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Mono Watt – 5pm Concert – Saturday 29 November
Mono Watt will perform their newly released debut album – words + noise – live with vocals, electric guitar, samplers and sequencers. With some hefty time in the rehearsal studio lately, this concert ...
www.audiofoundation.org.nz
Mono Watt plays Audio Foundation, near K Rd, Sat Nov 29th, 5pm. If you're heading to The Others Way fest, this is the perfect opener to your night. We'll rearrange ya lugs!
We'll play all tracks off our debut album: words + noise, in stores & bandcamp now
www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/l...
We'll play all tracks off our debut album: words + noise, in stores & bandcamp now
www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/l...
What’s your preferred literature for holding things up?
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
What’s your preferred literature for holding things up?
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Posted in anger
The Government is set to abolish regional councils later today, The Post understands.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
End of regional councils tipped in local government reforms
It is understood reforms to be announced today will mean the dissolving of regional councils, and the first steps could be within this current three-year council term.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Posted in anger
Overheard conversation:
-you’re not really a beach person are you
-naawww. Wull, Ah poot up wuth it for tha seyake uff tha grrrund childrun but Ah joost fuyind it tooo hutt!
-you’re not really a beach person are you
-naawww. Wull, Ah poot up wuth it for tha seyake uff tha grrrund childrun but Ah joost fuyind it tooo hutt!
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Overheard conversation:
-you’re not really a beach person are you
-naawww. Wull, Ah poot up wuth it for tha seyake uff tha grrrund childrun but Ah joost fuyind it tooo hutt!
-you’re not really a beach person are you
-naawww. Wull, Ah poot up wuth it for tha seyake uff tha grrrund childrun but Ah joost fuyind it tooo hutt!
Ponsonby DCs “Mate” now on bFM takes me back like 40 years … to the last time I heard it, also on bFM
And this makes me happy
And this makes me happy
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Ponsonby DCs “Mate” now on bFM takes me back like 40 years … to the last time I heard it, also on bFM
And this makes me happy
And this makes me happy
Mono Watt plays Audio Foundation, near K Rd, Sat Nov 29th, 5pm. If you're heading to The Others Way fest, this is the perfect opener to your night. We'll rearrange ya lugs!
We'll play all tracks off our debut album: words + noise, in stores & bandcamp now
www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/l...
We'll play all tracks off our debut album: words + noise, in stores & bandcamp now
www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/l...
Mono Watt – 5pm Concert – Saturday 29 November
Mono Watt will perform their newly released debut album – words + noise – live with vocals, electric guitar, samplers and sequencers. With some hefty time in the rehearsal studio lately, this concert ...
www.audiofoundation.org.nz
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Mono Watt plays Audio Foundation, near K Rd, Sat Nov 29th, 5pm. If you're heading to The Others Way fest, this is the perfect opener to your night. We'll rearrange ya lugs!
We'll play all tracks off our debut album: words + noise, in stores & bandcamp now
www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/l...
We'll play all tracks off our debut album: words + noise, in stores & bandcamp now
www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/l...
Hoping like hell for her estate that Mexico has a residual royalty copyright law
A 1940 surrealistic self-portrait by Frida Kahlo sold for $54.7 million, a record for the Mexican artist.
Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $54.7 Million, Breaking Her Auction Record
The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in Kahlo’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hoping like hell for her estate that Mexico has a residual royalty copyright law
Haha! Seymour’s afraid Peters is lining up to work with Labour. Now why would he worry about a thing like that? Oh yes. Because Seymour knows he’s out of government at the next election.
Also! PM chimes in with incoherent drivel. Can my day get any better?
Also! PM chimes in with incoherent drivel. Can my day get any better?
Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back
Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back
"We did our best to neutralise its adverse effects and we will campaign at the next election to repeal it," Peters told Radio Waatea.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Haha! Seymour’s afraid Peters is lining up to work with Labour. Now why would he worry about a thing like that? Oh yes. Because Seymour knows he’s out of government at the next election.
Also! PM chimes in with incoherent drivel. Can my day get any better?
Also! PM chimes in with incoherent drivel. Can my day get any better?
