Goldsmith didn't inhale. #NzPol
04.03.2026 09:56 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Justice minister won't reveal exactly what the public broadcaster's board chair said, while police minister doubles down on concerns about bias.
04.03.2026 02:53 β π 14 π 13 π¬ 2 π 1Cartoon of a dog with 4 balls. Dog is looking for another ball under a couch. Dog math if I have 5 toys and one goes under the couch I have zero toys.
Same with cats
04.03.2026 08:33 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Good.
But also, the fact that thereβs seven people on Christchurch City Council, including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, that voted in favour of the proposal is a damning sign of how shallow NZβs political class is committed to human rights and democracy.
This is really good from Chloe Swarbrick in response to questions about Luxon's leadership. She points out that the stakes are high and it's Luxon's job to be across the details.
#nzpol
That part of our economy is so broken, they don't even need to collude
04.03.2026 08:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Emergency food grant decline rates up 60% in two years
04.03.2026 00:15 β π 13 π 10 π¬ 1 π 3Remember back in 2018 when seniror RNZ manager Carol Hirschfeld lost her job after it was revealed she'd had a secret meeting with Broadcasting Minister Claire Curran. Who was later sacked from Cabinet by PM Jacinda Ardern after a second downlow meeting was revealed.
04.03.2026 06:53 β π 63 π 32 π¬ 3 π 0Would likely result in massive greenfield development in places like Wellsford as well! Soooo more infrastructure (non transport) would get pushed for as wellllll!!!
04.03.2026 07:43 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Whenever I suggest even modest public transport improvements, I get people screaming about cost and that I simply must face βfactsβ that railways lose money and deserve no investment
You could have electrified commuter rail in every major centre and extensive regional rail for half this ridic road
I doubt the cia are wasting any energy on him. Handlers much closer to home
04.03.2026 05:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0TVNZ's newsroom chose a different editorial angle than the government wanted. What happened next?
04.03.2026 04:52 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 04 decades of binary neoliberal thinking
04.03.2026 00:16 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0wallet size? check. skin colour? check
04.03.2026 00:12 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This country cannot afford that level of smug incompetence
04.03.2026 00:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0His party has a major selection problem
04.03.2026 00:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0ChlΓΆe Swarbrick here being accurate yet still quite kind? "He simply does not seem to understand the weight of the things that he is talking about, or the substance or logic that sits behind them".
04.03.2026 00:06 β π 80 π 21 π¬ 4 π 1
By this time in the 2017 to 2020 term, the NZ Government and PM had faced, in sequence.
1. The deadliest terror attack on NZ not done by the Brits
2. A measles outbreak
3. A volcano going off and killing and maiming tourists
4. Hey this Corona virus thing might get serious?!
Imagine Luxon.
@bernardchickey.bsky.social Am enjoying the mini-hoons. Thank you
03.03.2026 23:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Christopher Luxon returns to Parliament to βcorrect answerβ on visas during Middle East conflict, but Greens say he mucked up again
03.03.2026 22:49 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.
03.03.2026 14:26 β π 3291 π 1077 π¬ 59 π 104A headband is involved
03.03.2026 22:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βWe apparently no longer have the courage to speak freely in support of our values and interests as a sovereign nation.
Our first priority has become to avoid attracting the attention of the playground bully.β - Phil Goff.
starting to get brighter
00:50am Wed 4th March (NZ)
#LunarEclipse #BloodMoon #NewZealand
MuaΕ«poko Otago Peninsula, Εtepoti Dunedin, NZ
#Nikon Z7ii
Starting to lighten up again as the moon moves away from the Earth's shadow
"Comparable sites in London mandate 50% affordable housing β more ambitious targets for affordable housing would help ensure the people who keep our city running can live in or near the communities they serve" - Eamon Waterford, Committee for Sydney
03.03.2026 19:11 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0In todayβs NZ Herald
03.03.2026 16:27 β π 119 π 52 π¬ 3 π 3Inflation must be
03.03.2026 18:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think if he had any sense of shame and the insight to reflect on his ability then he'd never have put himself forward for political office.
02.03.2026 19:41 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0