Jen Longshaw

Outside matches the inside now.

NZ spy chiefs warn of extremism risk as teenage boys dominate investigations Our national security agencies are worried about New Zealand’s young men.

In 2022 a group of us (experts) tried to explain to the joint security group that extreme misogyny was the fastest growing form of violent extremism www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Goodbye, puppy killer. #KristiNoem

Dawn Chorus: Luxon clings on as inflation shock looms Luxon won't resign after poll shock; Oil over US$90/bbl overnight; Petrol over NZ$3/l in some areas; Freight cost warning after diesel rises 44c/l; Pak n'Save buying US butter; Dialysis rationing

“Christchurch Hospital has started rationing dialysis to two sessions per week from three because of a Government-imposed sinking lid on spending to ensure Crown spending to GDP gets down below 30%, 1News reported last night” #nzpol

Ministers continue to make decisions on fast-track projects after parties take donations linked to applicants One political scientist believes such donations to political parties could be perceived as creating a conflict of interest but official advice disagrees.

Just your daily reminder that Chris Bishop is both the chief fundraiser for the National Party election campaign and needs major donations, and the decision maker giving businesses access to the fast track process. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Cartoon showing Trump and Netanyahu. Trump is covering up the corpse of Epstein with a large black cloth with the word 'Iran' on it, while Netanyahu is covering up a pile of skulls and bones, with with another large black cloth with the word 'Iran' on it.

Covering up the crimes with crimes. Today's cartoon by @mwcartoons.bsky.social. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com

#Iran #Epstein #Netanyahu #Trump

Tell me about it. Have long covid from my last infection two years ago. My last ECG showed heart damage but not sure if it's from the covid or an underlying health condition.

People seem to think only the elderly and disabled will get really sick but how many healthy people now suffer from long covid? I do have it from my last infection two years ago and it's really impacting my life.

But if you're a normal person in Israel, Ambo Mike says get a bus and go to Sinai! Despite the fact that waves of American C-17s are landing and departing Israel by the hour.

The money behind the new Iran War In private calls over the last several weeks, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Trump to attack Iran.

And more…follow the money popular.info/p/the-money-...

TVNZ board chair rang senior minister to discuss negative coverage Justice minister won't reveal exactly what the public broadcaster's board chair said, while police minister doubles down on concerns about bias.

Right-wing commentators were *obsessed* with what they fancied was the former Labour govt's control of the media. Yet now we have what looks like direct political interference with reporting that ministers didn't like. Far out. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/04/t...

IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.

Wear a mask, get a booster. You might not die from Covid but someone you come in contact with may.

There's one for sale near here. It's been for sale for a few years, it's so large it has separate "wings". I think they're creating an imaginary problem.

I hope he suffers a long and horrible decline. Preferably a painful one.

Has Luxon said anything about this? Has he been asked about it?

BREAKING
It’s been revealed that the Luxon government ‘kicked the tyres’ on game-changing solar subsidies to cut power bills but decided to let us keep paying rising prices - and then to make it even worse with costly gas imports:
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/588...

National party in control of NZ herald advisory board.

If anyone were to suggest that a government should be able to exercise ANY influence over our media, screams of ‘leave the free press alone!’ would ring out.

When they simply buy that influence, everyone is silent.
#nzpol

Still snow on the Ruahines down here in CHB.

Taking this off the books means it will likely never be recouped for public good and probably one of their mates already had it earmarked before the election. Nats looting the country to pay for landlord tax cuts.

Chris Slane’s political cartoon of the week Chris Slane on the week in politics.

Luxon on the beat…
#nzpol #Listener www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

It's a wonder flies don't land on his more often.

*snorf

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A line of clerics seen on a conveyor belt, from left to right. At the far end is seen a cleric falling off the belt.

Conveyor Belt.

We are deeply concerned by the situation in Iran. Our first thoughts are with the people caught up in this conflict - in Iran, in the countries in the wider region, and the New Zealand families worried about loved ones. We recognise the courage of Iranians who have taken to the streets demanding change, at enormous personal risk and we condemn the serious human rights violations that have been perpetrated against them. Military escalation does not produce the stability the region needs. The attacks on Iran and the retaliatory strikes undermine international peace and security and put civilian lives at risk. New Zealand must urge all parties - including close allies - to show restraint, pursue diplomatic solutions and first and foremost, protect the rights and safety of Iranian civilians. New Zealand must use its voice on the world stage to call for de-escalation, for a return to negotiations, and for the right of the Iranian people to determine their own future.

That’s a proper Labour/Labor party statement from Chris Hipkins, leader of New Zealand Labour.

Speaks to values, values of peace, international law, and the values of the people of Aotearoa.

Aotearoa New Zealand is a country with a big heart, this is how I’m used to that place responding.

We hate kids. Like SO MUCH. We vote for the guns. We vote for the bombs. We protect the rapists. We have LEOs physically restraining parents from trying to save their children in Uvalde. We just blew up a school in Iran. We love Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. They run the country.

I hope Luxon doesn't offer NZ troops to Trump. He's such a little bitch he probably will.

Trademark the look as you've started a new fashion.

a gentle reminder that it was America who made Iran the way it is today. the CIA helped overthrow the prime minister and helped install the repressive regime to secure Iran’s oil and supplied them with weaponry right up until the hostage crisis, basically.