Denise

Japan does this too, and has for years.

That was Miss Piggy’s diet advice, along with “Never eat more than you can lift.”

A kangaroo plushie dressed in an astronaut suit stands on a table surrounded by stickers to take. The kangaroo is carrying a boomerang and an Aboriginal flag.

KANGANAUT! 👩‍🚀🦘That is all.

Certain politicians made a point of wandering through to placate the "protesters". When they finally left, the neighbourhood was left to clean it up.

I lived in Molesworth Street during the 2022 occupation. It wasn’t “peaceful”; it was filth and menace. People shat and pissed on our lawns. Emergency workers were blocked from reaching neighbours. The smell lingered for weeks.

And also undue influence on a private business.

A panda mascot in blue overalls with a lightning bolt on them poses in a park.

Sakaithunder, a 3-year-old panda wearing overalls, is a YouTuber from Fukui Prefecture. If you open the zipper on her back, it leads to the demon world.

No, interaction with customers is rare but it is a step on the ladder to a better hotel job.

Family worked in the hotel trade some years back, and the main requirements for housekeeping were physical fitness to clean a room in 20 minutes (40 minutes for a checkout), and attention to detail ie doing everything on the checklist. Staff who couldn't do this didn't last.

In housekeeping?

According to his LinkedIn, he worked at M Social in Auckland for a couple of years, so he may have done it on his own merit.

Also, seasonal is a key word here. Horticulture does not give year-round employment for most of its workers. There will be stretches of weeks when the teens have to rely on their parents.

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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Electoral Commission’s preparedness in doubt after IT staff exodus The upcoming 2026 election is at risk of "serious errors" now that more than half the Electoral Commission's IT staff has left, insider says.

This is what's going on at the Electoral Commission.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/19/e...

Just look at these Epsom voters wasting Electoral Commission staff time by doing special votes in Botany.
#nzpol
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-...

Advertisement in a combini window for a ridiculously cute if somewhat pricey osechi set for a very lucky and much loved dog. (3499 yen, tax included)

In case you happen to need a reason to want to be alive today, 711 in Tokyo is now taking reservations to provide a special New Year’s holiday meal for your dog.

And he also has some words to say about young people not managing their money.

From what I've read about him, his brain isn't up to that level of thought.

It would be the same in many countries around the world that have normal gun control laws. American gun culture is so strong that that guy doesn't understand how weird it is to give a gun as a gift.

No, I gave up on Mastodon a while back.

Buried in the detail about reducing earthquake strengthening is the removal of requirements for disabled access and fire safety. You know who does that? Sociopaths.

I've had someone recently commission me for a bit of work 9 months after the original pitch. No response at all back then, and now they're all keen.

It’s that time of year again. #WestAuckland #Duck #Duckling #Rescue

Luxon is currently at the rugby. Fairly obvious what his priority is.

Luxon can't be bothered going to the UN like real a world leader, but he is at the rugby.
#nzpol

I came home on an absolutely packed bus at 3:30, and New North Rd was chaos! I mean cars just stopped in the middle of the road while people got out.

There's a curtain raiser game, plus a fan zone, so a lot of people would be coming earlier. Apparently there was a queue half an hour before the gates opened.

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NEVER make threats, of any sort.
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Same goes for cc emails.
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[insert MP name]
Freepost Parliament
Private Bag 18 888
Parliament Buildings
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