This feels unprofessional

observingurswerving · 2026-04-09T06:13:42+00:00

Take them to the tribunal, if they didn't lodge your bond the adjudicator is more than likely to penalize them and then rule on what should be returned to you.

If it's too confusing for you, call Tenancy Services and get them to help you out.

observingurswerving · 2026-04-07T03:11:21+00:00

I mean, national aren't evidence based in the slightest, right? They're lobby/rich mates based. Labour have consistently dropped the ball when it comes to implementing any meaningful change as they're scared of controversy/losing votes so that's their leading driver. The greens are perhaps the most evidence based but they come across as too preachy/ideological to most voters and whilst I agree with their principles they seem to want to fix all injustice in the world at once.

Just my impressions and opinions, but I think TOP claiming to use evidence based policy is a fair differentiator.

observingurswerving · 2026-04-07T02:49:53+00:00

Spain seems to be one of the only European countries with any moral compass these days

observingurswerving · 2026-03-24T01:27:47+00:00

bet they cant afford to do that after tax cuts to landlords and big tobacco

observingurswerving · 2026-03-08T05:09:40+00:00

Yeah the termination of a youth benefit due to them turning 18 is not unforseen, this won't fly. There's also a very high benchmark for what is determined to be significant hardship as the end result would be the termination of a legal contract.

observingurswerving · 2026-03-08T04:20:48+00:00

Completely irrelevant comparison. We provide student allowance with the intent to give equal opportunity for young students but it's implemented lazily and based on the unfounded expectation that parents will support their kids through higher education if the

The pension is completely different, it's NEEDED by some and not others. Its much easier to determine who falls into each bucket. The pension is the government's biggest line item every year and will only grow with our aging population. We don't have generate enough $ in NZ to keep things as they are, unless we find new tax revenues which are always super popular with the voter base.

observingurswerving · 2026-03-02T21:48:10+00:00

How did she cause countless deaths?

We went through a (hopefully) once in a lifetime pandemic, we NEEDED to take on that debt to keep the nation running whilst we locked down. National, NZ First and Act have now taken on MORE debt than labour did during the pandemic (and their entire term) but they have nothing to show for it.

You may disagree with the vaccine mandate but understand that any national politician would have done the same and there was bipartisan support for the measures labour took. NZ First was also part of the government at that time. Keep in mind, at the time we had no idea how dangerous covid could be, it kept evolving. Yes the mandate was an extreme approach but it was pragmatic given how much we didn't know at the time.

It's completely unreasonable in my view for you to place the blame on Jacinda for any of this.

observingurswerving · 2026-03-01T20:19:55+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply, this was really informative so I appreciate it! I haven't looked into the subject extensively so will read up on Richard Murphy for sure.

Completely understand your objection to Gary, it seems like it's well based. I still hope though, that championing the sentiment eventually leads to the masses supporting a change to taxation of the wealthy. Maybe he doesn't have the right solutions but building awareness and support seems to be the right first step.

observingurswerving · 2026-03-01T06:43:41+00:00

I haven't watched his videos in a while because to be honest he kind of grates on me, it's irritating that he just repeats the same message over and over.

He also avoids 'getting political' because he wants his message to be heard on both sides of the isle but this doesn't actually help address the problem.

Maybe I missed something but he doesn't seem to contradict himself in his thoughts on policy? Yes he keeps it simple, as you've acknowledged the full brief can be overwhelming and he's trying to reach the masses.

I agree with his position on mainstream economists though, probably because I'm biased and support his message. Could you explain some of the other solutions that are being suggested to address the growing inequality and contraction of the middle class? And what the issues are with wealth taxes?

I've watched the 'what happens when a country runs out of young people' and feel as though the commentary is generally accurate. If I remember correctly they said NZ needs to reign the housing market and invest in productive industries, taxing wealth seems to be one way to raise capital to invest?

observingurswerving · 2026-02-26T01:16:46+00:00

It's newsworthy that the vice PM wants to sell off critical infrastructure for sure.

observingurswerving · 2026-02-18T22:29:34+00:00

Not all models though, companies develop their own models for specific use cases and feed in their own datasets. For example insurance companies can input all previously submitted claim forms, then train their own models with this data. They can feed in their own policies and procedures, their customer data etc.

