Didn't get there today Wordle 1,621 X/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩

The Press story

Under the Government's proposal, Phil Mauger would be Christchurch's voice for resource management... www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/25/g...

Pretty easy this morning Wordle 1,620 3/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This one took a surprisingly long time between rows 2 and 3 because my brain just couldn't see the possible combination in the middle. Once I realised it was very quick Wordle 1,618 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

How to respond if you get an Act survey in the mail (link takes you to FB, but it's worth it) www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

Things you don't see every day: large pink soft toys on your neighbour's roof! Can only assume a seagull realized mid flight that it wasn't edible and ditched it.

Lucky! Wordle 1,613 2/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Hope everyone in Ōtautahi has got their washing in!!

Phew! Wordle 1,608 6/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

In which I am a hand model www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...

Over the next decade NZ will transition to a “personal responsibility” risk model when it comes to buying and protecting property, Simon Watts told a private insurance event.

Email this morning from Te Whatu Ora, thanking me for my patience, and letting me know that my payment from Waitematā DHB is schedule for payment in "the coming weeks". But not how much it is. I shall away the many thousands of dollars with bated breath

Tricky! Wordle 1,606 4/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I concur

Just as well I watered my garden

That moment when you take yourself into the 24-hour surgery with a respiratory virus that's become an infection and realise from the speed at which you're triaged that you're age now puts you in the high-risk group

Oooh, tricky! Wordle 1,604 6/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I worked at Waitemata DHB for my last 18 months in Auckland, 13-14 years ago. I was paid a salary. I'm now having to go through a complex rigmarole because apparently they managed to get my holiday pay wrong ON A SALARY. I'm due a refund. It'll probably be about $5

That didn't take long Wordle 1,603 2/6* 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Mike Davidson's maiden speech to Parliament was a goody! videos.parliament.nz/on-demand?id...

Ugh. Docking station died. Looks like it'll be $600 for a replacement. It's all very well getting a super swish Microsoft laptop with all the bells and whistles, but it can be costly when you have to replace stuff...

Ōnuke Marae, and Takapūneke Reserve, November 4

Paul Henry is not a good Chase host

Who else in Christchurch is down with a non-Covid respiratory virus? #blerch

Another fun Farmers Weekly poll :) www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/fonterr...

Curious to know: how many people actually regularly (like 2+ times a week) buy a takeaway coffee?

Meanwhile in Australia... www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

Absolute banger of a speech by Genevieve Robinson in nominating Iaean Cranwell for Deputy Chair of ECan today. Worth watching and sharing www.youtube.com/live/z_a4PDZ... #nzpol

Bring out that American spelling again Wordle 1,591 4/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

For those who took part in last week's Farmer's Weekly poll, the results: www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/weekly-...

Lots of time between the lines Wordle 1,583 2/6* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That was lucky! Wordle 1,582 3/6* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Dear Bsky whanau There's a poll at the bottom of this article. Do your thing www.farmersweekly.co.nz/opinion/doin...

Rats. It was the other one Wordle 1,579 X/6* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

So in my news today...

Depressingly low turnout so far in Christchurch - 33.42%. Our engagement model is broken www.electionz.com/LGE2025Retur... #nzpol

Not a difficult word, just many possibilities along the way Wordle 1,574 6/6* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So on FB today we have a candidate for ECan's Chch Central constituency promising no more speed humps. And people are responding positively. That, ladies and gentleman, is the calibre of this election.

I've come off pretty lightly in the billboard modification stakes. This is the first one I've noticed, and tbh, it made me laugh

Took the munchkins to the Burwood red zone for their walk today. Lovely to see how mature the planting next to Anzac Dr, from about 11 years ago, is getting now. And also the lovely new bridge crossing Corser Stream, and the fab new natural playground in Brooker Reserve

Having slept appallingly last night & feeling awful today then realising that, yup, it was a full moon tonight and this is what seems to happen to me I googled. And yes, it is common. First image from Harvard Health, second from Science

Oooo, that's a tricky word! Wordle 1,571 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

What foul weather it's been this weekend. So far I've watched two movies. I'm anticipating a third tonight.

Huge disparities in voting returns throughout Christchurch. This graphic just shows the differences in the wards that comprise the Chch NE/Ōrei ECan constituency. Citywide, Banks Peninsula at 31.58% has more than double the returns of Riccarton at 15.4%. Encourage a renter to vote today #nzpol

I hate these ones where you get to multiple possibilities very quickly Wordle 1,568 5/6* 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Guy Williams, New Zealand Tomorrow, on Waimate. Brilliant www.threenow.co.nz/shows/new-ze...

Got there in the end Wordle 1,565 5/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Help! My garden is being overtaken by Chatham Island forget-me-nots! What should I do? 😁 #nzgardens

So it turns out that had I not resigned, I would've been made redundant. It's pretty brutal. And this is in a primary industry/tech research company - you know, the sort that this government supposedly wants more of. Scientists are leaving the country & won't come bak