@nprofile1q... Looks like that might be an older graphic? I was thinking about last year's fires too, imagine having this as your new 'normal'...

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'Cook' as a name for a Cook Strait ferry seems bizarre to me, unless the name was used for all the ferries (Cook I, Cook II etc).

I shall be thinking of it as 'Cooker'.

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I've liked his policies for several years now, especially the one that govt ministers should get the same pay as public sector nurses for the next 100 years.

@nprofile1q... Hope you've been doing OK in among all that weather, looks like more rain again tomorrow. I'll once again be racing home from up the coast to get to Wgtn before the next round of 'strong' southerlies arrives...

@nprofile1q... 'Speaking to around 560 industry heads, delegates, scientists and farmers, Luxon said there "was nothing more important to New Zealand" than the primary industry.

"You were treated as villains, if I'm really honest about it, before and as I came through politics."' 🙄

Hopefully came through and out the other side...

@nprofile1q... ...and is known for his revolving door of coalitions...

@nprofile1q... This govt's motto: 'Sell your way out of every problem - and every non-problem - anything really, so long as it will sell! Just show us the money or promise us money or waft the faint aroma of money our way and it's all yours...'

@nprofile1q... So comfortable, it's like she won the Lotto!

@nprofile1q... Apparently the directors are a bit slow on the uptake: 'Samnic is now finally in a position to understand what is required moving forward.' Such unlucky timing, tho - 'Samnic’s directors no longer have the resources to continue funding these matters.'

I wonder how many other ill-conceived 'socially and environmentally responsible investment' disasters are currently lurking out of sight.

@nprofile1q... "Ministerial Services need to be 'fully aware of their obligations' - Luxon". Unlike PM Luxon himself, who is always 'not aware' of anything when asked... But hey, if you can't delegate awareness when you're PM, what can you delegate...

I mean really, he uses 'I'm not aware' so often it might as well be his bl***y election slogan.

@nprofile1q... There are a few around depending on where you are. My local one (Wgtn suburb) sounds good and a few other NZ people have posted here in praise of theirs though I’m not sure if any have restrictions on what they do. If you haven’t seen it before, website https://www.repairnetworkaotearoa.org.nz/local-repair-cafes