Perhaps he's right...


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5286...a-backbone

Seems highly unlikely under this current govt now, despite Casey Costello's claims. The previous govt, for all their faults did at least manage the smokefree policy somewhat better.

Casey Costello has vehemently denied any dealings with the tobacco industry


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528...efree-2025


And she has no idea who wrote this document which was sent  to health officials. Despite having now released it - sort of. What's not redacted....



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/5261...ed-to-hide

And this is what they are doing in response. 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...t-warning/

Louise Upston apparently knows more than the experts who advised govt that 3 billion a year is needed to fix poverty. Govt 'disagrees with that advice & is taking a different approach to the previous govt.'   They 'want to get more households into work' so you have to wonder why they've slashed so many jobs.


"Lifting children out of poverty is the moral obligation of any good govt. This one clearly doesn't have doesn't have any morals & continues underhanded action" said Labour's  Carmel Sepuloni.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528...ld-poverty

These guys have Luxon's BS down to a tee! Why aren't the mainstream media picking up on this?

Despite the clear similarity to an actual cut, this is apparently not a cut. At all. Not even slightly.


120 Wellington families have lost access to respite care support, but according to ministers this is not a cut - because the programme's budget was intact.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5285...-not-a-cut

Looks like I've had it for using Outlook 2016 as Microsoft have changed the rules for getting emails. I've always downloaded Outlook.com emails to the PC,and not left them on the server  I don't download my gmail ones.

Have got the new "Outlook for Windows" free one on the PC now so can see my emails on my PC, laptop and phone.But that doesn't allow me to download them onto my PC. But it will allow me to see my older emails on my phone like the gmail ones if I'm not downloading them to my PC.

Probably can live with that, but my Mailwasher program that first checks emails has also stopped working. I use it to delete any emails I don't want.But thinking about it I probably don't need it if I'm not downloading my emails to PC. As I can delete them on my phone.

But I do have separate folders in my Outlook program for Work,TradeMe ,etc, instead of all lumped in together.

Technology!!
I guess the answer is to upgrade my Outlook or go to 365.

Fiddling with the free Outlook I see I can create new folders to save emails into, so that's a relief. But how do I reply to older emails that are in my Outlook 2016! Copy and paste I assume!

Ongoing!!

Maori & Kiwi words have been added to the latest Oxford dictionary. They include 'waka jumper', 'mahi' & 'chilly bin.'


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5284...dictionary

So I got home and turned on my PC, and I get the set-up process I got when I first bought it and turned it on for the first time.

Just spent the last hour setting up the PC like a brand new one, but it's a bit different because it asked me to restore some things from my previous usage, that being this morning when everything was fine.

I thought it was maybe a MS Windows update, but why would that put me right back to the intial setup process?

And I've lost Pictures, Videos and most of my Documents from Explorer. A MS update wouldn't do that, I assume.

Anyone got any explanation for me? Is this just a me thing? 

I'm assuming the PC downloaded something when I was using it this morning and when I turned it back on it did something ...

Drs concerned about what appears to be a hiring freeze have told the minister that its not true that the hiring freeze isn't affecting front line staff. Matt Doocey has said that he'll step in if that is the case.
He said that mental health is a priority & there is no impact.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528...-happening


And the nursing shortage doesn't seem to be improving either.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5281...cuts-costs