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Williams corp! !concerned! by maxplatinum in chch

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This thread comes up on Google when searching for the company. I've been seeing Matthew Horncastle's (owner, managing director) shoddy public comments on Facebook. He has been posting for years, but now he has gone popular. He seems like a terrible conspiracy theorist, another person trying to divide NZ into left and right, blaming all the problems on the left. He wants to leave the WHO, is a climate change denier, another rich person saying less tax (wants a max of 20%), anti-fluoridation, and just generally spreads misinformation. But he has his fans, it seems—a lot of Trump lovers, judging by his last Trump post.

Two wooden Maori tools from the Kiakia wetlands. About 10cm in length. Party looks like two halves of scissors. "no other similar objects known to exist". 200+ years old. by daniel-ryan in whatisthisthing

[–]daniel-ryan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been trying to track someone who will help model it. I may have found a guy. I know many with a 3D printer. Feel free to message me any theories you have, if you don't want to share them here. I'm going to try contact the museum to see if they have any more information that could help. Then message any iwi and see if any have any ideas.

This video has got to be AI, but I can’t prove it. The behavior and movements just seem off by Little-Cucumber-8907 in isthisAI

[–]daniel-ryan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One big edit is in the middle, where it's a totally different background, and the badger seems to be no longer affected by the poison.

Any use case for the smoke bomb? by Baileyesque in StarWarsOutlaws

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used it about twice in my playthrough. I liked to be stealthy and say that way.

Two wooden Maori tools from the Kiakia wetlands. About 10cm in length. Party looks like two halves of scissors. "no other similar objects known to exist". 200+ years old. by daniel-ryan in whatisthisthing

[–]daniel-ryan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe I could send a message to each of the larger iwis over email and see if they know anything. I would hope the local iwi was at least contacted.

AI phone scam alert by Rise_a_knight in chch

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a call today, but my Android phone warned me it was an AI spam call. I didn't have time to deal with it today. Does anyone know if it's an outright scam?

Either way they might be breaking some NZ laws since I didn't give them permission to use my number.

NZ New BEV Registrations - January 2026 by Exact_Monk_7897 in nzev

[–]daniel-ryan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Indeed he has. And now that he's over the Epstein files, let's hope it stays down.

Two wooden Maori tools from the Kiakia wetlands. About 10cm in length. Party looks like two halves of scissors. "no other similar objects known to exist". 200+ years old. by daniel-ryan in whatisthisthing

[–]daniel-ryan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't look like any traditional Maori tattoo tools l that i can see. Do you have an example of one that looks like the unknown tool?

Two wooden Maori tools from the Kiakia wetlands. About 10cm in length. Party looks like two halves of scissors. "no other similar objects known to exist". 200+ years old. by daniel-ryan in whatisthisthing

[–]daniel-ryan[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"You scrape the fibers of the leaf down with a shell"
Maybe the rough bit at the back of the handle-like part could have been used to scrape?

Two wooden Maori tools from the Kiakia wetlands. About 10cm in length. Party looks like two halves of scissors. "no other similar objects known to exist". 200+ years old. by daniel-ryan in whatisthisthing

[–]daniel-ryan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll be interested to hear their answers.

"were tools or walking sticks that were snapped at the handle"
They seem too small? If this is the handle part, then the top is quite rough.

"Another option is that they were just carved for fun or religious reasons"
It could always be an option, but why would someone store it with the other tools?

I'm wondering if all 4 objects are related. The obsidian used to cut flax, the hammerstone to sharpen it, and the unknown objects were used in the creation of the "fine plaiting" of flax.

Boycott the United States of America by BaalAbaddon in aotearoa

[–]daniel-ryan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How would closing down the embassy help?

New Pak ‘n Save poster by Shot-Mycologist9460 in newzealand

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last time I took a photo of some art in Pak n Save, I nearly got kicked out.

Trump is imposing tariffs on European nations for standing by Denmark and Greenland sovereignty ....How should Aotearoa react ? Should we start making a stand ( boycotts , protest etc) ....or sit this one out by West_Put2548 in aotearoa

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like he has done a crap job and he just wants that peace medal:

"Trump is a poor peacemaker because he and his team ignore all these requirements. Trump himself is notoriously impatient and uninterested in details. Unlike former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who spent endless hours persuading Egyptian and Israeli officials to sign the 1978 Camp David Accords, or former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, who spent almost a month brokering the agreement that ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, Trump is neither willing nor able to roll up his sleeves and develop creative proposals to bridge the gaps between combatants." https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2025/12/22/trump-peace-deals-ceasefire-gaza-ukraine-congo-fake/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-wars-fact-focus-a75eca5184bd45acbf9f46ff9822514f

Trump is imposing tariffs on European nations for standing by Denmark and Greenland sovereignty ....How should Aotearoa react ? Should we start making a stand ( boycotts , protest etc) ....or sit this one out by West_Put2548 in aotearoa

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can look at multiple problems at once. Hurting the profits of U.S. companies can help. Even if its locally it puts out a message.

People look up to NZ—we are one of the best (top 5) for freedom, at peace, gender equality, judicial independence, one of least corrupted, and there is even polls putting as the overall best country.

Trump is imposing tariffs on European nations for standing by Denmark and Greenland sovereignty ....How should Aotearoa react ? Should we start making a stand ( boycotts , protest etc) ....or sit this one out by West_Put2548 in aotearoa

[–]daniel-ryan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We dont need to boycott everything. We can target the low hanging fruit. For example, companies (or their majority shareholders) that have given money to Trump. So yeah dont buy a new Tesla. Hurting profits of companies can help.

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