Clint Fern

A photograph of a Kea perched on my shoulder. Kea is also known as Nestor Notabilis and is an alpine parrot from Aotearoa.

Been trying to see what's on my shoulder.

The desperation of Luxon when Albo was talking to the elders was clear.

The complete disrespect of him laying his paws all over the place was awful but expected.

An appalling little man.

Live: 'No role for Hamas in any future Palestinian state', PM says, as NZ considers recognition Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says a formal decision on whether New Zealand recognises Palestine as a state will be made in September.

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Waiting to hear if there any role for Netanyahu in a future Israeli government.

A photograph of a Kea perched on my shoulder. Kea is also known as Nestor Notabilis and is an alpine parrot from Aotearoa.

Been trying to see what's on my shoulder.

Also in the week the Nats did a whole heap of announcements - NCEA and RUCs, reannouncing infrastructure etc.

Looks like the 'center ' aren't buying it.

‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday

Read this article and was astounded how out of touch Yvette Cooper is with reality.

Braverman levels of delusion and authoritarianism from a nominally centre-left politician.

Labour NZ needs to use the UK equivalent as an example of everything to avoid.

Several people sitting, holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

I am at Parliament Square in London, where I am watching peaceful protesters arrested for holding signs. History will remember all of these brave people as heroes.

My bird photography has been a bit curtailed by other commitments this weekend but it was good to shoehorn a very quick blat up to Omaha into my schedule this morning. 🪶🇳🇿

If Trump thinks the exchange of a few bits of Russian and Ukrainian territory plus a ceasefire will constitute peace, he’s wrong; Putin will just start up his attacks again when he chooses. There has to be a binding agreement which Russia won’t break. Not much sign of that.

Cartoon. Title: “Sealed” Two frames. First frame: Deputy PM David Seymour going along a hallway, carrying papers, saying, “I’ll just get the boss’s seal on these”. 2nd frame: PM Christopher Luxon bowing and kissing the ring on a hand coming in from the left. He has lipstick on that spells RUBBER STAMP backwards, and he’s transferred it onto David Seymour’s hand. He’s saying, “I am completely comfortable with this”

Former National minister Christopher Finlayson says the government is placing the coalition agreement above “good race relations”
“Their [Māori’s] rights are always under attack”
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Māori #morality

If we are hit with a new pandemic while this lot are in change many thousands more of us will die in an attempt to not shut down businesses and still many thousands more businesses will fold without decent support like the wage subsidy #NZPol

I think Plunket was involved in the Gareth Morgan era when he was more combative than cooker.

The Greens had Danyl the same election so things can change.

A photograph of a street name sign. It reads Lusty Place No Exit. From Stoke, Te Tau Ihu.

Te Tau Ihu equivalent in Stoke.

Been made hard to steal.

I've had two votes at that age and they're with the party that only 4% of that awful demographic goes for.

Surgeon: well, we performed 10 operations and 3 went very well.

My ads on YouTube are all for AI "co-producers" it is so whack.

"Don't know what the track needs? Play it to AI co-producer and it'll decide for you"

If you're intending to make music, but wanna use AI for your creative decisions, please just stop. DON'T DO IT. No one wants to hear it.

Is it too much to ask that people in political adverts are real, what they represent is real and they are there willingly?

No stock photos , no AI?

If you cant find one Woman, one Nurse, one Teacher to support your views enough for a billboard perhaps your views are fucked?

#nzpol

Absolutely hating the new infotainment style on Morning Report this week.

Cartoon. Minister Shane Jones, wagging his finger, and foaming at the bung, saying, “Orgies! Aphrodisiacs!! Carnivals!!!” Two people looking on, one saying, “GASP! Who’s he talking about?” And the other answers, “Environmental groups”

Shane Jones and the fishing industry. Edited highlights from a RadioNZ interview.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Environment #FishingIndustry

My favourite thing today.

Question 7:
The Minister of Education, Erica University is 17 metres tall. If a train leaves Britomart at 5.17pm, how much sooner will it reach Rangitotototo Colliege than Erica?

Answer:
Platform 9 and three quarters

Obviously a different Jordan Williams than the one Nicky Hager quoted at length in Dirty Politics.

That one was definitely "aggressive and rude".

Ordeal by Weasel, then and now

‘Crazy’ safety and ingredient label rules are the next target in red tape war The Government says New Zealand’s “30 crazy labelling laws” are driving up your supermarket bill.

When we see things like this, there's reason to be concerned that some madly grinning clown is coming to kill you. But, and however, as with many ACT announcements there's probably lots less to this than meets the eye (remember his whole "unapproved medicine advertising is now legal!" lie?)

Think Luxo may have missed out the word "third" before world

Overseas investment reforms may create more uncertainty, law firms warn Touted by David Seymour as showing NZ is open for business, the coalition's foreign investor reforms may make the regulatory process less certain

Seymour in another badly drafted bill shock.

His competence is minimal.

Well known lefty Simon Bridges on Morning Report saying the coalition are absolutely hopeless. #nzpol

Chris Bishop's RUC system penalises fuel efficient cars, makes petrol appear cheaper, doesn't address trucks causing most of the damage/costs & will require every Kiwi to have a govt. tracked GPS in their car

#nzpol
#newzealand