Really not sure the oil tanker meets the definition of small!

Marathon diplomacy is now just 21 hours in this attention deficit presidency

Of course we have to wait for the new stock to ship and arrive before prices drop…

…after all it took those same oil companies just minutes to increase prices on fuel already in the country.

A time travelling 6:00pm update issued at 5:07pm by NZX!

Every change in daylight saving the #nzx tries to time travel!

6:00pm update issued at 5:07pm!

British museum atrium from foyer photo: (c) Paul Conder 2023

It is an architecturally stunning atrium - I loved the use of stairs to emphasise the shape @britishmuseum.bsky.social

Air NZ advert: “Aussie and the Islands on sale”

Our national carrier which taxpayer have bailed out not once but twice…

Is cutting domestic routes, due to fuel issues…

But…

Offering international flights on sale - including to a venue it’s just cut flights too!

So has anyone else noticed NZ petrol company fuel apps being turned off or not working?

Enjoy the regatta

Those diesel ships to get EV trucks here, won’t be running in 3-4 weeks!

That’s some change in messaging from Luxon/Willis - it’s a wonder we all don’t have whiplash

Wondering about the governments extra tax take and GST?

Perhaps they could turn that into an increased public transport subsidy for our most vulnerable!

The petrol you are buying entered the country more than 2 months ago

Yet the pump price is based on the next tanker load at the start of a crisis

There is a term for this: “Shoulder Super Profits” where petrol companies make large profits ramping up the price before costs actually increase.

Frankie says: “What if war breaks out and nobody shows up?”

Europe says: We agree!

Is that the same NZ Herald that ran campaigns against cycle infrastructure and claimed speed humps cost six times their real price?

Perhaps we should properly compensate them for a shipwreak first?

We may very soon have wonderful six lane wide cycleways!

War does not wear itself out … on the contrary it spreads like a fire, so long as there is stuff to consume - Henry Carleton ‘Eulogy for Henry Williams’ 1867

This on the same day Air NZ launched another seat “sale” and just days after a $10+ fee hike to cover fuel costs?

Largest-ever emergency oil reserve release agreed after Strait of Hormuz attacks The Paris-based organisation said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves.

So the IEA just released a third of its 1.2 billion barrel oil reserve after just two weeks of the straits being closed.

A THIRD of its total reserve! 🤔

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Does NZ First think living is an injury?

They already wrote an inquiry scope and found just a single possible five day error on just 1 lockdown over the whole response!

Nope not tonight either @vomalley.bsky.social - so they must be deliberately avoiding the story!

To be fair they did report the day before news of a former Nats member going to TOP 🤣

So may be tonight?

Fascinated by the dot between Australia and New Zealand!

Suspect it will appear in inflation figures soon too! And that means interest rate hikes for the vulnerable.

Plus fonterra money coming to farmers for the sale of a key business asset!

Now clear of Iranian Airspace and tracking has resumed.

Attacks on Iran appear to have commenced …

A flight from Moscow (VXO) to Dubai (DXB) was passing over Iran (Between Tehran and Qom) at the time - it appears it’s turned back but tracking is intermittent.

I have been to Vancouver a few times and same - never used a car.

Same in Sydney

Kettle - black!

Totally agree!

Trains, buses and local retail and 🤔 oh you might not need a car!