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artemisia

Wellington bike shop owner recovers $10,000 worth of goods using GPS trackers

Good to see technology supporting successful action by owner and police. Well done, both! Hopefully the word will get around to discourage other lowlifes.

The alleged offender is due to appear in Wellington District Court on 10 August, charged with burglary by night over $5000, unlawfully taking a motor vehicle, reckless driving, failing to stop, and other charges relating to the incident. Probably not their first rodeo, and assume search warrants will be in progress.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/760529/wellington-bike-shop-owner-recovers-10-000-worth-of-goods-using-gps-trackers
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July 22, 2026 8:04am
- lastmanstanding
  
  Will Labour gift TOP Mt Albert and give Helen White a winnable list seat. On current polling TOP would get 6 seats and with Labour and the Greens would be able to form a Government. It seems to me TOP not NZF are the critical factor in which side wins. And there is nothing the Coalition can do about it.
  
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  July 22, 2026 8:49am
Cassandra

Much has been made of Starmer’s spectacular fall from grace. From a “ landslide” in the 2024 general election to out in two years.

Labour actually got 34% of the vote. Had it been a straight forward competition between Labour and Conservative then Labour might well have won by a landslide but it wasn’t. And the new PM, Burnham, has even less of a mandate. But in a straw clutching move the UK will blunder on, gradually descending into penury when the government runs out of OPM.
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July 22, 2026 8:10am
- Cassandra
  
  And right on cue, Burnham has just announced his first earth shattering move to reduce the cost of living: from October he’ll remove VAT from household energy, saving people, wait for it, £45 a year.
  
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  July 22, 2026 8:27am
- MCōs
  
  The UK has a FFP system and the overall popular vote doesn’t mean much.
  It’s the number of seats won that determines the shape of the parliament and of the 650 Labour won 403 followed by the Conservatives with 117
  
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  July 22, 2026 8:32am
  - Cassandra
    
    The %age of the vote is actually a pretty good indication of the level of support of each party. Labour got a lot of seats from a small vote. Half of their MPs could be out of a job next election.
    
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    July 22, 2026 8:45am
    - mike
      
      Could be. Supporters of FPP typically only complain about such results when they don’t like the ruling part.
      
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      July 22, 2026 8:50am
rouppe

Further to the Thai watch lifter story, the guy is now on bail, after securing three months accommodation.

There’s the obligatory Givealittle page to help with costs. I note they have accommodation on Ko Samui, probably the most expensive place to stay in the area.
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July 22, 2026 8:40am
- Nikola Donatello
  
  It is weird that the media picked this up. On the facts presented, he stole a watch at an airport security checkpoint. His defence seems to be that there was a watch lying unattended that appeared to belong to nobody so he thought it was free watches day.
  
  Surely the sensible thing would have been to say to one of the security officials “Excuse me sir, a passenger has left her watch behind”, hand it over and be on your way.
  
  What am I missing?
  
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