Always true

a man is dancing on a dance floor in front of a crowd in a club . Alt: John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever is dancing on a dance floor in front of a crowd in a club

😎

i mean...

my outside bet on this is that some of the harder rightwingers are fomenting this for NZF gains and theres basically a polling point for NZF where if it’s reached they collapse the government and call a snap election

It is shite, no matter which platform.
I suspect AI was involved

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.

Also I don’t want to be dramatic but this was definitely the first day of winter

Agree!

ADAPTED!!

I haven’t seen that yet. I’m binging another series entirely rn but I’ll keep it on my radar!!

TVNZ seems to have done an excellent job updating the back end of their TVNZ+ to allow it, a public broadcaster, to charge for stuff & to make the user experience worse in every single respect than the previous version of the app.

Including buffering for the full minute before playing anything.

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

A system that consistently protects perpetrators and undermines survivors is a biased, corrupt system.
How many headlines do we see where a judge is protecting a perpetrator’s good name, their career? How many actions are framed as a judgement error?
Help change an unacceptable status quo👇
#nzpol

It was a pain in the arse before the upgrade. I access it through Apple TV where every other app works with no issues 🙄😑

It’s utter shite. It’s been like that for a while before their so-called upgrade

Luxon lives on as leader. Public perception is a tougher challenge Research shows the most effective leaders are good listeners and aware of their own biases. Above all, people must believe they are ‘one of us’.

#nzpol #leadership

My take on why I think #Luxon is still a dead man walking, regardless of the caucus vote:

theconversation.com/luxon-lives-...

Something basically stupid, no doubt

a man ironing pants on an ironing board with a sign behind him that says trust in the lord with all your heart Alt: A man is vigorously ironing, or pressing

Go hard or go home!!

How did we not know before today that a group of kea is called a circus? Because of course it is! Anyway, Bruce is now The Boss.

When Your Daughter is Kidnapped by ICE David Farrier's Webworm talks to Betty Wihongi, whose Kiwi daughter Everlee got kidnapped by ICE at LAX after a trip to New Zealand.

i talk in-depth to betty wihongi, whose kiwi daughter everlee got kidnapped by ICE at lax. full audio, and article, here (no paywall, no ads - please RT): www.webworm.co/betty/

An AI-free OS for an AI-free product line with a written guarantee from Apple not to insert AI into users’ devices at a later date.

Sounds like they’re taking notes from the NZ government

Ferry failures leave Beausoleil First Nation residents stranded 'We’re a semi-remote community — it’s already hard enough. And this just makes everything harder,' says frustrated resident who works on the mainland

AHOY THERE!

WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE FERRY

It’s the least I could do! 😅

Good though, eh? 🤣

PS. If you watched a stream of that press conference you actually have to sign up to volunteer in this election now.

Sorry, it’s actually the rules.

Seriously, Willis doesn't get to deliver a disastrous budget leading into Election - that's just unfair.

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?

I’m with Powershop and they’ve doubled their daily rate in the space of a few weeks 😒😒😒

The Clean – 10 of the best The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now

Was a real pleasure to write about ten of my favourite songs by The Clean for the Guardian to celebrate the publication of Richard Langston's excellent oral history of the band 'The Clean: in the dreamlife you need a rubber soul'.