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It's pretty shocking. I hope these men eventually see justice for what was done to them.

"'Christ in the rubble' challenges us to think beyond ourselves during the Christmas season; it invites us to see the image of Jesus in every child killed and pulled from under the rubble." www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/baby-jesus...

Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...

Destiny harasses Sikhs. Brian Tamaki-linked group confronts Sikh parade in South Auckland www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

Even Mother Nature thinks Seymour's a dick.

Inside the weirdest trial of the year: Jim Grenon, Julian Batchelor and TVNZ thespinoff.co.nz/media/19-12-...

Two far-right networks designated as terrorist entities newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/18/t...

"A diary page set out the man’s manifesto, saying he had been radicalised at 19 and he was a 'soldier of Christ, his country, people and religion'". | Hawke’s Bay man deemed a ‘national security threat’, wanted to commit mass killing www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...

It's awful that people are using this tragedy to push their various agendas. You can't trust any information in a crisis until it's been verified and be wary of propaganda after. AI-generated images of alleged Bondi gunman used to spread false information www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Let's not fall for the conman's story here. Beware of Doug www.webworm.co/bewareofdoug

Wrapped!

Well this is a bit delightful. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Ōtautahi places of interest for measles case - includes a couple of buses, bars and restaurants. Quarantine and monitoring of symptoms recommended info.health.nz/health-topic...

Great news!

Ōtautahi, we’re rallying Friday from 6pm in Hagley Park at the corner of Riccarton and Hagley. No one is in support of this ban - every major medical body has come out against it. Let’s show that the public don’t support it, either.

This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help. givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...

Excellent decision. Judge voids election result after claims of voter fraud in South Auckland www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

FluTracking appears to have become a victim of the government's fiscal axe.

The worst people helping the worst people. Billionaire NZME director Jim Grenon funding defamation lawsuit against TVNZ, court told thespinoff.co.nz/media/16-12-...

I admire her so much for standing up for her values. 👏👏👏 Executive assistant resigns over mayor's 'disregard for Treaty principles' www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

My heart is sick at the horrifying terrorist attack on Jewish people in Bondi and how unsafe it's made all Jewish people feel. The answer to hate is not more hate. We're all neighbours in this little blue world we call home. Let's look after each other.

This is really bad. Ten people, including one shooter, dead after Bondi Beach attack www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Impossible to read this without a good measure of tears. The boy who ran newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/13/t...

Sigh. The Centrist plonked an ad for their book on Jacinda, featuring conspiracy theorist-bait questions about whether she's going for the top job in the UN and "who gave her millions and why", right in the middle of her Graham Norton Show appearance. Twice. In one ad break.

Liquidator’s first report for Destiny Church entity shows $2.7m owed newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/l...

So dodgy. Do it again and scrap postal voting. Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe? thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...

Auckland, could you please be a little less stabby?

New Zealanders increasingly distrustful of China and the US newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/08/n...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

How internet became 'enshittified' - and how to fix it www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...

Alongside the many critiques of government policies that we published in 2025, we also ran many pieces about fortitude, accomplishment, and optimism. These are the stories that we’d like to leave you with over the summer. Stories of restoration, resistance, and hope.

Racism is already Farage's whole deal. To get more votes doesn't mean he'll be less racist, he and his mates just need make the voters *more* racist. Racism allegations could derail right-wing populist Nigel Farage’s bid to become Britain’s next PM www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent." our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...

Go PATHA! 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Surely this is grounds to shut Compass down for a full investigation. Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

What’s happening with the Waitangi Tribunal review? e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

This isn't democracy. I'd like to see a change where all votes are individual votes, never party blocks, and coalition agreements are only about what gets introduced, not passed. Underdog tale: the regulatory standards bill is law despite almost everyone hating it thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

Anne Salmond: We’re reforming the wrong part of government newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/a...

Truly shocking. But before our fingers get too pointy, insurance for the sanctions-evading shadow fleet was coming from... right here. The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com... archive.ph/TVrws

How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Not the outcome anyone wanted but at least her whānau can say goodbye now. Body found in search for missing woman Te Anihana Pomana www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

That Stuff story certainly tricked me into feeling sorry for him, and now I feel like a mug. Definitely not going to help his job hunting now that he's been so publicly dishonest about his history. The Curious Case of Robert Purchase www.webworm.co/robertpurcha...

Seymour, Hobson's Pledge et al are really struggling to frame a response to this. 'Te Tiriti' is not a magic word that instantly causes your kids to forget how to add. ‘Expression of kotahitanga’: More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/expressio...

How cool is this! Metallica donate $20,000 to Auckland Women’s Centre www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...

"Phineas Mann, Hector Gardiner, Campbell Harvey, Bryan French, Karen Robinson, and Tianarangi Robinson. A teenager continues to have name suppression." Six charged over Destiny Church Pride library storytime protest can now be named www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/six-charg...

‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

NZ First are actually evil. They don't care how many lives they may ruin to get the anti-trans vote.

30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

We're an international embarrassment. New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...