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They're currently doing a pilot to fund up to 40 farms for up to $200K per farm. It seems like a good idea. www.eeca.govt.nz/co-funding-a...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
They're currently doing a pilot to fund up to 40 farms for up to $200K per farm. It seems like a good idea. www.eeca.govt.nz/co-funding-a...
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One of my hobbyhorses is that Federated Farmers could ask for govt support to put solar/renewables in every farm in the country, and any reasonable govt would do it.
And that is what a proper farmers' union would do, if they weren't ideologically/financially blinkered.
And that is what a proper farmers' union would do, if they weren't ideologically/financially blinkered.
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
One of my hobbyhorses is that Federated Farmers could ask for govt support to put solar/renewables in every farm in the country, and any reasonable govt would do it.
And that is what a proper farmers' union would do, if they weren't ideologically/financially blinkered.
And that is what a proper farmers' union would do, if they weren't ideologically/financially blinkered.
And obviously, no-one remotely connected with the police can be trusted to oversee them.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
And obviously, no-one remotely connected with the police can be trusted to oversee them.
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There was a massive culture problem in the police in 1989. There's clearly still one today. Hard to know where to start when really bad judgement at the low end and pretty vile criminal behaviour at the other seems to keep popping up in senior police ranks.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
There was a massive culture problem in the police in 1989. There's clearly still one today. Hard to know where to start when really bad judgement at the low end and pretty vile criminal behaviour at the other seems to keep popping up in senior police ranks.
Will this be replacing the IPCA, or will there be two parallel oversight regimes? And will they enjoy secrecy like the IPCA, IGIS, and IGD?
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Will this be replacing the IPCA, or will there be two parallel oversight regimes? And will they enjoy secrecy like the IPCA, IGIS, and IGD?
This is why they won't be firing anyone for the latter. Can't make the Minister look bad, and who cares what that does to public trust or organisational integrity.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is why they won't be firing anyone for the latter. Can't make the Minister look bad, and who cares what that does to public trust or organisational integrity.
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www.ipca.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM