Pohutakawa season is great, mostly. That is, when it is on the tree. This photo shows where it goes to. Sort of the southern hemisphere's Christmas equivalent to pine needles. #Kikorangi

Dedicated to the Destiny haters. You are seriously reprehensible, boys.

For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.

A seriously shonky minister #VoteTheBastardsOut

They want to put reassessments and expiry dates on total mobility. The only thing we have that isnt policed to the max like the benefit is. Disabilities do not expire. Disabilities do not disappear. Please submit against this www.transport.govt.nz/consultation...

Nelson hapu get (half) their land back! Plus $420 million in backrent and compensation www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/17/n...

Oh hey this is the exact thing they said when announcing the CRI merger and then not providing additional funding to do the merging And then they also cut science funding So guess what’s happening now

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

I thought this was satire. It’s not and it’s beyond the pale. It’s like the worst kind of advertising for a product known to cause harm to consumers that sellers are still pushing. #nzpol Luxon angry on behalf of NZers that his Govt has stripped of support, rights, healthcare, housing & jobs???

The RoNS: “the most complex & expensive infrastructure programme in NZ’s recent history.” A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money. Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?

This may well be just the beginning. There is a review underway. Disabled people are very concerned.. #disability #transport #travel www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

What she says, with bells and whistles. #nzpol #votethebastardsout

Indeed that's a sound conclusion.

Shame shame shame on those perpetrators of misery in gummint #nzpol

Whakarongo! (listen) Disabled people everywhere worldwide can tell it like it is. We're best placed to know the impact. Go those on the clip! #disability #nzpol

Now that it's public: RIP FluTracking, which I understand only cost $50k per year to administer, yet provided incredibly valuable and irreplaceable information on levels of influenza-like-illness. What an utterly dim decision.

Great! just great

Another crappy proposal from the coalition of chaos. #nzpol

"Them" ism in all its forms is alive, well, and utterly revolting. Take note Winnie people.

We ❤️ Debbie. #WorldBollardAssociation

Shenanigans are greatly to be encouraged, IMO.

Crip the Lit does great stuff. This piece speaks sooth. Come and see us on Wednesday 3rd Dec. artsaccess.org.nz/Arts%20Blog/...

Wait - I thought ramraiding was stamped out by the current government with their “tough on crime” ideology? Was it not entirely the fault of the previous woke government, as was relentlessly expressed? Did The Press not get the memo? Such mystery!! #nzpol

Her name is Catherine Lucey www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#nzpol HOLD BOSSES ACCOUNTABLE FOR WORKPLACE DEATHS: We're calling on the Government to honour the memories of the workers who lost their lives fifteen years ago today at the Pike River Mine by supporting a corporate manslaughter law.

Despicable they of the gummint and their colluders.

Calls for unity from 88 iwi ignored as Te Pāti Māori leaders end peace talks + expel MPs. Anyone who recalls John Tamihere's days with NZ Labour Party will know JT doesn't hold with unity. It's his way or the highway. JT's ego will pull Te Pāti Māori down. #NZpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

#NZpol Arsonist planning a future fire wants us to have a mature conversation about why burning down the house is a more efficient than simply dismantling it brick by brick, and surely we can all get behind this and move on now?

Crosswords among umpty squillion other things. Love the attitude though

Sexual abuse is wrong, and that of underage people doubly so. Why does UK media call out former Prince Andrew for offences with 17YO Virginia but USA media mostly ignores multiple accusations against Donald Trump? Lawyers? Reports of abuse by Trump ⤵️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_...

Maybe a bit "airbrushed" in places but overall a reasonably good picture of the period. It had quite an impact on Mum and Dad, who lived through it.

A bad look from bad sorts

Well of course we can't afford it- it would make Judith Collins guilty of ethical behaviour by association!

Moral turpitude and greediness is such a toxic combination.

They will spend 515 million at the drop of hat, on roads. Doctors, nurses and teachers, though? "Fuck off peasants"

I have been incensed by Simeon Brown's broadside to doctors, pretending they are being misled by the unions. Anyone who believes his delusional mean-spirited words is dicked in the nob. Bloody snake-oil sort he is. #nzpol

Me Me Me vs We? 💭 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Tighten your belts, they say. Except when it comes to $2.7 billion toys. Austerity for the people, extravagance for the military. Bell’s cartoon today in The Post about the new “investment” in “subhunters”:

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵 ❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌ Seriously, no, for lots of reasons. 1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

maybe as mayor you should've had somebody check to see who the fuck charlie kirk was rather than sign up to speak at a rally for a dead nazi?

Here’s my daily newsletter, podcast and email. Why didn’t the Government look at a solar and battery option instead of LNG? It would have been much faster and cheaper and the new Ruakaka battery shows it can soften wholesale price inflation. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/thursdays-...

Have money, get a discount off your sentence for giving a mere pittance of it to charity. So, if you are rich in NZ you not only get name suppression, you can also buy yourself a reduced sentence even for extreme examples of child pornography. That’s not fair. So which very wealthy family is it?

It's not a vaccine unless it's from the region of Scientific Method. Otherwise, it's just sparkling grift.

Inside the hush-hush visit that brought Trump's FBI boss Kash Patel to NZ

A great piece from Alex Casey about the noxious soup: "It’s like men’s potential suffering is tragic, and women’s actual suffering is just our lot in life." thespinoff.co.nz/society/17-0...

No, Contact, disingenuous to the max.

Said rapacious gentailer was given a goodly swatch of interview time on RNZ this am to put their case. Only soundbytes of opposition at the start. Oh RNZ, you're selling out on balanced coverage.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”