Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit) Version 1 (ZTPS 01) YouTube video by zttrecords

Monday '80s flashback... (and where Prodigy's 'borrowed' their "Hey" for Firestarter from)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sFK...

Aged-care worker backs resident’s claims An aged-care worker at MossBrae Lifecare rest-home says staff are underpaid, overworked and undervalued, and agreed with complaints made by a...

This is the future for many of us if nothing done to fix it...
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

How is it fair that motorcyclists are targeted in what's supposed to be a no-blame/no-fault system, when numerous other high-risk groups pay nothing, eg recreational fishermen, trampers, swimmers, etc, etc?

Memorial cairn for the fallen at the Battle of Culloden.

Memorial cairn for the fallen at the Battle of Culloden, 16th of April 1746, 280 years ago today, the colonisation of Scotland was sewen up.

Ōamaru–Dunedin Orbus survey | Orbus — brought to you by Otago Regional Council Have your say on a proposed Orbus public transport service running between Ōamaru and Dunedin. Take our survey now. Survey closes 6 May 2026.

Would you use an Oamaru - Dunedin bus? Let the ORC know what would and wouldn't work for you...
#Oamaru #Dunedin
www.orc.govt.nz/orbus/travel...

I'm aware what the levies are used for, and all good stuff (ACC is a great model), but that doesn't justify targeted charging of SOME groups while other high-cost groups are NOT targeted does it. --Either charge EVERY high-cost group for extra costs, or flatten the entire costs out across everyone.

Open Letter: Free Public Transport for ALL Students under 25 to keep every young person in education This is an equity issue The fuel crisis does not impact all New Zealanders equally. Low-income families are the least able to absorb rising transport costs. The Spinoff has reported that the Governmen...

Sign and share an open letter calling for free public transport for all NZ students under-25, rural and urban, during the fuel crisis...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/fr...

Motorcyclists put rego on hold in protest against ACC Motorcyclists are putting their bike registrations on hold in protest at what they say are unfair increases to ACC levies.

Who can blame them - it's not fair motorists are targeted for ACC levies, when other high-cost groups are not, eg rugby, recreational fishermen, mountaineering/trampers, sailing, car passengers, swimmers, etc. —Fund ACC from general taxes & commercial levies. #NZ
www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/09/m...

Collecting statistics: When the numbers don't add up Statistics are a vitally important tool to plan and inform government policy - but when they're wrong or misleading, trust is at risk.

Ex-govt statistician alarm over ditching NZ's 5-year census. And resulting f-ups will get worse: In the last few weeks, MBIE struggled with accurate fuel figures; MoH dealt with confusion over Covid death figures; and Stats NZ screwed up the Food Price Index...
#NZ
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...

Donald, You're A Loser (Forever Wars) YouTube video by Eric Gudmunsen

To the tune of 'Donald, Where's Your Troosers?'... 🤣🤣

MAGNZ ACC PROTEST RIDE MARCH 28 2026 YouTube video by Angie's 2 Wheels

A protest in #NZ last weekend that mainstream media didn't cover - unfair motorcycle registrations getting out of hand...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb26...

Picture of Baxter with a beer in a pub's venue area awaiting the first band.

South Island (Te Wai Pounamu) Punkfest 2026 done and dusted.
#punkfest

John Otway YouTube video by RokPx

I missed this gig due to Covid, and just discovered RokPx has put it online - I've only seen the first two songs, and I've obviously missed a total treat...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKJD...

"ACT needs to stay in its lane. Nursing isn’t about political ideology, it’s about patient safety, clinical expertise, and evidence-based care...
#NZ #NZpolitics #NZpol
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Picture: a grocery basket with food in it in front of graph axis; there is increasing higher data lines coming out of the basket on the graph's axes.

A reminder that NZ's Government had NOT fixed the cost-of-living crisis, and food etc was still CRAZY EXPENSIVE the whole time BEFORE Trump's attacks on Iran. The oil price will worsen this, obviously —but let's not pretend that this Government EVER achieved anything to lower the price of food etc.

Cuban protesters ransack Communist office as energy crisis deepens Discontent is mounting over rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, exacerbated by a US blockade.

