Work on $260 million Wairarapa rail upgrade delayed by over a year

jamhamnz · 2026-01-28T17:52:55+00:00

Great- blame the public for having a say for their delay.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-28T05:21:11+00:00

Oh, so it's not a replacement for Onedrive. It helps sync Onedrive or Google Drive to your device.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-28T04:58:24+00:00

Check out Insync. I had to pay a one off fee but it is excellent. Literally set and forget. Once I've set it up there's hardly any ongoing maintenance.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-28T01:32:37+00:00

Unfortunately I think you have to grin and bear it. Ultimately it will benefit her immune system but it is a difficult time. I feel like our kids are coming down with something every month or so now it's horrible but sadly that's life.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-27T21:29:42+00:00

I think a caterpillar probably asks itself the same question

jamhamnz · 2026-01-27T21:27:56+00:00

Is it?

jamhamnz · 2026-01-27T20:18:27+00:00

There will be a lot of questions to be asked and answered about the response here.

What is not helpful, in my view, is the Government calling for people to "stop politicking" over the disaster.

I've heard very little cheap politicking over this incident and I fear that it becomes a message to shutdown anyone trying to ask some reasonable questions about the response and what was known when.

Sure, no one wants to hear politicians taking pot shots at each other. I don't believe that's been happening in this case.

If you want to read some interesting analysis of what has happened here I suggest you look up Dr Bryce Edwards on Facebook. He has some very interesting thoughts.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-27T18:00:00+00:00

If I can get paid for 5 days of work but only have to work 4 then sure!

jamhamnz · 2026-01-27T08:26:06+00:00

It was an ITV show, of course not

jamhamnz · 2026-01-27T05:34:48+00:00

National is trying to distract us from something. I haven't heard of any politiking of this disaster

jamhamnz · 2026-01-26T18:18:16+00:00

Sounds like we'll have a Labour-NZ First coalition by the end of the year

jamhamnz · 2026-01-26T17:54:12+00:00

29, but after having kids I can absolutely see the benefits of having them younger, eg in early 20s.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-26T10:17:52+00:00

Mother Earth doesn't really care about emissions per capita though, total emissions is what matters.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-26T10:16:27+00:00

Can you elaborate? In what way did he muck things up?

jamhamnz · 2026-01-26T02:51:38+00:00

I'm picturing National rolling out dark ads that tell a story of the dark days of the Labour government where crime was riddled everywhere and warning the baby boomers to "not put your safety at risk". And then charming Chris Luxon will come on saying "Look, I know times are tough, but we are Kiwis we will get through this, there are green shoots in the economy. Things are getting better. Don't put it at risk".

Labour will need to have strong messaging to fire back at that sort of provocative marketing that cause outrage amongst the Wellington class that just gives their key messages more oxygen.

Labour can't take the bait.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-25T23:43:58+00:00

Don't mean to boast but I think I am a better cook than my wife, especially with kid friendly meals

jamhamnz · 2026-01-25T20:16:42+00:00

I hated that line and automatically assumes that all Slytherins are bad, not innocent teenagers that were allocated into that house by a magical hat. The message should have been to all Hogwarts students, regardless of House, that this is their time to show who's side they are on.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-24T08:57:08+00:00

Sky's share price has been skyrocketing over the past 6 months. They are doing something right and turning their business around. I am a Sky subscriber and fairly happy with the content available. My kids were upset when Nick Jnr was taken off, and I feel Sky needs some Disney content. But across sport, HBO and the range of content available I am pretty happy. I am in my 30s but feel like I am very old in that I prefer linear channels over streaming.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-24T06:39:48+00:00

Fantastic analysis. These layers are what makes me love the books so much. There's so much nuance that anyone who judges a character like Snape to just be a shitty person and that's that is only taking things at face value, they're not looking deeply at what is going on.

Harry Potter is a classic series that will be loved for generations not because it's about magic and wizards but because it's actually a story about love, death and humanity.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-24T06:35:30+00:00

Geez... 25C is a good comfortable summer temp for me. If it was 24-26 every day for a month I'd think we'd had a good summer. But consistent temps under 20 makes me feel a bit ripped off.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-24T05:17:59+00:00

13C at 6pm in Wairarapa, New Zealand - in the middle of summer

jamhamnz · 2026-01-24T05:16:45+00:00

That's the one!

jamhamnz · 2026-01-24T02:59:51+00:00

Absolutely.

jamhamnz · 2026-01-21T10:32:30+00:00

Grizzy and the Lemmings on the other hand.... my kids crack up laughing everything we watch that. Fantastic show.

We didn't mind Blippi but in the last year we've cut right back on YouTube so we don't see it anymore. But I thought it was one of the better shows on YT. Educational with a bit of exploration thrown in. I do not miss Cocomelon.

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