Stories from the Sea

The new series of Succession just dropped!!

I'm 43 and I have finally succumbed to needing reading glasses.

In a world as frightening as this one, it's important to recognise the beauty around us

If this billboard is anything to go by, it would seem that the National party's economic plan is struggling because they are employing children to do the work of transforming the economy!

Fuck up NZ.

Even for a leader as unhinged as Trump, kidnapping the leader of a sovereign state is a new and frightening low.

Yeah the Verian pool is so consistently out of touch with all the other polls I can't take it seriously. I think the TPM polling completely fails to reflect the fact they hold all the Màori electorates, which could be Labour's path into Goverment.

Labour has eight-point lead over National in latest poll The coalition parties would have just 59 seats between them - not enough to hold onto government.

Its too early to read too much into polls, but this is a big lead for NZ Labour.

Isn't foiling terrorist attacks literally the whole point of the security services?

I know, but this could open the floodgates for more charges.

Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple sentenced to 26 months' jail for sexual offending Howard Temple admitted to a series of indecent assaults and an indecent act three days into his trial.

While working at the Abuse in Care Inquiry I had to sit and listen to this man's horrific lies, and see the impact they had on his victims. At least this sentence provides sone measure of justice for survivors.

A photo of a newspaper table showing how much more debt and borrowing Nicola Willis has taken on compared to Grant Robertson

Back on track eh Nicky?!?

My partner literally said this very thing too :)

'Anytime, anywhere': Nicola Willis challenges Ruth Richardson to debate The Taxpayers' Union is poised to launch a "pressure campaign" targeting Nicola Willis.

Willis wants to debate Ruth Richardson, but won't face Jack Tame on Q&A.

Deliver on your promise: A new single Redress Agency for survivors of abuse in care! We all want Aotearoa New Zealand to be a place where everyone can thrive. Certainly a place where survivors of abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions can thrive. We know that ...

The Prime Minister promised a new redress system for Abuse in Care survivors. He's yet to deliver it. We need to remind him about the promise he made.

The anatomy of National’s failed coup OPINION: A would-be leadership challenge fizzled, but the tension remains. How National’s latest internal drama unfolded and why the whispers never really end.

The fact that the Nats have, a full year out from the next election, tried to roll Luxon, really doesn't scream stability. I bet it won't be the last attempt before next November either.

Chris Bishop says he's not plotting to roll Christopher Luxon He's not the only MP who has been asked about a leadership challenge.

He's running!

a woman singing into a microphone with the words " we can 't go back in time " below her Alt: person with shoulder length brown hair chanting " we can 't go back in time " with words on screen below

While I've enjoyed episodes of #DoctorWho I don't want to see all of Aotearoa New Zealand slide into an alternative time setting from the 1950s.

MPs can't really Turn Back Time no matter how hard they try! Trans and nonbinary people won't disappear and queer + LGB folk won't hide in closets
#NZpol

You literally couldn't make up this level of ridiculous craziness that is America under Donald Trump.

If that wasn't crazy enough I have now received an email from FedEx from our good friends at the Department for Immigration and Homeland Security (ICE) stating that My Heritage have to provide a note on company letterheaded note paper stating whether or not the DNA sample is plant, human or animal.

A few days ago I sent a DNA sample back to the USA to a company called My Heritage who use DNA samples to try and get an idea of where in the world you might be from. I had already been through the rigmarole of along with FedEx what the tariff might be, and yes, you have to pay tariffs on this.

I know we here and see and read every day about the madness that is Donald Trump's America. However, this morning I have experienced that madness for myself first hand. 🧵

Wanna know how much of a blow hard Trump is...ask Bill Clinton.

Radio Nu Zuland having a totally normal one over the German Air Force taking part in joint exercises with the NZAF, and obviously feeling very strongly that the only way to mark this momentous occasion is by making WW2 references. Like they aren't even called the bloody Luftwaffe anymore!

Inside a 'cover-up': The top cops, the 'quasi investigation' and the officers who stood up "It doesn't take a rocket scientist… Jevon has tried to get rid of this by making a complaint," wrote one officer, "... this looks like a cover-up."

Yet more evidence, if it were needed, that the filth are corrupt to the core.

White folks are what's wrong with the world.

Shakey shakey #eqnz

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming pleads guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material The charges against Jevon McSkimming, which also include possessing bestiality material, carry a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.

What a couple of weeks it's turning out to be for the cops!

Power cuts can't get in the way of making tea, particularly when your partner is a gearhead like @mizjwilliams.bsky.social.

If you haven't already it's probably a good idea to make sure that you have adequate supplies of food and water put by, and to make sure that you have torches and candles and other forms of light close to hand. If you have a battery pack now is probably the time to make sure that it's charged.