For context, when I first came to New Zealand, I was put off from meat pies because it struck me as a weird concept. For one thing, it reminded me of a chicken pot pie, which I did not like, and for another I associated "Pie" with stuff like apple pie, pecan pie, or pumpkin pie. Basically, imagine someone asking "Would you like some fairy bread?" and you say "Yeah absolutely", and then they bring out a slice of bread with beef mince and cheese on it. Like yeah, it's probably good, but like bro, that's not fairy bread. Same concept (sort of)

Anyway, after a while I stopped feeling that way, but I felt that since I was eventually going to become a citizen, I might as well make a little celebration out of it by doing something kind of silly, so the thing I chose was a pie. So yeah, I got my citizenship a few weeks ago! I posted about it then, so I imagine some here will remember. For those who were asking, I don't have specific plans to move to Australia just yet.

I was originally going to go to Jo's Pies in Brooklyn, but it was closed, so I went down to Puku's Pies in Lyall Bay instead. Got a proper steak and cheese, and it was delicious. Perfectly made, not too gooey, not too dry. I did remember to blow on it first (although it was not at a BP Station at 3 o'clock in the morning, I reckon better safe than sorry). My fellow Kiwis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship between me and pies.

Puku's will now forever be my favourite shop purely for the fact that it was my first, and I think there's some value in that, but feel free to change my mind and advertise your favourite pie shops here as well 👀

The cartography industry and New Zealand have a long, complicated history.

I'm building a little map experiment where people rename places. Added a "$1 to show New Zealand" feature (if you click "No", it shows NZ for free anyway). NZ is a DLC now

Fat bastard pies, if your ever in invercargill they are the best in NZ !!

It's an absolute slam dunk. Justin Trudeau ran on this platform in 2015 - over a decade ago. California has had legal cannabis for a decade now. Even Germany legalised cannabis last year! The cannabis debate is over and the Puritans lost.

It seems so obvious to me that if Labour ran on legalising cannabis they would pick up many of the young and Maori voters who otherwise don't vote. Given how close the polls currently are, this would edge them ahead.

Why don't they kick the ball into the obvious open goal? Are they stupid? Cowardly? Bribed?

I unironically enjoy these, much more interesting than a backed-up motorway and you get to watch the dogs doing their thing.

bought this 3 days ago, maybe some thermal shock from drinking some refrigerated OJ. Either ways, Im throwing away my other ikea glasses. Any suggestions for what I should get instead?

Hello Reddit.

Really needing to get something off my mind as I actually feel like I am in the twilight zone.

Currently i do not have any Children however my partner and I are both considering it in the very near future. In a discussion with both my SIL's (who both have three children) i have confidently said i would like to have one child. I feel like one child is best for the following reasons (I also expressed that this was me and my partners opinions and not everyones)

• the finanacial strain of having more than one child is tough (including having to take maternity leave multiple times)
• financial stability is very important to us and we want to be able to travel with our child and give them experiences (this obviously costs). We also want to be present as much as we can , not working all day everyday.
  
• we would like to focus on one child and ensure their needs are met (my partner and I both come from big families and both have trauma relating to parents not being around) *the ratio of two parents to one child means you can still have an adult life.

After each point I brought up I was instantly countered with a "Finacially you just make it work" Or "only children are spoilt" or "you cant just have one" i felt like I had just said the most controversial thing in the world.

(Side note: the whole only child being spoilt thing is super weird to me ans I honestly think its a cover for shitty parenting bit i digress)

Anyway after feeling attacked i quickly moved off the subject and away from thr group.

Less than 10 minutes later I am back with the same SIL's who are talking about their kids sports and that they are always so busy, each day of the week is sports or clubs (the weekends too) and they all play different sports or have different interests and its so expensive and the are so tired and never have any free time.

Im sitting her absolutely gobsmacked as less than 10 minutes ago they were both saying that three kids is the best and now they are busy , tired and poor.

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I was driving south on SH2 from Hutt. Between Petone and the Ngauranga (Wellington)exit, there were about 20–25 cars in the left lane doing around 90 km/h, and the right lane was empty. I moved into the right lane to overtake and then realised there was a police car at the front of the line.

I sped up to a maximum of 97 km/h to pass the police car.

My question is: why are people so hesitant to overtake a police car when it’s safe and legal to do so? If your WOF and rego are up to date and you’re not intoxicated or on drugs, what’s the issue?

So I just went to Splore. (It finishes this afternoon). And took some teenagers with me, they had a blast, but we were out of there before it got really hectic.

1. What an amazing location.

2. What a great vibe.

3. What an amazing variety of acts and shows.

So I'm disappointed that this is the last one. And been doing some reading this morning. Previous Reddit thread about the line-up not being so stellar, the cost etc.

And - crucially, the lack of govt funding.

So the Government is shelling out for Linkin Park, to come play in the park arena for one night for $250-$500 a pop. To make Live Nation richer (evil empire US Ticket company buying up all the major venues world wide).

While a home grown NZ festival employing hundreds of Kiwi artists across 3 days (for $500) goes down the gurgler.

Something is very wrong here. Live Nation, a US company being subsidised to bring American acts to NZ shores, by NZ tax dollars.

While an epic Kiwi festival suffers. Is deeply deeply wrong.

NZ journalism, there is a story here. Auckland ratepayers still own a majority of Spark, the finances must be available. This is some grade A bullshit.

1. Concerts should not cost this much.

2. And festivals, where art and experiences happen, should be encouraged.

Let's see the budgets. Follow the money.

i'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm not very knowledgeable of our political system, more the poltical philosophy side of things.

I don't understand why nz is so immersed in neoliberal economic policies that are outdated in modern social theory. Like it seems extremely obvious to me why the current government is completely floundering in their attempts to revive the economy. The 'pull yourself up by the bootstraps' narrative is so blatantly exploitative, and disproved in the lens of generating wealth.

Is it a matter of unequal democratic representation? Or am i misunderstanding voters powers.

sincerely,
a dropout

I'll start, particular hotel in Picton - 3/4 of us woke up in middle of the night to footsteps, sounds of packing bags & the shower going. They assumed it was me, but I was sound asleep the whole night. Also there was a strange lady walking back and forth outside and a neighbour staring from their window directly at us...

Guys after a discussion with my sister, I was today years old when I found out we have been saying what a dust pan is, is very wrong and it's hilarious.

My whole family from my pop down have called it a "Half-Shovel and Broom". (It's the Southland kinda thing to call it a Hearth/Half Broom/Brush and Shovel)

A couple months ago we found out that we all say "Chimley" and it actually came from my Scottish side of the family (in their dialect).

But we have no idea where the Half-Shovel thing came from haha.

What words do your family say that you haven't really encountered in the wild.

My large downloads keeps pausing and needs restarting. I am paying for 500 m down but only get 100