Drove 17 y/o and friends to a house party last night. Once they were all buckled up I announced "party bus, activated!" Told this morning never to speak again in a mum taxi situation. I will speak again.
Hon Mabel Howard was NZ's first female Cabinet minister, and at the time was Minister for Social Security in the Nash Labour government. She was an MP from 1943-69.
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Famously, the sexual morality of the Hutt Valley's teenagers was the subject of the Mazengarb report in 1954 of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents, a copy of which was delivered to every household in NZ
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From the 'Bodgies & Widgies' exhibit at the Expressions gallery in Upper Hutt , a 1958 political cartoon satirising the teenage 'greaser' fashion of the day, which was particularly popular in the Hutt Valley #MabelHoward
Behind the scenes at Waterloo Station, 1944 - includes a visit to the lost property kiosk: "You'll never know what will turn up next: false teeth or fur coats, boots or babies"
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Door hanger. GOOD MORNING THAT ISN'T BLOOD ON THE BEDSHEETS, I DROPPED A PORK CHOP ON THE BED... THE INCIDENT ITSELF REALLY SUMS UP WHO I AM AS A PERSON. REGARDS-DYLAN WILSON
Still makes me laugh.
Nathan Smith is on fire in the first ODI in Mirpur - almost had a hat-trick against a strong Bangladesh side #BANvNZ
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Clip: youtu.be/XFgC16z8Qko?... w/ app owner played by George Fouracres
Cool to see NZ comedian Eli Matthewson pop up in the SNL UK DadSwap sketch along with Celeste Dring! NZ comedy mafia ftw etc
#SNLUK
'Transmit the message to the receiver
Hope for an answer someday
I got three passports, a couple of visas
You don't even know my real name'
- David Byrne, 'Life During Wartime' (live at Coachella, 2026)
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#DavidByrne
#WhoIsTheSky
#FearOfMusic
That was so great
We should all get round in these really
Via MarineTraffic, at least four oil tankers transiting the Straits of Hormuz currently (local time 0741) - plus five others stationary near Larak Is. Guess that's positive? The outbound ones are registered in Pakistan (x2), Malta & Panama
Here's something to do on an indoors day today – the Coachella live stream on YouTube. Times are in Pacific time, so The Strokes take the stage at 4pm NZT, followed by David Byrne.
If Wellington's city streets are anything to go by, the Ultra music festival has completely denuded provincial NZ of its skeeziest teens :) Have fun gang!
Source: Evening Post, 10 April 1965, via PapersPast
Easter car clearance! In 1965, that is. The A40 Somerset looks like a bargain...
(£100 = $5185 in today's money)
#PapersPast
Spared from the bad weather, that is
#CycloneVaianu
Jacques Tati, Paris, 1955.
New York City
Robert Doran (2026)
Fujifilm X-T5 (XF 16-80mm)
#photography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #cityphotography #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity
Fun to see Two Hearts' Joseph Moore & Laura Daniel in this SNL UK sketch - (Moore is a writer on the series)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY15...
'This, what I thought I knew
This, what I thought was true
This, I understood
This, in the deep wood'
- Brian Eno, 'This' (2005)
#AnotherDayOnEarth
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'The meeting will convene the countries who signed a joint statement last month... They include the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, as well as Australia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria'
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I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch:
This is Victor. We are going for our families.
This is Christina. We are going for our teammates.
This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.
Black-and-white photo of a young light skinned child with curly blonde hair looking at the camera. They appear to be in a professional studio, and they also have a tiny corn cob pipe hanging out of their mouth. They are holding a short haired tabby cat upside down with its head facing the floor, and the cat appears to be in the middle of trying to escape that way.
An incredibly generous follower mailed me this incredible photo of a cat trying to contort itself to safety. No date/info. THANK YOU! ☺️
A splendid fight-back win by NZ Women in Wellington today in the 2nd ODI - the highest ever successful chase in W-ODI history. And an amazing 179* from 139 by captain Amelia Kerr too.
#NZvSA
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When I was a boy c.1985 I met Capt Ladd & told him I wanted to be a pilot too. Re: my glasses, he asked if my eyesight would suffice, and I replied, "Good enough!" - he enjoyed that.
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Ah yes the time-honoured traditional ending to an epic motion picture cycle
#ResidentEvil
#SleeplessInSeattle
Brilliant chase by South Africa Women in the 1st ODI in Christchurch last night - particularly Khaka's 56-6 & debutant Reyneke's match-winning 42* from 32 #NZvSA
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