Well of course they bloody well will - can't have the peasants getting anything free, who knows what they might want next, & besides they might learn stuff.

 People who have education tend to have ideas, about things like democracy & fair govt....

What a bunch of absolute elitist  bastards they are.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...government


"ACT Party leader David Seymour says the fees-free policy is an "unfair, unprincipled and unaffordable bribe" and would reinstate it if it was part of the next government.

Fees-free education offers students their first year of tertiary study or two years training, up to the value of $12,000, free of charge. The Labour Government brought it in in 2018.

But Seymour said it primarily benefits young people from wealthier background. "TheyÔÇÖre being funded by less well-off taxpayers whose children are less likely to go into tertiary education," he said in a statement.┬á


No it damn well doesn't; my youngest grandson was able to use this because his parents were only just over the income limit. Bloody politicians.


Seymour said the $30,000 tertiary element of this policy, however was different from the fees-free scheme because it was a one-off payment.

National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis, and education spokesperson Erica Stanford, have both promised their party would keep the scheme. "We wouldn't touch it," Stanford said. 


The ACT Party's education policy also sets out a radical shift to the sector. It would give each child a Student Education Account at the age of two. Each year until a student is 18, $12,000 will be placed into that account. At the age of 18, they will receive a further $30,000 for tertiary education, with up to $50,000 available top academic achievers through a scholarship program. Over half of students will receive a scholarship.

She & the other directors of Mainzeal must pay more than $6 million




https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/1327993...peal-fails

Unbelievable how some buyers complain about shipping costs.
Had one buyer question me how shipping could be so expensive for something so small.
We are talking about $7 in total and is for the cheapest mailer bag at $5.80 plus some extra for bubblewrap.
I explained the costs and in the end they paid, but for the sake of $1.20? really?

An outgoing MP thinks so!
I believe the idea was floated way back into making NZ a state of Australia prior to the signing of the treaty if I'm not mistaken.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...ory-speech

Bought my new Samsung LU28R550U 4K monitor and Win11 complains that HDR is not supported! 

How to turn it ON? ┬á ┬á    

This has been returned - twice - to a charity shop with complaints it has a creepy aura.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/ar...reepy-aura

Tim Van de Molen has been stood down after finding he threatened a Labour MP. Not a good look so close to an election.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/496...portfolios

"National MP Tim van de Molen has been stood down from his portfolios for contempt of Parliament, after threatening behaviour towards Labour's Shanan Halbert.  National leader Christopher Luxon stood the MP down after Parliament's Privileges Committee found him in contempt and recommended he be censured.  The committee found van de Molen had threatened Halbert and impeded his ability to perform his duties.
  Van de Molen was referred to the committee early this month after Labour's Rachel Boyack claimed he had threatened or intimidated Halbert during a Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee session in June.  He was accused of standing over Halbert, which prompting other MPs to surround the Labour MP, who is chair of the Transport committee."

So, are they going to pay back the government subsidies they got during the pandemic? Maybe the L o t Opposition might like to comment...

312m would buy a lot of things on the government wishlist.

Must be more than a little embarrassing for the Putin regime to have their moon lander crash and burn.  I wonder if that plane crash today also included a couple of head honchos from the space program...

Good on India for the win...

https://www.politico.eu/article/india-mo...n-mission/

Apparently, some of us still live in the 50s. It seems that short dresses & alcohol can cause rape.


A woman who says she was raped by a taxi driver has been questioned about what she was wearing & how much she'd had to drink. By a female lawyer.


https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-nat...-rape-case


"A woman who says she was kidnapped and raped in Dunedin has faced gruelling cross-examination regarding the length of her dress and the amount of alcohol she consumed.
An unregistered Dunedin taxi driver, who currently has interim name suppression, is accused of indecent assault, kidnapping, rape and two charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection.
The complainant admitted she had been drinking heavily on February 8, 2021, recounting all the alcoholic beverages she consumed, some via beer bong.
"You also had tequila shots didnÔÇÖt you? Which is throwing back straight alcohol isnÔÇÖt it ... throwing it down your throat?" Mrs Stevens said.
CCTV images were shown of the woman and her friend eating at McDonaldÔÇÖs, with Mrs Stevens asking if the woman would be exposed when she sat down.
"The dress barely covers your bottom? ... IÔÇÖm not being critical and IÔÇÖm not suggesting that anyone could see your bottom, IÔÇÖm simply exploring."
"It really wasnÔÇÖt that short," the complainant said.

Mrs Stevens suggested the woman did not have any cash on her at the time of the car ride.
"The fact is you didnÔÇÖt pay for the fare at all did you?"
The woman who said she was raped and strangled by the driver was clearly upset.
"No. Why would I after that?"




Tracey Ullman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-hepLP8J4