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farmerdave

Are pokies still legal in NZ? I will be in West Auckland this November and would like to hit a West Auckland pub for a Lion Red and a genuine pokie session. The pokie must have an expired service date, dents in it from assaults, and smell of cigarettes and desperation. Can anyone recommend a good p...

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Fu ck them, I say. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360819500/forestry-directors-say-court-ordered-clean-will-make-them-bankrupt Bankruptcy is letting them off lightly. By the looks of the numbers if that bankrupts them it's only because they've hidden all their money and assets elsewhere already. P...

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That was outstanding from the Books.
Forty minutes of outstanding test rugby and then ABs are blown off the park for 40 minutes.
Congrats SA that was fantastic rugby.

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I'd half expected that Carter was never actually going to get a run. He doesn't really fit with the type o winger we've been using for a while.
But damn glad he gets a chance

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Not to worry. Dame Julie Christie has had exclusive access to the Phillips search for the last year. We're all saved from the dross NZ TV that she was decrying last week. This is going to be fantastic thanks Julie.

Damn I dislike her and her reality TV bullshit.

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Reading from a number of articles it appears she is completely out of the loop and hasn't been part of the planning for what would happen at the end during the 4years. Infact sounds like no wider family are. I'm not sure how I'd react if I was part of a whanau not allowed in on such decisions. Proba...

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"We have a plan for the children. What's next for the Phillips kids." From an article which is completely devoid of mention of their mother and any other family. Are these kids orphans now? I would have thought the police and Oranda Tamariki would take a backseat to family but I guess it's their cha...

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I'm not sure it is like that. People owning their own homes vs. being forced to be renters their entire lives? Well that certianly benefits the landlords. People putting deposits on new builds? That would be one way to direct the funding and help. And getting on the property ladder is building weal...

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If only . Though I think being able to use these savings to put a deposit on a house isn’t completely crazy . It is completely crazy. More money available and chasing housing means higher prices. Pushing house prices higher for the sake of higher high prices is mental. Except of course if that is y...

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Reikos strength in stopping that try was immense , but his absolute lack of verve when given the outside of his marker absolutely disappointing. He’s just about done his chips are an attacking weapon, simply running into tacklers . Yep, Rieko of old would have streaked away that time. He looked lik...

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I don’t think the scrum was that bad. A different ref calls a few of those differently (or, at all). On the other hand, how good was the lineout? lineout was excellent. Be interesting to see what Ryan says about the scrum.... Bok scrum did seem to have an edge... And one monster scrum certainly was...

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I for one am surprised we have retained the eden park record. May have lacked some finesse but definitely had a high level of effort from both teams that ramped up toward the end.
Awesome game.
ABs and Wallabies top the table, who'd have thought.

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Gutted for Narawa, at least he got a try out of it.
Much more heart and brains than ABs showed last time out.
Despite the claps Vaii is naling things out there.

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As a neutral I enjoyed the hell outta that.

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Utterly deserved Southland, that was good rugby.

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25-10 to Southland.
They're actually pretty good, some players really stepping up.

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He just got dicked big time . Go Southland

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I was prepared to give Finau the benefit of the doubt a while ago but his a dirty late hitting SOB.

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Surely Australia's best chance is to dispense with any earn the right bullshit. Ball movement and retention will be their friend.

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:lol: He saved your lot by by not rightfully awarding the Magpies a 5 metre scrum when Rush's hand knocked the ball dead. And in the first half he penalised your lot multiple times in the red zone and didn't bin anyone. Well, if you're complaining about him, and I'm complaining about him, I can onl...

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Taniwha grind out a creditable win over the 16 man magpies. Don't know who the Ref was , I sincerely hope we never see him again. Message to Vern Cotter: Please explain why Rob Rush was dropped from the Blues squad in '25 ? :lol: He saved your lot by by not rightfully awarding the Magpies a 5 metre...

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Neverwas wrote: ↑Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:22 am You'd have to say some players are playing for a shot at the ABs this weekend.

