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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 9h

Are we even a real country anymore?

Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 1d

Vulgar graffiti on the northwestern cycle path, yet more evidence this city has descended into lawlessness

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 9h

Not sure if @haydendonnell.bsky.social is active on this platform, but his emotional junior staffer song is one of the top five pieces of content creation of all time

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 10h

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/hel...

HelloFresh fined $845k for tricking customers in cold calls

Meal-kit delivery company said wayward call centre workers partly to blame for scandal.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 1d

Stop filling your head with dreams

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 1d

And I think domestic travel will essentially be the only thing.
Sydney and Melbourne made hay from Kiwis flying in to see Taylor Swift.
But it doesn't work in the other direction. Can't think of any big act that skipped Aussie for NZ

Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 1d

"A dollar spent at Eden Park is a dollar not spent elsewhere in New Zealand"

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Inside Economics: Why big events like Taylor Swift concerts don’t really boost the economy - NZ Herald

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann answers reader questions and looks into the week's economic news.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 1d

Great to finally see a 12-second clip that finally explains the hundreds of billions in AI vendor financing www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew...

Nvidia, OpenAI, and Oracle pulling off the classic investment circle jerk @meg baniewicz

TikTok video by Morning Brew

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 2d

And here's me thinking I'd buy a 1kg block of Tasty if I won Lotto www.wsj.com/economy/hous...

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 9d

Found during spring clean. Some pre-social media social media

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 12d

How exposed am I online? Type your email address into the National Cyber Security Centre's new site and it'll tell you www.nzherald.co.nz/business/spo...

Spook agency’s new site reveals extent of leaked Kiwi logons - and where they happened

The National Cyber Security Centre answers the question: 'How exposed am I?'

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 13d

Tesla full self-drive: Early Kiwi adopters wowed overall, but also suffer some bloopers – including a ‘Mickey Mouse’ moment www.nzherald.co.nz/business/tes...

Tesla full self-drive: Early Kiwi adopters wowed, but also suffer some bloopers

The NZ version is branded ‘Supervised’, requiring an attentive driver at all times.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 14d

The Upper Harbour causeway, aka Auckland's second harbour crossing www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...

Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 15d

It was always going to be a balance between security of energy supply, especially in the short/medium term and tackling high power prices for consumers. Security argument seems in the ascendant www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Govt reveals measures intended to avoid power crisis, clarity on its position on asset sales

The Government wants to avoid another winter power crisis.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 15d

Some groups, from the EMA to 2degrees to Consumer NZ, have been pushing for a breakup of the Big Four gentailers - but all (including Meridian, up nearly 4% - a big move when you're worth $15b) saw their shares rise after the Govt's announcement this morning

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 17d

Three of Elder-Holmes’ fellow content creators, Calen Morris, Billy Whaanga and Tuhira Wana have now also received multiple $5000 fines. Eight others are under investigation

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 17d

In May, Socialite Millie Elder-Holmes became the first New Zealander fined $5000 for promoting overseas casinos to her social media fans and followers. She paid it, and has now been hit with another $10,000 fine for two more breaches www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/four-in...

The DIA may arrange for the influencers' accounts to be disabled if they don't comply.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 18d

Excitement builds www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...

Auckland mayoral rivals split over level of early voter turnout

Some 9.2% of eligible Aucklanders have voted with under two weeks left to go.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 20d

Top photo composition

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 20d

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 20d

Ye olde print edition, free from the dreary shackles of SEO, has the best headlines

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 21d

Fire up that Apple TV subscription again

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 22d

Breaking: Anna Breman is the new Adrian Orr www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 22d

Excerpt: Frequent comments are he is “not a good listener”, “doesn’t take feedback well even if delivered constructively” and “needs a stronger Prime Minister’s Office behind him” www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...

Boardroom verdict: Why Luxon’s leadership divides business leaders

Just 3% of CEOs rate Christopher Luxon’s domestic performance as ‘very impressive’.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 22d

"The country’s top chief executives and directors have handed out a brutal assessment of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Neither is ranked in the top 10 in this year’s Cabinet ratings" www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...

Luxon and Willis fail to make top 10 in CEO Cabinet ratings

Neither Christopher Luxon nor Nicola Willis made the top 10 in this year’s survey.

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Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social · 24d

*atmosphere

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