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#2679882 24-Mar-2021 16:31

snnet:I've had about three of these types of letters from NZ post in the last 6 months - they''re just tracked letters to determine how good their delivery network is

Don't you mean: "tracked letters to confirm how bad their delivery network is"

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#2680010 24-Mar-2021 20:56

I've had about three of these types of letters from NZ post in the last 6 months - they''re just tracked letters to determine how good their delivery network is

Makes sense. Why is it coming from a bank though?

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#2680189 25-Mar-2021 10:14

NZ Herald: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/massive-cargo-ship-becomes-wedged-blocks-egypts-suez-canal/R7T3PHJLQKZOBIYXHB4SXPLNPU/

Headline states tanker blocking the Suez Canal, story and URL states container ship!

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#2680377 25-Mar-2021 13:45

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/439137/auckland-to-hamilton-train-ready-to-leave-the-station

"A new train service connecting Hamilton and Auckland commuters has officially been launched today. [...] The service, called Te Huia, will begin in early April"

So what exactly has "launched" if it's not running yet? The article doesn't say.

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#2680381 25-Mar-2021 13:56

Behodar:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/439137/auckland-to-hamilton-train-ready-to-leave-the-station

Have you used Auckland's trains? The fact that it's launched today but won't actually get around to pulling out of the station for at least another week is normal operations. I've been on century-old steam trains that move faster than Auckland's electric trains.

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#2680395 25-Mar-2021 14:06

neb:
Behodar:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/439137/auckland-to-hamilton-train-ready-to-leave-the-station

Have you used Auckland's trains? The fact that it's launched today but won't actually get around to pulling out of the station for at least another week is normal operations. I've been on century-old steam trains that move faster than Auckland's electric trains.

That steam train is actually the service from last century finally departing.

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#2680396 25-Mar-2021 14:07

They have to give the hamsters a break sometimes.

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#2680477 25-Mar-2021 15:18

Behodar:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/439137/auckland-to-hamilton-train-ready-to-leave-the-station

"A new train service connecting Hamilton and Auckland commuters has officially been launched today. [...] The service, called Te Huia, will begin in early April"

So what exactly has "launched" if it's not running yet? The article doesn't say.

Aptly named, in that the Huia is also non-existent today.

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#2681577 27-Mar-2021 19:18

Don't really know where to put this (a problem I often have). I was just watching TV 1 news with captions on. There was an item about Oranga Tamariki. A reference was made to the Waitangi tribunal. Unless I hallucinated (never impossible) I swear the captioner turned 'Waitangi' into 'white-owned'.

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#2682102 28-Mar-2021 20:44

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/124612012/womans-fractures-after-being-knocked-off-moped-compounded-by-police-misinformation. From stuff , im not sure if they were trying to be clever but i was impressed.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2682673 29-Mar-2021 17:17

This is not dumb - actually clever use of words: "Developer taking church to court alleging bad faith dealing".

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#2682915 30-Mar-2021 09:28

Maybe it's an affectation of the 'Art World' but I was amused by this headline:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/124674783/hilma-af-klint-to-be-shown-in-new-zealand-for-first-time

I do hope they are bringing her paintings and not actually showing her corpse, along with the surrealist painters that are coming in late June, mentioned in the last paragraph of the article.