Probably talking about transport, NZ politics, or the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Icebirdmail retweeted
If Labours not going to cancel Warkworth to Te Hana to do this (all of the advice says the govt needs to raise FED/RUC to afford that atrocious project), then this is just a promise to use hospital and school money to fund Nationals dumb roads lol
Time for a post All-Star break check in:
Qualified:
* OKC, DET
Still has a good chance:
* SAS
Needs to win their next 5 games:
* BOS
Nine teams could still theoretically meet Phil Jackson’s 40-before-20 contender rule (the last 19 NBA champions all did it)…
OKC 39–11
≥1 win from next 9 games
DET 36–12
≥4 wins from next 11 games
NYK 31–18
≥9 wins from next 10 games
BOS 31–18
≥9 wins from next 10 games
SAS 33–16
≥7 wins from next 10 games
DEN 33–17
≥7 wins from next 9 games
HOU 30–17
≥10 wins from next 12 games
MIN 31–19
9 wins from next 9 games
LAL 29–19
11 wins from next 11 games
Icebirdmail retweeted
So you mean to tell me that the sane way forward is to go big into solar and wind for primary electricity supply, treat hydro as battery storage for generation lulls, and the govt has instead decided to chuck more cash at incumbents and resurrect Solid Energy for gas imports
Icebirdmail retweeted
Just do a massive rooftop "solar & battery" subsidy scheme. Seems like the most obvious policy ever.
rnz.co.nz/news/political/574…
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Nicola Willis "the system got out of whack ... Librarians were being compared with Fisheries Officers".
Fisheries Officers ♂️ : no qualifications needed $61-100K
Librarians♀️ : Library/information Qualification or post graduate degree $49-75k
And therein lies the problem
Icebirdmail retweeted
Cackling at the Green Party's suggested changes to the name of the pay equity bill. This is a level of petty that I aspire to
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How come the Govt can say it’ll spend $2b on five navy helicopters ahead of tendering, when it can’t say how much 2 new ferries might cost because that’d give away our negotiating position, according to the rail minister?
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In today's post we call on @cjsbishop to do the right thing and fix the horrific, stupid and frankly nonsense speed limit rule created by his predecessor.
greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/…
Icebirdmail retweeted
As a reminder there were no 'blanket speed limit' reductions in New Zealand under Labour. In fact, they specifically chose an evidence based, community driven, and context dependent system.
The only major group wanting blanket speed limit reductions were the NZ Police
Icebirdmail retweeted
With the current Govt looking to increase speed limits again in the name of "economic growth and improved productivity", it's useful to remind ourselves that past and current speed limit reductions have consistently seen much greater $$ gains from fewer deaths & serious injuries
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Tuesday: Police urge caution after tragic week on Hawke’s Bay highways, with roads closed for 32 hours by major crashes
Wednesday: NATIONAL INCREASE SPEEDS ON THE SAME HIGHWAYS
This government is a bunch of willfully ignorant sellouts!
nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-to…
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‘We owe it to the thousands of children who have been killed to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away.’
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Icebirdmail retweeted
Having @cjsbishop replace @SimeonBrownMP as Transport Minister is good. Hopefully we will see a much more evidence based and pragmatic approach to transport, and much less ideological death cult.
rnz.co.nz/news/political/539…
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Career limiting mess on Interisland ferries. The obvious solution, a completely open goal, was right there in front of the govt: 1. retain the obviously steal of a deal on ships (made extra good by preceding Covid massive inflation in sector) 2. completely reset wharf project 1/2
Icebirdmail retweeted
That Cook Strait ferries announcement would have to be the most oversold and underdelivered politics of a wobbly old political year.
No costs
No ferries, or designs, or actual likely models, sizes, deals
Just a new agency, new (old minister) & target date of 2029 - five years
Icebirdmail retweeted
SH6 between Nelson and Blenheim. This is the progress that @SimeonBrownMP will reverse.
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Cancelling the new Interisland ferries was churlish and foolish. Our govt told KiwiRail to trim the cost of new wharfs & terminals & keep going. This govt cancelled it all with no viable alternative plan. If the contract hasn’t actually been cancelled they should reconsider.
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Ministers citing concerns over the style and manner of a reporter's questioning have convinced Parliament's Speaker to withhold accreditation for when the Crown says sorry newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/11/go…
