John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of September have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph below shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 274 mm in 1973 to a low of only 16 mm in 1965. The second
**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken halfway through the drop into “Goat’s Valley” east of Kai Iwi on route to Waverley SH3 west of Wanganui.
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After Monday’s Covid announcement every Minister in this apology for a Government should do the honourable thing and knock on the front door of Government House. They should say to whomsoever opens the door, “I wish to see the Governor-General. I wish to hand in my warrant as
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
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KSK It is raining. Again. It is also the day that, once again, there is another lockdown/lockout/lockup in place. In yet another diatribe from the lectern of lies, we have been berated by our stern arm-waving, head-rolling, eye-squinching Head Prefect, like wilful children for failing
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Originally published by GaryMoller.com My friend, Dr Guy Hatchard, sent me this, an open letter he penned to our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, about the flawed way data is gathered and categorised on COVID deaths vs mRNA deaths. In his letter, Guy diplomatically outlines his
The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’
Yesterday the hypocrites at the Government funded mouthpiece, The Spinoff, were spinning a bit of class hatred with an article by a Karen of Grey Lynn called Leonie Hayden. In the article, the Karen moans about people from neighbouring and presumably more well off suburbs, enjoying a little bit of
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Self-declared iwi “border controls” will become lawful under clause 12 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2) introduced on September 21. See http://www.pco.govt.nz/covid-19-legislation/ Maori and Pasifika wardens, a nominated representative of an iwi organisation,
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Like used car dealers and lawyers, accountants have always been figures of fun, albeit for radically different reasons. The used car dealers, hugely unfairly, are portrayed as crooks. The lawyers, with some justification, as shysters and accountants as the epitome of wetness. Most likely to
The Government’s incoherent and timid approach to the Covid pandemic shows it lacks the courage required to make tough decisions for the benefit of New Zealand, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “Yesterday’s announcement confirms what most New Zealanders – especially Aucklanders – have come to learn only too
