Morningside Jem

Entertainment Lover? The fuck is that supposed to mean?

Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded school lunches Parents were horrified after their children ate contaminated food.

This is Seymours MO now. He did the exact same thing to the Chair of one of our local school boards (which has a zone crossing into Epsom) - noted their political affiliation as a reason not to take them seriously.

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Oh fantastic. They were just the ticket. I had wondered where they had moved to.

My Pounamu has unstringed itself, and I need to get it rebound.

Any suggestions on where I can get this done in central Auckland?

Auckland mayor hits out at government's rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link Wayne Brown has taken aim at the policy, suggesting the government could start paying rates on its own properties to help fund projects like the City Rail Link.

Chefs Kiss if the rates cap means a Labour Prime Minister gets to cut the ribbon on the CRL.

Auckland mayor hits out at government's rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Sign up at my kids school.

Thanks K-Mart. Thanks a fucking bunch.

YouTube video by DelhiTheCat Thanksgiving '97. The day Barney was killed

My daughter came home with a story about how Barney was burst at the Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1997.

Turns out the day Barney was killed is an actual thing.

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‘We shouldn’t be naive’: Collins’ quiet signal to Luxon on union relations OPINION: Collins met union leaders, while Luxon and van Velden have refused to do so.

Massive false equivalence between Ardern not meeting with COVID denier protesters and Luxon / Van Velden not meeting with union officials.

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Ran into this character at the UoA staff club. @drdrehistorian.bsky.social

They can be members of the staff union and have a collective agreement, yes.

Right?

Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.

The union never said a word.

Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)

'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.

Performative politics.

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That's good advice.

Get a fucking grip BlueSky.

One of them is booze, so they can fuck right off.

I see K Mart have pivoted from selling asbestos sand to...

...whatever the fuck these count as.

Amazing that we could have three Prime Ministers in a row called Chris. Four if Hipkins is still around next year and wins the election (both seem like long shots)

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I hate these dot boards. The implication here is that if you put a dot on "Pay equity" then "poverty" doesn't matter to you. Politics is much more nuanced than this, and politicians who use these boards are debasing themselves.

There. I said it.

Coldplay was louder.

Nicola Willis: "I don't mean to patronise the member..."

I thought misleading the House was a big no-no...?

After round after round of restructuring at Hogwarts, the schools game keeper had to turn to the gig economy to make a living.

Is there a whakatauki similar to “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in"?

The Pacific Islands have to rely on aide funding from NZ and Australia to have representation at a conference on climate change - something they're at the forefront of but had almost zero impact on - and they get flooded out.

This is the perfect metaphor for how fucked the world is.

I used to catch the 6am Jetstar to Wellington all the time. It cost something insane like $29 (Air NZ 30mins later would have been $199), and it always left on time.

Did I miss the shitty instant coffee in plungers that Air NZ serve? No.

Police Commissioner accidentally takes FBI's Kash Patel for 'brief dip' during active tsunami advisory The two men went for a "very quick swim" in Oriental Bay after an early morning run.

Who the fuck goes for a swim in Wellington in July?

That's some LinkedIn Techbro alphamale "I eat a bowl of unfiltered gravel for breakfast at 3am before a nine hour intensive workout to get me started for the day" insanity bullshit.

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Improving notorious Warkworth intersection shelved - again The Hill Street junction is often described as the worst intersection in New Zealand.

I look forward to Chris Penk taking funds from Veterans Affairs to fund the Warkworth roundabout development.

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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

How about that.

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When the National "urban liberals" need to play games to get around the effects of the hard right culture wars.

Was the "Embarrassing Appointment" Chris Penk?