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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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You first m8
I'm back on 5 January, I expect to be able to tune into a post-cabinet presser at 4pm that afternoon www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
I'm back on 5 January, I expect to be able to tune into a post-cabinet presser at 4pm that afternoon www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Are NZ summers too long? The PM says we’ve got to keep moving
The summer shutdown is coming but should the Kiwi summer holiday still stay sacrosanct?
www.stuff.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You first m8
I'm back on 5 January, I expect to be able to tune into a post-cabinet presser at 4pm that afternoon www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
I'm back on 5 January, I expect to be able to tune into a post-cabinet presser at 4pm that afternoon www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.
That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
Shaw back with black eye
James Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.
That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
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A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity
October 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity
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Did you know that Israel has visa waiver access into New Zealand but Samoa, Tonga and Fiji do not. Let that sink in.
August 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Did you know that Israel has visa waiver access into New Zealand but Samoa, Tonga and Fiji do not. Let that sink in.
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This is unforgiveable incompetence: NZ has spent $671m to get no ferries, rather than $551m to get new ferries that would be arriving within months to replace clapped-out ferries. This sort of mismanagement should bring down a government; amazingly, it's not even the worst example of their failings
Final cost of breaking South Korean ferry contract revealed
Final cost of breaking South Korean ferry contract revealed
The bill is now more than $600 million, after another $144m was added to the scrapped iReX ferry project cost.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is unforgiveable incompetence: NZ has spent $671m to get no ferries, rather than $551m to get new ferries that would be arriving within months to replace clapped-out ferries. This sort of mismanagement should bring down a government; amazingly, it's not even the worst example of their failings
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So let me get this straight. We invite the FBI boss to Wellington to open an office. He then says he'll use it to spy on our top export buyer, China, who is then as pissed as. Then Trump HIKES our tariff to 15% from 10%, making us less competitive vs Australia's beef/wine exports to US - still 10%.🤷♂️
August 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So let me get this straight. We invite the FBI boss to Wellington to open an office. He then says he'll use it to spy on our top export buyer, China, who is then as pissed as. Then Trump HIKES our tariff to 15% from 10%, making us less competitive vs Australia's beef/wine exports to US - still 10%.🤷♂️
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For the sake of comparison, 9% of Americans approve of the Black Plague.
June 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
For the sake of comparison, 9% of Americans approve of the Black Plague.
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So this govt’s major fiscal performance so far is: hand out billions in tax cuts it can’t afford, panic and cut essential services left and right, have a brainwave and steal billions from workers via gutting pay equity, expect applause.
May 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
So this govt’s major fiscal performance so far is: hand out billions in tax cuts it can’t afford, panic and cut essential services left and right, have a brainwave and steal billions from workers via gutting pay equity, expect applause.
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Serious candidates in Wellington’s upcoming elections will focus squarely on improving people’s everyday material needs. This means committing to the current council’s delivery of a more reliable supply of clean water, quicker bus trips and more homes to help more people put down roots here. 1/
May 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Serious candidates in Wellington’s upcoming elections will focus squarely on improving people’s everyday material needs. This means committing to the current council’s delivery of a more reliable supply of clean water, quicker bus trips and more homes to help more people put down roots here. 1/
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The govt's third constitutional outrage this week: the secret Equal Pay Act rug-pull, blocking the CTU and other civil society groups from the Budget lockup, now the unprecedented decision to bar democratically-elected Māori leadership from the same Budget
Authoritarian populism wielded as a weapon
Authoritarian populism wielded as a weapon
This is the worst punishment handed down EVER in our history. The worst on record was 3 days! When Tangata whenua resist, colonial powers reach for maximum penalty. This is a warning shot to all of us to fall in line. E kore rawa matau e tuohu!
#toitūtetiriti #toitūtemanamāori
#NZPol
#toitūtetiriti #toitūtemanamāori
#NZPol
May 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The govt's third constitutional outrage this week: the secret Equal Pay Act rug-pull, blocking the CTU and other civil society groups from the Budget lockup, now the unprecedented decision to bar democratically-elected Māori leadership from the same Budget
Authoritarian populism wielded as a weapon
Authoritarian populism wielded as a weapon
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In 1942, in the middle of a war for the very survival of civilisation, John Maynard Keynes explained quite clearly:
May 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In 1942, in the middle of a war for the very survival of civilisation, John Maynard Keynes explained quite clearly:
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As a Muslim kiwi I will clearly say that the NZ chief human rights commissioner is a threat to our lives here in Aotearoa New Zealand and his reported words in the media are is basically inciting violence against a community that has already paid with their lives because of racism like his.
May 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
As a Muslim kiwi I will clearly say that the NZ chief human rights commissioner is a threat to our lives here in Aotearoa New Zealand and his reported words in the media are is basically inciting violence against a community that has already paid with their lives because of racism like his.
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For veterans of the Eurozone crisis, this is quite incredible - today Greece has a lower borrowing cost than both the UK and the US for their 10 year bonds.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
April 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For veterans of the Eurozone crisis, this is quite incredible - today Greece has a lower borrowing cost than both the UK and the US for their 10 year bonds.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
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I just hope people know if this guy can be sold into slavery in El Salvador by mistake, other people can be sold into slavery in El Salvador “by mistake”.
April 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I just hope people know if this guy can be sold into slavery in El Salvador by mistake, other people can be sold into slavery in El Salvador “by mistake”.
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It's actually wild that RNZ is publishing this without the context of what was happening between India and Canada in 2023/24
Modi is going after 'dissidents' and framing it up as a national security threat. Failing to understand the context is really bad
AP article below
Modi is going after 'dissidents' and framing it up as a national security threat. Failing to understand the context is really bad
AP article below
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's actually wild that RNZ is publishing this without the context of what was happening between India and Canada in 2023/24
Modi is going after 'dissidents' and framing it up as a national security threat. Failing to understand the context is really bad
AP article below
Modi is going after 'dissidents' and framing it up as a national security threat. Failing to understand the context is really bad
AP article below
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WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP.
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Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?
YouTube video by Justin Trudeau
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March 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP.
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Coup in large democracy:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Coup in large democracy:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds
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We’re finally starting to see the results of prioritising water in our budget. Work crews have fixed over 4,000 leaks in the last year. The city also reduced its water consumption by a massive 20 mil litres per day. This is huge news for the Wellington region.
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
January 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
We’re finally starting to see the results of prioritising water in our budget. Work crews have fixed over 4,000 leaks in the last year. The city also reduced its water consumption by a massive 20 mil litres per day. This is huge news for the Wellington region.
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
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The Govt's frothing at the prospect of turning NZ into a Pacific Norway through oil mining & make us all rich.
OK.
One minor detail.
Here, we take a royalty of FIVE PERCENT from oil companies.
Norway taxes oil companies at SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT.
Spot the difference?
Coz political journos can't.
OK.
One minor detail.
Here, we take a royalty of FIVE PERCENT from oil companies.
Norway taxes oil companies at SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT.
Spot the difference?
Coz political journos can't.
January 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Govt's frothing at the prospect of turning NZ into a Pacific Norway through oil mining & make us all rich.
OK.
One minor detail.
Here, we take a royalty of FIVE PERCENT from oil companies.
Norway taxes oil companies at SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT.
Spot the difference?
Coz political journos can't.
OK.
One minor detail.
Here, we take a royalty of FIVE PERCENT from oil companies.
Norway taxes oil companies at SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT.
Spot the difference?
Coz political journos can't.