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		By: Greywarbler		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/the-daily-blog-open-mic-16th-january-2025-2/#comment-350746&quot;&gt;Greywarbler&lt;/a&gt;.

Further:  1 Tourists tossing coins in the stream.  That isn&#039;t good but is a practice of well-wishing done by worldwide travellers for probably centuries.
2  Composting toilets - the tourists think no doubt they can put food rubbish and compostable things down them.   So not necessarily &#039;trashing&#039;.  And further compostable toilets have to be managed carefully.   You can&#039;t expect tourists to be personally involved in running your waste system for you.
3  Parking - if you are gettiing tourists you need to provide for them, including parking.

So this is all part of NZAO properly managing an efficient country with modern requirements and being overloaded by visitors who will stretch our meagre offerings to the max just by numbers.   But DOC does try - this is informative, should be read by all:
&lt;i&gt;https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/know-before-you-go/disposing-of-human-waste/
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What is a compost toilet and how does it work?
waterlesstoilets.co.uk
https://www.waterlesstoilets.co.uk › compost-toilets
Whilst this is fine in domestic and low-use non-domestic settings, it can be open to accidental misuse, hence non-separating models are often preferred in high- .
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What are the drawbacks of a composting toilet?
Under heavy use a composting toilet will require daily maintenance to work properly. Otherwise, the compost may turn septic and emit horrendous odors both inside and outside the cabin. This is not only an expensive problem to fix, but it also will take the restroom out of service for extended periods.28 Feb 2014
Considerations Before Choosing a Composting Toilet
Green Flush Restrooms
https://greenflushrestrooms.com › blog › considering-co
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Navigating New Zealand Council Requirements for ...
Kiwi Tanks   https://kiwitanks.co.nz › blogs › news › navigating-new...
2 May 2025 — Off-Grid Living: Compost toilets are well-suited for off-grid living scenarios, such as remote cabins, tiny homes, and eco-villages, where ...
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Everything You Need to Use a Composting Toilet
WCTNZ® &#124; Waterless Composting Toilets NZ
https://www.wctnz.co.nz › everything-you-need-to-use-a...
5 Dec 2022 — Everything You Need to Use a Composting Toilet · Toilet Paper · Bulking Agent · Microbes · Nature Flush Enzymes · Compostable Bags · Additives.
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What are common composting mistakes?
Forgetting the Balance of Ingredients
Indoor composting still relies on a mix of “greens” and “browns.” Too many food scraps turn into a wet mess, while too much paper or cardboard slows the process.14 Oct 2025
10 Common Indoor Composting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Vego Composter
https://vego.com › blogs › all › 10-common-indoor-com..&lt;/i&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thedailyblog.co.nz/the-daily-blog-open-mic-16th-january-2025-2/#comment-350746">Greywarbler</a>.</p>
<p>Further:  1 Tourists tossing coins in the stream.  That isn&#8217;t good but is a practice of well-wishing done by worldwide travellers for probably centuries.<br />
2  Composting toilets &#8211; the tourists think no doubt they can put food rubbish and compostable things down them.   So not necessarily &#8216;trashing&#8217;.  And further compostable toilets have to be managed carefully.   You can&#8217;t expect tourists to be personally involved in running your waste system for you.<br />
3  Parking &#8211; if you are gettiing tourists you need to provide for them, including parking.</p>
<p>So this is all part of NZAO properly managing an efficient country with modern requirements and being overloaded by visitors who will stretch our meagre offerings to the max just by numbers.   But DOC does try &#8211; this is informative, should be read by all:<br />
<i><a href="https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/know-before-you-go/disposing-of-human-waste/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/know-before-you-go/disposing-of-human-waste/</a><br />
*****<br />
What is a compost toilet and how does it work?<br />
waterlesstoilets.co.uk<br />
<a href="https://www.waterlesstoilets.co.uk" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.waterlesstoilets.co.uk</a> › compost-toilets<br />
Whilst this is fine in domestic and low-use non-domestic settings, it can be open to accidental misuse, hence non-separating models are often preferred in high- .<br />
****<br />
What are the drawbacks of a composting toilet?<br />
Under heavy use a composting toilet will require daily maintenance to work properly. Otherwise, the compost may turn septic and emit horrendous odors both inside and outside the cabin. This is not only an expensive problem to fix, but it also will take the restroom out of service for extended periods.28 Feb 2014<br />
Considerations Before Choosing a Composting Toilet<br />
Green Flush Restrooms<br />
<a href="https://greenflushrestrooms.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://greenflushrestrooms.com</a> › blog › considering-co<br />
*****<br />
Navigating New Zealand Council Requirements for &#8230;<br />
Kiwi Tanks   <a href="https://kiwitanks.co.nz" rel="nofollow ugc">https://kiwitanks.co.nz</a> › blogs › news › navigating-new&#8230;<br />
2 May 2025 — Off-Grid Living: Compost toilets are well-suited for off-grid living scenarios, such as remote cabins, tiny homes, and eco-villages, where &#8230;<br />
*******<br />
Everything You Need to Use a Composting Toilet<br />
WCTNZ® | Waterless Composting Toilets NZ<br />
<a href="https://www.wctnz.co.nz" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.wctnz.co.nz</a> › everything-you-need-to-use-a&#8230;<br />
5 Dec 2022 — Everything You Need to Use a Composting Toilet · Toilet Paper · Bulking Agent · Microbes · Nature Flush Enzymes · Compostable Bags · Additives.<br />
*****<br />
What are common composting mistakes?<br />
Forgetting the Balance of Ingredients<br />
Indoor composting still relies on a mix of “greens” and “browns.” Too many food scraps turn into a wet mess, while too much paper or cardboard slows the process.14 Oct 2025<br />
10 Common Indoor Composting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them<br />
Vego Composter<br />
<a href="https://vego.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://vego.com</a> › blogs › all › 10-common-indoor-com..</i></p>
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		By: Greywarbler		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tourism minister says she has a meeting planned with the mayor to discuss concerns about the Putāruru Blue Spring being trashed by tourists.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/584213/leaders-to-meet-over-tourists-trashing-blue-spring
&lt;i&gt;...Earlier this week, Waikato Regional Council chairperson Warren Maher shared his concerns about the site, which he said was being trashed by tourists clogging composting toilets with rubbish, throwing coins in the spring and parking dangerously on the roadside.
Tourism Minister Louise Upston told Morning Report she visited the spring on Thursday, and in general, she had witnessed sensible behaviour...&lt;/i&gt;

