They're right you know

A selection from speeches from the debates on the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Recognition Act 2021. Any journos reading this feel free to ask any of the speakers whether they stand by these comments made less than five years ago. At the second reading: Nicola Grigg:

Seymour: we want a smaller govt Also Seymour: can I keep growing my new govt ministry This guy 🤦 #nzpol

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Willis’ speech comparing our number of govt departments to Aussie is missing a major key point that Aussie has federal depts, and each state has its own set of depts that run things at a state level. Then there are the local governments. Hardly a relevant comparison.

It’s going to be so great when AI companies finally start charging what it costs to run their platforms. The government’s cost cutting by using AI will probably end up costing more because of errors that need experts to fix, and because it will become more expensive than employing people.

Pakeha peeps, this is *important*. Te Tiriti is the only thing stopping our country from being pillaged and destroyed by corporations who will fuck over our environment for financial gain, export the profits and leave us with the mess. This is not a Maori problem, it’s everyone’s. Please sign.

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So ACT agrees we should invest more in public transport? 🙄

For Minister Shane Jones the jewels are the resources in the ground. For many of the rest of us the jewels are the earth, the sky, the sea, the bush, the rivers, the mountains, and the creatures My #cartoon today #Taonga #Mining #Clutha #Environment #FastTrack #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite #TeWāhipounamu

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In today’s “Getting old is not for the weak”, I pulled my bicep while straightening my arm.

1080 works. "A controversial 1080 drop on Stewart Island has led to a 52 percent population boost for threatened Southern New Zealand dotterel/pukunui." www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

A system that consistently protects perpetrators and undermines survivors is a biased, corrupt system. How many headlines do we see where a judge is protecting a perpetrator’s good name, their career? How many actions are framed as a judgement error? Help change an unacceptable status quo👇 #nzpol

Going through our budget, and cancelling discretionary spending. We’re getting ahead of anticipated problems with my husband’s job, where nearly all projects have been put on hold by clients, due to the current economic outlook. If things don’t improve very soon, redundancies are inevitable 😕

I wonder when MetService will realise there’s a band of severe thunderstorms passing over the Far North 😒

Time for this weeks 100 year storm #NZPol

This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10

I love constantly having to fix my display settings, because Windows doesn’t keep them in place.

The CEO-as-PM framing is ideologically revealing. It treats citizens as stakeholders to be managed, not sovereigns to be served. When leaders see governance as management, human rights become costs. That matters — especially for those of us whose rights are already under pressure. 📌

If you haven’t snooped pepperraccoon.com for a while, maybe check it out? I make beautiful NZ-themed nature apparel, enamel pins, and stickers, and I ship everywhere except the US

An essential read for anyone in #nz - the fuel crisis is far, far worse than the govt is letting on energyandresilience.substack.com/p/every-coun...

Original 5 year plan was new roof -> solar with battery-> EV. With the current situation, do I change it to EV -> new roof -> solar, or go for broke and do roof, solar and EV in short succession? I’m so over making adult decisions 🫩

Filched from Reddit Alert level 1: - Do nothing Alert level 2: - Do nothing Alert level 3: - Straight to level 4 as we did nothing in level 1 & 2 Alert level 4: - Hunger games #nzpol

Ageing is waking up with a pulled back muscle to absolutely no reason.

Northland now into the joyous part of post storm cleanup, and the awful humidity as a result of all the rain 😒

Just when I think we’re nearing the end of the worst of the rain, another downpour hits.

My neurodivergent son is in Year 9. Him and his friends are going to be guinea pigs for this overhaul 🙃

It’s going to be a good time tomorrow 🤪

Looks like the May crunch is gone with a couple of tankers by April 14 However MBIE not sure newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/24/t...

Really hoping the folks over in Whangaruru, Ōakura, and Helena Bay in Northland don’t get hit too hard by this storm that’s coming. That’s the last thing they need. But it’s not looking good for the Far North on Thursday.

🟠🟡Several Watches have been issued for Heavy Rain, as well as an Orange Warning for Northland, which has a Moderate chance of being upgraded to a Red Warning Wind Watches are also in place for Northland and Auckland for easterly to northeasterly gusts approaching severe gale

These fuel prices are really fucking up my five year plan to buy an EV. I have a to-do list FFS.

Very glad I decided to wear shorts instead of jeans. Auckland is rather warm today…

Off to see Linkin Park tonight with my 13 year old. It’s his favourite band. He’s so excited he was up, and dressed, before I was even awake. No doubt the entire playlist for our drive to Auckland will be their albums.

@betootaadvocate.bsky.social pretty much sums it up #warflation #auspol #rba

How did “Sinners” win so many Oscars?! The movie is crap.

Proud of our 13yr old son for having open dialogue with us that a kid his age showed him he had a vape at school. Also, WTF. I was hoping he would naively get by a bit longer before being exposed to this shit 😫

AUD is currently the strongest I’ve seen it against NZD in the nearly 3 years I’ve been tracking it. Great for my income, since I’m paid in AUD. Not great if you’re going to Oz on holiday though!

Some fuckwit just let off fireworks close to my house. How the hell do they still have some left?!?!

The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots

The first #kakapo chick for four years hatched two days ago (on Valentine’s Day for those who like to anthropomorphise!). Here’s Tiwhiri-A1-2026 in Yasmine’s nest. 📸: Deidre Vercoe. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds

When Seymour said there are always a small group of people that turn up and ruin it for everyone, for a brief moment I thought he'd developed self-awareness.

Yesterday one of my cats jumped in my son’s dresser and knocked his beloved Lego Concorde off it. I would describe the Concorde as one of Lego’s more fragile designs, so there were pieces everywhere. My son was devastated. I’ve put it back together, but there’s a problem…

"Heatwave? Its always been hot up here." There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura. Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years). Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000. www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/... *hat tip Gary Weymouth

Or any remote jobs for a Project Manager/finance person. Can start asap.

Meanwhile there’s no plans in place to upgrade the dangerous one lane bridge that most people use to access Waitangi. Which locals have been asking for, for a long time. But hey, at least Gerry Brownlee can now drive the back road in without getting dust on his car.