First and last time flying Air NZ. Expensive ticket, and then the add ons: $50 for a inflight meal, $30 for allocated seating, $60 for checked in luggage. A national carrier that operates like a budget airline.

As above, we have a metal band that seems to have taken residence nearby to us. The sound is relentless from about 5pm-8pm and extremely loud. It didn’t bother us much when it was happening infrequently, but it’s now most nights. Is there anything we can do?

This is relating to the Te Waihou walkway

I saw it was caused by a landslide but some people said it is never opening again... Why? Is there money involved? I'm a foreigner so I'm still looking around for more information to gather but I wanted to know from the people themselves.

My wife and I bought a new house from a certain builder here in Chch. We received the Code of Compliance Certificate from city council last week so settlement would be in 10 days. My issue is that I've always told them from the beginning that I will get a building inspector to check the house before handover but we got an email from our project manager saying they're cleaning and touch ups this week and we're told to rebook the inspection after handover.

Some reasons why we wanted to hire a building inspector are: A. We did a lot of variations (almost 60k) and we want to sure that that it's done correctly. B. We know next to nothing about construction and hiring a builder with years of experience to inspect our house would bring us peace of mind. C. Loss of confidence with them as they put the wrong tiles for our fully tiles ensuite.

I'm an immigrant and we are FHB. I don't know if this how New Zealand normally operates. My wife said to go easy as we are not from this country but I feel something is not right here.

Hi folks,

I'm planning to do an overall health examination while I'm already overseas.

Is it possible, under the current system, for me to use this examination's results to get my GP to refer me to specialists under public health care? This is for when I'm back in the country from the trip ofc.

Cheers

So if your music was keeping your neighbors awake, how would you like to be told? I am reasonably sure they're just not aware but I am very very tired and can't sleep for the bass.

I know this might be difficult, but.

I'm looking for a ballpark worst case scenario to fix a leaky shower. I assume water has been leaking in behind the shower and into the drywall for the last few years.

How much to fix it? Materials ? Labour ?

Thanks

Edit: It's a house I would like to buy, but the building report came back, and there's clearly water tightness issues in the bathroom, so I'd like to know how much to adjust my offer by.

There was a post recently about how hard it is to get a bed at an inpatient facility in mental health. I am in one now and want to reassure people this is no place that anyone should want to be. I would not be here by choice. It’s awful. Mixed sex facility’s and no soundproofing so you can hear violent men yelling at the nurses which is not so great as a victim of violence with severe ptsd. There’s no heating so it’s freezing. Shared, old, disgusting bathrooms. Bare minimum facilities…just a cold bare room with a couple of ironic and slightly creepy motivational posters on the walls. I hid my symptoms for a long time so I wouldn’t get put in here and I wish I had stayed quiet.

Lots happening, so how are you sure that your kiwisaver is ethical?

Kia ora!

I'm moving to Wellington this June and hopefully find a community for motorcycles.

Can you guys recommend any enduro clinic or anywone who teaches around Wellington?

Could not stop laughing. Perhaps not everyone here will agree, but geez this looked fun.

https://youtu.be/Q_MZawCX1Is?si=hFkPGuCpS50Y5yOo

Which generator is THE turn key package to run a fridge/freezer combo, chest freezer, gas califont and water pump? Wanting copious wiggle room to charge batteries, phones, laptop etc

There are many 2kw, 3kw, 3.5kw, etc but which is THE staple?

Honda takes the cake in Google reviews. What is Reddit New Zealand’s thoughts? (Generator enthusiasts welcome)

I am coming to New Zealand in late may, and I have some questions on self contained camping. I am planning on renting a self contained vehicle for around 2 weeks and I want to understand where I can and cannot park for the night. I have found lots of out of date info and different info across the internet so I am hoping some of you can give me a good answer. With a self contained vehicle can I park for the night pretty much anywhere? Is there a complete map of land that I can camp on somewhere? I know about the DOC campsites, but I am referring to just parking near a road or something like that. Specifically wondering about Te Anau, can I park somewhere on the edge of the town for the night?

I recently found a braiding business in my city and was wondering if it’s appropriate for a Māori to get box braids?

I'm graduating soon, and I don't want to wear formal clothes, I usually wear trackies and a t-shirt. Obviously I shouldn't do that for graduation, but I'm not comfortable to wear a dress. Can I pass with business casual like the woman in the middle without sticking out too much?

