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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 6m

so emotional

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1h

tbf he only became head of govt last time because someone quit, so it was an inherited title in a way.

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1h

what a silly bunt

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1h

the spot in question originally had a couple of park spaces, so you could drive along the waterfront (SH6), pull over and jump in. ironically, now you have to park in front of rich person's swimming pool house lol.

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1h

this weird thing some rich ppl do here in nelson; buy a waterfront property literally within spitting distance of where you can jump into the sea ......and put in a swimming pool

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 2h

great spot! handy to the park, swimming pool and on the bus route. good news.

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 2h

so is my old man. he's 87 and it does all he needs it to do and he's never updating.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 2h

if the little battler doesn't survive this latest mauling i may have to pick one up from you in the new year.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3h

they'd display it like a badge of honour. it's so blatant already.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3h

the nz govt welcomes her, so now it's up to the ppl of nz to give her the welcome she deserves.

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 4h

Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3h

i'm reflexively suspicious of anyone wearing a suit. the most dangerous ppl wear suits.

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 3h

The broadcaster takes aim at the Broadcasting Standards Authority after revealing it’s looking to widen its remit to include online media networks.

‘You will not censor me’: Sean Plunket hits back after BSA looks to widen remit

The broadcaster takes aim at the Broadcasting Standards Authority after revealing it’s looking to widen its remit to include online media networks.

dlvr.it

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 3h

i was inspired to get one when i saw a beauty on a job just down the road. it had grown up a pole and then along a second story deck and was obviously doing well. i asked how old it was- 4 years!

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 10h

a 'semi-house-trained polecat'

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 10h

hey, you go on fb you deserve what you get:)

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 10h

on three kings island the sole survivor of this species survived simply because it was growing over the edge of a cliff which made it inaccessible to the goat population.
i don't mind them helping with the lawn. i should have protected it when i replanted. might yet survive, hopefully.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 10h

i say gallant because it has survived a previous defoliation event when the arapawa sheep escaped and paused to sample it en route to freedom.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 11h

this morning i discovered that the rabbits which have been feasting on the lush spring regrowth of the lawn have decided to vary their diet by completely defoliating the gallant offspring of what was once the world's most endangered plant.
tecomanthe speciosa.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

it is clear however that we have two not dissimilar parties with two insipid leaders running close to neck and neck in the public popularity stakes.

Te Pāti Māori email: 'Not clear how many Māori Parties there are' - Labour leader

"It seems that there are a number of different segments to the Māori Party," says Chris Hipkins, "and it's unclear whether they actually form a cohesive whole at this point."

www.rnz.co.nz

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

drowned logs like this have some differences from the norm. the extractives which give it a natural durability have leached out. the distinctive smell which would normally identify the species is lost. the timber itself behaved nicely, straight and true, planed up well. still lustrous.

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

momentarily confused and unable to identify a piece of timber by sight and or by smell. macrocarpa? beech? mātai?
then as i cut into a few times the unusual smell triggered a memory: about 25 years ago i made some doors out of a mātai log which had been salvaged from the inangahua river.

a stack of mātai door rails with tenons cut on their ends on some sawstools in a woodworking shop

same arrangement as per the first pic but from the other end, showing the wide bottom rails with tenons cut.

an assembled mātai door leaning against a bandsaw. the contrasting white panels are sycamore- nice use of a weed species:)

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

this is my view also. labour is in opposition to the left and works actively to undermine it.

bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 1d

it's the little things

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 2d

just saw a headline with the words 'american democracy' lol.

is gone daddy gone

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...

Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

YouTube video by ViolentFemmesVEVO

www.youtube.com

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bill @wiremu.bsky.social · 2d

mowed lawns saturday. they're back to where they were today already

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