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The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
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This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
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Clearest example of governments being more interested in regulating individuals rather than institutions/organisations. We do not have lobby groups and donations, just the one vote. Make sure YOU separate glass and plastic but we aren’t gonna a do a damn thing about data centers or Big oil.
My kid is 14. He uses discord to talk to friends when playing Minecraft and dnd. He has no interest in FB or instagram or TikTok, but a social media hard-cap of age 16 would limit his social life unnecessarily with no benefit. Ffs, direct policy at platforms not users. Or ban boomers as well.
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Clearest example of governments being more interested in regulating individuals rather than institutions/organisations. We do not have lobby groups and donations, just the one vote. Make sure YOU separate glass and plastic but we aren’t gonna a do a damn thing about data centers or Big oil.
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We have monetized dysfunction
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We have monetized dysfunction
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These articles always talk about the billions of dollars of gold - but that is effectively the money that is going overseas, leaving kiwis with pennies in the dollar.
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Controversial $8 billion gold mine plan given Fast Track approval
A controversial plan to mine around $8b worth of gold under conservation land in Coromandel has been given the green light under the Government’s Fast Track law.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
These articles always talk about the billions of dollars of gold - but that is effectively the money that is going overseas, leaving kiwis with pennies in the dollar.
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Since, AFAIK, it isn't probed by New Zealand media or critically raised elsewhere incl. in parliament, it will never cease to surprise me how the Foreign Minister esp., & others in Govt willingly appear on a far-right podcast platform that promotes, & normalises ChCh terrorist's violent extremism.
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Since, AFAIK, it isn't probed by New Zealand media or critically raised elsewhere incl. in parliament, it will never cease to surprise me how the Foreign Minister esp., & others in Govt willingly appear on a far-right podcast platform that promotes, & normalises ChCh terrorist's violent extremism.
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i wonder what this totally brave soul is doing right now
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
i wonder what this totally brave soul is doing right now
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AI imagery is the equivalent of Plato’s prisoner being bored of sunlight, clambering down into a cave, shackling himself to a rock to watch shadows cast by firelight and forgetting that the world above exists.
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
AI imagery is the equivalent of Plato’s prisoner being bored of sunlight, clambering down into a cave, shackling himself to a rock to watch shadows cast by firelight and forgetting that the world above exists.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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International Hero 👇
Ahmed Al Ahmed, is 43, a father of 2 and owner of a fruit shop in Sutherland, Australia.
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.
Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.
Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
December 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
International Hero 👇
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What I read in 2025 (23):
Grant Robertson's Anything Could Happen: A Memoir
He would have made a fine prime minister. A rollicking memoir, particularly fascinating about his family and Dunedin student years. The best bit: a man who's truly supportive of female colleagues without making it about him
Grant Robertson's Anything Could Happen: A Memoir
He would have made a fine prime minister. A rollicking memoir, particularly fascinating about his family and Dunedin student years. The best bit: a man who's truly supportive of female colleagues without making it about him
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What I read in 2025 (23):
Grant Robertson's Anything Could Happen: A Memoir
He would have made a fine prime minister. A rollicking memoir, particularly fascinating about his family and Dunedin student years. The best bit: a man who's truly supportive of female colleagues without making it about him
Grant Robertson's Anything Could Happen: A Memoir
He would have made a fine prime minister. A rollicking memoir, particularly fascinating about his family and Dunedin student years. The best bit: a man who's truly supportive of female colleagues without making it about him
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There is no corruption in New Zealand
There are no cows on our farms
There is no corruption in New Zealand
We can all keep perfectly calm
There are no cows on our farms
There is no corruption in New Zealand
We can all keep perfectly calm
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There is no corruption in New Zealand
There are no cows on our farms
There is no corruption in New Zealand
We can all keep perfectly calm
There are no cows on our farms
There is no corruption in New Zealand
We can all keep perfectly calm
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Shane Jones “wants to saddle us with permanent landscape destruction, and a long-term environmental liability that will forever foul what makes our place special to anyone that lives here or visits.” #nzpol
‘Bully and hypocrite’: Hollywood star fires back at Shane Jones over attacks
Actor Sam Neill says the NZ First minster’s personal attack on him over his opposition to a controversial Central Otago gold mine proposal is “pathetic”.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shane Jones “wants to saddle us with permanent landscape destruction, and a long-term environmental liability that will forever foul what makes our place special to anyone that lives here or visits.” #nzpol
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I should also say kudos to Phil Smith of RNZ, for doing what seems to be the hardest thing for many in the media: publicly admitting that he got it wrong in an earlier report. Much appreciated.
