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Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
YouTube video by SoundgardenVEVO
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Researchers identified nitrate-rich cow urine as a primary cause of contaminated groundwater.
A 2021 study found up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths might be caused by nitrate-contaminated drinking water each year - 800,000 New Zealanders exposed to potentially hazardous levels.
#nzpol
A 2021 study found up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths might be caused by nitrate-contaminated drinking water each year - 800,000 New Zealanders exposed to potentially hazardous levels.
#nzpol
What's really going on with Canterbury's water
Luis Arevalo fears his grandson will never be able to drink water straight from the tap because of the nitrate in the local water supply.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Researchers identified nitrate-rich cow urine as a primary cause of contaminated groundwater.
A 2021 study found up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths might be caused by nitrate-contaminated drinking water each year - 800,000 New Zealanders exposed to potentially hazardous levels.
#nzpol
A 2021 study found up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths might be caused by nitrate-contaminated drinking water each year - 800,000 New Zealanders exposed to potentially hazardous levels.
#nzpol
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The sucky thing about being right when it comes to predicting an incorrect policy course, is that when it's bourn out that you're correct, the situation is still terrible. Not that the leading opposition party is offering an alternate vision or even aspiration mind you
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/15/y...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/15/y...
Year in business review: the economic recovery that wasn’t
Business & investing: Company liquidations will likely reach their highest level in 15 years and the NZX50 has significantly underperformed global financial markets
newsroom.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The sucky thing about being right when it comes to predicting an incorrect policy course, is that when it's bourn out that you're correct, the situation is still terrible. Not that the leading opposition party is offering an alternate vision or even aspiration mind you
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/15/y...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/15/y...
#nzpol
Congratulations Luxon, economic recovery is on its way
... and these people have just chosen to be destitute
Congratulations Luxon, economic recovery is on its way
... and these people have just chosen to be destitute
Homelessness in Auckland more than doubles to 940 people in year to September - survey
A worker at a special court that helps Auckland's homeless who have committed low-level crimes turn their lives around, says she is seeing increasing levels of distress in recent months.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#nzpol
Congratulations Luxon, economic recovery is on its way
... and these people have just chosen to be destitute
Congratulations Luxon, economic recovery is on its way
... and these people have just chosen to be destitute
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
15. 92-93
The Mutton Birds - [Halfway Down] Dominion Road 1992
🎶 Dominion Road is bending
Under it's own weight
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate
Dominion Rd is in Auckland & there's a sign halfway down it to tell you that you're halfway down 😃
#MusicThroughYears
15. 92-93
The Mutton Birds - [Halfway Down] Dominion Road 1992
🎶 Dominion Road is bending
Under it's own weight
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate
Dominion Rd is in Auckland & there's a sign halfway down it to tell you that you're halfway down 😃
The Mutton Birds - Dominion Road (Original Version)
YouTube video by muttonbirdsandbeyond
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
15. 92-93
The Mutton Birds - [Halfway Down] Dominion Road 1992
🎶 Dominion Road is bending
Under it's own weight
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate
Dominion Rd is in Auckland & there's a sign halfway down it to tell you that you're halfway down 😃
#MusicThroughYears
15. 92-93
The Mutton Birds - [Halfway Down] Dominion Road 1992
🎶 Dominion Road is bending
Under it's own weight
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate
Dominion Rd is in Auckland & there's a sign halfway down it to tell you that you're halfway down 😃
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“The soap opera of WAITANGI DAY (the literal foundation which upon New Zealand exists at all) is counterproductive”
-Prime Minister of AotearoaNZ
The absolute contempt & disrespect for our nation could not be any clearer.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
-Prime Minister of AotearoaNZ
The absolute contempt & disrespect for our nation could not be any clearer.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
December 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“The soap opera of WAITANGI DAY (the literal foundation which upon New Zealand exists at all) is counterproductive”
-Prime Minister of AotearoaNZ
The absolute contempt & disrespect for our nation could not be any clearer.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
-Prime Minister of AotearoaNZ
The absolute contempt & disrespect for our nation could not be any clearer.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
Crowded House - Weather With You
YouTube video by CrowdedHouseVEVO
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Wellington on a most excellent day
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Wellington on a most excellent day
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Hayden Wilde. Champion.
This is brilliant stuff. Especially after coming back from being hit by a truck.
"Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title."
This is brilliant stuff. Especially after coming back from being hit by a truck.
"Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title."
Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title securing huge cash bonus
Wilde used his trademark speed on the run to pull clear and cruise to his near-perfect victory.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hayden Wilde. Champion.
This is brilliant stuff. Especially after coming back from being hit by a truck.
"Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title."
This is brilliant stuff. Especially after coming back from being hit by a truck.
"Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title."
