We’ve always been a bit cheesy at WineFriend www.instagram.com/reel/DNusZYe...

Those of you who followed @dairymannz.bsky.social on the Twits know how well he explains farming stuff, especially cow stuff. If you want to get your head around #Buttergate and Willis’s performative bullshit, give this a watch 👇

Living with a 1yo German Shepherd is basically like having a velociraptor in your house

The second you think you might be having a good day working from home, is the second your dog vomits on the carpet.

Where has the Seresin Estate Organic Marlborough Chardonnay 2023 been all my life? Stacked with citrus intensity, grilled grapefruit, lush lemon, roast peachy notes & a gasp of green apple, there's also a sexy sniff of smoke & a whiff of toasted almonds to round out its juicy, smashable finish.

NZ fishing industry kills coral by the tonne, and albatrosses and fur seals by the hundreds . Year in year out. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Ha ha. This is going to make some brains explode. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

This morning I applied lipgloss before blowdrying my hair if you want to know how my day started.

Brilliant #nzpol just that easy.....thanks @kazm.bsky.social

Wake up, babe, a fresh New Zealand location just dropped

Beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it. No one wants to be defeated. Shonda hupfucky. Shomga shutvite. It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right.

Weeping Hoya. Droplets of nectar from Hoya blooms. #MacroMonday #Bloomscrolling #houseplants

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

I LOVED crafting this story on one of my winemaking heroes, the incredible Jenny Dobson. She feels wine deeply; she has a ferocious work ethic; she's a passionate parent, an unshakeably supportive wife, and one of the most creative, kind, generous & funny women I know. baybuzz.co.nz/jenny-dobson...

I was buying Jacinda's book today when a woman lurking nearby insisted on telling me her son 'had the vax and died a week later'. Now I am wondering if it was a chance situation or whether obsessive anti-vaxxers are hanging out to confront book-buyers.

Studied hate, & harms targeting Ardern over weekend on Twitter, Facebook, & YouTube - mostly driven by imminent book launch, & also short video segment posted by CBS Sunday Morning. Second time in under a week the violence against JA, & even whānau has been so explicit, reported to Police.

Does this, or does this spooky dog park tree not sort of look like a dog face? Or am I just experiencing the 4pm exhaustions…

Feels like a good time to share this - Don McGlashan playing Anchor Me last week for RNZ, a stunning version youtu.be/qlAJjSpi5T0?...

Woof morning Bluey’s . Time for today’s German Shepherd wake up selfie …

It’s the emergency mobile alert test time warning! This Sunday 25 May between 6pm and 7pm. Hide your burner phones and warn the family. And remember: Don’t panic!

Missed opportunity to use “hard-on crime” #nzpol

I will go to my grave raging against sultanas in salads

This... is... open assault on our democratic norms

Got me a new ‘do’

Cooked a wee Mothers Day roast duck dinner for myself. Yes I am a total glutton. Sozz.

Pope Lamb Rack the 6th

No, I mean, sorry, not getting over this one yet. "There are some absolute shitstains on social media making life hell for young people, so I think we should ban the young people."

To be clear, making movies outside of the United States isn’t a security threat, the orange convicted felon simply has a vindictive vendetta towards Hollywood because they have always seen him for the tacky trashy fraud that he is. He wants to destroy films too. I hate him.

Have had to relocate out to Waimarama beach for the week while our floors are being restored. Dogs are not allowed inside the temp house. Rikki is NOT happy. This is my bedroom view every morning.

If anyone ever saw the Facebook posts I send to “only me” I hope they consider congratulating me for my self-discipline

NZME management has saddled the Business Herald with columns from ridiculous partisans like Steven Joyce and Bruce Cotterill. But there's still Jenée Tibshraeny knowing her stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mar...

#dogsofbluesky #skydogs

Keiran and Simeon discuss the upcoming doctors strikes. #nzpol

Today’s pic bought to you by JojoBee & Boh Runga, earrings, painting by John Lancashire, pounamu by Hastings Girls High & cardigan by @roddandgunn.bsky.social

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Emergency Announcement youtu.be/U1kPW5MGxQQ

Stuff's reader poll today.

Just a shower thought here .. They are coming down on Tamantha Paul about 'defund the police', but they seem to be doing a damn fine job of it themselves.

Why does my husband never turn his bloody snooze alarm off before he gets into the shower! It’s that stupid, super-annoying plinky-plonky sound. On. Repeat. And his phone is one of those fingerprint- activated ones so I can’t turn it off. This is the shit that’ll send me to an early grave.

woke up at ten to four in the morning with the shocking realisation that I didn’t tell my children the Phil Collins ‘In The Air Tonight’ lyrics story when they were teenagers. So they’re out there just being 20-something but they’ve missed a crucial part of human development. And it’s all my fault.

Have you ever… My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Policing #Māori

Here's a little piece I wrote in BayBuzz magazine on the fabulous women (and a fabulous winemaker dad) behind Three Fates Wines in Hawke's Bay. They are a supergroovy and super hard-working bunch who make delicious wine and are just darn noice! baybuzz.co.nz/three-fates-...

Just your reminder that a lotta security guards are just wannabe cops who will do what they can to play in the big kids sandpit. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foodstuff...

Ever since Hawke's Bay suffered the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle, I swore I'd get more civic-minded and contribute should a disaster ever happen again. I was fortunate to be selected into the Hawke's Bay Emergency Response Team 18 months ago & oh my gosh, the things I've learned!!

An outstanding piece of analysis. A must read #nzpol

OK, I admit I am a confuse on this. Nats talking about how they wanna get rid of RMA so that people can't hold up progress whatevs but if you had asked me who NIMBYs vote for I would have said Nats. So do you see why I am a confuse? #NZPol

massively depressing that the big scandal is that the shithead guy from the atlantic got texted accidentally and not the part where they're raining more death on yemen

Sincerely, if we’re still at the “will NZ First will be kingmaker again” stage of election analysis it’s probably safe to say our media are failing to grasp the utter seriousness of the situation we’re in right now, as well as the seriousness of what’s coming our way.

And you may find yourself live in a signal chat And you may find yourself bombing part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheelhouse of a large autogolpe And you may find yourself privy to the whitehouse, while planning strife, And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Holy rosepetals Robin! The shiny, new Zephyr Marlborough Gewürztraminer 2024 ($26-$28) is SO delicious! Roaring with exotic aromas and fresh, frisky flavours, it's lush, plush perfection to sip with spicy food. If you're a 3-chillies-on-the-menu Southern Thai Curry I'd be very afraid 😉