You will be living in a world controlled by mega corporations, including oil companies and drug companies etc.
Not good!
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourecon...eat-reset/

For context, even the guardian confirms that Maori patients can jump the queue for surgery waiting lists.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...y-patients

Now the BSA come out and basically say she is full of shit?
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertain...atory.html

Ok, so I bought an all-in-one without understanding the HDMI v HDMI-in thing. 

I wanted the (in) to run a laptop and my Playstation. Man was I pissed when I figured out the problem...

Anyways, enough of that. Is there a way I can make the HDMI (out) port work like an HDMI-in?

I've tried Googling etc but either no-one has ever asked this question, or I'm asking it wrong (probably this one).

If not I'm buying a new AIO - I'm over this.

Thanks.

According to principal Pat Newman - who doesn't mince his words...

Would it really be so very difficult for our politicians to put aside their political differences & work together for the sake of our kids & their future? So very impossible to actually consult teachers & find out what IS really needed? What would really work properly, both now & in the future?

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...ction.html

"A Whangārei principal is slamming David Seymour's newly announced attendance action plan saying it is " about as useful as tits on a bull".   

I'm sure I remember this one being mentioned a few times in various places, nice to see some accountability, but would have been better if she herself were culpable...

Quote:The Broadcasting Standard Authority (BSA) said Hawkesby's statements were misleading, implying Māori and Pacific people were being "moved to the top of surgery waitlists" and gave the impression ethnicity was the key factor in getting a spot on the waitlist.
It found her comments breached its discrimination and denigration standard by reinforcing negative stereotypes.
"Hawkesby's comments played into the stereotype that Māori and Pacific peoples disproportionately take up resources and are given undeserved special treatment in Aotearoa New Zealand's society, at the expense of other ethnicities. While not said explicitly, in our view, the exaggerated and misleading nature of Hawkesby's comments had the effect of evoking this type of prejudicial bias.
"The conduct was serious, featuring repeated and sustained inaccurate descriptions of the Equity Adjustor Score over the course of a one hour broadcast, which in turn had the effect of embedding negative stereotypes about Māori and Pacific peoples. This was despite accurate information being to hand."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5138...flammatory

And there we go; their true Tory bastard colours showing loud & clear. Miserable sods, the lot of them.


https://www.msn.com/en-nz/health/other/j...39ac&ei=10

"The Government unveiled its public service targets on Monday. We've already seen the health ones, but it's added targets across the rest of Government.
And that includes targeting those on the health or disability jobseekers benefit.
Along with a focus on law and order and education, the Government is honing in on welfare. It wants to slash benefit numbers by 50,000.
In December 2023 there were about 190,000 people on the Jobseeker Benefit. But just over 80,000 of those were receiving it because they have a health condition or disability - what used to be known as the sickness benefit. That leaves nearly 110,000 who are deemed 'work ready'.
The 50,000 reduction won't just apply to the work-ready though. It'll target those on the health or disability jobseekers benefit.
"They may want to do part-time work. They may want to get work-ready. They might want to do more programmes in preparation for work," Luxon said."


Or, they may be unable to work, too ill to work.

I wonder which it is - are our Govt too stupidly ignorant to comprehend that some people are genuinely unable to work, or do they understand all too well, & just do not care?

Well...I suppose the news can't always be bad, can it...

And the words  "ACT was the biggest loser" do have  certain lovely ring to them. Long may it continue.




https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/g...RIGOTHOKM/


[b]"The Green Party has surged by 3.3 points in the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll, scoring 14.6 per cent - a very high poll rating for the party.[/b]
The party’s friends on the left, Te Pāti Māori, have also enjoyed a good bump, rising 2.1 points to 4.6 per cent, in what was generally a good poll for the left wing parties. Labour was also up, but only by 0.4 points to 25.7 per cent.

Act was the biggest loser on the right, falling 2.8 points to 7.2 per cent, NZ First fell 1.1 point to 6.3 per cent. National was also down, but by just 0.3 points to 37.1 per cent.
The results would give the coalition 64 seats, enough to govern, but down six seats from last month’s poll. The centre-left parties would be up three seats to 56 seats."



Is that the sound of pigeons overhead....

Was great to replay the livestream this morning.
I think many people forget how uncommon it is to experience one. especially for a small country like NZ, while not a rare event, (we get them ever 18 months or so) the earth is covered in alot of ocean, so more than 50% of the time the path crosses over the ocean, and on top of that the path of totality is only shy of 200 km across, so the chances of one happening near where you live are pretty slim.
That being said, in 2028 we will see one near queenstown, and in 2037 we get one in the middle of the north island so will be quite accessible for many kiwis to view.
Im sure I remember us having one around 1992 when I was a child, went pretty dark in the early afternoon, but dont think we had full totality.

Can't load Lotto.co.nz from Firefox????

What is happening?

Remember this from years back?

https://www.tardme.co.nz/