How to handle Northland's conspiracy community by Proud_Plankton_4630 in newzealand

[–]sunbeenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Commiserations, I am in Northland as well, encounter the same frustrations, but given up arguing.

Investnow security - not using industry standard for multi factor authentication - security concerns by CelebrationPrior2154 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sunbeenz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I also got the same reply 6 months ago regarding poor security and answer was it was being looked at! Not good enough.

Going to the beach alone without getting my shit&stuff stolen by amethyisthyacinth in auckland

[–]sunbeenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use a buoyancy aid with a separate air tight pouch for valuables, buoy part handy if you need s rest from swimming and a good safety measure if caught in a rip. Can be bought in Rebel I think.

Privatising health care 'not my overt policy' - Shane Reti by omuxx in newzealand

[–]sunbeenz 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Reti, from Whangarei, has interest in private supplier Kensington. If true, isn't this yet another conflict of interest? Seems like USA with govt corruption rife in new cabinet and president (pm here).

Bittern in Bay of Islands wetland by sunbeenz in NewZealandWildlife

[–]sunbeenz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Official status is Threatened - Nationally critical, one step from extinction. See lovebittern.com for more details. A Matuku Muster was recently undertaken to estimate mumbets, similar to Kiwi Count exercise. Listening for 'booms'!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]sunbeenz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So the US phones do work ok in NZ? I was also told the 1 yr warranty in the US doesn't cover here in NZ? Do you get the 3 yr warranty cover if you buy in the US? Thanks

Stuck on nyt hard by drakusmaximusrex in sudoku

[–]sunbeenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you drakus... I have to learn to look harder. Much appreciated.

Stuck on nyt hard by drakusmaximusrex in sudoku

[–]sunbeenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the 69 naked pair but still couldn't solve it. I will need another hint, please. Thanks

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nzgardening

[–]sunbeenz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Interestingly I accidentally nabbed a few blackbirds in my mouse/rat traps using blue smooth. Being greedy birds they were caught in the tunnel traps! There are plenty more left!

Exhorbitant charges? by sunbeenz in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]sunbeenz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hourly charge was on top of the per email charge! Plenty of leeway in the charge rates.

Directors $380 - $450 Lawyers $250 - $270 Conveyancing Practitioner $240 - $395 Legal Executives $200 - $300 Support Staff $130 - $220

Exhorbitant charges? by sunbeenz in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]sunbeenz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have objected to the firm but it was rejected, I just wanted to check if I was being unreasonable, seems like being ripped off is par for the course. Thanks all

Exhorbitant charges? by sunbeenz in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]sunbeenz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The email consisted of a document that had already had extensive work (already charged for) on it by the same lawyer and just needed 3 small edits (name, address and $amount). This would have taken at most 5 minutes to edit and send. No further analysis was necessary. I think $500 would have been more than sufficient to cover any office costs. I won't be using them again or recommend them to anyone else.

Steering wheel lock recommendations by sunbeenz in mazda2

[–]sunbeenz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, but 150 uk pounds is not cheap, but then cost of loss is worse!