National Party backbencher advocating for *food trucks* to use land that once had over 50 pensioner flats. I wonder why there's a housing crisis?

At the opening of the T20 World Cup, Modi is going to be presented with an ICC Peace Prize. www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/5...

Last night I had a nightmare that @keithng.bsky.social broke my coffee machine. Arsehole.

The people of the East Coast can rest esay now - the Prime Minister has arrived.

The first episode of Breaking Bad aired in the US 18 years ago.

"Grown ups" is pretty fucking juvenile way to talk, particularly when Simeon Brown is part of your lineup.

Alternative headline: Government nailing kicking the can down the road.

How embarrassingly weak is the NZ Police pitch to get cops to move here from Australia. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...

My wife bought a coat in Paris, and we get back to NZ and found the security tag was still attached. Was insanely/scarily easy to remove, thanks to the internet.

Could watch this for hours.

That is going straight to the pool room.

I won't live in a town that robs men of the right to marry their cousins!

Really embracing the local cuisine in Holland.

Can you even imagine this guys Untapped?

I feel like having our visit to the Louvre canceled because workers are on strike is peak France.

After drinking lager in Germany and Italy, high octane French beer is a shock to the system.

Before zero fucks were given.

Looks temporary.

Beer in the Holy See is cheaper than Eden Park, FYI.

In Florence, must see the classics.

Middle age is realizing you're older than Colin Firth was in Love Actually.

Going to live my dream of crossing an international land border. On the train from Amsterdam to Berlin.

Ran into Frank Bunce at the airport. He recognized me from Helensville Juniors prize giving in the 90s.

LinkedIn Wrapped is the corporate buzz word wank no one needed.

It's amazing how dirty an election campaign for a part-time position that pays between $37,369 to $66,974 and has very little real power. Who am I kidding? I was involved in student politics. www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/...

Serious FOMO here. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cocaine-u...

Everyone time I start typing in Calibri, the first words that are autofilled are "ACAB" and "Antifa". www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

There is absolutely no scenario where Willis wins this. Richardson turns up drunk, vomits on the stage, and then passes out in her own puke, and Willis still comes second. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Yes. But let's not limit this to the past.

Thank God, because there's very few outlets for white folks to tell everyone what they think.

If I could pull this of at that age, I'd live a contented life. Appreciate that I'm probably not far from *that* age.

I'll be deeply disappointed if this isn't Grant Robertson.

Dream job.

This feels like cheating at the net promoter score? I've always assumed that the key to NPS is that people who answer 5 think they're being polite, when it actually reflects an unlikeliness to promote. Colouring them red, yellow, and green sort of tends people towards the green options.

This is Seymours MO now. He did the exact same thing to the Chair of one of our local school boards (which has a zone crossing into Epsom) - noted their political affiliation as a reason not to take them seriously. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

My Pounamu has unstringed itself, and I need to get it rebound. Any suggestions on where I can get this done in central Auckland?

Chefs Kiss if the rates cap means a Labour Prime Minister gets to cut the ribbon on the CRL. Auckland mayor hits out at government's rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Sign up at my kids school. Thanks K-Mart. Thanks a fucking bunch.

My daughter came home with a story about how Barney was burst at the Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1997. Turns out the day Barney was killed is an actual thing. youtu.be/epgXuMB1sF8?...

Massive false equivalence between Ardern not meeting with COVID denier protesters and Luxon / Van Velden not meeting with union officials. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/eco...

Ran into this character at the UoA staff club. @drdrehistorian.bsky.social

Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on. The union never said a word. Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)

Performative politics. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

One of them is booze, so they can fuck right off.

I see K Mart have pivoted from selling asbestos sand to... ...whatever the fuck these count as.

Amazing that we could have three Prime Ministers in a row called Chris. Four if Hipkins is still around next year and wins the election (both seem like long shots) www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

I hate these dot boards. The implication here is that if you put a dot on "Pay equity" then "poverty" doesn't matter to you. Politics is much more nuanced than this, and politicians who use these boards are debasing themselves. There. I said it.

Coldplay was louder.

Nicola Willis: "I don't mean to patronise the member..." I thought misleading the House was a big no-no...?