BtheLane
@bthelane.bsky.social
X refugee, union, republican, atheist, climate action yesterday. You get the idea. 😁
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Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.
So mostly like Labour's planned changes but more costs lumped on local councils.
Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed
The Resource Management Act is going, and the government has revealed what will replace it.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So mostly like Labour's planned changes but more costs lumped on local councils.
Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
There is no self-doubt here. He actually believes the drivel that pours from his mouth. 😬
Oh lord. You need a strong stomach to read this self-aggrandising garbage. He only sleeps 4 hours a night you know, and he talks up his own emotional intelligence.
#nzpol
#nzpol
‘Oh, hell yeah. Don’t you worry about that’ - Luxon thinks the 2026 election is in the bag
Luxon said the Government was doing ‘a serious turnaround job’, not like the ‘bit of a realignment’ carried out by the Key government in 2008.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
There is no self-doubt here. He actually believes the drivel that pours from his mouth. 😬
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So here is a thing
You fire tens of thousands of people
Cancel infra spend
Crash the economy
Force your valuable experienced workers off shore
Do nothing to fix any of this
This shit happens, because you are incompetent
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
You fire tens of thousands of people
Cancel infra spend
Crash the economy
Force your valuable experienced workers off shore
Do nothing to fix any of this
This shit happens, because you are incompetent
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury figures show a bigger deficit than forecast.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So here is a thing
You fire tens of thousands of people
Cancel infra spend
Crash the economy
Force your valuable experienced workers off shore
Do nothing to fix any of this
This shit happens, because you are incompetent
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
You fire tens of thousands of people
Cancel infra spend
Crash the economy
Force your valuable experienced workers off shore
Do nothing to fix any of this
This shit happens, because you are incompetent
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour's fault. Not that National crashed the economy with austerity. It is Labour's fault. 🙄
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury figures, which exclude ACC finances, showed a deficit of $4.9b for the four months ended October - about $700m higher than forecast.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Labour's fault. Not that National crashed the economy with austerity. It is Labour's fault. 🙄
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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There's a massive feature in next week's Listener on the global rise of the right and its influence locally. Worth picking up a copy
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
There's a massive feature in next week's Listener on the global rise of the right and its influence locally. Worth picking up a copy
Yep. Quality issues are sorted. 🙄
What a classic example of the market ruining a perfectly good public service. 😡
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
What a classic example of the market ruining a perfectly good public service. 😡
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches
Parents have been asked to watch for symptoms of food poisoning after some lunches were eaten.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Yep. Quality issues are sorted. 🙄
What a classic example of the market ruining a perfectly good public service. 😡
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
What a classic example of the market ruining a perfectly good public service. 😡
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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We have awarded Richmond Pak‘nSave with the Grinch of the Year Award! And are calling on the community to boycott them this December.
Please support other local alternatives:
- Woolworths Richmond (144 Salisbury Road, Richmond)
- Connings Food Market (151 McShane Road, Appleby)
Merry Grinchmas!
Please support other local alternatives:
- Woolworths Richmond (144 Salisbury Road, Richmond)
- Connings Food Market (151 McShane Road, Appleby)
Merry Grinchmas!
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We have awarded Richmond Pak‘nSave with the Grinch of the Year Award! And are calling on the community to boycott them this December.
Please support other local alternatives:
- Woolworths Richmond (144 Salisbury Road, Richmond)
- Connings Food Market (151 McShane Road, Appleby)
Merry Grinchmas!
Please support other local alternatives:
- Woolworths Richmond (144 Salisbury Road, Richmond)
- Connings Food Market (151 McShane Road, Appleby)
Merry Grinchmas!
Oh well. At least we're all benefiting from record dairy prices and farm returns. Makes it all worth it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Whitebait species at risk from declining state of waterways
A new freshwater fish report has found 28 percent of species are facing extinction and 32 percent are at risk of becoming threatened.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Oh well. At least we're all benefiting from record dairy prices and farm returns. Makes it all worth it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
OFFS. This would have been finished by now if Key hadn't dragged his feet for years and delayed funding it.