Not that anyone asked, but
the single biggest risk to a good election outcome is currently the TOP party
Even if they come out hard against NACT1 (which they won’t) they can achieve little of value that’s not already covered by existing opposition parties
They won’t get 5% anyway
the single biggest risk to a good election outcome is currently the TOP party
Even if they come out hard against NACT1 (which they won’t) they can achieve little of value that’s not already covered by existing opposition parties
They won’t get 5% anyway
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Not that anyone asked, but
the single biggest risk to a good election outcome is currently the TOP party
Even if they come out hard against NACT1 (which they won’t) they can achieve little of value that’s not already covered by existing opposition parties
They won’t get 5% anyway
the single biggest risk to a good election outcome is currently the TOP party
Even if they come out hard against NACT1 (which they won’t) they can achieve little of value that’s not already covered by existing opposition parties
They won’t get 5% anyway
Days like today I just wanna run through the streets and scream at full volume in in a loud, angsty, breaking voice WEIRDO! WEIRDO!
Because today is not just a day of XLs but also a day of managing multimedia files which are reflected in the XLs and are both also ...
WEIRDO! WEIRDO!
Because today is not just a day of XLs but also a day of managing multimedia files which are reflected in the XLs and are both also ...
WEIRDO! WEIRDO!
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Days like today I just wanna run through the streets and scream at full volume in in a loud, angsty, breaking voice WEIRDO! WEIRDO!
Because today is not just a day of XLs but also a day of managing multimedia files which are reflected in the XLs and are both also ...
WEIRDO! WEIRDO!
Because today is not just a day of XLs but also a day of managing multimedia files which are reflected in the XLs and are both also ...
WEIRDO! WEIRDO!
I love both these writers, but this is a really excellent and strong stance by the book awards people.
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/t...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/t...
Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers
For the first time AI regulations have been applied to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, including every detail from cover to cover.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I love both these writers, but this is a really excellent and strong stance by the book awards people.
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/t...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/t...
Just here to say the connections between the southern line and the western line at Newmarket are truly a thing of beauty
You walk off a train on one side of the platform, onto a train on the other side, and off you go
There and back, same thing
#ILoveTrains
You walk off a train on one side of the platform, onto a train on the other side, and off you go
There and back, same thing
#ILoveTrains
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just here to say the connections between the southern line and the western line at Newmarket are truly a thing of beauty
You walk off a train on one side of the platform, onto a train on the other side, and off you go
There and back, same thing
#ILoveTrains
You walk off a train on one side of the platform, onto a train on the other side, and off you go
There and back, same thing
#ILoveTrains
Updates from the department of over inflated water destroying lying machines
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Updates from the department of over inflated water destroying lying machines
Of all the parties founded since MMP in 1996, approximately fuck all ever made it over 5%, and none without a recognisable MP in their starter pack. Still, nice idea, from the POV of democracy.
These guys be like NZ1 for millennials: work with anyone, and – unlike NZ1 – possibly for the better.
These guys be like NZ1 for millennials: work with anyone, and – unlike NZ1 – possibly for the better.
Qiulae Wong replaces Gareth Morgan as new leader of Opportunity party
Qiulae Wong replaces Gareth Morgan as new leader of Opportunity party
Once known as The Opportunity Party or TOP, the party has undergone a rebranding.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Of all the parties founded since MMP in 1996, approximately fuck all ever made it over 5%, and none without a recognisable MP in their starter pack. Still, nice idea, from the POV of democracy.
These guys be like NZ1 for millennials: work with anyone, and – unlike NZ1 – possibly for the better.
These guys be like NZ1 for millennials: work with anyone, and – unlike NZ1 – possibly for the better.
Xero is a packa fukn arseholes
I mean it's good when it works but JFC it's just a very, very unstable platform that goes wrong in the most ghastly ways
I mean it's good when it works but JFC it's just a very, very unstable platform that goes wrong in the most ghastly ways
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Xero is a packa fukn arseholes
I mean it's good when it works but JFC it's just a very, very unstable platform that goes wrong in the most ghastly ways
I mean it's good when it works but JFC it's just a very, very unstable platform that goes wrong in the most ghastly ways
This is great, great news!
One of Tāmaki Makaurau's firiest punk bands, Dick Move, yesterday released their new album Dream, Believe, Achieve. They head out on a NZ tour today, joined by great bands from each region. "Unless you are lucky enough... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dick...
