My election prediction: National will be reelected because Te Pāti Māori will collapse at the election.

Just cycled out to Rolleston. Somewhat disappointed in the place. Passed kms of new estates but have not seen a single cyclist and only one bike stand. It is totally car centric. I guess it's because there is nowhere to cycle to.....

What I imagine when hearing about the Hunter virus www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/s/c...

Magnificent trolling. Especially the last one.

Just been to our favorite Asian supermarket and came back with... Banana Sauce! Nope, no idea what it is or how to use it. Looking forward to new recipes.

Metservice this morning: gale force winds NE. 5mm rain 11am. Bugger that says I. I'm going for a cycle anyway. Fight headwinds on the Port Hills. Magnificent views no rain Get down to Sumner, wind drops, sun comes out perfect weather. Metservice now: 23.6 and moderate winds. No rain.

Was feeling hungry and went to make some food. Went past the open front door and found a pizza on the doorstep! I couldn't believe my luck but I saw an Uber doc with the name of the neighbor on it. So I delivered it to him. People pay $35 to get a pizza delivered for lunch?

In the Land Of The Free someone's asthma inhaler jumped from $66 to $539. Unable to afford the cost, he left without medication. He tried to manage his condition with his rescue inhaler but suffered a fatal asthma attack days later. Third world health care indeed. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pleasure Suit Larry in the land of the lounge lizards. On 5 1/4 inch floppy.

This is magnificent. My saliva glands are running already.

Obviously never looked under Format/cells

Now this is cool. Imagine having multi colored headlights, the, road could be illuminated in one color, the the sides in another. Arrows could appear on the road with a cound down to when to turn. insideevs.com/news/794295/...

Who names their bee Corbiculae?

I can't see why we are even going there. Are we going to raise statues to everyone elses wartime atrocities as well? How about the The Holocaust, The Armenian Genocide, The Rwandan Genocide The Cambodian Genocide The Mongol Sacks. Why should we start? www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Cycled out from chch to Little River with a full bike on the Little River Trail to camp at the campground there. It was closed..... Cycled back home again. 106km round trip.

Bravo. The English language rocks ..

Just been walking in the Port hills and was passed by about 20 scooters in a group. Most of the riders looked like middle aged guys. So middle aged dentists ride Harleys and everyone else in that age bracket are on scooters?

Come together, right now...

Mine was about Care and Protection Family Group Conferences. And how it was the same old system as social workers limited the options of the families decision making to what they wanted. Years later the Department did their own research and found the same thing.

Seems like wearing a mask is bad for your health.

Guess which one/s are ai.

The sun is out in Christchurch! Just saying, don't want to cast any shade on whats happening up north.

We made Rissoles last night. To our shock thy are breathtakingly spicy. Why? We bought Spicy Panko breadcrumbs by mistake! Why on earth do spicy breakcrumbs even exist? Now I have to eat them all. Mouth burning after only 4.

Fielding is fielding a new idea.

Two Tornados Tore Through Tauranga www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

This is very clever...

In a cafe this morning a lady comes in with her golden lab. Named Bubbles. Is there any dog, outside of a Rottweiler any less likely to be named Bubbles? But can you imagine the conversation between dogs? Lab1 my owner calls me Max. Lab2 mine is Bear. This Lab. Nice day isn't it.

There has been lots and lots of hype over the Artimis flight around the moon. But it was done over 50 years ago. And now it's also using one shot rockets which SpaceX made obsolete. It also took ages to build using the waterfall pattern and not agile like SpaceX. It's not really that great.

How far will $1 au get you in an electric car or a petrol? This website tells you. elitre.com.au/dollar

Are we playing Acronym bingo again?

To watch the most bizzare, yet brilliant, movie preview just google this PI HARD starring Neil deGrasse Tyson and Elon Musk I tell you its worth it. ........

Out in your boat and seeing it dissolving into the ocean under you.

Now you get attacked by a ball of green during the nesting season.

Cries in New Zealand...

Palmerston North ... where 4 people equals a crowd.

This is the most boomer thread I have read in a long time....

Stupid dog. The book was far better.

From a post: “Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”

Sadly Keri Hound's. "The Bone People" was out of the Harwera Stick Library.

Old Cromwell is so well done, but sometimes feels like you are visiting ancient Roman remains. Here are where the ancient comwellians worked and lived

Accidentally did a 10km MTN bikeride yesterday. I found out it was one way only a d couldn't get off it There had been an event a few days earlier and the track was modified with new paths. Really tricky for me but the first time I really trusted the bike and tires Took an hour.

Cromwell old town is something else. Well worth visiting.

The dominance of poser clothing and boutique stores in Wanaka is complete now that Salvation Army store has left the center of the town. We are looking at the birth of Queenstown mini me.

There is no fuel crisis. I have never seen so many vehicles on the road coming back from Wanaka and Qtown. Crisis? Who cares, just as long as we get our Easter holidays.

There is a big new cycle track on the Burke's pass side of Tekapo! Never heard of it before.

The Fairly bakehouse is an ant nest of people today. Avoid it unless you want to queue for ages then wait for your food.

Went to a tiny Anglican church this morning. The visiting Minister said he married a couple in Ashburton and the next day saw them here. So as a joke he said he was there because he missed a page from the wedding and it wasn't legal. The woman screamed and started crying. He never forgot it.

Is the collapse of America imminent? medium.com/@carmitage/t...

I found a museum in the back of a shop in Geraldine! It's really good. Including a native Peel fox getting amorous with a duck.