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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Is this the place to pop this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350228141/can-tax-breaks-halt-our-runaway-rental-market The article appears to be quite negative about interest deducibility alone being sufficient to turn rents around, or rental inflation if we can use that term. WHat would work? Is ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Is linking tax brackets to inflation happening? Is that included as a "tax cut"? Yep that's coming. Ta. I'm guessing it's considered a tax cut despite the fact that not linking it never seemed to get referred to as a tax increase. Which would have been a more accurate description. Moving the bracke...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18195
- Views: 831496
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Well, Trump goes to trial tomorrow. At least 50 out of 96 prospective jurors fall at the first hurdle after Judge Merchan asked them if they could be fair and impartial. It's gonna be a tough ask. Is the pool solely from Manhattan? I would be a yeah, nah. You have to admire the hard core MAGA Manha...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
A big shout out to Enzedder for posting a picture that brought people out of the woodwork and generated all sorts of discussion on here (which is healthy, even if we disagree with others). You'll have to find a similar picture to generate discussion about the topic of 'prevention', as it's likely t...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18195
- Views: 831496
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
One thing for sure. Stuff is still going up in price. Another 50 cents / pie at the local :x Didn't the price of a Big Mac used to be the measure of inflation? A pie at you local pie shop is much more appropriate. :thumbup: No, because of their supposed universality, Big Macs are used to compare va...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I am a big fan of dabbling in the arts at Uni, great way to meet future partners while still having a prospect of making a proper living with your real qualification. Can’...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OJ gone....
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2852
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: People you are surprised to learn are still alive
- Replies: 485
- Views: 57067
Re: People you are surprised to learn are still alive
What’s OJ up to?
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
In todays news, get it while you can. Our news organisation are either dropping like flies or rationalising. I guess some politicians are happy with that. I thought I caught a snippet on the radio today that the Mistier of Fisheries, or some such, is planning to drop the current reporting requireme...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
A bit of good news to cheer you lot up and distract you from the demise of our mainstream media. The Govt plans to resolve the housing crisis by making it easier for landlords to evict tenants. Government to make it easier to evict tenants, hopes to encourage more investment in rentals, officials u...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Apparently Willis has admitted the govt will need to borrow more. But the tax cuts are staying, AFAIK. From a reported Budget Policy Statement briefing to Finance and Expenditure Committee. It's not borrowing for tax cuts, we're just borrowing separately... https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/11/the-ma...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Funny Rugby names
- Replies: 24
- Views: 565
Re: Funny Rugby names
For those who were 80’s teenagers
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby Rd 7 - Chiefs Vs Moana Pasifika
- Replies: 25
- Views: 442
Re: Super Rugby Rd 7 - Chiefs Vs Moana Pasifika
Yes but no.UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:36 amYou prefer seeing the Chiefs pump the Cheetahs instead of MP?not_english wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:39 am God this is painful to watch. We really miss the south African teams
The hot mics on the Flosports feed can be amusing.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, shit that was loud in my ears”.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
An interesting read…… .https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/05/public-service-workers-will-struggle-to-find-work/ A difficult time for NZ families coming up…….. Anyone have a family member caught up in this? It seems odd that the only options left for these “highly skilled” individuals are teaching or go...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
- Replies: 808
- Views: 69826
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Quick poll. How many here ride a bike to work? Don't get me wrong, I love cycling but it's a recreational pursuit for me. No way cycling to and from work is convenient in any way shape or form for me. Let's hear from all you regular posters? I did in Singapore. https://expatliving.sg/wp-content/upl...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Hmmm, maybe if I send that article to Seymour & Luxon they'll throw their support behind cycle lanes everywhere. https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-20-2016/HBme8F.gif Of course the cycling men may be disproportionately in the 31%… “On an overall basis men are heavily in favour of the new National/ ACT/...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350232112/battle-bike-lanes-simeon-brown-v-cyclists I find the anti cycle way stuff so weird. I get why the high cost of some can put people off (that quoted figure for the Petone Melling one seems crazy in a vaccuum) but some of the talk about them is divorced from...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 982
Re: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
Good call. Easy trip and Tallinn is great to stroll around. Don’t know if bear is in season then. I haven’t thought of that, good advice I’ll investigate! Check out this place if we’re talking food and Tallin 👍 can’t recommend highly enough https://www.oldehansa.ee/wp-content/uploads/Menuu-ENG_web....