Only saw bits of the game but I don't think any were playing tonight.
But at least the good guys won.

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We use palm kernal. Between 5and 10% . I'd be quite happy to use alternatives but PKE is cheap and easy. I'd be even happier if Greenpeace were to target the actual problem which is palm oil and used extensively in processed foods. Stop palm oil and there is no PKE. And yeah 100% grass fed fonterra ...

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Horrific news.
RIP
And absolutely he's right, more can and needs to be done.

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I've got 11 moko. I doubt any of them will ever touch a rugby ball. Football is the closest they'll get. I must say that every time I read of something like the death of Shane Christie I wonder about my own enjoyment and commitment to watching the game I love. The physical contact of rugby is one of...

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I don't understand why anyone would think the current interim Governor would take into account what the current government want to see in terms of monetary policy decisions. It's not like they are to decide on the next governor appointment or that Orr left due to head butting with them.

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"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants to see "modest" and "consistent" house prices increases."
From RNZ article
As stated earlier, that is all they have. Now they intend to relax the foreign buyers ban to try and help kickstart the ponzi. Debt is good.

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Yes Eugenics we all know you are a crazy committed communist who would be only to happy to flush the economy down the toilet with Hopkins, Swarbrick and Tamihere but the rest of us are not so keen. Why you feel the need to inform us of your position ad nauseam every single day is less clear. Typica...

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Most National supporters i know are disappointed in National's performance, especially Lux Flake, and hoped for better. But on the other hand I'm not sure what else they could do in the current economic environment. But we all also agree that a coalition of Labour, the Greens and TPM would only mak...

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Well beaten. No excuses we were poor Puma were excellent. So much for the ABs to work on, especially around the ball in the air, that area was pathetic. Right from the start the puma seemed much more cohesive both on attack and defense. ABs seemed totally uncoordinated, no idea who was to get the ne...

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Oh that was enjoyable. 43-24.
Mom was no4, Craig. Beautiful hands a number of times.

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 4:58 am Southland to get the challenge next week

I'd watch those sneaky f@#$ from the south. Perhaps they're not as completely useless as they've been making out for some time.

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Why do we send all our processing overseas (or to overseas companies)? Not just dairy but timber, clothing - I predict that soon we will just sell visual rights to our tourist spots and people overseas can visit them by going to a theatre. Tbf this sale will mean little to no processing shifting ov...

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Why do we send all our processing overseas (or to overseas companies)? Not just dairy but timber, clothing - I predict that soon we will just sell visual rights to our tourist spots and people overseas can visit them by going to a theatre. Yet the pollies and business leaders rail about lack of pro...

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terangi48 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 5:56 pm Crikey….helped the Mrs out today with a grocery run…bypassed tomatoes at 18.99 kg…f%#$ having a salad with grilled tarakihi @ $49.99 a kilo! shock:

You do realize it's winter here and tomatoes are a summer fruit unless expensive indoor heating is used?

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World Cup every year! Should be a surprise event. Played at any time during a 3(?) year period with six months notice. That'd sort the best out. Would be a fun concept, but entirely impractical. Totally impractical. But everything today is so fully planned. Be great to have that spontaneity at such...

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:52 am
Dan54. wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:39 am
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:26 am

Would be a fun concept, but entirely impractical.
Best idea is WC over 4 years. No knockout involved just earn points each test. Stop all the bullshit!
Isn't that roughly what the Nations Cup is, but over two years?

So just use the world rankings

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I for one am sick of the RWC cycles in any event. The RWCs are just a lottery for a good team at this stage with a level playing field across the top group. Time for the ABs to get back to their roots. A team that nobody feels confident of beating on any day, anywhere, and if they are beaten it's b...

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Fair to say that the much hyped Billy Proctor hasn't been good so far in 2025? Hurricanes fans have been demanding that he be the AB's starting centre all year, and he's so far done absolutely nothing except make mistakes, miss tackles and concede yellow cards. Time to admit that the Proctor experi...

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