While you may have heard Cr Fletcher blaming City Vision's Richard Northey for the postal voting system, there was a vote last term where we decided NOT to change from postal voting to booth voting. As the sole City Vision councillor I voted FOR booth voting, and Cr Fletcher voted AGAINST booths🤷♀️
Oh can you imagine the rage if they removed even a single precious car park off Tamaki Drive to put in space for people to bike
I have turned into the living embodiment of chips, onion dip, babka, and ice cream this afternoon.
With the evident failure of the Luxon experiment, I hope the National Party, the media, and the general public might give some thought to the qualities needed in a leader.
I found the media excitement about Luxon entering politics baffling and nothing he has done since has changed my view.
Well that’s a little bit of joy in the middle of a very dry CPD session on legal privilege.
Person riding bike past petrol station gas price display with sign indicating “pedal power $0.00”
Time to trot out my usual PSA: 🚲 = $savings #costofliving #nzpol Petrol prices jump past $3 a litre at the pump www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
😳 TIL…
Cars back on Queen St - act now or go back to the bad old days 😤
Auckland Transport is quietly bringing back cars to Queen St. Here's why they aren't acting in good faith and what to do about it.
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/cars-back-on-queen-st-act-now-or-go-back-to-the-bad-old-days/
I think Aramex has delivered the northern hemisphere weather to the wrong address. Ours is probably is a bush somewhere.
Providing free #e-bikes with training and social support helps people keep riding and improves their physical and mental health, supporting the case for wider access to grow active transport in Aotearoa New Zealand. 🚲⚡ www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/fun...
I don’t understand why we don’t take driving offences more seriously. Hit a kid with a baseball bat and you’re charged with grievous bodily harm. Hit them with 1.5 tonne of metal and oh how sad for everyone.
It is possible England will rig their last Super 8 match against NZ, but the good thing with them is we will never be able to tell.
Well played #AngryUpvote
The economic cost of fraud in NZ is about $10 billion a year; $7-$8b of that is tax avoidance.
Wealthy individuals and multinational corporations are the primary drivers of large-scale tax avoidance.
If we want to “claw back welfare payments” let’s start with the ones we’re giving to the wealthy.
Look at you being all fancy buying wallpaper 😄 We looked at some last year and the same rolls you could buy in NZ for $200 you could get in the UK for £15. Luckily we were already going in holiday and took an extra suitcase!
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t... I know I’m late to the party but this is a great series. I think it’s the first time I’ve heard properly heard Iwi perspectives on Treaty negotiations.
No choice but to consume obscene amounts of cheese. The hardships we suffer.
Not to forget busily introducing a bill to disestablish the ministry for the environment in the middle of several states of emergency.
I’ve seen this a few times today and it makes me throw up in my mouth a little each time.
Introducing this bill TODAY. Wow. Woooooowiee.
If you had to pick one of the ‘magnificent 7’ tech companies to destroy, getting rid of Meta would have the greatest improvement on the world and be the least missed.
A Canadian Olympic curler clearly touching the granite part of a curling stone with a caption of "I didn't fucking touch it" Cortina 2026
I admit, Canada being a curling villain wasn't on my Olympics bingo card.
lol
“Should LNG imports proceed, domestic gas pricing would increasingly be influenced by international energy markets as existing long-term contracts expire. This has the potential to place upward pressure on gas prices over time.” - LNG supplier.
@dileepafonseka.bsky.social (paywalled)
An image taken from before the 2023 election of Chris Luxon holding up a sticker that had the text "LIVE, LAUGH, LUXON". The image has been modified, changing the text on the sticker to "LIVE, LAUGH, LEVIES".
Live, laugh, levies (definitely not a tax).
He really is. His approach to the whole Twitter Joke Trial over 10 years ago now while he was Director of Public Prosecutions showed how much of a tin man he was back then. Nothing’s changed.
Questions:
Does anyone believe the oil/gas ban prevented new gas, when there hasn’t been a gas find in 26yrs?
Why does half our gas go to methanex? Can that deal be undone to prioritise NZ households? Or no?
Have power co’s underinvested to focus on dividends since the sale?
A screenshot from Bernard Hickey's "the Kaka" newsletter that reads "It's also choosing to pay for the LNG terminal through a type of hire-purchase 'lease' agreement that increases the $1 billion up-front cost to $2.7 billion over the 15-year life of the facility, even though it may never be used if there is no dry year." https://thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-spend-27b-on-solar-and-batteries
So these dipshits won't fund a *pair* of ferry terminals that'd get used several times a day, but will fund an LNG terminal that *might* get used once in a blue moon?
One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?
There’s a lot to be said for the idea of government run entries in uncompetitive sectors to set a baseline of acceptable service.
Few of these up behind Taniwha reserve in GI too with sweet views across to Maungarei that are very close to being finished.
Tate Modern is just one of the best places on earth full stop. It’s probably the thing I miss most after leaving London.
