We'll that was underwhelming, 

Grant Robertson: pretty much on the defensive the whole time
Nicola Willis: seemed like she was in a high school debating competition, name dropping more than a few times
David Seymour: comes across as if human and social costs don't even cross his mind as the dollar signs whizz by.
James Shaw: the only one that seemed to actually care about something other than the politics TBH...

just my two cents...

Not sure why National don't think it's important to explain the costing of the tax cuts, harms the credibility big time imo

anyone else inflict death upon 1000 brain cells by watching it?

anyone know who is doing that anti government attack advert on telly?  i'm seeing / hearing it in TV3, just on now during the news.   but there was no identifying "authorised by" info I could see, usually required for political parties... keep missing the beginning of it 

Any clues?

The times they are a-changing, the last sentence of this article is a tad weird.
In my day we were not encouraged to fly into any terrain, no matter how well insured the aircraft might be.

Oh joy, what little delights may be in store if that lot get a sniff of power! She always reminds me of Ruth Richardson which is rather unfortunate, in view of the nickname she had at the time, Ruthless.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...id-seymour

You used to be able to do it with just a single click to change your browser defaults.
But now you have to go through every jolly file type it seems in windows 11.
I'm sure earlier versions of 11 were not like this.
Probably means I need to rely on more third party tools and registry hacks, etc.

Just ask why so many of them are paying National and ACT.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/...-must-rise

Or not. But perhaps possible - interesting anyway.


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66786611

I am wanting to obtain the floor plan of two houses in Auckland for use in a court cass. I have  tried Auckland council with little success and I wondered if there was somewhere else that I could go to. What I am trying to ascertain is how many bedrooms there are in  both houses.

Thanks for your help

So there were two missed calls from a number I didn't recognise on my ph, and thinking it was maybe the hospital or dhb I rang back. It was answered by a woman with a heavy accent telling me she was the Electoral Commission and just needed some details that I hadn't filled out on my new enrolment form.

Ummm... new enrolment form? Nahhhhh. No change for the that ten years I told her, and if she had a new form it wasn't from me... Would I give my address and full name please? Nope to that too, seeing I couldn't confirm who she was...

How on earth did she get my number anyway, seeing I am very reluctant to give that to anyone, let alone the Electoral Commission. Why would they need it?

Weirdness indeed.

Or am I just too scam sensitive these days?

The reaction from other parties to Winston's comments  about Maori.

The pariah no one wants to work with - but may yet need to.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...ton-peters