The ultimate insult for the ultimate sacrifice - in today’s HeraldOnSunday

The Iranian government is shooting protesters. Thr United States government is shooting protesters.

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#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread

Brutal data day continues. Twenty-twenty-sux here we come. This is card spending. Remember, we live in a consumer economy. No spendy, no jobby.

VOTE VOTE VOTE - please e te whānau VOTE #NZpol Vote for change of government!

Privatisation sucks. Don't let this happen here. Vote out the privatisation parties, don't tolerate ANY FURTHER privatisation of public utilities. Send the coalition the message that privatisation is 100% unacceptable and will be brutally punished, without mercy. #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

Slightly amended wording, more topical. 🤣 #nzpol

Lux-flakes said National would continue with its savings program at this year's Budget, and that there would be no "extravagant" election promises from National this election, saying any party that wanted to increase spending would need to increase borrowing or taxes. So this 👇

I would like to see far less 'Can he win?' rubbish and much more 'What would it actually mean for the country if we gave the climate denying, asset stripping racists another term?' #nzpol

Where is the Government??? Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

#BBNZ the high seas treaty is now international law. Over 83 countries and the EU have ratified the treaty. NZ is behind the times & has yet to ratify. NZ needs to introduce & pass ratification legislation if its going to influence high seas management from the start. #BBNJCOP

Foreign Minister Winston Peters pulls over NZ Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman after she signed a letter of support for US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #USpol #JeromePowell

#PublicServiceAssociation #nzpol #ChristopherLuxon's government is destroying your job security by introducing "Fire at Will" policy this month. Join your Union and let's make them a #ONETERMGOVERNMENT

Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results https://voteyesornoai.com

Men don’t want trad wives either there are plenty of women who would willingly choose to be trad wives. They want to force women to be trad wives - the people who don’t want it. They want to force pregnancy. They want to force clothing and they want to force undressing. Everywhere.

The next government should give Beck and Rocket Lab a simple choice: abandon your military contracts or lose your license to launch rockets from Aotearoa.

And what does it mean for Governor of the RBNZ, who is a woman? A predictable cascade of gendered harms. Her competence is questioned, appearance mocked, legitimacy challenged, and fundamental right to hold position attacked. This is a Trumpian cadance, that now has foothold in New Zealand. #nzpol

In today’s NZ Herald

Remarkable that Winston has been Govt's only voice, so far, on Trump's attack on Fed independence. And he chose to attack Anna Breman. Especially given Peters voted for the RBNZ Act (1989), which enshrined independence & created a global model for it. thekaka.substack.com/p/peters-fea...

Timeline cleanse How adorable is this kid

I talked to @nikdirga.bsky.social for his story about what to about X. Musk has wrecked its public utility and now he's put an abuse tool front and centre. Public agencies and NGOs need to ask whether they should be there. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

In today’s NZ Herald

I did not know that shouting "fucking bitch" after shooting someone three times in the face causes internal bleeding, the more you know, right

Time for a Royal Commission into the use, storage, and protection of our private health data by health organisations, public and private. This one’s been covered up for 6 months. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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US President Trump and #Venezuela. My Stuff #cartoon today #Trump #Greenland

Should have probably included this comparison of the wage share of the pie in previous 🧵 A stark reminder of just how much Roger and Ruth destroyed the bargaining power of workers as they set about creating a high profit / low wage, private debt fuelled, ecocidal, directionless economy.

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE: "No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested". "Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".

We may be an ocean away, but there are many of us in Aotearoa quietly cheering on every one of you Americans who are standing up, speaking out & taking action today against your govt's latest acceleration towards full-on fascism & war. Solidarity & strength from the deep south of the planet. #nzpol

I AM FUCKING *DECEASED* LOL Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"

My man.

Im surprised... not... that the news of the judge in charge of 🇮🇱Nitinyahu's corruption legal case, Benny Sagi, "mysteriously" killed in "shocking" crash, is not getting much coverage. 🙄

Is this the country where the dawn raids happened or not. I mean spare me.

In today’s NZ Herald

#NZpol Back firms looking to the future, Govt screams. Yet, "40 percent of fast-growing firms were in finance and real estate": *they* get access, our sys actively directs capital away fr knowledge-based initiatives. As Hickey has long said: our eCONomy is a real estate market with bits tacked on.

Maori Women's Welfare league, founded 1951, by Dame Whina Cooper. Rachel + Briar are doing the hard mahi, walking alongside whanau on a path towards safe and fulfilling lives. #whangarei #housing

'Technicals' in common.

Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡

Don't copy paste an Imperial response like other world "leaders" who are abandoning their independent foreign policy to cuddle up to Trump. Have some moral courage Luxon!

Here’s a survey if you feel like participating… #nzpol #OneTermGovernment nzctu.typeform.com/Workforce2026

Already four days old. OMG! Where does the time go? Wishing you and your nascent year all the very best of everything. A #cartoon for the #NewYear

In today’s Weekend Herald

Psst. Hey, come closer. No, closer. I have a New Year’s secret for you. It’s this: If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.

Here's a simple happiness hack: Do something for someone that is truly altruistic. Do it in secret if you can, and take no credit, if you can manage that in a world that sees everything. Do this as often as your circumstances allow, which may be once a year or once a day. Try it and see.

Humpback whale resurfacing after diving below our ship, Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

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