Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: This. Is. Crazy., in reply to Marc C,
This is a catastrophe, I am actually surprised there are not more homeless people in Auckland, really surprised. And unless you have a stable job and income and references, there is NO place to rent!
In South Auckland in particular, overcrowded houses are becoming the norm. I was talking to our Media Take researcher and he said he knew of a house where 29 people are living.
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Hard News: This. Is. Crazy., in reply to ,
Does anyone know what the list of specific chemicals are ; the nasty ones that can permeate houses to make them uninhabitable?
Have a look at the detailed Ministry of Health guidelines linked in the original post.
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Polity: Mike's minute: Mike's maths!, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
No chance he has a secret ‘math lab’ in the basement then?
Oh, bravo.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to MargaretB,
The car I drive is the only 100% electric taxi in the country at this stage (there is a private hire/charter Leaf on Waiheke too) so our running costs are only about $8 a day, compared to $40 – $60 fo the big cars,
Gee, that’s fascinating.
What’s the obstacle to more drivers going electric? Vehicle cost? They just don’t know it’s an option?
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Hard News: This. Is. Crazy., in reply to Kumara Republic,
And another Machiavellian thought on the housing crisis/bubble: how easy would it be to introduce P and cocaine to Auckland’s hyperclasses? Then sit back and watch the evictions in the leafy areas.
Oh, that crowd went through the P thing years ago. No one ever tests stately villas for meth.
NB: Not joking. That happened.
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Hard News: This. Is. Crazy., in reply to BenWilson,
For that matter, is meth residue even harmful at all? What is a harmful level? How harmful?
Probably not very, according to, y'know, toxicologists.
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If you want to see how extravagant this stuff gets, the MethSolutions (the company responsible for many of the panic headlines this year) Scale of the Problem page is a goodie.
Apparently there might be hundreds of thousands of properties used as meth labs in New Zealand!
Or to put it another way, several meth labs for every meth user in the country.
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Polity: Mike's minute: Mike's maths!, in reply to Marc C,
Now, Mike Hosking my appear to not be good with maths, but that is simply not the case. He is not a stupid fellow, he will most likely know full well how the tax system works, and how to benefit from it as a high earner and also asset owning person.
From my interactions with him on how the numbers work in TV and radio ratings, I'm inclined to think he's just really, really bad at maths.
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Hard News: The media awards are dead –…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Yay Eczema!
I know! I smiled when I saw that.
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Hard News: This. Is. Crazy., in reply to Ross Bell,
Housing NZ isn’t simply evicting people… see this from last week?
$20,000 in remediation costs for smoking P in a house?
Over the last few years, Housing New Zealand has placed greater focus on identifying homes where P may be used, or may have been used in the past (rather than manufactured).
“As a responsible landlord, our policy is to not knowingly permit tenants to live in a property that registers readings above Ministry of Health levels. This supports our commitment to providing a healthy environment for our tenants.
This at least does indicate some reference to the MoH guidelines, but even the MoH document essentially says the risk is speculative.
How many houses actually have harmful levels of residues as a result of past meth use? How many people have been kicked out on the basis of meth residue they're not even responsible for?
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