I have emailed but if anyone can reach Stuff more quickly that would be great. This is misinformation - a correction needs to be issued, an apology given, and a process put in place so this doesn’t reoccur. It is unacceptable and negligent this has been up for a full day during a health crisis.

Here’s the correct advice: www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

Sticker seen in Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand denouncing the Prime Minister Chris Luxon for supporting the US-Israeli war on Iran

Some encouraging news from Bandcamp, where the collection society share will now apply to eligible sales in additional territories. This already applies to sales in Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and will now also apply to all other territories, including the United States.

So that’s that, right? We don’t have to put up with endless drivel about how expensive it is to save the planet abd ourselves ever again? Cool.

While the pathetic grifters are whining about Labour 'ignoring advice' regarding COVID, here's a quick reminder #nzpol Advice ignored - Smokefree Legislation - Emissions Targets, etc - Māori Health Authority - Fast-track Bill - School Lunches - iReX - Landlord Tax Breaks - Significant Natural Areas

An adhocracy exists when those running your country have no plan and act on instinct. Killing an elderly dictator who's replaced by a younger, more dangerous dictator, for example. Bombing a country without considering the consequences for the global economy, or the likely retaliation by its allies.

A government inquiry into Winston Peters related injuries

I have a theory that a shortage of suitable venues isn't the reason international acts sometimes skip NZ on their tours. Are local promoters willing to pay a premium to compensate acts for their additional travel, accommodation and other expenses? If not, flashy new stadiums won't help.

Caring less about what other people think of me.

'Noodles' Final Scene' is also the final track on 'Primitive Future', the latest wordsSHIFTminds album. You'll need to have seen Sergio Leone's masterpiece 'Once Upon A Time In America' to understand the title and cover image.

This kind of crap is why we need to get donations out of politics. Money is not speech. The rich do not merit more influence than the rest of us. #nzpol

Today went fast ⏩. Too fast for my liking 💨. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

"Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected here." - Winston Liar.

Please take a moment to sign this Greenpeace petition and ensure healthy water for all.

The US is responsible for this war crime. There will be others.

15 years ago today, an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan and triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. This disaster was not inevitable. It was shaped by human decisions, systemic risks, and flawed energy choices.

What did the second Covid Inquiry come down to? In short, four days. That's by how much the Inquiry says the last Auckland lockdown was too long. Four days. Sorry, but if four days made such a dramatic difference to the health of your business, it wasn't likely to survive, lockdown or no lockdown.

Let's not forget. Written a few months into Covid, this 2020 story details how brilliant New Zealand's response was.

Not a single right-wing NZ politician has said that the Covid Inquiries will provide useful research for dealing with future pandemics, making their criticisms transparently and exclusively about discrediting the previous government and not about concern for the population. #nzpol

Many people reckon Simeon Brown should have asked more questions about the risks of his mandatory higher speed limits in neighbourhoods, around schools & on dangerous highways — evidence that was readily available to him at the time, and that continues to accumulate in the form of injuries & deaths.

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

The anti-vaxers will be spewing: “We acknowledge that some people disagree with Medsafe’s decision that the benefits of [the Pfizer vaccine] Comirnaty outweighed its risks. They consider the risks of the vaccine then, and now, well outweigh any perceived benefit. We do not agree with that view.”

Find a friend or colleague who had someone they love die of covid in the UK and tell them you wish the same had happened here in NZ, tell them they're fools for being envious of our fully covid free months and months and months...

I don’t give a single fuck if some child rapist may be too elderly or unwell to stand trial for their CRIMES. I care about the VICTIMS OF PEDOPHILES & THEIR RIGHT TO JUSTICE. What a sick fucking world these disturbed network of men have created for us all. 🤨 #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Anyone who says our Covid response was bad as opposed to one of a handful of the best responses in the world, doesn't understand the Covid Royal Commission's report and votes RW which is also caused by not understanding things #NZPol

I'm sorry but the judges giving home detention for paedophiles are coming close to condoning the crime. It's horrific offending and this guy and the Gloriavale one deserve prison. The judges in both cases are undermining the justice system.

Simeon Brown reckons Labour ministers should have asked more questions about the myocarditis risk for 12-16 year olds posed by two shots of the Covid vaccine. But how could they ask questions about advice they didn't know existed?

The Phase 2 report's out www.covid19lessons.royalcommission.nz/reports-less... Inter alia, it flags how mis/disinfo significantly impacted NZ's pandemic response. Both undermined efficacy of vaxx campaign and implementation of lockdowns, contributing to a measurable decline in public trust. #nzpol

Time to pass a law that any party spokesperson of media outlet that opines with hindsight reckons on pandemic management has to show this chart in the background at all times #nzpol

As someone living with multiple autoimmune disease, who also lived through the Auckland lockdowns, I thank dog we had a humanitarian in charge of the nation during Covid 19 and not an inhumane neoliberal psychopath. Thanks Labour Party of 2020 for keeping myself & my loved ones alive. 🙏🕊️ #nzpol

Rimmer's statement to the House, on the Covid Enquiry Report, made me sick. It is very clear that anyone in Act, who speaks to value of human life, doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone except their business donor mates. Shameful attitude. #nzpol

For you young folk: This is the Welsh trio Budgie, and that's a guy (the late Burke Shelley) singing - not Shirley Bassey. He's also playing bass, brilliantly at that. This masterpiece, 'Parents', was recorded in 1973. Thanks to @majorminir.bsky.social for introducing me to this band in 1975.

In 2023, I sought to explain to a parliamentary committee what a structural collapse of the global food system would look like, and why this this is plausible - even likely. I think the likelihood has just ratcheted up a notch. I beg you to read and understand. Thanks www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...

The absolute mind boggling thing about NZ covid response in 2020-2021 as someone who did the entire first level 4 and then went to Texas is that y’all were roaming around while many people were in *self imposed* lockdowns because their govt abandoned them.

As someone who was in that last Auckland lockdown, I firmly believe the Government did the best it could throughout the main acute phase of the pandemic at every point. Hindsight is 20:20 but I'm glad Simeon Brown wasn't making any decisions during that period.

"The second phase of the Covid-19 response inquiry has found the government's response was effective but late and not communicated well enough to people." Rubbish. We all remember the daily pressers,announcements,updates. This is a cr@p finding. Political BS. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Does anyone have a suggestion for a photo or image I could use to illustrate an adhocracy? Sensible ideas preferred, although humorous ones also accepted (because I know how much you all like a larf).

Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

10 months home detention for grooming and raping a teenager. It seems that if you're a white guy with a job and a bit of money, you can get away with sexual crimes against women and children with basically a slap on the wrist, even if you have the bad luck to be found guilty.

Ah.....to be not brown or poor 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾

@kathyburke.bsky.social said it best

Well, everything is going just swimmingly, then! 🙁 😑 😖

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

National MPs pledge their support for the PM in a "We've got nothing better" sort of a way.

This was last updated 26 Feb because lack of government funding doesn’t allow for more frequent reporting, but you can see we’re in a new Covid wave. Anecdotally, three separate people today mentioned they were WFH because they had it, or knew someone with it. Politicians/NZ media, please push: 🧵

We need: Widened booster eligibility for under 30’s - the PHCC recommended this years ago, why are we ignoring experts? Free N95 masks and Covid tests - Covid is a H&S/worksafe issue as well as a public health one - sort it out. Clean air in schools - an easy win but zero future thinking happening.