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I did not know that! I've seen birds eating it but I was always a bit chicken because of the colour.

Tangelos! It doesn't belong to me but it's where I live. The tree is about 40 years old, we eat it and some of the windfall gets repurposed as bird feed.

Here's mine:

Yes austerity is sort of entrenching our downturns for longer. I guess it's not so much that we're losing people, as who we are losing.

Found it! Also there's commercially made gin with gorse!

That's a good point.

I have wondered if the private sector can absorb the public service cuts, but that's not thousands and thousands.

Oh wow, did it taste nice?

I've only eaten ferns and stuff. I really love bracken shoots and wish it wasn't a carcinogen.

Yes! Why is it always the evil side that does the bribery!

It totally makes sense in our cities. I think the investment part is sort of warping things a bit outside that. It's really noticeable in new builds in coastal towns where many of them are holiday homes that sit empty a lot and there's still plenty of land. I know a town that has under 60% occupancy and all the new parts have that big house to land ratio.

Sounds quite serious:

Of those leaving the country on a long-term basis, an estimated 81,200 were New Zealand citizens – a 41% increase on the previous year. The figure is a rise from the previous record of 72,400 departures in 2012.

With 24,800 New Zealand citizens arriving during the period, that put the net migration loss of citizens at 56,500 – exceeding the previous record of 44,400 in 2012.

They really do mean "record". I think if we adjust it for population growth since 2012, it's not as stark but it's still bad.

That's the thing! We know from evidence that programmes for youth offenders really do work. Just not boot camp style programmes. Vocational and counselling combos are where it's at.

That's a good point. I think long term it could even save money. So many people go into work with a bad back or whatever and damage themselves much worse.