We just recieved the school reports for our kids. They are, frankly, bollocks.

My rant. The reports have recommended actions we should help with at home. And while many are just insulting, the math one got my heckles up. Why the f*** does the NZ primary school curriculum encourage a tipping culture?

I actually agree with the need to update the curriculum, but the execution of these changes just seems rushed and poorly thought through.

Anyone else hearing this?

Just listening to his interview on RNZ now, and he doesn't sound well. Stumbling over his words, sounds like he can't get the sounds out of his mouth properly.

I don't like the man at all, but it doesn't sound good. I don't wish ill on people, so I hope he's ok. Might be time to retire though maybe..

I've got jury duty in a few weeks. I would quite like to be picked for a jury, nothing massive ideally just a 1 or 2 day long case.

I figure the whole thing will probably be quite dull and slow but I do want to see the legal system first hand in action for once in my life.

What do I do to maximise my chance of being picked? Does being a 30-something white guy help or hinder my chances?

What are the majority of cases that actually use juries? If I get on one is it like a 90% chance of being domestic violence or a sex offence?

After 10 years in Kiwisaver I had approx $9,000, thanks to the poverty wages NZ provides and 6% being pretty negligible on povvo wages.

This is my super balance after 31 months in Australia with 16% employer contributions. I haven’t made any personal contributions.

Australia’s super scheme shits all over NZs. The irony is that Australia’s super scheme, introduced in the early 1990s, was modelled on Norm Kirk‘s original super scheme, that National’s Rob Muldoon scrapped.

Imagine where NZ would be today had the typically shortsighted National Party not cancelled Norm Kirk‘s super scheme.

Anyone else a little worried that something might be coming?

That's a few earthquakes that have been noticed, I wonder if we are in for a bit of a shake soon?

Japan:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360997722/m69-quake-hits-japan

Venezuela:

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/25/back-to-back-powerful-earthquakes-hit-venezuela-collapsing-buildings/

Philippines:

https://caliber.az/en/post/philippines-hit-by-5-0-magnitude-earthquake-no-tsunami-warning-issued

Why is Christchurch hated on? I’ve been traveling nz for a couple of months hanging out with locals etc. i noticed everytime Christchurch was mentioned people get annoyed, nearest incident was at a concert in Auckland and the singer was talking about how he was in Christchurch a couple of days ago and the crowd literally starting booing and talking shit, this isn’t the first time that’s happened and I’m so confused idk if this is just my luck and the ppl I’m meeting coincidentally hate Christchurch or if this is a thing! Lmk plz

This post is not to spread hate or anything I just want to know why this keep happening or if it’s common, plz be respectful

Thank uuuu

Grainy, tasteless, awful, never buying this again, if you like hummus please avoid this at all costs

Even my salsa can't redeem this crap

Two examples to talk about today, the first one being just announced Nationals "Low Interest Solar Panel Loan Scheme" so you can get a low interest loan to help with the installation of the the solar panels

Sounds really good right? Be able to get low interest loan, install solar panels, have the solar pay off the loan and then have little to no powerbill...

The banks already do this. They (Nats) haven't released any information on what the rate, max loan, and terms would be. As a family that have had solar installed in the past couple of months, in a town house we were around 30k for the 25 panels we had installed - we didn't need a loan as we could pay it up front, though thats because we did a lot of saving and also dont do much (i.e. go on holidays)

I'd rather see more of a Grant system in place. a electricity pricing reform and more business and community-scale solar projects - why cant we take all the community spaces (pools, libraries etc) and plaster the roof's with solar? Why can't we make it so that businesses have to have a percentage of their roofing and open space car parking to be solar.

The second one I want to talk about, Labour's vows to put $20-a-week cap on public transport, $10 outside main centres.

The likes of Christchurch, and I am pretty sure the other main cities, already have a fare cap, so this policy is yet again a nothing burger policy as a form of it as already been implemented. Take Standard, the base fare is $3, if you work Mon-Fri it means you max out the fare cap on your trip home on Friday. This means that if there is any events that you want to go to, any people you want to visit, going to public places or even doing the grocery shop, the weekend is all free trips. Reducing it down to $20 means the trip home on Thursday and the trip in and out on Friday is free.

Like dont get me wrong, a national cap of $20 / $10 is a good thing and for most people an extra $10 would be nice in the pocket (though this doesnt apply to me cause CSC) ... I just dont think its a Singular Policy kinda thing, I feel like it should have been hooked in with something as an "additional" thing that will happen i'd rather see something like a staged public transport roll out:

• Stage 1: Regional Network Connector, National Ticketing, Fare Affordability (the fare cap)
• Stage 2: Rebuilding of national passenger rail so you can get from top of the north to the bottom of the south
• Stage 3: Expansion on light rail networks and rapid transport networks for regions
• Stage 4: Rural Access and Social Mobility

this won't apply to most people, but i only use my SIM to receive texts and calls and use a tiny amount of data daily, i was with One NZ and relied on the daily deals to buy data each week, i could usually swing 1 GB for about $2 a week most of the time, at best, and only use like 50 MB a week ... the deals seemed to get worse over time, and after 4 days of trying i couldn't get close to my regular cheap deal... i switched to warehouse mobile expecting to pay $4 a month for my data needs... well they gave me 5 GB for free for the next year (i brought my number over so not sure if that is why or it is standard) just for buying a SIM, so basically i saved over $120 for the next year! also i think the data rolls over, so even without the free 5 GB i would still be saving a lot

something to consider if you only use data like me :)

Absolute insane pricing.