Cheeky little @+#_$. I hate yo-

Ooh squirrel!

Fast moving new technology means a larger gap between the used and new market. Combine this with effects of smaller volumes per model and they start high and fall fast.

It will change, but ‘early adopters’ are carrying some of the costs of transition - though only realise losses at time of sale (so keeping the vehicle longer will cost you less than frequent refreshes).

Edit: and no, buying one is not foolish. For many consumers, a midrange EV is already a saving over a reasonable lifetime.

I don’t ‘try’ to do either.

Either the film’s production and marketing draw me in the intended direction or they don’t. When their vision and my experience fail to align, I expect I’m less likely to enjoy the film.

…That or film was garbage. YMMV

Well yeah. How can I appreciate being rich if there aren’t poor people to compare myself with / lord over

…is something I’m not rich enough to say. Sigh.

Rainbow Warrior means something quite different in NZ.

“eliminate”… They’re really making full use of dropping the “don’t be evil” clause aren’t they.

Then you may be in luck.

Actually New Zealand has quite a few islands and more than three that are inhabited, but the three that most people refer to are North Island, South Island and Stewart Island (even though there are larger populations on others). The fourth most likely inhabited island to be mentioned is Waiheke Island (and the third most populated).

In that case let’s really blow your mind…

A Kiwi is a bird or a person, not a fruit.

… Also New Zealand is comprised of three major islands North Island, South Island and West Island… Also some of my facts may be slightly inaccurate - but not the bit about the fruit.

Two! Two bats!

(The actual bats don’t look anything like these bats. This is just a tribute)

I missed the other ones… Must’ve been hiding behind the first one…

New Zealand doesn’t really have any deadly animals.

No scorpions, snakes (other than the very appearance of a sea-snake), crocs, large cats, bears, etc. Our most venomous spiders can generally only make most people a little bit unwell. We might occasionally see a potentially dangerous shark but they’re so rare that I can’t recall when a notable attack happened.

Our insects aren’t generally disease spreaders - though we’ve come close a few times to some getting a foothold.

Colonists introduced many destructive species but nothing very personally dangerous. In theory there could still be moose, but it seems unlikely.

The only NZ native land-mammal is a tiny bat as far as I know.

There is the small problem with orcs, goblins, trolls and Australians… but it’s okay, we have a wizard (retired?).

One day perhaps they’ll be seen again more commonly as is now the case with tui and kererū in some areas.

At 8% they’re probably going to outperform KiwiSaver… but maybe not savers of kiwi.

Well it does help when they aren’t mistaken for pūkeko…

No no no… This, that, and those other ones…

:)