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That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.

Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
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What consulting companies is Auckland Uni working with and how much are the companies being paid? - a Official Information Act request to University of Auckland Could you please provide a list of contracts the University entered into, in 2024 and 2025, with external consulting firms; the topic of the work undertaken (e.g., strategic planning); and the total c...

Auckland Uni has responded to my OIA request re consultancy spending in 2024-2025

$600k to PWC and $500k to Nous Group for "strategic design, organisational change, transformation
services" etc

This is roughly what our whole faculty of science spent on internally funded postdocs in the same years

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When hasn't the real Hipkins been grey advisor- overruling others as well?

Name 1 test Hipkins has passed.

Why the new history curriculum will deepen divisions in Aotearoa Rather than 'restoring balance', it reinforces a Eurocentric framing of the past....

Why the new history curriculum will deepen divisions in Aotearoa

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So they fail their review and close, right?

Is it overcompensation for the size of the kiwi?

In past governments David Seymour would be forced to make a public apology and lose his portfolios for attacking a school principal in this way. It is a disgusting abuse of power and Luxon should have to explain why his deputy is allowed to behave in this way #nzpol

MPs and public figures (Willis, Seymour, King) out here defaming the people that criticise them and nz media are choosing the side of the MPs almost every time it seems

genuinely what is wrong with nz reporters at this point

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'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.

“Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits to meet the 2030 Paris agreement as part of a "performative awards ceremony" even if that meant it would breach its commitment.”

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My solution addresses house prices, supply and wealth redistribution and impact on local politics as well as $$ take.

Kinda not enough. Richer people tend to own politicians who kept rates too low for decades.

If you are rich enough to own more than 1 property, your rates % should increase for each extra 1 to cover the share for people who will probably never own 1 in the current market.

Shake up house hoarders.

Also 70s PNW

Same except The Joker Got Away in 70s PNW USA.

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

Fruit-nut bowl > Christmas pudge 🤭

Especially in global south summer Christmas 😎

The devil has enough advocates - don't!

Tragic how hard it is to notice the food was mouldy because the food already looks regurgitated!

Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media 'frequent flyer' The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.

Seymour: let's not make "assumptions" that a serious food safety incident is the responsibility of a company with a record of food safety incidents so bad that officials strongly warned against contracting it. Maybe it was the person who reported it! What a prick. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...

Homeless kids would have been a shorter headline. Too truthful?

Unpopular opinion maybe? no story needs to SHOW a sex scene.

Even if it's written in an original classic sacred story, it's a choice to eg tell teen actors or anyone at all that it's their job to get naked and act out sex.

'Watts said, "there are people in our community who don't have the ability to sustain in some cases, 20% increases per year."'

Rates are totally broken because not progressive like tax.

Some families will never be able to pay, so fix it so the property portfolios pay their way! #nzpol

'Watts said, "there are people in our community who don't have the ability to sustain in some cases, 20% increases per year."'

Rates are totally broken because not progressive like tax.

Some families will never be able to pay, so fix it so the property portfolios pay their way! #nzpol

Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps The number of enrolments had been kept under wraps after the agency told the privately-run, state-funded schools not to reveal their numbers while still setting up.

Numbers are fun.

427 students at 8 charter schools is an average of 54 students per school.

$10.9 million divided by 8 charter schools is $1.362 million per school.

Or about $25.5k per student.

State schools are 9k per student.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Important thing to remember in this rates cap beat-up by the government: the very same government is a freeloader, because it’s exempted itself from paying rates at all

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The new integrated payments on Christchurch Metro lets you use a credit card, but you can only buy one ticket. Driver was having to give free rides to family members because there was no way to pay for them. Surprised nobody anticipated the rare scenario of buying two bus tickets.