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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Diwali! Happy Kali Puja! Now more than ever, may we always triumph light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. 🪔🌟

Now I got to find me some mishti.

Happy Diwali. photo containing 3 'diyas' (diya = an oil lamp made from clay with a cotton wick dipped in oil) symbolising the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.

photo of goddess Kali. Kali Puja is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali and widely celebrated in the state of Bengal alongside Diwali.

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 6d

These younguns all about their 6-7’s pfffffttt puhleeeeeese…..don’t make me bust out the 369…. iykyk.

➡️ the🪟 ➡️ the 🧱, Till the 😰 💦👇 my 🏀

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 9d

The second boil of a boil up is at the same gastronomic level as the day after any māngshor (meat) jhōl (gravy). Absofuckingdelicious! I'm saying it and I don't care if you harrumph. Signed this Ngāti Bangali. #aotearoakai #kai #nzfood

Boil up. A Māori dish of pork bones soup, with kumara (sweet potatoes), rīwai (potatoes), watercress, pūha (sow thistle) and motumotus (flat dumplings).

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 11d

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

Shared a photo of Jonny Quest as a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 17d

Mōrena whānau - please remember if you still haven't voted in Auckland, you need to drop off your papers into an orange bin. See my post below for drop off locations. You cannot post your votes anymore.

Voting closes midday this Saturday! 🗳️

#nzpol

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 18d

whānau ma, if you have already voted ka pai you. If you haven't yet, you have until 12pm Saturday 11 October 2025 to drop your vote in Tāmaki Makaurau. Check the link to find out your nearest drop off place. You need to vote to effect changes we all want & can have by haere rā them dinosaurs. #nzpol

Where to vote | Vote Auckland

Find your nearest location to drop off your vote, enrol to vote or cast a special vote.

voteauckland.co.nz

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 21d

There's upper lip and then there's Nic White's upper lip. Only a matter of time till Sir David Attenborough narrates that special episode in his next documentary. #trc #bledisloecup #wallabies #rugby

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · 22d

If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 28d

In a race to stand for nothing, we are increasingly heading for first place.

henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 28d

BREAKING: Winston Peters says is NZ is "not ready" to recognise Palestinian statehood.

"We do not think the time is now."

He says recognition at this time would be "open for political manipulation by both Hamas and Israel".

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · 28d

This gummint keeps confirming its position as a useless spineless git. Now to wait for the 'we need more evidence and time' spin for its decision not to recognise 🇵🇸 as a state. Absolute wankers. #nzpol

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 24

blooody hell!!!

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 24

following the Auckland Council’s Policy & Planning committee meeting on The Spinoff & I dont think I can control my facial reactions reading the kaka 🤦‍♂️. These dinosaur waste of spaces need to be voted out....go & open that voting pack, exercise your civic duty before 12pm 11 October. #nzpol

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · Sep 20

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 19

Kia kaha Black Ferns. You did us all proud. Good game but credit where credit is due, the Canadians were just outstanding today. It wasn’t that we played bad, more that 🇨🇦 was much better on the field. Man that was a bloody good game to watch. I know who I’m supporting in the finals. #wrwc2025

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 18

I wonder if the TAB will have bets on who gets rolled first in the CoC and when. DST surprise? #nzpol

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 18

We're right and truly faaaarked.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · Sep 18

I read this as 'Trumps erupt in my rectum'!
Mind you, at least that's a defensible position.

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · Sep 18

Grumpy Facebook rant ahoy. 🩷

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · Sep 17

My running mate @jonturnernz.bsky.social doing a great job of pointing out the hypocrisy and that there is an oversupply of carparking in the area around the Dominion Road one atm. You cannot say you truly support public transport and vote against measures to improve it.

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 17

Albert-Eden voters...actually all Tāmaki Makaurau local election voters, vote C&R out of existence...they are why we have not AND cannot have nice things...

#nzpol

Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · Sep 17

I'm at Puketāpapa Local Board and C&R are voting against decreasing congestion by expanding T3 and bus lanes. Claiming that a small loss of on street carparking for a few businesses is more important that travel time improvements of 3 minutes plus per bus passenger. C&R did same at Albert-Eden.

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 10

#nzpol

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Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 9

This absolute tosser, was as useless and incompetent when he was at AUT and has continued to cement his position as an absolute prick since. #nzpol

Stuart Nash offers crude definition of what a woman is

The Labour minister-turned NZ First member was asked what a woman is. His answer left Winston Peters in disbelief.

www.stuff.co.nz

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Sep 2

What I'm saying to you is...

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · Sep 2

A list of other things from 2021 that Christopher Luxon could reannounce

After 'revealing' a $7.5b Amazon deal that was confirmed four years ago, what else could the prime minister dust off?...

thespinoff.co.nz

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Ancient Indian History Our Schools Don't Teach | Ash Sarkar Meets William Dalrymple

YouTube video by Novara Media

youtu.be

Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is the kind of shit that a) pisses me off cos it’s paywalled and hardly being reported by other media and b) makes me rage with our name suppression laws and influence of wealth in justice. No one and I mean no one convicted of SA should be afforded name suppression ever. #nzpol

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · Aug 13

“Once in office, National set about cancelling nearly every important infrastructure program in play.”

Extra wild: this is a massive political own-goal.

Killing a pipeline of tangible crowd-pleasing stuff for which YOU’D be the ones ribbon-cutting in an election year? Nose/ face/ spite scenario 🤦🏻‍♀️

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · Aug 12

The tale of how National broke our 3-5th largest industry so quickly is truly extraordinary. 18,000 jobs gone, ~40% increase in business liquidations, tens of thousands of businesses destroyed, infrastructure capacity and skills lost.

Give it up for Chris Bishop once again

#nzpol

How Could National Damage Construction So Quickly?

Industry experts say Chris Bishop and his party are to blame, but Bishop denies it, saying construction industry leaders are just "wrong"

mountaintui.substack.com

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