Bryce
@brycepearce.bsky.social
Tāmaki Makaurau
Surf Lifeguard
Film and TV Safety Officer
Sometimes rides a bike
Surf Lifeguard
Film and TV Safety Officer
Sometimes rides a bike
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Housing market with bits tacked on.
So, comparing year to Sept 25 with the preceding 12 months (to Sept 24). What industries are powering our recovery (as measured by silly GDP)? NB graph only shows industries with positive change.
Well, we're buying more houses again - so estate agents are back in the money. Great work guys. [🧵 1/n]
Well, we're buying more houses again - so estate agents are back in the money. Great work guys. [🧵 1/n]
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Housing market with bits tacked on.
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Today's news bulletin builds up to a brutal finale. Catch up on all the day's news here: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Today's news bulletin builds up to a brutal finale. Catch up on all the day's news here: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
Prediction: the new super ministry will be a disaster and will eventually be split apart again. At great cost.
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Prediction: the new super ministry will be a disaster and will eventually be split apart again. At great cost.
Reads post. 🤦 Enumerate = remunerate. Damned autocarrot
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reads post. 🤦 Enumerate = remunerate. Damned autocarrot
My wife is in Nth Shore Hospital. Nothing serious and the quality of care has been fantastic. But this, and other news, led me to thinking a bit wider...
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My wife is in Nth Shore Hospital. Nothing serious and the quality of care has been fantastic. But this, and other news, led me to thinking a bit wider...
Screw Labour. Just vote Green. Dunno why you think they’re going to change now.
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Screw Labour. Just vote Green. Dunno why you think they’re going to change now.
Who are these people having time off until March and, what sectors do they work in? I’m interested in retraining. 🤣
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Who are these people having time off until March and, what sectors do they work in? I’m interested in retraining. 🤣
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The post is for Webworm members, but I want to sneak this point from behind the wall (sorry David) because I think a lot of adults don't understand what social media is to today's young people.
A social media ban aims to separate kids from their communities.
A social media ban aims to separate kids from their communities.
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The post is for Webworm members, but I want to sneak this point from behind the wall (sorry David) because I think a lot of adults don't understand what social media is to today's young people.
A social media ban aims to separate kids from their communities.
A social media ban aims to separate kids from their communities.
A very close call last night at Muriwai. Fortunately lifeguards, who had just finished for the day, sprang into action and retrieved a drowning young man at 7:10pm and jumped straight into CPR / DEFIB /Oxygen and brought the guy back. Only FB link sorry.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Q81...
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Q81...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A very close call last night at Muriwai. Fortunately lifeguards, who had just finished for the day, sprang into action and retrieved a drowning young man at 7:10pm and jumped straight into CPR / DEFIB /Oxygen and brought the guy back. Only FB link sorry.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Q81...
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Q81...
Sorry, paywalled but the headline says enough.
Karanga-a-Hape station is going to be busy.
www.nzherald.co.nz/property/bil...
Karanga-a-Hape station is going to be busy.
www.nzherald.co.nz/property/bil...
Billionaire retailers to buy ex-Beca HQ, betting on $5.5b City Rail Link
'City Rail Link will be a game-changer, with the Karanga-a-Hape station metres away.'
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Sorry, paywalled but the headline says enough.
Karanga-a-Hape station is going to be busy.
www.nzherald.co.nz/property/bil...
Karanga-a-Hape station is going to be busy.
www.nzherald.co.nz/property/bil...
Today I learned that, allegedly, most Danish dwellings have 3-phase electricity as standard. That would make EV wiring quite simple.
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today I learned that, allegedly, most Danish dwellings have 3-phase electricity as standard. That would make EV wiring quite simple.
No studio space left in Australia. That’s how busy their film and tv industry is. We’ve got an entire studio complex in Tāmaki Makaurau that is empty.
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
No studio space left in Australia. That’s how busy their film and tv industry is. We’ve got an entire studio complex in Tāmaki Makaurau that is empty.
Ok #kikorangi, recommendations for digital membership cards in Aotearoa. Must be suitable for Apple/Google Wallet...
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Ok #kikorangi, recommendations for digital membership cards in Aotearoa. Must be suitable for Apple/Google Wallet...
Still going to argue for gas over electricity?
Gas bills will rise 8 percent over two years in Auckland, under a proposal to avoid stranded assets as gas networks consider winding down. Marc Daalder reports.
Gas networks won't grow any larger – Commerce Commission
newsroom.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Still going to argue for gas over electricity?
If, in 2025, a minister of trade is surprised that trading partners are looking to countries that have solid CO2 reduction plans they either
a) have their head buried in the sand
Or
b) are incompetent fwits.
Personally, I think it’s option B.
a) have their head buried in the sand
Or
b) are incompetent fwits.
Personally, I think it’s option B.
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If, in 2025, a minister of trade is surprised that trading partners are looking to countries that have solid CO2 reduction plans they either
a) have their head buried in the sand
Or
b) are incompetent fwits.
Personally, I think it’s option B.
a) have their head buried in the sand
Or
b) are incompetent fwits.
Personally, I think it’s option B.
Oils on Water - 7. Kosciuszko - Midnight Oil
YouTube video by Skitizen
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Roger Gray, Ports of Auckland CE:
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Roger Gray, Ports of Auckland CE:
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
So, if I’ve got this correct, the maths study shows that fewer students per teacher, enabling the teacher to spend more time with each child, works? Who’d have guessed?
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
So, if I’ve got this correct, the maths study shows that fewer students per teacher, enabling the teacher to spend more time with each child, works? Who’d have guessed?
What kind of long term planning exists within NZ Defence Force when they seem incapable of forecasting future needs?
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What kind of long term planning exists within NZ Defence Force when they seem incapable of forecasting future needs?
I feel like I should at least test drive one of these EV vans.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I feel like I should at least test drive one of these EV vans.
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The USA reneging on a pledge? Well I never…
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The USA reneging on a pledge? Well I never…
Today I’ve seen locally developed LED candles that, from 3 metres away, I cannot tell they’re LED. Wizardry.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Today I’ve seen locally developed LED candles that, from 3 metres away, I cannot tell they’re LED. Wizardry.