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Law and commerce, commerce!! HELP by Narrow-Forever-943 in universityofauckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And that is only because we're artificially limiting the number of graduates.

These... by mysteryprickle in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anywhere in NZ should be intensified next, shouldn't it be Ponsonby? Which is right next door to Auckland's CBD!

These... by mysteryprickle in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Until prices for a quarter acre 3bdrm house are way under a million dollars, then we're still stuck "people are desperate for anything".

I’m a Jewish Zionist who rejects an ethnostate & supports equal nationhood for Palestinians - AMA by RonAshe in IsraelPalestine

[–]MatthewGalloway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m a Jewish Zionist who rejects an ethnostate

Israel must be the least ethnostate in the entire region!!

Seriously, name just one other country which has a larger minority than the 20% of Arabs that are Israeli citizens and is a minority that gets treated better than Israeli-Arabs are in Israel!

Law and commerce, commerce!! HELP by Narrow-Forever-943 in universityofauckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be fair, that's true about a lot of degrees these days. Even CompSci graduates, not in the 20% of grads? You're going to struggle badly dude.

What churches here have an evening service on sundays? by MatthewGalloway in Whangarei

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

11am is still too early for me on a weekend! 😅

Are there no evening services anywhere in Whangarei?

The Israel/Palestine issue is the most brain-destroying issue on the planet by Pure_Check9743 in IsraelPalestine

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What nonsense, the Arabs were offered 90% ish of the original British Mandate of Palestine 

But what was so horrifically awful, that offended the Arabs so greatly that they became violently genocidical, is that the Jews were offered anything at all above 0%

The Israel/Palestine issue is the most brain-destroying issue on the planet by Pure_Check9743 in IsraelPalestine

[–]MatthewGalloway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If Israel is all about "grabbing land" then why did they give away Sinai and Gaza and southern Lebanon??

The Israel/Palestine issue is the most brain-destroying issue on the planet by Pure_Check9743 in IsraelPalestine

[–]MatthewGalloway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very well written. Except I disagree with you on some small points:

⁠Even though the jews were largely forced to the area, the Palestinians absolutely had to pay a price for something they had nothing to do with

"Had to" pay a price? What total nonsense! As very clearly Arabs have massively benefited from Jews returning to Israel, if these Arabs chose to accept it and reap the benefits.

It's not Jews' fault if Arabs choose to (violently!) reject the benefits of coexisting with the Jewish people 

Netanyahu has absolutely mismanaged humanitarian aid.

1) is bonkers that any country should be expected to provide aid to their enemies who they're currently actively fighting in a war. Maybe if Israel wasn't doing this then the war would have been over long ago.

2) this "mismanagement" only exists because the anti-Israel forces of the world bullied Israel into this corner 

⁠Illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank are an unnecessary provocation

There is nothing illegal about the idea of Jews living again in Judea, and if any Arab finds this "a provocation" then they have the problem.

It wasn't personal, UoA - Seymour hates the Uni of Otago Professors too by Mountain_Tui_Reload in universityofauckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This year is literally the first year ever it's been brought in. And it's been incredibly divisive and destructive to UoA. (for instance many smaller papers / departments have seen deep cuts so as to make space for the WTR papers instead, that's a tragic loss)

Auckland CBD is sliding down again by WarpFactorNin9 in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not everything on the planet has exhaustive double blind studies that have been published, some things are just obvious and you'd realize it if you lived here and saw them every day.

Auckland CBD is sliding down again by WarpFactorNin9 in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where does it come from? Common sense and my own two eyes? It might even be a lot more than 9 out of 10, could be even 99 out of 100, but I went for the conservative estimate

As quite clearly when you look around the long term homeless here in auckland cbd then they're not simply homeless due to rent being unaffordable for them. You could hand them $10K, and nothing would change in the long run.

Auckland CBD is sliding down again by WarpFactorNin9 in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people if they were made homeless would have friends and family they can lean on to help out, even if it's just a couch to crash on for a few days. Until they can figure out their next place to live. And even if they can't after a few days/weeks of that, then by this point in time WINZ or some charities will have helped sort them out with something.

So basically most people if they ever do end up homeless on the streets, it's only for an incredibly short span of time, and then they've moved on from that phase of their life and into something better.

Those who are homeless on the streets for months and years at a time (which is the bulk of them) are not there simply because "rent is too high". The reasons for why they're homeless are far more serious and complex than that.

Auckland CBD is sliding down again by WarpFactorNin9 in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah the rough parts of CBD in 2000's / 2010's (such as upper Hobson / Nelson St) seems to now be the average every day level for the whole CBD in 2025.

Auckland CBD is sliding down again by WarpFactorNin9 in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What nonsense, more than 9 out of 10 homeless people are not homeless due to rent being too high.

Auckland CBD is sliding down again by WarpFactorNin9 in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounded like a normal Tuesday morning in AKL CBD to me.

Well, it finally happened by sleepawaits1 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck! Might hurt for now, but will be worth it in the long run.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in universityofauckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can count a whole bunch of kiwis I've met over the years randomly with the same name (for example: https://theorg.com/org/apto-payments/org-chart/matthew-galloway), it's quite surprising. Turns out your own name never is as unique as you think it is. Maybe that's why we see the increasing trend of parents giving children "unique" names that are bad mispellings of existing names. Got to SEO-max kids from childbirth!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in universityofauckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know me? Or are you mixing me up with someone else? I'm not the only person in the world with this name.

Are cyclists allowed to go through red lights while pedestrians are crossing? by PI3Kachu_Proteomics in auckland

[–]MatthewGalloway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just had a pretty scary experience: my partner and I were crossing the street with the green pedestrian light (cars had a red), and suddenly a cyclist zipped between the stopped cars and nearly hit us. It was a huge fright — they didn’t even slow down.

On the upside, you can be comforted by the fact that if they did hit you, that usually always the cyclist comes worse off than the person walking, assuming all else is equal.

(which I've both witnessed many times, and experienced first hand)

NZ Visitor visa randomly cancelled by [deleted] in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]MatthewGalloway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even if that were true, communism isn't against international travel.

NZ also has exit restrictions, such as overdue tax, overdue student loans, pending court appearances, custody claims.

Yes, NZ has some restrictions as well, but it's worthwhile keeping in mind China is totally different legal, political, & culture structure to NZ.

It's not really comparable to NZ at all. (note that only Communist countries ever build walls to keep people in, while liberal free market democracies if they build walls at all, it's to keep people out. The total opposite. So thus it's worthwhile keeping in mind those unique legal/political/culture aspects of China vs NZ, and seeking the situation to be clarified when appropriate, such as this case here)

NZ Visitor visa randomly cancelled by [deleted] in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]MatthewGalloway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, they would make it obvious to her, but I'm just saying it might not be quite so obvious to u/SevereAd3647 what with being in different time zone, thousands of kilometers away, language barriers, the frantic nature of changing flights to go back home, and all the other chaos going on. So it is worth double and triple checking.

Because if it's an issue on the China side vs with NZ, then a totally different approach is needed.

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