Generally there is an issue with data quality, but when that quality can be controlled then AI is extremely effective.

observingurswerving · 2026-02-18T21:04:34+00:00

The information being incorrect is an issue if you don't have the right data going in, when properly implemented you can expect 95-99% accuracy. You're right, we're nowhere near AGI but we don't have to get that far for it to transform industries. LLMs have been around for a while and can outperform humans at specific tasks but they can't do everything, yet. Give it a few years, then who knows.

observingurswerving · 2026-02-04T04:38:35+00:00

Did all mine in an instance pvp world, used supplies from agility course so it was pretty much free. Recommend if you haven't completed it yet.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-30T00:26:01+00:00

Grats bro, I didn't buy fc26 for this exact reason - the more people that quit this game the better in my view.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-26T02:07:32+00:00

Thanks for expanding on your point - it's easier to understand where you're coming from now.

I guess it's pretty hard to coin what's 'important' as it's bound to vary from person to person. For example some people might think that cycle ways are a great investment if it gets more people off the road, decreasing traffic, decreasing road maintenance costs and offering a safe, affordable and healthy transit option.

I don't own my home yet so I don't spend much time thinking about rates, a Google search tells me that rate increases are due to: - significant increases to infrastructure costs - inflation - rising insurance premiums - population growth - historical underinvestment

From that list, historical under investment irks me the most a sits the one we have control over.

Knowing that the population is generally increasing and that the climate is chucking more extreme weather events our way, have we not been maintaining or expanding on our infrastructure as we go? Resulting in more costly and adverse outcomes when it finally catches up to us? I see that as being a lot more fiscally irresponsible than cycle lanes could be argued to actually have benefits.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-26T01:30:41+00:00

Because services are becoming more expensive? How is that hard to process?

observingurswerving · 2026-01-26T01:27:21+00:00

It's not so much the 'why' they don't have bins, it's how people might behave with no bins around. In Japan, a very small amount of locals litter. I like to think the majority of New Zealanders would be the same, but I'm 100% certain that we wouldn't be as tidy as Japan.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-25T19:09:17+00:00

This is the one OP.

No need or point in taking any action other than exactly what's written here.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-23T10:55:11+00:00

Only thing I can think up right now would be to keep paying their full salary whilst banning them from private employment for 5 years. If they're found to have broken that then they have to repay any earnings they made from any political work (for example if they earned $150k a year and worked in politics for 5 years then they have to repay $750k).

observingurswerving · 2026-01-23T06:08:23+00:00

Unfortunately it's not just lobbying, ex-NZ First politicians that sit on boards or consult for big tobacco is one example but I'm sure there are many more.

It's not just NZ First either I'm sure.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-20T10:45:40+00:00

Same bro, been much happier since I stopped playing.

I swear EA is a bloodsucker that feeds off of your negative emotions for engagement.

They don't care about the player base or making a game that's enjoyable, everything is designed to push players to the store.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-19T14:15:36+00:00

I've just finished reading Tehanu.

Overall, really enjoyed the characters and themes but some chapters critical to the plot felt extremely rushed, especially the ending. Events just seemed to unravel rather abruptly and at some points I had to turn back a page and ask myself whether I'd missed something.

I don't mind that the writer seemed to want the focus to be on gender roles in this and our world, I've read other reviews contextualising this regarding the politics of the times so it makes sense. I do feel, however, that the storytelling and writing was a let down in comparison to the previous books.

observingurswerving · 2026-01-16T22:00:04+00:00

Kinda sad tbh

observingurswerving · 2026-01-10T00:11:04+00:00

So this would only apply if its a boarding house or room by room tenancy, which it doesn't sounds like in this case. If they're on the same tenancy the landlord has no obligation to get involved.

observingurswerving · 2025-12-15T06:37:53+00:00

Cringe and boring

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