#kotahi

[moonlitcomet]

been brainstorming with @nerosensei about how her guy would get along with some of the modern src guys. including flux getting smacked in the face with The Fuck Stool

[averinthine]

every time i drop my partner off at the university i pass through this traffic-calming bottleneck on the campus road that's only wide enough to let cars through in one direction at a time. my country uses road signs for this situation that are carefully designed to be extremely different depending on whether you're approaching from the direction that gets to go first or whether you need to yield. they use different colours and shapes and everything. the university, in its infinite wisdom, decided instead to use the same sign (the blue rectangular "you go first" sign) for BOTH directions, and simply flip one of them upside-down. there isn't even text on that one, you'd only notice by paying close attention to what the arrows are doing. it's very funny. can't wait for the university to be liable for a low speed head-on collision.

[holliano]

So beautiful to see the spring bloom

[sebengineer101]

Waka Kotahi orders new bendy buses for the Canterbury Region

Waka Kotahi, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), has recently made a groundbreaking move towards revolutionizing public transportation in the Canterbury Region. In a bid to enhance efficiency, reduce congestion, and promote sustainable travel, Waka Kotahi has placed an order for autonomous rapid transit buses from CRRC, a leading Chinese rail transportation equipment manufacturer. This decision marks a significant milestone in the country's transportation sector and paves the way for a future where autonomous vehicles play a pivotal role in shaping urban mobility.

New buses for the region

The Canterbury Region, located in the South Island of New Zealand, has been grappling with increasing traffic congestion and a growing demand for efficient public transportation. Recognizing the need for innovative solutions, Waka Kotahi has taken a bold step by embracing autonomous technology. The agency's partnership with CRRC signifies a commitment to exploring cutting-edge solutions that can address the region's transportation challenges.

Autonomous Rapid Transit: A choice for public transportation by bus

The autonomous rapid transit buses ordered from CRRC are equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including advanced sensors, artificial intelligence, and precise navigation systems. These buses are designed to operate without a human driver, relying on a network of sensors and cameras to navigate through traffic, detect obstacles, and ensure passenger safety. With the ability to communicate with traffic lights and other vehicles, these buses can optimize their routes, minimize delays, and provide a seamless travel experience for passengers.

Advantages

One of the key advantages of autonomous rapid transit buses is their potential to significantly reduce congestion on the roads. By operating on dedicated lanes or busways, these buses can bypass traffic and provide a faster and more reliable service. This not only improves the overall efficiency of the transportation system but also encourages more people to choose public transport over private vehicles, thereby reducing the number of cars on the road.

The deployment of autonomous rapid transit buses in the Canterbury Region is expected to have far-reaching impacts on various aspects of urban life. Beyond the immediate benefits of reduced congestion and improved air quality, these buses have the potential to reshape urban planning and development. With the ability to operate on dedicated lanes, these buses can influence the design of future infrastructure, encouraging the creation of pedestrian-friendly spaces and promoting active modes of transportation.

Furthermore, the introduction of autonomous buses opens up new opportunities for urban mobility services. Ride-sharing and on-demand transportation platforms can integrate autonomous buses into their fleets, providing convenient and flexible options for commuters. This integration can enhance the overall efficiency of the transportation system, reduce the need for private vehicle ownership, and create a more inclusive and accessible public transportation network.

A game changer for the region

Moreover, the introduction of autonomous buses aligns with New Zealand's commitment to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. As these buses are powered by electric motors, they produce zero tailpipe emissions, contributing to cleaner air and a healthier environment. By transitioning to electric and autonomous public transportation, the Canterbury Region can make significant progress towards achieving its climate goals and creating a more sustainable future.

Partnership with CRRC

Waka Kotahi's decision to partner with CRRC reflects the agency's dedication to embracing innovation and staying at the forefront of technological advancements. CRRC, with its extensive experience in the rail transportation industry, brings a wealth of expertise to the table. The collaboration between Waka Kotahi and CRRC will not only facilitate the deployment of autonomous rapid transit buses but also foster knowledge exchange and promote the development of local talent in the field of autonomous transportation.

While the introduction of autonomous buses holds immense potential, it is crucial to address concerns regarding safety and public acceptance. Waka Kotahi, in collaboration with CRRC, will undertake rigorous testing and evaluation to ensure that these buses meet the highest safety standards. Additionally, public awareness campaigns and engagement initiatives will be crucial in building trust and acceptance among the community.