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
OFFS. This would have been finished by now if Key hadn't dragged his feet for years and delayed funding it.
"Let's be clear" says Simeon.
Here's some clarity: National used EXACTLY the same tactic to cut staffing costs last time they were in power.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Here's some clarity: National used EXACTLY the same tactic to cut staffing costs last time they were in power.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"Let's be clear" says Simeon.
Here's some clarity: National used EXACTLY the same tactic to cut staffing costs last time they were in power.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Here's some clarity: National used EXACTLY the same tactic to cut staffing costs last time they were in power.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Is that because they left for higher-paying work in Australia? 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Is that because they left for higher-paying work in Australia? 🤔
Nice bit of maneuvering here by Labour. 🤣
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support
"We can do it right now, if Winston Peters is willing to walk the walk."
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Nice bit of maneuvering here by Labour. 🤣
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour lodges member's bill to repeal Regulatory Standards Act, asks NZ First for support www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The face of a man who totally owned Trump today. 🤣🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The face of a man who totally owned Trump today. 🤣🤣🤣
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
How? How does this raise wages? Complete fantasy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
How? How does this raise wages? Complete fantasy.
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We rightly lament the abject mediocrity, deviousness, sexism, entitlement and abusiveness of NZs managerial and political class, but rarely connect this social problem to the ‘brain drain’.
What if we saw young people as future leaders who could do better, instead of driving them to Australia?
What if we saw young people as future leaders who could do better, instead of driving them to Australia?
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We rightly lament the abject mediocrity, deviousness, sexism, entitlement and abusiveness of NZs managerial and political class, but rarely connect this social problem to the ‘brain drain’.
What if we saw young people as future leaders who could do better, instead of driving them to Australia?
What if we saw young people as future leaders who could do better, instead of driving them to Australia?
Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that we were getting heaps of concerts coming... 🤷
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that we were getting heaps of concerts coming... 🤷
Moved versus visited.
A whole generation is leaving this country. 😪
Record number of New Zealanders leave country www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
A whole generation is leaving this country. 😪
Record number of New Zealanders leave country www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Record number of New Zealanders leave country
72,700 Kiwis have moved overseas in a year, but the number of Australians visiting is surging.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Moved versus visited.
A whole generation is leaving this country. 😪
Record number of New Zealanders leave country www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
A whole generation is leaving this country. 😪
Record number of New Zealanders leave country www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Only a bit longer...
Green shoots are just below the surface and will burst forth any month now.
Honest they will. Or the next month. Or the month after that. Or the following quarter... 🙄
Green shoots are just below the surface and will burst forth any month now.
Honest they will. Or the next month. Or the month after that. Or the following quarter... 🙄
📢 Electronic cards data for October shows that apart from rises in fuel and consumables spending, seasonally adjusted retail spending was on a downward path again
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
The great retail revival will have to wait a while longer - again
www.interest.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Only a bit longer...
Green shoots are just below the surface and will burst forth any month now.
Honest they will. Or the next month. Or the month after that. Or the following quarter... 🙄
Green shoots are just below the surface and will burst forth any month now.
Honest they will. Or the next month. Or the month after that. Or the following quarter... 🙄
At least Semour and Luxon can't go all sanctimonious on Hipkins appointing Coster. They, in turn, appointed him to the MoR CEO role.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster placed on leave from CEO role after release of damning report
The report found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police, including Andrew Coster, who is now chief executive of the Social Investment Agency.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
At least Semour and Luxon can't go all sanctimonious on Hipkins appointing Coster. They, in turn, appointed him to the MoR CEO role.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
We hate having our assets sold from under us. Bring it on, you idiot. 😡
He talks as if we’ve not done this before and suffered the shitty consequences. Fuck of you empty suit, you’ll be overseas living the high life while the rest of pay the price for your stupid decisions.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
We hate having our assets sold from under us. Bring it on, you idiot. 😡