Taken from my office window at 7:30am

Trucks stacking up on the viaduct.

New Zealand Celebrates the 4th of July with a Nation Wide semi truck protest agaist taxes: Queue the Rolling Slowdowns

July 4th 2008
The Government has been up to no good recently with tax payer money. Recently, they bought back a lagging and in poor condition national rail system that they had sold a few years back for $300m. The buy back price was listed at $700m but over the last few weeks the actual cost has been calculated at closer to $1billion (taking into consideration the cost to buy off private employees, upgrade infr ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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