So we’ve had Bishop deliberately not seeking the House’s approval for a massively truncated select committee period for one bill, and now the Minister of Justice deliberately circumventing the rules on omnibus bills.
Attacks on normal procedure will harm public trust.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehous...
Attacks on normal procedure will harm public trust.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehous...
Crimes bill adds things outside the usual rules
Parliament has been pushing hard, rushing through bills and working under urgency all week. In that scramble, one bill bypassed the rules, adding things not usually allowed.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I should also say kudos to Phil Smith of RNZ, for doing what seems to be the hardest thing for many in the media: publicly admitting that he got it wrong in an earlier report. Much appreciated.
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Shane Jones a ‘bully and hypocrite’: Sam Neill fires back over controversial gold mine
“Neill has joined others in strongly criticising Santana Minerals’ huge open-cast mine planned near Cromwell, calling it “toxic” and “an environmental catastrophe”.”
archive.today/PbFbI
#nzpol
“Neill has joined others in strongly criticising Santana Minerals’ huge open-cast mine planned near Cromwell, calling it “toxic” and “an environmental catastrophe”.”
archive.today/PbFbI
#nzpol
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shane Jones a ‘bully and hypocrite’: Sam Neill fires back over controversial gold mine
“Neill has joined others in strongly criticising Santana Minerals’ huge open-cast mine planned near Cromwell, calling it “toxic” and “an environmental catastrophe”.”
archive.today/PbFbI
#nzpol
“Neill has joined others in strongly criticising Santana Minerals’ huge open-cast mine planned near Cromwell, calling it “toxic” and “an environmental catastrophe”.”
archive.today/PbFbI
#nzpol
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Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes
Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes
In most things pushing hard and pushing fast can lead to mistakes. Legislating is no different, as the government keeps showing - under record urgency.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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An OIA confirms it: the Ministry of Education are using AI - Copilot- to develop the new school curriculum. Article here, more as it develops. Please share widely: www.emilywrites.co.nz/yup-theyre-u...
#nzpol #kikorangi
#nzpol #kikorangi
Yup, they're using AI to develop the NZ curriculum
The Ministry of Education is using AI to develop the new curriculum for New Zealand students.
In a response to an Official Information Act request made by a member of the public and supplied to Emil...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
An OIA confirms it: the Ministry of Education are using AI - Copilot- to develop the new school curriculum. Article here, more as it develops. Please share widely: www.emilywrites.co.nz/yup-theyre-u...
#nzpol #kikorangi
#nzpol #kikorangi
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This is terrible policy that likely forces all users to identify themselves to online services, and fails to recognise the reality of the world in which modern teenagers exist and communicate.
It is a knee jerk policy response to a poorly understood issue defined by people who don't talk to kids
It is a knee jerk policy response to a poorly understood issue defined by people who don't talk to kids
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is terrible policy that likely forces all users to identify themselves to online services, and fails to recognise the reality of the world in which modern teenagers exist and communicate.
It is a knee jerk policy response to a poorly understood issue defined by people who don't talk to kids
It is a knee jerk policy response to a poorly understood issue defined by people who don't talk to kids
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An NZ ban on Under 16YOs from using social media platforms won't only affect teens. Platforms will use it as an excuse to data grab info from older people too. Like PatronScan database used by Dakota Bar holding identity info of customers and with no deletion option. So many #privacy issues.
#NZpol
#NZpol
if you need some help understanding or explaining why this is terrible, start here: newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/id-p...
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Captures the mood of much of the country under this government - bleak, with a sense that everything is broken, that there is no opportunity for young people to get ahead, and that the government simply doesn't care.
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Captures the mood of much of the country under this government - bleak, with a sense that everything is broken, that there is no opportunity for young people to get ahead, and that the government simply doesn't care.
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NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane
As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane