Tim

Serious, serial and everyone in between: Who’s running for mayor in Christchurch? Current mayor Phil Mauger's biggest threat is city councillor Sara Templeton, but there are six others vying for the chains in Ōtautahi too.

The Spinoff has done a good job on sorting the wheat from the chaff (and the even worse...) of the Ōtautahi|Christchurch candidates...

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-...

...and as a sideline, our current government is also attempting to scale back higher education and research in this country, so that more money can be channelled to the needy fossil fuel companies, property speculators, crypto bros and tobacco companies.
#nzpol

Look. What I say to you us this.

We already know the sick are a burden our health system can't afford, but have you considered this? We won't have to pay pensions to the dead. One dead, we'll have the money to keep them alive.

#nzpol

A major bad thing here is that the gov is not bothering to source accurate data on its services

If it had any interest in making those services better that would be the first step

But our gov is reducing the data it gathers on almost everything and employing fewer people to look at it

#nzpol

🚨Breaking: Dinosaur suggests investing heavily in planetary anti-comet defence.

Why drilling for fossil fuels is not expected to fix our energy crisis The government is touting oil and gas exploration as the answer. But there are grave doubts it will work.

NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails.

My story here

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The question we *should* ask is: "is it easier to build functioning social services & infrastructure from scratch, or just maintain them adequately?"

Everyone inherently knows the answer.

NZ society refuses to learn - and as result we hock our taonga off to the highest bidder - and then complain.

Half of heart attack patients not treated within accepted timeframes, study finds The report commissioned by Kia Manawanui Trust suggests half of heart attack patients are not treated within accepted timeframes.

Everywhere you look, social services and assets are being decayed - health, water.
The root cause of every single one is that somewhere in the last 40 years somebody looked at it and said "wonder if we can save some money here?"

The triumph of cost over value.
#nzpol
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YouTube video by NewZealandSportFan Learn To Bat Like Chris Martin #Video Out Now!#

#neverforget
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Jay from Jay and Silent Bob as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.

same name; wrong movie: a thread

66/6? Are they trying to summon *someone* to rescue them?

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...and then it got even worse.
#ZIMvsNZ
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It's not pretty...
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Giving away first 50s and 50s on debut is NZ's superpower...

Didn't we gift him that double? Or do I remember some other hideous 10/11th wicket stand for Aus over NZ? There's definitely some emotional scarring for me..

Whelp!, guess it's not gonna be a long day, then...
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Blackcaps are definitely not as cruel as the Aussies...

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No Adobe, I don't need a generative-AI assistant to read/summarise a bill. I am capable of reading a single page and lining up the word that says TOTAL and the largest monetary figure on the page.
Thanks tho.

*hurriedly deletes Adobe pdf reader, while muttering "WTF did I think was gonna happen?"*

Quick video for the 'we saved too many lives, spent too much $, sent inflation to the moon, made interest rates go up, and now we have to pay for our sins 😢' crowd.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.

"...and the sick burn reached out across time and space - over 60+ years."

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Nicola: "I say let them die!"

'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words "Our members see this move as an act of white supremacy. It's an act of racism," says Te Akatea, the Māori Principals' Association.

If your "structured literacy approach" with its "phonics sequencing and decoding suitability" cannot accommodate a handful of commonly-used words of te reo Māori YOUR APPROACH IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

you got it boss

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Yeah, baby. You guys just accumulate all day!

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The New Russian enclave of MHIMЩОЛ is located north of 10WA

Putin announces the establishment glorious new Republic of MHIMЩОЛ. ЭА СТАЛИН!!!

Guess someone's happy...

That is one seriously thoughtful dude!