Except ... Thiel got NZ citizenship contrary to usual process and rules, thanks to his buddy former PM Key. He can come and go as he pleases.

You patronizing bot!

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Ah yes. Thanks

And on TVNZ board.

Calling the then Sec Gen of the UN a "cheeky darky"?

So disgraceful.

I think it's "last resort insurance" (no pun intended).. they even call it a "resort". It's just in case..

It's the very best money can buy (and they have bottomless pockets). If you have to live in a post-apocalyptic world, where better for *some* chance of survival?

But our courts dont like it.

Depends on how many and how long. They'd have the best in food production technologies, sources of clean water and air purification. Heating, comms, energy sources, sanitation etc. all covered.

We. Know. Best....

Your Peter Thiel has a "lodge" (Armageddon bunker) in Wanaka, Aotearoa New Zealand. His lawyers have been fighting for consents to expand the scope of building on the site.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3502...

Did you see that Meta took $16B from fraudulent scam advertising last year? Other platforms have also declared profit from this.

Reuters: "Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Agreed! The entire CoC approach has lacked any signs of coherent strategy, cohesive management, communication or consistency. Reactionary is a good description.. knee-jerk crisis responses are the norm. I think this reflects very poor and haphazard, undisciplined leadership.

Are they building reserves to spray good-will $$$ in election year bribery mode?

Let's celebrate the Weird! In every aspect of our lives that's antiquated as soon as it's done ..

"Wierd"? No more so than how having millions of hand-held communication and media-streaming devices will be viewed in retrospect in 50 years. [Conditional on those who've profited from device sales allowing us another 50 years]

Judgy bastards!

But, tackling our imbalance with the rest of the world requires an actual strategy - another billion kiwifruit is a drop in the ocean compared to the rent we pay offshore banks (for eg). But, if you are expecting any actual strategy from Treasury, forget it. Debt 😱 etc, old people 😱 oh no... [Ends]