Thousands of anti-mandate protesters gathered on Parliament's lawn have said they're "in for the long haul" and intend to stay for days.

Send Tamaki down there and call it a picnic

all gathered in wellington today
thick arrogant wankers thought they might win some hearts and minds by bringing the capital to a standstill
bullying shopowners and staff to the point most of them closed up.
the logic truly befits the gormless buffoons
this is tough enough without these gutless crybaby bitches making it worse.
cops should have waded into them, cave in a few heads we'll see how many of the useless unemployable losers come back for more.
who knew we had so many slack-jawed sub human luddites among us?
its been a real eye opener.

Could the answer be in our average level of health being comparatively better than most Western (and other) countries? Case in point; obesity, food quality, air quality, population density, geographic isolation (limiting infection levels), active lifestyle.

The most at risk sectors of NZ's population are those that are already health compromised otherwise we seem to be in good shape regarding our resistance to infection or our ability to weather the storm in the case we are exposed to infection levels beyond our natural resistance to fend off the pathogen's effects.

This article presents the scenario of a modern society's compromised inherent health being the real problem we face and as a result pharmaceutical interventions become a necessary input, in the same way that modern farming practices are highly reliant on chemical inputs in order to address the industrialisation of their management methods. In both cases the real solution lies in correcting the ways we manage ourselves, whether in terms of soil/gut health, food inputs, toxin exposure, chemical/pharmaceutical inputs, and overall psychological wellbeing.

Our government, like many internationally, are being slated over their socially restrictive responses regarding COVID but in a world that is badly out of balance are they just taking the most straightforward and expedient approach in an attempt to 'normalise' national health rather than making real advances in bringing us back to a realistically healthy normal?

Newshub-Reid Research poll: Nearly 40 pct of people think National's Christopher Luxon is doing a good job.

But what the fuck has he done? I cant think of anything life changing, 

as always Im usually wrong about things so please feel free to enlighten me.

I have bottled fruit for years ,using the overflow method, but this year I am having trouble getting jars to seal. I have redone some with not much luck. With heaps of fruit waiting to be bottled I am looking for  advice.   Has anyone else overcome this.   TIA.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-d...VPYIEEWDY/

Despite what Ashley Bloomfield said they did requisition RAT tests already in country and ordered by NZ businesses.  More lies from the Podium of Truth.

Only in Auckland and 98 octane but how long before we are all paying this much?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/1...d-stations

Was thinking of a thread along these whilst out walking.

Kicking it off... From '58

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/new...pp-android

Faceless people casting lots to decide who can and can't leave early even when the risk to health is so low as to be ridiculous. 

208 new infections yesterday -19 in MIQ?  Where is the risk MBIE?

Have been released from a hell on Earth thanks to our new assisted dying legislation. What a gift that must be. I cannot help thinking of the ones I knew endured the agony of a 'natural' death after long battles with terminal illness, and having sympathy for all those locked out of the law because their terminal illness involves dementia. Slowly though, we are maturing as a society when we accept that some mercies are a kindness beyond words.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...of-new-law