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love it when the billboard opposite parliament has one of those billboards that's aimed at a single person. www.northsouthexpress.co.nz
North South Express | Southern ferry terminal Cook Strait
North South Express - Southern ferry terminal for the Cook Strait, Gateway to the South Island and transport and logistics hub.
www.northsouthexpress.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 AM
love it when the billboard opposite parliament has one of those billboards that's aimed at a single person. www.northsouthexpress.co.nz
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you know what's better for orcas? If we don't fill the Sound with microplastics. you know what generates microplastics? car tires. you know how you stop people from commuting so much? BY BUILDING DENSER HOUSING
Birds Connect Seattle, Thornton Creek Alliance, and the Orca Conservancy are among a lengthy list of groups trying to send City of Seattle back to the drawing board on its housing growth plan through a judicial appeal in state court.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/27/c...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/27/c...
Conservation Groups Join Push Against Seattle Growth Plan » The Urbanist
# Birds Connect Seattle, Thornton Creek Alliance, and the Orca Conservancy are among the groups trying to send the City of Seattle back to the drawing board on its housing growth plan. They're pushing...
www.theurbanist.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
you know what's better for orcas? If we don't fill the Sound with microplastics. you know what generates microplastics? car tires. you know how you stop people from commuting so much? BY BUILDING DENSER HOUSING
just out of curiosity, what's the Law Commission been up to recently?
ah, yep, there it is.
ah, yep, there it is.
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
just out of curiosity, what's the Law Commission been up to recently?
ah, yep, there it is.
ah, yep, there it is.
Seven seems like a lot of portfolios for a dude outside Cabinet.
Most of them are pretty token, but only Collins and Bish have as many
Most of them are pretty token, but only Collins and Bish have as many
January 27, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Seven seems like a lot of portfolios for a dude outside Cabinet.
Most of them are pretty token, but only Collins and Bish have as many
Most of them are pretty token, but only Collins and Bish have as many
They're can sack the figureheads and keep doing exactly what they are doing.
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
They're can sack the figureheads and keep doing exactly what they are doing.
"nach eil càreachean air na straid. Tha i an straid math"
Normalize putting up signs commemorating the date you made your street good.
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
"nach eil càreachean air na straid. Tha i an straid math"
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don't do anything that will cause the accident investigation narrator to start narrating @wtyppod.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM
don't do anything that will cause the accident investigation narrator to start narrating @wtyppod.bsky.social
New Zealand tried this because our Minister of public services is an AI zealot.
It didn't work, although they tried to put a more positive spin on it.
www.pco.govt.nz/about-us/leg...
It didn't work, although they tried to put a more positive spin on it.
www.pco.govt.nz/about-us/leg...
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
New Zealand tried this because our Minister of public services is an AI zealot.
It didn't work, although they tried to put a more positive spin on it.
www.pco.govt.nz/about-us/leg...
It didn't work, although they tried to put a more positive spin on it.
www.pco.govt.nz/about-us/leg...
To think how far we've come.
Their parents had to make do with one of these if they wanted to consult a bullshit machine before every decision.
Their parents had to make do with one of these if they wanted to consult a bullshit machine before every decision.
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM
To think how far we've come.
Their parents had to make do with one of these if they wanted to consult a bullshit machine before every decision.
Their parents had to make do with one of these if they wanted to consult a bullshit machine before every decision.
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NZ taxpayers spent $6M to bring Michelin stars here and only paid $3M to the WHO.
Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol
Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 AM
NZ taxpayers spent $6M to bring Michelin stars here and only paid $3M to the WHO.
Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol
Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol
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Turnout (note: not enrollment or eligibilie voters) of around 70,000 that would entitle "Overseas New Zealanders" to one electorate seat if we did it that way.
17 countries currently have reserved diaspora seats.
17 countries currently have reserved diaspora seats.
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Turnout (note: not enrollment or eligibilie voters) of around 70,000 that would entitle "Overseas New Zealanders" to one electorate seat if we did it that way.
17 countries currently have reserved diaspora seats.
17 countries currently have reserved diaspora seats.
yanks will really try to gaslight you with dumb takes like "snow isn't cold"
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 AM
yanks will really try to gaslight you with dumb takes like "snow isn't cold"
why are so many of the normative urban planning guides precisely backwards?
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
why are so many of the normative urban planning guides precisely backwards?
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we must never give up our fight against the tyranny of hiking trousers
thespinoff.co.nz/society/26-0...
we must never give up our fight against the tyranny of hiking trousers
thespinoff.co.nz/society/26-0...
You can spot a NZ hiker by their shorts. Here’s why we won’t don trousers
Even in the dead of winter, New Zealanders refuse to wear trousers to hike – and there’s practical and historical reasons as to why.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 25, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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we must never give up our fight against the tyranny of hiking trousers
thespinoff.co.nz/society/26-0...
we must never give up our fight against the tyranny of hiking trousers
thespinoff.co.nz/society/26-0...
