journalism?

[F5 Dave]

I hope someone has told Posh Spice as she moved to 'merca I believe, and, you know?

[Berries]

The US media has picked up the story about the police manhunt for tamakis lot that painted the gizzy crossing.

I am still quite dubious about the legality of rainbow crossings.

8.2(3) A pedestrian crossing must be marked in reflectorised white and as specified in Schedule 2.
8.2(3A) If white does not contrast with the colour of the adjacent roadway, the roadway must be resurfaced or marked to provide a contrast to the white lines.

My reading of that is that a rainbow crossing is no longer a legal pedestrian crossing and therefore any motorist approaching one does not have to comply with Section 10.1 of the Road User Rule. Of course, in their head long rush to demonstrate inclusivity and diversity NZTA probably got the rules tweaked somewhere.

[F5 Dave]

I hope they have, or will think to. There has been way too much hate from Christian groups through the ages towards diverse groups and we should take measures to right the considerable wrongs that society has perpetuated under this hypocritical veil.

It's certainly none of my business who someone wants to sleep with and I can't think why they think it is any of theirs.

[Ocean1]

Where are the April fools news articles???

They've been rolled out to encompass the whole year.

How could you have failed to notice?

[R650R]

I am still quite dubious about the legality of rainbow crossings.


My reading of that is that a rainbow crossing is no longer a legal pedestrian crossing and therefore any motorist approaching one does not have to comply with Section 10.1 of the Road User Rule. Of course, in their head long rush to demonstrate inclusivity and diversity NZTA probably got the rules tweaked somewhere.

It could make for an entertaining court case.
Perhaps Marama Davidson might deliberately step out in front of a Harley Davidson again but on one of those crossings. The charge would be one of hitting a women on pedestrian crossing.
If it doesn’t get thrown out on your excellent words above, perhaps a good lawyer might ask the judge to define what a women is.

[Berries]

I take it back. The photo at the bottom of the page here - Tamaki is a twat and on Google both show the crossing on K Road as being controlled by traffic signals so my comments above don't stand. Well, for that crossing. They do for one at Dunedin airport and I suspect elsewhere in the country.

The Gisborne crossing that kicked all of this off was not even a proper pedestrian crossing, just one of those 'is it or isn't it' courtesy crossings if you check Google. So, confusing to begin with and even more confusing when painted.

Doesn't seem like the greatest idea, throwing in a bit of uncertainty where you are encouraging pedestrians to walk in front of moving vehicles, but hey, at least some people are happy with the concept.

[R650R]

I’m waiting for the moment the left realises how much corporate profit is being made selling all that paint. And the mega dollars advertising agencies are making as box ticking corporates make ads to show fake support….

[pritch]

My reading of that is that a rainbow crossing is no longer a legal pedestrian crossing and therefore any motorist approaching one does not have to comply with Section 10.1 of the Road User Rule. Of course, in their head long rush to demonstrate inclusivity and diversity NZTA probably got the rules tweaked somewhere.

Some of them are controlled by lights which would take care of that.

[nerrrd]

So the age of broadcast TV journalism in NZ is officially over then. Will be interesting to see if TVNZ changes their approach now (or has it changed for them). Wonder if there's much value in all the equipment, or if that's all obsolete too.

[R650R]

So the age of broadcast TV journalism in NZ is officially over then. Will be interesting to see if TVNZ changes their approach now (or has it changed for them). Wonder if there's much value in all the equipment, or if that's all obsolete too.

Everything is net based now. You can buy all the good lighting/sound/video gear cheaper than the annual salary of someone competent to operate it.

It’s kinda ironic after years of them covering other’s redundancy experiences and constant articles about need to upskill in modern world that they didn’t see this coming.
Architects of their own demise when they abandoned their own ethics standards and starting peddling opinion pieces and reality tv shows as some kind of news. All the while ignoring the growing cries of “fake news” as people called out their bias on variety of topics…

[nerrrd]

Everything is net based now. You can buy all the good lighting/sound/video gear cheaper than the annual salary of someone competent to operate it.

It’s kinda ironic after years of them covering other’s redundancy experiences and constant articles about need to upskill in modern world that they didn’t see this coming.
Architects of their own demise when they abandoned their own ethics standards and starting peddling opinion pieces and reality tv shows as some kind of news. All the while ignoring the growing cries of “fake news” as people called out their bias on variety of topics…

They've invested heavily in building their own websites and online content, haven't they? Not a solution, as it turns out.

Sweeping away the old structure might mean they can replace it with a much leaner operation that could be sustainable, we'll see I guess. Is there a sustainable local web-based news provider yet? That's not reliant on income from other sources?

[onearmedbandit]

Chris Lynch does it for Christchurch and seems to be well respected.

https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/

[R650R]

Earlier in the week I had chance to watch the live press conference as Mitchel and Coster announced the new gang crackdown policy.
You’d think the media would be paying attention and ask sensible questions but it quickley turned into an apologist fest and silly questions about why it won’t work. This is despite it being clearly outlined how it would work and reference to overseas communities where it’s been done.
Credit to coster and Mitchel for keeping their cool and showing confidence in the new tools they will be giving the force.

[husaberg]

Earlier in the week I had chance to watch the live press conference as Mitchel and Coster announced the new gang crackdown policy.
You’d think the media would be paying attention and ask sensible questions but it quickley turned into an apologist fest and silly questions about why it won’t work. This is despite it being clearly outlined how it would work and reference to overseas communities where it’s been done.
Credit to coster and Mitchel for keeping their cool and showing confidence in the new tools they will be giving the force.

if it was anything like this one, A few simple questions show they don't know their portfolios as well as the reporters do.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/06/m...ss-conference/
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...onference.html

he cant do stats.

[pritch]

Earlier in the week I had chance to watch the live press conference as Mitchel and Coster announced the new gang crackdown policy.
You’d think the media would be paying attention and ask sensible questions but it quickley turned into an apologist fest and silly questions about why it won’t work. This is despite it being clearly outlined how it would work and reference to overseas communities where it’s been done.
Credit to coster and Mitchel for keeping their cool and showing confidence in the new tools they will be giving the force.

It's just a shame that the plan won't work because the good cops will all have gone to Australia chasing decent pay.