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Sunshine
Music stuff
#artbeforedishes
Pantry make over continues
Cute chicks get cuter
Managed to get the pool clear again
Guitaring
Moar passion fruit and blackberries

The facade is dropping … Luxon has nothing to offer Aotearoa.

Not really leadership material is he?

I mean you wouldn’t look at him and say “Aotearoa NZ next PM?”

#nzpol

#nzpol Our low ambition Prime Minister shares how he really sees the country..

Trump Dismisses Surprise Republican Loss In Texas State Senate Race: ‘I Wasn’t On The Ballot’ Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss for a state senate seat in a district Trump previously won by 17 percentage points.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss for a state senate seat in a district Trump previously won by 17 percentage points.

Beware failing economy with Nicola Willis, Luxon and National. #nzpol

Precisely this.

It’s too classified to send to *some* members of Congress. But there are absolutely folks who are (or could be) cleared to be read in.

Even if it’s got to be a Gang of Eight only issue, send it to Congress.

Talking Head Luxon’s emperor’s new clothes are coming through.

#nzpol

Hipkins says Luxon "losing control" as coalition splits widen - Chris Lynch Media Labour Leader Chris Hipkins has said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has lost control of his Government, following fresh fractures within...

Hipkins says Luxon “losing control” as coalition splits widen
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Grief just creeps up randomly. Good to take time to have a cry and remember the good times.

Be easy on yourself today 🪷🪻🌷♥️

Both?

'Brutal': Woman who gave officer 'thumbs down' pepper-sprayed, top ripped and underwear exposed The IPCA has found the officer's actions were unlawful and disproportionate.

Why is this cop still employed?

Do we need a new Waitemata Police commander as the current one doubles down on the officers's illegal actions...? www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ipca-find...

Nearly 3000 businesses liquidated last year, the highest level in 16 years The last time company failures were that high was during the global financial crisis, with construction and hospitality businesses hit the hardest in 2025, Centrix says.

"The last time company failures were at that level was during the global financial crisis (GFC)"

Yet Labour & National are more or less tied 10months out from an election.

FFS

Here's What's at Stake for Babies, Young Children and Families Major changes to the early childhood sector increase risk to children. 📌Here's the latest update - it's quick to read and easy to share.

David Seymour is squeamish about kids in ECEs being safe if it impacts provider profits in anyway at all. #nzpol

Seymour’s “changes risk weakening safety, lowering quality, and reducing accountability across early childhood services.” www.myece.org.nz/proposed-lic...

I actually think strategic partnerships with fascist countries is not what we should be looking to do.

Obvs my instinctive reaction is fuck off, but could someone please get DPF on the record that he wants Aus labour law and property taxes in NZ plz

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.

See the problem here?

So now it's:
1. the government gloating about reducing costs for drivers at the same time as making things more expensive for Total Mobility Users
2. the Minister for Disability Issues saying 70% of jobs require drivers licence painting it as an issue w the driving test not disability discrimination

Step 1: deliberately scare people with misinformation and lies about what a proposed policy or plan will do. Step2: wait for misinformed people to complain. Step 3: say that “clearly people are concerned,“ so we should “listen to the people“ and reject the plan. The Populist Playbook

Step 4: mainstream media “reports the controversy” rather than the fact it was manufactured, and the amplify the quotes of those who manufactured it.. Step5: other elected leaders who know the truth, still vote against the good plan or policy, because they’re too afraid of the “heat.“

Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”

A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.

It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.

Since then, it’s only gotten worse.

Do the steps sound familiar?

A climate graph to be shared. If magnified #AoNZ can we see you in their Simon Watts, Winston Peters?... oh sorry Luxon said it's real the other day but his govt is still committed to slow slow action #nzpol

This data shows once again the uneven choices getting "back on track". Tax cuts tilted to those with higher incomes and higher assets. Wages stalling, and higher price rises for the poorest. Everything we do in economics is a choice. Let’s choose better than this.

Treasury boss on bolstering the books in absence of high house prices and immigration Iain Rennie on where growth is coming from, and what he believes needs to change.

Pensioners face an even higher rate of inflation at 3.8% annual change. Maybe not the right time for Treasury to be examining whether to means-test the Winter Energy Payment, is it? www.nzherald.co.nz/business/eco...

With the minimum wage due to rise by less than inflation in April, those on the lowest incomes will be hammered for the third year in a row from this government. 68% of workers overall got a pay rise less than CPI inflation last year. Working people and their families are going backwards right now.

Household Living Price Index Annual Inflation

#nzpol Stats NZ has put Household Living Price Index data - showing how the cost of living is affecting different households. The cost of living has nearly stalled if you have a high income (1.2%). The poorest have a household inflation rate (3.4%) nearly 3 times the rate of the richest.

Too right.

False advertising.
Always read the fine print.

Average households got a 17.3% reduction in interest payments in 2025 Stats NZ says falling interest rates helped push household living costs down below the official rate of inflation as measured by the Consumers Price Index in the past year

NZ RENTS ARE UP
Rates are up RIP 3 waters
Medical Insurance is up

Pleased for the households who get reductions in interest payments but it won’t be evenly spread across h/holds.

Biggest beneficiaries of interest savings most likely to be investors & those with very large mortgages. #nzpol

So how's the education austerity measures going for 'improving' excellence Stanford?

#nzpol