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Banksy showing up police and Authority – 890 protesters arrested.
It appeared after 890 people were arrested at a demonstration against a ban on the activist group Palestine Action in London on Saturday.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/572752/banksy-mural-scrubbed-off-london-court-wall
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/married-thriving-and-expecting-a-baby-then-micah-died-basejumping
The idea that someone else is going to look after you, that life will proceed without problems and you can have anything you want still prevails today despite evidence to the opposite. When a couple have a pregnancy they have an increase in responsibility, and can’t continue to be carefree as before. But the deep thinking of social philosophers and reliable, responsible people with facts and advice about our changed future, is cast aside as unimportant.
I felt that way about a certain Greens person riding a bike on her way to have her baby. If parents are caring they don’t take gambles with the possibility of mishap occurring. You do your best for the kid, give it a good start and even keep the child from straying when at that active toddler stage by using a child harness. There is such a lot of emotional rubbish talked about being sensible by air-headed people, usually female. Here’s something to get derisive about, ‘Treating your child like an animal’ is one quote.
https://www.trunki.co.uk/pages/what-is-toddlepak
Is this a NZ company? It is being reported as if it is. But it seems as if it has gone out of our hands as so many creations of NZAO have done. Something about a Chinese company buying it in 2017. I must check to see if anything is NZAO totally owned now. What are we? A bargain basement for the world; an op shop for those with an eye for fine antiques or curiosities slightly smudged?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/572745/airwork-group-owes-creditors-145m
The company failed in early July, with Calibre Partners appointed as receivers.
The primary source of Airwork’s woes was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It racked up hundreds of millions of dollars of losses after five Boeing 757 freighter aircraft were trapped and seized in Russia.
That forced the company to write off its value, and it became trapped in ongoing litigation with its insurers.
The receivers also blamed challenging trading conditions, the loss of customers and unsustainable debt levels.
Airwork, one of New Zealand’s oldest aviation companies and tracing its roots back to 1936, has a fleet of Boeing 737 freighters and operates an air freight, maintenance, and aircraft leasing business.
The company was briefly listed on the stock exchange in 2013 before a Chinese company, Zhejiang Rifa Holdings, took it private in 2017. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definition of a Stuart Nash…. Go
Have a rare disorder? Need help but have to suffer in silence? Take part join up with others so you have a noticeable voice, you won’t have to do much but you will not be alone. You could say ‘What have I got to lose’ and maybe get a real gain of some sort that makes life somewhat easier.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2509/S00026/calling-all-kiwis-with-a-rare-health-condition-your-voice-is-needed.htm
The Voice of Rare Disorders Survey is conducted every two years by Rare Disorders NZ to identify gaps in services and care for people living with rare disorders.
“This is the only survey of its kind for understanding the challenges Kiwis with rare disorders face when trying to get their healthcare needs met. The more people who participate, the more complete a picture we get,” says Rare Disorders NZ CE Chris Higgins.
There are estimated to be 300,000 people in New Zealand living with one or more of the over 7,000 known rare disorders. Results from previous surveys show that those affected share many of the same challenges and systemic barriers to accessing the care they need.
“We have consistently seen that our health and social systems are failing those with rare disorders. From delayed diagnosis to poor treatment access, people living with rare disorders continue to face significant inequities in healthcare,” says Higgins.
In July 2024 the Ministry of Health released New Zealand’s first Rare Disorders Strategy, which gave a lot of hope to the rare disorder community that services would be improving. There has, however, been no effort since from health entities to make a plan to implement the Strategy…
Be your own politician.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens/games/is-the-new-sims-4-world-set-in-new-zealand
Sims is one of the most popular video games and has four instalments so far. Users create and control virtual people, called “Sims”, and manage their daily lives.
This latest pack comes just two months after the developers put out the Enchanted By Nature Expansion Pack, which was also initially rumoured to be inspired by Aotearoa but that turned out to be Ireland…
We have to get our minds round all sorts of things so why not this. Think about it makes sense, then we can go onto how to get world peace going.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbeing/nz-faecal-transfer-study-could-change-obesity-treatment
Eight years ago, 87 obese adolescents took part in a ground-breaking study to see whether faecal transfer would make a difference to their health and weight.
Good gut bacteria were taken from healthy donors and transferred in capsule form to people with a less healthy microbiome – a research method known as FMT (that’s faecal microbiota transplantation)…
They also found the donor bacteria endured in the recipients’ guts.
“After six months, they were still there, and they were thriving.”
Fast forward four years and further health gains were found in recipients, he says…
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