My latest for @newyorker.com 🩺

It’s good for me. I get paid in AUD and convert to NZD. My salary has gone up a lot in recent months because of this. I’m glad I don’t have any trips booked to Aussie for a while though 😬

In today’s “Getting old is not for the weak”, I pulled my bicep while straightening my arm.

Pukunui population climbs sharply after controversial 1080 drop on Stewart Island The measure has divided people on Stewart Island, but led to a 52 percent population boost for threatened Southern New Zealand dotterel/pukunui.

1080 works.

"A controversial 1080 drop on Stewart Island has led to a 52 percent population boost for threatened Southern New Zealand dotterel/pukunui."

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a man in a helmet is making a funny face and saying `` i see no problem here `` . ALT: a man in a helmet is making a funny face and saying `` i see no problem here `` .

The govt:

Next press conference the government will still report another drop in stocks, while also lying that supply is stable.

It was even wintery cold in the Far North this morning

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

That, and lack of stormwater maintenance and upgrades over the decades

Wife is a teacher, and husband works for a nonprofit. So either the husband has plenty of time on his hands, or they have no life outside of work, and the kids are used for labour.

Exactly.

And wood isn’t that cheap.

Yes it does.

Congratulations on getting your approval! I’m sorry you need it in the first place, and ai hope the therapy helps.

I really like him with the beard though 🤭🫣

I’m so going to miss being blessed with Noah Wyle on my tv.

ESET might be worth looking at. I know it’s used at my husband’s workplace, but they don’t use Macs there, so I can’t comment on that side of it.

WTF!

Exactly! One of my friends nearly died from myocarditis in his mid-20s. Spent a Xmas in hospital fighting for his life. There are too many idiots in this world.

Same. Scarring on my chest.

Going through our budget, and cancelling discretionary spending. We’re getting ahead of anticipated problems with my husband’s job, where nearly all projects have been put on hold by clients, due to the current economic outlook. If things don’t improve very soon, redundancies are inevitable 😕

I bet Serco likes this ad

I wonder when MetService will realise there’s a band of severe thunderstorms passing over the Far North 😒

Yeah, we’re on the Opua feed, which is notorious for losing power in bad weather. During Gabrielle we stood outside in two inches of water to cook on the BBQ, trying to shield it from the wind. Glad to have a camping stove now!

Oh noooo! I’ve gone the chips and dip, crackers and fruit route, along with things easily fried on the gas camping stove. Might bake some bread tomorrow. The supermarket didn’t have any when I went today. Tomorrow morning’s job is to repair the dog kennel that one of my dogs chewed, 🙄

That is a bloody good idea.

The main photo shows prices per litre, in New Zealand. 1 litre is 0.264 gallons

These are prices per litre, in New Zealand. Do the conversion.

Time for this weeks 100 year storm #NZPol