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Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Excerpt from 1News article yesterday: Speaking at the summit, Luxon pitched New Zealand as a "safe haven" for international capital, telling ambassadors from all EU countries that the Government is keen to partner with sovereign wealth funds and other foreign investors to fund major infrastructure projects. "We've got classic infrastructure like prisons and military bases and hospitals to build," Luxon said. "We want to be using domestic pools of capital, partnering with international pools of capital."

I have good news for people looking at the crisis in Southland and wondering where Luxon is. Yesterday he was busy trying to secure international pools of capital to help build prisons, military bases and private hospitals. What a wonderful future we have to look forward to 😒

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TW: Nazi Uniform and violence against women by a Nazi

From Reddit: UGA student tries to enter Athens, GA bar wearing a fucking SS uniform. Go Dawgs, I guess

$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance

The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

The Luxon Govt’s bonkers plan to build 17 Big New Roads that we don’t really need will cost us at least $44 billion.

That’s enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over or to massively improve public transport and cycle infrastructure in all our cities. #nzpol

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Buried on a Friday afternoon news cycle

What the tribunal’s te reo findings mean for the Coalition Govt The tribunal found the Crown breached Te Tiriti by sidelining te reo Māori.

More modern Treaty breaches by the Crown

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Bothered and burnt out: Why the New Zealand workforce needs a break One in two New Zealanders are reporting feeling burnt out from their job, so is the solution to push through, or take a pre-Christmas breather?

Bothered and burnt out: Why the New Zealand workforce needs a break

In today’s NZ Herald #megastrike

David Ball, Half of Groundbreaking Eighties Synth-Pop Duo Soft Cell, Dead at 66

David Ball, the non-singing half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66.

A tweet by Mark Kretschmann showing two photos of the xAI office on Grokipedia release day. The office is filled with small camping tents set up between desks and along hallways, suggesting that engineers have been sleeping there while working late. The caption notes it’s early morning and the engineers are still in their tents, joking that a good night’s sleep does wonders.

Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag

“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.

Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound

$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance

The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

Hawke’s Bay people, remember to switch your morning alarms off.

What a fuck wit - Nelson hospital have been pleading with him for budget/resources for a year. Also the same guy who ordered Auckland City Hospital to do minimum work resulting its infrastructure/backup plans failing in emergencies. This guy would not last a day in a real work environment. #nzpol

Tighter rules may be needed to stem flow of public submissions, says MP 'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws

National proposes gagging the public, to prevent "record number of submissions; 98% opposed" headlines.

This party opposes democracy. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...

Wow only a week or so after no National MPs turned up to vote for their bill.

More on Brian Roche - apparently he's on a part time $650,000 contract and keeps 4 private directorships including a property investment/development company and forestry. No wonder he has no problem politicising the PSC for his benefit #nzpol #kiw

Are they? Are they really?

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

New Zealand MP Judith Collins making a V for Victory sign by a bare wall in the parliament building where a painting of Winston Churchill used to hang.

Cozying up to fascists must mean Judith Collins has gotten over her shock at the relocation of parliament's Winston Churchill painting in August 2021.

At the time she said, "he was one of the very few political leaders who was prepared to stand up to the Nazis and fascists..."

#NZPol

New. #F1. United States 2025 review.
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New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage The climate related disclosures law was once held up internationally as a model of transparency. The government just weakened it.

National-led government embarrassing us, again.
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the anti-vaxxers for bringing this back.

The majority of the public are in support of teachers, nurses and health workers walking off the job in Thursday’s mega strike, new polling suggests, as politicians bicker over who is at fault and the politicisation of the industrial movement. Talbot Mills Research, which also does Labour’s internal polling, found 65% of the 464 asked were in support of the mega strike, a quarter (25%) were opposed, and 10% were unsure. Supporters of the strike were also more likely to be opposition party supporters. Those polled were asked: “As you may be aware a ‘mega- strike’ is planned for Thursday the 23rd that will include around 100,000 teachers, nurses, and other health workers. How strongly do you support or oppose that strike action?” The poll was taken between October 16 to 21.

Voters back the striking public servants by a two-to-one margin Voters were asked: As you may be aware a "mega-strike" is planned for Thursday the 23rd that will include around 100,000 teachers, nurses, and other health workers. Total support 65% Total oppose 25% Unsure 10% In a graph

Mega strike: 65% of public on side of strikers, new Talbot Mills polling suggests

Anna Whyte
October 22, 2025
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Chris Hipkins caught off guard by Labour's health announcement Labour's leader has admitted he "forgot" his health spokesperson was set to release policy today.

Imagine if you ran this story every time Luxon was "unaware" of something.

In NZ they only seem to want the cheapest workers.
Maybe these business geniuses need to think about workers like houses in that you need to pay over the asking price to get the good ones.

hmm... #nzpol

a man in a blue shirt says maybe ... maybe not .. ALT: a man in a blue shirt says maybe ... maybe not ..

Maybe if the former political party leader walked around Pak'nSave with a bag doing grocery shopping they may just become interested

Last year, Louise Upston admitted that 95-97% of beneficiaries are compliant and well meaning. Despite this, Luxon panders to his base, promoting beneficiaries as lazy and unworthy. #nzpol #kiwi

Where are the jobs, Prime Minister? You took most of them out.