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#3112173 5-Aug-2023 23:45

The headlines about the Spanish team relocating from Palmerston to Wellington because of boredom.

How gullible do they think we are? Think of the logistics of finding a hotel in Wellington that can accommodate the team including managers, coaches, physios etc at the drop of a hat especially with the extra number of people already in the capital for the world cup. Not to mention find accommodation for the team supporters.

That move to Wellington was planned well in advance and had nothing to do with boredom.

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#3113636 9-Aug-2023 10:08

Maybe when the bookings were being made someone noticed the "Palmy famous for being boring" campaign run by the PN Council and planned accordingly well in advance.

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#3114694 11-Aug-2023 15:25

Apparently I have seen Bruce Willis three times in concert. I'm a big Billy Joel fan, and Willis even had me convinced.

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#3115839 14-Aug-2023 19:47

Medscape alert:

More Expensive Alcohol Saves Lives. Will It Affect Cancer?

David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc

Damnit, I thought, I'll have to stop buying box wine...and get some really top shelf stuff as my daily.

No, is misleading, it's all about taxation...

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#3115947 15-Aug-2023 08:31

What a waste of energy... From NZ Herald: "American shares surprise at electric kettles in New Zealand in funny TikTok"

Konnor has already shared five culture shocks he has experienced in Aotearoa.

However, most recently, he dedicated an entire video to the humble electric kettle, which he was comically impressed by.

“Something I absolutely love about New Zealand as an America are these things - an electric kettle,” he said in the video.

“I literally fill this up, click this switch right here and it started boiling the water, made it all hot and then it turned off by itself,” he said.

In another video, Konnor shared five culture shocks he had experienced since moving, which included driving on the left side of the road, how dairies were not exclusively filled with dairy products and the word “keen”.

NZ Herald is following the UK tabloids where you find these articles based on TikTok videos, including three or four comments being quoted as

"{something}, one person wrote in the comments."
"Another person wrote that {something}"
"{something}, one person added."

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#3115956 15-Aug-2023 08:49

freitasm:
What a waste of energy... From NZ Herald: "American shares surprise at electric kettles in New Zealand in funny TikTok"

Konnor has already shared five culture shocks he has experienced in Aotearoa.

However, most recently, he dedicated an entire video to the humble electric kettle, which he was comically impressed by.

“Something I absolutely love about New Zealand as an America are these things - an electric kettle,” he said in the video.

“I literally fill this up, click this switch right here and it started boiling the water, made it all hot and then it turned off by itself,” he said.

In another video, Konnor shared five culture shocks he had experienced since moving, which included driving on the left side of the road, how dairies were not exclusively filled with dairy products and the word “keen”.

NZ Herald is following the UK tabloids where you find these articles based on TikTok videos, including three or four comments being quoted as

"{something}, one person wrote in the comments."
"Another person wrote that {something}"
"{something}, one person added."

Remind me not to bring up David Farrier's entire podcast on electric kettles (or lack thereof) in America....

I completely agree with your point though, this isn't newsworthy, or even from a news source. At least Farrier's doco is entertainment and not trying to be news.

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#3115960 15-Aug-2023 08:53

freitasm:

What a waste of energy... From NZ Herald: "American shares surprise at electric kettles in New Zealand in funny TikTok"

I agree, a waste of energy - quite literally given how often we switch the jug on, walk away, then come back to boil the water again. I wonder if the manual American approach, which is less energy efficient, results in the same amount of waste.

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#3116049 15-Aug-2023 10:50

freitasm:
NZ Herald is following the UK tabloids where you find these articles based on TikTok videos, including three

Don't be too hard on the Herald, ever since the real estate rags went to using glossy non-absorbent paper the Herald has filled a vital role in the cat's toiletting requirements.

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#3116050 15-Aug-2023 10:51

Tova O'Brien: Labour's GST own goal the gnarliest we’ve seen all FIFA Women’s World Cup

Random word salad mix cuttlefish escapade sportsball clickbait.

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#3116055 15-Aug-2023 10:57

freitasm:

What a waste of energy... From NZ Herald: "American shares surprise at electric kettles in New Zealand in funny TikTok"

Electric kettles are the best thing since toasters!

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#3116559 16-Aug-2023 08:49

eracode:

After weeks of intense media coverage of the story about the missing Christchurch real estate agent, it's staggering that 24 hours after the police charged a man with her murder there is still nothing at all about this development on the NZH website.

Sure about that?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/yanfei-bao-murder-accused-appears-in-court-to-plead-not-guilty-police-hunt-for-spade-and-clothes/4SQQLZKT4NEVZP22KH3D4TXPUE/

Another day, another murder. With crime in New Zealand so prevalent these days, you can't expect them to report on every case. The true investigative journalists know TikTok is where it's at.

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#3116562 16-Aug-2023 08:53

SirHumphreyAppleby:

eracode:

After weeks of intense media coverage of the story about the missing Christchurch real estate agent, it's staggering that 24 hours after the police charged a man with her murder there is still nothing at all about this development on the NZH website.

Sure about that?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/yanfei-bao-murder-accused-appears-in-court-to-plead-not-guilty-police-hunt-for-spade-and-clothes/4SQQLZKT4NEVZP22KH3D4TXPUE/

Another day, another murder. With crime in New Zealand so prevalent these days, you can't expect them to report on every case. The true investigative journalists know TikTok is where it's at.

It's strange. I looked carefully several times through the whole website and there was nothing there. Then went to the hamburger menu and selected 'NZ > Crime' - and there was nothing there. That was when I posted.

Then I searched their site for 'Bao' and found a story from yesterday. Thought I was wrong so I deleted my post - but not before you quoted it.

Then re-did the visual searches outlined in my first para - and there's nothing there.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#3116630 16-Aug-2023 10:54

Herald:

“A luxury Taupō hotel, frequented by rock stars and royalty is to close its doors next year.

The Huka Lodge, one of New Zealand’s most exclusive riverside retreats, has said it will welcome its final guests in April 2024. Over its hundred-year history the fishing lodge near Taupō has hosted an impressive roster of international guests, from Queen Elizabeth II to Bill Gates and Mick Jagger.

When the last guests check out on April 30 next year, owners Baillie Lodgers have signalled it will be the end of “an era”.”

Then much further down:

“Huka Lodge will be undergoing a seven-month renovation, ahead of the centenary celebrations of the hotel.

Although, it will remain closed for bookings for much of 2024, the new-look lodge will reopen for summer, with an intended first booking date of 1 December.”

If I owned that multi million dollar business, the Herald would have a complaint from my solicitors by now!!

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#3116663 16-Aug-2023 11:23

Cue an extensive article in the Herald on the renovated Huka Lodge just before reopening.

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#3116877 16-Aug-2023 18:33

freitasm:

NZ Herald is following the UK tabloids where you find these articles based on TikTok videos, including three or four comments being quoted as

"{something}, one person wrote in the comments."
"Another person wrote that {something}"
"{something}, one person added."

It's lazy journalism, producing quick valueless filler with minimal effort. The Herald doesn't have a monopoly on it. A while ago Stuff seemed to be running a whole series of articles doing this with random Reddit threads. "User Kiwi123 was shocked to hear that [....] and commented [....]"

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