Not to bad in West Auckland yet, steady rain. Keeping an eye out for more wind later. 8 yr old has taught me how to play Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza this morning

why ISNT every Peters outburst in this vein met with “but you were the minister” or etc??

I haven't tried boosters for my kids yet. Is this still the "only for over 30s" nonsense?

Fellow cyclists: does anyone have good water proof shoe covers?
My shoes squelched by the time I reached work today 😂

Forgot to charge the bike so, while the rain has cleared, I'm taking the bike home on the train today. Glad to have options

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I have a similar Casio around somewhere

But sure, do go on about how we need to "get to know him" 🙄

We know him.

We see his deeds - and we know him.

We see what he allowed to occur, and we know him.

We don't like what we see him doing, and that is why his polling is so low.

We know him and we don't like him.

Haven't they always been going after Labour voters? Housing, reducing inequality, stronger unions, a real social safety net... All of that is providing a better option to vote for than labour

A cost-of-living crisis? Not in in corporate NZ.

Silly you- belt tightening is for the unwashed.

A view out over mangroves, boats in the mid distance and orange clouds is the background

A view out over mangroves, boats in the mid distance and orange clouds is the background

A view out over mangroves, boats in the mid distance and orange clouds is the background

Took the long way on my bike ride to work so I could take Te Whau pathway

Eldest child turned 14 yesterday. He and I spent the day at a lifeguard training day at Piha. Pool exam tonight eek!

It's soo much quieter than other cycleways that tend to be alongside busy roads, and that's huge IMO

Mines blue at the moment, but his comment definitely has me thinking about swapping to purple

The elder child is turning 14 soon and has requested a carving axe (or adze apparently). His carving and whittling efforts so far haven't sent him to a&e so I may actually consider this

And I thought going out for coffee by bike earlier was pushing it 😲

Grumping about this morning because I thought I was out of coffee and didn't want to go out in this weather. Just found the emergency coffee bean stash 🎉 the day is saved

A very late winecap mushroom and two smaller mushrooms sitting on a wooden table

Winecap patch is pumping #fungifriends

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I fucking hate being sick

ACT Party deputy and minister Brooke van Velden retires from politics The party's deputy and government minister will not be seeking re-election in November.

BVV's legacy:
-screwing over workers
-cancelling Fair Pay Agreements
-brought back 90-day trials
-stopped Uber drivers from being decently paid
-hurt working women by canning pay equity
-rolled back worker protections
-creating low-wage, low-protection labour market

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these tees are still available and they are very pretty :3 not even a pre-order, i have some in stock now!

I'm so exhausted by this pro-car bullshit that continues to be perpetuated here. In 2026 it should be inconceivable — unlawful — to propose new roads unless there's first been competent modelling of public transport options for the intended route.

everyone seems to be pretending this is about the cost of petrol to drive themselves to work and not the diesel needed for the supply chain of literally everything you buy...

What does it matter if I can work my email job from home if there's no bread at the supermarket?

Yep. Although we're already a single car household, so commuting by car wasn't an option anyway

An ebike display showing 2000km on the odometer

Picked up a seoncd hand ebike a bit over a month ago. Put another 500km on the clock already.

Any idea how they compare to Hikobike?

We need real actions that help regular people hurting from these price increases, and a serious plan to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels so the next crisis does not hit families just as hard.

If you didn't want Pluto to be a planet, you should have put more work into naming the one before it, you don't get take backsies

A great way to conserve fuel at a society wide level would be making buses free

Busing in Christchurch is $6 a day and even at $3 a litre, petrol will allow you to travel 20km or more depending on fuel efficiency, so if you own a car it's still the economical option for most people