An environmental solution for Canterbury

As Waka Kotahi takes the lead in embracing autonomous technology, other regions in New Zealand and around the world are likely to follow suit. The success of this initiative in the Canterbury Region will serve as a blueprint for other cities and regions looking to transform their transportation systems. By harnessing the potential of autonomous vehicles, governments and transportation agencies can create a future where mobility is sustainable, efficient, and accessible to all.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Waka Kotahi's order of autonomous rapid transit buses from CRRC marks a significant milestone in the Canterbury Region's transportation sector. This decision reflects a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and addressing the region's transportation challenges. With the potential to reduce congestion, improve air quality, and reshape urban planning, autonomous buses have the power to revolutionize public transportation in New Zealand and beyond. As the Canterbury Region paves the way for a future of autonomous mobility, the benefits of this transformative technology are set to ripple across the country, creating a more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive transportation network.

[crabussy]

god I'm so fucking furious at the removal of Te Reo Māori names from organisations around Aotearoa. it's a complete non-issue, every organisation has the English name directly underneath the Māori name. I have never once as an English speaker been unable to understand what an organisation is for. Winston Peters, the Deputy Prime Minister, who is literally Māori himself, said “Te Papa is a historic name but tell me this waka kotahi, how many boats have you seen going down the road?”. Waka does not just mean canoe. it means vessel, and waka kotahi (the transport agency of Aotearoa) explains this VERY SIMPLY on their official website. waka kotahi means to travel together as one. Can you see how fucking upsetting this is. A Māori person in power who is in agreement about banning his own language, being so cocky about something that he does not even understand due to the suppression of the language of his people. It makes me sick. I've seen reports from Māori people all over Aotearoa speaking out about how upset and furious they are, how decades of progress have been undone in the fight to restore the rights of their people who have for so long been oppressed and have suffered the effects of colonisation. Please share this if you can, I hate knowing how few people will hear about this, I know there is so much injustice in the world right now and it is so exhausting, I know. I love you all, keep it up.

https://waateanews.com/2023/11/27/te-reo-public-service/

[weirdgayenby]

Inspired once again by the awesomeness of @opia-jpg 's polish Jurgen Leitner rant I bring to you the Jurgen leitner rant in maori

Porangi Porangi JURGEIN LEITNER GOD DAMN FOOL PUKAPUKA KOHI PUKAPUKA KAI PUKA KAI KIore OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR O TE wahine kairau nui rawa atu i roto i te Circus ka kata ki waho o te taone nui o te kaupoi whaea a JURGEIN LEITNER

KATI TE WHAKATAHI KI AKU I TE KORERO AU MO JURGEIN LEITENER E INOI ana ahau ki a ia he aha te tini o ana pukapuka karekau he aha i whakatau ai ia ki te kaiaka, ka mohio ki te whakatiki noa kua mate kua mate he tangata poauau. I runga i a au karekau ano i roto i te ruuma kare rawa i kite i te kanohi o tenei tangata, ka mohio au kei a ia nga pahau kino rawa atu i te ao.

ki te pirangi au ki te eke ki te rangi ka kii mai te atua, ko nga jurgein leitners e tatari ana ki roto ka mimi au ki nga waewae o te atua mo te take kotahi kia whakahokia ki raro.

ki te whai ahau ki te korero a jurgein leitner ki te korero takitahi i tetahi kupu i runga i te reo i roto i te podcast ehara i te mea ka kati noa ahau i te ripa ka mukua e ahau taku tohu tohu me te titiro ano i te katoa o nga raupapa mo te wheako ka taea te peke i nga mea katoa. nga wa e whakahuatia ana, e ora ana ranei

Kaore au i te mohio he aha ahau i kino ai ki a ia. ka kohia e ia nga pukapuka engari he porangi noa ahau na te mea kei te riri ahau

He pai ake tana korero ki muri ki te whakamaarama mena he tangata whai rawa ia he kaiwhaiwhai ki te creepypasta me te hiahia ki te putanga irl ill go ham

