Video of actual honest-to-god governmental business from people who are running the goddamned country.

This whole thing with John Banks is so ridiculous it's seeping into Parliament. Amazing.

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my fandom has canon sex-swap.

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Today they opened up a small section of town - about half a block of the pedestrian shopping road (like an outdoor mall I guess?). It's mostly expensive boutique shops, but it was huge. This is the closest most people have been to the central city in eight months so there were big crowds waiting to be let in ( Read more... )

I'm looking at the extra-mural Maori Studies courses offered at Massey, which is probably my best option for what I want to do (unless I move to Palmy and just, like, go to Massey). A BA looks... pretty doable. In theory you only actually have to do one first year paper but I'll probably take He Tirohanga o Mua: Maori Custom, Lore and Economics and ( Read more... )

* There is not going to be a SlutWalk in Christchurch; council consent couldn't be obtained.This despite the fact that DV stats have gone up considerably ( Read more... )

Beating on about the Budget, I know - skip past if you don't care ( Read more... )

The US drug industry "will move to protect itself" if re-importation of prescription medication from New Zealand, where it can be 40% cheaper (as well as being regarded as having higher safety standards), becomes significant. The industry considers a change in law to be the best way to prevent the problem.

A change in New Zealand law, that is ( Read more... )

Please don't be upset if I don't seem to be celebrating much. I'm still trying to work through exactly how I feel about this and the possible implications, particularly of a country that is specifically "a friend, but not an ally" of the US. I do think that it's great on the face of it, but I can't pretend I don't have reservations about some of ( Read more... )

This is what the city looks like right now. Like, literally, she just got back from that trip and is putting pictures up. I still haven't been anywhere near the actual centre of the city, but I might start thinking about visiting the edge of the cordon soon. The pictures are gutting but they don't connect together very well to provide the proper ( Read more... )

I had this exchange on Twitter today ( Read more... )