Make no mistake this crisis is NOT being caused by Cuba's politics, but is being caused DELIBERATELY by the USA, who has stopped any oil (50% of Cuba's energy) from getting to Cuba for 3 MONTHS, and threatened other countries with tariffs if they sell oil to Cuba.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The lack of access to even a Community Services Card is especially mean...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand in the 21st Century: "One in three households have experienced some level of food insecurity in the last year", "68% of people who reported food insecurity said last year was the first time they struggled to afford food... 😢🤬
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
The truth about Govt imposed rates-caps on local-bodies. —They will almost certainly guarantee big rent increases for pensioners etc in social housing in many areas. Caps are INTENDED to do exactly this - and force local-bodies to sell off public assets and services.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Shame on DCC 😢 —This 8% increase is on top of 14.5% increase in the past two years, ie it's well above inflation and well above pensioners' income increases. Normally unfair, this is more than mean-spirited during a cost-of-living crisis.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Police lack of performance needs questioned: "just because Col... had mental health struggles and was queer and was kind of anti-establishment and loved a good protest... doesn’t mean that they... didn’t deserve to be looked for".
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Dunedin's unsung hero of the suffrage campaign, "Morison was cancelled so the government could present Kate Sheppard as the leader of the campaign for the suffrage...
www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/ma...
"Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’...
Paywalled sorry, but to sum up: #Dunedin has inadequate staffing with just 1.1 FTE psychiatrists specialising in old age, and #Invercargill has virtually none.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
"No private developer wants the site; Kāinga Ora should do the right thing and develop the site for state housing...
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
When John Key sold 1000 state homes, it made headlines & sparked debate
Now Chris Bishop has cancelled 3500 builds & selling 900 houses (with land extra) in what's been called a private developers' lolly scramble, it's hardly making a splash
How #NZ has changed #nzpol
Scooter Division Dunedin - 4th annual MIDDLEMARCH GOLDFIELDS LOOP epic ride, 29 March.
Details in comments.
#scooter #moped #Otago #Dunedin #motorbike
"Victor Billot said the financial sustainability question was being raised back when he was the Stop the Stadium group vice-president in 2008." --Now the Stadium is asking rate-payers for between $2.25m - $5m a year just to keep its doors open.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Can a 150kg fat man ride an unwanted 50cc ex-pizza-delivery scooter, 250KM over the SOUTHERN ALPS to raise money for the CANCER?
Hopefully. —And I'd love if you could help by SPONSORING ME. Donations go directly to the NZ Cancer Society Southern, & can be made at > scootersafari.co.nz/mark-baxter
Yet more cuts at #Otago University 😢😡
[Paywalled sorry - very welcome to post a link here if you find a non-paywalled version]
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
"The fact that [Otago's new Hospital] doesn't have a pathology lab included in the new hospital build is an oversight of catastrophic nature and needs to be resolved immediately!" -RK
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
When I grew up in the '70s, homeless people on NZ's streets virtually didn't exist, thanks to a cradle-to-grave approach to healthcare, housing, welfare, employment, that made #NZ great in the '50s - '70s. —Alliance Party wants to bring that approach back.
Link in comments...
"A Dunedin secondary school band due to support the Foo Fighters next year has still not been paid for the city council-backed New Year’s Eve performance." --Hopefully being resolved soon.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Can a 150kg fat man ride an unwanted 50cc ex-pizza-delivery scooter, 250KM over the SOUTHERN ALPS to raise money for the CANCER SOCIETY?
Hopefully. —Donations can be made at >> scootersafari.co.nz/mark-baxter
#Cancer #scooter #moped
10 years ago, I set out on a solo exploring mission after summer camp with the good peeps of Lada Niva NZ. It ended in a broken gearbox, but that's another story; here's some pics of the good times...
When even Sepp Blatter is calling out corruption you know something pretty sinister is happening.
#BoycottWorldCup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
@jonesycartoons3.bsky.social
This will almost certainly be the only time I share a Kiss song... 🤣
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69U...
