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sambrown@lemmy.nzto
Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz•Iran oil crisis: why NZ’s car dependence is now a strategic liabilityEnglish
4·1 month agoCars ruin everything
sambrown@lemmy.nzto
Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz•New Zealand coalition votes to make English an official language as critics decry ‘cynical’ billEnglish
1·2 months ago“This bill won’t solve the push of this virtue signalling narrative completely,” Peters said.
He views protecting Te Reo as virtue signalling.
sambrown@lemmy.nzto
Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz•Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 6/12/2025English
2·5 months agoThanks for running this instance and for dealing with all the junk.
And make decisions like you are borrowing money from your future self.
sambrown@lemmy.nzto
NZ Politics@lemmy.nz•Action plan to combat methamphetamine harmEnglish
3·6 months agoReallocating $30M does seem like weasel piss.
The report doesn’t offer a specific dollar number but if we look at what’s successful overseas and take into account the number of people needing help, NZ would probably need more like $100M/yr to be on par.
It will be an even bigger cost if we wait for it to grow more entrenched in society. New black markets for stolen goods grow and become systemic parts of the problem. When someone knows they can get a hit for a stolen bicycle, it becomes much harder to prevent bike thefts.
I wonder if there is a tracker somewhere for the number of thefts per region over time?
sambrown@lemmy.nzto
NZ Politics@lemmy.nz•Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by governmentEnglish
3·6 months ago“Surely there must be more we can do! Have you tried creating incentive structures that ensure the cost of housing is unaffordable?”
sambrown@lemmy.nzto
NZ Politics@lemmy.nz•Watch live: Labour announces 'Future Fund' as first key election policyEnglish
2·6 months agoThis is not an exciting way to activate a voter base that had previously lost confidence.
It’s a bit too vague at this point to understand how they might roll it out but in the meantime we can look at what our neighbour does:






You aren’t not correct but double negatives can be difficult to understand.