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Interesting read in my opinion.
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A Shield Snorters judge has questioned the merits of the Kahukura drug rehab programme in the case of a Mob meth dealer.
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The Motor Industry Association (MIA) - the organisation that represents New Zealand's new-vehicle distributors - has withdrawn support for the Government's Clean Car Standard, following what it says are "nasty surprises" and an "appalling lack of understanding" in the introduction of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle) Amendment Bill into the House. There is no obvious rationale and it seems it is a revenue gathering exercise for New Zealand to have targets that are tougher than other jurisdictions like Europe. New Zealand new vehicle importers parent companies are already making their production plan out to 2030 and these will be based on what Europe, Asia and Australia need, not what our government wants.
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According to this paywalled headline............
New Zealand's elimination strategy has made our country the envy of the world so far in the pandemic – and experts say there's little logic in abandoning it now.
Anyone got a peek behind the paywall to tell me -
- Which countries are envying NZ right now ?
- Who are these "experts" advocating continuance of the elimination strategy?
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@frank said in NZ Politics:
According to this paywalled headline............
New Zealand's elimination strategy has made our country the envy of the world so far in the pandemic – and experts say there's little logic in abandoning it now.
Anyone got a peek behind the paywall to tell me -
- Which countries are envying NZ right now ?
- Who are these "experts" advocating continuance of the elimination strategy?
I had a brief skim:
- No countries. Just them saying that we're doing so much better than other countries.
- Basically just the experts the media mention all the time other than Siouxsie.
Definitely wouldn't pay to read it.
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This Three Waters thing is BS...plenty of councils against it, yet Labour still think its a good idea...
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
This Three Waters thing is BS...plenty of councils against it, yet Labour still think its a good idea...
Have to get these idiots out before they screw more stuff up. But the alternative is not good either
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@frank said in NZ Politics:
According to this paywalled headline............
New Zealand's elimination strategy has made our country the envy of the world so far in the pandemic – and experts say there's little logic in abandoning it now.
Anyone got a peek behind the paywall to tell me -
- Which countries are envying NZ right now ?
- Who are these "experts" advocating continuance of the elimination strategy?
From what I read (and hear in in the UK), the general view is that NZ has done incredibly well in keeping deaths down but the viability and sustainability of the elimination strategy is being questioned - particularly the economic costs and health issues from things like Winter Flu.
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@victor-meldrew we all good, no flu here!
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@taniwharugby out of genuine curiosity why do you think Three Waters is BS? I've seen our mayor (Andy Foster) kicking up a stink but our infrastructure must be as bad, if not worse, than most major cities in NZ. It's clear it needs massive investment and that the current approach isn't working well for most (all?) regions.
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@paekakboyz well I dont believe any council (even the likes of Havelock North and thier issues) will get the value back on thier investment from what they Govt is offering.
Ownership of local government water assets would be transferred to the four new entities - councils would collectively own the regional authority in their area.
The assets would be managed by the entities' boards - members would be appointed with input from the councils and include Māori representation.
From Whangarei District Council:
"In our case, because we have no debt against this asset class, there was a financial settlement aspect as well ... the total package I think came to around $133 million, which sounds like a lot of money, however the assets have a value of between $600m and $1.2 billion ... so, frankly, that's that's not sufficient for us to say that's a good deal when we're losing the control of the assets that our community has paid for and built up over many, many years."
Maybe the Govt could just set up a Regulatory board to assist in management, not steal assets from Councils....
I guess I'm looking more from my Councils approach, but with multiple councils against it, you have to think there are issues and Labour wanting to ram it through anyway?
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@victor-meldrew we all good, no flu here!
Yep. One of the key reasons given for relaxing the restrictions in the UK was to allow things like the flu virus to spread and build up immunity in the summer months when it's way less dangerous. Modelling showed up to 200% more flu deaths if restrictions hadn't been stopped.
Difficult one for governments to manage.
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@taniwharugby so those assets were purely funded via rates? Not central govt + regional govt + rates (to be fair that is a tangle of funding I know little about). They don't say much about the state of those assets either - just because they don't have debt against it currently doesn't mean the system is in good nick, or that they won't have to borrow for future work.
Not to sideline the mighty WDC but they could well be an edge case in terms of debt v assets. No doubt at all that some regions are doing better than others - but at a macro level we are way behind.
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