Make no mistake this crisis is NOT being caused by Cuba's politics, but is being caused DELIBERATELY by the USA, who has stopped any oil (50% of Cuba's energy) from getting to Cuba for 3 MONTHS, and threatened other countries with tariffs if they sell oil to Cuba.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

'The invisible unemployed': Too much for a benefit, not enough to make ends meet While the rising number of beneficiaries is plain to see, there is another layer of people struggling.

The lack of access to even a Community Services Card is especially mean...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

'Pretty grim': 1 in 3 NZ households struggling with food, report finds The report found 68% of food-insecure households only started struggling in the past year.

New Zealand in the 21st Century: "One in three households have experienced some level of food insecurity in the last year", "68% of people who reported food insecurity said last year was the first time they struggled to afford food... 😢🤬
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...

Local government minister Simon Watts can't guarantee rates cap won't increase social housing rents Simon Watts said the final rates cap policy is still being designed, but didn't anticipate it would cause higher costs for those living in roughly 10,000 council-owned rental homes.

The truth about Govt imposed rates-caps on local-bodies. —They will almost certainly guarantee big rent increases for pensioners etc in social housing in many areas. Caps are INTENDED to do exactly this - and force local-bodies to sell off public assets and services.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Herbs - Nuclear Waste YouTube video by saanzacs

RIP Dilworth Karaka
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOfq...

Jamaica vs Irish accent YouTube video by Garron

Funny — and interesting...
www.youtube.com/shorts/noSNi...

DCC tenants fearful of annual rent rises A rent rise of 8% for Dunedin community housing tenants will put pressure on vulnerable people, residents say. However, the increase is well short...

Shame on DCC 😢 —This 8% increase is on top of 14.5% increase in the past two years, ie it's well above inflation and well above pensioners' income increases. Normally unfair, this is more than mean-spirited during a cost-of-living crisis.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

Inquiry into Col's disappearance lacked urgency - friends Friends of former Dunedin resident Col Heath are feeling both relief and devastation after their remains were discovered in Waikato last week.

Police lack of performance needs questioned: "just because Col... had mental health struggles and was queer and was kind of anti-establishment and loved a good protest... doesn’t mean that they... didn’t deserve to be looked for".
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

Setting suffrage story straight The role of leading Dunedin suffrage campaigner Harriet Morison has been cancelled, Jane Tolerton argues. It is past time the fervent unionist and...

Dunedin's unsung hero of the suffrage campaign, "Morison was cancelled so the government could present Kate Sheppard as the leader of the campaign for the suffrage...
www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/ma...

Alarm over mental health field staffing Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’ at a time when demand is at its highest, a senior clinician says...

"Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’...
Paywalled sorry, but to sum up: #Dunedin has inadequate staffing with just 1.1 FTE psychiatrists specialising in old age, and #Invercargill has virtually none.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

'It’s disgusting': Outrage as state houses land listed for third of value Kāinga Ora is defending its decision to sell off Port Chalmers land once destined for new homes for a third of its original valuation.

"No private developer wants the site; Kāinga Ora should do the right thing and develop the site for state housing...
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

Govt embarks on sale of 900 state houses, old and new Kāinga Ora sells rundown one bedroom demo-job for $1.37m in now-affluent seaside suburb of Pt Chev – and there's much more to come, reports Jonathan Milne.

When John Key sold 1000 state homes, it made headlines & sparked debate

Now Chris Bishop has cancelled 3500 builds & selling 900 houses (with land extra) in what's been called a private developers' lolly scramble, it's hardly making a splash

How #NZ has changed #nzpol

Details @ www.facebook.com/events/11578...

Scooter event poster; details in link in comments.

Scooter Division Dunedin - 4th annual MIDDLEMARCH GOLDFIELDS LOOP epic ride, 29 March.
Details in comments.
#scooter #moped #Otago #Dunedin #motorbike

‘Financial burden’ of stadium a ‘hit’ to ratepayers Victor Billot did not offer the phrase ‘‘hate to say I told you so’’, but the stadium critic got near it. Dunedin city councillors are this week...

"Victor Billot said the financial sustainability question was being raised back when he was the Stop the Stadium group vice-president in 2008." --Now the Stadium is asking rate-payers for between $2.25m - $5m a year just to keep its doors open.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...