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The King could greatly improve his popularity by finding a use for the Tower of London that wasn't just housing the Crown jewels. 👀

Border Collie walking on wet footpath. It is obviously raining.

Even in the rain she's keen to go.

My dog and I will notch up equivalent distance of Palmerston North to Auckland on our evening walk today, since the beginning of the year.

Arresting Andrew on suspicion of misconduct in public office is the modern day equivalent of getting Al Capone on tax charges.

does Anna's Archive still work?

If it wasn't for the other ACT MPs, Seymour would be the absolute biggest dick in New Zealand parliament. It's only the other ACT MP's that give him competition (oh and Shane Jones).

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Chloe's "Roads of National Party Significance" was quite clever.

Except overthrow the billionaire class of course but pretty sure I failed that one.

My watch congratulated me for hitting today's goals, which is pretty strange as I really had none.

To be fair I struggle with people smoking these days.

She's hideous.

Sounds like a job for....

MINISTRY OF GODDAMN WORKS.

and unadulterated orgy of building we havent seen for over half a century. Hospitals, wind and solar generation, rail and housing

A billionaire retiring does not equal facing consequences. Investigate them all, prosecute them all.

Hope you avoided the floods!

In Palmy proper near Waterloo Crescent, by the Scout Hall.

Sunset over Palmerston North, near a park. Sky is pinks and oranges

Despite all the shade thrown at Palmy, it's not a bad place for an evening stroll.

My little photo essay has slowed down my walk and Mya is giving me the hurry up haha. Sheep dogs always need a job.

EZ

From the top of the bank, concrete path at the bottom of the bank, maybe 30-40m to river. Flat land on far bank of the river.

Here, the stop bank is maybe only 30m from the river. But flat land on the other bank.

Concrete path close to the edge of the swollen river

You can just see the concreted river path here, and get an idea of why I prefer the stop bank tonight. You may need to zoom in

Another view from stop bank to river. I'm at least 5m above the river but the river is 200m away

Just to give you another view: there's a lot of width to this channel, and no houses in this strip of land. Thank you Palmerston North City Council.

House on far bank of river with expansive views of the river.

I am always envious of the view this house enjoys. Even today it's still at least 5m above the river but because of the expanse of land to the stop bank I am standing on, water volume would have to be substantially more to put it at risk. Never say never, but I think it's risk of flooding is minimal

Looking down from the stop bank to the river approximately 150-200m away.

This shot gives you an idea of how much water we would need before the stop banks were threatened in this part of Palmerston North. The banks have been built a long way from the natural path of the river.

Photo showing surface water in the fields in foreground with swollen river in background through trees.

I'm at the top of the stop bank near Ruamahanga Crescent. River is well under that level (Palmy has excellent flood protection), but river is pretty high. Not the rain expected upriver, fortunately - what some areas got was bad enough though.

Border Collies don't believe in rest days ahaha

6.5k walk for me at least 10k for her

Running around chasing leaves, scents, shadows ...

Border Collie sitting looking up at camera.

Wind means lots of exciting scents in the air and Mya has her ears painted on.

Retirement age will rise to cover superannuation cost, investment company predicts Milford Investments CEO Blair Turnbull said unless the retirement age rises to 72 or 73, New Zealand can't afford to pay superannuation.

Anyone talking about making people work longer for retirement & not mentioning taxing billionaires isn't worth listening to, indeed is worthy of ridicule.

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