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  #3217115 11-Apr-2024 15:07
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RNZ: "A sinkhole has opened up on a busy Auckland road. The pothole is due to a burst water main, an Auckland Transport spokesperson said."


So what's the photo of? A strip of "police"-labelled warning tape.


Adds visual interest to the story. Target achieved. I recall tv news doing this on minor stories with newsreaders for many years.

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  #3217979 14-Apr-2024 04:16
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Link to a video story on NZH website today: “What to know before visiting Austrlia”.

 

Eh?




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  #3217980 14-Apr-2024 04:17
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eracode:

Link to a video story on NZH website today: “What to know before visiting Austrlia”.

 

Eh?

 

 

It's next to Nambia.

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  #3218405 14-Apr-2024 19:07
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A story in NZH today describes a residential fire on Coronation Road in Hillcrest on Auckland’s N Shore.

 

In the body of the story there’s a screenshot of Google Maps - highlighting Coronation Street - in Belmont, N Shore. 

 

Edit: Checked five minutes later and they’ve fixed it.




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  #3218410 14-Apr-2024 19:37
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I live in Hastings. One of the small things that really annoy me is being placed in England every time I search for something unless I specify NZ.

 

 




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  #3218436 14-Apr-2024 20:50
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Rikkitic:

 

I live in Hastings. One of the small things that really annoy me is being placed in England every time I search for something unless I specify NZ.

 

 

 

 

that will be a location/privacy setting somewhere in your browser

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  #3218438 14-Apr-2024 20:55
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Are you using Google.com?

Google.co.nz is better for NZ.

Duckduckgo and Bing are not so good.

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  #3218708 15-Apr-2024 15:44
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/514270/government-investigates-4km-tunnel-under-wellington

 

The government is asking Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) to investigate a Long Tunnel option for Stage Highway 1 in Wellington.

 

I know Wellington traffic can be a performance, but it's not an actual stage.

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  #3218714 15-Apr-2024 16:08
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Jase2985:

 

that will be a location/privacy setting somewhere in your browser

 

 

I do have my location set to NZ but I still seem to get defaulted to Hastings UK a lot. It is a minor annoyance but not enough to be worth digging into.

 

 




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  #3218715 15-Apr-2024 16:10
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RunningMan:

 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/514270/government-investigates-4km-tunnel-under-wellington

 

The government is asking Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) to investigate a Long Tunnel option for Stage Highway 1 in Wellington.

 

I know Wellington traffic can be a performance, but it's not an actual stage.

 

And I shudder to think about the cost to earthquake proof this. Introduce a pinged congestion tax like Hong Kong and spend the tunnel money on all those supposed historic buildings and earthquake proof them that everyone is screaming about should stay.

 

Anyway I would not want to be in the region if >7 shallow quake were to hit. It would not matter how much of a NBS rating a building or tunnel had.




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  #3218803 15-Apr-2024 22:35
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Rikkitic:

 

Jase2985:

 

that will be a location/privacy setting somewhere in your browser

 

 

I do have my location set to NZ but I still seem to get defaulted to Hastings UK a lot. It is a minor annoyance but not enough to be worth digging into.

 

 

Fortunately this is easily fixed - just move to a place with a uniquely NZ name, like Whangarei, Tauranga, Whanganui or Kaikoura
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  #3218806 15-Apr-2024 22:40
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PolicyGuy:

Fortunately this is easily fixed - just move to a place with a uniquely NZ name, like Whangarei, Tauranga, Whanganui or Kaikoura
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But not Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, unless you really like typing.

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  #3219564 17-Apr-2024 14:33
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Car collides with loose horses in Taupō, police shoot animals dead

 

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/04/car-collides-with-loose-horses-in-taup-police-shoot-animals-dead.html

 

DUH, the dead part I thought would be a given.

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  #3219575 17-Apr-2024 15:07
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The Police are looking for the driver of a car. He's hiding saying "My leg feels fine really".

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  #3219629 17-Apr-2024 18:04
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Does TVNZ+ count?

 

I mean, misspelling someone's name and putting it upfront ("Daisey"):

 

 




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