beverlyfletcher.bsky.social
Reader, dreamer, gardener. Glad to be retired. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Strongly opposed to our current coalition government / ship of fools.
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A lovely idea
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Makes me wonder what other rules or laws they’re breaking
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Which the article describes as 8km away so not easily accessible on a frequent basis without a vehicle, or easy access to cheap public transport, or plenty of time. 8km to get to a study space, or to story time?
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@lianza.bsky.social and organisations like public Libraries of Zealand need to be agile and fast in their responses. There’s a traditional aporoach of working quietly and politely with decision makers. Much more effective community involvement and stronger public profiles are needed.
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I think there’s a risk- if communities and those representing libraries and library workers don’t speak up - of this and similar cut backs being imposed. Central government is pressuring local government to spend more on physical infrastructure and less on everything else.
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@lianza.bsky.social are you commenting on this?
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My mama had one that I played with a bit. What I mostly remember is how noisy it was.
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Ooh. What are you making? I was very impressed by your crochet that you
posted about before. I knit but my crochet is not great.
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Yep, our view shafts are important, especially in areas where there’s inadequate green space. And they are often culturally important sights as well.
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I agree Bishop is better than Simeon Brown - but that’s a low bar as it would be hard to be as awful ! But would rather see the zones for 6 - 8 stories expanded than add in 20 story buildings across the city.
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Sounds like she’s actually inviting people to come and plunder.
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Interesting to put Judith’s approach alongside the admission speech of the new Chancellor of Oxford University.
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I feel sick just looking at this.
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Yep; I’ve emailed. Good to see “deportation” on hold.
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Sorry you had a nightmare; love the word crepuscular.
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Functional and beautiful.
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I’m so glad for you. Getting a new hip is one of the best things ever in my life. Totally transforming.
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It certainly can have that racist connotation in New Zealand When u was growing up in Taranaki it was a conglomeration of racist communities and I well remember this usage.
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I took great pleasure in emailing them both this afternoon.
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Sounds scrumptious. One for when I reorganise my garden next spring.
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Sadly the link doesn’t work
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This is a great reaction by Brown. We now need to see this followed by action. Council needs to continue these events and supply any necessary security to ensure neither those attending nor the staff are endangered or threatened. Anything else and it’s just mouthing off.
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By saying the protesters went to far he is explicitly saying that protest was ok - just not this violent. He is supporting the othering of harmless NZers and their harmless activities. And if he overlooks Tamaki’s crowing this morning that he unleashed the violence he will never be forgiven.
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It’s also traditionally a racist dog whistle - think Jim Crow America where black men were often referred to as “boy”, or the Taranaki I grew up in where it was common to refer to young Māori men in this way - and where I’ve heard it used this way in the last decade.
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The widow Cliquot- well at least it’s champagne!
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Interesting / scary that he has the same angry petulant expression that Trump usually bears.
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Well that should obviously be Phil I hope you’re …
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Well Phylnibhope your working hard for hate speech legislation and for getting Destiny and ManUp onto the gang list. Plus working with Nark Mitchell on getting the police to actively stop these thugs.
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I’ve been thinking along these lines. Think it’s unlikely that councils will want to pay for security - although they should.
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I had that happen to me a while ago. I lent on the horn of my car and quite quickly two men came from a house further up the street. They were all smiley and cheerful but I was furious. There were parking spaces available but the poor things might have had to walk further. Laziness and entitlement.
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I’ve emailed David Seymour about him and Luxon too. Am about to email Court. It’s obviously the day for emailing - Chris Penk is on the list re deportation
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Long term consequence of the cyclone and flooding?
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So Council claims they won’t tolerate actions that disrupt events in their inclusive safe spaces and then immediately concedes ground and cancels an inclusive event.
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Please share with central Auckland. My Grey Lynn garden needs rain!
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It’s ludicrous
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Suster teaches in New Plymouth. lunches are made in Hamilton, frozen, sent to Palmerston North, then to Taranaki Hospital (which is where their lunches used to be made), heated and then distributed to the schools. Repeat handling, lots of opportunities for thawing, transport costs. Madness.
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The best thing I ever got for preserving - which I used to do a lot of - was a wide mouth funnel. Saved so much spillage!
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I really dislike the abasement of the word elite, particularly when used in the phrase “political elite”
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Efficiency of scale is one thing I think debatable above a certain size One thing that does happen if you centralise staff is that you strip money and resources out of smaller centres as people tend to move to live closer to work and all their expenditure moves with them.
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Being involved in the amalgamation in Auckland was fascinating & horrible at the same time. The assumption of many staff at the larger councils (regional & local) was they knew best about everything yet the smaller councils were often nimbler and more innovative bc they had to do more with less.
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They have properly resourced offices / officers and the powers to direct and lead.
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Thinking about the English experience with “cabinet minister “ equivalents at local government level, a huge amount depends on the level of delegation and in the competence of elected members (as it does now). I’m in favour of executive mayors as long as
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Really appreciate your info sharing and commentary
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Thanks
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Nearly 30 years ago when working for local govt I decided that the next time I was told we had to be more like the private sector I was going to ask why we had to set our sights so low. Our lives are emeshed in the private sector-we know exactly how good and how shit they can be.
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???
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Stylised crucifixion to me. I’m not sure which is worse!
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Love this image.
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“Members behave truthfully and honourably” - MPs obviously use a different dictionary from the ones I use