Lena in NZ

Labour is amping up the spectre of an early election, with campaign chair Kieran McAnulty saying the party is “ready to go” should the prime minister call one. “We’re ready to go. For Labour, everything has been brought forward, and we have an early election plan that’s ready to go at the drop of a hat,” McAnulty said. “Our donations are increasing by the week and so are the volunteers.” McAnulty’s comments follow reports that Winston Peters’ NZ First party has begun planning for the event of a general election being called before the end of the year.

Even if Kieran McAnulty is just messing with the Nats head I am here for it! More of this #NZPol

Just to confirm, Simeon Brown's "clear pipeline" to $20bn in Health Infrastructure spending has absolutely no money allocated to it and absolutely no specific detail of any kind.

Either one works for me 😂

Eat the rich. Burn the cars 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Not something you see everyday in the middle of Auckland City!!!

“Parliament can legislate that the Earth is flat. That doesn’t make it flat.” Chris Finlayson

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.

#MosaicMonday

don’t ask me what my favorite tiktok is. that’s like asking me my who my favorite child is. i’ve never seen any of them before and i don’t know what they’re called

"Never make fun of someone's passion because that's the thing that saves them from the world" Artist Quote of the Day

This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.

Yoongi has an aura about him that says he could balance your checkbook, hang your new cabinets, rotate your tires, then fix you a five star meal, and I had a point to make here but I sort got lost just thinking about that so now you have to think about it too

our beautiful 7 sitting on the yet to come bus, a song which many ARMY didn't love as much as they should have but that I still listen to every day

#BTS is my safe space

Living Wage Employer certificate for Auckland Council

Akl Council became a Living Wage Employer this week, it was celebrated at the Trusts Stadium last night. The media jumps on & amplifies every employer bemoaning minor lifts in the MW, which is poverty pay, yet employers who pay decent wages rarely get a mention but their detractors get a megaphone.

@skywatch.blue has a label and a block list for MAGA accounts:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Husband: "if I have learned anything since 2016 it is that things can always get worse"

turning 40 in a few weeks and feeling somewhat vindicated that all the punkrock ideals I had as a teen are still with me and constantly proven correct

Always love these polls!
Who in BTS?
- first caught your attention: Jimin
- first bias: Jimin
- current bias: Yoongi
- bias wrecker: Currently Jin but all of them have my 💜
- first mv you watched: Mic Drop
- fav album: LY: Tear

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

“They should just move”

is not the take, y’all

Get your tickets now! DOUBLE HEADER - Hurricanes v Blues & Hurricanes Poua v Matatū

The Hurricanes Poua have a home game this Saturday, 4.35pm kick off against Matatū. If there was ever a moment you should be out there cheering them on, it’s this week.

Get your tickets here: hurricanes.flicket.co.nz/events/d1f57...

RNZ compared notes Associate Health Minister Casey Costello sent to officials, with a range of documents produced by the tobacco industry and its supporters. Intentional or not, there are frequent – a... RNZ compared notes Associate Health Minister Casey Costello sent to officials, with a range of documents produced by the tobacco industry and its supporters. Intentional or not, there are frequent – a...

THIS SHOULD END COSTELLO'S CAREER.
Kate Newton joins the dots & proves what many of us suspected: Casey Costello used the tobacco industry playbook to direct the health ministry to enact pro-smoking policies.
Fantastic example of investigative journalism here from RNZ.
www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...

I love how Scorched Almonds have a 0.5 health star rating.

Do you honestly think that's going to put me off? Nooooo!

I’d love to know exactly why Premier House is uninhabitable. Does it leak? Did a previous tenant trash the joint? I was at an event in the ballroom there in 2019 and it seemed in pretty good nick.

Luxon
"What I'm saying, very clearly and I don't know how I can be any clearer, is that I'm an absolute cunt"

These damn beneficiaries milking the system.. #nzpol

Really surprised to see David Seymour advocating for free public transport and subsidised petrol and parking!

A big pivot, but a welcome one I think.

That is what he's advocating here, right?

What about a clothing allowance? Will government fund relocation for new hires now?

"It’s an entitlement. I’m well within the rules. I’m just entitled to the entitlements that everyone else has.” ENTITLEMENTENTITLEMENTENTITLEMENT #nzpol

Turns out the average time spent on the Jobseeker benefit is "no more than three years" - nowhere near the 13 to 24 years that Luxon claims. #nzpol #AoNZ

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350...