Terry Baucher

It's pretty damning of our media, and senior business management that this matter is basically ignored even though it's crucial to this debate.

Also another story ignoring the lower life expectancy of Māori (75.8 yrs) & Pasifika (76.9) - who seem to be expected to accept such a dramatic rise in retirement age.

(Per Stats NZ life expectancy at birth is currently 81.8 yrs for the population as a whole)

www.stats.govt.nz/news/maori-h...

Like BenH I too am happy at the title and will be re-reading the article. Very proud of the Spinoff this morning (and @haydendonnell.bsky.social deserves a beer).

Perhaps Sandy has had some disappointing experiences with Fuck-bois?

Text from Guardian article

TIL that the Stones' masterpiece "Sympathy for the Devil" was inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. And yeah it still sounds incredible (if I had to choose one Stones song this would be it).

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Photo of dog on Cheltenham Beach in foreground, raft floating in sea in middle and then grey clouds down to sea level completely obscuring Rangitoto. 6.50 am ISO 200 F1.8 1/182s

Mōrena whanāu anyone in Tāmaki Makaurau seen the sun, or Rangitoto? It's all faded to grey, not that this dog on Cheltenham Beach is too concerned. Despite the mizzle it's still pretty sticky and likely to remain that way. Kia pa to rā!

Since 2006, Italy's cricketers have won as many World Cup matches as Italy's footballers.

What a stat 🤯

Do you trust Winston tell the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth 100% of the time?

I'm happy, I got an interesting photo!😉

The Hill: Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years by Dominick Mastrangelo - 02/11/26 10:38 AM ET

Politico: Gallup retreats from political polling , again under new leadership Gallup will announce friday that it plans to measure President Donald Trump's job approval rating only on a monthly basis. 12/21/2018

If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.

Not actually sure you can but maybe no-one has tried before.

Nearly 90 years on and the cartoonists are still way ahead of the commentariat and politicians. 🙄

Ah yes, the same tax certainty which had National withdraw depreciation on buildings, twice, both times to pay for tax cuts.

Her chutzpah and gaslighting is just breathtaking.

Something to do with Gallup's new mission statement "Don't upset the President"🙄

(Some nicely arch comments)

Perfectly normal, nothing to see here. Another signpost of America's collapse into full-on authoritarianism.

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

slappyworld book

a character talks about tickled

if you had told me 11 years ago when i had only 2 maybe 3 grey hairs that a thing i made with my friends would BE REFERENCED IN A GODDAMN GOOSEBUMPS BOOK i would have told you to go eat worms!

Government tweaks law so contractors can't challenge employment status retrospectively Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says it's a "minor technical amendment" that has nothing to do with the Supreme Court's decision on a major Uber appeal.

This govt really are the fucking worst. They didn't like that the Uber workers won in court and on appeal, so are making the law change to avoid it happening again.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Photo of tent of freedom camper at sunrise at Torpedo Bay, Devonport, Tāmaki Makaurau. The Torpedo Bay pier is in the background. 7.00 am ISO 25 F2.4 1/714s

Mōrena whanāu may your day start ad brightly as it has for this freedom camper at Torpedo Bay. Kia pa to rā!

An understatement

Well that's a disappointingly normal final delivery.

Holy shit!!

Oh come on! This is off the crayometer!

Rabada probably wants to go into witness protection now.

It's totally weird that it's people like David and Musical Chairs I see highlighting that the inflation issue was global, not a result of Grant Robertson making money printer go brrrrr. NZ opposition parties seem to find it difficult to go "look, same for EVERYONE".

Well that is just the most completely bonkers final over I've ever seen. Incredible. Also utter rubbish by Rabada.

Lady Whistledown: "Dear Readers, it was very true"

YouTube video by Garron The Americans Are Bullying Me

Garron reviews American dinners - hint not a fan of marshmallows or fruit ("only to be eaten begrudgingly just before it goes off"). 😂

www.youtube.com/shorts/PAYlu...

Can't wait for the appalled headlines two months after the general election when someone decides to actually check National's math, by which I mean, read what Craig Renney had to say about it the day it was announced

Pretty much a mercy killing. Also another excellent reason to hate on the Patriots.