This judgment has just been released: https://www.justice.govt.nz/jdo_documents/workspace___SpacesStore_3c53df85_7658_4f59_bc67_7ddd1632c0d1.pdf

It seems that Kenyon gets mates to set up companies in their names to avoid public scrutiny for shonky activities they're going to get up to. The mates get paid a few grand a week for a couple of days work, as well as having the opportunity to bill Du Val tens of thousands.

They live together, play together and then start blabbing about the affairs Kenyon's having behind Charlotte's back.

Then they get snotty with each other, go to the police and drag each other through the courts.

When do they make time for work?

It seems like 1 in 10 people driving at dusk just have their park lights on. I don't get it, they are useless at making your vehicle more visible, and the NZTA literally say don't drive with park lights on (https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roadcode/general-road-code/about-driving/when-conditions-change/night-driving/). So all the park light drivers here: what's the deal? Why don't you take the one extra click on your stalk to turn the headlights on?

EDIT: Not referring to DRLs or the lowest setting of auto lights, these are usually pretty visible from a distance.

EDIT: Well this has been depressing, it seems there is no reason and people are just useless.

They are about 3mm wide and 9mm long. Have a crunchy pop and white fluid inside.

This domain name lol, where can we report?

I’m about to graduate with a business degree, my major is marketing. I’m looking for advice in how you guys got jobs in marketing, I’ve been applying for the past year for jobs in my area that relate to my degree and have had no success. Is this a career I need to move to a bigger city for? I live in the South Island. Id honestly take any job at this point just to use my degree.

I was booked to see a GP who does extra allergy services for $300 a time. I’ve been keen to identify my allergies and WAS happy enough to pay this. But on the day I was sick and called the reception to cancel.

Reception called me back a bit later to say “there will be cancellation fees now but instead we can get the allergy doctor on the phone with you for $50 at 2pm today”.

So I did this but now they are billing me for $300 and ghosting me when I leave messages or send emails saying I was quoted $50.

There is no info on their website about cancellation fees.

Plus- had I attended in person she would have done an hour long consult with tests. Instead I had a 35 minute phone call. Hence why $50 felt reasonable at the time when quoted.

We are supposed to cancel appointments if sick- I shouldn’t drag myself into a place where vulnerable people are when potentially contagious- so I should not be penalised so harshly for non attending anyway.

I payed the $50 but they keep sending notices wanting $250 more and it’s overdue. What should I do? Calls to reception asking the manager to call me back are not returned.

My poor cat has gingivitus in two teeth and it looks like she will need to get them extracted.

Has anyone recently had a price for a similar procedure? I'm trying to get an idea of what is a reasonable price for this work. X-rays and two to three extractions.

The Te Huia patronage data for April 2024 was released today and shows:

• Te Huia had 9,212 passengers last month (a record), with an average of 384 passengers-per-day (out of 24 days in April as it doesn’t run on public holidays or Sundays).
• There was an average of 82 passengers-per-train Monday to Friday (326 across 4 trains per-day Mon-Wed, 494 across 6 trains per-day Thu-Fri), and 94 passengers-per-train on Saturdays (377 across 4 trains).

Here’s a spreadsheet with the raw data if anyone is interested.

https://preview.redd.it/b1lp3978rqyc1.png?width=1760&format=png&auto=webp&s=d33a41d46a395a7c079ac43af3dbd540fc425c61

The NZTA board have a funding review coming up this week to decide whether the service continues for another 2 years, as it currently only has funding until the end of June. The service is well on the way to hitting the 400 passengers-per-day target set by the NZTA in 2022, so hopefully that’s a good sign.

Listening to the Q&A section of the post cabinet brief with mark mitchell. Did anyone else get a bit confused?

Has anyone recently used ACFB Funding for diagnosis? With the current state of the public sector in regards to adult ADHD/Autism testing going private seems just has hard and $$$. This website has popped up on many searches and it seems pretty straight forward. But i have seen from facebook ADHD support groups they are questioning its legitimacy and its raised a few red flags. Because the psychologists tends to be based overseas the diagnosis wont hold up in NZ. They said they can’t do the medication sides of things but on the website it says they work with a nelson clinic that can. Iv been battling to be tested but dont want to waste my money if i will need to pay private again. (was previously being tested until moved overseas and it was never finished)