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No sign of the next business wunderkind parachuting in for them, or that the public will fall for that again.

All they have are senile career politicians, sycophantic lobbyists, mean girls and conspiracy theorists.

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..."

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Fluffy white bichon puppy

Little white dog begging for a brand new squeaky toy gift

Little white dog jumping up to get a brand new squeaky toy gift

Little white dog viciously mauling a brand new squeaky toy gift

Happy 5th birthday to Sadie who has been an abiding joy in these benighted years that we are all suffering through #Bichon

This edit was 2013 and there’s been oodles of legit updates just to this paragraph since. Interestingly this was when Dirty Politics was in full swing. Hager’s book came out 2014.

I’d be nervous it would be a bit toxic for me, I’ve never edited Wikipedia before. Maybe more of us need to start!

To steal a Frankie Boyle line, I don’t know if there’s more poison in her heart or in her forehead

Surely this heavily affects Peters’ base? Shows he only cares about cashed up seniors.

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Got lucky with a docile target - 483m headshot snipe! #Battlefield6 #Recon

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Photo of a printed article titled "Work, Work, Work". Article reads: On about this date in 1801, Britain's first census was begun. In a subsequent survey conducted in 1881, residents were asked to furnish their "rank, profession, or occupation." Some of the more puzzling responses, as preserved by the London Genealogical Society, included: • Colourist of artificial fish • Knight of the Thimble • Disinfector of railways • Examiner of underclothing • Invisible net maker • Electric bath attendant • Proprietor of midgets • Fifty-two years an imbecile • Knocker-up of workpeople • Maker of sand views • Gymnast to house painter • Turnip shepherd • Emasculator • Sampler of drugs • Fatuous pauper • Drowner • Count as female • Fish-bender • Goldfish-catcher • Cow-banger • Running about • Grape-dryer • Beef twister • Random waller

Remembered this oldie after Simeon Brown suggested an antiquated occupation for the teens of NZ. It's from the same era his religious beliefs come from after all #NZPol

The YouTube algorithm has given up on me and just autoplays #TimeTeam so perhaps I’m finally winning at life

Track down ‘Detectorists’ from the UK. It’s the perfect comfort watch. Lots of gentle laughs with two hapless but lovable metal Detectorists and their fellow club members in the idyllic English countryside.

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

Prediction: residential waterfront property owners will be bailed out for their bad choices while the rest of us are always punished for ours. We’ve all known rising sea levels were coming for 20+ years #NZPol

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Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

I hope NZ media made a big fuss about this story and I just missed their coverage www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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Solid 3 stars if you view it as a farce where the hot alien can’t get laid

Tilly Norwood was created so that we hate Hollywood nepo babies less

This will be the new coalition attack line judging by Peters calling protestors ‘bludgers’ today. Gaslighting that there are jobs.

I am announcing that this game is moving directly from my wishlist to my ignore list in Steam

This industry thinks game devs, some of the smartest people alive, are dumb enough to enter a gruelling, toxic and now casualised career? This practice will cost gaming a generation

NZ cafés: We invented the Flat White! Australia steals all our stuff!

Also NZ cafés: Ekshully a Kiwi Breakfast is completely different to an English Breakfast

It was so weird when he strolled into Dynasty with the exact same hair and costume from Lovejoy.

Sublime in Deadwood. HBIMc!

Nominative Determinism in the boardroom? Those are rare

The only thing I'd insist upon in a new Bond movie, other than it not being an origin story, is that they should have Timothy Dalton back to play M.

Which to clarify, I think is sad. NZ celebrates people for far less and I wouldn't want to take that away from them either.

Spoiler alert: it turns out he was the first to help someone transition surgically and so his relative obscurity becomes painfully clear.

Saving Face with Harold Gillies

Started listening to this and wondered why, after 20 years of living in New Zealand and knowing how nuts they are about their heroes, I'd never heard of Harold Gillies, the father of plastic surgery, due to his pioneering facial reconstruction work in the World Wars. open.spotify.com/episode/6Ci6...

A tiny white lamb standing on top of its mother, who is resting on hay in a wooden pen in a loaf position. The mother sheep has coarse, slightly curly wool which covers her eyes. Two sheep are in the pen to their right.

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