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
13. 88-89
Madonna - Promise to try (1989)
🎶 Little girl don't you forget her face
Laughing away your tears
When she was the one who felt all the pain
Little girl never forget her eyes
Keep them alive inside
I promise to try 🦋 🦒 ❤️
#MusicThroughYears
13. 88-89
Madonna - Promise to try (1989)
🎶 Little girl don't you forget her face
Laughing away your tears
When she was the one who felt all the pain
Little girl never forget her eyes
Keep them alive inside
I promise to try 🦋 🦒 ❤️
Promise to Try
YouTube video by Madonna - Topic
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
13. 88-89
Madonna - Promise to try (1989)
🎶 Little girl don't you forget her face
Laughing away your tears
When she was the one who felt all the pain
Little girl never forget her eyes
Keep them alive inside
I promise to try 🦋 🦒 ❤️
#MusicThroughYears
13. 88-89
Madonna - Promise to try (1989)
🎶 Little girl don't you forget her face
Laughing away your tears
When she was the one who felt all the pain
Little girl never forget her eyes
Keep them alive inside
I promise to try 🦋 🦒 ❤️
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Shane Jones “wants to saddle us with permanent landscape destruction, and a long-term environmental liability that will forever foul what makes our place special to anyone that lives here or visits.” #nzpol
‘Bully and hypocrite’: Hollywood star fires back at Shane Jones over attacks
Actor Sam Neill says the NZ First minster’s personal attack on him over his opposition to a controversial Central Otago gold mine proposal is “pathetic”.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shane Jones “wants to saddle us with permanent landscape destruction, and a long-term environmental liability that will forever foul what makes our place special to anyone that lives here or visits.” #nzpol
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
12. 86-87
Noiseworks - Take me back (1987)
Composed by Jon Stevens 🇳🇿
#MusicThroughYears
12. 86-87
Noiseworks - Take me back (1987)
Composed by Jon Stevens 🇳🇿
Noiseworks - Take Me Back
YouTube video by NoiseworksVEVO
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
12. 86-87
Noiseworks - Take me back (1987)
Composed by Jon Stevens 🇳🇿
#MusicThroughYears
12. 86-87
Noiseworks - Take me back (1987)
Composed by Jon Stevens 🇳🇿
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The submitters are correct and Brown's productivity argument is false. Thr whole plan to raise speed limits is a laissez-faire laideological straightjacket.
"Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland"
#nzpol
"Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland"
#nzpol
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The submitters are correct and Brown's productivity argument is false. Thr whole plan to raise speed limits is a laissez-faire laideological straightjacket.
"Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland"
#nzpol
"Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland"
#nzpol
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Over two years, filled jobs have fallen in:
· Construction - down 17,565
· Manufacturing - down 11,938
· Administrative and Support down - 10,240
· Professional, scientific, technical down - 8,725
· Retail down - 7,177
Overall filled jobs are down 42,341 in two years
· Construction - down 17,565
· Manufacturing - down 11,938
· Administrative and Support down - 10,240
· Professional, scientific, technical down - 8,725
· Retail down - 7,177
Overall filled jobs are down 42,341 in two years
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Over two years, filled jobs have fallen in:
· Construction - down 17,565
· Manufacturing - down 11,938
· Administrative and Support down - 10,240
· Professional, scientific, technical down - 8,725
· Retail down - 7,177
Overall filled jobs are down 42,341 in two years
· Construction - down 17,565
· Manufacturing - down 11,938
· Administrative and Support down - 10,240
· Professional, scientific, technical down - 8,725
· Retail down - 7,177
Overall filled jobs are down 42,341 in two years
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chloe swarbrick and craig renney should do a debate and show everyone how much of a farce the tpu one is
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
chloe swarbrick and craig renney should do a debate and show everyone how much of a farce the tpu one is
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Iceland joins the boycott
Iceland joins a growing list of countries boycotting Eurovision over Israel's participation
This decision follows similar moves by Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia. These countries have withdrawn after organizers refused to expel Israel over its actions in Gaza.
www.pbs.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Iceland joins the boycott
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$256 million to clean up one mine. Like the oil industry, this is something miners should be paying to clean up themselves, with trailing liability to ensure they can't dump the bill on us www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Govt's whopping $256m clean up bill for one coalmine
The Government will have to fork out $256m to clean up Stockton coal mine on the West Coast - more than triple earlier estimates.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
$256 million to clean up one mine. Like the oil industry, this is something miners should be paying to clean up themselves, with trailing liability to ensure they can't dump the bill on us www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
11. 84-85
Waterboys- Whole of the moon (1985)
❤️ 🎶 "With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To get too high
Too far too soon
You saw the whole of the moon"
#MusicThroughYears
11. 84-85
Waterboys- Whole of the moon (1985)
❤️ 🎶 "With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To get too high
Too far too soon
You saw the whole of the moon"
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon [Official HD Remastered Video]
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
11. 84-85
Waterboys- Whole of the moon (1985)
❤️ 🎶 "With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To get too high
Too far too soon
You saw the whole of the moon"
#MusicThroughYears
11. 84-85
Waterboys- Whole of the moon (1985)
❤️ 🎶 "With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To get too high
Too far too soon
You saw the whole of the moon"
#nzpol
I'm in our nation's capital city today & thought it would be awesome to sit and listen to a debate in parliament.
