Posts by dc_red
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One alternative would be to cede Tauranga
Done! Next?
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glad for the verdict, but that doesn't mean we should give him some extra sentence specifically for being a complete jerk.
There's surely little doubt he'll get some extra punishment (perhaps enough even to satisfy the KB/Facebook crowd) where he's headed.
I'd almost stopped checking the NZ Herald site for the last two weeks because the defence "case" was always headlining.
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Speaking of matters literary, readers may be saddened to hear that Frank McCourt has died.
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Except that a lot of the English loath the mass immigration, particularly the working class. You often here that they now feel strangers in their own land. I don't think we should repeat the mistakes of the Anglo-Canadians and the English and allow excessive immigration to wrest control of our destiny from ourselves.
I call bullshit on this one, too. Leaving aside the fact that Canada was never purely "Anglo-Canadian" to start with, English is the first language in 6.6/10 homes. French accounts for another 2.1/10 homes.
English is the first language of 80% or more of inhabitants in 8/10 Provinces, and 2/3 Territories. For Provinces, the exceptions are Quebec (80% French/10% English) and New Brunswick (69% English/30% French).
Presumably you forgot about all the Quebecois, Acadiens and other French-speakers who can trace their ancestry in Canada back anywhere up to 400 years? As well as all the First Nations.
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Now in Canada's large cities it's somewhat amusing to hear people speaking English. Fourth generation Canadians are seen as an amusing relic.
This is both untrue, and unamusing.
English is the most-heard language in every large city except Montreal.
I meet Canadians of every generation between 1 and about 10 every day. Including proud fourth generations.
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Mike Moore, for example, makes more sense
Words that are seldom spoken, I suspect. ;-)
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@dinah
I wonder how much of the almost 70% of Crown/Council land is leasehold? Which can effectively mean 'private' as a leaseholder may exclude the public.
Well, according to the LINZ report, Crown land is:
mainly made up of:
• National parks that run to the coast;
• Strips of Crown land reserved from sale;
• Reserves for wild life heritage; and
• Railway.And the TLA (Council) land is:
mainly made up of:
• Esplanade reserves;
• Public recreation reserves; and
• Road parcels.Not much in the way of leasehold I'd imagine.
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The FORESHORE PROJECT FINAL REPORT by LINZ (2003) to the Minister of Land Information is the best source for current land holdings at the coast.
It reports that of NZ's 19,883 km coastline:
37.64% owned by the Crown
31.42% owned by Councils
20.05% General land
10.35% Maori land
0.54% unresolved
There are 32,712 land parcels adjoining the coast, of which 12,609 are in General or Maori ownership (i.e., private).
Further to some discussion upthread, there are relatively few General/Maori parcels that extend below the mean high water mark:
16 private titles extend below MHWM (6.4km)
32 seabed parcels
208 fully eroded parcels
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@Craig:
Would I also be totally out of order in surmising that anyone deciding to "target" Maori Party MPs in a similar manner would have to get past a DPS detail first?
Ahh, you just walk right past them and grab your chosen MP by the arm if Waitangi is anything to go by, right Craig? ;-)
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Stories abound of expectant fathers having a go on it while the expectant mothers aren't using it and the medical professionals are elsewhere.
Been there and done that. Huffed on the stuff all night. Conclusion: bloody useless.
Thanks for the great positive ending to your post, RB. I can't help but contrast it with how medical stories play out on other blogs - socialized medicine blah blah private insurance blah blah tax cuts blah blah.