So she has to inspect it herself, the head shebang and the Council&#039;s complaint is not sufficient to be believed and responded to.   Government really seems to work on the Three Monkeys (lack-of-principle), supposed to be See, Hear, Speak, No Evil but it&#039;s too hard for our government and administration to comply with themselves and they can&#039;t imagine anybody else doing so.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The tourism minister says she has a meeting planned with the mayor to discuss concerns about the Putāruru Blue Spring being trashed by tourists.<br />
<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/584213/leaders-to-meet-over-tourists-trashing-blue-spring" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/584213/leaders-to-meet-over-tourists-trashing-blue-spring</a><br />
<i>&#8230;Earlier this week, Waikato Regional Council chairperson Warren Maher shared his concerns about the site, which he said was being trashed by tourists clogging composting toilets with rubbish, throwing coins in the spring and parking dangerously on the roadside.<br />
Tourism Minister Louise Upston told Morning Report she visited the spring on Thursday, and in general, she had witnessed sensible behaviour&#8230;</i></p>
<p>So she has to inspect it herself, the head shebang and the Council&#8217;s complaint is not sufficient to be believed and responded to.   Government really seems to work on the Three Monkeys (lack-of-principle), supposed to be See, Hear, Speak, No Evil but it&#8217;s too hard for our government and administration to comply with themselves and they can&#8217;t imagine anybody else doing so.</p>
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		By: Greywarbler		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greywarbler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Argentina - this video is  illuminating.
April 2025  Joe Bloggs   Argentina in Deep Trouble   18.20m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugQuwKyzN4]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Argentina &#8211; this video is  illuminating.<br />
April 2025  Joe Bloggs   Argentina in Deep Trouble   18.20m<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugQuwKyzN4" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugQuwKyzN4</a></p>
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		By: Pat O'Dea		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat O'Dea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The opposite of capitalism is democracy

The more capitalism the less democracy

The more democracy the less capitalism

Rolling Stone:
&lt;b&gt;Trump Says U.S. ‘Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’ as He Threatens Insurrection Act&lt;/b&gt;
Nikki McCann Ramirez
Fri, January 16, 2026
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-u-shouldn-t-223931376.html

&lt;i&gt;.....when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” Trump told Reuters in an interview published on Thursday. “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”
The comments came on the heels of an interview the president gave to The New York Times, in which he repeatedly danced around a commitment to respecting the results of the midterms, claiming that he “always [respects] the results of elections, but the elections in our country are rigged.”.....
......White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked on Thursday about Trump suggesting multiple times that the midterms should be canceled. She claimed Trump was just “speaking facetiously,” and “simply joking.”.......&lt;/i&gt;

We all thought Trump was joking when he told us that he was going to invade Venezuela, and take their oil and sell it. And we all thought he was joking when he said said hAmerica saide wh invade Greenland and take over  Island.. 

From RNZ
&lt;i&gt;.....The United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at US$500 million, according to an administration official.&lt;/i&gt;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/584155/the-us-has-officially-started-selling-venezuelan-oil]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The opposite of capitalism is democracy</p>
<p>The more capitalism the less democracy</p>
<p>The more democracy the less capitalism</p>
<p>Rolling Stone:<br />
<b>Trump Says U.S. ‘Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’ as He Threatens Insurrection Act</b><br />
Nikki McCann Ramirez<br />
Fri, January 16, 2026<br />
<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-u-shouldn-t-223931376.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-u-shouldn-t-223931376.html</a></p>
<p><i>&#8230;..when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” Trump told Reuters in an interview published on Thursday. “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”<br />
The comments came on the heels of an interview the president gave to The New York Times, in which he repeatedly danced around a commitment to respecting the results of the midterms, claiming that he “always [respects] the results of elections, but the elections in our country are rigged.”&#8230;..<br />
&#8230;&#8230;White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked on Thursday about Trump suggesting multiple times that the midterms should be canceled. She claimed Trump was just “speaking facetiously,” and “simply joking.”&#8230;&#8230;.</i></p>
<p>We all thought Trump was joking when he told us that he was going to invade Venezuela, and take their oil and sell it. And we all thought he was joking when he said said hAmerica saide wh invade Greenland and take over  Island.. </p>
<p>From RNZ<br />
<i>&#8230;..The United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at US$500 million, according to an administration official.</i><br />
<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/584155/the-us-has-officially-started-selling-venezuelan-oil" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/584155/the-us-has-officially-started-selling-venezuelan-oil</a></p>
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