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Can’t see him being recruited onto any boards on merit after this job. Will rely on favours.

I've been to Zeeland it's not that flash TBH.

Stroopwafels would be a lot more popular here if “New Zealand” was as important to our identity as Winston Peters seems to think.

for now..

Four minutes of Helen Clark talking sense.

Australia’s current Labour PM is nothing at all like how Labour used to be, in both countries.

His only hope of a cushy governance job would be someone owing him one politically. On merits he would not be hired for any board.

Would NZ join ‘an illegal invasion’ of Iran? That question needs to be asked, Helen Clark says Speaking to Stuff’s Samantha Hayes, Clark said she would “very much hope” that New Zealand does not militarily supporting what she called an “illegal invasion”.

“Certainly, that’s a question that should be asked of the prime minister and defence ministers - would they put boots on the ground to back an illegal invasion” - Helen Clark. #NzPol

I’ve got an issue with the technical language in your last post: when you say ‘it would be very unusual to see an economic recovery start like this’ don’t you actually mean ‘it would be fucking miraculous to see an economic recovery start like this’ ?

Now, there's all sorts of other stuff going on here (fx, bank profit extraction etc), but at the headline level, the net inflow of cash into the economy looks to have slowed to a crawl. It would be very unusual to see an economic recovery start like this. [Ends]

RNZ adds background about the conditions and reaction from some key people to Health NZ's moves.

Image of busy walking street with shops on the ground floor and other uses (offices, apartments) above. The text line says “Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?” Tag line of the Urban Truth Collective at the bottom.

Conspiracy lovers and opportunistic politicians, with some wealthy folks working behind the scenes, have been trying REALLY hard to make us scared of the simple idea of having more things nearby, and more choices in how to get them.

Weird, right? #UrbanTruth

👇🎯 Once again, what are we supposed to make now of all the handwringing from G7 countries about the crisis of the liberal international order? Davos, it seems, was all performance art: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

New Zealand needed better leadership than it chose during this time.

Yep, overseeing the party's Auckland newsletter

on fire

This clip is a new low for Luxon.
He's so very bad at this.

And his comms team?
Surely it's not that hard to knock up a script along the lines of "yeah Iran is an awful regime but we'd have preferred parties to continue negotiating rather than bombing each other" to get him off the hook?
Amateurs.

Henry Cooke has developed the devastating tactic of "asking a follow up question" which the NZ Prime Minister is not programmed for.

He's really, really bad at this. Good work by Henry taking him at his word and asking an entirely logical follow-up question on that basis.

Leaving aside how bad the performance of the PM was here, I’d just like to point out the worst atrocities committed were because human beings had decided that any action against a foe was a righteous one and morally justified.

The current government is selling off the sections the previous government purchased from the council. Sold in good faith.

Sections in the area start at $400k for 390m2. Some happy developers I bet.

#NZPol

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...

Hold on, was Luxon just literally repeating the exact same words the Australians used??? Like he's not just refusing to take a stance he's cheating on the exam????? Wow

clearly

Luxon: NZ ‘not best placed’ to pass judgement on US and Israel The PM said New Zealand was “not party or proxy” to intelligence held by the Americans and Israelis that might have influenced their decision to launch strikes.

".. as New Zealand we have had a long-standing commitment under successive governments that any actions that stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is a good thing.” - Luxon.

Previous PMs will disagree that carte blanche ever applied. #NzPol

We asked for your thoughts on NZ’s stance on the military strikes on Iran. Here’s more of what you said Over the weekend, we asked our readers to share their views. Here are the first.

A few New Zealanders unafraid to express a position about the attacks on and by Iran, unlike our PM.

Health New Zealand removes some new advice about Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorder The new guidance published last week, and described as a review of current evidence, has been criticised by patients and advocacy groups.

Health NZ removes misinformation it had added about a group of disorders often not diagnosed or treated properly in NZ.

Will have been sniffing out US job openings during those international trips.

Rate caps are designed to stop that.

Unfortunately, the Nats do this every time they're in Govt.

Which is why every time a Left Govt gets elected, it's back to square one with state housing.

And also why the next Left Govt NEEDS TO SHIFT THE BLOODY OVERTON WINDOW FOR CHRISSAKES.

He’ll be gagging for it due to some wild religious fringe belief about the second coming or something

zendaya and tom reportedly got married recently. mazel! (but years ago we all knew it was for keeps)