Posted in: New Zealand police recover dozens of meth tablets disguised as pineapple sweets See in context
Given the street value of each sweet would be in the hundreds of dollars I imagine it was a misdirected parcel as opposed to a deliberate poisoning attempt
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Posted in: Auckland starts clean-up after flash floods; 2 dead, 2 missing See in context
Water in many parts of our city rose within minutes according to residents whose houses were flooded. This is the definition of a flash flood regardless of how long it has been raining
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Posted in: Elon Musk deal to buy Twitter in danger: report See in context
NemoToday 03:51 pm JST
as buyer i want to know what i am going to get for my money.
Its a good thing you’re not in M&A. It’s called due diligence, Einstein. And it’s done BEFORE a deal is reached.
Exactly! Ask for all crucial info to determine value. I guess it's either very careless negotiation or a clumsy way to drive down the share price
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Posted in: Auckland reopens as New Zealand tries new virus approach See in context
Blacklabel
Do readers just skip over this?
“the center of the outbreak is 90% vaccinated.”
what?
No. Having been far lower the vaccine rate is now 90% more than 3 months after the outbreak. Hence NZs R value now dropping below 1 despite loosening restrictions
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Posted in: Thousands protest COVID restrictions in New Zealand See in context
TrinityToday 05:08 pm JST
Jacinda’s Coerced and fear-driven “Team of 5 Million” is beginning to fall apart.
Lol! 3000 people out of 5 million = .0006% .....Falling apart? Calm down buddy!
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Posted in: New Zealand reports highest daily number of virus cases See in context
Well said @BigYen. Totally agree
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Posted in: New Zealand dispenses record number of jabs at 'Vaxathon' See in context
TrinityToday 07:56 pm JST
I spoke with a friend in NZ today. Hes dispairing, says the public is swept up in the “vaxathon” like its a religeous festival. He thinks NZ has one insane.
Yes clearly 90+% of NZ insane not the remainder
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Posted in: Porn site operator arrested over female athletes' images on website See in context
To anyone dismissing this as nothing how would you feel if someone put a compromised photo of your daughter online for other people to get off on? Who cares if it's an arrestable offence or copyright infringement? It's just morally corrupt
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Posted in: Young widow arrested for killing Japanese 'Don Juan' in 2018 See in context
That dachshund must have been pinging like the dog from 'Something about Mary'
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Posted in: World’s second-oldest hotel offers new self-service stays to cope during pandemic See in context
@expat
Exactly what I thought when I read that caption
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Posted in: Man bitten by pet dog in serious condition See in context
SimonbB A beagle is elongated, fat, slow, has legs like a tortoise
Think you're referring to a basset hound
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Posted in: New Zealand's largest city Auckland starts 7-day lockdown See in context
@alongfortheride
Everybody outside of NZ thinks this woman is great.
The majority of New Zealanders do too
She has single handedly destroyed NZ's economy
Not sure where you got this from. NZs economy is faring better than most globally. Our credit rating just increased and the associated report made a direct correlation to the measures implemented by her government
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Posted in: New Zealand to lift coronavirus curbs in most of country on Sept 21 See in context
Restrictions outside Auckland weren't necessary in the first place. The South Island for example has been COVID free for months
Aucklanders have been travelling to the South Island for the benefit of tourism businesses so limited restrictions were necessary
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Posted in: New Zealand scrambles to find source of new virus infections See in context
InspectorGadgetToday 02:47 pm JST
The approach as worked because NZ was so quick to react in the first round with strong measures, and having high level of compliance among the population. NZ was quite rightly proud of their achievement of eliminating this the first time.
Agreed
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Posted in: New Zealand scrambles to find source of new virus infections See in context
Vanessa CarlisleToday 01:48 pm JST
The NZ Director General of Health has always said 'it's not a case of if but when' so certainly not indicative of your ability to predict a crisis or a failure of the govt approach
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Posted in: Russia, U.S. agree to work toward improving ties and ending Ukraine war
Posted in: Enzymes are the engines of life
One that is very good at clearing snow from the driveway and roofs.
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