The government yesterday passed a law that basically makes it possible for every NZ employee to be reclassified as a specified contractor, so they don’t get minimum wage, holidays, rights to fairness etc. Not only Uber Drivers. NZ First supported btw.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 19: A song that feels warm This one from when I wore platforms, flairs and had long hair 😄

RAM shortage so severe that stoker has red blood count checked in Whitby

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 18: A song that feels cold Flowers - Icehouse youtu.be/LhQRxr_cfYw

Don't believe NZ First when they say they're there for the ordinary bloke. Their capitulation on this bill shows they're not.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 18: A song that feels cold Tiny Ruins - Bird in Thyme Played in the NZ on Air documentary 'Operation Overdue' about the Mt Erebus Disaster youtu.be/csqV1pS_7h0?...

Electricity Prices Down 30% in Australia Expose Idiocy of NZ National/NZFirst/ACT coalition ruling out Wind, Solar and focusing on LNG instead. #nzpol

#IsmuasMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 17: a song that feels claustrophobic youtu.be/a4R9Vk5_CbU?...

Really must hear this youtu.be/kjcMN4-9oZk?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 17: A song that feels claustrophobic 🎶 Confusion never stops Closing walls and ticking clocks 🧱 🕒 ⏰️ 🙀

#nzpol 💯 cop out by farmers and Ecan who argue it's going to cost them $ and not benefit the environment. They are responsible for causing and/or enabling this Christchurch used to have clean safe drinking water. Now you have to treat the water as if you're visiting a poor 3rd world nation

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 16: A song you disliked at first Roberta Flack - Killing me softly

Nope we need a LNG terminal and storge facility while our power grid cant handle these yearly weather events. We have the most stupid government in history. Take a bow Mr. Luxon. #nzpol

Truer now than when I downloaded it in 2023. Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.

#nzpol "For the prime minister to say it’s a “good thing” that our prison population is now headed toward 11,000 is.. extremely uninformed. If he reads government reports [from] the last 4 decades they show.. prisons cause harm and don’t make communities safer" Prison costs $400,000 pp/pa

“Equity in healthcare doesn’t mean treating everyone the same. It means recognising when people are carrying more medical, social, and economic burdens, and responding with more care, not less.” #nzpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

There's been this hit job on the Green Party by ACT's NZCPR, claiming money was "stolen" from water infrastructure for cycleways. In fact, their Council invested significantly, more than others over decades. They put $2.7 billion to 3W in 2021 and 1.8% of that on cycleways #nzpol

Sending rays of sunshine and love on Valentines Day. Photo taken from Glastonbury Tor this morning at sunrise. #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 15: A song that makes you cry Father John Misty - Goodbye Mr Blue

@Luxon Please read this entire article for a basic understanding of Te Tiriti "The rights protected by Article 2 are hardly limited to “making a contribution” to protecting the natural environment but instead provide real decision-making authority in all areas of public policy that affect Māori"

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 14: A song about missing someone 💕 Love is a small and fragile thing I spend a lot of cold nights missing you Keep it in your hands or let it take wing I spend a lot of cold nights missing you I could walk a thousand miles tonight And never find my place

"Peter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth tax" fortune.com/2026/01/14/p...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 13: A song with complex production The Smiths - How soon is now

"Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the government is still waiting for advice from officials"... This delay means AoNZ will have no input to shape the foundational rules being debated at the April UN meeting #nzpol

See quoted thread. 1. Repeal the Clean Car Discount scheme by December 31, 2023 3. Introduce legislation to remove the Auckland Fuel Tax. 4. Repeal Fair Pay Agreement legislation. 5. Stop "blanket speed limit reductions" 6. Stop central government work on the Auckland Light Rail project. 1/n #nzpol

"By capitalism we do not mean markets trade & entrepreneurship which have been around for thousands of years.By capitalism we mean..an economic system that's a dictatorship run by the tiny minority who control capital - the big banks, major corporations & 1% who own the majority of investible assets

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic (𝐃𝟏𝟐) #MusicChallenge 𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙚, 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙪 : 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀 youtu.be/iUrzicaiRLU?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 12: A song with beautiful harmonies First Aid Kit - Emmylou

What drugs charge is so bad a sole caregiver for a 5 y.o. is sent to prison? If serious, why would child be left with a mate? If minor, why wouldn't home detention be more appropriate? If serious, why would such a temporary arrangement be ok? NZ incarceration culture should maybe be on trial?

Also, this is the view of the beach we were camping in front of at about 9pm last night. So pretty. And so many birds and cicadas! (More in alt text)

War weaponry is horrific but this is beyond words...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 11: A song that sounds unlike anything else Darcy Clay – Jesus I was Evil "country-fried punk rock" recorded in his bedroom 🎶I used to crash parties and Maserati's and Jesus I was evil Go places and pull faces and Jesus I was evil ... Jesus I was e—vil

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 11: A song that sounds unlike anything else Mika - Grace Kelly

In today’s NZ Herald

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 10: A perfect song for dancing Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge @ismua.bsky.social Day 9: A song that feels underrated youtu.be/C2cMG33mWVY?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 9: A Song that feels underrated

#nzpol Guterres: “We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing. Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP.”

Please can the terms: 'this government' or 'National' or 'CoC' be used to describe neanderthal idiotic backward policies Not the term 'Wellington' which is our capital city and which has been metaphorically crapped on by this government's hopelessly incompetent economic decisions #nzpol

RNZ should re-read article from November 2025 on why Liquified Natural Gas, or LNG, is a poor answer to NZ's energy needs. Not only is imported gas expensive, it's also bad for the climate, and leaves us dependent on volatile global markets. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

So we are going to rely on a highly volatile global supply chain instead of just investing in more clean renewables employing more people. Can't see this ever coming back to bite NZ. #nzpol

Imported LNG? Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #fossilfools? We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy. But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge. This is tying […]

The US has vetoed EVERY single UN sanction on Israel.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 9: A song that feels underrated Celeste - Keep Smiling

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 8: A song that made you explore an era of music Elton John – someone to watch over me He and producer George Martin talk a little about the Glory of Gershwin in this little doco (7mins) of Elton recording the song for the Larry Adler tribute album.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 8: A song that made you explore an era of music Marc Almond & Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart