Anybody know of any good memoirs written by kiwis or people living in New Zealand? I’ve read Archibald Baxter’s, Miriam Lancewood’s, John Kirwan’s, and the recent Topp Twins one.

More out curiosity than anything, but would this not be considered illegal?

I've never understood what the use of these is. We have a guy at our business park who spends all day doing laps. Spends his time blowing all the shit out the road and paths into the gutters. As he walks on all the shit he just blew into the gutters blows back out onto the road and paths giving him something to do on his way back. As far as I can tell he achieves nothing as the places is still covered with leaves. When I lived in wellington I saw the same thing. What's new Zealand a obsession with these?

I returned a purchase to Kmart St Lukes over 9 days ago and they said they would refund onto my credit card I used - but they haven't. I have sent them an email from my bank saying no refund of $23.00 has been made into my CC. Kmart conducted an investigation and have just sent me 'proof' that they did. How can this be - and how do I sort it? TIA.

Posting on a throwaway as I would be embarrassed to death if anybody I knew saw this. I'm a young (22), single male who had recently moved into and was living in a one bedroom unit (what used to be one house has been divided into 3 individual "apartments"). Anyway, for the past week I've been arguing with my landlord about the unsafe state of the property: I found that my hot water cupboard was COVERED in black mold (just imagine how bad you think black mold could get - it's worse than that), and upon searching further, the backs of curtains and many other things I'd never thought to check before were also coated (though not as heavily). He refused to acknowledge or deal with the issues, and I told him I intended to take matters further. Came home after having been away for 2 days to find all of my belongings under a tarp in the carport, and the locks to the unit changed. I am aware this is highly illegal, and I do intend on taking it to the furthest extent, but in terms of actual logistics, what do I do? Where do I go? I have no money to pay for a motel or even a backpackers in the meantime, and I have called Work and Income, but I can't even get an appointment or call back from a case manager until Monday. Please note, I'm not really seeking legal advice (have booked an appointment with community law), but rather logistical advice on where I could go, or what I need to do in order to have a place to rest my head tonight? I'm in Christchurch and don't have any friends locally if that helps. Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated.

Hi all, currently trying to get tickets, but unsure if it's just us having issues with ticketmaster? We have been on this page for approx 25mins now. We started in the 2000's in the queue, and then let us in to get tickets but now stuck...

Sometime recently (~24 hours), the Trade Me Community has started showing the full name of (many but not all) posters on their posts, previously it displayed just the first name.

Thread discussing [gone, see edit below]

You can change this to a handle of your choosing, but it is non-obvious, the easiest way is to make a post, then click your poster name in the post to go to your own profile (there is no other way that I can see to get to your own profile), then click Edit Profile, then you can edit the Alias field.

So, yeah, if you have posted in the "new" community (as opposed to the old message boards), you might want to go change that if you are concerned about your full name being out there attached to your posts.

Edit: Looks like they have pulled the community board pages down entirely, I assume to fix it.

Kia Ora, Hey hey.

Given the more regular occurrences of the Cook Straight Ferrys having mechanical/age issues. I feel I must prepare for the probablity of this happening while I'm using the ferry to get down south for xmas.

If I get the cheapest ticket, am I up shit creek without a paddle if it's cancelled close to the day?

Attached some t&cs below to help.

From the Interislander t&cs

Delays, deviations, cancellations and changes

15.7   All timetables, schedules or other representations regarding the departure and arrival times of our Services are an indication only and do not bind us, and are subject to change without notice.  We:

(a)   will use all reasonable efforts to carry a Passenger and Property in accordance with that Passenger’s Ticket and on time, but the time of departure or arrival of any Service is at our discretion and will depend upon the operating situation.  We do not assume responsibility for a Passenger and/or Property making connections for other travel arrangements, or for meeting any appointment, engagement, deadline or any other obligation;

(b)   are not liable for any loss or damage caused by failure or delay to take aboard or land a Passenger or Property as a result of bad weather, industrial disruption, mechanical failure, any action taken with the intention of preserving the safety of any Passenger or Property (including any action under clause 14) and any circumstances or other cause not reasonably foreseeable by us or beyond our reasonable control.

