CV Nicks
@cvnicks.bsky.social
Self-proclaimed silly sausage. Rotorua, Aotearoa.
Attempts to make political parody images/videos/memes.
"Wow you don't know how to meme" - Twitter user
Attempts to make political parody images/videos/memes.
"Wow you don't know how to meme" - Twitter user
30 day streak on Connections! I feel as though it has been an easier run, lately, with fewer groups that have required U.S.-specific knowledge.
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
30 day streak on Connections! I feel as though it has been an easier run, lately, with fewer groups that have required U.S.-specific knowledge.
It has taken me a while, but I've beaten my 113 streak on Wordle, today. 🎉
February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
It has taken me a while, but I've beaten my 113 streak on Wordle, today. 🎉
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Luxon on breakfast just now standing outside the cordon at Mt Maunganui finishing his facile interview with the inane electioneering slogan "Fixing the basics..." - the man is completely devoid of empathy or tact.
#NZPol
#NZPol
January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Luxon on breakfast just now standing outside the cordon at Mt Maunganui finishing his facile interview with the inane electioneering slogan "Fixing the basics..." - the man is completely devoid of empathy or tact.
#NZPol
#NZPol
It finally happened:
Wordle 1,682 1/6*
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Wordle 1,682 1/6*
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January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
It finally happened:
Wordle 1,682 1/6*
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Wordle 1,682 1/6*
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Is this what we can expect this election year? Tax payer funded advertorials in support of the current government swamping the media? #nzpol
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Is this what we can expect this election year? Tax payer funded advertorials in support of the current government swamping the media? #nzpol
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I trust all newspapers will be running with the headline “FIFA Peace Prize recipient invades Venezuela to steal oil”
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I trust all newspapers will be running with the headline “FIFA Peace Prize recipient invades Venezuela to steal oil”
I finally beat my 13 day streak on Connections! 🎉
December 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I finally beat my 13 day streak on Connections! 🎉
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Just house them you heartless callous bastards. Shipping them to poorer suburbs - because thats what will happen - so entitled folks can shop and eat without the reminder that political choices have consequences is reprehensible #nzpol
PM confirms action plan on Auckland CBD homeless 'move on orders' after mayor, minister meet
The PM said he expected an announcement to be made by Christmas.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just house them you heartless callous bastards. Shipping them to poorer suburbs - because thats what will happen - so entitled folks can shop and eat without the reminder that political choices have consequences is reprehensible #nzpol
During lockdown we had a "Family Taskmaster" every week. One person would set the task/judge and we would have some time (usually an hour or 2) to complete it before we would all join a video chat to reveal what we had done. My profile pic is from one where we had to reproduce a famous work of art.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
During lockdown we had a "Family Taskmaster" every week. One person would set the task/judge and we would have some time (usually an hour or 2) to complete it before we would all join a video chat to reveal what we had done. My profile pic is from one where we had to reproduce a famous work of art.
These guys are dangerous idiots. It's tiresome enough already having to read, and re-check, the labels on everything that I eat, and now they want to have me scan a QR code to get to that information.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
These guys are dangerous idiots. It's tiresome enough already having to read, and re-check, the labels on everything that I eat, and now they want to have me scan a QR code to get to that information.
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Denying redress to abuse in care survivors who've committed crimes is unconscionable. Essentially they're saying the Crown will only show remorse for their failings to people who don't show their damage on the outside.
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Denying redress to abuse in care survivors who've committed crimes is unconscionable. Essentially they're saying the Crown will only show remorse for their failings to people who don't show their damage on the outside.
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This is arguing about what equipment to kit the ambulance with at the bottom of the cliff. Stop unnecessary urgency, stop accepting rubbish bills that don't clear the quality bar, and you won't end up with a firehose of outrage from a disrespected public. 🤷♀️
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
Tighter rules may be needed to stem flow of public submissions, says MP
'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws
newsroom.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is arguing about what equipment to kit the ambulance with at the bottom of the cliff. Stop unnecessary urgency, stop accepting rubbish bills that don't clear the quality bar, and you won't end up with a firehose of outrage from a disrespected public. 🤷♀️
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
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Fuck all the people who voted no to Māori wards
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Fuck all the people who voted no to Māori wards
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#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...
A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy
The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed
craigrenney.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...
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The coalition is out of step with the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and out of step with the world. Shame on all of them.
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The coalition is out of step with the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and out of step with the world. Shame on all of them.
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Don’t worry guys he is treating us as a bottomfull ATM it’s all good you see
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Don’t worry guys he is treating us as a bottomfull ATM it’s all good you see
Slightly diminish a book
Cretaceous Park
Cretaceous Park
Slightly diminish a book
Crime and Discharge Without Conviction
Crime and Discharge Without Conviction
Slightly diminish a book
The Old Man and the Pond
The Old Man and the Pond
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Slightly diminish a book
Cretaceous Park
Cretaceous Park
Slightly diminish a band:
Squadronwood Mac
Squadronwood Mac
Slightly diminish a band:
Perturbance at the Disco
Perturbance at the Disco
Slightly diminish a band:
Grey Sabbath
Grey Sabbath
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Squadronwood Mac
Squadronwood Mac
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After introducing dozens of policies to increase greenhouse emissions, undermining global efforts to cut the climate pollution which drives more extreme flooding events, Luxon says his Govt wants to take LESS responsibility for the damage caused by ITS OWN policies. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Long-term changes needed to bailouts, natural disaster responses - Christopher Luxon
The government is looking at what the Tasman district needs, but in the long-term it can't keep bailing people out after disasters, the PM says.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After introducing dozens of policies to increase greenhouse emissions, undermining global efforts to cut the climate pollution which drives more extreme flooding events, Luxon says his Govt wants to take LESS responsibility for the damage caused by ITS OWN policies. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Jordan Williams (Taxpayers Union) pronounces hyperbole "hyper bowl". 🫢
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Jordan Williams (Taxpayers Union) pronounces hyperbole "hyper bowl". 🫢
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No more of this "One rule for me, but not for thee" hypocrisy!
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Hold your Government to Account
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts and when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view ...
our.actionstation.org.nz
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
No more of this "One rule for me, but not for thee" hypocrisy!
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
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For crying out loud Stuff, this is NOT "tit for tat" ... this is one person (the deputy PM no less) using his platform & power to target academics & others who speak up from evidence against his proposals, and another speaking up to defend folks & ask him to stop.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The tit for tat row between the deputy PM and an academic
It’s a standoff with no signs of retreat - one championing academic freedom, the other pressing for what he views as long-overdue regulatory reform.
www.stuff.co.nz
June 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For crying out loud Stuff, this is NOT "tit for tat" ... this is one person (the deputy PM no less) using his platform & power to target academics & others who speak up from evidence against his proposals, and another speaking up to defend folks & ask him to stop.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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"At a time like this, it is extraordinary that a Deputy Prime Minister here should initiate an online campaign of intimidation against university scholars, using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics to harass them for exercising their academic freedom."
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day
Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally intimidating campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill
newsroom.co.nz
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"At a time like this, it is extraordinary that a Deputy Prime Minister here should initiate an online campaign of intimidation against university scholars, using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics to harass them for exercising their academic freedom."
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...