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The Cat's Whiskers @thecatswhiskers.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol the more things change the more they stay the same

Cinderella Mechanicus @hroethgar.bsky.social · 2d

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The Splendid Isolation of the Gallery

Back in the nineties I was not in a very famous TV show; I did, however, do a three year stint working for Wellington Newspapers, the then-owner of the Dominion and the Evening Post, back when there w...

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Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🔥📃TAHUNA TE PIRE | Te Pāti Māori does not support the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill
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"No govt in history has ever had the right or authority to extinguish the Tiriti-based rights of Māori. This is literally why treaty settlements exist.”
#NZPol

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Chris Werry @chriswerry.bsky.social · 4d

@whaeavee.bsky.social might be interested

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 5d

Crap, I really need to get onto that. Thanks for the bump.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 8d

"a lightly lobotomised Jacob Rees-Mogg" is a description for the ages

OwairakaAroha @owairakaaroha.bsky.social · 8d

Simeon Brown is like a lightly lobotomised Jacob Rees-Mogg. His continued presence in NZ politics is an absolute mystery.

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Troy Baisden @troybaisden.bsky.social · 10d

NZ's new methane target:

Represents doing nothing if historic efficiency gains continue, and assumes new mitigations won't work.

Worse, our farmers need to realise it cedes the future of the paperwork they complain about to places like Brussels instead of Wellington.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16d

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 16d

Buried in here: ACT is shrinking DIA's online violent extremism team, which is already too small, because ACT supports far-right violent extremism www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hawkes-ba...

Knife plot: Muslim leaders say it was 'sheer good luck' the attack was intercepted

The DIA unit that tracks digital extremism faces staff cuts - despite rising threats.

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Chris Werry @chriswerry.bsky.social · 18d

I found the bathroom specialists about 50% more expensive. If you can find a regular builder keen for work it might be cheaper.

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Chris Werry @chriswerry.bsky.social · 18d

The header seems like an rugby innovation that needs some love #Allblacks

Chris Werry @chriswerry.bsky.social · 18d

Go Waitaki District Council!

Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 19d

I've been meaning to post some of the pictures I have taken around our local public gardens this spring. The staff there do the most incredibly phenomenal job of keeping the place looking wonderful. This is a thread which goes forwards chronologically over the last week. 🌱🇳🇿

Pink flowering cherry trees and rhododendrons in pale pink and red over a gravel walking path

A Japanese style garden. Picture taken across a stretch of still water. Maples, willows and reeds are visible. The light is very pretty and soft and the sky is reflected in the water

A circular arch, through which a flowering cherry is visible

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Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 20d

Those businesses would never work in New Zealand because there is no car parking

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Chris Werry @chriswerry.bsky.social · 20d

Spending $138 at White Cross Emergency because my GP needs two weeks notice for an appointment

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