From the Chubb t&cs

Delayed, cancelled, overbooked or missed onward Kiwirail Transport If during the Period of Insurance and while on Your Trip, Your Kiwirail Transport is: a) delayed or cancelled for four (4) hours or more; or b) You are denied boarding of the Kiwirail Transport due to over-booking, and no alternative Kiwirail Transport is made available to You within four (4) hours of the scheduled departure time of Kiwirail Transport; or c) Your onward connecting Kiwirail Transport is missed at the transfer point due to the late arrival of Your incoming connecting Kiwirail Transport, and no alternative onward Kiwirail Transport is made available to You within four (4) hours of the actual arrival time of the incoming Kiwirail Transport; We will reimburse You for additional hotel accommodation (room-only), meals and toiletries incurred during this delay up to the maximum relevant cover section limit inclusive of sub-limits as shown in the Schedule of Benefits.

Anyone been in the same boat? Or can give me some sort of hope 😅 had never had convictions or been in any trouble before. And would have most likely got off these charges if I fought it. Which I didn’t. And will be able to get the clean slate act as well but not for another 4 years. Share your successful stories please of life after convictions, detention or jail? Or advice. Just anything 😃 trying to stay hopeful and get my life back on track. My advice is to not get involved with crap people that get you tied into their crappy antics.

So my partner and I were driving back from Mt Cook along Lake Pukaki Today and it was quite Windy, we were minding our own business playing eye spy as you do and we reach a stop sign, this man in the car in front of us jumped out his car saying we were all over the road crossing white lines and he’s gonna report us to the Police with video evidence.

We didn’t say much in return my partner and I just kinda looked at each other in confusion as he walked away, Now we are first time travelers here from Australia so I wouldn’t expect the road rules to be any different, but I was looking for advice as for should I be worried I’d get a fine? I don’t think I was driving like a maniac I was doing the speed limit and I was swerving alittle as for it being a van in strong winds.

I feel so frustrated reading about the many people who say they place a call to mental health lines for help, only to be left waiting for extended periods of time before anyone answers - that is, if they do eventually answer.

I could easily spare a couple of hours every night to help - completely voluntary - providing I could work from home. I'm not a trained counselor but I have excellent listening skills and life experience (I'm in my 50s). I know what it's like being at the end of your tether and not knowing where to turn - I've been there (in my teens), and the lady I spoke to was fantastic. She didn't actually offer any advice; she just made me feel listened to and valued - and thought my concerns were valid, which meant so much. My feeling is that even if I was just a voice on the end of the phone, lending a supportive ear to the callers, as first port of call before they were referred on to trained counselors, that would help with the current staffing issue? It might make callers feel someone does care (I do care, I really hate to see anyone in distress).

Does anyone know if these types of jobs exist? If so, who should I contact?

Has anyone ordered from iherb before? If so how long was the delivery time? Tossing up whether to order some items through them or Amazon. Thanks.

I rewatched Everest the other day and completely forgot Kiera Knightley pulls off a pretty decent NZ accent. Jason Clarke playing Rob Hall does too.

Is there any other actors/actresses or TV personalities who can do it and not sound Australian?

Kia Ora,

My GP prescribed my Saxenda for weight loss. Hefty price of $500 for a monthly supply, but I am willing to do it for a few months to see the changes in my body. There have been a couple posts about it, but not in a few years, and without much substance in the thread (ie how it was, gains/losses, progress etc...).

Anyone currently taking it? How's it going?

Which bookkeeper association is more popular, New Zealand Qualified Bookkeepers Association

or The Institute of Certified New Zealand Bookkeepers?

How I reacted reading this and thinking he got off light!

I then realisedthis is a typo, and the article later says 37g but this took me back when I first read it haha.

Stuff should invest in a proof reader.

As a kiwi currently living overseas on a working holiday visa that consistently lurks this subreddit for a little thread of home I can’t help but imagine I can’t be the only one. What is everyone else whom are kiwis living in different countries up to? Whereabouts are you now, how long have you been away from home, and how are you liking it? I have been living in Toronto, Canada since Dec last year. Moving from NZ esp at a young age has been quite the whirlwind. I miss the peacefulness of home a lot but at the same time living elsewhere has been eye-opening to how living in NZ feels so drastically different to even just other western countries. Any thoughts would be incredibly interesting

I'm not a current student. Finished high school like 25 years ago and I don't have any kids. Something else made me think about maths education in New Zealand.

