Rakaia Ripoff
By NZB3
How about half million dollars for a government mini-golf course in Rakaia? Ashburton District Council are making a ridiculous demand on their tax livestock. If there was a market for such a thing why not suppose free people could come up with such a business? Do holes in the ground and some astroturf from the […]
Read more..December 20, 2024
Hyperscale Data Centre
By NZB3
This just in about the new Hyperscale Data Centre coming to Westgate, West Auckland. Apparently the woman pulling the strings (or public-facing) is Vanessa Sorenson. Was only half-listening to her “interview” (really PR for ZB and probably comes with a recepit….) and forgot why I hit play. It was because I’m interested in West Auckland […]
Read more..December 13, 2024
“Christopher Luxon says he wants nothing to do with the Greens while he’s Prime Minister. “
By NZB3
These two (image left) are gone now. At least I hope so. Rod Carr just left the Climate Change Commission and James Shaw got out of the Green Party earlier in the year. Interestingly, I had a hunch that Shaw might have had a place in this Ministry. While doing the round in the media […]
Read more..December 13, 2024
Politicians Grab Surveillance Cameras II
By NZB3
National 5.0 have done a very fine job capturing road surveillance cameras from the Police. I often think it’s a bit of a shame that Beehive communications staff aren’t eligible for the New Zealand Film and Television Awards or AXIS advertising awards. Their sneaky Edward Bernays inspired propaganda is done in the dark. If anyone […]
Read more..December 11, 2024
Brown is my Superpower
By NZB3
I have 2 irritated media observations for you from this weekend’s Otago Daily Times before trailing off into an esoteric discourse on macrohistory analysis. Because, after all, if economics can be broken down into micro and macroeconomics why shouldn’t I use the same terminology for long-term history trends? Firstly then, and briefly, so I can […]
Read more..December 8, 2024
