It's as if RFK jr is just lying to sell his snake oil

But Butter chicken is a British invention

So is he being racist about immigrants from the UK????

Note this should NOT be how we care for the disadvantaged

The social contract should be preserved because it is humane - and that means we need the wealthy to contribute more

The $49 billion cost of fixing water infrastructure woes laid bare The country needs to spend as much on water investment in the next ten years as has been spent over the last 125 years.

1: Deferred maintenance is theft.
2: Councils that say rates won't go up are lying to you.
3: The cost of standing still is enormous but if we don't pay we'll go backwards. Going forward comes later at a higher price.
4: The model is broken and needs to be utterly overhauled.

But that means I have to fix my RAID array which just ... stopped

C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

Jay Bhattacharya pulls a study because he doesn’t like the conclusions. I cannot explain how bad this is and how it reeks of the stench of ideological zealotry and has no basis in science. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise

Not only will heat harm crop plants, but farmers and livestock (animals) and fish too.
I know you know, but articles like this help raise awareness of the coming challenges and why it's imperative that we act yesterday, today, and tomorrow to prepare.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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.

yes we've all been frothing with the coup, meanwhile Mani Dunlop is out here reporting on this fuckery and what it means.

www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...

I wonder if they believe Winston is about to bring down the coalition

Unaware

I think two things contribute
First, driving is just aggravating, just sitting behind the wheel makes me grumpy in a way that cycling doesn't
Second, most abusers are just having a bad day

None of that excuses the behaviour but I try to remember that they probably aren't bad humans all the time

Someone quite familiar to you told me that a derailleur was cheating

Nicola Willis has launched a broadside at Winston Peters, saying he has a "track record of picking Labour over National, and that's the risk you run with him".

She went on to say that Labour was "choosing to get into bed with the party that referred to Indians choosing to come to New Zealand as a 'butter chicken tsunami'".

Oh. My. God. Someone tell Willis who National’s coalition partner is, that they chose that partner, and that they will almost certainly choose that partner again should the votes fall that way.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Overall: mRNA is one of the most powerful vaccine platforms modern medicine has.👇

Blaming Labour for Winston's racism while partnering with said racist

How is Winston's behaviour in any way Labour's fault?????

Save the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area The Waitakere Ranges are precious.  They provide Auckland with fresh air and clean water.  They provide us with serenity and artistic inspiration.  They have been described as “the lung...

Save the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area: This cause is close to my heart - please sign and share widely our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...

Wait are you suggesting the political reporters are sexist and racist ... shocked I say

Again, imagine Greens co-leders Chlöe Swarbrick & Marama Davidson or any other woman on the left putting this kind of pout-and-flounce then the Press Pack NOT throwing it in their faces at every opportunity until the heat death of the universe.

You can't?

Sit with that for a minute.

#nzpol

A blue car balanced precariously on a fence. The car has the National Party logo on the side, the name Luxon is on the bonnet, with the words “back on track” along the bottom

Like this?

Just to be clear I do think the leadership is a legitimate political issue

But it and polls should not be the only thing that the media talk about

There are genuinely impactful changes being made to AoNZ by this coalition that are being allowed to go through without comment

Oh dear - now the reporters aren't allowed to ask about leadership

Assuming they obey that instruction* they might have to do some journalism and analyse policy and the impact of the legislation being passed - you know real political journalism

*they won't and they shouldn't

I see Shane Jones appears on far-right network that regularly platforms, & promotes Christchurch terrorist's violent extremist ideology (rebranded as 'remigration'), & amplifies the same anti-Indian racism, & xenophobia through his "butter chicken tsunami" framing. Dangerous, & disgusting. #nzpol

NZ First doing racism on cooker media outlets. #NzPol

Pretty sure he won't get his knighthood if he's rolled

Fuel prices are not the only reason to reconsider our love of utes

Reducing our use of one type of vehicle would make a big difference to air pollution, pedestrian safety, and New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions.

State of local emergency declared in Ruapehu District amid possible ‘life-threatening’ flooding Civil Defence made the declaration at 4.43am after heavy rain caused slips and flooding overnight.

Over the past ten years NZ has averaged 55.9 days annually under a State of Emergency each year, and 66.6 days over the last five. In the 10 years prior to this, NZ averaged only 13.4 days per year.

Consider the implications of central government continuing to refuse to believe in climate change.

They believe climate change is real - but they don't care because they think it will only really affect the poor

They might be right - but that doesn't make them good people

Ok we disagree

I would much rather see The Greens proposing policy that protects the planet and restores equality in society than spend any time dissing policies of other parties

And if you think my intent is to get Labour elected you are reading things into my posts that I do not mean

I'm sorry I wasn't clear
Attacking Labour might work in a FPP system where each electorate is an individual seat

But under MMP all you do is alienate a probable coalition partner

Bearing in mind that the UK system is FPP electoral and we have MMP then I'm not certain opposing Labour would achieve the goal you want

In AoNZ I think that approach wouldn't work and burn political capital

But yes they should be explicit about the things they will do that Labour shies away from