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Smashed Avocado Caused The Housing Crisis

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smashed avocado caused the housing crisis

Dastardly Avocado…this is your fault!

There’s a big stink at the moment because many people in Auckland, New Zealand cannot afford to buy a house. This is because the average house price is $1 million.

NZ Herald, our national rag, thinks it knows the real reason why people can’t afford a house. It’s because we spend too much on smashed avocado and flat white breakfasts at cafes on the weekend. In a flash of original reporting, the Herald decided to jump on Australia’s ‘Avo-Gate’ bandwagon and point the same finger at NZ Millenials (see the original article here – it’s so much funnier than what the Herald wrote).

So, maybe if we, like, cut it down to, like, one flat white and shared a plate of smashed avo on toast, we’d totally be able to afford that $700,000 house in Glenfield that used to be a P-lab.

When Journalism Turns to Clickbait

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NZ Herald Journalism turns Clickbait

Six examples of terrible journalism; you won’t BELIEVE number three!

 

Sadly the national rag has gone a bit downhill. The quality of grammar, spelling, and content has taken a noticeable dive since at least five years ago (did the job cuts and restructuring have something to do with it?).

All the titles used in this comic come from today’s online NZ Herald alone (except the one about dog turds, but I wouldn’t put it past them).

I feel for the writers that are under a lot of pressure to churn out content that will inform, entertain, and lead to sales. Unfortunately this leads to a lot of mistakes, poor content, and profligate use of clickbait titles.

And yet, at 3pm I still find myself wondering what type of bread I am.

The Summer Sun in the South takes no prisoners

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Charred to a crisp

This is the second time I’m making reference to the scorching summer sun. That’s because it’s actually brutal.

U.V. in New Zealand reaches high levels (today it is predicted by NIWA to peak at 11 on the scale). NIWA UV Prediction New ZealandThese levels are reached thanks to proximity to the Antarctic ozone hole, earth’s elliptical orbit (which takes us closer to the sun in our summer than the North), and cleaner air (pollution acts as a buffer – what a twist).

You could have tip-top melanin production down here, and still come out crispy at the end of the day. Sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, and shade are essential for survival in our summer sun. Go without at your peril.