Andrew Frame

The image is a tweet from a user called "Henpecked Hal." The tweet reflects on the realization that when his son talks about Pokémon, it's not just about Pokémon itself. Instead, his son wants to share excitement, knowledge, and spend quality time bonding with his dad. Despite this understanding, the tweet humorously concludes with, "Still, it's a hard no."

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NZ Professional Firefighters Union keep responding to David Seymour’s lies about the state of fire trucks. #nzpol

"Napier", Stuff, "this coastal city" is called "NAPIER"!
Geez, save us the clickbait bullshit, and yourselves 9 characters and two spaces.

#nzpol Pay attention Aotearoa, New Zealand, because our horrid government sure isn't.

“It’s really sad, frankly,” he said. “As an Australian, I wish the alternate government of Australia was much more persuaded by 97% of the world’s scientists, by the economics, and we’ve had a sensible approach.”

Oh, fuck that!

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

10% of Meta's 2024 ad revenue came from outright frauds and scams; the platform shows consumers 15 billion ads for fraud and scams every single day. This doesn't even include agitprop and AI slop.

the existential collapse of this monumental pile of shit company simply can't come quickly enough

For less money?
As volunteers?

How out of touch can an MP get?

Brace yourselves for an influx, Hamilton & Tauranga!!

I can be sure of one thing, we HAVE to vote these economic and ecological vandals out next year, or we're really in trouble
#nzpol

Gutting of Zero Carbon Act crashes bipartisan climate consensus It took more than a year of painstaking cross-partisan negotiation to land the Zero Carbon Act. Now, the Govt is gutting it unilaterally, Marc Daalder reports

More red flags #NZpol

"Christina Hood, an independent climate policy expert who has advised governments of all stripes on climate and formerly headed the International Energy Agency’s climate unit, said the changes to consultation requirements were unacceptable."

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Most City Business Associations grovel from council/ratepayers teats...

Ooh, an iwi backed grocery chain?? I could get behind this 🤔 #nzpol

Large service station planned on some of NZ's best growing land A resource consent for a service station to be built on some of the most fertile soils, beside the Hawke’s Bay Expressway, has been lodged with the council.

If only there was an alternative source of power for our vehicles where this wouldn't be necessary🤦🏻‍♂️

Behind the education overhaul: Outcry reveals deep divisions in the sector Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.

MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.

He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.

Tech-Bros in a nutshell

But even more lame.

I listen to the local breakfast show - One of only two or three in NZ that aren't Jono & f*^&ing Ben -
But this was unintentional- Caught in a shop/car.
"Laugh your way home with Matty and PJ"? They couldn't pay us enough to.

Has been for a while, eh?

Ya'll know #Whamageddon, right?
Well, listening to The Hits' dismal, simulcast afternoon drive(l) show, I heard they're playing the utterly unimaginatively named "The Mariah Carey Game" from now til Christmas.
I you hear "All I Want for Christmas is You" you're 'out'
Creativity is dead at NZME HQ

What the fuck are this chaotic coalition going to do?!

Just where do they plan to banish all the rough sleepers and homeless in Auckland's CBD to?

Hamilton's CBD??!!

I hear Tauranga's CBD is full of empty shops and National / NZF voters...

It doesn't get said enough that Nats have built just 45 State houses since coming into government, no one is being housed in your ghost houses Bishop and now you want to hunt people off the streets? Where worse can you send them, the sewers where you slither? #NZPol

I found an ancient tapestry.
Circa 1995...

Have they considered low unemployment, a liveable wage, affordable housing and breaking overpriced supermarket duopolies?

Chris Bishop demonstrating the selection process used for fritters millions of dollars of taxpayers' assets to party donors...

And the funny thing is, underneath, they're the same car. Basically.

January from my calendar 2026 Some old groyne poles in the ocean at sunset

March page from my 2026 Calendar Limestone rock formation at Castle Hill after sunset

July page from my 2026 Calendar A sign for a train crossing in a hoar frost & fog, Middlemarch

Dec page from my 2026 Calendar Aerial view of the mighty Waimakariri River under a glowing orange sunset

Ok it's finally happening.

My Calendar 2026 is now available for pre-order. Printing by end of the month to allow for international shipping.

(sorry no international orders just yet, still setting that up).

So happy I could cry.

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????!!!!

Did Bowden host all of them?