If you thought NZ had an electricity problem looming you ain't seen nothing yet if these move in. To my mind it does explain the 'unexplained' halt in construction of the west Auckland datacentre though. Change in technological necessities or a symptom of electricity supply shortfalls? The energy demands of these installations are absolutely eye-popping!

Public service announcement : If you choose not to vote, then do not complain about what the councillors do, or don't do. Your choice, having a vote,  use it, or lose it.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I'm a terrible person; my first thought on hearing his nibs was to visit the King was 'Jeez Charlie, is it too much to ask you to slip a little something into his dinner?
 Something which won't have an effect for a couple of weeks & looks like 'natural causes'  - never in a million years would anyone suspect the King...
And he'd be  a hero. Because the Brits don't seem all that thrilled about the visit...



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9jyzl4532o



https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/17...cism-no-to


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...ents-visit

Handy, to have someone to blame. All a result of the American tarifffs apparently. According to Nicola Willis. But 'she's certain things will get better soon'...
And she says that  'her plan is working'....

Of course - she didn't actually say exactly what her plan is.

Our economy has shrunk by 0.9% - in contrast to Oz, which recorded growth of 0.6%...


https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360827763/...ntracts-09

Trump is not welcome in the UK. OC from today’s protest in London

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1njnq2v

Look at the posters, Trump is getting hit hard over there if he is indeed observing the crowds.

Offshore wind was supposed to save power-starved New England. Trump blew up that plan

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/offshore-wind-...05847.html

Stupid Trump.

Quote:https://nz.news.yahoo.com/tesla-issues-u...01258.html

An urgent product recall has been made by Tesla over concerns one of its popular products could overheat and catch fire, with incidents of properties being damaged across Australia.

Part of tonight's dinner is a few spears of our first asparagus for the season. Accompanied with lamb rissoles and parsnip chips with sesame seeds, and the mandatory green stuff, all grown on our patch  

Asparagus is a case of consuming it fresh here as the frozen version just doesn't pass muster. That being the case we've got 3-4 months of daily asparagus to look forward to. I'll post a photo of the purple asparagus once the big ones come up. Their size is absolute weapon grade, and so much sweeter than the green ones.

Our Sun Is Becoming More Active And NASA Doesn't Know Why : ScienceAlert

https://www.sciencealert.com/our-sun-is-...t-know-why

Channel 4 to welcome Trump with 'longest uninterrupted reel of untruths ever broadcast on TV'....should be interesting...


https://deadline.com/2025/09/channel-4-d...236535134/