So I'm only going to buy local for #AoNZSecretSanta this year. Lets see how that works out.

Afternoon tea. The slice of carrot cake is biggest I've (That's a normal sized cup there).

#nzpol 🤬🎯💯💯💯 Don't let this government's cover-ups and smoke and mirrors BS go unchallenged. Speak up for those who are being erased from statistical records, police focus, and front-line funding, e.g: Domestic Violence Family Harm School Violence Mental Health Violence Sexual Violence Bullying

Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National. Don't believe National on Kiwisaver. #nzpol

23 Morcheeba – Big Calm 🎶Trapped in the skies what am I to do? Brothers from another planet. Ya know the truth. Papa was a Rolling Stone

Popularity due in a big part to medical misogyny? Casual misogyny is every where. Even in this headline. How hard is it to say "linked to deaths"? Shall we just ignore birthing danger to women? This 'free birth society' is dicing with death & disablement of women and babies - and all for the money.

I'm hugely disappointed that the mayor considers this appointment ok.

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 22. James – Sit Down A homage to author Doris Lessing and singer Patti Smith 🎶I sing myself to sleep A song from the darkest hour Secrets I can't keep In sight of the day...

If they don't record it (e.g. family violence), they can't count it. Easy.

"Loss-making airport retail monopoly ships cash offshore, reducing tax liability" Profits from the sale of goods is so quaint when international extraction of fees and transfer pricing are right there.

Gorgeous 💚💙

Stanford education experiment trailing smoke....

Dave Eggers' The Circle and The Every are meant to be novesl, not tech bro blueprints, right?

Helllo #SecretSantaAoNZ I'm so bad a hints! The geographer in me loves to know things about people & places that other people know well, and love. We're growing a garden from a clay patch, which takes a lot of free time. I read a bit: memoirs,whodunits, social history & almost always have music on

#nzpol Standing with Firefighters who are fighting for better wages and equipment that works. It’s time to support them and keep New Zealanders safe

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 21 Annie Lennox – Love Song for a Vampire 🎶Come into these arms again And lay your body down The rhythm of this trembling heart Is beating like a drum It beats for you, it bleeds for you It knows not how it sounds For it is the drum of drums It is the song of songs

When prices are high overseas we have to pay the international price. When the international price falls, we have to help the farmers. We all knew this would happen, right?

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 20 Don Henley – Boys of Summer 🎶 I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone

It's that time again! Time to vote for your favourite NZ plant www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/favour...

The government says that the Greens' undertaking to reverse much of NACT's legislative achievements is "reckless economic vandalism". Isn't this a confession? Isn't this *exactly* what they did, under urgency, against expert opinion, and in defiance of overwhelming public opposition? #nzpol

Summarising Marina Hyde 'Trump’s declaration that FIFA games could be moved from host cities for next summer’s World Cup if he deems there’s “a problem” with security or that the cities are non-compliant in some other way - e.g. run by a Democrat/“communist”. The Fifa president seems to agree.

Well deserved.

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 19 Weyes Blood – Picture me better A song of love and loss 🎶You got it all in spades Got a lot of dreams and songs to say And hearts to break...

#nzpol The national draft carers' strategy action plan is up for consultation. This Newsroom piece gives sensitive outline of what's at stake. "The draft proposes a ‘National Carers’ Appreciation Day’; it does not consider any new funding or remuneration for them."

“Children are being killed during a ceasefire. Seventy-five percent of aid is being blocked during a ceasefire. Families are suffering in flooded tents because they’re denied shelter during a ceasefire.” 1/2

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 18 Drive-by Truckers – Babies in Cages 🎶bang my head against it Smash guitars and scream and shout Standing on the beach watching the tide go out Babies in cages

Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone AGB has opened the country's 1st zero-crystalline-silica engineered stone fabrication factory BVV is not likely to ban CS stone. There is no safe exposure for workers so kill the demand & support these alternatives #nzpol

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 17 (for real this time) My Chemical Romance Welcome to The Black Parade 🎶When I was a young boy My father took me into the city To see a marching band He said, "Son, when you grow up Would you be the saviour of the broken The beaten and the damned?"

Duffy 21st over. Every single ball a winner, but Hope remains. #nzcricket 🏏

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 17 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give it away 🎶Bob Marley, poet and a prophet Bob Marley taught me how to off it Bob Marley walkin' like he talk it

Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them

These are all people I work with whole livelihoods are being threatened by AI. They’re all amazing, and as far as I’m concerned, irreplaceable. No 1: Laura Grandi, my Italian translator…

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 15 Wolf Alice – Delicious Things 🎶He like the fact that I play music in a band He is making a movie and the score needs a hand Feel like I'm falling, dreams slowly stalling Extravagance disguised as elegance is boring

Share a GIF that reminds you of your teenage years. 🤷‍♀️

Great to see the financial support for the workers and the campaign continue to grow. #nzpol givealittle.co.nz/cause/suppor...

Seriously important work by Seleyn Rabbits on a dangerous braking system. NZTA doesn’t seem to realise a warning sign is an admission of bad design. A failed braking system led to his son's death – it wasn't the first, or the last newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/15/a...

Seems more plausible than most excuses for these two men. The secret diaries of .. McSkimming and Coster newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/15/t...

If you see this, post a bird

Not a great start for beer o'clock tonight.

National doesn't care about rangatahi getting suitable, long-lasting jobs - or even getting into education and training. They only care about jobseeker numbers going down. And when that's the goal, nothing is more effective than inflicting austerity to our most marginalised communities. #nzpol

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 14 Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond About Syd Barrett 🎶Shine on you crazy diamond Well you wore out your welcome with random precision, rode on the steel breeze Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Health minister walks alone down boulevard of broken dreams Ian Powell and performance targets - primary care targets in particular. Lesson 1: "Target achievement is dependent on factors beyond the control of health professionals and managers working in the areas covered by them" #nzpol

It's gonna rain, isn't it?

Great to see so many employers still on board despite tough economic times. #LivingWageWeek #nzpol "It also has taken some stress out of everyday life so our team is not just getting by, they actually have money to live their best lives." - At The Vets More info: www.facebook.com/share/p/1B7L...

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 13 Jake Bugg - Country Song 🎶Gonna sing you an old country song, from the heart From the strings of this old rusty guitar

Post someone who looks great in a hat

The Rule of Law and enriching the rich. For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps. Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.

#MusicChallenge #MusicInMusic 12. Cat stevens – Sweet Scarlet An ode to Carly Simon 🎶 Come let us drink again, before the second show I want you so to know there's no bridge between us All those gates have opened now, and through the light has shone Ah, but the song carries on...

Not surprising, really "The NZ Index report also captures at least ten connections between the tobacco industry and current Government officials (including ministers), including many examples of the ‘revolving door’ between lobbying and political advisory roles. "

It’s Living Wage Week, in celebration if you can, please donate to support the workers and campaign. #nzpol All funds raised will go directly towards supporting the workers and the campaign to ensure Resene Paint pays the Living Wage. givealittle.co.nz/cause/suppor...