The insurance companies are more aligned with the Greens view of climate change, adaptation, and the locked in effects than the current Government of New Zealand.

Episode 158 is a recording of an event at Unity Books Wellington with Eva Wyles talking about her stunning collection of short stories Deliverywoman, introduced by Tamara Tulitua.<3 better-read.com/2026/04/21/e...

New Zealand Firms Gloomy as Iran War Hits Costs, Profitability New Zealand businesses expect to fire workers and reduce investment as the Middle East conflict drives up costs and hits profitability, according to a new business survey.

New Zealand businesses expect to fire workers and reduce investment as the Middle East conflict drives up costs and hits profitability, according to a new business survey.

Yet National, NZ First & ACT are still trying to claim there's no impact

This is the only thing making slightly happy today.

A reminder...National's media team has been busy Black Hatting Google so it's very hard now to see the timeline and what we could have had.
Bing and other secondary search engines are much more forthcoming with the facts.
The Interislander was deliberately sabotaged by this government. 1/2 #NZPol

Holy shit you know it's bad when NZ businesses are responding to actual real-world stuff and not just vibes

Something fitting about a party which has spent this term trashing Wellington at every opportunity being consumed today with internecine dramas, indifferent the city's attempts to dig itself out from a disaster.

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care.

The judge also blocked "any similar policy."

Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws.

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Shane Jones is spouting some of the most vile racism I have heard in #nzpol and it's barely being reported on. Left bloc MPs have lost careers for far less.
NZ media has this strange presumption of evil that ultimately empowers our worst politicians.

ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to lowest possible standard - what it means Sweeping changes to Treaty clauses across 23 laws could lower te Tiriti to its weakest legal standard, reshaping how it influences decisions in health, environment and beyond.

www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a... Absolutely heartbreaking and not at all surprising! This is what we’ve been warning of since the beginning of the Coalition - shame! Their agenda finally exposed! #NZpol

Map of new zealand with affected areas shown and a cartoon rain cloud.

A State of Emergency has been declared for Wellington City and the surround region following severe weather.

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The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.

The story above this one in the paper was "Food parcels going uncollected as families feel impact of rising fuel costs"

The guys that said they were laser focused on the cost of living have spent all their time power attacking Māori instead of doing anything that actually helps people.

Journalist Sally Wenley's candid memoir about the bus crash that changed her life On a February day Sally Wenley's boarding school took students on a picnic - she woke in Christchurch's Burwood Spinal Unit to learn she's a paraplegic. What happened that day is explored in Sally's m...

A #disability #memoir where the writer has had time to reflect and process her experience. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #writing #writers #books #reading

Sign says NJ Transit celebrates Autism Acceptance Month. The letters are all patterned with different colorful designs except for the S, which is a green snake with a rattle tail sticking its tongue out

Glad we've gotten past the Jigsaw Puzzle motif that got appropriated by evildoers and fully embraced the Rattlesnake Of Autism

The govt has weakened workers rights, cancelled perfectly good ferries, taken money from women, focused on gang patches, created more unemployment, and constantly is trying to dismantle the Treaty. They’ll literally do anything but fix cost the living crisis WHICH WAS THEIR ONE JOB.

Exclusive: Government quietly agrees to repeal number of Treaty references in laws Ministers made the decision but until now hadn't told the public.

"It’s closed out. It's finished. We voted it down yesterday, and it's over, and we're moving forward." - Luxon

“Cremated and buried”. - Potaka

They lied. Despite over 90% of submitters opposed and massive divisions caused.

National Govt continues to roll it out. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Bishop 'unhappy' investigation into police breath testing taking so long The Transport Minister has told officials to hurry up and give him a full briefing on an independent analysis of police breath testing data.

The Govt seems pretty comfortable on doing things urgently when it comes to passing regulation. Much more relaxed when it comes to exploring failures

#nzpol

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These articles also never ever tell you the why. Why do you have to come up with a thousand different actions, spending time and energy to cut your power bill. Why do we have to do this? Oh so we can show profit on a piece of paper and billionaires can be more billionairey.

Anne Hathaway bought the rights to a novel about a tradwife influencer who wakes up in 1855 and has to actually live the life she's been selling online. The book is called Yesteryear. It came out 3 days ago. The film rights were already sold to Hathaway, who will produce and star.

Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.

This fridge door has been doing a lot of heavy lifting in the hope department of my brain. Need to readjust my relationship to it but still THANK YOU. ❣️

Totals of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season on the fridge door on Whenua Hou. Credit: Andrew Digby

#kakapo breeding fridge update. With all eggs hatched, the only changes from now will be chicks dying 😕 (And maybe Rimu’s nest). #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Molly Crabapple : Here Where We Live Is Our Country : The Story of the Jewish Bund | Milkweed Editions One of the elements that makes Molly Crabapple’s latest book so remarkable is, not only the remarkable stories it unearths and retells, but more specifically how she tells these stories, these erased ...

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‘Calamities and care’: Elizabeth Knox’s profoundly moving memoir, reviewed 'The best of literature about the worst of times.'

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I think the part of Luxon's style that grates — and which current stresses are, again, highlighting — is that he just seems disconnected. Like, not affected by the difficulties that the rest of us are faced with.

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

It's now or never as Luxon faces brewing backbencher spill Comment: In the wake of a chaotic and confrontational press conference, Christopher Luxon faces what may be the last great threat to his leadership.

The vibe was chaotic. Luxon himself was confrontational, at one stage challenging a reporter to name the disgruntled MPs in his caucus.

If Luxon wanted to project confidence, it’s hard to imagine a less convincing performance.
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I, too, have the support of Mike Hawkus, whoever that is. #nzpol

This heavy use of urgency — shortcuts in the parliamentary process — is cheating democracy. And ministers know it too.