It’s classic NZ NIMBYism. Push the cost of infrastructure down the road and complain how it keeps getting more expensive.

The reality that NZ conservatives keep refusing to face is that inevitably someone has to pay to fix things.

Right? Having someone who can help the actors tap into something deeper and just really let loose is always a win.

I’ve yet to meet an actor who has worked with an IC and didn’t like it. They’ve all talked about how they got more out of their performance from it.

This. Intimacy coordinators are like stunt coordinators- in fact I know a couple of intimacy coordinators who are also stunt coordinators - they choreograph scenes with actors and think about things like safety just like with stunts.

Christopher Luxon never met a consequence he couldn’t avoid or delegate to someone else.

Hey. Just stating the facts. :D

Yeah Shane Jones really doesn’t seem to understand his job if he thinks being a politician involves making histrionic names for people. Dude. If you’re name calling you’re not being a politician; you’re being immature.

He wants the credit for it.

“Wilson said the situation highlighted the need to develop thorough and clear guidelines around AI use, especially when authors already heavily relied on tools like Photoshop and Grammarly.”

Classic false equivalence, ignoring that the AI in Grammarly and Photoshop are not the same as genAI art.

See Gio! See! This is why the government had to change the curriculum. This is all NCEA’s fault! ;)