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Tales from Ōtepoti
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
Pregnant sea lion blocks off family’s front door
The sea lion’s pup can be seen wriggling about inside her.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Tales from Ōtepoti
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
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School got out 32 minutes ago and I just heard the first "I'm bored"
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
School got out 32 minutes ago and I just heard the first "I'm bored"
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Remember when Ardern's govt did this after Christchurch, and then ACT and the new govt just started the process of binning it as soon as they got in?
Fun times
Fun times
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Remember when Ardern's govt did this after Christchurch, and then ACT and the new govt just started the process of binning it as soon as they got in?
Fun times
Fun times
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100% NZ, made in China.
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
100% NZ, made in China.
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
They're selling us fixes to problems that don't exist and calling it a success.
#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #Caricature
They're selling us fixes to problems that don't exist and calling it a success.
#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #Caricature
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
They're selling us fixes to problems that don't exist and calling it a success.
#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #Caricature
They're selling us fixes to problems that don't exist and calling it a success.
#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #Caricature
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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This is my favorite gift guide. It also works for people you love if they have exactly the right sense of humor.
IT'S TIME.
Gifts For People You Hate, 2025: Boycott-Friendly Edition.
naomikritzer.com/2025/12/11/g...
Gifts For People You Hate, 2025: Boycott-Friendly Edition.
naomikritzer.com/2025/12/11/g...
Gifts for People You Hate 2025: Boycott Friendly Edition
Once again, I started working on this before Thanksgiving and once again it’s now well into December and I still haven’t gotten this up. Look, it’s been a busy couple of weeks tha…
naomikritzer.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is my favorite gift guide. It also works for people you love if they have exactly the right sense of humor.
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Two years after the Miramar Peninsula was declared predator-free, native birds continue to increase. In the often-demoralising world of conservation monitoring, that’s a big win.
‘A really good day at the office’: Predator-free Miramar bird recovery still soaring
Two years after the Miramar Peninsula was declared predator-free, native birds continue to increase. In the often-demoralising world of conservation monitoring, that’s a big win.
dlvr.it
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Two years after the Miramar Peninsula was declared predator-free, native birds continue to increase. In the often-demoralising world of conservation monitoring, that’s a big win.
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Still $5 an hour less than the Living Wage (likely an even bigger when the 2026 Living Wage rate is calculated)
If we're going to keep wages this low we need to somehow reduce the cost of housing, groceries and utility bills
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
If we're going to keep wages this low we need to somehow reduce the cost of housing, groceries and utility bills
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Minimum wage to increase from April next year, Govt commits to bigger rise than last year - NZ Herald
The minimum wage will rise by 2% to $23.95.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Still $5 an hour less than the Living Wage (likely an even bigger when the 2026 Living Wage rate is calculated)
If we're going to keep wages this low we need to somehow reduce the cost of housing, groceries and utility bills
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
If we're going to keep wages this low we need to somehow reduce the cost of housing, groceries and utility bills
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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We're at the stage of fascism where they are threatening to harm states if they don't help them rig elections.
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We're at the stage of fascism where they are threatening to harm states if they don't help them rig elections.
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Summer my arse. Dunedin Airport 3pm today.
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Summer my arse. Dunedin Airport 3pm today.
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The TPU and Willis are now fighting about the debate venue. Willis wants it in parliament, Richardson wants it on ZB and citing 'anywhere anytime'.
This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit.
They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider
This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit.
They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider
December 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The TPU and Willis are now fighting about the debate venue. Willis wants it in parliament, Richardson wants it on ZB and citing 'anywhere anytime'.
This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit.
They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider
This is stupider than the Elon V Zuckerberg MMA bullshit.
They should have it on Jupiter where they can both get stupider
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its fucking pathetic how easily EVERY NZ MSM OUTLET is being drawn into giving this coverage
the BEST case at this point, as far as their critical faculties and courage, is that they're in on it because if they're just being gamed that's about as sad as it gets
the BEST case at this point, as far as their critical faculties and courage, is that they're in on it because if they're just being gamed that's about as sad as it gets
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says Ruth Richardson’s 5pm ultimatum is an attempt to back out of debating her.
Willis v Richardson: Lobby group demands debate on talkback, not in Parliament
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says Ruth Richardson’s 5pm ultimatum is an attempt to back out of debating her.
dlvr.it
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
its fucking pathetic how easily EVERY NZ MSM OUTLET is being drawn into giving this coverage
the BEST case at this point, as far as their critical faculties and courage, is that they're in on it because if they're just being gamed that's about as sad as it gets
the BEST case at this point, as far as their critical faculties and courage, is that they're in on it because if they're just being gamed that's about as sad as it gets
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Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
A UK woman named Carol was hospitalized after a ‘PLURIBUS’ ad on her Samsung smart fridge sparked a psychotic episode.
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
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The present government are digging their own grave
It's so bad, we now have an article in the international edition of The Guardian.
“unprecedented in both its length and its language”
@evacorlett.bsky.social doing some of her best work, again.
#nzpol
“unprecedented in both its length and its language”
@evacorlett.bsky.social doing some of her best work, again.
#nzpol
UN report sounds alarm over Māori rights in New Zealand
UN committee raised concerns over government policies including scrapping the Māori Health Authority and funding cuts for Indigenous services
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The present government are digging their own grave
Polite notice, Christchurch.
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Polite notice, Christchurch.
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Diving into the trash debate that is C Luxon's spotify age & I'd venture it's low because he's never listened to music in his life & thus has no go-to library of fave music from his 50 something years of life on the plant.
He's demonstrated he's a hollow shell in other respects.
Why not music too?
He's demonstrated he's a hollow shell in other respects.
Why not music too?
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Diving into the trash debate that is C Luxon's spotify age & I'd venture it's low because he's never listened to music in his life & thus has no go-to library of fave music from his 50 something years of life on the plant.
He's demonstrated he's a hollow shell in other respects.
Why not music too?
He's demonstrated he's a hollow shell in other respects.
Why not music too?
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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The tunnel will take a decade and total gridlock to finish, just to save a few minutes to the airport.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
NZTA and the minister had refused to share a timeline, but the Herald can reveal the second Mt Victoria Tunnel and SH1 improvements project will take a decade to complete.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
Capital's $3.8b tunnel project to won't be finished for ten years
A timeline for the project was previously kept secret, but can now been revealed
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The tunnel will take a decade and total gridlock to finish, just to save a few minutes to the airport.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
Meanwhile Courtenay Place would have finished by 2029 and would have been fully transformed for people, public transport and a thriving hospo scene.
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This is really just Opposition MPs doing their job, reading the accounts and asking the right questions. And the Minister of Finance insulting them because she doesn't want to answer the questions.
“Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits to meet the 2030 Paris agreement as part of a "performative awards ceremony" even if that meant it would breach its commitment.”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament
The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is really just Opposition MPs doing their job, reading the accounts and asking the right questions. And the Minister of Finance insulting them because she doesn't want to answer the questions.
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My friend Tim has put a massive solar installation on his Ōtepoti Dunedin student flats, it's producing more electricity than the tenants use.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My friend Tim has put a massive solar installation on his Ōtepoti Dunedin student flats, it's producing more electricity than the tenants use.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.