Liz

I think some cities/ countries say renters can paint etc but have to return it to how it was when they move out. But yes, can be a tricky thing to work out the details.

Not a specific one, more to talk to a range of ppl bc what works for one community might not work so well for another, but you'll probably get a sense for the commonalities. I know ppl living at Earthsong and Cohaus (both in Tāmaki) and would be happy to put you in touch if you like.

*right of renewal

- talk to communities that have a similar setup, see what works and didn't work for them. Ask everyone, from papakāinga to cohaus to earthsong to apartments with community space to people who've bought land together to keep costs down. It all comes down to how ppl interact.

- right of reveal or similar to address tenure security fears. Maybe structured more like a commercial lease rather than relying on RTA.
- try to ensure the housing is designed to be at least at a visitable level of accessibility and easily adaptable if residents have specific access needs.

A few thoughts (not just related to that suggestion, which i think is a good one).

- clear contractual rights and responsibilities, discussed upfront.
- this is someone's home. Think about rights for modification etc for renters (look at how it's done overseas, e.g. NYC, Germany).

Security of tenure is sorely lacking in all NZ housing and has been for a long time. That's a big fear to address.

As long as it's clear upfront a) that there is security of tenure, b) what rights and responsibilities everyone has, and c) what the overall costs are, I think there will be a lot of people who are keen.
It's definitely gotta be better than relying on the useless Residential Tenancies Act 1986 🙃

I am lucky enough to have bought with assistance from family, but before that I was absolutely considering leasehold options. What stopped me was short lease periods and uncertainty about ground rent costs. I think in England 99 yrs (or longer) is standard (provides certainty for mortgage lenders).

So, we've a boil-water notice in Christchurch. Sewerage being blown inland from the South Wellington coastline, and deadly floods in the King Country?

These must be the three waters they warned us about.

A graphic that shows that the laws in Canada have recently changed, such that anyone who has an ancestor born in Canada is also automatically Canadian by descent.

In case anyone else needs this completely life-changing information:

Kiwi shoppers turning to supermarket own brands as cost pressures persist Foodstuffs and Woolworths New Zealand say many Kiwi shoppers are choosing home-brand supermarket products to cut grocery costs.

Cost pressures from *who*, motherfucker?

Auckland today is what I imagine it would feel like to be a dumpling in a steamer basket.

If anyone wants to swap their KiwiSaver fund over to Simplicity, hmu as they're running a referral promo right now and it's pretty good for both of us! Can highly recommend for ethical, low fee KiwiSaver <3

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@calico-gf.bsky.social the pigeon post i was looking for:
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Now we're up to the forced repatriation of Russian POWs, the colour bar, and Dresden.

Possibly controversial (although it shouldn't be) opinion: any org/agency/business/service that is important enough to have a RealMe login should be actually run as a public service and NOT for profit.

I don't think there's anything 'to be fair' about it. The govt was given robust advice about what would happen if they removed all protection measures and they ignored it. That was a deliberate policy choice and it was a failure.

The removal of protections was extreme. We stopped lockdowns & ended mask requirements on public transport, and failed to req alternative protection measures e.g. air filtration. After an incredibly successful first 18 months, the policy changes at the end of 2021 and into 2022 were disappointing.

Definitely go read the whole thread

(Also, depressingly, NZ was told that if we had hard lockdowns we could reduce cases and we did!! Very effectively for almost 2yrs. Then we were told it was fine to abandon all precautions.. 😢)

Having been in Canada once during a Stanley cup, I very quickly learned how to have opinions about hockey. I don't know if I actually learnt much about the game mechanics 😂 (but it was too fast to follow details most of the time so that's ok)

Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...

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Welcome to year seven of COVID

Righto. I've read the papers released by MBIE on the LNG analysis. This will be a longish thread on my thoughts, which I'll add to progressively. Docs are here. 🧵 1/-

Very good thread

When I was buying my first car I looked at a few old British cars on trademe and my mum told me in no uncertain terms that I wasn't to buy any "English shit piece of rubbish" 😂

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Ok @calico-gf.bsky.social this is not actually the pigeon post that I was looking for.. BUT it's amusing and we get to see another example of @jon-snow-420.bsky.social 's words taking on a life of their own 😅
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I would've had a meltdown if this happened to me tbh. Sorry I didn't come into town sooner! What a day :-/

The audacity to say that some people "ruin" Waitangi by being "loud". What an absolute muppet.

Well, sure. But if we're going to be the accuracy police, "never performed" is not at all clear. The censor is clearly giving editorial feedback outlining what the company has to change before they perform it.

Opinions are divided as to whether Shakespeare wrote an early draft that was then edited by others, was a full collaborator, or was called in later to "punch it up," a common practice then as now.

Anyway, Munday, Chettle, et al: knew what they were about.

And so does Sir Ian.