I was listening to an overseas-based pundit that claimed with AI becoming popular, we need to boost our maths education at school so that even the average guy on the street will have a qualitative understanding over how social media "likes", or key words added affect the way social media content you see is pushed to you, let alone most of the AI theories behind stuff already in use tend to be using lots of correlations, neural networks etc. A case in point is correlation (a topic not taught in New Zealand anywhere at the high school level over the past 40 years, you now only learn it at uni or the polytech in this country, but I believe is still taught in Asia at the final 2 years of high school): the pundit claimed everyone should be taught correlations coefficients so they understand here SEOs, influencers, they own clicking "likes" result in social media providers giving similar contents to them.

This makes me think that whether New Zealand's maths is deemed not rigorous enough. I'm aware that New Zealand's maths capability is below average in the OECD. I had anecdotal evidence that people who did maths in high school in both Asian countries and Canada find New Zealand's maths syllabus and exams too easy relative to what they had studied back in their old countries. At one point I even did a comparison between the maths syllabus between New Zealand and Hong Kong of the 1990s: Hong Kong's Form 5 School Cert level exams (HKCEE) was even more challenging than New Zealand 7th Form Bursary if we are comparing exam papers from the same period. What I understand is that now with the NCEA, the gap has got even wider.

I wonder whether you guys agree here, especially for those who are currently at school, or have kids at school age, or are school teachers. Is New Zealand's school maths too easy, should we bring back some topics that we ditched decades ago back because they are now very useful with the widespread use of AI?

Thanks.

PS: correlations is used by social media provider to calculate whether the sample from you (such as your likes) have high correlations with one of their catalogued data. They then push "similar content you may like" basd on the unseen content that share a high correlation coefficient with your likes.

ChatGPT works in a related way: you ask questions with key words. The engine identifies content that have a high level of correlation with your key words, and send them over.

What's the job market in New Zealand for working holiday makers these days? Is there a reluctance from employers to hire since it's a temp visa?

Am hitting the big 3 sooner rather than later and thinking about it, though I would like to save some money whilst working there.

For context, I've did 3 year in Aus and is from an English speaking country.

I have been looking for a post that said the list of 30 days of deals had been leaked online?

Does or has anyone been able to find the list? I cant find the post or any lists online for this years.

We go once a week with the boys from work so we wanna pick the best deal each week

My question:

Should I get a house or do a postgrad?

Things to consider:

• I am 34 y.o with 65k kiwisaver with 20k savings.

-if I do post grad first, I'll have to pay 5k in one year for a certificate, 10k over another year for a diploma and 10k over 2 years for a masters. I have enough savings to pay for the tuition but if I use it to study, then I might not be able to buy a house until I'm at least 40 but I'll be earning at least 30 percent more after that.

• I'll still be working as is with the postgrad so I should keep the same amount of savings

-If I buy a house first, I might not be as financially flexible to get my masters.

-What do you think? I manage to save around 3300nzd a month with my current job

-It's also a buyers' market right now and prices might rice again in 6-9 months

• if I buy a house here in Tauranga, I might have to stay longer here and I don't really like to stay in my workplace anymore, and I was really looking forward to moving to Christchurch.

Any thoughtful insights would be much appreciated!

I have an HP Elitebook 1030 G8 for work and it's a lovely size. Really nice finish, not a lot of screen wobble. Solid battery life. I like picking it up and touching it. I don't do a lot - bulk tabs, Spotify but probably should edit some videos/photos at some point.

I need a personal laptop - have been thinking about an HP 630 G11 or a Lenovo X13 G4.

HP EliteBook 630 G11 Ryzen 5 7535U 16GB 256GB 13.3"W11P Touchscreen

HP EliteBook 630 G11 Dodeca-core U5-125u 16GB 512GB 13.3"W11P Touchscreen

Figured with either of these I'd chuck another 16gb RAM in - are the processors much different, really?

Or

ThinkPad X13 Gen 4 13" AMD I Ultraportable, productivity-boosting, lightweight laptop | Lenovo NZ

Obviously there are differences in price and the Thinkpad with 32GB and a 512gb HDD is going to be over 2k, whereas the 630 with AMD and 32GB might be about 1750 or so.

Thoughts please? The X13s sound great but I'm worried about the shitty plastic lid and price.

But there's no reviews on the 630 G11s!