(well admitting as much on several of those fronts - zoning, tax incentives, etc)
03.03.2026 21:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0(well admitting as much on several of those fronts - zoning, tax incentives, etc)
03.03.2026 21:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0i agree that those are more important problems. but our politicians are admitting as much there. they are not admitting that cleaning out our kiwisavers at age 34 is bad news for our retirement and in a supply constrained market likely add to house prices
03.03.2026 21:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0this column does not suggest that it is the sole or primary driver of higher house prices
03.03.2026 20:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Fantastic piece from @henrycooke.bsky.social. Not only does using KiwiSaver for a first home artificially inflate the housing market, it denies young people the benefit of compound interest at the time itβs most beneficial to them.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Column this morning is on the original sin of KiwiSaver - the fact we all empty it out to buy homes
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Chris Bishop says HUD advised against the move on orders.
02.03.2026 21:01 β π 20 π 6 π¬ 2 π 2Chris Luxon says he misspoke yesterday saying βany actionβ was supported if it stopped Iran developing nukes. He says he should have said βactionβ.
02.03.2026 21:01 β π 48 π 9 π¬ 20 π 14thanks, that was me
02.03.2026 06:49 β π 63 π 2 π¬ 5 π 0Hereβs Luxon saying NZ supports βany actionβ to stop Iran and me following up to ask if that would include carpet bombing (vid via RNZ)
02.03.2026 05:44 β π 232 π 56 π¬ 45 π 50Luxon said in his presser today that NZ sees "any actions" that stop Iran getting a nuke, sponsoring terrorism, or hurting own people as a good thing. I asked him if that included carpet bombing the country and he said it didn't.
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Helen Clark tells me New Zealand must clearly reject the 'slippery slope' into war, after the UK found itself involved.
She says Luxon appears to have endorsed the strikes this morning and it seems he would have invaded Iraq had he been PM in 2003.
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no congratulation present you utter tool
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NZ putting itself closer to the European position (neither endorsing nor condemning US attack, calling for resumption of talks) rather than the more pro-US Aus + Canada position
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yup! Parklet festival
27.02.2026 23:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0another gorgeous day in the capital π«‘
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In an interview with me in The Post this morning, the Infrastructure Commission head says equity arguments about the impact of congestion charges must be balanced with the equity issue of building roads we donβt need
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i think hayden put it well thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-...
26.02.2026 04:11 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0look i posted about it once and i am still getting hate mail for it
26.02.2026 04:10 β π 21 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0(You need a stuff account to sign up but not a Post subscription. So, free!)
26.02.2026 04:10 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
π¨We're reviving an old newsletter from the Stuff days tomorrow morning - Politically Correct.
It'll be a fun summary of the week in politics with some gossip about job changes and the like.
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no i am fairly clearly saying that the news reports on things that are new and wellington's water is usually a lot better than auckland's. this would be obvious if you had quote tweeted me instead of cutting out what i was replying too, but that wouldn't work for your framing
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New polling shows Kiwis overwhelmingly back βmega projectsβ - just as the Infrastructure Commission suggests we need to quit them
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
The Governmentβs proposing a new rule to penalise close passing - but itβs more lax than the road code
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mixing metaphors this intensely actually goes quite hard
25.02.2026 02:48 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0chad south coast brutally mogs wider country
25.02.2026 02:28 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0see the thing is in wellington when we make our beaches unsafe, it makes the news
25.02.2026 02:22 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Wellington's beaches are currently more consistently safe to swim at than Auckand's, per LAWA
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In 1890, a group of Wellingtonians set fire to a toll booth on Hutt Road, and then threw it into the harbour.
Column today is on whether we have really moved to a more enlightened position on user pays:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
NEW: Shane Jones says Nationalβs campaign proposals to protect the Hauraki Gulf would breach a full and final treaty settlement, and likely cost the Govt huge amounts in compensation
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just finished HEAVY WEATHER, my first wodehouse. tired in the middle of the plot but on a sentence level just a delight. i can understand how his stuff becomes comfort food
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