It's $36m a year, for goodness sake. The cost to taxpayers in 2023-24 from storm damage *in Tairāwhiti alone* was nearly half a billion. Yet the same govt throws tens of billions at mega-roads because they're very important for the economy. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

You can boycott the current administration and work with future ones. NZ failed to take a stand on South Africa and it ended with the Olympics Boycott of 76. We still work with South Africa today. This editorial is appeasement pandering to a fascist regime and denies reality in favour of comfort.

Also sorry, that's horrible to be surprised with that sort of thing.

In theory you should be able to check in settings which app is generating the notifications and turn them off. Something like notification history here.

And what's the influence of Peters' in shaping sentiments targeting Governor of RBNZ? Supporters found vindication, critics found confirmation. Minimal actual persuasion occurred; *maximum polarisation* achieved. This is a signature divisive, & damaging discursive pathology fostered by Peters.

And what does it mean for Governor of the RBNZ, who is a woman? A predictable cascade of gendered harms. Her competence is questioned, appearance mocked, legitimacy challenged, and fundamental right to hold position attacked. This is a Trumpian cadance, that now has foothold in New Zealand. #nzpol