I back you! Plus it keeps for ages and freezes surprisingly ok.

I have bought the 1.8kg wheel of Lindis Pass Brie when Whitestone had it on clearance a few times. No regrets.

But I’ll admit that buying two at once (for a 2 person household) was a bit of a stretch…

Zealandia trip on the cards again for sure right?

Huge news! So exciting!

The “urban” and the “non-urban” bits look quite different across the different states I suspect.

I had a diagram that I used for talks with a kakapo as the background bird image. They are so chonky it is easy to fit a schematic diagram overlaid on them. But can’t find it on the laptop 😔

I actually wrote a nerdy math modelling paper on this at one point journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Yep, also 🐊

Hospital admissions remain very low for now but likely to ⬆️ in coming weeks

So it's a good time to get a booster if you're eligible - anyone over 30 whose last dose was >6 months ago can get one for free.

The average real increase in wages falls every year from the last forecast. The wage differences now mean that the median income earner on 40 hours a week will be $978.40 worse off than forecast last year. That tax cut you got in 2023 just disappeared.

Median FTE Annual Wages

PS: bike is located an hour north of Tamaki Makaurau, and would need to be picked up on a trailer.

I don’t know much about bikes but I’m told it’s a “classic”.

It has been taking up space in the garage for so long, but dad will only part with it to someone who wants to restore it rather than for parts. So I am trying to work out how to find that person…

That seems good…? Holding steady once you include pop growth? (Apart from the under12s 😔)

The reduction in government contributions seems shortsighted, but the reversal of an earlier National govt's reduction in the minimum contribution from 4% to 3% seems good, right? Though maybe not if they didn't also reverse the decision to allow employers to take their contribution out of wages...

Woop woop! However, does their consent include traffic management considerations for the BJRC Grange Hill loop on every 3rd or 4th Monday?...

And are they going to be required to polish Dominion and Valley Rd road surfaces so that they are reflective? Bit unfair if you ask me...

Boo!! 🦠 Take care, and rest up. Hope you shake it quickly.

You have two different calculators online which give different results.

www.greens.org.nz/tax_calculat... and www.greens.org.nz/taxcalculator

It is the latter that showed up when I searched.

Maybe remove the one that is out of date…?

Name and shame the brand! (Or had you just not charged them?)