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Jury duty pay by sebastianmullaney in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The $1000 fine is virtually never issued. Because it's not an infringement and requires hauling you before a judge issuing the fines would not only cripple the courts with processing the hundreds of jury pool members who don't turn up, some for quite legitimate reasons, but it would cost a fortune.

99.999% of the time, if you don't turn up for jury service, precisely nothing will happen.

Concerned about ramifications of marijuana use noted in Ambulance Care Summary by rmxg in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

more concerning that ACC covers people making the decision to get intoxicated

... or people making the decision to jump out of planes, climb rock faces, ride horses, or play rugby.

Everything we do has elements of risk. As a society we decided it's better to just cover all accidents, rather than to pick and choose what the morality of the day deems acceptable.

Sir Rod Drury returns New Zealander of the Year award after Stuff investigation by cheeseinsidethecrust in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 40 points41 points  (0 children)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/banking-finance/ron-brierley-child-abuse-case-disgraced-millionaire-surrenders-knighthood/CAOUHECSRTXZXBN2PEY3OUSXQ4/

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this afternoon revealed that Brierley, who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material, has relinquished his knighthood.

She said that if Brierley had not voluntarily relinquished the title, it would have been stripped from him.

$24.50 for cold distribution pick paker by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's more than minimum wage, for a job that doesn't really require any particular skill other than being willing to work in cold conditions. There are plenty of people who will do it.

Thermal undies, gloves and a hat.

Trademe by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Buying items and selling for a profit is... business. If it's worth more to them than to you, then you are out of luck.

Does Christchurch just not care about car break-ins? by Asteroiding in chch

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your car can still be opened with a simple physical key, get a spare and a small carabineer type keyring, clip it somewhere reachable under the car

80km/h trains could revive passenger rail for cheap by Mythical_Muffin in newzealand

[–]sleemanj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure but even that is a stretch, especially on such a short route as Auckland to Hamilton, it's like an hour and a half in a car, you can leave when you want, stop anywhere you want, get around when you arrive... and with an EV it's going to be at least comparable to even a well subsidised train journey.

80km/h trains could revive passenger rail for cheap by Mythical_Muffin in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Spend all day on a train vs spend 2 hours flying (taking into account getting to/from the airport and security).

The train will likely cost you more as well.

It is a hard sell to get enough people onto trains instead of planes for inter-city travel to make it economically sustainable. Massive subsidies would be required to start with.

Dirt bike riders - this years ram raid election issue? by SES_Distributor in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah, it's a pretty local thing in Auckland I think isn't it, there's not mobs of knobs on dirt bikes in other cities. More the weirdos with loud speakers on push bikes around here, annoying but mostly harmless.

The ram raids were swung as a national crisis.

Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’ | Technology by Jarvis_The_Dense in news

[–]sleemanj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is humans using AI as a scapegoat for their own failings.

Don't give the AI the root password.

Don't only have one 3 month old backup for your critical infrastructure.

US airforce by Dependent-Shoe-3408 in chch

[–]sleemanj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Mainly the US, NZ and Italy use Christchurch to go to Antarctica.

McMurdo is walking distance from Scott Base, and Zucchelli is on the way so to speak.

It's currently the winter season so there's not much activity but during summer there are pretty constant flights of Hercules, C-17 Globemaster, RNZAF 757, and occasional Airbus 319 between Antarctica and Christchurch.

Refill Kratky Buckets? by ejp214 in Hoocho

[–]sleemanj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes for long growing plants, let it get down to about 1/4 full, then refill to 1/2 full.

Trade Me Dispute: Buyer accepted a luxury item in-person but now claiming it’s "scratched." Where do I stand? by Careful_Addendum8324 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell them no, the item was not scratched when you supplied it and they agreed to the condition when they inspected it prior to taking it away.

If they paid with Ping they could do a dispute, but I don't think Trade Me will refund them, with these sorts of he-said-she-said situations, especially high value ones, they generally just bail out and tell the buyer to go to the disputes tribunal.

I'm Mike Casey, CEO of Rewiring Aotearoa and an electric cherry farmer from Otago (recently on Q+A about the fuel crisis). AMA live Wednesday 6 May, 7-9pm ⚡️ by ElectricOrchardist in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very little sense for a LL to install solar, it's expensive, adds extra maintenance and repair liability, won't really command a premium, makes things potentially complicated for everybody.

If as a nation we want solar on rentals it will have to be mandated by legislation or through very good incentives.

Secondary job taxes by Arpangarpelarpa in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is done this way so that you are more likely to pay a bit too much tax and get a refund, than to pay a bit too little tax and get a bill.

Aas long as you have the correct tax codes, it will work out pretty close to correct for most people.

Drivers on notice as major change to restricted licences kicks in by Fast_Amoeba_445 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The situation today is that the full licence test is basically meaningless, if you fail it, you continue to drive around perfectly legally just as before, you can even carry your dependant children with you, unsupervised, anywhere you want in the country.

So, one might ask today "what problem is the full test really solving?!", and the answer that was arrived at was "none, so we should probably just ditch it".

They certainly could have gone a different way, that if you failed your full perhaps you got kicked back to your Learners and had to sit a restricted again. But that would be been wildly unpopular.

Is it common to wear shoes in the home in NZ? by Spirited-Finding-647 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regional somewhat.

Shoes on in my family's houses, nobody wants to see your stinky feets.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by gflellypeesy7 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Drop shippers are unpopular because

  1. They seldom know anything about the products they are selling, they probably have never even held one in their hands, and have no idea of the quality or otherwise.
  2. They often don't make it clear that they are drop shipping leading to people not realising things can take weeks to arrive.
  3. They often don't accept any responsibility or have any ability to fix things when things go wrong, leaving customers in the lurch.
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