Steve Newall

Remember PACE? Simple times.

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

‘A joke’: Auckland wine bar furious after power cut leaves diners eating in the dark Apero Food and Wine on was in the middle of service on Friday night when the power went off.

Auckland wine bar frustrated after power cut leaves diners eating in the dark

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No Music For Genocide cargo.site

This is how you retaliate against New Zealanders. nomusicforgenocide.org

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

You took me to see Adele play Glastonbury to about 200 people but not sure what became of her since

THE SMASHING MACHINE is a bit like when a celebrity couple you like break up and one gets together with someone a bit lame and you think “you blew it up for THAT?!”

RNZ closes down TAHI youth platform RNZ has announced it will close its TAHI youth platform as part of a number of changes to how the broadcaster covers music, arts and culture.

FFS "RNZ said it will also be confirming summer programming - including Matinee Idle - shortly."

inadequate tax settings that fail to raise enough revenue to fund the crown’s annual operations mean that governments will act as a motivated shareholder seeking maximum profit rather than a policy-maker seeking to preserve the industrial base/lower household costs. this is why energy reform fails

That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.

OK, you’ve had over 10 days - where are all the Aotearoa artists? Why aren’t you on this growing list?

Dial a beef SPANISH LONGHORN Developed in Herefordshire, England, the Heretord was first brought to the United States in 1896. Herefords are reddish rown with a white face, underbelly, feet, and tal switch. & is the most common cattle breed in the United States HEREFORD *1111 DURHAM

Here you go you maniacs

This is it.

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

A friend writes:

I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their
nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI"
instead of "I don't believe you."

Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight."
Kid: "That's AI."

Sad to report that this film adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel has a bit of an anti-establishment bias

An iconic moment in Trump 2.0….

Well, at least Luxon can be happy he will actually be remembered for something now.

A roster of asshole stand up comedians doing the fucking Riyadh Comedy Festival, many of them jerkoffs who piss and moan that they can't say anything anymore because they're too lazy to be actually funny, meanwhile , there's a list of things these bullshit artists can't say in the contract from the absolute ruler of Saudi Arabia, a country that crushes free speech, tortures, murders journalists and executes nonviolent criminals, has the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the arab states, etc etc. Fuck these hypocritical individuals.

"You'll laugh your heads off!"
Look at these fucking assholes.

Reminder: National has always taken the side of Apartheid regimes.

The rescheduled date for the Harbour Bridge march against the genocide in Palestine and our spineless govt has been agreed and will be announced this week

NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces | RNZ News The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

New Zealand will not recognise Palestine, putting us in a shrinking minority of countries, and demonstrating that the government is out of step with the voting population, and allowing foreign policy to be dictated by it's minor coalition partners

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Aotearoa dancing on the head of a genocidal pin.

I’m deeply ashamed of my country.

Fuck you Winston, fuck you Luxon, fuck you Seymour - and all the others around the Cabinet table who have made this cowardly decision.

We aren't going to recognise Palestine because Israel has invaded it and so Palestine doesn't control its own territory ...

Standing by

Lots of (film and TV) characters among 2025’s Bird of the Year candidates The annual Bird of the Year election is underway. We invited 2025’s campaign managers to tell us who their bird best embodied from film and TV.

Each year, NZ's #BirdOfTheYear election is a national/international sensation run by @forestandbird.bsky.social. We asked this year's campaign managers who their winged candidates most reminded them of from the worlds of film & tv - check out their picks, gawk at beautiful birds, remember to vote!

I bloody love it. Amamelia rulz

The best moments from every Taskmaster NZ contestant ever Everyone gets their dues, whether they like it or not, in our list of Taskmaster NZ’s Greatest Hits.

As @liammaguren.bsky.social knows, "many will disagree with the choices below. Some may even write to my editor. I will then channel the spirit of Aotearoa’s #Taskmaster Jeremy Wells and his assistant Paul Williams and meet all criticisms with palpable indifference"