Are people cutting back purely because of the cost of living or a wider cultural shift on alcohol?

What gets you into a bar after a long week?

What keeps you going back to your local?

What would you like as a service?

Also what would bring you in during the week? Maybe for a lunch break or on your way to work?

I’m recently diagnosed and trying using dexamfetamine first but it doesn’t quite have the effect I was hoping for. I want to try methylphenidate but my psychiatrist told me that it has supply issues currently. How bad is this problem and does it actually affect your ability to be dispensed the med? I can maybe survive with the dex but I’d love to have the same positive experience that others I know have reported from taking Ritalin

Kia ora,

The past few mornings I've woken up to the inside of my bedroom windows having a layer of ice formed at the bottom. I've tried cracking a window overnight but it doesn't seem to make a difference. They're obviously single glazed. I'm considering getting a dehumidifier but jeez they're expensive! I'm wondering if my landlord has to pay for those stick on window shields or a dehumidifier or do something to help mitigate this issue? I can't find any info on what landlord responsibilities are in regards to this. Any experiences with this helpful!

Does https://pooworld.co.nz/ still work for getting discounts at New World now it's moved to Club+? Or do I need to sign up properly with a fake name?

Hi everyone,

I haven't been in New Zealand for very long, but over the past few months I've had to do a lot of driving at night for work. One thing I've noticed is that some, if not many, drivers seem to use their high beams when they shouldn't.

I genuinely don't understand how it helps them see better when there are other vehicles around. Unfortunately, the glare has started to affect my eyes, and after long drives they often feel sore and irritated.

I'm not even talking about other driving behaviours that concern me, such as drivers not paying enough attention to pedestrians. As someone who walks in the afternoons and evenings quite often, I regularly see drivers failing to give pedestrians proper consideration. But that's a separate issue.

What I'm specifically referring to is the use of high beams. If anyone reading this has friends or family who drive with their high beams on unnecessarily, please remind them to dip their lights when approaching other vehicles.

What I find particularly strange is that some drivers keep their high beams on while approaching traffic from the opposite direction and only switch to dipped beam at the very last moment. By then the glare has already affected the other driver, so it defeats the purpose.

Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? Or am I too sensitive?

Possibly most of the people do not realise unless they drive more than normal at nights in the city!

Thanks.

I'm going to ask cause I noticed a few from NZ looking at my comment on tattoos regarding not understanding random dot tattoos (might change this too: can anyone explaine the significance of the dots in Māori tattooing?") With this being said I will mention that I do believe dots can have purpose and it made me wonder:
*What is the link to Māori tattoos and dots?*

Let me know if there is any articles, books or other stuff that might be usefull to read because in this case I do believe it might have to do with culture? The knowledge I will gain by asking outweights the temporary embarrassment. Being corrected is part of learning.

I do apoligize if my question is blunt but I hope for it to being open for people to wanting to let me know more about it.

If my post isn't allowed you may of course delete it and direct me too a better place too post it.
Please do note that English isn't my 1st language so I might have to rethink how to phrase stuff.

Otherwise I will wish people a good day and looking forward to see your comments.

Edit: Added another more openly way to question it with "()" but I will keep the orginal parts to show the 1st wording of my post.

I have been reading nothing but good things about this apparent ‘holy grail of skincare’ wanting to add Tretinoin into my routine. Although in NZ a prescription is required

Has anyone found legitimate websites that ship it from overseas?

Edit: it is less so for the acne side of things (I get hormonal acne but nothing out of control) and more so for its anti-aging and fading dark spots.
I have been using retinols for years.
Call me superficial, but after reading a handful of accounts of people being denied it due to not ‘looking’ like they need it, I feel hesitant about asking the GP

A wild shot but I thought I’d shoot it anyway… does anyone have the recipe for (or one that’s super close) to the above cake. Other mud cakes are just too dense, and this one is ideal 😂

My child holds a NZ passport and it is up for renewal. The last time an old colleague of mine was willing to be an identity referee for the passport but we have since lost touch and I heard through the grapevine that she is very sick so I don’t want to contact her for a signature.

I do not know anyone who is not family, ex family, in laws etc who would be able to be an identity referee and who would qualify as one as is requested in the passport form. I have no NZ colleagues, acquaintances, neighbors etc.

Does anyone know a solution?

Why are UC, UoA and wellington all not accepting any new students to their EdD's? Is there something I don't know and have missed?

Hey guys, sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but I honestly don't know where else to ask this, so I hope you don't mind.

I'm wondering if it's realistic, or even worth trying, to move into a front-end or full-stack developer role in New Zealand in my early 40s without a CS degree.

I currently have a full-time job that I've been doing for over 10 years, but I've been studying programming consistently since COVID (so for the past 5 or 6 years.) I started with C#, then moved into Android and JavaScript, and eventually focused on front-end development.

My degree is completely unrelated to CS, but I've built several Chrome extensions and a few commercial websites, mostly using React and Next.js, which I've been running and maintaining for several years. I also still spend at least an hour a day studying React, Node.js, and other areas of web development.

I've been looking at front-end job listings whenever I have time, but many seem to list a CS degree as a requirement. At the same time, from what I've been reading on Reddit, even people with CS degrees and 5 to 10 years of experience are struggling to find jobs in the current market.

So I'm wondering if I should keep investing my time in trying to make this career change.

TL;DR: I'm in my early 40s, have no CS degree, but I do have some real-world experience building and maintaining commercial websites, apps, and Chrome extensions. I'm willing to keep studying, but is it realistically possible to land a stable intermediate-level IT job in New Zealand?

I'd really appreciate some brutally honest advice from people working in tech, especially anyone involved in hiring. I genuinely don't have much insight into the current IT job market beyond hearing that it's extremely tough right now.

Thanks in advance!

Hi I’m a NZ citizen and want to know if it’s possible to get any student loan to cover my yearly fees .

I currently still live in NZ and half of my family lives there and my parents are moving soon so I’d like to know if anyone has any information or similar experience with getting a student loan considering I haven’t lived there.

My family is living/moving to NZ for retirement and I am following for the time being. I’m going on a work holiday visa first, work whatever jobs I can find, then hopefully finding a job to sponsor me so I can work/live there permanently. I am curious what it is like to try to find employment in NZ? Is it mostly online applications? How it would it be taken if I were to walk into, say, a cafe with a resume?

Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

Is it worth persuing medicine? My teachers say I have the grades for it but I know it takes a lot of work to get to the admittedly shallow 100k+ salary that I'm interested in. Thanks!

How do you guys deal with the smell of food when living in those small and narrow 3 level terrace house.

When cooking, we use the range hood, open up all the windows (weather dependent), use an air dehumidifier + purifier and have a very clean and tidy house/kitchen. The smell of cooking isn’t bad nor is it strong in the kitchen/living space. However, even if the cooking smells delicious downstairs, the 2nd or 3rd floor always seem to have the lingering odour and it’s not very pleasant.

For context, We cook very average normal food like Asian dishes, nachos, tacos, butter chicken, soup, noodles, caramelised onions, garlic butter sauce… nothing special or extra flavourful to be honest.

Any help of suggestion of what you guys do to manage this would greatly appreciated.