Thanks for sharing. That was a pleasant read.

We suffer from seduction of pessimism, partially due to human nature. It’s a gentle reminder of that there are little (and not so little) things worth celebrating along our journey.

Make it mandatory!

Or potentially new young voters or people who never voted before

Do these polls include who people voted for previously versus who they’ll vote for now? (Sorry, I have no idea what the questionnaire looks like.) It would be interesting to see where the Opportunity votes are coming from.

I haven’t used it heaps but it has never failed for me so far.

I think you’re right about the pre-populated codes. I don’t think they do user verification at runtime. That would hurt the self-checkout experience even more - their app is already painfully slow. But as the author said, stupid decisions have been made.

In case it gets taken down in the future, here’s how it works - https://web.archive.org/web/20250220103424/https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1apis6y/comment/kqb8yos/

Has also been covered in The Detail recently. Worth a listen.

The high price of loyalty: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2019040787/the-high-price-of-loyalty

The duopoly supermarkets in NZ never cease to amaze me. Every year is a new low.

“You’re not the customer; you’re the product.”

Unity at last - shots fired lol

$0.3282/kWh - no daily charge, no off-peak vs peak (same rate)

Checked against with https://billy.govt.nz/, still turns out to be the cheapest. I’m with naumaira.nz.

When I first heard about homelessness to be criminalised, it reminded me of this episode of Upstream.

https://www.upstreampodcast.org/the-myth-of-freedom-under-capitalism

Worth a listen.

Or fast track to become a pimp ;)

See also:

All the times National has trashed its own campaign policies: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-06-2026/all-the-times-national-has-trashed-its-own-campaign-policies

It’s politics after all but worth calling out.

I’ve been using Migadu for last couple years with no issues. All you need is a custom domain.

https://www.migadu.com/

You can bring your own client, but there’s webmail too (requires no JS if I recall) so you can access your inbox from anywhere too.

According to their website, https://www.opportunity.org.nz/free_public_transport

For starters, moving to universal free fares is a 10% funding increase, not a 100% one. We already fund around 90% of the cost of public transport from taxes and rates; fares only cover about 10% of operating costs (or roughly $300 million a year on a $3–$4 billion system). Fully free public transport is about getting the most out of the money we’ve already invested into the network.

Free public transport is what Qiulae Wong (The Opportunity Party leader) said in the interview below.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1b9PP7FZL1E

I guess it makes sense since the public already subsidises roughly 90% of the entire network?

Edit: Small correction. TOP says free public transport. What Labour announced is $20 cap. Not quite the same.

Nice one, thanks for sharing!

Update: It worked!

Funny how they have this accessibility button at the top now. All it does is to disable colours and some animations.

I wish more public websites were designed to work without JavaScript. I can’t imagine older adults with legacy devices enjoying this website at all.

Very underrated IMO. It has been a while since I last used it but I recall it was super light and snappy - even compared to other more well-known lightweight alternatives. It was definitely a pleasant experience. Happy to see it still going strong.