Aotearoa / New Zealand: Tomorrow's Sideswipe, Today!

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/sandgrubber on 2024-09-27 20:49:27+00:00.

I'm appauled by apparent advocacy of reverse mortgage schemes by the Retirement Commissioner. I'm 75. It's bad enough that so much wealth has ended up with my generation. It's horrible to hear government officials suggest we draw down that wealth and pass on less to younger generations... while handing property to the financial sector.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/biggestgengarfan on 2024-09-28 02:02:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/MedicMoth on 2024-09-28 01:02:17+00:00.

My previous post got stealth removed (not the fault of the mods)! So reposting as text:

Just posting a follow up to Thursday's post, where I highlighted that most school absence days are justified (most often due to sickness), and we speculated on whether Seymour literally meant "absence days", or if he was maybe meaning only "unjustified absences", or specifically "unjustified absence - truant" (since just "unjustified absences" could include things that aren't deliberate truancy but aren't in school policy, eg staying home for extended time after a funeral)

A STAR attendance system template has now been released which I think confirms yes, he was being literal - it's absence days, regardless of justification.

The document shows, for term 2 2024:

• 53% of students in green zone, "good": less than 5 days absence
• 26% of students in yellow zone, "worrying": up to 10 days absence
• 11% of students in orange zone, "concerning": up to 15 days absence
• 10% of students in red zone, "serious concern": 15 or more days absence

I definitely recommend downloading the document [PDF warning] to read about the response at each colour that parents, schools, and the Ministry of Education will undertake.

That's all for now ✌️

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/foundafreeusername on 2024-09-28 00:03:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/69inchshlong on 2024-09-27 23:09:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Andrewnzq on 2024-09-27 21:59:23+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/WoodLouseAustralasia on 2024-09-27 21:45:04+00:00.

Seems like something I'm noticing. People don't turn up to other parent's kid's parties. It seems very sad.

We are going to one later today but apparently we are the only others going aside from a family memher.

Come on p bros spread some love ♥️

Edit - really not assumed people without kids would come. You can simmer down. Just for parents with kids who also have parties themselves. :)

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/39Jaebi on 2024-09-27 20:18:22+00:00.

Why did we stop selling Starburst lollies? The gummies and lollypops were some of my favorite lollies. I haven't seen them since maybe 2020 or 2021.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/ChinaCatProphet on 2024-09-27 19:17:57+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Imaginary_Wrap5974 on 2024-09-27 17:30:01+00:00.

Hi, I don't know if I am in right group, but I need help with my project. I am Slovak student of geography and I need to do project about New Zeland. I'm not interested in boring facts about your country...tell me something interesting or funny that not everybody knows. It can be anything,but true. Thanks!

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/hairylovehandles on 2024-09-27 14:47:01+00:00.

Am I imagining this? I don't live in a main center but have lived in a few reasonable sized towns and it just seems like most major chain stores have become show rooms.

Noel leeming, harvey norman, torpedo 7, warehouse stationary, evo cycles are all stores within a 1km radius of my house, but none of them seem to actually stock anything.

I don't care if you can order it in, I don't care if itl be ready for pick up in 2 days, the only reason I'm here is because I want it right now. If I didn't want it right now I'd use their online competitors who are cheaper and can get it to my door in 2 days instead of me having to come back again to pick it up.

Also charging $8 to get it brought to the store, fuck that.

Rant over and out

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/kiwigal91 on 2024-09-27 09:55:32+00:00.

Do they not matter?

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Jack_Clipper on 2024-09-27 08:22:30+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/propertynewb on 2024-09-27 07:42:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Downtown_Concern_101 on 2024-09-27 07:20:42+00:00.

This week at work we were told that we are expected to be in the office 5 days a week from now on. Many of us have been splitting our weeks at home and office ever since lock down - and in many more cases, newer employees have taken roles due to our company promoting ‘flexible’ workplace.

Friends from other companies have been briefed on this also this week - and timing with Luxton’s chat this week is uncanny.

Needless to say there are a bunch of upset co-workers and it feels like a shitstorm is about to go down!

Anyone else had this presented to them this week ?

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Some-Disaster7050 on 2024-09-27 06:56:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/bulb8 on 2024-09-27 05:54:34+00:00.

NZ is a primary producer of milk meat wool and wood. Why are so many of our large employers in the primary sector closing? Surely it’s not just the price of electricity!!!

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Kangaiwi on 2024-09-27 05:36:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/NorthlandChynz on 2024-09-27 05:30:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/nastywillow on 2024-09-27 04:51:03+00:00.

Quote Hire way more cleaners, porters and healthcare assistants.

That's it.

Yes, we need nurses and doctors, but they are expensive and difficult to recruit.

BUT nurses and doctors spend huge amounts of time doing jobs that don't require a medical or nursing degree. If they did not have to do all this extra work (that could be done by someone else without the massive investment that is medical/nursing training) they would be free to do the work that only they can do.

I am an emergency doctor. When I see a patient, here is the sequence of steps:

Call patient from waiting room

Clean cubicle/trolley because there's only 2 cleaners for the whole department.

Take the medical history and examine the patient.

Gather the equipment needed to take bloods/perform a bedside ultrasound scan/test a urine sample from around the department because the only HCA is needed to care for an elderly patient.

This involves walking to several different areas and usually balancing a full sharps tray on the (expensive) ultrasound machine.

Take the bloods/test the urine because the nurse is helping a patient eat (again because the one and only HCA is needed for another patient)

Do the bedside ultrasound scan

Send the bloods - this means walking to the other side of the department to put them in the chute. (Because the only porter is bringing a critical patient to CT)

Book the patient an x ray

Write my note

Realise it's been 15 minutes and the patient still hasn't had their x ray which I feel is urgent (the porter is still overrun with patients needing emergency CT scans)

Bring the patient to X-ray in a wheelchair.

Finalise the plan of care and move on to the next patient.

If we had enough cleaners, porters and healthcare assistants, the sequence would look like this for me:

Call patient from the waiting room

Take the medical history and examine the patient

Perform the bedside ultrasound scan

Let the nurse know which bloods the patient needs.

Book the x ray

Write my note

Finalise the plan of care and move on to the next patient.

I am an expensive and finite resource. It is a poor use of resources to have me cleaning a cubicle or gathering equipment when there are patients waiting to see me.

I do all this work with a smile on my face because I know everyone in the department is doing their absolute best, but if there were more people to do the non medical tasks, the medical stuff would happen much more quickly and efficiently.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Pwnigiri on 2024-09-27 03:36:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/CortexVortex1 on 2024-09-27 03:14:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Particular_Change495 on 2024-09-27 02:57:00+00:00.

Hi!

I was laid off in early September due to restructuring and I know how dire the employment situation is in NZ currently. I haven’t been unemployed for long in comparison to most people going through it atm, but I’m just curious how many in here are in the same boat as me and how long have you been unemployed for? Also, how frequently are you applying for jobs?

I’ve just run out of funds and can’t get an appointment with WINZ until next week. I’m applying for jobs independently as well as through a recruitment agency, so I thought I’d have a job by now as it’s been 4 weeks of this; however, I’m starting to feel like that was incredibly naive of me.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Block_Face on 2024-09-27 01:13:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/shrogg on 2024-09-27 00:57:38+00:00.