Aotearoa / New Zealand
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@lemmy.nz!newzealand
@lemmy.nzWelcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!
This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.
It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:
So how’s it going?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528519/should-we-tip-hospo-staff-in-new-zealand
One hospitality entrepreneur hopes to flip the New Zealand culture of 'no tipping'.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350412638/kids-went-hungry-school-because-teachers-ate-free-lunches-mum-alleges
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528004/police-restrain-nine-properties-worth-5-point-7m-in-christchurch-black-market-tobacco-case
It's alleged the properties are linked to an attempt to evade over $850,000 in tobacco taxes.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350413630/new-hope-nz-womans-fight-free-brother-overseas-jail
I was curious to hear what people think of the telecom breakup into chorus (and wasn't there a third party as well?) after all these years?
I was working there at the time, so some of the staff training was entertaining. I felt like they seemed to be on board with the general thrust of the changes, which I was a little surprised about (I expected a little more lip-service, I guess?)
Has it been a good change? I feel like the national fibre has been great but that's not actually related (but may have relied on the breakup as a precursor?)
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527505/four-lane-auckland-whangarei-highway-could-cost-10-percent-of-government-infrastructure-budget
The government could be set to spend 10 percent of its total budget for new infrastructure for the next 25 years on a highway between Auckland and Whangārei.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/527419/inland-revenue-giving-thousands-of-taxpayers-details-to-social-media-platforms-for-ad-campaigns
Inland Revenue is giving hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for marketing.
I've bought a bunch of stuff from Cactus Outdoors over the years, but I'm finding that their cuts don't really fit me very well and are also a bit on the higher end price-wise. Love their bags though. Do you have any NZ-made brands that you can recommend?
