There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see

Some days it is not worth getting out of bed and quoting Richard The Third at the cats.

If you think these 'new' school projects sound familiar..

The 2025/26 Living Wage rate is $28.95. It’s an hourly rate. Set apart from the minimum wage, it’s worker & whānau focused. The Living Wage considers basic expenses, & gives breathing room for rest, activities, or saving for a rainy day. It’s good for collective wellbeing, & our economy. #nzpol

...and if they're lucky they can be "grateful" for a lunch of warmed-over offal, in a prefab classroom slapped together by what remains of the construction industry, whilst being taught by overworked and underpaid teachers (NB strictly in English, no reo, also no art history etc) #nzpol #backontrack

#NewZealand fails any decency test in its approach to Gaza. #NZPol #Aotearoa

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'Sometimes, the most important infrastructure projects are the ones you never build.' archive.ph/7xe5J

Prayers up for Greymouth

The Herald may have cut its science reporter, but thank god the speed bump beat is still fully staffed

You know about NZ's cuts to research funding? How bleak is it for climate change research? Bleak. Explainer and perspectives now outside Carbon News NZ's paywall. www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35492/s...

An ever-so-casual reminder that the bill for the leaky buildings deregulation fiasco is around fifteen to twenty times larger than all Tiriti settlements either finalised or in progress put together. www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/20/m...

A little synchronised stretch ‘n’ scratch to start the day. #nzpets

This is fascinating. I had no idea we once nearly lost Hagley Park to a dirty great motorway. The road not taken: How an abandoned Hagley Park motorway changed Christchurch www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/36...

🏺 This thread is cute but also so useful to remember what Ötzi teaches us about dynamic temporal lives of prehistoric people: he died on an epic journey, carrying a huge range of kit with tools part-way through being made, and with embers and medicine in anticipation of his next fire, & his future.

I don't care what side of the political fence you sit on, this is just seriously inappropriate behaviour from a political figure, and especially so for someone purporting to have the stature required to hold office as the Deputy Prime Minister.

National promised 1000 social homes would continue being built in Auckland each year. They've done 45. Labour oversaw 18,000 over its term. National is now at -577. Incredible #nzpol

¿Y Tú Mama TAMBIÉN? ¿En esta economía??

#nzpol What the poster says.

Congratulations fellas, we’ve all moved one spot up on the world’s most handsome man rankings

Don't ever let anyone gaslight you into believing empathy is weakness. Possessing kindness, curiosity, and care for others is cool AF - and the strongest people I know have those attributes in spades 💛 | tees: tinyurl.com/5h3kd8pd

So tired of being tired. And you? #longcovid

First it was the haka in parliament that was intimidating, now it is clergy protesting outside the office.

Would have loved to see Helen Kelly debating Brooke vV and Seymour. She would have demolished them but in the kindest possible way. What a smart and warm person she was, and what a tragedy she died.

Literally nobody thinks collared priests protesting war and injustice are "intimidating' but mad props to Wilis for making them seem bad ass 🤣🤣🤣

Nicola Willis trying to make a bunch of priests sound like motherfucking gangsters #NZPol

When you purge all the expertise and surround yourself with yes men, it is essentially government by unqualified and corrupt people, which makes for a terrible customer experience tbh. The only thing they stay good at or get better at is spying on you, hunting dissenters, and torture.

It’s almost like the arts are important

For a positive future in the mighty Waitematā & Gulf ward, please vote for me and all the talented, hard-working and positive City Vision local board crew. In your letterbox now:

Not so much a birb but a borb. In fact just an ORB.

This is fun, and quite the musical education! youtu.be/WRfsibwR5x4?...

“Generational trauma rises in me every time I think of Nana as a little girl being violently punished for speaking the only language she knew. Generational aroha pushes me forward to the mic.” — Marama Davidson on her reo journey.

There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – (Emily Dickinson, and also June Cat) #nzpets

So how are all my former gifted and talented kids who used to read several books a day and now rot their faculties doomscrolling while ignoring a TV show doing tonight

"The March for Humanity, a protest organised by Aotearoa for Palestine, has brought 20,000 people to central Auckland on Saturday morning." www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

A reminder that Councillor Mike Lee fought hard to stop all improvements downtown as he does to this day everywhere. Fortunately he is also ineffective and was unable to stop these upgrades. He is stuck in last century and stuck in the role. Help him move on: Vote for a positive future

This is how it works. So break it. #nzpol #Aotearoa #NewZealand

One thing I have learned about cats is that they don't imply anything. They in fur.

“The little guy is simply the human instinct to make something with little guy energy. If you carve a carrot into a bunny, that is a little guy. If you fold paper cranes from chopstick wrappers, that is a little guy. If you put googly eyes on a lemon, that is a little guy.” Just make something. 🥹

It's still hard to admit that I've been struggling with my comics work (the thing I was known for!!) but getting to write this essay was a truly lovely and centering thing to remind me of what will always still matter (little guys).

A loafing in the garden kind of afternoon. 🍞 #nzpets

Let's hear from all the freaks of nurture out there.

The Awful Effects of Velocipeding ca. 1890s

“The Electoral Amendment Bill will make it HARDER for NZers to vote. Instead of restricting the right to vote, the Govt should be making it easier e.g. by following recommendations made in the 2023 Independent Electoral Review.” 👇Top tips for feedback – get in before 1pm, Thur 11 Sept (tomorrow!)

Not the point of this disastrous situation but I’m getting really pissed off the repeated framing that “the economic recovery is taking longer than expected”. If it’s not fucking recovering then it is not, by definition, ‘an economic recovery’. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

I wrote this to explain why you should vote for @cityvision.bsky.social in the local elections if you live in the Auckland City Centre! It's very hard to reach people in apartments, so it would be great if people could share or email to those they know who do. cityvision.org.nz/news/vote-ci...

So, this is a woman?

Someone on NZ bsky posted the huge airline deals right now to the US, like NZD499 one way (under USD300), lolol but a quarter of all NZers (Māori & Pacific population) 'look Latino'. Those MFAT travel advisories need further updating, we need a protective cordon around Cliff Curtis IMMEDIATELY

The Stuart Nash "that's a woman" starter kit:

The average debt-to-GDP ratio in OECD countries is 85% - NZ is 47.7%. Interestingly, Singapore is 175% & the lowest debt to GDP country in the world is Afghanistan. NZ's debt conversation has been hijacked by right wing hawks & at what cost to the country? I'd argue a lot #nzpol