And what do you know, some thin skinned grinch has closed the visitors' gallery at the Beehive 😔
Parliament chamber's gallery shut to members of public for rest of year after
I'm in our nation's capital city today & thought it would be awesome to sit and listen to a debate in parliament.
And what do you know, some thin skinned grinch has closed the visitors' gallery at the Beehive 😔
Parliament chamber's gallery shut to members of public for rest of year after
Parliament chamber's gallery shut to members of public for rest of year after protest
Parliament's Speaker Gerry Brownlee called the decision "very disappointing" but necessary after Palestine protesters disrupted proceedings and indicated they intended further action.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#nzpol
I'm in our nation's capital city today & thought it would be awesome to sit and listen to a debate in parliament.
And what do you know, some thin skinned grinch has closed the visitors' gallery at the Beehive 😔
Parliament chamber's gallery shut to members of public for rest of year after
I'm in our nation's capital city today & thought it would be awesome to sit and listen to a debate in parliament.
And what do you know, some thin skinned grinch has closed the visitors' gallery at the Beehive 😔
Parliament chamber's gallery shut to members of public for rest of year after
Hello Whanganui-a-tara :)
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Hello Whanganui-a-tara :)
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This Bill threatens every worker in New Zealand. Brooke van Velden's Employment Relations Amendment Bill has come back from Select Committee - and she's made it EVEN WORSE for workers. #nzpol
union.org.nz/employment-b...
union.org.nz/employment-b...
Employment bill is worst attack on workers in decades - NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is condemning select committee changes to the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, which would give bad employers an even greater ability to exploit workers.
union.org.nz
December 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This Bill threatens every worker in New Zealand. Brooke van Velden's Employment Relations Amendment Bill has come back from Select Committee - and she's made it EVEN WORSE for workers. #nzpol
union.org.nz/employment-b...
union.org.nz/employment-b...
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#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
10. 1982-1983
The first live act ever I saw was Prince Tui Teka. And I adored it. Also this is the first Māori language No. 1 'pop' song I can recall. I guess the end of the cabaret-entertainer era.
Prince Tui Teka – E Ipo (1982) for his darling Missy
#MusicChallenge
10. 1982-1983
The first live act ever I saw was Prince Tui Teka. And I adored it. Also this is the first Māori language No. 1 'pop' song I can recall. I guess the end of the cabaret-entertainer era.
Prince Tui Teka – E Ipo (1982) for his darling Missy
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
10. 1982-1983
The first live act ever I saw was Prince Tui Teka. And I adored it. Also this is the first Māori language No. 1 'pop' song I can recall. I guess the end of the cabaret-entertainer era.
Prince Tui Teka – E Ipo (1982) for his darling Missy
#MusicChallenge
10. 1982-1983
The first live act ever I saw was Prince Tui Teka. And I adored it. Also this is the first Māori language No. 1 'pop' song I can recall. I guess the end of the cabaret-entertainer era.
Prince Tui Teka – E Ipo (1982) for his darling Missy
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheWeatherGirlsVEVO
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
9. 80-81
Pretenders - Message of Love (1981)
With a nod to Oscar Wilde
🎶 We are all of us in the gutter (but)
Some of us are looking at the stars
#MusicThroughYears
9. 80-81
Pretenders - Message of Love (1981)
With a nod to Oscar Wilde
🎶 We are all of us in the gutter (but)
Some of us are looking at the stars
Pretenders perform "Message of Love" at the 2005 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
9. 80-81
Pretenders - Message of Love (1981)
With a nod to Oscar Wilde
🎶 We are all of us in the gutter (but)
Some of us are looking at the stars
#MusicThroughYears
9. 80-81
Pretenders - Message of Love (1981)
With a nod to Oscar Wilde
🎶 We are all of us in the gutter (but)
Some of us are looking at the stars
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Counterpoint - our economy is in the tank because of choices made by our current government.
Blaming workers and consumers for not working or consuming hard enough is to miss the structural issues in play.
We actually have fewer public holidays than many comparable countries.
#nzpol
Blaming workers and consumers for not working or consuming hard enough is to miss the structural issues in play.
We actually have fewer public holidays than many comparable countries.
#nzpol
Is the long summer break hurting our economy?
Is the long summer break hurting our economy?
A 'circle back in February' mentality may be contributing to New Zealand's stubbornly low productivity....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Counterpoint - our economy is in the tank because of choices made by our current government.
Blaming workers and consumers for not working or consuming hard enough is to miss the structural issues in play.
We actually have fewer public holidays than many comparable countries.
#nzpol
Blaming workers and consumers for not working or consuming hard enough is to miss the structural issues in play.
We actually have fewer public holidays than many comparable countries.
#nzpol