I don’t see how a court ruling which didn’t involve you in any way can gag you in any way.

As a reminder the public is not bound by any name suppression orders. If you know something, say something.

You mean bribed right?

Maybe we should become a surveillance society like the UK has is. Maybe then we could catch these people.

Presuming of course the police could be arsed to actually do some work.

Do the facts even matter to the average kiwi let alone to the average NACT voter? I don’t think so. They are fighting a culture war it’s all about the feelings to them.

And you think these helicopters and planes will be able to fight the germans when they attack us?

They pretended to be scared for about thirty seconds.

It would be better if it cost less but I guess it’s a chicken and egg problem. If more people joined they could probably lower the price a bit. If they drop it to $5 and not get three times as many subscribers they will be losing revenue.

I pay them. It’s worth is in my opinion. Somebody has to pay their salaries and they are the only group that routinely sticks up for consumers.

I like how passive the phrasing is here. They talk as if the lobbying efforts were futile and a waste of money instead of being wildly successful bribes which helped protect their profits.

I don’t think this government will do anything that might hinder profits or help the consumer.

Well better this than some ferries we can all use I guess.

Cool story bro.

How does that saying go… You have to dance with the one that brought you.

As usual with right wing parties in every country the public broadcasting is seen as a threat and something to be destroyed. RNZ is a national treasure, it’s not there to generate profits, it’s not there to sell soap or hamburgers. It’s there to inform the public and it does that better than all the commercial news outlets which is why every right wing government we elect works so hard to undermine it.

One day it will be gone because the right wing parties always seem to get what they want in the end and we will miss it. By we I of course don’t mean all the people who vote for NACT and such. Just people interested in getting real information and smart analysis.

Who in your opinion is a threat to the system and why do you want somebody who is a threat to the system to be in charge of the system?

No: GPS tracking or even “magic technology device” can fuck right off. Who’s paying for ~6 million devices? Who’s managing all that data? Who’s overseeing all that data? What’s stopping the govt suddenly deciding “we’ll fine you immediately when you speed. Anywhere, any time”? I’d rather have the shitty prepaid paper system over GPS.

I’ll put money down that it will be an evil company. Palantir or a similar company.

Most likely they will have tiers if vehicles where they will lump a ute with a nissan micra on one level and the electric cars on another (more expensive) level because they are heavier, and commercial vehicles on a level where they pay very little per kilometer and kilometre because the businesses will lobby to get their RUC charges reduced to almost nothing.

Because they are the leaders of their party and they act as spokespeople for the policies of the party.

This is one of those ideas that sound good on paper but the way it’s implemented will mean it’s terrible for the common person.

It literally punishes people who buy fuel efficient cars and encourages people to buy ICE cars which weigh less than hybrids or electric cars.

Furthermore they will not implement a uniform per kilogram per kilometre prices. They will heavily discount commercial vehicles while shifting the cost almost entirely to you and me. The heavy trucks will do a thousand times more damage to the road while contributing less than you do.