one of the older websites no longer in use apparently...

I received one of their emails today politely warning me that the password, amongst other info, was compromised and that if i used the said password anywhere else, I should change it immediately...

So now all I need to do is remember the password I used at least 5 years ago...

Legend AA

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/1286071...bsite-hack

Not sure what to make of this...  

Personally I don't see how the act of cutting off a finger could ever be self defence.  They clearly had the teenager under control after the beating they gave him.  Sure he deserved the beating after the repeated break ins and threats to stab, but chopping off his finger and getting away with it?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3005853...not-guilty

They must have read some views on them & their tactics.



https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/11/super...110-items/


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/4668...cery-items


They should probably read the comments about this move - whoever would have thought there's  so much cynicism about supermarkets here!

This could be a possibility for the future; apparently cheaper than light rail & they might work for all our cities .

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/1285916...d-for-city


"The Government dumped a short-lived plan for a $785 million cycling and walking bridge, and its agency is weighing up alternatives, including dedicated ferries and buses.

While a new idea in New Zealand for urban transport, Doppelmayr has built big systems in South American cities, with a 31km network in La Paz, Bolivia, carrying more than 265,000 passengers a day.

Doppelmayr calls the technology ÔÇ£ropewaysÔÇØ, and there are differing systems, from smaller vehicles, to 78-passenger cars used in a Portland system, to a 200-seat double-decker in a Vietnamese theme park.

anyone else not particularly impressed...


it looks like it has a permanent high contrast black/white theme
Basically a green box for a logo 
and the apricot(?)  color seems out of sorts with the rest of the theme colors ie black white and green

https://www.kiwibank.co.nz/personal-banking/

to me it looks like someone did it for a high school project

might look better on a tablet maybe... 

Consumer NZ petition


https://campaigns.consumer.org.nz/supermarkets

"With more and more New Zealanders struggling with the rising cost of groceries, the major supermarkets' excessive profits are a slap in the face. 

I've signed & shared this one.

A small victory for those who worked at Gloriavale when they were kids. With luck this will be just the first step in ending people including children, being exploited there & perhaps may eventually end the Gloriavale cult.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1285919...court-case


"Former Gloriavale members say they are ÔÇ£ecstaticÔÇØ over the Employment CourtÔÇÖs ruling that they were employees.

Those barbaric bastards are at it again. Ignorance & arrogance can be a deadly combination. Imo this type of intrusive control is nothing short of evil.


If it was up to me, those men in every country which insists on this would themselves be made subject to precisely the same controlling conditions now imposed on women for at least 3 years, while women are given the freedoms men there now enjoy.

Perhaps Afghanistan & America are not so very different.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/8/...ghan-women

The Taliban has issued yet another decree imposing further restrictions on Afghan women, and criminalising their clothing.

While the Taliban have always imposed restrictions to govern the bodies of Afghan women, the decree is the first for this regime where criminal punishment is assigned for violation of the dress code for women.

ÔÇ£If a woman is caught without a hijab, her mahram (a male guardian) will be warned. The second time, the guardian will be summoned [by Taliban officials], and after repeated summons, her guardian will be imprisoned for three days,ÔÇØ according to the statement.
Akif Muhajir, a spokesman for the ministry, said that government employees who violate the hijab rule will be fired.
And male guardians found guilty of repeated offences ÔÇ£will be sent to the court for further punishmentÔÇØ, he said.




She evaded arrest during a Taliban crackdown on female protestors in February. Later, Khamosh confronted Taliban leaders at a conference in Norway, demanding that they release her fellow female protestors held in Kabul.

ÔÇ£Twenty years [of gains made by Afghan women] is not insignificant progress to lose overnight. We won this on our own might, fighting the patriarchal society, and no one can remove us from the community.ÔÇØ

The activists also said they had predicted the current developments in Afghanistan, and placed equal blame on the international community for not recognising the urgency of the situation."

Fascinating article on the use of resources, societal impact, forthcoming change etc...

https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy...onship-and

Known of course for his roles in The Sweeney & Minder

Dennis Waterman dead: Minder and New Tricks star dies aged 74 at Spanish home with wife by his side (thesun.co.uk)

Didn't realize he also was in The Colditz Tv series, though do remember him from Fair Exchange ['60's show]

Rest well Terry