The Daily Blog Open Mic – 3rd March 2025
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
The Editor doesn’t moderate this blog, 3 volunteers do, they are very lenient to provide you a free speech space but if it’s just deranged abuse or putting words in bloggers mouths to have a pointless argument, we don’t bother publishing.
All in all, TDB gives punters a very, very, very wide space to comment in but we won’t bother with out right lies or gleeful malice. We leave that to the Herald comment section.
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/543536/bremworth-leadership-faces-rebellion-over-slumping-profits
A decision to stop selling synthetic carpets in favour of wool-only products had not resulted in improved sales, while operating costs remained high.
I’ll drop in things I find. I found All Kinds of People on an old Sir John Rowles tape.
Good music from Burt Bacharach.
https://genius.com/Burt-bacharach-all-kinds-of-people-lyrics
Tall kind of people
Should be together
With small kind of people
Should get together
And talk to each other
Old kind of people
Should try to listen
To young kind of people
Should try to listen
And comfort each other
Light kind of people
Should feel compassion
For dark kind of people
Should feel compassion
And care for each other
All kinds of people
Should reach out
And help one another
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2503/S00005/california-psychologically-secedes-from-the-union.htm
…Trump hates California as much as he hates Europe. With respect to the EU, as recently reported, “Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, flew to the US last week, having finally secured an audience with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio. While she was in the air, Rubio cancelled the meeting.”…
AI can be awkwardly truthful and objective.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2502/S00034/breaking-bad-chinas-deepseek-ai-reveals-taboos.htm
It’s not the cough that carries you off, it’s the coffin they carry you off in!
Demise with a grin, and positive loveiat work.
Woops
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/543610/putaruru-man-cutting-the-cost-of-dying-with-flat-pack-coffins
and
Coffin Packages | Carried Away NZ
carriedaway.kiwi.nz
https://www.carriedaway.kiwi.nz › coffin-packages
A bare plywood coffin of either size 8 or 9 with satin lining and matching pillow with Silver handles and Fan Lid Screws. NZ$ 1,280.00.
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Caskets for sale
DIY Funerals NZ
https://www.diyfuneral.co.nz › cheap_coffin_casket
It is suitable for natural burial as it is made of untreated plywood and glued with PVA. coffin. Price: $600 assembled, or $500 if sold as a flatpack. Upgrades: …
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/directors-appointed-ferry-holdings-limited
Feb.17/25
Minister for Rail Winston Peters has announced director appointments for Ferry Holdings Limited – the schedule 4a company charged with negotiating ferry procurement contracts for two new inter-island ferries.
Mr Peters says Ferry Holdings Limited will be responsible for negotiating long-term port agreements on either side of the Cook Strait and ensuring the seamless and integrated delivery of cost-effective replacement Interislander ferries.
“The new chair Chris Mackenzie, deputy chair Heather Simpson, and director Greg Lowe bring substantial and specific expertise for the no-nonsense delivery of cost-effective infrastructure,” he says….
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Winston Peters says decision on new Cook Strait ferries …
Facebook · RNZ
40+ reactions · 2 days ago
Winston Peters says decision on new Cook Strait ferries will be made by end of March.
1 March 2025 | RNZ | The giant Korean ship builder …
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Winston Peters explores Hyundai shipbuilding options on …
TRANSPORTtalk
https://transporttalk.co.nz › news › winston-peters-explor…
4 hours ago — His meeting with Hyundai Heavy Industries comes as the Government launches an international search for shipbuilders to construct two new medium-sized
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Looks like rail enabled ferries may be back – The Standard
thestandard.org.nz
https://thestandard.org.nz › looks-like-rail-enabled-ferri…
2 days ago — You have to hand it to Winston and New Zealand First. On the issue of rail enabled ferries they have performed outstanding work.
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Wellington, Marlborough ports working with Government …
Business Desk NZ
https://businessdesk.co.nz › Infrastructure
7 hours ago — In December, Peters and Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced the creation of a new Schedule 4a company, called Ferry Holdings Limited, to lead …
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Peters seeks ‘alternative ideas’ for Cook Strait ferry …
The Post: News from Wellington | Stuff Ltd
https://www.thepost.co.nz › nz-news › nz-hunting-globe-…
winston Peters and ferries from http://www.thepost.co.nz
3 Feb 2025 — Rail Minister Winston Peters has asked shipbuilders to present “alternative ideas” for new Cook Strait ferries by the end of the month.
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Going forward positively –
Winston Peters says rail-enabled ferries are ‘no-brainer’ for …
RNZ https://www.rnz.co.nz › news › political › winston-peter…
winston Peters and ferries from http://www.rnz.co.nz
12 Dec 2024 — Winston Peters says rail-enabled ferries are a “no-brainer” and insists they will be the cheaper option for the Interislander replacements.
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‘No-brainer’: Peters says rail-enabled ferries will be cheaper
Otago Daily Times
https://www.odt.co.nz › business › no-brainer-peters-sa…
12 Dec 2024 — Winston Peters says rail-enabled ferries are a “no-brainer” and insists they will be the cheaper option for the Interislander replacements.
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Future brighter?
Maybe National will concede to Winston after performing so poorly. Surely Shorty can be screened out?! And let’s hold onto our monarchy, the thought of how high the plutos will fly if we went republic stirs and shakes me.
This in foreign press about our monarch.
…Future of the Crown in 2025
As Charles undergoes intensive care, the monarchy braces for a historic shift. William’s 10 international trips and 80% duty assumption in 2025, alongside Kate’s 20 planned engagements, reflect a handover in motion. The Crown’s £1.8 billion economic impact in 2024 faces scrutiny, but the couple’s 75% approval—20% above the royal average—offers stability. Charles, the oldest monarch to ascend at 73, may see his reign cut short.
The Commonwealth’s 2.5 billion citizens watch closely, with six nations debating republicanism in 2025. A transition—the first in 70 years—looms, testing William and Kate’s modernization against tradition, with their resilience key to the monarchy’s future….
https://www.mixvale.com.br/2025/03/01/king-charles-iiis-cancer-worsens-as-william-and-kate-hasten-royal-succession/
The continuing story.
https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/treasury-looking-for-lawyers-to-assist-with-cook-strait-ferries-tender
This is secret except to worthy people, and I am not allowed to convey even a little piece of the details. So I won’t, being of good character!