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#3508438 3-Jul-2026 19:36

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/361001762/touring-aussie-strippers-have-disastrous-day-losing-all-suitcases-sh1-between-palmy-and-taupo

I don't quite get this, maybe I need to get out more...

Losing the suitcases probably has no effect on their profession???

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#3508439 3-Jul-2026 19:40

Like anyone travelling it's going to have an impact. In that profession I'll take a guess the clothes you take off are quite important..

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#3512347 18-Jul-2026 10:49

I am disappointed at ABC for confusing a sub-sonic prop plane with a supersonic jet. A quality news channel should never make this kind of dumb mistake. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/ukraine-destroys-tu-95-bomber-in-russia/106930412

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#3512348 18-Jul-2026 10:55

TU-95 is not supersonic. The picture is correct. The caption isn't. Wikipedia tells me the tips of the prop blades reach supersonic. I expect it makes a supersonic noise nuisance. Maybe that qualifies.

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#3512351 18-Jul-2026 11:09

gzt: TU-95 is not supersonic. The picture is correct. The caption isn't. Wikipedia tells me the tips of the prop blades reach supersonic. I expect it makes a supersonic noise nuisance. Maybe that qualifies.

Nah. Not good enough. The article and illustration together are confusing. Anyone who doesn't know better will think the plane is supersonic. In today's world of fake everything, it is really, really important for serious media to be clear and correct. This kind of sloppiness is far beneath the ABC.

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#3513511 22-Jul-2026 21:18

Excellent Herald headline: )

"Stuff job losses: Leaked email from CEO takes aim at media reports based on leaked emails"

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#3514015 24-Jul-2026 14:50

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/781555/kiwi-s-experiment-shows-need-for-new-uk-passport-pointless

Where do we start,

The UK began enforcing the Duel nationals need a UK passport thing in Feb 26, - and it means UK Citizens can't apply for an ETA from then...

This guy had an ETA from BEFORE THE NEW RULES, and he is upset that the UK didn't go back and check all the currently valid ETAs for UK citizens... I mean really why are we giving this space..

"Steve Horrell decided to try a real-world experiment, using an ETA (a $37 visa-waiver) he received last year to to fly to London with his New Zealand passport. He took along the UK passport ($320 including postage) he purchased in February - in case it went wrong.

At two airport check-in points no-one queried whether he had dual citizenship, then he used the Smart Gate at border control in Heathrow without issue.

"I was actually very angry that my New Zealand passport was just accepted and I got the big green tick to enter the country," he said in a formal complaint to the British Home Office. "Travel back to NZ was not an issue and I used my NZ passport throughout. So, my nice new shiny UK passport stayed in my travel wallet and has yet to see the light of day.

"How did the system not pick up that I was the holder of a valid UK passport and why did it not ask me to present it? Is the real reason that I was not challenged due to a shortage of staff to effectively police the border, or is it down to an ineffective computer system that is not fit for purpose?""

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#3514133 24-Jul-2026 21:27

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/airlines/qantas-project-sunrise-first-flight-from-airbus-toulouse-hq-to-melbourne-landing-today/premium/7UMN3SS2KJA7LADIGOD4P6PYHY/

Qantas Project Sunrise: First flight from Airbus Toulouse HQ to Melbourne lands after 19-hour voyage

From Sydney to London.

But first, from Toulouse to Melbourne.

The new Qantas Project Sunrise jet has landed in Australia for the first time today.

The Airbus A350-1000 ultra-long-range aircraft left Toulouse–Blagnac Airport in France yesterday.

Some 19 hours later, it flew south along Melbourne’s western edge, made a left turn and then another left to approach the airport.

In its former life it was a Singapore Airlines A380, the world’s biggest passenger aircraft.

They turned an A380 into an A350?

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#3514159 25-Jul-2026 08:25

RunningMan:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/airlines/qantas-project-sunrise-first-flight-from-airbus-toulouse-hq-to-melbourne-landing-today/premium/7UMN3SS2KJA7LADIGOD4P6PYHY/

They turned an A380 into an A350?

Accidentally put it through a hot wash cycle and it shrank.

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#3514206 25-Jul-2026 09:07

And now they've edited the article, without an annotation to say it's been corrected.

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#3515872 1-Aug-2026 08:40

Huh??

(time of posting and article is Saturday morning)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361014309/46-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-north-and-south-islands

Edit 09:13 - Article has been updated now to say Friday evening/night.

The Institute of Unfinished Research has concluded that 6 out of 10 people

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#3515877 1-Aug-2026 09:03

Breaking has been redefined by Stuff to mean routine and/or historic.

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#3515962 1-Aug-2026 17:28

We always knew the President was lying about the Reflecting Pool problems, that he commissioned a friend to do the job without proper vetting. But Stuff still acts like this is all news that no one saw coming:

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#3516287 3-Aug-2026 10:01

Grey Power wins battle against cognitive tests

Older drivers will no longer be routinely screened for dementia when seeking a medical certificate to have their licences renewed.

Grey Power national president David Marshall has been advocating to reduce the use of cognitive tests for two years.

NZ Transport Agency has confirmed people can expect to see a shift away from routine screening.

Wonderful. Guess we can expect more of this moving forward as the population continues to age due to our dismal public transport system.

Retirement village resident Arnold Bloxham said he had been turned down for his renewal twice after failing the part of the cognitive test about listing items that could be bought at the supermarket.

“I’ve never done the grocery shopping in my life, so I could not answer and they failed me.”

You will soon be sharing more of the road with someone who cannot list off ten grocery store items. Crikey!

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#3516306 3-Aug-2026 11:27

I have the impression there is/was no standard test. The nature of the test is/was more or less up to the doctor administering it?

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