Me: You grow up here? Barber: Out in the Hutt; St Bernard’s College. Me: Oh snap. I was at SBC - what year? Barber: 2022 Me *realising I graduated in 2000

I’m doing a small tour of small venues in New Zealand at the end of the month, and if you want a big show on NZ Politica, you should grab a ticket and come down…

Lady with a microphone, a speaker, and stories of personal trauma, standing outside the law school, yelling at Luxon in the Beehive about mental health. “Mr Luxon you piece of s**t!” Wellingtonians walking past with sushi and headphones. Not a cop to be seen. Don’t lose that, NZ

At this rate they’re gonna have to change the official animal of the U.S from the bald eagle to this guy:

I think, in hindsight, we all knew things had turned against Samoa when the stadium announcer had the crowd singing “If you’re happy and you know it…” #toasamoa

“Simi! Sasagi! For Samoa! Sennnsational!” The commentators really matching the quality of the game. What a difference correct pronunciation makes to the experience. #toasamoa

Come on RNZ - a 5 doesn’t hit Wellington, it passes through… nothing below a 6 come close to a whack www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Come on RNZ - a 5 doesn’t hit Wellington, it passes through… nothing below a 6 come close to a whack www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Always fun when you hear the earthquake before you feel it..

My favourite part of Mamdani’s speech was where threw back his head and yelled “IT HAS BEGUN!” before the DJ blasted the Mortal Kombat theme and ninjas jumped onto the stage and began breakdancing

Fireworks, High Winds, and an intense amount of Flags.. what could go wrong?

Finally, some good news.

Like many Chicago Bulls life-long fans… I too have no idea what to do with a 5-0 start to the @nba.com season. The excitement to dread ratio is palpable.

This Halloween, New Zealand dressed up as the Pacific Sea Nettle: Packs a powerful sting for its size, is comfortably found near the U.S, and is of course totally spineless.

It’s really telling about the UK that a song where a person enjoys being called wonderful and begs for conversation is the feel good hit of the year Banger of a tune though

Nooooooooooooooooo

I have never ever seen a Comedy Festival - or any Festival - where the acts have had to do a post-fest press tour back announcing donations of part of their fees to charities because of how bad the organisers were.

Man that orange guy wanted the Nobel Peace Prize so badly.. and they gave it to someone from the country he’s trying to start a war with. Tou-damn-ché

Glad we can finally get this story out. Ever hear about the monkeys in Palau? I went and investigated how they got there and what it has to do with Germans, the American Military, and phosphate mining… www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog...

🙏 💚

He’s trying to secure that ambassadorship in time to make it to Saudi Arabia for the tail end of the comedy festival.

To be fair, there is a wider story about the Pacific nations responses to this moment that is needed for better contextualisation. But you’re also allowed to just go “Damn” www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I know no one’s looking at the Pacifc, but the U.S telling the U.N that climate change is a con job needs to be noted, especially by the diaspora. They only need enough of the islands to be above water for air strips and docks. They can grab the minerals from underwater. The people don’t matter

If Tylenol could just hire Cardi B as their spokesperson now…

World: Alright U.S we need you to intervene in Gaza. U.S: Did you say Venezuela?

Bezos is totally moving to Wanaka

For anyone wondering, this is one of the worst swears in the kiwi dad vocabulary: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Some thoughts on this weeks surprises in Wellington… www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Objectively - I can not stress enough how much - the US still hitting NZ with a 15% tariff after the govt let them open a FBI office in the capital is actually hilarious. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

FBI: “We’re opening an office in New Zealand!” NZ: “Ahhh.. bro did we invite you?”

Two of the most important Pacific musicians in history have died over the last week. Mu was 54 Fiji was 55 It’s not just losing our legends too soon, it’s losing those inter-generational interactions that help carry the culture forward

ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:

ICJ opinion says states are legally obligated to tackle climate change

Some words on the passing of a legend… www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

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Congress? You awake?

At some point, the U.S will ban Samoa, and all hell in the diaspora will brake loose… www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Me: I just need to get my submission on the RSB in. My Cousin: Damn, they going after the Bloods now?!

Rip to Maurice Gee, who I always thought of as the Crowded House of Kiwi literature.

“Where do you get your politics from?” Me:

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

Considering what’s happening in California, the script changes to the live action Lilo and Stitch couldn’t have been more tone-deaf.

I think if you were a kiwi alive in the 80’s, any foreign warship in Wellington harbour is always going to grate.

Mental note: When flying to Wellington, check how soon the pre-landing turbulence will start before asking for the hot cup of coffee…

Chris Luxon’s gonna be trying to get as many MP’s to drunkenly heckle NZ artists at shows this weekend as possible.. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Happy Pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈

Don McGlashan wasn’t being political, he was just being respectful and a good guy by calling out a rude audience member during a fellow musicians song… And a side effect of that just happened to be calling Chris Bishop a dickhead to his face.

There are only a handful of NZ Comedians who have ever won the Billy T Award and The Fred Award. Two of them are Samoan women. So very very proud of Angella Dravid for pulling off the double.