Ofcourse! At least they made it to the second round. I’ll aim for higher next time!

Sad face. Poor Ruru :'(

I’m always amazed by leopards dragging their kill up a tree. But that sounds much more impressive.

The milky owl, despite it’s odd (but rather blatantly obvious) naming convention sounds like a boss. 10 kg prey?!

I feel a bit bad, because I’m obviously biased. But 🤷

The Ruru’s time has come. Let’s go!

Tbh, if I knew that already then I probably would have voted for the burrowing owl. I appreciate the education!

Tbh, I was going to vote for the boreal owl, but after reading your propaganda for the burrowing owl, I can’t not vote for it. It’s an owl roadrunner!

You can do HIIT exercises on a bike - more easily on a stationary trainer. People do it as a way to increase their FTP. I’ve not tried it as that kind of suffering isn’t my jam. But if you love cycling and want to do HIIT, you can

Broski, you got this!

Hey thanks for this. I wasn’t aware Simplicity had a NZ Share Fund. That might be what I’m looking for. I’ll dig a bit deeper into it.

I really appreciate your reply

Nah, you’ve pretty much nailed the question. I guess I was trying to say that my funds in Simplicity will be doing as you mentioned, whatever they choose to do moving forward. However I believe that in their growth accounts, there is still a large exposure to overseas investment.

Kernel (similar to Simplicity, but as far as I know don’t give back like Simplicity does) also has a high exposure to overseas investment in their growth accounts.

I was thinking about moving the funds from kernel to a direct investment in some kind of NZ infrastructure company. It’s not much, and I know that the return is likely to be lower and it’s more risk having a narrow investment pool.

So I guess I was asking what the best way/optimum way to do that would be. I know I could just go on Sharesies and buy stock in Mercury, AirNZ or Spark. But that’s not my preferred option.

Thanks for your reply

Anyone here financially savvy? I know there is a NZ finance sub on reddit, but hoping to avoid that.

I was listening to BHN today and thinking about the Simplicity Announcement where they’re going to invest in NZ infrastructure etc.

I have some investments (not much in Kernel and Simplicity outside of my Kiwisaver) and I was wondering if this is something I could help with? Except I’m not sure what the easiest way to invest in Kiwi stocks (not really a fan of Sharesies). I know that my money is probably better invested in a high growth fund as it is currently. But I’m appalled at the state of this country under this government and I’ve been thinking about what I can do to change things.

I do give to charity and I know this would be a drop in the bucket. But be the change you want to see right?

Any help, thoughts, spitballing greatly appreciated

Did not know, thanks for the info!

Hedwig! Snowy owls are so pretty!

One vote for the Sooty Owl.

Ah, not a thing here sadly. Maybe I’ll see if I can find a recipe myself. They sound interesting

Mr Mottle is rather striking!

Sounds interesting. Do you have a recipe handy?

That’s a great summary.

I did find the bit about saying asymmetrical acoustics developing several times a bit strange as that’s morelike how convergent evolution works rather than speciation works. But from the little I’ve read, owls are all genetically related, so those two things don’t quite square to me.

Not that I’m an evolution expert, just find it interesting