Aotearoa / New Zealand

Well, at least one person in the Greyhound racing industry is an awful person: Rachel Rae in this case.

Who hasn't driven off with something on the roof of their car before?

Kinda shows how much attention most drivers are paying though.

Lemmyvision is starting for the year. Here's one such post about it: https://lemmy.nz/post/19892616

We have until the end of the month to decide on a song to enter. Some rules in the link about, but basically:

• We pick just one song
• Regional languages (e.g. Māori) encouraged
• Song must have been released after 1 Jan 2024
• Must not be an international hit, the idea is to showcase music that people in other countries might not know

Last year we got 5th!

Should we enter again? Any ideas for what song to submit?

Reply with your suggestions and once we have a few suggestions I'll organise a poll.

Last weeks thread here

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Analysis: China has been accused of being provocative by sending warships into the Tasman Sea, but on the other hand, New Zealand plays its part in US moves that provoke Beijing.

I admit there has been good coverage of these issues in our media lately, but I'm still concerned that the media and government will stab us in the back, increase military funding, and bring up the idea of a draft. After seeing Ukrainian men beaten and thrown into vans to be taken to their deaths, I'm not enthusiastic about NZ becoming the Ukraine of the Pacific.

There's a large number of invasive species in NZ that could have been eradicated, had decisive action been taken early on to remove the infestation, including a number of marine plants, so I'm glad to hear in this case we are making the effort and trying to eliminate this pest outright.

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1806576

Pretty impressive for Stabicraft that a 300 kg dolphin can crash land in the boat and not damage anything.

Police have raided “Gandalf”, a renowned “Green Fairy”, destroying greenhouses that supplied hundreds of patients with black market medicinal cannabis.

Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

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• Something humourous that happened to you
• Something frustrating that happened to you
• A quick question
• A request for recommendations
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So how’s it going?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39793027

A Hawke's Bay man is shocked after he was trespassed from his local supermarket following raising concerns about trollies blocking the fire exit.

Tony Hughes was visiting New World Havelock North earlier this month when he noticed the fire exit was blocked by trollies filled with reduce to clear goods and some baskets of clearance goods on the floor.

He told Morning Report he asked the manager if they would clear the exit and they agreed and thanked him.

However, when Hughes next returned to the store about 10 days later he noticed the fire exit was once again blocked.

"It was really a rinse and repeat, where I took a photo, went up to checkouts and asked to speak to a manager and again showed them a photo and asked them to sort it," he said.

Last Sunday, he popped into the store to get some bread and milk. This time he didn't look at the fire exit but on his way out the store security guard stopped him and trespassed him, Hughes said.

"When I asked why he said it was because I had taken photos around the store and that I was trespassed," Hughes said.

"For privacy reasons we don't discuss individual customer matters but generally speaking, the decision to issue a trespass notice is made when there are genuine safety or security concerns," FoodStuffs said.

A Wellington law firm is defiant in the face of complaints to police and the Law Society over a letter sent to practitioners of gender affirming care earlier this month.

Franks Ogilvie director Stephen Franks said the letter was sent out to a list of more than 20 practices supplied to his firm by group Inflection Point NZ.

Earlier in the week he told RNZ the letter was "a warning" to practices that they may be held liable for future litigation if they were found to be lax in their processes when offering gender related medical treatment.

"I think it's the sort of letter that the ministry should have circulated to practices in this area. Te Whatu Ora could have written something like that so no - I don't have the slightest concern - we've been ethical," Franks said.

But Wellington lawyer Tess Upperton disagreed.

She filed a complaint to the New Zealand Law Society and would encourage her colleagues to do the same.

Upperton said she had "reasonable grounds" to suspect that the letter contained examples of misconduct and she was obligated to report them.

"If you read the letter you can see that the law is being used as a threat to create an outcome that the lawyer or the client wants.

In the week following the letter being sent out Te Whatu Ora's chief medical officer, Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard wrote to its recipients acknowledging it was "distressing" and "threatening" in tone.

She wrote the letter "appears to be designed to discourage clinicians from providing gender-affirming care".

Practitioners were assured that they would be supported by the agency in the event of any legal action.

It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this trial is, as someone who drives as part of my job, I have a very dim view of people who disrupt transport to make a political point.

I also think their cause just isn't particularly feasible.