Good grief, the state of it. Who directed DoC to accept this grifter’s bid? A former bankrupt, someone who has form for not completing projects and owing creditors millions. #nzpoo newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/22/f...

The primary difference between people who know a fucking thing about AI and people who don't isn't whether they support its use or not It's that people who know a fucking thing about AI know that using it effectively requires a high-investment strategy, not an ideological demand for instant savings

I know I have seen this poster. Can’t think where, or when exactly, other than childhood 🤔

This is totally fucked up

Email 58 - Jenny Marcroft - NZ First / Transphobia

Email 78 - Winston Peters - New Zealand First

Email 80 - Tama Potaka - National

Email 92 - Penny Simmonds - National

Email 118 - Nicola Willis - National

Email 122 - Lawrence Xu-Nan - Greens

An interesting thing about NASA is that they’ve never had to worry whether scrubbing a launch for safety reasons would impact their IPO

Hi friends, for 2 years your votes have gotten Feijoa into the Whitcoulls Top 100 Books list, & I’m convinced it makes a huge difference to getting in front of people who haven’t seen it before. Voting takes 1 minute and you could win $100 book voucher. www.whitcoulls.co.nz/top-100-book...

It’s a good street.

Time to court the women's vote, once we define what one actually is. I chat more about this over at my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/yeehawth...

It's not a distraction - it's a spearhead test of how much dehumanisation and platforming of dangerous bigotry they can get the public discourse to accept as normal. If they can do this to trans people, we are all on the block.

Email 41 - Chris Hipkins - Labour

Seems to be free to read… it’s a longish one, but well worth your time 💯

An undersea wave of warmth could contribute to one of the strongest El Niño events on record later this year, with effects expected on global climate patterns into 2027, including increased risks of drought, flooding rain, and record heat and humidity.

listen up graduates

It’s the first word in this email that killed me. Shot through the heart 💘🤍🩵

This is the email that most NZers need to read, I reckon. ✊🩷🤍🩵 #nzpol

‘Just hurry up and roll Luxo’ did make me lol, just a wee bit 😂🤭

‘Not a decent working dog…’ That’s as nice as you can get about this. Kudos @oldmatecans.bsky.social

Hell. This whole thread. Every damn painful (even though constructive) bit of it. ✊🩷🤍🩵

tough to overstate how quickly science funding in New Zealand has been blown to pieces - on Friday the NZ govt straight up disbanded the Marsden fund (our version of the NSF) it'll be replaced by a 'transition fund' with less money and zero information, as of yet, about what it will support #nzpol

A selection from speeches from the debates on the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Recognition Act 2021. Any journos reading this feel free to ask any of the speakers whether they stand by these comments made less than five years ago. At the second reading: Nicola Grigg:

If yet more public service jobs need to go, should the leaching libertarian's "Ministry of Grift" be one of the first ones on rhe chopping block?

More journalism of the Vox Pol variety, please and thank you 🙏

Have they done a thorough proof of concept for AI in public service? No. But are they using it successfully themselves? Also no. But do they have clear plans for how AI will be deployed? No. This article would be hilarious if it wasn't devastating. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler. 🎈📌👶https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/data-center-used-30-million-gallons-of-water-without-initially-paying/

This is a good* piece * burn it all burn it fucking all

It’s been a long day. I think the only thing I have to add is that the clue is in the NAME. It’s the PUBLIC SERVICE. That’s it. That’s what matters #nzpol

Willis says we should have a smaller public sector like Finland with only 12 govt departments not 42. But Finland with a similar population to NZ has 74.6k public service workers compared to 63.6k in NZ. 🤷 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

I didn’t think I could love @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social any more than I do but I got to the bottom of this piece and read… “…lithium (which is not a rare earth element)…” And I *may* just have leapt up and shouted HALLELUJAH on the train 🫣

And here's the link to donate if you are able support.auckland.ac.nz/mcr

Fairy godmothers needed! For 18 months, I've been trying (and failing) to secure funding for a women's health-related study in my lab. It's too important not to do, so I'm turning to crowdfunding instead. Here's me chatting on RNZ's Checkpoint about it all www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

"If she has her own house, what will she need me for?" I don't know, dude, maybe be cool and fun to be around and be happy for her success instead being whiny little sad-ass troll about it? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Current budget = our money. They are sending OUR MONEY intended for *basic research* to tech companies

The four globalised challenges of the apocalypse? 🏇🏇🏇🏇🫣

Winston Peters lying to the public is bad. But his lies are supported by media that not only doesn't challenge his lies, it *boosts them instead.* And grants them the legitimacy of being published 'in the news,' unchallenged. Lying MPs with media machinery behind them is SUPER TERRIFYING #nzpol

"I hate the Greens. Is usually what people who hate the Greens say before they find out..." any Green policies 🎯 this is great @mitchcpope re: Aussie Greens #nzpol

If they are opting out, what you are offering is not enough. And the big thing? Who is it that that lets down? These women can and should, choose to have careers outside politics. It is the rest of us — women at large — who are DENIED REPRESENTATION. #democracynow #nzpol #kikorangi

If no one is engaging in what you're offering, what you're offering isn't making women feel safe. Ask me pls 🙋‍♀️ #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My pick of 4 editorial cartoons from the week - see these and more goodies by following the NZ Herald links in bio to premium content 😎☕️

The coalition switched the fees free year from the 1st year to the final year of university when they took office. Presumably people who had already received a fees free 1st year aren't eligible for a fees free final year, so how many people actually benefitted from the fees free final year? #nzpol

"The Greens know that it is a fantastic, wise, smart investment to invest in tertiary education for students and our communities." What evidence-based policy* does for you. And for all of us 💯 *hit me up if you want the OECD data demonstrating the ROI. But Google gets you there pretty quickly

#nzpol #kikorangi

I guess I start writing my annual budget commentary this weekend. Maybe I make it a personal one? Some say that uni fees don’t matter as much as living costs. But when you’ve grown up on the dpb, you’re used to living cheap. Uni fees, or just the *idea* of going into debt? Almost insurmountable 🤷‍♀️