i have a recipe, involves steeping in caustic soda

not far off making olives palatable

k, the changes of boiling water are not olive-like

but we could safely eat them then, no point in wasting the protein

#nzpil

are you somehow implying that 🏳️‍⚧️ girls are genetically anarchist and consequently immune to governmental mind-fuckery, sōf?

was i being that obvious? yes sweeties

it's part of our territory that we never asked for, but we will take care of it, just as we care for everyone's children

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Ōtorohanga Museum's precious taonga wrecked by floodwaters Almost two dozen members of the community rallied to save what they could from the sodden Ōtorohanga Museum, but the full extent of the damage is still unknown.

Several precious taonga from Ōtorohanga Museum will not be able to be saved after floodwaters rushed inside it. #nzpol #climatechange

We need to vote for a Government who recognise climate change is real and, unlike the current govt, aren’t actively promoting policies to make it worse in NZ. #nzpil

New Zealand vacates embassy in Iran as threat of violence escalates Human rights groups estimate the death toll has reached over 2500 since protests against the regime began last month, and the US has threatened strikes.

Man, if I was America or one of their few remaining allies (so, us) I'd be thankful for protests in Iran to distract from the protests currently happening in Denmark, Minnesota, and the rest of the US that have distracted us from Venezuela, which have distracted us from the Epstein files...

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Best of articles worst of politicians #nzpil

Conference two in a week. #nzlabour largest conference ever. #nzpil #winitall

‘Doolally, economic vandalism’ - Willis blasts Greens’ mining intervention The Greens’ promise to revoke fast-tracked consents on seven mining projects has prompted government ministers to come out swinging, and one mining company to defend itself.

If anything the Green’s are showing a commitment to our environment and highlighting the rush into enabling overseas companies to harm our whenua.

#nzpil #bhn #tepatikakariki

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Just my opinion but …
Postcard campaigns are quite impactful. A couple hundred emails don’t take up much inbox space and are easy to ignore, but a stack of postcards are impressive.

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Richard Sullivan looking about as gormless as you can possibly look. His jacket appears to be made from Kiwiana cafe curtains.

Forget being unaware of the 3% pay increase demands, this guy looks like he’s unaware he’s a doctor.
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this is why i refer to Aotearoa as my home, but New Zealand as a culture i despise

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that's a suitable reponse

from a kindergarten teacher encouraging her her children to look at perception

so yeah, i like it from that perspective

but Nicola Willis is running our fucking government, she is no longer in kindergarten, she has "responsibilities"

#nzpil

we could make a lot worse decisions

no one is gonna starve if they support their local bakery and fish and chip shop rather than macca's

they'll likely feel a whole lot better in the near future too

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it doesn't happen often, i'm old and jaded, Melanie Nelson jus' scared the fucking bejeezus outta me

shiny people

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NZDF documents reveal serious concerns about youth offender boot camps The biggest concern raised was the risk to the physical safety and mental health of defence personnel.

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Assurances about outcomes and all that, Fearless Mr Sir Judge Captain Most Majesterial Luxon the Unaware "...says the Defence Force has been "embedded in the programme" alongside Oranga Tamariki - which is the lead agency - and police."

This Defence Force by any chance...?

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Yep. Raised the exact same myself a few months back 😬

Even under the more enlightened (and apparently more reflective, democratic) sys of MMP, to check Executive abuse of power, we do forget perhaps it can still be as prone as any other system to being captured by *determined* bad actors...