What actual benefit does New Zealand or any place get from hosing an AI datacenter? It's not like we've got excess electricity. And while the economic investment in the data center is huge, the economic impact on the country is a net negative. No taxes or jobs. [www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...](
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I'm a bit confused, putting a hard cap of letting people only take $5000 out of the country seems like a pretty crazy policy proposal form a 'pro-business' and 'pro-market' center right government. [www.beehive.govt.nz/release/targ...](https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/targeting-criminals-not-kiwi-businesses ) [beehive.govt.nz/release/target...](https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/targeting-criminals-not-kiwi-businesses )
New Zealand has a system where any local council can put items on the heritage list with a simple majority vote, but it is nearly impossible to take things off the list. We've got heritage rusting gas tanks, crumbling sea walls, & condemned apartments from the 1960's [thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-...](
The Spinoff
This Wellington sea wall shows how our heritage rules are broken
The government wants to make it easier to remove protections on heritage buildings – but more change is needed.
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The Spinoff
This Wellington sea wall shows how our heritage rules are broken
The government wants to make it easier to remove protections on heritage buildings – but more change is needed.
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At a protest against Trump and his cruel authoritarian policies an American immigrant to New Zealand burned their passport at the US Embassy. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreifgx5ex3jkuazhjnopghp6krpla7wdx57a25k3rjjqb7ktqglhvue
I believe I was trying to talk them in to starting an #ArabSky in this interview but I’m not entirely sure. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreif54fnr4nr2yrbt5rhdpok6okif76kvxxwf54acfhe6jqi3qt5rhi
She’s the most popular politician in the country still years after stepping down. She didn’t want to deal with the abuse hurled at her by a small right wing minority spurned on by Mercer funded conspiracy theorists. RE:
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The New Yorker (@newyorker.com)
Outside New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is regarded as a liberal paragon among world leaders. Why did her own country turn on her? https://www.newyorke...