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 982
Re: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
Good call. Easy trip and Tallinn is great to stroll around. Don’t know if bear is in season then.Conspicuous wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:15 am Tallin and Helsinki are connected by a sub 2 hour ferry ride . You could split your four nights between the two city’s and that would give you ample time to see the main attractions in each
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 982
Re: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
we need a photo of Farva on Santa’s knee to clinch the title.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 982
Re: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
While in Rovaniemi your Mum will want to take her big boy to the Santa experience. It is important that you act into it for her, otherwise you will spoil the day.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ed sheeran is modestly talented IMO
- Replies: 131
- Views: 2793
Re: Ed sheeran is modestly talented IMO
I am entirely unqualified to comment intelligently on musical merit or other artistic performing abilities. Like other gentlemen with my limitations, I judge the experience to an extent on subjective factors such as my individual enjoyment and the far more important objective criteria of whether or ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
There are different styles of political leadership, but what's your definition of leadership in this context? Not spent the first few months only fast tracking their policy’s ? Negotiations not being utter capitulations and making it very obvious who’s in change of political decisions . Standing fo...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Not all are selling though. Many have just switched to the more lucrative options such as Air BnB. Has anyone been through the consent process to get a property into short term accommodation? I know in Christchurch a resource consent is required (as a discretionary activity) if a home is to be rent...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Not all are selling though. Many have just switched to the more lucrative options such as Air BnB. Has anyone been through the consent process to get a property into short term accommodation? I know in Christchurch a resource consent is required (as a discretionary activity) if a home is to be rent...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
To fool the faithful. We've just witnessed a 6 year masterclass of fooling the faithful. Even when Ardern stepped down Robertson stepped up to fill the breach. Looks like it's continuing too, just with a different party. I don’t see Key and Luxon as fooling their faithful. They both are doing what ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2111
Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
I see Joost as a poor man’s Rob Howley but that doesn’t help order my preference from that list at all. Gregan, Smith, Faf: legends. They played against each other on a Lions tour, and he schooled Howley. Did he? Not sure they would have played against one another. Howley got injured before the tes...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: New Zealand to poach young French talent?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 583
Re: New Zealand to poach young French talent?
I didn't think periods at school counted towards residency? Ordinarily they don’t. That changes if the family has relocated. 19. What is the position of students? As far as students are concerned, particularly those that are not financially independent, being resident, as a full-time student, in an...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
- Replies: 85
- Views: 2111
Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
Gregan?RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:53 amOh ye of little faith.
JGP was undoubtedly the best 9 at the rwc...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: the Chink in the Chiefs Armour
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1742
Re: the Chink in the Chiefs Armour
nicekiwidutchie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:07 pm Damien is to be rested this week. I guess it makes sense to do this against the weaker teams in the comp....
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18195
- Views: 831496
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
It is good news Hopefully we get more details going into the election about what Dems will actually do to restore rights to the many woman (and girls) who've had them ripped away I don’t want to be unfair to the many thoughtful Dems who are trying to shape a meaningful response to that question, bu...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52464
- Views: 3491944
Re: NZ Politics Thread
You think ? Indeed. At this stage everyone is dealing with the market realities as they are and responding to the existing incentives. This time next year will be a prime opportunity for meaningful seasonally relevant data on the actual effect of abandoning Robertson’s unfortunate experiment. The r...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2024 Boredies Red Carpet thread - results announced
- Replies: 31
- Views: 735
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18195
- Views: 831496
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Whether Biden will be able to benefit in Nov remains to be seen, but we just had another big Democrat win after running on abortion. After the Republican incumbent had to step down in the Alabama House seat (because he was guilty of electoral fraud... of course) a special election saw the Democrat ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sail GP in Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ
- Replies: 158
- Views: 3722
Re: Sail GP in Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ
For the sake of the dolphins, I would strongly support moving the event to Queenstown. Of course, along with any related financial benefits, but mainly for the dolphins.