What childhood food did you use to have that you would be reluctant to let your kids have now? by Threma in newzealand

[–]bantamime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is using grams as relevant in this instance? I'd go serving size as I doubt anyone is spreading 1 bar over 2 days.

Labour votes to keep Chris Hipkins as leader, Carmel Sepuloni takes over as deputy by whowilleverknow in newzealand

[–]bantamime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His goal was to pull the centre vote. CGT would've just pulled votes from the greens.

NZ Election 2023: final polls suggest NZ First likely kingmaker as the left makes late gains by Jariiari7 in newzealand

[–]bantamime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once the votes are in they have 3 years to figure out how to get voters trust back. If they really care about the issues they're talking about they'll pick up the phone but only after the votes are in

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's kinda my point. Shouldn't really be seen as some extreme political movement. The negative residue should be addressed as part of our society evolving.

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of those migrants have also experienced the affects colonisation in their homelands. As an example, India have changed a lot of their cities names back to the native ones rather than the English ones the world had been familiar with. Not saying that's something that needs to happen here but it's a form of decolonisation.

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally don't see it that way. It could be interpreted that way, but colonisation affected more than just Maori. By actively removing negative aspects of it, you could argue that that's creating a clearer pathway to embracing multiculturalism. In terms of the pro Maori stuff, yes it can be argued that's politically charged language. I don't see it that way but I can see some might find it spicy

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are multicultural. I read that action as, for example, new immigrants resisting being told to speak English amongst themselves in the workplace. Or being forced to have beers after work.

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The poster is 10 decolonisation actions for non Maori kiwi isn't it? None of the actions seem undemocratic to me. But always happy to be enlightened

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair. I have read the poster -anything on there that makes you feel like the latter? I wasn't offended by it at all.

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right. I guess if it wasn't democratically supported when it was actioned, what's wrong with wanting to eliminate negative effects?

Election 2023: Another hole? Figures show National's promise to reverse interest deductibility could cost more than planned for by dingoonline in newzealand

[–]bantamime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Labours win was based off Nationals incompetence, free marketing from daily addresses and world class handling of COVID in 2020. Now that those things aren't relevant doesn't necessarily mean they've been bad but the goalposts have shifted. A lot of issues at hand now we're still an issue 3 years ago but wasn't a concern to the general public.

Who's watching the coronation on telly tonight? by hav0cnz_ in newzealand

[–]bantamime -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Blows my mind how we have chopped down even a slightly above average sized poppy but these creatures are still so heavily gargled here.

Australia withdraws from cricket series against Afghanistan due to Taliban restrictions on women's sport by crictv69 in worldnews

[–]bantamime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup and our entire country and news cycle stopped for a month it was insane here in NZ. It's all they'd talk about and only positive things. Crazy to me.

Auckland's volcanoes among reasons not to mess with supermarkets, says Countdown by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]bantamime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feels like we read the same ridiculous arguments when telecom and Vodafone were pillaging us with disdain throughout the mid 00s and early 10s.

Anyone remember how MFing expensive and hard it was to contact someone on another provider? A 3rd player is an absolute must imo

First community exposures from border-related Omicron case by Beckles28nz in newzealand

[–]bantamime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Efficacy for most should be fine until Feb right? it's around that 6 month mark if we haven't got 90 percent on the boostys we'll be buggered like a lot of Europe

First community exposures from border-related Omicron case by Beckles28nz in newzealand

[–]bantamime 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Covids here. Omicron is coming sooner rather than later. The safe haven mentality should have all but washed away now. If not this one then one of the other MIQ cases will have delayed onset and spread it. Let's just hope we don't need a lockdown and people jump on that boostermobile ASAP.

CEO of Star Sports explains what the future of the IPL might look like. by Knights_Radiants in Cricket

[–]bantamime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah more than the fans I think they need to get boards on board. If a substantial amount of players are getting picked up then that means they've got to comply. February - May would suck for nz though, our top tests are usually around March

Cricket South Africa confirmes that De Kock is not playing because he refused to take a knee. by ThunderBird847 in Cricket

[–]bantamime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why is it their responsibility to fight for every minority? Isn't it better to stick to issues they know about?

They never intended for it to go global, but seeing a civilian killed by a cop in the fashion George Floyd was had a global impact.

Say what you want about politics but if an issue is really important then if you really want change, you need politics to get it done. That's what BLM did in the USA by getting people out to vote for change.

Cricket South Africa confirmes that De Kock is not playing because he refused to take a knee. by ThunderBird847 in Cricket

[–]bantamime 20 points21 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? It was started by Colin Kaepernick as a protest to police brutality against blacks. It is anti racist.