Oh shit we got a boil water notice! Attn Kirikiriroa Hamilton pals #kikorangi hamilton.govt.nz/boil-water-n...

So Collins wants New Zealand to become an international arms dealer. My kiwisaver fund explicitly excludes weapons because they're incompatible with ethical fund management, but here's Judith Collins gleefully announcing our entry into this appalling trade. WT actual F. #nzpol

Every other vaccine is given to infants before they are exposed to the disease. In NZ covid vax is gatekept for most kids until they are 5, and then most people can’t get ongoing updated covid vax until after 30 😒 Oh yeah, we also continue to ignore indoor air …

“Going for Growth” in human suffering. The stuff kiwi dreams are made of…?👀🤬 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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Oh no, another iconic Wellington café closing? What caused it this time? People working from home? Cycleways? Lack of parking? Nope, Peter Jackson terminated their lease. What a local hero he is! www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Biggest 6 month rise in youth (15-19) unemployment this millennia, Q3 2023 - Q1 2024 + 6.9% (28400 unemployed to 42100). Biggest Annual 2008-2009 (+6.8%, 26200 to 35200 unemployed), 2nd biggest annual 2023-2024 (+5.4%, 30500 to 38800 unemployed). This is not caused by youths playing video games.

Pleased to see next Archbishop of Canterbury will be a woman with inclusive views, Sarah Mullally. ⛪🛐 The Archbishop of Canterbury is the principal leader of the Church of England for 85M Anglicans globally, a role like that of the Pope. ⛪🛐 Conservatives are appalled 😒 www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Which countries would NZ Defence Minister approve or ban as buyers of NZ made lethal weapons? Is she willing to trade with Israel or Russia to help them kill more people? Appalling regardless of where weapons would be used! Aotearoa NZ has a commitment to peace not war! #NZpol

This is quite jarring. The defence minister is promoting war as profit opportunity. Genocide as good for our bottom line. I really hate the industrial military complex so much. An entire industry based on murder for money and it is legal. Hideous,vile, pointless and destructive - but yet legal.

Dear Judith, Weapons manufacturing is a major enabler of crimes against humanity. In the immortal words of Nancy Reagan - just say NO.

But there was Luxon the other day, telling kids to put down the Playstation & ho get a job.

Don'tknow that I'd use AI to plan a trip tbh. bbc.com/travel/artic...

Beneficiaries of the taxpayer, though I'msure they don't see it that way.

Yikes. ‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong? www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Ah yes, because the target market for this book — six and seven year olds — can so easily “He could “order it online, buy it at a bookstore, or borrow it from a friend.” “ Just rolling in money and flush with credit cards, the first grade set. May that judge‘s feet always perceive Lego, forever.

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It’s not so much Watts throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks as it is a half-hearted tossing of whatever was in arm’s reach, knowing it will just slide down the wall but hoping you’re not still in the job by the time it starts to pool on the ground. #nzpol

Some of the government’s earliest decisions are coming back to bite it

The White House website at the moment is straight out blaming democrats and their "Fake News allies" for the shutdown. The level of propaganda on that website is unreal. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Spring socks - my favourite design so far by Charlotte Stone.

Mayor Wayne Brown tells Auckland Ratepayers Alliance to “fuck off” is absolute gold 🧡🧡🧡😂

Āue 😭 Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91 www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

And for the record I think that's a pretty awful get-up that Hegseth's wearing (especially considering how he lectured the assembled top brass about uniform standards!).

Well worth reading.

Impossible to look at this as anything other than more rampant climate denial, especially when you look at the success of things like the solar + battery rebates in Australia #nzpol drilled.media/news/new-zea...

The ACT tail wagging the government dog again?

Payment surcharge ban will raise prices www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/payment-s... Payment surcharge ban will raise prices, reduce competition between big and small businesses, officials warned We warned you. Hiding the problem doesn’t fix the problem.

"But history – indeed, very recent history – shows that the Kushner-Blair proposal is not only a moral atrocity, but a policy one, too."

I suppose our do-nothing PM was "unaware" of this.

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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

He understands nothing, he achieves nothing, and he never stops talking about how great and purposeful he is. He's like a performance art piece on how to suck

*No wombats were harmed. Said spanking was done with permission of a park ranger and knowing my very gentle and lovely friend Emma, this was definitely a genteel occasion. Also, wombat bottom facts are fascinating. www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/how-wombats-...

So you mean to tell me that the sane way forward is to go big into solar and wind for primary electricity supply, and treat hydro as battery storage for generation lulls, and the govt has instead decided to chuck more cash at incumbents and resurrect Solid Energy for gas imports

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#nzpol Surprise! Look. What I say to you is this. The rich and sorted can rejoice as power company share prices soar as a result of my get tough approach to them. Meridian up 4.13%

Like Trump, the Luxon Govt wants to tax us to pay for subsidies for fossil fuel cos: Oil/gas exploration subsidies; LNG import facility subsidies; new coal generation subsidies. Meanwhile it cancelled the Gas Transition Plan; NZ Battery Project; Offshore Wind; Govt Investment to Decarbonise Industry

Have you heard an idea called the Younger Dryas impact, about comet fragments impacting Earth 12,000 years ago and causing climactic changes? Yeah, there's a good reason I don't put any stock in it, and Mark — an impact expert — details why.

I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.

"I get it" is surely his most infuriating repetitive tic. You absolutely do NOT get it. If you even vaguely approached "getting it" you would fling yourself into the sea

*BREAKING: PLEASE REPOST* The Media Council has upheld complaints against RNZ, finding that the article about Alex lacked balance and failed to present alternative perspectives, particularly once information about Alex's own voice became publicly available. www.mediacouncil.org.nz/rulings/park...

diluted Crown share? Oh further privatisation, you mean? So consumers are even more vulnerable to getting bilked? Hard no. #nzpol

Anyway, don't know why the democrats are even bothering to negotiate. The Supreme Court's recent ruling on impoundment means Trump doesn't have to keep any deal he makes, so there is simply no point talking to him. Let him whip his minions himself.

Bernard Hickey: NZ Govt’s new “New Building Standards” Govt changes #quake rules to redefine away $8.2b worth of rebuilds & retrofits Trump announces 100% tariff on movies made outside of US; RBNZ looks back with hindsight; More real income deflation #nzpol #economy open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Been a bizare week with some of the more wild candidates out there - like last Sunday’s visit to my parents place… open.substack.com/pub/paulbarl...

National day of Action (NZ) #nzpol #AoNZ

Average life expectancy for Māori men is 73.7 yrs #nzpol Enjoy that retirement ...

Concerns are being raised about privatisation after Health Minister Simeon Brown met representatives of a controversial multinational company that runs prisons and hospitals. “The Minister must immediately & fully disclose the nature, purpose, & content of his discussions with Serco.” #nzpol