He pai ake te pukapuka kia patu ia i tetahi tangata ki te kore ia e mahi

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nga waahanga kaore ano mo ia. i whakahua noa he aha te mea e kiia ana ko tana whare pukapuka ka ngaro ahau

kei hea a jurgein leitner mena kei te ora tonu ia ka tino hiahia ahau kia kaua ia

koroua kirikiri

ill punch Leitner me ana koiwi koroua ngoikore pouri ka marara noa iho i raro i taku ringa mīti nui, a ka memeha noa kia waiho ra ano ko te pukapuka whakamutunga ka mau ki runga i a ia i nga wa katoa ko te taitara Now You Fucked Up in old yiddish

Im not breathing im hyperventilation at this point

Ko taku tumanako ka tukuna he ra mo te wa i mate ai a jurgen ka mate ranei kia taea e au te whakamaumahara ki taku waea

ia ra kotahi i te tau ka kite ahau ka mahi i nga mea katoa engari ko te mihi ki te tangata nana nei te tini o nga pukapuka pono.

[toiletpotato]

the caption for the picture in the article states "NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon's office has confirmed taxpayers paid for his Māori language classes."

article transcription below "keep reading"! (emphasis mine)

written by Ben McKay, last updated at 2.15 am on 18 Dec 2023

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As New Zealand grapples with a new style of government and approach to the Māori language, Prime Minister Chris Luxon has fallen foul of his advice to the public service.

Mr Luxon appears guilty of a double standard after scolding bureaucrats for taking cash bonuses for understanding the Māori language, te reo, while using taxpayer funds to learn it himself.

Mr Luxon recently confirmed his government would axe payments to te reo-speaking public servants and criticised those who took the bonuses.

"People are completely free to learn for themselves," he said.

"That's what happens out there in the real world, in corporate life, or any other community life across New Zealand.

"I've got a number of MPs, for example, that have made a big effort to learn te reo ... they've driven that learning themselves because they want to do it.

"In the real world outside of Wellington and outside the bubble of MPs, people who want to learn te reo or want to learn any other education actually pay for it themselves."

However, Mr Luxon did not follow his advice.

After repeated requests, the prime minister's office confirmed taxpayers paid for Mr Luxon's classes through a budget offered to the leader of the opposition, saying it was "highly relevant" to his role.

"I think it makes me a better prime minister," he said on Monday.

Opposition Leader Chris Hipkins said te reo was "a national treasure" and learning it should be incentivised.

"Christopher Luxon should be commended for learning Māori, but it's absolute hypocrisy for his government to then set about cancelling the taxpayer subsidies he used to do so, thus denying others that same opportunity," he said.

Waste watchdog the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union called on Mr Luxon to pay back the tuition costs.

Mr Luxon's right-leaning coalition of the National, ACT and NZ First parties has already strained relations with many in Māoridom, particularly over plans to wind back te reo use as championed by the Labour government.

Public servants have been told to communicate in English while public bodies - such as Waka Kotahi for the New Zealand Transport Agency - must revert to using their English-language name first.

Detractors say the government is bashing a minority and inflaming a culture war while the government argues changes have confused non-te reo speakers.

Te reo use is on the rise in NZ but remains a second language.

Competent speakers have grown from six to eight per cent from 2016 to 2021, including 23 per cent of Maori, up from 17 per cent.

Assimilationist governments banned the language in schools for much of the 20th century, causing trauma for many Māori.

Some government members are hostile to te reo use, with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters believing Aotearoa, the Māori term for NZ, is illegitimate.

In parliament last week, the 78-year-old declined to answer a question in te reo from Rawiri Waititi, the Māori Party co-leader who has mobilised thousands to protest the new government.

Mr Luxon insisted he supported the language and wanted others to learn too.

"It's a fantastic language," he said.

"I wish I had learned as a younger person ... I'm trying to learn.

"I've found it actually very hard."

Mr Luxon had a chequered record with the Indigenous language in his former role as Air New Zealand's chief executive.

Under his leadership, stewards began using te reo greetings such as "kia ora" for hello and "ma te wa" for see you soon.

In September 2019, the airline sought to trademark "kia ora" - the name of its in-flight magazine.

After consultation with Māori leaders, and a local and international backlash, Air New Zealand abandoned the bid a week later.

[osrphotography]

Some good news has just come out of Mainline Steam's Facebook page!

Waka Kotahi NZTA have officially removed all section 28 restrictions previously placed upon the organisation, as a result of MLS having gotten 7 vehicles through the HTC endorsement process.

