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Ōtepoti. Aotearoa.

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The cruel Miami Sea Aquarium which pioneered the most obscene treatment of captive animals for 70 years, closed its doors forever yesterday
I found my good news story after all

13.10.2025 08:54 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

'New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds'

Pretty sure the Govt is all over this and there is nothing to see/ feel....

13.10.2025 03:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It's clear just who is National's constituency. And it's not us.

13.10.2025 02:39 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Woo… grumpy thunder in Ōtepoti….

12.10.2025 03:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

heh....this from folk who can't get his weight right...

11.10.2025 02:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So Alinghi are pissed and mebbe gonna pull out of the cup.

I really don't care...tho if I had loot invested in the parent company...I would be looking at how it's going.

Never understood how folk are forced to pay for rich folks entertainment...

10.10.2025 03:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The war in Gaza ended 6 to 9 months ago. It’s been pure genocide—a straight-up slaughter-and-starvation campaign—since then. Under no circumstances should anyone pretend that Netanyahu is still fighting a “war” just so that Trump can get a photo op and say he “ended” it.

Do better, corporate media.

09.10.2025 05:18 — 👍 700    🔁 221    💬 39    📌 4

"Government’s books show finance minister borrowing billions to keep the lights on"

09.10.2025 03:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When ya make things up...
heh

08.10.2025 02:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Gotta buy the kg block of tasty Mainland.

Will hold out for a discount with the new week on Monday tho. *hopeful*

Will bank that for some butter the next week...

26.09.2025 10:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Definitely eggs...

26.09.2025 07:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Seemingly...

26.09.2025 07:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'A Southland dairy farmer and religious leader who exploited his workers claims he can't pay a $215,000 fine despite owning properties worth millions.'

I dunno.

25.09.2025 10:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gonna take a stab and wonder if it's put out in public then it's no longer private...

24.09.2025 04:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Adults in da room...

24.09.2025 03:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LOL

24.09.2025 02:11 — 👍 737    🔁 169    💬 32    📌 5

So we are gonna be bestest mates with Japan and the US and have folk from Palestine rot…

23.09.2025 06:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gonna assume that the more hours ya work… the more leave ya get.

23.09.2025 05:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

TBF...same contractor that the previous Govt contracted with on this....

20.09.2025 04:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So the site for the new hospital was aquired in 2018. And plans , RMA etc etc started then.

That was less than a year from first being elected as Govt.

20.09.2025 02:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Five mins with a bike and a lane.

No...wait....

30.08.2025 02:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Would the black ( iron) sands on the NI West Coast be an advantage?....

30.08.2025 02:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He seems to have moved to Kerikeri...

A wondeful talent.

30.08.2025 02:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Where is this from?

Tia

23.08.2025 01:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
This is the stuff built to unlock new housing or business activity - roads, water networks, transport links.
"It's very difficult to have a modern economy without infrastructure," Nunn said. "The question is: when you're investing in new things, what do you get out of it?"
By tracking how much extra rates revenue these projects bring in, the Commission found big differences between cities.
Christchurch and Dunedin are at the top, getting more than a dollar back for every dollar spent. Wellington is roughly breaking even. Hamilton, Queenstown and Auckland are at the bottom, with some projects returning as little as 50 to 70 cents per dollar.

This is the stuff built to unlock new housing or business activity - roads, water networks, transport links. "It's very difficult to have a modern economy without infrastructure," Nunn said. "The question is: when you're investing in new things, what do you get out of it?" By tracking how much extra rates revenue these projects bring in, the Commission found big differences between cities. Christchurch and Dunedin are at the top, getting more than a dollar back for every dollar spent. Wellington is roughly breaking even. Hamilton, Queenstown and Auckland are at the bottom, with some projects returning as little as 50 to 70 cents per dollar.

So Wellington is doing a shit ton better than Auckland at how it uses rates money and yet it’s our mayor who gets all the scrutiny? Whyever could that be, we can’t qwhite put our finger on it…

23.08.2025 01:38 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Tbf his was but one vote. That he led others down the path tho..

23.08.2025 01:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There does seem to be more individual wealth in the governing MP cohort than the folk they purport to represent.
Prolly could donate their salary and live off the tax rebate…

23.08.2025 01:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Prolly means an American military base somewhere.

Weapons over ferries was about all the negotiating we had…

23.08.2025 01:16 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

There’s prolly a trail of breadcrumbs one could follow…

23.08.2025 01:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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