Get this: my 1br flat in Wellington, for which I pay $385 a week, has just been let to a new tenant for:
*clears throat*
$500 per week
It is down a steep driveway, underneath a student flat, no sound insulation, no extractor fans in the kitchen or bathroom, the kitchen hasn't been reno'd since fuck knows when, and the only improvement was them installing a new toilet cistern after they got tired of having to repair the old one every six weeks
nzpol, right-wingers
here's who's who on the creeps 'n' fash side of things in this year's NZ general election https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1222328630904156161.html
nzpol, nzmedia, tantrums
don't get me wrong Winnie is a deeply problematic fave but this is like watching a shih tzu argue bark at a passing bus
nzpol, nzmedia, tantrums
angry old white man has a fat cry at angry old brown man about the state of affairs at the local Dancing With the Stars broadcaster
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/10/mark-richardson-rips-into-winston-peters-in-scathing-three-sale-rebuttal.html
lest you think this is some lost artefact from an early naughties commercial radio station, it is in fact the recommended thing you play during your drill https://getready.govt.nz/involved/shakeout/how-to-shakeout/
today was the earthquake drill which came with this uh, amazing prerecorded drill thing to play over the PA, direct from the Pearl and Dean school of audio production https://getready.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/shakeout/d0edaf2f89/DrillDay-Shakeout-and-Tsunami-Hikoi-audio-Sep18_2.mp3
A Samuel Smith’s pub reopens with a new rule, mandated by the brewery, specifically banning anyone wearing steampunk attire. It’s not clear whether the rule applies across the entire Samuel Smith’s chain, or is specific to the Widow Cullen’s Well in Lincoln:
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/10/steampunks-barred-from-newly-reopened-steep-hill-pub/
Perpetually tired Aussie in NZ. I like coffee, my union, web stuff, sewing, crafty stuff, fountain pens, and booking it around town on my ebike.