They're considering moving towards rates based on land value, rather than land+improvements. Land value tax seems to be all the rage lately.

There's a question I have about incidents like this.

If the road is closed, and will be for a matter of hours as the crash analysis process is worked through, why isn't there a procedure to get stuck vehicles off the motorway, by allowing them to turn around and drive up the on ramp?

Five hours is an appalling amount of time to be stuck.

Who could possibly have seen this coming?

I found this pretty funny, Labour accused of being a no-show at Fieldays, it turns out they didn't book a tent, and were indeed on site talking to people all day.

A bit embarrassing for the Tories.

What do people think about this one? It doesn't seem like a particularly great start to his political career.

https://www.tematapihi.govt.nz/ is the website.

I've had a quick poke around, lots of animations that are slow to load, very flashy website, doesn't seem very well adapted to mobile. Pretty annoying to navigate, to be honest.

There's something heartwarming about this story. The boss, in this case a senior lawyer, pulls an "if you don't like it, quit", and all her staff proceed to do so.

Love it.

Even $12.50 for fifteen minutes is pretty brutal, which is what he ended up paying.

I'd love to know what others think about this. My view is it's already very easy to cast a vote, as easy as we can realistically make it, and we should be asking ourselves why fifteen percent of the population don't bother to vote, rather than forcing them to do so.

What a colossal dumbass.

I do like how RNZ mercilessly call him out on his bullshit though.

While it comes as no surprise to me that people take the piss out of polls and surveys, it's interesting to see just how many people will do it.

The logic behind the sentence given out sounds like a fucking late night infomercial. Also, who just leaves their car running in the street with the keys in the ignition?

This was a fascinating read, it really does sound like the tenant pulled a weekend at Bernie's, if not outright killing the guy himself.

I bet Hipkins is in a good mood today.

Mark my words, Winston has seen which way the wind is blowing, and is preparing for the possibility of a coalition government with Labour.

Which is not necessarily a bad thing, NZF vs Maori as a coalition partner is an easy choice to make.

This feels like oddly malicious reporting by RNZ, it sounds like he was unaware he had been invited, and attended other services instead.

It sounds like the RSA dropped the ball.

I wonder, if he hadn't had a vehicle, would anyone have known he went overboard?

It's an oil insulated cable, filled with a special insulating oil similar to transformer oil. It's not diesel, or any other type of fuel.

https://circuitglobe.com/oil-filled-cables.html

Why are journalists like this?

A really good explanation about how an increase in GST collected on fuel is likely to be offset by a decrease in spending elsewhere.

Also, we're likely to see a change in behaviour from consumers, likely a decrease in non essential driving. I know I'm considering the driving I do a lot more carefully.

Married, two kids, divorced, and remarried, in the space of three years.

What a ride that must have been.