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Thread ID: 129182 2013-02-08 01:51:00 NZ Census 2013 johcar (6283) PC World Chat
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1327034 2013-02-08 01:51:00 Has anyone seen any publicity about this (http://www.census.govt.nz/)- it's less than a month away!!

The last time this was attempted, much of Christchurch was rendered uninhabitable.

The Wizard was/is a strong opposer of the census... Coincidence?
johcar (6283)
1327035 2013-02-08 01:56:00 yeah saw it advertised last night for the first time and i was "what??"
Can do it online apparently
Gobe1 (6290)
1327036 2013-02-08 02:00:00 I hope they've done some serious load testing on their servers!!! johcar (6283)
1327037 2013-02-08 02:15:00 They should spread the load, 1 week for North Island, 1 Week for South Island. Otherwise their server will be borked, or a massive waste of resources for just one days work. The Error Guy (14052)
1327038 2013-02-08 02:16:00 Tuesday 5 March 2013. HERE (www.census.govt.nz) Bobh (5192)
1327039 2013-02-08 02:30:00 Only new it was happening when I saw them advertising for staff.
:)
Trev (427)
1327040 2013-02-08 03:19:00 They should spread the load, 1 week for North Island, 1 Week for South Island. Otherwise their server will be borked, or a massive waste of resources for just one days work.

Erm shouldn't any load spread reflect the population centres?
WalOne (4202)
1327041 2013-02-08 03:59:00 They should spread the load, 1 week for North Island, 1 Week for South Island. Otherwise their server will be borked, or a massive waste of resources for just one days work.
I think that the census needs to be carried out at the same time throughout New Zealand. People travel and there is a need for all New Zealanders to have their presence recorded at the same time regardless of where they are. I can see people like the Christchurch Wizard using a loophole and travelling up the North Island so that they miss out on the Census.
Bobh (5192)
1327042 2013-02-08 04:28:00 Stress test coming.....

How many people can stay overnight in one house?
the_bogan (9949)
1327043 2013-02-08 05:16:00 An absolute waste of time and money.

Everything they need to know they can find out anyway and I don’t know anyone who tells the truth.

If they ever checked their answer against their tax returns they’d have a fit and I get sick of my mates changing religion. I seem to be surrounded by Maori Muslims.

I’m afraid far to many treat it as a joke for it to be of any worthwhile use these days, but I guess it keeps people in useless jobs.
B.M. (505)
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