Dick Move - AudioCulture
Dick Move formed in 2019, in the depths of Karangahape Road’s Whammy! bar, a natural segue of late-night political discourse into musical action. The bar is co-owned by bassist Lulu Macrae, and every ...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is great, great news!
I got to visit this house recently. It's astonishing. It's a stunning building on beautiful grounds in a brilliant central location, and it was a hub for many artists of many disciplines over many years.
All it needs now is deep pockets.
All it needs now is deep pockets.
The bold proposal to save this legendary artists couple’s home
The bold proposal to save this legendary artists couple’s home
The Hanly family wants to convert the property into an artist residency and museum....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I got to visit this house recently. It's astonishing. It's a stunning building on beautiful grounds in a brilliant central location, and it was a hub for many artists of many disciplines over many years.
All it needs now is deep pockets.
All it needs now is deep pockets.
Is awes
We have MA scholarships available for theses on 18th-century/Romantic poetry and/or settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty in poetry and other literary forms ... details here!
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
MA scholarship in English | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Is awes
Mono Watt album out now: words + noise
"an authentic voice and sonic settings that wrap around the experience" – Graham Reid
mono-watt.bandcamp.com/album/words-...
"an authentic voice and sonic settings that wrap around the experience" – Graham Reid
mono-watt.bandcamp.com/album/words-...
words + noise, by Mono Watt
11 track album
mono-watt.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Mono Watt album out now: words + noise
"an authentic voice and sonic settings that wrap around the experience" – Graham Reid
mono-watt.bandcamp.com/album/words-...
"an authentic voice and sonic settings that wrap around the experience" – Graham Reid
mono-watt.bandcamp.com/album/words-...
Normalise use of the word “Capitalist” as a slur, an insult, something to fear, like a public menace, a stinking pestilence that gouges your flesh then reproduces inside you, annihilates all civil society and completely destabilises Earth’s ecosystems, precipitating a cascade of mass extinctions.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Normalise use of the word “Capitalist” as a slur, an insult, something to fear, like a public menace, a stinking pestilence that gouges your flesh then reproduces inside you, annihilates all civil society and completely destabilises Earth’s ecosystems, precipitating a cascade of mass extinctions.
For context, four Aussie banks took approximately $6.5 billion out of the Aotearoa economy in the last year or so
The majority of which was gleaned from mortgages on family homes
The economy is improving? Sweety, it's tanking, sinking, shitting itself sideways, and you're a big part of the reason
The majority of which was gleaned from mortgages on family homes
The economy is improving? Sweety, it's tanking, sinking, shitting itself sideways, and you're a big part of the reason
'Really insulting': Can ANZ really claim its record profit is due to economy improving?
'Really insulting': Can ANZ really claim its record profit is due to economy improving?
It's announced a full-year profit of more than $2.5 billion.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
For context, four Aussie banks took approximately $6.5 billion out of the Aotearoa economy in the last year or so
The majority of which was gleaned from mortgages on family homes
The economy is improving? Sweety, it's tanking, sinking, shitting itself sideways, and you're a big part of the reason
The majority of which was gleaned from mortgages on family homes
The economy is improving? Sweety, it's tanking, sinking, shitting itself sideways, and you're a big part of the reason
Split Enz have announced a tour of Australia with one Aotearoa show in Christchurch
At this I am surprised
At this I am surprised
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Split Enz have announced a tour of Australia with one Aotearoa show in Christchurch
At this I am surprised
At this I am surprised
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Submission time again, peeps. Flood the zone!
350.org.nz/fast-track-r...
350.org.nz/fast-track-r...
Submission Guide – Fast-track bill Amendments
The Government’s proposed amendments to the Fast-Track Act take an already dangerous and anti-democratic law and push it even further. These changes would hand more power to Ministers and big corporat...
350.org.nz
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Submission time again, peeps. Flood the zone!
350.org.nz/fast-track-r...
350.org.nz/fast-track-r...
File under socialism for the capitalists, capitalism for the social welfare
Over the next decade NZ will transition to a “personal responsibility” risk model when it comes to buying and protecting property, Simon Watts told a private insurance event.
Climate minister: Post-disaster full value property buyouts will one day be a thing of the past
Over the next decade NZ will transition to a “personal responsibility” risk model when it comes to buying and protecting property, Simon Watts told a private insurance event.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
File under socialism for the capitalists, capitalism for the social welfare