I adore pōhutukawa, Metrosideros excelsa. Gorgeous colours, heavenly scent when it’s in bloom, and the wrought branches and aerial roots give it such an evocative stance.
I’m also a fan of the wind-tortured gigantic Old Man Pine (Cupressus macrocarpa in particular).
Not in Australia, but good suggestion in some other countries!
I see the block of the birth certificates as being ostensibly in support of the prohibition of this practice, but I can also very well see the underlying intent as being anti- same-sex-parenting.
Further, I don’t understand why the practice should be prohibited in the first place.
So I disagree with it, but on the other hand I also disagree with it. Am just a filthy foreigner though so other than this comment I’ll keep it to myself.
I suspect the ban on disposable vapes will have some effect.
So would an age limit on nicotine-containing product purchases, but there’s less unanimity on the need for that.
Nah it’s been years since I was charged fees for eftpos.
Paywave though, the vendors are getting shafted for that since it’s credit. So of course they’ll pass it on
When I hover over the pipedbot’s link it looks like it goes to piped. But yeah, misleading link text.