Getting our mojo back, baby! / Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿

The markets will win Trump's Iran war.

As a white middle class kid growing up in the pre-Lange years, the notion that NZ did things first/best rested in my DNA.

These days, not so much.

But. I still believe in one thing.

Wherever you go in the world, you will never get fresh fish as good as here in Aotearoa.

Obviously he's talking to the wrong Kiwis.

Yeah, it definitely feels like the right time.

Costs associated with the solar system include:
- 2 new heat pump how water units, inc eye-watering plumbing & electrical costs
- upgrading the house's main distribution board
- new wiring for an induction hob
- wiring for an EV charger

Right now the bills are coming in left, right & centre for the mammoth amount of work required to solarise our little whare at Balloch Street.
Trying to balance the feelings of unease at all that spending with the knowledge that by mid-April we'll be generating power for pretty much all our needs.

Just got boosted hby

Scratched my head for ages over this, and the only even vaguely plausible reason I can think of is nice big untraceable crypto "donations" to Govt ministers from big oil interests.

Not a political comms wizz, but I reckon if instead of rolling thunder he said something like "making sure we have lower grocery & electricity prices" it would have gelled better with normal human beings.

YouTube video by Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Anthony Finally Travels to Iran | Full Episode | S04 E07 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Bourdain in Iran.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB4U...

Strade Bianche Women: Elise Chabbey lands surprise victory in electric conclusion to a thriller in Tuscany FDJ-United-SUEZ rider beats former teammate Kasia Niewiadoma, with current teammate Franziska Koch third

Niamh Fisher-Black finished in the top 10 in today's Strade Bianche Women's race.

Looking ahead to a great season.

www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...

Bsky quiz time.

If Trump decides to lift US sanctions on Russia, Luxon's Govt will...
[LIKE] Slavishly follow Trump'sactions
[REPOST] Maintain sanctions as per EU, Canada etc

BlackRock is very shaky right now, adding strong 'big short' vibes to the current global political & economic chaos

Winston successfully navigating his eight seat minority Govt through to the election by sheer force of will.

Unless the PM-ship is conferred on Peters & he goes full-throttle nativist nationalise-the-powercos think-big on us.

ie zero green shoots on the horizon in any scenario.

Yes everyone hates Luxon but it's the Govt's policies that have gotten us in this shit & the policies are unlikely to change more than an iota* regardless of whoever the new National leader PM is.

*coalition agteement etc

Look I don't follow sport much but is the current Black Ferns 7s the best sports team Aotearoa's ever produced?

269K views · 6.1K reactions | I promise this story about microwaves is interesting. - I found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I th... I promise this story about microwaves is interesting. - I found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I thought, no it wasn't. ...was it...

OK OK, here's the source:
www.facebook.com/reel/8547115...

TIL

Just remembering how Luxon bought a new Tesla EV when there was a Clean Car Discount, then cancelled the policy so others couldn't do it, and is now canning the Clean Car Standards and adding a new tax to petrol.

What a guy.

#nzpol

Sure Luxon's toast but I'm still struggling with exactly who is capable of saving the day for National.
That's a staggeringly low-quality caucus they have there.

On Whangārei Harbour Fyi

Nice to be among anti-fascists.

Free camping at the Parua bay boat club & and it really is a quite wonderful place to stay.

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Social Development Minister says nothing suggests Gloriavale children unsafe following visit Louise Upston visited Gloriavale on 30 January where she met Overseeing Shepherd Stephen Standfast, senior leaders and other Gloriavale members.

Apropos of nothing, I'm reminded of that time the Red Cross visited the Theresienstadt concentration camp and came away saying everything was hunky dory...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresi...

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Has there been ANY local political analysis of how Australia & Canada are deepening ties, and how New Zealand doesn't seem to be involved?

I mean, on the face of it this is quite significant (and more-so that whether Mr Luxon's feelings have ben hurt by reaction to his media-briefing incoherence)

Also zero mentions of how any other party fared in that poll. Very strange.

Visualising him and Luke with their own desk in the corner of the room.