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This has to be one of the highest ROIs around... Spending $2.5M per year on cycle trails and getting $1.28B back...
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This has to be one of the highest ROIs around... Spending $2.5M per year on cycle trails and getting $1.28B back...
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
There's even fake modal filters that would fix this if they didn't just deadend into fences or locked gates.
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
There's even fake modal filters that would fix this if they didn't just deadend into fences or locked gates.
Love how they try to sell this as "flanked by two railway stations" when the race track, army base, a secure government biolab and a gated retirement village make it practically impossible to walk to the closet one.
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Love how they try to sell this as "flanked by two railway stations" when the race track, army base, a secure government biolab and a gated retirement village make it practically impossible to walk to the closet one.
Still needs finishing and blocking for shape, but that's looking not too bad.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Still needs finishing and blocking for shape, but that's looking not too bad.
Someone needs to remind Andrew that if Wellington got its "fair share" of transport funding it would get a lot less so that Canterbury could get a lot more...
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Someone needs to remind Andrew that if Wellington got its "fair share" of transport funding it would get a lot less so that Canterbury could get a lot more...
Some of us just like having the object...
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Some of us just like having the object...
It's all just "guidance" for permitted activities but compliance with the guidance makes a difference for whether a discretionary proposal gets approved.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It's all just "guidance" for permitted activities but compliance with the guidance makes a difference for whether a discretionary proposal gets approved.
The Wellington district plan includes all this stuff btw:
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Wellington district plan includes all this stuff btw:
we either achieve fully automated luxury space communism or we all just die (I can't believe this is a real graph)
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
we either achieve fully automated luxury space communism or we all just die (I can't believe this is a real graph)
In NZ we're heading down the massive ute route, but the hardware store will still just lend you a free trailer for your car.
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In NZ we're heading down the massive ute route, but the hardware store will still just lend you a free trailer for your car.
It says we have to "effectively" implement the Paris agreement.
If we're saying we don't care if our implementation is actually effective, we're not doing that.
If we're saying we don't care if our implementation is actually effective, we're not doing that.
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It says we have to "effectively" implement the Paris agreement.
If we're saying we don't care if our implementation is actually effective, we're not doing that.
If we're saying we don't care if our implementation is actually effective, we're not doing that.
Uhh, the EU sends the invoice, because we are required to meet the Paris target in the EU FTA, and if we don't the EU can bring economic sanctions against New Zealand. Its Article 19.6(2) if you wanna check.
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Uhh, the EU sends the invoice, because we are required to meet the Paris target in the EU FTA, and if we don't the EU can bring economic sanctions against New Zealand. Its Article 19.6(2) if you wanna check.
I just wish they'd bring the M6 here so I can get a used one in a few years to replace our leaf with an EV wagon rather than an SUV: www.byd.com/en-hk/car/m6
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I just wish they'd bring the M6 here so I can get a used one in a few years to replace our leaf with an EV wagon rather than an SUV: www.byd.com/en-hk/car/m6
"PIA supports greater housing density in well-located areas"
"well, no, obviously not any of *those* well located areas"
"well, no, obviously not any of *those* well located areas"
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"PIA supports greater housing density in well-located areas"
"well, no, obviously not any of *those* well located areas"
"well, no, obviously not any of *those* well located areas"
The kids bedtime story knows what's up
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The kids bedtime story knows what's up
This is a long shot, but my spouse is obsessed with potatoes. Lamb Weston, the spud company we have joke shares in has amazing branding, but you can't buy their merch without a company account. Can anyone help me get my hands on a tater shirt to make her Christmas?
November 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This is a long shot, but my spouse is obsessed with potatoes. Lamb Weston, the spud company we have joke shares in has amazing branding, but you can't buy their merch without a company account. Can anyone help me get my hands on a tater shirt to make her Christmas?
These all just sound like things you could fix in regular schools to make them inclusive rather than have to segregate the neurospicy kids.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
These all just sound like things you could fix in regular schools to make them inclusive rather than have to segregate the neurospicy kids.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
lol, and now we get to play "blustering lie or national security leak"
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
lol, and now we get to play "blustering lie or national security leak"
Firstly, in New Zealand they're called baches Mr out-of-touch PM
and bach ownership is literal 1 percent stuff:
and bach ownership is literal 1 percent stuff:
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Firstly, in New Zealand they're called baches Mr out-of-touch PM
and bach ownership is literal 1 percent stuff:
and bach ownership is literal 1 percent stuff:
wait, we actually made the cartoon in real life?
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
wait, we actually made the cartoon in real life?
the irony of the guy whose job is to enforce this requirement not meeting it
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
the irony of the guy whose job is to enforce this requirement not meeting it
my guys, *you* are the ones that got rid of the fair pay agreements
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
my guys, *you* are the ones that got rid of the fair pay agreements
We really are a joke country aye.
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We really are a joke country aye.
They tried last year: www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
They tried last year: www.bbc.com/news/world-a...