇØ.┬á
ÔÇ£Our Australian story goes back 65,000 years. And what a privilege we have of sharing this continent with the oldest continuous culture on earth. But our story is not finished yet,ÔÇØ Albanese said.
ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs up to all of us to write the next chapter together. And we can start by writing one word ÔÇô yes.ÔÇØ
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| The leader's debate tonight - 19th September 2023 |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 19-09-2023, 11:45 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics
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An entire two bloody hours fgs! 
WHO in their right mind could stomach two hours of politicians making promises & pretending they're genuinely interested in anything other than being in govt??
I don't know anyone who would, or could.
I saw Moana interviewing Wily Winston on Te Ao last night - the man's an expert at wriggling away fron a straight answer & as she's interviewed him before she knew what was coming & had trouble keeoing a straight face. I doubt he's ever in his entire life given anyone anywhere a straight answer.
Next week she's interviewing David Seymour finally; it was supposed to be last week but they did the item on Australia & their vote instead - should be an interesting result.
And I'm keen to see David Seymour be interviewed by Moana; she didn't let Christopher Luxon get away with anything so perhaps the same will apply.
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| RIP Roger Whittaker |
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Posted by: bellbird - 19-09-2023, 09:42 AM - Forum: PC World Chat
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1936-2023. Always sad when a beloved entertainer dies. Much will be written about him in the media today and his songs played. Marcus Lush is a fan and often sings a line or two from The Last Farewell when Roger Wittaker comes to mind triggered by something a caller mentions.
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| Nat candidate with controversial view 'changed mind' |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 18-09-2023, 04:21 PM - Forum: Opinion and Politics
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Just in time for the election, too. What an amazing coincidence. Anyone with a slightly cynical view might think he'd been told to toe the line.
He sounds so very delightful, too - referring to some of us as 'low socio economics' who according to  him, apparently 'fill our tap water with Raro'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/4982...BJvrvdnSD8
[b]"The National Party candidate favoured to win the Hamilton East electorate held views directly opposed to the party's leader on fluoridation of water and vaccine mandates.[/b]
Ryan Hamilton has voiced support for groups that spread misinformation about fluoridation.
He refuses to be interviewed but the National Party claims he has changed his mind about the fluoridation of water, after more than two decades of public opposition.
In social media posts, Hamilton claimed Covid deaths data had been inflated and once said poverty was not a reason to fluoridate water because "most lower socio economics filled their tap water with raro".
Hamilton, a Hamilton City Councillor, has consistently and openly opposed fluoridation of water for more than two decades.
In another post, Hamilton praised 'Fluoride Free Hamilton & NZ', a group that has published extensive misinformation about fluoride. In 2016, he said he was "with the minority" in opposition to fluoride and had been for 22 years.
Hamilton's views are in sharp contrast with the National Party he now represents.
He has also described protecting the vulnerable from Covid as "a carefully constructued manipulative guilt inducing narrative". And he suggested data on Covid fatalities reported by coroners "seems set up only to inflate the death numbers for the propaganda machine."
In 2021, he was the only Hamilton City Councillor to oppose not letting the unvaccinated enter some council buildings.
These comments have won him support from groups such as Voices for Freedom, which has a record of fanning misinformation. Hamilton's social media accounts also follow many mis-information spreaders, including a radical fringe political party 'NNP: New Nation Party'.
So what is Hamilton's position on fluoridation, mandates and misinformation now he's representing the National Party? It's unclear.
RNZ's multiple requests for an interview with Hamilton from the beginning of last week have gone unanswered. Instead, the National Party interceded and provided an unsolicited statement in Hamilton's name, addressing the 'raro' comment from 2013 and his track record on fluoridation and mandates.
"I made this Facebook comment a decade ago - it was a rash comment and I apologise. I've opposed fluoridation in the past but now fully back National's position," the statement said."
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