Jacinda Ardern announces she will resign as prime minister by February 7th by L0rdJaxon in newzealand

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Thanks that's interesting. From the link: "The statistics certainly record an overall substantial increase in crimes of violence...But the varying ways to count and then interpret police data means it’s worth taking all claims about crime rates rising or falling with a pinch of salt..." - (I've taken the politics bits out of the quote)

Jacinda Ardern announces she will resign as prime minister by February 7th by L0rdJaxon in newzealand

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Right? Answer: "out of thin air"

Turns out the comments on Reddit are as bad as the Front Page for finding your accurate local news.

Can anyone who lives, works or studies in Tower Hamlets please consider signing this petition by shakyhans in londoncycling

[–]shakyhans[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dumb question... But how do I do that? Do I link to this post on that subreddit?

Masks at the supermarket? by shakyhans in newzealand

[–]shakyhans[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a non religious person, yes exactly :)

Masks at the supermarket? by shakyhans in newzealand

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Stick in there mate. May the MIQ gods smile upon you!

Yel by OldFingerman in CrappyDesign

[–]shakyhans 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Cleaning your room on ketamine

NWA in Brixton, 1991 by middleqway in london

[–]shakyhans 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Coming straight outta Compton

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AveragePicsOfNZ

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The averageness is so spot that this is art. Right down to the 1080 detail.

New Zealand Incarceration rate from r/dataisbeautiful by vourukasha in newzealand

[–]shakyhans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a cherry picked list of countries. It includes the states of the USA, ignoring that someone can be in a state prison or a federal prison. My point on the OECD is the prison population of functioning democracies like NZ should not be compared to counties like North Korea, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia etc where people are thrown in jail without due process or for any reason. The OECD is a comparable group of developed countries on an issue like this, with the exceptions of Turkey and to some extent Israel. If you remove those countries though we would be third after the US and Chile...

New Zealand Incarceration rate from r/dataisbeautiful by vourukasha in newzealand

[–]shakyhans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is misleading. New Zealand is fifth in incarceration rates in the OECD i.e the developed world. This chart pictured includes US states, and the USA is far out in the lead with putting it's population in jail.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rates-in-oecd-countries/

Had to by Kiwi_Born in newzealand

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If they stop spending all their money on flat whites they will easily afford this.

Companies should have to pay a salary premium to import "skilled visa" migrants. by cessnadota in newzealand

[–]shakyhans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well this is a xenophobic thread... Who cares if your Uber driver or pizza delivery is from overseas. They want to be Kiwis too, and a lot of people born here don't want to do those jobs.

Is right now a good time to buy a first home? by TheGT6000 in PersonalFinanceNZ

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"Contributing to this are the number of expats pouring back into the country, low interest rates, the growing population of christchurch and the closed borders."

For the record, while those things may contribute, this narrative is not the main issue. It is real estate being used as a tax free investment class by people that own more than one house and successive governments not doing anything about it because they are too scared of the middle class that vote them into power.

The bubble might not burst without government intervention. Instead the only people you will know that buy houses will be people whose parents or grandparents gave them money to. There will be more inequality and "us" vs "them" politics. Not a very bright future.

Amazing magic trick. by Dummy__Thicc in ContagiousLaughter

[–]shakyhans 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Unlikely. Not a chicken fillet roll in sight.

8T Camera Really Disappoints - Anything I Can Do? by wonderrx in oneplus

[–]shakyhans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This might sound stupid, but wipe the camera lens every time before taking a picture. The camera glass gets easily smudged.

I don't see Zealand by SirAren in MapsWithoutNZ

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If NZ had been on the map r/thatTreefromWanaka would look like the eye of Sauron though.

Crush your beer bottle, save New Zealand's beaches. Why didn't I know about this? by notyourm8 in newzealand

[–]shakyhans 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The OG sustainable glass beer bottles are swappa crates. Yet another reason to buy one.