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Families Will Pay More Without Clean Car Standard

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1News Board Chair Andrew Barclay, a former Goldman Sachs boss & Auckland Hospital Foundation Director appointed by National texted Paul Goldsmith to apologise after record gang story & "corrected" news - Newsroom @samsachdeva.bsky.social scoop

Tough on Crime, JobCuts, Pay Cuts, pushing people into Poverty & Homelessness obviously doesn’t fix “crime”- in fact….. #nzpol

Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!
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TVNZ board chair rang senior minister to discuss negative coverage Justice minister won't reveal exactly what the public broadcaster's board chair said, while police minister doubles down on concerns about bias.

Right-wing commentators were *obsessed* with what they fancied was the former Labour govt's control of the media. Yet now we have what looks like direct political interference with reporting that ministers didn't like. Far out. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/04/t...

Corruption all the way down.

NewstalkZB: "Barry Soper: Is Luxon facing too much scrutiny over Middle East response?"

I only ask because NewstalkZB still presents itself as a legitimate news operation, but it what world does a journalist ask "is the Prime Minister facing too much scrutiny?"

You say that like corruption is not this government's MO.

Government ‘kicked the tyres’ on solar subsidies but went with ‘minor’ tweaks instead It is one of the cheapest ways to cut power bills - yet documents reveal the government shelved a subsidy.

New Zealand has more sunshine than Germany.
But only 1 in 35 homes here has rooftop solar.
Australia? 1 in 3.

Why? I tried to find out - despite some strange secrecy

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Fragile white men, terrified of losing their power and privilege. It’s desperately tiring living in an atmosphere where they wallow in their grief about this by shitting on our common sense and decency.

Young folks still getting battered out of work or pushed offshore by the 'we did it to ourselves, self-flagellation for the win, recession' of 2023-2025. Let's have a quick look at the picture by region... [🧵 1/n]

Which journo was it who said we just didn't know him well enough?

Greed. They promised (some) people more money. The fools believed them.

Shit, you did well. I got to 40 seconds and was in danger of losing my dinner.

Fight for Life really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

The manufactured outrage really is something. I've noticed my elderly mum does the same thing, especially when I'm driving her somewhere because she no longer has a license. *eye roll* I've not had my driving experience worsened by cycle lanes.

No, because you can't threaten a thing that doesn't exist.

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A graphic with a dark green background displays the text: “Power company profits in 6 months: $1.85 billion” in large yellow lettering. Below, on a white torn‑paper texture, green text reads: “How’s your power bill going?” Small fine print at the bottom notes authorisation by Green MP Scott Willis

Meridian, Contact, Mercury and Genesis Energy are reporting record profits. Meanwhile, are your power bills any lower?

When your objective is obfuscation, the KPI is measured using the bullshitometer.

I'm kidding but not really.

Chris Bishop: Let's use the excess office space as "accomodation" for the homeless.

Paul Goldsmith: Let's make sure they are easily identifiable for support services.

Christopher Luxon: Let's get the police to help them along.

A screen shot from Facebook of Ryan Hamilton holding a bucket and wearing a big, soliciting donations for the Heart Foundation outside Hillcrest New World.

The origins of the Move On orders are from Ham East National MP, Ryan Hamilton - former Hamilton City Councillor whose council colleagues are setting up bylaws of a $20,000 fine for basically being visibly homeless.

It begs the question, who's allowed to ask for money on the street and who isn't?

Unilateral attack on Iran must be condemned

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"Anything to be an arsehole" seems to be their motto.

Youth facing more psychological distress, finding it harder to get specialist help - report A report which gives a snapshot of mental health and addiction services in the year to June 2025 has also found that youth are finding it harder to get specialist help.

Youth facing more psychological distress, finding it harder to get specialist help - report
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Important read given the shitty state of water & water infrastructure in our own country 😞

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Scyzophoa Luxon's comment about visibility was telling and damning.

Aside from being performative, this CoC's MO is to use a SEP field* on anything that requires more finesse than a sledgehammer.

*Look up Douglas Adams and SEP field.

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A year ago I completed this little backpack with a Taaniko insert. I've waited a year for someone to come along to give it to. The right person never showed so I'm going to auction it off. I'll put details up this week sometime

Assuming the IT system doesn't crash in the meantime.

Can New Zealand's economy recover if house prices don't? New Zealand's economy is expected to continue to slowly recover this year.

As a) an economist and b) someone who did a whole ass PhD on this very topic, the macro evidence is that house prices are at best concurrent with economic growth and at worst lag it. House prices don't drive the economy.

Can NZ's economy recover if house prices don't? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...