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Absolutely abhorrent.

Yes it's tempting to say "we need to change the government to avoid more harm by National/ACT/NZ First" but there's no point moving deckchairs on the Titanic if we're going to get three years of "meh" followed by the right resetting and resurging and doing all the same awful shit but *competently*

Real talk: I *want* Chris Hipkins (or whoever leads Labour going into the election, no shade) to be our next Prime Minister, but I *need* him (etc) to be PM of a government that materially changes NZ's trajectory, with policies and narrative that move us AWAY from the late stage capitalist hellscape

Based on these pics and 1950s aerial imagery (here: gis.icc.govt.nz/ICCMapsGalle...) I think it's taken from somewhere around 2 Leven Street.

I didn’t grow up wanting to be a politician. I’m a plumber. And two weeks ago, during all this, I also qualified as a plasterer. Because even in chaos, even under pressure …. I get things done. I am no different to every single person here in this constituency. I work hard. That’s what we do. Except things have changed a lot over the last few decades. Because working hard used to get you something. It got you a house. A nice life. Holidays. It got you somewhere. But now- working hard? What does that get you? Because talk to anyone here and they’ll tell you. The people who work hard but can’t put food on the table. Can’t get their kids school uniforms. Can’t put their heating on. Can’t live off the pension they worked hard to save for. Can’t even begin to dream about ever having a holiday. Ever. Because life has changed. Instead of working for a nice life, we’re working to line the pockets of billionaires. We are being bled dry. I don’t think its extreme or radical to think working hard should get you a nice life. And if you’re not able to work, that you should still have a nice life.

To our Muslim communities, who this week suffered an attempted attack during Ramadan. Whilst I was being welcomed by women at a mosque in Longsight, someone just down the road walked in to a mosque carrying an axe. Whilst we were gathered, and eating together - an act of terror could easily have taken place. And I can’t and won’t accept this tonight without calling out the politicians and divisive figures who constantly scapegoat and blame our communities for all the problems in society. My Muslim friends and neighbours are just like me, human.

These are 2 parts of Hannah's speech that stood out to me as we prepare for this year's election. I'm glad she said that if you cannot work you also should have a nice life, as too often our politicians just refer to people who work. Scapegoating of ethnic minorities has already started here #nzpol

you think you've seen the whole movie, and then the alt text reveals you haven't even finished act two

I could watch this a hundred times, it's so refreshing to see an MP look at their Party and go, actually fuck this and fuck these guys specifically.

Saw a car with the numberplate "covid19" today.

Important to make sure you're being covered with a clocca, and not a cloaca.

Boomers: Millennials, only you can save mother earth

Millennials: omg we will do it, we will save her

Boomers: no

YouTube video by Department of Conservation Short-tailed bat flies around the nest - 24 February

Seeing these two taonga species just casually hanging out together leaves me speechless. Rakiura, a nesting kākāpō visited by a pekapeka, short-tailed bat.

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Thistledown Reserve in Woolston is compact but very nice!

Aotearoa 2020:
"Be kind"

Aotearoa 2026:
"It's OK to jail a 14 year old for 3 months if it means cruise ship visitors won't have to see homeless ppl on Queen St"

Birds do it
Bees do it
Other creatures in the trees do it
Let's do it
Let's create a residential structure using our own saliva

Me, when I'm angry at myself:

Rage Against the Róisín

Can't be fucked with Labour reproducing the "double dipping" narrative when loads of Labour MPs have made use of taxpayer money to rent their own house from themselves, including Willie Jackson. Disgusting.

This beggars belief.

How is it not a bigger sort that this govt has only managed 45 new social houses in a country of 5 million people since 2023?
#nzpol

It's my cat Lemon's 17th birthday today!

The Crossness Pumping Station in London

The Crossness Pumping Station in London, built in 1865, is a Victorian sewage facility famous for its ornate ironwork, cathedral-like interior, and role in revolutionizing urban sanitation infrastructure worldwide history.

Ohh there's that thunder and rain! I got my walk today after all :)

That was my thinking too. I would already need to go a couple of times to take it all in, and this way I will always have something to do!

Drinking water. Storm water. Waste water. By their powers combined, we have an almighty shitstorm

A single image that captures NZ's dominant belief system and economic model #nzpol

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An orange bear with pink bunny headgear and a green shoulder bag walks through a shopping mall.

Koapyon, a bear in a bunny costume, is the mascot for the village of Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture.

I love when I see a dog taking itself for a walk, looking all purposeful (while fully recognising they shouldn't be out on their own, of course).

god i hope i outlive david seymour

My partner and I looked at our budget and decided we can get an annual pass to Willowbank!! Yessssss!!!

Spinoff headline: Good news: It’s kākāpō fuck season

breaking new frontiers when it comes to headline writing at The Spinoff

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin