The Leica indeed! Miles better than Fresca

Huge Simon Marks fan here. His highly caffeinated love for the American madhouse is unparalleled

Texarkana!

Michael Stipe is Jesus. Michael Shannon is Moses. I flew 8,000 miles to see the R.E.M. cover band

I flew halfway around the world to see the R.E.M. cover band. Then the war started. Crazy how much we need these songs now! I wrote a letter.

Thanks to @jasonnarducy.bsky.social for bringing this beautiful thing to life! Thanks to @remhq.bsky.social for, like, everything

We Were Guaranteed a Haka Anyone ever shout how much they love you, Gerry?

Maybe Gerry Brownlee just needs a hug #nzpol

The Wizard of New Zealand - Wikipedia

Christchurch NZ has a wizard. NYC can have Curtis but he's gotta wear the beret

We Were Guaranteed a Haka Anyone ever shout how much they love you, Gerry?

So the haka is banned in Parliament, but taught in schools? A letter to my daughter & Gerry Brownlee. Ko Wairarapa!

Wow, thanks! Glad you dig it! I've been meaning to write a read/response to Sleepers on there forever. It's such weird mix of dead-on and dated. Haven't sorted a hook yet. Back to Great Argument, pen in hand. If you're ever in Greytown, coffee's my shout!

A paperback of Great New Zealand Argument, an essay collection edited by Russell Brown

Kia ora @publicaddress.bsky.social ! Just found you on here & must thank you for this book, found it in a Carterton op shop last year & it's taught me absolutely heaps. Pearson & Hyde especially blow my mind. Re-read it on the regular. Cheers mate

This Song Won't Fix the Distance On the antipodal blues of Barry Saunders' 'Letter to America'

Congrats to The Warratahs, named today to the NZ Music Hall of Fame! Here’s my exclusive recording of founder Barry Saunders singing one of their greatest songs, and the story behind his Letter to America

When I saw his name in the credits I was like, damn bro! Well done! Love the show, love Tom

🤩 That's us! Look at that handsome bird! Let's see... Tarāpuka? Tarāpunga? Koekoeā? Toroa? Who else is shouty?

Dig the column, dig the video format!

Bird books say we're "large, noisy and aggressive” to which we say: you got a problem with that? Somebody’s gotta clean up the carcasses and sort the weak from the strong. Vote Hākoakoa Subantarctic Skua for Bird of the Year. #skua #forestandbird #birdoftheyear2025

Photo by Ross Brooks

You have discovered a planet. An oval wind rushes over its husky bushes. Perhaps cottonwood trees could watch the sunrise there.

Half of those rich Americans will shit a brick when they realise they've moved to the Deep Dark Woods of the empire, where the locals don't give a fuck who you are, how much money you have, or that you think you're special. And Amazon rarely delivers.

Dude! Hi from NZ! Nicely done, and a great point. NYC & Florida are joined at the hip. Been years since La Paz, man. Hope you're doing well!

Lights at a hut are like togs in a sauna Around the country, DOC is upgrading backcountry huts with solar panels and electric lights. But as technology evolves, are we losing something special?

Hey NZ! Lights or no? Stoked to see my take on the question is The Spinoff's most popular story right now. I'm against 'em, but cheap solar ain't gonna stop. I miss the dark arleady

four thirty. it's not late...

A vet once told me: my job is to kill animals. A librarian's job is to throw out books. I was one, briefly. Hardest part of the job, but easier in some ways than seeing ancient, irrevelent books lie around dying long slow deaths

Brian Cox, god bless. Love him in Bourne

Devastatingly handsome

Give 'em hell dude!

I dug this vid, thanks!

A yearbook photo of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.

Last time the Marines were deployed on US soil they shot and killed an American citizen named Esequiel Hernández, Jr. on May 20, 1997. Clinton was playing Drug War games. The Marines were in full battlefield camo. Esequiel, high school kid, was herding his goats along the Rio Grande. RIP

* we didn't turn on her, the media gave voice to the most insane misogynist fringes of society *

Very cool! Congratulations!

Texas softball coach Mike White, a middle aged man with a grey mustache. He’s wearing a Texas polo and a camo Longhorn logo hat.

I’m sorry but if this propane-and-propane-accessories-lookin’ man walked up to me and said “Kia Ora breew” I would assume I was having a stroke

Phoenix, my dear hometown. No history, no trees. Just freeways, swimming pools, and pure uncut American id