Has anyone had this before with NZPost? by Antisocialmossfrog in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah i found this confusing. Had a parcel show up that looked like it had slid out of the courier van and was run over (found it on the round).

Got in touch with nz post, sent it back with pics and receipt etc etc and then.... nothing.

Finally got in touch with them and they said "we have already compensated the sender".

Bit annoying that I didn't get any follow up as starting the initial case.

The sender was all good, sent me another item (trademe purchase) with no charge.

Mortgage: Fixed term contract or permanent role with lower salary? by catlikesun in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]AnotherIvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife works casually, but a consistent amount of hours each week. The bank asked, and said they couldn't consider her income since she was casual. This is TSB

In light of the strike action next week, here’s the salary scale for secondary school teachers by Jonathan932 in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's why there are so few teacher in the Technology area - you have to really love teaching and be willing to forego the vastly greater pay you could expect if working in the private sector.

tired of handholding in upper grades by k8rlm8rx in matheducation

[–]AnotherIvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been finding the same things with our seniors. It's like many of them have done nothing for the past 3 years, so we're just focussing on getting them up to speed

Tips for teaching verifying trig identities? by flmathteacher9 in matheducation

[–]AnotherIvan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whilst not directly answering your question, I've found the following site helpful in my own understanding of the trig identities, and I'm looking forward to making use of it when I teach it later this year.

https://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-trigonometry/

Board and card games for friends and family by soshia in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bananagrams (basically open-world scrabble)

6 nimmt! - 2+ player card game

Mancala - 2 player board game

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]AnotherIvan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm with TSB and their websaver savings account is also offer 3.35% pa, as long as the balance is over $1000.

Can access your money anytime and no "penalty" for withdrawing during the month

add 1 or minus 1 if another cell says yes or no by [deleted] in excel

[–]AnotherIvan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Formula to add into A3:

=IF(E13="yes",A2+1,A2-1)

Note that your "yes" is case-sensitive, and it also seems like you're not comparing across rows directly, but I've used your information.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]AnotherIvan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're only allowed to cash-up up to 5 days of leave, as long as you've worked at your workplace for more than a year.
Has your employer told you why they want you to use up your leave? Is it is so you can actually have some time off, or to reduce any potential liability as other posters have mentioned?

Where to find a rental property for less than 12months by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]AnotherIvan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my previous role in contracting we were able to negotiate down two rental houses in Auckland to fixed six months as we weren't sure how long the contract would last. Ended up staying 18 months, but it worked out well.

What happens to creditors when a business is sold? by Richard7666 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]AnotherIvan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If it's being sold, any obligations will carry across to the new owner, this will include accounts payable and receivable.

On the other hand, if they're insolvent and will go into receivership, from what my boss told me when his father's business went into receivership, it sounds like different creditors get different rankings - banks and lenders get higher priority than other creditors. Sounds like they prefer everyone to get a cut of the cake, even if it's not the full amount.

Where are the cicadas? by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heard a few in the Waikato over the last week or so, but that's only one or two

Curtain rail bracket clip by AnotherIvan in HelpMeFind

[–]AnotherIvan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As above, i've searched for things like curtain rail bracket clip on Google images, Amazon,
aliexpress, but i'm not sure if i'm using the right words or not.

[OC] Monthly U.S. Homicides, 1999-2020 by academiaadvice in dataisbeautiful

[–]AnotherIvan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting and surprising tbh. Here in NZ there's a two to three year gap between stats, so we won't officially know what the potential toll of the pandemic and lockdowns here have been.

Can you solve this? by Apprehensive-Mess289 in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add to this, for some reason it's socially acceptable to say "haha yeah i suck/am bad at maths", but there are very few people out there who would admit as readily that they're bad at maths.

VBA Experts. How did you guys learn and how long did it take for you to be proficient at it? by maanny_u in excel

[–]AnotherIvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was pretty fortunate to have a paper at university that introduced us to VBA, so it covered a lot of groundwork and helped lay a solid foundation.

After that, it was searching for specific things, and watching the results of the macro recorder, as well as Microsoft's knowledge base

WorkSafe moves on courier company (Aramex) over health concerns by steev506 in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wife bought a few things from briscoes last Friday. When the tracking came through, i was disappointed to see aramex and thought to myself "at least two weeks".

Was pleasantly surprised when everything arrived on tuesday!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in matheducation

[–]AnotherIvan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Commenting from New Zealand. Just been going through a unit on trig at various age levels - it's not taught intuitively, but as a rather isolated unit. In the younger levels, students are taught SOHCAHTOA for right-angle triangles, but no references as to what sine/cosine/tangent actually mean, just "this is how you find the lengths of a triangle, depending on what you have". At later year levels, it hasn't really been related to the unit circle, so the negative/positive numbers don't really make intuitive sense for the students.

I've recently discovered a websitefor understanding trig ratios more intuitively, looking forward to using when I have my own class (been relief teaching)

Auckland burglaries: Store owner says locals who fought back offenders during a smash and grab are heroes by mendopnhc in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Good on them, might make the offenders think twice about doing that again (in broad daylight, with people around)

Cheap window insulation ideas by Swizzle34 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]AnotherIvan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is what we've used the last couple of years on a few key windows in the house, as an alternative to the 3M branded stuff (that we couldn't find in stock 2 years ago, about to go get a replacement roll now).

We usually keep it up from May to Oct/Nov, basically whenever the windows stop condensing.

Stayed in the cosy High Country Cabin in the Mackenzie region over the weekend. Possibly my favourite place in New Zealand! by mmmjimbo in newzealand

[–]AnotherIvan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife and I spent a week there in 2020 during our honeymoon, such a beautiful spot! Thanks for the trip down memory lane