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From Law News this morning, Gary Judd KC is still having a moan about the OPTIONAL karakia in the courts. "A breach of neutrality!" he whines. If he needs to dog whistle so frequently, maybe he should consider a career move into canine obedience training?

Absolutely. Also on Waikeria did they not learn from the last privatisation stoush at Mt Eden? Or is that something the next govt needs to fix again?

This is fascist policy

Another reason why we should be trying to ensure the mega prison at Waikeria is never completed

NACT's enthusiastic denial of human rights by repealing sections of the Electoral Amendment Act is abhorrent. Prisoners should be able to participate in democratic process. Statistically, prisoners aren't even a significant portion of the population so this is more signal than strategy.

I genuinely think everyone has something to offer and I gratefully and carefully listen to everyone's take on issues and their motivations. However, nothing incites more rage than David Seymour's voice.

And all everyone is trying to do is put food on the table. Poverty and scarcity comes with a shield from information because we don't have time to be activists, we just want to feed ourselves and our kids. This is more deliberate, more strategic than ever before.

If the US really were our diplomatic allies btw, they would've been aware of these ships, but instead we're just giving away land and natural resources with nothing in return. We allow the US military to contract on our soil but for what. What are the fuckers really doing at pine gap and mahia

So are we going to let the presence of chinese military ships cause our government to push aussie and nz defence force enrolment? Pretty opportune time to convince our young people to enlist in a war that isn't ours and a great excuse for a right wing govt to boost defence spending amirite

Chris Luxon was slow to condemn destiny church (and mild at that) because he himself was part of the upper room church in Newmarket who often co-hosted youth events with destiny's youth groups. Churches and Christian NGOs here have a solid history of financially supporting political candidates.

Wait. So people on social media post their Amazon wishlists and strangers just... buy them stuff? Why would you see a post of mine and be like "fuck this person is WITTY and big brain vibes online bro, let me buy them that sous vide just because"

'Brutal': David Seymour v Guy Williams in verbal stoush; Bank execs at critic Shane Jones' party Have the SKY CEO and CFO fallen out?; Shorty St revived; top magazine returns to NZ.

actually gotta hand it to Williams here, for revealing HOW FUCKING EASY it should be for NZ reporters to challenge Seymour. Focuses on the *reasons* for what is being said instead of taking him at his word, and Seymour can only lie (in the exact way Williams nails him for), attack, the run away.

caught John Campbell walkin around in a full suit while everyone's in togs and stubbies lol

In Paihia visiting my family for Waitangi day and the vibes are *tense* across the motu this morning

I gave up trying, now I just talk to my pets lol

If Elizabeth Rata is so very against so-called tribal separatism, then she should renounce her ex husband's surname to avoid any confusion that she is a complicit Tiriti partner.

These are great ideas, altruistic even logical. Call me a pessimist but I don't think our government is capable of enacting this, even if they wanted to.

U ever look at doing a new silly little building project and you want to make a dining bench but they sell the legs as a single? what kind of brutalist modernist art type of chair are you designing here

The commentary on Luigi Mangione is so engaging and interesting. All sides. My brain is just absolutely fizzing for the undoubtedly very public trial.

one of the new british siri voices is obviously from south london, it's mad

It has the youngest population in new zealand!! Like it's literally the future

reasons why i think Hamilton is the city of the future

- my airbnb hosts are taiwanese lesbians who own a brand new house
- i walked past a group of filipino kids speaking Korean and Tagalog while hooning around on miniature skateboards
- i haven't yet caught herpes or chlamydia

pc alarm clock goes brr?

Hello Bluesky. I'm in Kirikiriroa and it's a beautiful day.

im up at 1am and work starts at 7am im really cool

That feels somewhat conflictive of the separation of powers tbh

Yes!! I have noticed! But KCs get to self elect right?

my toxic trait is looking at IG stories of people who never look at mine and i would regard them as a friend but they definitely don't feel the same way about me lol

they can't do that if they're hungry at school, homeless and potentially suffering from long covid you absolute pieces of rotting shit

i miss kim hill on saturdays

Woke lefties are trying to gain sympathy for baby dolphins and their mums possibly being cut in half by racing yachts but where are the fathers and why are these dolphins homeless and forced to live on a race course?