I suspect he's hit the nail on the head & greed is at the core of this.


https://www.facebook.com/www.redsky.tv

"Waitangi day ought to be the day we celebrate the signing of the founding document of our nation. Some years it is a moment to pause to remember the things that unite us as a nation. But some years it emphasizes the things that divide us and this, sadly, is one of those years.

Hi,

I'm looking at replacing my office chair as it is almost at the point of falling apart, and given that i WFH several days a week, having something comfortable is important.

What suggestions do people have or what do you use yourself?

Budget not really an issue unless the options really get up there.

Thanks.

My, how very surprising...


The PM has admitted his sister in law works for a tobacco company but says he has not discussed tobacco policy with her. I'm sure we all believe that, don't we...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/508...co-company

Got one of these I'm trying to set up on 2degrees, have set vlan to 10 with dhcp, etc.
Router says its connected, but does not display any IP address.
There is a ton of variables you can change on these routers, so was wondering if there is something else I've missed?

Not much reported here, but a friend of mine is heading over to Texas next week, told me he is concerned about going over there, national guard has been called in.
Looks like Texas has been ordered by the white house to open the borders and remove the razor wire.
They are refusing to comply and 28 other states are supporting Texas.

Also in Canada..an iceberg has gone missing. Possibly with that missing stuffed polar bear.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47232355


"A Canadian vodka distiller has lost 30,000 litres of valuable iceberg water in what appears to be a heist.
Iceberg Vodka CEO David Meyers says he is mystified as to who - or why - someone would have stolen the water.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say someone made away with the liquid - enough to fill a tractor-trailer tanker - from a warehouse in the historic community of Port Union, Newfoundland.
The water is valued at between C$9,000 ($6,775; £5,200) and C$12,000.
The CEO of the Newfoundland-based distiller told the BBC that the water was discovered missing on Monday after their facility manager found one of the tanks had been completely drained over the weekend.


Mr Meyers said it would have taken "a bit of work" to have been able to access the tank and remove the water, which was secured behind a locked gate and door.


The water is insured but the company is only able to harvest it in the spring from the ice giants that appear annually on Newfoundland and Labrador's coast along the famed "iceberg alley".
"We only have one crack at doing an iceberg harvest a year," he said. "It's just like a grape harvest for the wine industry."

More puzzling to the CEO is that he believes it would be no easy task to sell thousands of litres of stolen iceberg water.
"It's not like there's a black market for [it]," he said.
"So if someone is trying to offload 30,000 litres in a tanker or something, I would like to hear about that."

Sort of. 

A stuffed polar bear has been stolen in Canada. A 12 foor polar bear wouldn't exactly be easy to hide, quite bizarre.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68163036


"Police in Canada are investigating the bizarre theft of a taxidermy polar bear weighing some 500lb (225kg) from a resort near Edmonton.
The bear, standing some 12ft (3.6m) tall, is believed to have been snatched during the cold snap in early January with temperatures near -30C (-22F).
It was reported stolen on 22 January by the operators of the Lily Lake Resort, according to police.
The public has been asked to keep an eye out for the giant stuffed bear.

The resort is located in Sturgeon County, about 30 miles (50km) north of Edmonton.
According to investigators, the resort saw a "similar occurrence" last August when two taxidermy raccoons were stolen from the property during a break-in.

A resort worker told The Globe and Mail that the resort has 24-hour security patrols, but they were cancelled that night due to the bitter cold.
Wanda Rowe told the newspaper that the thieves cut the cables that secured the bear, and dragged it outside where they probably had a vehicle waiting.
"It 100% had to be planned," said Ms Rowe.
Alberta RCMP Constable Kelsey Davidge described the crime as "The Heist of the Big Polar Bear", according to the paper.


She told residents to keep a lookout, in case the thieves try to sell it online."

Microsoft claim its a bug, but I'm not so sure.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/...oples-pcs/

Looks to me like Chippy has more answers than anyone else in the House today. Brownlee and Luxon being schooled.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1752542602329739737

An interesting documentary series; I remember the Iraena Asher incident & how it seemed that police just tried to brush her off.


https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/28-...se-to-home


“I think this is a very sinister story,” former Waitakere City mayor Sir Bob Harvey declares. It’s one heck of a spooky opening to Black Coast Vanishings, Three’s new true crime docuseries that investigates the mysterious disappearances of six people at Piha since 1992.

It’s the perfect recipe for compelling television: tragic true life stories, a ruggedly remote setting, and a series of quirky characters from a small town on Auckland’s West Coast. Each of these disappearances occurred in different circumstances, but Black Coast Vanishings pulls them together by one common thread: Piha. Episode one revisits the disappearances of teacher trainee Iraena Asher and French exchange student Éloi Rolland, who visited Piha decades apart but both vanished without a trace.

Hearing the recordings of Asher’s phone calls to police is both chilling and heartbreaking, but Black Coast Vanishings isn’t just the story of those who disappeared. We also meet Rolland’s heartbroken parents, who asked their son to bring them some black sand from Piha as a souvenir, and Asher’s former boyfriend, who didn’t answer her phone call the night she disappeared. The pain and anguish of these family and friends is quiet and constant, anchoring the series in the grief of those who remain behind.

And then there’s the Piha locals, who have seen it all, heard it all, and have their own  theories about what really went on in their backyard. We hear from the Piha camp ground kaitiaki and a couple of local surfers, as well as residents Julia and Bobbie, who recount how they brought Asher into their home on the night she disappeared. These different perspectives bring an energy to the series and helps to create a rich portrait of small town New Zealand, a place where everyone notices everything and the length of the fire siren signals the seriousness of a situation."