"I know it's a bit of a political football, but it's not really a political issue to us. It feels more like an ethical, educational one." - school board chair.

'Labour's Justice spokesperson Duncan Webb promised Labour would repeal it within 100 days if it won the next election.' See, it's not hard to do. #NzPol

@sarahhbickerton.bsky.social Seen this?

Nadine and the Swimming Lesson

However, by suspending the user for the words without intent, the moderators adopt a role akin to the Folsom prison authorities, and hence we come full circle

That is, there never was (to the best of our knowledge) never anyone who actually shot anyone in Reno for that reason nor by extension did Johnny cash intend that, nor by extension did Sarah Kendizor intend that

"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" --Johnny Cash

🧵Hey lovely people. I know some Nelson Tasman people follow me here, so this is for you.❤️ If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)

Imagine spending years being gaslit so brutally that your only recourse is to accuse them again and again and again, being arrested for accusing them of What They Actually Did, eventually being vindicated, but still charged? And they wonder why victims don't come to them for help...

Anyone have some good recommendations for good graphic designers in the Dunedin area? 😁

Police response now in this story. “Proper process has been followed.”

The Minister (a former police officer) and Police Cmsnr's refusal to admit systemic failures is simply a continuation of the culture of 'groupthink' and 'tolerance of unethical behaviour' identified in the IPCC report.

Love the way dogs look up at their humans periodically during walkies

That’s a wrap! #BlackSheeps

i’ve been banging this drum for so long i can’t believe it’s finally happened! the ability for company directors to withhold private addresses is a vital step to encouraging a more diverse slate of candidates in governance.

OMG SPEECHLESS #Aurora has erupted & gone coronal (directly up). Now the entire southern sky

Perhaps *all* of Luxon's emails get intercepted by his staffers? #NzPol

These are the five senior officers who come in for the most criticism in the IPCA report on the McSkimming scandal.

Oh my god, KP9 (highest level) Aurora right now

Lol at the government's position description for the vacancy.

I'm a proud subscriber to @theonion.com newspaper and I love it all, but I think the thing that feels the most exciting about it is the ads? I feel like you wouldn't be allowed to do this in New Zealand?

Mitchell also said that the PM's office had also received at least some of those emails. So was there a similar protocol in place with the PM's office to withold information from the PM and his team? If so, when did the PM become aware of it? If not, why wasn't any action taken sooner by PM?

Mark Mitchell says 36 emails were sent to his office but also that a protocol had been put in place by the Police Commissioner's office to prevent him seeing them. I'd love a journo to ask: 1. When was the protocol put in place? 2. When did Mark Mitchell become aware of the protocol? #nzpol

Luxon, Mitchell, and Hipkins all failed to apologise in the House to Tamatha Paul today for their derogatory comments about her stating that police on the streets doesn't make people feel safe, and Tamatha has too much grace and class to demand it. #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

IT GOT BETTER 📍Central MN

Some cat acting like he's already won the $45m

Speechless

Drizzle in Auckland but check the size of the rain system! www.metservice.com/maps-radar/r...

Same goes for MPs

Couple things you can definitely do when putting someone into a high office in the police is deeply look into the churches they attended and their belief systems and the school they went to and what kind of history of attitudes towards women they might have had/have.

So it seems like Andrew Coster and Jevon McSkimming were church buddies. How utterly predictable.

That specific kind of walk that Certain Men do where they try to look tough like a gunslinger, who in turn walk like that because their bottoms are very sore from too much riding

“A few bad apples” is always used to deflect criticism of systemic problems in NZ. Schopenhauer’s entropy is a more realistic way to think about it: “If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.”

Some police acted with integrity.

I cannot get the "a few bad apples" repeated line from Line of Duty out of my head today. For some fucking reason. I'm so angry. Fuck it, let's get a bear in to run the police.

Outcomes not great for kids either. Oranga Tamariki is viewed as largely intervening in ‘low decile’ areas. People who believe that may be shocked at how frequently it’s actually the children of the wealthy who get abandoned, treated as pawns in custody battles and abused. Extreme individualism.

It's the perfect playground for mediocre, toxic men who are too inadequate to find similar relative status outside NZ, so they sit, smug and wealthy, and abuse the system at will. It's, also, why they loathe Te Tiriti, because that's all about openness, fairness, and mana.

In NZ, we prefer salaried corruption with a topping of conflict of interests and performance bonuses; the main focus is ensuring that wealth and abuse are kept within the right circles.

Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading. But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you. Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️

Looks like Sarah Kendzior’s suspension isn’t an error. I don’t know Sarah, but I’ve followed her on and off for like 15 years and this is very surprising to me. I’m not big on assuming the worst based on partial information but this feels bad.

With most world ranking indexes of countries, you don't normally need a log scale to show change between two years.

Journalist friends, you know what to do. Sarah Kendzior was suspended, she doesn’t know why, and the head of T&S said he won’t confirm whether or not the suspension was intentional unless media requests hit a threshold

What's wrong with the barrel?

Mark Mitchell on RNZ Morning Report saying "just a few bad apples, rest of the Police are all goods". But the IPCA doesn't really seem to agree with this assessment?

It’s a hard life being a bus seat. Respect. #BusLife

BREAKING: BBC apologise to Donald Trump for editing a speech to make him coherent.

I've talked to a couple of people about this and the best positive guess is that it's an abundance of caution because linking to his prior convictions could be deemed prejudicial to this case, and no one wants to be responsible for aborting a trial.

This IPCA report on McSkimming and enabler/s needs a major systemic review of police command staff and systems to result.How deep does the rot go?Is just making up breathalysers results by lower level police a downstream reflection of the culture? New Zealand needs answers, not soundbites.

Police culture valued loyalty over integrity. Long read.