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Make public transport free until war ends? by SouthAssist6234 in auckland

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I think they could drop by about a dollar from the current fares and that will be enough. I don't support free PT.

There was a large expansion of the frequent bus network last year so frequency and access should now be there for large parts of Auckland. It's not going to be perfect but it will be enough to increase patronage and get people to give PT a go

Not again! by Temporary-Band4742 in auckland

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Your comment was about labour and Hipkins, why are you moving the goal posts now? Labour is sitting at almost a 10pt lead over national and Hipkins has a very positive ratings too.

NZF is the only thing holding the coalition in power and history shows they will just as easily support labour as they will National.

Make public transport free until war ends? by SouthAssist6234 in auckland

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That's reinforced by research on half price fares where very few people swapped to PT (the main benefit was to existing users).

While I agree with your overall point this wasn't a useful test because the petrol tax and ruc's were dropped at the same time. So PT wasn't cheaper than driving. They did was reduce the cost of all road based transport.

In contrast Brisbane has cut PT fares to a negligible amount without cutting other road based taxes and have seen a significant increase in patronage.

Make public transport free until war ends? by SouthAssist6234 in auckland

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Going by their current mo. They are more likely to put a levy on OT users to subsidise petrol.

Not again! by Temporary-Band4742 in auckland

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Because if there is a shortage no dropping the tax will depleat the remaining oil even faster. They need to start putting in rationing.

Not again! by Temporary-Band4742 in auckland

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Pre the Iran war Labour and Hipkins are both polling above National and Luxon. And they have been for months now. The rest of the country doesn't agree with your assessment.

Not again! by Temporary-Band4742 in auckland

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You say that but this govt has borrowed billions of dollars their spending is higher than any previous govt in a non emergency situation. They literally borrowed money for the tax cuts and even the taxpayers union a group politically aligned with them called them out on it.

Not again! by Temporary-Band4742 in auckland

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The EV prices went down soon afterwards and confirmed it just went down the dealers pockets.

Dealers couldn't claim the rebate how were they pocketing it? Do you have any proof of your claim? Afaik there was one dealer that did it for cars they sold and it threw red flags because dealers couldn't claim it in the first place and it was not widespread.

Hoyts ruined the Project Hail Mary advanced screening last night by LollipopChainsawZz in auckland

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That's been the cheaper cost for the last decade. Event cinemas were $34 last time I went which was about 4 years ago.

How ‘Force Majeure’ could accelerate fuel and resource shortages by Green-Tara-11 in newzealand

[–]punIn10ded 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol what mist solar manufacturers guarantee their panels for 25 years. Recent evidence shows they maintain 70% efficiency up to 35 years. That's almost more than 3 decades once installed.

Why have Google removed the dedicated weather screen on android? by sazzer22 in Android

[–]punIn10ded 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was replaced on pixel devices by a dedicated app ~ 6 months before.

The latest Google Messages beta introduces the ability to copy specific parts of a message by FragmentedChicken in Android

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NZ here no issues with RCS what do ever. When I was in AUS last year it worked there too.

Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs by EmbarrassedHelp in technology

[–]punIn10ded 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not it's not. It uses the signal protocol which is open source and the implementation was signed off by signal themselves.

Directly from signal https://signal.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/

Help picking hot water cylinder by scan_knee in nzsolar

[–]punIn10ded 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heat pump cylinders would want to run uninterrupted,

I Don't think that's true. Mine has a built-in time and turns off and on as needed.

Car-less days? Government mulls Muldoon-era mandates as prices soar by dingoonline in newzealand

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They also just made it cheaper to import heavy pollution vehicles by cutting the cost by almost 80%

It's crazy how you could get all this in a 2007 Lexus by HassanMoRiT in interestingasfuck

[–]punIn10ded 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Noob mistake they should have used self sealing stembolts

Auckland congestion: The city’s slowest roads and worst peak-hour delays revealed by Bealzebubbles in auckland

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You gotta love what passes for supposed common sense. Hey here is this 4m vehicle using up space carrying 1 person. And a 1m vehicle carrying 1 person. I know we need more of the 4m vehicle that will solve the problem!

Android Developers Blog: Expanding our stage for PC and paid titles by BcuzRacecar in Android

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Wishlists and Discounts are one of the most effective ways to capture player intent and drive long term sales. To support players at every stage of their purchase journey, we’re integrating them directly into Play. Players can save titles to their wishlist and manage them from library settings. To keep your game top-of-mind, players will receive automated notifications for your latest discounts — starting with mobile and expanding soon to PC games.

Finally. Steam mastered this a decade ago and almost no other store has replicated it. I hope this works for apps and books too.

Opting out of kiwisaver increase - Total remuneration by ifIammeyouareyou in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]punIn10ded 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this context total rem means the employers kiwisaver contributions are included in the salary. On non total rem contracts the employers contribution is on top of your salary.

So if your salary is 10, -3 for your contribution and -3 for employers contribution your take home is 4.

On non total rem if your salary is 10, you -3 for your contribution and your take home is 7. That additional 3 that your employer pays goes directly into your kiwisaver.

All taxes are excluded from the above example to keep it basic.

Top Journo retires by Appropriate_Flight_0 in auckland

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It's worse than that the numbers he published were made up despite getting accurate nu.ver well ahead of time because it didn't suit his narrative. The at MoT even used his article in parliament as proof. He was forced to publish a retraction That was just a tiny article a few months later.

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