As she gave them three forms of ID, she said she saw an image on a phone they had been looking at that appeared to be of a Māori woman wearing a cap.

Ffs.

She received a reply that she had to pay the fine on time, or penalties would be added, and the courts were mentioned.

Sounds good. This is the moment you get in first and preemptively take them to the Disputes Tribunal (small claims). They don’t have a leg to stand on, and as they are not allowed to use lawyers in there I think you’d get a fair result.

As someone from neither place - I’m guessing it didn’t strike a nerve, so much as it struck a funny bone.

There’s just something ludicrous about the phrasing.

I misread the title and came in thinking it was about cats. I think we have a high proportion of those as well.

Solved it. Cats cause cars.

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.

2/3 of these animals aren’t in my country so I don’t know about the logistics but this seems really cool!

Really wondering why you would think that.

Chumbawamba have a track record of being quite involved in rights issues, like the time they licensed a song to GM and used the money to campaign against GM.

Nah you’re actually both right there.

They were a bunch of punk activists and also British, so the song is about their (alcoholic) neighbour and how working class people will keep a) tubthumping - trying to effect political change and b) trying to drunkenly unlock the front door.

Totally unacceptable. Targeting an ethnicity for what a country on the other side of the world is doing.

Stuff understands the site was targeted because on Google it is listed as the Consulate of Israel, which it no longer is.

I hope it was just clueless teenagers or something.

This story made me cry. I am disabled and not always mobile. There are loved ones in my family who are elderly, cannot walk far, and depend on medication.

I cannot even imagine what it must be like to try to evacuate at short notice, with nowhere to go.