It’s rubbish to wrap everything
When I was a child, all food was wrapped in paper; plastic wrap did not exist. Rubbish went into the rubbish bin, not into a plastic bag.
Today the rules have been changed so that items can be moved long distances without leaking or damage, but this is not progress. It has become standard to wrap all goods and even socks and ballpoint pens now appear in plastic overcoats. It has become ludicrous.
All we have done is to create a pile of plastic rubbish on land and in the sea which has now become a major problem.
We should return to the use of recyclable materials, wherever possible starting immediately. A banana has its own skin and doesn’t need a second one. Underclothes need not be dressed in plastic bags for convenience. It’s all rubbish! We are looking forward to seeing the splendid Andrew Patterson-designed Ravenscar house museum, which is to be built by a most generous donation from Jim and Susan Wakefield. It is an exciting prospect and will be one of the most interesting buildings in this beleaguered city. The collection it will house will be the private collection built up over many years by the Wakefields and we welcome the opportunity to enjoy these wonderful works of art so kindly loaned by a donation unequalled in recent years. We should be cheering, not complaining.
No additional facilities need to be provided to allow pickups in the loop zone.
Talking about the airport’s 2040 vision in a press release last October, chief executive Malcolm Johns said Christchurch Airport is a leader in future thinking, as demonstrated through the partnership in the country’s first autonomous vehicle trial. If only more attention could be focused on a service available today that many people want to use. home $91,292. This is significantly more than many people in New Zealand, but it includes a one-off pro-rata payment of $2000, before tax; an assumption all nurses will work one out of two Saturdays (penal rates apply) and will have undertaken a professional recognition programme, which would in general be completed in spare time.
It also assumes every nurse employed by DHBs will work 50 hours of overtime.
The actual base figure for ‘‘Dale’’ given by the DHBs themselves is $77,386.
DHBs need to stop the spin, and come clean about this offer. Not one nurse I know wishes to strike but they are being backed into a corner by DHB negotiators.