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Meta patents AI that could keep you posting from beyond the grave Hopefully Meta really will file this in the "just because we can do it doesn't mean we should" drawer.

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Auckland Councillor confirms National cut social housing, accommodation in Auckland from 890 places to 39 in one year, and cut emergency housing grants by 70-80% ($20m). Since then, individuals rough sleeping in our city have increased by 100%.

#NZPOL #auckland

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This is so depressing, what’s happened to the egalitarian ethos the country used to pride itself on (if never fully realised)?

Unthinkable in 2019, entrenched in 2026: White supremacism's weekly broadcasts in New Zealand

www.linkedin.com/pulse/unthin... (LinkedIn)

sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/u... (WordPress)

Wrote as article, flagging Louisa Cleave, & @paulapenfold.bsky.social's prescient work on this front. #nzpol

This is so depressing, what’s happened to the egalitarian ethos the country used to pride itself on (if never fully realised)?:

We really are returning to primitive times! #nzpol

@markmitchellmp.bsky.social told @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy 'we've always had [weather events], it's just that we're getting better at identifying them' - @nathansurendran.bsky.social made this 'States of Emergency since 2000' chart from CD data (excl. quakes):
www.civildefence.govt.nz/emergency-ev...

The numpties pressuring politicians to under-invest in infrastructure and #Stop3Waters should be taking a decent share of the responsibility for the chronic issues municipalities across the country are facing. But the pressure is many decades old and need better regulation as much as better funding.

Does the Press Council still exist for complaints about inaccurate reporting? Or is this considered ‘opinion’ rather than faux outrage clickbait? 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️🤯 Duncan is a dick and The Listener is rapidly losing any remaining credibility. #nzpol

To celebrate the launch of @weallaotearoa.bsky.social membership opening, anyone who signs up before midday on 19 Feb can go in the draw to win a ticket to The People’s Economist Tour with Gary Stevenson (Auckland show). www.weall.org.nz/membership

Dame Prof Anne Salmond and I have a chapter in this new book published by @springer.springernature.com. If you're interested in the content, maybe ask your local library to get a copy... link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Chapter summary: Tairāwhiti geology, colonial legacies, Māori-led restoration.

Much of this new weather system hitting the east coast - again - is coming through the yellow area of ocean - some of it >3degC above normal. Marine heatwaves supercharge storms and add a heap more water vapour to the atmosphere = more rain.
Stay safe everyone xxx #kikorangi

Some places were never meant to be permanent settlement sites. Which can be difficult to accept now that whenua is divided by colonial constructs into property titles & the option to just relocate to a safer place costs millions, even for very small communities... #nzpol #LandUse
👉🏼 shorturl.at/JFFuS

Where are those #Stop3Waters folk now? Oh yeah, running the shitshow. #nzpol

“the government said the infrastructure costs would be paid for through a levy on electricity of between $2 and $4 /MWh” - so our renewables will be subsidising imported fossil fuel 🤯🤦🏻‍♂️🤪
#nzpol

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Had a chat on Radio Waatea this morning: waateanews.com/2026/02/09/r...

Court to consider Christchurch terrorist's appeal application The 35-year-old is seeking leave to appeal his convictions and life sentence for the massacres at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in 2019.

I’m not sure he knows what “torturous and inhumane prison conditions” actually means, and I’m not a vindictive person, but if anyone should be uncomfortable in prison, it’s him.

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Power prices spark up an electric election

Comment: Energy retailers tell us, take fewer showers or turn off the aircon – this is like trying to lose weight by having 9 burgers a day instead of 10, writes Mike Casey.

I'd bet $400m on that too.

'We were horrified': DoC shock as ducks filmed eating native chicks alive DoC has euthanised three mallards from Lake Alexandrina to stop copycat attacks.

I hope @lastweektonight.com is all over this shocking act of brutality against the world's best bird. #ProtectPūteketeke
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/doc-fears...

Government rejects plan to prevent landslides and save hundreds of millions in Gisborne Plan pitched as a model for other regions too.

97% of central govt expenditure was on responding to and recovering from natural disasters, only 3% spent on risk reduction and resilience.

Yet…“the Government cannot commit to providing financial support for the business case at this stage”.

#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Yeah I think they’ve changed it! 😂

The Untold Story Behind Mitsubishi Logos On Ecstasy Tablets Ecstasy first arrived in Ireland in the early 1990s on a small sailing boat owned by one Gunther Ashcroft. The spiritual explorer landed on Killiney beach on a moonlit night in July with some 12,000 …

By 1997, Gunther was one of the biggest distributors of ecstasy in Western Europe, with an estimated weekly income of $687 million and 43 cents.

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Shame Jones really is doing the opposite to what he claims he’s doing - his approach makes us less secure and more dependent on foreign suppliers, and less secure relying on non-renewables. He’s not putting @nzfirst.bsky.social, he’s putting his overseas donors first. #nzpol

This headline from @theguardian.com must be up there with the greatest ever film review titles... #Melania www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

New emergency response system will cost local govt $82m Local and central government hope to save money by investing in resilience, and will split the cost of implementing a new response system

Government rejecting solid business cases for climate resilience, loading costs onto local councils.

NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut.

My story looking at last week’s storms

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‘Low-job, high-damage:’ Forestry not the great economic contributor it claims - report The paper’s findings have been rejected by the NZ Forestry Owner’s Association as “biased”, “incomplete” and “narrowly-framed”.

Ouch! No real comeback from industry. Eastland Wood Council were out of their depth so passed the report by @kentduston.bsky.social and co. on to NZ Forest Owners Association - who could only say Stats NZ is wrong (when industry stats don’t suit industry claims).

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Yet the share price rose? 🤯🙄

Maybe if their lobbyists didn’t resist climate action so religiously… 🤔