Illustrating the brace position to be adopted in the event of an emergency, the card showed passengers leaning forward in their seats with their hands over the tops of their heads. READ MORE: Passenger gets revenge on flight with 'devilish' movePassengers are advised to study the safety card before takeoff. It's tempting – instinctive even – to lace your fingers when you cover your head in the brace position in preparation for what could very well be a bumpy ride ahead. Evolved over the years, the brace position has been proven to reduce the chance of injury in the unlikely event of a plane crash. Passengers who wish to learn more about the brace position could download the 'Learn to Brace' app developed by the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Italy's University of Udine, Harrison suggested.

(Image: Wine Australia)Australia’s glut of wine, estimated at an oversupply of more than two billion litres, should have only limited spillover into the New Zealand wine sector, the head of NZ Winegrowers says. In March 2021, China set duties of between 116%-218% on bottled Australian wine imports and those are set to last until 2026. The ripple effect has seen total exports by value fall by a third over the past two years, according to Wine Australia. Rabobank research associate Pia Piggott said there could be some impact in realising value for NZ wine into the Australian market. Piggott said sales of NZ wine into Australia have grown strongly over the last 12 months, but inflation for wine in Australia remains quite low due to the grape surplus.

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:48 am, August 18th, 2023 - 57 commentsCategories: act, Carmel Sepuloni, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, national, Pacific, uncategorized, you couldn't make this shit up - Tags:I get the feeling that David Seymour has decided to model himself on Winston Peters. And Seymour and Act have been cultivating the red neck racist vote with a passion recently. “This is so typical of David Seymour, particularly with Pasifika and Māori, just constantly race baiting and causing division where it doesn’t need to happen,” she said. Sepuloni argued representative agencies are “really important.” Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman also took a swipe at Seymour. In seeking to court the racist vote this time Seymour has overstepped the mark.

With Temperature and Other Climate Extremes Shattering Records, Should We Call it 'Global Boiling'? 'Weirding'? A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on theduring the past week: Sun, Aug 6, 2023 thru Sat, Aug 12, 2023. Story of the WeekThe U.N. Secretary-General ...

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Shannon Frizell [Source: stuff.co.nz]In-form blindside flanker Shannon Frizell is set to join lock Brodie Retallick on the unavailable list for the All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup opener against France. All Blacks coach Ian Foster confirmed that Frizell, who had been impressive throughout the Rugby Championship, will need to be managed as he recovers from a tweaked hamstring. Retallick, with 103 test caps, is already expected to miss the World Cup opener due to a posterior cruciate ligament injury. Article continues after advertisementIt now appears highly likely that Frizell, who was a certain starter in Foster’s preferred lineup, will also be sidelined for the tournament opener. [Source: stuff.co.nz]

Photo: NZ HeraldIt was almost two years since Rob and Jade Whaley heard Graham Dickason cry out the night he found his daughters dead. "We have planted a tree in our garden, so I call it the Angel Dickason tree, and it comes out in September with pink blossom. The Dickason family will forever remain etched into the town's history, Reverend Cummins said. A tree Rob and Jade Whaley planted in their garden as a memorial for the Dickason girls. "It's one of the unique qualities of working in Timaru Hospital - everyone goes the extra mile and the Dickason family were no exception to this.

An episode of Duncan Garner's podcast featuring an interview with Dom Harvey has been removed due to an "editorial" decision. An episode of Duncan Garner’s podcast Editor in Chief, which features long-time broadcaster Dom Harvey, has been pulled. On Garner’s podcast livestream on Friday, which featured guests Louise Wallace and David Seymour, Garner responded to a “letter to the editor” questioning the disappearance of the episode. The former Today FM host announced in May he would be launching his new podcast, Editor in Chief, with Mediaworks. Supplied And episode of Duncan Garner's podcast featuring Dom Harvey has been removed.

Those climate fires never stopped. While I understand the stress of the neoliberal economy cost of living crisis that many New Zealanders are concerned about this election year (food, petrol, increasing debt, diminishing standard of living), I can only assume now that most people don’t actually take climate change that seriously. All of which is to say, the most urgent and most neglected crisis we are in is the one that requires us to drop GHGs very fast in order to keep climate change survivable. Yes, the cost of living crisis is serious. The current cost of living crisis is nested like a Russian Doll, within the bigger crises of climate and ecology.

The CEO of Plastics New Zealand has not taken kindly to the suggestion that recycling is “essentially a fraud”. It’s really unhelpful and impacts the confidence in recycling.”Barker also rejected Brake’s suggestion that recycling simply delays the process of items like drink bottles and meat trays ending up in landfills. The views expressed by Brake are somewhat surprising, given that they run counter to the narrative his employer, Waste Management New Zealand, usually pushes on recycling. BusinessDesk journalist Meier told The Front Page that Waste Management is big on recycling. “According to a 2022 OECD report, plastic waste has doubled in the last 20 years and only 9 per cent of it is being recycled.

The gap between the official rate and the market rate is now its widest in ten months. Their jobless rate rose to 3.7% in July from 3.5% in June, above market expectations of 3.6%, and the highest level since April. The Australian 10 year bond yield is now at 4.31% and up +8 bps from yesterday. And the NZ Government 10 year bond rate is up another +8 bps, now at 5.12% and also its highest since 2011. The bitcoin price is very much lower today from this time yesterday and now at US$27,929 which is down a rather substantial -4.1%.

Those convicted of certain criminal offences are now ineligible to serve on a school board unless an exemption is approved, following the passing of the third reading of the Education and Training Amendment Bill. Education Minister Jan Tinetti said that would give staff, students, and the school community “more confidence that board members are suitable for the role”. The Bill passing also means Aotearoa’s three wānanga are now able to self-determine how they operate. SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff The Bill creates a new framework for Aotearoa’s three current wānanga – Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Wānanga o Raukawa, and Te Whare o Wānanga Awanuiārangi. An extension of time for elect student representatives also aimed to increase participation in school board elections.

Follow ShareFormer professional tennis player Martina Navratilova once again slammed an American politically linked individual. For the uninitiated, he is the advisor of former President Donald Trump. In a tweet that tagged the video, this is what the tennis legend had to say: “This Miller guy, a wannabe fascist, complains and complains and complains… womp womp.”This Miller guy… a wannabe fascist complains and complains and complains… womp womp https://t.co/ik55W1QdH9 — Martina Navratilova (@Martina) August 17, 2023She bluntly stated that Trump’s advisor, Miller, is simply complaining and not ready to accept opposition. She is also unhappy with all those related to the Former American President. It is very clear that the American tennis legend will not be rooting for Trump in the upcoming presidential election.

Australia’s Far North could become a major banana-growing region, horticulture experts say. Aaron McCloy has hosted two workshops this winter, sharing the basics about banana plantations, with another to be scheduled in Kerikeri. He said farmers had been told they needed to improve their waterways, but many didn’t know how. “They are excellent at absorbing nitrates and phosphates in run-off from cows, thus preventing them from reaching streams. The attractiveness of banana plants producing 10-20kg bunches within three years cannot be overlooked.”McCloy and his partner, Elle Montgomery, run Far North Tropicals, while McCloy also teaches horticulture and science at Taipa Area School.

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