The three waters are floodwater, fecal contaminated water and nitrate contaminated water—

So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.

They assault us and then gaslight us. And what arrogance to double down and not apologise.

Here's a new storm-related climate change threat - Wellingtonians are being advised to stay away from seaspray whipped up by the strong winds because it will contain 💩 due to raw sewage release into the ocean. What an absolute disgrace #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Good to see the Libs under Taylor and Hume have decided to fight with One Nation for 35%-40% of the vote an leave the rest to Labor, the Greens and Teals.

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The book is in press! HK Lennon Wall cover fuck yeah ✊ @keithng.bsky.social , harking back to Te Papa's first round of Asian activist materials collections. I wrote the intro & a few other bits & bobs. Can't wait to see how Grace has let our history speak through objects in the national collection.

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

About 10 years ago, at least in NZ, there was a genuine chance for queer rights to cease being a left/right faultline. Key voting for same-sex marriage, a few out National MPs etc. The policy choices of the right the last 5/6 years have meant that the faultline v much remains. And that's on them.

Putting the lord in landlord

Concentration camps. Say it. Concentration camps.

How dare they try to patronise powerful and principled women like this while they obsessively attack their every utterance. This paper is a disgrace.

And he that is know as Hipkins cometh from the Hutt. He saith to the people 'I shall tax thine gains of capital.' A great sadness overcometh the Lord's people and the best amongst them, the landlords, were unamused. Verily they beseeched the Lord, 'Lord, mayest thou smote he that is called Hipkins.'

e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... @ahikaroa.bsky.social Tautoko this reading of an article by article interpretation.

A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...

'In sum, smashing up the equipment of an Israeli arms manufacturer isn’t lawful – but neither is arming a state committing war crimes, and indeed genocide. Which should we treat as the most serious?'

The BBC World Service is a great cultural asset for the UK. However, through short-sighted cuts, Western nations have really dropped the ball in terms of international broadcasting. In NZ, most easily receivable SW stations are from the PRC.

I do think, in general, I’m a literate reader in the information environment, but i genuinely cannot parse from the things I read whether AI is a Silicon Valley hype scam to pump up share prices, a doomed structural response to declining profitability, or the end of the world. Or something else?

The government's banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was UNLAWFUL, rules the High Court. This is a massive vindication for those who fought Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people - which is facilitated by our government.

They shouldn't tear down the Medley Building, but not for the heritage reasons that crowd the start of the article. New uni buildings are ordinarily worse than what they replace: offices without bookshelves, horrid open-plan offices, classes with bells and whistles but less flexibility, etc., etc.

Waleed Aly gives a primer that all police need to heed

If the cap fits. My @smh @theage cartoon.

'What we have witnessed suggests a dangerous drift away from the values Australia has long claimed to cherish: freedom of expression, the rule of law and democratic accountability. When the protection of power is placed above the protection of citizens, democracy begins to erode from within.'

ROFL #libspill #AusPol

Exciting to see this being promoted online after much work by Grace, the contributing authors, and the Te Papa Press team. It is due to be released in May.

Astonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.

In any dispute between a tax-dodging foreign corporation and NZ workers, there is never any doubt whose side Van Velden is on.

One thing that astonishes me about the Herzog visit is that Israel has murdered more journalists than any other state in the 21st century, and he hasn’t faced a single question about this (to my knowledge) from the Australian media

Absolutely huge crowd in Melbourne right now. People from all backgrounds, ages and professions - united in opposition to genocide and war. This is what social cohesion looks like.

Australian Census on University Staff Wellbeing results are out. Every uni recorded scores indicating high/very high psych risk. And in news surprising no one, "only senior execs and deans rated their workplaces as medium or low risk while all other staff groups reported high-risk conditions."

"A free society is loud, it is often controversial and offends some, and is frequently inconvenient for others and those in power. That is precisely why its protection is essential." Read Jewish Council member, Stephen Heydt’s piece in full at: www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Welcome one and all to that special time in Australian politics when we can say that it is officially on

“Wellington's sewage spill is just one of many examples of public service and infrastructure enshittification, begun by Roger Douglas and Ruth Richardson, and continued by neoliberal factions across government, business, media, finance, and the public.” - Josh Drummond A must read folks #nzpol

'Britain’s construction quality crisis isn’t a mystery, but the logical outcome of political choices. It’s the result of deregulation, privatisation and allowing the primacy of cost-cutting profiteers to supplant quality control and craft.' Much the same could be said of NZ.

ABC news publishing articles w titles like: "Protesters were punched, pushed, and arrested but were NSW Police actions excessive?" Like Ed Husic, many're more concerned that people engaged in peaceful prayer were attacked by police & moved on faster than neo-Nazis rallying at NSW Parliament

Holy shit . Nsw cops broke Scott Ludlums rib. He was an awesome leader in Freo. And more, so much more.

Interesting to see Taiwanese Hokkien poetry become a bestseller focustaiwan.tw/culture/2026...

The ABC has belatedly discovered that the Jewish community is diverse. Well put @joshbornstein.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=kAsx... #auspol

The Teals have shown much greater moral courage on this issue than many in Labor. It reminds me of how some pricipled Liberals (the sort of people now pushed out of the party) publicly condemned Howard's demonisation of asylum seekers, while the Labor caucus went along with Howard's policies.

"The Police chose violence". Veteran journo and sports broadcaster Peter Lalor was at the Sydney Herzog protest, got pepper sprayed. His account #auspol michaelwest.com.au/peter-lalor-...

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text. Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

Yesterday Isaac Herzog tried to gaslight Australians, saying anyone arguing against his visit is also against Israel’s right to exist. He also openly rallied for support for Israel’s illegal invasion of Gaza. He’s not here to mourn, this is a calculated political move. #auspol

How could they possibly be expected to know these things or check the ABC website? They're only the national intelligence agency. Clearly Parliament must give them more power so they can find this sort of highly secret information!

Laura Tingle on the money as always. Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: "We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".

"We are disappointed that it is a Labor government – a government we worked to elect – that has presided over the terrible erosion of civil liberties in NSW and we are deeply distressed that it is a Labor government that enabled the violence we saw against protesters at Town Hall last night"

Good investigative work from ABC journos, but a gutless 'both-sides' headline and lead para. The preliminary evidence from these three incidents seems clear: police acted with excessive and brutal force. And on the face of it, created a serious threat to public safety. #nswpol

Since when is the President of Israel the head of state of all Jews?

Israel & the USA’s obscenity: “The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius,” al-Bursh said. “When a body is exposed to energy exceeding 3,000 degrees combined with massive pressure and oxidation, the fluids boil instantly. The tissues vaporise and turn to ash. It is chemically inevitable.”