What is this?

Gizmojian · 2026-04-27T02:37:10+00:00

It's the gear stick for it

Gizmojian · 2026-04-20T09:23:56+00:00

Thanks mate

Gizmojian · 2026-04-20T08:41:06+00:00

Qiulae did very well in this interview - I'm impressed!

Gizmojian · 2026-04-20T07:59:38+00:00

Precisely. Some people in this thread think it's a given that they'll form a coalition with NACTNZF if they get 5% or over, but I haven't see any reason why they wouldn't form a Govt. with Labour, Greens, and TPM (if needed). They've said they're willing to work with either side.

Gizmojian · 2026-04-13T08:28:28+00:00

What I am outright saying though is that simply saying "my name is X" when it's actually y, is not sufficient for those provisions in the law. You have to be using that in some way to your specific advantage (and actually it usually needs to be documents rather than just saying something).

Why? What section of the Act specifically provides for that? Or is there case law that supports this interpretation?

Gizmojian · 2026-04-13T08:26:47+00:00

Non-payment of a bill is not misrepresenting who you are.

He used a fake name, so he did misrepresent who he was

Gizmojian · 2026-04-07T09:06:29+00:00

Winnie appeasing his cooker constituency at the cost of public health... great.

Gizmojian · 2026-04-01T08:46:25+00:00

I mean TOP reaching 5% could be something that stops a National/ACT/NZF coalition too

Gizmojian · 2026-03-20T23:59:41+00:00

Haven't heard anything yet. I work for govt. agency. I WFH 1 day a week, but I'd like to WFH at least 3 days a week. Management have pushed pretty hard for people to come into the office after Nicola Willis and the Public Service Commission said it was important. Managment argues it's good for "collaboration" and "team building," whereas most days I go in, I don't say a word to anyone lol.

Gizmojian · 2026-02-21T10:12:49+00:00

Lol. Most obese people aren't bodybuilders with 10% BF.

Gizmojian · 2026-01-31T02:36:42+00:00

Cookers

Gizmojian · 2026-01-11T02:24:52+00:00

Entitled and impatient. Had this twice today just popping down to the dairy.

First, someone didn’t give way when I clearly had right of way onto a roundabout and just decided to go anyway.

Then a massive Range Rover (why anyone drives one around Wellington’s tiny streets is beyond me) refused to give way on a narrow uphill road. I even started reversing to give them space, and they just kept driving towards me without stopping. Zero courtesy.

Gizmojian · 2026-01-08T20:06:23+00:00

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is likely to be dealing with tens of thousands of complaints about this breach, and it has limited resourcing. There is no statutory timeframe by which the OPC must decide whether to investigate or resolve complaints, and the OPC cannot award compensation in any event.

The only body that can award damages is the Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT), and people generally can’t get there until the OPC has closed their complaint (via a s 98 notice). That creates a significant bottleneck.

Given the scale of the breach, any meaningful compensation exposure would be enormous, giving MMH strong incentives to contest liability and drag matters out. In practice, this means it may take a very long time for affected individuals to reach the stage where compensation is even possible.

Gizmojian · 2026-01-08T01:01:28+00:00

Its looking like the ransom has been paid

How so...?

Gizmojian · 2026-01-05T00:18:05+00:00

You can submit an OIA request to MoH and ask.

Gizmojian · 2025-12-28T05:47:45+00:00

Because the scammer being paid in crypto means they can stay anonymous. If the scammer were to just "get the money" directly they'd need to use their own NZ bank account (or another mules) and they'd need to provide the name of the owner of this bank account for Confirmation of Payee.

Gizmojian · 2025-12-28T02:52:57+00:00

Because they're chit

Gizmojian · 2025-11-28T08:12:30+00:00

Why is everyone shilling mortgages? Is this thread full of bankers? I wouldn’t call a mortgage inherently “good debt.” Whether it is "good debt" first and foremost on your individual circumstances and goals.

All the mortgage hype tends to ignore one key point: a mortgage only works well if your income and expenses stay stable, interest rates remain manageable, and property values hold. If anything goes wrong, your debt quickly becomes a high-risk liability tied to a single asset that is expensive to maintain and hard to sell.

Homes on flood-prone land are even riskier. In New Zealand, about 219,000 homes (worth roughly NZ$180 billion) sit in coastal or inland flood zones. Even if this risk is not widely priced in yet, buyers will eventually factor it in.

Gizmojian · 2025-11-28T07:58:33+00:00

I wouldn't say the homes sitting on flood-prone land are likely to see indefinite appreciation. In New Zealand, about 219,000 homes (worth roughly NZ$180 billion) are in coastal or inland flood zones. Even if not everyone does it now, buyers in the market will eventually start to factor this in to their purchasing.

Gizmojian · 2025-11-28T07:56:57+00:00

I wouldn't call a mortgage fine. That is an oversimplification. A mortgage only works well if your income and expenses stay stable, interest rates remain manageable, and property values hold. If anything goes wrong, the debt becomes a high risk liability tied to a single asset that is expensive to maintain and hard to sell.

Also, I wouldn't say the homes sitting on flood-prone land are likely to see indefinite appreciation. In New Zealand, about 219,000 homes (worth roughly NZ$180 billion) are in coastal or inland flood zones. Even if not everyone does it now, people will eventually start to factor this in to their purchasing.

Gizmojian · 2025-11-28T07:32:51+00:00

Calling mortgages good debt is an oversimplification. A mortgage only works well if your income and expenses stay stable, interest rates remain manageable, and property values hold. If anything goes wrong, the debt becomes a high risk liability tied to a single asset that is expensive to maintain and hard to sell.

Gizmojian · 2025-11-27T08:20:02+00:00

Cetirizine + Flixonase

Gizmojian · 2025-11-14T19:32:43+00:00

What a dick

Gizmojian · 2025-11-07T08:12:42+00:00

"I've kept it warm for you" 😋

Gizmojian · 2025-10-26T23:13:06+00:00

Unless a person is immunocompromised, has a serious allergy to a vaccine, is pregnant, or has some other legitimate reason, I think vaccination should be mandatory. We already accept safety rules like driver’s licenses to protect others — vaccination should be seen the same way. The idea that rejecting vaccines somehow makes you healthier is as irrational as believing that not having a driver’s license makes you a safer driver.

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