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So who CAN afford a house?
It can be good to challenge assumptions. Here’s an article by my pal (and fellow investor and author) Andrew King, president of the NZ Property Investors Federation. Andrew examines the subject of the ‘Housing Affordability Crisis’ — a contentious political issue at present — and finds it mislabelled. According to him it’s more a ‘Housing Expectation […]
Top posts – January 2013
Some of the most-viewed posts at ThePaepae.com in January … Bunfight at Howick Local Board Spoofing David Fisher What I didn’t say at the Howick Local Board last night Farewell Aaron Swartz Top 10 NZ property investment books – Auckland City Libraries About The Paepae Mr Phil Jones: re-heating cold horseshit Is Android catching up? […]
Who do politicians think they actually work for?
Read today’s editorial in the NZ Herald about the Official Information Act … and ask yourself. The Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, wants MPs to remain in total control of their own information. The Government’s response to the report has shamefully and summarily dismissed opening Parliament to the act. “The government does not agree with the Law […]
‘Don’t mention the war.’ Or Waitangi?
Of course John Cleeese’s ‘Don’t mention the war’ is regarded as classic comedy … … but when it comes to the Treaty of Waitangi, there are other, not nearly so satirical calls to avoid discussing contentious topics. Indeed, there are attempts to continually dismiss calls for redress — of genuine, documented, historic injustices (including large […]
The predictable unsavoury and racist kerfuffle that greets Waitangi Day
This, from local Twitter luminaries @ColeyTangerina and @Megapope, is a wonderfully world-weary and efficient summary of the tripe that’s scooped out of the racist bucket in New Zealand around Waitangi Day and spread around thick like the ugly goop that it is. In many cases these tired tropes are trotted out as ‘debate’ or ‘talking […]
Let a little air in, @BarnsleyBill
This evil-looking device (right) is a Trocar self-piercing ventilation tube, used in medical procedures where inserting one of these into a patient’s infected body will help save their life through ‘aeration’ or by helping with ‘drainage of secretions’. I bet inserting one of these hurts like hell. But it beats suffocating … or festering in […]
Sometimes you have to just KEEP GOING until you get good
From Ira Glass. Another angle on the ‘resistance‘ we talk about here from time to time … Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo. Wonderful. – P via Andrew Sullivan
What if Marco is right about an “iPhone Plus”?
A crazier prediction: iPhone Plus is real, and huge — Marco Arment. Worth a read if you’re interested. – P
Farewell Paul Holmes RIP
My old workmate Paul Holmes has died. I learned a lot from his example, good and bad — but never indifferent. My condolences to his family and those who also loved him. RIP. – P
Judith Collins “breaching natural justice” in Bain case
Yeah, I thought it would come to this. Bain takes High Court action against Collins – NZ Herald David Bain has filed a High Court claim against Justice Minister Judith Collins seeking a judicial review of her actions since she received the Justice Binnie report last August. The claim includes allegations Ms Collins has breached […]
A space for discussion about psycho killer cats
A regular commenter here at ThePaepae.com, Ivan the Terrible, wants to discuss cats and the ‘sadistic psycho killers’ and ‘Cats to go’ national conversation Gareth Morgan is trying to float. OK. Let’s start with Ivan’s opening comment, relocated from another thread … “After crowing to others that “my cat never kills birds” – the little […]
A little geek humour … at the beach
Bwahahaha. Deserving of a wider audience. – P
What I didn’t say at the Howick Local Board last night
I’ve received a number of kind and gratifying comments about my brief presentation at the Howick Local Board public forum last night (see Bunfight at Howick Local Board). Thank you. I didn’t realize it at the time, but Cameron Slater was live-tweeting the event, and these popped up on my phone after I spoke … […]