I'm here, you're there
But you should still know I love you
When I'm miles away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gc...
But you should still know I love you
When I'm miles away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gc...
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm here, you're there
But you should still know I love you
When I'm miles away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gc...
But you should still know I love you
When I'm miles away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gc...
New Zealand is famously too spineless to do sports boycotts.
Even when we finally "boycotted" South Africa in 1985 the All Blacks just put a moustache on and played anyway as the Cavaliers.
Even when we finally "boycotted" South Africa in 1985 the All Blacks just put a moustache on and played anyway as the Cavaliers.
January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
New Zealand is famously too spineless to do sports boycotts.
Even when we finally "boycotted" South Africa in 1985 the All Blacks just put a moustache on and played anyway as the Cavaliers.
Even when we finally "boycotted" South Africa in 1985 the All Blacks just put a moustache on and played anyway as the Cavaliers.
I bet UK immigration loves it and isn't at all suspicious and hostile when a person turns up with a foreign accent and a totally blank, brand new UK passport because they changed nationality half way across the Atlantic.
January 24, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I bet UK immigration loves it and isn't at all suspicious and hostile when a person turns up with a foreign accent and a totally blank, brand new UK passport because they changed nationality half way across the Atlantic.
man I'm hating the mandatory "building a safe workplace" seminar that is all about how it's all our fault for having a closed negative response when management decide to make bad things happen, rather than being open and curious as we're made to do bad work badly.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
man I'm hating the mandatory "building a safe workplace" seminar that is all about how it's all our fault for having a closed negative response when management decide to make bad things happen, rather than being open and curious as we're made to do bad work badly.
Looks like stagflation is back on the menu
at least the inflation is being driven by optional luxuries like fuel, electricity, water infrastructure (rates) and housing that people can just consume less of.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
at least the inflation is being driven by optional luxuries like fuel, electricity, water infrastructure (rates) and housing that people can just consume less of.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Looks like stagflation is back on the menu
at least the inflation is being driven by optional luxuries like fuel, electricity, water infrastructure (rates) and housing that people can just consume less of.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
at least the inflation is being driven by optional luxuries like fuel, electricity, water infrastructure (rates) and housing that people can just consume less of.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
I know I'm probably not typical, but the last thing I want is to listen to a bunch of podcasts commissioned by local broadcasters.
Fury of the Small was ok, In Our Time is an institution, but I mostly want genuine independent grass roots shows made by passionate nerds.
Fury of the Small was ok, In Our Time is an institution, but I mostly want genuine independent grass roots shows made by passionate nerds.
January 22, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I know I'm probably not typical, but the last thing I want is to listen to a bunch of podcasts commissioned by local broadcasters.
Fury of the Small was ok, In Our Time is an institution, but I mostly want genuine independent grass roots shows made by passionate nerds.
Fury of the Small was ok, In Our Time is an institution, but I mostly want genuine independent grass roots shows made by passionate nerds.
The Auckland Anniversary floods & cyclone Gabrielle caused more insured damage ($4B) in 2023 than every single severe weather event in the last 55 years combined since cyclone Giselle that sunk the Wahine.
total costs of the 2023 storms are estimated at $9-15 billion, but no one actually knows.
total costs of the 2023 storms are estimated at $9-15 billion, but no one actually knows.
January 22, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The Auckland Anniversary floods & cyclone Gabrielle caused more insured damage ($4B) in 2023 than every single severe weather event in the last 55 years combined since cyclone Giselle that sunk the Wahine.
total costs of the 2023 storms are estimated at $9-15 billion, but no one actually knows.
total costs of the 2023 storms are estimated at $9-15 billion, but no one actually knows.
and what happened to the Titanic again?
it turned around eventually and ultimately stayed buoyant, right?
it turned around eventually and ultimately stayed buoyant, right?
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
and what happened to the Titanic again?
it turned around eventually and ultimately stayed buoyant, right?
it turned around eventually and ultimately stayed buoyant, right?
Tetris from 1985 remains the king of "post traumatic therapy" games
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03...
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Tetris from 1985 remains the king of "post traumatic therapy" games
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03...
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Proposed member's bill. Proposed. Calling it "current" buys into the framing that just because it's in the Biscuit Tin, a bill is relevant and important and Shows A Party Is Taking A Stand (a framing which NZ First *loves*). Until it's on the Order Paper, it's functionally irrelevant.
January 21, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Proposed member's bill. Proposed. Calling it "current" buys into the framing that just because it's in the Biscuit Tin, a bill is relevant and important and Shows A Party Is Taking A Stand (a framing which NZ First *loves*). Until it's on the Order Paper, it's functionally irrelevant.