Real reason this govt wants to spend 100 billion on roads finally becomes clear: they’re creating fresh assets for future National govts to sell so they can go on claiming to be “grown up” and “mature” about “economic reality”

By all means bring in flammable liquid and a device to set fire to it but do not bring in a thing with batteries that has very few moving parts that might cause disaster. Clap. Clap. Clap. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gated-ret...

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

these boots are made for talkin' and that's all I can do

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Who would have thought that the announcement of the BYD Atto 1 selling for under $30k NZD would anger so many people on Facebook? It's crazy. Me and the other moderator have removed so many seething comments from people who feel threatened by this smöl car. 🤷

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

FRESH POST: @connorsharp.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Simeon Brown's legacy for transport in our city... ...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...

I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.

Husband came home from his after school meeting saying the new social studies curriculum isn't a curriculum, it's just a list of subjects to be covered with no broader themes, guaranteed to make kids find the humanities pointless. "I've never felt more like my job doesn't matter"

If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.

Not so much express lane as Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area

National so far this term: Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch

Thinking of lodging a bid to have the ACT party converted to a Charter School. We’d mostly be emphasising a better understanding of history and human decency.

The man in the pub with all the reckons now has a global rage algorithm platform, instead of the 3 or 4 people who could be bothered putting up with his bullshit after 4 jugs of Speights on a thrusday afternoon - and it's shit.

Can’t explain it really,God. I just like awful people

Laziest of non-thinkers gives himself another scratch

You’re never too old to make worse friends than Slater

It's headlines like this which helped the election of one of the most economically illiterate govts in AoNZ's history. Surely the "economic story" to be reset is that of National, purported guardians of the economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Looking forward to seeing the Trump letter to “The Late Great Charles the Conquerer” demanding to be made Duke of York #NooneIsMoreQualifiedThanMeThinkAboudIt

Even Prominent New Zealander might do reasonably well in this lineup

He’s clearly been grabbed by something in the photo

It's a long way from the top when you're beaten by a sausage roll

Traditionally, of course, paper runs were done by bicycle, on quiet streets that were safe for children. So perhaps the minister is inadvertently onto something here? 🤔🤔

I’ve had loaves of bread that didn’t go stale as fast as this clown

The civilisation David Seymour speaks of open.substack.com/pub/subslack...

Hope everyone learnt their stupid damn lesson from this: 1. taking money from the crazy toxic people will get you billboards everywhere, but also cover you in their stink 2. giving toxic money to people stupid enough to take it just gets you the worst candidates money can buy

There are at least 3x the number of people in those three buses than in the cars you can see on the motorway this morning. This is why I fight for more public transport, more dedicated bus lanes, trains, ferries and hopefully one day light rail, even to the shore! It’s more efficient for everyone.

Treasury says we’re broke. Now what? open.substack.com/pub/subslack...

Waiting for the board to announce Christopher Luxon has been promoted to Prime Minister at Large. Or possibly NZ VP, Special Projects

Hey mood of the boardroom we get that you've given up on this dud root. But we've also got an MP with 25 undeclared houses who's written books on effective governance and business success. Could you go for him?

Appalling

Mood of the Boardroom: 86% say they would replace Nicola Willis with a self-driving Corolla

Part of the problem here could be that Trump thinks the name of the guy who shot his friend Charlie is Tylenol

If "rapture" means batshit stupid President and health secretary embracing the most rabid of anti-science shit, then all credit to your deity. He/she/they totally called it.

Is it too much to ask that you just concede you were craven and wrong wrong wrong?

Big shout out to Chris for stepping aside like this, it was a gutsy call. I'm just deeply honoured to be the Prime Minister Murray always told me I could be one day.

People will tell you Myanmar and New Zealand have little in common but in fact they're two of just a few world nations that don't recognise the State of Palestine

Other unforced errors expected by Luxon today Hold press conference with his shower cap still on Recognise state of Palantir Nominate Nicola Willis for Nobel prize in economics Face rake twice

This hasn’t aged well in the last 13 months.

My kingdom for any article about "speed humps" to mention that hitting anyone or anything going 50km/hr has an 80-90% chance of killing them, but going 30km/hr is only 10%

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

Fascinating demonstration on Morning Report right now of the sound vowels make when you put them into a vice and shut it tight as you can go

Prime Minister sacks Finance Minister, self, 90% of Tik Tok crew. Says “I had no idea how shit we were at this. Like, the worst. So sorry guys.”

Better Wellington were aggressive and abusive toward Rebecca. An audience member said many there felt unsafe. This abuse is no longer limited to the internet and why I haven't attended these events. Imagine a council dominated by BW and Independent Together. We can't let this happen. #nzpol

literally debunked from the early hours of this morning, why is nz journalism