And then along came Winston Just when Christopher Luxon thought the saga was over, along comes the superstar, Winston Peters, to steal the scene.

I despise most policies of NZFirst but I respect the political expertise of NZF leader Hon. Winston Peters.

Since he was elected to parliament in 1978, NZ's had 12 PMs, 12 National Party leaders, 12 Labour Party leaders, + one NZFirst leader!

HT JC. TM 🎩
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what do we want?

OBJECT PERMANENCE

when do we want it?

WHEN DO WE WANT WHAT

“I loved soul music, blues music and that was a chance to work with some of the brass players that had worked with Otis Redding, who’s my all time favourite singer.”

“Sledgehammer” Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer [CMI, Prophet] – Peter Gabriel Bass – Tony Levin Drums – Manu Katché Guitar – David Rhodes Guitar, Tambourine – Daniel Lanois Saxophone – Mark Rivera Trombone – Don Mikkelsen Trumpet – Wayne Jackson Backing Vocals – Coral Gordon, Dee Lewis, P P Arnold

“Sledgehammer,” the chart-topping lead single from Peter Gabriel’s ‘So,’ was released 40 years ago today. 🔨

Its Stephen R. Johnson–directed video remains the most awarded in VMA history.

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Someone is clearly spending up large for these paid advertisements to get published

Alamaya arrived in 2015 – tail bitten off, ravaged by hyenas, barely alive.

He is 12 years old now. A wild elephant finding his place in the Kibwezi Forest, on his own terms.

The Maa word for brave is Alamaya.

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When it happens(collapse now/at election) the coalition of National, Act, & New Zealand First 2026 Will be remembered as the government that had a big sook at each other in middle of a country wide & global crisis that they made worse.
The Bromance couldn't achieve half of what prev Govt did
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💯👇 I know competence is scarcer than cheap petrol with these goobers, but blaming your dogshit political judgement on apolitical civil servants who absolutely can NOT read your lying arse for filth is a new low in dick moves. #nzpol

Southland MP plans media complaint over leak claim Southland National MP Joseph Mooney says he plans to make a complaint to the Media Council over an "outrageous breach of journalistic standards" by...

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They seem to be all eating each other. Shame.

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If you look at comments in places where righties hang out, those that have decamped to NZF have utter contempt for Luxon and Willis on account of woke IMF WHO UN DEI. Very not convinced the Nats will win them back by calling Winston a risky bet for them.

An on-again, off-again ceasefire at the same time as a blockade, makes perfect sense if you see it for what it is:

MARKET MANIPULATION

Christopher Luxon opts for the emergency escape route to hold on to his job When Christopher Luxon won a confidence vote after a long National Party caucus meeting, he ran.

Stories about NZ PM Luxon and his leadership of the National Party are beginning to sound more like a farce than a soap opera. Classic exit, stage right, out the Emergency Exit pursued by media questions. No bears allowed in NZ. 🐻
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Body found in search for Philip Sutton, missing since Wellington storm Philip Sutton was reported as missing when floodwaters surged through a South Karori Road home.

#nzpol how many people this year alone have died in these weather events? I cant recall anything quite like it 🇳🇿 this is just awful! www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...

Secret new election strategy just dropped: Fill the air with shit so that no one can tell that your policies are also shit.

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Luxon left Question Time early? He can't fuckin' hack it, what a fuckin' empty vessel #NZPol

Such a wild take to say "Labour wants to take our coalition partner who is a racist!!!!" yet still be happy to be in coalition with them because it gives them power.... I just.... What the heck is this reality anyway.

#Δ帽子 #witchhatatelier sooo I guess I like him a lot

It weirds me out when a brand new account without a profile pic or any info follows me immediately after joining. I don’t have a checkmark, so following 5 “official” accounts & then me is so random. Are you a bot? A real person? There has been an uptick in this the last month. Why?!

QRP something with tail

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Yeah, it sure was terrible to have Jacinda Ardern in power 🤬 God he's such a fart sandwich #nzpol

How else is an embattled PM meant to behave, I aks ya?

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Australian company plans $3b lignite-to-fertiliser plant in Southland Victorian Hydrogen says the plant could deliver 1.5 million tonnes of urea fertiliser using Southland's lignite.

Let's be clear: much as they try to dress it up, this would amount to a new coal-fired power station in Southland. Please, can we just NOT?
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Except fuckwits in the current NZ government who actively scared off all the companies that wanted to build offshore wind power here #nzpol

Luxon has the support of potentially up to 24 National MPs , but not his coalition partners nor the country

Time for a snap election

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Well that sounds like a threat, Winston wants totally inept Luxon kept in place until the election as they're busy eating National's lunch. #nzpol

Is Luxon trying to get Winnie to force a snap election?

Cos it seems like he's trying to get Winnie to force a snap election.

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Weird thing: this is clearly just Winston trying to grab votes by positioning himself as an opposition party to an unpopular National - so why are Willis and Luxon responding to obvious bait? They could just shrug it off if they weren't stupid #nzpol

This is possibly the only good thing WP ever did. Good of the PM to point it out. #nzpol

You know how yesterday I said "strife and confusion to our enemies"?

*grabs microphone, squeal of feedback-*

STRIFE AND CONFUSION TO OUR ENEMIES #nzpol

The party that put Seymour and Winston Peters into power now complains about a party that did deals with Greens and NZFirst. Maybe NZ PM Luxon doesn't understand politics or art of negotiations?
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With the absolute clusterfuck that's happening in government right now, for goodness sake make sure everyone you know is registered to vote

It could all come crashing down in a few days
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