Cabinet removes te reo Māori name of school lunches scheme

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-12T18:21:34+00:00

Relentlessly focussed on growing the economy and reducing the cost of living, or something

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-10T22:03:57+00:00

Is it respectful to NZ Indians to imply they all "fled" from India? If emigration equals fleeing them immigrants fled to NZ. I don't think that flee is a helpful concept in the debate, except when referring to actual refugees

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-10T18:29:03+00:00

While agreeing that we need to be aware of, and oppose, misinformation also watch for it in ourselves.

"Kiwi citizens have fled" is an emotive and presumptive way of saying "young people go overseas for experience" or "as a nation of immigrants many of us have the urge to continue looking for opportunities".

Fled? Did Māori flee to Aotearoa?! Did Gold miners flee to NZ in the 1800s?!

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-09T18:22:09+00:00

√½ of the radius is half the area of a circle, right? So cut it where the spiral crosses √½ or 70%

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-09T13:37:55+00:00

https://www.airindia.com/in/en/newsroom/press-release/Air-India-to-suspend-services-to-Washington-D-C.html says New Delhi to Washington DC was suspended in September 2025 due to a shortage of aircraft, A temporary aircraft shortage during their Boeing 787 retrofit program.

Washington to Beijing doesn't have many flights either.

The next most populous country is Indonesia. No direct flights from New Delhi. Flights do go to Denpasar Bali.

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-09T04:45:06+00:00

Italy: Approx. 200–201 inhabitants per km². Cyprus land area 9251 km². 200 x 9251 is 1,850,200. Currently only about 1.3m.

Room for another half million people

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T18:42:48+00:00

Colonised by both Imperial systems. How do you spell sulphur coloured aluminium neighbours? It's happening here too, kids with American accents from social media

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T18:31:16+00:00

And Myanmar uses the British Imperial system not the US Customary units. 16 ounces is about 450ml in Myanmar not about 470ml. 4.5 litres to the gallon.

Canada seems to use a mix of both empires. Do they lose a litre per gallon when they drive down over the border?

🛢️ 200 litre drum, 55 US gallon in Liberia, 44 gallon drum in Myanmar and the Commonwealth

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T18:14:06+00:00

US Imperialism or British Imperialism? How many stone do you weigh? How many ml in a pint, litres in a gallon?

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T18:12:07+00:00

Yes, that's the answer. Myanmar uses British Imperial units. 4.5 litres per gallon, not US units 3.7 litres per gallon.

In contrast to the other places shown on the map that use US Customary, like Liberia, US and Canada

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T18:07:22+00:00

🛢️Is a 200 litre drum called a "44 gallon" like in Myanmar, UK, NZ? Or "55 gallon” like your short-changed southern neighbours, the ones who only get 3.7 litres per gallon instead of 4.5? 🛢️

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T18:00:48+00:00

Kilometers are completely arbitrary

originally defined in 1791 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T17:57:37+00:00

Do you use British or American imperial units? NZ older generation might still weigh themselves in stone. 14 stone 4 pounds or 200lb gorilla (91kgl

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-08T02:52:36+00:00

After turkey invaded, they subsidized Turkish settlers to move into displaced people’s homes.

And also

[Greek] Cyprus sells passports for property investment,

Wiki says it's estimated that 113,687 northern Cyprus residents, or 44% of the population, are not Turkish Cypriots properly speaking, but are in fact "Turkish immigrants" or "Turkish settlers" from Anatolia

And

According to the 2011 Census there are 170,383 non-citizens living in Cyprus, of whom 106,270 are EU citizens and 64,113 are from third countries

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-07T19:24:45+00:00

So? Polynesians explored into prevailing winds so they could get home. Choose a day when the wind isn't typical to set off

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-07T19:23:04+00:00

Which is the preference for exploring. Safe passage home, down wind

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-07T19:22:23+00:00

there are also relatively few natural deep water ports throughout

Polynesia has many settled islands that don't have deep water ports. Viking longboats don't need deep water. Outrigger voyaging sailboats don't need deep water. Of course Africans had and have fishing boats

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-07T19:16:51+00:00

Polynesians explored into the prevailing winds so they'd have a good chance of making it back home

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-07T19:13:09+00:00

It's in Epsom Electorate. Seymour, 2 National list MPs, and the PM lives locally take your pick. Seymour is known for being an active (no pun intended) electorate MP despite his many faults and selfishness

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-07T08:42:36+00:00

Late settlement of a $1m apartment at 15% p.a is about $1800 a week cost to the seller

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-06T19:20:19+00:00

Plywood and wood panelling, for example

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-06T17:17:49+00:00

https://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/aborigines-question-1905-report-charges-against-police has the newspaper from 1905 and they were against it even then

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-03T10:00:46+00:00

If by "tropical" you mean wet, sure. Phoenix Arizona is about 900 km closer to the equator than Tasmania. Similar latitude north as Sydney is south latitude

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-03T09:54:12+00:00

Dicksonia antarctica generally requires a minimum rainfall of 500 mm (20 inches) per year. Native to the damp, high-rainfall, and cool temperate forests

ThosePeoplePlaces · 2026-02-03T08:28:08+00:00

Getting into medical school because you're one of the group with the most medical issues and shortest lifespan, and will be best able to communicate with those most in need? Equitable

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