Furthermore, Jᴮ* 1236 "Joanne" has got a new boiler ticket and is capable of running under her own power. Kᴬ 942 "Nigel Bruce" is set to follow along shortly.

Finally Dᴶ 1228 (pictured) started up her CAT engines and ran under her own power for the first time in 4 years. It is not yet known whether the Dᴶ twins (1228, 1229) will be joining the steam locomotives on the mainline.

*Built as a J Class coal burner, delivered as such to MLS. Converted in recent years to oil burner, thus making it a Jᴮ by technicality.

[andromedasummer]

PAKEHA ACTUALLY TRANSLATES AS WHITE PIG????? thanks now i will piss myself from laughing everytime i see it in scientific articles 😭

TECHNICALLY YEAH but from what ive seen these days its very much considered just to mean white person or white. the only people who bring the pig part up are 1. linguists telling a fun fact or, most commonly, 2. white people wanting something to be mad about. literally pakeha is used because of the way te reo works (lots of different meanings as words are used again to describe similar or new concepts). for example: Waka. originally meant the specific canoe-like vehicle used as throughout māori history. now used to refer to vehicles and transport in general, hence ministry of transport being called "Waka Kotahi". pakeha was just the closest/best word to describe white people.

its so fucking stupid to see white right wingers have massive whinges about it. i remember when rainbow six siege got in the news because it censored the word (literally it wouldnt show up if you wrote it in chat) because they saw the translation and thought it was a slur. like. im white, can confirm its not. its just a fucking hilarious technicality of the word. its not that deep.

[moonlitcomet]

Six skulls of dragons.

Each belongs to a single individual of different species.

Sorrel - Female Tody Wyvern

Winnie - Female Hooded Wildmorph [juvenile]

Kepaariv - Female Storm Rider

Nyzel - Male Crowned Lurcher

Kotahi - Male Gilded Wyvern

Mustora - The Lord of Equilibrium

[ncon29]

political statement - waka kotahi quip

I used this quote because its amusing quality appealed to me, as Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is poking fun at the people who dismiss Te Reo, but in this instance, referring specifically to the transportation service changing their primary name from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-transport-agency-dumps-maori-name-first-for-english-name/5LTOW7AFGJAQFCKJ4ILAXYTA5M/). This was in response to a ‘coalition agreement between National and NZ First included requiring public service departments to “have their primary name in English, except those specifically related to Māori”’. This was due to the parties’ wish to prioritise comprehension and attack “virtue-signalling” (?) However, the name “Waka Kotahi” was gifted by iwi to the agency in 2008.

An NZTA staffer has this to say: "I am insulted that the names gifted to us by Iwi now have no relevance, and I think it's a slap in the face for them, too… " to which Chief Exec Nicole Rosie stresses their focus on partnership with Māori. (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/509316/emails-reveal-concerns-within-waka-kotahi-about-name-change)

I think this the old name worked well and encouraged the use of Te Reo in our day-to-day lives.

For my the first two designs, I tried out distortion filters to have the text conform to the displacement map images. This helped give the impression that the posters are tactile. I also used stroke paths to make my text follow wavy lines and encourage cohesion across the posters. I'm a big fan of paper textures.

With the third design, I stuck to some sort of box grid, which my text was restricted to -- the kerning between the characters fluctuates, creative interesting pockets of negative space. I also used an embossed text effect to create more depth.

[river-oceanus]

Apologies in advance for all the union posting that will be coming over the next few weeks/months. The tertiary education sector in Aotearoa is a clusterfuck rn and my institution is looking at cutting 230-260 FTEs.

My tag for this will be #TEU if you want to filter.

And if you're working in the tertiary education sector in Aotearoa, it's never too late to the join the TEU. Tū kotahi, tū kaha.

Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa!

[pappito]

Speed cameras to quadruple nationally as NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi takes over operations | Stuff.co.nz

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

how the fuck does waka kotahi kill a whole ass endangered little blue penguin and only get a slap on the wrist

[affableanthropologist]

Tēnā Koutou!

Tēnā koutou katoa! Ko Ōtepoti toku kainga, ko Thorn toku ingoa.

Tēnā koutou katoa!

Kei te ako au i te reo Māori. Kei te hiamo koe oti... he hou ahau. xD Kua kotahi marama ahau e ako ana.