BtheLane

Cool. Hanging out with drunk punters. With "his people". 🙄

#releaseallthefiles
#illegalwar
#epsteinfury

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

Wellington council budget cuts - big climate cuts Deputy mayor Ben McNulty has been behind closed doors taking a scalpel to council spending and today, some time around noon, invites Wellington to see his masterpiece.

We’re in a climate crisis, a 40 percent cut to our climate response budget makes no sense financially or for the future of the city. Next week’s proposals include a total gutting of cycleway funding, & a backdown on commercial rates for Air B&B providers www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

MEDIA RELEASE: Well-off New Zealanders Would Pay More Tax in Other Countries: New Research New research shows that high earners in NZ are lightly taxed compared with those from other developed countries.

“Tax Justice Aotearoa welcomes the findings of new research by Victoria University’s Max Rashbrooke, which demonstrates that high earners in New Zealand are lightly taxed compared with those from other developed countries.” #nzpol www.tjanz.org/news-tax-res...

National falls below 30% in latest Curia poll, left bloc could form government Both Labour and National have taken hits, but the centre left bloc could form a government, according to Curia's polling.

Luxon is a milestone around the RW's neck. National should dump him but who else is delusional enough to take on the job?

National falls below 30% in latest Curia poll, left bloc could form government www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures The government has been accused of scaremongering after Erica Stanford said there were "tens of thousands more" overstayer.

But we all heard her pretty clearly. She didn't "mis-spoke". At best she pulled some figures out of thin air or...she lied. 🤔

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Immigration account $150 million in the red, visa numbers overestimated Over-optimistic forecasting of visa numbers has contributed to a blow-out in Immigration New Zealand's finances.

Fewer want to come to a country under austerity and a slowly collapsing health and education system - who'd have thought? 🤔

Immigration account $150 million in the red, visa numbers overestimated www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas The Greens say the prime minister "snuck" into the House "late last night" to correct the record.

He is SO mediocre. 😒

Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Chris Luxon, Shane Jones, Nicola Willis, David Seymour all want to make NZ dependent on volatile LNG imports instead of renewables. Paid for by a tax on electricity. They are crackers.

'I misspoke': Luxon walks back comments on Iran strikes by US and Israel The Prime Minister clarified comments he made in Monday's post-Cabinet press conference.

No. He just spoke. 🙄

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Of all the dumb arse decisions this government has made, tying us to the international LNG price ranks right up there... 😒

The US was already moving warships to the Middle East at this point too. And committing piracy against oil tankers heading to or from Venezuela and Cuba.

Going all-in on LNG was unfathomably moronic, even by Luxon’s standards.

I can’t think of a more obviously predictable own-goal in #nzpol ever

$22,000,000,000 on just one road? - Greater Auckland Last year, I posted about the challenges I faced, trying to daylight public-interest information about the government’s Roads of National Significance programme. As I wrote then, The paper also sugges...

Try and find some time to read @connorsharp.bsky.social's excellent work here on the ways the government is trying to make its $22,000,000,000 Northern Expressway fantasy real – including refusing to release its own cost estimates. It's just reckless. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/03/03/2...

I agree that a hardline theocracy is not great for a country, but is the inevitable military regime going to be any better. The Shah was an arse so bringing back his entitled son is hardly going to be a progressive move either. 🤷

Never forget who you’re fighting for.

Hannah and Zack with cameras taking a selfie

I don't know if I'll ever stop smiling.

We've all done something very special. 💚

Tax billionaires out of existence.

A great summation of Labour's current path. And why it won't work.

An uplifting speech? In this economy?

New Green MP Hannah Spencer delivers victory speech YouTube video by ITV News

youtube.com/watch?v=eDiH...

Vacant.

Steel piles fall on worker's leg at Auckland construction site Firefighters had to free them after the incident.

I'm sure the employer just needs some guidance about how to improve their H&S...😬

Steel piles fall on worker's leg at Auckland construction site www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This is bloody clever and useful, and deserves more than just me quote posting it...

Or it might come out your taps...😮

Government scraps its quarterly action plans The government started producing quarterly plans in April 2024, but there has been no sign of one since October.

This is so upper management. Lots of piss and wind announcing the new measures, and then quietly forget about them when things don't go to plan. And blame someone else. 🙄

Government scraps its quarterly action plans www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Napier mayor Richard McGrath stands down his deputy The unprecedented breakdown between the pair played out in full public view, with Sally Crown saying McGrath's decision-making was "ad-hoc", "reckless" and "chaotic".

This is so tiring...

Don't these idiots realise that it is not an absolute freaking monarchy? It's the local council - and you're mayor - and you're going to have to work with others.🙄

www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/587...

It was a MASSIVE effort to get the signatures for the CIR we have had. Multiple groups working very hard. They don't have a hope in hell. 🙄

Cartoon. Title: “Super Mad” Image shows Winston Peters in a Superman outfit, braced for action, and saying, “STAND BACK! I must protect these older white folk from Wokesters, Indians, Chinese, and a pesky Rarotongan who dares to call our fine country ‘Aotearoa’”

Winston Peters is SuperMad.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol